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SHIELD FARMER The House Committee Hears Pleas for Anti-Option Bills. GAMBLING IN FUTURES President R rooks' ,of the Farmers Villon, mid Mr. Lewis \V. Parker, Appear llcfore Committee oil Agrirnlture in Behalf of llills Intended to Prevent It. \ "This question involves hundreds f of millions of dollars and the welfare of millions of people,' declared T. J. 13rook8, of At wood, Tonn., president of the Farmers' National Union in opening the hearing on the antioption bills before the House committee on agriculture at Washington on Wednesday. The proposed legislation is designed to prohibit dealings in futures on boards of trade and exchanges. The committee room was crowded with Congressmen from tire States interested. Mr. Brooks declared that dealings in futures of cotton were no more necessary than in wheat and wool and farm implement. Hedging oper ations "on change" ho characterized as no different from gambling 011 the rise and fall of prices. "On what moral principles," he asked, "is one class of citizens obliged to make up for tho losses of another class, for where one gains another must lose? The original intention of the cotton exchange to bring the buyer and seller together has been eliminated in tho development of present j?xchango practices. "We are willing to abide by the results of abolished futures," he said depicting the temptations held out to the prospective victims who later "come into the game" and get "frozen out." He declared tho exchanges aggravated the natural situations and denied that they tended to steady prices. He believed that "suckers rae not all dead" and by way of corroboration ho read newspaper reviews of scalping markets, sudden declines and "thingB done in the dark" to affect prices. Under the shadow of the exchanges competition among local buyers had been eliminated in the South, he said, and he charged the existence of a tacit understanding in the cotton and tobacco belts for division of territory. The farmers' union which Mr. Brooks represents, has a mem bership extending over 29 States. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, one of the biggest mill men in the South, contended that abnormal conditions ought to be represented In spot cotton and contract cotton at the same time. He said that as a rulo futures control spot cotton. He declared that the exchanges are not of advantage, either to the consumer or the producer and that it seemed impossible to make the exchanges realize the fairness of the complaints against them. He said the fight of his interests is to have tho farmers properly warehouse their cotton and to market it gradually during the season. He described Englishmen as chary of speculation in futures, that the Liverpool cotton exchange is not used by the English for speculation and that the American speculate on Liverpool to affect prices. Mr. Parker declared that in the position the American spinners occupied toward the exchanges, the English spinners stood with the American spinners. "Don't you think that we would have a picnic in buying cotton if exchanges were abolished," Mr. Parker w n Anb/V/I ncvn UDr\uu. "We would abide by the results," he answered. "The absence of exchanges would revolutionize the character of the present business. We would readjust our business. There would be no difficulty in effecting readjustment. I recommend regulation of the exchanges. I would make the exchanges responsive to spot conditions." "Has the cotton producer this year realized through speculation more than ho would have without speculation?" "Yes," replied Mr. Parker, "but this is an exceptional year; nothing like it in the memory of spinners It is the first time we have had 15 cent cotton since I have been ir business." George W. Neville, an important factor in the New York cotton ex change, arraned the report of Com missloner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith as a "masterpiece ol theory," but lacking in practibilitj in five working out of his theories. Declaring that he had been selling spot, cotton to the mills for twentj years and that he had found 90 nei cent, of the spinners were bears Charles S. Webb, a broker, contended for the necessity of "hedging' against future deliveries and predicted that abolishment of the cotton exchanges would put the price of cotton In the hands of splivners. ^ Mr. Webb argued that abolition ol future dealings would depress th? price of cotton. ? ? ? It's better to have a foollBh belief g ,f. that comforts jou than a wise one i i.