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■ '■ -Ill ’ ill I IN. “■ MUST GET A WAY TO >^JBUBG|l6ir FIGHTS. ,t. " ' : . V^hrki 1 . ■ 1 ' m to bj Jmtf Tint, So That Membera Coa Go «6 the Fvwple of ' . ' ' if - Yh«ir District ond Give an Account of Their Party’s Deeds. Congress has much business to transact before it undertakes consid eration of anti-trust legislation con cerning which President Wilson will address it on Tuesday and it Is the aim of Democratic leaders to pherten the session as much as possihld^Vitt^ the congressional campaign coming next fall and Republican and Pro- gresives already active, the majority leaders are insistent that all legisla tive business be disposed of before July 1. This is desired in order that ev ery man can be in his district to fight for retention of a Democratic majori ty in both houses of the next con gress. The fact that senatorial con tests under the direct elections amendment to the constitution are pending in many States, makes the situation more urgent. President Wil son is as eager as the party’s chief tains in congress to limit the session , if as much as posible and all are plan- *“■ to expedite legislative matters, is practically certain that appro- t'tlon bills and many other import ant matters will be out of the way before the trust programme is ready. Among the most important measures pending are the Alaskan railroad bill, which will pass the senate next Thursday, rural credit legislation, regulation of stock exchanges as pro posed in the Owen bill npon which House hearings are to begin Feb ruary 4, and the Panama canal tolls question, which will come up in a Joint resolution introduced by Repre sentative Adamson, chairman of the interstate and foreign commerce com mittee, w'hich would conditionally suspend for two years the provision of the Panama canal act granting free passage to American coastwise vessels. All proposed legislation, it Is now practically agreed, can not-be crowded through at this time, but what bills are to be sidetracked has not been determined. The Alaskan railroad bill and the agricultural extension bill will occu py the attention of the Senate most of this- week. The Alaskan bill, which was urged by the president in his last message, and would provide for a government built and operated railroad into the Interior of the ter ritory, .is-certain to .‘pass. Senator Chamberlain secured unanimous coqir sent for a vote for Thursday. There is little opposition to the bill and the House already has the same subject under consideration to he taken up "l again Wednesday. With the Alaskan bill out of the way, Senator Smith of Georgia will present the agricultural extension blH-, which ultimately would provide an annual appropriation of $3,000,- 00 + Q to be.expended through the State agricultural colleges in educating faymers on advanced agricultural 1 An amendment to Increase the mate appropriation to $6,000,000 ‘■ed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, is pending. In the House appropriation bills are well under way. /The post office bill is being debatedycomplicated by the "rider” exempting assistant post masters from the civil service and a second amendment to provide $25,- 0011,(100 annual appropriation pro- poed by the roads sommittee for dts- Irlbutlon among the various states on sondltion of equal local appropria tions. .JThe military; fortification and ag ricultural and Indian bills are ready to bring in at a moment’f notice and the fleld is being cleared/for new leg islative enterprises. A caucus of House Democrats on the question of cresting a House com mittee on suffrage to-day was being agitated by Western members. They declared if the (nil committee on rules should affirm the Democratic majority of that committee in voting adversely upon the proposition the issue would'be pat squarely to the party In caucus '' The ikouse naval affairs committee Is about ready to wind up Its hear ings, starting off the week with' the chief of ordinance and closing it by hearing Secretary Daniels in support of the two battleship program. The riven and harbors committee Is wrestling with a host of big enter prises, tncludlnc the general develop ment of New York harbor and the Proposal to purchase the Cheeapeeke Delaware canal aa part of aa s-coaatwagr chain for oommenial w „ icemenrrai national defenca. phopoe Ad d m-e ^hnc $£ one of the principal Monroe, Ga., and faldcr aa electric light. W. R. On ten, a merchant, wee and shot In the heck. 91a nt fractured his ska!! end >hls pockets. Oatee is in a hea- P pfl —. imp. -MAD FARMER” HOLDS OFF FOR