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JUTICE DEFEATED' 68Y. BLEASE TO GlYE MANY CON VICTS FREDOM ANY NEOROES G0 FREE One Hudred Convicts Wil. be Turn ed Loose oy Governor Balcase on Wednesday, Which Breaks the Record for Him in Letting Convicts Out of the Penitentiary. Previous part:L records were broken when Governor Blease a:y:xed his signatire to papers grantirg free dom to one hundred convict3 in the penitentiary and scattered on chain gangs throughout the state, this be ing the governor's list for Thanks giving clemency. With the Thanks giving number the total number of convicts pardoned and paroled by Governor Blease since he first assum ed office in January, 1911, jumped to 882. The pardon and parole papers for the 100 convicts have been signed by the governor and will be sent to the office of Secretary of State R. M. Mc Cown on Tuesday morning in order for him to afilx his signature. The papers will be sent to the peniten tiary, the State farm, and the county chain gangs where the prisoners are confined in time for them to be lib erated on Wednesday and let them eat Thanksgiving dinner at their homes on Thursday. Twenty-eight of the convicts turn ed loose were serving life terms for murder, twenty-eight for manslaugh ter, seven for burglary and larceny, ten for assault and battery with in tent to kill, four for assault and bat tery of a. high and aggravated na ture, live for housebreaking and lar ceny, one'for larceny of live stock, two for obtaining goods under false pretenses, one for gambling, disor derly conduct and larceny, three for rape, two for breach of trust, one for larceny of bicycle, one for grand larceny, one for safe-racking, one for larceny and forgery, one for bigamy, three for violation of the dispensary law, making a total of 100. Of the convicts turned loose, Rich land county 'heads the list with ten in number, Spartanburg and Green ville tie for second place with eight a piece, and the others are appor tioned to the following c'ounties: Greenwood three, Lee one, Newberry fve, Darlington four, Charleston three, Marion three, Dorchester two, Union one. Bamberg one. Oconee one, Lancaster two, Abbevilleathree, Pick ens one, Anderson three, Barnwe3l two, Williamsburg one. Orangeburg four, Chaster four, Marlboro one. Edgefeld two, Laurens six, York one, Georgetown one, Cherokee five, Lex ington four, Aiken four, Kershaw one, Dorchester one, Colleton one, Clarendon one, Chesterfld one, Cal houn one. Following are the names of the convicts turned loose, and the crimes of which they were convicted: White Convicts Turned loose. The following are the white men turned loose: J. E. Hinson, con 'vieted at the March, 1913. term of Court for Marlboro county, of ag gravated assault and battery, and sentenced to six months' imprison ment. Williams. Sam K., convicted at the October. 1908. term of Court for Charleston county. of ylolation of an Act providing for punishment for safe-cracking, and sentenced to fif teen years' Imprisonment In the State penitentiary. V. B. Bryant, or Lester Bryant. convicted at the September, 1911. Court of Greenville county of man slaughter and sentenced to five years' imorsonment, was paroled. Fisher. Sam B., convicted at the June. 1912. term of court for Ander son county, of manslainhter, and sentenced to three years' imprison mnent. Firod. Thomas. convicted at the FebruarY. 1 912. term of court for Plkena enunty, of murder. with ree ommnendation to mercy and sentenc ed to life Imprisonment in the State ven+entIary. WmIaTVI. Yaimes. and Williams. JaSYnAr. ennvicted at the Kontombr. 1Ofld terme of ennrt for Oranbrg enunty, of mansinhter. and sen tenced to ten years. eae'h. irmnrison mient in thme Rfate nntent'avV. Woeoreland. W. P.. conviced at the nl'oe. 19' 2. terw, of ennet for ('e.eniree eounty, of vinistion of the @dieneeary inw. anid .wantonw'ed to nya a o of ane htnamed 30%? or to QAPY'. nia~ nov' innuiqnnment1. evicted at the ganher. 1 91 9 townA o nnet few Richeai e-nntv. of lareenv of hiovele. and sentenced to two ror' i'-nment ye+et. 3,enh 'R. ennvicted at the ynnasr. 191'4. term of ennrt for Tex ?nvton ennnlity of rewintling an ne4'pr and naan1t and hattery with intent to ~lm and sentenced to two years' inimanment. Jame4. W. 0. eonvicted at the N~ovember. 1 9fl. term of enourt for (Genretnwn connty o ~nianqlaughter and sentenced to ten VOnre' Imnrisoni minut in the Cthte penitentiary.. Fatcel1. W. A.. ennvicted at the gen~temhar. 1912.. term of ennet for 'fa.lin2'ten ennt. of obtvining goods hy fqlne nreteness. and son tenced to twelve months' imprison ment. Goins. Charlie. convicted at the June. 1913. term of court for WIl liamsburn county. of larceny of live stnelt, and sentenced to one year im prisonment. Cox. Tealand. convicted at the March. 1912. term of court for Oco nee county, of nassanlt and hattery of a high and areravated nature, and sentenced to three years' imprison ment. Allen. mnd, convicted at the Fob rsary. 1912. term of conrt for Alkon county. of rane. with rpenmmnenda tion to mercy, and senitenced to six years' imnrisonment. G'ronms. Morann. convicted at the September. 