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WAR TO THE END ' igulraie Kirbj Writes GsTeraer Bless# He Will Net Give Up. MAKES A PRETTY MESS Tine Governor Tells Uowden, His Appointee, to Sit Tight, and That He j[ Will Attend to the Matter "At the Proper Time and in the Proper Way." "Having been appointed for two years or until my successor is appointed by and with the consent of the senate, I regret that, under the existing circumstances, I do not feel authorized or duty bound to surrender the office of magistrate," said MaJ. August H. Kirby, magistrate at Spartanburg, in a letter which he wrote Gov. Cole L. Blease Friday In answer to the executive's letter informing him that his commission was null and void. "Go ahead and perform your duties as magistrate, and pay no attention to Mr. Kirby," is the advice received from Gov. Blease by J. Malcolm" Bowden, who was, appointed by the governor to succeed Maj. Kirby. Another magistrate, W. C. Harrison, of Readville, who was recom mended for reappointment by the legislative delegation, declines to surrender his oflice to the governor's appointee, T. O. Fowler. These were Friday's developments In the magisterial muddle In Spartanburg county, says The State. Maj. Kirby's letter to the governor follows in full: "'Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor, CoJumbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 8th inst., in which you say yuur Huccueuur iiuvuig ueen appointed, your commission as magistrate is hereby revoked arid made null and yoid.' "Having ]>een appointed for two years or until my successor is appointed by and with the consent and advice of the senate, I regret that tinder the existing circumstances, I do not feel authorized or duty bound to surrender the office as magistrate. "I was prepared to turn over to my Successor the office of magistrate, had he been appointed and commissioned as the law reuires, as per civil code, section 982. "You having ignored the recommendations of the Spartanburg county delegation and the senate, I am advised that I should hold over as legal magistrate. "Yours respectfully, "A. H. Kirby, "'Magistrate.' Mr. Bowden wrote Gov. Blease that fn n n m nllnnno with tho envornnr't: in. *A ftV T V* 1*V? W * " etructions he had made formal demand of Maj. Kirby, in the presence of a witness, for the books and papers of the magistrate's ofllce ana that Maj. Kirby had refused to give them to him. Mr. Rowden has received a letter from Alexander Rowland, private secretary to the governor, stating: "The governor is in receipt of your letter of March 6 and directs me to advise you to go ahead and perform voiir duties as maerlstrato and nnv no attention to Mr. Kirby, that the matter will be attended to at the ?Lm proper time and in the proper way. " "Yours very truly, "Alex. Rowland, "Private Secretary." There is considerable speculation &8 to what "the proper time and the proper way" will be. It is said that it the governor should now attempt to remove Maj. Kirby "for cause" It would be a virtual acknowledgement that he had no authority arbitrarily to revoke the commission as he has done. It is expected that the matter will he adjudicated when the rival mag/ Istrates present their claims for sal ary. ' Both are doing business, but not nearly so much as if there was no cloud on their titles of the office. The other Spartanburg magistrate, Robert J. Gantt, whose right to the , office is not disputed, is being swamped with business. Many litigants are fearful that decisions or judgments rendered by either of the other two might not hold, y Magistrate Harrison of Reldvilie JU was in the city Friday in consulta- , * ' tlon with Maj. Kirby. He was com- < missioned as magistrate in 1910 oy j Gov. Ansel to fill out the unexpired . term of R. L. Pearson, resigned. ( The delegation recommended him } for reappointment. Gov. Blease ] Ignored the recommendation and ap- . pointed T. O. Fowler magistrate. Mr. ^ Harrison has received a demand from , Mr. Fowler for the official books. He j has declined, however, to give up the books and is prepared to conduct all ] business that may ariso. * , ; Murderer Captured. , Bascom Carlton, charged with the I murder of Deputy Sheriff White and ( A. Schneider last Sunday night at t Espanola, Fla., while they were 1 searching him and two other prison- f ere, was captured at 2 o'clock Wed- < nesday morning on island In the i middle of a lake near there. i AN OBJECT LESSON THAT IS WHAT THE FARM OF CAPT. J. M. MOSS SURELY IS. The System Used on His Thirteen Hundred Acre Farm Should Be Used by Others. There are In South Carolina more improvements In recent years in developing farm lands and in developing farmers than have ever