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BARNWELL. S. O. THURSDAY. MAY 11.1911
THE ONLY WAY HOST TOE THE MARK
Calli Upn Diu ti Retifi ui RmIwc
pe to Virriif Mciict.
MADER0 ALSO TO QUIT
He Urges De 1« Barr* for President
Until an Election Can He Held,
and the People in a Free, Fair
Election Choose a President of
Their Liking.
The peace commissioners of the
Mexican revolutionists formally pre
sented Thursday to Judge Carabajal,
the federal envoy, a statement sign
ed by Kranciaco I. Madero. Jr., ap-
OHIO LEGISLATORS CAN’T ES
CAPE BY PEACHING.
*
THEY MUST BE TRUE
THE PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES
LOOK TO THE DEMOCRATS.
Four Bills Returned Against One Senator O’Gorman Says Public Hus
Put Its Trust In Party Which Op
poses Tariff Grab.
In an address Wednesday evening
at a dinner given in his honor by
Representative and Three Against
a Sergeant-at'Arms of the Senate.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,
says three State Senators and two
Representatives were included in ttye National Democratic Club, of
bribery indictments returned Wed-1 New York, James A. O’Gorman the
hesday evening by the Franklin i newly elected Senator to the United
County grand jury, which has been States Senate, said in part:
engaged In investigating corruption | “Today the American people are
In the Assembly. The Senators are: | looking hopefully to the Democratic
Isaac E. Hoffman, of Butler county, | party for redress against economic
THEY ARE SORE’ want ii fm | the state ruled out need NOT FEAR
Tke RtptbliciBs Um N« Oppirtnifj to
flit tk Deatcrita
MILLS REMAND PROTECTION ON GOVERNOR BLKASE WILL GIVE
THEIR PRODUCTS. IT NO MOKE NEWS,
GET GOOD AS THEY SEND
Fear that Putting Bagging on Representative Notified That on Ac-
the Free List Will Injure Their
Business.
count of Attitude of Paper a Boy
cott Is Ordered.
a
The Columbia State says a report-
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Prtsifcat Tift Assam Icxict aai Oth
er Caoatries Sooth
NO IMPERIAL DESIGNS
L. R. Andrews, of Lawrence County, and political conditions which weigh
and George K. S. Cetone, of Mont
gomery County.
The. Representatives are: Dr|growing and wldeepread public t.ent-
iment that the American consumer
must be relieved from unjust and un-
George B. Nye, of Pike County, and
A. C. Lowry, of Lawrence County.
pealing to President Diaz to make Q ne indictment was returned against; necessary tribute
public the assurances giveji private- each, save in the case of Nye, charg-! "The house of representatives,
ly that he Intended to resign. j Ing the eolicltation of bribes. Four Democratic for the first time in 16
After offering his own resignation ln,,1< ? tment8 were returned against
Nye.
as president of the Provisional gov-, addltlon , Rowney J. Dlegle, of
ernment of the republic Francisco Krle County ePrKeant . at . armB ln the
I Madero, Jr. suggested that both! n <4 st 11 r*si Vt a# I Vt
Opposition to the free entry of
Democratic Plans for luvestlgatious ^ . ,
/ / burlap has been voiced the past few er for that newspaj>er, while making
of Departments of the Government d ». v 8 by southern mill Interests which hig u8ual rounds on Thursday was
fear that such action will harmfully . , . ... . . ,
and Trusts Continue to Attract At- affect the market for the lower hand0<1 ,he follow,n 8 leUer from
, tentiixn.—Heated Attack by Mr. f a(,e of cotton K oodB - 8Ucl > aB osna- r ’ ove " n ° r
1 burgs. Columbia, S. C , May 4, 1911.
Hill, a Republican Iteprewntativc. Th<*ee protest have come partlcu- Mr. Bell: The unfairness with
/ / , l«rly from the Caroilnas and Georgia, wh i ( .h the rolnmhln State trp.tAft
_ Speechmaking dragged along In the and from Nkw Yoi1i broker9 . There ^ the
heavily upon them and which can not House of Represenytativeti Thursday is little doubt now, however, that by nie wb en I came into office and
be successfully defended. There is a w)lh n0 incident of great interest. ex- burlap will be included in the blit
st nr! aa ar a si nr I si sva rv t»sx A si vttiVvlIss sv rt ♦ / . ^ . n Q 4 V ivnasiAsi ♦ L Ib.m. m>^
cept, perhapa, the attack of Mr. Hill
suggei
President Diaz and Vice President
Corral resign and that Senor de la
Senate, and alleged go-between In
negotiations with Senators, was in
dicted with the Senators for aiding
Barra, minister of foreign relations, Hnd ab <. ttlng ln the brlbe BO i,station,
become president until a general elec
tion could be held.
