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THEY WIN IOWA i lasirgenfs Capture Everything aad Repudiate the Tarif. BRANDED AS A FAILURE s With Majority of Three Hundred on , Kteejr Question "Insurgents" tontrolled Iowa State Republican Con- i veolion.?Cummins and Dolliver IHrldc Honors. Republican Iowa wrote t>?rself , vlguously progressive Wednesday at < a Convention, which w;?j in uproar j most of the time. Dolliver and Cum- ! < mings and the insurgent delegation at Washington was enthusiastically endorsed. The new tariff was branded at a failure, in the light of the party pledge of 1908. President Taft received only a lukewarm endorsement. A sop to harmony was flung out in the endorsement of Goverr"?r i Carroll. Senator Cummins was temporarilly chairman. Senator L>olliver permanent chairman. The progressive majority rauged close to 300 on every gnestion. The resolutions committee was progressive 6 to 5. The foregoing in a synopsis of the day's events. To it may be added cheers and jeers applause and hisses, music and howls of discord. The appearance and disappearance of the "steam roller" was one of the diverting incidents of the day. It came about through the insistence of the stand pat members of the platform committee, in demanding an unqualifled endorsement of the Taft Administration, the legislative acts of the 'regulars"" and hostility to Cutnniins and Doliver. What may have been an attempt to stampede the delegates In favor f the stalwart resolutions was made wheu former Congressman Rominger hoisted a portrait of President Taft n.?i^ oir>a?K tain Duiaupdt tucui o. uui iuc uuier side answered with silence, or with jeers. Later another delegate aoioug the progressives exposed a . pcturo of Col. Roosevelt, occasionlag a demonstration. The Taft portrait was again hoisted and the two likenesses held so as to confront each other. The demonstralion interrupted a roll call for several minutes. The stand-pat members went down ^ in defeat with their keys riveted to the mast. Tehy fought in every committee where a fight was possible, in- , Ri.sted on roll calls and battled evety Inch for their principles. Their resolutions incorporated In ^ ' the minority part of the pWtform and voted down by the Convention refer *' The record of achievement of President Taft's Adminietratlon and the 61st Congress as u-nequalled in ur history and endorsee the Taft jtolioies in fulfillment of the work inaugurated by his predecessor and congratulates the party and count v upon its achievements in securing railroad legislation and declares that Tafls Administration 1b entitled to tlie unequivocal support of every Republican. It also indorse the action of President Tait in approving the tariff bill," and commends his "prudent, business-like and economical Administration of all the affairs of the nation. " in conclusion It endorses the Iowa delegation in Congressf or all efforts in support of the Administration and f tho President, and for such aid and assistance as they have given bim in carrying forward his administrative and legislative policies. Former Congressman Hepburn read the minority report. As the purport of the concluding paragraph became apparent his voice wah drowned in a chorus of jeers and hisses- It was only after a poundlag of the gavel by Senator Dolliver that Mr. Hepburn was able to conclude. He moved the substitution of these planks for those of the same application in the majority report, and the motion was lost, id* to 815. Judges Horace E. Deemer and W. D. Evans were nominated for ro-el etiftu tb 1'ne Supreme Court Bench by acclamation. A. M. Deyoe war tho cboloo on second ballot for Star j Buperioionoeiu or puoiic instruciior. The platform adopted re-news ha allegiance to the doctrine of protection; it favors a non-piirtlHan tariff commission and expresses the belief that whei the tariff is again revised Me "schedules should be considered sep?erate!y, so that each subject can h?