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i KLLCATTLE TICK' E PEST MUST BE DRIVEN OUT Of THE STATE WIII HELP THE FAMR The Legislature Wil be Asked to Ap propriate Forty Thousand Dollars to Rid the State of the'Destructive Pest That Causes a Big Loss Each Year to the Farmers. The State says definite steps were taken Saturday at a conference in Co lumbia of farmers, stock raisers, leg islators, representatives of Clemson College, experts from the federal bu reau of animal industry and others, called together by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, with a view to eradicating the cattle tick in those counties in South Carolina which are still under the federal quarantine. The conferenre bids fair to give Impetus to the neglected industry of cattle raising in South Carolina, as well as to set the State and federal -- governments working together to wipe out the tick pest in the shortest possible time. Briefly summarized, the ends towards which the confer enqe decided to work were: Securing a $40,000 appropriation from the State of South Carolina for the maintenance of a large State or ganisatlon under the- direction of Clemson College to eradicate the cat tie tick. Securing the co-operation of the federal bureau of animal industry .4 with the State organizat!on for -the tght against ticks. Toward tfe attainment of these ends, the conference decided to ap point a committee of five to wait on the ways and means committee of the house and finance committee of the senate to urge the appropriation of $40,000 for cattle tick eradication in those counties still quarantined. The committee will appoint a local com mittee of five members in each county to -awaken the farmers and live stock men to the importance of wiping out the cattle tick. The conference decided to request every bank in South Carolina to get up a petition signed by its customers to the members of the general assem by from the county in which it Is 10 cated, asking them to vote for the ap - propriation of $40,000 for tick erad -caion. B. P. Taylor, of Columbia, secretary of the South Carolina Cot ton Seed ~Crushers' Association, an touneed that similar petitions would be at every cotton oil mill in the state where they could be conveniently signed by the farmers. o One of the most important features of the conference was the announce ment by A. F. Lever, congressman from the Seventh South Carolina dis trlct'and'caiinnof the house comn mittee on agriculture, that federal aid or tho fight again st the cattle tick -would certainly .be forthcoming as -soon as the State undertoek the tght on-a large scale with a well organized force in the fild. B. H. Rawl, chief of the dairy divi sion of the federal bureau of animal Industry, made the key-note speech of'the conference. Dri. M. Ray Pow era, of .Clemson college, explained the work which has already been accom plished -toward relegating the tick to the scrap heap. They were follow Yed by several other speakers. The live lInterest among the auditors was - Indicated by the number of ques tions- asked the experts who spoke. An interesting phase of the confer once was the- fact that it went on record as favoring the passage of a law for the operation of plants by the State to grind limestone and oyster shells for use in liming the land. A iisolution to this effect was intro duced by W. W. Long, State farm demonstration agent and seconded by Richard I. Manning. of Sumter. -The conference realized that the use of lime on the lands in this State was necessary to make the best pas -turage for cattle and to grow the best florage crops. Mr. Rawl spoke of the certain comn -ing of the boll weevil and the condi -tions which follow it. "How are we going to meet the conditions the wee - il brings about unless we broaden explained that Clemson had asked Mr. Rawl. Mr.- Bawl urged the build lng of pasture land and putting waste land to work to raise beef. Dr. Powers of Clemson College, State veterinarian, told of the work which has been done in tick eradica tion already in South Carolina. He explained the Clemson had ask-ed aid from citizens in various coun ties last year to supplement county appropriations and that made by the college. "We need a State appropriation for the work," declared Dr. Powers. "The present method of county to county work is not economic. We will need *about $40,000 from the State and a like amount from the government to rid South Carolina of the tick. The edadication of the cattle tick in itself -is not a problem. It is no trouble to kill Mr. Tick. The real problem Is to get the men in the State aroused to the importance of doing so. E. N. Nighbert, United State offi cer ln charge of tick eradication in South Caroina and Georgia told the conference that the dipping vat was the business like way of ridding cat tie of ticks, and that the spray pump was merely an accessory to it. Dr. Nlghbert said he believed the time had come for extensive tick eradica tion work In South Carolina. "If we had an appropriation of $40, 000 from the State and a like amount from the United States bureau of ani -sal industry," said Dr. Nighbert, "the entire State of South Carolina would be free from the quarantine against the ticks In a year or two." Richard I. Manning of Sumter was agriculture there were working hand in hand with the bureau of animal in dustry. Dr. Ramsay was asked a number of questions about the conditions which will have to be fulfilled before the bureau of animal industry would begin active work In South Carolina. W. W. Long, State agent