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GOVERNOR BLEASE IN FIGHTING MOOD GOVERNOR DIDN'T LIKE SPEECH MADE BY ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS. PAYS VISIT TO LEGISLATURE He Even Pulled Off His ?Per 1 ku sunai v ivivmvc n tTVMkvu wj Cool-Headed Members. Columbia, S. C.?An exciting scene marked the session of the house of representatives when Governor Blease went into the hall to reply to certain statements made by W. F. Stevenson, in a speech on the asylum probe and to deliver a message in person. Per sonal encounters, which at one time seemed likely, were prevented by the intervention of members. When the governor charged that N. B. Barnwell, member of the house from Charleston, was acting in a cow ardly manner by raising a technical point* that the chief executive was not acting within the constitutional limits in making his remarks, Mr. Barnwell advanced to the speaker's stand, but htqc roaf-roinprl hv mpmhfirs. Governor Blease told the members that he came prepared for a fight be cause he could not stand the alleged misrepresentations. Following the tilt with Mr. Barnwell the governor left the hall and was fol lowed by a large number of his sup porters. Mr. Stevenson followed him for the purpose, It is said, of stating , that he did not wish Governor Blease to understand that he had apologized for any statement made in his speech. The governor apparently thought that Mr. Stephenson wanted to fight and pulled off his coat. "I have been in some fights, but I never take off my coat," said Mr. Ste frt fha V? Q11 TCUCV/U) XOtlumug vvr vaw uwt?. General disorder reigned in the house for several minutes while the governor was making his charges. Friends of Mr. Barnwell and the gov , / ernor crowded around and for a time It seemed as if a general fight was im minent The governor, in his message or ad dress, charged that the report of the legislative committee on the asylum probe was unfair, in that it failed to discuss the charges by Senator Till man that Governor Blease and his "underlings and satellites" were try ing to manipulate the sale of the asylum property in Columbia. He denied all these charges, and also took exception to a speech by Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Barnwell raised the point of or der that the message was passing the constitutional '" nits allowed the gov ernor. Governor Blease then made the remark about Mr. Barnwell which pre cipitated the confusion. MOORE RESIGNS POSITION \; . Agreed to S >rve State Department Only One Year. Washington.?John Bassett Moore, counselor of the state department and the recognized authority on interna tional questions, concluded nis serv ice with the government when Pres ident Wilson accepted the resignation Mr. Moore had submitted a month ago. Coming when international affairs occupy the forefront of official and public attention, the departure of Mr. Moore from a position second only to that of Mr. Bryan, attracted wide spread attention and comment. Although the resignation had been in the president's hands since Feb ruary 2, to take effect now, this fact had -not been generally known. There had been reports some months ago that the counselor of the state de partment did not find his labors en tirely congenial and was about to re sicn huf these TeDorts were promptly denied. It was explained then and again officially explained that Mr. Moore had come into the administration with a definite understanding that his ten ure was provisional for a year, so that he could return to his duties as head of the department of international law at Columbia university. This fact was strongly emphasized in the official cor respondence made public. Suffragettes Engage in Riot. London. ? Militant suffragettes gave further proof that their bitter est animosity is reserved for the La bor party, the only political party that has espoused their cause. As soon as J. Ramsey MacDonald, chairman of the Labor party, began speaking - at a labor party rally in Memorial hall, suffragettes, aided by male support ers, started to howl him down. For nearly an hour a fierce struggle raged 1n the hall. There were frequent free fights between men, white women grabbed one another by the hair, Compromise on Postal Measure. Washington.?Disputed points be tween house and senate on the postal appropriation bill were compromised. The measures were accepted by the senate and went to the house for final passage. The postmaster general would be empowered to fix the time for delivery of parcel post shipments in congested zones. The pay of sub stitute clerks and carriers was com promised at 35 cents an hour and the 51,200 a year maximum for rural car riers was agreed upon. Several Hundred Men Arrested. New York.?Several hundred men, who, under the leadership of Indus trial Workers of the World, have been marching on church edifices recently, were arrested in St. Alphonsus' Ro man Catholic church. As the men neared the church, detectives informed Frank Tannenbaum, who has headed the demonstrations made, that if the men entered the building they would do so at their peril. Tannenbaum, in stead of heeding the advice, called on the men to follow him. 5 JUST PLOW STORM SWEEPS MEKV -ALL THE EASTERN PART OF U, S. ASSAILED BY STORM OF RAIN, SNOW AND WIND. New York One of the Worst Sufferert. Wires Are Down and All Train / Service Demoralized. Savannah, Ga.?Developing suddenly in southwestern Georgia, a storm swept through south Georgia in a M/vttiV/vnnf A Tf U'lll P.rtTl UU1 UUCOOICU/ UUCVUVU. aw ??