been true before. Every county in our State can furnish object lessons in this important respect. A correspondent of The State writes as follows concerning the farm of a well-known successful farmer: "Your correspondent had the pleas ure a rew days ago 01 visiung me home of Capt. J. M. Moos, whose 1,300-acre farm lies within two miles of the flourishing town of Cameron. Progressive farming methods in every meaning of the term are here In evidence, and the leading spirits guiding it all are Capt. J. M. XMoss and his son, Thos. C. Moss. For many years, of course, the work was done by Capt. Moss, but for some years now the active management of all of the affairs of the farm have been in charge of Thos. C. Moss. The present order and system of this farm combines in such fine style all thai should belong to progressive farming of today that a brief recital of it will not only be a benefit to the people of the State, but will furnish an object lesson of which any young many should be proud. The system on this farm is such II *1 .1 ^ I 11 <11, Lliyi'U tllU II vu uivmiunn, auu these are systematically worked In a businesslike manner each year, rotation and diversified farming being cardinal principles. Theso five divisions include the culture of cotton, corn, grain, oats, asparagus, stock and poultry raising. Your correspondent greatly regrets that this artic4e must necessarily be condensed and brief, for the systematic details of work on this farm should be known to other planters in South Carolina. The soil is light and loamy, but has been developed to a high state of cultivation. Seventy acres last year yielded GOO pounds of lint cotton pei acre. Another field of 3 4 acres planted in cotton after peas with 60b pounds of phosphate and muriate of potash made a yield of 600 pounds of cotton to the acre. On 12 acres of this same light soil 1,200 bushels of corn were made with what might be termed medium fertilizer. It may be incidenatlly remarked just here that 1 "*** *?? - i - * ? ine "Williamson pian or corn culture is included in the progressive details of this farm. Mr. Moss has 14 acres in asparagus, and has been cultivating and shipping this crop for seven years. A correct estimate of his business methods of farming may be easily inferred from the fact that his net profits from this field have averaged $900 per yearr. In addition to these crops, 'Mr. Moss makes each year fine grain crops. Mr. Moss is in no sense a "cottontot," and has always believed in diversified farming. He plants in rotation each year under his own cultivation 100 acres in cotton, SO acres in corn, SO acres in oats and 14 acres in asparagus. Much of the 1,300 acres composing this farm are splendid timber lands, and, in addition to what Mr. Moss plants himself, he rents a large portion of the land to tenants and farms on shares with a good many oiners. duiii? iniereauug details can be mentioned here. For instance, Mr. Moss lias long been a breeder of cotton seed, and showed me something less than a bushel of seed which he said $500 would not buy. I paid a visit to his smokehouse, and when I saw the hams, shoulders, sides, sausage, lard and less profusion filling up a large smoke-house, I was reminded at once of the wonderful stories of antebellum days. , Young Mr. Moss has been a stock raiser for some years, and now he has bought the very finest breeds of registered stock and intends to make this a special feature of his farm. He has a heard of short-horn cattle, nunnbering in the neighborhood of 60 or 75, and this herd contains some of the very finest registered stock that can be seen anywhere. The shipments in the last years, have averaged 30 or 4 0 annually, in addition to what was sold in the neighborhood. A splendid lot of Berkshire hogs were next seen, and Mr. Moss, in i sneakine: of these said: "It is mv intention to have the best Berkshire bops in the State, and that is just < what I am going to have." When one meets and talks with this progressive young farmer who is a college graduate, sees his energy and i ability and learns what ho purposes to do it is easily seen that here is a i young farmer of whom South Caro- < lina will one day be proud. , < In addition to the hogs and cattle, I Mr. tMoss had some of the finest 1 young mule and horse colts I have 1 aver seen. These were all home- 1 raised, and no finer specimen could I 00 found anywhere. The horse pas- 1 ;ure contained about four acres, and 1 his had a splendid growth of Ber- i niida grass. This also had a large i growth of pecan trees. Mr. Moss is i enthusiastic over Bermuda grass. He i lays he can graze on this four acres a lot leas than 20 or 25 horse*, and WANTS BAILEY nilbui Sits Texti Oifkt to be Saute