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StTGCEK NOW IN PRISON he BtEAKs mm VUM CAI IB IESUGE TO CIHOESS URGES TARIFF REFORM Explain* Why He Break* a Time- .N -Honored Custom—Hall of the Na tional House of Representative* and All the Galleries Packed for Extraordinary Event. President Wilson stood on the Speaker’s rostrum in the hall of the House Tuesday and personally read his first message to Congress, the first President since John Adams, to exercise that privilege. The renewal of a custom abandoned a century ago and now surrounded by such wide differences of opinion among mem bers of Congress, attracted to the Capitol a large assemblage. Gal leries were packed with national fig ures, Mrs. Wilson and her three daughters and the women of the cabinet circle prominent among them. The diplomatic gallery prob ably contained a representative of every nation with an envoy in the foreign corps there. President Wilson slipped away from the White House quietly after Tuesday's cabinet meeting, accom panied only by his secretary and one secret service man, and, upon arriv ing at the Capitol,. was escorted to the rostrum in the House, where Speaker Clark sat at one side and Vlce-Prqpident Marshall at the oth er. The President, speaking with his usual clarity of tone and notable diction, read his message while *ho company, actually packed Into the chamber, gave the closest attention. ' Secretaries Lane, McAdoo, Daniels And Garrison took seats in the execu- ive galleries of the House for them- 'vselvea and their families to hear the President reed his message. Secre tary Bryan said he had another en gagement for the same hour and oould not go. Mrs. Wilson end her three daughters also topk seats la the executive gallery. The House gallierlee were packed with the wives families and friends of Senators and Bapreaenativee two hours before the President was scheduled to appear. Admiral Dewey was escorted to a aeat on the floor of the House, taking advantage for the first time of the privilege extended him by Congress when he returned triumphant from Manila Bay In 1198. He called os Speaker Clerk and was cheered as be entered the chamber. Members of the diplomatic corps filled the private gallery allotted to them. Three-fourth of the privileg ed thousands ia the galleries were women. Senator Clark had among his guests In the Speaker's gallery Mrs Wm. F. McCombs, Mrs. Victor Mur dock, wlfo of the new Progressive loader in the House; Mrs. A. M Pal mer and Mra. Plteer, alster of Mra. Clark, and her daughter. Bo unusual was the event that 8u- * parlntendeat Woods of the Capitol la- stalled a moving picture camera to take moving pictures of the extraor dinary acene. The films will be pre served as a historic record of the day's proceedings. Two motives Influenced Mr. Wil son to decide to read in person his first communication to Congress— the perfunctory way In which Presi dential message usually were receiv ed, accompanied as they have been by the drone of a clerk s voice and empty seats, and Mr. Wilson's de sire that every member should hear hit appeal for a thorough revision of the tariff, the sole purpose for which Congress was called into extraordi- * ^yy session. Official Washington prepared for e unusual event with a feeling ore of curiosity than criticism, .ntiment as to the political wisdom the move had scarcely crystalized i the procedure of the early days ./Sris ohl^ - a historical record so far as the modern legislator was con cerned. Senators and Representa tives acknowledged the constitutional right of the President to read his Awn. message In the halls of Con gress, and by concurrent resolution arranged to gather in the House chamber at one o’clock. The President’s message Itself was about 1,200 words long when he first prepared It, but In view of the chang ed circumstances he added a preface. However, the entire speech was of less than fifteen minutes’ reading. The President had several engage ments and a cabinet meeting to oc cupy him before his departure for tbe Capitol. He planned to be away from the White House for only half An hour. President Wilson began his mes- 5e as follows: ‘‘I am very glad, to have this opportunity to e two houses dirfectly and for myself the impression e President of the United p person, not a mere de- the government, bail- from some Isolated 1s- s power, sending mes- TALKS ABOUT THE BIRDS ♦ TELLS WHY THEY ARB VANISH ING FROM FARMS. They Have No Bailable Place to Hide and Nest Now like In the Olden Times. Capt. Charles, Petty, the accom plished editor of the Spartanburg Journal, advances a new idea for the vanishing of the birds from the farms. Capt. Petty is an old gentle man who has been a very close ob server of events, and what he says is entitled to weight. Here Is an arti cle on the vanishing of birds from his pen that will be read with inter est: " /t Our lawmakers and Audubon socie ties seem to think that the birds have only one enemy which is thinning them out and that is the hunter. There Is another cause for their dis appearance which the wise friends of birds have not explained. They grad ually disappear in neighborhoods where there Is neither hunting nor trapping. Some of the older people of the Piedmont may remember a time back In the forties when