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ty? ' . . v ' \ - { ' TOOK A HAND" Uac'e Sin's Bays it Blue Cross Border and Stop Mexican Fight. PROTECT OUR PEOPLE Shots From the Battlefield Endangered Douglas, Arizona, Where ? ^ Number of People Were Killed by Stray Bullets, and American Soldiers Put an End to the Battle. A 4 I o r\ n t /?V* #M/vm A n xx u'Di/aivu win L/uu^ias, Aii/.uiia, says during a battle which lasted all Thursday afternoon and resulted In ^ the capture of Agua Prleta, by the Mexican rebels, the American troops crossed the border and stopped the fighting. The action was taken alter three men had been killed and several wounded in Douglas, and the continued firing was endangering the llt/oa a f A m a?*1 a?I a 4 r%r% * * VM V* A&UlVi ivuitu vii vuitvu vtuvvu soil. Douglas was under constant fire for three hours. A dispatch from Ag.ua Prieta, Moxco, says the revels have attacked Auga Prieta and a fierce battlo is in progress. Two Americans havi been ehot. One of them, C. W. Crow, is dead, and the other, Hen Armstrong, has been taken to the hospital, scrlg ously wounded. Both were on the American side of the line and we ^truck by stray bullets. Americans rushed to the international line, but as the firing contlnueded, they had to seek shelter behind buildings and in ditches. About 15 minutes after the firing on the town began the headquarters of the commissariat blew up with a terrible report. It is not known whether a rebel bullet struck the magazine ai the headquarters where the dyuamite was recently stored or the fed erals blew up the magazine to prevent the rebels getting supplies. The rebels arrived on the train they captured at Fronteras earlier in the day, and their appearance was entirely unexpected. The federal garrison of 05 men had stood its ground well, as is indicated by the fierce fighting. ' The rebels attack is from the j west. Detraining just below the / town, they marched to the west and then with little rushes took shelter behind the railroad embankments, resting their rifles over the rails as they shot into the town. One fedeal office on top of the commissary at headquarters remained and directed the movements of the federal troops. The federate 111ed from doorways and from any barricade that could be urod. Two tgrroups or rebels advanced until they were in the shadow of the American custom house, where they continued to fire. The federals, a few minutes later, essaysd a rush from the centre of the town and took possession of an adobe almost within p the rebels' ranks. The rebels retreated before this sortie. One dropped within the shadow of the custom house and is still lying there. His faithful dog lies beside him watching over the body. The rebels, cheered on by the cries of "Vivia Madero" from a thoqsand Mexicans lined up at the American custom house, repulsed the sortie at^ ter a few minutes' firing. Soon a tnin line or leaerais negan pouring out of Agua Prieta straight for the American boundary. At this juncture, with a cloud of dust, the United States First Cavalry troops, under Capt. Guajot, charged down the line from their headquarters, and the fleeing federals stoppea. Some took refuige in the adobe house on the line, while others dropped into trenches partly filled up some time ago by order of Maj. Garnder, then commanding in Douglas. Later a third American was shot in nmiclns Tn nn adobe building near Forth street a man was killed. Many bullets fell In Douglas, tne ? rebel force of the southwest fired \ into northwest Douglas where the * Mexicans live. Cries of "Viva Madero" were stopped by the Americans as it was feared the federals might fire on the American cufBtom house. Twenty minutes after the battle I /betfan a squad of rebels took their station at the American custom house i and fired from a distance of 10 feet from the sight-seers. The rebel com- . mander claims that reinforcements are coming immediately. i ] Admit Negro Women. i Jacob G. Schurman, president of 1 Cornel University, Monday brought ? to an end the controversy which has been in progress for a few weeks over admitting negro women students to Sage college dormitory. In a statement issued to Mrs. F. S. Martin of the women's advisory council, he says that all negro women students are to be admitted to the privileges of the 1 woman's dormitories if they request ' X admission. Fell Into Roiling Soap. While playing with other childien in the yard of her parents' ?omt, 1 I near Friendship Baptist church Wed- . *' nesday, Gertie Hargrove, aged 12, < stumbled and fell into a kettle