Leader for Demerits. BUT HE WILL NOT BE The Senator Has a Chat With Governor Blease, Which is Said to Have Iieen Brief But Friendly?Will Not Attend Special Session When It Meets. Senator Tillman says that the only thing that can carry him back to Washington for the extra session is to eee a Democratic senator from Main sworn In. Senator Hale, who is to bo succeeded by Senator Johnson, speaks very highly of his successor. The Columbia Record says: The senior senator from South Carolina is looking very much better than he did a few months ago, but he has been told that it will be best for hie health not to return to Washington ?and enter upon the activities of the special session; still, It may be that the call will be too strong for him, when the fighting begins. There is nothing now In a tariff fight, however, says the senator, and he has 110 appetite for gnawing aji old bone. In the opinion of Senator Tillman, the minority leadership in the senate ought to be conferred on Senator Hailey, for whose ability he has a very considerable admiration, but there is, as he expresses it, a coterie in the senate which is jealous of the Texas senator and It is not likely the honor will go to him. It would be unprecedented to make a new senator the leader, the "pillars of the temple would fall about our ears, ' says the senator, if that were done, and it may be that Senator Culberson will be again made minority leader. Some Appropriations. Senator Tillman succeeded in having an appropriations of $60,000 made for the dredging out of the mouth to the dry dock of the Charleston navy yard. The navy department experts have been claiming that there is a deposit of silt in the river opposite the dry dock's mouth which prevents large Ships going Into the dock and the purpose of this appropriation is to have the silt removed. Inasmuch as there was no river and harbor bill passed at the recent session, there was no appropriation made for the general improvement of the Charleston harbor, and this will not he available until the next regu1 . 1 1 3 V tar Ht'SHion, wnen a nv?rs uuu iiurbors bill will be brought in. Senator Tillman, however, had had put in the special appropriation bill an item of $17,000 for the Port Royal station and he intended to look after the item when the bill went to conference, but the conference committee met late at night when the South Carolina senator was absent and the item was lost in that way. For the marine barracks at Fort Moultrie the senator had put in the bill an appropriation of $6,000, which remains and will be available aftei the first of July. A new thing for South Carolina will be the fish hatchery which is provided for by an appropriation of $2,500 in the sundry civil appropriation bill. It will be left to the officials of the department to determine where this fish hatchery will be located, .bait it will probably be in the that other farmers should not fail to plant Bermuda grass. The hog pasture is large and splendidly euipped, and in this mulberry trees take the place of pecan trees. As might be easily inferred every Hnf ail r?f f h ia fa rm 1c in bnnninor with VIVtUil VL tlliu I UI in t II fiwpiu^ n t til what has been mentioned. I saw two of the finest poultry yards I ever expect to see anywhere, the one being filled with partridge cochen chickens being hard to eual. These birds are perfect in plumage and size, and Mr. Moss makes as much a specialty of pure breeding here as he does in the other departments. The drainage was used all over this beautiful farm, which added much to its beauty and usefulness. Of course the latest farming utensils were used here?sulky plows, corn shelters, reapers, rakes, sweep-hayrake, feeder, stacker, hay balers?in fact,'everything modern pertaining to the cultivation of crops. I did not Bee a stump in any field, and have never seen a prettier farm. The farm house was a fine specimen of a country home, showing up white and beautiful against the dark green background of the woods. Waterworks and sewerage were here, and acetylene gas furnished the lights. Within this home I found all Ihe graces and culture which belong to our representative families, and your correspondent will long remember the cordial and courteous hospitality which greeted him. This splendid work was begun by Capt. J. M. Moss, i but is now being carried on successfully, energetically and thoroughly j by his active young son, Thos. C. < Moss. It seems to your correepondng In a business-like way all of the 1 ng in a businesslike way all of the i prork that should be done on the farm i ind what he continues to make of It i ihould be watched with Interest." i J. D. N. i s BLOWS UP THE TOWN DYNAMITE SHOCKS WRECK VILLAGE IN