The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 20, 1908, Image 1
VOLUME XIX.
CAMDEN, 8. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1908,
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NO. II..
SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS
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Newey Items Gathered From the Different Section* o4
South Caroline.
Governor Take# Stood.
Columbia, Special.- Governor An
sel, in order to prevent the receivers
appointed by Judge Pritchard for the
State dispensary fund from getting
the mon?y now in the various banks,
has Bent out a letter to the 31 banks
holding this money, warning them
? hat under no circumstances must this
money be released without the pro
duction of tho collateral deposited
for security and with out the eheek
signed by the chairman of the com
mission and countersigned by the
State treasurer.
This move on the part of the gov
ernor will prevent the receivers tak
ing any action even when they have
.qualified and are ready to serve.
Should tho special masters pass fa
vorably on any/ of the claim* and or
der tho money paid without the con
sent of tho commission it will not he >
posible for tho claimants toA^;et their
money, andv tho is'sue^will Jjdeu b^up
to Judge I'ritchard* foc^cont^inpt pro
ceedings unless the case is settled be
iore that time, as it is believed will
bo don^.
The letter states that this does not -
refer to the $153,000 released by
Judge Pritchard and drawn through
the National Loan and Exchingt
bank of this city. This money was '
assessed on each bank having the de- j
posits, 221-2 per cent, being with
drawn from each for the payment of'
claims approved by the commission.
The letter says:
"Gentlemen: You arc ^ierey noti
fleld that if any o fthe State dispen- :
sary funds in your hands are turned J
over to any one, without the produc
tion of your colloaerals and without j
tho check being signed by Dr. W. J.
Murray, chairman, and countersigned J
fry the State treasurer, you will be
held responsible for the same by the
State of South Carolina. I
"This does not refer to the 22 1-2
per cent, which has been drawn !
_ through the National Loan and Ex
?^-^hange Iwwiks and ^was authorized
r>o(h by the commission and flic'
United States court.
"Yours very truly,
"M. F. ANSEL,
"Governor.
Those banks who received the order
are t.he National Loan and Exchange .
bank, Palmetto National bank, State j
bank, Columbia Savings bank, all of ?
Columbia; Bank of Charleston,* Peo- j
pies Loan and Exchange bank of Lau- 1
rens, Bank of Orangeburg, National !
Exchange bank, Charleston; Bank of
Aiken, Commercial Bank, Camden ;
People's Savings bank, Abbeville; ,
Bank of Dillon. Fnt.pwri??? V?rt?*V '
Charleston ; Merchants' and Farmers' |
bank, Gaffney ; Farmers' and Mcr- ;
chants' bank, Anderson; Merchants' j
and Farmers' bank, Cheraw; Com
mercial bank, Florence; Bank of
Hartsville ;Peoples' hank, Union ;City
National bank, Greenville; Green- J
ville Savings bank, Lexington -Sav
ings' bank, People's bank, Charles
ton; People's bank, Greenville; Nor
wood bank, Greenville; Bank of Cam
den, Merchants' and Farmers' bank-,
Spartanburg; First National bank,
Spartanburg; Bank of Timmonsville.
Just what action will be taken by
the banks on receipt of this letter is
not yet kno'vyn. The banks are made
parties defendant in the action
brought by the whiskey houses and
the majority of them have no desire
to complicate matters by paying out
any money not ordered by the com
mission. 1 !
W. B. Rowell Is Acquitted.
Florence. Special. ? \Y. B. Rowell,
charged with the. murder of Jones C". >
Blount, an Atlantic Coast Line rail- ,
road dctectivc, at this place about
four years ago, was acquited of the
charge. This was the second time.
Rowell had been tried and the case
attracted considerable attention.
Winnsboro Military Company.
Winnsboro, Special. ? The military
company held & meeting in the court
house last week and about 12 dew
members were signed. . This makc^
a total enrollment of about 65 men.'
Measurements were taken for uni
forms and W. J. Amette was elect
ed company clerk. Messrs. K. R.
McMastrr, J. B. Doty, J. D. Fulp, D.
A. Broom and J. L. Hall were ap
pointed a committee to select a nkme
for the new company. The company
will meet again Friday evening at
whieh time Qen. J. C. Boyd will be
present to muster in the eompauy.
