Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 15, 1911, Image 1
ESTABLISHED IN 1891.
BRIEF NEWS NOTET
FOR THE BUSY ill
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OP
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happening* et
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.
"The bill, the whole hill and nothing
but the bill." Thus President Taft
summed up an earnest plea for the unamended
adoption by the senate of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement before
a reciprocity agreement before a
representative audience of Southern
men in New York City. The occasion
was a banquet given by the New York
produce exchange to the Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers' association.
The banquet hall sounded to a roaring
welcome for the president, as he entered
the room. In his address, President
Taft pinnted out to the Southerners
the advantages which their sec
tion would derive from the enactment
of the agreement with Canada.
In honor of the Southern women
who were In New York with thoir
husbands, fathers and brothers for the
convention of the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers' association, the big
hall of the New York Produce exchange
was used lor a social function
for the first time in 27 years. The
closing event of the convention was
a promenade concert on the floor of
ithe produce exchange. The exchange
has not witnessed such an event since
Its opening in 1SS4. President Taft
epoke at the banquet.
By a majority of b29 out of a total
vote of 3,612 the city of Mobile, Ala.,
adopted the commission form of government.
The campaign which has
been carried on for the past three
weeks has been one of the most warmly
contested of any in the history of
the city, and toward the last aroused
much bitterness. It was a sharply
drawn contest between the political
moAKinA u-VtioK Koe ruins) tha pit V fr*r I
iuatuiuc nuivu uao j mvu vuv V.%^ ?w? i
years, and the businses, professional
end working men of the city.
This week in the cotton market
nearly everything but the weather
will be lost sight of. It *? generally
acknowledged that the crop is fast
getting into a critical condition as the
result of protracted drouth and high
temperatures. At the end of last week
there was no relief in sight on the
weather map. and if the week opens
with a dry and hot map the chances
are that a sensrtional rise in prices
will take place, and that new hign
levels for the season will be established
on the new crop months.
General.
An indemnity of 12.000,000 pesos,
the equivalent of $t>,ooo,0oo in gold,
will be demanded of .Mexico by the
Chinese government for the slaughter
of 303 Chinese subjects in Torreon.
The demand will ht jacked by a cruleer,
which is already on the way to
the .Mexican west coast ports.
After seven weeks ol slumber, from
which physicians have been unable to
arouse her, .Miss Hazel Schmidt ol
Vandalia, 111., has just awakened twice
each time for about an hour, asked for
something to eat and then again
dropped off to sleep. Her case has
puzzled scientists, asking about her
condition. At the beginning of her j
sleep. Miss Schmidt told her mother
ehe was going into a trance.
The greatest sectarian tribute to a
churchman ever accorded in America
was paid to Cardinal Gibbons, head ol
the Catholic church on this continent.
It was a national tribute, m which
joined the nation'.-- head. President
Taft, his piedecessor. Th >dor< Roosevelt
and senators and rcpieseutativos.
The occasion was the dual anniversary
of his eminence, held in Baltimore
?the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood and the twenty-fifth
year of his elevatoin to the
high official tank of cardinal.
Sixty-three Killed; i? \>ouiiued; property
loss. $100,000. These are the net
results of the earthquake which visited
and injected a note of tragedy into
w hat was expect* d to be a day of pure
rejoicing When the work of searching
the ruins is completed, it is possible
that the 1 ifi oi dead will be
lengthened somewhat, a shidmg here
and there thioughoul lite city thete
doubtless are mail) wounded who,
with traditional fear of the authorities
and government hospitals, are
anxious to evad* discovery.
William Bentno Miller of the American
Museum of Natural History left
New York 011 a four months' expedition
into the Black mountains of North
Caroliua in s* -?rch of new bugs for
the museum's collection.
President Taft has accepted,
through Senator Luke Lea, the invitation
to visit Nashville this fall.
With famine and pestilence adding
grim horrors to tne reconstruction period
of the Mexican freedom anarchy
is rife throughout Central Mexico, and
even in the capital itself the government
is being hard pressed to preserve
order.
Fear of a mob demonstration
wr.iinst the two negroes accused of
Implication in the murder of O. F.
Bowers last week led offiticers to remove
tie prisoners from Wellsville,
Ohio, to the county jail at Lisbon.
Representative Owen J. Evans oi
Stark county, Ohio, charged with soliciting
a bribe as a member of the
legislature, pleaded guilty to the
crime before Judge Kitikhead in the
criminal court :.t Columbus, and in
view of his agrc un * to go Lefore the
grand jury r.nd turn state's evidence
was et oft with the minimum punishmet
a tine of $C>uO.
A favoiable report on the nomination
of William H. Lewis, the Boston
negro attorney to be assistant attorney
genera] of the United States, was
Authorized by tb? senate committee
n (ft Judiciary,
fir*'
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THE
Carrie Nation, the Kansaa galoon
smasher, died in Leavenworth, Kaa.
Paresis was the cause of death. For
several months Mrs. Nation had been
in poor health, and on January 22 she
entered the sanitarium in which she
died, hoping there to recover from a
nervous breakdown.
