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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MHUON MAY REDUCE RATES
SAYS SUPREME COURT.
May M>ke Changvs, If Rate? Are
DIsMSSslnniui j to Commerce mm
Co tu? Has Power to Control In
seeotare Ctiargeo Not Bound to Rc
cfcsc* Rniee Below Proper Stand?
ard ftr Bz%d? and PubUc.
Waahlnfton. June 8.? Ion? step
towards placing railroads under "one
master instead of many" was taken
today by the United States supreme
ccurt la upholding the power of the
Interstate commerce commission to
strike down State rates that discrimi?
nate against Interstate commerce. In
soaetoato the court said that the Min?
nesota itnd other recent State rate
ceeaa In which the railroads lost might
nave been decided otherwise had the
rend gene to the commission for re?
uet tnotssd of the courts.
The decision was announced by
Jostles Hughes. Justices Pltaey and
Lorton dissenting. The case arose
out of complaint by Shreveport (Lou
Istass) merchants that the Texas rail?
road commission had shut them out
of all Texas business by compelling
tne railroads to reduce Texas State
rates far below what the interstate
commerce commission allowed the
railroads running from Shreveport to
Texas cities to charge.
Tne court first decided that the con?
gress had power to control interstate
shargee over on Interstate carrier to
the extent necessary to prevent In?
jurious discriminations against inter?
state traAc, and then held that con?
gress had conferred this power upon
the Interstate Commerce commis?
sion.
The feet that carriers are Instru?
ments of In t ras tats commerce as well
as of Interstate commerce." said Jus?
tice Hughes, "does not derogate from
the complete and paramount author?
ity of congress over the latter or pre?
clude tho federal power from being
exerted to prevent the lntrastate op
?cat lor.? of such carriers from being
seed* a means of injury to that which
has been confided to federal care.
Wherever the Interstate and intra
state transactions of carriers are so
related that the govenment of the
one Invokes the contol of the other,
It m congress and not the State that
fas entitled to prescribe the final and
ease las at rule, for otherwise congress
would be denied the exercise of Its
constitutional authority and the 8tate,
not the nation, would be supreme
within tho national field."
In removing discriminations against
Interstate commerce, the court heli.
congress was not bound to reduce the
Interstate rates below what it may
?eem to be a proper standard to the
carrier and the public.
"Otherwise." said the opinion. "It
could prevent the injury to interstate
commerce only by sacrifice of its
judgment as to interstate rates."
Justice Hughes, who wrote the
court's decision in the State rate cases
of a year ago, pointed out that the
present case did not confllot with those
oasis, He said that, in the absence
of a finding by the commission of
nnjoot discriminations, lntrastate
rates undoubtedly were left to be fix?
ed by the carrier and subject to the
authority of the States.
? "We are not unmindful of che
gravity of the question that is pre?
sented when State and federal views
ecmshct." tho opinion concluded. "But
ft wan recognised at the beginning the
nation could not prosper if Interstate
artd foreign trade were governed by
many masters, and. where the In?
terests of the freedom of interstate
commerce are Involved, the Judgment
ef congress and of the agenrics It
lawfully establishes must control."
Members of the interstate commis?
sion regarded this case as one of the
moat Important In which the body
ever has been Involved. The decision
was written by Secretary Lane before
lie left the commission to become a
member of the president's cabinet.
BRICK POR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
iTosnlnrnt Chester Lawyer Wffl Op?
pose PeoNfa He Is Eitdor* d b)
Columbia. June 9.?Ashh?| a. Brlce.
of Chaster, today filed his pledge SS
a candidate for attorney seneral. Mr.
Brlce served several terms* In the leg?
islature and Is well known* through?
out tho State. The Chester bar at a
meeting yeeterday afternoon unani?
mously endorsed the candidacy of Mr.
Brlce.
Heat Suicide In Lousilllc.
Loulovllle. June 9.?Crsxcd by
heat. Julius Bronxton. the Janitor,
leaped from the sixth Moor of the
Kenyon building today, and was
crushed to death on the pavement.
Hnow |n Paris.
