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jj"?* r' . ' ESTABLISHED WILL HEP SOME P?crits First Reform leasire For c illy Pretested, r THAT FREE UST BILL Designed to He]p the Farmer!) Heported to the House by the Thalr man of the Ways and Means Committee. The majority report of the ways and means committee on the "farmers' free list bill," submitted to the house Wednesday by O. W. Underwood, chairman, is a merger of Democratic politfeal argument and an analysis of the proposed duty exemptions. The report shows that the bill would reduce the tariff revenue by $10,016,495, based on the importance for the last fiscal year, an amount described as "inconsiderable In comparison with the great saving and advantages to all of our people from the additions to the free list provided for." Quoting President Taft's recent Canadian reciprocity speeches, the report seeks to convey the impression that the administration is convinced that protective tariff rates are too high. "In several public addresses,*' it | ays, "he (the president) has ad-1 mltted that tariff rate* are too high, that such rates have resulted in excessively high rates felt especially in the Increased cost of living which now bears heavily on our people, and that they have not received the long promised benefits of domestic competition under high protective duties." Referring to the president's statement that the RepuDncan party had modified its tariff policies so as to limit It for purposes of protection to the difference in cost of production here and abroad with a reasonable profit to the American producer, the committee report says: "This is a confession, as was the Republican platform of 1908, that the theory of high protective duties u put forth by the Republican pari> has broken down, that combinations and trusts which prey upon the peo% pie have been fostered by the tariff, and that under tariff protection American manufacturers have forced unreasonable profits from the people." Again the report declares: "The Canadian reciprocity agreement now before the house is a recognition on the part of the admin istration of the injurious offects of the extreme protective policy which has so long been imposed upon t>e country, and is an effort to mitigate its effects." The reciprocity argreement, asserts the committee, can not afford the American people all the needed relief from high protection. "Action on the agreement involves the necessity of further and immediate action on revision a number of duties on imports from other countries in order that justice may be done to the great army of agricultural producers who in the Canadian agreement are to have the alleged protection removed from their products without a corresponding or reciprocal removal of the protective duties most burdensome on the commodities they must purchase as necessary to sustain their lives and industries." The report takes up in detail the classified list of articles included in the free list bill. Regarding agricultural implements, it says their manufacture is controlled by tsusts and combinations that have sold in foreign countries at lower prices tnan at home, building up their foreign trade from $3,859,184 in 1890 to $28,124,033 in 1910. Bagging and baling materials, essential in the transportation of agricultural products, the report says, can not receive benefits of protection in home marKets ana auues uu iucw "have annoyed and burdened the farmers to add to the profits of exacting trusts and combinations." j Concerning hoops, bands and ties of iron and steel, barbed wire for fencing. etc., the report says the high duties make the people dependent upon the "giant steel industry," which for years has sold products abroad lower than to domestic consumers,; and declares that placing them on the free list will be a "long delayed j measure of equity and justice." The placing on the free list of all forms of leather from cattle, hides and skins, together with boots, shoes, harness, saddlery, etc., the committee argues, will be of advantage on manufacturing and necessarily of benefit to agricultural producers as well as to all the people. The "beef trust" is assailed in discussion of the free listing of fresh meats and meat products. "The ex ieting duties on meats and meat products," it is asserted, "are for the advantage of this combination only" ?a combination that "controls the %?x- 1?