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A , - '-'vv, 'ifaa , 'v. v \JL Jl- /&L V| '' ' C - v ' i ,,a raw $1.50 A YEAK ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1914. ESTABLISHED 1844 r:m aMA * A' LONG DELAY ON TRUST BILL SENATE COMMITTEE PULLED OFF QUITE A SURPRISE MONDAY THE CLAYTON BILL Will Be Considered By the Senate Before It Acts Upon Other Measures Before It Washington, June 8.?A new com plication in the way of early action on anti-trust legislation in the Sen ate appeared today when the judiciary committee decided to take up the Clayton anti-trust bill for considera tion. The committee fias not,,, con sidered many subjects dealt with in the bill, such as interlocking directo rates and holding companies, and with a wide divergance of opinion as to the manner in which their prohi bition should be attempted, several weeks probably will pass before a re port can be made to the Senate. The committee adjourned again to meet in a week, when it is expected to decide the question of public hear ings on the bill. The Clayton bill, as it passed the House, contains the provision specif ically exempting labor and other or ganizations from anti-trust laws, and this probably will lead to lengthy dis cussion in the committee. Senator Kprn. leader of the majority, said to day that the Senate would legislate on " this line in some form. # <; While the judiciary is consider- ? ing the Clayton bill, the interstate j. commerce committee will also con- ^ tinue its analysis of many of the sub- j, jects covered in that measure. Chair- t man Newlands announced that the s decision of the judiciary committee would not influence his committee and ^ that he intended to go ahead as if an- ^ other committee had not entered the a anti-trust legislation field. Mr. Newlands intends this week to c lay before the Federal trade com- ? mission, approved by his committee j anrf vprtirai with the measure Dassed ? by the House. a There were more evidences today of t opposition in the commerce commit- ? tee to the trade commission bill. Sen ator Lippitt, who opposed the motion to report it last Week, issued a state ment vigorously criticising its pro visions. He said the bill is not de- 1 signed to aid business in any way and has no constructive powers at all; that "to discuss the one guilty person, 1 it puts the 999 innocent ones under t an intolerable suspicion and unjus- fc tiflable trouble and expense," and s the 150,000 business concerns it af- I fects $20,000,00 annually to respond r to its demands." > c , I THAW ASKS FOR BAIL . r Case Has Come to the Supreme Court 0 of the United States. [ I Washington, June 8.?Application a was today filed in the supreme court by counsel for Harry K. Thaw for, hifc release on bail pending consideration by the court of the extradii otcnasc ( by the extradition case on which thfc State of New York is seeking to re move him from New Hampshire. r The application was based cn the J, statement that it was necessary for ^ Thaw to go to Pittsburgh to attend the ^ hearing in the Orphans' court over the t settlement of his father's estate. t The petition urged that Thaw should ^ therefore go ,untrammt|led by any, custodian. The court win proDamy an -1 Chief Justice White gave the State nounce its action Monday of New York until Friday to file a brief in opposition to the plea for Thaw's release. FLOATING IS THE RIVER Body of Young Lady of Baltimore IV*1* Found Yesterday. Baltimore, June 8.?The body of MiS3 Ella Winter, of Baltimore, who had been missing from her home since last Thursday, was found floating in the Patapsco river near Curtis Bay to day. D. Meredith Reese, Jr., said Thurs day evening that after a motorboat ride he landed her at their starting point to enable her to catch a rar for Baltimore That was the last time he saw her. Miss Winter was thirty years old and a stenographer. Left Her Huuband $1. Los Angles, Cal., June 8?Leaving ? a will, bequeathing $1 to her husband c Charles A. Purcell, a broker in Chi- ? vago, Mrs A. G. Purcell, ended her ^ life today by inhaling an, anaesthetic ^ in a hotel apartment. The rema'nder ? of her estate was left to her daughter- ? in-law. c c On Having Friends. C On the psychology of having friends: Dr.