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ESTABLISHED IN 1891.
PYTHIAN LODGE
MEETS MAY 23-24
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KNIGHTS WILL ASSEMBLE AT
COLUMBIA FOR THE GRAND
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LODGE CONVENTION.
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D. 0. K. K. NOW IN TRA KING
On* Thouaand Columbia Pythins Will
Welcome Brothers to Capital City?
Some of tho Details of the Program
Published?The Speakers.
Columbia.?The program for the
meeting of the Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, which is to be
held in Columbia on May 23 and 24,
has been arranged and the members
o fthe order will be welcomed to Columbia
by over 1*000 Pythians in this
city.
The following are some of the details
of the program:
Tuesday, May 23, 1911.
All meetings of the grand lodge will
be held in the house ot representative?,
state capitol.
Meeting called to order 12 o'clock.
Public exercises called to order by
Skottowe B. Fishbune, the chairman
of the general arrangements committee.
Address of welcome on the part of
the city of Columbia, Wade Hampton
Gibbes, mayor.
Address of welcome on the part of
Pythian lodges of Columbia, by Wade
Hampton Cobb.
Public exercises closed and the (
grand lodge opened.
At 5:30 p. m . there will be an automobile
ride for visiting Pythians,
starting from the state house.
Entertainment at Columbia college
lor all Pythians at 8:30 p. in.
Cars will be provided for all Py- ,
thians and will leave the transfer station
at the corner of Main and Gervais
streets, at 8 p. m.
The exercise:! at Columbia college
will be a concert and reception following:
Wednesday Morning, May 24, 1911.
Grand lodge convenes at hour to be
set later.
7:30 p. m.?Tahara temple, D. O.
K. K., will serve a barbecue, after
which a large class cf votaries will be
conducted across the hot sand.
THE STATE FISH INDUSTRY
Census Statistics?The Value and
Growth of Products.
Statistics or the nsnenes 01 me
State of South Carolina are contained
in the forth-coming special United
States census report on the general
census of the fisheries of the United
States for the year 1908, prepared
under the direction of William M.
Stewart, chief statistician for manufactures.
census bureau.
The value of the products of the
fisheries of South Carolina was $288,^5^000
in 1908, aB compared with $263.000
in 1902. Oysters contributed 48
per cent of the total value, or $137,000.
Shad represented 14 per cent
of the value, or $41,000, and was
followed by sea bass, $22,000; mullet,
$19,000; whiting, $17,000; speteague,
$8,700; shrimp and pawn, $19,000,
and hard clams $6,300.
The number of persons employed
was 2,530 in 1908, exclusive of shoresmen.
which was lesa than the number
employed in 1890, but the number
has been variable and is unsually
large considering the value of the
products. Of the total number ^,188
were engaged in shore and boat
fisheries The value of the equipment
waB reported as $109,000, of which
$16,000 represented apparatus of capture,
a less amount than at any time
since 1887. The low average wages
paid Indicates that a large number of
the wage earners were employed only
part of the time. The greater part
of the oyster product was used by
the canneries. Prices In 1908 averaged
less than 9 cents a bushel, while some
fishermen received as little as 4 cents.
The Increase In the yield of oysters
has been steady and rapid since 1887.
and Is largely accountable for the increase
shown In the total fishery products
of the state since that year.
Eight Passed Law Examination.
Of the applicants applying for admission
to the practice of law in this
state, eight out of 18 passed a successful
examination before the state
board of law examiners.
The board recommended the following
for admission to the bar:
George Lamb Ruist, Charleston; M.
L. Marion. Chester: Horace C. Travlor.
Winn8boro; Marlon \V. Seabrook,
Suinter; George B. Eaves, Jr., Rock
Hill; Joseph S. Mitchell, Florence;
Paul T. Palmer, Charleston; R. Jennines
White. Rock Hill.
Protecting Cattle From Ticks.
Strenuous efforts have recently b?en
put forth by the department of agriculture
to prevent the shipment of
cattle from sections where ticks and
similar ailments beset live stock Into
sections which are free of the affection.
Many cases have been made
recently, and many people of prominence
have been made to know of the
existence of the statues by the Infliction
of the penalty. The railroads
have been especially made to feel the
force of the federal statutes. Judge
Brawley urges compliance.
Plans to Build Highway in One Day.
Plans for the construction of 300
miles of highway from Charleston to
the mountains were outlined by A.
W. McKeand, secretary of the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce, at a
conference between the members of
commercial secretaries of the state
Mid others Interested in the developments
of the state, held in Columbia.
Mr. McKeand outlined the proposition
that he has advanced to construct
300 miles of roadway from the
seashore to the mountains, in one day.
>7 people altfUf the route.
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ST TE FiREMi NS' EVENT
Annual Event Will be Held in Columbia
June 2&-29?Planning for
Entertainment of Laddiea.
Columbia will be the scene of the
Bremen's tournament this year ind
the dates have been set as June 27,
28 and 29. Man* people will take
advantage of the cheap rates end
many attractions that will be offered
at this time and visit the capital city.