Parle June t.?A phenomtnal snow
storm struck Paris this morning, over
two Inches of snow fell. It drifted lu
some places. The temperature drop?
ped to 40.
TICK INSPECTORS APPOINTED.
FOUR MEN CHOSEN TO WORK
FOR CATTLE ERADICATION
IN SUMTER COUNTY.
Messrs. John B. Bradley, North Sec?
tion of County; L. W. Warren, East
Part of County; J. S. Dwlght, South
em and A. Gilbert Brown, Western
Portion of County?Information Can
Be Secured at Chamber of Com?
merce, Headquarters of Tick
Fighters.
Dr. H. B. Hood, of the United
States Dcparment of Agriculture,
working In conjunction with Clemson
College, the director in charge of the
cattle tick eradication campaign in
Sumter county has notified the Sum*
ter Chamber of Commerce of his
appointment of four inspectors and
hasj requested that the following be
given publication for information of
the citlxens of this county.
Inspectors and The Territory They arc
Working In.
Inspector L. W. Warren. In the
territory south of the A. C. L. Rail?
road from Sumter to Florence, and
east of the Central Railroad. (Post
office address Mayesville, R. F. D.)
Inspector John B. Bradley. Terri?
tory north of the A. C. L. Railroad
from Sumter to Florence, and east of
the North Western Railroad from
Sumter to Camden. Postoffice address
R. F. D. No. 1, Oswego.
Inspector A. Gilbert Brown. Ter?
ritory north of the A. C. L. Railroad
from Sumter to Columbia, and west
of the North Western Railroad from
Sumter to Camden. Postoffice address
R. F. D. No. 3, Sumtei. Telephone
No. 7010?4.
Inspector J. 8. Dwlght. Territory
south of the A C. L. Railroad from
Sumter to Columbia, and west of the
Central Railroad. Postoffice Wedge
field. Telephone No. 7022?1-3.
Dr. W. K. Lewis, also of the United
States Department of Agriculture, as?
sociated with Dr. Hood in tick eradi?
cation work, request the statement
made that the department of agri?
culture Is getting out another largo
installment of Illustrative pamphlets
for distribution showing the life his?
tory of the Cattle tick, Its baleful In?
fluence upon the health of cattle,
the financial loss per head of beeves
and the loss on hides, how to prevent
the cattle tick, how to destroy same
on cattle and how to eradicate same
in Infested pastures, and Just as soon
as the department gets a supply to
the doctors the Inspectors will be giv?
en quantities for distribution in their
territories. The Sumter Chamber of
Commerce will also have a supply on
hand to be sent by request of United
States Senator E. D. Smith from the
department of agriculture at Washing?
ton.
Parties desiring tc have either Drs.
Hood or Lewis or Inspector see them
may notify the Chamber of Com?
merce, Phone 200, and the messages
will be delivered as soon as possible,
or they can phone or write to the in?
spector direct.
Drs. Lewis and Hood went out last
week and worked on the farm of Dr.
C. P. Osteen as a starter on cattle
tick eradication.
The four inspector* started to
work last Saturday.
The government experts express
keen appreciation of the hearty inter?
est In the tick eradication work dis?
played by a great many business men
of Sumter. Dr. Hood said Satur?
day that the Interest in the work dis?
played by so many business men was
unusual but nevertheless gratifying to
him.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce,
Sumter County Farmers* Union, and
President J. Frank Williams are co?
operating and working heartily with
the government experts and the four
loc?l inspectors.
WILL SELL HARPS.
Forty Carolina Students to S|iend Va?
luation Canvassing Illinois, Minne?
sota and Iowa.
Columbia, Juno 9.?About 40 stu?
dents of the University of South Caro?
lina will sell patent harps this sum?
mer to tho residents of Illinois.
Minnesota and Iowa. Some of the
young men left Saturday; tho ma?
jority go Thursday.
For several years Carolina men
huve found harp aclllng profitable and
It also gives them a nlco trip during
tho vacation period. The young men
return in time to resume their studies
in the fall.
? DIVA GETS IIEll DIVORCE.
Famous Singer Madame Schumann
Heluk, Is Eioiicrntod by Court.
