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W \ K o\ CATTLE TU K. jUf>rc*eutativo larmcra and Agri? cultural Experts to Gather In Co> luiubtas Noicniher Htli. Columbia. Nov. 3, ? Representative ftirmera ami agricultural exports have been called to meet in Columbia No? vember 8 to discuss plans for the light against cattle tick in Sou b Caro? lina. Tho meeting will very proba? bly be held in the hall of the house of representatives at the State house. Government officials will attend and deliver addresses. It is expected that the ccnference will result in a petition to tho gen? eral assembl> asking that an appro? priation of $40,000 bo made for the Jflsht against the tick in South euro Una, The tick has been eliminated Crom 16 counties by ag? inn of the United States department of agricul? ture and Clemsoa college. Congress? man Lever, chairman of the house committee on agriculture, has prom teed to meet tho South Carolina ap? propriation dollar for dollar, with a fund to be given by the national rle tment. 'Ian* are under way for placing expert live stock men in t ie coun whero the tl k has been driven <.II HONOR Foil BLUE. College fo* Surgeons to Make Head of Public Health Sen h o u Fellow. Washington. Nov. 3.?Three gov eminent offlcialfl?Charles F. Stokes, surgeon general of the navy: George H. Torney, surgeon general of the arrny, and Rupert Blue, surgeon gen? eral ot the public health aervtce? will be created fellows of the Amer? ican College. Surgeons at the trst convention of the organization in Chi? cago November 13. This is tho highest honor in the gift of the medical profession and is to bo conferred upon 500 physicians Who have been selected because ol' their scientific achievements i.nd un? questionable ethical atandlng. Tha college was organized here last May and pi simlar to the Royal Col? lege of Physicians and Surgeons of London. Ita object la to protect the public againat unethical practices. GO BACK TO CAPIPOL. Foreign Minister* Return to Mexico City. Vera Cruz, Nov. 3.?The German, Norwegian and Russian ministers, who have been conferring with Mr. Und. tonight left for Mexico City. The United States battleship Michigan has returned here after placing Oen. Felix Dias aboard the steamer Esperanza for Habana. . It Is reported at military heado.ua'.* ters that a band of 200 rebels, in com? mand of Hilario Salas, appeared this morning near Tlacotalpah and but nod a largo -ugar plantation. They cap? tured two rich planters whom they are holding for ransom. Federal troops attacked the rebels this afternoon but the result of the lighting is not known. SWALLOWS Bit IILOHIDi: TABLET. Columbia Man Tuk?>* Slow Poison by Mistake Columbia, Nov. 3.?Herbert O. An? derson, prealdent and treasurer of the South Eastern Audit Company, is ly? ing at a lot al hospital tonight in a< dying condition us tho result of swal? lowing a bichorlde of mercury tab? let, aupposedly by mistake. II? was operated on. but physicians fear that ha will not aurvlve the night. Mr. Anderson came, in from Sumter on Sunday night and registered at a local hotel. A friend going to his room this morning discovered him in great agony ,im| in apparently a criti? cal condition. Ho was rushed to a lo? cal hoMpitul. where physicians used every means in trying to gl\o him re lief. It developed that Sunday night h* took * bichlorub> of mercury tab let and it got In .ts poisonous result* for nearly |gsj hours before he wus discovered und relief given htm. Corning her?? two yours ugo from St. Louis, Mr. Anderson organized the audit company, of which he is presi? dent ami treasurer. Hi is n widower with two children, little Misses Lu? cilla und Adelaide Anderson. People in different parts of the country have lingered for day* ufter swallowing the deadly bichloride of mercury tablets. and their experiences us they watched certain death creeping upon them have tilled columns !n new > pa per?. MON PI \< I Till ITY, Bryan and Iloiiduruii Ministe?