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ESTABLISHED IN 1891 GREAT MOT FIREMEN ENDS PALMETTO TEAM OF COLUMBIA GETS THE HONORS OF THE DAY?MANY PRIZES. ? ? ? HOSPITALITY COMPLIMENTED Many Pay Tribute to Entertainment Received?The Next Meeting Will ba Held at Rock Hill?Laddies Invited to Return. Columbia. ? The South Carolina State Firemen's association closed the 1311 tournament with the hundredyard dash. This was the inoBt successful meeting held since the organization in 1905. Columbia was the winner of the majority of the events. The Palmetto team carried off the honors in the interstate hose wagon race, getting a stream in 29 seconds flat, the same time being made in the state contest. Out of three contests entered the Columbia team came out victorious in two?the 100-yard dash and hand reel race. The consolation race, open to any team failing to carry off a first, was won by Darlington No. 3, with'a time of 29 4-5 seconds. The grab reel race which was interstate, went to Spencer, N. C., the team getting water in 18 1-5 seconds. The visiting firemen were well pleased with the reception accorded in Columbia. One chief said that Columbia had far surpassed in entertainment anything they could possibly have expected. The feeling throughout the entire tournament and convention has been the best; while there has been goodnatured rivalry, nothing h.i? happened to mar the pleasure A band concert and demonstration of the powers of Columbia's new motor flre-fighting machines were held at the course. Rock Hill won the next gathering place, and no doubt the people that say "Rock Hill is a good town" will prove this assertion when the fire laddies invade their city. But. anyway, it has been a pleasure for Columbia to entertain them 300-Mile Road Committee Selected. Plans for the carrying out of the 300mile Charleston Asheville good roads project, which was launched by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce some time ago, are beginning to take definite shape. Managing Secretary A. W. McKeand stated thai the managing and route committee, and the various county vice presidents had all been appointed, the last acceptance arriving in the city. The first meeting of the managing and route committee has been called for next Thursday, July 6, at Columbia by Secretary McKeand. All the members of the committee have notified Mr. McKeand of their intention of taking part in the # session. The exact route of the big road will be definitely laid out by the committee and the date for the construction work will be decided upon. According to reports received in the city recently a number of counties in rw.ris.irn i?iri of thp state and in me uviniviu v ?. ...w the southern portion of North Carolina have already commenced the grading of the roadway; improved road machinery have been used in a number of instances. Captain Bunch is Complimented. Capt. J. W. Bunch, secretary-treasurer of the State Hospital for the Insane, is receiving many compliments upon the corn crop he has on the Asylum farm in Northeast Columbia, of which lie is manager. During the Firemen's Convention numbers of planters visiting in the city have made opportunities to inspect the crop. Gen B. H. Teague. of Aiken, who saw the farm recently, has written to the Aiken Sentinel and Review from Saluda. N. C.. saying: "On the Asylum farm I noticed the finest field of corn I ever saw. In rows less than three feet apart and six inches in the row the corn would average over six feet high. It is said that Capt. Bunch. v. mnnonnp ic !l fnpn.Priltt'Cr " Complaint Before Commission. The railroad commission of South Carolina has asked the interstate commerce commission to decide the ques tion as to whether the town of Cheraw is being discriminated against by the Seaboard Air Line railway and the Atlantic Coast Line railway in the matter of freight rates The board of trade of Cheraw ha* filed complaints with the railroad commission alleging that the above named roads were giving Wadesboro and Monroe, X. a better freight rate on several classes of goods. These Rats Died. After eating a few grains of corn, two rats died at the state house. I'nder the feed stuffs law. samples of corn are required to he sent to the state department of agriculture by the inspectors. Some rotten corn was left tahlp The two rats nibbled. They nib'vlcd for a few minutes and then died. The corn had been con demned by lite chemist of the state department of agriculture. It is the kind of corn now being eliminated from the markets of the state by the feed stuffs law. Avan( is injhe Pentinentiary. W. B. Avant. who was convicted on the charge of killing Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham in Georgetown and who was recently captured at Cameron. Texas, was placed in the state penitentiary Avant was convicted two years ago along with Dr G. C Bigham, the husband of the woman. Both prisoners were released on bond pending an appeal to the supreme court, and both jumped their bond and left the state. Up to the present time Bigham has *ot been captured. THE GOVERNOR PAROLES GLENN Slayer of Clinton Rhoden Who Wat Given a Five-Year Sentence it Now a Free Man. Columbia.?Governor Please paroled W. B. Glenn, of Lexington counly, during good behavior. Glenn had been under parole while his papers were being prepared. Glenn