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9 WAR TO THE END Mifistrite Eirby Writes Governor Bless# He Will Net Give Up. MAKES A PRETTY MESS The Governor Tells llowden. His Appoiniev, U> !-?St Ti^ht, and Thfll He 11*111 #l,o it A# ?1w. w AAA W 111V .'IOIWTI ni UIC Proper Time ami in the Proper j Way." "Having been appointed for two years or until my successor is appointed by and with the consent of the senate, I regret that, under the existing circumstances, I do not feel authorized or duty bound to surrender the office of magistrate," saia Ma J. August H. Kirby, magistrate at Spartanburg, in a letter which he jwrote Got. Cole L. Bloaso Friday In answer to the executive's letter informing him that his commission was cull and void. "Go ahead and perform your duties as magistrate, and pay no attention to Mr. Kirby," is the advice received from Gov. Blease by J. Malcolm Bowden, who was appointed by the governor to Bucceed Maj. Kirby. Another magistrate, W. C. Harrl son, of Readvllle, who was recommended for reappointment by the legislative delegation, declines to surrender his office to the governor's appointee, T. O. Fowler. These were Friday's developments in tho magisterial muddle in Spartanburg county, says The State. Maj. Kirby's letter to the governor follows in full: "f'Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor, Co UUUlUItt, O. *J. "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 8th inst., in which you say your successor having been appointed, your commission as magistrate is hereby revoked and made null and Told.' "Having been appointed for two 4ifc years or until my successor is appointed by and with the consent and advice of the senate, I regret that under the existing circumstances, I do not feel authorized or duty bound to surrender the ofllce as magistrate. "I was prepared to turn over to my Successor the ofllce of magistrate, had lie heen appointed and commissioned as the law reuires, as per civil code, section 982. "You having ignored the recommendations of the Spartanburg coun. ty delegation and the senate, I am ^ advised that I should hold over as legal magistrate. "Yours respectfully, "A. H. Kirby, " Magistrate.' Mr. Ttowden wrote Gov. Dlcase that in compliance with the governor's instructions he had made formal demand of Maj. Kirby, in the presence of a witness, for the books and papers of the magistrate's ofllce ana that Maj. Kirby had refused to give them to him. Mr. Bowden has received a letter from Alexander Rowland. private secretary to the governor, stating: "The governor is in receipt of your A 9 *1 u ^ kvvci ui uimuu o una airects me to advise you to go ahead and perform your duties as magistrate and pay no attention to Mr. Klrby, that the matter will he attended to at the ?roper time and In the proper way. "Yours very truly, "Alex. Rowland, "Private Secretary." There Is considerable speculation as to what "the proper time and the proper way" will he. It Is said that If the govornor should now attempt to remove Maj. Klrby "for cause" It would be a virtual acknowledgement that he had no authority arbitrarily to re\oke the commission as he has done. It Is expected that the matter will be adjudicated when the rival magistrates present their claims for salary. Roth aro doing business, but not nearly so much as if there was no cloud on their titles of the office. The other Spartanburg magistrate, Robert J. Gantt, whose right to the office Is not disputed, Is being swamped with business. Many litigants are fearful that decisions or judgments rendered by either of the other two might not hold. Magistrate Harrison of Reidville was in the city Friday in consultation with MaJ. Kirby. He was commissioned as magistrate in 1910 ny Gov. Ansel to fill out the unexpired term of R. L. Pearson, resigned. The delegation recommended him for reappointment. Gov. Blease ignored the recommendation and appointed T. O. Fowler magistrate. Mr. Harrison has received a demand from Mr. Fowler for the official books. He has declined, however, to give up the books and is prepared to conduct all business that may arise. * - Murderer Captured. Bascora Carlton, charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff White and A. Schneider last Sunday night at Espanola, Fla., while they were searching hlna and two other prisoners, was captured at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning on Island In the middle of a lake near there. AN OBJECT LESSON THAT IS WHAT THE FARM OF CAPT. J. M. MOSS SURELY IS. The System Used on His Thirteen Hundred Acre Farm Should Be Used by Others. There are in South Carolina more Improvements in recent years in developing farm lands and