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f The Herald and News \ VOLOTE LI., MDDJER 71 NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $1*0 A YKAk COTTON CROP SHOWS MUCH DETERIORATION CONDITIO HAS FALLEN FROM 79.0 TO 68.2 SINCE JULY 5. Brisrht Prospects in South Carolina.? Ftenres Sho wPositive Advance. f ~ Washington, Sept. 1.?A deterioration of 11.4 "per cent, in the cotton crop of the United States between July 25 and August 25 is shown in the government report, issued today, ~ which places the condition of the cotton crop August 25 at 68.2" of the^normal. A noteworthy feature of the report is the showing of South Carolina, where crop, while that in most ^ of the States has been deteriorating has actually improved in condition since July 25. The condition for this State is 77 per cent of a normal, and against 75 July 25. The August figures for the country at large were the same as those -of August, 1900, and the condition at this period has been lower only three times during the past 22 years?in 1896, when it was 64.2 per cent; In 1902, when it was 64 per cent, and in 1909, when it was 63.7 per cent. The greatest deterioration was in r Oaklahoma, where the condition dropped 36 per cent, to 45 per cent. In Texas the condition of 64 per cent, L showed a deterioration of 17 per cent. I Deterioration in other States in the part of the belt stricken by drought was: Arkansas, 15 per cent; Missouri, 14 per cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent; Tennessee, 10 per cent; Mississippi S per cent, and Alabama 5 per cent. In all these States the condition was much below the ten-year average condition figures. The condition of the growing cott ton crop of the United States on Mon& day, August 25, was 68.2 per cent, of V a normal, compared with 79.6 per [ cent, on July this year, 74.8 per cent, on August 25 last year, 73.2 per cent, in 1911, and 74.7 per cent, the average condition on August 25 of the past ten years. This announcement wa? made today at noon by the crop reporting board of the United States de^ partment of agriculture, the condition being estimated from reports of its f correspondents and agents throughi out the cotton belt. Since the July report growing conditions had been generally favorable throughout the eastern section of the cotton belt, and the condition of fthe plant in the States east of the Mississippi was expected to show up well. In the States west of the Mississippi conditions were not so favorable, drought in Texas and Oaklahoma, parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana marking the early part of the period which today's report covers. High temperatures prevailed throughout most of this section. The drought was partially relieved during the last week of the period. L Condition by States follow: Vriginia 80 Carolina 78 ^S. Carolina 77V Georgia 76 "Florida 81 Alabama 72 Mississippi 69 Louisiana 67 Texas 64 H Arkansas 72 P- mnessee 80 ssouri 72 jjahoma 45 lifornia 96 TJnited States 68.2 HAS LITTLE HOPE OF SAVIXG THATV "First of His Lawyers to Keach toaticock Seems to Be in Despair. K Ooaticock. Que., Sept. 3.?-W. L. ^^ Bhurtleff, the first of the Thaw lawfcrers to arrive here, issued this stateHp&ent: "If they have doctors already to pronounce Thaw insane, as I am in^^ormed they have, there is almost no fcppp of preventing his immediate de prtation. T believe if we could get He case into th? courts, wp could ^ove tms immigration aci uioonsu fcional on the ground that it is in sisteni with the Ashburton treaty. B if the authorities at Ottawa are determined to send Thaw back as Hy seem to be. then I doubt they B^would pay any attention to any writ r we might obtain.'' Tn 1912 there were 20,272 deaths in I Minnesota from all causes. TubercuH losis claimed 2,286 victims. v == THE NEWS OF ST. PAUL. Regular Service Next Sunday?Mothers Meeting Next Tuesday? New School Building at Jolly Street. St. Paul, Sept. 4.?There will be tne ! ^ 1 1-? <"\1 A r\ f C? f Ponl /"> Vm T r?}"} usual SCI V 1IC1U av UL. a aui | Sunday?Sunday school at 10 o'clock; i sermon at 11. Paster Riser will attend conference at Mt. Tabor Friday i and Saturday, but will return from conference in order that he may fill his appointment at St. Paul. The Luther League will meet in the church Sunday night at 8.30. All visitors are welcomed to these services. Prof. W. C. Riser, of Anderson, visited his brother here last week. Mr TT O Rtnnp nf NTpwherrv. snent Sunday with relatives in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gruber spent last past week with their daughter, Mrs. Ebb Long, of the Bachman chapel section. Mrs. Sarah Brown, of Spencer, N. C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Boinest. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richardson spent Monday and Tuesday, night at the home of Mr. J. F. Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Graham of the New Hope section visited at the Some of Mr. G. Paul Werts Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Amy Werts, of Newberry, Is visiting friends and relatives in this community. Little Ruth Boinest is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Alice Livingston. Dr. A. J. Bedenbaugfc, of Columbia, Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Kibler, spent from Saturday until Monday with Dr. Bedenbaugh's mother, Mrs. R. E. Bedenbaugh, making the trip in an auto. Misses Lucile and Elizabeth Epting, of Savannah, Ga., are visiting Dr. T. H. Wedeman's family. Mr. Willie. H. &etts, of Columbia, is spending a while with his father, Mr. W. G. Metts. Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Epting, of Newberry, spent the first part of the week with their daughter, Mrs. T. H. Wedem-an. Messrs. Boinest and Troutman are about ready to begin ginnery. They never begin until they are fully prej pared to do the work right. They have been in the cotton ginning, sawmill and grain-threshing business for a number of years, and when it is done by them it means it is done ngnt. There will be a "mothers' meeting' of the cradle-role held at tfie home of Dr. T. H. Wedeman Tuesday, Sep. 9th, at 3 p. m. All the mothers of the cradle-roll are requested to come and bring their little mite boxes. Dr. William L. Kibler will leave Saturday for Lexington, N. C., where he has purchased an office, and will be prepared to do all kinds of dental wnrt Onr best wishes go with him | for success in business and a pleasant I home. Misses Eula Ray and Nannie Mae | Sligh, of Columbia, are visiting friends i in this community. Miss Olive Taylor and Mr. E. L. J Dominick were quietly married at the home of the bride's parents, near Bachmn chapel, Sunday, Aug. 24th, at 3 p. m., by Rev. Y. von A. Riser, pastor of the bride. The bride is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. X. Taylor, and is a very charming young t'Viq orrnnm is a voung business lClUV. A. w, J. ^ _ man of Pro. peritv. Both are well ; known throughout the county and have a number of friends, who wish j for them a long life of happiness. Lumber will be placed on the yard in a few days for the new school building at Jolly street. The work will begin at once, in order that the new bilduing may be ready for use by the first or second week in October. Two teachers will be employed; so it is hoped to have a much better school. The enrollment has been too large for one teacher for the past several j years. The outlook now is that the cotton : crop in this section will be very good; | also the price may be good, according | to the way things look at present. Several of our people attended labor j day celebration at Parr Shoals Mon| day. They report a very pleasant time. The health of this community is j very good. This weather feels like a sepremoer gale; tfhich.is not good weather on our late cotton. Any young lady wishing to attend | a good boarding school and pay her , way entirely or in part wita indus- , trial work may secure aid by writing' ; a letter at once to RBD, this office. I GOV. BLEASE AT ELECTROCUTION Of Two Negroes Who Murdered Constable Cooler?Give His Reasons. Qnopidl to Tho WornlH and Vpws Columbia, Sept. 4.?Two negroes, Davis Reynolds and Jasper Green, convicted of the murder of J. R. Cooler, 3 cor.stable in Beaufort county, were electrocuted in the penitentiary today. The electrocution was attended by Gov. Blease. in the statement below : he gives his ro??cn for being present , at the electrocution. Several of the relatives of Cooler wece also present at the electrocu-! tion. Dispensary Constable Cooler was ! killed March 29 last. After spending j a day in raiding blind tigers, on St. Helena island near Beaufort, he was walking home after sunse~ with his ; negro assistant. Without warning he was shot in the head from ambush ! with a load of buckshot. Reynolds, it was shown from the evidence, was the owner of the shop last raided by j Cooler, the owner of the gun and the purchaser of the ammunition which killed Cooler. Green was proven to i have been the chief conspirator. The governor in a statement said j in substance that he attended the i electrocution in this case because it' was upon his recommendation' that j the electric chair was substituted for 1 hanging as a more humane method of punishment, and he had heard var- | ious opinions from different people in j j regard to the electric chair, and i wanted to satisfy himself, if this was ia more humane method than hanging. That he had not gone before this because he had the power to stop the electrocution and thought best not to be present, but in this instance these negroes were convicted of kfaling a commissioned officer of the State and one of the bravest officers the State ever had and a close friend of the governor and he thought if there ever was a time when as governor he could attend this was it With National Bank. Clinton' Chronicle, 4th. Mr. C. C. "Wallace of Newberry has accepted a position With the First National bank as book-keeper, as a successor to Mr. Steve Wright, resigned. Mr. Wallace has been connected with the Smith Mercantile Co., lor iwo years pa.su as u?jvn.