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w 3hr Dillon ^rralb. ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1911. Vo1- l7- No> 21' DISLOCATES HIS HEAR1 HUMAN "RATTLEBOr ASTOUNDS SUR GEONS WITH ITS FEATS. performancFpuzzles m. d? Wierd FeaU of Dislocation by Hospital Patient at New York Pity. Disjoint* Neck and Hips. Dr. Drury, night admitting surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, was waiting in the reception room the other morning when a young man limped in. lie said he had fallen and hurt himself. Dr Drury found the visitor's hip dislocated. ' The surgeon got Dr. Jackson to help him, and they worked ten minutes, but could not force -the bone back in its socket, says the New York World. They were puzzled. It was the first time in their experience that an apparently simple dislocation had remained so obstinate to treat uicui. iuey ueciaea xo xry Heroic measures. When they faced the visitor again he had become pale and seemiugly was in pain. They then found that the other hip was out of joint. Involuntarily both surgeons jumped back, startled. As they gazed at him he seemed to suffer a mild convulsion. When the spasm passed his shoulder was out of place. The patient grinned and said: "I'm Ellis Whitman, known in the West and in Europe as the human rattlebox. No, I'm not on the stage, and I'm not going on it. I've been exhibiting my dislocating stunts before big surgeons in private and in clincs. 1 make my living that way, The tricks you've seen are my simplest. Watch." Gave Himself a Wing. With that Whitman like a flash, dislocated his shoulder hi?do thmn-. ing it out so far that it looked like a miniature wing. He next dislocated both hips at once. Drury and Jackson asked if he had any niort "tricks." When he said he "had n bag full" they told him to wait and summoned Drs. Kenney and BettB and several of the youngei surgeons. Before a dozen spectators Whit man again dislocated his hips anc shoulders. Then, one after another he threw out of joint his ankles fingers and wrists. He set each one without help. The doctors sale they never had seen anything tc equal it. Suddenly Whitman atraightenet up and said he would dislocate hi: spine. The doctors pleaded witl him not to attempt so dangerous t thing, but "The Human Rattlebox* gave a peculiar twist of his should ers and in a twinkling seemed t< have developed curvature of th< spine. Exhausted by the Strain. Whitman had stripped to th< waist to prove that his was not i sham performance. The doctor! looked at him and shuddered at th< uncanny exhibition. It took Whit man five minutes to straighten him self out. That the efforts wnt duuhu uy tue aimosi agonized look on his face to which the blood hat rushed. For several minutes h< stood panting. Then the old indef ference smile came back. "As you seem to be interested, I'l show the best trick of all?dislocating my heart," he announced. The younger doctors receivet this statement with derision. The flexible man apparently wen1 into a trance. A glaze like that ol death veiled bis eyes; his face became pallid. The pectoral muscle! on the left side worked convul Bively. Several minutes of thii weird performance and Whitmar, beckoned to the surgeons and pointed to the heart's normal position He said nothing, though his lipi moved. One after another the physicians put their hands on the man's chest. Not one of them could feel a heartbeat. Then Whitman placed his fingei below and to the right of hie heart, almost on the abdomen. si> and a half inches from-.the heart region. Missed a lleat. on Return. The doctors put their hands there and for ten seconds distinctly fell Whitman's heart beat. They turned away speechless, except Dr Drury, who kept his hands on the torso. He says the heart missed s ueai as it was put back. All foui physicians said yesterday there was no doubt Whitman had "dislocated" his heart as he had boasted hf would. Whitman came out of hii "trance" with a shake of his head T like a man dislodging water fron: his ear. Then for the first time he sat down it was some minutes before he seemed himself again. Whitman went to the reporter's room and performed several feats such as putting a pencil on his hip throwing the bone out of joint anc snapping the pencil thirty feel away. "The human rattleboy." ii * stockily built and weighs 13E pounds. While practicing with his aero plane at the aviation field across little Pee I>ee last Friday afternoor * Aviator Rowe had a fall of abom 30 feet which smashed some of the ribs to the machine. Mr. Rows was attempting to arise and whei about 30 feet in the air his engine stopped and the plane shot to the ground. The machine has been re k paired and the flights will be re sumed this week. The field acroae the river