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ESTABLISHED IN 1891.
NEWS OF THE Iffl
LATE NEWS OF THE WORLD
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SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WFST
Motet From Foreign Lands, Through
out the Nation and Particularly
the Great South.
k Southern.
This week in the cotton market
nearly everything but the weather
will be lost sight of. It *? generally
acknowledged that the crop is fast
getting into a critical condition as the
result of protracted drouth and high
temperatures. At the end of last week
there was no relief in sight on the
weather map, and if the week opens
with a dry and hot map the chances
are that a sensational rise in prices
will take place, and that new hign
levels for the season will be established
on the new crop months.
An amicable adjustment has been
reached between the representatives
of the carmen, boilermakers, blacksmiths
and sheet metal workers of the
Southern railway and allied lines, according
to a statement issued by the
American Federation of Labor. This
settlement afreets about 8,000 men,
and it is said the advanced scale will
apply as heretofore to the Seaboard
Air Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk
and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio
with 0,000 additional men.
| The area of the cotton crop planted
this year, 1911, in the United States,
Including that already planted and expected
to be planted, is about 104.7
per cent, of the area planted last
year, equivalent to about 35,004,000
ftqres, as compared with 33,418,000
o or* inrtrnaco nf ohflllt 1 nJRfi.000
?VJC9, UlA mvivaov V*
a'ores, or 4.7 per cent., according lo a
report issued by the department of
agriculture. The condition of the
growing crop on .May 25 was 87.8 per
cent, of a normal condition, as compared
with 80.2 per cent, at the corresponding
date in 191'? and 90.9 per
cent., the average condition for the
Vast ten years on May 25.
General.
, John Delaney, quoted in a confession
as having said he was employed
by John J. McNamara. secretary-treasurer
of the International Association
of Structural Iron Workers, as spy
upon non union work and that he located
the places where the dynamite
was to be placed, talked with visitors
Id jail at Muscogee, Okla. He still
maintained he was paid by John J.
McN'amara to spy upon non-union
work. The statement, which was made
to a detective from Oklahoma City, is
locked in the cault of a bank.
John Delaney, who was reported as
having confessed in Muskogee, Okla.,
that he had been employed by John J.
McN'amara. secretary-treasurer of the
International Association of Bridge
aud Iron Workers of America, to inspect
non-union structures an dsupply
Information as to where dynamic
could be most easily and effectively
placed, served a short term in jail in
Salt I^ake City for complicity in the
dynamiting of the Hotel Utah. The
steel work of the hotel was slightly
damaged by a dynamite explosion December
29. 1909, as stated by Delaney.
The confession of John Delaney, as
far as it relates to Cincinnati, is flatly
contradicted by labor leaders, contractors
and by the police records of
Cincinnati. No fc.vpiosion occurred in
any Vine street building in January,
1907, as icported in Delaneyia statewent.
A severe storm, whose center increasing
in intensity in Ontario, rushed
down the St. Lawrence valley,
caused showers and thunderstorms
everywhere east of the Mississippi river.
The disturbance wound up another
hot day in the Cast and South, featured
by a new record for Ugh temperatures
fer May established at Fort
Worth, Texas, where the official record
was 104.
Gen. Porfirio Diaz sailed from Vera
Cruz, Mexico, on the steamer Ypiranga
for Havre, France. The steamer
goes by way of Havana and General
Diaz' ultimate destination is Spain.
The last words of the ex-president
spoken to those he had left on shore
were: "1 shall die in Mexico."
Four dead and a score injured was
the toll of the terrific wind and rain
storm which swept over Cleveland,
Ohio, and vicinity, wrecking buildings,
overturning boats in Lake Erie, breaking
down wire pole-, tearing up trees
and smashing windows and signs on
the streets. The storm was general
in northern Ohio and very destructive.
Thiee lives were lost at Loraine. All
of the dead were in row boats.
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, the
British writer of comic opera librettos,
died iu London He was born in
? 183b and was knighted by King Edward.
He was a collaborator of Sir
Arthur Sullivan.
The Tennessee Hankers' association
adopted a resolution approving the
Aldrich currency plan.
Refusing to comply with demands
for money by a band of bandits at
AJuno, Mexico, Robert J. Sweane.v, an
American railway superintendent, was
burned at the stake on May 16. according
to the story of Joseph Hansfelder.
one of the refugees.
Several Americans were presented
by Ambassador Reid to King George
at a levee held at St. James palace.
They were J. Pierpont Morgan. Albert
Cook Myers and Edward Bringhurst
of Philadelphia.
At the close of an address to the
university dons and undergraduates at
Cambridge, England, on "The Future
of Religion." Bernard Shaw made a
sensational reply to a questioner by
declaring that Christ was a failure,
and that any man who believed that
Christ was the highest possible being
was not working with. He urged the
abandonment of legends.
Prince Joachim, the youngest son
of Emperor William, was seriously injured
during a sham battle exercise
of the second guard brigade in Berlin.
