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ritlM\i(\ Ml diu r no n.i: \ltFK. Problem In Flr?-l IMMrlcl Hint' Not \.tt Solved. Charlewton. PM) J" B .thing that Could he termeS definite .xrogrcss to? wards a soluthia of the difficult pro? blem ??/ how tc hold a primary in the first Congressional gsStrtOt OUN to hKht \c-terdsv. The ? uddle that WM Created Wl/,'11 the Jiiltr eXeeii tlv.- i i laaaHlgs, iJtcd M.?y 27 as the date of the primary and Governor ltb*t?e fixed Apr* 29 as hue du to of the general aVctiog rcsmiins un? cleared. Chairman HsMMQf \V. Conner, of Che Charleston ' 'ounty rxecuttfsj committee. Is strosgly of th?- opinion that mattern should not be allowed la resnain as they stow are and that fef flbsae la ssay feasible way it which a primary can be keld this method should be adopted. As mattete n<?w stand there will t>e no prim?re .at all and all candidates will enter the feral ftiVtiiss. This Introduces the negro vote of the district as a far.tor, a feature which, of coarse, It Is .de? sired by si to avoid. The opinion is expressed hy some that, as Governor HI ease suggests, the regulations concerning the flHag of the club rolls with the auditor sixty days hi adtraase of the primary, ?pprjr only to regular prlm*?ries and not to special primaries such as this primary, if k b held, would lea if this Is true, it Is pointed eut, it would be possible to bold a primary In time to have the general ejection take place on the date Axed by the Governor?April 29. Local 1*M* From nodal Tlndal. Feb. 22.?The farmers of this community have been getting on fine with their farm work, but the heavy rains of this week will be a drawback to farm work. The blisxard of last week Injured the gardens and fruit trees to some ex? tent The health of this neighborhood is good at present. Th? ?mall pox scare we hope is over. The families which were sick sre well again and the sore arms are getting well from vaccina? tion Miss Ellen Broadway has returned" home, after a pleasant visit at Alcolu. Mr* J. It. Hat in is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Broadway. Mise Isola Rivers, of Tindal. and Mr. John Bradham of Manning, R. F. D.t were married last Sunday. i-. ? Mental Strain of Driving a Railroad FUct at 75 Mile* an Hour. - In the Mr.rch Am? ri an Magazine, Albert Wi Atwood writes a most in? teresting article entitled "Why Rail? road Wreck* Increase." The follow? ing is an extract showing the engine driver's relation to the problem: I kg gj K. \V I (l. who takes rhe Twenthth Century LlSxttod from Syra? cuse to Albany, was recently asked at a public hearing what his running time wan between the two points He rsplled: " Two hours and forty-two min? ute*. That's 14H mile* in 162 min? gles. We are allowed to make up j twelve minutes for UiM time, which We mlsht drop. Wi ?an only go through Syracuse at eight miles an hour, and th -re are nine other slow? downs, so that we have to run about seventy to seventy-five md. s an lean to get In on time. In III miles we meet 151 stop-signals, which I must locste In all k'nds of weather, and if an\ of them are out of order I re port the number of the signal "hen. We set In ''Imagine the dangers and respon? sibilities *hich this man meets In fklr or foul weather. In snow, in rain, In blitxards, In fogs, throughout the year. His vision must be geared for j starlight, for moonlight, or for black | darkness or driving storm, to locate, as he dashes by. those 111 signals in 141 miles, tt.e loss of any one of which might mean death in the ditch. A leading railroad authority has been forced to admit that it is doubtful if snv human botggj Sag gfugorlg mun sge an engine and locate a signal every thlrtv-N\e BssMgfdg. How can the human element hi dOgSfjdsd upon when It Is being Ptralaod to the lim? it? There are verv fsw accidents on branch lines, although these are usu? ally innocent of Mootl -signals and other safety-appliances Is this be? cause the human eletstSUt li better on bran? h line* ijulte the contrarv The beat men run en the tilers Hut 00 the braneh Ilm?* average speeds of twenty and IWOSjty-srTS miles an hour are the rub. WltSfOss on main lines they average from forty to ttftg-ftve miles, or e\ en more." I*u-hlng Hess IlSSSgef*. Washington, Kel fgelti iar\ eommlttee today 'avorably Pfgojftsd Wstsatof pomereoe's bill to mntv ludgmsuti f r dent obti n 1 In federal courts In "U" S? i?e ippllcald? I,, ggsjg I n atsotfher Blah arlthoul gsgtlMtHsg ouM there, but upon m?r? niing of i ?py of the frag i Ig* to make isl?nders citizens. \Vo4Hlrow Wilson Faxors l'rn|i,.,ul fto mmwm MD Ptliltygcsj to People j??