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HIGH SCHOOL MEET IN APRIL. | Athletic and Oratorical Contests in -'olumbhi on ?*?l ami 24th. (Columbia Cor. Now? and Courier.) Indications aro that the second an nual meei ot" the Inter-Hlgb School Athletic and Oratorical Assoedation of Sooili Carolina, to bo hold in Colum bia April 23 and t next, will eclipse all similar affairs heretofore under taken in Cii? St a to. Many now schools hase joined tho association and others aro Interested. Track athletics in the high schools of South Carolina have boon very popular only for tho past few voa rs. Tim Piedmont section took tiio load, when in 1907 a track moot was held, four schools taking part, as follows: Greenville, Easley, Eur man Eitting i School and Westminster. After that little moot thc Piedmont Athletic and Oratorical Association was formed, the number being limited to ten schools. Soon the KUI place's wore filled and the records made attracted attention all over the State-. In the- spring of 1910 tim Univer sity e?f South Carolina sen! an Invita tion lei the high schools of the- State to Imbi a track meet on the- university grounds, the visiting students to he entertained by tin* university. The meet was a great suce-ess, about ''.."> men attending. representing if? schools. At that meet the Easley High School sce?re-d the highest num ber of points and won the- Sylvan cup. Similar nuM'ts were? held for the ne'xt two years, ami Westminster High School wem the cup. E. I'.'. Schofield and faculty and stu dents of the- university wore untiring ( in their efforts te? make the'se1 moe'ts a success, and the hospitality of the university was appreciated by the boys. Present Organization Formed. At the' meet in 1911 a committee, composed of Dr. E. H. H. Calhoun, e>; Clemson College; lt. C. Hurts, of Easley. and F. E. Schofield, of Co lumbia, was appointed to draw up a constitution ami te? report in 1912. The constitution was adopted and at the- meeting in lin 2 the> inter-High School Athletic and Oratorical Asso ciation of South Carolina was formed, willi lt. C. Hurts, of Greenville, presi dent, and J. B, Coleman, of Colum bia, secretary-treasurer; W. C Tay lor, of Westminster; Walter Mit chell, of Charleston; n. T. Kinard, of Dillon, vice presidents, and F H. M. Calhoun, of Clemson, members of the execul ive committee. The first annual contests under this constitution were held in Columbia, April 21 and 25, lil HI. In the ora torical eemtest Furinan Herbert, of the Sumter High School, won first place; Harlan Wood, of the Spartan bugr High School, second, and .1. C. Watkins, of the Anderson Fitting School, honorable mention. In the athletic contest C io High School won first place; Fut . ian Fitting School, second, with Westminster and Green ville tied for think The officers elected were: R. C. Hurts, nresident; W. C. Tavlor. Geo. im; um"? nih iH-iu me leeanne made last year in the first meet: Running high jump - Foster, West minster, 6fi inches. 100-yard dash H ties tess, Clio. 1 O.S seconds. Pole vault Poster, Westminster. One-mile' run lee. Summerville, tm-yard run Czabo, Greenville, fifi 2-H seconds. Shot-put Wa ?son, Latta, Sfi feet. ?1 inches. 220-yard dash lluestess. Clio. 2 "i I -.. seconds, I lu I dies Pong, < ; re-e-n ville, 17 seconds. Uro.id jump -Ellison, L... .e\. 20 feet, I I Via Inches. ?''?Hiding of the- schools: Clio. ! :: : I'u'' ' an Fitting School, ll: Creen ville, lo; Westminster, lo: Easley, :' : Clover, s : Latta. 7: Summerville, tl; Yorkvllle. 6, Ilickoo Grove, I!; Dillon. I: Welford Fitting Schoo;, Lt; Hasten-. :;; Sumter, 1: Richland, ' ; Kings! iee, I. Tile- meet this year will be he-Id in Columbia April and 2 1 All com munications about the> meet should be sent to R. C. Hurts, president, O reen vii le. Buying te? Save- Money. Buying Foley's Honey and Tar Com|K>und saves money, because just a few dot e'., stops the COUgh and cold and one- bottb? lasts a long lime. If eiuie-kly he-als raw and inflamed sur faces, stops tickling throat. harsh, rasping coughs, croup, hoarseness* bronchial and la grippo coughs. Dr. Hedi's drug store-. adv. Lived With Broken Neck, New Haven, Conn.. Feb. 18. Mrs. Rose Zimmerman, of New Yolk city, w hose" ncr!, was broken in i )> . ce?l lision of the White' Mountain Express with the- Mar Harben- Express, on the Ww Haven railroad, on September 2, last, died yesterday. She- is the- 22d person to die- as the re-sult of the wreck. Several e?tlier persons were crippled for life-. "( A S( 'A RETS" CLEANSE LIN LR AM? BOWELS. Cure- Sick Headache, Const i pa thin, Biliousness, Som- Stomach, Rael Breath-< 'andy Cathartic. Get a 1 O-eent be?x now. Arv you keeping your liver, ste? mach and bowels clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets or merely forcing a passageway overy few days with salts, eatha.?ie ?,;ils or