The prince's foot is thought to have
been broken.
THE
The bursting of borabs, firing ef
cannon and the sharp crack of mutketry
from the ranks of 5,000 former
insurrecto soldiers, drawn up on both
sides of the railroad track, welcomed
Fiancisca L. Madero, Jr., and his party
to Torroon, Mexico. Fully 20,000
residents of th etown, including hundreds
of Americans and foreigners,
participated in a huge demonstration,
and counting the throngs gathered at
various stations en route, Senor Madero
addressed nearly fifty thousand
people.
Gov. Woodmw Wilson of New Jersey,
prominently mentioned for the
Democratic nomination for president,
Mr. Bryan being willing, has given hi*
endorsement to the Underwood bill for
the revision of the woolen schedule.
Governor Wilson supports the position
of Leader Underwood and Speaker
Clark, and diametrically opposes the
views of Mr. Bryan. The latter labeb
who would vote for a duty on raw
wool.
Chicago police discredit the purported
confession of John ijelaney in Muskogee,
Okla., in which he said he had
selected buildings in different cities
for destruction by dynamite, among
them being a viaduct in Chicago,
which was, he said, blown up in February,
19<?7. Examination of police
, records disclosed no record of such an
explosion in that year.
The Chicago Tribute published re
suits of a poll of newspapers in 22
! states of the central, western, southwestern,
northwestern and Pacific divisions
on the question of approving
i the reciprocity agreement negotiated
with Canada by President Taft. To
more than 10,000 newspapers, repre
senting every shade of political opinion,
The Tribune submitted this ques;
tion: "Are you in favor of the approval
| by congress of the reciprocity agreement
with Canada negotiated by President
Taft?'1 The replies numbered
4,303, of which 4,240 were definite,
even if qualified, expressions of opinion.
Of these 2,113 were in favor of
the agreement and 1,127 against it.
By official decree issued by -Mexico's
provisional president, Krancisco de la
Barra, a special presidential election
was called. In ail states and terrltoI
ries electors will be chosen on October
1, and these will select the successor
of Porfirio Dla;c on Sunday, October
15. Governors are instructed to
define and publicly announce prior to
June 30 electoral districts in their respective
states and territories, using
for purposes of apportionment the census
of the country of 1010.
Washington.
There is a prospect that the seaate
committee on privileges and elee:
tions will report a bill amending the
law providing for publicity of "ampalgn
contributions and expenditures,
1 and that the measure, when reported,
| will be much more drastic than the
, house bill. The amendments will ext?nri
th? law tn nrimarv elections.
Since the primary elections in the
South are decisive, it was considered
advisable to make the provisions of
the bill apply to these also.
Senator William Loriincr of Illinois
will again be called upon to defend
his title to a seat in tne United States
senate, a resolution having passed that
body re-opening the case.
The proposed Democratic revision
of the wool tariff, the Underwood bill,
was unanimously approved by a full
Democratic caucus after it had been
made public by the ways and means
I committee. Through a resolution that
leaves the Democratic party open in
the future to renew its advocacy of
free trade in raw wool, but which commits
all Democrats to the support of
the present bill as a revenue measure,
the divergent interests were brought
together, and reached an agreement. |
When shown the report of the action
of the Democratic caucus on the
wool schedule, William J. Hryan gave
out the following statement: "The
Democrats in congress are response
Lie to the country and to their constituents,
and it remains to be seen
whether this action will be eudorsed.
The bi let report I have seen shows
that the matter was fougnt upon a
false bus;., and 1 shall be mistaken
if the public is deceived by the pretense
that it was levied for revenue.
A lively controversy over the executive's
right to witnuold confidential
papers from a congressional probing
committeew as precipitated by a flat
refusal of Secretaiy of State Knox on
the instruction of President Taft to
lay bifore the house committee on
expenditures in the state department
books showing the record ot tne payment
for the portrait of ex-Secretary
of State Day. The committee is seek
iug to discover what became of the
$l.b o balance of the f-'.-tuo voucher.
A deb gut.on representing the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People called on Prea
ldeut Taft and urged him to send a
,special message to congress on the
subject of lynchings. The president
heard them patiently, but replied that
punishment for violence of this kind
lay with the states where the crimes
were committed and that while they
had his sympathy in their desire to
see the law enforced, their petitions
should be addressed to the state governments.
Medicine which is nothing but
sweetened water or pills composed of
colored mud may be labeled "cures"
and sold as such with impunity under
the national pure fool and drugs act
according to a decision rendered by
tbe Supreme court of the United
States In the ease of Dr. O. A John
son of Kansas City, Mo. Provided
I there is no misstatement on the bottle j
or package as to Its contents, the
| manufacturer is free to sell his goods
Justices Hughes. Day and Harlan dissented
The opinion was quite lengthly
and was delivered by associate
Justice Holmes.
The most spectacular feature of the !
