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fi&aC HfMTHR WA Consolidated Auk. 2,1 I Published WidntwtSy ?ml Saturday V ? dlMWt*) OSTEEN PUBLISHING C9MPANY 81'MTB It. *t C. Terms: $1.(9 pee annum?In ad vane*. .\dveert#uyf nts: Ob? Square rtrst Insertion.$1.00 Kvery subsequent Insertion.60 Contract for three months, or longer will oe made at reduced rates. All "*ntrm.iilcatlona which sub? serve privat?- Interests will be charged fee ?* advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. ???? ? ? ' < ' ? ? ? ASKS AID OF PRESIDENT. gJDVATOK SMITH AND FF.RTILI/ Kfl Ml \ s| | l \| | ON POT \s|| |>IS|?ITF.. ! Ketsreat'iitatit e<t From Ith hmnnd Poiul out Where Prohibition Otity Is t'njsjst. torlly Wsshlngt* n. Jan. 11?Senat r Siuifi to<asV ss/led on President T*Aft In ooo section with the potash eontro vwrey shd states tonight thst the mat? ter seems t<> bey progressing sattsfac The senator and the- presl ieat exchanged views on the matter, and while they did not entirely agree en all points, both are hopeful thst the matter mag be so straightened out that the formers will not be com? pelled to pay the JiUh prices being demsnded by the German producers for the fertiliser Ingredients Involved 1? th?- >r:tr ?vyrsy. "There Is no question," said the senator, "as to who is ;he 'mythleal consumer' In this matter when the armer buys fertiliser he psys a fixed grtee, but the benefit he derives from It depends upon many contingencies, farmer Is the 'mythical consum? es post facto or retroactive law hs^gSjssjpssjy when this gi v? er to A delegation of Charleston fertili? ser manufac turers called on Senator Saiith this afternoon. They are heart? ily In sympathy with the efforts to se? cure chesper fertilizer Ingredients thsn tiie Oerman authorities seem to bo willing to allow. The delegation oonsist?'d of J. Ross Hanahan. F. Q. eul amJ K I Q W iibern. t.UIVTO I'KIMKT NOW SFIMs im ?ssiiii.i-:. IU.ar.1 ,r I iijiii<'< r> K??on-odeis 11 - l>ortft|on mid JUi-omiircnds Appro? priation for s Survey. Orange!.urg. Jan. II.?W. L. 01o\. i, chairman of the Orsngehurg com? mittee thst has been working yerj earnestly for the opening of tl I to river to nawgatlon, rSCSttWd ? ISlS gram fr >m Congresstoun A. I L. to the effect that the hoard of .m:i rs of rivers and harbors had re Idered and made a favoraM? sjs> to congress to appropriate! enough to survey the Kdisto river, with a view of opening it to navigation. ffhe news has been Kladly received In this city snd the people here are SOOflldent that when the survey Is made, there will he no trouble la showing the feasibility of the project snd thst the river will he opened to navigation. The Orangeburg com? mit'. ? tb ?' i . - r. r 1 ? writ t.. W;^l, Ington to appear b? fore the board of engineers now feel that their trip wan not made in vain and are happy over the report of the board. S. J. HltoUMNi. Ill \|?s IOMMII I I I Mr i .. V* IM? U t; miI.ml Mi ..it.. . Not Made t hakrman of \Vs)S and Mean- t ??minllliT iWi-ause of l?i SSdf nt. Columbia. Jan. 12. Hon. Mendel 1* Smith, speaker of the hou*e, was fsced by an unusual dtuatl >n when It cam* t. nimlng chairmen of the various r orni dttees. Mr. T. it. Fraser. of Hum tori i halrm in of the committee on Judiciary, was of course reappolnted. but Mr. O. W. Disk, rsnktng member of the committee on wsys snd mean*. wan alw> from Sumter. There Is no pre<?Sdent foi nsmlng two men from the name coun? ty as chslrmen of committees and Speaker Smith gave tb- appointment In the member ranking next in point of service, S* J. Urownlng of 1'nlon. This wss done because \>f no hostility to the gentlemsn from Sumter. but wss one of those SOtneidi nces in which the speaker gannol consult hin own preferences In the matter. **m*4 April, ISM) lie .lust ai 881. SI ANOTHER CROOKED SENATOR. COMMITTEE KAYS STEPHEN SON'S I.I.I IT ION CORRUPT. Special Invest Igutors from Wlscon sin Meuutc Kc|m>rt Findings to Gov rrnor?Re|m>rt Signed by Two Ro publlraiiM and