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This plan appeals to business men who desire a busi? ness administration of municipal af? fairs. a a e Cor. Watterson and Col. Harvey have failed to make out a case against Woodrow Wiloon, ?r.d he Is still a potential possibility as a presi? dential candidate. The Joline letter fell flat and failed to convert Bryan Into an active enemy; the Carnegie pension matter has not injured him with real Democrats who have a olear and definite understanding of the Carnegie foundation; and now the tempest in a teapot stirred up by CoL Watterson has actually gain? ed him friends amongst those who are opposed to the dominition of the Democratic party and the nation hy the Kyan type of captains of finence. The interests that are trying to de? stroy Wilson will have to try again. We have not been convinced that Woodrow Wilson is the on^y available candidate for the Democratic party, but recent develonment* have, in our a;-.- ion, ntrengthened his position as If any Dem aerat can 1 led \r. -olte of the >uey power. he us tne man. Pr< sidential elections have been carried in the past by the levfsh use of money, and it may be possible to pour such a flood of mon? ey into the doubtful States to elect either Taft or Roosevelt over Wood sow Wilson. Money is well nigh all powerful in politics as well as busi? ness and there are many thousand purchasable voters In the pivotal State*. PIRK |X RECORD OFFICE. intelligent Action Probably Saved Panic in Columbia Theatre. Columbia. Jan. 31.?A fire was dis? covered in the rear of The Reeord office last right about 9 o'clock that might have been serious in its con? sequences. It started when one of the largest audiences of the year was in the Columbia thentre. and the slightest intimation of the close proxi? mity of the fire, or had an alarm been rung in. in all probability a pan.'c would have started thnt would ha 'e been disastrous. The fire was discovered by a wo? man, who gave the alarm to th* po? lice station. Knowing the situation If a:i alarm was started, the infor? mal i n was telephoned to the central fire gtath n and company No. 1 r?> Spord? d. >'o engine* v. re used for leaf f disturbing the people la the theatre. Plug streams w-re thrown on the flames, and the noiseless eher-.a al engine was pressed Into ser? vice, it is doubtful if hut few la the theatre knew of the closeness of the Tio ore lartod In * paper press in the press room, which is in tin rear of The Record efiee ?"i the ground BoOTi supposedly from a rat SJMWtng a match. Tin? Haines de- ! str< red a large quantity of paper, and ran up th~ elevat? v shaft into the composing room. The heat eras so h n l that it melted I he rubber poll and belli oa the linotype nmebtat were warped ?"d burned. W! Us DSmeS did little material da ii . t t he he <t and the wal r <je t- r< ' nv?t?*rlal ind property thai will pussJbl) amount to approximate* ly $!,###. All is fully covered bj in put it.. It 11 not thought thai the mnrthln' i y Is hurt. The full force Of The Iteeoid worked ail night to put the office in ahapt and <* Is aol Ihoughl th it there will I"- dels) In the Issuance The Presidential campaign re-1 gambles i South Carolina primary, v llmlngton Star, CLEMSON COLLEGE LETTER China Cadets Hear Interesting Ad dres., on Alcoholism?Tree Expeit to Lecture. Clem3on College, Jan. 30 ?Dr. (J. E. Taylor of Boston, Mass., direcior and field secretary of the Scientific Temperance Federation of America, gave a series of two lectures upon th ? scimlific side of the alcohol prob lern, in Memorial Hall, Jan *4th and 25th. Dr. Taylor put this aerioas M'oblem before his hearers in n new lipht. His lectures were based on scientific facts and his experience as an analythical chemist makes his lectures more interesting because he knows the chemistry of alcohol. At the close of his first lecture Dr. Tay? lor made some interesting and unique chemical demonstrations. One of these was the explosion of gunpow? der in liquids containing 50 per cent, or more of alcohol. He took a sam? ple each of the following: Whiskey, Jamaica ginger, lemon extract anl pure alcohol, and moistening a little gunpowder with each, he set it on fire. The ginger, lemon extract and pure alcohol exploded, showing that they contained 50 per cent of alco? hol. The ginger and lemon extract actually contained 95 per cent. Dr. Taylor illuminated the hall with al? cohol from a Pint of near beer at the close of the second lecture. Mr. John Davey of the Davey Tree Expert Company, Kent, Ohio, will give on Tuesday, Jan. 30th. an Illus? trated lecture on the care and treat? ment of diseased