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TOLU31E L,1NUJIBER 8. NVEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1912.TWCAWE,$15AYA. _ NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Prosperity People Visiting Othei Towns and Visitors in Pros perity-Other Matters. Prosperity, Jan. 24.-We congratu late our former Prosperityite, Mr. A H. Kohn, upon his election as a direc tor in the Columbia Savings Bank anc Trust company, of Columbia. This in stitution is one of the third larges1 banking institutions in that city.. Mr. Pat Mitchell has returned tc Wofford college. Messrs. J. -D. Quattlebaum andl B. Wise joined Mr. Geo. Langford al others from Saluda in a fox hunt We esday night. - Mrs. A. H. Kohn has returned tc Columbia after a visit to her aunt Mrs. E. E. Young. Mrs. Buck and Miss GroseolosE have gone to Ehrhardt to spend sev eral weeks. Mrs. G. W. Harmon and little Mist Rebecca Harmon are spending thi. week in Ninety Six. Mr. J. W. Hartman spent Wednes day in Columbia. Mr. I. B. Nates, of Columbia, cam( up. to attend the funeral of his broth er-in-law, Mr. J. P. Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Mathis hav'e re turned to Abbeville, Ga., after visit ing the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs S. M. Mathis. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Lathan, of Littli ountain, were guests at the Wise ho tel Monday. ,Mrs. J. W. Morris and Mr. J. B Stockman were called to Columbia of account of the serious illness of thei: sister, Mrs. Willis Lathrop. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Schumpert, o Kollock, S. C., have, been visiting Mr and Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Mr. G. W. Kinard has moved into hi; new house in Elm street. Mr. Hart Kohn has been appointet as istant secretary and treasurer o the Carolina Insurance and Casualt: company, of Columbia. He is in thi efce with his father, who is secretar; and treasurer. A few more days of this good weath *r, with the assistance of the drag tbat are being put in use all over th ~county, and we will soon have ou splendid roads againl. Mr. May, of Elberton, Ga., is visit jng his brother, Mr. J. L. May. OUtSE XEARS WILEY VEEDICT. Rleport Declares Pure Food Exper - "Not Guilty." Wasington Jan. 22.-Dr. Harve: spiracy to evade the law, in a repor filed with the house +oday by the corn aittee which conducted an investiga tion last August into the charges up oni which President Taft wras asked ti 4ismiss th.e nation's chief chemis from the government service. Not only does the committee absolv. Dr. Wiley from criticism for the em .ployment of Dr. H-. H. Rusby, of Nes York, as a government expert at technical rate of $20 per day, but it at tacks in no measured terms the whol !administration of the national pur food law, and demands of congress ad tion to change thle method in the de partment of agriculture by which th law is now applied. BY AND FOR WOMEN ONLY. mKrs. Belmont Plans Newspaper De 'ited Entirely to Fair Sex. 7New York, Jan. 20.-Mrs. Oliver B 1'. Be1lmont said today that she i 91gunning to start a daily newspaper tV be mnae by women and devote' outirely to their interests. She de ldared that women did not; have a fai -representation in the news of the da: :snd thought thle time was ripe fo Swomen to come to the front editorial Mrs. Belmont's plans have not tak en definite shape, but she declare< that she was serious in the mattei Her ideal, she said, "would 'te a pape which is not bound .by any financial political or social obligation to sup press one bit of news or to alter it tone." As they say in 'Paris, B.icomn ha: ~been taken from the "pork bagre1." en :mn Courier. PAUL HEmUPHIL DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS !O1 Well Known Lawyer of Chester Passes Away in Charlotte-Long a Mem ber of Legislature. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 22.-Paul of Hemphill, of Chester, died at a Char- co lotte hospital at 12.45 o'clock today, ro after an illness lasting since Novem- th ber. He was a man of about 50 years co of age. He leaves his mother, Mrs. ea Rachel Hemphill, of Chester, a bro- ra ther, John Hemphill, for years a mem- m ber of congress from South Carolina, a and another brother, Rev. Dr. Charles ta R.