PALMETTO HAPPENINGS | p SNews Note* of General Interest <[ From All Parte of the State. O Kirkland's Ashes Disinterred. th Camden, Special.?Wednesday a h< delegation of the John D. Kennedy oj Chapter, Daughters of the Confed- si """icy, accompanied by Undertaker n< iCreight and Messrs. W. K. Rus- jx 1 and W. 1\ McDowell, as an es- tl *t of honor, went to the grave of in *hard Kirkland, in the northern ll tion of this county, and disinter- ui 1 his ashes and brought them to gi > cemetery in Camden, where the/ tc re reinterred. The Daughtrs obnP(l npmiissinn front llin fomilv of oi , "? " -"V. * "J "* I ? ' s hero to remove his ashes, and | w uow they rest immediately in front I ei of the memorial stand in the Quakei | hi Cemetery, where it is the purpose ot oi the Daughters to erect monument to c< his memory, thus more suitably per- pi petuating the heroism of this gul- gi lant soldier, who risked his life for st his foes in giving them water to tl quench their thirst when they lay 01 bleeding and dying on the field of T battle. re w Funds For Columbia College. ti Columbia, Special.?The people of P South Carolina, members of all de- n nominations, are responding prompt- al ly to the call for subscriptions to aid si in rebuilding the Columbia college, t< recently destroyed by fire. The citi- tl xens of Columbia, having a peculiar ti interest in the institution, are making ui special effort to raise a large fund b; which will be added to that contrib- C lltfirl from nf linr fnu-nc A list of the Columbia contributions pi will be published in a few days. Mr. si P. A. Hodge, financial agent of the d< college, has prepared a statement t( showing that recently there has been A contributed from other towns $6,725. gi In this list is a contribution of $1.- o! 000 from Henry P. Williams of Char- il leston and several amounting to $500 ei each. b It is expected when a thorough f< canvass is made of Columbia that tl there will be numerous gifts as largo if not larger than the above amounts. C n Hail Damages Cotton. a Aiken, Special.?Reports are com- O ing to the city of severe damage last n week by hail in many sections of the tl county. One mght last week a heavv rain and windstorm visited some sec- T tions and for a few minutes hail fell r( ?s thick as the rain, in stones said F to have been as large as bird eggs, S( beating bales of cotton out of the r" burs. One farmer estimates that ho ? had not less than ten bales of the " staple beat out. This cotton will, of T course, he picked up, but it is very uauiy damaged. Another farmer Li says that he lost about two bales. e There is perhaps more cotton open ii in the fields of Aiken county at this si time than ever at one time before, u Thousands of bales remain in the fields. Labor is not so very scarce, si but the cotton is plentiful. It is be- p ing harvested fast, and the ginneries w are doing a "land office business.'' h Action is Indorsed. ri Greenville, Special.?Resolutions were adopted here Monday bv the (1 executive committee of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' As- P sociation indorsing the action taken 11 at Charlotte last week by the National A ssociation of Cotton Manufaeturers, pledging curtailment in pro- n duction. Committees were named to communicate with all mills in the a State in regard to carrying out the curtailment agreement. Resolutions . objecting to the extra amount of lf" bagging placed on bales over the 11 limited tare of twenty pounds were adopted. The organization of a a Southern mill mutual insurance com- a pany was discussed and cotton buyers were urged in a resolution to dis continue buying cotton at gins. ]'' Kills His Son-in-Law. J"' b Darlington, Special.?Van Clanton ir shot and killed his son-in-law, John Wilson, near Clyde, in this county, jj early Tuesday mornng. The origin ]# of the trouble appears to be a family bi quarrel in which Clanton charged d' Wilson with arraying his family against him. 1 Fire in Sumter. Sumter, Special.?The fire departrhood, all old frame houses, and w i lie wind was blowing the sparks at a very lively rate, it took good work n to hold the fire to the building where it originated. This building was de- h utroyed. It belonged to Wisdom R, Gass, and was occupied by colored j, people. t< The Masons of Greenville to Erect a $100,000 Temple. Greenville, Special.?A contract j! has been let for a $100,000 steel J frame Masonic Temple and office e, building to be erected here. Messrs. n A. B. Carpenter and J. E. Sirrine, q compose the building committee. Mr. Cl O. L. Cauble has the contract to do t| the foundation work and that for the j, superstructure has been let to Messrs. C Hugger 4 Co., of Nashville, Tenn. d h*.