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MORE BLUSE MESSAGES. SF\FK\I, Hills IV!K()I?KKI> IN li'l'KR HKANCH. Two MoMa?fs Wen< lt?M-et\c*l Trum <.o\eruoi i .,m Night at \lb Minute*' Sewdon. Columbia, Jan. 21.?The senate was in session last night for 25 minutes following; a recesa of two days. A number of bills were introduced, mes? sage No*. I and !? from the govern OT were received and read, and the calendar was cleared so far as pos? sible. The senate convenes at 11 o'clock today. Message* from the governor were announced a few minutes after the upper branch convened. The first of these relates to the removal of H. J. Khame as State bank examiner and the appointment of H. W? Fr?ser to the office. The. second of the two messages transmitted a report of the executive's expenditures out of his appropriation for the enforce? ment oi law and had to do further WUH the refusal of the comptroller gvn?rai to pay amounts said to be due W P. Beard and P. H. Cr-ley. The two housee were Invited to in? spect the transactions of the comp? troller general's ofhee and those of the. governor to ?*?e whether the lat ter's office Is or not as efficient as the former s. On motion by Senator Ap pelt. message No. 8 wss referred to the Judiciary committee and No. 9 to the committee on claims. After the Introduction of a num? ber of bills and the clearing rf the calendar as far as possibl | the sen? ate adjourned at 8.25 o'clock until 11 o'clock today, on motion of Senator Hardln. 1 Senator Appelt introduced a meas urt prohibiting magistrates from per? mitting the compromise of criminal caeee after warrants have been is? sued, excep. in cases of simple assault and battery. Senator Carlisle intro? duced a measure to prevent city | f flctals accepting free service, free l tickets or trunks of any V.ind from a public corporation. Senator Hough Introduced a bill to exempt medical examiners of life Insurance companies from license fees. Senator Carlisle's bill permitting the swearing in of witnesses in grand - Jury rooms, a third reading measure, * went over, on motion of Senat r Wes? ten, who stated that he wished to give the matter more consideration. Senator Carlisle's bill permitting a foreman of a grand Jury to bring in bills without the attendance of the whole Jury went to Its third reading. I This was considered by the Rtchland county grand Jury In Its las?, present ment. Senator Weston moved that when the senate adjourn it do so ur.tll noon today, but, on Senator Carl Is! js calling his attention to the fact that T the inauguration took place at lhat hour. Senaor Weston withdrew his motion In favor of one made by Sen? ator Carlisle, making 11 o'clock the hour to which to adjourn. A meet? ing of the Judiciary committee was } announced for 10 | this morn FUtMt Its CO-OPFRAT1VF MFTII QSt Plan of Iowa Farmors to lb- shown at National Corn F?|M*dtlon. Columbia, Jan. 21.?A complete presentation of the farmers' co-oper? ative softies of the Western States. Will be an hV retting educational fea? ture of the Iowa State exhil.lt at the Fifth National Corn Exposition, which opens here the JTth of this month The exhibit will show the methods by which these societies con? duct their affairs, and ?-special em? phasis mil be laid on the co-operative grain eb- \ at or organisations. A no d e| grain elevator will be demonstrated In actual operation, and the exhibit mill l-e <*uopleimnted by a series of Itctures giving full knowledge of the various phase* of these co-operative societies. The development of these farmers' ???Operative Mocietles In Iowa hai pr.d? d to ,i gre 11er . \'. nt, prob uMy. than In any other State of tin t'nion. and It Is espeeially Atting that *u? h an exhibit should come from this Mtate. The , ghthtt has !???? n pre? pared under the direction of tie- agti cultur.il aatonatoi department of the loWa State college, at AmeS. It Will b?* daaaanwttnted by Messrs, C, 0, Missend, und II. I'. AtWOOdi both of whom gfe thoroughly familiar with the agwfatloa of tb? s, elevator* and the conduct or tb? co nperntlvs so? ? etJea ThH Iowa ? xhitdt Is an illustration of on*' of the f? ndunv ntnl purposes of the Nation il Cora Exposition emphasis i \ ? \pl mi ??>.? \ ilua-dc result* whlei have at. n achieved by individual farmer-* and farmers' oi gnsjgajullasjs In various sect Wins, in tHeir efforts ?<? facilitate the handling and systsnmttss the dsstributfc n ass sjnfhsUng ?