Herr Schecdel, who established a
German altitude record of 6,594 feet
in an aeroplane, fell with his mechanic,
Yoss, at Johannislaal, Germany,
and both were instantly killed. Schen*
del was trying to eclipse tne worid's
altitude record with a passenger. The
aviator, who was practically a beginner,
arose in a Dorner monoplane and
had reached a height of 6,650 feet
when the monoplane was seen to assume
a vertical position and it is believed
that Schendel was trying to
glide to earth with his motor cut ofT.
"1 shall not be a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in
1912. I should regard it as a calamity
if I were nominated. I demand it ot
my friends that they do everything in
their power to prevent movements
tending toward my nomination." This
is the sense of the reply Theodore
Roosevelt made, according to Wallace
Batcheldor, former member of the
Rough Riders, when Batcheldor asked
! the colonel whether ne wouia De a
I candidate in 1912.
A little harmless flirting with nice
people with whom you are acquainted
will do much to reRt the tired mind
after the arduous duties of the school
\ room. This is one of the suggestions
to young women school teachers made
by Miss Anue Newell, on relinquishing
her position in the Boston schools
after forty-nine years' service. "Be a
live wire every minute and don't eat
too much,' is another bit of advice.
#ascual Oroszo, commander of the
irfurrecto troops surrounding Chihuahua,
declared that he will attack the
state capital at once, regardless of
peace or peace prospects, because two
of his men who were visiting in Chihuahua
without arms were thrown into
jail. His demand for their release
was rejected. Gov. Abram Gonzales,
Maderlst governor of Chihuahua, left
Juarez for Chihuahua, although advised
that he had better not come until
the Federal troops had left.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt said with
reference to a published story that
he would support Tatt in the next
presidential campaign: "There is no
truth in the report that 1 have agreed
to support any man for president in
1912. 1 have neitner made any such
statement nor even discussed the matter.
The story is niade out of whole
cloth."
I no neiormeu rrcsujitnaii oju^u
in session in Pittsburg adopted resolutions
protesting against tbe acceptance
of the silver service for the battleship
Utah, on which is a picture
of the Mormon temple and a "kenesa
of Brigham Young. The synod holds
J that the "service would suggest to representatives
of foreign nations that
I the people of the United States regard
Mormonism w'th respect, instead of
abhorrence and Brignani Young as a
benefactor of the nation."
W aatiing ton.
Canvas of the senate indicated that
President Tatt wouid win the Canadian
reciprocity light and chat the
Hoot amendment tacked on to the
proposed pact by the huance committee
woudl be killed in the senate, a
poll of the situation, it was said, now
shows that a very large mapority ot
senators are with the president in his
stand against an amendment and that
the bill will ultimately be agreed to
in the form in which it passed the
house. The Democrats, with but few
exceptions, will support it.
Abandoning hope of defeating in
committee the Hoot amendment to the
Canadian reciprocity bill, auecting the
print paper and wool pulp clause ot
the agreement, friends of the measure
began on the Hour of the senate an
active campaign to prevent acceptance
of the Root provision The senate
showed anxiety over the situation
when, after an executive session ot
the senate nance committee, he apl**aled
to the Democratic senators to
staud out against the amendment.
A memorandum was filed with the
ways and means commitee by members
of the tariff committee of tht
, American Cotton Manufacturers' assoi
ciation, protesting against any change
1 in the cotton schedule of the Payne
tariff bill. R. M. Miller, Jr., ot Ch.crI
lotto, N. C., is chairman of the committee.
Among the other members
are Lewis W Parker of Greenville, S.
0.; Stewart \V. Cramer and D. Y.
Cooper of Henderson, N. C ; C. D.
Tuller of Atlanta, Ga.. and Thomas 1.
Hickman of Augusta, Gu.
Secretary ot State Knox, in spile
of the administrations refusal to
make public documents, has been served
with a subpeona to appear before
the house committee on expenditures
' and to produce all books and papers
affecting the J 1,600 unaccounted for in
: connection with purchase of a portrait
| of former Secretary of State Hay. As
the information may again be denied,
; Committee Chairman Hamlin will in?.
i Lill omonHini; t ho Ktufntp
liUuuic a um ciiu^ _
governing expenditures.
Col. Joseph Garrard, U. S. A., com
manding the cavalry post at Fort .'.Iyer,
Va? was reprimanded by the secretary
of war, under orders from President
Taft, for reporting advesely an
application of a stldicr tor permission
to take examinations for promotion to
commissioned grade, on the ground
of the soldier's Jewish parentage. The
president said it was hard to deal with
the matter "with patience, and without
condemnatory words that had better
not be written. '1 ne soldier involved
is Frank Bloom, a private in battery
F. Third Field artillery, no won
duty in Mexico.
All doubt as to president Taft's reciprocity
plan was absolutely and finally
settled when Senator Stone ol MisI
souri called at the white house to ask
the president on behalf of himself and
other senators ubat the executive's
attitude was concerning the reciprocity
bill and the puposed amendment
o the measure The president told
Mr. Stone that he was firmly opposed
to any and all amendments to the bill,
including the Root amendment, aud
that he would fight any attempt to
amend the measure. The president,
however, Is not golof to bay* hie way
uocbAlfeBffed.
