The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 02, 1910, Image 2
m Abbeville Press and Banner.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
? AT ?
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
A mustache can come back.
J The frost Is ou the Sunday school
iplcnic.
Lit "will take a snow storm to do
ray with straw hats.
UOutside the slight chill of thiJ
iather, can you beat u:
' The best of aviators often come
idown when they least expect to.
' While the aeroplane is still in its
ttofancy, it is a very husky infant
Guess they will discard the hobble
kkirt now. Fashion says It's passe.
) In the matter of joy-riding it Is be
coming harder than ever to tell a steal
Irom a borrow.
Aeroplane flights and balloon races
fcre fascinating, but think how gocd
the walking Is!
If the world Is going Insane, some
^Snodern music must be consciously
written for the future.
1 If your digestion is bad It's because
you lack "sand." A spoonful with
each meal, says the doctor.
Boys in Chicago public schools are
to take up sewing. Why assume
bachelorhood for them so early in the
vday?
, Not all men are poets, says a reviewer
of current verse. Now, if we
couia oniy convince mew ui mat.
truth.
. Baden-Powell has landed In New
York. If your boy asks for a khaki
Suit and a scout hat don't be surprised.
Why Is it everybody has a bottle
of carbolic setting around the house
somewhere to be taken in mistake for
medicine?
Japanese children are to be taught
to write with both hands. The paper
trust may be encouraging the
movement.
Speaking of menu French, it is a
^ fttct that English is expressive enough
to designate all that the ordinary
man wants to eat. v
An attempt is being made to Americanize
hotel menus. "Pork And,"
"White Wings," "One in the Dark"
and "Ham on Rye."
When song writing has been Introduced
In the schools will the pupils
take their arithmetic lessons home
and try them on the piano?
-< ' j
Now th?.t New York has abandoned
the horse cars we may entertain
hopes of her one day being a real upto-date
and enterprising village.
If one had one's choice of deaths
that by the administration of hot
ciince pie over a period of about seventy-five
years would seem as desirable
as any.
A hen that sings has been discovered
in South Carolina. Owing to the
stiff price of eggs, she will not be
likely to cast much of a shadow over
the hen that lays.
Any man who is inclined to feel
haughty should stop and consider that
according to the census he is just
about 1-90,000,000th part of the population
of thiB country.
What has become of the old-fashloned
youth who grew long hair for
every football season, even though
he never got any closer to the game
than the grand stand?
Our leading ladj smugglers may
console themselves with the thought
that Collector Loeb will have no such
perfected system of search when the
ocean-gums aerupiaue is in commission.
The mint officials have Just discovered
that the citizens of the United
States don't seem to be able to keep
any of the $11,000,000 coined annually
in gold. So they are going to stop
coining it.
From the depths of the sea a new
Island has a'ded itself to the Aleutian
group. Uncle Sam should hurry up
^with a more definite government for
Alaska. which is twice as large as
Texas and still growing.
A court h:is dcclded (hat platoric affection
tor a married woman does not
Justify rii's of s-ilk hose and lingerie?
not even in these ultra-modern times. '
?r* f?i*n tv ninrr nml *?ccavo
* *4 v O voou; o U1I
friendship, and the lady will be safe In
a divorce suit.
A very young n'rgnzfne writer insists
that giris of the present ape do
not know how to kiss. It is hoped
that he will, wi'h more experience,
have cause to revise his opinion.
The fact that i!'.p oyster season is
open is notified by the news item that
a Pennsylvania woman found a 5200
? -1 \r\ on n\"2tPr 'A'h'ph sho tvoc? o c
I^e-aii ?? * ?- wo*
6iroilating n New York. This is calculated
to increase the feminine demand
tor oysters, and may entail the
further drain on the family purse of
trips to New Yo:v.
According to an eastern writer,
woman is reipons.ble for all America's
woes. V. omen should now cut
the hobble and char her skirts.
Tbe tide of immigration is swelling,
but the vigilance against undesirables
is also increasing Ofiicial reports
ehow that a much larger number than
usual faiiod :o i^iss the test during the
last few months. There is r.o intention
to keep out the worthy, the industrious,
and the law-abiding, but the
government is < xcrcising commendable
care to exclude the other sorts.
I GREAT BUSINESS
P. 0. Department Reduces
Deficit to $6,100,000.
BETTERMENT OF THE SERVICE1,500
New Postofliccs Established?