Lorlmer debate in the senate was the
remarkable speech of Senator Jeff
Davis of Arkansas. who threwdocorum
to the winds and then
launched forth into real backwoods
| Arkansas style of stump speaking
j "Senator I-orimer Is either the greatj
est ass or the greatest knave that
ever disgraced the senate," said the
honorable members from Arkansas. He
was promptly called to order by Senator
Heyburn of Idaho, who was In
the chair, and reminded him of the
rules of the senate, which prohibit
I any personal remarks
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PALMETTO GIRLS
CAN KEEP ROUSE
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HOUSEKEEPING CONTEST BRING8
OUT NINETEEN SMART GIRLS
NAMES OF WINNERS.
ORPHANAGE GIRLS PRESENT
.
Fairest and Best Product of South
Carolina Demonstrate Their Skill
In the Simple Departments of
Homemaking?Better Biscuits.
Columbia.?The housekeeping coni
est held at Bon-Air ErchtJtri unfier the
; uispices of the Mothers' and Teachirs'
club of the school was even more
I tuccessful than those in charge had
: inticipated. Nineteen contestants
ame from various places around the
state for the event and gave most in'
teresting demonstrations of their skill
In the simple departments of homemaking.
The following are the various
contests and the winners in
each: Flower mixing. Miss Hallie
White of Johnson; coffee making, Miss
Lauretta Baker of Church Home orphanage,
Yorkville; broiling steak,
NUsb Eula Hudson, Connie Maxwell
orphanage, Greenwood; darning, Miss
Lauretta Baker; boiling rice. Miss
Margaret Norris, Greenwood; table
setting, Miss Hallie White; breadmaking,
Miss Lyndelle Boston, Church
Home orphanage, Yorkville: bedmaking,
Miss Sydney Watts, Connie
Maxwell orphanage, Greenwood; tea
making, Miss Margaret DeLorme,
Sumter; lamp cleaning, Miss Sybil
Salley, Salleys; boiling potatoes. Miss
I Margaret Norris; making rolls, Miss
Kienza Tollerson, Spartanburg; shirtwaist,
Miss Susie Timmerman; making
waffles, Miss Eula Hudson; starchi
Ing and Ironing, Miss Lauretta Baker;
making button holes, Miss Susie TimTnLnntnn
OAnl/incr h Am i TV \*
! uifi man, (/uuiioiwii, vvvmup, uvuuuj,
Miss Helen Lewis, Johnston.
The contest was given for the purpose
of stimulating an interest in the
simple, everyday affairs of house-"
keeping, the idea being that such
things are too often lost sight of nowadays
in the interest taken in higher
education for women.
Remarkable Growth of Business.
About $20,000,000 represents the
amount invested in new enterprises
In South Carolina during the first six
! months of the year. The amount is
greater than waB invested during the
entire year 1010. Statistics prepared
: by R. M. McCown, the secretary of
6tate, show that $23,256.36 as office
\ fees was turned over to the state
treasurer since the first of the year.
Tkn 1 rxf rxfTw.s*
i tic iuiai aiuvutu \ji i/mv.v uco vur
lected for the year 1910 amounted
to J23.122.32.
More money has been Invested in
South Carolina during the first five
months of the present year than in
the entire 12 months of 1910, and last
year was one of the most prosperous
in the history of the state,
j It is expected that the amount of
new capital put into South Carolina
enterprises will reach $30,000,000 before
the end of the year.
Fifth Detachment Officers to Leave.
The personnel of the fifth detail
of officers of the National Guard of
South Carolina to participate in the
manoeuvres along the Mexican border
was announced by the adjutant
general. The detail will leave on
June 10, and the period of attendance
will he limited 14 days. The fifth
detail will number 12 officers, there
being four assigned from each of the
three regiments.
The following are those assigned
for duty by the adjutant general:
First Infantry?Co!. William W.
Lewis; ("apt. IV E. .McNulty, Jr., adjutant;
Capt. J. Frost Walker, Jr.;
Capt. William R. Richey, Jr.
Second Infantry?Capt. James D.
Gillespie; Capt. N. C. von Tresckow;
Capt. Jacob C. Herlong; Capt. R. F.
Mc Korell.
ThJrd Infantry?Col. Julius Cogswell;
Capt. James C. Clot worthy;
Capt. Joseph McQ. Morrer, First
Lieut. Charles J. Levy.
State Tax Board to Meet.
The state hoard of equalization has
boon called to moot in Columbia on
June 13 at noon, when the textile
plants of the state will be assessed.
This announcement has been made by
Comptroller General Jones.
The textile plants of the state were
last assessed at $25,987,000 or on a
i basis of 50 per cent. The textile
plants were assessed in 1909 on a basis
of 50 per cent. Last year the rate
of assessment was reduced because
the rate on banks had been reduced.
The assessment may be raised.
Suspension of Sentences Illegal.
Governor Blease paroled during
good behavior J. E. Smoak, the ."ormer
policeman of Columbia, who was
convicted before Special Judge Aycock.
for assault and battery with intent
to ki!!. and was sentenced t-> a
fine of $100 or six months, and the
sentence suspended. Smoak subsequently
being arrested. The supreme
court having held that a circuit judge
cannot lift a sentence. This is believed
to be the first direct application
since the original decision during
last year.
