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\%a i bamm Makes delicioi * griddle cakes, rc The only Bal Made from Royal On TEDDY RETIRES Anjfturns the Government Over to W, H. Taft in a TERRIBLE BLIZZARD Which Upset All the lMuns for the Occasion, Denying the Two Hundred Thousand Visitors the Privilege of Seeing the Actuul Inauguration in the Senate Chamber. Washington, March 4.?With all the homage that assembled thousands, representatives of every State, almost every hamlet, of the nation could pay; to the accompaniment of martial music, the rhythmic tramp of RoldiPl'R foot tViP ooho of enliiHmr guns, the unchecked enthusiasm privileged only to a free people of a great republic, William Howard Taft, of Ohio, became the twentyseventh president of the United States. Second only to the inauguration of the man who will be both ruler and ^ /Servant of the American people for the next four years, was the induction into office of James Schoolcraft Sherman, of New York, as Vice President, a position carrying with it always the grave responsibility of succession to the presidency through death or disability of the executive. And not without its influence upon the day and the epoch-marking event was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt, heralded today by countless admirers, for seven years past the most picturesque, the most virile, and one of the greatest figures ever upon the stage of American public life. This afternoon the retiring presiN. Y., while upon the spot occupied N. Y., while uopn the spot occupied by him four years ago stands President William H. Taft reviewing one of the most magnificent military and civic parades in American history, his dominant figure the commanding presence in a cheering multitude of more than two hundred thousand patriotic American persons. Tonight a new ruler of 90,000,000 people >yend his tired but happy way rnto the long sought seclusion of the White House, and the most magnificent inauguration ever witnessed by a republic will have seen its formal end. President Taft had arrived in Washington from New York the afternoon of February 27, and until March 2 with his family was the guest of Miss Mabel Roardinan, of the Red Cross Society, at her home, 1801 P street northwest. Yesterday he accepted the invitation of Mr. Roosevelt which had been oxten.dafj ^ Some .time ago, to bo his guoim the White House the day before inauguration. The Taft fam 11 y Weill 10 ine Willie nuuso >ubiciday afternoon and lunched with the retiring president at the usual hour, lie slept in the White House last night, and was up bright and early. Breakfast was served there at 9:30 a. m., and the incoming president had practically nothing to occupy him until the time came to make the start to the capital. Wm. Howard Taft took the oath of office as 27th president of the { United States in the senate chamber at the capitol shortly after noon today. Owing to the snow and sleet storm it was necessary to modify the arrangements for the administration; ?** the oath on the platform f at the'^ASt entrance to the capitol. An endeavor was made to carry out the original program concerning the inauguration parade, but on account of the storm only the regular military organizations were in line. Immediately after the inauguration ceremonies were concluded, exPresidcnt Roosovolt proceeded to the union station, there to wait for I VAL ~ lis hot biscuit, >lls and muffins. dng Powder ipe Cream of Tartar a train to New York, which the officials of the Pennsylvania railroad expected to be able to start out about 3 o'clock. It was after 10 o'clock this morning when the first passenger train over the Pennsylvania due at 8:15 o'clock, arrived here. At the union station it was not known when the Pennsylvania would be able to send out a passenger train north, or in fact in any direction, although every ..... ~ ? -1 - 1 cuuii ?u? ueiug uiuue m gt'i <i n am through for ex-President Roosevelt, who was scheduled to leave the capitol at 10:25 for the union station, where he was to take a train for Oyster Ray, N. Y. At 10:25 o'clock the first communication with the outside world was etliblished by telegraph through wires working to the South. No wires were working northward at that time, although both the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies had hundreds of linemen at work between here and Baltimore and elsewhere repairing the lines as fast as possible. The telephone company also had no lines working out of Washington beyond Alexandria and it was said that it was not known when communication with points outside of Washington would be re-established. Although doubts had been expressed about the possibility of carrying out the program of the day it was decided that the general arrangements should be followed as closely as possible. Accordingly the veteran escort division gathered near the White House at 9:15 o'clock to escort the president and presidentelect to the capitol. Promptly at 10 oclock President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft left the White House for the capitol, escorted by the veterans and troop A of Cleveland. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Taft rode in the carriage with their husbands. It was exactly 11 o'colck when the retiring and the Incoming presidents of the United States entered the president's room at the senate where they were met among other, by a delegation of prominent men from New York, including Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Senator E. Payne. At this time Mrs. Taft was escorted into the senate by Capt. Putt, aide to President Roosevelt. Charles P. Taft and his family entered a few moments later. Robert, Miss Helen and young Charles Taft, the president-elect's children, entered tho visitors gallery at the same time as did Mr. Henry Taft and his wife. Rear Admiral Sperry and Mrs. Sperry were also among the arrivals. As the hands Crept near the hour of twelve the president and president-elect, the cynosure of all eyes, entered amid a wave of applause. Each caught the eye of his wife in the gallery and bowed in that direction first. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft were escorted by the congressional committee on arrangements, who a moment later re-entered the chamber as escort to the vice president-elect. He received an ovation. Tho president, the president-elect, and the vice president-elect took the seats reserved for them on the rostrum, facing the immense throng, Mr. Roosevelt, still chief executive, oecuping the right. Vice President Fairbanks, in his most Impressive manner, then administered the oath to his successor. I The venerable senator chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, offered prayer, the subdued murmur of hundreds joining in the final invocation of the Lord's Prayer. This impressive feature over, Mr. Fairbanks handed the gavel over to Vice President Sherman, the retiring vice president taking a seat near Speaker Cannon, Mr. Sherman then began his short Inaugural address. As the last person took his sent Chief Justice Fuller advanced slowly toward Mr. Taft, who arose to meet him. The supreme moment had arrived. Holding a Bible between the two chief figures stood James H. McKinney, clerk of the supreme court. A quiet fell over all. Slowly the chief justice began to speak the oath. William Howard Taft repeating the words that made him president-. Thousands leaned forward in breath less expectancy as he said: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the bt*st of my ability preserve, nrntect. and defend the Constitution of the United States." Then he reverently kissed the open pages of the Bible and stood facing the people?their chief magistrate. When the tumult and the shouting had died he began his inaugural address which appears elsewhere. That over, there was another demonstration, hundreds pressed about to grasp his hand, until at last he slipped away to the president's room in ilie senate wnere he rested a few moments before beginning the return to the White Hons?. The retiring president, loath to divide the honor with his successor, quietly began the Journey to the union station, where he took a special train for Oyster Bny. The inauguration proper was over. The parade, the spectacular scenes in honor of the new executive, were about to begin. MAIL POl'CHES STOLEN. Eon ml (kit in Shreds in n Ditch at Denmark. On Tuesday night one of the mail pouches bound for Augusta was found in a ditch, near the depot, cut into shreds and with a number of lettres lying scattered on the ground near by. Ordinarily the pouch contains between 300 and 4 00 lettrcs, and the person who stole it from the Denmark depot is supposed to have appropriated all except the thirty that were found. There is no clue to the ? ? - - v..? MKUMIV */l (i U U" car Wilmington-hound Atlantic Coast Line train which was standing at a water tank at Dudley, near Goldsboro, and blew five of the cars clear off the line and overturned on? on the track. There wav. no other damflfe# ? identity of the mail robbed, but the authorities are working on the case. The Seaboard Air Line train from New York to Florida is due at Denmark at eight minutes after 1 o'clock in the morning, and it leaves several pouches of mail there, to be picked up by the Southern train from Charleston to Augusta, which is due at Denmark about 2 o'clock. The pouches contain no registered mail and are sealed and in charge of the baggage master from Denmark to Augustu. While they are at Denmark a nogro porter at the depot was supposed to watch them until the Southern bound train for Augusta is due. On Friday morning last, when the train headed for this city arrived at Denmark, there was one pouch missing, and it was not found until the policeman picked up the fragments in a ditch Tuesday night. THK EVER READY GUN. Shooting Scrape in Ijuncaster Caused by Nothing. Lancaster, March 3.?A difficulty occurred here this afternoon between two young white men, Claude Small, son of Leonard Smull, a well known farmer of this vicinity, and J. W. Gregory, of Yorkville, in which th' latter fired four shots with a revolver at the former. Small, however, was struck by only one bullet, which lodged in the shoulder. The wound is not considered fatal. The shooting originated over the most trival matter. There were three young men in a wagon. The wind blew off Small's hat and in catching it he knocked off Gregory's hat and the shooting followed. Blind tiger whiskey, no doubt, was the cause r, f ? 