One Democrat. Madison, Wis., Jan. 11.?"The nomination In the primary and the election to the United States Senate by the Legislature of Isaac Stephen ?on, are null and void, on account of attempted bribery and corrupt prac? tices by himself and his campaign uI?ts. agents and workers and of violation of the laws of Wisconsin de? li nl rig and punishing offences against the elective* franchise." , This Is the gist of the finding of a special Senatorial Investigating com? mittee, In its report given Governor t*\ E. McOovcrn today. The report is signed by Lieutenant Governor Thom? as Morris and Senator Spencer W. Marsh, Republicans, and Senator Faul Husting, Democrat. IN THE POLICE I OC KT. A Gaiublli)'* (.inin- Interrupted und Thlriy Dollar* Faid into the City Treasury. From the Dally item. Jan. 12. ' There were only two cases tried in the Recorder's court this morning but thefee two cases were triple In the number of offenders, as there were three persons tried in each of the cases. The cases netted a sum of 93? for the city treasury and the promise of some more. Richard Rossard, Marcus Rossard and Harvln Thomas were Interrupted in a game of "skin" In a residence down on Bee street last night by Po? liceman Ward, and -this morning they were In the Recorder's court to ans? wer for the offense. It seems that Policeman "Ward ,/ound a stray horse down on Man I nlng avenue last night about 1 o'clock ? was ii? W>akin* up t^e owwer of tho horse he came across a house on Bee street in front of which several horses and vehicles were standing. He at once suspected that something Illegal was going on as the house aus too well lighted for that time of night. He heard talking going on within doors and, as he stepped up to, the door and was considering the best way to make his entrance and at the same time gain the evidence wanted, he hear Richard Ii >ssard tell someone to go and see if his horse waS out? side. Som. i.ne came to the do'r and he heard it being unbarred and as It was opened ho stepped inside. The negroes inside, of whom there were several, were mueh astonished at the entranee of such an unexpected visitor, but they were not quick < lough to hide the e nds and to grab SI UM mom y ftroHI UM Moor. lie BSrZed theM mum .li.it- .y and JTl l> I" 'i one of the negroes while the others promptly flSfHHipstl for out? door regions, but not before he had re. 1 tho two Rossard boys and SatlSjhl Thomm. how.\-r. i me other USgffO, a stranger, got awa\ Tiiis morning in the Rscordsr'l e..urt Marens pi. ad guilty and was fined $10 which lie at one paid down, Thomas tml Ku bard Ih.ssard b >th ? lumiil that UMf WOfS not placing eurds l?ut were only Poking on, so as it could not positively bs proved that ifisy sr< rs playing, they wars <n ' ii $5 each for being in bad company and warned |hal In 'the future the fine would be heavier. All of the AMI OTOfS paid Bp and tile $5 which Sjus iitptorcd at the time that the raid \? a s mad- was turned over to the eity as tlx- ipolll oi \ietory. Cephas Tot*, Curtis Ford and John Difigle, thros small colored hoys were up for creating a disturh ancc to the rear of the old bOSf dis? pensary. It seems that the little bjys SMti in ||M habit of playing football and base hall in the lot, which Is a \>i> narrow one ami of making as mueh noise as they possibly can. Vi s t> rday atl- i noon tin y struck a it lls girl with Um foot ball) Ahle*; vis Jeoorted to the pollcS. l'oliet im u OaUaajlMff and Ward went around | htth later and made a raid on um fOOiball players, three of them being ? aptwr. d and Kept in the guard luuse for awhile. Tlu-v all plsad guilty in th. K.eoiihi's court lilts morning and w. r.- given a sentciu.f $1.00 ? oh. They Wars alSO wailo l to In future hi mo!*- oarsful h '\v and where they p!a\-d foot I a II. The National Cloak and Skirt Man? ufacturers' Association says the hob? ble skirt Is AOOtnSd, but not a word 11 about the women that try to wear I fhem. ki Foar no*-~Lci mM ihm euds Th.su Aii JMTER. 