Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 01, 1911, Image 1
ESTABLISHED IN 1891.
NEWS Or HE WEEK
LATE NEWS OF THE WORID
TERSELY TOLD.
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SOUTH, EAST, NORTH AND WEST1
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
ut the Nation and Particularly
the Great South.
Southern.
The first of the season's cotton crop
reports frjm correspondents of the
Memphis Commercial-Appeal of date of
May 23 and 24, indicate that there is
an increase in the area planted to cot*
ton in 1911 over that planted in 1910,
of approximately 4.6 per cent., which
Is in round figures 35,000,000 acres in
all. Over 89 per cent, of this area the
cotton has come up to a stand. Planting
is practically completed, save in
western Oklahoma, where, if rains fall
soon, oats land will be put in cotton.
Universal peace among the nations
of the world is only a question of time.
War is i relic of barbarism: it is
no longer essential either to iepel invasion.
to achieve liberty or to further
conquests. In the light of a
greater and nobler civilization arbitra.1
I- I.. I>w.H try*
null IO luc uuii an.u|'io?if uicuivu 1ui
settling disputes that may arise in
future between the nations of the
world. Such, in brief, was the substance
of a striking address deliver- I
ed in Atlanta by Senator Theorore
Burton of Ohio, chairman of the
American Peace Society, and one ot
the most ardont supporters of the
world-wide movement to secure the
abolition of war and the substitution
oi arbitration in the settlement of all
dffferences that may arise in future
between the powers of the earth.
The Florida senate passed the Ancle
bill, abolishing the convict lease
system by the vote of 21 to 7. Tfle
bili was recently passed by the house,
and now it only remains for Governor
Gilchrist to sign the measure to sound
the death-kuell of the lease system in
this stale. The bill was passed by
the senate only after a long and nord
fight. Only one change was made In
the bill as it passed the house, and
this in nowise affects the sense of the
measure as it was originally drafted.
The bill has been placed in the hands
of Governor Gilchrist, and It is expected
that he will take some action
in regard to it within tne next fewdays.
Speculation is rife as to whetuer
the governor will sign the measure,
although there are enough votes in
favor of the bill to carry it over the
governor's veto.
President Taft, in W'asaington,
touched an electrio button and signaled
the start of the parade in Mobile,
Ala., to celebrate the two hundredth
anniversary of the founding
of Mobile by the French. The marcners
went around the old limits tX the
city as marked out by the maps drawn
by Bienville and Aberville. incluued
in the parade were 200 bluejackets
and marines from the fleet at Peusacola.
They were under Hear Admiral
Ward and Hear Admiral Lucieu
Young.
The executive committee of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
voted unanimously foi a strike of thy
firemen on the Southern railway
should the company refuse to accede
to their demand for a 20 per cent, increase
in wages. The committee will
confer again with President Finley,
and if he refuses the demand will
a', once order a strike. When Informed
of the action President Finney declined
to make any statement. a !
strike will affect 2.40U men on 9.00U !
wiles of road.
Leneral.
Pierre Vedriue, the French aviator,
arrived at Madrid, Spain, being the
first contestant to complete the third
stage ot the Paris to-Madrid aviation
race. The Paris-to-.Madrid rac? was
begun on May 21 under the auspices
of the Petit-Parisian, which offered a
prize of $20,000. In addition the Spanish
Aero Club gave prizes amounting
o J10.00U and King Alfonso offered
a special prize for the fastest speed
over the Spanish section. Twenty machines
were entered.
What is looked on by Francisco 1.
Madero as a well-laid plan to prevent
his reaching Mexico City, to overthrowbis
leadership and to start a counter
.. ,. ,.1,, liii j! hitil W!LS l t'\I'liU'il
in tlit* anv.t of Daniel De Villieres
of Mexico City. The alleged plot involves
certain sums of money which
were to have teen paid out to .Madero's
military leaders. Madero, according
to details given out by him,
was fully advised of the scheiqe and
allowed it to be encouraged.
No effort is made now to disguise
the fact that President Diaz of Mexico
wi! Heave t::e country at an early
date. It is expected that he win
spend several months visiting different
countries in Europe.
The Mexican chamber of deputies
passed the bill providing general amnesty
to political prisoners.
A ban was placed ou tipping at a
mass meeting of barbers in St. Louis.
The action comes as the result o!
investigation by the International Union
of .Journeyman Harbors of AmerIca,
representing the United States,
Canada and Po?*to Rico.
On notificat.on that peace had been
agreed to, the management of the
National railways of Mexico began
reconstruction. It is estimated that j
the rebels have put 2.472 miles of
railroads out of commission.
That the big lumber companies of
the country agreed on the curtailment
of production, that prices were fixed
by a committee ar.d that printed price
lists were sent to all the firms as a
means of controlling the market, wet
facts established 111 the initial hear
of the state's ouster suit against the
alleged lumber tru^t in St. lx>uis. Mis
sourl.
