Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 27, 1911, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED IN 189!
EDUCATIONAL BOARD I
ADOPTED READERS
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^ THE B. F. JOHNSON COMPANY RE- (
FUSID TO ACCEPT THE CON- t
TRACT FOR READERS.
HOUGH MAKES STATEMENT !
The Education Board Gives the Con- I
r.nmnaftw?States >
Why W. F. Johnson Company Could
Not Take the Contract.
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Columbia.?"We can not sign it if
we hope to exist. It is like placing
a rope around our neck and handling
that rope over to the book trust;
that is our position. It is utterly impossible
for us to do it, if we hopeto
live."
This statement was made before
the state board of education at a
special meeting by F. F. Hough, the
representative of the B. F. Johnson
Publishing company of Richmond,
the company refused to accept the
oontract for the third, fourth and fifth
readers under the interpretation of
the board of education. Following
the refusal of the Johnson company
to accept the contract, the board
awarded the contract, it is said, for
the third, fourth and fifth readers
to the Heath company. The Johnson
company is under a bend of $1.000
for the fulfillment of its contract.
Just whether this money will be retained
by the board Is not known.
F. F. Hough, the representative of
the B. F. Johnson Publishing company
of Richmond, made the following
statement as to why the contract
wun me siaie Dcara 01 eaucauuu was \
refused. "The acceptance of this i
contract, under the Interpretation of
the state board of education, would t
mean the absolute destruction of our c
company. The 60 per cent exchange a
allowance on the Wheeler books, a
which are considerably higher in e
price than our books of the same t
grade, in some instances, means as
much as 83 1-3 per cent exchange in t
our books. We have numerous state 1
adoptions on this series of readers, a
Were we to have accepted this contract
we would have been compelled V
under the terms of our contract with
other states to grant them the same c
y. exchange allowance. s
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Hope That Governor Will be Good. \>
The appointment of the Hon. J. t
Willard Uagsdale on the board of I
trustees of the South Carolina In- i
dustrial School, which is located at <
Florence, by Governor Blease, gives i
entire satisfaction to Florence peo- !
pie, and all are pleased that the Gov- ]
ernor acted so wisely. Mr. Ragsdale <
is a great friend of the institution <
and when the Governor was here at- <
tonHinir thr- Pur;il Garriprs' Conven- ]
tion, on July 4, Mr. Ragsdale took j
the opportunity and pleasure in car- i
rying the Governor out to see this c
splendid institution of which Flor- t
entines as a rule are justly proud, t
and of which Florentines hope that t
the Governor will in time be exceed- *1
ingly proud, regardless of the fact I
that he "chopped" off the state's ap- 1
propriation to that school ? s
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The Constable Hits a Snag. I
When the Sandy Run section of
Calhoun County belonged to old Lex- 1
ington, it was so far away from the
county seat and the legal offices that c
the negroes and some whites, not ac- r
customed to the bit of the law, peri- r
odically gave much trouble. Under i
the new order of things, Sheriff a
Dantzler, vigilant and active, subdued t
the wild element to a degree beyond c
the expectations of the most opti- i
rnistic. Recently, however, reports (
were so rife about "blind tigers" l
white and black?in fact all the colors 1
of the rainbow were represented? i
that two detectives were sent into <
that "neck of the woods" to bring I
some of the violators to the light of (
day. Their sojourn was fleeting and 1
unenviable. One or the law sleuths <
was set upon and beaten, two teeth <
were dispatched down his throat and c
his pistol and six dollars in money t
were stolen. t
Was Pardoned in Spite of Protest. I
nnnnnn/iomAnt that thn O-AVOf.
I IIV Ulim'UUVVIilVIIV luav IUV ? V
nor had pardoned H. L Bazin was t
received here Bazin was found guilty 1
at a recent term of court of manslaughter
in causing the death of L
E. l'ostcn at a school festival in this
section of the county in which both
live. The friends of Bazin and his
attorneys insist that the conviction
was unjust to Bazin, and was due to
the :harge of the trial judge to the
jury and that thee was evidence that
^ might, if It had been brought out.
been the means of acquitting Bazin.
Arrests Men Who Got License*.
Sheriff J G. Long, acting under instructions
from the governor, went
to the office of the city clerk and obtained
the names of the nine parties
to whom near-beer licenses had been
tasnori hv the citv of t'nion Seven
of the nine alleged violators of the !
law have been arrested and are out 1
on bond. The other two are ill, but 1
will be placed under arrest as soon <
as practicable. The sheriff states i
that he is going to follow the law I
and continue to raid the places of 1
business of the violators. 1
Appoint Rural Policemen.
At a meeting of the rural police
commissioners of Charleston County, I
held in the office or Sheriff Martin, i
rural policemen were chosen for four 1
townships in this county, in accord- <
ance with a bill adopted at the last :
session lef the Legislature. These
townships are Edieto Island, Christ ;
Church Parish. James Island and )
John's Island. Policemen will be 1
chosen for Wadmalaw and St. James, 1
Bantee, later. This will glrs tills {
ooostjr ten rural yoBeaasn, whsri, I (
fcaratofor* tfasrt have Hit 11
THE
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)OES NOT AGREE WITH MOORE
Governor Blease Opposes Plan to Drill j
the School Students in Military
Tactics?Gives Reason.
