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PALMETTO HAPPENINGS \ ]! i | New* Note* of General Interest Prnm All Parts of the State. ! | MASONS ELECT OFFICERS. The Next Assembly is to Be Held in Charleston. The Grand Council ot' Koyal and Select Masons and the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons met in Greenville last week and after transacting routine business, elected the following officers: L. Michie, Darlington, most illustrious grand master; .1. M. Graham. Columbia, deputy grand master; G. F. Grandy, Greenville, grand principle conductor of the work; C. F. Jackson, Columbia, grand treasurer; Zimmerman Davis, Charleston, grand recorder; Rev. W. H. Frazier. grand chaplain; F. E. Harrison, Abbeville, grand marshal; II. M. Sundifer, Rock Hill, captain of the guard; Wni. E. Gantt, Charleston, grand > .conductor of council; Joseph Lindsay, Chester, grand steward; L. F. Meyer. Charleston, grand sentinel. After the election of officers it was decided to hold ttip o?i_ sembly in Charleston on the tirst Tuesday after the second Monday in February next year. The grand chapter. Royal Arch Mason-, met and re-elected every officer of the 1909 corps, excepting one man. This was H. A. Garrett of Greenville, grand sentinel, who will b* succeeded by I. F. Meyer of Charleston. The chapter also voted to hold its convocation in 1911 in Charleston. The Grand Commandery. Knights Templar elected officers as follows: Kigtt. emminent commander. Geo. T. Brian, Greenville; V. E.. deputy grand 'ommander, Newton W. Walker. Kpurtanburg; K. grand generalissimo. W. W. Lumpkin; E. G. grand chaplan. Gen. George S. Mower, Newberry; E. grand senior warden, Zeh I'avidson. Chester; E. grand junior warden, W. 1*. Miller, Bennet tsv lie; grand treasurer. Alex. I,iudst?rm. Charleston: grand record er. .J. M. Diven, Chaleston. The following appointments were in.nl" nv Grand Commander Bryan, Grand Prelate. W. Z. Mazyck, Chariest on: errand standard bearer. W. M. E. Gantt, Charleston; grand sword bearer, James B. Hugliev, Greenvood; grand warden. A. H. Seliadt. Greenville; Rrand captain of guard. E. S. Wingate of Charleston. MLEOD FOR GOVERNOR. He WI1 Seek the Office on the Local Option Platform. Tho>. G. Mcleod will run for governor on the local option platform. The jresent lieutenant governor of the Sate made this announcement last week, .it'ter uniwiiltin., ?. <! friend'. "Of course." said Mr. McLeod, "there are several other matters tf far more importance than t lie Wiiskey question and tliese I will tike up later, but inasmuch as 1he position of those on prohibition and whiskey seems to be most desired pist now; I want to state my positi???local option."?The State. Tarns Down Bond Scheme. lly .1 vote of 80 to 127 the house of representatives last Friday rejected ed the proposition to issue a million dollars of bonds to establish a new state hospital for the insane. V This proposition was made by the majority of the investigation conimittee which recently made a sensational report as to sanitary conditions at the present institution. The house then accepted the minority proposition to authorise the regent* to purchase lands for the enlargement of the asylum. Williams to be Orator. John Skelton Williams, the organizer of the Seaboard Air Line railway. will be the orator of the commencement at the University of South <'aro| na on June 8. ( Palmetto Pick-Ups. T. A. Jones, a Confederate veteran of SsJuda. is dead as the result of an overdose of laudanum. Aron Howell accused of killing C. C. Armstrong in Columbia, has been ml milted to bail in the sum of $4,000. Tin- city council of Lexington has passed an ordinance prohibiting liquor drummers from soliciting orders inside the city limits. Governor Ansel Friday granted Charles S. May, the defaulting Rock Hill city treasurer serving a 3-year sentence in York jail, a reprieve for six months that he might be treated for tuberculosis in the State penitentiary tuberculossis hospital. Fire last week destroyed about $60,000 worth of property of the Williams & MeKeithan Lumber Co., at Lumber, 12 miles from Darlington. on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, between Darlington and Rennettsville. W. F. Roddey, of Greenville, was shot at Columbus. Oa.. by the father mm** young ludv with whom he was driving. Girl's father skpped. 