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HONOR OLD HEROES MONUMENT UNVEILED TO THE SAILORS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON MAINE i Tlie Secretary of the Navy, Former President Taft and the Governors of Maine and New York Pronounce Kulogies on the Men I^osl on 111Fatrd Battleship. In memory of the two hundred and sixty-seven ofllcers and men who were lost with the battleship Maine in Havana harbor fifteen years ago the National 'Maine monument was dedicated at New York Friday. From a dozen American warships, units of the Atlantic fleet at anchor in the Hudson River, a salute of 2.r>2 guns echoed from tin1 Palisodes as the veil was swept aside that revealed the country's tribute?a pylon 4 0 feet high, that stands in Central Park, overlooking Columbus Circle. Noted citizens spoke words of praise for the dead heroes of the war with Spain an 1 for those who live, former President Taft, the Secretary of the Navy, the (iovernors of Maine and New York, representatives of the Cuban Republic and others took part in the exercises. A military parade along Fifth avenue preceded the ceremonies at the monument. Headed by Rear Admiral Winslow, the grand marshal, a,000 soldiers and sailors, including the veterans of two wars, marched through a lane formed by many thousands of holiday sightseers. American infantry, artillery, navy yard marines, bluejackets, from tho battleships, State militia, cavalry, Civil and Spanish War Veterans, Cuban troopers and sailors from the Cuba. the Island Republic's naval representative?these and others were in the line of march. Gen. James Grant Wilson, who presided at the dedication, read a letter from President Wilson. " My thoughts will he very* much with you, as will, I am sure, the thoughts of the country," the President wrote. "All Americans must look bjick to the tragedy of the Maine with the profoundest sentiments of sorrow for the fine men who then so tragically and unexpectedly lost their lives, and must always feel that to have been one of the turning points of our consciousness of what was involved in the struggle for human liberty." It was late in the afternoon when George Hearst, young son of William Randolph Hearst, a member of the national Maine monument committee, unveiled the monument. As the fleet's guns boomed their tribute a floral counterpart of the old Maine was released to the Hudson's waters from shore. Around the pylon the crowd sang "America". Mayor Gaynor accepted the memorial on behalf of the city. Wreaths were placed at the monument's base. One from President Wilson was laid by the Rev. John Chad wick, chaplain on the Maine when the explosion occurred. William Howard Taft, in his address, characterized the dedication as an enduring witness to three facts. "The first is the gratitude that our country feels toward the men who went down on the Maine in that they gave their lives in her service," he declared. "The second is the birth of a new people and the founding of a new nation through our disinterested aid and sacrifice. The third is the expansion of this nation into a wider sphere of world usefulness and greater responsibility among the nations than ever before in its history." ini8 was the tribute paid by Secretary Daniels to the Maine heroes. "Why is it.," Secretary Daniels asked, "that we seldom see a monument erected to a doctor, a teacher, a preacher, or a statesman, except the statesman who served in time of war, while genius and art are brought under contribution to give us stately figures in bronze of soldiers and sailors? I have asked that question not a few times of myself, and of others. The common answers are that the enthusiasm and the imagination are kindled by the bearings of men in arms, or that it is the expression of gratitude to the men who are the defenders of the national honor. "Either reason would lie sufficient to win the appreciation of the people. Put the real reason lies deeper than gratitude or enthusiasm or patriotism. It has been found in the eternal truths to which divinity gave its seal of approval when the Maker of Man gave His Son to die for the race." ; ? Six-Hundred-Pound Woman. At Chicago Mrs. Mar y Peters, weight six hundred pounds, exhibited for twenty years as a circus freak, died -Monday night following an operation for removal of a growth, which weighed a hundred fifty pounds. Killed Nine People. Nino workmen were killed and four Injured when struck by a Haitimore & Ohio passenger train near Martinsburg, W. Va., Monday. 