r ?= PALMETTO HAPPENINGS:: News Notes of General Interest | From All Parts of the State. j (J THE COLORED STATE FAIR. Greater Than Ever?Reduced Rates Wlil Bring Thousands. Batesburjr. Special.?Reduced rates ?n all railroads, ample aecommodn:ions for all, the Fair Grounds invorin?? KV* " uiimi acres, all go to inlure that the fair will he a success. There are two large exhibit buildings, i good race track, plenty of side *" v ihows on the grounds. There will he 1 saby shows, horse shows, baseball, foot ball, foot races, wheelbarrow races, inule races, fox chaws, bands 3f music, competitive drills, singing contests and various other aniuse> orients. The Legislature of South .,, Carolina has appropriated $500 for \ premiums. Each county will have exJ hibits to itself and will contend for i prize. Wylie Affidavit Read. Columbia, Special.?In an affidavit, portions of which were put in evidence Wednesday afternoon, before Hlft 1 * ...? u..|K..!>arv winaing-up commiseion, Joseph H. Wylie, former dispensary director, states that .James S. Farnum, of Charleston, S. C., paid liim on one occasion $900 in commissions on Lnnahan whiskey. Tim amount of goods was 900 cases and ( the rebate was $1 per case, which corresponds to the rebate schedule. I There were other transactions men- i tioned in the affidavit of a like nature, I it being set out that the division was $1 for the member of the board and $1 for the agent. Much of the matter in the affidavit has already been brought out in the course of the dispensary alleged graft trials. The interest in the alleged Lnnahan rebate is increased by the fact that one of the members of the firm swore on the stand before thn commission that no rebates had been paid by his firm. The firm is William Lnnahan & Sons, of Baltimore, and the brand that causes so much discussion before the commission was "Hunter's Kye." Important Rate Hearing Before Soutfc uaionna commission. Columbia. Special.?There was ail important intrastate freight rate hearing before the Railroad Commission Tuesday on the complaint of the Greenville, Anderson and Spartanburs; hoards of trade in the matter of rates from Charleston to the points named in sugar, rice, molasses,1 canned goods and bananas, it being r shown that the rates are not on', higher than from port-s of adjoining States for similar distances, but actually higher than from Charleston to points in Georgia and North Carolina. a hundred or so miles further from Charleston. The hearing was adjourned to Greenville for November 10, the railroads to file answers and the boards of trade to make reply. Valuable Automobile and Garage Burned at Rock Hill. Rock Ilill, Special.?Dr. J. E. Massey, Jr., of this city, had the mi.; fortune to lose his automobile and automobile hoJise Tuesday evening by fire. Dr. Massey had been up town with his machine, had some repairs made on it and had just returned to his home and put it in the house and had only been in the house a few minutes when a colored woman who worKs in me yard ran into the house | and informed him that there was v. terrible smoke protruding: from the automobile house, and hv the lime bo reached there is was in flames and before the fire contpanv could ?rot on the spot the entire outfit was practically destroyed. The loss is partiallv covered by insurance. Large Lumber Plant Burns. Denmark, Special.?At (> o'clock Wednesday afternoon the plant of tho Salkahatchie Lumber company at Schoefield was burned and the loss is total. Schoefield, the site of the plant, is near Ulmers. The plant and lumber on hand wan estimated to he uwth n 000 and $300,000. The fire is said to have started in the dry kiln. Bates Orders His Coffin. Spartanburg, Special.?J. B. Bates, convicted of murdering Mrs. l)ocia Boiter and sentenced to he hanged Friday, and whose case has been appeals", addressed a letter to L. A. y Justice, a house builder, enclosing plans and specifications for his col' fin. The drawing was made on the hack of an old envelope and on the other I ShV> was note asking that the colli i b# .nade as cheaply as possible as lie I c in the ears. Salisbury bad already w extended the courtesies of the toll bridge over the Yadkin river to the he tourists, every eilfie'ial ear being pass- Si ed with a cheer by the toll keepers. iM China Grove. Lanelis, Kannapolis, ni Coneorel anel Newell suspeneleel every- s< thing to give rousing acclaim to the j,, passing tourists. Charlotte turncel out as never before anel gave the good se roads axmy royal welcome." in To the Maxwell Toy Tonneau of v, Marietta, Ga.. belongs the distinctiem ,,1 of flpllipvilllf flio ..r '! ? -I"-. Saturday. It accomplished the aih?t- nj ted distance in 6 hours and 3d mimics, (|j or in 1 hour and 37 minutes less than a the time in which it was scheduled to j; cover it. A close second was fur- p nished hy Mr. Jacques Futrelic-, the t| well-known writer of Scituate, Mass.. p who is driving his own car and t^< is accompanied bv his wife and ;n two children. He made the distance fi, in 6 hours and 46 minutes?a differ- j| ence of 16 minutes. ni Refreshed by tlie first day's rest Sl afforded by their lonir itinerary and, p judging from their freely expressed Sf comments, entirely delighted with n, Charlotte and the entertainment of- P? forded them here, approximately 150 (|, automobilists journeying in 37 cars vj form the nation's New York to the w New York of Dixie early Monday r, morning glided out across several w leagues of the finest roads they have p experienced since they left the vallev cc jf the Shenandoah. For more than er 36 hours they have been in a very (]t real and manifest sense the guests of rj the city of Charlotte and for not one single moment has that fact been allowed to slip from their minds. n< Two Dead in Duel Following a Wed aing x rone. Gonzales, Tex., Special.?Tn a duel ca following a wedding frolic in Hie Mexican quarter on the Henry Cardweil farm two miles north of Wrightsboro, m two men met death early Sunday, s, There were no witnesses to the quar- St rel nor to the fight. The men went n> about twenty steps from the building j1* in which the dance was held and be- ^ gan firing at each other. Erroyo was instantly killed and his tk>riy fell jl across M oriole's. The latter lived for about an hour. J Mine Explosion Kills Twelve. Johnstown, Pa., Special.?Twelve F men were killed in the Cambria Steel n Company's coal mine 2 miles from J here Sunday night, as the result of * what is supposed to have been a dyna- a mite explosion. All the dead are for- n eigners. Three men escaped with e< their lives by a perilous climb on life F ladders through poisonous mine gas f and falling 6latc op the walla of the * main shaft. 7 a, ; 4 * ' 1R.TAFTINNEW ORLEANS pends Saturday and Sunday in Strenuous Program and is Tired Out at Seeing the Sights and Enjoying His Olad Reception. New Orleans, Special.?President aft arrived in New Orleans Saturly to renew old acquaintances and ? enjoy two days of the hospitality hu ll lie declared a few days ago he >th 'longed for and feared." From le moment of his arrival at ]'2:.'50 tin, on the light house tender Olenn?r. which led a long trailing fleet of ver packets into port, the President as kept on the go until past mid glit Saturday night, lie ended his river trip with an ad ess before the waterways convenon in the afternoon in which lie reerated what lie said before, that he ivors the issuance of bonds to carry irward every deep waterway proet which shall be approved by a unpelent board of engineers as pracruble and can be shown to be neeesiry to take care of the growing eoineree of the sections. This address concluded, the Presi;nt became tlie guest of the city. He uchcd with Archbishop Blenk at the Iter's palace, attended two footill panics, had a dinner given in his ?nor at the Pickwick Club Saturday ght and went direct from there to \ ila performance of "Pes Hugenots" the French opera house. A little ipper at a famous French restauitit after the opera brought the liief Executive's busy day to a close. He thoroughly enjoyed his four id a half nights and five days on the ississippi river. And. although he is learned much of the difficulty that ust he encountered in attempting to introl that powerful waterway, he cmed Saturday to be just as enthuastic as ever in the belief that the ississippi can be made to recognize channel deep enough to handle all the commerce that can be assigned it. President Taft went to bed on his i ain Sunday night a thoroughly tired an. His New Orleans friends kept m on the go nearly all day long, lie ade two speeches during the at'ter>011, visited the naval station and ickson barracks, rode through the teresting old French quarter of the ty and attended a sacred concert on e campus o<" Tnlane University. Iiis day of strenuousness, following e activities and entertainments of lturdny, which did not end until 3 clock Sunday morning when supper ter the opera was concluded ought the President's stay in New rleans to a close, llis train left fore daylight for Jackson, Miss., here he spent all day Monday. Tlie President was so tired when trot hack to his hotel at fi o'clock inday night that he declined all vitations for dinner and had the eal served in his apartments with scretary