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Conference of Educators Discuss
Southern Industrial Education.
SOIIITION flFRAf.F PRftRI FM
President Taft Says Dixie's Prosperity Will
Solve Problems Which South Mast Face.
Thomas Nelson Page Presides.
Washington, D. C.?In the prosperity
of the south lies the solution of
the race problem, in tiio opinion of
President Tuft, who purtieiputeil in u
ii. . ui < iiuuaiuin uuu iiniiiiutliropically
disposed moil and women
of Washington OIl < diu aUqu in the
south, at the residence of Ali.,s .Mabel
T. Hoard man.
"Them are two thitiKs working toward
the solution of the negro problem,"
tfaid the president. "One is the
development of interest among the
better cIush of southerners in ihe education
of the negro, and a consu iousness
of tue fact, that nothing will so
II1UUI1 UClp [IK; SOIlltl as KllCil edllcation.
The other important feature is
the increase of the wealth of the
south.
"Tho south, xiiit.il the last decade,
hud a dreadfully hard time to support
the government of nor states without
education, but now the aouth is Kef
ting richer. 1 atu delighted i<> have
15 cent cotton, whether it hi; hiKii <>r
not, because it means the prosperity
of tho south, the development of her
uuucHuoiiai Hysitun, ami tli< v i-klm;
out of tlio njost difficult probl; m ever
presented to a people."
Thomas Nelson i'ugo pr<\ d< d :ti
conference. Among tue other speakers
were .lames* H. I>lllar?l of New <>r
loans president of tli>* .leaue. fund;
W. \\*. Fillley, president of lh<- Southern
Railway, and Dr. II. H. Krisscll,
president of Hampton Institute.
James 11. Dillard, in his address,
deebm?d that Hie while iw<>>Ui> miia?
blanio tIn iiif-w-lvps lor conditions provailing
in I'm* south, ;ind ?1<-scribed a
natural s. ;<renation of tin- rail's that
is dim f ping with tin: development
of indu.-urial education. Industrial oil
ucation he urged for the bonellet ot
the negro and the jiuor white people
as well.
"The first thing we can do," he said,
"for the negroes' good is to refrain
from ill feeling and to bo willing that
the race should be hopeful of prog
rcss ami improvement, in other word*
we should have the attitude of good
will, and not Hip altitude of ill will.
"The second thing we rati do is to
assist in the education of the negro,
and by education, I moan a real education,
an education for living, an
education that leads to the knowledge
of how to do tilings hotter and
how to live better."
TILLMAN NEAR DEATH.
&smi + u r - x' 1
?wm>m v?' uiiiin ownctiui is in <? very
Serious Condition.
Wachirfgt^n, D. C. Uen.iainiu Uyati
v ' Tllljcnnn. >nior senator from South
Carolina, and one of Qje must. pir
tur?K<|iu' character# in <:uii>;itss. is
critically ill hore. His condition is
extremely grave.
i lit) senator's rinlit side is utmost
wholly paralyzed and aphasia has developed
as a result, of a cerebral hem
orrhage on the left side of tlx' brain.
Ho lias nearly lost tlio power of articulation,
and tills is regarded by the
doctor as the most serious symptom
of the South Carolinian's illness, lie
may recover from the paralysis, but
in all likelihood, it is said, he will
never regain the complete use of
speech, the senator's dearest and most
cherished weapon in his public serv
;< e as n national legislator, and tint
keen edge of whicii lias enlivened
many debates of union-wide interest
in congress.
This is Hie second stroke of paralysis
to seize the .southern senator, the
first having occurred nearly two years
ago, when ho suffered u nervous
brea kdown.
Dr. William A. White, .superintend
out of lIn; government, hospital for
the insane, was called into lonsuita*
tion with 1 >r. Pirkford. While it wits
asserted that the senators mind wan
fairly alert, and that ii<> w.n conBcious
of the happenings of his en
vironnu-nt, Ui\ W hite, a a specialist
on ilironh is of 111 < hriiin, Lite ..-at <>
Air. 'Ionian's illness vi' asked to
maky an e\iiijiinaU'<m I he v : <i. t
of flu physicians allot tin ion ilia
.'on w.in that. Ihf V'liatoid cumin ion
was rioiiK in the < \irunn ; thai II.<
oiilcdini! whs doulHiul
Columbia, S. C. I'iio si.iic ? ji:11< |
unanimously ad< pt< d ;i ros> i ;i <n d<
jjhiiing the ill.i' '.s ol Si uat r i .1!
man. Tin* i< olution, which v..i,
unaniicoii! ly adopted, < < lc
IvglvtH of ili< rti iiiii.- at t:n .111
tor's illm s a ail I lit! !:? ;<< t hat mw
ill In- speedily ri'sini' - I in health.
To Fight Boll Woev !.
Washington, D. C. s<naior Foster
ol l.oi' i:m;i lift made a move iu ilm
Boiiiii" ii hnvi' tli'- ai>i? <i?riutioti for
fight ill/ the boll Weevil UK roil!
from l ti.oijo, a! which limine it. was
]>121 < i| by I In I Ol !< ,)!< .? ? i
tiv< to '
Uniform Charters for Flori'b, Cities.
Tampa, Fin. Willi tlx* intuition of.
Bt'cnirinv; uniform elutr t-; ami la
for tlin tfnv rnim-nt of name ip;ii:
tluTi by Uoiijg away villi Mi' flood of
local hill.' that < . ill !;il < it < card
Iftliv s-"fRioii. ill-' Florida \ 'latimi
of Municipsilit iok. wiii? or?siiii/<'d m
this < i(v. I'rn< ti<ally ovi-ry i ity ai
town it) Florida in r<'|?r? cnleil ,n t
aHHociai ion
To Prove High Cost of Living.
Washington, D. C. V i< I * i dd*Mit
Sherman appo ml I :i the "!< < (
mlttec to in vimt i?ato llif*. > n < . < 1 I
cont of living. Si naioiH liOtlK*', rlmi:
man; (JullitiKor, M< ('wrnher. H111601.