--. *" ? ?fc? - -- . - _ POPE'S NARROW VIEW DKCI.1XKS TO RECEIVE FORMER ' VICE-PRESIDENT llcrnuNO Ho lla?l AccepUMl Invitation to Speak in tlio Methodist Church at Homo. The visit to Home of Charles W. Fairbanks, former Vice-President of the United States, brought about a vprv 111' I i i"i 11 u i t 11 ;i t i ft 11 oui'iiif h\ J fact that he wished to pay his respects to the king, the Pope an 1 the American Methodist Church. Incidents of this kind are not infrequent, and extreme care has been exorcised by those upon whom tlie arrangement of the audience falls, in order to avoid offending the susceptibility s on either side. By a tactful arrangement Mr. Fairbanks' audience with King Victor Emmanuel was fixed for Saturday and that with the Pope for Monday, tuul when everything seemed satisafctorily planned, the vatica.t suddenly announced that it would be impossible for His Holiness to receive the former Vice-President if he cjirried out liis announced intention to speak in the American Methodist church, because the American Nletnodists had been active in proselyting among the Catholics. Negotiations wore immediately begun wth a view of avoiding any unpleasantness, 5uid in these negotiations prominent Vatican officials took part. Mr. Fairbanks finally declared th511 although he was animated by a strong desire to pay his respects to the head of the C:itholic Church, he oould not withdraw from his promise to deliver an address before the A nirti'lnni, l(,.l),,wllo? r?l, a * ? as v. i 1VU1I iU lllU/UIOl V.H (1 1 U 11 Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American college, gave a dinner at noon in honor of Mr. Fairbanks. The hall was decorated with American flags. Among those present were 14 4 American students, the largest body of Americans that has ever attended the institution. At the American Methodist Church Mr. Fairbanks' address acquired exceptional importance because of the incident with the Vatican, and it is looked upon as his final answer to the conditions imposed upon him relative to his audience with the Pope. During the course of this address, he said: % "It is Impossible to emphasize too strongly the good work the Christian j church is doing in all lands and amongst all nationalities. It is gratifying that the American churches established in all countries are asserting a wider influence today than ever in their history. "All Christian churches are worthy of support. They above all should be inspired by a generous tolerant spirit towards each other. Nothing is more unseemly than the narrow jealousies which they occasionally manifest toward each other. There is room for all. Cease the narrow denominational wars and direct your energies toward the common enemy. I?et the Cath olics and the Protestants of all denominations vie in carrying forward the work of the Master, which is worthy of the best in thorn all." OLA11K AND JONES. Will lie 1? rosecuted for Conspiracy to Defraud. W. A. Clark and Wilie Jones, of Columbia, presidents of the two leading banking institutions of South Carolina, are to bo indicted on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. The announcement was made Friday by Dr. E. J. Etheredge, chairman of the board of receivers. Gen. Jones state that he had been expecting something of this kind, "for any hysterical stockholder of any corporation can with shrewd lawyers cause a lot of trouble," said Gen. Jones. "However, I am innocent in my motives and I invite rather than defy examination of my record." l)r. Etheredgo stated that every person connected with tho Seminole company would be prosecuted?with > one exception, Thos. B. llryan, one t of the trustees, lie would give no . further information. * Rejected Suitor Homicidal. ' Near Tylertown, Miss., George Walker, a negro farmer, was shot and killed, his oldest daughter, fat1 ally wounded and three others of his family seriously, two of them per[ haps fatally, injured by Sylvester Heardon, a yound negro, late Friday. Walker's refusal to let one of his daughters marry Heardon led to the latter's attack. % f ^ Killed IliniMelf. r j The Augusta Chronicle says th it . a few moments after he had penned the words: "I have no excuse whal[ soever. Old John Barleycorn is the . cause," W. W. Heems, connected with "Thfl C(l? n n .1 ml *-1 ? wv/ V/Hl. It IIII tllU I' J II II IU 1 llUtt' 1 1 ! cal Company, went to a suicido's , grave In his room Tuesday night. > Burning of an Old Church, i Erected one hundred and four years ago, the First Methodist Church of