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OIL TRUST PROSECUTION. BO NAP A UTK APPKAI.S TO THE ( Ml) PIIKMK COURT. Attorney Ueetcral of the United Stales ( Applies to ttltfhmt Tribunal In the Land tor Writ of iVrtiorart In Case of the Twenty-nine Million Dollar* JTtno Against the Standard Oil Com pawy. Wuhinffton, Nov. IS.?The wording of the government's petition for a writ of oertlorart in the $19.000.000 Stand- I ard Oil oaee, which today was filed In 1 the supreme court of the United I States. Indicates that the department 1 of Justice la fully aware of .the court's < pratlce of denying ?0 per cent of auch i petitions The court grants these pe- I Uttons only when constitutional ques? tions are larolved. and the attorney t general makes strong effort to have It i appear that the preaent case falls , Within this category , Poar reasons for the Issuance of the , writ are given, as follows: "(1) It la highly desirable In the public Interest and to promote Justice la the farther prosecution and final , determination of thle patlcular case, considered In and by Itself. ?|tl It Is Indspensable for the In? struction and advice of the govern? ment In the Intelligent administration and enforcemet of the lawa lvolved. "(I) It Is necessary for the control and guidance of the Federal courts In disposing of aim liar cases now actual? ly pending or likely to arise In the near future. "(4) The issue of 'tha writ Is neces? sary also la order thU the business community and the people at large mi v be Informed and advlsod as to the meaning of the law by th?? Judgment of this court, "Whether." says the petit ion In urg? ing the granting of the writ, "the government Is or Is not l ight In Its contentions, w? respectfully but very earnestly urge that the court should Issue the writ The case Is of the first consequence. The principles decided control the entire meaning and pur? pose of the law and Impair the under? lying policy of congress. If. for ex? ample. It Is necasary that the govern? ment should prove actual knowledge by the shipper of the lawful rate, the law will be altogether deprived of ef? fect against the very shippers who vio? late It. in view of the government it la extremely Important that the law should b? determined and expounded now. at this stage of the present case by this court" "It." the attorney general says. ' ?*will not be seriously contended that because this Is a criminal case, the * court of appeals would have had no '-right to certify any question raised upon this record," and the contention la made that If the case could proper? ly be transferred from the lower to the higher court by means of certi? fication. It can just as properly be brought up by means of a writ from ths higher court. The attorney general also takes the position thst the supreme court Is ves? ted by law with authority to order any cane of which a circuit court of ap? peals haa final Jurisdiction to be brought up by certiorate and to deter? mine It In the same manner as if It had been taken up on appeal or writ of error by the defendant. Mr Bonaparte takes cognisance of the fact that the court of appeals fail? ed to consider many of the govern? ment's assignments of error and It is urged that this failure meant that Judge Landls had not committed other errors and that, therefore the appel? late court decision was an affirmance by It of the other portion of the Land la decision. It Is pointed out, however, that the Standard Oil Company take* the opposite view. He adds: "Severed of the questions on which the court of appeals thus refused to pass ar* absolutely vital, and the pro? secution must certainly fall If the con tentlon ef the defendant can be sus? tained as to any one of them. The re? ply Informs us that thev will be agafr raised at a second trial and yet th< court of appeals declines either to de clde them or to say what Its stlenc? means. A stronger case could hardlj be presented for the beneficent Inter rentlon of this court by certlorarl " The attorney general cites a numbo of similar prosecutions now pending a another reason why the court shoul pass upon the case. It Is understood that th* petition will be formally pre sented to the court when It rocon venes next Mou lay. but It probabl will not bo acted upon for some tlm ther.