1. ~ 1-1 ~ v/1 Viiv II UU UIU. SEVEN MEN HANGED. \ laiuisiuna llad a Regular Hanging Bee on Friday. New Orleans, March 6.?Seven men, all of whom were negroes, were legally executed in the State of Louisiana Friday. At Port Allen, west Paton Rouge parish, three men died on the same scaffold. Two of those, Wallace and Pen Jones, were brothers and were accused of killing C. H. Hall, a railroad conductor, while the other, Chas. Davis, murdered W. II. Poatner, a guard at the State penitentiary, Davis, at the time being a convict. Clmirles Madison committed the crime of assault and was hung in Calcasieu parish. The others, all murderers, were Jack Ratier, St. Mary's parish; Willie Williams, Jefferson parish; Andrew Washington, Madison parish. Jim Collier, who was to have been hanged today for murder in Madison parish, was granted a reprieve. BLOWN FROM TRACK. i Gal? of Wind Plays Strange Prank With a Train. Wilmington, N. C., March 3.?A gale of what, which, accompanied by gale of wind, which, accom|fanird by mornine. struck the mlddio ? rr. LEVER'S PROTEST ALLOWING FEES IN OONG11ESSlONAL CONTESTS. l(o Shows the Iledirulous Position of Negroes Who llring Cases Merely for the Money. Zack MoGee, in his Washington letter to The State, says Representative Lever in the House Monday tilled a "long felt want" by entering a protest against the sham contests of congressmen's seats by the enterprising negroes of South Carolina who have been repeatedly contesting certain seats in order to get the contest fee. The House committee cut down the expense accounts this year, not allowing all of the usual $2,000. Hut the three negro contestants still were given $2,500, being a little over one-third of the usual amount, $2,000 each. Mr. Lever said: "Mr. Speaker: Operating, as we are, under a rule forced upon the minority which does not permit any debate to amount to anything and prohibits amendments to any of these appropriation bills, I am denied the privilege of offering several amendments to this bill which, I am sure, would make it a much better bill. If the rule would permit it. I would offer an amendment striking out the appropriation allowed Dantzler and Myers, who contest the seats of myself and my colleague, Judge Patterson. The appropriation amounts to $2,500 and is a pure gift, to these negroes, who had no idea of wihning a seat and no othei purpose than getting the fees allowed in this bill. I want >br? ni\Iiti try to know the ridiculousness of these contests, and, with unanimous consent, I desire to submit a statement of tbe contested election cases in South Carolina for tbo past 20 years. This farcinl piocedure, this unnecessary drain upon the treasury, will never cease until this congress has the courage to say to these negroes that 'Your case must be more than a farce, more than a ridiculous pretense, before any fees will be allowed.' Three contests have been filed again for the Sixty-first congress, and they will never stop until tho Republican majority joins with us on this side in refusing fees where the only purpose of the contest is to obtain the fees. I wish I had the chance to test the sense of the house on this matter, but your rule does not permit it, and I can only voice my protest. "The list shows 18 cases, only two of which were successful. The list will also show that the votes received by the Republican contestants have grown less and less, until they now practically amount to nothing "List of contested election cases from South Carolina from the Fifitieth to the Sixtieth congresses, both inclusive: "Fiftieth Congress?Seventh district, Robert Smalls (vote 5,961). vs. William Elliott (vote 6,493). "Fifty-first, (Jongress?Seventh district, Thomas 13. Miller (vote 7,003), vs, William HI I lot t (vote 8,358). Millor seated. " Fifty-second Congress?Seventh district, Thomas E. Millor (vote 1,4 10), vs. William Elliott (vote 3,792). "Fifty-fourth Congress?First disfriet, George W. Murray (vote (3,913), vs. William Elliott (vote 5,650). Murray seated. "Fifty-fifth Congress?First district, George W. Murray (vote 173), vs. William Elliott (vote 2,4 78); second district, B. P. Chat field (vote 635), vs. W. Jasper Talbert (vote 7,999); Seventh district, Thomas 15. Johnston (vote 1,342 ), vs. J. William Stokes (vote 8,065). "Fifty-sixth Congress?Third district, K. It. Tolbert (vote 332), vs. Asbury C. Latimer (vote; 4,029). "Fifty-seventh Congr ss?Seventh district, A. D. Dantzler, vs. A. F. Lever. "Fifty-eighth