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Jjt- ' - .liV'v'v~r - V '/ _ ^ WTO^Eto-WEEKL^ IX. oarers sons, Pubii?hert. J & BwrajW: ^or the promotion of <h< jjolitii;al, Social, Sgrieulturat and ffommeyial Jnleresta of th< |tapl<. ^ ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, 8. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 3 912. NO. 73. A FRIENI m | By GLARENCI Hopalong Cassldv had a grouch. It was three weeks old and the signs threatened contagion. His foreman, tired of the atmosphere he had created on the ranch and driven to desperation. had seized the first chance that came to get rid of him temporarily, J ...UU ktM V/v /vwa btian. anu uic uiuco miii iiuii. nu uho nu^n the cause for Hoppy's unusual state of mind although there were many conjectures. Even Red Connors was forced to guess and when Red had to do that he was warranted In believing the matter serious. Johnny Nelson made no secret of his opinion and derived from it a great amount of satisfaction, which he admitted with a grin to his foreman. "Buck," he said. "Hoppy told me he went broke playln' poker over in Grant with Dave Wilkes and them Lawrence brothers, an* that shore explains it. He's got pack sores from carryin* his lickin'. It was due to come to him, an' Dave was just th' boy to deliver It. That's th' whole trouble, an' I know it, an' I'm glad they trimmed him." 'Wrong, son, dead wrong," Buck re piled. "He takes his beatin's with a grin, an* money never did worry him none. No poker game could leave a welt like that on him. He's been doin' somethin' he don't want us to know? made a fool of hisself some way. I've kncwed him too long an' well to believe gamblin' had any hand in it. But this little trip he's takln' will fix him up all right?an' I couldn't send a better man." "Well, it's luck for him you picked him to go," rejoined Johnny, who thought more of the woeful absentee than he did of his own skin. " 'Cause I was goin' to lick him, shore, if it went on much longer. Me an' Red an' Billy was goin' to beat him up good till he forgot his dead Injuries an' took some interest in his friends." Buck lauahed: "Well, th' three of you might 'a' done it, "though I'm some doubtful. Now look here?you've been a-hangin' 'round th' bunk house too much lately. From now on you've got to earn yore grub. Qet out on that west line an' hustle." "You know I've had a toothache!" snorted Johnny, Indignantly, his face as sober as that of a judge. "You'll have a stomach-ache for grub If you don't earn yore right to eat. purty soon." retorted Buck. "You ain't never had a toothache in yore whole life, an' you don't know what one is. G'wan, now, or I'll give you a backache that'll ache!" "Huh!- Devil of a way to treat a sick man!" and Johnny departed exultantly, whistling with much noise and no music. But he was sorry for one thing?he wished he had seen Hopalong meet his Waterloo. While the outfit blessed the range deal which took him out of their small circle for a time Hopalong rode farther and farther into the northwest and was frequently lost in abstraction which, judged by its effect upon him. must have been serious. Three weeks before while at Grant he had borrowed a horse from Dave Wilkes and given hot chase to the man who had stolen his own animal; and. catching him, had been talked out of exercising summary vengeance and justice and allowed the self-confessed thief to go. But not content with such a startling breach of range tradition and ethics, V? ft Ko/1 nntnn lltr Knan narano/ltw) IntA swapping the borrowed animal for his own, which the thief had found jaded and not equal to the speed desired. Instead of sending hot lead aft^r the eloquent stranger he had sat idly on his recovered mount and watched the other burn up the plain in his haste to go hence. The borrowed horse was a good one, a successful contender in all distances from one to five miles and had earned its owner and backers much money? and he had parted with it as easily as he would have borrowed five dollars from Red. The story, he had reflected 1 since, was as old as lying?a broken legged horse, a dying wife forty miles away, and a horse all saddled which naoHwl nnlv to he mounted and ridden. These thoughts kept him company for a day and when he dismounted before Stevenson's hotel In Hoyt's Corners he summed up his feelings for the enlightenment of his horse. "D?n it, bronch, I'd give ten dollars right now to know if I was a jackass or not," he growled. "But he was ar awful slick talker if he lied." Mr. Cassidy was not known by sight to the citizens of Hoyt's Corners, however well versed they may have been in his .numerous exploits of wisdom and folly. Therefore the habitues of Stevenson's hotel did not recognize him in the gloomy and morose individual who dropped his saddle on the floor with a crash and stamped to the threelegged table at dusk and surily demanded shelter for the night. "Gimme a bed an' somethln* to eat," he demanded, eyeing the three men seated with their chairs tilted against the wall. "Do I get it" he demanded, impatiently. "You do," replied a one-eyed man, lazily arising and approaching him. "One dollar, now." "An' take th' rocks outen that bed?I want to sleep." "A dollar per for every one you find,' grinned Stevenson, pleasantly. "Some folks likes to be rocked to sleep." facetiously remarked one of the pair by the wall, laughing contentedly at his own pun. "Yo're a droll feller. Charley," chuckled "Old" John Ferris, rubbing his ear. "That's a good one." "One drink, now," growled Hopalong, mimicking the proprietor and glaring at the "droll feller" and his companion "An" mind It's a 'good one,'" he admonished the host. "It's better," smiled Stevenson, whereat "Old" John crossed his legs and chuckled again. "Ridln' long?" he asked. "Since I started." IN NEED I E. MULFORD. "(Join* fur?" "Till I stop." "He, he, he," chortled "Old" John, rubbing1 