um misEseoKSTimTioi.
PA\? REMARK ABU1! TKIBITF TO
MKN WHO FR AMI I) IT.
<.r< ui Britain's Retiring Ambais?.
dor <?uewt of Honor at Affair Cele
bniUnf 12 MI? Anniversary of
Framing of Constitution of United
Stain*? IVfjOJlJl <iold Medal by
IVniwl) vaula S*h4***j?<.ue-u* Il4*
CfHvo Hasslf*>n?e Copkx of t 'onsti
tut loo an Souvenirs.
New York. Dec 14.?In commemo?
ration of tbe one hundred and twen
ty-nfth anniversary of tbe framing of
the constitution of the United States
the I'eunslyvanla Society held Its
fourteenth annual dinner here tonight
with James Bryce, the retiring Brit
ish ambassador, as the guest of hon?
or.
Attorney Oeneral Qeorge W. Wlck
ersham wi s toastmaster and delivered
an address, as did the ambassador.
Other speakers were United States
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho,
and Job E. Hedges, of New Turk. A
message of congratulations to the So?
ciety from President Taft wss enclos?
ed In each copy of the souvenir of
the evening, a handsomely bound
copy of the Constitution of the XTnlted
Statea
A feature of tbe dinner was the pre?
sentation of a gold medal to Mr.
Bryce. This medal was founded sev?
eral years ago by a group of mem?
bers for the purpose of providing spe?
cial distinction to any person whom
the Society particularly wishes to
honor. Its presentation to Ambassa?
dor Bryce marks the first time It has
been given to any one not a cltlsen
of the United Statea
Ambassador Bryce spoke on "The
Constitution of the United States."
He said. In part:
'The Constitution was the work of
an extraordinary group of men, such
aa has seldom been seen living at the
same time In any country, and such as
had never been brought together In
any other country to undertake the
Immensely difficult task of framing a
fundamental Instrument of govern?
ment for a nation. The nation was
than a email one and It is one of the
most striking tribute* to the genius
and foresight of men that that frame
of government which they designed
for three million people should have
proved fitting to serve the needs of
ts.eoo.ooe.
"What I have to say of the Consti?
tution must refer chiefly to the past,
because Its provisions seem to be now
not so far removed from the field of
political controver , as they have been
since 1846 Fortunately there is
plenty to be said without trespassing
oa that controversial field from which
my official position debars me.
"The whole of your history since
17lt is a record of the services which
the Constitution has rendered to you.
It formed anew, or at least it strength?
ened and developed, for the sentiment
was fortunately brought by your an?
cestors from England, the habit of de?
ference to the law and respect for Its
forma with a s*n*e of the value of
directing everything by strict meth?
ods, which Is one of the finest tributes
of a free people. i
"It taucht you to recognise that a
free government must be founded up?
on the sense of right, upon the re?
spect of every man and every com?
munity for 'he rights of every other
man and community to the exclusion
of all violence. It impressed upon
every cltlsen the sense that the will
?f tbe whole people, duly ascertained
sad acting through the prescribed
forms, must prevail. The doctrine
of popular sovereignty Is a fine and
wholesome principle when It Is ex?
ercised In the duly prescribed and
dulv observed forms, Just as that
doctrine may be the source of tur
mod and Injury to a people which
rushes heedlessly to carry out its ar?
bitrary will at the Impulse of sudden
passion
"It .th hat Federal Constitutum It?
aelf and all those State constitutions,
whe-h ha\e l.een enacted upon similar
Unen have bad the effect of steadying
tho machinery of government, of
slotting down sudden Impulses, of se?
curing respect f.>r the rights of ewry
man and every section of the peepb .
Sin h services would Seen? to you
mi. i mete, wonderful if it were nol
thai you are so familiar with them
Look at other popular governments
and how tote h they have Buffered
from the want of similar safeguard*.
If you wish fully to realize what >our
constitutions, deral and State,
ha 1 ne for you.
Senator Porah, In his sp? ? oh on
'The Unit. I Strongly defend?
ed tbe cousiituto.ii, out warned hit
hearers there was tfOSlhle brewing
for our present form of government.