515 New Rural Routes?3,100 Additional
Employes?Increased Salaries,
$2,000,000?Fine Showing.
Washington.?Figures, the compilation
of which has been completed
at the Postoffice Department
show that the exact reduction oi
the postal deficit during the fiscal
year ended June 30, last, was $11,500,000.
The deficit of the previous
ficc.il vp.ip was si7f?nnnno: so Ihnt
in one year the deficit was brought
down to $0,100,000. In commenting
upon fho saving of $11,500,000 last
year, Postmaster General IlitchI
cock said:
"This tremendous saving was
made without the curtailment of
the postal facilities in any direction.
On the contrary, during the
year there were many important
extensions of such facilities. In eliminating
wasteful expenditures, the
department has been exceedingly
careful not to hamper in any way
the constant development of the
postal service required to meet the
increasing business needs of the
country.
? "In a word, the department's policy
is to extend the service as rapidly
as is warranted by .^.reasing
population of postal facilities by
handling in a more systematic and
businesslike manner the constantly
expanding volume of the mails.
The tables prepared indicate that,
in the furtherance of this policy,
more than 1,500 new postofTices
were established during the last fiscal
year. Great, extensions were
made in the rural delivery system,
515 new routes with a total mileage
of 12,235 miles being put into operation.
There were appointed from the
pliffihlct lists of the civil service
commission over 1,800 postoflice
clerks to enlarge the working
forces of city postoflices and more
than 1.000 additional letter carriersi
The railway mail service was
strengthened by the appointment of
about 750 new employes.
The aggregate salaries of the new
employes appointed during the year
from the civil service lists exceed
$2,000,000. .
Services of postoflice clerks were
advanced in the aggregate $1,750,000,
while the aggregate salaries of
letter carriers were increased $1,226,000.
Railway mail clerks received
increases of salary amounting
to almost $250,000.
Mr. Hitchcock predicted a selfsustaining
postal service and onecent
letter postage.
Lookout Federal'License Holders.
Knoxville, Tenn.?Quite a panic
resulted among the proprietors' of
soft drink stands in Knoxville as a
result of supreme court decisions
which held that the holding of federal
license was prima facie evidence
in Tennessee of the illegal
sale of liquor. Attorney General
Minatt stated that no less than 40
proprietors had surrendered the license
and that 40 others had notified
him that they would do so.
Crippen to be Hanged Nov. 8.
London.?Dr. Hawley H. Crippen,
convicted of the murder of his wife,
Belle Elmore, the actress, will he
hanged on November 8. The date
originally announced was November
15, but the sheriff advanced the day
one weeR.
Colored Man Gets High Office.
Washington.?President Taft has
decided upon the appointment of
William II. Lewis, a negro, at present
assistant district attorney at
Boston, to be an Assistant Attorney
General of the United States.
Lewis was born in Portsmouth,
Ya. His father was a respected colored
minister. Young Lewis was
ambitious and worked as a waiter to
earn his college expenses. His sister
is the wife of Dr. France, a negro
physician of Portsmouth.
Man's Conscience Stings Him.
Denver, Col.?By the terms of the
will of Rufus Clark, known as "Potato"
Clark, which was admitted to
probate here, the United Stales government
is bequeathed $3,500 because.
according to the will, in 1803,
Clark knew of the defrauding of the
government of an equal amount by
a man whntn lie does not name.
"The feet was never reported by
me." Clark declared in his will, "and
now I feel in honor-bound to "make
restitution."
liinjl of Siani is Dead.
Bangkok, Siam?The death of Kins
Chulalongkorn, was due to uracmir
poisoning. The King had suffered
for years from nephritis. Uraemia
developed on Saturday and the Kins
lapsed into unconsciousness, dying n
few hours later. The crown prince
i.nowia .Maiia \ajtravudn, was immediately
proclaimed King. Ho was
born January I, 1H80, and was proclaimed
crown prince January 17
1890.
Ships Suffer in Awful Hurricane
.Mobile, Ala.?C. 11. Costello, out
of the best informed men on I In
coastwise vessels plying to Cuba
Central America and Porto Hio
from points along Hie Alabama aiu
i Mississippi i; s 111' coast in tin* Soul I
says that there are at least seveni
teen vessels t ? be accounted for
and there is no telling the fxti-ii
of tin: damage the hurricane ha:
| done. After the hurricane Ihe lis
was greater than experti-d of vessels
l<ist. Tii?' winu velocity wa:
the strongest, ever known.