of < boiling lye soap, sustaining burns i from which she died early that day. I The child was the daughter of Mr. i and Mrs. Henry Hargrove, a promi- 1 nent family of Stokes county, N. C. i \ . -r y.y tUZJ, SLUSH FUND STORY ? ATTORNEYS DISCREDIT THE DENIAL OF HfNES. Drawing the Lines Tighter and Tighter Around Him and the Other Corruptionists. Developments in Thursday's fteai* ing at Springfield, 111., of the State 3enate committee investigating the election of United States Senator William Lorimer wore attempts by attorneys and investigators of the - - ?ii - .11 in xi -t ~ I ~ 1 ?e committee to discredit me uvmai ui Edward Hines, a Chicago lumberman, accused of having- collected a fund to elect Senator Lorlmer, and \ the practical refusal of Edward Til- , den, a Chicago packer and banker, j to produce before the committee his accounts In the various banks through which he does business. 1 Mr. Tilden's attitude on the wit- j ness stand resulted in the serving of , a second subpoena upon him as he , stepped from the witness chair this ( afternoon. ( It commands >Mr. Tilden to produce before the committee next Thursday ^ the records of his various bank ac- j counts in the year 1909. Refusal to do so, Mr. Tiiaen was given to understand by the commit- , tee, will result in an order of contempt being issued against him. The testimony given a week ago by Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvestei Company, was corroborated to a considerable degree by Herman H. Ilettler of Chicago, president of the Herman Hettler Lumber Company. Although Mr. Hettler stated that Mr. Mines said nothing of the use of money or improper methods in the election of Senator Lorimer, Mr. Mines was quoted as boasting a personal achievement in "putting Lorimer over." Mr. Hettler said he had the conversation with Mr. Mines in the Union League club, the same place in which Mr. Funk testified that he met Mines when an alleged proposal to contribute $10,000 to the Lorimer election fund was made to Mr. Funk. r - ^ ^ I WHEN THE WAK BEGAN. ( 1 t Ifalf a Century Ago Fort Sumter Was r Fired On. Thursday was the fiftieth anniver- 1 aary of the firing of the Confederate ( forts and batteries on Fort Sumter, then garrisoned by the United States i jtroops, precipitating the civil war, culminating in the surrender of Fort i Sumter two days later, are com para- i tivelv few and fast becoming extinct, i The battle was witnessed by thou- ( sands of people, who crowded the ' water front in Charleston. i For two days the battle endured / at intervals, more or less protracted and by night as well as day, the i crowds of interested and enthusiastic I people lined the lo~>er water from i and witnessed it. The booming of the < guns would call the crowds to the t water front, as quickly as a tempo- f rary termination of hostilities would ( result in a dispersement of the spec- I tutors. The engagement was particularly beautiful at night with the t hurling of the red hot projectiles t through the air and the bursting of < many bombs, causing, fires frequently I wherever the shells landed. 1 A three-cornered fight was in pro- i gress.. From the "Iron Tlattery" on r Morris Island, so-called because it c was constructed of railroad iron, laid \ at angles to deflect projectiles, from j Fort Johnson, from Fort Moultrie f and from a floating battery at the t end of Sullivan's Island, near the t wharf of the old ferry company, a \ steady stream of shot was poured at r Fort Sumter and the game little fortress returned the fire, pluckily hold- i ing out to the last before Major An- c derson was finally compelled to surrender. g ? ? ? t ci/\/w i^/\ ? t /\iiri.n\ v?vm? rviiiA/wnn mum. t 8 Wifo Died Two Hours After Her Hus- 0 t hand Passed Away. o En route to her home in Union, S. C., to make arrangements for tn*. burial of her husband, at whose bed- ^ side in a Spartanburg hospital she had remained until death came at 7 o'clock Monday evening, Mrs. M. Y. ^ Dunlop died very suddenly as the ^ train was nearing her destination. Her death came within two hour alter that of her husband. The husband was carried to Spartanburg for an operation, which was performed Monday afternon, death ensuing a ^ ihrtrf IT ll i la n f t nni'or (1 Tlin ... I f n V ?f ItilV ULV^I W a I U| X 11 V7 1LU) three sons and daughter were at the bedside when the end came. The ^ 30ns remained in Spartanburg to ac- ^ company the body fn Union, while w the grief-stricken wife and daughter went home to prepare for the funeral, rhey left Spartanburg at 8 o'clock. A.11 the children are