his ear again and nudging Charley. "He ain't no fool, eh?" Hop&long took the liquor and tossed it off and, considering a moment, shoved the glass back: "It is good?fill her again." The third was even better and by the time the fourth and' fifth Joined their predecessors he began to feel a little more cheerful. But even the liquor and an exceptionally well-cooked supper could not separate him from his persistent and set grouch. And of liquor he had already 'had more than his limit He had always boasted, with truth, that he had never been drunr.? and that was one doubtful luxury he could not afford for the reason that more than one man would like to see him for five seconds when liquor had dulled his brain and slowed his speed of hand. He dropped Into a chair by a card table and, baffling all attempts to engage him in conversation, reviewed his troubles in a mumbled soliloquy. the liquor gradually making him careless, but of all the jumbled sounds his companions heard they recognized and retained only the term "Winchester." "Better go to bed, stranger," the proprietor was saying. "We're th' last up. It's after twelve an' you look sleepy an' tired." "Said his wife was sick?oh, what you sayln'?" "You'H find a bed better'n this table, stranger?it's after twelve, 'an' I want to close up an' get some sleep. I'm tired myself." "Oh, that's all? Shore I'll go to bed ?Just like to see anybody stop me! Ain't no rocks in it, hey?" "Nary a rock." laughed the host, picking up Hopalong's saddle and leading the way to a room off the "office," his guest stumbling after him and grovrtlng about the rocks that llv ed in wtncnester. wnen Stevenson had dropped the saddle by the window and departed, Hopalong sat on the edge of the bed to close his eyes for Just a moment before taking the labor of removing his clothes. A crash and a jar awakened him to And himself on the floor with his back to the bed. He was hot and his head ached a little? and how close and hot and choking the room had become! He thought he had blown out the lamp, but it still burned and three-quarters of the chimney was black with soot. It was unbearable, and after three attempts he blew out the light, stumbled against his saddle and leaned out of the window to breathe. As his lungs took in the fresh air he chuckled wisely and, picking up the saddle, managed to get it and himself through the window and on the ground without mishap. He would ride for an hour and come back all right, and give the room time to freshen. Not a star could be seen as he groped his way unsteadily towards the rear of the building where he vaguely remembered having seen the corral. "Huh! Said he lived in Winchester, an's name was Ben Perrls," he muttered, stumbling toward a noise he knew was caused by a horse rubbing against the corral fence. "Lord, It's darker'n cats in?oof!" he grunted, recoiling from forcible contact with the fence he sought. Growling words unholy he felt his way along it and finally his arm slipped through an opening and he bumped his head solidly on the top bar of the gate. As he righted himself his hand struck the nose of a horse and closed mechanically over It. Cowponles look alike in the dark and he grinned as he complimented himself upon finding his so unerringly. "Can't fool me, oP cayuse," he beamed, fumbling at the bars with his free hand and getting them down with a fool's luck. "You can't do It!?I got you, (Irs,' las' an' always, an' I got you good. Quit rearin', you ol* fool! Stan* still, can't you!" The pony sidled as the saddle hit its back and evoked profane abuse from the puncher as he picked It up to try again, this time successfully. He began to fasten the girth and then paused to reflect, for the pin of the buckle would slide to no hole but*the first. "Gettln' fat, ain't you, piebald?" he asked, sarcastically. "You blow yoreself up any more an' I'll bust you open!" heaving on the strap with all his might. The "fat" disappeared and Hopalong laughed. "Been learnin' new tricks, ain't you? Got smart since you been travelin', hey?" He fumbled with the bars again and got two back in place and, throwing himself across the saddle as the horse started as nara as it couia go, slipped but saved himself by hopping along the ground. When he had secured the grip he wished he mounted with the ease of habit. "G'wan, now, an' easy?it's dark an' my head's bustlnV While he saddled his mount at the corral he was not aware that two of the three remaining animals had taken advantage of their opportunity and had walked out and made off in the darkness before he replaced the bars, and h^ was too drunk to care if he had known it. It did not take his mount long to learn that something was wrong, and when it finally realized that the man astride it was asleep and that It could sm u'linro 1# nlnaowl ihn mirnrtsed nni mal quickened pace and headed for Winchester, where it belonged. As day began to break ulong the horizon and tempered the blackness the horse broke into a canter, which developed signs of irritation in its rider. Finally Hopalong opened his drowsy eyes and looked around like.one dazed. Not knowing where he was and too tired and sleepy to waste much thought on a matter of such slight importance, he looked around for a place to finish his sleep. A tree some distance ahead looked inviting and toward it he rode. Habit made him picket the horse before he lay down and as he fell asleep he had vague recollections of having handled a strange picket rope some time recently. The horse slowly turnl ed and stared at the already snoring h figure, glanced over the landscape, e back to the queerest man It had ever t met and then fell to grazing. Stevenson, having started the fire r for breakfast, took a pail and depart- 8 ed toward the spring, but he got no s farther than the corral gate where he " dropped the pail and stared, seeing "V only one horse In the enclosure where h