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& I ( I . 1 \ ' J ^ VOL. XXXIV BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 251.1911 NO 25 LDMBERTRUSr CMfrestBii Snith Wans Against it II Miking Report Sohj ct PENSION FRAUOES A SUMMARY OF REPORT He 8ays He Kinds (oncent ration of * f’ontrol of Ntandinf Tlmlmr in Very Few Hands and He Finds Rpeeulatire Holdings Far in Ad vance of Any 1'se Thereof. Concentration of the control of fne standing timber in a r[>rv few hinds, vasts speculative holdings “far In advance of any use thereof," aa enormous increase in the value of "this diminishing natural re source, with "rest profits'to its own- e^a," and ineldently "an 1 e<]u illy elnliter land monopoly," and "rlose- fy ottnnected railroad %o ruin at! on'*’ ---thene are the findings reported to j ^resident Taft, by Herbert Knoi Smith, comnilMiloner of corp.oratlons ! ^ ,lllM 1 I. th. flr.l lnat.lm.nt „t hi. loni K.n.t.t frautt In th. rl.ln, of .w.lt.tl r.pi-rt on th. h„„b»r 'X T " '» r - cei'e the same, that it prevents the worthv veterans and widows of such THE LEGIHLATl/KB HAM BKE.V ASKED TO TAKE ACTION. Mei Reported Se«i Distributiig Tbra •b Pltititioii) in Getrgia. Tiie Veteran’s Bill Will Remedy the Matter, and They Are Deeply In terested In the Measure. Charging fraud In the pennon Kystem of the State, Gen. C. Irvin# Walker of Charleston has mjide the following statement: / "There is a very deefi Interest among the Confederate veterans here as to the final outcome of a bill now before the legislature, to amend the pension laws of the State, so as to stop the stupendous frauds which at present exist., The movement Sumter and waa eestly by Gen. B. 11. Teague, cotamandlng the South Carolina d'vi/lon veteran*, and rep resenting the veterans of the entire .■date. G<^t, Temue had presented to the fw-hete and house a bill, which tbs veterans thought would BorrSct 1 or chef's the evil. started In Camp 7 Sum •nken up inost OarnesM 'The veterans hare evidence of try of^tbe country. The report was made public. . ytfrom rec.cvlng all when submitted to Congress b/. , , the F^re^ldent. It constituted the ' ' S ' them, "firat comprebenslre and methodic..I laveetlgatlon of the amount of and wwnenshli ^ our standing timber.' The report Itself comprises YS prit- <ed pages, but a summary of Its ron- t f *Lts Is contalnt d in a letter'sub mitted by Mr. St: Ith. / "There are many greAt (ornhina- tions in other industrir-s." says tiie commissioner, "whost/ formahon is compleK-. In ^the lumiter industr). on the other ban I., the bureau now finds in tiie making a combina tion evil tnc I fuiHltimetHtilly. *by a long standing public policy. In the lacv forty years concen tration has HO proceeded that I holders titan,v In t ernd a; e ( !, new b.ate practically one half the privately owned timte-r dt the invest ig p j.in area, t winch cnnttiim sn per ev«M of the whole i riim f.'rmida ile proceaa of rotten t ra 1 : on , ill 11 in be • and lit lend. Involves crave fa'itre poasitvillMrs of impregnattt monop oly, with far-reaching ( onse<|u.-m , : to soo’ety. it m now difilca11 to .an tlclpate fullv nr to overestimate "The foremost facts r First, the enner nt rat :< Bating contrtvl of onr her in a compuratl v< her ind'istrv . he nmllv. ERE LOOKING FOR AID that the State The wnrthv should '»ceive $.'16 per an- hiit the appropriation is grabbed up by so many unworthy that the wor'hv received In -1910 orCr Ifi'i. Little more than half! "The vetera-m sent a represent* live to Columbia to lay the matter b.'ore the legislature. He appeared b- fere the fin mce committee of the rnate and the ml’lrnry committee of the house, and iioth committees. after careful cot s: l»*ra'ion. rnH.le 1 'luaniti ' ns’r f;tYor*' l e ret'orfs This '.hows that tiles., itl'llf,11*1*1 comtelt | t ei s w i■ ri■ i o*i v j ne* I v the Vet eran s I showing th'C 'he great evil HX! M nd. 1 •'ti l " e’e t .Hflet) w ith tt*e rei-.^i vj v ' '* '' h iRg* at*'d In ' their b'll ' 1 ' •• v et. ries ti ire 1 >11 Pare t 1 '* ' "rr■ 1.1ci11,d''' ms cxls"n«. shown the f'-auds being nnnu I'v per,.*, j ’"Fed n "*.