in developing farmers than have ever been true before. Every county in our State can furnish object lessons in this important respect. A correspondent of The State writes as follow^ concerning the farm of a well-known successful farmer: "Your correspondent had the pleasure a few days ago of visiting the home of Capt. J. M. Moss, whose 1,300-acre farm lies within two miles of the flourishing town of Cameron. Progressive farming methods in every meaning of the term are here In evidence, and the leading spirits guiding it all aro Capt. J. M. Moss and his son. Thos. C-. Moss. For many years, of course, the work wns done by Capt. Moss, but for some years now the active management of all of the affairs of the farm have been in charge of Thos. C. Moss. The present order and system of this fnrm combines in such flne style all thai should belong to progressive farming of today that a brief recital of it will not only be a benefit to the people of the State, but will furnish an object lesson of which any young ninny should be proud. The system on this farm is such that there are five divisions, and these are systematically worked in a businesslike manner each year, rotation and diversified farming being cardinal principles. These five divisions include the culture of cotton, corn, grain, oats, asparagus, stock and poultry raising. Your correspondent greatly regrets that this artic.e must necessarily be condensed and brief, for the systematic details of work on this farm should be known to other planters In South Carolina. The soil is light and loamy, but has been developed to a high state of cultivation. Seventy acres last year yielded 600 pounds of lint cotton pei acre. Another field of 3 4 acres planted in cotton after peas with 600 pounds of phosphate and muriate of potash made a yield of 600 pounds of cotton to the acre. On 12 acres of this same light soil 1,200 bushels of corn were made with what might be termed medium fertilizer, it may be incidenatlly remarked just here that the "Williamson plan" of corn culture is Included In the progressive details of this farm. Mr. 'Moss has 14 acres in asparagus. and has been cultivating and shipping this crop for seven years. A correct estimate of his business methods of farming may be easily inferred from the fact that his net profits from this field have averaged $900 per yearr. In addition to these crops, Wr. Moss makes each year fine grain crops. Mr. Moss is in no s?nse a "cottontot," and has always believed in diversified farming. He plants in rotation each year under his own cultivation 100 acres in cotton, 80 acres in corn, 80 acres in oats and 14 acres in asparagus. Much of the 1,200 acres composing this farm are splendid timber lands, and, in addition to what Mr. Moss plants himself, he rents a large portion of the land to tenants and farms on shares with a good many others. Some Interesting details can be mentioned here. For instance, Mr. Moss has long been a breeder of cotton seed, and showed mo something less than a bushel of seed which he said $f>00 would not buy. I paid a visit to his smoke iiuusc. ana wnen l saw tne hams, shoulders, sides, sausage, lard and less profusion filling up a large smoke-house, I was reminded at once of the wonderful stories of antebellum days. Young Mr. Moss has been a stork raiser for some years, and now he has bought the very finest breeds of registered stock and Intends to make this a special feature of his farm. Ht has a heard of short-horn cattle, nunvl>erlng in the neighborhood of 60 or 75, and this herd contains some of the very finest registered stock that can be seen anywhere. The shipments in the last years, have averaged 30 or 4 0 annually, in addition to what was sold In the neighborhood. A splendid lot of Berkshire hogs were next seen, and Mr. Moss, in speaking of these said: "It is my intention to have the best Berkshire hogs in the State, and that is just what 1 am going to have." When one meets and talks with this progressive young farmer who is a college graduate, sees his energy and ability and learns what he nnmnio? to do it is easily soon that here is a young farmer of whom South Carolina will one day bo proud. In addition to tho hops and oatflo, Mr. '.Moss had some of the finest young mule and horse colts I have ever soon. Those were all homoraised, and no finer specimen could bo found anywhere. Tho horse pasture contained about four acres, and this had a splendid growth of Bermuda grass. This also had a large growth of pecan trees. Mr. Moss is enthusiastic over Bermuda grass. He says he can graze on this four acres not less than 20 or 25 horses, and / WANTS BAILEY TilUua Says Texan Onght to be Senate