*u ? o ? A colllno marneis win m uu.mu^ ov...ue, and the result is a substantial addition to t\ie high cost of living from which the people sufTer." Removal of duties on these products, it is assured, will place the farmere in a free market as to foodstuffs and food products. For the reason that the public desire "that no artificial shelter be maintained to protect abnormally high prices on food articles In any form." The bill also seeks exemrtlon from duty on wheat flour, semolina, rye flour, buckwheat flour, cornmeal and all prepared cereal foods, biscuuo. bread and similar articles not sweetened. In discussing free lumber placed Pis the bill,, hardwgpd excepted, the report maintain* that the ownership of timber In tbie country has be*; Th IX 1891. INVADE MEXICO FOR US TO DO SO MIGHT RRIXtt OX MANY COMPLICATIONS. Congress Realizes That the Situation is Very Complex, and Are Working With President Taft. "An Invasion of Mexico designed for a limited and temporary purpose might be like touching a match to a tinder house." Senator Bacon of Georgia, ranking minority member of the senate committee on foreign relations, Wednesday thus epitomized the sentiment of leaders of both parties in the two branches of congress. While recognizing the gravity of the situation in Mexico, congress Is satisfied that the president is doing everything that can be done under the circumstances, and nowhere is there seen the slightest disposition to embarrass him or his programme. It was learned at the close of a conference at the White House Wed-1 nesday, at which were Senator Cul-1 lom, chairman of the senate com-1 mittee on foreign relations, and Representative Sulzer, chairman of the i house committee on foreign affairs, i that President Taft for the present at least does not comtemplate sending to congress a special message dealing with 'Mexican affaire. The president, however, is keeping the leaders in both parties in congress thoroughly acquainted with developments. with the result that the closest co-operation exists between the capitol and the White House. Senator Bacon, while admitting the situation was complex, was emphatic in declaring that the time nAt nnlv ho/? nnf a r rived but that up to the present nothing of serious enough Importance had occurred to warrant consideration of the subject. "Our troops should go Into Mexican territory only with tho direction of congress," he said. "Armed invasion would be an act of war and congress alone has power to declara war. I am entirely confident thai the president will not order an Invasion except under direction of congress. "I regard the situation as most delicate and embarrassing because of the danger of becoming involved in a deplorable conflict with the people of another country and also because of the importance of protect-1 lng our people from such occurrences as those at Agua Prieta. "Under existing and threatened conditions very great caution is nec-1 essary to prevent embroiling this government in a conflict with the Mexican people. I do not think that ; anything less than the mast extreme < necessity would justify an invasion. I The consequences would be far-reach ing in many respects and the end no ! one could foresee." * -?*' - - it.i 4 k A lf/sw fosicive a8Burtiiiut*B mai iuc i?c*ican government will adopt a definite, restructlve policy along the border and news from Douglas that the rebel forces have evacuated Agua Prieta did much to relieve the high i tension under which President faft ] and members of his official family have labored. The assurances from Mexico followed demands of the border towns must be stopped. FANATIC KILLS SOLDIER. Crazed With Frenzy He Sought ' Christian RIood. Lieut. Walter H. Rodnef of the i United States cavalry, stationed at ; Augur barracks, in the department of Mindanao, P. I., was murdered by a Moro Juruamentado, who, crazed with religious passion, ran amuck thirsting for blood of a Christian. The assassin belongs to the Moham- j medan sect of Juruamentados who' have taken the inviolable oath to shed the blood of a Christian. They knew no fear, believing the performance of what they consider their religious duty, if resulting in then own death, will be rewarded with years of age. Died In n Hlnze. At Asheville Mrs. Hattie Fox. a fortune teller, and her blind husband were suffocated Wednesday when a shore building In which they lived was swept by fire. The flames were started by an overturned oil stove. Firemen saw the woman at a window but were unable to reach her through the smoke