-after If the petition is grante the entire case will be reviewed by th supreme court. If it Is lenled. the d? rlslon of the court of appeals wl stand, snd It will be necessary for tli government to find sorre other meat of presenting Its controversy with tr Standard OH Company to the court. Kve Smith, rolnred. attempted act fire to Hessin VYH?on. al*o colore In Charleston The Smith woman w; arrested. Paul Norrie of Anderson, may lo 1 s right arm as the rfst.P f t J ry he received whtU 0] Ming MENTION Of COTTON WILT. 'I.KM SON SXPEKT TELLS HOW TO FHiHT THK DISEASE. ntton Wilt is Due to a Fungus Which Attacks Roots and Stems and Cuts Off Water Supply?Fungus is Hardy li And Hard to Fight?Department of * Agriculture Has Evolved a Variety a Of Cotton Which Is Not Subject to a Wilt and Send Seeds on Application, r Clemson College, Nov. 24.?The fol owing brief article on cotton wilt has >een prepared at the request of The <ew? and Courier correspondent by ?Cr. H. W. Barre, plant pathologist of he experiment station, who has been naklng a study of the disease In this State: "For the past few years there seems :o have been a noticeable increase in 1 he distribution and prevalence of the <3 lisease known as wilt of cotton. It ( teems to be gaining foothold in every locality through the central and east ?ra part of the State and Is doing in? estimable damage. It seems, there? fore, that it might be well to call the 11 attention of the people to what wilt Is | < ind to say something concerning the methods of eliminating it. "Wilt is a fungus disease. It is caused by a minute vegetable organ Ism?a fungus which gains entrance Into the rots and stems of the plant and grows there parasltlcally. The vegetative portion of the fungus which Is made up of numerous long, tiny thred-Uke filaments, grows through the tissue and interferes with the functions of the plant. These fila? ments get Into the circulatory system of the plan* and grow together in such masses In the water ducts as to cut off the circulation of water and of sap. When this stage is reached the cotton plant 'ncessarily wilts and dies?dies from want of water Just as it would wilt and die during a dry time. In this way whole fields of cotton are sometimes destroyed by the wilt fun? gus. It is very easy to recognize a plant that Is affected with or is dying from wilt. For aside from the ordinary symptoms which you would suspect where a plant wilts, very marked evi? dence of the presence of the disease Is found In the stems of the affected plants. If such plants are spilt open, dark streaks will always be found ex? tending through the woody tissue of the stem and root. There are always very pronounced streaks In the wood Just beneath the park. Other smaller discolored areas are found all through the roots and stems. These darkened areas are water vessels of the plant which are filled with the growth of the fungus. The fungus which couses this dis? ease Is more hardy than the. cotton plant which It Infects, and continues to live there and grow even after the host plant Is dead. It even lives over for several years on dead stalks and In the soli and remans ready to attack any. new plants as they come up. A field once Infected, then, would re? main so for several years. The fact, too, that the fungus which causes the disease lives In the soil and enters through the roots of the cotton makes It hard to fight. None of the given methods of fighting fungus pests, such as spraying, seed treatment, etc.. will have any effect og It. So we have to resort to other methods. Now, plants like people and like lower animals, have different tendencies. Some peo? ple are healthier or more resistant to disease than others. The same is true of lower animals, and true it seems to even a greater extent of plants. Some varieties of cotton are more re? sistant to disease than others, and In the same variety some individual stalks seem more resistant than other individuals. The United tSates de prtment of argrlculture has made use of this fact, and has set about breed? ing disease resistant varieties of cot* ton. This has been carried on now foi a number of years and they have had remarkable success. They are now able to give us a variety of cotton which is proctically immune fron > I wilt. In order to help eliminate will 11 form the cotton fields of the South anc thus save to the farmers the two mil lions of dollars now lost annually fron Its effect, the department of agrtcul I ture has made arrangements for dis 1 trthutlng seed of these disease rests 1 tant varieties among the farmers ii the sections which are suffering fron wilt. Samples of these seed can b y hud by writing to the Congressman o e the various districts, or by wrltlni d direct to the United tSates departmen e of HIUiullUH at Washington, D. C. Ah pointed out above, this is th 11 best method of eliminating the dts ease, and those who are suffering fror 1 It should lose no time In securing an 16 planting the Heed of varieties whlc are resistant. Any OBS who Is In doubt ns t to whether his cotton is s ffect cd with th 1. disease or not should, during the grow is i ing season, send specimens of the suj pected cases to the division of hotan of th" South Carolina Experiment Itl , tlon for examination and Identltlcatloi ? I W. If. BAUW". i I Boti la! and riant i'ntn.