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PRESU0 BE FREE HLL TO MUZZLE IT IS KILLED IN TUt HOUSE FULL VOTE OF MEMBERS Fifty-Three Voted to Mimlo the PrMit While Fifty -Ore Voted that the Ptcm of the State Shall Re* mala Free and Untrammelled to Protect the People. By two votes the bouse Tuesday night killed the bill to require edi tors of newspaper*! and periodicals published In South Carolina to throw open the eolumns of thslr Journals on demand of anj aud ovory one who cooaldered that any tbinf appeared tnereln had reflected on ui charac ter or standing in- the community and providing a penalty of a fine of 1600 and Imprisonmnent (or thirty days for failure to' print free any communication whU&i did not contain obscene language from ' the person who took the trouble to write it and ?end It to the editor. u hi the house at tbe preseht session. The discussion and roll Call on tbe Pill consumed tbree bours Tuesday fclght. A feature of tbe debate was tbe frank confession of Mr. Steven son of Chesterfield, whose name ^beaded the ml&oHty report of the Judiciary committee In fivor of the passage of tbe bill, that be had mgde a mislake of the bill, that he had made a mistake and allowed bis feel ings "to overcome his reason" In elgnlng the minority favorable re port. "It la with sorrow that I part from my friends of the minority," said Mr. Stevenson In speaking In favor of striking out tha enacting words of the bill. "My reason haa overcome my heart and 1 muat op pose this bill." Mr. Stevenson de clared that bo bad been maligned by irresponsible newspapers. "But shall I, because some Irresponsible whelp has done mt an lnjuatlce. . try to break down the freedom of the pr*4?, mo of the foundation -?.onea of ovi liberty?" aaked Mr. Stevenson., Mr. Rembert of Richland, who In troduced the bill, said he knew thai it would meet with opposition ou cc nstltatlon&l grounds. "Shall we protect tb ? liberty of the press or the liberty of the people?" asked Odr. Rombert. "When a newspaper tra duces your character, holds you up to the scorn and ridicule of your fel ? lawmen, t shall It not allow you to re ply without making you pay for It?" He appealed to the members of the bouse to put themselves In the posi tion of caudldates for office, criticis ed by a newspaper, and declared that he could see nothing unfair about .the hill. "Treat it as legislation to v prot?ct the people >of South Carolina from having their character defam argument on, the assumption that the nevtfsfrepir blir*M'fai<r. "The btll ^kes the. power of construing newspaper articles out of the hands of the courte and gives it to every man,\' declared Mr. McMillan. "If a newepaper Ilea oh a man, let the court settle the matter. It would be Jnat aa fair for an editor toask the, house to extend him the floor for any'lengtn of time to~ reply to orltl elamnfre might claim refitted on Me character and atandlng as to require him. to make hla newspaper a apeak - lng tube for *verybt?Ay. The bill will do away with publicity In South Carolina! No newspaper la going to put }tam {n a position It can be foroed to become a speak In,? lube for every politician who aaka It." <<clj(lllJin /aald J thft ' it van against the law of the State now tor any one to Ue In print or by word ot month about any one elee. "If that la not f II the protection a man needs, h<- is In a bad way and ought to nor* out .of the State," declared Mr McMillan. He cited the fact that un der the e#6epitfg provisions of the bill Republlcane, "Bull Mooter*. " and negroes would hqve the right to practically take chhrje of ilia press of the State, making the "newspapers the property of tjie world at large." U(. McMillan hold 'that a news- 1 paper'a apaoe was Its property which might be confiscated by any one shouldt the bill pass. ? "The bill Is one of' the worst ple?ee of leglalatldn ever attempted by a Democratic leg islature In South Carolina/' declared Mr. McMillan fn concluding, "I>ou't you know that a newepaper haa a great advantage over a private In dividual" asked Mr, Ashley of 'An-' deraon. "I don't kn6w or any news paper monoply," replied Mr. MeMIll an. "Bv*ry man baa a right to his own opinion on *11 subjects." Mr. position against tne bill because the general aseembly had no right to die erliqjnate jggginst thejtt. Mr. Wvehe of Spartanburg admit ted the newapapera had possibly done more for the education and advance ment of the people than any o^r agency, but declared that that bad "no right to .go out of their way to nndaratae a man's character". He made a; reference to an Incident In tW. |*?t camp alien published by the newopkpara. "If you convict an edi tor In the courts. It does not g^e yon an opportunity to put your re nt^ before ? the people,* aald Mr. Wyche. Ife aald that the newspa pers had advertised South Carolina a lawbreaklng state. Mr. fltoyonton of Ohootorflold 0*14 th?t h* rogfrottod that * r?f*r?no? to tha fact that ho had tiirnod tho min ority roport In tutor of tho bill m*4? It ao<*<***y for him to tateo th# floor. ' "Tho m?ii?