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Dir %% Mil i: WATCHMAN, EMail! Consolidated Aue 2.1 SIXTY-FIRST 00NSRF.SS GLGSl - II i-nn\i RECORD I NOSII R] p| (] K \n CON! k< ?l. Principal \< compllHlimcm V I'HMit- IMrtl Ii Turin I.III, n: S|?. i lal StHMkui In ltt?M#?liu|Miitunt A l Miinl'frn*. Mca-un s I'n v?cd Pur? in* "I.oiik V^shm?"Short" * sion, EimIIiw: Today. i h.trartorl/ cd More t ;? what wus not Done? Sum folal l .h.' hiw: 11 ic'>\ \iii'tl * Washington. March 3?In the retro? spect, the Sim Congress, which will expire by constitutional limitation at noon tomorrow, appear* to have been distinguished by thre* things: The revision of th. tariff in the so-called Tayne-Aldrb h bill, which was pass . *d at an extra session In the summ? r of 1909; the large amount of Im? portant legislation, much of it. upon the recommendation of President Taft, enacted at the regular session of 190'J 10. and the exceedingly small product of the "short session," so-called, now coming to ,i close. The Interval between the last tw > session* was marked by the political upheaval registered at the general election of | ist November, which changed a large Republican majority to a still larger Democratic majority in the House; cut the RepvbUeaa ma? jority In the Senate almost to the vanishing point and Incidentally ef? fected striking conditions in the Sen? ate personnel. Tl I failure of this session to emu t much important legislation has re? sulted In the practical certainty that the new 82nd Congress will be call? ed almost Immediately In extra ses? sion especially by reason of the strong desire of President Taft to secure act Ion upon the pending reciprocity agreement wi'h Canada, to th** con? summation of which the contracting parties pledged the utmost efforts of the two Oov rnments. In strong contrast with the sun port which th** Taft administration re celved from the Republican majority. In the matter of legislation in the fsjHSJMax aaaaion of 1900-10. Is the fact |hg at the pr-sent session the ma TRnW?? be thing but united the reciprocity agreement was passed In tie Hon i,y the aid >f a lar*e number of I? mocratie votes, while in trt*? Senat' th ? rift In the majority be? tween the "regulars" and the "In? surgents" has been an importmt fac? tor in its SksV racking and the con? sequent summoning of the extra ses? sion, j To this division In the majority was largely due the most dramatic feature of the previous long session?the protracted and sensational conflict! last spring. S/hiek ended in material < hanges In th. rules of the ReajOe, generally lc rpreted as "the .v. r throw of th. S, " and which, after a bitter tight lasting main hours and including an all-night struggle, stopped .mis Just short of the actual ui mating of Speaker Cannon. While the acrimony hetween "regulars" and nsurgents" neither began nor end? ed with the battle over the rub s, that was its most conspicuous episode and therw has heen little peace hetween the factions since, In eltln r II -use. In the Senate the most sensational feature of this session was the un? availing effort, in which the insur? gents were most active, to unseat Wm. Lortmer. as Junior Senator from Il? linois, on the ground of alleged brib? ery. In conne. tmn with his election by the Legislature of that Slate in the spring of 1009. The echoes of that battle are still reverberating and ds bitterness adds Motion to the closing hours of the Senate session. Another important recent ac tion of th* Senate was the defeat of the resolution emhodying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the di? rect election of Senators by the peo? ple. The resolution received more than a majority of the Senate, but It needed a two-thirds vote and fell short by only four. Had the Sen? at?? passed it, the House utmost cer? tain I;, would haw don,- .so. Tie friends of this proposition entertain? ed little doubt that It wojhl pass. The output of this session In the wav .f general measures eogMtstS chlellv of the Appropriation bills, and several ett those have seemed in danger more than once in the tesgi situation of the past few da\s. w In n long hours passed away In tllllhusb r lng on on*1 side Of Ilse ether, Thousand* of lolls have I een hltrvj duced and several thousand inor. came to the eh.vlng session as a heri? tage from the flfa( and | cond slons. In nil. there are between '?'