-dogh? ofS< ul , ? .11' Uii.i.rinn.iit %1 'il ii .ii STATE TEACHERS MEETING. e.\t Mo ?ting to be Held in Columbia, Decent I ier 30th, to January 1st? Prominent Educator on the Pro? gramme. Columbia, Nov. 24.?The next meet lg of the State Teachers' Association '1.1 be held in Columbia Dec. 30, 31 nd Jan. 1, and It promises to break 11 records for attendance. Holiday aten will be in force, and it is expect d that every live teacher, principal nd superintendent In the State will e present. The programme of the general ses ions and the several departments tave been practically completed and rill be published in about ten days, tome of the best speakers in South Carolina, have consented to make ad Lresses, among them are Senator B. I. Tlllman, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, presi? dent of the University of South Carolina Jol. O. J. Bond, superintendent of the louth Carolina Military Academy, lev. J. Henry Harms, president of dewberry College, Supt-Elect John E. Iwearlngen, Hon. John G. Richards of vershaw, Judge Geo. W. Gage, of Chester, Dr. Wm. Burdell and other veil known public men and educators. Hiss Nance of the School Improve nent Association has just secured the ?onsont of Prof. P. P. Claxton of the Jniverslty of Tennessee to make the eading address before that organlza lon. Besides the general programme of the association, each of the affiliated organizations and departments have irranged attractive programmes. Supt 3. B. Martin of the Association of bounty Superintendents, Miss Mary Nance president of the School Im? provement Association, Prof. W. K. rate, head of the Association of Town and City Superintendents, Dr. P. H. Meli president of the Association of Colleges, Miss Minnie MacFeat, presi? dent of the Kindergarten Association, and Miss Pope, president of the Pri? mary Department, have all secured the best available material far their respective programmes. The halls and lobbies of the Stare House will be used for the occasion. The school exhibit will be displayed In the lobby on the second floor and here also will be located the headquarters of the association, where each teacher Is requested to report upon arrival and secure a membership card and badge. A reception will be tendered the visiting teachers by the teachers of the schools and colleges of Columbia. Thursday afternoon, December 30, in the lobby and library. Music will form an interesting part of each evening's programme. Misses Nance and Selby have been appointed at the head of the committees of the afternoon re? ception and music, while Col. A. R. Banks heads the general reception committee. Although the crowd will be large ample hotel accommodation at reasonable rates has been provided Col. Banks will take pleasure In ar? ranging board In advance for all who will write him. V-C COMPANY NEEDS MONEY. Gives Lien <>n All Its Properties as Security for Loan of Fifteen Million Macon, Ga., Nov. 24.?The Virginia Carolina Chemical company filed a mortgage In the Bibb county superior court here today on Its property given to secure the sum of $15,000,000 bor? rowed through the Central Trust com? pany of New York. The interest named is 5 per cent, and the tenure of the mortgage is 15 years. The docu? ment covers about 100 printed pages. It is understood that the mortgage is to be recorded in every county and State in which the company has a plant. The company has a plant In South Macon for the manufacture of guano. PAPER FROM COTTON STALKS. Government Bureau Thinks Papci >>fay be Manufactured From Useless By-Product of South s Staple. Washington, Nov. 24.?Paper is tc be manufactured from cotton stalks, ? heretofore useless by-product, accord Ing to a report to the bureau of manu fatcures. A company, capitalized a' 3500,000 has been organized at At lanta. Ga., for the purpose. It is clolmed that paper can be made fron cotton