The statement informs President
Diaz that there is no other way out
Diegle was indicted three times, as
he la Included in each of the bills
against Senators.
legislators who hoped by testify-
of the present difficulty and that a (nK b<jfore th(> Krand Jury now lQVflB _
word from him will bring peace in
a few days.
Senor Madero in his statement
tigating bribery in the assembly to
escape conviction by means of an im-
, imunlty bath were disappointed Tues-
calls on President Diaz particularly da> . whf , n Pr08ecutlnK Attorney
of
years, haa set a splendid example of
advancing necessary legislation dur
ing the last month. The pledges of
the party have been kept and the
record of the house Is one of achieve
ment.
“In our own State the Democratic
majority intends, during this session,
to enact laws which will make for
economy and efficiency In govern
ment and thus lighten the burden of
the citizens of the State. In New
Jersey, under the inspiring leader
ship of Gev. Wilson, the Democratic
party In one session of the leglsUi
ture has redeemed all the pledges of
constructive legislation. These gre
of
bill
Connecticut, /on
r
the “free list ’
as It passes the house.
What the senate will
do to the
I gave to their correspondent all of
‘the Information In the office, and it-
Hpeaks mi Peace Conference, and Aa*
suree Our Neighbors That We De
sire to Take No Lands, Nor Wish
to Interfere With Mexico or South
American Republics.
President Taft In hie speech at tha
opening of the Third National Peace
conference at Baltimore Wednesday
morning declared that the United
States would keep hands off and not
7
Turner and Attorney General Hog-1 a few of the achievements of the
to make known to the people
Mexuo his Irrevocable determlna- an r#>fu8<kd t0 acC A P t their testimony. | DemocraUc party in 1911.
tion to resign from power as soon aB 'xue*day other Immunity baths were! “I believe the people of the land
peace Is established In the eouutr}. bead<>d 0 g wb en an Investigation by | want an immediate downward revl-
Madero declares this statement
was made by Diaz to “go betweens'
interested in restoring peace.
The Madero statements were pre
sented by the rebel commissioners at
the negotiations which began early
Thursday only after a bested dis
cussion among the revolutionists
leaders.
^ome of them had declared that it
a legislative committee was deferred sion of the tariff. They demand a
until after the grand Jury finishes its parcels poet
work
They demand ihat the
Attention c^itinues to be attracted
by the development of the Democrat
ic plans for/Investigations of depart
ments of /th
etc.
the Government, trusts,
the public news.
Those in charge of The State saw
fit not to appreciate it but continued
to misrepresent me and to abuse me
editorially and even now they pub-
utm uoo .ciu.ucu , , lish falsehoods about me under &s-
mittee/tar redrafting so as to in- U)USt ' wa>8 and mt ’ an8 conirnitte «; gumed names, and when corrections
mItte e //f or r ed ra ftlng L s 0 _a8 to ^ conslApTe(i {he lnter ests of the far-, are 8Pnt ln by my frlpndg> refu8C to
^ ^ _ _ . , Leader Underwood, of the house,
The Hardwick Sugar Trust re80lu- ;ln dlBCUB8lng the matter 8aid ^
tion has, been returned to a sub-com-; bouge
quested my secretary and his assist- ^ to exten<1 , u domaln or ^
quire foreign territory. The presi
dent made no mention specifically of
free list bill cannot be prophesied, ant t0 be court eous and polite to all
though a southern member of the of the reporter8 and lve them al , of
finance committee stated that bur
lap would not be In the bill aa re
ported to the senate from the finance
committee.
