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| THAT OLD YELL Beard o? So Many Victorious Battlefields is Heard at Mobile THE OLD CONFEDS MEET Once More the Grand Old Heroes of the Ix?8t Cause Assemble in Convention, and Are Most Cordially and Warmly Welcomed 10 I ho City of Mobile. The Confederate Veterstrp captured Mobile Tuesday, where the were received with open arms an 1 bright smiles of young and old. 'Although the opening of the Heunion was set for 9 o'c1 jc < Tuesday morning, it was after 10 when Mrs. J. Griffin Edwards commander-inchief of the Confederate choir, swung her baton over the gray ela.l choir of women and a bugle sounded assembly. The sessions of the Reunion art being held in a huge tern: in Monroe Park. It looks like a circus tent with thousands of seats in the ampitheatre and tier upon tier of the familiar circus benches rising all r o 11 n d. The tent was filled long before th^ opening number and finally the sides were raised and those outside were permitted to see even if they con d not hear. The arrival of Gen. Clement A. Evans was the signal for the first ovation, which drowned out the efforts of three brass bands, each one playing a different air, but when Mrs. Edwards signalled her choir to ri6e, and faced the audience, her slender figure almost shrouded in a huge silk Confederate flag, there was a roar that outclassed even the greeting to the commanding general. "Dixie," was the call from all over the huge tent; a band from Little Rock, answered the call, and ear"" " J fnllflWAft spmung ueiuuuauauuii The chairman finally succeeded in making his talk and then the demands for "Dixie" were complied with. Escorted by a score of Confederate generals in full uniform, herself wearing a major general's insignia, Mrs. Edwards took the stage. Surrounded by her choir, the orchestra struck into the War Hymn of the South. Mrs. Edwards' clear soprano filled the tent. When the song was over there was another demonstration. Miss Vera Williams, one of Mobile's prettiest young women, recited an original poem, and Governor Comer, of AJbaama, was introduced, and extended a welcome to the old veterans to Alabama. 'A speech of welcome by Mayor Lyons, the acceptance of the auditorium by Gen. Evans, some more music and the naming of committees on ( credentials and resolutions rounded out the morning session. The orator of the day was Judge j L. B. McFarland, of Memphis, a di6- ( tinguished dfticer of the Lost Cause. Judge (McFarland reviewed the cause { that led up to the conflict and dis- { claimed the South's responsible for j the struggle, holding that It was pure ^ patriotism that led the men who fought under the Stars and Bars to leave the Union, which he said, they loved, fought and died for in other days. 8 Gen. Bingham has been assigned c the subject of "Justice to the South," v and ho began by reciting the dying ' commission of Gen. Stephen D. Lee ^ to the sons of Confederate SoldierB, ^ the famous commission to defend and e emulate the men who wore the grey. e He next read some of the resolutions passed by t.he Grand Army posts, especially in Massachusetts, protesting against the erecting in the National u Capital the statue of Gen. Ilobt. E. c I^ee attired in a Confederate uniform, v He declared that he had not read r "these base slanders" with any Idea c of answering them, because they ^ "gained no credence even among the 1 stupidest and most ignorant of our people." "It is but simple justice f to add," the speaker continued, "that ( not all the people of Massachusetts i are so wretchedly Ignorant, so stup- i idly partisan as this extract from the t resolutions read to you would indi- i cate." Then Gen Bingham told how Chas. ? Francis Adams, of Boston, had de- i clared that had be been in Gen. < Lee's place he would have acted as ] Lee did. Bingham declares that it I was the duty of the people of the j South to teach their children, to en- I enlighten their fellow countrymen, | to tell the world the circumstances i which brought on the war, the is- 1 sues that divided brothers, to see that future generations do justice, not only to the South, but to our coun- | try and our race. He declared the war was not one of rebellion in any i sense, but merely a struggle to main- \ tain the idea of local self-govern- < pierit which the Southern people, be- < cause in their veins ran the purest ^ on Anglo-Saxon mood on all the con- ( tinents, had inherited from ancient { times. ^ "Yet, in the histories written by < Americans, read by all our people, f studied by children in all sections, t the War Between the States is called ( the war of rebellion, and Southern f people are branded before all the < world aa traitors and rebels. And r FRIEND OF TRUSTS THAT 18 WHAT UKYAN SAYS OF GOVERNOR HUGHES. Calls Attention to Some Things in His Political Career to Prove What He Says. At Lincoln, Nob., Wm. Jennings t*...,,,., nntnmantort TlinKflftV Oil the 1)1 > <111 VUI1111IVI1I vu - - , appointment of Governor Hughes as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court as foHov^gi "The appointment of Governor Hughes to the ^tftfVeme Court bench will be regarded hv-many as a popular appointment. He has been put forward as a reformer and seems to be considered one by *a great many good people, but his reputation as a reformer rests upon a few official acts which show him opposed to grafting and to the individual vices, but no one who will examine his record can doubt that he -is in close sympathy with the exploiting corporations. V - ' "It will be remembered that he vetoed the bill for the reduction of railroad rates after a New York Legislature?and a Republican Legislature at that-had passed the reduction bill. This measure gave to the congested population of New York the two cent rate now enjoyed by the more scattered population of the Western States, and .his veto of it is conclusive proof that he obeys the dictates of the railway managers, instead of listening to the voice of the public. "He is understood to be a close personal friend of Rockefeller, and ' ' <11?1 '1 otinur flint flip ine pui)imut!u icjjui id o?u " ?mv.? trust magnates have contributed liberally to .his campaign funds. He has not hesitated to show that he acknowledges his Indebtedness. In 1908 he was the chief defender ot inaction of the Republican party on the trust question. "It will be remembered also that he was the first prominent man to oppose the income tax, and his opposition came after Mr. Rockefeller had announced hostility to the income tax amendment. The corporation attorneys wlio led an argumenv against the income tax with the Albany Legislature presented the same argument that Governor Hughes did. and these corporation attorneys, with Governor Hughes' powerful aid, barely succeeded in preventing the ratification of the amendment by the State of New York. "What would he do on the Supreme Bench if any question arose affecting the income tax? His various speeches show that he feels no hostility toward private monopolies, and there is no reason to doubt that his decisions would be in line with h ic onoophoe ii io o|;v/vviiv-ui "Governor Hughes exemplifies , Llie individual vissitudes and naturally demands honesty in the public service, but be is a shining illustra- ' ion of that peculiar type of citizen loveloped in this country during the )resent generation?the citizen who personally opposes vice and is a punsher of small crimes, but shows no ndignation at the larger forms of legalized robbery." Sealing Vessel Lost. . The probable loss of the Rrisish i ealing vessel Aurora, with a crew > ?f a hundred and eighty-seven men, t vas reported at St. ohns, N. F., on ? [Tiesday, by the steamer Roethic. Phe Aurora has been missing since $ Vpril 1st. No more definite news is ( (xepected until the arrival of anoth- ^ r vessel from the fishing grounds. 1 Killed Five People. 1 Five men were killed April 23 by i in explosion or the Southern Pacifi- f : freight steamer El Alba, which 1 vas picked up in distress off the ! nouth of the Mississippi river Thurs- < lay. The announcement was made J v.hen the steamer reached New Or- I eans. i 'urther, these historians tell our ;hildren that this War Retween the States was not only a rebellion, but a ] rebellion caused by the desire of he Southern States to perpetuate the nstitution of slavery." The speaker declared that this itatement was maliciously false and :hat instead of six million foul traitors, the South gave life to six million patriots. Ho appealed to the future to remove this stain, not only Trom the South, but from the entire country, and declared that the South was animated by the noblest patriotism in seccossion. He showed how slavery was an inheritance from British ancestry and how every man who signed the Declaration of Independence was a slave owner. He declared that it was only when the slave traffic became unprofitable In the North that New England raised the question of the wrong slav ery. Even when the war began there was no question of the continuance * >f slavery, he asserted, and it did not ( irise until two years later, when, in I /iolatfcon of the Constitution, the ( emancipation proclamation was ismed. He closed with an appeal to he Sons of Veterans to wage uni- I :easing war against the slanders and t alsehoods told in histories, and urg- e ed them never to rest until they had c evealed the truth to the world. 