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joins with ganada. rumen status to co-operate in reoi i.\tin*: railroads. IWimmr Comml?*lon Sns|>endH In? creased Freight Rate? I'mlI It Can Investigate Hcaaonshlenws. Washington. July 15.?An Inter? national railway commission, with supervisory authority over certain railroads of the United States and Ca? nada, probably will be the result of action taken today by this govern? ment In the appointment of Chairman Martin A. Knapp, of the Inter-State Commerce ComlMlon, as the repre? sentative <>f the United States to con? fer with Hon. J. P. Mabee. chief of the Railway Commission of Canada. Announcement of Judge Knapp's ap? pointment was made by the depart? ment today as follows: "The Secretary of State has desig? nated Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chair? man of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, as the representative of this government to confer with the recently appointed Canadian repre? sentative. Hon. J. P. Mabee, chair? man of the Railway Commission of Canada on the subject of the Joint control of International traffic rates. It la understood that meetings be tween Mr. Knapp and Mr. Mabee will be arranged at once to take place at points hi the United States or Cana? da, or both, during the remainder of the summer. Upon the completion of the conferences a report with reo? ommendatlons will be made by the Commissioners, either Jointly to both governments or separately to their respective governments." The appointment of Judge Knap,) and Mr. Mabee is the result of a con? siderable period of correspondence and diplomatic Interchange between the United states and Canada. More than a year ago the subject was broached first n a letter from Mr. Mabee to Judge Knapp. Acquisition of Canadian terminals by American roads and terminals by Canadian rail? roads presented ever-increasing dif? ficulties. In the present circum? stances, it Is not possible to compel railroads or express companies to es? tablish joint through rates to and from points in the two countries. The Inter-State Commerce Commission may require roads under its Jurlsd < - tlon to establish through routes and joint rates, and the Canadian com? mission may require the lines under Its Jurisdiction to do the same; bill neither body can compel two or more carriers to do this with Internationa) traffic and furnish to the shipper a through bill of lading from any point ta one country to any point in the other. The difficulties at present practical? ly preclude any Inquiry by existing tribunals Into the reasonableness of combination through rates as applied to International traffic. No power al present exists that can require car? riers engaged In this International transportation to establish reasonable through Joint rates. Out of this situation grew the sug? gestion that a joint international eommisston should be created, which Should have supervisory authority orer all Inter-State and International transportation lines, whether by rail or water, between the.two countries. It has not been determined yet whether such a commission might better be created by POncUTTOnt legis? lation or established through treaty. The r have been con? ducted bv tT?e State department and by the ('andIan Department of For? eign Affair* Chairman Knapp arid Mr ew.ii meet in < ?ttawa som< time In August, and a subsequent conference may be held in Washing? ton. The conferees may be able to submit a report anil recommenda? tions bet?re congress meets in De? cember. The eesBasuwton announced today tta Intention to suspend all tariffs naming g? ru ral and important rate silvan ' - pending an investigation is to the r- -on ?? |. ness of the proposed Incrcas? ?? "No mop. dctlnlt' statement in this regard ana now mob." says the rommi- ? ? n. "but the sp? . ith orders will* be aui.ourc ed from time to time a* the. r. entered and served. It I* ! t? d that th? suspension in each case rlH be fof ltd days from th" effveti i date nanv i m the tariff, but the conn m las km Intends by Subse? quent ord? rs |e provide f.,r making effective ng UM eAsS day each ad? vance ss may si allowed." It Is the purpo-e of tin commission to exer? l*e |t<4 authority to sii->p? ri l rate advam e* only in *iu h instan. of the filing of tariffs SS might indi rate that sub action was lestrable on the grounds of public policy. In other words, if the osmmteelon should Im i >n im ed that any given advance would work a hardship t ? a conalderahls territory and to larg whipping