Till-: s| MM It WVIVIIMW, I (MhlNltCSj A4al! 18.-.U. CoDoOlidated Auk. 3,1881. Be Just and I'car nol?Lei all the ends Hum Alms'l at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth1 STJMTER, 3. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1913. THE TH?K SOUTHKON, rwWMwi Jim.'. 1MI Vol. XXXV. No. 46. COHOIIION IN f LOOO DISTRICT. w:\i.i\f * it* :i ih ?i i.i.i i i - Fond}* To ici r Mil i- wi U.I.n. Oflkvr 1I to Have Flt |afs i.\ mi Hlui|m? to Withstand Vlcksburg Miss. Jan .'?:.? Heavy rains continued today in the lower Mississippi valle* and federal and State engineer* have redoubled their efforts to repair and strengthen their lottos,alJng the bis; river and pre? vent another crevasse. MaJ. J. A. Woodruff. In charge of the third fed? eral levee district, stated tonight that prospects of tlelng the ends of the Beu.ah crevasse are favorable and by tomorrow, he said, he hoped to have the Fitter's levee in shape to with Stand the expected further rise in the river. Tomorrow oitlsen*' mass meetings v ?? held In Greenville, VlcJUburg and other Mississippi cities to con sld?T plans for the relief of the peo? ple who will be made homeless as a ressjtt of the Iteulah crev at St. Louis, Mo., ar Hved In Evansvllle today under as fjssjuaant from MaJ. lien. Wood to astrvsy food conditions in this vici? nity and to furnish any relief from federal resource* that may be need? ed. He has authority to draw upon army fun da f Th* se*i*nm*nt came In response fo appeals from Kentuc\y and R< i - ? lentatlves A. I>. Stanley's proposal hi the house Friday for $1.000.000 appropriation for flood relief. CspL Elliott spent the afternoon with Mayor Hellman and other Hood relief workers who ar'. familiar with conditions In the Evansvllle distr.v' Mayor Hellman believes that feder? al aid will most acceptable be made In the Ashhurg. the Walnut bottom and I'nlontown districts, 60 miles be? low Evansvllle, In Kentucky. Cant. Ellio t will also go to Shawneetown. B . before be returns to St. Louis. Capt. Elliott spent two months in flood relief work on the lower Miss? issippi river hurt spring. The expected rise In the river here today did not materialise. The uprlver rains merely checked the rate of fall. G\l? IS WIM MM. SLOWLY. \ftrr IteaehtiiK 125 Feet Frogrt*** of t reissM' Is Slow. Oreenville, Miss., Jan. 26.?At a late hour this evening the crevasse In the Heulah levee was widening Tory slowly after having reached a width of 125 feet. It is pouring out at a depth of six feet of water. Ti | I service on tho Itiverslde division of the Yasoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, running within a few miles of the iteulah levee had not been in? terrupted. It Is not believed any Pves have been lost as the water is spreading \ery slowly, filling up the depressions and the natural streams. The planters In the Oogue Phalla basin ha\e been preparing for the emergency and little loss of sto< k and cattle Is ntlcl, ated. JCfforts will be made p. ti.- the ciiiN ofathe |e\ee Jit the peak, lind us the Rvee IS constructed of Stiff bll i. shot earth the belief Is expressed that the rre\asse will not widen to anv great extent The serious fea? ture of tb. I ieak M the fact that. coming thl* early the chances are that It csn not be closed during the high water season which may last until May. and the expense of earing for sfo? k are! Iiborintbe overlloWdt 1 -..?Ion for two or Ihre, month- will h? h? ?v HJ M||?| \ rs PL.%1 MAfl Nou< ste*'k and Srffes la High Ground \|. o.phis Tenn , I M I ds? patch*? racerred laalsjhl fron, Modoo, Ark., report residents of that vl< nltj moving their stock to. hither grounds und building r i \? i I i i?. I hm Mom r??r tht* Dnj Were From Fourpvn |0 Twent>-?i\ Point?, Net IHglssr XeW York, .lun. 21.?The cotton market was very active today with a hl? opening break followed by an ex? tremely rapid advan ?? and with the close linn at a net gain at from 1 1 to 26 points. The market started easy at a de llne of 11 to 15 points under heavy general selling and in sympathy with weak Liverpool oablee. Report of dissension In Turkey which might prolong the Balkan trouble Wal evi? dently a \cry disturbing feature, both here and in the Hnglish markets. The cables were about 30 American points low and