Leader for Democrats. BUT HE WILL NOT BE The Senator Has a Chat With Governor HIea.se, Which is Said to Have lteen Hrief Hut Friendly?Will Not Attend Special Session When It Meets. Senator Tillman savs that the only thing that can carry him back to Washington for the extra session is to see a Democratic senator from Main sworn in. Senator Hale, who is to be succeeded by Senator Johnson, s]>eaks very highly of bis successor. The Columbia Record says: The senior senator from South Carolina is looking very much better than he did a few months ago, but he has been told that it will be best for his health not to return to Washington and enter upon the activities of the special session: still. It may be that the call will be too strong for him, when the fighting begins. There is nothing new in a tariff fight, however, says the senator, and he has no appetite for gnawing an old none. In the opinion of Senator Tillman, the minority leadership in the senate ought to be conferred on Senator llailey. for whose ability he has a very considerable admiration, but there is, as ho expresses it, a coterie in the senate which is jealous of the Texas senator and it is not likely the honor will go to him. It would he unprecedented to make a new senator the leader, the "pillars of the temple would fall ahout our ears, ' says the senator, if that were done, and it. may be that Senator Culberson will be again made minority leader. Som - Appropriations. Senator Tillman succeeded in having an appropriations of $60,000 made for the dredging out of the moutn to tne dry dock of the Charleston navy yard. The navy department experts havo been claiming thai there is a deposit of silt in the river opposite the dry dock's mouthy which prevents large ships going into the dock and the purpose of this appropriation is to have the silt removed. Inasmuch as there was no river and harbor bill passed at the recent session, there was no appropriation made for the general improvement of the Charleston harbor, and this will not be available until the next regular session, when a rivers and harbors bill will be brought In. Senator Tillman, however, had had put in the special appropriation bill an item of 517,000 for the Port Royal station and he intended to look after the Item when the bill went to conference, but the conference committee met late at night when the South Carolina senator was absent and the item was lost in that way. For the marine barracks at Fori Moultrie the senator had put in the bill an appropriation of ffi.OOO, which remains and will be available ariet the first of July. A new thing for South Carolina will be the fish hatchery which is provided for by an appropriation of $2,.r?00 in the sundry civil appropriation bill. It will be left to the officials of the department to determine where this fish hatchery will be located, but it will probably be in the that At her ?l. ?.?1 J ? ?A A " Utnui mi uicin nnuilltl IU)l Iilll lO plant Bermuda grass. The hog pasture is large and splendidly eulpped, and in this mulberry trees take the place of pecan trees. As might be easily inferred every detail of this farm is in keeping with what has been mentioned. I saw two of the finest poultry yards I ever expect to see anywhere, the one being filled with partridge eochen chickens being hard to eual. These birds are 1 perfect in plumage and size, and Mr. Moss makes as much a specialty of pure breeding here as he does in the other departments. The drainage was used all over this beautiful farm, which added much to its beauty and usefulness. Of course tbe latest farming utensils were used here?sulky plows, corn shellers, reapers, rakes, sweep-hayrake, feeder, stacker, hay balers?in fact, everything modern pertaining to i the cultivation of crops. I did not see a stump in any field, and have never seen a prettier farm. The farm house was a fine specimen of a country home, showing up white and beautiful against the dark green background of the woods. Waterworks and sewerage were here, and acetylene gas furnished the lights. Within this home I found all the graces and culture which belong to our representative families, and your correspondent will long remember the cordial and courteous hospitality which greeted him. This splendid work was begun by Capt. J. M. Moss, but is now being carried on successfully, energetically and thoroughly bv his active young son, Thos. C. Moss. It seems to your corresponding in a business-liko way all of the ing in a businesslike way ail of the work that should be done on the farm and what lie continues to make of it should be watched with interest." J. E. N. i BLOWS UP THE TOWN DYNAMITE SHOCKS WRECK VII/I/AGE IN