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SHOWS UP TEDDY ? ROOSEVELT AND THE HARVESTER TRUST EXPOSED CATERED TO J. P. MORGAN 4 Correspondence Relative to Prosecution of Alleged Harvester Trust, Tending to Show Roosevelt's Catering to Morgan Interests Brought to Bight in the Senate. The confidential correspondence which passed between President Roosevelt, Atorney General Bona- ' parte and Commissioner Herbert ( Knox Smith, of the bureau of corporations, in 1907, about a government suit against the International Har- ' vester Company, was sent out to the Senate from tho files of the department of justice One letter from Col. Roosevelt to ; Mr. Bonaparte, written from Oyster 1 Bay on August 22, 1907, said that 1 the Colonel had had conferences with ' George W. Perkins about the com- 1 pany's affairs, directed Mr. Bona- * parte not to file the suit then, but to ; go over tho matter with Comuiis- 1 sioner Smith and Mr. Perkins. A letter from Commissioner Smith to the Colonel on September 21 told ot conferences with Mr. Perkins and " stated Commissioners Smith's ob"feotinns to a nrnsor.n t inn at flint time The commissioner wrote that he c thought the question of the com pa- N ny's guilt or innocence was merely a * technical question and told of a conference with Mr Perkins on August ' 24. 1 Commissioner Smith wrote that Mr. Perkins concluded with great emphasis "that il' after all the en- , deavors of this company and tho oth- . or Morgan interests to uphold the ! policies of the administration and to adopt their methods of modern publicity this company was now going to ' he attacked in a purely technical case, the interests here presented were 'going to light.' " Further on ' in the same letter Mr. Smith wrote: "While the administration has ( never hesitated to grapple with any j financial interests, no matter how great, when it is believed that a suh- f Btantial wrong is being committed, nevertheless it is a very practical j question whether it is well to throw , away now the great influence of the so-called Morgan Interests which, up to this time have supported the ad- f vancd policy of the Administration, jbotU in geneeal principles and the application thereof in their specific interests, and to place them generally in ODDOSitlon. I believe Mr. Per kins statement that his interests ! would necessarily he driven into ac| tife opposition was a sincere one and in fact, 1 can hardly see how those great interests can take any other at- f titude should this (prosecution be started and the final adoption of this policy bo made public," 1 ? In another portion of the letter { Commissioner Smith reported Mr. Perkins as having said substantially t that "the Standard Oil people in New ( York were giving him the laugh for r having thought he was trying to be t good and keep solid with the administration and now lie was going to get the same dose as the others" "With the correspondence was a letter from William Loeb, Jr., tho President's secretary, making an appointment for Mr. Ponaparte to talk tho business over. Hope of dissolving the $1 <10,000,000 International Harvester Company without a fight in the Courts has been practically abandoned. A , suit against the corporation under , the Sherman anti-trust law probably ( will ho filed at Chicago about the middle of next week There remains one bare possibility, however, that an agreement may bo reached, but those familiar with the problem have lost expectations that tho government and the corporation will bridge the differences as to a plan of disintegration. President Taft was apprised of tho situation at a conference with 'Messrs. Wckersham, Fowler and Bancroft. Tt is understood he liagreed that tho plans for disintegration so far submitted could not be accepted by tlie Government. Tho crux of the whole difficulty, it is believed, lies in the contention of the harvester company that the McCormack and Peering companies, which are subsidiaries, should not bo separated in any scheme of reorganization. Tho gov-j eminent wanted these integral parts made distinct. ? . **!> > Saw Many Bodies Floating. The steamer Bremen and the steamer Ilhcin passed on Saturday, | Apvil 15, in afternoon in the neigh-1 borhood of three largo Icebergs. ! Sighted numerous pieces ol wreckage ! and a groat number of human Doilies with life preservers on floating in J the sea. ? , -i ?^ ii i Tho half-hearted way In which pome people conduct their business |?