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HAVE A WARM TILT ? REPUBLICANS WASHING THEIR SOILED MINEN. OLD WOONDS LAID DARE ? - ? Mondell and Norris, Taft Supporter and Roosevelt Supporter, Exchange Verbal Volleys on the Floor of the House Regarding the Republican Convention at Chicago. Republican political wounds were laid bare and much bitterness was displayed in tho house Wednesday when Representative Mondoll of Wyoming, a member of tho credentials committee of tho recent Chicago convention, which seated Taft contested deleK-ntna nnrl RnnrosfintafiVfi Norris of Nebraska, an ardent Roosevelt sup* iporter, clashed in two sets. Mr. (Mondell defended the action of the convention while Mr. Norns denounced it with bitter emphasis. Once during .Mr. Mondell's speech older was restored only when the chair was on the point or ordering the mace down to compel Representative Warburton of Washington (Republican) to take his stat. Again that emblem of authority came near being used to quell the turbulence when Representative Humphrey of Washington (Republican) declined to cease. Mr. Norris followed Mr. Mondell with the statement that "a man whoso name was known tnroughout the country" had acknowledged that the Taft managers had stolen delegates from the State of Washington. This man, he said, was now engaged in supporting the president's candidacy because, Mr. Norris, aided lie entertained "political aspirations". "When the gentleman makes such a statement," interjected Representative Humphrey, "he certainly should give his authority." 'Mr. Norris declined to divulge the identity of his informant. Ho lunged at once into his reply to Mr. Mondell and criticised the latter's denunciation of "soap box primaries". He referred to the primaries in Indi ana, wmcn went ior laic ana wnicn Mr. Mondell endorsed as regular. "The gentleman loves the primary that goes for Taft," said Mr. Norris ironically, "but how he nates and despises the primary that goes fo; Roosevelt." He defended the Washington primaries and said that immediately following them no charge of dishonestv of any kind had been registered against them. It was not until the Taft men decided that if the primary results were allowed to go unchallenged the Roosevelt managers would be within three votes of controlling the jjjtate convention, ho declared that "secret meetings were hold and Taft delegates named. "The action of the committee In Chicago," said Mr. Norris, addressing the Democrats, "are in favor of Democratic success. They did more to bring about the possibility of Democratic victory than the Democratic party ever did or ever was competent to do. The Taft Republicans and Mie machine Democrats are together 'two souls with but a single thought; two hearts that beat as one'. When your convention inot in Baltimore, your temporary chairman in his 'Keynote speech' devoted all of his time to an attack on Roosevelt and paid no attention to Taft. There is another evidence of the fusion and union." Mr. Norris drew Democratic applause when he said that it was conceded "confidentially, at least, by all Republicans," that President Taft could not be re-elected. Ho aided 4 n 4 b r\ /I /-\n f " m ti 1 ti r-r r\ n n i nut nit" jn roiuciu i uiiuiiip, wit ci rumped up nomination", could only /esult in votes for tho Democratic candidate. "Everybody knows the fight is between Roosevelt and Wilson," ho declared. Mr. Mondell made specific denial of the claims of the Roosevelt managers that their candidate had been im properly deprived of delegates in the Chicago convention in the contested cases brought either beforo the na tional or credentials committees. He characterized the contests as "mc-p bluffs" without shadow of substantiation. MKT DEATH IN QUEER WAY. * Drowned on Top of a Twelve Story New York Store. At New York Robert M. Kinsela was diowned on the t<>p of a twelvceto *y building in which lie lived on East Sixteenth street Sunday. Ho had gone anil that night rang him up foot and a half of water which had collected there after the drain pipe became clogged. He ran his right arm down into tho drain pipe and as lie released the rubbish the suction cf the rushing water caught him. His arm was drawn in up to his shoulder and became wedged in the pipe. three companions strove frantically but vainly to release the Imprisoned man. The suction held him In the pipe and his head was drawn Into the water which still remained on tho roof, causing him to drown. l ?Found Dead in Store. At Jacksonville, George Osborne, aged sixty-four, was found dead in