Chicago, June 9.?Madam? Schu?
mann-licink was today granted a di?
vorce from her husband, William
Ra >P. Jr. A verdict was returned
upon instructions from tho court,
wfro declared "There is not a scin?
tilla of evidence introduced against
the plaintiff." The diva, radiantly
happy, declared she would never
marry again.
CLEMSON COLLEGE NEWS.
FORTY-FIVE MEN IN ONK YEAR
COURSE.
Trained In Sclent I fie Methods, They
Are Returning to Tlielr Home
Fa raw.
Clcmson College, June 8.?Forty
five young men are returning to farms
in all parts of South Carolina ready
and eager to put into practise the
fundamentals of good agriculture
which they have learned. These were
the students of the one year course
at Clcmson College, who were grad?
uated on the night of May 30. They
are prepared to resume their labors
on the farms whence they came to
Clemson last year and they will do so
with the knowledge that by careful
and faithful application of the in?
fraction they have received they can
become successful farmers and lead?
ers in their communities.
The one year course is essentially
practical and is intended for the
young man on the South Carolina
farm who cannot afford an education
lasting four years, yet desires to know
enough of the principles of scientific
agriculture to keep abreast of the
progressive farmers of his commun?
ity. It is he who comes to Clemson
College to take the one year course.
The course Is made as geenral as
possible and covers a wide field. #Most
of the time is spent in the study of
field crops, with Just enough of the
other scientific and the academic sub?
jects to fill the needs the graduate
Is likely to have. Every part of the
course Is arranged with the idea in
mind that tne student is a farmer's
ron who leaves the farm for one year
to study at Clemson and who will
return to the farm ono year later to
resume work. The bulk of the course
is made up of laboratory and practical
work, with Just enough theoretical
work to make the student understand
the practical operations he Is made
to perform.
The class that has Just been grad?
uated fro in the one year course is
the second to finish this course, it
having been established in the session
of 1912-13. The number of students
has been approximately the same
both years. The one year course is
considered one of the largest move?
ments inaugurated at Clemson Col?
lege In years. It is believed that it
will grow in popularity.
KNOX CORBETT FOR GOVERNOR
Boom Started at Arizona to Induce
Him to Run on Republican Tick?
et.
The following article from tne
Tucson, Arizona, Citizen of June 2nd
will be of interest here, where J.
Knox Corbett is generally known and
has many friends. His mother, Mrs.
M. O. Corbett, and his sisters, Mrs.
Walter Mlms, Mrs. R. S. Hood, and
Mrs. C. G. Rowland, are residents of
Sumter and are all well known here.
Phoenix, Ariz., June 2.?At a con?
ference of leading Republicans rep?
resenting many counties in the State
held here today, it was unanimously
agreed that J. Knox Corbett of Tus
son would make the strongest race for
governor this fall, and a committee
was named to go to Tucson and urge
Mr. Corbett to permit his name to be
used as a candidate in the Republican
primaries.
Many arguments were advanced
to prove tthat Mr. Corbett would
make a winning fight and a good gov?
ernor. It was pointed out that he
has not been allied with any faction
of the party, that he is not a time
worn candidate for he has never
run for office and that he Is a pion?
eer of the State and one of the best
mixers in Arizona. It was urged
that he is widely known over the
State and would command the sup?
port of many Democrats.
Curiously Pirna County was not
represented at tho conference, but all
agreed that Arizona needs a busi?
ness administration and that Knox
Corbett, being a successful business
man, was tho very person to put the
State on u business basis.
J. Knox Corbett, who is to be
urged to run for governor by promi?
nent Republicans in the State is one
of Tucson's most prominent business
men and property owners. Ho has
served two terms as postmaster at
Tucson, but has never run for public
otllce. He llrst eume to Arizona in
1880, traveling by stage coach from
Albuquerque to Tucson. He was
born In Si rntcr, South Carolina in
lift, Ills first position at Tucson was
as a postal clerk. Later he ran a
stago to Silver Hell and after that be?
came assist tnt postmaster and in 1890
postmaster. For a time he was en?
gaged in the cuttle business. He was
again appointed postmaster in 1000
and served until 1014, He married
Miss I.izzio Hughes, daughter of Sam?
uel Hughes, one of the oldest pioneers
of the State.