1 MEET AT ISLE OF PALMS PltKSS ASSOCI ATION CON MENTION NEXT MNOTIl. In Arranging Program Idea Has llwn to Avoid "Sot" Papers at (lathering on Isle of Palms. The South Carolina Press association will hold its 3 9tli annual meeting at the Isle of Pnlms ntmriftct/... _ _ ? ? ?-_? | v?ll?l IVOWll I on Thursday and Friday, June 2G and 27. The first meeting will he called to order on the morning of June 2(? at 1 1 o'clock in the spacious auditorium at tlie Isle of Palms by H. L. Watson, the president. Business sessions will last throughout Thursday and Friday. On Friday morning at the business session the annual election of officers and the selection of the next place of meeting will be decided. President Watson and the officials, in accordance with the constitution limiting the terms of office to two years, will retire and new officials will be selected 10 guide the Press association. Rock Hill has already launched a campaign to capture the 1014 meeting and a determined fight for it will take place. Other places will probably put in bids. On Friday evening Norman llapgood, editor of Harper's Weekly, will deliver the annual address before the association. in addition to the formal program there will be many features to add to the pleasure of the members while in the city of Charleston. The Master Printers of the State meet two days ahead of the press meeting and several of them will remain over for it. In arranging the program this year the underlying idea was to have fewer "set" papers, in order that more members would take part in the various topics under discussion. "Shop" talks will feature the gathering. The nvtter of an organization for some uniform and standard advertising rate will probably be agitated at the Charleston meeting. Several new members have sent in their application and they will be given a cordial welcome to Charleston and the association. The following is the program: "Newspapers, Advertisers and Parcel Post," by II. F. Osteen, editor of The Sumter Item. Discussion by It. L. Freeman of The Pee Dee Advocate. "Freedom of the Press," by W. W. Hall of The State. "Last Summer A,broad (Foreign Newspapers)," August Kohn of The News and Courier. "Journalism for Public Service," by J. T. Fain, editor of the Rock Hill Herald. "Developing the Rural Routes," by R. Royd Cole of the Rarnwell Sentinel. Discussion by A. K. Lorenz of the Aiken Journal and Review and M. R. McSweeney of the Hampton Guardian. "County Weeklies in Relation to Education," by E. H. Anil of the Newberry Herald and News. Discussion by H. S. Cunningham of the Rishopville Leader and Vindicator. "County Weeklies in Relation to Agricultural Development and Good Roads," by J. L. Minis of the Edgefield Advertiser. Discussion by T. H. Coker Jr., of the Hartsville Messenger. "How to Secure Advertising," by W. R. Sullivan of The Columbia Record. "The Editorial Relation of the Daily Newspaper to the Weekly Press," by C. O. Tlearon of the Spartanburg Herald. "The Editorial Relation of the Weekly Press to the Daily Newspaper," by Robert Quillen of the Fountain Inn Tribune. "Report of the Meeting of the National Editorial Association," by A. R. Jordan of the Dillon Herald. The committee of 1 (> appointed at the Spartanburg meeting to consider the matter of a uniform rate for foreign advertising will report its findings and recommendations at the Charleston meeting. A. R. Jordan is the chairman of this committee RITRIE1> IN NATIVE STATE. ? "Light Horafl Harry" I^oe Sleeps Ilesiilc His Illustrious Son. A committee of the Virginia Assembly arrived at Lexington Friday from Cumberland Tsland, Oa., .bringing a flag-draped casket containing the remains of Clen. "Light Horse Harry" Lee, of Revolutionary fame. Escorted by cadets from the Virginia Military Institute and students from Washington and Lee University, tho casket was borne by cadet and student pallbearers to the Lee mausoleum. There, with impressive ceremonies, it was relnterred In the crypt beside the body of the Revolutionary soldier's distinguished son ,Gen. Robert E. Lee. 1 ? Threatened the President. At Philadelphia Richard Lindsay, said to ho from Chicago, is under arrest on a charge of sending threatening letters to President Wilson. TTe will he examined as to his sanity. Lindsay, it is charged hv secret, service operatives, wrote letters to the President demanding $300,000 damages for an alleged assault upon him in Chicago by a man whom he called Maxwell. mm TILLKAN ? SOME Of HIS FADS AMI FANCIES AT HIS HOME MAKES MONEY FARMING Ills Farm ut Trenton is a Model One in Kvci'j llosiKvt?He raises Celery, Asparagus and Other Produce for Market?I<oves to Hide lloiseltaek Ahout Ills