before she was dead. Explosion of (iosoline. At Pell City., Ala., Ulman Turner, white, and Harrison Curry, colored, were seriously Injured, and the drug store of Dr. R. A. Martin was practically wrecked by an explosion of gasoline Wednesday . The two men went into the cellar of the drug store, and it being dark, they lighted a tamp. Gasoline from a leaking became ignited. come practically a monopoly and passed for the most part into ttu hands of great corporations and those who are speculating on the increasing scarcity. President Taft is again referred to, the report quoting from his speech of February 26, 1911, in which he said: "Rv giving our people access to Canadian forests wt shall reduce the consumption of our own, which in the hands of a comparative few owners now have a value that requires the enlargement of our available timber resource?." Sewing machines, the report avers, are sold abroad by American manufacturers cheaper than at home, and should not be protected. The manufacturers would have by the proposed bill the additional advantages of free lumber. Salt, also included in the free list, the report urge?, should be free from artificial enhancement in price, the domestic supply being dependent, upon a limited number of natural deposits controlled by concentrated interests. E Fc FC TOWNS OF STATE ? Their Pepilatiw at Rewealed by the Ceosos Taken Last Year. STEADY GROWTH SHOWN Statistics for One Hundred and Fftyfive Cities, Towns and Villages in South Carolina Shows Steady Growth In Most of Them Since the Last Census. Statistics of population of 155 incorporated towns and cities in South Carolina, as contained in the advance sheets of the census report for 1910, contain some features of considerable interest. Most of the statistics for larger towns havfe already been published, but for the sake of convenience they are reprinted along with the smaller places, which have not been given before. The statistics for towns and cities follow: Town. j riO Abbeville 4,459 Aiken 3,911 Alcolu 458 Allendale 1,453 Anderson 9,654 Appleton 156 Bamberg 1,93 7 Barnwell 1,324 Batesburg 1,9^> Beaufort 2,4 So Belton 1,662 Bennettsville 2,046 Bethune 317 Bingham 196 Bishopville 1,659 Blacksburg 1,119 Blackstock 192 Blackville 1,278 Blenheim .128 Bluffton 577 Bolen 160 Bowman 327 Bradley 279 Branchville 1,471 Brunson 610 Calhoun 215 Calhoun Falls 296 Camden 3,569 Cameron 421 Campobello 255 Carlisle 367 Central 886 Chapln 345 Chappels 150 Charleston 58,833 Cheraw 2,873 Cherokee Falls 591 Chester 4,754 Chesterfield 618 Clinton 3,272 Clio 780 Clover 1,207 Cokesbury 756 Columbia 26,319 Conway 1,228 Cope 174 Coronaea 199 Cottagevllle 418 Cow pens 1,101 Cross Hill 558 Darlington 3,789 Denmark 1,075 Dillon 1,757 Donalds 208 Dovesvllle 169 Due West 672 Duncans 190 Easlej" 2,983 Eastover 23 7 Eau Claire 1,23 4 Ebenezer 190 Edgefield 1,771 Edgemoor 113 ?-?* 21 R c,inaiui Elko 11* Ellenton 3 67 Elloree 540 Estill 460 Eutawville 405 Fairfax 499 Florence 7,057 Forest or 115 Fork 134 Fort Lawn 204 Fort Mf 11 1.616 Fort Motte 392 Fountain Inn 979 Gaffney 4,767 Georgetown 5,530 Glenn Springs 17S Govan Ill Gray Court 284 Geelyville 630 Greenville 15,741 Greenwood 6.614 Greer 1,673 G rover 67 Hampton 748 Harleyville 190 Hartville 2,365 Heath Springs 452 Helena 425 Hendersonville 319 Hickory Grove zsa Hodges 266 Holly Hill 342 Honea Path 1.7C3 Inman 474 Irmo 267 Iva 894 Jacksonboro f>4 Jefferson 390 Johnston 943 Jonesvllle 969 Helton 92 Kemper 62 , Kershaw 682 Kingstree 1,372 Kline 199 Lake City 1,074 Lamar 592 Lancaster 2,09$ Landrum 449 Latta 1,358 I^urens 4,alS Leesville 980 Lewiedale 162 Lexington 709 Liberty 1,058 Llnconville 341 Little Mountain 440 Little Rock 99 Livingston 168 Lorifl 229 Lowndesville 350 11 Lowryville 343 i Lacknow 139 Lynchburg 466 McBee 187 ? McColl 1,628 McConnels 279 )RT )RT MILL, S. C? T! McCormlck 613 Mallory 96 Mantling 1,854 Marion 3,84 4 Maryville 4 73 iMayesville 751 Midway 96 Modoc. 108 Moncks Corner 232 Monetta 122 Moultrieville 1,011 Mount Carmel 264 w * * * 1 14C '.wouni ntrasaui i,.nv Mountville 150 Mullins 1,832 Neeces 143 New Brookland 900 Newberry 5,028 Nichols 118 Ninety-six. 75S Norris 180 North 561 North Augusta 1,136 Norway 315 Olanta 230 Olar 550 Orangeburg 5,906 Pacolet 410 Pageland 360 Pages Mill lr>7 Parksvllle 15 7 Patrick 9 8 Paxville 175 Peak 1.83 Pendleton S22 Perry 1 i 9 Pickens 897 Pinewood 424 Plum Branch.. 