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Vfeal IIIMTKH WATCHMAN, BetabR Consolidated Aur. 2, II L ?)t SiHatcbmxn anb $outbrm. PoMedted Wodnaa Hay ami Saturday ?BY? MTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY flVMTBR, a C. fLfti aar annum?In advaace. a gsjuare Wf< kaesrtioa.Il.it? sabsequent lnaartioa.Si Opogxacta for thraa meatha. will be made at redaoed rata?, communications watch sub piirata latereete will ha far aa advertise maata. tThha? rl?? and tributes af as onarged for. I1ISX H AL Ii OPKNKU. of Hoalh CamUa* Uni? ts In Charge of Rhedes' IP Man. OsNmhls. Sept. 2 4.?The social ?saann was formally inaugurated at te? exdmtty last night in UM Hall, the gesxrral social center of tbe uet rerssty Mr. William Plummer Shaft h, a Rhodes scholar of Oxford, Is * la cousrsje of the hall TOO MANY ROOKS. C.raYOst Fsalt of Pnblic School Si writer la a devoted frlsnd to tha public schools, feeling sympathy wtth the teachara in their pro? blems and undoubted faith In tho Its of modera education. How r, he la not blind to the faults of tha schools or to the shortcomings of \ tan teachers. Perhaps the gravest fault of tha present-day school U Its overloaded course of atudy. Tho school is overloading the pupils with subjects and with books. New sub? jects are constantly being introduced into tbe schools; almost every such subject Is being from year to year subdivided. and each subdivision oaUs for a book and la given a plaae ] Ja the schedule of school studies. Not only the tendency bat the actual practice Is to give to the pupils a snare smattering of many things and a mastery of very few. Tha child of today tenches life at many more points that, did the child even tV years ?#??. Lven his ali? mentary education mast be broader then that demanded in the recant past To meet this need the modern >l child has been given more and yet more books. There is a hotter way to supply this need, and thoughtful educators have already potated out that way. To sse school children from S to 14 years of age struggling through aach year with six. seven and eight sohsol studies, exclusive of writing, drawing and music, ought to cnuAe tnavrhers. school hoards and parents to consider the end of It all. Tbe mentally strong and physically r<? and tbe mentally weak and dly weak, are all given prac? tically the snme taaks within the same time The law protects the child front overwork In tbe mill and the mine, the overloaded horse and the under? fed mule have some protection at tbe toads of tbe Fochdv for the Preven? tion of Cruelty to Animals. Who Is protecting the overloaded rind under? fed ehtld In the schools* Recently much attention was very property directed to the, situation of school hovaes and the general health of school children. Is It not time to turn some attention to another phase of the children's welfare. The conditions under discussion are not the fruits of a morbid Imagina? tion. To see them on* has but to look about him. The schools throughout the State have Just open? ed or are about to open. Look at the book lists of your children: look at the load of books the children lug to and from school each day. Can the normal child maater and assimi? late what he is given each year? Is It any wonder that examinations in all these books give children nl*ht mares? Would It not be far better, ?sere sane, to give four or five sub Jects at a time, and to master these, than to browse over seven or elabt. or |g arerwork children In tlu? gghj eg deavor to do tha unreasonable| As a rule, school teachers are peo pi* of training and of excellent xood sense and Judgment, but It our mad endeavor to surpass each other in ?rhool work some of us have lo*t our bearing* We need to stop to consider. Will not tbo teacher*, the parents, school boards and the press take up 'his subjei t, and discuss It dlspas? ?tonst? ty and solely on Its merits? A dlaroeelon made up of vtlht charge* and weak defense* villi he of no ben? efit to anybody. w ft HAND, Columbia n r hr<\ April. ltaO ?Ho Smmt an 381. *JUA JUSTICE F.)R FARMEHS. SKNATOK SMITH ISSL'KS STATi: mknt fxplaixin?; pormer onk. Ho Advocate* Any MHMN That Will Fnable l^roducvr* to <?et Their Just Share. Florence. Sept 24.?On account of the misunderstanding on the part of some newspapers with reference to the statement concerning the cotton crap. Issued bp Senator K. D. Smith a few days a#v>, the senator today gare out ths following statement with the view of clearing up the mat? ter and putting himself tn the proper Mght. "It Is rather remarkable how a carefully guarded. conservative statement can be misinterpreted Into Just the opposite. In my Interview in regard to the cotton crop a few days ago, I used the following lan? guage: * *I >ihall not attempt to dictate to the Tarmers of the South what they shall no. But under the circum? stances I should be delighted to see them combine and hold their cotton from the market wherever it Is pos? sible for them to do so, until It shall bring such price as shall measure up to fhe artificial price placed -upon manufactured