Glass Company Won't Give Up.
The present dispensary commission
has dismissed the appeal of the Carolina
Glass company of Columbia frr
i the return of ?21Jhiu taken over in
Richland county by h.e old commission.
This is the second time that
the commission has refund to return
the money.
It Is very probable that the case
will be carried to the United States
Supreme court, or that suit for $21.000
will be instituted against the
members of the old commission The
eompsoy t? fighting gamely
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FORT MILL, S. C? THU
WILSON POINTS OUT DANGERS
New Jersey Governor Speaks of Concentration
of Nation's Wealth
In Hands of Few.
Columbia.?Governor Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey, speaking before
the State convention of the South
Carolina Press association pointed out
the dangers of the concentration in
a few hands of the Nation's wealth.
Ho warned the editors that thetr
duty was not only to comment upon
the workings of "the system with a
capital 'S' but also realize to what
these activities were and what they
signified. The lawyers of the country
he said, are the men who must solve
the difficulties, and "I believe they will
have sense enough to do so."
Governor Wilson said that the country
is menaced by a wave of socialism
unless some steps are taken to unlock
the double bolted doors of opportuMoney
From Insurance Licenses.
Insurance Commissioner McMaster
has reported to State Treasurer Jennings
the amounts to he paid to the
several county treasurers in the State
on account of what is known as additional
license fees, collected from the
Insurance companies for the six
months endmg December 31, 1310.
This shows a total collected on this
account of $60,117. One-half of
which goes to the state and the other
half to the counties.
The total collections by the insur
ance department from January 1,
1911, to June 1, 1911, amount to $101,
120.21.
Objects to Transfer of Funds.
The state treasurer R. H. Jennings.
will refuse to countersign
checks transferring the dispensary
fund, amounting to $25,000, to four
banks in the state, the banks not having
been approved by the state financial
board as depositories for state
funds. The $25,000 In question is
now on deposit in the National Loan
and Exchange bank of Columbia,
whe're it was placed as a working
capital by the former commission.
Felder Will Fight Requisition.
Atlanta, Ga.?Governor Brown announced
that he has set Tuesday,
June 20, as the date for the hearing
on the requisition from Governor
Cole L. Blease, for Attorney Thos. B.
Felder, of this city, the requisition
having been issued on a warrant
sworn out, charging Mr. Felder with
having attempted to bribe "Hub" H.
Evans, former chairman of the state
dispensary board, in Newberry county,
South Carolina, in 1905.
What's-the-Use Says Mr. Lyon.
Attorney General Lyon made it
clear to Judge Aldrich in the Richland
county court that if the alleged
dispensary grafters should be convicted
at this time that there were
others who would undo the work.
Judge Aldrich refused to sign an order
which would have forced the attorney
general to bring the cases tc
trial at the next term of court or
have them nol prossed, but he grant
ed the several defendants the right tc
have their demands for trial spread
upon the minutes.
Blease in Favor of Harmon.
Following Gov. Woodrow Wilson't
address to the South Carolina Brest
association, Governor Blease made it
known that he intended heading a
fight to carry the South Carolina dele
Ration to the national Democratic con
vention for Harmon as against Wilson
Governor Itlease thinks the ticket
should be Harmon for president, ant
Wilson for vice president.
Sentence of This Man Commuted.
The sentence of John Wheatly o1
Spartanburg, who was convicted 01
the charge of assault and battery ol
a high and aggravated nature, has
been commuted by the governor frorr
two years tit a fine of $100. Wheatlj
has already served 15 months.
Sen Takes Father's Place.
The governor has named James I
Crews of Laurens as a member of th<
Confederate home board, to take th*
place of T. B. Crews, his father, de
ceased.
Sumter.?Sumter county has wit hit
its borders six cases of smallpox. A1
of those attacked by the disease art
negroes.
Mcuntains-to-the-Sea Highway Work
The committee of representative!
from the automobile clubs interestet
in the construction of the propose!
mountnins-to-the-sea highway is ac
t'.vely at work securing mapfi of th?
various routes and stimulating inter
est in the sections through which th?
road may pass. According to the plai
being worked out, this great trans
state highway will be built in one day
all arrangements for rushing the ac
tual construction being made in ad
vance. Plans will be announced ver
soon.
Will Remove Dispensary Funds.
The present dispensary conunissiot
Iiirta uri. jut'i iu ururm me n/wiia u
. the respective members of the rom
mission. There was $25,0r?o on de
posit in a local hank and the com
mission has decided to apportion fhi:
amount among five banks. The sun
of $5,000 will be placed in banks It
Rishopvllle. Charleston. Mullins. New
berry and Orangeburg, the respec
tive homes of the various member !
of the commission. The actic-n wa
decided upon by a resolution of tin
commission.
