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DIRECTS Um A(i.\lNST FLAMIOS AND 111 1X>MFH I1KRO OF THE DAY. ?ouihIh the Via. in ami Make? Tre nacndou* lilt aa Volunteer Fire F1ghU?r Wim) Judges llouav ( utch e? l ln>? I Cnjoys Himself Too. Pass Christian. Dee. 26.?President Wilson tonlfht found himself the hero of the gulf coast. Word spread far and wide that the watchful eye of the chief executive of the United States had spied a blaze that threat? ened to destroy one of the handaome homes of the Southern ahore and that he had acted the volunteer fire chief In a manner thai long will be remem? bered in thia region. The Incident created a stir in the otherwise cpjiet life of the gulf section. Ttle preaident was returning from a quiet game of golf towards noon and ?n paaelng through Gulfport, eight mklea from here, saw a blase on a roof of a big house. It waa the home of John J. H. Nsvllle, who won fame Is 1191 by prosecuting John L. Sulli? van for a prise tight at Ulenburg. Hiss., with Jake Kilraln. Mm. Neville, who waa alone la th?> building, had run to tie win? dow *.o watch the preaident go by, when auddenly two machines stopped and the preaident himaelf alighted. Quick aa a flaah he durted up the front steps, followed by Dr. Cary T. drayion. IT. 8. N., the aecret" service men and chauffeurs, who had un? strapped the tire extinguishers from thslr machines and awaited the pres tdent'u orders. Mrs. Neville waa con? fused. "Don't be alarmed," said'the presl deat coolly. "Your house Is afire, but the men will put It out uulckly if ycu will show them the wuy to the attic." Mrs. Neville pointed the way up? stairs snd Robinson and Fredericks, ths chauffeurs, broke a window and climb* d out on the roof, while James mi.?an and Jac k Wheeler, the secret nervi. .? guards, tore away the shin glee and helped fight the flames. Mrs. Neville did not know how to treat her unexpected but dlatlnguiahed guest, who urged her to keep calm, as there was no danger. "Will you come into the parlor?" she asked. "No, thanks," replied the presi? dent, "but you might let me get a bucket of water." Mra. Neville haa ~^4sj|PJ9 to comply, but before it could be of service the firefighters on the roof had descended with the report that little damage had been done and that the blase waa out. "Well done," said the president and the entire party left th? house for the automobiles. The chief of the local Are department waa just arriving with hla hook and ladder and other apparatus. "The flre'a over," announced the president, and added, with a proud smile, "my men have Just put it out." Judge Neville and his son came running up at that moment and a big crowd collected. The judgo was pro? fess In his thanka and spoke appre olatlvely of the prealdent'a thoughtful coneern of Mra Neville. The president took no motor ride In the afternoon, resting after hla exertions at golf. He enjoyed the change In ths temperature and was enthusiastic about the links which lie along the shore of the gulf. The president dictsted a few letters sod rend scores of telegrams that poured in today, aa they have been for the last fsw days, congratulating him on. ths enactment of the cur? rency bill. Ho r?ok a nap durimf the afternoon and again spent the even? ing wltn hla family. I- X I'F.ltlFM 111) IN III It LINK. Young Humtor Woman Finishes Work in Library ot Congress. Washington. Dec. 18 ?Miss Marie K. Harwic k, of Hnintt r, has Just fin? ished a eonaldernble period of service aa an employes of the Library of Congress, tin- position having been ob? tained f??r n< r through the intluen? e of Senator Tlllmas. In a?uu:rlng her experience in the great Institution whu h I'm de Sam maintains at his capital for the pres? ervation and circulation <?f books?an institution whleh is rapidly being re. ognlsed us the model one of its kind in the whob. u-.rld -Miss Harwick aas been actuate.I by the purpose oi fitting herself as an expert for library work. Thta bualneas-bke voung South CaX olinlan has studied at first hand the operation of each of the departments of the ('ongresslonal Library, has fa? miliarised herself b) a mal obSJSrVA' ten and pat | ? IpSjUOP with the bssal principles and practical details of the work Kills Wife end Dadghtcr. ?taelnnatl. Dsc. 21? ?Robert Mun roe Meroney, ..r San Antonio, Texas, aged 2r?, shot and killed his wife and three-year-old llSPSjhtSr Si IhS Hotel Wultoll early t#.