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v HEARING ON "JIM CROW" LAW. Railroad Commissioners Allege Races Are Not Separated. ' Columbia. June 3.?The railroad commission to-night issued a rule to show cause directed to the Pullman Company and railroads operating Pullman cars why they should not be ^ required to operate separate Pullmans for white and colored people in South Carolina under the "jim crow" car law. The hearing is set for f, Thursday, June 11. The Pullman Company was severex .. .. { ly censured by tne commission on mc charge that they actually encourage j negroes to ride in the same Pullman v i cars with white people. The following resolution, introduced by Commissioner Hampton, was adopted unanimously: "I feel that the outrage and indignity incident to the Pullman Company allowing negro passengers travelling through the State of South Carolina to occupy \ * : the same coaches as white people should be done away : with. From information which I have obtained, which I beJ - lieve to be correct, the Pullman Company has instructed its officials to in no way discourage any negro applicant for berth or passage on a Pullx man car. It seems, instead of try -*- Xl k ~ .r/N mg to discourage u, as mej ua?c done in the past, they are giving ^ every incentive to the negro, through instructions to their officials, to travel on the Pullman. This outrageous condition should not exist and I feel that it is time for the ' t railroad commission of South Carolina to take imperative action in the premises. "Therefore, be it resolved, That it is the sense of the railroad commission of South Carolina that the officials of the Pullman Company and of the railroad companies operating these Pullman cars should be notified to appear before the commission on date set to show cause why they should not comply with the provisions of Section No. 3,249, Code of South Carolina, 1912, applicable to >, ? the separation of the races on passenger coaches within the boundaries of South Carolina." Chairman John G. Richards, in heartily seconding the resolution, pointed to his opening the fight against negroes riding in Pullman cars and said that he had been in nr?T>cnltatinn with lawyers and was preparing to offer just such a resos lution as Mr. Hampton introduced. The "Thunder Bird" Legend. The weird legend of the "Thunder Bird," long regarded as gospel by the Blackfeet Indians of Glacier Park reservation, and much smiled at by the skeptical white man now seems to be given a concrete foundation by the recent discovery of a specimen of the Willow ptarmigan at the topmost * edge of the timber line on the mountains of Glacier National Park. The bird was found frozen to death and the Indians now are lamenting lest it was stricken by the Great Spirit as an ill omen to the entire Blackfeet tribe. The dead object of awe to the red man was brought to Glacier Park Station by Chief Three Bears, who made the trip over the mountains on snow shoes in order to intercept Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, and have him take it to a taxidermist to be preserved. Mr. Hill nat uraliv thought it was just another of the many legendary superstitions of the tribe which holds him up in a reverential light since making him a member of their tribe and giving him the name of "Gray Horse Riders," in ^ recognition of his many benefactions to them. However, he was true to his promise and had his private car set out at Kalispell, Mont., in order to deliver the "sacred bird" to H. P. Stanford, a renowned Rocky Mountain taxidermist. The ornithologist, however, rather took the railway magnate's breath away when, upon examining the dead bird, he exclaim* ed: "Why, Mr. Hili, you have got a rare specimen here! It is the Willow Ptarmigan, which is of great scientific interest among ornithologists. Chapman's Color Key shows the Willow Ptarmigan has been reported only twice in the United States, once from Maine and once from Massachusetts." Mr. Hill had not paid close attention to the story the old chief had related to him through the interpreter, j. so now he had to send a special representative into the interior of Glacier Park to find Three Bears and get the old Indian's story stenographically. Taxidermist Stanford, who is 4 finite* pvpitpd nvpr thp discoverv in W ? birdom, eagerly awaits a copy of the written story of the finding of the bird, that he may report the facts to the American Museum of Natural History. Meanwhile, the bird is being set up > as true as life as the taxidermist's skill can make it .and it will be placed in the Forest Lobby of the big log hotel at the eastern gateway o? Uncle Sam's newest national park? t THREE TRUST BILLS PASSED. Covington, Clayton and Ray burn 1 .Measures Sent to Senate. Washington, June 5.?All three bills 011 the Administration trust leg- > islation programme passed the House ( late to-day and were sent to the t Senate for action. Opposition melt- \ ed away when the final test came r and the voting went through quickly i and without incident. c The Covington interstate trade s commission bill was passed without a 1 record vote; the Clayton omnibus v antitrust measure received 275 votes v to 54 against it, and the rote on the r Rayburn railroad capitilzation bill was 325 to 12. f Action, on the trust bills came 9 rather unexpectedly. The three r