Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BIB PflOBLEWS FICE COHSRESS IvATIMOATION OF ARBITRATION TTUwiTLf? DISPOSED OF. luaportaut lnterr?atkranl ami Domestic Vest ton* Come up fur Disposition ?Mexican Policy to Be Ipheld?* free Tolls Matter of Great Merest Waahinfton, Feb. 12?Imp ortant International an well ag domeaVlc prob, lerne etlll confront congress, notwith? standing the senate's ratification yee tsrday ef general arbitration treatlee with eight foreign nations. Tbe for ?igu relation* committee of the aenate will ba buay for some Urne, aa the treaty with Nicaragua la before it now and the Colombian treaty la expected to bo submitted at any time by the secretary of atate. In addition to these affairs, the for sign relations committee la charged with the duty of upholding the presi? dent In the policy towards Mexico, and whether it can restrain any longer senators who favor a more aggressive policy, even to the extent of armed Intervention, is a question. Saturday an outburst of open agi? tation with regard to Mexico only was averted by a previous agreement of the senate to proceed immediately to coaslderatlon of tho arbitration treaties In executive session. When the treatlee had been ratified the exe? cution of the British subject William s\ Bsnton, by Mexican rebels pre? cipitated discussion behind cloned doorgt Administration leaders will seek to keep "the Ud on" In congress so fax an Mexico la concerned, but bitter feeling over tho killing of Den ton. It la feared, will make It impossible to re? strain senators and re present atlvae of border Btatee, particularly, from voic? ing their opposition to the "watchful waiting" policy of the government With all this work before It tho committee will urge speedy selection of a successor to tho chairmanship made vacant by the death of Senator Bacon, senator Shlvely, acting chair? man, is the second ranking Democrat on tht committee, but Senator stone vf that committee, ranking member, who has been 111. la expected to return to hi* duties this weak. The Missouri senator, hla friends assert want the chairmanship, and a Democratic con, faience may be called to adjust char In committee organisation that w il bo nireassry. f:< o l of the free tolls provision of the Pa run* canal act also confronts CO Tig teas. nenator O'Oorman Intends to op? pose any effort that may be made to settle the Issue in party caucus. Some senator* believe a caucus in both branches will be essential. Senator N'orrls of Nebraska, plana to call up tomorrow his resolution to direct the attorney general to com-] munlrate all facts relating la pending negotiations between the department of Justice of the New Haven railroad. In both branches of confueas com? mittees will continue their work of abasing anti-trust legislation. The senate committee on interstate com? merce expects to perfect its draft of the Interstate trade commission bill during the week. It will be several weeks b&fors the trust programme Is ready for general debate. Meanwhile approprlstlon bills' will occupy both the senate snd house1 Tomorrow the senate will begin con? sideration or the postofflcs bill, al? ready passed by the house. The urgent deficiency and -he army appropriation bills will lar.fety oc? cupy the house this week, while the house naval affairs committee will take final action on the uavnl appro? priation bill. Child Burned to Death. Waycross. Oa.. Feb. 21.?An Infent boy was burned to death and three othera of the family narrowly escaped thla morning when the home of oiivvr Young waa burned here. MKI.PFl'Ii WOHIN? CYosn a ttauater ClUson Is Tour back lame and painful? Due* It son* especially after after la there a soraaoea to the kklncv region? These symptoms giggest weak kid? neys. If so there la danger in delay. Weak kidneys get fast weaker. Qive your trouble prompt attention. Donna Kidney Pills srs fur wsak kidneys. Tour neighbora use and recommend them. Read thia sumter testimony Mrs. J. B. Raftleld. 340 W. Hamp? ton Ave. Sumter. g. C. says "I con aider Doan's Kidney Ptlla a valuable remedy snd cheerfully endures thsm. My eupply ws* procured at China's Drug Store, and they relieved rns of backache and other distressing symp? toms of kidney complaint." pr.ee GOc. at all dealer*. Dea't Aimply ask for a kidney remedy-?