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DOUBT PEARY Mfttiml frttf Required fcy CmhuKtee ?f His CUsi that he *?* , ! REACHED NORTH POLE Until Tihs la Done Peary Will Not * Be Recipient of Congressional Reward.?Congressman Macon Declares Himself "Skeptical About Peary's Having Discovered Pole. Until Commander Robert E. Peary furnished other proofs that he discovered the North Pole, no reward ?"l v- - v 1 a Wilt U? UCBIUWUH uyuu llltll, ?B LUC result of a practically unanimous vote of the congressional substitute committee of the House committee on naval affairs Wednesday. A speech in opposition to the proposition of honoring Peary was made by Representative Macon of Arkansas, before the committee. Representative Macon declared to the committer that the explorer could not have made the distance he said he did in his dash for the Pole. Mr. Macon said he was "indignant at the thought of being called upon as a Representative of the American people to confer l. h'gh honor upon any one of its citii.':i.B in the dark." All legislation by Congress, he said, vught to be open and above board. "I confess that I am exceedingly sceptical about Mr. Peary's ever hav ing discovered the Pole," declared Mr. Macon, "and I am going to protest against any honor being conferred upon him by Congress until he has established beyond reasonable doubt that he did discover it, and it must be established in the open, and not In the dark." Mr. Macon said he wantod to direct attention to one "discrepancy in Mr. Peary's story." This was the speed he made from the time Capt. Bartlett left him until he reached the Pole. Mr. Peary said that for five days he made 26.4 miles per day, but Mr. Macon said this appeared very singular, in view of the fact that the Peary party had mado but 9.06 mileB per day up to the time Bartlett left. During this part of his journey, Mr. Macon said, "no white man was W.Uk kl ? _ fx % mill uini hr a witness, nis oniy companions being his negro valet and (our Eskimos. "He claims to have made an average of forty-four miles per day on his way back from the pole to Bartlett's camp, and 28.6 miles per day from Bartlett's camp to Cape Columbia. "The greatest speed he had made before Bartlett left him was 9.06 miles ner day, bo Peary must have made nearly three times as great speed after Bartlett left him as he did before, in order to reach the Pole." Mr. Macon declared that Mr. Peary's own statements showed that he equalled this speed but twice during the entire Journey to the Pole. The first day he started from land he made 26 miles, and on another day made 29 miles in fourteen hours of forced march, "which Mr. Peary has told us was about the limit of human endurance." Mr. Macon quoted Lieut. Schakleton, Gen. Greely and other to show that "10 to 12 miles per day, or slightly more, perhaps, is considered the limit of human endurance traveling over Polar seas." MAN KILL SELF. After Wife Leaves Policeman Com mits Suicide. His wi!e \ene. his life \recked, /.rthur llro*VT?, 'orm,rly of tlio Atlanta police for^ luit n >w livjag at Gllmore, Ga., decided that life was not worth while and v^sed a revolver with fatal effect. Going Into a bathroom of his home, Wednesday he shoe himself through the head with a thirty-eight calibre revolver. The shot was heard and neighbors rushed Into the house and entered the bathroom, hut were unable to save the man's life. Mr. Brown was formerly a member of the police force of Atlanta, and at one time was a secret agent of the United States government. He is survived by his wife, mother, sister. brother, and one child. His wife quit him some time ago. Many Wanted Babies. n cuut'auujr whb ino nay they gave babies away in New Orleans A car load of little tots arrived from New York foundling and orphan asylumn with an eager crowd of claimants awaiting their arrival. In addition to those who have previously made successful claim to a baby, many pressed about, the car in the hone that fhoro mI? s? ?-? ?