1912. term of' eourt for Oranrehurr conot. of c-and larconv with recommeln(hticn to nmo-.'v. and sentenced to eight months' imnpri:-or ment. Collins. Fiord, convicted at the November. 1911. term '.f conrt for1 Soqrtanbure county of lar-cnt andi forgerv. two cases. and sntenlced to two years and three ye'trs. rosoec tivbl, In each case. Impisonment. Hamilton, Julius, convicted at the c January, 1913, term of court for ( Clarendon county, of obtaining goods s by false pretenses, and sentenced to y twelve months' imprisor'nent. Lawson, Robert, convicted at the t January, 1913, term of court for E Laurens county, of mansiaaghter, r and sentenced to five years' imprison- t ment. Lawson. Roa.t, convicted at the February, 1906, term of court for a Aiken county, of murder. with rec- E ommendation to mere,, and sentenc- r ed to life imprisonment. t Etters, William, convicted at the January, 1913, term of court for e Richland county, of rape with recoi- f mendation to mercy and s.-ntenced to T eight years imprisonment t Kelley, J. B., convicted at the Feb ruary, 1913, term of court for Dar lington county of assault and batters 2 with intent to kill and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Britton,' W. C., convicted at the 1 January, 1909, ferm of court for Greenville county of murder with recommendation to mercy and sen tenced to life imprisonment. T Chumley, Lee, and Chumley, t Frank, convicted at the November, 1912, term of court for Spartanburg county of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to two years and three years, respectively, imprisonment. t Suddeth, Henry, convicted at the I January, 1912, term of court for Greenwood county of involuntary manslaughter and carrying concealed C weapons, and was sentenced to five I years' imprisonment. Stover, J. P., convicted at the May, 1913, term of court for Greenville county of breach of trust with frau dulent intent, and sentenced to eigh teen months' imprisonment. Smith, Henry, alias John Smith, ccnvicted at the June, 1913, term of t court for Lexington county of breach of trust and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Pendarvis, John W., convicted at the April, 1912, term of court for t Dorchester county, of manslaughter, and sentenced to nine years' impris onment. Peigler, Wallace, and Peigler, Ruben, convicted at the November, 1912, term of court for Newberry county, of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and sen tenced to three years, each, imprison ment. Moody, Sadie. convicted at the July, 1912, term of court for Ker shaw county, of assault and battery with intent to kill, and sentenced to one year imprisonment. Negro Convicts Turned Loose. The following negro convicts are among the one hundred turned loose by the Governor, which shows that he has a very tender heart for the ne gro convicts as well as the white convicts: Lorance, Will, colored, convicted at the August, 1911, term of court for Spartanburg county, of man slaughter, and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. Moody, Josh, colored, convicted at the March 1909, term of Conrt for Chester County, of assault and bat tery with Intent to kill, and sentenc ed to seven years imprisonment. Mattison, Jim, convicted at the September, 1911, term of Court for Anderson County, of manslaughter, and sentenced to three years' impris onment. Lowman, Preston, convicted at the October, 1904, term of court for Aik en County, of manslaughter, an~d sen - tenced to seven years' imprisonment. Nelson, Elizah, convicted at the I February, 1907, term of Court for Aiken County, of burglary and lar eny, and sentenced to ten years' im prisonment. Neil, Sam, convicted at the June, 1912 term of court for Marion coun ty, of rape, se,.. .d count, with recomn mendaton to mercy, and sentens~erl 1 to five years' Imprisonment. Leake, Vandolf, colored, convi'eted at the January, 1907, term of Court for Laurens County, o. murder, with recommendation to mercy, and scn-C tenced to life imprisonment. Jones, John, colored, convicted at the October term of Court for Cner-t okee County, of maarlaughter, and sentenced to twenty years' imprison ment in the State Peitent~ary. 3. E. Murr'ay, colored, convicted of bigamy at the May, 1910, Court for Calhoun County and sentenced to five ears' imprisonment on the public works, was paroled. Jerry Alverson, colored, convicted at Spartanburg in July 1906 of mur der, with recommendation t,. mere.y ( and senten ced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, was pa- I roled. John Anderson, colored, convicted I at the July 1907, Greenwood Court of manslaughter and sentenced to t twelve years, was paroled. 4 Elisha Bennett, colored, convicted of murder with recommendation to 4 mercy, in Lee County in March, 1909. I and sentenced to life imprisonment, 1 was paroled.t Tom Roston. colored, convicted of assault and battery with . Intent toC kill, at Newberry In March 1911, and sentenced to seven years imprison- t met. Jones, Tom. colored, convicted at the January. 