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/ SOUTH CAROLIP 1 News off Interest Gleaned Fron Arranged For ! Y .M. 0. A. Convention. The sixth annual convention of the Y. M. C*. A.'s of North and S Carolina, held in Charlotte, N. C., d one of the most successful of the e series, came to a close Sunday i | uigi.~ at a meeting held for the special benefit of the delegates. A meetu?l i ?? it j noa uciu lur iuco? m ine morning and in addition there were the usual special services for men and boys at other hours. At the meeting Sunday night talks were made by Messrs. R. H. King, of Charleston. S. C., Julian M. Smith, field secretary; James E. Johnson, secretary of students' and boys' work; J. S. Kluttz, office secretary of the interstate executive committee; D. L. Probert, secretary of the Charlotte Y. M. C. A.; P. M. Colbert, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Winston-Salem; E. E. Barnett, secretary at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; L. P. Hollis, of GreenviHe,, S. C.; G. C. Huntington, of Charlotte, and Dr. George J. Fisher, of New York. Unanimous was the sentiment expressed that the meeting had been ' far more than worth while. "It has more than fulfilled our expecta' tions," said many. General regret was expressed that the meeting which had been so fruitful in results and V so pleasant had, like everything else, / to come to an end at last. Before / adjournment, suitable resolutions ' WPTP nnecorl ovnrouoinn. I " v"t" U1UVU fiioufication at the cordial reception and splendid entertainment of the body by the citizens of Charlotte. Revenue Officers Laid Off. Greenville, Special.?Internal revenue inspectors, several employes and raiding: deputies, whose services are not absolutely necessary for the conduct of offices of revenue headquarters in South Carolina, have been told that they can take a rest of 60 days beginning with April 1. The information coming: in the form of a letter from United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers in Washington, was conveyed to four men here this week. They are: Inspector V. B. MeGaha, Special Employes J. C. McGravev and H. B. Hendrick, white men. and Jas. Brver, a negro, who has drawn a salary from the government for looking after denatured alcohol. In Columbia a like letter has been received and there it will affect eight or ten men. Commissioner Capers says in his letter that the appropriation for his department is not sufficient to warrant him in paying he warrants drawn by -the revenue men. He therefore wants the raiding of illicit stills to cease for two months while the deficit in his department is being brushed aside. Attempt to Kill Policeman. Greenville, Special.?Five shots from a revolver in the hands of a man who kept himself hidden in the darkness were fired at Patrolman Attaway early Wednesday morning as the officer was on his way to his home . But for the presence of mind of the policeman in dropping to the ground when the first shot whistled by his head he would more than likely have been hit by the other four that whizzed above his head. While on the ground the officer emptied his revolver in the direction whence the leaden missies flew, but so far as is known he did not strike any one. Officer Attaway has been on the force for about a year and is generally regarded as being a man who strictJy enforces all ordinances and statute laws and for this reason he is attacked by an element of lawbreakers which infest the outskirts of the citv. Shot by Brother-in-Law. I Saluda, Special.?On Saturday afternoon in the Bethany section of this county L. B. Sample shot his brother-in-law, J. D. Pitts, in the yard of the latter. The trouble, it appears, grew out of some difference of a petty nature. Both parties are white. Dr. Kirksey, who was called to attend the wounded man, says he is shot from foot to head. Negro Involves Barnwell White Man in Confessing a Murder. Barnwell, Special.?As the result of a startling confession made Sun- , day by Quitman Johnson, a negro who Saturday was convicted of the murder of Perry Ussery last ^JovemM ber, Chester Kennedy was arrester at the home of bis father near here. The negro admitted killing' Ussery and said Kennedy had hired him and Ferdinand Grubbs, another negro, wiju was convicted wun Johnson, to ! kill a man named Holland, and that he had intended to kill Holland but 1 had shot Ussery instead. He Killed Two Women Same Day. j Chester, Special.?The March term of the Criminal Court for this county , began its sitting on Monday mom- j ing with Judge J .C. Klugh, of Ab- i beville, on the bench. The most im- < port ant case thus far is the