.'> 000 nud |."?.000 measures before tin Coitgrat it ? ?m- s to a < b>s. 1 allure to ,n o ? manv law ?? w i n-U due |g lack of raw material. Theae are some of the nmr ? Im sled April. isr?0 lie .lu-u ai 881. I HI QUICK JUSTICE. THKl * WHITE all I.PUCK SPRING* ROBBFJU) SENTENCED. Within Right Hours Anderson Draws i want]->?-.??? i ? mi and Others cif leen x riii-* iTaoh, i l*4a< m lilt, i tau, Mmroh ?;. ( I?ort? Anderson, alias "( >ld Hill" Mint P, QfjufH Hantonl and J. K. Hunter, issassd of being main ban of the gang which held up the I'nlted States fast mall, a Southern railway train, near White Sulphur Spring?. Ca., on the morning of February 18, were convicted at a special term of the Hall county superior court held here today and sentenced to prison, Ander? son for 20 years and Hanford and Hunter for 15 years each. After being sentenced the prisoners arose and thanked the Judge for not Imposing heavier sentences. Anderson ] saying. 'Thank you. Judge. Robbery la robbery and here's another case." The selection of a Jury. Introduction Of testimony, argument by attorneys end rendering of a verdict required I only a little more than eight hours. Fpon being arraigned Anders ?n < n tered l pit a of not guilty, but Han? ford and Hunter plead guilty and j turned State's evidence. On the wit i mi stand they stated that Anderson was the leader of the gang which was organized In IN nnsylvanln, they said wiih the avowed purpose of commit tins a train robbery In this State. \n<b rson Is wanted In Victoria, H. 1 C, to ?erve the remainder of a t rm for train robbery, but his conviction ba r . means that he will not be sur- j rendered to the Canadian authorities until after the completion of his sen- I tones In Georgia, As he is 88 years old, he probably will.never be re? quired to complete his term in Can? ada. The robbery In which the prisoners were implicated took place SOOn after midnight February IS. Five men. for tWC of whom the O Ulcers are still - an hing, boarded the train and blew open a safe In the express car. secur- ] lug about $2.000. Only two shots were fir d during the hold-up and they were for th- purpose of fright? ening passengers wh O left the cars to nsosrtaln the reason for the stop? ping of the train. The bandits made their SSOapS bat five days later two of them. Hanford and Hunter, were captured not far from the scene of the robbery, The next day Anderson fell ir<t.> the ? hitches of the officers. Dr. Cook has been advised to refrain from making Copenhagen another visit. They have tin cans there as Wall as i ISt v. reuths.?Cleveland Lead? er. portant measures outside the appro ' priation bills, that the final session of this Congress snaotsd Into law: j l'rovidlng for forest reserves in the I -uthern Appalachian and White I Mountains. l'rovidlng for the Inspection of boilers on locomotives. Providing for the purchase or erec? tion of embassies, legations and con? sular buildings abroad. An ocean mall bill passed the Sen? ate, hut the House did not manifest enough liking for It to be sent to the White House. Harren as the final session may have been of fruitful legislation, the Republican leaders point to the pre? ceding sessions as more fruitful. POT the first extra session, they point to: The Payne-Aldrlch Tariff Act, with Its maximum and minimum feat'ircs and corporation tax provisions and Its I 'ustoms Courts. The resolution providing for an In? come tax amendment to the Con? stitution. For the first regular session, they r.-t'- r to laws for: I'.establishment of postal saving banks. Admission of New M. xieo and Ari sons to Statehood. The most extensiv.- CSI1SUI SVSr tak? en. Creation <>f Commerce Cor.rt and sweeping amendment to thS inter Hi it. i lommoroe A et. Dalllnger- Plnchot ease. Preservation of water sites and for I '?