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She was to have been transfer? red to the penitentiary for a life term today. Meeting of Bumter County Medical Society. On Friday evening there was held In the office of the president, Dr. B. R Wilson, an Interesting meeting of the Bumter County Medical Society. Ae the president was absent, the vice president. Dr. A. C. Dick, occupied the chair, while Dr. Carl B. Epos acted ae secretary during the absence of that official. Dr. M. L. Parrler, of Wedgefleld, reported a case of mumps with an unusual complication closely resem? bling appendicitis. Dr. 8. C. Baker gave an interesting hc us?I on of several cases of cancer, showing the necessity for early diag? nosis and treatment. His conclusions concerning the use of the X-ray and r ?llurn in the treatment of this dis? ease were especially timely, revealing the fact that these two agencies h-ve been very *nuch over-rated. In this connection. Dr. W. E. Mills, who hss recently taken a hospital course In Baltimore, gave an Instruc? tive talk on the present status of the radium treatment In that city, telling of the pessimistic view held by most of the physicians there. Dr. Walter Che no told of the rather unsatisfactory treatment of a case of skin cancer by means of the X-ray. while Dr. Parier spoke of a somewhat similar growth treated by the same means with at least appar? ent success. Dr. Cnrl B. Epps reported the suc? cessful treatment of a well develop? ed case of traumatic tetanus (lock? jaw.) The chief treatment used In this seemingly hopeless case consist? ed in large and frequent injections cf tetanus antitoxin. Dr. Charles J. Lemmon began an interesting discussion as to whether a certain very much dreaded disease is realty transmitted unto tho third and fourth generation. Dr. Walter Cheyne read a letter from the National Red Cross author? ities asking for the aid of the med? ical society In securing volunteers should they be needed in Mexico. This was referred to the president of the society for further action. Dr. 8. C. Baker made a partial re? port as a delegate to the recent meet? ing of the State Medical Association held In Florence. The society then adjourned to an? other room where refreshments wore nerved. MImh Klngman Entertains. Or?? of the most enjoyable of the afternoon affairs of the week was giv? en on Monday when Miss Sidney Klngman entertained at a progres? sive heart party. The table? were at? tractively arranged in tho parlor where the Interesting gamo was play? ed for a number of hands. When the scores were counted it was found that Miss Mary Bland had won the greatest number of games and for this she was presented a lovely Dresden embroidery bag. After the games were finished the young folks were Invited Into the dining room where from a temptingly ar? ranged table an ice course was served. Each guest was given as a souvenir a miniature chafing dish filled with hon bons. After this tho guests en Joyed dancing all tho latest dances for a pleasant half hour. Those present were Misses Caroline Dick. Emma Plnckney. Mary Bland, Mary Knight. Joannenc White. Mur garet Blending, Prances Dotorme. Elisabeth I/esesne. Sarah Herbert. Elisabeth Ostsen, Wlnnlfred Alexan? der. Dorothy Burns and Sidney King man. EXCHANGE BILL DISPUTE, SENATE COMM1TKK SEEMS TO BE SPLIT. Senator Owen Anxious to Secure fa? vorable Report on Measure to Pre? vent Speculation. Washington. May 13.?An open break in the senate banking; and cur? rency committee promises to mark Chairman Owen's attempt to have a favorable report made on hia bill to regulate atock exchanges. The bill came up today before the committee and later Chairman Owen said that he had been authorized to make a favorable report. Only seven of tho 12 members were present, however, and those opposed to the measure auid a quorum was not preaent when the vote was taken and that the au? thorisation to report favorably was not binding. Senator Shafroth afterwards said that neither the chairman nor those who disagreed with him were exact? ly right, but that the committee au-, thorlsed Chairman Owen to write a report and submit it to the members for their signatures. Many senators predict that even if the bill reaches the calendar with a favorable report it will not be in? cluded in the legislative programme fer the present session. The bill excludes from the mails letters, circulars or other forms of quotations of prices on any atock ex? change which has not been incorpo? rated in a State and which has not adopted certain regulations. These regulations require, among other things, that before securities of any corporation can be listed or deait in upon any exchange the corporation must file with the exchange state? ments of Its financial condition and other data relative to its business. Many senators do not regard the bill as llkery to become part of the legislative programme from this tea sion. FARM CREDITS DISCUSSED. Ruial Credits Bill, Said to Lack Ad? ministration