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CALLS FOR PEACE i Senator Robt. L. Taj lor Urges Tennessee Democrats to Write. DECLINES TO SPEAK F??c (lovornor rntu-ison as ProinIUhuusc of Friend's Protest. Jeajni His Advice is llejefte<l and Hn Will Therefore Keep Out of tbe Saying that he saw with dismay that the Democracy of Tennessee is rushing madly to destruction through bitter distentions. Senator Robert L. Taylor Saturday at Washington gave out a statement withdrawing his promise to stump the State In the inteietet of the "tegular" judiciary * ticket. The senator says his action is taken because he can not inflict his advice where it Is rejected in advance. Seaator Taylor had agreed to spi?aa for Gov. Patterson and his judiciary ticket. This announcement aroused a storm of protest from friends of the senator who said they hid not carc to hear him on that subject. Senator Taylor made this statement on the eve of leaving for a Westers. lecture trip. "1 have seen with sorrow and dis iav that the Democracy of Tennessee is rushing madly to destruction through Its bitterness and dissensions. and my impulse was to fly to it and by entreaty and persuasion Induce Democrats, if I could, to waive their passions and differences. and reunite against their old-lime enemy, but 1 have been con ,r.e. J by must overwhelming evidences from hundreds of men of nil porsuafclona. all over TennesBce, thi. uy services in thnt role are not w intel, and iluU, instead of accomplishing good, I would udd fuel to the fumes and widen the breach. "1 aui, therefore, constrained to withdraw my promise to cun^a-ai li o ' State, for 1 can not Inflict my ad vice where It is rt*j<?cted tu a 1/ and when 1 am assured It * " dc harm instead of hu; u. "1 am singled ut of nil l)>n>?rats ia Tennessee and threatened \ with |H)litical destruction, no niat1 ter what I do or do not do, and now /I am ready for the sacrifice, for if ay texiuro of the -high ottice the peo/ pie have bestowed upon me depends f upon and requires that I shall join m either faction of Democrats to fighi L the other 1 will lay it down glad v nud retire with ai. 'e^st a coDei i.*vce void of any offense against my party r or people. "This muBt u"t be ts\tn as re ceding In any respect from the pos **? wo nm\Aitnp<n< for t h??rn IUOS. 1 ux?? V ??. %?v . w can be nu safety except in organizatiok and in obediance to coutinued autkorttjr. (Signed "Robert L. Tuylor." LMIAT1I TO ARMORED SHIPS. Aruaf Hnginecr Says Their l>ay of I'tility In Past. At Atlantic City, N. J., Glenn II. itrUati tossed oranges and mimic botnbs within three feet of the decks f the yacht John E. Mehere II used in place of a battleship during the ahum battle arranged Wednesday afternoon to demonstrates the utility of aeroplanes In coast d?feaae. The mock bombs were dropped from u height of about 300 feet. Experts agreed that a fleet of aeroplanes armed with bombs of high explosives oould wreck any battleship beforaguns could be trained on them. Col. William Jones, retired, formerly of the engineers corps, who is an advocate of aeroplanes for coast defense, stated that it was hi*, belief that the air machine had proved its efficiency. "The armored battleship has seen its Last days as an engine of uttack against a city or country guaroeu by aeroplanes," he said, "Glenn Curtiss or atiy other expert avlator ould drop high explosives on the decks or down the funnels of a warship as easily as Curtiss tossed the ranges within a few feet of the yacht. I believe a lleet of a score f air machines would absolutely protect any coast city. A night tight by such a fleet would not only probably demolish an entire fleet f battleships, but could so demoralize the crew of the attacked vessels as to make them useless." Curtiss also dropped oranges over a fortification marked out on the fcearb, making practically every shot a "hK." although the trajectory was sometimes 3 0 degrees because of the wind and his speed. Wednesday night ended the meet. The purses ^ ?f $f>,680 each were presented to Brooklnu for breaking the altitude record and to Curtiss for establishing a 6# mile American- rocor* over the se* course. Twenty-two flights were made during the ten days of the meet. The worth of a man may be fairly well determined by the worth of the things fan which he Interests himself. THE COTTON CROP CONDITION AS KKPOKTKD IX EACH COUNTY. Much Rain and (irnss Cuusph