TY-FIVE DEPUTIES ./ Haa Beea In Honee for Week With Me Sign of SnfwdaMng . Sheriff On laat Tneed&y Eld ward Beardsley of Mayvfllo M. Y., ehot end probably totally wounded Overseer of the Poor John W. Putnam, who visited his house on ea errand of mercy. Sher iff Andereon and a posse of eleven started a camp around the house, in an effort to starve him out. In the the barricaded house with Beardsley are his nine children and a woman. The camp of Sheriff Anderson’s deputies has assumed a military as pect. The men are divided into squas which go on post and form a cordon around the house, with relief every hour. Hot food, and drink gre being furnished by nearby farmhouses. The iiuards have the shelter ot the hills. The house in which Be&rdkley is barricaded stands on a hill fully ex posed to the wind. Shot-riddled, it would be impossible to keep the place warm, even were there plenty of fuel available. Beardsley has not had the proper fuel for the last four days. At eleven o’clock Thursday night Beardsley had held the Sheriff at bay for forty-eight hours. It is definitely known he has .been snatching sleep at times leaving the woman, thought to be his wife, on guard. She scantily dressed and using a blanket as a shawl, crouches at he window and wakes Beardsley at any sign of move ment from the camp below. Several times In the earlier part of the siege frienda of the outlaw have volunteered to persuade him to surrender. Each time they have been stopped before reaching the house by the sight of a gun sticking through a window and pointing in their direc tion. After several such trials the man gave out that he would speak with his three brothers and a lawyer. Accordingly the men designated went up the hill- for the conference. Just as they got in range Beard sley’s rifle appeared through a win dow. Twenty yards distant they were ordered to halt, open up their coats and show they were unarmed. This order complied with, they were given leave to enter the house one by one with hands up. Lopking like a bandit, a bandolier full of cartridges around his waist and another diagonally across his chest, Beardsley admitted them. The rifle was ready In his hand, a large and serviceable revolver in his .belt Four chairs had been set in a semi circle for the visitors. Each was as signed to a seat as he entered. An other chair set against the wall on the opposite side of the room gave Beardsley the vantage point. From there hla rifle moved constantly around the half circle of four while they talked. , Two points Beardsley stood out f6r unalterably. Guarantee must be given that the nine children cooped up In the house with him and the woman since the battle began will be taken to the home of the “mad farmer’s” brother James, at Titusville, Pa. And Beardsley must be permitted to go to jail In Mayvllle in custody of the lawyer, Ray E. Pickard, of James town. Here is another stipulation about which there must be no mistake: Sheriff Anderson and his men, now numbering forty-five must keep out. “If they butt in," Beardsley says, the arrangements fail, which, of course, means, more fight. Meantime the out- ,law drama started on Us seventh reel counting one a day, with conditions inside the fort in at least as good shape as ever. For, with the sheriff’s permission, a supply of provisions wgs taken in Sunday afternoon on the strength of the agreement to give up in a few days "mebbe.” Beardsley condescend ed to allow Sheriff Anderson a word in the plans following the talk with the three brothers and the attorney. Beardsley’ had made his terms to his brothers and the lawyer. If the Sheriff.didn’t like them, there was “nothing doing,” wherefore^ the Sher iff liked them. So they wrangled for more than two hours. Then Beardsley submitted a revised proposition. Let them take the children to Pennsyl vania and he would quit. The broth ers and lawyer agreed. But Beardsley had another stipulation. “The Sheriff and his gang don’t get in on this, they’ve got to stay out, he said. “I’ll go to Mayvllle and be locked up, but It’ll be with you." He pointed to Pickard. i With Beardsley’s “O. K.’