Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hit UiitlllLl PittSS 1 m mm Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, S. c. This is tbe open season for Welsh rabbits. Garlic is suggested as a cure for tuberculosis. A strenuous cure, all ; tight Radium is said to add fertility to the soil. Rut there are lots of cheap er fertilizers. A hunter was killed in the Maiue woods the other day. That ceased long ago to be heroic. A Chicago woman advertises herself : as a "hat doctor." Must give her ( patrons dope on the latest styles. President Eliot of Harvard advisee freshmen to marry early. They'll have to if they marry while they're fresh- j men. ! A Pnnil Tan liirlpn hnlfls that 8 ! woman may slap her mother-in-law. Sure she can, if she wants to run the chance. A New York prisoner explained thai he gets thirsty every time the moon changes, which is as good an ezcus? as most men give. A noted German editor is coming over here to learn all about American newspapers. He'll have a long time to spend in studying. Official returns show that 40,000 Co rots have been shipped from London to New York. That Corot must hav? worked dpy and night An Englishman has developed a Btingless honeybee that is a bettei worker than the bee that stings. Hur ry with the kickless mule. One mav oDenly confess an unholy curiosity as to what the woman con- i ductors of Philadelphia will say when 1 the trolley slips off the wire. - y A designer says that $3.48 is enough for a dress for a young girl. It may be enough for the dress, but 11 wouldn't convince the wearer. y A Philadelphia woman has been , declared insane because she "talks Incessantly." But how does this dis # tinguish her from the normal? N A Chicago waiter has been arrested charged with hanging about ceme teries and attempting to flirt with the women and girls. A grave offense. A woman has sued her husband foi divorce because he Insisted on play- j Ing checkers all the time. Couldn'1 ! Btand his checkered career, evidently. I "A spade is not an Implement ol ; wealth," remarks a Pennsylvania la bor leader. Still, money, the root ol ^ygvil, can only be^ obtained by digging A Washington cow ate a bunch ol dynamite and then laid down and died. Had she survived her meal she'd probably have given nltro- { glycerin. i Have you ever noticed how nic? ! looking and intelligent the women , are whfe have taken to wearing sen sible heels on their shoes? Of coursc j you have! A Gothamite frightened his wife bo badly with toy pistol that Bhe beat him up and had him arrested. Per haps she was afraid he didn't know It j was loaded. . j I Medicine is now placed in candy ! for the benefit of the little ones. In days gone by the youngster had a choice Of standing for his castor oil or a thrashing. An English duke who is in his ninety-second year hurt himself lately by falling from his car. These sporty old boys are still giving the laugh to the Oslerian theory. "After all. it would seem that those guns for the destruction of war aero planes are a waste of time. Just give the aviators enough space, and results will be accomplished. I, ? * ??1, 'i'D0 new \.y pc Ul uafjajo omits, however, any means of telling the condition of the baggage when de livered. All the punches and holes are In that case in the trunk. The air and the water continue to claim sacrifices and death walks abroad on the lar.d. Clearly there is 310 place where a man can go and "be safe, but the man with a clear con science need not be troubled. Paris has prohibited duelling in th< streets and those who wish to engage in this merry pastime must retire tc secluded places. Denying combatants a gallery is one of the most effective methods of breaking up the practice. , I The Inventor of circus lemonad# died recently, showing that all met j eventually get what Is coming to them "Intensive housework" is a phras? .recently uttered and brings up a pio :ture of much toil on the hands and Knees. Wireless will next be used to regi* late clocks on shipboard. When it hai been successfully applied to the run ning of aeroplanes, it may do awaj with that inconvenient stopping ol the motor. A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to kiss his wife at least twice a day for seven years. In that time he ma> get the habit. A man who watched the bears in the Bronx zoo suddenly lost his mem ory. Another thing the grizzly beai If responsible for. ither Burbank announces that h? ! ^now make strawberries grow oe ; jerry bushes. It may be a cut* j stunt, but why not let 'em gro\i j old accustomed vine? WILSON IS HUPP! AFTER ELECTION "bill" Mcdonald broke stick while killing huge rattler. ' GOVERNOR TAKES A WALK Governor Wilson Spied the Snake and Captain McDonald Attacked/, Wilson Going to Bermuda. ^ Princeton, N. J.?President-elect Woodrow Wilson turned away an a*v alanche of telegrams and messages of congratulation the day after the election and went off for a brisk walk. For five miles he walked, swinging a heavy black cane, which came to grief on the fourth mile, when Capt. "Bill'' McDonald, Texas ranger and bodyguard, tried to kill a rattlesnake. The governor spied the snake curl ing through the leaves and pointed it out to the captain, who borrowed the governor's cane nad killed it, but in doing so broke the cane. The governor's walk exhilarated him, he said. The strain of the cam paign and the excitement of election day had kept him pretty much in doors of late. It was with a long stride and vigorous swing that he set out from his home and out through the university campus to the wooded stretches of country to the south of Princeton. As he pass ed through the campus, students doffed their caps as they did of old for him and do ykt to members of the faculty, one of the time-honored customs of the university. The president-elect stopped at Uni versity field and saw the Varsity eleven go through "secret practice." As he sat with Captain McDonald In the empty grandstand three of the football coaches came over to con gratulate him. Th'ey were Ross Mc Clave, "Beef" Wheeler and-Joe Poe, famous Princeton stars of years ago. As Governor Wilson sauntered into open country he seemed for the first time to relax from the strain of the campaign. Obviously he was happy. He swished his way through the sea of autumn-tinted leaves. He jested with the correspondents and moved along merrily as if It were the hap piest day of his (life. , Professors and their wives waylaid him as he turned his steps through the town and congratulated him. Many little children came running to meet him. He stopped and shook hands with the little folks as well as their elders. It was sundown when he reached his home. There he received the correspondents in his study. "I'm afraid there is not going to much news nowadays," he said, but one of the reporters remarked that some newspapers already were publishing * * 1 - * V, ??K1. tne proDaDie persouuci ui mo \.aui net. 1 "Then I guess I had better not read the newspapers," he said laugh ingly, "so as not to prejudice my mind." He was asked if he had any further statement to make about his election. "I'm done with statements," he said with a smile. "Now, I'm going to do a lot of thinking; not that I haven't done so already; but there will be a better opportunity now to think out the solution of problems that are to be met." Wireless Told of Election. San Francisco. ? Fifteen thousand persons on board fifty steamers on the Pacific ocean received election re turns by wireless from stations in this ,city. The first wirel.ess election bulletin was flashed at eight o'clock, and the operator hadi hardly closed his key upon the nevCs that Wilson had more than enough electoral votes to win before the operator on the Pacific Mail liner-Nile, just entering the port of Honolulu from the Orient, "OK'd" it. The Nile operator relay eci tne news iu me unci .uuupuna, route to San Francisco from 'the Ori ent and 3,500 miles out. The Mon golia flashed the word to the Japan ese liner Nippon, six days out of Hong Kong and 4,500 miles from San Francisco. Sidna Allan On Trial for His Life. Wytheville, Va.?Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, two of the Allen clan. who. on March 14 last, shot up Carroll county court, and killed five persons, including the presiding judge, were brought here from Roan oke, where they have been in jail since their capture at DesMoines. These two trials will end the case. Two members of the clan, Floyd Al lon nnrt his son. Claude, hvae been sentenced to death for their partici pation. in the shooting and two oth ers. John L. Wilson Dead. Washington.?John L. Wilson, owner of the Seattle Post Intelligen cer. died at a hotel here of angina pectoris, after an illness of one hour. His body was taken to his birthplace at Craxvfordsville, Ind.. for burial. Mr. Wilson was a former United States senator. He had served two terms in the house and a part of a third, when he resigned to go to the senate to (ill the unexpired term of John B. (Allen. He was a brother of Henry Lane Wilson, ambassador to Mexico. Woman Saves M?n From Drowning.' New Orleans.?William A. Travers of St. Thomas. Ontario, was rescued from drowning in the Mississippi riv er here by Mrs. Lemmons of Okla homa. Travers fell into the river from his launch in which * he and Mrs. Travers had been making a river trip. While lie was struggling in the current with his wife, help less to aid him. a witness. Mrs. Lem mons, from, a nearby launehfi plunged into the water, caught him just as he was sinking and swam with