> dealt with upon its own merits, and thus secure fair and impartial actio* upon the part of Congress" The platform commends "to the nation tho type of statesmanship exhibited by Senators Pol liver and Cummins and heartily endorses their work upon the tariff bill, the rallroad bill and the postal saviugs bank Whin referring to combinations, the platform Insists that "there shall be such competition as will protect the people ugai-rst the exactions of unrestrained avarice and greed." It also 'congratulates the country upon tho success obtained In the reg- 1 alaUon of our common carriers,". A GREAT SUCCESS FIVE MEN RELEASED PROM CITV JAIL ARE OTHER. Ito.sult of (he Move to <Mve Pauper loebriates Free jTriatment Watt Sj. (Jsfnttoiy. The Slate says the five Inebriates who have been taking the McKanna Three Day Liquor cure furnished free by the city of Columbia, have nee n |iivuuuucp:i cured ui me uruiK disease and will be let out of the ward, where they have oeen since last Thursday. The men were sentenced to a term in the city jail on the charge Df drunk und disorilerly. Mayer \V. II. Clibhes will grant a pardon to each of them and they will not be required to serve the remainder of their sentences. As soon as they vacate the ward, three men. now in the city jail on like charges, will be taken out and given the treatment. The five men who will be released took their last drink of whiskey Friday afternoon. Kver since then they have refused to taste it. although it has been constantly offered to them. To allay any suspicion that the whiskey might he "doped," a new bottle was gotten sealed from the dispensary. Hut they refused to drink this also. Beer has been kept on ice In the ward, where the men could get at it whenever they wanted it. hut since Friday af ternoon they have net touched drop of anything containing alcohol. Positions have been secured by Mayor Glbhes and Dr. O. K. Thomas, president of the McKanna company of Columbia, for all the men. They will go to work at once. The men to he released are the first to take ihe McKanna treatment for the liquor habit which hereafter will be aminlstered free of charge to all pauper inebriates arrested and jailed in Columbia. The record of each of the men, treated by the city, will be closely watched. MARK Bit; COHN CHOP. Ten Thousand Bushels on One Hundred Acres. A dispatch from Columbia to the Augusta Chronicle says that farming pays in South Carolina with the proper fertilization and cultivation is shown by the fact that 10.000 bushels of corn will be produced on 100 acres of the asylum farm this year. This is the indications now and the prediction will no doubt be over exceeded provided the seasons prove just right. The held of corn on the asylum farm is one of the most beautiful in the State and is attracting much attention. Some of the land shows over 25,000 stalks to the acre. The great crop is being produced under the management of Capt. J. WHunch, the treasurer of the asylum. It was thought at the tirst that the field had been planted too thick. The succebs of the corn is attribute 1 by Capt. Hunch to deep ploughing. Ciood, Sound Doctrine. Whether or not one agrees with Hon. Hoke Smith in all his political ideas, there should be few te dissent from his sound doctrine so effectively phrased In the following: "That people will reach the highest standard of citizenship where the largest proportion own homes, and especial-1 ly where they live upon them and make a living out of them To encourage such a policy is to help make possible a population thrifty and prosperous, not of men of great wealth, but of a great number of men of sufficient means to be independent. I long to see Georgia rank first among the states as havingg the largest number of citizens owning land in proportion to residents." The Progressive Farmer says it would llk^ for all our public men to get this ideal for our Southern States?the ideal of a splendid democracy of thrifty, Intelligent home owners, each man Hitting under his own vine and fig tree. This is what will make a people great, and we should like for our other Southern Commonwealths to vie with Georgia for first rank among the States in proportion of citizens ownlrg their own homes. One of the worsf features of factory life Is the destruction of the home-owning influence, and the immigrants we need aie those who will help us realize the Ideal set forth by Gov. Smith. Don't forget that when it comes to raising things the yeast cake is not a bad second. but they feel that there is much yet to l?e done to secure reasonable rates and charges to which it is entitled. The platform concludes with an endorsement of the postal savings bank bill. The policy of conservation of natural resources, income tax and Rood roads are upheld. United States Sonators