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Cfi.\HLK8 \V. Ill HCIIMOKK, 1'KOl* KIKTOK. "Tut HAND (.it I'll K l?il. h V02L.7 s WANT BIG ARMY Siyi This Country is at the Mercy ot Any Fort igo Enemy Says REPORT TO CONGRESS Oenertl Wood Confirms Rtartliny Detallfr? He, in ttu Examination Before House Committee, Point> Out Nation's Weakne?.s ? liaison Proposes National Defense Council. A sensational report from the wai department Bhowln* that the country Li inadequately protected against Invasion from foreign governments was sent to the houBe Wednesday a? a secret document and, after a nura her of conferences and hurried tele phone moasagoa, wae returned to the war department on the ground that the houBe could not receive a Becrei report. Members who saw the document before Its withdrawal nay It is a re port of J. M. Dickinson. secretary of war; that It points out that the conn try 1b wholly unprepared; that there Is a woeful Inadequacy of men. of guns and of ammunition; that the army should bo reorganized and tha ?? council of national dofense, with the secretary of war at Its head, should be created by congreeB. The report of Gen. Wood, which was inarked "confidential," dealt with 'hose matters and gave ofllclal ad- I i'liBsion to matters that are of more ?or less common Knowledge amoojt army and navy exports In this coun try and abroad. In fact, the real ?"Uniflrance of the document is that It makeB official admissions of thest conditions. Gen. Wood, In hlB testimony be fore the house military committee furnished Bonie of the most interesting Information ever Riven before that body. Ho discussed the whole subject of ' national defense, told where the points lay, and luld particular emphaslB on the pos sibility of attack from the Orient He did not give vent to any alarmist views as to danger of any lmmedlat' Invasions, but talked confidentially of the need of changes as prudent and valuable, to guard agaiuat trou ble from Japan or China. Representative MacLachlan, the Author of the resolution which brought the official exposition of th( weakness of the milltry defense, said today: VA~Xor?ticn country : coujd land 500,000 troopB on the Pacific coast In SO days, and the only Intimation of trouble would be the blowtug up of the mountain passes, thus pre ?. anting any communication with the Mast. In the three States west of the Rocky mountains ? California *.?re?on and Washington ? we have ?.000 regular troops and 6,000 State militiamen. The best military au thorities say that It would take years to dlBlodge foreign troops If they ever got a foothold under these con ditions, and that It would cost the I'nlted States a billion of dollars." The bill Introduced today by Rep resentative Hobson provides for a national council for defense and Is the result of his conference with President Taft, Secretary Dickinson t>nd other officials. The war department's precaution to protect the report led to H Borl i?!is mix-up in the houso. The re l-ort was marked "confidential," but that precaution was Indicated only ?>u a part of the document. In the routine handling of the report It wav massed along with other executive documents to tho clork's^-oW^e > here such matters are openvto puo I'c Inspection, but almost Instantly Its confidential fiature was discov ered and It was withdrawn to the privacy of the speaker's office. After looking Into the precedents the speaker concluded that there wa? t'O warrant for tho reception of the import as a confidential communlca t on. There ho returned It to Secre tary Dickinson with a polite letter i illlng attention to the rules of the house, which require all originally executed communications to be printed. The Bocretsry received this lette very late In the day an-1 consequent Iv withheld his answer until tomor row. It Ib probnble that he wit withhold f?>m the house the r?i yen llces to the original report which, after all, contained the onl really confidential matter and resnl> nilt the document, omitting the In lunctlonal confidence. THIRTY ONE INJIRKI). 