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?IBHIiWSS Mil IM ^ - Published Weekly A1BEVILL5, & C. Tbe spring girl 1b about ready to make her bow. Milliners say tbat the size of wom en's bats will be smaller this spring. But what about the bills? The war between the hobble sklrw and the high car step goes on in many cities with varying results. mw ^ ?aKaiiM T*AQ 117.A 1 tits weamer ilic&u ouuutu that anticipation Is nearly as bad as realization and let up on It The firecracker trust in China can be trusted to make the republic's in dependence a day a noisy holiday. An oculist tells us that alcobol hurts the eyesight, and yet we have known It to make men see double. Burglars in Gary, Ind., stole a house the otber night Next thing we know they will kidnap the village lockup. The woman who is dazzling east ern society by wearing diamonds on her slippers is certainly well heeled. Hens can be taught to talk, accord ing to a Washington scientist, but what we want Is less talk and more eggs. Fighting a duel with Max bullets is a noble sport, but why not use per-1 fume sprays and make 11. all tne rage In Paris? A New Jersey man h.is been sent to jail for stealing a loaf of bread, but think of all the advertising be is get ting out of it. Football rules nave been changed again, but up to date no 6tep has been taken to equip the rooters wltn Maxim silencers. A doctor tells us that anger gen erates sugar in the blood, and yet we have often met amiable men witn sweet dispositions. A Missouri court has granted a woman $2 for the loss of her hus fT,v> ? nrfth. Dana a anecuous. me uuouauu ably feels flattered. Every -wedding Is declared to be a culmination of a romance. It Is use less to try to change the pet phrases of the newspaper man. An: Austrian archduke la to visit New York during the coming summer. More trouble for those on the outer fringe of the Four Hundred. The Japanese ambassador tells us that the world Is at peace. Aside from the fact tbat there are a few wars in progress, he Is right. With the per capita money of the country down to $34.61, a good many people will have to be content with their last year's automobiles. A woman writer tells us that chew lug gum steadies the nerves, but it Is more than likely that she derives more money from chewing the rag. A family of six has lived for three months on $2 a week, says a Boston paper. It Is easier to guess what they didn't have to eat than what they did. One of the most cheerful aspects of the Chinese situation Is the regularity with which Wu Ting Fang lands a big Job with each change of administra tion. A Tale professor rises to remark that $12.61 a week is enough. We pre sume that all he gets over and above that amount is turned back into the Yale treasury. Wearing jewels In the heel Is said U'- to be gaining popularity, but only among high steppers. The race on higher education Is ex pensive. Yale is building this year a $700,000 stadium. All musical Instruments are de nn?n/>A/) aa 4rr?mnrnl hV ft Ww UVUUV^U MB minister. We would be pleased to have him tell us what harm a bass drum ever did. Another prophet comes to the front with the prediction that the world will end in the year 4237. We here by Indite a message of sympathy to the citizens of 4237. r * ' A New Jersey woman has been brought into court for carrying a re volver. It won't do to permit the women to take their leap year privi lege too seriously. A Pennsylvania Enoch Arden on his reappearance was promptly sent to Jail. This course followed, as a rule, might tend largely to decrease these poetic resurrections. A set of fanatical Russian women tried to crucify a man whom they had adopted as their "savior." As he call ed the police we take it that he was merely willing to live, noi die the part. The New York surrogate has re j r^t A An<? 1UBCU IU upocv tuc *T?U Ul A tiVU o^iu* ster who believed that her cat was a reasoning being and possessed a soul. An old established belief of that sort, dating back to the days of an cient Egypt, 1b surely entitled to some respect. A Kansas Judge says it Is a crime to marry on $9 a week, but the crime Is mitigated when the girl's father Is well to do. The testimony that tips are decreas ing, given in court by a waiter, should serve as an incentive to the public to cease the demoralizing practice of giving tips. A large proportion of the people who give them do so because | it is the fashion. If it is not so much the fashion as it was, the greater the encouragement to this class of tipper> to desist. APPALLING ERUPTION REPORTED NEAR BOCAS DEL TORO IN HONDURAS. WHOLE VILLAGES RUINED Captain Olsvik, Who Saw the Erup tion, Says Flames Shot High, Then