re- 1 sentencing of Addison Lawson, col- 1 ored, convicted more than a year ago of the murder of two negro women ' t church on the same day, and < promptly sentenced to death. ' MNEWS ITEMS n All Sections of the State and Busy Readers A Great Fair is to be Held. The State fair this year is going to be unusual and extraordinary in many respects. The preparations tint are now going on are looking towards many new and attractive features of the annual celebration. As announced recently by Capt. Jno. O. Mihley, president, Tuesday of fair week is to be set aside this year as "college and school day." Ng charge will be made for any student or pupli from any college or school in this State for admissions on this day, and any adult, accompanying a student or pupil on this day, will be granted half rates of admission. Students and pupils must pet their free admission cards from the proper officers of their institutions the week before the fair. All colleges and schools in this State are earnestly urged to attend in bodies and to secure admission cards and information from the secretary of the State fair. Mr. A. W. Love of Columbia, as early in October as possible. Special raiilroad coaches can be furnished for the purpose of bringing students and teachers if the number of passenirorc \r a rro ?-* f Uio c* ?wl if* I bVIU ?ui?a-in, Ul*? aim 11 aiiou^cments are made in time. The bench show is to be a feature this year."* A great deal of interest has been manifested in this department and the fair society will increase the prizes. The aid and suggestions of all dog owners are requested. I Receiver for Haile Gold Mine. Lancaster. Special.?An application was made before Judge Klugh at Chester Tuesday for the appointment of receivers for the Haile Gold Mining Company, the application bertig made by Harry* S. Seeley. of New York, as trustee for the bondholders, the bonded indebtedness amounting to $224,000. principal and interest. The trustee was represented at the hearing by Judge Ernest Moore, of the Lancaster Bar, and the law tirm of Sutro & Wright, of New York City. Judge Klugh granted an order appointing Cbas. D. Jones, of Lancaster, and L. W. American, of Bavon, N. J., as receivers of the property. The order directs that the receivcws operate the property at once, so that work at the mine, which has been suspended since the fearful disaster tWre last year, will be resumed without delay. The high character and splendid business abilities of the receivers named insures the speedy re st oration of this valubatle mining property to its former profitable and paying basis. Cotton Mills Doing Very Well. Columbia, Special.?The cotton mills of South Carolina are doing very well. There is no unusual demand for goods and with conserva- | tive buying prices naturally are not "booming." The press dispatches carried this important item of news: I A reduction from 4 5-8 to 41-2 j cents has been made in standard print cloths. The quotations on narrow goods remain unchanged. While the decline will tend to lower the margin between the cost of raw cotton and the price of the finished product, upon which the operatives' wages are based, it is thought that the recent reduction in the price of middling uplands cotton will practically restore it. Fall River prices are not confined to Fall River goods, unfortunately. Fatal Shooting Affair in South Carolina. Greenvlle, Special.?Jack Fisher was shot and probably fatally wounded at Piedmont Sunday by Bob Chastc:r., both parties white. Chastain was arrested and lodged in the county jail by Sheriff Poole. The cause of the shooting is unknown. The physicians state that Fisher can live but a few hours. To Furnish Confederate Home. Columbia, Special.?Gen. Wilie Jones, Col. D. Cardwell and Commander W. D. Starling have arranged fnr thn nnrnKooft "'? -? ?x ^ ? ?uv (.Uivuaac U1 [Jllirril lor the Confederate Home. The Home will be opened about May 10. The Legislature appropriated $12,000 for the equipping of the building. The Richland delegation has appointed the following to select the rural policemen provided for at the Jast session of the General Assembly: Sheriff W. H. Coleman, chairman, ex-ofticio; L. M. Hook, L. E. Hohan, Oscar Chappell. Dr. Alderman's Residence Nearly Ready. Charlottesville, Special.?The handsome residence of President Aiueroinn. on Carr's Hill, at the University of Virginia, is now practically roinpleted. A few fixtures yet remain to be placed, and then the house itself will be readiv for occupancy. The work of the landscape gardener nu the Hill is still to be done, but i r.ven now much of the debris has been Bleared away. aft I | Off FOR