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ROCKEFELLER MILLIONS i BEHIND BEEF TBUSI fctar.dati] Oil Company Control Great Packing Companies MYSTtRY <OF FINANCE SOLVEO MicnomomU RuMut** <if If t & Co. Wxplnlncd by I lie Ducking of Oil Magnate's Money ? Bind of h i A? Carton and S?jnu*j Mcflobertsi New York Ci*r.~-John b. Rocke feller's million* dominate the Beef Truut, and the power of Standard Oil controls both Armous ft Co. acd Swift & Co. For the first time In seventeen J'cara the mystery Surrounding the Vast financial power Hint hrts been behind L. A. Carton* treasurer t>f Bwlft & Co., is dispelled and thd sud den riss of Samuel McRobcrts from treasurer of Armour ft Co. to presi dent of tli? National City Hank, which is practically controlled by the Stand ard Oil Co., is marie plain. The story of how the Standard Oil entered the Beef Trust dates back to <?*? iMir.ic sf 11)03. Swift. & Co. at that time was hard up for money. CJustavua E. Swift, founder of the business, which wa3 incorporated in 3 886 with $300,000, trle$ to borrow from Chicago bankers and failed. L. . A. Carton, who >vas then a private hanker in Chicago, went to Swift and said: "I can get that money for you from Rockefeller. Let me try." ?Carton succeedcd in raising $5, 000,000. The capital of Swift ft Co. was iucrcased from $7,500,000 to $13,000,000. Just how much of this Block was taken up by Rockefeller at that time is not known; but at the present time it 13 known that a large portion of the $5, 000, 000 bonds of \ Swift ft Co. are held by Standard Oil 1 interests. These are First Gold Bs, j dated July 1, 1900, due July 1. 1914; t but snbjcct to call after July, 1910. i Carton became treasurer of Swift J ft Co., and ever sinca Swift & Co. j has expanded faster than any other packing house in the world. In 1899 i its capital was increased to $20,000, 000; in 1902 to 525,000,000; In 1S04 to $35,000,000; in 1906 to $50,000, 000, and on January '7, 1 909rt?r~$60, 000,000. Ever cinc3 1398 tho stock -has paid seven per eeni. Swift ft Co. and Armour ft Co. to- \ pether own seventy-seven per cent, of the stock of the $15,000,000 National Backing Company. The latter has, the Federal Grand Jury in Chicago has proved, control of twenty-two packing and provision- companies which operate plants and agencies aH over tiie United Slates, but in Eng land and South America Morris ft Co. own tho remaining twenty-three per cent, of the National stock. Tho gross business of tho four companies above named amounted last year to $800,000,000. McRoberts, like Carton, was prac tically unheard of before ho -was, raised to tho treasureship of Armour ft Co. lie was born in Malt Bend. Mo., December 20, 1869. He went to Chicago to practice lav/ and lator entered the legal department qf Arm cur ft Co. lie studied the financial Bide of the great corporation as well, and in 1S94 he succeeded B. A. Val entine as treasurer. Following the acquisition of the United States Leather Company from the Rockefel lers by the Armour Interests, B. A, Valentine became a director p{ tbftt Qofnpnny, In the directorate of the National Packing Company Carton has been a member slnoa Incorporation in 1503. McRoberts resigned as a director of the National on becoming vice-presi dent of the Standard Oil bank, FAMILY FEUD LASTS XO GRAVE. NeltlZer Governor Draper Nor Brother at General Draper's Funeral. Milford, Mass. ? Much comment tvas made on the fact that neither Governor Ebcn S. Draper nor his brother, George A. Draper, wi.s per mitted to attend the, funeral of their brother, Geuerul William F. Draper, beld here. The feud in the Draper family that has been carricd to the grave of one of its leading member3 has started tongues wagging, and it is said to have grown out of a quarrel between Mrs. William F. Draper and Mrs. George A. Draper, who are sisters and members of the old Preston family of Loxington, Kv, Tho nature of tho difference be tween the two sisters has beau kept quiet. Business affairs and political ambitions of the brothers are caid to. have helped widen the breath. TOLER, MAI) BROKER, SUICIDE. Had Bern a Prisoner on Ward's Island