The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 20, 1910, Image 1
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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 ?