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HILL FREE TOLLS T 8KNATK VOTES TO PASS KXKMF TION REPEAL 50 TO 35. t BLOWS ALMOST PASSED I * fHltcrnesa Retween Democratic Sena lars IVest and Vardainan Crop "Out In Final Stages of Debate am FntJI Huge Hulk of Ashurst Step Hclwoen Fist Fight Was Iiuininent liepeal of Panama canal tolls ox eruption for American coastwise ship ping passed the Senate Thursday night by a vote of 5 0 to 3 5. Tin measure now goes back to the House wh! nil 1ft pvnopfftd tn Offnnt Q i ... ov v?? jl? v v v v* v v/ l* W' V |/ V/ V 11 C KJ> 1111 mons-Norris amendment, specifically reserving all rights the United State: may have under tlie Hay-Pauncefot< treaty. Passage of the bill after a struggle that has lasted for several month; was regarded Thursday night as an other victory for President Wilson Although thirteen Republicans came to the aid of the thirty-seven Demo erats who voted for the bill on final passage, the President initiated the movement in his party for repeal and tt was behind him that many Democrats who voted "aye" lined up on the last test. There has been no certain promise from the White House that the president will sign the bill with its qualifying amendment, but there has been no declaration that he will veto it and party leaders in the Senate were virtually certain lie would approve it. Kleven Democrats, led by Senator O'Gonnan, fought the bill to the eud. The Senate was weary when its long grind of debate, its weary watching for any attempt to gain a parliamentary advantage, and by the time Vice-Presidont Mnrahnl nut tlm question for the passage of the bill the oratory had died down, the chamber was quiet and the vote was taken with but little excitement. JBltterness among Democratic senatajrs over the repeal bill appeared ;agaln. and before oil was poured on 'the troubled waters Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Senator West -of Georgia came near blows. Apparently only the interference of Senator Ashurst and the presence of the aergeant-at-arms prevented a physical encounter. It all lasted less than a minute, but in that time the Senate I livened up and displayed an interest In things such as has not been evident for weeks. 'The trouble started after a bitter exchange between Senator Vardaman and Senator James, who had vigorously criticised the Mississippi Senator, and in turn had told that he v?as not stating the truth. When Senator Vardaman sat down Senator West took the floor and also entered a protest against the recent charge of Senator Vardaman that those who voted for the repeal bill were guilty of treachery to the Democratic party. He referred to the charge that the Carnegie Foundation had expended $30,000 to boost the repeal bill. "Who knows," added the Georgia senator, "but what the shipping interests have spent $100,000 to defeat tms DIM." "Have you been offered any?" asked Vardaman. As he spoke he rose to his feet and started toward the Georgia senator, who was only a few feet away. ''Don't you say that to me," said Senator West, shaking his head and lifting his arms. "Well," said Senator Vardaman still advancing with his arms hall raised, "you are making an intima lion that somebody else has been in ftuenced." By this time the two senators were only a few feet apart, but Senatoi Ashurst, one of the biggest men ir the Senate, had stopped betweer them. He laid his loft arm across Senator Vardaman's chest and extend ed his right toward the Georgian anc tried to pacify them, but they kep talking. In the meantime members In tin cloak room tried to tumble out of th< tloors all at once, and the galleries were half filled with people loaninj forward with expectation of seeing i real fight. ..111 A. ? owuttiwiH win piua,H? come 10 or dteT," shouted Senator Swan son, pre fading. "The senators will pleas lake their seats and the sergeant-at arms " here he was interrupted but Sergeant-at-Arms Higgins ha beard enough, and he walked out t where the two senators stood glarin at each other across the outstretche arms of Senator Ashurst, and stoo ready for the official command t atop whatever might bo startec Mr. West insisted on explaining. "I did not say in writing or othei wifto " ho started to explain. 