\ there fore the Sheriff came up the read and halted sixty-five yards from the house. That was at 12:80 o'clock Beardsley wasn’t at all keen on talk ing to the Sheriff. He had put hi* visitors out, but still had them well within reach of hla ballets. The conversation was brief. "What yo gonna do?” shouted (he sheriff. HAM BEEN SELECTED DC THE A CITY OF COLUMBIA. FIGHT AGAINST HOOKWORM GAINS MUCH; GROUND. Bxcel- —Ageats of Health The Columbia Record says the trustees ot the South Carolina Bap tist hospital hate secured a site oa the Southsrn Umlta ot the dtp which the institution will bo built The location joins the property ot the City Development Co., known as M hookworm 1$ than' to to# two aad » half yean prootdlaf. Of the «»,- ooo examinations made last year, Dra. Howell, Riser, Routfc and Red- gen. the tour field men, have exam- Wales Gardens. It faces on Lqwsr ined S7,4lt people to' 19 counties pf street, directly In front ot Saluda avenue of Wales Gardens, and Is bounded on the east by Edisto ave nue, on the south Is the Rose Hill greenhouse property, and on the west by the property of Abram Stork’s estate. .? ■; The site comprises eight acres and was purchased from G. A. Gulguard, the purchase price being $15,000. “The executive members of the hoard of trustees to whom was referred the matter of buying a site think that they have made aTDne pprehase. The committee canvassed every available site in and around Columbia and it was the unanimous opinion of the committee that this was the cheapest and best site Inspected. It is-on a beautiful plateau and commands a splendid view of the city. Physicians who have seen it say that it is an ideal location for a hospital, 1 ” said A. J. Bethea, one of tlie trustees, In an nouncing Saturday the decision of the committee. “The site selected is a very acces sible, being only seven blocks from the union station, and right at the end of the car line which is being built along Saluda avenue through the Wales Gardens property. It is said that Galuda avenue will be paved in a short, time and paved sidewalks are now being constructed. This property is contiguous to the befit residential section of Columbia and the Surroundings are all that could be desired,” said Mr. Bethea. "The site lends itself to'the erection of a moderq hospital in every respect and there is ample opportunity for future development in hospitid equipment'. These considerations had their weight YIG 1 the committee In the selection of the site,” he added. The Baptist State convention at Rennettsville committed itself most heartily to the hospital idea, and it is said that a great and worthy insti tution will be built The executive committee which se lected the site consisted of Rev. G. E. Burts, Rev. W. D. Wakefield, Will Evans, and A. J. Bethea, of Colum bia; Rev, L. J. Bristow of Abbeville; John M. Klnard of Newberry, and R. J. Alderman of Alcolu. These with -Rev. 55. T. Cody of Greenville, Rob ert Lide of Orangeburg, H. L. Erck man of Charleston, Rev. C. A. Jones of Bennettsville, Rev. W. C. Allen of Latta, H. A. Graham of Greenwood, Rev. S. P. Hair of Fort Mill, C. H. Roper of Laurens, E. P. Vandiver of Anderson, E. C. Rldgell of Ridge Springs and Rev J. H. Dile of Gaff ney, comprise the board of trustees. LONGEST WATER TUNNEL. do,’’ shouted beck Beardsley . with embellishment "an’ It com as long as yo« keep oat. I’m _ tew io do with you gfid y The pews of Tuesday says that the outlaw, Beardsley, woe stltl In his house end the Sheriff still to the|r road. The Sheriff has determined not to charge the house os he fskM the view that there should be uo usnee- TITY Lest Rarrier Has Been Broken in the Catokill Aqueduct. After nine years of labor the last barrier was broken last week in the Catskill aqueduct tube, the longest water- tunnel in the world. It ex tends 111 miles from the Ashokan dam at Esopus, N. Y., to'Brooklyn, and when In operation, two years hence, will supply New York with 500,000,000 gallons of water dally. By many engineers the undertaking has been classed second only to thp Panama canal. It cost In dollars more than $160,000,000;. fn human lives nearly 200. ‘ ,v ~ • A dull roar signalizing a dynamite blast 400 feet underground in Har lem marked the breaking through of the tunnel. There were no special ceremonies. The tube for the most part is 500 feet beneath the ground, and in spots dips to more than 700 It varies in diameter from 11 to 17 feet ’ The death roll was increased by three Saturday. Five laborers fell 50 feet when a platform, struck by an ascending bucket', collapsed. Two others were badly hurt. FATAL BUGGY COLLISION. Greenville Crash Causes Death of W. A. Griffin. Y| A head-on col late Saturday afternoon just beyond the city limits of GreenYille resulted in the death of W. A. Griffin, a prom inent Greenville man, and In ths se rious injury of an unknown n< who was drlTlng for Mr. Griffin. Tb other buggy contained three negroes. Mid , to he drunk and driving at a “I'vebold them tolks what I’m gonnal rapid rater An afitotaoMlo conteln- tog Police Chief Holcombe and a