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STAR! OUT WELL Democratic Causes Meet aid Selec* Champ Clark Speaker. PRESIDE OVER HOUSE K^lirespntallrc Underwood. r' .tlabnnin, Selected as Chairman of Ways and Means Gommttee?In Fact, Km ire Slate, as Formerly Agreed 1"ih>ii, <Joes Through The Democratic members elect ot the ne>:t congress met in WasVngton Thursday ight and map;. * i out certain things f ? the coming .sn'ci. About 210 Demoorats were present. Mr. Iinv, of Virginia, presided, and Mr. Ashbrook, of Ohio, was secretary. Francis Rurton Harrison, of New York, called the attention of the caucus to the fact that the name of Theron . \kin, Representatire-elect from New York, had been calied twice in the opening roli call. Mr. Harrison announced that he had information that Akin had declared that he would not enter the caucus tonight and that Akin had said he would vote with the Republicans. Mr. Harrison then :isked that Mr. Akin's name lie stricken from the roll of Democrats. The Harrison motion to strike Akin, of New York, from tlie Democratic roll was adopted. Mr. Atkin was elected on an independent ticket and had tho endorsement of the Democrats. Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri, chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee, then placed Champ Clark in nominalion lor spouser. messrs . misburry, of Uhio; Pou, of North Carolina; Adamson, of Georgia; Rainey, of Illinois; Sulzer, of New York; Iloflin. of Alabama, and others, seconded the nomination, and it carried by acclamation. Mr. Olark, with a broad smile, stepped to the front of the chamber and formally accepted the honor. "From the bottom of my hoart 1 thank ycu for your.generous endorsement ft the high office of Speaker of the House of Representatives," he said. *"1 shall endeavor to discharge the duties of that great position so fairly, so justly and eo impartially that you will never have cause to regret what you have Just done. "The caucus was called for the purpose of seJecting the Democratic contingent of the ways and means committee for the 62d Congress, in order to expedite the tariff legislation by securing as speedily as possible the date on which to introduce bills we believe will promote the prosperity of the whole country. The .quirk ?r our plans are formulated the better for all concernod. "F ih member of the caucus should have opportunity to' express his o rions fully, and whatever is done si.on Id l>e marked by good nature, kindly forboarnnee and an earnest desire to be of service to the party and the country, for we should never forget that the best way to ser\e our party is to serve our country." Mr. Clark's speech niet with vociferous cheers. One of the significant speeches was by Mr. Anshurry, of Ohio "On behalf of the sixteen Democrats elected to the 62d Congress from the greet State of Ohio." said Mr. Anshurry, "the State which will at the next Convention of the part> present the name of Judson Harmon lor the Presidency, I second the nomination of Champ Clark, of Missouri." At mention of Mr. Harmon's name several Democrats applauded, but there was little cheering at the mention of Mr. CI irk. Mr. Clark's friends fearing that cheering in that connection r. i tht he Interpreted to mean cheerin : for the Oliioan, who is consplcniovs'y mentioned for the President ' nomination. Hepr<""entative Frank Clark. In an imps? sloped speech, struck the first discordant note by objecting to the fixed p ogramme. He said he understood a program had been mapped out. ard he protested against it. Mr. 