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ALL MILLS 10 CLOSE
TWO WEEKS IN JULY AND AUGUST
IN ORDER TO CURTAIL
PRODUCTION.
25 PER CENT SPINDLES IDLE
8outh Carolina Cotton Manufacturers'
Association Met in Asheville?Work
to Improve Cotton Staple?Two
Sessions Held Behind Closed Doors.
Asbevllle.?The decision to bring
about a curtailment of output by the
closing of every mill in South Carolina
for two weeks in July and August
of this year was one of the features of
the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers'
association. The reports read,
showing that at least 25 per cent of
the spindles in South Carolina are
now idle and ha/e been for some
time.
Addresses were made by D. R.
Coker of Ilartsville, Ira W. Williams
of Columbia, and K. J. Watson, Commissioner
of Agriculture for South
Carolina, all of whom outlined the
stepB taken for the improvement of
the staple of cotton and demonstrated
the work done by the United
States government algng this line
The association expressed its sympathy
with the work and voted a contribution
to further it.
The following officers were elected:
Tresident, E. A. Smyth, Greenville,
S. C.; secretary, C. S. Manning,
Greenville, S. C.; treasurer J. A.
Brock, Anderson, S. C.
The morning and afternoon sessions.
adjournment being taken at
the latter, were held behind closed
doors and newspaper representatives
were excluded.
THE TEXTILE ASSOCIATION
Annual Meeting Will be Hel-J it
Greenville, S. C., July 1.
Charlotte, N. C.?The indications
seem favorable for a large attendance
at the annual meeting of the Southern
Textile association to be held in
Greenville, S. C.. on July first. The
sessions will be held on Saturday
afternoon and evening, a time mcst
convenient for mill men to get away
from the>r regular work; and Greenville
is centrally located for a large
percentage of the present member
ship.
The membership has been greatly
increased by means of hip meeting
at Spartanburp, Columbia, Augusta
and Charlotte, but there need be no
fears in repard to Greenville's ability
to provide room and accommodation
for all who can attend.
The program committee have assurances
so far of addresses and papers
as follows: On weaving by Supl
Z. 11. Mangum of the Minneola mill,
at Gibsonvillc, N. C.
"The Spinning Koom" by Supt. W,
A. Price, of the Mollohon mill, Newberry.
S. C.
"The Electrical Specialist in Cotton
Mills," by Mr. John P. Judge, of Haiti
more.
"Opening and Cleaning of Cotton,"
by J. E. Cheesman of New York.
"Efficiency of Operation and Waste
Utilization," by Eugene Szepcsi.
"Mill Village Improvements," by
Jas. L. Carbery, of Washington. 1). C.
All superintendents, overseers and
heads of departments in the cotton
mills are eligible to membership on
payment of the fee of $1.00. Full information
will be given by addressing
Mr. G. S. Escott, Secretary, Charlotte,
N. C.
Florence Health Officer Gjilty.
Florence. Harry Dcllerry. th healt
Florence.?Harry Delterrv. the
health officer who was rharm-d with
attempted assault < n it yoin lit -iy,
who accepted his protection and aid
to find a bardlng house, was found
guilty of aggravated assault with
j recomraeiidation to mercy, and was
I sentenced to six months in jail or tc
i pay a fine of $150. The fii was
laid.
Orangeburg.?Orangeburg command
ery. No. 9, Knights Templar, was In
stituted here. It now has a member
ship of 52 and is one of the hest
< equipped commanderies in the state.
Fancy Prices for Peache-s.
Kidge Spring.- Peaches are begin
ning to move rapidly to Northern mar
kets with several solid cars being
loaded daily, which are selling for the
1 highest prices known for severa
years. The flrst car loaded this sea
eon was offered for sale on the track
here by the grower and was purchased
by J. R. Timmerman. who paid 5924
for It, this being the greatest amount
that a car of peaches has ever netted
here. The prices brought by the
present peach crop is arousing con
siderable interest.
Almost Ready to Survey.
Orangeburg.?J. II. Dunstant and .1.
H. DuPre, government civil engineers
have arrived in the city to make pre
parations for the survey of the Kdisto
river. About 28 or 20 more engineers
will arrive, and the work of the actual
survey will bo commenced. The en
gineers will purchase the mules and
supplies advertised for. At the last
session of congress an appropriation
of II.BOO was made lor a survey 01
the Edisto, with a view of opening the
river to navigation. A $10,000 boal
will bo placed upon the river.
Columbia State Wins Libel Case.
Clumbia- Holding that the publl
cation complained of were legitimate
criticisms in a matter of public con
1 cem. It. K. Copes, circuit Judg*. hat
, signed an order dh missing the three
j libel suits of $50.' K each "'" ins' V
Slate. The plaintiffs were; F. C
Black, E. O. Black and J. E. Black oi
Columbia. The demurrer interposed
by the defense wai sustained by
Judge Copes at every point. The order
was signed by Judge Copes at Orange
burg. The action was began more
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FORT MILL, S. C? THUF
ALL AhOUND THE BOUNDARY j
, South Carolina News of General Publice
Interest Gathered From
Many Localities.
