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,.? mm nmu. ? ? ? ? " ? *". 1 ? ' Camden, 8. C. NEWS OF THE WEEK / . ? ' .... LATE NEWS OF THE WORLD TERSELY TOLD. SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST fc ? ' 1 '?* 8 Notes From Foreign Lands Through* out the Nation and Particularly the Qreat South, Southern. Tjl? firm mii11h against the Louisville wild Nuhhviicl Itailroad company and the Southern Kullwuy company to bo brought by English and German cred itors of Knig.it, Vancey & Co., wore begun nt Decatur, Ala., by the AUiik of a complaint against the rallroadH MWF?Bil??r Eccles & Co. of Liver pool and by Knoop A Kabarius and *ev?n other mertjhanU of Bremen <J?riimny. Tho total sum for which action will be brought is more than two million dollar*. The governor of Alabama aalury bill ?a far aa It ftppllea to lOmmett O'Neal, Who ban Juat taken the oath of office, ?s dead. After a valiant fight through two houses of the legislature, after work by its friendo, after receiving more than a two-thirds vote in the house and In the Nenate, it died of suffocation m the vest pocket of <Jov. Braxton Bragg Comer, who has just turned over the reins of office to Governor O'Neal. Storming the Bhelbyville county Jail ?t Bhelbyville. Ky? a mob composed a n,en "e,*ed RI?d lynch ; ed three negroes, two of whom wore ^.th ftH8auU,nK white girls, ?tod the third sentenced to hang for the tourd. i of his wife hnd held In Jail hero until the day for his execu tion could bo set. A long step was taken at Chatta 7wnu" tho organic union of Methodism in America, When the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church, BOUtb* and the Methodist Episcopal cnurch, Northern branch, agreed to ; ? consolidate and build one great church and bo one people, Htote Passed tne bill increasing the sulary of the .incoming governor to $7,600. It Is un ? vderstood that Governor Comer will ^?Ign tho measure, and that Is Its only ftjjggfcp. as Governor O'Neal is prohib it** from increasing his own salary. representatlvee adopted $?ft?olullon WhlcU 's Rimed to keep Lawrence, the prohibition ad | -voeate, out of the halls of the general ^JWiembly. it directs the governor to K?5? >8Wl 8t0,)8 to enf?rce tho roso Yir lutlon. Cam Pete, a white llfe-term convict, :rr Who made his escape from the Ala J>?'nUentiary at Wetumpka f "uU1 braved the perils of the fallg and" rapid* In Coosa river in December, re turned to prison and took up th* bur ' k I"!1, ?f " co,lv,ct'? He explain ?<I that he had been home to see hln - old mother, 8U years of nge, and hav log completed hlg visit, was ready for grind. gPAmerlcus and Valdosta, Ga have i fl,ed Protests against the' popu gelation accredited to them by the bu S|fot the census and ask for a re jr. count, but Census Director Durand an Iv "ounces that It is too late. The rec ord 1b cloHed. i Orders wore received at the nav\ ~r- yard in Charleston, H. c., for tho dls patch to Norfolk, Va., of the old bat Texas, which will be used as a target for gunners of the north At lantlc battleship fleet. The Texas was ffiS* 1880 ? "er l"8t Sergeant J. C. Bell and eleven i>rl vatw of the Savannah, Ga., police force were dismissed by Mayor Tiode man No reason for the wholeaaie I discharges was made public, but It l* I stated that it was becauRe of the po- : Ucemeu'a "political activity" in the campaign for municipal officers which ! ??nded In re election of Mayor Tiede- ! ??an. Sixteen other city employees j fourteen of them white men, were dls- [ missed as a result of the recent inunlc i ipal campaign. W. A. Blount la maintaining his j lead of approximately 3,600 votes in : the Florida senatorial primary. \ j 1'. Hry.an Is second, with a lead over ; J. N. C. Stockton slightly less than u thousand votes, and it is practical!