* George A. Coe said at the last meeting of the American Psychologi cai association that the naive under standing would assert, first, that what each friend enjoys is the other friend, not merely goods to me mediated by him, and, second, that the reason why a giver is valued above his gift ie that a giver has experiences. We value objects not only as experienced, but as having experiences. The sayings, "There is continuity of substance be tween minds," and "Individuals over lap," do not sufficiently account for the value attached to "having" a friend. He says, in effect, that psy chology is "up a stump" in its attempt either to deny or to translate into oth er terms the simple assertion that one enjoys a "second experiencing" through friendship. FLETCHER PRAISES CHARLESTONIAN Wm. A. Moffett Commended For Part He Took at Vera Cruz; Beaufort Man's Work Washington, June 8.?Two South Carolinians in the navy are conspic iously mentioned by Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher in his detailed re port ou the. capture of Vera Cruz, \pril 21 and 22, which was given to he press here today. Commander William A. Moffett is commended in the following para graph : "Attention is invited to the conduct >f Commander W. A. Moffett, of the Chester; Commander H. 0. Stickney >f the Prairie, and Commander W. K. iarrison of. the San Francisco. Commanders Moffett and Harrison >rougni iiieir smps iu iuc uiuu uai - ior during the night of the 21-22 with mt assistance of pilot or navigational ights, and were in position on the oorning of the 22nd to use their guns it a critical time with telling effect n the final advance of our men. The kill of Commander Moffett in moor ng his ship at night was specially no iceable. He placed her nearest the memy aDd did most of the firing and eceived most of the hits.' Snrgeon Elliot. Of Brigade Surgeon M. S. Elliot Ad oiral Fletcher says: "Eminent and conspicuous in the fficient establishment and operation if the base hospital and in the cool udgment and supervising first-aid sta ions on the firing line and removing he wounded." Brief biographs of Commander Mof ett and Surgeon Elliot are appended iy the navy department as follows: Commander William A. Moffett was torn in Charleston, S. C., October 31, 869 and eptered the naval service as naval cadet 'from South Carolina >n September 6, 1886. During the Ipanish-American war he served on oard the Charleston and Baltimore.' le was promoted to Commander on larch 4, 1911, and at the present he 3 serving as commander of the Ches- ; er. His home address is 55 Broai treet, Charleston, S. C. Surgeon Middleton S. Elliot was 1 iorn in Beaufort, S. C? October 15, 1 872 and Entered the naval service as n assistant surgeon from South Car ilina October 6, 1896. During the ' Spanish-Americn war he served on ioard the Parter. the New York, the ndiana and the Oregon. He was pro noted to surgeon Marsh 3, 1903, and 1 ,t the present time is serving on board he Florida. His home address is Jeaufort, S. C. THE HARYESTER "TRUST"' Mne of $25,000 Under Mission's Laws Is Permitted to Stand, Washington, June 8.?Missouri's an i-trust laws, attacked as unconstitu ional because they exempt labor a-m tinations, were upheld today by the upreme court. At the sami time the Kentucky anti-trust statutes-were an - lulled because of the endeavor of Ihe ommonwealth to exempt tobacco >ools from their operation. As a result of the decision the judg aent of the> Missouri' Supreme court msting form the State and fining the nternational Harvester Company of , unerica $25,00 for being a member of ' , "trust," was affirmed. PUSHING SOUTHWARD Jen. Carranza will Push His Armies To The Capital. i El Paso, Tex., June 8.?General Car anza's special train supposedly ar ived at Saltillo today where tbe con- ( titutionalist comamnder-incbief will eestablish his tovernment and reply | o the Niagara Falls mediators. But his is not definitely known. a3 the elegraph has been crippled by heavy ains. It was stated definitely that Gener- ' il Villa departed today from Chthua ma City to begin the campaign to the outh. He stopped at ^anta Rosalia vhere he will remain peveral days, it i vz.s said. WILL VOTE TODAY rhe Flood of Oratory In the Senate Has Run Down. Washington, June 8.?Debate, in op icsitio nto the Panama Canal tolls ex myiiuu icpccn uttupicu a* iu;. ia/uuj n the senate and frustrated efforts to each a vote on the repeal bili. Sena ors Poindexter, Martine and Smith, of Iichigan, spoke during the day, and enator Smith will continue tomor ow. Administration leaders declared to ight that they expect to rea^h i vote n the Morris-Simmons amendment hv 000000000000000000 0 Snow Two and One-half Inches o Paris, June 8.?Two and a o half inches of snow and hail fell o in one section of Paris tnight, o and the spectacle was witnessed o of. horses struggling through o snow on a June day in the Ave- o nue des Champs Elysees. The o temperature was forty degrees o fahrenheit. o o oot??ooooooooooooooo Manners Maketh Man. P. Hopkinson Smith, in one of his sketches, lamented that in the hurry and rush which obtain in the present era good manners has become con spicuous by their absence, saying: "We live so fast that we have not time to be polite." His lament is recalled by a story told by a lady