<
VERY PRECIOUS STAPLE.
I
Census Report of Bales Ginned
i
Creates Sensation in Market
?$2.50 Bale.
New York?The census burcax
report, showing only 5,410,9GO bales
- of cotton ginned to October 1*
. this year, against 5,530,00 bales
last season, started a fresh buying
movement in the cotton market anc
prices, which had recently inclined
over one cent a pound, sliol
up in a sensational manner on ?
revival of bull support and heavj
outside demand.
December contracts showed an
advance of about $2.50 per bale
The trade had been looking for ginning
figures of nearly 0,000,000 bales
in line with recent increased estimates
of the crop, and the figures
actually published correctly revived
the small estimates of a total
crop of 11,000,000 bales or , ever]
Iiivbc wiiifh wopfi r.irr.nlal.ine carlv
i in the season.
Big Negro Bank in Bad.
Richmond, Va.?The savings bank
, of the Grand Fountain of the Order
of True Reformers, the largest negro
industrial and social organization
in the country, has been placed
in the hands of a receiver. Bank
examiners say they cannot tell what
are its assets or liabilities.
Mark Twain's Estate.
Redding, Conn?The inventory of
the estate of the late Samuel Clemens
(Mark Twain) filed in the probate
court here shows the valuation
as made by the appraisers, Alfred
Bigelow Paine, Mr. Clements' literary
secretary, and Harry Lounsbery,
superintendent of the estate,
to be $011,130.
American Company Wins Suit.
The 'Hague?The international
court of arbitration has rendered
its decision in the Orinoco claims
case. The barge award is declared
null on four points and the American
Company is awarded $10,867
with 3 per cent, interest since June
16, 1903, and .$7,000 costs.
The Girl is Set Free,
London?Alter a trial lasting only
a few hours in the New Bailey
criminal court, a jury found Ethel
Clare Leneve not guilty as an accessory
after the fact in the murder
of Cora Belle Crippen.
$15,000,000 in Lumber Lost.
Washington?Six billion board
feet of lumber valued at about
$15,000,000 were destroyed in the
recent forest fires on the national
forests in Montana and northern
Idaho. The total area burned over
in this one district was put at
1,250,000 acres.
Toothache Caused Boy's Death.
New York.?Frank Zablotsky, 7
years old, died on the East Side
from the effects of a toothache, from
which he had suffered continuously
for 35 hours.
$500 for Attempt to Kiss.
Birmingham, Ala.?A jury in the
Circuit Court has awarded Mrs.
Rose Drummond $500 damages
from E. J. Goldsmith. The allegation
was that the defendant had
tried t( Iciss her.
VVardlaw Trial! November 28.
Newark, N. J.?Judge Teneyck set
November 28 as the dale for the
trial of the Wardlaw sisters, charged
with the murder of Ocey Sneed
The inquiry into the mental condition
of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin,
one of the accused sisters, will be
opened November 2.
Five Years For Bank President.
Greenville, S. C?Five years in
the Atlanta penitentiary is the sentence
imposed on Milton A. Carlisle,
the aged former president of
'he Newberry National bank, who
was convicted on five counts of an
indictment alleging misapplication
of the funds of the institution. The
sentence was passed by Judge
Brawlev, the motion for a new trial
having been argued and refused. It
is possible that the case may be
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
And Garment Makers Strike.
Chicago?Willi 15,000 garment
workers on a strike the police force
about all the shops effected has
been materially strengthened.
Thomas A. Rickert, international
president of the United Garment
Workers of America lias arrived in
the city to direct the plans for a
walkout of 30,000 more unless a
settlement of the controversy is
brought about before thai time.
The strike will affect the price
and trade of wearing apparel.
Express Drivers on Strike.
New York?A riolous demon?Iralion
in which Iwo strike-breakers
were badly injured marked I he
I third day of the strike of drivers
and helpers of the United Slates
, Express Company at Hoboken, N. J.
Eight wagons, guarded by private
1 detectives and manned by slrike?
breakers, were assailed by a crowd
of strikers and their sympathizers,
> and stone.* and other missiles were
hurled al the wagon crews and
, detectives. A detail of policemen
I'll ?i > 11 lllr? HI'ftU'H
Cuban General Shot By Assassin.