<I.i \ MOfOfllOJf l ; be? lieved to be liisune. PLEA 10 BETTEI1 SCHOOLS. TAKE OmCI <>F SUPERIXTED FNT OUT OF POLITICS SAYS PKOF. H?MO. Would Have Head of System Chosen by a Itoerd Fleeted by People? I>otWt Like Political Methods. Columbia, T>ec. 28.?Decrying the present system as folly and in a ring? ing plea f.^r the election of a State board of education which would choose the State Superintendent of Education and take the office out of politicr, Prof. W. H. Hand. State High School inspector, levels his guns on the present plan as the plaything of the cheap politician and the pawn of the demagogue. "The cheap politician and the two by-four statesman may be depended upon to oppose any such plan on the Mpecious plea that it would be undem? ocratic. Should such a plan be adopt? ed they and their kind would have one fewer pawns in their little politi? cal game in election years. Such -a plan would emphasize tltnese for ths office instead of stump buncombe an-J campaign bargaining?the hope and glory of the cheap politician and demagogue." is one of the flashes Irom Prof. Hand's withering tire on the present educational system of South Carolina. Says Mr. Hand: "Considering the amount of capital invested, the mag? nitude of the'undertaking and the import of the results, education Is by far the biggest business of the modern Mate. Y< ar by year the capital is In? creasing end the business is growing. Vear by year the need of trained lead? ership is emphasized. At present there in admittedly too little efficiency In our school work, financially or profession? al y speaking. School finances are di? rected largely by men of no demon* s.rative financial acumen or training and the organization and admlnlstra t on of schools are often directed by men of no professional equipment. "No State can hope to have good schools until it has a good school sys? tem. No goyd system can be had, un? less it is uninterruptedly presided ov? er by a competent head, by a man with a national outlook and of approved executive force. He must be a seer, a billder and a leader. In an ago when btg business is on the constant watch for just such men it is nothing less than childish to hope to secure and to retain the services of men of demon? strated ability to direct the education o:' a State for the beggarly salary now P lid by this State to its superintend ; ent of education. Hundreds of people honestly believe his salary ample and liberal. Are thinking men willing to permit such narrow notions to pre? vail? It is but commonplace to say that there are many citizens ready to take the superintendency at the pres? ent salary. There are doubtless not a few willing to take it at half that sal? ary, but does the State desire mich men at any salary? Say what we please, the State is in the open mar? ket for competent men to till its of? fices; the State mcst compete with other positions of responsibility and remuneration. "What State, determined to have a good, permanent school system, can afford to depend upon a political pri? mary to get and to keep a competent man ?*t the head of th*.- system? Wha.t American State has dono so for any length of time? As a matter of plain fact, at the biennial State elections of this state, what per cent of the total voters manifest any intelligent con? cern as to who is 10 be elected su? perintendent of education? It is wile to say that fewer than one-half care. By the time the average voter has giv? en attention to his favorite candidate for governor and for lieutenant gov? ernor, he is ready to vote for any? body or for nobody for superintend? ent of education. Is not our systet i of public education largely a matter of political chance? With a weak or had administration <j* public education who can place Co responsibility? Is any system sound when weakness or corruption cannot be located and somebody held responsible? Can our people have no more concern for the management of more than two and ooe-half million dollars of their taxes hiJ the direction of the education of more than IIO.fM children of the Uttel An rfte< tive and responsible school administration must be taken out of politic* There Is no more reason for putting the state tunerintendenoy of education into a political campaign UMC (lore Would !