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IBUSE11ST Mi
:RS PREPARE TENTATITE
DRAfT Elf MEASURE
WILSON’S IDEAS
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GRADE PLAN
»*,
SENATOR SMITH’S EXPERIMENTS
SECURES RESULT.
KME AtMItftf
FLDERAlS AT CJ'NAtjA FLEE IN-
TB UNITED STATES
r
Penalties Are Made Individual in At>
eordance With President's Wish—
Entire Measure Has Not Been Sub-
Mitted to Him—Tntcfreelflhg HI-
recto rates Feature Important.
A general outline of the tentative
draft of anti-trust legislation pre
pared by majority members of the
House Committee on the judiciary for
action by-the full committee, subject
to a conference with President Wil
son , became known \ Ih Washington
JTrhUy night. While members of the
committee talked with ttfe president
SOipe-weeks ago, the proposed bills
so far have x 4K>t the administration
stamp, and the^will be discussed at
a conference between the president
and the committeemen immediately
following tho president’iK^turn.
• The bills, drafted after conferences
between Chairman Clayton, Repre
sentative Carlin, of Virginia, chaTi^
man of the trust sub-commtttee, .and
Representatives Floyd; Arkansas, Mc
Coy, New Jersey, and others, cover
these three main points
First—Interlocking directorates.
Second-^Trado relations and
prices.
Third—Injunction proceedings and
.^^kv/nage suits by individuals.
Qj^-ln every case "Pr-ooidvnt Wilson’s
^Idea of providing penalties for indi-
\Vlduais, as well as for corporations
in x case of Ytolati 01 ' 8 . has been fol
lowed. It was decided It would be
better to draft several bills instead of
Government Tests Show That Texas
; , \ ' >
Ijosos $10,000,000 on Cotton Such
as tfmith Plan Proposes td Save. -
Experiments which were ordered
by Congress at the suggestion of Sen
ator E. D. Smith to determine the dif
ference In spinning value between the
various standard cotton grades, have
pioceeded far enough to Bustath ~tBe~
senator’s theory that this difference
is by no means so grestt aa^ould he
thought from the price paidTTre pro
ducer of the staple. » j /.
Out of this Investigation, which is
being made by the department of
agriculture under the supervision of
its cotton expert, Dr. N. A. Cobb, re
sults are accruing which will be of
vital importance to the cotton grow
ers of the South. The experiments
have been carried on with a total of
about fl20 bales, half of eastern and
half ot western upland cotton, which
was k pht through the Danville, Va.,
mills under the regular process used
for commercial cotton. . ...
Parallel test$ were ;i made at the
Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
college in South Carolina, arid addl-
Ktlonal checks will be obtained from
-.u^Qinical laboratories elsewhere be-
foreNi Anal report is published.
EnouglNhas been learned from the
tests already accomplished to justify
the followingN^mf-.offlcial statement
of'their signiflcaitce
“It has been shotvn conclusively
that much of the loWer grade cotton,
for which a decidedly loweKprlce Is
paid, works Into just as goon .yarn
and fabric as slightly more expensive
grades. In tfie case of Texas this
year much of the cotton was, badly
stained and weathered in the field,
but these experiments have shown
REBEL ARMY VICTORIOUS
I (order Patrol Disarms the Mexican
Host, Taking Into-Custody 2,800
- WNWh
Soldiers, and Six Generals, and
PRESIDENT IS PLEADED
BIG
BUSINESS RESPONDS
SPIRIT OP REFORMS.
TO
Incorporating all anti-tr\M proposals mrrhk; bleaching p.ocess-used
in an omnibus measure, supplemen
tary to the Sherman Act. An at-
t tempt to define x coriTbinations and
conspiracies in resj^alnt of trade, as
far as possible, has been made in the
bills already prepared.,, n.