offers an excellent place for flying and Mr. Rowe hope? tt make successful flights this week K,. * " TRAGEDY WITHIN PRISON J. W. ME5SERYEY KILLS NEGRO IN PENITENTIARY i MAN SERVINGJWENTY YEARS Figures in Another Homicide. ? t "apt. < 't-it'f it l? llepeat.s Mi-sseivey's Account ol Killing. Columbia. June 2 0. ? Special: J. ' \V. Messervey, a white convict serv* ing twenty years for manslaughter, ' killed Van Clanton, a negro, who was serving ten years for man1 slaughter. The killing took place this afternoon within the walls of the State Penitentiary. A shovel was used as the weapon. ' Van Clanton was from Darlington 1 county. The white man was from Colleton County. The man who 1 did the killing had served only about two years of his sentence, according to prison records. The ne' gro had served half of his ten ' years. It is somewhat of a coincidence that both men were already serving sentences for manslaughter at the time of the affray this afternoon, ( ives Mosservey's Version. Superintendent Griffitli was asked about the killing to-night and explained it about as follows: 1 "J. \V. Messervey, a white con1 vict in the Penitentiary, killed a negro convict. The two men were ' cleaning up the barber shop, which I is used for the convicts, under the > hospital, when the negro convict. J without saying a ward, cut Messer vey twice with a knife and MesserII vey struck the negro twice with a shovel and killed him. nils Is what Messervey says about it and no one saw the diffi: culty." , As to Prosecution. solicitor Cobb is out of the city i to-night. Any statement about the - prosecution of the man who did the [.killing is speculative. With 18 ; | years yet to serve, the chances are l j that Messervey would not emerge , j from the prison walls even should 1 he not be finally convicted of the killing of the negro-to-day. This is the first case of this kind - at the Penitentiary, it is believed. 1 at least within recent years. At the J asylum cases of this kind have oc, curred. One is recalled within the ; last few years where one inmate cut 1 the throat of another in the bar? ber's chair. Killed Constable Fishburne. i Messervey, of Colleton, is a not3 ed prisoner. it was he who killed i ; Constable Fishburne in that couni tv when an effort was made to ' seize some alcohol that Masservev - was carrying off in 21 wagon from > the depot. Messervey was commons ly known to have been a "bad egg" in Colleton. Another sensation was added to his case when it was printed that he was brought up " here chained to a negro prisoner, | who was also being brought to the ^ Penitentiary. When Messervey was tried for "t murder the verdict of the jury was "itliat he was guilty of manslaughter, j and. he was given the heavy senj tence of twenty years. Messervey ^: is a cripple. The case excited conjsiderable comment at the time. It is this Messervey who sent the ne gro to his death this afternoon [when he hit him twice in the head with a shovel. Messervey has been I here something over two years. No inquest was held over the liody of ^;the negro who was killed. r NO "RKFl SAl"'" IX) INDICT. J - Folder Case Not Vet Before New ' berry Grand Jury. 11 .! Columbia, June 25. ? Special: ] The Atlanta papers have perslstent, ly referred to the "refusal of the .'grand jury at Newberry to indict > Col. Felder," or words to that efi feet. It is a piece of news in South ? Carolina that the grand jury of , Newberry was ever asked to indict t Col. Felder. Not one paper in the State has carried such an item. The situation was explained at the time of the term of court at , Newberry in this way: That the ? bill of indictment against Col Fel. der would not be handed out. One explanation was given that papers j were in the hanc^s of Sheriff Bu[ ford at the time of the grand jury's . sessions and Sheriff Buford had s gone to Atlanta to request the hon. oring of the requisition papers. ( The only preceeding that the peo} pie of the State know of in connee[ tion with the charge against Col. , Felder is that a warrant nad an af, I fidavit that was ?PH* Atlonto Iii justice to the Chief Executive's office in this State, it should be j | understood that the Felder requisition was even stronger than many [ i have been honored in Georgia, j South Carolina and other States. t:In addition to the warrant and the * filing in of the regular form for , requisition that was an affidavit attached. In most of the other requests for requisition the papers have not been as full as in the Fel", der requisition upon Gov. Brown. It is also known that it would . have been desirable to have had Col. , Felder in dieted at Newberry first, ;! and then ask for requisition, but . ' the request for the requisition was , made upon Governor Blease be, fore the Newberry