VOL. XXVI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911 NO.8

SAW II ALLrites That He S-w &attie Clubd Then Sh6t His life.

ES THE SCENEarily Sensational Turn in

Virgina Murder Trial

Rich Man for Killing

g Wife on a Longly Road

Night.the evidence closed which

rely of a cihcumstantialin the famous murder trialfield, Va., of II. C. Beattie,

the murder of h:s young andantiful wife a few months ago

-'road some miles from Rich-Ad. all calculations were upset as

ben the case would end by Spec-secutor Wendenburg's an-

ent on Thursday that hethe court to re-open the caset the testimony of a man

laims to have been an eye wit-o the tragedy.-.Wendenburg received the in-on which may change the

e aspect of the case in a recentThe writer, who until a fewafter the murder of Mrs. Beat-

-was a farm hand employed on a

near the scene of -the crime,he aetually saw young Beat-

his wife-saw him knock hereautomobile with the buttt gun and shoot her as she

le on the ground. Heat 'Beattie had threatenedhe found that he had wit-e deed and the following

_ye him a suit of clothes -and

-.with which to get away.iiigh he. kept quiet at first be-

was afraid, the man sayshe does not want Beattie to es-

Dunishment and is willing to,.:The Chesterfield farmer men-

in17the letter acknowledgedan by the name used by the

was employed by him until a

says after the murder, and fur-$eclared it was a fact that theand was chasin a runaway

on the night of the murder. Inhis story the alleged witness

beOiwas looking for a cow whenmeupon the man and woman in

.utomobile on the iWidlothianike some time after 10 o'clock.

eattie the accused husband sayswhile he and his wife were out:,on the Midlothian turnpike,

-were held up by a man, whoathim and killed his wife whosated by his side in the front6ftheir automobile. This.story'otbelieved, and Beattie was ar-

and put on trial for murderinge. The State had made out a

-trong case against him, basedether on circumstantial evi-ecand now comes in -this new

~wess who says i'n part:asin the pine woods on'the

miand side of the Midiothian.~t~ke as you go out from Rich-

nid and I saw a light. As I walked~ie~tothe road I saw an automo-

~Itanding almost in the middle of~~oad facing toward Richmond.

heewere two people In. it-aband a woman. They were bethahg in the front seat.~hey were quarreling. I couldSthem talking loud, so I did nothomyself, but waited behind a

botten feet from the edge of'-~.oad in the thick pine woods to~rwhat they said.~'he woman was pleading with theShe was say'ing that she wanted

rlove back again, and she did notwtthe man to be cruel to her. Themanswered roughly.tone time Iheard him say, I'mAone time. I heard him say, 'Tmt.Then I heard the -woman say,Sware you going to end it?!' Theasaid somnehting I could not hear'iraid something I could not hearuhow I'm going to end it.'

.,.fe got out of the machine and'wted across the opposite side ofteroad from where I was and thentr he had been there a minute he'~e back with something- in hisad. I could not see what it was Inttdark. The woman was standinghe machine in front of the ien

h.d seat in the front part of the au-'.obile when the man came back.

th had been sitting in the frontetbefore he went away to the sidehe road.?Just when the man came back I~rd' the woman. scream once. Thenteman who was standing in theodswung what he had in his hand

adhit the woman on the right side~he face. She fell from the ma-

hie to the road and she did notae a sound.or a minute the man stood lot-gat her and then I heard him say,Dmn you. you're not dead yet. I'llxou.' Then he got up with a gun.

ich was what he had hit her with,lhe shot her where she lay in theadby the front seat of the auto-ole. I did .not see where he shoteI saw him throw the gun some-

hre and be began to lift his wife'soyin the front seat of the automo-ieand I came out from the trees.he man turned around and saw

adhe said to me 'Did you see

I od i yes that I had seen It.

mn you what the hell are you go-gto do about it?' he said. I didn'tsyanything. Then he began to

~eaten me. He said he was richdhad lots of friends in Richmondif I told on him he would haveekilfrd somehow. He said nobody

wuld belive my story if I appeared.court against him anyway, and I1better get out. He said he wouldieme some money. and a suit ofothes if I would go away.

-I told the man I would go away.Tenhe told me to come to Beattie'sstrethe next day and there wougsome money for me. I went thenetda nd het some money a'ng

WAS PAID TOO MUCHCOMISSION WILL GIVE PUBIC

NEWS VERY SOON.

That Will Be of Possible Interest to

Mr. T. B. Felder, So Declares Mr.

Dominick.

"At the next meeting of the com-

mission there will probably be some-

thing to give out of particular in-

terest to Mr. Thos. B. Felder," saidMr. Fred H. Dominick, following a

meeting of the dispensary winding-upcommission, held in Columbia Tues-

day at about noon.