"Bob" Hubbard Killed la Wreck.
Trenton, Special. ? Extra train No.
141, Engineer James R. Hubbard of
Columbia, Thursday night at 8;40 ran
into freight' train No. 173 of the Co*
lam hi a* Angus ta main- Use at the
crossing of the Aiken branch, killing
Engineer Hubbard and a negro fire
r man ojf the branoh train, derailing
pSia passenger eoajjJP^ and
several people. It w said that En
gineer Hnbbard failed to atop his
go
Money to Bo Loaned for ImxumcO
Offio*.
Columbia, Special. ? Governor A?
sel and Slate Treasurer Jennings will
shortly arrange to borrow 12,600 for
tke salary of the 8tate insurance
commissioner, Mr. J>\ H. McMaster.
The general assembly felled to place
the salary in the appropration bill
and acording to the law, although
the act was apssed, the money could
not bo paid out this year. However
the next general assembly will pay"
the claim and the money can be ad
vanced by the banks. The act was
also deficient in providing quarters
for the commissioner. It directed the
secretary of slate to provide an of
fice, but there is at present no room
in the capitol with the exception of
the committee rooms that can be
used and permission was not ob
tained from the general assembly for
the U6e of theso rooms. Tho secretary
of state -therefore is powerless to
provide quarters and temporary ar
ranegements will h'^jjtMo bo made by
the/??mmissioner until the next ses
sion of the general assembly.
Tneumonia Claims Four in One Aiken
Family. ,
Aikeu, Special ? One of the saddest
deaths that has occurred in- Aiken
county was that of Mdvin Bell, 20
years old, which occurred on Mon
day of pneumonia. Mr. Bell had been
ill only a few days, lie was the son
of Mr. J. P. Bell of Windsor, in this
county. He was the fourth in that
family that has died in Jlhc past four
weeks. On March 12 Marncy Bell,
his brother, died of pneumonia ; a
few days later Mrs. J. P. Bell, his
mother, died of the same disease; on
Monday of last week Frank Bell, an
other brother, died of the same dis
ease. This makes the third brother
and the mother of the same family to
die of pneumonia within four weeks.
None of them were sick for more
than five days. A few months ago
Frank- Bell's wife died.
< Work Begun in Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Special. ? A corps of
South & Western engineers are now
at work in this county revising and
putting the finishing touches on the
line that road has surveyed from Bos
tic, N. C., to Spartanburg. Engineer
A. W. Jones, who is in charge of the
work, is in Spartanburg but declines
to discuss the plans of the company
as to the beginning of the construc
tion work below Bostic. Ther.e is
a report here, however, that the pres
ent activity in South & Western cir
cles means the building on the line
will be- bejrun thiB summer. It is
saitf t/iaf another survey is to be
made from Spartanburg to Columbia
and that a line may also be run from
Columbia to Charleslon this spring.
Order Is Issued to Express Company.
Columbia, Special. ? Tho railroad
commission has ordered the Southern
Express company to- carry out its
recent order issued by the commis
sion, requiring every package ship
ped to bo labeled " tolled " or
"paid" as the case may be and if
sent "collect" the amount due to
bo placed thereon. Division Superin
tendent Hockaday and Superinten
dents Sadler and Buekner appeared
before the commission regarding the
order and the commission finally
agreed to extend the time 60 days In
order that the company might issur
the instructions to the agent* and
have the labels printed.
Trains May Bo Taken Off.
Rock Hill, Special. ? There is a ru
mor here which seems to come from
semi-official authority that the .South
ern will in tlie near futuro take off
trains No* 27 and 28 on the Char
lotte, Columbia & Augusta branch.
This, if done, will cause a lot of in
convenience here and at other point*
between Charlotte and Columbia.
New Professor Elected.
Newberry, Special.-r-The standing
committee of the board of trustee* of
Newberry college met reccntlv at
which time business which vitally af
fects the interests of the institution
was transacted. That which was of
most importance was the electing ol
another professor. Hev. Gilbert ,I\
Voigt of Charleston was elected to
the chair of modern languages and
philology, Dr. E. B. Settler being re
tained as instruotor in thei. depart
ment of English and English litera
ture.
