Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ffi BMUiWg II If Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 6. C. There 1b no fresher or better topic than basebalL The baseball knocker Is simply a reactionary In the field of sporL Thank goodness, the circus never threatened us with a farewell tour. The wireless is fast being consid ered the greatest Invention of the age. Kit o + atfeHna CTTflfc tllfi flrSt i' VI WUOU W/ Bvuwwvtvw, ? fly. and kill 9,327,648.595.671 other flies. One person who need not be told that the baseball team Is In town Is the of fice boy. The bleachers are never willing to admit that a hostile umpire was born free and equal. If any person thinks that free speech Is restricted in this country let him go to a baseball game. Also, It Is well not to forget that there Is a certain amount of healthy exercise in swatting the fly. The best barefoot dance of them all Is the one the youngster does on the brink of the swimmln' hole. A London court Is trying to decide what is a "sardine." Even the small | usn get uieir aay in cum u It appears to be absolutely useless to dispute with a locomotive for the right of way at a grade crossing. There Is reason to suspect that the expressive slang phrase, "Never again!" originated on moving day. Despite the war of extermination on the mosquito ana 117 iasi year, mo v,-*u sade will begin as usual this year. A Chicago reformer advocates the employment of policewomen In plain clothes. No use?they wouldn't wear Every woman knows that she can be her own beauty doctor, but prefers the work of a more experienced mas seur. ?; A Chicago pastor refuses to marry couples who are not physically sound, but we presume he winks at lovesick ness. King George's doctor says that Chi cago Is a pretty place. Anyway, most of the campaign portraits have come down. Japanese children. It Is said, are' taught to write with both hands. It takes a halfnelson to master that lan guage. The price of gasoline has gone up as well as the price of hay. This la where the auto has nothing on the horse. Amateur gardeners should be, in formed that it is not necessary to plant string beans to the musio of mandolins. According to a fashion authority, styles in women's hats this year are ^ "mAva oonclhln M flnlficr tn ruitia IV l/V UlUiV OVUU?M4W1 i garden truck on them? Certain dreamers talk about the mil lennium, but It will only come when baseball fans take the word of the umpire without a murmur. China now has a native aviator of Its own. Very likely China before long will go to. talking about the back ward civilization of the Occident A food expert advises us to eat less wheat and more rice, but we have a vague suspicion that he is doing press agent work for a cfcop suey factory. We see by the papers that two Los Angeles girls rescued two young men from the angry deep. This being leap year, there can be no doubt about the lequel. A Pennsylvania woman, charged with having ten husbands, has been sentenced to a year in jail. If the jury had been made up of spinsters nothing short of capital punishment would have sufficed. A Boston professor is quoted as say ing that 1,000 westerners could re store rural New England to Its former prestige. M-m-m. Well, It took near- ; ly that number of New Englanders to j make a prestige for the we&L That story of a workman who fell | 21 stories in New York and caught a rope several times on his way down ! and remarked on reaching the ground that he felt a little dizzy, certainly j gives the reader a dizzy feeling. ReriSember the cake walk? Perhaps : the day will come when we can ask i the same question about rag time. A lady named Yik Yug Ying is re- j ported to be at the head of the woman suffrage movement in China. Nobody j can accuse her of not being a Y'b woman. A five-story pickle factory in Chi cago was destroyed by fire the other day. But, then, one could hardly expect a pickle factory to be pre served. New York is threatened with a dressmakers' strike. New York la constantly facing some d~eadful periL A statistician tells us that there are 280,000,000 chickens in the world, but it is evident that he does not count the mysterious substance known as potted chicken. A doctor in Paris announces that he has Invented a sewing machine to be used in surgical operations. Next thing we know there will be a machln* to collect doctor bills. EVANS FOUND NOT GUILTY BT JURY THE VERDICT WAS REACHED IN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THEY RETIRED. NO EVIDENCE BY DEFENSE The State