TJie bill to inhibit interlocking di-’
rectorates is regarded as the most
important of the three. It applies to
hanks and trust companies and to
every industrial corporation engaged
in Interstate trade. The tentative
drfift of thla measure provides that:
"After the 23rd day of December,
191 4, an officer or direcor of a Fed
eral reserve bank, a branch bank,
national bank, or banking assqcla-
^ 4ion, or any State bank, banking as-
- eociation or -trust company admitted
to membership on a Federal reserve
bank shhll not be an officer or direc
tor of any other hank, banking asso
ciation or trust .company, or of any
financial corporation, institution of
association engaged in the business
of banking. ",
Nor shall he engage in the’banklng
business Individually or as a member
of a firm or association engaged In
such business; nor -shall he be an
^ officer or director of any other cor
poration. organization or association,
the principal part pf whose authoriz
ed or actual business is to buy, sell
or hold the stocks, bonds, securities
or evidences of Indebtnesses of cor
porations, organizations or of such
stock, bonds, securities or evidences
of Indebtedness, or to negotiate
loans to corporations, organizations
pr associations: nor of any other CpV-
^^jmfion. .ovganiVatlort or a«=ooj«fion
stock of or an-iniefest in
'^corporation, organization/fir asspcla-
^tton conducting principally such au
thorized actual busjrfess.
‘‘A director ofX*lass A of a Feder-
dpl reserve Vault may be an officer or
‘‘‘director, orvftoth an officer and a dir
ector oj/one member bank.” The
otboiv two classes are prohibited in
thp^currency law from holding the
her offices. This part of the meas
ure was drafted by Representative
McCoy, and is understood to have
the approval of other judlcarj mem-
ben.
The effect of the Industrial corpor-
tlon feature of the Interlocking dir
ectorate hill, the committeemen say,
would be of the most sweeping char
acter, ohttlng out the interlocking
arrangements and enabling dlrector-
ahlps and control to pass to a large
army of new men. Instead of keeping
the Industrial control of various lines
of activity In the hands of a few.
Under Its terms no officer or direc
tor In any Industrial corporattea- -en
gaged in Interstate trade would be
pertnjtted to be any officer or direc
tor in another Industrial Interstate
corporation in allied business. Man
ufacturers of railroad cars, hocomo-
tlves, railroad falls and structural
ateel, or men-engaged in mining or
becoming directors or other officers
or other employees, of railroads en
gaged in interstate commerce. The
bill weald not become effective until
two years after passage, to allow ad
Jtttment of business arrangements,
jflw other measures would-., take ef-
Immediately upon passage.
The measure designed to stop
agreements for regulation of prices
has drastic provisions: It Is design
the mills is effective and cheap and
has no appreciable effect on the
strength of the yarn.” •’
At a hearing before the House
eomfhlttee on agriculture experts for
the department recently said that this
stained and wpatherel. cotton in
Texas has sold for '6 or 7 cents a
TtOund, when it was intrinsically
wprth 10 to 12 cents a pound, as
demonstrated by the Danville experi-
mentsK The total loss to the farmers
of*Texas ^lone this year on this ac
count, one the experts told the
ebrnmitfee, will probably reach $40,-
000,000. *
As an object lessen to give practi-
of the spin-
tment of
agriculture will prepare fifty\tr more
sets of exhibits, showing the ^t^des
of cotton handled", the amount ^f
waste In each, and the character cn^
the yarn produced, both before and
after bleaching. These exhibits will
he Installed at the various agricul
tural colleges which are interested,
and with as many.cotton exchanges
• s care to have, them on view *» an
aid to the grower.
Gives Succor to 1,500 Civilians
Who Fled From Rebel Approach.
V*
Twenty-eight hundred Mexican
Federal soldiers, six generals, 200,-
000'rounds of ammunition, two/can
non, four large field pieces and 1,600
civilian refugees were in the custody
of the United States army border
patrol Sunday as the result of the
Federal evacuation of Ojlnaga, Mex
ico, and the occup^ion of the Mex
ican village by Gen. Francisco Villa’s
rebel forces.
