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cx)a1W21 VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY., JULY 30. 93N. MAD DOG AT LARGE RUNS AMUCK IN ANDERSON, BIT ING SEVEN PERSONS. City Council Quickly Acts Requiring E All Dogs Running on Streets to be Muzzled. A mad dog ran amuck in Anderson te Tuesday, biting five children and two grown persons before it was overtak en and put to death. The dog, which was a large hound, was first seen at a point between the Anderson and oy Brogon cotton mills. The first attack was made on the young son of John Brown, who lives Ld on Bleckley street. Two dogs at it the Brown home were also bitten. Is The dog then started across the st northern section of the city in the di te rection of the Bleckley annex. A child of A. P. Carter was bitten and'also a child of Walter Casey. The dog left the city, going in a 4 northerly direction, and the city and d county authorities were in close pur suit. On the plantation of Frank 7 Rhody the dog attacked two negro children, tearing their faces horribly with his fangs. The dog was not in jured, although Mr. Rhody and oth ers fired shot after shot at him. The . dog got out of sight of the crowd in L ursuit and was next heard of on the farm of Mr. Burgess, about eight miles from the city, and not very far a from Williamston. The dog was put to death in that neighborhood after it one of Mr. Burgess' children had been r- bitten. Several dogs and cats were bitten and many of these have been put to death. o A dispatch from Columbia says two of the eight persons known to have been bitten by a vicious mad dog in Anderson county. Tuesday morning came to Columbia Wednesday to take e the Pasteur treatment. These were Miss Gladys Cater, thirteen years old, and the six-year-old child of W. L. Casey. These have been so serious ly lacerated that F. A. Coward, M. D., director of the Pasteur labora tories, has advised that they remain here during the twenty-one days nec essary for the treatment, so that he may give them his personal attention. Miss Cater has a badly lorn arm and I hand, a:- d the other little girl was Le bitten through the upper lip and has several scratches over the face. Imemdiately after the dog passed through Anderson, a meeting of the c~ity council was called and an ordi nance passed, requiring that all dogs L running at large be muzzled, the res olution to become effective immedi ately after such notice -had appeared in the local newspaper that after noon. SING SING PRISON BURNS. ic The Damage Done by Fire Amounted to $200,000. IV Ossining, N. Y., July 25. The re is markable feature of the $150,000-fire y at Sing Sing prison near here Tues to 'lay was that in spite of the opportun t ities afforded none of the 1,400 con 0 victs tried to escape. On the other 'hand, 200 of them, trained as a fire ie brigade, helped the Ossining firemen to fight the flames. The other 1,200 were marched to their cells and lock ed up. The paint shop, mat shop, where the blaze started; cart and t wagon shop and lumber storage were destroyed. Kurt Schoenherr, bur glar, escaped a few nights ago, and one theory, shared by the convicts, Pwas that'he had been hiding inside a' he prison wall and rather than starve or give himself up set the fire ar'nd perished. Warden Clancy be 'ieves that the fire is another argu m tent for immediate work on a new ardson. The damage done by the fire e -mounted to $200,000. teOnly a brisk breeze from the south K >revented the destruction of all the 'buildings In which the convicts are amployed, and, in every human prob i bility, the spreading of the fire that -azed several of the .buildings to the s o-called administration building, in 'vhich are the mess room, hospital 5 -nd dormitory in which many pris >ners are housed owing to the over rowded condition of the prison. rWith the north gate of the yard 'burned entirely away, with the north ast gate open to admit fire appar tus, and with the west gate open to t' ermit the running of hose to the ~ udson River, 213 prisoners employ '1 the shops, many of them "second ermers," accouated for themselves fter the fire was under control. c Not only did none of them attempt o escape, but as soon as the prison thistle by a series of short toots 'ave the alarm of fire every prison 'r employed In the shops turned te >r nd, in the words of Warden Clancy n 'worked as hard to save the build , *ngs as they would have to save their h 'wn homes." ut As soon as the fire was under con g-rol Warden Clancy ordered a count s nade. He had been apprehensive of he result. The prisoners were or :h lered to their cells and when the bolt il vas shot and the count made not a >nan was missing. In the yard be re 'ore the men were sent to their cells hi mne was missing. There was some o- ;currying around