and Threw Himself Into the River, j New York City. ? Henry Penning* ton Toler, once a leader in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, jumped into the East River from Ward's sland and was drowned in Hell Gate. , Toler,. who was the originator of r the scheme known as the "Harlem heirs," by mdans of which many per sons wero Induced to bslieve that they would become rich when tho courts had awarded them the prop- ! crty of a large number of other per* sons in Harlem, had been an Inmate j erf the insane hospital on theHsland > since last July. His idea in the Har- ! Ism heirs plan was to establish a new VlBtorage Eggs Unsalable. ^ v ? J - ?' The sale of storage eggs Is nit sat* fcractovy to the selling interest. - Buyers claim tbat.few lots show sweet i flavor, snd as a rule, they havs con siderable difficulty In getting tb? stock into consumption. j ?. ^ ?T}. - 1 Vegetable*. To housewives with lately devel tprd Isanlngs toward ve#et*Tletnaiw the market olfera *- wlda choice ol excellent vegetables, somewhat high w S J liAMAV^r w MfMMk H O w t u r. VERDICT AGIST HATTERS D? P. loewt, Manufacturer, Wins Anti'Boycott Case, ?rrr. t Federal fcouct iloldtj individual* Fol DaniHgeg in bnulturro-J'.iidKo In* struct* Jury I<"or i'iuiutlfV. Hartford, Conn.'? "A new declare* tlon of ^dependence" is what Daniel Davenport, attorney, of Brldgaport, (Jail I the verdict of 9223,000 rendered itl tii<* united Stated Court by the Jury in the suit of D. E- Loewe, bf Dan* bury, against Martin Lawler and 23d hatmakor* of this State. After being out more than two hours the jury or dered actuul damages of $7 4,000 to the plaintiff, but as the suit was brought under tho Sherman Antl T*ust law, triple damages can be re GOVOi'fidi There tva? d remarkable ^C46hfl id Ihe Coiirtrodni Whetf the Verdict wad announced. The defendant? in at tendance wcra stunned and groupd dejectedly discussed the significance of the blow. A conference with tho court followed, at which it was de cided to give the attorneys for the de fense a hearing on March 7, when a motion to set aside the verdict on the cf uC'ub ?Acveti*o ??iii be ar gued. The assessment of cost and the fees of tho counsel will also be deter mined.' It is estimated that the costs will amount to at least $10,000, and these, with the counsel fees, may bring tho bill against t lie Unltfed Hat* ters of North America to fully a quar ter of a million dollars. ' \ Asked regarding the moral signifi cance of the verdict in the case, which is the most important of its kind ever tried in this country, Davenport, selir_ lor counsel for the plaintiff, said: "First, it means that individual members of labor unions are bound by the actions 6t their officers, and they cannot allow them to do as they please. Secondly, it means that the Sherman Anti-Trust law protects manufacturers and merchants from boycott attacks. In substance it is a new declaration of independence." The plaintiff, I>. E. Loewe, was sur rounded by his friends and congratu lated upon the outcome of the care. He said that if he had not won the suit he would have had to go out of business. The Judge in his charge practically instructed the jury to bring in a ver dict for Uio plaintiff. He said tho only question for them to decide was ona cf damages, und these were to bo based upon tho losses sustained by tho plaintiff between July, 1902, and Sep tember, 1903, the period during which the boycott against the LOewe factory was maintained. The suit was brought against Mar tin Lawlor, Jqii? Cords and 239 other hatters, membara of Danbury, Bethel i and South Norwalk local unions of thg ' United Hatters of North America, who had been employed by the hatting firm and who bad declared a strike and boycott against the firm July 25, 1902. Tho Buit, -which was for $240,000 damages, lias been on trial for eleven wcefifs. It was instituted bly tho Anti Boycott Society through Loewe, but it is understood tho damages awarded are-to go to the Danbury Bat makers, 'the expense of defending the suit is being met by the United Hatters of North America, who filed a bond to cover the amount of the attachment of tho property of tho defendants, FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE. Mystery Surrounds Tragedy in Home of Negro Family, Wilmington, Del. ? Trapped in the attic of a burning farmhouse while their helpless mother looked on, pow. crises to help then), four children w?re burned to death neat* Dover, Tho mother, Mrs. Sarah Tatum, was In a critical condition from shock. The children were Mamie, fourteen; i<ewia, sixteen; Stanford, five, and Daisy, three. In her night clothes Mrs. Tatum started to summon help. ' The blase attracted neighbors, but before they arrived tho children had been Incinerated. 