Only three members of the commis-sion were present, Messrs. J. V. Wal-

lace, chairman; Fred H. Dominickand E. M. Thompson. The commis-sion held another session -Tuesdaynight and then adjourned until thenext meeting, which It is stated willprobably be in the next two or threeweeks.When interviewed regarding. the

work of the commission the threemembers were in 1ir. Dominick'sroom at the Columbia Hotel. "Weare still at work on the roucher mat-ter," said Mr. Wallace. "There -isvery little to give out at present.We have been delayed by the sick-Dess of our accountant or we wouldhave been further advanced in our

work than we are."However, there will .probably be

something of interest to the publicto-give out at our next meeting.ln a

few weeks from now-something ofparticular Interest to Mr. Thomas B.Felder," said Mr. Dominick. 'omeinteresting figures as to money- got-ten by 'bm, particularly some 'thatwas overpaid, a portion of which he.3ow has on hand and which runs In-:oa good many thousand dollars.After a pause Mr. Dominick add-

od: "According to the partial re-

orts of our acountant the amounts;aid for attorneys' fees by the form-!rdispensary commission exceeds theunount collected from the graft ac-

:ount-by'about $15,000 in roundiumbers. There will be somethingloing at our next meeting," he con-luded after a few seconds.

OFFICE A PERSONAL ASSET.

iotaries Public Must be Friends of

the Governor.

Governor Blease seems to regard>ublic office as a personal asset. Heecently wrote the following letter.oHon. G. W. Sullivan, Senator fromanderson county:State of South Carolina, Executive,hamber, Columbia, Sept. 2. 1911.Hon G. W. Sullivan, Williamston,

;. C.Dear sir: I have received an appli-

ation from James Waliter Kelly of~elzer, S. C., requesting that I ap-ointhim a Notary Public.

I notice that you signed the same.hve just had to revoke the com-nissons of two men at Pelzer, andmiess you can -personally certify that.dr.Kelly is a friend of mine I canlotand will not commission him;Lndn this, I wish you would make a

horough examination, so as to make1 mistake when you give your er-ificate.' Very respectfully,

Cole L. Blease,Governor.

DANCED SEVEN ROURS.

danand Girl Friend Test Their En-

durance on Floor.

At St. Paul, Minn.. after dancingor seven, hours, A. F. Scott, a ba're>er,took his lady partner to a re-

~reshment~ stand, at Dreamland, in~hatcity, Tuesday night and toppled>verdead as he was about to drink

.glass of soda water. Miss MamieWebb,Scott's partner, stood by hfs

ide as he toppled to the fioor. Itvasinthe spirit of fun that they hadyromised to try out each other's en-lurance. They started to dancingissoon as the pavilion opened atsixo'clock and kept at it constnatlysavefor the 30 seconds' wait of thearchestra until one o'clck, a. in.,wbenScott exhausted, decided to givepthestruggle. The pair walked

yverto the refreshment stand, or-

ieredsoda, and as Scott was abouttoraisethe glass to his lips he fell'n aswoon. He was dead when by-standers started to assist him to his

FIFTY' KILLED IN FIGHT.

SoeMore Fighting Going on Over

Among the Mexicans.

A battle is reported to have occur-redbetween federal troops under

General Morales and a force com-manded by General Zapata, nearChinamoca, Marales, in Mexico. News

reachedthe department of the inter-iorthat fifty Zapatists were killed.

Zapata is said to have been seen tofall from his horse. Gen. L. Zapata,who was formerly an adherent ofFrancisco I. Madero, is reported tohave gathered several hundred menat Chinamca in vioation of an

agreement with Diadero -to disbandhis men.

Eighty-One Drowned.A dispatch from Limna, Peru, says,

the Chilean steamer, Tucapel, ha!been wrecked and is a total losEighty-one persons were drownedThe steamer Tucapel was enga.ged ittrading on the west coast of SoutlAmercia. She was 1912 tonsand was commanded by Captain Mar

bought a suit of clothes. I stayed itSouth Richmond for two days thenbut i was so scared and got so nervous that after two days I took thia inothis place."

NOTED TRIALEnds ia Caviie of Rich Ying ian

fir ardering Is Youg Wife.

CASE WAS FOUGHT HADThe Jury Which Was Composed of

Farmers Sought Divine Guidance

in Reaching Verdict-Prisoner and

His Attorney Gives Notice of Their

Intention to Appeal.Twelve Virginia farmers knelt at

dusk Friday night in the obscurity ofthe small jury room of Chesterfieldcourt housie, praying fervently thatthey might pass judgment aright on

Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted forthe m-urder of his wife. Grjimlydetermined they arose a moment Ia-ter and silently, one by one, recordeda unanimous verdict of guilty.