was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five yeara in the Penitentiary from June of 1910. Glenn has not served any of his sentence since he was out on appeal, and later Covernor Blease gave him a parole until July 1, the parole .being made permanent, that is, during good be In paroling Glenn Governor Blease referred to the statement of Presiding Judge Ernest Gary to the grand jury in the presence of the petit jurors. The Governor also referred to the solicitor's statement that although Glenn had worked for him (the solicitor) and was a friend he wanted the conviction. These two statements. Govenor Blease stated, were indirect violations of the constitutional rights of the defendant. There were petitions and counter | petitions iu the Glenn case.. In one of the counter petitions it was stated that Clinton Rhoden. the man whom Glenn killed, was unarmed. Before the Supreme Court the charge of Judge Gary was attacked. Judge Gary in charging the grand Jury referred to the prevalence of killings and tq the hip-pocket defence. It so happened that the petit Jurors were present, although the Glenn case had not come to trail. The defense contended that by charging the grand jury in a manner that so well happened to fit the Glenn case, that the constitutional rights of the defendant were trespassed upon. The Supreme Court upheld Judge Gary. Among letters to Governor Blease " OKfteiff PaHov of T ^>Y was uur nuui ouvi m vv* iv^, v. ?- ? ington, asking that Glenn be pardoned. There were many letters and petitions in this case, most of them for Glenn, but several against him. The parole granted to Glenn makes him a free man during good behavior. Hosiery Mill Records Are Shown. In the hosiery mill at the state penitentiary a "hot-bed" of tuberculosis and is it a public nuisance? This question has been raised and is now receiving the attention of the board of directors of the penitentiary, the state board of directors of the penitentiary, the state board of health and J. M. Graham, who holds the contract for five years with the state of South Carolina. The board of health haa made a report and the governor has ordered that the contract be abolished. The board of directors at a meeting several days ago found that it was impossible to abolish the contract with J. M. Graham because of several legal questions. Mr. Graham has made the board several propositions relative to the contract, and these will be considered here on July 12. when the board meets in special session. Attorney General Lyon and the governor have been asked to attend the meeting, and the attorney general will give an opinion as to the right pf the board to abolish the agreement. A. K. Sanders, the chairman of the board of directors gave to the state a written statement with reference to the position of the board. Watson Succeeds Col. Cosgrove. Commissioner Watson has been notified that he has been appointed executive committeeman for South ! Carnlinn r>f th?> National Irrigation Congress, vice Col. James Cosgrove, of Charleston, deceased. The following is a copy of the letter: Nineteenth National Irrigation Congress. Chicago Ills., June 9. 1911. Mr. E. J. Watson. Commissioner. 1 Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries. Columbia. R. C My Dear Mr Watson It gives me pleas | ure to inform you that the Hon II. ! A. Fowler, president of the National ; Irrigation Congress, has appointed you executive committeeman for South . Carolina, vice Mr. James Congrove. deceased. I am enclosing a copy of the notification which is going to your governor, honorary vice presidents and members of the South Carolina advisory committee. With best wishes, believe me, very truly yours. (Signed) Arthur Hooker, Secretary. Appoint Nurse For Public Service. A resolution contemplating the \ employment of a graduate nurse for ! public service in the city, which was presented by the board of health was indorsed by the city council. The resolution was presented by Dr. W. A. Licyd, city health officer and secretary j of the board of health. The resolu- ! lion follows: "Resolved. That a graduate nurse, who has had training in such work as district visiting, prevention of tubeculosis and its contagion, be employed by the board as an inspector. To Turn Tag Tax Into School Fund. There is a movement und?r headway that promises to he a great thing for the educational interests of the state at large. The following petition is being circulated: "We, the under- j signed enters of South Carolina, do hereby petition our honorable legislature to pass the necessary act or take the necessary steps whereby the income from the fertilizer tax shall he directed in part to the maintenance ' of an agricultural course in our rural schools. Matters of Importance Before Council. Several matters of importance will | come before city council. Council will discuss the report by federal inspec- ! tors as to short weights and measures in Columbia, and will very likely adopt some plan to remedy the alleged evil : \ report will be made by Dr. William A. Boyd, city health officer, on his in(spection of the abattoirs at Anderson and Greenville. Further action will very likely be taken on the abattoir question and a report made oa same. : fo] * LlSllfi STIES 5T. MICHAELS HISTORICAL CHURCH IS SET ON FIRE BY LEVIN BOLT. THE DAMAGE WAS NOMINAL Flames Break Out In Flooring of