The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 25, 1913, Page 8, Image 8
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MOORE WRITES TO BLEASE
REASONS FOR REFUSING FUNDS
Second Chapter in Controversy Over
Certain Phases in the Military
Situation in the State.
The following appeared in The
Columbia Record of yesterday:
"This whole matter in my opinion
Is nothing but cheap politics and a
play to the grandstand from a political
point of view." Adjutant General
Moore thus characterizes the interview
by Governor Blease given out
yesterday iu wmcn uie governor assails
General Moore for refusing
funds to certain military companies
at the Aiken encampment who failed
to meet provisions of the law as to
the number of men enlisted.
QUOTES CIRCULAR.
Justifying his refusal to issue
funds to the company in question,
the Orangeburg company, which had
but 3.1 enlisted men. General Moore
quotes from Circular No. 2 of the
war department as follows:
"At camps of instruction no officer
or enlisted men of the company shall
be paid from federal funds allotted
to the state under section 1661 R. S.,
as amended, unless said company
shall have in actual attendance at
said camp the required minimum
nurc/\n n nl r\ " onmniiucifinoH r* ffl (?orc
and 38 enlisted men; a failure to
have this required minimum personnel
will entail refusal to make
payment to company."
That the Orangeburg company
having but 33 enlisted men, was not
eligible for federal aid, is General
Moore's position.
GENERAL MOORE'S LETTER.
General Moore this morning dispatched
a letter to Governor Blease
In which he says: "I desire to state
that I am adjutant and inspector
general of this state and ray duties
as inspector general require that I
should make field inspection during
the annual encampments, and for
this reason I am in attendance upon
the encampment this year, and I am
clearly within the scope of my duties
in this work, and I must respectfully
call your attention to the fact that
it is not necessary' for me to receive
your permission in order to perform
these duties "
The Interview from General Moore
follows:
"I desire to state that there was
no order issued by me returning
these companies to their home stations.
In fact, there was but one
company ordered home, that being
company I, Bamberg, and this order
was issued by Colonel Julius E.
Cogswell, commanding the third infantry,
and the reasons assigned
were that the captain was physically
incapacitated to take care of his
company he being the only commissioned
officer with this organization.
In the case of company L, Orangeburg,
and company E, Barnwell,
these organizations were informed
by me that their subsistence could
not he paid from the state's appropriation
for the maintenance of
militia because of the fact that they
^./ Tailed to perform the duties requir'
ed "under section 15 of the military
code^ of South Carolina; i. e.. they
did not show the requisite attendance
of 60 per cent average of all drills
held by them during 1012, consequently
as there was no funds belonging
to these organizations in my
hands and no other funds available,
I could not pay their subsistence.
AS TO PAYMENTS.
"As regards the statement of the
governor that the transportation and
subsistence could be paid from fed
eral funds under 1661, 1 have only
to call their attention to Circular
No. 2, war department, under date
January 23, 1913, which reads as
follows: 'At camps of instruction
no officer or enlisted man of the company
shall be paid from federal
funds allotted to the state under section
1661 Tt. S., as amended, unless
said company shall have in actual
attendance at said camp the required
minimum personnel of two commissioned
officers and 3 8 enlisted men;
a failure to have this required minimum
personnel will entail a refusal
to make payment cf company.'
"This order was promulgated
from my office under dale of April
29, general order No. 30, so there
could be no excuse whatever for the
commanding officer of these organizations
not complying with these
instructions if they expected to participate
in federal pay.
"Referring to that part of the
governor's letter addressed to Captain
Claffy in which he states 'I cannot
understand. I dislike to think
the man is drunk on power or that
he has lost bis head on account of his
promotion,' I think this statement
cnmfnjr frnm the mm m:in.ter-in
chief 1? entirely lacking In good
taste in view of the fact of his past
record regarding the assumption of
power. It reminds me of Bobbie
Burns' utterances, 'O, would some
power the giftie gie us to see oursel'es
as others see us.' This whole
matter in my opinion is.nothing bu1
cheap politics and a play to the
grandstand from a political point of
view."
GENERAL MOORE'S LETTER.
General Moore's letter to Governor
Blease follows:
July 23, 1913.