of War Dickinson as a lest. The drive through the old French ction of the city was immensely teresting to the President and he ;toed any suggestion of its curtailent. The ride followed the President's tendance at the morning services of te Unitarian church, where he heard sermon on "The Interpretation of ife,'* by Rev. II. Klmer Gilchrist, he President was accompanied trough the quarter by Prof. Alcee artier of the Louisiana Historical acietv, who pointed out the succeedg places of interest. The route was st through the old line Royal ami tence to Jackson square, which forerly was the place d'Armes and is irrounded hv some fine old types of reneh architecture. From Jackson mare the nartv went to tlie old slave art. to the old St. Louis Catholic Lthedral and then began a journey rough Ksplanzade avenue and enrolls. Here the President's interest as centered for a time upon the lins of the old Spanish barracks. It as at this point of the journey tlint rofessor Fortier suggested that tlie immittee had not allowed time lough to go further and the Prcsi>nt said he did not care how long the de required, for his interest in old ew Orleans was greater than in any her feature of the day and he dil >t wish to hurry. Death Checks Foot Ball. West Point, N. Y., Special.?Dense of the death of Eugene A. yrne, of Buffalo, N. Y., no more otball will he played by the West >int eleven this year. This stateent was made by Col. Hugh L. ott, superintendent of the United ates Military Academy, late Sunday ght, after a consultation with the hletie authorities 01 the academy on e death of young Byrne, who expirI Sunday morning as a result of inries sustained in the Harvard game iturday. apan's Greatest Commoner Aassaa-l sin a tod. Tokio, By Cable.?Hirobnmi Ito, a 'rinre of Japan but the prcntest comloner in the empire and for two ears the uncrowned ruler of Korea | rho above all stood between Korea J nd the degradation of immediate anexation, hopinpr to build up thai ountry anew, was assassinated bv Koreans Tuesday inst a? he nliphte^j rom a special train at llarbin. Vanhuria, to which pla^e he went from ( Lio on a mi?ion of pa vow. ?n-r .Iff ^inpiiiimil HIIW>I mi* NO TIME FC Preparing For Tho ?Cartoon b; Tuberculosis Hilled It Death Rate Declines in All Re* Nine Causes Are Mosl Out of Every 100 Oc 25 and 34 Due Washington, D. C. ? Health Department returns show the total num ber of deaths from all forms of tuberculosis returned in 1908 was 78,289, exceeding those of any previous year of registration, but the death rato per 100,000 for 1908 is less than that for 1907. In all registration States the deaths from tuberculosis showed a decline except in Colorado, Rhode Island and Vermont. Each of the following causes ol death was responsible for at leasl r>000 deaths of male breadwinners during the year: Typhoid fever, tuberculosis of lungs, cancer, apoplex; and paralysis, heart disease, pneumonia, Dright's disease, suicide and .accident. The total number of death: of occupied persons from these cause: was, for males, 1 ."8.259. and for females, 17,434. Of the deaths of occupied males, 29,433, or 15 per cent, were due to tuberculosis of the lungs and of the occupied females, 5511. oi 21 per cent., were due to the sarat cause. In the registration area of the United States during the year 1908. 30.i deaths out of every 100 deaths of oc cupied males who died between th< ages of 25 and 3 4 years were causec by tuberculosis of the lungs, or nearlj one death out of every three. Durinf the same age period 41.9 per cent, oi the bookkeepers, clerks and copyists 4 0.1 per cent, of the barbers and hair dressers, 4 0.9 per cent, of the ser vants, 44.1 per cent, of the boot and shoe makers, 4 9.2 per cent, of th* compositors, printers and pressmen 4 1.2 per cent, of the tailors and 25.( per cent, of the farmers who died Jr the registration area during 1905 EXPOSED m Professor From Xcvv Yoi less J Marlon, Ind. ? Professor Garmim Brown, an export from the Museum of Natural History in New York, arrived in this city with paraphernal is necessary for excavating, preserving and shipping the skeletons of prehistoric animals, to find that the institution he represents has been the victim of misrepresentation. For more than a year Frank Mart a farmer, has been in communication with the museum regard ins the sale of the skeletons t>f prehistoric animals which he said ho had found on his land. Mart informed the institution last spring that he had found the skeleton of an animal, while cxcavatLACK OF WORK U Steady Increase 111 Arm ins Great Washington, D. C.?The army t?l unemployeel in Great Britain has