Chief May is enthusiastic over the
way Columbians have Interested
themselves in the approaching event,
and confidently expects this to be
the greatest tournament yet.
Last year Sumter was host to the
firemen, and Union the year before
that. In each case the cities have
been overrun with visitors, and as Columbia
offers so many attractions
along with the meet of the fire
laddies, no doubt the city will be filled
with people. A committee is working
along with Chief May, and their endeavor
is to make the whole affair a
grand success.
Opportunity for Young Women.
The South Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs offers to the young
women of the state four scholarships.
all to be awarded by competitive
examinations:
One at Winthrop college, valued at
$104.
One at Ccker college, valued at $60.
One at Columbia College for Women,
valued at $100.
One at Confe<?rate Home, Charleston,
valued at $50.
Any young woman desiring to obtain
one of these scholarships Bhould
write at once to Mrs. C. E. Graham,
chairman, Greenville, stating which
school she desires to enter, and all
necessary information in regard to
i ' scholarships will be given her.
Y! Is Two Over Trifling Dispute.
Walter Sandifer, aged 22, was shot
and instantly killed, and Mrs. Cora
Bessinger dangerously wounded in
the latter's restaurant in Columbia by
Ernest Grimsley. a former county
convict guard, following a dispute
over a bowl of soup.
Sandifer was a nephew of the proprietress.
Mrs. Besinger died two hours after
the shooting, an a nospuai.
New Industries for This State.
Among the new industries for
South Carolina are the following:
Chester ? Quarry. Darlington ? 50,000
bank. Georgetown?$8,000 publishing
company. Greenville?$100,000
realty company. Spartanburg?g 15,000
engine works; $7,000 coffee company.
Sentence of Death Stayed.
An order signed by the supreme
court requires that the entire record
of the trial of Alex. Weldon and
William Burroughs, the two negroes
tinder sentence of death in Florence
county for the murder of E. M. Moye,
be returned to the circuit judge whe
heard the case so that he may make
a report on a number of sensational
exceptions in the appeal for a new
trial
To Turn Settlers rrom mc ytc?i.
J. J. Volpe of Ohio, a land develop
er, has been to Charleston to iook
Into the proposition of turning settlers
from the West to this section
He has d9ne a big business in land
development in Texas, Georgia and
Florida, and he is now preparing tc
do some work of the kind In South
Carolina.
Colonel E. J. Watson a Live Wire.
Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture for South Carolina,
has a plan to make our consu's in
Europe act as inspectors of emigrants.
He would have the consuls
pass on the merits of foreigners before
they start for this country,
where it is impossible to get accurate
Information about them.
Colonel Watson has had some ex
perience in these matters. He went
to Europe, opened emigration offices,
loaded a steamer with worthy aliens
.and sailed them right into Charleston
harbor while the New Englard
cotton mill owners protested in vain.
He found a loophole In the contract
law and the law had to be changed
to stop his bringing the foreigner*
to South Carolina by the boatload.
Colonel Watson is one of the liv?
wires o' South Carolina.
Greenwood Magistrate iroumc,
The appointment of J. W. Cantield
to be auditor for Greenwood county
may not end the magisterial fight
at Greenwood after all, according to
a statement made by Governor Hlease.
The governor said that upon receipt
of the resignation of Mr. Canfleld. as
magistrate, he would appoint a successor.
This will leave the fight between
Major Kerr and the newly appointed
magistrate where it was before
the appointment of Mr Canfleld
to the position ol auditor, except that
the personnel will be changed.
Firemen's Meeting Will be Success
Fire Chief May, of Columbia, announces
that the outlook for the fire
mens tournament June J7. JS, it is
bright. Chief 3ehrens. of Charleston.
i6 president of the state association.
Favors Inspection of Schools.
A resolution in favor of the medical
inspection of schools, presented
by Mrs. Alex. Long, at the Woman's
Federation meeting, -ms unanimously
adopted and will be vigorously urged
at the next term of the legisla
ture.
Southern "Merger" Suit Will End.
All but the last chapter in a branch
of the famous Southern "merger" suit
was enacted when the supreme court
announced that at the next term the
case of Edwards against the Southern
will be peremptorily stricken
from the docket, should, of course
counsel not appear.
Vincent Chicco, the well known
Market street cafe proprietor of Charleston,
has announced his candidacy
for the office of alderman from tb<
Third ward.
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T7P:A; ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL CONVENTION CLOSED
WITH A GRAND BANQUET
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
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OPPOSE PARCELS POST LAW
Will Continue Fight to Have Railroads
"Pair Mileage on Trains?Darlington
Selected as Next Meeting Place
J. C. Lanham Elected President.
Greenwood.?The annual convention
of the South Carolina division, Travelers'
Protective association of America,
cloaed here with a banQuet
Election of officers, a decision to continue
the fight to have railroads
'pull" mileage on trains and the adoption
Of a resolution opposing the pronareels
DOBt law were features
of the closing days. Officers were
tlected as follows:
President, J. C. Lanham, Summerton;
secretary-treasurer; J. W. Llllard,
Columbia; delegates to national
convention. J. D. Dudley, H. E. ileinentish;
chaplain. Rev. H. H. Covington.