castor oil? This is important. f'ase arets Immediately cleanse tho stomach, remove the sour, undigest ed and fermenting food and temi gases; take" the' excess bib- from the liver anil carry out of tho system the constipated waste matter and poison in the' bowels. \'o odds how sick, headachy, bil ious and constipated you feel, a Cas caret to-night wHi straighten you o\i hy morning. They work while >OU sle'i'p. A 10-cent box from your drug gist will keep your head clear, sto mach sweet and your liver and bow els regular ff>r months. Don't forget the children - --their Uttle Inside's med a gentle cleansing, too. adv. THE SITUATION FOR Greenville Paper Urges Occ Battle for Right Again in South ( From t he Green \ Senator H. E. Vernor, of Oconee county, writing to Iiis county paper, The Keowee ('nulier, this week from Columbia, says: "I wrote von last week briefly as to the houses <il" ill-lame in tills place. Will you indulge another ref o renee to , that subject, because every corner of 1 the State is afflicted and all should be willing to help dispose of snell evil conditions? This is a terribly 1 wicked city. With all the churches, schools and colleges, and many thou sands of good, law-abiding people, still lawlessness prevails largely. [Hind tigers, county dispensaries, United stales revenue licenses, clubs, hotel privileges and the like make this town a wide-open place. The 1 'red light' district flourishes p ni por- ' tinnately. I said the love of money was the main cause of all this. I I asked a representative citizen of Co- 1 lumbla what the matter was. He an swered, 'One word-money!' | told 1 him to specify, and he said thal of I 1 the Ht houses many are rented at ex- I orbit.mt prices: the landlord wanta 1 'he rent: the druggist would se'I them drugs, tho merchant dry ' goods; the banks gel deposits, the 1 depraved get what they want, and the ' devil drags his net for all and takes 1 his toll in human lives. < "The Stale is largely responsible The government has no moral right t,o sell a poison that I nil a mes the minds of men and leads them on to | malice, adultery, murder. The duty | of the State is rather to rep ove the ] cause of the distemper, dissension i and lawlessness. The duty of the , State is to protect the weak, to hold In cluck the avaricious. to enact wholesome laws and to enforce them rigidly upon all alike.'' Senator Veiner is a member of a body that can stamp out much of the vice in the city of Columbia. The Legislature is pretty nearly all-power ful when it comes to dealing with wickedness. There is scarcely a form of lawlessness but that can be at least greatly curtailed by legislation. Will not Senator Vernor take the lead In the effort to secure this legislation? The Sanders bill, which has passed the House, and which is now before the Senate, will, it is believed, ef fectively drive houses of ill-fame from the State. A law that is very similar has driven them from the State of Iowa and from the District ot Columbia. Will not Senator Ver lier lend bis hearty support to the hill providing for such a law in this State when lt is called in the Senate'.' < ne inn, iiieieiuic. dilling tuc Lillie thai Intervenes between this session I of the Legislature and the next pre pare a bill that will stamp out blind tigers? lt is possible to draw such a bill, lt may have to be drastic; it may he necessary to resort to tho "injunction process" which the av erage politician fears because of the opposition of certain people to it, but a bill can be drawn thal will drive blind tigers from the Slate. And the lunn that draws ii wi 11 be doing his duty whether he succeeds in getting it passed or not. Ile will be trans ferring tlx- blame for the state of affairs that exists now from his shoul ders to Ihe shoulders of others. He : will have done his bes! and that is all ? that can be asked of any man. He may not he rewarded in the form of political promotion, but what better reward can one ask for than th?' self consciousness of having done his1 duty.' And there will be further re ward for him some time. A bill making the Webb law ef fective In this Stale would no far to wards solving the blind tiger prob lem. lt would !