030,000 FOI J MBS. PEARY. . Sells to Mrs. Morris K. Jcsup Meteor* Husband Brought lfomc. New York City. ? Mrs. Robert E. Peary, wife of the North Pole discov erer, has sold for a sum said ? to be nearly $60,000, thre meteors brought home from the Arctic regions. Mrs. Jesup, widow of Morris K. Jesup, who, more than any other individual, holped to finance Commander Peary's trips, was the purchaser. Mrs. Jesup has given them to ihe American Museum of Natural His tory. -1" . - * The meteors are the largest speci mens of Iron ore composition ever found. ^ . AUTO ACCIDENTS INCREASE. Forty-six Per Cent. More in Bay State I'fist Year. Boston. Mass. ? 'Emphasizing the need of more careful and considerate use of the highways of the State by antomoblllsts, tho Safe Roads Auto mobile Association issued a statement, in Which it is shown that forty-*lx per eept, more automobile accidents of all sorts occurred in Massachusetts in . 1909 than in 1908. -Tho- figures show 896 serious acci dents and fifty-four deaths in 1909, compared with 684 serious injuries -and thirty -U? roe aefcthsTh 1908. 7 K 1 '*'?? ^ Sharp Eyo Saved Him. ^sj&riren to tray by hounds, a b!| cougar srae shot.through tiu< hieasiby O. lriah, a lyncher, Irtb* woods near FalrTax. Wash. Though bady wound ed the Arlraal made n rush at Iris* land he Ar?d again, bui missed tt. The UOrd shot, fb>|d jrben thn cougar was bnt three feet from the end of tho gun, killed the animal. To Garb Trmm of ***??? .A bill to cnrb the press of IndlA j was InUodwesd in the Imperial Cou?- ] INDICT INSURANCE OFFICERS Iram C. Reed and WilUrd H. Peck Held For Trial. Pi*e?i(l?ft< and Secretary of Pcopl?'? M in mil Accuscd of P??ijury? ii(trn(>(iov; Acted Fof Tevlii Syracuse, N. Y.? ^The Grand Jury her* reported Indictment* for perjury igainst Iram C. Reed. president, and Wlllard H. Peck, secretary, of th* people's Mutual Life Insurance Asso ciation and League. With the in dictment* the (;i Mini Jury presented a memorandum tb Justice W. S. An? drews, In which the Indignation of the jurors wiu ^"....ressed at the statd !>f affairs revealed by the Investiga tion. The report stoted that indictments for larceny could not bo legally justi fied because there was no evidence to ihow tliat the money distributed by Lieutenant-Governor JlorfiCo White was the money of the; People's MU* tuai. Both indicted men appeared itt rourt shortly after the true bills were reported and were arraigned at once. Both pleaded not guilty. The indictments accuse the men -)f having perjured themselves In the testimony they gave at the recent hearing regarding the liability of the Insurance society on the contracts they made with the society six yearB ago. The officers of the State Insur ance Department charged that Heed and Peck had reported to the Insur ance Department tnat there was no liability on the contracts, but both stated, on examination under oath a month ago, that the money they re ceived In-the distribution of funds by Lieutenant-Governor While was in payment for their contracts. John Tevlf, of Louisville, Ky., ob tained control of the People's Mutual on December 21 last through the res ignation of five directors, to whom was paid $110,000 by Lieutenant Governor White as trustee. William H. Hotcbklcs, Superinten dent of the Slate insurance Depart ment, alleged that Tevis had bought tho company with Its own money: The courts gave Ills department con trol of the company. TjvIb sent SI 50,000 in Canadian money here for the directors, but the First National Bank credited