The watchman and southron., July 28, 1909, Image 2

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TIFT HOI COMMUTED.
WA NTH TIIOIIOUGH INVESTI?
GATION OF MATTER.
H??m tCx|MaliM Ilia Position Ite
g?rriJng rY?n Raw Material?Com
promlsc PosMlMe? UIwumi Cotton
Sebedule
Washington. July 22.?President
Taft apparent)./ has hrough about a
tangible situation with regard to the
tariff where uncertainty existed be?
fore.
Today wan one of conferences and
concluded with a consultation at the
White House tonight, participated In
by the presided. Senator A Mr Ich and
Representative Payne, at which I he
cidef eeecutlve was assured that a
hi.rmontous settlement of the dlif-r
eeees existing between the tw >
branches of congress Is practicable
The senators opposed to the "fl ee
raw material" programme were con
eta Red todsy by Senator Aldrlch and
a committee representing the same
position on the house side held a con?
ference with Chairman Payne. In id
dr Inn the no me confereea met tills
af srnoon to have the experts of the
senate finance committee explain the
seiate changes n the cotton schedule.
Sanator Aldrhr todsy met a num?
ber of senators 'vho are opposed to
free hides, coal and Iron ore, and no
encouragement was offered for the
placing of any of these articles on the
free list In fact were It possible to
get those, senator.! to yield, the situ?
ation in the house would have to be
dealt with
The "tariff Insurgents" In the houne,
who are opposed to free raw mater?
ials, met again today and adopted res?
olutions protest mj against the plan
Representative Dwlght of New
York, the Republican whip of the
rtettse. conferred with Senator Aldrlch
late this afternoon and informed him
Chat the anti-free raw material senti?
ment in the house was a matter whl?h
required serious consideration. He
said that its strength had grown to
41 members.
The advocates of dutiable hides In
both houses de.dare that a compto
mtas> Is possible but that they can not
consider the pticing of these articles
on the free Hat
With regard to the free reciprocity
provision on coa In the house bill
there also was a firm stand. The
members Interested In coal declated
that such a provlulon would make the J
situation with regard to coal unten
at le for the opemtlves and that a re?
daction In the senate rate without a
clause for reciprocity was more ac?
ceptable.
' That a nominal duty on Iron ore
w II be agreed to by the conferees
w?s the Indications tonight. No de?
termination as to the rate ha? been
ss ggestrd.
It Is understood that Representa?
tive Payne Is Insisting on absolu' ly
free ore.
Owing to the diversified opinion 88?
pressed vsdh regard to oil. It Is more
than likely that the conference re?
port will place petroleum on the free
list without m countervailing duty
proposition.
It decided today that the hen !
quarters of the customs court of ap?
peals shall be located In Washington.
Oen. Hharetts and Marlon De Vlies
of the board el appraisers and W. H.
rsrkbiii. an examiner in the Ken
York ( oatoms bureau, explained to
the houM . nfe.-? the purpose of
J?e senste changes In the gotten
schedule and the probable effects of
ch." rises. They pointed out t!.
specific rates would not exceed
rat h It had been the In?
tention <u tj,.. I ?inKley law to collect,
but that In operation seveial of the
sens;- i ????-? would be lower than
those of the houeo,
Th" entire time of the house con?
ferees v i taken up In the dlscusMon
of the cotton schedule.
President Taft called attention to?
day to list teet that ho has been In
advert, ally 'nlsrepresented aa d?
mandins free raw materials u I along
the line The president'* position iJ
a gSJittel sM tact, as outlined In his
Statement of Friday lust, was that In
favo ?d an Inquiry to tlnd out what
degree of protection, If any. was Aec
esae-v In tb matter of tire, huh s.
COM I . tC.
The j? ? o h?nt has not committed
hlnoo ir Irretrievably to free hide .
fr?*. ? 1 ? oil and free Irog ent.
and Ihr ? lit he called attentioii
to this i... i i \ tatsda to tin- lir
pre Ion ? > White H Sgnt that
Sjoene sort ol working basl* Is about
to be ?f ? hetl.
.Vr Tall h kesjeful Ihal ? <eafer>
enre report v. Ill be p.??i*iible by Salur
day Of Mond 13
An ? tort VSjfl m.ob- at I I d ulitht's
dinner \>> \ ire PreeldentTtaftagree I
n two years' limitation of the eovpor
etlon tav II" declined to do mo. The
matter e as gone Into at the time Ho
tax w m I Hedi and It was th n
decided tli * I no time limit should be
placed upon tie- measure.