Governor Wilson Endorses Y. M. C. A
Governor Wilson paid a high tri;
bute to the work of the Y. M. C. A
saying that the association "is tran.'
running the face of great kingdoms,
lie .aid the corner stone.
Admissions to Practice Medicine.
Applications for admission to th
practice of medicine in South Can
iina will be examined by the stat
board of medical examiners In Colurr
hia during the week of June 12. Thl
announcement was made by Dr. Mar
J taker, secretary of the board.
MILL
RSDAY, JUNE 8, 1911.
PRESIDENT TAFT
REBUKES OFFICER
COLONEL OPPOSED PRIVATE'S
PROMOTION BECAUSE HE IS
MEMBER OF JEWISH RACE.
CONDEMNS RACE PREJUDICE
Commander-in-Chief of the Army Usel
Plain Language to Col. Garrard?
President Will See the Soldier
Through?Commends Ambition.
Washington.?President Taft creat"
1 Ifri'in il a a^SarniTHP iTrrTTr^
rebuked Col. Joseph Garrard, commanding
the cavalry post at Fort
Myers, Va., for disapproving Private
Frank Bloom's effort for promotion because
of Bloom's Jewish parentage.
Colonel Garrard's endorsement characterized
Jews as not "desirable social
associates," and President Taft
immediately directed the secretary of
war to investigate the matter. The
President stamped the expression as
those of narrow race prejudice. He
also said it was hard to deal with the
matter "with patience and without
condemnatory words that had better
not be written." The war department
pointed out that there have been
many Jews among the army officers.
Notwithstanding the President's inquiry
directed to the secretary of war
as to what should be done to discipline
Colonel Garrard, the incident has been
practically closed with the rebuke.
The department decided that there
was no ground for a court martial; an
officer being at liberty to express his
actual belief as to the availability of
any candidate from the ranks. It was
concluded that the President's purpose
would be best served by the pub
licatlon of the correspondence and
with the delivery of ft copy to Colonel
Garrard, with a letter from the secretary
of war duly admonishing him not
to repeat the endorsement.
The case of young Bloom, who is
a private in battery "F," Third Field
Artillery, now on duty on the Mexican
border, was brought to President
Taft's attention by Simon Wolf, a
prominent lawyer of this city. Several
years ago Bloom was urged for
appointment to West Point. President
Roosevelt, not being in a position
at the time to make the appointment,
suggested to Bloom that he enlist
and, "like a true American, fight
his way up from the ranks." Bloom
took the advice, entered the army,
where he is said to have made a good
record, and recently took his first examination
for promotion. It is said
that Bloom fniled in this examination,
but, in view of the prejudice brought
about by Colonel Garrard's endorsement,
Bloom will be allowed a final
examination in September.
Famous Confederate Dead.
El Paso, Texas.?Col. F. M. Locke,
chnlrmnn nf the Ti-yhh seresqinn cnn
vrntion, which deposed Gov. Sam
Houston, died suddenly at his homo
here, aged 87. Colonel Lock'1 fought
through the Mexican war and was a
colonel in the Confederate army. He
founded the town of Alma, Ark., and
was the first agricultural commissioner
of Arkansas.
Iowa Elects New Congressman.
Council Bluff, Iowa.?Judge W. R.
Green. Republican, was elected to
Congress to fill the vacancy of Judge
Walter I. Smith by an estimated plurality
of is opponent was W. S.
Cleveland of Harlan. The Canadian
reciprocity agreement was the i?sue.
Judge (tror-n derlnrmg against the
pact.
Over 100 Miles Pictures Destroyed.
New York. -One hundred and forty
miles of moving pictures melted into
air leaving no ashes behind, when
flames swept through the two-story
building of the Towers company, film
manufacturers in the Hronx. Seventy
heroes and heroines, who were rehearsing
a moving picture drama
when the Are was discovered, fled for
their lives and for an hour stood in
their stage clothes on the sidewafk
Work of Raising the Maine.
Havana.?The preliminary stage in
the work of exposing the wrerk of
the old battleship Maine was completed
when repairs to the caisson,
which was ruptured two weeks ago,
were finished by the driving of the
last interlocking piles. Immediately
the work of pumping out the water
from the main cofferdam was begun,
two powerful centrifugal pumps being
used.
Present indications are that some
weeks must elapse before a complete
examination is possible
Committee to Try Lorimer.
Washington.?Senators Dillingham
Gamble, Jones and Kenyon, Republicans,
and Fletcher, Johnston. Kern
and Lea. Democrats, will constitute
the sub-committee that will conduct
the new investigation into the bribery
charges against Senator Lorimer. Of
the eight members, Messrs. Dilling
ham and Gamble, KepuDlicans, ana
Fletcher and Johnston, Democrats,
voted for Lorimer in the previous investigation.
Mr. Jones (Republican)
voted against him. The wo.k will be
pushed to completion.
Ohio Legislator Confesses Guilt.
