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EITRA SESSION CLOSED. TllltI K O'CMKk DECIDED ON AS HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT, Houm? Unanimously Concur* In Sen ale Resolution and Names Moni? berg to Act With Senate Committee In Notifying President of Rcadl m^ifi to Adjourn?Cotton Bill I*a?? ed and will be Vetoed?Republi? can* Cry '*Oaa; Rule" During De? bate on Measure. Washington, Aug. 21.?The extra eejBton <>f runKr?^ will pass Into his? tory at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Democratic caucus of the House, at a meeting tonight, agreed to the Penrose resolution. whl< h passed the Senate, prescribing that hour ae the time of final adjournment. This act Ion e^rrted out through a resolution passed] by the House at a session to eight, put Into effect an understand ng reached In the ifternoon between ;.?arty leadere in both houses. The resolution raveled unanimously n the House. It directed the ap? pointment of three members of the Rouse to Join with throe members of the Senate to notify the President that Congress was ready to adjourn. The committee appointed on tl e part ef the Houae consisted of Uepr. senta ttves Underwood, of Alabama; Dhron, ef Indiana, and Mann, of Illinois, Re? publican leader of the House. The Senate will name its committee to asorrow. After a perfunctory debate for four hours, the House late todav concurr? ed. 180 to 107. to the Senate's amend? ment to the Underwood cotton tariff revision bill and sent the measure to President Taft. The bill, which will be vetoed to? morrow, and which will be embraced to renewed tariff revision legislation next December, would have cut the cotton tariff on an average of 21 per | tent ad valorem and bore schedules, tacked on by the Senate, reducing dutea on Iron and steel, cotton and ( ehemlcals. and providing freo ad* , mission of bituminous coal from the Canadian border. Tho vote was along strict party Unas, except that eight Republican Insurgents joined the Democrats. Most ?f the Insurgents who have been ( voting with the majority on tariff measures stood with the regulars to? day, claiming that the Senate amend? ments hsd not been considered by a committee of either llou*e. The amendment bill waa considered today under a rule limiting debate to gawr hours and l ?rrlng amendments. Tha Democrats were geessssd s4 re-^ t irnl.ag to a "gag rule." which they vigorously denied. The debate of the day waa not eonflned to the cotton bill. Messrs. Underwood snd Payne closed the dls tueeton. Mr. Underwood said the ansended bill was not Just what the majority wanted, but It was the best that could be secured under the clr cumatancea He said it was absurd to expect the people to "wait on the clerks and hirelings" of the President. A bill was passed extending, until March. ltlS. the Burton law govern? ing the diversion of the waters of Niagara Falla. Mr. Mann raised the ' question of no quorum, but Mr. Un deirwood moved :o adlourn. which carried at 11.55 p m. g. A. L. SURVEYORS AT WORK. Option* Secured on Sites on Both Hid*-* of Town for A Terminal. The Seaboard Air Line people are still busy with the proposed line from Hartavllle through Blshopvllle to. Stimter and on to the sea coast or ether points between Surnter and the ssa coast and It U probable that the Sue will be i.mli ait some time in the ?cur future as promised hy Mr. Bon set. This morning Mr R. I. Manning ststed that the surveyors are now at work on the nn,. between H trtsvlls and BiKhopvllle and that they would add an additions) force of hands to tie surveying party ss soon us pos? sible and pueh the work on to Sum t?r. The line that Is botag SUfVeysoi at the present time runs out from Hartsvllle to I.vdia. on to Bishop* vtlle and from UbCfS kj to run >n tf Sumter. Mr. Manning it red further tla| the s,?tM?ard people had not been idle In the matter of securing a sit* In this elry. They had visited this city recently and had gone over tho town and looked up all of the awi li? able *>l? ???. <?pf .ru had been ne<ui?.