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OHAttUM W. BIKOBMORI, MOPROSTOR. : 'THE HAND OF THE DILIGENT SHALL RULE.' '. v:\Ma, $1.50 IN ADVAXCK PEK AN'Xl'M, VOL. 27 CAMDEN. KERSHAW COUNTY. S. C.. TUESDAY. MAS' 9. 1911 NO 31 THE WILY WAY Calls Up? Dias to Resin sat Retttrc Peact (? Warriif Iti'ct. MADERO ALSO TO QUIT He Urges I>o I^a llarra for I'rmUteut Vntil^an Flection Con He Held, and the People In n Free, Fair Election Choose a President of Their IJking. The peace commissioners of the Merican revolutionists formally pre sented Thursday to Judge Carabajal, the federal envoy, a statement sign ed by Francisco I. Madero. Jr., ap pealing to President Diaz to make public the assurances given private ly that he Intended to resign. After offering his own resignation as president of the provisional gov ernment of the republic, Francisco I. Madero, Jr.. suggested that both President Diaz and Vice President Corral resign and that Senor de la Harra, minister of foreign relations, become president until a general elec tion could be held. The statement Informs President Diaz that there Is no other way out of the present difficulty and that a word from him will bring peaoe In a few days. 8enor Madero in his statement calls on President Diaz particularly to make known to the people of Mexico his "Irrevocable determina tion to resign from power as soon as peace Ib established in the country." Madero declares this statement was made by Diaz to "go betweeuB* Interested in restoring peace. Tho Madero statements wore pre sented by the rebel commissioners at the negotiations which began early Thursday only after a heated dis cussion among the revolutionists leaders. Some of them had declared that it was absolutely essential that Presi dent Diaz ma)ie public announcement of his intention to resign in order U bring about complete tranquility. Peace, they said, would" not fol low an agreement, backed only by private assurances, which hardly could be transmitted to mllltapt loaders In the south and central parts of the republic. em stating that unless he ip^d for the immediate resignation of Presi dent Diaz, or at least ,a public an nouncement of future intentions, they would . not support the peace negotiations. Qen. Madero, somewhat alarmed by the extent of the Insurrection which he has created and now desir ous of making every efort to save the Journey from a Btate of anarchy, finely wrote Instructions to his peace commissioners, Dr. Vasquez Gomez, Francisco Madero, Sr., and Pino 8aurez. In his Instructions, Oen. Madero, after Btattng that he had acceded to treat relative to peace because some gentlemen who acted as go-betweens had !n a confidential way indicated to him that Oen. Diaz had made known to them his Irrevocatble resolution lo retire as Boon as peace is establish ed, adds that Diaz's retirement in the present moment Is the only thing which will satisfy public opinion and that he is satisfied that if Diaz makes public his intention to retire It will permit of the pacification of the country in a few days. It would be dlfftoult to obtain it in any other way, he adds. "For these reasons," says Madero, "and not doubting the patriotism of (Jon. Diaz, I wish to peesent to the envoy of the. government the fol lowing proposition." Then, after referlng to his pto poeal for Oen. Diaz and hlmiielf and the vice president, Ramon Carral, to resign and that De la Barra suc ceed to the presidency, calling a genernl election, he continues: "As far as I am conoeraed I am offering my resignation with great satisfaction as I wish only to serve my country as circumstances de mand. If Oen. Diaz Is Inspired by the name patriotic sontlmont, 1 have no doubt he will make public what he hna manifested In private. I beg of .you to make this proposition in the most favorable terms In order not to offend In the slightest decree and that It may not Insist that he retire Immediately. "I believe that the country will be come quiet alone through the an nouncement of his Intentlbn to re tire from power and as soon as all the arrangement* you are effecting with the representative of President Diaz are put Into Operation." The conference! between Judge Carabajal, the federal envoy, and the rebel commissioner* Adjourned late Thur?day. Later the Madero state ment was made public. It was evi dent that the procedure with respect to the resignation of Preeldent Dlas had been the tto?t exacting problem before the commissioners, Rebel leaders declared peace Impossible ex cept As /was Indicated by Oen, Mad* ero in his statement. What Oen. Dies would do, it Was admitted by * both sides, rested the solution of the difficulty. Rebel activity in the southern and central parts of Mexico and other de mands for' political reform, It it known, caused CM. Madero 1 0 U*e the stand he did. Oen. Madero Tfchreday night re ceived the following from Mtat'co City from Frsncls Flgueroa, Chief of the Insurgent forces In Ouerrero: "In personal conference today with Minister Llmantour and Minis* tar Oohsales Coslo With the 9,000 men who compose my army X will up ccndltiODSlly support the Condition of pe*6* being arranged by you." HOST TOE THE MARK OHIO LEGISLATORS CAN'T ES ? CAPE BY PEACHING. Four Rills Returned Against One Representative and Three Against a 8ergeant-at-ArmH of the Senate. A dlBpatcb from Columbus, Ohio, says three State Senators and two Representatives were Included in bribery indictments returned Wed nesday evening by the Franklin County grand Jury, which has been engaged in Investigating corruption in the Assembly. The 8enatorH are: Isaac E. Hoffman, of Butler county, L. R. Andrews, of Lawrence County, and George K. 8. Cetone, of Mont gomery County. The. Representatives are: Dr George B. Nye, of Pike County, and A. C. Lowry, of Lawrence County. One indictment was returned against each, save in the case of Nye, charg ing the solicitation of bribes. Four i indictments were returned against Nye. In addition, Rowney J. Dlegle, of Erlo County, sergeant-at-arms in the Senate, and alleged go-between in negotiations with Senators, was in dicted with the Senators for aiding and abetting In the bribe solicitation. Dlegle was indicted three times, as he is Included in each of the bills against Senators. legislators who hoped by testify ing before the grand Jury now inves tigating bribery In the assembly to escape conviction by meanB of an Im munity bath were disappointed Jues day, jrhen Prosecuting Attorney Turned and Attorney General Hog an r/fused to accept their testimony. Tuesday other Immunity bathB were headed ofT when an Investigation by a legislative committee was deferred until after the grand Jury finishes Its work. Throughout the day the grand jury wrb In session, and among lta wit nesses besides detectives, who dis closed the alleged corruption, were Qov. Harmon and Judge Blalr of Portmouth, who conducted the re cent probe which resulted In the dis franchisement of 1,800 voters in Adams county for election frauds. 4 t ? ? ? i SHOOTS HIMSELF. A Prominent Greenville Citizen Kmh \ His Own Life. t^^tspatclg^nrthe^^^^Mfrom ed anf saddened Wednesday 'over, the trnic death of Col. S. 8. Critteni den, who was found dead In the bath room of his residence with a pistol wound in his forehead. Col. Crlt~ tenden was 82 years old, and one of the city's oldest and most respected citizens. He hrd been much depressed ov er thp death of his wife several ^eeks ago, and this, coupled with other troubles, had much to do with his sud(fen death. He was one of the beBt loved men in Greenville, a Confederate veteran, and only Tues day he took an active part in Mem orial day exercises. Ool. Crittenden was the author of "The Greenville Century Book," a volume dealing with the early his tory of' the community In which he had speqt all his life. He Is Sur vived by the following children: Mrs. W. L. Rond of Froderlcksburg, Va., Stanley 8. Crittenden, of Mont gomery, Ala., Mrs. E. C. Bedelle and Mrs. W. H. Qoodlett of Oreenvlllo. NEGROES ARE MOVING. Over Fifteen Hundred I/eft Beaufort in One Yeur. The Columbia State nays in ten years 1 ,597 negroes, one-half the ne ??ro population, left tho town of Beaufort. Where are they? The population of the coast counties of South Carollua has not increased. While Charleston city has gained 3,000 people, the county's popula tion has remained practically sta tionary and it is said that the color ed population of the city has not In creased. Certainly there are no evi dences that the negroes have In creased In the Interior of the State, signs pointing directly contrary. In a word, examination of the census figure* so far published tend to the conclusion that the publication of the census race figures will reveal that South Carolina Is losing a con siderable part of Its negro poula tlon and that the ratio of negrbos to whites In the State has grown per ceptibly smaller. That the negroes are "thinning out" In what has Ik en regarded the "black district" Is of particular Interest and significance. HmIiik Rnake*. ? Formor Congressman Thom*? K. Watuon Wednesday Iwnunrt a etnte rn^nf In whlfth he declared that three stloke of dynamite had heen found Monday on hla farm near Thoinna vttle, Oa. . The statement adda that Ifr. Watson's belief Is that the dyna mite was -to he used by agents of hi* poll trial enemies in furtherance of an alleged plot against his life. LoHtoer nrthery. ? C. F. Taylor, of lUttlabUrg, 111., When called before the, Senate brib ery Investigation committee Wednes day afternoon, test) fled that former Representative L. K. York had told hftt that he hftd been fromlsed a "" h'" ?)?