Crawford, Simmons an 11 t'lark.
Largest Shipment Sen Island Cotton.
Statesboro, G?i. I'rohably |ho larr
eni s11i11111o11f of : ?< ;? i land cotton
tsvor made lelt Ii r? f >i . .ivannah A
apodal train of twenty two ears \va
lifted. Th Hhipment i;-; worth $ 100.
000.
Revenue Officers Raid Many Stills.
Dalton, Ga. ? IfcvOhuc.* Officers
Camp and Spence i i in fd to DmIIoii i
aftor having made I In ino an . e
fill raid oi lhe year for M ih t< rrit?r> ;
Two large stills wi iv destroyed n
Murray county, bringing tiio total for
the past two weeks up In nine
Ship Strikes Iceberg.
Junoau, Alaaka. Tin- stearnsl ip
Yucatan of tin* Alaska Steamship (Jo.,
formerly a yacht owned l:y (leorgo j
W. i'nrkiuB, bound from Vn 111 * /. to
Seattle, with Hixty-flvo paengera, ;
BtruCk an leeborg in Ivy Strait and!
snnk. There was no loss o? life.
k.,. fci
'l.JJL 1 1 1 . '
| WRIGHTS COMING SOUTH, j
Aviators Are Looking For a Suitable Field in j
the Southland.
Montgomery, Ala.? Wilbur Wright,
pioneer in liying machine invention,
mtrprised tho i>tUe?r? of *he Commercial
Club by dropping iu casually and
IluUIno !( Vw? ~ I I--- u,.n..lla.l -
(suitable grounds for experiments with
; some now machlues which he hopes
to try out before spring. No one
know lie was here, nor huu thero
been uuy intimation of his coming.
"1 heard that you lmtl many largo
level plains, and could take cure of
us," he said, here 1 am."
Mr. \\ rigut said the mauutacture
of their aeroplanes being consigned to
.New York corporations, ho ana his
brother are loomug after experiments.
Titers are many things yet to bo
developed before airntnps are a success
in a practical way.
it will t.Mi^ many years for tho
living ship ('> take auything away
lloin the railroads or the boat lines,"
111 mo lutiuif 01 uie mey must
Ite uaed for special service, quick dispatck
and tain#* ol this character.
we are getting uIouk rapidly, but
there is yet much to learn."
I TAFT LIKES CKiTiCISMS.
Says All Presid?nt? fcxcspt Roosevelt
Were Hammerad.
Waohington, D. c. -Formor J'resiI
dent ltoo8?v<jlt, according to an opln1
ion expressed by President Taft, in
an address to I i rand Army Veterans
of the Department of the l'otomae,
I '"seems to havu been hii exception to
j every rule.'' Thin declaration was
'made by Mr. Taft, in speaking of
i t'itu i'jnw lw???n in
certain quarters as to his administration.
Me said he would fuel worse for
!hese criticisms were it. not for the
| fact that in every administration,"with
tli'- possible exception," lii! added, "of
; i.it of hiy 1111111<diatf predecessor,
who seems to have l>i en an exception
10 every rule,
"President l-ineoln had radicals and
insurgents to deal with, and lie had
tlie deuco of a time," said the president.
"Hut I would be ashamed to
think of comparing the easy year I
liavo just been through with some
of tne years of darkness he hud to
suffer. I am Kind to have been hammered
this first year, because (lie !
next three years will be pleasant, no
I matter what the newspapers say
TUG NINA LOST.
Navy Doat With J2 Hands Lost at
Se?.
Washington, D. C.? I lope of solv ;
j ink tho fnt.o of the little tun Nina
I practically Iihh been abandoned by the j
! i ailed stales navy, and tii" problem
' \> 111 likely k<> Uown in history among
I lho untold stories of the hoi.
In I ho opinion oi the navy departnil-ill
she foundered, currying down
her entiie crew of tl!irl.v-lw<> men, at
.some point between Hog Inland, where
I sue was last reported, and Winter
(Quarter Shoal:1 linht vessel, off tho
oust of Pelawaro, on February t> or
7 nil IV* !. f. .? I. .11 V.v..
lolk on Iht fateful voyage. Statements
| to that effect wft'i' made by Assistant
I Secretary of tin* Navy \\ inthrop in
roaponsf to hum ral inquiries l>y tole;rrapli
from friends of the unfortunate
crew.
Tim commandant of the Now York
navy yard tcli graph< rt the navy department
tliat tin- \<sst*l sippitod <?IT
Montauk Point, Long Island, last Sun
day by the whalclm, k steamer I'.ay
\ ii \\, wan the nnval Iuk ApaHm.
Tlio Kearch has been abandoned.
urnTCirrv rc \\nncirrr\r
I WW MiUUlj t M W l.MOIlLi A
Tnft's Decision Has Been Formulated
In 3et of Resolutions.
Washington, D. C. President. Taft's
j decision in the Iirjoor controversy
I that "whisky is whisky, whether it
ii<* blended or straight.'' has been formulated
in a set of regulations prepared
by I he hoard of food and drums
inspection of ilie department of agriculture.
Tue regulations were completed
and approved, as required by
i.he pure food law. hy Secretary Wilson
hi the department of agriculture.
Secretary MacVeagh of the treasury
department and Secretary N'agel of
j the department of commerce ami labor.
In brief the regulations declare
; that all unmixed spirits distilled from
grain, prepared in tlio customary ways
i are entitled to the name whisky"
I without rjtiu'ifli at ion lilenih-d whi l<y
' must be labeled as such.
I 'I'lie term "utii'iUv Iiou'i-vi.i i t
; hi rictcd to distillates irimi Kt'aiti and
ill*- rt'Kuliii it hi . dist llai-'s from
otii?T substances. if labeled ' whi ley
are niirtbranded and the person guilty
of ntiHiiiaifdiiiK uiiiy 1 ? pro.set uted.
Put Gold in Glass Jar.