on the part of the ,a suards until a prisoner sitting near ic, 'by heard the commition and his num hi '>er called. "Here I am," he called. One of the most bereft men in the 'rison was "Hank" Devine, a "lifer" ec 'md a trusty, who had an "office" o' mu the roof of the lumber shed. Here it he had surrounded himself with cmn. hi ry birds. pigeons. cats and dogs. In ed the blaze he lost all of his pets ex ig' -ept a dog. [1. Nail Victim in Packing Box. After robbing David Friedman. ol Cleveland, of $171. two masked rob~ II' 'ers marched him into the basement or' 'nd nailed him in a packing box. ng They explained they didn't want him BLACK FIEND FOILE NE O AT[ERTS TO ASSAUI GIRL NEAR AIKEN ARREST QIKLY MAD Nine-Year-Old Boy Fights Bru When Dastardly Attack is Made < Sicter, Who Was Walking in Ou skirts of Town When Seized-B Identified and Jailed. Venues Wallace, a fifteen-year-o: negro, has been lodged in jail : Aiken charged with making a heinoi attempt to criminally. assault a mo beautiful fourteen-year-old whi girl; a member of a prominent Al gusta family who has been visiting Aiken for the past several weeks. The attempted assault occurr Sunday afternoon between seven ax eight o'clock, in an isolated spot c the southern outskirts of the cit where the young lady and her nin year-old brether were walking. It stated that they met the negro i they were retracing their steps. TI little'boy asked the negro what tin it was, and as he approached thex before she realized his dastardly I tent, the black had caught her in firm grasp an thrown her to ti ground, forcing her arms back ax away from her head so that he mig] render her helpless. The nine-yea old boy sprang onto the back of tl negro and succeeded in pulling hi away. The girl then screamed j loudly that the negro was frighten and ran away. ~ The frightened children hasten( on to Aiken and reported the outral to the family whose guests they wer The police were called in, and so d tailed and accurate was the descrii tion given by the young lady of h4 assailant, that Chief of Police J. I George had him lodged In the cil jail within the -remarkably sho period of one hour after the pe petration of the dastardly atteml Both the intended victim of the blat lad and her brother unhesitating pronounced him the boy when I was forced to confront them. TI young lady saw him and was ask( if he was the man. She shuadero and turned away, nodding her heg In positive assent. There is absolutely no doubt of tl identity of the negro. The youl lady, -with remarkable presence mind, .observed -every detail as.to t] appearance of her assailant and th4 related them to Chief George wil minute accuracy. The man and ti description tally absolutely. He h, fresh abrasions on one cheek ai under an eye, where the frant young lady had brought her finge into play. The remarkable thing about t -case is that absolutely nothing w. known about the assault, and the p lice and Sheriff Howard managed keep the news of the assault secr until a warrant was Issued befo: Magistrate W. M. Smoak at 5 o'clo< and the negro lodged behind ti brick walls-of the county jail. FIGHT ON PARCEL POST. Burleson's Extensions Are to Me Much Opposition. Concerted opposition was develo ed in congress to Postmaster Gener Burleson's order reducing parcel pc rates and Increasing the maximu size of packages to be handled' in tV service. The order was Issued Su day, to become effective August 1 and Wednesday the Senate post off committee requested Mr. Burleson appear before the committee ne Thursday fith an explanation for t authority of his action. .Railway representatives Wedn4 day joined in the fight to preve Postmaster General Burleson frc increasing the size of parcel PC packages transmissible through t mails and reducing the rates to t come effective August 15. A deles tion representing the railroads ge erally throughout the country la their complaint before senators a representatives and prepared to p1 test formally against the changes the interstate commerce commissit RICH HEIR POISONED. Wilbur Martin, Sailor, of Anders< Dies in Philadelphia. Wilbur Martin, of Anderson, S. was found dead Tuesday night Philadelphia. the victim of a pois< ous drug, and the police are maki every effort to determin.e how it v administerea. Martin. a sailor on i United States battleship Connectic recently inherited $250,000 throu~ the will of an aunt who died in Louis three months ago. Shortly after he was notified of 1 legacy it was suggested that he col obtain a discharge from the navy,i the young man declared that he;p ferred to remain until the end of term in September. Martin was years old and bore an excellent re tation at the navy yard. The pol have notified the relatives of death. Milk Poison is Fatal. Elliott Cook of the Harsville tion of