Knox Corbett has been a life long
Republican. Ho has a jovial disposi?
tion and a (tost of friends
PEACE PUNS PRESENTED.
U. S. SHOWS MEASURES
IT WOULD HAVE TO Ulli NO
PEACE.
Ideas Given Through Representatives
at Mediation Confccncc?Schemes
to He Fully Considered ut Meeting
lu Near Future.
Niagara Falls, Ont., June 8.?The
United States government, through
Justice Lamar and Frederick W. Leh?
mann, today presented to the three
South American mediators a complete
plan for tho pacification of Mexico.
It is the same in principle as that pre?
sented by the mediators and already
agreed to by the Huerta government.
It contemplates establishment at the
earliest date practicable of a new pro?
visional government in Mexico City,
which would conduct general elections
for a permanent government.
The plan, written by the American
delegates after consultation with the
Washington government, is brief, and
includes several counter propositions
of which the Huerta delegates will
be advised tomorrow.
From the mediators themselves it
became known that the differences in
tho two plans are slight. A full con?
ference of all delegates and mediators
is planned for tomorrow or Wednes?
day. This is for the formal consid?
eration and final drafting of the
protocol.
Although the question of whether
the Antilla would be permitted to land
her ammunition at Tampico was not
finally disposed of today, the Mexi?
can delegates let it be known that,
while they hoped the cargo in some
way would be returned to New York,
they were not disposed to Interrupt
mediation, even If the ammunition
Anally got ashore. Gen. Huerta's or?
der rescinding the blockade Influenced
a spirit of optimism, for the situation
was threatening.
Tonight final word was awaited
from the American government as to
whether the Antilla would be permit?
ted to land her arms. The Spanish
ambassador at Washington is ex?
pected to receive from Secretary
Bryan the reply to the note addressed
originally by the Huerta delegates to
tho mediators and referred to Wash?
ington by the American delegates
here. The Huerta delegates wrote
the note before they knew a blockade
had been ordered. When Gen. Huerta
learned that his representatives were
taking the matter up through diplo?
matic channels he suspended the
blockade.
It is understood that a diplomatic
way of approaching internal ques?
tions would meet the approval of Jthc
constitutionalists but the mediators
are insistent on an armistice. The
constitutionalists want to know what
the peace plan comprehends before
they agree to a suspension of hos?
tilities. They claim that when a rev?
olutionary army is once started in a
comprehensive military campaign it
can not be stopped for a week or a
short period without making troops
restless and endangering the control
which the various chiefs have over
their men.
The mediators now are trying to
evolve a method by which the peace
plan will meet the approval of the
constitutionalists before a protocol is
signed.
While details of the peace plan are
necessarily withheld until there is a
final agreement, it is known that a
large share in the proposed new pro?
visional government would be given
to the constitutionalists. They would
have at least two of the four cabinet
members who would be appointed by
the new provisional president who
would succeed Huerta.
The peace plan includes provision
for general amnesty, the payment of
claims, the withdrawal of tho Ameri?
can forces from Vera Cruz and kin?
dred subjects which would develop
when a new provisional government
would be installed.
The new provisional government
would be given formal recognition by
the United States and thus be enabled
to float loans and rehabilitate Mex?
ico's linances. Already there Is talk
of a $100,000,000 loan to cover the
multitude of obligations arising out of
four years of almost Incessant revo?
lution.
Tho answer from Gen. Carranza to
the latest communication of the me?
diators is expected in another 41
hours. It will have a considerable
bearing on the attitude of the Amer?
ican government towards the peace
plan.
Tho Mexican delegation tonight
made public extracts from their not?
to the mediators which brought about
the request to the American govern?
ment for a declaration of 'ts inter?
pretation of the armistice and Its rela?
tion to the Antilla shipment of arms.
The extract follows:
"According to news published in
the press, an hour alter the Antilla
had been cleared without difficulty
by the fiscal authorities of New York,
said authorities received tbe general
order issued by the Washington gov?
ernment forbidding the shipment of
arms to Mexican ports. This order
TROOPS MAY PARTICIPATE.