to White the proceeds of the sale of People's Mutual securities, Bold to make a deposit of $150,000 with the Farmers' Bank of Toronto, and gave the Farmers' Bank Tevls' money sent for the trustees, thereby mixing tlio j funds. . . ? . _ TILLMAN TO KEEP CHILDREN. Supreme Court Decides Against the Senator's Daughter-In-Law. Columbia, S. C. ? ^Pending the ulti mate decision of the Tillman suit, the two little children of B. R. Tillman, Jr., and MrB. Lucy Douglas Tillman will remain In the custody of Senator Tillman and his wife. The Chief Justice of the State Su preme Court, in announcing that no further arguments would be heard in the case, virtually made a verbal or der denying Mrs. Tillman's motion that the children he given to her. There have been many denuncia tions of the law under which B.. R. Tillman, Jr., transferred ..custody of tho two children to his parents, hnd Senator Graydon has presented n bill repealing the provision, which he declares is an injustice to mothers and a mepaeo to the home, TEN MEN IX) ST OFF HATTJSRAS, Schooner France*, ft Thre<uMMtfPi Driven Aahorg in Thick Weather, Norfolk, V*.? Th* three-malted schooner Franeaa, Captain Coombs, from New York Oity to Jaeksonvill?, Fia., was lost on th* Hatt*raa coast and her entire crew of t*n men are supposed to have perished ill th* raging sea that tor* the t*ssel to pieces before life-savers from Cape Hatteras and Big Klnnakee life-sav ing stations could reach her. The Frances, which was of 643 tons net register, was owned by Edwin 8. Pendleton, of New York City. She was built In Belfast, Me., In 1887, and was la command of Captain Coombs. rOCTOR ROBBED AND SLAIN. Prominent in South, He Is Found Dead In Augusta Suburb, Augusta, Ga.? ? Dr. Charles Hick man. one of the most prominent phy sicians In the South, brother of Tracy I. Hickman, president of th* Granite vllle Manufacturing Company, was found dead' from gunshot wounds on the street* of 8ummerrlll*, the fashionable suburb of Auguata. There were two wound*, one in the head and one in the body. . The pockets had been rifled and Dr. Hick man's watch had been torn from his waistcoat. 9X02,000,000 APPROPRIATED, Senate Passes the Urgent Deficiency j "2_: and Army BlHe. Washington , D. C. ? In the Senate the Urgent Deflctency and the Army bill were passed, carrying a combined appropriation of $102,000,000. A bill exempting certificate* of in debtedness and jeequlrlng the pay* toent of the principal of Panama Ca nal bonds, preTlously passed by the iHonee, In gold,.^aa aatednpnn lav or Bi^-i * * ' ? ? '>?>?; -?WJlV.' -? . * Z'j!xwi . ? - - J - J 1 11 /7VLj?Za Sxuldm Change of Senators. - The Senate, at Washington, D. 0-, tfras surprised wheu W. Purcell, of j Korth Dakota, asked to be sworn 1o aa successor to T, la. Thompson, ap pointed in Dseamber to aerse la place of Mr. Johnson, deceased. Thompson resigned because of 111 health. ? -? : irK***4 GarfieM o?c. id ? Qlavis told the Ballinger-Pin 'chot Congressional Ccasi?U?, at .W?ahIuRtniT/TX O:, that coal claim* ant* had kept Jarosa GnrflcUd out IkrUMna* SYMPATHY FOR STRICKEN FRANCE. -Cui toon by \Y. A. llogeru, in llio New York iieraUi. WHITE HOUSE "ISOLATION " A BORE; "NOBODY DROPS IN." "Shaking Hands and Talking lo People is Not Work," Say# the President ?Heveal8 Human Side in Talk to Newspaper Correspondents. Washington, 1). C. ? President Taft ?tood before 1&0 n^wBuapcr cor respondents at the P.-ess (Mob by ap pointment and told of his exper iences. The President appeared incognito in often worn trou??r.4 and waistcoat; over the waistcoat a sweater topen?d that he might put. bis hand in h?a pocket), and a Back coat over all; no top coat, lie bad v aried out for uu automobile ride. 