I'aiin. We clip the following article about Senator Tillman from The Columbia Record, and nvo feel sure it will be | road with interest by the Senator's friends in this county: Benjamin Hyan Tillman, South Carolina's senior senator, adhering to the simple training of his youth, leads a life of sobriety and industry. Mis favorite neeupation-?for his political achievements are but avocations?is farming, and his spreading acres of well-tilled lands attest to his devotion to agricultural pursuits. His rise in the world of politics can he mainly attributed to his training as a farmer; for he was elected as governor on the movement to give to South Carolina the "reform" or the "farmers' alliance" movement in protest to the rule of the so-called "old regime". When not engaged with his senatorial duties at Washington the senior senator can be found on his well-appointed farm at Trenton, either supervising the varied duties of the "hands" or engaged in reading the ever-at-hand newspaper or some of his favorite authors?for B. K. Tillman is an omnivorous but discriminating reader. His education was principally derived from the constant perusal of good and substantial books, from which his retentative mind separated the chaff from the grain and held the solid thoughts of the authors. Never forgetting his early training and the traditions of his ancestry, the senator's tastes are simple. He is a man that is temperate in his personal habits, if not in speech. Ho adheres to the Roman-like virtues of his class, and he has fortified himself with clean habits and living. The home of Senator B. R. Tillman is situated in a beautiful four-acre Ollk L'lvtvn ftlllt !lli In r. I" ^ nine 11 Will II1U IOWII OI I Trenton. The first thing that attracts the attention of a stranger, when he gets in sight of this home is its ideal location and as you pass through these magnificent surroundings you will come to a handsome old mansion situated in the midst of the prettiest yards in the South. One might, without exaggeration, compare it to the flower gardens of old England. Senator Tillman has many many fads, but his greatest one is flowers, and in this yard you will find most any flower that grows in the South. Flowers are not the only attraction In the yard, but there are thirty trees, all of a different variety. The senator spends most of his time while at home, caring for his favorite flowers and trees. Senator Tillman is not only a statesman, hut one of the best farmers in the State. Reing raised on the farm, he has spent his entire life, with exceptinon of time devoted to his public duties, studying and experimenting along the lines of scientific farming. His farm contains 210 acres of improved land. Also he has the best breed of cattle, sheep, goats, hogs and the finest mules and horses in South Carolina. An old negro said to a Record reporter when asked: "John, what has the senator here of interest?" "Well, boss, he's got the finest horses, sheep, goats, cows, mules and niggers in the country." John was certainly right on the subject. The most interesting product on the senator's farm along the agricultural line is a 20-acre field of asparagus. Senator Tillman has been raisin f if fnf n iniml./.- ' c * " ...r-, 11 iv?i <v iiuiiiuci ui yciirs ana nnus it not only interesting but very profitable. Asparagus is planted in the fall of the year in rows four feet wide, four inches in the drill and 10 inches under the surface. It is then well worked and fertilized for three years, and in February of the third year you can begin to gather it for the market. It will continue to bear from 1 ,r> to 20 years, but it reaches its best yield the fifth, six and seventh years; after the seventh year the stems begin to grow smaller, until finally it completely runs out. The senator has 2 0 acres of ospaTho senator has 2 0 acres of aspabegins gathering it for market in I.VK.. ' - iruiu<u7 iiiiii coniinues through to about the fifth of May. In tho gathering season ho has rift hands at work every day from 7 o'clock to 1ft, cutting these stems and fastening them in bunches of 5ft stems to the bunch. These hunches are then assorted by negro women into three grades, who pack them in crates of one dozen bunches. Senator Tillman gathers from his farm an average of rift crates per day, containing three grades. They are then placed on the market at $12 per crate for the best and the inferior grades bring from $2 to $5 per crate. Tho senator is a great believer in FLICKED POOR TURKEYj ^ TilM BALKAN ST ATMS M.VKM PEACE WITH IIKH. After Taking Nearly All llor Possessions in Kuro|H? From