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PANIC PREVENTED ♦ — I'ADOO DISPELLS FEARS OVER FAILDRE OF RANI CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL Practically No Excitement Following Sensational Failure of Kulm Group of Institutions Whose Losses May Reach Total of $5,500,000—Large Investigation to Follow. To the decisive statement of Secre- Mfry McAdoo of the treasury depart- %ieat, Issued Tuesday night, Is attri buted the restoration of almost nor mal conditions in financial Pittsburgh despite ;the closing Monday of the doors of the First-Second National hank, an Institution which had been accredited one of the strongest in the country. While the situation was tense In the financial world an l little information as to possible de velopments was obtainable, the flat statement of facts of the secretary seemed to develop an overnight opti mism that grew as the day advanced. The closing of the First-Second was naturally followed by suspension of Its affiliated bank, the First Na tional of McKeesport, and the ap- polntmen of receivers for the hanking house of J. 8. & W. 8 Kuhn, Inr , whose principals were th<‘ ma'ority stockholders of both Institutions stul a like action with the American Witerwork and Guarantee company, an enterprise lathered by the Kuhn Interests Another Kuhn Interest which was affected, the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings, suffered somewhat from the complication, a run being started on It Monday, chiefly by small depositors This continued somewhat Increased early Tuesday, but It ap peared to abtte as tbs day wore on Crowda assembled near the bank bnlMIng and the sidewalk about the boUdlng were roped off with mounted police prancing their horses within the linen on the sidewalk The peo ple were forced outside the ropes In to the middle of the street The crowds were made up mostly of ru rioaa spectators The small groups of 4 epos I tors that entered the hank were promptly paid 1100 on demand, sad repaired to give the legal notice of Id. Id or 10 days to withdraw otb or omens is shove stated figures Fifty-seven thonenad dollars was withdrawn from the bash while the deposits were IIT.ddd. Chief I ale rest now centres In the slope that may he taken hr the gov- erameot la as Investigation Into criminal ItaMIlty la eoaoertloa with the hash faDam I’nlted fUatee Die trtct Attorney John H Jordan, throagh whom the first steps in this direst ion wosld he taken said he bad no notice from Washington thin line hat that It was poe stfety n little early for the oOclala to have had opportanlty to decide upon any eonrne of arOea According to a dispatch from Washington Secretary McAdoo will oak Attorney General MrKeynolds wtthla a few days to Investigate alleg ed Irregularities la the conduct of the First-Second National Bank of Ptttahargh which closed Its doors Monday The secretary definitely de cided to refer the situation to the de partment of Justice and la now engag ed In the collection of all the farts connected with the management of the big bank to prepare the attorney general for an Inquiry designed to develop whether there was any vio lation of law In connection with the failure John Skelton Williams, assistant secretary of the treasury, returned from Plttaburgii. where he superin tended the closing of the bank, and reported that the Institution had been "freely ^nlsmanaged'', necessitating a reference of the conditions to the de partment of Justice. The latest reports to the treasury department Indicate that the losses of the First-Second may reach $r>.- 500,000 because the entire capital and surplus of the bank now seem to have been wiped out. These advices were accompanied by assurances from officers of the bank that the de positors, whose claims total about $38,000,000, probably would be paid In full or nearly In full through real ization of the bank’s assets. BOY KILLS HIS FATHER FICKKNfl OOrNTY FARMER KILIs- ED IN FAMILY ROW BrotFier of Slayer Perhaps Fatally In jured by Bullet From Victim’s Pis tol—Boy Has Surrendered. John Dobson, & white farmer liv ing on the Pelzer plantation, near I’endleton In Pickens county, was shot and kjlled late Monday night by his 16-year-old son, Will Dobson. A younger son was desperately wonded by a bullet from the pistol of the eld er Dobson, who relumed the fire of Will Dobson. The younger Dobson Is In the hospital and is In a critical condition following an operation. Will Dobson has been lodged In Jail at Pickens. The tragedy occurred at the home of John lyobson. He had been over bearing in his manner toward his wife and there had been a family quarrel Sunday. Dobson went to Pendleton Monday and on his return resumed quarreling with his wife. She sent to the field for her elder son, and when he came to the house the attitude of the father and son be cai..c belligerent. Some say that the first shot was fired