Court opened ^ and he had the papers made out ac~ cordingly. > Miss Minnie Blum left Monday > for WrlghtsviCe Beach, N. C., . where she will spend some time. ? -# '0 GIVING SHORT WEIGHTS FEDERAL AUTHORITIES GETTING BEHIND S COLUMBIA DEALERS SCALES ARE AGAINST BUYERS D ( ovoriiiiHMi( Begins Crusade R Against Short Wrights juid Mfiisiirrs. li?s|x<ctors Will Visit Small Timns, Merchants who give short weights ei | and measures, whether intentional- \\ ' ly or otherwise, ha<l best be on the ei lookout for I'nole Sam's inspectors, v. , A force of inspectors is in Soutli sn Carolina and Monda\ they visited a | the retail stores in Columbia and ol found that <]nite a number of mer- ti | chants were giving short weights ' an<l measures. The same force was sj tin Charleston recently. It is said o< that conditions similiar to those in n< Columbia prevail all over the state bi and that inspectors will visit the at small towns and test the scales and lc measures of retail dealers. The fol- ni lowing dispatch was sent out from d< 'Columbia last Monday: di Columbia, June 2t*>. ? Because si j conditions here are probably typical h ' of those prevailing all over the State a startling report, made by n experts from tthe Federal bureau 1 E jof standards, following a secret in- ti vestigation here in April, has State- > I wide interest as showing how gener-ti I s?l weights and measures in use are; t j short and how effectually, if inno- i 4 ccntlv, consumers are defrauded. !p One butter nrint out of fnrtv-one t. tested was found with 3 per cent. 1 of being: full weight. Conditions j u generally are condemned as "very ti bad." Only half the forty scales j tested were correct within 3 per si cent of all the scales tested were p . short-weighting consumers by more ! than 13 per cent. Spring dial K .scales were especially off. Scale weights ran 87 per cent correct j d within 3 per cent. p Beans, peas and such commodi-j w ties were generally sold by liquid a measures, the consumer thus being t| ; imposed upon at the start to the ci j extent of 14 per cent. Butter tl I prints averaged about one ounce in i the pound short. Out of twenty- w nine packages of rice and sugar < I 69 per cent were short weight. i v City Council will take steps to | remedy the matters at once, prob- fi 1 ably by adopting strict ordinances > and employing a capable inspector ii ? ? ' t< A Household Jewel. "Is your new maid competent?*" \ "Very. She can even fool agents \ and peddlers into believing that she's mistress of the house."?De- ^ troit Free Press. J. \V. Rowland spent Sunday in Charleston. GOVERNOR MARKS WllOXti t( STA TEMENT i b o Felder Not Indicted. In Offering h Reward of 8'JOO for Atlanta At- r) turney Incorrect Statement is Made. f, An official proclamation by Gov. ) d Blease yesterday makes a statement of particular interest in con- a nection with the case of T. B. Fel- p der. ' b The Governor in his proclamation a says that T. B. Felder "has been o indicted for said charge and is now ts a fugitive from justice from the State of South Carolina." T. B. Felder was not indicted in c< Newberry county. This fact was * among those presented to Gov. j ti Brown of Georgia on Thursday as B to why requisition papers should 1 not be honored for Mr. T. B. Fel- u der. E The' occasion for the proclamation was tlie offering of a rewtnl F oi szuu for the apprehension and d delivery of T. B. Felder to South !" Carolina officers. The proclama- C tion will appear in The State. a< The following is the proclama- 01 tion, in which the misstatement of 1st facts occurs. a "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA? ei Executive Chamber. "Whereas, information has been ch received at this Department that w one Thomas B. Felder did on the t< second day of October A. D., 1905, G and divers other times, attempt, to tl bribe a member of the Board of w Directors of the State Dispensary of South Carolina, and did conspire to cheat and defraud the s< State of South Carolina, by said ! Si actions and has been indicted for m said charge, and is now a fugitive tl from justice from the State of ci South Carolina. si "Now, therefore. Cole L. Blease, Governor of the State of South Car- C olina, in order that justice may be Ic . uuiic nun me majesty or tne law n vindicated, do hereby offer a re- tl ward of two hundred ($200.00) la dollars for the apprehension and p delivery of the said Thomas R. Pelder to the Sheriff of Newberry ti county, at any point within the t p State of South Carolina. tl "In testimony whereof, I have a hereunto set my hand and caused ? the Great Seal of the States to tl be affixed, at Columbia, this twen- w ty-third day of June. A. D., 1011, and in the 135th year of the in- a dependence of the United States M of America. c< "Cole