Interests! Ihrongh the polk'] it has adopted it would suspend thai tarnt sending an Inquiry into tie reasonableness of the mine named. Under the law It will be necesMarv for the ? ommli don to att ich |0 I H h tariff suspended it ? order of suspen slon and to notify the carriers of Hj8 action. A* an early date \\u , nmrni slon will take up In a formal hearing the suspended tariffs. It will be In? cumbent upon tho railroads to show reasonable cause for the advance, the burden of proof of reasonableness be? ing upon the carriers. The commission today announced its refusal to suspend the increased commutation rates in and out of New York city, which were the subject of discussion at a hearing last Tuesday. An investigation was directed. The rates will go Into effect on July 20. This announcement Indicates that the commission concludes that it has Jurisdiction over commutation rates. The fact that subsequently It Is to de? termine the reasonableness of these rates indicates that it will exercise authority to reduce them if, in the Judgment of the commission, they are deemed to high. Commission? ers Clements and Prouty, of the 0VS Commissioners who were present and voting, dissented from the view of the majority in its refusal to suspend the rates. Advances made by the Boston and Main?' Railroad and other carriers announcing increased rates on milk from New England points to Boston have been suspended pending a de? termination of their reasonablcnef The proposed Increase would mean an advance of at least 1 cent a quart In the price of milk in Biston. ,<;ONE TO SERVE SENTENCES. Throe Prisoners Sent to Penitentiary This Morning. Three prisoners, convicted at this term of court, were transferred from the Jail on Saturday to the State penitentiary, where they will begin serving their respective sentences. They are: Charlie Graham, white? convicted of stealing a bicycle, and sentenced to serve three years; Ran some Gadsden, an old crippled negr< . convicted of selling liquor and glv an eighteen months' sentence, and Hannah Taylor, also colored, who wes convicted of selling liuoqrt and giv? en a sentence of six months. Hannah, It will be remembered was the prisoner who informed Jailer Owens of the plan to escape, concoct? ed by a number of prisoners, and there was talk, at the time, of get ting up a petition to set her free. NOT A CANDIDATE. County Su|H'rlntcndcnt of Education Will Not Seek He-elect ion. Mr. S. D. Cain, who is now serving hla fourth consecutive term as count;, superintendent of education, stated Saturday that he has decided not to !>? a candidate for re-election. It has been no secret amongst Mr. Cain'.-* friends that he has been seriously considering this step for sometime, and his announcement causes no sur? prise. In fact two years ago he had practically decided not to seek re? election, but ?ylelded to the solicita? tions of friends. Those who are fa* miliar with Mr. Cain's good work will regret his retirement from otfee. and those who have believed th*r they have had grounds for criticism of his administration will find that his place will be hard to fill, for he did a great deal of valuable work for the betterment of the public schools of Sumter county In an unobstrusiv yet efficient manner. The salary of the county superintendent of edu a tlon is altogether Inadequate and any competent man will find that It ll a SSV ritice to hold the office. MIST ( ALL FOR RECEIPT. Change In Regulations Regarding ItcuKtcrcd Mall. Washington, July 15,?An Interest ? ing change In regulations affecting registration of postal matter is noted in an order just issued by the post in i^ti-r general. Whenever request Is mado by the sender of r? glsterc ? mall matter, receipt showing person t > whom and time when the matter was delivered will be taken by post? master at point Of delivery and re? turned t<? sender. "Receipt desire.I mUSl he inscribed, however, on the relgstered matter for which the sen? der wishes such a receipt. For the present the postmaster general in structs postmasters to ask It return receipt la deslreda and, where Indi? cated, to Indorse mall for patrons of the oflleo. Ne\s locomotive Drake. Wlllard u ?'handhr, mi engineer on a local freight from Rranehvllic to Columbia has recently had paten* ed ? brake for locomotives and ten? ders thai promises to make a ?reit change In the controlling of trains while in motion. About a year ago Mi. Chandler had an engine with s poor brake, Kalling to get it rem edledi either by hla own work or thai oi (he shop-, he determined to mnk< a brake to assist the uld onea Bo when th? determln itlon had I.n made he sei t?? work, Th< work vv m I done In spare moments while ?! in home here and whenever a moment could he secured.