his grocery store on the outskirts of the city Wednesday morning, his head was crushed by an iron bolt found by the body, and tho cash , drawer was rifled. i ? ? Suspended by Wedding King. I Mrs. David Swaneon, living near ' Sterling, 111., was badly Injured when < her wedding ring caught on a na!I In ? a hay-mow. It hold her suspended < for two hours and sue was almost i dead when rescued. t AFTER THE ARMY WORM EXPERTS ARK ON THE GROUNJJ IN ANDERSON COUNTY. It Is Believed Now That the Pe?l Will Not Do Any Very Seriou* Damage to the Crops. The Greenwood Journal says nowe comes from Anderson that an active tight is being waged on tho arm worm which Is doing groat damage to the corn and cotton crops of that county, and it Is now felt that no further danger need be apprehended. Dr. E. A. McGregor, representing tho United States government, and Dr. W. F. Webster, entomologist, have tho situation in hand, having been sent from Washington by Secr< tary Wilson and Congressman Aiken. These two experts will go to any other counties where tne worm lias appeared. Secretary Wilson does not think the worm will do extended damage in Anderson, but thought it wise to send an expert to look over the situation. The worm, he says, appears at intervals all over the south nearly every year but he has never done what may bo termed general damage. Dr. Webster will be prepared to do everything that can be done to check its ravage. | Mr. Aiken talked with a number | of representatives from cotton states of the south. They too have had complaints as to tho army worm from timo to time. Congress has never been asked to make any official appropriation on the subject of the federal and state authorities were always been able to do everything necessary. The bureau of entomology has been very much worried by this early appearance. The worm has been found from Florida to the North Carolina line and in a strip extending west ward. I)r. Webster thinks that the hot sun is driving the worm north ward. 9 He declares that the worm is no worse than usual in its depredations and is at present confining its destruction to the grass and tender young corn. He advises the farmers to watch their fields closely and upon the first appearance of tho worm to uso arsenate of lead, in tho proportion of one to eight of flour. ? m HEINOUS CRIME. Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Assaulted and Murdered. A dispatch from Carmel, Me., 8iN3 that the discovery of the body of fourteen-year-old Naimi Etta Mitchell in a corn field near the town, ner throat cut from ear to ear and much of her clothing torn away, brought to light Friday a murder which, the authorities believe to bo the work or a madman. Friday night searcn was made for a farm hand who was seen in tho vicinity Thursday night. He was at one time an inmate of the Bangor Insane Asylum. This man has not been at homo since Thursday night. The murder apparently was committed early Friday evening. Tho child, a daughter of Phineas Mitchell, a farmer, had been sent to a grocery a mile distant after supper. She made her purchases and started home. That was tho last time she was seen alive. Searchers came across tho body in thr? r>r?rti ftnlrl Tho tHrl'a hnnHa tied behind hor back and a gas placed over her mouth. There were many indications of a struggle. Iter bundles were found piled up by the roadside, and $14, which sho had on her person, was untouched. The man for whom search is being made was in the store when the child made her purchases and followed her down the road. Public feeling has been aroused to a high pitch and threats of summary vengeance, should the man bo captured, were freely made in the village. Physicians who examined the body declared the girl was tho victim of an assault before she was killed. WILL. MAKE A GOOD OXE. +. Lev. E. O. Watson, 1). I)., to Head the Industrial School. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the proposed Horry Industrial school hold at Conway last week a permanent organization was perfected in which Kobt. II. Scarborough was elected chairman, Paul Quattlehaum, secretary, and L. II. Burroughs, t rensui or. Rev. 10. (4. Watson, D. D., of Co nimma, cniei promulgator or me enterprise, was elected president of the institution, I)r. Watson accepted the residency subject to the approval of fhe South Carolina conference of the J'.etlmdist episcopal church, South, of which ho is a member. It. was decided at the meeting that the school would open its doors in September of next year, and that active work on the institution would