• v-erl.v veterpns an 1 i "i "" ’he >t it e at.' c the | e ■ lulnt ore does i*"t act I* ::111st answer for * ■ lit-ti*. •; s , I,, ,., T de. vv l>r I# What Tliey Kald When ('aught Dlirylny Holes—I’resident Barrett Calls on Farmers to Fro- tect Themselves—Says Ever/‘Frt*- raution Hh^uld be Taken by Them. Have the alleged boll weevil dis tributor* been operating in Colum bia county? 1* the question that is agitating the farmer* of some sec tion* of that county, according to a telephone message received by the Ai;gu*t* Chronicle Thursday. The message stated that near Evans, Ga., two men were last week seen driving In their buggies over several of the plantations in the sec tion and digging small holes here and there In the fields, and occasion ally making smaller holes who splkoa. To some who questioned them later they stated that they were looking for Indications of oil. This incident occurred before the publication of The Chronicle’s story of the rumor that one man had come to Augusta for the purpose of scat tering the boll weevil In the cotton fields of that section, ami after read ing the story the farmers of that sec tion of Columbia county have be come alarmed over the happening, and fear that It Is probable that the w.. »: la ti.av hu v e been placed in their fields. .V one • im• k nrv ►.;*'•!■■! notice of Hi# iren. ’'i gocl des'r j pt Ion co’.Ih •• tt*oi of them. On.- was said to be Ifi a hcjgv drawn py a very da’-k horse, and H-.e o'lit r w .s *f somi w lint ligii i, any use thereof, third. *n l•rlorn;o :s Increase In the rain.- of this dimin ishing natural resource, with .rent profits to Its owners This value, by the very nature of standing tim ber. the holder neither created nor ■ubstantJally enhance# an t i-1,, i 1 r* 1111 v w n «■ • , ] T h < *i i ■ * i tc r etiied v show II rt i e vvili 1 ' ■■ (( i It.* r mount of t U o [ thf* ,1 (I v ft r:*': n c *?*•-;* I.f a loin i 'rruid Hi:*, v ir ;iml ct• nturIly purge [■Kg (* of the (••>• *{>n fVM« andins M !»J . Hi" r,.!!? of H"> unworthy. (’ icn* Hu* Hit i T" a*ri*'UIt >i * a 1 f" w » T i ’ T "T» * ■’ '■or" 1 '*J 'hint of 'll ** .-'t"i* h .• n 1^ ir t •» ' 1: H., r, ' U"' :(* hr !,., .pf t linn I’r ••o'utit 1’arr*''' d<*,*l«' of »!.(• 1 U Ml " 1 so’.Jir r ’."Mi vor; i*rs w hi! e Ho* fart Hint nil ton gro * r ra of V »Ft h«iM !)* ’*>U r*i|J 1 Hi’ o w* t V Ml ' a ml .•■I d 1 n jig k’ :itof nr*» » lv an * < •* II". r.•:•... 1 *f•* 1 (t:i t" veteran- oT»*r ’Mb grsv*' *,i m*, *• air d r '' i ng a bon- color. What Barrett says. Fo’iow lug t • •• po ’ii ;tt ion of an atlese] flica/i; g plot on the pot o' Si lu tne*s »<> inf,'.' the i.eorgia end *i neb is w : I ii I: t ri'*'* i re.-ld'tit of the N.itionil I'arnorV mlon In an open s'atemen', declares of the t he f t b. . rl]s to 'll* per>- C'U' 1 ' , ' , 'r iib.s Co* ton Ii uev is being inUn pt>r#- , ' lf ‘ l |,, ’l weevil. ( I'srirw S ■ hi* k ■ t ,t i |v :■ (f ■ I The«e sre the underlying facts of Confederate rnm; s' NoH'Ing n k tremendous service to the pn'.ltr wi lfure I iiev sro prluiarilv Ho- r*- suits of our public land policy, ione rnnHnued Tiie laws that reprehent that policy are <st|!| largely opera five The past hlstorv and pr.> on stattia of our standing timber ’ urr home upon us the imperative ne* »*- ally of revising our pu’Tr pollry ior futurf* management of all our re malntne nntural resoureps " The mini inNsloner then trac.v tb' interval during which tlmb-r Inm* iwvssed fr ill Government to prl'iie ow nersh i p There is now left," he continues "in Continental I'nltel States ,!