- Branchvtile Jour o ,' BOTTOM ?BE CASE. APPEAL DISMISSED IN SUPREME COURT. In Few Words State's Highest Trib? unal A (tinned I^ower Court's Dc I'iHlon in Interesting Cue. Columbia. July 14.?In fewer words, perhaps, than it has taken the Supreme Court to tell of much loss important cases, that tribunal yesterday, in an opinion being hand? ed down by Justice Eugene B. Gary, dismisses the appeal of W. G. Mul lins in the now famous cotton tare case, Involving nearly $2,000,000. The court says: "The facts are set out in the order of his honor the circuit judge, which is affirmed for the reasons therein stated." Appeal dismissed. Justice Woods, concurring in a separate opinion, says: "I concur. The statute attacked as unconstitutional does nothing more than fix the maximum quantity of bagging and ties which shall be re? garded for trade purpose as a com? ponent part of a bale of cotton. The important public purpose of the cer? tain and uniform rule laid down by the statute Is to induce fairness and prevent disputes between buyers und Mlleii of the chief commercial prod? uct of the State; and the certainty and uniformity which will probably have this result make the statute rea? sonably adapted to the public pur? pose in view. There Is no substantial Interference with freedom of con? tract for, of course, buyers and sell? ers in agreeing on a price will have in view the bagging and ties which under the statute must be treated as a part of the bale of cotton." W. X. KENNEDY FOUND GUILTY, White Man Convicted of Criminal As / un ult on Colored Girl. Spartanburg, July 13.?Guiity, with a recommendation to mercy, was the verdict returned this after? noon in the case of W. N. Kennedy, a white man charged with criminal assault on a colored girl under the age of 14 years. The case was one of the most Interesting that has been heard in General Sessions Court in Spartanburg for some time. Presiding Judge Gruber made a very strong charge to the jury. The jury remained out more than an hour before reaching a verdict. Without the mercy plea, the punishment would have been hanging. It Is In the discretion of the court to give them from five to forty years' impris? onment. DIE8 A MARTYR TO SCIEXCF. Dr. Mlhran R. Kussahinn Contracted Cancer From X-Ray Hums. Philadelphia, July 15.?Dr. Mihran K. Kassabian, one of the best known X-ray specialists in the United States, died at a hospital here today from skin cancer contracted from burns received during many years of practice with Roentgen rays. In common with practically all oth? er skiaf,Taphers, Dr. Kassabian had suffered for many years with super? ficial burns induced by the mysteri ous energy given off in the X-ray. in 1 yb2 Dr. Kassabian's hands were se? riously burned, and again, in liH'S, two Angers on his left hand were amputated. Last year an operation was performed cm his left armpit, w hich hail been attac ked by the same malady, Several glands ware remov? ed and the wounds dressed, but they refused to heal by first intention and shortly afterward a much more seri? ous operation had to be made on the b it pectoral muscles. Alter this operation it was found that the whole b it side had been af? fected and the doctor's condition was pronounced critical. T? n days ago lie went to the hospital in a dying condition, Dr. Kassabian was born in Asia I Minor in Inks. He was graduated from f?." missionary school of Ar gens, und, in 1894, la- came to thin ? ountry. He enb red the M ?dleo Chirurgical Medical Colege ami was graduated from that Institution in 1 8 :? H. hi 1901 Dr. Kassabian published i book on electro-therapeutics, which bus been a standurd work. His nu? merous papers on the .subject have, in common with other medlcnl publl ? it Ions, carefully refrained from mentioning the dangers of X-ray ex? perimental ion. I?. .1. Simmons, who is farming on the Cook place near town, is in tie corn contest this year and the farmer that leads him certainly has tine torn. Mr. Simmons ha; three acres of the 1111? si corn ever seen in tins section of. South Carolina and the prospects are for a < rop of o\ er two hundred bushels to tie- acre, He has used II boll I i ton and a halt ol l< rtili/.cr lu ihe a -re an I tie returns point to i pay Ins In vest men! on the amount II oil. This com Is so line that it is worth