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miyrnnr' ?71* B*ttte-?ty i 3535a5? wall? loa llHttgea were Joy oaf with spring, came a squad of ladt transit aad chain, who began a tentative Una through the that Jim Fleteher had bought. Bnray watched them grimly folded arme, hat said no word they reached the boundary of bJa ha mat them at the border. ??Boys,* ha said. "ye musnt croat then fenoa This It my mad, an' 1 for Man ye." it to take the measure to complete oar Una, Mr. Hare* wa want work any ts> ^aaae thaak Ma head. *~Co*ne In, boys, an' tat with ma aa' mahn j tans el ist at home," he told theta, "hug learn your toaia outside.' Man from the honee patrolled tha with tinea and tha young mtar they draw near tha house af aid Bat) MsQrugir, aad he. ttaal the plaoa ta the thicket of taw them perilously tha trickling stream which area sore on lta surface little kernels at yellow corn. Deeply and violently out Bah awore as ha drank from hit tttttt blue kag, and when one day ha taw them again he asked counsel of aa -man. Ha want down and crept cJoee through the laurel, aad whan alp eld rile tpoke a schoolboy from tha Bine Orata fell dead among the rocks of me water course. After tftal death, tha trat murder of the war which Harey had to long foresssn -furiously and brought tha or* date af upland and lowland ta tha gr* of better anlmoeity. t|M MoOreegor's victim had bean ywtng Bay Calvin, the ton of Jadga Oatvta at Lexington, and tha name of ^ taalral Kentucky was one ^sWlsMsw wn?t^ aPwssVtjtl^g^ av^^ksnw ^n^Jn* strong, aright thread the pattern af Kentucky's aat) whan newt of tha home, tha awafataa or af the ta h?ls was screamed in at Bai Ante Havey wat onot more arftated m large type. The man whoae capital sought to from tha hilt, and whose had been amta, were quick ta advantage of thit haa and cry at calumny. They hurled thamatlvat Into the fight for gaining j.alia at coveted land and ware not particular at to Jhn Festen or came and want con? stantly betweer the lowlands aad Ha ana all things to til and la the bills ha cursed the but In the lowland ha tha bills. MUt and Jab aad rode constantly from cabin to M their efforts to circumvent tha adroit schemes of tha mountain who had told hit soul to the syndicate. sought a foothold for capi? tal to astroi fields acquired at the of undeveloped land and then take tha profit of development, sought to hold title until the could be on a fairer basis, and to tha hmae was made up. Otawtllats. like Malcolm, who tat tn directors' rooms launching a legltl enterprise, had no actual knowl edge of the Instrumentalities beicf employed on tha real battlefield. Law rata triad condemnation suits with in different success and then reached! out their hands Cor a'new weapon. Baak la tha old days, when Ken toeky wat not a state but a county land patents had been granted by Virginia to men who had never claimed their property. For two nun dred years other man who settled as had held undisturbed posses they and their children's chil Now into the joartt plied multl tudtnous suits of eviction in the namef of plaintiffs whotie eyes had nevei seen the broken skyline of the Cum barlaads. Their purpose wts deceit since It sought to drag through km; and costly litigation pauper landhold art and to Impose such a galling bur den upon their property at shouh drive them to terms of surrender. Men and women wno owned, o thought they owned, a log shack and t tilting cornfield found t lemeelves fee lag a atw snd bewildering critls Their untaught minds brooded am they talked violently cf holding b: title of rifle what their fathers ha< wrested from nature, what they ha< tended with sweat and endless toll. But Ante Harey and Milt McBrit knew that the day was at hand whei tha rifle would no longer serve. The) employed lawyers fitted to meet thos other lawyers and girt tliem battle li tha courts, and these lawyers were paid by Ante Havey and Milt Mc Briar. Tha two stood ataachly together at a buffer between tbelr almost holp Jfltp people aad Us* ajtiwialia ian taclet of tht new octopus, While Juan Itay looking on at the forming ,of. the battlellnet. waa torn with anxiety. In Bad Ante Harey the combination if intereets raoogalied lte really moat formidable foe. In the mountain phrase, he must be "man-powered out im ther way." And thore were still men in the hills who, if other means