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HITS THEM HARD A Republican Senator Talks Out Plainly on the Race Question THE NORTH HYPOCRITE Y in Op|iosiii|; Amendment to Itexoliilion for Direct Klectimi of t'nited States Senators. Iloruli Maintains Trout lut'iit Aoordi'il Negro in North No I letter Than in South. That prejudice against the negro is just us intense in the North as in the South and that the North plays the hypocrite in its contentions to tli" contrary, was bohliy and bluntly assorted in the Senate Thursday by a Republican Senator. Senator Korah, of Idaho, was the speaker, llis declarations regarding the negro were made at the close of a prolonged speech, in opposition to the Sutherland amendment to the Senate resolution providing for the election of Senators by popular vote. The amendment would have the effect of giving Congress control of Senatorial elections. Mr. Corah's pronouncement on the race question was made in response to the recent assertion pf Senator Root, that without the Sutherland provision the resolution would dcnrlvc the Southern pprrniia ,?f k'od. oral protection in the exercise of the franchise. Mr. Horah dissented from the New Yorker's view, and In doing so used language winch elicited congratulations from many Senators. Mr. Horah contended that as tlie resolution stands, notwithstanding it gives State legislatures control of Senatorial elections, Congress would still have the r'ght to interfere in protecting any citizen whose right of franelii e had been interferred with. The Idaho Senator expressed deep re' grot that the race question had been brought into the controversy and asserted that Its introduction was intended only to imperil the resolution. "I wonder how long the North is going to play the hypocrite and the moral coward on this question?" k said Mr. Horah. and added that, that B section always had assumed more f wisdom and more tolerance in dealing with this problem than had boon displayed elsewhere. He insisted that a call of the roll of the Northern State in which there Js any apreciabie number of negroes, would demonstrate that the North had not dealt more leniently with the negro Ihun had other sections. "The Northern States have exploited the same race prejudice that has been shown elsewhere, ' he asserted. "In the North we burn the negro at the stake and there, as in other sections, we have our rate wmin. v? e jmsn our negroes to Tlie outer edce of the industrial world. We exhibit the B'ime prejudices, the same weaknesses, the same intolerance that is apparent in the Southland." Mr. Borah declared that if Congress had power tinder the existing provisions of the Constitution, giiing Congressional control over Senatorial elections, it should he exercised. "If that right exists, the North nas the greater obligation under it. because it makes claim to it. We assert the power, but we tdtnit that we haven't had tlie moral courage to exercise it." For himself, he denied the existence of any such power, and said that he resented such a i osition oecause of the position in which Congress was placed by it. Concluding he said: "The negro has been used as a political football about as long as our own sense of decency and his developing intelligence will permit. We should no longer mistreat him, but we should have the courage to Inform him as to the real situation. It does not benefit him to make him the subject of our sophomoric rhetoric. The negro has advanced to the point where we well may dispense with the perennial distribution of soothing sirup and give him solid food in the way of facts. We should tell him the truth and conceal nothing. "The negro is beginning to realize that the white man of the North is of the same race as the white man of the South, and that in his blood is the virus of dominion and power. He should know, while his slave chains have been broken, the chains of industry are being forged around nun nnn win conuntie to hold him unless lie himself brenks them. This badge was placed upon him by bis maker, and it can be removed only by the necro himself, with the aid ( of those who have the courage to tell him the truth, which is that we hnve the power to guarantee to him the equal protection of the law and ^ to protect him against dis rlmlnation. To attempt anything more would bo ruinous to the colored man and demoralizing to the whole political body. He must work out the problem under the Constitution. "WhPn thA ovltrntwloo ^ f ,1/?Kn?