Choir Loft Just In Front of Organ?Sexton's Frompt Action Avert* a Very Serious Blaze. Charleston?The most widely known building in South Carolina and one oi the most famous in thfe entire south aad a narrow escape from destruction when St. Michael's Church, at the cor- ; ner of Broad and Meeting streets, was struck by lightning and set on fire. But for the fact that the sexton. Mr. C. N. BeeBley, waB in the church at the time and detcted the flames within i few seconds after they had broken DUt in the organ loft, it is probable ! that the church would have been de- J stroyed or at the least badly damaged, j Had the thunder storm, in the course of which the church was struck, taken place at night, the chances are that the Are would have gained too great headway to be successfully fought. As it was, the prompt action of Mr. Beesley in turning in an alarm and the quick work of the firemen after they had arrived on the Bcene, confined the blaze to the flooring beneath the choir loft. Mr. Beesley stated that the damage was nominal. Mill Men Visit Chester. Chester.?Lewis W. Barker, T. F. Parker and David Jennings of Greenville and T. K. Elliott of Winnsboro, president of the Wylle mill of this city, spent two hours here on their way to Abbeville. They came up from Winnsboro. These gentlemen are all well known mill men, Lewis Parker being probably the largest mill owner In the south. He is the originator and hpad of the great Parker mill merger. capitalized at several millions dollars and controlling a chain of mills throughout the Piedmont section. While here the party looked over the mills and expressed themselves as delighted with the city. Whether their visit means that the local mills are going into the merger is not known. Endorses Railway Franchise. Roia Hill.?As stated several weeks ago the Carolina Traction Company > has had in preparation a franchise to be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce of Rock Hill in the matter of an electric street railway. This has been done and the franchise submitted. A meeting of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce was held to consider the matter and after a full discussion the following resolution prposed by Mr. C. K. Schwrar was adopted: "Resolved, That the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Rock Hill endorse the granting of the franchise to the Carolina Traction Company: provided, that the above changes be written into said franchise." The changes referred to in the resolution are in substance as follows: No steam or animal power ran be used in operating the line. The city council shall have power to regulate the hauling of freight on the streets of the city. Work shall begin within one year and at least two and onehalf miles be completed and in opera- j tion on regular schedule within two voot-c Qtirl ? Hnilv srhednle maintained except when relieved by the city coun- 1 oil. A provision for regulating the number of tracks with regard to width and streets. Fifty years, instead of sixty, to be life of franchise, and nothing '<> be construed as an <xci :siv< franchise. The large majority of Rock Hill's citizens are willing and eager to vote for any reasonable franchise which will give us electric cars in the city and a connection with the Seaboard Air Line, and it is hoped that the Carolina Traction Company will accept the above changes as suggested by the Chamber of Commerce. Abbeville.?Improvements going on at the present time in Abbeville will add greatly to the appearance of the Etjuare and Main street. University Board Holding Meeting. Columbia.?The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina, at a meeting, decided that the board had no legal right to give the Columbia ** nnmnonv normissinn fn oucri laimni vuinp?>ii.T Fv? ....vw.w.. - pass through tthe grounds of the university on Bull street. The substi- 1 tute proposition is through Pickens street. A resolution to the above effect will be sent to city council should request be made. The question was generally discussed by the board. No other action was taken at the meeting of the Board. From Chester to Rock Hill. Chester can and will join with Hock Hill most heartily in that proposed road between the two cities, whether it results in the adoption of the road as a national automobile highway or not. The people cf the two cities and those who live in the intervening territory are entitled to a good road between these two livest little cities of the lower Piedmont; and the possibility of the road's becoming the offt ial automobile highway should be idded argument for the authorities, as it means more money in their pockets. May Keep Liquor For Personal Use. Columbia That it was unlawful for one to have liquor in his possession in ? prohibition county, no matter what quantity or for what purpose." This j conclusion is reached by the supreme "ourt in reversing the case of the ;tate against Lloyd Green from Sum.er county and a final construction is ilaced upon the act of 1909 with reference to the storing or keeping of whiskey in a dry county. The opinion in the case is by Associate Justice Hjdrlck. RT 'ORT MILL, S. C? THU1 FROM THE PALMETTO STATE News Notes That the Editor Has Carefully Selected For the General Public of South Carolina. Lesville.?The Baptist church of Leesville, which has been vacant Bince last February, iR