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FIGHT ON TOLLS BILL. U'MIMsl ll VI ION WIM. M \KI s PHOOHI M IN UOtiMB, I'liMho KU ers ami llurhors Hill I n til It l* Almost Ready for ITiml \? thiu. Washington, March 24.?Determin? ed to begin the fight for the repeal of the' free tolls clause of the Panama canal act I.i ihe house Thursday, ad mlnlstrat or. forces tonight kept the house In session well into the evening. <?ver a mild protest from the opposi? tion to the toll? repeal bill, considera? tion of the rivers and harbors appro? priation was pushed to a point where ths measure can be disposed of In an hour, and an agreement was reached t?? take it up again at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, and tho way was cleared for the presentation of the special rule for tic repeal at noon. nato on the rivers and harhors bill was dragging tonight at 6 o'clock, the regular hour of adjournment. Repub? lican Leader Mann made a point of no i worum, but erough memliers to do business were rounded up by roll call und the discussion went on. The uppurent tendency to delay then dls up|?eared end the reading of the bill was hurried along. It. presentative Moore of Pennsyl vam i t< ok occasion to tell tho Dem? ocrats he knew that "some force higher up is exerting pressure to hur? ry this Mil along and make way for unotber measure. Plann for taking up the Sims repeal ? ?ill were completed in tho houso to <ls> 1 in itu bade;* on both sides of the Issue have al gned their forces and prepared t'aeir arguments, it whs generally conceded that the MM woul.l be ceiled ip for general de? bate by Thursday, and that it might l?e reported some time tomorrow when Representative Henry, chairman of the rule* committee, proposed to raihmlt a rule to limit general debate en the mi inure to IT. hours. A vote on this resolution will, in a measure, test tho strength of the opposition tojv. * rf'? liminary to the debate, which Is r< it mi to be most spirited, special at t?ntion was given tonight by senators and representatives to the majority report on the 81ms repeal bill sub? mitted by Representative Adamson of chairman of the committee ate and foreign commerce, rt. which appeared in print oday. points particularly to the fact that in reporting the Panama canal ait during the last congress, the committee had recommended uniform tolls, and that the exemption for Amrrknn coastwiso shipping was ac eaenpll h d i>y amendment. Tho com? mittee had recognised, tho report said, long before any foreign government had voiced an opinion or complaint, thnt tr?at> stipulations required uni f ? -1 III tolls. We sro not disturbed." It adds, "by tho taunt made for a purpose, that repeal would bo truckling and yielding to foreign demands. A sim? ilar taunt could he hurled against any man or nation honorable enough to comply with contraets or | SB CTO US enough to promote friendly relations according respectful consideration to views of tho opposite party. From high Sounes m this and other coun? tries and from men set alive who par* tielpated in the formation of the va? in treaties. men whoso veracity and Integrity can not be. questioned, enm* unequlvo si statements that the language of the treaty controlling the it. ? SjaHleSJ of |olls was not inti tuled M permit such discrimination. "K\en were (t | pJOM question with the balance tending in our favor, we ? ould not nfford. In a matter of na ilonal honir. to contend or even de? bate, a proposition wlieh Involves a i-ole v not in the int. rest of our en? tire people, but in the interest of a ?mall special class in wheat favor the exemption operat. . against the ?jen eral Interests of the entire people "Par hotter to abolish the canal It? self than # von t<? permit our national honor to remain in question." Considerable speculation exists as to the strength ot the opposition to the repeal in hoth houses of eongrcss It Is an unu-oiil situation confronting ?he Democratic purty in the h< use, ?here the president has arrayed ngsinst him the majority leader. Mr. t ii l. t wood. Representative Klt/ger nid. ttsntfanM mi Um aa^oprlatleeis oimtiiltliT, lb prt-s-nt.it i\e Kitchln i?f North Carolina, ranking member mi tho ways ami means commit t--e, ami accordinu to reports, the ?ptikcr of tin house. Whether Speaker Clark will \ield the gavel to take part in the deb.ill ih a mutier e.iusitn; the re M ? bampiouM ronoMerabte