/v ? ~ w?.Av.M (CO v/1 uruair are over it v/ill be found that no measures will be offered in this Senate to protect nny supposed right of the colored man anywhere. If those who are interested will turn to the , Constitution, they will And there the ' KILLED BY FATHER MURDERER UNMOVED BY THE VICTIM'S PLEADING WIFE. The Youiik Man Drives Wagon on Yard Against Father's Orders and is Shot i>o\vn. With tlie wife of Ids victim dinging to him and entreating hint not to shoot, and her four children i standing by, awe-stricken witnesses, , William Martin Lanfotd. a 64-yeniold Confederate veteran, early Wednesday morning put a bullet into the heart of his son, William David Uanford, years old, killing him almost instantly. The son and his family lived with the old man on a plantation on the Fnoree river, three miles from Woodruff: Because of constant bickerings the son had decided to ' mo\e. When he came with a wagon to take away his household goods ! the father bade hint not drive upon the yard under pain of death. The young man ignored the command, and was shot through the heart. After the killing, the old man mounted a mule and, with head erect, glancing neither to the right or left, paying no heed to the curi- ' ous persons who followed him, rode to Woodruff, calmly announced that he had killed his son and said he was going to Spartanburg to surrender to the sherifT. The train had gone and T.anford accordingly went to Foster & Bryson's store and requested Bert Weathers, a cl -rk, to telephone the sheriff, W. .1. White,, to come for him. This was done and Lanford was committed to jail late in the afternoon. In jail he complained of begin 111 and Dr. William G. Sexton was called and prosi rihed. It is reported that Lanford is Buffering from peilaera but the report lacks confirmation. The old man said at the jail that during the list six months lie has had 1 "> physicians treat him for intestinal trouble and none had been able to do anything for him. Dr. Fexton said that owing to the darkness of Lanford's cell he had not noticed any skin eruptions, if there were any. but he would make more careful examination next day. Coroner J. II. Turner had the infinest in the afternoon. There was difficulty in obtaining a jury because of the 50 or 60 persons called nearly all were related to the Lanfords. The jury finally chosen found that W. I). Lanford had come to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of VV. AT. Lanford. The testimony given was in effect the same as the story given above. , There was evidence that Lanford had consented to his son moving and did not object to his taking awav the furniture but ordered him not to drive the wagon on the yard. MVSTKHV IS CKEAKFD. Coal (ins Caused Sudden l>euth of Young Couple. A dispatch from Cumberland, Md., says that Ohas. K. Twig and Grace Elosser, the young couple found dead in the parlor of the Elosser home ou December Illst, last, the eve of th'dr wedding day, came to their sad end from >rhon monoxide foal g.i?>t poisoning was im "onclusion 01 the Wasnington and italtiniore chemists who tested the Idood of the two victims. State's Attorney Robh announced the result of the chemical analysis Monday. Heretofore the authorities have maintained that the pair met their death by cyanide of potassium, the coroner's jury returning a verdict, to that effect. Kills Wife and Self. At Alexandria, L&., James Mobley, aged no, Wednesday shot a.ul killed his wife and then sent a bullet through his temple, killing himself instantly. Domestic Infelicity is given as the cause. Mr. and Mrs. Mobley were locked in a room whpn the tragedy occurred. Fatal Practical Joke. At Decatur, Ala., as the result of a practical joke, Woody Klrby, an employee of the Louisville and Nashville shops lost his life. Klrby and a man named Pigg were engaged in a friendly scuffle when the latter turned an air-hose on Klrby, almost blowing his vitals out. Missing Art Student. A Home dispatch says the Italian government is now inclined to fear that th<' disappearance of Henry Lawrence Wolfe, of New York, w,is the result nf a crime iin.l offer.