to have a regular pastor. Rev. hrank M. Hauser of Denmark has accepted a call to this church, in connection with one at Monetta. He will at once assume charge of theBe churches, and will move here with his family about September 1. Greenwood.?The June term of the court of general sessions haH adjourned . Judge Gary discharged the petit jurors and took up the minor appeal cases and motions. There was only one Jail prisoner for trial, a negro woman. Hattie Caldwell, who shot and killed a negro man. John Johnson, at Coronaca last week. Her case was continued. Camden.?The people of Camden are suffering from an ice famine during the present hot weather. Robert Kennedy, the local ice dealer, has been out of ice for the past several days. He has made every effort to procure ice to supply his customers, having telegraphed and telephoned to 22 different towns, but to no avail. The drug stores and soda fountains are ordering ice in small Individual lots from Columbia and Sumter. Columbia.?"Where are the public baths in Columbia in 1911?" This query was made by Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the state hospital for the Insane, in announcing the historical fact that there were public baths in Columbia in 1825. He made this statement in discussing the future water supply of Columbia. Dr. Babcock said that the baths proved a great pleasure to the citizens of Columbia in 1825. Dillon.?Hugh Stanton of Gallavon, has Just returned from Washington, where he went to get a patent or a combined guano distributor and cotton seed planter. After thorough examination of the patent records there was nothing found to conflict with his ingenious invention, which is so designed tha< one man and a pair of mules can do the same labor that four men and four mules can do working separately. Orangeburg.?Tbe spring term court common pleas convened, Judge George H. Prince of Anderson presiding. As no jury cases are to be tried at this court the sessions will be taken up in equity matters, giving orders, hearing appeals and demurrers and making other adjudications. The regular term should have been held earlier in June, but at a meeting of the Orangeburg bar it was decided to continue 1 the jurj cases until the October term and to bold open for matters not nec cooita mips jui j. Darlington. The people of Darling- i ton ujo delighted at the outcome of ; the freinen's races in Columbia, Darlington No. 2 winning second money in the race <.id first money in the handicap race .ifid also third money in the intetstate race. Chief L F. James and his !addl?s have the congratulations of the people of Darlington on being able to present at a contest a department that stands among the very best, not only in the state, but in other states as well. Anderson.?A steam turbine auxiliary plant to generate about 1,600 horse power of electricity has beeniebwexzfl power is to be installed here by the Anderson Water, Light and Power j company at once at a cost of approximately $T>0,000. The new plant will | be located at the present city sub-station of the company, the buildings there being enlarged to accommodate the additional machinery, condensers, cooling towers, switchboards, transformers, etc. Columbia II re is an argument for .1 central slaughter pen under supervision by local authorities," remarked l?r Boyd, city health officer. .Mayor Gibbes received notice the other day that five hogs had been Killed near Kastover by lightning and that the animals had been afterwards butchered and sent to Columbia for cold storage. Dr. Boyd found that the animals had been brought here, but the owner said they were lor his personal use. Dr. Boyd at once condemned the meat and ordered it buried with lime. Abbeville.?J. L. Johnson, superintendent of streets, has the concrete bridge across Barker's branch almost completed. This completes the work of bridging all tfie streams that are crossed by the several roads coming into the city. Columbia. Orangeburg's blue prints for the improvements at the passenger station were forwarded to that city. The city authorities are to look the prints over and make any comment desired upon the proposed improvements. The station is to be improved and yards given a cement walk in front of the station. Gilbert.?An effort is being made to unite the Hollow Creek telephone line with the Delmar line, which would practically cover Lexington, Saluda, Newberry and a large part of Aiken county with the one system. Columbia.?The G. Wash Hunter case was formally argued before Governor Blease A pardon is being sought and the petition was presented. Hunter is under sentence of eight years for the killing of Libert Copeland in Laurens county. Hunter is under parole. In all probability Coventor Blease will act in this case very soon, it is stated. Washington. It was announced here that \V. 0. Bailey of Charleston had been appointed to a position in the postoffice department. His compensation will be $900 a year. Columbia.?Of particular interest to Columbians just now is the address made by Louis Behrens, chief of the Charleston fire department, before the association, on the practical use of the automobile fire engine. Recently this city has purchased an automobile engine and an automobile chemical, and the figures as to raving in cost and the increased efficiency given the department ore well