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TERMS, ?1.50 HI ADVANCE PUB AlfJfUlf. ? >11 ?? NO 4a work, and proposed a nlonument for him to be erected In Washington. The Batons of the/union are be-, Ing held In the Ball of the1 house of representative#. The first seeelon ?' .'was held Thursday afternoon, com ^sSEtijiiig at 4:30 o'clook 125 dele ga/tes from every county In the State *re present. Tho following Is the programme for $h?r?day. Minutes of previous nieetlng. - Election of .Officers. Report ot commltees. Report from national meeting. Unfinished business. 4:30 p. m. ? Address by Clarence Poo, editor of Progressive farmer. The following are the officers of the Union: Prajtldentr~A. J. A. Perrltt, l*> \w;?. ?' Vice President? W. Drabbs, Rout? 1, Mayeavllle. Secretary-Treasuror? J . Whltner Chaplain? W. ?. Bodle, Wardi^^ ^Conductor? W. ft Hopkins, Hop -jb to to held at Shawnee. OkUwi *Pt5. -| (SESssgfe 5?S^s| coton crop wu condemn its readlneBB ovor . jrop condition! two claiming that the misleading. polo counties stated that ielr localities are very 'V. adjourod to meet at ? -V v..~m!ddl? of January. \ Tho n?*i mooting will bV1 Hold In Charleston on the fourth Wednesday in July, 1912, upod the spectoi^reqnest of the board of trade of Cb*rle*ton, Thev executive committee mapped* out an aggressive campaign of or ganisation for August and Septem hbe^.g'.' I'^The following delegates attended h<$ conventions - jfl$L<bbevllle? A. F. Calvert, W. B. Bowl?. ithderson ? S. A. Burns, T. H. Biur imberg ? J. E. McMillan. .(Beanfort ? W. C. Vincent.'' Calhoun ? B. P. Keller, jphfarleston ? H. T. Morrison, J. S. Wbaley. ?^-Cherokee ? E. Hardin, S. F. Par Irott. v' & -qhester? a c. MpAllley, Al G. Woetbrooks. T -Darlington ? J. I. Thornwell, J. B. ' . Clarendon ? C. A. McFaddln. Colloton? A. 6. Varn, J. D. Rlsher, John Beach, C. P. Kogor, J. O. Jacques. & Darlingto ? J. I. Thornwell, J. B. b*--Hry. ' . ,i ,~Frank Sanderson* T. .L. McAlheny J. B. "^IteUenf Edgefield? J. H. Courtney, W. R. Parka. .. Fairfield ? D. L. Stevens. Florence ? W. R. L an get on. Georgetown ? W. H. Curry. t ^ Greenville ? T. H. Foster, R. A. ^Dalton. V'i'. greenwood ? W. H. Clegg, 'W. C. Haddon. Hampton ? J. H. Adams, J. W. Smith, T .D. Williams. - Horry ? J. A. LewlB. Kershaw ? Newton Kelley. Lancaster ? C. L. McManus, U. A. Punderburk. . Laurens ? O. P. Goodwin. ? Lee ? W. A. Stuckey. Lexington ? G. B. Wingard, James W. Shealy, L. B. Frlck. Marlon ? A. E. Rogers, M. D. Mc Rae, W. C. Foxworth. Newberry ? R. T. C. Huntor, W. C. Brown. Oconee ? J. W. Alexamdor. Orangburg? J. H. Olaffy, J. H. Price, J. D. Wiggins, S. H. Inablnet, J. B. Traywick. Richland ? C. W. 8uber. Saluda ? George B. Ivoeter, J. C. Riley. Sumter ? J. M. Brogdon, H. W. Beall. | Unton? J. IM. Greer, J. O. Harris. L . W^UUmaburif ? Jj <3. Hrerett, W. O. Oafnlln. York? J. P. Ashe. MANY FOOLISH WOMKN. Man Who Made Bigamy a IluslnwN Sent to Prison. In sentencing George William Lu Md, alias Leslie, Moran and Lay, to ieven years penal servitude for big amy and heartless frauds on a largo lumber of women, Judge Rentoul, at he Old Bailey, in London, the other t*y declared : "I think the earth never contained t more infamous scroundrel than on." A clerical looking, plausible man ?f thjrty-nlne Lucid, through matrl nonia! advertisements, became ac ?uainted with many women from vhom he received sums varying from to $300 *by -promising to marry hem. In his rooms were found no ?ewer than 2,700 letters from more ban seventy different women. At ^ne time be waa sending love let I ?ra Interlarded with appeals for mon >y to thirty women. Very OM Town. Near Oehno, In Italy, Professor "Hll Osso, baa discovered the re nains of an Important Gallic settle ment dating (badt as far as the year t?00 ft. 0. Tba bdlldlnga ate circu lar In shape and contain numerous lemestle utensils,, weapons, earthen* objects, etc., denoting the pas* inge from the neolHble to a wore ad* I vanetd stage of civilisation, I III I 1 1 I 111 I - 1 Kills Fathtr aart . At Sba^Mts^^C^J. wiu^rirtday j kg between them for Jfadtfpetb* are from The mm h A'wr monin* ox war rare, during *1 wsa^asas mmZi . , 4h * ?? .y. \ <p. .. . ; ? " . ' . nderwood Figures Saving to People ftri '<?