\- 1*.^ .-.-...j - J - u n'iliis *?. ? - - ? ^ COLUMBIA STATE FAIR rospects Good For Handsome Exhibit and Most Winning Attractions?The President to be There. Columbia, Special.?President John . Mobley is rery enthusiastic over le prospects of the State Fair ?rc and states that in his jinion it will he one of the most iccessful ever held. lie is leaving Jthing undone for its success, liejrts received from all sections of le State indicate that the people are itercsted and that the largest crowd lat has ever been together in Colmbia will be in attendance upon the reat annual event from November I > 6. Capt. Mobley says: "The special fractions for every day of the Fair ill be more varied than they have fOr boon in fho nncL Tho 1 - , ? R.UUIIM as been laid off for the encampment f the militia, and many of the crack )mpanics of the State will enter the rize drill, making Friday a day of reat interest. The show on Main reet will be as they have been in ie past,' and will be ample to afford itcrtainment for all of the visitors, he bureau of information, under the lanagement of Prof. P. T. Kinard, ill be located near the street car ansfer office on Main street, and rof. Kinard has made systematic aringements for affording the visitor* II the information that they may de? re as to where they may be able ) obtain board and lodging during leir stay at the Fair. The shuttle ain will run as usual from the nion station to the Fair grounds and ack every fifteen minutes, and the oast Line Railroad will stop their ains at the Fair ground depot and ermit visitors to the Fair who dere to get off there to do so. This epot for accommodation of visitors > the Fair was erected by the Fair ssoeiation last year and proved a reat convenience to the people. All f the side shows and special privege attractions that follow the ciriit of fairs are booked for Columia, and the 6nest horses that have jllowed the circuit arc entered for le races. "It has been seven years since the lemson Tigers met the Gamecocks f the tTniversitv on the gridiron, nd this event on Thursday is atacting widespread interest and will o doubt be witnessed by several lousand people. "The stand will be erected on hursday afternoon nnd night for the pception of President Taft at the 'air grounds, so that it can be handoraely decorated on Friday and be eady for the inspection of the deerating committee on Friday afteroon." he Mecklenburg Pair at Charlette. Charlotte, Special.?Viewed in the gbt of comparison with similar vents of recent years, the approachlg Mecklenburg fair promises to outtrlp any of its predecessors in its niform character. Among the more fastidious of the ide attractions which have been enaged, Sadie Knowlton, winner of a orld's championship swimming and igh diving event, justly deserves ank. Kemp's Wild West Show and Inian band is another troupe that has { en contracted witn. it contains t?u eople and 50 horses and the band is tade up of 16 pieces. Doylan and Venrodme are the enstments of two of the most promient midway attractions. The Joseph G. Ferrari animal show nd the internation theatre which untain features of interest are also ooked and in another enclosure realdie scenes of the Monitor and Merritac will he exhibited. The midway will be crowded with ttractions of the usual sort, but of good class and individual merit. Mr. Creswell also states that there ill be a balloon race each day by le Hurgeih brothers. Between the races B. H. Dcma?st's New York equestrienne comination