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SOME NEW LAWS. ; Acts That The General Assem bly Placed on Statue Books. WOULD BUILD SCHOOL HOUSES A Husband Must Support His Wife and Children-Other Measures of State-Wide Interests. This week we give some of the acts of S tat'?-wide and local impor tance, as pass?d by the General As sembly. They are as follows: To require the rebuilding of tha bridge across the Saluda river known as Rasar 's bridge. To amend subdivision 5 of section 3 of an act ta improve the sanitary and other-conditions of the State of South Carolina by proper drainage^ so as to provide for the filing oi notices in tho court of common pleas affecting subsequent purchasers. To expedite and facilitate the cloting of the affairs of the dispen saries in Bamberg, Barnwell, Berk ley, Calhoun, Colleton; Hampton, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Sumter, Williamsburg and Fairfield counties.' To abolish the dispensary consta bulary force in Aiken county and to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a rural police system. To provide that Horry county s'iall issue $100,000 in bonds for perma . nent highway improvement, upon the same being approved by the qualified electors of said county, and to create a highway commission for said coun ty* , Validating the election on the question of 1 'electric light bonds in the sum of $6,900." held at Blacks burg, South Carolina, on the 24th day of September, 1909, and the "bonds" to be issued thereon. Validating the election on the question of "street improvement bonds" in the amount of $0,000, held at Blacksbnrg, on the 24th day of September, 1909, and the. bonds to be issued thereon. To provide an annual tax levy of three mills on the taxable property of Johnston township, in Edgefield and Saluda counties, to pay the in terest and part of the principal due by Johnston township on bonds is sued to refund bonds issued in aid of railroad sonst met ion. To-validate the elections for water works and sewerage bonds for the town of Gaffney, and to declare the bonds so issued to be valid obliga tions of the said town of Gaffney. To authorize and empower ' the town of Edgefield to refund certain bonded indebtedness in coupon bonds. To authorize and require the coun ty board of commissioners of Dillon county to issue bonds for the pur pose of aiding in erecting and fur nishing a court house and jail at Dillon and provide a special commis sion) to presoribe their powers and duties and to provide for an annual levy for the purpose of paying'the ' interest on bonds and to provide a sinking fund to redeem same. To amend an act to provide for the election of trustees of school district No. 1 of Kershaw county. To fix the terms of office of the county supervisor and the county su perintendent of education in Chero kee county. To increase the efficiency, of South .Carolina institution for the education .of the deaf and blind. To authorize school district No. 10 iOf Cherokee county to borrow money -for current expenses and to repay -the same. To authorize the trustees of school district No. 16 in Florence county to issue bonds for the. purpose of erect ing school buildings and equiping ?ame. ; To authorize the trustees of Latta graded school district in Dillon coun ty to oonvey a eertain lot of land. To amend section 1209 of volume 1, code pf laws of South. Carolina. l902, :??f ?m'?i?ded* by' making saiil section - apply to school districts, cut by line of Dillon and Marion counties. To authorize thc trustees of Bran son school district No. 14 of Hamp ton county to levy and collect an additional local tax therein. To appropriate $60,000 to the public schools of South C wo lin a. To amend section 1208, volume 1, code of laws, 1902, by increasing levy of special sehool tax. . Belaring to the reliability of initial intermediate and. terminal carriers in failing to inform upon notification as to loss, damage or destruction of property and to fix a penalty. To incorporate Greenwood & Saluda Railroad company. To amend an act to regulate the manner in which common carriers doing business in this State shall ad just freight charges and claims for loss of or damage to freight, so as to include baggage and prescribe the trial of such actions to determine the time in which au adjustment and payment must be made by common carriers by adding after the word "Shipment" and before the word "provide," of said section 2, the following: "when there is