Eugene Schmidt, the graft mayor
of San Francisco, who was convicted
/ . * of accepting bribes by the wnolesale
with Abe Ruef, Is penniless, and :
. stranded in Sinaola, Mexico, where bis
? 1 brother is Interested in a gold mine.
THE
M SOUTH CAROLINA REALMS
A Panorama of Short Paragraph! of
Stata New* Picked Up at
Public Places.
Darlington.-?S. E. Hicks, of Darlington,
who was serving a life term (
In the penitentiary for murder, has
been paroled by Governor Bleaas.
Hicks was convicted in 1902.
Greenwood.?The trustees of the
Connie Maxwell Orphanage, at Greeuwood,
have selected a site for the
new sanitarium, which is to be built
*'1 ? - V??? a rlnnrvr U'hn
wiia money gi?eu uj ? uv?v< r. ..v
withholds his name.
Mobile, Ala.?The supreme lodge,
Knights of Honor, in session here,
elected the folowing to serve for the
ensuing year: Past supreme dictator,
John C. Shappard, ?dgefleld.
Brownsville.?Work was begun on
the Bennettsville & Cheraw railroad
extension from this place to Sellers
last week, and the officials expect to
have the road ready for the fall
shipping.
Newberry.?There were some good
records made in the boys' corn contest
in Newberry county, last year, and
the interest which is now being taken
in the contest for this year promises
fine results.
Spartanburg.?Fire of unknown origin
completely destroyed eight frame
bouses, tenanted by negroes, on Ridge
and Vernon streets, near Spartan
mills, in an unusually short time. The
total loss is about $4,000.
Chester.?Rev. John A. White, for
more than 30 years the faithful and
beloved pastor of Hopewell A. R. P.
church, near Blackstock, died suddenly
at his home in Blackstock, following
a week's illness which had at
no time been regarded as serious.
Charleston.?Rosa, the 5-year-old
>t,,. fVinrroHRiTiRii George S.
uaufeuici v? w..0. w
Legare, died au the result of a most
deplorable accident. The little girl
was playing at a neighbor s house and
accidentally pulled down upon her
tiny body a shelf containing heavy
plant pots and she was pinned to the
piazza floor by the weight of the
debris. Internal injuries were caused
which brought about her death.
Orangeburg.?Orangeburg county,
especially the district around the city
of Orangeburg, is suffering terribly
for the want of rain. The crops that
are up have been growing nicely, but
the farmers have very poor cotton
stands, the seed being unable to come
up owing to the drought. The corn
as a whole is fairly good, but needs
rain. The oats crop is short in this
county.
Florence.?There was a very large
gathering of the trustees 01 me
county schools and of the teachers
of the county and others interested in
school work in the county. It was
probably the largest gathering in the
j interest of education ever held in the
county. Various matters of interest
to teachers and trustees were dis
cussed and valuable hints given both
in their work.
Charleston.?The cornerstone of a
Greek church was laid here with
considerable ceremony. The oratioD
of the day was delivered by G.
| VafiadI of Wilmington. Rev. Mr
' David of Savannah assisted Rev.
Mr. George of Charleston in the
ceremonies. A parade containing 50
carriages filled with Greeks and their
friends filed through the streets to
go from the temporary church to the
site of the new edifice.
Sumter.?Work on the new Y. M
C. A. building is at a standstill at
present. The contracting company
is having war among its stockholders,
and Is tied up in the courts in Augusta.
The directors of the association
are advised by attorneys for the
company that it is perfectly solvent
and will carry out its contract, but.
moreover, the association is amply
( protected by the bond given by the
contractors, and by work already done
on which but partial payment hue
been made.
Sumter.?City Treasurer Hurst has
received from the comptroller gen|
eral 1577 44, paid out of the Fir*
! mens' fund. This is Sumter's share
out of the first division of this money,
j The law raising this amount by as|
sessment of the insurance companies
was proposed several years ago. and
after passing was thrown out by the
court, it was put into constitutional
form and "has finally become a statute
of the state.
Honea Path.?Honea Path will have
a canning factory with a capacity of
10,000 cans per day.
Greenwood.?With appropriate ceremonies
the first dirt was broken for
the Greenwood hospital, which is to
cost for the first building around
$12,000.
Pinewood.?There has not been a
: good season of rain in this part of
Clarendon county this year, consequently
the farmers are beginning to
express some feeling of anxiety about
the condition of affairs. especially
those who have net as yet got their
crops up to a good stand.
Spartanburg.?Gary Gist, colored,
convicted for an attempt at criminal
assault on n white woman, was hung'd
In the county Jail. He mounted the
scaffold at 11:15 and was pronounced
i dead 11 minutes after Sheriff White
sprung the trap. He was cool to the
last.
