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Ppp^&STABLISHSD IN 18< Additional Legislation Statutes Is Recommen Washington.?President Taft's annual meeage. which wti road In both bouse* of congress Tuesday. deals exclusively ri| , with the anti-trust statute. Tbe message is part Is as fc-Uows: To tbe Senate and House of Repreeentinesage Is tbe first of eeveraTwblch I shall send to congress during im the Inters*! between tbe opening of Its regular mm Ion and Its adjournment for the Christmas holidays. The amount of ^ Information to bo communicated as to the operations of tbe government the 9 number of Important subjects calling for eommsnt by the executive, and the transmission to ooogress of exhaustive reports by special commissions, make It ln>I possible to Include In one message of a reasonable length a discussion of the topic* that ought to be brought to the attention of the nation*1 legislature at Its iret regular session. TN Antl-Tr*uet Law?The 8u prams Court Doclolons. In Hay last the Supreme court handed down decisions In the suits In equity brought by the United States to enjoin the further maintenance of the Standard Oil trust and of the American Tobacco trust, and to secure their dissolution. The decisions are epoch-making and serve to advise the business world authoritatively of the scope and operation of the antitrust law of lflM. The decisions do not depart In any substantial way from the previous decisions or the court in construing and applying this important statute, but they clarify those Important decisions by further defining the already admitted exceptions to the literal construe".hn of the act By the decrees, they fu.nlsh a useful precedent as to the proper method of dealing with the .capital and property of Illegal trusts. These decisions suggest the need and wisdom of additional or supplemental legislation to mate It easier for the entire business community tn square with the rule of action and legality thus Anally established aod to preserve the benedt. freedom and spur of reasonable competition without loss of real efficiency or progress. No Chang* in the Rul* of Decision? Merely in Form of Expression. Nil it siAtuie In Its first section declares } K fit bo Illegal "every ooatract, combination tt: In the form of trust or otherwise, or eoniK gpirscy. In restraint of trade or commerce among the several stair3 or with ;'v fqrslga nations." and In (be second, deIV clares gvtlty of a miademeano - every per? emm whs shall monopottss or attempt to . \ -imrpBdes or cosnbtne or conspire with l. MT other peteon to monopolise any part b m the trade or commerce of the several j| stale* cr with foreign nation*." [ g|h two early cases, where the statute \ was Invoked to enjoin a transportation ; *gr meat. between Interstate raflroad com pa.nk*. n was heW that It was no de' ifiS* f&P* {hst the agreement as to > VtMOO complained of was reasons] at com Mm law, because It was said that the Statute was directed against all contracts and combinations In testraln: of trade whether reasons! at common law *ir not. It was plain from the record, however, that the contracts complained <m In Cheat cases would not have been fieemei reasonable at common law. > haen said that the court, by Inbsdudat Into the construction of the MhMste commpn law distinctions, has MMlatsd Hi "his Is obviously untrus. to'Its judgment every contract and oomWnatton tn lUgtralnt of interstate trade Me*s with the nurnose. or necessary ef EiwUtn* price* by stifling com?f establishing In whole or In < spoly of such trade. Is conthe atatuta. The most exi cannot Inst*nee a case that condemned under th'e statute brought within Its terms *o Id. on Is also made that the Suby Its decisions In the last a committed to the court the d unlimited discretion to detber a case of restraint of In the terms of the statute, ly untrue. A reasonable resde at common law Is well id Is clearly defined. It does ie discretion of the court. It ed to acomplfsh the purpose j main contract to which. In shall be enforceable at all. tcldentaL If It exceeds the contract It Is void. t In Equity by Dissolution. j idard Oil case the Supreme f jurts found the combination c >poly of the Interstate busl- t In*, transporting, and mar- i urn and Its products, effect- i talned through thirty-seven I orations, the stock of which I a New Jersey company. It I r>mantled the dissolution of t tlon. directed the transfer distribution by the New Jer- < f the stock held by It In | urea corporations to and i mkbr'-'-ra. and the corpora- i Iv'dual defendants were en- i conspiring or combining to i monopoly: and all agree- i the subsidiary corporations < >du?o or bring about further i the art were enjoined. ? KM case, the court found < vMugl defendants, twenty- 1 SrT had been engaged In a 1 >rt to acquire complete do- ? he manufacture; sale, and ? f tobacco In this country t nd that this had been done r ins made with a purpose t stifle competition, control ? and establish a monopoly, not ? In the manufacture of tobacco, but I of tin-foil and licorice, used tn Its ^^^^^Bufacture and of its products of ctcigarettes Rnd snuffs. The tobacco presentend a far more complicated ^ difficult case than the Standard Oil ^^^^^^Lfor a decree which would effectuate ^^^^^Britl of the court and end the violathe There was here to ^^^^B^Bholdlng company aa tn the case ^^^^^^Btandard Oil trust The nsJn cotnthe American Tobacco cots^^B^^^Btanufacturln*. selling and hollThe plan adopted to ^^^^^^^^homblnatloo sod restore compsthe rodtvlsion the eaplof the whole trust between companies constituting the companies organized for the decree and made pa . numbering, new auit were were ^^^^^B^B^B^^Btors whom acquired Doubts. he don't notice be extinguisher A family < deal y ^ Bl1 l_ IIST PROBLEM' ( iflggftita i d On In President's i ) Congress |* to Strengthen Present : ded?Defends Standi ?cco Decisions i its unlawful dominion. Undor .'ho do- i vrmm mese oerenasni? win noia tmount? of stock la tb* various distributee companies ranging from 41 per cent, ae a maximum to SH per cent. as a minimum, except la tbe case of one small company. I be Porto Rlcan Tobacco company, in which Ihey will hold * per cent Tbe twenty-nine Individual defendants are enjoined for three years from buying any stock except from each other, and the coup Ip thus prevented from extending Its control during that period. All parties to tbe suit, and the new companies who are made parties, are enjoined perpetually from In any way effecting any combination between any of tbe companies In violation of tbe statute by way of resumption of the old trust. Each of the fourteen companies Is enjoined from acquiring stock In any of tbe others. AH these companies are enjoined from having common directors or officers, or common buying or selling agents, or common offices, or lending money to each other. j tine of Now Companies. Objection was made by certain Independent tobacco companies that this settlement was unjust because It left companies with very large capital In active business, and that the settlement that would be effective tc^put all on an equality would be a division of the capital and plant of the trust Into small fractions In amount more nearly equal to that of each of tbe Independent companies This contention results from a misunderstanding of tbe anti-trust law and its purpose. It is not intended thereby to prevent the accumulation of large capital In business enterprises in which such s combination ' can secure reduced cost of production, sals and distribution. It is directly ' against such an aggregation of capital only when its purpose Is that of stifling competition, enhancing or controlling 1 prices and establishing a monopoly. If we shall have by the decree defeated these " purposes and restored competition be* j; tween the large units into which the cap- ' ttal and plant have been divided, we shall have accomplished the useful pur- j1 pose of the statute. Confiscation Not the Purpose of the t Statute. * It Is not the purpose of the statute to J confiscate the property and capital of the . offending trusts. Methods of punishment . by fine or Imprisonment of the individual . offenders, by fine of the corporation, or . by forfeiture of Its goods In transportation. are provided, but the proceeding in equity la a specific remedy to stop the " operation of the trust by injunction snd prevent the future use of the plant and 11 capital in violation of the statute. * I venture to say that not In the history n of American law has a decree more effectlve for such a purpose been entered a by a court than that against the Tobacco trust B Common-Stock Ownership. It has been assumed that the present a pro-rata and common ownership in all o these companies by former stockholders it of the trust would insure a continuance n of the same old single control of all the n companies into which the trust has by 1< decree been disintegrated. This Is er- I' roneous snd is based upon the assumed in- tl efficacy and Innocuousness of judicial in- r Junctions. The companies are enjoined II from co-operation or combination; they c have different managers, directors, pur- Q chasing and sales agents. If all or any 1> of the numerous stockholders, reaching p Into the thousands, attempt to secure concerted action of the companies with a view to the control of the market, their number is so large that such an attempt ai could not wall be concealed and ita prime st movers god ail its participants would be tl it ones subject to contempt proceedings tl uid imprisonment of s summary charac- T :er. The immediate result oft the present to lituation will necessarily be activity by ci til the companies under different man- cl igers and then competition must follow, it >r there will be activity by one company 01 ind stagnation by another. Only a short cc lme will Inevitably lead to a change In d< ownership of the stock, as all oppor- pc unity for continued co-operation must b? llssppear. tl< Movement for Repeal ef the Antl-Truet Uw. ? But now that the anti-trust act is seen * o be effective for the accomplishment of ?' he purpose of its enactment, we are met fr >y a cry from many different quarters Pl or its repeal. It Is said to be obstructive if business progress, to be an attempt to P' estore old-fashioned methods of de- ai itructive competition between small units, ind to make Impossible those useful com- w .ilnatlons of capital and the reduction of re he cost of production that are essential In :o continued prosperity and normal * growth. tl In the recent decisions the Supreme rourt makes clear that there Is nothing lr In the statute which condemns comblna- ni lions of capital or mere bigness of plant l'J organized to secure economy in produc- rl [Ion snd a reduction of its cost. It Is only shen the purpose or necessary effect of < he organisation and maintenance of the combination or the aggregation of Im- ' nense alse are the stifling of competition. ?l ictual and potential, and the enhancing th if prices and establlahing a monopoly, hat the statute ia violated. Mere else s no sin against the law. The merging if two or more bumner plants necessarily J" iMmlnste* competition between the units hus combined, but this elimination Is In - ? -* ?i.. _v fr oniravenuon 01 ure anuuir uuij vrnvn he combination Is made for purpose of Ul ndlng thla particular competition In or- w ler to secure control of. and enframe. * >rlees and create a monopoly. ol Lack of Definitenesa In the Statute. * The complaint Is made of the statute a' hat It Is not sufficiently definite In Its " lescrlptlor of that which Is forbidden, to c< ?nable business men to avoid Its viols::cn. The suggestion Is. that we may cl tare a combination of two corporations, nrhlch may run on for ye n. and that lubssquently the attorney general may -onclude that It was a violation of the . itatute. ar.d that which was supposed by * he combiners to be Inocent then turns iut to be a combination In violation of : he statute. The mswer te this hypo hetlc&I esse Is that when men attempt '"0 o amass stupendous capital as will enable hem to suppress competition, control 1 rices and establish a monopoly they . u! now the purpose of their acts Men do a . nt Ii/.h a r M n ulthnnt l.uvln. ?? I learly In mind. ^ New Remedies Suggested. pi Much In said of the repeal of this stat- to ite and of constructive legislation Intend- > Impossible. "They would make a splendid match, wonder why they have never mar- m led ?