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ROB FARMERS; TO MORE. COTTON K\CII\N(.I HI HOI HOBO BA<.<.1\<- AM? TIE THIM. Would Check Hapnclty. Which Would Increase Out) and Thus Muh t Grower* of Million**, New Orleans. April 1?.?That the Cotton bagging and tie trust, n SW robbing the Ann riean cotton planter Of $1.000,000 annually through un? just tariff pi.i I I up??n lagging and tie*. Wi planning to Increase their own cotton cmp to $2,800.000 an? nually 1h declared in i solution adopt? ed today by the New Orleans gotten exchange. The resolu? tions appeal to congress to place bagging and ties on the free list and urge the enactment of the necessary legislation at the present extra session of congress. W. K. Thompson .president of the eotton exchange. In a letter, which he addressed to each member of con? gress, tells of the great Importance to the South of this alleged tariff steal. He says In part: "The cotton crop of the South fields an average of about 12,000,000 bales Of this total approximately flve-elghts. or 7,500,000 bales, rep reeentlng an average money value of over $500,000.000 are exported and exchanged for foreign gold. The mere Statement of these facts attests the Importance of the cotton producing Industry, emphasises tho obligation, which the country at large owes the producer of this crop and establishes his right to at least Just treatment at the hands of the general law making power. "Under the present tariff law, the duty en steel cotton ties amounts to 1.7 cents per bale, or $324,000 on a crop of 12,000,000 bales. This tariff is prohibitive, as is shown by the fact that no steel ties are imported. Therefore the government tax consti? tutes simply snd solely tribute levied upon the cotton farmer for the bene? fit of the cotton tie trust. "The duty on Jute bagging imposed by the present tariff law amounts to I 1-4 cents per bale or $630,000, on g crop of 13,000,000 hales. This tariff Is to a large extent prohibitive Inasmuch as it yields only about $100,000 in revenues to the govern? ment. The balance of about $435. 000 constitutes a tribute paid by the eotton farmer to the bagging trust. "But the bagging trust Is not satis? fied with its share of this Impost. It desires tv> raise the duty to a figure which will not only prevent the gov? ernment from receiving any revenue therefrom, but will enable the trust to take from the farmer four times as much as it hss been able to take heretofore. "This trust has recently made a technical test case based upon a ques? tion of chemical analysis, and has se? cured s ruling thereon from the board Of general appraisers In New York, which will change the duty on Import? ed bagging from the present rate, which amounts to about 5 1-4 cents per bale, to sn ad valorem duty, which will amount to about 21 cents per hale. This means an increase from $600.000 on the crop to prac? tically $2.500.000, all of which the trust will collect from ihe farmer without any division with the govern? ment. "Thus und*r the Payne-Aldrleh law as heretofore interpreted, the cot? ton producer has borne the burden of a $150.000 yearly tax on hanging and ties and If tho chemical ?r?terpreta tlon holds. he will hereafter be mulcted In the yearly sum of $2,800, ?00 for his balling materials, all of which goes Into the treasuries of the bagging and tie trusts. "From this It will |t|S r that not only the proponed outrage, but the present tax on bagging ar.d ties Is In? adequate and wrong; and because the Western ferner has. and has had for more than 15 years, his binder twines on th.> fr.>* NSJt, the tax upon the gouth. ru farm, t stand-? ennd? mre d on th? additional dlserlmlr atlon." < OflTOa si iti.v siioiu. Hull Leader *n,n>. |>?*ni.iiid4 |g (.rout? er and gesjcti BOnsdte*4 h fears, New Orleans. April IS.?W, P, Urown <<t Wi i Brows A COh Of this city, indiett'd reeenth Ig Ken Y?.rk In connection with tie iltoged eotton p.m.