Chesterfield It Now Dry.
Colombia, Special ? Dispensary An
ditof West has returned from Che
raw and Chesterfield, where ht
cheeked up the et6ok on band ir
those dispensaries which have bees
closed since the order of the supreme
court, affirming the election in thai
county for prohibition. There aw
some interesting questions raised in
settling op a dispensary account un
de? Um Canj^Oothmn
CONGRESS AT WOHK
Doings of Oar National Law-Makers
Day by Day.
6cnator Tillman Caustic.
Under the guise of difccu??ing leg
ibiation the session of the Sensts wan
devoted to a political discussion in
which Senator Tillman, of South Car.
)lii?a, and Senator Heveridge of Indi
inu, were the chief participants. The
Senate considered the conference re
port on the Indian appropriation hlU
and after somo criticism of tho ac
tion of the conferees on minor pro*
triaion tho report was disagreed to
and another conference asked.
Tho House bill appropriating $403, r
)30 to pay the archbishop of Manila
as representative of the Roman Cath
alio church for damago to church
property during the Spanish war also
Afts passod. I
Tho Pendulum's Extremes.
Mr. Tillman traced what he termed
i "swinging of tho pendulum"
from the regime of Andrew Johnson
when Congress assumed control al
most to^the exclusion of the Prcsi
lent from legislative influence 'to tho
ldministrations that followed, which
ie "declared witnessed a growth of
presidential power. The dominating
influence and control of tho executive '
jranch, ho said, over tho legislative
?nd in a less degree over the judicial
branches of tho government were the
uost marked features of American
politics at' this time.
"It has taken," said Mr. Tillman,
'just forty-one years for tho pendu
lum to swing from tfuc extreme lo
?,ho other."
,"Now," he said, "the House of
liepresentatives has degenerated into
lit io more than a recording machine
to do the will of the Speaker nnd
uis lieutenants." Freedom of debate
iu the old and true sense has disap
peared from that end of the Capitol,
ac added. In the Senate "servility
and cowardice are the order of tho
day," he declared and "the shadow
:>f the Executive hands over all. and
the President's wishes are almost the
anly law."
Roasta Wall Street. '
Mr. Tillman reviewed the events
:>f the recent currency crisis and
charged Wall Street with many mis
demeanors. " ?
"The profits of this nefarious
jtock monger have," "lie said,
'found their way into the pockets
it the very men who with the evil
results of their fraud manifest pose
is 'saviours'- and 'uncrowned kings,'
\nd arc lauded to the skies when they
were really trying to save themselves
from the disasters which threatened
to overwhelm them along with their
deluded victims. One of these 'sa
viours' had done more than any oth
er of the money kings to deluge the
stock market with watered stock." j
Millions for Protection.
The House sub-coiumittec on forti- j
fications has reported to the commit
tee on appropriations the fortifica- j
tions appropriation bill with the es
iim&toe ror ine ivar uepanmenz
slashed from $38,443,945, to $8,210,
611 on account of the desire of the
committee to avoid giving ground for
the impression that the United States
is preparing for war with Japan.
Most of the appropriations is for
Hawaii and the Philippines. The
bill was at once reported to the
House with recommendation that it
pass.
This year's bill, as revised by the
committee, covers among various
projects the following: '?
For range finding (fire control) in
continental United States $270,000;
for guns and implacements at Decep
tion Pass, $573,000; repairing storm
damage at Charleston, S. C., $59,000;
at Pensacola, $50,000, and at Mon
bile, $589,000; for fortifications at
Honolulu, including placing in a few
additional mortars at Pearl Harbor,
$1,100,000; for fortifications in tho
Philippine!, $1,949,000.
Brownsville Caso Again.
