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V AIKEN HELPS H The S?atk Cartliu CMfetsmi Sfttdk n the Tirif to be | DISTRIBUTED IN OHIO B The Speech Contains Letter* of Zach I McGbee on the Condition* in KngI land. Which he Wrote The Colum' bin State Some Month* Ago, From the Country. Ohio is calling on South Carolina for help in her effort to do something like Maine did last Monday. Representative Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville has received the following self-explanatory letter: "Kenton, Ohio, Serpt. 6, 1910. "Hon Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir: We have an excellent opportunity to elect Thomas C. M&hon to Congress from this district, the Eight Ohio, now represented by Ralph D. Cole, but we need some assistance to do it in the way of speeches upon the tariff, and 1 know of no speech better calculated to help us than the one delivered by you oa March 22, 1910, and I assure you that you would contribute very much toward this election if you would send in &00 or 1000 of these speeches for distribution to independent Republicans. "Assuring you thnt anything you do will be greatly appreciated, 1 am "Yeurs truly, "W. w. Durbin." 'Mr. Durbin is a prominent Democrat of the Eigth Ohio district, and la taking a leading part In the efTort to have that district Bend a Democrat to congress instead of Mr. Cole. The fact that he desires the speeches for distribution among independent Republicans shows that there is some dissatisfaction among the adherents of that party in the president's own State with "the best tariff law ever enacted," which description of the law, however, had to "be "revised downward" as soon as the primaries in the Middle West were heard from. Mr.. Durbin feels that there are numbers of Republicans in the district who are ready to Indicate their dissatisfaction by voting for a Democrat to succeed the Republican members who assisted in the making of the tariff law. speech of Mr. Aiken to which MflPburbin refers, delivered on (March 2 2 last, .contained several of the letters written by Zach McOhee, Washington correspondent of the State, from England, dealing with conditions in that country as compared with those of the United States. In the course of that speech, Mr. Aiken said: "The now notorlus Aldrlch tarlfT act has created such unrest in the public mind that it must undergo material revision by the next coingress to be elected. The people asked for bread they have been given a 8 to no. "For many years the Republican party was kept in power by the bare unsupported statement on the eve of the elections that high protection enabled employers to pay higher wage6 to employes. This looked plausible, and the employee who did not stop to think that the same tariff advanced the price of all articles of consumption for which ho spent about 90 per cent, of his earnings toould be easily duped by such statements. But light has begun to dawn upon the laboring man. In no instance has wages advanced permanently as promised. In tolA unrest we find explanation for Qejj strikes, bread riots, meat boycotts and all such outward expressions of subdued bitterness. I do not hesitate to say, too, that, in my humble judgment, the people are right. The trend of all legislation in this body has been to enrich trusts and corporations at the cost of the very existence of the producer, "In the great mass of falsehood and fabrication which has been brought to bear on the tariff subject In order to fool the men who are Teally suffering by its operation, there is so much that is unreliable that it must be refreshing to come into possession of facts which may not be questioned. "During the year 1909 the Washington correspondent of the Columbia (S. C.) State, one of the best newspapers in this country, without reference to locality, made a personal tour of inspection through the mill sections of England and the conHfetlnent. This correspondent was ^ ^ HZach McGhee. I have known him k-V-'-^^Bfrom childhood. There is no man who is capable of making a more thorough and Intelligent study of the situation there, and I know of no living man whose statements would have more eweight with me. Mr. McGhee Is honest, conscientious and Wym careful, and his statements can be hBHH relied upon absolutely." Mr. Aiken then proceeded to reSHSppl produoe a number of Mr. McQhee's Sg&B articles from abroad, dealing with the tariff situation. The Eighth Ohio District, repreflBjaB rented by Ralph D. Cole, Is a very close one, and there Is every resaon KrcfljS to believe that a Democrat will be Hsl * " PRAISES THEM HIGHLY NO BRAVKR TROOPS WERE