by John Dobson, who was In the yard at the time. There wan an exchange of shots, each of the principals being armed with a -3S calibre pistol, and John Dobson was struck by four of the fh-t shots fired by the son. The younger son, Huy Barton Dobson, aifed i years, was in the house with his mother when he was wounded by a shot from bis father's pistol Th father fell desperately wounded and several physicians who were quickie summoned saw that there was no chance to avve his life He du>d a* 2 o’clock Tuesday morning There was some chance for the boy's life and he was hurried t# the Anderson hospital The operation de reload that the ball had broken a rib on the left side and had plowed Its way through the child's body, puncturing the colon In three places and otherwise causing a dangerous wound before leaving the body The Httle fellow was cut almost In two In the efforts of the surgeon to perform so operation that would save b% life The perforation of the Intestines would rause death In an older and 1 ewe healthy person, but there is said to be a flgb'ng rhanre for re. overy as he le In fine health Dies From Blood Poison. Mr. T. C, Sutton, a prominent citi zen from the eastern part of Clay county, Georgia, died Monday after noon after an illness of two days with blood poison. A little boil appeared on his nose a few days ago, and he asked one of his grandchildren to Open it with a pocket knife Saturday. The knife had been used to cut the hoof of a horse and gave him blood poison in less than an hour. » ♦ Hnrt by Three-Foot Fall. Rodman I>aw, who has been shot out of a cannon, dropped from bal loons and airships, dumped into the ocean on a speeding motorcycle and escaping unharmed from a score of Other dangerous feats, fell three feet ttoodsj afternoon and sprained his •feooMers badly and a Anger so lac erated that he win have to hare it MINMION \HY ODXKKHKV K. latwrvwtiMg (oamaaJrettow Ab»wl <«e»eeal MevOag. Th# gvovral nalMlonary tn#»#.lng a! th# Houthvrn AMv>mbly ground* near Wayn*-«vUlr Ga was a memorable occasion 8e»eral article* In 'he Southern Cbrlatlan Advocate of thl* w##k tell of the •peaker* the •|>e*w h e# and the notabl# things done at this meeting About thirty five South Carolina preachers, and a number of laymen were In attendance and Kev J K Holman, of Howeevtlle write# that It was the greatest meeting he ever attended All sides of both Home and K‘>r elgn Missions were considered, and Inspiring speeches were made by preachers laymen and women l»r K O Watson, who i* at the head of the Industrial School, to he opened In Horry In the full, spoke on the needs of the Southern Iajw lander* Vn offering was made for mission* amount to $ 1 o 1.00f> A( ABB K Ml l-s MANY. Ship Forecvl by Owners to l/oatr Har bor In Dangerous Condition. Foreknowledge of the fate of his ship, the Mount Oswald, which with her crew of twenty-four men. was never heard of after her departure from Baltiomre for Hamburg on Feb ruary 17, 1912, was shown in a letter from Captain Stannard to his wife, read at Newcastle, Eng., during the board of trade inquiry into the loss of the vessel. In this letter, sent ashore at Baltimore by the pilot, Cap tain Stannard said: "We have twelve feet of water In the fore peak and are not yet out of harbor. God knows whether wo shall ever reach home. The sailors are now working at the pumps. I want ed the ship to be drydocked at New York, but the owners would not al low It." TURNS MINT LOOSE iOYERNOR BLEASE SET ELEIEN NEGROES FREE PARDONS AND PAROLES Senator Smith has introduced a bill in the Senate to establish a fifty mile wide zone across the State of Alabama in which no cotton would be planted to prevent the boll weevil from coming further east. The plan is entirely feasible. The only matter to be considered in connection with it is would it pay? In Twenty-Four Hours the Governor Paroles and Pardons Eighteen Prisoners, Nearly Two-Thirds of Whom .Are \egr*H*s and the Rest of Them Are White. During Monday and Tuesday Gov ernor Blease pardoned and paroled eighteen prisoners, eleven of whom are negroes and seven are white. The following are the names of those turned loose by the Governor: W. R. Goldsmith, colored, convict ed at the January, 1911, term of Court for Greenville County, 6f for gery, and sentenced to thre« years on the public works and to pay a fine of $1. Sam Matthews, colored, convicted at the July, 19m7, :erm of Court for Colleton County, of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' imprison ment in the Penitentiary or upon the public works. Ben Norman, white, convicted at the November, 1912, term of Court for Newberry County, of riot and as sault and battery with intent to kill. Manor .Morris, white, convicted at the November, 1 a I term of Court for '.'