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ggg HUBES MB. I WFIUH Bt.HT AT THK HAG VIC TO HIB WM. i'REVfJCR, MnlU-MiUkmalto Prtnol. pal Hp? ker at Cctn'tsjauile* In New Palest of Pe?4iw.pfW Tribute lo tkjemrs WImi Have locked Var World-Pe??v ? hays Gee seen Em perm Ha* rVwer to Chance Bar. barou* War to Civilised Peace." The Hague. Netherlands. Aug., 24? The ceremony of tie unvoting to? day ay Andrew Carnegie of a bust of the late Sir William Randall Cremer, la the Hall of Justice of the New Peace Pal are. was the occasion for a greet den onstrt.tlon In favor of the peace movement Sir William Ran? dall Cremer, a carpenter by trade, became a member of Parliament, was the originator of the Inter-parllmen tary conferences, a winner of the NobU pence prtss. and for thirty - seven years secretary of the interim - tlonal art it ration board. The hall was crowded for the cer? emony. Among those In attendance were members of the Carnegie en? dowment for international peace, the International srbltratlon peace and the later-perllmentary union. Mr. Carnegie was loudly cheered as he entered the hall and his speech whs frequently applauded. Mr. Carnegie spoke of Cremer as "the ploaeer in the greatest of all cause??the abolition of war." rile then referred to the Inter-dependence of nations, remarking that their an? nual exchanges in be normal course of trade now amounted to thirty three and a half billion dollars and were rapidly Increasing. Giving sta? tistics of Anglo German trade, Mr. Carnegie said "Why should these two Teutonic nation* mother and daughter, quar? rel T Why should they not agree to demand peace on the seas, which is essential for this neighborly and en rlchiag sic hange? Why not Invite our American Republic, the grand? daughter of Germany, as a Teutonic nation, to cooperate? "The only thing required for a world peace agreement is the co-oper stlop of three of four of the leading civilised powers against disturbers." After paying a tribute to the Rus? sian Emperor for calling the first peace conference. Mr. Carnegie said: "8urveylng the world today the most striking rigor? to be seen is that of snother Emperor?the German Kmperor?who recently celebrated his twenty-fifth year of a peaceful reign. His hands ire unstained with human blood?a unique record. Hence Qermeny's astounding progress, ed? ucationally, induat-tally and com merclaly. proving ?*at the greatest of all national blessings Is pesos. "If the German hinperor were to Invite the chief natiom to confer up? on the best methods for securing and Insuring the worM's peace, success wioi'id certainly follow. "All the world's Inventions and discoveries have seen achieved by slight advances aftsr the gr >und has been thoroughly prepared. 80 prob? ably would It be vith the change frogs barbarous war to civilised peace. One small spark would create a flame The Oermttn Emperor holds In hie hand the torch and should ap? ply the needed spark.'' Mr. Carnegie then related how Dr. Andrew White, former United States ambassador at Kt. Petersburg and Herein, had left the first conference at The Hague when the German dele? gation was about to withdrew and by an appeal to the German Kmperor had secured Its continued attendance. He suggested a repetition of the pilgrim age and an appeal to the Oer mal Kmperor to call another confer? ence. The Rt. Hon. Thomas Burt, dean of the House of Commons, replied to Mr Carnegie. He said that all things pointed favorabh to the realization of Cremer ? dream of universal peace, despite the Balkan war. The bar? baric horrors of this war, Mr. Burt added, would arouse a world-wide feeling of revulsion and bring the oeace advocate* near. their obje - five. Lord Weardale. president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, eulogized Mr. Car-iegle. who. he said, provided Cremer with means to accomplish so much on behalt of the peace move? ment. Earlier In the day Sir Alan John? ston*. British minister to the Nether Isnds. unveiled a bust of King Edward Vlf. He paid an eloquent tribute to the late. British Monarch for his work In behalf of the maintenance of peace abroad and for the submission to arbitration of disputes between capital and labor. Treeg*eeet eg. A street ear aad sn aatomobUe had ha4 aa altercation wfclca ended with the latter. In a more or lees battered coejdttlea. lodged on the fender of tb*? form?-r A little boy and his mother aaJpenod along lust aa It was over, aad when the youngster saw them he cried out In glee: Oh look, there's aa aate standing cm that street ear's gHvetecae P na nisi m m DEMOCRATS TO CHANGE IN. COME TAX MEASCKE. - - | Provisions of That Part of Tariff Rill to Hrike at (.reut Fortune and Tax Rate Will be Much Higher. Washington, Aug. 31.?The burst of, Democratic insurgency which lifted the tariff revision struggle out of the1 routine channela in the senate during the last week ia to have ita final hear? ing in a caucus of senate Democrats to be held late tomorrow or Tuesday. The Democratic members of the finance committee, who have under taken to compose the differences in the pary ranks and devise compro? mise income tax provisions to meet the demands of the insurgents, work? ed throughout today over those and other featurea of the tariff bill, and will be ready to