1 MAKING A RECORD WHAT A WASHINGTON PAPER SAYS ABOUT SMITH. Thinks He Is the Fastest Speaker in the Senate and Makes the Republicans Listen. Ever since Senator Ellison Durant Smith, of South Carolina, made his advent into Washington political life last year, locai newspapers .nave ueen having considerable fun at his expense. He has been called "Gatlinggun," "Boll-weevil," "Cotton" and "Cyclone" Smith at times, as the occasion seemed to demand. The Washington Times, witnessing the terrible dust raised in the Senate on Saturday, when 'Mr. Smith began to talk on the cotton pool, Sunday printed t.he following story concerning his efforts: "Senator Smith, of South Carolina, has gained a sobriquet. He is called 'Cyclone Smith.' This is because of his cyclonic delivery in debate. He can speak faster than any man In the Senate. His first real debate came yesterday, when he attacked the At torney General because of the 'cotton trust' probe instituted by the department of justice. The South Carolinian is a cotton expert. He knows his business from the seed in the ground to the frooric on the store j s.helf. He organized the cotton growers in the movement to hold the staple for better prices. "This fund of cotton knowledge was used to overwhelm the Senate yesterday. For nearly iwo hours the Senator spoke and ten relays of stenographers were necessary to catch his remarks. Not a note did .he use. All the torrent of talk seemed to rise spontaneously and the deluge was complete. "Withal. Senator Smith spoke to good effect for a new senator. He held the attention of more Republican Senators during his address than many of his older Democratic associates do when they rise to address the Senate. He did more. He baited Senator Aldrich until that leader rose to defend the tariff from the South Carolina onslaught. That was how vigorously the attack was made. Senator Smith is not exactly of the fire-eating type, but he borders closely on it. It is suggested that a little more Senate training will temper him somewhat and that he is, there? fore, destined to become a forceful debator." If this keeps up South Carolina will have a regular "catch-em-alive" man in hhe Senate before Congress adjourns. ALLEGED DEAN OF SWINDLERS. "Chappy" Moran Captured by Detectives in Chicago. Charles Moran, better known as "Chappy" Moran. alleged by Postoffice Inspector Stuart, of Chicago, and Inspector Cortel of Philadelphia, to be the dean of American swinllers, is under arrest at Chicago, awaiting removal to Philadelphia. In the last twenty years Moran's illoged illegal gains are said to aggregate to a million dollars. He lever operated on a small scale. As Detectives Moore and Elston, of Chicago, found Moran, he was occupying an expensive suite of three ooms in an aristocratic hotel. A ralet attended him and had plenty o do caring for his master's exteniive wardrobe. Moran is said to be known on both ddes of the Atlantic, having in his earlier days plied the profession of ;aming on the big liners. Later h? pecame known as a daring and successful wire tapper. He is sail *o lave originated the "sick enginec" nining swindle, his first trial of mis jcheme having netted him $4 8,0u0. His picture is said, by Inspectors, to ? .,..11^ ? i)C in every rogues guneiy n >?iu country and F^urope. There has h.-en i standing order in New York for y'ears to arrest him on sight, so it is said. YOUNG MAN FOUND DEAD. liody of Arthur Spears Discovered by the Roadside. Mr. Arthur Spears, a young white man, was found dead in the public road near his home, in the Lydia section of Darlington county Monday morning. Mr. Spears and a companion seperated after visiting near McLaug.hlin's Crossroads, in the same section Monday nfeht, it is said, aftei both had imbibed freely of strong drink. Later in the night some one passing and finding that Spears wafc unable to walk, lifted him to the of the road and left him. Next I morning, when others found .hint, he was dead. An inquest was held and the above facts were established. Two Lives Lost. Two lives were lost in a fire which ?1 ? ? ?1 T YA! O ? /I aovnra 1 jeeiroyeu mmvi ? nuwi mm a?