THEJUNGLE I * President Roosevelt, Leave on African hunting Trip. m [MANY RESPECTS SHOWN HIN Ex-President Roosevelt Sails Awa; j Amid a Profusion of Farewell Sa lutations?President Taft Send Present. New York, Special.?Waving hearty farewell with his black sloncl I hat, his smiling face beaming in th morning sun as he stood on the cap tain's bridge of the steamship Ham burg, ex-President Theodore Roose velt sailed Tuesday for his long-plan ned African "safari" (hunt). II I left amid the cheers of thousands tha j swarmed the Hamburg line pier whist | les of countless river craft and th fhnn/lprr..?n rnvor*Krntinnc of tV?? President's salute of 13 guns fron Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth. Present From President Taft. One incident of the departur which touched Mr. Roosevelt probabl; more than any other was the presen tation of a message and gift froc President Taft by Captain Archibal Butt, who was chief military aide t Mr. Roosevelt and who occupies tha position under President Taft. Grasping his former aide by tit hand with a "By George, it is good t see you again, Archie," Mr. Roose velt drew the President's messengc aside to talk to him. Captain But then delivered President Taft's met sage with a small package eontainin a ruler of gold with pencil attachment It is a collapsible ruler, 12 inches Ion when drawn out of the end of the per ci'. On it is inscribed: "To The'. dore Roosevelt, from William Howar Taft. Good-bye and good luck. Bes wishes for a safe return." When Mr. Roosevelt opened th pacakeg and discovered the gift fror his successor he held it up and ex claimed: "Well now, isn't that jus too kind of President Taft to sen this to me and I appreciate it greai ly." Turning to Captain Butt he wlii? pered a message for him to carry t the White House and said he woul reply by wireless telegTaph to the let ter Mr Taft had sent to him. In His State Boom. Friends and political and official as sistants almost without number cam aboard the Hamburg. Only those wh were known to Douglas Robinsor brother-in-law of Mr. Roosevelt, wer admitted to the suite where Mi Roosevelt received his friends. A eleventh hour decoration in Mi Roosevelt's main stateroom was th hanging on the walls of portraits o the several members of the Rooscvel family and pictures of the Whit House and Sagamore Hill. The departure of the Hamburg wa delayed until 11:06 o'clock by ord? of Captain Burmeister, so that Majo General Wood, of the Department c the East, and his staff, might boar the steamship and bid pood-bve t their former commander-in-chief. Ea Judge E. H. Gary, Senator Elih Root, former Secretary of the Intel ior James R. Garfield, Robert Bacor former Assitant Secretary of State Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts Silas S. McBee, editor of The Church man; General Bingham, conamissio.i er of New York police, and M. Jusse rand, the French emabassador an wife were noted among the mor prominent visitors. Makes Last Speech From Gmngplanl From the gangplank of the steam er, Mr. Roosevelt made his las speech. He said: "I want to thank the represents tives from Pittsburg who have com all this distance to see me off. 1 am indeed, grateful and am touched b their thoughtfulnoss and kindness i: coming such a long way. I want t thank also my fellow citizens wh came to see me off. To you and al Americans I say God bless you." A message by wireless telegraph pictured the ex-President dining, thei resting from the morning's strair While Kermit, his son, in deck chai was enjoying the calm of the firs day's voyage. Taft Will Favor South. Washington, Special.?There wa further indication at the White Hous tnat President Taft in making Fedei al appoin.?. ts in the Sonth intend to consult as far as possible th wishes of the Senators from th States in which the officers are to b filled. In pursuanoe of this policy h had a lengthy interview with Senato Edley D. Smith, of South Carolim Tuesday, and it was said he als would consult with Senator Tillma regarding South Carolina offices. Mi Taft also has notified Senator Baile that his wishes would be consulted. Death-Dealing Tornado. Dallas, Tex., Special.?Twelv known dead, property loss reachiu into the thousands of dollars an possibly a score injured is the resu of a tornado which swept over th northeastern part of Wise count late Tuesday night. Several sma towns were visited by the storm bi none were entirely destroyed, a though each suffered serious damag The ehief force of the storm strn< ' tha country. ; THE CHILD RESTORED; KIDNAPERS CAUGHT 5 Required Ransom Paid Agent?Man and Woman Described by Willie ! Whitla Arrested?The Woman