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RAISE QUARANTINE IN MANY STATES More territory is freed from cattle ticks THROUGOUT the south. TENNESSEE ENTIRELY FREE Over 17,000 Additional Square Miles in Eight Southern States to Be ReTeased From Quarantine. i Washington.?The territory in the South freed from cattle ticks and re ieased rrom quarantine nas ueeu in creased by 17,106 square miles by an order issued by the acting secretary of agriculture, effective February 16, 1914, releasing additional portions of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Okla homa and Texas. This action has been taken as a result of further progress made in the extermination of the ticks which spread splenetic or Texas fe ver of cattle. The total area released since the beginning of the work in 1906 now aggregates 215,908 square miles, and amounts to about 30 per cent of the territory Infected at the lime the work was undertaken. Tennessee, is the first of the states extensively infested by the ticks to "be entirely freed from this pest and released from quarantine. The portions of the several states to be released from quarantipe on February 16 under the order mentioned 1 are as follows: - In Virginia: The county of Sussex and the balance of the county of Greenes ville. In North Carolina: The counties of Moore, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and New Hanover. In Georgia: The counties of Mor gan and Franklin. ? In Tennessee: The remainder of j luariuu cuuuij. In Alabama: Portions of the coun ties of Jackson and Sumter. In Mississippi: The counties of Clay, Jasper, Smith, Scott and Le flore, the remainder of the counties ^ of Lowndes, Holmes, Madison, Attala, J Rankin, Noxubee, Chickasaw, and por tions of the counties of Claiborne, War ren, Yazoo, Sharkey, Bolivar, Newton, Grenada, Leake, Monroe, Jones and ' LaFayette. In Oklahoma: The county of Cot- 1 ton and the remainder of the counties ! of Tillman, Grady, Craig and Ottawa, ] and portions of the counties <jf Mc Clain, Osage and Delaware. SFNATOR CULLOM IS DEAD ! He Had Represented Illinois in Con gress for Fifty Years. Washington.?Former Senator Shel- 1 by M. Cullom of Illinois died here af ter an illness of more than a week, during which he hovered between life and death. His last words were a wish that he might live to see the completion of the national memorial to Abraham Lincoln, who was his personal friend. Since his retirement from the sen- 1 ate last March, Mr. Cullom had been 1 resident commissioner of the commis- < sion created by congress to build the ' $2,000,000 Lincoln memorial. '< Shelby Moore Cullom's death ended < fifty years of continuous public serv- ' dee that had made him a figure in 5 American national life and brought 1 him into official relations with every 1 president from Abraham Lincoln to 1 Wood row Wilson. * As a plowboy driving his father's * oxen over the fresh prairie of Illinois 1 he had known and talked with sur- < vivors of the revolution and on the s rueerp.ri foundations of a life begun in 1 pioneer hardships of a family of twelve children had built a career that took him to the Illinois legislature as a member; speaker of the assembly, two terms in the governor's chair, service In the national house of representa tives and thirty consecutive years in Ihe United States senate. Earthquake Shocks Cause Panic. Buenos Aires, Argentina. ? Earth quake shocks at Mendoza caused a panic. Mendoza is the capital of the ( province of Mendoza, lying about six- ' t7 Bl?le? distant from the volcano of Aconcagua. la 1861 Mendoza was ( overthrown by an earthquake, f ' 1 Taft Warns Against Plutocracy. ' Toronto, Canada.?"I sincerely hope our experience may give you warning ^ and cause you to take prompter meas ures to prevent plutocracy reaching . the danger point," said former Presi- j dent William H. Taft here in an ad- ( Aynca hofnro tha T.itprarv and Soir-n tific Society of the University of To ronto. The former president had 1 dwelt on the Industrial expansion of , Canada and the probability that its , people v^ould come face to face with conditions of corporate control exist- j ing in the United States. ? Contempt of Court Laid to Ministers. Pretoria, Union of South Africa.? Court proceedings against the minis ters of justice, defense and interior, because of their action in deporting the South African strike