Support, Debated by Congress. Washington, -May 12.?The rural credits bill designed to relieve finan? cial conditions in rural sections was discussed today in both senate and house. In its present form, it is said the bill will lack administration sup? port because it will provide for the purchase of rural credt system bonds by the government. The bill would authorise the estab? lishment of land mortgage associa? tions, from which farmers might borrow money for productive pur? poses only. A limit of $4,000 would be placed on each borrower. The loans would run for terms of from five to 30 years. Twelve federal land banks to be established under the measure would handle the mortgages of the association. The banks would be expected in cities designed by the federal reserve board and would be capitalised at $500,000 each. Senators Owen and HolUs of the senate currency committee spent nearly two hours with President Wil? son at the White House tonight dis? cussing rural credits legislation. At the time they had not learned of the action of the house Democratic caucus In eliminating rural credits from the programme for Ifen remainder of the session. SVFFRAGAN MAY BE APPOINTED. Diocesan Council Passes Resolution After Warm Debate. Greenville, May 13.?After deciding to enter the Provincial Synod, which meeta in New Orleans in November of this year, the Diocesan Council, of the Episcopal Church of South Car? olina, now in session here, today elected eight delegates to the conven? tion as follows: The Rev W. H. K. Pendleton, the Ilev. K. O. Finlay, Dr. John Kershaw, the Hev. Walter Mitchell, Laymen E. P. Long, J. N. Krlerson, O. C. Sullivan and W. C. Uissell. Florence wus chosen as the next meeting place of the council, to be held the second week In May, 1915. A resolution by Walter Hazard, lay? man of Georgetown, that tho council approve tho plan for a suffragan hishop for the negro Kpiscopuliuns of this State in preference to the racial missionary plun, was udopted after heated debate. Tho resolution was re? ported to the committee on constitu? tion and canons, to be taken up for final disposition at the meeting next year in Florence. Tho SOttlieU Cloned its 124th annual session tonight. WOl'LD OI ST GOVERNOR. Resolution Introduced in Colorado Scnutc .taking Executive to Resign. Denver, Col., May 14.?A resolu? tion was introduced in the scnato to? day calling on the governor to resign "for tho good of the State." The res? olution went over under the rules. SHRINERS SELECT SEATTLE. PICK CITY IX WASHIXGTOX FOR 1915 MEETING. Rochester Man Elected Imperial Potentate?Thousands See (.rent Divisional Review. Atlanta, Ga., May 13.?Selection of Seattle as the meeting place for 1915 and election of Dr. Frederick R. Smith of Damascus temple, Rochester, N. Y., as imperial potentate of the imperial council, marked today's meeting here of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. The meeting at Seattle wlil open on July 16 and continue for four days. The Washington city was finally de? cided on after its advantages and those of San Francisco, the other city seeking the gathering, had been con? sidered by the imperial council late today. The final vote was unanimous for Seattle. In addition to the election of Mr. Smith as imperial potentate to suc? ceed William W. Irwin of Wheeling, W. Va., the following other officers were elected today: J. Putnam Ste? vens, Portland, Me., deputy imperial potentate; Henry F. Niedrlnghaus, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., imperial chief rabban; William S. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa., imperial treasurer; Benj. W. Rowell, Boston, Mass., Imperial recorder; Charles E. Ovenshire, Minneapolis, Minn., imperial assistant rabban; Ellas J. Jacoby, Indianapolis, Ind., Imperial high priest and prophet; W. Freeland Kendrick, Philadelphia, Pa., imperial oriental guard; Ellis J. Gar reston, Tacoma, Wash., imperial first ceremonial master. W. J. Matthews, New York, having tendered his resignation as imperial marshal, Ernest A. Cutts of Savannah, Ga., was advanced two grades, from captain of the guard to imperial sec? ond ceremonial master. For the same reason James S. McCandless of Hono? lulu was promoted two grades from imperial outer guard to imperial mar? shal. Jack T. Jones, Oklahoma City, was elected imperial captain of the guard on the second ballot. Conrad V. Dickman, Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected imperial outer guard after a spirited contest Thousands packed the hills and terraces of Piedmont park here today to witness the annual division re? view of the patrols of the different temples of the Shrine and the exhi? bition drills. It was the third great spectacle staged by the Shriners, two elaborate parades being given yester? day. Patrols participating included more than 3,000 men. They were divided Into eight regiments led by eight bands formed from the 1,000 musi? cians represented in the various bands of the