Governor Cole L. Blease,
Commander-in-Chief,
Columbia, S. C.
Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipi
of your letter under date of July 21
in which you issue orders to me for
bidding the use of the phrase "Bj
order of the Commander-in-Chief.'
Also your letter of same date calling
my attention to the fact that you dir
not issue special order No. 60, detailing
the adjutant general to pro
ceed to encampments of the Third
First and Second Infantries, to b<
he.ld at their respective locations
commencing July 17 to August 5
inclusive.
In issuing orders of this nature
I have simply carried out your in
struetions issued to me in person a
the beginning of your term of office
f In which you stated to me that I J
i should run the office according to my
own ideas, as you knew nothing
whatever of military matters, and I
' I that you would sustain my action.1.
This instruction has never been can.
celled by you, until your letter and |
order under date of July 17. It has j
always been my custom to refer to
>ou in all matters or importance, as
you are well aware, which I have 6
strictly adhered to; but in matters c
of routine, I did not deem it neces- *
sarv or nrnptio?l to nrcRpnt for vour
approval matters which I did not ^
consider important. k
For the first term of your admin- f
istration, there was no complaint
raised by you regarding the issuance s
of such orders regulating the con- v
duct and management of this office, 41
' nor has there been any order for- 1
] bidding me carrying out this prac- '
I tice un,til yours of the 22nd. Your r
action in this matter will interfere r
j very materially and handicap the 11
work of my department to a consid- *
erable extent. For instance, matters
come up that require prompt action J1
and you may at the time be out of "
the city. In such cases, under your
j orders, these matters will have to lie K
I over and await your return and ap- ?
proval. ,
1 am quite sure that it was never "
the intention of the legislature to c
place such broad scope of authority P
as you have assumed in the hands of n
the commander-in-chief, in so far as a
the details connected with my de- Y,
partment are concerned.
IN RE SPECIAL ORDER. t
Willi reference to special order a
No. (>0, I desire to state that I am "
1 the adjutant and inspector general v
of this state and my duties, as in- "
spector general, require thot I should 11
1 make field inspiction during the an- n
nual encampments, and for this rea- 9
son I am in attendance upon the en-1
I campment of this year, and I am 9
clearly within the scope of my duties J1
in this work, and I must respectfully
call your attention to the fact that
it is not necessary for me to receive J"
' your permission in order to perform
these duties. .a
I~> ocnoot f ullv
' W.~W.' MOORE. ?
Adjutant General. ^
MAN REPLACES WOMAN.
Only Woman Mail farrier in United n
States Loses Her Job at Seivern. g
Washington Special to Columbia v
Record. July 23.?The postofflce de- v
partnient today announced the ap- *
pointment of George C. Gunter, of 1
! Seivern, Aiken county, S. C., as rural r
carrier for that section.
Gunter will succeed Mrs. Rosabelle
Gunter as rural carrier for that route.
| Mrs. Gunter at the present time "
is the only woman in the United ?
States acting as a rural mail carrier. "
More than a year ago the post- v
office ?lepartment decided it best not a
to have woman as rural mail carriers,
and all lost their Jobs except
Mrs. Gunter. As there was a big
squabble on for the Job she held,
Mrs. Gunter held the place until todav
when George Gunter got the job. _
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Assails Hail roads For Supporting
Express Companies.
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Washington, July 24.?Supporting
Postmaster General Burleson in ^
his proposed extension of parcel post n
service. Representative Lewis, one (
of the authors of the parcel post law, p
today declared that sooner or later a
the government must take over *n
transportation of all parcels up to ~
:100 pounds. ^
Representative Lewis contended f,
that under the law the postmaster v
general has complete authority to
increase the weight limit on parcel f
post business and he assailed the _
railroads for their support of the ^
express companies in opposing Post- s
master General Burleson's Increase a
order. *v
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I nions I'rone *"?!. >iuinaii s urave t
f 'barge.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 24.?A y
committee of the Central Labor ^
Union of this city last night began [
an investigation of the charges made ,
by Martly M Mulhall that Frank i
Feeney, a labor leader here, had been
on the payroll of the National Asso- q
elation of Manufacturers and had r
assisted in breaking the printers' J
i strike several years ago. 1
The hearing was held behind clos- ,>
ed doors and eight witnesses favor- ,
able to Feeney were heard before ad- I
journmen*. Feeney declared that he r
has written to the senate lobby in- j
i vestigating- committee asking for an *
opportunity to appear before it to i
deny Mulhall's accusation.
