The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, January 06, 1910, Image 2
TENNESSEE NOW "DRY"
No More Liquors Will Be Man*
factored in the State.
DISTILLERIES ALL CLOSED
While No Liquor May Bo Manufactured
in Tenneiaee, It May Be Stored and
Shipped Into Other State*.
Nashville. Tmn Tim low
by the hint legislature prohibiting the
manufacture el intoxicating liquor in
.Tennessee wont into effect Friday
at midnight. Forty-one whiskey distilleries
and live bin breweries are
affected and all announced, It is said,
a suspension of operations with the
close of the business day.
It is conceded, however, that some
one Of thPin will minmlt !i .loti
overt act for the purpose of testing
the statute. Which one, the liquor
men declined to say, but it is understood
th.it a Chattanooga iiriu is
booked to, having the backing of all
tho others. One whiskey plant with
headquarters here closed down its
distilleries during the day, finding its
big warehouses full and in a position
to supply Its trade outside the
state for a long time to come. Other
plants here and contiguous closed
Willi full stocks.
Cue noted distillery in Moore county
announced that it has an immense
supply of whiskey on hand and that
tho price will hereafter he $1 a gallon
more than heretofore. They explain
the advance by saying that em
pioyees who are the heads of families
will bo kept on their pay rolls. The
amount expended annually in the
manufacture and handling of thiB one
brand of whiskey is estimated at halt
a million. The closing of the plant,
It is Bald, will stop a daily expenditure
of |500 in Moore county. The
management has heretofore brought
all the corn produced in Moore coun
ty and supplies and stock from the
counties of Franklin, .Lincoln and
Bedford. Tlie only apple brandy
warehouse in the statu is a department
of this plant and was also
closed.
The big breweries, it is said, will
devote their attention to the manufacture
of soft drinks.
MONEY IN TREASURY COUNTED.
Not a Cent Found Missing From the
United States Treasury.
Washington, D. C.?To count the
coins and securities in the United
8tat.es treasury it. has taken a committee
of tour persons, supervising
i i win i ini i v iu luuv c.\pcnn,
almost two motnhs. Upon the retirement
of Charles 11." Trent, as treasurer,
it became necessary lor a counting
of the contents of the vaults to
be made, and the incoming treasurer,
Leo McClung, gave receipt for all
valuable. Mr. MeClung will give to
Mr '!? u iv?r.r?it.t 1/if <* 1 mil
75W/T tlui exact contents ot tin"
- - _tr Ousury. >iot a cent was found to
he ttiis.-ing from Undo Sam's pocketbook.
It was the quickest count ever
made by the treasury, and was absolutely
necessary before Mr Treat
could be relieved ot' the responsibility
of the otttce.
si4i.2riii.nnii hivkn away
Public Benefactions for 1909 Reach
An Immense Total.
New York City?The total public
brae-factions in the United States during
the past twelve months was ?lll,2011,000,
an amount Just 1-10,000,out,
greater than any previous year in ths
history of the country, according to
statistics compiled by a New * ork
newspaper. The amount this year
was twice as largo as was given away
last year, following the panic of 1007.
The principal benefactors in 1009
have been the late John S. Kennedy
of New York. $20,650,000; John D.
Rockefeller, $12,852,000, and Andrew
Carnegie, $t>,05(),511.
Of the total amount given in 1009,
over one third was given specifically
Kir 11 luciimiiiu wuiiv.
The total benefactions In the Cnit-I
od States reported in the public pross
In tlu( JaBt seventeen years add up to j
no less than one billion one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
j $506,000 i uk mine victims.
f Red Cross Has Money for . SuffererG
by Illinois Horror.
Chicago, III. lCrnest I' Hieknell,
national director of the Ri d Cross
society, who was in Chicago en
route to Cherry, 111., the .< ne of the1
recent min? disaster, announced that |
Ill- YV< >11 III I U ' III I i: I II' ill IVM II
consuls in ('h(eaj<o soon lor lina! disbursements
of the relict fund. The
total fund io: the bereft families will
Aggregate * ')(>,000. (Jut of t Ins : ii
18;") widow and I5!5 children tire to;
be cared for.
kav ijmphhFe dead.
He Was Connected With the Gunness
Murders.
LaPorte, Ind. Kay l^ainphere,'
thii t v biirhi < arfi old, slayer of Mrs.
Belle Cfiiiiii' and her children, died
of tuberculin if in the Michigan City;
im .11111 nt i ii' \ 1 . i-/. h*? wna unrvin^
an imlcturmimtf term of from two
to fourteen w ii for ar3on.
I .amplify on April 28, 11MI8, 8ft lire
In ttu (i'iiiiioh homo, near l.al'orte,
and ?( ;ii? : itetl the family. 11 had
forrlioi i? i. n employed by Mrs
31**11 r.nni s a workman on Iht
fa. in 1' Mowing lli?' lire the hod es
01 s< < il persons who had heeii
murder* | i,v Mrs. Uunness were un
eart ii - in I tip farm yard.
MISSISSIPPI hit I Mil. Ml.
Sixty Men Tossed Into the River at
St. Louis.
bt. i jif, Mo. ?- Throe hundred
feel of tl. false structure of the Me
Kinloy In i lue, now under eonstru< ;
lion aero the Mississippi river, i
wore knock. <1 out by an ice jam Six |
ty men were thrown into t!i* river, j
and ?onie of them may have Iwen
d row no*.