** * ba "Oh. In the winter she is Interested ri< n society, and In the summer he la nterested In baseball."?The 8mart th let. m Too Easily Satisfied. He who comes up to bis own idea >f greatness must always have bad a rery low standard of It in bis mind.? . lulltt . I1" : fq F0 M to aecomplieh tbo vnrpow ud blane l clear path (or bonaat mere has ta and buaineae moo to follow. It may ba that i mob a plan w!Q ba erotrcd, but I sub- I mlt that tb? discussions which hare been brought oat In recast days by the (aar of tha continued execution of the antitrust law hara produced nothias bat guttering generalities and hara offered oo line of diatinotion or rule of action aa deftBite and aa clear aa that which the Supreme court Itself lays down la enforcing Lbe etatute. * luppiomontsl Legislation Needed?Ned Repeal or Amendment. I see so objection?and indeed I can aaa lecided advantngee?In tha aoaetment of % law which shpll daocriba and denounce nethoda of compatttlon. which are unfair . uid are badge# of the unlawful purpoea | lenounced In tha anti-truat law. Tha attempt and purpoea to auppraaa a competitor by UDdereelltaff him at a price to unprofitable aa to drive bint out of buetneee, ir the ?wfai?e of axclueive contrecta with :ustomers under which they are required to vivo up association with other manufacturer*. and numeroue kindred methodo for stifling competition and effecting monopoly. should be described with sufficient iccuracy In a criminal statute on the one land to enable the government to shorten Its task by prosecuting single mlsdo* -neanors Instead of an entire conspiracy, end. on the other hand, to serve the pur- t pose of pointing out more In detail to the ^ jusineri community what must be avoided. Federal Incorporation Recommended. < In a special mesaagre to congress on r January 7. Hit. I ventured to point out | Che disturbance to business tbst would probably, attend the dissolution of Cbese offending trusts. I said: ? "But such an Investigation and pos- | itble prosecution of corporations wboss s prosperity or destruction affects ths :omfort not only of stockholdsrs but oi' * nlllions of w-ge esrners. employes, $ tnd associated tradesmen must necaa- . wrlly tend to disturb the confldsnce of : che business community, to dry up the ' low flowing sources of oapltal from Its t places of hoarding, and produce a halt j n our present prosperity that will ?use suffering and strained clrcum- 8 itances among the Innocent many few j :he fault of the guilty few. The ques- f Ion which I wish In this message to >ring clearly to the consideration and 8 llscusslon of congress Is whether, la a >rder to avoid such a possible business Isuger, something cannot be done by chlch these business combinations msy ? >e offered a means without great flnaa- r :lal disturbance, of changing the char- f tcter. organisation nnd extent of their >uslness Into one within the lines of 1 he Isw under federal control and su* t tervlslon. securing compliance with the , intl-trust statute. "Generally, In the Industrial combl- r istlons called Trusts* the principal 1 luslness is the sale or gooos in m*?r i tates and in foreign markets: in other rords. the Interstate and foreign bust* less tar the business done in C ,njr one state. This tact will Justify t he federal government in granting a ederal charter to such a combination o make and sell in Interstate and for- 't ign commerce the products of useful aanufacture under such limitations as t rill secure a compliance with the antlrust law. It is possible so to frame ?> statute that while It offers protec- r ion to a federal company against i, armful, vexatious and unnecessary iraslon by the states. It shall subject 8 t to reasonable taxation and control t y the states with respect to Its pure* r local business. "Corporations organised under this ' ct should be prohibited from acqulr* lg and holding stock in other corpora* s one (except for special reasons, upon . oproval by the proper federal author:y). thus avoiding the creation under v atlonai auspices of the holding com* 4 any with subordinate corporations in liferent state* which has been such an (fectlve agency in the creation of the a rent trusts and monoDoiles. a "If the prohibition of the anti-trust j -t airalnst combinations in restraint f trade Is to be effectively enforced. > !e essential that the national xovem- c tent shall provide for the creation of _ atlonai corporations to carry on a git I mate business throughout the * nlted States. The conflicting laws of t lie different states of the Union with j aspect to foreign corporations makes : dl'-icult. if not Impossible, for one * urporatlon to comply with their re* jirementa so as to carry on business ? 11 a number of different state*." tderal Corporation Commission Pro- ? posed. e t do not set forth in detail the terms i;4 sections of a statute which might ? ;ppo *be constructive legislation permit- 1 ur and ..'