railed, would fell the service of their "rifle-guns" for money. With euch at these It became the tare of certain supernumeraries tc es? tablish an understanding. In the last election a thing had happened which I and not for many yearn before hap? pened in Kentucky?a change of Par? tien had swept Iran? power in Frank? furt the administration which owed loyalty to Harey influences. Bad Anse Havey was indicted as an accessory to the murder of young Cal? vin and he would be tried, not in Peril, but in the Blue Grata. The prosecu tion would ha ablt to show that he [ hid warned the surveyors off hit own ; place and had picketed kit fence lint with riflemen. They would be able to show that he was the forefront of the flint against Innovation and that letter mountain men followed hit counsel blindly and regarded hit word at law. But, more than that, the Jurors who patted on hit Question of life and death would be drawn from a com? munity which knar- him only by hit newspaper-made reputation. So It was not long before Ante Havey lay In a cell In the Winchester JalL He had been denied bond and fronted a dreary prospect. When the trial of Anse Havey bo? gen there was one spirit in the land. Here wat an exponent of the unjusti? fiable system of murder from ambuth. la the cemetery at Lexington, where tlitep the founders of the wettern em? pire, lay a boy whose Ufa had Just be? gun In all the blossom and sunshine of promise?and who had done no wrong. The special term of tho court htd brought to Winchester a throng of farmer folk and onlookers. Their hortet stood hitched at the racks about the square when the sheriff led Ante Harey from the jail to the old bnAldmg where ha waa to face hit to* ethers and the judges who tat on the bench and In the Jury box. Ha took hit teat with bin counsel at hit elbow and listened to the pre? liminary formalities of Impaneling a Jury. Hit face told nothing, but as mas after man wat excused because ho had formed an opinion, he read lit? tle that was hopeful in the outlook. Els calmly heard perjured witnesses from hit own country testify that ha had approached them, offering bribes for the killing of young Calvin which they had righteously refused. He knew thai; these man had bean bought by Jim Fletcher and that they swore for the hire of syndicate money, but he only waited patiently for the defense to open. Ha taw the scowl on the tacts in the Jury box deepen Into con* rietion at witness after witness took the stand against him, and ho taw the facet in the body of the room mirror that scowl. Thea the prosecution ratted, and aa a few of its perjuries were punctured, the faces la the box lightened their scowl a little?but very little. The tide had set agalntt him, and he knew it. Unless one of those strangely psycho? logical things should occur which sweep Juries suddenly from their moorings of fixed opinion, he mutt be the lacriflce to Blue Grp-s wrath, and on the litt of witnesses under the hand of hit attorney there were only t ftw names left?pitifully few. Th?m Ante Harey taw hit chief counuel set hit Jaw, aa he had a trick of letting it when he faced a forlorn hope, end throw the list of names aside tt something worthiest. At the lawyer spoke Anso Hhvey's face for the first time lost its immobility and thownd tmatemont Ho bent forward, wondering if hit ears had no ; tricked him. Hit attorneys had not consult? ed him aa to this ttep. "Mr. Sheriff," commanded the law? yer for the defense, "call Mitt Juanita Holland to the stand." CHAPTER XXIII. If In the mountains there wat one person of whom the Blue Grass knew with favor, tt wat Juanita Holland. She bad worked quietly and without any blare of trumpets. Her efforts had nerer been advertised, but the thing the was trying to do was too unusual a thing to hare escaped public no? tice aid public laudation. That the was spending her life and her own large fortune in a manner of lolf-sacrt flea an 1 hardship was a thing of which the its to had been duly apprised. She, at least, would stand acquitted of feudal passion. She stood at a lone fighter for the spirit of all that wai best and most unselfish in Kentucky Ideals und the Ideals of civilization. If ths chose to come now as a wit? ness for Anse Harey, she should hare a respectful hearing. The pris? oner bent forward and fixed eyes blaz? ing with excitement on the door of the wit iess