WISCONSIN. Nearly Every House in Village of 700 Inhabitants Carried Down by Force of Concussions. Smouldering ruins and the wrecks of cottages strew the site of the little village of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., where Friday night the magazines ot the Dupont de Nemours Power Company exploded, killing at least one man, injuring 200 persons, causing damage of $1,500,000 with a radius of. 100 miles, and rocking seven States. While the officers of the company assert that all the employes except E. S. Thompson, a foreman, were ac- j counted for, three or tne men couiu | not be found after the explosion. Pleasant Prairie is ten miles west of Kenosha, Wis. The powder mill is a mile north of the village. The force of the explosion completely demolished the houses on Geneva roan, which were nearest the mill, and every house in the village was wrecked. Almost equal damage das done in Bristol, four miles west. Blown from their beds and with the wrocage of their houses tumbling about them the residents of Pleasant Prairie loaded their half clad families on farm wagons and moved in a long procession in search ui ?iitji ici in ivcuuniia. The escape of Supt. Clarence Brady was remarkable. He was in the soda house with Engineer Flynn at the time of,the explosion. The men were blown through the building and landed 011 the roof of the adjoining magazine. This exploded instantly, and Brady and Flynn, the latter badly injured, were thrown a hundred feet from the building. Flynn suffered inteinal injuries and inhaled poisonous fumes. Ilis condition is precarious. Brady escaped practically unscathed. Brady's wife of three months in his residence a mile from the works, was badly cut 1>y broken glass and bruised by falling debris. That the powder in the plant was being rushed through on a hurry order from the government for use in the Texas frontier was. denied Friday night by Supt. Brady. When daylight gave a clear view of the ruins it was seen that the fire was out. Three holes marked the sites where three of the magazines han stood. The holes were each more than fifty feet across and as deep. rv ^ a i ^1 i __ x _ i a une nau wronen into a spring anu was half full of water. Part of the engine house and the hundred foot brick chimney of the plant still stand. The village was almost completely deserted by women and the men here went hungry. Not only are most of the stores blown down and broken up, but the supply of food is so scattered as to be of little use. The district school house near the village was wrecked. It was not necessary to dismiss school, however, for of the 45 pupils all but a halt dozen either were too injured to attend or had moved with their parents during the night to places of safety. A steel cylinder, thought to have been used in the glazing room, was hurled through the air and crashed through the roof of the general store, 1 two miles away, tearing a hole five ' feet in diameter through the roof, the first and second floor and into the earth. H. A. King, in an adjoining room, was thrown to the floor unconscious by the shock. Roads and fields in the vicinity are strewn with boulders, some of which weigh several hundred pounds. In spite of tremendous force of the explosion and the fact that nearly 1 every one who was within ten miles * of the factory when it took place was < hurt, in no more than a half dozen cases were the injuries severe. * 1 coast section of the State. 1 Senator Tillman is very much 1 pleased on account of the election of * Prof. Riggs as president of Clemson < College. He attended the recent 1 meeting of the Clemson board and 1 was gratified that the board unani- 1 mously came to his opinion that Mr. 1 Riggs is (he best man for the presi- * dency. The senator considers that his long familiarity with the condi- * tions at Clemson, his magnetic per- ( sonality and his youth and energy ' will enable Mr. Kiggs to accomplish ( a great deal as the head of the insti- 1 tution. lie has been acting president 1 for some time and things have been {1 moving very smoothly during that I time. * Senator Tillman keeps thoroughly 1 posted on South Carolina affairs and * readily discusses the fine points of c the recent controversies which have fl been going on in the State. lie is strongly of the opinion that there is t no violation of the constitution in (i any one holding the position of State a college trustee and another office, but * is glad that the matter will be set- * tied. c At the request of Governor Blease v the senator called on the governor t when ho was in Columbia a few days a ago and they had a brief but friendly c chat about current evonts. The senator was accompanied c home from Washington by Mrs. Till- a man and it is their expectation to * remain at Trenton during the spring, is their two daughters are to be P married within the next few P month*. 