Reports from the committee on
military affairs were presented to the
Senate in regard to the investigation
of the affray at Brownsville, Texr
which resulted in tho discharge with
out honor of tlrree companies of negro
soldiers of the Tewenty-fifth Infan
try** At tho spme time a message
was received from tho President call
ing attention to tho fact that tho tes
timony taken by the com mi too sus
tains his position in discharging tho
negTo soldiers. He recommends ex
tension of the timo for re-enlistment
of the discharged men who might bo
found not to fall within the teims of
the !l<Jrder. There were four reports
from the committee, the majority be
ing signed by. Senators Wanefif
Ixxlge, Warner,"* Dupont, 'falioj^rro,
Foster, Overman*, Frazier and Mc
Creary. A minority report was sign
ed by Seuators Foraker, Scott, Bulke
ley and Homonway.
In bis special message covering the,
matter tho Preaident gays:
"Applications to i$-euliqjt~ y from
former members of Companies ft C
and D., Twenty-fifth Infantry, who
were discharged uuder the provisions
of special order No. 260, War Depart
ment, November 0th, 1906, miftt be
1&ade in writing and be aeeoapsnied
by such evidence, also in writing, as
the applicant may deeiro to submit,
to show that be was p*ith6v imp:*
cated in the raid on Brownsville,
Tex., on the night of August 13tb,
1900, nor withheld any evidence that
might lead to the discovery of the'
perpetifetort thereof.
BIG US II MINED
Supreme Court Decides Cases
Involving Rebates
THE ELKINS LAW INTERPRETED
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By ft DiTl?ion of Five to Tbr?o the
Hlfheet Tribunal Declares That
the Lower Courts Were Right in
Imposing Fines on tho Chicago,
Barlinfton & Quincy Railroad and
the Kansas Olty Packers Tor
Granting and Accepting Rebates.
I*
Washington, Special. ? By a divi*
sion of 5 to 3 tho Supreme Court
of tho United States has affirmed the
decision of the United Stale Circuit
Court of Appeals for tho eighth cir
cuit, imposing tinea on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railway Com
pany, for granting and the packers
of Kansas City, Kan., for accepting
rebates on shipment# of puckers' pro
duets intended for export. Tho do
cision was announced bv Justice
I)ay and hia announcement was con
curred in by Justices Harlan, White,
McKenna and Holmes. The Chief
Justieo and Justices Brewer and
I'eckham dissented In an opinion an
nounced by Justice Brewer, which
punjrcntly crituuwl ibe controlling'
opinion. Justice Moody look no part
in the disposition of the <*ase.
Tho Pointfl Involved.
In his opinion Justice Day dis
cussed the various points of con*
troversy involved in wthe cases.
Taking up tho first question as to
what constitutes a crime. In tho
matter of granting rebates he naid:
"Had it been iho intention of Con
gress to limit the obtaining of such
preferences to fraudulent schemes
or devices, or to those operating only
by dishonest, under-handed methods,
it would have been easy t<> have so
provided in words that wouTd bo un
1 mistaknhle in their meaning. A de
vice need not he necessarily fraudu
lent ; the term includes anything
which is n plain contrivance."
Discussing 1 1 i i? effect of the ruling
on the usual construction of con
tracts Justice Day said:
"There is no provision for tho
filing of contracts with shippers and
no method of making them public
defined in the statute. If the rates
are subject to secret alteration by
special agreement, then the statute
will fail of its purpose to cstabisii
a rate duly published, known to all,
and from which neither shipper nor
carrier may depart.
"It is said that if the carrier saw
, ? > v uit ji.Mrv/fc'wfi/ i ' i
contract the effect will be to make
the same evailablo to all other ship
pers. But the law is not limited to
giving equal rates by indirect and
uncertain methods. It has provided
for the establishment of one rate to
be filed as provided, subject to
changc as provided, and that rato to
be while in force the only legal rate.
Any other construction of the statute
opens the door to the possibility of
the very abuses of unequal rates
which it was the design of the statute
to prohibit and punish.
"It tnay be as urged bv petitioner,
that this construction renders im
possible the making of contracts for
the future delivery of such merchan
dise as the petitioner deals in, and
that the instability of the rate intro
duces a factor of uncertainty, de
structive of contract rights hereto
fore enjoyed in such property. But
such considerations address them
selves to Congress, not to the courts.
It is the province of the judiciary
to enforce laws constitutionally
enacted, not to make them to suit
their own views of propriety or
justice.