begin January 1, 1013. As soon as possible and some time during the fall the preliminary work of surveying, draining and preparing the lands of the school, would begin. The site of the proposed school will bo on the north side of Brown Swamp one mile from tho Dog Bluff road, on the Conway Coast & Western railway, and seven and one-half miles from Conway. Big Oil Lamb Burns. Tiro at tho plant of tho Union Petroleum Company at Marcus Hook, Pa., early Wednesday, destroyed the warehouse, barrel factory, tin factory, soveral oil tanks and part of the wharf of tho company, and almost jomplctely wrecked the British tank deumer Trlnidadln. Several freight ars al?o wore burned. Tho loss, isido from that sustained by the itcamer, is estimated at $200,000. i THEY WERE QUIZED ' JONES AND BLEASE ASKED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS t # AT LEXINGTON MEETING i i Judge Jones Endeavors to Give the Information SoHght, But Governor t Blease Vses Strong Language Toward Inquisitors, Evading Direct Reply in Nearly Every Instance. At the Lexington campaign meeting 011 Tuesday both Judge Jones and Governor Dleaso wore asked many questions by people in the audience. After Judge Jones had been speaking a sliort time, some one in (lie audience volunteered the following information: "I haven't had but ono drink to-day." Another issued this challenge: "Don't tell what lilease has done; tell what you'd do if you were Govornor." "When I state what Iileaso is doing 1 know the way to be right in the opposite," retorted Judge Jones, and there was vociferous applause from his friends. The speaker went on to say that he attempted to show by contrast just what he stood for, and made it plain that ho was opposed to practically every principle enunciated by Governor Blease. As to the taunts about his age, Judge Jones said: "I am sixty years old, and forty years young and 110 mnn noorl wnrrv about mv aire in the performance of the duties of the oftice." "Do you think you can beat Coloy?" inquired a voice. "What? Do you think I'd resign the great ofhee of Chief Justice if 1 did not know I could beat Coley?" replied Judge Jones with emphasis e- the word "know". This evoked another outburst from the Jones sympathizers. j "Why, 1 have known Blease since he was a kid," continued Judge Jones: "I have had lots of hard jobs in my life, but the easiest job I ever undertook is to beat Colo L. Blease for Governor." Again Tuesday, when Judge Jones asked wherein Governor Blease had befriended the poor man, he was 1 told: "He turned them out of the penitentiary." "Well, why doesn't he turn them 1 all out?" asked Jones; "there are 1 still some poor men there just as 1 good as those he turned out.' ' "Ho ain't been there long enough; he'll do it," said a Bleaso rooter, in ' reference to possible future action of i the Governor. < "It's a one-sided affair," said Judge l Jones, "this turning out the poor 1 man; what of the poor man whose ' barn is burned, whoso pockets are 1 picked or the victim of the murder- 1 er?" "Oh, he's done dead," chimed in < I the same voice. 1 Judge Jones made a strong point j i in his argument that real friendship j for the poor man was the strict en- , forcement of law, whereby he, as well < ns the rich man, was guaranteed pro- ( teetion of life and property. ( "The thing to do is to make it hard to commit crime in South Carolina," i said Judge Jones, referring again to the Governor's declaration regarding ( Messrs. King and Watson, saying c that such language was positive en- < couragement to crime with a promise ? cf Immunity from punishment. i "Hurrah for I^eroy Springs and 1 Lewis W. Parker," came from the audience, and thero followed more noise and disturbance. j "That's just ono of the evidences of this anarchy I'm talking about, c when men are so inflicted with PJeas- t ism that they will not allow a man right of free speech or give a square { deal," said tho speaker when partial j quiet was restored; and on the same j line ho repeated the charge that men were imported to yell for Please. "Put," said Judge Jones, "the quiet, law-abiding people of Lexington will control her destinies and 1 they are the ones who will express 1 themselves at the ballot box." : Please Was Also Qulzed. * Soon after Governor Please began ] to speak from back in the audience 1 camo a shout: "Hurrah for the pickpockets." It came, as later in quiry showed, from Mr. \V. H. Ililler, ?' an insurance man of Columbia, a < former Lutheran minister, at' one < limo pastor of St. Stephen's Lutheran 1 Church in