**? i Both Are Deed. George Hlnkte. chief of police of Pennington Gap, Pa., and William Abort, * patrolman, en the St. Chfr les, Vs., police force are dead as a reault of a pistol fight Thursday, ftinkle attempted to arrest Short, who was alleged to have been dis orderly during a circus performance. THEY ARE SORE Tie Rcpabliciis Use Nt Oppirluitj te flit the Demerits GET GOOD AS THEY SEND Democratic Plans for Investigations of Departments of the Government and Trusts Continue to Attract At , tentian.? Heated Attack by Mr. Hill, a Republican Representative. Speechmaklng dragged along In the House of Representatives Thursday with no Incident of great interest, ex cept. perhaps, the attack of Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, on the "free list" bill. Attention continues to be attracted by tho development of the Democrat ic plans for investigations of depart ments of the Qovornment, trusts, etc. The Hardwlck Sugar Trust resolu tion has been returned to a sub-com mittee for redrafting, so as to in clude all the sugar companies In the country. The civil service investigation con tinues to grow in possibilities. In the 8teel Trust investigation it Is believed that Special inquiry will be made into the absorption of the Ten nessee Coal and Iron Company In 1907. Not since the Republican guns were unlimbered against the Demo cratic "free list" bill by Minority Leader Mann, over a week ago, has the debate In tho Houpe developed such an attack on th/rf measure as was made by Representative Hill, a Republican of the ways and means committee, and one or--th$^)eading Republican advocates of the recipro city bill. Mr. Hill declared that the bill de vised by the Democratic leaders, re md^lng tho tarlfT duties from many food products and manufactured ar ticles, was so crudely drawn and so Indefinite in its terms that In stead of 110,000,000 reduction In revenuo as the Democrats expected it might make an increase of $10, 000,000. Mr. Hill explained that the Inter national Harvester Machinery Com pany, large sewing machine compan ies and other great manufacturers would be able, under the Democratic bill, to manufacture parts of ma chines chiefly abroad and bring them . Mr. Hill said that In attempting to mfcke free of duty the bagging used to wrap cotton bales, the Democratic i^blll would let in free the bagging used by the Fertilizer Trust and by other monopolies without giving re duction in prices to consumers. Chairman Underwood, of the ways and meano committee, Interjected that the bill's purpose was to reduce] ?prices and cost of living for the American people. Mr. IIUl declared the reductions would in almost ^very case be taken up by tho big corpora tions that control the marKein. Mr. Focht, of Pennslyvanla, said that the tariff debate in the extra session was costing the country $10, 000 a mlnuto. Mr. Pima, of Tennes jSee, retorted that the expense to the country would be the same whether the House were In session of not. "We did pot call the extra ses sion," retorted Mr. Focht, "you had tp nrake your agreement with the White House that you would pa*m me reciprocity bill." "Whose Whito House is it?" ask ed Mr. Sims. "You claim that and everything elBe In sight," said Mr. Focht. "Who ownB the Whito House?" said Mr. Slma. "You act as if you did," rejoined t\Ir. Focht, "and you act as though you really had the President now. I believe you have discounted Demo cratic success for sixteen years, but you are entirely mistaken. The op timism of theso Democrats rem'nds me of the man who Jumped off the 33d story of the Singer building In New York. When h^ got down about the fifteenth floor ho hollered, 'I'm all right so far,' but when he landed on the sidewalk, there wasn't enoush left of him to hold a post mortem upon; and so It will be with you when you hit the sidewalk In 1912." (JroMtest Political Machine. "The postofflce department is the greatest political machine ever con struetod In this or any othor country and dt is openly administered aB a political organisation." This was the charge made on the floor of the house of representative* by Mr. Cullop, of Indiana, who referred to PoBtmantor Oenoral Hitchcock a* being the crea tor and presiding genius of this or ganisation. ? Negro In Danger. An Attempt to nesault three white women at New Albany, Ind., Sunday by a negro caused great, excitement and threats were made against Rob ert Hlnes, a negro from Mount Oltj, III., who was arrested. The negro attacked two women, and on b?lng driven off, attacked a neighbor. Oew of Right I/oet. All hope of flndlpg member of the crew of the schooner Fmma Haw kins, eight negroes, allvq has been abKQdoned after 1 2 hours search In the vicinity of the wreck In Lake Poochartraln. The Hawkins was found bottom side up four miles from Poes Manchimc, La. Meet* In Columbia. Following a conference between Oen. T?. H. Teague and (Mayor Olbbs, It wm announced that the reunion of the- Confederate veterans of the state will be held In Columbia on Auguet 9 and 10. The Red Rhlrfs met In Columbia on August 11 and 12. DON'T WANT IT FREE -f MILLS DEMAND PROTECTION ON THEIR PRODUCTS. They Fear that letting Ragging on t!ie Free List Will Injure Their RuHinettN. Opposition to the