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I $ GOOD BILL TO PASS THE LEVER-SMITH BILL MAY SOON BECOME LAW. / ^ " CONSIDERED IMPORTANT ^ This McaNuro, Which OrlKintttcd Wltft <'ongressuiari Lover, Contemplates lilvtt'iiKioa Sj'Htoni' for Kvery Agricultural Oollego in the Country Would Do Much Good. The Washington Correspondent of the State says one of the important measures which bids fair to pass the senate during the short sosaiou and by such action become a law, as the president has long signified his approval and regarded as one of the most far-reaching pieces of constructive legislation discussed in many years, is the agricultural extension hill, known as the Levor hill trie Smith-Lever hill or tho LovGr-Smith hill. Introduced simultaneously in senate and house by Senator Iloko Smith and Congressman A. F. Lever of South Carolina, respectively, tho Initial action following tho hearing of the two committees 011 agriculture and forestry, was tho passage by the house just before tho summer adjournment, and at that time the measure was hastened to the senate, read twice and referred to tho committee on agriculture and forestry,. It is the disposition by the committee and tho body of the senate flat is now engaging tho attention! of nearly every member of the senate and the support of an army of peo-j pie from one end of the country to the other, and from every occupation, vocation, profession and branch o: business. Tho bill provides for the establish-| merit and propotuity of an extension depart merit of each state agricultural, college in the nation, appointment aim! supervision of a skilled farmj demonstrator In every agricultural j county in the United States, and a! permanent and simple plan for bringing direct to tho individual farmer the tremendous fund of valuable knowledge of the best methods forj soil preservation and improvement in /arming in every branch that hasbeen| accumulated by tho department ofj agriculture and tho State agricultural colleges and experiment stations.' The bill carriea a federal appro-J priatJon based on the agricultural population of the Un'ted States, !n-j creasing annually for ten yearn, when the maximum is reached, In addition to a nominal fixed sum for tho maintenance of a new department of the State agricultural college and requirState cooperation. The measure has been the subject of widest discussion, following its- preparation by the leading authorities on ational resources and ocnomlcs, and Is ibeing supported py the principal organizations and' prominent people in every section,j as each member of the senate can attest by the volume and character of the memorials in favor of passage of the bill which have been coming into Washington during tho past few weeks. As a farm demonstration plan is one of the features of the Page vocational educational bill, which embraces a number of uew ventures info the educational scheme of the country, a number of pledged supporters of that measure are inclinod to Inelst that tho whole subject should be treated as one, but thatSonator Smith and others declare that ' ? J A A f . n I r rio rarm noTTinnsi rai 1011 junii is pun:tioable and reasonable in tho houBe bill, has received the indorsement and official approval of that body and requires no further action ?n that direction, and they will seek to hRve that nation of the Pope biTT removed.- and the favorable action of the senate on the houpe bill be taken, th? other features of the Page bill to be taken up on their respective merits. II. II. Gross, president of tho NaHonal Soil Fertility league, an or(rnnasriation embracing several railroad president, educationalists, manufacturers, bankers, farmers ana merchants in its membership has recently addressed a communication to each member of the senate, setting fc rth the pofdtion of tho league in devoting its entire efforts to the sup? ' port, of tho house measure as itpassee. that body, and refuting the eritwere opposing the Pago bill, doclar ?1 1 H. ~ ....4.. ... Il.n.n n . inx Willi UU liiu wiiuni7 i lit;i o in it several features of flie Pago bill which meet every approval ?f tho league and its members, but that the house bill stands for a single and clearly defined purpose, hns the support of such widespread sentiment and has progressed to the point where this imnortnnt beneficial step can Wa! t taken with the llttho difficulty inr thp premt#60 There is a strong touch of sentiment In the agricultural extension legislation at this time Fifty years ago the Morill act was passed, establishing the land grant, or Stafe agricultural colleges. Twenty five years later the Hatch