WISCONSIN. Nearly Every House in Village of 700 Inhabitants Carried Down by Force of Concussions. Smouldering ruins and the wrecks of onttaffns # row oito I ?0 w w V >? Vi?v Ol VO V# 1 I UU little village of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., where Friday night the magazines of the Dupont de Nemours Power Company exploded, killing at least one man, injuring 200 persons, causing damage of $1,500,000 with a radius of 100 miles, and rucking seven States. While the officers of the company assert that all the employes except E. S. Thompson, a foreman, were accounted for, three of the men could not be found after the explosion. Pleasant Prairie is ten miles west of Kenosha, Wis. The powder mill is a mile north of the village. The forte of the explosion completely demolished the houses on Geneva roan, which were nearest the mill, and every house in the village was wrecked. Almost equal damage das done in Bristol, four miles west. Blown from their beds and with the wrecage of their houses tumbling about them the residents of Pleasant Prairie loaded their half clad families on farm wagons aud moved in a long procession in search of shelter in Kenosha. The escape of Supt. Clarence Brady was remarkable. He was in the soda house with Engineer Flynn at the time of the explosion. The men were blown through the building and landed on the roof of the adjoining magazine. This exploded instantly, and Brady and Flynn, the latter badly injured, were thrown a hundred feet from the building. Flynn suffered internal injuries and inhaled poisonous fumes. His condition is precarious. Hrady escaped practically unscathed. Brady's wife of three months in his residence a mile from the works, was badly cut by broken glass and bruised by falling debris. That the powder in the plant was being rushed through on a hurry order from the government for use in the Texas frontier was denied Friday night by Supt. Brady. When daylight gave a clear view of the ruins it was set-u that the Are was out. Three holes marked the sites where thre? of the magazines haa stood. The holes were each more than fifty feet across and as deep. One had broken into a spring and was half full of water. Part of the engine houso and tho hundred foot brick chimney of the plant still stand. The village was almost completely deserted by women and the men here went hungry. Not only are most of the stores blown down and broken up, hut the supply of food is so scattered as to be of little use. The district school house near the village was wrecked. It was not necessary to dismiss school, however, for of the 4 5 pupils all but a halt dozen either were too injured to attend or had moved with their parents during the night to places of safety. A steel cylinder, thought to have heen used in the glazing room, was hurled through the air and crashed through the roof of the general store. I two miles away, tearing a hole five feet in diameter through the roof, the first, and second floor and into the earth. H. A. King, in an adjoining room, was thrown to the floor unconscious by the shock. Roads and fields in the vicinity are strewn witn boulders, some of which weigh soveral hundred pounds. In spite of tremendous force of the explosion and the fact that nearly every one who was within ten miles of the factory when it took place was hurt, in no more than a half dozen cases were the injuries severe. * coast section of the State. Senator Tillman is very much pleased on account of the election of Prof, lliggs as president of Clenison College. He attended the recent meeting of the Clcmson hoard and was gratified that the board unanimously came to his opinion that Mr. Riggs is the best man for the presidency. The senator considers that his lone familiarity with the conditions at Clemson, his magnetic personality and his youth and energy will enable Mr. Riggs to accomplish a great deal as the head of the institution. He has been acting president for some time and things have been moving very smoothly during that time. Senator Tillman keeps thoroughly posted on South Carolina affairs and readily dismisses the flno points of the recent controversies which have been going on in the State. He is strongly of the opinion that there is no violation of the constitution in any one holding the position of State college trustee and another otllce, but is glad that the matter will be settled. At the request of Oovernor Tllease the senator called on the governor when ho was in Columbia a few days ago and they had a brief but friendly chat about current events. The senator was accompanied home from Washington by Mrs. Tillman and it is their expectation to remain at Trenton during