Lava Followed. Mobile, Ala.?Thousands of persons have been killed and whole Indian vil lages swept a way by the eruption of Chriqui Peak, near Bocas del Toro, in Honduras, according to the story of Captain Olsvik of the United Fruit steamer. Fort Morgan, which arrived < here. 1 The eruption occurred on April 5, " about four o'clock in the morning. "At this hour," Baid Captain Olsvik, I "the eastern sky blazed forth and a I great rumbling was-heard. Looking in that direction, I saw great volumes of - fire shooting high, it seemed. The natives who had been loading the ship all night were terror-stricken. Some of the men fell on their knees and prayed. All work was suspended ' for several hours as the people watch ed the volcano. "I learned before leaving that the third of a row of mountain peaks, situ ated about a mile from us1, had burst into flame or had turned into a vol- 1 cano. i "The base of the mountain and its slopes are inhabited by a number of Indian villages. It is supposed that these have been totally destroyed by the lava. "Soon after the volcano was seen the Fort Morgan, was caught by a great current and tore at her moor ings. When we got out into the open sea great rocks and shoals were stick ing out of the water in places where before we had navigated the vessel. Small islands could be seen all around the shore. "I can't say bow high the flames burst from the mountain, but it seem ed like three or four miles. I never saw such a sight in my life." TRADE CONGRESS ENDS Senator Fletcher of Florida Chosen to Head Southern Commercial Congress. Nashville, Tenn.?The Southern Commercial -Congress elected its offi cers, as follows: President, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida. HEADS COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER. Unltod States 8enator from Florida. First vice president, David R. Fran cis of St. Louis. Second vice president, Thomas S. Southgate, Norfolk, Va. Resident director, Wiliam H. Saun ders, Washington. Managing director, S. Grosvenor Dawe, Washington. Secretary-treasurer, Clarence J. Owens, Riverdale, Md. In adidtion to resolutions hereto fn?> arinnteri the waterways confer ence adopted one approving the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress' advocacy of an annual appropriation of $50,000,000 for waterway improve ment. New York Backs President Taft. Rochester, N. Y.?After nearly three hours of speechmaking the Re publican state convention adopted 'a platform urging , New York's delega tion to the Chicago national conven tion to favor the renomination Jof President Taft, elected four delegates at large and alternates to that con vention and adjourned sine die. The one protest against the platform was made by William A. Prendergast, city comptroller of New York, who favors the nomination of Theodore Roose velt. Maine for Roosevelt; Vermont Split. Bangor, Maine.?The candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt will be supported by Maine's twelve delegates to the Re publican national convention. Ten ' were chosen at the state convention, 1 and at three of the district conven- 1 tions. The other two were elected a ' week ago in the first district. Montpelier, Vt.?Of the eight Ver- 1 mont delegates to the Republican con vention at Chicago, two district dele- 1 gates will go instructed for Taft and ! two for Roosevelt. The four dele gates at-large are unpledged. Alabama Will Appeal Rates Case. Montgomery, Ala.?The state of Al 3. Dei III cl Will iuc iau?uau i aico case of the Louisville and Nashville, South and North Alabama, and Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis rail roads to the United States Supreme court. This will be done with the hope that a reversal of the decree in dorsed by Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United States court, which granted an ^injunction against the en forcement of the 2 1-2-cent passenger and 1.10 commodity freight rates, may be obtained Mr. Blgelow Is president of tho Ohio constitutional convention. Ho is clergyman by profession. ME PROBLEHS DISCUSSED THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS IS IN SESSION AT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. Minister Egan One of the Speakers. Harvey Jordan Speaks on Cotton Handling. Nashville, Tenn.?Maurice Francis igan, United States minister to Den nark; Senator Francis G. Newlands )? Nevada; J. O. Wright, chief drain ige engineer for Florida, and Herbert tfyrick of Springfield, Mass., were the speakers at a general meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress. Launching the conference on cotton landling and nnancmg, narvie jui lan of Atlanta declared the bad man