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mmm m death. HM ARN ATE INTELLIGENCE MAY 1NTER.UT WITH THOSE ON .? MATERIAL SIDE, SAYS OLIVER KU)<.!?:. In Addrcw* Before British Associa? tion He IHnisrea Rapid Ihrogress ami Fan? Ismental Skepticism an* Chsrttr" eristics of This Ago ? ??Science Inooini>otciit to Make ConprohonHlve Denials." r - Publish?*! rbrecas.s of the address ?f sir Oliver Lodge president of the British Association for the Advance? ment of Science, Ir timatlng that he would make statements of a startling character concerning immortality and the proof of life after death, although publicly denied by Sir Oliver himself, caused his address at the meeting of the association held In Hurmingham, England on the 10th inst to be an? ticipated with lively interest and heard with profound attention. His subject was "Continuity." and. summarized In his own words, sir Olivers' argument was: "A marked feature of the present scientific era is the discovery of, and Interest in. various kinds of atomism, ao that continuity aeema in danger of being lost sight of. "Another tendency Is toward com? prehensive negative generalizations from a limited point of view. "Another Is to tzke refuge in rath? er vague forma of statements and to shrink from closer examination of the puzzling and the obscure. Another Is to deny the existence of anything whvh makes no appeal to organs of sense and no ready response to laboratory experiment.* Against these tendencies the author contenda He urges a belief In ulti? mate continuity as essential to science; he regards scientific concentration as an Inadequate basis for philosophic generalization; he believes that ob? scure phenomena may be expressed simply if properly faced, and he points out that the non-appearance of anything perfectly uniform and omni ? present is only what should be expect? ed and Is no argument against Its real substantial existence. la conclusion Sir Oliver touched up? on the question of life after death. He declared his conviction that "occur? rences aow regarded as o cult cm be examined and reduced to order by the methods of science, carefully and per? sistently applied," and that "already the facts so examined have convinced me that memory and affection are not limited to that association with mat? ter by which they can manifest them? selves here and now and that per? sonality persists beyond bodily death." 811 Oliver further declared the 'evi? dence to my mind goes to prove that dlscarnate intelligence, under certain conditions, may interact with us on the material side." and that "we may hope to attain some understanding of the nature of a larger, perhaps ether lal, existence, acd of the conditions regulating intercourse across the chasm." In his remarks leading up to these declarations. Sir Oliver said: "Eliminating from our purview, as is always necessary, a great mass of human activity, and limiting ourselves to a scrutiny on the side of pure science alone, let us nsk what, In the main, is the chars terlstic of the promising though perturbing period, in which we live Different persons would give different answers, uut the answer I venture to give Is, rapid progren*. combined with fundamental skepticism. "With the real zatlon of predicted ether waves In H8S the discovery of X-rays In 1896. upontancnou* radio? activity in 1*96 and the isolation of the electron In 1898, expectation of further achievement became vivid; and novelties, experimental, theoreti? cal and speculative, have been show? ered upon us ever since this century began. That Is why I speak of rapid progress." Sir Oliver explained by fundamen? tal skepticism that he did not mean the "well-worn and almost antique theme of theologlcul skepticism." That controversy was pructlcally in abeyance Just now. "In physiology the conflict ranges round vitalism." he said. "In SB*?n lutry the debate concerns BjtagsJc struc? ture. In biology tto- ?SpUtS is on the Iswh of Inheritance, In MOaOSatC an I political scienc e, i r m? lology, what Is there that is not under dist-mudon " Ifl the vast group of saathoraatlcal gad physical science eesaeat-day srlttelssa concerns whst. If I had to tsnress It In one word, I should ? ?II continuity. "Philosophers haw begun to .(u?