concern ".In speaker has given no Indication of his ititeniloiis in this regard. One of the first guns of opposition to the repeal in the senate \sas fired today bv Sell if Of ( 'band? i lam Of Ore* l. .ii. through tie- introduction of a resolution culling upon the seerct.uy of war t u all available Information ahout appropriations for tho nain i, n ,r, <? of the |iu\ .? Ilde ! i .ei M und SSMMfcl through which all shipping h> at Ml passed in lsH? HffSl glslfntCjOd t , ?passage free of tolls. In a preamble to the resolution it whs asserted thai if the policy of the government with relatloa to Panama eanal toll? ia to be revalue* the policy which refers to all riven and eaoeli also should be chang? d gild tolls * harmed all ship? ping to pay th? government for main talnlna thi* waterways. My eblef purpose in Introduolni this reeolntlont" gald senator Cham? berhtla tonight, ' is to show if, as re? peal champions maintain, the toll ex? emption to American ships is a ship subsidy granted by the government,! that it has always been the policy ofi the government glace to subsidize our; shipping. If we are going to charge our shipping tolls tit Panama we' ought to charge tolls elsewhere." There will be diseussion of the res? olution in the senate tomorrow, Sen? ator Chamberlain planning to call it up. Senator O'Gorman today had read to the senate a series of tele? grams fron) various parts of the i onntry congratulating him on hi* stand on tolls repeal. LONDON HONORS GORGAS. Medical Profession Gives Dinner To Uiirgeoii-Ocncral of The American Army. London, Mt.rch 23.?The medical profession of London gave a dinner this evening to P?rig. Gen. William C. Gorges, surgeon-general of the Unit? ed States Army, as a tribute to the splendid work done by him as chief of the sanitary department at Panama. Viscount Pr\re, of Dechmont, for? mer Ambasador tit Washington, pre? sided. Lord I Jryee and Lewis Har court, the Secretary of State for the colonies, were instrumental in having Gen. Gorgas investigate the conditions in the South African mines, from Which he has Just returned. Mr. Harcourt, however, was not able to bs present. i Among those who joined in doing honor to the distinguished American wero Sir Hick man Godleo, president of the Koyal College of Surgeons; Sir Francis 11. Chainpneys, president of the Royal College of Medicine; Sir Thomas Rarlow, president of the Royal College of Physicians; Sir Francis Ferrier, president of the Medical Society; Sir Havelock Charles, president of the Society of Tropical Modicine and Hygiene; Sir William Osier, regius professor of medicine at Oxford; Sir Clifford Albutt, regius professor of medicine at Cambridge; Sur. Gen. Arthur W. May, medical director-general, Royal Navy; Sir Wil? liam I^ancclot Gubbins, director general of the army medical service; the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Haldanei the American Ambassador, Walter II. Page, and the American Consul-General. John L. Griffiths. Sir Havelock Charles paid a glow? ing tribute to General Gorgas, who responded in a characteristically mod* aa| speech. Ambassador Page replied to the toast to the President of the United States in a speech which h*? read from a typewritten manuscript. He warmly commented on the president's co-operation with congress. He said that the president's method of ap prOQChlng congress directly was seien title, as well as human and friendly, and that congress had responded in as handsome way as the president had displayed In approaching it and had thus far proved to be the most industrious and ctfieient congress as ? Blbled la it lifetime. General Gorges will go to oxfoni tomorrow with Sir William o.sler to receive the degree Of doctor Of sei ? nee. 11.Ll STRATI l> LIXTI RKS ON SOI Til. nIiowh In North as Ideal Place for the HomcM'oker. WaChlngtoni March 11.?llhietrated lectures on tho southeast as the Ideal p] I | for the hone seeker an- being ? n throughout the North during the pus. nt winter by agenti of tie hai i in.i industrial department of the South, in Railway and affiliated lines. Theee lectures have la-en conducted la countli ? and vicinities In which the Southern Railway ayatcm made 6X< hihits at county tans in I91S and re? "?'i from a desire by Ihe people to know more ol the Houthern country The lectures have been very popular and at almost every place the crowd;. have filled the hails. One lecturer peporta I hat in many places In Neu York ami Pennsylvania every seat w:^ laken and standing room was Oiled, ami sometlmi . m my failed lo get into the bail, 'i he vn w.s show n are largely agricultural and horticultural, but Include scenic, Industrial and It; suhjecta One of the agents now bus a number of dato: ii head In n? w York and Pennaylvanlft end arrange meats have just been completed foi i seiies of lecture! In Indians and ? ? ?nta The lumbermen nf Maine in 1900 tirlglaated in this country the us?