worth studying. / I MILL RSDAY, JULY 6, 1911. MASKED MEN HOLD UP MAIL TRAIN OARING DEED HAPPENED WITH- J IN FEW MILES OF THE CITY OF ERIE. MAIL CLERK IS BADLY SHOT - -- ? Many Shots Are Fired and the Conductor is Seriously Hurt?Train Had Narrow Escape From Going Over Embankment. Erie, Fa?A fast mail and passenger train on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad was held up five miles from this city by a band of a dozen masked men. The mail and express cars were rifled and three of the crew, C. H. Block of Erie, mail clerk, and H. D. Roonie, Erie, conductor, were injured. C. D. Bemls was shot in the arm. Block was shot in the right side and was tak?n to a hospital in .1 dying condition. Rooney received serious injuries when he was hit by a stone thrown by one of the robbers. When the train was making a large curve, the engineer saw an obstruction ahead. He stopped the train with all possible speed, but not before it crashed into tieB and telegraph poles that had been placed across the track. When the train hit the obstruction it was first believed by the passengers that there had been a collision with another train. The next moment, however, the crack of revolvers acquainted them with the real cause of the train's stopping. As the Irain came to a standstill several of the passengers alighted to ascertain the trouble. Their presence drew the fire of the band of masked men and there was a stampede to reenter the cars. An unknown passenger, who, braver than the rest, caught hold of one of u.-n?j nirkpd un bodily and thrown over a 300-foof embankment. HIh condition is serious. The man's hands, face and body were badly cut and his clothing torn from his back. A Thorough Investigation. Atlanta, (la.?A resolution providing for a searching investigation of the State Department of Agriculture, by a committee of three practical farmers from the Senate and five from the House, was introduced in the House of Representatives. Represen- i tative Ault of Polk county, the author of the resolution, declared that it was ; aimed at no particular person, but" was intended to give to the farmers of the state some much-desired information about the operation of the department and where certain proposed improvements can he made. The inauguration of Governor-elect Smith will be marked by the simplest ceremonies. After the joint session of the House and Sennte, where he will b* sworn in, Govenor Smith will go to the executive offices where he will hold and informal reception. Governor Rrown, the retiring executive, following the inaugural ceremony, will go to his old home at .Marietta, where the citizens of Cobb ant! adjoining counties have planned a big reception for him. Cotton Expected to be Higher. New Orleans.?The cotton market is in a waiting attitude as the result of the nearness of the July report b> the government on the condition of the growing crop. The general ex- 1 pectation is for bearish figures. In some quarters the highest July figures on record are looked for. but thus far the market has been very steady. It is probable that the trading will be exciting if the figur- s are a surprise one way or another Almost to a man the cotton trade ; expects a higher report than Isst ; month when the figures were 87.8 per 1 cent of the normal. The reports that ' the crop in Texas and Oklahoma up to i June 25, the time to which the eon: dition is to be carried, suffered no i damage from drought, and to numberless reports from many portions of the central and eastern sections of the ; belt to the effect that the crop is in nearly perfect if not normal condition. Grand Prize Automobile Races. Savannah. Ga ?Sanction was received here for running the grand prize automobile rare November 3d. next, over roads in this county. It has been decided to run three races, including the Vanderbilt, simultaneously, but the date originally selected has ; been changed and the Vanderbilt, Sa| vannah challenge trophy and Tiedeman trophy races will he run Monday, November 27. The second of these trophies has been contested for once, th" third has been contested lor twice. Young Man is Adrift. C'otuit, Mass.?Somewhere on the waters of Vineyard sound, a young man named Kenneth Linn of Tampa. Fla., is believed to be sailing or drift ing in a small sail boat without loon or drink. There is a possibility, however. that he has been picked up by some passing vessel or has fallen into the sea and lost his life. Linn, who is understood to he of a wealthyfamily. is said to have become mentally unbalanced as a result of having , bet n hit by a ball during a ball game tiiis spring Wall Falls Killing Many. Buffalo.?Ten men were crushed to death and seven others seriously in jured in the collapse of the roof and other portions of the Buffalo water department's new pumping station at the foot of Porter avenue on the lake front. The dead are buried beneath hundreds of tons of steel, brick and mortar. Most of the injured were at work on the roof which was 300 feet long and 100 feet wide. About 200 feet of thU suddenly fell in. The cause has net yet bean ascertained. . TI FORESTS TO BE REPLANTED Government Foresters Are Making a Careful Study With View to Replacing Cut-Over Woodlands. Charleston.?Dr. Johannes Zon, of the forestry department in Washington, and 1'rof. H. W. Varre, in charge of the forestry work at