Had j the Money and Confessed.?Gcv- i 1 Stuart Offers $15,000 Reward ? j Identified on Wednesday?The : Boys Description Led the Police to ! y Suspect the Man and Woman. k On Monday .J. P. Whitla. father of * Willie, the kidnaped boy, received a note telling him where to go and communicate with a woman in Cleveland, a Ohio, who would tell him how to se, cure the boy. The first plan having failed on account of the watching of e detectives, Mr. Whitla went alone, n found the woman and paid the $10,_ 300. He then returned to the Hollcnden Hotel and waited. The kidnaper dressed Willie in disguise, paid the fare and saw him off on the ear. He e was soon in the arms of his father t and back to Sharon where the whole town went wild in reiflieinc over Willie's return. Cleveland, 0., Special.?In the aril rest here Tuesday night of a man and woman having $9,790 in their possession, the police believe they have saptured the kidnapers of Willie e Whitla. In fact, the woman in the y sase, who is somewhat befuddled, ad" mitted that she had been responsib'e 0 for the kidnaping. When placed iD ^ sustody at the central police station 0 she said to Captain Shattuck: "I am 1 the one who planned the whole thing. There will be trouble for me and hell 0 in Sharon to-morrow." 0 Beneath the woman's skirt was !" found $9,790. All of it but $40 was r bound in packages with the original * slips placed on the money when v Whitla took it from the banks still ? around it. * Whitla says he has the numbers on ? the curreucy bills handed the kidl" napers and the police are comparing the notes found in the possession of ^ the prisoners with the memoranda ul J ? wnitia. Sharon people who heard of the arrests in Cleveland suspect a woman n well known there. The woman suspeeted has not been living with her 'lusband for some time, but has been d making her home there. She is said to have had intimate knowledge of the Whitla family ami to have known chat Mr. Whitla would unquestionably ? give up any amount for the recovery d of his son. Gov. Stuart offered a reward of $15,000 for the arrest and conviction of the kidnapers. i e On Wednesday Willie Whitla idono tified the man and woman held on b suspicion by the Cleveland police as e the persons who kidnaped him from r. the school at Sharon, Pa., last ThursQ day and held him for the $10,000 ranr. #om which was paid by his father, e Attorney J. P. Whitla, Monday. >f Willie said the man, who gave the It name of James II. Boyle, was the one e who took him from school and carried him through a torturous route to is Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back to x this city and placed him in the house x in the east end, where he was heid if until the money was paid. Willie d also declared that the woman was the o one who cared for him at the house [- where he was detained and who acted n the part of a nurse. Boyle Says Woman is His Wife, i, Boyle said the woman is his wife. ; The police have no other identifica; tion of the couple than the names v ? if - i- given. oi? mr us ine rnjin is concerni ed the police believe the name is cors re*t. Boyle is said to reside in Shard on, and is a plumber by trade. He is e said to have a widowed mother, foui brothers and a sister, c. The woman, who is accerdited with i- being the wife of Boyle, declared t soon after her arrest that her identification would cause a sensation in i- Sharon. When identification was e completed, Mr. Whitla would saj i, nothing regarding the woman. H? y said he knew Boyle slightly, n A woman, known as Mary Diener o who, the police say, may have beet o an associate of the kidnaper, or was [1 implicated in the plot, committcec suicide Wednesday by drinking mory phine. The woman drank the poison a while standing in front of a dm# i, jtore in the east end, not far from th< r house in which Willie Whitla was deit tained here. She died in an ambulance while being taken to a hospital Provide For Ex-Presidents. 8 Washington, Special.?Two bill! e affecting ex-Presidents have been introduced in the House. One, offered by Representative Coudrey, of Miss souri, makes them honary members of 0 the United States Senate for life, and e as such gives them a salary of $2."?,00fl e per annum. The other, introdueed M 6 Representative Bennett, of New York r provides that ex-Presidents of th< l* United States shall have a seat in thi ? House of Representatives, with tin n right of debating, but not of voting r" Under this bill they would receive the - same compensation and allowances a! I members. | Within 111 Miles of the Sontfc Pole e Lieutenant E. H. Shackleford oj S the British navy, has just returned to ^ New Zealand and reports that his exie pedition which left in July, 1907 y reached the South Magnetic pole and 11 came within 111 miles of the Soutt Pole proper. The theory of a still aii zone about the pole is practically disproven. At the point where the party was compelled to turn back the altilade is 9.000 feet. 