145 Port Royal 363 Princeton 182 Prosperity 737 Reevesville 205 Reidville 177 Richburg 245 Ridge Spring 505 Ridgeland 330 Ridgeville 300 Ridge way 370 Rock Hill 7,w i ? Rowesville 508 Ruby 194 St. George 957 St. Matthews 1,377 St. Stephens 408 Salem 139 Salley 311 Saluda 610 - -ICQ scotia Cranton 308 Seiglingvill? 113 Sellers 458 Seneca 1,313 Shandon 795 Sharon 374 SlmpsonvIIle 521 Smyrna 109 Snelling 338 Spartanburg 17,5 17 Springfield 438 Summerton 67S Summerville 2,355 Summit 87 Sumter 8,109 Swansea 523 Sycamore 99 Tatum 225 Timmonsville 1,708 Tirzah 128 Townvllle 225 Travelers Rest 60 Trenton 257 Trio 198 Troy 233 Timers 190 Union 5,023 Vances 97 Varnville 5 42 Wagner 362 Walhalla 1,535 Walterboro 1,677 i Wards 1S3 Waterloo 101 Wellford 370 West Union 328 Westminster 1,576 West vl lie 84 7 White Rock 85 Whltmlres 1,045 Willlamston 1,957 | Wlllington 365 Wllllston 62 4 Wlnnsboro 1,754 Woodford 100 Woodruff 1,880 Yemassee 250 Yorkvllle 2,326 Zion 105 MEKTS AWFUL DEATH. Two Year 01(1 Child Crushed by Fall ing Crosstles. The most shocking death eve: In Elbert county, Ga.. was that Wed j nesday afternoon of the little two an* a half year old daughter of Mr. an* | Mrs. T. B. Tucker, who was crushe* to death under a heavy crosstie. Th< 'child was playing near the house am when railed did not reply. Sonrci was made and the child was fourn ; crushed to death under a pile o crosstles which had slid down o\e her. pinning her to the ground crushing out her breath. The acci dent occurred in thirty feet of wher the father and the minister had beei sitting and they bad beard no cr from the baby. The parents ar heartbroken. EGGED THE PRIEST. 0 Raw Eggs Thrown at Him While H Was Praying. At Chica?e four women and tw | men were arrested for pelting Rc\ Sergius Razilevitch, priest of th ; Rttsian Orthodox Catholic church : with unboiled eggs during the h.as ter service. When the clergyman' head was bowed in prayer, a showc of eggs was directed at him froi the rear of the church. Half <t no: en broke against his face. o\ev spreading his vestments. The pc lice rescued the clergyman. Tl: 'trouble is the outgrowth of a feu between the church officers and th congregation. Wipes Out Family. At Youngstown. O.. Pearl Richer aged 8, and Raymond Rickert. aee died from injuries inflicted by the: father. Grant C. Rickert, making si lives the toll of his murderous f of insai-Jty. Rickert took his ow IJfe by shooting after he had kille his wife and daughters, Cbarlott< aged 11, and Helen, aged 15. Hi son, Edwin, escaped from the fathe: who had struck him on the head wit i an axe, and will survive. Mill ! I UK SI) AY, APRIL MIGHTY SUBMARINE , j SHE IS A VERITABLE UN DER WATER DREADN AUGHT. ?'? | Carries Hydroplanes, Wheels and a Heavy Rudder as a Safety Device. .May Cross ihe Atlantic Ocean. I The larges: and most rormiuaoie I submarine ever constructed for the United States government will be given a trial trip soon. If the craft ; proves a success it will have a large bearing on tie future of the navy, j will tend to increase the importance of surface war vessels, and at the1 same time to lessen the importance1 of the great battleship. The experi- ( ment will be watched with the keenest interest in navy circles. It is the intention to cruise to New York j with the boat on her trial trip and then to Bridgeport. Later is it ex-! pertod the strange craft will be sent, across the Atlantic. Among the features of the new subi marine are hydroplanes. These cor-! 1 respond to the planes of an aeroplane ; and are designed for the purpose of [steadying the boat and holding It even when under water. Another feature is the crop keel, which weighs several tons, and can be released in case of an accident, thus adding to the buoyancy of the vessel. On the botton of the boat are wheels calculated to protect the bottom when 'he vessel drops down to the bed of the ocean. Various other features are Important in the construction of this type I of submarine. Enough storage air j is provided for forty-eight hours under water. The vessel is provided j with powerful gasoline engines,' which propel her when running at i the surface. But under the water h? power is furnished by storage batteries. Its length is 161 feet and Its dls-1 placement about 535 tons. The Gov-j ernment contracts calls for 14 knots speed, but it is expected to make 16. This is when the submarine Is traveling on the surface. The submerged speed called for by the contract is ; nine and a half knots. It is designed to travel alone. The armament consists of six torpedo tubes and room aboard is provided for ten torpedoes. The crew will consist. of about 22 members. Lieut. Kenneth Whiting of the navy is now in command. If the Seal hears out all the rspre-1 senfations made concerning It. it is I easy to see that naval warfare will be to a large extent revolutionized. Si:itVK!