Sumter.
Darlington was selected as the next
meeting place.
South Carolina Seaport's Business.
Charleston.?The imports for the
month of April amounted to $338,124
In value and the exports $423,419. The
total Imports for the past 10 months
aggregated $5,488,954, as against $5,226,525
for the whole of the previous
fiscal year. The exports total for
10 months $8,892,159, as against $8,104,821
for the previous year. The
Increase of imports of 10 months over
thoBe of the 12 preceding months aggregates
$262,429 and of the exports
for the same periods, $787,338. These
figures tell an eloquent and convincing
story of the growing volume of
Charleston's commerce and trade.
During the past month 13 vessels
were entered, bringing cargoes from
foreign ports. The tonnage of the
vessels amounted to 25,415 tons.
Corn Expert to Help Boys.
Clemson College.?President W. M. i
Kings has given out the following
which will be interesting news to all
concerned in agriculture*
"We have entered into a coopera- j
tive relation with the farmers' cooperative
demonstration work, by
which C. B. liaddon, now connected
with our extension division, will ne
appointed to take charge o( the
i boys' corn clubs in South Carolina and
other similar work. He will be paid
jointly by the college and by Mr. I
Knapp's organization, and his ex- ;
1 pcnses will be likewise equally divided
between the two. He will work in
J co-operation with the college and with
: the demonstration agents, and we ex
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[ peel large ireuna nuiu vmo .......,
i ment."
King's Daughters Convention.
Lancaster.?The fifteenth annual
convention of the South Carolina
branch of Kings Daughters was well
attended. The stereopticon viewf
given by Mrs. Will Jefferson, state
secretary, of Kentucky, depicted the
I numerous homes established and the
j work done by this splendid order
throughout the United States and
[ Canada for the good of humanity "in
| H1b name."
The following officers were elected: '
1 State secretary, Miss Etta G. Trott; '
! assistant state secretary, Mrs. W. P
Cornwell; recording secretary. Mist '
Emma J. Ladd; state treasurer, Mist
Lula Lee; executive committee, Mrs
D D. Salley. Orangeburg; Mrs. T. T
Hyde. Charleston.
Ccr.victed of Working Badger Game.'
Washington.?Florence II. Knott
, formerly of Detroit. James B. Knotl
of Orangeburg, her huBband and A1
bert A. Armstrong of Watertown, S
I)., were convicted of conspiracy tc
blackmail a local merchant by the
"badger game" and were sentenced j
to the penitentiary. Mrs. Knott foi
2 years and the two men for 4 years
each. Benjamin Knott, an eldei
brother, convicted of conspiracy, filer
application for a new trial and wil
i endeavor to furnish the required
bond.
Rural Carrier's Farming Methods.
Easley.?Even at lr> cents a pound
there are some farmers in the South
who can make more money on othei
farm crops and products than on cot
ton. Mr. Elbert E Perry, It. F. 1).
Easley, is said to be a farmer whe
has developed a diversified interest
1 on the farm. He turns his fruits and
vegetables into canned goods. Ht
I makes cheeses, has built silos, and
generally speaking, has a great varietj
i of canned fruits and preserves and
Jellies to sell, and does sell them art
j uuruuiv.
To Mark Historic Battle Spot.
Sumter. -There is a movement on
foot to mark the site of the baftle
of Dingle's mill. The movement was
started by Dick Anderson chapter,
U. D. C.. and has been indorsed by the
veteruns of Camp Dick Anderson. One
plan proposed is to place a stone of
some kind on some spot of the fight;
another plan suggested is that the
ccunty join with those interested in
the movement in placing a steel
bridge across the run of the stream
where it crosses the road, and where
a wooden bridge now stands.
Charleston Dispensary Business.
Charleston?The statement of the
business of the dispensaries of Charleston
county shows total sales aggregating
$54,515.52 for the months of
April, with an operating expense ac;
c6unt of $2,912, breakage of $43 and
a stock on hand at the close of the
month of $29,649.88, reduced from
$60,185 at the beginning of April. Of
the sales, $34,021 were of beer, and
about $20,494 of whiskey, rum, gin
wines and the stronger liquors. The
statement shows the usual increase of
1 *>eer sales for summer.
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BLOOD FLOWS OK
MEXICAN SOIL
INTURRECTOS ATTACK JUAREZ
RANKS OF MADERO'S ARMY
BREAKS OUT.
FIVE AMERICANS ARE KILLED
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El Paso Swpet by American Bullets?
Woman Killed Sitting on PorchAmerican
Soldiers Keep Crowds
Back?General Attack Prevented.