driving mib - to see it. Timmone '. dl?' Knterprlse, CHOP REPORT VERIFIED. Commissioner W'ntson Hears Out tlM News ami <'ourier's Summary. Columbia, July 13.?Col. E. J. Watson bore out today the summary of crop conditions in South Carolina as given in today's News and Cour? ier. From the office of the depart? ment of agriculture there will soon be Issued the midsummer crop re? port, which will reflect the exact conditions. Col. Watson said today: "Crop conditions in South Carolina during the past month have deterior? ated rapidly, due almost entirely to the excessive and continuous rainfall. The farms generally throughout the State, according to all reports receiv? ed In this office, and through those co-operating with this department, are what the farmers term "in the grass," and both the staple crops of corn and cotton have been most ma? terially set back. Unless there be an immediate dry spell, production Is bound to he most seriously affected, so far as all the leading crops are concerned. It will require the imme? diate cessation of rains and then a great deal of exceedingly hard work and a large expenditure for labor and top fertilizer dressing to save a good portion of both the crops of corn and cotton, which promised up to live weeks ago to be as fine as any we ever had in the State. A late fall will also figure prominently in the outlook. "This department is now collecting exact data from all parts of the State and will shortly issue a midseason crop report, in which the endeavor will he made to reflect the exact con? ditions." ATLANTIC FLEET ITINERARY. Navy Department Given Out Journey For European Cruise of Atlantic Squadron. Washington, July 15.?The detail? ed itinerary of the European cruise of the Atlantic fleet, comprising 16 battleships, the auxiliary cruiser Dixie and torpedo boat destroyers, the converted yacht Yankton, the hospital ship Solace and the supply ship Culgoa, was announced by the navy department today. The vessels of the fleet will leave their various home yards and ren? dezvous and meet at a 'convenient point in the Atlantic ocean, thence proceeding by divisions until it be? comes necessary to separate in accor? dance with their itinerary. The first date of departure is October 26, when the Yankton will leave New York and the last date is January 16, when the battleships will arrive at Guan tanamo for the usual manoeuvers, in? cluding target pratclce. The porfs included in the itinerary are Ville Franche, Naples, Gibraltar, Toulon, Genoa, Phalerum Bay, Alexandria, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marseilles, Ponta del Gada, Leghorn, Algiers and Ma deria. All of the fleet except the third di? vision, the destroyers, the Dixie, the Yankton and the Solace, will spend Christmas at Gabraltnr. And even the Solace will arrive in there during the holidays. INFORMATION?WANTED. Do the People of Sumter Want Base Rail? I The Bumer Collegians have just finished a series of three games with Lake City and a double header with Columbia, taking four games straight and giving the fttfh game away be? cause they say we always win. The total gate receipts from the live games amounted to $10, an average of $8 a game, and the expenses of l aving the teams in Sumter for the ik\e games amounted to $115, so it Looks as it the Sumter Collegians "get off" $75 in the hole. Isn't that a lovely state of affairs for the "Game Cock City" to be guil? ty of? You all won't come out to the games and pay your quarter like little men, but you will ask the 11 rat one you see after the K?me who won, ami how many home runs Peyton Moore made, timt allows there must be some Interest. Sumter- yes your Sumter has as fast an amateur u.mt as c iy in the State, although a great, great many people don't know it, because they have never honored us with either their preaence, nor their quarter. The Bumter Collegians will play a series of three gam es with a strong team from Carters ville on Wednes? day, Thursday and Friday of next week ami these games will decide whether we finish out our Bchudule with Summorton, Charleston, Or? angeburg, Hranchvllle and others, or whether it shall ^o down in hlstor) that the j.piL> of Sumter are dead, and don't know it. The game on Wednesday will start at <> o'clock, and the hand, the pride of Bumter ami South Carolina, we hope to have with us. Now my friends Its up to you. JACK FORBES, Manager. The way to K*i out of self-love Is to love God.?Phillips Brooks. M?HGN mm DENIAL LONE FEATURE OF HAMPTON CAMPAIGN