> Havana.?Tin? attempted assassi'
nailon in front of the Presidential
. palace of Major General Pino vlnor1
ra. I lie commander-in-chief of tlie
1 regular army, has caused a proi
found impression and greal exrite
nienl. II has heen I he only lopit
. of eonversalion in Hi" chilis aw
I cafes. I lie great belief being Ihftl
* the crime was of a political cliart
acler. The precise motive, how
ever, is not revealed. Gen. (iuerr;
s is now in the military hospital al
Camp Columbia, lii.s thigh is broken
/
"PAID!I PENALTY.1
1 Floridian's Avenge Triple (
Murder by Shooting.
, KILLED TWO MEN AND WOMAN.
5 t
$ The Giant Miss Ellen Smith, of the jj
' Everglades, Was One of Those I
> J
I Murdered ? Prominent Farmer j
Said to Have Laid Plot.
?-? ?
1 Fort Myers, Fla ?E. J. Watson, a t
well-known farmer, and Leslie Cox, a
r
an escaped convict under life sen- J
1 tence for murder, were riddled with a
' bullets by a posse which went to l'
. Chatham Bend to capture the slay- r
ers of Miss Ellen Smith, A. Waller a
j and "Dutchy" Reynolds several I
days ago. News of the killing was c
I brought to Fort Myers by Sheriffs
! Tippms of Lee and Jacocks of Mon- r
roe counties. c
T11""1(ho T>nm lint inn 1
V> aidUU, YYliU liau UI* V/ k vj# *****
of being a desperate character, re- r
ported the killing of the three per- [
sons at Fort Myers. He claimed c
! that he had captured Cox, and pro- f
duced the latter's coat and gun as i
evidence. He was asked to produce c
the corpse and toTind this a pos*e ?
accompanied him to Chatham Bend. c
Ariving. there, Watson joined Cox
who was still alive and put up a i
desperate resistance before both f
were riddled with bullets.
The murder of the two men and 1
the woman was committed by Cox I
and a negro who is now in jail here. s
He confessed to the crime, describ- v
ing how the bodies- had been cut c
open and weighted so that when *
thrown into water they would sink.
He declared that the murder was
done at the instance of Watson, who J
owed the three victims money.
Miss Smith, one of the victims, ^
ttas a unique character, being of
masculine proportions and living by j
herself on the edge of the ever- 1
glades. She hunted and trapped
and was called "Big Squaw'" by the
Tndians. (
BACON HIGH IN CHICAGO.
1
Corn and Hons Cheaper But Meat is \
35 Cents a Pound. <j
Chicago.?In the face of steady e
decline in the price of hogs and t
corn on which they are fed, Chica- t.
goans who desire to eat bacon have 3
I discovered that they were comnell- c
fid to pay the highest*price ever ob- c
tainfid for the salt meat in times of f
peace?35 cents a pound sliccd. If 1
the housewife was willing to cut it c
up herself she might have reduced t
this figure to three pounds for $1,
but* that was the best she could^do. c
It is up, and to all appearances, will c
stay at this record-smashing figure t
for some months. The sole reason p
for this situation, according to C. c
W .Foster, the Vetfran provision s
dealer, lips in the shortage of bacon r
producing hogs. ? 2
No matter what the facts might
seem to indicate, said he, the difil- p
culty lies in the inability of the 2
packers to buy the porkers. a
: ' i:
3,500 Geese in One Flock. s
Mayesville, Ky?An unusual spectacle?a
parade of 3,500 geesewas
witnessed here. The fowls,
which came from the mountains of 1
eastern Kentucky, were lured a
through the streets by a man drop- i
ping corn. The geese were unload- y
ed from a car in the Louisville and /
Nashville railroad yards after mak- e
ing the night hideous with their i
rmiso Thpv wppp fnknn fn n fnrm n
six miles from this city to be fat- i
tened /or tho Eastern markets. Be- a
fore railroads geese were marchcd r
many miles often. v
Lost Balloonists Found.
New York?Alan R. Hawley and
August Post, the aeronauts of the J
balloon America II, for whom f
search had been prosecuted in the c
Canadian wilds, are safe and have t
established a new world's record for t
sustained flight. They traveled ap- s
proximately 1,350 miles and came i
to earth in Chicoutimi county, Que- L
bee. The balloonists started from r
St. Louis with nine other contes- i
fants in the international race on C
Monday, October 17. s
Dynamite Corn Crop.