8 0., S?.TURD MAY SAVE MILLION A DAY. RKVNBIKS POINTS Ol T HOW RAILWAYS MAY KCONOMIZK. Management, Says Boston Expert, Is I nseientlflc and Cooperation is Lucking?Results IMsnstcroiiH. Washington, Jan. 11.?"We contend that rates are ample hut that the ex? pense of operation is excessive; that wages are not too high, hut that, as the management is unscientific, labor, material, equipment and plant fail to give adequate results. We plead for the introduction of scientific manage? ment, under which the railroads shall get 100 cents for every dollar ex? pended." In opening his argument for the shippers of the Atlantic seaboard be? fore the interstate commerce commis? sion today, Loius D. Brandeis of Bos? ton thus presented the fundamental reason, in his mind, why freight rates should not be advanced as proposed by the railways. Mr. Brandeis declared tliat no rail? way had introduced into any of its departments the principles of scientific management. Proper methods, he thougt, would save 3 per cent of the aggregate cost -or even more. Cooperation also, in Mr. Brandels* opinion, would secure reductions in the cost of steel rails, in the price of which, he believes, an enormous sav? ing could be made. He suggested, how? ever, that no effort was being made by the railroads to obtain a reduction of the price of steel rails because of the financial connections of railroad officials with the four great steel com? panies. "The economies which would result if all the railroads in the United State introduced scientific manage? ment have been estimated at a mil? lion dollars a day," said Mr. Bran dels. "This would result in reduc? ing the present operating cost of the railroads an average of 20 per cent." Mr. Brandels concluded his argu? ment with the declaration that the railroads of the country were con trontftd " with the ^greatest opportunity of their existence, to increase the ef? ficiency of their labor, equipment and plants. If they should embrace the opportunity they would make for themselves and for the shipping in? terests of the country and of the world. If they should not the re? sult only could he in response to nn irresistable popular clamor and de? mand, the government ownership of railroads of the Cnited States. A H N B SHOWING MA1>1?:. Annual Meeting of The Stockholders of the Sumter Savings Bunk?15 per Cent Prosit In i?io. At the annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Sumter Savings Bank held In the president's odicc yester? day morning at 11 a. m., the old di? rector* of the bank were reelected with the addition Of A. J. Stubbs. The eashler*! report for tiie year 1010 \<. ms read and apw >\ i d. Immediately after the adjournment of the stockholders meeting) the hoard of directors met and reelected the old officers. The' board of directors and officers Sleeted are; g. a. i.eiiunon, President; I, c. Strauss. Vice President; Oeo. U Rick st, Cashier; J- ('. H, Wilder, Assistant suashler. i lireotors. ]?:. L. Wlthsrspoon, H, If. Btuckey, L. B, DuRant, h, J. Harby, a. a. l.eiurnon. C. L. Stubbs, Perry Moses. Jr., 1. C. Strauss, (bo. L, Bicker. W. W. Siliert. A. J, Stubbs. The cashier's report showed an in exease of deposits of $100,000 over this time last year, it also showed thai dining the year 1010 a profit of It per cent was gained. in the nine yean thai the bank lias been In operation the dividends have amounted to 113,160) while; the sur? plus and undivided profits have s^iounted to $36,963.01, making -a total profit Of $60)318.0] on the orig? inal capital of $25,000. This is an exceedingly fine showing for the bank und the officers arc proud of what they have d >no. CIVIL Sl.RYH i: I XAMS. Dates of Kxnmlnatlons in south Caro? lina Cities Announced. Washington. Jan. 11. -civil service examinations for the department ser? vice will be held on the following dates in Sunt Ii ('.irolina : Anderson. March 16; Charleston, April 18, January 84, starch 8, April 12, Columbia. April 80, January 34, March s. April i~; Greenville, April I11 March 8, April 18] Bpartanhurg. January 84; Sumter, January 24. tus't at be tby Ceuutry' . Thy God's tu AY, JANUARY 14. 