Pausing in solemn contemplationfor 58 minutes, weighing carefullythe meaning of their decision and,once more on bended knees beseech-ing divine assistance that they mightnot err, they filed into the hushedstillness of a crowded court room andwith startling suddenness, 12 voicesinstead of the usual one of the fore-man, spoke the solemn word 'guilty."It was almost a shout.The spectre of death which stalk-

ed the Midlothian turnpike July 18,last, when the .life of Mrs. LouiseOwen Beattie was taken away withthe single report of a shotgun, staredhard at the young husband and, readyto claim its victim of electrocution on

Friday, ?November. 24th, next.But theprisoner returned the gaze unswerv-

ing and unafraid.The eurt of appeals to be sure,

wiU be asked to grant a writ of errorand a-new trial. Young Beattie, cog-nizant of the legal weapons yet at hisdisposal, did not surrender. Insteadhe consoled his broken down father,white-haired and wrinkled, and com-

forted him as he whispered, "I havenot lost yet, father."

Unusual as has been the tragedyand the grewsome stage where it oc-

curred, the 12 juymen did not hesi-tate to admit to their friend that theystood in judgment not only over thecold-blooded * murder but upon hismartial -infidelity as well. It perhapswas the dramatic climax of Vinginiajustice which in the last half centuryhas swiftly sent to death such famousmurderers as Cluverius, Phillips, andMcCue.

'At the close of a powerful argu-ment by L. 0. Wendenburg, the vol-untary assistant of the Common-wealth in the case, the suspense was

felt not alone in the court room butin Richmond where thousands of peo-ple waited the outcome.The jury had for eleven days heard

evidence, for two days speeches, butthe 'words of Wendenburg rang intheir ears as the~y left the court roomto find their verdict."Let that man go free!" he crieo.

"What! Let that man go free! Whyhe motherhood of Virginia, the wo-

manhood of this nation, will shudderin terror as the security of its life ishreatened. Let this man go free!he man who basked in the degradedsunshine of another woman while at

is home a young wife nursed hishild?"Gentlemen, I merely ask you in

the name of justice to do your duty."Mr Wendenburg concluded his ad-

:ress a few minutes after 5 p. in., abrief respite was given the jury, andt 5:28 o'clock it began considera-tion of the case. For 58 minutes theywere together in deep consultation, a

juy of farmers. who each morningsag hymns, and strove 'to forget thestory of dissipation, with its filthyhapters as related day after day on

the witness stand. What had beengenerally predicted was true-theirminds were well made up before theyleft the court room. W. L. Burgess.a square jawed man with an earnestface, was elected foreman. They bal-loted and it was no surprise, they aft-erward declared, that all voted forconviction.They prayed that they might not

take a life in vain, and they openedtheir consciences to one another fornearly an hour, so that they might goback to the court room firmly con-vinced of their duty and of one mind.In the court room sat Henry Clay

Beattie, Jr., the sporting 'page of a

newspaper spread before him. Buthe did not read long. He folded thepaper and concealed his face in it.Those who sa+ near the young mano iron nerve observed a twitching ofhis lips as though murmuring a

prayer as he sat with closed eyesawaiing the return of the Jury. heraised his head 'for a moment, drop-ped 'the paper and again began read-ing. Then he whispered a few wordsto his father and brother. It was forthem he felt and to them he counsel-ed cheerfulness.

It was nearly dark in the courtroom when the jury returned. Threeoil lamps gave meagre lustre to thescene. Sunset's red rays still streak-ed through the windows. On everysill rested a telegraph instrument andoperators tensely waited for the an-

nouncemert of the verict. Massesof upturned faces stared at the jury-men. Famous jurists looked down,too. fromt fl--pecked paintings. In|the minds of the crowvd remained thethmought of the powerful speeenthe prosecutor and his denouniciationo the man who exchanged the glowof virtue for passion's feeble taper."The court asked the prisoner to

rise. He drew' himself up calmly andwaited.Have you gentlemen agreed on a

verdict?" asked Judge Watson."We have," said 'Mr. 'Burgess, the

foreman.The prisoner had confident1' ext-

pected a hung jury, nor acquittal nor

conviction. The court requested theaudience not to manifest its approvalor disapproval, whatever the verdict.

TO FLY ACROSS OCEANVANIMui TO MAKE HIS START

DURING OCTOBER.