the night before there had been three t more. He wheeled and dashed to- b ward the "hotel" and his shout brought "Old" John Ferris to the door, sleepy h and peevish. v "Our bronchs are gone! Our bronchs 1; are gone!" he yelled, dashing through t the doorway and Into the room he had e assigned to the bibulous and sullen h stranger "I knowed It! I knowed It!" o he cried, popping out again as If on h Bprings. "He's gone! He's gone an s took our bronchs with him, th' measly, 1; low down dog! I knowed he wasn't no c good! Go see for yourself while I a throw some cold grub on th' table? b won't have no time to cook this morn- v In'. He's got five hours' start on us, a but we'll git him before dark, an' hang him." s "What's all th' rumpus?" demanded r a sleepy voice from upstairs. "Who's v hanged?" and Charlev entered the n room very much interested. He was ii forthwith acquainted with the calam- k ity and lost no time in joining "Old" John at the corral to verify the news, g "Old" John Ferris waved his hand h over the scene and explained what he d had road in the tracks, to his compan- J ion's great irritation, for Charley's keen eye and good training told him n all there was to learn and his reading j( didn't exactly agree with that of "Old" g Johri. a "He's gone an' took our cayuses, e Charley; an' that's th' way he came? tl 'round th' corner of th' house. He f, bumped into th' palisade. there an* y dropped his saddle. When he opened 8 th' bars he took my roan gelding be- j cause it was th' fastest, an' then let out th' others to mix us up with th' tl tracks. See how he went? Had to hop h four times on one foot afore he got in h th' saddle. An' he left his own critter behind because he knowed it wasn't g no good." y( Charley had walked into the corral A and looked at the brand on the far side w of the one horse left and waited im- f, patiently for his companion to cease talking. He took advantage of the first pause "Old" John made and spoke C1 crisply: Q1 "I don't care how he come or what h he bumped inter. An' if he left that ti cayuse because he knowed it ain't no s< 'good he was drunker'n I.thought he w was. That's a Bar-20 cayuse an' no hoss-thief ever worked for that ranch. a He left it because he stole it, that's why. An' he didn't let them others r( out 'cause he wanted to mix us up. 0, neither. He knowed we could tell th' tracks of our own animals. He did that to make us lose time. An' he u couldn't tell what branch he took last q night?It was too dark. He must a struck a match an' seen where his own fl was an' then took th' first one that rr wasn't it But now you tell me how th' devil he knowed yourn was th* q fastest, which It ain't," he finished sarcastically. "Well, mebby what you said is?" "Mebby nothln'. If he wanted to p mix th' tracks would he hopped like C1 that so we'd know which was hissin? h, He knowed we'd pick his trail quick an* he knowed every minute counted. That's why he hopped?yore roan was H goln' like h?1?look at them toe prints!" Q) "H'm! But I heard him say somethin' 'bout Winchester, anyhow," re- ^ plied "Old" John, glad to change the subject. "Bet that's where he's goin'. too. He won't get through that town 01 04 on no critter wearin' my brand. Everybody knows that roan an*?" "Quit gues8ln'!" snapped Charley, w beginning to lose some of his respect r, for old age. "We'll foller th' trail an' ^ don't care where it goes." j "Grub pile!" shouted Stevenson, and I*( the argument was tabled while the j three gulped down a cold and uninvltjng breakfast. In ten minutes they had separated to find horses, in fifteen more they had them and were riding along the trail a*, top *peed, with three j other men at their side. Three hundred yards from the corral they pounded out of an arroyo and Charley, who was leading, stood up in his stirrups, ^ looking keenly ahead. Another trail 11 joined the one they were following: and ran with and on top of it. This, he reasoned, had been made by one of the strays and would turn away soon. s< He kept his eyes looking well ahead ? and soon saw that he was right, and a without checking the speed of his e: horse in the slightest degree he went NV ahead on the trail of the smaller hoof- ^ prints. Stevenson was gaining on him w and finally ranged alongside. a Mr. Hopalong Cassldy muttered and stirred and slowly opened his eyes to gaze blankly into those of one of the c< men who were tugging at his hands o and as he stared his stupefied brain V started sluggishly to work in an en- if deavor to explain the unusual experience. There were five men around him n and the two who hauled at his hands P stepped back and kicked him. A look T of pained Indignation slowly spread tl over his countenance as he realized that they really were kicking him, and b with steady vigor. He considered it a p moment and decided that such treatment was quite outrageous and, fur- ii thermore, that he must chastise the g neroetrators t< "Hey!" he snorted: "What'n h?1 do you reckon yo're doin* anyhow? Kick h each other an' I'll help you, but I'll lick tl th' bunch if you don't stop maulin' tl me! Ain't you got no manners? Come k 'round wakin' a feller up an' " is "Get up!" snapped Stevenson. "Why, ain't I seen you before. Somewhere? Sometime?" queried Hop- e along, his brow wrinkling from intense I concentration of thought: "I've seen s a one-eyed coyote som'ers, lately." ti "Get up!" ordered Charley, shortly, fl "You've seen me, all right," retorted d I Stevenson. "Get up. d'?n you!" t "Why, I can't?my han's aVe tied!" v exclaimed Hopalong, in great wonder, o pausing in his exertions to cogitate li upon this remarkable phenomena. r "Use yore feet, you thief," rejoined s Stevenson angrily, stepping forward h and delivering another kick. r "Thief! Me a thief! Shore I'll use e my feet, you yaller dog!" yelled the P< prostrate man, and his boot heel sank a into the stomach of the offending