Sparta, Ga., was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. A piano and a memorial slab to Bishop Pierce was HANGED FOR ASSAULT TWO FIENDS EXECUTED LEGAL- V IiY FOR TilE CHIME. One of Them llnd to Ho Held I'p S Wlille tho Noose. Was Adjusted Alwnit Ills Neek. Convicted of assault, George Reyolds and John Williams, were hang- c ed simultaneously Tuesday in Mis- a souri. Their execution marked the '1 lirst tunc tlie ticain p< naiiy nas nccn v inllicted in that state for this crime. s The negroes on the night of Do- s cemebr 2:5, 1909, attacked Mrs. \V. s II. Jackson, a violinist, who was returning home from a charitable in- 1 stitution, where she had given a concert. Reynolds collapsed a few hours be- 11 fore the execution and it was neces- * sary to carry him upon the trap in ( ;i chair. 5 When the chair was removed he ? fell limp upon the trap door, moan- (1 ing piteously. 11 Williams, who had been known for ^ years as a desperate character, re- P mnined composed. V The evidence brought out at the t trial was so horrifying that Judge P Ralph S. Latshaw, in sentencing the e negro said: f< "I shall not desecrate Friday, the 'I day on which legal hanging's usually ? take place, by ordering your execu- v tlon on that day. There is at least a f spark of manhood left in almost every man executed by the State. Rut b there is no manhood in either of I you." ii Mrs. Jackson's husband witnessed c the hangings. P ? ? \ ASPARAGUS RATIOS HKDt'CEI) d ii Lower Shipping Chart's to Eastern s 1' Points. c Senator Tillman, who is a grower ^ ot asparagus himself, has been in touch since last October with the y express companies in regard to a new c tariff on that vegetable from South u a Carolina points to Northern markets. When ho camo to Washington in January he enlisted the co-operation j, of the Inter-State commerce commisslon, and at a conference with the representatives of the Adams Express g, Company the whole subject was thor- 0 oughly gome over and the following a rates were agreed upon for the standard 2 4-bunch crate, estimated with c a weight of sixty pounds. ^ From South Carolina Points?To a Boston, $1.25; Pittsburg, $1.15; Baltimore, 95c; New York, $1.05; Philadelphia, $1; Washington, 90c. A glance at the following table, giving the old rat?es, will show what a reduction h.as been made: From South Carolina Points?To Boston, $1.80; Pittsburg, $1.65; New York, $1.50; Philadelphia, $1.35; Baltimore, $1.05; Washington $1.05. Everything in connection with the negotiations has been pleasant and Senator Tillman expresses his gratification at the liberality and friendly spirit shown by both the Adams and Southern' Express companies. These new rates will go into effect on Feb. 15, 1910, and will give the growers the benefit of the reduction on this year's crop. LEANS FROM CAB An<l Is Killed by the Engine of a 1 Passing Train. 1 1 Albert Winne of Rennsellaer, N. Y., engineer on the Adirondack and ] Montreal express was killed in his i cab at Little Falls early Friday morn- | ing. Engineer Winne was leaning ' out of the window examining a hot ! journal which had attracted his at- s tention and did not see the approach i of an east bound train. The locomotive struck him in the head, knocking him from the cab and killing him instantly. Child Fatally Ruined. A most deplorable accident occurred at Lumberton, N .C., on Saturday when the little 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Collins, was burned to death. It seems that the little tot was playing out in the field, near a burning brush-heap and somehow escaped notice by its parents until it was seen running down one of the furrows, with its clothes all , aflame. Pays Fine Imposed. A dispatch from Laurens says 1 J. T. Kincaid, the young newsbutcher who was arrested Tuesday for selling whiskey on train No. 1 on the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad, plead guilty in the mayor's court and was sentenced to pay a flno of $r>0, or serve 3 0 days on the county chaingang. The young man paid the fine and was released. * Peculiar Death. Mose McKevlt, a negro, died at his homo near Oreo, on Tuesday night as a result of an Injury received while down in a well. McKevlt was down in the well cleaning it out, when a big heavy tub or bucket used in hauling mud and water to the surface, fell back from the top after being pulled up and hij head was crushed.* COUNTRY SCHGCLS i'HjL soon ham: special supeh vision by a tate Superintendent of Elementary Hnral Schools, Who Will He Prof. W. K. Tate, of Charleston. The State says the department of duration is soon to receive a strong ddition by the appointment of W. K. 