>v.?. Dther buildings, a livery barn and pool hall at Meadow, S. D. on Moniay. ? After all bad people aro in office because Rood people have helped put hem there. It is almost useless to 'xclaim against political and other :orrnption as long as this Is the case, rhe remedy rest w 1th the electorate. WAR ON THE FLY HOME SUGUKSTION8 AS TO HOW TO KXTKRMINATK. The Little I'esto Seem to He More Numerous This Year Than They Usually Are. Housewives, and everybody else, are complaining because of the plague of flies this year. The long dry spring has, perhaps, made them more numerous. Flies carry disease, in addition to being nuisances in a general way, and how to exterminate them is worrying many people. It is this time of the year that the house-fly begins to take 011 life for the ensuing summer; eggs laid last fall will soon hatch. At first .he is only a little worm. He is usu?lly in the rubbish in the back yard, in this condition he is easily killed, and it should be duty of every person to kill him. The houseefly could not exist if everything were kept perfectly clean and sanitary. Exterminate bhe fly worm; do away with its breeding places, and there will be 110 flies. Files kill a greater number of human beings than all the beasts of prey, with all of the poisonous serpents added. They spread disease which slays thousands, while big, powerful beasts kill single victims. Watch t.he fly as he stands 011 the lump of sugar industriously wiping his feet. He is wiping off the disease germs; rubbing them 011 the I sugar that you are going to eat, leaving the poison lor you iu ?walow. There is special danger when flies drop into such fluid as milk. This forms an ideal culture material for the bacilus. A few germs washed from the body of one fly may develop into millions within a few hours, and the person drinking such milk will receive large doses of bacilli, which may later cause serious sickness. The following directions are given for killing flies: "To clear rooms of flies carbolic acid may be used as follows:" Heat a shovel or any similar article and drop thereon 20 drops of carbolic acid. The vapor kills the flies. "A cheap and perfectly reliable flv poison, one which is not dangeVous to human life, is bichromate of potash in solution. Disolve one dram, which can be bought at any drug store, in two ounces of water, and add a little sugar. Put some of this solution in shallow dishes and distribute them about the house. "Sticky fly paper traps and liquid poisons are among the things to irse in killing flies, but the latest, cheapest and best is a solution of formalin or formaldehyde Tn water. A spoonful of this liquid put into a quarter of a pint of water and exposed in the room will be enough to kill all the flies. "To quickly clear the room where there are many flies burn pyrethrum powder. This stupefies the flies an' they may be swept up and burned. "If there are flies in dining room of your hotel, restaurant or boarding house complain to the proprietor. After you have cleaned up your own premises inspect the neighbor, hood for fly breeding places. Call the attention of the owner to them, and if he does not remove them complain to the board of health." LETTER PLANT CO UN. Farmri's Urged Not to Plant Second Cotton Crop. Every planter whose cotton has been Injured should replant in corn and not attempt to grow a second stand of cotton," said Georgia State Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson Wednesday. Mr. Hudson was discussing the effect of last week's cold wave on the cotton crop, at least 5 0 per cent of which has been ruined. "Cotton never grows well w.here it has been killed by the cold," added Mr. Hudson. Mr. Hudson is inclined to take an optimistic view of the situation -* " * "?1M a i V. - A > n in tne ttoum. "wiuki me ijiuiucid have lost In quantity will be counterbalanced by the increased price of cotton, which its scarcity will cause, and the South will suffer little financially by the cold wave," ho says. WINS A BIG PIUZB. By Flying IV. landon to Manchester in KnglAnd. The Frenchman, Louis Paulhan, whose efforts have frequently been crowned with victory, Wednesday won t.he greatest rcae in history, and $50,000, when he flew into Mansnester at 5:30 o'clock 11 the morning, having