pri vate left Greenville Saturday night search of the negroee. Mr. Qrif- of the State. risk, when starvation la sure ' Beardsley to ;tenft before a la the State mid found 11,311 or 39 per cent, of them Infected with the dlseaee. The number of treatments given amounted to 25,365 and it was found that 400 of the patients were diseased with other parasites. In addition to the direct work of microscopically examining people the four field men and J. LaBruce Ward, M. D., director of rural sanitation, have delivered 168 lectures to over 17,000 people. The work has grown a great deal In the' last year or two. Owlfig partially to the fact-that the people no longer are skeptical about the presence of hookworm. All counties In the State, except Saluda, Kershaw and Clarendon counties, have been canvaksed since the work started in the summer of 1910. Following Is a list of the 19 coun ties that were worked last year, giv ing the number of persons micro scopically examined and the number of persons Infected with hookworm disease. Georgetown county had the largest percentage of Infection and Greenwood county the lowest. In Abbeville county 70 were Infected out of 789 examined; In Aiken couh- ty, 703 out of 1,596; In Anderson coupty, 666 out of 3,537; In Kerke- ley county, 868 out of l,84(f; in It isn't ne^rwry for yon Jo have one of the higher‘priced Victor Victrolas to (lave access to all the wondenhl variety of Victor music .' ’ L Any mstrument from the Victor Victrola IV at' $15 to the $200 Viaor Victrola XVI will play every record in the Victor catalog Select the instrument that is best suited to your home and start in to enjoy the music and fun. Come in and see us about it today. i WRITE FOR INFORMATION. SIMS BOOK STORE • i OANGEBURG, S. C. — 5 • Cherokee county, 1,004 out of 4,4^; in Dorchester county, 1,247' out of 2,717; in Fairfield county,. 207 out of 983: in Georgetown county, 207 out of 802; In Greenville county, 2,418 out of 6,429; in Greenwood county, 23 out of 742; in Hampton county, 172 out of 260; in Lancaster county, 657 out of 2,234; in Laurens county, 399 out of 2,598; in New berry county, 73 but of 1,271; in Pickens county, 918 out of 2,459; In Sumter county, 120 out of 277; in Union connty, 276 out of 1,662, and in York county, 331 out of 1,895. MAILORDERS No need to send to the big mail order houses fpr what you want. We have it here at the same price—if not cheap er. You owe us a trial anyway. Send a list of what you Require and let us figure on it. We have specially laid our selves-out to execute mail orders and you may rely on ■ prompt-attention: “ ” LORICK & LOWRANCE, INC, HARDWARE mUBffiIA,S.fC BIG HELP TO FARMERS, Lever's Plan to Determine Cotton’s Relative Values. Saving of millions of dollars now lost annually by cotton farmers and small manufacturers la the object of a bill which Representative Lever of South Carolina, chairman of ths House committee on agriculture, in troduced Monday. The measure ap propriated $50,000 to be used by the secretary of agriculture In determln Ing relative spinning values of v the different grades of cotton as alrea standardized by law and for dem strating the result of this work to producers and consumers of cotton The department of agrieuKure haa already standardized. nine grades of is losing $40,000,000 because noith-' vestlgation for testing the waste, ten sile strength and bleaching qualities of these grades. The Lever bill, which will be urged for early action, proposes to use the information already on hand to determine the rel ative spinning values, and when this Is done to provide machinery in the department for carrying this infor mation to the farmers and manufac turers. The House committee on agricul ture has been advised that Texas alone is losing $40,000 because neith er buyers nor sellers there have any appreciation of the value of this year’s off color cotton. Buyers from the gulf ports are said to he going into the interior and buying up low grades at about 7 cents a pound, ship ping it to Galveston and revamp ing It, and selling it for 14 cents. This condition of affairs, Mr. Lever said, exists to an exfopt in every cot ton producing State mch year. “The farmer, in the tale of his cot ton, is absolutely at the mercy of the local cotton buyer ln the matter of grades in 99 cases out of 100,’’ said Mr. Lever. “Except for the deter mining factors of dirt, trash and stains, 1 ths farmer has bo way of knowing what grade of cotton he is about to 1 sell and is forced to eell at the grade determined by the buyer, and many of the buyers are almost as lacking in Information as the for- of two buggies mer himself. “Some action must be taken to so- cure the sale of the South's ootton crop for its Intrinsic ralue. This bill lays the foundation for aroustof sach sentiment Os will force State legisla tures to inaugurate some system to co-operation with the federal govern- meat to provide expert ootton graders st various ootton try." ■ , CLASSIFIED COLUMN j For Sale—Shetland Ponies. W. 1. McIntyre, Thomasville, Ga. For’ Solo—Poplar and pine trees. Ad dress James A. Clarkson, Hopkins, S. C. • ■ . 