MaSgJ a girl thinks *h* has biokeii
bar heart when she hau ui v spr lin?
ed her imagination.?Life.
MUCH PROPERTY LOST.
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO HUN
DIIEDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
\t I/oast h Score of Lives? Reports
Show Injury to Have Been Greater
Than at First Reported.
Houston, July 23.?Galveston has
begun rebuilding the structures rased
In the storm of Wednesday. Wires are
still down, but later reports from th'?
interior show greacer damage and loss
of life than were sustained at Galves
ton.
Such points as have reported tell of
a score killed, serious Injury to half
aa many more and damage to prop?
erty estimated at, $750,000.
Oraphlc tales are told by those who
were swept from the tarpon fishing
pier, off Qalveston. Into the Gulf and
were rescued clinging to bits of
wreckage along the beach near Mor?
gan's Tolnt.
Ray C. Testshorn, of Houston, says
it was shortly after midnight of Wed
neaday that the first real alarm for
the safety of Bettlson's pier was felt,
ten hours later the pier gave way and
a party of ten was cast Into the wa?
ter.
"Shortly before the building sank
ws went to the roof," said Mr. Teet
shorn. "The building went down easi?
ly. In fact, It simply crumbed Into
the water. Everybody scrambled for
himself. I think all of us started off
on some wreckage and the wind and
tide carried ua through the water
while the high sea beat us and the
rollers broke over and beneath us."
( LFM SON TREASURER'S REPORT
Fertiliser Tag Tax Brought In $177,
271 During Year Ending June 30.
C.'emson College. July 20.?The i
finance committee of the Board ot
trustees and finished lta inspection or
the books of the treasurer for the year
?? ruling .June 30. Below are a few in?
teresting facts end figures from the
treasurer's report for the year:
The income from the fertilizer in?
spection tag tax was $177,271. Of this
amount the trustees expended by or?
der of the General Assembly $64,389.
79 as follows: For Inspection of fer?
tilizers and mailing fertilizer bulle?
tins, $13,638.59; for analysis of fer?
tilizers, minerals, ores, waters, etc..
$8,997.65; for entomological inspec?
tion. $1.415.72; for veterinary Inspec ^
tlon, $2,177.11; for Texas fever tick
eradication, $6.583.98; for coast ex?
periment station, $15,953.69; for far?
mers' institutes, $516.26; for 165 ben?
eficiary scholarships, $15.166.79.
These expenditures leave a balance
credited to the college of $112.881.95.
to which must be added the Income
from productive funds, such as the
i 'lemson bequest, tuition, rents, fai ?n
fcafd and dairy, etc., amounting t ?
#f,t?t.tli and the income from tht
Federal government, $23.254. These
amount!, with a balance of $18.775.
16. make a total of $165.613.92 fo<
the use of the College.*
The expenditures of the College
PPOfjul for the year were for perma?
nent Improvements, operating, equip
ment. supplies, Inbor. insurance, paid
cadet fund, and salaries?by depart?
ments an follows: Academic depart?
ment. $22.013.15; agricultural depart?
ment. $15.648.27; chemical depart?
ment, $6.737.30; engineering depart?
ment. $2 1.885.98; military depart?
ment. $3.010.39; textile department,
s>;.?;?; miscellaneous department,
$67.116.11. The Items which make
the miscellaneous department mount
lip are cli ellv barracks maintenance
ant tqQlpment, heat, light and water.
Con:-', ue?hm and repairs, support of
t'Hivtct*) expanse! and salaries, of
President*! and treasurer's othce, trus
Sinsnmn library, printery, ttc,
CISWSOn College, Jply 20.?Prof
\v \i Itigga has gone North for s.
brief trip of Inspection of electrical
planti and Io consult an eye special
Ist In New York.
Dr. If, itay powers, state veterina?
rian, has returned to his duties, after
a holiday of a few weeks spent with
r? latlvea in the North.
The farmers' Institute workers, in
charge of Prof, i>. x. Barrow, of tht
agricultural department, began their
I Work of holding on,.-day institutes Sn
sev eral wtstern counties yesterday.
Tht work Of grading the several
hundred examination papers rtoolvcd
fp>m ?be county examinations held
July 2 for sc holar.-'alps and ontranot
to demons, has been Bnlohedi and the
ro< ? ts tabulated and reported to the
county i oard of education.
Mis. w. a. Wright, of Atlanta, <ia..
hi h?re on a visit to her daughter
Mrs. A. B. Ilryan.
Mrs. Cnreton, of Greenville, s. <*.
is the guest foT a few days of hoi
friend, Mrs. John H, Hook.