Clemson College, two experts with a wide reputation, have been in Charleston and its vicinity during the past few days for the purpose of conducting experiments and making observations with regard to the replanting of so-called cut-over land with trees of every description. The experts left the city for their respective homes, and will later submit a report of their investigations to the forestry department in Washington. They expressed themselves as highly satisfied with the result of the visit here. The two visitors were shown over some of the reclaimed land areas in the section of country north of the city by Engineer Held Whitford and Capt. S. G. Stoney, of | the county drainage and sanitary commission. Dr. Zon and Prof. Varre spent one ciay ai me uutciiuucui .?. station at Summerville, where they arranged for the maintenance of a small area on which will be planted pine saplings of every description. These young trees will be carefully studied from time to time. Their growth and general progress will be noted with a view of ascertaining Just how long it will take to resupply any cut-over area with timber. The situation was studied carefully by the two experts. Plans are also under way for the establishment of a similar station on Capt. Stoney's plantation near Goose Creek. Commission Orders Better Service. An order issued by the railroad commission of Sjuth Carolina requires the Northwestern railroad of South Carolina to make general improvements along its line. The complaint in the case was filed by the chamber of commerce of Camden and several hearings were held. The order of the commission requires the road to install a telegraph or telephone system along its line. The following is the order of the commission: "On April 22. 1911, the citizens of Camden filed a complaint with the railroad commission against the Northwestern railroad of South Carolina, charging insufficient service and praying for relief. A date was appointed for a hearing upon this matter at Camden, and on May 20, 1911, all parties interested were heard by the commission, and the evidence taken stenographically and is upon file in the commission's office. After the taking of the evidence a date for the hearing of arguments by plaintiffs' and defendants' attorneys was postponed until June L'2, 1911, and upon that date L. A. Wittkowsky, for the citizens of Camden, and J R S. Lyles, for tho Northwestern railroad of South Carolina, were heard. After hearing and fully considering the evidence and the arguments submitted in this case, if is the decision of the commission that the charges preferred by the petitioners in this case have been largely sustained. Are to Try Out Service. Local business men have brought about a long wished for improvement and one that benefits not only Sumter but. all the central portion of the state adjacent to the Atlantic Coast Line from Charleston through Columbia to Greenville. Vice President Kenly announces that he will operate Pullman cars with buffet service on the Charleston-Sumter-ColumbiaGreenville train. After the train leaves Columbia going north if is no longer on Atlantic Coast Line tracks, hut coos over the Columbia. Newberry & Laurens If is not doubted, however that this line will continue the Cullman from Columbia to Greenville The chief need of this car is that the train leaves Charleston too early in the tnorninj for breakfast and returning reaches there too late at night for supper, so that travelers are incommoded. Between Columbia and (Jreenville the dinner hour is passed, so that again travelers must go hungry. Efforts have been made once or twice before to secure this car but without result. The service is ordered as a trial till January. Marine Officer Back at Navy Yard. Lieut. Col. Ben Heband Fuller, tTnited States marine corps, has returned to the Charleston Navy Yard from duty in the Gulf of Mexico and has once more resumed command of the marine barracks at this post. It was feared for a time that Col. Fuller might be absent from Charleston three months, thus becoming automatically detached from service here, but he has returned from Guantanamo well within the three months. Ho left here about the same time as the body of marines did. Meeting of Cotton Seed Crushers. The general condition of the cotton seed industry in this state was dis cussed at the annual meeting of the South Carolina Cotton seed Crushers' association. A large number of cotton seed men were present. An executive session was held at which time reports were made by the various officials. At an executive session committees were named to attend to various matters in connection with the association. The members of the association were given a barbecue which was greatly enjoyed. County Club Held Meeting. At a special meeting of the memli< rs of Ridgewood Country club, the lx>nd issue of $30,000, authorized at the meeting on May 15, was duly ratified and the president and secretarj'treasurer were authorized to prepare and deliver the bonds. In order that the club may own Its club house end grounds the members recently determined to purchase, through Edwin W. Robertson of the Public Service corporation, the present club house and 171-2 acres of land, embracing firs golf greens MES GEN. C, A.'EVANS HAS PASSED ? A PROMINENT CONFEDEATE VETERAN IS CALLED TO HIS LAST REWARD. ? - - ? .... END