Dillon.?On Monday, June 19, William
Jennings Bryan will speak in the
large tobacco warehouse.
Orangeburg. ? William Jennings
Bryan will lecture in this city on the
evening of June 20.
Georgetown.?Real estate here is
held at firm values and is in increasing
demand.
f'harlpstcn ?Daniel Duncan, convict- 1
ed slayer of Max Lubelsky, was re- j
sentenced in the court of general sessions
by Judge Gage, to be hanged
on July 7.
M ayes vil le.?T wen ty-t wo wa rra n t s
have been secured here by a detective
agency against parties for selling whiskey,
and 16 arrests were made by a
detective, assisted by a local policeman.
Swansea.?The belfry of the Baptist
church here was struck by lightning
during a rain, wind and electric storm, ;
but little damage was done. Lightning
struck the same building on July
15 last year.
Rock Hill.?President Johnson, of
Winthrop, when asked for a state- !
ment concerning a story printed in a I
, Spartanburg paper, that the Senior j
class of Winthrop had held a meet- i
ing and asked that Governor Rlease
not deliver diplomas, said that no
such protest had been made and that
W inthrop officials knew nothing of any
such action by the class.
Sumter.?The rifle range for the
National Guard has been completed.
There are two targets and two ranges,
200 and 600 yards, the largest ><eing
the regulation used by the United
States army. This range is for the
; Second regiment, and it is probable
that from time to time squads from
, all the companies of the Second will
be sent here for practice.
Clinton. ? The graduates of the
I Thornwell Orphannge are: Eugenia
Durcine Calvo, Columbia; Halene
Anna Clark, Elberton, Ga.; Margaret
Elizabeth Durant, Lancaster; Mary
Louise Kern, rhilson; Sadie Montague
Leslie, Abbeville; Jennie Brown Leake,
Klsslmme, Fla.; Julia Elizabeth Linson.
Tylersville; Mary Lester Richards,
I^ake City, Fla.; Amy Francis
Shockley, Barksdale.
Rock Hill.'?Mr. R. TV Cunn'ngham,
who has been secretary of Winthrop
college ever since its beginning at this
i place and who resigned his pos'.ticn
some time ago to accept one at Agnes j
Scott College, Decatur. Ga., was the
recipient a few evenings ago, of a
handsome Howard gold watch from the j
officers and teachers of Winthrop as a
1 token of the esteem in which he ha*
been held by them.
Saluda.?The Baptists of Did Red
Bank church here are planning for
"Home-coming Day," on Sunday, June
IS. An attractive program has been
issued and sent out and it is pur
1 posed to have every member of the
old church present on that occasion.
At the head of the program are the
significant dates "17S4-1911." It was
in 1784 that this church was organized
and it is one of the oldest in the
county.
4tr?Ml,:M#rt/xn T)rr\fo PrAtin W n nrt
? UBUili5iu:i. 1 iuio. umu
Fender, who. at the request of Congressman
Byrnes, held a competitive
examination at Blackville for a
scholarship at Annapolis, have reported
that if the eligible applicants M L.
McCra of Bamberg county received
the highest average and will therefore
be nominated as principal. John
Ashhurst and J. C. Browne, Jr., of
Aiken county and S. B. Mays, Jr., [
of Kdgefield came next in order named
and will be named as alternates.
Aiken.?Rev. Herbert Woodward, an
Episcopalian minister of Bainbridge,
Ga., was in the city. His visit here
was for the purpose of completing
arrangements for the establishment of
a children's home and hospital to be
| erected in GranltevMle to be con
I { ducted under the st'eenision of the
t | Episcopal churches of the state. He
1 stated that already about $5,000 has
, been subscribed by the members of
i that church throughout the state, and
while it will require much more than
that sum, he Is confident that the
necessary amount ran be easily secur- j
. ed. It will be a home for the entire
state's poor children, and when com- !
? pic ted it will accommodate a large
i number
Orangeburg John F. Monroe of the
land and industrial department of the
Southern railway was in the city, conferring
with Secretary Marchant of
; the local chamber of commerce as to
. the placing of a canning factory at
I Orangeburg.
Sumter.?Following a health lecture
; given here several days ago by Dr.
I J. N. McCormack, a committee was
\ appointed to devise means to Interest
; the people of Sumter In keeping their
i town free from dirt and disease. This
, committee has secured a series of lcc.
| tares on subjects relating to the health
1 of the community.
Ithaca. N Y.?Samuel Pressley
I Coker of Society Hill and Charles
Madison Sarratt of (iaffney are an,
i nounced as among the list of the suc.
j cessful candidates for graduation at
, Cornell University at the comniencei
ment, which takes place June 22.
[ Abbeville- It has remained for eld
. Abbeville to put forth a man as a
target for the bullet of Col. T. n. i
; Folder, of Atlanta, who recently chal
i ! Ienged Governor Blease. Mr. W. P
[ Beard has written a letter, which
, appears in the 1'ress and Banner, in
; j which he accepts for Governor Please
the challenge to personal combat.
Springfield, Mass.?G. E. Ric? of Bel
ron was graduated from the Young
Men's Christian association training
. ! school. He will enter at once into
. i physical directorship work, and has
been appointed to the association
. i headquartc rs.
