Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' Tbs Abbeville Press and Banner, ? PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Isn't it strange how automobiles won't take a joke? Possibly the society smuggler Is only a kleptomaniac. Further, an aeroplane, judiciously handled, lays golden eggs. Portland cement is to be cheaper? have you tried digesting it? Summer keeps running back for Just one more parting word. Detroit goat eats a $10 bill. Well, what goat ever got indigestion from 6wallowing ten bones? The new five-dollar bills will be smaller, says an exchange. Easier to break, too, we presume. King Alfonso Is afraid he may lose his throne. Foolish boy!?why didn't he put it In his wife's name? These are fine days to find mushrooms. If you feel ill the next day, you'll know that you didn't New York waiter buys $100,000 worth of government bonds. "All things come to him who waits." L Wild grapes are very scarce this 1 fall, says the Boston Globe, but the sour variety are still plentiful enough. ! A French duke has in \ted his friends to an aeroplane tea. Could ' any "high tea" be higher than that? 1 New York street car conductor J breaks his arm ringing up fares. 1 I Talk about strenuosity in doing one's 1 duty! ( gf-< i A New York woman who obtained a divorce 18 years ago has just ap- 1 plied for'alimony. When is a poor * devil safe? 1 San Francisco is waging a relentless war against rats, but it doesn't . Beem to have any effect on Paris coiffures, so far. ' With the Bible still leading the list ( of best sellers, the morals of the { country cannot be so very much de- , teriorated, after all. f An Italian has invented an aeroplane which cannot fall. This is an i Improvement even over those which p can swim and climb trees. - 3 If there is any argument in favor ^ of letting college boys haze them- v selves it must be that they need to g get it out of their systems. ^ f Someone has written an article on a "The Duty of the Dollar," this being r something that our American tourists ^ have been trying to aoage. ^ I < In New York there Is a woman one B hundred and two years old who has lived ninety-six years in Manhattan. Q Well, It must have been in Harlem. a ' t New York man, forty years old. c and about to wed, says he has never yet kissed a girl. Hell still be g "about to wed" forty years from now. S ' ' T A Pittsburg bridegroom of five * weeks deserted his bride because she kwas "a block of ice." Naturally, she * Immediately proceeded to make it hot e for him. 0 3 There Is a man In Virginia who says 0 that to marry after fifty means t trouble. He is an optimist. What a does he think It means to marry be- a fore fifty? t v When a man of ninety-six walks t ten miles to get a marriage license the truth that live is ever young gives another knock-out blow to the Oslerian theory. P An Ohio Judge rules that a pretzel is not a dangerous weapon. Whethef1" " he will be so confident concerning ? the exhibition of sliced cucumbers re- A mains to be seen. P v Isn't there a fine touch of uncon- 11 Bcious humor in the preachments on 0 American extravagance which American millionaires deliver when they ^ come home from motor tours through ^ Europe? I Why is it that the man who cunningly plans to murder his wife or his r sweetheart and brutally carries out his plan always "breaks down and 1 cries like a child" when his guilt is a fastened upon him? p Ii Why should there be so much ex- ? citement when an aviator breaks the record for attaining the greatest ? height? The thing to beconve en- j; tbusia?t!c over. It seems to us. is in getting safely down from the greatest jheight. ' A St. Paul burglar has returned money be bad Ftolen three years ago He has evidently reformed?partially. c When be completely reforms he will Insist on paying the penalty he In- c curred bv violating the moral and * criminal law. * Thieves have been known to steal ^ hot stoves, but even this feat Is surpassed by that of robbers In New . ' 14 Jersey who stoie six cars iuauru ?n.u s merchandise by cutting a freight train in two and escaping with the j booty. So far. this holds the record. An early and severe winter is predicted, but while the thermometer holds its own as it does at present T it is impossible for us to become even j mildly excited over it. ( According to the bears, the musk- < rats, the chipmunks and other natural ] weather prophets, the coming winter j is to be a severe one. It really seema j unnecessary to go to the expense of ] establishing, equipping and running ( weather bureaus with such infallible ; weather wisdom to be had for nothInc. WORK OF A FANATIC? 