In charge of farm demonstration work said that the use of land lime was important work In connection with the cacile industry as it was necessary to build up pastures and grow forage crops, in South Carolina. Mr. R'awi intr4odued to the confer AEROPLANE HITS CROWD SEVERAL ARE HURT IN ACCI. DENT AT CAMDEN. Aeronaut Loses Control of Machine in Lighting, Knocking Down a Number of People. Several people were injured when the aeroplane of Frank Terrell crashed into the crowd that was wit nessing his flight at Camden Friday afternoon., Mr. Terrell attempted to land, .but as the claw which is used as a brake on his trailer refused to penetrate the hard ground, the lost control of his machine with the above results. Mrs. King, mother of Wal ter King, of Camden, was hurt the worst. She received the full force of the machine and was severely bruis ed. It is feared that she received a broken bone in the shoulder. Wil mer King, of Bethune, als oreceived the full.compact of the machine and knocked unconscious for a few mo ments. His little daughter was slightly bruised. James Shearn was bruised and his clothes badly torn. McDowell Lewis received a cut on the temple and a negro nurse was knock ed down. Little Jack Nettles, who was with the nurse, was thrown on one of the planes of the machine but was uninjured. Mr. Terrell received a bruised arm when thrown from his seat. The accident happened so quickly that people were dumfounded, women and children became hysterical and rushed toward the injured to see if any were their friends or relatives. Others, more timid, ran towards the exhibit building fearing to look upon the injured, wh lay writhing on the ground. Dr. Corbett was immediately to the side of Mr. King and Dr. Brasington went to Mrs. King's rescue. They were hurt the worst. Others went to Mr. Terrell's aid, who was on the ground near the fence, in front of the machine. For several minutes a small panic reigned, but the crowd was soon calmed by the assurance of a number of Influential men that the injuries were not serious. Mr. Ter rell broke down and wept, and it was some time before he could be induced to leave the ground and return to the hotel where he is stopping. Th aecA dent apparently was unavoidable. The crowd had been warned not to go on the ground where the accident took place, but in their anxiety to get a good view did not heed the warn ings. ence A. F. Lever, congressman from the house committee on agriculture. Mr. Lever declared that the meet ing was a most important one, illus trating the fact that ag?iculture was In a state of transition and that the people of South Carolina were fully awake to the possibilities in farming. "When I was first elected to con gress the cattle tick proposition was put before the committee on agricul ture, of which I was a member." said Mr. Lever. "The government is spend ing through the bureau of animal in dustry the sum of $375,000 each year now to fight the cattle tick. "The question which most concerns this conference is whether South Car olina will put herself in readiness to receive the cooperation of the federal government in the fight against the tick," continued Mr. Lever. "I do not believe that there has been any lack of organization in the cattle tick work which has resulted in wiping out the pest and raising the federal quaran tine In a number of counties,. but I do think that there Is a decided need that the scope of the work be en larged. "The State is getting now $14,000 from the federal government for eat tie tick eradication and about $9,000 from Clemson college. Experts esti mated that the tick is costing the State from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 each year. If we hasten the process of eradication, 're will save the State enormous sums. "I do not believe that there will be any difficulty about getting an appropriation from the State for the fight on the cattle tick If the legisla tors will prove to the people that the tax money for this purpose i being wisely expended. The federal depart ment of agriculture Is beginning to demand that the people should show a disposition to help themselves be fore it helps them. If I go to Secre tary Houston of the department, who is one of the very biggest men in the cabinet, and tell him that the South Carolina legislature has appropriated $40,000 for tick eradication, you can et your bottom dollar that the State will get $40,000 from the federal de partment of agricultude to aid In wip ing out the tick. "I believe that this is an oppor tunity for your general assembly to do something fundamentally big for the farmers of South Carolina," de clared Mr. Lever. "With the Invasion of the boll weevil only a few years off South Carolina must break away from the thralldo'm of King Cotton and branch out in other lines of agri culture. The boll weevil Is coming, and It will work havoc with out one legged system of agriculture. We might as well, therefore, prepare for the coming.storm and give the farm ers more legs to stand on by encour aging the live stock, poultry and oth er Industries which can be carried on upon the farms of South Carolina." In closing his speech. Mr. Lever moved that a committee be appointed to urge the appropriation of $40,000 for cattle tick eradication In South Carolina before the general assembly. The conferees on cattle tick eradi cation in South Carolina were the guests of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon at the Jet ferson hotel after the meeting. A number of interesting speeches were made after the