] mgra of all sections of the country p ub „ Bh th( , m for the peop ', e
elude All the sugar companies In the
C0 TAe civil service investigation con-r l "' 1 ^ Mr ha8 sent in a
Unties to grow in possibilities. ln : „ h southern Luoli farmer 6 . “T communlcatlon ln r «P>y to a ° ed ‘-
Trust investigation it Is ' . . cotton farmers he torlal from the State which the State
believed that special inquiry will i.. ^ , 8M .'l"?. .I*' * *** T,r0 '’ O8<?<1 f '' r --fused flatly to publish, and Mr.
made into the absorption of the Ten-! * 1 “ibh.on at, a concession to the T ra ywlck is now getting it published
mane into ute ansorpuon oi cue i m , graln farmerB who UBe th)B product Gountv naner. will
nessee Coal and Iron Company in f or gadting their grain ” j n BU ^ n P»P«r8 as win ac-
Not since the Republican guns j lf U ,T* S n0t In v,ew of the8e fAcU * 1 ““not
ixoi Bim-e ine ivipuuuvau R thRt free bur , ap wou]d come , nt0 fo Th - 8fafA thu
were unllmbered against the Demo- compet!t)on wUh the coar8er e8 give to The State any new. from this
/> ♦ 4 a * * a Hat 1 * Kill K xr VI Iti n t*1 t v
cratlc “free list'* bill by Minority
Leader Mann, over a week ago, has
the debate in the House developed
such an attack on the measure as
Panama canal be fortified. /They de committee, and one of the leading dlate | y ta | k of p j K , ron f urnacea be _
Throughout the day the grand jury mnnd the election of United Stater. Republican advocates of the recipro-; )ng B t 0 pp^ d )n my d i B ( r i c t when
waa In session, and among Us wit- senators bv direct vote, and they de city bill.
neese. besides detectives, who dls- mand that the reserved ftchts Of IheJ Mr. Hill declared that the bill de
office, and have so Instructed both of
o cotton goods, and possibly de- tbe youn g men i n t be office. I regret
crease the consumption of cotton forj thlB M j feel that my act , , n
making cotton bags by from 600,00/) ‘ offlce be]ong to the pub „ C( yel , feal
was made by Representative Hill, a I t0 ..^ ‘| °5 , lk ^ a '® 9 that lhere are other • ourcM thr0B « h
Republican of the ways and means , I. fia M • ThJl ^mm^ WhtCh they C * n b<> rece,7cd ’ and
- - lron men ’ he 6ald 7 hey Imme- henceforth there is nothing doing
here for the Columbia State. Such
information as it publishes will have
duty
Mexico, but to those who beard him
it was evident that the sltoatkm
there and the suspicions In the South
American republics In regard to th«
United States’ intentions relative to
her neighbors bad inspried him.
The president had been speaking
of the recurrence of international
disturbances Tn countries not ao well
able as tbe United States to main
tain order and bad said that It waa
'n^umbent upon the great nations of
this hemisphere te exercise their
kindly and peaceful influence aa
much aa possible.
“One of the dlfflcjililes the United
Statea finds Is tbe natural suspicion
that tbe countries engaged have of
tbe motive which the United Statea
haa In tendering Its good offices,”
continued the president.
“Assertions of good faith help but
little where the suspicion Is real,
and ye<. I like to avail myaelf of ah
opportunity In such presence aa this
to assert that there Is not In tha
whole breadth of the United States
source.
Is proposed to take the duty off t0 b „ rof . p | ved from Bome other
iron bands and certain steel proriurlg.
closed the alleged corruption, were States be jealously guarded against vised by the Democratic leaders, te- Th immediately talk of nig Iron .v, ,v. , , :
------- ■’ l * Iru " worse than the malicious mlarepre- 1
and all similar measured as food products and manufactured ar Hn^r^na^HconVi^tlth the A me" 8P " ,a,lon " '" Mch they have pub *! ment. If it would/to take any steps
- • - - “ 1 v n “ ld 10 Amer- n 8btnK against me since the Tlllmf-
Oov. Harmon and Judge Blair of federal usurpation. I/shall support moving the tariff duties from many f |U
Bortmouth, who conducted the re- these and all
among Its people any desire for ag-
If It is ^als**. 11 can “o | grandlzement and that Its people as
a whole will not permit Ka govern-
c**nt probe -which reeelted in the dls- they arise."
ATROCITIES BY GUERILLAS.