1 Member of Army Investigating Board Says Spanish Electrician Responsible for Maine Wreck. Kansas City, Mo.?That Jose E. \ Zalvado, a Spanish electrician working in Morro Castle, and prob- ( ably a fanatic, was responsible for the destruction of the battleship Maine was the statement made here by Col. Jasper ?. Brady, in correcting a report of a speech made by him. Colonel Brady says he was one ^ of a committee of four men who investigated the explosion and reported their findings to President ^ McKinley. g "Of course I did not see this man j( turn on the switch which set free the powerful mines that caused the disaster," said Colonel, "but the ^ evidence in the case pointed directly to his guilt. Three other army offlcers^whose names I do not care P' to give, and myself, reported to the A President that in our belief Zalvado ol was responsible. He was later ex- jr ecutcd on the command of General Blanco. None, however, was ever 111 able to learn for what reason. , t' Colonel Brady, in an address at St. George's Episcopal church, dis- jj, cussed the Maine disaster and at- n) tributed it to a submarine mine explosion. His statement brought ri forth denials from Washington, ta among other things being that no m military board has been appointed w to investigate the case. Colonel Brady explains that the board never sonvened to make its report, but reported individually to the Presi- re ient. Colonel Brady was quoted as say- ^ :ng in his address that Cubans were responsible for the disaster. He ienied that he made such a state- t'1 nent. in -v w] BOLL WEEVIL PROBLEM SOLVED af Jq; Uig Planter Says Peanut Production s(] Salvation of Farmers. th New Orleans.?Will the goober tl( :onquer the boll weevil? Will the :otton mills of the weevil-ridden >elt be turned into peanut oil manu- W( actories. ' w< hat an award had been made him. v0 $90,000 For 1,000 Bales. New Orleans.?A New Orleans otton firm has paid 17 3-4 cents a ^ >ound for 1,000 bales of cotton pro- wa luced on the State convict farms in N? Mississippi. The deal involves its nore than $90,000 and is the high- th( (Si price recoraea ior spoi cotion y his season. The Mississippi delta cotton is ? nore valuable than the ordinary ihort staple cotton. d's Farmers everywhere are begin- sai ling to cultivate a better staple. fas ser Little Willie is All Right. Atlanta.?"If you cut my coat i you'll have to pay for it," warned lei ii-year-old Willie Clifton as he a nvoke from unconsciousness on an ab< operating table and gazed into the th< ?yes 01 a surgeon ueuuuig umt mm, itv knife in hand al SI. Joseph's Tn- re; firmary. Willie had fallen 30 feel wh from a three-story window to a I hi brick pavement and it was his as- dri ?resive solicitation for his wearing ter apparel thai brought the first ray of wl hope to his anxious mother at his wn side. u,< 1 ^ Judge L. M. Pipkin, of San An- lie onio, Texas, the owner of a large )lantation in St. James parish, Cl1 Louisiana, answers both questions ^ iffirmatively. Judge Pipkin declares s hat peanut production is the sal- . J ration of the cotton planters who ?p uffer from the ravages of the boll ln( veevil. He says the hilly lands inested with the weevil will yield per icre from 20 to 65 bushels of pea- 9, luts, valued at $1 per bushel, and j?1 hat the peanut hay may be easily 1 lisposed of at from $12 to $15 a ton. le says these lands will not yield nore than $20 to the acre in cotton. 