*ro had a t*r*onal appoal to mo hotattio f horo ttmo and Urn# again boon maltffttad by nowopap+ro. Th1? w?t whM ihtloon* ad mo to ?1m tho fftrorahlo roport. I har* too* a avtorar from tho oara Um obaraetarliottoa of nowspaporo. hot * .want to. #o what'o rtpUt by Moth Otrollfik. I haro borna ft, la. a*1anoa. tt wa* b*o* atfc ^Vmiroltt to wrantlo with trToooonirfhlo odltor* at trrooponathlo a?rtraflapor?.H Hr. *tr*oi?ion told that a momh?r of tho MMftty fommlttoa t?od oaTiod Ma ottaottop to tho ooaatfttttfonai A' Ml 'i!A ~ , Wf? uTU- ?" J pointed out that the statement to which the newspaper was to be forc ed to allow any man to reply did not have to be false. The couimunlcjk-j tlon must be printed whether the' statement which occasioned It was founded on error or truth. The newspapers would have to open their columns, no matter how long it might be or whom It came from. Mr. Stevenson said that the first amend ment made to the constitution of the United States provided that no law should bo passed "abridging free dom of speech or of the press". This same phrase occurred in the State constitution as well. For these rea sons Mr. Stevenson said he was forc ed to take the "back track" .because he had found that he was on "the wrong trail". Mr. Bpps of Sumter advocated the passage 'o| the bill, although he ad mitted that ho had nover been at tacked by a newspaper. "If you suo ieed in fining a newspaper editor, vhat is a paltry sum in comparison with the destruction of your char acter? "asked Mr. Epps. "I maintain rvuat the bill to require that you be Klven tho right to reply in a newe I paper's columns, Is now an infringe ment on the right of the press. If ;t la constitutional to fine an editor, it is constitutional to require him to publish your reply.'* Mr. ~Orler Of Chester, who signed the unfavorable majority report of the Judiciary committee on the bill; called the attention of the house to (*? argc majority of this, committee was opposed to the bill, that only four members had signed the favorable report and that one of these had roponted. "Publicity Is Just as much protection to the peo ple aa the courta are," said Mr. Brioe. ?''If Jrou pass the bill, you run the risk of koeplng the people In dark ness about fraud and corruption." Mr. Brlce said that if the bill were 4 law a newspaper conld not publish a' report of the speech of the au'.hor of the bill wlthdut laying Itself lia ble to having Its columns tilled with teplles from men who mlglt consider that what he had said rejected upon them nor could they publish court pioceedlngs for the samo reason. Mr. Rrlce held that the libel la* pnsaed last year protocted all ci'.^ons. He too, was of the opinion that th^ bill, ti it became law, wou'.d roallaertt? picperty ? the newspaper i spaci. Mr. LUes of Orangeburg held Urn* enough had already been aaid on the measure to prove to the unprejudic ed that it was both unuec-wnvy tn 1 unwise and "the entering wedge to ward hampering the fr?t?t!t>in oi ihe press, ono of tho foundation of liberty." He ntropse.l tho T:.ct that the enactment of the bill would work a tremendous hardship on the struggling country press, putting It to gr^at expense. Mr. LHps declared that If the bill passes a board ought to bo appointed to determine when a printed statement was detrimental to tho character of a man and when he should have the right to use the columns of a newspaper. "There huB been nothing advanced In all the arguments for this bill to show that the people demand It," declared Mr. Lllea. "I am thankful that the time has not yet come In South Carolina, and I do not believe It ever will come, when honor and true manhood, anything pure and holy and good, need protection from newspapers." After ooncludlng his strong and eloquent speech, Mr. LUes movd the previous question, which was to strike out the enacting words of the bill, and the House proceeded to kill the bill by a vote of 55 to 63. The ollncher was then put on by a vote of 57 to 50. The following membera voted to kill the bill: Atkinson, Barnwell, Belser, Bethea, Bowers, Boyd, Brlce, Charles, Courtney, Dantsler, De Laughter. Evans, Friday, FHnr, Gasque, Oreer, Harvey, Haynsworth, Hlott, W. Hi. James, Johnson, Jones, KlMef, Lllea, Lumpkin, >!eCr**?y> McDonald. McMillan, McQueen, Mas sey, Means, Mitchell, Mlxson, Mower, Nicholson, O'Quinn, Pe?"jes. Pyatt. Ready, Riddle, Riley. Roblnaon, W. M. Scott, Sherwood, Shirley, Stan ley, Stevenson, Sturkle, Thompson, Tlndal, Vander Horst, Warner, War ren, Wfcaley, Youmans ? 55. The following members voted to pass the bill: Addy, J. W. Ashley, M. J. Ashley, Blackwell, Browning. Busbee, Clowney, Creech, Cross, Dan iel, Dick, Bpps, Fortner, Gray, Halle, Hardlh, Holley, Hunter, Hutchinson, Irby, W. A. James, Kelly, Kennedy. King, Klrby, Lee, Martin. Melfl, Mil ley, Miller, Mitohum. Moore, Moso> ley, Murray, Nelson, Odom, Rembert, Rlttenberg, Robertson, W. 9. Rogers Jr., 8app, Schroder, W. W. Soott, Sen sen ey, ftmlley, Strickland, Walk er, White. Whitehead, Williams. C. C. Wyche. C. T. Wyche. fcelgler ? 58. HIS KINSMRN TO TflK RRH(TR. Rat Plan to Take Tom Henderson From Lockup Falls. Thomas Henderson, a young white man. went on a spree In Lsndrum ; Thursday night and terrorised the ftown. Defying all comers to Inter fare with blm, he smashed window* and bombarded housee with rocka. Reinforced by a doien oltizens, the police undertook to arrest him. 8ev> eral shots were fired in the melee Vhloh followed, but nobody was In jured. After he had been clubbed, ; Henderson was carried. struggling Ilk# a Wildcat, to the guard house IjAn hour or- two thereafter Perry Henderson, his father, snd other rel atives, armed themselves and roWed they were going to rescue Tom. The eftltens took rfteps to repel the attack and the Henderson clan were finally dissuaded from Ihelr purpose. Hen derson was carried to Spartanburg Friday for safe keeping. He will be returned to Landrum for trial when the situation becomes less tense. Bays It Wan Disgraceful Plot. A New York dtapatch nay* Mr. and Mr?. Frederick O. Beach returned from Aiken, 8. C? from the trial of Mr. Beach, at Which he wen acquitted of the charge of attacking hla wife Vitb a knlfe. "The rerdlct waa none other than we all expeoted It to be." he reiterated, "and the whole affair waa nothing hut a dlagraeeful plot." Will Re Tx>oked Into. 1 ?