His Airship Will Be Larger and Far

More Powerful Than That of Well-

rman's.-No Equilibrator.Arrival at Atlantic City, N. J., last

week of the huge'silk envelope, thatis to form the sustaining power of-a big dirigible in a daring attemptto cross the Atlantic Ocean with Mel-van Vaniman at the helm, has againgiven the seaside resort the airship"bug." The balloon is 268 feet.long,20 feet longer than the one in whichWellman started for Europe andwhich was lost before he had trav-eled many miles. It has a grosslifting power of 26,000 pounds. Itis made of 2,200 pieces of toughfabric. The gas bag is of the.cigarshape with an extreme diameter of45 feet.Vaniman expects to sail some time

before the middle of October, butthe exact date and the course to betaken are problematical. dependingentirely on weather conditions. Thepath of the big flying machine willbe in a general way that taken bythe steamships but the buffeting ofthe adverse winds and storms maycause a change at any time duringthe flightThe game little Englishman speaks

of the trip as a little "voyage" anddoes not seem to realize its magni-tude and the possibilities should hesuccessfulty accomplish the deed heand Walter Wellman tried last Octo-ber. Not that he is not confidentand anxious to make a get away, forhe continually puzzles himself overthe smallest details to make sure thateverything is in shipshape. He eats,sleeps and drinks aeronautics. Hesaid this week:"I'm sure it can be done If con-

ditions are only what I want. Wewill take every precaution My tripwith Wellman has helped me. toguard against the greatest dangers.M4y ship will be larger, that is long-er, but not so wide as was the Amer-ica. The engines will be twice aspowerful as those on the America,>f driving us at wonderful speed.With the new shaped envelope, andfaster engine we will be ready to

ake advantage of favorable c6ndi;ions and make great headway .andwhen things are against us will havethe power to put up a better flight."No there will -be no equilibrator

5n my ship. Instead I have discov-ered another device, that will 'keep.the vessel on an even keel. By use

f this the weight of the airship wille lessened when we get within dan-gerous -proximity of the water andncreased should we start to soar tomndersired heights." *

FAMINE HORROR IN CHINA.

Red Cross Aid for Flood Sufferers

Will Be Asked.

The enormity and horror of. theamine situation confronting Chi~na,~aused by the Tang-Tse Kiang Riverlood, was officially reported to thetate department at Washington: byAmerican Consul General Wilder, atShanghai, and the q1uestion of ten-ering Red Cross aid is under con-sideration.'The entire territory between Han-ow and Shanghai, a distance ofaout six hundred miles; has bien

>verfowed. Cities and towns are tUm-cler water, many dwellings being en-tirely submerged. Conditions amongLhe people are distressing, and aamine threatens them.Unless the tide of the Yang-Tse

.oon subsides it is believed that con-ditions will become far worse.

udte Watson turning again to Mr.Burgess.."Guilty," answered Burgess, buthisvoice was swelled by the shout of

1.1 others. Unversed in the law orforms o' miurder trials the jurymenbad no-, specified what degree of mur-der. Asked what degree, Mr. Bur-

gss answered simply, "guilty as in-dicted." Under Virginia practice mur-der is presumed to be second degeeunless otherwise specified. It was in-umbent on the jury to fix the degree

so Judge Watson addressed the jury-men to confer again on the .pointand seven minutes later they con-formed this time with the verdict of"murder in the first degree."The prisoner stood erect and mo-

tionless. His face, in color yellowishgreen throughout the day, was im-mobile.The light of the lamp cast a dreary

shadow on his upturned chin -as hefaced the jury. His eyelids sagged butdid not blink. In steady gaze he fast-ened his eyes on the faces of the 12men who had pronounced his punish-ment as if to penetrate their mindsand determine the reason why.

It was not a resentful expression,however, and when the court askedthe pisoner had anything to say he

answered: "I have nothing to say."Then he sat down.,The perfunctory motions for a new

trial were made by counsel for thedefense. The usual granting of per-mission even to' argue the point wasdenied, as Judge Watson, in a sternvoire declared that all rulings of thecourt were on comparatively unim-potant details and in no way couldhave influenced the verdict. A stayof execution of 90 days was granted,however, in order to give counsel an

opportunity to apply for writ of errorwhen the court of appeals meets InNovember. *

Eitten by Mad Dog.A yellow cur, supposed to be rabid,zreted a sensation in two of the mill

village about Greenville Thursday.miorningr b-y attacking and biting fourlittle children and two dogs. Thedog was surrounded by a crowd ofmen and boys and stoned to death, af-ter it was decapitated and its headwas sent to Columbia for exami-mnin_

POEM LOOSENS DE- -

OREGON GOVERNOR TOUCHED C-MBY STANTON'S VERSES.

The Warden Arranges Dramatic Cli-

m&x to Announce That the Gover-

nor Had Commuted Sentence.