* ! assured that Blount and Bryan will ! bo tho two candidates i3 the second 1 primary. A feature of thu polling was J tho lack of Interest of the voters General. United States Senator Charles J Hughes, junjor senator from Colorado, died in his home in Denver after a long illness. Death was doe to a general breakdown. He was born in Kingston, Mo., February 1C, 180S. "The nomination in the primary and the election to the United States senate by the legislature of Isaac Ste phenson are null and void on account, of attempted briberies nnd corrupt practices by himself and his cam palgn leaders, agents and worker? und of violations of the laws of Winconsln defining and punishing offenses against the elective franchise." This Is the gist of the findings of a special senatorial Investigating committee in Its report submitted to Gov. Francis E, McGovern of. Wlsconsisn. For-? Sick Little Olrl. Give an Invalid child a net of doll . dishes for her own trey. At there ere ? plenty of these spffiqf+nflr --large. to hold eh that the patleht Is allowed to eat the "cuteneesV and novelty of - utJuLih?. lUtft ttiUi-Will stimulate the feeble appetite and tempt nor to eat the food that would otherwise re main untasted. Chooee a gay red and gold decora and let her hare her milk or cam tee tn the little teapot oI the aet Million* of pound* of batter, tni, AHM Md poultry, held In the cold rtorifi houitoN in Chicago, will be thrown on the market before May 1, and a general tumbling of food prices If expected at onca, according to the commission merchants. Numerous Chicago commission men are said to be facing failure as a r?sult of their efforts to maintain an artificial price on (ho necessities of life. Th?? Ina blllty further to uphold thin price la ?aid to be duo to a combination of circumstances, chief of which are the banner crop* of 1910. Keports from Harbin ?ay Cblnose there are vigorously opposing the sum mary disposition of tho bod lex of those who have died from the bubonic plague. The authorities do not dare to burn them, the people desiring that they remain intact so that their an cestors may recognise them in the fu ture life They also oppose the) burn ing of houses. Home of the corpses have remained In the city for days. New York officials of the Christian Science church profess themselves un manned pvwr the announcement that the mother church in lloston may lose tho 12,000,000 which Mrn. Kddy In tended should revert to 11 upou her d^nth, "1 do not believe that | am violat ing any confidence when I bay that at the annual'meeting of all the secre taries of foreign mission hoards, New York City, now boing held, a propo rtion to raino n monster missionary fund may be decided upon." This wan the statement of J. Campbell White of New York, general ??cretary of the laymen's Missionary Movement,, in in addret-H before the Ht I^ouIh Mer cantile Club. "The goal will be at leant 115,000,out), which would fill a much-needed want." All Han Francisco Chinese nowspa ptrs publish what purports to be a nicssugo from Wu Ting hang, late minister to the I'nited HtatcH,announc ing the date ho will be relieved of hib quequo. The date fixed is January ?10, on the we?t?rii calendar. On that day, it j? reported, many local mor liantb will follow IiIh example. Upon being ask<d a? to the truth of the published reports that the South ern Hallway company has determined to dlbpensu with ticket collectors on ita passenger trains, Mr. A li Plant, comptroller of th?> company, said: litis report Is Titlnly without foun latlon. The u'inagemcnt of tiiu cum pany has no* even had under conoid . tfration any change of policy with re sard to t'.e employment of ticket col lectors. On the other hand the re h(i 11h ttiat have been obtained warrant iho 'continuation of tho Kystom." Washington. President Tail Kent to congress a special message urging tho fortiftca ilon of the I'anama canal and recoin mending that tin appropriation of $5, oou.uou for toe initiation of the work on tho proposed defenses be made at (.lie present Aeusion of tho congress, iio forwarded with the message the report of tiio special army and navy hoard, recommending fortification of the canal. Judbon C. ? Clements of Georgia was elected chalrmun of the interstate commerce commission to succeed ludge Martin A. Knapp of New York .it a special conference of the com mission. Mr. Clements is the senior member of the commission. Tho exports of wheat, corn, Hour, meal and dairy products, food ani maid and mineral oils for the calen dar year 1910 were considerably less than the exports for the