Relied on the Letters and Checks to Establish the Charge of Accepting Rebates From the Liquor Drummer. Columbia.?H. H. Evans of New berry, a former member of the board of directors of the state dispensary, was found not guilty in the court of general sessions of Richland county on the charge of accepting rebates and conspiracy to receive rebates. The defense offered no testimony. The jury reached a verdict on the first bal lot The specific charge contained in the Indictment against Evans was that on December 10, 1900, while a member of the board of directors of the state ^ionAnoorv Vi a o rnKofo r\ f $50 while in Columbia from M. A. Goodman, a drummer for a liquor firm. The evidence submitted by the state was almost entirely of a docu mentary nature, consisting of three checks drawn in Evans' favor by Goodman, three leftters alleged to have been written to Goodman by Evans and parts of the minutes of several meetings of the state dispen sary board of directors in 1900 and 1902 relating to purchases of liquor from the firm of Strauss Pritz & Co., which Goodman represented. The checks and letters were furnished the state by T. B. Felder of Atlanta. The checks were all drawn on the National Bank of Savannah, Oa. Their dates and the amounts were as follows: December 10, 1900, $250; April 11, 1902, $200; and September 6, 1902, $300. Each one of them was made out to H. H. Evans and signed by M. A. Goodman. S. T. Car ter testified that the indorsements on the checks were in the handwriting of H. H. Evans with which he had become familiar in his position of chief clerk in the state treasurer's office. Domestic Trouble Cause of Shooting. Curtis W. Spence, an employe of bciwi iciawttj' v^juipttu^ at mc substation on Assembly street, Co lumbia, pumped five bullets into Rob ert L. O'Pry, an insurance collector, and then told the officers "who arrived later that he did the shooting. The whole affair was over in a few sec onds and those who heard the shots gathered to look at the dead body of O'Pry after Spence had been takeD to the police station by the officers who sent in the call and those on duty at the station who heard the shots, just one block away. Domestic trou bles are said to be the cause of the shooting. Charleston county i rucK farmers. The Charleston truck farmers are going to clear up some big money on their crops this season from present indications. They are already shfp ping potatoes which are bringing fine money, although the crop is small. A number of the farmers lost parts of their crop by rain but those farmers who -were not so afflicted, are now picking up big money. They are also cleaning up money on beans and cu cumbers. Money has been made also on cabbages which was another short crop. Hail Storm Does Much Damage. Reports received In Newberry are to the effect that considerable damage was done by a severe wind storm, ac companied by an exceedingly hard rain nnrl cnmo hail which swent ovfir th? county several days ago. The wind and rain were especially heavy in the Jalapa neighborhood; dwellings and outbuildings were damaged and big trees uprooted. The residents of that community say the rain was one of the heaviest within their recollection. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the C. D. Franke and com pany. inc., of Charleston, with a capi tal stock of $250,000 to do a general wagon, buggy and motor car business. The officers are Emil H. Jahnz, presi dent; Julius H. Jahnz, vice president and manager; and Herman D. Lubs, secretary and treasurer. A charter has been issued to the W. T. Harper Lum ber company of Darlington with a cap ?a 1. -M ap /\ s\ r\ mi m _ _ uai slock 01 $o,uuu. i ue omcers hi? J. P. Henley, W. E. Harper, and W. T. Harper. Sub Committee to Meet Eearly In June. The sub-committee of the state Democratic executive committee 'will meet early in June to arrange the itinerary for the county to county campaign. This announcement was made by W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, who was among the visitors in Co lumbia. Mr. Stevenson is a member r*f f Vi rnmmlttoo f v> o nthor ctnto chairman and R. I. Manning of Sum ter. The 44-county seats in the state will be visited by candidates for the various offices. South Carolina Postmasters. The following postmasters were ap pointed for South Carolina by Presi dent Taft, subject to confirmation by the Senate: A. W. Knight, Bamberg; W. J. Adams, Dillon; Alonzo T. Folger, Easley. Fourth class postmasters, not requiring confirmation, were to-day ap pointed