The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 20, 1911, Image 4
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' Camden, 8. C.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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LATE NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST
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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*
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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 '
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.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
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VITAL MIMHIO EVENTS
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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