> TIIKM RNJHT. Storekeeper Made to Pay for I'sing Lady's Photograph. Members of the Supreme Court or the Pnited States Wednesday put their heads together to determine if a pretty woman, particuiarly a pretty New York woman may prevent tht use of her photograph for advertising tmrio nnrnnsfs. Photoeranhers, newspapers and moving picture men are said to be vitally concerned. The Court was hearing the case of Mrs. Alda T. Rhodes, of Brooklyn, N. Y. One day, arrayed 11 her wedding gown, she had ne photograph taken for a birthday present for her husband. Not long afterward, her sister-in-law remarked, "I saw you' picture to-day in the window of a trading stamp store." Mr3. Rhodes got from the company exhibiting her photo a $ 1 ,boo judgment. Now the Supreme Court is asked to annul, as unconstitutional. 'he New York statute making it a. misdemeanor to use a photo for advertising or trade purposes without the consent of tlie subject. s<>i.i? hhi:\si:i> mkat. Serious CI targe Made Against Three r Aiken Men. ' A sensational case is on over in I Aiken. A warrant has been sworn ^ out for Mr. Judson Fox, white, and ' Sriuire Ma:thews and Jim Rimpkins, colored, charging them with selling ' tl sh that was diseased at the time ' of the death of the animal. \ The trial promises to create a creat deal of interest and the story ! about the case is as follows: On the ' fourth day of April a cow belonging to one of the defendants died neai ' Aiken from natural causes, and the II owner des ring to turn the carcas in^ to cash had the colored men to dress it and take it into the country and (sell it to the people. ! The prosecution tell a most horrible tale that the animal was stiff in death and that it was impossible to e bleed the animal, but anyway, it was 1~ Mat-rift's POICI lo i:m u uu u >. P.ridP", in Aiken county, making sev0 oral of them very ill. e liahy Found on Porch. i. During Tuesday night a male in> : f)nt a f-w hours old was placed or s t' e por h of Mrs. E. C. Meetze's resr iil"nee. 0-J Laurel street, Columbia i. and when found Wednesday morning by Mrs. .Vcetze's daughter the infant - was dead. It is believed that th( ?- child di< 1 during the night, and aftei e having !> n placed on the porch bt d the person who wished to be rid of iff o care. Throe Hold Pandits. At Chi- ago Samuel Meyer, a saloor t, keeper. was fatally wounded Mondai d and 1 porter, whose name was Er ir n -A, was killed outright by thre< x robbers, who had attempted to seiz< ii the proprietor's cash. n ? ? d ArluuisM* New Way. The Arkansas State Legislature or '8 Friday adopted a concurrent resolu r- tion directing C,ov. Donaghey to in h terfere with the proposed executior j of Henry Peary at Ashdown. Tin 27, 1911. A BRAVE FIGHT A Young Woman's Love is Trying to Batter Down Asylum Walls VICTIM OF DARK PLOT His Pretty Sweetheart Declares His Incarceration in a Madhouse Is the Work of His Business Enemies.? Girl Battling Alone to Get Out nn<I Free. Seperated by the walla of an insane asylum, two sweethearts are fighting a pathetic, yet determined battle of love at Poughkeepsie, N. \. The girl, Miss Carrie E. Billman, of Brookline, Mass., is fighting from the outside. The man, Frederick W. Savage, an inventor, of Boston, is fighting from within. He Is confined in the Hudson River State hospital. Miss Billman declares that he is being kept there through powerful financial! Interests in Boston, which want him out of the way. The plucky girl is conducting her battle single-handed. Up to a week ago, she says, Mr. Savage's parents were with her, but now they have become convinced, through covert misrepresentations that she is employed by the people who want Savage held in the asylum and is reallyworking to keep him there. Miss Billman and Mr. Savage met for the first time a year ago at a gathering in Boston. A few months ago they became engaged. On Jan. 21 Mr. Savage was taken into custody in his office and after being examined by two physicians, was committed to the Boston State hospital. But he was a native of Raceville, N. Y., and was transferred to the Poughkeepsie institution. Two weeks ago