should be elected by direct vote of the people. It is urged that the present method of representation in national Conventions based upon members of Congress is unfair. Representation on the basis of party strength is suggested. J i FIGURES ON COTTON CHOP OF THIS STATK ESTLMAT- 1 KI> AT 1,030.000 BALKS. Oil Mill Men Hold Meeting In Coluni- : bia to Ascertain Crop Conditions Tl._ mvu^iivui rnwii*. j That, with favorable conditions j from now until the seaBon opens, j c the cotton crop of South Carolina j 1 may'equai that of lust season?1, 050,000 bales- is the joint opinion t of the South Carolina Seed Crush- c ers Association, which held a tueet- < ing in Columbia with a view to as- i curtaining the crop conditions over < the State. The Crushers made another estimate cf the crop for the 1910 season. 1 This is 1.008,000. The manner of arriving at this estimate was by 1 compiling an average estimate from * the number of estimates submitted at the meeting. At the annual meeting of the crushers, held at WrlghtBville Beach 1 recently, the estimate of the yield for the present year for this State ' was 9.57,000. It is thus seen that ' the stock of the yield in the opinion ' of the crushers has gone up 51,000 ' bales. It had airendy been pointed out, in reports from various communities, that the cotton crop has improved considerably in the last few weeks, particularly in the last two weeks, the cessation of rains to some extent and the general hot weather has aid- ' ed the growth of the plant remark- 1 ably. Old farmers are shaking their heads and wondering how the change has been brought about. From an apparently gloomy outlook, crop con- ' ditions may now be said to be fair, in some communities very good, and in others, good, the general average running now up to goQd. A poll was taken by the crushers of the crop conditions In every section of the State. It was found that there had been material improvement from now on, the crop will equal that of Inst season," said Secretary ' B. F. Taylor. iMr. Taylor is preel- 1 dent of (he Inter-State Cotton Seed ( Crushers' Association. That the crop will reach the 1,- ' 050,00 mark, the 1909 crop will de- ' pend on favorable conditions from now on, was the opinion expressed ' by members of the Association. However, the average guess was 1,008,000 bales for 1010. In 1907 the crushers guessed 1,- ' 090,000, and the actual 500-pound bales were 1,068,340; in 1908 'he 5 crushers guessed 1,184,214 bales, f and the actual crop was 1.1 18.460 * bales; In 1909 the crushers estimated the crop to be 1,133,555 bales, 1 and the actual crop was 1,050.280. ( Thus the crushers came close to the actual yield in their several guesses, ( made in lune and July, proceeding ' the opening of the cotton season. CX)TTON CHOI* AVKllAfiK. * 1 Is Is I'nder the Hooord for the I'ast | Ten Seasons. The average condition of the cotton crop on July 25 was 75.5 pet cent, of a normal, according to a | bulletin of the crop reporting hoard of the Department of Agriculture, issued at noon Tuesday. The average condition was 80.7 on June 25; 71.9 on July 25 last year; 83.0 in 1908; 75.0 in 1907, and 79.4 the ?en year average. Comparison by Sti'es follows; 10-year average. 19 10. Virginia 81 80 North Carolina 80 71 South Carolina 80 70 Georgia 81 70 Florida 83 7 0 Alabama 7 8 71 Mississippi 78 71 Louisiana 78 6 0 Texas 79 82 Arkansas 80 73 Tynnesse 82 76 Missouri 84 72 Oklahoma 81 87 California 98 While the average condition in the cotton crop fell below the average for June, when it was 80.7, the decrease did not surpirse experts who have kept informed of the conditions that have prevailed in the ( cotton belt. Heavy rains which occurred east of the Mississippi during the month of July were known to be , detrimental to the crop so that the decrease in the average of the condition was not unexpected. ? first New Cotton. Georgia's first hale of cotton was carried to Albana Wednesday night, but not by Dean Jackson, the negro farmer, who for years has been the i "first bale man." This year the bale I was raised by .M. A. Ralney, of Bak er {County, and was sold for 30 cents per pound. The balo weighed 412 pounds, and was graded middling. I#eft a Fortune. A telegram from his father in Laurinburg, N. C., brought good news to W. M. McRachern in Savannah Thursday morning, for the message was the first intimation that he had inherited property worth more than $200,000. MclCachem's; benefactor was his uncle. THE MAN HIGHER UP IX llBini'RY CASE IS V1CK-PHKSIDKXT SHEKMAX. -ienator Gore Trstifles That Several Senator* and Congressmen Wei"" in tlie Deal. What happened in the private otti;e of I'n'ted St! tea Senator Thomas P. Gore, at Washington at noon, last May 6. formed the basis of sensaioual cha.