-ting the formation of combine- g one of capu"l Into federal corporations. x hey should be ubject to rigid rules as i their organlsativ and procedure, in- * tiding effective pub. *ty, and to the osest supervision as U the Issue of y tick and bonds by an est utive bureau commlsaion in the dep rtment of tmmerce and labor, to ivhlch i times of g >ubt they might well submit heir pro- Q >ied plans for future business. It must . i distinctly understood that In >rporsin under a federal law could . <t ex- il rpt the company thus formed t d Its j; corporators and managers from *?ser.lon under the anti-trust law for tub- e <iuent llegal conduct, but the pub city a Its procedure and the opportunlt. for y, equent consultation as to the legltl sts i "pose of Its transactions would Ter as great security against aucce, ful -osecutlons for violations of the iw i would be practical or wise. Such a bureau or commission might ell be Invested also with the duty al- *ady referred to. of aiding the courta o the dissolution and recreation of trusts ^ l:hln the law. It should be an execuve tribunal of the dignity and power of a m comptroller of the currency or the ti iteratate commerce commission, which p ijv exercise supervisory power over lm3 tant claases of corporations under fad- " rt.l regulation. il The drafting of such a .federal Incorpor- d :l>n law would offer ample opportunity prevent many manifest evils In corporis management today. Including frre- iKnstbillty of control In the hands of t< le few who are not the real owners. Incorporation Voluntary. a, I recommend that the federal charters q ius to be granted shall be voluntary, at ? ant until experience Justifies mandatory Ic ovlsions. The benefit to be derived a on the operation of great businesses a icier the protection of such a charter i . O'ild attract all who are anxious to keep I Ithln the lines of the law. Other large | n mibtnntlons that fail to take advantage ! c< ' the federal Incorporation will not have -lght to complain If their failure Is ' icrlbed to unwillingness to submit lelr transactions to the careful scrutiny, pi impetent supervision and publicity atnlant upon the enjoyment of such a larter. Supplemental Legislation Needed. B Tiio opportunity thus suggested for fedai Incorporation. It aeems to ma, la suit- 'S' >l< constructive legislation needed to fa- fc Mate the squaring of great industrial itirprteea to the rule of action laid down ' the anti-trust law. This statute aa fc ni it rued by the Supreme court must rJ mlnue to be the line of distinction for rl Imate business. It must be enforced. p iless we are to banish Individualism from hi I business and reduce It to one common th stem of regulation o: control of prices ^ ce that which now prevails with respect public utilities, and which wher. ap!e<l to all business would b long step Q( wnrd state socialism. rn WM. K. TAFT. ' bt At the Footbail Game. ,r "Of course, we hate to use our star er sometimes," explained the foot- tc ill enthusiast, "but we're always wor- , ^ ed for fear we'll lose one of them.'* m "I know Just how It Is," responded r< e youDg bride. "I feel that way about c< jr best teacvps." w _ Beware of Idiereas. la All the bad things we do are the fl ault' of htTinc nothing good to do. ileness Is the devil't trap. Keep p IS}'. ^ ^ ^ RT 1 RT MILL, S. C., THUR AFTER DODGERS OF INCOME TAX LAW COMPTROLLER GENERAL JONES STARTS CAMPAIGN TO HAVE LAW ENFORCED. NOTICE TO COUNTY AUDITORS ta to Procedure In Assessing All Citizeno Liable For Income Tax and Not Making Returns and Backed By Governor Bease. Columbia.?Determined to enforce he provisions of the income tax law rlgorously, and also to have the couny auditors carry out his instructions, Comptroller General Jones has *r*?"*red and sent out a circular of Inuructions to every county in the state egarding this matter. Gen. Jones ins been gathering data and informaion in regard to the income tax situition in all sections of the state, and las opened a campaign to have the inditors of each couhty have every terson liable for income tax assessed, t a person thought to be liable for he income tax fails to make a return, he auditor must assess on account of aid income tax such amount as ap>ears such taxpayer is liable for, torn the best obtainable information, ind a penalty of 50 per cent, is to be tdded. A person thought to be liable for noome tax, and failing to make the eturn, is to be served with a notice o appear before the auditor for examnation, the notice to be served by he sheriff. In addition to the tax>ayer, the auditor can summon and squire any other person having knowledge of bis affairs to appear and estlfy, and forms for these sumnonses have been printed and sent iut. Form No. 1 is for service on the axpayer and Form No. 2 for service UnATulo/iora f\t >u any pvrsuu uaviu^ nuu^ i^upv v? he taxpayer's affairs. Governor Bleaae will back up Comproller General Jones in his efforts to tare all persons liable for income tax eturns assessed and any auditor fating or refusing to carry out the infractions stands a chance of being reaovtd by the governor. Tick Eradication in South Carolina. In a letter to Commissioner Waton, who had requested the informaion, Dr. Hay M. Powers, the state eterlnarian, gives some interesting lata as to the progress of tick eradiation work in South Carolina, and nnounces the release of considerable tddiUonal territory this month. Dr. ?owurs writes: "Tick eradication tas been in progress in the following ounties in South Carolina since 1907 .nd 1908: Oconee, Greenville, Pickens, Indorson, Greenwood, Abbeville, Cheser, Union, Cherokee, Spartanburg, ..aureus and York. The counties of )conee, Pickens, Greenville and An lerson were released from Federal luamntine about two yeais ago, and re expect the release of all othor ounties above mentioned (with the ixception of that part of Abbeville ounity south of the Southern Railway, hat portion of Chester east of the louthern Railway and that portion of rork county south of the Southern tallway,) during