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VOL. V. NO. 11. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1908. Sl.SOPer Year
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Palmetto Affair*
The News of Soutfli Carolina in Condensed f ornk
Mors Cadets Dismissed. I
Clem son College, Special. ? Two
hundred snd fifty-seven students of
j Clemson College were dismissed from
* the institution. This number, with
the 48 members of the junior elsss
dismissed on Saturday, aggregates
305 dismissed on account of the all
fool's day escapade, when 300 cadets
absented themselves from the cam
f pus, drills and elasses from 7 :45 a.
m. until (i p. m. Of the 300 partiei
rits only fouV were not dismissed.
B. McBrady, a member of the ju
nior class from Charleston, was sus
pended until next September. He
testified before the discipline com
mittee that he absented himself from
drills and classes, but did not leave
the camnus. Cadet B. T. Knight, of
0 Chesterfield, a member of the fresh
man class, was excused of this charge.
It was on account of extenuating cir
cumstances surrounding his case that
the committee dismissed the charges.
Cadet J. H. Haydon of Orangeburg
of the preparatory class and Cadet
J. R. Fizer of Summerville of the
freshman class will be dealt with
?* summarily by Commandant Minus.
The testimony in the cases of these
young men differed widely from the
testimony in the other cases. The
discipline committee met in the pres
ident's office. The session lasted
until 1 o'clock in the morning, when it
was announced the committee had de
termined upon punishment for the
participants in the escapade. The
committee has been holding sessions
^ three times a day excepting Sunday
since last Wednesday ? one week ago.
At 7:45 Friday morning when the
> corps formed in line for their regular
daily drill Commandant Minus had
his adjutant to publish an order di
? recting the participants in the escap
ade to turn in at the quarter-master's
department all college and govern
ment properties in their possession.
Settlement in Sight.
_ A special from Asheville, N. C.,
gives the latest developments in the
^dispensary litigation as follows:
4 'Judge Pritchurd, ir the United
States Circuit Court, signed an or
der in the South Carolina dispensary
matter which, it is believed by local
counsel for the complainants, will
have the effect, if accepted by counsel
for the winding-up dispensary com
mission, of ending the matter terapor
. arily and permitting it to pursue its
way through the courts. The order
made by Judge Pritclmrd provides:
First, the defendants, constituting the
State dispensary commission, shall,
within five days from the date of this
order, .deposit in the registry of (his
court, to be held subject to the orders
of this court, all notes, evidences of
indebtedness, collaterals and other se
^ curities of whateve.r kind and charact
er, taken by them to secure the pay
ment of the moneys deposited in the
various banks within the State of
South Carolina. Second, the defen
dants shall, within the said five days,
^ tile a bond with good and sufficient
surety .to be approved l?y this court,
in the sum of $250,000. payable to
the receivers heretofore appointed by
this court, nnd conditioned to turn
over to said receivers in the event
that the orders appealed from shall
be affirmed, or the defendants shall
fail to prosecute their appeal, all
moneys, credits, accumulated interest,
property or assets which said defen
dants or any of them, now have, or
ought to have in their possession or
under their control under and by vir
tue of the act of the General Assem
bly of t he State of South Carolina,
creating the dispensary commission."
It is given out on reliable authority
that the dispensary commission will
accept.
Rev. Mr. Hafney Accepts.
Clover, Specinl. ? At a enll meting
of the Bowling Green Presbyterian
congregation last Friday Rev. \V. II. j
Hefner announced his decision to ac
cept the call to Fort Mill. Mr. Hef- j
ner has been pastor of the Bowling
Orcen ebureli for ten years and a j
half, and is held in high esteem by ,
all who know him in this community ]
^ .? regardless of denomination.
Violated Military Law.
.m Columbia, Rpe<4nl.? ^Ajt. (Jen. Boyd i
has received a letter from Capt. Hud- I
ley of the Clifton company, stating
t ^ that Jesse Bryser, a former member:
of his company, is in the Spartanburg ,
jail, charged with selling his uniform,
a violation of the military law of this
xtate. It is probablo that the ease
against the man wiM be dropped up
on the payment of all costs but Oen. ,
Boyd stated most emphatically that '
the military companies must take !
better care of the property issued
r which belongs to the gove;Timcnt. J
Tho next violation reported will be
prosecuted.