will give fancy performances 1 front of the grandstand. Already two-thirds of the space on ie spacious grounds has been contacted for. The midway will be ircer and mnrp uniform than evpr efore as will also every other single epartment of the fair. The dates of the fair are October 6, 27, 28 and 29. Columbia Has 8erioua Fire. Columbia, Special.?A fire that iged for nearly two hours and taxed le energies of the entire department as discovered just after midnight iondav night, and as a result hisiric Carolina hall, the home of the Wallace house when this State was rested from Radical rule, is in ashes nd on Hampton stre4t the establish lent of the Carolina Oarage comany was totally destroyed, while etween the two buildings the oneLory frame buildings were licked up y the fire very quickly, despite the ins of water ooured on the fire. Anderson Traction Property Sold. Anderson, Special.?For $154,750 ne properties of the Anderson Traelon Company, including 18 miles of ity and interurban track, plant and quipment were sold under the hamler Tuesday to E. W. Robertson, of Columbia, one of the receivers of the ompany. The sale was made under he order of Federal Judge Frit chard i the ease of Mie International Trust ompany, of Baltimore, v?. the Anerson Traction Company. \ TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT State Board of Health Will Endeav- ? or to Secure the National Traveling Exhibit. Columbia., S. C., Special?So much interest was shown in the tubcrculo- '' sis exhibition at the State fair last ol year that the State Hoard of Health ui lias planned to continue it this year. <*< Secretary C. F. Williams has been in- ?>] strueted by the Hoard to correspond .. with the National Association al out securing the travelling exhibit which is soon to be brought into the State, lls preceding the tour through North in Carolina which is booked to begin tli early in January. The director of the exhibition was in conference at Charleston last week with the Chairman !>..! A u?!l .... iiuiicn wiison 01 iik> rstate Health Board, and Wednesday other confer- hi enees were held at Columbia with hi Secretary Williams and the loyal members of the State board. The health hoard is very anxious to reach 'M the crowds which attend the State w Fair with an educational health show. CI Horse Crushes Little Girl. as Georgetown, Special.?The four- iu year-old little daughter of Telegraph |l( Operator H. L. Orvin, Harriet, was }j run over and badly injured by a run- m away horse on Saturday about 1 to o'clock, and Rebecca, her sister. )lt slightly bruised about the body by being thrown down. It was about the <. ?- ' ?> - ?*,? nijs, uuir i lie i"net."It ll? I 111' UOlie. (Il At no time bas the ehibl lost eon- br sciousness, bnt the suffering bas been hi intense. Tbe terrible wound bas been ?-.i skilfully treated by Dr. Sawver, and tb the little girl is resting easily. hi Fire in Camden Mill. 0t Camden, Special.?About 4 o'clock Thursday morning fire was discover- SJ1 cd at tile Southern Cotton Seed Oil Mill, and before tbe flames were gotten under control considerable dam- so age was done. Tbe fire was discovered under- tbe cotton seed and meal bouse, and this part of tbe plant with I1 a good many tons of meal and hulls 111 and empty sacks were destroyed. The loss is estimated at about twenty ' thousand dollars, which is covered by rtl insurance. Tbe oil mill proper and Y tbe ginnery were not hurt. The firemen did some fine work, and would jn have done even better bad they bad sufficient water pressure. Charged With Robbing Dispensary. <], IIollv llill. Special.?Some weeks ul ago a most daring robbery was coin- so initted in Holly Hill when tbe dis- (.a pensary was broken into and nearly (j, $70(1 worth of liquor was carried away. Since that time a quiet but ?rr peristont investigation bas been car- so ried on resulting in tbe arrest last ( . week of two white men. .John H. Martin, dispenser, and S. II. Boykin, and yy three negroes, dames Jamison. Fred |], Edwards and Cowell Swett. Martin j | and Boykin are out on bond, while | ilie* negroes have been taken to t lie j., county jail at Monck's Corner. lv Scarlet Fever at Columbia. 