'The senators will please tak their seats," urged the presiding off oer, while the galleries and the Re publican side of the Senate in pai ticular looked on as if at a play. "No, I am not going to sit down, continued Mr. West, and Senato James tried to explain that the Oeoi gbi senator was trying to make n ?ikarges. Finally all resumed thel floOj without a blow on either side HEROES REMEMBERED +. ? OFFICIO IIS AM) MEN RECEIVE RECOMMENDATION. Men Distinguishing Themselves at j Vera Cruz Remembered?Praise From Mr. Daniels. _ Officers and men among the American bluejackets and marines who diss tinguished themselves by conspicuous bravery and heroism at Vera 1 Cruz, yere recognized and rewarded s Sunday by the navy department. Every one of the 108 singled out for mention in Rear Admiral FlntHinr's report of the occupation of the port, was given ofllcial commendation in a letter from Secretary Daniels, bring* ing word in most cases of medals, gratuities or promotions. Secretary Daniels announced the , action of the department in a letter to Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, ^ who directed the operations at Vera Cruz, expr essing the department's s appreciation of "conspicuously ablo , and courageous performance of duties entailing, as they did, as grave responsibilities as could well be plac' ed upon a naval commander." "In the department's opinion," I wrote Mr. Daniels, "your performs anco of duty at tlie seizure of Vera I Cruz equally entitled you to all the well merited praise and commendation that has been bestowed on the ofiicers and men whom you were directing. "It is a pleasure to add that it is fully expected that no matter what you are called to do it would be done with a spirit and a degree of excellence that could not be surpassed, and these expectations wore met in very particular, under circumstances requiring professional ability and skill and courage of the very highest order. "Your part in the operations at Vera Cruz is known throughout the length and breadth of the land and so nobly speaks for itself that the department finds it difficult to embody in a letter anything more that could add to the satisfaction of having so capably performed, under extraordinary conditions, a duty which not only upholds but adds to the best traditions the service which you adorn. "It is with pleasure that the department places a copy of this letter on your already distinguished rec, ord." A general order has been issued , awarding a medal of honor and a gratuity of $100 to 11 enlisted men for extraordinary heroim. They also will be advanced to the next higher , rating carrying increased pay. To 4 2 officers and 5 5 enlisted men the secretary has written highly com. mendatory letters. In addition to , the letter each enlisted man has been advanced to the next higher rating, carrying increased pay. L , The department, it wras announced, has under consideration the question of further suitable reward for [ officers who have received commen . datory letters. The law does not per, mlt the award of medals of honor to naval ofllcers, no matter how conj spicuous their service may be. ? Murder iui<l Suicide. Mrs. Fred Roab of Long Beach, , Cal., Thursday killed I.or two little girls and herself. * Both Senator West and Vardaman J explained that they meant no reflection on any one in what they had said. Later Senator Williams made a short speech criticising Senator Vardaman. "I decline to answer any questions ? the senior senator from Mississippi f asks of me," announced Senator Var" daman. "Of course, it is well under" stood that the senior senator from Mississippi never approves of any3 thing I do. I caro absolutely nothr ing whether I please him or displease 1 him. My conduct is controlled by 1 myself without regard to his opinion 3 of what I do." For a while the Senate looked for a * fresh outbreak, but the trouble sub1 sided and the steady grind of debate went on. The vote in favor of the 3 bill follows: Democrats?Bankheard, Bryan, 3 Chilton, Clark of Arkansas, Culberr 3 son, Fletcher, Core, Hitchcock, 1 Hughes, James, Johnson, Kern, Lea, Lee, Lewis, Martin, Myers, Overman, " Owen, Pittman,'Pomerene, Saulsbury, Shaffroth, Sheppard, Shively, Sime mons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of " Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Smith of South Carolina, Stone, Swanson. d Thompson, Thornton, West, White, ? Williams?3 7. S Itepublicans?Brandegee, Burton, d Colt, Crawford, Gronna, Kenyon, Mc" Cumber, McLean, Nelson, Norrls, 0 Hoot, Sterling, Sherman?13. L Tota?50. The vote against the bill: Democrats?Ashurst, Chamberlain, Lane, Martlne, Newlands, O'Gorman, e Ransdell, Reed, Vardaman, Thomas, i- Shields?11. >- Republicans??Borah, Brady, Bris> tow, Burleigh, Catron, Clapp, Clark, of