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?Ost Or FINANCIER SAYS MEL UNI STATEMENTS ARK UN? TRUE. His Firm Hu Received for Handling Mil,, of Now Horm Securities. Now Torm. May II ?J. P. Morgan tonight characterised aa untruo the ?sMInsonr of Charloa 8. Mellen, for mOr hood of the New York. New 'Heren A Hartford railroad, before the IMOtoiato commerce commission In WeOkrtagton loot week that J. Pier noon Morton concealed from Mr. Mel ahn facts regarding the New Havsn reei which Mr. Mellen should have Aaetea. Mr. Morgen offered to produce ho* fere any proper tribunal at any time the records of J. P. Morgan A Co. and the personal records of hie The statement was his first direct to Mr. Mellen s Washington too r, which he examined, he eeld, Ikons n stenographic report. The state it read: MI became a director of the New railroad In April. 1113. andl December SI of the same) r. The only reference to me per? ls Mr. Mellens' testimony has to do with the feet that I, aa a di? rector of the company, called upon nans and told him that a change In ISO) prsnldsncy was desirable. For) taoA not, either es s director or en in atfldwsl. I accept full responsibility. **ssr. Mellen, In substance charges ss father with having concealed from baas facto Which the president of the Tr-agiTf should hare known. Dur lag Use last ten years of my fathsr's Ufo no wan abroad more than one taard of the time. During ths last years of his life ho was abroad half of the time. Ho was actively during this whole period wk*> assay different stairs. That hO would hove had the time, even If he nad the desire, to Interfere actively In She management of ths NsW Haven * im possible, -Mr. Mellen le right in plct .tag say fathsr's deep interest in New Haren affairs. My father was hem nY;Xow England and believed In the kew Hoven railroad. He recognised se >oLhers have recognised, that with t.sJnWisa of the centre of popula i".in tile country and ths changing Sseaomlc conditions, the commercial sedition f Mew England was threat eadjd, nnu that a change In this com niofO^il position would, unices an ef? fort trere mads to counteract it, re sari in an unfavorable offect upon England's leading railroad. He ubtedly believed that a railroad aoenikuiy situated as Is ths Nsw nasses, with a growing passenger traf do at very low rates and with ex? pense re Improvements required all asaaa Ms line, must make every effort ?he - Issrsssi its traffic and maintain *\ **Ha believes, moreover, that the IN* Moves and Boston a Maine. 3h wore not In hie opinion in sny I competing lines, could be op? erated to the benefit of New England mere advantageously together than Spart, and that no harm could come to the public from thle amalgamation air resses of the full measure of State regulation which the I am quite ready to heilere, ahm, that he agreed with Mr. Mellen that the entrance of the oarnnS Trunk railway Into Providence weald have Involved the unnecessary dopiloatkm of facilities for which the Now Ena land public sooner or later weekl have to pay. Both the impu? tation that my father in any sense teen the management of the railroad or sny part of Its affairs out of the hands of the president Is untrue. "On March t, 1114, our Arm made BftjbUo a setter, showing in detail the total net profit from every source to the firm of J. P. Morgan A Co. or to sny of Its members, growing out ' of transact lone of anjr kind whatever, connectVI with the New Haven lines, for a period of 10 years. Those total not profits) amounted to approximately HIS.000, which Included their com psssstlnn for handling alone, or In connection with others, securities with the par vslus of 1333,000,000. "The record of my firm and the personal records of my father sre In? tact; they are available and ready for production before any proper tribunal at asy time.'' MURAL. CARRIERS TO MEET. Pee Into Association to Gather at Wnesejce on Mny 30th. A meeting of the Pee Dee Rural Letter Carriers' Association will be hold In Florence. Saturday, May 30th. lilt, and this is to urge that you do not fall to be on hand. The Florence Chamber of Commerce, composed of the) lending business interests of the city. Ostend you a moet cordial wel? come. The Chamber of Commerce hss arranged to give ths boys a "smoker" Saturday evening, promptly at 1.30 o'OJeck. Plsase arrange to stay over night, so that you can attend. Cin COUNCIL MEETING. NUMBER OF MATTERS OF MINOR IMPORTANCE TRANSACTED AT MEETING. Police Uniform* Secured ? Property Owners to Pave Caldwell Street and Funds to Bo Returned