~ over," but those who applied In advance got every baby In the car. floing to tbe Capital. W. E. McGee, the traveling passenger agant of the Soufharn. was In Rock Hill Thursday making arrangements with President Johnson for a trip to Washington, D. C., to be taken by the senior class at the college. WILL INSPECT SEED : n a GETTING READY TO MAKE WAR b 8 ON THE BOLL WEEVIL. The lew Recently 1'uaed by tho< * Legislature A boat Seed Inspection to be Enforced. A conference of the seed houses I ? will be called to meet soon to discuss the act passed at the last session of ?.he general assembly calling for the inspection of all seed sold In this state, J. N. Harper of Clemson college was In Columbia Thursday for a conference with Commissioner Watson. Prof. Harper has already commenced the preparations for the Inspection of the seed at the experiment station. Miscropic test*, will be made. The act provides in part as follows: Section 1. That on and after the approval of this act, no person, firm or corporation shall oj himself or themselves, his or their agents or representatives of any persons, firms or corporations, sell or offer for sale or distribution within the State of South Carolina, for Beeding purposes, any lot or package of agricultural seedB exceeding one pound in weight unless the same, when put in either open or closed packages, shall have attached thereto a label on which is plainly printed or written in the English language the following: (1) Name and kind of seed. (2) Statement of purity of seed contained therein. (4) Germinating power of seed. (5) Locality where seed was grown if known. Sec. 2. For the purpose of this act the term "agricultural seeds" shall Include seed of the red clover, either medium or inarm ? th clover, white clover, alsike clover, burr clover, cr'rnson clover, lespedeza, alfalfa. tlin thy, orchard gruss, Kentucky blue -8, red top, bromis inerimis, oat g~ ss, fescues, the millets, the vetch, s. other grass ahd forage plant seeds, tlax. rape, sorghum, rye, barley and other serials and cotton. Sec. 3. No agricultural seeds, as I defined in section 2, shall be sold ? or offered for sale or distributed < within the State which contnin in i greater numbers than 30 to 1,000 i seeds under examination, the seeds i of such noxious weeds as clover dod- ' der, field dodder, white mustard, wild oats and such other weeds as may be I designated in the regulations pro- i mulgated by the state department of i agriculture and the state experiment station. Where the seeds of the weeds so designated are presented in fewer numbers than 30 to 1,000 1 of the Beed being examined a statement shall be made on the label attached to the package numbering the weed seeds present therein. , Sec. 4. The seeds of such weeds ] as sheep sorrel, green and yellow t fox tail, yellow trefoil, chick-weed < and such other weeds as may be prescribed in the regulations adopted by , the state department of agriculture , and the state experiment station, and \ stated In circulars, shall be classed s as impurities in agricultural seeds. When such impurities or any -of i them present in quantity exceeding ^ 3 per cent? of said agricultural seeds s the approximate percentage of each 0 shall be plainly stated on the bag at- f tached as specified in section 1. Section 5. Sand. dirt, sticks, brok- s on seeds, other seeds than those men- j tioned in the foregoing sections, or ( nn.v uuier iongn matter, shall be fl considered as impurities when mixed with agricultural seeds sold, offered or exposed for sale in this State for feeding purposes. When such im- s purities are present in seeds exceeding the standard fixed in the regulations of the state department of agriculture and the state experiment station the name and approximate ' percentage of each shall he stated on ^ the label as specified in section 1. Sec. 6. The department of agrlcul- 1 ture and the state experiment sta- % tion are hereby empowered to pre- v scribe regulations designating when v seeds shall be considered mixed or r adulterated of misbranded and as (| germinating power standard. Sec. 7. The provisions of this act a shall not be contructed as applying ^ to: r 1") Any person growing, possess- p ing for sale or selling for food purposes only. (2) Persons selling seeds containing Impurities execpt as defined In ' * nit? reKiiiHiions. providing such seeds h are sold to merchants to he reclean- r ed before exposing for sale upon the r general market. rB (3) Seed that Is In store for the purpose of recleanlng and which Is 1 not possessed, sold or offered for ^ sale for seed purposes. a (41 Orals, grown or sold and de- r llvered from the farm by the owner 1 thereof, buyer himself to use rhe c seed for seeding purposes, or for *' resale to local merchants, who may resell. (51 Mixtures of seeds for lawn purposes except that the sale of such mixtures Is sold subject to restrlc- f Hons and regulations made therefor y hv the department of agriculture an:l ' the state experiment station A Sec. 