* Agree. Washington. Nov. ?HSfstaf] llry ?n ami Mildster Membreno of Honduras today signed a treaty cm bodying Fremden?. Wilson's pen< e plan announced by Mr. Bryan early in tin present administration. llodurus |s th#? fonrtti taut lea t,, eesMiuda such ? treuty with Ifci Crdted States. The others uro Salvador, Lamuna and * '? latemal REGULATION AND RUINATION/1 Doleful Predictions Made When Intcr-Statc Commerce Commission Was (Yea ted. (Norman Hupgood, in Hapers Week? ly) RipfagiMtntlTt Glass made a good point again-a the bankers who have been ttghting the Currency bill, and their political allies, by quoting, in his opening speech in favor of the bill, from the opinions of the notable sen? ators of another generation concern? ing the Inter-State Commerce Com? mission Will. Senator Hoar said that it would be "destructive to great busi? ness interests." Senator Aldrich, that it would "demoralize the whole com? merce? of the country;" Senator Platt, of Connecticut, that it would "ruth? lessly demoralize business;" Senator Iceland Standford, that It would be "most disastrous to the various busi? ness interests of the country;" and Senator Joseph E. Prown, of Georgia, that It would "seriously cripple the great railroad interests of the country and destroy the property invested in by hundreds of thousands of people." The National Republican, of Washing? ton, said: "It is fair to suppose tha< congress did not intend to wreck rail? ways, ruin communities, destroy pri? vate property, impoverish whole sec? tions of the country, give foreign trad, ers the advantage over home ones, dis? criminate over one port in favor of another, advance the interests of the Canadian Railways, or re-enact the Civil Rights hill, yet it did all these things when it passed the bill entitled A Bill to Regulate Commerce.' " Mr. Glass might have quoted from Dick? ens' "Hard Times," to show how of? ten the milters of Coketown had been "ruined." Ruined when Inspectors insisted that they should not chop up so many people, ruined when it was suggested that the child-workers should be sent to school, ruined when it was filmed t.mt there ought to be less smoke. And their final threats: was, that, rather than submit to an? other regulation tney "would pitch their property into the Atlartlc." Four years from now, if congress proposes to amend the Glass-Owen Art, our bankers who are now pre? dicting all sorts of dire results will protest that the Vet as it stands is an admirable one and should not be tampered with. AN EPOCH IN STATE TAXATION. Supreme Court Sustains Massachu? setts Foreign Corporation Tax. Washington, Nov. 3.?After years of vain endeavor by State authorities to tax foreign corporations doing bus? iness within their borders Massachu? setts has solved the problem. The Su? preme Court today sustained as con? stitutional the Massachusetts foreign corporation tax law of 1909, Chief Justice White and Justice Vandevan ter and Pitney dissenting. The decision was regarded by many who heard Justice Day deliver it as marking an epoch in State taxation. The Massachusetts law provides that every foreign corporation an? nually shall pay an excise tax of one ifteenth of one per cent of its author? ized stock. Justices Day, Holmes, Mc Kenna, Lurton, Hughes und Lamar interpreted this to mean almost the same as the Federal corporation law which avoided previous errors by care? ful phraseology. They held that this meant a tax on the privilege of do? ing business wuhln the State and not a tax on the property of the corpor? ation outside this State. Though no dissenting opinion was <b livcn-d, the report was current dur ng the day tint tho dissenting mem? bers of the Court hehl the case to be virtually identical with the Western UnlOU and Pullman cases from Kan? sas, wherein a Kansas tax on foreign < . i (.orations was held unconstitutional a few ft ars ago. Justice Day directed one h of his argument to this point. Mi Bald that the Kan sum eases InVOlV? , ad tax? s upon capital stock repiesent ing property both in and out of the St He. the law thus Imposing a burden on interstato commerce. He pointed out the business of the Western I'nlon and the Pullman Company was oonv none, while in the two cases decided today tin- business of one company was mining and the other manufar turlng only Incidentally connected a itli interstate commerce. He said I that the Massachusetts law wan not to be interpre ted as taxing interstate I Commerce or as applying to foreign corporations engaged wholly in inter? state commerce. A crusade of education which aims "thai oommoit coids may become un? eommoa within the next generation" has been begun by prominent New York phyalclana Here is a list of the "don'ta" which the doctors say will prevent the annual vialtatlon of the cold: "i k>n'l sit In ?? draughty i ar.M ? i '..n't sleep In hot rooms." "Don't ivold the fiesh air*" "Don't stuff yourself at meal time. Ov??r< .tlni reduces your resistance.'