> l'uerto lUco. Trenton N. J., Fob. 2 4. ? Seme*) Ctompcrs an.'l Frank Morrison Ol the American Federation of Labor Kam Santiago fciglesias. president of th" Federation of Labor of Puerto Rio?, after a hat.f hour's conference with President-eject Wilson, today said the ?? I rnor bid expressed himself ic favor o.f granting citizenship to Puerto) J :huns. rvidii u ran caucus leader hop. istikktuw selection aa successor to JltUliOHOIl. Washing^*). Feb. 25.? Ropresenta tive A. Mitchell Palmer, of Penn? sylvania, Dcasocratie national com mltteeman of that State, is expected to be made chairman of the Demo? cratic caucus ha the next House of Representative*, Indications tonight being that he is riot to bo a member of the new Cabinet. This waa reveal? ed when Representative Rurhson announced that ho would not be a candidate for re-cb?ctioin as caucus chairman. President-elect Witoon, fcoeording to reports tonight, has expressed a wish that Mr. Palmer might eerie as chair naan of the caucus in the busy ses -uo-ns of the next Congress, and it Is known that Representative Fuder? wood, of Alabama, Democratic ba l? er of the House, favors Mr. Palmer's selection. Democrats of the new House will hold their tlrst caucus .March i to sehet tiie new House offi? cers and Mr. Palmer will be put in nomination for the post of perma? nent presiding othVer of the caucus ?u l will bJMfl the backing of the pres? ent House leaders. Mr. Palmer, who Is prominent in the tariff revision work, has charge of the metal schedule in the framing of the new tariff legislation now under way by the ways and means com? mittee for submission at the extra session of Congress. m. F. ansix for nCDERAL JUDGE. Will he Frged as Successor to Sena? tor-Fleet GofT. Greenville, Pah. IS.?The name of Ex-Governor Martin F. Ansel, of fjroamfllle. will be presented to the nation's next President for appoint? ment as I'nited States Circuit Judge of the 4th Judicial district, succeed? ing Judge Nathan B. Goff, who was elected to the United States Senate Friday from West Virginia. rlue8 WIN FROM reds. Probable That Itlucs Will Win Cham? pionship in Tourney. It is probable tbht the Rlues will win the y. m. C. a. bowling trophy offered by the shunter steam Laun? dry, as they oame out victorious in the fame with the Reds Mond.i. night, which in all probability mean the championship in the tourney. The game was an interesting one, ol thouuh the howling was not tip |0 usual form, probably due to the fact that the players were eager to bowl bin., and therefore could not do as good work as usual. Cuttlno, captain ol the Blues, was tho only man to keep up to his usual form, while white, eaptaln of the Reds, played In tough luck all night. How Flics Transmit Typhoid. In two ways. The tlrst and Moil | Important Is as follows: Pi let i,r < u in privies, rife! bred In privies that have been used h> typhoid pat lent I get infected e* maggots. They ?.hon excrete t\plead germs the rest of their lives. Fly-spocl.s from such Infected ti es deposited on food is one?prob? ably the chief? way in which typhoid fever is spread in this St ite. The other way is for Mies to vi?it typhoid excreta and get the germs on theif feet and mouths and then w dk over food. Fly-borne typhoid fever accord itik;i\ ma) ho prevented by so dis poslng ??f typhoid excreta that llles ? an not p t t.. it. either to lay ens*, or to i< ed. All olosi Is should be ii\ -proof Liquor < asew Tried Tuesday. Hev< rai more llejtior cases were Monday afternoon and Tuesda) and othet eneeS were postponed later. The e tec against Lucius J, Jefferi ?n rot storing whiskey resulted In a ver? ? 1 i? t of guilty, Jefferson being sen t? nc< i to ,i ?ne of $??'? or days, lit sj ia released i n appeal. B, F. Wiley was Irled for storing Whiskey, Ihe Jury returning a verdict of not guilty. Patlenci llohlni it wua tried lot ti ii ? nrtlng whl*k< . for an unlawful Ii ii pf?i.