report to the caucus by tomorrow evening. Asa result of the fight led by Sen ators Heed, Vardaman, Thompson, Athurst and others of the so-called inaurgent forces, the bill will be re? vised as to ita Income tax provisions ard a heavier tax levied on large in? comes. This change will be against the judgment of many of the party lead? ers who helped to frame the bill and who point out that its proposed 4 per cent tax on incomes over $100,000 is as high aa the tax in other countries, but the "insurgents" held enough votes to control the situation, and to force the adoption of some of the rad? ical amendments proposed by Sena? tors La Follette, Bristow, Borah and others. It is to be expected that the caucu* will adopt a rate graduated up to '? per cent "additional tax" on incomes above $100,000, with graduations from that figure up to 7 per cent on those above $500,000. As this latter tax would strike only a few incomes In thla country, many of the insurgents Insist upon a greater Increase after the $100.000 figure is reached, so that the tax would be 10 per cent or even more above $500,000. To this "addi? tional tax" would be added the regu? lar "normal tax" of 1 per cent. The Income tax light is the last big contest before the final passage of the tariff bill. Many Items are still te be considered, Including the pro? posed tax on trades in cotton futures; but with the settlement of the income tax rates, It is expected the tariff bill will proceed rapidly to its final pas? sage. Its first reading was completed bite yesterday; and some of the sen? ate leaders still believe today that its final passage would occur next Satu: day. Advertising the Agricultural and Hor? ticultural Resources of the South. The Atlantic ('oast Line's especial? ly equipped exhibit car left Wilming? ton Monday night, the 18th, with one of the very best Southern exhibits that has ever been sent out, with a velw to attract settlers to the Atlan? tic Coast Line territory, viz: Virgin la, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The first stop will be the Canadian National Exposition, which will be held at Toronto, August 3rd to Sep? tember 8th. Then the car will double back and the exhibit will be displayed at various fairs in New ' York State, and the New England Statea, until November 1st. The exhibit consists of sixty-three glass jars of fruits and vegetables; seventeen glass jars of grain, pea? nuts, peas, rice, etc; fifteen glass jars of pecan nuts; Georgia and Flor? ida can syrup; three large cases of grain in straw, forage grasses, to? bacco, corn; peanuts and miscellan? eous products; grape fruit, pine? apples, watermelons, sugar cane; .twenty small bales of different kinds of hay grown In the South; cocoanuts; a small bale of cotton; cotton on the stalk; sweet potatoes; corn on the stalk, showing the prolific varieties with four to six ears to the stalk. A great deal of time was consum? ed In getting the very best products grown In the South, and much time was consumed in preparing and put? ting up this exhibit in an attractive manner A fact which the Southern farmer should be proud of is that thla ex? ceptional exhibit was secured from regular farms and not a single item from an experimental farm. In addition to their regular "Na? tion's Garden Spot" booklet, they prepared a vet/ oandsorne booklet containing twenty-live beautiful ag? ricultural and horticultural view-; along the Atlantic Coast Line, espe dally for distribution on this trip. The exhibit Is in charge of two ex? perienced men who will take special pstns to explain the exhibit and tie conditions in the South to all visitor*. We think this kind of advertising should certainly attract settlers to this unexcelled country If they c?m i.e attracted* Cynlo. Many a girl would go through lira and water for a man. or even through als flank account NOT A BUMPER CROP. COTTON MARK KT WAITS FOR CONDITION FIGCRE. Trade Looks for Decline of About Ten Points From July Estimate of 79.6. New Orleans, Aug. 31.?The main feature this week in the cotton rrar ket will be the September report on condition by the department of agri? culture. It will be issued at noon Tuesday and will carry the crop crowd to August 25. The trade generally is* looking; for a falling off of about 10 points from the July 25 figures of 79.6 per cent of the normal. Some bullish estimates are between 68 and 69 and some bearish estimates gc as high as 71 or 72, but the majority of traders look for a report between 60 and 70. The pending report Is important be cause it will confirm or deny accounts of crop deterioration that have teen coming in from Texas and Oklahoma. The market has taken on a rapid ad? vance recently on these claims and much of the short interest has been replaced by a long interest. If the figures should be higher than general? ly expected, the market will be ir. for a break, while, on the other hand, should bullish expectations be met a further advance is likely, although, after the advance of the last two weeks, it as altogether likely that any strong advance will be met by a wave of profit taking from holders of long contracts that will cause a sharp re? action. It is beginning to be a mar? ket in which the average broker is preaching conservatism. The condition figures this week