Congress?First district, Aaron P. Prioleau (vote 175), vs. George S. Legare (vote 3,749 ); Seventh district, A. 1). Dantzler (vote 167), vs. A. F. Lever vote 4,220). "Fifty-ninth Congress?First district, Aaron P. Prioleau (vote 2 34 ), vs. George S. Legare (vote 6,068); First district, James A. Noland (vote 346), vs. George S. Legare (vote 6,068); Second district, Isaac Myers (vote 419), vs. James O. Patterson (vote 7,426); Seventh district, Charles C. Jacobs (vote 563), vs. Asbury F. Lever (vote 8,726). "Sixtieth Congress?First district, Aaron P. Prioleau (vote 28), vs. George S. Legare (vote 3,965); Second district, Isaac Myers (vote 226), vs. J. O. Patterson (vote 4,588); Seventh district, A. D. Dantzler (vote 133), vs. A. F. Lever (vote 5,391)." Church Blown Down. Luverne, Ala., March 7.?A severe storm swept over Crenshaw county after (lark to-night, and considerable damage Is reported In the rural sections. At Cerdedge the Methodist church was blown down and several tenement houses were destroyed. The gin of J. A. Bell was destroyed and his residence was struck by lightning. So far as can he learned, no lives were lost, but telephone wires are demoralized, and reports from the country are meagre. KILL.K1> IIY A IIOllSK. Mr. J. (i. KtlirmlKr Tlirowii From lluggy Near Sumter. The Columbia State says Mr. J. G. Etheredge, residing at 192 2 Assembly street, Sumter, was killed by being throwu from a buggy while driving near Sumter yesterday afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock. The family in this city received a telephone message shortly afttr the accident occurred that Mr. Etbridge was seriously injured, and another message shortly after that he was dead. Hut few details of the accident have been received bv the fnmtiv - V ? ? ....... v , It is stated that Mr. Etheredge was driving in tlio country, near Sumter, with his daughter, Miss Addle Etheredge, when the horse was frightened by a passing train and ran away, throwing him out. Mr. Etheredge had but one arm. Miss Etheredge was unhurt. The deceased was 54 years of age and well known throughout the State. He was a lightning rod salesman, and in liis travels throughout the State had made many friends who will be shocked to learn of his death. He had been in Sumter for several days and was joined by his daughter Thursday. Relatives left immediately on receipt of the startling intelligence of the accident. No arrangements for burial have been made as yet but the body will probably be taken to l.eosvillo, the former home. Mr. Etheredge was a candidate for railroad commission r In 1900 and that in connection with his being a commercial traveler caused him to have an extensive acquaintance. He was well known in Orangeburg county, having traveled over it several times. THE PREACHER'S MISTAKE. Ills Plan Worked Well t'ntil He Said lloiinct. It is stated that a preacher in a neighboring town had been much annoyed by the way members of the congregation had of looking around to take stock of late comers. After enduring it for some time he said on entering the reading desk one Sunday: "Brethren, I regret to see that your attention is called away from your religious duties by your natural desire to see who comes in b hind you. I propose henceforth to save you the trouble by naming each person who may enter, and hope that the services will then be allowed to porceed without interruption." He then began: "Dearly beloved," but paused half way, to interlopate "Mr. Stubbins with his wife and daughter." Mr. Stubbins looked rather surprised, but the minister with perfect gravity, resumed his exhortation. Presently he again paused: "Mr. Curtis and William niggle." The abashed congregation kept their eyes studiously bent on their hooks. The service continued in the most orderly manner, the parson inter rupting himself every now and then to name some newcomer. At last he said still with the most perfect gravity: "Mrs. Symons in a new honnOt." In a moment he felt his mistake, but it was too late. Every feminine head In the congregation had turned around. HLIND TIGERS PAY WKhL. Over Three Thousand Dollars Taken From Them. Augusta, March 3.?The Chronicle, of last Sunday says a total of $3,650.00 was assessed in lines in the city court yesterday morning by Judge W. F. Eve. The bulk of the fines was imposed upon the blind tiger keepers, there being $3,350 imposed upon them. Judge Eve was severe on the blind tiger keepers and in each sentence it was a fine of so much or six months on the I county chain gang. They were not I given a jail alternative. The fines imposed were as follows: Ilenry G. Kale, $4 00; George Hanvey, $400; T. P. Pagan, $100; .j. i',. Alien, $t?uu; J. W. Fitzgerald, $400; ,J. J. Dunne, $750; F. W. Sherlock, $4 00. The abovo m n were charged with running blind tigers. In passing sentence upon .T. TC. Allen, the court remarked that Allen had been before the court two or three times before on the same charge, and for that reason he would make the fine heavier