>, t 2,300 Ml lion board f # «*t of pr1" it e v owned st'i’idlng timber, of who n 1.7(7 million Is In the 'Investlvatlon area' covered in great detail by ttii bureau. This area Includes ,!,•• 1’g elfin Northwest, the Southern p'n, region and the Lake States, and con tains about SO per cent of all the private timber of the country In addition, there an* about Milt Ml lion feet In the n'ltto’ial forests and about 90 billion feet on other vari ous private lands. Thus, the total amount of standing timber In Con tinental Cnlted States is aboiit 2,SOn billion hoard feet. The present annual drain upon the sutiblv of saw- timber la about SO billion feet. ^ At this rate tiie timber now standing, without allow ance for growth or decay, would last •only about fir* years. "Th* present commercial value of privately owned standing timber in the country, not including the val te of the land, is estimated at six bil lion dollars. I'ltlmately, the con sumer will have to pay higher prieps for lumber, which will give this timber a far greater value.” • T ht* commissioner declares the holdings of the Weierhaires Timber Company, the Southern and North ern Paeific Companies, together, are 23S billion feet, or nearly ii per rent of all the privately owned tim ber of the country. ' "In the SotirhteTfT' pine rerion, ’ said the report, in taking up the dkcription of timber land, "there are fi34 tvllion- feet of privately owned timber. Concentration in to tal timber Is much less than in the Pnr^flp Northwest. There is, how- 9Yfr, a high concentration in the more valuable sneciss, yellow pine and express. Slxtv-seven holders own 30 per rent of the long leaf yellow pitte. 29 per cent of all the cvpre«$, 19 per cent of the short leaf andjated. therefore lollolly pine, and 11 per cent of the haVdwood ” ^Coming to the effects of this, the cottmlaalaper says: ‘Such concen- ». \ ' I i : ■■ 1 e* uarge a.-s'T’s ' b*-v b I •m rolled const *1 th *t ’'hud this visit it ion. which It "’.m btiif the ■ irvlvor# Its *!r vstlc di«s'r i'.uui of v a lues, is ’ in tii* State Last entlt'od to rank with the t*!aguea v "-t the S’ttt** d : v i-'ori hud on T: s I fT r.'rj’pt. ' first show it Ts Tied Ts" r ' ’• Tto* pf-iulou roll of any iif the 'ruined un i dis ipllnod i sv 'i soldi-r# 's tno-e than dou:>le nations of Kiropc, th.* coticcrt.u' M " n *:inb**r of comrade* In Cnlted wealth ami skill of the tbr* at* u* *1 c»n government woull have tieen tnua- ■"or>> clear!' !• :*.i n**’rate the utter tered to stifle the danger" '’'"" ri "' v If not fraud of the pen- He points net the fart that Hie T ’ rol l' (Mouth holds practlcsllr a world tin* "The ve*er.'ins b-ve . xposed Hie nono’v In cotton, but that Hie verv '1 ” r I ,r, d thuf if i.» t,ow up to foundation of tbl* mtuiopolv Is nien- t^.e legislature to remove th» stigma *c*d hv the oowa-d sw. p[i of thf •nd save the state monev It Is sin I pe*t. which all the science of Hip cereir hot*rd that It wIM not nd’oern 1 he«t skill line been unable to ef- wilhon' tskinc the desired action " festively curb ns yet 11» secs hope however, in the tremendous Fire st l.amar. po .si bllltle* nf diversification througho *t (due of the niost destructiive fires cotton belt, where soil and Ml- *1 ever visit* d Lamar occurred combine to make possible al- \Veit*esd;iy night when twenty bu'Id-I , ' n V crop grown elsewhere in '"•m w. re burned The fire orlil-^*'^ world. "•Fed ie^ns barber simp. sup;»osed’.y I ^ IIR! Ibis ti'iu*. when the w. .*- *'■'m a de'ecfve fine and before the^ 11 e ^ems dr«tlned through Its n.ut- I'ames could he checked «ey» r ,|iural channels to Invade (icor.'a • •rhv h'dldlng# cangi t and tha fi r *'within the next year or so. his ar- v|n»d such a hea.lway it was in-I tide should !>» r*ft(l with th» closest ■ »eih’e tf) do anything towards stop- R,f, ' n,,on ftn( 1 intefst President L j Hsrre't la a plain spoken man lie — — d"e*n't tire round-abdut nr ev.a*<ive tM' ti *p standing tMnber. If per-^ ^bb'b or tnneuaze. He has the 'tilt’e i to rontinue and Inereasi . j b'b't of ddrlng d'rect at the point o r t>’tah'o a fi n a| central eo*t-! "bherrfore hl< utterano s are not savrmiowvr ifflis MM HARD RELATIONS TO RUSSIA AND (TUNA ARE STRAINED. Russian Troops Are to lx* Dispatched to the ('hinese Frontier to Score Them. t* A dispatch from London says the relations of Russia and China are strained to the breaking point. Rus sia Thursday notified the govera- ments of Great Britain, France and Germany of her intention to make a military demonstration on the Rus- eo-Chinese frontier owing to China s persistent violation of the St. Peters burg t rest y„of 1 3S 1. Russian troops will he sent forth with to the district of Hi. The ex tent of the demonstration, it Is said, added