1 Judge Pipkin stated that peanut ag il is sold, principally in Europe, for ye; , better price than olive oil and sa, hat the peanut oil cake is an ex- r, ellent stock food. L r Jxpress Strikers Willing Arbitrate. New York?Only the word of ^rank N. Piatt, head of the United itates Express Company, is needed o bring about arbitration of the xpress strike, according t? claims ( f the strike leaders. Through a eries of conferences at the office kil f Mayor Gaynor, the consent of at he strikers to submit their griev- Ba nces to arbitration was obtained gtr nd it is said that the heads of all g^a he companies except Piatt are j3u rilling to entrust the settlement of he trouble to a board. pe" xiii ouiuiers. Lisbon?The new republic of i 'ortugal is threatened with a mili- js ary revolution. The second and ce, ifth regiments have addressed a mj ound robin to Provisional President C0] Jraga declaring that they were pre- q6 ared for an insurrection if they ] vere not granted the promised pro- au notions and pensions for helpingverthrow the monarchy. ja] The government probably will ^a: ield. The soldiers are considered reacherous. ag. After Nine Years Gets $1,000. Tuscon, Ariz.?After a search for ] tine years, during which he was cii raced from Chicago to Honolulu m( nd Hong Kong and thence to Tuson, Henry P. McCoy was recently ^ Dcated hero and received a reward ma f $1,000 casti and a silver medal r rom the Carnegie hero fund com- jnj nission. The award was made for lis heroic rescift1 of a man who sjn iad boen imprisoned in a well near jn Uiicaco. McCoy had not learned i,? MIEN WOMEN WILLI' S itrike of Chicago Garment Workers Serious. VEALTHY SOCIETY LADIES AID , b p Hub Women Dressed as Working la Girls Join in Demonstration? Poliee Surprised ? One Woman ^ Clubbed?Riotous Scenes. ai , ^ st Chicago.?Mounted police charged ^ hreatening garment workers and w lade numerous arrests in three- in uarters of Chicago, only to be umbfounded when met by obdurate roups of club women and society 5^ >aders who when taken into cus- CI )dy, produced engraved calling C< ards at police stations in lieu of ^ o\ ail bonds- qj It was a new expreience for the th olice and it plainly confused them, at score of these women champions F the garment workers were taken ^ ito custody, but they were im- 5? lediately released when their iden- m ty became known. One woman was struck by a po- ^ soman's club, but her name did ^ at become known as she was hur- wi edly placed in an automobile and 19 - . . nr\ ken home. Most of the club woen involved in the demonstration ere garbed as working girls and ip police could not distinguish D( lem from strikers until after ar sts were made. 1 dp Riotous and speclabular ijcencs ^ >veloped downtown on the North de f.nd on the West Side. More th an 500 men and women engaged co the downtown demonstration, c.e tiioh was broken up by the police ter considerable trouble. As they ]je rt their headquarters in La Salle ev, root, the strikers and their sympaizers clanged bells, blew whis- jn< ;s and tooted horns. prj "I would take oath that we were no ing absolutely nothing beyond the C0] sv," said Miss Ellen Starr, a club op )man. "The only persons who an, jre violating the law were the po- th< emen, who treated us roughly inf d hurt dreadfully, with their ha, abs, some of the poor boys we th< ire leading peacefully pasti the th< ops." vai Promises from wealthy women to en their homes to destitute strikj girls, offers of picket service )m women social and club leaders Lo d pledges of assistance from many ler women were received . by j %s. Raymond Robins, president of ^ e Woman's Trade Union League. ^er ed Sisters of 11 and 12 Married. . ^W( Marietta, Ga? Bertha Anderson, tin ed 11, and Ollie Anderson, 12 ter ars old, were married at Kenneiv to Andy Champ, 21, and John amp, 22 years old. ^6 rhe ceremony caused much com- wh snt and habeas corpus proceed- Bri js were instituted by the father 1 the girls in an effort to separate tio 3 couples. pre the Falling Bullet Kills Boy. the Sullivan, Ind.?A falling bullet led Ralph Lisman, 8 years old, | Pflrunn TTi<j nlavmat.ft. T-awro.np.ft ! ^ ... r - j BUi reus, trying a new rifle, shot thr aight into the air. Both boys mil irecj, upward, hoping to see the pai llet. Descending, it struck Lis- str in in the right eye and he drop- 26 d dead. ov< ________ I Few Farmers Die of It Washington?Tuberculosis alone ) responsible for more than 50 per pe; it. of the deaths; among printers, to' hographers and pressmen, ac- me rding to an announcement of the exj nsus Bureau. tici Farmers end agricultural gener- cla y suffer less from the disease for in any