1908 term of Court for I Taurens County, of manslaughter, t and sentenced to ten years' impris- I onment. Strand. John, colored, convicted at the April, 1902, term of Court forC Chester county of murder with rec ommendation to mercy, and sentenc- f ed to life imprisonment. Suber, Nannie Lee, colored, con- t ited at the January. 1911. term of I Court for Richland County of mur- I der with recommendation to mercy, i and sentenced to life imprisonment. Strother, Lem, colored, convicted at the September, 1909, term of2 Court for Abbeville County of mur-!r der with recommendation to mercy,t and sentenced to life imprisonment. Swindler, Tom. colored, convicted at the November. 190S term of Court I for Newberry County of murder witht recommendation to mercy, and car-a rying concealed weapons, and sen- 1 ten ced to life imprisonment. Williams. Henry, colored, convict at the February. 1 906 term of Court1 for Richland county of murder with recommendation to mercy and sen tenced to life imprisonment. Connellr. Rlobert, colored, convict ed at the March, 1909. term of Court for Bamberg County of murder with , recommendation to mercy and sen tened to life imprisonment.a Coer. John. alias. Sweet Coiner, colored, convicted at the February, 191. term of Court for Union Coun- c ty of manslaughter and sentenced to 2 five years imprisonment.t ovicted at the April, 1910, term of" ourt for Dorchester county of man laughter and sentenced to eight ears each imprisonment. Smith, C. 0., colored, convicted at he January, 1911, term of Court for! partanburg County of murder with ecommendation to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment in the tate penitentiary. -Scruggs, Jack, colored, convicted t the July, 1907, term of Court for partanburg county for murder with ecommendation to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment. Stevenson, Jones, colored, convict d at the April, 1910, term of Court or Chester County, of murder, with ecommendation to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment. Lawrence Choice, alias Buss 'hoice, colored, convicted of murder .t Greenville in January, 1901, and entenced to be hung March 20, 1901 .nd the sentence being commuted to ife imprisonment Rice Whitner, colored, convicted t the May, 1911, term of Court for knderson county of murder with ecommendation to mercy and sen enced to life imprisonment. Scott Dumb, al'as Geo. Randolph, olored, convicted at the November, 905, term of Court for Spartanburg ,ounty of murder with recommenda ion to mercy and sentenced to life mprisonment. Roberts, Paul, Jr., colored, con 'Icted at the December, 1911, term f Court for Barnwell County of anslaughter and sentenced to sev n years' Imprisonment. Richardson, Carolina, colored, onvicted at the April, 1S99, term of ourt for Richland County of murder vith recommendation to mercf and entenced to life imprisonment. Gillis, D. A. colored, convicted at he June, 1905, term of Court for arnwell County, of manslaughter, Lnd sentenced to serve thirty years a the State Penitentiary. Gibbs, Maxie, colored, convicted at he October, 1910, term of Court for darion County of assault and bat ery with intent to kill, and sen enced to five years' Imprisonment. Cuffy, John, colored, convicted at he November, 1910, term of court or Greenville County, of murder, Lnd sentenced to be hung. Former overnor Ansel commuted the sen ence to ten years' imprisonment in he State Penitenitary on December, 7, 1910. Craig, Barber, colored, convicted t the March, 1909, term of Court for sancaster County, of manslaughter, nd seitenced to ten years' imprison nent. Jeffries, John, colored, convicted Lt the October, 1909, term of Court or Cherokee County of burglary and arceny and sentenced to five years' mprisonment. Vann, John, colored, convicted at he January, 1909, term of Court for lichland 'County, of manslaughter, Lnd sentenced to fifteen years' im >risonment. Fair, Hutson, colored, convicted. 1t the June, 1904, term of Court for xreenville County, of murder, with ecommendation to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment. Green, Jimmie, colored, convicted Lt the September, 1912, term of yourt for Orangeburg County, of as ault and battery with intent to kill nd sentenced to two years' impris iment. Grahan, Arthur, colored, convicted t the May, 1907, term of court for reenville county, of manslaughter, Lad sentenced to fifteen years' im risonment. Robert Brown, colored, convicted Lt the June, 1910, court in Charles on county of burglary and larceny and sentenced to five years- impris Anmet, was paroled. Woods, Ellis, colored, convicted at he October, 1909, term of court for )arlngton county, of murder, with 'ecommendation to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment. Horance Brockington, colored, con fcted at Darlington in June, 1912, >f assault and battery with intent to till and carrying concealed weapons. Petty, Henry, colored, convicted at he June, 1912, term of court for Therokee county of burglary and lar eny and sentenced to five years' im risoment. Sheppard, John, colored, convicted Lt the March, 1910, term of court for eenwood county of housebreaking Ld larceny and sentenced to five !ears' imprisonment. Tucker, Frank, colored, convicted Lt the June, 1908, term of court for herokee county, of manslaughter, Ld sentenced to ten years' imprison nent. Sweet, Will, colored, convicted at he April, 1913, term of court for aurens county, of assault and bat ery with intent to kill, and sentenc *d to fifteen months' Imprisonment. Johnson, Walter, colored, convict d at the May, 1912, term of court or Greenville county of assault and iattery with intent to kill and sen enced to three years' imprisonment. Carter, Henry, colored, convicted f highway robbery and larceny at Iarion in October, 190S, and sen enced to eight years' imprisonment. Fuller, Horton, colored, convicted t the February, 1912, term of court or Abbeville county, of manslaugh er, and sentenced to three years' im ~risonment. Freeman, William, colored, con icted at the February, 1912, term of ourt for Charleston county, of bur ~lary and larceny, and sentenced to ive years' imprisonment. Davis, Jim, colored, convicted at he September, 1904, term of court or Richland county of burglary and arceny, and sentenced to ten years' mprisonment. Edwards, Tom, colored, convicted~ .t the June, 1909, term of court for Lbbeville county, of murder, with ecommendatlon to mercy, and sen enced to life imprisonment. Wright, John, colored, convicted .t the October, 1910, term of court or Lancaster county, of manslaugh er and carrying concealed weapons, .nd sentenced to seven years and six aonths in the State penitentiary. Wright, Arthur, colored, convicted. ,t 'the June, 1906, term of court for Uchland county, of manslaughter.! .d sentenced to ten years' imprison sent in the State penitentiary. Wilson, George. colored, convicted t the April, 1898, term of General essions court for Newberry county.! udge W. C. Benet presiding, of mur-; er with recommendation to mercy. nd sentenced to life imprisonment.. Joggers, William, colored, con icted at the July, 1900, term of' ourt for York county of murder with ecommendation to mercy and sn enced to life imprisonment in the PROBE BEEF TRUSTI 1AVY OBTAINS BEEF CHEAPER FROM AUSTRALIA PRICES HAVE SOARED Congresional investigation May be Made Into the Reasons for Such Conditions-Depaartment of Jus tic Has Agents Watching Cold Storage of Food Products. Another Federal investigation into the high cost of living, promising criminal prosecutions if Attorney General McReynolds can find an al leged cold storage conspiracy, got un der vay at Washington Monday and a Congressional investigation of a different phase of the cost of living problem was threatened. While spe cial agents of the department of jus tice are sifting charges that eggs, poultry and dairy products are being piled up in cold storage to maintain high prices and even force them high er, Representative Britten, of Illi nois, is preparing to ask for a Con gressional investigation into prices of meat. The proposal for a meat investiga tion was promised by an announce ment that the navy had bought nearly 300.000 pounds of Australian fresh beef at a half a cent a pound lower than the best prices of American packers, and 120,000 pounds of can ned corn beef froi the Australian packers at eight cents a pound cheap er than the lowest prices in the Unit ed States. The price paid was 11.90 cents a pound for the fresh beef at 15.38 cents for the corned product. Announcing his intention to ask for a Congressional investigation of the navy's beef contract, Congress man Britten declared he wanted to develop why the public could not ben efit by the advantage of buying from Australia if the navy could do so. Representative McKellar, of Tennes see, had pending in the House'a bill to prohibit interstate transportation of any food products kept In cold storage more than 90 days. He con tends its enactment into law would go far toward solving the cold stor age question. Agents of the department of jus tice- took up their work Monday in all the principal cities. They will re port particularly on eggs and dairy products and will attempt to make an estimate of the quantities in cold storage and how long they have been there. Statistics systematically gathered by agents of the department of labor and made public at Washington from month to month show that in all the principal industrial centres of the United States the prices of foods needed by the average working man's family have steadily been soaring for the last twenty-three years and in a great many instances have passed the high price marks of 1907, which were then unprecedented. Sugar, accord ing to these statistics, is the only commodity showing a reduction. Any Congressional investigatIon will be separate from that of the de partment of justice. Attorney-Gen eral Mcfleynolds' agents wvill make their reports direct to Washington and what evidence Is gathered will e weighed to determine whether there are any grounds for prosecu tion. WITE UOUSE WED)DING. Miss Jessie Wilson Becomes Mrs. Francis Bowves Sayre. With smiles of confident happi ness turned toward each other, Fran is Bowes Sayre and Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of the President and Mrs. Wilson, late Tuesday were