-s tlo some of the larger gen? r ? I /. ttlom of science. Not by philosophers only, but by scientific mag also, ancient postulates are being pilled up by the roots. "In most parts of physics sim? plicity has sooner or later to five place t o easalea!ty; though eertsinly I urge ?hat the ejynalt man were true, The law is not really disobeyed, but i modified through ie gallon Ot ;? known aSNtKtOfial Mise. Hence it Is all in the direction of progress CAN'T USE NAME OF STATE. PROHIBITIONISTS WILL NOT USE TERM BEFORE COURT. Attorney General's Stund will Shut Out Dlspc isaryltcs In Sumter Case?Gen. Peoples Voted to Sus? tain Sumter County Board of Elec? tion Conuif issloners. Columbia, Sept. 12.?Attorney Gen? eral Peoples has declined to allow the prohibitionists in Lexington and Wil llamsburg to appeal from the decision of the State board of canvassers U sustaining the action of the county hoards in declaring in favor of the dispensary, ia the name of the State, his permissh n being necessary to use the name of the State. The Attorney General stat ?d that it was his inten? tion to refuse permission to use the name of |g*i State in appeals from any of the ether counties, which will shut out the dispensaryites in the Sumter case However, it it under? stood the parties have amended their appeal and will take the cases before the Supreme Court without using the namo of the State. Attorney General Peeplef said this morning that in the vote of the State board of canvassers, which threw out the Sumter election on the ground of Illegal ticke .m being used, he alone vot.?d to uphold the action of the Sumter county board of canvassers, which declared the county won by the dispensary. "If we had to summarize the main trend of physical controversy at pres? ent I feel ncllned to urge that it largely turra on the question as to which way ultimate victory lies in the fight between continuity and dis continuity." Sir Oliver then discussed the atomic theory, which he said "might be ex? pressed av an invasion of number into unsuspected regions," and also the controversial topic of the principle of relativity. "If that principle in an ex? treme sense establishes Itself, he said, 'lit woul dseem as If even time would become discontinuous and be supplied in atoms, is money is doled out HI pence or centimes Instead of continu? ously?in which case our customary existence w 11 turn out to be no more really continuous than the events on a cinematograph screen?while that great agent of continuity, the ether of apace, w.U be relegated to the mu? seum of historical curiosities. "The eth >r of space is at least the great engine of continuity. It may be much more, for without it there could hardly be a material universe at all. "I hold that science is incompetent to make cc mprehensive denials, even about the ether, and that it goes wrong whe t it makes the attempt." This led the speaker to the argu? ments that concluded with his utter? ances concerning life after death. At? tacking the school of arbitrary scien? tists who attempt to account for all things by precise scientific laws, he said: "They account for things up to a point. But do they account for every? thing completely? Do they account for our own feeling of Joy and exal? tation, for our sense of beauty, for the manifest beauty existing through? out nature? Do not these things sug? gest something higher and nobler and more Joyous, something for the sake of which all the struggle for ex tstenco k'oes on? "Surely there must ic a deeper meaning involved In natural objects. Ortuodox explanations ure only par? tial, though true as far us they go. Flowers attract insects for fertiliza? tion, and fruit tempts animals to eat It in order to carry seeds. Hut these explanations cannot be iln.'l. We still have to explain this competitive striv? ing towan? life. Surely the effort must have some signlllcance?the de? velopment of some aim. Wo thus reach the problem of existence itself and the meaning of evoluiion. If we dogmatize in a negative d rection and say that we can reduce everything to physics and chemistry, we gibbet our? selves as ludicrously jmriow pedants and are falling short of the richness and fullness of our human birthright. How far preferable is the reverent at? titude of the Kastcrn poet " 'The world with eyes bent upon thy feet stands in awe with all its silent stars.' MBtlt if we have learned from sco nce that evolution is real, we have learned a grout deal, but certainly from the point of View Of rcienco, evo? lution is a grout reality. "That evolutionary progress la real is a doctrine of profound si^nilicunce, and our efforts at social betterment htc justified becHue wo are a part of the scheme, a part that has become ? oneclouSi ? part that realises, dimi\ ;it ans