Spartan City Band Named.
Spartanburg. Special. ? The Spar
tanburg City band has been appoint
ed the offloinl band of the First rcgi
^0 mcnt. South Carolina National
Guards, and will be mustered in at
an early date. It is possible that the
band may be mustered in next Wed
nesday when Adjutant General Bovd
Asssitant Adjutant General Brock
and Lieut. Cabaniss come to Spartan
burg to inspect the Hampton Guards.
Mr. Henderson Eu Withdrawn.
Aiken, Special. ? The Hon. D. 8.
Henderson has given out the follow
ing statement:
"Some time ago I announced that
I would be a candidate for the long
term for United States senator, but
there are now reasons, in which the
public would not be interested, which
induce me not to enter the race, cud
I feel it mv duty to my friends to so
state at this juncture, in order that
they may align themselves where and
with whom they see tit. ,
"I am very grateful for the sup
port which my faithful friends have
tendered me.
"If any issue presonal to myself
I was made or if there was any public
j issue in which the welfare of the
State and public at large were involv
ed that would arise in the ensuing
canvass 1 would continue the race to
the end; but as none such exist there
is 110 duty which requires such action
on my part. There will be no dearth
of candidates from pi ^sent nppoar
an?es, and for the good of the State
I hope the people will make a wise
choice."
Gaffney Man Badly Hurt.
Gaffney, Special. ? Mr. J. A. Ma
son ,one of the good citizens of Gaff
ney, went to train No. 33 Tuesday
night with Mrs. Mason and the child
ren, who were going to visit relatives
in Kentucky. He helped them on the
train. Before he could get off the
cars had gained considerable head
way, and in endeavoring to jump Mr.
Mason fell, striking on his head and
face on the hard cement pavement
j along the track, mashing in one of his
{ cheek bones and fracturing the skull.
, The injured man was taken in chargp
; by Dr. Sherrad, who gave him proper
1 attention. Mrs. Masop and the child
I ren knew nothing of the accident and
j Conductor Mauncy told them noth
| ing of* it until his train met No. 30
| at Cornelia, Ga. They transferred
at that point and came back to Gaff
I ney. Dr. Sherrard says that the pa
1 tient is getting on fairly well and if
! no complications arise there is every
t reason to hope for his recovery. Mr.
I Mason is held in high esteem by the
j people of Gaffney. and the accident
is regretted by all who know him.
Important Decision in a Railway
Suit.
Columbia, Special. ? The Supreme
court has rendered an intersting de
cision in the case of Alice Ida May
field of Spartanburg against the At
lanta & Charlotte Air Line railway.
The suit was brought for $20,000 for
the death of her husband, J. O. May
ficl.l, in Spartanburg in September,
1005. Lrter a suit was also brought
: in the United States courts and the
' attorneys for the railway asked the
: dismissal of the State suit on the
ground that the other suit, which was
ulso against the Southern railway,
the lessee, had precedence. The State
supreme court holds, however, that
' the action in the State court is allow
able and acordingly the suit will be
tried in the usual way.
Saw Mill Burnod.
Sumter, Special. ? The sawmill of
, I'arker Brothers Lumber company,
I situated at Harriett's Crossroads, was
j burned last week. The mill was a
J total loss and 250,000 feet of lumber
stacked in the yard was also burned.
The tire started in the sawdust pile
and fanned by the high winds, spread
j to the mill. The actual loss was be
tween $3,500 and $4,000 with no in
, surance. This is the third lire that
. Messrs. Parker have had in the past
? three years, the total loss by the three
| tires exceeding $10,000.
I
Help For T. P. A.
Sumter, Special. ? City Council ap
propriated $350 as its share to assist
the chamber of commerce and Post
G. T. P. A. of Sumter in properly en
tertaining the State convention of
T. P. A., which meets in Sumter
next month. The T. P. A. and the
chamber of commerce will appro
priate similar sums, through the
business men of Sumter. ,
Fertiliser Receipts Havo Been Heavy.