articles by virtue of the tariff." "In reference to my own opinion I used the following language: " 'My honest conviction is that 20 cents for the present crop is none too high, in view of the supply, the cost of production, the comparative value of cotton with otheT textiles, and the artificial pri^e that now obtains on manufactured goods." "The headlines and newspaper comments have made it appear that I have advised the farmers to hold their cotton for 20 cents a pound. One newspaper, in an editorial com merit, has said that the farmer should sell his coton at present prices and pay bis debts. That ? past expe? rience has been to the eWect that where the price looked enticing In the early Tall, that farmers fteld and suffered a loss. This is true. **% have never advised any farmer who had pledged his cotton to a mer? chant or to any one to wrthhold \X from ttie market * hen it caused em? barrassment or !o<?s to the one that credited him. But I have always ad? vocated the banks of the South and the financiers of the South doing all in their power to help th?iso weak and unfortunate ones to withhold their stuff from the market until it should bring such a price as would remunerate those that helped and gire a profit to the unfortunate ones who need??d help. "I have never advised any price on cotton, nor have I stood for any epoelflc price on cotton until the farmers of the South, in convention assembled, determined what, in their Judgment, was a righteous price for what they thems?lws produced, and then I became an uncompromising advocate, of what was deemed ? fair nnd legitimate return for their labor. "1 have been criticised for standing for 15 cents cotton. I stood for 16 cents cotton when the farmers of th< South demanded it, and had some of my critics been as loyal to the cause ns T, the 15 rents mark might have b00| llM sooner obtained. "I sometimes marvel that we are ss well off as we are. when I think of the fact that the advocates of pro? tection with their newspaper organs, their lobbies. their powerful advo? cate* on the floor of the house and eenate ??hnt out competition from abroad, combine their capital in America and force the price of arti? cles beyond any reason, thus forcing the producer Of the raw material, the salaried man and the wage-earner, to pay exorbitant prices for those manufactured articles which are a common necessity. It Is a marvel; the seeming prosperity that the masses enjoy. "T am not as! Ing. nor have I ever asked, that there should be a legal enactment protecting any one. Indi? vidual or corporation. But when the government Is committed to the doc? trine of protection by legal enact? ment. I think those who are the vic? tims should resist this unnatural con? dition Invoking the law of God? which Is the law of supply and de? mand ?and. by standing solidly to? gether, foroa its operation. "ff the pries of manufactured ar i tl )> + Is forced to artificial heights, and the from! body of wage-earners, laborers and producers of the raw material are forced to pay these ex? orbitant prices, reducing them la ab? ject poverty, who shall gainsay their rl?(ht to combine In every depart? ment of their Ufa and demand such remuneration for their labor and their rriw material a^ shall offset the d Fror m?t? l*et ail the ends TVnwa Ala ITE , S. , WEDNESD BANKERS OFF FOR COAST. South Curolinaiatvs to Attend Annual Meet ng of National Rankers' As? sociation at "Los Angeles. Columbia, Sept. 26.?J. P, Mat? thews, cashier of the Palmetto Nat? ional bank, left yesterday for New York, frcgn where he will go to Los Angeles, Cal., to attend a meeting of the National Bankers' association, convening in the California city Oct? ober i. Other bankers who will attend are,: Ira B. Dunlap of Rock HiFi, W. D. Morgan of George? town and Rufus Brown, cash? ier of the Georgia Railway bank of Augusta, brother of F. L. and A. I P. Brown of Columbia and a former Columbian. The party of bankers wll leave New York for the coast today, travel? ing in a special train that is said to be one of the moat rnagnnflcent trains that has left New York. The bankers will leave Los Angeles October 8 for a trip to Vancouver and Puget Sound. A RKAL D. A. R. Was Daughter of Chaplain in George 'Washington's Army. Spartanburg, Sept. 23.?Miss Fan? nie Leonard "Wright Cleveland, moth? er of Mr. John B. Cleveland, of this city, died at her home in Marietta, Ga., this morning, after a brief Ill? ness. Although ninety-four years old, Mrs. Cleveland, until a short time ago. enjoyed the best of health. Mrs. Cleveland was one of the "real daughters" of the American Revolu? tion and a descendant of John and Prlscilla Alden. She was a native of Bristol, R. I., and her father, the Rev. "Henry Wright, D. D., was a student fct Havard when the Revor luntary was opened. Mrs. Cleveland, It Is saf?, was the oldest communi? cant df " the Episcopal church In America, having been confirmed In St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, by Bishop White, when she was six? teen years of age. prioe that they have