Spartanburg, S. C.?"The Dynamite
Corn Crop" which was culii- t
vated on land ploughed by the use a
of this powerful explosive has been t
measured hnf. the owner has refusod 1
flatly to give out the amount of corn I
that, was produced. v
This crop is to be entered in the J
several contests. What J. H. Cald- t
well, the originator of the idea, in- \
tends to do with it is a profound P
secret and every one in the city is d
wondering how much crop was r
gathered. a
Drives Tacks in Head.
Atlanta?William Williams, a negro,
is in jail here charged with [
swindling on account of tho pecu- /
liar cure for blindness which he t
devised. His remedy consisted in I
| driving a tack into tlie back por- h
tion of a blind negro's skull and r
i charging 82.50 for the operation, f
< i ii a I^I,I ?u*. :
IlUiJl. 1 L wain, LI 1" \ II UIII, UMU 111* 1
police court judge flial. the lack c
I process was not veVy painful but I;
, that Williams' manner of taking the v
$2.50 "hurt considerably." n
Convicted of Wife Murder.
Norfolk, Ya.?John J. Smythe,
I who shot and killed his wife, a
Bridget, and their 13-year-old C
, daughter, Rita, on September 1, i
lasl. was found guilty. Alcoholic l
insanity was the defense. 'J'he n
. principal witness for the Slate was i
I the prisoner's 7-year-old child, \
I William Henry Smythe, the only a
eye-witness to the Iragedy. who n
told how his .sister, standing in I
, front to protect their mother, was .f
I shot down whiic begging the father v
not to shoot. li
3ANKS IN SMALL CITIES,
>\vinc| to Small Appropriation Postal
Banks Cannot Be Established
in Larjje Cities.
Washington,?The board of trusses
of the postal savings bank
lystem has appointed at last 4J
iccond class post offices, at which
he plan will he given its first trial
L'he list includes one ofiice for each
5tate and territory.
The trustees are Postmaster General
Hitchcock, Secretary of tin
L'reasury Wickersham. The lisl
hey formally approved was selectec
ifter careful investigation by the
)ostal officials with a view tc
naking the first test of the servic(
is thorough as possible under the
imited appropriation of $100,00(
irovided by Congress which include:
ill the expenses of equipment, anc
H'int.ine of forms, certificates bonds
stc.. clerical assistance, etc.
Owing.to the smallness of this ap)ropriation
it has been impossible tc
istablish postal savings banks durng
the first year in the large citj
>ost offices of the country. Comnunities
were chosen in which conlitions
were exceptionally favorable
or the development of a postal savngs
business mostly industria
icnters where wage?earners wil
le especially benefited by the kint
>f banking facilities afforded.
The Department work or rurnishng
the necessary equipment to the
>ostoffices salected and having the
ostrnasters and their assistant:
hroughly instructed in the operaions
of the system will probly conume
several weeks, but every offori
vill be made to have the designatec
iffices ready to receive deposits at
he earliest feasible date.
Among the offices designated are
Bessemer, Ala.; Etuttgart. Ark.
Cey West, Fla.; New Iberia. La.
Jilfport, Miss.; Salisbury, N. C.
Juyman, Okla.; Newberry, S. 0.
ohnson City, Tenn.; Port Arthur
Pex.; Clifton Forge, Ya., and Grafon,
W. Ya.
HOW AMERICANS DIE.
Census Bureau Furnishes Statistiej
That Arc Surprising.
Washington.?Tuberculosis of the
ungs, heart disease and acciderita
violence, in the census bureau's
' ^ Jam nnr>n f\ f- fVl A TTni'f.
ii'ciiii refciauuuuw ciiciv ui mo
d States, which represents mort
han 55 per cent of the estimatec
otal population, caused more thar
;7 per cent of the deaths from al
;auses in 1909 among certain classes.
These classes are those "gainully
employed or occupied males.'
The same causes led to 39 per ceni
if the deaths from all causes among
he occupied females.
The census bureau in a bulletir
in mortality statistics says thai
>f a total of 210,507 deaths amonj
hese gainfully employed males tyihoid
claimed 2.2 per cent;,tuberulosis
5.5; appoplexy and paralyis
7.3; heart disease 11.9; pneunonia
8; brights disease 8.5; suicide
!.6, and accident 10.5.
Among the occupied women thf
icr centage included tuberculosis
:i; tphoid 2.8; cancer 8.1; appoplcxj
,nd paralysis 5.9; heart disease 10.3
meumonia 7; brights disease 7.3
uicido 1.6; accident'3.2.