>f the products of tfV farm, mahlag this proeesa more ^ati-< factory and lam ? MM RSlVS la the pro ducer WILSON FIGHTS TRUSTS. I'UKSintNT-lXKlT HAS IJI.LLS At.MNsT MONOPOLY INTRO* ducsd in m av raauoci sKNATK. Call for Inpri>onmcnt for VIOMtOfl of New Art* l*ro|Me?ed liy Cioteriior, Which legislature kl Kipcclcd la Adopt?HofSSl to Itemed y Corpora? tion Fvil. Trenton, Jan. 10. ? President-elect Woodron Wilsen today reached what h. OOnsidsri the Olinai la his Pro? gramme of reform as governor of New Jersey. Seven bills making for the most extensi\e revision of the corporation laws in the history of the State were Introduced tonight in the State legislature. These acts are designed to put an end to trusts and monopoly under the laws of New Jersey." declared Oov. Wdson In a statment describ? ing the measures, and I confidently predict that they will aceomplish that much desired result. ' Though the principle of the bills, which seek to prevent monopoly un? derselling in local markets, mergers, the existence of holding companies and the issuance of watered storks, is one which the governor emphasized repeatedly during the National cam? paign, he said tonight that the pro? posed legislation had been drawn with the conditions in the State of New Jersey alone in mind. "These bills embody my Ideas of the way New Jersey should deal with the question," he said. "National leg? islation might have to be different." Kver since the end of the campaign the governor has been working on the corporation reform. Chancellor Walker and Judge Bennet Van Syckle assisted him, and tonight the bills were launched in the Senate. As the acts are administration measures and the Democrats have a comfortable majority in both houses, Democratic leaders were practically unanimous in predicting that they will be enacted with little opposition. The feature of the bills that at? tracted most attention was the pro? vision making violations of the pro? posed law a misdemeanor punish? able by imprisonment as well as fines. The bills go into extensive details in defining trusts monopoly and mergers. It was pointed out in the statement Issued from the governor's office, however that while mergers and consolidations are prohibited in gen? eral, the proposed laws do not in? tend to prevent llgitlmate expansion of business concerns in the pur? chase of property "common in char aeter." Provision for this If made in the second of series of bids whieh says: "When stock Is issued on the basis of the stock of any other corpora? tion, no stock shall be issued therefor in an amount greater than the sum actually paid for sueh stock in cash or ts equivalent, provided that the property purchased < r owned by the corporation wh?rse stock is purchased must be cognate in CharSCtSf and use to the property used or contem? plated to be used by the purchasing corporation in the direct conduct of its own proper business." This still permits, it is stated, a corporation to extend its business by the purchase of the property, Includ? ing the stock of another coiporatlon if Its business be the samSi but pre? vents the issuing of watered stock in the transaction. It has nothing to d-? .vith holding companies which tr. Otherwlst created, it is contend? ed. While the bills, it is claimed, take away aoas ol ths rights of existing corporations, they do restrict these Companies from extending their hold? ings and make them subject to the provisions forbidding underselling, dis? crimination and other monopolistic practices. Present companies will not bo affected so far as sum k issuances and mergers are concerned. Among the larger combinations Chartered under New Jersey laws are the United States Steel corporation, the Standard <hl Company, the Ameri? can Tobacco corporation! the Ameri? can Sugar Refining Company, the In? ternational Harvester company, the Amalgamated Copper company, ihs United states Leather company and the Rock Island Railroad company. Dinner l?i Supreme Court, Washington, Jan, 21.?Chief Jus? tice White and the associate justices of the supreme court of the united States \*,e:?- the guests of honor to* nlgk at a dinner given by tie- pre---. Ident a music >i foliosed, lte-t < oiigh Medicine for I hlldren. ? I cm very glnd to say n few words In praise of Chamberlain'! Cough Remedy," wrlte? Mis Lids Dew* . Milwaukee, Wi- " I have used II foi \. srs both f< t n y children and myself 1 and it m-v er falls to reib ve snd cure a cough or cold No family with ! children should be without it as it rives almosl lmm< cllnte n Ii? f in raset of rroup." Chamberlain'^ Cough It* m< dy !? plea* ant s nd safe le Inks which Is of great Importaace when i medicine must be given to young chll dien i or sale l ) ;?u deal, rs Advl RAILROADS WIN VICTORY. COURT PASSES ON COMMISSION'S HATE PRIVILEGE. Commerce Commission Will Have to Show t'nrt u-*oiiuh|<Mii"-s of Old Rot cm Uefore Acting, Washington, Jan. 20.?The govern? ment, on behalf of the Interstate com? merce commission, today met defeat at the hands of the supreme court of the United States In its