"The statute being within the con
stitutional power of Congress ami
being in force when the contract
was made, is road into the contract
and becomes part of it. If the ship
per sees flt to make a contract cover
ing a definite period for a rate in
force at the time he must be taken -
to have Hone so subject to the pos
sible change of the published rate
in the manner fixed by statute, l<?
which he must conform or suffer the
penalty fixed by law."
In the course of hi?; opinion. Jus
tice Day gave the following general
definition of the intent of the Klkins'
act: ? r'-I.x
Elknc' Act Defined.
"The Elkins' act proceeded upon
broad lines, and was evidently in
tended to effectuate the purpose of
Congress to require that all ship
pers should be treated- alike, and
that tin only Tate charged to any
shipper for the samo service under
the tame conditions should be the
one established, published and
posted as required by law. It ij
not so much tbe particular form "by
which, eft tho motive for which tbio
burpote was accomplished, but tho
intention was to prohibit any and
all means that might be resorted to
to obtain or receive concessions and
rsbates from (be fixed rates, duly
posted and published." . "fr* ?
? ? - -
500,000 OUT OF WORK
III Mill YOHK CITY
Must Dig Subways to Aid Unem?
ployed, is Labor's Oemand.
CONGRESS DISCUSSES MATTER
Central Mmtcd Union Hend Com
mittee to Albany to Ask IIukIico
to InvcMtigutu C?uw of Delay in
Starting Improvements.
New York Oily. ? Declaring that
there ure more than 600,000 unem
ployed lu Now York City, and thai
the letting of subway oontractH would
offer the moat Immediate relief, th?
Central Federated Union voted to ask
Governor Hughes to Investigate the
real status of the city's debt and
Comptroller Metz's reasons for de
laying subway construction. A com
mittee of three was ordered to go to
Albany to see tho Governor.
The coming parade nnd demonstra
tion of the unemployed of New York,
now scheduled for the afternoon of
Saturday two weeks hence, and the
llscusulon last week In CongrcBH of u
labor leader's statement that thcro
*re 600,000 Id lo In this city alone,
orought tho (inesljon of subway dig
ging home to every labor delegate,
md tho report of tho special jcoiumlt
teo was put through with a rush. Tho
reopening of public works was do
dared to be tho tlrst duty of the city
In view of tho number of unemployed.
Representative Wlllett, of Now
Vork, stirred up (*ongrPSB wtttTniM"-"
ter of Samuel A. Stodel, "secretary of
the New York Council of Independ
ent World Workers, giving tho num
ber of unempldyed in New York as
503.600. Of this number Stodel esti
mated that 14 7,600 are union mem
bers and 366,000 non-unionists. head
ers of tho Central Fedoratcd Union
ivere asked tor their estimates of the
unemployed, and with few exceptions
they placed tho number above 600,
000.
! "A conservative estimate, based on
i canvass of the delegates of tho re
jpectlve unions adlllated with this
jbodv, places the number of Idle union
workers in Now York at 200,000,"
I iaid Albert Abrahams, vice-president
| of the C. F. lT., "and if you count those
working two or three or four days a
j week," declared Abrahams, "the num
ber will roa<;h nearer 4 00,000. Wo
estimate the number of unemployed,
union pnd non-union, in New York
md the suburban cities and towns at.
760,000. Wo are told here that of
the members of the Pavers' Union, for
Instance, ninety per cent, are idle;
I lie ciga rmakers have one-third of
their men out of work, tho building
trades one-half, and tho printers,
compositors and pressmen, ono
fourth. "
The Unemployed Conference Com
mittee, which meets In tho Labor
Temple in East Eighty-fourth street,
has determined to go to court, If nec
essary, to obtain permission to "as
semble in the Union Square plaza.
The parade was to have been held two
weeks ago but was postponed, await- ]
ing the result of the conferences with
the Mayor and Comptroller over pos
}ible public improvements.
jcxrrAmiUW m/MjH Kidnr.
Militia Guard at Natchez, Miss., Fol
lowing Wreck and Fire*.
Natchez, Mies. ? Eight persons were
killed, one was severely Injured and
property valued at many thousands
of dollars was wrecked as the remilt
of an explosion of gas In tho base
ment of a five-story building occupied
by the Natchez Drug Company, at
Main and North Union streets, near
the business quarter.