The distress of the refugees is in
tense. They have scant food and no
chelter. Men, women, children, dogs,
chickens and cattle are packed to
gether in a space covering several
acres. Al^out them are scattered-all
the goods and belongings and bag
gage brought in the flight from
D^tnaga.
Other results of the rebel successes
that place Gen. Villa’s army In un
disputed control of ,a vast section of
Northern Mexico are: Federal Gens.
Mercado, Castro. Orplnal. Romero.
Aduno and Landa are in custody of
the United States troops awaiting dis
position by the wra department. . ’
Geo. Pascual Orozco and Gen. Ynez
Salazar, Federal volunteer comman
ders. escaped alopg the border to
some point remote from’ Presidio.
•Salazar was wcrariiJed. They were
accompanied by Gen. Caraveo and
Rojas and three hundred' eav-
Salazar and Orozco are
the United
Wilson Refuse* to Address Missis
sippi Legfcdatnre Because He is
■ Preoccupied With Trust Message.
President Wilson Friday express
ed his gratification that business in
the country was adjusting itself not
only to changes brought abouUby re
cent legislatlfin but to the spirit of
the times geperaily. In the course of
an informal speech to $ committee
from the Mississippi legislature,
which had called on him at his rest
dence, the president said that this
nhase of public affairs was upper
most In his mind.
The committee had come to Invite
Mr. Wilson to address the legislature
of their state, but the president told
them he was too deeply absorbed In
his message on anti-trust reform to
leave earllej^than his scheduled time
or to tarry ei route to Washington
Laudatory resolutions that had
been passed by their legislature were
read to the president by the com
mittee. Mr. Wilson. aP.cr smilingly
THIS TEAR AREAI
SEASBN’S COITON SINMNBSTIPS
' ^' TRAT BE1112
13 MILLIONS GINNED
Government Estimate Plans Gin-
nings at 13,333,074 Bales, Which
is About 400,000 Balea More
; ' u",' ' -
Than fo2> the Snme Period In Pre
ceding Crop—This State’s Share.
cal effect to the outcor
*•—- • • «...
nipg experiments the deps
Tien.
alrymen.
being watched for in
States-for indictpients. chargj'ipg-them
with violating neutrality laws.
Gen. Landa said he was certain all
the F^pfal troops escaped. Charges
xjf cowardice were made against
Orozco, Salazar and Rojas. Gen,
Meicadb said these generals aban
doned their troops at the beginning
of the battle and thus weakened the
Federal defence.
The only -generals who quit the
battlefield with honor, Gen. Mercado
said, were those who accompanied
the Federal army across 'The. Rto
Grande. Gen. Mercado heiteraiefi
that the Federals w^Ve compelled to
evacuate because of Tack of aimnuni-
dfis s
WILSON
Sends Contribptlou for Monument to
y ^Gist Rifles.
A check for $2i> has been received
it Anderson from .President Wood-
row Wilson to be added to the fund
being raised fqjx the "erection of a
monument in file town park'at W11-
liamston, ATiders-nn county.. to the
members of the Gist Rifles, organized
there before the war . and serving in
the front rank as a part of the
Hampton Region. One of the mem
bers of. the company wan Ross.Ken
nedy, after the Rev. A. R. Kennedy,
P. D., a son of the distinguished edu
cator, the Rev. John L. Kennedy, a
gallant soldier, who was wounded at
the second battle of Manassas. After
his entry into the ministry he mar
ried Miss Marion Wilson, eldest
sister of the president.
Those who have the enterprise In
charge thought It proper to write
President Wilson of the movement,
and he has responded promptly with
the contribution of $25.
The Gist Rifles was named for Gov
ernor Gist and was commanded by
Capt. H. J. Smith." It contained 831
States. An association was formed
soop "after the war, and meetings
have been held from time to tirae~l»4-~
the Willlamston Park. Now, how
ever, death has Invaded the ranks
until there are hardly enough left to
hold an annual meeting.
prices of any commodity.
