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* i'?BMlM*ted 4mg. 8.188 C|t ?LEaUbm;ni aitb Sout^roii ?ST? fctTf Its PUBLISHING COMPANY s JiiTBR, a a ? IIM w+r annum?la Adinilsosamm: ?M Samara ftret Insertion.Il.tt ssbsequent Iseertten. fur three meetHa, or k kings* will no made at reduced retae. V Alt eossmenloetJofts which ssjfcJ aarva private Interests will as oharged fas aa advertisements. X Obssaerlss and tributes sf respects frtS as charged for. FROM EXTRRMINAT ISO TICKS, Advantages Itaeilsed In Freed Frosn Thea? Peats. abashing ten. Jan. IS.?The benefits f)of exterminating rattle ticks sr? be? tas realised in a very practical way In the parts of tbs South that hai baas freed from these peats and re? leased from quarantine. Dr. o. D. Melvin. Chief of (he United States Bureau of Animal Industry. In his kjaanaal report recently submitted to ^tae Secretary of Agrtcultarb, has- the following to ssy on this subject: MAn investigation recently made by tea bureau in this territory shows tlsst great improvement has already resulted from this work. More cat? tle are being raised, sad a better Itrade of breeding stock is bslng in? troduced; calves grow faster, and cat? tle pat on flesh more rapidly during the erasing season and go into the winter In better condition because of Use absence of ths ticks; they can he ssarkettd without quarantine- re? directions, and higher prices are be? ing obtained; dairy cows give a larger yield of milk, and values of farm lands are enhsnced. Aside from Its earn observations, ths bureau haa re oetved from, persons in the released territory numerous lsttsrs and other bmW^etsnens confirming ths foregoing I asm testifying to ths great bene-i following rhe extermination of tlebn* SMPsrencs Between ths prices , for cattle from the tick-in and ths prices of cattle from above the S& lout taking In she improvement in qv al? and weight of cattle because of eradication of the tick. Ae more l.eso.eeo cattle from the quar? antined arse are nnnauUy sold In fsBSSe markets, it caa easily be seen that the extermination of the ticks spanne an annusl Increase of st least te.aee.tot in the prices obtained for ^Sewtnern cattle sold In Northern Paerset* In addition to this, the In? gress? la price of cattle sold locally In the South would represent a large sum. This local Increase has slready been found to amount to from $3 to $16 a In the territory recently freed ticks An agricultural official of saone of the Southern States reports "Ahnt calvss In the tick-free area bring Just double the price that can be ob* tnlned for similar calves In the tick In tented region. "Heretofore It has been Imprsctl oable to Improve the quality of South era cattle by .ntroduclng fine breed ^ tng animals from other sections, be? cause such animals wers liable to contract Texas fever and die unless protected by inoculation. Further mere, It Is Impossible for animals to attain good growth and to thrive when they are heavily Infected with fstlchs With the eradication of the ticks, however, the Southern farmers are enebled to produce good breeding animals and to Improve the grade of their stock." DILLON COUNTY BILL PASSED. Opponents of the Dillon I to* Give Up The Fight. Columbia. Jan. SI.?The senate was busy for four hours today with dis? cussion on the proposed new coupty of Dillon snd upon bills of general I Intsrett. The Dillon County bill pss Od to third resdlng having been made a speclsl order for today, practically the whole morning being taken up with the matter of Into what circuit Dillon County should go. Senator ^Montgomery, of Marlon, wished an I "amendment to pass proposing that Dillon should go into ths 12th circuit, but by a vots of 13 to SO this amend? ment was lost, snd Dillon will be In tbs 4th circuit, ss given In the ori? ginal bill. The minor committee Amendments were adopted and the bill passed to third reading. 1 The story of the average woman's lift would make an Interesting novel ft she thinks. lasted ApeO, IM*. 'Be Jose en 1. S?MI 55 FAMILY SCANDAL ; MHK B. R, TOLLMAN JR. SUMMONS SENATOR TILLMAN TO COURT. Supreme Court Asked for Order to Compel Senator Tillman to Re? store to Mrs. B. It. Till man, Jr., Her Two CttUdroa Sordid Detain* Of & R Ttllman, Jr.'s Brutal Treatment of Oflis Wife Rehearsed In the Assdaviu. Special to The Dally Itera. Columbia, Jan. 14.?When attor? neys for Mrs. B. R. Tillman' Jr., ap? peared before the Supreme Court to begin proceedings, members of the court said proceedings should ori? ginate In the circuit court, but would near argument on this point this af? ternoon. Columbia, Jan. 24.?Mrs. B. R TlUman, Jr., today Instituted habeas corpus proceedings before the Su reme Court to compel Senator and Mrs. B. R. TlUman to return her two children to her, aged three and five years, and be perpetually restrained from Interfering with them. The court after hearing her peti? tion, which is supported by several hundred affidavits from her town people at Edgefleld. setting forth the alleged wrongs and brutalities to? ward her by her husband and insult? ing demeanor toward her by Senator TlUman, issued a writ against Sen? ator and Mrs. TlUman