-ges involving the names >f Vive President Sherman. Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas; Congresonan it. S. McGuire, of Oklahoma, and >thers. in a hearing before a special Congressional Investigating coninnt.ee at Muskogee. Oklahoma, Thurs lay. During the thirty or forty mlnites of a conference held in that jftice. Senator Gore testified that he lad been approached by Jake L. rtamon, 'ormer chairman of the Ok ahoma State Republican committee, ind that he had been offered a bribe >f $25,000 or $50,000 to remove certain legislation pending in Con5ress, so that $3,000,000 might be paid to J. F. McMurray, an nttorn?y at McAlester, Okla., and his assistants. i The money was to represent "attorneys' fees" of ten per cent of $300,000, which was to be secured from a New York syndicate for 450,000 acres of coal and asphalt lands now owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribes in Oklahoma. Vice President Sherman's name was mentioned by Mr. Hamon, Senator Gore testified, as being interested in the deal to the extent of approval by Congress of what are known as the McMurra> contracts with the Indians. What happened in another private room In Washington, and also where it was alieged Hamon made more "overtures" relative to the land deal, was told by Congressman C. K. Creager, of the 3d Oklahoma disLiict. Congressman Creger supple mented the testimony of Senator Core. He Baid on June 16, last, he Had been invited by Hamon to meet him in a private room at the Occllental Hotel, In Washington. Having gone there, Mr. Creager testified, he was Informed he could lave a substantial "Interest" in the and deal if he would withdraw his ipposition to the approval of ..h*1 VicMurray contracts by Congress. Senator Gore, in his testimony, as?erted that the offer of bribery went 10 far that Harmon said the $25,00o >r $50,000 would not be paid over n the form of a check or marked noney, but that it "would be all dean, hard cash." The committee that heard the harges was appointed by resolution if the House of Representatives tc investigate the McMurray contracts, which are declared to have beeu made by McMurray individually with 10.0U0 Indians, each of w.hom agreed to turn over 10 per cent, of his profits from the sale of land, provided the contracts were approved by Congress. Senator Ciore testified that llamatold him that a man "higher up' in thi Government *vas interested in the approval of the contracts and, therefore, there was no rea^ >n vvn Senator Gore shouM not be khat when asked who was the man "higher up," Hamon had replied, "Vict President Sherman." That Hamon told him Senator Curtis of Kansas, was "interested" in the deal. That Hamon told him Congressman McGulre, of Oklahoma, was interested in the deal. That Hamon told him an employee of the department of justice at Washington was "intrested" in the deal; that he, (Senator Gore,) knew the name of the employee, but would not divulge his name or the name of his informant, especially because the latter would lose his position. FALLS FA It TO DFATH. Aeroplane < 'apsi/.ing Aviator Dashes From Height of 650 Foet. Falling from a great height, Nicholas Kinnet, the Belgian aviator, was instantly kill Wednesday afternoon at Brussels. Only three weeks | ago his cousin. Daniel, was killed In a similar manner at Ghent. Kinnet was flying at a height of about 6f>0 feet when he was caught in a squall. A rear wire of his biplane snapped and becoming entangled in the motor stopped the engine w.ca a suddenness that turned the aeroplane on its side- The machine crashed to the ground and Kinnet was crushed under it. His wife and brother were among f ho u it riBauott r\ f thn onoidoi. r?n#l rushed upon the field. The wife foil unconscious beside the body, while the brother, in a fit of grief, threw himself headforemost on the wrecked machine. Killed by Lightning. Spencer Lockrow, a Saratoga. N Y.. farmer, and two harvest helpers, Andrew Ecker and Simon Watson, were killed by lightn'rig, the team they drove was also shocked to death Thursday. , WANT HIM OUT Ballirger's Presence in the Cabinet is Giving Some Trouble TO THE REPUBLICANS The Leader* Kay the Secretary la Proving an Ktiiburruasment in the Congressional Campaign and III* Has lWi*n Asked to ll?