'ate, assistant superintendent at Charleston, to the position of State upervisor of elementary rural ehools. This position is made posible l>y fhe liberality of the Peaodv board and the Southern educaion board. The establishment of city and State ystems of public education was for nany years the great aim of the rustees administering the will of leorge Pea body, who in 1867 gave 3,500,000 to the cause of public duration in the South. Next in orer the Peabody undertook to foster ormal schools in the fourteen Southern States. The great work accomlished in South Carolina by tlie S'inthrop Trailing School, now Winhrop College, has been liberally suported by this board, and the recent ndowment of $1,000,000 set aside r>r the George Peabody College for 'eaehers at Nashville forcibly emhasizes the purpose and practice Milch the trustees have consistently ollowed. The laf^st experiment introduced y I)r. WyckliiTe Rose, agent of the eabody board, is a direct effort to mprove school conditions in remote ountry districts. This work has roved so successful in Virginia and ?orth Carolina that the board has eenaled it wise to introduce it also uto South Carolina. A trained chool man will be associated directy with the State department of eduation and will devote all his time nd energy to ,th>e rural school of the tate. The man selected for the work is -'ell known to the profession in every ounty. Coming to South Carolina poll the invitation of Julian Mitchell t that time chairman of the hoard f commissioners of the city schools f Charleston, Prof. Tate is thoroughy identified with the educational inerests. His work in the Memmlnger cliool, in several State summer chools, and on the State board of duration is well known and fully ppreciated thoroughout the State. He is the retiring president of the Itafie Teachers' Association and at he recent meeting in Columbia made forceable^ presentation of the conLection between e<lucation and good it i/enship. Whei first approached with the ofer of the position as State superisor of elementary rural schools, ho nade this characteristis reply: "A nan with frontier blood in his viens s irresistibly attracted by the dlffiulties and manifold opportunities of his new work." Prof. Tate will do ecture work in the university and lerhaps at Winthrop College. It is irobable that tile trustees of the iniversity will make him professor if elementary education, thus giving he students in the pedagogical department. the benefit of his ability ind experience in their preparation or active duty in the school room. Phe girls at Winthrop will also be ifforded a like opportunity to hear ^rof. Tate's lectures, if his duties in in* lumm y scnoois do not require all >f his time. The thanks of the educational department are directly due to Dr. Ftose and Gov. Ansel for securing Tom the. Peabody hoard an appropriation of $2,700 for this work, and Dr. S. C. Mitchell for his assistance in securing $1,000 additional from the Southern educational hoard. These appropriations will enable the State supervisor of elementary rural schools to visit any community without imposing any expense whatever upon trustees, teachers or superintendents. His work is intended to reach communities unable to secure skilled supervision and suggestions in school improvement. Prof. Tate will enter actively upon his new work during the coming summer, and is to he the right arm of the State department of education. The development of this work in the hands of Prof. Tate recalls the great service already rendered South Carolina by the trustees of the Peabody hoard. In 1 878 Dr. Sears, the first general agent of this hoard, made possible the adoption of the school law formulated by Hugh S, Thompson, and his colleagues. Three years later he also brought to South Carolina Dr. Edward S. Joynes, professor emeritus of modern lancuaeef in the university. Tn 1886 the Winthrop training school was founded by Dr. D. It. Johnson, with the assistance of that great educational pioneer, Dr. J. L. M. Curry. In 1910 Dr. Wyclike Rose, the third agent of the hoard, has made possible thif work for the too-long neglected country schools, and in giving tc South Carolina the services of Prof Tate he has placed his finger upon the weakest link in the school system of the State. There is no room to doubt the quality of Brother Fairbank's hackbone, whatever may be said about hie politics. A roan thinks he can control oth GiRLS AND BOYS Enter the Corn Contest and Will