-*,t o reward for the discovery of the miss j lug art student. : Scalded to Death. After striking a fellow work ur n on the head with a shovel, John] Ootch, of Sharon, Pa., leaped ln'o a cinder pit filled with boiling water \ and was scalded to death. The man he assaulted will recover. one universal rule of equality, the only rule to be applied to the negro, and the only rule under which we can legislate. If applied, it will be proven to be the correction rule, the rule for all of us." MAY RUSH TO WAR RELATIONS TO RUSSIA AM) CHINA ARE STRAINED. Russian Troops Are to l>o Dispatched to the Chinese Frontier to Seare : Them. A dispatch from London says tho I relations of Russia and China are strained to the breaking point. Russia Thursday notified the governments of Great Britain, France and Germany of her intention to make a military demonstration 011 the ltussoChinese frontier owing to China s persistent violation of the St. Petersburg treaty of 1 Ss 1. Russian troops will he sent forthwith to the district of Hi. The extent of the demonstration, it is said, added in the diplomatic note will depend entirely upon the attitude assumed by China. The vital questions involved are free trade in Mongolia, the extraterritorial rights of Russians in China and the establishment of a Russian consultate at Koebdo, Mongolia. There have been rumors recently r>f an intention by Russia to tiring pressure to hear upon China hepause of alleged violations of ttie Russo-Chlnese treaty. That the situation was aeute, however, lias been d< nied both by the Chinese foreign hoard and the Russian legation at Peking. It lias been admitted that there \v ej-e differences in the interpretations of the international agreement made at St. Petersburg and Peking. The treaty adopted in 1SS1 expires tills month and it has been reported that China was unwilling to renew it .'it liflQt tint tlttUI oneto'itx ttin.llll rations have been made. The changes have horn closely guarded by both powers and what ;tnge the negotiations have reached was not Indicated until yesterday, when the St. Petersburg Gazette announced that an important conference had been held at the war ministry to consider "China's persistent flouting of treaty stipulations." The province of 111, to which Russian troops will be sent, lies In the northern part of the Chinese empire, i'.y a provision of the Russo-Chinese treaty of 1SS1 the western portion of Hi is incorporated with Russia In nrder to serve as a place of establishment for the Inhabitants of Russia. who. having adopted Russian dependence, had to abandon the binds which they possessed there. FOl'CJHT OVHIt A CORPSK. Two Rival Colored I'lulertnkers Delay a Funeral. The spectacle of two colored undertakers fighting like tigers for possession of a corpse shipped for burial confronted passengers alighting from the afternoon Seaboard train at Americas, (la., 011 Friday. One undertaker. Joshua Simmons, with caparisoned horses and hearse, was removing the casket from the train when Dennis Ha mum. his rival undertaker, undertook to scoon the remains instead. In the battle resulting, Ttarnum was knocked cold with a brickbat and ere he recovered, Simmons had captured the prize and departed in trinmpli. The undertakers' battle created intense excitement in colored circles, and will he umpired in the court. * A Very Short I>ny. The shortest hours of any union workmen in the country are those of the caisson workers in New York City, who have just reached an agreement with their employers for the year 1911. Thr<>e hours a day. with :iu minutes off for luncheon, and daily wages of $."> is the stipulation of the men who work under an air pressure of "throe atmospheres." Three Trains Crush. Ten persons were killed in n wreck caused by a double jollislon near Paris, France, Wednesdi^ night on the western section of the State railroad when expresses for Paris and Krost dashed simultaneously into a freight train which was being sidetracked. The wreckage itnnnd iately caught fire. * Made Thrni Pay Well. Hecause Mis? Rose Chadinia, of St. Paul, Minn., was compelled to listen to abusive language from a passenger In a street car, the railway company will have to pay her $1100 damages. The failure of the conductor to eject the passenger furnished grounds for the suit. I'lii siciau Arrested, Dr. PeFoix Wilson, a prominent physician of Spartanburg, has been arrested on the charge of failing to report a contagious disease. The case in question was one of smollpox, and it is stated that two other cases have resulted from coming in contact with this disease. The waste basket is a potent factor in keeping up the standard of literature. Money may not bring happiness, but it will purchase a lot of substitutes. WEEVIL SCARE M?n Reported Seen Dist' ibuling Thtm oq Plantations in Georgia. WERE LOOKING FOR AID Is What They Said When Caught Pigging Small llnles?President j Rarrctt CalN on Partners in Protect Themselves?Says Every Precaution Sliouhl be Taken by Tliein. Have the alleged boll weevil dis- ; tributors been operating in Columbia county? is the ouestion that is agitating the farmers of some sections of that county, according to a telephone message received by the Augusta Chronicle Thursday. The message stated th it near Evans. Oa., two men were last week seen driving in their bug.