the Once Powerful Nation. A London dispatch says the preliminary treaty of peace was signed at St. James Palace Friday by the delegates of all the Balkan allies and Turkey. Sir Edward Gray, the im limn innM.mi secretary, presldod ni the meeting. Dr. S. Daneff. (lie Bulgarian peace delegate, in the course of an interview, after the signature of the preliminary peace treaty, sail: "1 am rejoiced. It means not only Balkan peace, hut general peace, and Europe Is saved from one of the most thorny problems of the age. "We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Sir Edward Grey, whose enduring and untiring mastery in treating diplomatic problems has brought about peace much sooner than some of us had expected. "The first meeting of the peace conference has been fixed for Monday, June 2." M. Popovich, the Montenegrin chief delegate, after signing the treaty made a short speech. "We have signed the preliminary treaty," he said, "because nothing else remained for us to do. We are glad to have peace, but are profoundly dissatisfied with the terms we have been obliged to accept. We have been despoiled of the fruits of our victory. We have been made the whipped boy of Europe. Great Britain took the leading part in depriving us of Scutari. We look here, to secure a modification of the Albanian frontier so as to give us lands for cultivation and a natural route between Padgoritza and Ipek." raising grain, and on bis farm there are many acres of the finest grade of oats. He has a field of 110 acres that yield 75 bushels to the acre, and if the dry weather had not set in so early on the oat-crop, this field would have yielded 100 bushels to the acre. One unique feature of this field is the fencing around it. This is not a wire fence or one built with rails, but It is grown from mother earth. Several years ago Senator Tillman, for the sake of experimenting, planted Japanese lemon trees around this field, and to-day these plants have grown into trees 10 feet high with a network of limbs, covered with long thorns interwoven together, like the great running vines that stretch across tho Ahazon river in South America. They form a fence that even a chicken can not get through. Senator Tillman was the first man to import the pure Jersey cows into this section. Ho raises many fine cattle. He has two large silos, which have a capacity of 00 tons, for storing ensilage to feed his cattle during the winter. In the fall of the year he chops the ensilage very fine and places it in these large silos, where it goes through a process of pickling. Last year he stored away enough of this ensilage to fatten 10 head of cattle. He also raises very fine hogs. The senator's greatest pleasure is to spend a few hours each day in the saddle on his favorite animal, "I'ompy." He is very much attached to this noble animal and gives strict, orders that "Pompy" shall not he worked at all. The latter is a favorite with the family and is a privileged character about the place. Here is tho old darkey's story of "Pompy": "That, horse wouldn't work If he knew he was going to he kilt. He is very gentle and will let the senator ride him anywhere. Hut you talk about plowing! Dat horse won't pull a plow. One day while the senator was up in Washington, I started to do a little plowing with old Pompy to kinder cool him down, and while I was gone to the house he unhitched himself from the plow and went down in the woods and hid." Senator Tillman is in his sixtysixth year, and he does not devote as much time to his farm as he once did. For the past few years he has heen in very feeble health and is unable to do the work he once did. Mrs. Tillman stated to The Record's reporter that the senator's health was letter to-day than it had been since he was stricken with paralysis three years ago. This will be very gratifying to his many friends throughout the country, who anticipate for him a very long life. Mob Pulled Negro Out of Car. W. S. CJreen of New Orleans, grand chancellor of the Negro Knights of Pythias, who insisted on riding in a Pullman with white neonle waa ??!?. on from a train at Milton, Fla., Tuesday night by an angry mob. The timely arrival of the sheriff prevented personal injury, and the negro was lodged in jail for safe-keeping. Wednesday morning he was fined heavily for violating the "Jim Crow" law. lie Knows, I In t Wan't Admit It. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, says he does not know what a lobbyist is. Like other Republicans, Senator Cummins looks upon lobbyists as the real business men of the country visiting Washington merely to tell the Senators what the country needs in the way of a tariff. There is no such a thing as a lobbyist in the eyes of a Republican like Cummins. STAND WITH BRYAN EICHT NATIONS AGREE WITH THE SECRETARY 4 ABOUT HIS PEACE PLAN Investigation of All Disputes l?y International Commission, Contracting Parties Not to Declare War I'ntil (Commission Koports, First Provision of Plan Suggested. I I ncnriliry IH'yilll Signalled the (lay commemorative of the country's hero dead by announcing that eight nations have responded favorably to his peace plan asking that suggestions be submitted in regard to the details. The nations in the order in which they have accepted are: Italy, Great Hrltain, Franco, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Peru and Russia. Secretary Bryan said that no nation to whom his peace plan was submitted had replied adversely, although some had asked more time for consideration. To eaeli of the Governments expressing a willingness to enter into the agreement, a tentative statement has been submitted embodying details suggested by the President. The Secretary pointed out that this statement was submitted for consideration, witli no intention of insistence upon any particular detail, declined to make public its contents. Mr. Bryan discussed the progress of ins plan in the following statement : "It will be remembered that about a month ago a plan was, by tlie President's direction, submitted to all the Governments having representatives here, the plan being in substances as follows: "First, that the United States is prepared to enter into an agreement with eacli and every country severally providing for tbr> invoBHwaHn,! - - rw?.0??IUII VI all disputes of every character and nature hy an international commission, the contracting parties agreeing not to declare war or begin hostilities until such investigation is made and report submitted. "Second, the investigation to ho conducted as a matter of course, upon the Initiative of the commission, without the formality of a request from either party. "Third, the report to he submitted within a given time, the time to ho agreed upon. "Fourth, the parties to reserve the right to act independently on the subject matter in dispute, after the report is submitted. "The composition of the commission as a matter of detail to he agreed upon by the contracting parties; the time, also, in which the report should he submitted was a matter of detail to he agreed upon hy the I contracting parties. ."Eight nations have up to this time responded favorably, some endorsing the principle and asking that I suggestions be submitted in regard to the details, others replying that the proposition is received sympathetically and expressing a willingness to | consider details. The nations, in order in which they have accepted areItaly, Great Britain, France, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Peru and Russia. "To those expressing a willingness to confer In regard to the details, a tentative statement has been submitted, embodying details suggested hy the President; this statement being submitted for consideration, however, with no intention of insisting nn any particular detail. The exact phraseology of the agreements may not be the same In all cases. If the principle is endorsee# the government is willing to confer with open mind, as to minor points." Speaking of the reception his plan has received, Mr. Bryan observed that within the past two months three arbitration treaties have been renewed for a period of five years. | The treaties renewed are with France, Italy and Spain, and I*resldent Wilson has announced his willingness to renew similar conventions with C.reat 'Britain, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Portugal. ? Mouse in Bottle of Coca Cola. As Turmian Williams was drink ing a bottle of coca cola at Spartanburg ho found a dead mouse in It. Ho suffered great anguish, he says, and sued J. VV. Allen, tho bottler, for $7,000 damages. The jury hearing tho ease Wednesday returned a verdict for the defendant. Four Sets of Twins. % At Aurora, Til., testifying In her divorce case. Mrs. Hollo Lincoln said that she had become tho mother of seventeen children in twelve years of married life. There were four sot^ of twins, she explained. Ten of the children are dead. She got her decree. ? Almost Killed by Lightning. At Darlington Dayton Sawyer, a negro, was struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon. Sawyer was standing in the door of his store when he was struck. He recovered consciousness and is able to speak. WOULD HELP THE NA\ TlLIjM.W KKPOKTS HIS AXNAI lis m i: \si kk. ~ NoThe Senior Senator Thinks His >!