December, 1912." Vill Complete The Details. W. H. 8tayton, representing the roup of New York bankers who have ffered a loan of $50,000,000 to finance be cotton crop of the South, arrived i Columbia for a conference with !. J. Watson, president of the Southrn Cotton Congress. Mr. Watson nd Mr. Stayton went to Augusta, 'here a conference will be held with !. S. Barrett. Commandant of Soliedrt' Home. At it meeting of the directors of the ild 9oldiers' Home in the Governor's fflee. Mr. J. Pat Caldwell of Laurens, 'as elected Commandant of the home nd will arrive here in a few days to ike up his new duties. He is a rominent farmer of Laurens county, armerly served on the board of regitration and was at one time a candiate lor sheriff. caai ouie in wvrn rrvauwiiun, ?r of tho production of corn on an r o the production of corn on an ere by the members of tbe Boys' Com lubs of the state. Again Jeirv Moore i the banner bearer of the county nd the state, and Florence has the ddltional honor of having the second est as well as the best yield. Miller [udson of Sardia. a fine agricultural [immunity, near Timtnonsvllle, is the econd in the list. The figures for jeir yield iB not given out yet, as all sports are not made up, but there sems to be no doubt of these facta. ids For Combination Dredges. Bids were openod in the United tates engineers' office at Charleston I ir two steel hulls and boilers for . >mbination dredges and snag boats ' ir use in the Pee-Dee and Wateree ] vers. Tte bids on the boilers ap- < ?ar reasonable, but those for the 1 alls are considered too high, with 1 ie exception of the estimate made 1 f the Charleston Navy Yard. How- . er, the Navy Yard proposition can- ' )t be treated as a bid in its present i irra. It is eimply an estimate to I tild two steel hulls for the boats. i lorease in Imports and Exports. I Tho statements made up at the cus>ra house Bhow an increase in both ie imports and exports for the past onth and the current year, with the ; >allv heavv importing season vet to i' jme. The exports for the past mouth i ere of the value of $2,104,333 against i 1,357,229 for the same month of ' ist year, a total of five months of the < seal year being $6,178,895, against 5.3 5,657 for the same time of the i revlous year. In the matter of tho i npons the value of the carrces for ve months sfcow fl,749,654. or % y.% \Wt'iJ w MILl SDAY, DECEMBER 7, 191: WANT IRRIGATION CONGRESS Effort Will Be Made to Bring the Big Convention to Charieeton?To Change Body'e Name. Charleston.?Charleston wants the next session of the National Irrigation Congress to be held within her walls. And, what is more, Charleston will assist in the movement which will have for its aim the changing of the title of the National Irrigation Congress to that of the National Reclamation Congress, which, It is believed by a majority of those interested in the development of waste soil. Is the better name of the two. Commissioner E. J, Watson, of Columbia, and the Charleston Chamber of Commerce are the prime factors in this double move ment at the present time, it is uw proposed to interest the agricultural societies in Charleston and elsewhere in the Southeast, together with the commercial bodies. The first step along this line will be taken when Secretary McKeand, ot the Chamber of Commerce, and representatives of the several agricultural societies in the surrounding country will hold a meeting for the purpose of diccussing the advisability of sending a strong delegation from this section of the country to Chicago, 111., where the annual convention of the so-called National Irrigation Congress will be held. There is a bare possibility that Commissioner Watson of Columbia will be in the city in order to attend the conference. Secretary McKeand was in communication with Mr. Watson several times over the long distance telephone. It is understood that the South Carolina agricultural commissioner is enthusiastic over the plan to bring the next convention of the Congress to Charleston. The convention would mean big things not only for Charleston, but for the whole of South Carolina and the Southeast. . It is now planned to hold the Con vention in this city, oeginning on January 1, 1913, at the time when the National Corn show will be on in Columbia. The double erent in South Carolina would attract hundreds and thousands of Influential met to this state. Stats Board of Health Meets. The state board of health was In session going over its report and considering the reports of the various departments. The board visited the state penitentiary in a body, inspected the conditions there and looked Into the hosiery' mill situation. This is one of the matters considered and something in regard to the hosiery mill will be included in the report. Another matter under consideration was whether or not the Great Branch fishery pond, at Orangeburg, was a nuisance or not. Many other matters of a general nature relative to the work of the state board were discussed. All of the members of the board were present with the exception of Dr. Burdeli, of Lugoff. Dr. Rob ert Wilson, of Charleston, the chairman of the board, presided over th? meeting. Primary Electiorts In Cheraw. Che raw voters, in mass meeting, took a step "for better or worse," Just as it will be carried ont in the future. It was unanimously resolved to do away with the ancient custom of nominating a municipal ticket at town meetings, and to adopt the modern plan of noiaing primary eiecuuns. There has been a great deal of dissatisfaction with the old plan in recent years, and it is hoped that the new plan will bring out men who hare heretofore declined office and that r thorough discussion of live Issues on strong platforms by such candidates and their friends will create a new interest in town politics and policies, i and greatly promote the town's