111 Columbia, Special.? In view of the fact t|?at there is some scarlet fever in the city and in other parts of the m: State, the local board of health U1 Thursday issued a formal statement, setting out the best means of prevent- J*1 in;; the spread. The statement gives w< information as to the nature of searlet fever and scarlatina, and the dc method of treating and quarantining (-i the disease is explained. There is nothing startling about the situation c<' here, the board of health desiring only to be on the safe side. tli Diptheria at Spartanburg. tri Spartanburg, Special. ? Diptheria p] has appeared in Spartanburg though not to an alarming extent. The board b\ of health has the disease well in hand and all infected houses are under ?? quarantine. Several parents have he- jn come unnecessarily alarmed and have pj taken their children from sehool, ec though there has been no occasion for a, such action. The cases are exceeding- a( ly mild. 01 in May Acquitted of Murder. Edgefield, Special.?Mr. Yancy it May, a prominent citizen of Johnston, was Thursday acquitted of the charge J' of murder. The defendant killed his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles B. Tid- r< well, at Johnston, on the 25th of An- ol rnict loot TU L A?i: < < f,noi iuov. men- nas in lie 11 IVMIIIIOIIV to the effect tliat the deceased lia.l mal-treated his wife, and the protec- (j( tion of her by May brought about i?! the tragedy that resulted in the death < j of Tidwell. The special plea was 11 self-defence. n tl Gaffney's Horse Show. Gaffnev, Special.?Great preparations are being made by the farmers d all over the country for the horse <'" show which will take place in Gaffney on the first Saturday in next r" month. The prizes which are offered by the National Hank are valuable p enough to tempt every farmer in the country who has an available entry d to take advantage of the opportunity. s] *... 1 PRESIDENTS MEET " 'resident Taft Receives President Diaz and in Turn President Diaz Has President Taft as a Guest. The lc?n?r expected meeting between resident Taft and President Diaz f the Ucpublie of Mexico, oeetirred t K1 Paso. Outwardly it was atteudI with a display of soldiery, a llare f trumpets, a boom of cannon, and (l pomp of ceremony suirjrcstivc 11 tpreme authority, but in the actual 11 indelasp of the two Kxecutives and the exchange of courteous words ,, lore was simple but cordial inl'or- ti ality. ti President Diaz was the first to l' teak, lie assured President Taft of J i i ? w .?*? &* I I'Vl 1 illlU lll.S gh esteem of the man who had ac- y mplished so mut'li in the Philipiu's. in China and elsewhere. anil ' ho had now the honor to be the j. Iiief Executive of so "Treat a nation si the Vnited States. President Taft, simple American fashion, declared > was triad to meet President Diaz. ? e was triad to know the President of " it'll a great nation; especially glad *l know the present President who j( id made the nation great, ltoth Presidents dwelt upon the rdinlitv of the relations existing j 'tween the I'liiteil States and Mexi- ' i. President Taft declared that this J' eeting was not necessary to make ronger the bonds of friendship; it erclv typified the strength of the mils as they already exist. a There were less than a score of u rsons permitted to witness the .. eeting of the two Executives. Even icse were excluded later when Prcsi- c, tit Taft and President Diaz with- p ew into an inner room of the chain- | r of commerce building where the I storic meeting occurred and was ,] ilv attended by Governor Creel of p e State of Chihuahua, former am- a issador to the l'nit???l Ssiniiw wi?> - " I ted as interpreter. u The scene of the day's ceremonies s lifted from time to time from this j irivinjr little American city across e Rio Grande river to the typical .] ttlenient of Ciudnd Juarez. v In the customs house at Juraez. resident Diaz received a return call s ?nn President Tuft and in the even- s g entertained the American Presi- | nt and a lar?re dinner party at a late ban?