>?? for putting the presidency of the University <>r of dcniSOn, or Of Winthrop, or of the Cll >del. into a political primary. What w" ihl bCCOWe Of either of these ml lag h thus immersed in polities? The State Superintendent of Education shi.nld bi eh ? ted by a Sate hoard Of education elected i>y the people. TIM state |g Already divided Into congres? sional distrh ia This state board might consist of one i lember from each congressional distr.et. The tern of ofAOt should he at le ist six yea i s. SUd UM hoard should he a < ontinuitu, one The hoard would be directly re gfMMUribM in the people and would fee Km n iponnihlllt) in a way impossibb BLAHQUET ULKS 616. PREDICTS TR1?MPH OF GEN. I1UERTA AM) EXECUTION OF VILLA. Charge Made That Mexican Rebels are Aided by Americana and That Hut for support of Anns and Am? munition Furnished by Americans Itebels Would Have Keen Conquer? ed Long Ago. Mexico City, Dec. 29.?Gen. Blan quet today declared that Gen. Huerta will remain President, will vanqish the Rebels and hang Villa as a traitor. The Rebels were defeated in their at- , tack on Cuernavaca yesterday, losing scores killed. The government claims' that it has secured confessions from ; Zapatistas that rifles and ammunition J are smuggled In from the Unjted States, declaring the Rebels would have been whipped long ago, but for aid from American sources. They in? timate that Washington should keep a closer watch on border and port towns. MO* Kit IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Pi-esldeot of Western Federation of Miners May Die us Result of Wounds. Chicago, Dec. 28.?Charles Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who charges that he was mobbed by members of the Citizens' Alliance of Calumet, Mich., is in a hospital here in a serious condition today. Tho physicians say he may recover. The bullet was taken from his back this afternoon. DANIEL'S PROFANITY CURE. As Editor, Sent Profune Reporters to Cover Church Services. Washington, Dec. 28.?If there's one thing that Secretary of the Navy Daniels dislikes above everything else, it is profanity. During the twen? ty years that he was a newspaper man he evolved what he declared is an effective method of curing a man of the habit. As editor of the paper he owns In North Carolina, Secretary Daniels fought against profane "explosions" from members of his staff. He didn't resort to calling a man down when the "explosion" occurred. "When I was editor of my paper," said Daniels, "and I heard a man swear, I would bear it in mind. The next time there was a church conven? tion or similar assignment to be cov? ered, I'd send that man to cover it. After a while the men realized the treatment?an it usually cured them." WOMAN AT IMPORTANT POST. Ptirroy Mitchell to Make Dr. Davis Correction Commissioner. New York, Dec. 26.?The c.ty, for the first time in its history, is to have a woman at the head of one of its most important departments, accord? ing to those in close touch with the plans of Mayor-elect John Purroy Mitchell. The woman, it was under? stood today, is Dr. Katharin Davis, and the office is that of commissioner of correction. The salary is $7,500 and all the complex and extensive correctional work of the city is under the jurisdic? tion of the incumbent. Women suffragists were elated when they heard the news of the probable appointment of Dr. Davis. Motor Rand Its In New York. New York, Doc. 29.?Six motor Dgndlts held up thirty patrons of Wagner's Pool room, Thompson street, this morning and robbed them of four hundred dollars, watches and other jewelry. The bandits escaped In a machine. Police station block away. Hlizzurd Sweeps Europe. London, Dec. 29.?Severe cold, with heavy snow is sweeping over northern Burops today. to the mere voter. State lines should be no limit to the territory from which a superintendent might be chosen. If tho proper man could he found inside the State, set much the better. Rut, should he happen to live In another State, get him. Tho State 1h after an expert, and it should put no geographical limits on Itself In the search. If Charleston, Columbia, Bpartanburg or QreonvlUe were look? ing for m city superintendenti a local board alive to its job would look bs? yond either municipal or Stato lines for the right man. "Ti?e (heap politician md the two by-four statesman may be depended upon to oppose uny such plan on the ips< lOUs plea that it would be und? m tcratlc, Should such o plan he adopt? ed, they und their kind would have one fewer pawns In their little politi? cal games in election years. Such a plan would emphasise ntnoss for th?? office instead of stump bUmCOmb i ami campaign bargaining?the hope ami glory of the cheap politician and demagogue." BIG COTTON FIRM BROKE. PETITION FILED IN BANKRUPTCY AGAINST McCABE & CO. R. G. Rhctt and J. F. Maybank Are Apponted as