-** tinue ItB course up the Atlantic coast The first news of the storm's approach was received by the local weather bu reau in the following telegram from the central bureau in Washington : "Hoist northeast storm warnings, 8 p m.t Fort Monroe to Savananh. Etorn central in southwest Georgia moving northeastward and increasing in inten sity. Will give strong winds along south Atlantic coast, shifting to north west." New York. ? A northeast storm, swerving to ' the northwest which first brought rain, then snow, raged over New York and vicinity, cutting the city almost completely off from telegraph and telephone communica tion. Reports showed its effects to be widespread. Three deaths due to the storm oc curred here, two together when a roof collapsed under the weight of wet snow, crushing a man and a boy. An other man, blinded by snow, was kill ed by a train. Several persons were overcome by exposure, and a number were injured in street accidents. Philadelphia.?One of the worst storms In years raged in this city and vicinity, paralyzing wire communica tion to eastern points and bringing train service between this city and New York to a standstill. Th?s Penn sylvania Railroad company estimated that on its lines there are between twenty-five and thirty trains stalled between the two cities, while the Reading was in equally as ba dshape. LINES OPERATED BY POOLS House Committee Finds Dissolution of Combinations Would Cripple Trade. Washington?Foreign and domestic shipping of the United States is so combined by agreements, pools and conference arrangements that an at tempt to dissolve the combinations would cripple trade. This is the con clusion reached by the house mer chant, marine and fisheries committee in a final report of the so-called ship ping trust investigation, made public I here. The committee, after two years of exhaustive inqquiry, recommends that both foreign and domestic ship ping combinations be placed under the strict control of the interstate com merce commission, and that, if neces sary, the commission be enlarged to care for the additional work. Debts of 48 States Total $342,251,000. Washington. ? Preliminary figures made public by the director of the census, W. J. Harris, show the total indebtedness of the 48 states of the Union, less sinking fund assets, on June 30, 1913, was $342,251,000, an In crease of $107,342,000, or nearly 50 per cent., over the total ten years ago. Including sinking fund assets, the to tal debt amounted to $419,157,000, of which sum about $19,000,000 represent ed the floating debt. The funded debt was $400,000,000, of which about $359, 000,000 represented the floating debt. Changes From "Wet" to "Dry." Memphis, Tenn.?Of seven hundred revenue licenses held in Memphis, 576 were surrendered to County Attorney General Z. N. Estes when the "nui sance" act, passed at the last session of the state legislature, became op erative, ending the open saloon in Ten nessee. A number of the saloons, transformed into "soft drink" estab lishments, reopened to serve non-alco holic and other beverages coming in the requirement of the state prohibi tion laws of less than two per cent, alcohol. Benton Probers Barred. Juarez, Mexico.?The Benton inves tigating commission was prevented from proceeding to Chihuahua to ex amine the slain Briton's body by reb el orders. Col. Fidel Avila, military commander here, declined to permit them to board the regular passenger train, which was waiting. Persistent inquiry here and in El Paso failed to establish anything but the one fact that the commissioners were refused passports on this side and returned to El Paso. 