Lexington. t "Oh, I'll bet you are a pickpocket 1 yourself," was tlie shot fired by Governor Mease at his disturber; "I'll ? hot a dollar that man's stole more money than those two pickpockets." Again Mr. Ililler said something c and the Oovernor retorted: "I wish t there were no ladies here, so I could i toll you something." A little later Mr. Ililler repeated i his taunt and Governor Illease ro- ( Vila I'rtnl v Mint "tli iit mnn if \ |/uatc\i 11 to * v/ |v vn,v [ you will look him up, has stolen ? more money than thoso two pickpockets." r "You are an infamous liar," shot ( back Mr. 1111 lor. > "Oh, any coward can stand out (3 there and call a man a liar when ho can't get to him," said the Governor, a Addressing himself to the mill boys present, Governor Blease told them to bewaro of their vote, that It was v apparent that tho big Parker mill combine was trying to force men to o voto for Jones. s "Old man Jones got hot yesterday and called me a liar," said tho Gov- 1 ei nor in mentioning his charge that J tho Judge's son, Charles P. Jones, c bad exerted influence on Supremo v Court decisions while his father was b Chief Justico. C "There wero ladles prcsont, too," continued the Governor, "and yet the si newspapers, with big headlines, pro- o claim it a groat act. Tf I bad done it tl they would have called ine a black- n MANY WERE KILLED j BY MEXICAN REBELS, WHO ATTACK TROOP TRAIN. ? JfiMt Brforo the Attack on the Train a Small Garrison of Federals Had Been Routed. The list of dead as a result of the altack by a band of Zapatistas on tho Mexico-Cuernavaca train near Parres, 011 the edge of the federal district, grew to a total of 84. Three of the wounded died during Monday night i.1 the railway hospital. A second relief train, which reached Mexico City early Tuesday brought passengers who had escaped the butchery and made their way into r,>es Marias, a few miles away. Eleven were accounted for Monday night. It is estimated that the train composed of one first class and throe second class coaches, carried approximately 70 passengers in addition to the GO soldiers of the escort. Fortythree soldiers were killed. Nino bodies of passengers were found near tho wreck. Of tho roinaining thirty-two, a majority are believed to have been killed or wounded and consumed in the burning cars which were fired with oil taken from tho tank of tho locomotive. Hefore the attack on the train it became know Tuesday, the Zapata horde had routed a small garrison of federals at Parres. Many women of the camp fell into their hands and "" vn oiil\!nntn/l t r\ ind nappMin Klo llfir barities. The wWe of the chief of the detachment was found disemboweled and otherwise horribly mutilated. Capt. Rosendo Nunez, in charge of the escort of the ill-fated train, is said to have fought heroically. After nearly every man of his command had been either killod or wounded and he himself had received throe wounds, he continued to firo from a platform of a choach until a bullet pierced his heart. The Zapatistas robbed the dead and living and looted the express car. IJLEASE LOSES A FRIEND. Former Strong Supporter at Greenville Now Opposes Him. The Greenville News says that Adam C. Welborn, Esq., and Govarnor Colo L. Blease, who have been warm friends and political friends for years, have severed relaLions with each other will doubtless prove surprising news to friends of both throughout this section. In 1908 and 1910 Mr. Welborn was a particularly strong supporter ot Governor Blease and weilded a considerable amount of influence in die elections. Very few people have learned of the break between Mr. Welborn and the governor, and those few who knew of it, perhaps did not {now the cause of the separation. Saturday morning Mr. Welborn itntoH tr> n Xcwh rpnnrtf>r th.it npr laps it would be best for him to state puclicly that he was no longer a supporter of Governor Klease, for some his friends, remembering how strongly he supported the chief exe- ( ,'utive heretofore, might bo influenced in the approaching primary. ?uard." Charging that Judge Jones favored. social equality in voting against separate coaches, Governor Blease 1 was interrupted by this question: 'Well, did not you vote for that 'bad' fironically) man (Jones) after ho lad voted that way?" "If Jones was as bad a man as you ire he'd* a-been in hell long ago," -etorted the Governor. "But I just want to ask you the simple question," explained his quesioncr. "If a gentleman asks mo a ques;ion I'll answer it," replied Governor Mease. "Jones says his friends don't nterrupt the