'Ienry. of Texas, conspicuously me Honed for chairman of the next ri le? committee, made the formal t otlon outlining the order of business. His plan carried. This Involved the selection of the personnel of the ways and means committee. as informally agreed upon in ad-vance by the lenders, as follows: Underwood of Alamaba, chairman; Randall of Texas. Harrison of New York. Brantley of Cieorgla, Shackleford of Missouri, James of Kentucky, Kitchln of North Carolina, Hull ot Tennessee. Dixon of Indiana, Rainey of Illinois, Hammond of Minnesota, Hughes of New Jersey and A. Mitchell Palmei of Pennsylvania. Mr. Foster, of Illinois, introduced a resolution providing for the election of the standing committees of the House by the House. He proposed that Democratic members of the ways and means committee chosen at this caucus he authorized to nominate the majority of members of these standing committees of the next House to the adjourned caucus. Under his resolution Democrats on the ways and means committee would be ineligible to serve on any WAS BEATEN BY JAPS. KULA.BR DKTAIIjS OP THR ATTACK CN AN AMERICAN. Vice Co' -ml \VlIiiani9on Struck With a f Jck and an American Girl At. .' ickwl by a J*p. Reporter. Details of the assault eu Ignited States Vice Consul Williamson at Oalny, Manchuria, by Japanese on 'December 23, briefly reported te Washington by cable, were received by the steamer Hallamashlre. Mr. Williamson, according to the advices, went to inspect the flsh market recently opened by Japanese at Dalny and was on a high stana watching an auction sale when a number of Japanese and Chinese flsh mongers pushed into the market. Mr. Williamson was almost pushed off Clie stand. He was straightening himself up in the crush when several Japanese, including the secretary and a clerk of the market. It is said, began scolding him for being there and at the same lime pushing their way toward him and seizing him by the arms and pulling him from the stand. Mr. Williamson asked why it was wrong for him to watch the sale, saying he would leave after they gave him a reason. Then the Japanese rushed at him. He pushed one of them over in selfdefense and the crowd rushed at him. A Japanese thrust at him with a bamboo pole, wounding him on the chin. Another Japanese threw a block of Ice, which cut his head, blood flowing freely. Several threw flsh at him. With blood trickling down his clothing, the victim made his way to ine jmuce mmoD nair a mock distant and some Japanese policemen accompanied him hack to the market, where the two Japanese who first attacked htm were found. The censul asked that they be taken to the police station. According to the version received here, the police did not take them. Mr. Williamson made a protest to the Japanese administration at Dalny and sent telegrams and letters to Washington reporting the assault. Rereral Japanese newspapers commented upon the afTalr as well as on an attack made about the same time on a Miss Hayes, an American at Yokohama, by a Japanese newspaper reporter who, it is alleged, struck her violently about the head several times without apparent cause. STAKTIilNCJ STATEMENT. Tree and lJlnl Expert Say English Sparrow a Nuisance. John Davey, a noted tree culture and bird expert delivered a lecture in Charleston the other night on the culture of trees. Perhaps the most Interesting and certainly the most startling statement made by the famous tree surgeon came near the close of his lecture, while he was I discussing the relation of trees to birds and Ilia prvrvrl wnrt th?f latter do In keeping down the hordes of pestilential insects which would otherwise* destroy all green things The English Sparrow, he said, is so roal a menace that it actually [threatens humanity with extinction, lit is estimated that there are Ore billions birds of this species in America today. At the normal rate of increase, this number will hare increasto thirteen trillions In the next fire years, and should this increase continue in the same ratio, starvation and death will stare the human race in the face. The English Sparrow does nothing ed to thirteen trillions in next five trees, hut it doe* have a disastrous effect upon all other birds that are useful in this respect. We must do something to check it. or else suffer the conse<iuenees. At present, it is doin? what King George tried and failed?con<iuering America. Huge Tomato Crop, The Columbia Record say3 "an instance of tlie good work of the government farmers' work, in that branch known as the girls' toniato club, is that of Miss Katie Gunter, near Samaria, S. C., a detailed report of wiiose work wa? received at the office of State Agent Ira W. Williams Wednesday morning. Miss Gunter produced F>12 quart cans of tomatoes, ten quart jars of pickles, elgnt pint jars of pickles, si* pint jars of catchup. ei?ht pint Jars of preserves, and five quart jars of preserves. All this was produced on one-tenth of an acre of ground, this being the largest yield at the county fair." other committee. Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, then made hla expected move by offering a substitute resolution empowering Champ Clark, as Speaker, to designate the Democratic members of a tentative committee on ways and means, thus paying trlbuto to Mr Clark as one in whom tho member# had unbounded confidence. Mr. Clark oppoeed tho Fitzgerald resolution. In a substitution for both tht Fitzgerald and Foeter resolutions Mr. Cox, of Indiana. Introduced a res olutlon providing for a nominating 1 commftteo to recommend namos tc the Democratic caucus for appoint AS IT SHOULD BE THE NEW TARIFF RIL.I, WILL RE DEMOCRATIC. I'>anio<l i?y Underwood It Will lie Without Tuint of Protection Which Rome Might Fear Will Characterize It. Editor \V. E. Gonzalez, of The State, writing to his .paper from \Vaahington, savs: Oscur \V. Underwood of Alabama. whoEe letter indorsing The State view or the potency of the national platform In guiding party men 'n J congress w?i published on Tuesday, will lie ths chairman of th? next ways and means committee and ae such he will write the next tariff bill. 'Mr. Underwood is quiet and niodect. a listener rather than a tuiker. and there was simple earneBtncs* not HssertlvenosB In hlg declaration to me last evening In Baltimore tv.i . "any measure I prepare will be strictly a Democratic revenue bill.'' There will be no cloaks for protection; no Democrat In protected wool. There will be fourteen Democrats on the Democratic wave and means committee and the only one of then with a tnlnt as to any vote w.ll he Drantley of Georgia long a member of the committee. The question of dropping Brantley because of his vote for a duty on lumber In disobedience of the Denver platform, has been under consideration, since co tgress met, but I understand from seve.al sources that through the efforts of Champ Clark and other old and strong friends, and In consideration of his acknowledgement of nrror In voting for a duty on lumber, the ravers will not cut the ground from under Drantley. The next ways and means committee will put the stamp of disapproval on the action of those who "jumped" the platform by pointedly Indorsing die free lumber plank In the Denver platform. There 's sharp division among Democrats on two questions. Senator Dalley is a leader of the scnool, advocating a duty on raw mate.-.el and also *or revising the tariff as a whwle. From the present outloot L?? Is In the minority of both. The Tex -is wciogauuu in uaniy spill, oil liuin If the party Is to accomplish anythin'; in tariff legislation these questions must be kept off the floor of the house. They will have to be jettlert in caucus, and the losers accept ti.e majority decree. Representative ITnderwood la convinced a revision sch dule by schedule is the only practical way of getting results and preventing "trading." Cold on Georgia Farm. While at play on the farm of John W. Harris, four miles from Tallapoosa, Ga., a day er two ago, a child discovered a large nugget of gold and further search by older persons led to tho finding of a considerable quantity of the yellow metal. Tho farm is in the center of the Georgia gold belt and the discovery Is regarded here as an '..nportant one. Hold Posse at Hay. Armed with revolvers and firing scores of shots, two boys, Charles and Henry Roberts, 18 years Old, who escaped from tho Tennessee industrial schools on the Murfreesboro pike, held at bay a posse of more than 100 tnon yesterday afternoon. After a miniature battle lasting a good portion of the afternoon they made good their escape. Struck by Plow Point. wh 1 If* ah :in?f?n 1 ti & n nlnu; an emery wheel at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, N\ P. Abrams, manager of 1j. W. Floyd's