Wyoming, Cummins, Dillingham, " Dupont, Goff, Jones, LaFollette, Lip>r pitt, Page, Perkins, Smith of Michi* gan, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, o Warren, Weeks, Works?23. r Progressive?Potndexter. *. Total?35. TO FIGHT PRESIDENT ? V AllD AM AN, HEARST, ET AL, AIM GUNS AT PARTY'S HEAD. Misslssiplan Dlsgrunled Over Patronay;? Question Has Thrown Himself to Wilson's Enemies, Unfortunate as it may be that any man who calls himself a Democrat should act as Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi has done and turn squarely against the administration because he is not in accord with the president's views on the canal tolls question, the real reason is seen in the senator's statement that such action is taken partly to save his own nolitiend lifo So says P. TT. McGowan in the State and he continues by remarking that in Washington there is a clique standing ready to club the administration for anything it may do. This clique has long since stopped fighting fairly and has adopted the sandbag method with ^"illiam R. Hearst and a Washington morning newspaper doing the dirty work. There is nothing that the administration does or can do that is well done; everything undertaken is doomed to fall and the country, according to Hearst and this aforesaid Washington morning newspaper, is headed by the political junk heap. With 'his combination there are grouped the standpat element of the C>. O. P., some of the Bull Moose and a handful of disgruntled Democrats. And just here it might bo as well to pin. There is a small complement of men around the country calling themselves Democrats who are endeavoring to make Champ Clark say ugly things about the president and to do some overt act which may be construed as being directly aimed at Wood row Wilson and William J. Bryan. This crowd took occasion a day or two ago when Champ Clark accepted ik ^ : ii-u ai ^ ? me invitation ot tne ix. a. it. to speak at Arlington to say that he had thrown down his defl to both the president and Secretary Bryan and that there would be no more of Wilson or of the Democratic party hereafter. This is the line they are working on. They are in the sandbagging business ready to club the administration into insensibility for anything it may do, no matter how worthy and worth while it may be. But this Hearst-Washington morning newspaper combination will not work unless it gets more force behind it than Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi. Disgruntled because he has not been able to secure what he believed : to be his share of federal patronage, according to what is said there, Sen- ' ator Vardaman would unloose the < vials of his wrath and drag down the i party which elected him to the Sen ate and which brought him from pri- < vate life to public notoriety. And what does he do the first time oppor- < tunity affords? Turns his back squarely upon the party, lines up < with the Hearst-Washington morning i newspaper combination and practically says to the country: "To save my i political life the Democratic party ' may go to hades." An earnest expression of opinion in Washington analyzed the situation very clearly. The remaking of the rency law and the curbing of the trusts has, naturally, turned things up from bottom to top and it was to tariff bill, the overhauling of the curbe expected that such a situation would follow the coming into power ui uie uemocrats alter the Republicans had messed things up for the past 1G years. Had Woodrow Wilson not taken the initiative, had lie not seen with his keen foresight and ripo judgment, that such a house cleaning was necessary if tho Democratic party was to live up to its name and follow out the lines of the platform promulgated at the last convention, he would have had some reason then to foam at the mouth and bemoan the fact that the party's deathknell was near, hut with poor grace can they do it now. The truth about Vardaman?and any other Democrat who acts as he has done?is that his political vision is so much enshrouded in personal selfishness that ho would denounce his party to save himself. Such persons overlook the fact that it Is not what they get from but give to the party which stamps the genuineness of heir Democracy. Tornado Kills Seven. A storm which swept northern Towa Friday night killed seven persons. One of them was a child, torn from its father's arms and dashed against the side of the farm house. ? ? Negro Killed l?y Train. Silas Williams, a young negro of Pennettsville, was killed Thursday afternoon by a