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Rattlesnake Kills Three Children. I
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Knoxville, Tenn., July 24.?Three j
children of Mr. and Mrs. John .
I Cooper, near Townser.d. Tenn., were j
fatally bitten by rattlesnakes and
> were found dead yesterday after- f
, noon. While the mother was search- ,
, inp for this trio, her eightteen- j
. months-old int.?nt fell Into a stream, ^
, on the banks of which she had left (
I it, and was drowned.
The three children had been sent f
f to a barn for ben eggs. The mother ,
was-near the river washinp clothes.
The lonp absence of the children i
caused motherly anxiety and she ! J
. went in search of the children, leav- J
inp her infant near the river bank.
The four tragedies were soon revealed.
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Servia and Greece Name Their Choice ,
tj Sofia, Bulgaria, July 23.?Servia 11
> on/< riefiftoo tn/lov HOT H thfit nPftcn I
- negotiations with Tiulgaria should
r take place in Bucharest. An armis- i ;
' tiee is being arranged in Nlsh and'
r. will probably be concluded within a 1
1 1 couple of days.
- | Oieece insist hat the armistice |
- I and the agreement for peace nego- !
, tlatlona be slgnel simultaneously, j
a Roumania has retused Turkey's re- i
, 1 quest to participate in the peace con- i
, ference. The powers have consented I
I to these arrangen ents.
, j Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S
- ! A., retired, has made an appeal to
tithe American Red Cross for funds
i. for Macedonian refugees.
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THE LANCASTER NE>
SENATOR TILLMAN'S
VIEWS ON VOTING ,
That He Has Changed Front
in tlegard to Oiving Hallot to
Every White .Man.
The News and Courier has received
from Senator Tillman for publication
the following open letter to
he editor of The Orangeburg Sun:
Tn thp EHItnr of TIip Oranvphnrc
lun, Orangeburg, S. C.?Dear Sir:
n your paper of Friday, July 18, I
ind this:
"In the days when Tillman was
eeking election and re-eleetion he
vas always 'whooping it up' that
ivery white man should be allowed
o vote. Now he seems to have gone
>ack on all that and doesn't care a
ap whether the poor white gets a
egistration certificate or not. Tillnan,
of course, never expects to run
or office again."
Candidly, Mr. Editor, isn't that
inkitul as well as untrue? Honor
iright, now, and say yes or no.
The only time 1 recall ever having
tressed, or had anything to say
bout "every white man being aluwed
to vote" was when I was urgng
the calling of the constitutional
onvention, and when some newsapers
were howling ^bout the poor
lan never being allowed to vote
gain if the constitutional convention
-as called. I told my friends among
he poor white people then that I
,'ould suffer my right arm to be
aken off before I would consent to
ny constitutional provision which
id not safeguard the ballot to every
hite man. They had confidence in I
le enough to vote for the constituional
convention, and we got it by a
arrow margin?about two tliouand
votes in the state. I think. t
I redeemed my pledge in the con- p
titutional convention itself by givng
three years in which the poor e
oys about to become of age could a
ualify themselves by learning to r
ead and write, and I would not hear 1
a a property qualification, except as ^
n alternative.
A man must read and write a r
lause in the constitution, or pay a
axes on three hundred dollars'
orth of property. 1 quote -from the 1
onstitution itself.
I safeguarded the ballot of every f
,'hite man and at the same time
laintained white supremacy. Thou- f
ands of poor white men last year f
ere bamboozled into believing I *
as no longer their friend, and they (
?t nt- wru ntnt tv iu i?* as ^uuu *
he truth." I suppose that Is the *
eaxon why this story has continued 81
r> he spread abroad.
While I do not ever expect to run 1
or office again simply because I will I
le before the six years of my term
xpire, I cannot tamely submit to 1
ave falsehoods circulated about me
hich are absolutely nnjustiflable C
s well as unreasonable.