him to the hsore. Prof. Schafer, who Is president of the British association, in his address to that body asserted his belief that the chemist may yet be able to make "life." MS OffHI IB! / DEFEAT IS ADMITTED AND AP PEAL MADF FOR CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. Massacre and Pillage Feared if the Beaten Turkish Troops Enter City. Powers Rushing Warships. . . . / * . _ + + PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN + THE BALKAN WAR. + ' l. October 8?Montenegro de + claves war against Turkey. + October 12?Montenegrins in + vest Tarabosch. * October 14?Montenegrin take + Tushi. + October 15?Turco-Italian war + + ends. + October 17?Servia and Greece + + declare war against Turkey. Tur- + + key declares war against Servia + + and Bulgaria. ' - * + October 39?Bulgarinas cap- + + ture Mustapha Pasha. * + October 20?Bulgarians attack + + Adrianople. + + October 21?Turkish squadaron + bombards Bulgarian ports. ' * + i no O TJn?o_ T WClOuer t,{,?oei v lauo iaac xi?? + tina. + October 23?Servians take + Novi Pazar. + October 24?Bulgarians + ture town of Servia. + October 25?'Servians + Kumanova and other Turkish + + cities. * + October 26?Servinas capture + + Uskup; Montenegrins invest Scu- + + tari. + f October 27?Bulgarians' cap- + + ture Eski-Baba, near Adrlanople. + + October 3d?Bulgarians cap- + + ture Luleburgas. + November 1?Bulgaria occu- + + pies Demotica, cutting communi- * + cation between Adrianople and + + Constantinople; Greek torpedo + + sinks Turkish cruiser. + + November 2?Turks driven + + back in three day battle to Tcho- + + ro. I + + November 3?Turks In full re- + * treat on Constantinople. Porte + + asks for mediation by the pow- + + ers. + ++++++++++++++++ London, England.?The Turkish army is in full retreat on Constanti nople and the Turkish government has asked the pqwers to intervene. An official bulletin was issued by the government at Constantinople, ad mitting defeat at the .hands of the Bulgarians in the great battle on the Thracean plains. Application was made to the em bassies in Constantinople for media tion by the powers to end the hostil ities and arrange a peace agreement. The ambassadors, prior to this, had asked the porte to grant permission to each of the great pQwers to send one warship through the Dradanelles, and . this request had been complied with. The only guarantee of safety for the native Christians, and perhaps foreigners, in Constantinople, is to be found in the presence of the warships Man Killed in Duel. Americus. Ga.?Robert l^arrimore, a well known farmer, was instantly kill ed by Luther Allison, a real estate agent, at Leslie, near Americus, in a pistol duel participated in by the two. The homicide occurred in the store of the Leslie Hardware company and was witnessed by numerous bystand ers, who sought cover when the shoot ing commenced. From particulars re ceived. Sheriff Fuller thinks that Lar rimore had been drinking and had had an altercation with Allison, which was renewed when they met. Musicians of Titanic Honored. New oYrk.?Th eheroic musicians who played "Nearer, My God, to Thee," as the Titantic sank in the north Atlantic last April were hon ored by musicians here. A bronze tablet to the seven bandsmen prepar ed by members of the Musical Mu tual Protective Union was unveiled at. the club house of the organization. There was a brief address, and then a band identical in makeup with that which played the Titanic (o her ocean grave cave out the strains of the hymn which was the ship's requiem. Three Men Give Skin to Save Girl. Gary. Ind.?Three more men?her father, her brother and her sweet heart?gave up HO square inches of I skin for the burned body of Miss | Ethel Smith, for whom Hilly Hugh, the crippled newsboy, gave his life I by allowing a useless limb to be am putated for his skin. Charles Smith, the father: Ray Smith. 21 years old, her brother, and Roy Roberts, 21 years old. her sweetheart, gave the skin. When Rugh gave his limb, not enouEh skin was obtained. CASHIER POLAND STOLE $84,000 TRYING TO,BECOME MOVING PICT1IRF KING. HELD UNDER HEAVY BOND Speculations Are Alleged to Have Be gun in 1911 and Continued Up the Present Time. San Francisco.?An ambition to be come the moving picture magnate of the Pacific coast is alleged to have led Wallace J. Poland, until recently cashier of the San Francisco office of the International Harvester company, to embezzle $84,000 of his employer's money. Judge K. M. Greene, attor ney for the Harvester company, caup ed Poland's arrest on the charge of having embezled $1,500 Judge Greene said Poland admitted this speculation, ana iDdi aamibaiuu ui other thefts brought the total amount up to $S4,000. The speculations are alleged to have begun early in 1911, and con tinued