Tin oroperty loss is estimated at
$26o,i hi, and completion of the bridge
will be delayed several months.
WANItll DONFEDKKATEBiUHEDElMEII
French Lawyer Had ae A33eto Confederate
Bond and Bill.
Washington, D. C. Amusement was
created ?it the treasury department ,
by the receipt of a letter trom 0 1
French lawyer, at Fan, Franco, inclos- <
Ing a Confederate bond and a
flUO Confederate hill, asking that 1
they be redeemed, as Ihny are "asnets"
of an estate he l? settling. The I
bond and bill will he returned to the I I
u/inil, i* with ttin lnr/trir:iMnn f ifir . t n . i
war js over, and, any.iow, tlio bonrl 11
and l?lll Rre worthiest ' ?l i
A
NEW SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Colonel Gordon of Oklahoma Succeeds
Late Senator McLaurin.
Jackson, Miss.?Governor Noel announced
the appointment of Colonel
James Gordon of Oklahoma as United
States senator from Mississippi to
HIHTPPil Into Sunntor \ I VInl 0111.I11
The appointment is temporary until
I the legislature can elect a senator for
the unexpired term of three years and
threemonths and is made with the
understanding that Senator Gordon
will not be a. candidate for tho unexpired
term.
While it is not expected that Senator
Gordon will serve more than two
or three weeks, there Is a strong probability
of a legislative deadlock, owing
to the large number of probable
r>?n<) Wlntao uihn a...? i.?
ward, and it is not improbable that be
liiglit serve a year or more, in event
the legislative deadlock remains unbroken.
Colonel Gordon is seventy-six years
of age, a native of Mississippi and
served with distinction in the confederate
army. Excepting a four-yoar
term in the state senate during the
Vardainan administration, he has not
been prominent in public life during
the past twenty years.
One of Governor Noel's principal
motives in sinnoint.inir Hnlonnl flnriWm
was to convey a compliment to the
soldiers of the confederacy.
Jackson, Miss.?Sought at one time
by the federal authorities under a
$10,000 reward for his capture, dead
or alive, for alleged conspiracy in the
murder of a president of the United
States, and now appointed as a member
of the legisaltlve body of that
country, is the strango experience ot
Colonel James Gordon of Okolona,
who has been named by Governor
Noel as successor to the late A. J.
McLaurln.
Colonel Gordon was one of the several
confederate leaders suspected of
being in conspiracy with J. Wilkes
Booth to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
He escaped arrest and probable
death onlv through the intervention..
It is stated, of a yankeo colonol with
whom he had crossed swords in a
light In Virginia.
During the earlier years of the war
Colonel Gordon had formed an intimate
friendship with Booth, and after
the assassination of President Lincoln
the reward of $10,U0t> was offered
for his capture. Colonel Cordon
went to Canada, and it was several
months after the close or hostilities
before he found it safe to return
home.
During one of the campaigns in
Virginia, Colonel Gordon had crossed
swords with the colonel of a New
York cavalry regiment. Both were
wounded in the conflict, but they afterward
became fast friends.
Colonel Gordon wrote a letter to
this N'ew Yorker, denying that ho
had anv part in the Lincoln consnir
acy. and stating that he desired to
return home. The former toe took
tho matter up with General Dicks,
tlu>n in command of the army forces
in New York, and tlie latter sent him
a passport, and an Invitation to come
t<> New York and surrender, which
he did. llo afterward satisfied General
Dicks that lie knew nothing (it
the Lincoln conspiracy.
He took tho oath of allegiance and
returned to his lioine in Chickasa
county, where he has since resided.
FLORIDA ORANGES NOT DAMAIiED,
Groves Too Far South to Be Hurt by
Recent Frost.
Jacksonville, Fla.?The temperature
has risen generally all over the state
from 10 to 80 degrees and no fur
ther menace to the orange crop is
apprehended. A fair estimate ol the
damage done places it far below
what was feared might result from n
possible long continuance of low temperatures.
More than half, probably 7f> per
cent, of Florida's orange and grapefruit
crop is raised south of an oast
and west line running through Tampa,
and of this 80 to DO per cent had
been marketed. What remained on
the tr?'es was not damaged by tho
lowest temperature recorded in this
section, 2S degreos above zero. What
earlv vegetables had bene planted
w<*r?' chilled, but it is not believed
tliey were killed entirely, and the loss
will be easily remedied by replanting.
In fact, the injury to vegetation iu
the Tampa section will amount to
almost nothing.
Owing to the faet that following
the freeze of lo'.tr> the renewal of orange
groveH was largely In south
Florida, the amount of damage done
then will never bn repeated in the
State.
Manhattan Bridge Upens.
New York City.?Manhattan rebelled
out another tratlle-embraeing arm
to Brooklyn with the opening of the
.Manhattan bridge. This gigantic
-pan, of the suspension type, like its
twin sistor, the original Brooklyn
Midge, was designed to relieve the
pressure on the old structure.
Spencer Trask Killed in Wreck.
New York City. ? Spencer Trask,
the head of a firm of hankers which
for many yearn acted as fiscal agents
of the late Queen Victoria, was
crushed to death when his private
car was wrecked while returning to
New York from Yeddo
,i Hilled, 43 injurfifl 111 WHICH.