measures had been agreed to in "committee of the whole," the Rayburn a bill, as amended by the committee, ( being completed late to-day s When the trade commission bill came before the House for a final c vote Progressive Leader Murdoch I moved that it be sent back to the t interstate commerce committee, with a instruction to report the Murdoch ^ bill as a substitute This was reject- c ed?151 to 19?and the pending bill i was then passed without a roll call. Then the votes on the other two i measures were taken in rapid succes- ( sion. Representative White, of Ohio, r was the only Democrate to vote i against the Clayton bill, and all the 1 Progressives voted for it, except Rep- c resentative Chandler, of New York, a Forty-three Republicans and sixteen Progressives joined the majority in I supporting the measure. z ? a The Girl and the Artist. e r A young woman sat for a crayon portrait and was not entirely pleased with the result. "It looks like me. of course," she ^ said reluctantly to the artist, "and ^ yet I think there are some things j about it that ought to be changed." s She suggested that the eyes should have more of an upward look, that e the bracelet should be a little more ^ prominent on her left arm and her ^ gown be arranged more artistically a on the side. "That would require a great deal j of retouching," said the artist, "and I should have to charge you at least $15 additional." ^ "Oh, dear," she exclaimed, somewhat peeved. T shall have to give s it up. Father wouldn't stand my 're- ? touching' him to that extent."?Lipincott's. E A Poetic Tragedy. .? ? t "Bill," the poet gasped, staggering i into his friend's room. a "Why, what's wrong?" the friend inquired, startled as he grasped hold or rue tottering man. "Wrong!" the poet muttered. "Ye v gods! I wrote a poem about my lit- to tie boy. I began the first verse with these lines: ? " 'My son! My pigmy counter- a part.'" j "Yes? Yes?" t The poet drew a long breath as he 1 took a newspaper from his pocket. * "Read!" he blazed suddenly. 'See t what the criminal compositor did to ^ my opening line." t The friend read aloud: to "My son, my pig, my counterpart!" ^ . s because the grandfather of old Chief c Three Bears who headed the Indian * council which used to pass the pipe to of peace in this ancient shelter? was the chief figure in the s legend of the "Thunder Snake." Here ? if? tho fronclotarl cfnrv r?f th'"TTllin- t HUUOiUl-VU w WA J V*. A ? V*** der Bird" which old Three Bears faithfully repeats to this day: "Long ago there was an old man who was called Four Bears. When r he was a young man the Blackfeet were camping on Elk river. It was in summer. The long-time rain had commenced. In the morning, when he went for the horses (to bring them into camp), he came to this river. He saw, there was a bird, (that) was sitting (near the edge of the water.) He walked towards it. When he was looking at it then he knew, (that) the bird did not belong to this company. Its feathers were all of different colors, its bill was green colored, its legs were colored the same. It had three claws. It < would not open its eyes (literally: look.) He then caught it. Then he took it home. When he entered, all the chiefs were invited. Thev all i entered. The bird sat at the upper j end of the lodge. He told these f chiefs: Now, here is a bird, that you may look at it (to know,) what f it is. It was not known (noboby ^ could tell what kind of bird it was. i After a long while Four Bears push- a ed it. When it opened its eyes (literally: looked.) then it flashed light- j ning. The flap of the tepee lay ? open. The bird flew towards the 4 door. When it opened its eyes (literally: looked) again, then it flash- ? ed lightning again. When it flew then the thunder roared. That way i the thunder was seen." MR. COLEMAN' COMMENTS. rells Correspondent About Words With Governor. Washington. June 4?President rVilliam Coleman, of the Glen Lowry Cotton Mill, at Whitmire, passed hrough Washington to-day on his vay to New York, on private busi ? 4 - ? ? ^ ? \TAnfn A r* d Crvtl Less A COPy U1 Cue i>CW3 auu er of last Sunday, containing two acounts of the incident between himelf and the Governor during the atter's speech at Whitmire Saturday, vas shown to Mr Coleman and he vas asked if he had any comment to nake on the accounts, the first of ?hich was contained in a special rom Newberry and the second in a pecial from Whitmire. Mr. Coleman eplied: "I drove up to the meeting simply is a modest citizen, to hear what the Governor of my State had to say," aid Mr Coleman "In a few minutes I was pointed >ut by him as a man who hated him. was accused of opposing a resoluion in his favor. This was not true, ind scores of men who were there vould have contradicted it, and no >ne, I feel sure, would have affirmed t. "Another matter was then brought ip which I wished to explain. The governor absolutely refused to allow ne to say one word by way of putting nyself right. There was nothing eft for me to do except that which I lid, namely, tell him to go to' hell, nd leave. "For a high officer, under cover of lis position, to draw a private citi;en into the limelight and then to ibsolutely ref".se to entertain any (xplanation nothing less than tynnnv " Just the Book for a Cat. A book agent for an encyclopedia ras one day proceeding along a road rhen