no agent | at such point then such claim to be ' filed with the , agent at (the nearest station to such point ofv destination having an agent." To authorize thc. town of Dillon upon the petition majority of its freeholders and the? vote of a ma jority of ils electors qualified to voto at an election thereon, lo issue more than $10,000 in bonds in aid of a North Carolina & South Carolina .railroad. / To reg?lale the sale of eoncentr-t ed commercial feeding stuffs; to de fine concentrated commercial feeding stuffs; to prohibit the adulteration of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs; to provide, for the correct weighing and marketing, for making analysis and collecting samples ol' concentrated commercial feeding stuffs; io prescribe penalties for the violation of this* act; to vt.' thc execution and enforcement of this act in the commissioner of agricul ture, commerce and industries ami authorize him to prescribe rule? ana regulations therefor. To require Southern Railway com pany to erect a depot at Camden. To require railroad companies t< keep grades at all stations level wit! lies. To make disorderly oonduct on pas jenger trains a misdemeanor. To require the Southern Railway iompany to provide an undergrade crossing for public highway in Lan caster county. Te regulate bond, investment, divi dend, debenture, registry, guaranty loan and fidelity, building and loan, and other such companies. To provide for the organization and regulation of mutual protection as sociations. For the regulation and control of fraternal benefit associations. To declare and define the conditions upon which foreign fire insurance Borporations may engage in and carry on business in this State and to pro vide for the distribution of funds. v- To amend an act to amend section 1389, of Vol. 1," code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, relating to bor rowing money by municipalities. A ioint resolution to provide for a commission to examine and revise the school laws of the State and to recommend changes in the same.. To further prescribe the powers of cities containing more than 5,000 in habitants. .4 To empower the commission charg ed with the erection of a monument to the heroism, fidelity and fortitude of the women of South Carolina dur ing the war between the Confederate and the United States to locate such monument on approaches to the State house grodnds. To authorize and empower trus tees of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical college to purchase ad jacent lands and providing means of payments for same. To provide for the examination and registration of trained nurses. To authorize municipal corpora tions containing 5,000 inhabitants to .stablish or permit the establishment of slaughter pens beyond their cor porate limits and prescribe regula tions in regard th ~eto To provide for the manufacture and sale o.? certain alcohol within this State. To empower all cities andi towns to require coal, coke, unbaled hay, cot ton seed, cattle, and other articles to be weighed by a public weigher. To amend section 272, voirane 1, sode of laws, 1902, relating to the time for making returns of real estate for taxation. To prohibit the mutilation of any monument or fence inclosing same. To amend an act to authorize- sheriff of any county of this State to ap point a Seputy sheriff or deputy sheriffs for a fair association; To establish a public service' com mission to fix and establish in all uities of this State rates? and enarges for the supply of water, gas, m elec tricity furnished by any person, firm, jr corporation, to such city and the inhabitants thereof, and to prescribe penalitiey. . To encourage and aid in the con struction of adequate public school buildings in the respective counties of this State, and to make au appropria tion for sum?. Ratifying the 16th amendment to Lhe constitution of the United; States if Ameriea. To amend, an act to regulate th? latching, gathering, sale, exporting, >r canning of oysters, terrapins, ?lamsy shad* and sturgeon ; to provide lor the Licensing thereof, and; to pro ride for tike leasing of publi? lands niitable for the cultivation thereof, K> as to- firrther regulate tlie> indus try, of caching, gathering, selling, exporting or canning of oysters, ter rapins, clams, shad, and sturgeon. To- direct the State treasurer to told funds turned over to> him by ??spensary committee. To provide for the chief game irasrdeu. Ia relation lo deduction