other blass of workers J dot nitors, sextons, clergymen, clerks, 'J rbers a.nd bartenders are others am 10 suffer greatly from the rav- foy es of the disease. ' V/i Favors United States Form. Lisbon,?The goverinent has de- F ned the invitation to attend . a Bu imorial mass for the victims of rie } revolution on the grounds that nui desired to remain neutral in the Br( itters of religion. ten rhe press generally favors the in luguration of a system of govern- see >nt with a president and cabinet ing tiilar to that in the United States An preference to the system of par- S mentary government generally in jue on the continent of Europe. ten N. Y. City Without Any Ferry. ^ Washington?The Southern Rail- jjar y company announces that on kill vember 27 it will begin running far through passenger trains from ) South to New York city into ^ i new passenger station of the gUI nnsyivania railroad, locaiea in Th< s heart of the hotel and shopping he tricts of the metropolis. On the An ne date it will inaugurate a much dea iter and greatly improved pas- dre lger service from the Southeast. Bal Burglars Make Rich Haul. Spartanburg, S. C?Burglars ened the store of A. \V. Biber, ha* well-known jeweler, and look stri out $1,500 worth of jewelery from wli i establishment. Entrance was ef- nea :ted by breaking a lock on I lie sul ir door and raising up the bar pre lich hold it closed. The same night j onl i burglars entered Whiltinglon's j ing 11 g store and rifled the cash regis- I in \ taking several dollars in change j fir? lich had been left there. A re-i 'I ird of $200 has been offered for! ark j capture of the guilty parties. | ha> HE GREAT CANAL GATES teel Portals That Will Look Panama Canal?Hundreds of Men Shape Tons of Steel. Pittsbug.-frEnonnous gates are eing made in Pittsburg for the anama Canal. They will be the irgest in the world. Any one of le 92 of them, for there are to 3 4G pairs in all, will be about as igh as a G-story building, as wide >5 feet) as many city building are, id 7 feet deep, or thick. The ructural steel that will go to iake them will weigh 60,000 tons, * more than 8 times as much as as used to build the Eiffle Tower i Paris. The mighty portals, designed to imit a world's commerce from le ocean to another, will cost $5,(0,000. The builders are the Mcintic Marshall Steel Construction )mpany, a half of whose indepen>nt plant here has been given 'er entirely to the gate contract, f the 60,000 tons of steel required ie heaviest single pieces will weigh >out 18 tons. The thousands of individual eces, numbered and fitted to go gether as children's blocks, will i shipped by steamer via Baltiore and with tl>e will go over 400 illed structural steel builders om Pittsburg to set them up. ie advance guard of experts leaves >re in December and the first Drk will probably begin early in 11. It will take three years to mplete the job. RATE HEARING ENDED. ;cember 14 Arnuments Will Be .iiaut'?niipuriaui voac. Chicago. ? Presentation of evince in rate hearing before the terstato Commerce Commission s been concluded. Arguments on g evidence will be heard by the mmission at Washington ont Dember 14 and, after due deliberam, the Commission will announce lat it is generally considered will the most important decision er emanating from it. rhe hearing was instituted at the stance of shippers, who arose in siest when Western railroads anunced that rates on 50 different mmodities would be advanced, -position to this became general d the railroads agreed not to put 3 new rates into effect until the ,erstate Commerce Commission, d conducted a hearing at which 3 shippers should be heard as to )' fairness of the proposed 3.dnces. \EIVSPAPER FIIVEO 81:000. ndon Evening News Published Story Relating to Crippen. jondon?The high court fined e Evening News $1,000 for connpt of ^court in having publishLhe story of a conference be- i een Richard Muir, the prosecug counsel, and the quartermasof the steamer Montrose, in ich the ship's officer revealed a : in which he and Dr. Hawley H. : ppen had made to brjng about ( i latter's escape frogn the steamer j en he was being pursued by the itish authorities. rhe court held that the publica- ' n of the story was calculated to ' jjudice the case