Fronvlnent Greenville Citizen Ends
His Own Life.
was absolutely essential that Fresl- frBnchl . pnl€int of j.goo voters tn
dent Diaz make public announcement Adami county for e , PCtlon fraudB .
of hiw intention to resign in order, B w ,
U bring about complete tranquility. SHOOTS HIMSKIJ''
Peace, they said, would not fol-
low an agn-ement, backed only by-
private assurances, which hardly
could be transmitted- to militant
loaders In the south and central parts
of the republic. A dispatch to the State from
Some uf the rebel chiefs went ao Greenville says that city w as shock-
far as to send a letter to Gen. Med- ed and saddened Wednesday over
era stating that unless he asked for the tragic death of Col S. H Crltten-
the immediate resignation of Presi- d en, who was found dead in the bath
dent Idaz, or at least a public an- room of his residence with a pistol
nouncement of future intentions, ' wound In his forehead Col. Crit- , , , , , ,
they would not support the peace tenden was 8 2 years old. and one of lmpoP8 ‘ ble t0 do an -! bu8ln * 88 ln tha '
negotiations the city’s oldest and most respected :_ OU ^ , ! y v ’. ^ Ca . U ':! bav ^ 0 *- d e™
Gen Madero, somewhat alarmed citizens
by the extent of the insurrection He had been much depressed ov-
whlrh he has created and now deslr- er the death of his wife several Kard to ,belr _ buti n . fJS ^
©us of making every efort to save weeks ago. and this, coupled with
the Journey from a state of anarchy, other troubles, had much to do with t^° ^hom they “ pt “ r i ed
finally wrote instructions to his his sudden death. He was one of ^ J , ,
peace commissioners. Dr. Vasquez the beet loved men In Greenville, a ^ bey f 18 ' 6 had s rm she« am
Gomez. Francisco Madero, Sr. and Confederate veteran, and only Tues-/
Pino Saurez day he took an active part In Mem
In his instructions, Gen. Madero. orlal day exercises.
after stating that he had acceded to Col Crittenden was the author of don 1 * ant _* nd com mining great In
tides, w-as so crudely drawn and
so indefinite In its terms that in
stead of $10,000,000 reduction in
revenue as the Democrats expected
The Rebels Are Accused of Many might make an increase of $10,-
/ 1000,000.
Terrible Deeds. Mr. Hill explained that the Inter-
...... „ ... , national Harvester Machinery Coin-
The guerillas in Lower California , . . .
. pany, large sewing machine compan- ivepues to
are committing numerous atrocities.
They are even accused of burning
two Federal prisoners to death. The
name of the writer of the letter, who
is
ed
The letter reads: “The rebels are
ictin-made steel works In those
rountriee and no probability of any-
being established, so that has little
weight with me.'*
>an
trial.
Cole L. Please.
WANTED TO SWALLOW.
CARD FKOM MU. SPARKS.
Liquid Found on Him to Prove
Was Not Explosive.
It
w
ies and other great manufacturers
would be able, under the Democratic
bill, to manufacture parts of ma-
Statement Made
Governor Blease.
The Anderson Mall publishes the
in respect to foreign peoples look
ing to a forcible extension of our
political power.
“We have had wars and w« know
what they are. We know what re
sponsibilities they entail, tbs bur
dens and losses and horrors, and ws
would have none of them. We bav*
a magnificent domain of our own M
which we are attempting to work
still below the line, is not divulg- ^Ines chiefly abroad and bring them following card, which explains uself , K Hrady
, for obvious reasons. into th e country, to be assembled by have no wish to trespass on gan( , of B1J
in full Jvoeesslon of Tecate and it is
from the captain to shoot any Mex
icans they catch there, without re
They have
already shot five and Thursday night
cheap labor here. your columns to reply to the inter-
Mr Hill said that In attempting to view with the governor of South Car-
In order to prove to the satisfac
tion of the Jury that nitro glycerine . ^
Is not contained in two bottles taken ' out and to " how to lhe world Bue -
froru his person at the Ume of arrest, ceM ,n P° pu,ar government and we
, the alleged leader of a n ^ d no more In which U>
spected safehlowers and Bhow
poetoffiee burglars, now on trial In! »»“ we have attained great piw
the United State, district court, of- ^ r,ty and aTeat We haT#
make free of duty the bag:ing used Una printed under a Newberry date fpn , d (0 dr , nk the contenti of 0 „ e of become a powerful member of tho
to wrap cotton bales, the Democratic
bill would let in free the bagging
used by the Fertilizer Trust and by
other monopolies without giving re
duction in prices to consumers.