luncheon. Schoolboys Get Big Award. Six schoolboys of South Omaha, Neb., have been awarded $2,700 each for the part they played In the cap ture of the bandits who held up and robbed the Union Pacific's overland limited train in the outskirts of Omaha, in 1909. The ease has been in court nearly five years. It is the good workman that Is sure of steady work and good wages. The higher the standard of work the1 higher the remuneration. Too many workmen are content with inferior1 work and they are the ones to suffer 1 when times get hard. The first class workman is indi.spenseb~o to Ms p1- 1 HOERTA UNMOVED 10 INDICATION THAT HE WILL COMPLY WITH DEMAND SENDS DIPLOMATS NOTE ;ays That NYew Congress Will be In stalled-Plans Continued Occu pancy of Presidency of Mexico Until New Election Can be Held and Defying U. S. Even to War. Gen. Huerta has shown no indica tion that he will comply with the &merican demands for his resigna tion. On the contrary those who profess to have his confidence say his program includes the continued occu pancy of the presidency until some time late in the year, 1914, and that he intends to carry out his plan of rganizing the new Congress and de fying Washington oven to the point of war. It Is not forgotten, however, that the unexpected in Mexican politics never is surprising, and as evidencel of this fact every hours brings a new rumor regarding Huerta. One per sistent report was that he had turned the government over to the foreign minister,- Senor Moheno, and had gone to Vera Cruz. Another was that he had committed suicide. There is some basis for believing the United States has served on Pres ident Huerta a supplementary notice that his official career must be brought to an end by Monday night. It Saturday was reported that John Lind, President Wilson's representa tive, was the medium employed by Washington. Mr. Lind and the Mexi can officials deny this, but the rumor originated in the National Palace. Those who insist that Gen. Huerta will resist all overtures say he ad mits financial weakness, but is con vinced that from time to time he can get enough money to keep up a dog ged, If Intermittent, campaign against the rebels. According to these informants Gen. Huerta does not expect to bring about pacification for many months, but until it is ac complished he will not resign. They add that he Is still determined that the new Congress must meet, and he expects It to annul the recent elec tions, leaving him In the Provisional Presidency until elections are held at his call. That the new Mexican congress must not meet is a point insisted up on by the United States since It Is be lieved that one of the first acts of that body would be to legalize cer tain concessions considered undesir able. 'Rut it seemq ve'v probable that it will meet for in a formal note to the foreign diplomats, Gen. :Tier ta, after calling attention to the ef forts he has made to pacify the coun try and dwelling at length upon his reasons for dissolving Congress, makes the direct statement that thA newly elected congress will be' in stalled within a few days and will pass upon the election of the Presi dent and Vice-President. Gen. Huerta reminds the diplomats that, prior to the elections, he told them neither he nor Gen. Blanquet would accept an election, on the ground that his own election would be illegal, and he calls to the atten tion of the diplomatic representatives the conference which he had with the presidential candidates, at which he observed theid promise to abide by the result. "Now, in view of the fact, accord ing to the reports which the govern ment has received," continues the note, "that there exists an earnest presumption that, because It has been impossible to carry on voting in a number of polling places prescribed by law, the elections fail to be con sidered a true manifestation of the will of the people, and because it Is foreseen that said presidential elec tions would be declared null, the Ex ecutive wishes to make known once more to the country and to the whole world that In accord with this deter mination he will continue exerting himself'.for the pacification of the country In order to be 'able to guar antee freedom and efficiency in the new elections, which congress must call as a necessary consequence of that declaration. "ln the same manner he wishes to make known once more before his friends and those coutside the Repub li that, being regardful of the~ law and persuaded that, by virtue of his having occupied the post of President of the Republic while the elections were being held, he considers him self constitutionally impeded from being validly elected, he will on no account take into consideration the ote which may have been cast in his favor and no matter what may be the reason of Congress, he will not ac ept In this case the constitutional Presidency of the Republic. * He relies as President on. the sol emn promise of honorable citizens who figured as candidates for the Presidency, and who represent all the political parties of the Republic, and bie is sure that perfect harmony will reign between the three powers of Lhe union and that the governments >f the world will recommend with yut exception that only the present overnment can call new elections td guarantee their freedom and ef icacy. He hopes to be able to fulfill ~asily within tue period which con ~ress shall designate his sacred duty. ~onsulting the national desire to con ecrate by the suffrage of the people he Executive who Is to rule definite y the destinies of the country. 