to pay to the robber barons of the manufacturing rotereets? "l>nder the law, \t is -wrong for me to carry concealed weapons, but should some one threaten my life and I know n<?t where nor when I may meet him. what jury would convict me for preparing myself to defend my life at any time or placv. where this threatening fog might meet me? Who Shall criticize labor organiza? tions for combining and demanding a higher wage? Who Shall criticize the producer of the raw material for combining nnd demanding a higher price, and. by their numerical strength and their necessities to mankind forcing a recognition of their rights, when the law of the land Is giving that opportunity to the manufacturers, who hare impoverish? ed and are impoverishing the masses and creating the colossal millionare of America? "I do not believe in Class legisla? tion or class discrimination, but 1 do believe hi equal rights to all and spe? cial privilege to none under the law. And so long as the law gi\c.j special privilege to some, it is the manifest duty of those discriminated against to protect themselves against this unjust discrimination. And the best way ti? defeat the infamous doctrine of protection is by the farmers and laborers protecting themselves. The Republican party today is being de? feated and driven from power be? cause its doctrine, carried to it? last analysis, has forced such prices that the wage-earner and the salaried man can not live. "The farmers of the South would be willing to take a less price for their stuff if they might buy what they need under the same circumstances that they have to sell their produce. They have to sell tinder free trade and buy under protection. And it 's their duty to themselves and to their coun? try to do all in their power that is legitimate and honorable to offset this legalised robbery under the Ameri? can system of protection "I had Some vague conception of the enormity of the Republican pro? tection system, but never did I dream of Its unblushing effrontery and boldness until I became a member of the United States senate. And if the people of America could realize, rather than vaguely know, the blatant Injustice being practiced by the law, they would a long time ago have swept the whole system <oit of exist? ence. i "in conclusion, i Invite the atten? tion of my critics to the prices ob? taining for wool, flax and silk under protection, ;is against cotton with? out It." anti ! mft at be thj OourA Ti? <.<y|'H am4 A.Y. 8EPTEMBEH 28. 18 PtBUVUM FLIES OVtR ALPS. FBAT OF AGES ACCOMPLISH Fl > IN SWITZFRLAN D. On Wings of tlie Wind George Cha ves Rides Over tlie Alpine Heights, Making tlic Napoleonic Route in Liens tlian an Hour?Daring Avia? tor Meets With Accident in Sight of Goal and is Seriously Injured. Domodossola, Italy, Sept. 23.?The great feat of crossing the snow? capped Alpine barrier between Switzerland and Italy, in a heavier than-alr machine, was accomplished today by George Chavez, the young Peruvian aviator. The plucky hero of the exploit, howv ver, lies tonight in a local hos? pital badly injured as the result of an ecldent that occurred just as he had completed the most arduous and ?nerve-racking portion ?.f a task he toad set out to accomplisl.?a flight from Brig, Switzerland across the Alps to Milan in Italy, in all a dis? tance of about seventy-five miles Both his legs are broken, his left thigh is fractured and his body is badly contused", but the physicians in attendance are of the opinion that these hurts will not prove fatal and that unless unlooked for compl'ca tions unsue Chavez will be about ir. two months. Tho accident occurred as Chavez was endeavoring to make a landing, here. The Alps had been crossed successfully and the aviator was de? pending with the power of his ma? chine cut off. When about thirty feet above the ground a sudden gust of wind seemed to catch "the monoplane, which turn? ed over and fell. When the crowds that had been watching the descent ran up they found Chavez lying Weeding and unconscious beneath the twisted wreckage. Fifty miles away lay Milan, the goal Chavez was seeking in an en? deavor'to win a prize of |20,00f?, of? fered 'by the Italian Aviation Society. Chavex had lost the race. 'Circumstances "Favorable. The weather at Brig was clear and bright when Chavez maue hir. start, r^oa/rng the grounS w*ith rd* motor rumtmg at full speed he rose in . suVtjjii.t\r ?'nd ?? mill ? he v?--t ;)-e?' an altitude sufficient for him to clear the shctlder to the southeastward of Br! This obstacle having been overcame, the avaiator headed his monoplane straight for fhc snow? capped crags of the Fletcnorn. Con? stantly ase-nding Chavez reached the i Simplo-n Klum. where at an altitude I estimated at 7,200 Ivet b* turned his i machine south over the terrifying Simplon Pass, with the Kaltwasser Glacier at his left and the frozen peak Off the Huhsehhorn at hih right. After crossing the divide, Chavez Turnen, to the towering white monn I tain head ?