-. Th? j' r. afb r being out for pome time failed t? ? agree and : ELECTION IN BECOND REGIMENT. Lieutenant Colonel to Im? Selected to Take Place <>f C. B. Veadon, Re? signed. Columbia, Feb. 2 7.?Wilie Jones. brigadier general <>r the National Guard of South Carolina, has ordered an election to i>e held March 11 to ?elect a lieutenant colonel for the Second Infantry to take the place of Calden B, Veadon of Sumter, resign? ed. The candidates for the position are: Maj. Jos U. Allen, Columbia; Maj. j. w. Bradford, Sumter, Maj, E. a. Fairly, Danington, and Capt. a. E. Licgare, Columbia. .REMEDY FOR TUBERCULOSIS. l>r- FsgofllUaun Would Instruct Promi? nent Physieians. MOST Turk. Feb. 2G.?Dr. Friedrich Friedmaiin, who arrived here yester? day heralded as the discoverer of a cure for tuberculosis, will begin treat? ment of patients as soon aa he finds a suitable laboratory. "L wish to treat 50 or more chil? dren with tubercular knees, said the doctor, "for in such cases the results of my treatment ?J*e more quickly ap? parent than when applied to other forms of the disease." "The method I prefer is to have patients brought to me. When this is not possible, I would he glad to have the patient's physician work un? der me and see me treat a number of typical cases. I hope to be able to instruct in this way a number of prominent physicians from various parts of the country.'' Among the doctor's callers today was Dr. Edwin T. Watkins of Mem? phis Tenn., commissioned by the hoard of health of that city, to inves? tigate the treatment. TO TEST REMEDY. Surgeon General Blue Arrange* for Experiments. Washington, Feb. 2G.?Surgeon General Pdue of the public health ser? vice has arranged for tests in the gov? ernment's hygienic laboratory of the Friedmann vaccine for pulmonary tu? berculosis, which wag delivered yes? terday to in-. Milton If. Foster in New York by Dr. Friedmann when lie land? ed from Germany. Surgeon General Blue said today that when the vaccine was received in Washington it would first be sub? jected to rigid laboratory tests and to tests upon animals and culture media. If these are satisfactory the vaccine will be sent to the public health ser? vice sanitarium at Fort Staton, New Mexico, for actual tests upon suffer? ers from pulmonary tuberculosis. HltlllEHY IN SPARTANBURG. Effort Made to Corrupt City's IV tCOtlVC?Investigation Will Follow. Spartanburg, Feb. 26.?A sensation was sprung In the recorder's court h. re today during the trial of two ne? gro employei of local social clubs, charged with the sale of liquor when H. is. Barnes, the city's special detec? tive, testified that he had been offer? ed $260 by person-- Identified with the illicit sale of liquor In the city to 1?- iVt the City and not appear as i a Itnt Sa against them. When Barnes took the stand, the little court room was crowded with Interested spectators, but when he touched on thC alleged attempted bribery there wan g general exodus. Recorder Pasley took a serious view of the disclosure and announced that the whole matter would bo investi? gated, and every man implicated in tho alleged attempt to bribe the city's detective WOUld be prosecuted. REPORT ON CONFEDERATE IN? FIRMARY. Committee Says "There's Plenty of Room for Improvement." Columbia, Feb. L'T?The special committee to investigate the manage? ment of the Confederate Infirmary re? ported today thai there was great room for Improvement In discipline at the home and thai it stamped with its disapproval the election to salaried offices at the Infirmary of members of the board widen manage It. Dr. F. w. p, Butler, and Major Hal Richard? son were the members of the board who gave themselves offices, t 'oth n I* '??' der 1 V - o latlon, Wilmington Star, The National and State Agricultural Ivpartmcnts did a greal work when they demonstrated the value of seed ?election and Ihe brecdina of the besl varieties of agricultural plants Many I Individuals have followed suit In breeding b n.- staple cotton, prolific corn, etc., and Ihelr work shows that 'any farmer can folloa the methods If they laki Ihc pains, However, i' ?. ms ti at lh< i ? i results can be so? i ur< d by i n op< ration In the organize tlon of plant breeders' associations In Me w<>rl on a larger and more sys? tematic scale, DR. DICK on COMMITTEE. Aakcd, With Others, to Report on Appropriation um. Columbia, Feb. 27.?Senators Har clin. Christensen and Manning, and Messrs. Dick, Nicholson and Rembert were appointed on the free confer? ence committee.' on the appropriation bill which was placed in their hands ad l ~.i?r> o'clock. Dark Comer News Note*. Dark Corner, Feh. 26.? Everything is moving along smoothly in these parts. Farmers are pushing ahead trying to get their lands in shape for another crop. Work is far ahead of what it was at this time last year. I sjtgnee .with your "Pisgah Scribe" about the boose question. it is a shame and a disgrace tlie way some people do along that line. I don't say that 3 have never drunk any w bis key, but I voted for