The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 14, 1913, Page THREE, Image 3

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' ? t~ ? will srrroKT conservation Lever Announces Tltat if He Heads Y" Agricultural Committee He will Fight Reactionary Scheme. ' j Washington, Jan. 9.?Congressman! ^ Lever, slated for the chairmanship of the committee on agriculture, declar-1 ed in the closing session of the Amer-; ican Forestry association that if hp I ^ is olected and an attempt is made to j cede forest and mineral lands to the ; Staios lie "will be constrained to go j "back a lew years and Cannonize that j kind of proposition." He expects to "have *h<- backing of the committee-j men in this view. "W?. are going to j see to it that no insidious effort to i steer us away from the correct atti-j Tude shall succeed," he continued.: N t I \ 'The Democratic party js not going; }? to change materially the policy now: K in voirne with reference to conserva- | f tion. W there is any change it is goiiis; to be a change for the better and ' in tlio interests of all the people." SALES FOR PAST MONTH i I Fiirui Cs on Dispensary Business in; Seven Counties. The dispensary in seven counties i 01' the itate sold $307,195 worth of] . whiskey during December, according! ^ to a report by Dispensary Auditor] ( Mobley. This is material increase] over November. It is believed that | +*>r. inta] hv the county dispen-j saiies this year will al.nost equal the old Siale dispensary. The couuty dispensaries have sold approzimately 000,000 worth of whiskey during the past 12 months. The operating exL ' penses for December amounted lo $11,|R The following shows the sales by B^^counties: k Aiken $42,741.75 Beaufort 16,000.00 Georgetown 16,957.54 Charleston 60,794,51 Flcience 64,905.52 Jasper 2,234.20 Kjchlar.u 10,512.20 1JEPORT ON LYNCHING ?ill i?e >o Bills Handed Out at This Term. Orangeburg, Jan 9.?Solicitor P. 1. Hildebrand has received a report on the lynching that took place at Norway a few weeks ago. The matter of this lynching was investigated by the governor. Solicitor Hildebrand and Sheriff Salley have also worked on the case. The report furnished ^ Solictor Hild&brand by the governor is voluminous. The solicitor stated that he had an amount of information, but that no bills would be hand-j ed out at this session of the court of general session. CIAFLIN SWEPT BY FIRE V (Administration Building Destroyed j With Loss of $75,000 to $100,000.? Will be Rebuilt. Orangeburg, Jan. 9.?Orangeburg was visited; by one of the largest fires of its history this morning when the large main building at Claflin university, a negro college supported by the Northern Methodist church, was practically destroyed by fire. Thej alarm was sent in about 11:40 o'clock, this morning and when the fire de- j partment reached the scene, the roor [ was a mass of flames, The origin of' I J the fire is a mystery- When discover-! ed, the fire was a roaring flame, appearing to have been burning sometime. The main building was a threestory brick structure and a very large building. In this building were located class room, girl's "dormitory' dining room, kitchen in annex, etc. ipresident's office and other offices, All of the students were gotten out! m the building in safety. A large; poaint of the students' personal ef-j Bets were saved and some personal I property of the college, but the loss of personal property was great. rThe large main building of the State j college for negroes, which is a fourstory building, was in close proximity to the fire, but at no time was in serious danger of destruction. About two years ago Badham hall, girl's; dormitory of the State college, was! destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of! about $20,000. There was a stiff wind during the J fire, but luckily the wind blew in the i most favorable direction to prevent spread of fire to adjoining buildings. Although the firemen fought valiantly, the wind fanned the flames and the building was reduced to ashes except L the kitchen annex, which was saved k^Kriid fire was one of the largest ocj^xruring in Orangeburg for a long time W* 2nd the largest firo ever happening "here '** which only o -e buildinu was: destru..fd. Th?' building destroyed was "?vl:;ed 1 Look for the Stars We have neatly trimi wear come* sanitary coi Qno/?i!sl vain Each table spe Table No 1. 1 in Corset Co1 Pants and C special Table No. 2. V Ladies' Corset ? ? Gowns and cial : Aerents for Roy II ~ Worcester an Kabo Corsets. V _ at between $73,(500 and $100,000. The insurance carried upon the buildingamounted to $50,000 and the amount; carried on the furniture amounted to | $5,000, making a total of $55,000 in- j surance. Dr. L. M. Dunton, presi- j rMoflir, university. stated that UC1J L U1 Vittiiiji - 7 | the school would run smoothly along, as plenty of room would be provided in other buildings for class room and J dormitory accommodations. Dr. Dunton stated that the administration building would be reDum as suuu j po&sible and that a magnificent struc- j ture would be erected 4to replace the ' one destroyed. The present Claflin university plant is valued at over | $300,000. SOLD 60 HOGS AT BIG PROFIT. Georgetown Planter Raises Fine Breed and Makes Good Sales. Georgetown, Jan. 9.?Mr. .T. Louis LaBruce, owner of Arundel plantation, on the Pee-Dee River, in Georgetown