leaders, be gan promptly here. The supreme court judge, Sir John W. Wessels, granted an application for leave to apply t6 attach the three ministers for contempt of court. The judge de clared that if he had possessed infor mation he would have granted an in 4.,r.s>tinn rpstraininc the government from deporting the men. I .Death Stared at Vanderbilt Party. View Orleans, La.?That the party aboard Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior faced death probably for hours after the vessel went aground on a reef off the coast of Co lombia, was information gained from the fragments of wireless messages picked up here. All the lifeboats of the United Fruit company's steamer Frutera were lost in the effort to take the passengers off the Warrior and Captain Henschaen summoned the steamer Almirante, which finally ef fected a perilous rescue. Former Senator from Illinois and com missioner of the Lincoln Memorial passed away in Washington. HUERTA FILLS THE JAILS ALLEGED PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE DICTATOR DISCOVERED IN MEXICO CITY. Many Prominent Mexicans Arrested. Money Sent to El Paso to Pay Soldiers. Mexico City.?The police authorities say that they have broken up a con spiracy which had as its object the overthrow of the administration. Sev eral prominent Mexicans, including Col. Vito Alessio Robles, are among those arrested. It is alleged that Gen. Eugene Rasoon, military governor of Oaxaca, and Gen. Fernado Gonzales were in some way involved in the plot. They, however, have n6t been placed ' under arrest. . J The ex-minister of the interior, Je- 1 sus Flores Magon, returned from his ' conferences with John Lind at Vera 1 Cruz. He declined to discuss the na ture' of the conversations. El Paso, Texas.?Although they jpe ' to be sheltered and fed indefinitely by 1 the United States government, the ' Mexican soldiers from Ojinaga who are 1 Interned at Fort Bliss received from their own government some of the ' pay due them for fighting before they ' crossed the Rio Grande. 1 An official census just completed by * Col. Frederick Perkins, Bhows there 1 are now 5,295 soldiers and refugees 1 to be provided for by this government j Besides the six generals tljere are thlr- j teen field officers of the regular Mexi can army and fifteen volunteer field officers. Other officers total 204. The 1 women number 1,237 and the children 552. j I Each Mexican soldier received $5, tils first pay for months, and, accord ing to Gen. Salvador Mercado, the commander, the last. WRECKED FRISCO IS LESSON ! The Interstate Commerce Commission ] Shows How System Was Obliterated, i Washington.?Financial operations, \ tvhlch included the acquirement of i lines through syndicates which prof- ? ited to the extent of more than $8, 300,000, some of which was pocketed ' by the road's own officers, are cited i in Amorce the underlying causes for iie Insolvency of the St. Louis and | 3an Francisco Railroad company, in l i report to the senate by the inter- i state commerce commission on the 5Yisco line's receivership. No recom- i nendations are made by the commis- t sion, E. E. Clark, the chairman, stating ^ n a letter of transmittals addressed to < ;he president, that they were not call- i jd for in the resolution adopted by the e senate last summer, directing the in- ( irestigation. , ] The report shows that the funded f lebt of the railroad May 27,19t13, when :he receivership was ordered, amount- ? ;d to 82.63 per cent., of the total capi- i al liability, the total capital at that ;ime amounting to $295,633,933.72, of I which only $51,364,100 was capital stork and $244,269,833.72 was funded iebt including equipment trust notes, t 75 Lives Lost In "Movie" Panic. Batavia, Dutch East Indies.?Fifty ;ight children, sixteen women and one j nan were killed during a panic caused J jy a fire at a moving picture Bhow i in a plantation in the Dutch residency \ )f Surabaya. Most of the victims were t sampled to death or suffocated. t Boy Kills His Father. Natchitoches, La.?Fearing for the ives of his mother and other members t >f the family, John C. Clark, Jr., aged f 13, shot and killed his father in their t lome at Natchitoches, according to tes- t timony before the coroner's jury, t 31ark, Sr., it was testified, came home ] under the influence of intoxicants and c threatened to kill members of his c household. Mrs. Clark