from weights or price of cotton- for bag ring and ties. Relating to ammonia in* commercial fertilizer. To ?mond the law relating to ma? ?bratee and their eonstaMes. their powers, 'duties, -jurisdiction, salaries. . To create a commission! to purchase lands for the use of the State Hos pital -for the Insane,, and erect boildiags thereon andi provide the means therefor. To amend the law utith referenoe ko compensation anxs? salaries o3' conaty officers. To provide for t?te levy of taxe* for county and sebaol purposes for th e fiscal year begining January I, 1910. . To make appropriations to meet tb? ordinary expenses of the State gov ernment for tho fiseal year commenc ing January 1, 1910, and to proaide for a tax sntfoeient to' defray the same. To provide for the display o? the State flag over pnblic buildings. Petitioning congress for the return to the State of South Carolina its proportionate part or share of the cotton lax unlawfully collected by the federal government. Authorizing the payment of the election ?ommission of Kershaw coun ty for certain services. To provide a county government for Fairfield county. Te regulate the sale and carrying of pistols. To require the clerk of court lo open and publish sealed senteneei. For the protection of game fish in the State of South Carolina, and for the repeal of ccrtau laws relating thereto. To declare the unlawful sale, bar ter, exchange, storage and keeping in possession of alcoholic liquors a common nuisance. For the protection of labels and seals of labor organizations, associa tions, and societies in the State of South Carolina. To make the issuance of a f-.?se certificate by a bank ..fiiccr a mis demeanor, and to p'eivribc the pun ishment therefor. To require each physician in this State to report all fuse? of contagi ous or infectious diseases in his prac tice to the board of health as requir ed hy this act. To amend sectii*i 1. of an act en titled "an act to incorporate the Georgia-Carolina Pov.or eompanv," approved March 1, .?909, so as u make the initial capital stock StOO, 000. To incorporate the Palmetto ?'otvsr tempaoy. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS News Notes of General Interest From All Parts of thc State. David Jones Dead. David Jones, for half a century one of the leading merchants of Colum bia, is dead after an illness of sev eral days. The direct cause of his death was fever. He was a gallant soldier and a member of the Govern or's Historic Guards. Tillman Improves. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, continues his favor able progress, and barring complica tions, it is believed his recovery is as sured. His condition now shows renewed evidence of the gradual abatement of the paralysis and anhasia. : "Senator Tillman's condition con tinues to improve all the time," is Dr. Pickford's statement. Passed Assistant Surgeon John D. Long, United "States public heaith and marine hospital service is in Co lumbia for six months, possibly a year, under orders to study the pella gra problem in that state. Robert L. Duganr of Anderson, died Monday of pellagra at the age of 48 years. He became sick with the disease last December. Claim Half Million. . The State of South Carolina has given notice of suit for $500,000 against the owners of tbs Richland Distillery Company, and $29,000 against the owners of the Carolina Glass Company. Under the act recently passed by the general assembly, this action mejms that neither one of ?hese con cerns can dispose of any property in this State until the final settlement of the issues. Close Season Begins Mardi 1st. The new law goes into effect at once. The close season foiv various kinds of game is given below: Patridges and wild turkeys?-March 1 to Nov. 15. - Deer (no does shot a?yv birnie) Feb. 1 to Nov. 1. Doves-March 15 to August 15. Woodcock-Jan. 15, to September 1st. Game of any kind must not be kept in cold storage except ?b ai pzi ;yste dwelling. Nsw Enterprises. A charter has been issued1 by ?he secretary of State to the ChesferRe al?Jv Companv of Chester witlli a-. ?ap itail af $20,000. The company, wild do ai general real estate businessi^The ofticeirs are: T. A. Whisonant,. presi dent; W. W. Brice, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. A charter was issued to the* Great Bram?b fishery of Orangeburg-county with a: capital of $1,500. The aatn p?ny will hi tch fish. The Dargan-King Company of* Ab beville T.'as eomifissioned witHi ai aicp ital' crff $15,000. A general1 merraar tile Business will be conducted:. Tiler Johnston & Matthews- Com pany af Florence was chartered' with a capital of $10,000. A general1 c?n strnet?DPr business will be conducted'. A charter was issued to?the- Wilie Shew & Bro. Company which i's- to? be Ibcaied near Sumter, Having- a capiraf of $10,000. The company wi'lT do ' a? general mercantile business?. Arrested on Serious Olrarg^. Petter Wilson, a negro^hackmaiu. is in Chester lockup on a vary sesiiMis charge-that of insulting .