CircKiivillt, Ky. ItcrsuiMo William
'"ori">, eight;. r?i \?Mi, an aged farm
Ii\ i11noar this city, lad no faith
hi hank-; Ik- coiivi rled his funds into
II and hid i'm'Iii in glas.i i|tiatt
ai WliGU In- \s < !>I in look at his
, t.">! ui ". he round Hk* jar. hut his
[ .avMift. Of yonr! disappcarod.
Large Cargo oI Salmon.
Charleston, S C. Tin Sail Mateo,
i law liiji 1 c-.in S< at 11* , is In
! pin t u it li ii < rfii <1 S .i uuii i ; J, j of
iilicoili 1.1m m?- nd It k cai'fro n'rriv
d li< i-i? 1 hi" in ft i!: ,t riiiui: ?n
T.ltn ' .U K ' v. a (iii I;i:Mli I'd
and thirty thotiftai.d '
Earthquake in Crete.
Athens, Greece. \ t :tili? larllii
i!ikr nhook \ villii.i' wn
?1 - -1 royi'd ai ciit i-iliK in a<|v>< i i
( < i>d hon\ and tin* |><>| ilatton of
tin- i land i-t in panic 'I a i:i
r th?; In ;.-i of 1 if< il not Iciov. n. tail
lii'lii veil to liavr In ' n In ;u
i disturliiiiif's are pcrvadm) t* i*
ii ir<? Ironf; i of tin' Mcdit'M liii m
Ricts in Germany.
Berlin, Ojrrrany. ? I land fo haiul
tiiuc lx-1'at i'ii t.l)?* social d? mci u .
ii Mi#j pulii > nt Krnnkloi i on tl
I iin marked tit?- ri d Ihar raRod In ;i?
litii(l . I patches roc. Ivc<|
i !.m > i In riuin >> oi hiInrod a.t !< : 1
Ix-tail- <>' ill'- lifhfiiiK at Frank
I 1! s.iow ill' h'i wan 111 nn> !
I hi and scrliii of all t lia I liavo
1 "ii 1 rom !>< < !< - mini question
I u" police wen ialde to ciipf Willi
II nail had to call n the troops for
Kings Give Presents to Hospital.
New Orleans, La. In addition to
Hip mamiilli' lit H. vres vase pie .onted
to the Kye, Kai. Nos<* and t hroat Hospital
hy the i I' li'li Kovf'rnincnt in
n coRnit ion of tin' ft 1 vice >;ivcn the
injur 01 inn r re n roiony in .N'tw
Orli ariH, tlit* Ixm; J has rocolvod
gift* from Mir'-o n iwned heads of
I'lmopf. 'I n" ;tr^ ft handsome !
ndltion dr In ,c of n tiook on the ro*'?oration
of tin* aiuieiit mallei* of Max
ony, Bent l?y Kmixrnr William of <)?i
many; a largo China vhmw from th?
czar of Kii.skIu and len cosily ngravingf
from King AIioiiho flf Spain
I
"NIGHT RIDERS" HELD
12 Kentuckiaiis Indicted By tlie
Ca A svv/fcl f* +1 Yum*
t CUCKU utouu amy.
STATEMENT BY GOVERNMENT
Alleged That Indicted Mcu Forcibly Prevented
a Grower From Shipping His Tobacco.
Action Is Against Individuals Only.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?Thy flrBl blow
Btruek by the United States against
alleged "night riders" wus delivered
| when a federal grand jury at CovingI
ton, Ky., returned indictments j
j against iwcivo men or ury mage,
i Ky., tor conspiracy in restraint ol
trade. One ol" the men indicted is
John rt. Steers, a member of tlie state
legislature. The indictments charge
that the defendants conspired to prevent
\V. T. Osborne from nhipping
four hogsheads of tobucco from Dry
Kid*?; to Cincinnati on November 2<?,
J!>o7. They are charged with having
intimidated by threats of violence
; both Osborne and the station agent
| at Dry Ridge
Tile men indicted are John S.
, Steers, a member of the Kentucky
legislature; I'errv Simpson , A. C.
! Webb, Jerry S. Carter, llnph Dec
i Conrad, Fred O. Conrad, H. I>ec Con*
[ rad, John W. Cullender, John Caid-1
i well, William Mulligan, Marion Hen
mitt., and Isaac Newton Conrud. All
I ur<? residents ol' (Irani county. The
! federal government v.ill prosecute the
cases as arising midt r interstate comI
mere?. The offense on which these
| indictments arc based in characterized
as oue of the most literal examples
of restraint in trade that has
over come t<? the attention of the deI
parltn?rit.
An independent tobacco grower
ha<l taken io the str.tion a, snipmeut
destined for a Cincinnati warehouse,
Hid. IcKvinir it ivilli th#> nepnt rn.
ceiyed u hill of hiding. The night rid
tM'S, hunting fit it, sought to diRBuade
hotii llir shipper and (ho agent from
sending the tobacco, hut being unsuccessful,
compelled the owner to give
up his hill of lading. They then went
to the agent and got the tobacco.
Wnfihington, D. C. -The following
si atement was made by the depart
mont < f justice in regard to the indictments:
"It developed at a recent hearing
of tiir officers and representatives of
the Hurley Tobacco Society in Wash
ingtoii tti at tin- chief grievance
auxins the society or any of its members.
were those acts of violence I
piedation such forcible opposition to
the shipment of tobacco to points
outside ot (In' state by independent
growers who refused to join inc soeii'ty.
The oMcers of the society disavow
any resyponsiliility for tin- acts
of these night riders, and the government
is determined to select what
seemed to be a clear case of the physical
prevention of 'interstate shipments
of tobacco and to prosecute,
under the criminal sections of the
Sherman net, the individual perpetrators.
It is hoped that if this prosecution
succeeds it will put an end
to tiiese acts of lawlessness ami intimidation.
The action taken by tlx
government is not aguinst the Hurley
Society Itself as an organization
mi restraint of trtule."
CHERRY MINE BOSS SHOT.