Endeavor to Win Premiums PRIZES AND AWARDS Over 1,000 Hoys tu Plant Special Aero for Premium?Method und Purpose of Hoys Farm Demonstration Work?Rules Governing Contests?Prizes and Awards. Over one thousand boys of the state will be In the corn contest this year. There will also be a number of clubs composed of young ladies. These corn clubs will be found in almost every county in the state. During the fall there will be an exhibition held in Columbia under the auspices of the corn exposition. The United States Department of Agriculture has made the following announcement with reference to the boy's corn clubs. It Is worth while to get a boy to form a good purpose and work persistently toward its accomplishment. If a number of boys can be induced to strive for the same goal, with a spirit of friendly rivalry, which will stimulate observation, study, industry and economy, then the good results will be increased many fold. Such is the plan of the Boys' Corn Clubs in the Farm Demonstration Work. In order to get the best results it is not only necessary to get . the hoys to unite in their efforts, but it is also essential that other vital forces in the county cooperate. One of the strong features about the Demonstration Work is that it is co-operative. So in the Boys' Department we frequently fl nd the county superintendent of education and the tenchers, the Demonstration agents, the business men, the newspapers and the parents giving aid and support. Where this work is being introduced in a county, the county superintendent of education and teachers can reach the boys in all sections of the county more quickly and more effectively than any other ageiicy. The superintendent can explain it to the boys and secure the names of all boys who will agree to plant one acre of corn. It is best to begin with corn. It is a fine subject for study, and our people need to raise more corn in order to be prosperous and independent. After this is done a meeting of all boys interested should bo held at the court house for the purpose of organization and instruction. Such meeting should be held as early in the season as possible so that every boy may have tlnre for proper preparation of soil and selection of seed. For the first year it has been found advantageous to see that first class seed are furnished to all of the boys alike. After that each boy should select and breed his own seed. Wherever a special agent of the Department of Agriculture of the United States is located in a county it will be found that he will gladly help in giving instructions and advice in regard to the agricultural part of the work, either in the country club or to local groups of boys whom he may meet in his rounds over the county. it the merchants and o ther public spirited citizens have been visited and the general meeting of boys, there will be a fine list of priaes to announce. There have been many commendable contributions to this cause in various parts of tho country during the yean It adds considerable interest to the work to offer prizes like the following, which have been selected from different lists in the South for this year: "A Trip to Washington, $50 in Gold, $10, $5, a nice Buggy, a firstclass bicycle, a strong 2-horse plow, a double-barrel shot gun, a $5 hat, a $15 suit of clothes, an up-to-date corn planter, a ton of fertilizer, a two-horse wagon," and other articles of utility and value. Some boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce have made appropriations for prizes and some have given fine i recognition to the efTorts of the Boys' Clubs by giving them banquets and - street car and automobile rides. i Circulars and Bulletins. Just as soon as the names of all ! of the l)oyB are assembled In the office of the county superintendent > of education, duplicate lists should i he sent to Dr. S. A. Knapp, Washing ton, D. C., who has charge of the \ Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work. These hoys will from time I to tiime receive circulars of instruc tion and lnforration in regard to the I preparation, fertilization, cultivation, i seed selection, etc. These circulars : furnish excellent subject matter for discussion at a club meeting or for 1 a lesson in school. They also lend > to further study of farmer' bulletins . and hooks. A hoy will profit from i such l'essons, discussions and hooks i because he is making practical application of the principles taught. He learns scientific agriculture because > he needs it and not because it is' scientific. \ t Rules and Awards. It is