~Hemphill, who is president of the le Theological seminary at Louisville, st Ky.; and three children, the oldest .th boy, John M. Hemphill, living in Ches- ca ter; the second, a student at the Cita del, and the youngest child, a little sli . girl, living with her grandmother. His va wife, who was Miss Bessie McLure, en died several years ago. His bro- mE ther, James Hemphill, died a number- hc of years ago. Mr. Hemphill was a graduate of Princeton and a man of great power and attainment. As a lawyer he was mE considered among the most gifted at the South Carolina bar. He served de many terms in the South Carolina leg islature, where he was a power. The members of his immediate fam ily have been informed of his death vi and will arrive in Charlotte tonight. cc Funeral arrangements have not been fo made and will not be until his son reaches Charlotte. ___________ _ tr MEDICAL INSPECTION. . ha fo Boston America's Leader in Caring se for Children. TI R< To the Editor of The State: to 1 Germany is credited with the first e f system of medical inspection, of schools, adopting such a system in 1867. In this country Boston took the initial step establishing medical inspection of her schools in 1894, fol lowing serious epidemics among school children. That the movement i, has been successful is shown in thG vi cfact that 1,285 cities in March 1911, ~ Jhad system of medical inspection, ac- i -cording to L. P. Ayres of the Russell tr ASage foundation of New Yorh. The t general assembly of South Cardlina is asked to establish this measure for the benefit of all of her public schools. as Medical inspection of school chil- i dren has'two great aims, either in it- s self an answer to .the questiati, why he it shbuId be established: 1. From the o medical standpoinlt. to protect the corn munity by preventing spre~ad of dis- e -ease and by encouraging wellbeing. te -2. From the educational viewpoint, th -making for the highest possible devel- fo opment of the individual-.s A few minutes' thought shows one ty the need' of medical inspection in our in schools. There are very few perfect Pi children; it has been estimated that di in thea United States the number of defective school children iconiprises ~ from two-thirds to three-fourths the entire number, The easiest Way to ol come in contact with the child is ha through the school. The parent d.e- r mands that the school to which he ' sends his child be a place of safety te and not a clearing house for all the V contagiouS diseases' of the commtunity.u The evil of epidemic, the danger' of t contagious disease demand careful in quiry into the pupil's illness on the part of the school; why not continu ally supervise his general physical condition and not wait on illness be fore taking action? Compulsory vac-* cination, effectual system of quaran tine are the stepping stones toward medical inspection-the former the A: n egative formi of the word, the lat- T ter the positive. serious epidemics 'T are not everyday events, minor defectsI and ailments of children are before , s daily. The school whose methods 0 of instruction are determined by a knowledge of the defective vision, T d eafness, backwardPess and the sub normal physical development of its pupils is able to turn out a better class of pupils physically and mentally than a school that has not the advantage of tis knowledge through failure to em- I loy a visiting physician. -Armida Moses-. e Sumter January 15. I c IUR MANGLED IN PRIVATE CA ficials Killed in Wreck on Illino Central-Threefold Probe is Started. Centralia, Ill., Jan. 22.-The Sta Illinois, the coroner of Marit unty and the Illinois Central Ra' ad company, itself, today began ree-fold investigation of the fat llision on that railroad, in whi< rly today four men, high in tl ilroad world, were killed at Kir indy, 30 miles northeast of here. private car of wood construction, a hed to train No. 25, the "New 0 tns Express," four men were : Lntly killed and four other men a forward end of the same car e ped unhurt. The four victims of the wreck we -eping in the rear end of the pi te car, which was telescoped by t] gine pulling train No. 3, the-"'Pan L Express," running fifty miles ur. The dead: The Victims. James T. Harahan, of