9 The Lancaster town council, at its resting last week, passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to conduct the business of ''liquory drummer" within the corporate limits of the town. The penalty fixed is si fine of not leas than $50 nor more than $100 or imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days. The Union National Bank of Columbia, Capital one hundred thousand dollars, applies for a National | charter. ,-vfca^ .... - ^ - wi LAW-MAKERS Of j SOUTH CAROLINA 1 THURSDAY?Feb. 10th. The legislative fight over the C?raydon Senate bill and M. L. Smith I House bill proposing to do away with S the present regulations so bitterly 0 fought by the traveling men. is prae- 1 tiealiv over, with defeat f?r those ad- v voeating the change demanded. The * Senate Thursday gave final reading to 1 the Gray don bill, but so amended as a to thoroughly satisfy the railroad peo- u pie and equally discourage the c friends of the bill. The bill as v amended and finally passed, leaves the maximum rate at ,'t cents and the I amendment by Mauhliu allows mile- t age at 2 cents or less to be sold with v the present regulations by special t ageut contract and an amendment to f that amendment requires any other t mileage to he accepted on trains. Yet s one other amendment makes it a s misdemeanor to check baggage over s one line and use the same mileage h over another. Smith says he will f push his bill through the House and h fight the difference out in free con- t ferencc. but the Senate is practically t certain not to yield. The Muulding amendment as amended, passed by a o majority of one. t Representative Moblev introduced a a bill providing for a jim crow ar- j rangeinent for circus ticket selline and also requiring separate entrances r for the races to circuses. 1, After spending the major portion 0 of both its sessions debating the f asylum bills the House adjourned q without reaching a vote. r CREMK ? FRIDAY?Feb. 11th. J The bouse passed with little dis- ( cussion, (Jaris' bill providing for an h annual appropriation of not less than p $00,000 for the free public schools; s Carlisle's bill to define the duties and b powers of probate, courts in relation ii to minors was passed in the senate, s It would give court the right to take b charge of such and properly care for i 1; them. I t'| The senate passed the railroad I S mileage rate bill, after various amend- p ments, as follows: "Section 1. That in case any railroad company or companies shall put r on sale any form of mileage books d at 2 1-2 cents or legal or agreed rate, g the presentation of the correct iiinu- T ber of miles, out of said book, to the tl conductor or other authorized ollicer p to take up tickets shall entitle the l.^iJ: i ? * a Homing muu mileage 10 trav- p el on tlie train ot' road selling suid ' mileage and upon the presentation of J( his mileage to the pro|?er or desig- ^ nated agent of said company to have his baggage cheeked, as now provided ^ by law. Provided. That any holder of a mileage hook who shall have cheeked baggage over one road for a j certain distance shall not be allowed ^ to use the mileage upon which the j baggage was cheeked upon any other road, and any attempt to do so shall be a midemeanor, punishable by tine or imprisonment, or both. The railroad may stamp for identification the mileage on which haggage is cheeked. f 4See. 2. That all acts and parts f of acts inconsistent with this act c herewith be. and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, That the pro- * visions of this act shall not apply to 1 railroads of less than 40 miles in ? length: Provided. That nothing in t this act shall be construed to prevent an agreement between the railroads and the purchasers of tickets whereby special interchangeable mileage tickets may be sold at 2 cents a mile 1 or less, limiting their use by term of such mutual arrangement as may be J aj; recti IIpoll OX \ 110 pari ICS UlPretOt Provided. That it' any railroad issues the said interchangeable mileage books at said rate such railroads shall .j also issue mileage books for transport at ion on such railroads to be tak- . en on trains without exchange of J tickets.