* Vvvyn i 'jffai of 909 Minion* Annually.? Payne Presents Minority Report ud Urg .w - iV- . (Debate on the Democratic cotton >/r.n9/K ? Jed forclosln,, - the m assure, although It is W9NOTVU it will end Wednesday, with a vote on the day . following. , ' ;t Tho minority report was presented by 'Representative Payne, of New York, leading minority member of the ways and means committee. It ex presses opposition" to the bill beoause it does not furnish protective duties for a great American Industry, and .It 4s frankly admitted that it is not in tended to do so. The report says: "There is no demand for such leg islation at this time, but, on the con trary the country appreciates the sound reasoning that asks postpone ment of the revision of "the cotton sohedule until after the report of the tariff board has been received." ?Mr. Underwood nald that the cot ton schedule revision proposed by the bill would save American con sumers $209,000,000 a year. He de nied that labor would be injured in the least by the proposed tariff re ductions. "The only basis on which the Re publican party has stayed In power," he declared, has been a false appeal tg the laborers of the country, mak ln? them believe they were receiving more wages because Of a protective tariff than tJhey would oth rwlse re-| oeive." He insisted that the duties leviied under Republican tariff had amount ed to from^lOO to 300 per cent of the labor cost of the goods, and that the laboring man bad received a very small percentage of the above duty. The charge had 'been mad* that Mr. Undersrood said the Democratic re- , islon was a radical measure. ^ 1 we have the power to do so. to re duce every schedule in the tariff bill to a strictly revenue basis. But in reaching that point, I am not dispos ed to be radical'. If we enact this bill I do not think we ought hastily or unduly agitate the country again with constant revisions." fThree rool calls were necessary during the afternoon to keep a quo rum in the House. Only two others spoke on the bill, Representative Roberta, of Nevada, against, and Representative 'Bathrlck, of Ohio, for It. Mr. Roberts urged awaiting, re ports from the tariff board. "When th?> Democrats are not dis cussing free trade on the floor," said Mr. Roberts, "they are sitting In the Democratic cloak room wearing Im ported pants, smoking lmportod ci gars and lighting them with Import ed matches." Then holding aloft a small box of foreign made matcho^, he added: "And overtime one of them strikes an Imported match on the seat of his Imported pants, he strikes a blow at the American working man." Mr. Pathrlck, attacking the Attor ney General 4n tho courso of his speech, declared that the law must, b upheld when a man steals a loaf of bre^d, but wfaen isreat criminals have boon convicted before the Su preme Court, our Attorney General sits Buplnely by and nays bo will wait until somo convenient tlmo to Insti tute proceedings for the enforcement of the law.'* Representative Austin, of Tonnoa see eame to the dofence of tho At torney General, claiming that official was doing his full duty. Dobate on the bill was resumed Saturday. HAW THE HITMAN flOUI<. Tells of Many Experiments He Has Mado at Deathbed. Dp. Duncan MacDougall, of Haver hill, Mass., who has been long a stu dent of physlco-psychlcal phenomn, declares his belief that the human soul weighs from one-half ounce to nearly an ounce and a quartor, and furthor that tho soul substance Is blended with the plotoplas-m of tho brain and spinal chord In life. Dr. MacDougal saya it has boon bin experlonce In a dozen Instances to stretched on a bed that was part of a delicately adjusted scale, and to hear lis the patient's lest breath leaven the body tihe nolso of the dropping w olgiht. Again irtttlYig In a darkened room, he has watdhed the strong ray of White light rest along the body'of a dying man, converting him like a silver bar from head to feet and over tha face. Dr. MacDougal and bis assistants has mrnie closese obser