'I have to apologize for appearing before you in a garb that I hava found convenient to wear when walking through the streets of Washingu-n. There are, I suppos?, Eome limitations upon Presidential pcdc3trianisn), but I have not found t'leni as yet, excapt in tired muscles. It is a very great pleasure to me to walk along the street, look into the windows and pass by a great many people who don't know who I am, and at tlruas to inset a fellow who looks pnea ct mo and then passes on without any further curiosity, and another fellow who lookB twice, nudges his friend and then, with that degree of reverence that we all feel, for high officials, says, 'Hello! Taft!' "But there is in the White House a g3nse of Isolation cue to the fp.ct that, generally, nobody drops In, Everybody comes by engagement, and you don't have that pleasant surprise that comeg' from having neighbors look In on you at odd times and with a feeling thai tliey have a right to come. I don't know that that feature | of the White Houss life can bo cnanged. Perhaps it ought not to ba. Perhaps If we changed the system we would long to return to tho sys? ! teiyi' of engagements ? for the engage- ] mont? are many, time passes rapidly , and business is active. "People Fay to me, 'Vou .nuat be tired? -von are working very hard.' I suppose what they Hay is true and is founded on fact. But my education cn the bpnch has made me foel that there was no real work which was not i sustained intellectual work? In wrlt I ing out opinions; and, viewed from that standpoint, I have not had any j wo/k in tho White House, except oc : casionaliy when 1 have dictated mes 1 3a?es. Shaking hands and talking 1 with people has seemsd to mo to be ! always a preliminary until I could ! get to work, and 1 suppose I shall ' never settle down tc a philosophical ' consideration of win.t Is labor in tho j White Housa until 1 realize that three or four hours is taken up each morn ing in discussing ? not the qualifica tions of collectors and district attor neys and other appointees, but the [claims of those who recommend that such gentlemen be appointed. "The truth Is that Executive work ' is work not. because of sustained mental effort, but It is work that arises from the consumption of ner vous energy and vitality in the rub bing up against, one's fellow-man. That Is work you don't have on t'.io bench, and It is a little difficult for one who has had so long an experi ence as I have had to realize that It Is work, and who do?s not feel It un til he gets to bed or until he finds himself In some way or other ex hausted, without any sufficient excuse for the exhaustion." NO WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC, GOVERNMENT AGENTS FIND Innocent Women Not Enticed Hw From Abroad, Tiiey Say ? Tii)se Already Ylcious Sought ? Immigration Authorities Report lod.Herence ot Other Countriei to Treaty Protecting Allen Girls Washington, D. C, ? That the treaty ratified pn March 1, 1903, for the vc prsislqn of the In whlto wom en" \9 PI'AcUoftllr wprtbjen to thl* Qortrnment in preventing the mlgM* tlon of alien procurers and pro?tU tutcs, la the conclusion- of Commit ?loner-Q?norM Keefe, of the Bureau of Immigration, In a report tran? mltted to the Senate by President Taft. Mr. Keefe not only takes the posi tion that the treaty is worthless, but he adds "that practically no co-opera tion at present can be expected of the. Blgnatory Powers as regards the en forcement of the immigration laws with which some of the Powers are found to be oat of sympathy," The bureau made an effort to as certain the degree of co-operation to be expected of the signatories. The following Powers were communicated with: England, Germany, Austria Hungary, Eelgium, Spain,- Russia, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Canada, Bermuda and Brazil. Hs plles were received from the majority of those countries. The replies dis closed that no steps could be expscted to prevent the free passage from their country to thlfc *lde of the profes sional prostltuto or procurer who con stitute the bulk of whlto slave tralllc In this country. - "The procuring of Innocent women and girls for purposes of debauchery," he said, "has seldom If ever come to the attention of the bureau, and as it is the purpose of the treaty to pre vent such procuration the treaty's usefulness ends there. "The present immigration .law to not extensive ahd drastic enough in! terms to effectually prevent further additions to the already Urge num bers of alien prostitutes and procur-, era In this country,- and does not