- of mountain lookout towers with lelo? phone connection f?u tb** prompt i.< ? ?.(tion and suppression uf forest fires TRAIN ROBBER NABBED. COTTON MILL OPERATIVE AD RESTED WITH $111,000. John lladliff, Working at Greenville Mill Aixuscd Of Being Man Who Held up Train Near JJirniinglium. Hank Hooks Showed Him Wealthy Man. Greenville, S. Ci March 25.?Sus? pected of being the ouilaw who held Up a train near Birmingham on Feb? ruary 10. securing $70,000, John Radliff, aged ??, working as a weaver at the Wuouside Cotton Mills since March 13 was arrested here today, lie denies his guilt. A search of his room discovered a bank book, show? ing a deposit of $18,000 in a Green? ville bank and another with deposits or $8,000 in an Atlanta bank. Two other suspects are expected to be ar? rested this afternoon. Third Week Jurors. The following is the list of jurors drawn for the third week of Common Pleas Court now In session hers: J. F. Compton, Joel Davis, J. W, McKelvor, Isaac Schwartz, L. B. Rhumc, ft. A. Burgess, J. T. Watson, F. <). Jennings, K. S. Sch?ler, L. K. Jackson, A. G. Fishburne, t. a. Ryttenberg, C. Di Schwartz, S. A. llarvin, J. A. Boykin, C. G. Rowland, R. C. Richardson, John 1). Jennings, C. 11. Deal, H. L. Tisdale, ii. c. Parrott, H. 1). Betts, . J. M. Darker, A. T. Haynsworth, J. F. Flayer, J. l>. Wilder, R. J. Ma yes, Jr., W. F. Flayer , W. I. White head, K. H. Moses, A. C. Weal her ly, ! N. D. Ingram, Ferry Moses, Jr., G. W. Bradford, M. J. Moore, K. Mood Smith, - What Makes TllOSC Women Mad. In the April Woman's Home Com-1 panlon J. Nielson Laurvik. writing an irtlde entitled "John Dulls' Militant Daughters," states as follows the :\auses of the militant movement inj England: | "First, the law of inheritance, s/hich in every instance excludes her i in favor of some male member of the' family, often leaving her a penniless; dependent upon the male relatives to whom her due share has gone, and I that further deprives her of right to, her ow n children unless they arc j horn out of wedlock; she has neither^ d( wer rights nor rights as a mother. By English law no married woman i exists as the mother of tbn uild she bt'ngs into the world. The ch. . .?-] cording to English marriage laws, has DIfl) one parent, and that parent if* i the father; while out of marriage the' law recognizes only one parent and. thai parent is?the mother. 'tgeoond, the unjustly discrimina? tory divorce laws, designed to safe-1 guard and shield the man, and which even Mr, Oladttone declared to be 'a gross Injustice to women in favor of, men," an excellent illustration of which is the cage of the wife of a day laborer In London told <?f by Elisa? beth Rohlnt: 'Mrs. D. was an appli? cant for a separation order (since di? vorce is too dear a luxury for any of this Class), The ground of Mrs. B's plea was the Infidelity of her hus? band. "You can't get a separation order for that." "Well, but he brings the woman hotm?he keeps her in the house." "That Ig no ground." Then tie- magistrate is given the heart of the grievance. The husband in? sists on having the Interloper in his wife's bedroom, No redress, while one ai i of Infidelity en her part en? titles the man t?> an absolute divorce.' Tins condition applies to all Idngllsh women. Comment is superfluous, "Third, the census of eight years ago put the number of women work? ing in trades at four millions, and all those women ati* Without adequate representation, and in consequence most of t hem a re ill paid and over? worked to a degree shockingly unbe In .i hie I n this, as in t he above and In most mutters nffot'tlng the wolfan oj women in Kngland, there is on< law for men ond another foi women und without the vote the women an helpless to remedy tins - conditions The government itself offers an e\ eellent II lust la t ioll of this llieC|IIUlit! i" the treatment of its postal am telegraph employees. At one end u a lelegl Iph line you find a man earn im: sl.nuu a year ami a Woman at (la ? din r ? nd eat mug $ I??"