will compare with 74.8 a year ago, 73.2 two years ago and 72.1 three years ago. The average of the last ten re? ports Is 74.7. The lowest report in the last ten years was 63.7, made in 190?. This will be a short week, as the market will not open until Tuesday morning, owing to Labor day. WHY DON'T THE HORSES GO? Nearly as Many Employed in Cities Today as Ten Years Ago. UflUPI* The passing of the horse" was du!y announced in the public prints even before the pleasure automobile was a pronounced success, says Popu? lar Mechanics, A few years later, when motor cars became plenty the horse again had a period of being "passed," and when the motor truck bei e a practical utility i.s obituary Was once mol> read into the "Facts for-the-Family" section of thousands of dally and weekly papers. Bu . ap? parently he doesn't go; In fact, In sorte cities there are more of hin to? day than ever before. Whether our noble friend prefers city life to a home In th? country, or whethei our street traffic is growing so rapidly that the addition of thousands of tons* capacity of motor trucks birely keeps up with their growth, we eave 'or our readers to decide. R will, however, be a surprise to any one who takes the trouble to study Into the matter to discover how slowly the horse Is retreating from our large cities. In Chicago, for in? stance, there are now 72,939 h arses employed, or 287 less than one year ago. In Boston there a? only 50 horses less in use than 10 years ago; Baltimore shows a decrease of 8"3 in seven years; Cincinnati reports only 153 less than 10 years ago, while Minneapolis has actually 158 an 1 St. Louis 720 more than 10 years atfo. It should be noted, however, that the city carriage horse has parctical ly gone; in fact, the cartoonists are already picturing the occasional Iriv ing horse as a curosity, and he is now relegated chiefly to omnibus anc. fu? neral work, in which he is gradually losing ground. The riding horse will remuin for a time, but hangs ui a slender thread, for some new exercise fad is likely to displace him at short notice. The farmer is rapidly redi cing the number of horses on his place, go? ing to town in an automobile, and plowing more and more with mechan? ical power. Nevertheless, the price of a good working horse today is more than 10 years ago, partly be catse there is little demand for any but the best quality. Thirty years ago there were something like 80,. 00C horses drawing street cars in this country; now there are only 2,50). In most industries so radical a ch iuk*' is usually accompanied by a shift to another, usually a new occupation; but In the case of the horse, where will he go when the motor truck nnd IlKht traction engine come Into their own, as they surely will. Hardly What Ho Wanted. Re approached the clerk In a pawn? shop and, looking all about hlir, In? quired: "Keep teleecopea here?" * Yea, ilr." replied the clerk, "want to aee ?opja?" The man nodded and the salesman soon returned with a spy? glass. "Here's the best one we have In the place." The stranger looked at the glass In disgust a moment and then he blurted: "That** a fine thing to put clothes In. Isn't it? Do you take me for a burlesque actress?" ONLY FRIENDS OF DISPENSARY ON COUNTY BOARDS. Governor Informs Legislature Dele gat Ions of His Policy In Naming Liquor Hoards in Counties Which Recently Voted to Re-establish G. M. I.?Governor to Speak in Lang ley and Columbia To-morrow, ami In Orangeburg Tuesday?New Kn- ( ter prises?Magistrate at Clemson Named. Columbia. Aug., 30. ? Governor; Blease this morning addressed a let-, ter to the legislative delegation in every county in which the people vo ltd to re-establish the dispensary, out? lining certain requirements which must be met before he will appoint thOM recommended by the delega- j tions as members of the county dis- j j penaary boards. He tells the delega- j j tions to have each person they rec- , [ ommend attach to their reeommenda- | j tion an affidavit setting forth that the! I person so ^commended is a qualiti ! ed elector; that he is not addicted to j the use of intoxicating liquor, and that he voted for <he dispensary at the last general election. The governor explained his posi? tion by pointing out that the people who had voted for the dispensary had the right to have the dispensary administered by friends of the insti? tution. He said that he would not appoint any one, political fr'end or enemy, whose recommendation was not accompanied by the affidavit as outlined. The delegations from Barnwell, Bamberg, Calhoun and Dorchester have sent in the recommendations for appointment to the dispensary board to the Governor. A New Sort of High School. The new Washington Irving High School in New York is unquestion? ably the finest public school building ever erected. It is eight stories high, and occupies half a city block between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. The school can care for 5,900 pupils, and there are 228 instructors. Six high schools in Manhattan nave been abandoned, and the pupils assembled in the new building. The building cost $250 000. It con? tains every modern appliance and equipment, and there is no end of novelties. For the course in house? keeping in the domestic science de? partment, there is a