*' The house passed and sent to the senate the appropriation bill. Tliert were only a few changes made on thire- reading by Chairman Rucker and these with no discussion. TV,* j. State levy was f> .'{-4 mills, an increase of 1-2 mill. In the judiciary ^ department an appropriation of $500 was made for furniture in the supreme court room, $457.93 for purchase of certuin books and an in- j, crease of $150 in the pay of Ernest Moore, special judge. For the Uni- ^ versity of South Carolina McMahan wanted the appropriation of $000 for rent of houses for Prof. Carson and )( Prof. Moore cut to $300. On a roll h call this was defeated by a vote of d 50 to 43. The appropriation for the State Hospital for the Insane was d inereased by $720 for the employment ?"< of a stenographer. The clerk of the ri house, judiciary committee receives h $200 instead of $160; the sergeant- c at-arms receives an additional $50 li for extra sendees in purchasing fur- a niture and the porter of the speaker's room $80. t, r o ?: ?- ? ? - ?tcimiui opivev ? 0111 10 amend the e code, so as to make the indexing of mortgages of crops a sufficient record n thereof, was passed with an amend- tj ruent. excepting Sumter and Olaren- j, don; "The marriage license hill" was ^ passed to third reading, making the fee $1 for the license instead of 25 cents was adopted. Also a commit- t tee amendment reading, "Nothing t herein contained shall render any marriage illegal without the issuirg of a license." ? Senator Hardin's hill "to authorize the regents of the State Hospital for the Insane to purchase lands and provide fo rthe paying for the same," 1 was reported favorably by the ma- n jollity of tbe finance committee of the a senate. " The bouse passed the bill iatroi ' 9 ;\v It luced by the majority of tlie York C [elevation relating to the election of ^ rustees for school district No. 12 in lock Hill. SATURDAY?Feb. 12th. L< The house today, in addition to massing a large volume of local bills, :a\v a second reading t?> a number if bills of general interest and im- ('c ortance. Two ??t* these concerned ul ronien. one aimed at the white slave llJ ratlic and making the enticing of a ,N male to a house of ill-fame a felony ^ ind the other a washerwoman's hiil I'1 tiaking the wearing of another's lot lies by a launjryman or washer- =>JI toman a misdemeanor. A highly important railroad bill by 144 )ixon glided through by the grace of he institution of several members those intention it had been to object o it. The bill allows suits against l(1 oreigii corporations to bo brought in j"" he county where the complainant reides. It hqs been complained in m uits of this kind involving a thou- 1H and dollars or so damages that it so as been the practice of the defendants o wear out the plaintiffs with costs ^ iy having the cases transferred over he State. The bill will be fought 011 "" he third reading Monday. *a Other bills passed by the House, f more or less general interest, were , he following: By Brown, requiring .11 renewals of judgments to be inlexed; by Biiee, requiring clerks of os. ourt to enter on the criminal dockts the race to which defendants be- ?' an?; ny wens. converting the title f abandoned railroad rights of way o the original owners; by Carey, reuiring elerks of court to open and nf mhlish sealed sentences; by Daniel. ex. laking it a misdemeanor to discharge j*' ny firearm into a dwelling; by Dixon. ' eiitioning Congress to return South ?. arolina's share of the cotton tax; 1 >y Dixon, making the interest on j\ mblic money inure to the public in- . tead of to officers causing deposits to 'O made. Dixon says this bill was ' ' aspired by the action of the dispellarv coiiiiuission placing dejaisits in -T auks in which tlicv were individualv interested; by Wells, providing for 1,1 lie redemption of that | tort inn of the itate debt represented by the 4 l-'J " er cent bonds. Brown consols, with ' 1-2 |?er cent bonds. The Senate judiciary committeees* esolutiou calling u|sm Superintenent Babcock and the board of reents of the State Hospital for the ^ nsane to tender their resignation to v< lie Governor by next Thursday is *-' kelv to fail of passage in the Sen- (>| te. although the resolution was signd by eleven out of thirteen members f the committee. It was presented "n d the Senate today, but action on it j: 'as postponed. j-r The two houses will adjourn, sine ^ ie Saturday. Those who have been proclaiming 8U Bcentlv that high license is ?intt-in.? i favor wore saddened by the action day of the Senate in killing tlie high cense bill of Smith of Hampton 'ithout debate. s? tn Butchered Young Girl. Delnnd, Fla., Special.?Irwin HanLett, lb-yea rs-old. has been arrested a, or murdering Mary Tedder. 