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.11? SI MTU, ViAICIfwlAV Vj-tAitl Consolidated Auk. 2, 1 PaaMtked * mlMMky ?nd Nttl.tr**> ??T? OSTEEN PUBLISHING CdNPAHY ItMTM, uX C. II 50 r*r asnsss?la advaace. Oa? Squar? trat fc?<|MI.Il.st Shrery ? a Bess ern laseetlsB.st Cttn tracts for tttr?* rasattas. *r lonnr will Be mad* at reduce* r.u*?. All cesnttiuuleavSlena wklofc hub mtv? private li.tsres*a will 6? sfcarged (or BB BdrBrtJsfaittatB. Obituaries and tributes of WVU B? chargeS far. \ li 1.4 l'u*liicsa in Do.rac. ThB Southerr. F.xpress C unpan)V "two booao" offices are doing a big business now and it If all that one man can do to attend to the pack? ages of liquor which arc constantly coming is. for tho owners are calling for them about as fast as they come Th?-rs were several hundred pack? ages brought In yesterday an.I t the trade Is even larger than it was yesterday. There are about half a dosen negroes hanging ovsf the SOSmter all of the time waiting to be given their package of the invigorat? ing Are water or with their frb n i Who hi to get s package and who bus promised them a drink of the stuff. They all have happy smiles on tb? U faces as they go in the office which smile Is brosdsped Into a big open mouthed grin when they are ???dsn' a package or turned into a look of woe-to-gone disappointment ?h n they ara Informed that no package has coma for them. I < ? III IV i II on (I l.nVATOK*. The I .lion Culture department of In. n,ohI ein Holl way to Assisi (internment and state Agricultural Department?. ? i Washington. Dec. 14k?The Cotton Culture department of the Southern Hallway, Compsjgr,,,. ths Alabama and the Mobile An I obl<. Kailroad Company is now fully organised and In active operation. Mr. T. (>. Pluk stt. General Agent In charge, has en fjagsd. as held agents, Messra W. D. Clayton.. R. V. Jarrott. VV. C. Proctor, A. Iff) Whttehead. J. E. Gray. K. B, Randle and Krnest Vsughan. At the present time two of these men are at work along the lines of the South? ern Railway in Alabama, two on the Southern Hallway In Mississippi, one on the Alabama Great Southern, and two on the Mobile A Ohio. The Field Agents are co-operating with the representatives of the I'nt ted States Agricultural Department and ?w?th the State Agricultural Authorities in advising the farmci as to the best cultursl methods to pursue In order to Increase the aver? age yield of cotton per acre. Thc\ srs slso giving advice as to the best methods Sf dealing with the Mexican cotton boll weevil in localities to which there Is a probability that It may spread. President Flnley Is giving personal attention to the gen? eral supervision of this work, which Is to be made as effective and helpful as possible. It Is his purpose to ssal iialn a high degree of efflci In the organisation and gradually, t > extend It* operations to the east? ward. l\*Mlt KILLS MKKCIIANT. IL.im. i L Kcultt Kr?nn um< of lira* knock* In light. i Columbia. Dec. 1.1.?Abe I'earlstlne, a well known mei hunt of Branch ville was nhot and Instantly killed at that place today by J. J. Jones, lawyer. Jones has surrendered at Orangeburg saying th ?t |v irl:,i.ne had attacked htm with brass knucks, and he had shot him In self d? U n*< Siateburg lYr?oiials. Htat?? burg. Dec. 14.?Mrs. T. S. SI M key has b. an visiting h?-r daugh tre. Mts K. W. Duenslng at I nh.n. Mr S. nil.er IMowden of ?'lannd< i spent Sunday at the G. S. M. A. M ? . I i. -r ind Dorothy Car son spent the week-end with th? Ir school mate. \|i,-i i:?t.11. St irbomugh at lllshopvllle. Mr. K. M. Cnntey spent s \ - I flays this week In Charleston. Tin- young no n of th < b-ner il Hvmti r Memorial ?? .nbmy will give a mlnstr. l on Thursday evening. I ?e i ember J J. <t h o'clock Admission IS cents. i The highest friendship muMt si ways lead us to the highest ptOSO Urs.?Fielding. April. ItMrt. -lie Jum in 881 SU1 II MERCY OF & FOREIGN FOL. REPORT PRESENTED TO CON QHM s \\ s DO! IfTRK is IN XDIiOl ATEI.Y mo ticted. i 11i?-r <>r Stan*, in i:\uiiiiiiutioii Before House Committee, Point* Out Na? tion's Weakness?llnhson PropOSO! National Defense Council. the. Washington, Dec, 14.?A sense ii .it.11 r pofl from the war depart? ment showing that the country Is In I adequately protected against invasion .from foroibn governments was seilt la the bOUOt today as a secret dOOU merit an I. aftOT a number Of eon .. i . 9/ st Ohd hurrie l telephone mes? sages, siai i? turned to tne war de? partment ?