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i u.NTIM Ali IMM I SSION RE? SULTS IN i 11 AIM*. After a> Stormy Day'a Session Cur? rency Committee Conference Itrokc up Without l*ro*pevt of Agree? ment?President Wilson Arranged for Conference with Lender of In ?urgent*. Washington. July 24.?The admin h* ret Ion currency bill today became the centra of chaos In the conference o# Democratic members of the house banking and currency commlttc I After a stormy day's session, the con? ference broke up tonight with an in? terminable vlata of opposition and dis? cussion opened, and the proapecta of an agreement on the bill apparently reduced to a vague and shadowy hop Even Chairman Olass. champion of the bill on the house side, was about ready to abandon the Idea of getting his colleagues together. President Wil? son regarded the situation aa ao se? rious that he arranged for a confer? ence at the White House tonight with Representative Henry of Texas, chair? man of the house rules committee, who baa been advising with the "in aurgent" commttteemen. The Inter? view lasted until well into the night. The conference today was turbulent from the outset. After reopening discussion of the fundamental fea?we of the bill, the government control through the broad powers of the proposed federal reserve board. Representative Hulke lay of Ohio held the floor for an hour In a discussion of President Wilson's attitude toward the bill. It became apparent that the pro? posal to keep this board a strict go\ eminent Institution, urged by Presi? dent Wilson as one of the essentials, was a point of wide disagreement. Representative Ragadale of South Carolina presented a set of amend? ments practically rewriting the essen? tials of the bill. These amendments, framed by Representative Henry and Representative Ragadale, represent the sentiment of the aocalled "In? surgent" Democrats on the currency question and provide for currency 1s eued on warehouse receipts for cot? ton, corn and wheat. Representatives Henry and Rags dale announced their Intention of fighting for the amendments, not only In the conference of the committee Democrats, but also In the full com? mittee, the Democratic caucus and possibly on the floo: of the house. Chairman Glass said tonight that at the close of the day's aeaalon he auggested the Impossibility of the Democrats agreeing and propoaed that they take the uncompleted bill to the full committee and try to reach an agreement with the minority mem? bers, or that they take it to the Demo? cratic caucus. The majority, how? ever, believed they should make a further attempt to thresh out their differences In conference. President Wilson's recently publish? ed political work. "The New Free? dom." furnished ths text of Repre? sentative Rulkeley'a discussion. Mr. Bulkslsy quoted from the president's work passages which, he said, showed that when ths book was written Pr?sident Wilson was opposed to the Idea of placing vaat governmental reapon*ih;i?!?*5 in the hands of re? stricted bodiea which might in any way be controlled or Influenced by rina trial or Industrial Interests. On this basla the Ohio representa? tive argued strenuously against the broad pi wars conferred on the fed? eral reserve board by the Glass bill Representative Korbly of Indiana, replied at length to Mr. Hulkeley, and Chairman Glass took a hand In th?t discussion, which became rather b-ttsr. This controversy continued for a greater part of the meeting, and aet a vote was taken on an amend? ment or a step made In the direction of agreeing to any of the features of the bill. It la expected the debate on tin and other phases of the bill will be ex? tended and that aome time will have to be spent in the consideration of th? aocalled insurgent" amce.dmi nts Tissa propose sweeping changes in the measure. In a statement accompanying the amendments. Hcprr-tentative Henr> tonight ? nhciHcd the Olass toll as "written wholly in the intens? of the creditor ?lasse*. the tanking ff?? ternltv and the gSMiaelal vs-old, with out proper provision for the dehtoi c lasse a and those who toil und pfO do< e and sustain the gwUgjtf] " "If large business aid the hunk ars," said the ?taten,, ut. gag dstet mtnsd to again fares Um genre rasasnl Into partnership with tie bank gad we are to dlaregaid the. tea* hing' ol Jefferson, Jackson, CalgjOttaV BsatOR an?'