rate, what it is doing and What it is aiming at. "Blther we are immortal belngi or wt are n< t We may not know out ? bstitis. but We must have a destiny of some s ot. Those who make de mais are lust aa likely to be wrong M those eho make assertions. In faet, der iais are assertions thrown Into negative form. Science may not PROGRESS ON TARIFF. DEMOCRATIC CONFEREES MOVE WITH DISPATCH. Metal Question Is Passed to Bo Re? considered Later?Minor Chauges are Made. Washington, Sept. 12.?Democratic conferees of the senate and the house made rapid progress today on the tariff bill, approaching earthenware and glassware schedules with slight changes, the sugar schedule with its free sugar provision and the date for the new rates extended to March 1, 1914; the tobacco schedule, the wool schedule and all tho agricultural measures with the exception of the proposed banana tax and the coun? tervailing duty on wheat. In the metal schedule the conferees struck the first snag and after several hours* discussion the entire matter was passed over, to be taken up later. Majority Leader Underwood and the other house conferees insisted that the senate should recede from its action in placing ferro manganese, pig iron, steel ignots, slabs and blooms on the free list. They contend that too much revenue is sacrificed and there fs a growing opinion that the senate conferees eventually will agree to email revenue duties on these articles. Contrary to the general expectation, little difficulty was encountered in the agricultural schedule, tho house con fetees agreeing quickly to free cattle. However, tho dispute on the counter? vailing duty on wheat is yet to be set? tled As to the banana tax, it is generally known that the president wishes it stricken out. This would mean a loss in revenue of approximately $2, 500,000. In all of the schedule- sllgh* changes were made, the sen- ed? it./ from amendments when ^ecr laea In rates were made. This p .cv. it is said, will be maintained Ihre *h0Ut thf conference, Mr. Underwi insist? ing that too much revenue I d been already cut from the bill. In the liquor schedule the general rates were approved, but action on the proposal to put the full inter! il reve? nue tax on brandies used In 1> tifying sweet wines was deferred, j o ; the earthenware schedule the senate re? ceded from some of its amendments it.creasing the rates on higher grades cf mica. be able to reveal human destiny, but it certainly should not obscure it. Things are as they are, whether we find them out or not; and if we make rash, and false statements, posterity will detect us?if posterity ever trou? bles its head about us. 1 am one of those who think that the methods of science are not so limited in their scope as has been thought; that they can be applied much more widely, and that the psychic region can be studied and brought under law too. Allow us, anyhow, to make the at? tempt. Give us a fair field. "This is not the place to enter Into details or to discuss facts scorned by orthodox science, but I cannot help remembering that an utterance from this chair is no ephemeral production, for it remains to be criticised by gen? erations yet unborn, whose knowledge must inevitably be fuller and wider than our own. In justice to myself and my co-workers I must not only have on record our conviction that occurrences tiow regarded as occult can be examined and reduced to order by the methds of science, but by going further and suying that already the facts so examined have convinced me that memory and affection arc not limited to that association with mat? ter by which alono they can manifest themselves here and now, and that personality persist! beyond bodily death. "The evidence to my mind goes to prove that discarnate intelligence, un? der certain conditions, may interact with us on the material side, thus indirectly coming within our scien? tific ken, and that gradually we may hope to attain some understanding of the nature of a larger, perhaps ether? eal existence, and of the conditions regulating intercourse across the Chasm. A body of responsible investi? gators has even now landed on the treacherous but promising shores of a new continent. ' Yes, and there Is more to say than that. The methods of science are not the only way, though they are our way of arriving at truth. I "Men and brethren, we are trustees of the truth of the physlclal uni? verse as scientifically explored; let us be faithful to our trust. "Genuine religion has its roots deep down In the heart