speakers; that they are gentleman; therefore he says you are )o gentleman." His uuestloner was nersiatent until he Governor tlnally said: "I wouldn't jay any morO attention to you than 1 i houn' puppy would to a yellow nigger." and then the Governor tried to riake sport of his questioner by sayng: "Ilo's just trying to show off; it and up and let these folks see you." Governor Blease, however, did not inswer tho question, which it developed, was asked by Mr. II. It. Dreher, >f Dutch Fork, lrmo postoflflce. !.Mr. Dreher is a twin brother of Superinondent E. S. Dreher, of the Columbia mblic schools. i After the tilt with Mr. Dreher iomo one yelled out "take him off" ? meaning Governor Bleaoo. "If you think you can take me off , >f hero come up and try it," flashed jack tho Governor. "I can whip you n a minute." < Another member of tho audience >ut the following question to the \ jovernor: "What have you done vlth the decisions of tho Juries of South Carolina in criminal cases." "If you had sense enough you'd | cad tho newspapers and see," was , lovernor Blease's reply; "I can't give | 'ou tho brains if God Almighty lidn't." "What's your n,amo, anyhow?" isked tho Governor. "Sam Snyder," was the reply. "What do you do for a living?" 1 yas tho next question. "T nni a srraduate of tho Fnlvorsltv f f Souih Carolina. 1 do as I please," 1 aid Mr. Snyder. "I knew you woron't working for a v Ivirg. I had a purpose In asking. G udge Jones has boon talking about ollego boys Interrupting; I ju3t ,'anted to show that all the collogo oys wero not Illeaso boya," said the ? rovernor. 1 Firing another shot, Mr. Snyder c aid: "I'll explain my record at Car- 1 Una If you'll cxplalu yours." This t. 'O Governor did not heai or took no r otice of, for he did not reply. Ji BANK Oi Conwa Has largest capital and surplus of than the combined capital and sur\ CUPITAL BTOOK. . . * SVRPLU8 LIABILITIES OF STOCfl SDCURITY OF BEPOer: DIRE' .>bert B. Scarborough, .. L. Buck, J-aorge J. IJoliJay, We offer our customers every ac< will justify, anJ we ftOBKBT B. SCARBOROCOIT, I I PHKSIDMIT. We continue to pay 5 p< GOOD CHANCE FOR BOYS + . WHO AHB NOT AUIJO TO PAY FOR A CLLLFGE COURSE. Several Scholarships to l>o Given Away by the Southern Railway in This State. President FInloy, of tlio Southern Railway Company, announced that all arrangements had been completed for the award of Southern Railway scholarships in agriculture in the State Agricultural College of each State traversed by the lines of the Southern Railway Company and the companies associated with it in farm improvement work, so that the scholarships may be awarded prior to tho beginning of the school year this fall. The purpose of the management of the company to award these scholarships as a means of supplementing tho extensive work which tho company Is doing for the improvement of agriculture in tho territory traversed by its lines South of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and East of the Mississippi was announced last February. The selection of tho young men who will receive the scholarships has neen placed entirely in tho hands ol the President of tho State Agricultural Cojlego in each State and all correspondence relative to the matter should be addressed to him. The general plan in accordance with which the scholarshins will he award od is aa follows: 1. The scholarships shall be* awarded to a hoy, preferably from the farm, living in a county, within the State, traversed by a line of one of the railway companies participating in tho award. 2. The boy must meet tho entrance j requirements of the college. 3. The boy must be financially unable to avail himself of an agricultural college education without assistance. Provided, thai the president of a college, if he deems it advisable may divide the total amount awarded to such college among two or more boys who may be able to defray part of their expenses from other sources 4. Subject to the above conditions the president of each college for which scholarships are to bo awarded may determine for himself the method of selecting tho boys to whom they shall be awarded. The management of the Railway Companies, believing that tho best results will lr obtained if the selection of the boys shall be left entiicly to the college authorities, will not participate in such selection in any way or recommend the award of a scholarship to ny particular boy. f>. Each boy to whom a scholarship may be awarded must maintain good standing in his classes throughout his entire college course and must conform to the rules and regulations of the college. The authorities of the college shall have full and final authority to determine the degree of delinquency or of insurborRnation that shall constitute grounds for the withdrawal of the benefits ol a scholarship from any student. In no case shall a beneficlttvy of a scholarship be permitted to appeal from any act or decision of tho college authorities to the railway companies. 