Receivers and January 0 is Date for1 Hearing. Charleston, Dec. 27.?An involun? tary petition in bankruptcy, followed by a petition for the appointment of temporary receivers, was tiled today in the United States district court against W. Gordon MeCabe & Co., of Charleston, the petitioners being Robertson Eppes, W. V Smith and Walker, Evans & Cogswell company. Judge Smith appointed John F. May bank and It. Goodwyn Rhett receivers for the alleged bankrupt firm and appointed January 6, 1914, as the date for the return to the petition. The receivers are to take charge of the assets of the concern, each giv- J ing bond in the sum of $50,000, until' an election for a trustee can be held. The receivers' bond must be tiled by December 29. The principal creditors are banks, one being in New York, one in Rich? mond and three in Charleston. The liabilities of the firm, it is understood, will exceed $1,000,#0t. A conference of creditors was held this morning in which representatives of the Bank of Charleston, the First National bank, the Ci rolina Savings bank of Charleston, the First National bank of Richmond and of the New York bank participated. The proceedings are brought against the firm of W. Gordon McCabe & Co., and not against the South Carolina Compress company, owners of the plant operated by W. Gordon McCabe & Co. McCabe & Co., own a large proportion of the stock of the com? press company. It is hoped that the operat ons of the plant will not bo in? terfered with by the proceedings against the firm managing it. No schedule of assets or liabilities has been filed nor any allegations on j those points made by the creditors in their petition. It is understood, how? ever, that the liabilities are likely to j exceed $1,000,000. No estimate of the assets was obtainable today. It was said that the banks interested were well secured. No statement was available from the McCabe & Co. A representative of the firm who was seen by a re? porter said that they had no ?tate ment to make at that time. Besides the banks who are the prin? cipal creditors there are many claims against the firm by parties through? out the cotton territory tributary to Charleston for cotton bought. Law? yers from several points in South Carolina were in Charleston today in the interests of clients. And it is un? derstood proceedings were taken in several instances to stop cotton in transit consigned to the firm. The claims of the three creditors in whose name the bankruptcy and receivership proceedings were taken total less than $2,000. Robertson Eppes* claim $1,95 5.5 2; Walker, Evans & Cogswell's claim, $40.25; W. W. Smith's claim. $1.40. The petition alleges that the firm committed an act of bankruptcy in that they did transfer while insolvent a portion of their property to one or more of their creditors with intent to prefer such creditors over their other credi? tors, namely, in that they transferred nnd paid to S. H. Pell & Co., the sum of-1250,000. The petition for receiv? ers set forth that the firm against which the proceedings were taken had consented to tho proposed appoint? ment. The Gordon McCabe company was organized Igst spring to take over the business that had been conducted at Charleston by Rogers, McCabe A. Co. which established itself here in 1910, having already an important business at Norfolk. The community built a large and finely equipped compress and wharf plant at the foot of Char? lotte street, and has done ft very large business in compressing and export? ing cotton. Last spring Mr. Rodgers withdrew from the Charleston busi? ness and concentrated his interests at Norfolk, and W. Gordon McCabe, Jr., became the head of the business here, with W. F. Gray as a partner. During tho present season the firm has han? dled a large amount of cotton. LOADED CARS ON RUNAWAY. teixtr-six on B. & O. Road Tear Down 17-mile Grade. Cumberland, Md., Dec. 26.?Break? ing away fr<>m the engine after climb? ing what la known as Seventeen-mile grade, thirty miles west of here, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a train of sixty-six loaded cars tore back down the hill today. Before it reached the first derailing switch, where thirty-one cam were wrecked, it was travelling at high speed and H. P. Kllpatrick, a brakeman of Keyoor, w. Va., bad been thrown off and killed, Milwaukee Has Big Fire. Milwaukee, Wig., Dec 89.?