county, shipped on cars to a dealer in Bennettsvjlle, S. C., sixty fine Berkshire hogs, which he raised on his place last year. He has left about one hundred.nore, the larger number of which iie expects to keep for breeding purposes, and go into the hog industry to be very profitable, if properly conducted. Rice plantations are since the rice field growth provides fa- j vorite food for the animals and plenty ! of fresh water, in this manner contrik11h 11 o- n^f- mi 1 v tn economy* but to I v?4. . ? , I healthfulness. Mr. LaBruce states that, he has not had a case of cholera at! Arundel in thirty years. The hogs he j has been raising during the past year i are as fine specimens of porKers as anyone would care to see, and many j of them would undoubtedly win prinzes ! at a hog show. Mr. I^aBruce did not object to state the debits and credits on account of this particular shipment of hogs. He declares that these hogs would keep fat all the spring and summer and unt.il late in the autumn in his rice fields and marshes. Then he turned them into the woods and caring for these hogs amounted about .06 3-4 cent per pound on the foot, he expects to get $S00 for this shipment of sixty hosr-. Thr> order from the Renn^ttsville dealer was for on !v *drod lies?, but Mr. LiiP.ruc'-* pr;'i>r?'d to ship on!> % J 4 JAN I in Our Window the prettiest lir ned with lace ai ? direct from the iditions, in well es for this week, cially priced. Values up to 50c. / yers. j IhiMren's Gowns. ^ 25c. alues 50,69 & 79c Covers, Pants and Underskirts, spe- J : : : 39c id Anderson': Next to Wests Furni the sixty. It was the first shipment of the iort ever made from Georgetown. Mr. LaBruce found quick sale for j *'u;~ nf Viio farm hv mi fl.dVPT- ! hub piuuuui *-" "*o iui ui ?--- . tisement in the newspapers, and there j we're a number of inquiries. Mr. LaBruce has one of the hand- j somest plantations and farms in this i county at Arundel, and is one of the; most progressive and successful men ! in it. GRAIN SHOW OPENED Nearly Erefy Section Represented in Pre-Exposit/on Exhibit in Columbia. The State, Friday. With nearly every section of the State represented in exhibits of agriI cultural products, the South Carolina State grajn show opened at the State Fair grounds Thursday. The show is being held to select competitive exhibits to represent South Carolina in the Fifth National Corn exposition, which opens here on the 27th of this month. The names of those farmers whose exhibits will be fnf tviic TinrnAjp will be an I t 1V.I 1 W i l llik/ p VI * |y w ?/ ?. * ?? _ _ nounced tonight by the authorities in charge of the grain show. In view of the fact that there was no monetary prize to be won at the grain show, it is considered that the number of exhibits entered, and the number of counties represented is most encouraging, and indicative of the keen interest felt throughout the State in the Fifth National Corn exposition, of which the grain show is a preliminary. The authorities in charge of the show were, in fact, j somewhat surprised at the number of the exhibits entered. It was unpacked and set up yesterday, but this work will be completed early this morning. Representatives of the Farmers' Co? ?^ nnn-iAnctrntinii work will | operative L/cuiv/iiunuovti .. ? .. i then select 20 samples in each class of products submitted, and these will I be retained here for the Fifth Xationj al Corn exposition. Much of the material submitted was corn. There were about 125 ten-ear exhibits, and about 50 single ear exhibits. Among othpr agricultural products -ubmitted were rnw and ?T i*. i'", i-, ;?io !> , )jio'i]>'''r> 1 jv-I:v\< to be of v?rv high ! i I ' IUARY Si OF SUN UNDERWE ion's Dry Goods All this Week. ie we have evei rid embroidery i factory where ventilated room ^0Ek\ kSfJ:i i 4h J&WV ? Hvir P Ai > i/i jr uui tare Store, Ne ' quality. W. L. English, superintendent of the extension work at Clemson college, who is in charge of arrangements . for the State show expressed himself j as greatly pleased with the exhibits 1 rAi-j Mr Mr T /\? flr nf Wochino. suomitieu. w. yv . wl it uoiiiiit) i ton, field agent for the Farmers' Co- | operative Demonstration work is in 1 Columbia, and he will probably assist j in the selection, of the samples today.; At the conclusion of the show tonight,! full announcement will be made as to. the results of this selection. At the Fifth National Com exposition, which will be held h^re during the last week in this month and the first week in Febuary, the competi- j tive Exhibits from a number of States,1 selected by State shows, will form one of the educational factors. The States will also have exhibits featuring the results of the experimental and research work at their agriculture institutions, demonstrating graphically many principles in progressive agriculture, looking to the improvement of ni-oMnfjav fflrmin? The federal pi ^OV/IH UMJ department of agriculture will also have a comprehensive exhibit dealing with all phases of agriculture, and embodying many facts and truths of inestimable benefit to the farmer. MADE 18,r>r>0 PER CENT PROFIT Xew York Institution Has made Over $80,000,000.?Its President on Stand. Washington, Jan. 9.?Enormous profits by the First National Bank of New York were recounted today by George F. Baker, chairman of the board of directors of the bank, a witness before the house money trust comm'ttee. .Mr. Baker furnished the * committee with records showing that since its organization in 1863 with a capitalization of $")00,000, the bank Has made pronts amouuuug iu muic than $80,000,000. In the four years since 1908, Mr. Baker told the committee, the bank had paid dividends of 226 per cent, or more than twice, the total capilization, which is now $10,000,000. When the capital was increased to that amount in 1901, a special dividend of $9,500,000 was declared,. Baker said, to enable the stockholders to take up j the adiiion-il invosnrent. I*i 1!?nsi i oru' v to rrovia'- ? Iu.i'hh'.