free entry of burlap has been voiced the past few days by southern mill Interests which fear that such action will harmfully affect the market for the lowei1 grade of cotton goods, such as osna burgs. These protest have come particu larly from the Carollnas and Georgia,' and from New York brokers. Tbertifl Is little doubt now, however, that burlap will be included In the bili as It passes the house. ,? What the senato will do to the free list bill cannot bo prophesied, though a southern member of th* finance committee stated that bui^- 1 lap would not bo In the bill as re- ' | ported to the senate from the finance i committee. j leader Underwood, of the house, i in discussing tho matter said the j house ways and moans commltteo j considered the Interests of the far mers of all sections of the country in framing the farmers' free list bill. "Free bagging and ties were given j Itho southern ctotton farmers," he said, "and burlap was propoeed for free admission as a concession to the ! grain farmers, who use this product | for sacking thdlr grain." He was aaked If it was not true j that free burlap would come Into competition with the coarser grades of cotton goods, and possibly de crease the consumption of cotton for making cotton bags by from 600,000 to 1,000,000 bales annually. < ? "That 1b liko the argument of the Iron men," he said. "They imme diately talk of pig Iron furnaces be ing stopped In my district whon It Is proposed to^ take the duty otf, iron bands and certain Bteel products. They Immediately talk of pig Iron furnaces being started up in Japan and China to compete with the Amer ican-made steel works In those countries and no probability of any being established, bo that has little weight with me." CARI) FROM MR. 8PARKS. Replies to a Statement Made by ?# Governor Rlease. . . The Anderson Mall publishes the following card, which expl&ina Heelt: your columns to reply to 'tteilroF view with the governor of South Car llna printed under a Newberry date line, abusive of rc^e, except to that part of it in whlch^he claims to have charged me to my face with lying. In that the governor does himself injustice. He did not use insulting language to me In my presence and thereby violate his oath of office by provoking a breach of the peaeo. As a newspaper reporter, the moat Important l:art of my equlpmen*. lo a reputation for telling tho truth ac curately. That tho governor asnnils In general without specifying time, place or subject matter. WhU > I am not widely known in tho Rtate. fortunately .for me, the governor Is, for that reason I believe that I may aw&lt the Judgment In respect to a sharp Issue of veracity between him self and me of that part of tho peo ple whoBe good opinion I would earn, without anxiety. Joe Sparks. Three Girls Dead. Thomas Haggerty, of Roxhury, meeting an acquaintance on the str<? t, told him he turned on tho gas In the room occupied by his three daughters, aged ten, Revon and four years, Wednesday night; and that they were dead. Tho police in vestigated, found tho story true ana placed Haggerty under arrest. It Is believed that the recent loss of hl? wife had unbalanced Haggorty's mind. Hollnnd In Acquitted. In general sonslons court at Green ville Judge Sense directed a verdict of not .guilty In tho case of Leo Hol land, intendant of the town of Maud lin, charged with killing Robert Mc Abeo of Knoroo In a street duel last February. Tho shooting of Robert McAbee occurred after McAbeo had tried to "shoot-up" the town of Maul din, and In the skirmish In which ho was shot Holland wae also woundofl. The Worm Turns. Alleging that hid wife has treated him with continuous cruelty for many years, even to the extent of making him cook his own meals and then wash the dlshen ho used, John 3. Nance, of Atlnnta, on Friday applied for a divorce. Nance Is a railroad engineer, and has been married 34 years. He also charges that his wlfo drove him from home at tho point of a pistol. * . ... Shot Wife nnd Self. Fleeing down the street to escape her husband, who with a revolvor, was pursuing her, Mrs. John Rar towskl, aged 3 7 years, was shot and mortally wounded at Chicago Thurs day. Her slayer was pursued by neighbors and sought refuge In a house where he shot himself. nulld Her Own Home. After five years work, Mrs Johan na fiieher has nearly completed a comfortable seven-room home for herself and family at Masslllon, O. Mrs. Lleber has done every hit. -of the work on the house unaided ex oeptlng the plastering. Dynamite Kills Two. At flary, Ind.,two men were kllb d and a leg blown off of another whin dyrramlte exploded In two cars i of a work train In the Kirk swlf h yards. The men were sleeping In the cars. THE STATE RULID OUT GOVKILNOIi BLEASE WILL GIVE IT NO MORE NEWS. j Heprtnentative Notified That on Ac I count of Attitude of Taper u Boy cott is Ordered. The Columbia 8tate says a report er for that newspaper, whilo making his usual rounds on Thursday was