-RI whit? lady who) was a passenger iin His? wroie?e last \neek. Wilson addressed! same in sulting remarks to the lady ami the latter finally jumped outf cu? tille car riage* and . rushed into? am adflaining restianxant, where she . told: hen- story tm the bystanders. Wil&orr worrld baw? been handled roughly^ hud1 ft) not beam for the fact that? the- police- got him at just about t?ifo lunatume. Frame Work Beginnings Arrive. The first carload iofi strucfciaraJk iron for the eight-story building! af the People's Nationall Bank" morar being built on Broad .ind; StaJie- streets, in Charleston has anrovodi from Roan oke, Va. Betwqen fiftuarn aood twenty additional cars. will, folAwsr in the next few days. Estimate of; Eoss ia Philadelphia. Philadelphia,. Sp?cial.-Close es timates hav* beoai made of the loss of life, th? iiivjiuir?e? to all persons, cars burned; and wrecked, windows of cars broken^ arrests made, and the propwty and cash losses of the five days; of t'1 N strike. These es? timates. show: Dead, 3; Injured Strike?s? 25 ; police, 50; citizens, 30ft; Tota^ 375. Cars burned, 7; Cairs wrecked, 750; Car windows broken, 4,000; Arrests made, 400; Loss to Company's property, $100,000.. Loss Lo Company's business, $300,??)G. A Mayor May Fine Gamblers. The mayor of a city in South Caro lina has the right to impose ? fine for ambling, according to a decision ren ered by the supreme court in the case of the city of Anderson against M. Seligman and others. . A $3,000 smash-up of Pullman car ''Fundy" occurred in the Sumter yards Friday. The accident was in a most unusual manner, and it was al most a miracle that no one was hurt. i - Wonan Living in Maine Sends War Trophy Back to S. C. Cel. W. I). McLaurin has received Crom a woman residing in Maine a sword that was captured in the civil ?ar with the request that it be re :urned to its owner or any member of he family, who may be able to iden ify the sword. The sword was taken >y Charles R. Sorey, first lieutenant >f Comp ny A, uOth Maine infantry, it the Battle of Five Forks. The .veapon was turned over to Mrs. ?bailes A. Heill, a sister of Lieut. Shorey, aud she writes Col. McLaurin ;? try to find the owner. '. -..'JJ . . - i ? . ? i. HEWS-- BREVITIES Condensed from Wide Fields, Domestic and Foreign. AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAILY Suited to the Wants of Busy Beaders ? Seeking a Knowledge of What is Going on, - Announcement of a national "Tu berculosis Sunday" to be held April 24, in 215,000 churches of the United States, has been made by the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of. Tuberculosis. - Alleging that garbage dumped by the railrofl-1 '.rsar his home caused his family to he .stricken with ty phoid fever, James H. Overby, of At lanta, Ga., last Wednesday filed suit against the Central of Georgia Rail road for damasks aggregating $G2, 500. The Supreme Court of Ohio last Wednesday held? that all saloonists selling near-beer in "dry" counties must pay the Aiken liquor tax of $1,000 a year. About $1,000.000 is involved thrbughetit the State and the decidion is admitted to he a blow at the liquor,interests. Citizens of Granville county, North Carolina, 3ave organized a Fair Association. A warrant has feen issued charg ing Dr. James lt. Hull, of Munroe City, Mo., with murdering Professor J. T. Vaughn by strythine poisoning. A serious wreck, occurred Thurs day near Medullas on the Winston & Bone Valley railroad, in Florida, five miles south of Lakeland, as the result of a head-on) collision between a passenger traim bound to Fort Meade and an extra: work train. Sev eral were badly injned, but all pas sengers escaped. The sand dunes in New Zealand, as stated in an offiefal report by Dr. Cockayne, cover 24^500 acres in the South Island, and 2110,000 acres in the North Island, thVa dunes of west ern Wellington . stretching 170 miles along the sea with aa area of more than 90,000 acres. The replies of