|. arrlvid her< todav. h a v i n n r. - sawecoo1 fr< m his recent Illness in New York. Mr Crown Im quoted a* sayln? that he \n salrenv ly bullish, as tits supply of law sottog i" Insu melon t, he says, to supply the actual requirements* un? til th< new crop is available, "A* I inift r i.t faet." says Mr. r.r<?wn. "i hellere Ihe supply ??f raw COttoa In prooortl is r<> the require? ment* i-i ihe smallest for Ihe season of lh? year si nee shortly after the g|gge ?'f Ihe elvll war." Mr. Bros n wi - ? ??? with ref< r ence |o th.lion pool Indictments. From Ismoranes ? ui >mfnrt tho The only wretched i lh< srlsx ?Matthen Prior FAMINE IN MEXICO. FiiIcsn Peace I* Itcstored Very Soon rHWltl Will Ik- Without NOOCS siiry Food. Auga Urleta. Mexhto, April 10.? j conditions arc rapidly shaping them? selves in the Stut* s of Chihuhua and Sonora, Mexl" >, for a crisis more ser? ious than the loss of life in battle. Amerlcunn in th?se two States declare that unless the rebellion Is ended with peace overtures vary soon, all north? ern Mexico will experience a famine. Because of the spirit of unrest and general discontent prevailing last au? tumn, little wheat was planted then, and so intent upon rebellion have the Mexicans been that scarcely any soil has been tilled this spring. The ground has not been prepared for the corn crop, the mainstay of the people In Mexico. Supplies on hand to tide the population over the summer and into the fall arc well nigh exhausted, for not only has there been no pro? ducing population, but the country has been overrun by the rebel bands, who consumed the stores laid by. What men have not entered the rebel ranks as fighters have fled from their homes and fields to escape im? pressment Into the federal ranks or to avoid the payment of war tribute exacted by the rebel leaders. I K<.I \<. POTASH CONFEKENCK. < ongrewsman Ijovor Pushing State Department In Action. Washington, April 10.?Represen? tative Lever, who has been urging upon the State department the Im? portance of an early adjustment of the potash controversy with Ger? many, in behalf of consumers of commercial fertilisers in this country, has been informed in writing by Sec? retary Kn-ox that negotiations are proceeding with the German Govern? ment whereby it is hoped a settle? ment may be reached through a con? ference of American Importers and representatives of Independent Ger? man mines and the German potash syndicate. This conference the State depart? ment his suggested for not later than April 24, in New York, but no reply has yet been received from Germany. Mr. Lever has again written the State department pressing the need of prompt action. NO TRUST DECISIONS YET. Fate of Standard (Ml and Tobacco Trust not Known. Washington. April 10.?By reason of the failure of the Supreme Court of the United States to announce to? day lt? decision In either the Stand? ard Oil and the tobacco "dissolution suits." another week at least must pass before the outcome of these cases will be known. Neither was any case decided today which touch? ed In any way on the controversy of the hip corporation cases. Among other things transacted by the Court was the restoration of the Missouri two-cent fare cases to the docket for a second argument, and the assignment of the West Virginia two-cent fare case for argument on October 10, next, or as soon there? after as possible. STATE MI ST BORROW AGAIN. Financial Situation Deplored by Qov, Maaat?$?00,000 Needed. Columbia, April 10. ? Gov. Blease Monday, after a session of the "t'alu net," (said Cabinet consisting o( Comptroller General Jones, Btate Treasurer Jennings und the Gover? nor,) deplored the fact that the State must borrow $GOO,00U to run the Government The Governor In his inaugural address called attention to this state of affairs, which, he & Is not right. The amount of cash South Caro? lina needs this year is the same ai last year. It will take $i00,000 to meet tin- appropriation! before the present year's laxei come in. The Comptroller General and the Treas? urer were Monday figuring on tha aeeeaaary cash. Bauth Carolina has b< ? n peculiarly fortunate In securing money at a I ?w rat. pj interest. Last year the Interest paid arai ?"> per cent. Mr. W. G, gtubbl hai sold out bi< ? ?erdaahery bualness t>? McCollum Uroa., a in w linn Which Will < n the same line of buslnesi thai Mr, Htubbi u now carrying on, with some additions to the present line, The neu firm will conslsl of Messrs. H, Warren, Rugene T, and T, W. Mc? Collum, tb. buslnesi to be conduct? ed 1 ? M i Waiien and Rugene McCollum. Tin- business will be tinned over bj Mr. fttuhhi t ? McCol? lum Bms on it.. m l ?