1 hroo ('nrs of Passenger Train Fnl' from River Bridge. At Davis, Okla., Wednesday one man was killed and 3 1 were serious ly Injured when three cars of a ; uiith-bound Atchison, Topeka A ;<snta Ke passenger train were thrown from a bridge Into the Wash ita river, five miles from Davis We1 nesday afternoon, Floyd Ooan, of Ttavls, an Indlpn, was killed. Practically every one on the train was hurt, though many are Bllghtly wounded only. The smoking car, the baggage car and the chair car plunged from the track forty feet Into the river, land ing bottom side up. The Pullmans and other passenger cars remained on the track. Two of the Injured are expected to die. The wreck was caused by a broken rnll. ? lii|g?r Job. Tha traaaury rtnpurtmant TuaKdfty m-polnt^rt Otlea 1j. Wilton, a national hunk atamtnar aMlgnad fo Bouth Carolina and north Oaorgla. Mr. Wilson praaantod hU r??1#n&tlon m Rtatn hunk axamtner of Bouth Caro lina ott Monday. ? PUTS BULLET IN HEAD WHEN HE IS CORNERED in POSSK OF FARMERS. A Daring Rank Robber Take* Hi* Own Life When K?cap? is Iwpoa B slble. Karl Ward, 3 0 years of age, who this morula* robbed the State Bank, of Paradise, Kan., securing $2,500 killed himself when surrounded by a posse of farmers, fourteen miles north of that place, late today. -Ward'B suicide was a climax to one of the most sensational robberies committed In Kansas In recent years. Ho made a hard ride for liberty but a posse of farmers surrounded him at sundown. Tlvn he turned ihe ?ud he had bought earlier In the day upon himself and sent a bullet through hlB brain. On the body the posse found the $2,500 stolen from the bank. Ward, who Uvea twelve mles northeast, went to F'aradiBe last night. He at tracted only casual notice. morning he went to a hardware store and bought a revolver, ammunition *nd a coll of rope. He then entered "he bank, where he covered Cashier Bert O'Brien and four other men with the weapon. After the safe had been opened by the cashier at Ward's direction, the Ave men were marched Into a back room and forced to lie on the floor. The lone bandit then tied and gagged them with gunny Backing. I After taking the $2,500 from the vault Ward walked to a hardware store, purchasing a rifle and a largi' nurobor of cartridges, and mounting 'lis home rode rapidly away. In a ihort tlnje the men In the bank were llgcovere l" and * released. A posse lulckly formed and started In pur suit. IUI>L\G BLIND BAGGAGE. Voting Man Run 0\er by Train and Dies From Injury. W. W. Fralley, a young man about !2 yearu of ai;e. whoae home la at Winston-Salem, N. C., died In the nflrmary at Florence TueBday aa the eBult of being, run over by a train il Pee Dee Junction Monday night. The young man with a companion ?lamed J. P. Pifer were riding "blind >aggage," between tlie tender an 1 Irst express car, and Fralley fell 'oon after the train left Pee Dee and was badly crushed, but lived to be wrought to the infirmary, where he lied durlai the nitjht, Iuquoat an* held TueBday morning, at which Pi fer was present and told of the acci dent, and gave directions for finding he family of the young man. The >ody wbb sent home for burial. Af ter the young man fell from the train 'lis body lay beside the track some Mttle while until a chance passerby 'ound It and reported to the agent, who Bent him to the Infirmary. DR. KNAPP \VIjt,L PI.KASEI). Ii?tter Received by Commissioner WatHon on Corn Display. Seaman A. Knapp, Bpeclal agent in charge of the fArm development work for the United States depart ment of agriculture. has written Commissioner WatBon a letter on 'he recent corn exposition hold In Columbia. I)r. Knnpp is well known throughout the South and especially n this Stato and therefore his let ?er, given l>elow, will be of Interest: "Dear Mr. WatBon: Your ver> Interesting letter of the 9th, glvlnp 'nformitlon about the corn exposl Ion, In at hand. "I have noted with great pleasure the wonderful progress being made 'n South Carolina and we are dolnp ill that we can to contribute to It With the present IntereBt, If matters >ro properly handled, I think there ?vill be no difficulty In bringing South Carolina to the front In all mrlcultural matters." GIVEN FOR GOOD CAUSE. Carnegie Donates Ten Million to Pro mote Pwico. At Washington, surrounded It wenty-seven trustees of his chnos ?>g, comprising former Cabinet mem >ers, ex-ambisaadors. college prrsl 'ents, lawyers and e Hicators, An ?rew Carne?le Wednesday tranp 'erred $10,000,000 in 6 per c?n mortgage bonds, valued st $ll,f>00. '00. to be devoted primarily to tli "stabllshment of universal pence b he abolition of wnr between nation* ind such friction as may linpai* the proprress and happiness o' ?tian." When wars between nation* <hall have ceased the fund Is to b? applied to such altruistic purposes 'will best help man In his glorious ascent onward and upward" by the banishment of the "most degrading evil or evils" then harrasslng man kind. Claim* th? Rent, Robert C. White, Democratic nom Inee for Congress from Delaware at the recent election, has served notice of contest on his Republican compet itor, Representative William H Meald. White allegel that about ft.OOA n*frroes were Induced fn vnio for Ifeald by money offers and that r.bout 8,000 white voters w?>re bought to vote for Henld. whi other -vtjio waiiM h?