year prevl Jim. The exports of cotton likewise decreased, but Increased In value. The exports of cotton for tne year 1S?10 were valued a' $03U.ooo,iM?ot against f Iti 1 .000,hot) fur tho year previous, though the quantity exported during the last, calendar year was not as Rrent as that exported for the year 1 I>oy. , I hat the senate at this session must face Mo question as to whether the constitution shall be amended so as to require the election of senators by | direct vote of the people was made apparent, a vote which many sena I tors considered a test of the senate was taken, and resulted largely in j favor of the proposition. Actuated by the determination that those responsible for th<> execution of tho Americans. Cannon and tiroee. during the Nicaragua!) revolution hull he prosecuted, the suite depart ' ment asked Consul MofTat ui Mauaguu" for a report on the situation. I iesidcnt I aft sent to congress a 1 message recommending amendment* to the opium . \iiuMdii ait ef (\\oi >vnrs ago. His rec< mmendations are | an approval ..f a repot t ..f Secretary i of State Knox, guinu r- ason.- why the | act !>nouid he made more effective by | amendments to prohibit imx vessel ? n- '? gaged in 11ade from any foreign pol l ! to any place in the jurisdU lion if | country or l.etw. n ports within thlj juriodii tii.n fiotu cai rylug opium The lu use of representatives pa*>. u i the Sullown> g< m ral pi nsjun I.til, which pension;-. lanr-.r.i: troni | to f.l a mouth i<> all uno served ninety da>> in tl> M i* x ?*.:?n war, and who nav? rea?!ud tlie age of t.2 years The b.il add- al.oia $<j, <?00,000 a > ?-a i to tin* pcu.-.m rt>l 1. j Admitting that the Ninth Polo Is Just a.s much h st a- ever, and that all future attempt* to tlud it nuut j ho independent ent-rpn-cs, unaided l>y his own work, ('apt Kohert K. IVa 1 ry, the Arctic expiorer. answered a crossfire of qufsiion.i at a hearing before the house cominitt.e on naval affairs. He told iimv he wanted the nlory of the polar achievement for himself, declining U> lot any member of his expedition, other than the ne r.ro, flonson, go on the last dash with hlio; how hla publishing contracts had precluded him from testifying Ths Apothecary'^ Affidavit. A highwayman, named Holland, con fined in Newgate, sent for a solicitor to know how bo could defer his trial, and ?M answered, "by getting an apothe cary to make affidavit of hla lllnesa." accordingly done In ths to^ lowing manner: "The deponent verily believes, that if the said Jamee Bol land Is obliged to .ake his trial at the ensuing session he will be In Im minent danger of his life;" to which the learneq/judge on the bench ax swered thatNeveriljr believed so, too trial waa ordered to prsyesd to* ? ? FOOD Wil l COST LESS im KM row GKNKRAL FALL IN FOOD FfllCf? 18 R1PORTID AT LKAOINO WHOLKSALC MAHKIT8. COLD STORAGE MEN ANXI0U8 lmmen?? Quantities of Produce In Cold Storago Mutt B? Thrown on Mark?t. Chicago,?Millions of pound* of but* ter, oggn, cheese mid poultry, hold in tho cold storage warehouses here, will bo thrown on tho market before May 1, and a general tumbling of food price* |m expected at,once, according to commission mere-bantu. Numerous Chicago commission men are said to be facing failure as a result of their effort!'to maintain an artificial price on tho necessities of life. The Ina bility further to uphold thin price la ?ald to bd due to a combination of clrcuimttances, chief which aio tho open winter of mi and tho banner cropa of 12*10. Thrte commission men failed in tho last week a? a result of holding great quantities of butter, which thoy pur chased at an average price of 31 cents a pound and now are unable to mar ket for more than 27 or 28 ceuts a pound. Whllo the wholesale prices of but ter and.eggH have dropped decidedly within tho last few weeks, there has as yet been no decline iu the retail priced. Much of the produce which t? to be unloaded on a tailing market has been in the warehouHe for as long a? five yeara. Hy mean* of cold Htorago com mission m< n have been able to main tain an artificial price not only to the cotiHiimer, but to the producer, it is Maid. Thirty-two warehouses are known to have 4 