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the aame that Mrs Baffleld had. Poster-Mllburn Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. T. i'i DEMAND FREE PAHS. Member* of Legislature Threatened OnicleJs of Burlington System. Waehington, Fob. 21.?That John Denvlr, chairman of the State senate committee on railroads, threatened the officials of the Burlington system if annual passes were refused, was charged today by Commissioner Har? lan of the interstate commerce com* mission in the commissioner's re? port on the investigation Into the is ; suancs of passes and franks by rail? roads. knights ix Washington. South Cnrollnnns Attending Pythian Jubilee. Washington. Feb. 19.?Among the South Can linaians here in attendance upon the Golden Jubilee of the Knights of Pythias are Messrs. W. O. Harvey, of Charleston; C. D. Brown, of Abbeville; W. E. Derrick and Mil? ton K. Jeffords, of Orangeburg; J. H. Adams, of Fur man; J. F. Williams, of Columbia, and J. Thomas Arnold and B. A. Morgan, of Greenville. GERMAN TROOPS CHEERED. People Glad of Their Arrival from; Vera Cruz. Mexico City, Feb. 23.?Hearty j cheers greeted the detachment of German marines arriving this morn? ing from Vera Cruu with two machine guns to guard the German legation. All is quiet MURRAY HELD LICENSE It. Aviator Killed at PensnooU Had Un-' lucky Number. Penaacola, Flo., Feb. 17.?The en? gine of the speed boat which rushed to the apot where Lieut. J. McC ltui-1 ray fall with an aeroplane was the' engine saved from the wreck of the aeroplane that fell inu Chespeake Bay last summer and killed Ensign Billlngsley. Lieut Muiray beidj Aviator's License No. It. HEADS JOHNS HOPKINS. Dr. J. Frank Goodnow Accepts Uni? versity Presidency. Baltimore, Mr.. Feb. 22.?If was announced tonight that Dr. J. Frank Goodnow, who at present is In China aa special adviser in the reform of the Chinees constitution, has cabled his acceptance of the preaidency of Johns Hopkins university. Dr. Good-1 now will aesume th > duties of hie new; office next fall. j THE WEBB LAW SUSTAIN HD. Iowa Supreme Court Roles on Cos- > stltutionallty. Des Koines, Iowa. Feb. 17.?The Iowa Supreme Court today declared constitutional the Webb-Kenyon law prohibiting the shipment of liquor Into dry" territory. The recent decision of District Judge Hunter, at Ottumwo, declaring the law to be unconstitu? tional, was overruled. FRANK CASE APPEALED. Attorneys Carry Case to United Statt? 1 Supreme Court Atlanta, Feb. 21.?Attorneys fori Loo Frank, the condemned murderer; of Mary Phagan. today announced than an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States will be made on Monday for a new trial. Jealousy Caused Murder. Philadelphia. Feb. 21.?Ent?i ktlSj a restaurant on Market street at brags - fast time this morning Carl IClnlock. .in automobile salesman, shot and' killed Miss Ora Oriffln, a waitress' snd fatally wounded Miss Annie j Philips Ho then turned th'i weapon' on himself and committed BUlClde.j Jealousy is the cause assigned for Inel crime. The patrons of the rest miaut, were panic striken. I'aiasingnrs Snowbound?Trolleys Outj of Service. Peorla. Feb. 23.?A hundred pas? sengers are snowbound near Peorla' a? a result of the blizzard. The elec? tric suburban lines have abandoned torvtce until the bllxzard abates. 1 snowing and Colder at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 2?.?It is snow? ing hard and rapidly turning colder. Slz A bovo at Baltl more. Baltimore. Feb. 23.?A driving snow storm prevails here today am' the mercury Is ut six degrees above zero. Library snd Lyceum Burned. Morriston. K. J.. Fab. 23.