Trenton, Mo. Throe people, two of
whom were women, wore killed and
at least forty-live injured when I lock
Island passenger train No. H, the California
special, was wreck, d t wo
miles south of hero. The cause ol
the wreck Is unknown, although il
is thought to have boon caused by
spreading rails.
New Pacific Fleet.
Washington, D. C.?On accout ! ol
the growing importance of American
Interests in the Par Kast and the dif
ncuiiy (ii ;MimimHUTm? me wnoic
fleet as now constituted, the navy department
hu? decided to divide the
i'ac.llic fleet into two separate (loetH,
to he known hh the Asiatic fleet and
the pacific fleet. The commander or
the new Asiatic tU?ot will he Hear
Admiral Hubbard. Hear Admiral
Harbor will command the Pacific
fleet.
Peary's Fare Froslblttfin.
Washington, D. C. Hoht rt JO.
Peary had his tars froslbl'ten
When his automobile stranded in t!>n
remote regions of Maryland, ivary,
Iressed in thin evening clothing and j
Ibw shoes, was compelled !<? jump
nit In (In* snow and Face a hitlng i
wind while he walked about a mile
'/??* ! I (J I U t ' fl / ' I I I
The miw or the place whora
I'na ry''. automobile Ktrandcri was
UradUVs I,.in? lie was en ronto
from \ 'aahintgon to Druminoml, M<l ,
i distance ot noven in I If h, aooonipan.
(I by ?il' ' fce and IiIh Hitler In-law.
jfe.
14,974.448 SOLDIERS
That Many Fighting Men Are
g
Available in United States. c
TWO INSPECTIONS ANNUALLY \
State Troop# Will Bo Examined for Field a
Duty and on the Condition of Armnment
and Equipment. t
t
Washington, D. C. ? Satisfactory
conformity by January 21 with the *
Dick militia law, so as to enable all 1
the states and territories to share in f
the amounts appropriated by congress c
for the maintenance of the organized j
militia, is predicted by Lieutenant r
Colonel Weaver, chief of the division I
of militia affairs, in his annual report \
to the secretary of war. This law t
requires that the organization of the r
militin hv tliot " '
vuuv uutc III HO L ue L11U I
Hamc (18 that of the regular army, it t
it is to patricipate in the federal
funds. Only the states of Pennsyl- 1
vania and Delaware were reported a
as not conforming, with the exeep- t
tion of the bands, and in those states p
he believes conditions will conform \
by January 21, 1
Tho strength of the organized mill- j
tie of the several states and territo- t
ries last spring was tlxed at 118,5(21) 1
Officers and rnllst<?d mon Ati -
male is made that there are in the 1
United States 14,974,448 males avail- r
able for military duty.
It is announced that hereafter two r
militia inspections will be conducted t
annually. That in the spring will be 1
made to determine the sulllciency and f
the condition of armament and equip- n
ment of tlie troops; the other, during /
the period of encampment, to determine
their elllciency for Held duty, t
In commenting on the reported F
hardships experienced by the militia- r
men last summer in the maneuvers e
in Massachusetts, Colonel Weaver c
says that "a caroful examination ot v
the conditions does not reveal that c
Hioro \vn? nnvfKlnr* no*?Hnnln??l? Air
.. v...., w....e ,.,.,uvuiaiij Ull- II
ferent from the hardship resulting t
from the exigencies of the situation, t
GOVERNMENT DEAD LETTER SALE.
Demand Was Stimulated by Lottery "
Luck.
Washington, D. O.?Lottery luck
has so stimulated the demand for "
otiier people's property lost <>r stray- j]
ed in the mails, that the postothce department,
in its recent annual sale of v
the dead letter oillcc, averaged (j 1
cents more for each parcel than the 0
year before.
A report shows tlie recent sale r
brought aggregate receipts of $10,- i(
378, averaging $1.35 lor each ot the
7 7.V<? Hopnlnnt .loronlc U
The speculative demand tor the f)
packages, whose contents were only
sparingly made known, and their value
lel't an unknown factor, was refleeted
in the overcrowding and the
calling of police to quell a possible *
riot and avert personal injury to the n
bidders. Many of the parcels sold in ?
the government-conducted game ol
chance were prizes; others were vir- (J
tually worthless. j'
liliflll NFWS Klili SillPl' 11
Supreme Court Allowt. Tennessecans n
Time for Good Behavior. c
1
Washington, D. C.?Although a lit
tie lute, the supreme court of the
United StateB made a Christmas
present to the Tennesseeans who ajje
confined In the jail of the District of
Columbia on a charge of contempt r,
of that court. The court allowed
tnem ttit' nvo days a month commutation
granted for good behavior un- *
dor the code of the District. This j,
will reduce the terms of the two- ..
month prisoners by ten days and will
insure their freedom by January 4th. {
The three-month men will each re- ()
ceive a reduction of 15 days, being
i freed the first of February. {)
The lirst men to be liberated are ,
Jeremiah (Jibson, the deputy sheriff; '
Henry l'adgett and Richard Mayse. }
Sheriff Shipp, Luther Williams and v
Nick Nolan are the JMVdav men.
II
PEACHES NOT 1IUHT. ?
Georgia Growers Not Disturbed Over s
Recent Cold Spell.