wel- j fare in every way. Millionaire in Personal Encounter. Capt. Isaace E. Emerson, the Baltimore millionaire, engaged in a per- j sonai encounter wnn a. tv. nuiei hi Georgetwon and after friend* separated them it was discovered that Baker had a pistol. Only a few word* were passed, however, and no serious damwje was done, although Captain Emerson bears an ugly scratch on his face as a result of the affray. Chief of Police Shoots Negro. Chief of Police J. E. Holcombe, of Greenville, was 'attacked by an alleg- J ed negro thief whom he was attempting to arrest, and was seriously cut in the face. The negro turned and fled as the chief reached for his revolver, which occupied a hostler underneath the officer's overcoat. By the time the chief bad gotten out his revolver the negro was several yards away, but despite that the ofloer fired twise at hit assailant and both bullets went true, one piercing the negro* arm and the other hia heel. A Worthy Citizen Was Shot Mr. Tom Post, a worthy citisen oi St. Jcmes, Santee, was shot near Awendaw. It seema he rent in the woods to look up some of his hogs. Failing to return home his family became uneasy and went in search of him. His body was found in the woods. He had been shot in the breast and must have died instantly. A hog that had also been shot, and whose throat had been cut from ear to ear, lay not many feet away. This [act gave the murderer or naurdererr ttway. Republic of Panama is Included. An order i;as been issued by the i-ostmaster General stating that th< postal laws have been amended to af to include the Republic of Panama in the list of countries to which let tes may be sent for 2 cents the otwce. TL-- list now'includes Canal Zone Guam, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Por to Rico, Tutdila; city of Shanghai China; Canadh, Cuba; Mexico, New fouodiand. Republic of Panama, Grea Britain and Ireland and fcr German: when eent by tea direct. ; - . " '. ik v i*' fc * I fiffi g T] L. IE CHANGED DATE fi+ y:. BRONZE HAS BEEN DELAYED IN SHIPMENT THE CAUSE OF POSTPONEMENT. HAVE NOT SET EXACT DATE Hie Monument Will Be Unveiled a Few Days Later Than Originally Planned?The Committee Will Hold Meeting ae Soon ae Possible. ? Columbia.?The unveiling of the monument to the 8outh Carolina women of the Confederacy, set for December 14, will have to be postponed for a few daye, on the account of a delay In shipping the brome group, which will cap the pedestal, from EuTKa aam mill alnn Sn ohflSffA of i uyc. i uu vvmuwaoiuu ?u v. erecting the monument will hold a meeting as soon as possible and set a later date (or the unveiling exercises. F. Wellington Ruckstubl, of New York, the sculptor who designed and executed the monument to the wo> men of the Confederacy, wired Capt. William E. Gonsales, secretary and treasurer of the monument commission, that the bronzes had been delayed. His message, received a few days ago, follows: "Capt. William E. Gonzales, Columbia. 8. C. "Receive cablegram stating bronze group shipped on steamer I upland, arriving December 11, too late for unveiling on December 14. Barring accident, can set up group by December II. No explanation of delay. (8igaed) "F. W. Rucksiuhl." The monument commission has Is its members Gen. C. Irvine Walker of Charleston, Col. T. J. Moore of Moore, Col. C. A. Reld of Anderson, Maj. John G. Richards, Jr., of Liberty Hill, and Capt. William E. Gonzales of Columbia. The committee will meet at an early day to set the new date for the unveiling. The railroads will be asked to grant special round trip rates to Columbia for the unveiling exercises. Program Has Been Announced. Columbia.?-The official program for tha nnnnln/ Hiv of thp BAmnd South Atlantic States Corn Exposition, to be held here December 11 to 15, has been announced by A. D. Hudson, the president of the show, who Is making the final arrangements for the greatest agricultural exposition to be held In the South during the year. The doors to the exposition, which Is to be iteki in Craven hall, will be thrown open on Tuesday morning, December 11, at 11 o'clock, when an address of welcome will be delivered by W. H. Gibbes, mayor of Columbia. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Lowndes Browning of Union, chairman of the way6 and means committee of the house of representatives, will deliver an address. Following the address of Mr. Browning, Miss Tillman of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College will deliver an address on "Seed Impurities. The address at night will be delivered by Gov. Blease. Advertisement For Bids Given Out. Orangeburg.?Postmaster Webseter la in receipt of a letter from Congressman Lever stating that the su pervising architect of the postofflce department at Washington has informed him that the advertisements for bids for the erection of the public building for Orangeburg would be given out at once. ''The letter atated that it will probably take AO days to complete arrangements with the contractors, but it is safe to say that the work of construction will start some time in February. Two Homicides In Laurens. Luarcns.?Two homicides, both of negroes iu the country were reported to the sheriff and the county curonec. On Dr. W. H. Dial's plantation, six miles west of the city. Davenport shot Lewis ulTisoii at a hot supper at the former's home, the shooting taking place about 10 o'clock. Ellison died of the wound six hours later. Jess Stoddard died near Owings station, in the upper part of the county, from a gunshot wound whicb was indicted by Bedie Owinga. Stay of Remittitur Revoked. Columbia?"After due consideration Mr A r\ io/tni'At- n /\ or t*/\ n f r\ w n i*n V\ na ? I uu 51 vuuu iui a irurar iug. It is. therefore, ordered that 1 stay of remittitur heretofore granted be revoked and the petition herein be dismissed. Ira B. Jones, C. J.; Eugene