4 ? USE BIG SUM Congress Appropriates Orer Oie Billiti Dollars Last Sessita. ?? NEAR THE ESTIMATES According to Both Tawney and Livihgston This Exceeds President Taft's Figure's by Only One Million iXofllars When lie Estimated Amount to Bun the Government. Appropriations at the last session of congress aggregated $1,025,4 98, oo^, ua'uruiMK iu txit; muit?uieiiiB issued Friday by Former Keprosentativov Tawney of Minnesota and Livingston of Georgia, who wero respectively chairmen and ranking Democrat of the house appropriations committee in the last congress. Mr. Tawney saying this is less than $1,000,000 in excess of the total estimates of President Taft on which tho appropriations are based, pays high tribute to the executive for good faith in scrutinizing estimates and computes that the surplus of revenues next year will be not less than $26,54 2,000, which, with any part of the treasury cash balance, may be applied to the sinking fund. Against this Mr. Livingston s\ys the last session record demonstrated that when the Democratic party comes into complete control of the government, "this billion dollar mark for a session's appropriations established four years ago at the first session of the Sixtieth congress, can not be substantially lowered, if lowered at all." Mr. Tawney renews his recommendation for the consolidation of the appropriating jurisdiction of the house under a single committee 01 sufficient size to be representative of all sections of the country and of all branches of the public service. Eight committees now consider and report appropriation bills and Mr. Tawney says no reform is more important. The committee on appropriations, which reports more than half of the total appropriations of congress, reported during the first regular session of the last congress $16,933,925 less than the estimates, while the appropriations by all the other appropriating committees, according to Mr. Tawney, were $27,931,402 in excess of the estimates. Mr. Tawney claims that if this consolidating reform had been effected, it would have saved $62,000,000 at that session alone. Mr. Tawney says one of the evils incident to this divided appropriation jurisdiction is the practice of making appropriations immediately available, largo portions of many appropriation hills being in fact designed to cover up deficiencies in the preceding year. He points out that the aggregate for the past session, which includes $4,000,000 for the Appalachian forest reserve, is $2,500,000 less than the aggregate for tho preceding session of congress and that the aggreate of the entire last congress, which exact aggregate is not given in his statement, Is an increase of $600,000 over the preceding congress. iMr. Tawney says that in the six years of his chairmanship of the ap propriations committee the estimates have amounted to $6,061,257,132, of which congress granted all but $165,662,2G4. Declaring that the Democrats want to save the people of this country from the danger which threatens them because of the rampant expenditure of their money that has been going on for the past 12 years, Mr. Livingston in his statement contends that militarism is a menace and that Democratic accession will prevent national bankruptcy. He says it is a superhuman task to restore expenditures to a normal level because of the enormous liability fastened upon the reasury "by the statutory increase of the enlisted strength of the army and navy four-fold since Mr. Roosevelt was so unhappily called to the execuive office of the republic." Sounding a note of warning \gainst "threatened onerous" direct ax with all its inquisitorial feature, dr. Livingston said that if that day omes. "the people will rise in their night with a cry that will ne heard o the remotest corners of the earth md shako from themselves and their posterity the manacles of burdeniome taxation fostered by the Repubican party. That day is not distant in less we stop install ter in this preipitatious, money wasting race wo ire now engaged in." Mr. Livingston says the nations of he old world stand agape and wonler over the magnitude of appropriitions and Increased federal activity. \o compares appropriations for the iMfty-third congress, the last Domoratic one, aggregating $1)17,013,523, rith those of the past congress for he two fiscal years of 1011 and 19 12, ggregating $2,053,391,291 and dolares that In 12 years there has teen more than 5 00 per cent inreaso in all expenditures, the army nd navy each increasing more than 00 por cent. He bespeaks for the acomlng Democratic house