Mnrshallville, Ga.?I'each growers
| are not in the least disturbed over j|
I the results of the recent coWl weath- ^
| or, and, in I act, many of them de- ..
clare that the low temperatures will
j really result in good for next year's
<r?,p- . , , , ,, tl
IVviJOl In ICCl'IVCIl X I (Jilt iUIJHCeill f.
points ti ll ill soiiH' of (lie lowest teni- t(
peratures ever known hero, but. at
this season of the year there is danger
of the trees bring killed, and Unfreezing
of the earth will tend to kill ti
various destructive insects. d
All prospects are for one of the 0
best crops ever known next year. ^
COLLEGES VOTE FOR FOOTBALL. ?
Colleges Want to Retain the Amer- 1
ican Game. 11
New York City. Kitty colleges out 11
of annroximateJy eighty-oiirht in the r
Intereoilegiate Athletic association ^
have voted for the retention of the
American football game, with the c
elimination of mass plays and other ''
i dangerous plays. "
Five Instiutions voted thut the
present game is satisfactory, except tl
in mirtur details; seventeen favored ti
the Kngllsh game or Rugby; seven ti
took a midway position between the r
American game and Ilughy, and nine P
1 voted that either the American gam* a
should be radically changed or Hug- b
hv substituted. Ii
WONDERFUL SUBMARINE FEAT.
h
Boat Dived Under Sinking Vessel anCi v
Brought It Up. p
I l.pulon, France. ? The submarine v
! cigo'yne performed a remarkable lite- ^
saving feat during a recent storm. w
'Ihe boat was practicing a diving in j,
tho open sea, when the commander
saw a large Halting boat sink. Tho c
submarine dived right under the Hah- j,
ing craft. I he Cigogno rose to tho 0(
surface, lift ing tlie boat and holding 8I
it above water long enongh to take
j off the crew. j
(iOVERNOH FREAK FINED. ,
governor or nawan i raveiea on Jap- II
ancse Liner to Honolulu.
San Francl?co, Cal.?When Govern* !!
or Krear or Hawaii, who has boon in .
Washington on government business, (>
i turnu in hiH expense account, he will w
confront the United Btates Auditor n
with a problem. o
ljo sailed for Honolulu on a Japan- b
one liner, and under the < ant wise b
navigation act, was torced to pay a tl
federal line or |400 Imposed on pan n
sengora traveling botween two Amer- h
ionn porta on a foreign ship. v,
V'-M % *
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68,000 PtllPLE WANTtB.
Government Want* Men and Women to
Help Take Census.
Washington, D. C.?Any person ot
;ood judgment, who has received an
rdlnary common noiinnl ?dm'.ation.
an readily pass the test to be given
ippllcants for census enumerators'
laces on 3aturday, February 6, the
late finally set by United States Conus
Director Durand, acordlng to an
innouncemont from the consus bueau.
This will be comforting aBsurince
to the several hundred thousand
(ersons who are believed to be conemplating
application for the places.
*v ** mo ontj/iiaviuaiijr nuiit;u ai tut?
>ureau that tbe test will bo an emllontly
reasonable and practical one,
imllur to that applied to applicants
it the twelfth census. It will consist
>f lining out a sample schedufe of
>opulatlon from a description, In narativo
form, of typical families; and
n the case of enumerators whose
vork will bo in the rural districts,
hoy will be called on to fill out an
idditional sample schedule of agriculiire
from information furnished by
lie census bureau.
All persons, whether women or
nen, who may desire to become cenius
enumerators must bo citizens of
he (Tnited States, residents of the
luporvisor's district for which they
vish to be appointed ; must be not
ess than 18 nor more than 70
ears of age; must be physically able
o do the work; must be trustworthy;
lonest and of good habits; must have
it least an ordinary education and
nust be able to write plainly and with
easonable repidlty.
Those who can comply with these
equirements are invited to put In
heir applications, as there will be at
east 08,000 enumerators' places to bo
illed by the middle of March in prepiration
for the enumeration beginning
^pril 16.
Application forms, with full instruc-ions
as to tilling In and complete lnbrmatlon
concerning the test and the
uethod of appointment can be securid
by writing to the supervisor of
lensus for the supervisor's district in
rhtch the applicant lives. All appli ations
proprely tilled in must be
lied with the supervisors not later
han January 26, as any received af
er that date cannot be considered.
"DIXIE" FIBSf AMERICAN SUNG.
Yankee Doodle" Is Second in the
Popularity Contest.
Washington, D. C.?"Dixie" has
nally boen officially proclaimed as
rst in American songs and music in
patriotic popularity." Such is the
erdict of O. G. T. Sonneck, chief of
he division of music of the library
f congress, who has just issued from
tie government press an exhaustive
eport on four famous American mus^al
compositions.
"Yankee Doodle," he says, though
o longer a national song, is still a
ational air, and second only to
Dixie" in the popularity contest.
The origin and evolution of "Vanee
Doodle," "Star Spangled Banner,"
Hail Columbia," and "America" are
reated in full detail in Mr. Soneck's
volume, and lac similes of the
riginal manuscripts are given.
l ho history of "Yankee Doodle" is
escribed as "a perfect maze of conic-ting
stories" and countless addilona
to nnd variations from the orignal.
As many as fourteen variations
f the "Star Spangled Banner" are
oted, accompanied hy a gradual proess
of polishing "and modiilcation.