B. Oary, \. J.; C. A. Woods, A. J.; D. E. Hydrick, A. J." Such was the order filed in the Supreme Court in the caae of John V. Garlington and James Stobo Young, under sentence of three years and one year, respectively, for breach of trust in connection with the Seminole case. Have Put On Porce to Build Trestle. Cheraw.?After making a desperate fight for a grade crossing over the 8eaboard Air Line at Front street, going from the lowest to the highest court in the state, the Atlantic Coast Line put on a force to build a trestle at that point for the spur track for which the merchants and the town council have asked. It is rumored that they will also run a line around the north of town and connect with the tracks at the four-mile branch. If this is done it will do away with the )ld Y and will save time. About Santa Claus Letters. Charleston.?In an order Issued some time ago Postmaster General Hitchcock directed that, contrary to a previous order, mall addressed to Santa Claus might bo delivered by the postmaster to charitable associations or individuals in tho torn mho might wish to distribute gifs air.cng the poor children. Ak ofuer received by the local office calls to the attention ot postmasters the fact that the order regarding Saata Claus letters is to be construed to a,>niy cciy to letters tn v'.irh postage !s pre ]>?!: . MES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE Solumn of Short Paragraphs That Have Been Carefully Collected by the Editor For the People. Charleston.?Officers who have been detailed for duty at the Charleston Navy Yard during the past few days are complaining bitterly over their unsuccessful efforts to secure in the city accommodations for themselves and their families. The lack of suitable quarters has driven many of the officers to their wit*' ends. Chester.?One accident is reported among the large nttmberB of hunters that went forth some days ago. Young Lawrence Ferguson was shot In the head and neck by a negro boy, who was shooting at patridges and did not see the white boy. Young Ferguson's wounds are serious, but not necessarily fatal. \ Spartanburg. ? Richard Abernathy was found not guilty of murdering William A. Abbott, at Smutsville, Spartanburg county, in September, 1*79. The trial of this case occupied an entire day in the criminal court Judge Gary completed his charge and about S'Z bours later toe veroict was rendered. Columbia.?The promoters of tha proposed trolley line from Greenville to Augusta, via Greenwood, have asked the secretary of state to amend the charter and a hearing on the matter will be held In a day or two. Should the road be constructed It will be about 125 miles long and pass through a very prosperous section of the state. Columbia?The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Caro -Una Land and Promoting Company of Columbia with a capital stock of 120,000. The company will do a general real estate and Investment business. The officers of the new company are Howard Caldwell and W. H. Ingram, both of Columbia. Rock Hill.?The Southern's train, No. 32, at Steele's Crossing, south of the city, struck a buggy driven by t farmer named Sims, instantly killing him and his animal. The track la straight and open for half a mile or more on each side. The street talk was that Sims had been drinking and that someone had put him in his buggy and started him homeward. Ht leaves a widow. Columbia.?A. J. Betbea, the code commissioner, is preparing his report and corrections of the Act3 !br submission to the Legislature. The Acts nf 1011 Brill h. ?mluulU In tie I a ntnnb Ul ItFXi n III UV C1U WMICU lit VUiO n Ui and the whole Code will be printed la 1912. It is expected that the Code will be made up in three volumes, the present Code being embraced in only two volumes, but the additions of subsequent Acts would make these too bulky. Walterboro.?The caae of J. B. Pinckney vs. Atlantic Coast Line and Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad companies resulted in a verdict of $13,000 for the plaintiff. This case, as alleged in the plaintiffs complaint, is an action for personal Injnriea received in 1907 at Yeroassee by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant in backing thelt train of cars over him while he was engaged in his work as car inspector underneath the car. Bennettsvillc.?The Price-Campbell cotton picker made a demonstration here. On account of recent heavy rains ttye ground was too soft for the machine to get over the ground without bogging, but the machine was operated for . a short time and it is estimated that fully 90 per cent of the cotton was well picked. The machine was on exhibtlon here two j t-ttj a uKu, miu wiiiie u uiu wonaermi work then, it has been made more perfect. Other exhibtions will be given during the next few days. Charleston.?Had cotton brought the same price this year as last year, the export receipts from the fiscal period from July 1 to November SO would have been $4,000,000 in advance of the export cotton receipts for the same period in 1910. With cotton at less than 10 cents per pound against IS cents last year, the exports receipts from July 1 to November 30 amount to $6,178,895 in valuation, against a valuation last year for the same period of $5,365,656. Charleston.?The decision of the postmaster general to defer the award of the contract tor the transportation of the mails through the Panama canal will give the Baker proposed lines a longer time for organization, and atlow for Charleston being made a port of call for Atlantic and Pacific liners. Moncks Corner.?James Caddy and Arthur Gather were held In the sum of $500 each for appearance before the court of general sessions next March, charged with having shot Conductor Inablnett on his freight train as it was approaching Monck's Corner a few days afo. Springfield.?An old and highly respected citizen of the Wegener