P WORK OF THE
South Carolina is Saved
Dollars by Scaling D
Columbia, Special.?About a half iu
million dollars represents the saving sf
to the State of South Carolina by
scalings from dispcsray claims ami ^
overjudgments against firms doing co
business with the old State dispensary
The work of the winding-up commission
was practically concluded Wed- er
needay night at a late hour and judg- sii
meuts rendered in all claims before it co
save that of the New York and Ken- el;
tuckv company, the amount petitioned Hi
for being about $22,000. Final action th
was deferred, but it is possible that in
the claim may be disallowed. However,
this is not settled. w<
There was a sigh of relief when it ar
a as decided to adjourn Thursday be
Ti oming. The members have been at so
v >rk for weeks and have, with the pi
assistance of the attorneys, investi- in
gaced fully every claim. "We feel bi
that we have earned our per diem." st
remarked Chairman Murray, "and nv
our report on the affairs of the old fn
State dispensary shows how the bus-[fir
The following are the claims and the
i
Fleischmann
Sehlitz Brewing Company
Big Spring's Company
Roseneck Brewing Company
John McSmyrie
Lehman & Company
Darley Park Brewing Company
Moyse Bros
E. A. Saunders & Company
Geo. A. Dickel & Company
Clark Bros. & Co
Green River Distilling Company
Richards & Co
Be lair Distilling Company
i Totals
The Overchi
The following over-judgments wore
-Cook & Bernheimer
William Lnnalien & Sons
H. & H. W. Catherwood
Acme Brewing Co..
Gallagher & Burton
Rtrauss, Pritz & Co
Wiedemann Brewing Co
W. W. Johnson Co
Savannah Brewing Co
llllman & Co. (Anchor Co.)
Jack Crainston Co
Bbeinstorm Bros
Borbee & Co
Garrett & Co
Wilson Distilling Co
King & Co
Total
Four claimants escaped the scaling c
?f the claims. The commission states e
n regard to these that these 44paries
have no part in any of the fraudu- l?
lent transactions connected with tilt*
conduct of the business with the State .+
dispensary and the chairman of the $
The Sum
The following is a summary showing
Overcharges in list of firms to whom m
to be paid by State..
Overjudgments
Claims which come to the State along w
overjudgments
The 1008 overcharges
"Conscience" money
Total saved to the State and to be r
Claims Pi
The following elais were paid bv th
Firms. J
' J*.
Paul Jones & Co.... $ 21.1
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co 19.5
Augusta Brewing Co 1.6
Frank G. Tullege Co 1.1
Live Oak Distilling Co 20.9
J. A. Magnus & Co 18,2
Old "76" Distilling Co '5.66
J. F. Bickman 2.77
Belrov Distilling Co 40.0
Big Four Distilling Co 4.5
H. A. Thierm^n 0.2
TV ^Saeks & Son 0.0
Marin, Hart & Co I .">.8
H. Rosenthal & Son 4.5'
Total #170.1
Mcney in Hog Raising.
Laurens, Special.?Some of Laurens
county's farmers are making el
pood money in raisins: hops; amonp bi
these are P. B. Bailev and Dr. T. 3. a
Weathers. A few days apo Mr. li
Weathers sold on the loeal market st
three hops that netted him over $96; el
and on last Saturday Mr. Bailey sold t?
29 fine porkers, all under one year ti
old, the lot britipinp $428. The price ai
paid in Laurens is 8 cents the pound, tl
((
To Double Track Line From Atlanta B
Greenville, Special.?A iiersistcnt
mn\pr is enrrent lure that t.tn- South- It
em railway has within the last few s
?Uys let contracts for <louhle tracking ;.j
its main lir.3 between Charlotte and or
Atlanta. According to the rumor the ](
work of double tracking is to he start- Vi
ro hi an cnny tiaie rrom the Atlanta ni
end. It is proposed that bv the sum- ',f
incr of 1910 work will have l>ecn com- ?
plcted as far nort has Gainesville, a jj,
distance of 55 miles. ; di
Dies at the Result or a Fall.