vation of the light to kee If that 1n tangl-shape In cloud or 1n wavering tints ses a man, or woman from he outworn body. ' Killed hi Wreck. Four persons wera killed and one ?ssttotislf Injured Thursday nfa?ht when a fast train, on the Pennsylva nia Railroad struck an automobile at, a grndo crossing at #llktngshurg, a' suburb of Pittsburg,. Pa. ? i . , ? a>"? ? ? | Wfilto CJets Parole. Governor Blsase has parolfcd John White* a former penitentiary guard who wis convicted In Richland ominty In > si acessory to th? killing of Sher Ash ford At their recent meetln g In Column bia the Farmers State Union adopiV ed resolution on several subject*,. The first was in reference to Dr. WU ley as follows: "We, the Farmers' Union of 8outtt work of enforcing the "pure food laW? and we "hereby request the~p*e?iflefiy to continue ?hlm |n office, and that, a '? ?coipy of ?t|iese resolutions he fo?j point a legislative committee of persons to loof after all legislatioL in which the union is interested for the next twelve months." yl the following in reference to . ft. tuberculosis camp was adopted: '.'Resolved, That this body do hear tily indorse the movement now ojt foot to establish In our State a cafnpi for tuberculosis, and that we agree individually and as county unions to try to Influence our respective legls*. latlve delegations to aid this cause: by an appropriation." The followlhg resolution on the text book adoption was passed: "Resolved, That we do hereby., earnestly protest agalnHt the w<hole?l Bale ohange in the public school . books by the state board of education,} at its rocent meeting, as such change was, In ouirffrdgment, unnecessary and Imposes a burden upon th^t class of our cttlzoDB least able to bear suchv burden." ' , ' The next was one endorsing Sen ator Smith calling down the fake: cotton estimate as follows: .< ^ "We, the njembers of the Farmers' Union, in convention assembled, do' hereby endorse the action of Senator | B. D. Smith In calling the attention of Secretary Wilson to the evil ef fects of the premature report on the\ probable /leld of cotton for the pres ept season and demanding that no} auch reports. be sent out without the; Indorsement of the department of ag* ricuUu^'^vSr^'f.^ 1 The National Corn Ex p oal t Ion indorsed: .m. tt. St with great sattsfslctiofi tihV tlonal announcement that the autho Itles cf tho National Corn exposltioru will hold the next national corn showj in the capital city of our State. ! "Resolved, That the State unlo urge upon all county and local u Ions the most vigorous cooperati in the efforts to comply with the nc essary conditions for the reason tha-j tire holding- of such an exposition | South Carolina will be of incalcula ble value to the agricultural inter ests of this State." The following, Indorsing * the Torens system was adopted: , "Whereas, tlhe farmers and land owners are entitled to get credit as eaplly as city pro'perty-'hoVderB and owners of manufactortng properties; and . WheraB, this Is not true now but would be 'helpful all the time, and in especially Important now that tho farmers are trying, to arrange to fi nance the coming cotton crop; there fore, be It "Resolved, That we do heartily In indorsed the Torrens system register ing land titles by means of which far mers who wish' may get tbolr land titles registered and guaranteed, so as to mak? the property easily ne f gotiablo and avoid the necessity of paying heavy lawyer's fees each and every time a title is pnnsed upon. The following preamble and reno- , ltitlona were adopted in honor of Dr. j Seaman A. Knapp? "Whereas, since tho la?t annual mooting of the/State Farmers' union death has claimed t/hat devoted la borer for the public weal and true Christian gentleman, Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the head of the United States farm demonstration work; and "Whereas Dr. Knapp was the flrst man to hear the call of distress from the cotton belt states when the boll weevil came and proceeded forthwith to organize and put Into operation the most effective work for the cause 'of agriculture orver atempted In tho