Orangeburg?The city board ol
health held a meeting at which time
Col Mortimer Glover came before the
body, asking that some steps he taken
towards having all foodstuffs sold in
the city screened from flies and other
disease-carrying Insects. The board
has acted favorably on the matte:
Andersofl.?The whole place 01 Mrs
Emma F. TYIbble. at the corner of
Tribhle and north Main streets, was
purchased by the Greenville. Spartan
I burg & Anderson ratway for $_'< /' "
; to he used for freight and passenger
I terminals.
Florence. Sheriff T. S. Burch had
a conference here with rural police
men. He instructed them to make ?
regular weekly report to' him of their
work, and to give a written summary
of all actions each month. He alsr
Instructed them to pay particular at
tention to the dynamiting of flsh and
' the sale of Illicit liquor.
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IOBAGCO COMBINE
REPUGNANT 10 LI
SUPREME COURT DECIDES TRUST
CASE IN FAVOR OF
UNITED STATES.
AFFECTS 67 CORPORATIONS
American Tobacco Company and Allied
Corporations Violate the Sherman
Law?Fares Worse Than Standard
Oil?Dissent of Justice Harlan.
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THE VICTORY.
j
The tobacco trust decision is
characterized by Attorney General
Wickersham as "a most copre- *
bensive and sweeping" victory for
the government. *
The trust is held to be a com
: binatlon in restraint of trade?a
monopo y in violation of law.
The decision affects 65 A.neri
can corporations, two English
corporations and twenty-nine in
dividual defendants.
! An opportunity is given the
trust to disintegrate and recreate, *
a condition of transacting business
i * not repugnant to law.
| If at the end of six or eight
months the corporations failed to
bring themselves within the law,
; a reecivership and dissolution by
court decree will follow.
The triiEt 1b held to have been *
1 guilty of intimidation and ;lear!y *
to have shown a purpose to stifle !
; * competition. *
Chief Justice White announced
i the decision, which was practically *
i unanimous, although Justice Har- *
! lan dissented on several points.
I As in the Standard Oil case,
j * Justice Harlan resents the applica
tlon of the "rule of reason" to the *
Sherman anti-trust law. 1
The court having held the de
fcndant corporations guilty of con- *
* scions wrong-aoing, uusuce nar- - j
: lan "is not at all anxious" to per- !
* petuate any new coinbinaticn
. growing out of them.
*
Washington.?The government won
J a sweeping victory over the so-calied
! "tobacco trust" when the Supreme
, Court of the United States held the
: American Tobacco company and its
allied corporations to be operating in
violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
By directing that the combination
be forbidden the privilege of interstate
commerce or be placed in the
hands of a receiver unless it disintegrates
in harmony with the law within
six or, at the mo6t, eight months,
the court is regarded to have dealt
with the tobacco corporations more
drastically than with the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, whose dissolution
was ordered two weeks ago.
Both the first and second sections
of the Sherman anti-trust law have
been violated by the so-called tobacco
trust according to the court. Not
only has it, in the eyes of the court,
restrained wrongfully and unlawfully
interstate commerce, but it has attempted
to monopolize the tobacco
business to the injury of the publio
; and of its competitors.
While the decree was regarded ai
unusually severe, at the same time
there was a touch of leniency in not
I making the combination an outlaw
"now." The various elements of the
combination are to be given an apportunity,
under the supervision of the
United States circuit court for tha
Southern district of New York, of recreation
so that there may be brought
about "a new condition which shall
be honestly in harmony with and not
i repugnant 'o tlie law."
The entire court agreed that the
; combination violated the anti-trust
! law, but Justice Harlan dissented from
! the repeated interpretation of the
! Sherman anti trust law so as to call
for the application of the "rule of
! reason." in determining what restraint.;
of trade were forbidden by the
act.
Fifty Additonal Pcstal B.inkn.
Was: ngti n. -Fifty additional postal
j savings depositories are designated,
making the total number to be in
operation before July 1, more than 300.
\'r. Hitchcock still adheres to his
policy of designating only second
class postcfTices in the belirt that
thereby ho is extending the banking
facilities of the smaller communities.
Among the offices designated which
will open for the receipt of deposits
on June 21 are: Daytona, Ha.,
Thomasvillc, Ga.: Rocky Mount, N. C.,
and Rock Hill. S. C.
Victory for Patent Medicines.
Washington- Medicine which is
nothing but sweetened water or pills
composed of colored mud may be
lautieu cures ami sum us such ?mu
impunity under the national pure food
and drugs act, according to a decision
rendered L> the Supreme Court of the
United States in the case of Dr. (). A.
Johnson cf Kansas City, Mo. Provided
there is no misstatement on the bottle
or package as to its contents, the
manufacturer is free to sell his goods.
The act is faulty. Any statement as
to "cures" may be made.
Service Hours Law Upheld.
Washington.?The "hours of service
: law for railroad employees," pass.-d
bv Congress it. ltH'7. was upheld as
oi nstitutional by the Supreme Court
Ol the United State?.