of humanity and In the reality of things. It is not surprising that by our methods we fall to grasp it; the actions of the Deltj make no appeal to any special! sense, only a universal appeal, and our methods are, as we know, incom? petent to detect complete uniformity, 'i hen- is a principle of relativity here and unless we encounter Haw or jar, or change nothing in us responds; we' are deaf ami blind, therefore^ to**eh* immanent grandeur ground us. unless | SULZER'S WALL STREET DEALS. EXECUTIVE'S BROKER FREELY TELLS OF TRANSACTIONS IN STOCKS. Witness Says Governor of New York Visited His Otlieo a Few Days After Election?Paid Money in Person. New York, Sept. 12.?Gov. Sulzer's transactions in Wall street from June 27, 1910, till they ceased?at least so far as one lirm of brokers was con? cerned?on July 14, last, were de? scribed under oath today by Melville D. Fuller, who said he was Sulzer's broker, in a hearing held by the nine impeachment managers appointed by the assembly. Fuller, who refused to testify before the Frawley investigating committee concerning certain matters, today an? swered all questions. He testified that Sulzer had paid him $16,000 in per? son within a month and a day after the last election, and that he (Fuller) had had no dealings with Mrs. Sulzer. According to Fuller's testimony, Sulzer, while a congressman, opened an account with his firm, Harris & Fuller, June 27, 1910. In September he testified, Sulzer borrowed $23,000 from the firm, giving as collateral 400 shares of "Big Four" railroad stock, and In November of the same year Sulzer added some American Smelter stock to his collateral held by the brokers. "Big Four d' "lined from s*1 t* If within the y?ar," Fuller contint ' "but Mr. Su' :er oought some more of the stock and added bo'ttttern Pacific to hlj holdln On November 13, 1912, a few days after he was elected governor, Fuller continued, Sulzer walked into the ot ? ' flee of liarrh. & Fuller with ten $1,000 b?l:; in his hands. These he paid on his account, his indebtedness, owing to other transactions, having increased to |!i0,61t, On* December G, Fuller said, Gov. elect Sulzer paid in person $6,000 more in cash on his account. On June 16 of this year Sulzer's debt to the brokers had been further reduced. One of the checks, Mr. Fuller said, was from A. E. Spriggs, a for? mer governor of Montana. , Lieut. Commander Josephthal, of Gov. Sulzer's staff, visited the office of ! Harris & Fuller July 16, last, Fuller added, and closed the account by pay? ing $26,739. Josephthal received the stock left by Sulzer as collateral. Josephthal presented an order, which was produced today. It was signed "William Bulxer, for Mra Sulzer." Mr. Fuller could give no explanation of the words "for Mrs. Sulser," he said, as neither he nor hid firm had ever had any dealings with her. SULZER IN NEW YORK. New York Governor Has Been in City Since Tbur.-day. New York, Sept. 12. ?Gov, William Sulzer, whose whereabouts yesterday and today had been considered some? what of a mystery, has been iti this city since Thursday afternoon. He left this afternoon for Albany. Gov. Super's visit to New York was so secret that only a few per? sonal friends and advisers knew he was here. The object of his trip was not made public. TO BRING VP NEW QUESTION. Habeas Corpus Proceedings to Release James E. Harold from Commitment by Recorder? A question of considerable interest locally came up before Justice Fr?ser Saturday, when habeas corpus pro? ceedings were taken by Attorney A. S. Merrimon to release a negro, Jan-es Edward Harold, from jail, where he was committed by the recorder after a preliminary for burglary. The ques? tion to come up is whether the rccord I er has authority to ?ive preliminaries under the state statute, and bind over persons to the General Sessions Court for trial. Mr. Merrimon argues that he has no such authority and has brought the habeas corpus proceedings on this ground. Mr. R, D. Bpps represents the city and L. K. Wood the state, for the solicitor. 