*? tr\ r WliHe Kill* Da*i?ht?er's Escort.. Policeman Lubbock Wednesday e^ot sr<rt nrobably fatally **o"n^ed James Fife, t brother offioer, at Houston, Texse. Fift was with Lub bock V daughter on the street when the latter m?t them and opened fire. Mls? Lubbock ran her father and endeavored to keep him from ahoot Jn#. ? MAY LOSE ONE A Rearrangement of Cprgressional Dis tricts Will be Hide. NEW CENSUS FIGURES If Con|<r<*H8 I ncrvime* the Rattis of Representation, A* 1? Very Ukely, Clittngt?H of Districts In Thin State Will Cut Off One of Our Con^rehH men. While the General Assembly at Its 1911 session will, In accordance with the State Constitution, reap portion the membership of the Houae of Representatives, along the lines recently set forth on the baals of tne 1910 census, It depends upon wheth er Congress at tho present suasion passes a reapportionment bill as to wben the rearrangement of the Con gressional districts will bo made. Hut the State will necessarily be re districted before the election of 19 12 ?either at the 1911 or tho 1912 aea s'.on, and preferably at the 1911 ses sion, If the basis of representation In the national House Is then known. The following Interestin? d'.BCussl^n of the above subject by the Colum bia correspondent of The News and Courier will be read with Interest: "/he present basis Is one repre sentative to every 1 94,000 Inhabi tants In round numbers, and on this basis South Carolina has seven rep resentatives for a population of 1 , 34C.S1R In 1900. The Slate will possibly lose a congressman, since the basis of representation la certain to je Increased, It Is said In WaBh ing'.on, and If the basis Is increased to more than 21 6,000 South Carolina will be entitled to not more than six representatives. This would neces sitate an entirely new distribution of the counties in congressional dis tricts. There are only three of the present Beven districts which now have more than 21 6,000 Inhabitants, the three being the 4th, 6th and 7th llstrlcts. These three, it happens, ?ilso have more than 220.000 each, ind this figure, 220.000, Is more likely to be adopted as the basis of representation. In that case South Carolina will have only ?!* represen tatives In congress and the State will be entirely redlstrlcted, as stated above. Population. The arrangement of the districts a'? -,/?C3orit, with lire population of eich county, according to the new census, the total population of the Matrlctn In 1910 and In 1900, and the Increases, are as follows: First District ? Five Counties Dorchester 17,SiM Berkeley 23.487 Charleston 8 8,51)1 Clarendon 22,108 Colleton 3 5.390 Total. 1910 197,470 Total, 1900 1 96,390 Increase . . . 1,080 Second District ? Seven Counties. \lken 4 1,849 Bamberg 18.5 4 4 Barnwell 32,200 Beaufort 30.335 Kd?efleld 28,281 Hampton 25. 1 2 6 Saluda 20,943 Totil. 1 91 0 1 97.307 Total, 1 900 1 90.662 Increase 6,615 Third District ? Six Counties. \ bhevllle 34.804 \nderson 4 9.5 68 Greenwood 34.22S N'ewherry 34,586 Oconee 27.337 Pickens 25,4 22 Total. 1910 20 5.942 Total. 1 900 190.662 Increase 15.2S0 Fourth District ? Four Counties. Greenville 68,377 '-aurens 4 1,550 ^nartanhurg 83.465 Hnlon 39.911 TotM. 19.0 233.303 Total. 190 0 18 1.933 Increase 51,370 I Fifth District ? Seven Ontint >***?. ^?i?rokee 2 6.179 theater 29.425 pVieo.'pi neld 2 6.301 ?*" al rOe'.d 29.44 ? '<e.*shaw 27,894 ' a ucast er 2 6.650 Vork 4 7,718 To'n). 1010 Total, 190ft InrrpT?Pf? 23 I SlMh f?lnt riot ? Right fV>nntlr?<. ?^arllnjrton 3fi,ft27 F"1orr-nr? 3r,.fi7l flrorcftown 22 27 1 if^rrv 2 ft. 0 OS Mar'nti 2ft r, Of, MnrlMoro 3 1 1 K9 W'lllnmRhnrK 37.C>?fi Dillon 22.fi 1 f> Tr>tn 1 . 1 01 ft 23 2.0f?ft Totnl. 1!)ft0 2ft! r, 77 Tnorffl*^ 3 I . 4 1 3 ^cvMilli OWrlct ? Hovrn Cntinllri T.ffl 2 T? . 3 1 P T.rxlnpton 3 2.01ft I Ornn*f>bnr(c R 5 00'> 0<irv>?*r- ?> Q < 7? i RlcVlnnrl RR.143 Calhoun Ifl.fi'M Tn(d|, IMfl 223 Rftft Totnl, 1 ftOO 1 R3.7S3 Tncrr>A?* af*.R47 (IaIim. > Tf vrilt hft ^ ? #h(|t |n fhft lxxU> l*ln? th? dlatrlota rank u fol NO FOOD FOR A WEEK TH HILLING STOHY OF A Sill YIVOK OF SEA TKACKDV. After Starving ? Week, He Sets Out For the Shore Pursued I ? y .Many Sharks. After drifting for six days without food on a derelict, Theodore Ander son, a Swede, swam to shore on tl:e west coast of Australia. He told a thrilling story of the disaster that had brought death 'o every other member of the crow. News of the tragedy was brought hero by the steamer Moana from Brisbane. The derelict was a pearling lugger of 200 tons, the Hugh Norman. Sl:o I wa; sailing down tho coast fruiu . Rroome to Freemanlle, whi n she I struck a reef. J The dingey was launched and ail members of tho crew except Ander ' son and tho captain boar led her. ,The little boat drifted away and w i.- j j swamped. All her o v.: punts we;.' 