Miss Billman arrived In Poughkeepsie and engaged Attorney George Wood to conduct her case. She visited her fiance In the hospital, and together they planned the struggle for his release. But a week ago Miss Billman, on arriving at the hospital, was inform ed that she could not see her fiance because his parents had objected. She says she has learend that they received information from some unknown source to the effect that she was incincere In her efforts to free the man she loves. Nevertheless she Is going right ahead. Judge Hasbrouk, in the County court, has lsued a writ of habeas corpus directing Dr. Pilgrim, superintendent of the hospital, to produce .Mr. Savage in court on Aprit 10. Miss Billman says that Mr. Savage for a good knai.y vears did business with a rubber n. anufacturing concern In Boston, which finally obtained control of his patents for making rubber boots. They broke off their business relations, she says, and then the company wished to get Savage out of the way. GIVES THESE A TRIAL. The Ten Commandments of Profitable Agriculture. 1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed-bed, well drained; break in the fall to a depth ot a, 10, or 12 inches, according to the --II ?llV, Imtilonifints that will not sun, ** itu iin|/iviuvu^u ?...? - bring too much of the subsoil to the surface. The fore-going depths 'should be reached gradually. 2. I'se seed of the best variety, intelligently selected and carefully stored. 3. In cultivated crops give the rows and the plants In the rows a space suited to the plant, the soil and the climate. 4. Use Intensive tiTTage during the growing period of the crops. 5. Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use if legumes, barnyard manure, farm refuse, and commercial fertilizers. 6. Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop. 7. Accomplish more work in a daj by using more horsepower and uecter implements. 8. Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste products and idle lands of the farm. 9. Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm 10. Keep an account of each farir product, in order to know fron which the gain or loss arises. Dr. Seaman A. Knaapp, CRIME OF A "WHITE BRUTE. i For Which Hit Xeck Should B< Cracked \\ hen Caught. A dispatch from Spartanburg say the sheriff and his deputies, asslstei by the police force and a posse o citizens, are scourin? the surroundiiii country for Sam Davis, a white man I who, it is charged, Wednesday morn ing at ten o'clock criminally assauu ed an eight-year-old negro girl ii I that city. The alleged crime wa - committed at the home of the child' ? mother and it is said that when Davi had accomplished his purpose he wa 7 frightened away by the screams o 5 the victim. A number of men, hot! white and black, gave chase, but tha night Davis had not been caught. H will be tried at the present term o 1 the Criminal Court, if captured. -, Tried to Wreck Train. i For attempting to wreck an Al ? lantic Coast Line train, on the lin between Waycrosa and Tifton, tw negroes have been arrested at Peai son, Ga?, and are held for trial. Tfc l negroes were getting away from th - scene of the attempted wreckin - when the authorities of Pearson wet i notified. The efforts to wreck tt , train proved fruitless. 1ES. 81. A PAIR OF FOOLS I BOY AM) GIRL LOCKED IP IX THE COLUMBIA JAIL. Girl Attempts to Jump from Window Rather than Return Home or Testify Against Boy. The State says that a pretty girl, Miss Lillian Reed, who says she is only a few months past 13 years old and a youth of 17, both from Augusta, are held In the Richland county jail. It seems that the young man, whose name is R. II. Watson, has i been In Columbia for several days. He and the girl were registered at a boarding house as Mr. and Mrs. Watson. Everything went well for the couple until the landlady was told of the true state of afTalrs. She telephoned the girl's mother. In the meantime friends of the the pair "tipped them ' off." They promptly moved to another boarding house. Chief of I'o lice Cathcart was wired to arrest them. This was done on 3k ain street, the two young persons going to headquarters with Detective Richardson without any trouble. Watson endeavored to get a notary : public of Columbia to marry them ! and he consented to do so. While he went after Miss Reed the officer appeared on the scene and nabbed : the couple on their way to the notary's office. C. C. Reed ,the father of the young girl, came