the spring, as their two daughters are to be married within the next few months. USE BIG SUM Congress Appropriates Orer One Billiei Dollars Lasl Sfuiin NEAR THE ESTIMATES According to Roth Tawncy and Livingston This Exceeds President Taft's Figures by Only One Million IMlJars Wien He Estimated Amount to Run the Government. Appropriations at the last session of congrees aggregated $1,025,498.662, according to the statements issued Friday by Former Representativev Tawney of Minnesota and Livingston of Georgia, who were respectively chairmen and ranking Democrat of the house appropriations committee in the last congress. Mr. Tawney saying this is less than $1,000,000 in excess of the total estimates of President Taft on which the appropriations are based, pays high tribute to the executive for good faith in scrutinizing estimates and computes that the surplus of revenues uext year will be not less than $26,542,000, which, with any part of the treasury cash balance, may be applied to the sinking fund. Against this Mr. Livingston says the last session record demonstrated that when the Democratic party comes into complete control of tho government, "this billion dollar mark for a session's appropriations established four years ago at the first session of the Sixtieth congress, ran not be substantially lowered, if lowered at all." Mr. Tawney renews his recommendation for the consolidation of the appropriating Jurisdiction of the honso under a single committee ot sufficient size to be representative of all sections of the country and of all branches of the public service. Eight committees now consider and report appropriation bills and Mr. Tawney says no reform is more important. The committee on appropriations, which reports more than half of the total appropriations of congress, reported during the first regular session of the last congress $16,933,925 less than the estimates, while the appropriations by all the other appropriating committees, according to Mr. Tawney, were $27,931,402 in excess of the estimates. Mr. Tawney claims that if this consolidating reform had been effected, it would have saved $62,000,000 at that session alone. Mr. Tawney says one of the evils incident to this divided appropriation jurisdiction is the practice of making appropriations immediately available, large portions of many appropriation bills being in fact designed to cover up deficiencies in the preceding year. He points out that the aggregate for the past session, which includes $4.000,000 for the Appalachian forest reserve, is $2,500,000 less than the! uggregato for tho preceding session j of congress and that the agsreate j of the entire last congress, which ox- , act aggregate Is not given In his statement, is an increase of $f>00,000 j over the preceding congress. ( Mr. Tawney says that in the six , years of his chairmanship of the ap- ( propriations committee the estimates have amounted to $6,061,257,132, of , which congress granted all but $icr>,- j 662,264. j Declaring that the Democrats want , to save the people of thle country j from tho danger which threatens them because of the rampant expen- j dlture of their money that has been , going on for the past 12 years, Mr. , Livingston in his statement contends ( thaft militarism is a menace and that ( Democratic accession will prevent national bankruptcy. He says it is a , superhuman task to restore expenditures to a normal level because of the ( enormous liability fastened upon the treasury "by the statutory increase of 1 the enlisted strength of the army and i navy four-fold since Mr. Roosevelt ( was so unhappily called to the execu- , tive office of the republic." Sounding a note of warning , against "threatened onerous" direct tax with all its Inquisitorial features, , Mr. Livingston said that if that day comes, "tho people will rise in their , might with a cry that will oc heard ' to the remotest corners of the earth and shako from themselves and their I>oBtority the manacles of burden- ( some taxation fostered by the Repub- , lican party. That day is not distant unless we stop instanter in this precipitatious, money wasting race wo are now engaged in." 1 Mr. I.ivingston says the nations of ( the old world stand agape and won- , der over the magnitude of appropriations and increased federal activity. He compares appropriations for the Fifty-third congress, the last Democratic one, aegregating $91 7,013,i>2S, with those of the past congrese for the two fiscal years of 1911 and 10*2, aggregating $2,0.r>9,?,91,291 and declares that in 12 years there has been more than T?00 per cent increase in all expenditures, the army and navy each increasing more than IPO ner eont Tin iK.cnooto e.