joined in marriage at the White House before a company of distinguished officials of the United States government, members of the diplomatic corps, close friends and relatives. It was a scene of rare bril liancy, touched, through the ten min utes of ceremony, with a grave sol emity, as the President of the Unit ed States stood by his wife, their faces a study in deep emotion, as they gave in marriage the first one of their children. It was intensely a hu man sight as the meaningful words of the service were softly spoken be fore an altar of palms, ferns and white lilies. Five Killed in Smash-Up. Four United States soldiers and a civilian chauffeur were killed and an other soldier was seriously injured Sunday when the .automobile in which they were riding was demol ished at Texas City Junction, near Houston, Texas, by an engine at a railroad crossing. More Indictments. After extraordinary session of the Spartanburg grand jury Monday war rarts were issued for three men, Sam~ Ford, 0. M. Thigpen and Will Hun nicutt, accused of participation in storming of the jail by a mob bent on lynching the negro, Will Fair. To Meet in Sumter. The sons of Omar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, wi gather in Sumter on Thanksgiving Day for their regular and senmi-annual meeting. Jackson, Willie. eolor'ed, convicted at the March, 1910, term of court for EdgeiTld county of burglary and lareny and sentenced to five years' imprionment. ihuff, utchbard, colored, convicted at the May, 1907, term of court forj Laurens county of murder with rec onmendation to mercy and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hlolrmes, Will, colored, convicted at the March. 1 903. term of court for Egefed cnunty of manslaughter and sentenced to tea years' imprison ment. Hemn'iill, T.ethia. colored, convict ed at the Octoher, 1910, term of -onrt for Chcster county, of murder. with recommondrtion to mercy, and se1ncedr to lire imprisonment. Johin Siah. Summer Leo. Rocksey Surcs. Tommie Patterson. George Lark, Heonry Jones and John Mor gan, all eclared, were turned loose from sentences running from sixi CHOATE LAUDS WILSON SAYS HE HAS SATISFIED PEO PLE'S YEARNINGS. rhe Distinguished Republican Law yer Gives High Praise to the Demo cratic President. In News York at the recent ban rluet at the Waldorf-Astoria in cele bration of the 14Gth anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce, Hon. Jos aph H. Choate caused a remarkable emonstration by his remarks on President Wilson's attitude toward Nlexico. When this eminent Republi !an, who had been Ambassador to the ourt of St. James, abruptly brought in the Mexican situation everybody wondered what was to follow. The more than 500 listeners were not ong in doubt. "What," Mr. Choate asked, "is the most stirring thing that agitates the hearts of the American people to lay? It is Mexico. What are we go ing to do with Mexico or what is Mex ico going to do with us? I should like very much to discuss the policy :f the United States in regard to exico. I think I could occupy the whole evening with it-if I knew what that policy was. "But there is only one man who knows that policy and he very wisely keeps his own counsel. It is a very trying situation; it Is a very danger Dus situation, but one thing I know and for one thing I appeal to the heart and head of every gentleman present in this chamber to-night that in this trying situation there is but ne duty for all of us, and that is to stand by the president of the United States. "You may call It diplomatic busi ness, you may call it executive busi ness. but it is fair to assume that the president is in possession of informa tion vastly superior to that which even all the members of the Chamber of Commerce possesses. He knows what he is about. He knows what he is aiming at. "One thing we are sure of: that he is for peace, that he is for preserving peace at all hazards, and that by no act of his shall this nation be plung ed into a destructive and dreadful war. He is entitled to that from us without regard to party and without regard to creeds. We must stand by our president through thick and through thin, and we shall come out right in the end." After the prolonged cheering bad ceased, Mr. Choate proceeded. "This president of ours," he said, "has been in office now for nine months, and he has been working very hard, with the most honest purpose in the world, with, as I believe, no Ciesire in his heart except to serve the American people with the best of his ability. "He has passed a bill for the re formation of the tariff. I do not know whether that is a sore or joy ous subject in this company, but for one I think he has done exceedingly well in that business. He has satis fed the yearnings of the American neople that have been suppressed for the last twenty years." PAROLES THREE MORE. Convicts to Receive Thanksgiving Clemency Reaches 103. The number of convicts to receive clemency for Thanksgiving at the hands of Governor Blease went up to 103 Tuesday, when he paroled three more, two negroes serving life terms for murder, and one white man serv ing a chain gang