Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TORURED C and Groce Were Treat 4:rueffy By Nicaraguans :~ ;RMIA NWS UENSORED Ls~zera aud Telegra'm Deposited at Managua Are C:nkj* By -Zcaya.'s Orders. pv here de-1 P PoreacblngheeO - and - Groce, the Jtt tted overnent and Pes exa te on the St of oin, wre tortured before C mwere shot 25 1and while the ai weak naost prostrate rom the cruelties to- which they had ekasaabjected Slders~ere;. said to have stabbed bayonets, beaten them with st e ckdthem strng them up by h a andput pistols at ,their teadtfrightleni them;:into atelling . was supposed they knew s boat a revolution aimed at the over -o of President Zelaya. It is dif t to Obtain complete details of cruelties the men bad to endure . their death, because they were el'in an old fort called El Castil ihere there was little chance of v t.transpired being communicated 2e outside world. Nicaraguan revolutionist, who has arrived here from Blueelds, re 'i that Cannon and Groce were bearing'sights from a height z Costa -Rican, and not Nicaraguan rdory, when they were captured. T.ey were with only three soldiers o e revolution when Zelaya's troops cr::ed the frontier and -ut them un 'r arrest. ,Ftters written at Managua and smu-,gled on oloard a steamer at Co i arrived in Panama bringing the t-, authentic news from the capital. T.: letters state that the situation , janagua is chaotic beyond de scriDtion. President Zelaya has sur red~e& .himself, 'with a strong guard "616 10yAS 'and the presiden k ortress. Martial law e ~ a: rigorous hand. Sgth& on streets are bayonets, hundreds of -with sympathizing have been thrown -are overflow 'j~. I Isimpssble -communicate orld om Managua, ite by n or telegrah. All mail MathMnagua postoffice is 5 ' dwbha government, and as r o~jscptc- -No mail arriv aeij6 aigua is delivered until it .en -jed by a -censor and if nCC the slightest reference to tion Is destroyed. No for *WsIg e s are allowed to enter office is under the Sniee control of Zelya, and no ress age can be sent unless they *.ibis o" i O~eof he etters received in Pan - maclse wth, the following para - W'are praying that God will 3 -kouforeigna power to inter o'; ne 't hename of- humanity, and pa an e.dd'o the anarchistiC condi tonfthat 'existg in icaragua.t~ I zhngton, -D C--The state de ..nen~ft is still without information fr~ bmnerican avice cegnsul at Tal~MrC2dera,.and the strong -jf 6~'hat -his dispatches have ecepted by the Nicaraguan n aa~ der President Zelaya at Sst 'o~the ent of cutting tele ejhe department has no ~-~ot~ha"M.Caldera has attempted 5 -cSm~I~~ witli it several times ~irz~hest eek or more. Owing - 'o s6eC of specinic. information au to -be obtained through Vice -Consnl Cildera and other agencies, he a~eiaIShere 'undoubtedly will de y. at. 1east o a .time before taking Adispath received from Bluefields nasureS thei lnlted States as to wethezKimerican interests or Amer ea 2citizen ~r'being interfered with by tie(bitonary army. In effect, ii Mtc states that great care is be.ng exercised to protect Ameri - TRUBLE FOR CUBA. 'Miment of President Gomez is Bc* - .ing Sought. H~avpa, Cuba. - Not sinde. the do-'fall of the adminiStration of esdent palma has the political at mnosphere of Cuba been more obscure zdmore 'laden with suggestions of 'mble' than at the present time. The re-'atabshed republic is scarcely 9 mo~nths old, and rumors have become "~rsistent that some way is being soght: to -secure the retirement of Prsident Gomez. UGBIJLS TAKE BABY'S BODY. edS Rob 'Grave of Infant Son .1 Montana: Millionaire. Great aIs, Mont.-One of the mosi esh crimes ever committed in i 'vicinity was brought to light whnthe sexton- of'- Highland Ceme te'yfound that some time during the antght thesgrave of the infant son of Harfld:Conrad, son of Williani Con ai the Great2aSU milionaire bank r and for'ier2canldidate for the dem oztc'ie-prsidential nommnation, al been opened -:and the body of -a bil made.awgy with. The only r an which' can be ascribed for the ie .is that the perpetrator desired a hold the body for ransom. The -d died a year ago. RAI ll 8l SUPmL LUMITED. Warnng Iasued .'by Department to Postmasters. Washington, D. C.-There is a limit ien to the government's supply of mail bags, according to Second As sisnt Postmaster General Stewart, ssing a formal notice to post sters that in the future they must ply the needs of those publishing Sc ises and news agencies entitled ~cthem, to 'the end that complaint regard thereto may not be lodged a~ the department. RA0 DECBiVED DoiToRS. minted to Operations for Food anc Nursing. Wayne, Ind.-Just to get the '~odand nursing of a hospital rancis Lake of Denver, Col., ted to name.