Affected by reading the newspa- Forper poem, "They've Hanged BillJones," by Frank L. Stanton of the B

Atlanta Constitution, Gov. West, of tOregon Tuesday saved esse P. Webbfrom the gallows by commuting hissentence to life imprisonement. The ofGovernor himself says the poem mov- sed him to exercise clemency although ed aWebb's daughter, eighteen. years old,lhas pleaded with the Go*ernor for Wemonths to give her father's life' and thehas striven in every way to save him. ter

The announdement th'at -Webb in t]-would not be hanged was-.bade most pres

theatrically under the s'tgamanage- sena

ment of the Warden of the State pen- thes

itentlary. .Webb was convicted of 6killing W\ A. Johnson, whose body forewas found in a trunk In the Union takePassenger Station there. Noon Tues- presday was the time fixed for his execu- andtion. tora

Five minutes before 12 all the con- are

victs in the peni1enu.ry were. cou

marched into the main dining room or s

and Webb was ordered to stand at siveithe head of the long central table. dWhen commutation of his - sentence pa,was proclaimed discipline disappear- shoied, cheers for Gov. West ecioed from nIthe walls and reverberated down the don'corridors. Although Webb, alone of ed,the prisoners, may, have known that sona

his life was saved, he seemed much I a

afected. publed n

ROAD .I M VEMENT TP.AIN. Fthewhic

Southern Railway Helping Good "

Roads fovemeu. cnclar(The special "Road Improvement were

Train" belg operated by the South- the

em Railway, -the Augusta Southern theRailroad and affiliated lines in co-

operation with the United States of- notflice of public roads, will commence respIts tour of South earolina and Geor- "Igia September 4. It will apend prac- Canstically a month in South .,Carolina Ingmaking exhibitions at points along resulthe Southern Railway, and, on Sep- thetember 29th will enter -Georgia to tionsvisit points along the Augusta South- and.grn. Railroad. theyThe "Road Improvement Train" is if -al

being sent out by the Southern Rail- tiesway to further the movement for bet- Alter wagon roads throughout the withSouth and at the same time to. give take,practical information to farmers and bills,road officials as to building of roads "Iand their repair. The schedule for sivethe South Carolina and Georgia killepoints so far as arranged is as fol- parelows; the

Sept. 4, Monday-Blacksburg, 10 tion,a. in.; Gaffney, 2 p. m. |stantSept. 5, Tusa-patnug 10 "I

a. m. 2. the;1Sept. 6, Wednesday-Greenville, aave

9:30 a. in.; Easley, 2 p. in. .. ingSept. 7, Thursday-Calhotin, 10 a. Payr

i., Walhalla, 2:30 p. m. the:iSept. 8, Friday-Seneca, -9:30 a. for

i.; Pendleton, 2 p. m. sort1Sept. 9, Saturday-Anderson,-10 a. give

i.; Belton, S p. m.'PSept. 11, Monday-Abbe-hle, 10 inte:

a. in.; Greenwood 2 p. mn. ecleSept. 12, Tuesday-Newberry, 10 as I

a. mn.; Prosperity, 2 p. mn. ''theSept. 13, Wednesday-Union, 10 a. cent1

m.; Columbia, 3:30 p. m. . andSept. 14, Th-ursday-Winnsboro, war4

10 a. in. . ySept. 15, Friday-Chester, 10 a. -M

m. = ,.erSept. 16, Saturday-Rock Hill, 10 fiend

a. mn.; Yorkville, 2 p. mn. madSept. 18, ifonday-Lancaster 10 a. bill

m.; Camden, 3 p. m. .Elki:Sept. 19, Tuesday-Sumter, 1:30 IM

p. mn. .,PresSept. 20, Wednesday-Orangebulrg with

9:3 , a. in.; St. Matthews, 2 p. mn. foreSept 21. Thursday-Bamberg, 9:- expc

30 a. in.; Denmark, 2 p. mn. icy.'Sept. 22, Fjriday-Barnwell, 10 a. Al

i.; Allendale, 2 p. m.n.procSept. 23. Saturday-St. George. prett

9:30 a. mn.; Sumnmerville,.2 p. mn. ''wilSept. 25, Monday-Charleston, 10 enla:

a m. es iISept. 26, Aiken, 10 a. mn.; Edge-

f~ield, 2:30 p. m. C]Sept. 27, Wednesday-Btesburng,

10:30 a. mn.ArSept. 28, Thursday-Lexington, 10 Ar

a. mn.Sept. 29, Friday-Hepbibah, Ga.,

9:30 a. in.; Wrens, 1 .p. in.; Gibson, T4 p. m. theSept. 30, Saturday-Sandersville, yeaz