act providingj for the State experiment stations he chain, establishing no new machinery | but generally accepted as the IogUal., PAY HELD UP FOR TIME fcl'KVKYOR BAYS HK MUST BIS I'AII) RKFOKB WORK. Law iii Reference to New Counties Bare* Taxpayers Money and Ought to Remain. "The next time I am asked to make a survey for the formation of a now county or of any territory dosiring to annex to another county, I will have to see the long green beforo 1 will drive a single peg,'' said T. C. Haniby, the well known civil engineer of Columbia as he was leaving the clerk's oflico at Lexington, after the clerk of court refused To pay a claim of $100 hold by Mr. Hamby indorsed by the commissioners recently appointed by the governor to make a report on the matter of annexing a portion of the Dutch Fork section of Lexington county to Richland. While the funds have been placed in the hands of the Clerk of Court for this purpose, under the law these funds can not be paid out until the result of the election is made known, and the clerk of court, acting under the law, refused to pay the claim, l.'nder the statute, approved February IS, 1011, the petitioners are required to deposit with the clerk of court sufhclent funds to cover the survey and for conducting the election, but it fails to make any provision for the paying out of the funds by the clerk. In refusing to pay Mr. Hamby, the clerk, Mr. Bhealy, explained that it was not a question of preference with him. but that he was acting clearly within Iho law, and that he was ready and willing to turn tho money over to Mr. Hainby or to any one else, when the proper showing had been made. It appears, however, from the statute that the money placed in tho hands of the clerk oi that county can not be used for defraying the expenses of the survey at this time, and it is likely that the funds will be tied up for several weeks The State says "it is understood that It. H. Welch, recently elected to the legislature from Itichland county, who has had considerable experience in the matter of forming new couni ties, will make an effort nt tho next session to have a law enacted which I will do away with many of the ol>stables that now confront the advtrI rates of new counties." Mr. Welch has made considerable money acting as attorney for people who wish to organize new counties and we do not blame him for wanting to make it easier to form them, but tno prosen* law saves money to tho taxpayers and it should not be changed. ? THHKR CONVICTS ESCAPE. ?*? I Guard Was Overpowered and the Pasli for Liberty Made. Overpowering the guard, throe oonvictH escaped from the Reid farm, near Roykin, in Kershaw county VVednoHday. I). J. Gritlith, su per in tender, t of the State penitentiary, said that the men secured the rifle of the guard. They had not been captured at a late hour Th urs lay night. Ono of the prisoners was serving a life term, the others being short term prisoners. Tho State says (lie following description was given out. Wednesday at tho penitentiary: ''Capers Rembort is 60 years old; 5 feet, 3 3-8 inches high; black hair; dark brown eyes; dark brown complexion; Bear right side of head; two pcarfl back of head; scar right cheek; scar on noso. "Alonzo McClain is 20 years old; 5 feet, 10 1-4 inches high; black hair; brown eyes; mulatto complexion; has scar In each groin. "Tlirnm Lykes Is 22 years old; 5 feet, 8 inches high; black hair; dark brown eyes; dark brown complexion; Bear right, cheek; two scares on calf of right leg; small scar in front of left ear; sear on left ankle." .Yti.lcr#* U'au I<VMllv Itnrt. ** - ??-v Judge Allan McCormick, presidlnp Judge of Montgomery county, wan probably fatally injured, and hfs dnnghter, Miss Florence McCormick, was killed, when the buggy In which they wero driving was struck by h Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train near Mount Sterling, Ky., Friday. Idttle Girl Was Killed. Holding a doll In her arras, Ave Beauchnmp, 9 years old, was run down nrnl instantly killed by an auto mobile truck In Atlanta as she was crossing a street. The doll was Intended for a Christmas tree on Christmas morning at the girl's house. step to comploto tho plan comtemplaed in the original legislation, and 1 every effort Is being made to pa?}? the b'll before the holiday recep?, al- , though sentiment ami anniversaries do not cut much figure In congrees. 8hourd the Arclibald Im- ?' peachment proceedings speed up and < come to a conclusion earlier than now 1 anticipated there is a chance for a?tion of the agricultural extension maiter otherwise it will be taken up. as soon as the senate gets down to business IX tho plana of Senator 1 Ilcko Smith and (fiber acfivQ sup- j porters of the measure do not rais- i carry. 