4,000,000 pouinlu of butter, uggB and poultry. The wholesale price on smoked meats, beef and pork has been siight ly reduced in price. The big corn crop of 1910 in given as the cause. tit. Paul, Minn ?.Food prices in 8t. l'aul are about 10 per cent, lower than a year ago. While no further material reduction* are expected, the tendencies are downward, according to local dealers. Within the last few weeks Ktorui conditions In tho North woHt have Interfered with delivery and wholesale prices have been raised somewhat, but with traffic conditions rapidly becoming normal, a slight re duction is expected. Cincinnati, Ohio.?As a general rule food prices nave ruled steady here during the last two weeks. ftggB hnvc dropped 'i 12 cents a dozen, while butter and pork have decreased 1 cent a pound from last week's quotations. Lard has decreased 25 cents on tho 10i) pounds, while baron haa register ed an advance ol 1-1 cent per pound The prices of flour, sugar and coffee remained the same during tho week, but wheat and corn registered an ad vanco of 2 cents. In tiie retail trade eggs dropped 7 cents during tho week, but other com modities remained unchanged. Kt. IjOuIs, Mo.? While commission merchants here realize that they are facing a serious problem in the mat ter of disposing of foodstuffs on hand, they expect to bo able to save them selves. ,, Conservative estimates place tho supply at fuU 15 per cent, greater than at tho Hamo ;lnie last year. It is Baid thero are more than a half million pounds of butter In cold storage, as against approximately 115.000 pounds last year, with considerably moro eggs on hand, ? , Chinese Oppose Sanitary MdthOdfl. Pekln, China.?Iteports from Har bin say Chinese there are vigorously opposing the summary disposition of the bodies of those who have died from the bubonic plague. The author ities do not dare to burn them, the people desiring that they remain in tact so that their ancestors may rec ognize them in the future life. They nlsrr oppo*?* the burning of houaes. Some of the corpses have remained in the city for days, but they are now belli* taken to the open country, \\1i?t?* trendies for their Interment hft\?- been prepared. English Bankers Sue Railroads, Hirnnnghani, Ala.?The first suits agaln-t the l<oulftvil)e and Nashville Railroad company and the Southern Hallway company, brought by English a ml c.enuan creditors of Knight, Yan eey & Co, wire begun at Decatur, Ala . !?> the lillng of a complaint against the railroads by Alexander Kc cles a; Co uf Liverpool and by Knoop Fabaiius and seven other merchants i-f Mreim ii. (iermnny. The total sums fi r which actions will be brought is more ili.ui two million dollars. Comer Kills Salary Bill. Montgomery. Ala.?The governor of Alabama salary bill, an far as It ap plies to Kmmett O'Neal, who has Just taken tin oath if office, Is dead. Af ter a saliant tight through two houses of the I' gislat,ir?\ after ceaseless work by its friend?, after receiving more than a two-tuirds vote in the house ami in the senate, it died of auffoca ttou In the vest pocket of Gov. Hrax ton Bragg Comer, who has just turned over the reins ol of office to Gover nor Q N< al Mob Lynched Three. Shelbyvllte. Ky?Storming the Shel by couuty jHtl here, a mob rompORCd of le?? than 100 meu seized and lynch ed three negroes, two of whom were chat-fed with assaulting white glrla. and the third sentenced to hang for the murder of his wife and held In jail here until the day (or his execu tion oould be Bet. The three were lynched In dirferent places, and what flret seemed to have been a single lynching way found to hare been a triple one, only with the finding of tta U?r?e IwiMi . . DEATH IN THE AIR (Copyright, 1911.) ANOTHER SENATE SCANDAL ISAAC STEPHENSON OF WISCON SIN ALLEGED TO HAVE BOUGHT HIS SEAT. Investigating Committee Declares Mr. 8tcphcneon Used Improper Meth ods in Campaign. Madison, Wis.?"The nomination in Uio primary und the election to tho United H tat fx senate by tho leglsla tare of Isaac Stephenson uru null und void on account of attempted briber ies and corrupt practices by himself and his campiagn leader**, agents and workers und of violations of the laws of Wisconsin