| on nite* for the terminal on both shies of ttoj hews snd at mens futnv* dut< a definite site for a terminal will bi determined upon. In th< meantime It li prohalde that other sites will hi located, so that the railroad when It comes to town will have the ohOflCI ef several Site? and will be ended to g??t a terminal convenient for beta ?he public and the railroad. Fire started by an Incendiary da* gSfOgWd the barn of Col T. Y WttMgJMI ef fjtncaa'er Monday morning. I'ou * mule* and a large SJWtotliy of gl v bora TEN THOUSAND FOR WIFE. Railroad Settlor With 11. Q, A. Jeter, WIiom' Wife anil Children Wore Killed by Train. Newberry. Aug. 21.?E. O. A. Jeter of Santue. Union county, has settled with the Southern Hallway company for damages sustained by him in the death of his wife, Mrs. Emma Hobo Jeter, and their two children, who were killed by a Southern train while they were driving across the road's track near Santue on August 4. The settlement was made with Mr. Jeter himself, no suit having been brought, and the sum paid was $10,000. In crostdng the road in a buggy with three children, Mrs. Jeter and two children were instantly killed, the baby, which she was carrying in her lap. escaping injury. STXTEIIOOR BILL HGNED. President Put* His Signature to Bill I Admitting Arizona and New Mex? ico. Wa^hlngon. Aug. 21.?President Taft signed the Joint resolution for the admission of New Mexico and Arltona Into the union at 3:09 p. m. There was but one resolution, so that the president used three dlffer ' ent pens In order that some of the 1 relic hunters might be satisfied. When the resolution was laid on his desk he ' looked up at the crowd around him and said. "Has anybody read the reaolutlon?" Nobody answered and to make certain of it, the president lead the resolution himself. "Well, gentlemen, it's done." he said, as he put the last stroke on the parchment. The resolution signed by the presi? dent provided that Arizona shall eliminate the judiciary recall clause in Its constitution. Both State? Democratic. Washington, Aug. 21.?It is the opinion of Mr. Flood, chairman of the house committee on territories, that both Arizona and New Mexico will be solidly Democratic The reso? lution as signed by the president to? day is identical in every particular with the Flood resolution which pass? ed the house May 23 and the senate August 8, and was vetoed by the pres? ident August 15. except, in accord? ance with the views of the president's veto message, it requires the people of Arizona to eleu irate the recall of i the judiciary from their constitution botet! that territory can be admitted a.- a stat'-. I The pr.saage of this resolution is a triumph for Mr. Flood, as there was I considerable opposition on the Demo? cratic side of the house to yielding to the president in any particular In ref? erence to It The original Flood reso? lution was regarded as absolutely fair ? both States. ONE KILLED. TWO INJURED. Auto Turns Turtle In Greenville County and Driver Is Killed. Columbia, Aug. 22.?A dispatch to The Record at noon from Greenville pays: "A man named Pruett of Hen derson\lile was killed and lady and one other person were Injured In an automobile wreck between Sandy Flat and Locust, Greenville County, early today. The name of the lady is not known. There were four in the party, which were enroute from Hendersonvllle to Greer. Pruett lost control of the machine, which ran Into an embankment and turned tur? tle. Small boys brought the news to Qfeef, The coroner nt once left for the scene." Mi?* Randle Entertain*. <>n Monday evening Miss Carita Handle: ? ?tertained In honor of her attractive guest, Miss Mignonne Low. man. of <>rangeburg. at her beauti? ful homo on Washington street, j Th?- first part of the evening was ?pom in Cosmopolitan conversation* j The young men voted Miss Adele i'itts the beat conversationalist among Iks Indies Sad the young holies voted Mr. Ashley Merriasan the most inter' lasting talker of the young men pros* sat Delightful refreshments Were serv? ed h> Misses Annie Handle and An? nie Not ire- Welt after Which the part) enjoyed Ike rest of tin evening in darn ing. Those wh<? snjoyed Mis- Randies i espttatlty wore: Misses Mignonne l/iwmin, Agnei Bryant stay Dunne, Oetavls Schwerin, Mas I'oii r. Bits Ben warts, Badlc Du ans und AdOlS Pitts. Meeera Mouttrle DeLorms, Bwlng Qibson, R?gens Jones, i?. i?. Mlehaux, Ashley Merrlsnan, Bdwlti Doyle, Pierson i>i?k. Thomas Mddall, Wll? ii im Reynolds, Marian ?ate, und im die Dunne, \ regio named Lee killed snothor named i^c Baadsri In Alken county Thursday night. Sanders' head Wal crushed Wtlk an 010, Lee tried to kill his Wife but she escaped, and he then set lire to his house and lied. THE