." COUNTRY SCHOOL FUND. STATE AID GRANT TO TALS FIFTY. FIVE THOUSAND. Warrants Issued for Two Hundred mid Thirty-one Schools in Thirty Seven Counties. Columbia, March 26.?The state department of education was busy yesterday paying all applicatl. ns for rural graded school aid on iile with the State superintendent. Two hun? dred and thirty-one schools in 37 counties received $55.400. Warrants were forwarded to the several county treasurers, and the money will be paid out by the district trustees with the approval of the county superin? tendent, as other school funds are distributed. In commenting on the educational situation, John E. Swcaringgen, State superintendent of education, said that in his opinion the rapid growth of these two-teacher and three-teacher schools in the rural districts is the most significant educational develop? ment now going on in the State. For the scholastic year 1911-12, $15,000 was appropriated for the en? couragement and maintenance of this type of school. This appropriation was increased to $20,000 for 1912-13. The legislature at its recent session appropriated $(10,000 for these schools, and this first payment for the current year required all of this appropria? tion but $4,000. It is certain that additional applications will come in from a lew of tlie seven counties yet to be heard from. a considerable number of school districts are planning to vote the four-mill tax required for partlcipa t en in this fund, and these special tax. elections will be held during April and May. Applications from all such districts will be llled as soon as the results of the special tax elec? tions can be ascertained and the four mill b-vies reported to the county auditors, Anderson leads with 20 schools re? ceiving $0,400; Greenville is a close second with 25 schools receiving $?',u00; while Bpartanburg comes third with 18 schools receiving j $4,200. Twelve of the 29 districts i in Darlington have consolidated their schools and now receive $3,000. The rapid progress of Chesterfield is indi? cated by five rural graded schools receiving $1,:)00. Lexington is just beginning its campaign for efficient three-teacher schools. The lirst dis trict to receive rural graded school aid is Pel ion, and the patrons of this community are planning a modern, three-room building to be erected dur? ing the summer. In the three great Piedmont coun? ties of Anderson, Greenville ami Bpar? tanburg) every indication points to the rapid growth of these schools. These three counties enroll more than :i7, 000 white pupils. Since State aid may be granted to any school enroll? ing 50 pupils for six months or 75 pupils for seven months, it is certain that 40 or 50 districts in each of these three Piedmont counties will soon be participating in the State ap? propriation. But the development is iti no sense confined to the Piedmont. Both the ee Dee counties and the coast coun? ties show a similar growth, evidenced by the figures for Horry, Collcton. Hampton, Georgetown and Berkeley. This new policy of State aid to the public schools seeks to equalise educational opportunities in every section and in every district. The appropriation is based upon the prin? ciple of community cooperation as shown by the local school district tax of at least four mills. Th ; money goes to districts where lite Walte chil? dren are enrolled, ami is used to give those pupils an adequate teaching ? cu ps and a longer school term. At least 500 communities in the State should have this type of school. While 231 districts are participating m tin* 1913*14 appropriation, this number will certainly grow and may be doubled within the next two years. The efficient rural school is rapid? ly becoming a possesion in many communities. One needs only to visit the high school at Bonn in George? town county or the Antloch Indus? trial school in Darlington county to understand this movement. From Oolenoy, .it the foot of Table rock in Piekens county, to Green Sea In Hor? ry county, from New Bethel In Lan? caster county to Bculan in Alken county, ihe benefits of tho rural graded Bchool appropriation will be felt. The spirit of educational enthu? siasm is universal. Tho opportunity for service afforded Ihe teachers nml school authorities is nol merely for Ihe teacher bid is mosl heartily Blip ported by trustees and taxpayers. Mi Swcarlngen supplies the fol? lowing tabulation ol rural graded schools which are Ihls year in re* eelpl of Stale aid : Number of \mounl of County, graded schools state aid Abbeville. 