'jut. . V" DEATH KNELL Senator Elkirvs Say It Now Stai Becomt Wishington, Special.?Senator E ltins, of West Virginia Tnesdo sounded what is believed to be th death knell of the Payne tariff bi in its present shape, when he declaj ed in the most emphatic terms ths such a bill as that presented to th House for adoption by the ways an means committee would never b< come a law, and that if necessar the Senate would remain in sessio until Christmas, if required to do s< to pet a bill more acceptable to a sections of the country. This is th opinion also expressed by many othe Senators. They maintain that a clos analysis will show that such a bi as that now proposed would be mos harmful to the interests of the Sout and that, as millions of dollars c money belonging to Eastern capital ists arc invested there, such a bi will never become a law. Objections to the Bill. Among tlie objections set out ar that it increases the taxation on th necessities of life, and that those ai tides actually required by the poc man will come higher to him. That the maximum and minimui features of the bill are loosely draw and, if placed in operation, woul be both burdensome to the Anier nnil otKoru-icn Kft ? * ? .....W .. ..n uc 1111111.111 IU JVIIK'I can rtade relations. That the drawback provisions < the bill will work out injuriously t the wheat raisers of the great Wes and otherwise be hurtful to Aemr can industries. That the inheritance tax provisiot interfere with the State laws bta itig on the same subject. That the bill is lacking in any rec procal features, which would enab the United States to make favorab j trade arrangements. That the system of valuation bas< on the American wholscsale mark price is of doubtful wisdom, and w: j work to increase duties. That too much has been done t DEPRESSION DOES Washington, Special. ? Chairmt Goethals, of the isthmian canal cot mission, who is about to return Panama, said Friday that the thr hundred feet of embankment of tl reDuilt Manama Railroad line whi< Thursday's dispatches from Colon r port had settled about thirty fet was a mile and a half from the Gati dam, and therefore, has no dire bearing in connection with the coi struotion of that portion of the cj nal waterways. The settling occu red at a place where the re-loeate road is being constructed over swamp. The road is being raise from a height of 6 feet to 95 fe? above sea level. "Unless there is some unforesee difficulty such as labor trouble or a eqidemic of some kind, I feel conf dent that the canal will be opened b January 1. 1915," said Colonei Oo? thals Friday. "I was originally a advocate of a sea level canal at Pans ma. That was at a time when formed my judgment upon wha seemed to be the demand of com merce and from general informatio concerning conditions that would b encountered. Going to the isthmu about two years ago, observation an A CRISIS NOW REACt Paris. By Cable.?It is held in ofl cial circles that the Balkan aituatic on account of the irreconcilable att tude of the Austro-IIungarian go ernment, has now reached a mo OtfSII + A O r? on.l . * ?vu?u nuu tn at i nt; next LC days will decide between peace ar war. The efforts of Great Britai France and Russia to present a fo mula for the settlement of the di KIDNAPER BOYLTIS LANI Mercer, Pa., Special.?Heavily m nacled to Sheriff Chess, and guardt by several detectives, James Boyl one of the kidnapers of little Bill "Whitla, was brought here Fridi from Pittsburg and lodged in tl Mercer county jail. His wife, it said, will be brought here from Pitt borg and the conple will be formal araignod on a charge of kidnaping i a few days. Boyle feared violent on his arrival in Mercer, and on tl journey from Pittsburg asked Sheri Chess if he thought the crowd wou harm him. The prisoner look* CASTRO TO FIGHT fOR H Paris, By Cablr.?Cipriano Cast, former president of Venezuela, lc Thursday morning for Bordeaux. . the station Senor (Castro confided a small group of Venezuelan adm era his intention of re-establishi his power in Venezuela by a revo tion, should this be necessary. Af entering the car he leaned from window and spoke with an earnt nesa and passion which left no doi OF PAYNE SILL rs That The Bill As \ds Will Never ! a. Law. 1-1 wards reducing raw materials withv out corresponding redactions in tho e . duties on manufactured articles, as 11 in the case of free hides and boots r- ; and shoees. lt J That the countervailing duty , of ? j petroleum is still retained in the - i urn measure, as 11 exists in tlie L)infflev bill. y That tea is taxed and beer allowed n to escape without additional taxation. 