seven room apartment, fully furnished and ready for occupancy. There is a kitchen and pantry, dining room, living room, bath room, bedroom, nursery and parlor. Classes of more than a doz? en pupils take turns in caring for the apartment, and ordering the gro? ceries, meats, and provisions for the pantry. There is also a complete equipment for banking, where the students learn how to deal with a bank, and learn something of the manner in which a bank Is conducted. With bfV.uk books they carry imaginary accounts against which they write checks from time to time. Like a great garment working fac? tory are the seven large sewing rooms, where 200 girls are taught sewing on as many machines. In this department classes are given two hours' instruction every two or three days. Adjoining the library is a book? binding plant, where the students are taught bookbinding nnd "first aid to an injured hook." There are more than 200 typewriting machines in the rooms where stenography is studied. In the department of zoology, there are cages for the animals that the school borrows from the New York Zoological Park for study. Young women who intend to take up depart? ment store work after they give up their studies can take a business course, in which they can learn every? thing that they will need to know la? ter. There are cash registers, cash books, inventory blanks, and stock balance sheets. The pupils practise waiting on customers, and are taught how to deal with trying or bad temp? ered persons. On the roof, there is a large con? servatory, with growing plants and dowers, In which the students can study botany. On another part of the roof are basket ball courts. Be? sides the basket ball courts there art four gymnasiums, and a number of shower baths. There is also a dining room where 700 students can lunch at the same time. Food is served at a nominal price. The main auditorium in the build? ing is as large as most theatres. It seats 1,660 persons, and has a wldS balcony. There is an adequate stage, with scenery and accessories, and ar asbestos and a regular drop eurtain. The old fashioned desks have b? en abolished in the furnishing of the new school, Pupils sit in chairs before a table, tWO students at each table. All Originals. Every girl hss an idea that she is lot like otbsr girls?aud she Isn't CONQUESTS OF MEXICO. The Last Two Have Been Costly, Kven Though Successful. Twice since Mexico ga ned inde? pendence an outside power has step? ped in and conquered the country, says The New York Evening Sun. We have available the statistics of each of these military operations.1 The present is a suitable time to open the folios of the old ledgers and scan again the cost of sending an armed force into the land of the children of Montezuma. Neither our own Mex? ican war nor the French conquest of the country is likely to form a suffi? ciently up-to-date guide to afford any interventionist of the present hour an exact knowledge of what Mexican operations would cost today. None the less either of the wars in ques? tion furnishes recent enough prece? dent to reverse the old judgment I based on the exploits of Cortez, who conquered the country at a profit. Intervention in Mexico does not ne? cessarily imply war. Neither does the fact that a policeman enters a man's house necessarily imply that the in? vader will be saluted with a brickbat. Only there are some houses known by reputation as not to be entered without due preparation on the po? liceman's part. Mexico is a land which has put up a determined fight against each of the two historic invasions of her territory. What, then, did our Mexican war of 1846-1848 cost, whether in dollars or in magnitude of the effort involv? ed? To cite C. M. Wilcox, "The Mex? ican War," to the effect that the war cost us between $1:10,000,000 and $150,000,000, is the most direct an? swer to the question. This figure, he explains, is exclusive of pensions. Al? though he does not so specify, it is doubtless likewise exclusive of the $18,000,000 obligation which the coun? try assumed by the treaty Oi Guada lupe. Hidalgo. In all, according to this authority, the United States had under arm and employed about 100,000 men in the course of this after all thoroughly successful war. More than three quarters of these were in the army, volunteer and regular. The remainder were in the navy and in commissary and transportation employment. Thifc Is not saying that the actual army of invasion actually at any time totalled ? anywhere near 75,000 troops in Mex? ican territory. Major 'Jen. Scott when he proceeded against the City of Mex j ico had under his command an effec? tive force of little over 12,000 men. The enlistments of many of the Vol? unteer troops were discharged at the conclusion of such brief terms of service after they had been brought to the front at large expense. Leaving out of the question the volunteer forces, we lind that the regular army of the United States, af? ter being about doubled by reason of the necessities of the Mexican cam? paigns, amounted to some 26,690 of? ficers and men engaged in Mexico. This force was of three regiments of dragoons, one of mounted rifles, four of artillery, 16 of infantry, and one of foot riflemen. While this force may have foYThed the chief depend? ence