by City Loi? ter*?Request for Privilege to Lay Gasoline Pipe?Larger Water Pipe Needed on liar by Avenue?Invita? tion to Firemen's Tournament? Police Report. City Council met on Tuesday even? ing with Mayor Jennings absent. A number of matters of minor Import? ance came up for action and were passed upon, but nothing of general interest was acted on. Mr. Rowland reported that he had checked up the March and April re? ports of the clerk and treasurer and found them correct. Mr. Booth stated that he had pur? chased the uniforms for the police force at a cost of $16 and hats at $2.60. Mr. Rowland stated that property owners on Caldwell street wanted In? formation as to whether the city 'would partially reimburse them when It had funds for this purpose, If they should pave Caldwell street at this time at their own expense. It was agreed that the city would allow them the same terms as would be accorded to citlsene who should hereafter im? prove streets with the coneent of council. Mr. T. B. Jenkins requested per? mission to run a pipe for gasoline from the railroad crossing through Harvin and Caldwell street in order to conduct gasoline to his setabllsh ment. The matter was deferred un? til fuller Information could be ob? tained as to the location of the gas lihe tank. Mr. Jenkins stated In his letter that he would be able to re? duce the price of gasoline to consum? ers If this privilege was allowed. The City Manager reported that the work of widening Hay^sworth street waa now In progress. Property owners on Harby Avenue requested that a larger water main he laid In that street as the pres? ent line did not furnish sufficient wa? ter, pressure to the residents of the street. Mr. Robertson stated that he had made arrangements to lay a two inch line in Harby Avenue, which would be sufficient to furnish plenty of weter. Mr. Rowland stated that he had been Informed of a dry well or cess? pool on Harby Avenue which over? flowed at times. The health officer was directed to determine and report the location of ell dry wells In the city. Invitations were received from the city of Florence to attend tho State Firemen's Tournament and Conven? tion in June. A circular was also received from the ? tayor of Baltimore asking that the one hundredth anniversary of the writing of the "Star Spangled Ban? ner" be observed by the display of national flags on all public buildings. New York University asked this city to send a delegate to represent the city in the Municipal Delegation which will go to Europe July 1st to study municipal problems. An ordinance to require all billiard rooms to close at midnight was read, adopted and ordered published. The report of the chief of police showing 74 arrests, resulting In sen? tences of 80 days, payment of $622; dismissed 9; not guilty, 2; suspended t, and transferred 2, was received as information. A number of bills were audited and ordered paid. BRICE A CANDIDATE. Prominent Chester Citizen An? nounces Ho Will Make Race for At? torney General. Chester, May 26.?A. O. Brice, one of Chester's most prominent citizens, and a leader in commercial well as religious endeavor in Chester county, today announced his candi? dacy for attorney general. Mr. Brlce has been a member of tho lower house of the general as? sembly for the past few terms. SMITH TO BE CONFEREE. Senator Will Ho In Position to Take Cure of Ills Amendment. Washington, May 20.?Senator K. D. Smith has been named as one of the conferees for the senate on tho agricultural appropriation bill. Sena? tor Chamberlain, of Oregon, who has been the ranking member of the com? mittee on agriculture, next to the chairman, asked to be excused from duty ss a conferee because of pres? sure of work on the river and harbor committee. This puts Senator Smith In a most advantageous position to take care of his amendment to ap? propriate $100,000 to place samples of the government standards with of? ficial figures of their spinning value at every local cotton market for the Information of the farmers. TEDDY VISITS WOODROW. MAKES VISIT PART OF A BUSY DAY IN WASHINGTON. Crowds and Teddy Enjoy Each Oth? er, Bringing up Memories of Po? litical Fights. Washington, May 26.?Former | President Theodore Roosevelt today ? came back to the national capital, I where he spent seven years as chief' executive. Into nine hours ho crowd? ed a speech on his South American expedition, a call on President Wil? son, a political confei nee with the Progressives in congress, a visit to the Smithsonian instituton to see the trophies from his African