requiring them to show cause why the petition should not be granted. The real contest will come on the return to the rule, and it will be a bitter one, both sldee having employ? ed fine legal talent. For the younger Mrs. Ttllman appears Messrs. DePass St DePass of the Columbia bar, and Mr. Samuel McOowau Slmklns, of the Edgefleld bar, while for the re? spondents appear Ex-Solicitor J. William Thurmond; who prosecuted Bx-Lieutenant Governor Jamee H. TlUman In hie trial for the killing of Edltor N. Q. Gonsales of the Colum? bia State, and Senator TUlman's eon, Mr. Henry Ttllman of Greenwood. Sensational are the charges the younger Mrs. TlUman brings, partic? ularly against her husband. They are that after repeatedly outrageous? ly Insulting her and brutally and cruelly treating her while he was [fsmVWn" nna"1 to rfeeley, 'following hlch he only grew worse and at times had attacks of delirium tre? mens after promising to reform; that after he had squandered much of her estate; that after she had appealed to his parents. Senator and Mrs. TlU? man, with the result that the senator only Insulted her and both blamed her for the trouble between herself and her husband snd for his drink? ing to excess?that after all this and much more her husband, she having gone back to him following a separa? tion, for the sake of their two child? ren, In violation of his written agree? ment to have the two children divide their time beteewn their father and their mother In case of separation, had her order the two children dress? ed while both families were at Washington last November, under pretense of taking the children on an evening's visit to their grandparents, turned them over to Senator and Mrs. TlUman. who brought them to I South Carolina, her husband then deserting her while she was in "a condition too delicate to mention," he also leaving for South Carolina shortly afterward and filing a 7deed at Edgefleld purporting to give the children to Senator and Mrs. TlU? man, alleging In this deed his wife's "unfltness and inability to raise my two children as they should be rais? ed," although Mrs. B. R. Tllman, Jr., hau a handsome ancestral home at Edgefleld and annual rentals in ad? dition of $1,100. The younger Mrs. Tillman is of a delicate beauty, her features and bearing giving all the indications of high birth and of having beeen rear? ed in an atmosphere of culture and refinement. She Is the granddaugh? ter of the late Governor F. W. Pick ens, who was also ambassador to the Russian court, where her mother was born and christened by the czar, Douschka, which means "little dar? ling." Her mother's sister was the first wife of the late United States Senator M. C. Butler, whom Senator Tillman defeated for reelection to the United States senate after the dramatic TlUman gubernatorial ad? ministration. She Is a blood relative of many of the old-time ruling fami? lies of the State, and of course her social standing Is the highest. It has been expected that in order to support the statement In the fa? mous deed of her "unfltness" the TMIrnans would make sensational charges agaltjst Mrs. Tillman, and that at the final hearing before the :t|mMi id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ala ?ER. S. 0., WEDNEE Supreme Court there would be much washing of alleged soiled linen from prominent family wardrobes and un? loosing of family skeletons, and the whole .State has been preparing Itself for scandal and gossip. But it seems that the gossips are to be disappoint? ed in a measure, for the Tillmans have sent word that they will not at? tack Mrs. Lucy Dugas Till man's character. "No, I wouldn't challenge Senator Tillman," said a male relative of the younger Mrs. Tillman today contempt? uously: "that would be to acknowl? edge him on the same social plane as myself, which would be ridiculous. If I do anything it will be to take a hickory stick and frail hel! out of him. But I am going to try and re? strain myself. Whether the decision not to attack Mrs. Tillman Is due to the alleged threat of her brother-in-law to hold the person so attacking her "person? ally accountable," Is not made clear, but Is is clear that serious trouble would follow such attacks. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman's domestic troubles appear to date from the time he came home to Edgefield and found Ex-Lieutenant Governor Jas. H. Tillman, the slayer of Edltor N. G. Gonzales of the Columbia State, at his home, but though he Insulted his wife on this occasion he apologi? zed and acknowledged he had wronged her. Col. Tillman, It Is said, was at his kinswoman's inno? cently playing with one of Mr. and Mrs. Tillman's children at the time Mr. Tillman came In In a rage. In an affidavit submitted to the court today Mrs. Tillman says that on a previous occasion she was forc? ed by her husland's drunken de? bauches and cruel treatment to sep? arate from him, but not until de? ponent's husband under the influence of excessive drink made a most out? rageous, false and degraded attack upon deponent's character; that de? ponent, so outraged and Insulted, flew through the night time with her two infant children from deponent's home at "Edgewood" to her sister's home in Edgefield for protection, where she remained for several months." It would seem from the number ai d character of the affidavits read today In support of Mrs. Tillman's right to the children that practically every man and woman of standing j ty^,"^^pjflMoe^s^-e^we^^B^^il^?. m\^?