ler in which American cotton was landled a national and international lisgrace, estimating that one hun Ired million dollars was lost to grow ;rs by antiquated methods?the cred t system with annual interest charges Ifty to one hundred per cent, un nerchantable bales, freight rates 300 >er cent, higher than on other staple >roducts and poor warehouse facili* lea. rELEPHONE CANNOT TRANSMIT DISEASE >cientlsts Prove Telephones Do Not Spread Disease. It is reassuring to learn on what ippears to be excellent authority that he danger of acquiring tuberculosis hrough the use of telephones is (radically inconsiderable. Some ime ago an inquiry into the condi ion of public telephones in thiscoun ry produced only negative results. A urther inquiry of a more elaborate [ind has since been made in England md the conclusions are equally en :curaging. The experiments were danned by Doctor Spitta, bacteriolo ;ist to the king, at the inetance of - * ne postmaster geuerm. ruot uc licked various telephones which had >een In use for various periods, and laving prepared washings from the Douthpieces inoculated a number of guinea pigs to determine the pres ,'nce of tubercle bacilli. The results vere in every case negative. The elephones in this series of experi nents were chosen at random from ailway stations, meat markets, post ifflces and other public places. But )octor Spitta was not fully satisfied md advised the postmaster general o allow him to undertake further ex teriments with telephones used xx ilusively by consumptive patients. Accordingly telephones were fitted In he wards of a Eanatorium and used >y patients in various stages of pul nonary tuberculosis. They were nei her sterilized nor even wiped while n use and at various Intervals the nouthpieces were removed and hand id over to Doctor Spitta for investi ;ation. The experiments were car led on during the year 1911 and final eport has now been published show ng that the results were umrormiy legative. Doctor Spitta's conclusion s "that the transmission of tubercu 08is through the medium of the tel sphone mouthpiece is practically im lossible."? New York Evening Sun, Harch 27, 1912. Murdered Girl and Killed Self. Statesville, N. C.?J. Columbus Schoemaker shot and killed a 15-year >ld sweetheart and then blew out his )wn brains, "his victim being Miss leanette Templeton, both residents of redell county. Schoemaker fled after he murder of the girl and the search ng party soon found his body a short listance away. He had removed his ;oat and placed the muzzle of the ;un used .n murdering Miss Temple :on to his forehead and pulled the irigger. H1b attentions had been re pelled by the young woman. Caterpillars Killing Crops. Washington.?Tn the midst of the tiubbub over saccharin and the Ever glades, Secretary Wilson of the de ?ncrimilture has eiven out [;ai lui^ub v? -o- ? w _ a statement to the effect that he is greatly worried over the peanut crop. Caterpillars, according to the "father of the cabinet," are doing $3,000,000 a year damage to a $15,000,000 peanut crop, and it is high time the ravages af this worm cease. The blight is killing the chestnuts, black walnuts are almost extinct and hickory nuts are growing scarcer. $20,000,000 a Year for Good Roads. Washington.?Senator Robert L. Oken of Oklahoma addressed the sen ate advocating Senator Swanson's bill to appropriate $20,000,000 annually for five years to aid the states and local committees in the improvement of public roads. The bill provides for the construction, maintenance and im Drovement of post roads and rural de livery routes through the co-operation and joint action ol the national gov ernment and the several states in which such roads may be esablished ILLINOIS SELECTS itc pwuniniiTce iiJ unnuiuniLu ROOSEVELT AND CLARK ARE RE TURNED WINNERS IN ILLINOIS , PRIMARY ELECTION. DINEEN IS RENOMINATED J. Hamilton Lewis Nominated by the Democrats for the United States Senate. Chicago.?Winners in the Illinois preferential, advisory and direct pri mary elections are as follows. For president, Champ Clerk, Demo crat; Theodore Roosevelt, Republi can. ^ For United States senator, L. Y. Sherman, Republican; J. H. Lewis, Democrat (uncontested). For governor, Charles ? S. Deneen, Republican; Edward F. Dunne, Dem ocrat. Colonel Roosevelt's state managers claimed his majority over President Taft was from 100,000 to 150,000. Re turns indicate his vote was nearly five to two of that for Taft. Presidential delegates were not named on the ballots, and will be elected by congressional districts and at large, the effect of the vote being only to serve as a guide to party of ficials as indicating party feeling. Sherman's lead