-The Mil? ler company, sash and door plant, was burned today, loss $100,000, CHILDREN LAID TO REST. MOURNING ON STREETS OF C ALU MET AS MINERS RURY THEIR DEAD. Fiily-nine Little Bodies are Laid in Their Graves by Western Federa? tion?Funeral Services in Many Chinches?Chorus Follows Bodies to Grave. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 28.?The Western Federation of Miners buried its dead today. Fifty-nine bodies, in? cluding those of 4A children, were, carried through the streets, down a winding country highway and laid in graves in a snow enshrouded ceme? tery within sight of Lake Superior. Thousands of saddened miners form? ed the escort of the funeral parties and passed between other thousands, who, as spectators, i.estified to the grief that has oppressed the commu? nity since 72 men, women and chil? dren were killed in the Christmas Eve panic in Italian hall. For hours the Sabbath calm was broken by the tolling of bells and the (sound of voices intoning burial! chants. In half a dozen churches services were held earlier in the day, j and the mourners went about the j streets,'passing from their homes to j the churches and back to their homes, after brief respites, and again to the churches to prepare for the last sad trip to the grav^ sides. Delegations of strikers began com? ing into Calumet early in the day. The special train of nine coaches brought hundreds of the federationists from the iron mines of Negaunee and Ish peming and every town and mining location in tho copper countny sent members and friends of the union to swell the ranks of marchers in Ihsj afternoon. By noon the unif.n host v;a.i assem? bled. Months of experience in demon? strating their numbers by parades had I taught the men to form ranks quick? ly and with little delay they lined up four abreast. The supply of hearses was inade ' quate and there were only 14 of these vehicles in the van. Then came three undertakers' wagons and an automo? bile truck, the latter carrying three coiflns. These vehicles contained the adult victims and the older children. Beside one marched eight women who acted as pallbearers for a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the West? ern Federation. It was this woman's organization which was distributing gifts of can? dy, shoes, caps and mittens to the children of strikers when the panic broke out. Behind the hearses was a section of the procession which brought tears and sobs from onlookers. Thirty-nine , white coffins, their sizes testifying to the short life of the little forms with? in, were carried by relays of strik? ers. Four men bore each cofUn and as their arms grew weary or their feet slipped on the roadway, companions relieved them of their burden. Persons drawn to Calumet solely by curioalty became mourners as this contingent passed them. Men turned away to brush tears fr< n their cheeks. Women, especially mothers, sobbed openly. Dozer.s, unable to en? dure the sight, rushed from the streets, taking refuge in homes where Yuletide had not directly been sad? dened by death. Othe: mourners were i in evidence among tho toil hardened men who carried the colhns. They bore the bodies of their companions' children and many a rough sleeve wa* brushed hurriedly across down turned faces, the eyes of which were con? cealed by peaked caps, drawn far for? ward. Fifty singers chanted hymns in the wako of those carrying the children's coffins. Most of thees men were Eng? lish miners, who had learned in Corn? wall to chant Christmas carols in the streets and years ago thought this old custom to tho copper country. To? day, however, they did not sing songs of a new life born. "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God, to Thee" came from throats thick with emotion, hut the harmonies were full and rich. As the singers turned into Hine street, which led to the cemetery road, the opening ranks of marchers wheeled into line. Ishpeming and Negaunee men came llrst, followed by a brasj band and the members of the copper country locals. The last marcher had scarcely start? ed from Calumet before the head of the procession had reached the ceme? tery, two miles away. All but a half dosen bodies were placed in common graves dug >vsterday by the members of the union. The ground belongs t? the federation, and it was stated tint a monument would be erected there, the formal dedication to take place a \ear hence. SECRETARY M ADoo IMPROVING, Condition To-day Encouraging, But Remained in Red. Washington, Dec. 29.?Secretary McAdoo, though improved, remained in doors today still suffering from ? mild at tat K of grippe. VIOLATED GAME LAWS; FINED AUGUST BELMOMT