Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTH CAROL?f News of Interest Gleaned Fror Arranged fer BECEIVER FOR SEMINOLE. Judge Watts Hears Ar {rament and Sees no Other Way to Protect tho Stockholders. Cheraw, Special. - Judge "Watts Tuesday night, after hearing the ar guments, announced that he would appoint receivers for the Seminole Securities company in acordance with the request of J. C. Klugh. He stated that on the allegations made he was satisfied that there should he an in vestigation of the affairs that could only be done by a receiver. "If it be true," said Judge Watts, "that these commissions were paid, it shocks my conscience. Of course, it is a bad blow, but I see no other remedy. ' ' The bond was fixed at $50,000 'for the receivers and $150,000 for the value of the property. Messrs Huger SinkJer and Frank G. Tompkins were suggested by the attorneys for tbc plaintiffs and others may be suggested by the attorneys for the defendants Wednesday. The case was a long one. but very interesting. The passengers between the attorneys, the allegations made an danswers returned, the argu ments, were all listened to closely. The argument of attorneys for Klugh was that the Seminole company was a mere shell and for the protection of the stockholder?; the receivers should take charge. The argument of attor neys for the trustees was that the trustees were not responsible for the action of some of the agents and that no case had been made out: also that ? there was protection inside the oom- , pany that had never been asked. The argument of Mr. Bollinger for thc Seminole company was that the alle gations were irrelevant and there was protection inside the company for the stockholders. Judge Watts said in part: "I am of the opinion that justice' impera tively demands that a receiver should be appointed. I think that under the . showing made that it is an exception to all cases that have been before our supreme court and the allegation hero is that the stock was purchased from the Southern Life at an extravagant price, the price doubly more than it was worth, and I think that matter should be looked into and I v/pesi tatingly say that the comjWpiions paid shocks my conseience^jlsif they are true it is a shock to r ??P?isincss man in the world. As to ..aether or not it is true I clo not know. I am not sayin ? that it is so or not. It is an allegation made here before me and I realize the fact that whenever you put a corporation in the hands of a receiver you strike a bad blow but 3tOCKUumcio. "I will hear nominations for the receiver."* .? Judge Watts Wednesday announc ed the appointment of three .?jmstees for the Seminole Comparer F. G. Tompkins, E. J. Etheridpjt'Jd Hucer Linker. The stockholders on'-' Wednesday met in Columbia and accepted the resignation of the old directors. The meeting adopted the following: Resolved, That the board of direc tors to be elected today proceed nt once;to collect all evidence of criminal action on the part of any agent, of ficers or employes of the Seminole Securities Compan3r, and lay the same before the State's Attorney General and request that wherever the evi dence justifies, criminal proceedings Shot at Mark, Killed Boy. Lancaster, Special.-A negro boy about eight years old, a son of Nettie Evans, was accidently shot and kill ed in the suburbs of town Saturday by Arnon Lindsay, a young white man. Mr. Lindsay was shooting at a mark, and did not see the child. Christmas at Walterboro. Walterboro, Special.-Christmas passed off quietly in Walterboro, with no casualties reported so far. The closing of the dispensary by Mayor Fishburne forced the majority of the people who arc accustomed to imbib ing on this occasion to do without, and consequently pass a sober Christ mas. On all sides one hears words of cGHiinendat'on for the stand taken by Mayor Fishburne, and it has been an excellent prohibition argument. The merchants did a record-breaking business and m y of them ascribe this to the closing of the dispensary. Minus to Stay afc Clemson. Washington, Special.-There will be no change in commandants at < Clemson College for the present, al- ?( fbough Capt. J. C. Minus recently . went before an examining board and ?vas declared eligible for retirement ' because of poor health. In orders is-- j sued by the war department Capt. 1 Minus, while being placed on the re- 1 tired list, will continue to act as pro- | fessor of military science at Clemson. 1 Son's Shot Kills Father. Greenville, Special.