nation's history, a work Which Is to continue Its onwai^l and upward movoment for agoB to come; and "Whereas, It was this Illustrious patriot's most cherished doslre oft expresed to live long enough to make South Carolina the object lesson State of tho South In agriculture; now he It f'RePOlved, That tho State Far mers' Union of South Carolina deems It a special privilege to Inaugurate a movement, among the States of the cotton bolt Indeed In the wfliole South for the erection in Washington, D. C., the nation's capital, of a monu ment to the man and his life work In the cause of humanity and agricul-J ture. "Resolved further, That a commit tee of three of tho South Carolina State Farmers' union be named to take this matter in charge, communi cate wltflv the officials of the other State unions, and urge their vigorous activity in support of this moement. Resolved, further, That the State union urges upon eery eonny and local union in South Carolina, active work in behalf of this movement. 1 1 e ? i ii ? 1 , Party trader Gone. fldward tMorse Shepard, the well known New York lawyer and Demo cratic- political leader, who had been 111 slnee <t!he contraction of a cold in New York On June 2ft, died at his | snmer boms at L<ake George, N. Y.,r Friday utfifct Of pneumonia. The} members of bis family were at thai .wwa* : V1 ZZL-m ^ AND DEMOCRATS UNITE ON OOMFROMI8B. ?,:?> ? ? It Worries President Tnft Wbo WUl .5 > Probably Veto Any HeMnre Now Passed. * Wool legislation has displaced reciprocity at the White House. Not since the extra session begun has the ^political situation been as tense in executive circles aa It was Friday. * ' Democratic-Insurgent coalition "Ven the administration a great " <A6?i* nothing else. more pain " ngerfcgo m tt?* ing8 that there would be no wool bill, What adjournment would come about ^August 10, and that there was re joicing In all the regular Republican ranks. But there was a miscalcula tion, end this has cast a gloom over administration circles. From infor mation which has come to the Whlto House there will bo a wool bill re ported out of conference which will (pass both bodies. That means that the president will have edther to sign It or to veto It. The story which comes to the ex ecutive offices is that the Democrats agreed to euport the La Folletto.com promlse in the sonate Thursday, pro vided the Insurgent 8onators in the senate would later support a con ference report which could be passed In the house. This arrangemont. the story contin ues, gives both parties to tl^e coali tion some glory. La Follette and his followers can claim the credit before the country for proposing the com promise measure, tho measure whir* made a bill possible, while the Demo ?crats can claim the credit for fur nishing the final measure. The beBt Informatlon-ajt the White House this morning Is that the presi dent will stick to his announced in tention of vetoing any tariff revision legislation sent to hl^i in advance of the tariff board's report. He called the extra session to consider reciproc ity. He wanted no other tariff bills passed. A number of Republican callers at the White House this morning told the president that he would loose no.thlng with the country by Vetoing any 'wool bill that reached him dur ing th? tntlre session. j ? , The Scale of Wages Paid the^York men In the Orient. ' Clarence Poe, in the July World's Work, glvos some interesting figures concerning the pay of laborers in various oriental countries. In China a member of the emperor'B grand council told me that the average rate of wages throughout the empire is probably 18 cents a day. In Japan it Is probably not more, and In India it is much less. The best nrill workers In Osaka average 22 cents aday; the laborers at work on the new telephone line in Peking ,pet I'D cents; wheelbarrow coolies in Shanghai, $4 a month; linotype operators In Toklo, only 4 5 cents a day: preemen, 50 cents; po liceman, 4 0 cents; tho Iron workers in Hankow average about 10 cents a day; street car conductors In Seoul make 3 5 cents; farm laborers about Nankou about 10 cents. The bluest oriental