Plant to Re Small. Though Strong, any Several Weeks Lute. The Journal of Commerce, of New York, one of the moat reliab'e a>i thorltles in the country, has just issued the following report on cotton crop condition* in South O-flina Chiefly because of excessive rains cotton will show some deterioration since our last report when condition was 7".J. Considerable grass ha= developed and the fields need work. Stands are irregular, some localities reporting good, others poor. The cold spring has nude the seas 1 folly two or three weeks late an. tl.e plant is very sniali though gvieraUv strong with a continuance of recent favorable weather a much better o.i? look is expected. Abbeville county?Twenty days late; wet for last 2 0 days and grassy; plant smad and weak anl generally poor stand. Aiken county?cr'retne itei.ess ir. planting, drought, followed by rainy spell, making crops very grass.'. Anderson county?plant iB small and owing to recent rains th-.ve is some gra s; plant healthy with good color. Barnwell county?crop small, can not make full crop with best of seasons from now on; crop gin.>?y an poor stand. Beaufort county?Cotton looking well considering r? cent heavy tains; plant rather small, but looking strong; ten days late. Cherokee county?stands generally good; fields getting grassy on account of too much rain; crop 15 days late; with two weeks of good weather and sui h?ne it wil' be a'.l right. vnrairi vuuiiij nic jMituv l? and stands fair to good; lacks cultivation; fields becoming foul with grass on account of two much rain; have not worked crops more than five days in two weeks; ISO days late; temperature now normal. Chesterfield county?2 5 to 25 days late. Darlington county?plant Btnall but strong; excellent stands; fields in good shape; seasonable rains, not excessible; weather very favorable now. Fairfield county?plant unusually small; stand fairly good; cultivation backward owing to excessive rain; crop full three weeks late. Florence county?cotton is about three weeks late, small, poor stands and on account of rain for pust two weeks is in bad condition; grassy and ground too wet to work. Greenville county?Plant small nnd weak; good stand; too much rain; crop about twenty days late. Greenwood county?poor stands; two weeks late; too much rain. Horry county?late cold spring weather and want of sufficient moisture have caused cotton to lie backward in growth, but stands are fairly good. Kershaw county?two weeks late; too much rain; lots of grass, plant small. l^ancaster county ?cotton crop is very small for the time of year; grassy and bad stands. Laurens county?plant small, and great deal of rain; everything needs j worn; ir we could K?'t some dry] weather to work out the crop things would he all rip lit. Newberry county?continued rain, hail. etc.. have damaged cotton badly; plant small and grassy; prospects poor indeed; stands poor; hail ruined several hundred acres of cotton. Orangeburg county?1 f> days continued rains; little work has been done; fields very grassy; cotton small; three weeks late; outs badly damaged; continues to rain. Pickens county?too much rai: tiie past month and crop badly in grass; needs warm sunshine to dryit out; some very poor stands in many pla.-es. Kic-hland county?plant Is small and probably two weeks late, but it is healt.hy and fairly well worked out; good rains last week and nice sunshine this week. Spartanburg county?Too much rain; plant small and weak about two-thirds stand; poor cultivation and the crop is late; hail has ruined a lot of it. Union county?too nuicli rain; getting badly in grass; very little plowing past two weeks. Williamsburg county?First (ho drouth, thon cold winds and at present time excessive rains have retarded growth of plant: Holds grassy. York county ?Cotton at least 2f? days lnte and very grassy still raining; unless we Jiave clear weather for two weeks some crops will not be worked out: corn very good. Many Were Sent Hack. Nearly 25,000 of the 1,04 1.570 immigrants who arrived at United States poits ?J .r'ng the fluti year, ended .Tune 30 las', were denied admission by immigration officials and wore compelled to return to Uifc countries from which they came Various reasons were assigned for refusing to allw them tj retrain in this country, clkmsox n)mi:<;e finances. The Boar'.) of Trustet* .Make Animal A ppropriat ions. The annual appropriations made by the Clemson