Columbia, Special ? The fertilizer
season ha* practically closed until the
fall shipment* begin and the receipts
by the State treasurer indicate that
the income from the tag tax will be
heavier than ever. So far the tag
tax, which is 25 cents per ton on all
fertiliser shipped, has amounted to
$140,04S.77 as against $120.41)7. OS for
Die same period in 1007. The to!?l
receipts for 1007 amounted to $150,
934.81, this indicating that t lie re
ceipts for 100S would exceed the fig
ures for 1907 by several thousand dol
lars.
Mr. B. W. Rushton Doad.
Johnston, Special ? Saturday after
noon about 2 o'clock Mr. B. M. Hush
ton died suddenly at his home here,
his death being caused by rheumatism
of the heart. He was buried Sunday
afternoon at Bethlehem Methodist
church, six miles from Johnston. Mr.
Hushton was born and raised near
Bethlehem and he was the son of
Mrs. Tahitha Rushton. Mr. Hushton
was a good citizen and much respect
ed.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
?riM> of Ov National Law Kaktn
DV by Day.
Army Bill p mm,
The army appropriation bill u re
Pjrted to the Senate carries $98,820,.
JO0, a net increase of $14,612,843 over
the amount of the bill as it was pas*.
by the House. The principal
items of incressc are as follows :
Telephone system at interior and
Joast artillery posts, $70,000; increas
sd pay of officers and enlisted men,
$7,000,000; militia encampments and
maneemvres, $1,000,000; subsistence,
*382,591; regular supplies and inci
dents! expenses, quartermaster's de
partment, $1,215,394; barrscks and
quarters, $1,472,580; transportation
army supplies $274,437; wv
ter snd sewers and military posts,
1711.275; construction and repair of
hospitals, $225,000; special apparatus
and supplies for field artillery for or
ganized militia, $250,000; manufac
ture of arms, $300,000, and quarters
for officers and nurses at Fort Bay.
ard, N. M., $214,100.
Ser.ate Devotes Day To It.
Nearly the entire time of the Sen
a c was taken up in the consideration
of the army bill, but only minor
amendments were offered and these,
with one exception, were voted down.
I he only amendment adopted pro
P ^ wT.-a 8y8tcm waterworks for
. J, n Hei,lT? Montana, for
which $*-0,000 was appropriated. The
pay of officers and enlisted men in
the army will be materially increased
should the clause earning $7,000,000
tor that purpose pass the House when
the bill as ir.nended is sent back to
that body.
The Fortifications Bill.
Senator Perkins reported to the
^ nate the bill making appropriation?
for fortifications and other work of
defense. It carries $11,510,187, an
increase of $3,299,570 over the
amount of the bill as it was passed
i the House. The principal item*
of increase are as follows;
Construction of gun and mortar
batteries. $835,000; fire control sta
tions and accessories. $90,035; current
for power and lighting at seacoast
fortifications $248,888; sea wall at
Fort Travis, Texas. $350,000; sea
a-QtAioannon carriages ami sires
01 3; seacoast batteries in Ha
waiian islands, $2(59.400; submarim
*-onnoTtnr<7'' Hawaiian islands
$oJ,000; torpedo planters and launch
rrs ,for Hawaiian and Philippine is
lands $199,000; guns and carriage/
looo 4AAn,lan nnfl Philippine islands
* ? 1.400 : ammunition for insulai
possession, $200,000; submarine mini
material for Hawaiian islands, $188.
014.
Of the appropriations made $1,882,
900 will go toward extending the de
fenses on Puget Sound, in accordant
with the recommendations of tin
Jaft board.
Liability Bill Passed.