>n tin- ground that tit house OOUld not receive a secret port. Members who saw the document i.. i(.r. its withdrawal say it 4s a re? port Of J. M. Dickinson, secretary of wui ; that it points out that the coun ftry is Wholly Unprepared; that there is a woeful InadoQuaey of men, ol gttM an 1 of .unmunition; that the army should be reorganized and that a council of national dofottgg, With the secretary of war at its heud, i should be created by congress. The report of G n. Wood, which WSS marked "c ontidential," dealt with these material and gra\e olllclal ad? mission to matters that are of more 1 or less common knowledge among : army and navy experts in this noun- ; try and abroad, in fact, the real significance of the doolUhent || th I ' it m ikes official admissions of these j . ondltlons. OOJSi Wood, In Is testimony bcfort the house military committee today, furnished some of the most interest Ing Information ever given before that body. lie discussed the whole sub? ject of national defense, told where the weak points lay, and laid par? ticular emphasis on the possibility of attack from the Orient. He did not give vent to any alarmist views as to danger of any immediate invasions, bot fartfed crlfffld'Mitlally oi'*the need pi ehanges as precedent and valuabl ? to guard against trouble from Japan or China. ' kepiesent itlve MacLachlan, the author *>f the retsolu'ion which brought the ottlciul exposition of the weakness of the military defense, said today: "A foreign country could land 200, 000 troops on the Pecifk coast In 3o days, and the only Intimation oi trouble would be the blowing up of the mountain passes, thus prevent? ing uny communication with the East. In the three States west of the Hocky mountains?California, Oregon and Washington?we have 3,000 regular troops and 5,000 State militiamen. The best military authorities say that It would take years to dislodge for ' eign troops If they ever got a foot? hold under these conditions, and , that It would cost the L'nited States a laiiion of dollars." The bill introduced today by Uep- 1 resentative Hobson provides for a na ' tional council for defense and is the I result of his conference with PreSl ! dent Taft, Socretury Dickinson un 1 other officials. The war department's precaution to protec t the report led to a serious I mix-up In the house. The report Was m.trk. .1 ' confidential," I ut that pre- I crutioti was indicated only on a part j of tin- document. In the routine j handling of the report it was passed gleogj with tuber executivo documents' t? the clerk's office, where such mat-' lOn are open to public inspection, but also eel instantly its confidential na lure was discovered and It was with II drawn to ths privacy of tin- speaker's' oflfc a After looking into tin precedents, the ip< iker concluded that there was no warrant for the reception of tin r< port as ;i i oidldential communlcn tb?n. Therefore he returned It t<> Sec letarf Dic kinson with a polite |ett< i oalllnsj attention to the rubs of the house, whtoh roojeire all originally ? seen ted i emmunleatlons to be print* d. Tin secretary reoelved this letter very late in tin- day and consequent!) withheld bis aaewer until tomorrow, it Is probable thai he will withhold from the house the appendices to the 1 Original report whic h, after ;S)I. con? tained the only really confidently I matter and rOOUbmlt Ihe document omitting the injunctlonal confident <? <'.ud announcing the marriage of Miss Vermellle Jervey, daughter Of Mrs. Olenn Kamlner,/of dadsibn. to Mr. 1, I?. Mlof. or Columbia, on Wed ? nesday evening, December 28, at Oadsdeu, H. ('.. have been Issued. ? Fear not? Lei all the ends Tbou \lo* METER, S. 0., ?ATUKDA THK commission PLAN. I. ^ isla tu ii* to Im' Asked U) Pass BUI lo Allow t Uirs Of 10,000 to Vote t.it Uhs Question, Anderson stall. "Ths commission plan of govern I m< lias many features superior to the old system," said Mayor Bherard | this morning When asked what lie thought of the adoption of the plan ii Anderson, "and 1 can very well i SSS hoa the concentration of rcsponsi bilit> in the hands of a few goou men of charaotsr and sound business judg msni i an revolutionize the administra? tion of mulclpal affairs In ths big idties. There the danger of misgovcrn ment lies principals in the division of responsibility. The great number of councilman, forming in mans cases a law-making body as large as a Btate legislature and too often repre? senting corrupt Interests, frequently make It easy for a majority to band themselves Into an organization foe '.ne purpose of exploiting the public Interests for private gain. That was shown In the graft investigations in cities St. Louis and Plttsburg. "But here In our small cities w have no such conditions prevailing, and it becomes a question whether or not tin commission plan would help us In securing more efficient govern? ment. 1 think it would. The central idea of the new system is the employ? ment of a small governing board In whom the responsibility of govern? ment directly lies, who are paid sala? ries commensurate w ith their ser- j vices and who divide up the d< part ments of the city government In such a w ay that each commission*, i can specialise along particular lines. For instance, a capable administrative Officer WOllM have entire charge of the street department and by giving his whole time to It. better results would be secured than by having half Is the condition that allows bosslms to ideas running tho department. | "In cities of leas than 20,000 inhabi- ? tants there is always a small body | of aldermen elected by wards; hut! did it ever occur to you that under | the ward ^system we hafe'.no **ap* representative government? I have no reference to local conditions, but I speak only as a general proposition. The mayor Is the only official that all the people have a hand In choos- j ing. A city, whether large or small, ! Is such a compact political unit, the interests of all the citizens are SO nearly identical, that It seems unfair to give a ward the privilege of select- | lng a representative clothed With full power to shape the entire policy of i the city unless he Is acceptable to the people of the other wards. That I is the condition that allows hossim to flourish. That is the condition that too frequently elects unfit men to otllce. The commission plan would break up this absurd division, vest the choice of representatives direct? ly in all the peope and make gener- ! ally for better government. "The commission plan as adopted everywhere usualy provides for live commissioners. For a city the size of Anderson this number is too large. In my opinion the board should be composed of three commis? sioners one of whom should be the mayor. The farther public officials are removed from political consider? ations and Influences the more sfB < lent w ill be the service rendered by them. The terms of the commission? ers, to avoid the pitfalls of the old system, should be three to six years, one to be elected every year or every tWO yoari according to the length of the term. The chances are that an arrangement like this would reduce political agitation and unrest to a minimum and Insure the election of suitable men to be commissioners. "The mam features of the plan, as you know, are small governing body of capable administrative officers, the initiative, the referendum, the re? call, and the submission of all pub? lice franchise to the people for ad? option or rejection. The retail pro? vision could never be used to hurt a good official, but it would prove a very effective 'big stick1 to force an unworthy commissioner to make good or quit. "I have been interested in the movement of those Charleston people who are seeking to establish commis? sion government in their city. Their intention was to ask the legislature for a spe< lal act giving the city the privilege of voting on the question, i have had some correspondence with them, and suggested Instead of asking for a special act ws would try to se ecrs a general act giving nny town basing over 10,000 Inhabitants the right to vote on the question at any time without having to go to the legislature for special authority. This was agreed to .and the draft of the Charleston bill has been changed so c. t mi be thj Country's, Ttoy Ood's am Y, DEOEMBEK 17, 191C PRINCELY GiFT BY CARNEGIE TEN M'LIJON BET ASIDE FOR CAUSE OF PEACE. That War Drums .May Throb no Longer, that Battleftagt be Furled and Pence Reign the World Over, Andrew Curnegie Given Honey 10 Aid in Establishing Method of Am tonbie Settlomenl of ail Difficulties. i Washington, Dee. 14.?Surrounded by twenty-seven trustees of his choos? ing, comprising former Cabinet mem? bers, ex-ambassadors, college pi t si dents, lawyers and educators, Andrew Carnegie today transferred $10,000, 000 in .". jar cent mortgage bond.-, valued at 511,500,000, to be devoted primarily to the establishment of uni? versal peace by the abolition of War between nations and suc h friction sfl may impair "the progress and happi ness of man." When war between nations shall have ceased the fund is to be applied to such altruistic purposes as " a ill best help man in his glorious ascent! onward and upward" by the banish-] ment of the "most degrading evil or evils" then harrassing mankind. As Mr. Carnegie read an informal deed of trust announcing at length the general purpose of his gift, there ' was prolonged applause, lie then ex? plained the incidents which inspired l the giving of the money at this time and declared with emphasis that if the English speaking race in the Uni? ted States and Great Britian once consolidated in the movement for in? ternational peace the sue cess of the measure in the rest of the world would be assured. That Great Brit? ain stood ready to co-operate with this country, Mr. Carnegie said he felt certain, and all that was now needed, he added, was the concur? rence of the President and the Senate in promulgating the movement on be? half of the United States. A resolution of thanks was pre? sented by Jos. H. Choate, former United States ambassador to Great Britain, which was adopted, and ,John K. Cadawaja^gfg of. New York, jtfoposfld Tnaf a committee of seven be appointed to consider the subject of the organization of the body of trustees, the form of charter to be obtained and other details of organ? ization. This was likewise adopted. Senator BUhu Hoot, of New York, was unanimously elected permanent chairman, and James Barry Scott, BOlolcltor of the State department, was chosen permanent secretary o.' the board of trustees until a more definite organisation shall have been effected. Mr. Carnegie declined to be includ? ed in the future organization of the