* I> The detectives Tuesday tnomlng wera locllriCd to sea a real tnyttery and go common crime In the drug ging of Mra. r. 0. McDonald. the yoattlr woman who waa found gagged and bound to a chair before the fire place of ^*r home a day or two ago fo Atlanta, The matter la being look ?a tat)). * . I SHE GAVE HER -AIL THE NOBLE SACRIFICE MRS. HART E. TILLMAN MADE F08 HER COUNTRY II rr Husband and Three Sou Wwr KlUod la t be War With Mtrxu, While Fighting the Battle* ot Their Country and Now bleep on < I -.v > Mexican 8oi^ We print below the speedh of Hon Preston 9. Brook* in the House 01 Representative*, of which h* was * member, on April 16, 18&?, advo eating s pension for Mrs. Mary K Tillman, of Edgefield,, whose hus band afid three sons Were killed Is the Mexican war. " Mrs. lillmab* husband was a second cousin of Sen ator B. R. Tillman. The father and two sons were members of the Im-. mortal Palmetto Regiment, while the third son was a member of a Ala bama regiment, he being a resident of that Btate whan the war began . Thomas Tillman, a brother of Sen* a tor Tillman, the first born of tb? family, was also a member of the Palmetto Regiment, and gave up hi* voung life In the wsr with Mexico His name, with those of the husbanri and two sons of Mrs. Mary E. Till nan. are on the Palmetto Regiment Monument on the State House *roun.1s at Columbia. Mr*. Till .nan's other son's name Is not on 1< x>cause he was not a member of tbf "?almetto Regiment, out was killed vhlle serving In an Alabama regi aaent. Congresman Brooks' speech Is a -nost eloquent one, and we feel sure that It will be read with I: teres t He had a most Inspiring subject and he handled It masterly. Wo doubt If ^ny single family in the State lost \i many members In the Mexican war as the Tillman family. Five Till mans were killed in it. which show? that they wore a hrave, patriotic peo ple, who wore ready and did die to uphold the honor of their State anrl country. Here Is Congressman Brooks' eloquent speech and other proceedings In connection with the Denslon, which was granted: i Prom the ConsrreBKtonal Globe of April 10, IHBfl. Mrn. Mary K. Tlllinan Mr. Oliver of New York, from the Comniltteo on Invalid Pensions, re ported a bill for the relief of Mary E Tillman, which was read a first and aecond time by Its title. Mr. Brooks: Mr. Speaker. I be? the indulgence of tho House to make a few remarks explanatory of the merits of this bill. The bill Itself l> the unanimous report of the com mittee to which was referred the po sition of Mrs. Mary E. Tillman, a res ident of my district, who when the requisition was made on the State of South Carolina for troops for the Mexican war, gavo to the service of her country* every member of her family at the time capable of bearing arms. They were three bigb-toned spirited sons, and the husband of her bosom. All went, but not on? returned to dry a mother's tear?, with the story of the gallantry of her soldier boys. The bones of one now lie at Bal tllle. another fell at Jalapa. the fath er was burled beside the castlel wallc of Perote, and the last reached th* goal at once of his early career and of his vouthful ambition, at the cap ttol of Mexico. With a strange and crushing fatal Ity, about the very time that this har vest of sorrow was ripening for thl? woman In a foreign land, her only re maining son. (n the discharge of du ties which he was too young to per form, and which were devolved upon htm In consequence of the absence of His older brothers, by a fall from hip horse became the victim of confirm ed paralysis. This lady is thus left in the decline of life, with a helplfct* child and an Infsnt daughter depend ent upon her personal exertions for their snd her own support. This Is the narrative of her peti tion, and upon It she builds the hop* that her country will remember her sacrifices, and requite her services 0y the laws of nature, and of regu tated society, the services of a mlnoi are due to Its parent: and we. whc qre the Representatives of the coun try which has been benefited by the exertions of the children, onght not nnd will not forget the obligation we owe the mother. In support of the facts set forth lr> the petition. It Is my misfortune to be witness In chief. Tnose whom th* petitioner gave to the service of her country were my Immediate neigh bors and friends. One of her son* | volunteered In the Alabama regi ment, and in the company command ed by his unrle. Captain Oallman The father and two other sons en roled In my corapapy and were mus tered Into the service of the Phlted States at Charleston^ and under my command. . Considerations of personal attach ment might, possibly did, Influent them In Joining the army. But, air the love of cur friends Is after all but another name for the love of our country, for he who 1* Incapable of the first, will be surely found rec reant In the hour of his country's need. The Interest 1 take In the passage of this bill for the relief of their wid owed mother Is but a poor reflection of the friendship borne to myself by her noble sons; but It constrains me to do that for her which she will no* 1o for herself. 