1 The dry weather is playing havoc with the roads, just now. The wheels 1 of vehicles beats the sand and clay Into small particles and the Wind ! gradually blows this dust from the , road giving fur1 her ground for the wheels to wear away. In dry weath? er, as In wet weather, tho road beats Into holes at places, which are much harder to repair than in wet weath? er, when ruts and holes <;m be level? ed over and packed down by th > load scraper and the split long drag. \v?' base Insight enough to appreciate the winde and to recognise In the woven fabric of existence, flowing steadily from the loom of an infinite progress toward perfection, the fever* growing garment of a transcendent God. TO AID AMERICANS. HOUSE WILLING TO PROVIDE $100,000 FOR THEIR RE? MOVAL. Secretary Bryan Calls Attention of Majority Leuder to Urgent Need of Funds. Washington, Sept. 12.?In response to an urgent demand from the state department, the house tonight passed a joint resolution making an emer? gency appropriation of $100,000 to be used for the relief of destitute Amer? icans in Mexico and for their trans? portation to the United States. Majority Leader Underwood pre? sented '.he emergency resolution and read a letter from Secretary Bryan asking immediate action. The secre? tary said the department was using $2,000 a day to aid Americans In Mexico and that but $12,000 was available for that purpose. The reso? lution probably will be passed Mon? day by the senate. Secretary Bryan wrote Mr. Under? wood: I "In view of the fact that the deficiency bill is still pending in the I committee on appropriations of the senate and will not become a law un? til after the available appropriations have been exhausted, it is essential ! that there should be placed at the j department's disposal at once a suf I ficient sum to enable it to carry on I the work of '?lief anc* prevent the i hards | ind dissatisfaction that a liscc.iunuance of that woik would entail. Besides the obligations rest? ing on this government, under exist I ing conditions, of effecting a safe and I speedy means by which Americans ' may leave Mexico and reach their ! homes in the United States, there are j political reasons which render it ; r the highest importance that the work which is being carried on there should ' not be brought to a sudden stop." The resolution passed unanimously, with the understanding that if further funds were needed the $100,000 ap propriation in the urgent deficiency bill for the same purpose would be allowed to stand. Secretary Bryan said that since the first of this year the state depart? ment had spent $62,788.89 In aiding , American citizens to get out of Mex I Ice. GOVERNOR MAY REBEL. Returning From Conference With Hucrta Rosalcs Says May Have to Take Step. Vera Cruz, Sept. 12.?On board the i Ward line steamer Mexico, which sail? ed yesterday for Tampico, Habana and New York, was the constitutional gov i ernor of the State of Hidalgo, Pedro Bosales. Sen or Rosales had been summoned t Mexico City and told to ask for leave of absence in order that ; he might be substituted by a military governor. He said he explained to President Huerta that he had been legally elected to office and asked time i to think over the proposition made to i him. He is one of the richest men in his State. The fact that Senor Rosales had come to Vera Cruz from the capital and taken passage on the steamer did not become known until today. While here he told an intimate friend he was not a. revolutionist, but feared he might be forced into the rebel ranks. HEARING BEFORE JUSTICE FR?? SER. Proceedings to Enjoin the Supervisor of Ith bland County from Working Chain Gang on Road In Shamlon. A hearing was had before Justice Fr?ser Saturday morning brought by citizens of Hichland County to enjoin the supervisor of Kichland County from working the chain gang on roads n Shandon and from spending more than the appropriation allowed for this purpose in building the road through the town. The proceedings ', were brought by Messrs. H. G. Bates, F. G. Auld, J. M. Hardee, R. C. 1 Hamer, H. C. Kamlner, w. J. Rivers i and L. M. Hook, through their attor ; neys Melton and Belser and Clarkson and Clarkson who were represented by W. G. Belser, Esq. The respond? ents were Andrew Patterson, Jr., as 1 supervisor of Hichland county, A. B. I Campbell, H. M. Motley, Carroll ( Bookman, C. H. Hlnnant, J. B, Heise, members of the county board of com? missioners, who were represented by M. P. Du Br?hl, Esq., of the firm of DeBruhl and McLauchlin. After bearing arguments on both sidea Justice Praaer stated that he ( would take the matter under consid? eration and announce his decision la? ter. Honor for Sumter Boy. His many friends In this city will be glad to hear that Karle Rowland, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. (',. Rowland, who is a junior at Davidson College, N. has been elected president of his class. "This is quite an honor for anyone, it being the highest office which any class