fled. When her ( husband started to attaok their 15- ^ pear old daughter, young Clark shot i tils father down. A wife and nine chil- ( flren survive. < Beast Terrorized Whole Section. Lyerly, Ga.?The weird walls of a wild beast roaming the forests of northwest Georgia, resembling .the screams of a terrific woman, has caus- ' ed many an unpleasant hour for per- { sons traveling during the night hours < along the lonely roads through the 1 country. The animals, which no one s seems to recognize, has been seen sev- < eral times, but still, after seeing it, no ] one can give much of a description of ' it, other than it is like a dog, raw i and lanky, and does not have any i particular place of abode. < Three Neighbors Shot by Man. Commerce, Ga.?Hugh Walls, a mid dle-aged white man, shot and serious- i ly wounded three of his neighbors in the Bold Spring community in Frank lin county, 12 miles east of Commerce. Wall was accompanied by one of his friends, a young white man named Pitts. The two went- to the home of Mr. Cantrell and Bob Hanley. While engaged, it is said; in a conversation over a trivial business matter, Walls pulled his gun and began firing, shoot ing all three of the men. FREE CANAL TOLLS OPPOSED BY WILSON PRESIDENT HOLDS EXEMPTION TO AMERICAN.COASTWISE VES SELS VIOLATES TREATY. THREE COURSES ARE OPEN Question of Panama Canal Tolls Is Subject Discussed About Capi tol in Washington. Washington.?How to dispose of the Panama canal tolls question was the subject uppermost in discussion about the capital when the attitude of Pres ident Wilson, outlined to the senate poreign relations committee, became bile. The president's position was asserted to be that the provision of the Panama canal act granting toll exemption to American vessels is in violation of the Hay-Pauncefote trea ty, which proclaims that the canal shall be free and open to all nations "on terms of entire equality,", and that "charges of traffic should be just and equitable." Before definite action is taken in congress, it was said administration leaders will await the publifc state ment from the president on the ques tion. President Wilson himself, after the conference with the senators, said tie would proclaim his views "at a future time." Three courses are op^n to congress. Sreat Britain, which persistently has apposed the toll exemption for Ameri can ships, has offered to arbitrate the auestion as to its being a violation of the Hay-Pauncefete treaty. The ma jority in congress, it is believed, oppos 3S thfs, maintaining that the United States should settle the issue for itself. Another course is to carry into effect a "esolution submitted by Representative \damson, which would suspend, for two years, the operation of the pro vision exempting American ships from the payment of tolls. Should this be Adopted, diplomatic negotiations could continue in the meantime. The third proposal is that congress repeal the tree toll provision. Representative Adamson said that the committee on interstate and for eign commerce undoubtedly would re port the free tolls suspension bill to :he house favorably, but that this ac tion would -be held up pending defl ate word from President Wilson. Mr. Adamson expects the president to com municate his views to congress soon In a special message. WHITE TEACHERS BARRED 3y Measure Passed by South Carolina House of Representatives. Columbia, S. C.?The lower house )f the South Carolina general assem jly passed to third reading a bill pro libiting white people from teaching n negro schools or negroes in white schools under penalty of a fine of not nore than $500 or imprisonment for lot exceeding twelve months. The passage of the measure was recom nended by Governor Blease in a mes sage to the general assembly. The bill was amended to include the 'intimacy of the races in houses of 11 repute." Another amendment provides that ;he bill shall not be regarded as pro liblting the teaching of the Bible to legroes. The measure was passed to third eading after a bitter fight in which ie chief issue was whether negroes vould be more liable to be taught so :ial equality by teachers of their own ace or by white people. A strenuous sffort was made to exempt Charleston :ounty from the provisions of the bill. h Charleston, it was stated, about ifty white women teach negroes Sensational speeches were made, ind at times the