Greenville, Special.?Walter Smith, ^
an employe of the Poe mill, died FriL
day as the result of an injury he re- s|
waived Saturday night in falling off a wi
afreet ear. He attempted to get off st
S while the car was in motion and was he
thrown heavily to the ground, sustain- er
lag the injuries from whieh death re- w<
- Waited. Smith was 28 years old and Ft
leaves a wife, hot no children. His tfa
, laxly was earned to lowell, N. C. en
jCOMMISSIONl
Nearly Half a Million
ispensary Claims.
ess was conducted. The State ha*
ent very little on the work and we
ive thought it best to assess those
hiskey tirms carrying the matter to |
e federal court, the amount of
>sts." * <
May Be Appealed.
It was rumored Thursday- that seval
of the decisions of the commis?n
will be taken to the supreme
>urt for settlement and that the <
aim of Lanchan & Co. and the Caro- j
la Glass company would be among <
ose seeking a stay in the proceed- J
gs.
Chairman Murray said that notice ,
ould be sent out at once to all claim- 1
its allowed claims and cheks would i
i sent out by December 1 unless j
taiv m iuu u 1 uoc pic* i iic V
lymont. The money will be placed i
the National Loan and Exchange <
ink of this city subject to check as '
ated in the letter, and when all payens
are made there will be nothing
irther for the commission expect the
lal report to the general assembly,
amouuts to be paid the claimants:
Claim. Judgment.
$ 70.88J.87 $ 35,045.30
24.C82.23 18,813.73
25.006.78 8,515.7!)
*.>.119.04 919.00
34.829.43 33.881.91
14.623.51 12.004.01
640.00 235.00
9.990.00 8,176.00
40.883.23 35,806.83
2,500.00 1.700.00
08.383.71 53.780.93
.'i.048.42 3.153.42
1.175.00 1.112.45
0.380.41 1.423 00 ,
$103,555.03 $215,178.30 1
irges. ]
found by the commission: ]
Claim. Due tlie State ]
$ 94.89 $ 36.553.03 ,
5.910.54\ 23.563.40
4.227.95 24.070.00 ,
074.80 14.965.20 \
4.845.00 18.041.20 ,
7,980.56 12,419.44 ,
487.50 4.016.50 ,
1.945.99 1.091.64
409.50 160.00
30.920.78 . 30.021.55
5.951.50 1.064.42
296.08 10.3.92
109.58 409.42
1.757.39 21.397.20
2.874.73 347.17
0.395.84
$ 80.594.09 $189,364.81
ommission is authorized under propr
warrant to pay tlie caims:
The four claimants are: C. P. Fishurn.
$79.50; S. S. Pierce & Co., '
022.13; Acker Merrell & Cod it Co., j
045.82; K. LnMoutuirue & Sons, I
457.50. I <
1
mary. (
: the amounts saved to the State:
onev is
.. * $ 88,377.17
189,364.81
it h the
80.594.69 1
25.356.24 ;
50.000.00
eeovered $433,692.91 (
lid.
e commission on March 6, 1908: ,
\ mount Amount Amount |
Claim Allowed. saved State (
76.63 $ 14.9227.88 $ 6,248.75
51.00 9.504.09 10.047.00 \
15 00 1,211.25 403.75
35.94 1,049.69 86.25
22.22 26.190.82 1.781.40 (
04.24 16,648.76 1,555.48
2.83 3.208.33 454.50 j
4.70 22)61.22 163.48
08.33 38,004.17 2.004.16
09.51 4.238.94 207.57
28.30 8,674.60 553.70
21.33 8.480.05 541.28 ,
47.44 152>06.34 341.10 ,
24.11 3.619.29 904.82
81.67 $153,825.43 $ 25.356.24 ]
Would Be On the Belt.
Laurens, Special.-?Tlie Laurens
lamber of commerce is going to get
nay at once in reference to securing
lease on the promised electric helt 1
ne in the Piedmont. It is under- i
ood that the corporation that pur- 1
iased the Anderson-Relton line con- I
mnlates a belt lino o. i?l-? c? -
- ? ....v iw ?anc mi npnr- i
anl)iir?r. Union, (.aureus. Anderson (
ml Greenville, or at least some of 1
le towns in this section. I
adgett Sentenced to Ten Years in I
the Penitentiary.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Thomas
adgett, white, who killed Brezina <
iher, colored, about two weeks ago t
id who was convicted of manslaught- <
\ was Saturday sentenced to serv?