8he appeals not to vour msgnanlmlty. f appeal to both, f come before you begging for bread 'or the wlrlow and the fatherless. She comes In confidence and dignity, *s the Mother of this mridwrn Grac chi. and demands that her name shsll be Inscribed In honor upon the atat utea of her country. The pltfbce of eight dollara per months, which Is all that 1ft granted by the bill, Is lees coveted by this I tadv. than the official and recorded I acknowledgement fit her service to I the Atatft: antf ret. sir. because *' few dollars art, involved ? a sum less ?han a single' hundred for an jbnttre igeer~~At>prahenito-n is expressed test the pffMfed^ht smm.f prove dangerous I n the future. n/ ?' ' '| Never since this Government waa established has a claim Identical with TN*tertT*r (MAlUfrHUOlfr ot been presented to the consideration' of Congress. In all human probabll-i Ity another like It will never be pre- 1 seated, and If It should be. then those ' of us who admire the example of this mother, ? those of us who. In our country's extremity, would bold up her heroism as a precedent for every American mother to follow, will but obey an honorable Instinct, and sub serve the best Interests of our re spective constituents, when we fol low the preoedent, which, 1 trust, is this day to be established. Mr. Speaker, there Is a golden mean even In vlrtne Itself. I'.-u denoe may he pushed so rar as 'to partake of the Infirmities of fear, and constitutional construction in re gard to the disbursement of public moneys may become so rigid as to prejudice public virtue by its imita tion of the mtanneee of avarice. It would be difficult to point out the line, or the section, or the article of the Constitution which authorises ?he purchase of the paintings which embellish this Capitol; but. sir, pub lic contempt would wither the wretch who, by his vote, would convert Into rtlthy lucre that portrait of the sav or of his country, (pointing to the portrait of Washington) or that of him his chosen discipline, i point ng to the portrait of LaFayette). Money, sir, Is neither the wealth lor strength of a State. Virtue, gen I'us, knowledge, courage, patriotism! these are its treasures, compared with which, In their Influence upon popular sentiment, gold- ? gold la ev ?n worse than droaa. I VUl fares the land, to hastening Ills a prey " Where wealth accumulates ant' men decay." Three centuries ago, when border feuds were common, a maiden born on the shore of Lake Constance had gone to seek her fortune In Switzer land. and learning by accident, In the family In which she was domesti cated, that an assault was Intended upon her native village, under the cover of night she took a horse and ?warn the current of the Rhine, and by her timely warning, saved her birthplace an<J people from sack and ?laughter. An equestrian monument was erected to her honor, but her heroism is to this day commemorat ed by a memorial more touching Kach nigh as the watchman goes his found, when the hour of midnight arrive?, he calls aloud the name of her who three hundred years before, awoke the sleeping inhabitants and ?escuetl them from danger. The his torian appropriately save, that the 'ame ?.pd memory of that girl has given a tone and spirit of the youth of that little town, which Is worth In Its defense a batalllon of armed men. I but repeat the story; it is for the gentlemen of the House to make the applications. It is proper that I should state thnt 'he petitioner has already received 'he bounty of the Government: but these allowances ceases on the 4th of March next, when, unless this bill passes, she will be thrown upon the cold charities of the world. I have stated her case with as much brevity as a full, understanding of her claim would permit, and I now appeal to every gentleman who hears me, to vJeld to the generous Impulse* which now bwoII their bosoms, to unite with me In passing this bill with a unani mity whlqh will be as honorable to them as It will be gratifying to the petitioner. The claim la so Just, bo peculiar, that I regard the passage of the bill but aa a matter of form, and I there fore aak for Its third reading, with a view to Its Immediate passage. Mr. Mace: I have examined this bill and It slmoly proposes to pay to this lady eight dollars a month. Af ter the statement made by the gentle man from Bouth Carolina, I am will ing that relief should be granted, ?^nd as the aaoant In the bill Is small. 1 move that the word "eight" be stricken out. and that the word "fifty" be Inserted In lieu thereof. Mr. Qlddlngs: It Is not In con sonance with my feelings to oppose the passage of this bill. Mr. Mace: I ask the gentleman from Ohio to yield to me a moment, that I may modify my amendment. 