over Cullom for the advisory vote for United States sena tor was small, and complete returns from out in the state might overthrow Governor Deneen's chief fight was against Sub-Treasurer Len Small, re ferred to in the campaign as a candi date of Senator Lorimer. Governor Deneen won from Small about 5 to 3 in the state. Deneen's Indicated ma jority in Cook county was 28,000. Chicago voted 2 to 1 against wom an's suffrage in the preferential pri mary. The question was not on bal lots outside of this city. Roosevelt carried the home ward of Congressman William B. /McKinley, Taft's campaign manager, in Cham paign; he was successful in the Sev enteenth congressional district, where Col. Frank L. Smith, the Taft state manager, lives, and in Former Speak er Joseph G. Cannon's home city of Danville Roosevelt polled 1,844 to result. Taft's 1,227. Senator LaFoltette polled a small vote. In Cook county, where It ap peared heaviest, the Winconsln sen ator had an apparent vote of 14,440, where Roosevelt's apparent vote was 86,144 and that of Taft 52,064. While Colonel Roosevelt's lead In Cook county waa on a basis of ap proximately 8 to 6 over Taft, returns from out In the state indicate he ran stronger there, in places as high as 5 to 1, bringing the estimated aver age to 3 to 2. Champ Clark'3 candidacy met Just the opposite results. In Chicago his apparent majority, based on more than three-fourths of the total num ber of precincts, was above 90,000 or on a proportion of about 4 to 1 over Txmonn Tn thp state nrecincts his lead was in a proportion of about 8 to 5, making the general proportion about 2 to 1. MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BREAKS Goiden Lake Embankment North of Memphis Gives Away. Memphis.?The yellow torrent of the Mississippi river, ruBhing south ward, tore another great gash in the dfrkes guarding the fertile acres ^of the valley. The crevasse occurred sixty miles north of Memphis, in the embankment that held the stream ofT the central part of St. Francis levee terirtory in Arkansas. This new breach that had seemed imminent for a veek or more simply adds to the great flood reach in north east Arkansas. Already part of- the had been inundated because of a break fifty miles below the Gold ' en Lake crevasse. In the fastnesses of the northeast Arkansas country are settlements that the outside world rarely ever hears of. Occasionaly lumber "cruis ers" or surveying parties penetrating the dense thickets northwest of Mem phis would stumble onto small cattle ranches or into a village hidden in the wilderness. In such places naught of the coming flood was known. Congressmen Called Crooks. New York.?Henry W. A. Pake, a well-to-do commission merchant and importer of linens and cottons, was arrested here on a Federal warrant from the District of Columbia, charg ing hi mwith libelling Representative Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chair man of the house committee on judi ciary, and other members of congress. In the indictment, which contains three counts. Page Is charged with having circulated alleged libellouq | matter in a pamphlet. Taft Condemns Lynching. Washington.?President Taft con demned lynching in vigorous terms in an address before the alumni of Howard university ,the largest negro institution of higher learning in this country. In defending law and order as again mob ruie Mr. Taft said, with emphasis: "The man that pulls the rope should hang by the rope." Pres ident Taft later attended a dinner given by the New Jersey congres sional delegation in compliment to Mr. Justice Pitney of New Jersey. Wickersham Will Quit Cabinet. Washington. ? Attorney General Wickersham will not serve in the cabinet after March 4 next, if Presi I dent Taft is reelected. This state ment was made upon unquestioned authority. Accompanying the an : nouncement was the declaration that Mr. Wickersham entered the cabinet with the distinct understanding that he would not serve more than four i years and had made his professional srrangements accordingly. It was i also stated that he was in thorough . accord with the r.nti-trust policy. Mile* Polndpxter, senator from the state of Washington, la responsible In a large measure for the Investigation that Is to be conducted into the textile industry. 