* To which We would add -when you I ike a cold get rid of it as quickly i i us lbl< To accomplish thai you will And Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy most excellent, Sohl by all deal I St ? Ads t. Declare War on Colds. WILL NAME SENATOR, Alabama Governor Convinced He Has Powet to Appoint Johnston's Succt-ssor. Birmingham. Nov. 3.?Gov. Emmet O'Neal in Birmingham today an? nounced that he will appoint a sena? tor from Alabama in place of Con? gressman Henry D. Clayton, who re? cently gave up the appointment to re main in the house at President Wil? son's request. Gov. O'Neal said that a legal opinion just rendered by one of his advisers convinced him more firmly than ever that he had the right to make the appointment, r >d that he is entitled to have the ques? tion formally passed upon by the sen? ate. Stopping a Runaway Locomotive. On October 25, 1911, writes A. A. Cheek, in the November Wide World Magazine, while agent and operator D. A. Allen, station agent for the I. M. and S. Railway at Amity, Arkansas, was waiting for a northbound through freight train to pass his station just before closing up the place for the night, tho train-dispatcher at Feriday, Louisiana, began frantically calling his station. When Mr. Allen answer? ed he was told, for Heaven's stake, to stop in some way a "wild" (runaway) engine coming south. It had just a few minutes before got away from those in charge of it, and was now coming south "wide open" at a ter? rific rate of speed, with no one on tt On receiving this alarming informa? tion Operator Allen immediately dropped his signal board and at once ran to the north switch to his side track and threw it so as to direct tne runaway into this track, where stood a string of loaded coalcars, If by chance the "wild" engine arrived first or he was unable to stop it in any other way. He then induced two men he happened to Und?Messrs. A. J. Johnson and Alf Wldner?to assist hint in quickly throwing a hand-car on the track. While they were doing this they heard the freight train about a mile and half off, coming to what then seemed certain destruction as the "wild" engine could also be heaM in th"? distance, with the reports of the exhauBt so close together that they made almost one continuous sound ? conclusive proof that It was still work? ing steam and coming at a high rate Of speed. With only the thought of saving liv *a in their minds, and with a full sente of their duty before them, the*e three men clambered on the car and began a veritable race against death to meet the "wild" engine and, if possible, stop it in some way before it crashed into the oncoming freight, the crew of which were entirely ig? norant of the terrible menace so rt.p idly approaching them. The hand-car was run north at the utmost speed the three men could produce ur til the runaway engine came in sight through the darkness. There were no lights of any kind on it, and in the hurry of getting away none of the men on the hand-car had secured even a lantern, so that everything had to be done in the dark. Directly they sighted tho ongino looming vaguely through tho gloom, the hand-car was quickly thrown from the rails, and had hardly reached the ground wh3n the runaway was upon them. Dashiig alongside, Mr. Allen made a snatch at what he took, in the darkness, to bo the grab-iron on tho back of tie tender. It was then discovered, how? ever, that the engine was "backing up" ?running tender first. What Allen took for a handhold proved to be a loose hose Ising on the woodwork surrounding the tank platform, and this hose gave way, throwing Mr. Al? len just outside, the rails, tho massive wheels barely missing him as the tender thundered on. Realizing that tho lives of those on the freight train, now drawing near, were at stake, and regardless of the risk to himself, Al? len recovered his balance and caught tin- pilot as It passed him. Running like a monkey along the footboard of the swaying engine, ho reached the throttle, shut off steam, reversed tho engine, and started it back north ahead of the freight train, the engi? neer of which had in the meantime noticed the board ami had begun to slow down. But for the timely stop? ping of the "wild" engine, however, nothing could have prevented a dis? astrous collision, Whloh would, no doubt, have cost the engineer und fireman of the freight train their lives, .f not those Of the whole train crew, In addition to several thousand dollars' i worth of property. The "Mom Nancy" mentioned in th-* item Tuesday as being dead is not "Crippled Nancy/' who is