0th ~rwse the realization of the Execu :lve's program would not be possible. ithin a long period of time. Thirty Perished in Shipwreck. Thirty lives are reported to have >een lost In the wreck of the steamer senry B. Smith, of Cleveland, in lae Superior, near Marquette, kch., on Thursday. One body has een washed ashore and the ship's iame was obtained from wreckage Icked up on the beach. The Smith ras owned by the Hawgood-Avery rransit Line. It is the man of one idea that -eaches the goal. If that alone is con idered he may be termed a very nar ow being, but when it is considered hat in the effort to gain his end the I Lam secures information of everyi ind that will help him it must be I ALd~oA +h1t We has mm' bradth. 1 LAKES SWEPT BY STORM AS BLIZZARD SUBSIDES RIVERS CAST UP BODIES. Shipping on Lake Huron and Rivers Lost Thousands of Dollars Thrillini; Tales of Rescue Reported. The shores of Lakes Superior, Hu ron and Erie Tuesday night were strewn with the wreckage of a three days' gale and snow storm, which cost the lives of probably three score persons, turned bottom-up in midlake a 300-foot vessel with its crew, wrecked or grounded numerous other craft and caused a property loss as yet unestimated, but which will run into the millions. Details of the storm, which swept from the west ern end of Lake Superior, eastern shore of Lake Erie, became known only Tuesday, when survivors began arriving in various ports with tales of hardships and heroic rescues sel dom equalled on the Lakes. On land the storm hit hardest at Cleveland, 0., where twenty-four inches of snow fell, five persons were killed and'ten others lost, and where $2,000,000 damage was caused to property, chiefly telephone and tele graph systems, thus keeping that city out of direct communication for two days. The death toll of the storm on the Great Lakes, with many ports unre ported, follows: Twenty-five, perhaps forty, men probably drowned in the overturning of a freighter found floating in Lake Huron. Five bbdies washed ashore at St. Joseph, on the Canadian side of Lake Huron. (four had belts marked "Wexford" and one wore a belt marked "London"). Three bodies washed ashore on the west shore of Lake Huron. Two bodies washed ashore opposite the position of the overturned boat. . Six members of a lightship drown ed in Lake Erie. near Buffalo, N. Y. It was impossible even to estimate the loss to vessels wrecked or damag ed by grounding. Shippers in De troit estimated the lops in Lake Hu ron and in the Detroit and St. Clair rivers alone to be several hundred thousand dollars. Three of the wrecked steamers Increase the loss by $5,000,000, while the scores of smaller craft driven ashore in .Lake Superior and Lake Erie will send the total much higher. The important mishaps to vessels were: Unidentified 300-foot steel freight er, floating bottom up In Lake Huron, a few mges south of Port Huron. Lightship No. 82 In Lake Erie off Port Albino, fifteen miles west of Buffalo, with crew of six, believed lost; lifeboat found floating bottom up in wreckage of ship floated into Buffalo harbor. Steamer L. C. Waldo, of Bay Transportation Company, Detroit, torn to pieces by storm Friday night and pounided against the rocks on Gull Rock, Manitou islands; captain and crew of twenty-five men and two women, rescued. Vessel valued at $300,000; total loss. Steamer Turret Chief, of the Mer chants' Mutual Line, Ontario, went to pieces on the rocks sIx miles east of Keweenaw Point, of Lake Supe rior, before daylight- Saturday; crew of seventeen rescued, loss $100,000. Unidentified vessel wrecked on rocks at Augus Point, Isle Royle, Lake Superior. Among the frail craft jeopardized, but saved, was the Santa Maria. a reproduction of the Columbus' Cara vel, which was bound from Chicago to San Francisco. It was driven Into n niud bank near Erie. COTTON CONSU3MPTION. Census Bureau Announces Some In teresting Data. Cotton consumed in the United States during October amounted to 542,809 bales, the census bureau an nounced Friday. Cotton on hand Oc tober 31 in manufacturing establish ments amounted to 1,072,274 bales and in independent warehouse 2,551, 964 bales. Exports of domestic cot ton during October amounted to 1, 517,838 bales, imports were 5,372 bales. Cotton consu~med included 17,955 bales of foreign cotton and 31.257 bales of linters. Consumption in cot ton growing States was 273,534 bales and in all other State 269,275 bales. Cotton on hand in manufacturing establishments on October 31 includ ed 61,482 bales of foreign cotton and 49,S77 bales of linters. In cotton growing States manufacturing estab lishments there was on hand 576,139 bales and in all other State's 496.135 bales. Cotton in independert ware houses included 2,372 bales of 'or eign cotton and 3S,108 bales of lin ters. In cotton growing States in in dependent warehouses there were on hand 2.497,799 bales and in all other tates 54(165 bales. Inmports were: From Egypt 2,119 bales, Peru, 1,419; China, 751; and f~romn all other countries, 1,083. Exports were: To United King :lom., 514.054 bales; Germany, 465, 52G; France, 279,469: Italy, 54,282, and to all other countries, 204,508. Active cotton spindles during Oc oher numbered 30,833,024, an in :rease of 303,291, over October, 1912. Those in cotton growing States 'lumbered 12,071,G52 and in all other tates 18,761,3 72. SLAYER IS SHOT. son Kills Father For Killing His Mother. Lewis Van L~uven, 68. a farmer liv-, ng at Harpersfield. Ohio, shot and tilled his wife late Frid-ly and then vas killed by his son. Matthews, 17. ~oung