KV- f BR NARSHALIiED FOR Conflict Than Southern Soldiers, ! Bay* Commander Samuel R. Van Kant to Union Veterans. With a fine tribute to the soldiers of the Confederacy, Commander-in- t Chief Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minne- 1 sota Thursday formally opened the i business session of the national en- 1 campmenl of the Grand Army of the Republic at Atlantic City, N. J. The commander spoke earnestly as he expressed his gratification at the increasing fraternization of the "blu*? ' and "gray." When he said that no braver troops were ever marshalled for conflict than the Southern soldiers, anil that the Union veterans now realize that no men ever made greater sacrifices for what they believed to be right than their former foes, the commander was applauded. The Commander-in-Chief expressed himself as particularly gratified at the increasing fraternization of the "Blue and the Gray." He voiced ,his pleasure at the cordial reception given him during his recent official visit to the Southern depar^men a. not only from the former Union soldiers, but from ex-Confederates "In all cities, when possible," he said, "1 urged joint meetings of the Blue and the Gray. We had lniay gatherings of this character, and no more loyal and patriotic sentiments were ever uttered than by the men who fought on the other side "Are you not pleased to learn that our comrades nre living in peace and harmony with our late enemies? This is as it should be. Both armies were composed of brave men. and they should and do mutually resuect each other. We of the Nortn can testify that no braver troops v.eie ever marshalled for conflict than our late enemies?and we now realize that no men ever made greater sacrifices for what they believed to be right than our former foes. "Comrades, we were the victors, and we can afford to bo m 'gnanimous to our foes. It is easy for tho victor io rorgive, but when the ?un- < qulshed absolves himself from all bitterness he has truly gained the moBl cherished trait of a noble character. We won?they lost. We re', lrned to our homes with the shouts of * ic- 1 tory ringing in our ears?our cau?t> i triumphant. ] "They were defeated, the'r cause lost, and they returned to hornet destroyed. "barns empty, money worth- . less, slaves free and ruin all about , them. Any but a brave people would have yielded to these adverse con- . dltions?not so with them. B-avely as they fought during the war, they . now fought the battles of Ufa, and the splendid growth and d ivelopment of the South since the close of , the war is the South's grand -it Mid most enduring monument. United as we are now, our country is designed to make a new era of , progress. We have by our united efforts advanced to the highest p.'n nacle of fame, and become a mig.iiy . world power with our influence every where potential. Who does not rejoice that our Union is one and indivisible, and will remain so forever." Many matters afTecting the welfare of the Grand Army veterans wil. come before the encttVnpnient. > be . question of pensions will come up the veterans urging that the lowest pensions granted be considerably increased. CHINESE GIRL REFUSED. Admittance to White School Because i of Her Race. I IMay Ulng Soong, a younc Chinese ! girl, has been barred from the Ores- j ham high school at Macon, Git., a , county institution, because she is not ( a caucasion. She is a niece of Bing j Chun Wan, who is connected with ( ' the Chinese embassy at Washington. ( I). C., Her sister graduated last ( June at Wesleyan college, which is f located in Macon, and which is a r famous Methodist, institution. Miss f Soong went to Macon to enter Wes- f leyan, but was found deficient of h?*r ( studies and It was suggested that t she enter the Gresham high school to [ prepare for the next term at Wessle- f yan. When application war made t for admission Supt. C. B. Chapman f called a meeting of the board o' ed- j ucation to decide the quest'ci . The > law creating the Bibb county board of education requires that all students of the Greeham high school ' must be of Caucasion race and for that reason Miss Soong was denied 1 | admittance. chosen this year to represent it in the Sixty-second congress. Mr. Cole 1 I was elected two years aro h* a t I af 24,476, as against 23,271 for his t Democratic opponent?a majority of x only 1,205 votes out of nearly 60.