wages are nald in the Phllliplnes, whore the or dinary laborer gets from 20 cents to 50 cents a day. WANTKI) TO KILL. KVKRYRODY. Hindu With Rifle ' Kan Amnck in Crowded Chloogo Street. While the police wore planning to send him to an asylum for crimi nal insane, N. Hausln, a Hindu, and former merabor of the British army, who wounded five persons and caused a panic In Chloago's crowded down town street Wednesday by discharg ing a rifle at the passing throng, sat In a cell and Jeered at his guards. "I bo>ught the rifle to kill all the bad people In Chicago," ihe said, "I hate all of your white American faces. You havo been cruel to me, and I wanted to kill everybody." Hausln came to this country from India four years as?o, and worked In a steel .mill In Plltsburg before com ix to Chicago. Poerty and loneli ness are believed to have affocted his mind already possibly deficient from a wound he sustained while a Bold lor. FATAL FAMILY FIOHT. A Mnn and His Wife Killed In n. Gen eral Kentucky Row. ? In a family fight, at South Quick sands, four miles from Jackson, Ky., Sunday two persons were killed and another seriously wounded. The vic tims wore William Slmms and his wife, ."Mrs. Eliza Slmms, who were killed, and Alonzo Allen, who was se riously wounded. Norman Allon, a soi.Mn-law of the dead couple and a bvbther of the wounded man is at large. The Aliens, it is said, attack fid the old people. Slmms fired and grounded Alonxo arid in the fight that followed he and his wife were killed. Mrs. Slmms wan foremost in the snooting, According to Alonso Alien, who was carried to a Lexington hos pital Monday suffering from four bul lfi wounds. Three Were Drowned. Charles Dixon, of Kansas City, his ilon, <aged 16, and daughter, aged 14, Acre drowned by the upsetting of a oanoe In Lake Michigan at Maoatawa Park late Monday. One son, aged 11, Was rescued in time to reswcl tats Mm. ;4. 1 RETAIL PRICES -'7. , U. s ? What III Text Books Recently Adopted Will C?si the Children. t ? . ? V. STATEMENT OF AMOUNT V A Name* of the Text Book* Adopted by the State Board of Eklueation.-* Name of Publishers,, and What They Will be Sold at Retail for All Over the State. 8wMHn(??, .MISUt ? .StfgfcK Intondent of Ednratlon, Wednesday announced the* contract retail price ot the text- books adopted by t!he State board of education. Below Is printed a full list of the text-bookB with the retail prke of each and the names of the houses publishing tho work." American Book Company ? Hunt's Progressive Speller, complete 18c, book I 13c; book II 13c; Webster's Primary Dictionary, 4 4c; Wobster'B Common school dictionary, 65c; Web ster's High School Dictionary, 90c; Webster's Academic Dictionary, $1. 35; Brooks English Composition, book I, 68c; Milne's Progressive Arithmetic* first book 3.o, second book 36c, third book 41c; Maury's New Elements of Geography, 45c; Maury's New Complete Geography, S8c;- White's Beginners' History of tho United Stat?, 4 0c; GleaBon's A Term of Ovid, 67c; Pearson's Latin Prose Composition, 90c. Atkinson, 'Mentzer & Grover ? (Supplementary) Rope and Paper; Applied Arts Drawing Books, Nos. 21 22, 10c; Nos. 23-28, 11c. B. D. Berry & Co. ? (Paper covcra) Berry's Writing Books ? Book One, 28 pages, 5c; Book two, 24 pagoB plus 28 pages, 5 c; Book three, 36 pages, 5c; Book four, 3 6 pages, 5c; Book five, 4 0 pages, 5c; Book six, 4 0 pages, 5c; Book seven, 2 8 pages, 5c; Book eight, 28 pages, 5c, Book nine. 2 4 pages, 5c. Literary and social Forms. Eduoational Publishing Company (Basal) Flexible Manila; Au?burg's Drawing Teachers' Manual?, Nos. I, II and III, each 25c; Pupils* Practice Tablets, Standard Course, Nos. I to XII, inclusive, eaoh 15c; Pupils' Practtco Tablets, Shorter Course, Nos. I to VJII, inclusive, each 15c. Teachers' Lesson Outline- ? free. 3 5c; The Hill Readers, Book five, Supplementary, 4 0c; Snyder's Selec tions from the Old Tostament, 30c; Collar and Daniell's First Year Lat in, 94c; Montgomery's Leading Facts of English History, $1.06; Alyer's Short History of Mediaeval and Mod ern Times, $.104. D. C. Heath & Co. ? Woolley's Hand Book of Composition, 