prices attributed the break to heavy continenal selling induced by lees favorable politics. Houses wHh continental connections were also sellers here, but at the de? cline to 11.90 for March, or about 47 points from the high level of yes? terday the market met a very active demand. Leading spot brokers ap? peared around the ring with heavy buying orders while there seemed a no re or less general . inclination to tuke prollts and prices very soon re? covered their loss. Around the closing figures of last night there was some hesitation, but only slight recessions occurred with I tho market Later developing increased strength on continued covering by both local and Southern shorts. Re? ports that the new Turkish govern? ment had reopened peace negotia? tions and bullish week-end figures seemed to stimulate the demand and before the close March contracts sold at 11.35, or 35 points up. Last prices were within a point or two of the top. Roys to hio River at Stand. Washington. Jan. If.?The Ohio n\er is aenrly at a stand at Cairo, according to the weather bureau re? port* tonight, ? singe et' |8.l feet having licen recorded Hunday morn? ing, a rbs of Iwn feel in It hours. No changes from previous forecasts arc Indicated at present, Ralrna] Pom^l Stop Calfo, III . Jan. 24, The ?dii,, river remained station?r] loday bul re ports of widespread damage, both not th and lOUth "i I 'ulro, * is re ,, i pd 'Ii'* ' fotton Bell rail a ay n as forced le suspend trains between Bird's P.an? and Maiden At Ibud. r son Mounda Mo., ?in track was cov? , r- d b% two feel of water. fekV HE DOESN'T MINI) JELLING i ilBLATCRE WHAT TO l><>. Bon ;< i Kay* Adlon on This Question \\ 111 Be i? si of (icneml laseiiibly's Mettle. Washington, Jan. 25.? Declaring that ' it la the hit dog that howls," and that some o'. the rocks he threw hud hii certain railroad lawyeri in the & neral aaaenibly of South Caro? lina and started them to yelping, Senator Tillman today issued another Interesting statement regarding mat? ters in the legislature In which he says: "I have read with much Interest in yesterday's South Carolina papers th.' Rem be rt resolution offered in the house and passed by it. calling < n me to produce the evidence in suport of the charges of corruption in this legislative body. "I have also seen statements in the papers of what this and that senator and member had to say about the matter. Some claim I have 'ins lted' the legislature and objected to tho publication of my reply to Bleab?' in the journal. "All of these things have amused me very much, because I remember "having used an expression long ago which Is ap dleable in this case. 'It Is the hit dog that howls.' "I threw the rock In the discharge of my duty as I thougn., and, behold, the railroad attorneys i-i the general assembly began howling at once. I Why? They must be hit; that is, jthey must feel under suspicion and are howling to attract attention to their patriotism and superior virtue. Their indignation is pathetic. "Now, let us see what I have done. In the letter to Mr. Bailey, written last August, just before the primary and in the answer to Blease, I spoke In general terms about the general assembly and the way it has been in? fluenced by the railroad attorneys In? side of it and. out of it. My warning to this general assembly is certainly permissible, because I wanted to put Tt'on notice* that the people areTook - lng and watching and expect them to do better than their predecessors. No member of the house, as I can see, has any right to complain at all, ex? cept a few old ones, and there are not many of those. The hold-over senators in the leg? islature are the only men who can by legitimately aggrieved, and they ought to beware Of trying to defend their predecessors unless they are able to prove that those predecessors, In their votes, have not been Influenc? ed by Ben Abney and other railroad lawyers. "This Is not the Hrst time I have criticised the legislature about rail road matters, nor is it the first time that State senators have criticised me for my utterances. It is not the first time that Senator Tillman has 'in? sulted' the legislature, nor will it be the last, if he lives long enough and it keeps on doing as it has done. The people of South Carolina