Governor Candler Dead.
Atlanta, Ga.?Allen Daniel Candor,
twice Governor of Georgia, diet
.t his home here after an extendec
Ilness. Governor Candler was 7(
ears old. His earliest ancpstor ir
America was Daniel Candler, whe
migrated from Ireland and servec
n the revolutionary war as a colmel
irt the American army. Ir
861 he entered the Confederate
.rmy as a private and rose to thf
ank of colonel. He was twice
rounded, losing one eye.
Old $1 Note Coming Back.
Washington. ? The old Unitet
llafo SM nnfo whir>h rH<3.inr>pnrpr
rom circulation in 1881 is to b(
sailed into service again. Secreary
MacVeagh has decided thai
he enormous demand for bills 01
mailer denomination warrants ar
ssue, which was authorized in 190"
>ut until now has never seemec
rally neccssary. The notes will b(
ssued at about the rale of 81,200,100
a day until the demand foi
mailer bills is met.
Doctor Will Hang For Murder.
Savannah?Dr. W. J. McNaughon,
who is under sentence lo ban?
it Sylvania November 19, wa*
>rought here for safe keeping
There was no outward demons! raion
against the physician, whe
vas convicted of murdering Free
'landers tn get his wife nmj money
mt. Sheriff Fields transferred I he
irisoner as a precaution. Mcs'aughton
was brought here immcliatelv
after the crime was coinnil
led. when there was danger ol
l lynching.
For Benefit Hice Growers.
Beaumont, Tex.?At a meeting ol
ice growers from every section ol
,ouisiana. Texas, Mississippi and
Arkansas here it was finally agreed
o organize a central selling agency
hrotigh which every producer will
ie pledged and bound to sell his
ice. The object is lo make a uni
orm price for rough rice and elimnate
I ho middleman or broker. Ail
xecutivc conimillce is now forinuating
tlie cooperation plan and if
rill be completed before the comnilloo
leaves Beaumont.
7,800 Initiated in One Day.
Louisville, Kv.,?Seven thousand
.nd eight hundred men, among them
lovernor Wilson of Kentucky, coning
from seven Slates?Indiana,
)hio, Illinois, .Missouri, West Yirgilia.
Tennessee and Kenlucky?were
nilialed into llie Woodmen of the
VorM in one day. Twenty Ihous,nd
Woodmen witnessed the cereumies.
The degree team from Daynil,
().. conducted the inilialion.
ohn T. Yates and Dr. A. I). Floyd,
fere among the national- ollicers
i resent.
TENN. SALOONS WIN ?
Federal Judge Dissolves Tem- |
porary Injunction. ^
. HE REFERS TO GRAND JURIES. ?"
| Declines to Assume Jurisdiction and So
Upholds Principle of "'Slate's ')a
i coi
Rijjhts"?Jurist Suggest Impeach- coi
Ex
} ineiit Proceedings For Oflicers. j)(,
L fei
i ^\fr
' Memphis, Tenn.?Declining to as- ?
J sume jurisdiction and upholding the y1(
? principle of "Sale's rights," Federal ga
' Judge John E. McCall ordered dis- 1
} solved a temporary injunction, re- thi
j straining the continuance in business
of 114 saloon keeprs of Mem- wj
phis. Notwithstanding the declara- ha
tion of the Law Enforcement Lea- J
) gue of Memphis, who,-through fifr
teen of its members, appeared ?ts
. complaints, that their appeals to hi]
State and local authorities for re- ea
dress had been unheeded, Judge ?ir
hp
j McCall held that prosecution (
I through grand jury indictments wj
1 was the proper recourse and was m;
still open. In answer to the allega- wi
' tion that the constituted authori- jjj1
> ties of the State wore not in sym- ^ j
5 pathy with the prohibition laws as Va
1?i nAfnc.A/1 fn oni rvn fai
L/'UUL'IUU UllU 11 tl U Id uotu tv/ ?AVV v.