Chicago, fo >r president of the Illinois Centra) Frank 0. Melcher, second vice pre, nt of the Rock Island, whose c Ls crushed. E. B. Pierce, general counsel of t' )ck Island. Eldrige E. Wright, of Memph ::e president of a Rock Island Brid mpany and a son of Luke E. Wrig] rmer secretary of war. Three trainmen also were injure The heavy engine, drawing a so] .in of steel sleeping cars, plough .If way through the private car. T ur other occupants, Byron B. Cur] cretary to Vice President Melche iomas Busbee, local attorney of t )ck Island at Little Rock, Ark., a ro negro porters escaped with bru , but were buried in the debris. SMITH'S COTTON BILL. .oposed Method if Regulating Futu Contract Trading. Washington, Jan. 18.-Senatbr E. nith, today 'introduced a bill pi ding that each indiOidual, corpoi >n or exchange engaged in inti ate. ommrerCe in naaing any cc act for the futute d1eliey of et n, saili spedify the gi'Adds edntrk4 fer, the price per pound of t eade ontracted for,.and such grad ats contracted for shall be accor g to the United States governme andardization and any contract r eving the specifications here umerated shall be deemed null a: iid, iid the. individua,l exchange, rporation which shall sell or mpt to sell any such contract i e future delivery of cotton, not cc rming to the regulations set fori tall be deemed, upon conviction, gu of a misdemeanor and sentenced iprisonment for three years or y a fine of $5,000, or both, in t scretion of the courb. eeting of County Farmers' Uni< The next regular monthly meeti th County Farmers' union Will ld the first Saturday (3rd) in FW lary, 1912. This is a very importa eeting of the union and a full ndance is earnestiy requested. T bry life of the organization depen on our loyalty. Let us have a fl J. B. O'Neall Holloway, Secretary County Farmers' Union. Eore Poortry. The following was fished from o the exchanges: ien those who on pleasure so da .vented the thing now called gra id in mother's pocket a bill iey found, and took it. Oh! so was so convenient, so quick, seemed a wonderful trick. * * * * * her bills they foun~d, and1 grew rk ith hands and pockets ful of "sic1 len they quarreled, and it got out, hat their long quarrel was about. A Word for Cook. .arham Hersa. While Dr. Cook is again in the linm ht it is remembered that he had t re to submit his data to those Cc agen authorities al. Jhat Comma It. COTTON GINNED TO JAN. 16. I is 14,510,676 Bales, According to Census S Bureau Report-South Carolina's Output 1,536,299. te Washington, Jan. 23.-The vast 1911 d )n cotton crop of the United States had v 1- been ginned and baled to the extent ii a of 14,510,676 bales on January 16, ac- c al cording to the census bureau's report t h issued today, showing 193,674 bales b ie were ginned during the period from d a- January 1 to 15 inclusive. '1 .n Ginneries this season have been a t- forced to greater activity than ever 6 r- before by the enormous crop. A con a- siderable quantity remains to be gin- s in ned before the close of the season. i s- The exact amount will be made known n by the census bureau's final ginning re report March 20, giving figures up to i- February 28. i ie Today's ginning report is about 375,- i a- 000 bales less than the department of Ln agriculture's estimate of production, which was 14,885,000 bales of 500 1 pounds gross weight The census bureau's ninth cotton r ginning report of the season, showing the number of running bales, count ing round as half bales, of cotton of r the growth of 1911 ginned prior to Tuesday,. January 16, with compara ie tive statistics for last year and other record years, is as -follows: s, ' United States, 14,510,676 bales, com pared with 11,253,147 bales last year, when 97.3 per cent. of the 1910 crop was ginned prior to January 16; 12, id 666,203 bales in 1909, when 96.8 per ad cent of the 1908 crop was ginned, and ie 12,767,600 bales in 1905, when 94.9 per cent. of the 1904 crop was ginned. r; Round bales included were 97,668, compared with 111,079 bales in the ad 1910 crop, 146,378 bales in 1909, and s 232,510 bales in 1908. Sea island cotton bales included were 109,592, comp!ared with 86, '4 bales in the 1910 e:rop, 92,1)1 bai"^s in 1909, and 90,287 b.s in 90. re Ginning for South Caroina, wi!;I comparative statistics an ti reen tage of the total crop ginn'A -ir to D: January 16, last year ai:d i_ othert o- record crops, followr . a_ j Paleg, Per Cent. 11.......