Van Luven surrendered to the >olice. The boy and his 9-year-old ister said their mother was killed vhile sitting in the kitchen. They ~aid their father then attempted to ill them. The boy succeeded in earing the shotgun away from his ather and brought down the heavy tock of the weapon on his father's kull, killing him. Olar Has Big Blaze. A fire which practically destroyed he business section of the town of )lar occurred early Tuesday morn-* ng. The property destroyed was, alued at more than $36,000, half of METHOD IS SIMPLE CATTLE TICK CAN BE EASILR GOTTEN RID OF. Principal Facts as to the Situation - and What is Means to the Farmers of the State. Interesting facts brought out at the conference on the eradication of the cattle tick at Columbia Saturday were: That cattle dipping vats cost from $60 to $100, according to the loca tion. One vat will serve an area of be tween 15 and 20 square miles. The ticks could be wiped out in one summer under the active co-operation of the State and federal authorities. No other animals are hosts for the tick except cattle, with the possible exception of deer, 'which become in fected accidentally. Tick eradicators should rely on moral suasion rather than resort to the compulsory law. There are about 40 cattle dipping va's in South Carolina. The federal quarantine has been lifted in 14 counties by the work al ready done. Ticks cause the loss of more cattle in South Carolina than all diseases of cattle combined. Ticks impoverish cattle by their continuous blood sucking. Ticks irritate the skin and cause loss of condition. Ticks reduce the value of hides. Ticks permanently stunt young cattle. Ticks increase the feed bill and de crease the milk flow of dairy cattle. Ticks prohibit the improvement of native cattle by preventing the intro duction of pure bred or high bred cattle. Ticks cause increased freight rateE on cattle. Ticks compel feeders In infested counties to accept from 1-2 to 1 1-2 cents less per pound than is paid for cattle of the same class raised in tick free counties. Ticks close the world's best mar kets to dairy and breeding cattle rais ed In tick Infested counties. Ticks cause the loss of about $1, 000,000 in South Carolina each year. What has been accomplished in South Carolina: Since July, 1907, Clemson College veterinary division has been co-opera ting with the United States depart ment of agriculture in eradicating ticks from South Carolina. The expense of this work has been shared by Clemson college and the United States department of agricul ture. Prior to 1913 no financial aid was received from other sources. This year citizens of Chesterfield, Flor ence, Lee, Kershaw, Fairfield and Newberdy counties contributed a to tal sum of $2,520. As a result of this work the fol lowing counties have. been released from federal quarantine: Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, Abbe ville, Snartanburg, Cherokee. Union, Laurens, Greenwood, Chester, York, Madlboro, Darlington; that portion of Lancaster county north of WVarhaw creek. Tick eradication is now in progress in the. counties of Lee, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Newberry, Florence, K'er shaw. Approximately 8.700 square miles have been freed fdom ticks and re leased from federal quarantine. SHOOTING SCRAPE. Has Fatal Result Though Cause Is Not Known. The body of 3. Benj. Duke, who was shot to death .by Jno. P. Bar field, at Alcolu Wednesday night, was brought to Manning Monday by Coroner Gray, of Manning, and taken to Duke's old home, at Boggy Swamp, four miles east of Kingstree. For the last two years-Mr. Duke had been engaged as a lumber inspector by D. W. Alderman & Sons at Alcolu. From information obtained by The News and Courier correspondent from Coroner Gray, it seems that the two men met at a carnival and Barfield opened fire on- Duke with the re mark: "I told you not to do that again."' After being twice shot Duke, it is said, drew his pistol and fired twice at Barfield, and then fell to the ground, receiving several shots from Bafeld's weapon after he was down. The cause of the shooting is not known. Barfld, it is said, was drunk. He is now in jail at Manning. Duke was a native of Will! msburg County, having been reared on his mother's farm about four miles east of Kingstree. He is a son of the late D. Mf. Duke, at one time auditor for Williamsburg County. He leaves a mother and one brother, Mr. Tom Duke, of Cedar Swamp. Bar-fld is said to have previously killed two men. BURlNS TO DEATH. Sumter Woman Uses Kerosene to Start a Fire. Mrs. E. I. Whooton, a white wo man,'living about five miles north of Sumter on the old Booth place, was burned to death Sunday morning when she attempted to light a fire by the use of kerosene oil. The ac cident took place between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning and death followed from the shock at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Whooton had poured some oil on the wood, which failed to catch, and thinking the flame had died out, she poured more oil on the wood. The blaze flared upon as she did so, following the oil Into the can, which exploded, spilling oil and fire all over her clothing. which immediately blazed up, .burn ing every particle of clothing off her and burning the skin off eve:-y part1 of her body except the top of hers head and the sole of her fect. Her husband tried to save her, but his ef forts were unsuccessful, as they came too late. She was badly burned aout the hands and wrists, but his burns were not considered serious, although