* akin to the half-hearted way many people live their religion. In both there necessary unsatisfaction! leading to ultimate failure unless a i change of attitude takes place. FARMER'S BEST FRIEND rilE SLAUGHTER OP THE BIRDS COST THEM MILLIONS. If It Was Not for tlio Feathered Tribe the Insects Would Eat 1'p All the Crops. No species of wild creatures can withstand exploitation for commercial purposes. On every case it means speedy extermination. Even the whales of the sea cannot survive the modern steam whaler and terrible harpoon gun. A hundred years ago there were millions of American bison; millions of fur seal, passenger pigeons, grouse and quail. There a us the South African elephant without number; the Guadalupe elephant seal, the great auk, the egrets of L'Torida and Mexico, the mule deer of Colorado, tho alligators of the South uid the beavers of tho North. Where are they all? Destroyed, Annihilated, exterminated by greedy xnd rapacious men? Well, yes, l:ut ; kVQinan?lovely woman?is an acces- < jory after tho fact. Her philapthrop- ( c sympathy is of little value while icr hats are decorated with plumes i uid feathers that could only have ( Aeon obtained by acts of the Utmost Tiiely. The question has been raisrd, how long will the farmers of ( \nierica continue to stand for the } ;ale of the bodies of their best friends , is food? \ Wild creatures play an important i icononiic part in the affairs of the vorld, for which we all pay in high I <rices of food. Many i)laces even 1 tow are deserts because wild life has > icon exterminated and tho insects eft to devour the vegetation. If ev- t ry bird in the world were suddenly i viped out of existence, tho earth vould, within a priod of ten years, ( leconie uninhabitable for man. This < act has been verified in Australia, i Hhere, whole districts in which the \ ilrds have been annihilated and t vhich were once a beautiful table- ' and, are now given over to grubs i md other insects, and been abandond by agriculturists as a place of hah- ; tation. t The foundation of wealth in this i ountry is agriculture and forestry. * Tinder the growth of either and pros- i >erity is injured to a like degree, ^osses to farm crops from insects j ind rodent pests amount to over a j >i 11 ion dollars yearly. It, therefore, | lecomes vitally necessary not only t or the farmer but for everyone else o know the relation of wild life, especially birds, to agriculture and orestry. The bob-white is the most valuable md important wild bird in existence or the American home, garden and arm. It does practically 110 harm vliatever and seems to specialize 011 f he pestiferous insects and weed ;eeds. Its large size, compared with ; ?ther insectivorous birds, renders it 1 apable of doing an amount of good 1 lervice which few people realize. 1 from different crops representing a dnglo meal?and the bird probably ' ills its crop from six to ten times a 1 lay?have been taken 200 seeds of 1 unartweed; 500 of sheep sorrel; 1,- j >00 of ragweed; 5,000 of pigeon * ;rass; 1 0,000 of pigweed; a table- 5 spoonful of chinch hugs and over 100 * >otnto beetles. Feeding tests with a pet bob-white ] icn reveal the possibilities of the bird's work in a garden or Held. One , lay, 5 0 adult potato beetles; anoth- ' ;r, 1,280 rose slugs; another, 5,000 )lant lice and 508 mosquitoes in two T .. ? .1 . !!!!?.. * ? r. 1. ^ < li > lours. in auumuji iu tut? ?iuw>u u>u jird is known to feed upon the cotton worm, the boll worm, the Mexican motion boll weevil, cut worms, cab- 1 iiage worms, cucumber beetles, squash bugs, grasshoppers and crickets, army worms and the Hessian fly. If the estimate, $795,100,000 annual damage to farm crops In the United States from Insect ravages is correct ?and it is much too low, if anything ?tho bob-white alone might save us over half this amount if people would only give it a chance. Other tens of millions would be saved in weed seed destruction. The bob-white is a sociablo bird, makes a charming pet and, if protected, will "home" about the house and garden, becoming much tamer and more responsivo to potting than domestic fowls In a very short time it would be possible to have these cheerful birds common in every garden. Pet bob-white hens j average (55 eggs a season and at the j Massachusetts State Fish Hatchery one bob-white laid 100 eggs, practically all hatchahle. As many as 4 2 eggs have been found in a single il ... ! 1 .1 near. in mo wiiu. Tho Department of Agriculture at Washington has reported to tho Governmont that tho cotton holl weevil, tho ravages of which have been costin0 the jpntc of Texas $40,000,hOO to . er,a 000,000 a year, is moving steadily eastward and northward and will, within a few years, go to the Atlantis ocean and as fav north as cotton grown. In proportion to tho area planted, all cotton growing states will suffer ns heavy losses as Texas. The gutill, the prairie chicken and other common birds are natural enemies of the holl weevil. If these birds could have heon preserved In anything liko their previous numbers In Texas, tho insect would never have developed In sufficient numbers ( \ TERRIFIC TORNADO SEVENTY-TITO PERSONS IN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SLAIN BY ANGRY WINDS +. Nearly a Hundred Families in Destitute Circumstances and Over That Number Homes Demolished.?One Town in Illinois Practically Wrecked.?Authorities to Kxtcnd Relief. Latest figures regarding the storm, which swept