>f Mt. "Leone, which rises to a h-dght of 16,644 feet, and passed down above the Gondo Gorge, until he rvnehed the ope-n valley of Verdo, and tnon descened easily toward Do? rn on Aoaaola, which Is leet above sea ftSOVl. It was here thai the acci? dent occurred. Beat World's Record. Some o fthe spectators of the flight ?OS tn&x Chavez, after crossing the Simp'oii Pass, followed the short cut route o\er the Monzer Pass, which is S,M>0 Tttee-t above sea level. If this be so it i* possible that the Peruvian beat his ?>wn world's record for height of *,721 *eet. The twenty-five miles between Brig and 'Oomodossola. which it took the armies of Napoleon a fortnight to negotiate, Chavez accomplished by the route of the eagle in exactly forty minutes. Vrom the high point at Monzera he descended 7.000 feet in thirteen minutes, his machine gain? ing in power peaks, gullies and hills beyond until the speed was terrific as It approached the aerodrome 'here. This doubtless caused the accident which turned the cheers of admir? ation of the waiting crowd into erdes of horror when the machine came hurtling to the ground Jiwt as it seemed that Chavez was about to alight In safety. How Accident Happened. After treatment in the hospital Chavez regained consciousness, but was unable to explain how the acci? dent had occurred. Tht* generally ac? cepted opinion is that the accident was due to a slight shift In the rud? der while the monoplane was being sent at a high rate of speed. Thousands of the aviator's friends and admirers, arrived from Milan and other points to tender their aervicea to Chavez. Henry Wcyman, the American aviator, uii<? made tv<> unsuccessful attempts in the Brig-Milan race, to? day sent a telegram of sympathy to Chavez, saving: "My sincere and enthusiastic con 10 PROPITIATING TIIK SOUTH. Administration ProvidOi For Navy Yards There. 1 Wushington, Sept. 23.?There are' indications that during the balance ^ of the Taft administration, and espe- j cially in the immediate future, thr various navy yards at New Ork \ ?? ^ Key West, Pensacola and Char\ * will fare rather better than in'-the closing days of the Roosevelt admin? istration, when the question of clos? ing these yards was decided against the establishments. Various little occurances in the past few months have indicated the drift of sentiment in the Navy De? partment, and it is believed that an entirely different policy has been adopted toward the Southern yards than that which former President Roosevelt tried to inaugurate at the tall of his administration. With the assent of Col. Roosevelt orders were issued just before Secre? tary Newberry went out of office di? recting that the various Southern yards be closed on the ground that from a strategic point of view they were not needed, that money could be better spent on the larger yards ati New York, Philadelphia, Boston and I Norfolk, on the Atlantic coast, and I at Mare Island and Puget Sound, on the Pacific. Secretary Meyer, at the urgent re? quest and camplalnt of Southern Congressman and residents of New Orleans and the other places that would have been affected by the clos? ing of the yards, directed that the Newberry order be rescinded. Then came the last session of Congress, which ignored the action of Secretary Newberry and made appropriations for the various Southern yards. The sum of ^115,000 was granted on the one at New Orleans, and small amounts were allowed for other yards tn the South to keep them In condition and provide certain minor improvements. It Is understood that these appro? priations having been made, it is the mterrtion of Secretary Meyer, with the approval of President Taft, to see that the sums appropriated are sperrt as directed by law. Several years agq President Roosevelt, be? Hering that the 'New Orleans yard was not needed, refused to disburse money which had been appropriated for the building of a sawmill there. Not only will the money appropriated be used for the purpose specified, but Secretary MeyeT. on his proposed tour of the navy yards of the country, will visit New Orleans and other Southern yards. Naturally the change in policy also raises the question as to the motive underlying the gradual modification in sentiment in the Navyr Department. The suggestion is thrown otit here in several quarters today that the new attitude Is part of a general ?scheme which Jias been adopted in connection with the plans for fortify? ing the Panama Canal. On the other hand the idea is also advanced that politics has dictated the change. The politicians of the *\"avy Department realize, it is hint t-d that the next Hoiuse will be Dem? ocratic, and as the Administration intends to ask for two battleships the Southern members of Congress will Irave to be propitiated and convinc? ed that the Southern yards will not be abandoned in order that the two-battleship program may not srtr-tke a serious snag. The Police Department of Sap Francisco is reported to be so rotten With graft that It will have to be entirely reorganized. Even so, San Francisco Is better off than some cities. She at least knonvs where she stand*.?Denver Daily News. gratulations on your victory. I am heart-broken over your accident, and you have my prayful wishes for an early recovery.