-ies over several of the plantations in the seclion and digging small holes here and there in the fields, and oecasionvllv making smaller holes wh.i spikes. To some who questioned them later they stated that they were looking for indieations of oil. This incident occurred before the publication of The Chronicle's story of the rumor that one man had come to Augusta for the purpose of sca?tering th<> boll weevil in the cotton fields of that section, and after reading the story the farmers of that section of Columbia county have become alarmed over the happening, and fear that it is probable that tin* j weevils may have been placed in } their fields. No one took any special notice of i the men. so no good description j could he gotten of them. On.' v is said to l>e in a buggy drawn hy a very dark horse, and the other w. s driving a horse of somewhat light* r color. Wlmt 1 turret t Siivs. Following the publication of an alleged amazing plot on the part o* schemers to infest the Georgia and South Carolina cotton fields with the boll weevil, Charles S. Garrett, president of the National Farmers' union, in an open statement, declares that the advancing sweep of the plague of the cotton fields jeopardizes the entire agricultural welfare of the South. President Garrett deplores the fact that coMon growers of Georgia and adjoining states are lethargic over this grave menace and asserts that "had this visitation, which in its drastic destruction of values, is entitled to rink with the plagues of Egypt, first shown its head in any of the 'rained and disciplined nations of Europe, the concerted wealth and sk'tl of the threatened government would have been mustered to stifle the danger." He points out the fact that 'he South holds practically a world monopoly in cot'on, hut that the very foundation of tiiis monopoly is menaced by the onward sweep of the pest, which all the science of the in-M w(\iu niiM oeen nniiMie to eifectively curb as yet. Hp sops hope, however, in the tremendous possibilities of diversification throughout the cotton heit. where soil and climate combine to make possible almost any crop grown elsewhere in the world. .Inst at this time, when the weevil seems destined through its natural channe's to invade (leorein within the next year or so. bis article should be read with the closest attention and interest. President Barrett is a nlain spoken man. He doesn't use round-about or evasive methods or language. lie has the hahit of driving direct at the point. Therefore his utterances are not those of an alarmist, but words of wisdom from a careful and observant man, whose life has been and is being spent in helping the man who tills the soil. Be says: "The motive of this present appeal is to stress tipon Southern farmers everywhere the absolute necessity of taking precautionary measures at once. Had the farmers of Texas and Louisiana adopted this (dan they would have avoided millions of dollars in losses due to the boll weevil. The only sensible procedure is to recognize that the entire South sppms rlrxjHnrwT f/i Ha a f _ flictod by an unescapable pest and to go about lessening or removing its possibilities for evil before it shall have reduced us to panic by its sudden appearance. "I have always held that the Southern states are so fortunately endowed by nature that they should lie absolutely independent of othir portions of Amer'ca. The boll weevil is the bludgeon that is soing to make us come into our heritage sooner than we bad expected In this respect it is a blessing in disguise. but it is essential to act in time if we are to reap the advantages of the situation." I.ost llis llnnil. At Greenville J. F. I.owe. machinist at the South Carolina Cotton Oil Company's plant, lost hi.s right hand Wednesday in the linter machine. He was engaged in making some minor repairs when his hand got caught. 