Bennettsville and Clieraw railroad passenger train. ? To Vote This Week. A vote is expected in the Senate on the Panama canal free tolls exemption repeal bill the latter part of this week. ? Want Our Ijaw Adopted. An effort is being made to have Massachusetts adopt the South Carolina law relating to divorces. Subject to the Governor's Pleasure. Some letters have been recently made public which throw considerable light into the ideas of Governor Illease in reference to the rights of citizens in our State. On May 14 the governor wrote Mr. Henry T. Morrison at MeClellanville, a leading merchant and business man, who was a notary public, and Mr. J. M. Mackintosh, another prominent citizen likewise a notary public, to the effect that their commissions had been revoked. Mr. Morrison immediately wrote the governor, and admitting the legal right of the governor, asked that he state his reasons for the removal. The governor replied, May 19, that the governor is authorized to appoint notaries public during his pleasure, and continued: "You were commissioned under this law, and it was the pleasure of the governor to revoke your commission, and it was done. i \ nect vnn 1 < ? Unr^uf u-liw i* _ WW ^ w% V V/ ??. 1A W TV H 11J it U?3 (lone about as well as he does." Mr. Morrison then came back, voicing tho insinuation which the governor evidently would not write, and in a letter of May 25 asked: "Was it because, as a delegate to the Charleston county convention, I voted for J. W. Barnwell as chairman?" To this tho governor has not replied. On the 19tli of May a meeting of the citizens of McClellanville was held, and in public gathering they pointed out the inconvenience of both notaries public having their commissions revoked, and a committee was appointed to write the governor in regard to it. They wrote, in part: "We think it, therefore, due to yourself as well as the gentlemen, that you give us your reasons for their removal." The governor replied on the 2 2nd, by quoting the law authorizing those officials to hold during the pleasure of the governor, and ended, "Exercising my pleasure as governor, the commissions of the gentlemen mentioned by you were revoked, and that is all there is to it." The Columbia Record closes an editorial upon these facts as follows: "The plain inference from all this is that it is lese majeste in South Carolina for any one to go counter to the wishes of Governor Blease, who sets up to be the master instead of the servant of the people, and who holds his "pleasure" to be above the law in spirit, if not in letter, and whn la _ , ? ?? ?W aw IiiUILfereiit to the business welfare of a whole community in the pursuit of his purpose to wreak a petty revenge on an individual who dared to exercise his rights as a citizen in disregard of the governor's wishes." The trouble with Mr. Morrison was that he assumed that an ordinary citizen had rights in this State when they conflicted with the pleasure of the governor. He assumed that acts of tyranny and dictatorship were only allowed in Russia and Turkey, forgetting the ban that had been established against all who were not "my friends". "I stand by my friends" carries with it "I punish my enemies," and all who oppose me are enemies. Next time Mr. Morrison is sent to a convention to vote it would be well to inquire as to how he shall stand, otherwise his punishment will be more severe. Governor Blease this summed will talk before many ordinary citizens but he will hardly voice the sentiments behind such arbitrary and vindictive acts as the above. The people of South Carolina will hear much about his standing up for their rights* but, unless they are fooled bodly, they'll realize, actions mean more than words, especially vote-hunting words. , FARMER IS KILLED. +. Lancaster Farmers Have Fatal ShootI n nig j-jcrupe. News reached Lancaster Sunday of the killing of Will Stack, a farmer of the Tradesville section, by Tom Parker, another farmer of the same community. It is said that Parker warned Stack to keep away from his homo, otherwise he would kill him. Stack was tried for murder at Lancaster several years ago and acquitted. The killing occurred just over the line in Chesterfield county. Both parties are white. It could not be learned whether Parker had been arrested. ? Refuses to Name Assailant. C. C. Wyche, loader of the Blease faction in the House, walked to a Spartanburg hospital Wednesday suffering from cuts, inflicted by an opponent in a fight over personal matters. He refused to disclose the name