Columbus, O.?What Prosecuting
Attorney Turner and Attorney General
Hcgan have been hoping during
several weeks came about when a
member of the legislature, Owen J.
Evans, confessed in open court that
he had accepted a bribe and declared
his willingness to go before the grand
Jury and make a clean breast of all
his knowledge concerning alleged legislative
corruption. Evans, after he
had been fined $500, went before the
grand Jury and will bp a witness, He
will be a witness In court.
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WOODROW WILSON
ON WOOL TARIFF
JERSEY GOVERNOR APPROVES
DEMOCRATIC COURSE IN
CONGRESS.
DISREGARD BRYAN'S VIEWS
Follows Party Principles?Executive
Comes Out Squarely and Firmly on
Action of Caucus?All Parties Must
Work for Good of Country.
Washington.?After a day of politli^lconferences,
Gov. Woodrow Wil~n
r?r,iM--rri fl-iif1""-"
resume his gubernatorial duties at
Trenton, following a tour of the West
and South.
His visitors were from all sections
of the country, including senators,
representatives and private citizens.
Senators Martlne of New Jersey and
Gore of'Oklahoma were among the
first callers on the prospective presidential
candidate.
All the conferences were open. To
the members of the house particularly
Governor Wilson expressed repeat- {
ed congratulations. He said that the
vigor with which the house had taken
1 ?1 ' ?' Kirl ir.cnir.wl thn pmin- I
, IIUIU U? HO "W. ...oK
; try with renewed confidence in the
Democratic party. The action of the
caucus of Democratic representatives
In voting for a reduction of the tariff
en wool to 20 per cent ad valorem re|
ceived his hearty commendation, despite
the fact that William J. Bryan
had warned the Democrats against
any other course than taking all the
duty off.
What the governor had to say in
regard to the Democratic caucus was
summarized in these words:
"The resolution passed by the caucus
is a very frank statement and
Justifies Itself by showing that the
Democratic party is trying to do the
, best that is possible and practicable
in the circumstances. I mean that
when we are revising a system, such
as the tariff as a whole, we can make
i compensations of revenue along the
whole line. But in revising it schedule
by schedule, we cannot make these
compensations, except in the individual
schedules. That is one of the
i penalties of the step by step process.
It does not seem to me that there is
any abandonment of principle in the
action taken. It looks to me as though
the Democratic principles had been
reasserted. Of course I am in favor
cf free wool materials, including free
raw wool, but every Democratic platform
has declared for gradual tariff
reduction."
He reiterated his belief in the pro.
gressive movement as inaugurated in
I the West. The reforms adopted
there, he declared, had proven very
satisfactory. Along this line, he spoke
of the progressive Republicans.
"I do not see any difference between
the Democrats and what we call
progressive Republicans," said he,
I "except possibly on the tariff."
He reiterated his approval of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement.
"Will it help the Republicans or
the Democrats In he was
asked.
"Which party it will help Is entirely
a matter of indifference. The party
j that thinks of itself and not of the
country is going down to defeat," was
the response.
Negro Shoots Into Train Kills One.
Demopolis. Ala Clifford Foxhall, a
braketnan, was killed and two white
passengers were shot through the
hands near Tayloe. on the Southern
railroad, when an unknown negro
fired upon 'he train, while it was running
at a medium rate of speed. Foxhall
was shot twice and died shortly
after being wounded.
Girl Killed in Joy Ride.
Worcester, Mass,?Miss Katherine
Ryan of this city was instantly hilled
and her sister, Miss Margaret
iivnn fatally iniured when a large
touring car in which they were passengi
rs. returning from an outing, ran
into a telephone pole. Four others
were injured.
Employed as Spy on Non-Union Work.
Muskogee, okla. - John Delaney,
quoted in a confession as having said
he was employed by John J. Mc.N'amara,
secretary and treasurer of the
International Association of Structural
Iron Workers, as spy on non-union
work and that he marked the places
where dynamite was to be placed,
talked with visitors hen..
He still maintained that he was
paid by John McNamara to spy on
non-union building operations. His
confession created a sensation. This
testimony is damaging.
Six in Pleasure Party Drowned.
Salt Lake City.?Six persons were
drowned in Utah lake when the sailing
launch Galilee, on which Id persons
were attending a party given
in honor of the approaching marriage
of Miss Vera Brown and Edward B.
IlolmesT capsized in a squall. Among
the drowned were the prospective
bride and bridegroom ana rraiin aim
Helen Brown, two other children of
: Captain Frank Brown, owner of the
launch. The lovers went to the bot|
torn clasped in each other's arms. The
bodies wer received.
One Hundred and Fifty Banks Weekly
Washington. ? Postmaster General
Hitchcock has decided to increase the
I extension of the postal savings system
from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty offices a week, with at least
one thousand depositories designated
by July 1. After July 1 the system
is to be extended to first-class offices
in the large Cities, only second class
post offices having been designated
so far.
Fifty additional postoffices have
been designated as depositories mak?