1 drowned. I I The captain or.lered Anderson to [jump In after the dingev, but seeing] j three sharks cruising in the vicinity he refused. l.atrr the higher drifted oT the ! reef and tlie captain leaped over- j board and tried to swim ashore, but was attacked and devoured by , sharks. Next day An 'erson decided to risk | all In an effort to reach land. It took him ono hour to swim ashore | and he was pursued by sharks but i ascaped them. j Many Are Drowned. The German st earner T'alorno Is a total wreck off Cape Cornr>odo, on the west coast of Clnllrln," Spa tn - H-^r five passenger?; and crew of nineteen were lost. Advlms reeiwd that the vessel strut k i.imI we' : ??> j pieces during n fierce gale last Sun- j day night. GEN. NAVARRO'S STATEMENT. Declared the Troops of the Insur gents Were Demoralized. General Navarro's official report pla"es the number of Insurgi nt deaths in Sunday's battle at eighty but Independent investigation can not confirm this. There was no fighting yesterday as was reported, nor was there any Wednesday. On. Navarro stated he did not pursue tho enemy bec'inse he wishc ' to lu ru trtv liis woumied. 'iheve' i-.i but one doctor with his contingent Onpceed to this statement Is the as sertion of the revolutionist that he did rot pursue because be had been fought to a finish and had exhausted his energy. Had he killed eighty of the enemy, it is arcucd, his duty was plain to finish the remain 'rr 'n their presumably demoral'/ed | Mtate. The fart that th?v eluded within field glass slsht of him is said to indicate anything but demoraliza tion. Revolutionary loaders today acted like victors. Reinforcements arrived here to the number of two humlre' and the chiefs declared they were ready and expected another battle Thursday. On the other hand, d:s sension appeared within the "pro nunciado" or maderista ranks. * Iowr: First, the 4th district, with a gain of 51.370. Second, the 7th district, gain 39. 000. Third, 6th district, ?nln 31.413. Fourth, 5th district, gain 23.19.' Fifth, 3d district, ga'.n 15.280. Sixth, 2d district, gain 6,045. Jeventh, 1st district, gain 1,0, SO Rank. In order of their total population, according to the 1910 census, the districts rank as follows: 4th, 6th. 7th. 5th, 3d. 1 st and 2d. The 4th, 6th and 7th ulstric.s might remain unchanged, even on a basis of 220.000, but other counties will have to be added to the 1st and "d districts even on a basis of 'Jon. 000, and this will require that some "ounties be taken f;om the other dis tricts. The districts ari|o!nlng the 1 st and 2d districts are the fith. 7th and 3d. so that It now seems ln<-vi 'able that there shall he an entire]-, new arrangement of the counties to I 'arm the six or seven districts, a> the case may be. I CIreenvlllo ami Spa rt a nburer. nov tioth In the 4th district, would be ?lad to get Into separate districts While these two counties are snnll n In population and resources, tho1" is rivalry between them, and they respectively the thir.i and second 'no.'t populous counties in tho State Pp to 1900 both worn In tho same district as Columbia. The matter of re list rifting the State will command the attention <>r tho legtslaturo and require nimh "are and thought to work out s.iti< factorlly. Set I'lre to n Kuril. Hen Ttlhhs. a negro, about 2 1 veara old. Tuesday confessed that ho set fire lo the hnrn of \V II M t tin, near Septus. An 'erson county. Friday morning "tie barn. with contents, nnn burned In flio *ronn<l entailing a loan of $3. nan The m> *ro Raid he net tho barn afire he "aupe a son of Mr Martin Seat him Tho barn wn? about th - largest in tho county and cost i^.r>00 Tar harn fnntnlno.l f>nn?l>lnr<iliU fe/w t "? M ft Tight Short Chiihm Dentil. Roburn .l.lonos. a prominent far mer of Korshaw count v. died Mon dsv rI h)? home near the town Kershaw, of blood poison resoltifjif from a slight abratlon on tlie for.' caused bv a tight s>v>e Tho lo* *a? amoutated nt tho thlrh a few da yn ago in the hopo of Bavins hU GAVE 'EM A TALK ; K Bre<zv Editor iu ihe Senate Startle the Grave Senators. Speaking on Itule Helatlve to IU' >lsi?n of Tariff by IMeceinecl, New Senator by 1 1 Is Mree/y .Manner jvid l-'ninlliar Tone, Canst'* Sena tors to Clasp for llreath. CAI.LED THEM | uitor Lefayette Young. of Iowa, (tod.. gave the legislative body of j wh' -!i he h:*3 boon a member exact i ly : *i days, the surpr se of its ex ? iston e. Mo had piepnred lo make I n * : t <-k on his colleague. Senator : Cuii m'-is. who seeks passage ot a roi . lirrent resolution chanMng the ? rule" of the House ;;nd Senate .-o ?is 10 permit piecemeal revision of tbe ' a: r.ov\!'!ri.'h Url.T law. r:m he f1 i t and more. ' D.Tdng Ins tona when he arose he how?.! to the gr.ive and dignified Sei. juror- front a standpoint of an editor. ?hhh im is in private life. T" ?? Senile ga.