handed the following letter from Governor Ulease: Columbia, S. C., May 4, 1911. ?Mr. Bell: The unfairness with which the Columbia Stato treated me during the campaign was overlooked .by me when I came Into ofllce, and I'-gnve to their correspondent all of | the Information In the office, and it* Quested my secretary and his assist ant to be courteous and polite to all of the reporters and give them all of the public news. Those In charge of The State saw flt not to appreciate It but continued to misrepresent me and to abuso me editorially and even now they pub lish falsehoods about me undor as sumed names, and when corrections are sent In by my frlendB, refuse to publish them for the people. Mr. Traywlck has just sent In a communication in reply to an edi torial from the State which the Slate refused flatly to publish, and Mr. Traywlck Is now getting it published In Buch County papers as will ac cept it. In view of these factB, I cAnnot give to The State any news from this ofllce, and have so Instructed both of the young menjn the ofllce. I regret this, as I feel that my acts In the ofllce belong to the public, yet 1 feel that there are other sources through which they ran be received, nr 1 henceforth there is nothing doing hero for the Columbia State. Such Information as it publishes will have to be received from Bome other Bource. If it is false, it can be no worse than the malicious misrepre sentations whiclvtliey have been pub lishing against me since the Tillman trial. Cole L. Blease. ? ? * WANTED TO SWALLOW. Liquid Found on Him to Prove It Was Not Explosive. Ln order to prove to the satisfac tion of the Jury that nilro-glycerlne is not' contained in two bottles taken fronvh Is person at tho time of arrest, fiiM M" aiilll'il'lllyloilllii M postOTflce burglars, now on trial in the United States district court, of fered to drink the contents of one of the bottles. The government contends that the bottles are filled with nltro-glycer ine, one drop of which 'when taken Internally may result fatally. Fol lowing the prisoner's determined of fer, tho marshal started for the bot tles, which Judge spear had pre viously refused to let remain in the court room, when he wns stopped by the court, who said he would not permit such a demonstration. Drady was greatly disappointed. Tho Judge then cautioned another prisoner ln the same case, John Gib son, who is minus an arm, an eye, hot to follow tho example of a prison er, ln the Camorrlst trial, and throw his glass eye at the court. JAP OFFICER ON OUR SHIP. He Is Said to Havo I'ncd Assumed Nanio While on It. It la assorted that I. Hlto, ft Jap anese who nerved as steward on sev eral of the naval vessels of the Unit ed Statoa, was an officer In the Jap anese navy, with rank about equal to commander In the Amorlcan navy. Hlto, whoso real name Is said to ho Yahama, Rerved for somo time on the scout cruiser Falem. Through correspondence with one of his coun trymen on the cruiser tho Identity of Hlto was dlsctfvorod, and It Is said an Investigation Is to bo mndo to verify tho circumstances, that tho Government, may tako tip tho mat ter with Toklo. Hlto left tho service about fotir months ago and returned to Japan, saying ho was homesick, but after two or throo months would return. ifCi hft* not com a book. Children Itnrncd. A dispatch from Chesterfield says tho three children of Ed Chalk, a nogro, In the IlalHollvlllo section, were burned to death last wook In a Are which burned the houso to tho ground, tho ohlldren being left alone at the time. Rtole Ills T light. O. n. Proacott, a Columbia grocer, | wan convicted before a maglntrnie on Friday of stealing electricity for lighting purposes. He rigged up wlroa In such a way as to get the current around the meter Instead of through It. He was fined $25. Want War Hlilp*. Tlofugees from Cuayftmas, Mexico, arriving Friday said that 100ft Anier ICftnii were penned up In the Mazata lan unable to get away bocause of several railroad connections. They want Washington to send warships to take them away. Would Wear Pant*. Ml** Susan Fowler, celebrated by many a* the original bloomer woman, died at Vlneland, N. J., Tuesday, aged 87. For many year* ?he lias wore trouwer* Instead of skirts. Killed h j lilve Wire. Albert Rtruck, a hotel keopev, age 4R and John Waronek, aged 12, of Wllkesbarra, Pa., wore electrocuted by a live wire which was blown down by ? storm at Dupont. FALSE BASIS Coafrtssoii J?kas?a Skews Fallacy ?f The Protective Tw 1 LUMBER TRUST ACTIVE In u lA'tter to One of His Constitu outs tho Congressman Tells Why He Opposes the Doctrine mid Points Out Who I*roflts by the Timber Duty. Congressman Joseph T. Johnson ! of South Carolina states that ho has I recently received a number of let ters from various sources in his dis- ! trict, suggesting that he use his In- I fluence to Induce the Democratic j majority In the house to "go slow" j In Its handling of tho tariff question Tho following