of Crippen when i 5 latter was brought to trial for 1 s murder of his wife. i lailroad Commissioner is Dead. < Columbia, S. C.?James Mattison ] llivan, aged 55 years, one of the J ee South Carolina railroad com- ! ssioners, died at his home here of i ^alysis, with which he was i lCKen uctoDer 1 /. ms lerm naa i months to run. The State flag < )r the capitol is at half-mast. 1 Peary Will Return to Duty. Washington.?Captain Robert *E. ( try, the Artie explorer, returns j active duty in the Navy Depart- 1 nt on November 9 as engineer $ )ert for the Department of Jus- i e in cases before the court of i ims involving construction work ij the naval bureau of yards and ( :ks. 1 ^liis was the explorer's choicr 1 ong several places offered him i Acting Secretary of the Navy f nthrop. I A Woman's Boldness. few York. ?When Florence rns-Wildrick, who attained noto- ( ty a few years ago by being ac- j tied of the murder of Walter j inks in a lnr.nl hnfrl. was sen- / rod to serve from 7 io Li years . j state's prison for extortion, she ] med to take the whole proceed- ( as a joke. She will be sent to , burn prison. i. ( ifte smiled cheerfully while ] Jge Grain was pronouncing sen- . ce. She will learn better. , Woman Shot in Man's Dress. 'ort Worth, Tex.?Miss Lulu Wil- i ns, aged 25 years, was shot and , ed by R. H. Bales, aged -iO, a [ mer, in front of Bates' home. ( es stated he was called to the , ir and, after a pistol shot had ] n fired at him, he seized a shot- t 1 and fired into the darkness. , ere was no outcry, although ^ discerned a tleeing figure, r hour later the woman was found f d in front of the gale. She was { ssed in a man's overcoat and cap. T ^es is under arrest. Express Strike Growing. lew York.?No material progress . ; been made toward settling the , ike of the express employes, ich has been in progress for ii'ly a week. The strike lias re- j led in a great congestion of exss traflic and also in much dis- 1 ler, numerous street fights liav- ( occurred both in this ciLy and j Jersey (lity, where I ho trouble | ;| had ils inceplion. 'he strike has exlended to New- 'j where a number of drivers ,'e gone out. IIS TOO EXPENSIVE Magazines Must Pay More Postage. CHANGE IN SECOND CLASS RATE. Not to Affect Newspapers?Cost More to Haul Periodicals?Mr. Hitchcock's Plan?Penny Letter , Postage in Sight Washington?President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock have reached an agreement on the recommendations the President will make to Congress reparding a change in the second-class postage rates as affecting magazines and other periodicals. Mr. Taft will recommend that the magazines be required to pay the present rate of 1 cent a pound on all reading matter and'a much higher rate, to be determined later, on the advertising pages. Each magazine will be required to senti a copy of its current issue to the Postoffice Department each week or month, as the case may be. There the publi- > cation will be dissected. The reading matter and the advertising sections will be separately weighed and the amount of postage computed by the number of magazines sent out. Newspapers will not be affectcd. The average haul of the newspaper is but 300 miles, while the average haul of the magazine is 1,100 miles. Mr. Hitchcock told the President that the plan of separating the reading and advertising matter in the magazines is entirely feasible and he believed it to be the proper solution of the problem. The hauling of -magazines has proved costly to the government and bothf the President and Postmaster General believe it has entered largely into the deficits shown each year in the Postofllce Department. The adoption of a new rate for the magazines, Mr. Hitchcock believes, will entirely wipe out the deficit and put the postal service on a money making'basis. President Taft is looking forward to a 1-cent rate for letter postage and jiopes to recommend it before he leaves the White House. The establishment of the proposed new rates as to magazines, the President believes, will do much to bring about the penny postage plan. The President is determined to push his plan for placing second and third class pastmasters under civil service. He will make the recommendation of changes in