6. In colleges in which it is customary to send to the parents or guardians of students periodical reports as to their standing and conduct, such reports as to the beneficiaries of railway scholarships shall be forwarded (o the president of the Southern Railway Company, as well as to the parcut or guardian. 7. Each beneficiary of a scholarship shall be required to subscribe to an agreement that ho will, for at cast three years afte^ tho term!nation of Ills course in college, devote himself to practical farming in tcrrlory contiguous to a line of one of the railway companies participating in the award or to teaching agriculture, >r working 011 an experimental farm, 'n some state traversed by tho lines >f one of the railway companies participating in the award. Woman Cowhides Informer. Mrs. I^llian Pettit la under arrest n Atlanta, Oa., charged with cowtiding the man who furnished the nformatlon on which her husband scTrod a divorce. Edward Hurst, her mother-in-law, hold the victim, C. P. Iteevcs, while the woman literally rorc out the cowhide on his head and houlders. ? ? Fatal Motorcyclo Collision. At Lexington, Ky., Charles K. 1 doores, receiving teller at a local tank, died Wednesday and his broth- 1 ;r, II. W. Moores Is not expected to Ivo as the result of a collision he- 1 ween their motorcycles. The broth- < r? were returning from Winchester, Cy., when the accident occurred. ?i T HORRY, I iy. S, C. I any bank in Horry county. More 1 plus of all other banks in the county:. .. $50,000 \ .. 12,GOO ?HOL,DMR3 .. .. GOf.OOO rORS ? ..112,600 CiORS I AKDS'ON, ( W. A. Johnson, Will A. Fmuxtju. , :ommodation which their accounts solicit your business. 3. V. Richardson, will a. freemax Vice Fbehidejnt. .Cabihes* ;r cent, on yearly deposits. 1 V ROFBMIHION A11 CABIN#. i , | BL H. WOODWARD iitvriiQjr and Councilor At Lav-, CONWAY, H. C. IS, It. HOAltliiiOLOzl CONWAY, H. I Attorney at Lnw. a. II. BURROCOKB n i. j j j rs & uysitsan miiu Mirgcu,'?., CONWAY, H. C. tt. WOFFOKD WAIT, Attorney at 1j*v/. Kunk o/ Horry Miiiidin#. j CONWAY, M. C. | 11ENE HAVENEL Hand Purveying and Draiuage Spivoy Huildhig Conway, S. O. ?t WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACH1HI KlPw^nMlT jrynn n t e! t her a VI brn t! n(? H Ini 1 tie. Shuttle or u Htnelo Thread [Chain iitUck\ J Bc-wlug Machine write to ' m tCW HOME 8EWIN0 MACHINE CIMMU9 Orungc, Maws. HMraewto* machine* ere made to teHmitdlMl ?a Hit but tk? Hew Home la made to wwt. Oat ruarentr never tuna out. 1 iNIt M(horlie4 dealer* | v foa iAit m } ttttRKOUURg 4b COLONS CO* Ootivray, ?. C. AUMV WOHM AT FOllT MOTTIi. # The Cotton lied Spider Attacking Cotton There Also. A dispatch from Fort Motto sayst.ho army worm is doing considerable uam?.go in this section, especially on tli8 extensive farms or John A. Peter'.-ill niwl \\f n MM. _ .v.iM >> . vi. i vivi i v I ii. J ilU vUlUlg corn has been almost entirely doslioyed. Where there wan grass in cotton the worms arc to be found in the largest numbers. When the grass was destroyed they at Hit;t attacked the cotton only slightl/ on the leaves, but mostly by cutting in to mo stem or limbs at or near Lop where it was tender. Now since the rain has stopped and tho cotton is getting rnoro hardy and less sap, they are to be found in the small bolls and forms. Tho Messrs. Peterkins have applied Paris green to about seventy five acres, where the leaves are attacked it is effective, but iind vc-rv few dead worms. Tlicy also have applied It on gra3a and corn but have found it of very little benefit.. They will continue to apply in hopes that tho worms will yel attack the leaves. Quite a number of farms have been attacked by the red spider. It appeared 011 a few stalks of cotton, but has now spread to cover several acres on somo farms. Some have pulled up two to three acres of cotton in tho worst affected places and burned the stalks, it lo yot to be teen It this plan will have any effect on the spread of iho Insect. Tho situation is quite serious, there is very llttlo grown fruit on cotton, and being attacked by both the worm and spider this early in season, makes our farmers feel blue. 1 * ??il I?W'l