plantation, nine miles west of Newberry, was struck in the bead by the point, which was wrenched '"rom his grasp by the fast moving belt, inflicting a ghastly wound. He was rendered unconscious. There is little hope of his recovery. I'simI Much Ilccr. Greater New York consumed K.500,000 barrels of beer during tn? year 1010, according to a report just made public. This is about an average of two barrels a year for every man. woman and child in the city. Throughout the United States, tho year's consumption reached a to tal of near'v sixty millions. Girl Will llang. At Waynesboro, Ga., Rosalie Small, a negro girl, was tried and convicted of the murder of. Harvey Jones, a white merchant and farmer on January 11. The girl and Calvin Johnston, a negro man, convicted of the same crime, were sentenced to hang on February 8. In the man's trial the Jury was out three minutes; In the girl's, three hours. Th? girl had , confessed her share in the crime and Implicated Johnston. k Must Serve Time, i The United States supreme court dismissed for want of jurisdiction i the appeal of Q. Wash Hunter from : his conviction of manslaughter in South Carolina. Hunter was sen> tenced to the penitentiary for eight , years. lie was accused of having killed Elben F. Copeland, near their ; homes In Laurens county, S. C., In ijlflflfi, wihlle playing cards. Hunter - entered a plea of self-d?feruw. FAKE LAND SALE Tbe Fraud Was Easily Detected by Colombia Photographers HOW GAME WAS WORKED Tlve Prospectus Carried Puked I'no* togruphs, the Pictures UcIdk Made to Show Handsome Buildings, Where Only Pine Barrens, With Standing Tree*, Exist. Neither being able to furnish the $5,000 bail demanded of each, J. C Masters and I. C. Sibley, arrested in Jackson, Mine., for using the mails to tk fraud, iu connection with a con eern they were promoting, called tin Albemarle Development company. Albemarle, N. C., have beeu remanded to juil, at Jackson, to await re nioval to the jurisdiction of the United States court for the western district of North Carolina?all of which, says the Columbia Record, ia interesting to a number of Columbians, several blocks to Albemarle cfock having been placed in this city by a plausible young man, giving his nme as H. D. Rangdale. The Record says it was in fact a "ormer Columbian, now manager of news bureau in the Southwest, ana a firm of Columbia photographers, hat first suspected the promoters of the Albemarle concern of fraud. At the request of the news bureau manager, newspaper men here consulted he photographers and learned that l.nngdaie had sold to them-?or rather had exchanged with them for two dozen photographs of himself, valued at $24?a "participating certificate," No. L-754, in th? Albemarle Development company. L>angdal? had failed In his effort to part the photographers frotu any cash, because they detected evidences of fraud in the handsome prospectus that he displayed, la the prospectus there were, besides the usual roseate word pictures, several illustrations, purporting to be from actual photographs, showing considerable progress upon the development of the Albemarle tract into a pretty suburb, with largo hotel, stores, costly residences and the like. It required only superficial examinations of these pictures hv a nhotocranher to show thnr they were cunningly made composites of photography, and drawing. Actual photographs had been taken of thy wood6 on the tract and the several clearings and then half completed buildings had been drawn In at the proper places and the doctored picture Itself had been photographed and from this second picture the electrotype reproduction need In the prospectus had been made. The work had been skilfully done, hut It Is next to Impossible to give to these synthetic, productions such appearance of genuinesnees as to deceive a photographer. I.angdale, confronted with this evidence of fraud, said he knew the pictures were misleading and had strongly urged hie euperiore not to resort to such methods. He insisted, however, that the propesition under promotion was legitimate and gave Albemarle bank reference# These