the Southern rail roads to the wage demands of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of RaiiTway Conduc tors were opened c? Cleveland, O.. last Thursday. Tho* refusal of the roads to meet the mum's terms were unanimous. At Charleston, Si C. Friday the South Carolina Cotr?n? Seed Associa tion voted to continue the organiza tion five 3'ears and ?duor more month? at least. That what is knew as the "black listing" statue of Texas is not con trary to the Federal constitution, is, the opinion of the court ?f civil ap^ peals for the Fifth.district of Texas in a case wherein ? ai brakeman was given a verdict of $2;5W against the St. Lpnis Southwestern Railway Co. The case will probably/ be appealed to the United State? Sopareme Court. At Fayette\ ille,. N.. C? the family of S. M. Beasley,. waxfnwwter of the Atlantic Coas; ?Mte, had a narrow ???ape from being' bramed alive in their home, which'was sei on fire by an incendiary. evidlraiiy with the purpose of robbery. Personal friends ??' Charles W. Morse, fbe convi?tBd' banker, are pre pared to spend more than $1,000,000 in working for-His release from thp Federal prison ih> Atalanta, Ga. Officers were' eleetett by the Na tional Association* af Cement users in convention at Cfti'cago, UL, Thurs day. Richard1 C.. Humphrey, of Phil adelphia, was re*???twl president foi the sixth t?oMN. From the records in the geological department of Hampton College, at. Utica, N. Y., it is compnted that the fall of snow there this winter thus far has been, 93" inches. This is a> record fon- central New York. William Sfcyfer was charged with the responsibility for the death of Jane Adams* ?if Atlantic City, N. J'.,, by the coroner's jury last Thurs day, afton- a? bearing that lasted 3$ minutasv The agricultural appropriation bil$!| was reporte*? to the Senate Thurs?-, day; It* ooories $13.512.035, .on- ih-J crease off only $182,359 over- We amount voted by the House. 0?' this amount $40.000 is an addiribna-I amount tm be used in stamping tn* ? boll weeviP ont, making $225",000> rn all for- tais purpose. EdwijB L. Quarles. secretary of the PetersbtP?g (Va) Chamber of Com merce, has resigned his position, in order to give his entire time tte? the field1 work of the Southern Comme rcial1 Congress among cdueatiowal in stitutions and comnoer?ial organiza tions. More than a thousand hens from tb? United Stales and Europe will meet in an egg-laying contest at Mex ifo, Mo., next fall if the plans of T. E. Quissenberry, secretary of the Missouri State Poultry board, are successfully earried out. Woman's Day was celebrated by the Socialist party throughout the United States MondAy and meetings to boom the suffrage so verne nt were held in many cities. Thad A. Davenport, of Rocky Mount, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities arc about $0,700, and the assets, $6.400. S. Cooper, also of Rocky Mount, filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy. The liabililies ore about $21,000, and the assets about $10,500. Expect Coed Fiebing. The fishermen of Eastern North Carolina are looking forward lo a prosperous flslu:;g season and arc making preparations accordingly. THEFTS REACH $200,000. Geo. W. Coleman, $12 a Week Book keeper Cannot Be Located. Boston. Special.-High living at a Back Bay hotel, whee he appeared in company with a beautiful woman and registered for the past two months as "George W. Coleman and wife, of New York," with weekly bills that ranged from $100 to $150, it was learn eil Saturday was one of the causes of the downfall of George W. Coleman, the $12-a-week book keeper of tiie closed National City Bank of Cambridge-, who is now in police custody. Former Governor John L. Bates is tu charge of the hank ?S receivei*. It was learned that the loss may total $200,000. instead of the $144.000 of ficially given out. The continent is being searched by thc police from ocean to ocean for Coleman. The- name of the young woman with wlkm he appeared has not yet been mentioned in connection with the case. Her identity is a mystery. She is not known in Cambridge, nor has she lived there. Negro Makes Confession. Pittsburg. Kan., Spegiab-Gus Thomas, alias Ed Yoting, a negro aged twenty-six years, confessed at Girard, near here, Saturday night, to the murder of William. Berky a white farmer, the latter's wife, and child, and another negro. Mrs-.. Bork was maltreated before being, killed. Thomas was; arraigned secretly, pleaded guilty,, and was sentenced bo imprisonment for life, and was taken to the penitentiary at Lansing, Kan. Thomas implicatied Ed. Chailes;. an other negro?, who was arrested with him. Chailes- -^as hurried anray/ ta j the jail at Porto Scott, for safe keep ing. Besides the- finir murders, Thomas confessed that fla and Chail?s- badi committed numerous highway. rob? beries. Laymen Elect Officers For Year;. Dallas, Tex.,. Special.