Tennessee died of milk poi: Monday. In the same commur and nearby at different intervalst mys'erious disease has appear Nine have died. A few years the government sent experts to f the cause. They were unsuccessft Shot to Death. Zed Cunningham. a negro. wi resisting arrest at his home at F Lawn. near (Thester Mionday morni wa hrt and died a few hours la FARMERSIfATHER f fA ~ Hi na H SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS UNION IN ANNUAL CONVENTION t] ti * HAVE A FINE PROGRAM t] s Planters Hear Splendid Addresses by t Experts Who Tell of Trying Agri- t n cultural Problems-Business Ses sions Are Held at Which Reports n Are Read. h The opening of the South Carolina N 0 Farmers' union convention in the ti pavilion at the Isle of Palms early Wednesday afternoon augured well tl for the success of the meeting, for the i attendance of visitors and local peo- G ple reached 150, and the experts, in- 0 vited to address the farmers on ques tions of importance were early arriv als. After -President E. W. Dabbs rap- f ped for order, shortly after one F o'clock, an address of welcome was T delivered by Secretary A. V. Snell of t, the Chamber of Commerce. Re- ti sponse was made by R. M. Cooper. 0 The main address of the opening m meeting was that of Dr. Bradford t, Knapp of Washington, whose subject S was the marketing of cotton. Follow Ing his talk the subject was thrown b open for discussion, talks being lim ited to five minutes each, and some live wire ideas were brought out. t] Col. E. J. Watson addressed the meeting Wednesday afternoon on "The Use, Misuse and Purchase of Fertilizers." Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson college, W. A. Sherman, spe- b cial agent, of Washington; Col. E. J. Watson of South Carolina and Dr. a Bradford Knapp of Washington are a the special guests of the Farmers' 14 union and have come here to make t addresses. 1( Wednesday night an executive ses- n sion of the union was held, when the e roll call by counties, the report of the execiftive committee, the president's P annual address, were the order of f business. Special discussions of five minutes each on the good of the or- d der concluded the night session. a The annual convention of the State U Farmers' Union came to a close at the fi Isle of Palms Thursday, with an op- n en session in the morning and two ti business session 'in the afternoon and ti night. Preident E. W. Dabbs and some of the other officers were re elected. Three addresses were heard e, in the morning and in the afternoon 0 on subjects pertaining to the good.of a the order. Anderson was chosen for C the next meeting, the fourth Wednes- u day in July. c Oficial List of Delegates. d The following list of delegates, who k attended, follows: n . Abbeville-A. F. Calvert, Abbe- te ville. d Anderson-T. T. Wakefield, Ander- r son.E Berkeley-E. M. Smith, Holly Hill. Charleston-J. B. Morrison, Mc- ti Clellanville.t Chesterfield-L. C. Rivers, Ruby. r R. 1. - n Clarendon-Marcus Plowden, May- S esville, R. 2. Colleton-B. G. Price, Walterboro; t1 W. C. Bailey. Weeks. b Dorchester--D. L. McAlhaney, St. George, R. 2.: C. P. Moorer, Harley- s ville, R. 1.; 3. B. Whetsell, Bowman, R.3. b Florence--A. P. Hutchinson, Cow- e ard; 5. J. Kirby, Scranton. Lexinion-L. B. Frick, Littles Mauntain, R. 1; C. W. Smith, Chap- y in,R. 1.s Marion-G. T. Gresham, Eulonia;. A. E. Rogers, Mullins. Oconee-J. R. McMahan, Seneca, R. 1. Orangeburg-L. A. Carson. Holly Hill: J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg; 3. E. Gramling, Orangeburg. Richland-E. J. Watson, Columbia. Sumter-J. Frank Williams. Sum- t ter, R. 3; 3. M. Kolb, Sumter, R. 2. c Union-L. 3. Browning, Union, R. a 2; H. C. Little, Kelton, R. 1. Committee Appointments. After the president's address the following committee were appointed by the president: Committee on Resolutions and G~ood or the Order-B. Harris, of An derson, chairman; L. C. Rivers, of Chesterfield: D. L. McAlhaney, of Dorchester: H. C. Little, of Union; L. B. Frick, of Lexington. Committee on President's Address -H. T. Morrison, of Charleston, I chairman: G. T. Gresham, of Marion: . R. McMahan, of Anderson; 3. C. I Riley. of Saluda; 3. B. Whetsell, of Dorh ester. Committee on Cotton Marketing, Warehousing and Banking - R. M. Cooper. of Lee, chai ,1an; L. J. Browning, of Union - :. Claffy, of] Orangeburg: B. F. xv er, of Spar-1 tnburg; S. J. Kirby, 01 Florence. Committee on Fertilizers - T. T. Wakefield. of Anderson, chairman; A.1 P. Hutchinson, of Florence: C. P. i Moorer, of Dorchester: A. F. Calvert.