stalks at a cost of about $1! per ton. WOFFORD professor resigns Spartanburg. Nov. 24.?Dr. A. B <'<><.k?' has resigned the chair of mod ein languages at Wofford College I accept a similar position at Throo College, Pass*.nd,.na, Cal., of whlc Dr. J. A. H. Seherer, formerly of New berry, Is president. Dr. Cooke wl leave here the latter part of Decem her, and will enter upon his profefl sorship January 1. He has been 001) nected with Wofford College for mor than twelve years, and his going awa will cause universal regret at the co leg?, and in the city. He is a man ( spleudld character, has traveled cj ? r most excellent teacl Ii ei of German and Fronen. His frient i-mi?r-itHi it? hi> i unon his oruiiiotl<:> GRAND AUTO RACES. RENCHMAN DRIVING A FIAT, | || TAKES FIRST IIOXOH AT SA? VANNAH. ?no Minor Accident Daring Entire Race?Victor Ilemery, Another Frenchman, Driving the German Benz Car No. 8, Finished Second, 50 Seconds Separating Them. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 26.?The pow r of six score horses crashing and e oaring in the cylinders of a Flat car, c ent plunging through changing fog t nd sunshine over 402 miles of lilac a lied roadways by the experienced i lands of Louis Wagner, today won ] he most spectacular, the longest and t he fastest international automobile t ace ever held in the country. Fate t >layed a game of hide and seek with i hree grim and grimy hooded figures < hat sat behind big steering wheels 1 tnd throttles and fought with skill j tnd daring for an advantage of sec? onds at the finish of the more than six lours of driving for the honor of a :rophy cup and a purse of gold. The three drivers who clung to? gether from the very start were shuf led about like so* many cards. For a :ime there was a fourth figure in the eadlng column until a caprice of fortune sent one pitching from the road. Out of the mass of wreckage. Fritz Erie, who had been driving the German Benz No. 19, was taken with i broken, nose and a broken jaw. It was not until the last minute of the last lap that the tide of victory turned toward Wagner. Nazarro, the won? derful Italian driver, holder of world's records and winner of countless con? tests, who had clung tenaciously to a narrow margin of lead for more thr.n 100 miles, persisted long enough at the supply points to change a week ening tire and lost. The treacherous rubber tubing burst as he was about to enter the home stretch and the three minutes of de? lay sent the grand prix winner of last year and his Fiat No. 6 from first to third position. Hemery. in a German Benz No. 8, took second honors. It was rot until the official time was an? nounced that the actual winner was kewn?-that Wagner had hurled him? self to victory by the slender margin of Pt? seconds. Hemery was the fiist ti finish the 16 laps of the race, and enthusiastic thousands hailed him as winner without heed of the six min? utes' grace which Wagner held, Hem? ery being sent away at the start at 9:52 and Wagner not getting the word to go until 9:58. The minutes of waiting after Hem? ery had driven the big Benz car over the flnish line seemed like hours to th<? adherents of the missing car ard like fractional seconds to the men who had already made the journey. It was Just as the fifth of the flying minutes was ticking itself away a blast of bugles and the waving of red watch? men's flags set up the roar of "car coming" from the most wildly excited throng of spectators ever gathered at a racing course. Eyes were stratned to the elbow in the stretch not half a mile away. At last it came, the car, ond it was red. "Wagner! Wagner! Wagner!" cried the crowd. Pitching down the straigh-away, the red car tore for the fateful line, the big white num? ber, "14", glowing from the radiator and from the sides of the hood. ' Wagner drove a remarkable steady race. He stopped several times for supplies and on<b seemed to be in se? rious trouble r%ht in front of the grandstand. Sometmng was wrong be? neath the car and down under the maze of cranks and wheels the me? chanician plunged. In a Jiffy he was through. Wagner meantime had been pouring gasoline Into one tank with his right hand and lubricating oil into another with his left. It was this delay that took Wagner oat of the lead in 12 of the 16 laps of the iace and gave it to Nazarro. Wagner is a Frenchman. In 1906 he won the Vanderbilt cup race |R a French car. In wlnnnlng this first grand prize race of the Automobile Club of Amer? ica, Wagner set a new record