room. He saw It open and saw her pause there, pale and rather perplexed, then the came steadily to the witness stand and asked: "Do I ?it here?" (TO BE CONTINUED.) R. liurton Hicks, member of the house from Spartanburg, announced tonight that he would very probably be a candidate for State superintend? ent of education. He will bo op posed by J. K. Swearlngen, Incumbent. Orlando, Feb. 17.?The Maltland Inn and two cottages were burned early this morning. Guests escaped In their night clothes, losing all their personal efnVcts. The loss Is estimat? ed at twenty-live thousand dollars. m m wit CALLS FOR STANDING FORCE OF 165,000 MEN. National Guard to Be Increased to 500,000 and Double Number Cadets at West Point?Aid for State Mili? tary Schools?Com cental Scheme Dropped In Tentative Bill. Washington, Feb. 17.?The admin? istration's army bill was drawn in skeleton form today by the house committee but will not be completed in detail for about six weeks. The present plans of the committee call for a standing army of a hundred and sixty-five thousand men. The National Guard is to be increased to four hundred or five hundred thousand men as fast as it can be recruited. The bill provides for the keeping of re? tired men in the reserve corps with pay until 45 years old. The number of cadets at West Point will be doubled and any one may take a course by paying the actual cost. State military schools will receive support. The continental army scheme has been abandoned. SUFFRAGE FIGHT TABLED. ACTION ON FRANCHISE AMEND? MENT DEFERRED. Some Advocates of Ballot Extension Maintain That Postponement is Good Thing. Washington, Feb. 16.?With the support of suffrage sympathisers who thought the time inopportune for a vote in the house on the pending suf? frage constitutional amendment, a motion to postpone a report on the measure until the next session of con? gress was adopted 9 to 7 by the judi? ciary committee. At the same time the committee re? jected on a tie vote a eimilar motion to postpone until next session a re? port on the p ohibition amendment. Suffragists immediately launched a fight for reconsideration of the action. At least three if not four members fa? vorable to their cause were absent when the vote was taken, they said. The suffrage vote came after a heated conflict between various fac? tions supporting the proposals. Rep? resentatives of the Congressional union who were eager for a vote on the Susan B. Anthony proposal urged members until today to vote imme? diately and report it. Mrs. Antoinette Funk of the National Woman Suffrage association, however, fearing defeat of the measure, began to peldge its friends to vote for an indefinite post? ponement. PAY FOR COURT OFFICIALS. Washington, Feb. 16.?As reported to the senate Judiciary committee by the sub-committee which considered It, the bill to codify and revise the Ju? diciary laws of the United States which in Its original form amputated all the principal officers of the Federal court of the western district of South Carolina except the Judge, Is "purged" of tbiH feature and provides for the remuneration of these officers. Another feature of the revised bill, however, will be noted with interest. This is the portion abolishing the sys? tem of paying officers of the federal courts by fee which has applied gen? erally as to the clerkships. If the bill favorably reported by the sub? committee should be adopted the clerk of each of the federal district courts in South Carolina would receive $3, 000 per annum, each marshall $3,000, and each district attorney 13,500. SHERARD BILL HALTED. Columbia, Feb. 16.?Rural credits legislation for the current session of the general assembly was chloroform? ed last night when the ( acting words to the Sherard bill were stricken out, and an amendment adopted providing for a rural credits commission to study the expediency and feasibility of such a venture and report to the legislature one year hence. The amendment was offered by Senator Williams of Lancaster. It provides for two members from each house, to be appointed by the president of the sen? ate and the speaker of the house, re? spectively. Provision is made for a per diem remuneration. I Senator J. F. Williams' bill to pre? vent the running of automatic ma? chines in textile plants longer than required of the operators received third reading and was sent to the house. I An open season was provided for snub-nosed sturgeon. The seas?