by Postmaster General Hitch cock in South Carolina, as follows: Quintus O. Frosser, at Hannah, Flor ence County, succeeding B. Prosser, resigned; William D. Cease, at Hat tieville, Barnwell County, succeeding j F. Dunbar, resigned. UNDERTAKERS' CONVENTION The Election of Officers?Able Address Delivered By Dr. J. A. Hayne.? New Members Elected. Columbia.?The 14th annual session of the South Carolina Funeral Direc tors' and Embalmers' Association met in city council chamber. In the ab sence of R. Y. Leavell, president, the meeting was called to order by W. M. Waters of Florence. The invocation was delivered by Rev. C. A. Freed, after which the address of welcome to Columbia was made by Mayor Gibbes. The response was made by James F. Mackey of Greenville, the secretary of the association. The reg ular routine of business was then en tered into. Applications for 11 un dertakers of the state for member ship was received and acted upon. The following are the new members: J. J. Keller of Rock Hill, E. A. Counts of Prosperity, R. A. Austin of Cross Hill, George H. Hurst of Sumter, nviorJoa Markftv of Greenville. Hank Rogers of Spartanburg, Charles IS. Taylor of Lexington, W. A. Harris of Abbeville, E. L. Oulla of Florence and J. O. Matthews of Ninety-Six. These men are all engaged in the undertaking business, either as pro prietors or assistants. In addition tc these there were about 40 members of the association present. After the routine business the asso ciation adjourned to the morgue ol J. F. McCormick, where a practical demonstration in embalming was given. The attendance this year was the largest In the history of the assocla tion. President Grants Two Pardons. President Taft pardoned Austin Mc Kinney, convicted in tne district coun at Greenville, of selling liquor at re tail without a special tax, and sen tenced to three months in the count} jail, beginning April ]9, 1901. Wher McKinney was first placed on tria' the jury disagreed and he left the jurisdiction of the court under the im pression he had been acquitted. Th< case was tried again during his ab sence and after eleven years he learn ed a bench warrant had been issuec for him. He then voluntarily returnee and surrendered. Owing to his gooc behavior during the past ten yean the president pardoned him. H. T Kelly, of Greenville, who pleaded guil ty of illicit distilling and was sen tenced to two months ,in jail, had hii sentenced reduced by the President t( twenty-four hours in jail. Thomas Gray Charged With Murder. A policeman from Aiken went tc Edgefield and placed Thomas Gary un der arrest, charged with murder. Th< officer took Gray to Aiken Jail. Graj Is charged with murder of Mrs. Car) Sharpton at Vauclue in Aiken county The accused went to Augusta and re turned to Vauclue, accompanied bj Abner Sharpton. While at Sharpton's home his stepmother came home from the cotton mill complaining oi being ill. Gray is said to have giveE Sharpton a dose of medicine from s bottle he produced from his pocket. This, given to Mrs. Sharpton, is said in hora hnor fnllnwoi^ hv nnnthpr and then a third dose, when she seemec to be no better. The woman died without speaking shortly after. Dismissed Appeal of Joe Malloy. The Supreme Court In an opinion by Chief Justice Gary, dismissed the appeal of the State appellant, againsl Joe Malloy, defendant, the state hav ing appealed from the quashing of the indictment. The case came up from Marlboro county. Joe Malloy, when he was placed on trial for the killing of Guy Rogers and Prentiss Moore moved, through his attorneys, tc quash the indictment, on the grounds that one of the Jury commissioners, N. B. Rogers, was the father of Guy Rogers, whom Malloy was accused ol having murdered. The action of the grand jurors which found the indict ment against Malloy was challenged by defendant's counsel on this ground, and Judge Wilson granted the motion, and quashed the indictment, although it was admitted by the de fendant that he had no ground on which to base a charge of wrongdo ing on the part of the jury commis sioners. Case of Jones Again Before Court. The appeal of John J. Jones, the Branchville attorney, who is under a sentence of 10 years and 30 days on the charge of killing Abe Pearlstine was argued for the second time be fore the supreme court. The court recently gave a decision affirming the verdict of the Orangeburg county court and the second appeal was from an oHer by a circuit judge refusing a new trial upon the grounds of after discovered evidence. John J. Jones