for road racing In this country. George Rob? ertson in the Vanderbilt cup race o 258 miles last month set the mark at 64.3 miles an hour. Today for th< longer distance of 402 miles Wagnu raised It to 65.5. He averaged 23 min ute* to each one of the 16 laps tha measured 25.13 miles. His fastest la] was made in 21.50, but the lap honor: of the day went to DePalma at th< wheel of Flat No. 18, who twice Riad) the circuit In 21.36. an average 0 about 70 miles an hour. Herbert Shannon, of Chester coun ty, died in Asheville. While a studen at Furman university he contracted measles, which settled on his lugs and he was sent to Asheville for hi health. The Alken Institute has decided t give, tuition to all pulplls from Alke free of charge. A $10,000 lot plant will be installe Is] in Anderson within the t < x*. sixi l ' days, GREAT SCANDAL IN PARIS. IADAME STEINHEIL CONFESSION TO KNOWLEDGE OF DOUBLE MURDER. ho is Now Cliarged With Poisoning Faure?Humbert, Dreyfus and Sy veton Affairs Pale Into Insignifi? cance in Comparison With the Present Revelatloiie. Li Paris, Nov. 26.?The arrest of Mad ime Etelnheil tonight, following her ?onfesslon today that for months since he murder of her husband and Mad ime Japy, who were found strangled n the home of the artist on the morn- y ng of May 31, her attempt to find c :he assaslns and the innumerable fan- a astic clues furnished the police and ;he newspapers were only a desperate p !arce to conceal the real author of the c :rlme, whom she knew, affords Paris a the biggest sensation it has had for \ rears. r The excitement produced from time \ to time by the Humbert, Dreyfus and * Syveton affairs pale into insignificance ] by comparison and the revelations j which crowded thick and fast during t the day, pointing to the possible ex- | posure of a national scandal, promise | < to attract wo-ld-wide attention. Unprecedented scenes were witness? ed at the palace of justice today while the woman was under examination, guards being required to restrain the crowds from entering. On the bolue vards men fought for newspapers, containing accounts of the case, while in the lobbies of parliament, the Na? tionalists created a hubbub by threat? ening to call the government Into ac? count unless orders were given im? mediately to probe the scandal to the bottom. Minister of Justice Bryand is re? ported already to have begun a secret Inquiry into the case to determine the truth of the allegation printed here this afternoon .hat M. Leydett, the ex amlning magistrate, entertained rela? tions with Mme. Steinheil which in? duced him to stifle the affair. Political opponents of the govern? ment, like Henri Rochefort, have been trying to make political capital of the affair by seeking to force an exposure of the scandal connected with the mysterious death of Felix Faure, president of the republic, in 1899. Al? though hushed up at the time, it was common knowledge of those behind the scenes that Mme. Steinhell was with M. Faure at the Elysee palace when Faure died. After M. Faure's death, Mme Steln heil, who admitted last night that she hated her husband, formed other alli? ances, some of them with men of po? litical importance. She confessed last night and again today before the au? thorities that at the time of the mur der of her husband and M. Japy she had a lover. He is believed to be a rich nobleman who is now absent from Paris. The police, convined that Alexandre Wolff was not connected with the tragedy, released him to? night It is stated tonight that Mme. tSeln hell is definitely charged with com? plicity in the murder of her husband and Mme. Japy. In a later examination before Mag? istrate Leydett, there was a dramatic scene when after Mme. Steinheil, hav? ing insisted again and again that Wolff was the real assassin, her daughter threw herself on her knees before Mme. Steinheil, crying out: "Mama, mama, confess all, I implore you." The mother in a burst of tears responded: "Before my daughter, 1 swear I am Innoncent." The anti-Semitic Libre Parole open? ly charges Mme. Steinheil with hav? ing poisoned Presideat Faure because he was opposed to revisision In the Dreyfus case. The crime In question was commit? ted the night of May 31. Mme. Japy was murdered at the same time as Stelnheil. Steinheil was a portrait painter and a grand-nephew of Meis sonler. The assassination of the wo? man, however, is supposed to have been incidental to the killing of Steln? heil. He was the man it was desired to get out of the way. Stelnheil, his wife and Mme. Japy lived together. Tho wife was found bound and gag M ged In bed, and at fir sc she declared ' I that she had been thus treated by three men and a woman, all unknown to her. Alexandre Wolff, the man accused 1 today by Mme. Stelnheil, Is the son of 3 a woman who was formerly employ 3 ed in the Steinheil family as a cook. CUMMINS ELECTED TO SEN ATE. Iowa Governor Elevated to Seat in tin Upper House by Strict Party VoU Of liOgislature. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 24.?By t strict party vote of 109 to 3& Gov. Al bort B. Cummins today was eleete* United States senator to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Senate William B. Allison, whose tern would have expired on March 4. 1909 The joint session of the legtslatur< quickly fulfilled the mandate of th recent plrmary vote. The Democratl minority votes! soUdi) tor i i- Por ctr. STEAMER SINKS OFF SANDY HOOK. tner Finance Is Rammed by Freight? er And G?x ;4 Do a n. i New York, Nov. 26.?In the thick f a fog off Sandy Hook today the out stee! freighter. Georgic, of the ?'hite Star Line, rammed and *ank le lightly laden Panar.a steamer. Fi? ance, outward bound with 85 pas ?ngers, the Finance going down w th l ten minutes, carrying to their eath three of her passengers and one f the crew. The rest of the passen ers. who included 19 women and 14 hildren as well as others of the crew rere rescued by the boats of the reorgic. The freighter was not dam ged. Miss lr?ne Campbell, of Panama, a ?assenger who was lost, clung franti ally to the rail of the sinking vessel knd coulu not be persuaded to release ler hold, nor were the men who man led the small boats able to remove ler. She was seen clinging determin? edly as the vessel was engulfed. Wm. rl. Todd, third assistant engineer, umped overboard and was lost When l roll call of tHe passengers of the Finance was called, It was found that Charles H. Schweinler, a policeman of Panama, and Henry Muller, a railroad conductor of Panama, had disappear? ed, and there is little doubt that they were drowned. The disaster occurred in the main ship channel off Sandy Hook at S o'clock this morning, and as both ves? sels were groping their way through a fog. The Finance had weighed an- Jl chor and was picking her way down the Swash Channel, when Capt. Mow bray who was on the bridge, heard the whistle of an approaching liner. The Finance was immediately started astern, and was slowly backing when . the Georgic, in-bound from Liverpool, P loomed out of the fog and a moment later crashed into the port side, and just abaft the beam of the Finance. The prow of the freighter penetrated the side of the Finance nearly ten feet, tearing away an unoccupied state^ room and leaving a ragged hole,^ through which the water rushed in. i U. S. TO BUY POLO PON EES. War Department Calls For 500 "Small Messenger Horses. Washington, Nov. 24.?In order to encourage polo playing in the Un States army, the war depar n the market for the purchi polo ponies, or "small horses" as they are called. E h*-n dred and seventy of the desired 500^ have already been obtained from a contractor. This contractor was to have pur? chased the full number, but delivered only 170 of the animals. The quar? termaster-general department Is now in the open market for the rest. The^ ftftst, above the contractor's price will l e charged to him. It is planned to distribute five horses to each troop of cavalry and each bat? tery of field and mounted artillery. Hat Pins made out of Real Roses 2 Real Rose Hat Pins It does not seem possible, yet it 1? trua. that these Hat Pina are made out of real live roses, changed entirely into metal by a secret process.preserving every de? tail of the rose from which eich pin is made. They can not break, ar d will last forever. This discovers it without doubt one of the lost arts of the ancient E?y ptiana. They are the mos t beautifu I of al I Hat Pins. No two are alike. F in ished in five colors,to conform to the prevailing fashions in millinery. Made in six sizes.from the smallest rose bud to the ful 1 blown flower These pina sre made by the genuine "DELAMOTHE" secret process, the only process by which an open rose can be perfectly metalized. Don't buy an inferior Imita? tion. All genuine "DELAMOTHE Metalized Real Roae Hat Pins" have the name stamped on the pin. We have the exclusive sale of "DELAMOTHE" products fort his city. See the exhibit in our win? dow of thia wonderful discovery. 1. I. THOMPSON,