of the American cause, the r ;g lmental casualty lists show that thousands of the State volunteer troops were heavily engaged in the chief battles of the war. In the great majority of engage? ments our troops were the inferior in number, and superior only through their experience and organization, ov? er the ill trained and poorly armed Mexicans. The invaders* superiority over the Mexicans in these respects was less observable in the French in? vasion 15 years later. How far the Mexicans of today, with their thor? ough course in warfare during the past thre?.. years, are still inferior when on their own ground to stand? ard troops ll hard to settle. The Americans, with an effective force at the front of 25,000 to 4 5, 000 men and a large reserve, were able to capture the capital and over? run a great remote area little popu? lated and febly defended. The op? erations consumed nearly two years in a day of slower transportation than the present. The money cost was great, partly because the era was one of high prices, but more because the seat of war was remote and trans? portation expensive. Twelve thous? and, four hundred and twenty lives lost was an item in the cost of the conquest 'not covered by the mono outlay. The French, employing 115,000 men for three years and enduring expenses und losses certainly equal to ours were able to hold but not wholly to pacify the Mexican territory. Their intervention would apparently have involved the maintenance of this great military force perpetually on tho watch for an Indefinitely long pe? riod. Railroads and other modern advan? tages would favor an arn y entering Mexico today to some extent. nut such an advantage is easily overesti? mated, while. moreover, modern means of warfare have their ad van* iar.es for the defender as well. Cos Blblj Mexico could tie pacified ui military"?-ost of lesa than $2?O,???,0t?OV " But past events do not justify any confidence of such an outcome. What Joy. Legitimate actors may sneer, but the actor who acts to the "movies" has one privilege worth more than ^oid or precious stone?he can see him? self act. Low Round-Trip Rates OPEN TO THE PUBLIC will be made for th?i following SPECIAL OCCASIONS via the ATLANTIC COAST LINE Standard Railroad of the South St, Paul?Minneapolis, Minn. Sovereign Grand Lodge, L O. O. F. September 15-20. Dates of sale% Sep? tember 11, 12, 13. Final limit, Sep : tember 30, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Philadelphia, Pa. Emancipation Proclamation Expo? sition (colored), September 1-30. Dates of sale, August 30 and Septem? ber 15. Final limit, ten days after date of sale. Fares apply from all stations. Nashville, Tenn. National Baptist Convention (col? ored), September 17-23. Dates of sale September 14, 15, 16. Final limit, September 26, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Chattanooga, Tenn. Annual Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic and Allied Organiza? tions, September 15-20. Dates of sale, September 12 to 19, inclusive. Final limit, September 27, 1913, ex? cept that by deposit of ticket and payment of 50 cents an extension until October 17 may be obtained. Fares apply from all stations. New Orleans, La. Grain Dealers National Associa? tion, October 14-16. Dates of sale, October 11, 12, 13. Final limit, Oc? tober 18, 1913, except that by de? posit of ticket and payment of $1.00 an extension until November 8 may be obtained. Fares apply from all stations. Tulsa. Okla. International Dry Farming Con? gress and International Soil Products Exposition, October 22-November L Dates of sale October 18, 19, 20, 21. Final limit, November 6, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Nashville, Tenn. Southern Educational Convention, October 30-November 1. Dates of sale, October 28, 29. Final limt, No? vember 5, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. Knoxvillc, Tenn. National Conservation Exposition, September 1-November 1. Dates of sale, August 30 to November 1, inclu? sive. Final limit: To reach origi? nal starting point ten days after date of sale, except that by deposit of ticket and payment of $1.00 a 30-day extension may be obtained, but in no case beyond November 3, 1913. Fares apply from all stations. New Orleans, La. United Daughters of the Confed? eracy, November 11-15. Dates of sale, Novemer 8, 9, 10, 11. Final limit, November 19, 1913, except that by deposit of ticket and payment of $1.00 an extension until December 6 may be obtained. Fares apply from all stations. Augusta, Ga. Georgia-Carolina Fair, November I 1-15. Dates of sale, November 5 to 14 Inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Augusta before noon No? vember 15. Final limit November 17, 1913. Fares apply from points in South Carolina. Augusto, Ga. Negro Fair Association, N >vember 18-21. Dates of sab, November 17 to 20, inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive Augusta before ,'oon No? vember 21. Final U nit vovember 23, 1913. Fares apply frcra points in South Carolina. For rates, schedules, reservations and any further information apply to Ticket Agents of the ATLANTIC COAST LINE Standard Railroad of the South Or write the undersigned, W. J. CUAIO, FnssenK?>r Traffic Manager, r. C. WHITE, Oeneral Passenger A?ent. Wilmington, N. C.