hunt of four years ago, a meeting with a few mem? bers of the diplomatic corps, and a dinner with his old friends here. Be? sides there were a dozen impromptu receptions from crowds in the railway station, at his hotel, in the streets, and wherever else he chanced to stop for a moment. The crowds, the cheers, the strug? gles to shake his hand, the photog? raphers and all the rest were like old campaign days. The colonel smiled and waved his hat continually, and fired out "bully" and "By George, that's fine,' at everything. He had a thoroughly good time. Progressive members of congress were at the party headquarters to meet the colonel after the lecture to? night and to go over the political sit? uation with him. It was understood that the colonel wished to sound sen? timent here, particularly with refer? ence to the advisability of making an early attack on the policies of the Wilson administration. The congress? men for their part wished to go over the whole field with him, learn his Idea regarding matters now before congress, and, if possible, map out a tentative plan for the coming cam? paign. Col. Roosevelt protested, however, that politics was not the main object of his visit to Washington, i "It was for science, not for politics/'' he said. * With the exception of his confer? ence with Progressive congressmen, politics played little part in his day. He was too busy for that. Reports that while here he might meet Re? publican leaders came to naught, for the colonel saw none of them. "Not a Republican showed his head," he said laughingly. It was learned that before Col. Roosevelt left Oyster Bay a Republi? can member of congress telegraphed to him asking for an appointment. Col. Roosevelt declined to discuss the matter, but it was understood he felt too much already had ben crowded Into the day to permit of such a meet? ing. Col. Roosevelt's visit to President Wilson was perhaps of greater in? terest to the public than any other event of the day. The president and his precedessor spent more than an hour together and talked of most everything except politics. A good deal of the time was put in at telling stories. When tho colonel arrived at the ex? ecutive mansion he leaped out of his automobile with his old time vigor I and walked quickly to the White House. "I am very glad to see you," said tho president as he shook hands with Mr. Roosevelt. They had met before and therefore no Introductions were necessary. After the exchange of greetings, the president led the way to the south portico of the White House where breezes from the Poto? mac made more bearable the extreme heat. There lemonade was served and the two men sat down for a long talk. Speaking of travel, books and tell? ing stories, tho two men seemed to enjoy their meeting greatly. All con? troversial subjects were avoided, but the colonel himself mentioned the "river of doubt" which he discovered in Brazil and joked over the con? troversy about it. As he roso to leave Mr. Roosevelt inquired about the health of Mrs. Wilson, who is confined to her room, and the president asked particularly that the colonel convey congratula? tions to Kermit Roosevelt, who will bo married next month in Madrid. Then they shook hands warmly and Col. Roosevelt walked quickly to his waiting machine. A crowd of several hundred people had gathered inside the White House grounds and as Col. Roosevelt ap? peared there was a burst of handclap Ping. "It was a very pleasant social visit," said Col. Roosevelt after it was over. On his arrival In Washington Col. Roosevelt went first to the Smith? sonian institution to get his first glimpso of the game he shot In Africa slnoo it was mounted. As he entered the building ho caught sight of a huge rhinoceros in a glass case. "l shot him." he exclaimed, "it was a rather close call, too, Kermit suhl, 'Walt a minute dad. till I takn his picture.' The rhino rushed at us, head down. 