8enator Polndexter made a personal Investigation of conditions at Lawrence, Mass^ and then set about the agitation for a congressional In vestigation. PACIFIC COAST LABOR WAR * INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD MAKE TROUBLE IN WESTERN CITIES. Union Men in Pacific Coa3t Cities Demand the Recognition of Their Organization. San Francisco.?With the events of the last week, the struggle between the employers of the Pacific coast and the Industrial ..Workers of the World has narrowed down to two is sues. A manifesto Issued by the San Die go Free Speech League is making the fight to spread the open shop propa ganda. The question of higher wages and shorter hours has been eliminated ?at least, temporarily, In the North west?by the stand of the strikers on the sole issue of recognition of the industrial workers* organization. San Diego has been beset by the free speech agitators since1 January 1, and the announcement was made that an army numbering 10,000 industrial workers would mobilize at San Fran cisco, Sacramento and Stockton and march to the Southern city. The struggle In the Northwest cen ters around six thousand striking rail road laborers In British Columbia, and 14,000 sawmill workers In Southwest ern Washington. The first strike of the Industrial Workers of the World in British Columbia was called late in March, when the laborers on construc tion work on the Canadian Northern railroad quit. SANDERS NAMED SENATOR Republican Appointed to Succed Sena tor Taylor of Tennessee. Nasnvuie, ieuu.?uu VC1UU1 HUUpvi announced the appointment of Newell Sanders of Chattanooga as United States senator to succeed the late Senator Robert L. Taylor. Mr. San ders is state chairman of the Repub lican party and a prominent manu facturer of Chattanooga. Newell Sanders, who was named by Governor Hooper to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Robert L. Taylor, will be the third Republican who has served the state of Tennes see in the United StateB senate. The first was Joseph S. Tyler, Union-Re publican, who was in the senate from 1865 to 1871. The other was William G. Brownlow, who was senator from 1869 to 1875. Mr. Sanders is a native of Indiana and a graduate of the University of Indiana, but has lived in Chattanooga since 1878. He is a prominent manu facturer and capitalist and has been chairman of the Republican state ex ecutive committee of Tennessee for many years. Woodrow Wilson's Letters Stolen. Chicago.?Thieves, apparently with political affiliations, broke into the rooms of Gov. Woodrow Wilson and stole a suit case full of private cor respondence and papers belonging to Governor Wilson. Governor Wilson made the following statement regard ing the robbery: "The robbery will greatly inconvenience me. But who- 1 ever obtaine dthe papers and corre spondence will be greatly disappoint ed, as there is nothing but what may be published without doing me harm." Louisville, Ky., Scourged by Meningitis Louisville, Ky.?In a final effort to eradicate cerebro spinal meningitis, ' the city health department has or- 1 dered the public schools to remain closed. The department reports that 1 the situation has improved in a mark- > ed degree since ^arm weather came, 1 and the closing of the schools are - --nooa nt nreventinir Dossi lor me pui^uov -- ? . ble spread of the disease, while they concentrate their efforts to eradicate it. More than fifty deaths from the disease have occurred in Louisville in the last two months. Anonymous Note Causes Suicide. i Albany, Ga.?J. W. Walters, Jr., so licitor of the city court of Albany and one of the most brilliant and popular young attorneys in this section of the , state, shot and killed himself. In a moment of mental aberration due to , despondency which had been growing upon him for several days, took his own life. It is the generally accepted theory of Solicitor Walters* friends I that brooding over an anonymous po litical circular which was mailed in Albany was responsible for his death I \ ME IGNORED SENATE'S CHOICE THE GOVERNOR HAS NAMED THE NEW BOARD FOR BEAUFORT . COUNTY. ? DELEGATION IS DISREGARDED The Supreme Court of South Carolina It to Decide on the Question of Ap pointment of County Commissioner*. ?An Interesting Case. Columbia.?Disregarding the recom mendation by the Beaufort county delegation and the confirmation of the senate, the governor appointed town ship commissioners for Beaufort coun ty. Only one member appointed by the board was recommended by the Beaufort delegation. * 1 ' ? -iA4< i _ M iv. ac me laii seuBiou ui me geucnu assembly Senator Christensen recom mended the members ot the board to the governor for appointment. The recommendation was ignored by the governor and a. new board appointed. At the last session of the legisla ture Senator Christensen succeeded in passing a bill. providing for the ap pointmehts by the delegations and de claring null and void the board ap pointed by the governor. The mat ter will be carried to the supreme court for a decision. The following board was confirmed by the senate at