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MIL MULHALL LIAR sKNWHts tci.son .wo capp ka\ LOHHViv 1 I I? l? ON Statesmen Take Stand niul Swear That Statement* In MulliNll letters ?re i .iI-m mill Without foundation ? Investigation Still l ull uf Inter Washtntfton. July 21.?Two sens form, Nelson and Clapp of Minnesota, tonight took the stand before the committee i f their colleagues Investi? gating the. "lobby" und denied the truth of statements made by Martin If. Mulh4.ll. former political worker, accelerate- of congressional opinion and all roui d field worker f >r the National Association of Manufactur? ers. In a leto?r read into the record today Mut b ill told of conversations with Senator Nelson?a member of the lobby committee?In relation to the rejection early In 1909 of a bill amending the Sherman anti-trust act. by a senate subcommittee of which Mr. Nelson wan chairman. Mulhall wrote to F. C. Schw^dtman, secretary to James W. Van Cl*?ve, president of the association, that ne had seen Sen? ator Nelson and that the senator had told hirn what transpired in bis sub? committee. He swore on direct exam? ination by Senator Cummins that Mr. Nelson had suggested that the asso? ciation send a copy of the subcommit? tee's adverse report on the bill to tht president (Mr. Roosevelt) In one let? ter Mulhall spoke of being Introduced to Senator Clapp by Mr. Nelson and of talking with both men about a re rent declaion under the Sherman act. Questioned closely by Senator Cum? mins. Mulhall first swore he had been told by Mr. Nelson what had occurred in ths committee, even to how it voted en ths proposed amendment; pursued further, he agreed that possibly he had not received such information and if he had reported that he had received such information it must have been correct "I have no recollect on of seeing Mr Mulhall or talking to him about this bill aud 1 certainly would not have talked to him about what trans? pired before the Judiciary committee," sstd Senator Nelson tonight. "It Is possible that he may have atepped Inside my office and gotten them from my cleVk. Mr. Hicks, my clerk, who was with me then and with me now, saya that he can not recollect ever havmg seen Mulhall in our room. So far as the report It concerned, you all know that Mr. Mulhall could get these reports from the document room. I have no recollection of ever meeting Mr. Mulhall or talking to him on these subjects or anything else. Ever since Mr. Mulhall appeared here before the committee, I have been raking my brain to think or recall if I svsr saw him or had a talk with him. There la a possibility that I may be mistaken. I understand that Mr. Mul? hall had a mustache then, and per? haps that may acount for the fact that I do not recognise him now. "I have not the allghtest recol? lection of ever seeing Mulhall and certainly 1 have no recollection that Senator Nelson introduced me to him in his room," swore Senator Clapp. it is very clear in my mind that If 1 had I would have recollected it." The Nelson matter came up when Senator Reed Introduced a letter dated January 29. 1909. from Mulhall to Schwedtman. "I aent In my card to Senator Knut? Nelson of Minnesota, who made the adverse report, t<> the ssnats on the amendment of the Sher? man law," read the letter. "The sena? tor came out and took me to hiM room and gave me a complete state? ment of what took place In the Judi? ciary committee before they made their adverse reports." Senator Nelson was m?t in the room st the time and Senator Cummins de? clared that he had been requested to ask that all letters bringing in Mr Nelson's name be read at once. Two others were put In the rOOOTd, om> referring to the same hill, thi? ther to an anti-injunction bill willen did not figure In the later testimony Cpon examination Mulhall said he became acquainted with Scimtor Nel son at the time he wrote the llrst letter. "1 was sent there by Mr Kmry, the 1 huf lobby aw, for the a^ soclatton." he said. >?nator Nelson's rspotl on ihm bin was made ttne.. days before youi call; >'oi do not mein to say that you Influenced him'.'" asked Senator Cum mlns. No, nir; not at all." < IIIM st; \|| TINY. Celestials Cate** Trouble on t oiiim*? Woman Sj?\i-h Mut?*?. \>w Orleans, .lulv 11 Mutin] Ol 2* Chinese on the steesnsataj Com us, arriving today from New fork, re? united in a panic among the passea? gers. the prohabb? fatal shooting of one of the mutineer*, the wounding of three others and slight injuries to Flrnt Ofhcpr M. la Proctor of |9M 1 ?otnim. The gsaWtU bebt OOCUlfed OS the forward de. k of the tteaaaef to? day* FARM INSTRUCTION URGE!). i ONfiHF.snm AN 1i VI It MAKES tlk V BHPOMB soil i i i; 111. 