still very much alive and deems reports of her death as entirely unreliable. Mr. .1. D. Allsbrooks left Manning las! Tl rsday to accept the petition of principal of ths Philadelphia graded school in York county. Mr, Allsbrook is a Woffortl man, and :i law graduate, but of recent years he ims devoted himself in teaching, SUDAN GRASS. Clcniaon College Extension Work? South. Carolina Experiment Station. l?ress Bulletin No. 129. (W. Li. Hutchinson.) Apparently the farmers of South Carolina are becoming more interest? ed in the hay crop. The growing of alfalfa, the best of hay plants, is be? ing exploited. Interest is mainfested in oats and vetch, a winter season hay crop. Moreover, many of the farmers of the State still have the bad practice of pulling fodder, an un? profitable business. Sudan grass, perhaps the original form of sorghum, is a promising hay plant. The stems are much finer than sorghum and hence it cures quicker. It has a shorter period of growth, maturing a crop in about six weeks. This quick growth makes it particular ly valuable both for an early crop of hay and for a good yield when sown late in the season. This quality makes it valuable to sow after oats, as it will mature a good crop of hay and be out of the way in time to per? mit a good preparation of the land for the early planting of any fall crops. As it cures quickly, there is less dam ger of serious damage b* rain. Sudan grass is an annual and grows during tho summer season. It does not become a weed, as is the case with Johnson grass. The seed weigh about thirty-two pounds to the bushel and for sowing broadcast for hay, about one and a half bushels should be sown to the acre. For growing a seed crop, it is best to plant in drills. Five to ten pounds of seed to the acre will be sufficient for a good stand. When planted in drills, one or two cultiva? tions should be given, but the drills should be just as close as will per? mit easy tillage. Sudan grasf. grows from three to five feet tall and the stems have abundant leaves. It is hardy and it is very easy to get a good stand. It seeds abundantly so that when gener? ally grown the seed will be cheap. Sudan grass should make a more attractive market hay than the plants that are being grown ut present. It may be fed to all kinds of live stock and the animals are fond of it. Evi de tly this plant, a recent importation of the L'nited States Department of Agriculture, will be a valuable addi? tion to most of the farms in the State It may lessen and even stop the un? profitable practice of pulling fodder. The planting season is very long, ex? tending from corn planting time till August. It will be noted that Sudan grass has many desirable qualities as a hay. It grows rapidly, giving a good yield of hay in a short time. A good stand is easily secured and the cost of seeding small. The stems being fine, it cures quickly, lessening the risk of injury from exposure to the weather. The abundance of leaves gives hay of excellent quality relished by all kinds of stock. There is a season of sev? eral months in which to lind a con? venient time to grow it and in this way it can be made to supplement our standard crops rather than com? pete with them. Its qualities recom? mend it as a market hay as well as a good hay for the farm. Tho seed arc not plentiful as yet, but five pounds to start with would soon provide all the seed a farm would need. This plant may be grown on the soils of South Carolina just as they are. You ^o not have to make tho soils over in order to grow it. Neither liming nor inoculation is necessary to success. It is just as easy to grow as any of the crops that we now pro? duce. The seed are about the size of sorghum seed and may be planted about the same depth. A corn plant? er with a sorghum plato may bo used for planting in the drill. Wrhen sown broadcast, the seed may be covered with a harrow. HOOK WORMS AFTER ORIENTALS Copulations of China, India and Japan Badly AlhTctori. Washington. Nov. 3,?Latest statis? tics furnished by the Carnegie com? mission, the commissioner general said, showed that the hook worm is prevalent in two-thirds of China, In many places running from 70 to 76 per cent among the farming popula? tion; that from ti0 to 80 per cent Qi India's .