defining and punishing offenses against the elective fran chise." This Is the gist of the findings of a special senatorial Investigating com mittee in its report submitted to Gov. Francis K. McUdvern. The committee recommends that a ropy of the report be certified to the I'nlted States senate by the governor ISAAC STEPHENSON, United States Senator From Wisconsin and t,he legislature with the request that the body investigate the manner In which Stephenson procured hie elec Tenn. Washington.?Senator Stephenson, in commenting on the news from the Wisconsin state capital that charges of violations of the elections laws had bene filed against him with the gov ernor, said: "I have not yet seen the report. So far as the charges have come to me they are without founda tion and wholly false." SENATOR HUGHES DEAD. Colorado Statesman Succumb# to General Breakdown. Denver, Col.?United States Sena tor Charles J. Hughes, Junior Benator from Colorado, died In his home here, after a long illness. Death was duo to a general breakdown. Charles James Hughes, Jr., was born in Kingston. Mo., February 16. 1853, his father l>clng an attorney and the family prominent in .Missouri politics. Ho was endorsed in 1908 by the Dem ocratic state convention for United States senator and elected to thut office by the next legislature. U. S. S. Texas a Target. Charleston, S. C.?Orders were re ceived at the navy yard here for the dispatch to Norfolk of the old battle ship Texas, which will be used as a target for gunners of the north At lantic battleship fleet. The Texas was authorized in 18S<>. her cost being |4, 200,000. She was in the naval battle of San tiago, being commanded by Captain Philips, who uttered the appeal to the American sailors: "Don't cheer, boys; the poor devils are dying!" 5,127 Bales Sold for 14 3-4 Cent*. Montgomery, Ala.?Nearly $400,000 worth of cotton was bought !u one deal by Well brothers of this city from Charles Schuesscler & Sou of LaFayette, Ala Census Records Closed. Washington.?Americus and Valdos ta have both filed protests against tho population accredited to them by the bureau of the census and ask for a recount, but Census Director Durand announces that It Is too late. Tho record Is closed. .. $15,000,000 Fund for Missions. St. Louis. Mo.?"1 do not believ* that T am vlolattng any confldfiflce when I bay that at the annual meet ing of all tho secretaries of foreign n)U?ion boards, New York City, now, i being held, a proposition to raise a monster missionary fund may be de. elded upon." Thta was the statement of J. Campbell White of New York, general secretary of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, in an' address before the Mercantile Club. "The goal will be at least |16,000i000t w^tch weuM ftU a moch-areded want ' ' V": .PANAMA CANAL RULES. President of the United 8t?te? la Practically Made Supreme Over the Waterway. Washington.?A bill to provide for the operation of the Panama canal, regulating the charges for the use of that waterway and authorizing the e? Lahllbhiuent of dry dock**, warehouses, etc., with ample facilities for furnish ing supplies to craft, was Introduced by Representative Mann of Illinois, chairman of the house Interstate com merco committee. The introduction of the bill followed a number of con ferences with the president. The measure authorizes the presi dent to prescribe and from time to time readjust charges for the use of the canal. . These are to be baaed up on registered displacement, cargo or other tonnage, and be not more than $1.60, nor less than 60 cents per net ton on registered tonnage, for ve? sels other than those owned by cltf* zens of the United States and Panama. The rate Is not to be less than the estimated proportionate cost of the actual operations of the canal, subject, however, to the United States Panama treaty of November 18, 1908, and the right of the United States to pass Its own vessel, troops, materials, mer chandise and supplies, without the payment of any charges. ; The president Is given the right to prescribe that any coastwise vessel, wholly or partly owned by a railroad or railroad holding company and con- ( trolled by a railroad or by any