can bestow upon one of Its members. REPRESENTATI VE ANDERSON RESIGNS FROM BIG COM? MITTEE. Can Be of No Service There, Objecto to Procedure of Dcmocrato??South? ern States Control Policy of Nation Be Says?Republicans Take Fling at Democrats. Washington, Sept. 11.?As the cli? max of the vigorous Republican con? demnation of Democratic legislative methods which has marked the cur? rency debate, Representative Sidney Anderson of Minnesota, on the floor of the house late today resigned as a member of the powerful ways and means committee. In a speech bitter? ly asailing legis'ation through cau? cus action and partizan consideration of the Underwood tariff bill and the Glass currency bill in committees Rep? resentative A nderson declared that the ' system of legislation established here" made I is efforts on the commit? tee a "farce and a fraud." Throughout the day the Republi? cans had criticised the means em? ployed by the Democrats in framing the currency bill, denouncing the se? cret session of the banking and cur? rency committee majority and the se? cret sessions of the caucus which in? dorsed Ihe bill. This evening Repre? sentative Anderson obtained the floor and sent his resignatin to the clerk's j desk to be read. The house listened in silence and when the clerk concluded Mr. An? il n In a lengthy speech explained i his reasons for resigning. "I am induced to resign my mem? bership on the committee on ways and means," he said, "because the rules of thin house and the system of legisla? tion in vogue here deprive me of my ? i-ortunity foi se vice to the country n that commit* s, and because my . tinuance o.i ?hat committee must we construed mio an acquiescence in fraud upon :hose who have a right to believe and do believe that I have had or shall have some part in framing the legislation reported by that com? mittee. "The rules of the house, written and unwritten, deprive me of my oppor? tunity for s .ce and the system of legislation, sible and invisible, which obtains h rc strips me of my preroga? tives as a representative of the peo? ple. If the present system continues the inevitable result must be that men of industry and ability no longer will seek mmbership in the house." He reviewed the course of the tariff bill through Ihe ways and means com? mittee and the house and said: "I have had no part in the framing of the tariff bill which passed the house ! and the senite. I shall have none. I jam overwh?lmed, discouraged, dis I heartened by the uselessness and fruitlessness of it all." In an anilysis of the operation of the caucus system Mr. Anderson de? clared that 14 Southern States?Ala? bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis Sour!, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia?alone send 129 Democrats to the home?enough to control the legislative policy of the caucus, and hence the house." Throughout the day the general dis? cussion of the currency bill continued. Democrats lauding the measure, Re? publicans indorsing parts of it anc* condemning strongly the provisions for brin^im? national banks into the proposed now system and making the new reserve notes government obli? gations. Representative Rogers of Massachu? setts (Republican) declared tonight the Democrats of the banking and currency committee were but "amiable amateurs" on currency 'and yet they are to tear up by the roots the en? tire banking system of the United States, the country whose industries are the most colossal and manifold, and whose tinancial system is the most complex of any nation on the ! globe." Representative Hulings of Pennsyl? vania (Progressive) discussed the ac? tivities of President Wilson in con? nection with the consideration of the currency bill. "Since Andrew Jackson," he said, "there has been no more determined, astute politician occupying the presi? dential chair than the present occu? pant of the White House. Under his Influence you Democrats have swal? lowed every particle of your Independ? ent Judgment, if you ever had any." Dear Plentiful nils Season. U| Manning Times. " * The deer hunters are having nice sport in Black River these days, that is to say, they claim to be having good luck in bagging venison. One fellow told us the deer are so plen? tiful that it is a Common sight to lind them romping about in the cow pas? tures. . J0 The opinion is general that cotton prices are certain lo be higher later in the year, but no cotton is yet being stored in ihe a'arehouse to be bold for the expected advance in price.