over Illinois and Indian nil, snow tz ueaa, injured and nearly J 00 families in a destitute condition as a result of the storm. Moro than 100 homes were demolished and the property loss totaled several hundred thousand dollars. Greatest damage was done at Bush, Willsville, Murphysboro, Campus, Freeman and Kankakee, 111., and Morocco, Ind. Gov. Deneen and Adjt. [Jen. Dockson extended State relief to lie stricken districts of Illinois. The dead and injured are: Bush, (11., 18 dead, 100 injured; district >ast of Bush, S dead and 30 injured; Marion, 111., 3 dead, 20 injured; Murphysboro, 111., 3 dead, 5 injured; 2ampus, 111., 2 dead, 1 injured; Kantakee, 111., 7 dead, 21 injured; Mor occo, Ind., 9 dead, 1 injured; Freenan, 111., 3 dead; district near Monoe, 1 dead, 2 injured. .J. \V. Campbell, section master at lush, with his wife and six children, were sitting in the section house, vhen the storm demolished it, killing the occupants instantly. The lumber of injured at Bush will reach uoro than 10 0. Bush, a village in the northwestern orner of Williamson county, received most damage. Two storms met it. Bush, one coming from the northvest and the other from the southeast. The storms met a velocity of i5 miles an hour, and in a few mlnites Bush was in ruins. The buildings of the Western Coal >.nd Mining company were distroved. is were tho postoffice, general departnent store, hotels, restaurants and !0 dwelings. Thirty-five other dwell ngs were partially wrecked . A train load of injured was taken "rom Bush to Murphysboro, where hree died. Seventy-five families are lomeless and destitute in southwestern Illinois. WAS ACCII)KXTAI/LY SIIOT. Miss Polly Benton Was Killed by Discharge of Gun. Miss Polly Benton was accidentally diot and killed at her home near A'alterboro Wednesday afternoon. Miss Benton was in the act of hand11 g her brother a gun out of the ivindow for the purpose of shooting 1 hawk, which was near tho house, rhe hammer of the gun was pushed jack by coming in contact with the .vindow and the gun was discharged, he load entering her head. Miss Benton was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Benton of the Pine Grove section of tho county and was a roung woman of many estimable raits of character. :o seriously affect cotton growers. It has also boon established at the Department of Agriculture that the Colorado beetle, commonly known as Lho potato bug, has cost the farmers if this country $1 2,000,000 to $14,000,000 a year for the past 15 years and it is predicted that if the bird life of the country is still further diminished, this insect will rapidly increase in numbers. The quail, the meadow lark, the robin and several other species of birds are natural enemies of the potato bug, but these birds have been so persistently hunted and destroyed that there are not enough left anywhere to keep down insect lifo to a condition of sarety for farmers. The time has come for drastic action and the many nine millions of "other people" who are suffering hardest and financial losses that the few thousand vain, epicurean and avaricious persons may profit thereby, would do well to rise in their might and protect the birds that, if given a chance, would so well protect thorn. The fashionable woman of to-day, clad in furs and feathers, carries with her an atmosphere of death. Her head gear alono proclaims to the world the misery and suffering which havo been the price of her van n y. ? ! odso Found the Lenlc. Hunting for a gas leak, Enoch Loose, of Cuyahoga, Falls, O., lighted a .natch in tlio bathroom of his homo. There was an explosion which blow out a wall of Iho house, and severely burned Loose, bin wife and daughter, and Frank P. Sohaffor. a boarder. ?%' "White Men on Chain Gang. At Lexington Alex Gnnter and J. C. Thomas, two young white men, wore committed to tho white chain gang Thursday by the mayor of the town of Hrookland for disorderly conduct, Gunter receiving a sentence of twenty days and Thomas ten. PUSH ALONG YOUR TOWN. Some Suggestions and Uinta to IJoostors niul Knockers. Not only does the "knocker" dole out this discouraging line of talk to his own homo folks, but passes it along to the stranger within our gates And isn't it wonderful how fast this kind of information spreads and isn't it equally wonderful how some people will more quickly believe a bad than a good report? "The "knockers" (axes are always tco high no matter how low they may bo and he cusses his neighbor because his neighbor is , rospcrous and enjoys life. In fact, he hates himself and is a menace to the town's prosperity. a foe to Clod and no good to the devil. These persons seem to be a necessary evil in every town. They I ought to bo put out. * * # One of the causes for the failure of local enterprises is the failure on the part of many people to comprehend that whatever injures any business in a community reflects injury upon the people of that community. Home enterprises should