sentence In Rich land County for disorderly conduct. Th paroles were: W. B. Browder, white, convicted before Magistrate James H. Fowles, Jr., at Columbia, on November 22, of disorderly conduct and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or serve thirty days on the chain gang. Euchas Freeman, colored, convict ed in September, 1911, at Spartan burg of murder with recommenda tion to mercy and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Peniten tiary. John Crosby, colored, convicted at the spring, 1910, term of Court for Anderson County of murder and sen tenced to be hanged, the sentence be ing commuted to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Found Safe Blown Open. When J. T. Blackwell, manager of the Palmetto Roller Mills, went to his ofiice at Spartanburg Monday he found the safe blown open and the floor littered with papers. There was evidence that the robbers were ex pert safe blowers. The job was skil fully done, but the robers obtained nothing of value as Mr. Blackwell ham removed the money Saturday. Magazine Editor Killed. Herman D. Umbstatter, of Boston, a writer and former editor of the Black Cat magazine, Tuesday died at. his cottage at Lovell, near Portland, Me., of an accidental rifle wound. As he was climbing a wall his rifle was discharged and the bullet penetrated his body pust below the heart. Looped the Loop Twice. Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, late Tuesday looped the loop twice in the air above North Island, near San Diego, Cal. Starting at a heicht of 2,~>00 feet Beachy dropped straiight lownward into the first loop and im mediately turned over again Into the second, landing afterward. Oranges at Beaufort. Beaufort is having a wonderful range crop this year. On every hand Lrees can be seen loaded down with his fruit, which Is grown sucessful-! y there. One of the gardens at that place has produced 1,500 for the lrst crop. Beaten 2.080 Times. On complaint of his wife, wil, de lared her husband had beaten hert nce every week since they were mar ied. a total of 2,080 times, Peter Edwards, of Pittsburg. Pa., wa: sen enced Monday to 30 days i:1 the vork house. Beats Mob to Jail. A negro, charged with assaniting mne of the most prominent wom'n in lwiggs County. Ga., Monday after oon, was hurriedly carried to Macon' o escape lynehers. Sheriff Wimber y made the flight from Jeffers..ville! GINNING FASTER [OTTON BEING GINNED FASTER THAN LAST TEAR .ECREASE IN TEXAS %umber of Bales Reported Ginned Reaches 10,434,387 by Nov. 14, Which is a Little Ahead of Last Year-South Carolina Shows 995, 897 as Against 882,976 Last Year. The fifth cotton ginning report of the census bureau for this season, issued at 10 o'clock Friday morning, nnounced that 10,434,127 bales of otton, counting round as half bales, f the growth of 1912 had been gin aed prior to November 14. Last year to November 14 there had been gin ned 10,291,431 bales; in 1908 to that date 9,595,809 bales, or 73.3 per ent. of the entire crop and in 1906 to that date 8,562,242 bales, or 65 per cent. Included in the ginnings 74,127 round bales, compared with 62,190 bales last year, 93,364 bales in 1910, 123,757 bales in 1909 and 173,908 bales in 1908. The number of Sea Island cotton bales included were 52,679, compar ed with 41,321 bales last year, 68, 495 bales in 1909, and 56,701 bales in 1908. Ginnings prior to November 14 by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years and the per centage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years, fol ow: Alabama. Ginnings. P.C. 1913 .... ...1,182,747 1912 .. .. .. 961,378 .... 1911 .. .. ..1,239,211 73.1 1908 .. .. ..1,020,724 76.6 Arkansas. 1913 .. .. .. 603,724 . 1912 .. ....545,988 .... 1911 .. ....563,115 62.0 1908 .. ....665,232 66.8 Florida. 1913 .. .. . 53,219 1912 .. .. .. 42,154 1911 ...... 65,236 69.1 1908 ...... 51,497 72.9 Georgia. 1913 .... ..1,824,290 1912 .. .. ..1,331,111 .... 1911 .. .. ..2,106,305 75.4 1908 .. ....1,564,037 79.1 Louisiana. 1913 ......374,997 ..... 1912 .. .. .. 300,811 1911 .... .. ..269,548 70.8 1908 .. .. .. 341,953 73.3 Mississippi. 1913 .. .. ..735,797 1912 .. .. .. 644,115 1911 .. .. . . 719,638 61.6 1908 .. .. ..1,086,183 67.0 North Carolina. 1913 .. .....493,025 .... 1912 .. .....627,045 .. 1911 .. .....716,200 63.6 1908 .. .....451,434 66.0 Oklahoma. 1913 .. .....666,679 .. 1912 .. .....722,512 .. 1911 .. .....657,497 64.7 1908 .......322,051 46.7 South Carolina. 1913 .. .....995,897 .. 1912 .. .....882,976 .... 1911 .. .....1,163,984 68.8 1908 .. .....938,926 77.2 Tennessee. 1913 .. .....233,528 .. 1912 .. .....138,072 .. 1911 .. .. ....264,777 61.6 1908 .......~243,493 73.9 Texas. 1913 .......3,304,665 .. 1912 .. .....4,019,317 .. 1911 .. .....3,473,702 84.6 1908 .......2,869,528 78.9 Other States. 1913 ........65,019 .. 1912.........59952 .. 1911 ........74,751 63.9 1908. .. ..-.