' information furnished, he cited im- fQ|
j peachment proceedings as a method
[ through which their removal from n-f
D/Tice might be accomplished. ca
: The opinion denied that the 55,
\ plantiflfs had established the fact ^
! that their constitutional rights
! within the meaning of the four- ^
' teenth amendment to the Federal
' jonstilution, on which the litigation
had turned, had been violated and gw
ienoted that without this fact be- pa
ing fully proved, conlroversies be- ^
Iween citizens of a State properly
' belonged in the State courts. If jur- ex
isdiction was taken in the present ^.j
; issue, it is pointed out the Federal jjr
' courts might be appealed to to en- ^
5 force any and all of the criminal RV
laws of a Stale, which would be in ,jr
5 direct, contravention to the United
' States constitution.
1 "Taking every allegation of the ?a
' Dill as true," the prosecution insists pj(
"in substance the court is asked to oa
- pnfnrrr? the laws of-Tennessee be
Iween citizens of the Stale, not- f0]
t withstanding that article 4 of Sec- gn
? tion 4 of the Constitution of the
United Stales guarantees to every pj,
1 State a republican form of govern- pr
t ment." . in,
' An appeal to the Federal circuit So
court will be made. bo
ce
WOMAN HAS 518 DESCENDANTS.
an
* Is 8G Years Old and Lives in Moun- ex
tains of Kentucky. qu
j Louisville?The greatest mother
i in the world, perhaps, is Mrs. Jane Jll<
co
; Morris, 8G years old. residing in an
; Jackson county, near the foothills m.
of the Cumberland Mountains, in pr
Kentucky. Ca
Mrs. Morris was born and reared 8'1
I in the mountains, has little educ
i tion and until a few years ago, had wj
5 never beeen outside of her immedi- ]
i ate vicinity, there being up to that (0
> time no railroads in Jackson ]0?
I county. do
Mrs. Morris' claim to greatness ev
i lies in the fact that she can boast pi,
) of a tolal of 518 descendants, near- |j,i
; ly all of whom are living and none in
? of whom ever has been accused of (;0
crime.
Court Handed Out Lemon Decision. ?
i St. Paul, Minn.?Judges Vande- se]
1 venter, Sanborn and Adams in the an
5 United States circuit court handed ho
- down as order restraining the in- !
t terstate commerce commission from ab
f putting into effect a reduced rate \vl
i on lemons from Southern California lo\
1 to the Atlantic seaboard. The cit
1 opinion further states that the case j
> is one which will shortly go to the p0
newly created commerce court, mi
which must render the final deci- oh
sion in the case. ]
Train Load of Whiskey. '?l'
"t>!
Birmingham?Representatives of
| the 'Frisco system announced that
. a full train load of liquor had been up
' made up lo be shipped out of the on
| State over their line. The scramble &0(
of local dealers to get rid of slocks !j,?
' on hand is the result of the sensa- a j
tional campaign now under way j
here to secure enforcement of the fj,?|
prohibition laws. The destination |h,
i of the train which left here is said i;|t
to be Memphis. <
Living at Home. ?'
Wilmington. N. C.?Mr. S. E.
I Memory, a leading merchant, says
I he saw while at the Raleigh Slate
Fair an offer of ?150 cash for the [|,j
I eighteen ears of corn that had ]aL
i taken the first prize. Mr. J. L. at
I ? m.. ,>r
iVIPIIlOry * I ?"L< i .HUM im , \n ujjj
Scotland county, X. C.. this year i
i made thirty bales of cotton on ton pr<
acres of land. Mr. Pender says a sor
farmer in Marlboro county, South jm
Carolina, made 233 bushels of corn nic
on an acre.
No .More Chance for Panics. . "J*
I Washington?With those nation- lie
i al currency associations already ha:
formed and those in process of for- on<
rnalion. officials of the treasury de- of
pari merit believe the financial cen- I>r<
(res of the country are amply protected
against financial stringency. Or
Eleven cities already have formed air
associations and with four more al
about to da so the principal re- sh<
serve banking cilies of the United f?'
Stales will be equipped to issue a va
total of $300,000,000 in temporary eoi
J currency at a moment's notice, po
1
? SOUTH
CAROLINA j
RI-STATE CORN EXPOSITION.
i December 5 at Columbia Farmers
Will Make History. ~~
rhe fanners of North Carolina,
uth Carolina and Georgia will
ve the greatest opportunity to
mpete for prizes for the best '
rn at the South Atlantic cm I
:position held in Columbia on
cember 5 that has ever been Of- 1
*od to any people south of the
ison and Dixon line. The cwrn
position management, during
a past summer, has been busy
thering prizes for this event'
[t has been previously announced
it the aggregate value of the
izes will reach $8,000, but now the
DSjjfULS aeuiii iu iiiuicuu; mat it
11 bo more than' that, and perps
as much as .$10,000 in money.