.amber/ County, of manslaughter, and seirenccd to five var- imptisou- tneiit upon the imt’l.e work* Sim Mobley, colored, coiuitfid at the July, 19c9 term of Court for Sa luda county of manslaughter and sen teiiccd to five years' imprisonment upon the public works Henry Allen, colored, convicted a the March. 191':, term of court for Barnwell County of aaaault and hat tery with intent to kill, and sentenced to one year*' Imprisonment upon the publu work* or p*y a fine of Sentem « commuted to a fine of fifty dollar* or Imprisonment upon the puhlb work* for *n month* at har4 labor Benjamin Wylie, »hlte convicted at the April 1913. 'ertn of Court for York county of assault and ha'trry with Intent to kill, and sentenced to five month* upon the public work* or pay a fine of | 7Sent*wice coni mu' ed to fine of t C> or imi>rl*onm»-ut for fir# months upon pubic work* Hrrnian P ’ King » h lt«* run ' I . trd »t the April 1 9 "'J trrtn of < our’ ! for i i re*-n » <mm1 < "oil nt y of murder * it h rt*« ummm Jation ti> x. and *«M) • *• n r .1 • < > ! v imp r la* m me tit In t h e S’*(,• l‘et>:tr n''ary Paroled hv Got errmr \n**-'. and now pardoned '" re aturr i itlxen*h p S K SmPh wh.te convicted a’ the February. Ik", term of Court f..r \S illtauioturg Coun') of Ma*im> and •entemed to »li month* impnaon ment Sen'ence aerved Board of pardon* recommended pardon for the purpose of restoring rttiienship Pardon gran'ed for this purpose Sa^i Spate# colored conv.cted at the February 19!.’ termof' iur* for Williamsburg County of grand lar cetiy and sentenced ' > seven >e<vr* upon 'he public works Hoard of par don* recommended parole during good t>eha\ lor I.uther Johnson, colored convcted ' tb< K.- mar' 19 11, term of Court 'or W 11II a m « h i rg Count\ '<,? a-sault a ii ■ ■ar an sen t • Foul Tip Kills Baseball Scorer. A foul tip from the bat of a player In a game between fraternal order baseball teams at Jersey City, N. J., struck the scorer. Harry C. Harved, on the head, causing his death. Meningitis In Lexington. A new case of splro-menlngltls is reported near Lexington. The victim U the Hole daughter of Mr. and Mm James Undley, about four miles from Lexington, eighteen months upon the public works Board of pardons recoin tnendej parole during good tiehav or Henrv Green, colored, convicted at the March. 19'<9. term of Court for Oconee Count', of burglary and lar i enc> * two ca^es and •. and sentenced to thir'een months and five years, re spectively, upon the public works Board of pardons recommended pa role during good behavior. Joe Jackson, alias Joe. Thomas, col ored, convicted at the Octozer, 1X99, term of Court for Berkeley County of murder, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life impris onment In the State Penitentiary. Board of pardons recommended pa role during good behavior. Tom Perry, colored, convicted at the March. 1912, term of Court for Bamberg County, of housebreaking and larceny, and sentenced to two years and six months on the public works. Board of pardons recom mended parole during good behavior. Late Monday Governor Blease pa roled. during good behavior. Alexan der Patton, colored, who was con victed of arson in York County and sentenced to serve ten years’ impris onment. The negro has served eight years and nearly three months of his sentence. The sentence of Racheal Goodwin, white, of Lexington County,' convict ed of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $90 or serve thirty days on the chain gang, was commuted to a fine of $25 or thirty days on the chain gang. Governor Blease late Tuesday is sued one parole and one pardon. He pardoned Alex Ferguson, colored, of Richland County, sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment for failure to pay commutation road tax. Ernest Brewlngton, white, convict ed In Richland County of non-support of wife and sentenced to one year’s Imprisonment, was pardoned on con- ditlet that he aopport hii child. AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL SENATOR SMITH IMS PLAN TO BI/OCK THE PF-STS. * Will A*k Federal Government to Ew- talilUh Dead Line for Protection of Atlantic Coast States. Senator Smith’s plan is for the Fed eral government, with State co-opera tion, to prohibit the growing of cot ton In a belt which would separate the Atlantic Coast States from the Southwestern States. As the boll weevil of the Southwestern States in vadlng the Atlantic coast States are being drafted by Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina. Secretary Houston, of the department of agriculture, is said to have given the proposition his tentative approval. Plans for the Federal government to raise a barrier against the boll weevil migrates only from cotton field to cotton field, the Senator be lieves this belt would save the States to the east of it from the pest which has cost cotton raisers to the south west millions of dollars annually. According to investigation already made ,the narrowest belt where a bar rier might be raised