63 c; ThompBon'B History of tho United States, 70c; WellB Algebra for Sec ondary Schools; Pocket Edition, (Complote) , $1; Part I, 68c; Pnrt II, 45c; Wells' New Plane Geometry, 75c; Wells' New Solid Geometry, 75c; Wells' New Plane and Solid Ge ometry, $1.25; GllderslcevoH-Lbdge Latin Grammar (School Edition), 75c; Heart of Oak Readers (Basall Book III, 32c; Book IV, 35c; Book V, 35c. Houglhton, Mifflin Company ? Se lection from Riverside Sorles for Stvth Orado 3 8c; Selections from Riverside Series for Sovonth Grade, 38c; Riverside Literature Series, Sin gle Nos., 3r?c; Doublle Nos., 40c; Triple Nos., 50c; Quadruple Nos., 60c. B. F. Johnston Publishing Com pany ? Payne's Common Words Com monly Misspelled, 22c; Supplemen tary Classic ? .The Yemasee, 68c; Supplementary Reading ? Hall's Half lIourB In Southern History, 75c. W. H. Jone? ? -(Paper): Thomas' Blanks for Written Spelling, Graded Serlc.B No. 2 ,eaoh So. The MacMlllan Company? Klnard Withers English Language ? Rook One, 32c; Book Two, 44c; Dhfcgar's Agriculture for Southern Schools. 00c; Tarr's New Physical Geography, 88c; Bailey's "Hot.any, Elementary, 99c; Botsford's Ancient History for Beglnnors, $1.20. (Nowson and Co. ? Buehler's Mod ern Enfclltfh Grammar with Composi tion, fific. Rand, McNally ft Co.? Story of Cotton (Supplementary), 60c; Rot> Inson's Commercial Geography $1.12: Teller and Brown's Business Meth ods. 70c. BenJ. H. Sanborn ft Co. ? Johnson ft Sanford'fl Caesar's Gallic War, Books I-V, 8j>c; D'Oogo's Seleet Orations of Cicero, 83c; Falrcloth ft Brown's Virgil's Aeneld, Books I VI, $1.10. Cbarlos Scrlbner's Hons ? (Supple mentary): Thn Scrlhner Fn^llsh Classics, eaoh 2 5o; Mlms and I'aynes Southern T'roso and poetry, 65c. % W. B. Set/lor- -Sotzler's Advanced Rn^llsh Syntax, 80c. Silver Burdett ft Co.? Stopping Stones to T,lteTah> re Supplemen tary: A First. Render, 20c; A Second Readet, 25c; A Third Reador, 3 0c; White's tho Making of South Caroli na, Bftc. Parker P. Sfrnmom* ? Manilla: American History Loaflets, 10c; A Record of My Reading. 6c. ' The Southern Publishing Company ?Wallace's United States Civil Gov ernment, 45c; Wallace's fVmtJh Caro lina Civil Government (With South Carolina Constitution and Index), 60c; Wallaces United States and South Carolina Civil Government (Combined), 75c. ,W. If. Wheeler ft Co.-? (n?wl) : Wheeler's Graded Primer, 25c; Wheeler's Graded First Render, 25o; Wheeler's Graded flecond Read**, 35c. World Book Company ? Primer of Hygiene, 3 5; Primer of Sanitation, "A complete official list of all the 10c; Human Physiology, 60c. ad0jHl<ms h?? been fnrnlsfosd the R. REFUSED TO ATTEND GOV. BLKASE DID NOT GO TO FID BERT PltWlO. Did Not Want to Engage in a Verbal Combat With Aspirant* for His Of fice now. The Yorkvllle correspondent of The Nowb and Courier says the an nual picnic at Filbert, four miles to the North of that city, on the Caro lina andv Northwestern railway, wae pulled off Friday and a crowd esti mated at from 1,600 tt> 2,000, com ing from every direction, but prlnci ^The affair is given eacfo year under the auspices of the Filbert camp, W. O. W., and this year the committee in charge extended Invitations to Gov. erno^Bleaae, Ex-Oovernor John Gary Evans, Railroad Commissioner John G. Richards and the Hon. T. C. Ha mer, of Bennettsvllle, a leading Woodman official. The fact that Govonior B't-ase had accepted the Invitation was widely advertised and a large proportion of the crowd was made up of his friends and admirers, but there was quite a number present Who are not the Gov ernor's friends. Govornor Blease failed to show up. It is said that in a conversation with a member of the local commit tee, he stated that "under the cir cumstances" he had decided not to come. It Is also said "that on being asked what the "circumstances" re ferred to were he hung up the re ceiver and failed to talk any more. Messrs. Evans, Richards and Ha mer made speeches. Mr. Evans is said to have made a speech that caught the crowd, but made no refereni-e to politics, while Major Richards refer red to it incidentally, and Mr. Hamer confined his remarks