1ty LKAGUK roil MoitK ?cnomric AtiiuctL TTHAL MBTHOM, K|x?akcr Paraphrases Hofftet <ire<'le> mill I .a lids Solltll MM N'e\V Land of1 lTomlso ini Amerleaii Husband- I man. Chicago Inter-Ocean, July 11. Congressman A. F. Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the house com? mittee on agriculture and author of the Lever agricultural extension hill, was the guest of honor at the Union League dub yesterday at a lunch? eon of the National Soil Fertility league. He advocated direct educa? tion of the Individual farmer with a view to conserving the soil resources of the United States, before a large gathering! of financial leaders, econo? mists and agricultural educators. That the latest investigations of government experts show a decrease in proportion to population In recent years in the amount of ground devot? ed to the raising of food products was disclosed. Statistics were quot? ed to prove that the farm land In America ia producing only one-third as much per acre as land in Europe which has produced crops for more than 1,000 years. The famous advice of Horace Orec ley to tho young men of America was reversed by the congressman, who de? clared that the land of prosperity for the youth of this generation Is the awakening South. "During the early history of thin nation there was more or less atten? tion paid to agriculture by the govern? ment heads," said Congressman Lev? er. "Washington, Jefferson and oth? er early presidents endeavored to stimulate a proper regard In the minds of the people toward agricul? tural conservation, but nothing was done in the way of federal support of the agricultural industry of this country until the passage of tho Mor rill act in 1862, establishing the land grant for ^tate agricultural colleges. Twenty-live years later camo the ex? periment stations. Now we propose to establish and maintain a public service of tremendous value to every interest in the land when we place a skilled farm demonstrator in every agricultural county. "The Lev*?r agricultural extension bill, which has the unqalifled and keenly active support of the National Soil Fertility league, provides for this service, the federal government ap? propriating a sufficient fund, also the States, and apportioned according to th* rural population. From observa? tion of foreign and occasional do? mestic application of these methods It will be a tremendously prolHable Investment. "I desire to say a word for my own section of the country. If Horace Oreely were here today, I am satisfied, with his keen observation and prac? tical concer tion of things, that in? stead of his famous utterance, 'Go West, young man, and grow up with the country,' ho would turn and say, 'Oo South, young man.' "Here we see 10,000 people each year going into Western Canada, yet wo have in the South millions of acres >f magnificent farm land as good as anywhere in tho United State?, which could bo pun based at from $5 to fl? an acre, and I assert on .absolute pro.?f and rsjOOfd that we can pro? duce as much grain and raise as much live sto? k of as fine a grade as any? where in the United States. "In my own State of South Caro? lina we boh) the < orn producing rec? ord per aero of the United States; in my own Slate we have the original al? falfa growing tract of land. Your k'reat Western rangea have been CUl up and are being eul up Into farms, and the South will heroine the natural end radical meal producing section of the United states. "<>ur race and labor problems na? ture can take care of. All this aglta tion and disturbance is due to the in? dividual endeavoring to make capital, and is largely and almost Invariably tho effort of aomc local disturber or' demagogue, Wr ask you Northern i and Western business men ami com munlt) leaden to support the Lever agricultural extension bill?to help us. ami we will help you. Turn the tide of emigration, keep our people under the old Hag. Come Houth and we will welcome you ami are will make you rieh." President if H, <;r..ss reviewed the work of the league during tin- list two years, in which its principal ?r forts have hern devoted to the sup port of the i.ever agricultural ex? tension hill, which i'i a measure pro video for the establishment and malatenance in over) agricultural county in the United Btatea of a skill ? d farm adviser who will bring to the Individual farmer the fund of av.nl able know! dge gathered and ?b t'clop ed i-\ the Department of Agriculture, the