the photographers did not trouble to verify, as they had but a small Investment at stake and were willing in these circumstances to take their chances. The stock certificate they hold Is signed by Masters, one of the men now under arrest, as "secretarytreasurer." It is dated November 18 and the postmark shows it was mailed November 21 from Albemarle. Tho application for it was signed hero September 2 7. longdate was a young man of good appearance and made easily a favorable impression upon his acquaintances here. He mimon to nave neen educated at Harvard and said his home was in New Haven. Masters and Si'oley were arrested In Jaekeon on warrants issued upon the affidavit of PostofTlee Inspector J. W. Bulla of North Carolina, woo presented documentary evidence in support of the government's contention that the development, company was being promoted by fraud. Inspector Bulla Is quoted as saying that on an investment of $1,000 in 100 acres of land near Albemarle the promoters have taken in about $2f>0,000. He said that Sibley had been connected with a similar scheme at Whiteboro, Texne, about five yeart ago. Th >y have recently operated in both the Carolinns and in Ala bama, as well as in Mississippi. U'ln?lin?> X? > ? M'flft Jessie MoLeod, a student a Winthrop College, whose home Is a nishopvllle, was married at Charlott* on Monday to Fred Hennlgan. : young man of that city. The yount lady had received pernrlsslon to g< over to Charlotte to have her eye treated, but it developed that she ha( an affection of tho heart. The yonni lady was a member of the freshmai class. ment to the committees, this nomi Hating committee to be composed o one member from each Democrat 1 State delegation and none of ther to he cha'rman of other committees the nominations te he subject t change by a majority vote of the can cot. | Burduco Livi w A scientifically prepared rem* % stipation, Dyspepsia, Nenrol $ Coated Tongue, Bad Taste, | Mild and No Griping i I Makes a Swee! Pretty Cor I Sold by all medicine ?> I RIIRVAfFI I & I MANU FACT | Charlottej CLflSSIFIED COLUMN t VukImhI (I)nioi sht'll* ?ur Poultry.? One hundrea pound*, *lxty *cnf? _ five hundred pound*, $2.50. Brjy Inner, Lachlcotte & Co., Waverl^ ^ Mills, 8. C. Rice Flour, 100 Ton6 fresh. Rite Flour. Hay, Grain, Bran, Ctaopi C. S. Meal and etc., Albert Bla chnff nnd Co., 31 Elizabeth Street Charleaton, S. C. Women, sell guaranteed hone. 7? per cent, profit. Make $20 ually Full or part time. Beginners investigate. Strong Hosiery. Be . "" 4029, West Philadelphia, Pa. For Sale?Single-comb Ithode Island Red cockerels; well marked; good colors; free of "smut"; at $1.00 nnd $2.ho each. Eggs, $1.50 per 15. R. r. Gillespie, IlartEvllle, S. C. Girl or Woman, each locality. Good pay made, acting as representative Address envelopes, fold, mall circulars; material, stamps furnished free. Rex Mailing Agency, I.on don, Ontario. The High Point Detwtlve Agency o Columbia doe* a general detectlv? business. White and colored d# tectlve* at your convenience W r-i ..a TIT O rr> 1__ ?' WW UD. r* . o. 1 Ujriur, WkUtft: Columbia, S. .C. . Oobbe' Hiuglo Comb Khodf> Islam Rids and "Crystal" White Orpin* tons w In and lay when other-, fall, stock and eggs for sale, for mating list. Q. A. Dob be, Box B. 24., Gaineevllle, Ga. Fnn.i, I<Yult and Truck Bands In Hillsborough County, Florida. Write me your desires. Can All any requirement. J. E. Snyder, Llmona, (near Tampa) Florida. Correspondence solicited. . ? ? I r North State Rife Insurance Co., of ( Kingston, N. C.. operates only in n th? two Carolines snd has ranre h A Carolina lives insured than nn> * other Carolina cofpany. Adonis wanted where the company 'a not . now represented. f s Mammoth Bronze Turkeys for sale ^ Won flrfit prizes at Piedinon fair > and extra prize of $18.00 lamp ? Hatched last of May. Young torn.- J weigh from 16 to 18 pounds, nice J hens, $7.00 per pair. Oliver .1 > Conrad, It. F. I). 2., Winston- Sal ? em, N. C. r I j, Attention Farmers?Do you want to ' raise more cotton with less for;I-> ' lizer. se >d and labor than you ! ever dill before? If so, p?