his forthcoming message and hopes for favorable action. v BOY MARRIES ROOM-MATE. i_ Girl Who Posed as Man For Three Months Gets Married. Teledo, 0.?Miss Margaret Patrick, the 17-year-old girl arrested for posing as a man iri man's clothes for the last three months, has become the wife of W. F. Collmer, 22 years old, employed by the Bell Telephone Company, with whom she had roomed for the past month. The ceremony was performed in the police station. Dressed as a boy and under the name' of Robert Doyle, she obtaned smployment as a messenger by the Bell Telephone Company and later as a news butcher on the Lake Shore. The girl's voice and manner aroused suspicion of the bagjagemaster, who quizzed the girl i _ _ r rti j f. _ uuo a coniession. one saia sne 30uld not And any desirable work for a girl. Atlanta Man in Trouble. Atlanta,^ Ga.?Charged with using he mails "for a scheme similar to a ottery," B. Bernard, an auctioneer, las been indicted by the Federal jrand jury. On July 13 ,last,.Berlard raffled off a furnished house ind lot in Grove park, valued at 510,000, thp chances selling for $1 ?ach. The winning number was ' leld by Mrs. Bernard's brother, who ives in New York City. When the ^esult was announced an indigna,ion meeting was held by the Atlana holders of tickets. Iligh Price For Property. New York.?The Equities Security Company, it is learned here, has jurchased the Harriman properly 1 ocatcd at North Augusta, in South Carolina, just across the Savannah ; Mver from Augusta. Mrs. Edward tt. narriman is saiu iu nave ruieived 85.000,000 for the property vhich includes an electric railroad ' >ver 50 miles in length, an electric ight plant, over 3,000 acres of land md the hotel The Hampton Terrace. Conditional Pardon for Morse. Washington,?Friends of Charles W. Morse believe they have found I i way for President Taft to lot the ;onvicted New York banker out of < he Atlanta penitentiary without i ictually pardoning him. In effect i t would be to parole Morse but < hat oi\d would be accomplished by i ssuing a "conditional pardon". < rhe banker's friends point out that Resident Cleveland pardoned a i ederal prisoner conditionally with ?' he provision that he report to the < J. S. attorney for the five years. ^ A Chain of Rural Schools. Washington, ?Looking beyound ho political phase of the elections I November 8, the department *of I igriculture officials are awaiting (lie < mtcoine of the vole that a Ken- i ucky county will cast on a propos- ,i (I SmOO.OOO bond issued for- a ' nodern jyslein of rural rrhools.' .i 'efferson counly. one of the weal- I III,.--! in Hi., HI I..I I I nwinj.' a ii)i?\iMin'Ui df iis rili/ens. I uirposi's Id supplnnl I In* sinnll I i lislrirl schools in ils jtirisiliciinn I i fitli a chain of rural schools. J ;i 11 .1 ""I 'deficit of $21,000,000. October Expenditures Heavy For National Government?September Surplus Was $1,400,000. Washington. ?The government's finances took a downward twist during the last three days of October and tricked the experts who had bees predictnig a surplus for the month and hoping for an even break at the worst. Exclusive of the Panarha canal charges, the recipts for the month were $55,266,441 and the expenditures were $58,560,328, which left a deficit in ordinary operations ol $3,293,882. Add to that sum the month's cost of the work on the canal and $5,295,083 stands on the wrong side of the ledger. The close ui ocpicuiuei iidu oiiuwii a tuicu surplus of more than $1,400,000 and it was the first time in the present fiscal year that the government took in more than it paid out. While the operations of the month bring a total Treasury deficit for the fiscal year to more than $21,000,000?and the close of September saw it down to $15,000,000?the situation is not considered unusual. AUTOS IN POSTAL SERVICE. Plan to Serve Several Rural Routes With One Car. Washington.?Expedition of the mails by the extension of the use of automobiles in the postal service is being arranged by the Postofllce Department. Heavy automobile express wagons are being substituted for the old type .of horsedrawn wagons used in transporting the mails between the raiiway stations and postofllces and their various branches. The Postmaster "General