- ' 000. The Socialist and Prohibition- s 1st candidate received 1,231 votes in i the district, and the Democrats are 1 I trying to win the supporters of these 1 I tickets on the piea that the tariff 1 1 demands more immediate attention a than does the cause of socialism oris prohibition. i GIRL TRIED SHOT SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN A LEXINGTON CASE. k'oung Woman Goes on Stand and Says She Shot at a Man Because He had Wrongwl Her. There was surprise in the L>exingon Counrt room Monday when Miss [tuff took the witness stand and adnltfed that she fired the shot at the hree Hendrix men for which offense ler father, M. B. Buff, and Artie ftuff were on triai, the charge beng assault and batery with intent o kill. Miss Buff stated that she ried to shoot John Hendrix because le had wronged her under promise if marriage. The first case to be called was that if M. B. Buff and Artie Buff, father ind son. defendants, who. it is aleged, made an assault upon J no. IV. Hendrix, Sr., John \V. Hendrix, !r., and James Hendrix on the 25th if March while the three were passng along the road in front of the louse of the accused. The three nen swore that the elder Buff and lis son fired two shots at them. The defendants claim that the jhots were not fired by either of hem. but that Miss Malissa Buff, a laughter of M. B. Buff and a sister if Artie Buff, fired the shots. The roung woman went on the stand and idmitted that she did the shooting; hat John Hendrix, Jr., had, und*r promise of marriage, wronged her ind that she wanted to get revenge. She said that neither her father nor ?rnt hor l* ??.iu- J 4 - >... " tnai nuc ?UB K"1I1K 10 shoot, and that Artie Ruff took the sun away from her after she had fired the second shot. Miss Ruff is just 18 years old. and made a star witness. Ail of the inrties are prominent farmers of the Hebron section of Lexington couny, and a large crowd has been in atendance upon the trial. tM. R. Ruff, one of the defendants, s a Confederate soldier. The prosecutor., Jno. \V. Hendrix, Sr., is a former county commissioner. CHARGKI) WITH CRIMR. White Roys Arrested for Post Office Robbery in Virginia. Cohen Moore and Walker Hayes, two white boys, about 18 years of age, were carried from Greenville Monday night to North Holaten, Va , :harged with the robbery of the poscjffice at that place. They ha.-e been In jail at Greenville for about two weeks. The boys were first suspectet when they were found by Sheriff Poole and his deputy, Mr. Hunsin *er, to tie selling stamps in large quantises to several Greenville people at r-ilf price. They were apprehend: ! and lodged in jail and a number of pieces of eveidence were collected, before which one of the boys broke down and made a confession. Parties who had bought the stamps were found, and there were also located in different parts of the city articles of clotnIng, which were identified as belonging to the postmaster at North Holsten. It Is alleged that the boys robbed the post office at that place some months back and afterwards made their way to the Greenville section About $125 worth of stamps was taken out and a number of articles >f minor value. Of the stamps about J90 worth has been recovered. lN?n't Need Them. More than 1,000,000 immigrants with their foreign speech, manners ind customs, and ideas of government landed upon our shores last rear. It taxes the assimilative ea>acity of the nation to convert them nto real Americans. With th^ older leople that is not often possible, but vith the children it is different. The onvnion schools form a vast crucible nto which the children are put to ome forth wiih the stamp of Ameri a upon them and to become earnest, nthusiasMc and helpful.citizens. Hut ifter all it is a severe strain and 10 other nation could do it. Many >f these immigrants are undesirable is citizens, and we are glad they lon't come to the South. We would >e glad to have all the flermans, rish, Scandinavians and such peo>le as these come nmong us, hut we lo not need the black hand gang md the people of that ilk. We can tet along better without them than vlth them. DEAD FROM HORSES KICK. Prominent Georgian I He* From Runaway Accident. E. Prentiss Peabody, well known >usinesa m-n of Waycross. Ga., died Vedneaday morning aa the result of >elng kicked by a horse (Monday in a unaway accident, near there. It ?as while trying to save his wife ind little girl that he receive 1 his njuriee. Mrs. Peabody had a rib >roken by a kick of the frightened torse, attached to the buggy in which hey were riding. Mr. Peabody was k well known church worker and was i member of the national board of nanagement of the Epworth League . ? TEDDY LOSES FIGHT ' I BARNES CLA1M8 THAT 8 HERMAN * HAS DEFEATED HIM. w, He Thinks That Roosevelt's Fight !'l for the (Chairmanship is a Violation of Political Ethics. ^ A clear majority of 55 votes for la the selection of Vice-PreBident Sher- m man as temporary chairman of the ' New York State Republican con* 11 tion over Col. Roosev?o* ?.