'Mr. Mace: At the suggestion of many members, I will modify my amendment so as to make the pen sion twenty dollars a month. Mr. Qlddlngs: I feel disposed, on the present occasion, rather than op pose the passage of this bill, to re mind our friends 'here of the Import tant subject which was before us yes terday. and which will be before us again to-day. At the time this war was declared. In VhVh this mother was rendered childless, I was present here. I foresaw the hearts which would be pained and tortured, and made to bleed, In consequence of It 8he comes here pleading the loss of her children; but eighty thousand other mothers, whose children were as dear and prions to th*m a? w*r? these to their mother, fell In that war, and three hundred thousand hearts were made to mourn the loss of dear friends. Tet. sir. with these facts before us ? for no statesman could have failed to nee them ? only fourteen members of this House were unwilling to enter upon that war, sir, opposition to It win made a hlss^ Ing and a by-word. Notwithstand ing the dreadful, the unutterable, and the fearful pnln which It was known would be Inflicted unon the people of this country and of Mexico, these sons volunteered to go to a fore|Kn country to strike down their fellow men, but they themselves were struck down. Mr. MoMullln . J rise to a question ? the 1,1,1 b"'"r? Ho..?, ! . ^ J *?ntli.K ? nfn.lon to a o?r tain lady of Routh Carolina, and the member from Ohio Is discussing the Mexican war. and that Is not relevant iU* ma,t?r under consideration ,n ,h* oolnlon of the Chair, the gentleman from Ohio, is In order. The- proposition 1a to1 grant a pension for services in the Mexican war. and It Is certainly In order for the gentleman from Ohio to allude to It, so far as he has drtne at present. Mr. MoMullln: But not to discus* the merits of the war. Mr. Bapp* It never had any. Mr. Gtddlnga: It grieves me to In flict pain npon my friend from Vir ginia. Of all men Bring, he la the laat one whose feelings I would tn Jnra Bnt. Mr. flpeaker, I wish to ******* ntxm this House what has been urged het* for fifteen yemrs-~? a change of ?nr policy ao as to ?vr>td ZVrZ national mmwutuo ^Wa. w? wiii ?rwtr.t* afemvMv cm m READY FOR TAFT TO SIGN SENATE PASSES MEASURE WITH- ' OUT ROLL) CALL. Would Prohibit Interstate Shipment i of lBtoxl(?Ui>| Liquors Intended for Unlawful Sale. The United States donate Monday by a viva roce rote; pawed the Webb liquor bill already paased by the Houae aa a substitute tor the Ken- , yon-8heppard bill. The Webb bill would prohibit ahipmeats of intoxi cating liquors from one state to an other when Intended to be received or eold in violation of tjie law of the : state to which the shipment la made. Friends of the legislation now win seek to have the House concur in the Senate bill, which differs from the bill passed by the House only in number. 8hould that be done the bills will not be considered in confer ence, but the measure passed by th? Senate will go to the Prealdont tor his signature. The substitution of the Webb bill (or the Kenyoh-Sheppard bill came at the close of prolonged debate and was by viva voce vote, no roll call being demanded. Senator Sheppard during the day had failed to get un anlmo'us consent for the substitution of the Webb bill for the measure of which he waa a joint' author. " Senator Kenyon, co-author of the Senate bill, closed the debate by ask ing that the Webb bill be substituted, as thfe order of the day did not per mit the voting on the Webb bill as an independent measure. The vote was first upon the perfection of the Kenyon-Sheppard bill. By a vote of 61 to 23 the Senate agreed to the commltte amendment, adding a section to the bill, which provided In terms that Intoxicating liquors should become nub'ect to state laws on crossing state boun daries. Senator Hitchcock's amendment to except liquor Intended for personal use was defeated without a roll call, and one by Senator O'Qoifnan ex cepting liquor Intended for personal and for sacramental use was likewise celeated, 31 to 60. Senator Kenyon succeeded In hav ing his measure amendod to become cperatlve July 1, 1913. Thereupon Senator Qalllnger asked for the iub stitutlon of the Webb bill for the Senate measure. He likewise suc ceeded In having the title amended no as to bring tho houses in afcoord except as to the number of the blUs. houprable Government should do. without shedding blood, and without Inflicting pain upon mother?, or chil dren, or friends, or such vaat expense to the people. I know the pain this widow must suffer. I know the sorrow she must bear. I have myself seen my friends struck down in battle, and 1 have 6een the wife made a widow, and her children fatherless; and far be It rrom me to pain any friend of these fallen men by alluding to the cir cumstances under which they fell. Yet the faot la before us, that these sons went to a foreign country and for what? Why. air, to engage in the horrors of war, to murder their fellow-men, not because they had done us any Injury, not because the people of Mexico had in any manner offended us, not becauee they had de tracted from our happiness or inter est, but for the purpose, which had been often avowed, to extend the in stitution of slavery Into Mexico, 8ir, I only rise to renew the Inti mation ^hlch I made yesterday that It Is time for the people of this na* tlon to reform the policy of their Government, to seek a course u\ peace ahd national arbitration, ts disband their army, lay by the most of their navy, and pursue a course which shall save the nation from the flood of expenditures, extravagance, and corruption which are sweeping over it, save our people from the suf fering to which human nature is ex posed In consequence of war, and pre vent such a state of suffering as that tc ^whTcT tlr? gentleman from South Carolina has alluded in such eloquent terms. I have no objection to the Hmendment of the gentleman from Indiana as modified. Mr. Orr: /The amendment that has been suggested by the gentleman from Indiana emanates, I have no doubt, from himself, and from the generosity of his nature, responding to