^>^fv arms against Senator and Mrs. Till? man and their son. Among the sign? ers of these affidavits are several rel? atives of Justice Gary, himself a member of the Supreme bench. There are over CO affidavits, practically all of them signed by two or more, and several having from 25 to 50 signa? tures. The signers Include the following, all testifying that they have known Mrs. Tillman either several years or ! from infancy, and that she is a wo man of Irreproachable character, modest, refined, cultured and pecu 1 Marly fitted and amply financially able to care for and educate her own ' children. Dr. J. Tompklns, her family physi? cian; Judge J. W. DeVore, a mem tbe- of the circuit bench; the Rev. C. T. Burts, pastor of the Baptist church at Edgefield; Wm. F. Cal houn, a descendant of John C. Cal? horn.; Wlgfall Jheatham, editor of the local newspaper; over a hundred of Edgefleld's most prominent mar? ried women, Including the wife of Gov. Sheppard. Finally, this afternoon, on the third appearance of Mrs. Tillman's attorneys, the Supreme Court Issued a writ returnable next Monday. RAILWAY DISASTER IN CANADA. Part of Train Plunges Into lee-Cover? ed River. North Bay, Ont., Jan. 21.?Death in all its most terrible forms blotted out the lives of at least a score and perhaps two score people this after? noon, when four cars of a Canadian Pacific passenger train on the Soo branch leaped from the tracks and tearing down a steep embankment, plunged through the Ice-covered sur? face of the Spanish River. Some were drowned, others were crushed to death in grinding timbers. Most ter? rible of all, maimed and injured, caught in the wreckage of one tof the ears, were burned to death. The exact number of dead and In? jured was still unknown here at a late hour tonight, as telegraphic com? munication has not yet been estab? lished with the scene of the wreck but according to stories told by in? jured passengers brought to Sudbury, It was one of th*? w^ist catastrophles in the history of Canadian railroads. Even a first class wood worker cannot necessarily fill a position in a chop house. 3 t is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an< ID AY. JANUARY 26. W8RK OF LEGISLATURE. STIIJj TINKERING WITH LIEN i ?. LAW. No Change Probable Tbla Year But Matter tNot Settled?Many Coun? ties Ask for Special Form of Gov? ernment?Asylum Investigation the Topic of Moat Interest. Columbia, Jan. 24.?The refusal of the house to pass the Hydrick anti crop mortgage bill does not mean that the house, after several years In succession, having passed the re? peal of the lien law, has repented of its action and reversed Itself, it merely means that the house, as rep? resented by a majority of those who changed their positions In this mat? ter, was disposed to be conservative. The repeal of the lien law was de? manded because it was held that such a statute was not a proper one on the books. Thut having been repealed It Is the desire of those repaling it to see the effect on business, which can? not be seen until after the settling up time next fall. It was energetically Insisted both during the discussions on thfe repeal of the lien law and this latter bill, that both would be neces? sary if it were desired to work any reform in the methods of doing bus inesa on the farm, but the more con servative members of the house hesi? tated to break what is a constitu? tional right on a chance of making matters worse. Were it a question of the reenactment of the lien law the vote would be Just about what it was last sess'on and the session be? fore. It Is very gratifying to those who urged the change of the terms of the county supervisors and superinten? dents of education to four years to note the fact that many of those counties which secured exemption from the provisions of this bill, which was urged as a reform in do? mestic politics, coming back and ask? ing to be included within Its pro? visions. At the same time it is dis? appointing to note the number of counties that are coming before the assembly asking to have their form of county government changed from the established form, so that regular? ity lh the government of the State, stability In forms and systems seems to be an lrrldescent dream. Local growing majority, or what seem to be a growing majority, desirse those who favor the private sale of liquor, are beginning already to agitate the general breaking v down of barriers in the State and if prohibition does not keep liquor out, and if the funds run low and the taxes high, there is going to be a campaign on those lines so no one need hope that the liquor question is to be laid to rest. There is plenty of precedent for a re? turn to the sale of liquor after trial and disappointment. The local op tlonlsts are being urged to make a desperate stand