letter, written by him to one of his constltutents and friends, shows how he stands on the subject: "I have your favor of the 21st, In which you state that before the tar iff question Is agitatpd very much ' and beforo I commit myself,, you would like to say some things to me relative to the manufacturing in terests of the South, and In the ' North as well. "I have committed myself 2 0 years ago on that question, and so has the Democratic party. I do not believe in the doctrine of protection. Tho Democratic party has always contended that the government has no right to levy a tax, except for j tho purpose of raising revenue to de- ' fray the expenses of the government, j Tho other political party contends ' that the government hns the rl<?h? o K vy taxes not for the purpose of raising revenue, but for tho pur pose of protecting American manu acturers from competing with the manufacturers of other countries. It Is unfortunate that many people in this country havo actually come to believe that business prosperity Is dependent upon laws that give cer tain classes special privileges. "During all the last week we were engaged In considering the Canadi an reciprocity bill. All speakers In opposition to that measure professed their belief that the American farm er would be ruined if Canadian pro ducts were permitted to come Into ! this country free of duty. I do not believe It. The statement made of tener than any other against per mitting the Importation of Canadl HHHHjucts was llrtu laud WIUI Uin^p? ! er In Canada than It Is In Minnesota and other States in that section of the Union, and that the farmer on high-priced land could not compete with the farmer on cheaper land. "This proposition won't bear anal ysis. The lands In every State In , the Union vary In value. Tho 'lands in every county In every State in the Union vary in value, and yet all farmers compete with one another. TherG are farming lands in every county of the Fourth congressional district of South Carolina that readi ly sell for $100 per acre, and In ev ery case within ten miles there are lands equally as productive that sell for $20 per acre. The arguments that 1 have heard in favor of protec tion, when analyzed, are about on a par with the one above suggested.' Southern farmers have no protection upon their products, but we Bell cot ton In Liverpool In competition with the low-priced labor of Egpyt and India. As a matter of truth, tho Northern farmer has no *fc*otectlon. It Is true that the tariff law levies a duty of 2G cents a buBhel on wheat., and similar duties upon corn, barley and vnrlous products of tho farm; but those duties aro put there for tho purpose of fooling tho farmer and getting him to voto the Repub lican ticket. Tho Northern farmers not only mako all tho wheat we can consume In the United States, but they make a surplus of many, many millions of bushd'ls, which Is export ed and sold In the markets of the world In competition with the wheat that Is grown in Russia and In other wheat growing countries. "Tho most active opponent of Canadian reciprocity wan tho lum ber trust; but tho lumber trust nev er shows Its own hand. It spent Its | enorgiea In trying to get the farm- | era and othors to protest against Canadian reciprocity; but tbo real i object of It b activities was in or der thai tbo great timber lords might hold up tho American poopl?>. There are three holders of timber In tho United States who have .88,000, 000 acres of standing timber ? nn arnn nearly three time* as lar;ro as all the cotton fields of the Southern Statos. These three holders own timber enough to build a cottage for every family In the United States The lumber on the land at Its pres ent prices Is worth 10, 20 and f?0 times what they paid for tho land, and tho land after tho timber Is cut off is worth many times what they paid for it. And these powerful In fluence* have put every agency In operation to kill tariff revision ? not because tlioy caro anything about the farmer's wheat or his buckwheat or his barley ? but because they want still further to bo able to mill-, tiply their almost countless millions by holding up our people on the price of lumber. "Our New Bedford friends, who have evidently written to you, are not concerned about Southern mills, but they want you to pull the cheet nut* out of the Are for them; and If I ton Id reach the ear of every bua lnpM man In the South, my advice to hliti would he to wateh for the han^a that dare not show their mo tive* and not allow them to work upoti the fears of our people. The South has never gotten anything out of tho doctrine of protection. It is Hhe law that haa enabled the stool trust, the rubber trust and the paint [trust, tho sugar trust, the lumber THEY MUST BE TRUE THE PEOPLE OF I'NITKl) STATES LOOK TO THE DEMOCRATS. Senator O'Gorman Says Public llo? Put 1 t.s Trust in Party Which Op jkjscw Tar I IT Grub. In an addrees Wednesday evening at a dinner given