Mr. a Stevenson with a sickening force and laudable precision. "Call me a thief, r ley! Come pokin* 'round klckln' honst punchers an' callin' names! Anyiody want th' other boot " Stevenson sat down forclbJy and ocked to and fro doubled up and rasping for breath and Hopalong qulnted at him and grinned happily. Hear him sing! Reg*lar ol' Bob Vhite. Sounds like a cow pullln' its loofs outen th' mud. Called me a hief, he did, jus' now. I won't letnoiody?" Two men grabbed him and raised iim up, holding him tightly, and they I'ere not careful to handle him genty. Charley steped in front of him o go to Stevenson and caught the othr boot in his groin, dropping as if he iad been shot. The man on the prisner's left emitted a yell and loosed his old to sympathize with a bruised hinbone, and his companion prompty knocked the bound and still intoxiated man down. Bill Thomas swore nd eyed the prostrate figure. "Hate o hit a man who can fight like that fhen he's loaded. But I'm gSad he in't sober." "You ain't goln' to hit him again!* napped Jed White, angrily. "I'm eady to hang him, 'cause that's why /e're here, but I won't stand for np laulfn'. I don't blame him for flghti' an' they didn't have no right to ick him In th' beginnin'." "Didn't kick him in th' beginnln'," rinned Bill. "Kicked him in th' end. It It/V ? nn.Ui.nlif. "T 1, AII/IIUW, lit? UUUCU, DCI 1UUOIJ . A I idn't hit him hard?didn't have to. ust let go an' shoved quick." . ' J "I'm naturally goln" to clean house," luttered the prisoner, sitting up and >oklng fierce. "Untie my han's an' Immc a gun or a club, or any thin', n' watch yoreselves get licked. Call-I d me a thief! What are you fellers^ lien? Stlckin' me up an' 'bustln' me ir a few measly dollars. Why didn't ou take my money an' lemme sleep, lead of wakln' me up an' klckln' me, wouldn't 'a' cared then." "Come on, now; get up. We ain't irough with you yet," ordered BUI; elping him to his feet and steadying Im. "I'm glad you kicked 'em." "No, you ain't; you can't fool me," ravely assured Hopalong. "You know o're lyln*. What you goln' to do? In't I got money enough? By Q?d, lsh I had an even break with you ?llers!" Stevenson, on his feet again, walked ainfully up and shook his fist at the aptive, from the side. "You'll find ut what we want with you, you d?d oss-thlef!" he cried. "We're goin'ti e' you to that limb so yore feetTI wing above th' grass, that's what e're goln' to do." Bill and Jed had their hands full for moment and as they finally mastered ie puncher, Charley came up with 6 ipe. "Hurry up?no use draggin' It ut this way. I want to get back tQ f ranch before night" "W'y I ain't no hoss-thief, you liar!" [opalong cried. "My name's Hopalong( assldy an* we'en I tells my friendr tout this they'll make you hard to nd. Gimme a chance an' I'U do it 1'self, sick as I am!" "Is that yore cayuse?" demanded harley pointing. Hopalong sqlnted: "Wich one?" "There's only one there, you fool." "Tha'so?" replied Hopalong, surrlsed. "Never seen it before. My lyuse is?is?where th' devil is it?" e asked, looking around. "How'd you get that one, then?" "Never had it?'taln't mine," replied [opalong, with strong conviction. "You stole that cayuse last night liter Stevenson's corral." "Did I? W'y?" his forehead became ? 1- * i. i. irrowea aguin uui me evenus ui mo Ight before were vague in his memry and he only stumbled in his sollliuy. "But I wouldn't swap my cayRe for that boneyard!" he finished trlmphantly, as if an appeal to logic ould clinch things. The rope went round his neck and a flurry of exitement ensued. When the dust ceted he was on his back again and the >pe was being tossed over a limb, ust then a hail was heard and a [ranger rode up and slid to a stand. Charley's gun glinted as it swung up nd the newcomer swore angrily. What you doin'?" he shouted. "Take tat gun ofTn me or I'll blow you part!" "Mind yore business an' sit still!" harley snapped: "We've got a hossilef an' we're goin' to hang him, re ardless." Hopa'ong turned his head slowly. He's a liar, stranger; a plain, luaw's-dog liar. An' I'll be much bilged if you'll shoot h?1 outen 'em n' let?why, hullo, hoss-thlef;" he xclaimed, recognizing the other. It as the man he had chased for a orse-thlef and then swapped horses ith, "Stole any more cayuses?" he sked, grinning, believing that everyling was all right now. "Han's up!" roared Stevenson,also uvtring the stranger. "So yo're anther, hey! We're in luck today, yatch him, boys, till I get his gun? no moves, nrop ruin. "You fool!" cried Ferris. "He ain't 0 thief, an' neither am I! My name's !en Ferris an' I live In Winchester, hat's Hopalong Cassldy?Cassldy, of IT Bar-20!" "Sit still?you can talk later, meby!" snapped Stevenson, warily apr >achlng him. "Watch him, boys!" "Hold on!" shouted Ferris, murder 1 his eves. "Don't you try that?TO et one of you anyhow! You can 11ssn a minute an' I can't get away." Ferris p'eaded as hard as he knew ow and called attention to the condilon of their prisoner: "If he did take h' wrong cayuse he was too drunk to now It?good O?d, can't you see he ??" he cried. "Yep?through yet?" "No! I ain't started yet!" ho yelld. "He did me a good turn, one that can't never pay back, an* I'm goln'to top this or go with him. If I go I'll i ake one of you with me, an' my outt'll got th' rest." His eyes lighted si'.uenly and he talked feverishly to gain ime. Seeing that Jed White was waering, Stevenson ordered them to go n with the work and watched Ferris ke a cat watches a mouse. But Feris stood up slowly In his stirrups and houted at the top of his voice, waving Is sombrero frantically. A faint cheer cached his ears and made the lynchrs turn quickly and look behind them, .'ine men were tearing toward them at dead run and were due to arrive In very few minutes. "Me an' my outfit started out to ound up cows an' got jackasses," Fer rls laughed. "Now lynch him, d?n you!" The nine swept