-ped and th.-i laughed when Mr. Young told that *ho muntry would feel relieved were Congress to adjourn altogether to"! two "solid" years. It gasped agiiiii when be alluded to Its members in 1 re-^y fashion as * hoys" and when 1 te declared that tie editors of th. ? on; r v and not C< nprers ruled th ? country. I ?tr.!itor Yrtmg's ipeech, which oc j fu?ii .1 Ipsa than an hour, command ed '.!>;? strirte?t attention. mr reroTonre-nrT'rttrfrrs-a'nrt-^rint ' rs' ? " 1 1< as the rea' directors of t!;.> , v of the nat on w ?> c foilnwc.' v i' -avowal of a i.v Intent to of fen \\ i;on ho called his colle'igiu ? hoya" he accomprnled It with a wave of his han 1. This Incident f n 1 - )?>" n". a story of ho v. just as he wan about to take the train for Wash ' i-ton and the Sen ite, a constituent "ht!ti<--n-holod" hitn. "Co down there. Senator." said the constituent, "and for Heaven's ?nke nut up a fight for the con sumer." "I will rot." Mr. Yniin? said lie renti?d. "Those hovs are doing that f am i-o'ng to tight for the producer. ' Mr Yoi'nr opposed all e Torts at **** v I ; ' n of the exist tnc: tariff law he?p- v or he contended, the law ? ??I *-' .. ?i.t- iufcieois of in? tanner. "The orlnelpal complaint against the tariff, as regards," he said, "hat? had reference to the products of the farmers. Therefore, we mhM antic ipate that the first schedule Mint would come from the otlier House would be the aerncnltnral sche'uie. t would be afraid for Secretary Wil son or nnv number of gre->t farmers ?o hr> caught a'one with Mint sched ule with no means of ''ofence. "The v onions of offence and d. - fence In legislation are the right of vend m ent rnd the privilege of oi 'printr substitutes. Mv colleague world take f^om himself and myself M'o ri'.'ht of int"odu"ing the woolen schedule as a substitute for any pro posed amen 'mont which might put agricultural products on the free list should the- proposed rule become 'he law of the country's, we would "e denied the privilege of fighting ror our Interests bv the Introduction of the Interests of others." Mr Young fi'-oVe of the recent elections and. plainly referring to the progressive Reniihllcans. said ?V. 't arguments made bv men within hi Iteou hi lean party had produced ?>et..<vraMe votes. In discussing the ?ttn^ks hv insurgents upon the prin ciple "f protection. Mr. Young toll r>r (renting \Vm. Jei nlngs Brvan re "entlv and saving to him that Just a the latter had progressed In flt ??p's 'or the Presidencv. his chan"ec '?ad diminished. and that as he had ?tot li""nnifi a conservative his partv ?vAnid not prefer him Tor that high ofPee "Mv colleague nn Tuesday said there were gross inen'-nllties In the ttrlfT enacted in 100ft." sail Mr Veu n g at the outset. * 'Th 1b state ment Is probably true, and would he t run if my colloa?uo and those 'r ?* v in mb' hy wth hm were to put n thp eeyf p vo years In rewriting the schedules. Schedules nro prolific in j rn'-ortunlty for att irks. It has al-j \/a>s been true n n r*. will continue to ? o 'rue so long as there Is a duty on Inij oi ts." The Senator challenged nny mem her to state his be| of that the farm jir was receiving t >o much for til< products He declired It has bee > 'titlri ated that the tnld Ibonan w,v ?'ett'ng too gre,it. a hare of the vnlu ? of f ? rm t)rod ucts. "If this he true " he d??mandef "why strike at the producer' Whv not no after Mip m ddlpinan direct. |T?ie tar'ff of 1 f? 0 |n attein|itlng to vjr'ke at monopoly put petroleum oi he free list The refiners Inline II .atrlv rediicid the nnrchnso price of "rtidn oil an t cnntlnned the high to the consumer on refined oil. Thus the consumer wan not bene fitted. \\ hy repeat this performance In the case of the farmer and ho ' ? roil up is With (tie declaration that tariff lerlslat Ion never could he made per fert nor universally satisfactory, Mr Vonn nrred that the duty of puli lie men and the public prens wan to accept t lie Payne Aldrlch law and I. < ?lir. "Aiinlrt tr/.' .tn-i-n In t fi o irino action of business Thn tarIT ouichf to ho revise 1, ho continued, "as the President bus sui'gested. In a sclentlfle way, one schedule at a tlni?>." hem and ins; to know who wn? dif. s ?> tl s ?1 e d with the tariff, the Senator !dec|.>rei the time had conn- to end ,the t.irlff dlpcus'.ion. He )igr=wd with President Ta ft , he eald. Mint, the rountrv n^sedod a roet.. | "Would It be presumptuous for MASONS ELECT OFFICERS J<;i;.\m> i.ojk.k i o\ci.t m:s \\. MAI, sKSSIOX. (.'rami Master Jhiih-h |{, Johnson IU> I'lt'ilcd ? C). 