bo loyally supported by home people. It is too often the case that a business that is of incalculable benefit for a locality is hampered or ruined through jealousies. * * The "knocker" who stands on the street corner looking around for something to gossip nboht or to find fault with, can always find what ho is looking for. But what a life he lives. Iiis soul shrivels and withers until it is shown in his manner and looks For such a person life has lost its savor. It becomes sour, misanthropic, whining. He passes from bad to worse and sees no good in anybody or anything. * * Everybody can do something for his town. His capital may be limited?in fact ho may have no capital at all, and yet be a strong factor in the production of bustle, and "git up and git." What is to hinder you from offering a word of encouragement to every undertaking? What is to hinder you from speaking well of your own town on all occasions? What will it cost von? It is the manners of the people that make them loved and respected * What trouble can there ho in meeting a stranger kindly and extending to him a warm hand of cordiality, and informing him that, the doors of the city are thrown open to him, with an invitation to abide with us? It is just easy enough to tell all strangers that you have the best people in the world, and prove it by carrying them around and giving them an introduction. It is not the most Push Along Your Tqwq. Two. wealthy that do the most for the the town or city in which they dwell. Remarkable Suggest ion. If a layman had suggested that instead of coal be mined the mines should be piped and set on fire and the gas thus generated be conveyed to houses lie would have been considered a visionary crank. Yet this ia what Sir William Ramsey has just advised and he is at tho very head of British scientists. Sir William contends that to thus turn a mine into a great gas retort, would do away with most of the underground labor with its dangers and hardship, that it would he the most economical way of using the coal, and that it would bo far more convenient and pleasant for householders and manufacturers. In other words Sir William Ramsey would do by human aid what nature does directly in many sections of this country in its natural gas wells. Startling as the suggestion may he there is much to commend it, especially when one thinks of the immense depths at which English coal is now worked. In addition to furnishing gas direct to cities it is proposed to generate electricity at the pit's mouth and convey it to manufacturing establishments. Of course, if the project materializes, it will still be necessary to work quite a number of mines to provide coal for steamships and for exportation. ? Patriot of Loftiest Ideals, History affords but few examples of patriotism that excel that of Dr. Sun Vet Sen of China. Elected provincial president of the Chinese Republic he announced that ho would willingly resign in favor of the man who might bo elected the permanent president. lie kept his word. Instead of using his position to foster personal ambition and Intrench himself in otlicc, ho exhibited a rare devotion to his country, a disinterestedness and a modesty that marks him as a patriot of loftiest ideals. Not less to his credit was the grace ful manner in which he welcomed Itho new president, Yuan Shao Yi. 'ills examnlo may well he followed in every country by those men who. e great profession of patriotism is but a cloak for their own personal gratification. m Another Notable Perished. Jonklin J. O. Reuchltn, managing director of tho Holland-American steamship lino, perished with the Tltanio. J I BANK. Of C'onwa Has largest capital and surplus of i than the combined capital and surj CAPITAL STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT DIRE( .>bcrt B. Scarborough, . L. Buck, i-;>ojge J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc | will justify, and we' tobkrt b. scarborough, b President. We continue to pay 5 pe WANT TRUTH TOLD SAYS WRECK OF THE TiTANiC WAS A GREAT CRIME. SAYS MAJOR WAS A HERO ? Mrs. Harris, Willow <>T Henry B. Harris, Who host His Life in the Wreck, Talks of the Si;i'.11of C11 <* Titanic, declares That She Wants to Tell Her Story of the Disaster. "Sixteen hundred people were not drowned on the Titanic; sixteen hundred. people were murdered, cruelly and foully murdered?that's the story, tho true story, of this awful wreck I shall tell the world tho secolid 1 am able." These are the words of Mrs. Henry H. Harris, widow of the millionaire theatrical producer of New York, i Mrs. Harris spoke these words Saturday night between sobs as she lay on her bed of grief and pain, surrounded by her relatives in her (lower-filled apartments that look out over Central Park, and into the very windows where Mrs. .John Jacob Astor, another freshly made widow, is also living over and over again those wild hours in tho ice-strewn Atlantic. "No one has begun to toll the whole