*b00,000.00t? people have it. and that it IS widely prevalent in Japan, where the percentage of infection is believed to be high, although exact figures were not given. In Malay, Ceylon, Samoa and the Philippine Is? lands, also, the disease exists to con? siderable degree, he said. The At? lantic coast immigration, Mr. Camin Sttl added, would not have to be watched so closely, as the malady does not exist in Burope to any great ex? tent, being as g rule confined to mi? nors there. Cause of Insomnia. The most common cause of In? somnia is disorders of the stomach ami constipation. Chamberlain's Tab? lets correct these disorders and en? able you to sleep. For Rale by ah dealers,?Advt. Youiik Farmer John. (Written for The Item.). I Young Farmer John goes forth to till In hickory shirt and trousers soiled. "Get up here, Pete, we'll show them how To make a fortune with the plow." He wields the plow, the hoe and spade, He shoves wi:h vigor undismayed, He strikes with blows, both hard ana fast, His neighbors, anxious, to surpass. When seed time comes, he drills and sows, He pushes plow, sweats and blows, With bouyant hopes and active hand That he may reach the promised land. The crop at lest has reached mature, The cotton's slort, the peas are few. The corn, it's light, and chaffy too, Price off, and debts are due. John thinks, reflects, and ca:sts around Decides to quit and move to town; To sell old Pete and run a store, Where life's worth living o'er and o'er. t He buys his stock, he lays it in, Ho moves around with a happy grin, He sees his fcrtune thereabout, He's jolly now without a doubt. He gazes out and wonders why They don't come In, the passers-by, And buy a do >o that's cold as Ice And other goods that 're just as nice. Business lags, times grow bum, To John 'tis anything but fun. His bills are due, he has no funds To meet them, as they frequent come. The landlord c )mes to get his rent, John sighs an<. groans with a sickly vent, Says, "If to wat you'll give consent, "Next week l'l pay you every cent." The sheriff coines down about the store, Puts John out and locks the door. With grip in hand and coat on arm John mosies bnck to daddy's farm. "John, my son, now is it so "You've left tovn, gave up the store?" "Yes, daddy dear, you ought to k:iow "How the peop la, me Ignore." "John, my son some time ago "I begged you not to spend your dough." * "Yes, clad, but then, you know, I knew "Ten times over more than you.'" "But now dear dad, I think I see "You have so mo sense, as well as me, "If you'll be ki id and let me stay "I'll work and .lo just as you say." ?D ALZ ELL?. November 3ri, 1913. FINAL BRIli F IN THAW CASE. Attorneys Attack Jerome and His Language In Their Last Argument. Concord, N. 11., Nov. 3.?The final brief for Harry K. Thaw, the fugitive from the New York State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, in connection with his efforts to resist extradition from New Hampshire to New York was filed with Gov. Felker today. The brief states that the requisition is not in accordance with the rules of practice, that the laws of New York were violated in obtaining the indict? ment and that the requisition is not made in good faith. Tlio activity o!' William Travers Je? rome In securing: the Indictment and his language, at the hearings before Gov. Felker aro attacked. The brief says: "The language used is bullying and threatening and could be used for no other purpose than the silly thought to intimidate yc ur excellency. The vory unusual and uncalled for extrava? gant language indicates a personal private purpose and is not consistent with tho simple, dignified discharge of public duty." WOMEN WILL EXPEL LIQUOR. Mrs. Pankhurst Says Feminine Votes WU1 Drive Out Whiskey. Chicago, Nov. 5.?Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst today expressed pleasure at the. attitude and activity of women at the elections yesterday in south? ern Illinois. ALout 15,000 went to the polls and nearly 80 per cent voted against the saloon. "It means that, it is only a ques? tion of time When women will drive the liquor traJlh from tho states," Mrs. Pankhurst said. A Nlglit, of Terror. Few nights aro more terrible than thut of a mother looking on her child choking and gaspmg for breath during an attack of croup, and nothing in the house to relieve it. Many moth? ers have passed nights of terror In this situation. .\ little forethought will enable you ?? avoid all this. Chamberlain s Cough Remedy is a certain cur?