8. For the purpn;e of this a act seed shall be deemed pure when It complies with the foregoing provisions and contains no coxinunlcable disease. ft The enforeeme it of the pror a on H is left with the commissioner of agriculture. " The act further says: f? "Sec. 9. The enforcement of the 1c ? " -'it rovislonB of this act is hereby placd under the direction of the comlissloner of agriculture, commerce nd industries of So nth Carolina, and ie la hereby empowered to appoint uch inspectors and assistant# as may e necessary to execute Its provi#oas. All examinations of seeds shall >e done at the State experiment staions under the supervision of the llrector thereof and from the funds aised by this act upon the approval >f the commissioner of agriculture. :ommerce and Industries the expenles of examination shall be paid by Lhe State. "Sec. 10. It shall be the djity of the inspectors and assistants to collect samples of agriculture seeds in Lhe open market and forward same to the experiment station, where they shall be examined and analyzed in conformity with the provisions of this act and the standards fixed by the regulations provided for herein. The insepctors and assistants are vested with all necessary powers for the proper execution of their duties and to note all violations of any provisions of this act and to bring action In the proper court or tribunal for prosecution of such violation when directed so by the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries. "Sec. 11. The results of all tests of seeds made by the experiment station shall be published in bulletins of the department or the station. together with the names and postoffice addresses of the persons, firms or corporations from whom all samples tested were obtained. "Section 12. For the purposes of this act a sample of agriculture seed shall consist of not more than founr nor less than two ounces of the seed to bo examined. "Sec. 13. Whoever violates any provisions named in the section of this act, or who shall attempt to interfere with the inspectors or assistants in the discharge of the duties named herein, shall be deemed suilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 for each and every offense. "Sec. 14. A fee of 25 cents shall he collected by the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries Trom ttv> seedsman, person, firm or corporation oefTring the seed for sale or selling same for each sample tested under the provisions of this act, and the proceeds from such feeB shall be paid out of said special fund upon the warrant of the comptroller general, upon the presentation of Itemized bills approved by the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and Industries. CAUSES DAMAGE. Lluhtnlne IMnvs Strnnim n..? Hurt? No One. At Somerville, N. J., the telephone, ilectric light and fire alarm service is crippled as a result of the most jevere electric storm over experlenc>d In this section of New Jersey. A dozen residences and an equal lumber of barns and outbuildings vere struck by bolts, but no serious Ires resulted. The lightning played ;ome strange pranks. A bolt came down the chimney of he new residence of William Ar;enberg and traveled around the dull .lit moulding on the walls throughout the house, leaving it with a surace like newly burnished gold. In another house a bolt which itruck a projecting gable divided nto several branches on entering he house and lighted eight small ires in as many different rooms. WANTS N'KCK BROKE. hot Two Women Because Tliey Hefuse to Marry Him. At Marion, Ind., Sanford Love ailed at the home of fiance, Miss .ottie Murden, Thursday ana shot er twice, once in the rbeast and a the back. She will die. Eight ears ago, Love shot another young Ionian, Nora Miller, to whom be ras engaged to be married. She ecovered. Miss Murden, after a uarrel with Love, had broken her ngagement with him and he shot her fter she returned the letters he had written her. L/Ove is 28 and Miss turden 18. He surrendered to the oiice. Jerked OfT Fingers. At Chester Wednesday afternoon ohn J. Peay was the victim of a iorrihly painful accident. He was iding in a buggy and leading a mule lear the York county line. The nule became frightened and pulled rnok violently and the first joint of he forefinger of Mr. Peay's right land was jerked off, together with tendon more than a foot long, eaching almost to the elbow. Mr. ?eay was brought at once to the 11y and the wound was carefully ressed. He is resting comfortably. I?octor