Chairman Underwood, of the ways
line, abusive of me, except to that (bj4 bo ( t | eB
part of it in which he claims tc have Th() KO vemment contends that the
barged me to my face with lying. bo t t i«
lea are filled with nltro-glycer-
In the skirmish they had at Carrlzio.
They have had two skirmishes and
some have been killed, but it is not
know n ho"** many .
“They are killing
, community of nations In which we
live, and there Is thrust upon ns
necessarily a care and reaponslbllity
In that the governor does himself in ,.. one drop of which when'Yaken for the p * are of th ® w ° r,d ,n oar
Injustice. He did not use Insulting i nt ,. rn any may result fatallv. jr ol . n«»Kbborhood. gnd a burden of help-
1 'figuage to me In my presence and low| thp prlBOner - B de termlned of- thp "* ““tions that can not help
* ~ themeelvea If we may do that peace-
animals thev
tr<at relathe to pence because some; “The Greenville Century Book,” a J us,,c es They shot three helpless
gentlemen who acted as go-betweens volume dealing with the early his- fel ' nW8 fellows who ha nothing .o
hnd In n confidential way indicated to tory of the community in which he do on e,ther s'de, politically or other
wise—George Mels and his brother,
him that Gen. Diaz had made known had spent all his life. He Is sur
vived by the followl
Mrs. W. L. Bond of Fredericksburg,
the reductions would In almost “vety
case be taken up by the Mg rorpoia-
tlons that control the mantetr,
Mr. Focht, of Pennslyvania, said
that the tariff debate In the extra
session was costing the country $!<>,-
fully and effectively.”
The president spoke to several
thousand people In the Lyric Thea
tre. Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary
Ddcklngon, Senator Gore of Okla
homa. Andrew Carnegie and more
than a dozen men prominent In pence
to them his irrevocatble resolution to vlved by the following children:
and Placldo Mato,
helpless children.
retire n« soon as peace is establish _
ed. adds that Diaz’s retirement in Va.. Stanley S. Crittenden, of Mont to "boot Abram A grad a
the present moment is the only thing gomery, Ala., Mrs. K. C BedHle and read > km-ellng to be shot wh*-n \ui-
which will satisfy public opinion and Mrs. W. H. GoodlMt of Greenville. enzuela saved him.
that he Is satisfied that if Diaz makes " Th( ‘>' havp a P^oner captured
NEGROES ARE MOVING. on th,> Anlerl( ' an 8idp ' al80 a “ ot ber
who was shot in the Carrlzo skir
mish.
and means committee, Interacted thereby violate hi. oath of office by fer thp mar8hal Btartpd for the bot .
that the bills purpose was to reduce provoking a breach of the peace. whlcb j udge Bpear had pre .
prices and cot* of living for the A s a newspaper reporter, the most vlou8ly refused to let remain in the
American Isolde Mr. Hill declared important part of my equipment l B a rourt roomi when h# wa8 .topped by-
reputation for telling the truth ac- tbp court, who said he would not
curately. That the governor assails permit such a demonstration. Brady
in general without specifying time, waB g rea t] v disappointed.
place or subject matter. WhU, 1 The Judge then cautioned another 4 . .v ,
am not widely known In the state, prisoner in the same case, John Gib- ™ OTen,ent ( on J, he / ,? Ut 1 f0, T!KS th
fortunately for me, the governor is, Bon who m!nuB an arm> an e ye, | th * Y >r ® B,d ® Dt - Cardinal Glbbona
George left seven 000 a minu ’ e Mr Slms ' of T, ' nnp9 - for that teason I believe that I may not to fo]low the example of a prison-
They were about retorU ‘ d ,hat ,hp t" >be .wait the Judgment in respect to a pr ln the famorrlst trial, and throw!
He was a! ‘ ro,n \ t . ry would be lhe B , amo , whf ' ,hPr shar P Issue of veracity between him- bl8 KlaB8 .ye at the court
self and me of that part of the peo- , , ^
pie whose good opinion I would earn,
without anxiety. Joe Sparks
public bis Intention to retire it will
permit of the pacification of the!
country in a few days It would be ^ Flft< ^ „ undrpd
difficult to obtain it In any other tnrougn me leg
and another who was shot
way, he adds.