1\ Hart, of Columbia. CliosiMi ( 1 1 and St < rotary. The t:H:h annual Communication of the Grind ! odge of Waaou* ol I So.ith Carolina was brought to a | - lose Thursday with the election of officers. l.lvylj interest was taky liy all the Masons in the election, the matter of cIioos.uk a Grand Secre tary being re . ai ded as especially Ini ??or ant. Ti ls otiice ba* been held ! for some mon'hs by Pant Gr^nd (Master Walter M. Whitehead, of ! Charleston. under appointment oi j (Iran I Master J. Vinson. the office i having been left vacant upon the I death of Gran 1 Secretary J. T. Bar* run, of Columbia. W hile Mr \\ hlte lnac has performed the duties of 're oH't e in. st elficiently. It provt d ] trt !iL. the opinion of a majority of !? .|o ? ? v ? f i ? to the Grand Lodge I that the position should be neld b> i a man living somewl.-ie !,i the .n ?< rlrr and consequently O. F. Hart, of Cclnnih'a. was electcd by a small -aovitv. The vo'e stroi 330 to I '%"7. All other Or^n I I.o'up o f!:?* err I | v pe- 1 '? !'ted, including Gr.ml I i Master James P.. Jo:: nson. \\ . il Prlolefvu. of Charleston. *ho filling the unexpired term of the late Veil. Zimmerman Davis was selected Grand Treasurer. The District Dep uty Grand Masters are the same wit! ;he exception that <Kenneth ?'aker. of Greenwood*--' tvas. chosen for r;ir> aix'h district, Vice J. R Hughey, -<f Greenwood resigned. Im mediately after the election, the of M -ers were installel. The Instal lation ceremony was beautiful an 1 solemn. A' 2:30 o'clock the inst '.i- j i ? ? . n (vi it < v -re ' and the members of the Grand Lodge ad loarned to the Isle of Palms where they enjoyed an oyster roast nrepared for them by the Masons or Charleston. O'Vrcrs for 11)11. The following are the officers o' the Grand Lodge for 1 !? 1 1 : Grand Master ? James R. Johnson of Charleston. Deputy Gran I Master ? George S Mower, of Newhf-rrv. r-enior Grand Warden ? George T Rrvan. of Greenville. Junior Drand Warden ? R. A Copper, of Laurens. rr''nd Treasurer ? W. H. Prloleau of Chai lostor. Orf rw1 SprrMRry O J**. HT't, Ol CVIu ni Ma. Grand Chaplain ? The Rev. W. P Snrth, of Spartanburg. The appointive officers named were as follows: Senior Grand Deacons. J. P. Durkett, of An'erson and J F. Klnr.ev, of Pennet tsville. Jt'iror Grand Deacons ? A. II ^"'?a of Greenville, and C. K CMreltzbnrsr. of Ro'-k Hill. I ; rand Stewards - S T. D. I. an , -.'tester, of Pauline, and L. I. Parrott. of Sumter. Grand Marshal ? John Kennerlv. ir KdcrHeld. Grand Pursuivant ? J. K. Cogs well. of Charleston. Grand Tiler? W. A. Winkler, of Ch-i 'r-ston. Dlstr'et Deputy Grand Masters First. W. G. Ma/.yck; second, ?. H Uodit'TS, Beaufort: third, Butler Hieoo narnw?ll: fourth, W. A Giles. Gran'tevllle: flth. P.. F. Nichol son. Fd afield . sixth. Kenneth Bak Greenv-of'd: seventh. J. P. Dout Mt. Pendleton: el:hth, O R. Dovle Hemi-on: ninth. A S. R^well. Pled ninnt : tenth, W. P. Patton, Crosc \ nrhor: eleventh. Van Smith, New Sorry ; twelfth. TC. C. Secrest, Lan caster; thirteenth. Joseph Lindsay. r".,.si,.r: fo" rteen t h , J. P. Wallace Camden; fifteenth. Ira S. Jones Georgetown; sixteenth, \V. F. James Darlington: seventeenth. J. C. Sell er?: eighteenth. W. L. Glaze, Or angeburg. Cyclone Devastate* I'rovlnoea. Informs of ;i cyclonic chara-ier ar< 'iiiK a part of the country am ?bo situation is becoming deHpprat* In the nrovlnffs nf Malasa. Sovilb rallado)ld, Hulaiose. Zamora anr* f'orunna. Practically st 1 1 the crop* in thPRo dlfl'rtcts have bee^ dp - t roved a tul the peon In nr? threat psed with famine. Hail road and tpl l " rrpphlc commnnlcat lonn are brokpr p very where and It has born found ? I ni r?st im possible to spnd rtBslntanc* ? to thp sufferer*. Freight Knalne Kvplodi's. J. Kprmler, aged 20, brakeman viia Instantly killed, Hen Hill, fl na*~. wa* fatally Injured a nd Ma< ''rod en<iper, wan serlo *;y hurt Monday nifrht when a Mllssourl Kansas ft Texas freight engine ex <!oded. r!x miles north of Dallas r< xhh. TIip bollpr was lifted from >i r triiek<? and hurled 200 fppt fron bp trark Stcvp(li>r(' Is Klllpd. c.por'v Monro, a stovodore nt the *hamp!on comprppa at Wilmington ?n? 'nstantly killed Wpdn-i'dav nf "rni'on w bile loading cotton In l hp ?British steamer St. .Jprotne, and .lohn '.amb, another Mevodore. wan nor I hihIv Injured TIip man were In Hip old of thp vessel when the storm ? 'I U foil In on t hpm, Mimrn'n bend ' >ot Infr opIH op^n me to jaiierirost to such Republicans as have been attacking the fa; Iff." he nr|iilrpd, "thnt thpy lt'.ave that to M*p I )enio<*ra t s. who hip preparing to lake control of thnt pnrtlculir branch of fh* a men t whcrf revenue bills shall ordinate? I,et rne sug gest further to such Republican* as are In favor of low tariff that thev press *he matter with nil thcli mlirht and accomplish all they can previous j to the 1th of March anil then *.