The act mad?-- it unlawful for any
common carrier engaged in interstate
commerce to permit any trainmen
subject to the act to remain on duty
for a longer period than 16 consecutive
hours, or any telegraph operator
more than nine or 13 hours.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad at
tacked the law as unconstitutional.
TORT MILL, S. CM THUI
THREE MEET DEATH I
ON SHOD HAIL
A DOUBLE-HEADER COAL TRAIN 1
PLUNGES HEADLONG INTO
BURNING TRESTLE.
HAD NO TIME TO STOP TRAIN 1
Seventeen Cam of Coal Pile on Top of
Engines and Men at Bottom of
Creek?Two Fatally Injured?One
Fireman Saves Himself.
Charlotte, N. C.?A double-header
i
Seaboard freight train plunged head- ;
I
long through a burning trestle between
Bostic and Elleuboro, N. C.
Three men, all white, were killed. : 1
They were Engineer R. M. Green of j
Monroe, N. C.. Engineer J. M. Lind- j 1
sey of Cherryville, N. C., and Fireman 1
Roy Dooley of Monroe, N. C. Those
seriously injured were Eafly Lewis, ,
colored, a fireman rrom Monroe, auu
Lon Neely, colored a brakeman.
Capt. Frank Howell of Charlotte,
wae conductor of the train, which
consisted of 29 cars loaded with
Clinchfleld ooal destined for various
points in this section and to the
South. The train was drawn by two
engines, owing to its weight. The
fact that the trestle was burning was
not discovered until too late to halt
before reaching it. Both engines and
15 of the cars crashed through the
fire-eaten woodwork to the stream below,
five cars piling up on the two
engines. Engineer Green s body was
extricated at once. A wrecking train
was started from Monroe for the
scene of the tragedy as soon as tidings
of it reached that place.
The scene of the accident was Watkin's
trestle two miles east of Bostic.
No other members of the craw
xcept those specified were injured,
itadm /-ciridc nr thf SOUTH.
rnnm vi?vr w w. ? ? .
Growth In Past Decade Pointed Out
by Southery Railway's President.
Washington.?The astounding progress
of the Southern states along
agricultural lines is pointed out by
President Fin ley, of the Southern
Railway company, in calling attention
to the comparative figures made public
by the government showing the increase
in the value of farm mops in
1810 as compared with 1899.
The values in the two years referred
to with percentages of Increase, |
are as follows:
Vr.ltie Value Per. cent
States .. 1910 1899 of increase I
1 Oa $210,192,000 $72,985,000 188
! S. C. .. 140,009.000 51,324.000 173
Ala. ... 138.867,000 62,584,000 119
Miss. .. 134,401,000 75,066,000 79
N. C. .. 122,037,000 53,214,000 129
Ky 110,731.000 65,655,000 69
Tenn. .. 102,009,000 56,459,000 81
Va 71,264,000 41,517,000 72
Fla. .. 15,104,000 6,677,000 126
$1,042,614,000 $485,481,000 115
President Finley, believing the interests
of the Southern Railway company
and the people of the territory
it serves are identical, states that the
Southern is devoting much of its energies
toward making Southern development
more positive. It has now in
operation live stock and cotton culture
departments, for the purpose of promoting
the raising of live stock and
securing larger yields of cotton to the
acre as well as aiding in the boll
weevil fight. It is now conducting a
campaign for good roads throughout
the South with a road Improvement
train with the hope of inducing the
construction <>f a complete system of
improved highways.
Civil War Prisoner's Feat.
Terryville, Conn.?A memorial can* j
non and tablet were dedicated here to
| Dorence Atwater, who was born
i here. While a war prisoner at An!
sonville, Atwater copied for the ConI
federate government the names of
j 13,000 Federal prisoners who died
while in confinement and secreted on
his person a duplicate list. Dy means
of this duplicate list the graves of all
the dead were located at the close of
the war.
Postoffice Department Out of Debt.
Washington.?Fc~ the first time in
the history of the s Tvice, it is said, (
the deficit in the postoffice denrtment
has been entirely wiped out and $1,- j
000,000 surplus for the current fiscal 1
year, ending June 30 next, is in the
treasury to the department's credit
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
signed a warrant returning to the
secretary of the treasury $3,000,000,
the last of the amount set apart from
the public funds to assist in defraying
the expenses of the postal service
for the present fiscal year.
Field Mass For Spanish War Dead.
Washington.?Military field mass
! for the Spanish war dead was Cele1
brated in the shadow of the Washington
monument before and audience of
fully 25,000 people. President Tatt, |
members of the cabinet, the diplo- |
mafic corps and of Congress were
among the participants in the mass, ;
which was preceded by a parade of
the local veterans' association, the ,
National Guard companies of Wash- j
ington and members of Catholic organizations.
The event was the first !
| of the kind celebrated in Washington.