Ing a ?o?al to data of 450k
9
MES
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS
Cream of Current News Carved Out
and Condensed Into a Column
for Brief Reading.
Washington.?Peter H. Bethea, of
Latta, has been granted a patent for
a sign.
Columbia.?The governor has ap?
pointed J. T. Kichey to be treasurer
of Pickens county to succeed B. D.
Dargan, deceased.
Sumter.?The Sumter branch of the
postal savings bank has been opened
Columbia.?Irving Bachelor delivered
the address at the graduating
exercises of the College for Women
in Columbia.
Iva.?Fire of an unknown origin
practically destroyed the entire business
section of the town of Iva, in
Anderson county.
Greenville.?Mrs. Margaret Henderlite,
wife of Rev. R. E. Henderlite,
*Ajj?for of the Presbyterian church at
P^j^N^^GjggJijjllecounty, died sud
Columbia.?Waddy Hinder, who was
serving a sentence of five years from
Cherokee county on the charge of
manslaughter, has been paroled by
the governor. He was convicted in
1909 and has served two years.
Mayesville.?Another evidence of
the commercial growth of this town
was given when Postmaster Cooper
received notice from Washington that
his salary would be raised to the
$1,100 class on July 1.
Columbia?The South Carolina Firfc
Insurance Agents' convention, in session
here, heard an address from
Insurance Commissioner F. H. McMaster
and decided to meet in Greenville
next year.
Columbia.?The governor granted a
pardon to Isabella Hunt and Ella
Gyles. A parole was granted to Wash
Moore. The three were convicted In
Horry county on the charge of manslaughter
and were sentenced to "two
years in the penitentiary.
Concord, N. C.?Mr. J. M. Cherry
of Rock Hill, was a visitor in the
city inspecting the Edison storage
battery street car with a view to buying
one for the Rock Hill urban lines.
Columbia.?John Wher^b/, of Spartanburg.
has had his sentence commuted
by Governor Blease, from a
sentence of two years, having served
fifteen months, to a fine now of $100.
Wheatley was convicted at the fall
term, 1906, and given two years on
two counts. The charge was assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature.
Greenville.?With the approach of
summer has come a remarkable increase
in building activities in Greenville
and vicinity, an increase that
must be charged to many accounts,
but possibly the chief cause is the
decided prosperity in this section as a
result of general activity in construction
work of all kinds, and a bright
j trade outlook.
Columbia.?A committee from the
Chamber of Commerce of Columbia
will go to Charleston on Juno 13 to
co-operate with the chamber of com1
merce of that city in their efforts to
secure a 30-foot channel for the harbor
of Charleston. The project to
secure a channel of this depth has
been delayed and the meeting on the
date set as arranged to formulate
plans to bring the matter before congress.
.
ureeiivme.?yvnei nanus nnucu
on the 2nd of May a letter to the
public announcing what he had determined
to do, to which was added
a postcript, \V. K. Henton left his
home in the Woodside cotton mill
village about 6:20 o'clock /or the
home of his sister-in-law, where he
blew out his brains with a .38 calibre
revolver.
Greenwood.?It is stated that in
district No. 18, which includes the
city of Greenwood, only 732 polls are
paid. Including white and colored.
There ought to be at least 1,600 or
2.000. Here is a loss of at least $1,000
annually to the schools. We do not
know who is responsible for the state
of affairs, but it exists nevertheless.
The number of dogs paid taxes on is
86. Any one knows that there are
over 86 dogs in the city of Greenwood
alone, to say nothing of the district
outside of Greenwood. The pool tax
and the dog tax, made to do what
they should do. ought to yeild an income
of at least $2,000 per annum.
Florence.- The farmers of Florence
county are well up with their work
now, the fields are as clean r f grass
as they ever were ,and many of the
farmers are just "loafing around," as
it were, waiting on Providence and
the elements for a shower or a downpour.
Chester.?The delegates to the
state convention in Florence on July
4, from Chester R. F. D. association,
will be instructed to invite the state
convention to hold their 1912 session
in this city, according to the action
taken hv the Chester county It. F. D.
men at their annual session here
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Jacobs preached his forty-seventh anniversary
sermon at the First Presbyterian
church. He was installed pastor
here in 1S04, when he was 22
>ears of age. Since that time he has
been the constant and faithful pastor
of this church.
Mallorv.?It has been impossible
thus far to estimate the damage to
crops from the sand storm. The fields
in the sandy section are as brown
as though a frost had killed the vegetation
and a filmy haze has settled
over everything, making an unnatural
appearance that is almost weird.
Yorkville.?A barn, two mules,
wagon and lot of feed belonging to
estate of Capt. W. D. Smith, at Clover,
York county, were destroyed by fire
from an unknown cause. The destroyed
property was insured for $450,
which only covers part of the loss.
Atlanta.?Governor Drown honored
the requisition of the Governor of
South Carolina for D. A. Tendardls.
wanted in Calhoun county, on a charge
of having disposed of mortgaged property
and drawing checks when he
bad no funds to cover them.