-.. limit extends from May 1 to July 1. Amendments by Senator Laney of Chesterfield provide that the fish shall be netted within five miles of the mouths of streams and that a license of $25 shall be collected. The appropriation bill is to be re? ported by the finance committee this morning. Rumor says that all first and second reading bills are to be killed today, so that the general as? sembly may adjourn sine die Satur? day, APPROPRIATIONS HI SENATE. COMMITTEE MAKES CHANGES AND REPORTS BILL BACK. Makes a Number of Addition? Totaling Additional of $106,000 Over House Figures One-halt Mill for State Hos? pital. Columbia, Feb. 17.?After working industriously and conscientiously for about a week on the annual appro? priation bill the finance committee, i t through its chairman, Senator Chris- | tensen, introduced the measure in the senate last night as a third reading measure. It carries an appropriation of 6 1-4 mills for ordinary expenses of the State government and 1-2 mill for the State Hospital for the Insane. This is a total levy of 6 3-4 mills as compared with seven mills for last year, but is 1-4 mill larger than the house allowed in the original bill. The total carried by the senate bill is $2, 514,652.22, an increase of $106,000 over the measure as it came from the house. The most important and largest in? crease over the bill as sent from the house is $50,000 increase for the State Hospital for the Insane, but the fin? ance committee was of the opinion that the State is pledged to the im? provement of the asylum and nothing should deter the work now being prosecuted there. The senate commit? tee also allows an annual salary of $6,000 for the superintendent as com? pared with the $5,000 stipulated by the house. Another important increase was raising the original appropriation for consolidated graded schools to $125, 000, which is a large amount over the house bill. Other important increases and ad? ditions are: Roof for Stete house, $2,000. New circuit,^ 5,4 26. State tuberculosis camp, $6,000. University of South Carolina, $3, 000. - Winthrop College, $3,000. Industrial school at Florence, |At> 00O. State Medical College, $4,000. State Board of Charities and Correc? tion. $2,500. rj|g^e*n*n6ou* $11,000. ' V ? ... < ' I- - WN OONSOL BONDS REDKEM KB. Ndw Bvufcds Will Bear Only Four Per Cent. Interest and Will Save State $25,000 Yearly. Columbia, Feb. 17.?The brown con sof bonds of the State, amounting to $4,800,000, will be refunded by bonds bearing four per centum interest un? der the terras of a bid awarded last night to a syndicate composed of Townsend, Scott A Co., of Baltimore, Stacey & Vaughn, of New York, and Palmetto National bank, of Columbia. Their bid was for the entire amount at par, with accrued interest to date aad- a premium of $20,016. This will be a saving to the State of $25,000 yearly and will put a million and a hatf dollars on tho tax books as i jst ments by banka in bonds whtoli will not be exempt, from taxation. The sinking fund commission voted unanimously to award the bid to this syndicate. The commission is com? posed of Gov. Manning, State Treasur? er Carter, Comptroller General Saw? yer, Chairman Liles of the ways and means committee of the house and Chairman Christensen of the finance committee of the senate. Manning Makes Statement. Gov. Manning last night made the following statement in ' reference to the action of the Sinking Fund Com? mission, in the sale of the brown con sol bonds. Gov. Mannings chairman of the Sinking Fund Commission. 'As the governor of the State, and as a business man and taxpayer, I am very much gratified that the Sinking Fund Commission has been able to make such an advantageous sate of the bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used for the redemption of the brown consol bonds and stocks, ap? proximating $4,800,000, and saving to the taxpayers of South Carolina ap? proximately $24,000 per year, in ad? dition to placing about $1,500,000 on the tax books, that has been exempt from taxation in the past. 