Miner Shoots Man Superintending the
Removal of Bodies.
Cherry, III. An attempt to assassinate;
one e| the St. Paul Coal Company's
bosses ad(l<(l t(i the tragedy of
Cherry mine's disaster.
A dismissed employee, stepping up
behind Charbs A i ii * i i 11ij , knuWU
the top boss, nhipped out. a revolver
and crying "to pay you back,'' Jlred
three shots. Atherton fell, j>robably
filljillv
Tli.- shooting occurred in t)>?* midst j
of tin- work of recovering the 177
bodies, "wIticli have been entombed in
the mine since tin1 fatal tlr? of No-j
vember Kleven bodies have boon
brouglit. up.
RUSSIA TAXES COTTON.
The jmpost ic. Frtvorcd by the 0c11or?
Growers Themselves.
St. Petersburg, Rusr>ia. Tin- proposed
law, imposing a tax of seventi'iilti;
(>t a <' lit per pound on all cottoil
grown in Itussln and ii central!
\ in .O.I.. M.O.I,..;. - i I.'I - " '
.i ?" IMI I ? .1 II IIM I III'. |
lilll'H liiivr been approved ii\ t lir 1
ciji.iM tl ol ministers ami Mtbmilted ,
in parliament for action. Tin1 nirav |
urc is demanded by tin- cotton grow-1
<?rv tin inselv"s ;ind supported by t)t?>!
boiir/" coin in it t -< of Khownii and
.Voticow, i i-; pet t i\ i c< liters of cotton
growing and mamifaci uriiiK, which
foresee a light tor existence between1
t he industry and the locust plague
during t.ie coming years.
Never H.'id a Doctor.
Knoxvillc, fenn.?Mr#. Margaret l( j
Witlker, aged nint t> eight, died after
a HI H I IIIIK'JSM miriiiK HIT long nil
flhe n<'ver n?- ?i <l tlie hitvICOH <>I a
physician, and tin on*- 01 Hod afl.(:r
waB hiru-U 11 did not arrive in
t i11> ' In adiniiM li-r in Iter. She died
in (In) saini' house in wliii-h she went
as ;i l?rid? in IX2K.
$10 Hog Expected.
Chicago, III. I dp price:! for live J
111?j? at the .-ioi k jiirdH advanced to
?!? 17 I '1 a hundred pounds, and 1 ix- (
cd h 11 u re< ord sin< (i l-SVu, w 11< 11 tlit*.
animals sold lor $Jn. The advance
< umed troiiKii predictions thai tlie
.J 1 hoy would soon appear in (ill*!
iniirkets.
Smallpox On Battleship Tennessee.
Washington, D. C. A dispatch in
tii navy <l?*f>urtarinounrcs tli; (
(in) I tilled SI il t >' s I tU t I I" <ll ip I clllH'S* !
now al I'm I lowiisend, Wash.,
has .t'V? ral cases of smallpox on
hoard. TIhto Iihk bt'on oiif ilealh.
Cnbfi in Depot for Babies.
New Orleans, L.a.- Cribs for rent
I infants in the several pa. . i n^er
depot s oi New Orleans constitute a
rather novf I feature of I lie woik of
lie Xfw Orleans J Tavelers' Aid society.
Tallahassee Veggmen Buried.
Tallahassee, Fla. ? "Tenno.HHoe
Dutch" and Ins accomplice, whose re
? < nt attempt to rob Mm Tallahassee
poslomco was thwarted by young
I'at 11 H a 111 h who shot and killed boTIi
tho crook*, were buried, both in one
Pliave l hi> younger of l lie two yi-KK
iii<-it wiis never identified.
No Publicity of Corporation T.ix.
Waehintgon, D. C. There will he
no publicity of corporation lax re
turns iinlesH c'ongreaH providen the
money to dlKplay tiio returns, and it
In not believed thai an appropriation
will 1)0 iriado.
7*
HOPE TO CORE CANCER.
N?j7 York Doctors Try System ol Inoculation
or Vaccination.
Albany, N. Y?A strong liopo ot
curing cancer, or at least greatly
ameliorating the condition ol' cancer
patients by means of inoculation, is
held out in the report of llarvey K.
Uaylord, director ot the Cancer Lab(irntni'v
rwf tlm /i........i..?
health at lUihulo. This hope lb basuil
on extended experimentation during
tiie past year in the inoculation or
vacciuution of various animals, mainly
rats, with tho cancer virus.
"It appears," says tho report, "that
where ttie resistance of the animal Is
not (sufficiently awakened by one inoculation
of tho tumor, this resistance
can be heightened by repeated
dotes and, in h considerable proportion
of easeu, immunity can be raised
to a point which will bring about a
cure.
"It in needless to point out' that
this process of repeated vaccination,
which has cured in the proportion of
25 to 40 111 rats, migut well be apI
plied to those cases of late cancer
I in huuian beings in which surgery has
| nothing to oiler and the outlook Is
hopeless.
"As we strongly urged the legislature
in previous reports, the time has
come when we should begin experimentation
with human beings. Funds
sufficient to enable us to maintain
ttn patients, is the least amount which
can be of value if this work is to
be undertaken."
Statistics are given to snow that
cancer continues to increase. The reports
says that in tho United States
it bus increased from 9 per 10u,uuu
population ill lhf>0 to 42 in J5M)0, an
live rug e of about CG in 19U1, ana an
average of more than 70 in 11)015."
WANT PEARFS PROOFS.
Congress Must Be Shown Before Giving
Him Medal.
Washintgon, D. C?Members of the
house may demand that Robert' 1*J.
Peary exhibit his proofs to tli?' world
before voting him a Keld medal and
the (hanks of congress. It. was learned
that the naval committee was not
entirely lllianilliims on Hie tirmmui.
lion of beutowiUK honor on ino uiw
covervr of tu? pole.