and decaying trees. Mr. Davey has devoted the greater part of his life to this work, and i3 popularly known as "The Farther of Tree Surgery. . The S. C. Livestock Association will hold its tenth annual meeting Feb. Sth-9th in Columbia. In connection with this meeting, an educational butter scoring contest will be held. Butter from all parts of the State will be scored. A number of farmers are taking the short course in agriculture. OPPOSE PRESENT MILEAGE SYS? TEM. Traveling Men Want to Know \boul Trains Before Going to Station. Ai a recent meeting of the mem? bers of Post G., T. P. A., two subjects wen? discussed which are of much interest to traveling men. one of them bein? of a local nature. The chief matters discussed were the present mileage book system and the other was if some way could not be decided upon to secure informa? tion concerning the early morning train going to Augusta, and general? ly known as the five o'clock train. Jt was decided to send delegates to Columbia to work for the passage of .be present bill, on which a hearing will be had today, before the Gener? al Assembly revising the act which Is now in force. Complaint was made by a number of the traveling men that they had .Nuffered great inconvenience and ex? tra expense by going down to the sta? tion to go off on the five o'clock train sad after getting there they had found the train late and they either bad to wait or go back home and re? turn to tho '?uition later at the time lh ? train was marked up. It was stated that the train was very often late and those who had to travel on this train frequently suffered much annoyance. No complaint was made of anyoii" the general desire being to remedy conditions so as to help the traveling m 111. A committee was appoli ted to moot with the Chant? er Ot Commerce and try with their help to secure sonn- way by which In? formation concerning the train could 1 ft with central who could in form patrons of the Atlantic Coast Ins Company. Mr. i*. O. Leak, president of the lo <al post, went to Columbia with oth? ers <? the committee to sppear be f..r ? the proper committee, endorsing the bill now before the house in re? gard to the mileage book system. MILLION DOLL \ It BOND ISSUE. Kill Provide* tor DlKpoaltlon of Any. him Property ami Maintenance of s;.tn- |*ark, Columbia, Jan. :P">. The ways and ei".mis committee tonight reported tnd recommended the passage of b 1 .:i looking t<> submitting to the i t rs of a million-dollar bond Issue Lo be expended In the development of t?te Park, where the new Hospital for the insane is located. The reso* .n provides that the people vote November on i i per cent bond Is? sue to be expended as the money Is ii Red In I he development Th ? pres. ent propert) Is to be turned ovor to the sinking fund commission to be sold as deemed best i'i liquidation ol the million-dollar bond Issue if voted, ii resolution) if adopted, means a kote by i he people. Mr. a. k. Banders of Hagood was i visitor to the city Wednesday. ANTI-RACING FIGHT ON. ENTIRE session CONSUMED BY SPIRITED DISCCHSIOX. Messrs, Erckmnnn, Voumuas und Wal-on Urge PlHft of Measure, While Messrs Tohius, Vender Horst and I la in i I (4 in Speak in Opposition. Proposed Amendment Would Make Act, if Adopted, Effective May, 191?. Columbia, Jan. tl.?In the House today about two hours were spent in the discussion of the' Erckmann (>s!>orne-Carlisle "anti-racing hill. No conclusion was reached. At the time the House adjourned, until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, the pending question was an amend? ment by Mr. Evans, of Marlhoro, that the Act. if adopted, should go into effect in May of 1913. The chief speeches today in favor of the pas? sage of the hills, as proposed, were those of Messrs. Erckmann, Y<?u mans and J. Helton Watson, while the opposition to the measure, thus far, has brought out two memhers of the Charleston delegation, Messrs. Tobias and Varider Horst, and they have been augmented by Mr. Ham? ilton, of Union. There were some sharp speeches to? day in the discussion, but no in? dex as to the final result. The friends of the hill appear to be in? sistent upon the integrity of the bill as proposed, and this means that the purpose is to include the injunction nnhiio nuisance ( lause, now in the bill and it is likely that this will he the real focus upon which the fate of the hill will hinge, either as a di? rect action of the Legislature or by veto. The friends of the bill, par? ticularly Mr. Osborhe and Mr. Ste? venson, wished to have action taken today, but when the dinner bell sounded the motion to adjourn prevailed anil there was no afternoon or night session, in view of the fact that "Mars?