“For these reasons,” says Madero.
“and not doubting the patriotism of
In One Year.
Pastor In Trouble.
The Colunibka State says in len George Nowland. who is pastor of
Gen. Diaz. I wish to paeaent to the!y pars negroes, (jne-half the ne-jt wo churches, according to G. B.
envoy of the government the fol-! ?ro population, left the town of Randolph, United States revenue
lowing proposition.” (Beaufort. Where ire they? The comm i 88 | onprt will be tried at Annis-
Then, after refering to his pio-i populAtlon of tbe oo® 81 counties of ton, Ala., Monday on tha charge of
poeal for Gen Diaz and himself ftnd! Sout b Carolina has not Increased ; Rowland w as capturedserg.e .9 Ae
the vice president, Ramon Carral,; vv Charleston city has gained op€ra tj n £ a moonshine distillery,
to resign and that De la Barra suc-j 3 - 0 ® 0 people, the county’s popula-j v; ow i and a-.s captured near the Eb-
ceed to the presidency, calling a i tion bas remaiiyed practically eta-^ enezer church, said to be one of
general election, he continues: 11ionary and it ly said that the color- his charges, last Sunday when a big
“As far as I am concerned I am ed population of the city has not Iti- 8 tni of which he was the alleged
offering my resignation with great; rrBa8 ® d - Certainly there are no evi- owner
the House were in session of not.
"We did not call the .extra ses
sion/’ retorted Mr. Focht, “you had
to make your agreement wiih the
White House that you would pass me
reciprocity bill.’’
“Whose White House is It?" ask
ed Mr. Sims
“You claim that and everything
else In sight," said Mr. Focht.
JAP OFFICER ON OUR 8HIP.
and Hamilton Holt, who spoke be
fore tho president, voiced the opinion
that negottstlone of peace between
J the United States and Great Britain
wonld mark the greatest step to uni
versal peace the world had ever seen.
• "An arbitration treaty between two
Ho Is Said t© Have Used Assumed -Treat nations of the world,” said
the president, “would be a very im
portant step In securing the peace
It is asserted that I. Hito, a Jap-'°* *be world. If such a treaty can
Name While on It.
said Mr. Rims.
“You act as if you did
rejoined
you are entirely mistaken. The op
timism of these Democrats renFnds
me of the man who jumped off The
satisfaction -a* I wish only -to *«rv« d ®nPf® .that the negroes have - in-
my country as circumstances de-; to^tho-Anterior of the-State,. - all riKht B0 far / but when he landed
mand. If Gen. Diaz is Inspired by | 8 K ns P° n “S ® c y P0I \ rttr> D ; Killed hy Baseball. on tbe 8 [ dpwa i k> there wasn’t enoueh
the same patriotic sentiment, 1 have; 8 word . examination of the census W hen John Thomas Duncan, aged left of him to hold a post mortem
no doubt he will make public wbaU ffures so ar P u 8 p ® n 0 e twelve years ,was struck on the head upon; and so it will be with you
he has manifested In private. I beg ; r ° nrlusion that the publication of by a baseball thrown by a member when you hit tho sidewalk in 1912.’’
of you to make'thle proposition ta ' lb4, ^ < I are 11 flKU . re 1 7 revea iof the opposing team in a game be- :
the mMt. favorable terms in order j 1 * 1 ® 1 South Carolina is losing • oo“- : twpen two boyB - club8 on Monday at Negro in Danger.
not to offend In the slightest degree, a | d ^ ra hl^ part^^of^ Rs^ ppg J p __ p ® Bla ^ Atlanta, he thought nothing of An attempt to assault three white
it. During the night the lad became W 0 men a t New Albany, Ind., Sunday
and that it may not insist that be'a™ *“4 that the ratio of negroes to
’ es Ii
retire immediately. ! cent I My'7 mailer ^T^at" the" negroes 1 Vl ° lently ,I1, ftDd dled Thur * day n0 ° n ' by a ne Kro caused great excitement
I believe that the coontrg will be- ; “Ptlb! y smaller. That the negroesi ", ty J ota O „ oln . t .-.k.
whites in the State has grswn per
com'e quiet alone through the an
nouncement of his intention to re
tire from power and as soon as all
the arrangements you are effecting
witlj the representative of President
plai are put into operation.”