Sentenced. At Detroit Wednesday Dr. George i. Frltch was sentenced to serve rom seven and one-half to fifteen ears In the penitentiary for causig the death of Mnbelle Millman, of .nil Arl?or. last August by means of ' n unlawful operation. Fatal Fight. One man was killed and two others ] itally wounded In a pistol 'fight at ' earea, Ky., Monday. I i The boy of today is a pretty good < illow, and not half as soft as he- i K>ks. t * THE LAND^STEAL Ex-SecrcUry Garfield Hakes Seme Se?satitul Stateaeats BALUNGER SHOWN UP Garfield Connects Him Directly With a False Affidavit Gotten up in the Who Attempted to Buncoe the Who Attempted to Buncoe the Government. Jaines R. Garfield, former secretary of the Interior, was finally excused from the witness stand at the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation late Thursday afternoon. His final half hour before the committee furnished the sensation of what had been up to that time a decidedly dull day. Mr. Garfield Btated that r. Baln#t.. I ( ^ Iiub^l I Mivci UAT1U5 UCCU WU1U1IOOIWHer of the land office, submitted to him on Septemeber 17, 1908, an affidavit signed by Clarence Cunningham, containing the statement chat the Ouggenhelms had no in'erests whatever In the Cunningham group of coal mines in Alaska, while as a matter of fact, the records of a recent hearing before the senate committee on territories show that prior to the making of the affidavit th^ Guggenheim syndicate had been given an option on a half interest in all the Cunningham claims. Attorney Brandeis, who was questioning Mr. Garf\eld, followed up these declarations by reading from Secretary Ballinger's report to President Taft on September 4, last, concerning the Glavis charges, the statement that Mr. I!alling.er had suggested to Mr. Cunningham an amendment to an affidavit made prior to the one which he presented to S?cretary Garfield in September, 1908, and that Mr. Cunningham made the amendment by explaining in detail what he meant yb certain terms used in hiB former affidavit. Mr. Garfield said Mr. Ballinger, In giving--him the affidavit left the Impression on him that his action was entirely casual and that he had been requested by friends in Seattle to leave it on file or whatever it might be worth. Mr. Brandeis then called attention to the fact that the name of Mr. Ballinger's law firm was printed on the backing of the affidavit. The former secretary of the interior was examined and cross-examined as to his administration of the office which he gave up to Mr. Ballinger on March 5, 1909. Mr. Garfield, in explaining what he did in the matter of the withdrawal of lanas without specific provisions by law, declared he was working In the Interests of the people and to prevent monopolistic control of power sites and consequent extortionate prices to the consumer. The former secretary took IsBue with Mr. Rallinger as to certain statements made by the latter In his reply to President Taft regarding the various charges made against him. Mr. Garfield said he could not recall any conference with Mr. Balllnger regarding the Cunningham coal claims, although Mr. Ballinger said he had immediately conferred with Mr. Garfield after the receipt of Glavis' protest against the clear listing of the Alaska claims. Mr. Garfield admitted that in urging general coal legislation by congress early in 1908 he had made the statement that he was willing to condone fraudulent entries in Alaska provided the entrymen were compelled to pay an increased price for the land to the government. BANK CASHIKIt SKIPS. With Ten Thnusuna Pollers of the Bank's Money. Savannah b*s a sensation on hand. James M. Doyle, teller of the Hibernia bank and first lieutenant in th" Irish Jasper Greens', is short $10,000 in his account with the bank and is a fugitive from justice. It has been found that Doyle, though married, was intimate with a woman who is now supposed to he in Atlanta. He came much excited on Friday night, when he found the womftn had gone, and said he was going to find her. His cash was recently checked up and found to be correct. He is believed to have taken the money Saturday afternoon late. It was ail in inrge bills. Millie anil l>o llappy SmileB should bo a part of ourselves every day of the week. Do you know we esteem those persons our best friends who greet us with h smile aud a kind word. A community composed of individuals who IqoR always on the bright side of everything would, in our opion, he an Ideal community. What we need in thin