in the diplomatic note will de pend entirely upon the attitude as sumed by China. Tbe rital queatlons involved are free trade In Mongolia, the extra territorial rights of Russians in Chi na and the establishment of a Rua- sian eon*ultate at Koebdo, Mon golia. There have been rumors recently of an Intention by Russia to bring pressure to bear upon' China be cause of alleged violating of tbe Ruseo-Chlneae treaty. ThA the sit uation waa acute, however, has been denied both by th# Chinese foreign board and the Russian legation at Peking. It has been admitted that there were differences In the Interpreta tions of the International agreement made at St. Petersburg and Peking. The treaty adopted In 1881 expires tkl» month and it has been reported that China was unwilling to renew tt. at least not until certain modlfl- cntbuis have been made Tbe changes have be»ri rlnselv guarded by both powers and what Mnge the negotiations have reached vtis rot Indicted until yesterday, when H’ P St. Petersburg Gayette an ro need that an ipipor'ant confer- cn<e had Icon held at the war min istrv to consider "Ch'na's pcr-dMent flor'itig of treaty stipulations" T' e province of III, to which Rus- si«n troors will be sent, lies in the ncthern par' of the Chinese empire By a provision of the Russo Chinese ir* tv of lk«l the western portion of 111 Is 1 ncor[*or»tnd with Russls In '**r to «frvc as s rlftce of nstah- "'hn ent for the inhaiiltanta of Rus sia who. having adopted Russian d*: • ndeo, * had to abandon Hi* Unis wbi<-h they possessed ther# ♦— Di TMI.s UK EASLEV KILLING. A Rfpublic*i SeiaUr Talks Oit Plaialy •i Ike Race Questioi THE NORTH HYPOCRITE in Opposing Amendment to Rowolu- tion for Direct FlecHon of 1 nile<l Ktatea Henatora, Borah Maintains BUED BV FATHER I CAN’T SEE JOKE MCRDERER UNMOVED BY THE VKTIM’H PLEADING WIFE. Cbaap Clark Slirrei Up Meal Uaexptd d Tinkle. The Young Man Drives Wagon on Yard Against Father's Orders and Is Mhot Ihvsn. BY JOCULAR REMARK With the wife of his victim cling-' ing to him and entreating him not =§-• to shoot, and her four children standing by, awe-stricken witnesses* I William Martin Lanford. a tj i-.xjai- Treatment Arrorded Negro in old Confederate veteran, early Wed- Olln Flet< her, Nlayer of Harrall GikmIhoii. In Jail, "f fhr v hotc lumber fnduoftv 1 t^ose of sn slnrmist. but words of "' v c "‘ uc t’ltere^ts ultlrustely ' • '''Ine H e hulk of the Umber, cun ■' the price Of timher and Its pro- ' It c• S’. "Uertain f'’rth*>r facts, not exact - v nv •isurabie. increase atllj more r '°‘ r^tl cop ( entration. F'rst, a '■ rn*e- Interweav ! n'g of interests, •'iifpr-''*• and peryppal. connects a v at many hoMin-rs which the bu- ’'■ au has trcited ps senarste. Ser- ncd. the verv large totals of timber so scattered (n small tnrts throtich .Inc-i-r hoi,1in C s that they are sub Manually ‘blocked In' or 'controlled' by thp.glarge holders: tbir*l the ron- r, *|“'ration ik much larger in the val uable species. v ___ " T be largest holders«utting litHe of this timber. Ii The^ thus re serve to themselves incalculable profits, which are still to accrue with the erowth of the country, the di- mini-hing of timber supply and the further concentration and control wisdom from a careful and observ ant man. whose life has been and is b*lng sjtwn’ In helping the man who 'His H*# soil He* says: "Ths^ motive of this prosen' a*) peal is^ to stress iip'*n Sou'hern 'a*■*■*’ers ftiLerv w here the n''«olut* •*e<'n«s'ty of f'*king prec vtt |op v ry mea«tir n s at once. Huf the fartnrr? of Texas nnd T,ou1»lana adopted Ifils Man they woMd have Vvoided niil- 'iors of dollars lu—losses due to the boll weevil. The (>n4v uienaihle pro cedure is to recognize that tiie en tire Soufit seems destined to he af- fi'eted by an unescapable pest an*i to go rshont lessening or removing Its possibilities fur evil before it sbid have reduced us to panic by its sud den appearance. "I- have always held that the Southern states are so fortunately endowed by nature that they should he absolutely independent of nth* r portions of America. The hoi 1 wee- c rinf. Many of the very men whoi vil