AND PARTY PAY $300 FOR HINTING WITHOUT LICENSE. Ho and His Party Kill Two Deer and Find Game Plentiful at His Place at Estill?Game Warden Interrupt? Their Sport. Columbia, Dee. 29.?August Bel mont, Morgan Belmont and C. Oliver Iselin, Jr., all of New York, paid fines Saturday, aggregating $300 for vio? lation of the State game laws by hunting without non-resider.t licenses, according to A. A. Richardson, chief game warden of South Carolina, who returned yesterday to Columbia, All were required to lake out non-resi? dent hunter's licenses. "From information received" from Estill,'' said Mr. Richardson yester? day, "I went to August Belmont's hunting preserve, known as the Pau gramauga club, seven miles from Garnett. Accompanied by Wardens H. W. Richardson, Jr., and J. H. Os? wald, we arrived at the Belmont place about 11 o'clock Saturday morning and after several hours of inquiry and hunting found Mr. Bel j mont and his party down in the Sa ! vannah river swamp on a deer hunt, j They had two fne deer that they had just killed. The party consisted of August Belmont, Morgan Belmont and C. Oliver Iselin, Jr. My information that had carried me there was to the effect that Belmont and party were hunting without licenses and had said that they would not take out any licenses, as the property was Mr. Belmont's and he paid taxes in South Carolina. This would not exempt them as our laws distinctly say that a non-resident of South Carolina is re? quired to have a license in order to hunt and that the fact that they own land in this State does not exempt them from being required to have this license. I looked for Mr. Belmont to make a kick and refuse to pay the li? cense, but he did not do so. He said that he was willing to pay the license and thought that it should be paid and that It was a matter of careless? ness in not having their licenses. "I told him that, according to the laws of South Carolina, for each day a non-resident hunted without having, procured a license was a sep? arate offense which was punishable in the discretion of the court, that I had proof to show that he had hunted ten days, his son, Morgan, two days and Mr. Iselin one day, and that I would have to take them to Estill and bind them over to the next term of court in Hampton county, which would be in February. "Mr. Belmont asked to be allowed to pay the fine and not be taken to Estill. On account of his having al? ways previously paid his license in past years and in considera? tion of the fact that the clerk of court's books showed that August Belmont, Jr., had taken out a license for h.mself and a friend, Harold H. Weeks, of New York on December 9, and that Mr. Belmont, Sr., was under the impression that at the same time his license had been taken out, I de? cided to accept a fine of $100 each for Mr. lelmont, Morgan Belmont and C. Oliver Iselin, Jr., and require each to take out their licenses of $10.2? for each license. "These fines were promptly paid by Mr. Belmont, giving me a check on August Belmont & Co. of New York for $331 to cover the three fines and the three licenses. Mr. Belmont also gave me another check for $10.25 to procure a license for Count Vell-Cas tel of Paris, France, who arrives to? day. Mr. Belmont said game was more plentiful than he had ever seen down here, and stated that he was heartily in favor of enforcing the game laws. I assured him that non? residents were not the only ones that had suffered at the hands of the game laws as over 150 South Carolin? ians had been prosecuted this year." JOKE-CRACKERS IN PRISON. Black Face Comedians Entertain Men in Penitentiary. Atlanta, Dec. 25.?Convict minstrels, vaudeville performers and tragedians made the Christmas Day celebration at the Federal penitentiary here a me? morable one. Eight hundred prison? ers forgot their fate for a time as hiaek-faeed minstrels cracked their jokes and an ebony chorus sang popular songs and enacted plantation scenes. Vaudeville acts and a Wild West farce followed the minstrels. In the afternoon the inmates were given a turkey dinner. Each prison? er also had the privilege of writing an extra letter home. Strike on Frlseo System. St. Eouis, Dec. 29.?All trains on the Frisco system are being operated today by telephone, following lockout of four hundred telegraphers threat? ening strike. Telegraph instruments were removed from stations. Entire system of Frisco employes seven hun? dred station agents and live hundred operators. Nearly all, it is said may be involved in light.