1 PRAISES THE SOUTH MAKING SPLENDID PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE. BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD Secretary Wilson Hays Many Kind Things of this Section and its People, Who Ho Says It Apt and l*rogrosNive and Deserve Credit for , I Their Work. "The South has made wonderful strides in agricultural developments and the day is not far distant when that section of the country will not only continue to produce the greater portion of the world's supply of cotton aud the vast amount of trucking crops for the Northern market but will produce all the corn, wheat and meats, and other important farm products that it consumes." Such is the statement made by James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, its pas? aud present conditions and future prospects. During the past 15 years, under the direction of the secretary, the department of agriculture has spent millions of dollars in successful efforts to improve farm conditions in the South. Many experts and scientists ing under his direction, In not only from the department have been worl<evory Southern State, but every county in that section, in educating the farmers in improving and scientific methods of farming, showing them what crops the different soils' are best adapted to, and how local: markets could bo supplied with all ofi the farm products they consume. I 'During the 16 years that 1 have' been secretary of agriculture, most earnest efforts have been meade by j the department to put agriculture conditions in the South where the farmers not only would produce m maximum yield of cotton, but produce corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and all kinds of vegtables to supply tho demands of the homo markets, and suficiont amount of cattle, hogs poultry, eggs, butter and cheese to supply the needs for local consumption." continued the secretary, 'instead as has been the case to rely upon the outside markets for a great amount of these products. Investigations of soils conditions by experts of the bureau of soils on every State and section of the South u)ir.u' thtif tho HnilH nro ndnntfirt tn tho profitable production of nearly every crop. The mistaken impression seems to have prevailed in some quarter* that little of the Southern soil is cannble of producing a sufficient amount forage crom? for r.r-i/lnr soil experts prove not only to the contrary, but that even the thin sandy soils of the Coastal plain sections and the shallow rough types of Ve Piedmont section can produce Hormuda grnss as well as other grasses, and a great variety of forage crops sufficient for the raising of cattle. "It is of common knowledge that the South depends upon the outside markets for the great supply of its meats. There is no reason why this should be. A great amount of lard butter, eggs, poultry and cheese n!so come from distant markets. There is amply uncultivated anct cultivated territory in the South to produce all tlioso products in a sufficient amount to supply all demands for local consumption. A great amount, of potatoes, cabbago and fruits are imported This should not be and will not be the case very much longer. Tf the Southern Farmer would cultivate grasses for pasturing, he would not only be able to raise enough cattle to supply the demands of the home markets, but could readldly and prof# tnbly produce a supply for shipment to outside markets. "The South Is growing, the country Is fertile, the people are apt and progressive, and deserve great credit for the things they have accomplished in agricultural and manufacturing lines, to say nothing of social' accomplishment!!. The solJs are productive anq adapted to the graet variety of crops the ullmate la good and long growing seaflons prevail. I.anda are cheap, and 1 predict that wlthrfn a few year* It will net only he producing all or the agricultural products consumed by Its people, but will be a great manufacturing center and a greater powder <n t.h? National and foreign a> falra." ? ? ? Hol<l Office a Long Time. What If said to ho a world's record for Masonic incumbency la established by tho Installation of E. P. Kingsbury as treasurer of IT n ton Ledge o* Ecranton, Pa., for tho fiftieth time. President Taft has sent Ulm a letter of congratulations. +? Divorce Laws Are AmondoiT. A hill amending the statutes so that porsons divorced In Vermont and marrying elaewhoro may ho prosecuted for bigamy If thoy returned to Vormont w,oa signed by Governor Fletcher. Fatal Fall From a Porch. At