the dispensary to go out because I did not want boose sold in any way, believing it would be for the best. However, there has been more drunkenness, fussing and rowdng than I ever heard of before the dispensary went out of business. But I will .say right here that I have never patronized a blind tiger or or? dered any whiskey since tiie dispen? sary went out. l w ish to say, also, to my Pisgah Brother that 1 think he is mistaken about tbe peach trees dying, because they were bought trees. I had seed? ing trees that l had raised from seed two or three times over and they died as quick a< my bought trees, j think the warm weather last fall caused the tre< I to put <>ut too much sap, causing them to put <>n an extra growth and blossoms, as 1 saw lots of peach, apple and plum blossoms last fall. Nevertheless, whatever it is it has Burely nearly killed all of my trees, both old and young. Mr. Thos. H. Osteen and daughter, Misg Eunice, with Mr. J. B. Johnson, visited Mr. Samuel G. Griffin at Pine wood last Sunday. Here I will have to ring off and hie away to the postotlice. "Hard Times.'' What Kind of Mind-Food arc You Giving Your Family? One big fact our Southern farmers are waking up to, but they are not waking up to it half as fast as they ought. This fact, that if then is any? thing in the world you can't afford to be "cheap" about, it is your intel? lectual food Every sensible man knows nowa? days that the mind counts for more than the body, the brain more than tho belly; and yet ninety farmers in every hundred who wouldn't think of starving themselves of body-food, stomach-food, muscle-food, are never? theless starving themselves of brain food, mind-food. Intellectual food. Many a fond father and mother who would woi k their linger nails off rath r than sc?' their boy feed ids body on bom s and crumbs and scraps, will nevertheless feed that same boy's mind on the mustiest, rankest, rotten est bran-and-chaff s< rt of mind-food that they can lind in the shape of a new spa per. "But i got this paper so cheap!" they will tell you. "Three whole years for a dollar, with a map or a pair of spectacles <>r a .ountaln pen thrown in free!" How can a man ?o slander his own brain, his own mind. How can he insinuate that it is worth so little as to deserve no bet? ter food than some cheap journal thrown in with a free fountain pen or buggy whip! Suppose some agent should come to you and say: "1 understand you have been eating good flour cost? ing $5 a barrel, and feeding your chil? dren the same high-priced stuff. Why, sir. that's too expensive. You can't afford it. Why here's a mixture of bran, and spoiled corn meal, and I'll seil you three barrels for $5 and throw In a fountain pen free!'' You wouldn't take two minutes, we sus? pect, to show that man the door. And yet, although food for the mind Is just as important as food for the body, there are farmers in every neighborhood in the South who re? fuse to use their own heads In se? lecting their reading matter, but let some slick-tongued agent palm off on them whatever cheap, spoiled, un? wholesome, unhelpful bran-and-chaff mixture of intellectual food he choos? es to throw in with some fake pre? mium that. In most cases, isn't much better than the paper it goes with. Here is what we need to say to farm rs all over the South; You are not a pauper In dealing with your body; don't be a pauper in dealing with your mind. You don't buy the cheapest stuff you can find to feed \ our body u Ith; t hen don I buy I ho cheapest stuff ><oi can find to feed \ our mind with, If > ou are bu> ItiR mind food fnr yours* it. ! uu In? tilt your ? \\ ti brain bj intlmat i1 ??. that M desen es no better I.I w hile in the ca ?? of oii> 's hoj h and girl ?. do* n't a man desorv ?? prison strip* -; just as nur h If he delllx itelj starves his , hlldi en's m ' ? h< a ould II he de liberal? |> starved their hodle 1 'i. rossive Farmer. Pork Barrel Politics. Wilmington star. Certain Eastern papers published in great commercial centres directly in? terested in river and harbor Improve? ments, never niiss an oppo tunity in editorials or headlines to designate appropriations for developing com? merce ana for public buildings as the "pork Parrel." The public i-? asily led up to the idea that such appro? priations constitute "a raid on the treasury" for political purposes, whereas the appropriations, when in bounds, provide for the really con? structive work of the government. While the!., are probably some extra? vagant and possibly