discussion became nost bitter. In urging the passage of the bill Mr. Tortner of Spartanburg declared: "The negroes have their Booker T. Washington. Let the negroes run heir own business and their schools." $25,000 for Cancer Work. New York.?The New York Homeo >athic Medical College has been given 125,000 for research work in cancer, t was announced. The donor is Lam >ert Suydam, who for many years has >een Interested in furthering scien iflc investigation along this line. Probe of Strikes Ordered. Washington.?A sweeping lnvestiga ion of strike conditions in the coal ields of Colorado and the copper dls rict of Michigan was authorized by he house. By a vote of 151 to 15 lie house adopted the resolution of lepresentative Keating of Colorado, empowering the mines and mining :ommittee to make inquiry as to coa litions in Colorado and Michigan in vhich the federal government might je concerned. Hearings will be con iucted in the strike regions by a sub committee, or sub-committees, Comber Leaped 380 Feet. San Francisco, Cal.?The highest seas known on the Pacific coast since t was charted by the United States jovernment were recorded. The light jn Trinidad Head, near Eureka, Cal., ivas put out last week by surf that smashed the thick protecting panes 3f glass surrounding it. Trinidad Head rises 380 feet above the sea level, rbe light is perched on a shelf of rock about half way up, and the lens is 200 feet above the margin of the *urf. Haitian President Flees. Port Au Prince, Haiti.?The presi dent of Haiti, Michel Oreste, fled from the capital and took refuge on board the German cruiser Vineta, He was accompanied by his wife. Fighting began in the city, and an hour later the president left the palace under an escort and was conveyed in a launch to the warship. Almost im mediately detachments of bluejackets were landed from the United States armored cruiser Montana and the Vi neta. Representative Charles C. Carlin of Virginia Is one of the three men on the subcommittee of the judiciary com mittee that Is preparing the anti-trust bills whose passage is asked by Presi dent Wilson. PRESIDENT WILSON ORDERS THE ABOLISHMENT OF CANAL COMMISSION. Army and Navy Officers Are to Be In Control of the Great Waterway. Washington.?Organization of a per manent government for the Panama canal zone to supersede the Isthmian canal commission April 1 was author ized by President Wilson, with the announcement that the nomination of Col. George W. Goethals to fce first governor of the Panama canal would UU belli LU U1C OCliaic Ul u ivn uu,; u. Colonel Goethals' Idea of a "one man" government Is carried out In the executive order, which was made public by Secretary Garrison immedi ately after the cabinet meeting. The authority of the governor will be su preme under the secretary of war. Official notification of his selection was cabled to Colonel Goethals at Panama. Secretary Garirson, who per sonally told- the colonel last summer that he would be made the first gov ernor, said he was confident there would be no question about accept ance. . The change in title will mean a loss of $5,000 a year to the head of the ione, as the governor's salary will be $10,000 and he now receives $15,000 as chairman of the commission. Secretary Garriso nannounced that it was proposed to resolve members of the commission, with the exception of Colonel Goethals, into a new commis sion to arrange for and conduct cere monies incident to the canal opening. Congress will be asked to provide the necessary legislation. URGES SCHOOLS IN SUMMER Commissioner Claxton So Urges?Prac tice of Closing Termed Primitive. Washington. ? Characterising the practice of closing public schools in summer as "primitive and preposter ous" and declaring the most "import ant problem of today was to keep city boys from three months' contam ination in the streets," P. p. Claxton, commissioner of the United States bu reau of education, approved a plan which would mean continuous school sessions and through which two mil lion children might t enlisted in voca Unnnl wnrlf. "The teachers shoul "' teach nature study and the principles of horticul ture," said Mr. Claxton, "Public schools of the country rep resent an investment in buildings, grounds and equipment of nearly two billion dollars, and this investment stands idle about one-quarter of the time for no other reason than that in