\r?rd It be 400 much to nr.k them to *ot> slde with tholr agltAtlon and glv* the country a re?t?" BUT ONE ALIVE Gas Eulosioi in 3 Yir* aii Coal Mid? EnUmbs Mjp) Wa^meo. TWELVF. WERE KILIED (.rcfiio .Mine, on \orfulk ?n?| \\ <-si ern ItaJlwity, Srcnc of lli.rrlM. Disaster ? IJeport of K\plo?l?'? Heard MIU'8 Around ? It est tie I'm ty intent Shaft ?n<l llodleM I{*n?i? | erwl. Ah a result of an explosion 10 tb minus of the Hond Coal Company. ?? Oreeno, six miles east of Norton \*a.. Wednesday morning. twelve m?*> have IcBt their li\?>B Thirteen *e" in the mines at the time of the e> iiloslon and only two escaped, one o v. horn d.cd shortly after be. up la.i"i out. On account nf at :rof phere ;<n ! o'li er conditions '.he rescue w.tV } m 10 be slopped after nine bod es bac been recovered and the other t*i bodies will not be brought o.:t be 'ore mo minis'- The d?'.id were ideu : IHed as follow - : James Harrowman, S'lperint' no ent; William Ritchie. mine fore man; Lee Rowland. Charles Wil i lams, Jessie Ritchie. Charles \S bti iker, John Rodan, Arch Leslie aur ohn Ritchie. The laBt named and Charl-s Ro> nbaum were rescued alive, bu tltchie succumbed to his Injuries. The explosion came without a mo ?nent's warning, and It Is believei o have been caused by an accumu Union of pas set off by "blowing ?nal. The air shaft was thought \< 1 c n p"^' condition and r.o'h'nc <?' the kind was expected. The sum mine, however, had a similar ox plosion three years ago. In which sl> men were killed. As soon as the news of the ei plosion had spread to other nearb mining operations, of which ther> ire a number In the vicinity, re ecu* ?>art!ea were formed and conveyed ti fbe scene by special trains and pn vato conveyances, but nothing coub '10 done, except brln. out the dea< bodies. Only slight damage wa? lone to the mine. The Greeno mine employee abon r*r> men. The wives and children and othe relatives of the missing men wer. attracted to the aceiu* of death b 'ho loud report of the explosloi. ?nd, weeping and praying they hav> kept up ceaseless begging for help t< <ave their loved ones. When -Superintendent Rarrowmai ind hia pn rt y entered the mine a: hour after the explosion they galm ? -ome distance within the main open ing before they si ralley the engi ?\eer to stop. Those outside waitei 'or further signals, but none cam? Hours passed. and not a sign ?'ail)' ?>f the superintendent nnrt Ills con Pinions, and it was concluded tha they had been caught suddenly in ? ??torm of heated air and suffocated Tlv 1 o'clock In the afternoon fou unidon 'Ifled bo Ues had been talo nut. ,'lhoy were recovered by miner ?vho entered the shaft wit* ''elim" rhat f-'rnished fresh air. Later In the day T\ K. u ?an. o the Climb field Coal Corporation, a turned direction of ti"> rescue ?o" Me has only a limited number ?> helmets, and 1b maklug every pos? Me use of them. Near dark a'x more bodies ?"i recovered along with one man wh> 's yet alive, but whose condition i? ?recarlous. He Is fearfully burner ind bruised, and Is unconscious When the explos'on occurred th. whistle at tho mine was sounder continuously, giving alarm all ove 'lie surrounding country. It wa hoard In the small villages severa miles away an 1 Immediately ther> ?a as a rush of people to the scer? \ youn? lady In charge of the tel? ??hone office at Coebnrn. three inlb ,w?v from them the mine, heard th? news and sent out a call for help vor.xci (;hu, h \\(;s hkrhki.f 1 5c?cl y of MIks (Jo r** Found In n?r?. Xear I,nke City. M1h? SiirIo Oore, fourteen year* old. of Vlnelnnd, N'. V,., rotn m i t te<! uicldo Monday at MrAllRter's Mill our miles from I,ake C.'-ty. nova ?. ispntch (o The News and Conrifi he wan visiting tier cousin, Mrs I'ddle Ant wine, who saw her Ian alive at 10 o'clock The hod.v wa> ound about midday, hnntrlnK by > rope from a Jo'st In the barn Kvi lently 'he deaperato tr i r I stood or ? barrel, tied the rope to the Jolsi and around her neck and jumped of! A letter wan found m-ar tho bod* t a ' I n k that It would be ties t for tie to k'll herself and then ti o r nam* would not he In evervbody's mouth in I requesting t r> he huried .'i ! hei home. A half finished bitter to tie) father, Henry (lore, was also found tie win well developed for her aj>< ? rul of very p re possess I n k appear ance. Magistrate Baldwin held t)i? inquest and a vcr<||? t of suicide wa? i et u rned . "\lght Hbters'" Com l( led. Ftr>p* II RtapWoti, flnorrie Brook* Wohert Robertson. .1 K, I'toinv, Wll II, im It Ounn. J r> in es It (Junn o! Rati) win count v, Al'i '-a ma, were Wet nrsday ad Indeed guilty of n'?ht rid I n k b.v a Jurv In the t'nlted Htate* district court at Mobile, Ala It if alleged that on