El Paso, Tex?Insubordination In
? - vtoH#rn's army
too ranKs ui ucuc*?? ? _ _
and a lust for the fight of which
Federal concessions apparently had
deprived them, caused a fierce attack
on Juarez which culminated in a
careful retreat of the insurrectos
after a day of continuous skirmishing.
The casualities of the insurrectos
and Federals are not known, but five
people on the American side of the
line were killed and at least twelve
wounded.
Nearly one thousand American
troops were massed on the border
keeping crowds back and ready to
respond to any orders from Wachington.
The first person killed on the American
side of the line was Antonio
Garcia, who was standing by fhe side
of the Associated press correspondent
about two hundred yards from the
advancing insurrectos across the
river. A woman sitting on a porch
several blocks within the city wai
hit in the wrist and the abdomen by
two bullets.
HOUSES PASSES FREE LIST.
By a Vote of 236 to 109 Farmers'
Implements Acmitted Free.
Washington.?Nine hours of continuous
pounding at the hands of the
Republican minority of the house or
representatives failed to make a
single change in the first Democratic ;
tariff bill, that placing on the free
list agricultural implements, meats
and many other articles. The bill \
passed the house by a vote of 236 to :
109, the Democrats voting solidly and
mustering 24 republicans with them.
This came after the Democrats had
toted down or ruled out of order
more than one hundred amendments.
The Republican leaders, including
Speaker Cannon, Mr. Mann and Representative
Payne, former Republican
leader, roundly denounced the Demo- j
crats for denying freedom of debate
and amendment. Mr. Cannon declared
that never in the history of con
gress had the right of representation
on the floor of the house been so limited;
and Mr. Payne asserted that
the Democrats would be discredited
before the country for their arbitrary
exercise of majority power.
They ruled out amendments covering
free rice, free sugar, free iron
ore, free paints, drugs, glass and a i
host of other things. Time after j
time, Mr. Mann appealed from the |
decisions of the chair over-ruling his
amendments; but in each case the
Democratic majority cheerfully sustained
the chair.
Washington. ? After disposing of
the technical parliamentary obstacle,
Senator Dorah of Idaho has succeeded
in having the senate consider the
house joirt resolution so .-s to provide
for the election of United States
senators by popular vote. The effect
is to make the resolution unfinished
business and thus give it preference.
Washington.?Farmers from the i
j Canadian border states, supported by :
j farmers from states farther removed
from the international boundary
tine made their protest to the senate
finance committee against the reciprocity
bill. They were preceded by a
* i.ifnm r\f linctk
delegation 01 niaiiiiiavii>ici?
paper who likewise objected to the
bill. Representatives of the lanners
from Illinois, New Hampshire, New
York, Missouri, West Virginia and
Michigan, addressed the committee.
Powerless to Protect Americans.
Washington I'nless congress takes
a hand in the situation, the ITnitvd
States forces on the Mexican border
1 are powerless to protect Americans i
within range of bullets falling in and
around HI I'aso from Mexican rifles.
| "All we can do," said Major (lencral
Wood, chief of staff of the army, "is
to keep our people out of the danger
zone as far as possible and protest to
the belligerents against firing in onr
direction. Without authority from
congress, the army cannot cross the
j border."
President Taft Sticks to Reciprocity.
Washington.? President Taft in:
dulged in some plain talk in explain
ing to twenty-five mem tiers ot tne
National (1 range that he doesn't intend
to play politics with the Canadian
reciprocity agreement, even if
I the enactment of that measure by
1 congress costs him the farmers' vote, j
The President said he was sorry to j
i hear that Republican farmers would
desert the party if the agreement
' goes through, but fear of such desertion
would not change his con viej
tion as to wisdom of such legislation.
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Peonage Charged in Georgia.
Macon. C.a.?The Federal grand
jury sitting here under Judge Emory ;
j Speer returned indictments against
i Sheriff J. R. Rogers, Deputy SherifT
Job Horns, Luke Dupree and W. E.
Chauncey, all of Pulaski county, on
charges of peonage and conspiracy.
The indictments were returned in
line with a lengthy charge last week
in which Judge Speer declared that
peonage existed in Georgia. The
charge is keeping negroes in a stats
of unlawful servitude. A man and
bis wife worked out a debt
11LL
URSDAY, MAY 11, 1911.
iliisir
OF UNIFICATION
- - jONT
commission representing
three branches OF
church consider it
NINETEEN DENOMiNA. IONS
Total Membership Nearly Seven Million?Twenty-Seven
Commissioner*
Consider Unification Through Reorganization?Names
Given.
Chattanooga, Tenn.?The Joint commis
ion representing three branches
of Methodism met here to consider important
queetions.
Under different names there are
nineteen separate denominations of
Methodists in America, and the total
membership is nearly seven million.
The twenty-seven commissioners who
met here represent about 6,000,000
Methodists. They were appointed by
the Methodist Protestant church, the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
and the M. E. church, to consider the
question of unification through reorganization.