different, patrols. All the pa? trols were garbed in brilliant uni? forms of Oriential design. At the con? clusion of the review and drills, the combined bands massed and gave a concert of national airs. Visiting patrols and nobles were entertained tonight at a ball given by the local Yarrab temple's patrols. The programme for tomorrow in? cludes visits to historical places about the city and departure late in the day of the nobles on special trains for a sight seeing trip to Savannah, Ga. The Shriners will spend all of Friday there, leaving that night for the re? turn trip to Atlanta. Authority to move Alhambra tem? ple from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Knoxville, Tenn., was refused by the imperial council today, although a commitee report favored the change. The petition of Allentown, Pa., to form a new temple also was denied after representations from the Read? ing (Pa.) temple. No further business sessions of the imperial council are scheduled and many of the visiting Shriners depart? ed for their homes tonight. HEAVED A SIGHT OF RELIEF. Doubtful District Congressmen Glad Hobson Measure is Out. Washington, May 12.?Democratic members of congress in doubtful dis? tricts heaved a sight of relief this af? ternoon when they learned that an ironclad agreement had been reached among the leaders of both "wets" and "drys" that the quetion of giving the right of way to the Hobson reso? lution for national prohibition should not bo broached at tonight s caucus. This agreement was tho real secret of the failure of tho matter to come up in tho caucus. A similar understand? ing was reached as to the woman's suffrage resolution, which had already been turned down at a previous Dem? ocratic caucur this session. The offi? cial call for the caucus was Issued by Acting Caucus Chairman Covlngton was so framed as to exclude both propositions. Zentaro Kawase, professor of for? estry at the imperial university of Tokio, Japan, hus been making a tour of the national forests of this country to learn tho government's methods of selling tlmhti ? l " ref r itntlon. DELEGATES HAVE FULL POWER READY TO DISCUSS ANY I'D ANS WHICH MAY COME UP. Hucrta Representatives Have Author? ity to Act on Any Matter and May Agree to Plans Consistent with Mexican Honor. Havana, May 14.?Consideration of demands for the elimination of Huerta from the presidency of Mexico would not be barred by Mexican delegates to the mediation conference at Ni? agara Falls. Delegate Roderiguez said today "We have ample authority to agree to anything: consistent with Mexico's national decorum." Speak? ing of the possible elimination of Hu? erta the delegate slid: "That is a mat? ter to be taken up, if necessary, when the time arrives." He added that the constitutionalists will not be consid? ered at the negotiations. The dele? gates took a steamer for Key West. NEW HAVEN GAVE DUE BILLS. Mellen Testifies That Road Tried to Secure Changes. Washington, May 14.?That the New Haven Railroad gave due bills for stock to mysterious persons direct? ing them to place the due bills in the hands of New York City officials to obtain changes of the franchise "of the Westchester" trolly road were re? vealed here today, when former Pres? ident Mellen testified before the In? terstate Commerce Commission In? spector Byrnes. No name was men? tioned. WILL NOT RECOGNIZE REBELS. Attitude of United States Will Re? main Unchanged by Mediation Con? ference. Washington, May 14.?It was de? nied today on the highest authority that the constitutionalists would be recognized as belligerents or that the situation respecting the United Stotes attitude toward the Mexican factions in any way would be changed pending mediation overtures. The work of laying the concrete foundation on Liberty street has been commenced and is proceeding fairly rapidly. The foundation is four inches thick, an inch thicker than that laid on Main street. The work of connecting water pipes is also get? ting along nicely, it being necessary to make all of these connections be? fore the street is paved. Their Suffering Ended. Hundreds of your neighbors are ready to tell you just what has made life new for them and relieved them of the tortures of ill health, if you will let them. They have used Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy to purify their blood and enrich the life-giving fluid so that all the bodily functions could work properly. When that was done, and the organs got a chance to do their work, Nature cleared up their troubles, so that they are now well. It doesn't much matter whether the trouble is laid on the digestion, the nerves or the skin. Back of it all is the fact that the blood is either not good enough or is positively poison? ed. Of course you cannot get well, di? gest what you eat or rest in sleep, as long as what ought to give your nerves tone and your digestion ener? gy and strength is poisoned every min? ute of the day. 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