1811 Sil DEAD AT HiS DESK. CORONER'S JFRY BAYS W. B. AB? BOTT'S DEATH WAS ACCI? DENTAL. Spartanhurg Y. M. C. A. Secretary Kills Himself?Ball Entered Right Kye and Passed Through the Brain ?Only One Cartridge in Weapon. Spartanhurg, Jan. 10.?Walter Brooks Abbott, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian associa? tion, shot himself in the head while sitting at his desk a few minutes af ten noon today and died shortly after? ward. In the absence of any known motive for suicide, the corner's jury found that he "came to his death from the acidental ?ischarge of a pistol In his own hands." There were only three persons in the Y. M. C. A. rooms when the shooting occurred, and none of them saw it. Their attention was attracted by the pistol shot. They saw Mr. Abbott fall to the floor and rushed to rjis aid. One of them, Geo. I. Sar gcant, a traveling man of Maxton, N\ C.i ran out for a physician and found Dr. Hugh R, Black who was passing along Magnolia street. Dr. Black found Mr. Abbott lying on the floor in a pool of blood. A pistol lay beside him. The wounded man's heart ceased to beat in about ten min? utes after Dr. Black came In. The ball entered Mr. Abbott's right eye, passed through the brain and was removed^ in a flattened condition from underneath the skin in the back of his head. N. G. Genoble, a clerk for the Spar? tan Hardware company, testified at the inquest that Mr. Abbott bought the pistol on December 28, saying he wanted it for the protection of his wife and sister-in-law who were fre? quently alone at his home on the Glendale car line. Prof. Hugh T. Shockley, physical director of the Y. M. C. A. told of having been shown the pis'ol by Mr. Abbott one day last week. Mr. Abbott also told him that he bought the pis? tol Cor his wife's protection during his absence. There was only one shell in the pis? tol when it was picked up after the accident and only one cartridge was missing from the box of 50 which Mr. Abbott bought at the same time he acquired the pistol. W. J. White, the sheriff, yald that, in his judgment, the pistol had been hied Silly once. It was an automatic revolver, and Mr. White, who has had j < onsiderable experience with firearms said that when loaded it was a dan? gerous weapon for an expert to handle and extremely dangerous for one who knew nothing about the workings of such a pistol. Mr. Abbott's funeral will take place Thursday. The burial will be held here. GEO. E. KOFSTFR RESIGNS. Columbia's New Daily Said to Have Died a Natural Death When Man sger Resigns. Columbia, Jan. 12.?Ths Horning News has ?ted asbornlng. Following ths announcement of the resignation of Mr. Qeo. E. Koester, long a fa? miliar newspaper man comet the suggestion that The Horning News lias given up the ghost. Those having the m w enterprise In hand allowed the psyt holocial mo? ment to pass by, anyway, and there is less demand for a new paper now than ever before, After ths heat of a political Campaign, and while the victors were still In s lighting mood, was the time for starting the paper, j but the advantage was allowed to slip. Mr. Koester's retirement from the management leaves the corpor? ation Wl boat a head. The company had ordered a number of lynotype machines and a thrlty-two page press, and some money must have been paid down on the contract. How the affairs of the < .m??uny will be ad? justed is another story, which tlv fu? ture Will disclose. RENATE GOES IND HOFSE POL LOWS. Probable thai General Assembly Will VImH state Institutions. Columbia, Jan. 12.?