h^s been confined in the penitentiary for more than a year. Hookworm in Florence County. Dr. Howell, who has charge of the war on the hookworm In Florence county, says that he has had 3,100 ap plications for treatment since he came to Florence, but that the In fection here is not so great as it was in other counties. He has been grati fied by the response of the people in the matter, and is sure that he has been able to do a great deal for a great many children who were suffering from this ailment. Dr. Howell would be glad to say that he had effectually stamped out the hookworm. State Firemen's Association. The outlook Is that the coming con vention of the South Carolina Fire men's Association will be the most largely attended gathering in the his tory of the organization. The Rock Hill committees are arranging to give all who come the time of their lives an dnot effort will be spared. That there will be a larger number or en tries in the various contests is shown by the fact that the applications have already been received. A number of the teams are practicing daily and will come prepared to make fast time. SITE FOR COLLEGE THE SOUTH CAROLINA LUTHER AN SYNOD MAKES DECISION AS TO LOCATION. SOME OPPOSITION IS SHOWN Several of the Speakers on the Ques tion Opposed the Location and the Vote Was 29 to 20.?The Election of the Trustees. juexington.?uy a vote 01 m 10 the South Carolina Lutheran Synod in extra session at Summerland ac cepted the Batesburg-Leesville offer of the Summerland property and 40 acres of land for the establishment of a Lutheran college for women, thus settling the proposition which has been the agitation of Lutherans throughout the Btate for the past year. The proposition was strongly op posed by Dr. George B. Cromer of Newberry, Dr. C. Armand Miller of Charleston, the Rev. W. H. Hiller and the Rev. C. A. Freed, and Dr. Kibler of Columbia These gentlemen based their objections on the ground that the synod was not ready at this time to decide.the matter. The Rev. Mr. Hiller based his argu ments on the ground that Summer land was not the proper and logical location. The school is not to be under tne direction or tne synoa, tnat is, the synod is not to be financially re sponsible for the school. The following trustees were elect ed: The Rev. S. P. Koon of Prosper ity, the Rev. C. P. Boozer of Saluda, the Rev. S. C Ballentine of Leesville, Dr. E. J. Etheredge of Leesville, H. S. Black of Saluda county, Ira Beden baugt of Prosperity, the Tennessee synod will name three trustees and the Georgia synod two. The meeting was held in the Summerland build ing and was presided over by the president, the Rev. J. D. Kinard of Newberry. The people of the two towns royal ly entertained the visitors. A bounti ful picnic dinner was served in the grove at the Grey Rock Springs. While no definite announcement has been made but it is expected that the new Lutheran college for girls wilJ begin its first session this fall. Condition of Banks of The State. Columbia.?B. J. Rhame, who was dismissed by the governor as state bank examiner, has issued a report oa the condition of the banks of the state. Mr. Rhame refused to . give up the office, and the case is now pend ing before the supreme court. The re sources and liabilities of the banks are shown to be $69,258,292. The re port shows that on April 18 of this year there were 310 banks in the state as compared with 287 on the same date last year. Arrested On Charge of Murder. Columbia.?Benjamin W. Brown, night yardmaster of the Seaboard Air L.ine railroad in uoiumDia, was ar rested by Rural Policeman R. S. Hipp on a charge of murder, having, It is alleged, killed a flagman by the name of Funderburg at Hamet, N. C., on Christmas day of last year. The pris oner was taken to Rockingham, N. C., by Officer Hipp. He had been yard master here for a month or two, and had acted in the same capacity here on previous occasions, it is said. Officers Distinguish Themselve%^* Charleston.?The rural police $23 cers distinguished themselves. Officer Knox arresting a negro de6pera?ftj^ Julius Jenkins, who recently held up Charles Mitchell in Maryville. Officer Stevens was called out of his bed at 4 o'clock in the morning by the re ports of a robbery of Rivers' store on Tamoa TolanH Tho nirie nf the store had been removed and a lot of stores carried off in a wagon or truck. With this as a clue, two negroes were ar rested at daylight and a few hours later, the groceries were found and returned to the owner. Rivalry For Interuban