) years in the penitentiary. Stan- i
irn Wilson gave notice of appeal
id pending the nppeal applied for I
lil which was granted in the sum I
$5,000. Budget! claimed the killing <
as accidental and the statement of
e deceased to that effect was mtro- <
iced in evidence.
Horse With Buggy Leaps Wall
Charleston, Special.?A horse took
iglit on south Battery some days \
:o and wildly dashed through the i
reet, carrying the unoccupied buggy I
it h him. He bad a clear and
raight run and through the street
i went, never stopping at the eon- t
ete quay wall, bat overboard he
ent with the buggy behind him. <
irtunately the tide was not high and
* horse landed in hnf little wster
id there he stopped, and c uled off.
NplHEiisTi
% No
Zelaya Orders Two Americans 1
Summarily ShcL J
? . ?br
LOUIS GROCE AND LEROY CANKCR 'J
? anr
Captured in Revolutionary Army Are De<
Denied Trial?Gunboat Sent to the e<l
Scene?President Taft Enraged. S0S:
apa
) con
News has reached the depart- ji wa,
ment that two American citisens, 1 Coi
, . . ^ < Pes
j L-eroy cannon ana ix>uis uroce i; wej
! caught by the Zelaya forces in j[ die
Nicaragua from the insurgent S
i con
forces were summarily shot, has (? pre
produced a disturbed condition i! ^01
! the
of things. j, ent
Cai
fro
F
Washington, Special.?Two Ameri- t& \
;an vessels have been ordered to pro- and
;eed to Nicaraguan waters and Pres- *Sre
dent Taft has postponed idefinitely
lis meeting of Isidore Hasera, the ^
lew minister from Nicaragua to this 1
ountrv as t lie result of news receiv- Tin
<d here to the effect that two Ameri- wit
axis, Louis Groce and Leioy Can- ^or
ion, captured while serving with the Pre
evolutionist army in Nicaragua have rea
jeen sentenced to death by President . 1
?elaya*s orders and it is understood W1'
hat sentence has already been<earried i*0
>ut. 1
Orders has been issued for the *
iruiser Vickshurg to proceed in all '??
laste to Corinto and the gunboat Dcs J"8
Moines will proceed at once to Port 'iei1
Limon to observe events there and mei
report the situation at that point by a P
wireless.
President Taft, upon receipt of the
news of the execution was so incensed
that he immediately announced he anf
would have no communication what- ^
aver with the new Nicaraguan minis- "e
ter. That official was promptly so informed.
r,'<)
Brooding quite settled down Friday t'1'1
on the strained situation this government
finds itseif in with Nicaragua. on'
But if everything was quiet on the ''ie
surface, there was plenty stirring beneath.
A communication was recciv- bee
nd at the State Department from the ''ax
Nicaraguan legation, the purport of **er
which was not divulged, and the mill- ^
isters from Guatemala and Costa ''Ie
Rica held a mysterious conference f')0
with Assistant Secretary Wilson in lr,b
the afternoon. A significant develop- <'t>e
mcnt of the day, inasmuch as it dis- Cf,a
closed this government's unyielding ?,n
determination not to interfere with
the. Nicaraguan revolutionists, was con
the reiterated announcement that the to
State Department would not act to *',e
insure the safety of any American nes
vessels that might he held up or seiz- ('ca
ed bv the insurrectionary war ves- bo?
sels now blockading the government ?f
forces at Greytown or elsewhere on ficr
the Guatemalan coast.. The deepest Th;
itnerest is apparent as to the conference
between Assistant Secretary I
Wilson. Sennr Cnlvo. minister from in'
Costa Rica, and Dr. Herrarte, minis- sue
tor from Guatemala. It is believed the
that the instruction of the pan-Amer- wo
iean treaty, signed here a little over Go
two years aso, was the chief matter by
discussed. The violation of the agree- da^
ment was committed bv General Tole- for
do. in command of Jresident Zelaya's evi
forces, when he invaded Costa Rican pre
territory in his advance on Greytown, be
where practically he is now besieged, for
rn the threatened trouble between Sit
Nicaragua and Venezuela, only a act
short time ago, the United States ten
stood ready to prevent bv force if ma
necessary, tfie passage of the bellig- tril
srents across the neutral territory of the
Honduras. tre
Zelaya Slay3 by Hundreds.