Atlanta Endorses Peace Movement.
Atlanta.?President Taft's stand for ,
international peace was endorsed with j
i rising vote by more than 3,0' ) persons
gathered at t :,? mammoth peace
meeting held here under the auspices
of the Georgia peace society and the
Atlanta chamber of commerce. While
the meeting was primarily to endorse
President Taft's efforts for an arbitration
treaty between the United
>tates, England and France, it was
llso intended to lend the influence
and moral support of this city to the
kd
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MILL
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*SDAY, JUNE 1, 1911.
iZ FLEES NOME
AND NATiVE LAND
&FTER THIRTY YEARS THE IRON
RULER OF MEXICO LEAVES
CAPITAL SECRETLY.
? .
MADRID. SPAIN. HIS POINT
rhe Former Grim and Determined
Sovereign, "Unhonored and Unsung,"
Departs for a Foreion Shore.
President De La Barra Inaugurated.
Mexico City.?Porfirio Diaz, for
whom during thirty years a'l Mexico
Jlood to one side, hat in hand, stole
from the capital. Only a few devoted
friends, whom he dared to trust, loliowed
him to the station at 2 o'clock
in the morning, shortly after the celebration
over his resignation had quieted
down.
Diaz was bound for Vera Cruz to
take ship for Spain. In the distance
he could hear the voices of a few
of a more enthusiastic citizens who
were still acclaiming the new President,
Francisco Leon de La Parra,
and shouting "viva Madero."
So carefully were the arrangements
made for the abdicated President's
escape that the news did not transpire
until late. Secrecy was due less to
apprehension of a popular outburst
than to a desire to reach Vera Cruz
before marauders along the route
could learn of the trip.
General Diaz, still feeble from his
illness and far fram being a well
man, left his home under dreary circumstances.
Kain had fallen earlier 1
In the night and, by the time the former
President emerged from his
house, the air was chilly. Me was
closely muffled. To aid in the disguise
a borrowed autornobhe was used.
The trip to the San Lazaro station
was made over unfrequented streets.
By a prearranged scheme, at the
last moment, police were scattered
along the way. At certain points close
friends of the former chief executive,
including those who are to accompany |
him across the Atlantic, fell in behind
the Diaz automobile.
Three trains wer* uted, the first as
a pilot. The Diaz special followed.
A third train, occupied by a detachment
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry,
brought up the rear. The cars of the
fugitive's special were occupied as
follows:
First car?General Diaz and Mrs.
Diaz, Mrs. Romoro Rubio de Teresa.
Col. Porflrio Diaz. Jr., a son; Lieut. !
Lorenzo Klizaga and their families.
Second car?(Jen. Fernandino (Jon- |
zales, Manuel Gonzales, Col. Santa
Ctttz, Maj. Espinosa V. Rondero.
Third car?Francisco Garita, Ig- !
nacio de La Garita and a kitchen
crew.
The train ran without orders, for
fear bandits along the line might tap i
the wires and get news of the flight.
General Diaz probably will make
his home in Madrid.
The inauguration of De La Barra
as provisional President was a brief
affair, occupying only ten, minutes.
The oath was administered by the
president of the chamber of deputies. \
The provisional president stood with 1
his hnnds extended and repeated the
oath. It is not the custom in Mexico
to use the Bible in taking the oath,
nor is the name of the Deity used.
Those present remained standing
while the oath was administered.
When this was completed many vivas
and cheers rang throughout the chamber.
The diplomatic corps was
present.
The city was quiet throughout the
day. A few street urchins, apparently
not recognizing that the change of
regime had been effected, tried to ifnew
the demonstration of the last two
days; but they were kindly nr.'i firmly
suppressed by the police. Apparently
the capital has passed the
crisis with the greatest credit to itself
and has given the lie to those
who prophesied that there could be no
change of President without subtv
quent anarchy.
According to advices Diaz boarded j
the Ypiranga, a Hambur,';-American
boat.
French Aviator's Interpid Bravery.
Madrid?Pierre Vedrine, the French
aviator, completed the cross-country,
cross-mountain (light in The Petit
Parisian race from Paris to Madrid
and is the lion of the Spanish capital. I
On the lapel of his coat hangs the
cross of the order of Alfonso XII, ;
which is reserved for porsons who |
have distinguished themselves in the j
arts and sciences. It was pinned there
by the hand of the Spanish monarch
who warmly shook Vedrine's hand
and congratulated him for his intrepid
bravery.
Sen. Baily Wants New Investigation.
Washington. ? Senator LaFoIlette
concluded his four-day speech on
Lorimer and announced that when
the voting stage is reached he will so
change his resolut*>n as to provide
that the senate shall elect an inves
tigating committee of five from amone
the new senators Senator Borah supported
the LaFoIlette proposition and
Railey and Dillingham opposed it.