-/The |ib? rary and lyceum ws* burned here to? day. The loss Is estimated at $110,? ?ft. In trying to find uses for blight - ) killed oheetunt it has been found that ? it can not be utilised for crating atone; quarry owners say that chestnut wood leave* an indelible stain on the mm tie er granite. The Rewards of rnhelflshness. The American Magazine has heen offering prizes for the best letters entitled ' My Best Christmas." The prise-winning letters are published in the December number. The follow? ing letter, which is a true account of tho reward one woman gained from! her own unselfishness, won third prize: "Oh, how I dreaded that first Cristmas in western Kansas! We had] come to our claim in August from aj good town in northern Illinois, and as! the cold weather approached I won? dered whether I could ever stand the i dreary winter, for dreary it would most certainly be, as my nearest neighbor was three miles from me. Out only little one was not a year I old, Just beginning to walk around j and try to talk, and one day when I I was particularly blue my husband; I suggested that we have a Christmas j tree for baby and invite all the I ranchers' families around us. That seemed to me a great idea, and I im- { mediately set to work. 1 saw most | of them the next Sunday in the little i sod schoolhouse where we held Sun day school und meetings of all kinds, j All were willing to come, but insist? ed that they too should do something toward making it a success, so we ap-1 portioned the baking, candymaking' and corn-popping. "I had determined to make some? thing for every child thai would be there and it seemed to me the duys, which had been so long before, fairly flew, but what a pleasure It aas when I had everything finished at least a week before Christmas! I told little Donald about each one as 1 made it, as be was the only one I had to listen to my plans, and J think he understood more than the ordinary child at his age for this vsry reason, at least I imagined that he did. My husband had found a dead cottonwood tree down on the river and had brought it home and nailed it in a box and X had it wrapped with green crepe paper. "On the evening of the twenty-first I noticed that Donald did not seem well, and at dark when my husband came horns from the ranch where he i had been hauling oil cake, I asked, him to go and bring over Mrs. Miller, as she had raised a family and would probably know what was the matter with him, and as the nearest doctor was twenty-five miles away. It was nearly to hours before they came and in the meantime Donald had been growing worse and seemed unable to get his breath. I used every available j remedy, but could see that something must be done quickly. "As sooa an Mrs. Miller got in, she looked at the baby and eaid to her' husband, who had come with them, *Oet on a horse at once and bring Doctor Brown as soon as yon can.' My i heart sank, because I knew that it! was only in an emergency that the doctor was called. I looked appeai ingly at her, and she ?aid brb ?y. 'Membraneous croup. I t. "From that moment we never stopped trying to do something that would at least enable ur. to keep my baby until the doctor came, but to no avail. It was five o'clock in the morn? ing before he arrived, and our baby hud been dead three hours. We buried | him the next day, and to me the gsy, bright preparations we had made for Christmas were a mockery; and after our return from the little bleak grave? yard I told Mrs. Miller, who had kindly accompanied us home, 'she could take the stuff and do what shej liked with It, there would be no] Christmas for me.' " 'Very well,' she said, 'but do you realize how many will be disappoint-j ed? The children have looked for-1 ward to this, and if you could go! through with it I believe you would fsal bettor than to drop it. Try it? WOgt'l you, dearie? X know just how! hard this Is for you, for I have been' through tho same experience, out if , wo can be big and unselfish ei.ough to think of others we will find more i comfort for the sreat loss than all j the grieving ono can do.' "At llrst I could not consent but at last I did so. From that time until ; Christmas Eve some of the neighbor ! women stayed with me and we had I everything ready. We had planned to ! have all come Christmas morning and { have a dinner after the presents were given to the children. By nine o'clock nearly ?11 were there, the children ! eager and excited. One family had just come into the neighborhood and were still living in their wagon. They ' were invited, and when 1 saw the thin clothing on tho baby X got out some of { the precious little garments I had ? carefully packed away and put them on the tree with the little one's name I written on them. It almoat acemcd to me as If