14 years O Id. He hacked the victim into p ieces with a knife. He was a in- II r nate of the reformatory for boys, ind considered a model youth. Hf C; arcly escaped mob vengence. The Charcot Antarctic expedition ?r as returned to Punta Arenas with- . at having reached the South Pole. f1 in ht $40,000,000 For Missions. T1 St. Louis. Mo., Special.? It is an- su ouneed that the countrywide series re f meetings which close in Chicago so he tirst week in May will result in ui lercasing foreign missionary offers o nearly $40,000,000. more than our times the amount of last year's fferings for the purpose. w in For Rivers and Harbors. bi Washington, I). (\. Special.?Ap- m roximately $40,000,000 will be varied in the rivers and harbors approriatiou bill fo? the next tiscal year. , Y 'HAHE PIE?. One potind ot cooked cold bare, ve alf a pound puff paste, one onion,. or >ur ounces of macaroni, two hard oiled eggs, half pint of stock, half in teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet. r1 Break the xhacaroni into short >ngths and tlyow it into plenty of oiling water, and boil till quite tener se Line a flat dish with the pastry, by rain the water well from the niaca- m ini. and place it in the center. Aringe over this neatly the pieces of p8 are, and pour in <the stock and kit- te hen bouquet, and sprinkle over a hf ttle salt and pepper. Peel, scald <.0 nd chop the onion, sprinkle It over. Put the dish in a hot oven for U] ?n minutes, 'then cook it in a mod- ro rate oven for half an hour. Chop finely the whites of egg, ar- ^ ange them on the top, and rub ^ hrough a wire sieve the yolks, alswing them to fail directly oyer. ol erve very hot.?New York Press. I XV St la a commonly accepted belief, id in its Country Life in America, 'that '<* to thing short of 'being pried loose rc rill induce a bulldog to give up bis CI frip on another dog or on an in- fr ruder; but tlhis is a mistake. A lit1e household ammonia poured on htm -as near hlR nose as circumstances 0J rill allow?wli! make him let go 1m- je ledt&tely. The fumes of axnmohis w .re so overpowering that a dog can- m iot possibly alntain his grip and his w >rsath at the same lime. ^ - ' \ I I ^1, OUTH CAROLINA NEWS. THE CORN EXHIBIT. sgislature Gives $1,000 for the Exposition. The Mu ccss of I he ciirii ex|x?s'u ion i be held in Columbia durum I lie lining fall is assured. The wavs id means eoinuiiltee of the legislate have aeled favorably on the alter of an appropriation ol $1.0011 >r the eoni exposition, also an ap*opriatiou of $.">00 for the Corn reeders' assoeiation. whieli was ormi/ed in Columbia several days jo. The sum of $'J.*>0 will be made ailable at ouee to further the oruii/uliou and plan ol the exposi011. The appropriation of $.">00 will be need in the hands of the profesr of agriculture at Clemson. the 'ad of the extension work, the cotnissioner of agriculture and the esident of the Corn Breeders' aseiation. The eorn exposition has the inirsetnent of the l.ive Stoek associam. the Columbia Chamber of Comprce, merehants. business men, rmers, legislators and. in faet. it is been received most favorably. A. 1>. Hudson, the president of the irn Breeders' association, 'lias ?ne actively to work to make the ;position a success and the propos[ [ilans are the most complete of iv corn exposition ever organized the country. The present plans are to offer $ ">.10 in prizes. The exposition will be it only of State-wide nature, but cry ?naie in me >outh will be askI to participate. Especially are e farmers of the State linked to tend and take part. Several oi e machinery houses of the countrv ill offer prizes. In connection with ic exposition there