pro- ] vide adequate means to rid the country at large of (hose aliens who are here unlawfully, and in particular , does not reach what. Is the very root] of the evil, the free passage to and fro of those jenf aged In It." -Tbo Investigations - of nr special officer, whose name Is not given, con-' fcwT' ' T:ilirr '-A t ,i> gmi I, i? at Bill Propcfced to Prevent ^imbHn( at Racetrack* fn Maryland. Baltimore, ' Md.? Racetrack man are alarmed eve? an announcement that a bill will be Introducsd in the Islature prohibiting racetrack measure Will be modelled along of the law p?t through by Hughes, of New York, the New York tracks, have dicaupea t>y tne new law the courts hae regained Its for i?nce and the laet two 014 PloaUco d?r*. _ 5*?6i | firm- the conclusions reached In thli country that there lu no eueh thing ! n? an International organization hav ing fni' it* objept thu exploitation of Woniej) In various countries by wenin of the practice of prostitution, The report says: "Innocent women and glrli are l rarely Imported Into this country for ; purposes of prostitution, the great bulk of suet} women coming in as mistresses of various individuals and subsequently adopting or being forced into a life of shame, and the procur ers selecting their Innocent victims in thi3 country." Discussing conditions he found In Europe, the United States agent says the large cities "were found to be so infested with women of immoral ten dencies, Jiving in poverty and dire equalor, that they were only too eager ; to embrace the opportunity of living comfortably in an improper life in this country. Consequently, persons who desire to get fresh rupplies of women for their resorts in the United States are not forc?d to ieek innocent women, when with much less ex ertion, expense and danger numbers of women can be found ready to ac cept their terms, "The dance, concert and music halls and the drinking places of the Conti nental cities were found to be fertile fields for the operations of the cadet*, with their numerous groups of wom en not so openly Immoral as to be under police control, but who make it a practice to add to their incomes by immorality. "In many of these cities it was found that certain cafes and resorts are habitually frequented by parsons seeking fresh supplies of women, not so much because such resorts are 'clearing houses,' but because women of the type desired are to be found and kindred spirits arc always con gregated there." Tales of easy life and riches awalt | lng alien women In the United States have much to do with the great In crease of Immoral womeg.ioi attend ant evils In thls'country, says the re port. | UdmwiUPUl lttllg6ia~g? loir r Splendid ReeorO, Wllkea-Barre, Pa.? 'After being Able id boast that for ten yeara bo passenger had been killed on lta trackttrthe Delaware. LackawannAJ and Western Railroad lost the record when * yonth, Edward Mill, of Gib son, P*? stepped hurriedly from the local paseenger train at New MUfard and was sti%ck and Milled by a coal train. Hla mother and stater, prepar ing to alight after him, witnessed the accident and nr#r# overcome by the shock. Ju "? . ..j ^ ? WSBtm HH PJI Willi Slllll 1IIFS- 1 Estimates by G'otrtpUollor General Jones fur 1010. Over $1,600,000 will be required .0 run tlic State government this ,ear. The exact estimated amount \* given by Comptroller fi'encral Jones in 7, 10, Those figure# io not include extraordinary ex penses that may arisiS The following are tin' estimated !otalb for each department of the *>tate government : Governor's olllce, # 1 i),6fiO I otllee of Secretary of State, #tl,200; otllee I'oiuptroiler-Ocncrul, $10, .150; ? otllee >f Slate Treasurer, $7,000; otllee of Superintendent of Education, #0,570; jjllce of Adjutant ami Inspector jeneral, #10,700; otllee of Attorney*, "leiieral, #0,875; olllce of Stale Li brarian, #1,000; Tension Department, i>250.000; Railroad Commission, #11, 4 >70 ; Indexing ami Codifying Acts, 1*2, JM0 ; State Kleelrteian ami F.ngi icer, #2,200; Insn ranee Department, (58,000; Inli.rniary Confederate Yet >rauH. #10,500*. Judicial Department, 104,100; Statu (leologist, #;},f>00; llis orieal ( 'onunission, #2,250; State penitentiary, #0,550'; Health Depart ment, #1'2, 100; Tax Department, #8.1, SO.'l.l l; legislature expenses, #45,000; .'taction expenses, #2-1.000; examining .