-At the corn eluding session-of! the laymen's con ference of the' Methodist churchy south, the following officers were selected to serve-* during the ensuing:, two years. President, Jt?in> H. Pepper,. Mfem* phis. First vice president, C. HI Ire?-! land, North Carolina. Second vice president, W. G.". M! j Thomas, Virginia: Third vice president, D. B.'. Aber nathy. Pittsburg,. Teats ' Treasurer, F.'. M! Daniel, Little" Rock, Ark. Secretary, W.' R: Stubbs. Georgia,, with headquarters at Nashville," Temi: j Executive committee. C. A. San ford. Sherman, Tex.;: J. S.\ Carri. North Carolina; T; S.' Southgate, Vir ginia. The executive- committee will an nounce later as-to the place-of the meeting of the conference in; 1912.' Give Yoting" Meir Better Show. Washington*. Special. - Presidents Taft Saturday sent. a. special m-.-ssage to congress--uargiu'gf legislation i for . this; ?ompletion otf: the personnel, of the-; navy. ' > The message outlines a bill prepar ad by Secretary M?yerr which would! reduce the ages-oft the seniorroffieers and reorganize the regulars. The effect of the-measure would i be ;o promote1 officers- to the grade- of ?aptain at the aA'erage age of 4F years and to the grad? ofi" rear-ad miral at'the age of)54 to 55 and make :he average of all i rear-admirals about' 58. The personnel'of'the navy- would' be increased to 47,500 men? about: 5,000" moare than' at' present.. Found N?fr Gtrilty.-. B?ise?. Idaho, Special.-William F: Rettenbach. George Hi Rester and1 William Dwyer, whose trial on a charge' of conspiracy to- defraud the government of valuable timber lands, was; concluded' S-fetUrdky afternoon*, ind! firand not- guilty by- tile' jury.. I Tir Make United States Naval Power:. "fishington,. Special.-Tlie building af!' a world rtfoord-bceakahg battle .diifli of no lese; than 32,,0OW tons dis placement at ai cost of approximately .?318^000,000, aad the making of' the ?GTn?ted State* tfie leading naval pow.ejr j ?ff-the worldl are planned by Secrte 'fcary of the- Navy Mayer. Secures Control <rf N. & W Philadelphia, Pa.,. Speoial-lt -was reported i in financial circles Satur iav that flhe Penmylvania Ra?hoad Company ?ad acquired sufficient of the stoi ks of the Norfolk & Western Railway (Company fro give it absolute control of ihe roant The Peiwaylvania has madfe- no official announcement to that e?Twt. The ireport, it is said, is not a surprise as it wa* thought when the Pennykania Railroad Company took bver i?te holdings of the Norfolk & Western stock which had been held by Kahn, Loeb & Co.. ot . New York i hail some such plan was eu?icmplat >d. To Lift Vessel With $273,000 ir. Gold. Seattle, Special.- An expedition has been organized by an expert diver to raise the steamer Islander, sunk ten years ago in 320 fathoms of water oear Juneau, Alaska, while hound for Seattle with $273.000 of Klondike fold in her strong box. The situation of the steamer is known hut the depth of water lins previously forbidden salvase attempt? The plan proposed is to life thc ves sel willi ;> rectal seine. Charged With Murder of Husband. Kirksville, Mo.. Special.-Prosecut ing Attorney Reigcr announced Sat urday night that a warrant charging Mrs. Alma Vaughn with murdering her husband. Prof. J. T. Vaughn, would be severed Sunday by Sheriff Williams. Prof. Vaughn died last October from strychnine poisoning. Thc war rant for the arrest was issued late to day, following the dismissal rf thc :pcfial grand jury that has been in -estimating Vaughn's death. In more than 50 decisions the su preme court of the United States Monday passed on the administration of justice as it had appeared in the lower federal courts and State tribu nais in more than half the States in the Union. Many State laws were declared unconstitutional, more bp held, and the laws of the United States given a final interpretation. The State of South Carolina like wise won a victory ove rthc railroads in that State when the court adopt ed the vif?w of the supreme court of South Carolina that the law requiring railroads to pa ya penalty of $50 for