i s the bludgeon that is coing lo an* protesting against conservatism of the forest svstoni, because of the t'ing up of natural resources, are themselves deliberately tying them un fir more effectively for, private gain. The Met that mature timber is th"s withheld from use is clear evidence that great additional prof its are expected to accrue throu:h make us come into our heritage sooner than wo had expected In this respect It is a blessing in dis guise, but it is essential to art in time if we are to reap the advantages of the situation.” It- Fatally Wounded. Unon entering a room in Greenville unher increase in vajne. Standing V.'ednesday to arrest G. Stonerv- t m her is not the only question, i pher, who had been raising a diMurb- M hen the timber has been cut the lance in a drunken spree, Thomas J hrM remains There has been ere-' Curot^n. familiarly known as "Uu- not only the frame-j r’e Tommv." a 70-yeaf-old policeman i a pistol. He was diseovered by hfs v ork of in •‘enormous timber mo- and '^e o]dc F t man j n point of ser-j daughter Bing In a pool of blood at n^polv. hut also an equally sinister' vice on the Greenville police force, ' the family residence oo^East High- and discrimination. Involving aUojwa* shot In the head by Stonecypher | land street. 111.health is said to have a great wealth In miaerala.’' I 4n( i fatally wounded. been the cauae of the deed. Tuesday night, at the Easley Cnl- •on Mill. In the town of Easley, Ohn Klcti tier killed Harrall Goodson Fr m what can lie learned It teems 'hat n rerul h<*\s were sitting on ths IrTch si• ■ [*h at the mill, ahoilf I o'clock Hlin Fletcher walked up in he tc * ys and asked Luther Norris for a rlgsre-t'e Norris gave It to him Non*' of the boys had a match OPn "let-her. seeing Ben Harris coming down the street, asked Harris for a match. Harris pulled a pistol out of his |»o , 'ket and said: 'This It the k'tul of match I will give you." Har ris put the pistol hack In his pockcl Fletcher then pulled the pistol not of Harris's pocket snd began to sllnt it around. It was discharged and the bullet stru k Harrall Goodson and he was killed almost Instantly. They were y*iing men about . 20 years of age and unmarried. Fletcher was caught about four miles from the ■cene of tha killing and Is now In Jail. The coroner held an Inquest, and It is sild a motive for the killing was brought out North No Better Than in ftouth. That prejudice against ths negro la just as Intense In the North as In the South and that the North plays the hypocrite In Its contentions to the contrary, was boldly and bluntly asserted In the Senate Thursday by a Republican Senator. Senator Borah, of Idaho, was ths speaker. His declarations regarding the negro were made at the elose of a prolonged speech, la opposition to the Sutherland amendment to the Senate resolution providing for the election of Senators by popular vote. The amendment would have the ef fect of giving Congress control of SrnMor'il elections Mr. Borahs pronouncement on the race question waa made in re- aponae to the recent assertion of Senator Root, that without the Suth erland provision the resolution would deprive the Southern negroes of Fed eral protection in the exercise of the franchise. Mr. Borah dissented from the New Yorker's view, and In doing so used language which ells- Ited congratulations from many Sea- ators. Mr. Borah contended that as the resolution stands, notwithstanding it vives Sd-.tp b'els'afnres control of -'enatorlM election*. , fnrTtv.'.* would ■oil! hive the r'gbt to Interfere fin t rni,. ( *inc nny clt iz* n whose right of fri'-Hii*-** had been tnterferred with The Idaho Senator express* d deep re gr. t that the race fjueMion had bee** ("-ought into 'he controversy and ss- ertcl Ha* l*s Introduction was In tended o*ilv to imperil the resolution "1 wonder how long the North Is going to play the hvpocrite snd th* moral coward on this qi:estlr>n*' said Mr Borsh. and sd'(*d that that section niwsvs had assumed more wisdom snd more tolerance In d»at- tne with this proh'em than had been displayed elsewhere He Insisted Hist s call of the roll of the North