board of trutsees. , Exactly what purpose will be serv? ed by the gift none of the trustees could say as the whole project has been brought forward under the most genoral terms, leaving wide discretion to the trustees. It is known that Mr. Carnegie will explain further the purposes of his gift at the opening session of rhe American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, which will be held tomorrow night His subject will be the "moral Issue of war." President Taft has consented to be honorary president of the foundation. The trustees of the fund include Congressman Wm. M. Howard, -f Lexington. Ga. A woman recently lost her voice in an automobile accident. We haven't seen where her husband has yet of? fered and reward for its return.? Tipton Times. After giving the Colonel full and liberal and sympathetic time in which to deny. \.e are forced to the conclu? sion that he knows he is licked.? Richmond News-Leader. as to Include cities of this class. "If the people of Anderson want a general statute passed or a special act if the otlur cannot c> through, they should make their wants known In time so that the county delegation can take the lull up at the beginning of the ses-ion. i have talked with some of the delegation, and they have promised to lend their assistance i'i securing the passage of a general a< t. "Commission government is not g'? iiuj to Improve conditions unless the right kind of men are elected to office as commissioners. That form of government is best that is best ad? ministered, w hether that whic h Is best gives promise of better thhiK*. and no doubt it will raise* the standard of administrative efficiency in muni? cipal government everywhere. At. ary rate, I hope to see Anderson give It a trial." 1 Truth's." THK TRUJ SMALL BOY RUNS AW AY. Willie Moral! Decides to Leave Home ami Comes to Sumter, Bat Later Decides to Go Back. v llllo Henry Iforall, a small white DO) oi' about 14 yea..?> of age, de? cided last week that b had li ther be somewhere else than in Darlington, | so taking along what money lie had j he left town some time last week and came to Bumter. lie said that he did not go farther because he did not have sufficient money. lie stopped in Bumter a day or two and then, because he did not have i any work and his money was fast' i giving out, he left Sumter and went I to Silver where he stayed a couple of days. Deciding that Silver was too dull a place to stay in, he came back to Sumter where he says he worked for a couple of days for a boor bot? tling plant, or something of the sort. He decided that this job did not suit him so he gave it up and starte d out to lind something else to do. Tailing in this after several days effort he decided to leave Sumter and go to Charleston. He got on the train and by fibbing to the conductor and keep? ing out of his way as much as pos? sible he managed to get as far as Lanes whore a gentleman wh~> knew him found him on the train and brought him back to Sumter. As soon as he was let loose in the town Wednesday evening he set out to search for something to xat. Ilu finally appealed to a clerk in a fruit store and told him his trouble, that he was out of money, out of a job, had nothing b> eat and wanted to got home. This gentleman gave him something to eat then turned him over to the police who took care of him last night. He was thorough? ly sick of running away by that time and he asked them to send word home to his adopted father, Mr. J. M. Spear, of Darlington, where he was and please to come for him or to send him some money to come home on. Mr. Spears sent some one over from Darlington this morning- to taki him in charge and Willie was the'happiest of bo; s to be taken h;>4ie and ^stor? ed to tne care of his adopted father once more. When asked why he ran away he said that he was just tired of staying J at home, that there was no other reason for his doing so, than that he ! just wanted to go somewhere. I This is not the first time that he ha.s run away, for before he went off to Rocky Mount and Charlotte, and found it a great picnic and he said that he thought he would find it so again but this time he did not have sufficient money in his pocket when he left home and he had a dreadful time; he was extremely sorry that he had run away for he had suffered much both from the cold and from hunger during this trip and heewas determined that if he got home once more he would never run away again. He said that ho appreciated home as he had never done before and no boy knows what his home is until he has run away and found out what it is to be cold and hungry and without a friend to care for or speak to him. ROADMASTER BRI NKR PROMOT N ED. Popular Railroad Official Promoted to Be chief Engineer of New South? bound Road to Wlnston-Salem. Mr. tborge E. Bruner, for the past eleven years Road Master of the Florence-Columbia division of the Atlantic Coast Line, with headquarters in this city, has been promoted to the important position of Chief Engineer and Road Master of the Winston-Sa lem ami Florence