'I've got to shoot,' I pro? tested. Hut Kermit got his picture and then I got the rhino." For an hour the colonel wandered mm lands inns. COMES AS SURPRISE TO GEN MAN CONSUL. Believed to Have Caused Huorta to Abandon His Plan of Flight? "Gentleman's Agreement" Set at Naught by German Captain. Vera Cruz, May 28.?Intense sur? prise was expressed at the German consulate today over reports that the Ypiranga had landed munitions of war for Huerta at Puerto. There has been a "gentleman's agreement" be? tween American officials and the Ger? man consul and the Ypiranga captain and the United States vessels of war than the cargo should not be landed. The consul was astounded When told by an American "despite your agreement Ypir?nga has discharged her cargo of arms." "On my word of honor as a German gentleman," de? clared the consul, "I was ignorant of any intention to discharge the cargo. I never dreamed the agreement would not be lived up to. The landing of war supplies is be? lieved to have caused Huerta to aban? don his plan of flight for which ev? ery preparation had been made. FLY SPRAY IS POISONOUS. No Danger, However, when Handled With Proper Judgment. Clemson College, May 25.?So great has the interest in fly spray become this season that Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist of Clemson College, is issuing an extra warning to the pub? lic to urge that proper precautions be taken in the use of the arsenite Of soda spray. Prof. Conradi said: "Although people have been cautioned in our Circular No. 23 In regs.rd to the poisonous nature of arsenite of soda, we thought It well to issue a further warning on this subject. This material must be handled with judgment. There is no danger whatever in using It on ma? nure plies out In the yard except, when it Is about dairy barns, it is well to keep the litter separate from the manure. The special advantage in this is thai it requires much less spray than where an attempt is made to spray all the material, a large por? tion of which does not breed flies. In stables where horses are tied, the spray of course is used only In the rear part of the stable and there is no opportunity for the animal to get any mater:al Into the stomach. In box stalls where animals are not tied, this spray should not be used where the animal Is fed on the floor of the stall?unless the feed Is picked up and the top part of the manure raked off so that there is no danger of the animal eating quantities of the ma? terial. "In the experimental work of last season this spray was eminently suc? cessful in killing flies. It was quite effective in part ol the work of this season, but with the last shipment we were unable to kill any of the in? sects, which is undoubtedly due to a deteriorated condition of the arsenite of soda purchased. This is under in? vestigation at present and we ask those who intended to use this to withhold the work until this dis? crepancy can be explained. These experiments are now in progress and we hope to issue another statement in regard to this at an early date, probably next week. In the mean? time, It Is urged that the work with the fly trap be continued more active? ly than ever. This so far has been the principal feature of the work and a tremendous number of Bios have been caught." STRIKE LEADERS FINED. Men to Pay $100 Each for Stoning Engine. Atlanta, May '.17.?Three leaders of the strike sympathizers of the Fulton I3ag and Cotton Mills walkout, who stoned a switch engine hauling sup? plies to the mills, today were fined $100 each. The recorder lectured the men severely on the destruction of property. Puxvllle School Closing. The Paxvillo high school had its closing exercises last Monday evening, the address was delivered by W. C. Davis, Esq., of Manning. The Times editor was to attend and take part ! in these exercises, but at the last moment he found it impossible, which he regrets as the Paxville school is one of his pets.?-Manning Times. Fire in Georgia. Decatur, Ga., May 27.?Meeka' Drug Store burned this morning. Loss $10,000. through the museum. There was sup? posed to bo a reception committee, ? but it was lost In the crowd, and the colonel found the way himself, paus ' ing from time to time to explain the 11110 points of specimens to those who happened to be nearest to lim, am. : rattling out scientific words which no one understood. HUERTA TAKES HEART. ARRIVAL OF ARMS AND AMMU? NITION CHANGES ATTITUDE. Yesterday's Talk of nm If Hull anil ' Flight of the Dictator (?Ivos Place! to Renewal of Defiant Attitude and , Determination to Hold on to Pow-, Mexico City, May 28?Minister of War Blanquet today announced that ho expected to receive a large con? signment of arms and ammunition Within a short time. He siated the arms will he used to "equip the mili-1 tia for national defense," which has been organized by Gen. Huerta. It is believed the supply is coming from Puerto. At a long cabinet meeting held last night Gen. Huerta stated he expected to fill the vacant ministries shortly. At present there seems to be no indication that Huerta intends to leave the country. He declares em? phatically that he intends to stay here. FIRE IN TIM M?NS