has sierned contracts for four additional automobiles to be used in the mail collection service at Cleveland and for three at Indianapolis . The motorcycle is being extensively used in the collection of mails in suburban 'tovfris. One plan for the rural delivery service is the substitution of light automobiles for horse carts to cover several routes. ON CONDUCT OF JURIES. U. S. Supreme Court Disagrees With Many Judges. Washington?A man's constitutional rights are not necessaritly violated when a jury, which is trying him on a charge of murder, is allowed to separate and to read newspapers during the trial. U is so held by the supreme court of the .United States. The court also held similarly in regard to the re iusai 01 a judge to send a jury out of the court room during arguments on the admission of evidence . Furthermore the court laid down the rule that the act of requiring the accused to put on a coat, alleged to have been worn when the crime was committed did' not amount .0 "requiring the prisoner to testify against himself." These points were made in the decision of the court in refusing to interfere with the sentence of life imprisonment imposed "by the federal circuit court of western Washington upon James H. Holt on a charge of having murdered Henry E. Johnson in Fort Worden barracks, Washington. Two Years of Oratory. New Orleans.?Agreements have been signed by which-five of the leading universities in the South will contest for honors in debate during the next two years, according to announcement made by Julina Waterman, secretary of the oratorical council of Tulane University. The colleges which will take part are Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University pf North Carolina, University of Georgia and Tulane. Gold Bullion Transferred. New Orleans.?Following an order from the director of the mint that all gold bullion in the New Orleans mint should be shipped to the Philadelphia mint, more than ?1,200,000 in bullion has been transferred. Additional shipments of more than $2,000,000 will be required to complete the transfer. The action of the director apparently indicates that the reopening of the establishment is not contemplated for the present. / Railroad Casualty Record. Washington?"Killed 3.804; injured 82,374,"?this is the casualty record of the railroads in the United States during the year ended Jne 30th last, according to the interstate commerce commission. It is an increase of 1,013 in the number killed [ind 18,454 in the number injured ">ver the previous year's figures. There were 5.801 collisions, killng 433 people and injuring 7,765, ind damaging railroad property $4.529.279. In the 5.910 derailments 140 persons were killed Atlanta Courts Crooked. Atlanta, ? Recommendation that he justice court system of Atlanta ic anoiisnen ana a system 01 mum ipal couvls established instead was nade by (lie Fulton county grand jury. The jury's action was the esull of a crusade against the j ustice courts ami charges that they j iave been prolific petty injustice, "nfair trials, mu^li actions by ; aililVs am) I In* favoring of plain- j iir< in ord?T In fnster court busi- ; H'ss was among the jury's findings i iram.-l Hi'- presi-nf system. f SOUTH CAROLINA | Z > o4 & A WONDERFUL STORY. State's Increased Corn Production is> Two-Thirds of United States. South Carolina has produced 50,000,000 bushels of corn for 1901, according to an estimate issued by the department of agriculture, which places the corn crop for South Carolina for this year at 49,740,000 bushels. This estimate has been, furnished the United States depart-f m>#.it of agriculture. The most gratifying feature of the estimate is that the average reduction of corn to the acre in thi$ State has increased from 16.7 bushels to 21 bushels within a year. There was a marked increase in the acreage of corn, the greatfit in the history of the State. The exact statistics on the acreage have not been prepared. This tremendous crop of corn means that South C^roina farmers ) will be able to ship corn out of the State to other sections and that more than $6,000,00 spent on corn and corn products will be saved to r the people. As has been stated railroad men familiar with the movement of corn say