< of Abbeville; J. WV. P. Harmon, of1 Saluda.1 Marketing and Warehousing. The report of the committee on cotton marketing, warehousing and banking wa adopted as follows: "1. We recommend to our County Unions to go actively to work to build as many warehouses as possible for the storing of our cotton this fall. "2. We also urre upon all our Union members to encourage all Non Union farmers generally to as:sist us in holding cotton. "3. We recommend to each Coun ty Union and rertuest them to give us all the aid possible in holding our cot ton and to give us as much time as possible in making our notes. not less than six months." A resolution was adopted recom mendng to the farmers of the State 1 the fall and winter as possible so s to prevent the cotton from being yrced on the market to meet the otes. Flood Prevention. The report of the committee on ,solutions was adopted as follows: "Whereas, the Mississippi River is ie main outlet for the drainage of o-fifths of the area of the Union, mbracing thirty-one- states, whose aters subject the alluvial lands of ie Lower Mississippi Valley to de :ructive overflows; and, "Whereas, the great political par es in their 1912 platforms declared iat flood protection of the valley is a ational duty; and, "Whereas, the engineering depart tent of the United States Govern tent, after thorough investigation, as declared that a system of levees ith adequate bank revetment is the aly feasible method of flood con -ol; and, "Whereas, a measure known as Le Ransdell-Humphreys bill has been troduced into both branches of the ederal Congress, appropriating $60, 00,000, to be distributed over a pe od of five years, so that this great -ork may be undertaken at once and ushed rapidly to completion; there >re, be it "Resolved by the State armers' Union of South Carolina, hat this project is of such magni ide and importance to the whole na on as to justify its immediate rec gition by Congress In accordance ith the plans already provided by ie corps of engineers of the United tates: be It further "Resolved, That we ask the mem ers from this State in both houses f Congress to support said Ransdell Eumphreys bill, and that we solicit ie aid and co-operation of all com tercial organizations throughout the atire United States in Its behalf." Report on Fertilizers. The report of the committee on rtilizers was adopted as follows: "We recommend that in so much s the subject has beeu so thoroughly ad ably discussed, we think it use ss to take up any further time in is way more than to emphasize the Lea that fertilizer is nothing more or less than plant food and that we courage home mixing." The report of the committee on the resident's address was adopted as a )llws: "We, your committee on the presi ent's address, recommend that it be dopted as a whole and that the nion extend im a vote of thanks )r the efficient and conscentious Lanner in which he has administered ie duties of his high official posi on." Personnel of Officers. President E. W. Dabbs was reelezt I by a unanimous rising vote. The ther election were unanimous also, ad resulted: Vice-president, J. H. laffy, Orangeburg; secretary-treas rer, J. Whitner rceid, Columbia: 2aplain, W. E. Bodie, Wards: con actor, C. W. Suber, Columbia; door eeper, A. F. Calvert, Abbeville; ember of executive committee for rm of three years, B. Harris, Pen leton; delegate to National Farmers' nion, Salina, -Kansas, in September, .W. Dabbs, Mayesville. The Progressive Farmer was con nued as the official organ of the nion, and the State president was aquested to continue to edit the Far ers' Union page of same for the outh Carolina Union. Action was taken looking to a more iorough organization in the State y arranging for some systematic ork to reorganize and revive the spended local unions. At the afternoon session, Senate ill No. 110, by Senator E. D. Smith, oncerning future contracts, was en orsed, and the secretary was in truted to request the Senators and ~epresentatves to work for the pas a~ge of the till. WILSON FOR NEUTRALITY. trict Impartiality Betweer Mexican Factions Now at War. President Wilson has determined hat no faction in the present Mexi an revolution shall obtain arms or mmunition from the United States d that neutrality must be observed a its strictest sense. This was the aterpretation of the neutrality laws ecided upon by the president after onferences with Senator Bacon and epresentative Flood, chairmen o1 he two congressional committees oni oreign relations. While the Mexican rebels have ieen getting no arms heretofore Vednesday's development means thai he Huerta administration will be de ~rived of the privilege previously nc orded the Madero government and hat the United States will treat all ides alike in the present dispute. Negro Comes to Life. Hersey Mitchell, a negro who was ~xecuted in the jail yard at Starke 'la., was declared dead at the end ol hirty-eight minutes by two physi' ans. After his body was placed ix coffin. Mitchell, whose neck had no1 )een broken, revived and lived fo1 