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WON SENATE TOO SENATOR HOKE SMITH SURE DEMOCRATS HAS IT HAVE A GOOD MAJORITY He Tl^ipkfl the Reorganization 0f the Senate by the Democrats on the Fourth of March is Assured as a Result of the Flection Held Last Week. "The reorganization of the Senate by the Democrats on the Fourth of March is assured," said Senator Hoke 6njith of (ieorgia Friday in summing up the status of tho Senate as a result of the election. Senator Smith was among those of tho Democratic senators to return to Washington and he spoke with assurance due largely to- his familiarity with the situation, owing to his connection with the senatorial branch of the campaign work. "We havo .30 Democrats who hold over and five who already have been -elected, making 35," said the senator. "We have Democrats from Georgia, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and two from Colorado who have been elected in the primaries. The Democrats undoubtedly have carried the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware, which insures Democratic senators from each of those States Advices from Nevada and Oregon clearly indicate the election of Democratic candidates for the senate. This would give 4!) Democrats or a positive majority of the Senate. Mr. Smith was inclined to make additional claims to states which are considered doubtful, lie said that according to his advices that Democrats will have a majority of the legislature of Tennessee, which would insure a Democrat senator from that state. Ho also counted on further Demo crntic accessions from Illinois and some of the other states, which still are open to donbt. "We can rely safely on f>0 Democrats in tho next senate," ho declared. Senator Smith's summary of Democratic control in the Senate Is substantially in accord with the general view at the Senate wing of capital. In other quarters an impartial survey of the returns give totals up to the recent time as follows: Democrats, 48; Republicans, 41: doubtful, 7; total membership, 9G. The doubtful seats still classed as doubtful are two from UllnolR and one each from Michigan, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming./ . Without any of these seven doubtful scats the present assured Democratic strength of 4.8 is half of tho total and is sufllcient, with the vote of Vice-President Marshall tied, to control the Senate. The test as to the political affiliation of the Progressives in tho Senate probably will come soon after tho convening of Congress on the first Monday in December. "If I could have my way," said Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania, one of the foremost standpatters, "I k would determine tho question at the earliest moment. With the vice-president no longer with n?, it will become imperative to eloet a r?rr?ident pro temporte of the Senate as soon as we convene. As is generally known, the Progressives refused to Support Senator Oalllnger for president prh tern of the last senate. "I would call another caucus to name a candidate for this office and would make his support a tost of party loyalty on thy part of senators claiming to ho Republicans. ' If th<} course suggested by Mr. Oliver should be pursued it might result in the early recognition of a third party in the Senate. It is said, "however, by Senator Callinger's friends that I he Progressive opposition to him had largely fallen away before the close of the session. The Democratic senators are most, anxious to obtain a majority of their membership in the Senate so as entirely to avoid the necessity of any dependence upon Progressives after (March 4. * * + 8TTOOTING OVI3H IN RAKNWETJj. ? . . In a Row There Men Are Shot And One Has Since Died, As the result of a shooting affair at Kline. Parnwell county, Saturday night Jesse Kinard ie dead, his brother, Ad Kinard suffers a broken arm from a wound and O. W. Stevenson has been shot In the lung and may dio. Tow Alredge, charged with shooting the three men, has been arrested and is now in the Harnwell jail. Conflicting stories aro beard regarding the affair. Alredge claim's self-defense. Ho is a chalngang guard who lives