MEETING. Greenville Candidate For Railroad Commissioner Uses Strong Lan? guage in Denying Alleged Report That He is the Railroads' Candi? date* Othcrwlsr, Usual Speeches Made In Usual Manner Before Usual Crowd?Beaufort Today. Hampton, July 13.?The vehement denial of Mr. G. II. Mahon, nl Green? ville, of a report that he said was be? ing circulated to the effect that he was the railroads' candidate for rail? road commissioner, featured the meeting of the candidates ar Hamp? ton today. For two weeks or mure the candidates for railroad commis? sioner have been more or less spicy in this talk, but the climax came to? day, when Mr. Mahon called his al? leged slanderer an "infamous lair." The candidates for Governor spoke, but there was nothing of special in? terest in their remarks. The meet? ing was held in a larga grove and about three hundred men, women and children were present. Mr. F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia, was not pres? ent. Mr. E. W. Duvall, candidate for Liuetenant Governor, joined the par? ty today. P. H. Gooding presided and the Rev. W. H. Dowling opened the meeting with prayer. The candidates for Adjutant Gen? eral spoke first, and were followed by those for railroad commissioner. Oansler, of Tirzah, declared that he did not intend to offend the preachers at Barnwell yesterday, and said no? body loved the ministers more than he. Messrs. Hampton and Scar? borough made their usual good speeches, and Mr. Mahon declared that his detractor was a lair. Of the candidates for Governor, Thos. G. McLeeod spoke first. He discussed education, taxation, local option and the other subjects. Major John G. Richards stood flatly on his farmer platform, but discussed the other questions at som-> length. Cole L. Blease ended his speech by^ quoting a famous hymn 'Just As I Am, Without One Plea." 7*e appeal? ed to the audience to let well enough alone in the whiskey situatio 1. Jno. New York, July 13.?The indict? ments found by the Federal grand jury in the United States circuit court of June 18 in the cases against James H. Patten, William P. Brown. J. D. Haynes, S. T. Harmon, C. A. Kittle, E. G. Scales, Morris Rothchild and R. M. Thompson, accused of con? spiracy and restraint of trade in their otton operations, it was learned to? day, have been found to be defective and have been set aside as a result of pleas of abatement, filed on July 5 by each of the defendants separate? ly, claiming that said Indictments were not valid on the ground that the grand jury was not legally con? voked. Another grand jury has been called and the matter Is now receiv? ing their consideration. STRIKE MAY RE AVERTED. Pennsylvania Road and Meu May Come to Terms. Pittsburg, Pa., July 15.?A crisis which seemed threatening today, in wage discussions between the Penn? sylvania Railroad and their 25.000 conductors and trainmen was consid? erably cleared up tonight. After a two hours' conference betweene rail? road officials and a committee iep resenting the 10,000 men involve 1 on lines west of Pittsburg, it was an? nounced by the committee tonight that negotiations were still on and the situation was much less strained. This came after word reached Pittsburg, from Philadelphia today, that the situation in the East hinged entirely on developments here and that a strike call might be issued at (.me if th? Western ollicials of the road refused the mens' demands. MORE COTTON MILLS. Xewberrj Is to Rave Another Bit? Plant Soon. Columbia, July 14.?South Caro? lina stains on tin eve of a revival ol mill construction. On top of the an? nouncement tor a plant called Con nemara Mills, at Laurens, and the establishment of a four hundred thousand spindle mill on the Clinch Held road) above Spartanburg, comes the news that Xewberry is to have another big cotton la< buy, rivaling in sice the two she now has. The details have not been worked out, but the erection of the plant is as? sured. A friend that you have to buy won't t>e worth what you pay for him, no matter what that may be George I >. Prentice, The liapttsl summer assembly of the state will be held on Ftirmau University campus, beginning th ? last of t his Wet k. Error of opinion may ' e tob rah >i when* reason Is left free to combat it. - Thomas Jefferson. TORREN *S SYSTEM ADVOCATE**. Registration of I>ands to Decrease Cost of Transfer. To the Editor of The State: The purpose of this article is to call the attention of the land owners of the State to the burdens under which they are laboring; in the an? nual payment of