The dead are Cleve Laubat, Mrs.
Kotterlngham, Miss Luella Booth,
Miss Lizzie Worthy, Miss Carrie Mur
ray, Miss Inez Netterville, Miss Ada
White and Ell^s Hotchkiss. The lat
ter, a carpenter, ran from the build
ing and fell, breaking his neck. John
Carkett, seventy-one years old, suf
fered fractures of both legs. lie Is
not expected to live. The wreckage
caught fire, and aK stiff wind carried
hugo sparks to the north and west,
setting fire to eighteen residences,
Beven of which were destroyed.
All business has been suspended
and the local companies of militia
were put on duty.
PHILANTHROPIST PENNILESS.
Dr. Sill, of Worcester, Mass., Predict
ed His Death, Gave Away Money.
Worcester, Mass. ? At tho age of
eighty-three, penniless and without a
relative to turn to for aid, Dr. John
Wellesley Sill, a well known philan
thropist and cancer specialist, has ap
plied to the overseers of the poor
here, having been in want for some
time, and has \ 1 sent to the Stato
"Poorhouse.
A year ago he predicted his death
within six months, and in that expec
tation gave away all his property In
Wales and In Toronto, and all his
money to friends and charitable In
stitutions, keeping enough to live on
for six months. The time expired,
and his friends whom he had aided
, refused to help him.
lluHsinn Policy Pacific.
M. d'Iswolsky, the Russian Foreign
Minister, at St. Petersburg, explained
i Russia'* desire to possess relations
with Japan by which the maintenance
of peace in the Pacific might be mad*
certain.
Rhode Island Will Discover Just
How Many Are Idle Perforce.
Providence, fi. I. ? As a result of
representation* of the labor unions
to the General Assembly that there
are 89,000 unemployed people In this
city th* police of the five cities of the
State have t*gun an ejaumeraWott. ?
This action la taken at tho roaueat
of Qeorge H. Webb, Commissioner of
Industrial Statistic*. *~tTeana will be
employed to set return* from the
country district*.
'Habitual idlers will not figure Ul
the enumeration. . ,
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Washington, 1). C.~ -Hugh llollls, a Treasury Department clerk, '
who mme )?#?ro from Jyouisvllle, Ky,, and who served for a^ini? u?
a private secretary to the Comnfiiloner of Internal H?"tvenue, shot
and killed lila wlfo at their hoiue on Newton street. in tho north- 1
western section of the city. Hollls nronured a rovoivor a day or two
ago Hud look leave from his oftlce during the day to practice with
tho weapon. About 3 o'clock a, pi .his' wife arose to attend their
child, and as she returned to the bedside Holllsawakened, pulled the
revolver from beneath ills pillow and fired, inatantly killing .tho
woman. I m m ?>?) I ut fl y he went to Bleep again and know nothing of
the shooting until hi* was afterward awakened. He has always
borne an excellent reputation, .and he declares ho waa dreaming of *
burglars. Mr. Hollis is thirty years old. Ills wlffc was twenty-four.
Wcti(lngliouiK) Co. Opposes Saloon*.
Pittsburg. ? Tho Wetttlnghouse In
terests, employing 20,000 persons, in
court asked that no more liquor 11
ci'iikhs. he granted , for tho town of
ftast Pittsburg, whero the works are.
The Influence Of saloons on their
workers led tho WeBtlnghouso people
to act.
r. S. Officer Held iin Kidnaper.
Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Grand
Jury returned a true hill against Uni
ted States Custom Officer Foulks, on
a charge of kidnaping farmers. His
(rial will Boon commence.
Mint lteHumcn Money-Making.
Philadelphia. ? Employes of the
United States Mint who had heon laid
off are again at work, and a full force
.of fi&O persons is employed. Orders
came from Washington for immediate
coinage of $10,000,000 more in twoji
toy-dollar gold coIiib.
Three More Colliers For Navy.
Washington, D O. ? Tho purchase
of three new steam colliers with a
coal carrying capacity of 7 000 tons,
at a cost each of ^2 f> 0 0 0- was aj;iuutl
lo by tho House Committee on Naval
Affairs.