'ho year in which "America" was
Washington, D. C.?"Is 'Dixie' more
opular than 'Yankee Doodle?'"
This question, apparently, has diided
the country into two camps.
The innocent abortion of Otto G.
Sonneck, chief of the division of
lusic of the library of congress, in
11ii imi\ (i 111 >11 \m :\iiiv;i iv.au uaiuuuu
ongs, that "Dixie" was more promnent
in patriotic popularity than
Yankee Doodle," has stirred up a
ornet's nest, and even resulted in
hreats of death to Mr. Sonneck. His
llice in the congressional library has
een swamped with letters from varius
parts of the country, in which
he writers take exception to the
tatement about "Dixie." Some of
iiese letters threaten Mr. Sonneck
1th dire punishment, and Mr. Soneck
baa requested the suppression
f further mention in the newspapers
f bin work on American national
ongs.
Another Effort to Ilml Mission Girl.
Louisville, Ky.?The Kelliu r tamly,
in a last effort to i m sonic
[dings of their daughter, Alma, who
lyBterlous disappeared l'nui homo
tiree weeks ago, have sent letters
> every grand lodge of \I; <>ns in
tc i niiea siaios ana i nii ia, ronesting
that they exert ev<.. effort
) locate the missing child.
Newsy Paragrapha.
II is reported In Charlotte, N.
nit the Dukes have In contemplation
le building shortly of some twenty
r more big cotton mills along the
anks of the Catawba river.
William 1*3. AnniH, the pubiisher
ho was slain by Captain l'eter C.
lalns, Jr., at the ISayslde Yacht club,
i August, 1908, left an estate valiwl
of /.nlw o#iAA?>/l(n? f ^ ?h/.
* *1 Ut villi,! f'l'"7 <IVVWI <1 I llfS IW II1U
t'port. just placed on file In New
ork City. The chief Item in the
suets is |ir?o, the proceeds of the
atboat In which Annis was standig
when shot down by the army ofeer.
The National Power Hoat assoclalon
lias offered a $500 gold trophy
> the Hist motor moat making the
azardous trip through the whirlpool
upidH below .Niagara Kails, and
ower boat enthusiasts have added
cash prize of 51.000. The trip has
oen made but once, anil then by a
irge steamer, the Maid of the Allst. i
For the first timo slnco Halley's
ornot reached this section of the
oavens on Its present visit, It is
isible to the naked eye in New York,
releasor Eastmas of Columbia unierslty,
has been studying the comet
lthout uso of a telescope. For two
'eeks it will be visible and it will
e plainly seen for sevoral nights.
The Norwegian freight steamer
apua, with her crow of twenty-three,
as been given up for lost. The vesb1
belonged to the SlOinan line and
ailed from Hamburg Decembor 1 for
ienoa. Hhe was last sighted two
ays later.
Mm Kmmil Itufli-v dinrl in <
ondon, Conn., flvo montliH ngo, leavig
a comfortable home to her I au k 11
?r, Miss Alice Hailey, but she left
ttle else. Miss Hailey took a noIon
to go tlirough an old cedar chest
aat. her fathor, captain William Hally,
had carried to sea with him
'hen lie wa? master of whaling- ships
\any yearn ago, and at tho bottom
f the chest she found three hank
ooks which showed that $3,514 had
eon deposited. A hurried calcul.*.on
was made, and it was found that
cmpound Interest for twenty years
ad accrued, and the account is now
orth ci^alderably over #iu,uuo.
J$W; ^
FABULOUS FARM VALUES
$30,000,000 Invested in Agriculture
in United States.
7,Q0U,Q00 FARMS IN COUNTRY
Value of Farms in the South Have Increased
58 Per Cent Within the
Last Ten Year*.
Chicago, ill?The United States
has $30,UUO(OUO,UOO invested in farm
lands, farm buildings, machinery and
live stock, according to a census, tho
! mSll 1Of Whi/?h h?t/o 4*i?af
w* ?? ui?T v JUUV uvcu mum.)
public. From 1,000,000 in looO, the
number of farms has IncreaBed to
nearly 7,000,000 lu 1D09, and the report
adds;
"No such increase In agricultural
land values" was ever known beforo
in the history of the world lu any
country. The value of farms in the
United States has increased. 44 per
cent more than in 1UOO, tho llgures
of that year showing an increase of
25 per cent over the previous decade."
The most remarkable llgures presented
show that the western section,
which includes New Meico, Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana and other states,
has, within the iast 10 years, shown
an increase in the number ol farms
of 100 per cent. At the same time
the value has increased S?s per cent
and the products 211 per ceut.
Values of farms in the south central
states have increased 58 per ccnt
and In the uorth central states 43 per
cent. In the north Atlantic states
thoro has been an Increase In value
of 13 per cent and In the soutli Atlantic
statea an increase of 34 per
cent.
WU TINCi FANUlitPAKTS.
M
Ssys "You Americans Worship Almiahtv
Dollar Too Much."
New York City.?"I'll be back here
in 11)59, 50 yearB from now, just as
sure as 1 sit in this chair," declared
L>r. Wu Ting Fang, retiring Chinose
minister to the United States, as he
bade goodbye to his friends on sailing
for Europe.
Dr. Wu smiled broadly as he made
this assertion, but he declared that
he was not joking.