YELLOW LETTER SYSTEM. Men-hunts' Hi tail Organisation Ready to Get in lit'liiiitl Slow I'ay Custom? er*.. The Merchants' Retail Assoeiat<>n is at lust ready to do business and the tit st "yellow" letters will be sent out on the first of September. When a man sees the yellow envelope, for yellow is the color selected for the club, In his mail box or it Is deliver? ed to him by the mail man he will know What is comng to him?a last invitation to "please remit." The system is worked In a great many of the large cities and Is work ? ed successfully. In order that the same system may he worked In Sum? ter the merchants have formed them? selves Into a kind of club or mo? nopoly?the Merchants' Retail Asso? ciation is the name that they have given to the organization?which hereafter will control the business of the city. The system works on a plan all of its own and is said to do the work which it is organized to do. A merchant has a debt that has been on his books for some time. The debtor has made no seeming effort to pay the debt, although he has been sent frequent bills, which have had no visible result. He Is sent a little yellow envelope In which Is enclosed a yellow printed page of paper. On this paper is the statement that the debt is an old one, that the debtor has made no seeming -effort to pay and that if he does not remit in lifteen days or make some arrangements to nay off the debt his bill will be turned over to the credit bureau as well as his name. What will happen when this Is done, In case the debt Is not paid and the merchant turns the debt over to the office of the credit bureau, is not stated, but it is supposed that something dreadful will be the con? sequence. In this way the secretary of the credit bureau will know who pay their debta and who do not. The mer? chants, when they are doubtful, will simply have to telephone the secre? tary and he will In a few minutes of looking over his files be able to say whether or not the man has a good credit in the city. The secretary' will keep a list of those whose names have been turned in and at the aame time he will keeD a list of those who do business in the city. It is expected that In this way a list of several thous? and names will be always at hand for the luorchants to rafsi tfl when j the. seed information as to wheth- I er or not the person may be credited.] The lyateiU while It Will be a hard one for iiio^i u ho c*fe not in the nah? 1' of paying their debts, will be a good one for those who are. as by it they can get credit at any time from the merchants who run business on the credit system, and most business is done In this way. In many cases the sight of the yellow envelope has been sufficient to make the receivers go out. look up their creditors and make arrange? ments with them for paying off old debts that have been on the books years and years and which up to the time that the system was inaugurated seemed to be permanent fixtures. Everywhere the system has been tried, and been carried out Intelligent? ly, It has proved of much good to the merchants and of good to the town or city. BLEASE DENOUNCES HKYBURN. Says. In S|*?eeb to Veternns, Tlwt He Will Pardon any Indiscretions of Reunion Spirit. Columbia, Aug. 22.?Gov Rlease featured today's meeting of the Con? federate Reunion, when he denoune ed Senator Heyburn. He jocosely promised executive Slemoncy to any veteran who let reunion spirit over? come his discretion, lie announced that he would renew his recom? mendation of an appropriation for a monument in honor of Gen? eral Mart Gary. He said he hoped to clear the pension rolls of impos? tor, and to increase the pensions to bona ride veterans, and declared he had done his part towards preserv? ing the truth of history by causing such a change to be made in the his? tory for use in the public schools as would unmistakably fix upon "that scoundrel Sherman." and his army, the responsibility for the burning of < 'olumbia. Governor Blease was warmly cheer? ed. Tin- Veterans, Sons of Vott rans, Spon tors and Maldi of Honor will en? joy a reception at Rldgewood Coun try Club this evening. C. HAMMOND WINS SCHOLAR? SHIP. In Successful Competitor for Cltadi?! Scholarship. < \ O, Hammond of Wedgefleld Is tie- successful competitor fur the Citadel scholarship, six contest* tants stood the examtatlon on August 11. ii. Tlndal won the scholarship from