Charleston.?Adjutant General \Y.
, W. Moore, who Is here to see about
I the preliminary Camp Perry rifle team.
I says that there will not likely be any
- militia encampment this year, because
of lack of funds. He will go to For;
Moultrie to arrange details for the
encampment of the Aiken and Lan
i caster fU'tlllery cmpanies In July.
MILI
tSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911.
HOT III AHEAD
IK LITTLE NATIONS
?
"ilGANTIC REVOLUTION PROPOSED
IN ALL CENTRAL AMERICAN
COUNTRIES SOUTH OF US.
ASSEMBLE AT NEW ORLEANS
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Malcontents Are Very Busy?F.xiles
From the Little Republics in New
Orleans Plan Intrigues and Purchase
Arms and Amunition.
New Orleans.?Known since th?
Walker expedition of the early fifties
as the hotbed of revolution and the
mecca of filibusters. New Orleans is
preparing for another upheaval in Central
America and unless Uncle Sam
steps in and spoils the game, almost
the entire strip of land from the
southern border of Mexico to Panama
with th? possible exception of Costa
Rica, may witness within the next six
months, the most stupendous upheaval
In the history of Central America.
Every summer there is more or lesB
talk of revolution in some, Central
American country and more or less
planning by people who have an axe to
grind or who are willing to make a few
hundred thousand dollars in cash or
valuable concessions by financing a
movement for a change of government
in the little republics.
If stories handed out by the government
agents are true, Jose Santos
Zelaya, exiled former president of
Nicarauga, has Joined hands with
prominent members cf the cientifico
party of Mexico on a plan which involves
a general political upheaval
embracing Guatemala, Honduras and
Nicaragua, if not Salvador as well.
Several hundred exiles from the countries
are now in New Orleans and daily
ti\ese malcontents are holding as full
n nferences as the eagle eyes of the
L'^vernment agents will permit.
These intriguers are said to have
already purchased in this country 5,000
rifles. 300,000 rounds of ammunition
and the former United States
torpedo boat Wlnslow. They are said
to be negotiating for the former gunboat
Sirene, now in Central American
waters, and a vessel or two for use on
the l'aciflc side.
A large number of "soldiers of fortune,"
including a half dozen members
of the American legion, which
was commanded by Garabaldi, in the
Mexican revolt, are here, awaiting
the call to arms ami General Lee
Christmas, the best-known of all the
professional war men, is expected to
arrive within a few days from Honduras,
where he recently assisted
Manuel Bonilla in gaining possession
of the country.
In former years these revolutionists
have met with slight resistance from
the United States government. They
have formed plans here more or less
openly, even taking newspaper folk and
others into their confidence, and boat
loads of arms and other war material
have been sent out of this port and
from Mobile almost under the nose of
revenue cutters and secret service men
who were supposed to be under orders
to prevent such movement.
There has been a change, however,
and the United States government i3
planning 10 prusecuie >iuiinui? ui mc
neutrality laws to the fullest extent,
to the end that peace may reign in
the little republics.
Exposition to be Held in New York.
Washington.?In accordance with
their policy of attracting the attention
of the outside world to the manifold
advantages of tlx- South, 'lie Southern
railway and allied lines have arraii ed
to make a coii:prehcr.Mv> exhibit at
the American Land and Irrigation Imposition
to he held in Madison Square
Garden, New York city, November 3
to 12.
invitation is extended to farmers
throughout the South to make individual
exhibits and compete for the attractive
prizes to lie offered, which include
a $1,000 cup for the best short
staple cotton. $50rt in gold for the best
25 boxes of apples, $l.f?oo cup for the
best 30 ears of corn, and $1,000 prizes
for alfalfa, potatoes, wheat and oats.
Old Ship Puritan to be Sold.
TVachlnfftnii ?Worthless evcenf a?
Junk, the only monitor Puritan, which
was sunk recently in Hampton Roads
by a high explosive test and subsequently
raised, will be sold to the highest
bidder if the recommendation of an
examining board to the navy department
is adopted. The board found
that the cost of repairing the vessel
would be excessive and recommended
that she be sold, a minimum valuation
of $12,200 being fixed. She cost the
government $3,305,455. It was built
20 years ago.
Honor Brave Confederate Dead.
Washington.?The annual tribute ol
flowers and eulogy was paid to the
soldier dead of the South in Washing
ton national cemetery. With all its
historic and sentimental associations
ns the home of (Jen. Robert E. Lee
commander of the Confederate forces,
the national cemetery was dedicated
for the day to the memory of the defenders
of the Southern cause.
Amng the floral offerings was a
wreath from the President of a r?
united counry. Senator Bob Tayloi
made an address.
Venezuela Given Cold Coffee.
Caracas, Venezuela.?The fact that
t! United States and Great Uritair
have not yet appointed representative!
the centennial celebration of Vene
zuela's independence, which will b<
held the first week In July, has caus
ed much commend here. They art
the only councriei that have not re
sponded to Venezuela's invitation
American residents have been hope
ful that the United States would b<
represented by an ambassador aud i
battleship. There roay he no appoint
meois
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DATES AND PLACES
OF COUNTY FAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WILL ASSIST IN MAKING
ARRANGEMENTS.