wild pigeons came to this section by the thousand and ten thousand. It was a common thing to hear the honk of the wild goose as he was flying south ward. It was usual for them to stop on some stream and remain a day or two to pick up food. Some of the smaller migratory birds visited us and remained through the winter until the warm days of spring warned them that it was time to muster their forces and seek summer homes farther north. Small birds of every hue and note could be seen In forest and field. The ploughman in the spring of the year was never out of sight of blue bird, woodpecker, dove or some other feather friend ready to destroy any worm or grub his plough turned up But all that la changed. No morning concert now cheers him as he turns the furrow. He may not see or hear a bird for days. They have simply disappeared Two years ago the writer was watching the blrda on a farm near Gaffney. He allowed no one to shoot or trap them. There were no bird hunters en adjoining farms There were two hundred acres or more of woods, fine old fields, swamps and thickets. Small grain was raised on the farm. In February there were about ten covlea of partrldgee on tke farm that could be located There may have been more. It was expect ed that there would be hundreds of young ones In the fall of the year Rut there were fewer than In the spring They had Just wandered away Last spring there was only a covey or two on the farm and not a single one to be seen in the fall The doves, woodpeckers, and aapsuckers have all gone. It la seldom that a blue bird la seen Even the house martens and bee martens are never seen, and they are great friends of the farmer. Af ter harvest small grain left on the ground will remain until winter be cause there are no blrda to eat it. Foxes and rabbits have also gone with the birds In many sections. The crow, which was once very abun dant, baa been greatly thinned. Only a few are seen now. It is easy to understand why birds are very scarce when all the land Is cleared and there are no breeding and hiding places. Those which nest in holes in dead trees will leave a farm where there are few trees of any sort. The pat ridge and many smaller birds will not stay where there are no secret nooks and corners for making their nests. Legislation and birds protection societies will no*, prevent the gradual disappearance o f our feathered friends. TJiese facts are given for the information of the people who think that hunters and trappers are the only agents in the destruction of birds. Had It Happened Here. "Wien the news spread that a Ger man military airship, with four army- officers, had suddenly descended on the parade ground at Lunevllle, in France, the populace was seized w ith consternation. The foreign invaders might explain that they had lost their way in the fog and that their motor had gone wrong, but any French pa triot could see through the Teutons’ game. The French General in command f at Lunevllle knew his business. He seized the airship, dismantled its en gine and kept the Germans under guard, after having searched them for photographs and plans of French fortifications. The Minister of War at Paris hurried the chief of the French army to Luneville to make an inquiry. Eventually the Kaiser's of ficers were allowed to go and take their airship with them, after payiag 12,000 in customs duties. In commenting on the incident, The New York World says if a Cana dian airship had drifted over the line and landed at Sandusky, O., or San ford, N. Y„ a thrifty local merchant would probably have sold the avia tors some gasoline at thirty-five cents a gallon and they would hare start ed home to the cheers of the assem bled populace. All of which goes to prove what fsarful dangers the Unit ed BUIee faces through the national folly of Mot being prepared for war at DINGLE MILL BATTLE MEMORIAL TABLET I N VEILED AT ITS SCENE. One of the Ixuit Eights Between Con federate and United States Troop* in This State. A dispatch from .Sumter to The State says Tuesday was the foity- e4:ht anniversary of the battle of Dingle’s Mill, and Wednesday was veterans’ day in Sumter. The events were played in two Beenes, the first being on the court house grounds and scene two at Dingle's MG1 bridge. First was the annual din ner that Dick Anderson chapter. Daughters of the Coniederaey, gives to the veterans of the county. Then came the unveiling of the memorial tablet on the bridge recently built by -the county over Turkey creek, where it crosses the Manning road three and a half miles from Sumter Under the big oaks back of the court house, on the green sward sev e.al tables were laid, linen table clothes, napkins and all, and on these the ladies placed viands that would tempt the appetite of a society bell who was reducing, much less that of a veteran who was fighting the battles over. All the regular Southern dishes were there. Then there were Coffee and soft drinks and lastly cigars over which the veterans passed reminiscences till they were late r driven into automobiles to the bridge. About seventy-five veterans enjoyed the cl.nuer and baskets of dinner were sent into the country to several who were prevented from at- .ending. * Several hundred people gathered at the bridge for the ceremonies which began