the last session: J. A. Kingshorn of Beaufort township; E. W. Fripp, Ransom Ward and G. W. WilkJns of St. Helena township; F. E. Wilder of Hilton Head town ship; I. Keyserling and P. H. Read of Shelton township; J. W. Simmons of BufTtown township and H. D. Crosby and W. J. Cooler of Yemassee township. The following list of appointments was sent to the secretary of state by the governor: Beaufort township?W. R. Eve, W. H. Stalworth and S. J. Alexander. St. Helena township?Wm. Keyser ling, T. R. Kittles and J. E. Mason. Hilton Head township?F, E. Wil der, H. R. Padgett and W. F. Win ders.. 4 Sheldon Township?C. E. Boineau, C. M. Read and Ben Josseison, Yemasee?R. A. Coburn, S. S. Kel ler and Charles A. Walker. Blufftown township?C. A. Verdier, W .W. Hudson and J. A. Cooler. Is Assured of The Right of Way. The South Carolina Western Road seems to be pretty well assured of the necessary rights of way for the line from Florence to Allison. At first there were some of the property own ers who said that they could see no advantage to themselves from the road passing through their lines and they were disposed to charge for the right Df way, but others gave it readily and the people of Claussens offered a guarantee of right of way for five miles on each side of that community and then, though the others who at first held out for the rights for the line further down offered to give it, the offer was considered as rather too late, but It all depended on the reBt of the line. Has Appointed Representatives. Arthur L. Gaston, division com mander of the United Sons of Con federate Veterans, of South Carolina, iias appointed the representatives from this state to the reunion to be held In Macon, May 6 to 10. The follow ing appointments have been announc ed: Miss itebecca Aiken, of Green wood, sponsor; Miss Nell Elliott, of Winnsboro, maid of honor; Mrs. A. Wylie Moore, of Chester, matron of honor; Mrs. A. L. Gaston, of Cheater, shaperon. Record Breaking Crop For Anderson. It is understtod at Anderson that the ginners' report on the 1911 crop for Anderson county will show be tween 83,000 and 84,000 bales. If this be so, and the information seems to r%.ithATitl/i flio r>rnn in a record UC OUlUCUklV) tu? V* VJI# _ breaker for ' Anderson county, ex ceeding any previous crop by more than 15,000 bales. Died From Injuries Received. F. E. Cox died from injuries receiv ed in the freight yard at Pickens a few days ago. While standing on the ground between two cars, supervising the unloading of ^freight some shift ing cars struck one of the cars and he was pinned by the gang plank against the other, which nearly sever ed his body. He was injured intern ally and his pain was intense. He was not able to lie down after the accident. Mr. Cox has held the posi tion of depot agent here for several years. To Meet For Rifle Range Practice. Seven men from each of the thirty six companies composing the National Guard of South Carolina will be in Charleston for a period of about ten days, commencing May 20, for practice at the Rifle Range, according to or ders now being printed for distribu tion, under instruction of Adjt. and Inspector General W. W. Moore. Sev eral trophies are to be offered for the teams and individuals making the best records in rifle work, and every ,ro??mont will h? afforded to OUUUU1 abciJJtui, ?? *.. bring South Carolina's practice up. Corn Club Boys Will Be Interested. Members of the Greenville County Boys' Corn club will be deeply inter ested In an important announcement concerning the prize winners' scbool. which is to be established in connec tion with the Fifth National Com exposition, to be held in Columbia, January 27 to February 8, 1913. Sec retary Johnstone of the board of trade is In receipt of an announcement con cerning the prize winners' school, which is sent him through 0. B. Mar tin, assistant in boys* demonstration work. SOUTHERN TRAIN WfffiCKED North Bound Passenger Train Comes to Grief Near Gaffney?No One Hurt in Accident Gaffney.?Northbound train No. 12 of the Southern Railway Jumped the track about two miles south of Gaff ney several days ago. No one was Injured and aside from tearing up the track no damage was done. The train was running about 10 minutes late and was making a little over the schedule time at the time of the wreck. The accident occurred on a curve and the train ran for a distance of 400 yards before it was brought to a stop, cross ties and bolts being fitit and damaged. Emrine?r Rlack was driving the engine and Conduc tor Cannon was In charge of the train. The engineer states that he was making only about 30 miles an hour and that the accident most hare been caused by an obstruction