'ing along MEXICAN SITUATION IENSI PRESIDENT DECLARES BENTON BAUCH AND VERGARA HAVE MADE SITUATION GRAVE. But He Realizes Certain Eventualitiei May Force Drastic Course by the United States Government Washington.?President Wilson re Tisaled to those who discussed Mexi can affairs with him that he fully real ized the gravity of the situation result ing from the killing of William S Benton, a British subject, the reportet murder of Gustav Bauch and Clement* Vergara, American citizens, and Gen eral Cararnza's denial of the righ of the United States to look after th< interests of foreigners generally ii Mexico. I The president spoke deploringly o armed intervention, but at the sam< time pointedly referred to the size am power of a country like the Unite( States as being sufficient warrant fo; a calm and patient course while com pliance with the American demand! was being sought. Callers got the Impression from th< president that he was determined t< try every peaceful means at his dis posal to solve the Mexican problem but that he realized certain eventual! ties might mean a drastic course. H< spoke with a firmness that showed hi! determination not to be stampeded in to action by radical speeches in con gress, but with a hint that when th< necessity arose, the American govern ment could be expected to move de cisively and effectively. Asked whether in view of the nev developments a change of policy wai intended by the United States Immedl ately, the president pointed out that i country of the size and power of th< United States could afford to wait jus as long as it pleased; that nobodj doubted its power and nobody doubtec that General Huerta was eventually t< retire. VILLA ADMITS BAUCH ISDEAC Rebel General Saya Missing Americai Was Assassinated. Chihuahua, Mexico.?General Villi indicates his belief that Gustav Baucl is dead, when he said thai/ Bauch, ai American, was liberated at Juarez and "doubtless was assasssinated b] some of his enemies. Villa said tha Bauch had many enemieB and added "Of course, I can't be held to blam< for that." El Paso, Texas.?General Villa's ex pressed belief that Gustav Bauch, wh< was arrested at Juarez as a spy iw< weeks ago, was the victim of an as sassin, occasioned no surprise here The German-American's sister, Mrs. J M. Patterson, and others intereste< in the case have been resigned t< the conclusion that Bauch was slaii at Juarez. Shot to Death While on Trial. St. Louis, Mo.?Wesley (Red) Si mon, on trial here on a charge of mur dering Emmett Carroll, in a ganj feud nearly a year ago, wa6 shot an< killed in a nearby saloon, during i recess of the court in which he wai being tried. Shortly after the killinj Henry Zang, principal witness for thi prosecution, surrendered at the c^n tral police station, saying he had somi trouble with Simon. The sheriff win had feared an attack would be madi on Simon, had detailed four specia policemen to guard him. Broken Wire Saves 250 Passengers. Los Angeles, Cal.?A broken trolle; wire was all that saved a suburbai train carrying 250 passengers fron striking obstructions piled on th? track beteween Del Rey and Renond< Beach and rolling down a 12-foot em bankment into the ocean. Runnini from Los Angeles along the oceai front toward Renondo at forty-fivi miles an hour the two-car train slack ened speed and stopped when the win snappeu <mu mo vuncut. r??o rupted. A few yards ahead lay si: ties across the track. Girl Frozen to Death. Hazleton, Pa.?Ella Sweeney, T years old, was found frozen to deatl in a sleigh where her companion James Bartholdi, had left her at nigh in the blizzard while he went for help The young woman had become col< and terorr-stricken over the ragini storm and the fact that there wen | four or five miles of hard road t< I travel. Her companion stopped thi i horse within 200 yards of shelter am for assistaiic-a. Almost collapsing a the end of his journey, he was no permitted to make the return trip. HIGH HONOR PAID TO CANAL BUILDER WILSON PRESENTS SPECIAL ?OLC MEDAL TO COLONEL GOETHALS. BRYAN WAS TOASTMASTER The President Says Goethals Is th< World's Greatest Living Engineer. Washington.?Washington paid trib *?? f'ni r.onptro Wachirifrtnn Goe UlC IU UWiQV f? thals, builder of the Panama canal "The occasion was the annual banquel of the National Geographic Society with Colonel Goethals present as th( guest of honor, and to receive frorr the hand of President Wilson a specia: gold medal awarded him by the soci ety in recognition of his wonderfu achievement. Secretary Bryan was toastmastei and gathered about the banquet table with distinguished scientists of the society were President Wilson anc" his cabinet, justices of the Supreme court, members of the diplomatic corps, hig officers of the army anc navy .leaders in both houses of con gress and other notable figures in the life of the national capital. During the evening Jules J. Jusse - rand, the French ambassador, anc dean of the diplomatic corps, was " formally Notified of his election tc honorary membership in the society ? The banquet hall presented a strik ing scene. At one end, raised higt above the table, the words: "Atlantic Goethals-Pacific," blazed in brilllanl s electric letters as all other lights were extinguished. Ice cream was served the dinen from miniature dredges, carried bj i- waiters dressed in the uniform of the United States engineer corps, and fol . lowed by sailors bearing a tiny battle ship. Individual dishes of cream ap pearpd molded in the shape of the Pan j ama canal dump car., 3 The medal awarded Colonel Goethah - was given as an expression of the t appreciation of the society and the 3 nation of the army engineer's distin i guished service. Its presentation was the final act of President Wilson's first f year as chief executive of the United i States. 