Ga., 9:30 a. in.; Warthen, I p. mn.; NeiMitchell, 4 p. m. starFree lectures and demonstrations Thu:

showing the importance of good Straroads and -how to build them and LCekeep them in repair at the smallest aercnecessary cost will be conducted at wheaeach by two road building experts of repothe Ujnited States department of ag- forricuture, Messrs L. C. Boykin and macH. S. Fairbanks, assisted by a rep- anaresentative of 'the land and indue-..atortrial department of the Sbuthern 'skulRailway. Two coaches of the train friglare filled with exhibits, pictures andworking models, and the lectures areillustrated with stereoptican views. BAt great expense the Sout/hern Rail- farmway and affiliated lines ar~e bandling Spa:this train without cost to the govern- teinment in order that the people along yearits lines may have the opportunity Judito receive the valuable information Fridas to road building which it affords. jail

y e ,warShot Four Times. -ter

At Natchez, Miss., Fred Dyers, amarried man was shot and killed at 2o'clock Fridaly morning by L,. C. Spen- Acer at the latter's homne. Spencer re Besturned from Mobile unexpectedly and wenwhen he reached home he found.Dy- Frisers in a room with his wife. He shot Thufour times, each ball taking effect. injuDyers' wife and daughter are visitingwa

brothe in Wasngton, D. C. pori

ES FOR TAFTmings, a Progrenive Senator, Op-posed to His Renfminalio.

GIES HIS REASONSOpposing the President, Who,e Says Is Not in Smypathy With

ie Progressive Element of the Re-

iblican Party, But Is a Supporterthe Standpatters.

.nator A. B. Cummins in a sign-tatement given out' at Ohicago on

nesday declares his opposition tonomination of President Taft. Af-a discussion of the main issuesie Taft administration, which areented chronologically, the Iowator summarizes his opposition ine terms:,dy general conclusion is, there-that in every struggle which hasn place since Mr.- Taft becameident upon vital things his alliessupporters have been the sena-and members of -the house whoknown from one border of thetry to the other as reactionaries,tand-patters, and not progres-

:f the voters of the Republicany believe that the old leadershipid be perpetuated they can findetter nominee than Mr. Taft. It believe It ought .to be continu-and therefore, without any per-I disparagement of the president,i hoping that a progressive Re-ican will be nominated and elect-ext year."Lrst in the bill of - particulars isPayne-Aldrich tariff law, and ofh Mr. Cummings says:Ir. Taft's associates in the mak-of this tariff law, which he de-d to be the best ever passed,iMir. Aldrich and his followers insenate; Mr. Payne, Mr. Dalzell,Camon and their .followers inouse. It seems to me I am jus-I in the conclusion that he didtake 'the progressive view' withct to this measure.

t's hard for me to think of theAdian bill as progressive, believ-is I do that its passage was theItof an understanding betw4enpresident and the eminent reac-ries-Penrose of Pennsylvania,Lodge of ]fassacusetts-thatwould see it throtlgh the senateV other- tariff bills reducting du-should be vetoed.",ter damning. the peace treatiesfaint praise, Senator Cummins

s up the woolen and the free listof which he says:haven't heard of any progres-rejoicing over the. vetoes whichd them. They were both pre-a with the greatest care and infull light of advanced informa-and both amply ustified by thelard of protection.predict that these bills gaveresident the only chance he willto sign acts of congress reduc-the iniq:uitionus duties of theie-Aldrich law, :but -preservingsystem of protection, In waitinghis tariff report he lost an op-.uity which Democrats will nothim again."ssng to a consideration of the~state commerce law, the Iowanres that if the bill had passednsisted upon by the president.werk of nearly a quarter of arry would abave been swept awaywe would have taken a step back-Iin the regulation of our rail-

any parts of the committee billso bad that. they found no de-era and such efforts as wereto defend the administration

were led by Mr. Aldrich and Mr.

r.Cummins further avers thatident Taft is 'out of harmonythose who were recognized be-his advent Into office as the bestnents of the conservation poi-

ridtaking up the Canadian reci-ty bill .he says: "It is a falsemse from beginning to end," and1 not reduce tihie cost of living orrgeour markets for manufactur-tCanada."[AIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS.

plane Tank Explodes Kiming

Two in Mid Air.

womore names were added tolong roll of persons killed thisin aeroplane accidents. Lieut.man, a German military aviator,ed from Mulhansen., Germany,rsday morning in the direction ofssburg, carrying a passenger M.nte, a French aeronaut. The

plane hardly had gone 15 milesthe gasoline tank exploded. The

rt of the explosion was audibledistance of several miles. The

hine dropped at Blizheim fromLtitude of 60 feet and both avi-were instantly killed. Their

s were :broken and they wereitfully injured about the body. *

Charge Attempted Assault.uford Young, a prominent young

er of the Walnut Grove section of-tanburg county, charged with at-ted criminal assault on a girl 14-sof age, was granted bail bygeHydrick of the supreme courtay. Young spent last night in

here, having been arrested on arant issued by Magistrate J. Wal-West of Walnut Grove. *

Train Goes Through Trestle.train load of pipe. en route fromsemer, Ala., to San Diego, Cal.,

t through a 60-foot trestle on theco railroad, near Cardova, Ala..rsday and killed a brakeman andred other trainmen. The trestledemolished, as well as a large

RAI AMT uiwLast Year's WINt.0 Wight lifre&K

.Tha hatufd uYtar.