1 RUIN COTTON CROP A CONSPIRACY SAID TO HE ON FOOT TO DISTRIHI TE Thousands of l,ivi> Cotton Roll Weevils by Night in Ceorgiu ami This Slate. An alleged conspiracy by crooked speculators to ruin the south's cotton crop by secretly distributing thousands of live boll weevils iti the fieldsunder cover of night, was brought to! light in Atlanta Saturday when (iov- | ernor-elcct lloke Smith maile public a letter of warning, sent him anotnyniously by a New Orleans business man. This man called at Mr Smith s ollice Friday afternocn. made known his identity and good faith, ami corroborated all the statements in the letter. Two men approached him in New Orleans a short time ago. he declares and solicited his help in a diabolical scheme to curtail this year's crop by inundating (1 corgi a and South Carolina with the weevils, bavin: great quantities of October cotton now, and selling when the crop shortage sent prices higher, making a fortune for themselves, at the awful expense or devastating one of the richest agricultural sections of the union not only for one year but for years to come. The author of the letter says in swore to the two men that he would not disclose their names, and Insists tint his own he withheld from publication. lie came clear from ltirminghnm Friday to assure (?overnoreleet Smith of his good faith. H< convinced Mr. Smith that he was not a crank, and not a grafter, for Inwanted nothing. He simply felt it his duty to make the m tier public, just as Mr. Smith now feels it hi: duty to -ive the contents of the letter to all the farmers of the south, through the newspapers. Ceorgla State Kntomologfst I.ee Worsham says the scheme as so' forth is entlr< ly feasible and possible, and that any one of a mind t<> commit such an appalling act, could work so unobtrusively that it would be practically impossible to detect them. He does not know anything more of the alleged plot than contained in the story and letter given out by 'Mr. Smith, of such a thing being done, and asks that all farmers and others lie on the watch for any suspicious characters about the State. "It was pretty well established some six years ago that the boll weevil was surreptitiously introduced on Audubon farm in Mississippi by some unknown miscreant," said Mr. Worsham. "The pest had appeared nowhere in the state up to that time, and was not within many miles of the farm. Suddenly and without varnini it appeared. Government experts were summoned and after a careful investigation declared that the weevil could not have appeared there without having been brought in from a distance. No trace of the perpetrator of the outrage could be found. "It would be possible for a man to scatter the pest from the window of a fast moving train. Enough would find lodgment to get a start. Once it begins its spread is rapid, history showing that it travels from 7T> to ISO miles every year Into newterritory. A scoundrel mean enough to do such a thing would commit the act with due care, and there would be small chance of ever detecting him. i mat tno weevil will ' ross the line into Southwest floor gia late next year, hut will not be seriously felt until the year following. All we can <lo is to get ready to combat it by ev< ry known and possible means at hand." Mr. Worshatn was asked if 'he quail would destroy the weevil, lie stated that it would not eat them at tirst, but bad finally come to like and destroy large quantities of them. This is one of the arguments some lawmakers will put forward for stringent laws to protect the quail from further slaughter for a period of years. Field larks and orioles will also eat the weevil. Moth he and Mr. Smith are inclined to believe that the widespread publication and exposure of the scheme, putting the farmers on notice, and arousing them to protect their fields, with armed force if ne cssary, will force the conspira'ors to abandon their p'ans. Here is the letter received by Hon. Hoke Smith: -*nonynioits iicllor. "New Orleans. .Ian. 31, 1 f> 1 1. "Hon. Hoke Smith, Governor of Georgia: "Hear Sir: In writting this letter 1 do so berause 1 feel it Is my ' duty and I kr.ow you well enough by reputation to know yon will appre-! ciate it fully. ! will be as brief a pos-bile and get ri lit to the point. "There are two men, one from' Texas, and I am not just sure whew 'lie other is from at this writing, but I shoul 1 v Ch no from his talk, are going to distribute boll' weevil in everj eotton-raising cot n i tv in Georgia and South Carolina in the next f?o d ivs. They claim to have over 10" "no live insects now and they show* d me a box containing I should say .1.000 of tlicm. "Their object in discussing it with me was to g- t rne to help distribute the weetil and share In the p"of-> Its. That is, I was to buy 1,000 WANT SQUARE DEAL THAT IS AIjIJ THK FAK.MKKK OF TIIK (X)I NTI^Y ASK. National Mnstt-r Maluim J. lla< licltlt'r, of the National <I'ruiiKe, lie plies to Secretary Wilson, The proposed Canadian reciprocity acreemeiit is at t in > iuitn? sent on Monday to Secretary