Very respectfully yours,
11 R. TILLMAN.
Washington, I). C\, July 21, 1913.
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REPLIES TO TILLMAN. e
Alitor of Orangeburg Sun Answers I
Open I.etter of Senior Senator. *
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The News and Courier has receiv- r
d for publication the following re- (
ly which the editor of The Orangeurg
Sun makes to Senator Till- 3
tian's letter: t
"Senator Tillman has changed t
reatly in the past y< ar. Poth his c
Be. and the infirmities of a serious a
nalady seem to have played their c
art in bringing about this change.
Vhether the change is for better or t
or worse, depends upon the point of c
lew. j
"That Senator Tillman once fought
or the ballot for every white man
?none excepted?is admitted by (
iim in his letter to The Sun. He r
ays that in 18il>5 he told his friends
mong the poor white people that he
i-ould suffer his right arm to he ^
aken off before he would not give
he ballot to 'every white man.'
"In 1896 Mr. Tillman was in his rime
and looking forward to long ,
ears of office-holding. He would ,
acriflce his right arm at that time
efore he would consent to a single
vhite man being debarred from votng.
"Now it is different. Senator
rillman says he does not expect to
un for office again, and it is prob
ble that now he wouldn't suffer his
ittle finger chopped off even if to
lo so would safeguard the ballot to
every white man.' 1
"And when did the senator
hange? As far as his public state- ,
nents go. he did not change until
ifter he felt satisfied (hat he would !
lot run for office again.
"Why didn't Senator Tillman cry
>ut against 'every white man' being
illowed to vote before the primary
if last summer? If he had done so.
t la very probable that he would not
oday be a United Stages senator
'rom South Carolina.
"For many of 'the boys' who helpHi
to put and keep Mr. Tillman In '
iffice. he seems now to have no further
use. He doesn't need their bal- j
lots any longer. They are sucked
oranges, and can go their way.
"Gratitude?thy name does not
ippear to be Benjamin Ryan Tillman
! i
" 'The hit dog howls,' Is one of ]
Senator Tillman's favorite expres- ]
alons. You are 'hoist by your own
petard' this time, Senator. <
"Editor The Orangeburg Sun."
Senate Orders Hoke Smith's Speech
Printed.
Washington, July 24.?The United ;
States senate has ordered the printing
as a senate document of Senator .
Hoke Smith's speech before the leg- 1
Mature of Georgia, made July 18, in
which the Georgia senator reviewed
legislation before the senate during
the past two years.
Flew 146 Miles in Short Time. 1
Newport News, Va., July 23.?Lieutenants
Smith and Chevalier, in
a hydro-aeroplane, yesterday flew ;
from the Naval Academy at Annapolis
to Old Point Comfort, 146
miles in three hours and 10 minutes
total flying time. Two stops were
made for oil and the flight took four
hours and a half.
JVS, JULY, 25, 1913.
TURKS CROSS FRONTIER.
rving Feriuand Protests to Powers 1
ami Appeals for Euro|?eaii Intervention.
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London, July 24.-t-Witliout declarng
war and apparently trusting that
he jealousies of the powers will present
European interference, Turkey
las begun an invasion of Bulgaria,
rhe Turks have occupied and burn;d
the villages on the Jamboll road
md it is reported have pushed their
econnaissances to Philippopolis.
No information has been received
iu to tho utrpfivth of tlu> fnrcnc tlv.it
? ? CI ~ ??" " <
lave crossed the frontier. Probably (
hey are only comparatively small ,
lodies of Enver Bey's cavalry. Some ,
ikirmishes have occurred on the fron- ,
ler, but seemingly the Bulgarians ,
lave offered no serious resistance. j
In Vienna it is reported that the
rurks have crossed the Bulgarian
rontier in three places. v; the Marit- 5
;a and Lundja Valleys, as well as in
he direction of Jamboll.
King Ferinand of Bulgaria has
irotested to the powers and appenl>d
for European intervention, but
here is no sign that Europe will act. '
Jotli Greece and Servia are throwing 1
ibstacle in the way of an armistice, i
chile pushing their attacks in the i
lirection of Sofia. I
It is reported Roumania has noti- 1
led Servia and Greece that if they 1
ontinue their advance, the Roumanan
army will be ordered to Sofia t
Irst. j
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SHOOTING IN AIKEN COUNTY. 1
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'"oreman of Grand Jury Shoots Fore- '
man of Roads.