GREAT COTTON VIMESSecretary Hester Shows Splendid

Money Value of 1910 Crop-Over1908-09 Crop, Although the atter

was 1,700,000 Bales Greate.-Es.

timates for. this Yea%s Crop.

"No American cotton crop ,vergrown has sold for as much a thone just marketed, the totaI v'alueincluding the seed, having been 1030,000,000."The remarkable statementis con

tained in the detailed statistics -

last season's cotton crop issuedcently by Col. Benry G. Hestesed-retarybof the New Orleans Cotton li-change.With ,700,0.00 -bales less tha coni

tained in the bumper crop off 1908-09the crop just- marketednetted theSouth $254,000;000 more. The1511,000 -bale crop of 1906 1broug$222,000,000 less than the pakst-eason's crop. -

As -a whole, thecgwithin a shade of strict i ithe farmer was paid 'an average e16.04 cents per -pound or 7O pebale.

IRegarding the consumption ofe'ot-ton and the mill situatio-geierally 'in this country; the reportsays:

"In the United States, ;the .-misNorth and 'Southhavd-consuiednearly as much as lastyeaniaddi--tion to which they have imported the -'

greatest -quantity.'of foreign cottonever brought to this countriin anyone.. season. Thus far the uese ,of:4reign eagon u. -ths- 4odatzT 'issmall compared with the total con-sumption, but' its Increase Is signi-ficant.-A continued Interesting feature is..

'the widening of idifference betweenquantit of American t.toaoon-sumed North and- So&uh theidrises of the latter ave ieased to1o-OO ,bales -Coneernins' '

North, a heavy artalment of pro-duction 'was quite good dunithelatter moments of the sen."The complainth.las been hat'when

cotton strengthened, good did. notagree. -

"The situation recently has Improv-ed;-and. there- Is an aunderlyinr Im-pression that -matters wil readjustthemselves on a more satisfatorybasis-in the iear futir"^

Secretary Hester puts the 19O10-1.cropjat 12,126,095 bales, afni-creaseoves ithat of 1909-10 oft;510,427,andkia decrease under that of 1908-09of 1,I05,362-

Tb' -increase In Texas over lastyear 4was in round numbers, 582,000bales! in the group of "other GulfStates," embracing Louisiana, Mivs-sissippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mis-souri, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, Ariz-ona, alforni'a and New Mexico, itwas 704,000, and in the gi'oup.- ofAtlantic States, Including North andSouth5 Carolina, Georgia, Florida,Kentu~ky, 'Alabama and Virginia,-324,00e.

~Mr. HIester's report Is given as-fol-.lows in thousands of bales:.

Alabania, 1209, Egainst 1,078 lastyear. 1

Arkansas, 846, :against 7(18 lastyear.-

Florida, ~8, against 66 .last year.Georgia, 1,853, against 1,927 last.

year.Loiin,'473, against 282 last

year.iMississippi, 4239, against 1,121

last year.Oklahoma, 724,5 against 566 last

year.'North Carolina, 794, agaInst 67$

last year.South Carolina, 1,231 against I,-

184 last year.Tennessee, 424, agant 5.16 'last

year.Texas, 3,259, against 2,676 l'ast

year. *-K.Total crop bales, 12,21t), against

10,610 last year."'he consumption of:American cot

ton of all kinds he puts at 4,678,000bales, against 4,665,000 last'year.- He puts the vworld's consuniptionAmerican cotton at 12,034,0:00 bales,an increase over last year of .269,000and a decrease the -year before of1',123,000 bales.In the South Mr. Hester makes the

consumption 22,313 bales over last-year and 196,257 under the year be--fore last.

ORDERS RIOTERS BEHFADED.

Drastic Measures Being Taken In One

Chinese Province.

The disaffection in Mongolia, wherethe princes and religious h'ads areuniting against the Chinese develop-ment schemes, seems now to be trac-eable to the Tibians. The princes,it is said, have appealed to Tibet forprotection. Regarding the situationin Sziechuan province, where the peo-ple have risen against the railroadprojects, Sheng-Ha'omsa-Huai, who Isthe strong man. in the Peking Gov-ernment, ordered a score of decapi-tations 'of the ringleaders of the riots.

Perish In Collapse.The restaurant connected with .the

Eldorado, the largest theatre in Nice,France, collapsed Friday night bury-ing a number of Italians in the .deb-ris. Late that night 11 dead and 16"severely Injured persons had. -'been-taken from the ruins, but it was fear-ed more persons still remained be-neath the wreckage. It Is said thebuilding In which reinforced cozicretewas used was being hurried by thecontractors, who were liable to' a-heavy fine for each day' they exceed-ed the contract time for finishing the

THE CROP MUST FAT

CHEAP COTTON IS DISASTROUS- TO THE COUNTRY.