Btate agricultural eollegea and the State expei iinent Mntlotta, li lH lt \L MEDIATION BOARD CONSIDERING RAILWAY SITUATION, llnl Ray's Session Was Without Re? sults Rut (' airman Chambers An ihnineed That .Mediators are More Hopeful, New York, July 21.?The first day of conferences between the federal mediation board and the two parties to the controversy involving a threat? ened strike of 80,000 trainmen and conductor against the Eastern rail? road! closed with the official an? nouncement tonight that there was no change in the situation. Judge \Vm. L. Chambers, chair? man of the conciliation body appoint? ed by the president, said the media? tors were more hopeful, however. The mediators say they believed thai within a few days the roads may be induced to consent to have only tho employes' wage demand ar? bitrated. The stand taken by the Erie road was chiefly discussed at the meeting btween the board and the trainmen's committee, it was learned tonight. The Erie withdrew its representation in the conference committee of man? agers last week, declaring it could not afford to raise wages and would not abide by any agreement reached by the roads and the men. W. O. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, explained the Erie's position and advised the media? tors to confer with the Erie's officials and induce them, if they could, to return to the managers' committee. ROASTER IN CAGE. Convicts Perish Miserably in Missis? sippi PrlaojL Jackson, Miss., July 22.?Trapped by flames in the second story of an antiquated convict cage the first floor of which was used to store hay, grain and molasses, 113 negro prisoners were btfl'lied to death at tho Oakley con? vict farm, 20 miles from here, late lUSt night. Eighteen charred bodies were re? moved today from the ruins. ? The bodies were found huddled together In the corner farthest from where the lire started. When the alarm was given all pos? sible means of escape for the Impris? oned men had been cut off by the. flames, but prisoners in another pen were formed in a relief squftd and worked desperately to fight Ittck the tire. The 35 prisoners had perished In less than an hour after the lire started. With the flames rapidly eating away on the only stairway leading to the second floor the entrapped prisoners frantically tore at the heavy bars that covered the windows but to no avail. Their screams brought the two night guards to the scene before they had seen the flames and soon other prison attaches hurried to the "cage." Their efforts were futile, however, as the flames drove them back each time they attempted to liberate the men. At last they Stood aghast when slowly tho frantic screams of the burning oonvlcta died away as one after an? other succumbed to the flames. Finally all was quiet. Everything was in the flames' favor. The building was built ten years ago of lumber taken from a discarded penitentiary. There is no fighting ! apparatus at the farm and the first floor of the building was filled with inflammable material. Farmers liv? ing nearby hurried to the scene to help tin- two guards?all that are on duty at night ? and other prison at? taches, but they were of no assistance as the fire burned too rapidly. FLORENCE MAGISTRATE FINER. Charged With Marrying Couple Where (?Irl wan Under II. I Florence, July 22. ? Probably the first fine that has ever been Imposed Upon one who, under the statutes, Is permitted to perform the marriage ceremony In this State, was imposed upon Mr. h. e. Brown, of Bfflngham, a notary public and an ex-magistrate. Mr Brown was reported to Magis? trate Seymour McClcneghan, tit Flor? ence, and a wan ant was issued. Mr. Drown pleaded guilty and Judge Mc? Clcneghan gave bim tlie minimum fine of $25, which he readily paid. It la stated now that the young Woman in the case was under 11 years and a warrant will bo Issued against tho young man who married her. Surprising Cure of Stomach Trouble, When you have troublo with your stomach or chronic constipation, don't Imagine that your case is beyond help jiiKt because your doctor falls to give you relief Mrs Q, Btengele, Plain field, N. .1 . wr ites, "For over a month past i ha\e been troubled with my stomach. Everything l ate upset it terribly, one of Chamberlain's ad? vertising booklets came to me. Af? ter reading a few of the letters from people n h" had been cured by Chan berlain's Tablets, I decided to try them, I have taken marly thrsr fourths of a package of them and*can now eat almost everything ?i*l I sunt," For sale by nil dealers.?Ady| SENATOR BORAH