-nd for particulars of the Bunch rtystem .1 of Cotton Culture and learn how to double your yield per acre. A postal brings it. Address A. I<. , Couch, 00 VV. Russell St., Orange-, , i burg, S, C. yn i WnnU'd?Make big money a< ! 1 I Ing photo pillow tops. 25c: fcr nildes. 25c; portraits, 35c; oil?tte? 30c. We produce works of #r' guaranteed, lowest prices, large* < studio, prompt service, credit gl* i [ 'i; samplos; portrait and fram 1 r aalogue free. Hitter's Art 8t" 3 dlo. 121 R Madison. Chicago. Ill i \ 1 ? (iood I,ive Agents wantod In ever? 1 town to sell a meritorious line of j s medicines extensively advertise'' J 1 and used by every family and !r ? the stable. \n exceptional oppor 1 tunltv for the right parties tr ' make good monev. Write at onc< ' for proposition to L. B Martin , Box 110. Richmond, Va. f ; I c (I In order to lntr<Mliir?? my high rrad' j Succession Flat Dutch and Wake , 9 field Cabbago Plants to those wtw j i. have not used them before I wll 1 give with each flrmt order for 1 er Powder, j *ly for Billiousnesv Con- J i e- i i i * ? * x? ukj oick neadache. * > and Stomach Diseases. <' i? < > < > Gentle. i: * *? io Nausea. i; < > ; Breath and :: 4 > nplexion. <[ < > < > 4 : dealers at 25c.] <? 4 I i DUNN CO.) turers, i: v N. C. II 4 o . v.> thousand plants at a a dollar's worth of vegetable and flown eed pbsolutely free. W. K. Harl, Plant Orow?r. Enterprise P. O., ?. n. Wanted?Every man, woman an* child In South Carolina to know thai the "Aleo" brand of Saafc, Doors and Blinds are the i*et and are made only by the Au|r/s*t? Lumber Company, who nianafaeture everything In Lumb4>t an* Mlllwork and whose watchword la "Quality." Write Augusta Lumber Compan" Augusta, Georgia, for prlcnr on any order, iarg* ! small No remedy will deaden tho pain or take the soreness from Cuts and Bruises quicker than Noah's Liniment. It is antiseptic and tlie best pain remedy. One trial will convince you. Noah'?Liniment penetrates; requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof Mr. Edward Ryan, who has been emiloyed at the Olil Dominion Iron and fall WorkH In Richmond, Va? for about Ifty yearn, makes the following statencnt: "While work i ok at my trade Iron work) I pet bruised and cut fre[uently, and I find that Noah's Llnllent takes all the soreness out and leal* the wound immediately. Have lno used your rem* dy for rheumatism rlth the best results, and rerommend t to anyone Buffering with aches and alns." * Nonh's l.lnlmrnt Is the best remedy; or RhPiimntUtn * ~ - i.iiinc MUCK, tiff Joints uml Muscles, Soro Throat. :olds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts. Bruises. Jollc, Cramps, CR < leuralgla, Tooth- w>* " ^O*. iche and all * /? t/S\ \ * Jerve, Bone and VI "H Tvvv luflcle Aches and i\t 'alns. The Ken- ',3c?c2i* IF ilno has Noah's L*rT>3 It trk on ever y Uf*V tackage. 2*. els. It| W \M "H (old by dealers In ' f A J a E^ nedlelne. S a m - k L? J k II do by mall I roe. Joah Remedy Co., i'j j i E ? kj I 2f k I tlchmond, Va. IlkllMlnkl^ J MKTIIOIUKT ( II \l TAi gl A. lovomeiit Authorized by Confcrenro Takes Shape. What may be regarded as the first efinite step toward tno establishment of 'ho Methodist Chautauqua itt Waynesvillo, NT. ('., as authorized by the (Bneral Conference of the Methodist Kpiseopal Church, South, taken Monday at Waynesvllle, ivnen tne incorporators of the Southirn Assembly Company met and organized. with the election of the following ofllrors: President, Rlshop James Atkins; doo president. John It. Pepper, Memphis, Tenn.: secretary, S. A. Scatterwalth, Waynesvllle, N*. C.; treasurer, H. J. Sloan. Waynesville, S\ C.; general superintendent, Dr. ^ lames Cannon, Hlarkstone, Va.; su- 1 aeriniendent of TUble Conference, [>r. F. W. 1'llett, Vanderbllt UnlverJltv; superintendent evangelistic sork. Dr. Clone Stuart, Cleveland, Tenn; superintendent missionary raining school, the ftev. James E. Cnlloch, Nashville, Tenn. The Assembly has purchased 1,000 icres of land near Waynesvllle, with in elevation of 2.000 feet and plans lave been formulated to develop and jeautlfy the property at once. i