<timt?d st by William Rarues, Jr., as a result ' of the up-State primaries Tuesday. Mr. Rarnes, who haB been lending n the fight of the "old guard," declared hl that the real contest at Saratoga will * be in the committee on resolutions. l>< This committee will consider the question of direct nominations. Mr. ' Rarnes gave out this statement: " The result of primaries ends the contest over the temporary chairman, l*' and gives Vice President Sherman a ^ clear majority of 55 votes. Interest q! naturally centres in the personal element, but there are Involved in this ej situation two principles of great im- w portance to the Republican pariy. ^ The first may be called orderly polit- jj ical management. Mr. Roosevelt was defeated in the State committee by 0( a vote of 20 to 15 and then Mr. Sh >r- o! man was unanimously chosen as a the temporary presiding officer of the State convention. tj To question that determination on CJ the floor of the convention is equlva- h lent to bolting a nomination. This h is known as political welching and 0 had Mr. Roosevelt defeated Mr. Shor- tj man in the State committee that would have been the end of that con- si troversy. Mr. Roosevelt has not act- h ed as Mr. Sherman would have done w in questioning the unanimous ac- si tion of the committee. They are a equal before the party. Mr. Roos- n velt has no superior rights as man sj than ony other man. Secondly, the real contest at Sara- k toga will be in the committee on res- U olutions. There the party creed for ? two years will be proclaimed. There must be determined whether the party is to be turned over to 'my *' policies' borrowed from Bryan, or w to remain steadfast in tHe faith which has given victory in the past. I have done what I could in the public press n to warn Republicans of the Roose- * velt danger and at the primaries to v secure delegates who will not rusn fi madly to the worship of false gods. '' We have won. 11 WIN THRIR FIOHT. n b i High IUtr of Duty on (^otton llag- p glng in K?luc?L v Domestic cotton ginners have won "l n an important victory at New York in ( the board of l7nited State general ap- :i praisera which has just decided that so-called "patches" for covering cot- " ton are not subject to the high rate v of duty recently exacted by the " Treasury Department. The board also denies the conten- .. tlon of the government that the stencilling of a single name or word on cotton bales constitutes "printing ' within the meaning of the latter word ^ as used in the tarifT acts. The merchandise involved in the test case consists of jute bagging, i thirty by fifty-four inches in dimensions, imported for use in patches to f< cover holes in cotton bales produced n by sampling the cotton. The collector of customs at New o Orleans returned the merchandise for u duty at the rate of 45 per cent as ? "woven fabrics of vegetable fiber." K The importers' claim was for duty at fi-lOth of 1 per cent, per square ,f yard as bagging. This contention 81 the board sustains, tho New Orleans a collector being reversed. The collector contended that the '' merchandise was tnk**n nut " provisions claimed by the importers v on the ground that the patches were "printed," although the printing con- j, sisted of hut a single word on each a patch. The board holds that the stenciling was only for identification. s, ii Sensible Settlement. u Another victory for arbitration ?' and therefore peace and goodwill he- tc tween nation resulted when the arbitration court at the Hague set- C1 tied the difference which for a century have existed between this conn- w try and Cireat Hritain. Rehaps not one of them was important enough to have provoked a war, hut some ,n of them have caused a good deal of friction and unpleasantness, and it is a good thing every day that they H H Ion/?n/>^ ? 0 ? ...p^uocu ui ior good. of course ^ extremists on both sides of the water will be some what dissatisfied in- ] asmuch as neither side got all it ask- q ed. But probwbly each got what it in expected and that is the main thing. How much better it is to settle ques- ol tons in this way than to go to war, hi and have many men killed and mil- e< lions of dollars spent in carrying it ri on. m m w iHMkdly (jMOUne. ft Mrs. Anna Belica, of Chicago, and pl two children, Frances and Joseph, were burned to death by an explosion of gasoline Tuesday. Two other children were probably fatally burned. a The accident took place when Mrs. ^ Belica tried to start the kitchen fire with the liquid. ? TALKING TABLE. All bard loved Muaora. but Mnsoru d not love Allbard. 