College trustors for the conduct t?f the college for tht com ins year is as follows: For Stu'e: work of various kinds. $85,000; fori normal operating; expenses, 000, for completion of new build- j tugs, $6,000; for insurance for iie:;t five years. $14,000; for unusual expenditures, $6,000. Twenty thou and was appropriated foi a " ury build i 11 k and $S.000 for a diary barn. T.his will put the diary work on a tine basis. The ngricul'i-ral eo nioltt?c of the board was authorized to ; sk the legislature for permission * ? establish experiment stations in the Pee Dee and possibly in the sand h>ll sections. The report of the auditing commission was also received and reu*i This commission, consisting of W. B. West, J. P. Derham. K. C. Elmore and J. 11. Haltiwanger, recently made a thorough audit of the books and accounts of the college for the past seven years. The report sets forth that the accounts of the college are in every respect satisfactorily; that the moneys have been- economirally spent in accordance with orders of the board, and that all accounts are properly accounted and vouched for. The acting president and the chairman of the board were authorized to carry into effect the purchase of the Lewis lands under the authority granted at the last legislature, the attorney general to approve the titles. . TWO MILLION DOLLAlt KIKE. In Which Alnitit Eight People Lost Their Lives. Caring for the homeless and searehiing the ruins for other vie tlnis were the tasks that confronted t.he authorities at Canipbellton, N. B., following last night's destructive fire in which eight persons are reported to have been killed, more than three hundred driven from their homes and a loss of J'-',000,000 caused. All outside communication with the little lumber town on the north shore of New Brunswick was cut off and it was not thought until today that messengers began to bring details. Seven men were reported to have been killed in an explosion during the lire. The l?ody of an infant was recovered from the ruins of a dwelling .house The blaze started in the Richards company shingle mill on the western side of town. A heavy wind was blowing and within a short time the fire was beyond control. Two banks, three large lumber mills, three c-hurches, tho inter-colonial railway station, telegraph and telephone otlises and other large buildings were burned. The residential section is also reported to have been destroyed. FINK snowixc;. Reduction of IK'llrit is Being Made by Post Ollice. More than $10,000,000 reduction in the postal deficit has been made in the first nine months of the fiscal year just ended, according to final returns lust received by Postmaster weneral Hitchcock from the auditor of the postottiee department. Such a reduction Is unprecedented in the history of the department. The delicit for the nine months was $2,709.000 as against $12,832,000 111 the same period of the proceeding fiscal year. In the third quarter of t.he past March 31, the postal service earned a surplus of $1,363,000, the revenues for the quarter amounting to $58,934,000 and the eqpendittires | to $57,561,000. Ttie later showed an increase of 10 per cent over those of the same quarter las*, year, while the former showed an increase of less than four per cent. IlKOKKN XKt'K lll(illTKI). Surgeons Save Coal Miner's Life By Hare Operation. By a bloodless surgical operation Jack Bowers, a coal miner of Nelsonville, O., was cured of a broken neck. Four weeks ago he fell and fractured and dislocated the vertebrto of h!? neck and was unable to nio.'e his head though he could walk and talk. He was unable to sleep because he could not rest comfortably an was in imminent peril of paralysis and death. An X-ray examination revealed to the doctors that his neck could be restored to his normal condition by hand manipulations. The operation was made and an hour later the man was talking and laughing, with full power of sensation and muscular movement. Nine Were Hurt. Nine persons were injured when the engine of fast southbound passenger train No. 1, on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, jumped the track near Toomsubn, Miss., early Monday morning, puHlng the mail and baggage cars and the second class passenger covd" with It down an embankmeuc. i? ; 1 'PHONES OX SOVTHKKX FARMS. Nineteen Cities Hc1|msI Build Iturul I.ines I.ast Year. In the Inst year nineteen cities in the