- Henry" Watterson had been invited to address the General Assembly, and by agreement the hall of the House of Representatives was used instead of the University of South Carolina, where it was intend? ed to hold the exercises. A commit? tee had waited on Col. Henry Watter" son. and on account of a recent ope? ration he had to decline to speak to? day and tonight. It was then arrang? ed to combine the invitations, the I'niversity of South Carolina waiving Its claim, and the speaking took place in the hall of the House. To Third Reading in Senate. Columbia. Jan. 31.?The anti-rac? ing hill of Senator Carlisle was pass? ed to third reading and made a spe? cial order for next Tuesday night in the Senate, after some skirmishing and some sparring, and after the Sen? ate had tabled a motion, offered by senator Appelt, to defer considera? tion of the bill until tonight at 8 o'clock. The vote to table the motion was 23 to 13. and those voting in fa? vor of the motion were: Ackerman. Hates. Hlack. Carlisle. Christensen. Karle. Epps, Ginn. Green. Hall. Har din. Johnson. Johnstone. Laney. Law son, Hide. Manning. Montgomery. Rainsford, Bullivan, Summers. Wal? ler. Wharton; tidal 23. Those voting against the motion to table wore: Ap" ne\t, Clifton. Crosson. Dennis. Hough. Mars. T. .1. Mnuldin. IfcCown, Sink ler, Splvey, Stewart, Young; total. 13. The bill was reached at its place <>n the Calendar and passed to third reading without the opponents know? ing what was going on. As soon as the opponents of the HI! realized ?hat tiny had let it slip by, they wanted to recall it. and tin illy sena? tor Carlisle consented to reconsider the vote and Miring the hill back to a second reading measure. * A motion by Senator Young to strike out the enacting words was overwhelmingly t'Oted down, and Senator Appell of fered ap amendment eliminating the Injunction feature of the hill, and was in the midst of a discussion of this motion when the Senate started over to tin- House to listen to an ad? dress by Col. Henry Watterson. He fore they had gotten there they wer., informed that Col. Walters.,n WSS unable to address the General Assem' bly at the hour stated, and the dis? cussion of the racing l? ?11 was resum? ed. Senator Appell had nol ret in nod! t.. the chamber and Anally, on agree- i men! between Senators Clifton and i ferllsl ?. the bill w enl lo I hit d re id Ingi and W ill he fotlghl out to M Tuesday night. 'i hl? \\ as i)..t a test \ ote. for Sena? tor Clifton asked that consideration ! . postponed because he was physl vote and lhi light was simply over whether to take up the ?-ill lodaj oi when tin bill comes up en 'l ue daj night, and fi lisle and ., hes MAY ABDICATE TODAY. Conference of Chinese Imperial Penally Decides Upon immediate Action. Peking. Jan. ;J0.?It is understood that immediate abdication of the throne has been decided upon, as a result of the conference today be? tween the Empress Dowager, Prince Chun, the ex-regent, and Prince Chng, the ex-premier, in accord ance with conditions laid down by the Republicans, namely, that the Imperial family and Princes are to retain their empty titles, reside in Peking, or elsewhere at their pleas? ure, and receive annual pensions ag? gregating 3,000,000 staels ($2,000, 000) and that the transfer of power will i>e effected with as litle loss of dignity to the Throne as possible. The Km press Dowager has sum? moned a Cabinet meeting tomorrow to arrange details of the abdication. Yuan Shi Kai, in a statement aver red his readiness to accept almost, any sedation which will insure peace. Yuan further says that he has no ambition to become President of the new Republic, and only desires the establishment of a stable government. Many soldi rs were killed by the explosion <?f a dynamite mine under an imperialist troop train, which was proceeding from Siakain. thirty miles north of Hankow, to Ho-Nan. A I bomb was thrown at the viceroy, who was traveling on another train, but it struck the car adjoining, killing a number of soldiers, but not injuring the viceroy. Gen. Liang Pi, a former command? ant of the Imperial Guards, who was injured on January 27 by a bomb thrown by a Chinese while the gen? eral was alighting from his carriage, at his home in Peking has since died. THE GOVERNOR AND REWARDS. EUease <.i\c Reasons Why He Re? fuses to Pay Reward* Offered bl Former Governors. Columbia. Jan. SO.?When shown this afternoon tl e letter which Comp? troller General Jones had written to th> ways and means committee of the Mouse relative to the refusal of the Governor to pay out of his con? tingent