grown. w ? t< Shoottyig Scrape. ^ Sample Golphln, a negro, has 3urrendered himself to the sheriff of Adken county, he having killed another negro, John Black, near Silverton some days ago. The negroes met near Golphin's home, and it is said w that it was about Golphin's wife. A Q shotgun was used, and Black's brains c< were blown out. He died a short G time after he was shot. , THEY WANT MORE New Orleans Cottoa Exchaoge Denaooces Bagging Trait. ROBBING THE FARMERS riie Exchange Demands Relief for the South, and Would Check Rapacity, Which Would Increase the Duty and Thus Plunder the Cotton Growers of Millions. That the cotton bagging and the hfniat ?nt anHnflpri with rohhinsr the American cotton planter of one million dollars annually through unjust tariff placed upon bagging and ties under the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, are planing to increase their levy an the cotton crop to $2,000,000 annually, is declared in resolutions adapted Monday by the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The resolutions appeal to Congress to place bagging and ties on the free list and urge the enactment of the necessary legislation at the present extra session of Congress. President W. B. Thompson, of the Cotton Exchange, in a letter which he addressed to each member of Congress, tells af the great Importance to the South af this alleged tariff steal. He says in part: "The - cotton crop of the South yields an average of about 12,000,D00 bales. Of this total approximately five-eights, or 7,500,000 bales, representing an average money value of iver $500,000,000 are exported and exchanged for foreign gold. The nere statement of these facts attests he importance of the cotton producng industry, emphasizes the obliga;ion, which the country at large owes he producer of this crop and estabishes his right to at least just treatnent at the hands of the general law linking power. "Under the present tariff law, the luty on steel cotton lies amounts to 1.7 cents per bale, or $2 24,000 on a :rop of 12,000,000 bales. This tariff s prohibitive, as is ?nown by the fact ;liat no steel ties are imported. Pherefore the government has no jliare in this impost which const.iutes simply and solely tribute levied ipon the cotton farmer for the benefit of the cotton tie trust. "The duty on jute bagging imposed >y the present tariff law amounts iu > 14 cents per bale or $830,000, on i crop of 12,000,000 bales. This tar:ff is to a large extent prohibitive inismueh as It yields only about $100,)0 0 in revenues to the government. Phe balance of about $435,000 constitutes a tribute paid by the cotton 'armer to the bagging trust. "Hut the bagging trust is not satsflcd with its share of this impost, ft desires to raise the duty to a figure vhich will not. onlv prevent the gov jrnment from receiving any revenue horfrom, but will enable the trust !o take from the farmer four times is much as it has been able to take ieretofore. "This trust has recently m.iae technical test case based upon a quesion of chemical analysis, and has jecured a ruling thereon from the joard of general appraisers in New fork, which will chan?e the duty on mported bagging from the presen ate, which amounts to about 5 1-4 :ents per hale, to an ad valorem duty, vhich will amount to about 21 cents >er bale. This means an increase Tom $030,000 on the crop to pracically $2,500,000, all of which the rust will collect from the farmer vithout any division with the governnent. "Thus iinrtpr th<* Pfi vn#?-A aw as heretofore interpreted, the ottor producer has bor^a the burlen of a $950,000 yearly tax on bag ;ing and ties and if the chemical inerpretation holds, he will hereafter le mulcted in the yearly sum of $2,;00,000 for his baling materials, all ?f which goes into the treasuries of he bagging and tie trusts. "From this it will appear that not nly the proposed outrage, but the resent tax on bagging and ties is in dequato and wrong; and because the Vestern farmer has, and has had for i lore than 15 years, his binder twines n the free list, the tax upon the I on the rn farmer stands condemned n the additional discrimination." 1 Found Dead In Stable. 1 Dr. D. M. Hollingworth, one cf the ?ading physicians of Mt. Airey, N. was found dead in his stable >nr/ Tuesday. He nal just returned roin a professional visit and was utting up his two horses when he 1 'as stricken with ieart disease. A -ife and two chiidr'-n survive Given Damages. 