'The bid accepted provides for the payment at par and accrued interest to date, and in addition to this, a pre? mium of $20,016.00. The new bonds bear 4 per cent, interest, whereas the old bonds to be redeemed by these new ones, bore 4 1-2 per cent interest. ie act of 1912 authorizing this ac j'f the Sinking Fund Commission, [authorised the Sinking Fund Commis? sion to offer and pay a commission to parties placing said bonds and stocks, of not exceeding $20,000. The Sinking Fund Commission has not paid, or promised to pay, one dollar as com? mission on this transaction. This is another saving of $20,000. In other words, the action of the Sinking Fund Commission, by a unanimous vote, will save to the i?.r.payers $20,000 au? thorised for commissions; approxi? mately $24,000 per year for interest, and will place Jl.r.OO.OOO on the tax PUERIFQY ELECTED JUDGE. CHOSEN FOR NEW JUDICIAL DIS TRICT OVER W. B. GRUBER. Torrens Land Registration Bill En? acted into Law?Senate at Work on Appropriation Bill?Passes Child Labor Bill ? Ixncr Recommended for Agricultural Secretary. Columbia, Feb. 17.?James E. Peuri foy", of Walterboro, was elected judge Of the newly created 14th circuit to? day by the joint assembly, his only op? ponent being W. B. Gruber. Mr. Peurifoy is 4 2 years of age and is said to be a lawyer of much ability. Geo. Warren of Hampton a few days ago wag elected to this position, but re \ signed. The house this morning passed the senate amendments to the bill provid? ing for a Torrens system of land reg? istration and ordered the measure en? rolled as an act. The senate is working on the appro? priation bill, which is on third read? ing, and generally is passing the items |as recommended from the flnance committee. The bill carries a total I of $2,614,652.22 and a six and three fourth levy, an increase of $106,000 over the amount provided by the house. The senate today passed the house child labor bill prohibiting the em? ployment of children under 14 years of age in districts that have adopted the compulsoory school attendance law. Mr. Wingard introduced a resolu? tion in the house commending A. F. Lever for secretary of agriculture should Secretary Houston be made secretary of war. E. A. OTT S LECTURE. Many Subjects Mentioned in Talk by Famous Platform Orator. If all of the many subjects men? tioned and the great abundance of ad? vice given by Edward Amherst Ott, famous platform lecturer and orator could be summed in o^e word, it would be expressed in the word "think," which was what Mr. Ott told his .audience to do?and he gave them a great many new thoughts on which to think. Mr. Ott's chief line of talk was that It did not matter how much or how little one knew, unless this knowledge was spplied to practical purposes for the benefit of mankind. "Haunted Houses" was an instructive and enter? taining lecture. The application of this novel subject being to the action of the brain, or as Mr. Ott expressed It "I would very much rather have a small factory than a very large warehouse." Tho brain should be a place for creating and not merely a place to store knowledge. "As a man thinks, so he is," stated Mr. Ott in be? ginning his lecture, when he sought to show that one's- mind should hold good and not bad thoughts. Mr. Ott took a rap at yellow jour? nalism and bad literature, a shot at "religious orgies" of the Billy Sunday etyle, saying that the greatest sermon of all, as far as had ever been known, was preached by a man who was sit? ting down; he touched on socialistic doctrines when he brought in the property-sharing and profit-sharing schemes, which he considered the best system of securing eflclency in work, and he wound up with a taste of re? ligious doctrine and the expression of beliefs in the universe that there should be a universal religion. As stated before, his lecture cover? ed a wide variety of subjects, and Mr. Ott proved indeed a stimulator of thought, which he Is always referred to as being. He was Introduced by Supt. Edmunds, who referred to the fact that Mr. Ott had been In Sumter two "^ars before, when he had spoken on the subject "Sour Grapes." Mr. Ott at that time, ho stated, had loft our mental mouths watering for fur? ther talk, and the people of Sumter, fortunately, were not like the fox, for Mr. Ott had come back to them. MEXICAN UPRISING THREATEN? ED. United States Hears Reports From Border of Threatened Revolution. Washington, Feb. 17.?The war de? partment has received advices from the border stating that Diaz and Hu erta followers are preparing a new revolution. Their Mexican agents in New Orleans, Los