from Vir ginia who lately visited New York. The story was about a prayer credited to "Uncle Nat," an old darky who had served for many years as butler in the house. The prayer concluded in this wise: "Make me so lib dat when Ah does Ah will know what to say when Ah meets mah Hebenfy Mas ter?so he sure Ah done had proper raisin' and learnt ma manners." VtS-t v' SECTY. BRYAN ^nniPT" FOR HIS GOING OUT ON THE CHAUTAUQUA LECTURE PLATFORM BILL IS INTRODUCED To Make It a Criminal Offense For a Member of Cabinet to Lecture ror money Washington, June 8.?Secretary Bryan's lecture tours cropped up in the House again Monday when Repre sentative Britten, of Illinois, Republi can, introduced a bill to make a pen al offense for any cabinet officer, head or clerk, of a government department, to lecture for pay other than actual hotel and traveling expenses, and to prohibit senators or representatives from lecturing for pay while Congress is in sesison. Offenders would be fined ?10,000 or imprisoned for two yers or suffer both penalties. Mr. Britten launched a broadside in a statement accompanying his bill, in which he spared no political party, and included Senator LaFolleite and Rep resentative Murdock. He said: "This bill was prepared last Sep tember, but was not introduced when Secretary Bryan formally declared that he would lecture no more during the period. The recent announcement from Philadelphia that several mem- I bers of Congress und the dist'rguished f secretary of stata had signed contracts c for a period of the beginning of July s 1, is responsible for my bill. g "I am at a loss to understand how E the secretary can consistently leave his office when a state of war prac- e tically exists between this country and . Mexico and the foreign policy of our , government is being laughed at by every civilized nation on earth. This J certainly is no time for Mr. Bryan to 1 be hiking around the country doing one night stands with tyrolean yod lers. contortionists and sleieht of-hand I artists, and I am equally opposed to members of 'congress doing this sort of thing when congress is in session. "The Philadelphia announcement de clared that Secretary Bryan, Senator LaFollette and Congressman Murdock had signed contracts for lectures he ginning July 1. Speaker Clark last year concelled contracts at a loss to him, of $10,?J000, on account of his aversion to being away from Con gress. I purpose to ask the House ju diciary committee for a hearing witi a view to some action along this line.'" Secretary Bryan announced some time ago that all his lecture engage ments for. the coming summer were ccntnigent upon the State of foreign affairs and whether he could be away from Washington. Queen Esther. We were unavoidably prevented from attending Erskine College commencement, and heard but little of the closing exer cises of the Woman's College. v We did hear the admirable speech of Rev. Thorn well Jacobs, anniversary orator, and the UI1C1 UUt \JttlCIiy D^CUUU VI JL/1. </ u? Uiuu say in delivering some half dozen or more r medals to tho young ladies. An attractive feature of Wednesday's 8 Bntertalnmentwas the rendition of the de- 8 Llghtful old cantata, "Queen Esther," by local talent. * We have never enjoyed a performance 8 more; and the fact that the college had been disappointed in attempting to get a 0 curtain and the further fact that there was lack of professional training made the staging all the more natural. The en- v trance on and departure from the stage Beemed all the more natural, all the more a like real life in the great throne room of ^ the great Persian king. The principal parts, without exception, ' were rendered by singers of good voices, v several oT whom give promise of distinc tion in vocal music. Most of the per- 8 formers were known to us personally C which added greatly to the attraction of 8 the performance. Taking the two colleges at Due West to- I gether there is plenty of talent to give 4 one or more such performances annually, r and the training is well worth while. This & can be made not only one of the most at tractive features of the commencement, 0 but it can be developed Into an attractive h advertisement for the colleges In sur rounding cities. Miss Long and Mrs. 0. v Y. Bonner were doubtless the moving v spirits in directing the performance are o deserving of great praise. We would be glad for them to repeat the performance u in Abbeville next fall. 11 d At The Grand This Week. a Wednesday t "Mohamedan Conspiracy"?a two-reel t Tanhauser, scone of crime. "Race for a Bride"?Comedy. Thursday. r "Shorty's Strategy"?2 reel Bunco. "Navy Aviator"?American Friday. "Minature Portrait." "His Heritage." . "Beauty Lovers on the Farm." ""Forest Vampires." "Domino in Her Sleep." a a 0 S t 1 Death of au Infant. c V The sympathies of the community are q felt for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thompson, in ^ the death of their little son James Calvert, aged about one year. Funeral services 0 were held at the home at 9 ;30 o'clock last a Sunday morning. j COL. ROOSEVELT VISITS SPAIN There Was Some Newspaper Talk Before His Arrival, But No Other Interest Shown Madrid, Spain, June 8.?Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Madrid today to ittend the wedding of his son, Kermit md Miss Wyatt Willard, daughter of he American ambassador to Spain. A small crowd gathered at the sta ion. Police in plain clothes were listributed about the depot as a re mit of the publication of several lewspaper articles antagonistic to Colonel Roosevelt. The chief of po ice had feared the possibility of un riendly feeling being displayed but lone was shown. There was an affectionate greeting >etween Colonel Roosevelt and his ion, Kermit and his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Colonel Joseph 2. Willard, the Spanish ambassador, nembers of the embassy staff, the Spanish secretary of state, also were it the station to meet Colonel Roose relt. He was driven to the American smbassy. King Alfonso traveled on the same rain with Colonel Roosevelt for a lumber of miles with Colonel Roose relt but as each was unaware of the >resence of the other there was no neeting. The king will not be present at the vedding ceremony, but it is said he jrobably will meet Colonel Roose relt on Wednesday. WEST END. On last Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. jewisPerrin entertained in a most delipht ul manner several friends. On arrival a ool pnd tempting glass of mint julip was erved in the "den". In the parlor the ruests were delighted with the lovely usic from the victrola. The pieces played were many and varied It to every ones fastidious taste. Abo. * 1:30 a 8umputous repast was spread in he semi-parlor where every one did full naftnA in all fha rrrtrvH ihinrrc aof Knfnrn IIOUVA' UV (MA tUV 5WU lUliigO (7CU WIU hem. The evening was one of pleasure 0 all present, N The couple present were Mr. and Mrs. jawrence Parker, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. IcMurray, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jradley. The Ladles Beneovlent Society will hold t's regular meeting in the A. R. P. Church in Wednesday afternoon at five o.clock. ill members are urged to be present. Mrs. L. M. Fouche left for home on londay after a two weeks visit to her laughter Mrs. J. F. Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mahon are at lome to their friends up stairs In the iome of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Reiss. The friends of Mr R. L. Mabry, Mr. "rancis Mabry, and Miss Lucy Mabry are rrieved to hear of their sickness and hope or them a speedy recovery, Many of the college boys and girls .re getting home from their work and ex eot a jolly gcfod time during the cummer acation. Mr. Josh K. Billings spent {several days n Aflonfn loaf uranb E. F.White spent Sunday with his father t New Market. Alvin Wilkinson spent Sunday with his arents at Caronaca. Miss'All?na Mabry of Clinton is visiting elatives in the city. Miss Leila Link who has been attending chool In Spartanburg is at home for the ummer vacation. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bradley and IMlsses Idna and Mable Bradley went up to Clem on to attend the commencement. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Telford and daughter f Charllotto are spending several days 1 WllliamstonJ Mrs C. D. Kerr of Newberry Is on a lslt to her mother Mrs. L. W. White. Mrs. Susie Hill who Was been teaching t Bennetsville is at home for the summer acatlon. Miss Mary Quarles Link is at home rom Converse College for the summe acation. Misses Jane Morse Antionette Thomp on and Sarah Pen-in have returned from lollege for Women, Columbia, for the ummer vacation. Until further notice the Abbeville .library will be open every afternoon from :80 to seven o.clock, the reading and rest uuui nun uo vpou to me puDUC IroHI y A. 1. to 7 P. M. All those who wish to avail themselves f the privileges will find on the table the itest magazines and news-papers. The ladies would be glad if all straDgers fho visit the reading rnd rest room would rrite teeir names in the registry book n the hall table. This will afford them not only the pleas re of their autographs but the opportun ty of knowing the number of visitors uring each week. They desire also that all fines or over lues be paid as soon as possible and will ppreciate renewals of subscriptions on he part of those who have allowed such o lapse. This will enable them to secure the lat st books for Librar^ and