STATE FAIR OPENS OCT. 30
More Than a Score of County Fairc
Will be Held in South Carolina During
the Fall?South Atlantic Corn
Exposition Dec. 11.
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Columbia.?More than a score of
county fairs will be held in South
Carolina during the fall. The department
of agriculture has secured
a list of the fairs and will detail a
1 man from the department to assist in
! making the arrangements. All counties
arranging for fairs are requested
to write Commissioner Watson.
The following is a list of the fairs
1 and the dates as reported to the de|
partment:
State Fair, Columbia, Oct. 30-Nov.
4? J. M. Cantey, secretary, Columbia.
Fairfield County Fair. Winnsboro,
Oct. 25-26?J. Frank Fooshe, secretary,
Winnsboro.
Calhoun County Fair, St. Matthews
(date not fired)?Dr. J. K. Fairey,
secretary, St. Matthews.
Pickens County Fair, Pickens (date
not fixed)?W. B. Allgood, president,
j Pickens.
Coastal County Fair, Charleston,
(date not fixed)?A. W. McKeans,
- secretary chamber of commerce,
I Cbarleston.
Spartanburg County Fair, Spartanburg,
last week in October?Jno. P.
Floyd, president, spannnours
Chester County Fair, Chester (latter
part of October (date not fixed)?
J. B. Westbrook, secretary, Chester.
Abbeville County Fair, Abbeville,.
Oct. 18, 19 and 20?J. B. Loyal, secretary,
Abbeville.
Laurens County Fair (date not
fixed)?W. D. Boyd, president, Laurens.)
Kershaw County Fair, Camden,
Nov. 8, 9, and 10.?H. G, Carrison, Jr.,
secretary, Camden.
South Carolina Tomato Exposition.
Aiken (date not fixed)?Miss Marie
S. Cromer, Aiken.
Aikeji County hair, Aiken, first
week in December, Herbert E. Gyles,
secretary, Aiken.
Edgefield County Fair (date not
fixed) - L. \V. Cheatham, secretary,
Edgefield.
Barnwell County Fair (date not
fixed)?Harry 1). Calhoun, secretary,
Branwell.
Greenwood County Fair, Greenwood,
Oct. 23-27?S. Brooks Marshall,
; secretary, Greenwood.
Tri-Countv Fair, Batesburg (date
not fixed)?J. W. McCartba, secretary,
Batesburg.
Colleton County Fair, Walterboro,
(date not fixed)?W. W. Smoak, Jr.,
!
secretary, Walterboro.
Lexington County Fair, Lexington,
i Oct. 26-27-28?S. B. George, secretary,
Lexington.
South Atlantic Corn Exposition,
Columbia, Dec. 11-16?A. D. Hudson,
nresident. Newherrv.
Removing Dispensary Funds.
Following the halt by the state
treasurer in refusing to countersign
he checks for removing the fund of
$25,000 held by the National Loan
and Exchange bank to five banks, located
in the home towns of the members
of the commission, the commission
has made another arrangement
The treasurer refused to sign the
checks liccause four of the banks had
not bci-n approved by the financial
board of the stale as depositories for
state funds. The commission will
place in the Newberry .Savings
bank and $5,000 in the Hank of Hishop
ville. Tin last named bank has recentlv
been approved as a depository
The remaining $15.con will he placed
in the Palmetto National bank of
I Columbia.
Laurens The fourth annual session
of the grand ehapt?r. Order Has tern
Star of South Carolina, will be held
her?- June l'J-22.
Supreme Court Will Decide Issue.
Attorney General Lyon v. ill very
probably ask the supreme court to
deciri. on the right of the new dispensary
commission to employ counsel
without his consent.
The commission has addressed a letter
to the attorney general, in which
it is stated that the commission will
! j stand by its decision to employ the
I firm of Holman & Hoiman.
II The attorney general requested the
dispensary commission to sub' it the
Issue to the supreme court This request
was ignored.
Paid Old Commission Witness Fees.
The dispensary commission, over
11 the protest of one of its members,
Mr. F. H. hominick, of Newberry, has
paid the old members attending the
session of the new commission, when
the vouchers of the old commissioners
were produced.
There was considerable argument
about the payment of the witness fees
to the commissioners who were sum:
moned here to bring the vouchers.
| Every member of the old commission
appeared. Mr. Dominiek went on record
as opposing the payment
Architect for New Asylum Buildings.
The asylum commission selected F.
B. Ware of New York as the architect
for tlie buildings of the new
asylum. Mr. Ware, having had the
experience as at :tect for several
other asylums, was chosen because of
his particular fitness for the undertaking.
He is at present the architect
In charge of the restoration of
the recently burned capltoi at Albany.
Mr. Ware was present at the meeting
and will remain In Columbia for
several days devoting himself to the
prollmlnHrles Incident to his work.
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MES
POSTMASTERS' HAPPY DAY
Effective July 1 a Large Number of
Uncle Sam's Employes Will
Get Increased Salary.