funds rewards offered by former Governors, Governor Please stated that his position was that when a reward was offered that it should be s t aside out of the con? tingent fund of the Governor offering it. He has done this and has re? fused to pay for rewards offered by former Chief Executives out of his fund. "I believe every one should stand on their own bottom." was the way he expressed it. Governor Rlease has turned back to the State this year $5,200 of the $10,000 appropri? ated. $8,0*0 for the contingent fund and $5,000 for the special fund, for the enforcement of law. Out of the $.;.')0 appropriated for stamps for the Governor's office $98 was turned back. BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR WARE HO! HE BILL. I:. w. Dabbs. President of Farmers' Union, Expects to (Jet Speedy Reports. Columbia. Feb. 1. High officials ot the South Carolina State Farmers' union are much encouraged over the prospects for the passage of the cot? ton warehousi bill, drawn by former Senator .John L. McLaurin. E. W. Dahbs, president of the union, has i ?en In Columbia to press the bill to passage, and ha* urged that the tin ance committee report the measure to the senate In time for it to pass at this session of the I tgislature. Mr. Dabhs said yesterday that he has as? surances of support for the bill from ?i number ??f senators end expects an . arty report. The measure i rovld m for a cotton warehouse sysl m based generally on .he Louisiana plan, with modifications made necessary by the difference of ondltlons In the two States. The bill <11,i ide for state superin? tendent and ;i commission tO have ?harge of the operation of a State >wned and controlled system ?>t ware . iHeH d< I ? ted to proi Ide for the t i of cotton thus Insuring prop* ?r marketing. Mi Dnblts and other Farmers' inion ?ffl< ora thlnK thai t'ps plan, if tdopted, would relieve the present (?ml chaotic < ondltlon <>f tl"' col - on market, M r. Dabhs, accompanied bj If. W. ., II of V i\ ?. He ? hall man of the 'arm< rs' unb.lucntional commit ' union bill on vidlr : aid for from i mllin o Hie pUbliC ? r tnp. ordlni BIG HILLS IN PLENTY. Even the Thousaml-?oltar Va? riety are Itclng Exhibited in Char? leston. It is no uncommon sight to sey a hundred-dollar bill Hashing around here these days, and several thous? and-dollar green backs have been told of by fellows who have friends who know the man that saw them. The boys following the races here carry around large wads of the necessary with them, and some of the pony chasers are reported to have stuffed safety boxes in local banks with five hundred and thousand-dollar hills by the bucketful. "Why, I tell ye what,' said a con? servative looking hotel frequenter this afternoon. "I saw a diamond hearing stranger In the lobby this morning who was raisin' an awful howl because nobody could change a 500-dollar frogskin for him. He said he never saw such a cheap skate towi as this, for where he came from they could change five-hund dred-dollar bills or ten-thousand-dol? lar bils in the twinkling of an eye. Gee, it's wonderful, the way them big bills Is floating around. Do yer think tome of them feilen would let yer feel one of urn?" All sorts of stories are being car? ried aoout the big money circulating in Charleston. Of course it is not a bad advertisement for a bank official to tell how many bushels of thous? and-dollar bills his fiduciary insti? tution condescended to receive in a day's business, but at that, from re? liable sources, it is understood that tens of thousands of dollars in green backs ate now spending the winter in Charleston, and it is pretty certain that many a one of them will take up permanent residence "in our midst."?Charleston Post. The Rock Hill Plan The Star on numerous occasions has urged curtailment of the cotton acreage as the most practicable and surest way to regulate the size of the cotton crop and remedy the calamity of low prices. For that reason we have heartily endorsed the "Hock Hill Plan" which was suggested by Col. J. G. Anderson of Rock Hill. S. Ci and adopted, after amendment, by the Southern Cotton Congress. Col. Anderson is president of the Hock Hill Buggy Company, of Rock Hill. S. C and we know him to be not only a successful manufacturer but an able and experienced man of affairs He has made a study of cot? ton production and Is well posted on the industry in all its branches, as was evidenced by the adoption of his well-matured plan at the New Orleans conference of cotton grow? ers. The Anderson or Rock Hill plan is committed to curtailment and that was the sense of the Southern Cot ion Congress when it was