-From a gun shot wound inflicted by his 16-year- . ?ld son. Thomas Springfield, a mer ?hant, died at his home in the su burbs of the city Thursday morning. Sprinfield was shot by his son in the 1 lining room 6f his home Wednesday, ' :he difficulty between the two having ' legan while t he younger Springfield ' '.vas^ eating his dinner. Among the sye-witnesses were three young men ivho had dined with the family that ! n All Sections of the State and Busy Readers bc instituted; and that the directors do give careful attention to pushing the prosecution." The body then elected as new direc tors. R. T. Caston, Cher?w; Campbell Courteney, Newry; T. W. Berry? Letta ; E. J. Etheridge, Leesville ; A. M. Kennedy. Williston; J. B. Wat kins, of Florida; Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina ; S. M. Smith, of West Virginia; C. M. Snelling , of Athens, Ga. Much blame is attached to the trustees of the Seminole Company whose names gave confidence to the public. The examination of the trustees revealed the fact that Mr. Clark had applied for 1,000 shares of stock but had never paid anything; that Mr. Bryan never had any stock and that General Jones subscribed for only 200 shares. Already at torneys are being smploycd to bring individual suits against the three. N3GRO CAUGHT SATURDAY. Man Named Johnson Arrested on the Charge of Committing Criminal Assault at Hartsvilie. Hurtsville, Special.-It semes that the negro brute who committed the outrage at this place on Monday night last has been apprehended and is now within thc penitentiary walls. It has been a terrible week of waiting and disappointment to every good citizen of Hartsvilie as the days pass ed and the many clues gave no re sults and the many suspects failed to be indentified by the lady. Enrag ed and determined that th? crime should not go unavenged if any hu man agency could accomplish tho de tection and arrest of the criminal, every man has felt more and more hopeless and baffled as each succeed ing day was fruitless. Every instru ment of the law and every means that could be employed with any hope of success have been used to get to the bottom of thc outrage pud quietly, but constantly, the town _nd county au thorities have worked day and night every hom*. And added to the efforts of the authorities has bean thc volun tary work of many persons in their private capacit}'. Through this latter source came the first clue, which has finally led to the arrest of the birute against whom the evidence is very positive. A negro named Johnson was arrested at Effingham Saturday morn ing by Sheriff Burch, of Florence, acting with Policeman Seegars of this place and Mr. Ed Perry, a brother of it.. . . i . . ? t- i mi. . S on further advices from here that a threatening crowd was waiting to set sight of the negro. Sheriff Blackwell drove to Florence at 2 o'clock in the! morning and there took thc 4 o'clock I train for Columbia. A crowd mot *he train coming in here at 9 o'clock Sat urday night and it is pretty certain would have made short work of the negro at once. Indeed, many of them believed that the negro had been tak en off the train on the outskirts of town and was somewhere around, and all night .ind all day Sunday crowds of men hnve been congregated around town amaiting developments and anx ious-to locate the brute. There was never any intention on the part of the town authorities to allow the man io bc brought here. Fatal Christmas Frolic. Lexington, Special.-Garfield not to lies beneath the sod and Thomas Craft is languishing behind the bai"s in the Lexington jail as a result of the Chritmns frolic and the Christ mas dram. A gloom has been cast over two households, which genera tions cannet wipe out, and the life of a young man once so full of promise, has been blighted forever. Shot His Sister to Death. I Manning, Special.-A white man named Frank Dragers Saturday shot his sister. Mrs. Mamie Boseman, with ' a gun. inflicting a wound from which she died in about an hour. Mrj. Boseman lived at Alcorn, but had been on a visit to her brother, on Major W. T. Lessesnc's place. Full particulars are not obtainable, but it is said there had been some mis understanding between the parties on account of a horse that Driggers had, which belonged to his sister. Mrs. Boseman had said good-bye and started for home when Driggers shot her in the back of the head. Mr Smith Reappointed. Columbia. Special.-Governor An sel has reappointed for the term of ten years, beginning January 1. lOflO, Henry A. Smith, of Charleston, as a member of the historical corn mission of South Carolina. Mr. Smith has been a member of the com mission since its inception, and has Jevoted much time to its work. He is now the vice chairman. Shot by Stepson. Greenville, Special.