1 Wanted to Bay—Ton Car Loads well berried Holly. Z. M. L. Jeffreys, Goldsboro, N. C. Wanted—Gum logs. Will pay high est market prices. Cheraw Box Co., Cheraw, 8. O. For Sale—Fruit, Shade Ornsmental trees and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries, Ansteel, Ga. 000 $1.10. J. L. Padriek, Tifton, Ga. Fine Farm—Forty acres, half-mile from depot, excellent soil. Price and terms by owner, C. W. Waugh- tel, Uptonvllle, Ga. White Wyandotte#—Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs ftw iiateh- ing. W. P. Causey, ISif Dickens St.; Columbia, 8. C. Auctioneer—If you need the services of an old auctioneer, wire or write L. B. H. Darr, Sumter 6. C. One of the oldest in the State Reds—Large, healthy, bright red, in oculated. Heavy layers; 15 eggs, $1.50; 100, $6. Mrs. Addle E. Pat terson^ Pineland, 8. C. .Save 920 on delivery wagons. Boy direct from factory. Any style. Catalogue. Rock Hill Buggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C., (Dept H.) Special—Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runners, 95; trio Utility, |1 each or 910 dos. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, Hohannald, Tenn. Sneed Nurseries will mail you cate- first class fruit trees, plants and vines, shade trees, priVet hedge and pecan trees, etc. Morrow, Ga. - ■ 1- . World’s Wonder Ootton—(5 per cent lint Wilt resistant; thrives on any soil; heavy fruiter. Seed, $1 per bushel. Address J. J. Owens, Allen dale, 8. C. Wanted—To repair or rebuild that typewriter. No matter what It’s condition, wa eon Improve tt. Olbbes Typewriter Shop, 1419 Mato St, Columbia, 8. C. Nbr Cals One Badge Log Boom Raw MIU. belt toad, 98 ft earriage and 49 tech Disston aaw, 99 ft ot good IS inch Gandy belting. Address P. a Box m, uime«% s. a Lespedesx* Seed and Hay (Japan Clover) for rale. Grown and told at our farm. Write for Leopedauun circular, samples, prices. Hlmsset* berger-Harrison Lumber Co., Eaefe- WT. La. V ; •“ . ' 1 1 1 II* - Far Bole ■ A tow choice eggs from aQ prise pen pullet bred Barred P, Rocks. Eggs perfectly fresh and fertile. 94 per ■fifteen. Mrs. Gober Anderson, 109 Brawley St, Cheater, 8. C. , ' >' ~ f " t 1 . . For Bale Good forms, all siiea, cot ton, tobacco and truck succsesfully grown. Coming section of Horr* county, Tea to twenty dollars acre. Ask ns tor list Ream McKenzie, Loris, 8. C. Best Georgia Sane Syrap—Bright and thick. Direct from producer to con sumer. Ten dollars per barrel of 94 gallons; $9.50 per eaaa of tklf oaaa; 1945 per case af 13x5 cans. *. O. a Walker, Cairo, Go. Bargains to Overheated ABtontebOsc —Maxwell touring car, M. W. m touring cars, Fprd touring ear* Flanders ”20’’ roadster. Brush, Maxwell 1 cylinder, and other* Prices, $100 to $410;- The Modal Garage, Union, 8. C„ J. F. Bur bank* Secretary. — i. Motorcycle Special OH—Five gallons 9345, ones tried always used Goodyear tire* belt* chain* HarU) part* Export motor repairing. Everything for the motoreyel* Mall orders a specialty. Oat oar catalogue. T. 8. Chlpley, "The Me- torcycle Man.” Greeawood, 8. O. ” Inody or gimtlimsn, fair adaeattoa. to act as oar representative to town. Exclusive territory Selling experienoe unnecessary. Wa furnish capital. Show h<?w to hoDd parmaaent baatosra that ahoald pay $3,009 first year. Btaple lte* Oar booklet. "How to Start to Bustoera for yourself," explains all. Free on request Address Box 1599. PhB* delphto, P* f tree dividual or central which kavs stood tho l tlcolara oak M- X*: ton. 8. a Oar tanks (tho latter also handy fir AoteoM- rnobdo use), ora inaurpassH tor durability. Mantels and glMopora tor all lighting system tho vecr> beet n» lowe*t 9 supply from M. U itrss of the ooun- wns well known and tied many MM half a fiose* Jheyrwdto ao- “ n “ #ctl0 ; ,,f ,n the W** sneed to a oaowheii fight at Minne apolis, one of the stray bolls struck a man, who seised Elmar Gnrtnek, one of tho participant* and aloal his throat with a knife. Tho man made hi* sssan* White Pawn, vary flno laying white i:Yard* Orcor. 8. ■ Fadriek’s) 19—11,999; April delivery; lifSS 1 ML —4 ? 71 w*"