ViLLE. Flames Destroyed John McSwecn Company Store. Timmonsville. May 20.?The hand? some store of the John McSween com? pany wiih its contents was entirely destroyed by fire early this morning. The lire was discovered at 1.05 o'clock. The lire department fought desperate? ly for three hours, and it seemed at one time that they would bo success? ful, but they were unable to do more than lengthen tho time needed for complete destruction of the beautiful structure that has, since its erection, been the pride of the town and one of the finest stores in eastern South Carolina. The loss is estimated at $130,000, with about ?;r> per cent in? surance. Tho business wan founded in 1S7? and its owners have never before had the misfortune of losing a building by fire. This concern has built up a tremen? dous business and for a short while its customers will be inconvenienced, but to prevent this as much as possi? ble the firm opened business by 12 o'clock today with what goods arc in tho two big warehouses and what could be gotten from its store in Larriar. * No doubt a new store will be erect? ed as soon as possible. Mayor W. If. Keith, the vice president and man? ager, is away on a recreation trip to Rattle Creek, Mich. ' CHIDREN MARCH OCT. Savannah, Ga., May 27.?When the cry of "fire" sounded through a local moving picture theatre late this af? ternoon, about 75 school children who were witnessing the show left their seats anel marched in double file in an orderly manner oifc of the theatre, keeping step to the time of the music that was being played. A film had exploded in the picture machine cage. The older people followed the exam? ple set by the children and thus pre? vented the panic which usually fol? lows a cry of "lire"" in a theatre. The fire department was called and soon extinguished the slight blaze without further damage. kit im wb Ein. MANY DEATHS AND PROSTRA? TIONS IN LARGE CITIES. Today tlio Hottest of the Year? TIM I ?WIMM 111 Bench** Ninety-five- 1 at Baltimore?Com- Dead In Phil? adelphia. Philadelphia, May 27.?Today is the hottest day of this year. The thermometer registers 91. Four deaths have occurred from heat. Tow Dead in New York. Xcw York, May 27.?The tempera? ture is 90 today. Two deaths and ten prostrations have been caused by the heat. Mcrciu'y High in Boston. Boston, May 27.?rThe thermometer is 93 in the shade, and one death and a score of prostrations have been re? ported. Many Prostrations From Heat. Baltimore, May IT.?The ther omcter is at 95. Many prostrations from heat have occurred. CIRCULAR GIVES FOREST FACTS. Seventy Lives Saerlii"ed Annually by Forest Fires. Striking facts regarding our forest resources, their value and their waste, are condensed in an eight-page illus? trated circular of the American forestry association just issued. The lumber industry is mid to employ 735,000 people, to whom are paid an? nually $367,000,000 in wages, the v.-orth of products Ving $1,250,000, 000. The forests of the country cov? er 550,000,000 acres. I An average of 70 human lives are saeriticed annually in forest fires, says the circular, and a loss occurs of $25,000,000. Damage from insects and tree disease, which follow lire, costs each year $50,00u,0o?. The cost of destruction resulting from floods is not estimated, but is given as "count? less millions." But the circular expresses hope more than pessimism As well as the colored pictures showing the forest lire, the effects of the fire, and the damage caused by Hoods, it shows also forests planted and grown under intensive management, and the na? tional forest ranger B OJting for Pres on the mountain lookout station. The effective patrol here referred to has reduced "forest fire losses to as low as one-tenth of one cent an acre." It is pointed out that by planting forests an annual income could be derived in the country of $65,000,000; and by preservative treatment upon timber each year $100,000:u00 could be saved. FIRE IN DETROIT. Cnlon Station Damagr^d and Firemen Overcome by Heat and Smoke. Detroit, May 28.?Sixty firemen were overcome by heat and smcke in the fire which damaged the union sta? tion to the extent of a hundred thou? sand dollars today. Fifty foreigners held in the detention pen were trap? ped by the flames and were rescued with great difficulty. There's Always a Cordial Welcome ????? For You At ???????? ? A GOOD DRUG STORE" Watson's?51 S. Main St Buy all iyour drug needs at Watson's und stop in often for a cool, refreshing drink. We serve all the best. Watson Drug Company, PHONE 133 - - . St & MAIN