-ous operations for that he Taver had. Lake szarged from the Hope Hos reafter he had spent somne ere as a charity patient await operation. The suspicions 01 orwere aroused by the man's and the "patient" admit 150 CORPSES FUMu. Conceded That No More Men Are 1ivini In Cherry, III.; Mine. Cherry, Ill.-After more than on hundred and fifty bodies had bee discovered in the St. Paul mine e forts to carry them to the surfac were temporarily abandoned while a effort was made to check a fire whic again threatened the main shaf The mine has been sealed, and wi remain so for weeks. That no men survive in the min now Is generally conceded. An accurate count of - the victim has not been made, but it is now b4 lieved all but a score. of the missin men have been accounted for. The bodies discovered were foun five hundred feet frbm the main shai on an elevated-. surface, where the had retreated before the advancin water and fatal black damp. The died after a strugle that may hav continued for two days. Messages, scrawled on wood an the natural slate cropping from th walls, placed the number of dead 1 one hundred and sixty of one nundre and sixty-eight. One message said: 'We are all here to die together This is accepted by mine official as indicating that many men whoE escape from the second vein had bee cut off by fire had descended to tt lowest level, and. that less than dozen bodies will be found in oth( sections of the mine. TO CONSERVE FUEL Railroads Making Tests to Determir Waste of Fuel. Washington, D. C.-Ninety millic tons of coal, one-fifth of the total pr duction of the country, were consur ed by, the fifty-one thousand locom tives in the United States in 1906 J hauling freight and passenger train This fuel cost the railroad compani $170,500,000. This enormous consumption of co; by the railroads led the United Stat, geological survey through its techn logical branch, to conduct a series i tests on a locomotive -to determir whether or not .there could be a sa ing to the country in the amount i fuel used and the results have jui been announceed in a bulletin of ti survey. Professor W. F. M. Goss, now des of the University of Illinois, wl has charge of the experiments mak the statement that of the total, nine1 million tons of coal used, ten millic and eighty thousand tons are lo through the heat in the gases that ai discharged from the stacks of the I comotives; eight million six hundre and forty thousand tons are l, cinders and sparks; five million at forty thousand tons are lost throu radiation, leakage of steam and w ter; two mpion eight hundred at eighty thousand tons are lost throug unconsumed fuel in the ashes; ax seven. hundred and .twenty thousar tons are lost through the incomple1 combustion of gases. In additio eighteen million tons are consume in starting fires, in moving the loc motive to its train, in backing trail into or out of siding and in keepir the locomotive hot while standing. "Under ideal conditions of oper tion," says Professor Goss, "much i the fuel thus used could be save and it is reasonable to expect th) the normal process of evolution. railroad practice will tend gradual to bring about some reduction in ti consumtion thus accounted for. WHY THECHURCHES FAIt Bishop Williams Says lI's Becau Church Doesn't Do Duty. Kansas City, Mo.-That America in a worse state of class consciou ness and social stratification than England, and that the churches a: wasting time over the details creed and ritual ins-tead of being tU leaders in declaring those spiritu, principles which are the guidance< society, was declared by the Rig] Rev. Charles S. Williams, Episcop: Bishop of Michigan, in an addre: here. "The masses 'are leaving the chur< because the church does not conce] itself with the vital questions of tU masses," he said. "We have no right to turn away beggar because his breath smells whisky and receii'e into the fro: pew a wealthy debauchee because I helps support the church." Newsy Paragraphs. The Manchester. England, feder tion has recommended that the tirr curtalment now in force in the cc ton mills be continued until the er of February. Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, who hr been living in seclusion since her e communication recentiy by the mot er church of the Christian Scientis in Boston, announced that she he resigned from the membership of tl First Church of Christ, Scienti! New York, of which she was former first reader. A letter from Chief Forester G ford H. Pin'chot was read at the N tional Farm congress In Chicago. N Pinchot said that upon the develc ment of the country's farm lands d pends the vitally important increa in the food supply, and also the crease in the proportion of the pop ttion which lives on the farms. A bill was ~introduced in the Cuib: senate for the establishment of a tional currency on the guld basis, ai similar to that of the United State 'ihe gold coins are to be of five, t' and twenty-dollar pieces and the su sidiary coins of silver, nickel and cc per. The amount of coin issued is be detenmined by a currency commi sion to be appointed by the gover ment. The arrival of the steamer Utste at Bluefields, Nicaragua, from Ne Orleans, bringing ten thousand rifi and a great quantity of ammunitic gives the Estrada army complete cc trol of the revolutionary situatic Estradia is now ready to proces against Managua. The rebels nc hold more than half the countr Word was received from New Orlea1 that Estrada will be recognized1 Washington soon. It was report from Greyfown that the governme troops aebottled up there and a: Rev. C. F. Sherrill, presiding eld1 of the Shelby district of the Westei North Carolina conference, Methodi Episcopal church, South, was suspn ed from the ministry for thirty da; by the annual conference in sessi< at Hickory. N. C.. the committee < trial having reported that charges, ,im udnc had been sustained. M.ssina's ruins were again. shal4 by a heavy earthquake. The sho< sent the inhabitants into the stree in panic, clad in their nigit close Ruins left standing after the shoe& and fire of last December were.hu ed to the ground by this latest trem Stan Akre to Be Distributed Bythe Government. REF M A GREAT BENEFIT e The AdEption cf the Established Stand ards of the Different Grades Wil. Help Cotton Interests. Washington, D. C.-Ready for dis tribution in about three weeks are t the sets of cotton' standards which have ben prepared by the bureau of y plant in ustry, department of agricul Y e ture, under an act of congress mak ing appropriations for the secretary d I- of agriculture to establish a stand e ard for the different grades of cot ton, etc. Each set prepared repre sents- fine grades, and the price per set has been fixed by the department s at $35. The bureau of plant indus e try has about 175 sets for distribu a tion through purchase, in accordance f! with the act, and it was officially a stated that the entire output had tr been engaged. The grades, as prepared under the standardization act, are based entire, ly on color and -dirt, and have noth. ing to do with the length and th' i strength of the cotton fiber. The de partment hopes and expects that the n next appropriation for standardization 3- work will provide for the inclusion 1. of these important factors in the 3. fixing of the grades. n It was stated at .the department of s agriculture that the established grades would have been made public ere this but for the recommendation a of the committee of cotton experts s that they be held back, as the con . tracts for current deliveries had been f based upon present practices. Some e cotton exchanges, however, have had v. copies of sets, although they have f not been formaly and finally passed ;t upon. Within the next three or four iS weeks a committee of experts will pass on the standards, and this last n formality will make the sets distrib o utable by sale. - The experts who will place the offi sy cial o. k on the sets probably will include, besides the department ex ;t perts, representatives of the dfifferent .* interests of the trade, who have a ready given assistance in the work o *d standardization. Four or five experts t probably will be selected from the d old committee, which inculdes James h Akers of Atlanta; Lewis M. Parker . president of the Olympic Manufactur d ing Company of Greenville, S. C.; h Jules Mazerat, chairman classification d committee New Orleans cotton ex d change, and seven representatives oi :e eastern and southeastern cotton man ufactiuring companies. ,d Officials of the department of agri culture said that they entertained nc LS misgivings for the adoption of the work of the standardization commit tee by the cotton interests. They feel that an ideal standard has bee prepared, and its acceptance will b ' universal. The Farrcers' Union is un derstood to have endorsed the grade t as nowv officialized. The adoption of the grades, however, is not compul sory, as in standards of weights and emeasures, but there is no doubt thal the established standard for the dif ferent grades of cotton, doing away as it does with hurtful inequalities e because of the absence of a uniforn standard, will be generally accepted sby the cotton interests as a refornr . of great benefit. NUMBE OF . S. EMPLOES. 370,065 Persons Are Now on the Fe e eral Payroll. ~fWashington, D. C.