Makes Birthplace a. City.
Albany; ? Governor Hughes signed
tho Mil niakfng (.ileus Kails a third
class city. It was the birthplace, of
the (Jovern.br, ,
Hoke Smith Asks Longer Term.
Atlanta. ? Governor lloko Smith
opened his campaign for re-election
In a speech at Decatur. Jfe upheld
negro disfranchisement and strongly
condemned lobbying.
Texas Crop Outlook Best in :{?"> Years. 1
Dallas, Texas. ? Reports to railroad
olllclals at Dallas are to the effect
that Texas crop prospects are the best
known In thirty-five years. Tho Into
hi I //.a id <1 1<1 not hurt tho fruit to 0
serious extent. Kuinfall during the
winter has put the ground In pei'fe'ft*
coThUlloir^fffi- setdllfV;. Tho farmers
have completed -thei r~~p lowing, Tttnd
have begun planting.
Fire Wipes Out Town.
Butte. Mon. - ? Wig Timber, tho
county seat near here, having 2500
Inhabitants, was practically destroyed
by Are. Both the business and resi
dential sections of the town have been
burned out.
Rubber Plant to Close.
New Haven. ? Because of diilner.B
In the rubber trade the plant of the
L. Candee Company, I11 this city, will
close until April N. The shutdown
will affect about 1 iioo operatives, Tho
company will take tills opportunity to
overhaul the machinery.
Cockran Out of Tammany.
Now York City.? W. Bourke Cock*
ran has been dropped from all the
committees' of the Tammany organi
zation.
Hues Wife; Names McCarren.
Buffalo, N. Y? Dr. W. A. Dixon
)>hh brought suit against Ills wife for
dilvoree, naming State Senator Pat
rick McCarren as co-respondent. ?
Jersey Student Drowned.
ICaston, I'a.?Iyan R, Coffin, twen
ty-two years old. of Asbury Park, N.
J., a Htudcnt at Lohlgh University,
was drowned from a canoe In the
Dataware River near this city. L*
Nominated on OOOtli Dnllot.
Marlon, Ind, -Charles II. Good was
nominated for Congress on the 890t?h
ballot by the ICleventh District Re
publican convention. ' ? ? ?
Rich Cattleman Sent to Jail.
Helena, Mon. ? David Fratt, of Bil
lings,' formerly president of ths State "
Hoard of Stock Commissioners and ?
wealthy .catt Ionian, pleaded gu'By to
4h*? tHcpml fencing- -of 7 "9^0 acres' of
public land in the Federal Court lamd
was sentenced to servo forty-eight
hours lu juil and to pay a fine of $250.
Bandits Itob Itnnk of $2ft00,
Coffeyvllle, Kan. ? Three bandits
held up and robbed the bank at Tyro,
Kan , of $2 500 and tied toward Okla
homa. There were three men in the
bank when the outlaws entered. With
draw ik revolvers the bandits forced
the three men to hold up their hands.
Mounted citizens started In pursuit a
,fow minutes, aftor tho robbers gal
loped away.
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For Penny Postage on Rural Routes. '
Washington, D. C. ? Penny postage
on rural routes is provided for in a
bill Introduced in tho House by Rep
resentative Criggs, of Georgia.
Two Little (ill-Is Drowned.
isr? ? fcrynn, MaTHt? - -"W.hilo trying to cross
Breed's Pond on thin Ice Olive and
ICffle Belben, aged live and eight
years, were drowned and their school
;mnto, Louise Arbuckle, aged eight,"
was rescued by an unidentltled man
who happened to bo near and heard
their cries for help. . The Arbuckle
girl is in a dangerous condition. The
bodies of tho two girls were later re*
Woman's Dress Saves Life.
Raleigh, N. C. ? Dressed in his
wife's clothes and claiming he was a
woman, Richard Gill was allowed to
pasx through a line of infuriated
"white caps." Gill had been warned . ,
that he would bo lynched for having
told revenue officers about an illicit
still. Ilia home was burned.