until early in October, when Aubrey E. Ambrose, traveling auditor of the company, arrived in San Fran cisco and began an investigation of Poland's accounts. Poland Is held at the city prison, in default of $5,000 mail. ^. . According to Judge Greene, Poland invested money in a number of mov ing picture houses and in a San Fran cisco saloon, which was elaborately fitted up. j - "There is no evidence of Poland's money having been spent in riotous living," said Greene. "Poland has lived extravagantly, but generally it appears to be a case of desiring to attain sudden riches. He sought to become i moving picture magnate." INSANE MAN WRECKS BANK Only $852 Found in the Kirby Institu tion at Chicago. Chicago.?Vaults of the Kfrby Sav ings bank, which was taken charge of by receivers on tne discovery inai William T. Kirby, president of the institution, had not been found for some time, were found to contain but $852. A mob of several hundred per sons, representing about $50,000 in de posits, it is said, waited outside the bank doors and shouted in rage when the information as to. the amount of funds was given them. Police were summoned to disperse the crowd. To tal liabilities of the bank are unknown William T. Kirby, president of the bank, was adjudged insane in the county court and was placed In a sanitarium in Winnetaka, 111. Admits Killing Committed Long Ago. Dallas, Texas.?The police made public a confession given them by G. H. Rose, asserting that twenty-four years ago at Covington, Ky., he killed W. H. Morris. He- said he went under the name of N. W. Ingersoll when he killed Morris. Rose also said that twenty-four years ago at Independent, KyJ he stole $110 from Austain Ste phens. - Rose has resided in Dallas for twenty-three years and is 46 years of age. He married a Dallas woman, The couple have no children. Rose has not given any details of the al leged killing. He said that while walking past a church here the sound of singing so affected him that he went inside, listened to the sermon, decided to confess and went to the city jail, where he surrendered. His confession asserts that about a year and a half ago he burned his home here, obtaining thereby $1,030 insur ance. . . v Sheriff Cowed Sixty Prisoners. Eivnncvillp Tnrt.?Rv the disnlav of personal courage and a drawn revolv er, Sheriff Davis cowed more than sixty maddened prisoners in the coun ty jail after four of their number had overpowered a deputy and escap ed. One of the fugitives ia Levi Lock hart, awaiting trial accused of kill ing an Owensboro, Ky., policeman. The break occurred when Jailor Saunders took breakfast into the bull pen. and Jim Reagan, a trusty, as sailed him. Chinaman Fights for Citizenship. Washington.?Representative Kin kaid of Nebraska is preparing to pre sent to congress the case of Edward D. Cahota, a Chinese resident of Ne braska, who dpsires to be admitted to citizenship in spite of the Chinese exclusion law. Cahota is said to havo served thirty years in the United States army for wheh he is drawing half pay in retirement. He is aeciaren not to be a citizen, however, when lie sought to file a homestead in northwestern Nebraska and his ap plication was refused. Two Brothers Killed. > Tampa. Fla.?At Longne's Lake, in Hernando county, .T. E. Livingstone of Newberry shot and killed Joe and Dave Long. brothers, who operated a sawmill. Livingstone claims self-de fense. lie says .Toe Long drew a re I volver on him and he replied with his repeating shotgun, hilling both men. Sometime ago he was in partnership with Joe Long in tiie sawmill busi ness, selling out to Dave Long. Notes were taken in part payment, and it is believed . that non payment of these notes caused tho eronble. Big Railway for Canada. Montreal.?As a result of the en (ranee into Canada of a new" and powerful group of English capitalists and continental bankers, Canada is sure another inter-ocean railway will conic, it was announced. The pro posed railway lino, when completed, will extend from the Pacific ocean to Hudson Bay. and will be known as the Alberta, Peace River and Eastern railway. The Canadian representa tives of the company have just re ceived sanction from the railway? commission. Frecl W.