*Nigi? for the (jood of the Party. A dispatch from Beverly. Mass., says there was increasing evidence there Tuesday that the recent bombardment of the President with letters from Republican leaders in all parts of the country, protesting that Secretary of the Interior Ballinger j was proving an embarrassment in the laying of plans for the coming Congressional campaign, is beginning to have an effect, if not upon the President himself, nt least on the advisers who are closest to him. No attempt was made to deny the reports that Senator Crane, at the very outset of his political pilgrimage in the West, had probably suggested to Secretary Hillinger, at Min neapolis Monday his duty to th< pj-rty might require that he sacrifice his place in the Cabinet. All Secretary Norton would say, after .having onsidored the matter nearly all day, was that it would be necessary to ask Senator Crane. The statement was re-iterated, however, that President Taft would not so much as lift his littie finger, if by so doing ire could secure th? retirement of Secretary Itallinger as bead of the department of the interior. In addition to the letters he has received the President has .heard verbally from a number of party lead ers regarding the sentiment toward Secretary Itallinger. They have talked frankly with Mr. Taft on the subject, it is said, and while they have agreed with the President ap| parently in his (Kiaition that nothing has been proved against Secrcaary Itallinger, the> .Lave put the matter nurelv (in !( nnrtv Uncle that the campaign would be much easier with the Ballinger issue eliminated. There was no disposition in Beverly to treat the meeting of Senator Crane and Secretary Ballinger in Minneapolis as "accidental." It was clearly intimated, however, that whatever move was being made against Secretary Ballinger had its inception and being with the actue party leaders, and not with President Taft. The President, it can be positively stated, will never ask Mr. Builinger to resign. If the Secretary should feel called upon to resign, however, there is said to be little doubt that his resignation would be accepted. What Ballinger Kays. I Secretary Ballinger Tuesday denied that his conference with Semitor Crane, at Minneapolis, Minn., related to or would be followed by his resignation, lie said tlie matter discussed was not even of direct interest to him. He denouncod his foe6 in strong language and said he intended to ignore them entirely. His denial was issued after leading the dispatches Irom Beverly, whndi indicated that Senator Crane's mission to the West was to carry the hint that Mr. Ballinger would aid 'he parly in forthcoming elections by withdrawing at this time. "Th pro iu MA ~ " .? UV icoi^uaiiuil UII lilt* card. I can tell you," was Mr. Haling^c's reply to this. CoL.\.>uing 'io laid. "I am simply on my way to the coast for a little rest. Sor<e want me to make J ?' -est' permanent, hut It will not so r.s long as the President is st filed ' met Crane yesterday morning, through no arrangement of mine, and the matter we discussed?politics, of course?was nothing which interested me directly at all. Mr. Crane wished to consult me on he matter, and came to where I was,| that's| all. There's nothing mysterious about it. I guess he's gone back East now. All this vigorous attack by unscrupulous men, backed by newspapers with even less scruples, goes off me like water off a duck's back. That never will induce me to resign." Good-hy .Ml*. Fly. Good by. Housefly; Health hoar -s cry You must die. ijLXJMT You carry germs Upon your feet. And drop them In Tho things wo eat; Deposit microbes On our plates. And scatter them On shiny pates. Hurtful atoms Yon dispose Upon Wopsy Popsy'e nose. Good by. Housefly; There's reason why, You must die. ' TORREN'S SYSTEM 4 WHICH HAS IlKKN KMKHISKD II* THK KARMKH S IMON. It SimiilllU'N tin- Tmnsfer of Lm4 from Oik Owner to Auother ??4 Lesseiw the <\>st. % The State Farmer? Cnion at ?t? late meeting in Columbia gave tl?e Torrens system of lauil tenures ?ta endorsement and will ask the legislature to adopt it at its next