New Orleans, Special.?A cable to <
The Picayune from Panama says: da.
Passengers arriving from Nicaragua are
report that a reign of terror exists jJU|
throughout the portion of that country
controlled by President Zelaya.
Qovernment troops are rounding up re^
every person sus|>ected of sympathy fai
with the revolutionists and executing me
them without trial. the
Sheriff at Cairo Loses His Place Be- Th
cause of Lynching. i
Springfield, III., Special.?Governor tiv
Charles 8. Deneen Thursday declared jn
the office of sheriff of Alexander pr,
county vacant because Sharff Frank rev
E. Davis allowed William James, a "
negro mnrderer, and Henry Salzncr. <en
white, to ho taken from his eare and
lynched at Cairo by a mob on Novem
Lx>r 11. The Governor noted in obpervanre
of a law thnt provides that fQl
whenever n sheriff surrenders a pris- f()J
oner to a mob bis ollice expires im- ffl
wediaiely. la<
Cleaning New York Custom House.
Washington, Special.?The elimina- 1
Hon from the custoniH service of act- tin
ing Deputy Collector James F. Vail, bei
the abolition of that office in the New pot
York customs house, the dismissal of ed
104 men and demotion of 1*23 other a i
men at New York from March 4 up to a t
Wednesday night with about a score to
of other change* included in Collector
Loeb's statement Friday from New of
York were announced bv Secretary ni<
MaeVea^h F.iday ni?!it j tun
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TUNTIG WATERWAYS
rfolk Convention Opens Amid Enhusiasm
For a Four-Days' DiJCU'ion.
t\-iJ'olk, Va., Special.- ?With ov.<r
00 Ian aired delegates in attendance
resenting practically every State
the Atlantic Seaboard, the second
lual convention of the Atlantic
:per Waterways Association openhere
Wednesday morning for a
sion of four days with Friday set
irt for a visit and address by the
-sident of the United States. The
vention, amid great enthusiasm,
s called to order by its president,
igressinan J. Hampton Moore ol
tsvlvania, and the delegates were
Icomed by Mayor James G. RidIt
of Norfolk.
ifayor Riddick's address of. welae
was responded to by Conssman
W. W. Cocks of New
rk, on behalf of the delegates frou
Northern States, and by Repressive
Charles R. Thomas of Nortl:
nolina on behalf of the delegate.m
the Southern States,
lepresentative Thomas, pointing
the hazardous coasts of Capes Cod
1 Hatteras, called attention to tht
at dangers to which Atlantic coaste
shipping is subjected, with no altiate
inland waterwavs for nrotec
i to this class of commerce.
'We, of the South," declared Mr
jmas. "are not only ready to unite
h you of the North in unceasing efts
for the consummation of this
at inland waterway but we arc
dy to unite with you in the dcopment
of a great commerce thai
1 bind the sections so closely that
tionalism will be forgotten as il
lever existed."
Resident Moore, in his address
k the general ground that the dend
for an equitable and compreisive
plan of waterway developrat
as it affected transportation was
iroblem which, since the passage ol
new tariff bill had taken rank as
equal if not greater import thar
i oi me establishment of a safe
I stable currency,
die speaker touched upon the bus
and enterprise of the people ol
West f\ securing congressiona
for internal improvements, and ir
s connection he said:
'We have pone on with our great
erprises but we have not built foi
future as our wide-awake friend*
other sections of the country have
n doinp. Our Eastern waterway*
;e remained much as their fouiv
s left them."