.Mr. Bailey said that all the Democratic
Senators desired a new investigation,
he himself favoring it because
of discovery of new evidence.
Look Like Firemen Will Strike.
Washington. The wag" scale of
the Southern railway firemen has not
yet been adjusted and the two parties
are apparently as far apart as ever.
The offer of President Finley, representing
the company, amounted to
an advance of about 2 per cent in
wages, whereas the men are asking a
20 per cent Increase. Vice President
Howard O. Teat and the committee of
twenty-one men representing the firemen
have notified the company that
they will not accept offer made. Board
of media'ion may be applied for.
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PALMETTO NEWS
AT STATE CAPITAL
ITINERARY CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL
TRAIN?EXPERTS
TO BE IN CHARGE.
CONCERNING THE MILITARY
Encampment Placea Not Selected?
Unusual Incident in Supreme Court
?Dispensary Sales in Six Counties
?George Nichols Pleads For Pardon
Columbia.?The itinerary for the
agricultural train to be operated by
Clemson college during the summer
has been announced The train will
be in charge of agricultural experts,
who will deliver lectures at the vari- |
ous points.
The following is the itinerary:
June 6, I'arksville; June 7, Allendale;
June S, Kstill; June 9, Ridge,
land; June 10, Walterboro; June 12,
St. George; June 13, Bamberg; June
14, Crofts, Aiken; June 15, Ridge
Spring; June 16, Lexington; June 17,
Columbia; June 19, St. Matthews;
June 20, Orangeburg; June 21, Sumter;
June 22, Manning; June 23,
Georgetown; June 24, Kingstree;
June 26, Marion; June 27, Conway;
June 28, Dillon; June 29, Timinonsville;
June 30, Bishopvllle; July 1,
Darlington; July 3, Bennettsville;
July 4, Cheraw; July 5, Chesterfield;
July 6, Camden; July 7, Prosperity;
July 8, Newberry; July 10, Winnsboro;
July 11, Chester; July 12, Fort
Lawn; July 13. Lancaster; July 14,
Rock Hill; July 15, Hickory Grove;
July 17, Gaffney; July 18, Inman;
July 19, Union; July 20, Greenwood;
July 21, Waterloo; July 22, McCormick;
July 24, Abbeville; July 25,
Anderson; July 26, Williameton; July
27, Greenville; July 28, Fountain Inn;
July 29, Easley; July 31, Westminster;
August 1, Walhalla.
C.HKNOT HOLD TWO OFFICES
National GuaW Officers Have no Right
to Serve on Governor's Staff.
Adjutant General Moore has taken
the position that an officer of the National
Guard of South Carolina has
no right to serve as a member of
the governor's staff. He has requested
C. J. Kpps, captain of company H
of the Third infantry to resign as
captain or as a member of the staff
of the chief executive.
J. M. Richardson of Aiken, captain
of the Coast artillery, has refused to
accept appointment on the staff of
the governor. It was also announced
that G. E. Bamberg has accepted the
position on the staff of the governor
and had resigned his commission as
lieutenant of battalion adjutant of
the Third infantry.
An opinion has been given by M.
P. DeBruhl, the assistant attorney
general, that an officer of the Nation
Guard has no right to serve as
a member of the governor's staff if
the duties of the two commissions
conflict. Adjutant General Moore Is
of the opinion that the duties of the
commissions might conflict and therefore
he will again request Capt. Epps
to resign one or the other commissions.
Encampment Places Not Selected.
Adjutant General Moore has not
yet decided on the encampment places
for the three regiments of the National
Guard of South Carolina. It is
possible that some of the encampments
will be held at Columbia, although
no selection will be made for
several days.
There w ill be available for encampments
this year about SL'd.nno. This
money will not become available until
after July 1. Letters have been sent
to a number of cities and towns interested
and it has been decided to
place the various regiments where
there will be camp comforts and at
the same time facilities for drilling
the men.
Columbia.?S. \\\ McKenzle, accused
of (he murder of Henry Carland at
Eastover last October received a verdict
of acquittal by the jury.
Pardons and Paroles Granted.
A compilation made shows the following
as to pardons, refusals and
commutations from the governor's
office:
Total petitions presented 2S4
Pardons granted 44
Pardons refused 84
| Sentences commuted 31
Paroles 63
Not acted on. including petitions
in hands of Judges and solicitors
at this time 63
The governor will pardon all those
who are unable to work.
Educational Board Has Big Job.
The state board of education will
| meet In Columbia on June 17, when
the text-book contract will be taken
up for consideration and the contracts
, awarded. The contract will be for five
years, and will involve the sale of
over $1,000,000 worth of books.
This meeting of the board Is con
sidered very important. Already the
various publishing houses of the connI
try have sent their representatives tc
this state In the interest of the contract.
Competition will be strong
The task is a hard one.
Officers Ordered to Make Reports.