Nine commissioners, as
follows, have been appointed by each
of these three churches:
Methodist Protestant church. President,
T. M. Lewis, D. I)., Westminster.
Md.; the Itev. M. L. Jennings,
D. D., Pittsburg, Pa.; the Rev. I). G.
Helrnick, I). L)., Weston, W. Va.; the
Rev. C. I). Sinkjnson, D. D., Atlantic
City, N. J.; S R Harris. Henderson,
N. C.; W. N. Swift, Adrian M-ich.;
J. J. Barge, Atlanta, Ga.; J. E. Peterson,
New London, Iowa; the Rev.
George Shaffer, L). I)., Pittsburg, Pa.
Methodist Episcopal cnurcn, ouuiu,
Bishop A. W. Wilson, Baltimore, Md.;
Bishop E. E. Iloss, Nashville, Tenn.;
Bishop Collins Denny, Nashville,
Tenn.; the Kev. W. J. Young, D, D.(
Danville, Va.; the Kev. F. M. Thomas,
D. D., Louisville, Kv.; the Rev, C. M.
Bishop, D. I)., Wichita Falls, Texas;
Judge M. L. Walton, Woodstock, Va.;
president, R. S. Hyer, LL.D., Dallas,
Texas; W. B. Sttibhs, Savannah, (la.
Methodist church, Bishop Earl
Cranston, Washington, D. C.; Bishop
J. M. Walden, Cincinnati, O.; Bishop
L. B. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa.; the
Rev. J. F. Goucher, D. D., Baltimore,
Md.; the Rev. (J. A. Reeder, D. D.,
Berea, O.; the Rev. W. W. Evans, D.
D? llarrishurg, Pa.; R. T. M ller, LL.
D., Cincinnati, O.; ifanford Crawford,
St. Louis. Mo.; J. A. Patfen, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Diaz Will Resign, But?
Mexico City.?General Porlirio Diaz
has issued a manifesto to the people
of Mexico declaring his intention to
resign the presidency as soon as peace
is restored. In this manner the President
has virtually acceded ta the demands
of Francisco I. Madero that he
make announcement of such intention.
AS lO wnen peiiot: IB atiuau; i cstored
General Diaz reserves the
right to be the Judge. In the words
of the manifesto it will be "when,
according to the dictates of my conscience,
I am sure that my resignation
will not be followed by anarchy."
Well, Well, This in New York.
New York.?Gray haired women
suffrage pioneers styled "the girls
of *61;" dimpled laughing girl babies
of 1910. not yet out of their first long
dresses, and girls and women of all
ages, between, swept down Fifth
avenue from f>7th street to I'nion
Square in an organized protest against
denial to their sex of the ballot.
Every avenue through which woman
has invaded man's field of endeavor
was represented, from sculpture to
cab driving. One hundred male supporters
of the cause joined in the
parade.
Four brass bands, dozens of elaborate
floaf3 and fluttering pennants by
(lie nunureu Willi lieir auu unic a un?
nor bearing epigrams, lengthened the
line of 2,000 marchers. The ranks
were separated into seven divisions
and more than half the marchers
were laden with camp stools, besides.
Dynamite Murder Case June 1.
Los Anegles, Cal.?No further official
acts of consequence are scheduled
in the case of John J McNamara and
his brother, Jas. H. McNamara, arraigned
on charges of murder and
dynamiting, until June 1 fixed as the
time for them to plead. Judge Walter
Lord well will confer with the prose
e
cutor anil the defense, regarding the
question of bail, in case he should decide
to grant it to John McXarnara
on the charge of dynamiting, which is
a bailable offense. Tiie men are stili
in jail.
Would Investigate Baseball.
Washington ?On the ground that
baseball is about the only tiling tinder
the sun that has not been made a subject
of investigation by the Democratic
house. Representative Rodenberg of
Illinois, a Republican, introduced a
resolution providing for an immediate
inquiiv into tiie national gamo.
Fouls, pop flies and two baggers are
specified among the subjects needing
special inquiry Umpires are to be
compelled to give sworn testimony,
but are not to be sworn. This would
be interesting.
Uncle Sam Hands Off.
Washington.?The suspension of
the armistice between the Mexicans
and even the active resumption of
hostilities on a wholesale scale by
the Insurgent forces will cause absolutely
no change in the determination
of the United States to refrain from
intervention in Mexico. The president
is as firm as a rock in his purpose to
live up to tin' obligations of neutrality,
and even the killing of Americans,
provided it was an incident of warfare,
would not be regarded as sufficient
ground,
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UNCLE Si and
STOCK GAMBLERS
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"CORNERING" COMMODITIES A
VIOLATION SHERMAN ANTITRUST
LAW, IS CLAIM.
IN THE U. S. SUPREME C URT
Conspiracy Charged to "Corner" the
Cotton Market?"Bull" Campaigners
Made Over $10,000,000 in Manipulation?Three
Years Before Heard.
Am/v?Kao nneellnP
naoumgiuu. AUUIUVI ,
question about the Sherman anti-trust !
law has made its appearance In the
Supreme Court of the United States
to plague that tribunal.