they were extremely pain A University of Kansas scientist. says that a single bacterium will in the course of two days raise a fam ily of 1,000,000,000.000,0 00. If this is true. there is not much chance of escape. But luckily these univ'exrsity scnatst are aftttImaa miian~ TIlS YEARS CROP REPORT SHOWIN CONDITIONS 01 STAPLE PRODUCTS CORN CROP VALUABLE Department of Agricultur's- Esti mate for Nov. 1 Makes Total Ylelt 2,463,017,000 Bushels an Inereas of Ninety Million Bushels Over Es timate Made in October. This year's corn crop promises t be the most valuable this or any oth er nation ever has produced, al though the department of agricul ture's preliminary estimate of pro duction, issued Monday indicates I will be more than half a billioi bushels less in size than the recor crop of last year, and the smalles since 1903. Based on the depart ment's. figures of 70.7 cents p bushel, the average farm value oi November 1, the crop as now esti mated, is worth $1,741,358,012 while the value of the 1912 recor crop was $1,520,454,000. The pre vious most valuable crop was that o 1909, worth $1,652,822,000. The department's preliminary esti mate of production Monday increasei by 90,000,000 bushels the estimat made In October, and also that mad in September. This was taken to in dicate that the damage from the ver severe drought Is indicated in the flh ures for Kansas, which show the aer yield there to have been reduced t 3.2 bushels, compared with 23 bush els last year; in Missouri, where th yield was 17.5 bushels, compare, with last year's 32 bushels, and L Oklahoma, where it was 11 busheli against 18.7 last year. In Illinol the yield was 13 bushels below lam year's yield; in Iowa, 9 bushels; t Nebraska, 9 bushels; Indiana, 3. bushels and Ohio, 5.2 bushels. The November report, made u from reports of agents and correspor dents of the department's bureau o statistics, announced . also the pre liminary estimate of the total prc duction of potatoes, sweet potatoei and tobacco; the yield per acre c each; the average farm price on Nov ember 1 of the country's principa crops and the amount of corn of th 1912 crop remaining on farms Noi ember 1. Corn-Total production, prellmd narily estimated, 2,463,017,000, con pared with '3,124,746,000 bushel last year. Yield per acre, 23 bushell compared with 29.2 bushels last yea and 27 bushels, the ten-year averagf Average farm price, 70.7 cents pe bushel, compared with 58.4 cent last year. Quality, 95.8 per cent compared with the ten-year average Corn of 1912 crop remaining o: farms November 1 was 137,972,00 bushels, compared with 64.000 bush els of the 1911 crop remaining n; farms November 1 last year. Potatoes-Total production, pre liminar-ily estimated, 328,550,00 bushels last year. Yield per acre 89.2 bushels, compared with 113. bushels last year, and, 96 busheli the ten-year average yier-d. Averag farm prIce, 69.6 cents per bush.: compared with 45.5 cents last yeai Quality, 99.3 per cent., compare with the ten-year average. Sweet Potatoes-Total producti preliminarily estimated, 55,760,00 bushels, compared with 3 5,479,00 bushels last year. Yield per acre, 9 bushels, compared with 95.2 bushel last year and 91 bushels the ten-yea average yield. Average farm price -cents per bushel. Quality 99.. per cent. of the ten-year average. Tobacco-Total productions, pre liminarily estImated, 903,875,004 pounds last year. Yield, per acre 785.5 pounds last year and 82. pounds, the ten-year average. Qual Ity, 97.4 per cent. of the ten-yea average. Wheat-Total production, prelimi narily estImated, 753,233,000 bush els, compared with 730,267,00' bushels last year. Yield, per acre 15.2 bushels, compared with 15. bushels last year and 14.2 bushel. the ten-year average. Average farn prIce 77 cents per bushel, comparei with 83.8 cents last year. Weigh per measured bushel, 58.6 pounds compared with 58.3 pounds last yea: and 57.8 lbs., the 10-year average. Oats--Total production, prelimi narily estimated, 1,122,139,000 bush els, compared with 1,418,337,004 bushels last year. Yield per acre 29.3 bushels, compared with 37.i bushels last year and 29.8 bushels the ten-year average. Average farnu prIce 37.9 cents per bushel, compar ed with 33.6 cents last year. Weigh per measured bushel, 32.1 pounds compared with 33 pounds last yea: and 31.5 pounds the ten year aver age. The yield per acre and total pro duction of tobacco and corn in thi following states were: Tobacco: Yield Pro State, per acre. duction. Pounds. Virginia . . . . 770 151,228,00( North Carolna. 670 135,541,00( South Carolina . 760 33,288,00( Florida .. ....1,000 4,000,00( Corn: Bushels. Virginia . . . . 26.0 51,480,000 North Carolina . 19.5 55,302,00C South Carolina . 19.5 38,844,00C Georgia . . . . 15.5 63,023,000 Alabama . . . . 17.3 56,121,000 The Southern Woman's Magazine says: "Of old, wars and rumors of war were held to presage the end of tle world, but we know better now. The more the- e is done to promote pece, the stronger grows the wat spirit. It is clear that this 'terrestial sphere' is no happy home for milk sops. Even the peace advocates have grown noisy and militant since Mr. Carnegie placed their cause upon a war footing. Apparently the dove 01 peace is about to grow spurs and a comb." They Found Out. Finding a vial of small round tab. lets on the street, Edward Grant, aged 27. and William Delehanty, 28, swallowed some of the contents and now are in a hospital at Newburgh, N. Y., in a dying condition. Botb were found semi-conscious on the river front. "We knew the tablet. were poisonous," said Grant, "but we BLEASE IS NO FACTOR DOES NOT FIGURE IN THE PAT RONAGE MATTER. President Wilson Wants to Please Both Senators Because They Have Been True and Loyal. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says readers of that journal may have noted that he has never undertaken to explain the course of the content for the dis trict attorneyship and the marshal ship in terms of the president's con jectured attitude towards the candi dacy of Governor Blease for the Sen ate. Such explanation seems grattui tous and far-fetched. All of the evidence which has come within the ken of The News and Courier's correspondent has led him to regard the disagreement of the two Palmetto State Senators over the L district attorneyship as the cause of the administration's worry, and not - the probable effect of this or that ap r po!ntment on the Blease candidacy. There Is no reason to conclude that Attorney General McReynolds recom mended Weston and Sims because he did not think them the best material presented for the places. As to the r president, he has taken no action whatever, and wants the Senators to agree before he does so. By the I same reasoning that explains the At torney General's recommendations on the theory of a desire to injure Blease, the President's failure to act on the Attorney General's recommen dations would be interpreted as indi cating a desire to help Blease. The plain fact is that the admin istration has failed to reach finally 5 with regard to the district attorney ship and the marshalship because of the President's wish to accord each Senator his due, and particularly be cause of his wish to retain the cor t dial support of each Democratic Sen I ator, who has been "regular" in backing up the Wilson policies. The President does not intend to give of fence to either Senator Tillman or Senator Smith if he can help it; and f he really can not -afford to take . chances of alienating or chilling sup . port in the Senate in view of the im portance of keeping a Macedonian f phalanx of mapority votes in readji-. ness for use. There have been similar disagree ments between senior and junior Democratic Senators in other States than South Carolina over patronage questions. The present deadlock would in all probability have existed lust the same if there had been no Blease. The whole trouble came about from a disagreement between the two Senators, and the additional r district bill represents an effort to 3 solve the tie-up by providing a dis trict in which each Senator shall have the say as to the, offices, as is the sit 1 uation in North Carolina, where Sen ator Simmons has just recommended a district attorney and a marshall for Sthe eastern district and Senator Overman has done the same for- the -western district. BENEFITS THE FARMER. SThe State Asked to Furnish Lime to T!(em at Cost. IThe following resolutions were passed by the cattle tick conference on the use of lime on the farm lands in South Carolina: "Whereas, the eradication of the cattle tick is recognized as the first astep in the development of the live rstock industry in South Carolina and it is further recognized that the Ibuilding of pastures of clovers, alfal fa and other forage crops is-equally as essential, Therefore it is the sense of this meeting in order to encourage the Ifarmers of the State in the develop ment of their pasture lands and the growing of forage crops that the leg islature is hereby memorialized to enact at its next meeting such legis -lation as may be necessary for the establishment of limestone and oyster shell grinding plants, using such con Ivict labor as necessary for the grind ing of oyster shell lime and limestone rock, that ground lime should be fur Inished the farmers of South Carolina at actual cost." . The following resolution was also offered by Mr. Long: "Whereas the farmers of Virginia by special arrangement with the dif ferent railroads traversing the tSate, have secured special and reduced rates for the transportation of lime, therefore be it, "Resolved, That a committee be appointed for the purpose of taking this up with the railroad officials of the different railroads running through South Carolina the question of freight rates on lime with a view of securing the same rates that are now in existence in the State of Vir ginia." SHOOTING AT BAMBERG, Win. Steedley Under Arrest Charged With Shooting Jeff Hughes. Jeff H{ughes, of the Clear Pond sec tion, near Bamberg, was shot and dangerously wounded Tuesday after noon. Willie Steedley, also white, is charged with the crime. Details of the affray are meagre, but it is gen erally supposed to have been the un fortunate ending of a drunken spree. Hughes received three wounds, one In each wrist and one in the neck. The wound in the neck barely missed the jugular vein and ranged down ward towards or into the body. Hughes has but slight chance to re cover. He was paroled from the penitentiary by Governor Blease, hav ing been sent there for an assault upon his wife. Hughes was carried to Bamberg for treatment and is now under the care of several physicians. Steedley is in pall to await the result of Hughes' wounds. Bitter Strike Ended. The strike of the employees of the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company was settled late Friday through the efforts of Governor Sam el M. Ralston. The employees won their demand for arbitration, but nothing is said about recognition of the union and terms of settlement. Many of our old friends met us at the County Fair tpis week. May we iln li* to aned