that the shipments into this State from the West have fallen , off materially during the past year and that they expect to haul corn out of South Carolina next year. The corn crop last year for South Carolina was estimated at 37.000,000 bushels, which was an increase of 8,000,000 bushels over the year 1908. The entire* increase of corn production in the Southern States last year was 13,000,000 with 8.000*000 of that accredited to ; v this State. There were over 3,000 boys on the farms of this State to plant an acre of corn this year. Several hundreds of these boys have produced over 75 bushels of corn on one acre of land and have been awarded certificates of merit by the State superintendent of education and Gov. Ansel. More*than 100 of the boys have produced over 100 bushels on one acre, and there are several to produce over 150 bushels. These boys will be- the farmers of the future ahd the indications point to South Carolina becoming one of the r leading corn States in the United States. The champion boy corn grower of the world lives in South Carolina, and he has produced 228 bushels on one acre of land. The boy is 15 years' of age, and his name is not known. He lives in the Pee Dee section of the State and is a son of a minister. The marvelous yield was secured on the parsonage land. The records of the boy are in Washington and are being considered by the national department of agriculture, and his name will be announced from there within the next several days., The bdy has written a stOry of how he produced the great yield which will be published. He has developed a new plan of corn growing which may be helpful to all South Carolina farmers. The agitation for corn produc- : tion commenced in this State several years ago and there has^een, a steady increase. No longer isthe farmer of South Carolina cowtented with 20 bushels to the acre. The 100-bushel to the acre farmers in South Carolina are numerous. To stimulate the interest in corn pro duction over $35,000 in prizes will be given this year. The climax will be the South Atlantic Stales; corn exposition which is to be held in Columbia from December 5 to 8. Over $10,000 in prizes will be given at the exposition. i /' Summary. The city of Sumter is qiiite agitated over the doings of its newlychosen mayor who was elected on a platform demanding approxi- . male truthfulness in the swearing of taxes. To the surprise of almost everybody, the official named took his pledge seriously ant} as a result there is an unwonted fulness iri the region of the city treasury. At Greenville two 14-year-old boys Paul Bobo and .his twin brother, Carl, picked 813 pounds of cotton in one day. J. D. Dial resigned as chief clerk * / in the department of agriculture. Commissioner Watson promoted M.s J. Miller, who has been statistical . clerk; Miss Emma/C. Killian is promoted from stenographer; Miss Pearl O. Gaydon is appointed stenographer. More than half the stock for a new hotel at Greenville has-been raised in loss than lour days oi ac- tm tive work, and the balance of the I fund to tinance the building of a I $200,1)00 structure is now practically I assured. <9 John C. Goggans, Jr., professor in the department of technology at Qj Newberry College and former cap- 8| tain of the Clemson College foot- m ball team, was shot in the face ac-- jaB cidentally while hunting with a jfl brother professor in Newberry ra county. His injuries are serious. Sg Silver Street, one of the most ? progressive towns in Newberry 9 county, situated live miles west of H Newberry has been incorporated. A H bank will be established at that I mi'tti o nonilnr piai'f* iiiiiiii'uiuici*, mm t? of $15,000. n With reference to the speaker- nj ship of the next house of repres6n- M (atives, 01 in Sawyer, of George- H town, who has been a strong and H aggressive candidate for the office K of speaker of the house of repre- H senlalives, has concluded to with- H draw from the race. H Marion Wilcox. a 17-vear-old boy ? iil? Sparlaiihurg is in jail and is said na !o have mad'* a complele confession n In r< 1:1?i ii.'_' I lie jewelry slore nf Ar- H lliiir W. liilier ??! i?~jiX) worth of H I :\f h'i!id"i'd :'! 'vs of land \va [fl si iii n: :i:* Iti.ck '!:l! fur >$0.1 KM).