Rcranton, Pa., Charles Ti. TTawloy, prohibition party candidate for governor of Pennsylvania In 1P05 was killed Sunday by a fall from the; porch at his home there. - ----- ----- ? BREAKS LONG SILENCE 8POKE FRIDAY F1R8T TIME IN SEVEN MONTHS. Wife Slayer Protends Co b? Insane Until He Wm About to be Hung ! Then He Owned Up. Robert I>. Clay paid thr, i>on?ity for murdering his wife when ho wat> hanged iu Atlanta on last Friday. Tho condomed man made a statement on tho gallows roviowing what ho had said earlier In the day when ho broke a silence of seven months and confessed tho crime. Just before tho black cap was adjusted Clay turned to his father-in-law, standing uearb>\ and asked permission to be buried beside his wife. The old man refused the roqueat. Clay broko a silence of seren months shortly after nine o'clock Fr?dny morning, when ho confessed that ho killed his wife and told of tho details of tho crime. Ho asked thai ho bo buried beside his "most precious wife." Early Friday morning J. A. Clay, a brother, and others went to see tho doomed man. Tho brother was praying and crying outside the death cell, Clay reached a hand through tho bars and exclaimed : "Get up, or I won't talk. Get up and bo joyous. Don't worry al>out me, God has prepared me. I am ready to meet him." The prisoner denied that he had broken his silence several weeks ago na related by a negro jail attendant, who declared | Clay had complained about bin coffee being cold, lie fiaid ho kept srient to feign insanity In the hope of escaping the gallows. The crime for which Clay paid the penalty was committed in Atlanta May 1 this year, when ho wont to see his wife and baby, from whom j he had been separated. As ho stoopj ed to kill the child, the latter pushed j him away and this so angered Clay | that he wipded out a pistol and shot I his wife. Clay said he was not drinkf ing at the time, but lost control of himself when the child repulsed h*s advances. The sister of the woman whom Clay murdered visited the Fulton county jail Thursday night witli the most gruesome and unusual proposition that has ever been submitted to a Jail official in Georgia. If 1 dressed up like the ghost of my dean sister and walked into his cell and screamed to him 'Don't shoot, Hob, don't shoot,' just as my poor sister did when ho killed her, I know hjs lips would open." ? YOI TH ADMITS TlfRKAT. | Wanted to Shoot Wood row Wilson and All the Judges. Norman Stinberg, a 17-year-old boy, who 1b alleged to have declared that be was going over to New Jersey to Bhoot President-elect Wilson, wut arrested at New York Thursday afternoon and held without ball. A loaded revolver was found In his pocket The youth was standing in front of a police station shivering In the cold when a detective questioned him "This is not a fit country to live in," he declared, according to the detective. "It's no place for mo to work. I can't go back to Russia, bo I would rather go to jail, but I would like tc shoot Wilson and my boss and all th? judges first." The detective searched him and took the revolver away, arresting bin on a charge of violating the law prohibiting the carry of dangerous weapons. In court a fruit dealer, who formerly employed the lad .appeared as witness to previous threats the hoy had made to "kill Wilson,*' for which he discharged him. The boy admitted the throats and was held without hall. NOT FOR 8ALK, THAT'S ALU ? Levy Turns I>own OfTer of $736,200 for "Monlkdlo". *'I cannot now commercialize the sentiment of years by putting a price on this noble property," 9aid JoffersonM. Levy In a telegram Wednesday sight to Governor Mann, regarding the attempted purchase, at a price of J750.000, of Mentlcello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, now own ed by Mrs. Levy. 'Phose back of the! effort to purchase the Jefferson home' would deed It to'the State of Vir ginln. Mr. Levy said that, beside hisi "deep affection fo> the place,'* hoi Jind also full assurance tVit his carej ol it would continue to he "ahun-j dant and constant, In view of which; he w?s "not prepared to make or, accept nnv offer depriving me of this! cherished right". . Wilson's Knormous Mall. forty thousand letters In about Ave months represent tho total of (lov. j Wilson's mail s!