AUGUSTA CAMP OPEN TO PAL?
METTO MJLiTIA..
Chief Executive Will Say Whether
Regiments Shall Enjoy Benefits of
Instruction at Augusta.
Columbia, June 9.?After the re?
ceipt of a telegram yesterday from
the Eastern department, United States
war department, Governor's Island,
reestablishing the instruction camp at
Augusta, the governor, as commander
in chief of the National Guard, will
today decide whether or not the
three South Carolina regiments are to
attend the camp. The telegram from
Adjt. Gen. Simpson was referred to
the governor for consideration by O.
W. Babb, assistant adjutant general.
The chief executive will give his de?
cision after a conference with the
commanding officers of the regiments.
Several days ago the war depart?
ment issued an order that the pro?
posed camp at Augusta had been
abolished because of the situation in
Mexico. Regiments from North
Carolina, South'Carolina, Georgia and
Florida were ordered to prepare for
encampments within their respective
Slates. The order, however, was re?
scinded yesterday and the joint .camp
will be held at Augusta.
The following telegram was re ?
ceived yesterday at the office of the
adjutant general from Adjt. Gen.
Simpson, Eastern department, Gov?
ernor's Island, N. Y.:
"In view of arrangements having
been made to hold a joint camp at
Augusta, Ga., for Ninth militia divi?
sion and the great expense under?
gone for that purpose you are
authorized and urged to send the
militia of your State to that camp in
spito of instructions contained in
telegram of June 3, directing estab?
lishment of Joint State camps. Im?
mediate decision as to whether your
troops will attend camp at August-,
or not is requested. All organizations
your State designated to attend joint
camp must camp same place during
one period."
NO IMPEACHMENT FOR SPEER.
Committee Can Recommend Removal
Proceedings or Drop Case, Latter
Seeming Most Probable.
Washington, June 8.?With the
house judiciary subcommittee prepar?
ing to submit its findings in the case
of Judge Emory Speer, the federal
judge of the southern Georgia dis?
trict, charged with official miscon?
duct, it was understood generally to?
day among members of congress the
report would hold that no evidence
had been found to sustain impeach?
ment proceedings. Chairman Webb
declined to discuss the report fur?
ther than to say that there could be
no middle course; that the commit?
tee could not suggest censure, but
would have to recommend impeach?
ment or dropping the proceedings.
The subcommittee's report will be
laid before the full judiciary com?
mittee tomorrow or Thursday. It is
expected to indicate that while many
of the Jurist's actions complained of
might not have been beyond criticism,
there was nothing to warrant im?
peachment.
ZAPATA WINS VICTORIES.
Two Important Towns Reported to
Have Been Captured.
Vera Cruz, June 9.?Unconfirmed
reports were received today that
Cuernavaea and Puebla have been
captured by the rebels. If this be
true Gen. Huerta has suffered se?
vere reverses In the South and his
downfall is likely to be accomplished
by Zapata before the constitution?
alists start their campaign against
Mexico City.
The Mexican gunboats are today
returning to Puerto from Tampieo.
They have not received the official
communication rescinding the block?
ade of Tampieo, but were warned by
American warships that the blockade
would not be allowed.
The New York Stute forest nurser?
ies have a capacity of 2S million young
trees a year.
shows that it is the intention of said
government to show no preference for
either of tho combatants in Mexico,
and it is natural to suppose that, ill
the same spirit, it was to consider It
opportune to give the necessary or?
ders to the American navy forces to
prevent the unloading of the war ma?
terial In Tampieo unless it is thought
preferable that the Mexican gunboats
detained the vessel and seize the con?
traband of war. In this last ease
tho American government must nol
consider the act as hostile to the
American nation as the Mexican dele?
gation places on record its govern?
ment's most earnest desire to avoid
any incident which may disturb the
peace negotiations."
The Mexican delegation's note begs
the mediation plentpoteninrtcs to take
the case into consideration.
TERRIFIC HEAT flit
middle west SWEI/t1 RING UN?
der SIZZLING TEMPERA?
TURES.