will retire any man they have selected for of flce when they come to believe that he is corrupt or corruptible. At least that is my belief. "I have boasted In my lectures in the North that there is not enough money In Wall Street to buy South Carolina, and i believed it to be true. I still believe it to be true, but public morals in the State have rapidly grown bad In the last ten years and I am coming to doubt whether my boast could now be made and sus? tained. "We Will see the temper of the general assembly by its action In purifying and protecting the primary, "it has the opportunity to lift the State out of the SlOUgh Of de? spond and disgrace in which it now wallows What will it do? "Until the senate passes the resolu? tion, i will not answer it officially, and will not have mote to say until l hear further from Columbia." WITH THE LE4?ISI..\TVHE. supplier f,,i Institutions Musi Be Hough! in Open Market. Special to The i lally l lern, Columbia, Jan '?1 Tie bouse pass? ed in iiuid reading a bill requiring all regular supplies for State, Coun? ty ami Municipal Institution* to he bought in ' im ii market after adver? tisinu In i be ti" w pa pi rs \eu- dt o ? utt Inn scrape on ? be out Kin-, of I he rlt> Sttndaj In which a negro woman cul h negro man nearly lo deuth hai been reported but no confirmation could i" obtali ed from ihe sie riff ofllce, WILL KOT RUIN BUSINESS. \))KHWOOI) POINTS Ol V THA T Mis COMMITTEE II AS DUE REGARD FOR BUSINESS. IndicotcH That Competitive Character Will Xoi Mean Razing of Rates Such us to Disturb Business Prop? erty of Country, Washington, Jan. 24.?<'hainr.au j Underwood of the house committee I on ways an I means announced em 1 phatlcally at 'he tariff bearing to I day that there was no intention of ! cutting rates of duty so low along I competitive lines as to ruin the busi? ness of the country. He took excep- j tions to intimations he attributed to Republican members that the Demo I cratic majority of the committee , I ' purposed to make rates that would disturb business prosperity. "I deny that there are any such in | tentions," he declared, follow ing re? marks of Representative Payne, rank? ing Republican member of the com- j I mittee. j The committee which heard testi? mony of many manufacturers and im? porters on the llax, hemp and jute schedules was not disposed to ques? tion the competitive character and luxury classification of many of the laces, embroideries and other articles in the schedule. Mr. Underwood took occasion to agree with some of them that their competitive status seemed to have been sustained, which is in favor of approximately the same ratea on many items. The entire schedule is one of the most profitable in the whole tariff scheme and produced last year more than $4P ?00,000 revenue, with duties amounting above 4 5 per cent ad val? orem. Some of these articles will be reduced to stimulate competition and bring revenue. The Manila export tax on Manila hemp was questioned by the commit? tee when the subject was brought up by Edward O. Metcalf of Auburn, N. Y., a rope manufacturer. Mr. Met? calf said the duty was a relic of the Sp^gfi regime in the Phillippines q,nd the refund allowed' importers in this' country operates to the benefit of the American consumers. Mr. Under? wood criticised it as a bad law. It was suggested that an export law any? way was not in keeping with the spir? it of the American constitution. CAMPAIGN TO GET EXPOSITION. I St Louis First Citv t>uis wants to be the scene of the sixth National Corn exposition The desire of that city to have the next holding Of the great agricultural event which takes place here the coming two weeks. beginning this morning at 9 o'clock, Is evidenced by the fact that the St. Louis con? vention's bureau has a man on the job already. He is Thomas L. Can? non, manager of the bureau, and is here, according to his statement yes? terday, to investigate the conditions of the exposition for the purpose of determining whether or not arrange? ments can be made to carry it to St. Louis for next year. The appeal is made from the standpoint that St. Louis is in the midst of a great agricultural belt, and the need is felt for an event of this kind to stimulate the agricultural Industries with the result of an in crease of crop production, with its accompanying benefits to that iec tlon. The eity of St. Lois, says Mr. Can? non, is fully capable of taking rare of the exposition. He stated yester? day that the city had . :x plac es am? ply capable of accomodating it, and that 260,000 additional people could be accommodated during the exposi? tion period. it la not known when the announce? ment will be made as to 'in- location of the sixth National Corn exposl i ion. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses were Issued Sat? urday to John Wesb y Allen and Neely Ludd of Providence; Banders Oliver and Minnie Singleton of Sum ler, and George June-- and l!li/i . beth Bradford, of Privateer. The < onl Inued a irm a eat In r of the p;i i tea weeks has mad. the v lob ts bloom as m \ i r before, and now everybody who has n violel bed has more of the beautiful sweel little h|.a h than they know what to do wlth or nearly so. ALLIES l? ENOtjEGOIIiriOHS; COMMITTEE is APPOINTED TO I DRAFT NOTE TO 1 CRKEY EXPLAINING THE MOVE Consideration Embraced Two Distinct Views, One Favoring Immediate Rupture of Conference Leading to War. London, Jan. 26.?The Balkan plenlpotentiariei who have received full powers from their respective governments, appointed a committee today to draft a not?: to th.' Turkish plenipotentiaries explaining why the peace conference must now be con? sidered broken ob'. It is hoped the draft will be ready for approval by the full delegation Monday night. This action of the allies is pa? of a series of well considered to* of pressure with which the Ba\ delegates hope to obtain their ob? ject without resuming the war. The meeting today lasted for an "hour and a half and the course to be followed was decided upon. Two distinct views were manifested ?one for the immediate rupture of the negotiations, leading to a re? sumption of the war, and the other favoring a temporizing policy in or? der to avoid irrevocable steps. The latter course triumphed and a com? mittee was appointed consisting of one member from each delegation as follows: Michael Madjaroff, Bulgarian min? ister at London; Prof. Georgios Streit, Greek minister to Austria Hungary; Count Voynovitch, chief of King Nicholas' cabinet, representing Montenegro, and Dr. M. R. Vesnitch, Servian minister to France, with the addition of M. Politis of the Greek delegation, owing to his knowledge of French and his through acquaintance With international law. General lines were laid down on which the note is to be drafted com? prising the arguments already set forth many times as to why the league demands the surrender of Adrianople and the Aegean inlands as an indispensable condition to. the conclusion of' peace\ ^ That the policy of the allies is to I gain time is patent and does not de? ceive anybody. The delegates decided that the advantages to be derived from the resumption of hostilltlei would be in proportion to the risks I they ran and that they would not take that step unless absolutely forc? ed to do so. It is realized that eve n a partial reverse would have grave j moral and material consequences, apart from the loss of thousands men. in the addition the fact is not over? looked that, tiure is danger of (tou? rnante advancing from the rear and of Austria imposing on Servia and Montenegro her condition! for re? maining neutral. The only disadvan? tage In delaying decisive action is In keeping large armies inactive and on a war footing for a long time, thus heavily taxing both the financial and agricultural resources of the countries. THE KILLING OF NAZIM PASHA. Dispatches From Constantinople In? dicate That Killing of War Minister Not Unpremeditated. London, Jan. 27?Uncensored Con? stantinople dispatches received In London confirm the previous ac? counts of the revolt against the gov? ernment and the shooting of the war minister Naslm Pasha. The dispatches added little to the details already known, but state that the autopsy on the officers kill? ed disclosed that the bodies bore dag? ger wounds, as well as bullet wounds, thus throwing doubt on the assertion that the killing was unpremeditated, According to the Daily Mail the Balkan ultimatum to Turkey will give four days grace to enable the powers to ?ie\: e any possible means to bring pressure upon the porte. The Daily Mail also pays that Col. Joatoff, chief of staff of the Bulgar? ian army before Tchatalja, who is now acting as military adviser to the peace mission, will leave London for the front tomorrow and thai all the powers, including Itussia and Aus? tria, have given assurance that Ihe hostilities shall be limited to the Balkan Blate and Turkey. Ti > VW JUDGES \\\ l> \> ib mh.ii mil |?n?Mcd Honda* Morn inii \ftcr lrf>ng Donate. Columbia, Jan 27.?