grown steadily, and now has reaeheei proportions that are causing the Gov ernment great uneasiness. In n special report John L. Griffiths, United States Consul-General at London gives extracts from a special statement just issued by the royal commission on the poor law and relief of distress. The commission declares that dur ing the fiscal year ended March 31 last the number of persons wlthoul work and seeking Government aid totalled thirty-one in every 1000 ol population, while in the fiscal veai preceding only fourteen per 100C made application for assistance. The number of men who applied for reliel In the last fiscal year constituted Three Scats in Prussian Diet Cause Great Joy in Socialist Party. Berlin.?Elections for four representatives of Berlin in the Prussian Diet were held, and resulted in the return of three Socialists, with one election still undecided. Socialists were elected to the same seats*.t the last election, but their ? ?turn was nullified on technical grounds. The success of the candidates following similar victories in Coburg, Baden and Saxony, has caused jubilation among the 8oclaljft( everywhere )R FARMING. (jUtfP se Census Questions. y G. Williams, in the Indiitnapolis Kcws. 1,289 Persons in 1908 Jistration States Except Three-* : Frequent?30.9 Deaths cupied Males Between to Tuberculosis. were victims of pulmonary tubcrculo sis. Among the principal causes ol , death were the following, with theii rates oer 100.000 of nonulatlnn. foi 1908 and 1907: 1908. 1907 ( Tuberculosis (all forms) .173.9 183.< i Pneumonia (all forms)..136 161." Heart disease 133.3 141.' Diarrhoea and enteritis. 116 116.' ! Rright's disease 87.1 94.1 : Cancer 74.3 73.: > Typhoid fever 25.3 30.1 Diphtheria and croup ... 22.3 24.: The number of deaths from al - forms of pneumonia returned fo 190S was 61,259, a decrease of mor > than 6000 from the number for 190 ? (67,320). despite the increase in th - registration area. The death rat from pneumonia was lower for 190 , thj.n for any other of the past flv , years. The crude death rates from cance ; continue to increase, and slightl higher rates are recorded for eacl - main subdivision of the registratioi ? group. For the year 1908 33,46 - deaths from this disease were report ; ed, as against 30,514 for 1907. 1 The enormous extent of the mortal r Ity of Infants from diarrhoeal dis X eases may be inferred from the fac f that the aggregate death rale frou , these diseases, more than four-fifth - of which is due to deaths of infant - tinder two years old, exceeds one pe I 1000 of the total population, am ? ranks them in the ?ame class for gen , oral effect on the death rate as hear ! disease and pneumonia, disease t whose influence is felt Upon all per i ! iods. DIANA FAKIR. rk Ulnscir.n Takes a Fruitoiirney. ;ng an ouen ditch, which had beer pronounced to ho that of a crocodili by a professor of an Indiana col lose He said that he had exposed twenty eight feet of the skeleton, hut had nm reached the end of it. Mart ondeav i orod to sell the skeleton to the insti j tutien for a largo sum of money. Arrangements were finally mailt for Professor Brown to come after tin skeleton. When he arrived Professoi Brown found that Mart had sold hi: farm two weeks ago and had left this | part of the country. Professor Browr 1 made a trip to the farm in hones o ! find the skeleton, hut was unable tt find even an open ditch on the place. M BRITAIN GROWS. y of Viicmploycd is Caus< Uneasiness. r i 4 1-10 per cent, of the workingmen t 1 England and Wales, while during tbi I previous year they constituted 2 1-10 - and the year preceding * that onl; - 1 9-10 per cent. I The destitution and absence o . work for the unemployed is genera - in practically all of the manufacturinj - ritles and towns in the United King fdom. A striking feature of the situa tion is that the men seeking work ari - for the most part in the very prime o life. t Plans are being considered where - by the employers and the working f men may be brought closer together The Covernment also is seeking t< I discover some means of cutting of ? the supply of unskilled and unintelli f gont labor by training boys to entei 1 | regular and permanent work. Iking to Publish a History of Numismatics, in Which He is Expert, Rome, Italy. ? The Tribuna ani nounces that King Victor Emmanuel . will ?ubliEh a book shortly on the . history of numismatics. It is written by himself, i The King has been a ?oin collector . for years, and has ulreadv written a 1 treatise on the subjec*, which was issued for private circulation among . his friends. ( The new book, which is to be richly . Illustrated, is the result of long study . by the monarch. ' CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM. Heat a pint of sweet milk to nearly soiling and add gradually two beaten. *ggs mixed with two cups of sugar. Dissolve two-thirds cup of chocolate 111 a lime not milk and add to the mixture. Return to the lire in a iouble boiler, stirring until it thick- ? jns. Flavor with vanilla, if like.ik When custard is cold beat in a quart Df cream and freeze. This makes ibout two quarts of cream. When oartially frozen remove the dasher and beat thoroughly until smooth and repack in ice and salt until needed. Always use rock salt.?Boston Post. SPAGHETTI, TOMATO SAUCE. Put three-fourths of a package of spaghetti into boiling salted water without breaking it and let it boil good and hard for one hour. Keep it well covered with boiling water, remove froip fire, pour off the water and put into a vegetable dish and serve with tomato sauce. Tomato Sauce? One can tomatoes, one large onion, four cloves, three bay leaves, one teaspoon salt ; boil twenty minutes, then strain. Put back on the fire and as soon as it boils thicken with a large tablespoon of flour and two tablespoons of butter. Put this in a sauce boat, and when serving the spaghetti pour the tomato sauce over it and sprinkle one tablespoonful of par* mesan cheese on top.?Boston Post. A GOOD COOKED DRESSING. For the cucumber or bean salad, [ the ordinary French dressing is genr erally used, but here are directions p for a good cooked dressing that can be kept a long time if bottled and set ; In a cool place; Beat the yolks of J two eggs until lemon colored and : thick, then add to them one-half toa7 spoonful each dry mustard and salt. 5 Next heat in slowly one tablespoonful 1 melted butter and six tablespoonfuls 3 hot vinegar. Cook in a double boiler 3 until thickened. When cold and just 1 before serving a cupful of cream, r sweet or sour, may be folded in. This ^ dressing is specially adapted for use 0 with lettuce, celery, strong beans, ase paragus, and cauliflower. Pure cider 8 vinegar is generally used in salad e making.?New York Times. r CHEESE SOUFFLE. y Melt an ounce of butter in a sauce^ pan; mix smoothly with it one ounce 5 of flour, a pinch of salt and cayenne, > one-fourth of a pint of milk; simmer the mixture gently over the fire, stir ring it all the time till it is as thick - as melted butter; stir into it about r three ounces of finely gra.ed cheese. a Turn it into a basin and mix with it s the yolks of two well beaten eggs; r whisk the whites to a solid froth and 3 just before the souffle is baked put - them into it and pour the mixture t into .a small round tin. It should be a only half filled, as the fondu will rise ' very high. Takes about twenty min utes to cook it. and sufficient for six persons. Serve immediately in samo dish with a napkin pinned around the dish.?Boston Post. caeiisLiia 5 Jelly cake should have the edges . pared off carefully to make it roll - easier. [ Whole peppers are better for seasoning soups and sauces than ground peppers. ? For removing from the hands * stains made by paring fruits and vegp etahles use oxalic acid. Faded plush may be brightened by , brushing it very lightly with a clean f sponge dipped in chloroform. ' Old, loose kid gloves worn while ironing will keep the hands in good condition and free from callouses. For a refreshing dinner salad, tos* white cherries, bits of orange and banana in French dressing and serve on lettuce leaves. To make butterscotch mix four cupfuis of brown sugar, two cupfuls u of butter and three tablespoonfuls of s water and boil until crisp in water. j Do not wash colored clothes in the 7 same waier with all-white ones. This especially holds good if one happens to have table linen with colored borders. After the weekly washing rub a little vinegar and spirits of camphor over the hands. This will keep the hands in good condition summer and winter. To brighten the eyes take occasionally just before going to bed the juice of half a lemon in a small tumbler of water, without adding anjr ~ sugar to it. If you have a black gown that needs freshening, cleanse it thoroughly with clear black coffee, diluted with water and containing ? ' little ammonia. I When cut flowers become wilted > after a while they may sometimes bo t freshened bv cutting off the ends with a sharp knife and dipping the stems in hot water for a moment. I V* If you cannot afford to visit tho masseuse frequently, take consolation in the thought that It Is better for yon ' to do It yourself, because you exercise other rausclee while developing those mvssiee. M