many thousands of dollars for the useless investigation of titles and the lack of credit they r.ret in the money markets of Ute v.i rid. Every man in the State who owns land, however small the amount may be, knows how difficult it is for him to go to any of the money lend? ing institutions of our country and <>l>tain a loan for the improvement of his property or for the promotion of new enterprises. A national bank, will not make a loan at all with real estate as security and the process by which it is obtained from a State; bank or an individual is very expen? sive. The natural question is Why ? Because of the cumbersome, tedious and troublesome procedures in our courts for collecting the same in case the borrower fails to repay the money at the proper time and the enormous expense incurred in investigating titles. Compare the case of a real estate owner vith the owner of bank: stock and see the difference. The bank stock owner can write his name across the certificate which he holds and go to almost any money lender and obtain a loan equal almost to the face value of the stock without any expense whatever. The publish? ed reports of the bank, together with, the report of the bank examiner, show the condition of the bank finan? cially, hence practically no time 1? lost in ascertaining the value of the stock in the market, and in the transferring of the stock no cumber? some and expensive procedure has to be gone through with. On the other hand, the owner of real estate is flatly refund any loan at all from a national bank, and if one is obtained from any other source considerable expense is incurred in the investigation of titles, drawing up of papers, etc., all of which could be obviated if we had the Torren'a sys? tem. Every time a piece of property changes hands these same expensive details have to be paid for, however, satisfactory the title is to the present owner. The result of all this is a lack of proper appreciation of land as security and a lethargy in business where real estate is involved. For example, take a concrete case which recently came within my own knowledge. Only a few months ago Mr. A. bought a tract of land from Mr. B. who was perfectly satisfied with his title, he having had it in? vestigated when he purchased it some years before. While the owner assured Mr. A. that he believed the title all right, still Mr. A. in fairness to himself, paid an attorney to In? vestigate it for him. A few months later this land was to be used as a security for a loan and another attor? ney's fee had to be paid for investi? gating this same land, although just as good lawyer had said, only a short time previous that the title to it was perfectly good. Now, if this piece of property were to change hands, each year or had to be used as secur? ity with a new party the same expen? sive details and delay would have to be met. Such a burden as this al? ways confronting you hampers busi? ness enterprises when everybody, who has any knowledge of real estate at all knows there is no better secur? ity, so far as actual worth is concern? ed in the world. Now, if real estate is as good or better property than hank stock, then why shouldn't we have some system by which it could be used or transferred as easily as the bank stock? Such a system would be an incentive to the improvement of all real estate, to the establishment of new enterprises and to the better? ment of all concerned, buyer, seller, borrower and lender. There is no class or profession of people who would not be the beneficiary of such s plan. There are some second das.? lawyers who now oppose it on th? ground that it would deprive them of a few fees for Investigating titles forgetting that while they might 10* in one direction, they would make decided gains In another in aidin?; the establishment of new enterprise which usually requires the assistance of some attorney. It is this change In the method of handling our real estate that the Tor ren's system purposes to meet an 1 this being election year every* voter in the State who owns any real es t?te should s.e that he easts his VOtc* for the candidate as a member of the legislature w ho favors such or a slni I liar syst? tn. Citizen. I Chnrlcsfon Bank Makes Application Washington, July 12.?The Ger I mania Savings Hank, of Charleston has made application to the poe* otlh ? h partmcnl to be made a de ||m'm: "v for postal savings funds. I The hammer and the anvil are the j two hemispheres of every true re j former's . haracter. Timothy Tit i comb.