DISCUSSES PLAN TO REACH TAX DODGERS. He say* Income Tax it an Effective Restrain! upon the Extravangance of the Nation?Opposed to Taxation of Incomes Lese Than $1,000. Washington, July 22.?Public dis? cussion of the proposed new income tax came for the first time in the sen? ate today when .Senator Borah began an analysis of the income tax provis? ion and a comparison of this country with England) France and other na? tions where immense revenues are obtained by direct taxation. This was the first break in the pro? gramme of tariff rate discussion which began Saturday. It followed the con? cluding address by Senator Smoot who for two days had analyzed the new rates and duties of the I'nder wood-Sinrtmona bill and had criticized the measure because of its departure from the protective policy and be? cause of its alleged inequalities. Senator Borah's address, to be con? tinued tomorow, held the (dose at? tention of Republicans and Democrats throughout the hou?* he had the floor. He declared an income tax, to he an effective restraint upon the extrava? gance of a nation, should he distrib I uted over the small incomes, so every citizen would feel its effects. Because of the great burden of indirect taxes borne by American citizens, however, Senator Borah said this principle could not be applied in the United States. On the contrary he urged that the $11,000 exemption fixed by the sen? ate committee he raised to the $4.000 I figure fixed by the house under the leadership of Chairman 1'nderwood. "Under this Income tax provision there will be no relief for those who ought to have relief," said the sena? tor. "It will be a new source of reve? nue, but the old source, the indirect tariff and internal revenue taxes, still will be worked to the limit. Until there is a reduction in the revenue from these other sources, this simply would be an additional burden. It ?imply will be another means of ob? taining revenue, to gratify our scan? dalous desire to spend money." Less than 3 per cent, of the Amer? ican people have incomes of more than $1,000, Senator Borah said. The i income tax burden should fall upon those wealthier citizens he declared, rather than upon the poorer man al j ready paying a heavier tax through tariff and internal revenue channels. Senator BriStOW interrupted to urge that the graduated tax he increased more heavily on the larger incomes, i He suggested a tax as high as 10 per cent, on incomes of $100,000 or more. "The time has come in? this coun? try," argeed Senator Porah, "when we can levy the expenditure and extrava? gances of the country upon the prop? erty of the nation. These vast for? tunes have got to take1 care of the ex peditures." More than seven-eights of the rcv I en use of the government still would be collected through indirect taxes, the senator added, even with the new income tax in operation. Concluding his two-day speech. Sen? ator Smoot devoted considerable at? tention to the pottery tariff rates, which he maintained were far too j low. He declared the tranportation question was a great problem and that there were crockery rates to Salt Lake City from England that were lower that the rates from Ohio. Sen? ator Cummins rose to refer to a bill Introduced by him which would pro j hihit railroads and other carriers from fixing proportionate rates on com 1 bined foreign and domestic hauls low? er than domestic rates. "Domestic products," said Senator Cummins, are In many instances de? nied adequate protection and they are compelled to pay from one-third to one-half more than thrir foreign rivals for transportation over their own railroads, Such a condition is ab? solutely indefensible. To remedy this will need legislative enactment which 1 Intend to press with all possible vigor." Senator Borah will continue his in come tax speech tomorrow'. Several other speakers are ready hut the bill may he taken up at any time for amendment. The Democrats made it clear today that they <h> not propose to take much time for general debate, confining their talk to oppt sltl a to amendments. T he Beat Medicine in the World. "My little girl bad bloody dysentery very bad. I thought she would die. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholerja and Diarrhoea Remedy cured he, nnd 1 can truthfully say that 1 think it is the best medicine in the world." writes airs. William OtvIs, (Mare, Muh. For ?ale by all dealers.?Advt. Causes of Stomach Troubles. Sedentary hablta, lark of out door exercises. Insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, wor? ry ami anxiety, overeating, partaking of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation. '06r|*c<|t | your habits am 1 take ChamhWlaflf**- Tab Jets and you will soon be Well a/a,u For sale by all dealers. Advt. [Wtm BILL WRANGLE. DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF COM MUTEE DISAGREE RADI? CALLY. Ragsdale. floury and Wingo Lighting Glees Measure end Have Prepared a Substitute BUI What is submitted to President Wilson. Washington, July 22.?The demo? crats of the house banking and cur? rency committee struggled along with their consideration of the administra? tion currency hill today, and when they adjourned tonight only a few s< altered sections remained to be con? sidered. At the same time several socalled "insurgent" members of the commit? tee prepared to put in a substitute measure, which would make the bill conform with some of the more radi? cal curency ideas, and would em? brace many of the recommendations of the Pujo money trust committee. Representative Ragsdale of South Carolina, who yesterday quit the de? liberations of the committee Demo? crats, Representative Wingo of Ar? kansas and Representative Henry of Texas all har1 a hand in preparing the new bill. It would embody man\ recommendations of the old money trust investigation committee. Representative Henry* of Texas, known as leader of the Bryan element in the house, who is associated with the "insurgent" movement, called on President Wilson at the White House and presented the changes proposed in the substitute. The president did not go over the amendments in de? tail, but it is understood he will re vew them and later will confer with Representative Henry and those members of the committee who have manifested opposition to the Glass measure. The committee Democrats rejected by a vote of 9 to 4 a proposition pre? sented by Representative Ragsdale which would have made cotton ware? house receipts rediscountable in the federal reserve banks to be reated. under the new law. Representative Ragsdale's amend? ment, rejected by the democrats, read as follows: "Notes and bills satisfactorily in? dorsed having a maturity of not cx ' ceeding four months and secured by warehouse certificates, issued by in? dividuals or corporations establishing the ownership of cotton or other staple commodities suitably Standard? 1 ized and stored, may be admitted to discount by the directors of any fed? eral reserve bank. It shall be the duty of the federal reserve board to tlx the conditions under which such certificates shall be exhibited as col? lateral to prescribe a standard form for their issue and to issue regularly an official list of those eligible for the purpose of this section." A number of minor amendments were approved, Cbarman Glass said that only two important sections re? mained to be considered. He was un? able to say when the Democrats would 1 com l?de their deliberations* He is prepared for strenuous opposition be? fore he can secure an agreement. PIEDMONT CROPS POOR. Very Little Chance of Improvement Later on?Hot at Harris Springs. Harris Springs, July 19.?A man whose habitat is Sumter and there? about said the other day that he had information to the effect that crops ? in the Piedmont were never better or, at least very promising. I had not BO ! learned, therefore 1 doubted the I trustworthiness of the information. On the cars to Harris Springs man> people coming and going told me what I already saw from the car that crops were \ery backward, unprom ising and suffering for rain. This man spoke of its development In the days to come, its great possibilities, etc. l asked a citizen, a farmer ol average Intelligence how many acrea ; under most favorable circumstances would it require of a certain field i f the same growth as most I saw t<? produce a bale and he said possible four acres. Have seen no crops anywhere com parabls to those of the Gamecock county. Came up here among other things for change of climate and g'd it with a vengeance, The thermometer was up in ninety at ten and eleven p. m and not a breath of air stirring Miss Caroline Dlnkins is spend? ing sometime at Harris Sprints. They do not run a hotel here at the springs, but a Mr. Reeder takes in boardera The tare is excellent. Only a few people are here; none for the fun of it. .Inly the 19th is another biasing hot day. but just mew at 12 M With temperature way up In ninety there Is a slight breath of air stirring. ??ut in the baked Heids around it must i>e like an oven. Mow is it in old Sumter? Aft in I ? n r i ? UMIS0^'" ;fsie*e ?w>i Itiim the sbjUtsJ fata* that