-The personne t of Uncle Sam's establishment is im 1 creasing by leaps and bounds, the s grand total of all federal employees at present being approximately 370, :h 065, as against 306,141 in 1907. as n increase in the two years of abou o64,000 persons, or about 20 per ceni These and other interesting facU a are brought out in the official regis f ter, or government's "blue book," fo: t 1909, which shortly will be issued e The new publications will show tha there were 28,947 persons in the fede ral employ in Washington on July T last, the annual pay roll for them be -ing $31,541,225, an average of near ly $1,10 each. This total will be tem .porarily swollen next year by the ad tdition of about 3,000 persons to th< dclerical force of the census bureau adding nearly $5,000 in salaries dur t ing the year, or more of their en 1 The treasury department, with 6, 996 persons, takes fthe lead of al s the government 'departments it t Washington in the number of em t, ployees, while the ,executitve office: Ly end the list with only forty-three em ployees. a- CHILE TO BOYCOTTUlNITED STATES. Chilean Merchants Say Alsop Clain D' is Unjust. SSantiago, Chile.-The attitude o the United States government in th< - matter of the Alsop claim held b: the United States against Chile il producing an effect upon the busi L ness of the couptry. Chilean buyeri a- are cancelling orders for Americal " products pending a decision. - Iquique, Chile-The popular feel n lg here is that the Alsop claim o b- the United States against Chile. i P unjust. A public meeting was lielt to at which it 'proposed to boycott Amer *S- lan importations unless the Unite< - Stat-zs desists from pressing thi Glaim. SToProminent Arkansas Girls Figh nWith Knives. n- Bradford, Ark-In a street due n. it knives at Alicia; Miss Nora O'w idens was fatally injured by Miss Stel w la Belk, and died within a few min y- utes. Both young ladies were promi i nent at Alicia. were well known an< )y stood well in* the community. d The duel was the result of a mlE 0 understanding that had existed be re tween the two young ladies for som< time. .~ 25,000,000 CORPORATION TAXES. . 22,000 Corporations Are Registerec on the Government Books. n Washington, D. C. - The corpora nn tion tax regulations are complete, ant aff the latest estimates indicate a ne revenue of $25,000,000 annually an< n 122,000 corporations are likely t< :k have to pay corporation taxes. E Improper registration in man: s. cases is fully expected with such gigantic scheme, but the various per -1-alties will apply without regard t< b.whether a concern has failed to ge TOEN KILLEDDEFENDING BEN. Mother and- Daughter Are Killed West Virginia Feud. Williamson, W. Va. --.iring fro the doorway of their home on a shI iff's posse to give their father a] brothers time. to escape, Mrs. -Charl Daniels and her 16-year-old daught were shot to death near Devon, Mi go _county, by the officers. The shooting of Mrs. Daniels a1 her daughter grew out of a fami feud between the Christians gnd Da iels on the border' of Kentucky a3 West Virginia. The Christians livi in Mingo county, West Virginia, a. the Daniels in Pike county, Kentucl About three weeks ago Geor Christian- ventured to the Kentuc. side, a-id was slain by Jim Danie Christian and Daniels were brothe in-law, and had formerly been alliei After the ;Killing of Christian t two families and their friends becar involved. Tlie Christians secured w, rants for Jim Daniels and his broth Charles and led a posse of Pike cou ty officers to the home of the Danie When the officers approacihed with a few feet of the house, Mrs. Dani land her daughter opened fire wi ri ties, one of the posse receiving a bi 1 let in the arm. The two Christi; Ioys and their father opened fi Mrs. Daniels was shot down in t doorway, but the 16-year-old daught stood over the prostrate form al fired upon the posse until she droT p dead across her mother, pierced three bullets. The officers closed in, but by fi feiting their lives, the mother a .1 daughter had so effectually cover the retreat of father and brother th they made their escape. COMPEL MEN TO MARRY. So Says Preacher in a Sermon to C cago Congregation. Chicago, lil.