than In the other cases. When passing sentence upon Dunne, the court remarked that he thought the jury had brought in the only verdict that they could, under the evidence, and for that reason he was going to impose a heavy fine upon him. (The investigation as to the cause of the recent crib disaster in the lake at Chicago, by which sixty people lost their lives, is ended and, as was freely predicted, no one is blamed for the disaster. The Jury, however, made a number of criticisms, and also some recommendations, which, if carried out, will probably > ensure ermtnr 4w~ ^ v, - J>I WVVV4VII ll/l IIIV I workmen. To an outsider the verdict of the coroner's jury seems i J to he "not guilty, but don't do II t again. CRUM QUITS Resigns Coliectorship cf Pctt to Take Effect Today THUS RESCUES TAFT I'rom Ills Dilemma?Ho Says Hid Act \V as Voluntary, and Declare* That 11 is action Was Duo to a i Desire to Save the President-Fleet From Finl)arrassin#???a Charleston, S. C., March 1.?With the resignation of William I). Crum ?is collector of customs at this port, the resignation to take effect March , a situation which threatened to cause President-elect Taft considerable embarrassment Ik avoided. No appointment made by President Roosevelt during either of bis administrations has given rise to as much discussion as that of Crum, whose appointment as collector at ? Charleston was vigorously opposed because of the fact that ho Is a noi I g,'?- - . A long and hard fight against bis confirmation was made by Senator milium and others when he was tlrst named for the position by President Roosevelt in 1 }>0!t and within ii?? i?*?? .. ....... niv- unv few wocks, following his reappointment, Senator Tillman conducted a successful filibuster against his confirmation by the senate. Crum says that no prcssuro has been brought to bear upon him now to cause him to resign, but that ho does so in part because he wishes to save Mr. Taft, for whom he entertains great respect, from any possible embarrassment as to his reappointment, and chiefly because he feels that he has been especially identified with President Roosevelt's administration and he wishes to retire with his chief. In his letter to President Roosevelt, after thanking the president for appointing him six years ago and for renominating htm recently for a second term, he says: "Since assuming the duties of this position 1 have striven diligently to justify the confidence Imposed in me. During all these years, so far an I know, not a single charge has been brought against my moral character or a single adverse criticism made in regard to the performance of my oflicial duties. I wish further to add that those employed in this ofllco under me, composed of both races, have been at all Hm?? .... vw wui iunf kind and interested, and we have ail worked together to make the office work successful and satisfactory. "When I became collector of the port the annual receipts of the office were scarcely $20,000. I am glad to say that they have shown a flattering increase each year, the total for the fiscal year 1908 being almost $7 1,000, and for the first eight months of the present fiscal year are more than $80,000. I do not claim credit for this increase in business; much of it would have been brought about through the natural growth of the port, but cite these facts to show that I have striven in every way possible to increase the usefulness of the office and the position which I hold. "Before closing I feel that I should add that during all these years I have been treated with kindness and courtesy by all those who have had official business with the office, and have not had unpleasant contacts with any one in tho city. "In conclusion p* rinlt me to thank you again for the trust imposed, and to wish you, as you end your official career, a hearty godspeed and long life." KILLED WHOLE FAMILY. For Which Murderer Only (?et* Life Sentence. Decatur, Ala., March 1. Tho jury in the case of Holt Clements, for the murdtr of the Edmondson family of five members , tonight found the prisoner g.iliiy of murder in the first degree and fixed his sentence at life imprisonment. Clements was charged with the murder of Tom Edmondson and Kdmondson's wife, mother and two children, last November, near Woodland mills, In this county. After the family had been murdered, their bodies were plaoed in the barn and the following night the barn was set on Are, only a few bones remaining to tell of the gruesome tragedy. Clements had been in the employ of Edmondson and it was brought out that Bdmondson came home, and found Clements talking to Mrs. Bdmondson, and the supposition is that Bdmondson threatened his lifo, and that Clements killed him and then killed other members of the family to hide the crime. Seta Herself Afire. Tampa, March 5.?Maria Jamenes, i a beautiful eighteen-year-old Cuban i girl who had quarreled with bar ; sweetheart, todny poured kcrotrin* : 1 over her clothing and lighted the | soaking ga: ments with a match.