dr. Moore pointed out, however
prepress that had been made Lm
society and spoke of the decided
eresL awakened in the project of s
per waterway alonp the Atlantic
,st. Most of the work of the en
eers in making the survey of the
00 miles alonp the const had beer
npleted. He closed with an appea
Eastern business men bringing tc
ir notice the importance of ear
it, persistent, self-sacrificing en
tvor to obtain for the Atlantic sea
trd that consideration at the hand*
Congress which it so rightly de
ved.
anksgivmg Proclamation by Qover
nor Kitckin.
laleigh, Special.?Governor Kitch
s Thanksgiving proclamation, is
d Wednesday afternoon, is one ol
! briefest ou record. It is in thes<
rds: "I, William W. Kitchin
vernor of North Carolina, do here
appoint Thursday. November 25. s
; of thanksgiving to Almighty Gor
the good we have received ar.d tb<
1 we have escaped. A great an<
isperous people to he happy mus
grateiul and chari able. There
e, let tlie people th.oughout th<.
ite assemble on that day in thei<
ustomed plaees and worship an<
der thanks unto the Lord for Hii
nifold blessings and let them con
bute to the relief of the poor an<
needy, the afflicted and the dis
ssed the widow and the orphan."
Can't Roach the Dead Miners.
Cherry, 111.. Special.?After fom
the St. Paul coal mine in whici
i still entombed the bodies of threi
ndred or more miners as a resul
last Saturday's fire, Wednesday
used to yield up the dead. Uttei
lure to devise any satisfactory
thod of recovering the bodies left
) sitation the same : s it was before
e President Reverses His Action
Washington, Special.?Represents
e John M. Morehead has won ou'
his fight at the White House. Tin
isident Wednesday issued an ordci
oking the appointment of Prof. J
Glasson of Trinity College to 1>?
isus supervisor in the fifth district
1 caused to be announced the ap<
ntmcnt of I). II. Hlair. the raai
ommended by Mr. Morehead. Ir
ting this action the President alst
ind it convenient to make a bcrti
Professor Glaason, who is to bi
[Minted an enumerator of manu
'turinsr statistics
Student Poses as Black Hand.
Philadelphia, Special. ? Alleging
it he posed as an influential mem
r of a "Black Hand" gang, thi
ital inspectors Wednesday arrest
in thia city Perry Ralph Minniek
student of the Drexel Institute, 01
iharge of writing threatening letter
D. T. Walker, a wealthy Philadel
ian, demanding $560 under penalt;
death. The authorities say Kin
>k lonfeeeed that he demanded Hi
noy t<i pay his way t'iroi.gb coiicgc
1 - -wrm
m sTandardoil
Grcuit Court Files Decree ol
Dissolution.
GOVERNMENT WINS A VICTORY
Judges Sinborn, Vandeventer, Hoot
and Adams Concur in Favor ol
Every Jount Contended For?Ap
peal to Supreme Court Will b?
Taken.
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)
[ St. Paul, Minn., Special.?In ar
> opinion written by Judge Walter X
Sanborn, of St. Paul and concurred in
by Judges Vandeventer, Hook and
Adams with a special concurring
r opinion by Judge Hook, the United
i States Circuit Court for the eastern
district of Missouri Saturday handed
' down an opinion declaring th?
5 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
an illegal combination operating in
' restraint of trade and orders its dissolution.
The opinion of the court was filed
simultaneously in St. Louis and in St.
Po..l
In this decision the government ol
the United States wins a sweeping
victory and according to Frank 15.
f Kellog of this citv. who was tlie government's
special prosecuting offieeri
' the government has wm every point
! for which it contended.
The case will be appealed direct to
the United States Supreme Court a?
the judges who signed the decree, are
in effect the judges of the United
States circuit court of appeals, al1
though they were sitting for the pur
pose of trying this case as the circuit
' court for the eastern district of Missouri.
? The decree of the court dissolving
the Standard Oil trust becomes effec'
tive in 30 days when t* doubt a stav
1 will be granted for the purpose^f an
w
When tlie decree takes effect unless
a stay is granted, an injunction will
issue restraining the Standard Oil
I Company from a further continuance
i of its business under its present formation.
TWENTY LIVE MINERS.
: Parties Searching For and Bringing
i Cut tho Dead Find the Living.