|uet which in all its sur- n aindinrrespond to the intelligent activity "V id high civil qualities which char- b terize the many and cultured Am- P ican people, and for the every last- o ig glory of its heroic founders. I also ast for the personal happiness of s illustrious President, who has >me to honor us with his friendship, j, le manifestatiort of which will con- ? ibute to cultivate the common inter(ts which bind the two neighboring nintries whose respective elements ? f life and progress are reciporcall.v " mipleted anil magnified by assoeia- * on." J1 In concluding his response, Presieiit Taft said: "The aims and *leals of our two nations are idcnti, *' il, their sympathy mutual and last- ' ig, and the world can be assured of * vast neutral zone of peace in which ! ii le controlling aspiration of either at ion is individual and human hapiness. tit i_:_i. ... o.. i> i 1 llrillK III IIIV I Ill-Mil, 1 in- I HUl- I ent of this great republic, to his s Dntinucil long life ami happiness ami -1 > the never ending ho fed of mutual e empathy between Mexico and the s 'nited States." ( President Taft left El Paso as 8 e m. Saturday night to continue his 1 >urney through the South. Presi- i ent T)iax late Saturday night is | pecding back to the City of Mexico. i BLACK HAND AT CAN! Mr. W. T. Sharp Receives Dei For "$1,000 to Be Placed at Corner of Locust Field Chur Accompanied by the Usual Thi ?A Trap is Set For the Hol< Man, But He Refuses to Put Foot Into It. AshevilSc. N. Special.?A Mir attempt to blackmail \V. T. SI if Canton, one ??t the wealthiest 1* the town ami a very promii iierehant. came to lij-lit Satin ijiht. ami ahmir with it an attei 0 blackmail certain other citizen: he town ami officials of the Cli ion Filter Company, ami althr.uu rap was well lait(( i'riirliintiiul om<1 l.?.J latter before eertain of his frie ml after a eonsultation it 1 rroed to plaee the letter in amis of poslollice inspectors, as a r ran out 1 that Mr. Sharp she eposit the money there ami a mi er of oflieers won hi watch the s see if any one appeared. No ppea red. After Dr. Cook's Scalp. New York. Special.? Four n Hidavits were made public here f rday in connection with the inev atioti of l>r. Frederick A. ('?n xpedition to Mount McKinley. Tl f them are by members of the (' arty?Fred I'rintz. a jruide; Wa \ Miller, photographer and San leeeher. Their testimony relates etail the movements of the parly laininir that Cook and Harrill v lone together the period in which 'ook claims to have reached the s iiit of Mount McKinley. All tl ay mat narriu assured tliem a liat l)r. Cook's story was false. The fourth allidavit is that of ohn K. Shore, a physician of Lea' forth, Washington. w!io tells o on versa lion with Oscar F. Dlanl hip of the I'nited States lore ervice in which Hlankenship hat Dr. Cook's claims to have cli <1 Mount McKinley were false ii iiueh as the feat was impossihh lie short time which Cook and I ill were absent. Hlankenship acated near Mount McKinley at inic Cook's expedition was tlier A New York dispatch of the ] ays. "Ilavinir failed in his effor :et l'rofcssor Ilerehel C. Parker Hithony Fiala to conduct an ej ,it ion to ascend Mount McKinl )r. Frederick A. Cook aniioiui icre that he would abandon his are tour as soon as possible limsclf head an expedition to use fount McKinley and recover if ] ible the records which he says ft t here ill lHMIi. 'ormer L). fc>. iYLinister Found Dy London. Hy Cable.? William I. Iianaii of HutValo, N. Y.. former .' riean minister to the Argentine ublic and Panama, who had b losely identified with several imp* nt American diplomatic missi? let a Irairie death Saturday niylit London street, lie was discove linir 011 a sidewalk in Park La ear the American embassy, in a I?r condition, a few minutes lief 2 o'clock and was carried to leorsje's hospital, a short ilista way. Life was extinct when the 1 uiancc reached the hospital, iiusc id' death is not known positi but physicians who examined ody state that it resulted apparel rom heart disease or apoplexy 1 liat there was no indication of 1 lay which was suggest ed. Western Express Wrecked. Pou?rhkeepsie, N". Y., Special.?