He expreBBed his grief, however, at
the improbability of .meeting his present
day auditors on the auspiciouB day
of his return, a half century hence.
"1 hope I'll lind you all here, but 1
fear 1 won't," he declared. "The trouble
will be with you, not with me.
And your trouble?the trouble of
Americans?is too hasty eating anc{
too little atteution to the proper mode
of living in many other things."
One of the party asked the diplomat
how old ho is now.
"It is the privilege of a lady in this
big land of yours not to tell her age
if she wishes not to," replied Dr. Wu,
smilingly hiding his luce with his
hands. "May 1 not be presumptuous
enough to extend that privilege to
myself. What my ago is now will in
no way prevent my returning hero in
50 years. Change your mode of living,
and you will be as optimistic on
the problems of longevity as 1 am.
"You Americans worship the almighty
dollar too much," the diplomat
concluueu Willi ins customary naiiKness.
"I, by no means despise it, but
one should not permit a desire for
money to cause him to forget all the
rules of health."
NOlHlNli FOUND ONTREASIIRE ISLAND
Mystery Surrounding California Island
Haa Been Dissipated.
Nogales, Ariz?The mystery and
glamor surrounding Tlburon Island,
Gulf-of California, has been dissipated
effectually through the return of
the seven Americans who explored
the island, which they supposed to he
inhabited by man-eating Indians, and
to contain hidden treasures and rich
mineral deposits. The party was
headed by Professor Jayette A. Joss.
At Quaynias the explorers bought a
linnf t v t'< i v i k i (m i 11 if fnr n t!irr>r?
months' stay and proceeded up the
gulf, landing at Keno bay, on the
mainland. Ilero they were visited by
twenty Serl men and women, who
proved friendly and who informed
them that there was nothing of valuo
on the island. However, they crossed
the island, established a permanent
camp, and lor live weeks prosecuted
their explorations, llndlng no
indication of anything of value, or of
great interest.
The island is twenty miles wide
and thirty-flvo miles long and is of
volcanic origin, liood grass abounds
and there Is .some running water. It
contains no human beings, but hundreds
of deer and myralds of wild
pigeons. mscripuuuH wurtj iuuiiu,
proving the visit tbere In 1SJ05 ot a
roscue party In search of traces ot
the Grlndell exploring expedition, lost
the year before.
TAFT WILL FllillT FUTURE GAMliLlNG.
President Wants to Prevent Future
Gambling in All Products.
Washington, D. C.?Gambling In futures
is to form tho subject of a conference
to be held at the white house.
President Tart proposes' to arrrive at
a method, if possible, of preventing
any unnecessary amount of stock market
trading In future deliveries of
wheat, corn, cotton and other produts.
The federal authorities have made
inquiries as to gambling in futures as
j a general proposition, with the result
that a decision has been reached that
the government should deal with this
question so far as it lies within its
power.
PRICK OF I10US ADVANCING.
Porkers Bring High Prices on St.
Louie Market.
Kansas City, Mo.?Hogs brought
$8.fi<> on the Kansas City market,
the highest mark since 18X2. Packers
said tho high price marked another
step in tho constantly increasing
value of hogs.
ttt. Louis, Mo. ? Two carloads of
ho^.s -:ol<l on the local market at $8.75
per hundred pounds. This is the highest
price paid on the local market
j since 18S10.
188 PELLAURA CASES IN ONE TEAR.
91 Missi98ippians Died From the Effects
of Disease During 1000.
Jackson, Miss.?StatlBtlcn of tho
^tato board of heatlh hIiow that 188
cabcr of pellagra wero under treatment
in MlHHiaRlppt during tho year
juHt clOBiiiK- Twenty-one cases worn
treated at the charity hospital at
Vlcksburg. Ninety-one deaths occurred.
The heaviest mortality Is reported
from Lauderdale county, where, out
of forty-three cases, twenty-oix deaths
occurred.
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LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
Abraham Lincoln's old law oillce
ww burned at Danville, 111. The
building, which he used when riding
circuit as an attorney, was used aa
a museum in late years. Home of
the relics were civil war sheila
which exploded In the tire.
Gmbodled in the forthcoming report i
Of th? Mow Vni>lr '~ '
. v... i uuiug VUIUIUiasion
will be a statement taken from
the books of tho various racing associations
to the effect that the state
baa lost more than 1200,000 by the operations
of the anti-race track gambling
laws. Before the passage of
these laws the state collected a 6 per
cent tax on the receipts of tho association.
In 1907 the most prosperous
year of the turf hore, more than $250,000
was paid over to the state under
this tax law.
The trustees. of the Carnegie instl
tuie nave decided to withdraw the
110,000 annual support or- the organization
from L.uther Hurbank, the
plant wizard of Santa Kosa. Word
to this effect cornea from Washington,
whero the trustees of thp Carnegie
institute recently convened. The
commercialism which, it is alleged,
has been a feature of*the experiments
of Luther Durbank, is given as the
cause.
l'ho special committee of Copenhagen
university, which investigated
Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records,
is now considering whether or not it
will publish a second report, giving
further details of ltB work. If the
committee should decldo to do so,
it will Issue the report about the
middle of January. A member of the
committee said that somo of the details
of Cook's narrative of his oxDOdltlon
Wfll-n fnhflontft*! ' *
m ..^,w 4vmvvu auu 1md 1>?- ;
pers showed that ho had used calculations
furnished by Captain Loose.