South, thiough their chambers of commerce or through some organization of the merchants and business men, have taken practical steps to induce fnrniers to build telephone lines and connect with their towns. Funds have been raised to assist the farmer in a linnncial way and, according to Progress, the result has been even more successful and gratifying than was expected. Farmers are now selling their cotton and other produce by telephone at higher i prices than they formerly obtained when they first drove to town and ran the risk of finding conditions unfavorable. Tin, plan under which farmers secure universal telephone service and connection with the comprehensive Hell system contemplates that a group of farmers band together in a co-ope rati\V? organization, build the line and purchase the equipment. This requires a small cash expenditure, but the farmers own the telephones, wires and other material. The line is connected with .he Hell system, a llat charge being made for service. This monthly charge is very low and when divided among the farmers on the line is seldom more than 50 cents a month. The fact that all the telephones are on the line is an advantage rather than an objection in rural districts. it enables a farmer in an emergency to call every one of his neighbors to his assistance without loss of time IKSr.VlXTIKK ADMITS KHltOlt. Conflicting Orders Caused Wreck on ('. II. and 1). ltoud. That conflicting orders giving two trains thf"-* right of way caused the wreck on July 4 at Middleton was admitted at the coroner's inquest at Hamilton, Ohio Monday by Albert J. Smith, train dispatcher of the Clncinnatti, Hamilton, and Dayton railway. After trainmen and operators hail told Coroner Burnett of the orders they had received that day. and that official had declared his belief that Smith was to blame for the twenty-one deaths, the latter took the stand. "We were rushed with trains that day," he said. "I sent the Big Four passenger train on from Dayton to Cincinnatti. Then after they started 1 figured I could save time in getting the freight to Dayton, so I tried to send an order to Carlisle to have the Big Four stop at Boast Town and let the freight pass. "When I reached Carlisle by wire I learned that the passenger train had passed there going like wildfire. Then, to prevent trouble, I sent word to Middletown to "bust" the order allowing the freight to proceed to Dayton. "If the freight had been on the siding at Middletown when they received this order the wreck would not have occurred. THKY MAI>K (iAI.h.WT FIGHT. Fire in the Hold of a big Steamer on the High Seas. Blackened and charred, her decks warped by a six day's fire, which raged beneath them, the British tramp steamer St. Nicholas of Liverpool sailed through the Golden Gate from which port she sailed May 3 with a general cargo of 5,000 tons rugei souna ports. When 1,300 iniles off the South American coast her commander, | Capt. George Altken, June 23, disI covered smoke pouring down from the ventilators, and when a hatch was opened it was discovered that the cargo in the shelter deck was a seething mass of fire. Chief OHicer Dickson. Second Officer Marriott and Third Officer Chavner volunteered to go below with the hose passed along by the crew. With their mouths and nostrils covered by cloth the volunteers were alternately lowered. All that day and the following night the light to save the ship continued. Early on the morning of June 24 the fire in the shelter deck was seemingly stamped out. At nine c'clock iu the morning fire was reported in lower .hold No. 2. Two hundred tons of their merchandise were overboard Mayor Threatened. An echo of the recent Itono fight was the receipt Sunday by Mayor John T. Moore, of a letter threatening his life because of his action in pronimung me cxninmon at .Alacon of the moving pictures of the fight. The letter, which is believed to have been writen by a negro was postniaked Atlanta. The letter will be turned over to the postal authorities. Struck I>end l?y Itolt. Isreal White, a negro, and a mule were killed by lightning about five o'clock on Thursday afternoon while plowing in a field two miles from Manning. There were several hands plowing in the snme field when a cloud came up. The others took out their muleB and went to the house, but Isreal plowed on and ho was killed. 