near Parnwell and had gone to Parnwerl with bis wife Saturday. The shooting occurred at the hojfne of O. W. Stevenson, about two iiir^s from Kline. * Sale of Cider Forbidden* As tlie last word In local option, the town councils of Milford nrd Georgetown, the dry villages In Delaware, have pissed ordinances forbidding the sale of sweet cider. There have been so many "drunks" from cider that the councils took drastic action. ? Hunter Lost in Swamp. Searching partied, numbering a score of well oqui ped men, aro pouring the swamps of Nlggur Tfoad Island, about 30 miles above Mobile, for W. \V. Strong, cashior of the Mobile Electric Company, who Is lost somewhere In the almost impenetrable morass. SOUTH IN THE SENATE ? BOMB OF THE SENATORS WILT. BE VERY PROMINENT. Senator Tillman Will Head Appropriation Committee, Which la One of the Most Prominent. Democratic control of the Senate presages a complete reorganization of the committees and a loss of the chairmanships held by the Republicans. Southern senators will get the most important chairmanships in all probability. Senator Bacon, on the score of seniority, is entitled to head foreign relations, and Senator Tillman to head appropriations. Should Senator Tillman decline it, Senator Culberson of Texas, would bo entitled to the place. Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who is ranking minority member of the finance committee, will head that committee and will have a big influence on tariff legislation. Senator Martin, of Virginia, is the ranking minority member of the District of Columbia committee, and i.i entitled to that chairmanship. If he takes some other post, then Senator Joseph P. Johnston, of Alabama, is next in line. If the Democrats dispose of the chairmanships by seniority in the Senate, some of the important chairmanships will go to the following: Agriculture?Senator Bankhead of Alabama. Appropriations?Senator Tillman of South Carolina or Senator Culberson. Civil Service?Senator Clarke of Arkansas. Claims?Senator Martin of Virginia, or Overman of North Carolina. Commerce ? Senator Martin or Senator Newlands of Nevada. Education and Labor ? Senator Itayner of Maryland. Finance?Senator Simmons. Immigration?Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas. Interstate Commerce ? Senator Newlands or Senator Clarke. Inter-oceanic Canals ? Senator Johnston or Senator Clinton of West Virginia. Judiciary ? Senator Culberson, Senator Overman or Senator Itayner. Military Affairs?Senator John ston, Senator Clarke or Senatorl Chamberlain of Oregon. Naval Affairs?Senator Smith, of Maryland or Senator Tillman. Postoffices?Senator Bankhead or Senator Smith of South Carolina. Privileges and Elections?Senator Johnston or Senator Fletcher of Florida. Public Biuildlngs ? Swanson of Virginia. COTTON CROP FIGURES. ? ... Estimated to bo a Little Over Fourteen Million Rales. In a letter to The State Cooper Griffin, of Greenville, says with a view of getting the ideas of representative cotton men throughout the ' belt, as to the size of the present cotton crop, we recently selected the names of about 150 responsible firms and individuals, choosing same with a view to covering all sections of the belt, and asked that they give us their ideas as to tjie growth in thew respective States. We have summarized their replies, by States, and find tho averages are as follows: North Carolina 81 2,999 1 South Carolina 1,156,000 ( Georgia 1,828,000 1 Florida 58,000 ( Alabama 1,262,000 ( Tennessee 26 8,000 Mississippi 1,083,000 j Louisiana 435,000 J Arkansas . . 