1 do not know by, bdt probably It was because aha lb pretty and he ugly, though pretty Dinen otten far in love with very ;ly iron. Nobody knew anything about Muso's ai.teceuen ?, where she came from what her .eal name was. She was fortune eller. She w?g probably tween i* cUiy-five and thirty, with a ealtb o golden hair; her eyes were rge, > . .ll.ant and deep blue, and her ou' . a poet's dream of loveliness. 4 voice and manners were charming, ill as the people of our town are very iperttn Ion* *ne soon worked up a lit-no in business. Alitr.rd hfd met her on a steamer hich brought him bacw to Kiance ter a very diso at routs tour In South merua He wa? a comedian, but >ssessitnf no talent he had never been iccesstul and while abroad he had en toreed to exist ever since the mipany was left stranded in Rio de ineito, on his talent a* a ventriloiiist. which was marvelous. Since his return home lie hounded te pietty fortune teller's seances, and i Musora had repeatedly warned him i stay away, he had to report to stratzy in ord< r to he near his beloved, hose heart he was determined to eonuer at any cost, as lite was not worth ving without her. One evening lie was present at one f th<* beautiful sorceress' seances IsguiM d as an old lady, and luddeu way in the last row of sea.s Aftet a tew preliminary feats of niiomam-t and fortune telling from irds. during which an old colonel ad < tins *d considerable trouble by Is skepticism, the principal number f Hie program?the famous dancing ible was announced. The room was darkened. Musora 4t down nt ii small table and placed er hands Hat on top of ii. There ere a few moments of breai bless uspense. then ilie table began to rock ml sway in a strange manner, deeding the uiuuis.ai.able pn eiue of pints. Musora asked the skeptic colonel to indlv address any quest ion lie wanted > ihe sp.iits. and he did so with ilie tinost politeness: "Spirit, who are you? Instead of the reply thai was expect il iu the usual knocking language to hlch all spirits hitherto known have een wont to answer, a voi.e coining rum one ? nd of the legs of the table eplied: "Mollere." The audience ras still duniroiitided when another oice that first seemed to come from ar away but gradually drew closer iterrupted: "He is not telling the luth; it is not Mollere, it is Rognard." The colonel looked at Musora, who as quite pale as she replied: "There lust he two spirits. It very often appens when the audience is syinathetic." Her face remained calm, hut she as very much perturbed at the pheomenon of the talking table, which ad never been heard of before, neith r at her seances nor anywhere else a the world. The colonel, who was now greatly npressed, asked in his most solemn oice: "Whom of the two great and lustrious spirits may 1 be permitted a address?" "None of them," came the answer. You will please address me" "And who are you?" "lteaumarchais." It seemed then as if the three-leged table was now inhabited by three rent spirits, one in each leg. "Sir, tnis is indeed an unexpected onor," the colonel stammered. "That is about enough," came a jurth voice, "perhaps someone else my get a chance now." There came a noise as if a number f people were quarreling, pot only 1 the room, but 011 the stairs tnd even i the street. The audience began to et uneasy and restless. "One voice at a time?This Napo on is unbearable?now do not push o, Beethoven?1 beg your pardon, 1 m Frederic l.cmaitre?and 1 am roppenauner?Bid you ever see such eopleV Please behave like Frenchten, 1 am Joan of Arc, the Maid of irleans -And I am (Jeorge Sand? lusset, will you please be quiet?Elias lowe (iiitenberg ? Robespierre ? lease wait until your turn comes?1 m smothering." By this time the audience was panictricken. Big dogs were heard bark tg, cats were mewing, and the piano t the corner was playing "Ach du eber, Augustin," though no one tuched it and not a key was moving Women were fainting and the colnel hau tied, leaving the door wide pen behind him, while from the hall as heard a chorus of spirit voices: "You are right, ntv dear William 1? --"' I'- -? "ir ?. . ?CIJf ide?Why, are you here, too. William ell?After you, Mahommet?Ttal* ay, please, George Washington." Kveryone had Med now aiid in th< >oin were only Musaoru, the table and 1 le old lady, all apparently paralyzed "I am ruined," sighed the sorceress Nobody will come here any more h, what has happened? What has appened?" i "Nothing \ ery Berioua," replied the Id lady in Allbard's voice. "You know ow dearly I love you, and 1 only want 1 to show you that ventri.o-iuism Is , a art." Now the two are married. She calls at self Mme. Alibnrd, and is making a triune with her new spirit* alistlc henomenon?the talking table. Tipa. It la Btated that a Helmonico waltet crumtilated a half million in tipa. Perhaps some of them were tipa oi he races- horse well as human. SHOT BYATHUG Killed in Kjtdiag a Negro Fro a Ae Rota of His Daoghters 1 IN HIS CHICAGO HOME <liarle? D. Hiller, he Father, W'h? Wan Aroused by the Would-l>e Absaitunt of the Young Ladie?