this application. It Is for the House to determine whether they will adopt the amendment suggested by him Of giving twenty dollars per month, or will fall back upon the or iginal report. The House can take Its choice. I think this lady Is en titled to some relief at the hands of this House, she hsvlng given to the service of the country her husband and three of her sons. I demand the previous question on the engross ment and third reading of the bill. Mr. Kennett: I would Inquire what penston the committee recom mends? Mr, Orr: Bight dollars per month. Mr. Mattersonr I ask that the re port may be read. The Speaker . The Chair Is In formed there Is no report. Mr. Brooks: The committee ha*v. reported by bill and reported unani mously. The previous question war seconn ed. and the main question ordered. The first question being on Mr. knee's amendment, and It was agreed to. The bill was then ordered to beVen prroaned snd read a third time: kpd being engrossed. It was accordingly rend the third time. Mr. Brooks: I ssk for the pre vious question on the passage of the Mil. The previous question was second ed, snd th# main question ordered; and under the operation of the pre vious question the W11 was passed. Mr. ftrooks moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, snd also moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which lat ter motion was agreed to. , Ihrsmmer 1/Mrns I/fwson. If you send yonr traveling bag by parcel post be sure to leave It un locked. tAi New York traveling man learned this lesson when the post man trrooght htm a fr1| hi had left 1ny>Plttskmg and lev which he bed The flitcef boW * 4 cent# In stamp*. hut because the bag was lock ed, It cams as first class matter snd tfcfc ihrttut haft to pmy f ? .40. ATTACK THE REBELS1 BATTLE SAGES IN STREETS OF MEXICO cur. DETAILS OF THE FIGHT President Madero Orders Loj.il Troops to Attack the Rebels, Who Intrenched In the Aneiul, and Thousand Soldier* Are Killed and Man/ Are Seriously Wounded. A dispatch from Mexico City says the Federals and rebels fought a sev en-hour drawn battle In the heart of that city Tuesday. When darkness put an end to the fighting neither sida? appeared to have gained any marked advantage. Estimates of the casualties run as high as 1,000, although accurate Information can not be obtained at this time. The dead certainly will be counted by the hundreds. Artillery played the chier ptfrt in the day's fighting, but ride fire was kept up continuously, though more or less inefficient. 'Q?n. Felix Diax, 'In his arsenal stronghold, appeared as defiant as any time since he was released from prison by tbe mutinous soldiers, and promises a repetition of the terrific bomburiment, the fierceness of which Is attested by the many partially de stroyed structures within a radius of halt a mile. The greatest loss 01 life resulted In a charge of rurales who, with a daring amounting to foolbardlness. moved against a rebel battery which mowed down men and horses. The firing grow much lighter as the afternoon wore along, but the artillery action always was the dom inating feature. For the most part the artillery fire on both Bides was k(-pt rea8onablyl low, out not infrc or.cutly shells streamed across the ?:U y ard shrapnel fe'l in .l.s.rlcts far from the zone of fighting. The Government troops advanced from four directions, Gen. Angeles from the weBt; General Cauz from the north; General Maas from the south, and General Delgade from the east. Toward the end of the battle they were crowded close together and from his position in San Diego stroet, | General Cauz Bent hundreds of solid shot against the arsenal, one corner of which was destroyed. Early in the afternoon Gen. Diaz saw to it that his men held the fire. The quantity of ammunition used by the Federals was far greater than by the rebels. Apparently the less fre quent fire from the rebol poBitlons was more effective and calculations are that the rebel- loss in killed and wounded was considerably smaller than that of the Government forces. The cannon of the Federals eventual ly were silenced by the rebels, but the extent of the damage to the rebel artillery is not known outside their own lines. The streets In which the fighting occurred present a dilapidat ed apperance. One of the buildings which suffered most Is that In which the American consulate general was located and from which the consul nnd his staff were forced to flee. The Federal aaa&ult on the rebels, fortified In and around the arsenal, began at 10:15 o'clock In the morn ing and late In the .afternoon no material advantage had been gained by either side. It appeared, aow ?ver, that the rebels, who were hold ing slightly improved positions, w* rie conserving their fire. Many assaults against them had been repulsed. The rrost serious loss sustained among the Federals was the death \>f Col. Castillo, an efficient officer, who waa shot near the Y. M. C. A. building (while leading a reconnoltering party, j !r is said that 300 men have desert ed the Diai standard within twen ty- four hours, going over to the Fed j trals. All through the night the Federal ' commanders were placing their men _in position. Twenty cannon, some of heavy calibre, had been brought in from the outlying district. Ru rales were engaged in transporting | ammunition. From above the arsen al, Qen. Felix Dlax floated his red flag of defiance. The rebels appear ed no lees ready for battle than the Federals. Orders were Issued to the