hree hours. Negroes here regard hil 'se as a miracle and are said to havE yeen superstitious and afraid to cal physicians. Gave Life for Girl. L. W. Dutro, a wealthy busines: rnan, was drowned In the Mississipp River near Memphis late Wednesda: while attempting to rescue a youni woman from drowning. Mr. Dutr< rormerly was postmaster at Memphi and had been prominently ldentifle< with political affairs in Tennessee fo a number of years. Accidentally Killed. As she was packing away laundr: in a trunk in which a revolver wa kept, Mrs. Beulah Alridge. wife o an employee of the Southern railwa: at Spencer. N. C., was Instantly kill ed by the accidental discharge of th weapon. Her six-months-olei b& COAL 'MINERS STRIKE TROOPS CALLED OUT 1N MIOHI GAN TO KEEP ORDER. 0 Several People Have Been Injured in Sporadic Brawls Which Constitute Whole of Day's Violence. Disregarding orders of the Western Federation of Miners against vio lence, many of the 15,000 striking miners of the copper belt Thursday created enough disturbances to result in ordering out of troops. Friday night there was almost 2,400 State soldiers, including cavalry and artil lery, in the mining fields of the up per peninsula of Michigan. There were no concerted attacks on mine property or persons about the mines, but .everal persons were injured in sporadlc brawls. So men acing did the situation appear to Sheriff Crune that he asked Gov. Fer ris for militia. While there were several outbreaks in various parts of the mining coun try the chief disturbance that set the troops in motion was an assault on deputy sheriffs stationed at the mines of the Calumet and Heela company to protect property. None of the mines have attempted to operate, but the strikers objected to the presence of deputies. About 300 strikers, armed with steel drills, clubs and stones and a few with fire arms, which they fired into the air, marched to the No. 2 conglomerate shaft and stripped the deputies of starts. The strikers then proceeded to the Hecla branch mine and divested the deputies there of their stars. The deputies did n'ot offer much re Osiance as the strikers outnumbered ther., but there were many fights af ter the stars had been collected and several pprsons were beaten. A few men were taken to hospitals. The strikers surrounded all the surface plants of the Calumet & Hec la company and forced suspension of auxiliary operations. The machine shops, foundries and other similar in dustries were closed before the onset of the miners. The stamp mills were not molested, but they shut down for lack of ore and because of the general confusion. SAVES HIS SWEETHEART. Georgia Boy Has. Dangerous Expe rience in Kansas. Roy Camden, of Decatur, Ga., was badly injured recently while saving his fiance, Myrtle Thompson, of Ath ens, Kas., from drowning. Camden became acquainted with Miss Thomp son while she was visiting in %Uat. four weeks ago. He went to Athens to visit her and took her motorboat riding on the Missouri river. The gasoline tank excloded, covering both with burning oil. With arms and face seared, Camden sprang into the water with the girl and tried to swim ashore. The current was too swift, and he was carried two miles down stream, when he managed to catch a snag sticking out of the water, to which he clung with one arm while holding the girl above wateL with the other. After clinging to the snag for several hours, they were seen by passengers on a Missouri Pacific train near Dalby, Kas. Roy Lewis, a nearby farmer was notified and rescued the two in a rowboat, and they were car ried to Atchison. FIRST DIRECT VOTE SENATOR. Bacon, of Georgia, Elected Under Sev enteenth Amendment Agustus 0. Bacon, of Atlanta, Ga., has been re-elected to the U. S. Senate by the direct votes of his electorate. This makes him the first senator to be so elected under the re cently ratified seventeenth amend ment to the Constitution. This amendment provides that the voters of the several states shall cast direct ballots in senatorial elec''ons. The vote throughout thie whole elecorate was very light, owing to the fact that Senator Bacon was un opposed. Many of the country poll ing places were not even opened, as the result of the election was a fore gone conclusion. Explodes in Pocket. A stick of dynamite in the hip pocket of Martin Funk exploded and blew him to pieces when he fell Tuesday during a playful wrestling match with his brother In a tent where the Funks were camping, near Germantown, N. Y. The brother's left hand was blown off. Blows Off His Head. While a half dozen workmen look ed on, John Aho, a farm hand of Grand Rapids, placed a stick of dyna mite on his head and lighted a fuse. His head was blown in fragments He left a note Imploring his friends tp express no regret at his act. Bomb Wrecks