With only one vote reeordet
ncrainst it, that of Mr. Littlcfield. ol
Maine, the House of Representative?
under suspension of the rules passed
the Sterling employers' liability bill
after 40 minutes' debate. Tn brief
the bill establishes the doctrine thai
the the railroad companies encrajred it
inter-State commerce are liable foi
personal injuries received by eni|?lo
os in the service of such carriers.
abolishes the strict commor law rub
of liability which bars a recovery foi
the personal injury or death of ar
employee, occasioned by the necrlj
gence of a fellow servant. It alsr
relaxes the common law rule whiel.
rrakes contributory neirli^ence a de
tense to claims for sunh injuries. A
provision, however, diminishes tin
amount of the recovery in the sam?
degree that the negligence of the in
jnred ono contributed to the injury
The bill further makes each part\
responsible for his own netjlijenee
tnhereo7n,rPS PnCl1 to b?ar ",e b"rdor
n ^ truce between the D*mocr?t?
nn<t Republicans was declared for t
time when under a suspension of tin
rules the House took up the employ,
^rs' liability hill. ' *
Tho Bill Explained.
'Mr. Sterling, of Ilfitiois, explained
the provisions of I lie bill, and in re
spouse to n question bv Mr. Orum
packer, of Indiana. stated that tin
bill would ba upplienble to inter
urban car linen between States and
street railroad liner, in the loriiloric?
and the District of Columbia. Mr
Hcnrv, of Texn?\ snid t lir* bill was ?
meritorious and const it tit ion r' on??
and tbat not a Pcmorrntic vote bf
recorded npoinst it.
In tbe opinion of Mr. Tiittlcfleld
faction 'A of the bill, rHatincr to ac
tions at law in <as"s ef contributor*
t?r?rli'ZfM*rc. i* n" 'rnov.t ion of ex
isting laws. Tie delivered a le<ral ar
prumrnt in support <>f his confentiot
and declared tbat the bill is nov
op"n to the srvn? < bi^elien that wai
tjrs"<' i' th? -o' drt"larcd nn
const it 11 ? ional bv the Supreme four
of the t'nitcd Stntcs.
Minority leader V-'illiams wel
eomed "the opportunity *<> illustrnt
to the country how rub 1*1 v and hov
rapidlv wc can join in pa*??in'
remedial letrislation." fontinivr*
Mr. Williams said tho Dnnoorat
would b" Had to b? furnished wi*1
more like it "nnd to re*?cnt tbe il
lustration as each remedial bill i
furnished to the lTou*o. It was," h<
said, "The first tncouva cement it
rome time."
A SIP, OOP, 090 FIRE
Boston Suffers Heaviest Los*
Since San Francisco
TWO LIVES KNOWN TO DE LOST
^
Fir* Which Originated From Spon
taneous Combustion in Rear of
Beaton Blacking Company's Works
Devastates More Than One Square
Mile of the Manufacturing, Busi
. ness and Tenement District ol
Chelsea.
Boston, Special. ? Fire devastated
more than one square mile of the
manufacturing, business and tene
ment district of Chelsea Sunday en
tailing a loss estimated at fully $10,
000,000. The fire started at 10:40 a.
m. near the Boston Blacking Com
pany's works on West Third street,
near the Everett City line, and
crossed the city, a distance of ono
mile and a quarter to Marginal, op
posite the east Boston shore. So far
as can be learned there was one fa
tality. Hall' a hundred persons
were injured.
Among the buildings burned were
13 churches. Frost Hospital, Chil
dren's Hospital, City Hall, Fitz Pub
lic Library, five school houses, a doz
en or more factories and about 300
tenements and dwellings.
The residential section of the city
where the wealthier class reside, es
caped the flames.
In the retail section, through
which the fire passed, were 200 busi
ness blocks which were destroyed.
The United Slates Marine Buildings
wero not damaged.
Fire Under Control.
The Chelsea fire was practically
under control at 9 o'clock Sunday
night. The women are known to be
dead as a result of the fire. Neither
body has been identified.
The fire originated in the rear of
the Boston Blacking Company's
works on West Third street, near the
eastern division of the Boston &
Maine Railroad and in close proxim
ity to the Kverett City line. A terri
fic gale from the northwest, which
at times had a velocity of (50 miles
an hour, carried burning shingles,
embers and myriads of sparks to a
score of wooden buildings, most * of
them of cheap wooden construction.