detachments guarding all approaches to the arsenal to retire on the ap pearance of any armed foroe. But Dlas did not rely entirely on his forces in the arsenal district. lie dispatched a few hundred men with artillery to a point In the northwest of the city. These guns dominated Chapultepec, but they were held In readiness to strike the Federals In the flank or rear. The Government was most optimis tic regarding the close of the battle. Ernesto Madero said the showing made and the temper of the Federals were entirely satisfactory. "We hardly expected to dislodge Dlaa to day," he said. "8lnce his position Is well fortified, but we have sufficient forces and elements of war to suc ceed and cnnnot fall to do so. Oen. Aurellano Is not here and is not coming, probably because he Is need ed to control the Zapatista forces, who might otherwise Improve the op pjftunity to enter the cKy. We mow hsve four thousand men and more available If necossary, with plenty of artillery." I To the offer of flenor De La Barra to mediate, If he considered that course advisable, the President re plied that he had no desire to deal with the rebels, except through the medium of shot and shells. The posi tion of the rebels, he declared to be fatally weakened by the desertion of 160 artillery men. who operated runs for the Administration forces, flenor De T,a Tlarra sent a message to President Madero saying: "In the name of humanity and a* a Mexican who Is free of all political and revo lutionary parties, I wish to offer my feet peace without further blood fchrtd." Madero replied, thanking him. hut declaring that no terms other than unconditional surrender rould b? made with Bias. That the President ta determined to make this a finish tight Is evident, though no more so tjian Bias, who realises that there will he no ?1em*ncv In esse Of surren der. Almost within a stone's throw forces, each armed with mot** thfin twenty cannon, apparently evt>ect to oontlnna the sfrug?le r*f**dl?ss of thk tr>k? at life. ' High Grade Seed and Farm Lands iUXSON'SSEEDSQROW. They are grown in tile South for the South LONG AND SHORT STAPLE UPLAND COTTON The beat Varletle*. Write u? for price* and Information. CORN, SORGUM, MILLET, VELVET BEANS Our Corn la all HIGH-BRED * OUTH CAROLINA CORN. Oet our llluatrated Catalogue vt all Vegetable and Farm Seeda. W. H. Mixson Seed Company, CHARLESTON BOUTH CAROLINA CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE 'Larilorda ltoupe lurw? G uitrauiMd doc delivered. Poultry Remsdy Co., dueadi. r'la. Fine Apples and Large Orchard for Kale? (Jeorgo Wharton, Clylde, S C. l>ewl? lxmg Staple Cotton fxxxl ? V 1 per bushel. M. Karris, H. F. D. lb, Plnevllle, N. C. t>urooJerue>? ? Rich breeding, high quality. Moderate price*. C. G. Oak.es, Assumptloa, 111. rur hretb Carolina Rl<?, meal, the beet stock food. Weal Poim Mill Company, Charleston, 8. C. Wanted ? Vou to have your mer chants gel our prices on pea a. Pal metto Brokerage Co., Greenville. Phone 822. vVe pay the poi?iag?>? Send your col lars by mail to the largest laundr) In South Carolina. Capital city, Columbia, 8. C. tvecuon Long Staple Cotton ? t'rolinc luigo boll 1 1-4 and 1 3-8 tn. slap c. licBt on market, fl busliel. T. L. Connor, Cokes bury, S. C. I lual i'lool I'aUliMKU I'lltUlk ? our* Headers, make large heads. Prlct I1.3& per thousand delivered. En terprise 1'laui, Co., Meggulia, 8. C. Giant llronie Turkey* ? Paid 47 pounds, loin; 2f> pounu hens, stock very best. Karm raised; prices very reasonable. Address Box 7 6, Now 60inB, Va. Seedling Peach Trees ? W hlie, ?nn nan, ludian, Raisin and Honey, old time seedlings, 26c each, $2.60 doa en. Ga. Seed Co., Hogansvllle, Oa. Box 64-J. Single Comb White and lllack Leg horns ? Blacks won 7 1st prlies; II entered Eggs $2 and $5 par lb, white $1. Ramsey Poultry Farm, CrouBe, N. C. Fifteen Eggs and one year's subscrip tion to leading poultry Journal foi $2. Buff Leghorns, Anconas, iht great egg machines. W. 11. Wil liams, Durham, N. C. Wanted?Men and boys to learn au tomobile business, practical course In our shops.* Cheap tuition; good P9sltlons for graduates Carollua Auto School, Charlotte, *N. C. Wanted? Men of ability to learn cot ton business by our correspondent course and typo samples; high sal aried contracts made. Charlotte Cotton 8chool, Charlotte, N. C. .Sweet Glover 8e?d ? For spring ?o* lng, white and yellow cultivated biennial varieties. Price ana circu lara how to grow it, free. John A. Sheohan, R. D. 4, Falmouth, Ky. For Sale? Potato plants, pure Nancy Hall, Porto Rico Yam and rrovi dence, $1.7 5 per thousand f o. b. Cash with order. W. B. Nlckles, Hodges, S. C.; J. R. Haunah, OaX. Fla. For Hale ? 160 buBhels Bea Island cotton seed, medium fine, proline blight proof, 27 to 30 conts per pound; price $1.50 per bushel f. o. b. A klrcBB 1. Jenkins Mikoll, Kdlstc. Island, S. C. Kor sale ? l.uuu bushels "Mum im proved" cotton seed. Also 200 bushels "Covington-Toole'' blight proof seed. $1 per bushel f.o.b Cameron, S. C. J as. M. Moss, 8t Matthews, 8. C. Marred Plymouth Rook Kgga ? 91 per setting. Thompson strain. I also buy all kinds of empty bnrrels. Wal ter a Moore, 8 George St., Charles ton, H. C. Harry If you are lonely. The KellaM* Confidential Successful Club ha^ large number of wealthy ellglhW members, both sexes wishing earl) marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs Wruhel, Ho* 2 6. Oakland. Cal. Kor Hale? Just a few of my Iraprov ed Keenan Ioi?k stajne seed, at II 50 por bu., f.o.b. Dunbar. 