failure to adjust within1 90 days claims for losses applied on'ly to in trastate traffic. The State of Alabama had its statute leyving a franchise tax on foreign corporations declared uncon stitutional. Railroads brought the ?ase to tbe supreme court. The State of Georgia lost in most of ids con tentions in the attempt to levy on the Georgia Railroad and Banking com pany property for franchise* taxes?, despite charter exemptions. "Cotton Leak Scandal'..''' Indicted in connection with- the "cotton leak scandal"''' of the depart ment of agriculture which occurred uv 1905, Moses Haas, Theodore H. Price and Frederick A. Peckham, who-have been fighting against their- extrad? tion from New York,, must come to Washington for trial, according to a> decision rendered Monday by the Su preme ' Court of the United' States. When indictments were made to- two jurisdictions, as m this case the court held that the* government may elect where the accused shall' Be tried'. The appeal tc the Supreme Court was from the refusal of the circuit court of the United States-for the southern' {jurisdiction of New York to' release lie men from the custody of the| United States-marshal. ?Tar Heels- Fighting Hard'. ! The controversy aver ol?omarga-j jrine is spreading in- North Carolina. Many letters, some for and1 some (against, the 10-eent tax arrive Here ; daily. Senator- Simmons and R'epre , sentative Kitchin' are' very pronounc jed in their views; oe the subject. Both oppose the tax and' would' dis-] ; continue it. Representative Small ! has declared himself ih< opposition to J tbe law, All! think that the l?bel .should carry the name of the pro-1 duct but believe that the tax- is<dis- | oriminatory and'sb'ouiH'be removed. In Memory of Francis Willard. Exercises in celebration of the-fifth; anniversary of the unveiling of the I statue of Franois- K Willard' ih thc national' hall of f?mo were held at ibe C?pitol Tuesday und?r the- aus pices of the Woman's--Christian-Tem perance Union.- The speakers includ ed Miss Bell1 Kerney,. of Mississippi, naitonaT lecturer; Coffey to Lecture1 at' University: Dr. Venabl?, president of the North Carolina State j university, through-I S?nator Overman}, ?-fas secured the-| services of George- TUT. Coffey of the United'States soil'survey for-a> series ^ of lectures at- the-university the-last week of April; Mr. Coffey, wh'o is very capable, is- a- North Carolinian and'a grad?ate . of '.trie university. Would Give Passe*. Representative Tavlor, of Ohio, putin a bill'that will be good'read-] ihg-to the farailles=of a'lbt of'railroad1: men- throughout the country. Il i.S'i for- the u.nendi?ent of the Hepburn law- to permit railroad companies to give interstate passes to- the widows and' ehildren- of railroad employes. Eights Along tire Coast. Senator Overman of' North- Caro-I lina got the board to approve his and' Representative Godwin VbilF provid? ing $21,000 for oetter lights along-| tile coast. Tbxaway- Hotel Co. Wita; The Tbxaway Hotel Company oft' North Carolina is a corporation mere ly for conducting hotels;, and so not subject to> the national bankruptcy acts, held1 t?e Supreme? Court of' th? United Staies Monday in deciding a case from the United States circuit coutt of appeals for the fourth esr-] cuit. _\ Negra Would be Minister to Esyti. A dlaliegation of prominent Ken tucky negroes, heated by Dr.. C. H. Pannisfe, of Louisville, called! upon President Taft Monday to urge the appointment of Albert S. "White, a n?gre? lawyer of Louisville, as Min ister io Hayti._ Henry Ulke? painter of the por trays of Presidents and statesmen of a past generation is dead. He was &3i years old and a personal friend <a? President Lincoln. To Continue This Inquiry. The immigration Commission will be allowed $125,000 aud until next December to complete its work and its final report to Congress. The Rouse Monday receded from its amendment cutting down the appro pdiation for the commission. Charle*? W. Fairbanks, ex-Vice President of the United States last Sunday occupied the pulpit of the American church in Bra-lin. HARLIN? Before insuring elsewhei Old Line Gora panics. HA?UflG At Tilt* KvlNKTr" IS 1MB While the boys in the East are leaving the farms and seeking employ ment elsewhere there is room for op timism as to farm J>ife in some parta of the country, said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Tuesday in dis- ~ cussing the protection of National Grange of West Virginia against the figures