attempt to establish In the commission a ri^ht to make, without substantial evidence being presented at a hearing to show the unreasonableness of rates about to be replaced. At the same time railroads of, iho Country won an important point when the court decided that in making rates the commission could not rely upon information gathered in Inves? tigation by the committee but must base them upon evidence presented at a hearing where railroads would have an opportunity to present their sid. of the controversy. In this limiting the power of the commission the court declared that the question of whether any substan? tial evidence ias been presented in a case was on ? of law for the courts, such as the commerce court, to re? view, and was not intrusted exclusive? ly to the commission. Justice La mar announced the court's decision in a case involving the validity of an order reducing class rates from New Orleans to Alabama cities. He' quoted the government's posi? tion, that the Hepburn law In pro? viding that rates should be set aside, if, after a hearing, the commission should be of the opinion that the charge was unreasonable, meant that the commission's Undings as to un? reasonableness of rates was not sub? ject to review by the court. The justice in reply pointed to that clause in the law which required a "full hearing" to be accorded and the universal course of decisions in this country that an administrative order by the government was void if issued without a hearing or if the hearing was Inadequate or unfair. He stated the government's further contention that congress required the commission to obtain information to enable it to perform its duties and that therefore, when it issued an or? der, it was presumed to have obtained information to support its findings. "Such a construction," said the lustice, "would nullify the right to a hearing?for manifestly there is no hearing when the party does not know what evidence Is offered or con? sidered or Is not given an opportunity to testify or explain or repudiate it. The information gathered may be used as the basis for instituting pros? ecutions for violations of the law and for many other purposes but It is not available as such in cases where the parties are entitled to a hearing." TWO SPECIAL MESSAGES. Governor Rcliashes Ruanic-Frascr Hank l'.xamJncT CttSC and Asks That Claims Be Paid. Columbia, Jan. SI.?Two messages, One rehashing the Khame-Fraser bank examiner case and the other asking that certain claims turned down by the Comptroller General be ordered paid by the General Assem? bly, were received in the house Tues day from Governor Hlease. The State house will be decorated for the Corn Exposition by order of the General Assembly. Reds Win Contest. Thi' bowling match Monday night In the Y. II? C, A. tourney between the Reds and the Greens was won by the Reds, putting them second in the championship series, the Blues being already several games in the lead. All three games Were won by the Reds, the drat by -t pins and the third by B9 pins. The bowling of Cuttlno, captain of the Reds, was the feature of the contest, his score of 199 being a record In the tourney, as was his average of Is-- in the three games. Letten have been received from Prof, English and Miss Edith L, Por? rott in which thej advise thai Miss Mary Lemmon will begin her work in this county of organizing tomato dubs Ihe first of February. Miss Lemmon hay already resigned her po? sition In a Bchool at J.amar to accept t he posit ion in this ? ounty. Ills Stomach Troubles < Ivcr. Mr, Dyspeptic, would you not like tu feel thai your stomach troubles w ? re over, that you could eal any kind of food desired without In jut y That may seem so unlikely to you t hat you du not even hope for an ending nf your trouble, bill permit us to iure you that it Is not altogether Impossll l? . Ii others can be cured permanently, and thousands have been, whj not you? .bdm K. Darker, of Rattle Creek, Mich , Is one of them. He lays, "1 U'as troubled with heart? burn, Indigestion, and liver complaint until I used Chamberlain's Tablets. th< n mv trouble was over." Sold by all deab rs. Advt. triple Standard Agriculture of The South. Wilmington star. The reason that the South Is the greatest agricultural region on the face of the earth is because of Its triple standard of agriculture. Take eastern North Carolina as an instance, its agricultural potentialities embrace truck growing, the production of all the staple food crops, and the grow? ing of a crop upon which the world dep.aids for clothing. If we were to eliminate every crop hut cotton, agri? culture In the South WOUld be assured, for more countries of the entire world i depend upon the South for clothing material