March ?.R. If^^ft. thr "art y called nt t he homo of [) H f'ontstock and rvarno'1 him to |eav? the country within a stlpnl/Uod tiin# or take the eonseqience* ? If Chaleston had /tlven the ? rojert her sincere support ther? j >onld be no doubt of It? going I through MILLIONS INVESTED LVRGK IN CHE ASK IX NEW CAP 1T.VL IN THIS STATE. Total Amount for Thi* Year i?? Over $11 ,000,000 According to Figures l'r?'i>urfd by Secretary of State. One million dollars represents the approximate Increase In the amount of capital Invested In new eut^rprUtu In this State for th!? year over 1009 Of the total amount Invested In com panies according to duta prepared by K. M McCown, the secretary, the sera of $11,441,850 hat* been Invest ed r.u to December 1. This has been Invested in banks, mercantile com panies, cotton mills, fertilizer plants, building and loan associations. The figures do not Include rail roads an 1 Increase of capital stock. The total amount invested last year was $'0,824,000. Tlie In.'r.'aye fcr 1 r f* t year were $7,000 00<V Tti'u rrrocnt will be far exceeded durlnt '. !>r?'Pe' voir Then* w.n in In railroaip last year the sum of $ 1 ,3 5 0,0 <> 0. A much larger amount has been put luto new roada this year. The present year has been one of tho vo^t prosperous in '.he history of th> State and ha? been marked by the kiauguru'. on of many small in drptrics. T! ere hns been especial activity In t le fertilizer mill con struction. I n innber of now banks have been c arfered In the 6inaller towns of the rtate. The Kreat imount Invested In new enterprises v is 'n OranneburK coun ty with $1.6 O.Ouu. The amount in vested in Ch. rlesfon was $1,089,1 00. There was n t h new company char tered in Ker ha**' county. Richland h"d $982,00 1 v'i'.h more to come. HiMon. a in-i c: M'.'.y, has on encour aging a::. nunt. The following amounts have been Invested in the various counties of the State: Abbeville $ 81,000 Aiken 2 51.000 Anderson 162.800 Hatnberg 33,000 Karnwell 40,000 Meaufort 43,000 RorVelev 15,000 '"alhoun 7,5 00 Charleston 1,089,1 00 Cherokee 6.r>,00 0 Chester 2.1.000 Chesterfield 62.500 C'arendon 22.50Q ^clletcn 2 r> , 0 0 0 Darlington 22*> ?oo Oi'tb-n 1 0 f> . 0 0 0 Tiorcbester 82.500 TCdcrefleld 23,000 ^airfield 23,200 Florence 1 1 7.1 50 r,p'ri;('tnvn 3 4 0.000 Greenville 77 4.700 t een wood 5 4 5,000 H!?inpton 27.00ft 'rorrv 1 53,000 Kershaw I anca ster 1 ?? n 0 00 ' aurens' 1,13 6,100 ' ee 20J00 T e* I net on 74.000 >farion 214.000 \rn rlhr-ro . . 47 non 4 9 0 0 0 Newberry . . ??nee 83.000 ?nn ?ehurg l.nr.n.ooo 'Mcl-ena 432.000 K i " h 1 a n d 9 8 2 0 0 0 ^ 4 ' 11 d a 1 .7. 0 0 0 rtanburg 7 1 8 r>oo H,,rntor 2i2.f.00 T'tllr.'! . 608 000 Williamsburg 147 000 York 5 05,500 WORK \G COTTON ri LTUKE. "outhcrn Railway and Ita Hubsldi ?r1es Rngafce Flekl Agents. The cotton culture department. of ,lie Southern Hallway Company, the Alabama Great Southern Rallroa 1 Company, and the Mohlln & Ohio Uallro'd Co., Is now fully organized. nd In active operation. Mr. T. O. "lunkett, general ngent In charge, 1>;ib engaged, an field agents, MeRxra. W. D. Clayton. R. V. .fnrrot, W. C. T>roctor, A D. Whlteh?:?d, J. E. Cray. V). n. Pandlo and Krneflt Vaughan. At the present time two "f these men are fit work along the 'Ini'H of the Southern Railway in Ala bama, two on the Southern Railway In M IhrIrbI ppl , one on the Alabama f^re:it Sou tin n, and two on the Mo bil- & Ohio. The field genta are ro -operating with the fpresentatl vea of the T'nlted Stat- i Agricultural Depart ment and wl 1 the Htnte agricultural authorities I advlalng the farmers t; to (he h> it ntltural methods to mesne In 01 ler to increrjRe the av ?rage yield < ' c tton per acre. They ire also glinr Advice iih to the be j t methods o! dealing with Mexi can cotton boll weevil in localities ?o which there '? a probability that II may pnread. President Finley la '{ivlng peivonal attention to the gen "ral supervision of thin work, which Ih to he male as effective and help ful as pf*?Kl l)|e. it t? his purpose to maintain a high degree of efficiency In the organization and gradually to | extend Itn operations to tho east ward ? Clilld Hums Ui f)n?th. An exnlodlng lamp In the home of It J. Woodc-ock at. Oleenvllle, () a , Thursday night caused the death by fire of tin* ? year-old granddaughter ft Mr Woodcock. The child's grand mother made an unsuccesKf ul effort If, save h?-r The house was burned, I ncl tier s 1 1 n g the baby ? Ills l,lfo. In attempting to break Jail at t.tnden Ala Tueaday nlsrht. Wyley a ge l rtf>, nonvlr ted of mur fler, fell from his e?dl window and received inblrles which resulted In hir death fie was nwlng strips of his blanket to make his escape The strand gave way nnderr his weight ?