> Cri?t? Discover* the HemJ, Who Slioot# llin, ~ i?? ...... . . Wm, A. Jonee, a negro was partly identified Monday afternoon a Bthe slayer of Cbarle6 D. Hiller. who was shot In defending his daughters from an intruder, who had entered his residence iu Chicago through their bedroom window. Jones succeeded in conceiting u bullet wound in his wrist for hour* while being grilled by Pol I'M C<n>tain Collins, at the South Kngl?wood police station. The Injury h?>? trayed itself when Mood bf??an trickling down the colored tri?w'9 hand and onto the floor. The prisoner declared that he wounded ImnI self accidentally yesterday, but <?s?pt. j Collins declared the wound to be comparatively fresh. The latter expressed hla bedfccf that Jones fired while strnggttog with Hiller, his left arm?the o#? injured being around Hiller's ba-fc and receiving a bullet that had passed through the latter's hody When taken into custody Jonee carried a revolver, every chamber of which was loaded, but which, the police declare, smelled strongly of burnt powder. Hiller was chief local freight clerk of the Hock Island Railroad. ilo was aroused at an early hour thle morning by the screams of his daughters, Florence, aged 12, and Clarice, aged 18. who slept together. Fk>rj once told Capt. Collins that she wa? awakened to her danger by leeelln?? | a rough beard against her face. 81vo said the face was that of a negrov but could not be certain of other details. She declared that the clothi-og worn by Jones tallies with thai ka which her assailant was garbed. i - - - - ??? a. mm OHO TTCI IU U^T CTlt'Bi J I%? F rushed to the bedroom and grappled ? with the intruder. They rolled down the stairs locked in each others arms. Then the negro began tiring, three bullets entering the railroad nun'l body. His grasp relaxed and murderer escaped. Defectives arrested Jones when he rushed from a clump of bushee near the Hiller house and swung onto a car going toward the city. Mrs. Kli/.ubeth MoNabb identified Jones as the man who had entered her home earlier in the night. Mrs. McNabb says the negro entered her home and found hie way to the bedroom, where she and her daughter were sleeping, lie laid his hand on the latter's arm and ehe awoke and screamed. This frightened the Intruder away. "At first I thought it was my little brother, CJerald, who had como into our room," said Florence Hllier, "(ierald, what are you doing here?(Jo hack to your room," I said. "Then 1 felt that awful beardl against my face and yelled." PATIKNT K11,1 aS DOCTOR. Who Failed to Cure Kim As He HjnJ Promised to Do. Armed with a revolver, a pair of brass knacks and an open knife and awaiting his turn in the ofllce if Dr? J. 11. Sewell, at Atlanta, W. M. Cox,aged 36, of Austell, Ga., shortly af* ter noon Monday Bhot and instantly killed the physician just as the latter was emerging from the operating room. Cox then turned tho pistol on himself and pulled the trigger. He is now at the Grady hospital with a fractured skull. Cox wen to Atlanta from his home in Austell Tuesday morning for the purpose, it Is said, of visiting Dr, Sewell, whose patient he had been for several weeks. It is understood he had been brooding for some tlu*e because of fancied wrongs at the hands of the physician, lie has stated, it is said, *hat the physician promised to cure hi.n of a chrouio disease in return for $100, but vjystead of getting better he had V*. come wo rue. There were no witnesses' to- tbo shooting, although another patient who had just left the physician's of' flee a few seeondB previously heard the shots and upon running back, found Dr. Sewell dying and Cox ui>conscious on the floor. Dr. SeweMr who is 4t> years of age, is survived by a wife and six children. Cox Id unmarried. A coroner's jury has ordered Cox held for investigation pending his recovery. Robbed by (UndiL After robbing W. K. Ewing, a well known business man of San Antouin, Texas, and his companions, two prominent society women, of money and jewels valued at $1,400 two masked highwaymen seized their automobile and escaped. Mr. Ewinf? and party were on the way to a club near the city.