1 DENIES ALL CHARGES rHK AIKKN CAMi'AKiN AlKKTlXli / A I.IVKI.Y ON K. hyon Cilod the Hw?itt.s to I'wve 1 KvunV Stoi iea False.?Other Candidates Warmed l"i?. A sensation was sprung at the campaign meeting at Aiken on Sat- c urday when Chairman Henderson, t following the speech of Mr. If If. Ev- 1 ins. arose and declared that Attor- ? ney General Lyon did not employ 1 him to appear before the I'liited { States Supreme Court, the South Carolina Congressman employing an attorney. Mr. Henderson said that . Mr. Lyon's 'argument before this high court was good and that he ! was an able lawyer. Mr. Evaus then arose and at- ^ tempted to speak, lie was cheered . and hissed. "Let him speak," requested Mr. ' Lyon, but Mr. Evans sat down. "If there is nnv person in this audience," said Mr. Lyon, "who la so simple or "foolish as to believe a single thine Barney tells you, he will go and laugh at you." Mr. Lyon received an ovation, as . he told the large audience that Mr. Evans does not believe his fairy tales himself. With die brief time allow- ' ed to him, Mr. Evans took up one by one the charges made by Mr. Evans. ^ He proved by the State treasurer, the clerk of Richland county court, j the Comptroller General, the chairman of the dispensary winding-up commission and others the falsity of the charges. "And yet." declared Mr. Lyon. "Bar. ey has the gall to stand up and ' tell you that Lyon :.i'?used your money. T.he merger case is on the Richland county, docket, set for trial tnis tail. Mr. Lyon said he employed a detective to root out a crowd of graft- 1 ers. "And 1 came near getting Harney's Cousin Hub Evans. Would Barney prosecute his Cousin Hub? ! I don't think so." Here Mr. Lyon took up his opponent's record and declared that his most important J case in the Supreme Court was concerning a "|K>inter pup." "And he , lost mat.'' He has had nine canes in all, and has lost seven, losing 1 several of these because he did not ' know how to draw his pleadings. Mr. Lyon declared amid great applause that outside his own word Mr. Evans couldn't prove a single charge that he has made. Mr. Evans made practically the same charges of incompetentcy and extravagance that he has made heretofore. A few persons in the audience shouted encouragement as he spoke. "Gve it to him, Evans!" they cried. When Mr. Evans concluded a part of the crowd cheered and a few hissed. Mr. Lyon had a bundle of affidavits, which he referred to briefly proving by them that every statement made by his opponent was false. Another tnild sensation was sprung when Capt. \V. W. .Moore, candidate for adjutant general, replied to alleged insinuations made by liis opponent, Capt. Richardson. lie drew the record of the adjutant general to show that Richardson's men had been guilty of insubordination. Capt. Richardson had taken him to task in regard to his stay at the Cidadel. alleging that his opponent had left the impression that he was a graduate. This was Richardson's home town and he received much applause. IX NO III'UKV T..#, ?_? ? . in. Kill IM'IITN ( IHISKK'riltlOII of Supreme Court Vacancies. At Heverly, Mass., I*resi<lent Taft announced that he would not give serious consideration to filling vacancies in the United States Supreme Court until the fall. As to calling an extra session of the Senate, in October, to confirm appoint- ' ees to the Supreme Court and thus facilitate the rehearing of the Standard Oil and Tobacco corporation tax cases, the President has not definitely made up his mind. Mr. Taft will not officially announce the new chief justice of the i tribunal until he is ready to send in his nomination to the Senate. In case Governor Hughes is elected to the chief justiceship, as now seems likely, it will be necosarily In a ] new nomination. ( The President has offered to Pres- , ident Hadlcy, of Yale, the rhair- | manship of the commission nutho- ] ri'/.ed by Congress to Investigate the j subject of railroad stock and bonds ( and to recommend a plan for bring- . ing the issue of the securities under j the supervision of the Inter-State commerce commission. If President Hadley accept, the President will consult with him regarding the other members of the commission. What an Owl Did. At Boulder, Col., an owl wrecked the plant of the Central Colorado Power company and plunged the city info darkness. The bird hooked a claw al>out negative and positive wires, causing a short circuit and burning out the plant. 