The conference between Judge
Csmbajal, the federal envoy, and the
rebel commissioners adjourned fate
Tfiflrsday. Later the Madero state
ment was made public. It was evi
dent that the procedure with rospect
Federal position In return for
to The resignation of President Dial ?ot6 for Wm. Lorlmer
had been the moot exacting problem
before the commissioners. Rebel
leaders declared peace Impossible ex
cept es was Indicated by Gen. Mad
ero in his statement. Wbat Gon.
Diaz would do. it was admitted by
both ?nids. lilted the solution of tbe
diffledhy.
Rebel activity in the southern and
contral parts of Mexleo_»nd other de
mands for political reform, It Is
known, caused Gen- Madero to take
are “thinning out" in what has been
regirded the “black district” is of!
particular Interest and significance.
j
Lorlmer Bribery.
F. Taylor, of Harrisburg, 111.,!
eh called before the Senate brlb-
investigatlon committee Wednes-
Both Are Dead.
Pennington Gap, Pa., and William attacked two women, and on being
Short, a patrolman, on the 8t. Char- driven off, attacked a neighbor.
ies, Va., police force are dead as a
result of a pistol fight Thursday. Crew of Eight Lost.
Hinkle attempted to arrest Short, A n bope of finding member of
W afternoonrTestlfled*"that”former Wb0 , wa8 a ( lleged ( t0 hav ® dlB - th« crew of the schooner Emma Haw-
Representative L. E. York had told 0rder,y during a clrCUB Pe^rmanc. kin8> eight negroes, alive has been
film that he had been promised 1 T .* **_. _ abandoned after (j 2 hours search
bifa
•ry
<jky
Three Girls Dead.
Thomas Haggerty, of Roxbury,
meeting an acquaintance on the
street, told him he turned on the .. _
pas in Gie room occupied by his anese who served as steward on sev- ; be concluded I have no doubt that
three daughters, aged ten, seven and eral of the naval vessels of the Unlt-; an 'uipoc 1 ** 11 Bt ®P w11 * b»vs been
“Who owns the White House? four yt-ars, Wednesday night, and ed States, was an officer in the'Jap- bu * ^ * no ^ pr ‘ n ^ *n ®nd
that they were dead. The police In- anese navy, with rank about equal °* war - 14 * 8teP on 3r ’ and
veetlgated, found the story true anu to commander in the American navy. ; m “ 8t not d ® y ® at onr purposes by
(Mr. Focht. “and you act as though p i aced Hazgerty under arrest. It Hito, whose real name is said tol en ar ® : * n * the expectaiton of the
you really had the President now. I ls sieved that the recent loss of be Yahama, served for some time world ~ a *~ to what 18 t0 ha PP® n and
)>e!ieve you have discounted Demo- b j a w jf e bad unbalanced Haggerty’s on the scout cruiser Ralem. Through j by i * bpn d,8a PP 0 * nt *“*
cratlc success for sixteen years, but mlnd correspondence with one of his coun-1 '‘ W ® “ P8t r
♦ ♦ wi trymen on the cruiser the identity of| d ® a ,n * w tb a J" for,d l, J a ^ lB
Holland In Acquitted. - Hito was discovered, and it is 8a j d »n d of weakness with somewhat
or, 1. v„ . of wickedness In It, and that rs-
tri general sessions court at Green- an investigation Is to be made to fonnf that are worth haTlaf are
brought about little by little, and
not by one blow. I think wa are
more like to mi
we express our hope with moderation
and realize tbe dtfficultiee that are to
be overcome than If we procalm that
we have opened the gate to eternal
peace with one hey and within ;0H*
year.”
The president was much interest
ed In a speech by Dr. J. A. MacDon
ald, editor of the Toronto (Can.)
Glo!>e, a warm advocate of recipro
city.