"it is Mttg to assume there are ne
storms ahead." hi declared. "It is
useless to BgeJl to coneeal the fa< f
that thoughtful and conservative Rl< n
entert tin fenrs concerning] the future
of our republican form of gOTCm?
ment. The ?eavesee test of the Con
s?tution I* still In the future"
Ihe Christmas holiday of the City
. heoll will begin 1'rl lay afternoon.
HUNDREDS FREED IN ONE RAY.
Govnufon of Arkansas set
II? PARDON record.
iN.iijtKli. ), In Explaining Wholesale
Exercise of Clemency, \t tacks Con?
ditions In Convict Camp.
Llttlo Hook, Ark., Doc. 16.?Oov.
Donaahey. who will retire from of?
fice January 1. issued pardons today
to 316 State and 44 county convicts as
a protest against the convict lease
system in voruc in this State. As a
result three State convict camps will
be abolished. Several camps where
convicts aro engaged in the building
of good roads, however, will be con?
tinued in operation. The convicts par?
doned were serving sentences of from
one to IB yea %
The governor in a statement ex?
plaining his action in issuing the par?
dons, scored the convict lease system
and magistrates who imposed lengthy
sentences for trival offenses.
The governor in bis statement de?
clares reports made to him by special
agents of conditions existing on State
and county farms "could scarcely be
accepted as truth among a civilised
people but for the records in the
case."
The statement does not give the In?
formation secured in detail.
In answer to his critics, whom the
governor quotes as having said Mat a
State penitentiary "could not be de?
signed as a Sunday school," he says:
Nor was it designed as a revengeful
hell, and In a measure that Is what
It has resolved Itself Into."
Of the minor courts Oov. Donaghey
says:
"The abuse of power shown by a
few Individuals acting as justices of
the peace Is enough to stagger Into
amazement those who have given the
matter no attention."
DEMOCRATS FOR PEACE.
Hopeful of Averting Friction Over
(Senate Committees and Floor Lewl
lUMbip.
Washington, Dec. 13.?The shadow
which has hovered over the Democrats
of the Senate, threatening dissension
and perhaps disorganization after
March 4, seems to hwe lifted.
Instead of factional fights between
the progressives and the conservatives
over the floor leadership or the chair?
manship of this committee or that a
get-together spirit has corns over the
Democrats and a determination reach?
ed to work in harmony for a legis?
lative program that will be creditable
to the party as a whole.
It Is yet possible, of course, that
one or two Instances of bad feeling
may arise among members who do not
get what they think they are entitled
to In committee assignments, but the
movement to oppose the election of
Senator Martin, for instance, as floor
leader and Senator Simmons as Fin?
ance Committee chairman has been
abandoned. ?
The progressive Democrats have
not given up without a return, and
this return will come in the form of
Important committee work. The con?
servatives who happen to be now at
the top of a number of committees
by reason of seniority will give up
some of their important committee
seats in favor of the new members
and the younger Senators.
As the matter now stands, follow?
ing innumerable cloak-room confer?
ences* the older Senators are pre?
pared to content themselves with one
important chairmanship apioc?. They
will alao take a few second or third
rate committee appointments and oot
seek re-election to all the Important
committees upon which they happen
to bo at this time.
The self-effacement on the part .if
the elders will give the younger Sen?
ators a Chane?1 t<? >?ot st ats on tho bit?
committees and to havo an active
/art in shaplmr thi important legisla?
tion that is to Signal igt the Wilson
administration.
This compromise will, it la now Re?
lieved, result in the re-election of
Senator Martin, of Virginia, as caucus
chairman and therefore as Democratic
door leader. It will give Senitor
Simmons the chairmanship of the
Finance Committee, hut no seat on
nny other hl? committee. It will give
Senator Tillman the chairmanship of
the Commerce or the Naval Affairs
Committee)! and if he taken the for?
mer it will Kive Senator Smith, of
Maryland, lbs Naval Affairs 'n;?'r
mansHp.