One of the leaders of the house,
who declined to allow the use of bin
name, said that he was opposed to
accepting the proofs of Mr. Peary
that he discovered the polo, merely
because the National (leo^raphic so
elety had accepted them. lie charged
a preconceived prejudice in favor of
Peary on the part of tin; society, and
said that, before congress took this
step, the verdict of this socle.y
should be confirmed J \ otlu r xrinti.
titic bodies of the world.
Several members have expressed
opposition to the proposed J Vary
honors, and one or two have threatened
to discuss vigorously the matter
on tliti floor If it is brought up.
CASE PUZZLES PHYSICIANS.
Woman in Fine Health After Ten
Years of Coma.
Detroit, Mich.?Alter ten years of
unbroken melancholia, Mrs. Alexander
Tanneiiholz, aged fifty, has awakened
in perfect health. ll?*r ease
llir/?.les lib VKii-iunK mill
'JYn yours ago Mrs. Tannenholz
was active in the social 1 if? of the
city. Suddenly a pall It'll over her
mind. She lost interest in everything
ami experts said her case whs hopeless.
At times she did not oven recognize
members of her household.
Two weeks ago she entered the
kitchen, where her daiiKhter was preparing
a meal. With no signs of
strangeness ^he took up the task of
preparing tho dinner as she had done
(< n years ago, before her illness. Her
mind is completely recovered.
Living is Cheaper in Alaska.
Seattle, Wash. Interior Alaska
naiiKK, ii is; reported here, have reduced
interest <>it loans from 'A to 1
per cent per month. Seattle bankers
attribute the cut to reduced cost of
livtiiK and operating expenses in the
north.
Newsy Paragraphs.
Jicalizinic lie was about to die and
that Ins two cats, bis constant companions,
and only solace, mi^ht
niiuvc, rjiiyuor, !i met y-eight
.years old, of H' Lou::', crawled more
ihull a niii?- lo Peg a noighhor lo cantor
Hum 11 expired muttering
plaintiv? I> : "1'i #mI my eats."
Mayor K A. Itin;*e of Chicago hafi
appoiui d a ( ominittee of nineteen
men lo lay plans lor tiie lirst nation
al < (iiut'iiiion oi c ii> officials and on>- ,iin ?
i - for ti.> purpose of standard
111K i'?n Olfe, JM'cifii'Hl iolis. TIlO COII\?ntioli
is io |ji! held in Chicago February
u i tu I'rohahly forty cities
will he p'prs-Miicd ai Ihe gathering,
among I hem i>eiiiK Pittsburg, Kail
l..iko CH.v, Milwaukee, Wilmington,
I ? )., Minneapolis, Si. I'aul, New OrU'ai
, lvansa Clly, l)ayton, Den
Mi .,n?:s. sow ark. X i ami .vnoi vi!l?>
I'lie .M< xli mii political refuge*;, Inez
Unit*, alt r holng held for eighty
days in ,la(l hi San Antonia, Tex.,
was frei d for t Li u hccoihi t i mo liy
('(iiiiniissiuin I- Scott, wlio said Mexico
h.nl ailn iit' i Kin/ to In? u. political
prisoner.
.-\ ti t og ra pliH, I < * I tori and other docui.
? nts in i!i liandwi itin^s of John
Adam. , John Qninej Adantn. Klhridgo
tliir> and other of revolutionary
lllllll have ,:. I |n i|| llif (lOM'll of in
ItOHtoii at a . ale of effecttl from the
estate ol the Ke\ Joseph Willard.
v. no \\a. pr? lideni of Harvard shortly
after the revolution An autograph
htlel- uril 1.1*11 I>v lleneilii t Arnold in
M;ijor lii-iKMal ?1 ?tt -?, in tli< course
of mid oi i in- < ;iui|>aiKfi8 of Uiu rov
olullon, brtiuglu $1-1
lu ran.<<! tii<- (altlo hot.wucn the
Mugdal<-n islands mid Capo North in
broken and will not I. i-paired until
warm t li inhabitants of tin?
island liiivc reported (d iho ancient
w ay of transmitting message* and
mail. A lieav) l?arr? I, containing betvwen
i weni> and forty letters pealed
in ( tins, w.v-. picUnd up on t.h? Capo
Mreton oaxt by percoiiH living neur
111< whore. 'I'lie l?Mte|f. wcro recelv?<j
by ine po-toll'iee autlioritirR and duly
sri.i to iIim respective ail<1 r(:s.4?H. The
t kick had carried tin- barrel mxt.v
miles across the kuIi of j<i Lawrence
in ten <lays.
A narrow wage railway Ik to b(
const met u<| to the slle of th& Harden
of Mden, which Sh- V\illltiiu WUIcookn,
British advisor lo the TuiklHh minis
ter of public work*, thinku he has
located T.ie spot is ail otiflls rtltuat
ed in Hie center of a vast donolHtv
plain traversed by four arms of the
Mil ph rates. It Is located about t\v?.
hundred and llfty kilometers nort
of f'.axdud
Mnjoying ills usual vigorous health,
Henry WntterHon, editor ??f the Com
ier-Journal, has just celebrated his
seventieth birthday at Naples on-th<
ku if, Fla., where ho is spending lite
winter with Mrs. Watternon.
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TAFT WANTS RESULTS
Hurry Orders Given By President
to Congress.
TO HEM PARTY MS
President Taft Tells Republicans That He Will
Send a Special Messege to Congress Unless
They Push Measures Promised by Platform.
Washington, D. C.?In effect President
Taft said to Home of tho senate
leaders whom ho called to the
white house:
"Why don't you push measures to
redeom platform pledges while the
bouse is dealing with appropriation
hills. You are moving too slowly.*'
It 1 o .... i.l I,,, I. i Ki. .,,4 ...L. I??
patience with the degree of progress
made thus far toward the enactment
Oi "Taft policy" bills.