Columbia.?Changes Id the salaries
of the postmasters at the following
places in South Carolina will take
effect July 1, 1911:
Increases?Allendale, $1,400 to $ 1.600;
Barnwell, $1,500 to $1,600;
Blackvllle, $1,500 to $1,600; Branchville,
$1,300 to $1,400; Cheraw, $1,800
to $2,000; Chester, $2,300 to $2,400;
Clemson College, $1,500 to $1,600;
Clinton, $2,000 to $2,100; Columbia,
$3,300 to $3,400; Conway, $1,500 to
$1,600; Darlington, $2,100 to $2,200;
Denmark, $1,400 to $1,500; Dillon,
$1,800 to $1,900; Due West, $1,300 to
$1,400; Gaffney, $2,100 to $2,200;
Hampton, $1,200 to $1,300; Hartsviilp
$1,800 to $1,900: Johnston. $1.
400 to $1,500; King9tree, $1,500 to
$1,600; Lake City, $1,400 to $1,500;
Lamar, $1,000 to $1,100; Lancaster,
$1,900 to $2,000; Latta, $1,300 to $1,400;
Lexington, $1,300 to $1,400; McColl,
$1,400 to $1,500; Marion, $1,900
to $2,000; Mr.yesvllle, $1,000 to $1,100;
Prosperity, $1,100 to $1,200; St.
George, $1,300 to $1,400; Timmonsville,
$1,600 to $1,700; Walterboro
$1,500 to $1,600; WiP.lamston. $1,200
to $1,400; Woodruff. $1,200 to $1,300;
Yong's Island, $1,400 to $1,700.
Decreases?Blacksburg, $1,300 to
$1,200; Ferguson, $1,200 to $1,100;
Walhalla, $1,500 to $1,400.
Cotton Manufacturers Pleased.
The port of Charleston will be made
a distributing point for cotton piece
goods, and as a result the cotton
manufacturers of South Carolina have
abandoned their tight for a reduction
of rates on cotton piece goods in
South Carolina, and especially to the
port of Charleston.
New Railroad Crosses Coast Line.
The South Carolina Western railway
has been given the right to cross
the AMantlc Coast Line rnilway at
Hartsvllie, Darlington and Florence.
A petition was filed with the railroad
commission, asking for permission
to cross at the above named
places. The matter was referred to
the officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line and report was made that permission
had been given the South
Carolina road to cross. The commission
consented to the crossing, but
will not accept the crossing until inspected
by the members of the commission.
The crossings will be inspected
by the commission after being
placed.
No announcement has been made
as to whether the South Carolina ft
Western railway is seeking George
town or Charleston as a port.
The Hosiery Mill Contract.
Capt. Graham was asked whether he
would allow the hosiery mill contract
to be annulled without going to the
cour's; if he would agree to some
sort of settlement for the remaining
years the contract would have to run;
if the machinery could he practically
removed, and, in general, what his
position would be in the matter when
the board of directors meets on the
21st instant.
Capt. Graham replied: "I have nothing
for publication."
Firemens' Tournament Talked About.
Interest in the firemens' tournament
i am! the seventh annual convention of
the South Carolina State Firemen's
association, which will he lield in Columbia
on June 27. 28 and 2!), Is. flatly
increasing, as evidenced by tiie nuinI
er of inquiries for information that
r.re swelling the mail of Chief W. J.
May, chairman of the committee on
arrangements. T. F. James, fire chief
of Darlington, and O. K. Laroque,
| chief of the fire department at Marion,
were in the city to consult with
Mr. May. ftoth of these cities will
be represented by teams in the tottnamuit
centi sf and in the sessions of
iIk ass'i- rit There was also a
n nt here from the firemen
of Sptne.T, N. to enter two
teams from that town and i > make
arrangements for their accommodation
while here.
The Columbia teams will net enter
any of the contests opt n only to teams
in this State, but will take part in all
of the interstate events.
Ridge Spring.?The first carload ot
poaches for this season was loaded
lo re by II. it. Watson & Sons. They
! wire sold on the trek.
Pardoned Old Charleston Negro.
Governor Blease has pardoned Bacchus
Horlbeck. an eld Charleston
county negro, who has been in the
penitentiary since 1S87, having been
convicted of murder, with recommendation
to mercy.
Governor Will Address Firemen.
Governor Blease has been Invited
by Chief Louis Behrens, of the Char
lestcn fire department, pcesident of
the South Carolina Firemen's association.
to speak here at the convention
of the firemen to be held June27.
Dillon Will Have County Fair.
Commissoner Watson and Ira W
Williams, sr.'tro nc< in ci inn i iim-u
States farm dcmonstration work, will
! co to Dillon in a few days to assist in
; the organization of a county fair.
Farmers Jubilant Over Prospects.
W. K. MoOhee, division passenget
agent of the Sontiiern. made short
stops at Orangeburg, St. Matthews,
etc. and stated that everywhere the
farmers wer? Jubilant over the rains,
which have finally put an end to the
excessive drought period.
The Florence Tobacco Crop.
Florence tobacco men have been
making a survey of the situation, and
report that the crop In that section
of the belt will be about one-third.