WAS NOT UNEXPECTED He Served the South Gallantly in the Civil War?A Sketch of a Long and Useful Career in Service of His Country. Atlanta.?After lingering at death's door for nearly a month, Gen. Clement A. Evans, formerly commander-inchief of the United Confederate Veterans, died at his home in this city of Bright's disease. His death was not unexpected and several ot his J children were at his bedside when the end came. General Evans, who was 79 years old, has been confined to his home since the first of last April, but he ha6 been in ill health for several years. He was born in Stewart county, Georgia, In 1833 and came to Atlanta to make his permanent home in : 1889, when he was appointed presiding elder of the Griffin district in the ' S'orth Georgia conference of the Southern Methodist church. At the time of his death. General Evans was still a member of the North Georgia conference, holding the office of treasurer of the Preachers' Aid Society. General Evans was elected commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans in April 1908 and served for two years, declining to accept re-election on account of his health. He was then elected to the position of honorary commander-inchief, being the first member of the ' veterans' organization to be accorded ' that honor. General Evans is survived by six -rhildren Mrs \V. S. Eve and L. B. Evans of Augusta, Ga., P. H. and | Clement W. Evans, of Mexico City and Mrs. R. G. Stephens and Miss Sarah Lee Evans of Atlanta. . A Terrible Accident at Grade Crossing. New York.?Five persons were killed and two injured in a grade crossing accident near Ozone park in the suburbs. The victims were in a horse: drawn vehicle which was struck by a Long Island railroad train. The crossing where the accident occurred is at the bottom of a slight declivity and flanked by obstructions which prevent a clear view in either direction In the wagon was a party of five residents of the East Side who were out plcknicking and a driver. Of the four women and two men In the vehicle, only one?a woman?is alive, and she probably will die. The other injured person is Richard Creed, conductor of the electric train which struck the vehicle. The bodies of two of the victims were ground under the train. Two other bodies came hurling through the open front door "of the first car and alnicU CrooH a a ho slnnrt in fh.> nisle The Impact knocked him against the car seats with terrific force and one of his arms was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated. American Jews Plan Colony. Tennersvllle, N. Y.?To buy one hundred thousand acres of land annually in Palestine in order to establish colonies of Jews was the principal proposition of a practical nature placed before the fourteenth annual convention of the Federation of American Zionists at its sessions. This proposition was made by the National Fund Commis- ! sion. The commission reported that In addition to the thirty-eight agricultural colonies established in Palestine through the efforts of Zionists, a residential suburb for artisans had been established close to the port ot Jaffa. It tyas recognized in the debate that the policy of the Young Turk party, aiming toward the nationalization of the entire Turkish empire and in opposition to the autonomy of the various nationalities within the empire, was bound to delay the realization of the Zionists' purpose to secure a home for the Jews in Palestine. Amusement Park Threatened by Fire. Chicago.?River View Park, one of the largest amusement places in the west, was threatened with destruction by fire, believed to be of incendiary origin. Half a dozen concessions were destroyed with an estimated loss of $20,000. The fire started in a vacant store just outside the park and spread inside-the grounds. Miss Anna West, night nurse In the baby incubator, who was sleeping on the grounds, was the first to give the alarm. She succeeded in removing her ten charges to a place of safety. A Riot at State Reformitory. Los Angeles, Cal.?Following a day of uproar at the Whittier State School, I a reformatory institution, seven girl inmates were brought here and locked up in the county jail. Search for knives and hatchets, with which some of the girls had armed themselves, is being conducted at the institution. Most of the guards have been withdrawn from the boys' department of the school to reinforce those assigned to watch the girl Inmates and seven deputy sheriffs have gone from here to increase the boy's guard. A Number of Instruction Trains. Washington. Fifty-two of the leading railroads of the United States operated agricultural instruction trains for the benefit of farmers along their routes, using 239 cars and spending more than $90,000 in the service during the twelve months ending June 30, lblO, according to a report 5**t mad* * r\! airrlpiilblM tlT IU lll? Official j ui ?o' _ farmers institute specilist John Hamilton. If Is estimated that 379.290 people attended the Institutes conducted on the trains. $1.25 PER YEAR NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA A Fev Short New# Items That Have Been Carefully Collected From All Over the State. Spartanburg.?Jesse Kirk, colored, shot and killed Will Woods, also colored, near Switzer, in Spartanburg county. The shooting was the result of a quarrel over a irival affair, Kirk, who was Woods' brother-in-law, is in the county pail. Florence.?The Palmetto Bank and Trust Company of Florence, has b?en chartered with a capital stock of ?50,000. The officers are J. W. Ragsdale, president; J. M. Holliday, vice presi* j ?. 