Cherry, 111., Special.?The gamut
from deepest despair to an hysteria
> of hope was run here Saturday when
' 20 miners, entombed in the St. Paul
I mine for a week, almost to the hour,
i were brought to the surface alive.
! The story of their sufferings and
the heroism of their resourceful leadi
ers is one of the most thrilling in all
i the black history of mining disasters.
I Dawn broke with the bearers of
? stretchers moving from the pit mouth
to the tent which served as a morgue
' with bodies swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance. Forty
' of them had been brought up and
most of them identified when the
marvelous report shot through the
. prostrate community: "They've
found them alive?they've found
them alive."
In a moment the morgue was de[
serted; scarcely to be revived while
. the crowd, fairly insane with the
t great hope which had sprung like a
. miraculous flame from the ashes of
4 despair, rushed to the spot.
\ All thought was of the men who
; were alive. It took six hours to bring
\ the survivors to the surface. Meani,
while a report spread that seventy or
. more men were alive in a far reach
. of the mine, cut off from escape bv
r a bank of black damp between their
1 barricade and the main din ft
3 Searching parties on Sunday, liow.
ever, found no more living and cor.]
diticfl^ernsli all hope of further suc.
cesfT at rescue. Thirty-seven corpses
v*T*e removed and buried Sunday.
Awful Auto Tragedy.
Cuthbert, Ga., Special.?Three perr
sons are dead and two prohablv fatally
Tnjurcd as a result of an automobile
accident here late Sunday. The
1 dead:
t Curtis Wiliams, of Port Gaines. Ga.
; James Shepard, of Edison. Ga. Hor.
ace Shepard, of Edison. Ga. The injured:
Miss Helene Mattox. aged 20,
? Coleman, Ga. Shepard and Miss Matton
were going to be married.
Prominent Pennsylvania Politician
Kills Himself Accidentally.
, Franklin, Pa., Special.?"Aceiden#
tal. slipped and " was the eonr
tents of a note found Sunday night in
a dense thicket beside the body of I.
, B. Borland, aged 50 years, former
county treasurer and a prominent
politician, who had been missing front
, home since Friday. A wound in the
, left leg caused Borland to bleed to
, death, according to the coroner. The
, accident was the result of a hunting
e trip. It was evident that Borland
began to write the note but fell exhausted
before be could finish it.
Rockefeller Commission to Attend Atlanta
Meeting in January.
5 Atlanta, fla.. Special.?The Roeke.
feller commission for the eradication
, of the hookworm disease is expected
11 to attend in a body the first national
" conference for the study of this dis
ease, to be held in Atlanta January
? 18 and 10. Already the ehairmau.
* Dr. Wiliam H. Welch, and other
a | rr>crrbcr~ r?f rrnrTrn^im. Vn**r
'? i lfied their intention ol attending.
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ji PALMETTO HAPPfWINGS j , ffB
11 News Note* of General Interest
From All Parts of toe State.
GREAT DAY AT IOCK HILL.
Interesting Add: easts?Di ^
Fair Ladies, and a Who]
Rock Hill, Special?Sati
an epoch making diy for .u:j tr"
College, for Rock Kll and i-?.on
county. On that cay was
first of a series o meetin
farmers, their wi^es, daug
the rural school teachers
county for the casideratic.. v, ...v
great subjects ol agriculture in its fTffl
relation to our mbhc school system
and to the home f* ^flj
In his remarks Dr. Johnson said in
part: "Winthro> College stands for
service to the jchools and to the
home. In line tfith this spirit there
was orgaiuzea rt inn eonege in iiiuz
the South Caro.ina Kural School Improvement
Assoeiati?n with one oi
its graduates, Miss Maud Nance, at jEv ISH
its head. In accorlance also with
this purpose of servce, the call was ? a>^DI
made to the farmers of York county, #
their wives and daughter and to the
rural school teaches to meet here
and consider the .Teat subject of
agriculture and its bearing on tlie
Following this ddress came
paper by Miss Hjie, the supcri \'11
tendent of Winthrp's model ho- ^':,x E
Miss Hyde *8 subjet was ''
Making Versus Haisekeeping,"
her treatment of it was masterly.