unncccsary ap? propriations, they require close scru? tiny before they are linked up with the "pork barrel" politics of by gone days. Newspapers, therefore, make a mis? take when they influence public opin? ion against appropriation bills as a whole. They also influence President Taft, for he is misled into believing that public sentiment will sustain him if he vetoes such bills. Take the riv? ers and harbors bill, for instance. If there is any pork barrel in it, the Western Congressmen have made it so, for they have secured the lion's share for their rivers and harbors. They have gotten away with the East where about nine-tenths of the coun? try's commerce is done. The East cer? tainly has not dipped very strongly in? to the "pork barrel," and as to the West its Congressmen can speak for t hemselvt: s. The appropriations for river and harbor work in the East are far less than most of the projects warrant. The Panama canal lacks little of be? ing completed. The country has spent millions of dollars on it, and yet the harbors of this country will not be properly equipped in time to do their full quota of commerce through it. Even some of the South American ports are having more spent upon them than most of the important American ports on the Atlantic. When, therefore, it comes to rivers and har? bors development, there is very little pork barel about it. The government is simply making an investment which will result in big returns in commerce and give the great Isthmian waterway an asset value to the country. The Intra-Cuastal Waterway, a great and valuable project, both for the commercial and naval interests of the country, has a very small share in the river ami harbor appropria? tions. A veto of the rivers and harbors bill consequently would be g.eatly to the disadvantage of the commercial interests of North Carolina and to the Nation. That is also true as to other Eastern projects, and admitting the probability that some of the appropri? ations are not altogether justifiable, the President in vetoing the bill would do more harm than good. It would simply retard the preparcdnes of the country's ports to utilise the isihman waterway for commerce. There Is considerable veto talk at Washington, ami the Baltimore Sun's Washington correspondence of Febru? ary 17th says "alarm seized upon the i House of Representatives when the report became current from end to end of the Capitol that President Taft had about decided to veto both the rivers and harbors and the public buildings appropriation bills." The Sun's cor? respondent says "these are the two big pork ?arrel measures in which every member of the House and Sen? ate has a direct interest, and in which almost every community in the Unit? ed States is in some degree interest" i." The statement is made that when \l came to investigating the rumor as to the President's vetoes, it was found that it had back of it the fact that "President Taft had actually consult? ed with certain Congressional friends as to the general advisability of veto? ing these two big bills, ami as to the political advantage that would accrue from such a< tlon." Political advantag? es? There would be no political ad? vantage in it, but the very opposite if the President should veto both bills without more careful investigation as to their import?especially the rivers and harbors bill. As to the public buildings bill, some of the appropriations might lie over, but that the country needs most of the buildings in its business there can be no douM. Tlie government has gone into the parcel post business and that lias overrun i very postofllce build? ing in the country, such' buildings as are rented are costing the govern on nt high rental and if tin y have to i e enlarged for the parcel post busi ness it will prove quite expensive f,,r the government not to own its own building* as soon as thos can be , , onomicall\ < onstructed. We ha> o our doubl a?>,an miu h "pork bat rel' in i it.it bill, and u would se< m 11? d rather than jeopardize lhal or both bills, the pol k might be ? at out so it,, actual necessities of the govern? ment in it^ commercial und postal business can bo m- t. The San':.- w i dttngtoti correepon dent ; 1 v the Pres lent t hreatened vet,i ' . ? rd< I ; politU a I play," Pul since I here would be 1 ?ry little ,.