t'he next one. IUERTA IMPRESSED ENGLAND SUPPORTINi U. S. AL MOST PERSUADES HIM TO RESIGN AT ONCE Friends Continue to Advise Huerta's Resignation, Hoping to - Bring About Change in Time to Prevent Complete Rupture. of Diplomatic Relations With United States. President Rterta's attitude to ward the demands of the United States that he make way for a new government is that of one only half convinced, notwithstanding a few of his friends and political advisers are arguing, with due caution, that he accede. The representatives of this element in the Cabinet sonferred Fri day with Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American charge d'affaires, but were given no assurances that President Wilson has unbent sufficiently to war rant hope that the negotiations will be reopened. In spite of this, however, those friends of Huerta who now are con vinced that the United States gov ernuient is not "bluffing", believe they will ydt be able to bring about the desired changes in time to pre vent a complete rupture of diplo matic relations. This conviction ' based upon the fact that Washingtz= has not put into effect its implied threat to remove the embassy or an nounced any new course of action. Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister, has conveyed to Huerta an intimation -that the United States is in earnest in its intentions and is said to have told the provisional president that the British government is dis posed to back the United States mor ally. Huerta is said to have been deeply impressed when he realized that the nation which he had be lieved would stand by him indefinite ly had poined one he already regard ed as his enemy. Saturday was the date fixed for the preliminary meet ing of Congress and Friday night there appeared to be no reason to be lieve that it will not convene, not .withstanding the unequivocal de mand of the United States that it should not do so. The. meeting Is for nothing more than the presenta tion of members' credentials and or ganization, after which, following the usual custom, there will b ea lapse of some days before the body meets in formal session to listen to the Presi dent's message. It has been repre'sented to Huerta that the United States, doubtless, will regard his preliminary meeting as seriously as it would were it the for mal day of opening, since it will in dicate the intention of the Mexican government to defy Washington in this regard. Those now lined up against Huerta admit, however, that his position is a perplexing one, since the law .provides that the resignation of the 'president must be made to Congress. The only Congress in Mex ico is in jail, and Huerta does not feel justified in compounding his humilia tion, friends say, by sendijng his res ignation to the penitentiary. Advisers of Huerta who are send ing an emissary to treat with Mr. O'Shaughnessy insist that this last demand of the United States Is an un reasonable one, since if the new Con gress is permitted to meet, then there will be a body to which Huerta can send his resignation in due form and maintain his dignity. It has been suggested that in order to assure the United States that the new Congress will be an inocuous instituion, a doc ument might be prepared setting forth the only measures this body would be expected to enact and that care would be taken to see to it that among them there was none which would be objectionable to Washing It is not denied that to permit.Con gress to meet without previous assur ances from the :executive,. would be at best but a gamble, but it is con tended that any otler course is diff cult on account of the laws govern ing the resignation of the .President. A dispatch from Washington on Friday let it .be known that the American government will not re-. sume negotiations with those offcials close to Huerta who are now urging further parleys until assurances can be given the provisional President Huerta's intention to resign. This was the status of the Mexican situa tion late Friday night. Efforts by counsellors of Huerta to induce John Lind at Vera Cruz to re-open the en tire subject had not been successful at a late hour, it was reported, Mr. Lind refusing to go back to Mexico City unless some definite promises were forthcoming from General juerta. Chairman Bacon, of the foreign re lations committee, in discussing dis patches from Mexico City stating that Huerta's counsellors were seeking to re-or 'mn the negotiations, declared that the only condition upon which that could be done would be the com plete surrender of Huerta. Dispatches from Nogales, Sonor, announcing Gen. 'Carranza's refusal to accept any "transaction" with for sign nations looked toward a regula ion of Mexico's internal affairs, was iot commented upon. It was sug ested that Carranza's declaration was intendent chiefiy to allay any reeling in Mexico that he was enter 'ng Into alliances with the United states. NURSE A HEROINE. saved Crazed Immigrant Girl From Drowning Herself. Martha Novic'k, an immigrant girl ~scaped the terrors of the burning olturno, only to fall ill and tem orarlly insane in the Ellis Island, Cew York, where she eluded her urses and flung herself into New ork bay. The heroism of a nurse, Miss Anna 1sen, who plunged into the water tfter the insane woman and after a iard fight, brought her safely to a lock where both were saved, was nade the subject of an investigation hursday by Surgeon General Blue, >f the pue lic health service, with a recommendation that Miss Olsen's ravery be rewarded by a substantial ncne in pay.