than depend upon any other portion of the productive globe for the other necessaries for the populations of civilised and half civilized coun- ! tries. Some countries boast of their agri? cultural advantages because they are specially adapted to the production of food crops. Others boast of their ad? vantages for truck growing. Others are adapted to dairying and cattle raising, but when it comes to agricul- i ture in the South she is equal if not j superior to all other countries in all i the branches of agriculture that are J known to man. On top of all that, \ the South is the world s premier cot- I ton-growing country, the dependence of all the world to keep its spindles tit work to furnish clothing for hun? dreds of millions of people. With the versatility embraced in the growing of all staple food crops, the fleecy staple, early vegetables, fruits, and what practically all portions of the world can' produce of anything, Southern agriculture challenges the confidence of the world. It should certainly be looked upon with the ut? most assurance by us who dv ell in the Nation's Garden Spot and know what a country of magnificent ver? satility as we have in easten North Carolina. All the world is interested in the cotton industry and its future. More? over, the world is uneasy lest produc? tion shall fall below the needs of the mills of America and Europe. The European spinners and cotton ex? perts, especially, are anxious about the supply. They look to production in the South to keep up with the de? mand. According to a German au? thority the world's cotton crop, esti? mated at 20,000,000 bales annually, produced in the South, India, Egypt and other countries, is barely equal to the needs of the mills. That au? thority is Ludwig Bendix, who recent? ly furnished a long article on this subject for "Plutus," a well-known German periodical dealing with econ? omic subjects. Mr. Bendix furnishes statistics to show that fom 1900 to 1911, there were six years in which production w.i.s less than the mills demanded. During the same period production exceeded the demand during live years, showing that consumption and production are about evenly balanced, but it is the years of deficiency that worry the manufacturers most Ex? cess of production can be taken care Of later but a shortage of cotton means a severe blow to the milling industry, so that the cotton crop each year is carefully watched by manufacturers here and in Europe, especially by the Spinners. The European spinners often get panicky over a probable short cotton crop. European spinners want plenty of cotton and for it they are depending upon the South, for Mr. Bendix says: "Considering the momentous lmpor tance of the cotton fibre for the world's economy, it is only natural that attempts should be made to bring about a considerable Increase In the world's crop. Particularly, people in? terested In the European cotton in? dustry have tried to increase cotton production outside the United States. So far such efforts have not been crowned With success and the su premacy of the Union (the south) seems assured for many years to come." Even the Bouth's supremacy in cot? ton is assured by European authority, and Mr. Bendix makes the situation all the stronmr when ho says that "it is certain that of all the land suit? able for cotton in the United states (the South), only a twelfth to a fifteenth part is under cultivation." With all this primary requisite as to the matter of cotton-growing lands, Mr. BendlX expresses surprh" that the South does not increase , , tton crop. He plainly intimates that Eu? rope desired that, but even if the South does keep its cotton production in safe bounds it is gratifying to the European manufacturers that the South has eight times more cotton land than is devoted to the crop. This means that the South could easily pro? duce more than 100,000,000 bales of cotton if it were to Ui.'te all its cotton lands. Of course, the . >uth is only going to Increase its cotton ?ro duction as the world is able to ab? sorb it, but it is a matter of satisfac? tion that the world can look forward for centuries to the ability of the South to furnish it with cotton. In this article it is the purpose to magnify the tremendously surpassing advantage* of the South for agricul? ture?the agriculture of a triple stand? ard, the agriculture of the greatest variety of crops, the agriculture that leads the world in versatility of pro? duction. Why do 800,000 Northen farmers leave the United States and go to a country which grows only one-twen? tieth of the crop products that can be grown in the South? It is surely be? cause they don't know of the South's immense soil versatility, vast produc? tivity, and matchless