* for croup and has never been known t<? fail. Keep it at hand. For sale bj fill dealers, ? Ad\ t. TEACHERS GO 1X3 SPARTANBURG. Executive Committee Decides Upon That City as Meeting Place for As? sociation Next March. Columbia, Nov. 4.?That Spartan burg will be the place of meeting of the next annual session of the State Teachers' Association of South Caro? lina and the auxiliary associations was the decision of the executive commit? tee. The time will be March 19, 20, II, 1914. Not since 1907, when the meeting was held at Chick Springs, has the association gone to the Piedmont sec? tion. Spartanburg's invitaion was most cordial and was signed by the schools of the city and the Chamber of Commerce. Spartanburg is a beau* tiful city and being located at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains will prove attractive as a conventiou city. With her hotel facilities, hospitable homes and spacious Converse audi? torium it can take care of the asso? ciation in every way. The committee attended to several important matter. It was decided to follow up closely and carry out the measures launched by the association at ite ast meeting. C. V. Neuffer of Bennettsville was appointed to com? municate with the 25 larger towns barred from participation in the State aid to high schools with a view to j arousing interest in legislation. This recommendation was made by R. B. Cheatham of Abbeville last spring. R. C. Burts of Greenville was appointed to give publicity to and create further interest in the bill pending in the leg? islature to create a State board of ex? aminers for certification of teachers. Mr. Burts was also appointed to make a report on the colser articulation of the county and State teachers' asso? ciations. L. T. Baker of Columbia was asked to write Messrs. McCravey and Law son expressing the association's appre? ciation for the efforts put forth in the compulsory education measure. The secretary's report showed that last year's was a record-breaking at? tendance. There are now more than 1,000 members. The minutes will be printed and ready for distribution soon. A trophy cup will be offered this year to the county which has the largest percentage of its teachers present. Miss Belle Dunbar of the Associa? tion of Elementary Schol appeared before the committee in the interest of her association. John E. Swearingen, State superintendent of education, was present also. The arrangement of the programme will be left to the president, A. H. Gasque of Florence. CATTLE SCARCITY DEPLORED, Columbia, Nov. 4.?-"Fighting Bob" La Follette, member of the United States senate from Wisconsin, and said to be the original Progressive germ in the United States, sat in the Colum? bia club last night, following his ad? dress at the Columbia theatre, mun? ching crackers and drinking iced milk, while he discussed many mat? ters, economic and political, with sev? eral young men of Columbia. Senator La Follctto is a free and easy con? versationalist and is a deep student of all things that tend to upbuild the community. This was shown by the general tenor of his questions. He will leave Columbia early today. South Carolina is very much inter* ested just now in the fight on the cat? tle tick and about tho first subject touched last night by Sonator La Fol? lette at his informal reception was the lack of cattle in South Carolina. Ha had noticed this condition, he said, while riding through the State. Ef? forts now being made to drive out tho tick were explained to the sena? tor and he heartily commended the movement. As an illustration of tha possibilities of the livo stock indus? try he pointed out Wisconsin's great dairy sales of $70,000,000 a year. This is Senator La Follette's first trip to South Carolina and he was pleased with his reception. A fine day i greeted him, especially in Columbia, Sonator La Follette said that the general disposition of the members of the senate toward legislation look? ing to the improvement of conditions on the farms of the country was friendly. Ho said that he was per? sonally in favor of all legislation in this direction. Discussing the progress of the cur? rency bill in the senate, he said that until a week ago he was doubtful whether the measure would get through. While on his lecturo tour he is keeping in close touch with the sit? uation In Washington through his pri? vate secretary. He gave the opinion last night that the bill would very probably go through at the extra ses? sion. He said that a bill of such im? portance would require about five weeks of debating. ThsUggd Tonight, if you feel dull and stupid, or bilious anil constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets and you will feel all right tomorrow. For sale b\ all dealers.-?Advt,