-t" Vngust, Mr. Stuhl.s w ill I. ,i Humter at that tone, bm hau not yet definitely de? . id? d Upon I le pi if V hl< h h' will loeati. Which would you rather he In poll a aaered embodiment or a hap? py after-thoimht,?New York Tribune, < TSTOMS CO I TIT DEC ALKES CAN? ADIAN \CKEI MENT ALL RIGHT. Apparent Insignificant Protest Bring! Killing on Point of Great Importance to Nation. Washington. April 10.?Tho cus? toms court in a decision today held, in effect, that the so-called "favored nation" clause in the existing com? mercial treaties with England, France and Germnny does not restrict the United States in effecting the pro? posed reciprocity agreement with (!anade. The court's decision was brought OUt by a comparatively unimportant contest over the rate of duty which should be imposed on whiskey im? ported from England and France. The principal involved is the same raised in opposition to the proposed Canadian reciprocity agreement by those who claimed it was practically forbidden by the "favored nations" clause. A. D. Shaw & Co., a firm of New York importers, protested payment *of duty on whiskey from England at the rate of $2.25 per gallon, holding they were entitled to a rate of $1.75 which is Imposed on whiskey and other spirits from France. The essence of their claim was that under the most favored nation clause with Great Britain importations from England were entitled to be entered at the same rate of duty levied in such merchandise when imported from France and the other eountiries with whom similar treaties have been exe? cuted. STATE PENSION FIGURES. List by Counties Shows $219,308.80, Amount Paid Out. Columbia, April 10.?The total amount of pensions in South Caro? line, as complied by counties, shows that this year the amount paid out was $249,398.80, according to a statement issued this afternoon. There is a decrease of 161 In the pen? sion rolls.) The number on the pen? sion rolls of 1910 was 9,592; the number reported dead was 74 2. Forty-two others were dropped and six hundred and twenty-three new names were added, making a decrease of 161 for ItlL Seventy-five appli? cations were refused. Sumter pensioners get $4,197. The list will he published later. Spar tanburg county gets the largest amount. $19.41?'?. HORTICULTURAL AGENT. Southern Railway Employs Expert to Help Booth Carolina Hefners. Washington, D .C, April 10.?Prof. John F. Monroe, lecturer on horti? culture at McDonald College, Provi? dence of Quebec, Canada, has been appointed Agricultural and Horti? cultural Agent of the Southern Kail way Company in the Slate of South Carolina, with headquarters at Co? lumbia, and will enter upon his du ties during the latter part of the present month. This appointment is In line with the policy of the com? pany, as announced by President Finley, to make the work of its Land and Industrial Department ss helpful as possible to the communities travers? al by its lines. CITIES STAKT ON NEW PLAN. Birmingham and Montgomery Inau? gurate Commission Form. Montgomery, Ala., April 10.?Two of Alabama's chief cities dropped the aldermaniC form of municipal ad? ministration today for a system Ol commission government. in Birmingham Ihe three city com? missioners were sworn In during the for* noon. Montgomery has flv< commlssloneri appointed by the Gov et nor. The Seaboard Air lane has built branch Utes to Marion, Dillon. Clio, Hartsvllle and other towns and is now at work mi a line to Darling? ton and Florence, The men who con? trol the Seaboard care nothing ab\?u< Dillon. Hartsvllle, Florence or any other of the towns, but it is the bus? iness they are after. Itlshopvllb and Sumter have business for the Sea ?? lid ami the Rcannard is coming af? l< r it. provided the people of this town will do as much for the Sea? board as i lni ls\ and I Arlington have don,-. Wh? n Ihe Renboai d Is ready to lake up ihe Bishopvtllc, Sumter and Charleston line, which a ill be In th near futui o, If the In? dications are not inlsb adlng, it w ill be put nquarelj up In the !?? oplc of Sumter to saj v In lh< r or not the) ? ant anotlv r i illroad th it w in op? n up new terrltorj to the huslm men of the tow i . From a ! > ? 11?" i 'tie point oi view, Washington is Improving .? n t?quar< meal town. Columlbs si it< Mark Twain Dearly Loved Chil? dren as Playmates. THE ANGEL FISH SOCIETY. A Delightful and Touching Story About Little Margaret, One of Its Members, and the Genial Humorist?A Pretty Compact and a Quaint Letter. Like many another groat man. Mark Twain was fond of children. He never outgrew childhood, and he always chose young playmates where they were to bo found. FIc formed curious societies of these girl friends. Rack In the nineties, when he wa.