The president will continue his personal
interviews with individual leadera
of the houso and senate and if thin
course does not avail to promote
apeedy action in congress on the
measures referred to. it is entirely
possible that he may feel called upon
to send a special message to congress
placing the responsibility where it belongs.
as a result 01 me interview senators
said tho following program liKd
been decided upon:
The almost hopeless tangle in which
the Root and Smoot amendments have
ensured the postal savings hank bill
will receive attention at a conference
to be held in the rooms ol' tho ilnance
committee, of which Senator Aldrich
is chairman. When whipped into
shape, the postal savings banks bill
isi to displace the Alaska legislative
council bill as the unfinished business,
the latter to be laid aside with the
nrohlems that cannot be solved nt
tho present session.
Tho administratton railroad bill is
to be reported from the committee on
interstate commerce dnring the next
week and force put behind it to pans
it without material amendment. The
several conservation bills are to be
perfected by a special committee of
western senators, appointed by
Chairman Nelson from the membtrship
of the committee 011 public lands
ami these measures are to be reported
to the senate as rapidly as completed.
i in* ami injunction mil is to inconsiderud
by the Judiciary committec
at i(s meeting next Monday. Statohood
legislation, which already has
been reported from the committor on
territories, is not to be permitted to
lag and probably will receive attention
as soon hs the postal savings
bunk bill is out of the way.
This program includes neither the
federal incorporation bill nor ship
subsidy legislation, although the latter
is likely to pass the senate without
much debate. It will meet dilHcult
hurdles in the house.
Senators Carter, Month and Heyerrarrii'ri
In the caoitol l'rcuidant
I Tart's views ot the (Inlays encountered
| by tho bills contained in his program,
i They report that there could be no
mistaking the president's temper. The
postal savings hank bill gave him the
most concern, it was said, because the
opposition that had developed to such
legislation did not appear to him to
be based on :*ound principles.
PARAFFIN-COATED EGGS,
Nearly a Million of the Eggs Wer?
imported From Europe.
New York City. ? Paraffin-coated
e^ps from Kurope, nearly a milliou
of which were imported this week,
were placed on sale by hundreds of
New York retailers at 3 cents ,to S
cents a dozen less than the price of
American cold storage eggs.
At th<> same time there came the
announcement from market men that
i American heef exported by way of
j New York to London is selling there
I at. ;{ cents to "i ofnlK lo?? limn ili*>
| price asked here. Tiio wholesale
i beef prices, according; to this state|
nient, wen* as follows:
London-American fro/on beef, per
I pound, X Ml (o ! cents.
I New York-American frozen beef,
per pound, 11 12 to 14 cents.
U. S. and Mexico Boundary Dispute.
Austin, Texas. As a result ol a
vi^it from II. II Ward, attorney for
the city <if 101 I'aso, (lovernor ('ampbell
addressed ii letter to President
Tail calling his aitention to the no
if<-to?n.y 1(11 ;i sei l H'llirni <>1 IIH' DOlin
dary lino <1 i.spnl?> between the I'nited
States and Mexico affecting a portion
! of Kl I'aso. Tho territory in dispute
lias a population of about ">.'>'??>, with
taxable values ol -f .oou.uoo, and lias
be? ii invaded by squatters claimitiK
property under M'\icaii authority,
i wiio threaten the uso of arms to
hold tin* lands
Five Past Century Mark.
Now York City. There are throe
women and two nun who huvu all
pas.s< (I the century mark in the homo
ot the Daughters of Jacob, an Kast
Hide, institution for the aged. Mrs.
ICsther Davis, the oldest inmate, is
116 years old. The others aro Men Jel
Diamond, 108; .1 Kirvin, 10!{;
Mrs. Itessio Kalmanson, lou, and Mr*.
I Kftcliol .Marcus, 101.
National Park on Kcnnesnw.
Wauhington, D. C. Senator ('lay
lias Introduced a bill providing foi iik>
?.'8lnhlishment of a national military
park on KwiiH'HRW mountain, in Cobb
county, (ieorpfla, ami appropriating the
sum of |2n.noo to acquire one hun
tired and sixty acres on l.ho mountain.
Racing Cost Col. Chinn $200,000.
Jacksonville, Fla. facing al Mon*
oriel was completely overshadowed
by the announcement of 1', T. chinn
of Lexington, Ky., to tin; effect that
lie would sell his entire string of
I IMM IMI^UIll I'llH IHT1! .WIU'CII ill |)i|t)
lie auciioii. Colonel I'hinn, in KpeakiiiK
of liis intended disposal, stated
tliul lie and ills connections were
ovT $200,000 loser to the mooting,
witli little hopes of |?etliiiK it. back,
and also owing to the chaotic condi
tion of tlio American turf, lie has decided
to cast his lot in Prance.
Steamer Burned.
Dnrien, Ga. The steamer John ('.
Mallonec, owned t>y Captain Winn
and others, was destroyed by Ore at
the Dnrien dock. Tho loss Is $8,G00.
Abolish Credit System.
Jackson, Miss.--AKriculLural rerolu
tlon for Mississippi is advocated l>\
tjovcriior Noel In a apocial message
m>-nt to the legislature urging the en
actinont of a law prohibiting th? k'v
in* of mortgages on growing cropn.
Tli 1? custom is at prt>Hont the bantu
of the agricultural system, and the
law, If enacted, will practically abolIan
the credit ayHtein in the rural
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LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
The heaviest ice crop of the last
thirty years la being harvested in
Chicago, and by the timo the season
la closed, a week or ten day* honoe,
2,500,000 tona will have been stored
in the ice houses that supply Chicago.
There will be no decline in price,
however, to tho small consumer.
Governor Shaforth nud Chief Justice
Bteele of Colorado have issued a
signed statement to contradict the assertion
made by Kev. Dt\ Underhill
of Denver before th,e City club of New
York. Reverend underhill said that
he indorsed from observation an articlo
by an unnamed woman aiming
to show that suffrage had demoralized
the women of Colorado and "that
ten thousand women of tbe underworld
controlled the elections in the
city of Denver." The governor and
the judgu say these statements are ?
untrue nml iho wmnon "* ? ?
ratio are the ogual of any In refinement,
oducatiou and feminine graces,
none of which qualities hare bean
damaged by their fifteen years of participation
in public affairs, while the
government has immeasurably improved
by sucu participation. They
suy also that out of the thirty thousand
women who voted iu Denver last
fall not more than four hundred were
in auy wise connected with the underworld.