. Bryan and again institute i risge relations between the govern ment and Hie banks, In order to gaiab llsb a huge and permanent asset mr SSJJgl plan, then I Insist that we so amend and round out the Glass ??wen bill aa to permit the farmer and wage earner to tome into the scheme on Ike same terms, ut tin- aasas oaat gad upon Identlcul principles upon sjrhlofc wo admit the banker ami tbe com? mercial ltd.'' With this theory as a basis, the "in? surgent amendments would begin by reforming the proposed federal re servo board. , They would authorize a board of nine members, including the secretary of the treasury and secre? tary of agriculture, and the comptrol? ler of the treasury and six members appointed by the president. Of these, one would be a ' person experienced in banking and general business," one a "bona tide representative of indus? trial labor," and one a "bona fide rep? resentative of agriculture." Except for the banking member of the board, all would be forbidden to I hold stock in any bank, trust com? pany, or concern, "the security or paper of which may be handled by any of the hanks named under this law." Another section would provide that ex presidents of the United States should be deemed ex-onicio members of the board. The amendments would Increase tho maturity term of paper rediscoun table in the federal reserve banks frrm 60 days, as at present proposed by the Glass bill, to 120 days, and would Include In tho redlscountable paper farm loan mortgages. The amendments would continue the Glass bill provision for; a reserve of 33 1-3 p MT cent of the bank's total liabilities. Tney would provide that not more than f?0 per cent of the paper re discounted to a depositing bank shculd have a maturity of more than 60 d-iys. The amendments would provide for an issue of "United States notes of not to exceed 1700,000,000" and "in addition thereto a sum equal to the difference between the total amount of national bank notes outstanding at any one given moment and the amount of such notes outstanding at the passage of this act." These notes would be redeemed In gold at the treasury or ut any federal reserve bank. The all-Important feature of the amendment would provide for the division of this new currency into three sparate groups for three in? dividual purposes?$300,000,000 of distinctive "commercial" currency of ths United States; $20,000.000, of "In? dustrial" currency and $200,000,000 of "agricultural currency." The commercial currency would be Issued to the reserve banks and the Industrial currency through the re? serve banks to the "States and terri? tories upon legally authorized State or territorial bonds and county and municipal Lends when legally execut? ed and indorsed by the State or terri? tory." The agricultural currency would be issued through the reserve banks to "farmers upon warehouse or storage certificates, certifying the deposit of cotton, corn or wheat in bonded, In? sured and solvent warehouses or sto? rage plants to be approved by the fed? eral reserve board. The Industrial currency would be Issued for use in internal improve? ments and such amounts as are taken by States and territories must be re? paid In 20 years. The amendments propose an elab? orate scheme for the Issue of the ag? ricultural currency. They would pro? vide for the issue of currency to 50 per cent of the market value of ware? house receipts for cotton, when the market price is under 15 centa; for corn when the price is below 60 cents A bushel, and for wheat wnen the price is less than $1 a bushel. There also Is a pro', is5":;, author? izing banks not located in reserve or oentfgj cities to make loans on "im? proved and unencumbered farm lauds" not to exceed 60 per cent of the lands value. The much discussed provision for the refunding of the 2 per cent bends, which secure the present cur? rency by the issue of 3 per cent note without the circulation prohibition, which was included in the Glass bill, would be eliminated by the insur? gent" amendments. In his determination to Ket the cur? rency bill through at this session the president has decided to forego his vacation and remain in Washington continuously until the measure la passed. Suggestions that the senate might adlourn after the, tariff was passed and take a recess until No? vember, when consideration of the currency bill might be renewed, nave hern prevalent in congress, but tiny do not in? et niUCh favor at the While Mouse. Meanwhile the president Is watching closely the progress of the hi!l and regards Ihs vigorous debates among the Democrats on the house ban king and 1 urrency aa ? wholesome dH'-usston calculated lo bring out a belief measure, When he left the While House to night Representative Henr) said he could not discuss his conference with ? be prealdenl and White llouae onl ? lala m si ? ? njually reticent. 