up In skirmish order, guns out and ready. "What's th* matter, Ben?" demanded Tom Murohy. omniously. and then swore as he caught sight of the rope. "Nothln*, now. That's Hopalong Casaldy?I'm goin' to take him to th* ranch, when he's sober, an* Introduce him to some good friends of hlssn he's never seen. Ain't I Cassldy?" But Mr. Cassldy made no response. He was sound asleep, as he had been since the advent of his very good and capable friend, Mr. Ben Ferris, of Winchester. . I THE NEW PARCELS P08T. A Discussion of What New Mail Law Means. The casual readers of Washington dispatches are likely to get a vague and Imperfect vision of the parcels post scheme on the "zone system," devised by the Ingenious Senator Bourne, of Oregon, and embodied In the postoffice appropriation bill In the senate, says the New Tork Journal of Commerce. He may understand that the postal rate on fourth-class matter is to begin with five cents for the first pound and three cents for each additional pound or fraction up to 11 pounds In the first zone, and advance one cent more tne nrst pouna ana ior each additional pound from zone to zore up to the eighth, delivery In which will cost 12 cents a pound, or $1.32 for a full sized parcel of 11 pounds. He may comprehend the increase In distance from the "radical distance of approximately 50 miles" in the first zone to 150 miles In the second, 300 in the third, 600 in the fourth, 1,000 In the fifth, 1,400 in the sixth, 1,800 in the seventh, and all beyond that lri the eighth, though he may get a little confused until he grasps the topographical scheme of zoqes, which would be not parallel but concentric. The whole postal area would be divided Into "units of area 30 minutes square" which means that each unit would be one-quarter of a* quadrangle formed of Intersecting parallels of latitude and meridians of longlItude. The first zone would be circular and would have a "radical distance of approximately 50 miles, from the centre of any given unit of area." Consequently the whole map would be spotted with first zones of about 1,000 miles in diameter over lapping ana ODiuerating eacn omer all over the .United States "and its several territories and possessions, excepting the Philippine islands." There would be no end of first zones and each would be encircled by another 100 miles wide and others of Increasing width until the eighth and last was 1,800 miles from the centre and of indefinite extent. $Yom any one "centre of a given unit of he postal map would present a ring-streaked aspect, circling around the postofflces of the zone of which that area was a part; but an attempt to represent all the zones for the whole country would result in wiping out the map altogether or covering it with a confusion of lines. Assuming that the parcels post scheme, with different rates for different distances, is described in itself, it may look as though this was an equitable way of arranging the distances by zones. But consider *he zones for the borders of the country, along the coast and the land bound tinea oi emuiua auu muitu, tuuipared with those starting: from the interior. Half of each ring around the first zone on the Atlantic coast would stretch out at sea until 1,800 parcels posts would operate only in the other half, while a mail order house in the middle of the country would have the benefit of the service in all dlrectl ns to the limit. , This might have considerable effect upon the advantage of the system for different parts of the country and cause some shifting in the centres of distribution for various articles of merchandise. This raises some question about the equity of the zone system and its superiority over our established plan of equal postage for everybody over all distances. THE NUMBER OF VOTERS. The Total Vote for President in 1912 Will Not Exceed 16,000,000. mu f th/v nan ana huraa n x lie tfaiiiuaic vi inc wiisuw mu.^u of the number of voters that will take part In the November election Is misleading. It puts the new male voters at 3,650,000, making a total of 24,335,000 male voters In the United States. To this It adds 1,347,000 female voters In six western states where women have the suffrage. In the last twenty years the Increase In the number of actual voters In presidential elections has been much less rapid than the growth in population. The figures of the total vote in the last five presidential years run as follows: 1892, 12,059,410; 1896, 13,923,102; 1900, 13,961,566; 1904, 13.528,979; 1908, 14,888,442. The population of the United States, Including the territories according to the census, was 62,947,714 In 1890, 75,994,714 In 1900 and 91,972,266 in 1910. While the total population between 1900 and 1910 Increased 15,977,691, or 21 per cent, the number of actual voters from 1900 to 1908 Increased only 1,359,463, or less than ten per cent In eight years. In 1890 more than one person voted for president to every five of population; in 1908 less than one person voted for every six of population, although the total vote was 900,000 larger than in any previous presidential election. The census bureau apaprently has counted all persons of voting age, without regard to other considerations. Allowance must first be made for allens and then others who are disqualified from voting for various reasons. Of the remainder a considerable proportion will fail to register, and In November a large number of registered voters always neglect to cast their ballot. Even with the admission of the two new states of Arizona and New Mexico, the appearance of women for the first time as voters in California and Washington, and the advent of an army of first voters, a total vote of 16,000,000 for president In 1912 would be very large in the light of past records. ?New York World. ptettllaneous parting. DIAL REPLIE8 TO TILLMAN. Roaents Attack of 8*nator?Donioa Ho Supported Haokoll. To the Editor of the