Clarendon county and the scholarship from Lei- county will be filled later, DON'T WANT INVESTIGATION. | Southern Express Company Given Un? til August SO to 1-urnUh Informa? tion. Columbia, Aug. 22.?General Man? ager Eiockaday of the Southern Ex preaa Company appears somewhat exercised over the pending wholesale probe Into his company's affairs by the South Carolina Railroad Commis? sion and has asked to be heard by the board at its meeting on August 30th. The company has been given until September 4 to submit the in? formation demanded by the commis? sion. COTTON CHOP DETERIORATION. Dry Weather and Scorching Sun Combine to Ruin Cotton Crop. The hot sun of the past two weeks seems to have formed into a com? bine with the drought to ruin the cot? ton crop prospects and to destroy a multitude of the hopes which the farmers of thla section of the county had allowed to grow in their breasts. The crop until thi^ week, had not had a good hard ran since some time in June and it had suffered consider? able lrom the lack of moisture. With no moisture the cotton had stopped growing, but it was managing very well to hold on to Its fruit and to look green. The drought, however, was not the only thing that the cot? ton had to contend with. Following six weeks of steady drought came two weeks more of drought with the hottest weather of the season. This was too much for the cotton. All of he forme on the top of the cotton stalks were burned brown?as If they htul been fried?and dropped off into the rows. What was left was a wreck. The cotton stalk was parched and yel? low and the fruit on It which was protected by the leaves had com? menced to open before It was ma tre. Tile statement one farmer made yesterday that the drought and hot weather had robbed him of half a bale of cotton to the acre was in no way over-estimating the true condi? tion of affairs. While the plant was left big with plenty of leaves on it. there was not half the fruit on it there would have been had the sun not parched it up and caused it to drop off. In some places where the cotton e si wtdt apart > r along side >h? road b ?tili maintained Its green color and its full crop of forms and fruits The stall ? srere -ill blooming and lock? ed to be in kouu condition, it. w.i> pointed out by the farmer that this was due to the fact that the cotton stalks had all of the roadbed to draw moisture from and this had saved its fruit. This field of cotton which a month ago bid fair to make at least g bale to the acre, would prob? ably not make more than half a bale to the acre, the falling olT being due to the cooking which has been going on the cotton fields during the past two weeks. Th.? young cotton was not quite so badly off as the old cotton' but it too showed signs of having passed th-ough a harrowing experience and it will not do as well as It would have done had the drought not damaged Pi growth. a statement was made by one farm ? i that the cotton everywhere in his vicinity was in the same condition, and this statement was corroborated by a number of other farmers. It was further stated that there were a greatly many counties in this State that were just as bad off, and In oth? er States which had been visited the same conditions were prevalent. Corn had not been damaged as bad as cotton, but it had been treated pretty rough by the dry weather. In many places the stalks had not had sufficient moisture for the ears to till out before maturing. The fodder was pretty well dried up on the stalks and there was little chance of the farmer making much rough food un? less the present rains helped him out in his trouble and were In time to make bay and peavines in the oorn ftelds where they had been plant? ed after oats. THE WILEY INVESTIGATION. Would Rather Resign Than Expcr lence Another. Washngton, Aug. 21.?The Con? gressional Investigation Into the at? tempt to oust I >r. Wib-y from his po? sition as head of the bureau of chem? istry, was closed today with the tes? timony of Secretary Wilson. The com? mittee will hold an executive meeting omorrow to consider Its report. Many times In his testimony Sec rotary Wilson condemned Dr. Wi? ley's administration. Secretary wn son stated that he would prefer b> re? sign bis Job than to go through an ? thor bureau row. Murr lagt* License Record. a marriage license was grantei this morning to Nlmrod Dargan. o Dalsel! and Carrie