951,000 , 11 anr\r\(\ * f IV lilllWIIlit . . . , i \j w ,\r -/ \j Texas 4,583,000 Missouri, etc 85,000 Total 13,782,000 Adding 4 25,000 bales to the above, covering linters, repacks, etc., we get as the commercial crop 14,207,000 bales. The figures given above are predicated upon an average frost date. We submit tho above, trusting you may find it of some interest, although tho figures are not supposed to bo an "estimate" issued by this firm. ? ^ MADE AWFUL MISTAKE. Shot and Killed His Brother With an Unloaded Gun. At Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, the laugh and shout of a boyish game of "burglar," at the home of J. B. John- i son, an emnloyee of the Louisville * and Nashville Railroal shops, was t suddenly hushed when his son, Clif- I ford, aged 14, killed his brother, Car- t son, 12 years of age. In the gamo i tho father's shotgun was appropriate ' ed, tho mako-belicvo burglar, Clif- i fnrrl not knmvincr that it was loaded, i The two boys were devoted to each i other. The top of the younger boy's t head was blown off by the charge, i which tore a hole in tho screen of the t parlor window before striking him. i Clifford Johnson was carried to tho t police station but later was turned f over to his father. '* 1 Killed for Ifer Money. Tho romance of an elopement was ^ blighted by a brutal murder at Chi- ' on go Tuesday when Miss Sophia G. Singer, a bountiful Baltimore girl, j was found dead. Several hundred dollars in money and jewelry brought from her Maryland homo to grace her wedding to William R. Worthen, ^ was missing. Robbery nas been accepted as tho motive for the crime.'* President Tnft Congratulates. Tuesday night President Tuft sent , the following telegram to Governor r Wilson: "I cordially congratulate fi you on your cdectton ad extend to you c tuy best wishos for a successful ad- ( ministration. William H. Taft." 1 TILLMAN'S WARNING ABOUT OFFICE GRABBING ON PART OF DEMOCRATS WOULD RUIN THE PARTY Bays It Now Becomes the Duty of Ix>yal Democrats to Depress Selfishness and (jreed and Establish a Govern men t on Economical and Just Policies, Without Any "Special Privileges'*. Senator 13. It. Tillman Friday night issued the following signed statement 011 the national Democratic situation, warning President-elect Wilson against office-seekers: "History has repeated itself. The Democratic party was horn in 1803. With r??ilv n fow liitorrnnHnnfl hv thA Whig party, its grasp on power continued firm until I860?fifty-seven years. Then it divided and went down in defeat, although polling an overwhelming majority of the popular vote. It had grown insolent and intolerant, but was never charged with corruption. "The Republican party, born in 18G0, with only a slight interval, the two terms of Mr. Cleveland, has been in power fifty-two years. Its policies were dominant even during Cleveland's administration. Its record has been very glorious and the country has prospered marvelously, in spite of its having been the party of special privilege, without any regard for the rights and interests of the common people. It has been very successful in persuading them that it was their only friend. The people have been bamboozled and debauched and robbed mercilessly, all the time believing that they were voting for public righteousness and their own interests. "Its main idea has been to levy high tariff duties in order to obtain a gieat revenuo. Collecting much money? far too much?its expenditures have been extravagant and wasteful. Now it, too, has gone down to defeat because of division. The modern battle of Armageddon has been fought and the bodies of those who claimed to "battle for the Lord" strew the field. The dead carcasses of the G. O. P. elephant and Bull Moose are ready for the buzzards. "The Democratic party, after having been out of office half a century or more, has been entrusted with power again by the American people. Will President Wilson have the statesmanship and firmness to guide and restrain the hungry horde of office-seekers and steer the ship of state safely through the breakers? As long as the South was in the sad die before the war, we had a frugal, economical and wise administration of public affairs. The battle cry of Jefferson of "Equal rights to all, with special privilego to none" was the guiding principle of those presidents chosen by the Democrats. Now tbat a Southern man, for the first time in more than sixty years, has been elected president, I hope to see a return to the older and better policies or ttie republic; more sternness in dealing with malefactors of all kinds (those vftth great wealth as well as those with moderate means). There wTTl be a great clamor for placo, and the cry is already rising, 'To the victors belong