at 4:30 o'clock and which were interesting and brief, nearly every one being back in the city by 5:30 o’clock. They found the tablet on the bridge concealed by drapery of Confederate colors, and the p i pet on winch the tablet i* plac ,i .m decorated with Confed eral. . After a selection by the Su . i hand a prayer was offered b> M • Lev. J. H Wilson, himself a vet- a. After the prayer, while the ->a..d rendered another selection, the tablet was unveiled by Misses Aline Marby, niece of A. J. Moses. Cornelia Rrower, granddaughter of Col. J I). Graham; NUrle Covington, grand daughter of Col Geo. W. Lee. who commanded the Second regiment, South Carolina reserves; Eva Mi- chaux, granddaughter of M. J. Mt- chaux. all of the above gentlemen having taken part in the Dingle's mill fight. When the drapery was drawn back the granite tablet was re vealed, having this inscription in raised letters: "This tablet marks the sight of the Rattle of Dingle's Mill, fought April 9, 1 S65, between Potter's bri gade and the Reserve S C. Militia, C S. A Erected by Dick Anderson chapter. C. I) C. Commandant Perry Moses of ('amp Dick- Anderson. C. 9 A . then Introduced Prof S. H Edmunds, su perintendent of the Sumter schools for the address of the day Mr Ed munds introduced his speech by read Ing order No. 2, issued by Col. Lee. commanding the South Caroliiva re serves and Instructed the men to take three days’ cooked rations and to come mounted, if possible. Mr. Edmunds read two extracts from the report of Col. Lee a few days after the battle. He then said that It was a high sense of duty that called upon these home defenders to gather in the face of overwhelming odds and try to prevent the enemy from entering their home. He read, by re quest. a poem that had been written and published by Lieut. McQueen, who was killed in the fight, the poem having been inspired by the killing of Lieut. Pringle in battle in Vir ginia, a short while before. CAUSE DEATH OF THREE. Religious Differences Cause of a Triple Tragedy. Angered because his only daugh ter, Katherine, 1« to marry a man of different religion, George Brown, Sec retary of the Western Louisiana Planters Association at Bachelor, La., shot and killed her In bed recently. He ordered the servants from the house and blew out his own brains. Her fiancee was Frank Ford. A dispatch from Motil, Miss., says when Frank Ford, a wealthy young planter, received a telegrant announc ing the murder of his fiancee, Kather ine Brown, he went to his room and fired a fatal bullet through his brain. He left a note “Can’t live without her. Goodbye.’’ He recently inherit ed two hundred thousand dollars. I*uts Bullet in Heart. Walter H. Goodw-in, United States commissioner for the southern dis trict of Georgia, and until a few days ago deputy clerk of the United States court at Savannah, committed sui cide early Wednesday night In his of fice by shooting himself through the heart with an automatic pistol. Colonel Anil Is Honored. Colonel E. H. Aull, of Newberry, was chosen Great Sachem, and A. E. Hill, of Spartanburg, senior Sag- more by the Red Men at the Ander son convention, wtich closed Tues day. Ml FARMERS LOSt + ISO GETS PROFITS THAT OUGHT TO GO TO THEM * STRESSED AT MEETING » Of Experts at Chicago, Who Met to Consider the Need of Hotter Mar keting of the Product* of the 1 arm, and Other Matters of Gen eral Interest. Chicago housewives Wednesday paid two cents a pound, or eight to twelve cents a head, for fresh cab bage. One South Water street com mission merchant paid $1.50 to $2 a Ci'ille; down in the Rio Grande coun try coast or Texas cabbages were lotting on the farms. The search for an answer to that problem prompted farmers, truck growers and agricultural- experts from thirty states and Canada to start three days’ inquiry at Chicago on Monday. Cabbage is only one of the pro ducts that is causing shaking of heads. As Edward R. Kone, commis sioner of agriculture of Texas said, somebody else is getting the money for nearly everything that farmers grow. The meeting was called to find out who gets the farmers’ profits. Oilicially the assembly is known as the National Conference on Market ing and harm Credits. It is the first of its kind. It is independent of or ganizations and came into being be cause heads of farm grange*, farm experts and growers who had invest ed millions in land in the aggregate, saw their product* going to waste while the cost of living went up and Hie consumers paid the btll. "The railroads are not getting the money," said Kone, "at b-ast we think not. The farmer isn't. The consumer Isn't getting the farm goods cheaply. He's hollering about the high cost of living. Where doe* he money go’ If to the middle man. we re alter him " Peter Radford, president of the Texas Farmers' un ion. *aid that farmers have long been re*tive under present marketing con ditions. "We are going after the trouble In an organized way,’’ said Radford "We want to know why we get only thirty cents on a bushel for potato*-* which sell for seventy-five cents to one dollar a bushel here That seems too big a profit " Other states be sides Texas are In revolt Warren Dunham Foster, member of the Mas sachusetts homestead commission, told why New England is support ing the conference "Potatoes we