*co he came Into prominence as Mo Democratic con-! dldato for President last July, accord-! ins to the figures given out hy Joseph! P. Tumulty, Hot. WIVmn'a secretary. i ? i \V?nt Women to Vote. A Mil to allow women too vote In this Statoo will he Introduced In tho legislature In January according ftiformntlon at hand In Columbia. It is not known who will introduce the' measure, hut It Is practically co'-t^n that such a bill will be brought forward. HITS TUHKF.Y HARD 1 v. SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY DEARLY FOR HER GREID ? WHAT PEACE WILL COST The Conditions to bo Imposed by the Allien Will Call for the Surrender of Much Territory in Europe and Millions of Subjects by the Defeated Turks. A Loudon cablegram says on the evo of the Turkish-Balkan peace conference, the Associated Press has gathered from the representatives of the Balkan Kingdoms and the foremost Turkish delegate an authoritative declaration of the terms which tho victorious Kingdoms propose to enforce, and tho Ottoman views thereon. Like experienced diplomats, all the Balkan delegates, in speaking officially, adhere to the watchword adopted in the tlrst, and probably tho last, plenary meeting before entering tho conference, that they are "in complete accord and have established a perfectly united program to follow." ''Tell the Americans," they say, "that wo trust in their sympathy and moral support, as we are lighting desperately and shedding our best blood for the same cause which rendered the name of Washington glor ious anil venerated. We uro risking ul! wo possess for our liberty and independence." ' Toll thorn," adds*d in perfect English, M. Vesnpeh, the Servian minister at Paris, who is learned in many languages and a professor, "that somo of the sons of the Haiku ns who became American citizens are in the ranks at the front giving proofs of valor and bravery of which Uncle Sam should be as proud as we are." The determination of the Balkan States not to follow an Ottoman policy of procrastination is significant on account of the form which it has manifested. "The Turks are much mistaken," said one of the chief dolegutos, "if they entertain such an idea. Peace will be practically concluded between Christmas and New Year's around the diplomatic table in St. James Palace, or we will impose it in Constantinople at Easter under the range of our cannon and at the point of our bayonets. But then conditions will be very different. Now we are satisfied with the minimum demands; then wo will exact the maximum." The main conditions of the allies include the immediate surrender of Scutari, Adrinnople and Janiua, the garrisons of which will bo granted full military honors; the evacuation of Kastern Europo by Turkey as far as East Tchataljn, to a lino which experts appointed by the contracting parties will fix on the spot; the cession to Greece of all the Aegean Islands, including Rhodes and eleven others, which Italy is keeping as a pledge for Turkish fulfilment of the treaty of Lausanne; the annexation of Crete to Groeeo and the payment of a war indemnity and the expenses sustained. In return, the allies will grant complete annesty to the Mussulman population in the territory they annex, for any acts of hostility during the war: the return of all prisoners; the recognition of the spiritual sovereignty of the Sultan overO ttomana becoming subjects to the Balkan States and the free administration by the Mussulmans of their pious funds In tho Balkans. The Servian ex-promler, Stojan Navakovitch, head of tho Servian plenipotentiaries, informed the Associated Press that he was satisfied an agreement, would ho reached on the quosuon or on Adriatic port, on wnion Servla and Austria are at swords' points, Rechad Pasha, the most distinguished Ottoman delegate, who has resided so long abroad that ho Is a type of the Intelligent cosmopolitan, expressed the hope that tho assistance of Ifto Powers on the one side and moderation ?n the part of the allies on tho other, would result In a solution, which If not satisfactory to Turkey, would safeguard her dignity. ITo feared that tho apparent harmony of the allies will last only while ino common enemy ir btnore ippmi, but flint the moment they are left to themselves they will be plunged into anarchy over the division of the spoils, rendering intervention by the Powers inevitable. He said he woul 1 trice to tM?o tbo question at the first of the failure of CJrcece t? J?in the armistice. Ms it possible?" ho asked, '<to treat for peneo while war is in progress? Rome understanding would ho reached which might bo annulled by the proamess of the mUitnrv onoratlons. What would he the uso of a discussion about Janlna, if whllo the discussion is going on it won! 1 he forced to capitulate? Or about flnlonikl, if It were captured by the Turks? "The conditions pot forward by tin'- (iiio adopt Wore as to the amlsflce were absurd, as among other thlnce they asked for the surrender of Toning, nnd the con tin Ion of the blockade. 