Mr. Lever's Friend Visits Him. <1
Mr. L. I. Parrott, clerk of the court
of Sumter county, visited his friend,
Representative A. F. Lever, of the 7th
South Carolina district, while stopping
over in Washington on the way to
Rochester, N. Y., to attend the Sovereign
Camp of the Woodjncn of the
World,
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$1.25 PER YEAR
fO ELECT SENATORS
Bf POPULAR IE
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??. i ? . ? SENATE
PASSES RESOLUTION AT
NIGHT SESSION BY BIG
MAJORITY.
FOR FEDERAL SUPERVISION
Amendment Adding This Provision
Passed After Heated Debate?Vice
President Casts Deciding Vcte on
Change?Chair Calls Senator Down.
Washington?The senate, at a night
session, by 64 to 24, passed the reso
ituHnn t
ution amenumg me ^uuoihuuuu
provide for election of senators by
direct popular vote.
The Bristow amendment, giving to
the Federal government supervision
Df such elections, was adopted, 44 to
45, the vice president casting the deciding
ballot. The house has already
passed the resolution.
Senator Reed of Missouri protested
against the vice president casting his
deciding vote. An amendment by
Senator Baccn qualifying the Bristow
amendment to prohibit Federal supervision
o felection unless the state
legislature refuse or fail to act was
defeated, 46 to 43. The resolution as
amended was then finally adopted, 64
to 24.
The debate on the resolution looking
to the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people
began shortly after noon. It soon became
a political affair. Democratic
senators criticised Senator Bristow's
change of attitude. Mr. Bristow
framoH th? nrtnrlnul nmpndment. in
the nature of a substitute to the main
proposition and he sought to continue
the supervision of senatorial elections
in Congress, instead of delegating it
to the states, as proposed by the
house resolution. In the last session
the senator voted against an amendment
offered by Senator Sutherland
of Utah, which would have had the
same efTect as his own provision
Mr. Stone of Missouri arraigned Mr.
Bristow a3 "snatching the amendment"
from Mr. Sutherland. Mr. Bristow
said he first believed the measure
would be stronger without the provision
and now believed it would be
stronger with it.
Mr. Davis of Arkansas arraigned
Mr. Bristow. Referring by name to
Senator Cummins, Clapp and LaFollette,
he declared "the insurgent
crowd never had been sincere on any
subject they have brought before the
I country."
rue cnair canea Mr. uavis 10 order,
Mr. Cummins denied Mr. Davis'
statement of an alleged instance as
untrue. Mr. Bristow refuted the
charge saying that only under great
provicatlon, "would he pay any attention
to what the senator from Arkansas
said."
Mr. Bacon aroused feeling by declaring
that great interests had been
bringing enormous pressure to bear
to defeat the resolution. Senators
Works, Guggenheim and Cummins
arose to refute the allegation. Mr.
Bacon explained that he was imputing
no impropriety to any member.
The alleged defection of the progressives
was scored by Senator Reed
of Missouri; who declared the conversion
of Mr. Brtet-cw to Senator
Sutherland's viewpoint wafc-^because
of the negro vote in Kansas." ~Adoption
of the Bristow amend-'"-^
ment, which omitted the house provision
transferring supervision of senatorinl
elections from Congress to the
! state legislature, was made possible
by Mr. Clarke of Arkansas casting
illc miiv L/emui-ruii': >ui>- ui imosition.
The fie en that ballot would
have been prevented if hi? vote bad
been cast with bis party, with whom
he later voted on adoption of the resolution.
On the resolution as amended
the vote 64 to 24, was six more than
the necessary two-thiida majority. Of
the 24 negative votes, 3 were cast by
Democrats and 13 by Republicans.
The amended resolution now gees
into conference between the senate
and house and some senators predicted
that the house will refuse to
I accept it.
Terrific Storm in Virginia.
Newport News, Va. -Sweeping out
of the southwest with cyclonic velocity,
a wind, rain, hail and electrical
storm struck the lower end of the
Virginia peninsula and left a trail of
death and ruin In its wake. Many
small craft with their human freight
n-cnf Hriu-n In the storm at various
points along the James river and in
Hampton roads. Conservative estimates
place the dead at not more
than fifteen. Half a dozen vessels
moored at piers here broke away and
nearly all were damaged.
President Taft's Silver Wedding.
Washington.?The reception which
the President and Mrs. Taft will give
on June 19, the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their marriage, probably will
be the most largely attended function
ever given in the White House More
than 3,000 invitations have already
been sent out and it is estimated that
.1 ..III | I n .1 |h<lt
; rour uiuunauu wm uc 1111 ncu ouu muv
of these at least three-fourths will attend.
At the silver wedding celebration
refreshments will be served,
there will be dancing in the ea^t rccrt.
and a party on the lawn.
Want Trust Officers Punished.
Washington.?Following the refusal
of Attorney General Wickersham to
furnish the house information as to
whether criminal actions are being
prepared against officials of thq
i American Tobacco company, Representative
dyrns of Tennessee lntrojiuce^ a
concurrent resolution directing Mr.
Wickersham to proceed At once*
against these officers under the criminal
section of the anti-trust law. Mr.
Wickersham did not think it wist to ^ j
(ire out plans of the department of
Justice. j
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