11 Is expected, however, thai Mr llenry'i report on the Interview will play a prominent part at lontorrow'j meet ing of the committee Democrats, Miss Irma Felder Is visiting her father at Pinta.i. TURKS INVADE BULGARIA. CROM FRONTIER BEFORE DEC? LARATION OF WAR* Ferdinand speaks Bitterly of Eu? ropean Nations Which Allow Treaty to ito Br?ken? London? July 24.?Without declar? ing war and apparently trusting that the jealousies of the powers will pre? vent European Interference! Turkey ha? began an invasion of Bulgaria The Turks have occupied and burned the villages on the Jamboll road and it Is reported have pushed their re? connaissances to Phlllppopolls. No information has been received as to the strength of the forces that have crossed the frontier. Probably they are only comparatively small bodies of Enver Bey's cavalry. Some skirmishing has occurred on the fron? tier, but seemingly the Bulgarians have offered no serious resistance. In Vienna it Is reported that the Turks have crossed the Bulgarian frontier iu three places, by the Marias and Lundja valleys, as well as in the direction of Jamboll. A telegram was received this af? ternoon from the Bulgarian minister In Paris reporting that Turkish troops had entered the Bulgarian town of Philippopolis, that the populace was fleeing and that the situation was desperate. The Daily Chronicle reports that tho Turks have occupied Dedeaghatch on the Aegean sea. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has protested to the powers and appealed for European Intervention, but there is no sign that Europe will act. Both Greece and Servia are throwing ob? stacles in the way of an armistice, while pushing their attacks in the di? rection of Sofia. It is reported Roumania has warned Servia and Greece that if they con? tinue their advance the Roumanian army will be ordered to occupy Sofia flrtt. APPEALS TO EUROPE. king Ferdinand Calls for Aid Against Turk. Sofia, July U4.?King Ferdinand to? day summoned representatives of the powers to the palace and addressed them as follows: "I am aaUAOUl to protest before Eu? rope against the outrageous action of the Turkish army, which, not con? tent with violating the Treaty of Lon? don, ?ls engaged in invading the old territory of my kingdom in the di? rection of Tirnova, Seimenli and Jam boli, and is giving itself up to the most frightful excesses, burning vil? lages, massacreing inhabitants and spreading panic throughout Thrace. "I can not believe that the great powers who signed the diplomatic act now being trodden under foot can regard with Indifference what is be? ing done today; and remain passive under the insult placed upon them and to the crimes of which we are the Victims, In the distress , in which t'.i^ Bulgarian nation finds itself, 1 have appealed on its behalf before the representatives of civilization and beg Europe, through your intermediarv, i to put an end to the sufferings of people fleeing before tho return of their old oppressors*" AN INTERESTING VISITOR. Mr. Herman Stelzner, of Lubeok, tier many, in the City. An interesting visitor to this city is Mr. Herman Btelsner, of L?beck, Germany, who paid the South and Sumter a visit solely for the purpose of seeing his brother, Richard, who Is one of the proprietors of the New York Bakery. Mr, Btelsner is an ex? pert diver and came to the United States to conduct a series of demon? strations before the Xavy Department at New York City In behalf of his Company, the I ?raeger Works, of L?? beck? Germany, of which company Mr. stelzner is chief engineer. The I uaeger wm ky are extensive manufac? turer! of diving apparatus and espec? ially apparatus for effecting rescues from the water and from mining ex? cavations Besides manufacturing su?h products, however, they make many Instruments for the medical profession in performing dangerous operations Mr. Btelsner la the inven? tor of several products of the Draeger Works, notably among his Inventions being a little box like receptacle con? taining an oxygen solution, which permits a diver remaining under the water without any air connections from shove. Mr, Btelsner left Sumter this morning, accompanied by Mr. Richard Stelsner, for New York, from which place he goes t.i Japan He Is an extensive traveler having practical i\ ? nclrt led the globe. Heal Estate Transfers. Kiss Iah \. Hicks tu ES. Katelle Greene, tract of 17& acres In county, |G and other consideration. Keaxlah A. Hicks In .1 H. Truluck, 123 seres In county, $?'