*' May tret the Prize. Much sympathy is expressed here for Weymann. Although his motor had repeatedly given demonstrations of its inability to reach high altitude*, Weymann made a last and desperate effort to win the race, hearing that Chavez had met with an accident. He managed to climb over the Rastl Shoulder, but, finding that the aero? plane was incapable of flying higher, he returned to Brig and alighted. Although Chavez did not succeed In winning the prize of $20.000, hav? ing failed to reach Milan, some of the members of the aviation committee are in favor of turning over the prize to him and erecting a monument in commemoration of man's first flight ,'icross the Alps. Chaves, although a Peruvian, was bort? itl Tails in 1**7. lie secured his license from the Aero Club as an air pilot February 16 of this year. SOUTHRON, Established June, IHM Vol. XXXI. No. 10. HOI SANDS \ ^IRTS SPEECH OF ' j9 ?AMPAIGN. iovor ' |Jp buckeye State Discusses S ^ <r <ues, Attacks Payne-Aldrich <*, m Law and Scores Republicans 0 t Failure to Keep Campaign Promise?Nominee for Lieutenant Governor Inveighs Against "Boss" Cox and "Touches Up" Taft. Canton, Ohio, Sept. 24.?In the niddle of a steady, drizzling rain, vhich lasted the entire day, several housand Democrats marched to the Ludltorlum hall today to listen to Governor Judson Harmon deliver the irst speech of the fall campaign. The event marked the real opening >f hostilities between the rival par* Lies, as the Republicans, under the leadership of Warren G. Harding. Gubernatorial nominee, fired their first guns a week ago at Kenten, Ohio. Governor Harmon confined his ad? dress chiefly to a review of State is? sues, and especially to what he claim? ed had been the persistent efforts of the Republican Legislature to block popular measures, which he had en? deavored to have enacted. In respect to national politics, he scored the Republican administration for what he termed its wasteful expenditures, and also attacked the Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill as legislation inimical to the Interest of the consumers, who would not be deceived by the fair talk in attempts to defend It He declare that the Republican party had not kept its campaign promise, and told his audience that the only hope for the people lies in the success of a national Democratic ticket. Atlee Pomerene, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, followed Har? mon. He made a bitter attack up? on Geo. B. Cox, of Cincinnati, and Incidentally scored President Taft for the alliance which, the speaker said, the President had made with the Cincinnati leader in 1908. Mr. Pom? erene declared that the State of Ohio might be wlllllng to trust Mr. Harding, but that they would never trust Harding and Cox. GREAT STATE FATR, The Grounds Will be Open Day and Night. Columbia, Sept. 26.?A feature of the State fair this year will be the entertainments at night. The man agement of the fair has agred to^keep the gates open until 11 o'clock, there? by affording much time for inspect? ion of the exhibits to those who at? tend the fair for only one day. The buildings in which the exhibits are kept will be open until 9:30 o'clock on November 1, 2 and 3. The gates of the State fair will swing open on the morning of October 31. The ad? mission in the e\enings will be half price. "All indications point to a most successful State fair," said President Mobley of the association, who was in Columbia looking after several de? tails of the work in preparation for the annual event. There will be special rates granted over all of the railway lines of the State and special trains for fair week visitors will be run to Columbia from* mnay points in the State. College and School Day. All pupls and students from any college or school In the State will be admitted on Tuesday of fair week for 10 cents and any adult accompanying; I any student or school child will be granted half rates. All colleges and schools in the State are earnestly reqruested to at? tend In a body and to secure infor? mation from* the secretary of the State fair as soon as postble. By special arrangement school children will be admited to any of the attrac? tions on the ground on school <Jay for five cents. ^ As has been stated special attention will be devoted to the agricultural exhibits this year and all farmers are urged to send in their exhibits. There will be several thousand dollars of? fered in prizes for the best exhibits. GOV. RLE ASF'S SECRETARY. Hr. Alex. Rowland, of Columbia. Has Accepted Position. Columbia, Sept. 26.?Coleman L. ilease. Democratic nominee for gov? ernor, who is certain of election, has endered the position of private sec -etary to Alexander Rowland, audi or <?f disbursements for the Colum? bia. Newberry and Laurens railroad, nth headquarters in Columbia, and Ir. Rowland has accepted. Savannah, Ga., has a population f 66,014, an Increase of 10,820, or 6.1 per cent In ten years.