ern Stale in which there je any aprechhle number of tjerroe#, would demonstrnto Hist the Nor'h had not dealt more leniently with the negro than had other sections "The Northern States have exhlb- Ited the satin raos prejudice that lias been shown elspwher*," h# AS- Bl RGLARS TORTURE VICTIM. Singe Hfs Hair and Blistered ILs Face to Get Money. Torture by fire was resorted to by two burglars who broke into the rooms of Joseph Wlshnock. a cobbler in Williamsburg, N. Y., Wednesday In the'r determination to mske him reveal Hie jjPdtng place of hi* pitiful small hoard of savings. It w ( as not until the men had burned off W'tsh- nock's beard and hair and had blist ered his face and neck that he told 'hot hi* small store of $12 was hid den in the mattress on which his tor Hirers had him pinned down. At the hospital where the cobbler had his painful bet not fatal burns (Pressed he identified two young men whom th*' police arrested as the pair who had tortured and robbed him. Quits tin* Race. John Keith, a white farmer living four miles west of Marion, com mitted suicide Wednesday afternoon by shooting himself through th . head with a pistol. Mr. Keith was about lb years of age and no cause can be assigned for his rash deed, as both his health and finances we*e in good shape. He is survived by three listers and one brother. Weary of Life. At Columbus, Ga.. J. W. Weaver, aged 54 ^ears. committed suicide by shootin? himself in the temple with serted "lu the North we burn the negro at th<* stak.- and there, as in other sections we have our rate wars We push our negroe# to the outer e* of the industrial world Wo exhibit the same prejudlcci, tiie same weaknesses, the same Intolsr ance that is apparent In the South land " Mr Borah declared that if Con gress had [lower under ths existing provision* of the Constitution, giving Congressional control over Senato-- lal elections, it #h(>tlM be exercised "If that right eilets, the North nas th* greater ohlHatlon under It, be cause It makes claim to It We assert the power, but we admit that we haven't had the moral courage to exercise It " For himself, he denied the exist ence of any such power, and said that he resented such a position os- cause of the position in which Con gress waa placed by it. Concludlag he said: "The negro has been used sa a pollt|rn 1 football about as long as our own sense of decency and hia developing IntHlIeenre will permit. We should no longer mistreat him, but we should have the courage to Inform him aa to th** real s't nation. Tt does nbt benefit him to make him 1h" subject of our sophomorlc rhet oric The negro his advanced to the po'nt where wo well may dlsneme with the perennial distribution of soothing svrup and rive him solid fend in the way of facta We should (eji him the truth and conceal noth- tug. "The negro Is beginning to reill/.e that the white man of the North is of the pinie race as the white man of the Fotith. and that in hia blood Is the virus of dominion and power. He should know, while hjs slave chains have been broken, the chains of industry are being forged around him and will continue to hold him unless he himself breaks them. This hadfife was placed upon him by his maker, and it c^n he removed only hv the n°?ro himself, with the aid of those who have the courage to tell him the truth, which is that, we have the power to guarantee to h*m the equal protection of the law md »o protect him against dfscrjm'na- Uon. To Attempt anything more would be ruinous to the colored man and demoralizing to the whole polit ical body,. He must work out lie problem under the Constitution. ‘ When the exigencies of debate are ov#r it will be found that no measures will be offered In this Sen ate to protect any supposed right of the colored man anywhere. If those who ire interested will turn to the Constitution, they will fln.1 there the nesday moruiug put a bullet into tbe heart of his son, William David Lanford, 3r> years old, killing him almost Instantly; The son and his family lived with the old man on a plant t'on on H.c Enoree river, thre" miles from Woodruff: Because of constant bickerings the son had decided to move. When he came with a wagOn to take away hia household Adods. the father bade him not drive upon the yard tinder pain of death. The young man ignored the cotumaud, and wft* shot through the heart. After the killing, th^ old man mounted a mule and, with head erect, glancing neither to the right or left, paying no heed to the curi ous pernon* who followed* Mm. ■'•de !