The measure on injunction and
selling coal, would be barred from damage suits would give Individuate
as well as the government the right’
to start Injunction proceedings for
any attempt at injury. In civil pro-
ceedlngs begun by~ the Federal gov
ernment under the Sherman law, in
which a judgment or final or Inter
locutory decree has been .entered,
holding tjie defendants guilty of con
duct prohibited by the Act, It would
permit individuals claiming to be in-
ea To ^op^ffie'ifixlhg hjTwliofesafers'^as a party to the suit, w f th the same
of prices at which the manufactured
Article shall be sold to the public and
relief aa if they had brought an inde
pendent stftt. -This would kive the
to prevent “bl£ business’ from en- Individual the benefit of the resultS oT
terlnf into contracts to < control a procegdinj: by the govoramsai.
tipn. He said
ge of
the r
is soldiers only hail
78 cartridges eachr*:.
After the confusion incidental to
pvacuaJJon thfl* battlefield opposite
esldio at daylieht revealed a scene
of^lpsolation. The whole sween of
land Tending to the heights of O.lin-
oga had been ploughed by the frantic
rout of thKFederal army and the
eager scramble into the village by
Gen, Villa’s rebels.
A cannon toppled muzzle down
ward. a blood-stained sabre sticking
in the muddy river bank, rifles
thrown in heaps, the crumpled forms
among the cactus and mesquit?; atnd
the eyes that peered here and there
from among the glazed racks were
■among the muto-s^ggestions of what
had gone before. Those who went
across in behalf of_ the Red Gross
found many wounded who for hours
had remained uncared for. Many
were traced in the-trenches by their
.groans. It was the belief of the
American army physicians tharmnn'y
soldiers died because neither Fed
erals nor rebels had a hospital corps.
The J.500 civilian refugees who
rushed across the river when Gen.
Mercado went through the streets of
Ojlnaga, telling the people to flee,
suffered as much distress aa the sol
diers. Scores of women camp fol
lowers had lost their children in the
scramble and were crying piteously
In the corr provided for them on
the American side. Others were
without sufficient clothing and all
were drenched from wading through
the river.
The scene of disorder on the
American aide was almost as bad as
on the Mexican. Scpres of Federal
guns had been thrown Into the river
and were protruding from the mud.
Federal and rebel wounded, who had
tolled him too highly, explained that
ho had come" South for a complete
rest that he hnd Jbeen benefttted
rreaUy and was goieg back to Wash
ington both phvsically and mentally
prepared for a period of hard work.
He referred to tariff and currency
reform as having heon accomplished
by congress through Himuty ' sawinz
wood” and going ahead with an out
lined program. The thing that
pleased him most, he said 1 , Was the
wgy thq business .interests of the
country seemed to be acting. He
made no reference to the recent dis
solution agreement of the American
Tolenhpno and Telegraph company
or-the w1*hdtawaI*of ffie Morgan’
company from many of its director
ships, but fhose whfi fiffilTfl the presi
dent went away with the impression
that he had these things in mind.
The president said he expected to
read his anti-trust me^shge to con
gress as soon as possible after his re
turn to Washington. He remarked
♦hat he could riot overstay his vaca
tion In the South, as he expected to
confer with Democratic leaders in
congress as soon as he arrived at the
capital.
The meeting with the committee
was private. Representative Har
rison. who accompanied the visitors,
said the president’s sneech was sig
nificant in Ms attitude, ioward big
business, that the chief executive
seemed to have a disposition to work
out theteust finest ion in a peaceful
constructive wgv^and in the spirit of
common counsel.
The eighth cotton ginning repo Hi
of the census bureau fof the season',
issued at 10 o’clock Frlfiay mornlng,' (
announced that 13,323,074 bales o^
cotton, counting round as half balea,
of the growth of 1913 had been gin
ned prior to JanuAry 1, to which
date during the past seven years the
ginning averaged 93.4 per cent, of
the. edtjte Crop. “ Last year to Jan
uary 1 there had been ginned 12,-
907,405 bales, or 95.7 per cent, of
the entire crop: 14,317,002 bales, or
92.1 per cent. In 1911, and 12,465,-
tellin'g, his callers that they had ex-^gg bales, or 95.3 per cent, in 1,908.