"If that arbitration treaty be
tween your country and England Is
ratified." said Mr. Macdonald, “the
name of William Howard Taft will
was destroyed by the raiding v°T ^ bu,lding ^ vine Judge Rease directed a verdict verify the circumstances, that the
was dostroied b> raiding New York. When he gM down about of not gulltv )n the ca8e o( j ee Hol . Government may take up the mat-
•T — * the fifteenth-floor be hollered, 1 m ^ ter with Tokio. —
land, intendant of the town of Maud-;^ eF -
lin, charged with killing Robert Me- Hito left the service about four
Alice of Enoree In a street duel last mont h B a S° and returned to Japan.
February. The shooting of Robert 8ayln * he wa8 hom« B ick. but after
McAbee occurred after McAbee had tw ° or t ^ ree months would return.
tried to “shoot-up" the town of Maul
din, and in the skirmish in which he'
was shot Holland was also wounded.
He has not come back.
Heeing Snakes.
♦ ♦ ; Former Congressman Thomas E.
Shot Wife and Self. W’atson Wednesday issued a state-
Fleeing down the street to escape ment In which he declared that three
and threats were made against Kob- ber husband/who with a revolver, sticks of dynamite had been found
ert Hines, a negro from Mount City, wa8 p ur[u ,i n g beri Mrs. John Bar- Monday on his farm near Thomas-
George Hinkle, chief of police of 111., who was arrested. The negro towgkii agP<i 37 ypar8t waa 8hol and ville, Ga. The statement adds that
mortally wounded at Chicago Thure- Mr. Watson's belief is that the dyna-
day. Her slayer was pursued by mite was to be used by agents of bis
neighbors and sought refuge in a polltclal enemies In furtherance of: ^ rem embere<l In world history#®
house where he shot himself. a & alleged plot agatnet his life. ; j onK aB man peace.”
President Taft returned to Waah-
Bnllfl Her Own Home. ; CUHdren Burned. j
After five years work, Mrs Johan- A dispatch from Chesterfield aaya j Ing.
the stand fie did.
Gen- Madero Thursday night re
ceived the following from Mexico
City from FTanda Figueroa, chief of
the Inaurgent force# In Guerrero:
”ln personal conference today
with Minister Llmantour and Minis
ter Gonzales Coslo. With the 8.000
men who compose my army I will un
conditionally support the condition
of peace being arranged by you.”
Dynamite Kills Two. i n the vicinity of the wreck In Lake
At Gary, Ind.,two men were killed Ponchartrain. The Hawkins was ber8e u and f ain ii y a t Massillon, O.
and a leg blown off of another when found bottom aide up four miles j jj,., ueber bas done every bit of
dynamite exploded in two cars of from Poes Manchanc. La. the work on th<s houM una i dat i ex .
a work train in the Kirk zwltcb ; ♦ ♦ cepting the plaaterlng.
yards. Tbe men were Bleeping in the; Meets In OolumbU. y y r
c * rB - Following a conference between 1 Want War Ships.
* • * Gen. B. H. Teague and Mayor Glbba,; Refugees from Cuayamaa, Mexico,
Killed by Live Wire. ’it was announced that the reunion ' arriving Friday said that 1000 Amer-
Albert Struck, a hotel keeper, age)of the Confederate veterans of the|leans were penned up In the Mazata-
48^ and John W’aronek, a,
na Lleber haa nearly completed a t h ® three children of Ed Chalk, a
comfortable seven-room home for De 8 r °> In the HalsellvUle section,
were burned to death last week In a
fire which burned the house to tbe
lectroculed
ground, the children being left alone
«t f £be time.
♦ ♦ ♦
Rtol^ His light.
.pO. B. Prescott, a Columbia grocer,
was convicted before a magistrate on
Friday of stealing electricity for
. state will be held in Columbia on lan unable to get away because of lighting purposes. He rigged up!mother and father
u led ^August 8- »ed 14. Tbe Red Shirts several railroad connections. They wires in such a way aa to get the and ft to thought that W '
Wllkesbarre, Pa., were e
by a live wire which was blown down met in Columbia on August 11 and want Washington to send warships current around the meter instead of porartly
by a storm at Dupont. |12. : to take them away. j through It. He was fined 125.
. .
Andrew Carnegie, who followed,
the president, was Introduced at tho
dread naught of peace.” _
• .1
Takes Poison.
▲t Charleston Alex
yean of age, waa found dead
day night at the old baseball
Meeting street Hie month
sd with carbolic add,
with enlddal Intent
I