Owing to a disagreement about the
conditions imposed by William C.
l'roctor of Cincinnati on his offer of
1500,000 for 'a graduate school at
Princeton, that xift has now been
loet, and with it nearly as much more
which had been raised for a similar
purpose. President Wilson had insisted
upon maintaining the right of
tae university to carry on the grade
work in anv wav tli.-it micht h<>uit>
best to himself mul the trustees, and
in thin attitude the hoard wustuined
hin\.
"We are not getting hold of th?
college men," stud Professor Hhaler
Mathews of the University of Chicago,
in an address bei'ore tb? Chicago
Methodist preachers' meeting in ta?
First Methodist Church, in too many
cases the college man has an idea
that his education lias raised him I
ahove tho conceptions of the religious
mind. "1 don't believe the natural
man likes Jesus Christ." 1 don't
believe he goes to Christ naturally,
I but rather to l'llate. Let uh not only
i send missionaries to China, but alsu
to the modern man."
Washington.
A delegation or Crow Indiana name
here to see President Talt. One of
the bravea had a war shirt mad? by
a squaw on the Montana reaervatioa
which he intended to present to toe
president. lie failed to uink? the
j presentation when lie found that Uiu
shirt wan ontlrly too ainall for l'realdeut
Taft.
rremuent rait conrerred with Seni
ators iieveridge, Borah and Carter at
the white bouse and told them to ?axpedi&te
tiie administraiion U-giulative
I program. The president wanUs kieuator
iieveridge to get the Arizona-New
Mexico statehood bill through the
senate, and Senator Carter to push
along the postal savings bank propo*
| sition.
| In a message to congress the pre?ident
askod that provision be made
lor recompensing those employe* of
the government working 011 the l'an.
uina canal.
A story going the rounds in Wnsh!
iugton that, anti-administration repubi
licans liave dispatched Gilson Gard
n?r, a well known newspaper writer,
to meet Colonel Roosevelt when he j
comes out of the African jungle and
lay before him the entire political '
situation as it has developed during J
his absence. .Mr. Gardner is very '
riusc uj iuv lormei |iieisiu?'iil. rie
It'ft Washington quietly about two i
w^eks ago, and it was learned that
he had gone to Kgypt, and would
meet th? former president in Cairo
when he comes down thu Nile.
Senator Tillman's "pitchfork" Ho- !
quence in condemnation of former
President Roosevelt ? appointment of
a negro solicitor of customs at Charleston,
S. C., which has lain in the
i senate clouet for e*eciittvo f?ecretn i
for more than two years, will be glv- I
I en to the public. The senate ordered j
I the injunction of the secrecy removed
from all of its records in the case |
of Dr. William Cruin.
Former President Xelaya intends
to publish a hook defending nis Administration
in Nicaragua, criticising
Secretary Knox and the Htttt?- depart '
mini and charriiiK that intrigues set 1
afoot ami maintained through Central ,
AiiKtiira ami in Washington by a I
largo mining company were tlx- cause j
of his downfall J tint before sailing
lor ICuropo from Vera Cruz, Zelaya |
confiding to a friend, according to J
private advices which have found j
their way to Washington charged the
HutterKCarthwaite mining Interests
I ii f Sin 1 v:nli ii" uilli lu'iiip riiKiinvwililA
I for nis reverses.
Seventeen out of eighteen pension
ag< ucles scattered throughout various J
portions of tin*, country are abolished ;
under the terms of Die pension appro- i
print ion bill reported to t ht* housr, j
when* in no appropriation i.s recom |
mended for tiio offices. The one remaining
otllce in locatVd in Washing- J
ton and the usual appropriation for <
its maintenance i.s made. Tne pen- j
slon bill carries $ I.ri{i, 174,001), which is >
a decrease of Sf>.000.000 from Inst. !
! your. Tin; seventeen agencies (tins
rut off an- liiiatI'd in Augusta, Me.;
i Huston, lluffalo, Chicago, ('olumbuB,
; O ; Comord, N. II ; f)('K Moines, l)e
; troil, Indianapolis, Knoxvillo, I?ul?ville,
Milwaukee, New York City,
Philadelphia, I'lttsburg, San Francisco
and Topeka, Kan.
'1 lie anii;>uii( oinont that (lie Inked
States will grant Its mininiiiiu tariff
rates to Japan which was cowin^ind!
rd to tho foreign ofllce at Tokyo by
i Ambassador O'Mrien and published in
| all .lapanesi! newspapers, has been rereived
by tho couiinercial interest!! of
[ the I'inpire with the greatest satisfaction
and created an exrellent iiiiprvsJ
sion generally It was stated at the
: foreign office that the .lapam so goveminent
never had doubted that the |
j United States would tlnis reciprocate
I tii-jivine t/i I hi* w/trld Hilif A in?rU>n I
desired tho best of trade relation*
with this country.
Not only are the farmers of the
country not to recoive any additional
rural free delivery ronton until July
I, hut after that date the extension
of routes will he curtailed to u greater
extent than hau be?n the practice
since the origiu of the service. '17ie
report from tho postolllce committee
Ik In tliM ftffnr't flint tl)4? fniniii i 11 Mia i?
going to allow h paltry three hundred !
thounanri dollara for Lno cxt.ei)Hl?u of
rural free dolivory. For several yearn
the rural froo delivery service has
been getting $1,230,000. This In cut
threo-fourtha hy the poatofllce cornmitteo.
Economy la the reason p.bnigned.