In- ; tereata seeking to avoid or reduce com- 1 petition of ocean trafflce between the 1 Atlantic and Pacific oceans, shall pay the highest rates. This provision, how- j ever, shall not apply to the Panama > Railroad company for its vessels. No j preference is to be given to any coun- : try except the United States and Pan- , ama. The president Is authorized, un- ; tier the bill, to establish, maintain and | operate dry docks, repair shops, yards j :uid docks, wharves, warehouses, store ' houses for providing coal and other supplies, labor and repair to passing I vessels in accordance with approprla- j lions made from time to time by con- j gress. FORTIFY CANALPLEADS TAFT President Sends Special Messagt to Congress on Subject. Washington.?President Taft sent to congress a special message urging the fortification of the Panama canal qnd recommending that an appropria tion of $5,000,000 for the initiation of the work on the proposed defenses be made at the present session of the congress. He forwarded with the mes sage tho report of the special army and navy board, recommencing forti fication of the canal. " "The canal, when completed," said the president, la his message, "will af ford the only convenient route for water communication between Atlan tic and Pacific coast porta, and virtu ally will be a part of the coast line of the United 8tates. Its assured pos session and control will contribute to our peace, safety and proeperilf as a nation. In my Judgment, 1t is tho right and tho duty of the United States to fortify the canal and make capable of defense the work that will bear bo vital a relation to Its welfare and that is being created solely by It, and at an expenditure of enormous sums. Drug Message Sent by Taft. Washington.?President Taft sent to congress a message recommending amendments to tho opium exclusion act of two years ago. His recommen dations are an approval of a roport of Secretary of State Knox, glviug reasons why tho act should be made more effective by amendments to pro hloll any vessel engaged In trade from any foreign port to any place in the jurisdiction of this country or between ports within this jurisdiction from car rying opium prepared for smokin*. Savannah's Now Mayor Get* Revenge. Savannah, Ga.?Sergeant J. C. Del] and eleven privates of the police force wero dismissed by Mayor Tledeman. No reason for the wholesale dis charges was made public, but It Is stated that it wan because of the po iiceineu's "political activity" in tho campaign for municipal officers which ended in re election of Mayor Tlede man. 8lxteen other city employees, fourteen of them white men, were dls missd as a result of the recent munic ipal campaign. Blount Maintain* Lend, ? Jacksonville, Fla.-?W. A. Blount U maintain Uigfililead" of ^proximately" 3,500 votes in the senatorial primary, v p. Bryan is second, with a Mad ?oyer J, N. C.. Stockton slightly.Iasa than a thousand rotee, and it ia prac tically assured that Blount and Bryan will be the two candidates in the sec ond primary. A feature of the poll ing ?M the lack of interest of the vot ers, and but two-thirds the vote of the atat* brougnt t ports eame in ver? atowly. ?*-" *r1 ?-yuCTcaii HETDMSIS Of HORIB AKD SOUTH WUIM1 LONG 8TEP TAKEN TOWARD WELDING SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN METHODIET?. CHURCHES CONSOUPATED One Great Church Will Be Built In Chattanooga, Where Faction# Wlfl Worship Together. Chattanooga, Tenia.?A long iitep wan takon here la the organic union of Methodism In America, when the Centenary Methodist Kplscopal church, South, and the Methodist Episcopal church, Northern branch, agreed to consolidate and build oue great cb'urch and be one people. A meeting of intercut to American Methodism, as a whole, was held In this city. Twenty-five representatives of each branch of Methodism met and discussed the future of Chattanooga Methodism. Members of these two churches, which separated In 1845, on account of political and ecclesiastical differences, declared themselves oue in spirit, aud, while recognizing loyal ty to their respective denominations, every speaker showed himself unal terably In favor of a reunion of the Methodist