Mill. The explosion of a bomb partly wrecked the Hlelvetla Silk Mills at Patterson, N. J., early Monday, the resulting excitement bringing hun dreds of workers who have recently -been on strike from their beds to the streets. Democrat is Choseni. Archibold C. Hart, Democrat, was elected to the House from the Sixth congressional district of New Jersey Tuesday to succeed the late James Martin. Hart had the support of President Wilson. Bad Tooth Causes Blood Poison. Rudolph Speich. of Laine, Miss., died of blood poisoning contracted rom a ea1 +ooh. Ha ra ill four HAS FINE PROGRAM CONFERENCE FOR COMMON GOOD ON VITAL SUBJECTS KEYNOTE IO-OPERATION Men of All Trades and Vocations Are Invited to Columbia to Work To gether for the Upbuilding of This State.-Clarence Poe to Make Ad dress. The first meeting of the Conference for the Common Good will be held in Columbia, August 6 and 7. For this meeting the railroads entering Co lumbia have granted special rates and a large attendance is expected. The purpose of this conference is to offer an opportunity for the men and women who have at heart the best interests of the State to come togeth er and discuss vital significant things. and endeavor to arrive at a remedy for the evil which exist, and to as sist each other in all e:orts of .the common good. The movement is non-political and the conference will discuss principles and not personalities. It Is hoped that its conclusions may deserve the support of all lovers of the State re gardless of political affiliations. The conference is intended to be merely a preliminary to county conferences to be held later in the summer or in connections with the county fairs in the fall. It will be noted by reading the pro gram that It is not made up of long papers. Men have been asked to state in a few minutes their conclu sions, and then the subject will be open to general discussion. The com mittee extends a cordial invitation to everybody to attend this confer ence and to unite in a resolve to think and talk about things that are worth while. . Wednesday, August 6, 3:30 to 6. General Topic-Co-operation for Rural Development. 1. Purposes of the Conferences, stated by the President. 2. A message to commonwealth builders, Clarence Poe, Editor of -Pro gressive Farmer. 3. The Part of the Church in Ru ral Development, Rev. W. H. Mills, Clemson College, S. C. 4. General discussion. 5. A National Program for the De velopment of American Agriculture, Hon. A. F. Lever, Chairman Commit tee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives. General discussion. Wednesday Evening, 8:30 to 11. General Topic-Permanent Homes for Our People. 1. Farm Ownership and Good Farming, W. W. Long, State Director of Farm Demonstration Work. 2. Home Ownership and Health, Dr. E. A. Hines, Seneca, S. C. 3. Home Ownership and the Shool, County Superintendent J. E. Carroll. Yorkville. 4. Home Ownership and the Church, Rev. E. '0. Watson, Presi dent of Horry Industrial School. 5. Effects of -Home Ownership in a Mill Village. 6. A Plan for Helping Mill Work ers to Purchase Homes, Win. T. Ro-b ertson, Greenville. 7. A Plan for Helping Tenant Farmers Acquire Land, B. B. Hare, Office of Rural Economics, U. S. De partment of Agriculture. 8. General discussion. Thursday, August 7, 11 to 1. General Topic - Education and Child Welfare. 1. The State One-Mill Tax, its ap portionment and use, Hon. 3. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education. 2. Getting the Child In School. a. Unused Possibilities under Ex isting laws, County Superintendent Geo. L. Pitts, Laurens, S. C. b. The Necessity of a School Cen sus, County Superintendent A. H. Gasque, Florence, President State Teachers Association. c. A Compulsory Attendance Law. d. The Possibilities of the Night School, W. B. Dove, 'Columbia. e. General discussion. 3. The Health of the School Child, Dr. Rosa H. Gantt, Spartanmurg, S. 4. Building a Teaching Profession in South Carolina, Superintendent S. H. Edmunds of Sumter, 'S. C. 5. Child Labor and its Relation to School Attendance. Thursday Evening, 8:30 to 11. General Topic--Problems of Citi zenship. 1. Public Health In South Caro lina. 2. Building Community in a Mill Village, Mr. L. -P. Hellis, Superin tendent Social Work, Parker Cotton Mills. 3. Education and Citizenship, Dr. P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of Education. 4. The Majesty of the Law, Dr. H. N. Sn., der, President Wofford Col lege. Thursday, August 7. 9 to 11. Special conference on co-operation in marketing, E. W. Dabbs, Presi dent Farmers Union, presiding. 1. Typical Examples of Loss to Farmers on Account of Poor Market 2. Creating a Home Miarket for Home Products. E. 3. Watson. 