She spoke of theiiome as the contral
unit of the ntion and brought , IB
out very forcibly the difference be- nM^H
tween a house?a mere shelter, and Sfl
a home, an abidig place, a retreat.
of joy and comfort Miss Hyde spoke iQj
interestingly of the work of the %
model home and invited all over tc ; SM
inspect it and seethe various demonst
rations of hous work to be eiveix i flH
in the afternoon.
After this c-ane a splendid pupei
on "The Spray :ig of Plants" by
Prof. L. A. Nivn, head of the new J
department o" eimentarv agriculture M
at Winthrop. Irofessor Niven gave
many helpful lints on the care o#
crops, fruit tres and plants, and
showed how tb progressive farmer }
nude double ortreble his yield. The
startling fact ras brought out that .
insects alone <estroy every year itr . i
the United Shtes $200,000,000 ir.
crops. - Mpti
"Hygiene in the Ilomc," was the yrsftg'1"'
subject of the lext paper by Dr. M. ^
F. Jones of the department of biology.
Dr. Jonts slowed tliar_bcahb ift)'*'
is the natural rondhiog
that good health depends upohrte ^
things, viz: Ventilation, ?ikiiv >5r,
water and food, lie also .owc> T
how worry will cause indigesti ant
summed up with the telling stencet '9ft <4m|
"There are four things the rther- ,
ance of which the governmenthould
make one of its aims; prentablt
death, preventable sicklies Pre"
ventable physical inefflcie^y id preventable
ignorance.". KflBI
"Food and Our Meals"' us the Jfc"
subject of a most interesting I \*!!r
Miss Whittemore of the ftfe.
science department. Miss \ ofn j
more brought out clealv ar av. *
vincingly that many of ovr |instaTnr^fc,4^1^
"meals" are not food,fc ?piiversit> u/
propriately the quotatift ckre con l ift
what you eat, and ! wilw J Vive
you are." K - tpot and ? QmJ*
After dinner the rensft ?krd in tilt JftC
ence was given a spiel fVcnt dircft
by Mr. F. W. Howe, <F ^minnoy ivjTjBjCji
cultural Department at ft A?vernor ft*^?^'
Mr. Howe was invited dtft; ? had nt?: fiSSSk.
ly to make this addrft ftl tent ion
every remark was recei\* ft constant
terest anil pleasure. He ftalch a ft**'
that the study of agricl. ft ^WBBE
the schools may give a a, ,
meaning to geology, geogft P*^ tfjffT
languages and literature. ^ ft?'* ^ omin^gB
Something Seen in the ft? ^een ?Ug
Greenville, Special.?A * * ftoun)j ]{ a9-T
loon or airship was seen ptK> ft (]ie tUwfeSethis
city Tuesday evening ft; - lL estimu djKj
o'clock. It was dimly lift Ujer] r.inS^
presented a very strange aft; ^fcsovemtcrret'.
When observed the balltfi ft,rn no
traveling in a southwesterly --^^5
tion. It is stated that anoft B?
loon passed over the city . ft ftfRALJlJX^
Greenvine^C'. * Mo
s'iotii of the li .uuii lo
ville and Spartanburg. Capt. E. A jBj
Smyth's name was omottec' BL? ;
from the syndicate who boiglit the ^ft,ar,t^Qfty
Anderson Traction Company, in con- K reitar^^Fi
noction with tlie Messrs. Hukc nni> ^Reded wa.1
lie is the trnHtee and treasurer of the Hfv
svndirntc mid will tnke the railroad Jcompany
wlicn the payment ia made,
and until the now company is formal' KF
Fire in Spartanburg. tll-*Ligpl
Spartanburg, Special.?The Spar- I ^ 'aiost^SwT
tanburg Broom Works and severaP fcgiructed fK
cottages owned by W. G. and Ver-^k resolunttft^
non Muckenfuss were totally destrrf^ ^3r
ed by fire Wednesday night, nntaiMM apiMnil mMb
a loss of more than $20,000; witT?>? (ion's
insurance of about $15,000. nation
The fire originated early in the I
night in tba broom factory and 1
spread rapidly to cottages occupied 1
operatives.
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