economy, articularly in those government deartments relating to the enormous xpenditures for war purposes." * FARMERS' UNION ^ / PRESIDENT BARRETT TELLS OF 1 ITS GOOD WORK. + r Says They Have Made Federal Congress Sit Up and Take Notice??Situation Changed. "That the power of the farmer, long held in cold sortage, has been ' brought forth," and made its effect i felt on congress, Is tho statement made by President Charles S. Barrett, of the Farmers' National union, in a letter issued to the members of the organization. Tho letter follows in full: To the officers and members of tho Farmers' Union: Your national and state officials who have been working in Washington this winter in behalf of the Farmers' Union have found that congress is growing more responsive to the demands of the American farmer than at any time lm its history. That we have not written demands of the farmers' Union into legislation is due, not to lack of influence, but to the congestion inevitable with a short session and the demoralization consequent upon pending political changes. So far as a parcels post is concerned, I am convinced that that measure, in a national and not a rural sense, is nearer than any of our members, or than, say, of the politicians, imagine. The lobby against the parcels post has shot its bolt. It has exhausted its amniutation. If an extra session is called, congress will in all probability enact a general parcels po3t. If there is no extra session, the chances are strong that a general parcels post will be authorized at the regular session next December. If yon will dig up the letters I published last winter from congressmen. you will find that in nearly every instance they gave non-commital replies to the question regarding a parcels post. Rut the situation has changed. At any moment, you may expect a battalion of statesmen to proclaim loudly that they have all along been In favor of a parcels post. Next, vou may expect them to work for it with a vim. The explanation of this singular about face as an easy one. The congressman has heard from the farmer! Representatives and senators from nearly all the states have been literally bombarded| with letters from their farmer constituents. The power of the farmer, long held in "cold storage," has been brought forth! The result was inevitable. I regard this spectacle as a vindication of my often repeated declaration that the farmer has only to make himself heard to have his wants supplied?in a congressional sense. It takes the spur to make the congressman live up to his campaign promises. The farmer is finding out how to use the spur. In this connection, you ought to know the strange effect that officeholding and life in Washington had upon congressmen. We have particularly noticed during this session, the mild and tame conduct of some of tho representatives who were genuine fire-eaters on the stump. Whilo they were appealing for your votes they pawed dust like a stallion, promised to reform everything overnight, and to "start something" the moment they were sworn, in. Rut, lo! tho change the moment they get in congress! Then, with many of them, the principal object ia to panhandle a few little jobs for constituents, sneak up on some little committee assignment keep free seed going, glut the mails with agricultural bulletins and free government publications, and have a good time themselves. 1 I? A - A - A 1 -I - ? 1 I li is iruo mill, semi-oecasionaiij, they rear up on their hind legs and bellow thunder. 'But investigate closely and you will generally find the subject is a trivial one, that it won't hurt anybody, and that all the sand-raising is to make the folks at homo believe their faithful servant isn't asleep at the switch. There are some strong, energetic and loyal congressmen, it is true. I believe their number are increasing. But they need to be increased still more rapidly, if the farmer wants to got the service to which he is entitled. The country gets no better or more active congressmen than it deserves. If you are not satisfied with the % i A i ? %_ . 1 _ l.. 4 1A>I uranu or statesmansmp oeing out from Washington, just search your own soul as to how far you are personally responsible for dieting an in com potent! If they kill the anti-cotton gambling bill at the present session, we have good prospects to pass it at an extra session in next December. It is certain to be eventually enacted. I have the assurance of some of the best informed congressmen for this assertion. For their ability and loyalty, and timeless co-operation, I owe a debt of thanks to your national and state officials and other prominent worker# who have assisted in our dealings with congress this winter. (Signed) Charles S. Barrett