adopted. Curtailment of acreage? and conse? quent reduction of the crop is the only relief in sight, and the farmers may as well face it instead of per? sisting In the ruinous custom of growing a crop which barely pays the cost of production. The Rock Hill plan is s plain and business like proposition. and it takes tin place of talk and inaction. It takes hold Of the situation in a systematic and practicable way, and under it tlit- growers can organize and know exactly what they are doing. Col. Andersen's plan will aid the farmers to adopt system in the place of dis? joined plans. meaningless inaction and tinal chaos. S uith Corollna has practically or? ganised Ultder the Hock Hill plan, which has been adopted la most every county. It puts the individual cotton grower under a guarantee and makes him a party to an effective plan. South Carolina produces about 1,500.000 bale.-, and North Carolina ahoul 1,000,000. The farmers of both Mates, therefore, can Well af? ford to reduce their acreage since the disaster to them would be pro? portionately great if they produced only 1,000,000 between them, should the price go to ?'. cents a pound. The star hopes North Carolina will join In this Rock Hill plan, and an ? rtott will he made at Raleigh tomorrow lo inaugurate th ? move? ment iti ibis stale. Colonel Ander-] sun and the Hon. H. J. W'at-on. of Columbia, president of the Cotton Congress will he In Raleigh to ex? plain iho plan In x u Hi <'arolln ? the Farmers' Union Is urging that . , i v acre of cotton an acre of fond crops sluill be planted, but while t hat Is a -i.I id. a, there is nothing , i Mia about it. They cannot afford i,, produce cotton at cosl even if they ',. iid product f.i crops ut the umi time. Th ? Hock Hill pi in should bo adopted and carried out as I Mrs McCown and Miss McCown. Florence were in the city Tuesday The Markets LIVERPOOL V ARK ET. Liverpool, Feb. 1. Opened. Olosea. Ji n?Feb.53: % 543 leb?Mch.535 543 Vi Ech?April. . . .537 Vs 545 V? April?May.539 & 547 May?June.542 548 Vi June?July. 543 ?49 July?Aug.543 548 Vi Aug.?Sept. 541 546 Vi Sept?Oct..538 Vi ?44 Oct?NOV.536 542 Nov?Dec.536 542 Dee?Jan.536 542 Receipts, 9,000. Aerican, all. Sales. 14,000. American, 13,000. Spots, 5.60?3 up. Opened steady. Closed steady. New York Cotton Market. Xew York, Feb. 1. Opened High Low Close. Jan. . .999 1011 999 1011?12 Feb. 953-^55 Mch. . .949 965 948 962?63 April. 972?74 May.. . .967 979 964 978?79 June. ????99 July. . .980 994 979 Aug.. . .983 995 983 Sept. . .986 995 986 Oct. . . .991 1004 990 Nov. 1005?07 Dec.. . .997 1010 997 1009?10 Warehouse Stock. 15 5.368. Certiiicated. 153,413. Spots, 9.90?20 up. Sab s, none. I )pened steady. Closed firm. ( A X \ ASSERS' R EPt )RT. Tv.enty-ono Per Cent Reduction in Cotton Acreage in Providence Township. The rep.ut of the canvassers for Provide nee township under the Rock Hill Plan for the reduction of cotton . creage was submitted by Mr. J. A. Boy kin to Mr. O'Donnell, County Chairman, today. The report, which is practically complete for Provi >\ ice township, shows a reduction of II ret i.o :.' ? cownsnip in III i raj nt< in 1911. ol .. ' . * ?> : Planted To Re Name. 1911 Planned Acres 1912 acres. B. W. Segars. 367 290 II. A. Ilaffield. 8 8 Zetto Evans.27 20 MUM Sue Raffleid. . . 18 5 B. F. Cadsden. 28 26 Johnson K. White . . 12 00 d. w. Williams. 55 30 W. M. White. 25 20 T. J. Klrven.300 100 Edmund Holmes.. . 22 15 It. J. Pope. 75 30 \. P. Vlnaon Jr.25 18 L a Bradford.. 10 2 Wil. Howard.25 15 ! mkes Bwlnton. 26 15 L l>. Math hi.200 150 W. p.. COlcloUgh. ... 45 75 .J. Dwyer. II 30 C. p. OaiUard.no 120 .J. M. Phillips. . . w. s. Boykin.. n. I.. Boykin.. . W. H. Jennings. . if. t. Edens.. .. S. J. T. Young. Ha 35 if. C. Burroughs ....is 15 v. U Northcutt. . . 95 73 I? W. Spann. 75 60 I. <'. ?NM>pei. TO 55 I?aniel Jenkins. ... 65 50 w. a. Weldon. II 25 Wesley Jenkins. . . . !*0 4 5 R, w. Weldon. 16 16 J. S. Weldon. 20 20 I Mck Jefferson. . .. II 15 Russell Deas. 35 26 w. ti. Deas. SI 30 Callte Deas. 25 35 .1. B. Williams.1?I0 125 .1. c. Dunbar. 32 Parker Lumber Co. .. lit) Itl T. B. Stafford. 12 II + Henry Benenhaley .128 ?*5 Henrj Benenhaley, Jr. II 12 it Ray. 16 20 S. W. Mobley. s 8 Arthur I* nckne) . . 10 10 W, a. Oaks. ir. II w . C, Folk. :57 23 ? Martin Long. 35 20 R, r Jone?. II II j. \. ?oykln. s". 65 M L. Moore .200 2<i0 Total re ige 1911. .3,611 Total h 1 e ige l 1 j 2.920 I I '( 111 " 14* P* ?' I LTt * 7?st r. r 1 1 t reduction.21 ThU reporl is sent m by J. a. Boy* Dnlxell Samt-v County, S. C. As yet there have been no sign* of*a :i change of heart on anybody's part I as to f,,'> ? "M nines emntvlng on the