not necessary to have many rules. A few regulations, however, are necessary in order to prevent MURDER MYSTERY \ BODY BURIFI) UNDER FLOOR OF OF A TENEMENT. indications Arc that Husband Sought Money Healized on Death of Predecessor. New York has another murder mystery. Avarice is believed by tho police to have been the motive for tho murder of the woman whose dead body was found buried in an excavation under the floor of an apartment house in West Ninety-fourth street Tuesday. Search for the woman's husband. Peter Johansen, was continued Wednesday Under added stimulation because in the rooms he is believed to have occupied since the crime, letters were found indicating that Mrs. Johansen recently came into the possession of $2,500 from a railroad company for the death of her former husband, August Petersen. Johansen was janitor of the house where the body was hidden. The family's furniture was moved away last week and the pair were supposed to have gone to New Jersey. Instead it was found that Johansea had sent tho furniture down to va and the body of Sofia, his wife was dug up in the vacated apartments. Whether the woman was siraavied vji unck.iit'1' WUIUK18 in .ne lonuio caused her death is expected I ) he determined by the autopsy set for Wednesday. When she whs last set n alive she is said to have displayed a large roll of bills. Emilia Sarapu, a woman 1 oun?l in the quarters to wihch the Johansen furniture had been moved, is und< r arrest and is held as a material witness. misunderstanding. It is well for the boys to elect their own president vice-president, secretary and treasurer. Som<e clubs have badges of membership in the shape of a button with the name of the club, name of tho county and state, and the year printed or engraved upon it. y The following rules might bo adopted by a club, with such modification and additions as may be found necessary. * 1. Roys Joining clubs and entering contests must be under 18 years of age. 2. No boy shall contest for a prize unless he becomes a member of a club. 3. The members of the clubs must agree to read the instructions of the Demonstration Work. 4. Each boy must plan his own crop and do his own work. 5. Exhibits must be delivered to tho county superintendent of education by October 16th. 6. The amount of the yield and the method of measurement must bo rertifled by each boy and attested by at least two disinterested witnesses, who shall be satisfactory to the county superintendent. 7. In awarding the prizes the following basis shall be used. (a) Greatest yield per acre, 3 0 per cent. (b) Host 10-ear exhibit, 15 per cent. (c) Hest written account showning history of crop and expenses, 2 5 per cent. 0 (d) Ttest showing of profit on investment, 3 0 per cent. Experts from agricultural colleges and departments of agriculture and leading farmers should bo&Tivited to act as judges and also to give talk3 on corn judging and seed selection. In estimating profits uniform prices should be used, for instance: $5 per acre for rent, 10c an hour for tho work of each boy, and 5c per hour for each horse. Fairs and Exhibits. Where there is a county fair tho l>oy8' exhibit should be shown there. If no fair should be held in tho county, the boys' exhibit should bo collected in the courthouse or somo other public place easy of access. A good exhibit to a Hoys' Club may l<e ad to the establishment of a county fair. Exhibits by local clubs at school houses stimulate tho work and give fine opportunities for general instruction. Althought tho clubs may start with corn, the development naturally leads to exhibits of other farm and garden crops. )*Results. The object of the H 0\?' Unnmnnt" __ ^ All WllSl I t*-* I tfon Work is tho same as that among men, namely, better methods of farming and greater yields. Many of the boys in the clubs who begin to study agriculture in this way will continue tho study in the agricultural colleges, others will continue sucb efforts on their farms, and all 01 them will make moro useful and mono efficient citizens. From the ^ pleasant and profitable experience of owning and manageing their small Y | plats they will develop into indei pendent, Intelligent farmers. The country needs such a citizensnip nt d such a life offers and will offer great opportunities for some years. The ' professions are crowded and the wageearners must pay high prists for the necessities of life. The wUo and judicious producer can only enjoy health, wealth and contentment. Tho question is how many boys can bewf reached and influenced thus to iucceed.