A letter addressed from the office
cf adjutant general requires that all
officers of the National Cuard who
iho mtinnonrrpQ thfl
Mexican border make full report.
This order was issued for the pur
pose of gathering information whict
will be disseminated among all o
the officers of the National Guart
\V. \V. Moore in his order to the of
fleers states that the trip to the Mexl
can frontier and the participation ii
the mrnoeuvres was not for pleasur
but for instruction.
MES
MAY DISMISS THIS BOARD
Rumor That Governor Blease Wil/
Appoint New State Board
of Education.
?That Governor Blease will
dismiss the members of the state
board of education within the next
several days and appoint a new personnel
is the general rumor, it was
stated by many that the governor had
said he would dismiss the entire
board before the meeting in June.
The following are the members of
the board:
C. L. Blease, exofflcio chairman;
J. E. Swearingen, ex-oflicio secretary;
A. G. Itembert, Spartanburg; J. M.
O'Driscoll, Charleston; H. F. llice, Jr.,
Aiken; Nathan B. Toms, Darlington;
J. L. Glenn, Chester; A. J. Thackston,
Orangeburg; D. W. Daniels, Clemson
college.
The law governing the state board
of education provides that the governor
and the state superintendent of
education shall be members. Each
congressional district has a representative
on the board.
The governor has the right to dismiss
the members of the board without
cause.
The secfion of the act creating the
board, with reference to the appoint- i
ment of members, is as follows:
"The governor, the state superintendent
of education and seven per- ;
sons, one from each congressional district,
to be appointed by the governor, j
who shall hold office for four years, I
and until their successors may be ap- j
pointed, unless sooner removed by the
governor, shall constitute the state
board of education."
Dispensary Sales in Six Counties.
The sales by the dispensaries in six
counties of the state for the month
of April amounted to $186,695.13,
which is practically the same as for
the month of March. The operating
expenses amounted to $5,531.63
The following are the sales by counties
as given in the monthly report
of M. H. Mobley, dispensary auditor: I
Aiken $10,532.45 j
Reaufort 13,424.80 ,
Charleston 54,515.52 j
Florence 27,556.06
Georgetown 10,907.05
Richland 60,759.25
George Nichols Pleads for Pardon.
'The proof of the mufder was clear
and strong and under the law and
testimony the defendant might well
have been hanged. I cannot concur in
the prayer of the petition."
Thus writes Circuit Judge George
\V. Gage, in refusing to recommend a
pardon for George Nichols, the Illinois
man, with the Hagenbeck Wallace circus,
who in the fall of 1910, at Lexington,
was convicted with three negroes
of murder of Paul Williams, and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
?An"effort is now being made to secure
a pardon for Nichols.
Dr. F. W. P. Butler wrote Governor
Blease as follows:
"This is to certify that Geo. Nichols
is in good health. Has only been to
me once for some very minor trouoie.
I)r. Butler is the prison physician.
Carolina Glass Case to Higher Court.
Attorneys representing the Carolina
Glass company, have filed notice
of appeal to the supreme court with
the present dispensary commission
from the recent findings of the commission,
which refused to return $21,000
taken over in this county by the
old commission. The commission also
refused to reopen the Carolina Glass
case.
Should the supreme court sustain
the commission the case will be appealed
to the United States Supreme
court, or a suit will be instituted
against the members of the old commission
for $21,000.
Unusual Incident in Supreme Court.
In the supreme court B. B Evans,
who ran for attorney general last
campaign, strenuously denied that he
knew anything of the whereabouts of
' rtain records connected with a case
in which he was figuring, an affidavit
having been presented by opposing
counsel that the records were last
seen with Mr. Evans. The incident
was a little out of the uiuiuary in
the supreme court.
Clieraw.?This section of the country
is suffering from a long and severe
drought. Many wells have gone
dry.
Rrtionalist Society Organized.
The first Rationalist society ever
organized In South. Carolina and
probably the first in the Southern
states was formed at Columbia, with
ten charter members. Freedom of
-f ligious thought is the aim of the so'
itty it is explained.
Railroad Commission on Inspec'icn.
Starting with the Piedmont section
j the railroad commission nas com'
ntenced an inspection of the entire
railroad syi tern of this state. There
are 114 lines to be inspected.
Dr. J. Adams Hayne on Duty.
The new state health officer and
secretary of state board of health,
[>r Adams Hayne, has reported and
the affairs of the office are being turn-d
over to him. He is a former resi<
dent of Greenville.
Notaries Public Commissioned.
; In the records it is shown that 3,302
notaries public have been com
missioned during the present administration.
At the rate for eommis.
sions of $2 each the amount of money
taken up is $6,724.
Greenwood Man Leaves Prison.
The governor has paroled Brooks
Moore of Greenwood, convicted on
i the charge of assault and battery
( with intent to kill and sentenced to
20 years in the penitentiary. A strong
petition was presented.
j
f Crops In Greenville Above Average.