life is sunshine, and a great deal af It. Fears War With .lapun. A note of warning was sounded 1 Monday by Jocob 11. Sehiff, the New York hanker, regarding the situaion in the far enst, nnd the posslh- 1 llty of war with Japan was (tiscuss*d in many banking houses, Mr. < Sehiff helped finance Japan in her 1 var with Russia. I SOME AMAZING FACTS SOUTH HAS LESS ANIMALS THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO. Thwn Hm Beei Opportunity to Rocuperatr, but the Opportunity Has Not Been Improved. Sometime ago the Macon Telegraph gave its readers official figures showing that in Georgia there are fewer cattle (excepting milch cows), sheep and swine in 1910 than in 1860?before the war. This was amazing, yet true. The Manufacturers Record has gone further into the question and gives us the figures in all the Southern States. They show that there has been a loss also in fifty years In the other Southern states of Alabama. Maryland. North and South Carolina. In the fifty years between 1860 and 191# the population of the country Increased from 31,500,000 to 89,000,000, and the population of th<5 South from 11,000,000 to 28,000,000. In tho same period, according to official figures and allowing for valuation In censuB schedules, the raising of livestock used for food has not kept pace with the growth of population in the whole country, and in the South has actually declined in the case of sheep and swine. In 1860 the South had 8,542,190 meat cattle, not including milch cows and-in 1910 she has 13,834,000; in 1860 the South had 6,084,000; in 1860 the South had 18,281,218 hogs, and in 1910 she has 15,089,000. This is not a creditable showing, and proves that our farmers have pretty well abandoned almost everything else for cotton. In the ease of sheep, the South now has 10,000 fewer than in 1860, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee showing the most marked decreases, their average being too great to overcome the increase of $1,165,000 in Texas, added to the slight increases in Florida, Kentucky, Maryland and old Virginia. Swine made even a worse showing than sheep. The increase for the v/diole country in the fifty-year period was only at the rate of 4 2 per cent., against an increase of 197 per cent, in the population, but against an increase of 172 per cent, in the population of the South the number of Bwine decreased by more than 3,000,000, in the face of an increase of 1,883,000 in Texas, of 184,000 in Florida, of 109,000 in Louisiana and nf *>7 n n A i- AI-K ?> (uuv in nmuniiiu, iue oniy lour 1 states of the fourteen Southern states showing an increase. Of course it is understood that the meat animals (as well as horses and rallies) in the South had to do service for both of the contending armies. The foraise, the wreck, the destruction, the conflict of four years left the South practically barren of these animals. But there has been time to recuperate, as other things have recuperated. There has never been a time more propitious than the present for live stock raising in the South. Facts, conditions and the promise of fat rewards call aloud for it. IiEADKUS AKR WORRIED. New York Republicans Admit that the Situation is Serious. A dispatch from Oswego, N. Y., say that political leaders and legislators, national and State, who were in attendance on the funeral of former United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt, found an opportunity for an exchange of views * on the political situation at Albany. The Allds-Conger bribery scandal, and the Senate leadership contest were quietly discussed by former Governor Odell, Chairman Woodruff, of the Republican State Representative Dwight, the Republican "whip" in the lower house at Washington, and representative Sloat Fassett, and other Republican legislators from Washington and Albany. The delegation from Washington brought word that the feeling in Administration circles favored Hinman's election. Albany retorted that such action was unlikely, and it was hinted that a hitherto unmentioned candidate might be put forth as a Compromise. It is apparent that Senator Cobb's supporters, who include Chairman Woodruff and Wm. Harries, Jr., the Albany leader, intends to press his candidacy at the conference at Albany. That the sitution within the Republican part? at Albany is causing grave concern was adimtted by the leaders. Shoots Herself. Near Milledgeville, Ga., Miss Effle Simpson, twenty years old, beautiful and accomplished, shot herself in tho heart at