It was this: Does a conspiracy to
fix the price of a commodity by procuring
a "corner" constitute a violation
of the Sherman anti-trust iaw?
The government ranks the importance
of the question alongside that of the
Standard Oil and tobacco cases now
awaiting decision by the Supreme
Court.
The latest member of the "trust"
problem family came to the court in.
a writ of error obtained by the government
from the recent decision of
i Judge Noyes of the New York Federal
court in regard to the anti-trust
law indictment against James A.
Patten, Eugene C. Scales, Frank D.
Hayne and William P. Brown. The
New York court dismissed the counts
In the indictment, which charged a
conspiracy to "corner" the cotton
market. The indictment arose out of
the "bull" campaif i in cotton in 1010
on the New York cotton exchange. It
was estimated that the alleged leaders
of the campaign, Patten, Scales,
Hayne and Brown made between $10,000,000
and $12,000,000.
The case was docketed as number
1,033, which means ordinarily, that it
will not be reached for argument and j
decision by the court for nearly three
. ears. Inasmuch as the appeal of the
government was made under the criminal
appeals act, the department of ,
justice must "diligently prosecute" j
I the appeal. Consequently prepara- j
tions are being made to have the case
advanced for hearing early ne.it Oetoj
ber.
The government's position in the
case was stated by Judge Noyes to
; be "that any combination which interferes
with the right of manufacturer
to purchase a commodity moving
in interstate commerce at prices 1
determined by the competitive law of
ormal market conditions, directly
restrains Itnerstate commerce and violates
the Federal anti-trust statute."
The lower court held that the government's
position could not be maintained.
Judge Noyes said that there
was no direct relation between prices
ana interstate commerce aim mav, ,
the volume of shipments did not necessarily
depend upon the lowness of
prices.
President Diaz Will Resign.
Mexico City.?The resignation of
! President Porfirio Diaz as President
of Mexico within a very short time
is regarded here as a certainty.
Should the announcement of his intention
to resign be made known at
any moment, it would cause no surprise
to members of his cabinet.
Francisco L. Madero, Jr., the revolutionary
leader, demands that Diaz
should make known publicly his intention
to retire.
Bartlett on Cotton Bigging Trust.
Washington Congressman Part let t
of Georgia, attacked tin- so-called
' cotton bagging trust." He said there
was evidence that manufacturers of
jute bagging for baling cotton were
operating through an understanding
equivalent to a combination. Mr. Gil1
lett of Massuchetts challenged the
statement and Mr. Bartlett cited testimony
before the ways and means
committee in 1909. He declared the
Southern farmers were discriminated
1 against in that cotton bagging was
dutiable, while binding twine was free
! of duty, and the Southern planters
had paid $5,000,000 to the alleged
"bagging trust" in five years.
Twenty-One Nations Honor Carnegie.
Washington. After receiving a gold
medal presented by the 21 American j
Republics bearing the words "The :
American Republic to Andrew Carnegie"
and "Iienefactor of Humanity,"
Andrew Carnegie announced he would
give $100,000 in addition to nearly a
million dollars already donated toward
erection of the Pan-American
Union building, to be used for the
artistic completion ol its extensive
grounds. Hundreds of persons paid
honor to Carnegie when the medal
j was presented.
Endorse Efforts For Peace.
Haiti more.?Resolutions crystalizing
the sentiments which have inspired
the session of the third peace congress,
and marking the development
of the peace movement throughout I
tlie country, were adopted by the dele- '
gates. They contain a hearty endorsement
of tlie Federal administration
for its efforts in behalf of world wide
peace through the treaty of arbitra- j
tion with C.reat Britain and for the
establishment of the international
prize court and of the international
court of arbitral Justice.
Woodrow Wilson is Pessimistic.
Kansas City, Mo.?Woodrow Wilson,
Governor of New Jersey, in a
speech before the Knife and Fork
Club, declared that a new political
era, promising much for the welfare
of the nation, is now upon the American
people. The movement is one of
reform marked by a process of restoration,
rather than that of a revolution,
he said. Roth great polielcal parties,
he said, were represented in reforming
present conditions. Governor
Wilson Is o na speech-making tour of
1 the West.
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II SOB Bilif
Gaffney.?The new Cherokee Avenue
Baptist church, which has Just
been completed, at a cost of about
$23,000, is now In use.
Washington.?Representative Aiken
has been made chairman of the District
of Columbia committee's subcommittee
on steam and electric railWAV'S.
Spartanburg.?The anniversary of
the birth of the late Dr. James H.
Carlisle, "The Grand Old Man of Wofford,"
was appropriately celebrated
by the college, of which he wag
president for so many years, and
later president emeritus.
Orangeburg.?M. A. Strauss, conductor
on the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, suffered a serious accident
at Creston, his left leg being completely
severed from his body Just
above the knee, and his right foot
horribly mangled. Both limbs were
amputated.