*<? in 1 it i 1 1 ees, #1,0.">); puhlie printing, |?2.1,')0l)' ; con pletion ? 1 1' State House, P2.'i,00|.08; Commission of Inunigra 'ion, #10.120; South Carolina I'ni lersity, #8.0(10; South Carolina Mil itary Academy.' # 25,750 ; Winthrop Normal ami Industrial College, #00, 1 ; Deaf, Dumb ami Blind Asy lum, #27.000; Catawba Indians, #.'!, 200; Mist ellancou*. #1 10.15.">.8.'l ; in [eresl on puhlie debt, #1 .f> I7.-100. 10. Ccrn Breeders Oiganizo. For the purpose of providing het !i?r corn seed not only for the mem bers of the association, b?U for eyery farmer in tin- State, the South Caio tina Coin Hreedrrs' association was ir^atmfd .in Columbia last week with 1 mr mhcrship of M0. Those in at tendance were representative t'itrin t*rs liom all sections of the State and there was a lively interest display ed in all the proceedings .of the meeting. It was urged upon the members tls.t it is necessary to breed <oni seed that will be adaptable to this climate. The organization was perfected and many of the de tail for the future of the organiza tion worked. A. K. (Ion/ales has offered #1.000 |o be used as premiums for those that do I lie best corn breed ing within the next two years. A Remarkable Woman Dead. . There died recently near Hlacks bnnr Miss Deggy Clark, who, had she lived until the 21st of this month, would have been 108. years old. In the old family Bible, which belongs to one of her kinsmen, is the rc rord of her birth, February 21, 1802. She always lived the simple country, out-door and open-house life, and in later years indulged in the luxury of smoking her pipe. Although her home was within 200 yards of the Southern railroad line from Atlanta to Washington, and every day for a third of a century she heard its ponderous freight t ruins and mag uilicient vest i bulled coaches roll by, she never herself enjoyed a ride over it. She was never sick enough to require the services of a physician and died rather muldenly. Miss Clark lived with her cousin, Mr*. White, who is uearing her 00th year and who litis# for the past 35 or 20 year*, boon drawing a pension from the I'nlted States government on ac count of her husband having served in the Mexican war. Monument to Dr. Smith. The otlicers of the First Presby terian church, at Columbia, have de cided U> advise the congregation to ere< t a monument to the memory of their hOo' pastor, the Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Smith, at his grave in the church yard. Baccalaurate Sermon by Bratton. The baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of the university of South Carolina on Sunday, June 5, will be delivered by Theodore D11 Bo?e Bratton, Episcopal bishop of Mississippi. At a meeting of the Laymen's Missionary movement in Spartanburg Mayor Ix?e was called upon to close all disorderly houses in that city. Snap Shots. II. C. Moscly, promoter of the C.j N. & I/, railroad, and its best pres ident, is dead at Clinton. A movement in launched at Green ville for a $?0,000 Y. M. C^A. build tnjp- | County suj>e'r?ntendent Martirt, of I,exinglon, eaiae near drowning iu trying to cross Wateree creek in the Dutch Fork. Laman is to have a new passenger station. It is announced that Tbos. IT [JtQj?rfl>.oX Marlhora-ia.to .baa aan~ didate for congreaa to succeed Honr ?Jr K. Ellerbe. tp: (low Ansel lias received .a letter from ~an old Confederate - veteran who is now n icaidout of Baltimore, in which information it asked to a j*naion for a veteran who resides outiido of tha Stole. No vi reives a dent of which a Hive the lim.'lm wf.ry.TTw NraW fmtw ~(+ri ' --Sk ' ' ' . 