against the Injustice of a State-wide bill after the re"fren dum of the last session, and they may fight hard, or, if they lack a leader with grit and ability, may sur? render after a skirmish. That is hardly likely, however. The significance of the asylum in? vestigation is just beginning to be ap? preciated by the members of the gen? eral assembly. The report of the commission is being very generally discussed now, and all sorts of com mv it, favorable and unfavorable to all concerned, are made, some criti? cise the commission as severely as the commission criticises the manage? ment. No one, however, has anything but most generous expressions for Dr. Babcock personally. It seems to be the opinion of all, even those who agree that the state of affairs at the asylum are most disgraceful, that Dr. Babcock has lacked administrative ability, and has been guilty of no greater wrong than lack of attention to the affairs of the Institution, the board is criticised for its perfunctory examinations, and the routine exam? inations of State institutions by com? mittee has been roundly condemned. There has been no action taken or planned, so far as can be learned, by either side, except the bill of the majority of the committee to appiont a board of charities and corrections for the State, already noted. The friends of the management are on the defensive, wholly. It is Interesting to note the flood of bills that have been Introduced requiring the different railroad com? panies to erect depots tit various points In the State. If the South? ern compiles with all of the demands of the towns along its line it will re? quire another bond isue. In this, as In so many things, the general as? sembly Is being used as ? i?ig stick, to force compliance With demands of the public, or maybe, only a part of the public with little regard to 1 Trotha." THa, ? Ul 1910. New 8erl KNOX PROPOSAL REJECTED. Russia and Japan Reject Plan to Settle aMncirurian Railway Ques? tion. St. Petersburg;, Jan. 23.?The de? livery of the Russian and Japanese answers to the note of Secretary Knox proposing the neutralization of the Manchurian Railways, both of which were in the negative, marks merely the beginning of protracted negotiations to determine the future status of Manchuria. The proposal of the purchase of the existing railroads in Manchuria, as formulated by Secretary Knox, is considered here to have been put for? ward largely with the idea of again getting Russia and Japan on record, since its rejection was foreordained from the moment Japan was includ? ed in it. The tenor of the memor? andum indicated that Mr. Knox did not expect acceptance of his proposi? tion, but had based hopes for an al? ternative proposal for the neutrali? zation of the Chin Chow Algun. A future railroad and building up a powerful organization which would be in a position to support China when the date of the optional re? purchase, 1939, arrives. The foreign office here has been most keen to ascertain further de? tails concerning the Chin Chow-Al gun railway proposal, and an official repeatedly has sounded Mr. Rock hill, the United States Ambassador, concerning it, not so much to learn the general financial arrangement, but whether the line North of Tsilsi har would be abandoned and wheth re Russia's special Interest would be recognized in the building and op? erating of the northern sections of I the railroad. ! Russia's final attitude upon the J question will depend largely on the i spirit in which the United States ap? proaches the question of the ad I ministration of Harbin, Rokovsoff, minister of finance, and M. Isw^lsky, ? minister of foreign affairs, are ex | asperated by the difficulties raised by , this question. M. lswolksy recently told Mr. Rockhlll flattly that the j Un'ted States would drive Russia to j arms with Japan if it persisted in its uncompromising attitude concerning the Harbin administration. Aiken. Jan. 23.?After an illness of about a week, Judge James Ald rlch passed away at 12 o'clock today. The judge began to weaken percept? ibly last night and his death was ex? pected by his relatives and friends. ? At the time of his death all of his 6isters and his daughter, Mrs. Hall were at his bedside. About a week ago Judge Aldrich suffered a physical collapse and he stated from the first that he would not survive. Arrangements have been made for the funeral exercises to be conducted at St. Thaddeus Episcopal church of which he was a member, on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. - 07 MORTGAGES PAID. I Greenville, Jan. 22.?A most uni? que happening occured yesterday in the register of deeds office, when six? ty-seven mortgages on one piece of property were satisfied, and now the I land in question is held by the heirs without bonds or strings to it. When Warren Sullivan, a prominent color? ed farmer, who lived in Butler Township, died years ago he left his property to thirteen children. These children have from time to time given mortgages on their share of the estate, and for the past few years sixty-seven papers have been held on this property. the rights of the other party. On tttJ trip to