-J. Fred Kick" i well-known citizen of this city, was shot Thursday night by his step son, Jouette Hicks, and probably se riously wounded. Jouette Hicks is 3cok-keeper for C. D. Stradley & Co., a large dry goods finn of the jitv Tim fnm?lv is vprv nrominent. For a number of years after I be gan to farm, I followed the old-time method :of putting the fertilizer all under the corn, planting on a level higher, six by three feet, pushing the plant from the start and making a big stalk, but the ears were feWj and frequently small. I planted much com in the spring and bought much more corn the next spring, until fi nally I was driven to the conclusion that corn could not be made on up lands in this section, certainly not by the old method, except at a loss. I did not give up, however, for I knew that the farmer AVIIO did not make his own com never had suc ceeded, and never would, so I began to experiment. First I planted low er, and the yield was better, but the stalk was still too large; so I discon tinued altogether the application of fertilizer before planting, and, know ing that all crops should be fertilized as a side application, and applied the more soluble nitrate of soda later, being guided in this by the excellent results obtained from its use as a top dressing for oats. Still, the yield, - though regular, was not large, and the smallness of the stalk itself now suggested that they should be planted thicker in the, drill. This was done the next year, with results so satis factory that I continued from year to year to increase the number of stalks and the fertilizer with which to sus- i tain them; also to apply nitrate of i soda at last plowing, and to lay by I early, sowing peas broadcast. This ? method steadily increased the yield, until year before last (1904), with i com eleven inches apart in six-foot rows, and $11 worth of fertilizer to the acre, I made eighty-four bushels I avorage to the aere, several of my i best acres making as much as 125 bushels. i Last year 1(1905) I followed the i same method, planting the first week in April, seventy acres which had produced the year before 1.000 pounds seed cotton per acre. This land is . sandy upland, ? somewhat rolling. I Seasons were unfavorable, owing to I the tremendous rains in May and the i dry and extremely hot weather later. I From June 12th' to July 12th, the i time when it most needed moisture, i there was only five-eights of an inch j of rainfall here; yet with $7.01, cost i of fertilizer, my yield was fifty-two i bushels per acre. Rows were six ? feet and corn sixteen inches in drill. < "With this method, on land that will ordinarily produce 1.000 pounds of ( .?red cotton with SOO pounds of fer- , tilizer, fifty bushels of com per acre j should be made by urine 200 /pounds --*---i onn ?wv??Ac nf sn on ld be pron; ?cd by doubling mo amount of fertilizer above, except ' that 300 pounds of nitrate of soda should bo used. In each case thor? should be left ( on the land in corn stalks, peas, vines ' and roots from $12 to $16 worth of fertilizing material per acre, be side the great benefit to the land frr>m so large an amount of vesre iable matter. The place of this in tho permanent improvement of land can never be taken by commercial fertilizer, for it is absolutely impos sible to make lands rich as long as i they are lacking in vegetable mat ter. Land should be thoroughly and deeplv broken for com. and this is the time in a system of rotation to deepen the soil. Cotton requires a more compact soil iban com, and while a deep soil is essential to its ! best development, it will not produce as well a's loose, open land where cora does best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not only moduce more heavily than a shallow soil with good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. In preparing for the com crop, land should be broken broadcast dur ing the winter one-fourth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if much vegetable matter is being turn ed under, ft may be broken one-third deeper. This is as much deepening as land will usually stand in one year and produces well, though it may bc continued each year, so long ar. much dead vegetable matter is hoing turned under. It may. however, bc subsoiled to any d?pth by follow ing in bottom of tim plow furrow, provided no .voro. of the subsoil than has been directed is turned up. Break with two neaw plows, if possible, or, better, with disc. plow. With the lat ter, cotton stalks or com stalks as taree as we ever make can be turned nndcr without barine been chopped, and in pea vines it will not choke or drag. Never plow land when it is wet. if von expect over to have any use for it ngain. Bed with tum plows in six-foot rowsj leaving five-inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with Rcotter, following in bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Eidge then on this fur