Yorkville.?The one hundred and
twenty-first meeting of the South
Carolina Diocesan Council unanimously
selected Beaufort and May 7, 1912,
set as the date for the opening session.
Newberry.?Summer Bros, compcwy
sold 1,000 bales of cotton to the Clifton
Manufacturing company at 15 1-4.
They had been holding the lot for
seme time. Large quantities of cottcyi
have been turned loose in Newberry
within the past several days, since the
price has gone to 15 cents. There are
many who think the price is going
higher yet.
Darlington.?Dr. E. M. Nlghbert, of
the United States department of ag- ;
riculture, and Dr. M. Kay Powers, of
Clemson college, will lecture on May '
10 at Darlington court house to the
farmers and cattle-raisers of Darlington
county, on the subject of "Tick
Eradication," looking to organizing
and taking steps necessary to getting
that work started in this county.
Spartanburg.?A kind of boycott
new to the South has ben discovered
here. Negroes are refusing to work
for white persons because they are
incensed at the rapid way in which
Garry Gist, a negro, was tried, con i
victed and sentenced to death for at- 1
tacking a white woman. Six negrc |
men have been bound over to the
criminal court on a charge of having
severely whipped Emma and Mary
Thompson, negro women who had
worked for white families.
Washington.?Representative Lever
and Krantley of Georgia, were Invited
by President Taft to an Interview
on the subject of Mr. Lever's
resolution with regard tc the reason
for Ambassador Hill's retirement
from Kerlin.
On leaving the White House, thi
congressmen expressed themselves j
as absolutely satisfied that the Hill ;
1 I 1 inra Arx with t K C .
incident nau iiuimus iu uu miu
potash controversy and Mr. Lever'*
resolution will not be presented.
Birmingham, Ala.?Clemson won tb?
annual meet of the S. I. A. A. her*
the score being: Clemson 38, Auburt
37, Birmingham Athletic club 36, Bir
minghain Y. M. C. A. 19, Birmingham
high school 5. Vanderbilt, Kentuckj
State, Georgia Tech and University o:
Alabama were disqualified in the gen
eral meet tor not registering in th?
college meet. Two records wer?
broken. Greene of Clemson lowered
the S. I. A. A. record for the hau
mile from 2.07 to 2:05, while his team
mate, Lewis, lowered the record foi
the mile from 4:48 4-8 to 4:46 3-5.
Georgetown.?It has been success
fully demonstrated that the soil o!
this county is as wonderfully adaptec
to the cultivation of strawberries at
the famous lands of Horry county
Mr. Elroy Bailey, formerly of Iowa
now of Chadbourn, N. C., and An
drewa, bought 1,000 acres of George
town county land near the line o;
the G and W. K. R. and planted thii
year about 10-? acres in strawberries
The first yield was shipped to thii
city in crates about the first of April
splendid berries, which sold on sight
Then rhev were shiDDed by express t?
other markets and shipped in refrig
erator cars. Last week shipment!
averaging a car a day were shtppec
out. Over 100 persons were engaged
near Andrews in picking strawberrlei J
n{ that time. One year ago not flvi !
acres in the entire county was piant
ed in strawberries. The quality o; J
the berries grown on this soil is ex
ceptionally fine, being large, luscloui
and of delightful flavor.
Georgetown The city is about tt
erect a new and thoroughly up-to-dat*
brick building for the fire departmeui
%*\ onut 4 1 o noo
Anderson.?Influential citizens o!
the towns .in the Blue Ridge railroad
and proposed extension are trying tt
induce the Southern railway to ex
tend this line over the mountains in
to Tennessee.
Newberry.?One of the largest, 1) ;
not the largest, public undertaking!
ever attempted in Newberry will b<
Chautauqua week, which is being i
planned for about the second week it
June.
St. Matthews.?M. Jarecky, a loca;
cotton buyer, bought 341 bales of cot
ton from O. H. Weinges, a farmer
and paid him for the same $2*1,663,63
This deal makes $300,000 worth ol
cotton bought by Mr. Jarecky this sea
son.
Greenville.?T. W. Stonecypher. whc
shot Police Officer C'ureton severa!
weeks ago and who was later carried
to the state penitentiary for safe J
keeping, was found not guilty. Stone ;
cypher's plea was temporary insanity j
He was represented by former Gov
M. F. Ansel. Officer Cureton was re
leased from a hospital two weeks ago
Darlington.?Mr. L. 8. Welling sold
to Mr. J. A. Buchanan, cotton buyer
a lot of 440 bales of cotton for which
he received in round numbers about
$30,000. There have been about 1,00(
bales of cotton sold on this market
recently more than half of which hai
brought 15 cents per pound.
U'alhalla.?The following is ;h<
list of tlie mothers of Confederate
soldiers who now live in Oconee Mrs.