1 WHAT IS 1HL I AW UM>UT KKKlMNti oil STOIUNCS l.fQl'Olt rHIVATELY. ISvo Circuit Court Judges Differ as t<? In torpretatton of tlie CareyCotliriui Act. At the recent term of sessions 'om?. at Sumter, several eases were rie.S involving violation of the prolibition law. In the course of his barge to the jury in one of these rials, Judge .Mem mincer charged .he law as it is. and as a result here .has been much said of his harge. lie charged that it is unlawful, 'and a person who has it in his tossession becomes guilty or receivng and accepting and keeping that iquor in his possession and storing t, no matter how small a quantity t may be and no matter for what >upose he may have it." He also charged that, "any man who has 't in his possession, wheth>r for personal use or otherwise, of i quantity of liquor, no matter ho in small it may be, that it is subject to seizure and be subject to prosecution [or the receipt, acceptance and keeping it in his possession." The Walterboro Press and Spaniard says ti.'s , i.; rge is in direct keeping with the words of the CareyPot hran Act, which says: "It shall bo unlawful for any person, firm corporation or association within this Statu to manufacture, sell, barter, exchange, receive, accept, give away to induce trade, deliver, store, keep in possession in litis State, furnisu at public places or otlie-wise dispose [if any spiritous, malt, vinous or other liquors or beverages." ThiB Ib the law, and it Is believed by able jurists in the State, among then) several of the Walterboro bar, to be a good law that will stand the test of the* Supreme Court. On the contrary, Judce Wilson, who has just concluded a term ot court at WalterlKiro, in one of the liquor cases tried, took occasion to charge the jury that the law permitted any person to keep liquor in bis posession "for personal use." and Uhat it was no violation of law to tiave it 'n possession if Intended for personal ubo. We confess we do not see where he can find anv nee in the Carey-Cothrun law on which to .hang such a conclusion as this. The custom in Walterboro has been, says the Press and Standard, to seize the liquor as soon as the express agent delivers it to the consigns, especially if there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding it. There were several such cases that had been appealed to the circuit court, but Judge Wilson was seemingly afraid to tackle them, and had them all continued. It may be that he saw the decision of Judge Mennninger and did not wish to chnrj,o i:.io jury so directly in opposl.ion to the ehurgt of this able jurist till he ha 1 had time to study the question very carefully. * BOMHAItl) ( IIINKSK I'lltATKN. Pirates In Turn Capture Portuguese Military Post. A Portuguese gunboat company operating with troops Wednesday bombarded the pirate settlement on tin- island of Golowan, destroying the houses and killing many natives. The Chnese retaliated by storming ami capturing the Portuguese military pi st. Portuguese re-enforeeiuents were sent to the scene front Macio. The island of (Jolowan is near Macao and its ownership is a matter of dispute between the Chinese and Portuguese. A party of Chinese students had been captured by the pit aies and the governor of Macio sent an expedition t<> effect their rescue. The pirates resisted and were reinforced l>y the Chinese from the interior. The latter were armed with modern weapons and smokeless powder. In all two thousand persons were engaged in the rioting. Many of the Chinese were killed, while the Portuguese lost a eoporal killed and a large number wounded. Subsequently the Portuguese gunboat and a force of artillery was sent to bomhard the island. Hoys Itudly limited. Determination to witness a local baseball game caused the young sons of Robert Cameron to narrowly escape death by electrocution at Americas. (in.. Thursday afternoon. The lids climbed an electric light pole In the neighborhood of the baseball grasped a heavily charged wire % 11 <1 were hold writhing and screaming, until rescued by neighbors. Roth were severely burned. Abbeville Lady l?rown<Hl. In attempting to climb a bridge abutment, front a leaky boat, which was in danger of sinking, Mrs. Eliznbeth Link, of Abeville, S. C... fell Into the Harrington river, at Harrington, R. 1., and was drowned. She hnd been visiting there at the homo of hor sister, Mrs. Frederick Ruck. She was thirty years old and the wife of Frederick C. Link, a travllng salesman.