-"There is only o good reason for not getting marri( and t:at is ill health," said Rev. Fr( erick E. Hopkins, in Pilgrim Cong gational Church. "A medical exar nation for matrimonial purposes b more to commend it than such an amination for life insurance. "*The state should compel men marry for the same reason it co pels education, and in some countri military service. It is for the w fare of the state that*there shot be the largest number of homes a a normal and regular increase of p( ulation. "Brutality and criminality are u, ally the only valid reasons for vorce. Neither party should be p mitted to marry again in less th three years, and, in most cases, t offending party, never. "If, after a suitable acquaintance girl woudl like to marry a man, I he does not ask, then let her a him. Why not? If she wants hi she will probably give him a go many hints, anyhow. So why r speak out and ask for what you war It is a useless conventionality and silly custom, any way we look at to stick to the old-fashioned way. I "Some young men are simply t bashful for their own good, and nice girl ought to help out a littli 1909 COTTON CROP. Final Reports Place It at 10,625,C Bales. New Orleans, La.-The Times-De ocrat, in presenting its correspol ents' final reports on the cotton cr of 1909, states that. the .concensus opinion points to the following: suit in bales: I ' Alabama-..-..-..-.-..-..-.1.050,( Arkansas .. . ..... ...725,( Georgia and Florida .....,0( Louisiana .. ........ ...350,( Mississippi .... .........1,100,( North Carolina .. ....... 725,( Oklahoma .. .............625,( South Carolina .........1,150,( Tennessee--..-..-..-..-... 300,( Texas .. .............2,600,( Total...... ........10,625,( Corresi~ondents report that .far ers have hitherto been dispos'ed sell freely at current prices, but now inclined to hold the remnant. NO SLAVERY I AFRIUA. Stories of Brutality Are Denied the Portuguese. New York City.-The wide-spre allegations of deplorable conditic in ,Portuguese, East Africa, parti, lar in the Islands of San Thome a Principe, credited by recent Engi and American writers,. to the em - tence of a cruel slave ,trade in A1 - can negroes among the planters, w< d cenounced as unwarranted fabri tions by Colonel J. A. Wylie, fell of the Royal Geographical society - England, who arrived here fri Southampton after a two mont -investigation of conditions in Par guese, East Africa. 1The African's condition is wond -fully improved as a laborer for i Portuguese in contrast with his ho: environment 'in Central Africa, s Colonel Wylie. Assassin Shot French General SParis, France.-An individual, lieved to be insane, having an im imary grievance against the war partment, shot and seriously wounc General Verand on the steps of i Hotel Contiinental. The man 'was rested. Later it was learned that had mistaken General Verand : Gencral Brun, minister of war. Cotton Crop of Egypt. fCairo, Egypt. - According to1 best authorities this year's cot1 crop will amount to something der 6,000,000 cantars, as compal with nearly 7,250,000 cantars in 19 A cantar is equivalent to about hundredweight Balloon Unscathed By nUn'S Bulb tNew York City.-An anchored 1: loon, sent up off Sandy Hook in 1 army's aerial warfare test, passed1 scathed through a fire from a g especially designed for the purpo The ballcen was fired upon at height of about 500 feet, but wheti Sthe failure of the special gun to stray it resulted from the weapo inefficiency or poor markmansJ could not be ascertained because Sthe secret policy which has be adopted in connection with the tes Reformers to Assist Congress. Washington, D. C.-Congress is e assailed by reform organizatic a day or so after it convenes. TI fficials of various organizations Inounce that a "reformers' conclax tis to be held in Washington betwe December 12 and 17. President Taft; Andrew Carne: and General Frederick D. Grant ramog those who have been invii Ito speak. - Delegates will attend the sessic )of canlgress and urge changes in i ttlaws"i governing the traffic in liqu< TIRECIO1T1 AI in M 10 Assistant Weighers Dropped td From Rolls in New York. 83 MEN HAVE BEEN REMOVED id Mr. Loeb Announces That the "General ly House-Cleaning" in the Custom House id Service Has Been Completed. ,d d New York City.-A new series of ' alleged customs frauds was brought to light here with the arrest of Thomas C. Giddings, a customs weigh . er, on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the gov crnment in connection with importa 2e tions of figs in 1906. According to ae the federal prosecutors, Giddings un er derweighed two shipments of figs con n. signed to local importers, recording is. the weight of the first shipment at in 30,000 'pounds instead of 40,600, and s defrauding the government of the th 1 duty on 8,700 pounds of the figs con il- I tained in the second shipment. mn I The indictment against Giddings, it -e. | is intimated, is the first of a series e i whica the government hopes to obtain er from the grand jury now in session id as a result of following up Collector d Loeb's investigations- and dismissals. )y Ten more assistant weighers have I been dropped by Colector Loeb from >r- the customs service. id Mr. Loeb announced that.with these d i dismissals the "general house-clean at I ing" in the customs house as the re i sult of .the investigation to under weighing frauds had been completed. Some individual cases remained, how ever, on which he might find it nec essary to take action, the collector Ceadding. 