he observed on the porch of a louse nearby, a possible customer, ays the Pittsburg Dispatch. When he had gone up and exchang>d greetings with the old gentleman vho was slowly rocking himself on hat porch, he produced his wares tnd delivered himself as follows: "Here's just the work to read to -our wife as you sit on the porch hese fine afternoons." "I don't read and I ain't got any rife," said the old gentleman. "But perhaps there are children," uggested the agent. "Now this took?' "There ain't any children. There's lobody here but me and the cat." "Then," persisted the agent, "it aay be that this volume is just the hing. Don't you ever want a good, Leavy book to throw at the cat now >nd then?" Strong Competition. In Colorado, remember, the women ote as well as the men, says Every ody's Magazine. In the fall of 1910 a man named imith was running for Sheriff against , man named Jones. One evening ust before election Smith rode up to he barn yard of an old farmer. Tie farmer was milking a cow and ras having trouble with a lusty calf hat continually tried to "butt in." The candidate, to gain the favor of he farmer, took the calf between tis legs and held it until the milking t-as done. He then introduced himelf: "I am Mr. Smith, the Republian candidate for sheriff of the couny. I suppose you know the man hat's running against me?" The farmer's eyes twinkled as he lowly drawled: "Waal, I reckon I lo. He's vin the house now, holding he baby." The Risk He Ran. The judge in a western town had leclared that he would stop the carying of firearms in the street. Beore him appeared for trial a tough routh charged with getting drunk md firing his revolver in a crowded treet. "Two dollars and a half and :osts, said the judge. "But your honor," interposed coun;el for the prisoner, "my client did lot hit anybody." "Why you admit that he fired the run?" "Yes, but he fired it into the air," explained the lawyer. ' The fine stands," said the judge. 'He might have shot an angel." To Much for Him. Smithson used to labor under the mpresion that he was a born humor st, but be has given up trying to be 'unny now. He called one day on an old school 'riend and was shown into a room vhere his chum's sister was busy ar-anging a quantity of dried grass vhich she had collected. "What a quantity of dried grass ou have collected, Miss Ritchie!" he jaid. Then his humor burst forth. 'Nice room for a donkey to get into." "Make yourself at home, Mr. Smithson." said the girl pleasantly. When he arrived home all the hunor was crushed out of him forever. ?London Scraps. PRESIDENT SPEAKS. Speech at Unveiling of Confederate Monument Cut Sliort. Washington. June 4.?A terrific thunder storm broke over Arlington National Cemetery late to-day while President Wilson was addressing a great crowd gathered for the unveiling of the monument erected there to the Confederate dead. Rain drenched the Blue and Grey veterans and women and children before they 1 -U aKa* TUawa nro o a nr il A UUlllU setrts. SUCILCl. lUCIC rr?*o a n'iu dash for automobiles and trolley cars, participants and spectators alike forgetting the almost finished programme. The President, who had cut short his speech as the rising wind and darkened skies announced the storm's coming, hurried to his own car with his two daughters, Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Sayer. The ceremonies were held at the base of the magnificent monument on the Confederate section of'the cemetery. Only a slight canopy afforded protection to the speakers, and the crowd was without shelter and far from any buildings. Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens, president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, made the address presenting the monument to the President on behalf of the Women of the Confederacy. Tumultuous applause greeted her when she said: "Yours, Mr. President, was Jefferson's spirit when at Mobile you said the United States had no interest in Mexico or any other foreign lapds, except to see that the citizens enjoyed the right to the pursuit of happiness : under a constitutional and just government." The President acknowledged the tribute with smiling approval. Gen. Washington Gardner, com- . mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Gen. Bennett Yung, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, were notable figures among the speakers, and both were cheered with equal enthusiasm by veterans in Grey and those in Blue. Col. Robt. E. Lee, grandson of Gen. Lee, also spoke, while the sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran, who designed the monument, was present. Master Paul Micou, a grandson of Col. Hilary A. Herbert, pulled the cords which released the draperies. All the speakers commented on the appropriateness of delivering the memorial to the Government through a Southern-born president. John T. Duncan has "thrown his hat into the ring" and declared that he will again seek gubernatorial honors at the hands of the people in the primary. He is the thirteenth to positively announce for governor. NOW HER FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER But This Does Not Bother Mrs. Burton, Under the Circumstances. Houston, Texas.?In an interesting ! letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. 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