row with same plow, still going deep. Run cora planter on this ridge, drop ? ping one grain every five or six inches. Plant early, as soon as frost ftaneer is past, say first seasonable ?pell after March 15th, in this section. Especially is early planting necessary i ?n very rich lands where stalks can .lot otherwise be prevented from i -rowing too large. Give first workine j ! with harrow or any plow that wir J ] not cover the plant. For secon J : be left all the same distance apart if the right number remain to each yard or row. Corn should not be worked again until the growth has been co retarded and the stalk so hai'clened that it will never crow too large. This is the most difficult point in the whole pro cess. Experience not judgment are required to know just how much the stalk should be stunted, and plenty of nerve is required to hold back your corn when your neighbors, who fer tilized at planting time and cultivat ed rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours. (They are bavin? theil fun now. Yours will come at harvest time.) The richer the l.-.nd the more necessary it is that the stunting pro cess should be thoroughly done. When you are convinced that your corn has been sufficiently humiliated, you may begin to make the ear. It should now be form tHv *?~1;I-. een inches high, and look worse than you have ever had any corn to look before. Put half of your mixed fertilizer (this being the first used at all) in the old sweep furrow on both sides Df every other middle, and cover by breaking out this middle with turn plow. About one week later trent the other middle the same way. Within a few days side corn in first middle with sixteen-inch sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda in this fur row, if less than 150 pounds. If more sse one-half of it now. Cover with me furrow of turn plow, then sow pease in the middle broadcast at the rate of at least one bushel' to the ?.ere, and finish breaking out. In a few days side corn in other middle with ?nme sweep, put balance ?>f nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has been divided cover with turn plow, sow peas and break out. This ays by your crop, with a good bed ind plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from .Tune 10th to 20th anless season is very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel. Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plow ing. This is when the ear is hurt. Two good rains after laying by should make you a good crop of corn, and it will certainly make with much less rain than was required in the old ?vay. Thc stalks thus raised are very maali nnd do not require anything ike the moisture even in proportion to size, that is necessary for large sappy stalks. They may. therefore, se left much thicker in thc row. This is no new process. It has long been i custom to cut back vines and trees in order to increase the yield and quality of fruit; and so long as yon do not hold back your corn, it will go, like raine so long went, all to stalk. Do not be discouraged by thc looks of your corn during the process of cultivation. It will yield out of all proporticn to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yilcds, ex make the pea vines, so necessary to. the improvement of land. Com rais ?d by this method should never g ow nver seven and or.-;-half feet high, md the ear should bc near to the ground. I consider the final application of nitrate of soda an essential poin*. in this ear-making process. It should always be applied at last plowing md unmixed with other fertilizers. I am satisfied with one ear to the stalk unless a prolific variety is planted, and leave a hundred stalks for every bushel that I expect to make. I find the six-fcot row easiest to cultivate without injuring the corn. For fifty bushels to the acre I leave it sixteen inches apart; for seventy five bushels to the acre, twelve in ches apart, and foT one hundred bush els, eight inches apart. Corn should be planted from four to six inches below the level and hid by from four to six inches above. No hoeing should bo necessary, and middles may be kept clean until time break out, by using harrow or by running1 one shovel furrow in centre of middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow. I would advise onlv a few acres tried by this method the first year, or until you are familiar with its appli cation. Especially is it hard at first, to fully carn7 out thc stunting process where a whole crop is involved, and this is thc absolutely essential part of the process. This method I have applied, or seen applied successfully to all kinds of land in this section, except wet lands and moist bottoms, and 1 am confident it can bc made of