4e Inciuding these last dismissals, a d. total of 83 men have been removed de. by the collector since the work of - readjustment of the staff in the cus toms service began. Ix TOWNS IJOOMtD. to Canary Island Trembling Through Ac e- tion of Volcano. el- Santa Cruz, Teneriffe.-Four towns .ld in the path of the streams of lp.va d that are thrown out by half a dozen p- craters, are threatened with destruc tion. The situation is critical. The u- inhabitants of the apparently doomed i. towns are fleeing, and those of a r- fifth, Arguayo, have appealed for aid. m The four chiefly endangered by lava tie are Tanquek, Tamaimo, Chasna and Santiago. a The entire island is rocked almost t continuously by the tremblers, explo uk sions and eruptions. The ashes dark-: M en the sky all over the Canaries, float ing many miles. Ravines and gullies are filled with lava. Flames shoot . from the peaks to great heights, some a I times reaching more than 1,000 feet. ., JFrom all over the island refugees are fleeing to Santa Cruz. The gov 00 ernment has started work on the a opening of a way from Guia to San, a Juan on the coast. The Red Cross has a large organization in the field. "YFLLOW" JOURNALISM CENSURED. Justice Brewer Objects to Publication mof Divorce Cases. Ld- New York City.-Justice David op Brewer of the supreme court of the of IUnited States, censured yellow jour re- nalism in the course of a lecture be fore the Progress Club at Far Rock 00 Iwakway. He sipoke on the topic, "A' 00 Good Time Coming." 00 "The publication of testimony in 00 the yellow journals," he declared, 00 "'particuarlyi/in regard to divorce 3|cases. is to be deplored. Such pub 00 Ilications do not help the case and oo drag into the public eye family skei 00 etons that had better be left in their '00 closets. The publication of such stuff .. simply feeds the morbid interests and oo exerts anything except a healthful in m fluence. to "In many cases where such matter .re is published people go to the bad Iwho would otherwise resume the strict and narrow path, and when ' tey go to the bad as a result of such their lost standing and their desire to be proper citizens.", ad AMERICAN GOLD OUTPUT. .u Value of the Product in 1908 Fixed nd at $94,560,000. sh Washington, D. C.-The gold min is ers of the United States produced 'ri-. $94,560,000 worth of the precious met re al during 1908, according to the Unit ma- ed States geological survey and the~ w bureau of mints, which have co-oper of ated in preparing an analysis of the > reports from private refineries and l' federal mints and assay offices. tu- The total gold product was 4,574, 340 ounces, a net increase in value er- of $4,124,300. he Colorado leads with a productive ne value of $22,871,000; Alaska was see id ond with $19,858,800, and California was third with $19,329,700. .POPE'S NEW (ANOI., be- t is Believed it Will Affect g-Marriages. cl-' Rome, ltaly.-Pope Pius I has or .ed dered that a new canon law be pub ae lshed before Baster. Although the terms are still kept secret, it is be lieved on good authority that the or edict contains important modifications of the modernization regulations af fecting marriage. The issuane- of the present law more than a year he ago attracted much attention, as It on marked another step in the fight of .i- the vatican against the modern ten 'ed dency of the church. The law affect 08. ed by the union of Catholics and non a Catholics, making unrecognized any marriage not performed by the priest. IS. SOUTH ATLANTICLE.AQUE MEETS. eW. R. Joyner of Atlanta Elected Pres i- ident of "Sally" League. u Jacksonville, Fla.-The directors of s the South Atlantic League met here sand elected W. R. Joyner of Atlanta. rGa., president of the elague. Captain -Joyner's name was the only nanfe s placed in nomination, and he was. 59unanimously elected to the 'office. ofThe Chattanooga franchise, now the en property of the league, will be dis s. posed of in some manner during the next three weeks. o MAY PLANT OITON IN HAWAII. eNegotiations for Purchase of A mn Island in Progress. 'e" Honolulu, Hawaii. - The establis en ment of a cotton plantation in Hlaw: is among the possibilities of the ne ie future. Negotiations for the purcht rin of Lanai Island for that purpose, ed volving the expenditure of $3O, are now in progress. s Dr. E. V. Wilcox, di:eetor of he United States agrit:W1ural sta >s here, who has st:R-Xd th~e soil of island, stated thIeL : becves it t te. fo .