will be a corn stitute, at which time experts will seuss seed selection, cultivation an.! rt ilizat ion. C. II. Kyle, an expert from the nited States department of airriilture. has been asked to assist in rfectin;* a manual for the member? ' the Corn Breeders' association, Ins manual or bulletin will be disilmted.?The State. Farmers Flant Vegetables. Nine farmers who reside near Mei*e. in Chesterfield county, will plant '{rotables under the direction of A . Smith of the I'nited States bureau plant industry. There is a jjov> nnieut station located at McBee cBec is located in the sandhill re on of the State and the land lot any years has been considered praccall\ worthless. The vegetable? inn these farms will he shipped t? IV \uon III 111 lilt* Wllllt'l ul to the markets of Florida in the iniiuor. Furniture Dealers to Meet. The Retail Furniture Dealers' asiciation will meet in annual eoiivenim in Spartanburg April lit ami 14. There will be about lot) delegate? atteiulauee. The speakers for the convention e: A. >1. Canadian. Chattanooga; . H. h. Wernicke, (4ram! Rapids, ieli.; A. T. Thomas, editor of the rand Rapids Furniture Record: T, . Homer, Nashville. ried so Violently as to Burst Blood Vessel. Carlisle, the 'J-year-old son of Mr. id Mrs. Haskell Sliull. of near pxington, died under most peculiar reumstanees. The little fellow was noeeiitlv playing in the room, when ? mashed h.'s linger between a door, he child is said to have cried with ich foree as possibly to cause the ipture of a blood vessel, and death on followed, the little one crying itil death relieved its suffering. Meet3 Awful Death. Near Paeolet Mills. Willie ,1. Sloan, ife of a prominent farmer, slips out to an outhouse, tires the structure, irning herself to death. She was entally unballaneed. News Items. Greenville lias raised $-10,000 for a . M. C. A. building. The battleship South Carolina will >ry probablv arrive in Charleston i April 10. J. B. Lemmon. a white farmer livg a few miles from Kingstree, ove his wagon oft' the en use way the river swamp Friday night and as instantly killed. The members of the general asmblv was entertained last Monday, r the Columbia Chamber of Conerce in the wnv of a "smoker." South Carolina has been asked to irticpate in the Panama Pacific I11rnational exposition, which will be >ld in San Franeiseo. upon the nipletion of the Panama Canal. Walter Young student at Fnrman diversity, was found dead in his om. Founders' day exercises will he >1(1 at Converse oolleire this year on pril 24. The Speaker for this oeoaoii will Ih> President S. P. Mitchell South Carolina university. If is exjieetetl that Tresnlent .1. IT. rearn ol tlie Carolina linscball ague will call a meeting of i lie dieters of the league, to be held in harlotte within the next ten days win Inst T icsduy. At this meeting playing Schedule for the approachg neason will he arranged, and sev al new laws pertaining to the ague will l?e made. One of these ill be looking toward thp enforceent of the sulary limit. This limit ill also be determined at thia meet TAFT DEFENDS PARTY. Declares Campaign Pledges Have Been Redeemed. Now York. S|H'?ial. ? If Wall Street methods a iv sneli that tin- on I otvmetit of the law will |irnit:ol<* panie. then tin* i|iiieker the inellioils are changed the hetler. *1 hits President Tal'l. at the Lincoln diiiuet* >! the Kepithliean t'luh last Satnrdax trade I tinul replv to the ph-adim.:* ??l " The Interests. *" There will he no ninniiiu anntek on tlu* |>:it't of the administration, the : president declared; hut the law v. ill be enforced tin1 Sherman atii ;ni.