Uff, CheS, B, Doggetl is away on a
visit of several weeks to friends in
N Yotk Hints and olsowhero,
Mr. S. VY. RvanOi Oi thl treasurer's
Of?c*), Is away on his vacation.
m 11 Ifacmlllan und hot daughter,
alle? Jamie Wlnn, are lu re on ? rieh
to lira Maemlllan's sister, Mrs. .!. P,
Le win
PRICES OF G?TTON.
110 POINTS BELOW Ii AST TUES?
DAY'S QUOTATION.
Dropped 85 points Between Satur?
day's And Monday's Quotation?
$5.50 Fall on Uie Bale In One
Week. I
New York, Ju'y 19.?There was
another sensational break In the cot?
ton market today, with cotton for De?
cember delivery closing at 11.77 c
35 points below the final quotation of
Saturday, and 110 points, or $5 50 a
k*tl#, below the high recorJ of lost
Tuesday.
Liquidation continued very heavy,
and the local bear clique was very
aggresive in the late trading on re?
ports of rain in the Southwest.
The greatest weakness was in the
last half hour, and during this time
December broke from 11.99 to 11.77.
The close was easy at the lowest point
of the day, a net decline of 28 to 36
points.
PREPARE EARLY FOR ELECTION
Democratic Congressional Committee
Organizlnz.
Washington, July 19.?Taking ad?
vantage of the present situation de
\ eloped b*y the tariff, the Democratic
congressional committee, one yeur in
advance of the usual time for such
action, met tonight, elected officers
and mapped out the course It will fol?
low In its fight to capture the house
In the next congressional elections.
Representative Lloyd, of Missouri,
was elected chairman by the unani?
mous vote of the 37 members.
Other officers chosen were: Rep?
resentative Dixon, Indiana, secretary;
Representative Finley, South Caro?
lina, first vice chairman; Representa?
tive Palmer, of Pennsylvania, second
vice chairman, and J. J. Sinnott, o
Virginia, sergeant-at-arms. Chair?
man Lloyd probably will announce
to-morrow the personnel of the fin
ance, literature campaign and other
substitute committees.
Mr. Lloyd asserted that informa
tion he has received from all parts
of the country Indicate that the Dem
ocrats are more hopeful of electing u
Democratic house than they hav
been for many years.
Mr. Lloyd said that the committc
had agreed to "get busy" immediatel
and that It was equipped to give th
opposition the most stubborn fight I
Its history.
"Did you have a pleasant time at
the picnic, Ronald? I trust that you
remembered to Fletcherize and mas?
ticated each mouthful one hundred
times." "Yes'm, an' while 1 was
chewln* my first bite the other boys
et up all the grub."?Life.
Secondary Schools.
In the midst of the mass of legis?
lation proposed to the Georgia legis?
lature there occasionally appears
something worth while. A legislator
has suggested that the State pay more
attention to its secondary schools and
even afford them some financial re?
lief.
There are many Americans who do
not believe that it Is the duty of the
State to offer free education to its
youth beyond the high school grades.
They argue that any really serious
student can obtain his own education
thereafter, and that the State has
done its part when it has given a boy j
the opportunity to learn the funda- I
mentals. They further argue'that the
number of students who take the col?
lege course is relatively small, and
that the secondary schools are able to
reach a much larger number of pu?
pils, and at a smaller cost.
There Is pith in this position. Of
course this State already spends much
more for the secondary schools than
It does for any of its more advanced
institutions, but it cannot be denied
that there are many country districts
where there are no vfacilities for high
schools. The object of free education
is not to educate a few to a high de?
gree, but to educate a: many as pos?
sible, and these as highly as the reve?
nue available will permit.
South Carolina is now offering in?
ducements for the creation of high
schools in the country districts, or any
other districts, by giving State aid In
the payment of teachers* salaries.
This has brought about the establish?
ment of many good schools and will
bring about the establishment of
many more. We believe that we are
more fortunate than our sister State
In this matter of secondary schools,
although there Is mom for much im?
provement here. We merely wiAh to
urge the importance of the "high
school, which, after all, is the back?
bone of our educational system, in so
far as the preparation of men for in?
telligent citizenship is concerned?
News and Courier.
Both Alike.
The new-style tramp halted the
pedestrain.
"Sir." said he holding out his hand,
"this is a pleasure. I do not want to
be short?"
"Neither do I," replied the pede?
strain, passing on, "but it is better to
be short in speech than in pocket
book. Get out!"
And the new-style tramp shook his
head in disgust.