Thi plan hai been worked out In
th" interest, of, party harmony and to
prevent factional fights at the outset
ol the neu administration. As far as
could l.e learned today, it has tin* ap?
proval of practically all tin; Demo
crats n"w in Washington who will sit
in tin- new Senats To make it effec?
tive M is only necessaryi therefore, to
gain the assent of the now Senators
who will come in from private life Oil
M.nh I
Qsjorge Washington advised agalnsl
"entangling alliances/' but couples
continue to go right "? forming mat?
rimonial slllances, Wilmington star.
HELD FPU BUM
motorists in JAIL ON CHARGE
OF CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
Action in Holding AutomoblUsts Re?
sponsible For Death of Boy Not
Rspootsd?
Greenville. Dec. 16.?Following tho
hearing of. testimony this afternoon
at the coroner's inquest into the death
of lrvin Wrenn, who was run down
and killed Saturday afternoon by the
aut.-mobile of David B. Jenkins, the
jury returned a verdict attributing
tho boy's death to criminal careless?
ness on the part of Jenkins and his
son. Clyde, Coroner Batson issued
a warrant and turned it over to the
sheriff, who placed father and son
under arrest.
Attorneys for the man and his son
will appear before Judge Prince at
Anderson tomorrow and make appli?
cation for bail.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
came as a distinct surprise to prac?
tically everybody connected with the
Investigation There was a general
feeling that the jury, like the ordi?
nary ooroner'l panel, would hear a
bit of testimony here and there and
return a verdict that would not hold
any one criminally responsible for
the death of the child. But the twelve, I
most of them laboring men, who left
their respective tasks and in over?
alls came to serve on the jury, re?
tired arter hearing the testimony, and
for over an hour held one of the
stormiest sessions a coroner's jury
has been known to hold in Green?
ville county. Having finished their
deliberations they filed out of the
room and went back to their labors,
leaving with the coroner the verdict
that they had reached. News of the
jury's finding soon spread through
the streets, and there was a general
feeling of satisfaction over .he fact
that for once a coroner's jury had
made a thorough inquiry and taken
notable action.
No new facts were brought out at
the investigation. Jenkins was rep?
resented by one of the leading law
firms of the city, while another prom?
inent firm represented the State. R.
A. Cooper, solicitor of the Eighth
circuit, who is a brother of the dead
child's mother, took an active inter?
est in the investigation.
The incident has created no lit?
tle feeling throughout the county,
and while the public seems to realise
that the killing of the child was ac?
cidental, there is condemnation of
the manner in which the occupants
of the car acted after running down
the child.
PERISHABLES BY PARCELS POST.
Handled for Short Distance Only
When Properly Boxed.
Washington, Dec. 13.?According
to regulations governing the parcel
post system, promulgated by Post?
master General Hitchcock, perishable
articles may be sent through the
malls only under specific conditions
as to their containers and the distance
they are to be sent.
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats,
dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, ber?
ries and similar articles likely quick?
ly to decay, may be sent for short
distances, when securely packed.
Kggs will be accepted for local de?
livery when packed properly in h
container, and for any distance when
each egg is separately packed in a
sei nfe manner.
Fragile articles. Including millinery,
toys, musical instruments and articles
of glass, In whole or In purt, must be
securely packed and marked "fragile."
Articles that may not be sent by
parcel post Including intoxicating li?
quors of all kinds; poisons, poisonous
animals, Insects, or reptiles, explosives
of every kind; inflammable articles,
Including matches, infernal machines,
pistols or revolvers; disease germs;
any obscene, defamatory o rscurrilous
matter m w prohibited by law, live or
dead animals, birds or live poultry;
raw hides or pelts, or anything hav?
ing a bad odor.
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcel post rates; but
only tit pound rates of third-class
matter.
A committee of railroad oltlclals to?
day petitioned the House postofllce
committee for a rearrangement of
Weighing end pay for transporting
mails. The railroad men set out that
they dal nol contemplate carrying
the parcel posts when their present
contracts were made, and declared as
a matter of conti act they were not
obliged to accept packages weighing
. more than four pounds.
