The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 18, 1913, Image 4
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*.
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r p?pt. s. r>?pt.
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