~ c.. rivationl of co or of "Brother' Pearyt' Delta-Kappa Epsilon has planned 0" of 1helargest fraternity dinners eer held" forDecemlnber 18, in NeW A city. Commander Peary is a melr of Theta- chapter, at Bowddi col It is estimated that fifteen hun T "dekes" will attend. Representatives of the Snake an tribe attending the Chickashe islature at rishomingo, Okla., making a hard fight. to induce tb er Indians to 'refuse to recogni! United States government ar treaties that the governmen made with the Indians. The - who have always opposed the man's government, desire to the Indian customs and gover. selves. It is believed that G Johnson of the Chickashas a - white and mixed members of islature will have a majority ing the movement. Director Lowell of the ob at Fl-,;ahip, Ariz., reports apparent Anaretic snow fall season on Mars Two patch ed aat the altitude of 62.72; 100.19. The first was on 12 and was small. The se, was observed November 16 A woman who assisted band's suicide is probab She is Madame Marquet France, and it is reported her husband hanged him! not die at once, she clunk and hung on until stran; achieved. Marquet, who aged, while his wife was had told his wife that h, commit suicide, and sh welcomed the suggestio: of her own. Working on the theory ness is due to an irr . cerebal nerves. a Ger a has invented a cap, wh t the ' sufferer's head, c th arteries which supply I ant cures the trouble with -ica currents. Speaking' at a dinnei Aet) of the Mayflower Desc Bos ton, Mass., vx-Governt ruild, Jr., himself a member iety, said: "The pilgrims rants no less than are the .oday, and it is to our shar s the descendanits of tho:- immi grants who stay awe .y pri mary or caucus and bridge game, while the ne . at ful fills the duty. of citi -*.'tes for tne officers of his s - untry." Washir The postmaster artm-ent has issued a fraud inst the Erie Manufacturin y, 5645 West Lake streel Under this name E. F. H - charged, has been engaged . e for ob taining money th mails by disposing of a lir jewelry. The story Is re Secretary Wilson of the I depart ment is soon to i has com pleted'a longer 1 inet minis ter than any ot - officer m the history of t nent. Last spring the stor: given cur rency that the farmers, as he is .called, w retire from President Taft '--~ tary 'Wilson lc the report, wh peared since i.. The first r - survey of the ing made by Washington non-magnetic yacht Carnef will .be of In valuable as. .o navigation, have been re .the institute's department 'al magnetism. These first ove that wheni a complete ..been made the masters of . .atic liners will be able to time off their schedules 1 g the revised charts of tI-- :. survey. By do ing so, th' scape the fitful changes 01 pass, and their regular va . the earth's mag netism wt >een hitherto un recorded. Thie pc -nouncement that General : :lar kson, surveyor of the p York, would not be re-api. that office was made by -. r MacVeagh. On the first ais official career, Secretar: h met Timothy Woodruf ..ieutenant governor of New -demanded General Clarkscr. scalp. The trouble is said - - s origin in the de sire of . New York state re publica! s for the patronage. As a . an investigation of imperfe ..tubes on the battle ship W *. ia, the navy depart ment -d to order the dis mssal federal service of Edwar .gh, master boilerma ker of Island navy yard, at~ San F and his acting assis tat, -letti. This investiga tion i .ave shown that those men -cient. Re; Bennett of New York iade the assertion that "graf in the administration of a! anection with the con stru< Panama canal. Secre tar ickinson has prepared an this accusation, a copy of sent to Representative Ben -secretary said that he will -Bennett sufficient time in :.ake this statement pub lic - loes not do so, then the sec - give it to the press - Litchenfield, who ekes ou by taking in washings, co. 60 at the annual conven tic Jhristian Missionary ali a was held at Gospel taber n. - Work recently. to expedite, the transm'is s. -stered mall for delivery in t - canal zone, postmasters S- hern and middle western - been instructed by Post .eral Hitchcock -to use New the proper exchange office. for the canal zone cannot' ted by way of New Orleans sent 'via New York city. in Warner. United States ner of pensions, has tender -resignation, and President accepted it. His successo been decided upon. :sinl (or rosin) hereaftiir must uty of one-fourth ~of one per - pound and an additional 10 it ad valorem, beginning in ays. This decision was reach the treasury department in the specific provhiins of par twenty of the new tariff law. cts not only the great rosir C the south, to which the decis favcrable, but also the soap acturing interests in. all prarts of auntry. Both sides have made at fight, the soap interests for idmission and the rosin interest, i southern states for an adequatt nbia S C.