In his honor by the National Democratic Club, of New York, James A. O'Gorman the newly elected Senator to the United States Senate, said in part: "Today tho American people are looking hopefully to tho Democratic party for redress against economic and political conditions which weigh heavily upon them and which can not be successfully defended. There Is a growing and widespread public sent iment that tho American consumer must be relieved from unjust and un necessary tribute. "The house of representatives. Democratic for tho flrft time in 1 ?? years, haB sot a splendid example of advancing necessary legislation dur ing the last month. The pledges of tho party have been ke;>t and the record of the house is one of achieve ment. "In our own State the Democratic majority intends, during this session, to enact laws which will make for economy and efliclency in govern ment and thus lighten the burden of the citizens of the Stafco. In New Jersey, under tho insuring leader ship of Gov. Wilson, trk" Democratic party in ono session of the legisla ture has redeemed all the pledges of constructive legislation. These are a few of tho achievements of the Democratic party in 1911. "I believe the people of the land want an ^Immediate downward revi sion of the tariff. Thov demand a parcels post. They demand that the Panama canal be fortified. They de mand tho election of United States senators by direct vote, and they de mand that the reserved rights of the States bo jealously guarded against federal usurpation. I shall support these and nil similar measures as they arise." ATROCITIES BY GUERILLAS. The RebelH Are Accused of Many Terrible Deeds. Tho guerillas in Lower California are committing numerous atrocities. They are even accused of burning two Federal prisoners to ^leath. The name of tho writer of/ the letter, who 4a.pt ill beWv tho ed, for obvious roasom^jBHMBMI The letter reads: "Tho rebels are in full posesslon of Tecate and It Is Impossible to do any business in that country, because they have orders from tho captain to shoot any Mex icans they catch there, without re gard to their business. They have already shot five and Thursday night they burned two whom they captured in the skirmish they had at Carrizlo. They have had two skirmishes and some have been killed, but It Is not known how many. "They are killing animals they don't want and committing great in justices. They shot three helpless fellows fellows who had nothing tu do on either side, politically < r other wise ? George Mels and his brother, and Placldo Mato. George left seven helpless children. They were about to shoot Abram Agrada, He was al ready kneeling to be shot when Val enznela snved him. "They havo a prisoner captured on the American sld^, also another who was shot In the Carrlzo skir mish, and anothor who was sliot through tho leg." Wnntw Everybody Pardoned. Following the unusual number of pardons, paroles and commutations, the governor of South Carolina hap received n letter, written In an un educated tono asking that he pardon all of tho convicts In the State peni tentiary next Thanksgiving Day. The letter has been taken under consld edatlon by tho chief executive. Over 100 prisoners havo been liberated by tho present governor Iti three rrftnthx. * trust the rubber (runt and I ho me;it trust to gnrner their mllllonfl at the expense of nil tho people. Thoy don t ] want thlH grent privilege cut off, but thoy dare not corfio out in tho open and ph-ad that they should be al lowed to continue their exploita tions, nnd consequently thoy resort to bring prossuro to hoar upon their representative In ronKrcsB to proven! them legislating In the Interest of all tho people. "Tho ways fttwl means committee of tho proaent congress Is compound of careful, painstaking, conscion tlous men They have no desire, and tho members of confess have no doRlre, to do anything I hat will in Jure or hinder legitimate business Wo realize perfectly that the conn try hna been operating upon a false foundation and upon a false doc trine, and that however vicious thai system may be, wo must, destroy I! gradually, conservatively nnd enu tlously. The house Is Democratic, but tho nonato Is Ropubllcan and tho proaldent la a Republican; so our tariff legislation must of necessity ho modorate, or It could not pasn a He publican president. I realize fully thnt It la posslblo for these great In fluencoa to cause depression In bus Inees Just as I know a man may cre ate a stampede In a thonlro by shout ing "Fir?!" when there la no Hro. Rut what I want to warn you and all my friends In the Hout.h against Is permitting yourselves to be stam popded by these poopplo, who do not wish to come out In tho open, hut who are crying "Fire!" and business dopreaalon In order to crente alarm throughout the country nnd try to (stampede congress Irotu doing what I the people want It to do, nnd what Is right." P. H. McOo. NEED NOT FEAR ?,-? * President Taft Assures