-The house has not yet decided that Its members will take a trip to Winthrop, but it will do so. The senate lias voted to go January is. and the house will prob? ably concur in thil date, or another day suggested. Botb houses will visit Clemson college ami the universi? ty, I Snow shoveling is not merely an I exercise, hut an amusement. M T^uesrS." VMli TUB V 30-DAY SESSION PROPOSED. GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECEIVES USUAL SUGGESTION. Important Bills Introduced in Senate and "Junketing" Habit Threshed Out?Winthrop Invitation Accept? ed?In House S|>ouker Smith An? nounces Committee Appointments. Both Bodies Hear Governor Ansel's Last Message, which was Properly Referred. Columbia, Jan. 12.?The suggest? ion has already been made that the General Assembly confine itself to a thirty-day session, instead of extend? ing over forty days, as in previous years. The matter was brought up today by Senator W. L. Mauidin, the President pro tern of the Senate, from Greenville, on consideration of an invitation to visit Winthrop Col? lege. Senator Mauidin said he be? lieved the work of the session could be accomplished in thirty days if the members got down to work. What Mr. Mauidin says should have great weight, for he has been in the Legis? lature for years, and presided over the Senate when he was Lieutenant Governor and formerly as president pro tern of the Senate. He has been chairman of the finance committee of the Senate also, which position he was re-elected to yesterday. The Winthrop invitation was accepted. On the second day of the session in the Senate there were a number of im? portant measures introduced. These include the amendment proposed to the child labor bill; the reappcrtion ment of the House delegations in ac? cordance with the census of 1910; the fifth Justiceship measure, and a bill of Senator Lide's relative to the ju? dicial circuits of the State. Senator Lide, of Orangeburg, in? troduced the reapportionment meas? ure. This takes effect, when passed, after the next general election. The following counties, explained Mr. Lide, lose one Representative each: Charleston. Berkel? y, v3eau fort, Alken, Chester and Fairfleld. The following counties gain one member each: Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Dillon and Rlchland. The bill provides for the following representation: Abb. ville 3, Anderson 6, Barn well S, Berkeley 2, Calhoun 1, Aiken ::, Bamberg 2, Beaufort 2, Cherokee 2, Charleston 7, Chester 2, Chester? field 2, Clarendon 3, Colleton 3, Dar? lington 3, Dillon 2. Dorchester 1, Edgefield 2, Fairfield 2, Florence 3, Georgetown 2, Qresnvllle Kershaw 2, Lancaster 2, Laurcns 3, Lee 2, Lexington 3, Marion 8, Marlboro 3, Xewherry 3, Orangeburg 5, Ocones 2, Pickens 2, Bichland ,r., Saluda 2, Spartanburg 7, Sumter 3, Union 2, Wllllamsburg 3. York 4. Senator Wharton Introduced an out of the ordinary measure today. It ! would require weights and rates to be inserted in hills of lading in ship? ments of goods over the railways. The bill provides that the hills of lading must contain the weight of the package shipped and the rate must be per hundred pounds or per ton In accordance with the class of goode shipped. The child labor measure Introduc? ed today by Senator Weston provides that sixteen years shall he the limit for work at night in the mills as to children, and all exemptions for chil? dren under twelve, as contained in the previous law, are cut out. Senator Carlisle, if a bill he in? troduced today passes, would make injury from automobile to property cause a lien upon the vehicle. Such a measure was introduced last session. The car could then be attached in case of an automobile collision, or such, and the owner would be with? out his car, provided he Is not able to take It out of the hands of the law. THE TORREX8 SYSTEM. The Legislative Method of Stde-Trnck" Ing and Blocking A Reform. Columbia, dan. 11. - The appoint? ment of a commission to examine In | to the advisability of the "Torrens , land system" and to "prepare a bill for its adoption and to report the same at the next session of the Gen ! eral Assembly," Is the 'f ? rCSO i lutlon Introduced In the Senate to I day by Senator Carlisle, of Spartan I burg. The