Winthrop a certain well known and popular railroad man, speaking of the trouble that the raill I roads went to for the arrangement ! of trips for the legislature, said that they did not object to it at all, they , were willing to go to any reasonable expense to get the members of the assembly where they could not "leg? islate," it was cheaper for the rail? roads to haul them about over the State than to comply with their leg? islative enactments. The new rule of the house to take "up general orders where the work of the preceedlng day was left off, Is going to work something of a revolu? tion in the house procedure. The new bills get a better chance, which has its advantages, but with the slow progress that the house is making, hardly a half page a day. with near? ly forty pages already on the calen? dar, makes things look blue for the great majority of bills, and the scramble for special orders is going to be fierce. The house Is likely to start night sessions soon. I SOUTHRON, BMMfcdMd JaM, UM lea?Yol. XXX. ?o. 44. POSTAL SAVINGS BAWKS LIKELY. TAFT DETERMINED TO MAKE GOOD PARTY PLEDGES. President Cells Tiu-ee Senators Be? fore Ulna, end Aaks Way Some of the Measures Recommended by Him should Not be Taken Up by the Senate Now, and They Promise To Get Busy. Washington, Jan. 21.?President Taft read in the papers today that the senate was marking time while the house is struggling with its vari? ous appropriation bills. So he sent for Senators Penrose, of Pennsyl? vania; Crane, o* Maaachusetts, and Carter, of Montana, and asked why it would not be good time for the senate to "get busy on some of the measures he has recommended." The President broached the subject of the postal savings bank bill. All three of the senators thus summoned are members of the committee on postoffice and post roads. Mr. Penrose Is chairman. Senator Carter is spon? sor for the measure. But some senators, it was suggest? ed in reply to the President, are not warm advocates of the postal banks. But, the President argued, the Re? publican platform called for postal sp.vings banks, and surely the sena? tors were going to redeem the party pledges. But what about the house? This was propounded as a poser. President Taft is said to have as? sured the senators that they need not worry about the house. It is said that there is every reason to believe that the house is coming around all right. "Every man on Capitol Hill If looking for another term and he's got to do something, and all the Re? publicans, regardless of the fight against Cannon or the rules commit? tee, are going to vote for Mr.' Taft's measures," said one of the President's callers today. So it happened when Senator Pen rose, Crane and Carter left the White House, the latter^actlng as spokes? man for the trio, declared: "The postal banks, however, will not be the drat of the Taft measures considered. , The President ranks his irrst importance,^j|fed he so indicated his position to fwe senators this after? noon. The President told his callers also that he regarded at least one of the conservation bills he has recommend? ed to congress as of prime Importance. This is the bill to validate the with? drawal of lands containing water power sites, coal and phosphate. President Taft believes that the senate should go ahead with these three masures at once and then, he says, the house can get them in some sort of shape and can put the meas? ures through in short time once the supply bills are disposed of. The President is confident that Sen? ator Aldrlch will do all he can to fur? ther the purpose of the postal sav? ings bank bill. This bill, it is argued, will give the leader of the senate an opportunity to show the people of the country that they are to get their share of the benefits of forthcoming financial legislation. Mr. Aildrich is anxious to secure the support of the country for the new currency laws and the central bank of issue, or whatever form the legislation may take, and the President believes that * the best way to secure this support is first to provide for the postal banks. Throughout the remainder of the present Congress it is agreed the cau? cus rule is to prevail In the house of representative. This state of affairs is accredited to the foes of the Presi? dent. The power of Speaker Cannon and the rules committee has been so far impaired that the caucus has come as the best and fairest means of providing for legislation. Before each caucus is held the purpose of the gathering is to be announced and no other subject Is to be considered. Regulars and insurgents alike are to be Invited to such caucuses, and In this way the Adminlstratior. believes it is assured of the support of all Re? publicans. Mistrial in McGaha Ca*e. Greenville, Jan.. 22.?The jury trying Alex. Chapman, Dock Chap? man and Remulus Peden, three ne? groes, for the murder of John Mc? Gaha, a member of the Ashley fam? ily at a hot supper in the lower part of the county over a year age was dis? missed tonight at 10.30 o'clock by Judge Wilson because they could not agree on a verd ct. Only eleven jurymen heard the case. Eight stood for conviction and three for acquittal.