? and other con? sideration* YOUNG GIRL LOSES LIFE. Miss Jessie Rogers is Drowned While Bathing in Little Pee Dee River, Mulling, July 24.?Miss Jessie Rog? ers, the 16-year-old daughter of Mrs. Jessie Rogers, was drowned this af? ternoon at Huggini landing, about two miles from Mullins, on the Little Pee Des River. Miss Rogers, with a party of neighbors, had gone for an afternoon picnic. Members of the party were bathing when Miss Hog ers and Miss Bullins, a visitor from Orangeburg, were seen to go down. David Rogers, a brother of Miss Rog? ers, swam to the rescue but was caught by Miss Sulllni and narrow? ly escaped going under himself. He saved Miss Bullins, but his sister lost her life. The body was recovered two hours later about three hundred yards from the spot where she dis appeared. 4v?&s* SWISS GUARDS OF VATICAN. Personal Attendants of The Pope for More Than Four Hundred Years. The Catholic Encyclopedia. The special military guardians of j the palace are the Swiss Guards. The commander has the rank of a colonel of the regular troops and is address? ed by this title. The corps has its special chaplain and chapel, SS. Martino Sebastiano, built by Pius V in 1568. Every can? didate for the Guards must be a na? tive Swiss, a Catholic, of legitimate birth, unmarried, under 25 years of age, at least 5 feet 8 inches in height, healthy and free from bodily disfigure? ment. After 18 years' service each member of the Guards is entitled to a pension for life, amounting to one half of his pay, and after 30 years' service to full pay. The Guards are responsible for the guarding of the sacred person of the Pope and the protection of the Apos? tolic Palaces, all exits from the palaces to the city and the entrance doors to the Papal apartments being intrust? ed to their charge. They have also to take up their position in all pontifical functions in the Papal chapels and tn all other religious functions, both within and without the Apostolic Palaces at which the Pope assists. The religious privileges of the Guards are very extensive. In all public processions the Swiss Guards take their place immediately benind the Noble Guard. As guards they are subject to the prefect of the Apostolic Palaces and were not in earlier times, like the regular troops, to the Minis? try of War. When the Pope occupies the sedla gestatoria, he is surround? ed by six of the Swiss Guards, who carry the large swords known as ''double-handed.'* The commander At the Guards Is an ex officio privy chamberlain, and has the entry into tho Anticamera Segreta; the lieuten? ant and the sub-lieutenant are ex Officio honorary chamberlains, and have the entry only to the, throne room, which lies before the Anti camera Segreta. The Swiss Guards are fully armed and have to submit to a strict course of exercise and gymnastics. Football is zealously cultivated by them In the Cortile del Belvedere, and their trumpet corps is splendidly organized. On solemn occasions, such as special functions in the German cemetery, near St. Peter's (Campo Santo Tuetonico), which is also the burial place for the Guards, the trumpet corps ap? pears in public. Even In the fifteenth century the Popes possessed a bodyguard of the Catholic Swiss. In 1505, at the In? stance of the Swiss Cardinal Bchln ner, a treaty was made by Julius 11 with the two cantons of Zurich and Lucerne, in accordance with which these cantons had to supply constant? ly 250 men as a bodyguard to the Pope. Since this date there has always been about the Pope a corps of Swiss Guards. At present the Guards possess a strength of exactly 100 men (this has been reduced to 80), including the six officers, who suffice no! only for the complete discharge of the various duties of the corps, but also for the maintenance of a watch over the Pope during the night. Their old pictur? esque uniform of black, red and yel? low. In sixteenth century style, is still retained. A black hat with red strings lias recently replaced the very ugly helmet. While exercising, on nigh! watch or in the barracks, the men wear a steel-blue undress uniform, consisting of wider tunic, knee breeches, dark 'due stockings and buckled shoes. < Mi especially solemn occasions both men and officers up appear in military uniforms, with Weapons and helmets. The barracks of the Guards lie a! the foot of the palace of Sixtus V. A portion id the building was erected in I 192, during the reign of Alexan? der VI. The canteen of the Guards .furnishes them with their board. heputv Sheriff John Epperson col? lected more tax money from execu? tions for 1911 than any other deptlt> h:is ever rollected in the hi^t--t. of t he county. NEXT STATE CONVENTION GOES TO THE PIEDMONT* President Dabbs is Re-elected as is Secretary Whitney Held or Colum? bia. Charleston, July 24.?The State ?farmers' Union convention adjourned tonight, after selecting Anderson as the next place of meeting. Walhalla was also nominated, but Anderson easily won out. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, E. W. Dabbs, Mayesvllle; vice president, J. Ei. Claffy, Orange burg; secretary, J. W. Heid, Colum? bia; chaplain, W. E. Bodie, ?Saluda; conductor, C. W. Suber, Columbia; doorkeeper, A. F. Calvert, Abbeville; member of the executive committee, three years, B. Harris, Anderson; del? egate to the national convention, E. W. Dabbs. The second day's session was con? vened this morning by President Dabbs and an interesting session was held. The main address today were those of W. A. .Sherman of Washington and Prof. W. W. Eong of Clemson college on how to market cotton and the use of fertilizers. Mr. Sherman took the place of C. J. Brand, another department exoert, who was prevented from atending the meeting. Then followed the prescribed live minute discussions of various phases of the subjects which had been treated by the experts, in which the individual farmers exchanged their views very liberally and the session proved most helpful to tha large au tendance, reinforced today by a num? ber of Charleston county farmers. After the recess for dinner, two executive sessions were held, at one of which there was a general discus? sion on how to build up the union, and at the other consideration of re? ports and transaction of other bus? iness matters of the organization. The discussion of the building up of the organization was one of live interest to the farmers and it was stated after the session that the subject was very thoroughly discussed with a w'de range of views, and it is expected that this discussion will of itself prove of material benefit to the Farmers' Union of South Carolina. DAY BY LATE THIS YEAR. Warning Sounded by State Demon htm tor. Columbia. July 24.?Laying by of the crops of cotton ami corn in South Carolina should be delayed consider? ably this year, according to a state? ment yesterday by W. W. Long, State agent, farm demonstration work. "The crop of cotton in this State is late,'' said Mr. Long. "It is at least two weeks laJe. and therefore it is very necessary that cultivation be continued. Our farmers maintain the practice of laying by their crops at a certain period, irrespective of the season or the condition of the crop. "If the cotton crop and the late corn cum are laid by this year at the time we generally lay by our crops, with a normal season, it is going to lessen greatly the yield in the State. "1 have just received a very in? teresting letter from David R. Coker of Hartsvllle along this line. He says: "Don't lay by your cotton at all. the cotton plant should be cultivated Let it lay itself by, meaning that as long as ib can be plowed without breaking many limbs.' "But Mr. Coker calls attention to this important fact: " 'As you know, after the cotton plant has reac hed a height of 12 inches, the roots have occupied prac? tically the entire soil area, and noth ing but very shallow plow work can be done without seriously affecting the growth of the plant. I have ob? served that on very light soil it Is extremely difficult to prevent plow hands from running too deep, and farmers who have Huh class of soil ought to be pointedly warned of the danger of.deep plowing. I am satis tied that deep plowing after July 1 accounts for more crop failures than any other single cause.' "< if course a great deal of the corn in this State, especially the early planting, was laid by along shout the first of July or before, but l have ob? served that there Is a great deal of corn planted late this year. This corn will practically make nothing it it is not cultivated late, ho that moisture can be conserved." "The crops, especially in the low country, are growing rapidly and are in tine condition," Mr. Long con eluded. The non-enfon ement of the law against the sale of liquor by Individ* uals and social clubs Is the only strong argument in favor of the dispensary. A transfer of real estate has been recorded as follows: j, \v. McCoy to \ L Jackson lot on edge of city on Street E. ?*ut>. FERTILIZER PRICES LOWER. One Result ?