commission would consist of five members, three from the House ' and tWO from the Senate, tw i of 'whom would be lawyers, unter the j resolution, it is stated tonight that I tomorrow- a bill on the adoption of ! the Torrens land system it<elf will be I introduced in the House. M SOUTHRON. FstablM.ed June, 1? Vol. XXXI. No. 42. COTTON GROP LARGER. I (.INNINGS TO JANUARY 1ST GIV EN As ll.08T.441 BALF.s. South Carolina Credited With 1.155, ?7?, Fourth Among the State??Sea Island Statists v. Washington Jar ?Cotton of the growth of V ined prior to January 1 is sr ^ >' the report of the bureau o e< census, issued at 10 o'clock If ?orning as 11,087, 442 bales >' ared with 9,467,327 from tr v ,th of 1909, and 12, I 465,29 . that of 1908. T' . ' centage of the last C * ! er V .med to January 1 was j5.8 . foi j9 and 95.3 for 1908. j Round bales included this year are j 109,296, compared with 143,949 for i 1909, and 230,572 for 1908. The ginning by States follows: Alabama. 1,161,506 Arkansas. 725,378 Florida. 63,032 Georgia. 1,761,814 Louisiana. 240,225 Mississippi. 1,131,038 North Carolina. 701,426 Oklahoma. 896,355 South Carolina. 1,155,696 j Tennessee. 291,317 j Texas. 2,888,476 All other States. . ... 71,161 The distribution of sea island cot? ton from the growth of 1910 by States was; Florida. 27,636 Georgia. 4 3.636 IMPORTANT RILLS INTRODUCED. Members of House Get Busy?Bill to Limit Funds for Clemson Col? lege. Columbia, Jan. 12.?Interest in Thursday's session of the House of j Representatives centered in the na? ture of some bills introduced, no I tably that by Mitchum to limit to i $175,000 funds available to Clemson ' college from revenue raised by fertili? ser ta.?r, tax and to dist.-'.Mlt** the hal | ance of the fund so raised among the . common schools of the State. The tag i tax raised a much larger sum this past season than ever before and, with many new fertilizer plants start ' ing up, receipts hereafter will be still j larger. Reinbert of Richland introduc? ed a bill providing for a graduated \ tax on inherentancies, amounts be j low $10,000 being exempt from the i tax. Stevenson of Chesterfield intro i duccd a bill to distribute dispensary 'funds, amounting now to over $100, ? 000, among the State common schools. ' Another Stevenson bill would forbid j discrimination between communities in matter of freight charges by com ' mon carriers. i Doar of Georgetown has a bill to lety on all liquor shipped into dry counties, an inspection tax of twenty j cents per gallon and makes magis? trates and their constables the in? spectors. At 1 O'clock the'house can? vassed the vote for governor, a bien? nial formality. STEALS GIRL FROM FIANCE. Wedding Imitations No Bar To in? sistent Young Lo%'< r. Lexington. Ky., Jan. ?While her fiance, William ? Rummains, toiled away in his real estate office here this morning, Miss Virginia CruVher en? tered an aut? mobile with Kugene Bright* another sweetheart, and eloped to Danville, WhSffe they were married at the home of the bridge* groom s parents. Miss t'rutcher came down town early with a bundle ??f wedding In? vitations, all addressed and stamp? ed ready for mailing. She and Mr. Etuntmalns had worked on them last night and had everything ready for the wedldng to take plaOS Jan? uary it. The mother and slater of i'.right had paid their last visit to Miss Crutcher, ami all thought she was determined and would marry Rummalna The Danville young man. however, had tu t given up, and after lium matns had i? ft ths girl's home last night be called her on the long dis? tance telephone and told hat ho would be waiting at tlie postotTice this morning for her. she picked up the package of wedding invitations this morning ami went pat. Failing to return home, her family set shout an inquiry. This afternoon they were told that s,). and Mr. bright ha I been mat t ied in Danville. Georgia is llvln' easy on pork chop? l i easy. Virginia allows six hours to the boiling and baking of a Smithtidd ham.