* living in Europe, he created a club whl^h was to consist of one (only one) girl in each country of the globe, the duty of said member being to write occasionally to the chief officer, who faithfully replied to these random and far faring mes? sages. Of course these little girls were swept Into womanhood presently, hut even to the last years of his life the member who signed Iierself "France" remained faithful to the law. J Another club of girls, little girls, be? came one of the chief interests during his final years. It had its beginning I in Bermuda during one of his frequent visits to those happy islands. It was called the Angel Fish club, after a gorgeous swimmer of those waters, and he gave to each member an angel fish pin as a society badge. It was a suc? cessful club, and t>n his return to America he elected other members, enough to make twelve in all. His home at Uedding, Conn., Storm fleld, had been originally named In? nocence at Home, and as Angel Fish headquarters Innocei ce at Home it always remained. Members with their parents visited him there, and the bil? liard room, where the "fishes" were likely to spend most of their time knocking the halls about, under the chief member's instruction, was called the Aquarium, and gay prints of many Bermuda fishes were hung along the walls to carry out the idea. Each member had the privilege of selecting one of these as her patron fish and of Identifying it with her name. It was in Bermuda one day when he was walking along the bench with one of his angel fish members that he pick? ed up a small iridescent double shell, delicately hinged together. He sepa? rated it and handed his companion half. "You will be going away from me pretty soon, Margaret," he said, "and growing up. and T won't know you any more. I shall see a great many Margarets, and now and then one of them will say she is my Margaret, but I will say, 'No; you resemble my Mar garet, hut you are bigger than my Margaret, and I can't be sure.' Then 1 will take out this shell and I will say. 'If you are really my Margaret you Will have the other half of this shell, and it will fit exactly.' Then if she has the shell and it fits I shall know that it Is really my Margaret, no mat? ter how many years have gone by or how much older she has grown." All this he said very gravely and earnestly, and the little girl took the shell thoughtfully and promised to keep it always. Next morning when she came running up to meet him on the hotel veranda he looked at her questioningly. "You look like Margaret." he said, "but I can't be sure. If you are really my Margaret you will have a shell I gave her once?the mate to this one"? no got no further. The talisman was promptly produced, and it fitted ex? actly. He returned to America, and somewhat later Ml rgaret received a letter?one of the pretty letters he was always writing to children. In it he said: I an always making mistakes. When I was In New York six weeks ago I was on a corner of Fifth avenue and saw a ?rrall >;lrl?not a Mg one?start across from the opposite corner, and I exclaim? ed to myself joyfully, "That Is certainly my Margaret.*' so I rushed to meet her. But as bh^ "ame nearer I began to doubt and said to myself. '"It's a Margaret, that Is plain enough, but I'm half afraid It Is Somebody else'r." So when I passed her I held my shell so she couldn't help but see it. Dear, she only glanced at It and pasted on. I wondered If she coidd have overlooked it. it ?eemed best to find out, so I turned and followed and caught up with her and said deferentially. "Dear miss, I already know your first name by the look of you, but would you mind telling mo your other one?" She was vexed and said, pretty sharply: "It's Douglas, If you're so anxious to know. I know your name by your looks, and I'd advise you to shut yourself up with pen and Ink and write some more rubbish. I am surprised that they allow you to run at large. You are likely to get run over by a baby carriage any time. Run along now and don't let the COWI bite you." What an Idea! There aren't any cows ?n Fifth avenue. Hut 1 didn't smile. I didn't lei on to perceive how uncultured She Was. She was from the country, of Course, and didn't know what a comlca. blunder she Was making. Margaret, with