The fire started almost in the ex
treme southwest section of the city
and cut a path to the end of Mave
rick street at the extreme southeast
ern nd of the city, which borders on
Chelsea creek. This point is about
one mile and a quarter from the point
where the conflagration began. The
flames swept through the heart of the
retail business section, which was
about midway between the two ex
treme limits reached bv the fire.
Exact Cause Not Known.
The fire started on the marshes bor
dering the eastern division tracks of
the Boston & Maine Railroad in the
renr of the Boston Blacking Com
pany's works, where oinploves were
at work drying out rags. The com
pany's works are situated at the end
of West Third street, half a mile
northwest of the heart of the city.
A series of long, low wooden build
ings comprised the works, stored for
the most part with old rags and pa
per. The exact cause of the fire is
not known, but it is supposed that
spontaneous combustion among the
rags was responsible.
A high wind, blowing at 45 miles
an hour from the northwest drove
J he tlmnes from the rag heaps direct
lv uppn the wooden buildings of the
Boston Blacking Company.
The buildings were soon a mass of
flames and as surrounding property
consisted largely of wooden buildings
used for storage of rags, the fire de
partment realized that a serions fire
was threatened, and a general alarm
was sounded.
Realizing flint the eitv was appar
ently doomed if the names could not
be stopped a? Kvorett avenue, Fire
Chief H. A. Spencer summoned help
from Boston and all the surrounding
cities aud towns. Four alarms were
rung in on the Boston circuit and all
the available apparatus was sent
across the harbor. Karlv in the af
ternoon aid had arrived from Fvor
ftt, Lvnn. Haverhill. Wakefield, Sn
Wn, Maiden, Cambridge, Wirithron
nnd Revere.
Shipment of Chailbourn Berries Be
gins.
Wilmington, N. C., Special. ? He
quisition whs made for seven refrig
erator oars f >r strawberry shipments
from the Chadbourn sort ion, and
twenty cars are asked to hp iced f >r
Monday. The (irst berries appeared
on this mnrkct Saturd.iv and sold
rea lily at 2T> eents a quart. Tin*
shipments to the North have not vet
been sufficient to establish a market
for the North Carolina fruit. Tin*
eomincr week the movements is ex
pected to reach 7"> or l'v) car?, daily.
Toachers Go To Savannah,
New York, Special.- A party of
New York's public seliool teachers
'?.ailed for Snvnnivoy. ov ilt<>
<'f :irnsliip City of Columbus, to spT.d
'he Master holidays in tin? South.
There are 70 women and 10 men in
?lie party, which included Principals
Walter R. Gunnison. of Krasmns
'fall Hie!) Scho< 1, and Charles 1)
1-arUins, of the Mutual Training
School.
MONEY FOR NAVY
Lttfe Appropriations to Build
and Equip Vessels
PLAN FOR TWO NEW MONSTERS
Chairman Foes, of ths Committee on
Naval Affair*, Beports the Naval
Appropriation Bill Authorising the
Construction of New Battleships
and Torpedo Boats ? Carries a To
tal Appropriation of $103,967,618?
Provision Made For Enlistment of
7,600 Men to Man New Ships.
Washington, Special. ? The naval
appropriation bill authorizing: the
construction of two instead of four
battleships and eight instead of four
submarine torpedo boats, and carry
ing a total appropriation of $103,967,
518 for the naval service for the fis
cal year ending Juno 30th, 1909. was
reported to the House by Chairman
Fosr, of the committee on naval af
fairs.
The total appropriations recom
mended is $22, ">18,831 less than the
aggregate estimates submitted by the
Department, und is $3,663,916 more
than the amount appropriated for the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1908.
The bill carries an item of $1,000,
000 toward the const ruction of sub
marine torpedo boats and an item of
$445,000 toward the construction of
subsurface torpedo boats. Provis
ion is made for the enlistment of
G.000 men to man the following ships
which arc to be put in commission
within the next few mouths: The
California, Mississippi, Idaho, New
Hampshire, South Dakota, North
Carolina, Montana, Chester, Birming
ham and Salem; and for 1,500 men
to man the torpedo boats not now in
commission.