> Carpenter, formerly secre tary to President Taft, and now minis ter to Morocco, has been appointed minister to Slam in place of Hamilton KJjijg, who died recently. DHBTIC REFORMS BKOIMT UNITED STATES JUDGES ARE LIMITED IN REGARD TO IN JUNCTION PROCEEDING. , New Rules Embody Points Urged by Labor Leaders?First Revision - in Many Years. Washington.?In promulgating the first revision of the equity . rules of Federal courts In the last fifty years, i the Supreme court of the Unked States prohibited the granting of pre- , liminary injunctions without notice, j and restricted the granting of tempo rary restraining orders. The court em- i bodiad in the new rule many of the points of the Clayton anti-injunction bill, for which labor leaders tyave been fighting, which has passed the house and waits in thte senate. ^ Instead of temporary restraining or- j ders being issued without notice upon presentation to a Federal judge on 1 general allegations that immediate and irreparable 'damage is about to be inflicted, and the new rule re- , quires thta it must be ^hown by spe cific facts set forth in affidavits, or otherwise, that such damages will re sult. When a temporary restraining order is issued a hearing on the in junction must be given within ten ; days. Heretofore no time limit was ; fixed by the rules and often not by the courts. The court went still farther and pro vided that those restrained may come into court within two days nad be heard with expedition on a motion to Hicanlvo tho restrainine- order. The 1 new rules do not require these pro curing the restraining order to give a bond or the judge to set forth in the order his reasons for granting It. These were provisions in the Clayton ! bill. Chief Justice White did not refer to the anti-injunction rule in .announcing j the changes in the old rules, but did I emphasize the sttaement .that the re- j vision was designed to simplify pro cedure and remove delays and reduce cost. The antique form or pieaa ng Is abrogated in the new rules for the , modern forms of "code," states' j judges are required, with few excep-' tions, to do so, and appellate courts authorized more generally to dispose of suits instead of reversing on imma terial errors. "HOLD-UP" MAN IS KILLED Secretary of Chicago Ball Club Shoots and Kills a Man. Chicago.?Rutherford B. Cook, as sistant secretary of the Chicago Na tional League baseball club, shot and killed^ one of two men in an auto mobile who stopped liltii on Washing ton boulevard and ordered him to throw up his hnads. The other man had not left the car, and when his companion was shot he sped away. Police found in the dead man's pocket an accident insurance policy Cook said that the man he shot got out of the automobile and pointed a revolver at him. The police took Cook to the station, but later released him on his own recognizance Prisoners Drug Trusty. Bakersfield, Cal.?After drugging a trusty, sawing through eleven iron bars and scaling a jail yard wall, four inmates of the Kern county jail are fleeing through the hills with two posses in pursuit. When the trusty became unconscious in the corridor from the effects of the drug, the jail breakers sawed through eight iron bars in their cell and three in a jail window. They descended to the ground by a rope made of bed clothes and scaled the 20-foot jail wall by a wire suspended from the top. * Gen. rt. IVI W ncujr ly-a\j. Washington. ? *Maj. Gen. Robert Maitland O'Reilly, former surgeon general of the United States army, personal physician and intimate friend of President Cleveland, died here of uremic poisoning. General O'Reilly, who had been ill for some {iinc, was horn in Philadelphia, in 1S-I5. and participated in many of i the stirring events of the nation's mil- , itary in the last, half century. He I was in the Civil war as a medical cadet, and saw hard service in the Indian campaigns. Nashville Reservoir Breaks. Nashville. Tenn.?The east basin of the reservoir, which is loctaed on a ' high hill, gave way and the water ' pouied down Eighth avenue n id into Lv 11 wood. Several houses were wash* j ed away, and many residences were 1 Hooded. While a number of residents of the neighborhood are missing, it is not known that any lives were lost. T. M. Heffey, wife and child were washed out of their home, but were saved by climbing into the limbs of a tree. i : V .. V",C.r " ;".^#^ * : '* \' THIS STATE HELPS ' DEMOCRATS TO WIN USUA1. MAJORITY 'IS RETURNED AT THE POLLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ASYLUM BOND ISSUE CARRIED I nc otdiicimy nciurns n urn vuuir ties That Have Been Received Indi cate That The Amendments to the Constitution Have Also Carried. Columbia.?With only scattering re turns from South Carolina at last re port, the indications are that this state has returned its usual Demo cratic majority. Returns in most in stances are meager on account o* the difficulty in securing the results from the outlying precincts. In sev eral counties the largest vote ever polled at a general election was reg istered, but the vote of the entire state will probably be oijly slightly above normal, n some counties un usually interesting local questions drew the voters to the polls, as in ! Union, ^here the voters decided for ! the reestablishment of the dispen sary. In York county a new. court house