tho spoils'. Will we Democrats have virtue enough, patriotism rnough and statesmanship enough to hold our friends in check and abolish all useless offices? Can we bring the country back to 'Republican simplicity?' I uso tho term Republican* not in its political, but in its generic sense. "It will be very difficult?well nigh impossible?to abolish offices wnen men have so many friends and political allies clamoring for place and eager to suck the nubile, tent, "President Wilson will have a glorious opportunity, and 1 firmly beieve he will measure up to both his .pportunities and his responsibiliies. Ilo has a fearful burden to jcar, but I believe be is man enough o bear it. We should compel the corporations to disgorge, squeezo all the i .vater possiblo out of the rotten and ; corrupt stocks. There Is nothing ' nore certain, that unless this be < ionc, the masses of the people will >e enslaved to pay interest on stocks s md bonds which have been issued 1 vitliout any foundation other than he paper upon which they are writ- I en Tf these watered properties, ] vith fictitious values, are permitted ] o compel the labor of the country to t pear the burden to pay dividends, < hen Debs and socialism will flourish t ipaco and Roosevelt's pet phrase, < economical justice', will become very 1 [popular Roosevelt has had right r doas all along, but, alas, what a fall- < ng off there has been when ho had 1 he opportunity to make those Ideas < materialize. His dreams have been * glorious, but selfish ambition and i p.oral cowardice, as we'll as corrupion, have kept him from being a < jrent American. ? i i r\ a. _l 1 .1 ...1 - r.very ieyai uemocrat biiouiu cm ivnto self-denial, repress selfishness ( tn<i greed, and support President 1 ,Vilson in the policy of restoring the ^ ounty to its old-time honesty and ' ilmplicity. Wo cannot hope as a pary, to bo trusted by the people for ^ ong if, after all these years, they lnd they liavo merely changed mas- ' era and their burdens are as great * is ever. The laboring men must be jrought to believe and know that hey can straighten up their hacks ind rest, ami that their opportuni- ' ies will he a great as ever, while ! heir burden* will bit reduced as '< much a;* pos Iblo. If Wilson's ad- t niniptratlon of the president's office ihall prove this to the peoplo, while 1 i iearful howl will go up and subsi- j Ih.ed newspapers will abuse him ro- < entlessly, tho Democratic party will , * SUES FOR HIS GIRLS B. It. TILLMAN .lit., WANTS lib* LITTLE ONES WITH HIM. Brings Action Aginst His Former Wife In the Supreme ^ourt to Kecover Them. A dispatch from Edgefield nays Mr. B. R. Tillman Jr., through hie attorneys, Tillman & Mays, of Greenwood, has instituted habeas corpus proceeding to recover his children from Mrs. B. R. Tillman Jr., who since she obtained a divorce is known as Mrs. Lucy Dugas. The order signed by Chief Justice Gary is returnable before the Supreme Court November 2G. C. A. Mays went to Greenwood and had the order formally served 011 Mrs. Dugas. S. McGowan Simkins will represent Mrs. Dugas. (Mr. Tillman states that ho is a citizen of that county and is engaged in farming, having rented the Tillman place at Trenton for next year. Among other reasons set forth for bringing this action it is alleged that Mrs. Dugas contemplates making her home in Ohio, which would not only take the children fiom the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, but would mako ^t practically impossible for Mr. Tillman to see them. It is alleged that Mrs. Dugas alone is not capable or competent to raise the children. Mr. Tillman alleges that the children are now unlawfully restrained from seeing their father, never being allowed to visit him. He states that lie has only seen them three or four times since they were taken from him and then under the most humiliating circumstances. lie further states that he has made several attempts to effect a reconciliation, all of which have been rejected. Reference is made to the fact that Mrs. Tillman obtained a divorce and of the possibility of a second marriage, which would subject the children to the treatment of a Stepfather. Senator