1 r> w rnahler A Ut* III ttllU v.. iU. lllVVUilJi VfWM.v. general banking business will be conLexington.?The people of Batesturg and Lee&ville and representative citizens from the three counties of Lexington, Aiken and Saluda, will meet at Summerland on Tuesday, July 4. upon the occasion of the big annual barbecue. Charleston.?Suit for $497.26 damages was brought by the Combahee Fertilizer Company against D, H. Towles and L. G. Owens, the papers in the case being filed in the office of the clerk of court. The case involves the payment of a promissory note. The answer to the summons for relief papers filed by the plaintiff ' were not handed to the clerk of court. Columbia?The claim of S. W. > Scruggs of Spartanburg fcr $4,000 has been refused by the dispensary commission. Mr. Scruggs claimed the above amount for delivering a witness * to this state in connection with the dispensary graft trials. He alleged that the contract was verbal and that it was made with Attorney General Lyon. Columbia.?The new dispensary commission held two long executive sessions. It was announced by Edgar M. Thomson, the secretary of the commission that only routine business was discussed. It is said that the auditor named by the commission to { ? investigate tne voucners 01 tne oia commission made report. The nature of the report was not announced. Columbia.?A corn meal sold in South Carolina will be examined by the chemist of the feedstuffs department of the department of agriculture. Commissioner Watson announced that he had instructed the inspectors of his department to draw samples of all corn meal on sale in this state. The examination of corn meal will be held under the pure food and pure foodstugs laws. Cowpens ? Chief of Police Godfrey, iyjfi of Cowpens, appeared before Magistrate J. M. Bowden in Spartanburg on the charge of shooting on passenger train No. 40 several days ago. Captain Rose, the conductor of the train, the porter ind three special agents appeared as witnesses against the defendant. After hearing all the testimony, the court imposed a fine of $50. Charleston.?Carolina day, commemorating the defeat of the British fleet in its assault upon Charleston harbor 1 SB years ago, was quietly observed. T he holiday was so quietly regarded that the day was hardly recognized as a holiday. The South Carolina society of the Sons of the Revolution held its quarterly meeting and the Sumter Guard camp of United Confederate veterans, now reduced to a few old soldiers, held their annual reunion. Orangeburg.?Orangeburg, continues to enjoy a substantial and healthy growth. The frame building on Church street, between the Young America building and the Farmers' Union Tnist and Bank bidding, liaa been torn away and is to be replaced at once by a modern, brick office building. The building will be pretty in design and will add much to this street. Woodruff.?While returning from ? Spartanburg to Woodruff in an automobile A. E. McGhee, Preston Jones and Lamar Kirby, three well known young men of Woodruff, were badly injured at Heaver Dam creek, about live miles from Spartanburg. The car in which they were rising plunged over the concrete bridge into the gub ley about 15 feet below. Mr. McGee escaped with three broken ribs and was otherwise bruised up, while the other occupants of the car sustained slight injuries, though no bones were broken. The car was totally wrecked and is now standing on its end in the gulch. Charleston.?Orders have been received from Washington detaching Assistant Surgeon W. H, Short lrom duty here in the reserve torpedo flotilla, and ordering Surgeon L."*W. Johnson from the transport Prairie to take his place at this yard. ^ Charleston.?Capt. James C. Clot worthy of Company A, Third infantry, N. G. S. C., returned to Charleston from the Texas frontier, where, with Col. J. E. Cogswell of the Third regiment and other off ers of the South Carolina National Guard, he has been participating in the manoeuvres of the United States troops. Columbia.?Joseph A. Gaines of Columbia. left for Hogalust, La., where he will act as assistant secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of that place. He was formerly connected with the State department of agriculture and has many friends in the *city. Columbia.?Announcement has been made that three additional' specialists will be named to prosecute the hockworm camr<>ign in this state. Dr. J T. Howell, of Kenly, S. C.. will begin work on July 1; on July 15 an other specialist will begin here. Dr. Routh, of Hampton, is now at work in Richland county. Charleston.? Paymaster Stackhouse will leave here. His office will be filled by Paymaster Lamar ^ fc Mayesville.?Work was commenced on the new brick hotel, which la being built by W. N. McElveon on the ite or roe., om buhw umm?ws, ?*?' . , - } the Coaat line drpot T. ? Fort, > local contractor. ia In charge oI work, and expects to nave '-tJM^piM^htad| fcob'elry in readineM for fall bccVjj^^H pooc.f. The building will be strfct^HB^fl Model in construction and will tain thr<.? large store rooms on flrat flcor in addition to a lobby, dii^^^^B tog rccm and kitchen. V 1