< assenpT was killed and 15 ?>t 1 ere injured when the rear section rain No. 28, the Western Expi n the New York Central Railn as wrecked at Rhinehack early S ay. President Brown of the > 'ork Central was on hoard the tr ut was not injured. Presiti Irown himself directed the remi f the injured passengers. Greatest Balloon Flight Tet. Charleston, S. C., Special.?Br( ijr all speed records for long dista iirhts, the balloon St. Louis Nc inded near Riilsreville, 51 miles v f Charleston, at 9 o'clock Satur ioruin8 | ile were killed by the storm. Tl eports have not been confirmed. HPEMS CHARGES 1 nftnc i th< * ch.' Peary Arctic Club Gives Out 5?uj Statement. Hi? . ii?r- ESKIMOS TRACE LINE ON MAP i:.rj" Did Not Need Much Supplier? | Stayed Within Game Rcgicn?Cook Smiles Undisturbed?Expected as '"I*. Much. S Ol am li a The Peary Artie Club lias a?;ain rly> published a statement accompanied with n map indicating the route trav1(j eled by Dr. Cook and the principal events of the explorations as Pearv m. ami his party got them from the EsIjO timo. .1- . ......W.-. I ..I.HMill I in- i ?i> vcillll" 111(711 illItookashoo an vimio.l 1>" P/\rr> Dr> mander Peary, Copt. Hart let t, of the ren- Roosevelt. I). H. MeMillan, George rt Borup and Matthew A. lien son. ^('n" Dr. Cook Not Disturbed. st rv ? ' said Cook at Cleveland. Ohio. Tuesuil). day evening was shown the statenas ment. He said: ,n "I have replied to the points rai? ,ai ed a dozen times," he eontlnued. was the "The map published by Commander e. Peary in itself indicates that the E3Kith kiraos have respected their promise 1 1 (| made to me that they would not give t'pe- nn.v information to Pearv or his men. lev. "The Eskimos were instructed not iced to tell Mr. Peary or any of his party of our trip over the Polar sea. Tnjy were told to say thut we had been M(S* far north. They lia^e kept their lie word. "Mr. Whitney has said that during ? ing. the cross-examination conducted by Commander l'eary and others of his expedition the Eskimos did not understand the quest ions put to them uri- or the map which was laid before ?ns. them. Their replies to the questions ?'J put have been twisted to suit a perverted interest. lie. dv- "I w'l' not enter into any argudre ment about the matter, but I will bring the Eskimos to New York at nee j my own expense, and they will prove | ns did Mr. Whitney, all that I have I'lie claimed." vp- I)r. Cook would not consent to so the over the details contained in Mr. itlv Peary's statement any further than and this: oul "The Eskimos," he said, "are only too willing to say something that they think will please their ques3IU, tioners." lt,rs The explorer was not at all per, Gf turbed by the accusations. A con ess fident smile flickered over his bronzeil ,a,ji face when they were shown to him. nn- '41 fully expected to see something jew of the kind," he said. "The docuain. "lent looks formidable over so many lent signatures, and will probably appear >val Po 1? the public. There is, however, nothing in it, as it is based upon the distorted and evasive replies of persons who were told not to give any ak- ^Pta*'s-" The doctor continued: ince "Rasmussen. who will be here ? shortly, has seen the Eskimos and rest knows the real story. They did not dav try to deceive him. IIo was with uis, them for fourteen days. They know J The him and told him everything. He ? 1 S. speaks the Eskimo language for he P icre is a semi-Eskimo himself and the ling people have the most complete conCI * ? * ox- nuence in 111m. in He concluded: "That is Ml I havo Ian- to say now." ich- lie then proceeded to the lecture hall in the utmost good humor and confidence to deliver his lecture. I to- Wreck of Southern's Train. n(l~ Greenville, S. C., Special.?Passen*? gcr train No. 42 was wrecked Wed>rts. The npR(ln>' morning about 8 o'clock a and m''p ar"' n south Kasley. Two vor passengers and a flagman were trv' slightly injured and the road wan 1 tlv- blocked until about 12 o'clock. Tha _ cars were derailed, and somewhat iiese