her mother, callec. when they returned to America. When the cards wore brought to him he look? ed at hers i nd said: "Well, the young lady, her name seems famillur, but I can't be sure it's my Margnrei without a certain token which she I* sup|K>sed to carry as a proof." Tl shell enme up without delay. lie i \ the two halves now to u jeweler i i 1 had them sei In gold i churins. <?? ? of these Mnrgnrcl wore on n ribbon about her neck, and ibe other be lit kod (o his watch i bain, Where ii rei ntned 1111 he died. Wbal a sw eel fnm li nil n tn ! lie spcnl 1' e las! months of Iiis Uf ? In Bermuda n the homo of one of his fin:/ I fish, V 'I (tighter of the America ? vice i wi-ml there. She v;i . his dal ? i*omi InIon, and it w |II b In r life nn happy memory Iba! ahe brlghtei d nnd ? nmforted bis final c' \ ibel ItigeloM l'aine in I adit h \\ ol id WHITE MW RILLED IN ROW. George Philipe Meets Death in a Row at His Home Nenr North ri day. Ornageburg, April 12.?George Philips, who lived near North, was shot and killed in a row at his It unc Friday. Hli son, Victor Philips, is charged with the shooting. Jerome Harley and Victor Philips got In a| row at the hitter's home. Victor Prent Into the house. In a few minutei Harley followed, but the elder Philips the father Of Victor, stopped him. Just at that time Victor, it is charged, omergod with a shot gun and fired at Harley, but killed his own father, who [was holding Harley. it is understood that Victor Philips claims that he did I not do the ihOOOtlng. ISAAC SANDERS SHOOTS NEGRO. Expected that Negro Will Recover from Wounds Received Sunday. Sunday afternoon Mr. Isaac San? ders a son of Mr. C. W. Sanders, of Hagood, shot a negro named Hanni? bal Gourdin, wounding him severely. The negro was drunk at the time of the shooting and had narrowly es? caped being shot once before that day by one of the cbaigang guards who was prevailed upon by others to desist when he started 10 shoot him. it seems that the negro came to the house of Mrs. Alston and coming up the back steps asked Sanders to give him some money. Sanders re? fused and told him to go on away from there and then pushed him down the steps. The negro insisted upon Sanders giving him the mtney and, when Sanders told him that he did not have any, called him a vile name. Sanders told him to shut up and the negro again cursed him and went on around to the front of the house and started up the steps to enter it when Sanders, who had gone in the house in the mean time and secured his pistol, shot at him sev? eral times, wounding him in two places. TEDDY WELCOMED AT FROSTY TIME. Light Snow and Cold Wind Fail to Chill Warmth of Roosevelt' Re? ception. Missoula, Mont., April 11.?A light snow and cold wind did not serve to dampen the enthusiasm of Mis soula's reception to Theodore Roose? velt when he arrived here early to? day. Mr. Roosevelt'l frst engagement was an address to the studen.s of the State university at li ^'clock. His principal address came in the after? noon, and was a talk to the citizens. A visit to the military post and a ban? quet, followed by a reception, com? pleted the program. News from Manning. Manning, April 10.?At her home last night, after a very brief illness, Mrs. Fannie S. McFaddin, relect of Mr. John S. McFaddin, passed away in her 7 2d year. She was a consistent member of the Manning Presbyterian church, and her benefactions tc the poor, her sympathy to the bereaved and her ministrations 10 the sick and dying v.-ill long be remembered when she Is dead. She was a mother In Israel and her children rise up and trill her blessed, her splendid sons and womanly daughters attest what j a true, wise and loving parent she was. Ib-r relatives and connections by marriage embrace the county of , I Harendon. j She leaves surviving her four sons: Messrs. s. m McFadden, of Balti ' more, and j. McD., Jack M., and C. A. McFadden of Manning, and five daughters: Mesdames W, T. Leeesne, J. H. Hawkins and Fannie J. Sauls. Misses Sudie and Minnie McFadden. besides several brothers and sisters. 1 The funeral services took place this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Manning Presbyterian Church, and the edifice was filled to Its utmost capacity with sorrowing relatives and friends. Rev. A. li. Woodson .d* the Presbyterian and F. H. Shuler of the Methodist churches ntfl< lated. 