I. of Remherl i olored< CORN IOODS OFF MARKET. lu Some Communities People Are Afraid to Buy?Merchants Afraid to Sell. Columbia, Aug. 21.?Many mer? chants throughout South Carolina are withholding from sale corn meai, grits, and other corn producta, un? til samples of their stocks can be examined at the departmental lab- ' oratories and pronounced safe for food, according to communications 1 received by Col. B, J. Watson, com-j missioner of agriculture, commerce and industries. At Glendale. in Spartanburg coun? ty, where a number of cases of pel? lagra have developed, and com meal has been found to be dangerously spoiled, it is stated that not a parti? cle of corn products is now being sold. Since the issuance of the report, the people have been unwilling to buy until the goods in the stores have been pronounced safe by the State chemist, and the merchants, aware of the heavy penalty for disposing of spoiled stuff, Ptave discouraged buy? ing until the chemists have examined their goods. No report has yet been received from the laboratories as to the sam? ples which have been taken in all the grocery stores In Columbia, and up to noon Saturday the special inspec? tor sent to investigate the manufac? turing establishments in other States, from which the spoiled corn has been ?ent out, hfid not s^nt in hip report. It is probable that by Monday some further light will be thrown on the matter. LAST EXERCISES OF REUNION. Veterans Want Pension Boils Purged of Umso Who Do Not Deserve Pen? sions. Columbia, Aug. 23.?The parade this afternoon, headed by the local battalion of militia, will end the lyil reunion of the South Carolina Divis? ion, United Confederate Veterans. Major General B. H. TeSgUe of Aiken was re-elected commander. Brigadier Generals U. R. Brooks of Columbia and Frank Creech of Barn well, were re-elected eorrunanders, respectively, of the first and second brigades. The meeting place for IUI2 will be designated later. The \eteran? endowed 8 hill now before the legislature looking ' ?ward tin ? . rging of iho pension rolls, although thej voted down the corollary J-rc.p .. Ltlon to * rente an Inspectorship ?'f pensions at * 1,800 and Senators Mauldin, Sullivan and Hardin, and Representatives McKeown. Harri? son and James were appointed a com? mittee to advocate the measure at the next session of the general as? sembly. CORRECT COTTON ESTIMATE. Southern Commissioners of Agricul? ture Will Meet for That Purpose. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 21.?The meeting of Southern State commis? sioners of agriculture to correct al? leged erroneous reports concerning the cotton crop will be held here be? tween now and September 1 if the invitations sent out today by Ala? bama Commissioner Kolb is accepted. The call for such a meeting was sent out Wednesday by Commissioner Hudson, of Georgia. While the last unofficial report by government agents indicated a yield Of about 15,000.000 bales of cotton this year, It is declared that this esti? mate is too high now. Capt. Kolb says that from reports received the crop condition has de teiiorated as much as 2o per cent In some localities in the past three weeks. This setback is due to heavy rains, rust and ravages of caterpillars. It is declared that if the true facts are not made known farmers will lose billions of dollars* American Ship First Through Canal. San Francisco, Aug. 20. ? The Panama-Pacific Exposition company in a telegram sent by President Charles Moore yeeterday to the New i Orleans Progressive Union pledged Itself to lend its Utmost aid toward ?arrying out New Orleans' plan to send ths first American merchant vessel through the Panama canal. The New <>rh ans Progressive Union in requesting the local organisation's support promised that by the time the canal was opened a New Orleans company would have in commission a fleet of American ships of the high est type, officered and manned by Americans, lilled With American goods and Hying the American Hag. Main street is .still in the hands of the workmen and looks prett) much - it it were undergoing all klndi of operations for many kinds of diseases ill the same time, Tuesday the nv n working on the paving stopped put? ting down the concrete base and be? gan getting read) to lay the hi ?!