Mow to Bankrupt the Doctors.
\ prominent \'"w fork physieian
Bay! "If it were not for Ihe thin
I stockings and thin soled shoes worn
bj women the doctors would prob?
ably l"- banki up?." When you c in
tf o f i cold do not wait for it to do
velop into pneumonia but treat it it
once Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is Intended especially for coughs and
colds, and bus won a wide reputation
by its cures of these diseases, it Is
most effectual end is pleasant and
safe lo take, Fot sale by all dealers
\.i\ t
Our Prize |
Contest
I
1st Prlw>?Dinner Set.
2rwl Prize?Dinner Set.
3rd 10 prize* ca<?h of a 4-lb
Pound CnWo with Royal
Icing;.
l>re?ent Yon? Isabels on
DECEMBER 20th
At The
HEW YORK BAKERY.
Ymas Orders:
4 lb. Pound Cake with Royal Icing . . One Dollar
4 lb. Fruit Cake with Royal Icing . . . One Dollar
. Phone 97 i
and place your order NOW
SAVE THE BUTTERNUT LABELS FOR A NICE "DINNER SET."
SCHOOL ATTEHDANGE LESS.
WHITE PUPILS 3 PER CENT
LOSS, XECJROES 10 PER CENT.
Report of State Superintendent of
Education, J. E. Swearlngen,
Shown Discouraging Conditions ?
Several Explanations of Figures
Difficulty of Securing Accurate Re
? is>rts from Countie??OUier Points
of Interest Regarding Schools.
Columbia, Dec. 15.?"These fig?
ures show a loss during the year of
6,962 white pupils in 31 counties and
a parallel loss of 21,580 negro pupils
in 31 counties. Fourteen counties re?
port a loss of more than 10 per cent
from the negro enrollment of last
year. Twelve counties report an ag?
gregate white gain of 1,916 ranging
from 1 to 9 per cent. Eleven counties
report an aggregate negro gain of 2,
34 3, ranging from 1 to 22 per cent,"
is the startling statement made by
State Superintendent of Education in
his annual report, which he has pre?
pared for submission to the General
Assembly, In which ho reviews the
school system of South Carolina, its
needs and Its present system.
The report shows that there was a
loss last year over the preceding year
of 3 per cent In the enrolment of white
children and a loss for the same pe?
riod of 10 per cent In the enrolment
of the negro children. The enrol?
ment of white children for the year
Just closed was 156,302, and the negro
children 175,599, making a total of
331,599. The decrease of 3 per cent
In the enrolment of white children
and a decrease of 10 per cent In the
enrolment of negro children is the
startling feature of the annual report
of the State Superintendent of Edu?
cation J. E. Swearlngen. It is noted
that In Charleston County there are
reported 4,261 white pupils, a de?
crease of 43 under last year, and 7,287
negroes, an increase of 739 over last
year.
Six possible reasons are suggested
for this decrease in enrolment; First
previous experience of the greater ma?
jority of the county superintendents
of education, enabling them to get
at the facts better; second, the in?
stallation of a school ledger by the
State Superintendent in every' county
suerintendent's office, securing uni?
formity in school bookkeeping and
school reports; third, the detailed re?
port on school statistics printed one
year ago by the State Superintendent,
promoting the efficiency and diligence
of the school officers; fourth, the se?
verity of the last winter, keeping pu?
pils from a distance away from the
schools; lifth, the bumper cotton crop
of the iast year causing many people
to keep their children away from the
schools to gather the crop; sixth, the
text hook changes of last year, pre?
venting many of the poorer people
from paying for the change in the
school hooks and thus keeping the
children at home and cutting down
the attendance. "Nevertheless, the
disagreeable fact remains that a nor?
mal Increase of 3.ooo whites and 4,
000 negroes turned last year into a net
loss of 4,650 whites and 18,132 ne?
groes," says the report.