(. V ('oJru’L cn'inly an men ihst he had killed his son and said he was going to Spartanburg to sur render to the sheriff. Th# train had gone and Lanford accordingly went to Foster & Bry- : son's store and requested Bert Weathers, a clerk, to telephone the sheriff. W J. White,, to come for him. This was don# and Lanford was committed to Jail late in the afternoon. In Jail he complained of begin ill and Dr. William G. Sexton was called and prescribed It is reported Hint Lanford Is suffering from pel lagra hut Hit* report lacks conflrma tion,. TJm obi man stM at the Jail Hint during the l ist f'x n .tiHis M bn* hnd 19 phvsiclans treit him To** In'eat In il trouble and none had been abb* to do anything for him. Dr Sexton publ that owing to the 'arkn*'ss of Lanford's cell he hn<l not noilced any skin eruptions, if there were any, hut he would nuke more careful examination next day Coroner J. B. Turner had the In quest In the afternoon. There was difficulty in obtaining a jury he-ause of the T.o or fib person's called near 'y all were related to the Lanford*. The Jury finally chosen found that W D liSn'ord had come to his death by s gunshot wound at the hands of W M Lanford The testimony given was In effect tbe same as the story given above There was evidence that Lanford had consented to his son moving and did not object to his taking a wav the furniture but ordered him not to drive the wagon on the yard. FOUND HIM A WIFE. Wrote Hiv Name on an Kg* and Cupid IHd tin* Rest. • ** Becstpse an egg on which h** had wr'tten hi* name while packing a rrst* for shipment East reached Its dest Inal ton in a fresh condition. Ed ward Taylor of Alexandria S Dak , • grocer's (Jerk, and Miss MargirM Gravner, of Brooklyn. N. Y., were married last week Miss Grnyper when opening the »g? noted the nime and address on 'he shell, and being struck hv th* freshness of the morsel of food and •he oddneaa of the affair, wrote to the young man. more is a loke than anything vise. Later photograph# were exchanged, then more notes, snd finally Taylor Journeyed down East to see in real life the object of Ms peculiar romance. Things were better In real life than on paper, and after a short court*hln he returned to ^levnndrl" »nd the grocery store. He did not write on nnv more eggs -he didn’t have to - he was engaged and h* loved the girl and the girl loved him. The girl was the Brooklyn lass who wrote the Joke not€t because she found a boyish name Inscribed on 'he shell of a fresh egg. Two weeks ago Tavlor returned to TTroohlyn and last week married Miss Orayner. THS MFF CRUSHED OUT. Tiie President Also Takes the Matter , Seriously and Thinks It Necessary to Issue Denial of the Reported Ortapus Designs of the United State# and Canada. / . Th# semi-jocular remarks which Champ Clark, the Democratic speak er-to-be, made in the house during th# debate on, the Canadian reci procity to the effect that he believed* the Stars -and Stripes would one day float over the entire Western hemi sphere. stirred up moat unexpected trouble on Wednesday. President Taft took- occasion to write to Representative McCall, in troducer of tke reciprocity hill, t letter disclaiming, and deprecating the annexation talk, and to follow It up with personal remarks, even more emphatic to his.visitors. The let or of President Tnft to Mr. Mc- ' ill a; s In part: "This agreement. If U becomes a law, has no political significance. No thought of future political annexa tion or union was in tke mfhd of the negotiators on either side. Canada is now and will remain a political unit." The president has made It known that he would, like to have 11 under? stood throughout the world that hia administration had no thought what ever of annexation when the reel- procity