also to meet iromptly all outstanding obligations, Another Still Capturee. Mr. C. J. Bruce, Rural Policeman, cap ured another still Monday night last, ,nd destroyed about 400 gallons of mash ,nd one gallon of whiskey. The still was wned and operated by Sam and H. H. ihaw, brothers, residents of Georgia, but hey crossed the S. C. line, and Officer Jruce, who is always on the alert for this lass of law-breakers, learned that they rare in the neighborhood of Moseley's )ld Fern', and immediately went to make he seizure. Oqly one man was at the still 'when the fflcer arrived, and he made his <3scape for , time, but was later "captured by Mr. Iruce. HUERTA FAILS . TO WORK BLUFF HIS GUNBOATS WILL NOT ATTEMPT BLOCKADE AT TAMPICO OUR NEUTRALITY Does Not Permit U. S. To Let Huerta Take Guns Away From the Constitutionalists Washington, June 8.?General Huer ta's orders Monday suspending the or der to blockade against Tampico against the delivery of ammunition by the Antilla to the Constitutionalists, serve'd' to dispel apprehension over a new crisis between the United States and Huerta, which had threatened me diation of Mexican affairs. . Though Washington officials ex pressed satisfaction over Huerta's ac tion, it was persistently suggested un officially that the blockade had been suspended only conditionally as. a re sult of conferences between the South American mediator, the Mexican and American delegates at Niagara Falls. It also was said that the Antilla might be diverted in her course through an agreement with officials of the Ward Line, "her owners, and an American corporation. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Secretary Daniels gave evidence of great relief over recent develop ments, which temporarily, at least, have saved another clash of arms. From no official source was there con firmation of the repdrts that Huer ta has no understanding with the me diators of the United States which would assure him that the Antilla's car go wAuld not be delivered. Mean while, nothing has been heard from th Antilla, which is due to arrive off Tampico Wednesday morning. Secretary Bryan was first Inform ed of Huerta's suspension of the blockade order by Mr. Riano, the Spanish ambassador, early in the day the secretary declined to discuss re lepuna iruui iNiagaia rauo iuai ucu eral Huerta had suspended his block ade order at the regust of the South American mediators pending settle mnt of the question s relating to an armistice. The Mexican gunboats Zaragosa and Brova, followed frm Puerto, Mexico, by the American cruiser Tacoma and gunboat Sacramento, reached Tam pico early today, The Mexican boats anchored in the Panuco river, some distance from Tampico, and Rear Ad miral Mayo conferred with their com-j manders. It is believed the order sus pending the blockade had not reached Tampico when the conference was held. Navy department heads assumed that Admiral Mayo discussed with the Mexican officers the extent of their authority and nature of their orders, and that he mifrht have entered to dissuade them from interference with commerce at Tapico. Secretary Daniels would not dis cuss the future course of the steamer Antilla. Department heads still main tained, however, that there had been no order to Admiral Badger since that of May 18, directing that Tampico be open to commerce: Secretary Daniels frankly stated that the Navy claimed no credit for the diplomatic maneuv ers which resulted in the blockade sus pension. Some department officials tonight ar gued that although the Antilla flies the Cuban flag, her American owners still were amendable to American cus toms and shipping laws, and that there was every reason to believe the com pany" would be prepared to give re spectful consideration to hints from the State department that it would prefer it not to land ammunition from the shores of the United States at Tam pico. At the State department it was pointed out that the record thus far would show that the administration had been acting with exact neutrality as between the federals and constitu tionalists. . Judge M. L. Stanton's Visit. Judge M. L. Stanton has returned from a trip to Florida, where he has been visit ing his son and two sons in law, all of them physicians, one of them a railroad physi cian. One son in law is Mayor of the city in which the Judge visited, and the other a very prominent physician. Everybody who knows Judge Stanton is fond of him, and no one could enjoy these annual trips more than our congenial friend. COSSACKS.CAN TUBE Rnsslan Officers Won Prize For Mili tary Horsemanship. London, June 8.?Russian cavalry officers today for the third year in succession won the $2,500 gold vase founded by the late King Edward VII for military horsemanship. The vase thus becomes