-.46,751 63.9 LINEMAN IS INJURED. Live Wire at Clinton Comes in Con tact With Man. While doing repair work Monday morning on one of Clinton's main electric lines, lineman J. L. Finch came in contact with a live wire and was knocked down and painfully in jured. At the time of the accident he was standing on a raised ladder about 20 feet from the ground. Up on touching the wire he was knocked instantly to the ground. Medical at tention was summoned at once and | upon an examination it was found that his right hip was fractured as well as other bruises about the body, though his condition is not serious, his njuries are quite painful and will doubtless keep him confined to his room for several days. The line was heavily charged and ,would doubtless~ have killed him instantly had he touched it squarely. President Finley Dies. William Wilson Finley, president of the Southern railway and a lead ing figure in movements for the do vlopment of the South, died at 1 Washington Tuesday as the result of t stroke of applopexy which he suf- I ered a few hours before. He did not regain consciousness after he was stricken. I I. Knocked Them Ofr. 1 An overhanging irmb swept twenty I pleasure seekers from a fiat car on 1 :he Waycross and South n Short< Line Railroad near Waycross, Ga., sunday afternoon. L. Be Lancaster, i 21 years old, of Brunswick, was kill- 1 Fell Into Blay. Three aviators tumbled into San I 'rancisco bay off the Panama-Pacific xpostion grounds Sunday in a series f contests and exhibitions with ydro-aeroplanes. Their machines< rere damaged, but nobody was hurt.C John Ruskin says "you may chisel boy into shape, as you would a ock, or hammer him into it, if he be t >f a better material, as you would a t Iece of bronze. But you can not It BAM POW Absolub ROYAL-the m of all the bakm the world-ee great leavening purity. It mnk< biscuitbread,e Insures you agg al forms of ad1 gowiththelow UlRMEN DROP TO DEATH rWO ARMY OFFICERS KILLED DU FALLING BIPLANE nstructor and Novice Go Down To gether in 80-Foot Drop, Engine Crushing Them Both. Two intrepid navigators of the air, d.eut. Hugh M. Kelly and Lieut. Er c L. Ellington, U. S. A., attached to he camp of the First Aero corps, at an Diego, Cal., were instantly kill d at North Island, near San Diego, donday, when they fell from an alto ude of 80 or more feet in a dual ontrol biplane. Lieut. Ellington, a kilful pilot, occupied the instruc or's seat with Lieut. Kelly at .his ide. The latter, a comparative nov ce In the art of flying was receiving nstructions in the handling of the :ontrol levers. Owing to the arrange nent of the controling wires, Lieut. lllington could be at all times ab ;olute master of the machine. The engine, one of six cylinders nd 60-horse power, was working erfectly and the officers ascend d to a height of 300 feet, cir led and then began a volplane which was to have brought them ack to the hangars. According to %apt. Cowan, In command of the av ation post, the biplane glided at a normal angle for about 200 feet. rhen the engine, which was throttled it the beginning of the volplane, was thrown open. Whether at his instant the' avia tors lost control or the initial impe tus of -the revolving propeller. when the biplane was at so low an altitude, aused the machine to tip forward, an only be conjiectured. But specta tors say the biplane suddenly shot to the earth. The impact probably kill oth men, but the motor made death sure by crushing them. Lincoln Beachy, the aviator who has been flying at the army school at North Island, telegraphed to Sec etary of War Garrison declaring that the death of Ellington and Kel y, "Illustrated radical mistakes in the government policy of aviation." Beachy In his t. egram expressed willingness to go *o Washington at his own expense and explain what he elieves should be done to render army aviation safer. Speaking about he mishap, Beachy said the appara tus used by army aviators was un afe; that the machines were old and he equipment poor. He declared teps should be taken "to prevent the laughter of these army and navy oys". Two Fell Ninety Feet. Going down a mine shaft near axhaw, N. C.. to find out what was he matter with a pump, Fred J. Bowden Sunday morning was- knock d from the bucket, fell ninety ?eet nto the water and was drowned. Will Crow, another young mirer, ent down to see what had become f Bowden and met the same fue Knocked Down by Auto. Dustin Farnum, the actor, and his wife were run down by an automobile fter leaving the horse show at Madi ~on Square Garden. New York. Sat rday night, but were not seriously njured. The driver fled after the acident but was caught by Mr. Far um, who gave chase in a passing utomobile. Factory at Charleston. Secretary Daniels is preparing to egin the manufacture of cotton ~lothing for the navy in the Charles on Navy Yard. There is room at the lant available, and it has been ound that there is plenty of labor nd raw material in the neighbor ood. Dog Causes Accident. 