story about the wreck of the j Titanic," Mrs. Harris sobbed. "I shall j appear before the senate committee in Washington and tell what 1 know. I will wake the world at last to the real horror of this disaster. "1 was the last woman to leave the deck of that ship. I was put into a collapsible boat along with two other women and scores of the crew .Women and children?and our husbands ?were torn from us so the men of ' tho crew might go along. "Hut I am glad that I waited. I had a few extra minutes with my i husband, and I learned of the carelessness with which she was handled which amounts to murder?plain, cold-blooded murder! "I want to tell the committee my story. I want the blame to be fixed where it belongs. The men who are responsible for this crime must pay for it. And I shall do all in my power to see that they do." J5ut it will l>o a long time before j Mrs. Harris is able to testify ac-1 cording to her attorney, Max I). ,Steuer, who has charge of her affairs. ' .She is in a most serious condition, he i says, as a result of her terrible ex-I posure and a fall she received while ' on board the Titanic. "1 had watched the women get into the boats," Mrs. Harris said, "and finally I had to go, too. They said it was my only chance of being saved. I asked my husband the time and ho , took out his watch. It was exactly j 20 minutes past 2. "Wo wore standing alongside of Major Hutt. They had been helping him put people into the boats. Major 1 tutt was the real leader in all that rescue work. Ho made the men stand back and help the women and children in. Hut he was never rough, as has been said. Ho was simply authoritative in the most courteous manner I have over seen. He was surely one of God's noblemen. "As I was lowered into the boat after 1 had kissed my husband that last terrible good bye, I watched the Major as lie stood by Mr. Harris. Ho was emotionless, without a trace of fear in his eyes. Just ten minutes later 1 watched the waves sweep over hem?my husband and tho Major ? ?s they both stood at attention like tho heroes that they were. "Major I'.iit;. never fired n shot, nn :\s been said; "he acted the part of ho greatest hero, the hero whose heart is as tender as his soul is bravo." Mrs. Harris* declaration that she knows the truth about the sinking of the Titanic as perhaps no one else knows it comes as a complete surprise. It had not been generally known that she was the last woman to bo lifted from the death-ridden decks of rho Titanic. This was becauso until late Saturday she has been too ill to talk. And even now she can go but ? HORRY, y. S, . iny bank in Horry county. More?.* Jus ot all other banks in the couuty. .. ... ... 150,000 . .* ? *. .. 12,500 ' ^HOLDERS .. .. 50,000 OR3 . .11*,500 :iors ARDSON, W. A. Johnson, Vv ill A. )' rtf man. ominodation wliicH their account#. solicil your business. >. V. Richardson, will a. fukkma* Vick Ruksidknt. . (Jashie* r cent, on yearly deposits. I ??~ n rnmmmnmmmmmmn I'ROFESSICNAIj CAKD8. H. It. WOOI>WAHl> Attorney and Councilor At Law, CONWAY; 8. O. fc. 13. bCAiiiiHUCOH CONWAY, 8. C. Attorney at JLr.w. M. H. i3rimorci?? IPhymlrhn arid Hurtfoow, CONWAY. H. 0. 13. WOl'FlUtU WAIT. Attorney at I5*nk o/ Horry Building. COWVAY, fl. 0. llKMi HAVHNKfi Land Surveying ?nci Drainage A Spivey Building Conway, .S. C. SHE WORLDS BREArtSI SEWING MACHIHI .LIGHT RUNNING JjiiifcJL v. n HI hi t tie, RotaA SbutUe or a Single Thread {Chain iilitcJtl Bowing Machine write to M IIW HOME SEWINO MACHINE CDMPAW Orange, Mass. Mtacyaewtngmaohmrs are mndc to Rett rr^arrftm Mllty, but the New Huiuo li made to ve? ' Ou* guaranty never runs out ; ? ** ?*1 aallioricod dealer* Mrifij V fOB SAt? % ^ BURROl/(i?!.N & COLIJJVN CO.. Conway. M. (). I( Relief Fund in Large. Shipping men in New York express keen interest as to how the immense I funds that have been subscribed til I Fngland and America for the relief of Titanic survivors will be distributed. The total already raised in j London and New York is considerably in excess of a million dollars . land belief is expressed that thoJ amount event ually will reach nearly two million. Shot in t?ie Head. Mrs. Ella T. Horry, who resides in ^ 'Columbia, was painfully injured Thursday afternoon, when a carjt ridge which she had unin'en' legally ! swept Into a fire exploded. The bul: let struck Mrs. Lorry on the forehead producing a wound that is not regarded as serious. i -< *>??' I So much depends upon H.c person. nllty of ono and his motives and tact 'that a kind word from one person j may do a man in distress mere pood t than would tho locolnt of a thousand dollars from some other man. Uttlo into details. "ft was just plain murder?downright and terrible," she repoats to her slaters over and over again. "And I will prove it to tho world the minute I can gather my strength." Iler story every ono must know, sho says, so that tho 1,500 personswho are lying in those unfathomod . graves shall not go unavenged. , . M