Angeles and other cities are ordered kept under surveil? lance. SEABOARD TRAIN WRECKED. Six Passengers Reported Hurt at Chester, Va. Richmond, Feb. 17.?The north bound Seaboard Florida Special was wrecked today near Chester, Virginia. Six passengers are reported injured. Several Pullmans were overturned. books. This, to my mind, is a splen? did service to the State, and clearly shows that the credit of old South Carolina is still good in the money markets of tho world." LAXSING AND BjERNSTORFF RE? FUSE TO TALK ON MATTER DISCUSSED. Reported That Bernstorff Told Secre? tary That Germany Would not Re? treat from Threat to Sink Armed Merchant Ships, While Lansing Told Ambasador That Submarine Warfare of Teutons Was Regarded by America as Violation of Interna? tional Law. Washington, Feb. 17.?Ambassador Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing to? day declined to discuss the situation. It is understood that Lansing told Bernstorff that America viewed the Teutonic submarine camoaign against merchantmen as a vlolatu A inter? national law, and Bernstorff told Lan? sing that Germany stands squarely by its pledges regarding submarine war? fare, but is unable to waivo its rights to sink armed merchantmen not of the liner class. TO CONFER WITH LANSING. Bernstorff Will Give Written State? ment of Germany's Pledges, Washington, Feb. 17.?Ambassador Von Bernstorff this morning arranged a conference with Secretary Lansing for this afternoon. It is understood the German ambassador will submit a written reiteration of Germany's pledges not to sink passenger carrying liners without warning. CHARGES BRANDEIS WITH GRIME Says Nominee for Supreme Court Waa (Hired to Wreck Railroad. Washington, Feb. 17.?Mooreflold Storey, a Boston lawyer, told the sen? ate committee that Louis D. Brandeis was hired by the New Haven to wreck the New England railroad and suc? ceeded in so doing. He charged Bren? dels brought suits against the New England for the purpose of wrecking its credit and interfering with its divi? dends with the result that the New Haven got control of its biggest com? petitor. NEGROES LOSE LIVES. Skidder Overturns In Savannah River Swamp. Estill, Feb. 16.?As the result of the overturning of a skidder operated by Hamilton Ridgo Lumber company In the Savannah river swamp on yes? terday Melvin Ginnette was crushed to death- by being caught beneath the overturned boiler, and William Reed was so badly scalded that death re? sulted in a few hours; both were saught beneath the machinery and remained there some time before be* ing extricated. Glnnett's life was crushed out, but Reed was scalded to death by escaping steam. Both were negro laborers employed by the com? pany, j BOMB PLOT FIRE. British Munition Ships Burned at Brooklyn Pier. New York, Feb. 16.?Two big Brit? ish steamships, partly laden with war munitions for the Allies, forty light? ers with their cargoes of oil, cotton and shells and Pier 36 on the South Brooklyn water front were destroyed by fire early today. It is believed this was the result of a bomb plot. The total loss is estimated at least five million dollars. The burned steamers were the Bolton Castle and Pacific, owned by the Castle line. The fire fol? lowed an explosion, and spread so rapidly that the firemen were unable to stem its progress. Captain and Mrs. Smith of the Pacific are probably fatally injured. The authorities are making an investigaton. FIRE IN FALL RIVER. Two City Blocks Destroyed?Loss Two Million Dollars. Fall River, Mass., Feb. 16.?Fire destroyed two city blocks on South Main street early this morning. Six? teen buildings were burned. The loss is two million dollars. The heavy blanket of snow on the roofs was the* only thing that saved the entire oity from destruction. Real Estate Transfers.. Louise B. Stubbs to Delia Davis, at al, lot on Sumter street, $900. Geo. L. Ricker, Mrs. Annie L. Ricker and Fred F. Ricker, to Geo. D. Levy, lot on Haynsworth Street, $900% E. W. McCallum to W. B. Samp? son, lot on Walker avenue, $325. E. W. McCallum to Mrs. Lily F. Holcombe, lot on Hampton avenue, $60 and asumptlon of mortgage of $875. Mrs. M. C. Stubbs4 to Susannah and Mary McCullough, lot on Main street, $215. Railroad Man Dead. Augusta, Feb. 16.?James Wilkin? son, one of the receivers of the Geor? gia and Florida railroad, and former vice president of the road, died today