Tillman has made an affidavit that lie has not secoi the children since lie surrendered them to their mother three years ago, and states furthermore that his son has given up the drink habit and is leading a sobe*- industrious life. About a dozen representative citizens of Trenton have made affidavits to ttie effect that they have known II. R. Tillman Jr. for the past three years and tnat he has been entirely sober during that time. * SENATOR TILLMAN PLEASED. Over the Outcome of the General National Election. Barring one or two local Democratic celebrities, says an Auguscta, Ga., newspaper, Senator Tillman Is the happiest Democrat in all these United States. Arriving in Augusta Friday to make some necessary purchases for his farm and look over the agricultural exhibit at the Fair, he spent the greater part of the forenoon "downtown". Ho was hap?y and carefree and to all appearances in the finest of health and pinkest of political conditions. His broad-brimmed, black, campaign hat seemed a little broader and more rakish than ever. He occupied just a little more space in the automobile than formerly and held himself more erectly. Few could have recognized in him the man who not many months ago was broken In health and whose spirits were at ebb. 117 I Y% n (1 n oVi a# K a a! A fl r a in ViJol >v mi a naou v/i mu uiu in c *n 1110 eyes he spoko most longingly of the next meeting of the Senate?his "come back''. "It will be great," he said, "to get back at them. When I get on the floor again I'll shake my fist in their faces and say, 'boys, we've got you where we've wanted to get you for eighteen years, and now we're going to give you h Other than this he would not be interviewed 011 subjects political. * FINALLY MAD1C KSOAPK. + White Fad Says Yegro Man Carried llim Far Away. Lured from homo by a big negro under promise of a ride in a wagon and later deserted 2 0 miles from Greenville is (ho experience of 12year-old Hen Cunningham, son of .T. r. Cunningham, a well-to-do citizen 3f Greenville. Saturday nfternoon, while on Main street, the little boy was asked by the negro if he wanted to take a ride, to which the boy replied in the allirnnitive. The negro promised to take him to the Cunningham home on Uurdette street, as ho was going that way. Reaching Rurdette street, however, instead of allowing the youth ^o got out of tho wagon, tho boy dedares the negro threatened to kill him if ho made a move to leave or nade any outcry. Thoroughly frightened. tho lad lay low and after a while fell asleep, awaking after several hours to find that the negro was dill guarding him and shutting off ill chances of escape. At a small town In the lower part M, ^ Mw. In ?l L II 1.7 V/UU II I IITJ Ml/Jf rj UVW v ViV/Vi ill jotting away from tho negro, who ind relaxed his vigilance on account >f being heightened, probably. Advertisements were inserted in tho oral papers concerning tho missing ioy, and in this way lie was located. Returning home Friday, he told a 1 arrowing talo of his experience. A'hat the negro's motive might have > >on in kidnapping tho lad is oome;king of a mystry. Recluse Dies in Misery. With T 1 00.000 in banks and $3 00,"tOO within reach of his hand Marina Merlino, a hermit, 73 years old, died u Philadelphia. Tie was too miserly o snnd for a physhdan. t)o restored to its old-tlmo v'por ai d govern tho country for anothor half :entury. (Signed) "D. R. Tillman." MAIL CAR BOBBED BANDITS HELD UP TRAIN AND RIFLED MAIL BAGS LOOT SAID TO BE LARGE Two Marked Robbers Surprise Two Mail Clerks in the Cur and Cover TIiciii With Pistols Near Kiruningham, Ala., and Took Whut Valuables Could be Found. With nearly a score of detectives and secret service men working on thy case, no trace has yet been found of i he two bandits \tho robbed a Louisville and Nashville It. It. mail car near liirniinghani early Friday morning. A reward of $1,000 each has Leen offered for their arrest aatt r> r\ t? ? i d \ V*? II T *vi 1WII, Mail Clerks Chamberlain and Hoover, interviewed, thought the amount secured was small, as the robbers missed the Birmingham pouch, on which the clerks fell when they were ordered by the