In a Sheffield school the children
were asked to come prepared with
the meaning of the word "bachelor"
for the next lesson. This was one
little girl's confident definition: "A
bachelor is a very happy man." The
teacher wanted to know more. How
did the little girl know that? "Fath?
er told me so!"?Tit-Bits.
SCALPING.
Indian Tradition That Tells- the Origin
of the Custom.
According to the Indian tradition,
scalping arose in this wise:
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
years ago, when all the Indians in
the world were of one tribe and un?
der one chief, there arose a dispute
In the tribe as to who should succeed j
the old chief, who had just died with?
out issue. There were two principal
aspirants to the honor, each having
a considerable following. The dispute
finally ended with strife and war, and
for the first time in the history was
"brothers' blood shed by brothers."
The chief of one of the factions
had a beautiful daughter, and one of
the bravest warriors was a suitor for
her hand. Her father consented to
the match on one condition?that the
young brave should journey to the
camp of the enemy, many miles away
through deep snow, kill the chief, his
rival, and return with some unmis?
takable token of his death. In spite
' of the snow and the distance, the
I young man immediately set out on
his journey and, after lying in am?
bush for several days, finally entered
the camp, boldly attacked the chief
in his tent, slew him and cut off his
head.
Next morning the murder was dis?
covered, and the tribe set off in hot
pursuit. Little by little they gained
upon the fleeing warrior, who in his
anxiety to elude his pursuers cast away
all his impediment-, to his very cloth?
ing, retained only hi* stone knife and
the trophy which was to win him his
bride.
His pursuers gained rapidly until
finally so near did they come he could
h.*ar them on his trial. Hla grew
some burden grew heavier ami heavi?
er, and as a last resort he whipped I
out his knife, stripped the scalp from
the head of the dead man and, thus
lightened of his load, reached his own
camp in rafety, presented to his ciiief
the token of his prowess and was wed,
amid great rejoicing to the damsel of
his choice.
From thenceforth he was permitted
to wear an eagle's feather in his cap,
and to this day the eagle's feather
remains the sign of the successful
warrior, the number he displays de?
pending upon the number of scalps
he has taken.?Chicago Record
Herald.
To Men in ColumMn.
Columbia, July 2'. ??The Most im?
portant events- SChOduU d i >r SOtttn
Carolina for the coming week axe;
The St: ??? ;>... rs' Union will r
In Columbia on Wednesday for a three
days' session. Special rates have been
granted by the railroads, and a large
number of farmers are expected from
all sections of the State.
A good woman pleases the heart.
FARMERS' SCHOOL AT Rgf.
BERRY
Clemson. Experts to Direkt Extension
Work.
Newberry, July 20.-?Mention has
heretofore teen made of the exten?
sion school work which it is proposed
to do in New berry undert h?* direction
of Clemson College and the United
States department of agriculture. The
school, because it is intended to be a
School f<?r the instruction of farmer?
and others who desire instruction in
matters pertaining to agriculture,
be held at Newberry beginning on
Monday, August 2, and continue
through Friday. The trustees of the
Newberry graded school have kindly
permitted the school to be held in the
graded school building, and it is hop
i ed that not only farmers, but citizens
I of the city who are interested in the
J subjects to be discussed will attend
and encourage the teachers.
Prof, D. N. Barrow, of Clemson
College, was in Newberry last week
in connection with Mr. A. D. Hudson
and other progressive farmers making
the necessary arrangements. It it de?
sired the professors in this school will
give lectures at night using stereop
ticons and charts illustrating their
lectures,.
Interest in agricultural matters in
this county has increased very greatly
in the last few years, and as a result,
the farmers are making better crops,
larger yields per acre and are giving
more attention to the conveniences and
comforts of their homes. This school
will do much to increase this interest
and it is hoped that the farmers will
appreciate what is to be offered them,
and that as many as possible will at?
tend.
Newberry has the distinction of be?
ing one of the very few counties in
this State, which will have the oppor?
tunity and privilege of such a school,
and they should show their apprecia?
tion by their presence and interest.
From Clemson College the follow?
ing lecturers, who are expertsin their
lines, will take part in this extension
school work: D. N. Barrow, G. G.
Ainslie, A. F. Conradie, J. M. Burgess,
E. Barnett and D. W. Daniel, and
from the United States department of
agriculture, R. R. Welch and J. T.
Campbell.
We Mortals.
To certain heights do we aspire.
And yet, I guess,
ft we had nothing else, we'd the
of happiness.
If WSJ *r#n not unhappy some
v. e d srorry more;
For happiness would soon become
A dreadful bore.
?Louisville Courier-Journal
Many a man who doesn't know one
note from another attempts to sing
his own praise.
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