Mexico and Oth er Countries Sontb NO IMPERIAL DESIGNS Speaks at Pence Conference, and As Hurcs Our Neighbors That Wo l>o | sire to Take Xo I^anils, Nor W ish to Interfere W i t Mexico or South American Republics. ' President Taft lu his speoch at tho opening of the Third National Peaco j conference at Baltimore Wednesday | morn In. j declared that the I'nlted | States would keep hands on and not seek to extend its domain or to ac quire foreign territory. The presi dent made no mention specifically of Mexico, but to those who heard him it was evident that the situation ! there and the suspicious In the 3outh American republics In regard to the 1'nited States' Intentions relative to ! her neighbors had Insprled him. Tho president hail been speaking of th'> recurrence of International ! disturbances In countries not so well I abJ,o as the United States to maln j tain order -and had said that It was i Incumbent upon the great nations of | this hemisphere to exercise their kindly and peaceful Influence as [ much as possible. "One of the difficulties the United , States finds is the natural suspicion that the countries engaged havo of the motive which the United States has in tendering Its good olllces," continued tho president. " Asset 'ntis of good r???h help but little where the suspicion is real, j and yet, I like to avail myself of an I opportunity in such presence as this 1 to assert that there Is not In the | whole breadth of the United States j among its people any desire for ag grandizement oiid that Its people as a whole will not permit Its govern 1 ment. If It would, to tako any steps In respect to foreign peoples look.-. Ing to a forcible extension of our political power. "We havo had wars and we know what they are. Wo know what re sponsibilities they entail, tho bur dens and Iorfos and horrors, and we ' would have none of them. We have a magnificent domain of our own In [whteh we are attempting to work [ outf and- to show to the world buc I c^b In popular government and wo | uuuiv But we have attained great pros perity and great power. Wo have become n powerful member of the | community of nations In which we live, and there Ik thrust upon ue j necessarily a enro and responsibility i for the peace of the world In our neighborhood, ami a burden of he'iv I n g those nations that can not help j themselves If we may do that peace fully and effectively." The president spoke to several thousand people In the Lyric Thea I ire. Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary : Dickinson, Senator !C-ore of Okla homa, Andrew Carnegie and more I than a dozen men prominent In peace | movement sat on the platform with j the president. Cardinal CJlbbons and Hamilton Holt, who spoke be I fore the president, voiced the opinion j that negotiations of peace between the I'nlted States nnd Croat Hrltaln would mark the greatest step to uni versal peace the world had over soon. "An arbitration treaty between two ?reat. nations of the world," said the president, "would be a very Im portant step In securing the peace of the world. If such a treaty ran bo concluded I have no doubt that in Important step will have been taken, but It will not bring an end of war. It Is a step only, and we must not defeat our purposed by enlarging the expectation of the world as to what Is to happen and t/y then disappointing it. "We must realize that we are dealing with a world that is fallible and full of weakness, with somewhat I of wickedness In It, and that re I forms that are worth having are 'brought about little by little, and not by one blow. 1 think we are more like to make more progress if we express our hope with moderation and realize the difficult lea that are to tie overcome than If we procalm that we have opened the gate to eternal peace with one key and within one yen r." The president was much Interest ed In a speech by I>r. J. A. MarDon ald, editor of the /Toronto (Can.) Clobe, a warm advocate of recipro city. "If that arbitration treaty be tween your country and Rngland Is ratified." said Mr Maedonald, "the name of William Howard Taft will I lie remembered In world history so long as man loves peace " President Taft returned to Wash ington Immediately after Ihe meet ing Andrew Carnegie, who followed the pr<?ldent, was Introduced as 'the dreadnnught of peace." Take* I'oison. At Charlenton Alex Steward, 1R years of age, was found dead Thurs day night at the old baseball pijrk on Meeting street His mouth was burn ed with caritollc acid, probably taken with suicidal Intent. He lost his mother and father some time ago, and It l? thought that ho was tem porarily Insane when he took the poison. Killed by Itnaelmll. When John Thomas Duncan, aged twelve years ,was struck on the head by a baseball thrown by a member of the opposing team In a game be tween two boy?T clubs on Monday at, Atlanta, he thought nothing of It. During the nl?ht. the lad became violently 111. and died Thursday noon.