Augusta. Ga., July 24.?A special 1
o The Herald from Aiken, S. C., <
ays: I
Jason Spires, foreman of the pres>nt
Aiken county grand jury, shot
in?1 seriously wounded two white 1
nen and slightly injured a negro
rhursdny morning. The men shot
vere:
Moseley Randall, white, shot in 1
ight lung and upper part of right !
irm.
Jenks Randall, white, wounded in 1
eft groin. 1
John Lattimore, a negro, slight
lesh wound in arm.
It is said that the Randalls, broth- !
>rs, were in charge of road working ^
orce and Spires refused to allow 1
hem to work before his residence.
)ne word is said to have followed
mother and Spires opened fire. There 1
lad been bad feeling between Spires
ind the Randalls for some time, it is
aid. None of the wounded will die. <
)Ut the two Randalls are in a hostital
in Aiken.
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IKFl'SKS PKKPbES' . XPENKKS J
Comptroller Jones Passes Items
Amounting to S25. Hut Turns
Down Smoker Aceount. i
Columbia Special to Charlotte Oberver,
July 24.?Comptroller Genral
Jones today declined to pa/ an ]
ixpense account of Attorney General
'eeples' amounting to about $200
umed in by that official to cover an 1
(Utlay incurred while attending the
ecent convention of the Attorneys ]
leneral held in Charleston.
In the account was an item for
150 for a smoker given the conven- '
ion and expense accounts of the at- 1
orney general and his assistant in- |
urred while on trips to Charleston i
irringing the preliminaries for the i
onvention. 1
General Jones says that the appro-' 1
iriation covers only the expense ac- 1
ount of the attorney general while i
n attendance on the convention to i
ibout $25 covering his part of the
iccount. He sent it back to Attorney \
leneral Peeples and asked him to
evise the account accordingly.
kVoman Street Inspector For the
Quaker City. '
Philadelnhia. Julv 24 ?tVio
irst time in its history, Philadelphia
s to have a woman street inspector. (
director Cooke, of the department
>f public works, yesterday appoint d
Mrs. Edith W. Pierce, secretary
>f the home and school league to
he place, which was created a few
nonths ago. She will begin work
>n August 11 and will receive $1,300
i year. Mrs. Pierce stood first on an
'llgible list of eight.
West Virginia Debt Dispute.
"Richmond, Va.. July 24.?The
Virginia debt commission is schediled
to meet in the New Wlllard
lotel, Washington at 4 o'clock this
ifternoon. The West Virginia debt
:ommission will go from Charleston
to Washington today. They will
confer tomorrow at 11 a. m. on the
settlement of West Virginia's $7,- I
D00.000 debt to Virginia, for which j
the supreme court gave judgment.
The amount of interest alone Is now
In dispute.
South Carolina is Made a Separate
District by President.
Washington, July 24.?President
Wilson has issued an executive or- |
der that the state of South Carolina, '
now a part of the fourth internal
revenue district of North Carolina,
be detached and hereafter constitute
one collection district to be known
as the district of South Carolina.
The order becomes effective upon the
appointment and qualification of a
collector. The President has not yet
sent to the senate the name of a collector
for the new district.
Second Thought Best.
Bilkins?"This paper says some of
the greatest achievements in the
photographic art have been made by
amateurs. Ib that so?"
Amateur?"Of course. If you
don't believe it, ask any?
"Photographer?"
"Any amateur."
,
Dobflon?"Rogers is comparatively
rich, isn't he?"
DeBroke?"That depends upon
whether you use me as a standard
of comparison or Mr. Carnegie."
TR111E OF INDIANS IA>HT. |
Were Stationed on the KU'kapoo
Reservation In Sonora.
Douglas. Ariz., July 24.?United
States government agents who re- .
turned yesterday from the Klckapoo
Indian reservation in Sonora report- ?
sd that one tribe of the former resilents
of Oklahoma had been lost.