3. T. Wright was instantly killed nd Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Fluk-er. of ~ferdian, Miss., and their s-year-old aby were badly hurt Sunday when heir automobile turned a double omersault after striking a dog. The achine rolled down an embank ent. Tax Collector Killed. Two farm hands of Media. Pa.. ar ested Wednesday on susnicion of :owing something about the disan earance of S. Lewis Pinkerton. tax ollector of Edremont township. near fedia, confessed early Thursday that 1ey had murdered him and buried is body. Dropped Dead in Church. C. D. Snell. aged 6L5 years. a Con ederate veteran. dropped dead in the [ethodist Protestant church af Mont-: ~omery, Ala.. shortly after noon Sun ay during the service. He had .iust :mpleted a short talk when heart isease ov'ercame him. Mutiny Aboard Ship. Accused of mt~tiny and attemptina. > Incite other members of the crew > rebellion, two stokers on the Aus 'an steamer Boheme were in irons ING DER H1yPure ost celebrated g powders In abrated for Its .strength and !s your cakes, e., healthfulit tinst alum and lteration that pricedbrands. GOD CORN STATE SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCES 29 BUSHELS TO ACRE NATIONAL AVERAiE 22 This State Goes Ahead of Missouri and Nebraska in Corn Produced to the Acre-State's Crop This Year Reaches Forty Million Bushels, Ac. cording to Government Figures. "At last on the United States fig ures," says Commissioner E. J. Wat son, "the production of corn per acre in the State of South Carolina is within two bushels of the average for the United States. This year South Carolina has left Georgia far behind, has gone a step ahead of Missouri and Nebraska, is running neck and neck with Kentucky and Tennessee, and is within six bushels per acre of the average in Illinois. In other words, the Fedre'al Government has at last credited this State with an average yield of 20 bushels to the acre, which is five bushels better than the average for-the last 10 years and two bushels better than for last year. "When the Government recently issued its preliminary estimate of the South Carolina corn crop, along with that of the other states," said Col. Watson, "I stated that pre liminary estimate was farcical and that I proposed to challenge it before the Secretary of Agriculture. I am gratified to say that this was not necessary/ for before I had done so the Federal government had examin ed the returns of the corn crop up to November 1, and had issued its new estimate of the American corn crop for the year 1913 and that estimate will hardly be changed. The results as now .announced by the Federal Government are gratifying, partic ularly when we consider that this year the total corn crop of the nation is only 2,463,017,000, against 3,124, 756,000 last year. "In other words, this year corn means good money to South Carolina farmers if they hold it for the spring demand. The fact that we have in creased the South Carolina crop this year as compared to last year by 2, 566,000 bushels, shows that the effect of the Corn Exposition and the hard campaigning of the last few years in the matter of growing something oth er than cotton is bearing golden fruit. Personally, I believe the crop is ac tually over 40.000,000 bushels now, "Our crop this year is nearly dou ble that of Kansas and in volume it is reaching out after the crop of Pennsylvania, Virginia and other leading producing states notwith standing South Carolina is one of the smallest States in the Union grow ing both corn and cotton. With the tobacco crop we hnave had this year and with the corn crop and, with out any regard whatever to what the cotton crop will bring, the increahe over last year is almost as large in millions of dollars as the entire sur plus that the farms of the State have heretofore had on all crops at the end of the year after paying for the foodstuff and fertilizers hat they used. "Take it all in all never since the work of rehabilitating agriculture in South Carolina was begun have the farmers of the State approached the end of the year with more substain tial and gratifying results measured in dollars and cents, and dollars and cens buy comforts in the farm home, buy pianos, buggies. etc.. and enable the farm family to improve their class of living, and when they doj that, that means improvement of~ every other line. Surely the masses of the people of South Carolina have every good reason to lay aside their cares for the moment on Thursday next and participate in a general sea son of thansriving." In the matter of rquality, the aver age being represented by 100, the government gives South Carolina 102. In -the matter of farm prices for corn on October 1 the government gives the figure at 1.03 per bushel. Tn only two other states in the Union does cotton brine a higher price and they are small states that grow prac tically no corn and are distant from the centre of production: namely, New .\exico and Rhode Island. Th~e averaz' farm price on October 1 In the U'nited States for corn was 75.3 per bushel. This being true the ac tual money value of the South Caro lina crop will exceed the money value of the crops of a number of states which show a larger total production. "Surely South Carolina is rapidly becoming the best country in which the farmer can live. As Commission er Watson said at Mobile, speaking of the future of the South upon the opening of the Panama Canal. "farms make freight; freight makes com merce: commerce makes any country great and the people of that country4