3. Co-operative Marketing In North Carolina, J1. W. Shuford, Hick ory. N. C. General Discussion, led by Clarence Poe, A. P. Bourland and South Caro lina farmers. Marketing the Cotton Crop. Mr. W. R. Meadows, Cotton Technologist. Of fice of Markets. p. 5. Department of Agriculture. General Discussion. Thursday Afternoon, .! -90 to 6. IS SEPARATE DISTRICT STATE REGAINS OLD INTERNAL REVENUE POSITION. Benator Smith and Representatives Lever and Aiken Have Been Work ing for Some Time. South Carolina is to be cut off from the North Carolina internal rev enue district to which it was attach ed last year, at which time Maj. Micah Jenkins was legislated out of office, and made a separate collection district, the name of the new collec tor not yet being made public. Two years ago congress made a change providing for the operation of the various collection districts and out of the whole six were eliminat ed, South Carolina being one to go and being then attached to North Carolina. Since that time vigorous efforts have 'been made by members of the South Carolina delegation in congress to secure from the White House an executive order which would make South Carolina a sepa rate collection district. It now ap pears that they have been successful and that this will be done. Senator Smith discussed the matter with Secretary MeAdoo, and, altho the .former, when asked about it later, was reluctant to give details or to ':1 timate in any way who had been un der discussion fbr the collectorship, said that it was true. Senator Smith has also discussed the matter with the president at various times and has always contended that South Car olina should be made a separate col lection district. Representatives Lever and Aiken have also been much interested in the situation, believing that it was a mistake to have abolished theiSouth Carolina district last year when It was merged with that of North Caro lina. Mr. Lever said that he had been expecting action of this kind for some time and that only a short time ago in a letter from the president he was informed that in all probability favorable action might be had soon. The action of the president In de ciding to make a separate district of South Carolina means that in all probability Columbia will be made headquarters for the district as was the case while Maj. Micah Jenkins was collector. It means also that an other good federal position will soon be open to some South Carolina Dem ocrat. Just when the change will take place is not yet known as all details have not been arranged, but It is as sumed that It will be In the near fu ture, just as soon in fact, as the work of making the necessary changes In the governmental machin ery can be done. "I am much gratified at this ac tion," Mr. Lever said.' "With Mr. Ai ken I have worked for some time to have South Carolina made a separate district and now *that this Is to be done I am Sure that the people of South Carolina will have cause to be appreciative. With headquarters in Columbia It will be a big thing fox FERTILIZER PRICES LOWERED, Smith Inquiry Bill Results in Price Reduction of Note. The investigation by the depart ment of commerce into the increase in the price of fertilizers, which was instituted as the result of a resolu tion introduced In the Senate by Sen ator E. D. Smith, is still under way. The officials of the department will not be able to make their report for some little time, but it Is understood that the Investigation will be produc tive of Important results. It was stated at the depart ment Thursday that there had been S decrease of $13 per ton In the prief of nitrate of soda since Senator Smitb Introduced hIs resolution, and there has also been a reduction in the pric( of other fertilizer materials. Falls 100 Feet--Walks Home. After falling 110 feet from the tol; of a smokestack to a steel roof, and after stopping with his head a buckel of tar which followed him In th( plunge, E dward Horner, a steeplejaci at the Granite City, Ill., steel works Wednesday brushed aside hospital at tendants, and walked half a mile tc his home. Falls Dead on Husband's Grave. Mrs. Emma Duerkes, sixty-fou1 years old, of North Bergen, N. J. was found dead on her husband': grave. She had been in the habit o: years of visiting the grave every Sat rday, and died of heart failure or her last visit. Dies From Bee Sting. John Pickering, of Woodbourne Pa. died within fifteen minutes afte: he been stung on the neck by a bee Doctors say that death was the resul of paralysis of the heart, caused b: the pain and shock. Kills Man for Whiskey Debt. Lucy Gilley, a negress, shot and kiled John Joyce. a farmer, of Crit Vd., when the latter refused to pa: her for whiskey he had received. a. On the Work of the Church i1 Rural Life, Rev. E. 0. Watson, pre b. On Health. Arranged by Dx in. Weston, President State Medica Society. c. Conference of Farmers ani Business