1 That the crops in Greenville countj
are somewhat above the average toi
this season of the year is the opinior
[j rxpressed by several citizens who are
e in touch with farming conditions. In
other sections prospects bad.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
SANDSTORM SEVERE
SWEPT LANDS IN PEE DEE AND
CROPS ALMOST IF NOT
TOTALLY RUINED.
AN UPARALLELED DISASTER
Ground Pulverized and Loose as Ashes
Wind Leveled Rows and Middles in
the Fields?Cotton Leaves Stripped
as if Hit by Hail.
Bennettsville.?The sand storm
which passed over Marlboro is conceded
to have been the most severe
sand storm the country has known.
Kesults can not be ascertained with
any degree of certainty owing, to the
fact that there is no way to compare.
In many places the cotton had
the appearance of having been scalded;
in other places the leaves are
stripped as though a heavy hail had
!>%ssed over and in other places the
fields appear smooth, the bed and
middle having been leveled. Some
planters think the damage great and
the storm an unparalled disaster.
Others think the plants will recover.
W uni 01 experieuuc wmi onuu olw....makes
all opinions questionable.
Struck Clio Severely.
Clio.?Clio was visited by a severe
wind and sand storm and fears are
expr<55sed on all sides that serious
damage has been done the growing
crops. Extremely dry weather prevails
and without showers within a
short period the conditions will become
alarming.
In Dillon County.
Dillon.?One of the severest wind
storms passed over the upper portion
of Dillon county that had been seen
here in years. It came up suddenly
and lasted for over half an hour.
Without rain for over five weeks the
top of the ground had become pulverized
and in the fields as loose as
ashes. The dust and sand was blown
into the houses so that in almost all
cases ft was stifling. On sandy lands
it is feared that cotton will have to
be planted over. The sand beat it
literally to death in many cases.
Great Reunion of the Fatherless.
Clinton.?Plans have been consummated
for the holding of the biggest
rally the Thornwell Orphanage pupils
have ever had. This grand rally will
bo during commencement week, June
18, and following. Boys and girls
from all parts of the Southland have
written that they will be at the reunion.
It is hoped that at least one
hundred will be back at Thornwell
to renew their early associations and
learn the things and people there
now. It will be like going homo
truly, for many of these boys and
girls and men and women spent large
parts of their young lives at the Orphanage.
It vill be a glad day to all
who return when they look upon the
face of that man whom they can call
father, the noble president of the
Orphanage. Exercises, literary and
formal, all kinds of social affairs,
trips to the Enoree river, a banquet
and such will fill the program. A
great, good time is looked for. Rockefeller
Money for Education.
New York.?The general educational
board, endowed for $32,000,000 by
John D. Rockefeller, made public,
following its first meeting for the
current year, a list of its latest ap!
propriations for colleges and schools,
amounting in all to $634,000. All the
gifts to colleges are what is known
1 as conditional and are applied to en1
dowment only. That is, the general
- board agrees to give a certain amount,
provided the beneficiary raises a
greater amount. Other gifts may be
applied to current expenses.
The only Southern college in the
list is Converse at Spartangur;j,
which gets $50,000.
Appropriations aggregating $68,000
went to the education of Southern negroes;
$130,000 is set aside for demonstration
work in agriculture also
in Southern states, under the supervision
of Bradford Knapp, and $36,000
for professors of secondary education
in state universities of the
South.
Preparing for Textile Association.
Greenville.?Preparations arc now
being made here for the meeting of
i the Southern Textile association,
which is to meet in Greenville, July 1.
Three hundred or more delegates are
expected to attend. The local entertainment
commlt'ee met to outline
general plans relative to giving the
mill superintendents and overseers a
hearty welcome and generous entertainment
when they come to the
Mountain City. The last meeting of
the association was held in Charlotte
in November.
Patents Granted to Carolinians.
Washington.?The following patents
have been issued to South Carolinians:
j Robert E. Heath, Yorkvjlie, aeroPhnsllnn
L" I Ounh'Jff
Uruilic, V-iiujiiuu i--. LA.ffy.iB. c? ?
j ton, cotton picker; William H. >.McKlnney,
Sumter, device for hairing
violin bows; James B. Shiver, Rock
Hill, combined book mark and paper
clip; John P. Todd, Anderson, metallic
shingle.
Manning.?The long dry spell con|
tinues. The brandies and creeks ar?
1 ail dry.
Edgefield.?It has been unofficially
reported that Ervin N. Smith, a progressive
young farmer of the Harmony
section of the county, has har1
vested 38 2-3 bushel* oi wheat from
his special ^acre, whlefc in probably
the largest yield from an acre that
has ever been made in "the county. He
will win one of the cash'iprizes offered
by The Ed^ofbld Advertiser
' every year.
1 Lexington.?The ,'r>i t rrop in this
'ounty has teen t My damaged by
1 he long and continued dry weather.
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