to "Woodcraft." The Governor's friends were sore ly disappointed at his failure to meet them, but say that, under the circum stances they did not blame him. He was evidenly under the impression, until within the past few days, that he was lnvite'd to Filbert to partici pate in a love-foast with ihls friends, and not to encounter the possibility of enisragjng In a verbal combat with one, and possibly two, aspirants to the position he h>olds, more than 'a year in advance of the elctlon, and that the committee treated him dlscour : teously, especially, if it led htm to ; suposo at the ftllty* H Hi l< ter invited possible k aspirants to his position. On the' other hand his en- i emlee are saying that they had n'o Idea he would be on hand at Filbert regardless of circumstances. ? BELIEVES IN KING COTTON. Watson Docs Not Think There Will Be Over 13,000,000 Bales. Commissioner E. J. Watson, like many of us, does not believe In the atfburd fraudulent prediction made by some fakir conneoted with the National Agricultural Department that the cotton crop of this year will reaoh over 14,000,000 bales. He thinks the farmers will receive a splendid price for tthelr cotton If thoy maintain their supremacy by market ing the crop In a sane method. Mr. Wateon is unquestionably one of the greatest authorities in the country on the situation, for ho not only takes In South Carolina, nor the cotton ?ett., but he goea to Europe iO ascertain conditions there. He states that the cotton crop this year cannot exceed 13,000,000 bales and with deterioration which may bo ex pocted, it will fall considerably under that figure. Mr. Watson says the condition of the European splnnerB Is such that they will have to have cotton and havo It In great quantities. He states that with such conditions confronting them they will have to pay the price demanded by southern farmers. In addition to this Mr. Watson says that crop conditions over the whole belt are not Ideal and that even with pres ent seasons South Carolina will not make more than 1,3 00,000 bales, w hlch Is a little more than last sea son. Mr. Watson says South Carolina will rnako almost enough corn to sup ply the local needs, notwithstanding the backset the drought gavo the ear ly planted corn. Ho thinks this Is a greaT thing for a certain bolt State, like South Carolina, to do. All our farmers havS to do Is to sit steady In the boat and market the cotton crop slowly and It will bring good prices. Protect a Fiend. A dispatch from Akron, Ohio, says fearlmr an attempt to tako John Kel ly, aged 24. from the county Jail, with a view to avenging the confessed as sault of Audra Martin, two-year-old daughter of Mrs. II. T. Mart.ln. Sher iff David Ferguson called In all bis deputies and armed them with riot guns. Kelly was arrested at Cleve land. * After Three Yenrs. A body found Tuesday on Bridge Island In the Chattahoochee river, near Columbus, fla., has been Iden tified through a soar on the arm and a filled tooth as that of Tucker Dav idson, a yV>ung white man who had been missing three years. ? I/. Bryan Company of Colombia, which firm will serve an manager of the central text-hook depository. Un der t.hei text-book contract the man ager of tfhe central depository waa to be Meledted by the publishers and ap proved >hy the fftate board of educa tion. All local dealers in text-hooks should therefore communicate at once with the R. I,. Bryan company In order tfhat arrangements may be made for Introducing new books re cently adopted. HAY MEAN WAR i ? 