Men on Marketing an Credit. Arranged by E. W. Dabbs. d. On Woman's Work, arrange by Mrs. M. T. Coleman, Abbeville. e. On Co-operation Between Col leges and High Schools. Dr. R. F Pell presiding. f. On Co-operation of Chambers c AHOPIS IHILDRLN RC ORAHONA AN HOPES TO GET ONE THOUSAND HAS THREE HUNDRED He Educates His Boys and Girls Creating Lucrative Places for Members of the Fanmly Who Com plete "Home" Course and Show a Proper Degree of Pronciency. Charles Page, a millionaire bf Tu sa, Okla., has adopted 300 poor chil-. dren and hopes to increase the num ber to 1,000. Near the village of*:-1 Sand Springs, a short distance- from. Tulsa,' he has established a "homer In the center of -a tract containit 6,000-acres. He has converted eigb acres of forest into one of the m oomplete parks in the United St In the equipment of the park par lr attention has been paid tc playground for children. ,very conceivable device ft auaasement of the little folks I .u found. There is, in addition, - . kindergarten maintained in a large airy room, screened In and equipped with hammocks and cots for rest. An interurban railroad owned by Page connects the village and park with the main part of Tulsa. Every morn. ing a special car takes every child who cares to go to the park and Te turns them to their homes In ,the evening. Page, who Is worth about $5,000, 000, has announced that every bit of his property, save a hotel in Denver,; will go to the Sand Springs institu tion as an endowment upon his death. He allows no one to take a child from the Institution, although he is almost daily besieged by childless people, many of wealth, to let them have some of "his children". His reply invariably is, "I am able to care for 1,000 and wish I had that many In the home." He will make a place for every boy who completes the course he has mapped out for them in some of his interests. The larger- boys work on the farm In the summer. The larger girls work 9 number of hours each day during the fruit season in, the "home" cannery. Any girl who shows a particular aptitude for any special branch of study has the privi lege. of going to any Institution of higher learning she may select upon finishing at the Page "home". / GETS GOOD PLACE. Man From Mill to Senate Eergeant ' at-Arms. A dispatch from Washington says through the influence of Senator E. D. Smith, Capt. Jacob C. Herlong, a well known Columbian, has been appoint ed to a desirable position in the of-,_ fice of the sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate. Capt. Herlong was born on a farm In Orangeburg county, but has been living In Colum~bia .for a number of years. He went into a cotton mill as a sweeper boy at the age of twelve years and has been actively engaged in mill wodk ever since. Some years ago Capt. Herlong became a member of the Columbia Light Infantry, Com pany D, Second regiment. Hei took a keen interest in military affairs and it was not long before he became cap tain of his company and under his direction Company D became one of the crack companies of the State. Capt. Herlong has entered upon his* duties in Washington with the zeal and energy that have marked all his other work In life. "Capt. Herlong is a fine type of man," said Senator Smith, "and we are glad to have him here. He has shown what our mill boys can do when they try and there are more of them in South Carolina who are coming to the front." Girl Bride Shoots Husband. Physicians Thursday entertain hope for the recovery of Tom Wood, a baseball player; who was shot Sun day night by his nineteen-year-old bride, who is held under the charge of assault with intent to murder. The young woman declares that she shot Wood because she feared he would desert her. Puts Out His Own Eyes. "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it it out," quoted August Stdick land, of Nevada, Mo., he followed the injunction by putting out his own eys. Strickland is an insane pa tient in the asylum there, having lost his mind over religious matters. Large License Tax. One hundred and thirty-three thou sand, eight hundred and sixteen dol lars and forty-seven cents was collect ed from the corporation license tax for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. Trainmen Hurt in Wreck. A negro brakeman was killed and Conductor Joseph Price's leg was broken when an Atlantic Coast Line freight train was derailed a few miles west of Troy, Ala., Monday morning. Didn't Know lie Was Shot. J.A.Bond, station agent of Gulf port Miss.. was shot twice in the ead. as he was coming home from the station. He didnt know he was shot until his wife saw the blood run ning down his face. Killed by Cave-1n. At Bennettsville. a negro lost his lfe Monday. when a gravel pit caved inHe was digging under a cliff fwhi4'h had been loosefed by dyna