> i ue of twenty millions in bonds. Legislation designated t<> suppress the "white slave trade." Publicity of campaign contributions ?t election of members of tin House. Amendment to the Employers' Lia? bility Act of IftSft; Supplemental Safety Appliance \< i; requirement that railroads report accidents to Li? ter-state commerce commission and establishment of ? bureau < f mln s, Reorganise!!.r light hoti Se s<r \ lea, antseibastion ??f expenditure of $:?S,000,000 for public buildings. Hi Fror not?Lei ?II the ends Thou Air SUMTER, 3. '., CADFTSHIP8 GO BEGGING. There Are 13? Vacancies et Went Point Military Academy?Depart Bi(*ni \nxlous They he ruled. Washington, March B,?A spec'.: ! ? lamination of candidates for ap? pointment <>f cadets at the Weel Point military academy has be >n or? dered by th" war department to take place May L\ at a number of military pests throughout the country. Explanatory of the order a state m< id issued from the general staff calls attention to the fact that for a number of years the cadets' corps has been 75 or S5 per cent of its full (juotu. It is regarded as of vital im? portance to the army that the insti , tution turn out the largos', possible number of graduates. Believing that many young men are deterred from taking the examina ; tlon by the expense of the long jour? ney to the places of examination, can? didates hereafter will be examined at the nearest suitable military post. To further stimulate applications, the de? partment hereafer will make public the existence of any vacancies in the < "tigresslonal districts. In fa d the general staff began this campaign of publicity today by an? nouncing the existence of 129 vacan? cies at present or prospective. Thl distribution among Southern States follows: Alabama, districts ~>, and i); Ar? kansas, districts I, 8, and 7; Florida district ;!; Georgia, districts 1 and 4; Kentucky, one at large, districts 4 and 11; Louisiana, districts 3, 4 and 7; Mississippi, districts 2, f>, 7 and 8; South Carolina, districts 1. 2, 3 and 6; Tenneeat e, districts 1, 4, 0, 7 and :?; Texas, districts 8, 7, 8, 10, 13 and 15; Virginia, districts 6 and 10: Okla? homa, one at large, districts 2 and -i; \\'<-st Virginia, one at large, district 3. BATESBt RG EIRE EMPTIER CHURCHES, Residence Bomed ami for While Very Serious Conflagration Was Threat? ened, Laiesburg, March 0.?The home of - ? ? ? -?-? ....-im-*- ilmlm ?l.*?jy -,-. ?.. Mrs. J. J. Pond, on Railroad avenue, was completely destroyed this morn? ing by lire which seems to have orig? inated in the kitchen. The family was at church, where services were just beginning, when the Are alarm was turned In, and the lire being so close to the business centre of the. t ?wn ail the church congregations were dismiss* d. The tire was hardly more than dit 1 rvered before it had made such h< adway that it was apparent the house, which was a nine-room, two story frame dwelling, was doomed. Three streams of water wa re directed at the repair Shop, whic h almost ad? joined the burning building, and al? though at times it seemed doomed also yet It was linally got under con? trol. Adjoining it Is the storage room and oil tank of the Standard OH Com? pany. Rut for the wind coming from a southeasterly direction the story of the losst s might be far different, for only a short distance from the burn? ing building in that direction is the lumber yard, planing mill and the new building erected for a sash, door and blind factory. Mrs. Pond's loss is between $3,5U0 and 14,000, wdth no insurance. Only a very few pieces of furniture and some bedding were saved. Insurance had been carried on this dwelling ,but on ac count of the heavy risk the com? pany discontinued it and no other in? surance had been applied for. The V. M. C. A. Building. Contractor Wren, of the Y. M. C. A. building, spent last week in the City and put in order the business of getting ihe work started. Excava? tions for the foundations will be started early this week, and the building pushed to completion on con? tract time. The Building Committed has under? taken to erect a building commen? surate with the needs of the young men of the community, such a build? ing ae win he required to meet the demands of this thriving city. The committee are relying upon the wrlt ti n. definite pledges of the men of tie- city, every pledge a link in the chain, to meel the expense of build? ing, Pay your installments promptly at any one of the hanks, or be pre pared to pay to the Genera! Secretary 1 If you prefer to have him call, The 1 lulldln ? (lommlth ?. When the boss cracks his whip some people lump and others gel out their clubs, The gratitude of place-expectants Is a lively sense of future favors.? Horace Walpolo, lis t at he thy Country'*, Thy God's nil ISDAY. MARCH 8, 1911 WHO MAI BE APPOINTED. Governor Blease bends Letter to Chief Justice Mating Whom He Is Willing to Appoint us special Judges. Columbia, March ft.?Gov. Blease up.mi being asked Monday as to ? whetlnr tin- report from Florence, to tin- effect that he had submitted to I the Supreme Ccurt a list ot attor? neys whom he was willing to commis? sion upon the Court's recommen? dation as special Judges, said that th^ list as published was for the most part correct. "Hut," he added, "of course, they had to lie a little on me to make it interesting." Governor Blease upon request fur? nished a copy of his letter, which is as follows: Hon Ira B. Jones, Chief Justice, Lancaster, S. C. Dear Sir: I would respectfully sug? gest to you the following named gen? tlemen, members of the Bar of South Carolina, who are qualified, compe? tent and well enough learned in the law, to hold any court that may be held or will have to be held in this State: W. N. Graydon, Abbeville; John E. Br.^aseale, Anderson; Arthur best, Harn well; C. C. Sims, Barn well; v.'. p. Pollock, Cheraw; T. Bothwell I Butler, Gaffney; George W. Brown, Darlington; Samuel McGowan Sim kins, Bdgefleld; G. Willard Bags dale, Florence; J. M. Cannon, Lau rens; Thos. G. McLeod, Bishopvllle; B. F. Kelly, Bishopville; T. 1. Rogers, Bennettsville; F. L. Bynum, Newber , ry; Tin s. F, Brantley, Orangeburg; Samuel J. NichollS, Spartanburg; W. B. Wilson, Sr.. Bock Hill; Jas. P. Carey, Jr., Pickens; James E. Peuri foy, W'alterboro; Leroy Lee, Kings tree; Robert II. Welch. Columbia; B. O. Purdy, Sumter. There are many j other names which I could furnish] you and which 1 will be pleased to furnish, if there are none on this list which you think are worthy of at some time being a special Judge. Very respectfully. (Signed.) Cole L. Blease, Governor. Columbia, February 26. LEVER WILL NOT HEAD COMMIT K0|SU ... .-TEE. - ... Lamb of Virginia t<> Head Agricultural Committee. Washington, March ">.?Represen? tative Lever, who had hoped to be made chairman of the committee on agriculture of the new house of rep r. sentatives, will have to yield that place to Representative Lamb of Vir? ginia, according to the information Which is uriven out tonight. Tin- new committee on ways and means will not meet till Monday, but it is practically assured that -dr. Lamb will be given the chairmanship of the committee on agriculture. While no South Carolina member lai after the position, It has been practi? cally decided that Representative Bandseil of Louisian is to be chair? man of the rivers and harbors com? mittee. Representative Ellerbe Is now a member of that committee and all the Democratic members of the committee except Mr. Ransdell and Mr. Sparkman have signed an Indorsement of Representative Spark man of Florida for the place. It is understood tonight, however, that Mr, Bandseil will be given the place. Representative Padgett of Tennes? see, an advocate of but one battleship a year, will head the committee on naval affairs, according to the infor? mation obtained tonight. Fitzgerald of New York beats out Burleson <>' Texas for chairman of the committee on appropriations and Loyd of Missouri will h.iir the com? mittee on pOStofflCe and post roads. Such, at least, is the unofficial an? nouncement, which is not likely to be changed by the committee when it meets t?n Monday. DR. WILSON S HOME BURNED. Fourth Severe Loss by Fire in Few Years. Manning, Match S.?Dr. W. H. Wil? son's dwelling at G?rden, six miles south <>i Manning, was destroyed by Are at i oclock tins morning. Tin loss was about $3,500, with $1,200 in? surance. The lire was prohahl) of in? cendiary origin. This is the fourth severe loss by tire thai Dr, Wilson has suffer? d in the last few years. luii bie ton ' iiilns in P. ipulatlon, Washington, March "?..The popu? lation of Darlington, s. c., in 1010 was ::,7V'.'. against 3,082 in 1900, ac . ordlng tin- statistics of ihn 13th .to us, This i-> a gain of '. 