1 Inscribed on the medal were the 1 words: r "This medal of the National Geo - graphic society is awarded to George 5 Washington Goethals, to whose ability and patriotism the world owes, the con j struction of the Panama canal. Marcfc j 3, 1914." TO ELECT A NEW SENATOR 3 Senatorial Election Called for in Ala bama, April 6. Montgomery, Ala.?Governor O'Nea i has announced that he will call a spe * cial election fqr May 11 for the elec tion of a United States senator froa Alabama to fill out the unexpired terrc 1 of the late Senator Joseph F. John 3 ston. In a telegram to R. Tyler Goodwyn 1 chairman of the state Democratic ex 3 ecutive committee, whie was in ses sion in Birmingham, the governor sug 7 gests that a primary be called foi 1 April 6 for the nomination of the 5 short-term senator. Birmingham, Ala.?The Democratic state executive committee called a state primary ror April t> to nommatt a candidate for the seat of the lat? United States Senator Joseph F. John ston. A majority of the votes casl must be gained by one of the candi dates, or there will be a run-off April 20. Nomination in the primary will b equivalent to election May 11, the daj Governor O'Neal has named for th? special election of senator. Huerta Seeks to Free 5,000 Refugee! El Paso, Texas.?Asserting thai there is no warrant of Internationa' law of treaty under which the 5,00( Mexicans who fled to the Unitec States after the battle of Ojinaga, and who are interned at Fort Bliss, car be held, representatives of the Huerta government here are preparing to in stitute habeas corpus proceedings tc J ooiam tueu uuciauuu. iwina ,JU.? i thail and H. R. Gamble are acting foi the Huerta government, No C. O. D. Shipments. i- Jefferson City, Mo.?The right o! - express companies to refuse to delivei I C. O. D. shipments of liquor into Texa< 1 was upheld by the Missouri supreme 1 court. The decision of the court was s based on the Texas law prohibiting ; such shipments. Abraham Rosenbergei 3 claimed he had delivered shipments i- of liquor to the Pacific Express com 2 pany and to the Wells, Fargo & Co'? 3 express for Texas points. Before the 3 shipments were delivered, the Texas 1 law prohibiting such shipments' be came effective. More U. S. Soldiers for Hawaii. y San Francisco.?The United States i army forces in Hawaii are to be in i creased from 8,000 men to 14,000 O] s 15,000 as soon as the troops can be 3 transferred from the states, according i- to Major General William H. Carter ? who is to sail for Honolulu to assume i commmand of the division of Hawaii g With General Carter will gn aboul > one thousand men ^ augment the pres s ent garrison on Oaiiu. The remaindei of the proposed inciv.ase, he said, wil. 11 be transferred as soon as the mer can be spared from Texas border.. 4,600 Bales of Cotton Burn. 1 New Orleans.?Two sheds of th< * Louisiana Railway and Navigatior ^ company, on New Basin canal, be ( tween Howard and Robertson streets j containing 4,600 bales of cotton anc I several freight cars, were destroyed e by fire in New Orleans after midnight 3 causing a loss of $250,000. The e amount of insurance is not known. A 3 negro was asleep in the cotton anc t was rescued badly burned by a nighi t watchman. He is being held by th* j police. LAST DAYS OF THE I GENERAL ASSEMBLY > ONLY ABOUT THREE HUNDRED OF THE 1500 BILL3 INTRODUC to AH E PASSED. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of The Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over South Carolina. Columbia. House. The Clifton bill to authorize the holding of an election on the dispen sary question in Sumter and Ker shaw on the second Tuesday in June was passed by the house. Mr. Dick, Mr. Eppa and Mr. Belser of Sumter made statements in re gard to the bill and the tangle which resulted over the last dispensary elec tion in their county. The result of tne last dispensary eiecuun m ouiu ter has not yet' been determined by the supreme court, to which it was 5 appealed. By a vote of 31 to 23 the house. ' killed the Sullivan bill providing for the establishment by the state of a 5 hospital for the treatment of pellagra * and the appointment of a commission * to study the disease which is still a medical mystery. The bill proposed 1 the appropriation of $25,000 for the " hospital and $10,000 for the mainte nance of the commission. J The governor returned, to the house the DeLaughter Joint resolution ap * propriating $400 for a monument over the gra\(e of McKie Merriwether of 5 Edgefield, who was killed in the Hamburg riot while sfervlng under Gen. Butler. The message said there was an error in the name "Hamburg" as it occured in the joint resolution. Action was deferred on the message. ' "A tissue