The second report, he argued, would
prosent evidence to that elfoct.
A child born recently to the wife
of A. A. Dunn of Baton Rouge, La.,
forty-nine years old, makes his thirtieth
child. Of the thirty children
there are seven sets of twins. Three
wives are mothers of the children.
By his first marriage twolve children
were born, among whom were three
ooio ui twins, uy nis second marriage
ten children were born, among
whom were four pairs of twins. By
hts third wife eight children were
born. All the children are now alive.
The oldest is 25 years of age.
Possibilities almost unbelievable In
wireless telegraph are developing
daily in New Orleans. John Munford,
operator for the United States Wireless
company, says no development
in wireless now surprises him. From
New Orleans to Chicago is a long
distance and this has been about
the limit that the New Orleans station
has been able to go, but Mumford,
while sitting in his oiiice heard
a call and jumped to the machine.
He thought at flrst it was Mobile calling,
but much to his surprise, it was
New York communicating with nhi.
cago. This Is a record for the land
stations, and proves that messages
can soon he Hashed through the air
to New York from New Orleans.
Washington.
In the south and west, and particularly
in cities, there Is a shortage
of men willing to earn government
mono V Jl? PAnana onn mn??n f
enumerator receives so much per
name, or per day, deponding on hia
territory, and earns on the average
$G0 for his entire work. In cities of
over iive thousand inhabitants tho
enumerator must finish his work in
two weeks, but elsewhere one month
is allowed. Time lor applications for
these jobs expires January 25 next
President Taft has almostvpompleted
a special message ho will send
to congress when that body reconvenes
recommending legislation he
desires on interstate commerce IUw
and the Sherman anti-trust act. It
lias frequently been decided in the
press that Mr. Taft has any idea of
recommending changes in the Sherman
anti trust act. He has nevertheless
told some or his caller* that
he means to stand firm in his determination
to urge upon congress the
enactment of a national incorporation
act.
Admiral George Dewey celebrated
the seventy-second anniversary of his
birth the day after Christmas. Except
for a Hood of telegrams and personal
messages of congratulations,
nothing disturbed the serenity of the
Dewey household. The admiral has
not been in especially good health for
somo time, and, therefore, all of his
engagements were waived.
Representative Lloyd of Missouri
chairman of the democratic congressional
campaign committee, when ho
returns noxt week,will eall a meeting
of the executive committee to discuss
plans for tho next campaign. The
democrats nre contldent of electing
a majority to tho next house and say
that to make assurance doubly sure
they will start In early on a campaign
of education.
Unless the state department Is
able to show that it has received assurances
from the Mexican govern*
ment that James A. Cook, the American
conductor now in prison there,
will be given a speedy trial, it Is
probable that the whole question of
tho treatment accorded American cltl./o.ic
lr> ...III -<?? ?
........ ... m< ?.VU 11111 IMJ ?1I?H1 UU
tho floor of tho house. It Is possible
that a rosolutlon of inquiry will
be introduced.
Harvey Wiley, chief chemist of the
department of agriculture, la reported
to be seriously considering the advisability
of resigning his ottlce. He
is said to be much piqued because
President Taft overruled his doclslon
upon tho question, "What Is Wlils
key?"
The report of the retirement of
Speaker Cannon has again been revived,
with more or less elaborato
detail. The latest Is that "Uncle
Joo" will not retire from congress,
but. at the close of the session he
will announco that he is serving his
last term as speaker, having made
a record for continuous service In
that office. With such an announcement,
he will, It Is declared, destroy
the lssuo of Cannonlsm In th'j congressional
elections net fall and at
the same time leave the Held open
to aspirants wlhtout creating petty
Jealousies.
Further legislation by congress will
bo necessary before the ?5,OUO appropriated
by that body, In PJ04, for pro*
curing a Bite and plans for the proposed
monument to Thomas Jefferson
will be nvallabie. In 19U6 Augustus
Ht. Gaudens, thon in poor
health, consented to make design^ for
the memorials, but his death Intervened
before the work had been finished.
There Is a law requiring unepended
balances yearly to be turned
Into tho treasury. The comptroller
of tho treasury, In response to an
inquiry from the commission, replied
that the |6,U00 wan 110 longer available
for the puropse.
PALMmflJTATENEwi
Columbia, 8. C.?"Richland county
leads all other counties In the state,
reported so far," said Commissioner
Watson, "in the matter of good roads
constructed. Reports have been received
by the commissioner from
twenty-lour of the county supervisors.
These reports contain data as
to road construction, cost of maintenance,
miles constructed during the
past year, kinds of material used and
other detailed information.
According to the reports sent in
by the supervisors of twenty-four
vvwuvivp iuci v nio UU W UUIliyi^lt'U Z,"
286.5 miles of Band-clay roads, against
1,575 miles for all of the counties in
1904. Tiiia Is an increase of 710.5
miles of sand-clay roads.
There was in South Carolina la
1904, sixty-nine miles of macadam
roadway. The twenty-four counties
alone this yoar report fifty-two miles,,
there being three miles constructed
during the past twelve months.
Tho ni.mKAr
A uv UUUIUOI Ul 1UI1CO Ul glttVt'l
roads in South Carolina in 1904 was
179. Twenty-rour counties report as
having sixty-five miles of this kind of
roadway at the present time.