< i< from Hampton avenue to Libert) Problem of Winthrop College Says Voting Indies Did Not File PffOtOU, Some time ago Mr. L*. If. Green of. -e> this City wrote to l>r. D. B. Johnson, I resident of Winthrop College, ask ing him if the story published in s; . rtanburg paper* and copied In other papers throughout the State ?hat the young ladies of the gradu? ating (lass had entered a protest .-gainst having their diplomas deliver? ed by Governor Blease was correct. ^ In reply Mr. Green received the fol lowing letter: Mr. L. If. Green, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry 1 I ag to repeat the statement which was made immediately afier ihe re- ^ port appeared in the Spartanburg \ Herald to the effect that the senior < 'ass of Winthrop College had tiled with me a protest against the di? plomas being delivered to them by Governor Cole L. Blease. No such pmtest was ever filed with me. 'it is the custom of the governor, 0 as chairman, ex-officio of the board of trustees of Winthrop College, to deliver the diplomas to the graduates at commencement. Governor Blease would have delivered the diplomas if he had been present) but an import? ant engagement prevented his being ^ with us. When the time came for presenting the diplomas I announc? ed that, in the absence of Governor Hiea.se, cx-offieio chairman of the board of trustees, the senior member of our board, Senator B. R. Tillman. would deliver the diplomas In his stead. After a few preliminary re? marks. Senator Tillmar,. who did not feel quite equal to star ding on his feet for quite so long, asked me to deliver the diplomas which I did. Very truly yours, (Signed) D. B. JOHNSON, President. Rock Hill, August. II, 1311. The Improvement of Cotton Seed. An increased yield will result from improved cotton seed. If a farmer will go to his crib and select one good ^ ear of corn, one sorry one, and a small nubbin and get his seed corn that way he would make a poor corn crop. That is just what he does when he plants his cotton seed from a ginnery where several varieties are mixed. 0 He will find same early and some late and a conslderab'o ?nwi^r of I a rren si iil"s. . up pose B small farm- r has v-n acres of cotton which he I Ices very well. After picking the ground bolls let him s>? through nis cotton at sec? ond picking and select perfect bolls from best stalks. When cotton is well open he could not get more than 10 to 50 pounds in a day. But It would not require many day3 to pick 400 to 500 pounds. If ginned separately from other cotton that ^ would give him 10 bushels of se lect seed worth $2.00 a bushel. At Gaffney they have a small gin in cotton mill in which they gin these small lots for farmers. They also buy the lint for the mill. It Is said that a small gin has been * ordered by the oil mill company of this city for the accommodation of farmers who wish to improve their crops. A further .nprovement may *^e made in this way. After the seed corns from this small gin it will not lake long for a farmer to handpick ^ a pound or two of seed and throw out all small and imprfect ores and then plant a small seed lot out of the plump perfect seed. But perhaps the surest way is to pick 400 to 500 best bolls from finest stalks in the field. Separate the seed from the lint by using the fingers as your grandmother did 100 to 12" years ago. Reject all small seed at the end of the "lock'" and all imper? fect seed. In that way none but bset peed from best bolls from best Stalks would go in the the ground and the variety would be greatly improved. There is a tine opportunity for young farmers to improve all their held seeds. There is no more pleno* ant and remunerative work than that connected with the farm.?Spar tanhurg Journal. Now that the brick have been test? ed and found to have come up to specifications it is hoped that the work on the street will be pushed forward harder than e\er before. Notice to Public. Dr. J. H. Haynsworth announces thai from now until September 15, he will have associated with him in the practice of dentistry, Dr. a. C Martin, a graduate of the Ail. nia Dental College. Dr. Haynsworth will he glad to do over any work that has not lasted for ;i reasonable length of time. At'er September 15 th, It is probable that Dr. Haynaworth will give iqi entirely 'he practice of den tistry, atei that Dr. Martin will have < barge of his 'thee. l>r. Martin is a young man, determined to .*u<? eed, and Dr. Haynsworth recommends him to the public. |.?-fl I-WandS.