2 $ 500 Alken. 1 :u,u Anderson.~0 6,400 , Bamberg. - 100 Hcrke Icy. 1 300 <'herokce. 1 200 Cluster. I 800 Chesterfield .... 5 1,300 Clarerdon. 4 l.ioo Colleton. I 1,100 Darlington. 12 3,000 Dillon. io 2,400! Dorchester. 1 200 Bdgefield. 2 400 Florence. B 1,4 00 Georgetown . l 300 Greenville. 25 0,000 Hampton ........ 2 goo Horry. 12 2,700 Jasper. 2 500 Kershaw. 6 1,300 Lancaster. 7 1,500 Laureni. 0 2,300 Lea. 2 600 j Lexington . 1 200 Marion. 1 300 Marlboro. 3 700 mXew berry. 0 1,200 Oconee. 12 2,900 orangeburg. 5 1,4 00' Pickens. 0 1,4001 Saluda. 5 1,200 Bpartanburg.18 4,200 Sumter. 7 1,500 Union. 1 200 Williamsburg .... 7 1,700 York. 13 2,900 231 $55,400 Old Wright's Bluff, Spot Of Memories. Tho State. Passengers on the steamboats en route from Columbia to Georgetown, after pasing the picturesque seen ery near the conlluence of the Congaree and Waterce rivers ami \ sailing several miles down the San-j tee, will observe a point where the bank on the Clarendon side of this j river curves far inward, forming a| graceful horseshoe bend. A grove of oaks and a dilapidated warehouse?scarcely more than a pile of rubbish?is all that can be seen here, but "Pass it, O stranger, with uncovered head, This is the corpse of a place that is dead." It would require a wide stretch of imagination to fancy the river bank! at this point lined with a mass of hu? manity, and the heap of rubbish a great pi iform piled with bagging, j buckles and ties?paraphernalia for the court of King Cotton?for it is a far cry from this bleak, desolate wind swept bluff of today, to the busy shipping point of 35 years ago. More historic ground than Wright's Bluff would be hard indeed to find, but many of the notable events that took place here are known and appre? ciated by but few people living to? day, for by far the most interesting history of South Carolina is that which has never been written. There was a time when mail for the length and breadth of Clarendon county was addressed to Wright's Bluff; a time when this place was the destination of the politician, the agent and the peddler. Twice each week steamboats from Charleston stopped here, and many a man, through all seasons, regardless of weather, regularly met these boats, for whom in all the year.s they had brought neither letter nor parcel, friend nor foe. This was the place where during the Revolution, Gen. Sumter with a small force, climbed the river bank almost frozen after swimming across in a futile attempt to surprise the British, and this was the spot of ground upon which Gen. Marion built the famous tower of logs, that in 1781 figured se conspicuously in the great American victory at Fort Watson. On a mltry afternoon in July, 1861, a great crowd stood beneath these trees, awaiting in breathless suspense tlie news from the battle that was raging in \'irginia; longing to hear of victory, yet dreading to lean: its price. This is the place where in '?i? the tragic crj was started?the cry that swept like wild lire through the coun? try?"Potter's raiders have come!" The overseer of a nearby planta? tion was among the first to hear that] cry. and knowing that ten miles dls tant on the direct road to the county seat was a town where the Women from the .meat riverside plantations had colonised, wished to apprise them of their danger. No telephone was there to Hash the tbril inn message hut selecting the most reliable servant, the over? seer mounted him on the BWlftest horse, ami hade him ride with all speed to the doomed LoWn. This Pmi Revere of sable hue had gone but a short distance, how - ever, When two federal Officers step? ped from the roadside, ami ordered him to dismount and ai t as guide to the county seat. j After guiding the regiment to where the load forks near old St. Paul church, this faithful negro, with an ingenuity hat one would not have expe< led from one of his race at that time, dctovired the party bj way of !