><> practically impos sible then for the tigers to keep a stock on hand. Will not Senator Ver nor introduce a bill at the next ses sion o'' 'he Legislature lo make this law effective in South Carolina? There is a law in North Carolina making the possession of an United States revenue license prima facie ividence against a man charged with running a blind liner. Will not Sen ator Vernor introduce a bill provid ing for such a law in South Caro lina ? And why not resort to the "injunc tion method" to rid the State; of blind linois if no other way can be found? Drastic measures an- often necessary 10 combat evil. Why not resort to t hem ? l here is much legislation tba! can be enacted that would better the sit uation. Sut h legislation has been en acted in other Slates why not enact 11 in this? The wickedness which Senator Vernor has seen in Columbia surely must have been seen by the other members of the Legislature. We do ral suppose tin Senator from Oconee has ac'ed Hu- part of a detective in order to lind oui the wickedness which ':\isis. Certainly it was not necessary for him to do so. If. then, the other members of the Legislature are aware of this whole sale wickedness which is existent in Columbia, why have they not taken -.onie steps to combat it? We do not believe ?hat they approve of it, or most certally a majority of them do not. The people of the State who elected them certainly do not approve .>f it. Why, then, has something nol been done? A few years back Charleston was considered practically the only city in Ibo siate where wickedness was allowed to go on unhampered. Now it see m s that Columbia has gotten nit'? Charleston's class. If steps are 11 liken lo combat it. Spartanburg ?r 'ii- nitville or Anderson oj Or auge bu rg or Greenwood or Sumter or Florence will be invaded by this wickedness. And sooner or later the whole State will fall victim to lt. And once Hie vico trust gets a hold on J CALLS ABLE LEADER mee's Senator to Take Up st the Forces of Evil Carolina. ille Piedmont. > South Carolina, the Stato is doomed. wc have become accustomed to look upon one who harps upon this subject as a fanatic or a then: st. rbis is a mistake. We have sat idly by and seen conditions grow ?rom had to worse and they are growing still worse. Unless something 1B done to check wickedness in South Caro lina it is hard to tell what will be come of us. We are known now as the most illiterate State in the Union, and it seems that we are destined to become known as the most immoral. ls there not in the Legislature a man who will take up this fight to redeem South Carolina from deprat a lion? ls there not in the whole ('.< n ?ral Assembly a man who. ls h.g snough and brave enough to lend ?he light for laws that will stamp ont gambling and blind tigers, however Irastic it may be necessary t? make hose laws? ls there not a man in he Legislature big enough and brave ?Hough to lead the tight, for laws that .viii drive horse racing forever from he Stato? lt there is, and he is a Senaten, let lim make his debut in leading the Igbt in the Senate for the enactment >f the Sanders bill, which will help o rid the State of one of its great :u rses. Feel Miserable ? Out of sorts, depressed, pain in the uiek Electric Hitters renews your lealth and strength. A guaranteed iver and kidney reenidy. Money >ack if not satisfied. It completely ?ured Robert Madsen, of West Bnr ington. Iowa, who suffered from irulent liver trouble for eight nonths. After four doctors gave tim up he took Electric Bitters and s now a well man. Get a bottle to lay; it will do the same for you. Koop in the house for all liver and cidney complaints. Perfectly safe ind dependable. Its results will Blir >rise you. 50c. and $1. H. E. Itucklcn & Co.. Philadelphia or St. leonis. adv. MLLE ACE GOOD FOR FAMILY. Coupons Are Not Restricted to Use of the Purchaser. Columbia, Feb. li).-The Railroad Commission has isseud an order ef fective within 30 days, requiring railroad companies to accept mileage coupons from any member of the family of the purchaser at the tim? . ; buying his mlle. -tated ?n rit na ?is constituting the mei:^ .. of his ? .. oily. ? Th order followed th? r-Vj--'>br ' s Maro !.'..'( of G ree tl ci* ,e, riiad . vi In ) 'Kiar' . . I urging hat the railroads were violating the law In not honoring the mileage for ram illes of purchasers and In holding thal the mileage could be used only by t he one buying it. A hearing on the complaint was held before the Railroad Commission this afternoon, Senator "Earle mak ing his complaint and reading the statute law on the subject. S. H. Hardwick, of Washington. trafile manager of the Southern railway, represen lcd the railroads and claim ed thal the custom prevailing was in accordance with the agreement reached with Governor Ansel in I DOO ind recognized by former Railroad Commissions as the law. The order for railroads to honor mileage books not only for t he pur chaser, hut for any member of his family, was promulgated following ho meeting. Chairman Richards ind Commissioner Hamilton voted "or the order, and Commissioner "'.augliman refrained from voting. The order is to go Into effect In 30 lays on Mandi 18th. Vanderbilt Home Burns. Jericho, Long Island, N. Y., Feb. is. The new country home of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., on Jcrl ;ho Hills, was destroyed by fire to lay. The loss is estimated at $17.r), 100 on the building and $40,000 on he furnishings. The house was completed inst he ore Christmas .and the work of fur llshing about ten days ago. Mrs. Vanderbilt was preparing to take a argo party of friends then- for win er festivities made possible by snow md ice covering all of the lulls sec ion. HC Ii, SOUR STOMACH, INDIGESTION OR GAS. Take "Pane's Diapopsin*' and in Five Minutes You'll Wonder What Be came of Misery In stomach. Wonder what upset your stomach vhat portion of the food did the lamage-do you? Well, don't ho her. If your stomach Is In a revolt; f sour, gassy and upset, and what rou just .ate has fermented into stub born lumps; head dizzy and aches; ?eich gases and acids and eructate indigested food; breath foul, tongue .oated-just take a little Papo's Dla tepsiii and in five minutes you won ler what became of the indigestion ind distress. Millions of men and women to-day CHOW that it is needless to have a md stomach. A little Diapepsin oc ?aslonally keeps thia delicate organ .oguiated and they eat their favorite oed s without fear. If your stomach doesn't lake care >f your liberal limit without robel l?n; if your food ls a damage in itead of a help, remember the QUiCk !st. surest, most harmless relief ls ?alie's Diapopsin, which costs only 1 fty cents for a large case at drug dores. D's truly wonderful -lt di gests food and sets things straight. IO gently and easily that it is really istonishlng. Please, for your sake, lon't go on and on with a weak, dla irdered stomach; it's so nancees iftry. at'.v. WYATT AIKEN AND JOHN LIND? | Carolinian Doesn't Worry-Mexican ? Mail-; il) Corni ll.uni .. (Carpenter, In Anderson Mall.) ! Washington, I). C. The general run of people in Washington no lon ger take tn nedi i n to rest in the Me xi- ; can situation. The understanding Is that It is the policy Of the Wilson administration to let the Mexican people Bettie their troubles for them selves so long as they do not endan ger American lives and property, and with a sort of general understanding thal somehow, soinetinie, the Huerta government must fall. Little news is being given out, and the public lias about lost interest in the revolution , down there, lt was thought that the President's proc lamation of several , weeks ago. lifting the embargo j against the shipment of arms Into Mexico might hasten the downfall of Huerta, lt may have this effect, hut the crisis Still seems to be some dist ance off. and the Washington public has otho** things to engage its atten tion. Representative Wyatt Aiken talked interestingly of one phase of the Mex ican situation to-day. "I am not wor rying even a little bit about what is going on in Mexico," he said, "and I'll tell you why. The Presdenl luis sent .lohn Hind to Vera Cruz, as his personal representative, to study the who]?? situation and to report to him. I know Mr. Hind, and I know that whatever ho does will be ?ill right. "Many of the survivors of the First South Carolina Regiment will recall Mr. Hind, or Capt. Hind, as we all called him.'* Mr. Aiken continued, ?"Ho was quartermaster (d' the Twelfth Minnesota Regiment, which was in our brigade and encamped next to us at Chickamauga. Ho was a one-armed man, and a one-armed arm> officer was out of the ordinary. Hut he was a good one. ?is this story will show. ' When I was appointed quarter master of the Plrst South Carolina Regiment I knew as little about tho work to be done as 1 knew abort Ihe price of seed corn in Seiiegambia. but I was willing to tackle the job in spite of ?ill the Spaniards In Cuba. I went to our brigade quartermaster and asked for instructions, but he cheerfully confessed that ho knew even less about it than I did. He did suggest, however, that I go to see Cain. Hind, quartermaster of the Minnesota regiment. 1 did so, and found him to be a most efficient offi cer, and accommodating and pains taking as well. He showed me how everything should be done and start ed nie off right. Several very ?lud ent enlisted men were detailed from our regiment as my assistants, and I we worked hard and kept our books and accounts straight and right up to Hie minute. We worked hard, but we enjoyed it, and the result was that when our regiment was finally mustered out in Columbia I was able to get a clear receipt for every dol lar's worth of government property id been entrusted to my care, < .lng to more than a hundred .id dollars, and was paid off .stored out on the same day j regiment was mustered out. er quartermaster In the vol unteer service made such a record. It took some of them several years to get tin r accounts straightened out with the government. Old offi cers at the War Department have asked UH? how I managed to make such ?i record, and I have told every body that the credit was due more to the start Capt. Hind gave me than to my own industry or lit ness for the work. "After the war Capt. Hind served two or three terms in Con .