< * ure Will Help to Prevent ShortJVKM of Officers. Senator Tillman Friday made ?r ^ following report on a bill which rct*dy recently introduced increasing rprisc number of midshipmen at the na? 5tl J?t lo academy: "Act of congress approved Ma,mPlc a. i provides that two midst#"0"1' men shall be allowed for each seio ff. tor, representative and delegate tow congress until the 30th of June, llples. and that, after that dato hut one to stead of two shall he authorized. r\ thil same act provides for tlve m'.dsh* wl^ men each year at large and one fr'? Puerto Rico, which will continues?? ( force after June 30, 1913* itabii "It is recommended that the 1 for two midshipmen for each senat' ^ Vj representative and delegate in c? gross he continued indefinitely a ^ that the law for the appointment. j midshipmen at large he changed read 'ten appointed each year DQ*ka] large'. "The proposed law would give tj \ president ten appointments each yejmpi with a possible maximum of 10 tu day: shipinen at large in the academy one time, which is the same as nquip allowed for West Point. The pr out law for 'five each year at larg was const rued to mean not tlve si fcWi appointments each year but 20 in onqi allowed at the academy at one tii works unsatisfactorily, because of I some years one or two vacancies aftei cur, whereas in other years there if Hi as many as seven or eight. ittes "The capacity of the naval acs emy is sufllcient without enlargenn two to furnish officers for the line a'f w staff of navy and marine corps In a? (piate numbers for many years turni come; but if the number of appoi incuts he reduced, the relative cost*^011* educating each midshipman will ona crease, while the existing shortage . the navy will grow rapidly wor11?. There is little likelihood of mc f 0 graduates from the naval acadei^ ? 1 than the government will require. j "It is most desirable that favoraVniQ. action he taken at the extra sessi ^ in order not to delay sending out n< itlcationa of vacancies to senators a representatives and the letters i thorizing candidates to report for t^ examination in February and Api 1011, which would he the case if iirnes tion by congress wero delayed unC., the regular session." i or ? iaurt NKTTLK9 PLICA I) GUILTY. i He ICxplains Why He Struck 1 rd N Hrother Preacher. orne The Spartanburg Herald says R< S. A. Nettles, editor and publisher rt. the Southern Christian Advocate, tjn I organ of the South Carolina Methq N< 1st conference, appeared in Mag trato Gantt's court Thursday aft<) JJ noon and pleaded guilty to t,t Su charge of simple assault and was Uliar Jed $10, which line he promptly pahcbae i There were no spectators in t will court room at the time. Mr. Nettre^ made a very brief statement in will he said he struck the Rev. J. 'IF Chij^s in sudden heat and passion and w', H guilty of simple assault. Mr. Chi was not in atendance. As both .\Q [n Nettles and 'M r. Chick were agreed the one point that only one lick v Old struck and that Mr. Nettles stru that blow, Magistrate Gantt decid-~? accordingly. t RR Rev. Mr. Nettles and Rev. ^?Qe Chick met on Wofford campus o{ uiurnmg aoout two weeks ago, a10^ after an altercation with respect rent due Mr. Nettles by Mr. Chi<^e 5 the encounter was enlivened by ties striking Chick a stinging bl< on the left cheek. Subsequently P Chick swore out a warrant agaii3n Mr. Nettles, charging him with fsault. + ? + iitin GUNROAT SIlKfJiS AVIATOR. , ?*? Rig Riplanc Hovers Over Movie.**1 >V ama Vessel in Guaymas Ray. Aviator Didler Masson Friday sa"-"" ed his big biplane over the Mexlc. gunboat Guerrero in Guaymas Ba The ship's gunners attempted to sin the aeroplane, which remained at height of 5,000 feet. None of shells took effect. Masson did nl I attempt to drop any bombs. ' i show his defiance of the Mexican gul ners he made five ilights over tlfs bay. In the meantime the troops were driving the Federa back toward Guaymas, say ofilei State reports. Tho fighting took pla at Batametal, where there was fight on tho day before. It is d^^ clared by the State officials that all 0111 ready for a concentrated attack < Quavmas, with Masson assisting fro overhead, while tho Insurgents attai from three sides. IOC IMckod Lawyer's rocket. Elltl At Chicago while assistant Stat-? Attorney Hoi 1 was prosecuting $vU alleged pickpockets in Judge Burke Court Friday he was robbed of h pocket book containing $15. T1 lawyer discovered his loss while luncheon. When ho returned , Court he found the purso, empty, 1 ipg on a table.