of his attacker. ? ? Fatal Attempt to Catch Fly. In a game of baseball at Charleston Monday Ernest Howard, a colored lad, attempted to scale a fence In order to catch a fly, with the result that he fell into a pile of brick, receiving fatal injuries. ? ? Train Hits Auto, Kills Four. Oscar Krug of Omaha, Neb., his friend, and two unidentified women wore killed Thursday when a t.raiu hit their auto near Millard, Neb. ? Eight Miners Killed. Eight miners were killed at Tamaqua, Pa., Friday when a cage in which they were being hoisted broke and fell. CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Sale?Ear corn at $1 per bushel. J. K. Mayfleld, Denmark, S. C. For Salt??Poland China pigs. J. S. Officer, Sparta, Tenn. I tarred Rock Kgg**? Prepaid, 15, $1. C. T. Hamm, Tobaccoville, N. C. Bloodhound puppies, English registered pure-bred. W. N. Cavin, Mt. Holly, N. C. Pure Prize Winning White Wyandotte?Eggs 18 for $1.25. G. B. Dommick, Neeses, S. C. Indian Runner Duck Eggs?(White) $1.25 per dozen delivered. Good stock. J. F. Tietjen, Savannah, Ga. For Sale?Velvet Beans, $2 bushel f. o. b. Alachua, Fla. Cash with order. Caswell & Grimes, Alachua, Fla. Send Dollar Hill for 100 White Bermuda onion plants, by mail, postpaid. C. Voorhees, South Lake Weir, Fla. Runcocas strain S. C. White Leghorns ?Hatchiug eggs, $8 per 100; $1.60 per setting. Red Briar Farm, Hendersonville, S. C. White Wyandottes?Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatching. W. P. Chusey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. For Sale-?One Flanders 20, two new cases, top, extra seat. Car in excellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, S. C. Special?Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runners, $6; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mr?. J. F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. Tomato Plants?Large, healthy plants; all varieties; $3 per thousand. Beaufort Island Plant Co., P. O. Box 259, Beaufort, S. C. Indian Runner Duck Egg#?Great layers, easily raised. $1 per 13. Express or parcel post paid. Mrs. R. S. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. 0. For Sale?EggB from Blngle comb White, Brown, and Buff Lefehorns, Anoonas. Biuff Orninetons. 15 for Carolina Poultry Farm, Reldsville, N. C. Men And Women earn $3 dally addressing letters in spare time. Send 10c for outfit and beginner. Address Morgan, Box 566, Salisbury, N. C. For Sale??Start right with Young's strain single comb White Leghorns. Best layers, best show birds known. Eggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walter Berry, Greenville, S. C. For Rent?Eight-room house, very cool, electric lights, bath, large veranda; very fine location; $200 ?for three months vacant June 15. C. M. Bell, Tyron, N. C. A Wonder of the Age??Webb's Waxall, apply with rag. 75c quart delivered. Will stain and wax floor one application. All colors. Webb's Art Store, Columbia, S. C. For Sale?Tompkin's and Langford's high class Single Comb Reds. Fine breed. Select matings. Eggs, $1.50 $2 and $3 per 15. Young chicks. Mrs. John Kerr, Duiham, N. C. For Sale?Registered Hereford cattle, best of all beef breeds for our Southern conditions. Eighty breed| lng cows; young stuff for sale. Extra good breeding. Evans Lunsford. Covington, Ga. Automobile Contact Points, 75c? Why pay $1,50 or $2 for new points. We out new nlatlnum r*n fr\y hk* each. Send them to us a"* ret them by return mail. Wiesepape Mfg Co., Columbia, S. C. Eggs?Prize winnln / Rose. Single Comb Black Minorcas, Pape, Northrop, Misliler strains. Dark Cornish Indian Games, $2 to $3 fifteen. Satisfaction guaranteed. Paul Houston, Greenville, S. C. .See the World and make from $3 to $5 a day collecting bones and other junk from trash piles; no capital needed. Write for prices. HenderI sonville Rubber & Metal Co., Hendersonville, N. C. For Sale?Mountain Grown Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoes?-Plant in July and raise fine crop. Price, *i.du per ousnei. Order now, from] C. P. Sanders, Spartanburg, S. G. | 4:10 acre farm in Sumter county, Ga. All Improvements. Now under cultivation. Dwelling containing 12 large rooms with telephone, gas, and water works. J. Lockwood Murphy, Charleston, S. C. Kellerstrass White OrpingtonsReared from $100 pen. Aldrlcb strain from Madison Square Oar den blue ribbon winners. Fifteen eggs, $2, $3 and $5. Orders filled with care.. W. S. Stansell, Easley. 