L. Blease. e "Governor, e "Hy the Governor: h "R. M. McCown, "Secretary of State." The other facts in the proclama- c tion are familiar to the public. ? fi The State. j s< no BREAKNG DOWN G< TRAIN TO MUCH FOR MAN WHO CON- HE QUERED DIAZ IEMANDS OFJNSURRECTOS WJ tiling a Hauler Task Than 1*? Conquering Hi*' Mexicans. Maseru's Nerves 'living Away. Mexico City, June J4 4. ? Llroka in health and with his spirit wl orn to an edge. Francisco 1 Mad- of *o, Jr., is reported to be on the his rge of nervous prostration. He tet inounces he will go to Tehuancan, n ; famous health resort in the State tin ' Pueblo, to remain until the elec- pa; on in October. ful Usually n mpcrate in manner and laleech the little man who conquer- qu I IMaz ha. lecome a bundle t?f lifi ervos, each one strained to the he reaking point. His physical < <>] length was exliausted by the is nig campaign in tiie north, his iic ervous energy used up facing the lr< L'liiands of the people, dealing with lib ifficuIt situations in the various l.< lates, practically none of which oi ave been settled yet. "oi Madero now faces a family quar- Hr 1 with his Minister of Finance, tin rnesto Madero, over an investiga- nn on of graft charges brought by a iminittee of the business men of ''!< .is city. wi Those familial) with inside events u? eolare the relations are strained isi imost to the point of an open rupire. frc Ernesto is fighting tooth and nail s' ) prevent an investigation to save'^ii te nation's finances. Francisco is demanding it to fri live his political life. It is im- nn ossible to hold an investigation to Lronger than whitewash unless irnesto assists. is Between Madero and the l'resi- ni; ential chair also stand 10.UtMi.000 to eons, ignorant, unable to read or f" rite, but insistently demanding a s< division of the great haciendas and I"1 tie giving of farms to each one, acnrding to Madero's promises before "t tiey joined the revolution. ki Far and wide these promises ta rere scattered, and now the lower d< lasses in Mexico, with threatening w <ucis. demand their reward. Madero is completely unable to ni ulfill these pledges, and the antiIaderists are reported to be work- w ig among the peons to get them ; Hi ? vote against Francisco unless lie m lakes good a division of the lands at efore election day. in O EVIDENCE TO HOLD FF.hDKK in 'elder Declares thai He is In no- jj' cent Itf till. Chllixpoe ?n.l Tllat l.J the Warrant Was Merely a Sub- p| trrfuge. la Atlanta, June 22. ? Governor h> trown, of Georgia, to-day refused "r j honor requisition papers issued y Governor Blease, of South Car- tic lina, for Thos. 15. Felder, an Atinta attoruey, for whom a war- ov ant has been sworn out in Newerry, S. C., charging; him with at- in jnipted brii)ery of H. H. Evans, a fo Jrmer member of the old State do ispensary board. ;an Then contention of Mr. Felder's bi: ttorneys, that the reciuisition pa- 'it era were inadequate because they lif icked affadavits to indicate that f|? ny person had specific knowledge tic f the alleged offence, was sus- "o lined by Governor Brown. <'f Requisition l*a|K?rs. an The papers merely included a ?n >py of a warrant charging that wt one B. E. Kelly, from informs- bi< on presented to him, believed T. as i. Felder on the of October, tr? 905." offered or promised, "cerlin gratuties or gifts," to H. H. 1,0 vans. s,t When Governor Brown told Mr. bu elder that he had denied extra- ro> ition, the latter replied that he nu probably would be going to South tic g pfllln *k nraKu nnnn" .... kio ....... ft'l cc-ord. He declared his innocence f any attempt to bribe and as- " rted that the warrant was merely subterfuge 011 the part of his *'<> aemies to get him into the State. "I would like to .see your creentials," demanded Mr. Felder, hen \V. A. Hollman, of Charles- Til >11, S. C., arose to address the Be overnor to argue for honoring hi? ie requisition. "I want to know ho is back of these charges." se< Credentials fr<?m Governor, 1 de' "1 am merely as a lawyer repre- rai nting the sovereign State of ed outh Carolina," replied Mr. Holl- th< lan. "As to anything back of I on iese charges, 1 know nothing. My tot redentials, as you will see are wi gned by Governor Blease." no Mr. Hbllman asserted that the exi (institution of the United States thj ft the Executive of a sister State tin o discretion in the matter, when tin ie Executive of one State issued exi requisition upon the other for a Mi erson in another State. ne< "I recognize that the Constltu- roj op of the United States is the tin rincipal compelling power." said Co ie Governor, "but the function of ly Governor is to protect the inter- all Rts of citizens of bis State when He fiat State's laws are not complied ed 1th. loc The mere fact that the papers ua