-n.c<=?>^i. Marion Brown, a Jasper countyconvict, shot the guard, H. D. Floyd and made his escape. FOURTH VICTIM DIES. /_ William A. Cureton Succumbs to in- ; juries Suffered in Wreck. j Chester, Sept. 1.?William A. Cureton of Fort Lawn, who was injured in the Hooper's Creek wreck on the Lancaster Chester railway July 30, j died last Saturday night at the hospital here. Mr. Cureton is the fourth victim who has succumbed to in- j juries received in the wreck. Mr. Cureton's injuries consisted of a severe fracture of the skull, confusions of the legs and arms and other hurts. Up to a week ago, how ever, it was thought he would recov- j er. Blood poisoning set in and the : end came Saturday, just a month after he had received his injuries. For some time his brother, Walter Cureton of Atlanta, had been with him. In addition to this brother, Mr. Cureton leaves a sister, who lives in Columbia, and a number of relatives here. The burial was at Lancaster yester- j day. Coroner J. Hnery Gladden empan- ! eled a jury, which will render its ver- ! diet Friday morning at 11 o'clock. AIRMAN PEGOUD DOES IT AGAIN. v ! Proves Somersault in Mid-Air was Not an Accident. 1 Versailles, France, September 1.? The thrilling manoeuvre of turning a somersault in the air with an aeroplane fly in 2: at rapid speed was repeated today by the French Aviator j Pegoud over the aerodrome at Bue, ; near here, with perfect success. Pegoud had promised that his performance at Juvisy yesterday was not the result of an accident, but was a proof of proper control and also of the stability of the earoplane. He carried out the daring feat with apparent ease again today in the presence of officers of the French army flying corps, about 100 military and civilian aviators and a large assemblage of the general public. - -- - v.- - - THE SEWS OF POMARIA. Cotton Coming In?Farmers and Merchants Happy?Ginnery Started ?liarfoecue Today.?Personal Mention. Cnoniol , tn The Woralrl and X^WS. cvy X U'y XXVAtVAVk M,MV? Pomaria, Spt. 4.?Cotton has be- 1 gun to come in and a few bales of this years' crop have been sold. The average price being a little more than twelve cents. Seed market has also opened up and somn have been sold at 90 cents per hundred. The merchants and farmers are very much helped up with the outlook of the. crop and prices and every body seems jolly We hope this will continue through the whole season. The barbecue to be given here on Friday for the benefit of the Methodist church seems as if it will be a success and a large crowd may be expected. There will be a good game of ball in the afternoon. >Mr. Ace Shealy has about finished repairing the ginning section which he bought some time ago and Is ready to gin any cotton that is brought here. He has already ginned several bales .which makes a fine sample. He is now repairing his oil mill and will start it up in the near future. We wish him much success. Mr. Arthur Counts who has recently been appointed carrier on route No. 3 began his ,work Thursday the 2nd. Although he has some rough raids, he is making his rounds o. k. j There was a large crowd went down j to Parr Shoals Monday from here and took in the sights and amusments of the day. The Pomaria ball team won ;the game which was played in the | morning by a close score, 7 to 6. i There were too many features to mention by both teams which was heard from start to finish. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. Setlzer and son, Breaker, Miss Lurleen Aull, of Pomaria and Mrs. E. B. Setzler, of Newberry have gone to Chick Springs for a few days. They went in Mr. , Setzler's Oakland car and are expect! ed home last of the week. Some of our young folks enjoyed a ! social at the residence of Mr. Bennie | Richardson's on Wednesday night. ! Rev. John A. McGraw, of Pageland, is spending part of his vacation j with his sister, Mrs. Jacob Cromer, near here. I :Mrs. Estelle Murphy and children, 1 of Orangeburg, are visiting relatives I in the community. Misses Lucile and Elizabeth Epting, of Savannah, are spending some time at Mr. D. L. Wedeman's. Mr. Joe Boland made a flying trip to Greenville on Wednesday. He is in the lumber business. Misses Eula Rae and Nannie Mae Sligh, of near Columbia, are visiting in,the community this week. Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Pinner and little Beamam, have come home from Horse Shoe, N. C. Miss Lula- Cochran, of Donalds, is visiting Miss Ola Lominick. Mr. Joe Chalmers, of Ware Shoals, is visiting in the community. Messrs. Karl Counts, and Claude Sease, of Little Mountain, were visitors in Pomaria on Wednesday. Greenwood Wants Railway. Greenwood, Sept. 2.?If the determination of its citizens means anything, and it has always meant something in the past, Greenwood is to have another railroad ana mrerurDan system, connecting at Johnston with the new system which James U. Jackson and associates from Augusta are going to build at once. Mr. Jackson, Mr. McGrath, contractor of the new road, President J. A. Lott of the Johnston chamber of commerce, Engineer Shand of Columbia and a number of business men from Augusta and Johnston met with representative members of the Greenwood Merchants' association and laid before the Greenwood men a definite proposition which, if accepted, means that Greenwood will get another interurban system, the line to come from Johnston to Greenwood. The proposition made by the Johnston chamber of commerce is regarded as most reasonable. It does not involve taking any stock, on the contrary it will require a sum not unrea+ ^ invop+ofl in Vinrirlc nf tTlP ?>UiJLClUlC LU UC 111 vcoitu ill ~ - -?w , road,%this being asked to enlist good will and interest. It has been the dream and ambition of Greenwood to get a road through this magnificent undeveloped section. Survey after survey has been made and money raised to promote different projects in the hope that capitalists might be interested in this road enthusiasm and interest is at a high point here now. ? r KEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. I Has Something More to Say About j State Loan.?Other Note. | * I Columbia, September 2.?Governor Blease was unable on account of official matters to go to Orangeburg : today and make an address to the R. F. D. State convention. He sent tne following telegram to its secretary, Paul K. Crosby: "On my return to office - this morning I find matter': < i r* ?jrrat importance de- i manc'?'ig my attention that it is impossible for me to be with you today wit ."'I neglecting official work, j This I regret very greatly indeed, as i it always gives me great pleasure to | 'meet with you gentlemen. Please | | extend my kindest regards and best! wisnes to eacn memoer 01 your as- j sociation. Would be glad for you to j meet in this city next year, so that j I could show you all some personal. ! courteses." I i The governor today named the following as members of the county dispensary board for Dorchester county: ' W. N. Campbell, L. A. Murray, L. W.! Westbury. The following he named, as members- of the Bamberg county dispensary board: J. M. Grimes,' ! W. H. Faust, J. B. Kearse. j The governor today addressed the following letter to Mrs. Tom M. Owen, : president general Woman's Auxiliary, Southern Commercial congress, Mont|gomery, Ala.: "I am in receipt of your letter asking me to send you the names of several leading women of i this State, any one of whom would make a State president from South Carolina who would worthily represent the State. There are so many of our women who are so capable of filling the position that it is a Hard matter to suggest only a few, but, in accordance with your request, I desire to submit the following names: Mrs. George W. Niciiolls, Spartanburg; Mrs. H. W. Richardson, Columbia; Mrs. |J. P. Carlisle, Greenville. These ladies are prominent members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 6tand high in social life and family connections, and if any of them would accept the position sne | would fill it with a great deal of credit to South Carolina." i ' The governor today gave out the following statement in regard to the State loan matter: "These notes have come back, as stated in my letter, to my original proposition, and thereby the State of South Carolina has been saved many dollars. Heretofore the State of dollars. Heretofore the State has borrowed the full amount of money she needed, whether it be $?juu,uu or $500,000, in bulk, aDd it drew interest I from the day it was borrowed, not- j withstanding the fact that the banks kept it on deposit and much of it was not paid out until late in the year. Still the banks were holding the money and the State was paying them interest for, it. If Mr. Matthews' bid had not gone back to the original proposition, an tne orner uuiias underbid him and he would have absolutely lost this loan, as is shown by the figures, and only by going back ! to his original proposition and agreement with me was he enabled to se- I t cure this loan. i "Besides these matters, this pre- 1 cedent which has been set will not j only now, but hereafter, be followed, and the State in the future will be saved many thousands of dollars by , paying interest on money when it gets it, instead of borrowing