-. .1,536,299 n-190., .,.. ..1,175,905 97M 190.. . -- - --.1,192,723 98.1 es ANOTHtE AVIATOB KILLED. nt Inexperienced Airmkma !eebN )eath at .t Los Ang,eles Mieef. ad Los Angekes, Jan. 22.-Rutherford oPage, 24 years old a Yale graduate, Lt- registered from New York and flying oras one of the Curtiss aviators, was in stantly killed when he fell 150 feet today, on Dominguez field, a f.ew mo 1ments before the clgse of the third t international aviation meet. **1 * A MIONUMIENTAL 1isiFF. * e* (The Felder Book). * It- (The State). he Augusta, Ga., Jan. 23.-Col. Thomas ds B. Felder Was in Augusta yesterday. il "Will you gd t~o dolumbia and testify against Gov. Cole. L. Blease if you are summoned by 'the investigating com mittee?" was asked him directly. "Yes, .if the investigating commit tee sees fit to summonmd ne "What about that book on Blease so much talked about? Have you *printed such a book as you are credit f,ed with, showing all the dealings of ft thd resent governor of South Caro-1 lina?" 1. "No book has been printed, but I have material that would make a most interesting book if it should be pub lished." hh ,'Asked what he thought of the Blease situation now, he replied: "He's going to get all that's coming( to him, good and plenty-before long." Col. Felder said he did not think any e- impeachment proceedings would be ji Lie started or attempted 'by this legisla- s p- ture. Of this impeachment matter, - however, he did not know anything 3 of his own knowledge. VIOLENT DEATHS IN CREASED. tatistics for 1910 Given Out by Unit ed States Census Bureau. About six persons in every one hun red thousand in the United States rere murdered in 1910. This estimate 3 made by Dr. Crossy L. Wickburn hief statistician of vital statistics of he census bureau. He attributes to omicide causes 3,190 of the 48,606 eaths from violence in that yr 'his is at the rate of 5.9 per 100,000 s against 5.6 in 1909, 6.04 in 1908 and .3 in 1907. Violent deaths reanlted to 90.3 per ons out of every 100,000 in 1910, and i 1909 only 85.8 in the same number iet death in the same manner. Railroads killed the greatest num er and 7,877 deaths are reported from juries from that service. This is an crease to 14.6 in every 100,000 popu ation, over 13.1 in 1909.. Accidental drowning took the nexi argest number, 4,818 having met eath in the waters of the United tates. Flames brought death to 4,182, and ,484 were sacrificed in the mines and uarries during the year. The streel ar systems claimed 1,949 victims and eleterious gases 1,379, the smalles1 'ate since 1906. Automobiles killed 980 persons, jus ..8 to every 100,000 inhabitants. This s an increase in rate over 1.2- in 1909 Vehicles, other than trains, stree ars and automobiles, killed 1,940 ?oison in food cause the death of 157 Lnd other poisons brought death tc L,227. Eighty-nine died from stal ounds and 558 were buried in land >lides. Animals killed 50,2. Thirty-eight persons starved tc death during the year and excessivE old killed 254 and the heat 826. Pennsylvania had the largest num 3er of violent deaths in 1910 'and. Colo ado the highest late; New York wa: econd. Vermont repor.ted the small st number of deaths ii 1910 and Wis bl~sin had the lowest rate in botl 910 and 1909. Among the cities of 100,000 popula on the lumber of violent death: ere: birmingham 251, Los Angele 80, San Francisco 399, Denver 178 Washington, D. C., 261, Atlanta 171 shicago 2,094, Indianapolis~205, Louis ille 156, New Orleans 887, Baltimot 141, Boston 646, Detroit 400, Minilea dls 222, St. Paul 116, Kansas City 5r6., 309, St. Lduis 604, Oniaha, Neb, 127, Jersey City 281, Ne*aid 90Z Buf ao 411, New York 3,758, in 1910 an< ,430 in 1909, tincinnati 351, Cleve id 41:1, Pdrtlanid, Ore., 167, Philadel hia 1,299, Pittsburg 719, Memphi 57, Nashville, Tenni., 110, Richmond Va., 160, Milwaukee, Wis., 239. Splt-Log Drag at Work. The Jalapa road has been dragge ~rom just above Gary's to the railroa4 ~rossing, beyond Mr. B. F. Mills 'hose who dragged were Messrs.. S I. Duncan, Reeder Brooks and H. I Parr. The