-t law. specifically. Ueeurrinv to tinplat form plcdtres ol the Republican party, the presitleni poinlcdix reminded his llitonu ot hearers that no promises hail heen made to repeal or amend or in an\ way to ahate the ritior.s of the Sherman law. This law i> on the statute hooks to he enforced, the liresidetit declared, and it is the purpose ot' his aduiiuist rat ion to enforce it. As an ameliorating ti^i'iiev. all I hiit the president had to offer wsis the Federal incorporation lull, which is pending at Washington for the cmmtvss to take or let alone. ;i> it pleases. Hut there is not hint: more in this net that is in any way intended to let down the bars ul the Sherman net even to those thai avail themselves of it. In brief, the president renewed all tll<? wl IStltO- ilooltlioil inn.' .il' I Iwi liesf message to t'onjinss and the special message 011 interstate commerce ami Federal ineorporai ion. and it must he taken tor granted that his parlv is behind hitn in his plans, for tlu> three . thousand or more Republican diners i who listened to the address cheered every declaration to the echo. ' Taft returned to his defense of the tariff, and by figures showing the op! e-ution of the Payne low of the past six months argued a decided revision downward. He pledged his administration anew to the postal savings , bank system, ami in a general way covered the entire range of his legislative platform as it was laid down in i the Republiciean platform and has since heen devolped in tin* president's . sueeessive messages to Congress. Tt was upon the corporation policy, however, that the president laid greatest stress, and I lint lie lias not changed his mind. THE WEEK IN CONGRESS. , House Democrats to Line Up Against Ship Subsidy Bill. Washington. I). Special. Ship subsidy legislation seems almost eer iam lo pass the Senate, but the Demo crats in the House are preparing; to i line up against the hill ami they be? lieve that with some Republican as si stance they will he able to defeat > it. The question of whether the House eoniinittee on ways anil means will umletake the investigation of the high cost of living, in view of the action of the Senate, is still undetermined. Postal savings banks and i appropriation bills will take up practically the entire week in the Senate In the House the rivers and harbors bill will probably occupy considerable time and there are other appro[ print ion bills ready for consideration. Among these is the poslflice bill carrying about $240,000.00(1 and the Indian bill. The Hailinger-I'iuchot investigation is scheduled for resumption. Issues Injunction Against Southern. Richmond. Va.. Special.? Based on complaint of the Tennessee Central railroad. Judge Kdmitnd Wnddill, Jr.. in the I'nited States circuit court here last week issued a restraining order against the Southern railway by which the latter is prevented front withdrawing tariff rates and tariff agreements, which the Tennessee Centra' claims would virtually disrupt its intf 'ate business. Big Fire at Vicksburg, Miss. Vicksburg. Miss.. Special.?Fire here Saturday, in the central portion of the citv. caused the loss of $400, 000. Thinks Taft Will be President Again. New York, Special.--In the opinion of Chits. K. Hughes of New York, President Tail will be renominated and reelected :i president of tlie United States. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company lias purchased the Mount Airy cotton mill property at Mount Airy from the receivers, the price being $11,799.40. To Inspect Panama Canal. New Orleans. Special.?More than a hundred members of the National Editorial Association, which concluded its annual convention here Saturday, left on the steamer Cart ago for Panama. Their inspection of the canal zone will cover a period of several days. To Stndy Industrial Education. Washington, Special. - Industrial education in all probability will be the subject of an exhaustive study by the United Slates bureau of labor in the early spring. ( Cotton Bales Lighter. New Orleans. Special. Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange has issued a statement of weights on ti.238.H2 4 hales of cotton handled at ports and across the Mississippi. Ohio and I'otomae rivers, overland to American manufacturers outside of the cotton holt during the months of September to January, inclusive, showing an average of .">09. 