to Columbia and promptly went to police headquarters, where he secured his daughter's release. The young man was detained and turned over to Magistrate Fowles, being Indicted under the charge of car-! rylng a minor from her parents. Sobbing as though her heart would break, Lillian Reed, said to be a mere child In age, although she looks much older, stated frankly to Mads trate Fowles that she would not return to her home with her father and she would not appear as a witness for the prosecution, should the case be brought to trial. In the midst of the excitement she dashed for the window and would have jumped to the ground below, but w*as prevented from accomplishing this purpose. She tried to break away a second time and throw Mrself out of the window. 'Miss Reed was required to g)? bond to appear as a witness, and not being able to do so was sent to jail with Watson. In Augusta Watson worked as a soda dispenser. The girl said that Watson bought a ticket and sent It to her to come to Columbia, while It Is stated that Watson said Miss Reed followed him to Columbia. Wednesday night they both spi nt In the Richland county jail, and there they will stay until some satisfactory settlement can be made. C. C. Reed, the girl's father, went to Augusta, Wednesday night. HERO YIEL!>S 1*1* LIFE. Young White Man IHes Trying to Have Negro Boy. H. G. Brown, the brave sewerage , Inspector who jumped Into the nianj hole on Calhoun street In Charleston on Tuesday to rescue the colon d boy, oled Wednesday morning at the Riverside infirmary, without having ; regained consciousness, In spite of the hard work of a number of doctors and nurses who stood over him from the time of his admission into the Institution. D. R. Blakely, the medical student, who finally affected the ' 11 * 1 1 1 11 rescue 01 me tx?> ? u<?u? t?nU uiuns^ Brown to the surface. Is himself' in a bad way. according to tho report made by the doctors of his condition. The verdict of the coroner's juries was accidental death in both ras< .=. , The body of Brown, who was well connected In Charleston, was taken to Norfolk, his home. Wednesday ati ternoon, accompanied by Mr. Dunlap, sewerage engineer. , MORGAN WALKED TO FREEDOM I Mystery of Confederate General's Escape Finally Solved. j The General John H. Morgan the Confederate leader, whose mysleri, ous escape from the Ohio penilen| tentiary at Columbus Novmber. .7 I8G.1, together with five of his staff, I has puzzled historians for almes- !mr' a century, walked out of the pem' tentiary to freedom through the frcnt t gate, either boldly or aided by otliicials at the InstlM iou, is the belief of the authorities at the prison. .Af for 4 8 years of searcainr, tli" al!cg< 1 | Morgan tunnel was un .jver-d T'M' day by prisoners excavitlng (o- r.e f cell blocks. Contrary to his1 cry, it 5 has proved not to have been a tuntie dug by the six men with spoons, bul an air chamber built when Hie buiVisling was erected, and -.\t nd'u t iror.' } the main building to the old chap ! f It does not extend outside the walls 5 Took Mis Own Life. John S. Munt, agent of the ?outh ernern Railway and postmaster, a a Brownsboro, Ala., shot himself Wed s nesday. a postoffice inspector wen s to Brownsboro to check him up s Hunt turned the office over to him s walked home and out to the bain f then climbed into the loft and sho h hmiself in the breast, the bulle 11 striking the heart. Railroad official: e and postoffice inspector are clKckinf T: up Hunt's accounts. Hunt has ; wife and son. Two Killed by Gas. L- Two men were registered as Joh: e Costello of Salisbury, N. C., and Mai o thewu Mclntyre, Harrie house, Moun r- Airy, N. C., were found dead frot ie gas in e Jr~?ey City hotel Wednei ie day nig " he men had register*, g at the ote! Tuesday night, and o* e cupied :e .me room. The polic ie believe ' 124 :e deaths were acciaeni al. 25 PER YEAR. THEY MADE GOOD The D.mocrats Redeeming the Pledge Th?y Made the People BEFORE THE ELECTION Reports to that Effect Over the Entire Country Have True Foundation at the Scene of Hostilities in the City of Washington Where the Hat tie I Sages. "The Demoeraic house is making good." Thai's the sum and substance of what you hear on every side in Washington and judging from the press of the country the democratic congress is regarded in the same light all over the United States. The amazing thing about it all is that this congress is doing things. Proceeding with a harmony, a caution and