<> .</ of cap-j I me v Store | Look for the Si r shown, all ne^ and ribbons. ( it is made unde is. : : \ Table No. 3. Value , Ladies' Gowns, Uri mise and Tedd special : Table No. 4. Value Ladies' Gowns an< Special : ^ Big line of Emb Laces will arrive )ds Store J ! fc wberry, S. C. |si ital for tile organization of the Firsi Securities company to take over the business "which the bank could not do i under the law." Mr. Baker said, a special dividend of $10,000,000 was declared. This was in addition to the j regular yearly dividende. Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the committee, from facts supplied by Mr. Baker, calculated that since he assumed the. presidency of the First National in 1873, that institution has j paid dividends of 18,550 per cent o.* ; its original capitazation. Mr. Baker flatly opposed the sugKv "Yfr> f'ntovmpvpr tVlflt 1 gcoLJWMi uiaut uj iin, vui.N/> ?. national banks be repuired to make public their assets, in order that depositors and stockholders might know the nature of securities held by the banks, the witness declaring that he saw no possible good that could come of such a provision. That there is no impropriety in one man holding directorship in two or more potentially competitive banks, was another statement made by Mr. Baker. Mr. Untermeyer reviewed with j him a long list of railroads, in which he was a director, some of which the lawyer held were potentially competing lines. Mr. Baker declared that it was rather an advantage to hold such directorships, because differences between the companies c^.n thus be readily adjusted. SUFFRAGETTES GET 8 MONTHS Two Militant Women in London to Jail For Destroying: Mails. Ivondon, Jan . 9.?Long sentence | were passed today on two of the mili-1 tant suffragettes, many of whom in j recent months have engaged in a campaign of destruction of the mails. May Billingburst and Ixjuisa Gay two of the first to be arrested in connection with these outrages, today were condemned to eight months imprisonment each. May Billingburst, who is a cripple and is unable to get about except on i a tricycle, already has been impris- \ oned on several occassions in counec- j tion with the suffrage campaign. Evidence given today showed that letter boxes throughout the center and th? of L,rmrt^n find bp^n damaged, together with their contents, bv j I ii i, i Bin | i,, tars in Our Window v patterns, Jur Under r the most: ?i?i ?f js 75c, 98c., & $1.25 ? ? _ \ derskirts, Chey Bear Suits, : : 69c s $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 d Underskirts, i : 98c broideries and : this week. gentsfor W. L ouglass Shoes >r men. Ultra loes for Women. t means of acids, sticky fluids of various kinds, varn_sh and ink. Raga Keel in lamp oil sometimes were placed in the boxes. Many valuable uocu:nents had been destroyed in this way. It'was difficult to capture the perpe; trators of the outrages in the act as in most instances the destructive fluids were passed into the boxes ia uncorked bottles contained in ordinary envelopes. " . WILL WAVE ttAK OX PISTOL Sumter, Jan. io.?Since its organization two years ago the Sumter Chamber of Commerce has proved itself to be^ of Commerce has ^proved ,.:t be a live working force, not only for the benefit of Sumter but for the furtherance of the general good. It will be recalled that a movement started in this Chamber of Commerce summer before last was taken up throughout the cotton growing belt and resulted in an ordir from the United States secretary of agriculture modifying the manner of cotton reports to the benefit of the planter. The Sumter Chamber has now a set on foot another movement which the members hope will be more far-reach ing aim ..hich will result in nationwide gcod. It is a movement to curtail the pistol habit and to lessen the harm by pistol "toting." At a meeting of tne chamber about the end of November resolutions bear ing on the matter wece presented by President S. C. Baker and were adopted by the chamber. These resolu- , tions have been printed in large numbers and have been sent to government and department heads all over the country including the president and the president-elect and to commercial and civic bodies all over the nation. Dr. Baker is now in Florida where he has attended a meeting and luncheon of tha Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and has made an address on the Sumter plan before the ' 0t a 11 cmctinp rh^mhpr. He is in St. Augustine for the purpose'- of attending the peace conference preliminary to the centennial next year of the treaty of peace following the war of 1812 and the senii-centennial of that following the close of ttie war Between the Sections. Dr. ^a'ker presented these resolutions at all these meetings.