Southbound, with headquarters at Florence He will be in ( barge of the new roa I that gives the Atlantic Coast Line a di? rect route to the West ami to the coal fields of Virginia and Kentucky, and as the tratiic on the connecting line between the Atlantic Coast Line and the Norfolk and Western, Is expected to be heavy, the position he will occupy will be one <.f greal responsibility. Mr. Bruner's many friends lure will regret his removal from Sumter but they are, ne\erth< less, rejoiced thai he has received well merited recognition and advanc? ment. He will enter upon the d! charge of the duties of bis new po? sition January 1st. Mr. Bruner came to this city about twenty years ago and ans connected with the engineering And roadway de? partment of the old C, s. ft n. rail? road until that road was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line. He was one of the few of the employes of that railroad retained permanently bj the Coast Line and that he steadily ad? vanced In tho service Is the best pos? sible proof of his ability. The pro K SOUTH RON, I >iabli>|,e<| June, ISM Vol. XXXI. No. 34. *( ? :-" Vln,. ?s?J?JO KLIN TO STLi.. II?. Relatives of Constable Volcntinc Pe? tition Governor Not to Commute Sentence. Orangeburg, Dec. ?A petition bj betas; circulated in this city and county by the relatives of Henry E. Valentino, the constable that was killed by Pink Franklin in Ittl and who has been sentenced to be hanged at the local jail on December 2'i, to 1 the effect that Franklin be hanged and not respited by the governor. The petition urges Gov. Ansel to allow the 1 law to take Its course and not to en terfere with the hanging on Friday ! . a week. The petition has about 500 names signed to it thus far and it was stated by one of the brothers that out of the j number called on there were only six or eight who refused to sign. The j ; petition will be forwarded to Gov. j Ansel in a few days. Dlt. W. E. BROWN DEAD. I Promlent Cltiaen of Manning Passes AwajF Decmber Mb, Last night Dr. W. E. Brown pass ! ed away peacefully as one who long I ed for rest. Dr. Brown had long been a sufferer, i but with a will power which was I almost marvelous he resisted the in? roads of a disease that was incvitabe. Dr. Brown, friend, physician and gentleman, was the oldest physician in point of service in Clarendon coun? ty and his death will occasion wide and deep regret throughout the coun? ty, where he was so beloved and esteemed and whom the sick and suffering in mind always found a sympathetic friend and adviser. Of a genial nature he won and retained hosts of friends who will deplore the Toss of this physician who "went about doing good." This writer feels as if he has sustain? ed a personal loss* for when sick and depressed andjMfrp**; pJ* invalid, he passed pleasant Ihours i\ the com jpafty of this ch^eif; sincere friend, and later when re? stored to health and with renewed energy his business relations were so pleasant and agreeable. Dr. Brown was in his 50th year and leaves surviving hif his wife, the former Miss Rea Scott, and thres lovely little girls: and a son, Mr. Wil? son Brown, by a former marriage. Besides being a practicing physi? cian, Dr. Brown was a man of af? fairs. He was a director in the ba.ik of Manning and a former mayor of the town. He had been for years medical examiner of some of the lead? ing life insurance companies of the United States. He was well known in old Williams burg and has relatives and many friends in Florence. Manning has been greviously af? flicted in the loss by death ;n the last month or so of the Hon. Joseph F. Bhame, two noble and lovable wo? men who graced every walk of life, Mrs. Kitty Levi and Mrs. Ream Gal luchat, and now the passing away of I?r. Brown, but why lament, the world is better that they have livel and labored for the common tfood. Manning. Dec. 1910. I. M. L. LEVER ON POTASH DISPI TK. Congressman Calls on Secretary Knoi Relative to Adjustment of Trouble. I Washington, Dec 14.?Represent? ative Lever has taken up with the State department the important pot? ash question that is now agitating the people of the South. He called to I see Secretary Knox about the matter ! today, and as a result of this visit it ! is understood that it will be laid be ! fore President Taft immediately with ' a request that ii be handled diplo ! matically with the repress natjves of j the German Goi ernment. The advertisement of Folsom the jeweler, is worth reading, it is as full of nuggets of truth as his s.ore is of gems and jeweij fer Christ nines ? nifts for loved one*. The editor o fthe Appcai of Reeeon , will carry h;s case to the Supreme '? Court. At last he has really DCgUO to appeal to reason.?Kansas City Jour? nal. motion thai has come i>? him is an 1 added proof of the estimation his su? periors have of his work as a ptac tlcal railroad man ami a* an engineer, for the position which he Will hold with the new division of the Coast Line is one of great responsibility, calling for engineering skill, executive ability and capacity for hard work.