agreement wtis arranged. The newa that Mr. Clark’a allu sions had created excitement in Can- ids and In England occasioned great surprise and considerable imusement at the capltol. The man ’*■03'. surprised of all was Mr. Clark himself. He declared Wednesday thM he expressed his own Individual opinion and declared that he stands pat on hlg speech. Mr. Clark's Entire speecn on reciprocity was delivered In a half-humorous, half-taunting vein. The house was In a gale of laughter most of th# time. In return for the laughs he waa creating at their expense, some of the Republicans tried to turn tke tattles on Mr Clark by chiding him with the fact that he might have President Taft as an opponent for the Democratic nomination. This humorous exchange reflected the spirit of the debate during the entire time Mr. Clark waa on hia f eet, and no one gave serious con sideration to his rema'-k* regard ing the possible annexation of Can- *da at some distant time. There was a further touch of facetiousneea to the debate when '•ne of the Republicans asked Mr. Clark If he would like to be the first president of the magnificent ’’nlon he was creating and he re plied. amid bursts of laughter, that he certainly would. Friends of the reciprocity meas ure were Inclined to take the view that opponents of the vweement had simply seized on what waa regarded here as an entirely personal and harmless statement to make capital against the ratification of the agree ment. Ottawa is Annoyed. A dispatch from Ottawa, Ontario, *vays there was considerable Interest md some Irritation there Wednes day over Champ ClarkA speech, In whij^h he said that the reciprocity agreement was the first step toward annexation. At the opening of session of the house, Col. Sam Hughe* read a newspaper abstract of the speech and asked If It was a fair statement of the American attitude and If so in quired If the Canadian government leaders were prepared to withdraw from the reciprocity agreement. Sir Wilfred Laurler’s reply w noncommi»al. He aald that the go^- «rnment Had no Information on Fne subject; that the Canadian govern ment had announced Its policy/and would hot change it until i/ had more information. * i ■M •I. Ed^ar Shumate Dies of Horrible Injuries at Pelzer. Mr. .1. Edgar Shumate, night sup erintendent of the Moneynick Oil Mill, at Pelzer, was horribly crushed in the fly wheel cf the mill at l o'clock Wednesday morning, and at 9:30 o’clock Thursday he succumbed to the Injuries: Fire wag discovered In the enrlne room and young Shu mate went down in the fly wheel pit to throw the large driving belt off the wheel, to save It from the flame*. He stepped on the fly wheel, when the machinery was unexpectedly started, and he was caught In the wheel and crushed. Shumate waa removed immediately to hia room at the Padget Hotel and medical aid wag summoned from Anderson. Kills Wife and Self. At Alexandria, La., James Mob ley. aged 3 0, Wednesday shot and killed hia wife and then sent a bul let through hia temple, killing him self instantly.^ Domestic infelicity is given aa the cause. Mr. and Mrs. Victim of Hot Huf At a Pegro dsnee t few nights ago, near Tlrzah, Will Burnet/ a ne^ro, was shot and killed by Sam Fewell, also a negro. Trouble tyro use.-about a woman, and Barnett apd Geo. Webb were fighting when Fewell fired the fatal shot. Webb wept to YorkvlHe and told the officers that "There was a dead nigger put there.” They went to the place and found him. we can legislate. If applied. It will be proven to be the correction rule, the rule for all <^f ua.” Fatal Practical loke. At Decatur/ Ala., aa the result of a practical mke, Woody Kirby, as employee of/the Louisville and Nash ville shops Aoat hia life. Kirby, and a man rta/ed Pigg were engaged in a friendly scuffle when the latter turted ah air-hose on Kirby, almost blowing/hlk vital* out. x. on# universal rule of equality, the only rule to be applied to the ne gro, and the only rule under which*the tragedy occurred only rule to be applied to the ne-JMobley were locked In h room when His Hand. At GreenVlYje J. F. 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