primitive days both teachers and pupils were needed on the farms three or four monthB in the summer. Duehay Will Inspect Federal Prison. Washington.?Francis H. Duehay, the newly appointed superintendent of prisons, will shortly visit Atlanta, Ga., to inspect the United States peniten tiary there." His appointment is a per sonal one of Attorney General McRey nolds, and he does not have to be confirmed by the senate, so he will enter upon his new duties at once. Mr. Duehay declined to make an comment upon the charges of Julian Hawthorne and others affecting the conduct of Warden Moyer. Rebellion in Haiti. Port Au Prince.?The revolutionai*y movement in Haiti grows stronger day by day. Several towns in the north are in arms against the government and several of the most important places have been capiurea ay revolu tionists. In the south, Petit Goav, on the north shore of the southwestern peninsula, and Mirogoanne, on the south coast of the bay of Gonaivas, 50 miles from Port Au Prince, have joined in the movement The situa tion at Port Au Prince is tranquil. Trust Measures to Be Expedited. Washington.?How to expedite the administration anti-trust legislative program was the subject of an in formal conference at tt-e home of Sen ator Newlands of Nevada, Qjiairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce. Co-operation of commit tees in both houses was agreed on as esesential to quick results in carrying the program to completion and, to this end, the suggestion of joint hearing? met with general favor. STEAMER MONROE SINKS, 47 ARE LOS! FORTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST IN MARINE DISASTER OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST. THRILLING RESCUE OF 86 Steamer Nantucket Proceeding In Dense Fog Rams Into the Monroe.? Latter Sank In Ten Minutes.?Ter? rific Scenes on Lost Ship. Norfolk[?Forty-seven persons lost their lives in the icy waters of the At lantic at 2 o'clock a. m. when the Old Dominion liner Monroe was rammed amidships, practically cut in two and sank within ten minutes, 25 miles southeast of Hog Island by the'Mer chants and Miners' steamer Nan tucket. The 47 lost comprised 23 passen gers and 24 members of the crew, as yet unidentified, according to offcial wireless report to the Old Dominion line h6re. Thirty-one passengers and 55 of the crew were saved. Captain Johnson of the sunken Monroe and all his off cers but one were among the saved. The lost officer was Secbnd Engineer Gately. Eighty-six survivors picked from thfc sea and huddled on the Nantucket, which was proceeding slowly with a crumpled bow toward Norfolk are thw only ones who know all the story of how the two big ships, picking thelt way through a blanket of fog?one bound north and the other bound south ?crashed near the Winter Quarter shoal lightship. Fragments of the wreck narrative that reached here by wireless told how the Nantucket, backed off, lower ed boats and began sweeping the misty sea with her searchlights, then, within te nmlnutes, the Monroe, her passengers pitched out of berths in night clothes, went down. In the swirling vortex of the sinking ship men shouted and women scream ed through the mist. The Monroe went down so quickly that there was little time for launching boats and it is be* lieved that the only ones saved were those picked up at once by the Nan tucket. A dense fog that enveloped the sea and the panic that followed the col lision made rescue work hazardous. With water pouring into the doomed liner Monroe, her frightened passen gers rushed to the decks and gropea helplessly about in the ' dense fofr. Many hurled themselves overboard. The Nantucket's boats had been low ered almost immediately after the Col lision and guided by the cries of the Monroe's passengers and crew who had taken the desperate chance of leaping Into the icy see, they pressed the work of rescue. Searchlights that were aimed through the wall of fog were of feeble help. Meanwhile the wireless began hlsa ing out its call for aid. The revenue cutter Onondaga, crusing off the Vir g nia Capes, heard and under forced draft, sped northward. From her Nor folk berth the wrecking tug I. J. Mer ritt soon was underway. Tne urn uo minion liner Hamilton, not far from where the Monroe went down, was headed for the Nantucket and other ships turned their prows to the res? cue. S. A. L. Train Cruashes Into A. C. L. Laurinbrg, N. C.?Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 14, from Wilming ton to Charlotte, ran into Atlantic Coast Line train No. 79 at the cross ing of the two roads at Pembroke at 7:40 a. m. Two of the coaches on the A. C. L. train were derailed. It is said that the dense fog made it difficult for the Seaboard train en gineer to see the Coast Line train, which was standing on the tracks and it is also said that his brakes failed to respond when he did see it. Several persons were injured, the most seriously injured being Engi neer Charles Shafer, of Hamlet, of the Seaboard train. He was badly bruised about bis head and body. Clarks Discredits Presidency Talk. Washington^?Speaker Clark de clared that nothing in his Baltimore speech could be considered as indicat ing that he had figured on being a presidential candidate In 1916 or any time in the future. "The only thing I said about the presidency," said the speaker, "was in reply to the flowery introduction of the toastmaster. I said that If all that the toastmaster said was true I ought to be president and would be if the proposed primary had been In force in 1912. To Sell Wabash Railroad. St. Louis, Mo.?The sale of the Wa. bash Railroad at foreclosure was au thorized by Federal Judge Adams. Judge Adams directed that no bids for the property lower than thirty-four million dollars be acepted and that the sale be made without appraise ment. Chester E. Krum was appointed spe cial master to execute the sale. All bidders will be required to deposit with him- $1,700,000 or $3,500,000 in Wabash first refunding or extension mortgage bonds. Injunctions Were Dissolved. Kansas City.?Injunctions against John T. Barker, attorney general of Missouri, preventing him from pro ceeding with suits to recover $24,000, 000 excess freight and passenger charges made by railroads while the Missouri rate cases were in litigation, were dissolved in an opinion by Fed eral Judge Smith McPherson. The criminal injunction brought by rail roads to prevent enforcement of Mis souri's two cent passenger and maxi mum freight rate lawe also was dis missed. COUNTIES EXPEND TO MUCH Comptroller General Reports on In* vestigatlons Made In His Office. Columbia, ? "Twenty-six counties 1 uBqi sasuedxa inajjno joj aiotn }uada the total amount of revenue from all sources in such counties, a violation of the statute law and a condition which naturally increases the county debt," says A. W. Jones, comptroller general, in his annual report to the legislature, discussing iis investiga tions of financial affairs of counties. Expenses for all counties in the state amounted to more than $2,800,000. The following is an extract form the report: "Twenty-six counties have spent more money for current expenses than the total amount, of revenue from all sources in sum counties, a violation of-the statute law and a con dition which naturally increases the county debt. "This ole shows the necessity for a simnel system of book-keeping to prevent the county commissioners from incurring debts or issuing war rants in excess of the moneys avail able for their payments. "Detailed reports of these investi gations are on file in my office and in many cases copies of them have been furnished the grand juries, and where not already furnished to the grand juries will be done so upon re duest. Any one desiring to inspect these reports can do so in my office. I do not include them at length in this report, for the reason that their publication would involve enormous expense, which I deemed unneces sary, inasmuch as the public officials and others interested can obtain the information contained in these re ports by inspecting them in my office, or referring to copies furnished to the grand juries in the -various coun ties. Any one desiring to obtain ad ditional copies of these reports will be allowed to do so at their own ex pense. However, should your honor able body wish these investigations published, they can be done so at any time as a special report, if you see fit to so order. "These investigations show that there is no general system of book keeping observed in the management of county affairs. In many instances the books are only partially or defec tively kept, and the appropriations for county purposes are not made upon the same plan in all counties. In some there is only a general levy for all