1 The intermen' v;is .it the .Manning <?? metery. The pall bear, rs w 1 re: Mi ssrs, A. 1>, McFadden, Sidney Dwlght, Al? lan and Austin Sauls, grandchildren, and C. \. an 1 L H. Harlvln, nephews. Honoi an : v" wr,?' vV. C, Davis, 1 'harlton I hi ant, I a>u!s Ap|* It, G. 1 ?. Andrew - A. L U w sne, F. \\ F.rvin. . and beautiful. ? Kpl tin hul I m None si bra r. TAFT To REE FIRST GAME. Will Tos* Out Hall Inaugurating Baseball Smoa in Washington. . (?oes on a l*a~^. Washington. April LI.?President Taft today received his annual pass, entitling him to admission to games played anywhere on the Ajncrteajj l?ague circuit during th<- IUI 1 season, and tomorrow, with Maj. A. W. Butt, his personal aide, and G D. Hillis, his secretary, will occupy a boi in the front row at the American league park h? re to see the Nationals and Boston open the season. The presi? dent will toss a hall from his box to start the game. On Saturday the president plans to play his tirst game of golf this year on the Chevy Chase links. CITY BOM)-, BOLD. Bonds Sold to E. II. Rollins & Sons of Boston. Mas*. i The $25,000 forty year bonds were signed up and sold Monday to E. H. Rollins & Sons of Boston Mass., at a premium of $541.75. These bonds go to pay for the paving of Main street and were voted for in a special election held in Fe>^ rr.ary. As the bonds are now issued this probably means that it will not be long before work will begin on Main street. There were nine bids for the bonds besides the bid which was accepted. In The Police Court. There were not many cases to be heard in the Police Court Tuesday by Recorder Lee, but those that were heard were cases that helped^ out the city somewhat along financial lines. I. A. Ryttenberg was lined $3.00 for exceeding the automobile speed limit in his automobile. Jim Harvin was tried for assault and battery and also on the charge of cursing. ITe plead not guilty, hum the witnesses put up by him to sus? tain his plea were not reputable en? ough to be given much credence and the Recorder sentenced him to pa>' a fine of $30 or to serve 30 days on the first charge and $10 or 20 days on the second charge. A Walter Stansill was tried in his absence, on the charges of carrying concealed weapons and disorderly conduct. He was found guilty and his bond of $30 was forfeited to the city. ^ Happiness in Old Age. Long life is a blessing when old age does not bring with it the dark? ness of pessimism. The Oslerian theory that a man's life-work is over when he reaches the age of is refuted every day by the experience of men and women we know and hon? or. Some of the most powerful forces in finance, in government, in diplomacy, in the law. are past that limit, which no man or woman need dread. p The other day John Blgelow. 93 years old, sailed from New York for a pleasure trip of three or four months through Europe. Though it has been a generation since he was minister to France and a force in politics and diplomacy, he Is as light- ' hearted as a boy. The most Inter? esting speaker at the Woman's Mis? sionary CongTess in New York re? cently was a woman who half a cen? tury ago went with her husband Into the heart of unknown Africa and there helped plant the seeds of the , mission that have borne such abun? dant fruit. Mrs. Mary A. Wright, S2 years old, a few Sundays ago. be* ban the leadership of a Bible class of a hundred women in I- irst Baptist Church of Burlington. N. J. For 65 years she taught a class In the same i school, but had to go to a hospital a year ago. threatened with blindness. She received a welcome from hun? dreds who gathered to honor her an?! testify to her great Influence for good In the community. Fenny Crosby ? few days ago cole A bra ted her ninety-Aral birthday. She hai been blind ever since she was C weeks old. but no poet of her time baa contributed more to the hym nology of the church than she has; none has a wider Influence. She hat written tnor ? th;in 6,000 hymi among them su< h well-known favor? ites as "Safe In the Arms of JeetoaH land "J< bus, Ke p M,> Near the Cr>s>." She Is "youthful and vtgorooa In spirit," the dispatches say, "hale In body and clear i l mind." and she In?pea to live to be l 00 y? ars old. In a the birthday sentiment she sende out to her friends, wherever they may be, she gives something of the secret of ; i r nw n ' - k and banns lift : deserving t ha I a i aman Knapp, re l>o - ncc 't imes.