road from the railroai rossing, beyond Mr. Mills' to tow] us not been dragged. Aull Right. Barnwell People. The above head line is all right. I efers to Editor E. H. Aull, of thi fewberry Herald and News, who hai ecently taken by appointment to fl .n unexpired term the oflece of count: ;uperintendent of education for New 3erry. From his circular letters t4 :eachers and trustees we quote par )f a talk to teachers. "Three Twins." The "Three Twins," which comes t< ;he opera house Friday, February 2 or a one night engagement, created ~ensation in New York with its fas ~inating music and g'ood wholesome ,omefy and is positively the hand ~omest costumed company ever senl ~ntou~. Temptation. reenwood Journal. Some paragraphers have pulled oil ome chestnut jokes about Editox u, 'of the Chester Lantern, resign g anil a man by the name of Shell uceerng him. It looks like a very nutty" problem at any rate, althoug1] e hate to take a crack at making a un on th.e change. SYNOPSIS OF WORK Ur THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE EXPUNGES PART OF BLEASE'S MESSAGE. Libel Veto Message Reduced to Two Paragraphs-Vote More Than Three to One. Columbia, Jan. 23.-By a vote of 86 to 26, the house of representatives adopted the resolution providing that the greater portion of Governor Blease's message in defence of his veto of the libel bill be expunged frou the Journal of the house. Only two paragraphs of the message will be printed in the Journal, as rec ommended by the house judiciary com mittee. The house today heard real argii ' ments in the consideration of the committee's report on the libel bilL veto.' They were the two speeches of the session to which preparation ~dt thought had been given. The argn&. ment of Mr. W. F. Stevenson, of Che' aw, was one of the best on the floor of the house. Another speech on the subject t day was that of Mi. GeorgeR. Rem.r bert, who opposed the viewpoint law previously advanced. Mr. bert made a legal argument that ., well done andrclearly presented..'-h' - positions he took were. presented good temper and with vigor. The "libel law" message, as It r # I called, was real "hot stuff," a e say in a campaign;,it ripped the ne - 7 papers and newspaper men seier t. and said a great many biting 1 The house committee reo ende that the "objections" be. boiled-d? . to two paragraphs and that the* ance be expunged from the permaea x record, or JQurn@L Of the house et the judieiary committee .furh eg ommended that the qet be pe QV the governor's veto. Stevenson Starts Fight. Today the fight began by Mr.St nson taking up the defence of recommendations - the jadfig committee, having been designaea . to do. Mr. Rembert opposed .the tion of the 00Tmitte9. and Goeno lease # to th ibe bIf Antd t'ged theO fight to riessage int its dfttirdff idit4 Ithat the house had no ce fiC right to do any prunifng, .a O~ enson held was right, proper and respecting. HOUSE SUSTAflS VETO. Libel Act Brought to Vote Wednei C IMorning.-Debate on Neasure The house voted Wednesday -mor ing to sustain Gov. Blease's veto o the libel act The vote was 62 o.1 passing the act and 50 against.doing so. It required a two-thirds vrh ta pass the vetoed act The judcay' committee had recommended that th* act pass "the veto of the- governor t the contrary notwithstanding." -- Speaker Smith announced at 12Z o'clock that the report of the judicli committee recommending the passagW of the libel act would be taken,. p> There was no debat,e on- this report, a companion report to that debated for hours Tuesday, recommending, that the special message accompaingll rthe vetoed libel act be expunged from the record. Court to Name Judges. The bouse adopted the report of the judiciary committee Wednesda~ morning in regard to leaving the 1p pontment of special judges In the hands of the supreme court Instead . of giving the governor the' power to do so. -The report was -on messag0 No. 17 in which the governor review - his controversy 'with tbg suprem court on the special judge question and asked the house to take action. nPORTALNT SENATE KEASUBES. Orangebrg Liquor Election Bill An~t-Clgarette Bill-Other less. Iures of Interest. Columbia, Jan. 23.-The sent rushed, over the governor's veto, to (CONTTNUED ON PAGE 3).