a wisdom, yet surely aud steadily, the Democrats are proving a bitter disappointment to the Republicans, who predicted chaos and discussion and disorder just as soon as Champ Clark was inducted into the office of speaker. And throughout the country the "doubting Thomassos" who prophesied that Just as soon as the Democrats took charge of the house with urifT legls?aiiou pending, business and every thing thing would go to the "demnition bowwows." cannot be found. But it is easy enough to say the Democratic house is making good. That's too general and may mean a great deal or very little. A man may pass your corn field, riding in a day coach of a train, and at a distance view a few rows of growing corn and the next time he sees you tells you that your corn crop la looking fine. Again some man may run across your son who is off In another city at college. He may see the boy on the street and chat with him and come back and tell you that | boy of yours is getting on fine. That sounds well, when the facts may be that that boy of yours is more ln! terested in baseball or pool than In trigonomotrv. So why is it that the impression thus early is gaining ground that the Democratic house is making good? It's because the majority party in the lower branch of congress are carrying one effectively the manifest wishes of the people of the f'nited States?pr-lection promjses have actually become post-elections obligations which are being met squarely and fairly. And in this work of legislation the majority party is showing a capacity and efP ciencv that is surprising. Beginning with a committee on committees to select the proper men for the various house committees instead of leaving this power in tlie hands of one man, the Democrats inaugurated economy by abolishing one hundred useless positions about the house of representatives, thus saving the taxpayers ?1#80,000 per year. And by reporting that Canadian reciprocity bill to the house and agreeing on its passage, they have elevated themselves in the eyes of the entire people. And this move is good politics, too. It will be the means of enterin? the wedge that will effectively neon the hieh tariff block. Just as soon as the Canadian reciprocity bill is enacte | by the house, the Demo era tic. "free list" bill, which has already b>Kl. reported out from the ways and mrnns committee and which has becrt- published, will be passed. The frre list will oft?*' the clamor of tlie western farmer aV*^> talcing liis iroteofion from him rt,Dd yet k enin it on ail the n< essary n^[ngg ho has to pureh so. And the Republican party lias hunco"d the farmers of th^ west so'long with the fairy tale of heaping up protection on everything that he produces that they believe. But in the face of a practical remedy to offset the Canadian reciprocity pact he will not lag be hind in the march of better times and a more equal chance for all. The Democratic house passed the resolution providing for the constitution.!! ar udni'-nt for the election of t'nifed S- for- by the direct vote of the people. The campaign publicity bill, to require that ail campaign contributions be published prior to elections and not subsequent to elections will be paseed by the house. If the Dem, ocrats sustain their gait in shaping , and pass such remedial legislative I bills through the house, the country _ will in ail probability turn the Re.; publicans out of power at the senate , end of the rapltol and from the exI ecutive mansion In 1012. ? steamer is wrecked. i Eight I'cr?ons Drowned in Transferring Passengers. The Portuguese mail steamer Lusl tania is piled up on Bellows Rock, t two mile southwest of the Cape of ~ " C'-kf nnrenrs WCrO - fjooa nuper^Tiiisin. pwijw t drowned during the transfer of the . son pasengers and crew from the , wreck to the riritfsh warship Forte , land a government tug. Those lost t were four men, two women and two ^ t children, occupants of two small s boats which capsided. Their com? pan ions were rescued. The Lusitania 3 was bound from Mozambique for Lisbon when she struck on the sunken rocks. There Is no hope of saving her. n Shot in the Dark. t- Near Hazelhurst, Ga., fearing that it the man front of his store at whom n a dog was barking, was a robber, 3- W. I. Crumley, a farmer in that cound county, shot and instantly killed the > man, .\r. A. Grant, a blacksmith, e Crumley's friend. Crumley surrent dered and was ordered held under the charge of murder by a coroner's jury.