News and Courier: Please allow me space to ronltf tn the interview of Senator Tillman, published In full in the News and Courier and in part in the State, and perhaps other papers. There Is a contest pending before the state Democratic executive committee touching the subject matter, and, therefore, it would be Improper for me to comment upon the merits of the case, hence I will only state facta In Senator Tillman's Interview he tries to prejudice my political prospects by stating that I am a Haskelllte. I wish to say that my relations with Judge Haskell were always of the friendliest character, and I am glad to claim that he was my personal {fiend as long as he lived; however, I differed with him in his political course and urged him not to make the race, and did not support him. Senator Tillman has seen proper to resort to the lowest kind of political trickery in mentioning my son's name In connection with this race. Hence I give the facts. My son desired to enter the navy, and upon Senator Tillman offering a competitive examlnaI *- - A- .4. | iU. k?... a..A lion 10 me suue ul imge uic uu; outceeded in winning the appointment He remained at Annapolis something like three years, and if he ever had any trouble there I was never apprised of it The last year he told me he failed to pass one examination only, and that the authorities offered to allow him to make this up the next year by taking the course over. He had attained his majority at that time and he resigned without consulting me. He was desirous of going into the pay corps of the navy. He went to Washington and stood a competitive examination from the United States at large, and received the appointment From what he told me I know he considered Senator Tillman his friend. The authorities assigned him to a fishing vessel and sent them out In the Pacific ocean. I knew absolutely nothing of the rules and regulations of the navy, but presumed a man would have to lead a correct life and nhaorva srnrut hahlts: otherwise he would not retain his position. Some two years afterwards a friend of mine wrote me to come to Washington, and upon arriving there suggested that I call on the assistant paymaster of the navy. Upon my doing so I was shown a statement sent in by the boy where he had overdrawn his account a few thousand dollars. This was a great shock and surprise to me. as I had had no Intimation of It whatever. He was at that time in the Philippines. I asked what information they had on the subject, and it seemed they had ! none, or but little, and upon Inquiry ascertained that the accounts had never been checked up since he left? about two years previously. X presumed that they had regular intervals to inspect books, etc. However, I apprehended no trouble. So far as I knew the boy's habits were good. I was informed that this Is the only ship In the navy where the accounts were not checked frequently. I was outraged at the whole matter and expressed my views pretty plainly to the officials about the carelessness of allowing an inexperienced youtn to check upon the United States treasury without any restraint whatever. The boy was under bond in some bonding company?I was not on it. However, I thereupon borrowed some money from the banks and the next day deposited an amount covering the entire* balance, and told them to have him come home so that the matter could be looked into and adjusted. Upon his return he was suffering with tuberculosis. I advised him that the best thing he could do would be to tender his resignation and go home. In the meantime I took the matter up with Senator Tillman and told him, in confidence of the situation, and asked him not to mention it. He promised me to do so. The senator stated that he was not on speaking terms with Meyer, secretary of the navy, and that he had little influence there. I called to see Mr. Meyer, but he was absent. So I took the matter up with Mr. Winthrop, assistant secretary of the navy, and he told me that Tillman's Influence was "nil" In that department; that he was not on speaking terms with the secretary, and that great animosity existed between them. He advised me to see some one else? Senator Smith being absent, I called upon an old personal friend in the senate. He went over to the navy department and had the resignation accepted. The young man had associated with older men who, no doubt, had plenty of money of their own, and probably he thought It was his duty to try to entertain upon as lavish a scale. He had handled thousands and thousands of dollars of the government's money and It took considerable time to figure up an account owing to the large amounts handled and the different rates of exchange with the different foreign countries and to his inexperience, some doubt remained as to whether he owed anything. I made things warm around the department, and a short time arter that I noticed some rather prominent officials were dropped from the roll. I do not know that this was the direct result. After remaining in the state a short time the boy's heulth became so bad that I sent him to a hospital. where he has remained ever since, his life being despaired of at different times. I would like to ask Senator Tillman, or the public, if anyone could have done more than I did? Would a gentleman have done less? Senator Tillman seems to think because he gave the boy this appointment to Annapolis that I am under obligations not to oppose him for office. When did the senatorship come to belong exclusively to him? Neither did I know betore tnat ne is conferring appointments to official positions to keep from being opposed. I was of the opinion that the position belonged to the United States, and that they were distributed through our senators and congressmen. Senator Tillman states that he asked the clerk of the senate to notify me about my expense account This Is the first I ever heard of that. I re11 eived