1? The storm of opposition to the bHl has already broken in the House, c and. though the Senate will have no r opportunity to consider the measure P for possibly a month, there are al11 ready signs indicating that when that 't body finishes with it. its best friends h will not be able to recognize it. ,f I Aldrich Opposes Bill. II Senator Aldrich objects to the bill because lie does not like the maximum and minimum features, the ine heritance tax. and other equally une satisfactory parts of it. He especialr ly opposes the inheritance tax clause >r because in his opinion, it would conflict with any of the State laws bearii ing on the same point. He is also n strongly opposed to a tax on tea and d coffee. i- Senator Aldrich's opposition came i- as a surprise to his colleagues in the Senate and to President Taft. It is )f practically certain that the Senate o finance committee will figure very t. largely in shaping up the measure i- when the Senate gets hold of it. and as Senator Aldrich is the chairman is of this committee what he says with r- respeet to his opposition is taken to mean that there must be a eonsider i able amount of rebuilding before the le Senate will agree to pass it. Tl.n .a. :.. e..~ ~ i 1 * * ,v . in iui u iiaru Ugllt in the House, especially from Southern "(1 Representatives, ami an equally hard et fight in the Senate from those memill bers who think the bill, as it now stands, would not be acceptable to o- the people of the country generally. NOT EFFECT THE DAM. in careful study convinced me that the construction of a sen level canal would involve expense so great as to t? make it impracticable and at the ee same time would result less satisfae)je torialy because of difficulties connected with its maintenance. "Since that time everything that e~ has come to my attention has 't. srengthened my belief in the advanm tage of a lock canal." Colonel Ooethals declared that reports of engineering difficulties that a~ would be met on the isthmus have a~ been greatly exaggerated, r- '"There is not a single thing in con d nection with the look canal," he said, a "that can be called unusual beyond the question of the magnitude. Engineers have performed similar work elsewhere. There are no doubtfu] poblems. If I knew of anything that n might jeopardize the stability of this work after its completion, or make doubtful its successful construction, I would promptly make a report on y it. hut there is nothing of that kind." ?- President Taft FVidav again told n Colonel Ooethals that if the great waterway can be completed by the close of 1013, he wanted to see that feat * accomplished. Colonel Ooethals, alt though not thinking it likely of aci complishment, told the President h? n would put every force to work to expedite matters to carry" out the Presie dent's orders. Colonel Ooethals left s Washington and will sail from New d York for Panama Saturday. 1ED IN THE BALKANS 1- | Acuity aeecptablc to Baron von ?n 1 Aelircnthnl ?!->? 11 1 ? _ Au^uK-jiuii^iinan i- minister of foreign affairs, having v- failed, Austro-Hungary is expeoting st forthwith to deliver an ultimatum at w Belgrade. After this, if Servia reid fuses to make complete surrender, n, no doubt exists in Paris that Ausr tria-Hungary will dispatch an army f- the Servian crown prince. >ED BEHIND"THE JAIL BARS a- greatly relieved when he saw only & ;(j scattering of people at the Mercer station. Boyle was hurried into a c' waiting bus and taken to the jail ' >" where he was locked in a cell on tha vy second tier. An armed guard was ie placed in front of Boyle's cell, and a. is patrolman will be stationed outside s- the jail all night. Sheriff Chess said jy that the jail would be guarded until in the trial of the Boyles was over. Be The officials questioned the prisonle er about his wife's identity but other iff than to say that there was no qnesId tion about the fact that he was mar?d ried, he would say nothing. IS LOST POWER IN VENEZUELA -o,l that he was convinced that he wm ft another Napoleon returning from A.t Elba to reconquer his country. "Like to Francis I, all is lost save honor," ir- Castro declared. "I ana going baek ng to Venezuela. My country needs me, lu- and my mission is there." ter "1 believe that God and destiny a call me baek to Venezuela. 1 intend ?st- to accomplish my mission there, even ubt though it involves revolution." < J