would be in Ala bama, between the mountains near the Tennessee line and the Gulf. This would be a distance of about 150 miles. The boll weevil already ba^ swept over Texas, Oklahoma. Dttiisi- ana and Arkansas and is said to be Travelling eastward into Alabama. Senator Smith is preptritic to urc. upon the Senate that this narrow hep will he a praetieal barrier if imme diate action is taken to establish it If efTeetive. it would proteef mo*f i' \'a bant a and all of Geor/ii Florida South Carolina and N >nh Carolina fmm 'he weevil The barrier to *w efTeetive must he fifty miles wide. It Is be!:eve<l The crowing of eot'on in that rone would be prohihi'ed. hut the farmers could raise any other crops Senator Smith's plan Is to have the Federal Government compensate the farmers In thl* tone for not planting cotton He Is InveeMcaMn* the action of the Fbsler.vl Govern ment In •tamp'ntr out yellow fever n Ia>ul«tana and In eefahllshlng for est re*erv»#i for the con»«*rva'Ion of resource* in order to have precedent* for hi* plan Sena'or Smith Tue#dav consulted Senator Kern of Indiana the I*emo craflr leader and won hi* approval to a feasible plan to arrotn, i!»h the de • ifrd ob pc t HI NG Glltl. I I* HI <11 \ IN ♦ Theti (.eorgts F #«J»er Beat Her With Bull k n<t of • Whip 1 'har*.-• that he '»»■. ne.J _* > ha -r. around ’.be nr< * uf h:» fi'leen Near oil daixhter » j *pe n d e 1 her from a neat hook In hi* bu^her shop and then teat her w h the butt enl of a whip un’il ’he Mood flowed from her wound* were made again*! J J John*on In Court at A :*u*ta Ga Policeman K M Moore who ar mted John** n •*! ! that wton he reached the Johnson meat mark*-’, tie found the daughter \MI!e hang ng from a meat hook. »u»pend>-d b) a cha'n whmh had been wrapped twice around her neck and lo« ke«| Moore .said that the girl's arm* and ne, k show » d evidence# of severe heating She was exhaust ed when released Johnson 'aid he ha I to beat ’he girl to iontrol her la-ver Praises ('lean Prews. Breath.ru: a spin’ of loyal’y to Newberry eollege an 1 pl*'«d'ng for an organl/atinn that w.H render altruis tic serviie for the common good, the speech of Asbury F I.ev.r, congress man front the Seventh South Caro lina Congressional disTict, before the Columbia club of Newberry college recently at the Jefferson Hotel was significent in its utterances. “The greatest struggle In public life since the establishment of Ameri can independence is now going on,” he said. “Secret forces are arraying themselves In such a manner that the greatest battle that has been fought for more than a century is now being waged. When the press of the coun try boldly prints names of men high in public life men w'ho are accused of political corruption, it is a sign that we are reaching a crisis.” “All honor.” he continued, “to the press of the country that exposes cor ruption in high places and at the same time treats men fairly. The public conscience is undergoing a bath, and it is for you who have had some little opportunity to do the rub bing. Not only the nation, but the State needs the service from you. Group ability, team work, is what is needed. “The secret forces are at work at all times but we are sure to win un der the leadership of men like Wood- row Wilson, who does not go about his business with rubber boots on, but takes the people into his confi dence. Our appeal here to-night is that you support the men battling for Integrity in public life. Stand behind u>, and we will make this a govern ment by the people and for the people In nmae and in fact also.” Six Soldiers Killed. Six U. 8. Soldiers were killed in Manilla Thursday when a flat car on which they ware rid In* tamed orer. DEMOCRil§ UNHID -0. • SENATORS HOLD FARIT CAUllh AND PLEDGE SUPPUItr TO TARIFF REFORM RILL The Two Senators From Iiouisiana Refuse to Fledge Their Support Be cause of Free Sugar Provision, But Enough Are Left to Insure the Pas sage of the Measure. Forty-seven Democratic senators stood up in the party caucus one by one late Monday and declared their intention to vote for the Underwood- Slmmons tariff revision bill as finallv approved by the caucus a few min utes previously. Two senators—Rans- dell and Thornton of Louisiana- stated that they would not make such promises because of the proposal to place sugar on the free list in 1916. Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska and Culberson of Texas were absent, hut both are known to be in favor of the bill. This gives the Democrats forty- nine votes for the bill, or a slender ma'ority of one. with the vote of the vice-president to fall hack on in an emergency. An absolute binding resolution wn<- not aiopted, the pull ny indivilua! being substitu'ed. and that poll »>, a put only on th*- ground of person' promi-e and was net uiade baidtn.- \ res'du ! ion was ;. !opt t |, how v* r de< larmg the !’n ’erw* od-Su: men h ll a party n.