-The trustees of an college have established a extension department. in charge ofessor' D. N. Barrow. This Is .,ps the iost significant step in ear's work at Clemson. Dr. Ba3 will devote his Lical 4 Cwith hers' a *ols and tes are rate with -Intyand .k-e agricutiLuraL teaching practical, lpful and attractive. South Carolina's record in corn .owing ii the best in the country. ne farmer in Aiken reports 349 1-2 ashels on three acres, but he Is be ind ycung Archie Usher, of Brights 1 le district, Marlboro county, who . s year won the state -prize in the 13 corn club, -producing one hun d and fifty-two bushels on his e acre. The real need for scien knowledge on the farm is easily in the exhibits at every county and at the state fair each year. specimen ears of corn placed on lition frequenily show marked -t and both the farmers of the and their sons nfed to learn :rds such as Dr. Barrow will )e able to bring; to every com y he visits. ry rural high school would do appoint a farr:er's day and In r. Barrow to present his idea of immunity agricultural needs. .rs can secure fr' m him on ap .n thz best bulletin issued at n college as well as the list of st practical issued by the afri department at Washington. periment deserves the atten every country school in the .-son, S. C.-.The largest bale n for the season, weighing ndred and six pounds, has just rketed nere. -The cotton Mr. A. B. Fant to. Mr. J. at 14 5-8 cents per pund, $117.88. The seej-lere sold 5. makhW &!!..!otal value of $136.51' The nearest second g 1a2A wa-: one sold by Mr. Clian -.eral days ago. It seeli da--rd and thirty - s, was suo at 14 1-2 cents, seed included, $128.57. urg, S. C.-President G. L. C. and 0. road; Vice Presi - and Mark W. Potter of. chairman of the -board of .were in the city inspecting - Of the company, accompan - B. Cleveland, president of -1 W. C. They left here on a Aumbia, via Laurens,- for the it is believed, of making arrengements from this city a, Columbia and Charleston. sville, S. C.-It was thought eks ago that the cotton crop 1ro county would equal that -ar, which totalled nearly fif ousand bales. It is now esti at the crop for this county nearer fifty-six thousand. re been weighed by the two !ighers in Bennettsville over ousand bales up to date. a , C.-While there Is so - cssin aoutthe state fiag - ..ted. - d moune wnat the national flag, or ensign, *be borne by the state of rolina, as follows: ~solved, That from and after 2ag, or ensign, of South Car U be blue, with a white pal right in the centre thereof, lte increscent -ig the upper *corner of the flag. .solved, That these -resolu communicated to his excel 3 governor, and that he be ly requested to publish and its national flag, or ensign, .m it may concern.' ;a, S. C. - The legislature isked to establish a state' charities. The board would au of Information, according * ans of the convention on. and ccrre-ction which closed is here. Such a board would * control over penal institu * would have the power of iy which means it is hc.bed . dcan be accomplished. TE CAPITAL NOTES. g for co-operation on the e women of other churches, Carolina Baptist Womans union launched a move gned to put. a stop to the fbig hats in church. The denouncing the peach-bas - erry widow styles of head -unday wear was passed and t enthusiasm. bacco crop this yearwT - ..by several million pouis year In the history of ' ie )rding to a report lssud ffice of Commissioner Wt .the months of July, A nber and October, the tjo - ers of the state have sepit 31,643,024 pounds of tobac brought $2,287,845.93. Is being considered by a the advisability of dividi-2,5 pal diocese of South Cario committee met In Coluni aib-committees were name.' t thereon will be madet 1 at its next sesion. sor Ansel offered a re the apprehension of Wq ranted In Greenwood cowl charge of house breaking. otal sales of the county dis for the month of October -- to $370,003.63, the brea' and operating expenses $1 * ording to a statement giv spei~sary Auditor West. T of the fifteen counties wh ~n only during fifteen da aber hesides the six w am H. Dorrill, for thirty-f ditor of Georgetown coun *ned. Mr. Dorrill in his 1 ~signation to Governor AnS at he is forced to give up th o'i account of his eyes an - ealth. The resignation w - by Governor Ansel "wi gret." he fifteen counties voting d -ecent elECtion the amount' *gainst the county boards of firms agnain.st which~ ju tave been found by the sta 4 . ry whiding up commissfon 3. This money will be held