Chief Items in the Bill.
Among the chief items in the hill
are the following: For naval tcain
ing station. Great Lakes, $1,095,000;
for construction and machinery $9.
332.902 ; for armor and armament
$7,000,000; for equipment $400,000;
for subsurface and submarine boats
$1,445,000.
An increase of .">00,000 over last
year's appropriation was allowed in
the appropriation for ordinance and
ordinance stores, mainly for target
practice and because there will be in
full or in partial commission during
the fiscal year 24 battleships, 12 first
clnss cruisers. 60 second and third
rate vessels, 00 torpedo vessels and 15
auxiliaries, making a total of 177
vessels.
There is also an increase of $150,
000 for smokeless powder. The bill
further provides an appropriation of
$415,000 fo'r replacing the 3-pounder
and fi-pounder guns by 3-inch 50
cnlibre or larger guns, because of the
increase in the effective range of the
latest type of torpedo. These new
guns are designed to give the ships
protection against long range torpe
do discharge. Provision is nlso made
for other changes intended to keep
the batteries of the ships in the high
est state of efficiency. Nine hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars in ap
propriated for torpedoes and the con
verting of torpedo boats. The ap
propriation for arming and equipping
the naval militia is increased to
$100,000 "in order that this branch
of the naval reserve of the I'nited
States may be more efficiently con
ducted."
The appropriation for equipment of
vessels is increased $500,000 over the
current fiscal year on account of the
increased number of ships in (commis
sion and the necessity of fitting them
with new gun firing apparatus and
with wireless telegraphy.
Twenty-seven New Boats.
Tin* appropriation for coal and
transport at ion is increased $S.">0,000.
For provisions for the navy an ap
propriation is made of $(>, f>47. OO.'I.
The report Accompanying the bill
states that an allowed increase of
$100,000 in the appropriation for pro
visions for the marine corps "is dne
to the increased cost of 1 (> per cent,
in the price of rations."
The report shows that there arc
in eoursp of building seven battle
ships, fonr armored cruisers, three
scout cruisers, five torpedo boat de
stroyer*. four submarine torpedo
boat;-, two colliers and two seagoing
tugs. The amount necessary to be
appropriated to pay for the work
now progressing and contracted for
durintr the next fiscal year is $17.
L\TJ!)(?2. I'nder the heading "naval
programme," the committee reeoin
rn"nds that the President be author
ized to have constructed two firsl
elass batleshipy, to cost, exclusive of
armor and armament, not exceeding.
$0,000,000 each; ten torpedo boats
destroyers, to have the hitdies' prac
t i? able sp"ed end to cos! exclusive of
nimantent vol to exceed i{Md0.000
each; that the Hecretarv of Hie Navy
be authorised to have constructed
eight submarine torp"do boats to cost
in the neffffgate not more than $.'{.
*>00,000 ?>f <v!.i(b amount $!. 000.000
5k approm ia'cd ; and one stih-tirfrtcc
tornado boat at a cost 11 r?! to exceed
$4(10,000, and two ?ma11 vessels of like
not to exceed in cost ^22 r>00
o;i'h-- a total authorization of $2.'V
0!">.000 which will be increased $7,
000.000 by the cost of arming aud
equipping the two battleships.
STATE MAY RESIST
South Carolina Will Probably
Refuse to Give heaoy Bond
REQUIRED BY JUDGE PRITGHARD
Order of Judge Pritchard Granting
SoptmdMa on Certain Conditions
in the Dispensary Matter Served
Friday on Commission and At
torney General. But Conditions
Will Not Be Complied With? Col
lateral in Hands of State Treasurer
Who Is In Mississippi and Not in
Possession of Commission ? Attor
ney General Lyon Back From
Washington, Where He Called on
Chief Justice Fuller and Discussed
Case.