Ueging the crime charged against oli Ir. Felder were accompanied by a lor ertificate bearing the seal of Gov- erf rnor Blease, was not sufficient ' vidence of crime to warrant him, me e said, to grant the extradition, of The Evans Pharmacy has pur- do hased a handsome new fountain, rom which they will continue to erve the public. I 7tl WE QUART OF BLOOD ROIC ACT OF DILLON COUNTY MAN TO SAVE LIFE. IS AN UNHERALDED HERO ill lv. Itoni'll, ?il' l oiii, (iuvc it ill' llis IUmimI in Sii\i' a Si i a unit's* Life. Prequently wo hear of a mail in gives liis bl>od tn save the life a wife, or of a brother who gives > blood to save the life of a sis , but it is seldom we hear of a 11 who gives his blood to save lite i t a stranger For the st tew days the papers have been 1 of the heroic tea of S?*nator a. Tenia ssi i, who gave two arts of his blood to save the, i* of his wife. Si iiat.n Lea is I'aldiil as ;i Into over the entire ntit.i nt, hut his act of heroism eclipsed by that ?t tin Paul K. >we||. a Dillon eounty mull, who fly gave his blood to save the p of a stranger The Senator a incident recalls t > titinil the act Mr Kowell and the following tntmtuUatioii to The State by It M. Hadger, who witnessed [ inideiit hce describes is of re than usual interest; "The giving of a quart of his ?< < ti. w. ? .. ili.. lif. i. f<* appears to bo hearlded as a ujuo exhibit ion of moral li< roil on the part of i'uitcd States uutor Ijcii of Tenn? ss? o, juduing :n your I'xolianf!) s since The ale's notice of it a few days ice, evidently showing iliat the indent liero related, occurring >ui our own town, has never boon ide public before. Known only a few personal friends it is now von to show that the martyr spirit still with us when occasion deiitids, and not only as a parallel Senator Ken's sacrifice, but so r surpassing it in heroism that it ems to deserve now more than issing notice. "About two years ago a patient the writer went to John Hopns' hospital, where hv was denied some weeks where in some nibts as to the case, and as lie us not confined to bed or ward,lie came pretty well known; genial id sociable in his disposition, of arked native intelligence and ithal ail purni'et li..>...? ''I""" in, of wliich fsict lie was hy no cans ashamed, all 'his attracted tention and doubtless was largely sirumental in leading up to tlie* cident here for the first time givi to the public. Another patient the hospital, an utter stranger to y friend, was an extremis; he was ing for the want of that element s own weak organs could not supy. Transfusion of blood was the st and only remedy. He had no \cd ones near him. Would any ie volunteer? There was to lie i compensation save the satisfac)ii of trying to save the life of a How-being even at the risk of his vn. Our hero ? with a loving ife and several devoted children a distant home, whose only coinrt and support he was ? told the ctor to take his blood, t'nder an mesthetic on the operating table, s radial artery was laid hare, :>m which was drawn his own e blood. It was quite awhile here be recovered from the prostrani which followed, but he lacked t for attention. He was the man the hour among the doctors, d the facts having leaked out e of the most prominent and althy citizens of Haltimore took s to his own elegant home when. a member of his family, lie was \nted like a prince. "Paul K. Rowell, then of Dillon, w of Fork, an industrious and ceessful farmer, is indeed a hero, t for this act of unheralded heism he does not wear a Carnegie *dal, the only marks of distinc>n being an ugly four-inch scar lich he will carry to his grave." IFACHINt; FOR OKOICOFTOW N. nway People Think X. & S. O. Railroad is Making For biMii'tatown. Editor Ayer, of the Florence mes who is a guest at Myrtle ach Hotel, writes as follows to 5 paper: "1 find the people through this tion very much interested in the Velopment that is nrnmiooH ??? *??<> il roads. It is confidently expectthat the Seaboard will extend ? line now running into Mullins to Allison Ferry and Georgevn and the line front Florence 11 join it at Allison and the line w running into Marion will be tended to Conway. It is also said it the Coast Line spurred up by ? Seaboards wholesale appropria11 of its long enjoyed realm, will tend the Latta Branch road into illins and on to Conway to const with a piece ofpiece of good id that was recently acquired by ? Coast Lino running out front nway towards Mullins and nearcompleted to that point. When of this is done the Independent public of Horry will have passinto history and this section will se the characteristics and individ1 ity and be a part of South Carna front which it has been so ig separated by railroads and rivi. There is already great developnt in agriculture on this slip land lying