James Wilson, by former (Jovernor Nahum J. llachelder, of Concord. X. II., national master of the National Cran .e, ratrons of Husbandry, and chairman of the executive committee of that organization. The letter is a reply to the communication favoring tho agreement, sent by Secretary Wilson, on February Mr. Machelder 1c lares that the agreement is unfair ;o the farmers of the Unite I States, who "asked for nothing but a squaio leal equal protection for al! classes and interests, and they wMI take nothing less." The letter says in pa rt: "In reply to oar statement that the pending bill whs one-sided and unfair to the farmers, in that it makes no material reduction in duties on manufactured articles, you attempted to defend that con-einence of a high tarilT for manufac urers along with free trade for the farmers, by claiming that it is the nrotected workers who furnish the farmers with their chief market. We would respectfully submit that you ire simply repeating the pet argument of the domestic maufacttirers, ind that in assorting that the prosperity of the. farmer depends upon ihe workers in protected industries, vim are claiming what is exactly the reverse of 'actual conditions. We ("imint understand how :it this late lav you should be found repeating lie stale and exploded theory that the farmers exist by the grace of protected manufacturers or any one dse on earth. "The solo question before the *>eople is whether they shall hive free trade in till farm products and high protection for manufactured articles. We understand that you iro a Protectionist. What kind of pintection is it that would compel the farmer to pay from !!"> to ?'>b per cent duties on everything he buys, and subject him to free trade competition in farm products in Canada than in this country? "You know that the price of farm land is much lower in Canada. You know that the wages of Canadian farm laborers are .much lower than we have to pay. You know that the Canadian farmer buys bis manufactured articles cheaper, because his tariff duties on foreign goods are lower. You know that the farm lands of Canada are mostly virgin -oil, requiring no fertilizer, while our lands have been cropped so long that we must use immense quantities of fertilizers. And yet, knowiig all this, you would strike down the very moderate tariff, averaging about Ha per cent, which they now receive, without giving then; the is nefit of any real reduction of duties on in inufnctured articles. "We ran only conclude that you have been deceived hv the snei .il Interests. which have been cunningly plotting to allay the rount ry-wide clamor for an honest revbion of the tariff by making the farmer th? scapegoat for tlie workings of high tariff." bales October cotton. I think from the talk that one man has already one to Augusta with several thousand in small box. "How I happen to be able to write vou this information came about in this way: 1 met one of the men, whom 1 h ive known for ral years and we had two or thro drink- together and the cotiVTr I'itm drif'**d t i cotton. I expressed a belief that cotton would decline loo points or more. Finally he said if I would give him my word as a man he would tell n e something out of which I could make a fortune I promised him and this was tin scheme lie disclosed to nie. He gave me a mass of detai's, etc., that for the present are worthless. The second man seemed afraid to trust me, or any one, in this case the man whom 1 knew .assured him I was all (). K. Hence f 'in ,.n,.ri,lon..n 1 f..l? . . ... .......... ,.v. . I V n II ?< -. Ill ? II II I V to do something, yo ! thou lit I'd write voti and l?*t you advise the oflic is and farmers to lie on the lookout for suspicious people. I am a business man here and do :.ot want any notoriety, so" must make this an annonymous tter. Am leaving for New York'tonight If you are interested, insert* a 'personal' in the New York Herald and sign it (jeorgia in next Sunday's paper I am Willili ' to come ai d see you and do promised upon ,my honor I would not disclose an>'. inttm s. hut I mi :ht lu ll you and your ?>H'n ers intercept the insect and arrest the men with t ht m. M '. Smith ree? iveil the letter on \\'< lnesday. Kebru a >> I. lie ioiiitinin'uated at once with Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson and State Entomologist Wot sham. As a result of their confluence (Jo.ernorelect Smith ptilill-hi <1 Hie personal" in the New York Herald on Sunday, the ."th. They also agreed that the letter should be published to put the public in posession of the facts. %