Bearden, 103 years old; Mrs. Billy
Dcaton, 90; Mrs. Rebecca Frfcks, 90;
Mrs. Caroline Parker, 90; Mrs. Caroline
Price, 87; Mrs. Abner Boat
wrlght, 94.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
WOULD HELP
THE SOUTH
A LOUISIANA MAN ADVOCATES
PUBLIC-OWNED WAREHOUSES
FOR COTTON,
SOLUTION CF THE DEFEAT
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resident Thompson of ths Now Of?
leans Cotton Exchange Points Out
Benefits of Warehouse Operated by
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Sovereign Stats.
Baton Rouge, La.?"The warehouse
operated by a sovereign state, through
one of its boards of adminiatThtioh.
will be known wherever cotton la
known, and its receipts will be current
throughout the financial world."
In these words, President W. B.
Thompson of the New Orleans cotton
exchange, in an address before tho
Louisiana State Bankers' association
aere endorsed the public-owned warehouse
as the solution of the present *
defective system of handling the
South's great cotton crop. -
"If we can store cotton in such a
warehouse at a comparatively inslgnl.leant
expense to the owner," aald Mr.
Thompson, "and can furnish him with Vflfl
i receipt of unquestioned and widely
approved character; and if we can
lupply the shipper from such warehouse
with p. lading document of un- VH
questioned authenticity and sterling
values, our market will combine the
availing virtues of economy and probity,
and will answer the demands of
the exporter, the banker and U)e producer
at once.
"These things can be done by pro- \
per efTort supported by determined
purpose and when accomplished will
establish conditions which will automatically
bring supplies, buyers and
money to our market, increase the
value of cotton to the producer thereof,
add to our own importance and
prosperity, and, finally, will liberate
economic forces which will make New
Orleans and not Liverpool, the concentrating
and distributing market of the
Mr. Thompson said the presence of
a great free stock of cotton at art
American port would Invite competition
in ocean carriage, cause a reduction
in rate, and, by these means,
overthiow the injurious monopoly of
the great Liverpool business.
Opinions -Soon on Trust Cases.
Washington.?The United States
supreme court adjourned until May IS
without announcing an opinion la
either the Standard Oil or the tobadco
suits, arising under the Sherman
anti-trust law.
Persons who have conceived a notion
that the court might consider an
effect on the stock market are predicting
that the decisions will be
handed down May 29.
Find Diamonds in Well.
Richmond, Va.?While sinking a
well on a farm a few miles above
Montpelier, Hanover county, Wallace
Moss found two stones having (he appearance
of diamonds. Moss brought
the smaller one to a reliable Jeweler
here, who offered $500 for It. Moai
refused to take this sum, still has the
diamonds and has gone back, he says,
for more.
Claims of $12,000,000.
Washington, D. C.?Approximately
$12,000,000 is understood to be involved
in a test case argued before the
court of claims. It was as to th*
question of tho jurisdiction of the
claims court over a large number of
cases against the government on account
of abandoned and captured
property, particularly cotton, in the
South during the Civil ^ar. I
"Great Snakes Alivel"
Suffolk, Va.?Colonel George Car*
ington Cabell, city attorney of Norfolk,
in an anniversary Odd-Fellows'
address at the academy of music here
advocated kissing among men. He
said that the osculatory greeting be
tween maculine acquaintances carries \
more depth of friendship than th? 1
formal handshake, and declared that
he would be glad to see the custom
prevail.
"Faul Stain of Plygamy."
Washiugton.?Declaring that whereever
the Mormon organization controls,
the church is in undisputed possession
of all political power, contrary
to the constitution of the United
States, the National Congress of
Mothers, just before the close of its
fifteenth annual session here, adopted
resolutions urging congress to enact
the necessary legislation to "wash out L
the foul stain of polygamy" and deHtroy
the power of this institution, ^^^B
recommending an amendment to the ^^B^H
Federal constitution. ^^^^B
Panama Canal Celebration 1913.
New Orleans.?Definite conclusion*
were reached regarding a national eel- ^^BB
ebration here in 1913 in recognition of Bfl
the opening of the Panama canal at s ^^9
conference between G. Grosvenor
Da we, ru.ingaing director of the South- M
ern Commercial Congress, and the ^JB
Committee of Ten, organized for th* j^^B
purpose. ]^B
The event will be styled "The Uni- B
ted Americans 1913 Celebration," and ^BB
will be under the auspices of th*
Southern Commercial Congress, unit- ^^B
ing. all the Southern states. ^^B
i Revising
Wool 8chedult. ^^B
Washington.?Thehou^^ommUtaa J MBB
on meBRBBBBBllBH^Bl
week to grind out the tarlff Mil
vldlng for revision of the wool schsd- ^^B
ule. Upon this both the Democratic B
majority in the house and the I)emo< B^B
cratic membership of the romralUMMf I
are divided, but the committee d^^SB^B^J
not so wide as In the paB B
is the policy of Fi^BHB^^B^^B
Clark, Majority Leader Underi^^^^^BB^B
and other Democratic leaders not^^^^B^^B
submit to this congress a bill plncl^BB^^^B
raw wool on the free list ^^HB^^B
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