Railway. Spartanburg. ? The rivalry between the two sections of this county through which surveys for the inter urban railway passes will manifest it-' sSif at Chicks Springs when the of ficals of this line will be entertained at a picnic given by the people inter ested in the socalled upper route of Greer line. Last week the people of Reidville entertained the officials at Pelham. Many persons will go from this city in automobiles and be met at Chick Springs by delegations from Greenville. To Close Entries on June 15. Charleston. ? The county Demo cratic executive committee, at a meet ing held at the Hibernian Hall, fixed 12 o'clock noon of June 15 as the time when all candidates for office in the coming primary election shall have filed their pledges and assessments. In other words noon of June 15 is the time when the entry of candidates in the primary shall be closed. The mo tion fixing this date and hour was offered by committeeman Lenoard and was adopted unanimously and without discussion by the committee. Politics in Newbsrry County. Newberry. ? Owing to the fact that Newberry is the home of Governor Blease and that Ex-Chief Justice Jones was born and reared in New berry, this county is being closely watched throughout the state in mat ters political, and has been receiving a great deal of attention. There has really been more discussion of New berry with the exception of the few days between the meeting of the pre jinct clubs and the County Conven tion, but, the political pot in New berry is now beginning to boil. NEWS OF SOUTH CARJLINA The Latest News of General Interest Collected From-Many Towns and Counties of the State. Florence. ? The Southern Express Company will hereafter give service on trains 82 and 83 of the Coast Line. This will mean one thing that the peo ple of this section have long wanted, especially the truckers , an evening train to the Northern markets. Charleston.?Edwards Smalls, the negro desperado, who was shot by Po lice Officer Johnson after the officer had been wounded by the negro, is ex pected to die. The bullet pierced his lung, and he is reported to be in a critical condition. The police officer Is confined to his home with a wound ed leg. Smalls is the second negro shot in the last few weeks by a police officers. Sumter.?The annual exhibit in the "f*" or>Vir>nla of the tvnrk of the man. ual and training department was held and attracted many hundreds of pa ! trons and interested visitors. In the [ primary building each room had its jwn exhibit and was presided over jy the teacher of the class. Remark ably good and particularly interesting was the free hand cutting and tearing I and drawing from models. Florence.?Magistrate George W. Atkinson, one of the veteran magis trates of the state, has resigned his office on account of ill health. He was magistrate at Timmonsville. There are a number of applicants for his position, which will be filled, probably I by recommendation of the delegation. The delegation will, at least, make a recommendation in the matter from the petition before them. , Aiken. ?# Officer J. E. George, of the local police corps, went to Branch ville to deliver over to Sheriff Salley, of Orangeburg, one Dan Watkins, col nred. chareed with assault and battery with Intent to kill, upon another ne gro, at Orangeburg, about two months ago. Since that time the negro has been at large until he was arrested in Aiken by the above neamed of ficer. Chester. ? At a special meeting ol the Chester Historical society the fol lowing elections were made: Presi dent Dr. C. B. White; secretary and treasurer and historian, J. T. Bigham, and trustees, Judge George W. Gage J. K. Henry and Arthur L. Gaston It was decided to push with all speed the complication of a historj of Chester county, including credible traditions and legends. Chester.?The trustees of the Ches ter graded schools have filled two ol the existing vacancies in the corps ol teachers by the election of Miss Emma Nettles of Hartsville and Miss Eller J. Murphy of Denmark. H. H. Scott, who has taught in the high School foi the Daat two years, has resigned tc accept the principalship of the Aiken schools and this has created anothei vacancy. Lancaster.?A young man named Claude Blackwell of Kershaw was ar rested and lodged in jail here bj Sheriff Hunter on a warrant from the chief of police of Charlotte, charging him with stabbing Dr. Fred Misen heimer of that city in a room of the Buford hotel. Blackwell was taken tc Charlotte in an automobile by Chief ol