JUNTO
FEDERALS SAT KAOS DAT CB1
THEM STRENGTIIr—"
Await Villa’s RebeYA Troops
r- • * .: ' f :
Which Are Supposed to be Gath
ering for the Attack.
Returning Thursday to Ojlnaga
from a reconnoitering trip, Gen. Paa-
cual Orozco, commander of federal
volunteers, said he had encountered
only the outposts of the rebel army.
The rebels were believed to be ct»-
centrating under personal dlrsctlee
of Gen. Francisco Villa, to present a
solid front when they again eiarsfc
on Ojlnaga. w /
All nine generala .who remain la
the:, trenches et Ojlnaga, with the
4,000 Huerta soldiers, said svery
hour of delay gave them opportunity
to prepare resistance and Gen. Villa
would have to increase the rebel
force greatly to repeat the six day's
•• m
H,
HELD AS INCENDIARY.
-’ Included In the ginnlngs were
104*265 round bales, compared with
last year, 96,227 bales
In 1911, 1 OF^Mjales In 1910, aud
1 43,949 hales in LfiOH.
The number of sea islind ^otton
bales included were 74,320. comfi»fe
ed with 07,257 bales last year, 105^
988 bales in 1911, 89,611 balei in
1909, nnd 86,528 balea in Ifififi.—
Cinnings prior to January 1 by
states, with .comparison^ for last
year and other big/crop years and
tho percentage of the entire crop
ginned prio^To^that date in those
years, follow:
, Alabama.
Year.
Ginnings.
P.C.
1-S4-3 ..
1,467,943
. . .
1912 ..
... .1,289,227
97.1
. 1911-..
.. ..1,618.510
95.5
1908 ..
1,302,338
97.8
191J a.
Arkansas.
.I . . . 933.389
1912 ..
.. .. 732,149-
•09,0
1911 ..
.. .. 786.329
86.6
1908 ..
.. .. 910,423
91.4
1913 ..
Florida.
. 65,269
1912 ..
.. .. -56,042
95.3
1911k...
86,421
91.5
1908 ..
.. .. 66,855 ’
94.7
1913 . .
Georgia.
.. ..2,276,477
1912..
. . ‘ . .1,756,834
96.9
1911 .
.. ..2,623,917
93.9
—490* . .
.. ..1,930,783
9?.7
Louisiana.
1913 ..
.. SlOAgfl
• • . •
1912 ..
. . . . 366.402
97.8
1911 ..
.. .. 352,503
92.6
at the start, and gave a good account
of itself In the struggle between thel™.';; ^ w “° “f°
An •s.nniifRwv w« fnrn,.Jr c f a ? led to the river bank side by
syle, were wading across, aided by
American soldiers. Mexican, women
and children, who escaped from the
corral were trudging up the mountain
road toward Marfa and had to be
brought back. •
Suddenly made guardians of an
all; the American border patrol con
sidered what was to he done with the
Mexican soldiers. From e military
standpoint, the situation was regard
ed as being without a precedent, since
In time of peace thr United States
army never haa had aurround, dia-
arm, hold In cn#tody*knd care for so
large a body of aliens. Leas than
'fcOfl cavalrymen handled the panic- -
stricken mob of althoat^ ten times
their number. Though many Fed
eral soldiers had loaded rifles and
conduct to ;>e admlttM Wl«d cartrWge--he«s, the round- we withdrew Mr Hx days to obtain
ing np and disarming was done with
out any untoward Incident..
Both 'Villa, the rlctoriotra -^obe'
leader, and Mercado, the defeated
Aiken County Negro is Accused of
Burning a Barn.
Monday night Sheriff Howard of
Aiken county received a telephone
message telling him that a barn be
longing to Samuel Thomas, who lives
about 12 miles from Aiken, had been
burned and that It was thought to
have been set on fire. Early Tues
day morning Rural Policeman Sam-
juels and Robinson were dispatched
to the srene. -with Instructions td
make a thorough investigation. Po
licemans'Samuels and Robinson re
turned late Tuesday afternoon with
John Henry Williams, a negro, who
is charged with the burning.