seem to be general have fallen here. brettkltig the bncKhftric Iff the 'dt.rvurht BLEASE SCOLDS AOJT. SEN. SWS MOORE II AI? No AITHOR 1TY TO SEND THREE COMPA? NIES BACK HOME?USURP? ED POWER. Governor Says lie Will Investigate and If Matters are Not Straightened out ll<> Will ( all off Encampments of other Regiment* Columbia, July 22.?Adjutant Gen? eral Moore was scored by Governor Bleaae this morning for his action In ordering the three companies of the Third Regiment encamped at Aik cn home because the companies did not have the required quota of men. The governor says General Moore exceeded his authority and assumed that of the romniander-in-chief which is vested solely in the governor. He says that he is sure the entire mat? ter could have been avoided if some one in authority at Aiken had noti? fied htm instead of allowing these companies to depart. "I am going to investigate the matter and unless things can be put in more pleasant conditions I shall call off the en? campments at Anderson and Camp Wille Jones. There is not any need for a continuation of this unpleasant nes and it must stop one way or the other," said the governor. The First Regiment is scheduled to en? camp at Anderson this week and the Second at Camp Wilie Jones in August. Capt. J. H. Claffy of the Orangeburg company one of the ones ordered home from Aiken wrote the governor saying that General Moore told them they .vould neither re? ceive rations or pay if they stayed and hence they went home. The governor wired Col. Cogswell in com? mand at Aiken that companies with less than 38 men and two officers are entitled to transportation and sub sistance while in camp saying in his telegram. Adjutant General has no authority over and is only a staff officer with no authority to issue or? ders." In his letter to Capt. Claffy the governor says he dislikes to think the adjuatant general Is "'drunk on ? power or that he has lost his he?d on account of his promotion, but there I is something peculiarly wrong in his conduct." Governor Bleaso issued per? emptory orders to General Moore not to issue any more orders unless it is personally presented to him as the commander-tn-chlef. Whether the encampments of the First and Sec? ond regiments will be called off by the governor remains to be determin? ed, following his investigation of the Aiken incident. COST OF BOLL WEEVIL. FIGHT. Senator Smith's OoCtoatosa Belt Means Loaj of $108,<M>0,000. Washington, July 21.?Federal ex? perts estin ate that a loss of almost $108.000,000 a year to cotton growers in Alabama, Georgia. Tennessee and Florida would result from the adopt? ion of the plan proposed recently by Senator B. D. Smith, of South Caro? lina, which contemplated the estab? lishment of a belt in which the growth of cotton should he prohibit? ed by law. In an effort to keep the cotton boll weevil from spreading eastward into the Atlantic coast States. This conclusion has been reached by the department of agri? culture, based on provision for the elimination of a strip about 100 miles wide down through Tennessee. Ala? bama. Georgia and Florida. No fig? ures were prepared to show how this loss of liet.oee.eoe annually might he offset, either in part or in full, by the raising of other crops. ? * THE STATE'S PIN MONEY. Corporation Tax License Collections $133,816. Columbia, July 22.?There was collected I123.81C.47 from the cor? poration license tax for the fiscal year ending June 30, 11*13. according to a report made public today by Comp? troller General A. W. Jones. This is an increase of over $11,Oho for the previous year and more than double the amount which was collected in 1 ;?<?:?. the first year the law imposed a license fee on domestic and foreign corporations doing business in Sout.i Oa roll na. Comptroller General Jones in Ins report to the last General Assembly estimated the amount from this source for this year $130,000, .ist IS. son short of what was actually col luted <?f the amount of this income $81, 3f?. 1J was paid by domestic corpor? ations. B43.73S.lt by public utility corporations intiastate receipts, and the rest representing property used es foreign corporations. A G?mm1 Investment, W. IV Magli. a well known mer? chant of Whit.-mound. Wis. bought a stock of Chamberlain's medicine so as to be able to supply them to his customers Atter receiving them he was himself taken sick and savs that one small bottle of Chamberlain * 'ola. CspdWrt hn4>*>i*>'rhWa Remcdv was worth more to him than the cost >f his entire stock of thes# medicine*. For sale by all dealers ?Advt.