it; ~ V ,3 nni^ l-l 1TT1 T) CT itltPT'PS't i mouuis Ctucau rtuu yv.j n>n ? , | when it is not using it, as it has been i ! doing heretofore. Therefore, I have gained something for the State by' making this fight, as all must admit. | However, I really think, and am still of the opinion, that the legislature should put the State on a cash basis and not have to borrow this money every year. By doir.0 this it would 1 " 1- ? Ar?f be unnecessary to nave a. ijic<jcucm, such as this set for borrowing committees." Mayes' Fountain Pens. Read the advertisement of Mayes' Book and Vareity store in this issue. Mayes' fountain pens, at a dollar each, are daisies, and well worth the money. These pens are especially made for Mayes' trade. The Tvlississlnni River is 3,160 miles j long and the Missouri, which emp ; ties into it, is 3,100 miles long. j B. E. Geer has been elected presiI dent of the Westervelt Mill. THAW ON WAY BACK TO INSANE ASYLUM >E>V YORK STATE SCORES ROTABLE VICTORY IN FIGHT. Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted, Fugitive Enjoys Moments of Liberty. Coaticock, Que., Sept. 3.?Harry Kendall Thaw pried out of Sherbrooke jail on a writ of habeas corpus obtained by a coup of William Travers Jerome enjoyed three minutes of liberty, this aftar?oon and then was seized by the dominion immigration authorities and hustled by automobile to this little town, where tonight he paced the floor of the immigration detention room. Tomorrow morning a special board of inquiry will sit m his case and by night he may be thmst across the Vermont border as an undesirable alien. It generally was predicted tonight that before many hours Thaw would be back in the Matteawan asylum, from which he escaped Sunday, August 17. Beginning of En? The beginning of the end of Thaw's refuge in Canada came with dramatic swiftness. A. writ of habeas corpus, sued out Saturday at the direction of Jerome, with John Boudreau, chief of police of this village, as petitioner was sustained at 2.45 o'clock this afternoon by Ma<tthew Hutchinson, superior judge of the district of St Francis, sitting in chambers at Sherbrooke. Stolid, pallid, numb, Thaw sat not five feet from the Jndge as he read the decision. When in the very last paragraph the court declared him 9 troo mow Trisnr fleomad +n crumple vrp on the lounge where he sat. A cigar stump fell from his left hand and from his right hand fluttered two gay bits of ribbon a child had given him. But he did not rise. W. K. McKeown, of his counsel, leaned over and, patting him on the shoulder, whispered, Thaw raised his big, staring eyes and stood up. "Come With Us" Immigration officers moved near him and then T-hajw began slowly to move to the door. At the threshold Assistant Superintendent Robertson af tfcp Immigration bureau said aim ply, "Come with us, Mr. Thaw." And without a word, except a hoarse goodbye to the reporters, Thaw obeyed. Five minutes later a gray roadster streal'ed away from the court house. In the back seat was Thaw. He had not even been given time to pack his scanty belongings and voluminous correspondence in bis cell. In a hour he was here in Coaticock, guarded in the detention room by two stalwart dominion police. None but counsel was allowed to see him. , The 23 mile trip over was without special incident. Thaw expressed no surprise, evidenced no grief. Behind him trailed his defeated laywers. The New York authorities have arranged everything on the other side of the border, even down to distributing deputy sheriffs and automobiles. It would not surprise Thaw's lawyers, if, once across the line, he were put bodily into a car and headed straight for the New York lin.e ~ f There is basis for this suggestion in the fact that John Lanyon, a private detective, has been made a "special attendant" of Matfceawan and in this capacity it is certain would be authorized to handle Thaw as an escaped lunatic. DIES WHEN HIS HOME BURNS. Pendleton Man's Charred Body in " 15?*Aknl\l*r A tt "n 1?Qiilf * XiUJIiS 11VMOM1J V1IU xnuiu Anderson, , September 2.?F. W. Jones, a white man about fifty years of age, was burned to death' in his home on the outskirts of Pendleton and his house and contents were destroyed last night, in a fire which is supposed to have been started through his own carelessness. Jones was drinking yesterday, it is said, and ran off members of his family. It seems that one of the boys return ed later, when his father was not noticing, to secure his clothes and he noticed that the fr'her had built a roaring fire in the stove. It is presumed that the fire started from the stove and that Jones's condition prevented his getting out. A charred mass of bones and flesh was found ia the embers. Many a woman who otherwise has excellent sight, can't see through her own husbaad. Louisville, Kv., has established an open air school. A