session. The following synopsis of the law. which we take from the State, wMl ..... icuurin < m'UII llieit Ol WDill t.he s>'8tem is and hew it woohl work: The Torrens system w;ib dcwis>-?? by Sir Robert Torrens. Mid first put into operation in Australia. wheee many modern political and legislative reforms have hud their begtnntngs. The system abolishes most or all distinctions between real estate and personal property, and ?t* chief object is to remove the difficulties. delays, and expenses inodent to the transfer of real estate under the old Knglish system developed out of the feudal tenures. In Australia there is a registrar'* office with whom the owner of ai tract of land, held by t^ie old tenure, deposits a description of hn property and obtains a certificate of ownership. The registrar's otflce e?amines the title carefully and the* certificate guarantees its legality, whether as absolute or with conditions attached. If the title were to a life estate, the certificate would so state. Kuch applicant for a certificate pays a small fee out of which an insurance fund is created. From this fund oho State protects itself when a title guaranteed by the registrar is attacked and the State m called upon to idemnify the holder of tbe certificate. After the land owner has exchanged his muniments of title under the older system and received a certificate from the registrar's office, ho may transfer the certificate by endorsement as he would a share ?n a bank or cotton mill. Of course, he may pledge tho certificate for money borrowed as he would a personal security. Registration in the registrar's office with each transfer of the certificate is required, fo* which a small fee is charged. The necessity for the examination of titles. it will he seen is eliminated, because the State guarantees the title described in the certificate nnH iiw expense and delay of foreclosure proceedings are removed, because the certificate may be disused of precisely as may a certificate of shares in a corporation. The system, with modification, has been adopted in. Illinois, Massachusetts, MinnesROtx and possibly other state and also in New Zealand and several of the C?nadian provinces. The argument in favor of the system is obvious. Every borrowing farmer is familiar with the expense and difficulty attached to using his land as security in a bank. A bank, on account o. the expense and delaps in foreclosure proceedings, is reluctant to lend more than half or three-fourths of the value on a small body of read estate; and when a borrower h.t* paid the cost of examining the title and drawing all papers, his interest charges are in effect materially increased. One argument against the plan although based on the weakness of human nature, is not without forceIt may be said that he very difficulties of disposig of land, work to keep it in possession sometimes of me? who would lose it if they could sell it as easily as they sell a horse or* hog. Th?' manifest answer to th?? is that the removal of the obstacle* to the selling of land would make it more valuable. Lawyers and courts" fees under the present system are * heavy tax subtracting from the va? no of tho Hud Itself. There fore a* the land is made more valuabjo the incentive to hold it grows stronger. Ttesides, the progress of society ought not to be delayed for tiie sake of the Improvident man who cannot take care of himself. Killed by Overdose. Death from an over doso of bronvodia, administered by her own hand?, was the verdict Saturday of a coroners jury that investigated the tlnding Friday night of the lifeless (tody of Mrs. Charles Marhoflfer, formerly Miss May Kid, of Danville, Va.p in her home at Norfolk, Va. The husband, who testified that he first met the girl in Norfolk, July 4, and married her in Italtiniore, July 14, thinks his wife took the drug to relievo pain. Horned by Itlue Vitriol. Fourteen persons, most of there children, wero badly burned by blue vitriol ut Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, caused by the upsetting of it lire department supply wagon. Tw?of tho children will die and several others aro believed to be fatally burned. Head Man Wins. Secretary of State of Oklahoma died of heart disease at Oklahoma. City on Wednesday. He was a candidate for nomination for state amij iter on the democratic ticket and nt I generally conceoded to have won. V