1 W. H. Brown and Rosa Brown c 'ere given a verdict against the wessrn Union Telegraph company in j harleston on Thursday for $l.50o amages for "mental anguish" for j le non-delivery of a telegram. # f i Twenty Were Drowned. It is bellved 20 lives were lost i hen the little wooden steamer Irouois, plying between Sydney, Van- ( :>uver Island, and the islands of the ulf of Georgia, capsized soon after f ?aving Sydney Monday. URGES THEM TO WORK THE RURAL MAIL CARRIERS WILL IMPROVE SERVICE. + Thos. K. Wicker, President of Association, Issues Call to Workers in South Carolina. 4 mhAfl 17* WftnlrAH ~ 9 ALA A hub. u. iv |;i t'siu^iu u i iiic Rural Free Delivery Carriers' Association of South Carolina, has issued an address to the carriers of this State, urging increased interest in the organization. Mr. Wicker, in his address, says: "Brother Rural Carriers of South Carolina: Below you will -find a list of rural carriers whom I have appointed several organizers for their resuective counties. See if your name is on the list, and if it is, then go to work with a vim for your county association; if it is not, then write your county organizer at once and tell him your services are at his command. "In several counties I have made no appointments because I dian l know who would be willing and m* tersted enough to undertake the i. t _* ..1 J 1 .1 1 ... tu . wont. 1 siiouiii ue giau to nave cue names of hustlers from those counties, so that the list of organisers could be made complete. The appointment of special organizers doesn't mean that State and couni.j officers may become less active in their efforts to secure members. "The State convention at Newberry last July was the largest and best in the history of the association. The question now is, WM1 it he excelled by the convention at Florence next July? What does Florence say about it? What does Burch say about it? What do we all say about it? Our presence in goodly numbers will make it a success; our absence will make it a failure. "M/Mif 110 oil rrot liiio^f In f li o i n _ W u ici it d an u unj in tuu in terest of our county conventions on the 3 0th of May. Remember the national dues, as fixed at Little Rock last year, are 75 cents and State dues 2 5 cents. Your county dues, if any, are what you choose to make them. "Let us all join the association for the good of the service and for our own good. If getting together in conventions and exchanging ideas, we are benefited, then, of course, the service will be benefited to the same extent. The carrier who refuses or neglects to join the association, iso laies himself and pockets his salary at the end of the month. This is the sum total of his interest in the rural mail service. The carrier who -joins the association manifests by that very act, a desire to learn, througu tu? association as a medium, the wishes of the department officials in the conduct of the service. He is wideawake and more efficient than nis isolated brother, because he is in touch with the department and in sympathy with those who are trying to improve the service. "There may he some among us> woo think that the recent salary increase was not as large as it should have been. From our viewpoint perhaps it was not; but frojn the viewpoint of the government it was solely a question of economy. We must not forget that our branch of the service is young and, in some respects, imperfect, therefore, looking at it in this light, let us who are in the field cooperate with our superiors at headquarters, to the end that the imperfections in the service may be eliminated and that we may become more efficient and deserving. When these things have been accomplished there need be no doubt that our compensation will be as generous as we could, wish. Uncle Sam is not stingy, but, as every good business man should be, be is conservative. "In closing, let me again urge upon you the importance of your presence at Florence, July 3, 4 and 5 ?three days. Come, whether a member of the association or not. "Fraternally yours, 1 "Thos. E. Wicker, < "State President." The special organizers are as follows: < Abbeville County?i.Milton F. Mar- i tin, Donalds. - ' Anderson County ? J. J. Tussell, i Honea Path. 1 A tlron Pniinfv flnrn'cro T VTnPaln ( 4I1IVV 11 v;v/ u It VJ V4 VV? A ITAVVUtll) Hawthorne. i Barnwell County?E. E. Fielding, 1 Blackville. 1 Chester County?J. C. Moore, ^ Chester. Chesterfield County?D. M. Mc- ^ Mair, Patrick. < Clarendon County?Slles B. Coun, Pinewood. ( Colleton County?Tlios. P. Black, [tuflfln. t Darlington County?J. M. Gray, Darlington. c Florence County?J. M. Gray, Dar ington. I Williamsburg County?J. M. Gray, Darlington. \ Dorchester County?J. A. Murray, lunnmapvllla ^ -? " 111 illV'l MIIVi Edgefield County?Sam D. Maye, Cdgefleld. C Fairfield County?Clark Langford, Rythewood. r Greenville County?P. ST. fluff, ^iedmont. S Greenwood County?L. B. Aull, )yson. S Kershaw County?J. E. Rosli, Camden. t Lancaster County?C. J. Slstire, tiverslde. 