A, shoe hb had om when captured
corresponded exactly with the track
which led away from the-barn t& the
place where he was captured. He-,
protests his Innocence.. He .had been
whipped by parties to whom the barn
belonged about two years ago. He
left and came back about a month
ago. -
108
1913 ..
1912 ..
i9i;i ~,r
1908 ..
. . .. - 453,210 v
Mississippi.
r>>4,143,067
. . . . ^36,115
r. . .i,047,299'
;. ..1,622,160
North Carolina.
97.1
battle of last week, wbep the rebels
came within 460 yards of the Ojinsga
trenches without being able to flak* -
them. .
Gen. Francisco Castro, commander
of the federal regular army, said he.
was confident his army never would
be beateh.by r .Vllla, He'aaldThe was
well aware that 4he Impending coa-
flict was of momentous Importance .
to the Huerta regime. It would set
tle. he said, a question whether tke
Mexico City government was to mats-
tntn Its authority in the north or
-wjielher the “lawless rebels which go
by The-aame of constitutionalists are
to have full sway.” ..
Tho federal commander said his
soldiers had endured hardships, had
gone without food ttir days, ragyged
snd footsore, they had marched over
the waterless deseft as a token of
their loyalty and he did not believe
they would run at the sound of bat- -
tie. —^ - — . j
Well never retreat, but all of us
will die right here In OJlnagaTf OW ”
ammunition gives out,” said Geo.
Castro, himself garbed In a torn aad
dusty uniform as evidence of the re
cent fighting.
Reports have reached Federal
headquarters that since their with-,
drawal from the battle Monday
rebels had not only been strength
ed by reinforcements from Cttihos-
hua but they atso had Obtained
quantities of ammunition/ The fed
eral army has only what ammunition
was left after the bfittle and has so
means of replenishing Its stores.
A story of t>* djeath of Col. CuiTty,
relative of the rich Terrazas family,
who Joined theM-federal army as a
volunteer, was told today by a priest.
Thfi/prlest said Cuitly, accidentally
t, by his men in last Sunday’s en-
agefnent, had requested when dying
that the rumor of his shooting ha
kept from the rebels, as^tbey might
cnnMder the feder&ls had becoms as-
cited. ( ,
poslte banks of the Rio Grande, dis
cussed the Incidents In Mexican his
tory In which they had just taken a
part. Gen. Villa sat triumphantly In
the little adobe palace on the Plaza
In Ojlnaga. Gen. Mercado sat in the
camp of the American border patrol.
'•’It was hopeless,” said Gen. Mer
cado. ”We could not have resisted a
charge by the rebels. It would have
been a massacre, I ordered the
evacuation and flight to safety across
the river on grounds of humanity. '
“The loyalty of the government
forces was unquestioned. There war
no Indication of g general desertloif.
When I saw there was no hope I had
to command the soldiers to leave. I
chose to places the lives of my men
in the care of the United States rath
er than to risk them to the rebels.
entire foreign garrison, generals and- We are grateful for our hospital
asylum here,
Gen Villa said: “The credit for
this victory is due to Gem Torlblo
Ortega. We knew the Federals only
had a limited supply of ammunition.
Our tactics .wer» to exhaust that sup-
ply. Gen. Ortega started an attack
to draw the Federal Are. He suc
ceeded' well. /
1913
759,664
•...
1912
.. .. .. 857,189
94.6
1911
975,223
86.6
1908
647,505
84.7.
Oklahoma.
-vr-*
1912
... .. .. 947,452
94.3
1911
88.6
1908
.. 625,610
95.1
South Carolina.
1913
... v.
1 912
...' . . . .1,178,216
95.8
1911
.. .. ..1,508,753
89.2
1908
... .. ..1,176,220
96.V
1 Tennessee.
T913
. . 354,549
• » • •
1912
.. .. 248,503
92.9
1911
88.7
1908
.. .. .. 317,010
94.9.