Members of two remaining tribes re- pi
ported that the missing tribe had
gone into Ooahuila to visit relatives "
uid had been restrained from re- ft
turning by authorities of the Mex- J11
can state. The stray Indians were *
said to be suffering for want of food,
ten having died of disease and star- e'
nation. Each, however, is due to receive
$2 00 as a semi-annual allow- "
Mice from the United States govern- ?
tnent, derived from their lands in the **
former Indian territory. ^
il'FFRAdKTTES CAUGHT IN ACT.
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Xrrested While Applying Eire to 8'
Combustibles Inside Mansion. ^
Glasgow. Scotland, July 24.? di
rwo suffragettes, Miss Margaret si
Morrison and a young woman who tl
refused to give her name, were ar- bi
rested here today as they were about c<
to set fire to a large mansion which ci
ivas at one time the residence of the g
late Sir John Muir, lord provost. ai
The attention of the police was at- w
tracted to the house this morning pi
ind they entered. Inside they found
t woman standing with a match in ni
tier hand in front of some piles of ai
combustibles which had been bank- y
?d against the doors. Shortly after- tt
ivards Miss Morrison descended from tl
i chimney where she had been hid- g,
Ing. She was covered with soot. A s?
quantity of suffrage literature was ai
round in the house. tl
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Kell From Tup of Smoke Stuck to
Steel Hoof. tl
St. Louis. Mo.. July 23.?After .
railing: 110 feet from the top of n
smoke stack to a steel roof and after K
stopping with his head n bucket of ^
tar which had followed him in the
plunge. Edward Horner, a steeplejack
at the Granite City, 111., Steel 1
Works today waved aside hospital w
attendants who had come to remove
his remains and then walked half a
mile to his home.
There a physician said although
Horner's head and shoulders were H
nally hurt, he would probably sur- I
vive.
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Sherlock Has Nothing on This Case. (1
Newark, N. J., July 24.?An ^
autopsy today disclosed the wound pl
caused the death of Mrs. Emma w
Corduan, found dead last night un- ! C(
iler the bed in her home. The cor- i
oner's physician said that a sharp ?
round instrument had been driven 1
through the roof of the woman's '?
mouth into her brain. The police i S
thought the wound could have been , ^
Inflicted with a rat tail file nnd arc s
hunting for William Corduan, the
murdered woman's husband, who is jj
a file maker. I c
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Paris Police Find Clue to Big Rob- n
bery.
Paris. July 24.?According to tbp
Matin the Paris police are investigating
a promising clue to the mis
sing $650,000 pearl necklace which [
recently disappeared from the registered
mall in transit between Paris
and London. They were informed ,8
today that a Parisian jeweler a few I n
days ago bought a quantity of pearls ?
and diamonds from a man through 1
whom they think it may be possible a
to trace the theft. r
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How to Feed Salt to Stock. h
Progressive Farmer.
I am asked: "How would you f(
feed salt to live stock?" h
Salt may be given dally mixed e
with the feed. If this Is done, not
over three-fourths to one ounce <j
should he given dally for every 1,000
pounds of the animal's weight. After j
extensive experiments Babcock con- eluded
that a dairy cow should have
about three-fourths ounce for 1,000
pounds weight daily and three-fifths
ounce additional for every twenty I *
pounds of milk produced.
Owing to the danger of giving the J
salt irregularly, and giving too much *
at times, the best plan is to give "
about one ounce a day for every ?
1,000 pounds weight for about a
week in order to satisfy any undue ?
cravings for it, and then put the B
salt In boxes under shelter where the
animals can run to It and eat at will. 8
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Progressives Will Put Out Full e
Ticket.
Jersey City, N. J., July 24.?The c
Progressives of New Jersey will put B
a complete ticket in the field at the
coming state election. Theodore j
Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, it was e
said today, will be among the campaign
speakers. The organization in
Hudson county last night endorsed
Edmund B. Osborne for governor, i
ON SATURDA
Mr W R A rant of T Jinr
Mule by Lightning. On Mo
check for $175 was mailed to 1
D. E. Boney, Sec. & Trei
Insurance Association.
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
$
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FARMING MACHINERY.
ties and Care of Mower, Hinder and
( rain Drills.