1 Laurens County?A. C. Owlngs, BRYAN LOVED ' Seems to Hate the Inside Track When It Comes to Pepolarity. STILL DRAW THE CROWD Possible Timber for the Presidency? Throe of the Leaders to be Seen in Washington?Bryan, Harmon and Clark?Kit her One of Them Would Fill the Hill. A special to The State from Washington says since congress began its extra session on April 4 Democrats have had an opportunity to take a look at three of the men who ar* mentioned as probable candidates foi the presidency when the next nominating convention is held?William J. Bryan, Judson Ilarmon and Champ /*ti - 1_ V/lill 1\ . They have been looked over with a scrutinizing eye?one that looks for the winning horse?and white 11 can not be said that either of these three mentioned has shown any decided advatage over'the others there are unmistakable signs that point to Mr. Bryan's great popularity, whatever his enemies may say to the contrary. In the house on the day congress assembled for Its extra session work, the . reception accorded Bryan and Harmon was not noticeably different unless it was the *act that more persons seemed to shake hands with Bryan than with the great Ohian This may have been due to the larger acquaintance of Mr. Bryan and to the fact also that 011 three different occasions he had been on the course and in that way naturally knew and was familiar with more of the no use. Democrats than his distinguished friend from Ohio. Be that as it may, however, the fact that Mr. Bryan was in the capital draw around him wherever In. went a tremendous crowd. Even those who are opposed to the political policies of Mr. nfy.m have be mi forced to admit that his reception in Washington, at the capital, around the hotels and clubs, and at private residences and entertainments where he appeared, was nothing short of marvelous considering the fact (hat he has been the candidate o. Democrats for president three times and throe times has suffered defeat. Doth Judson Harmon and Woodrow Wilson draw crowds when they come to Washington, not only because of the fact that they are now in the public eye as presidential timber but because of their personality and the friends each of thorn has. Their greetings here are sincere and genuine and one who comes in contact with them as they move from point to point can not fail to observe how the very grasp of their hands indicates their party fervor and loyalty. But with Mr. Bryan it is possible that, neither Harmon nor Wilson can approach him in the way the people ? rich and poor alike?politician and plain man?crowd to hear what ho hoc i /~\ ooir T not Q1111 /I n ! * a itwio ii cio \\j oaj * juan t 'jiih vkij ni' >1 ivo scheduled to speak at a number of the Washington churches on religious topics. Everywhere he appeared crowds fought their way to gain entrance. and it was necessary in some cases for policemen to beat tlie people back, so desirous were they of getting to a place where they could hear what Mr. Bryan had to say. Tn front of the churches the crowds! packed the streets to such an extent that it was necessary to send officers through the crowds to make room for pedestrians. Not satisfied with their failure to hear Mr. Bryan speak many of these people so insisted 011 his talking to lie overflow crowd outside the church [loors, and this the great Nebraskan willingly did. Such a man ifestation of admiration may mean something or it may not, but it certainly shows that, how?ver Mr. Bryan may be held in the minds of those opposed to him politically, he draws tremendous crowds whenever he appears in public in Washington, second only in size to the crowds that go to see and liear a president of the United States. If a woman could buy a new hat whenever she pleased, nothing could iver drive her to suicide. 3ray Court. Anderson County?J. J. Tusseli, ionea ratn. Lee County?J. E. Campbell, Camion. Lexington County?L. B. Addy, ^exington. Newberry County?McD. Melts, 1 Vhltmire. 1 Orangeburg County?L. B. Llde, forth. 1 Pickens County?C. G. Masteis, 1 Central. Richland County?Jno. A. Jen- 1 lings, Columbia. Saluda County?James Herbert, laluda. Spartanburg County?B. Bryant, i Ipartanburg, 1 Sumter County?A. J. Ard, Sum- 1 er. i Union County?H. J. Thomas, Car- i isle. York County?W. T. Sims, Sharon. 