>f Smith Inquiry Rill has Keen to Cause Reduction of Note. Washington. June *L?The investi? gation by Ihe department of com* merce into the increase in tin* pine <?! fertilizers. which was instituted a* the result of s resolution introduced In the senate by Senator E. D. Smith, is still under way. The officials of the department will not be able to make their report for some little time, but it is understood that the investi? gation will be productive of import? ant results, it was stated at the de? partment today that there had been a decrease of $13 per ton in the price of nitrate of soda since Senator Smith introduced his resolution, and there has also been a reduction in the pre ? of other fertilizer materials. - 4 ' Institute at Wlsacky. The editor in company with Mr. W. A. Stue key took a spin down the Lynchburg road to the pretty coun? try home of Mr. R. M. Cooper last Monday and came back by way of the Mt. Zion road giving u.^ a good view of some of the fine crops In that splendid farming section. Of course they took in the Institute work of the farm demonstrators from Clemson College that was scheduled to take place that day. The meeting was held under a shady grove almost in front but a little to the right of the dwell? ing. The place was ideal for just such an occasion and ample impromptu seats having been provided from the remnants of an old gin house with a few chairs made it very comfortable for the representative farmers that ',ad gathered there from nearly every section of the county and some from Sumter. The editor was especially honored with an easy rocking chair, which with the highly interesting talks given by these expert demon? strators from Ck/.ison College caus? ed the time to ti. swiftly by. The first speaker was Mr. T. E. Kitt and his subject was "Fertilizers." He said there were three things to learn about fertilizers?how to buy. what to buy, and how to use. Co? operation is the key to the solution jt the first. A car load of fertilizers can be bought cheaper than a few tons. The cooperation of neighbors to buy together and cut out the middle man is an effective way. Studying the nature of your soil and finding out what elements are mostly needed will solve the second and this is done to better advantage by doing your own mixing and save the expense of paying freight on fillers that you can put In yourself. He then gave several for? mulae for different soils and showed Whet they would save by so doing. Mr. L. O. Watson spoke on plant diseases and el.owed how the plants were attacked and how to apply the remedy. His talk was very interesting and list* ned to with marked attention. Mr. W. A. Thomas, who was dubbed the *")Ug man" by Chairman S. N. Welcn, greatly amused and edified his attentive audience by his plain description of the habits of the bud and stalk worms and other pest of the corn, and more especially of the ground and leaf louse and red spider that pest of the cotton. His talk was greatly enjoyed although there were some doubting Thomases among the i crowd as to the habits of the ground louse. It was now one o'clock, past the dinner hour for farmers, so the Chair? man announced that they would have a short recess of one hour and enjoy an old fashion lunch picnic. Well. If you call big pans of hot rice, fried chicken, old country raised ham, tongue, and ham sandwiches, cakes and pies, with ice spiced with lemon? ade a lunch picnic, they had it and had it In abundance. After the lunch, Chairman Welch announced that there would be talks on "Live Stock" and "Horticulture" by Messrs. T R. Heyden and 0. M Clark, respectively. Mr. Hayden pointed out the need of better atten? tion to live stock by our farmers, es? pecially along the line of not bring? ing all of our work stock from th* West when we can raise at least our own supply here. He is a native of Missouri, and could speak from actual results as came under his eye That the profit between the feed i stables out West and what our farm? ers pay for their mules is too great He then gave some figures that were eye openers Mr. Clark's remarks on fruit trees and plants were highly en? tertaining and instructive. During the recess Col. E. J. Wat? son, who was detained by an auto bogging down, tame in just in time tor lunch. He was the last speaker and bis subject was so broad ami full of good advice that we will not men lion it this time. The same party to speak at th? farm of Mr. W P. Kaskin on Tuesdai The crops along the road to Wi sacky and back an* as fine a.^ we have ever seen in this county. Leader and Vindicator. The antl*dispenssrj !? Iks intend t(> wage a terrtfttc fight against re? establishing the dispensary in (hi* county.? Orangeburg sun.