family in America. John A. Patten and Bishop William Anderson, both members of the com mission on organic union, participated in the discussion, President John II. Kace of Chattanooga university made a strong appeal for union. GEORGIAN HEADS COMMISION Judeon C. Clements of Augusta, Qa., Receive* High Honor. Washington.?Judson Clements of Georgia was elected chairman of the interstate commerce commission to sueceed Judge Martiu A. Knapp of New York at a special conference of the commission. Mr. Clements is the senior member of the commission. Tho chairman exerta a powerful In fluence upon the operations of the commission and, what is equally ns important, he la ex-offlclo of the me JUDSON C. CLEMENT8, Interstate Commerce CommlMioner. diators under the Erdman act. which provides a means of adjustment of controversies that may arise between common carriers and their employees. Thfl commissioner of labor is the oth er mediator. Judge Clements is a native of Geor gia, born in 1846. Ho was appointed to the commission by President Cleve land in March, 1892, and has received three successive appointments. Slayers of Groce and Cannon. Washington.?Actuated by the de termination that those responsible for the execution of the American*, Can non and Oroce, during (he Nlcaraguan revolution shall be prosecuted, the state department asked Con&ul Moffat at Managua for a report on the situ ation. No Alarm Over Eddy Will. New York.?New York officials of the Christian Science church profess themselves unalarmed over' the an nouncement that the Mother church In Boston may lose the $2,000,000 which Mrs. Eddy Intended should re vert to it upon her death. Cotton Experts Worth $530,000,000. Washington.?The exports of wheat, corn, flour, meal and dairy products, food animals and mineral oils for the calendar year 1910 were considerably less than the exports for the year pre vious. The exports of cotton likewise decreased, but increased in value. The exports of cotton for the year 1910 were valued at $530,000,000, against $461,000,000 for the year previous, though the quantity exported during the last calendar year was not ae great as that exported for the year 1909. Prohibition Advocate on Blacklist. Montgomery, Ala.?The state Ban ate passed the bill increasing tbe sal ary of the Incoming governor to $7, 500. It is understood that Governor Comer will sign the measure, and that is its only hope, as Governor O'Neal Is prohibited from increasing his own salary. Tixe house of representatives adopted a resolution which is aimed to keep Brooks Lawrence, the prohi bition advocate, out of the halls Of the general assembly. It directs the gov* ernor to lake, legal steps to enforce the resolution. Convict Saw Mother and Return | Wetumpka, Ala.?jLjj life-term convict, who cape from the state panltantlary Mara, and braved the perils of the fails and < rapids in Coosa river In December, r*> tnnred to prison and took up ?h? bus dens of a convict's life. He explain* ed that ha bad been borne to tea bit old mother, 80 years of age, and hav ing completed bis visit, w*e ready for. tba grind. He ?a* great 4iffioattjr ip netting away and in shooting the rap ids i? * boat, tana aear losing bin ;; w VITAL MIMHIO EVENTS 0<j<w?w4 Km l%*m tl <NmwI Gathered WilkU the Mt&U lMlfllfT Trtlf PHMf itv?hiipi# ? ? ?' * CORN QROWIR6' PRIXM. * Legislative Commissi?" These Who Received IW W. J. McKlnnon. of Horroll HIU, in Richland county, waa awar4o4 drat prlaa of 1126 In tha ona mn contest of tha South Carolftyt oof* sontest, by tha legislative oo?ml?? ?Ion charged with tha work. Hln total yield waa 1(4 bushel* of oom on one acre. Hla total yield ot polnta waa 91. The first prise 1b tha boys' contest waa won by Archlo 1% Odoin, In Marlboro county, with * yield of 171.11 bushels of cor*. Hid yield on polnta waa 8?. Ha reoelve* f70. Tha State corn contaat commit* slon, compoaed of Commissioner Watson, W. R. Perkins and W, If. Riggs, after examining lit manuala of the contestants, awarded prlaa* aggregating $660. The entry Utf showed 88 men in the men'a one-acre contest, a total of 12 in the men'n five-acre couteat and a total of 61 la the boya' contest. In the flvo?acre