county purposes without any limita tion as to the amount to be spent for any specific purpose; in others the ap propriation act for county purposes specifies the particular use to which certain amounts are to be applied. However, but little attention is paid by disbu'rising officers to such limita tions in the appropriation acts, so that money appropriated for one pur pose is frequently applied to another, hnth r\t thoso nilrnnooo hainc nViorona " WMVWV ^ M* J/VWVW UV1UQ VUIM^VO against the county. > Live Stock Data. Columbia.?Live qtock estimates, as of January 1, with^comparisons for South Carolina, and the United States, as made by the United States depart-, ment of agriculture, were announced recently by the weather bureau. The 1 data therefor, were gathered by the bureau of statistics in cooperation with the weather bureau. i Current prices of live stock in South ; Carolina, as compared with the aver- ] age for the country, are igiven as fol- i lows, the first figure in each instance being that for the state: Horses, $144 as against $109^ mules, ( $167 as against $124; milch cows, $35 j as against $54; other cattle, $15 as . against $31; sheep, $2.60 as against ^ $4; swine, $9.10 as against $10.40. From this showing it appears that ( South Carolina prices are above the general average on horses and mules, , hnlnw rtn m11 / > V? onnro /\+Vi at* l/\yIV(T VU UUAVU WnO) V LUV1 VUbbiU f f sheep and swine. There is a differ* 1 ence per head of $20 on milch cows, $16 on other cattle, $1.40 on sheep and $1.30 on swine. Has 43 Steel Bridges. Gaffney.?Supervisor E. F. Lips- ' comb recently stated that Cherokee now has *3 steel bridges within her { borders, from 16 to 850 feet in length and that there are more than 1,000 miles of good roads in the county. The road-making outfit consists of * one traction engine, a scarifier, and ? three scraperss He has 26 hands, 1 and the good work is progressing as * never before. ? Enforce Law and Order. Charleston.?Far from being con tent to rest upon what it accomplish- \ ed by the publication of its report, ( the Law and Order league has laid i out a programme or activities xnat * will keep the work of this organiza- i tion before the public for some time J to CQme, according to announcements < made a few days ago by officers ol 1 the league. More mass meetings will < be held from time to time and the 1 work undertaken by the organization i will be pushed with renewed vigor. ] Fair For Georgetown. Georgetown. ? Georgetown county will fall in line with the other coun- i ties of the state and have a county ? fair this fall. This matter has been i under consideration for the past sev- i eral months, but no definite steps * were taken until recently. J A mass 1 meeting of the citizens of the couaty * was held a few days ago for the pur- < -M-oonWino on/1 rnmnlpfinff I i yuoc ui ui6?4i*?*4*0 ??? ?*----?u definite arrangements. The idea of a 1 county fair for Georgetown has arous- 4 ed a great amount of enthusiasm 1 among the citizens. i Study of Pellagra at Spartanburg. Spartanburg.?Dr. J. L. Jefferies oi this city has received definite infor- 1 mation thfct the Thompson-McFadden 1 commission for the study of pellagra 1 will return in the spring for continu- 1 ed research into the causes of the dis- f ease. A letter was written to the Spar- 1 tanburg physician by Capt. Siler, 1 chairman of the commission, contain- 1 ing the information when he return- 1 ed to New York from Washington, I where he made arrangements with Col. Thompso nfor the continuation 5 of the work. 1 THE POULTRY CLUBS GOVERNMENT AGENT FRANK C. HARE, NOW WORKING IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. WORK IN FIVE COUNTIES V*' Clubs Are Being Organized in All Parts of the Five Counties.?Plan ning to Conduct Poultry Industry on Comparaticely Large Scale. ' r. J ' Greenville. ? Farmers and their wives, and coup try boys and girls of Greenville county will be given an opportunity during the next few days to join the poultry clubs which are to be organized throughout this country m under the Federal farm demonstra tion work. Mr. Frank C. Hare, of Washington, the special agent who is to have charge of this "work for South Carolina, was in Greenville recently, in conference with local Ghamber of Commerce officials with reference to the plans of organiza tion which will be undertaken in the very near future. Mr. Hare has just come from Union county, where her-,.'