travelled by aeroplane from London, a distance by railway of more than 180 miles, with only a single overnight stop at Lichfield. The prize of $50,000 was donated by Lord Northcliffo for t.he first aeroplane flight from London to Manchester, a distance of 186 miles. The unfortunate compedltor in the contest, Graham White, the English aviator, after making a successful new start at Reade, where he made his first landing, descended at Poleiworth. DISGUISED AS WHITES NEGROES HELI) UP AND ROBBEZ> CREWS OP TROULEYS The Robbers Wore White Musks and Gloves, and Had Running Fight With Police of New Orleans. After successfully .holding up and robbing the crews and passengers of sireei cars on seveiai ucuaoiunB ?. gang of negroes disguised as white men were rounded up by the New Orleans police 011 the outskirts of the city early Tuesday. In a running battle with the officers one of the negroes was fatally wounded. To throw off all suspicion aB to their color, the dighwaymen wore w.hite kid gloves and masks that completely covered their faces. Following several holdups, Chief of Police O'Connor and Chief of Detectives Reynolds iMonday night laid a trap, into which the highwaymen fell. T.he result was a running fight shortly before daylight between Alfred and Ollie Smith, brothers, and Patrolmen Roy and Jackson, immediately after the negroes had held up a car on the Peters avenue line. The negroes were making for the swamps and exchanged a score or more of shots with the patrolmen. Alfred Smith, one of the negroes, finally fell with several shots through his body and .his brother was capHiroil a olinrf f I inn hilur The capture of the Smiths resulted in the rounding up of several other negroes alleged to be meinberB of the gang which .has been operating successfully for a week or more] A trunk filled with valuables taken from passengers was being prepared for shipment when the subsequent arrests were made. HKMK.MllKKKI) THKIK PKKSIPKNT Old Confeds Pay Homage to His Granddaughter. At Mobile on Tuesday a slender black clad, frightened girl stood on a raised platform and while six thousand Confederate Veterans cheered, . ..d while the bands played "Dixie," a score or more gray-beared Confederate general otlicers passed in review before her, and, with uncovered heads, kissed her hand. The young girl Miss Lucy White Hayes, granddaughter of the only President of the Confederacy. The incident was the climax of the first day's session of the United Confederate Veterans. The big tent, which is said to seat comfortably six thousand people, was packed to its topmost tier of seats. The sides had been raised and the throngs outside had pressed in. When the new "Daughter of the Confederacy" was being presented to the Convention, the old Veterans went mad. The band was playing "Dixie"?three of them were?but the combined brassies could not drown out the cheers. The Veterans surged forward but the ropes stopped them. Then one by one, the stately general officers on the stage moved in review before the frightened, tiembling girl and each kissed her hand as he passed. Miss Hayes's eyes filled with tears and she seemed overcome with emotion as she passed back to her seat, on the arm of her maid of honor, Miss Ella Mitchell. Hiss Hayes is the "sponsor for the Southern Confederacy" in the Reunion and take rank over all other sponsors and maids. TAtiCJAJtT LOSES IN INDIANA John \V. Kern Nominated for United States Senator. Opening in riotous discord and closing in enthusiastic harmony, the Indiana Democratic Convention, at Indianapolis adopted Governor Marshall's proposal Thursday, that it should endorse to next year's Legislature a candidate for the United States Senate, and named John W. Kern, who was the party's candidate for the Vice Presidency in 1 908. AnoncltUn n ?KI A ? i iir u|i|ivinuiuu uiaut; a ftiiiii under the leadership of Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the Democratic national committee and himself a candidate for the nomination for Senator, but, in defeat, It joined heartily with the element headed by Governor Marshall and John E. Lamb, of Terre Haute, vice chairman of the national committee?and another aspirant for the Senatorship? in a shouted acclamation of Kern as the party's candidate. This greater issue overshadowed the routine of adopting a platform and naming a Stftte ticket, and it was speedily concluded. ir ? Condemn tlie Murderers. At a mass meeting of the leading negro