26 MIS Si G8IITT A Total of $62,000 Imposed and Ex cepting One 0m9 Taid ill Cain. * New York, Special. ? Twenty-six manufacturing it mid of ilia paper hoard association, indicted by the Federal grand jury in December last n? members of an illegal combination in restraint of trade took (tie easiest legal course and (ntered a plea of guilty an an association in the United States circuit court. The indictment, among f other thing*, stated (hat because of this il legal (oiubinution the association levied ?n annual tax of $5,000,000 on the people of the country. , Fines of $2,000, #52,000 in all, we I'd immediately imposed and in ai', except one case were paid f?? cash. T. O. PEARSON PRESIDENT. North Carolinian is Chosen, Hoad of the National Association of Oams Commissioners and Wardens. New Orleans, Special/ ? The follow ing ? i : ? were elected by the Na tional Association of Game (Jwwjiis sinners and Wardens : President, T. Gilbert ? Peurnoq, North Carolina; Ural vice president^ L. T. Carton, Maine; treasurer. Vfof, H. I.. D.yohc, Kansas; set/eta.'/, Gv \\\ Fields, Massachusetts; (?%ner?l counsel, John Acklcn, Tennessee. Resolutions wore adopted provid ing for Federal legislation for the protection of migratory birds, if it ran be const it uioually ' enacted ; for uniform State game and bird jtvws; for State warden law*, inviting fan ada and Mexico to the part in the bird and game preservation move ment ; approving of the work pf. tjie national Audubon societies; for Fed eral co-opcratiou with the States on game ami tiah laws and for co-opera tion between the States theu:selvra ~ ' ' POLITICAL EQUALITY. " Mr.i. O. P. Belmont Extends Invita tion to Nssreases to Join Club. New York, Special. ? Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont has -invited the negro women of the State ""to . join the Political Equality Club <?f which she is president. Ultimately they may form suffrage associations of their own, but for the present many as wish will be admitted to the Poll- , tical Equality Club. Forty Enrolled Sunday at a meeting addressed by Mrs. Belmont in a West Side negro., cburch. Mrs. Helmont came quickly to the., point. "I feeli" she said, "that un less this cause means a freedom and equal rights to all women, of every race, of every creed, rich or poor, its doctrines aro worthless and it mnst fail." Child Suicides on Increase, ' London, By Cable. ? Ohild suicides have of. late become almost as fre quent in England as they are in Cfer? many, and sociologists are at a loss how to explain. During the month of January no less than Ave suicides of this kind took place in London, where two more children made a de termined attempt to die) while eleven cases were reported from other parts of England and Ireland. Meter Burst in Illinois. (Jitiney, 111., ftperial. ? A metoor, supposed (o havo si rusk near here aroused the whole eity and tawed, buildings to tremble, Those in thu street* saw a great glare in the sky, and a teriftic report, as of an explo* slon, immediately foljowed. Several persons saw the meteor explode and heard an appalling detonation, toU lowed a few seconds later by a trembling of the earth that lasted five to ten scconds. ?Ct m-: Judge Shepherd Dead. Raleigh, N. C., Speeinl. ? Hdh. J. E. ? Shepherd, former chief justice o fjjMK North CaroU**#, died in a hospital at%^ Baltimore Monday from an operation of the throat. Onion Crop Late This Tear. San Antonio, Tex., Special.-? Owing to the cold weather which has pre vailed in the oniou districts this winter, this year's onion crop will be somewhat late. ' The increase in acreage amounts to about 25 pint cent* add the Liaredo crop is; expect ed to reach a total of 1,900 care, or about a million ' eratee. Carload shipments may be expected about March 1. For Pish Hatchery. ' Washington, 1), C., Special. ?Sen ator Overman's bill providing a $25, 000 fish hatchev.v for eastern North Carolina has passed the Seriate* Mardi Qraa is On. New Orleans, La., Special.-The festivities of Mardi Graa is on CMM.. . in all of itf glory. Large crowd* in I all endauce. ? *?' ' - ? ... '?'"/V ?" ? . r ? -'i r On Lin* Optatd U BI*k Point " > C.. SnecUI.? Moo I ..Charlotte, Jg ?g %jr ~1 learned from UMtfcarJtive "T ?onrcea, though no announce*)*^ has yet been wsde, that >' new textile mill for the manufacture .of flp? goods, which in completeness Nmd modero ^ eonipment, will eelipee any . thing in thuf section, will ehortly^jSa 'SSStf ? ******* county ojr the Unite*. *?-? - 5e