^^ has been working during the past . i three weeks, completely organizing the clubs there. He has his office at f' Clemson College, in connection ^rfth. . Mr. W. W. Long, state demonstration. ' agent He has'returned to Greenville; v, ' to make definite announcements as to '.r the organizations. From plans stated by Mr. Hare, it V is apparent that the work will be not alone to assist the farmers and their wives to raise poultry, but to perfect - v, i an organization which will take; ' * charge of the buying of supplies, and the marketing, to the best advantage nf ttia nnufnnfo nt fha oav/iral /ilnKo ' ' VTA vuv yivuuvwo V* VUV DOIVi?W WkUWB^i ^ . thus making the plan practically & V;i co-operative work by which the mem bers of the organizations will be en couraged to engage in the poultry business on the most modem lines, and at the same time placed in posi tion to get the best market price for their products. 7 Greenville county Is one of the fiver o South Carolina counties in whicn this work is to be conducted this year. The other counties are Union, Marl boro, Darlington and Colleton. ;Dor ing the next few days, Mr. Hare will visit the various schools of the coun ty, and organize a number of poultry clubs in all sections of the county, the club membership including farmers, their wives, and the coys and girls. Some New Enterprises. Unit Improvement Company o> Co lumbia has been commissioned \tith a capital sto'*k of $10,000. Petition ers are: E. T. Summersett, ;Biv< B /~l_ 1 urwBuam ana :u. m. nan. ine com pany will do a general real estate business. j"V 1-4; Reeder-Newton Furniture Company r of Greenville has -been chartered with, a capital of $6,000. Officers are: R. L. Newton, president; L. H. Wood,. > vice president; N. J. Reeder, secretary and treasurer. Realty Investment Company of Charleston has been chartered with a capital of $10,000. Officers are: W. H. Mixson, president; O; B. Buell, vice president; R. G. White, secretary and. treasurer. City Investment Company of Char- ' , leston, has been chartered with a. v capital of $15,000. Officers are: W. S. Cook, president; J. A. Storfer, vice: president; R. G. White, secretary and treasurer. Truluck-Carroway Company of Olanta has been chartered with a :apital of $6,000. Officers are: J. CL.; Fruluck, president; S. C. Carroway, vine nresldent. secretary and treas Specialty Manufacturing and Sales. Company of Columbia has been char- : :ered, with a capital of $5,000, to v manufacture typewriter covers. Offi cers are: A. H. Kohn, president; W_ H. Greever, vice president; .W. J. - Dhl, secretary and treasurer. Big Sunday School Meet Anderson.?^Jever before in the his ;ory of the Sunday school work in thia J itate have such splendid plans been. ; - ?; aid for a state convention as are be ng laid for the convention at Ander :OD February 11-13. Tomato Club Organizer. :y Chester.?Miss Jo Anna Yarbf- ' >ugh, daughter of the Rev. J. H. Hr- j jorough, has been appointed ie- > y Chester county girls' tomato club or ganizer. Miss Edith L. Parrott sent ; )ne day m tne city m comennce with R. L. Cunningham and V. D. Knox, county superintendent ofedu- ' :ation, during which time the juali- \ ications of a number of the na?es of lifferent aspirants for the psition | were considered. Miss Yarbrough yas selected as the best equiped to <4; i>ush the work. Big Truck Farm. For many years Sumter h? needed i first class truck farm neart. J. K. rennings, an enterprising ?ung Ear ner, last year planted a fe acres in vegetables and found that here was i good profit in it. This ear he is planning to conduct a reilar truck !arm and has associated wh him two experienced truck farmer of Virgin a, M. D, and I. G. Ra'dale. The farm will be known as tf Clear View ;ruck farm and will bfabout three miles from town on *e Stateburg road. Will Open ClufRoom. Rock Hill.?The wnan's club of tne Aragon mill villa* opened quar ters recently for the {e of the young people of the commtity for the first time. This club re" was recently tfven by Alexander for the club's jse. It is the pui*se of this club, to keep open housf'or the benefit of :he young people' the community ind to offer a pasant place for ?ames, social int^ouse and reading, rhe hours will b*rom 7 to 9 o'clock ind one of the ambers of the club will serve as lit-rian.