00, < t L'L'.a per cent in the p ist 10 years. Mow blessings brighten as tin y take their llight!?Young. id Tr ith's." TUB THIT SPECIAL SESSION 10 BE HELD. iv >tii houses si r late to fin? ish regular business. Probable Thai it Will be About March IS?Matters of Great Interest Pass? ed Upon. Washington, March ?With the virtual certainty of an early extra ses? sion of congress beclouding their hori? zon, both houses of Congress a/ere in session at a late hour tonight, grind? ing through the mass of routine legis? lation which must be completed be? fore final adjournment at noon tomor? row. From the White House?from the lips of President Taft himself?came late In the day the admission that ti. president had abandoned all hope of the passage of the Canadian recipro? city agreement and awaited now only the formal confirmation of its failure to issue his call for an extra session. The president gave little outward evi? dence of his disappointment, though it is well known to be rather keen. He went to the theatre to enjoy a light opera. The date of the extra session has not been definitely fixed. The Demo? crats want it to be deferred until j April; the Republicans want il to start, if start it must, as soon as pos- ! sible. At the White House it was inti I mated rather definitely that the date the president has in mind is March 15th. j Two Interesting and unexpected fea? tures marked the evening. Both houses passed the bill to give the rank and retired pay of a rear admiral and the thanks of congress to Robert E. Peary In recognition of his attainment of the North Pole. The bin had been regarded as hope? lessly lost In the tangle of the legis? lation in the house, but was revived and passed to the senate, which con? curred without delay. Under this bill Peary will be placed "on the retired list of the corps of civil engineers, with the rank of rear admiral, to date from April f>, 1000, with the highest retired pay of that grade under exist? ing law." That is the date upon which Capt. Peary attained his goal. The other unexpected episode was Senator Lorlmer's motion to strike from the general deficiency bill an ap? propriation of $2.".000 to reimburse him for his expenses in defending his title to a seat in the senate. This gave rise to an acrimonious debate, some senators, who are mem? bers of the appropriations committee, more than intimating that the item had been put in the bill without the knowledge of the members of the committee. The senate agreed to Senator Borimer's motion. During the afternoon and early evening the senate passed and sent to the house four appropriation bills providing for the expenditure of more than $500,000,000. They were the postoffice, naval, sundry civil and general de ieiency appropriation bills, tho latter the last of the big supply measures. The thing which chiefly marked the passage of the postoffice bill was the abandonment of the proposed Increase of magazine pos? tage and the substitution of a provis? ion for a commission to be appointed by the president to investigate the w hole subject. ARMY MAN flies over sea. Nice. March 5.?Lieut. Bague ac? complished a sensational and daring feat today by (lying over the Mediterra? nean from Antihes to the Utile island of Gorgotda. on the Italian, coast. He covered a distance <>f more than 200 kilometres (124.5 miles), establishing a new record for over sea flights. Lieut, Bague started at 7:;'.o o'clock this morning In a Belrolt monoplane with the intention of landing on Cor? sica and proceeding thence, by way of Sardinia and Sicily to Tunis, to vis? it the COloi el of the Fourth Algerian regiment, from which regiment ho re? signed to devote himself to aviation. in the presence of a few spectators the aviator b ft the ground, rising at once to a considerable height. lie shaped his course southward and soon vanished. Aided by a strong wind his progress was rapid, and a dispatch was finally received here that fie had arrR ed at < Sorgonla. Hague land'd there at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the decent being made awkwardly and with great danger to the iviator on account of Ihe ir< es and rock s, Lieut. Hague's over-sen flighl : reak* the previous record held by .1 V. D. McCurdy, who on January last, fl< vv from K< y W. <! in a Ithtn 1 " mlb s of Cuba, a distance of SM mll< ? Clenn 11. Curtlas last August made a flighl over Bake Erie of 64 miles, while other aviators ha\'? done .