-ress with me, and he was afterward Governor Of Minnesota. I fell glad when 1 learned that Cte President had se lect ed him lo handle thc Mexican sit uation, for I knew a good selection had been made. I don't know just what he is doing in Mexico, and no body else seems to know except the President, but I know that whatever he is doing is all right, and so I am not losing any sleep over the Mexi can situation." A number of Anderson men who were with the First regiment ?it Chickamauga will doubtless recall Capt. Lind. The Minnesota regiment was encamped right near the South Carolina regiment, and the officers and men of the two regiments fra ternized readily. Those who recall him will readily bear out Mr. Aiken's estimate of I he man. Methodist Minister Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Rev. .las. A. Lewis, Mllaca, Minn., writes: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy has been a needed and welcome guest in our home for a number of years. I highly recommend it to my fellows as being a medicine worthy of trial in cases of colds, coughs and croup." Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial and we are conflden you will find it very effectual and continue to usc1 it as occasion re quires for years to come, as many others have done. Por sale by ail dealers. adv. Empty Before August t ? Columbia. Feb. In. ~ Covernor Blease yesterday afternoon commut ed the Sentences Of 3fi more convicts from the State penitentiary to the chain gangs of the counties from which they were sentenced. Of those sont back to-day, Orangeburg county gets 2'1, Darlington ti. Marlboro Lexington I, Hampton 1. In addi tion, a negro convict was paroled, bringing the total number of convicts to whom clemency luis been granted by tho Covernor since he assumed of fice ni) to i .ons. "I promised to have tho peniten tiary empty by August I, but if this rate keeps up il will be depopulated before then," said the Governor, ns he was busy affixing his signature to the commutation papers. Safe for Haides, Effective for Grown? Cps. That's Poleys Honey and Tar Compound, lt has the confidence? of your druggist, who knows it will give you satisfai t ion. W. W. Nessmith, statosboro, Ca., Bays: "I have used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in my family and have sold lt in my store and it never falls to cure." Re fuse substitutes. Roll's drug store, ad. FERTILIZERS FERTILIZERS We offer one ton Commercial Fertilizers to the "Boys' Corn Club" of this county. The Stab ling boys, last fall was a year ago, using our Guano, took first, second and third places. We have again offered one ton of Piedmont Guano to the "Boys' Corn Club." It will be our aim that quality is not the excuse for any boy losing the prize. The boy must be a user of our goods. Why Use Our Guano ? Because we are Home Manufacturers. Because it keeps thc money at home. Because you can see us face to face if there should be any trouble. Because we do not have to pay the freight that the other fellow pays. Because we are situated so that we can handle it for less money. Because you can get to thc field witn 200 pounds in good, fresh sacks. Because we have it on hand any time you call for it. Because Clemson College gives us a High Standing in Commercial Value. Beausc it is our effort to give you "GOOD, HONEST GOODS/' Because all thc above advantages we propose to let you share with us in quality. Let us sell you your requirements and you will find that we are right by crop-gathering time. Westminster Oil and Fertilizer Co., WESTMINSTER, S. C. To Stock Raisers of Oconee ! EVA OF ENGLESIDE, 215398, Champion Milk and Butter Cow of Pennsylvania Over All Breeds. Eva of Engleside is a full sister of my Jersey Bull, Prin cess' Butter Boy. Would be glad for all stock owners and breeders to see him. Fcc for service, $3. .r . II . H A. rt is K T rr, WKST.MIN'STF.It, H. C. lt CHA I J KO IT 10 NO. 4. (Will pay extra juice for heifer calves sired by Princess'Butter Boy.) r SIMPKINS' PROLIFI C CO mm Puts the farmer at an advantage because he is first :-: in the market with his crop. :-: THE EARLIEST COTTON IN THE WORLD Ninety Days From Planting to Boll. V Grows :-: More Cotton to the Acre. :-: Supply is Limited - Order Quick The Only Genuine Sold in this State. W. H. MIXSON 5EED CO., Charleston, & Sole Distributors for South Carolina. j* I j* Also All Other Seeds, J* Write for Catalogue, ?j* Cures Old Sore.-, Other Remedies Won't Cure. Thc worst cn???, no limiter (if how tonar Standing, ?ire cured hy th* wonderful, old reliable I>r. Porter's Antiseptic Henliiif? Oil. It reliever! ?'aili mid Heals at tin- .ama time. 25c, 50c, fl.f> Tbe heart may he willing, but the pocketbook weak. Never trust a man whoso dog crawls under the house when it sees him enter the front ?ato. BlectrlC wheel chairs will be lu service nt tbe Panania-I'aclflc Expo sition. .