on the track. Superintendent Hungerford and spe cial agents of the railroad are now on the scene examining into the cause of the wreck. All traffic was tied up for a few hours, the New York and New Orleans limited northbound being the first train to pass through. Feedstuff* Are Below The Grade. The commercial feed stuffs Inspec tors are finding numerous shipments of corn throughout the state that are decidedly off grade and a large per^ centage of this corn is entirely unfit for feeding animals of any kind ac cording to Commissioner Watson. He said that he was urging all merchants and conusmers in the state to refuse to accept any off grade and to notify the state department oI agriculture promptly and an inspector would be immediately dispatched to make in* spection and draw a sample. A major ity of the corn that is being shipped , into the Btate is shipped sight draft bill of lading attached, and the oon- .i signee once having paid the draft and accepted the shipment must necessar ily be the loser if the corn does not come up to the requirements of the commercial feed stuff act of this state. All ^-buyers are urged to have all doubtful- appearing shipments exam- ^ ined by one of the inspectors before delivery is made. The District Conference of U. 0. C. The district conference of the Ridge division, U. D. C., held its ses sion at Johnston with the Mary Ann Brlce chapter, the following 19 chap ters being in tne division: mawara Croft chapter, Aiken; Batesburg chap ter, Batesburg; Beech Island chapter. Beech Island; Michael Brlce chapter, Blackstock; John S. Kennedy chapter- : Camden; Chester chapter, Chester; Wade Hampton chapter, Columbia; M. C. Butler chapter, Columbia; Edge field chapter, Edgefield; Florence Thornwell chapter, Port Mill; Lancaa- J ter chapter, Lancaster; S. D. Barron chapter, Old Point; Winthrop College chapter, Rock 'H1U; Ann White chap ter, Hock Hill; Ridge Spring chapter, Ridge Spring; Lucinda Horn chapter, Saluda; John Bratton chapter, Winns boro; Winnie Davis chapter, York ville. Places of Instruction Camps. An order haa been received at the adjutant general's office from general \eadquarters at Governor's Islandt N. Y? announcing the dates and places of instruction camps for the infantry this year. The instruction camps have been held for a number of years, but this year will first see the camps systematized and made general. There are to be camps in practically all of the states in the outb. Capt. George McMaster of Columbia will be among the instructing officers. The camp for the instruction of the South Carolina militia will be at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, May 18 to 18. The Governor Makes Appointments. The governor has appointed J. W. M. Glover as magistrate for North Augusta, in Aiken county to succeed T. L. Hahn, who waB recently sus pended by the governor. Mr. Hahn refused to resign the position and fol lowing his dismissal announced that he would offer for the place in the primary election next summer. The governor has appointed W. F. Beard of Langley as a member of the board of registration for Aiken. Killed While at Target Practice. Cadet Louis Geddlngs Dotterer, a member of the freshman class at the Citadel and eldest son of Dr. Louis P. Dotterer of Charleston was snot in the head while at target practice on the Rifle Range, where the Citadel corps is now encamped, and died in a few minutes afterwards as a result of his wound. Cadet Dotterer with a squad of officers and cadets was in the pit just benoath the target when he met his death. The bullet that brought his life to an end came from one of the rifles discharged in a volley. Fairfield County Good Roads. Under the guidance of the county board of commissioners who are men holding office gratis and not even re ceiving mileage, Fairfield county is today building the best roads that the ? o people nave ever wujujrcu. iivu* uiV Chester county line to the Richland county line the chaingang Is building j a highway almost the equal of any f road in the state, and when this is completed the board expects to place the gang on another road leading northwest from the town and work it in the same manner. To Hold State Convsntion May 15. The executive committee of the Democratic party meeting at the state house issued a call for the state con vention to be held In Columbia on May 15 at noon. The county conven tions were called for May 6 and the club meetings for April 27. Gen. Wilie Jon jB for 14 years state chairman, an nounced his retirement from the posi tion. Jasper county was received Into the Democratic fold when R. M. Jeff eries, member of the committee from the new county was seated.