*o> miles or mot.n several occasions. B SOUTH KON. Established .inn., iim Vol. XXXII. No. 5. SET HtW WOHLu'o RECORD. FOULOIS PARMA LEE FLY 106 MILES l\ 2:01. Splendid Performance, They Say. As? sure** Aeroplane of Place in Fu tnre War Tactics. Laredo, Tex.. March f.?A world'* aviation record w- 'Token between this city and En u0 today, when Lieut. BenJ. I? .ois, U. S. A., and Philip C. J *f iee drove an army aeroplane jf Alilea in two hours, a* seven n j. Th it is a world's record in po' ? time and is also a record for ? ?? jnited States for a two-man ^5* ney through the air. Carrying the United States flag nailed to the lower plane, the ma? chine left the ground at Fort Mc Intosh at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Reaching an altitude of 2,000 feet, the aviators pointed the nose of the air craft to the north and darted out of sight. At intervals the Mexican federal telegraph line carried mes? sages, reporting their progress and shortly after 4 o'clock a message came saying that they had arrived at Eagle Pass at 4;07 o'clock. Army pfBcers are greatly pleased with the performance of the aero? plane and say that it is factor to be rockoned with In future aggres? sive military manoeuvers. The aeroplane was equipped with a map making outfit and within reach Of the men in the machine was a gun. Eagle Pass, Tex.. March 3.?Lieut. P>. D. Foulois and Phillip C. Parma lee, aviators representing the Wright brothers, landed at Fort Duncan at 4:10 o'clock this afternoon after a continuous voyage in an army bi plane from Fort Mclntosh at Laredo. The time required to travel the in? tervening 106 miles, 2 hours and 10 minutes, betters all previous records for a continuous cross country flight in a biplane with a passe nger. Of the flight Lieut. Foulois said: "We left "Laredo at exactly 2 o'i lock and as near a I ee line as possible, following the Rio Grande all the way, at an average height of 1.000. We traveled exactly 106 miles in two hours and ten minutes, thus breaking two world's records for con? tinuous flight in a biplane with a pas? senger. The country was exceedingly rough all the way, and we saw only one spot where a landing would have been possible even if one was neces? sary." Lieut. Foulois said he expected to have tomorrow on the return to Laredo, making several slops on the way. Lieut. Foulois saw no one re? sembling an insurg- nt on c ither side of the river. GOVERNOR BLEASE WAVERS. Will He Veto Act to Investigate Dis? pensary Commission? Columbia, March 3.?The Dispen? sary Investigation Act has not yet been signed. It is believed by some that Governor 1 {least will veto the measure providing for a commission to investigate the acts of the State dispensary winding up commission. Several days ago the commission sent Its answer to Governor Blease, in which every Question propounded by the Governor, in a letter asking for information, was answered thorough? ly, showing beyond s doubt that there had been no irregularities in the work of the uod>. Shortly after gcdng into othce Gov? ernor Blease sent a message to the General Assembly, in which he inti? mated many dark actions on '.he part of the eomrtv?sion. and requested that a rigid Investigation be made of every act of the body. I "pen the receipt of this message the eommissio i sent a letter to the General Ass-, mbly, ask? ing for the investigation and ask? ing that the light be turned on. The General Assembly complied with the request of the Governor and the com? mission, and a measure aas adopted providing tor :i commission from the Legislature to make the InvestIga t Ion. Th? measure eras sent to th.1 Gov? ernor for approval. He held it up and said that h< w< uld n I sign until he received .-nun information. By taking this action he delegated himself ,s a kind of investigation committee, committee from the Senate to the investigation was appointed h) Charles A. Smith, the President of th Senate. M. L. Smith, the Speak? er oi the House, de< lined until th. A< I f been signed. \ Wellesley College editor says that young women should regard beauty as a duty. 'S.... and as a privilege,-? Philadelphia lim? ?