Espcial emphasis has been laid
on the ten ear exhibits. Prizes
e offered for the first, second,
ird and fourth best ten ear exaits
of corn of any variety for
ch county in the State. Also
uilar prizes are offered for the
st ten ear exhibits in each con- ,
essional district. Three classes
11 be opened to any man or wo
m, boy or girl, in the States who
shes to compete. The winners 6f
ese classes will come together in
e sweepstakes classes in the State
r the best ten ears of single1 ear
riety pf white corn; for the best
i ears of prolific white corn, and
r the best ten ears of .yellow
rn. The exhibitor showing 'V the
st ten ears of corn of any vb
?ty will be awarded the Amerin
agricultural 'cup, valued at
,000. The winners of the ten ear
isses will come together again in
e grand sweepstakes classes for }
>rth Carolina, South Carolina and .
>orgia, and the winners of the
and sweepstakes classes will be
gible for the grand champion
reepstakes classes for the best ten
rs of corn exhibited from anv of
e three Slates. Should a South
rolina man, woman, boy or girl
hibit the best ten cars of corr],
lite or yellow, from North Carota,
South Carolina and Georgia,
e aggregate of his prizes in mon- .
, machinery and cups will ap- 4
oximate $825.
Also liberal prizes are offered for .
0 best 50 oars of corn > in South
rolina and for the grand cham3n
sweepstakes for the best 50
rs of corn in any of the three
ales. Likewise prizes are offered
: the best single ear in the conessional
district class, in the
ate class and irf the grand cham3n
sweepstakes class: Liberal
izes are also offered for the best
dividual display. 'The one from?
uth Carolina who makes the
st individual display will -reive
as his reward $225 in cash.
riie secogd prize for this is $150,
d the third prize $100.- In this
hibit the exhibitor will be reired
to show at least ten bushels
corn, and the display will be
ilged 70 per cent, for the best
rn and 30 for the best decoration
d display. The corn exposition
magement also offers ^liberal
izes similar to those of South
rolina for (he best corn in Geor- [
1 and North Carolina, which in
i3. grand champion sweepstakes
II come into competition with
III that in South Carolina.
Every farmer is especially urged
select corn for exhibition. At
ist live judges will be required to
I he judging and these will score
ery exhibit, attaching a com?le
score to every exhibit, so
at the exhibitor can see wherehe
is strong or weak with his
rn.
Summary.
The planterrs in York refuse to '
1 at present low prices of cotton,
d are storing it away in wareuses.
Spartanburg is thought to be
out the only town in the world
lere newspaper men are not alved
to hear what transpires in
y council chamber.
*cv. W. T. Capers has been apinled
In a position on the general
ssionary board of the Episcopal
nrch.
kJ. c. uranam, an inuuenuai coii
mill man, of Greenville, says:
ince 1907 I have been a 'bear' on
ids and have sold my stock
ver refusing a bid and am sold
to March, but from this time
1 am a 'bull.' There are no
ids in the Greenville territory on
nds. Goods are being vyorl&d off.
e tide lias turned and I look for
tetter trade from now on."
Jillon county had its first jail
livery when four prisoners sawed
?ir way to liberty with a cheap
Commissioner Watson says that
lowing i conference between Dr.
Fred Williams, Slate health ofii\
and himself, the analysis of
iff seized in the open market un-?
t !?.? Dnnn l/n/til on* I I^piio inf rvf
Ill* 1 111*. L "uu ?ki m i/i up . ?u/ii v*
s Stale, would be made at. the
loratory lhal has boon fitted up
the old Stale dispensary build).
\V. Daniel, of Clemson college,
*sident. ol' the Plate Teachers' asdation.
has called a meeting of
port an I organization for Friday
iniing, November i, in Columbia.
^ petition for the formation ol
isper" county out of parts1 of
aufort and Hampton counties
s been tiled with Gov. Ansel by
e-lhird <d' the qualified electors
I tie districts out of which it is
iposed to fnrrn the new county.
I'he total taxable property in
angelmrg county for 1910
lounts to $8,398,01)0, against a totlax
of 87.273,490 for last year,
wing an increase of 81.124.(500
this year in the total property
luation, 8(500,000 of this increase
ttiing to this county through the
rlion of Berkley county annexed.