her homo- at an early hour Thursday morning- She had been teaching school at Eastman but resigned on account of ill health. She was a member of a prominent family and her rash act created a great Bhock. They call it embarking on the sea of matrimony, but unless Elanor Robson stays hitched up to August of most actresses, we should call It Relnront longer than the marriages , Lhe rivulet of matrimony. | STARCH EXPLODES FIVE PERSONS ARK KILLED AND TWENTY-FOUR HURT. By the Blowing Up of the Maize Product Company's Plant at Ruby, Indiana. l Five persons were killed and 24 were Injured In an explosion In the starch factory of the Western Glucose company at Ruby. Ind., Wednesday. Starch in an overheated kiln is supposed to have been the cause. It Is known that 29 workmen were In the building at the time. Seven were rescued, though badly wounded, and taken to hospitals. Of the 12 unaccounted for, seven, it is believed, have escaped unhurt. The reBt were burned in the ruins of the warohoiiop Ruby, Indiana, 1h just across the Illinois boundary, not far from South Chicago. The plant employs 275 men. The fire broke out suddenly after a force of men had prepared a large kiln full of starch, which a moment later blew up like gunpowder. So great was the force of the explosion that some of the injured wero thrown through windows and doors and In that way escaped death from the flames. Soon the whole building was on fire and the roof and the upper floors were blown skyward. How many were left in the building to perish was not known definitely. ^ ^ 0 ATTACKED THE I'REACIIKit. 1 tecnuse He Refused to Lot a Divorcee Sing in Choir. Adherance to his determination not to permit divorced persons to sing in the choir of the large and fashionable First Baptist church at Paducha, Ky., where he is pastor, won for Dr. M. E. Dodd, a severe beating on the streets Monday. Chas Graham, a prominent tobacco grower, waB his assailant. During a recent revival Dr. Dodd called for volunteers to sing in tho choir. Mrs. Graham, who was dtvorced before she married her present husband, sent in her name. Dr. Dodd informed her that, according to his interpretation of the Scriptures, she was not spiritually divorced from her first husband and therefore he could not permit her to sing. Graham met the minister on the street and the attack followed. Dodd had a Bible and other books under * his arm and offered no resistance. The pastor filled his pulpit though his face showed the marks of the encounter. tmJ| EGG RAISES A ROW. Two Women Wrangle for the Possession of the Trifle. What members of the bench and >.?- i > - uoi uiivf ueen expecting as the uitural consequence of the increased cost of living has come to pass in Brooklyn. A complicated legal case involving the ownership of one egg is up for adjustment in the Flathush court. On Sunday last, the papers in the case cite, the children of Mrs. Mary Penninger and Mrs. Anna Ganey, playing together in a vacant lot, found a newly laid egg. Possession of the valuable find is claimed by both women. "I fully realize what the ownership of an egg means in these times," said the magistrate, when the matter was submitted to him. "and therefore 1 will not be hasty in deciding the question. I postpone the case I for one week while I am considering it." IMMKNSK M>SS FROM INSECTS. Startling Estimate Caiven to Mouse Committee. That one tenth of the agricultural products of the country were loss because of the ravages of insects and another one-tenth from fungeous disease, was the startling estimate given the House committee on interstate commerce at Washington on Wednesday by E. V. Sanderson, of the New Hampshire agricultural experiment station and president of the National Association of Entomologists. The committee was granting a hearing on the Lowden bill to prevent vhe manufacture, sale or transportation of mishranded Paris greens, lead arsenales and other insecticides, and'fungicides. This bill is designed to protect the intersts of the fru*t growers. Shoots Himself. At Colorado Springs, Colo., Earlo D. Thomas, Jr., .10 years of age, a ^ son of Itrigadler General E. I). * Thomas, commander of the department of Colorado, with hendOliartera in I w.?>.... - 1 * * ' , vvii<ri, anurtiy uemre 12 o'clock Wednesday fired a bullet Into his brain in his room at the Alamo Hotel and died instantly. Smothered hi Death. At Columbia Jim Caldwell. ,a negro laborer, was caught In a 1 fi-foot sewer cave-In and smothered to death on 'Elmwood avenue Monday.