was the issue and much inter est in Greenville was centered around the race of an Independent candidate for sheriff against the Democratic nominee, Henry Rector. ;< Wilson's majority in South Caro ina is estimated at from 50,000 to 60,000. Of much Interest was the race for sheriff of Greenville county, in which Rector seems to have defeated Verdin, the independent candidate, by some 500 votes. Union may have restored the dispensary and York county seems to have voted $75,000 bonds for a new court house. Only the slightest returns could be secured on the proposed constitution al amendments affecting the' towns of Gaffney, Woodruff, Chester, Char leston, Biehopville and Georgetown. These amendments seem to . have passed at the polls. Returns from out of 44 coun ties on the question of the bond issue tor the asylum showed 5,676 votes in favor of the proposition and 1,377 against, indicat'ng that there will be a bond issue for the state hospital for the insane. Teachers of Clarendon Meet A joint meeting of the teachers and school trustees of C.larendon county was recently held in the court bouse at Manning. Many topics of interest were discussed, but the principal address was delivered by the state superintendent of educa tion. There was a full attendance not only of Heachers and trustees but also of all others interested in the cause of education. Soon to Publish Election Figures. The official figures for federal and state elections held recently will be known after the meeting of the coun ty boards of canvassers in the near future when meetings will be held at each county seat and t!iie returns tab ulated and sent to the state board o' canvassers. The chairman of the state hoard of canvassers, the secre tary of state, rill call a meeting af once and the results will be officially announced. Other members of the state board of canvassers are the at torney general, comptroller general state treasurer, the adjutant and in spector general, and the chairman o', the house committee on privileges and elections. Palmetto Physicians to Ateend. South Carolina physicians, particu larly those of Charleston, will occupy a prominent position in the progran* of the Southern Medical Association which meets In the near future at Jacksonville, Fla., bringing together one of the most notabe gatherings of medical men in America. It is noted that Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., of Char leston, is a member of the board of councillors of the association. Marlboro County Teachers Meet. The second meeting of Marlboro I Ctounty Teachers' Association was ! held in the Murchison school building recently at Bennettsville. In the ab sence of the president, the vice pres ident presided. The programme was: Music, Miss Lillie Watson; Clio' school; address?Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen: discus sion?"'Relation of Literary Societies to the School," opened by Miss Flora ence H. Doty; business?Election ol officers for county school improve j inent association. Charleston County Fair. At the first stroke of 9 o'clock on the morning of November 18 officials of the Charleston Fair Association will open the gates of the Palmetto Park for the- fair and a half hour la ter Mayor John P. Grace will formally open t'hurlesfon county's first annua' } fair. From then until Saturday night there will be an unending round o' pleasure and constant opportunity foi instruction within the great ground: just outside the city limits, and a pro gramme of wonderful variety will be : carried out. Must Elcct a Senator for County. Marlboro county must elect a sena tor to fill out the unexpired term o the late J. B. Green. There is a gen eral desire for J. L. McLaurin to be come an aspirant. It is felt that his signal ability will be of great benefit a( this time. The county has had a number of elections this year, and the several Democratic clubs will be called together and delegates sent to a convention instructed to nominatf a .candidate as was done when Judg? J. H. Hudson filled out the unexpired term of Capt. C. S. McColl. WILL GIVE POULTRY SHOW The State Association Plant, Event JFor Columbia.?Expect That 2,000 Birds Will Be Shown. Columbia.?The first show, of tht South Carolina Poultry Association, which was organized several montha ago, will be held in connection with the National Corn Exposition here during January and February. ,The show will be cooped by Spratt's pat ent of Newark, N. J. The dates of the show are January, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1913. The officers of the state poultry as sociation are: Theodore Holzhauser, president, Irmo; Dr. F. D. Kendall, vice president, Columbia; T.'L. Little, Camden, Secretary. Members of ex ecutive committee: B. F. Kelly, Bi8h: opville; S. A. Mathias, Irmo; Dr. F. D. Kendall, Columbia; E. L Allison, Columbia; H. E. Thompson, Columbia. The judges (that have been selected ' for the show are: Loring Brown, Smyrna, Ga., and Dr. S. T. Lea, Holly Hill, and others, if necessary Arrangements for the quarters for the show will be announced later. It is expected that there will be between 1,500 and 2,000 birds shown. The pre- v ? i 1 J-* ii ii : a i? ? uiiutu list wii lue tuiuuuuueu iu a ww days. The merchants and citizens oi Columbia have contributed liberally with specials.' Several handsome tro phy cups will be awarded. \ * Holding of Cotton Important. E. W . Dabbs, president of the South Carolina Farmers' Union, in dorses Commissioner Watson's view that it will not be necessary to hold a Southern Cotton Congress this . year. Mr. Dabbs, who since June has been engaged in a campaign to pro vide for better handling and financ ing of the cotton c/op, believes that the bankers hold the key to the situ ation. "The important thing," he said, "is to hold cotton. To this en<| * I have written the committee on ru ral relations of the Sonth Carolina Bankers' Association that it is of irn portance that the supply of money b'r adequate to the demand. I have urg ed them to lend money on cotton at the lowest possible rate, even though it be apparently unprofitable for the time. I am also taking up the mat ter of holding cotton through the columns of The Progressive Farmer in which I will conduct a department. I will urge farmers to market theii cotton in a safe and iogical way? not dump it on the market all al once." South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued s charter to the Black Dry Goods Com pany of Prosperity, with a capital 01 $8,000. The officers are: N. L. Black president; L. A. Black, vice president secretary and treasurer. The Com mercial Company of Sumter has beer) commissioned with a minimum c&pi tal of *$1,000 and a maximum capital of $25,000. The petitioners are: R. A. Bradham, G. C. Warren, E, M. Hall H. P. Moses, W. J. Crowson, Jr., O B. Cantey and R. D. Lee. The Greer Fertilizer Company has been granted ' ( a commission with a capital of $5,000r > with the right to increase to $10,000. The petitioners are: N. A. Collins, O, P. Smith and T. E. Smith. The Mc Leon Grocery Company of Darlington has been commissioned with a capital of $5,000. The petitioners are: C. W. McLeod and J. W. McLeod. Shot and Killed- Wrong Man. William Marion, a cotton mill op erative, who recently came here from Massachusetts, was shot and almost instantly killed by David Klnard, a young merchant of Bamberg, in front of the Palace Cafe on Main street. It is said Kinard intended to kill an other mill operative, but mistook his man. He surrendered to the sheriff immediately after the shooting and is now in jail. I s, i Supreme Court Affirms Sentence. The sentence of life in the state penitentiary imposed upon Lewis Can trell by the Oconeu county court on the charge of killing Robert Emer son, was affirmed by the supreme court in a decision written by Asso- . ciate Justice Woodu and concurred la by Chief Justice Gary and Associate Justice Hydrick. Governor's Guards to Inauguration., The Governor's Guards will attend the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. It had been determined by the com pany some weeks ago that the com pany would attend in the event of Gov. Wilson's election. The company expects to carry its entire strength to the inauguration. This will be the first inauguration attended by the Governor's Guards since the inaugura tion of Grover Cleveland. So far as is known this company is the first military organization in South to sig nify its intention of attending. Many Miles of New Railway Linee. During the last two years the con struction of nearly 250 miles of new steam and electric railway lines has been undertaken in South Carolina, according to figures in the office of (he railroad commission. Of this 140 miles will be operated by steam and 105 miles by electricity. During the last year 08 miles of new steam roads and J > miles of new electric lines liave been put in operatipn. The re maining 42 miles of steam railways and 6n miles of elecfrir railways arc in various stages of construction. To Have Corn Exhibition. The Chesterfied board of trade which was organized several week? ago with 48 charter members, has arranged to hold a county corn expo sition, stock farm and poultry show at Chesterfield November 14. Ches terfield county has not had a county fair in several years. The board of trade's intention is to make the righl hperinnine this year with the ultimate object of having a regular county fai. at Chesterfield. A fine programme han been arranged for the day. A fre?" barbecue will be served to all.