contest K. A. Brown, of Camden, Kershaw county, waa awarded flret prise of 9126. He produced | 401.96 bushels on the five acres. Hla yield on points was 88, In the one-acre contest, John R. Dingle, of Summerton, In Clerondoa county, waa awarded second prise of 960; C. W. Joaey, of St. Charles, la I^e county, third prt*e, 930; J. B. Owynn, of Spartanburg, fourth prise, 920. J. R. Kalrey, Fort Motte, Cal houn county, was awarded aecontf prize, 960, in the five-acre conteat; R. E. Hitter, of Cope, in Orangeburg county, third prise, 930. There wan no fourth prize awarded in the 0ve acre contest and the comtniaalon ap plied the prize money, 920 equally to the second and third prizes, making theBO 960 and 940 respectively. The second prize of 930 In the,,boya' con test was awarded to Roy Smith of Johnston. His yield was 180.2. The prizes were awarded upon a scale of points by scoring of the Individual samples. REPORT ON RAILROAD8. Commission Makes 8ome Recom mendations?What is Needed. The annual report of the railroad commission contains 421 pages. It is asked that a rate expert be appointed. It Is stated that such an officer would earn his salary many times. It is also asked that an in spector be appointed to be continu ously on the railroads of the State making inspections. There were 32.9 miles of railway constructed in the State during the year. The commission does not recom mend that the cinder deflector law be amended. It is stated "in the re port that the law has been violated by several of the railway companies of the State and that cases are now In the hands of the attorney general for prosecution.,. Attorney General Lyon has already given the opinion that the law is defective and that no road can' be prosecuted. It la stated that many complaints and petition* have been handled by the Commission during the year. The commission says in the report that there Is no doubt in their minds that the tela* phone service in many places is de ficient and that an inspector should be appointed to make investigations. Abbeville's Population "Stunt." Abbeville nearly reached the 6,000 mark in population. Her population is 4,459, according to . the census enumerator as igainst 8,T66 In 1900, an Increase of a little more than 18 per cent From 1890 to 1900 the town increased from 1,696 to 3,766, or af the rate of 122 per cent. A Probable Split In Kershaw. The territory desiring to annex it self to Sumter . county comprise* about thirteen very large plantations, composed of the most fertile soils of Kershaw county of Eastern Caro* Una. The owners of the plantations above mentioned are well known, up to-date farmers, and very desirable acquisitions to the citizenship of any county. Proper steps are being taken for an election. Opposition to the project may be encountered. Postmasters Appointed. The president sent to the senats the nominations of the following men to be postmasters in South Carolina at the places named: Charles E. Carman, Aiken; T. B.' McLaurin, Bennettsvllle; J. F. Rich ardson, Greenville; James M. Bodfe, Leeavllle; Samuel J. Leaphart, Lex ington; George D. shore, Sumter; P. H. E. Sloan, Pendleton; Levi 8. Bowers Prosperity; C. D. Cooper, Mayesville; J. W. Geraty, Young's Island; B. H. Massey, Fort Mill. Barnwell Will Enforce Prohibition. Steps are being ta^en by the Bam well County Antl-8jrfon League look ing to the better enforcement of the dlapenaary law in the county. A 'call has been issued by the executive committee to send delegates " to -a convention to be held at Barnwell for memoralltlng the legMfti* ture to enact a law that will furnish the means by which the law with ref erence to the Illicit sale of whiskey may be enforced by having a per centage of the fines imposed used for the enforcement of the present law, While sitting at his desk In the Young Hen's Christian Association at Spartanburg, Walter Brooks Abbott, ef the association, shot himself. .juyjMilitiMg minister : Her. Newton Kenneth Melton, aged 7S yean, died at his heme at Spar tanlmrg after an Illness of enty a few dayflt-^'^A&V 'tSDd ~ Rev. lfr. Melton was v~ Methodlst minister, aad since _ ti remant, ,11 years ago he has thai etty his home. Si