08 pounds against 519.43 for the same period a year ago. QUEER POLITICAL CASE. Crazy Man in Virginia Nominate* Himself. Now a Contest Likely. Washington. Special.?Hecuuse an alleged crazy man got on the ballot as a candidate for ('undress in the fifth Virginia district ut the last election ami obtained the stip|>ort of a number of electors, the result of the election in that district may l>e overturned, and Represent ative E. W. Saunders, (Hem.) may be deprived of bis seat. This remarkable state of affairs was diselosed before elections committee No. 2 of tin* House last Tuesday when the contest of Parsons vs. Saunders was taken up. John M. Parsons, the Republican candidate, is contesting the seat of Mr. Saunders, who, on the face of the returns received a plurality of about Sit votes. .Inst bow many votes Mathews received will not be known until the ballots are counted, which will be done by a sub-committee comprised of Representative Burke (Pa.). Bennet. (N. Y.) and Ton Velle (Ohio) of the elections committee, beginning next Thursday. There arc nearly 14.IH.'tt ballots to count. THE FAIR DATES FIXED. Virginia - Carolina - Georgia Circuit Elects Reynolds President. Roanoke, Ya.. Special.?The annual meet tux of the Virginia-Parolina-tieorgia fair circuit was bold here Tuecday night. The following dates for fairs were selected: Galax, Ya.. August ill) September 2; Radford. Ya.. September ?-!); Tazewell. Ya.. September ld-ltl; Roanoke. Va.. September 20-2' ; l.ynehburg, Va., Sept ember 27-itO; Winston, N. C.. Oetvdier 4-7; tSreenslHiro, N. P., Oetober 11-14: Raleigh, N. P.. Oetober 17-22: Charlotte. N. October 2429Spartanburg, S. P.. November 1 i; i ottimniu, >. i"., .NdveiiilMT JS-11; Kutporia. V;i., November 22-2(1. S. Walton declining; to 1m* elected as president. \V. X. Kcynoldij of Wittslon-Salem was elected. Other ofiicers are as follows: First vice president. I'aul V. Moore, Spartanburg;. S. : second vice president, 0. Walton. Falls Mills: third vice president. Louis A. Shoal/., Roanoke: secretary. Conrad fJeizen; treasurer. Joseph F. Pogrue. of Raleigh. X. C. CHARGES OF FRAUD. Great Southern Agency Company Enjoined. < 'liattaiiooira. Tenn., Special.?The (treat Southern A^cin-v company, an Arizona corporation with hcadqttarters in this city, headed by < . J. llebert. was in chancery court last Monday through an injunction obtained by Attorneys Williams ami Smith of this city and Frank I*. Bond of Nashville. representing; stockholders holding; several thousand dollars worth of stock. The injunction restrains the defendant company front paying; out any money in its possession, particularly to the Great Southern Insurance comn.'inv _? j.i.fiu.fot wot ?!? ? .< . w. pr|(|| UIH 111*11 tut* illit'lirv company is charged with attempting t<> hack for tin* exploiting of its own shares. The suit involves directly upwards of $1(?0.000, which, it is alleged is all there is left of over $400,0(10 collected hv the company from shareholders. Many Children Hungry. Washington. If ('.. Special.?In the House Tuesday Representative Henry. of Texas, read letters from Chicago. saving o.OOO Chicago children go to school hungry each day and that. 10,000 more are not pr?|w?rly nourished was the verdict by Assistant Superintendent .lohn D. Khoop. '! am certain the figures are not overdrawn,*' said Mr. Shoop. "I know from personal observation that many children do not make progress in school because they do not receive good nourishing food." He blames the new traifT law for existing conditions. Clash Between Races. Chattanooga. Tenn , Special.?Tn n pitched battle between whites and negroes at Ilule's Bar. about twenty miles south of ('hattannoga, early Tuesday morning, three negroes were shot to death. They are I/ee Sloan, a laborer; "Daddy" Baker, a preacher and ring-leader of the black rioters. and one unidentified. Deserted, Tries to Die. London. By Cable. ? Florence Scheuck Wilson, the beautiful Norfolk. Va.. girl who eloped four yearn ago with Chariot H. Wilson, manager of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's stable, attempted suicide Friday night in a West End hotel by taking chloral. She may recover. Next Year at Winston. Winston-Salem, N. C.t Special.? The North Carolina Library Association will hold its annual convention here this year, the time to be next October. I Robber Was Her Husband. Pittsburg. Special.? Airs. Jerry McAnley of MeKecsjtort Monday was shown a picture of a man killed two weeks ago while robbing tbe poatofllee at Tallahassee, Fla., and identified it as that of her hnaba?yl who has been missing from this city for a year. Up to last Monday tbe foreign abocription to Paris flood relief funds had reached $30t,00>.