the permanent property of Russia. The event, which is regarded as the most important Item on the program of the International Horse Show, attract iriAtif r?f t)ip FillrflTift9.T1 CU ICailiO iiUUA v??v exhibitors. ooooooooooooooooo Sea Doffs Slink A^ay. Washington, 'Jun|fc^,8.?R^ar Admiral Badger cabled the Navy department late tonight, that the Mexican federal gunboats Bravo and Zaragoza left Tampico for Puerto, Mexico, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. ooooooooooooooooo MORE HOPEFUL FOR END OF WAR j Mediation Outlook at Washington Is More Encouraging Than It Has Been ? Washington, June 8.?The general belief here is that the mediation out look is more hopeful in view of Huer ta's present attitude and there are many who believe General Carranza's answer to the recent note of the South American mediation envoys will pave ; the way for the reception of his delegates at he pea,ce conference. , Carranza's representatives here ex- J pect tohear Conditions on the west coast of Mexico, already bad for Huerta are becoming worse daily, according to Rear Admiral Howard's report. Not only only is there heavy fighting at Santiago and San Anita, lower Cali fornia, but Mazatlair is nearly starved i out and internal troubles are immi- ( nent. Admiral Howard has sent the Ana- ' pobis to Santa Rosa, Lower Califor- ' nia, to complete a' chain of wireless | commuication in view of the uncer- , tainty of the cables. He reports Thomas Fernandez, pre- ( sumably American, imprisoned at Te- < pic. , GftEAT YIELD SMALL GRAIN Is Being Reported?Wheat Crop Is the Largest In History of the County Washington, June Nine hundred million bushels of wheat, almost hall of the average world's production, and a new record for tne uniiea States in. the prospective total yield of the farms of the country, this year, the Department of Agicnltnre an nonnced today in its June Crop re port The enormons crop will be 187,000, 000 bnshels more than ever was grown before in the United States in any one year. .Excellent weather for the growing crop and an increase of 6.4 per cent in the acreage planted to wheat are responsible. There also will be a large yield of oats and barley, probably second In size in the history of the nation. ooooooooooooo o 1 .. o o The Whitmire Incident o o ' ' o 'ooooooooooooo (Newberry Herald and News.) We were present at the Whitmire meeting on last Saturday when Gov ernor Blease spoke. We heard the the tilt between Mr. William Coleman and the governor. We. regret that it took place. We are constrained to say that we do not think the governor was Justified in his attack on Mr. Coleman. We have known Mr. Coleman for a good many years. )Ve know some thfric nf thfi work he is doing at Whitmire. While not a political sup- : porter of the governor, as a mark of respect to him, he came down to the meeting to hear him speak when he was a guest of the town. We do not think that a candidate for office nor an office seeker has a right or is jus- ( tilled in making a personal attack on i private citizens who happen not to be political supporters of them. Mr. Coleman is a wpll known private citi- ( zen and has a right to hts owu opin- , ions. The governor pro lucei no evi dence that Mr. Coleman has used any J undue influence to prejudice the ope ratives in this mill against the gov- ' ernor. We feel the incident was very ! unfortunate. From all ftiat we have seen, and heard of Mr. Coleman and his mill ( he has been kind enough to the em- ' ployes of the mill and has done what ' he could for their comfort and better- ( ment and they all hold him in high es teem. He has encouraged the build ing of a good school and the levying of taxes to maintain it, the greater 1 part of which are paid by the proper ty of the mill. He has built a fine office building and in it has provided a hall which is used by the opera tives' for a lodge hall and any other meetings which they may desire to hold. We esteem Mr. Coleman as a high-toned gentleman and do not think that the governor should have made the attack on him which he did. Or that he was justified in doing it, and we regret that he did. We can not see where it can accomplish any good. Justice for Little Men. "These people say they were not a trust," said George K. Service, the noted Denver lawyer, apropos of a convited corporation. "Well, trust or no, the outside dealer got about as much justice at their hands as the little man got In the theater. "A big, fat man at the theater sat on his overcoat. Thus the little man behind him could not see at all. " 'I can't see anything, mister,' said the little man plaintively, touching ?