croat benefit tbroughont the entire South. In tho middct Wost, where corn is so prolific and profitable, and where, unfortunately for us, so much of ours has bern produced, the stalk does not naturally grow large. As we come South its size increases, at the ex pense of the car. until in Cuba, and Mexico, it is nearlv all stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method is to eliminate this tendency of corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield in (his Southern climate. By this method I have made my corn crop more profitable than my cotton crop, and my neighbors and friends who have adopted it have, without exception, derived great ben efit therefrom. Plant your own seed. I would not. advise a change of seed and method the same year, as you will not then know from which you have derived the benefit. I have used three va cities and all have done well. I have never used this method for late plant ing. Tn fact, I do not advise the Late planting of corn, unless it bc leccssnry for cold lowlands. increased cost of labor and li price of material and land lidly making farming unprofi xcept to those who arc getting ?nc acre what they formerly Savings D Pays 4 % interest on all ace compounded every six mor ID. J. F?C _Agent? Ec8cj< got from two. We mose make oui lands richer by plowing deep, plant ing peas and other legumes, manuring them with acid'phosphate and potash, which are relatively cheap, and re turning to the soil the resultant vege table matter rich in humus and ex pensive nitrogen. The needs of our soil are such that the South can nev er reap the full measure of prosperity that should be hers until this is done. I give this method as a farmer to the fanners of the South, trusting that thereby they may be benefitted as I have h"?n. E. IL A VER WILLIAMSON. tr.? . AN INEXPENSIVE DISH. . A toothsome and inexpensive ?tish Js filet de boeuf when made of rump steak. The steak should be cut into slices three-eights of an inch thick and trimmed to the shape and size of mutton chops. Melt some butter in a baking tin, lay the filets in it. ana let them stead in a warm place for an hour or two. Then take them out and fry them in very hot butter or good dripping, turning them so - . . .xv ~iA^ Tbr. Melt a and mix it Hour. Mois ?lc free from and a hand neatly trim i- sauce cook one, add the ur the sauce on the disb, neap tuc ^.ushrooms in the centre, and arrange the filets in a circle.-New York Globe* FK*o hundred and fifty dollars has hfvn paW f^r a stools specimen ol cia AntirruiruR butterfly. LABOR WORLD. New York has the greatest number of wage earners of any State in the Union. Pennsylvania is second. The Durham (England) Conl Con ciliation Board agreed to a further reduction in wages of three and a quarter per cent, at Its meeting in Newcastle. Minneapolis Typographical Union ? will make an effort to get the annual convention of the International Typo graphical Union, to be held in Au gust, 1910. A considerable improvement is re norted in the manufacturing depart ment of the linen trade of Lurgan, one of the chief centres of the Irish linen trade. The Appeal Court of Great Britain handed down a decision that a trades union can not levy compulsorily on its members to maintain the labor representation in Parliament. The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs will attempt to have passed at the coming Legislature a bill fixing the minimum wa?e which department stores and factories shall pay. The movement to establish X re treat for aged, sick and infirm mem bers of the painters, decorators und paper hangers of America is receiving the hearty indorsement of the craft. Considering all thc- important strikes of record in this country of those for increase of wages alone, 4 9.95 per cent, were successful. 18.69 per cent, partially successful, and 21.36 per cent, failed. In 1901 the sum of $27,008,000 was expended by employers in Ger many for the direct aid of their em ployes. More than two-thirds of thi3 was given as voluntary contributions by private firms and individuals. The municipality of Rio do Jane'ro has constructed and is preparing to rent sixty-tv, - groupa of houses of two types for workingmen, some for families and others for single men. M"IMHMIMH?M"I''M' )',I-M"I"II,H THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. IL CLARK, President. Cashier CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business of oar out-of-town friends receives the flame carefal attention as that of our local depositors. The accounts of careful consolatlve people solicited. M"M"M"I"M"1 M M I'M-I-H-T JAS. S. BYRD, SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. 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