in his annual report relative to the value of the wealth of Ameri can farms1. The Secretary said the figures, $8,~ 760,000,000r mentioned m his report as the value of farm products last year, merely represented the visible wealth of the farms of the country, including stock, cattle, grain, etc., and had nothing to do with the cost of making the crops. He added that the department had not reached' the point where it was able to give the net profits of the American' farms. "I know,rr he said ,"that some far? 1 mers claim that the corn aid grain should not be counted in, along with ?. the stock, a? the grain is fed to* the' steek. But doesn't that make the stock more valuable Vr The grange complained til ai" the fljg ures were misleading and represented" / the farmer rolling irv wealth, giving no data as to the comparatively small profit fie made after trie Hardest sort of' work. ' Last year, he stated', I2,5D0 boys- on Southern farms* raised an' acre of 'corn < each, and some of them did' splendid1 worfc Tliis year the- department is giving mstructibn to thV young- men in Hog raising. "Wc are trying to reach the old people* through- the young ones,"' He said'. Eat'efing- of WBiskey. President Taft's decision in- the liquor controversy that "whiskey is. whiskey" whether it be . blended or straight,, has- been formulated, in- a* j set of regulations prepared1 by the- i ,bf,..rd of food and drug inspection of the Department of* Agriculture.. The- regulations were- completed' Jast week and approved, as- required by xtie pure flood' law, by S?eretary W? soni of tile Department of Agricul ture,. Secretary MacVeagh of the Treasury and Secretary Nagel: of the Department of Commerce and! Labor. In* briefs the regulations- d?clare that- all! immixed spirits distilled' from: grain j prepared in the customary ways,, are- entitled to the name- - "whiskey"'- without* qualification Blended' -whiskeys must be labeled' a& such. The term "whiskey," however, is restricted" to distillates from g*raih> and' under?* the regulations^ distillates, from old1 substances, ir labeled: "whiskey"' ".re misbranded' and' the* person guil'.y of misbYattdihg-may be* prosecuted! May* Haw to Buy Hail'Boxes. Persons- who live in cities- andi have no i mail boxes-; in front- of their* residences are liablfe not) to receive' any mail! at home after June 30,. 1911. Certainly Urey will; nob if' ai provisibm of the Postoffiee Appro priation' bill becomes a< law. Tho provisi?n prohibits- any letter- car rier from delivering any mail at any house unless there is- ai suitable- mail1 box om the outside-to; receive< it*. Itr means- fehat ! Uncle Sim- is- tired! of liavihgr his uniformed' carriers- wait, for people to take their time- int answering their door- bells. To- A&olish Penaitar Agencies: The- abolishme.it- of seventeen) out ofi eighteen pension- agencies; ihi tile oountcry is recommended to> the- House iby ttte appropriations committee- iia the- report on the pension' billi The only agency will' be located5 ab "Wash ington. The seventeen agencies- thu* out off are located' in Augusta1,. Me.; Boston, Buffalo*. Chicago, Columbra*, Q)? Concord, NI.BP.; Des Moines, Ia.; Deforoit, Indianapolis. Knoxville. Louisville, Mrlw-ankee, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, S-aA Fhm oiseo and Topeka, Kan.. Jfepan Raising Peanuts, j Japan is bosoming a competitor of fte Southern) States ir: the raising and delivery of peanuts; tte America. The exportation of Japanese pea* iBut3 to this country ?uring 1908 I aggregated 4,929,141 voaw?s, ont of 6,218,771 sent to all p?tris of the world. Oh the islam) of Formosa more th am 50,000 acres of peanuts are under' estivation. <r Immigration on Increase. One billion aliens are due in the United States this; year "to get their share of our prosperity," according to a statement made by Commis sioner of Immis'ration Keefe to the House Committee on Appropriations.' Wants Adjournment May 10th. Members of Congress demand ad? ?ournment by May 10 in order to get to work in' the campaign. The Automobile Industry. The Association of Licensed Ante? mobile Manufacturers estimates that nearly 115,000 automobiles were man ufactured in the United States last year. At an average price of $2,000, a fair estimate, their value would be about $230,000,000. . Solomon H. Fishburn, three times mayor of Wilmington, N. C., died Tuesday, aged 67. ?USANCE o SEE ? & BYRD e, We^rcprescnt the Best & BYR'D> Bank of Edgefidd