of mistakes" was the ! manner in which the governor char ! acterized in a special message a re ' port in a newspaper in regard to acts 1 passed by the present general assem : bly and the manner in which the gov ' ernor had handled them. Despite the declaration of the gov 1 ernor that he thought it "the^rankest Republicanism that could possibly be adopted by any body of men calling ' themselves Democrats," the house, by r a vote of 62 to 21, overrode the' veto of his excellency on the act giving the 1 citizens of Rock Hill the privilege of holding an eleotion to vote on the question of adopting commission form ( of government Following this action, Mr. Steven son of Chesterfield, in view of the declaration of the governor in the veto message, spoke on a question of per L sonal privilege on behalf of himself - and other members or the house who . voted to override the veto. i The free conference committee i however, adjourned with $241,000 of the total appropriation of $312,000 over which the senate and house dis , agreed, still undecided. There were members of the house who thought : that the house should stay In session to "show the senate up" for delaying ' final adjournment on account of the i fight on the 2-cent passenger rate bill. By a vote of 62 to 34, the house : sustained the veto of the governor on i the act to establish a rural police sys > tem in Beaufort county, to discontinue > Hionflnaorr pfinrtohle? In Roailfnrt i UAO[/VUt7Ui J VVUt.i>?*k/?vw WM>?kv* ? devolve their duties on the rural po t lice. The governor in his message - said the bill was unconstitutional be l cause of the policemen by the dispen i sray board. ' The house passed the Carlisle joint > resolution providing for the appoint ment of a commission of three to in vestigate the Torrens system of land ? registration and to prepare a bill em : bodying its principles to be presented I to the next session of the general a? > sembly. The joint resolution says I that two of the members of the cora I mission shall be lawyers. The mem i bers of the commission will be paid i .$4 per day and traveling expenses. The resolution has passed the senate. > In the house occurred something out of the ordinary, in the xefusal of the r house to adopt the free conference Postal Examinations March 14. United States civil service commls sion announces that on March 14 an ! examination will be held at Colum bia as a result of which it is expected plated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmaster at Irmo and other, vacancies as they may occur. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $448 for the last fis cal year. Age limit is 21 years and over. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the postoffice for examination is announced. Factory Inspector Appointed. Commissioner Watson has appoint i ed Sidney C. Groeschel of Chester to the position of state factory inspector ' to succeed W. R. Connelly, also of > Chester, recently resigned to accept a position in the textile machinery , woria, wmcn nis emuieni wore aa > state factory inspector won for him. The new man worked his way up in t the same mill at Chester as Mr. Con nelly, and then took a full two years' course in textile engineering; at the I Philadelphia Textile school, and two i years' experience in installation work. New Trucking District in Horry. Horry county is to have a new , trucking district this season, and freight is to be hauled into and out of a rich section of South Carolina ' that has never in all its history en- j , joyed any kind of transportation fa I cilities. I About a week ago Representative Stanley of Horry called Commissioner J Watson's attention to the fact thatUn the extreme northeastern portion ;of j Horry county the people were aijx , ious to go into the planting of pota toes for market j I report on the hog cholera senim bill. The report advised that the house give up its amendments and accept the senate bill. Messrs. Belser and Mixson argued that it would be better to stick to the present law and paid that the senate bill was along wrong lines. Refusal to adopt the conference re port leaves the law as it was, pro viding that Clemson college shall fur nish the serum at cost to persons able to pay for it and free of charge to those not so fortunate. The senate bill provided that the Berum be fur nished at cost to all applicants. The house passed to third reading the Stuckey bill to empower the in spectors of Clemson college to enter the plant of any fertilizer manufac turer in South Carolina. Senate. The senate sustained Got. Blease in his veto of the medical inspection bill and thus the act fails to become law. It provided for a mild form of medical Inspection of the school chil dren of the state. This is the sec ond time the legislature has passed a medical nispection law and the gov ernor's veto has been sustained. The house and senate overrode the gov ernor's veto