8 C Also prlre winning R. C. Buff Or plngton e^K". at $2 for 11. J. T Lee, Dunbar. R. C. Cheap FarniH of all sizes for sal* In the coming section of South Car ollna. Good stiff clay lands, where we make three montnr crops Cot ton. tobacco, berries Reaves * McKensle. T/orls. 8. C. Hwpfl Potato Plant* ? "Nancy Hall," "Providence," Norton Yam." and 1 "Sugar Yam." 11.75 per 1,000. 25 per cent, with order, balance be fore shipment. Plant catalogue free Wm. Macklln. Dlnsmore. Fla. \\ ? A man or woman all of spsre time to secure Information for us. Work at horn* or trsvwl. W* OTlence not necesanrv Vothln* to sell flood nay. Send stamp for nsrtlcnlnrs Address MR! 5*1 T, Building. Indianapolis Ind Hvreet Potato Plant# ? Nancy Hall and Porto Rico. $1.75 per thou sand. I am pushing the Porto Rico becanse they are better; they yield greater and from fonr to st* week* earlier than any I hare ever triert. J. A Wilkes, Pine Castle. Fla. Flartem flchool of Nutting, incorpor ated 1ft07, teaches and graduates nnrsea hy fonr months* correspond ence cotirse. Home study lectures printed with R00 questions. Write for booklet. 213 West 189th St., New York, Bwnuat Wrtwi Vwattf Hafl, ) Triumph, Myers' Early, Pumpkin Yam. 9 1 .2 & per bu. Can ship [rum one buabel up to car lota, alto plan'.* fro ui above varieties, 11.76 per 1. uuo. Illustrated catalogue free. Myers Beed and Plant Co., Tlfton, Ga. iOO Boys Wanted to earn 9 1.2 5 even ings. Sell 13 boxes Tills All-Heat* Ing Balm 26c, give premiums free. Bella at tight. Million* uae it for pimples, chafes, burns, cuts, soree. All akin diseases aDA potsoiras eruptions. Ellis Co., Harrlsburg, Pa. IuummCi I1 rv?i*t'ruul tabb^l No better to t>? had auj eaera. 91 per 1,000; 6.000 aud over, 96c per 1.UU0. Jouauaett ? early Giaat Argeuteull Aspargus roou, 94 per 1,000. Get the beat Alfred Jouaaaet, BoK. Mt. Pleaa aut, B. C. -?eiecieU efcg* tor lutUUiog ? crjbiul white Orpington yards. $2. bo (or 16; prime pens, 9 5- White Lcgboru yards, 91.60 for 16; Prize pen, 92. 60. Cockerels for sale. Four prize* State Fair Raleigh. Bev?rly va r-Am V v o v\ mui?h1? Klne pieces of very uiu ?ol id mahogany or veneered furniture, sideboards, beds, secretaries, chairs, footstools, mirrors, etc.; old pistols, rellca, stampa, pewter, brass. Fur niture don't have to be In good con dition. Address K. R. Gllgour, lib West Saint Clair, Indianapolis, lnd. I'rUjtgra, Kiieuuiathiui, Kt/.eiuu cureO by Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy. Thirty years of curea recorded. Testimon ial* unquestionable. Best lor ou earth. BU bottles for 96. Express prepaid. Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy Co., Klttrell, N. C. Best kidney pllis oa *>?rth, 2 6c postpaid. Heed Cora for Sale-? 50 bu. field se lected Marlboro prolific aeed, select ed from 4 acres that made about 100 bu. per acre. Practically every ear of thia oorn came from stalks having not less than two well ma tured ears. Peck, 60 cts, buBhel 92, T. L. Oramling, Orangeburg. 8. C. Did you select your seed corn in field last fall? If not, right now Is the time to get it from the man who did. We have varieties for upland and bottom carefully saved aud housed. Write for prices. Altuda Farms, Morriaon, Warren oounty, Tennesaee. ICggs for Hatching ? B. C. White Leg horn, 91 per 16. 96 per 100. Fawn and White Indian Runner Duoks, egg* 91 r*r 12. 912 per 100. We sail you egga from prise winners. We win wherever we show. Agent for X-ray Incubators. W. F. Dun nlngten, Augusta, Ga., Route 2, Boi 1 51 Uod bey's Triumph Sweet Potatoen la ready far the table 60 days after plantln* Yields twice as much as any other sort. Unsorpasaed In quality. Keeps all the year around. Is abaolutely Blight Proct. I grow vegetable plants of every descrip tion. Prices right. Catalogue free. H. K. Oodbey, Waldo. Fla. keeaaa L?sg Staple Cotton Heed for Hale? fl per bu., cash. A thrifty, large-boll variety, easy to pick. Make more lint per acr* than Slmp kins', and brings 6c a pound mora Have ralaed it two years to profit. Write for Information. G. W. Bul lard, Hayne, N. C. Sweet Potato Slip* ? My slips are guaranteed true to name Bnd of the best quality. Beed are carefully selected and bedded under Irriga tion, and no efTort Is spared to pro duce slips of quality. Rook on sweet potato growing free to pur chasers of 6.000 plants. Write at once for catalogue. J. R. Davis, Bartow, Fla. Potato Hllpn for Hale ? Enormous Im proved Golden Beauty and Nancy Hall; will begin shipping about April 1 or 1 6 to July 1; 91-60 per 1,000 for lees than 100,000; 91.60 per 1,000 for lota of 100,000 or more; 25 per oent. to accompany order, balance before tbe plants are shipped. O. M. McKlnney, Graham, Fla. Potato Planta ? We are booking or ders now for spring delivery of Nancy Halls and Porto Rico yams. I^t us have your orders early so we can arrange to fill promptly. Or ders received In January must en close 10 per cent, of full amount; thoee In February 20 per cent.; bal ance 10 days before shipping date. March orders cash in full. 600,91 ; 1,000, 91 76; 5.000 or more, 91-60. Write us for prloee on other trurw plants. Taft Garden Co., Taft, Fla. E. L. Hpahler, Prealdent; II. (J. Hortley. Manager. itooKHeeplng, Ranking and Abort hand op?n more RT?nno? to ?ncr??? than any oth?r training. OrAdnktM plafiBd In PROORW^ IllVto nr-OrtTJNTRr. Bflrtoatlonal c*nt?r. Invofltlgat*. nrni/R mmviviMa ooixwxjfo, r p?pt. s. r>?pt. ftpo-UuiYtcrr* ?. O. AniVrwnm, H. U