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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.
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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.