bandits to lie f'ov/i., The bandits left the train at Boyles, a suburb of Birmingham, ana dogs wore unable to take the trail. Two scraps of torn overalls, similar to those which were worn by the bandits, were found on a fence near Boyles, which is so far the only clue obtained. The men boarded the mail car at Blount Springs. According to Clerk Chamberlain, who was in charge of the car, the bandits were Inexperienced, as they overlooked numerous small amounts of loose money that were enclosed in several registered envelopes, which they opened and threw on the floor. The men first made their presence known just after the train pulld out of Blount Springs, where it is believed they entered the mail car door opposite the station. They suddenly sprang from behind a table n d covered the two clerks with revolvers. "We are not going to hurt you; we want something to eat," said one o' the bandits to Clerk Chamberlain, who told him where he could find his lunch basket. The other robber then said: "No, we want money," and he forced the clerks to lie down on the floor, after which the faces of the clerks were covered with empty mail pouches. The exact amount of money and valuable packages taken by the bandits is unknown at present. They cut open one registered pouch and opened one registered package jacket. tearing tho ends of the envelopes open in their search for money. Several of the envelopes contained loose bank notes, which were lying on the floor, the men seeming to be excited and in a big hurry. One package opened contained several thousand dollars' worth of railroad stock coupons, which were scattered about the floor. After searching tho packages the men were thoroughly disgusted, according to Clerk Chamberlain, and one of them took from Chamberlain a a r r. i _ t- t i J i- i [ HCOUt. ?o, wnicn no nau un him per* I son. The bandit then asked for Chamberlain's watch, hut finding it a cheap one returned it to him. The robber then searched Clerk Hoover, securing a valuable gold watch. Ho showed his generosity, however, by returning the time piece when Hoover pleaded that it was a present which ho highly prized. The bandits confined themselves exclusively to the mail car. Authorities both at Birmingham and Montgomery have been notified. While no official statement is made as to the amount of booty secured by the two masked men the reports are to tho effect that something under $4 0,0 00 was secured. Police officers, detectives, deputy sheriffs and postoffice inspectors are working on the case, confident that the robbers are in Birmingham. That they are acquainted with conditions in and around Birmingham as well as 011 the Louisville & Nashville Railroad appears to he appreciably patent. * OONCJKATUJbATKS AVI LSON. Telegram Sent 11i 111 by the Daughters of This State. Tho fl~st thing that was dono at the opening session of the State Convention of the D. A. It., at Clemson Wednesday was the offering of a joint resolution by Mrs. A. C. Ligon of Orangeburg and Miss Marion Salley of tho same place, authorizing , the sending of tho following congrat- * nlntory telegram to Woodrow Wilson : "The 1 fith annual convention of the South Carolina D. A. H., now in ( session, congratulate you. We ro- 1 joice in this victory, second only to 1 that of Yorktown. We rejoice that t you aro to bo the standard bearer tor t our country. Sincercst wishes for a ? successful administration." ( The telegram was signed by Miss c T.ouiso 0. Fleming of Greenwood, the f corresponding secretary of tho con- i ventlon. * * ?, ?, ] Killed a White Wild Goose. i On last Saturday'Mr. S. B. Lnncas- t ter killed a largo white wild goose in tho mill pond of Mr. Frank \V.*Far- v num near j&mison in tnis county, it measured nearly seven feet front tip of one wing to the tip of the other. Wild geese visited this section in \ largo numbers years ago, but they | are very rare in these days. This t one must have strayed away from a \ dock passing over. r ? + ?, t Miulo Successful lhico. A street car conductor, wlto did nil his campaigning from the rear platform of his ear, is ono of the ' uuv^sfjl Hrooklyn candid.a tea for < the State legislature. TTe is Jos. Mon- t nlian, Democrat, elected from a hitn- 1 erto rock-ribbed Republican district.