* aware and urc n/ r in ! i\ i d"d support w it ho u’ a t - | tie 1.1 u tile-s su h shouM bo mi a:u ' tel bv 'he ii>mmi:t." Senator New hands of Nevada cast the only v*d* gainst th's rtsolu' *rt but Senator- Shafro'h of Colorado. Kanadell and Thornton did no’ vote The resnlu’ on w ts «* follow* ' Revived. That the tariff Mil agreed to by thi* conference. In It* amended form. I* declared to be a par’y measure and »e urre it* uni: vTled *uppert a* a Ju’v by Demo cr*tlc senator* witheu* amendment Provided however, that the conf'-r enre or the finance committee mav after reference or o’h<'r«i*e propose amendment# to 'he v>l!l Senator Kern chairman of th* caucu# Chairman Simmon* of the finance committee »ho have 'ouaht hard for the m**#*jr*• and ot’o-r »' m'. n ’ *t ra t ton leader* <ipr*-*#ed rn'lre |\Jl BE* THE (XhTTUN PLANT. INkvC lata** I*r*M*n* Crop. Doing Great aniagr. For several years past this Insect ’-as been recognized as a more or less* serious pe«t to young cotton plants. The Insect is know n to occur through- uit South Carolina, but seems to as sume the role of an Important insect, post to cotton oly on the coast and near coast counties of the state. In these counties, the injury seems to bo increasing wtih each succeeding vear. The present season has' been very favorable for the root louse de velopment and consequently, the in jury to cotton has been unusually se vere. The insect is easily recognized by its position on the plant and by being of a bluish color, less than 1-3 2 of an inch in length. It is somewhat similar to the ordinary cotton leaf of louse which causes the cotton leaves to curl up during cool, moist weather. The injury is occasioned by the small insects sucking tho juico from the young tap roots of the cot ton, causing them to die. An infested plant is easily recognized by the stunted and wilted appearance of the foliage. In their activity, the roei lice are dependant upon the ants as a means of traveling from one plant to another and, consequently the farmer must look upon the ants as enemeh- instead of friends. In the spring, as soon as the ants are noticed ecavaxting about the young cotton plants, begin a -vs'c.u of shallow cultivation as rap'dly aw possible. 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St Ito rt of a mm h higher st a lari) ' hati has t)**on in 11 io past. K< iroign < OTTON SEED >1 EN. ♦ •com • mists ha \o r*‘ marked t ha it our ✓ ♦ hinni ' ii>al gOVf 'rnmi ■nts were ■ th o sor- Of South Carolina Open Convention at Lake Toxavvay. With President C. R. Sprott. of Manning, 8. (’., presiding, and about sixty members in attendance, the South Carolina Cottonseed Crushers' association opened its annual session at I.ake Toxaway Tuesday. Several excellent addresses featured the meeting and the members are mak ing enthusiastic plans for the compil ing of statistics of cotton seed mar keted and cotton ginned each week in South Carolina. The average estimate made by the members of the association regarding cotton crop prospects in South Caro lina this year placed the figures at 1,363,000 bales. The association, it was declare*!, spends over $10,000 annually to secure cotton statistics and advertise cotton seed products. riest phases of tho country's govorn mental affairs, and cTtainly the statement Is no? founded entirely in ignorance or fiction. But the day of transition is at hand, and progressive cities are transforming. The News says within two years Greenville will vote on the question of transformation of tho commission form of government. If the city is true to its spirit of devel opment this election will result in a change from the old to the new and better. This new form of city gov ernment seems to have come to stav. Aeronauts Have (lose Call. Flying at the rate of fifty miles an hour near Chicago-oft-Mondaw-.-CHonh Martin’s hydro-aeroplane dipped too close to Lake Michigan and was over turned. Martin and his assistant, Charlea H. Day, were rescued by the life saving crew, which also recovered the machine. Pearls in Gravel Bed. Some of the richest pearls ever dis covered in America were found re cently in Indiana by men working on pump boats. One workman, while leveling gravel, picked un a pearl es timated to be worth $1,000. President Wilson says that in hot weather he feels like loafing. That sounds natural, and shows that the President is very much like the bal- ance of aa in one reopect at least. Governor Blease has written the* “proper letter” as required by Sec retary of War Garrison, and the boys will go on their encampment. It was a bitter pill for the Governor to eive in. but he exhibited horse sense in withdrawing his foolish prattle about this being a Yankee nation. Police Fight Bootlegger. Two men were killed and two oth ers seriously wounded In a fight at Champaign, III., Sunday between the police and alleged Illicit liquor sell ers.