>avis i ios; toads to Mannin ;. tin:, 1 by saving Suminerton from the tragl late of bei sister towns. A fOW loans later h\id skies to tin north told t"<> Iplainlj that the count} s*at was in (ALLS ON SENATOR STONE TO DISCUSS FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Chairman of Foreign Relations com* Btlttee Has Been 111 and (on Id Not Visit While House so Pivsieleat ( alls on Him ai His House. Washington, March 25.?President Wilson kept pace today with his pre? cedent shattering reputation and ex? emplified the human side of him? self which he described in a talk to newspaper men a few days ago, by motoring to the home of Senator Wil liam J. Stone of Missour?, who has been sick, and having a chat about official business. Senator Stone, who is the new chairman of the foreign relations committee, has been ill for several weeks and only today was able to be out for a short time. He had sought a conferenc e with the president, who suggested that he visit the senator tather than have him to go to the trouble of visiting the White House. Senator Stone agreed t:iat such an ar? rangement would be fine and when *ie president arrived at the senator's apartment the meeting was a most ?ordial one. Senator St ,ne was eager to discuss the Mexicr.n situation and the pend? ing controversy relating to repeal of the toll exemption for American ships passing through the Panama canal. The president, it is understood, told the senator that the Mexican situa? tion had undergone no change. The tolls repeal matter was dis? cussed at length, and a point par? ticularly emphasized in the conversa? tion was that South American nations were just as much opposed to the ex? emption of tolls to coastwise shipping of the United States passing through the Panama canal as was Canada. Argentine and Brazil, it developed, hold that their own coastwise ship? ping should be free from tolls if American coastwise ships are to en? joy that advantage. The South Amer? ican governments argue that they are in the same position as Canada and that, so long as their ships are not engaged in uvusea traffic, coastwise ships of the United Spates would havs a discriminatory advantage through canal toll exemption. "The president," said Senate . Stone, when asked about the visit of his dis? tinguished caller, "merely dropped in on his way to the golf links. I have been laid up a long time and was eager to hear what was going on. The president told me about Mexico and we talke d about the canal tolls mat? ter. It was mighty tine of him to sug? gest coming here. 1 had wanted to say a word or two about somo Mis? souri matters, but I would not do it in my home. 1 deferred that until I am able to go to the executive of? fices.'' Preliminary Contest in Declamation. At the annual Hieh School prelim? inary contest in declamation to select a representative for Columbia and to select the dec laimers for commence? ment, the following wero chosen. The names are arranged alphabeti? cally: Representative to Cedumbia. Thom? as Childs; Beakers for Commence? ment: Hallett Burns. Julius Chandler, Bussell Dick, Styies Marshall, Lad son Owe is. William Purdy, Ansley Vates. the grasp of the incendiary raiders. It was at Wrights BluS in 187C. during tlie superb eman struggle for white supremacy, that the waves of patriotism reached high tide as a vast crowd listened to the elociuenc? that, fell from the lips cd' Ularendon's "silver tongued orator," John Peter Bil liards >n. In July of the same year a centennial was held at this place to commemorate the American victor> achieved here LOO years before; and as the Btara and Stripes were again planted ein the wooded crest e?f obi Fort Watson, cheer after cheer was caught u| by the hills, echoed through the purple valleys and finally lost in I he l. ar of the river. In 1882 a great military picnic was held here; people from thres counties were present. After an ex? cursion down the river was enjoyed. the troops were Inspected and the prize offered b>r the heat drilled cenn pany was wi n i v Clarendon's ban ner company, the Hampton Light Dragoons. it is rumored that in the near future a railroad will pass through this section to i onnect with steam? boat traffic at Wright's Bluff on the [Santec; ami should this dream come tine this toad materialize?it will doubtless ehangi - * 11 thlnga here with its st? rn r?on will. The scream of tho i locomotive resounding through the forest will startle the timid ?leer that rove her?', and perhaps will awaken ibis place from the lethargy of years, and phoeniX-lfke from Its ashes will arise another Shipping point that will tar surpass that of the long ago Mrs. Samuel .) Clark. Manning.