citizens of Atlanta resolutions were adopted condemning the action of the three negro highwaymen who after holding up a street car there shot and killed Motorman S. T. Brown and wounded Conductor W. H. Bryson. By the resolution the negroes pledged themselves to do all In their power to aid in the apprehension of the highwaymen. THAT DEAL < Scatter Snilk Dentals Federal Eaqairy la the Sale if Cittoa TO THE COTTON POOL Desires the Government to Investi gate tlio Matter in Connection KA v With the Enquiry Already Commenced, and Charges that the New York Sales Were Illegitimate. Senator Lodge Monday gave notice in the Senate that he would not further press his resolution appropriating $65,000 for the extension of t.he Senate's committee Into the cost of living. He gave as the reason for his attitude the opposition of tho Democratic Senators. As a matter of courtesy to Senator Percy, of Mississippi, who wished to speak, Mr. Lodge asked general consent to have the resolution taken up. Refore Mr. Percy could proceed Mr. Stone entered a protest to Mr. Lodge's statement. "We do not accept the statement of the Senator from Massachusetts that .he cannot bring his resolution to a vote because of the opposition on this side." Mr. Lodge said he was willing to have a vote taken at any time. Mr. Stone contended for the regularity and propriety of tho Democratic opposition to the resolution, and he expressed the opinion that a vote might be obtained at a comparatively early date. Mr. Lodge reiterated .his willingness to take a vote on the resolution, but not to delay the railroad bill. When tho resolution was taken up for discussion, Mr. Percy expressed the opinion that it was a political move and Intended to save the waning fortunes of the Republican party. He said he could not bring himself to support it wit.hout an amendment extending the inquiry into cotton speculations, declaring that "in all I At. 11 A 1 . 0 A 1 r? A 1_ At me spoliation or ine woucn inrouga the trusts and combines under the New York Cotton Exchange, not once had the strong arm of the Government been stretched out in the protection of that section." Declaring sectionalism a matter of the past, Mr. Percy declared that neverthereless it was coming to be generally recognized that the white man must control affairs in the South. "The property holding and Intelligent class must govern, and that means a government by the AngloSaxons," he said. Mr. Smith of South Carolina then introduced a resolution providing for an inquiry into the sale of cot ton to the cotton pool. Me said there had not been enough cotton sold to influence t.he price of cotton, and that the New York sales had not been legitimate. IIUGIIKS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. New Yorker Appointed to Federal Supreme Bench. President Taft late Monday received from Governor Charles 10. Hughes of New York a letter accepting a . tendered appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the << United States. Five minutes after the letter was .handed to the President. the nomination of Governor Hughes was on its way to the Senate. The body had adjourned for the day, however, and so the Senate did not officially hear of the designation of Governor Hughes to succeed t.he late Justice David J. Brewer until Tuesday. While it is expected that Governor Hughes will be confirmed with little or no delay, it is understood in Washington that ho will remain as the Chief Executive ^ of the State of New York until next ~~ | October, and will not take the oath * of office until the fall term of the Supreme Court opens on the second Monday in that month. AMERICAN GIRL MURDERED. Body of Beautiful Young Woman Fonnd Near Naples. The finding of the body of a beau- J tlful young woman on the beach near Naples has given rise to the suspicion of murder. Apparently the woman died about three days ago. The body was scantily clothed and this has led the authorities to believe that probably she was the victim of crime. The body was identified by the proprietor of the Hotel Cas'eMj as that of Miss Kstella Reid, supposed to have been an American, who was a guest at the hotel. She was fair and tall with gray eyes and quHo prominent nose and wore glasses. The supposition that she came from the United States was strengthened Tuesday when the police found letters addressed to her from New York and St. Louis as well as from Canada. Several of these were apparently love letter. p