~ incoming; Democratic house economy, particularly in those government departments relating to the enormous expenditures for war purposes." FARMERS' UNION 'RESIDENT BARRETT TELLS OF ITS GOOD WORK. ajrH They Have Made Federal ConKrew Sit Up and Take Notice?Situation Changed. "That the power of the farmer, one held In cold Rortae* hnn l??n irought forth," and made its effect elt on congress, Is the statement aade by President Charles S. llarett, of the Farmers' National union, n a letter issued to the members of ho organization. The letter follows n full: To the officers and members of the farmers' Union: Your national and itate officials who have been workng in Washington this winter in belalf of the Farmers' Union have ound that congress is growing more esponsive to the demands of the American farmer than at any time la ts history. That we hare not written demands >f the farmers' Union into legislalon is due, not to lack of influence, >ut to ihe congestion inevitable with l short session and the demorallzalon consequent upon pending politcal changes. So far as a parcels post is con erned, I am convinced that that neasure, in a national and not a ru al sense, is nearer than any of our nembers, or than, say, of the pollli:ians, imagine. The lobby against the parcels post ias shot its bolt. It has exhausted ts ammutation. If an extra session s called, congress will in all probibility enact a general parcels post, f there is no extra session, the shances are strong that a general jarcels post will be authorized at the egular session next December. ii you win cug up tue letters I tuhlished last winter from congressnon. you will find that in nearly >very instance they Rave non-coinnital replies to the question regardor a parcels post. Hut tho situation has chanR"d. At any moment, you may expect a Kittalion of statesmen to proclaim oudly that they have all along been n favor of a parcels post. Next, von nay expect them to work for it with i vim. The explanation of this singular ibout face as an easy one. The congressman has heard from he farmer! Representatives and lenators from nearly all the states iave been literally bombarded| with otters from their farmer constltusnts. The power of the farmer, long held n "cold storage," has been brought orth! The result was inevitable. I regard this spectacle as a vindlatlon of my often repeated declaraion that the farmer has only to make limself heard to have his wants supdied?in a congressional sense. It takes tho spur to make the congressman live up to his campaign iromises. The farmer is finding out tow to use the spur. In this connection, yon ought to tnow the strange effect that otficelolding and life in Washington had jpon congressmen. We have particularly noticed durng this session, the mild and tame conduct of some of the representaives who were genuine fire-eaters on :be stump. While they were appealing for your votes they pawed dust like a stallion, promised to reform everything overnight, and to "start something" the moment they were sworn in. But, lo! the chango the moment Lhey get In congress! Then, with many of them, the principal object la to panhandle a few little jobs for constituents, sneak up on some little committee assignment keep free seed going, glut the malls with agricultural bulletins and free government publications, and havo a good time themselves. It Is true that, seml-occaslonal'y. they rear up on their hind legs and bellow thunder. But investigate closely and you will generally find the subject is a trivial one, that it won't hurt anybody, and that all the sand-raising is to make tho folks at home believe their faithful servant isn't asleep at the switch. There are some strong, energetic and loyal congressmen, it is true. I believe their number are increasing. But they need to bo increased still more rapidly, if the farmer wants (o get tho service to which ho is entitled. The country gets no better or more active congressmen than It deserves. If you are not satisfied wilh the brand of statesmanship being ladled nut from Washington, Just search your own soul as to how far you are personally responsible for e">ctlng aa incompetent! If they kill the anti-cotton Rambling bill at the present session, wo have Rood prospects to pass it at aa extra session in next December. It is certain to be eventually enacted. I have the assurance of some of the best informed congressmen for this assertion. For their ability and loyalty, and timeless co-operation, I owe a debt of thanks to your national and state officials and other prominent workers who have assisted In our dealings with congress this winter. (Signed) Charles S. Barrett.