4Hf they make It impassible f>r us ROBBED THE CAR HIMSELF ' CONFESSES TO T1IKFT OF MANX DAGS OF GOLD. Young Express Mo^co^cr Tells How With II Lh Hi other He Stole Momey From the Exium Car. Marvin W. Hamby, the tweniytwo-year-old express messenger. | whose car on the Sunset Western I train was robbed of $20,145 In gold ' last week, confessed that he had rov . bid the safe with the aid of his sixteen-year-old brother, Molvin. The money which had been hidden by the boys in a brickyard at Kern Junction was recovered with the exception of $300 which was found !e I Melvin's room. Doth brothers are In j Jail. The robbery wan committed last Monday night. After telling a story of an attack by two bandits who had laid him unconscious with a blow on . the head, the young messenger was j taken to a hospital at Tast, Cal., j where he Bhammed injury so snocewsi fully that not until Sundgy was hn ; seriously suspected. Then he was j brought back and wa* subjected to a j "third degree" for fivo hours by rail' road and express detectives. Dreaklng down finally, Hamby threw his hands over his head and j sobbed out: I "Oh, I did it myself.'' I Then ho told wher\ ?ne money wai ; buried, how he had conceived thn i plan of the robbery and how he had carried it out. I The two boys agreed that they would let the money lie buried until I excitement had abated and the man hunt, which was immediately instituted by county, city and railroad authorities, had boon given up. | Hamby had boon express messenger on the Sunset Western run nearly a year. ? DIVORCE RECORD OF ATLANTA ? Nearly Five Hundred Granted TTiere the Present Tear. A dispatch from Atlanta says the total of first and second divorces j alroady granted this year in the Fulton county courts runs to 498, and they are not all through yet. This sets a new record for separation? based on domestic infelicity in this lo, cality. The year 1911 was a big year, too, for the divorce court, but the total run only to 485. [ The superior court meets for a dlvorco session once overy two months, and as the figures show turns out aa average of 80 cases each session. Ths ' majority of the suits are of the 'unj defended'' variety* m which ths i party sueing from olVAlbtng ths ' divorce. Thoro have only beeu about i a dozen contested divorce cases in Fulton county in the last couple oi years. 'j Tho undefended divorce suit law. ' as it now prevails In Georgia, is per; niclous according to the declaratlo* j of Judge W. I>. Ellis, of the local sa j porior court, lie points out that a man may sue his wife for divorce i - when she is outside of the state, and * charge all manner of things. He the* gets a divorce through what is know* 'as "service by publication" and hit : wife remains in utter ignorance of th* whole proceedings until sue come* j back to Georgia and is shocked to I learn that she no longer has a h*i#^ band. ? ? WKHK PUT ON CHAIN GANG. , (k>od Way to Treat People Who Steal Other People's (ksh. At Athens, Oa., J. A. Griffln, pr*?* ldent and It. II. McCrary, cashier, of ; tho Athens Banking and Trust Cotw. puny, pleaded guilty Friday In th* Superior Court to charges of violate , ing tho State banking laws. Tho* { wore sentenced to servo five year# each on tko chain gang. It was e?peotcd a fine would fellow a plea of ; guilty, and the Court's sentence cam* ! as a aevere shock to the defendants, Tho men were charged iu ten Indlctmonts with aysfiematlcally wrecking tho batik of which they wore officers. This is a good way to stop bank wrecking. to conclude an honorable peace they will soon find that the muasulman I lion, although wounded, has not lost Its strength." ' The Greek delegation, Interrogated ! on the question of the armistice, an* swered that peace hot ween Italy and Turkey wont through several months ; of negotiations and wiwi finally coa| eluded without any previous armini tleo. j To this Tleehnd Pasha retorted that the situation with respect to ! 11I y was Quito different, because the negotiations were unofficial. lu diplomatic circles ft is boliot*d | that after some skirmishing on this question a middle course may be I found on the lnes /Tat Greece, al| though not. adhering to tho armistice, i will promise to suspend war opera! t'onn during tho conference and that ; Turkof shall do the same. The outlook with respect to ths conference of ambassadors Is optV mistlo. The chances of an agreement an autonomy for Albania -under the protection of the "Powers are regarded as favorable, the oxnrepslon used ' bejnv "Albnnlft must not become the I Bchteswlg-Holstoln of the P-alkaiis, J hut the .Relrtum of tho Halkana."