climate. That is our fault. FARMERS' BANK ELECTION. Hoard of Direktors and Officers Chos? en for 1913. The annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Frmers' Bank and Trust Company was held Monday af? ternoon and following the stockhold? ers' meeting the old officers of the bank were re-elected by the Board of Directors. The officers of the bank are: Presi? dent, C. G. Rowland; Vice-Prcsi dents, R. F. Haynsworth, Thomas Wil? son, Isaac Schwartz, Geo. D. Shore; Cashier, G. L. Warren. The Board of Directors were re elected and are: W. B. Burns, R. J. Bland, J. K. Crosswell, Geo. F. Epperson, Geo. D. Shore, R. F. Haynsworth, H. J. Mc Laurin, Jr., C. G. Rowland, Isaac Schwartz, J. F. Bland, C. T. Mason, W. B, Boyle, Thos. Wilson, Mark Reynolds, G. L. Warren, W. W. Row? land. C. D. Schwartz, John Wilson, R. ?). Purdy. J. J. Blitton, Jr. I A report of the condition of the i bank was made at the stockholders' j meeting and matters cf routine gone ' over. During the year the bank has declared semi-annual dividends of 4 per cent at the 1st of July and the 1st of January, 1913. Boy Scout! '?Hike." The boy scouts of lame Cock Troop No. 1, went on a hike to First Mill Friday. They had a few con? tests, the greatest of all was the Hag signaling and fire making. All the boy scouts are requred to be at the Y. M. C. A. at 3.30 o'clock every Fri | day afternoon, on account of a spe? cial scout meeting. Reporter. I_ Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior for coughs and colds. It is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or other narcotic. It always cures. For sale by all dealers.?A ivt TILLMAN MAKES REPLY. DENOl \< I s GOVERNOR AM) JUS CONDUCT DURING CAMPAIGN or PAST si mmi.k. Motion Made Thai Neither Message Be Printed in .Journal of JIoux ? Argument Postponed until Th?r* sdas. Columbia, Jan. 21.?Senator Till mari's reply to the message of Gov? ernor BW see which the Chief Exccu live tent to both branches of the lag* LsletiVe body SOnte days ago se? verely criticising the Senator was read by t ie Senate today. It Contain? ed a bitte, denunciation of Governor Bleaee and ihe hitter's conduct dur? ing the recent primary. Senator Car? lisle moved that neither the message of the Governor nor Senator Tillman's statement be printed in the Journal. This was opposed and debate on the question was adjourned until Thurs? day. RURAL LIFE EXHIBIT. Mi>s Mabel Carney to Have Charge <>f Important feature at Corn Expo? sition. Columbia, Jan. II.?Miss Mabel Carney of Normal, 111., arrived in Co? lumbia yesterday to remain until the close of the fifth National Corn Ex? position, which oi)ens here Monday. The part which Miss Carney will take in this great agricultural event will be a most important one. She will be in charge of a country community exhibit in the main educational hall, she will discuss with rural teachers and others interested, the various problems of rural lfe, and her name appears on the programme for Nat? ional Education Day, Friday, January 31, when she will speak on "Making the Best of the One Teacher School." Miss Carney is a tireless worker in the interest of rural improvement, and her work along this line in her own State has been productive of re? markable results. She is at present director of the country school depart? ment of the Illinois State Normal University, and is also secretary of the Illinois country life federation. The country community exhibit is put on by Miss Carney in cooperation with the country life department of the Presbyterian board of home mis? sions of New York and Miss Carney \ will be assisted in its demonstration by Miss Anna B. Taft, assistant su ' perintendent of that department. The exhibit will demonstrate many funda? mental principles involved in the im? provement of the country community. MANY TO VISIT COLUMBIA. National Corn i:\j>ositi<m Will At? tract Attention of Sumtcr People. Prospects are briirht for a big ! marching club to represent Sumter in the South Carolina Pay parade next Tuesday at Columbia, the second day of the National Corn Exposition. The plan is to have a special train leave here over the A. C. L. about 9 o'clock a. m., and take the band, and to march with the band in the big parade that will represent the mercantile and military elements of South Carolina. As the time is short to close ar? rangements with the railroad for cars, all who wish to go on the special are urged to ring up the Chamber of Commerce at once. The cost of the round trip by spe? cial train will be $2.00 per passenger. Chronic Constijwuion Cured. "Five years ago I had the worst case of chronic constipation I ever anew of and Chamberlain's Tablets cured me," writes S. 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