In the twenty-four counties thero
are 2,433.60 miles or improved roadways.
Thero were constructed in
1909, 584.6 miles of improved highways
of all classes.
The coat of maintenance according
to the 'report of the supervisors was.
from $2 to f 150 per mile. The average
being from $20 to $35 per mllo.
No reports have been received from
from such good road counties as
Unmn?/^n r%U ~-1 ~ ? *
luui^iuu, uuniicDiuu, munuuiu, in)*ington
and Pickens.
The expense of building those roads
varies widely according to the reports,
particularly in tho matter of
maintaining convicts, tho cost being
per man from 20 to 76 cents per day.
Hichland county loads all other
counties in the matter of construction
Tho gnti,l./.lov ?
wtwiu vm/ I UUU DCV'llIO LU UO BUp*
planting all other methods of construction.
Greenville, 3. C.?At a meeting of
the executive committee of the Cotton
Manufacture) V association here
an appropriation of $1,000 was voted
to aid tho United States farm department
work In tills state. This Is the
first substantial contribution made In.
this state to aid tho work. No state
aid has ever been given tho farm
demonstration WCirkfTR tli? ravrmnoa
in the past coming from the national
government.
The money was given with a view
of specially conducting the work ot
breeding cotton for the purpose of
producing such a staple in this state
as the mills may use, so that the cotton
will not have to he secured from
other states of the south.
Florence, 3. C.?At the regular
monthly meeting of the board of directors
of the Atlantic Coast Line,
in New York, a resolution was passed
authorizing the president of that system
to have surveyed at the earliest
practical date a line for a railroad
from Hartsville, In Darlington county,
to McBee, S. C., thence to Monroe
and to Charlotte, N. C.
He was also authorized to have another
surveyed from Wadesboro to
Monroe, N. C.
This item of news is authentic, having
been secured direct from tho official
family of tho Coast Line.
It seems- as if the Idea is to reach
i>uurKJue, in. tj., r.nu me nnuuing or
a line rrom liartsvlllo via McBee qr >.
Monroe would make a direct line/*
The line from Wadesboro to Monroe
would then touch at Monroe and
the Coast Line could then get IntoCharlotte
with coal direct from the
coal fields via the Norfolk and Westorn,
the Southbound and the Coast
Line.
The route is to the north of Black
creek, thirteen miles in direct line to
McHee. where connection is made
with the Seaboard and also with tho
.T^IforHon rnll?'An/1 tuliJnh
some twenty miles towards Monroe
and Charlotte. It Is a matter of time
only, In any event, till this rich agricultural
portion of the Pee-Dee Is
opened up by rail to Charlotte and vicinity,
and the railroad company
which gets in first will be amply repaid
In freight.
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
....That South -Carolina is being
made tho dumping ground of the nation
for impure and spoiled food-stuffs
for both man and beast will be stated
in tho annual report of Commissioner
Watson, in which he will ask for rigid
inspection covering all products. "The
people a>e being robbed," says tho
commissioner, "by reason of short
uroiirl.t no..l/n?nu a r>/I l?u ~ f
?^.n..v .??.r,v.r., uiiu 1/7 HID nilio III
inferior qualifies of illuminating oils,
all because oI the lack of any kind of
inspection of these products."
....Great progress has been made !n
South Carolina during the past year
in education. The state is building
school houses at the rate of about
one hundred each year, there being
ono hundred and twenty-four constructed
during the past year. Although
the educational system Is a
strong one, more are some changes
needed for tho betterment and these
will be recommended In th annual report
of the state superintendents of
education, Mr. Swearingen.
....It is understood that superintendent
(Jriflith'a annual report to the
legisiatu.-o will show that thero has.
been a profit of about 180,001) from
tho penitentiary farm. It is suggested
that some of tills money bo used
to build brick stockades for tho DeHniissure
and lioid rnrmn wlilr?h or?
in Sumter and Kershaw counties. The
farms produced tills year about nine
hundred bales of cotton; other crop*
include r.wenty-threo thousand bushels
of corn and twenty thousand bush'
ols of oats.
....All constitutional requirement*
aro met In the opinion of Assistant
Attorney General Deliruhl In the pe- .
tltlon submitted to Governor Ansel by
the people In that section of Oconee
county, who dosire to bo annexed to
Anderson county.
'PhofA Itnn Iw.nn I ?
, , . . i ncin > <*? iivcn mm u 111 ll>r<J V
inent in the live stock Industry In
Houth Caro.ina during tho pant year.
At the meeting of the association to
bo held in fr obruary It wll ,?<phown
that many cattlo farms bkfs been
started during tho yenr In various,
uarts of the atato and are prospering
....A letter has been reeolved by
Governor Ansel from M. T. liretz of
Newport, Penii., In which it Ib stated
that he has a knapsack, which was
leu in nn aiiiuuianco nrter tno Dftllio
of Fredericksburg, and that he wishes
to return it to tho owner. The
name on the cover was B. B. Brooks,
Lockport, Ua.
....In hia annual report Commission*
er Watson will advocate the passage
ui mu ?vv i wfiiii inn i.uviuu nvwunmo
to be furnished IiIn otlice just as now
done In the case of tobacco. The reports
would bo roqulred of cotton
Kilmers and buyers. In the case of
the ginnera the number of pounds and
I hnlos ginned would bo sent in