raise on truck farms in Cunningham. Mass , are rotting in the fields, ‘ said Mr Poster "In Worthington, a town practically con tiguous to Cunningham, they sell for $1 50 a bushel There seems to be a need for co-operation between East and W est." Harry A Wheeler, pres ident of the chamber of commerce of the United States, welcomed the con ference on behalf of Chicago. Col Frank P Holland, permanent chair man, opened the session B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the board of directors of the Frisco lines, though not able to attend, sent a paper which was read; President Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of Chicago; C W. Thompson, of Min neapolis, director of the bureau of economic research of the University of Minnesota, and Congressman Hat ton W. Summers, of Texas, were among the more prominent men on the provram. On "Relations of the Government, Agricu!' ure, and the Railroads and Their Rearing on Rotter Marketing,” Mr. Yoakum said in part: "Agrh Mlttire and transportation have lain Hie foundation which has made this the rreatest and most pow erful nation o', the world. "There are now not more than 1 ,- 000 miles of new railroad under con- struction. It would require the con- struction of ISo.OOO miles of addi tional railroad to furnish the same transportation faeilities west of the Mississippi river that there are east of it, on they, basis of area. That great area, of rich, country can not grow as it should on 1,000 miles per annum of newly built railroads. "Our public men as a rule have not realized what confronts us In the way of agriculture development. The production of farm foods supply and its movement to the market and its relations to consumer require the same Intelligent consideration a* do raw material to the manufacturer and its relations to the consumer, in readjusting our present tariff sched ules.’’ Mr. Yoakum declared that If Con gress should wipe out the entire tar iff on every article that is brought in to this country, on last year’s collec tions it would amount only to-$326,- 000,000, while the waste of products on farms of the nations, means an annual loss of over five times that amount. He gave figures showing that $35,000,000 worth of fruit and vegetable rot in the fields every year; $350,000,000 loss from cornstalks, rice, flax and other grain, straw burned In the field and $1,500,000,- 000 additional which the farmers could receive if -by co-operation, they knew end where to sell their pro ducts to tke best advantage. President Judson presided ever tke —rrTTTTTTTrTTrsKBTir^: * The Democrats Are Not Retisflcd With Its Workings. The Washington correspondent of The State says distinct symptoms of a Democratic attack on past methods of administering the civil service and of a disposition to make reprisal* de veloped in the Senate Wednesday. For days there had been talk that it was the purpose of many Democrats In Congress to take advantage of the loopholes in the civil service law to fill the offices with Democrats as far as possible. Senator Overman introduced a swe< ping resolution exiling for infer mation of the most comprehensive sort as to the civil service situation It calls for the laws and orders un der which the civil service commis sion exists aftd by which the civil service systemN rvad been extended, the number of cMi service employees in each department; the number of {mrsoo-s -covered in the civil -service system by executive orders since Jan uary 1, 1900, the date and copy o f the orders: the number of persons in the classified service from each State, territory and the District, and other information along these lines. After a few minor amendments the resolution was adopted and full in formation, as a result, will be forth coming. <’MARGES AGAINST W ILSON. ♦ American Ambassador Said to Mart Helped Diaz. "I am going to Washington and g'vo Secretary Bryan proof* of the part taken by Ambassador \\ ilson in the -M e.v ican city revolt," declared Roque Gonzales Garza, former mem ber of the Madero chamber of depu ties and now agent in the United States of the constitutionalist revo lution. "Charges against Wilson, made by my colleagues. Deputy Lui* Manuel Ron'as, in a document sent Secre tary Rryan, will be substantiated by actual proofs," continued Garza, who was one of the early organizers rf the revolution and brother of Francisco Gonzale* Garza. Madero cabinet member, and governor of the federal district "There are twelve distinct charge* which will show, when proved, that Wilson acted against the 'Mwdero government " DKMOGKATH TO HE APPOINTED As Customs Odlevtors at IW*aufort and <rt**»rg«*tov* n. The Washington correspondent of The State says Secretary M. Adoo Wednesday informed Senator Smith that E P Colcock would be named as collector of the port of Reaufor* t<> succeed Rob Smalls, win) ha* hold the place for a number of v.»*r* Tills matter having b»*»'n agreed upon. Small* will noon give up the office Senator Smith h* id a conference with Representative Ragsdale Wed ne*day afternoon as to the dlsposl tion of the same question at George tow n The man who Fvad been named for the place appears unable to serve be cause of serions illness, and It it probable, therefore, that some other name will be »etit in. SMALLS WILL RE OUSTED. Must Make Way for a Good South Carolina Democrat. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says b.th of the South Carolina Senators r* entlv communicated with Secretary Mc Adoo, of the treasury department, in support of Congressman Ryrnes’ con tention that a white Democrat ought to he appointed collector of the port of Roaufort. to serve from now until July 1 as the successor of Robert Smalls, colored, whose term has ex pired. Senator E. I). Smith said that he had been notified by Secretary M('Add6"th‘lt F. P. Colcock, who has been endorsed by Representative Byrnes and the Senators, would be at once recommended to the Pres ident for appointment in place of Smalls. „ round table discussion while the sub ject, “why is the farmer not effec tively organized?” was discussed by Arthur Capper, editor of a farm pa per of Topeka, Kan., and J. H. Page, of Arkansas, discussed the subject from, various standpoints. “What may be expected from the Federal government?” was discussed by W. P. Spillman, special represen tative of Secretary of Agriculture Houston. Mr. Spillman said i; is be coming more and more evident that increased production will not of it self meet the needs either of the farmer or the city consumer. The present movement for cheapening distribution-is timely, I believe it will have vastly more effect on the cost of living than any other movement re lating to agriculture.’’ Time will reveal the hidden cups of gold, And if through patient toll we reach the land W’here weary feet, with sandals loose, may rest,' Then shall we know and clearly nn- dsrstand— BEGINS SENTENCE FOR KILLING A POLICEMEN. ♦ ■ ■ A Drunken Guard Came From Co lumbia to Carry the Prisoner to the Penitentiary. A letter from Aiken says James G. Seigler, charged with the murder more than a year ago of Policeman ( Wade Patterson, and convicted of manslaughter, and given a seven-year sentence in the State Penitetnary was carried to Columbia to begin his pe riod of servitude. Seigler, who is one of the best known men in the county, descend ant of one of the oldest and best known families, and himself a promi nent farmer, was tried last year and convicted. His attorneys appealed for a new trial. The arguments were made in the Supreme Court in Jan uary, and last month this tribunal handed down a decision affirming that of the Aiken Court. Seigler has taken this very hard and he goes to i he State penitentiary a broken and humiliated man. The local authorities were some what perturbed at Aiken (Monday morning when a guard, Jennings Mims, from the Penitentiary, asked for the prisoner, and they refused at first to deliver Seigler, basing their refusal upon the allegation that Mims was too intoxicated to take Seigler into his custody. Solicitor Gunter was conferred with anent tlie matter, and advised Sheriff Howard G:at Mims had the pipers for Seigler, and that there was nothing to do hut deliver him, toif that it wtvild tie advisable to S'. 1 an Aicn d nuty along to keep W over both ( f t hem Rut at midday another guard ar- i ved fr< iii Columbia and s dved the problem for the Px ai authorities by taking charge of both no n 1 1 • stat ed that alter Mims departure trom Columbia it was learned tl.at he left in an intoxicated condition, and the second guard w ,ts bint out on Hie next train Sheriff Henrv H Howard. * bo st» rnly disapprov*>« any laxity in of- fi< lal circles wa* indignant an 1 very much wrought up over the entire thing He *a!d I want them to Send sober men after m> prisoner* " GOD KNOWS THE BEST \ Poem TIuU should Help Ml Who \re m IH-lre-o* Noun*! line. \\ hat 1 do t.iou km wep.' n it i.uw, but thou oba.l anow b • Mut f • er Sometime, whin all - ienaot,!* h I V •• been learned. An 1 Min and M*r» fur- vermoro tiav <• ai t, Tile tiling* which our w.-ak Judgment here have spurned, The thing* o er whuh we grieved with lashe* set. Will flash before us. out of life a dsrk i.ight, A* star* sh’.ne more in deeper liut* of blue And we shall see how all God * plana were right. And how what seemed reproof w a* love most true \nd we shall see how. while wo (row n and sigh, God's plans go on a* best for you and me, How , W hell we called, He heeded Hot our cry, Recause His wisdom to the end ( (Mild see. Ami even a* prudent parents disallow Too much of sweet to craving babyhood, So God, pertiaps, is keeping from us now Life's sweetest things, because it seemeth good. And if, sometimes commingled with . life's wine. We find the wormwood and rebel and shrink, Re sure a wiser hand than yours or mine Pours out this potion for our lips to drink. And if some friend we love is lying low, Where human kisses cannot reach his face Oh, do not blame tne loving Father so! But wear your sorrow with obed ient grace. And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath Is not the sweetest gift God sends His friend, And that sometimes the sable pall of death Conceals the fairest bloom His love can send. If we could push ajar the gates of life And stand within and all God’s workings see, We could interpret all this doubt and strife, And for each mystery would find a key. But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart! God’s plants, like lilies, pure and whits unfold. We must not tsar the close-shut leaves apart;