on the portions of the county supply bill. The senate killed all second and third reading bills on the calendar carrying the two-cent rate bill and other important measures, but the general assembly .was unable to ad journ sine die as expected. The ap propriation bill was sent to the gov ernor but the senate, seeing the pos sibility of getting way, even if the bills were returned was unlikely un til late decided to return, after re maining in session close to the mid night hour. Important bills that died on the senate calendar under the mo' tion to kill anil second and third read ing bills include the Charleston high license measure, the compulsory edu cation bill. The Fortner bill as to whites teaching in negro schools and 90 other measures of lesser Import ance. Thore seems to be .no disposition' on the part of -the opposing minority In the senate to allow a yote on the rate bill at this session of the legisla ture. Senator Laney, who made a speech in favor of the 2-cent flat rate, asked Senator Young if he was trying to prevent a vote on the measure. "I am trying to kill the bill any way I can," replied the senator from Union. Sens'' Laney asked to whom ref erence nad been made in the charges of politics and damagogism. Senators Crouch and Buek said that they had refernce to no member of the legis lature, but to Influences outside. Sen ator Laney said that he did not be lieve there> wa sa senator on the floor but who was for or against the bill because of good motives aDd honest convictions. The people of the city of Spartan burg will not have the privilege' of voting in the next primary election on the question of making children botween the ages of eight and 12 years attend the city schools, because the-governor vetoed the Carlisle act and the house sustained his veto, al though the senate overrode it by a large vote. * - < All the members of the Spartan burg delegation in the house except Mr. Boyd and Mr. Wyche - voted against the bill, which was debated for some time. .Mr. Wyche was not in the house while the bill: was-being deba/ted, nor did he reappear on the floor until after the result of the vote on the veto tiad been announced. The veto was sustained by a vote of 42 to 38. Senator Clifton called up the Fort ner bill, accepted in its piace a sud stitute offered by Senator Nicholson and had the substitute sent to a third Reading, with notice of general amend- J ments. The Nicholson substitute provides that no person of one race shall be allowed to teach in a school or college where persons of another race are taught without first obtaining the written consent of the county board of education. It provides, further, that nothing shall prevent the teaching of the Bible and religious matters nor moral training. The negotiable instruments bill, which makes the laws in this state uniform with the laws in other states, approved by the American Bar asso ciation. has passed both houses of the legislature. Th? Liles bill providing for an an nual license on motor cars for road purposes was killed in^the senate. Oliphant Apologizes to House. A. D. Oliphant, house reporter for the Coiumbia State, apologized for his personal difficulty with Representa tive W. S. Rogers, Jr., of Spartan burg, after the house had adopted the majority report of the committee that investigated the affair and re jected the minority report. The minor ity report would have required the giving of a reprimand to Mr. Oli phant. C. C. Wyche, the Blease floor lead er, made a strenuous effort to have the minority report adopted. Lecture on Panama-Pacific Exposition. Byron L. Lick of San Francisco, who is traveling extensively throughout the country giving illustrated lectures on the Panama canal and the Panama Pacific exposition, delivered his ad dress in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium recently to a small, though greatly pleased audience. Aided by colored steropticon slides and motion pic tures, Mr. Lick presented his subject in a ready flow of English that proved both interesting and educational. The exposition, which will open February 20 of next year and close December 4. Demonstration Work Spreading. The demonstration work cf the United States department af agricul ture co-operating with Winthrop col lege is rapidly spreading. During the past week the work was accepted and contracts signed by Issaqueena milts, Central; Woodside, Judson and Mills Manufacturing company, Greenville; Ware Shoals company, Easley and Alice mills at Easley, and the mill at Liberty. These are in addition to Pelzer, Piedmont and four mills at Rock Hill, and make in all, counting each mill, a total of 19 mills. nn E SIX 80UTH CAROLINA CITIES. ARE MAKING BIG PLANS FOR EVENT8. MANY VISITORS WILL COME .a y r f Thousands Are Expectod to See the Exhibits of Thoroughbreds in soutn Carolina During tho Mouths of April and May. Greenville.?Plans are In making . . by six South