Texas.
1913
3,668,080
•°* • •
1912
.. .. 4,461,746
96.0
1911
• • • • . .3,926,059
95.6
1908
• • • • • • 3,486,007
98.1
—<
Other States.
1913
.. .. .. 107,105
• • • •
1912
• • •• •.« 82,257
91.3
1911
110,298
79.4
1908
• • . • * • 67,777
92.7
The ginnlngs of sea island cotton,
prior to January i, by states, follow:
Years.
1913
1912
1911
1909
Fla.
..25.L66
, . 21,0(16
. .38,091
..27,532
Ga. "SerC&Y
41,768 7.386
$£.543' 6,629
63,099 _ 4,798
49,944 12,135
INJURIES PROVE FATAL.
Little Laurens Bey Fearfully Scalded
2 *>jr Falling In Pot.
As thp result of scalds and burns
received three days ago, Jack Dendy,
aged 7, eldest child of Joseph J.
Dendy, a prominent farmer and busi
ness man of Laurens county, died
Sunday night at the fanily home.
While warming himself before a fire
_ . , under a pot In the yard, the lad sell-
For a whole week the Federal fe „ | nt0 tt ,. 0 0 f bo n_
"" lM " M 1 * ” *' th I"! weter and wra temkl, ra.iL,
««rat, W, did »o, ao eear , hU , ,o tha
little
n nough to endanger our men. Then
more ammunition. Opr renewed at
Jack settled the conflict. The-Fed-
mnls were exhausted and the flight
Five Die When House Fails.
Three men^nd two girls are sup
posed to be in the ruins of a bulMlng
I Federal eemmander, standing on op* wo planned/*
to tho United States began just ju th»t mtlapoed at South Rood, lad..
T
Bator day.
•4
FEW MORE MADE FRUL
Bleaso Pardons One and Parol«s v B|lp-r| ;
'"'\eral Other Criminals.
...
Among those who received exeeo-
tlve clemency on the-Arpt of the
were: —
J. Caesar Watts, white, coni
.a t, i.hA. Out nhar, 191 Ir-Os
for Lancaster county, of* murder,
with recommendation to mercy, and
sentenced to life imprisonment in tho
State penitentiary. Granted a f*H
md free pardon. ,
Henry Patrick, white, ^convicted at
the November, 1903, te*m of coat
for Marlboro county, of murder, -with '
recommendatloh to mercy, and flifln-
♦enced to life imprisonment in thn
State penitentiary;. Paroled upon t^n
condition that he remain sober.
Harvey Jackson; whita, convicted
at the April, IflOO, term of court far
Chesterfield county, of murder, with
recommendation to mercy, and sen
tenced to life imprisonment in tke
State penitentiary. Paroled daring
good behavior. ,
William Braswell, white, conrietnd
In Richland, September, If It, at
highway robbery and larceny, and
sentenced to three year*. Paroled
dnring good behavior. / -
Hollie Leslie, colored, convicted in
Abbeville in 1911, of mzmfer, wttk
recommendation to mercy, and sen
tenced to Ufa Imprisonment Parol
ed during good behavior.
Ludie Heard, colored, convicted la
Greenville September, It 10, of a»-
sault and battery with Intent to kin,
and sentenced to seven years’ Impris
on meat. Paroled darted good be
havior.
Derelict is Sank.
The part of the Oklahoma which
remained afloat after the dlaeater
and menaced navigation, was sank
Wednesday by, tha revenue cutter
Senses. It took fifteen explosive
shells, fired from six-pound gone, to
send the derelict to the bottom.
Cotton it Burned.
Four hundred bales of cotton wars
destroyed and 206 were damaged tea
fire which destroyed tile Northwest
ern compress at Bqwle* Texas, Sun
day.
- Maun
Killed by Train.
Mrs. Blisa Keunery- of Ridgeway*,
was struck and kt
train Thursday
have been'walking;