* I REPORT ON COTTON ? SOUTH CAROLINA A GOOD DEAL BEHIND LAST YEAR. Report Shows Over Half Million Bales Less Than Quantity Ginned to 8aPeriod Last Year. With Texas showing 3,699,124 bales, a greater quantity than ever before ginned to November 1 in any year, the census bureau's report, lsssued Friday announced 8,849,898 bales had been ginned in the United States prior to that date, Oklahoma's giiinings, 593,366 bales, also exceeded any previous year's report for that date. In the period from October 18 to November 1 there was ginned 1.9 70,692 bales, compared with 2,635,052 bales last year, while the average per working day was 1 6 1,824 bales, compared with 1 84,3 67 bales last j car. Louisiana with 2 61,685 bales had ginned a greater quantity than last year, b\it in a'll States east of the Mississippi the giiinings were below last year's totals. South Carolina, with 732,406 bales ginned to November 1, was nearly 300,000 bales behind last year's figures for the same period. The report, compiled from reports of cansus bureau's correspondents and issued at 10 a. m. Friday, by Director E. Dana Durand, showed that, counting round as half bales: To November 1 of last year 9,970,905 bales, or 64.1 per cent of the entire crop, had been ginned; in 1908 to that date 8,1 91,557 bales, or 62.6 per cent, of tho crop had been ginned, and in 1906 to that date 6,906,395 bales, or 53.2 per cent, of tho crop had been ginned. Included in the total glnnings were 55,811 round bales, lompared with 68,313 bales last year, 81,183 bales in 1910, 1 09,621 bales in 1909 n ,\ 11 1 I I) O I! 1 w. 1 .I llrt o il II I 1 -I v , O VI u unit O 111 I V o , The number of sea island cotton bales included was 28,655, compared with 5 6,563 bales last year, 55,237 bales in 1901) and 45,479 bales in 1908. Ginnings, prior to November 1, by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years, and tho percentage of the entire crop ginned prior that in those years, follow: Alabama. Yoar. G Innings. P.O. 191 2..,.. . . 809,731 .4 3 9 1 1 1,088,737 64.2 1 908 891,667 66.9 1906 676,747 54.5 Arkansas. 1 912 439,01 2 3 91 1 4 4 4,401 48.9 1908 536,785 53.9 1906 306,762 34.3 Florida. 191 2 34,852 191 1 56,070 59.4 1908 43,234 61.2 1906 34,707 56.5 Georgia. 1912 1,110,915 1911 1,908,764 68.3 1 908 1,387,641. 70.2 1906 1,003,718 61.5 Louisiana. 1912 261.GS5 .... 191 1 232,215 61.0 1908 287,885 61.7 19 06 4 41,757 46.2 Mississippi. 191 2. ... . . . 51 1,253 .... 191 1 584,199 50.0 1908 893,148 55.1 1906 591,254 39.9 North Carolina. 191 2 4 95,791 .... 191 1 597,940 53.1 1908 373,713 54.7 1906 3 1 1,448 51.0 Oklahoma. 1 91 2 593,3 66 .... 1 91 1 554,933 54.6 190 8 217,629 31.6 1906 34 1,803 39.2 South Carolina 191 2 7 3 2,406 .... j 9 1 1 1,022,61 4 60.4 1 90 8 8 2 1.608 67.6 1906 549,857 60.3 Tennessee. 1912 1 1 8,489 .... 19 11 21 1,1 28 4 9.1 190 8 1 9 8.7 83 59.5 1906 92,916 31.7 Texas. 1 91 2 3,699,124 1911 3,2 1 l,i 52 78.2 ] 9 0S 2,502,$62 60.0 1906 2,535,551 64.1 KILL1CD in a collision. +. Sine Met Death and Kirteen Were Injured in Wreck. Nino nion wore killed and fifteen >thers injured in a head-on collision H'tweon a Louisville and Nashville Railway freight train and a work rain at Emerson Ga., late Friday afernoon. A. B. Baker, of Knowlton, ind B. Blankenship, of Cass Station, la., foreman and assistant foreman >f the work crew, respectively, wero imong the dead. Tho others wero log roes. Among tho injured were: Engineer Edwards, Atlanta, of the freight rain; Engineer Newman, Atlanta, of he work train; James Jordan and Ornest Head, flagman, all of whom vere white. Knocked Teddy Speechless. Colonel Roosevelt motored to Now rork from Oyster Bay Friday and vieted his editorial odieos for the first tmo since ho was shot, lie said that 10 had adopted tho policy if silenco uul had no further comment to make o the election. Tlfghteen People Drowned Kisthteen peoplo wore drowned Wednesday by the sinking of tl o Spanish steamer Aorana f-om Tunis ifter a collision with the Norwegian f-'va off the island of Aix, on the 'rench coast.