section was here and reported a "swindle" of which aa/exposure may plrhaps save some one else from a like experience. Columbia.?The sentence of Will Young, who was convicted in Newberry county on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and given 9 months on the county chain* gang has been commuted by the governor to nine months or to pay a line of $125, Since assuming office on January 17 the governor has extended clemency in 275 cases. Moncks Corner?W. H. Metehum and his son, and Geo. Johnson, a negro, charged with criminally assaulting a white woman at Cainhoy, were lodged in jail here, having beee sent here by Magistrate P. R. Donnelly. Lancaster.?In a personal encounter on Main street. Lewis Blackman, a elerk in Bennett's store, shot Manly Gregory, a farmev, the shot taking effect in Gregory a thigh. The trouble occurred from a difflcutly of long standing. Gregory was taken 'to a nearby drug store where he received medical attention. His wcund ia not ae.icus. J-x&dlk 'V. , ly^ 'ynlwmf ia ; 'a f* v '? ' % * - * * j r *.* $1.25 PER YEAR PAREBES HAS MADE A SERIOUS CHARGE THE STATE DEPARTMENT IE ACCUCED OF ENCOURAGING A REVOLUTION. HONDURAN LOAN FORCED ONE Psrcedes the Former Minleter Says That the Ultimatum Waa Protectorate and Morgan Loan or Revolution ?What the Subjugation Will Mean. New Orleans.?In a two-hundredpage book published here, Juan E. Parades, former special minleter of finance of Honduras, declared the State Department at Washington encouraged the Bonilla revolution la Honduras last winter in an attempt to force the Honduras government to sign the Morgan loan agreement Parades asserts the Washington State Department virtually submitted to President Davilla of Hdnduras this ultimatum: "The protectorate and the Morgan loan, or the revolution." ' President Davalla. F\redes declared In his book, was forced to agree to the loan proposition and ordered the agreement signed. "Prom what happened afterward*" Parades asserts, "it may be Inferred that Davlla had entered into an understanding with the State Department that the revolution would be stopped provided be put through the treaty and-the loan. "The seizure of the vessel Home, and the indictment of the revolution lata (at New Orleans) la aignincant is tbla connection." However, according to Paredea, the Honduraa Cengreaa almost unanimously rejected the loan agreemeat and the revolution was "permitted ts continue." Parades says further that despite the Honduran Congress' rejection of the agreement, it was submitted te the United States Senate. Correspondence that passed among the governments of Great Britain, Honduras and the United States ts published In Parades' book and In this connection he asks: "If the intention of President Taft to subjugate Honduras and turn the country over to the dominance of Wall Street financiers? Will 'dollar dtplomacy' go this far? "The subjugation of the group of little Central American republics will mean the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine and the destruction of the Pan-American Union, a reproach ts the United States." Imposed Fine of Fifteen Thousand. New York.?Benjamin J. Duveen. son of the late Sir Joseph Duveen and junior member of the Fifth Avenue art firm, several of whose members have been fined for undervaluation frauds, withdrew a plea of not guilty and on entering a plea of guilty was fined 918.000 by Judge Holt in the United States circuit court. Judge Holt Imposed the fine after a scathing arraignment of the art dealer by Assistant United States Attorney Get* era! William H. Wernpel. John D. Resigns As Trust Hsad. New York.?John D. Rockefeller resigned as president and director of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. John D. Archibald was elected president in Mr. Rockefeller's place. A majority of officers and directors who for years hare been associated with Mr. Rockefeller in the control of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, also handed in their resignations. Ask $225,000 For Tariff Board. Washington.?In the department estimates submitted to congress $22$, 900 is asked for the maintenance of the tariff board for the coming fiscal year. Democrats of the house who fought the creation of the board and have announced their Intention to carry on tariff revision independently of Its recommendation, are reported ta be planning an attack upon this appropriation. Charged With Murder of Five. Houston, Texas.?Charted with the murder of five persona, A. II. Sheffield was brought before the criminal district court for trial. Ous Scbults, his wife Alice, their two infant children and Walter E. Eichmau, who lived at the Schultx home, were killed about March 10, 1910. The bodied * were found several days later piled b* tween two beds in a narrow room, the walls of which were bloodstained. A window weight is said to have beea used as the weapon with which the crime was committed. Troops Are Massed at Manila. Manila.?The United 8tmte? transport Thomas arrived here and hurriedly disembarked details of various corps. The 15th Infantry was kept ea board awaiting orders from army headquarters at Washington to go to China. None, however, has jet bee* received. Volunteers from other regiments to reinforce the 15th infantry and details of auxiliary troops are held in readiness for immediate embarkation on board the Thomas ! case they are required. Huntsviile Penitentiary on Fire. Houston, Texas.?A dispatch from Huntsviile, Texas, says that the state penitentiary building there caught Are and that the flames spread with such rapidity that the business section of the town was threatened. Preparations were made to dynamite the prison walls and buildings. Two hundred prisoners occupied cells, the remainder being at work on the state Cam. No loss of life has been' reported. Huntsviile .has about two thousand population.