Columbia, S. C., Special.? Attor
ney General Lyon returned from
Washington, where lie has 4>een for
several days, accompanied by Mr. I).
W. Rountree, of Atlanta, of counsel
for the dispensary commission. Mr.
Lyon stated very emphatically that
the dispatches sent out from Wash
ing to to the effect that he had made
a motion before Chief Justice Fuller
in the dispensary matter were erro
neous, being utterly without founda
tion and unauthoized bv him. He
said that as a matter of fact he and
Mr. Rountree had called on Chief
Justice Fuller and had talked with
him in regard to the procedure which
could be adopted to get the case up
speedily before the highest tribunal
in the land, but that he had made 110
motion at all. The case, it appears,
has some unusual features, and there
is little precedent for getting the mat
ter b<>fore the Supreme Court with
out going through the usual formali
ties of appeal. If a motion were mado
before the Chief Justice, it would be
a motion for an order to show cause
why a supersedeas should not be
granted, but it has not been decided
to take this step.
The order of Judge Pritchard,
granting a supersedeas on conditions
was not served until Friday when it
was received through the mail by
Chairman Murray and the other mem
bers of the commission as well as by
Attorney General Lyon, from the of
fieo of the clerk of the Federal Court
in Charleston. The order is dated
April 8th and requires compliance
within five days from date of order,
the members of the commission have
now only three days to arrange their
personal affairs so as to take an en
forced absence from business, for a
longer or shorter period.
The commission will not give the
heavy bond required by Judge Pritch
ard ami will not surrender the collat
eral which he requires to be surren
dered, so that the commission will be
in contempt in refusing to obey the
order to deposit the collateral with
the Federal Court. As a matter of
fact, the collateral is not in the pos
session of the commission, but is with
the State Treasurer, and has been in
his possession for a long time, even
before the books and records of the
dispensary were placed in the Treas
urer's vaults, so that the commission
can make answer that the collateral
is not in its possession at all, and it
cannot comply with the primary and
most important condition of Judge
I'ritchard's order. Of course, if
Judge Pritchard can get hold of the
collateral, he has the case in his
hands absolutely and, of course, the
State is not going to surrender the
collateral.
Judge Pritchard may serve an or
der on State Treasurer Jennings, but
it happens that Captain Jennings is
in Mississippi and not at this time in
the jurisdiction of Judge Pritchard 's
court, lie is having a pleasant visit
out there and is doubtless not in any
hurrv to return, unless he is request
ed to come home by Governor Ansel.
The Governor will not, however, ask
the Treasurer to come back to give
up the collateral, and lie will not in
struct any one to give it up. because
the State is going to keep its hands
011 the collaterals. These collaterals
were deposited as security for the de
posits of the dispensary money with
the various banks of the State, and
the banks will not pay out the mopev
without getting their securities back.
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife and
Suicidcs.
Now York, Special ? Without warn
ing and apparent motive Albert Heis
er, ;i b:iker, suddenly drew a revolver
at Hie dinner table, fired two shots
at hi* young bride and then killed
himself by sending a bullet through
his bruin nt their home on Lexington
avenue. Mrs. llciser who was twice
wounded in the body, is not expected
to recover. She told the police that
her husbnuvl had been .jealous of her
but could not say whv he had at
templed t ?? take her life.
LaFollcttc Ahead In Wisconsin.
M ilwaukee, Wis., Special. ? Scat
tering returns received from through
out Wisconsin indicate that four del.
"gates at large favorable to the nom
ination of Kobert M. LaKollettc a I
the K"pub!icnn Nntional Convention
at Chicago have been elected. The
returns so far show that in ?lm'>:;'
every instance LaFollcttc delegates
have a good lead on the Taft oppon
ents.
CONGRESSMAN DltS
Representative Brick Added to
Long List of Present Session
HAD JUST BEEN RENOMINATED
Abraham Lincoln Brick, Rapreeenta
tire From the Thirteenth Indiana
District, Dies in a Sanatorium at
Indianapolis ? While Attending
State Convention He Became Sick
and Did Not Betnm to His Home
Indianapolis. Ind.. Special. ? Con
gressman Abraham Lincoln Brick, of
the thirteenth Indiana district, died
suddenly here Tuesday in a sanato
rium.