1 <wm TAKEN BY HIS UNCLES A GREAT SENSATION CREATED IN EOS VEGAS, N. M. Twelve Thousand Dollars is Paid for til? Hot urn of the lawl Who Was Kidnapped. . ? There is a great sensation on at Los Vegas, N. M. Implicated by t.in> confession of Joe Wiggins, a fount r life convict, Will and John Rogers, uncles of little Waldo Rogers, were arrested for complicity in the lad's abduction. For his return $12,000 ransom was paid, Will Rogers acting as agent for Mrs. Rogers. The disclosures have aroused the city to a degree of excitement that the authorities fear may result in a demonstration against the prisoners. The accused are in the county jail which is guarded by a large force of deputies. The arrest of Wiggins came late Tuesday. His confession, which lo?lowed, gave a new and sensational turn to the mystery, which for mere than ten days has surrounded the kidnapping of little Waldo Rogers, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and his safe return upon the payment of $1 2,000 ransom. ^According to the story told by 11*1 -.4 .. J 1 ? A. 1. _ 1 ? 1 . ? w logins, ne 11 rsi uucume acquainted with Jim Rogers through the lav him by which the latter was employed and which was instrumental in getting Wi'ggins pardoned from the penitentiary. Wiggins says that while woikin in the coal mines at Madrid, N. \T., he received a letter from John Rogers, suggesting a scheme for malting $10,000 "easy money." Wiggins says he came to Los Vegas in a few days and later entered into the plot. Waldo Rogers, the twoyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and the grandson of II. L. Waldo, a Kansas City millionaire, was kidnapped from the family :esideuce 011 the night of March 29. Taking advantage of the absence from the city of the boy's father two masked men went to the Rogers home shortly before midnight and at the point of a revolver compelled Mrs. Rogers to dress the child for a night ride and deliver him to them. They repeatedly assured her that" the child would not be harmed and I that he would be returned safely pro I virled the police were net informed and $12,000 in small bills was paid to their representatives. They named a lonely spot 11 miles north of Ros Vegas as the place wlmre the money was to be delivered by Mrs. Rogers' representative, who was to come to the rendezvous alone the following day. Mrs. Rogers secured $1 2,000 the following morning and delivered it to Will Rogers to carry to the place of meeting. Rogers returned Thursday night with the child, who was well and unharmed. He told Mrs. Rogers and laler the authorities that he had met at the appointed place a man who, alter receiving and counting the money, directed him to a canyon 15 miles south of the place of meeting, where he found the boy lying in an arroye? wrapped in a blanket. A reward of $20,000 was offered for the capture and conviction of the kidnappers and the vicinity was ablaze with indignation. a ? l 1,10AVE FIERY TRAIL. ? ? ? .Mexican Ihuidits Murder Residents of Small Town. Early advices from Guadalajara, Mexico, state that bandits from the territory of Tepuc have raded Paios | Vordes, a small town in the Mascota district of Jalisco, killing the local judge, Jose Monies de Oca, and ten other residents. The bandits are said to have secured some money and extensive supplies of corn and beans. A detatcliment of state gendarmes have been sent in pursuit of the bandits, who are reported to be in the VMascota district. Specials to Guadalajara from Merida, the capital of Yucatan, tell of insurreeto activity in the southern states of a Compeche and Yucatan. Plantations are being raided, it is declared, and a number of jen quin plants* have been burned. The ag- * , gregate loss is said to be heavy. v'> Among the plantations to suffer lo.^s is that of Olegaro Molina, a former member of the Diaz cabinet. The managers of the Santa Rosa plantation in Yucatan and Kayal plantation in Compeche are said to hire been killed. ? After the Tigers The governor has issued a proclamation to all sheriffs ana their deputies, magistrates and their constables, rural police, city and town ofllcers of the State to enforce the whiskey laws. He says in his proclamation that he will give assistance In the enforcement of all laws and asks all of the good citizens to assist him. Clonks His falling. After the arrest of Andrew Ductus at Chicago on a charge of counterfeiting, United States secret service men found a counterfeiting plant for raising $2 bills to $20 hidden under a pile of IMbles in Ductus' room. When arrested, Ductus said he was a Dible salesman.