Carolina cities tor the entertainment of thousands of visitors to this state during Cne months of April and May, the occasion being the first annual exhibitions of the South Carolina Horse Show association* which are to be held in Camden, Sum ter, Darlington, Columbia, Greenwood and Greenville. The idea was first originated In Greenville last year, and It immed- V lately met the general approval of horsemen from all parts of the coun try, who have assured the horse show association of their co-opertion and their intention to bring to this state some of the finest an'mals of Ameri ca for exhibition. The dates of the various shows as announced by the executive commit tee of the South Carolina Horse Show o m n nnlnHAn OH- fomdott A IlHl 12 ODBVVtauVU MA V wwMvvwy . and 13; Sumtor, April 7, 8 and 9; Darlington, April 14, 15 and 16; Co lumbia, April 21, 22 and 28; Green wood, April 29 and 30, and Green ville, May 6, 7 and 8. It is the plan of the promoters to make the horse shows in South Caro lina this year greater than any event ' of its kind ever held in the South, and : 1; if possible, equal to the Capital horse show in Washington city. The last \ : ^ of the South Carolina shows will pre cede the Capital horse show by a week or so, and for this reason horse men from all sections of the country are expected to bring their animals to '-*] this state and after the close of the i show in Greenville carry their stock to Washington. 'Y;!jd5 On assurance of success is tb*' enormity of the prize lists, which in clude valuable trophy cups and casn prizes amounting to approximately- . r* 110,000. These are well distributed ; i in a carefully arranged program,. , separating and taking care of all classes. There will be local classes. state classes and championship classes, providing for keen competi tion. m South Carolina Crops. Columbia?"It la worthy of note that we succeeded In having seded 138,000 acres of cover crops as follows: <4,000 ' . " acres of rye, 35,000 acres of vetch, and 39,000 acres of clover and grasses, ? under the supervision Of the local ' agents," says W. W. Long, state agent , for the United States farm demonstra- . tlon work and the superintendent of the Clemson College extension work, ' in his annual report, prepared for the ! national department of agriculture, "It may be mentioned In this con- " ectlon that there were 2,100 acre* of alfalfa grown under the supervi sion of the demonstration agents," continues the report. According to the report, there were- $ 1,268 boys enrolled In the boys' corn club work last year, 489 of them mak-^. ( flpT reports. The average number of bushels produced by these young men was about 60 per acre. vV v . , v * x Shortage In Weights. 2 Columbia. ? Commissioner Watson stated a few days ago that during th? past month Inspectors from the de partment have been most carefully ' checking up the sizes of packages of meal and grain that the various mill ers have been shipping Into the mar kets of this state and the Investigation has reTealed a situation that has long '! ... been suspected, but was not positive ly known to exist. The Inspectors have weighed up- / ;. 4 stock on hand In many portions * of the state. Shipments of 25-pound. , Backs have been found to run short ^ weigni in almost every euuie ol them showing a Bhortage of from 1 1-4 pounds to, in some instances, three pounds. The differences on the larger' sizes have corresponded. Will Vote on Bond*. Fort Mill.?At its regular meeting recently the city council ordered an election to be held on April 8. The voters of the town will be gievn an opportunity to express their choice as to whether or not to iBsue bonds to the amount of $15,000, shall be made' for the purpose of installing a water works system. At the same time a board of commissioners will be elect ed and in this connection the names of W. B. Ardrey, L. A. Harris, W. F. Lewis, W. B. Meacham, and J. T. Young. Eight Carloads Thoroughbred Cattle. Camden.?Four carloads of Here ford cattle were received here recent ly by L. I. Guion of Lugoff, making eight carloads of cattle that he has received during the week. Mr. Guion recently decided to enter the live' stock business on a large scale, and made a trip to Tennessee, where he purchased a large number of cattle, among the number being some unusually high grade bulls' and cows, with which he will propagate beef cattle, especially adapted for t South Carolina. Pin* in Mqi>IKapa Bennettsville. ? While the cotton crop in Marlboro county was some what short the past season, other crops have been very fine. Possibly more attention has been given to corn and oats than ever before in the his tory of the county. In fact, a number of farmers have found very profltabla their oat crop. J. P. Edens planted this year two acres of land (in oats and has already sold $205 worth of oats raised on the two acres and re served sufficient seed to plant 23 acres.