The following from The Progresve
Farmer of this week is written
y one of our energetic farmers,
[r. J. E. Craig, and will therefore
8 read in Lancaster county with
articular interest:
i consider that the mower and
ike have paid me a better dividend
>r the purchase money than any
lachinery that I have ever owned,
can take a mower and a good team
nd go out Into a meadow and cut
ight to ten ucres a day easily.
Then I can take the rake and rake
up in less than one-half the time,
efore we got the rake we had to
ike pitchforks ana fork it up.
fould waste about one-third of It.
Every month from May to October,
use my mower and rake. Other
>ols are very useful, but probably
uly used a few days and put in the
led. 'TBL,
The binder is a piece of machinery 7*
lat is very useful, too. I couldn't j
o without it at all. I couldn't posbly
cut my grain without one. In
le first place, I couldn't get the la:>r
and, next, I have grain that
juldn't be cut with a man and'
radle. If we have a wind and tanle
our grain. I can take a binder
nd cut it without any trouble. It
ill also soon save enough grain to
ay for itself, as it Just gets it all.
After we get through with these
lachines they should be cleaned up
nd put in a shed until needed again.
i/ftVi n mnti'or It la ronltv nnnooaarv
> keep good blades and guards and
le pitman rod In good shape to do
ood work. I have had our binder
?ven seasons and it is in good shape
nd ought to last 20 years. I take
le canvas cloths off and hang them
here rats can't get them. It is necisary
to get the best machine oil for
iese machines to keep them In good
lm.
The grain drill has paid handsomer,
too. I have seen good crops of
rain grow when sowed with a drill,
nd very poor crops when sowed by
and. In fact, before our people bean
using drills we would often make
illures in grain growing, but since
re use the drill and fertilize it some,
e never miss a crop.
J. E. CRAIG.
Lancaster, S. C.
lurricanes Devastate Lake District
of Italy. ^
Milan, Italy, July 24.?The entire
talian lake district was devastated
llHne the nieht nnri tnrinv hv (prri.
ce hurricanes. The damage caused
as very serious. The effect of the
torms is felt throughout Italy K
here the temperature has fallen
onsiderably.
igarette Causes Powder Explosion.
Spartanburg Special to Columbia
tate, July 23.?Charles Boyd and
'om Swygert, negroes, are in a local
ospital seriously injured as the reult
of an explosion of a keg of
owder Boyd was carrying when he
ghted a cigarette. The accident ocurred
on the line of the Greenville,
partanburg & Anderson Railway
ear Greer yesterday afternoon.
CITATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
. . . . County of Lancaster
By J. E. Stewman, Probate Judge.
Wheras, J. P. Allison has made
ult to me to grant him letters of adlinistration
of the estate and effects
f Edward C. Allison.
These are, therefore, to cite and
dmonish all and singular the klnded
and creditors of the said deceas
d, that they be and appear before
le, In the Court of Probate, to be $
eld at Lancaster court house, ? C.,
n July 30th, 1913, next, after pub- 9
Icatlon -hereof, at 11 o'clock In the
orenoon, to show cause. If any they $
ave, why the said administration
hould not be granted.
Given under my hand this 15th
ay of July Anno Domini 1913. 9
J. E. STEWMAN,
Probate Judge.
Notice of Election.
Wheras, one-third of the elector* Q
nd one-third of the free-holder* raiding
In Osceola school district. No. $
, Lancaster county, have petitioned
he county board of education to or- w
er an election to determine whether
r not an additional 2-mlll levy shall 9
e placed on all real and personal
iiupri tjf m BBIU BCDOOI aisinci lor
chool purposes. .1
We hereby order the trustees of
aid school district No. 4, to hold the
lection on Thursday, July 31. 1913,
t Osceola school house, at which
lection only such electdts as return
eal or personal property for taxalon
and who exhibit their tax reeipts
and registration certificates
hall ibe allowed to vote.
Rules for opening and closing of
>olls to be same as In all general
lections.
V. A. LINQLE,
J. K. CONNORS,
J. O. "RICHARDS,
County Board of Education.
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iY, THE 19th 1
:aster, Route 2, lost a fine
mday morning the 21st a
Mr. Arant. Who mailed it?
is., The Mutual Live Stock
Agent
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