1 ? < faakr Asqaitk likes PUia Eiftufs ttliJifc Aktii liricci. WANTS ISSUE, SETTLED Speech Delivered In the House of <> f Commons Indicates Nearness of a ^ i Crisis ih Dispute Between France and Germany Over the Morocco Matter. ?A cablegram * from LonOoa saya the most p^simistlj view regarding the acuteneea of th > Moroccan situ ation was taken Tliuraday in tho comment of the prime minister, when he delivered a speech o the House of Commons which had been carefully prepared. He stated that Great Britain proposed to stand for what she considered her rights and to maintain tho balance ol power in Furope. Further testimony to the gravity of tho situation is given by the fact that tho prime minister had taken tho loader of the Opposition into the Government's confidence, and Mr. Mr. Balfour's declaration was no less firm than Mr. Asquith's. Tho prime mpnisterte statement is couched in strong terms. At tho very opening he said: "It is obvious that this Moroccan quostion has reached a point at which it will become Increasingly difficult embarrassing and anxious unless a solution is found." Later ho said: "Wo thought it right from tho beginning to make clean that falling of a settloment such as I have indicated, we must become an active party in the dis cussion of the situation. That would be our right as a signatory to the treaty of Algeciras, as it might be our obligation under the terms of our agreement of 1904 with France. It might be our duty in defense of British interest directly affected by further developments. " In promsing the support of tho oposltlon to tho government Mr. Bal four said: "If there are any who supposed that we would be wipe'd off tho map of Europe because we have our dif ferences at home, it may bo worth ^hMesaylng that they bltterlyml^^ Itlon/* Such plain speaking on a question frought with possibilities of a great European war has not been heard Jn tho British Padllainent In a great many years. The outcome of the sluation appears to rest almost wlhol ly on Germany's shoulders. If as 801110 Gorman papers say, Germany haB reached the Btage of national de velopment where the necessities of hor population demand that she en large, and imposes conditions on France which Groat Britain think threaten he<r interests, the only re sult, so far as those best informed Hie it, will ho the oft-threatened and long averted European war . The majority of tho German news papers profess to think that Mr. Lloyd-Georgo warning was not ad dressed to Germany, but a sort of general proclamation of principles. Tho prime minister made It plain, however, that Great. Britain would not consent to some of the ideas of Germany. Great Britain feels that Germany thought sfhe could take ad vantage of the> crisis, and that Eng land was busily engaged In home af fairs-? too busy to pay attention to other questions. Tho politicians and the public earnestly hope that Ger many's programme is not one which 1 may bo impossible. The British prlmo ministers * statement in the House of Commons was greeted In Paris with t>he great er flatiHfaojfJom Tho ^pinion ex prosed to-night Is one of confidence In a satisfactory settlement of the controversy betwoen France and Germany. Premier CalllaAix conferred with M. Deeolvos, minister of foreign af fairs, and afterwards with the minis-' tors of war, marine, public works and finance. Later ,M. Calllaux said that prudence and cool heads were morothan necessary to all parties. The Temps say that although the French ambassador to Germany, and Baron Von Klderlon- Waechter, the German foreign secretary have taken on a tone of greater cordiality, they havo not resulted In advancing the sltuat Ion. HTRANGE MARRIAGE - CJIJSTOM. Practiced by Natives of Dutch New Guinea. Describing the work of tho expe dition to Dutch New Guinea, Captain (4. C. Rowling, at a meeting of the Itoyal Geographical Rocloty, at Lon don, gave bis Improslons of tho na tives. During a years sojourn with them the travellers obtained consld erblo Insight to many of their cus toms. Marriage was only witnessed on one occasion. In this Instance the men who escorted tho bridge up tfhe river l>otaklng themselves to their homes, while tiho bride, proceeded by an old woman, crawled through the mud nnd up the bank on her hands and knees, and In this degraded po sition disappeared Into her future home. Neither In marriage or In birth were any festivities undertak en. Mashed hy Train. Mr. C. O. Burkh Alter one of ths [prorrtfnent citizens and planters of the wostorn section of Edgefield county Thursday met with a railroad acci dent that resulted In his death. The accident, occurred at. Parksvllle, on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad. ?