little Donald was there helping In his sweet baby way to , make othera happy. i "It wau the most utrenuous Chris, mas Day 1 ever experienced, and I was SO Worn out that nigh! thai i slept for the llrst time wince my baby Mied; but I know that at no time In my life have 1 ever had an perfaci a 'hrlstmas as that one on tb# Western ' dalns, with the most unselfish and geaeraui ueoela I had aver sees, sad Cotton Requires Fish-Scrap? R EG I ST EREO Are tK? original fisK ??ri?izors Fertilizer ammoniated with Fish-Scrap is universally admitted to be the plant food best suited to the cot? ton crop. ? This is not a theory, but a fact proven by the experience of many. The popularity of Royster's, the original and genuine fish-scrap fertilizer has caused a host of brands to appear with fish in the name: if you want to be sure of getting fish in the goods as well, be sure to buy the brand that made fish-scrap famous; F. S, R. If you are not already acquainted with the splendid results from ROYSTER'S fish-scrap fertilizer, we simply ask that you test it alongside any other brand and abide by the proven results. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Baltimore. Md. Charlotte, N. C. Tarboro, N. C ' Spartanburg, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. where 'Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men' was not merely a motto, but was the sentiment of every heart there from the roughest cowboy to the in? nocent children. It is the one great Christmas Day that I shall ever keep in the treasure-box of memory. ANOTHER COLD WAVE. Northwest, in the Grasp of Forty Be? low Temperature, - Chicago, Feb. 23.?The blizzard which today is sweeping eastward reached Chicago this morning. A heavy snow is falling and drifting badly which is delaying trains. The northern section of Montana reports a temperature of 40 below zero. The wire service in the west is badly de? moralized. Four are known to be dead from the blizzard in Chicago. Plate glass windows in big down town retail1 stores have been smash'u and other i damage done by the hu h gale. The, harbor is icebound for tho Seat time this winter. At noon the thermometer is ten above zero, and the mercury is dropping and it is snowing heavily. VOODOO DOCTOR CAUSE BLOOD? SHED. Race. War Reported in Mississippi? Three Killed and More Fighting Expected. Tunica, Miss., Feb. 23.?A race war! is in full blast near Itobinsville today as the result of the shooting of Mor? ris Love, aged 21, white, and two ne? groes yesterday. Whites and negroes are arming and further fighting is ex? pected. The trouble started over a negro "voodoo" doctor exhorting a crowd of negroes to arm and rise against whites. Trains Stalled in Snow. New York, Feb. 23.?Many trains from Indiana and Illinois are stalled In deep snow. The Dixie Flyer arrived at noon, placing passengers In local hotels. Schools are closed on ac? count of the cold. Tho forest service is compiling a new volume table for calculating the board contents of standing western yellow pine trees in the southwest. It is based on actual measurements ot 0,000 trees. Geo. H. Hurst, I N DltRTAJLKK AND KHBAMsJCJi l*r<i>itip? stte iit Ion to day or ?Iga* eatta ? ? i i? CRAlsi *t\ni> ee? * 4atii MtSOH ??4 ???????????? ??4 ??????? MM?MMM?M?MMmMM> i! "Get a Receipt" Is the slogan that sells hundreds of Cask Registers. If You don't need one if yom pay your bills by check?the modern up-te-tkt minute way. The Peoples' Bank ????????????????????????????????????????????MHirll I Increase Business in 1914. | Inerease your annuai business by apply? ing modern financial methods. All things being equal 1914 should be your most prosperous business year. Plan for noth? ing short of this result and bass your plan on the check account system of this bank. Fir^l National Bank U. S. DEPOSITORY Many People Know Us? i x Others do not?to'thealater we say "make ; it your business *to .find out about the ; SECURITY offered by this bank?ask about our Officers and Directors"?any depositor will give you informatiom to be J depended upon. Then, start your Chock? ing Account with The Bank of Sumter AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING I COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.