8. O. For Sale?Entire stock of general BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD ? ADMINISTRATION SILENCES ALL CA LAMITY-HOYVLERS. ^ ? Manufacturing Plants Are Working Full Time and Harvests Await Laborers, President Woodrow Wilson believes that business conditions in the United States are generally good, basing his belief upon facts and flgIIX/Ici *- ? * 1 * -? ' uico (/loociiieu iu mill uy iiio uepariments of the Government closely in touch with the industrial, manufacturing and farming affairs of the country. In only one spot is business below its normal and that Is the line of industries directly affected by the railroads. Steel and iron interest take an optimistic view of the 4 situation and any indication of depression, the president believes, radiates from the olllces of the railroad companies, where largo equipment orders are being held up pending the decision of the live per cent, increase case. Custom receipts under the new tariff are greatly in excess of tho estimates, and this, say oillcials of the treasury department, is a fair barometer of commerce. The Middle West is calling for 100,000 men to harvest its crops, according to reports received by the department of labor, and this is taken to prophesy an excellent condition of business in that great agricultural region. Information in tho hands of th? department heads at Washington is to the effect that manufacturing plants are working full time and disposing of their goods as fast as they are turned out. Members of con gross, always the first to hear of ^ business depressions, have reported that commerce is moving along satisfactorily. W. L. O'Brien, director of the Kansas Employment bureau, says the state needs upwards of 40,000 men, beginning June 15, to help in harvesting wheat. Men can go direct ^ to towns in the wheat belt in Central and Western Kansas and be assured of work at wages ranging upward from $2 a day and board. John T. Fitzpatrick, labor commissioner of Missouri, reports that 40,000 hands will be required to handle the wheat crop in that state. The ^ period of employment will extend over several months. Three free employment bureaus have been established, one e .eh in St. Louis, Kansas City, and St. Joseph. Charles L. Daugherty, labor commissioners of Oklahoma, says that from 12,000 to 15,000 laborers will be required in the fields of that state ^ during the wheat harvest. Go Out and Enroll. Voters can not be too quick about putting their names upon the club rolls. Procrastination may bring forgetfulness, and forgetfulness means no vote in the primary this { summer. For a citizen to loose his vote through neglect is a moral crime, and no man is worthy of the franchise who treats it so carelessly. It is your sacred privilege to partake in the government of your Stae, and ill success to those that prove recreant to their responsibility. You may not be interested in the candidates this summer, you may feel that your man does not need your vote, or any of the other things by which* a lazy man and one afraid to exercise v is privilege can dodge the issues raised in voting, but vour dntv to your state and nation demands a that you vote. Each man should do ^ all that he can. The first step is to enroll. Do that to-day. + Blank Cartridge Kills. Shooting what he thought was a blank cartridge at the three-year-pld son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nolach of Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Wayne Cooper fatally wounded the baby. merchandise valued at $1,500, more or less. Will sell at reasonable figures. Stock in good condition. Also one desirable lot on Main street. ^ Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn, S. C. 850 Acree Houston County, Ga.t Fine Farming and Peach Land?Railway way station on place. Don't hesitate on account of price, $10,000 for this whicht is worth $30,000. Southern Tnsurance & Realty Co., L Life Building, Macon, G&. T3 n jt <>r ?aie?rnree dogs, four bitch Pointer puppies, 5 months- old. Black and white. Sire Champion Ladas No. 27307 of Stockdale Kennels, Bakersfield, Cal. Dam, Bessie Kent's Queen No. 27858. These are . exceptionally fine individual 'sped- ^ xiens?no better bred in the country. Address Dr. P. D. Kendall, Columbia, S. C. Lady or gentleman, fair education, to act as our representative in home * town. Exclusive territory given. \ Selling experience unnecessary/' We furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay $2,000 first year. Staple line. Our booklet, "How to Start in Business for Yourself," explains aH. Free on request. Address Box 1599. Phil1 adelphla, Pa.