Acute Blight's disease is given aa
the cause of death. He came here
from his home in South Bend last
week to attend the Republican State
convention.
Representative Brick was nominat
ed recently by the Republicans of
the thirteenth district for his sixth
term. A question has arisen as to
whether another nominating conven
tion will he necessary or whether the
district and county chairman are
empowered to till t he vacancy.
Resolutions of Regret.
Washington. Special. ? Official *n
noune'ement of the death of Abraham
lj. Briek. of Indiana, was madVr in
the House of Representatives by Mr.
Ovcrstrcet, one of his colleagues, who
offered resolutions of regret, which
were unanimously adopted.
Speaker Cannon announced the
usual committee to attend the fun
eral and as a further mark of respect
the House at 4:0(5 o'clock in the af
ternoon took a recess.
The Senate was notified of the
death of Representative Brick aro<f
upon motion of Senator Beveridgo
resolutions of regret were adopted
and as a further mark of Respect the
Senate adjourned.
Fort Macon to Be Repaired.
Washington, Special. ? The fortifi
cations appropriation bill' was passe<?
by the Senate with appropriations of
$12,116,187. As passecl bv the House
of Representatives the bill carried' an
aggregate of $3,210,(111', the Senate
addintr $.'{,905,576. j^niendments to
the bill were made in the Senate ap?
propria! ing $500,000 on motion of
Senator Flint, of California, for land"
and fortifications at Point Firmen,
Los Angeles, Cal., and $100,000 ad"
ditioual on motion of Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, for the re
pair of fortifications at Fort" Macon
of his State.
Bank Property Soli.
Atlanta, (la.. Special ? According
to an announcement made here the
Buena Vista and o!her suburban
property in Havana, Cuba, which
were one of the assets of the Nenl
Bank, now in a receiver's ha mi's in
this city, has been sold to .T. K. Bar
low, of Havana, for $75,000. A local
firm had an interest in the property
and received half of the sale price,
the other half going to the NVal bank.
Incipient Riot Quelled.
Augusta, (5a.. Special". ? The police
reserves were called out here to- quell
a riot amonir negroes Monday at
Twiggs and Charles streets. Maefc
Frever. a nevro, was fntaflv shot by
the poljce. The trouble originated in
t lie negro settlement when a police
man attempted to quell a disturbance.
The L. & N. Rc-Employs Shop Force.
Decatur, Ala.. Special. ? The Louis
ville & Nashville Railroad re-enifwdv
ed 150 men at the shops in New Def
eat ur and i' is stated that others will
be taken on in a few days, ft is rm
derstood that the company wiff re
sume the building of new freight ran#
in the near future.
Street Cars Tiet! Up in Pcnsacola.
Pcnsacola, Fla., Special. ? Street
car traffic in Pensacola is at n stand
still owing to the fact that the con
ductors and motormen nrc on a strike.
They quit work hecouse the company
wanted men whom they had suspend
ed to report at the offices Hirer times
a dav. The men refused and their
comrades struck out of sympathy.
Child Labor and Education.
Atlanta, Ca., Special. ? A discus
sion of child tabor in its feint ion to
education, in which many prominent
delegates participated, was the feat
ure of Friday's session of the Nation*
al Child Labor Conference. Friday
evening Dr. Felix Adler, of New York
spoke on "The Basis of t lie An
t i-Child-Labor Movement in the Idea
of American Civilization." Don Mar
quis, editor of Cncle Remus' Maga
zine, discussed 44 The Child and the
Mill," and addresses were made by
several others.
Asquith Will Bo British Prcmior.
London, By Cable. ? Chancellor of
the Exchequer Herbert II. Asquith
left for Biarritz, in Southwestern
France, to receive from Kin?j Edward
the offer of the British premiership*
to acept it and hurry back to London
to resume at once the duties he has
been performing during the illnesa
of his predecessor, Sir Uenry Camp?
bell-Bannermon.