Laurens.?A postal savings bank
will b? opened h?r? on June ?7,
1
$1.25 PER YEAR
BOYS' GOOD RECORD
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60UTH CAROLINA WON HONOR?
AT GRADUATION MIDSHIPMEN
U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY.
HERBERT BOUSON'SSTANDING
Other Achievements of Charleston Lad
?Two Other Young Men Graduated,
Oliver M. Read, Jr., of Beaufort, and
Robert B. Simons, Jr., of Charleston.
Annapolis, Md.?South Carolina has
iinnA.a tha annnnl ernrltinfInn
WU11 uuuvto av tuv uiimuw. o*-- ?
of midshipmen at the Naval academy,
second standing in the class having
been made by Herbert H. Bouson, a member
of a prominent family of that
name in Charleston. It was nip and
tuck all through tho last term between
Bouson and Hatch of New
race for class honH
a m p s h i r e
two
ors, and the standing
a year ago was exactly reversed.
Bouson had stood at the head of his
class for two years, and his exchanging
places with Hatch was due to a
straining of his eyes by hard night
study, which made it impossible for
him to hold his own. The eyes suffered
during the first two years before
the academy authorities discovered
they were about to lose some of the
best men, and effected a remedy.
However, at the commencement exercises
Bouson was highly commended
by Capt. Gibbons, the superintendent,
and by Acting Secertary Win*
throp, for his indomlta/ble courage
and his excellent work despite the
handicap.
Aside from coming out secondv
Bouson held his coveted position as
champion of canes, which he attained
two years ago. He is expert in all
forms of fencing and leads in canes.
For this he was awarded the silver
medal again this year, which ho will
hold through life.
Two other South Carolina meil
graduated, Oliver M. Read, Jr., of
ueauron county anu nuutri o. onuons,
Jr., of Charleston. Bouson was
born in Charleston in 1889. He graduated
from the Bennett nubile school,
the Charleston high school and spent
one year at the Citadel in Charleston.
He was appointed to the naval
academy In 1907 by Representative
George S. Legare, he being the prinpical.
He has done well in everything
he tackled, but has held to books
more than to athletics. He stands at
the top in seamanship, navigation and
mechanics and mathematics, the main
essentials for a successful naval career.
He is strong in engineering,
and when the engines on his ship
went wrong on the practice cruise,
Bouson put them right after the
ship's officers had failed. He will be
assigned to his choice of the battleships
and this will doubtless be the
semi-Dreadnaught South Carolina.
Read is a loyal South Carolinian,
also. He was born in Beaufort county
in 1889. He spent a couple of years
at the Virginia Military institute before
entering the Naval academy.
The boys affectionately call him
"Monk." His class standing is number
149.
Simons is known as "Blondy." He
was born in Charleston in 1888 and
pmHiiatprf from thp high school there.
He spent two years at Charleston
; college, where he went In for "frats,"
becoming a member of the Beta
Kpsilon chapter of the Alpha Tau
Omega.
Clio.?Capt. W. A. Hinshaw was
stricken with apoplexy and died. Capt.
Hinshaw was a native of North Carolina.
Commission's Lawyer Paio $5.00.
Columbia ?W. A. Holman of the
firm of Holman & Holmr.n of Charleston
was paid $500 by the present
dispensary commission, a warrant
being drawn for that ^mount by
Chairman Stackhouse.
The commission did not receive the
consent of J. Fraser Lyon, attorney
general, before naming Mr. Holman
as attorney. The act creating the dispensary
commission gives the commission
the right "to employ such assistant
counsel as may be approved
by the attorney general."
Aiken Wants Encampment.
Aiken - The city council has agreed
to offer the National Guard of this
state a site and water for an encampment.
This offer is made to the
brigade or to either of the regiments.
The location, in the event of the coming
of an encampment, would be the
fair grounds. The water pipes now
run to the city limits, and can be
placed on to the camp ground for a
small cost. The matter has been
referred to the chamber of commerce,
and it is probable that that body will <
take some action in a few days.
Complaint Against Freight Rates*
Washington.?The D. W. Alderman
Lumber company filed a complaint
against the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Southern railways, alleging unjust
and unreasonable rates on shipments
of lumber from Marion to Canton, ?N.
C. The rate between these points,
it is claimed, should not exceed 17.8
cents per hundred pounds, this being
the rate to Landrum, 262 miles
from Marion.
Reparation Is asked and the com*
mission is requested to fix a fair rate
between the points named. >
vVill Try Oil on Sand-Clay Roads. |1
Aiken.?At a special meeting of city
council a motion was passed approprl- m
ating the sum of f50 for experimental
purposes. One thousand gallons of * 3
crude oil has been purchased, and
this oil will be spninkled on one of j
the sand-clay roads that are being
built through the city. -l $ \
How Jasper County Is Formed.
Columbia.?The proposed new coun*
ty of/Jasper embraces parfs o Beaufort
and Hampton count'M.
chairman is C. S. Perry H
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