High Prices Essential to the Growingof the Staple as Other Crops Are

Just As Profitable.

In an interview on the cotton sit-uation, Richard H. Edmunds, Editorcf the Manufacturers Recora. is quot-ed by the Boston Transcript as sayingthat "a permanently high price forcotton is esentially to the best inter-ests if not to the very life of the cot-ton manufacturers who are andiousto see lower prices by reason of theprobability of a larger crop this yearwould inevitably drive cotton grow-ers to other pursuits, and the smalleryield next year, with consequent ab-normal high prices, would bringback all the evils from 'which the in-dustry has suffered during the lastfew years in which it has had to con-tend with the high cost of raw ma-

terial and low price of finished gooda."The world must adjust itsalf to

paying a higher price for cottongoods. The sooner it is done thebetter it will be for all interests andespecially for the manufacturers. Thetime has passed when Southern far-mers were compelled to raise cotton.In former -years they were forced bynecessity to raise cotton, and cottonalone. Conditions have change& Un-less prices be -high, that is, high as

compared with former years, theycan make more money doing otherthings. There is no moral obligationto the world to compel them to raisecotton, though many people seem tothink so.

If New England could turn Its cot-ton mills into, shoe factories and dou-ble the profits. on' the investment, andpay better wages to the laborers, no-

body would say that New Englandmust contlneuato make cotton goo.dsbecause the world -needs cottongoods. -Now the Southern farmer cando a dozen things more profitablythan to raise -and sell cotton at a

low 'price, and even 10 and 11 centsa pound may now -be counted as a

low price. He can do things that -hecould iot have done a few years ago.Industrial development is affordingemployment for thousands who raisecotton. Urban growth is drawingtens of thousands from the countryinto city activities. City growth andindustrial development conibined aremaking it possible for thousands toengage in diversified farming. andtruck growing to supply the -homeeeds."In the last ten years industrial

development in the South increase#ilargely over one hundred per cent,while its population Increased onlyabout sixteen.per cent. Thus, indus-trial activity gained six or seventimes as rapidly as population. Theextension of railroad facilities to allparts -of the South, and the ever in-creasing demand In the North andWest for early fruits and vegetablesmake it possible for a very large num-ber of Southern farmers to makemoney in meeting these requirementsthan in raising cotton, even at four-teen or fifteen cents ,a pound. TheSouth Is now annually shipping tothe North and West of fruits andvegetables over $100,000,000 worth."The development of transporta-

tion facilities throughout the Southis making the extension o-f this in-dustry possible In sections whichwere formerly compelled to raise cot-ton. Under such conditions, theworld might as well face the situa-tion frankly and fully and -under-stand its meaning. It is much saferfor manufactures to squarely facethis condition than to blindly imag-ine that we can again go back to lowpriced cotton over a long tperm ofyears. Last year- the South's cottoncrop,.the seed included, was worth$363,000,000. If the South, by rais-ing a small crop can sell it for such'afigure, it is certainly not going toraise two or three billion bales moreand sell -it at two or three hundredmillion dollars less.,"Nearly three quarters of a cen-

tury ago a report made to the BritishParliament advised the spinners ofEngland to do all in their power tokeep cotton at a low price, because,said this report, the farmers of Amer-ca would undertake to so increase.heir production when prices werelow as to get as much money In theaggregate as when prices- were high.The English spinners have alwaysgone on the principle that by forc-ing the prices down they would in-crease the supply. Three-quarters acentury past and even up to a fewyears ago that was the case. It is notso any longer. Conditions have ab-solutely changed. Economic devel-opment has made it posible for -theSouth to turn its attention to othercrops and to other activities whichyield a far larger profit thaa cotton,unless cotton commands what manu-facturers regard as a high price."If during the last few years the

cotton manufacturers of this countryhad given more attention to educat-ing tlie public to paying a higherprice for cotton goods, instead ofspending their time, as they havedone, in seeking to put down theprice of the raw material, the situa-tion would have been far more fav-orable to them. Persistently claim-ing as most of them do, that pricesof the raw material were too high,they convinced the buyers that cot-ton goods ought to decline in price,and therefore the price of the fin-ished article continued low, whileeconomic conditions forced an ad-vance in the price of raw material.The sp~culators who were creditedwith being responsible for these high-er prices did not create these condi-tions. They only took advantage ofthe situation."

Killed by Automobile.Running at a high speed in an

auto, which struck a telephone pole,Glenn Elkin was killed and threeother members of the party were ser-onsly Inured at Lexington, Ky..