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JAI'AN MODIPIKM DKMANDH. r*
Pekin. ? A settlement of tho dlspjito arising from China's
seizure of the Japanese Bteamer Tntsu Maru hay not been reached."-'
Japan, however, has modified her denyuids. M. Hayashi, tho Jap
anese .Minister, at another conference with tho -JBoard of Foreign
Affairs adhered to his demand for the- payment of demurrage, b'ut
was willing to forego payment for the confiscated arms If the steam
er wab released and her flag saluted In the presence of the
anesa Consul. In this case, he said, ho was willing to leave tho
punishment of the offending commander to China's discretion.
The Board of Foreign Affairs agreed to restore the steamer and to
apologize for hauling down her flag, but the other terms have flot
been settled. China has sent a circular statement of her case to
the various legations here.
Aslur to (JIvc* Oxford $100,000.
London.- ? W. \V. Astor has prom
ised to Rive $.*>0,001) to tho Oxford
University Endowment Fund started
l?v Lord Curr.?n on his election as
Chancellor of the University when
tho fund reached $5 0 0,00 0, hut he
now promises to fci ve $100,000, The
present total of tha fund is $375,000.
New IJacctracic in Havana.
Havana. ? The new Almendares
racetrack opened. A large crowd was
present. Governor Magoon, Provin
cial Governor Nunez, ?he Alcade and
other prominent officials attended.
The future of racing in Havana seems
bright.
First Auto in Jerusalem.
Jerusalem ? Charles J. Glldden. of
Boston, and Mrs. Glldden arrived
here in a motor car from Huifa, Syria.
It was the first motor car ever seen
in Jerusalem.
Suffrage lllot in Budapest.
Budapest. ? A Socialist demonstra
tion in . avor of universal suffrage de- !
v?loped here. There v.- ere three hours (
of serious rioting, the Socialists using
revolvers and stones.
liltiiuiiiateri Auto Signs.
Paris. ? The increasing number of ,
automobile accidents in Paris has re
"suli-Otl in tho promulgation of more
rigid regulations to govern thisj
traffic. The regulations provide |
among other things that the number ,
of every machine must be lighted
after d-rk. " J
Ulnc Xot to Onlse.
BiarrTtz. ? The plans for King Ed*
ward to cruise In tha Mediterranean
aft or his visit here have been ahan- ,
doned. Hie Majesty, who errlved In
Diarrit* five da)<e ago. will return to
London in. April.
FalllcpQS to
Varls.? Jt ..
| that President
don in the
will be accomi
itot i' ? i
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^r.? a., rf.jv
Buvnrin OukU Mormons. "
Munich. ? The Bavarian Govern
ment lias ordered the expulsion o ( a
number of American Mormon mis
sionaries whose 'presence here Is re
garded as being dangerous to public
order. ,
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Mrs. Hubbard Must Pa y $2600.
London. ? Mrs. Alice Gray Hub
bard, ot New York, was ordered by
court to pay |2500 damages for In
juries inflicted by hor motor car In
1906 upon Lieutenant Harford, of the
Scots Guards, who was riding on a
motorcycle neftr Maidenhead when he
was run down and a leg was broken *
in bIx places. Mrs. Hubbard contend
ed that the accident was due to th*
plaintiff's negligence.
Pretender Sues For Peace*
Casablanca, Morocco. ? Geherat"
d'Amade, the French commander In
Morocco, has received letters from
M ti Pal Hafid and the leaders of his
army asking that hostilities be sus
pended pending Arrangements for .
peace.
Chamberlain Improving. .
NJee. ? The reports concerning the
health of Joseph Chamberlain, who is
here* are untrue. Ilisf health is im
proved.
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tJnrrst In Argentfiflt;^~
La Paz. ? Disquieting news has
been received hero of political un
rest in the Argentine provinces, and
trouble Is feared.
German Torpedo Boat Sank.
Cuxbaven. ? The German torpeto
boat- "B, li" was run Into and supk
by an unknown steamer at the mouth
of the River Elbe. - The ehtsf en
gineer of the torpedo boat was
drowned, but the rest of tilt crew
wei^e rescued.
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Enthusiasm in Hoaololn.
Honolulu. ? -The official annoo pce^O
mont that the United States Atlantic
battleship fleet Is coming to I~
has created ike greatest entbi
ivs- '