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1
In Many Places Tliermor^ ter Regis?
ters More than One * Hundred?
Many Deaths and SeverJi Suicides
Attributed to Heat. J
Chicago, June 9.?The ?fmtire coun?
try today is sweltering under an in?
tense heat wave, temperature general?
ly over 90 degrees, with many places
in the middle west regist? ring over a
hundred. At Evansville, Indiana, yes?
terday, the temperature reached 108
in the shade; Logansport 102.
Two suicides at Fort Wayne, one
death at South Bend, one at Wabash,
a drowning at North V\jrnon and
three deaths at Chicago today are at?
tributed to the terrific : tat. There
is no relief in sight.
Five Deaths In Pitttburg.
Pittsburg, June 9.?Vive deaths
and a dozen prostrations occurred to?
day because of the preeent torrid
wave.
Hottest Day in Atlanta.
Atlanta, June 9.?This was the hot?
test day of this year. he mercury
stood at 95. I
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WOULD ERADICATE MOSQUITOES.
State and Federal Authorities May
Come Here to Engage in Health
Fight.
Columbia, June 6.?Dr. Carter and
Mr. LaPrince will go to Greenville
and lead in the work of exterminat?
ing the mosquitoes and in eradicating
the malaria. They will spy out the
breeding places and show the people
by lectures and other ways where the
malaria is bred, and will then wipe
It out if the people assist. They will
show just what the malaria will cost
them to wipe out. These gentlemen
come without cost to the people of
the State, for they are paid by the
United States government, and they
will lend their assistance and invalu?
able experience in making healthy
such regions as now suffer from ma?
laria if the people will only ask for
them. Any locality wanting to get
rid of malaria will have the oppor?
tunity by writing Dr. J. i dam Hayne,
secretary of the State obard of health,
j Columbia, S. C, who will then take
the matter up with Dr. Carter.
Dr. Hayne, in speaking of the
work this morning, said the pro?
gramme of the State board of health
called for malaria eradication work
first in Greenville, then in Ridge
wood, a suburb of Columbia. He said
the State board of health had received
requests for assistance from Sumter,
Hampton and other counties, and
that Hampton would probably be In?
cluded after the work was completed
at Ridgewood.
Dr. Carter is described by Dr.
Hayne as probably the "most practi?
cal man for eradication of malaria In
the United States." He referred to
the distinguished work of Dr. Carter
in fighting cholera in Mussia, yellow
fever in Savannah and his work for
six years on the Isthmus of Panama,
where, as second in charge to Dr.
Gorgas, he did the work of making
sanitary what had heretofore been a
malaria-infested region. Dd. La
Prince was his chief sanitary engineer
on Panama, and in bringing him to
this State Dr. Hayne fee is much gratl
fled.
Dr. Hayne. State Eioe'ih Officer, has
written the Sumter Chai" ber of Com?
merce that he will reque^L Dr. Car?
ter to put on a mosquito eradication
campaign in Sumter county, and that
he feels quite sure It will be done.
This depends largely however, upon
the interst displayed by the city,
county and the health authorities of
each county.
The expert mosquit.? eradicators
are not pushing themselves on any
community, not for the present at
(east.
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TIDWELL DENIED RAIL.
Supreme Court Inclines to Rcloaso
Manslaycr.
Columbia, June 9.? Vhc supreme
court in an order yesterday by Chief
Justice Gary denied the application
for bail made by attoi icys lor Geo.
W. Tidwell, who was i <m\ ietcd sev?
eral days ag?> in Oreor illc of man?
slaughter and sentence 1 to serve 12
'years in the State penitentiary. Wil?
lton H. Barle appeared for Tidwell.
'The State was represent-vi by Proctor
A. Bonham, solicitor If the Tenth
1 circuit.
TERRIBLE IN NEW ORLEANS.
-I
Nine Dead, Others in; ml or Pros
i
tratcd by Intens?. 1 Heat
New Orleans. June ?.?Nine are
dead and five are suffering serious in?
juries as a result of the intense heat
today throughout Louisiana and
Mississippi. Eight persons attenfpted
suicide nnd a score have been pros?
trated In the last twenty four hours.