a letter from the clerk dated August 21. In which he did not mention the senator's name. Besides this. In an Interview from Senator Tillman dated Washington, August 22, he stated that I had "No status" In the race. This was published In the South Carolina newspapers and I received inquiries from the various sections of the state an'd It was reported generally that I was disqualified. Certainly Senator Tillman's interview was the cause oi tnis report oeing circulated. If he had wished to correct it, he had ample opportunity to do so. It seems to outrage the senator's feelings very much for me to even asplre to office at all. I was notified during the campaign that Senator Tillman would attack my son's conduct. either before the first primary or In the second one, In case I was In the race. His lackles and henchmen were spreading this report In different sections of the state. Of course, you know what my reply was. Senator Tillman Is following his old tricks by trying to attract attention from his own record to that of a helpless, tubercular patient, on his back 3,000 miles from home. What answer has he to make to the Questions Governor Blease asked him the other day? What response does he make to the charges Col. Talbert made against him from one end of South Carolina to the other? Why did he vote for Lor Imer? What explanationa has he to make of the charges of his neighbors in having government employees supervise and work on his own plantation? Probably the people would like to hear the reasons he had for investing his money out of his beloved state ?in Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon, and perhaps other states. If Tillman, or anyone else, knows anything dishonorable, in my life or character, they are at liberty to publish it in every newspaper in the state, every day in the year. At the beginning of the campaign, I stated that I would have nothing whatever to do with the gubernatorial 'race, and I steadfastly maintained this position, and what I am going to say now is without reference whatever to either one of said candidates, but mention the matter in so far as it relates to the senatorial race. Owing to the very great excitement in our state just before the primary, Senator Tillman, feeling that his own election was In great danger, authorized the publication of the Ferguson letter. Hence, a large number of his heretofore opponents voted for him. The senator knew just as much about the gubernatorial candidates six months, one month, or two weeks before the election as he did when he wrote the Ferguson letter, all the time proclaiming that he was "hands off" in the race. Not only that, any one reading the Ferguson letter can readily see that It was written for publication. Moreover, the next week, after he had written it. In an Interview from Washington he stated that he was still "hands off," and had nothing further to say. Upon reflection 1 am 8atisfled that the people of the state see where they fell Into his trap, and ? -a Ulw. lilt? VUlCO UUl 1UI 111 in ncic uvi iiw deliberate expression of the will .of the people. I am not a man to whine or complain, and I take my drubbing for my share when It la fairly administered. I have continually been offered proof of charges against the senator, one being as late as yesterday, but I have steadfastly refused to stoop to any such politics. Now, the senator seems to get in a great rage about the point Col. Talbert made in his petition and my reply to the same wherein the law of the state of South Carolina states that a candidate must file his expense account after the close of the campaign and before the primary, and states that this is too technical for any sensible man to entertain. I did not make the law; it is found in the statute books, and It Is presumed In the absence of further proof to the contrary that the legislature was composed of sensible men. i nii? can ue tounu in ovu ui i*v?, relating to primary election. Statutes at large, volume 24, page 947. It would be Improper for me to discuss this, since as above stated, the matter will be heard and decided by the state executive committee. I desire to state that I conducted my campaign upon the highest possible plane, and refrained from discussing Senator Tillman's record, since he was absent and 111. I have pity upon his Infirmity, and am constrained to believe that his attack upon me now is that more of a raving madman thf.n a sane person. Anyway, he has violated the most sacred confidence that a man could Impose In another. What would you think of a minister if he violated your sacred confidence? What -opinion would you have of the doctor who speaks In public of your ailments? What contempt would you have for your lawyer who would tell the secrets of your case? It occurs to me that anyone of Senator Tillman's age and experience would be the last man to violate family secrets and wound the feelings of a father, when no good could result He may think It brave to try to damage my good name by parading before the public the acts of a careless and frivolous youth. I consider the lives of a man's family sacred ground, upon which no true man will trespass, even to save his political neck. But I leave this to the consideration of all fairminded people. N. B. Dial. Laurens, September 5. Revolving Safe Burglarproof.?With characteristic thoroughness the Germans have devised a real burglar proof safe, so cleverly designed that It will baffle even the burglars who work with the latest of oxygen and actelene blow pipcu. 11 IB t'ttUCU llio tai I UUOCI| VI "roundabout safe." It exhibits a polygonal steel structure revolving freely on ball bearings. It is buSt Into a wall and when the outer door is closed a small electromotor is set in motion, whereupon the safe starts revolving ceaselessly and noiselessly on Its axis within Its stone chamber. Any tampering with its motions causes an alarm bell to ring. So long as the safe continues to revolve the blowpipe can have no effect upon it, since the flame cannot be applied long enough to any particular spot to make an Impression.?Chicago Tribune. 