Police Christenberry, who came aftei him. Lexington.?At a recent meeting oi the trustees of the Palmetto Collegiate institute all the old teachers were re elected ior anotner term, mere is one addition to the faculty. Miss May Lois Boozer, a graduate of the College for Women, was elected a teacher ol music and voice. MrB. E. B. Roof, who has had charge of the music depart ment for a number of years and has given entire satisfaction, was re elected. [ [ Sumter.?City council held a short meeting. It gave its ear, however, to .the important matter of sanitation, j-kccoding to requests from the city board of health and ordering the clean ing of portions of Main street by use of hose instead o? sprinkling wagons; better wagon service for the removal of garbage, and ordered the use of the police buggy by tfle health officer for the transportation of disinfecting ma terials. Dr. Mills of the health board suggested that Sumter should have ar abattoir, and council assured him ol a willingness to co-operate in the mat ter. Anderson.?In the court of general sessions, Sam Fisher, a young white man of Belton, was convicted of man slaughter, his victim being Motte Strickland, an employe of the Belton mills. The case attracted consider able attention. Columbia.?Reports on file in the state treasurer's office tihow the fertil izer tag tax sales for the year to be $204,458 as compared with $235,352 for the same period last year. There is a tax of 25 cents a ton on fertilizers which shows that over 800,000 tons have been purchased by the farmers this year. Dillon.?A deed was obtained from J. W. and T. A. Dillon for a very de sirable block of land in front of the present school building for the sum of $3,000. They valued it at $6,000, donated $3,000 to the school. Columbia.?The Taylor street and Elmwood avenue grade crossings were condemned by the railroad commis sion. The commission holds that the crubsmgs cut? a melius tu puum safety. The question of condemning the crossings will be brought up at the meeting of the commission, when i resolution will very probably be adopted. Columbia.?The governor has nam ed Judge R. W. Memminger to sit as an associate justice of the supreme Dourt in the case of Gibson vs. Gibson to take the place of Associate Justice Woods, disqualified. Washington.?The Southern Railway has filed application with the inter state commerce commission to be al lowed to establish class and commod ity rates to and from Goodrich on the Charleston basis, lower than rates concurrently in effect to intermediate points until the Charleston rates arc passed upon. The application was granted. dURNS UNEARTHS GAMES OF GRAFT THE FAMOUS DETECTIVE TRAPS THE MEMBERS OF ATLANTIC CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A FIGHT TO THE FINISH Councilman Harry Dougherty Is Held For the Grand Jury Charged With Accepting a Bribe of $500.?All Con fessed But Dougherty. Atlantic City, N. J.?City Council man Harry Dougherty, arrested on a charge of accepting a bribe of $500 in return for his vote in councils for tne passage pi an oramance provioing for a concrete boardwalk along the beach front designed to cost a million dollars or more, was given a hearing. Through his lawyer he pleaded not guilty and was held in $3,000 bail for the grand jury. A great crowd gather ed in anticipation of hearing sensa tional testimony but little that was new developed. The first witness was William F. Wahl, a citizen who had made the complaint ' against .Dougherty. He sail he had secured the information on which he based his complaint from William J. Burns, the detective. Mr. Burns on the stand related how he had-, been summoned here to in vestigate alleged corrupt acts and dis honesty in civic matters. He began his investigation, he said, in April, 1911, and continued until August, when he evolved a "fake" boardwalk scheme to catch certain councilmen 1 and city officials. He summoned one of his operatives here' and had him passed as Mr. Harris, "a New Yorfc contractor anxious to get a contract ; to build a new boardwalk of concrete.' "Harris" became familiar with coun cilmen, offered several of them $5,OOC [ each to pass the ordinance, providing llr nnH T*q4/1 tRrtA Af I LU1 liiU UV/aiUTTUiOi UUU jfcSMAvi ywvv w? , account Later,- Burns said, thest . councilmen were informed of the traj I into which they had fallen. All bul one of them, he said, confessed and i returned the bribe money. Doughertj refused to give back the money or t< . confess and he was arrested. Refugees Are Leaving Mexico. Juarez, Mex.?Seventy-five Germar ! and fifty American refugees, the for mer women and children, arrived I here on a special train from Chihu ! hua, the first in three days. They de ; clarel that a means of leaving Mexlcc , had been provided by the rebels onlj after insistent demands had beei , made by Marion Letcher, the Ameri con rnnonl Killed In A Peculiar Manner. 