The difficulty In getting prompt re?
ports from teachers leads the Super?
intendent to suggest that any teacher
Who does not make out a complete
and full report within two weeks af
ter the close of the school term be
subject to a fine of $ur. and forfeiture
of his teacher's certificate. The im?
portance of making prompt reports
la emphasised in order to enable the
State Superintendent to get full in?
formation and prepare his annual re?
port promptly.
The differences and disparities be?
tween various school districts would
be lessened If there was a State tax
for schools, in the opinion of the Su?
perintendent Swearlngen There is a
3-mlll constitutional tax amounting to
about ji.oiHi.inMi, apportioned among
the tchools according to enrolment.
Speaking of the trouble of the
school with one teacher to keep ac?
curate statistics Superintendent Swear?
lngen says: ' < >f the 2,135 white
schools In the state, 1,910 employ
i ... teacher, two teachers, '.?"?
three teachers and 197 more than
three teachers, The situation In the
2,441 negro schools is even worse.
Tw o thousand, two hundr< <i and sev?
enty-two Of these schools lia\e one
teacher, 103 two teachers, 23 three
teachers. Close and accurate grad?
ation, therefore, seems impossible in
76 per cent of the white schools, dif?
ficult In 13 per cent and reasonable
in 11 per cent. Such gradation seems
impossible in 93 per cent of the ne?
gro schools, difficult in 4 per cent,
and reasonable In 3 per cent."
The impossibility of the rural school
with a larger enrolment and employ?
ing only one teacher and frequently
this teacher without previous exper?
ience, keeping accurate enrolment by
grades, by branches of study, etc., is
pointed out. The tendency to pad *he
enrolment because the size of t.?e sal?
ary depends on the enrolment Is con?
demned. Many other matters of vital
importance to the public system Is
touched on In the report, which will
I be laid before the General Assem
1 bly.
BAIL GRANTED TO JENKINS.
Judge Prince Admits Greenville
County Automobilist?* to Bond in
Sum of $1,500 Each.
Anderson, Dec. 17.?At chambers
today Judge Prince named ball In
amounts of $1,500 each for David B.
Jenkins and his son, Clyde Jenkins,
who In their automobile ran over and
killed young Wrenn In Greenville Sat?
urday afternoon. The coroner's Jury
returned a verdict of criminal care?
lessness, which is equivalent to man?
slaughter. Coulter Cothran repre?
sented the defendants, while Gen. M
L. Bonham represented the State.
PELLAGRA IS SPREADING IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Over 30,000 Victims Hare Been
Claimed in Six Years Disease Has
Been Known.
Washington, Dec. 13.?Pellagra is
spreading In the United States and In
the six years It has been known to
medical authorities has claimed not
less than 30,000 victims with a fatal?
ity rate in excess of 10 per cent, ac?
cording to a report of the public
health service today.
"It has reached the dignity of a
public health question of national im?
portance, says the report.
The report gives the figures by
States for 1907-'ll.
Virginia?Total cases. 628; deaths,
349; death rate per hundred cases, 55
pe rcent.
North Carolina?Cases, 2,412;
deaths, 1,067; rate, 44 per cent.
South Carolina?Cases. 1,880;
deaths, 68 2; rate, 31 per cent.
Georgia?Cases, 4.558; deaths, 1,
58 2; rat??, 34 per cent.
Kentucky?Cases 531; deaths, 220;
rate, 4 3 per eent.
Alabama?Cases, 2,314; deaths,
859; rate, 37 per cent.
Mississippi?<'ases, 2.S95; deaths,
1,250; rate. 4 3 per eent.
Louisiana?Cases, 670; deaths, 296;
rate, 44 per cent.
The figures show pellagia either
prevalent or sporadic in the greater
part of the United Bttaes, but par?
ticularly serious In the South.
The following statement by Asso?
ciate Justice ('. A. Woods, of Marion,
in the course of an address at Dillon
should make every thoughtful man
and woman in South Carolina deter?
mine to end all of the strength of
his or her influence t*? the cause of
compulsory education: "For every
one hundn d people in South Caro?
lina there are ten above the age of
ten years who cannot read or write;
in Louisiana, there are fourteen; and
In North Carolina there are 12 per
cent Illiterate. By those figures it will
be seen that South Carolina stands
third from the bottom in Illiteracy.