| ,, in it, tin fad - 11 Hie President is sincere in believing that the bills carry too much money he had better think seriously about exercising a veto that would be especially detrimental to commerce and might adversely af? fect its parcel post business. The ef? fort as to saving and disaater should be carefully considered by the Presi? dent before he vetoes either bill, es? pecially that one for taking care of the country's commerce. l*nsnotlng Prosperity. Wilmington Star. Brain, brawn and capital are the powerful forces in development, and when they are liked together the re? sult is production. Production crentea prosperity and prosperity creates Con? tentment and happiness. The chief consideration in the employment of the powerful forces in production is whether a country or a community has resources capable of development* attractive to capital and fit for the application of intelligence and indus? try. The entire country is inn Baling that Question by its intense effort to bring about all kinds of development, Showing that the country's resources are varied and extensive. There is not a section of the coun? try that has not got its resources and they are being recognized. All of us ought to recognize and appreciate them. In order to do that we must make a study of our resources and not go to sleep over them. How can we best develop our resources and make assets of them By studying our re? sources WC can see the opportunities in them and when"we know what the opportunities are it is up to us to seize them and go to work. One of the most gratifying evi? dences that the South s resources are being studied and recognized lies in the fact that the railroads have set to work to do their part in their de? velopment. Capital seems to be see? ing our resources first and it is time for us to wake up and co-operate with capital in whatever it undertakes in the way of development. The rail? road managements: for instance, have recognized the resources of the coun? try as they have never done before. That la evidenced by the fact that they have gone to work in earnest all over the South. The railroad sys? tems of the south have enlarged their vision and broadened their scope They are no longer content to manage their physical properties and look af? ter the details of finance and transpor? tation, but in addition to their great administration staffs they have estab? lished strong bureaus and depart? ments for the sole work of develop? ing their territory. They are put? ting a large portion of their capital into that work and are placing It in the hands of men who have fine ca? pabilities for doing things. ^ i i reels of the Xcwspaper. (From EfimlliO Castelair's Essav on I I "Emile de Giradin," quoted in tlie Kansas City Star.) What a wonderful work is a news? paper?a work of art and science! Six ages have not been enough to com? plete the Cathedral of Cologne, and one day suffices to finish the im? mense labors of a newspape r. We are unable to measure the degrees of life, of light, of progress that are to be I found in each leaf of the immortal book which forms the press. We find in a journal e verything, from the no? tices relating to the most obscure in? dividuals, to the speech which is de? livered from the highest tribunal, and which affects all intelligence; from the passing tinnight excited by the ac? count of a ball to the criticism of those works of art destined to im? mortality. This marvelous sheet is the encyclopedia of our time; an en? cyclopedia Which necessitates an in? calculable knowledge?a knowledge whose power our generation cannot deny?a knowledge- w hich Is the con? densation e?f the learning of a cen? tury. Here's a chance fe>r real co-oper? ation w hile wou wait. Go in with two or three, or five or six neighbors and buy a stalk t Utter, a stump puller, and a ditcher. Then you can put these machines to work In February and make as much money?or more ? preparing for IS 13 crops as you will make per month cultivating ISIS crops a little later, if you get your land properly ditched (of course, til? ing is better, but good ditching will h. ip it you can*! tile drain), g*t the stumps cleared out, and the' stalks cut and left on the ground to reit, you will have the right start made for a good year's farmlng? Why not get . atalogs of stump pullers, stalk cut? ters, and ditchers, and get ready fol this way of making money from winter work ?The' Progreatve Farm? er. The city has constructed s ne* frame bridge over the Turkey Creek canal where it crosses Calhoun street Tho new bridge is a solid stru i ire which will probablj hut for several > ears. The pie counh r smile is one tl d won't ? ome ort I III the \ - ry last r< und,