-A long ilebab on i be lb ait- 11 bill to provide :i i ? dam for Judges while holding court resulted In Its pas sag* ? th amend ments redu< ing the expense mom j lo %:\ a day, payable ?'\ the Stab TO iOIEHTISE THEiB CITIES. **IX SOUTH < AKOI.IW PLACES TO ESTABLISH- l PICES. Besides Columbia, Rock II?. George? t??uy n. - i om the information received yes v' rday, Hock Hill, Florence, Spar? ta nburg. v harleston, Sumter and Georgetown are sure to be here with bi lls on, and there are probably other eitles that will be represented. The Columbia Chamber of Commerce of? fice wil'. of corrse be in full bloom during the exposition and will be more than Had to tell visitors of thi9 city and to give any information pos? sible. RA1LRO I)S WILL ARBITRATE. Deny Contrary Assertion by Firemen Who \rc Taking Strike Vote. New Y k, Jan. 26.?Reiteration of their wil: aigness to submit to arbi? tration the demands of thtdr loco motive Bremen for increased wages and bette- working condit'.ons is con? tained in a statement issued today on behali of 54 Eastern railroads. The 30,0? 0 members of the Brother? hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemcn employed by these roads after the suspension recently of pro tracted .egotiations between their representatives and a committee of managers, are taking a strike vote. In their statement today the rail? roads take exception to a quoted statement by representatives of the fiv men 'hat their report of the re Bbnt conferences contained evidenco 'that the responsibility for a failure to arbitrate all matters in contro? versy (and thus avoid the turmoU incidental to a strike ballot and the distress that must result from a strike) rests upon the railroads and not upon the locomotive firemen." In reply the roads declare they have signified to the men a willing ness "t ? grant certain increases of wages" and to apply to the firemen the conclusions of the arbitration board which settled the recent dif? ferences between the roads and their engineers. In addition the statement declared: "The railroads are prepared ta arbitrate the present case indepen? dently by a board of five or seven men appointed by some disinterested authorities such as Chief Justice White ot the United States court and Pr. C. P. Neill. United States Com? missioner of labor, as was done in the eng leer's case." +? The statement was sent out by Elisha Lee, chairman of the mana? gers committee on the roads. The b.-eak in the negotiations be? tween the firemen and the roads, it was generally understood, came through differences as to the method of arbitration. Both sides indorsed the priti' iple but the roads declared in favor of a board similar to that V hich decided last year the dispute Of the engineers while the firemen insisted that arbitration under the Kidman law was the proper course. BRIIM.l. OPENED FOR TRAFFIC. Dingle's Mill Battle Memorial Tablet to Be Erected This Week. The it, w concrete bridge at I>in gle's Mill nn as opened for traffic Monday morning and will prove one of the best bridges In the county from new on The bridge is the only full concrete bridge In the county and wns erected at the earnest solic? itation of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who long wanted the site of the battle gTOUn 1 mark? ed. The im nn : a' i let arrived in the rit> la**! week and was taken out ;?> I>ingle'a Mill Monday morn? ing, here it will be erected later this week I rof. Homes, who has been supervising the work on the bridge is expe< d In the - It} Tu. sdi j 01 Wi ilnesdaj to look afp r th< en lion .-r the t. biet. The 11 ? nib, r? r?f 11 1 i tnderson 1 'h.ii>t? r 1'tut. d Daiighti rs o( th< Confedei i< \ vill hold ttu nv< Hing exercise^ with 11 ropriati ceremon? ies in And on th< annlversa \ ol th** b ittle