1 Kenosha, Wis.?Mlchari Volukus ' was killed here In a peculiar accident While working with a tube connected with a compressed tank the escaping air came in contact with the flesl which was torn away. The air, witl a pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch was forced into an Intestine. The man's internal organs were dislodged and torn as were the muscles. 1 John D. Worth Nine Hundred Million New York.?John D. Rockefeller it now worth more than $900,000,000, ac cording to estimates published bj The Worll. The dissolution of the Standard Oil Company, it is said, hat added more than $100,000,000 to the value of the oil king's stockholdings in the past year. The newspaper sta tisticians figure that his income it about $60,000,000 a year, or more than $140 a minute. A British Steamer Runs Ashore. Turks Islands, Bahamas.?The Brit ish steamer Antillian, which sailed from Liverpool May 15 for Jamaica ran ashore on a reef at the nortbeasl extremity of Grand Turk. The vessel lies easily and is not leaking. Her crew and passengers remain on board in no danger. Lighters are alongsidf and the coal has been jettisoned, though the cargo has not been touch ed. It is believed that the craft will be saved. London Dockmen Want Closed Shops. London.?The opea or closed shop is the crux of the dispute in "dock land" and at present there is no sign that the employers will consent to debar non'unioniets from their em ployment or that the strike leaders will agree to permit their men to work Alongside non-unionists. The joint conference called by the gov ernment proved as anticipated, a fias co. Not a single employer put in an appearance. The government, how ever, submitted rresn proposals 101 the consideration "1 the men. Walters And Cooks Will Strike. New York.?New York faces a pos I sible strike of every union waiter and j cook in tbe city. Two thousand wait ers from a dozen famous hotels and | restaurants are now on a strike and unless they win their fight for higher wages, shorter hours and recognition of their union witnln twenty-four ! hours, their leaders have promised to ' order a general walkout. This order, j according to the financial secretary of the waiters' union, would call from their places cooks and waiters in every hotel not already affected. Appeal For Relief In Flood District. New Orleans.?An appeal from the Plaucheville, La., flood relief com mittee, asking for the immediate dis patch of food supplies, fleia ana gar den seed for 650 families in that sec tion, was received here by the local relief committee. The appeal was re ferred to Capt. Logan, United States army, at Baton Rouge. These fami lies were recently order to concentra tion camps by Capt. Bennett, but they found it impossible to comply. The Plaucheville committee requested that conditions be investigated. "' '. A" - FROM THE PALMETTO STATE ; ' - . vV-* * Short Paragraphs of State New? That Have Been Gotten Together With Care by the Editor. ? \ Lancaster.?The election held here on the question of extending the town's limits from one half mile to one mile resulted in the overwhelm ing defeat of the proposition. The vote was within corporate limits 71 to 37 against extension. In the propos ed new territory 171 to 8 against ex tension. ! Walterboro.?E. L. Benton, Jr., who Is keeping a store near the Walter boro Cotton Mill, was arrested charg ed with having sold some whiskey. Benton was arrested and placed In Jail. By putting up a cash bond of $50 he was released. The trial waa set, but Benton, not wishing to stand trial, forfeited his $50 bail. Chester.?The regular annual meet ing of the Rural Free Delivery- mail carriers of Chester county wtfl meet In the auditorium of the court houM at 10:80 o'clock, May 30. The officer* for the ensuing year will be elected i likewise the delegates to the state . convention, which assembles in this city July 3 and 4. Charleston.?The order of the board of health declaring 31 dairies within the limits of the city of Charleston to be a "menace to public health" i caused something of a sensation, which was not conQned to the dealers, and the wholesale condemnation of the