between the Waccaiw and the ocean, but that will for another letter. All roads lead to Cheraw's July t celebration. ITS SECRET IS BURIED SINKING OF THE MAINE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN A MYSTERY RELICS ARE WELL PRESERVED Tin' K\|ili)*>inii that ITecipitated a War and Ihig Many Soldier (iravt's Will Always lteiiuiiii a Mystti-j. Tit in pa. Fla., Juno 25. ? "The secrets of the destruction of the battleship Maine will never be known," sai|| tJen. \\*. H. llixby, chief of engineers in charge of the work of raising the Maine, on his arrival here to-day from Havaiina. The destruction to the" vessel was such, said Gen. llixby. and the deterioration hits been so great, that it will be impossible to tell whether the ship wits blown tip from u force from the outside or inside. 'CI .. ir..?I............. ....... from tliy inside. indicating that the forward magazine iiad exploded. Whether this was from a sympathetic explosion caused by a torpedo from the outside may forever remain a mystery. tien. l'.ixhy says that unless the fragments of a torpedo is found, there is no way of connecting some outside agency with the blowing i:] of the vessel. Relics found in the officers' cabin which was left, consist for the most part, of rubber hoots, looking as though they had just come from the factory, rules and triangles have been recovered The admiral's cane also has been taken from the wreckage. "We ?lo not expect to find any human remains," lie said. "The crew's appartinents have disappeared entirely. Itlay in the vacant place between where the bow now lies and where the middle of the ship was broken off. The hot iwui uiiuvr i his v ?ii"?i nry u?irv 01 wreckage." New 'I'litMiry for Sinking. Haviinna, .lime 24. ? The cofferdam about the wreck of the Maine is slowly refiling owing to the cessession of pumping Officers expect iv? find no more human remains until repumping enables them to resume exploration in the lower quarters of the wreck. A new explanation of the sinking of the Maine has been made public itere by Manuel Felipe Fernandez, a former secretary or Colonel Gaze, chief of the Spanish engineers in Havana during the Spanish regime befort 12 JS. Senior Fernandez s> a king ironi intimate knowledge of affairs in Havana just prior to the Spanish-American war. told the following story: "Just before the Maine came into the harbor the transport Gegazpi, used by General Weyler to convey dynamite and other explosives, anchored in the harbor witli a cargo of dynamite en hoard, in transferring this explosive stevedores carelessly dropped a quantity of it overboard in the harbor at about where the Maine afterwards anchored?n quarter of a ton I should say. ai mat time there was a private cable under the harbor belonging to the Regal Electric Co. In grappling for the cases the L.egazpi raised this cable, but dropped it again. The explosive was not recovered. When the Maine anchored her kneel evidently set off the dynamite." This theory, Fernandez says, is strengthened by the fact that he explosion burned out the electric apparatus in the Regla plant and all other of the connections. HOYS CORN (lil'Il. Report mi Work of Young Farmers l'oint to Very Successful Year's Coin net it ion. Washington, June 23.?Reports submitted at a meeting this morning of the State managers of the boys' corn clubs of the department ot agriculture show the work of i he youthful farmers is being conducted with unprecedented enthusias and prosnerts point to a banner jear in the size and quality of the '-rops raised. There are now in the various clubs in the State throughout the South between 65,000 and 66.000 engaged in the cultivation of an a.-re of corn apiece. According to the State managers, all the hoys are working hard for the prize and a trip to Washington offered by the department of agriculture and many other premiums donated by merchants and public spirited citi7?'?1S. in awarding prizes the following basis is used: Greatest yield per acre, 30 per cent: best exhibit of 10 ears 20 per cent; best written account showing history of crop. 20 per cent.; best showing of profit on investment based on the commercial price of corn, 30 per cent. The State managers were in session all the morning, and will meet again to-morrow. Those in attendance are: I. O. Schaub, North Caro'rna; C. R. Haddon. South Carolina; J. Phil Campbell, Georgia; L. N. Duncan and G. R. Hobby, Alabama; C. A. Cobb, Mississippi; V. T. Roy, Louisiana; T. A. Early, Tennessee; H. S. Mobley, Arkansas; Fred H. Ives, Oklahoma; J. L. Quicksail and W. F. Proctor, Texas. Virginia is represented by the State agent, and the department Itself take considerable interest in the activities in the nearby States. E. L. Moore spent Sunday at Wrightsville Beach.