*> man /-in fVio nVirmlriar bUO Uife "'Can't see anything, hey?" "'No, sir; I can't see a thing.' " 'Well, then, I'll fix you up. Juat keep your eye on me and laugh when I do.'" Oldest Power Plant In New York. The oldest Isolated power plant 1b New York City, according to the En glneerlng News, Is that In the Milli Building in Broad street. It was in stalled in 1883, or only four years aft er the announcement of Edison's in candescent lamp. Here are the fli teenth and nineteenth Edison dyna mos, still running with thler original steam engines. Tbtfe have been rua 11 nlng ?v?7 4$? tor 31 yean. ft AUGUSTA MAY YET GET ENCAMPMENT WAR DEPARTMENT MAKES A NEW PROPOSITION IN THE > MATTER BE SETTLED TODAY Blease' W31 Take the Matter Un der Advisement and Give An- - swer This Afternoon Columbia, June 8.?After the receipt ot a telegram today from the Eastern department, United States War depart ment Governor's Island reestablishing the instruction camp at Augusta the governor, as commander-in-chief Of the National Guard, will Tuesday de cide whether or not the three South Carolina regiments are to attend the samp. The telegram from Adjutant General Simpson was referred to the Grovernor for consideration by O. W. Babb, assistant adjutant general. The governor will give his decision after - i conference with the commanding of ficers of the regiments. %' Several days ago the war depart- * nent issued an order that the proposed :amp 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 the encamp ments within the respective States. rhe order however was rescinded to lay and the joint camp will he held at Augusta. The following telegram was received today at the office of the Ad- , ' lutant General, of the State from Ad futant General Simpson, Eastern , de partment; Governor's Island, New Fork: \ "In view of arrangements having been made to hold a joint camp at An- ?.. justa, Ga.( for 9th militia division and the great expense undergone for that purpose you are authorized and urged to send the militia of your State to that camp in sqit of instructions con tained in telegram of June 3rd, direct- ^ ing establishment of joint State camps l i v; Immediate decision as to whether your-" , " : troops will attend camp at Augusta >r not is requested. All organizations ' pour State designated ta attend joint ', j " ^ 2amps must camp some place during ' Dne period. Simpson." - u;s ' ^ KILLED Etf MUTES A Store Men Than Died On Mexican * tlefleld. ;? Washington, June 8.?Men tawed in and about coal mines in the United States during April numbered 346 as < compared with 285 in April, to an ex plosion at Eccles, W. Va., which result? ed in the death of 180 men. For the four months entfl&g with April this year's total was 917 men killed, compared with 918 men killed In the first four months of last year. > ' ' , j PUBLIC WAS EA6EB ? 0 To Learn the Ifasty Charges Agalojt Schnman-Helnk. Chicago, June 8.?William Rapp's iefense against the divorce salt of his wife, Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Iieink ceased suddenly late today with the testimony of only four witnesses and the case was given to the attorneys for irgument. Owing to the fact that Kapp filed a cross bill charging his wife with a -statutory offense a large crowd packed the hot court room, eag sr for testimony bearing on the coun ter allegation. They were disappoint ed. ?????? , 0*. MUST PAY DT MONEY Unlawful to Require Employes to Ac cept Script for Labor. * Washington, June 8.?The supreme today upheld the Virginia statute re quiring companies mining coal, or manufacturing iron or steel, to pay their employes at least monthly in money and making it unlawful to is sue scrip unless redeemable in money it its lace value. The law was attacked by the Keokee Consolidated Coke Company, in Lee jouDty, Virginia, when sued by W. W. raylor Pons and Witt, into whose lands the scrip of the company had :ome for its face value. Raphael'* Price, The "Panshanger Madonna" of Raphael has been purchased by P. A. B.' Widener for $700,000. Of this pi?? ture George B. Luke, the well-known New York artist, told a story the oth er day. "A friend of mine In Waab> Ington square," be said, "was showing tils canvases to a lady from Wawa. And here, madam,' says he, 'Is an ex* let copy of the Panshanger Raphael ivhlch Mr. Widener has just bought for |700,000. And all I ask for It Is a ft jill.' 'What's the cause of the dlfr 'erence In price?' said the lady from iVawa. 'Competition, ma'am,' said the irtlnt 'This hnnlnesa isn't what it used JO be."'" ^ Land-Owning Pimm, V It is stated that there Is not a mem >er of the British house of lords who loes not own one thousand or more .ores. None of the land owners is a eal farmer, but all rent their land u small lots, generally on long leases, o men who make the most of it It 3 not uncommon for one family to Lve on a rented farm lor mors than , hundred ysars, _