'tsr Tnat soul is truly lost that gathers darkness of the light ALL IN GOLD. Wonderful Resources Exhibited by Bank of England. "All In gold, please." These are words heard many times a day by the cashier of a bank, on presentation of a check. And In this Instance they were spoken by an ordlnary-sised, quiet-looking gentleman to one of the cashiers of the Bank of England. Nonchantiy the latter picked up the check, and, at the same time as he examined It, made by force of habit for the till. Then he drew up suddenly and carefully scrutinised the customer. For the check was made out for ?1,000, OO! Possibly he thought the possessor of the check was one of those amiable lunatics obsessed with the Idea that he Is worth endless money?not an uncommon experience of a bank cashier. But, In fact, the gentleman was one of the directors of the English Sewing Cotton company, which had arranged to buy out for cash the leading American concern, the WUHmantlc Thread company, of the same business, and the money was required to ship to America in order to save the rate of exchange, which would amount to many thousands of pounds. The money was a to be shipped by the Lucanla In a week's time, this bei'.ig the last available date of doing so before the option expired. Such are the traditions and discipline of the Old Lady of Threadneedle street, however, that the cashier gave no outward signs of his doubts upon the sanity of the customer, but quietly remarked, *T suppose this Is all right, slrr "Tou can easily And out that 1( Is . all right," was the reply, "and I'll have the money In gold coins, no bullion. Kindly let me know if you cannot let me have it" The cashier excused himself for a moment, and the customer was soon Joined by the secretary. The necessity and urgency of the case were explained to the latter, who undertook to And the money within seven days. Thereupon the Bank of England scoured the banks of the principal cities of ti e United Kingdom for their surplus supply of sovereigns, but on the sixth day they were still about ?60,000 short of the required amount This was finally made up of ten yen pieces, obtained from the Yokohama Specie bank. Then the whole amount was packed In Iron-bound heavy wooden cases, sent by special train to Liverpool, and reached the seaport well In time to be safely deposited In the strong rooms of the Lucanla. Thus the bank of Ekigland had faithfully discharged Its trust at consider-, able expense to Itself. It Is doubtful whether there Is any Institution In the world, except the Bank of Parts, that could have found the coin at so short notice.?Pearson's Weekly. FEAT OF INDIAN HERO. Swam the ley Columbia With Child on His Baek. To swim the Columbia river at Umatlll, where It is half a mile in width. Is a test of human strength even under the most favorable conditions, but to accomplish that feat burdened with the weight of a child and In the dead of winter with the swollen river made more formidable by the presence of hundreds of Jagged Ice floes Ik an achievement almost unbelievable, says the Oregon Journal. Tet this was Just what was done about eight yeari ago by a Columbia river Indian who had almoat re?iched the age of SO. He ia still living today on the Umatilla reservation to ;estlfy to his performances, though no man ever heard him boast of it The Indian's name is 8ees-Tu te and he is now the head man of the scat* tered Columbian. It was in the early yean of the new century that he at- tempted to make the passage of the Columbia in a frail canoe, accompanied by a boy of 9 years. When in midstream his little craft was struck with such force by an ice cake that it was overturned. Sees-Tse seized his boy companion, and placing him on his back, breasted the stream and commenced his battle to gain the shore. If men who witnessed the feat are to be believed, no white man could have accomplished what this old Indian did. Foot by foot he made his war toward the southern bank, and though swept downstream by the swift cur rent, nia progreu was neta/. Several times he was struck by an ice floe and the Jagged en(j Qf one cut a deep wound in his neck. Finally, after what seemed an almost Interminable time, he reached the shore with his burden, his strength spent by his heroic efforts and loss of blood, and almost frozen by the chill water. Before the flow from his wound could be checked he had almost bled to death. Not long after the incident SeesYuse was awarded some heirship lands on the Umatilla reservation and since that time has lived among the Umatlllas, Cayuses and Walla Wallas, but tnrougn tne aeatn or me cmeiuins 01 his own tribe he has come to be regarded by his people aa their head man. The old Indian, whose facial characteristics are so different from those of the prairie Indians, is a frequent visitor in Pendleton, Ore., and almost regularly once a week calls upon his friend, Major Lee Moorhouse, not however, so much for the purpose of talking with the major as to gaxeata full length painting of himself, which adorns the walls of the Moorhouse office. The painting was made from a photograph, of Sees-Yuse, taken by the major, and the aged redman often sits by the hour, childlike, admiring the likeness on the wall. Unlitsrary Light Fiction.?"That fellow makes a living writing light Action." said Smith. "Really?" replied his friend. "He doesn't look like a literary chap." "He's not," answered Smith. "He makes out statements for the electriclight company." ?4" All conAdence is dangerous, unless it is complete; there are few circumstances In which it is not best either to hide all or to tell all. (La Bruyere.) tr Great Britain has seven and th /ee-quarter millions of dwelling housea %