The average of Illiteracy for the Uni?
ted States is T> per cent of the popu?
lation; thas it will be seen that South
Carolina has two to one when com?
pared with the general average. The
demand for education begins with the
child when bIx or sev< a years old and
continues to the grave; and just to
the extent that education is dlSCOn
Itlnued will thai man be a peril to the
community iti which he lives."?
I Chest* r Reporter.
The work on the new turntable and
cinder i>i is proceeding sh adily. The
piles have be? n driven down and the
concrete for the foundation for the
turntable now being put In.
GREAT COMMONER HAS CONFI?
DENCE IN WULSON.
Esteem Increases as Acquaintance
With the President-elect Grows.
Will W in Public Approval.
Florence, Dec. 17.?William Jen?
nings Bryan passed through the city
this morning going to Winston-Salem
from Wilmington, where be had
spoken last night. He goes from Win
ston-Salem to Asheville.
He Is of course a marked man
wherever he travels and travels as a
Democrat in the regular coaches or
a Pullman where he can Wffttt his
editorials for The Commoner off make
up speeches to thrill the country
with.
He was very anxious to see the
morning papers of this State when he
got here and to get a breakfast at
the famous eating house.
He was spoken to by many ad?
mirers, and entered with genuine
pleasure into the discussions at the
station. He would have made a
speech if the time had been long
enough, and the crowd around him
willing to let him get away.
To the correspondent of The ?State
he said that he wouiu not care to
express an opinion on the personnel
of the cabinet. He smiled at the stories
told of his having a private office In
Washington, and other stories that
are in circulation make reading for
the yellow Journals.
He would not comment, either, oa
the suggestion of the demand of the
world for him to be ~t the head of the
department of state In this country
on the grounds that It would mean
the peace of the world.
He had nothing to say of the ap?
peal that seems to be made by the
Balkan allies for the aid of America
in their fight for fair and Just terms of
peace with Turkey. He said that he
did not know enough of the real sit?
uation to be quoted.
He did talk, however, of the out?
look for the Democratic party, and
the prospective administration of Oov.
Wilson. He said that Gov. Wilson
came Into office under circumstances
that were unusual and most favorable.
Not only has he the entire confidence
of the Democratic party, but he has
the contldence of the Republicans as
well. The Taft men rejoice that he
has defeated Roosevelt, and the
Roosevelt men rejoice that he has de?
feated Taft, so that all wish him well.
"My confidence in him," he said, "has
grown is my acquaintance with him
has Increased. He has two things es?
sential to enable him to win the ap
proval of the public. First ho is con?
scientious?that is, he seeks the ap?
proval of his own conscience in what
he does, an! second his sympathies
are with the masses. With these two
p ?ints fixed, we can draw a line on
a public man just as a sut ireyOff can
draw a line on the earth when he has
two points fixed*"
In regaul to the investigations now
going on in congress and the effect
of this short session on the Demo?
cratic party and its chanc s of suc?
cess, he s aid that they were doing a
great deal of good, the public must
be Informed before it acts, and the
light that the investigations are
throwing on the money trust will en?
able congress to act on the subject
with more Intelligence. The evidence
slo ws the enormous power of a few
men and their influence to be so wide
and all pervading. It is also made
plain how necessary some remedial
legislation is, which is the great re?
sult of the inquiry.
Then with e of his bliebt and
soul cheering smiles he asked the re?
porter if that \\. re not enough and if
he would not let him reserve .some?
thing for the next reporter that he
met.
Bumter needs s creamer) to pro?
duce sufficient butter for home con?
sumption worse than anything; else,
o\c. pt a c inning factory. But before
either is established there must come
a revolution in farming methods.
Farmers will have to keep many more
datr) cows to supply the cream for a
creamery and must grow truck for
the cannery, Tin re exists .1 need
for both enterprises and ? lot il mar?
ket for the output, but ihe raw ma?
terial is |ai k ing.