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pMrnrarETEws
Saluda, 8. C.?Thefc6rn contest for
Saluda county rccewy put on foot
is attracting attontfn and numbers
of tho farmers in tio county aro internum?
to enter, 'liie plan is a siml?lo
one,' it being Uib: Every one entering
tho contest >s required to deposit
a dullur to ^ common fun&,
and tiie winner to ^ot as many dol
mrs us mero lire c*itcfttants. Those
9ntering are to mcL hero 011 or before
the 1st day oil April and formulate
rules governtnAtli6 conteat -and
adopt tlio plan by wiich to dctermlno
who the winner 'may bo.
Each one entering 1h at liberty to
plant any kind of <j>rn he Bees lit,
prepare hits acre as ll; chooses, cultivate
and frrtili/e as hfs Judgment may
dictate. The Held Is open to all. To
i ?e onw iiwiKiuK most corn on one
aero of land In the county for 1910 tho
prize goes.
One of the stipulations is that each
contestant shall kwep an accurate
statement showing how and when he
plants, with what atul how much fertilizer
heauHCK and his plan of cutlivation.
The one winning will bo asked
to furnish this information for
publication in the state and county
press.
Washington, D. C.?Tho following
were the amounts for South Carolina
in the rivers and harbors bill, presented
in the house: Winyah Hay
$150,000; Charleston harbor $?50,000;
Little. Pee Deo liver, $20,000; Great
l'ee De river, $30,000 Sant.ee, Wateree
and Congnree rivers and KathervilleMinlni
Cr?ek Canal, $05,000.
Rock Hill, 8. C.?The Practice Homo
has been enjoying spinach, radishes
and lettuce raised In tholr own garden
by the students who aro making
a f>tudy of elementary agriculture.
Washington, D. C. ? Congressman
Patterson of Barnwell, who was taken
ill here a few days ago, hat? lx>cn
moved from his apartments at the
Falcon to CJeoige Washington University
Hospital, thin city. The physicians
in attendance stata that lie was
somewhat improved, but as yet it
cannot be said just what the result
of his illness will he. The heart is
affected and entire cessation from
business of all kinds will bo necessary.
Greenville, 8. C.?A charter was isbv
th?! seeretarv of state to I ho
Spartanburg and Greenville Railway
Company,with a capital stock of $100,000.
The company proposes to operate
tin el?ctrical railway between the city
of Greenville and tho city of Spartanbun.
The principal place of business
of the company is to lie at Greenville.
The officers of the company are Oh as.
W. Kills, president; 11. H. Price, vice
president, and C. H. Yates, secretary
and treasurer.
The road In to be 31 miles in length,
commcncing at the city of Greenville,
tiie road will pass through the townships
of Butler and Chick Springs, in
Greenvilcl county, and Spartanburg,
in Spartanburg county. The road will
haul freight, passengers and mail.
? C.?Tlii> Onnwl C^nm
mandery, Knights Templar, of South
Carolina, held its annual conclave In
the city.
Officers for 1910 were elected, an'
Charleston was voted as the place to
hold the next conclave. The officers
elected were: Right Kminent Commander,
George T. Hryan, Greenvilfe;
V. E. Deputy Grand Commander, Newton
E. Walker, Spartanburg; 10. Grand
Generalissimo, W. W. Lumpkin; iC.
Grand Captain General, George S.
Mower, Newberry; K. Grand Senior
Warden, Zeb Davidson, Chester; K.
Grand Junior Warden, W. 1'. Miller,
ltennetlnvllle; Grand Treasure, Alex
I,indst roin. Charieston : Grand He
corder J. \1. Diven, Charleston.
Camden, S. C?The doeding of children
l>y their parents may yet become
popular. A deed of two children in
tliis county was a few days ago tiled
with the clerk of court, in this case
the mother wan making the deed. Mrs.
A,igeline Rollins executed a deed of
her two children, Thomas Rollins,
aged i 1 years, and (Jertrudo Rollins,
aged three years, to Mr. Reuben llinson,
tin- deed reciting that she i.s unable
to provide for said children a
proper support and maintenance, and
that their father is away and refuses
10 I.<.! , I,. fur
Greenville, S. C.- It was announced
that $f>2,tM)<> had been raised for a
V. M I!. A. building in lireeuvllle.
Til is in the result of a nine-days' campaign,
which was vigorously prosecuted
by two active committees of
men and a (.elf-constituted committee
of women.
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
....It is announced that i'rot. \V. K.
Tate df Charleston will be added to
the department of education 111 tins
state in tin position ol supervisor ot
oleinentari rural schools. The position
is made possible by the money
appropriated tor this purpose by the
l'eabody board and the southern education
board.
....The Carlisle bill defining the duty
of probata courts with relation to minors
passed the sonate with minor
amendments. Senator Carlisle, the
author, urged the passage of tae bill,
explaining that it 1h needed legislation.
and 1'ivini' a 1111111Iti i* of <>vumnloit
where youthful violators of the law,
bill not yet criminals have been hope
h'Kslv lost its possible good and useful
citizens by being sunt to prison
and being necesnurlly asociated wim
hardened criminals.
....Without precedent iu tlio states
history Ik a parole granted by Governor
Aiim 1 to Charles May, the Kock
Hill embezzler, who was sentenced to
serve three years in prison. Young
May was paroled for six months, and
lie will be brought to Columbia to be
treated in the tuberculosis hospital
at the state penitentiary. It will be
recalled that .May was tried oniy h
lew months ago ut Kock Hill, ajul, al
though his shortage was mado'good,
ho was convicted on the charge 01
embezzlement..
....The house Dually decided to give
only 43 schoalrshlpfl for the University
that is one from each county In
(he Htate. The ways and mean' hill
provided for 8C.
....The weak schools of the state are
to receive the sum of $60,000, according
to the house hill thai has hepu
passed and will no douht get hy the
Henate. The sum of $20,000 was givtfu
lust year. Vrhe hill is hy Representative
Garris and It was passed on account
of the most excellent showing
mado with tho $20,000 lunt year.
....Warren H. llra/oll, who kllleifl IiIh
youngest brother, Melton llrazell, in
tho country about 14 months ago, waf
pardoned by (Jov. Ansel.

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