dairy establishments,, nearly all the milk-selling places in t'he city, was a general topic of conversation. Aiken.?The trustees of the Aiken institute, Aiken's public schools, have selected as principal for the 1912-13 ' session Prof. H. H. Scott of Chester. Prof. Scott is a graduate of the XJni 1 versity or Soutn Carolina ana a teacn - er of experience, having taught five , years in the Chester graded schools. : He will come to Aiken with the high L est recommendations. Lancaster?Lancaster's town council - | has made some very much needed im ' provemants on the town lot. The old ; stable has been torn down, and a new stable, with sleeping apartments for , the street force has been erected near | the guard house. A separate partment ' has been provided for the fire reel and 1 hose. Two fine bay horses costing ' $632 have been purchased for the fire | department ( Brunson.?Quite an interesting oc> r casion in the town of Brunson was the j trial of H. G. Dowling by the town council for selling whiskey. Mr. Dowl- , >Vimov/M* nf tKa lllg W txti ropui iuil W UlU JXU?/V1 VL ,vuw town by detectives from Columbia. { The trial by jury excited considerable Interest and resulted In a verdict of I guilty. The fine imposed was $85 or 30 days on the county chaingang. It Is quite probable that the fine will be, , quickly forthcoming. . I r Piedmont.?W. Busey Simmons, sec i retary of the South Carolina Dental . association, announces that the asso ciation will hold its annual meeting at the Isle of Palms, Charleston, begin ning June 18 and continuing three i days. President Bigham has secured some of the best men in the profes I slon to give clinics. All ethical mem f bers of the profession are invited. Dr. i P. Atmar Smith of Charleston is ! chairman of the arrangement com , mittee. ' r ! Florence.?J. S. McKenzie lost his i barn and stables at Howe's Station by fire, one fine home-raised horse being burned to death and another so badly . burned that It will die. Several mules i were scorched, but not seriously. A ^ lot of feedstuff was also burned. Mr. t McKenzie fears that the fire might ! have been incendiary. He has haul ! two losses of the same sort previously. ! The loss is estimated at $3,000, partly i covered by insurance. Anderson.?Candidates for mayor ! and alderman of the city of Anderson 1 are getting numerous since the tim? of the primary, June 18, is not far off. The following announcements have been made: For mayor, W. B. Ma l TJ1 T T7? gruaer, xioD^n ej. jLuguu* viaiouw L Tolly and J. A. Cook; for aldermen, 1 Ward 1, E. E. Elmore and J. E. Bar ton. for aldermen, Ward 2, C. M. Mo ' Clure and L. A. Sampbell; for alder man, Ward 3, J. L. Hembree; for ' alderman, Ward 4, L. P. Fouche and J. 1 H. Tate; for alderman, Ward 5, Lee 1 G. Holleman, and for alderman, Ward 6, W. C. Broadwell, J. M. Cathcart ' and R. L. Carter. % Charleston.?Because there Is not sufficient money to keep both army dredges at work, Major George Pi 1 Howell, United States engineer, an nounces that the dredge Wlnyah Bay would be temporarily laid up at the 1 wharf, with only a crew of four men aboard. Bishopville.?The high and graded 1 school has just closed a most success* ful year. The commencement exei> cises began with a recital by the pu> pils of Miss Fair's music class. Every 1 member acquitted herself well, which showed the splendid training she ha* received. , Columbia?The governor has grant ed a parole to Lanoe Kelly, who wa* convicted in Darlington county on the charge of manslaughter and sentenced I to two years in the penitentiary. Since assuming office the governor has ex tended clemency in 370 cases. Aiken.?On May 30 the citizens of Monetta, in this county, will hold j their annual picnic and barbecua ' Judge Ira B. Jones, Gov. Blease, N. B. ! Dial and W. J. Talbert will be present I oHHrsqq th#? nuhlic. An invitation has also been extended the several candidate for county offices to attend and address the voters. Chester.?The initial steps will be inaugurated here toward making the city one of the most lovely ones ir South Carolina, and to be known as "Chester?the City Beautiful." Camden.?The U. D. C. Chapter will hold a baby show on the 6th of June, or if the weather is bad on that day, it will be held on the 7th, on the school house square. Handsome prizes will be given to the finest baby under one year old, and the finest be tween one and three years old, and the prettiest of the above classes, also for the best group of larger children and the best decorated carriage.