Coljmbia.?Governor Blease does
lot ty any means agree with Adit.
3en. Moore in the tatter's opinion
hat it would be a good thing for this
lute to adopt the California plan of
irgacizing high school students into
tiillU-ry companies of forty men each
md frilling thera with Krag-Jorgensen
lifles. Adjt. Gen. Moore told reI
sorters that he "heartily approved" |
;he suggestion of Mr. Robert Shaw
Oliver, acting Secretary of War, that
ither states adopt the California sysem.
In transmitting Mr. Oliver's letter
\djt. Gen. Moore wrote to Gover- :
lor Blease in part as follows: "1
leanily concur in the suggestion of'erec
and also approve of most of
;he sections incorporated in this
[California) Act, but I feel satisfied
hat in order to have a similar Act
?ass?d by the Legislature of this state
t will be necessary for the war de>a(h:nent
to provide at least the arms
ind equipment necessary without
;ost to this state, together with the
issignment of an officer from the regllar
army or from the retired list for
nstiuctlon and supervision of such
. ..-J., .u
icnoois as may come uuuer iue yiurlslcns
of this Act."
Governor Blease addressed to Mr. !
}llv?r a letter In which he presents
n plain terms his views, which difer
i-adicallv from those of Adjt. Gen.
doore.
Tlie Governor's letter is as follows: j
Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting
Secretary of War and President of
3oa:-d for Promotion of Rifle Practice,
iVashington, I). C.?Sir: Your letter
>f ? uly 13, transmitted to me July
.9 by Adjt. Gen. \V. W. Moore, revived.
In reply 1 beg leave to say
hat I cannot concur with the Adjuant
General of my state in approvng
your bill.
In the first place, I do not believe ;
his country is in danger of any seri- j
>us war, now or hereafter, as I thi.ik
.rbitration is more humane than war,
,nd that by peace conferences differnccs
between countries will be setloH
u-ithnnt hlnndshed
I do not believe in educating every
toy that he has to shoot somebody.
They have enough of that in them
.1 ready.
Vill Send Representatives.
Sumter.?Secretary Sneil of the
hamber of commerce a few days ago
itarted on the formation of an ad
ertising club. The work has pro
pressed so well that a* a meeting of
he executive committee of the cham>er
of commerce it was decided to
jerd cne or more delegates to the
convention of advertisers in Boston
in August, and to secure membership
in the advertising association.
R. I. Manning was chosen as the
ielegate, with the probability that another
delegate will be chosen to accompany
him. The advertising committee
was authorized to have photographs
made of the industries of
Sumter, and also of fields of cotton,
corn and truck grown around Sum;er,
these to be used both at the contention
and in getting up an adverising
book of Sumter and vicinity.
The railroad extension committee reco-ted
that Mr. Concure of the Seaward
was in town looking into sites
mi of ways of ingress and egress.
The secretary was authorized to era>loy
a stenographer.
.yons Gives Answer to Glass Co.
"It appearing that the dispensary
:ommission having fully and finally
lassed upon all matters and things
>r?sented by the Carolina Glass com- !
iany in its behalf, and having fully
ind finally Ixed and determined all
natters and things growing out of Its
lalms against the state as well as the
lisposition of the said moneys taken
>ver from the county dispensaries, the
espondent, the state of South Carolina,
prays that petition fur mandamus
herein be dismissed and rule disiharged
with cost9." This statement
s made in the return of Attorney
3eneral Lyon in behalf of the state
ivith reference to the mandamus pro- .
:eedings instituted in the supreme
;ourt by the Carolina Olass company
>f this city to have the court order
he dispensary commission to review
he entire case.
Louis B. H. Darr is Eelected.
The board of health met to elect
i successor to Health Officer Towles,
a'ho has resigned. There were a number
of applicants and the election
resulted in the choice of Louit B. H.
[>arr. Mr. Darr all his life has been
i newspaper man, having learned to
ttick type under his father. Horace
r>arr, who was publisher of the Sumer
Advance, when the town was a
rillage, and whpn there were but
ew papers in the slate. Mr. Darr
or the last few years has been contected
with the Sumter Herald.
'onstable Shot the Wrong Man.
Constable Walker Moore of Duncan,
hinking that a negro who he had folowed
for a mile was John Huff, slayrr
of Policeman McConnell ot" Asherille,
finally caught his man and
atcr allowed him to escape. The netro
fled and the amateur Sherlock
Holmes took a shot at him. The bulet
struck the fleeing negro in the
irm and Inflicted a flesh wound. The
negro turned out to be Bud Montgomery,
who stated that he had never
neen to Asheville. He was released,
'rom custody.
rhe Taxes That Have Been Collected.
TTn to Tiilv IS when the hooks of
:he county treasurer were closed, tlie
oad tax which had been collected to
ft>,552. This was a slight increase
>ver the amount of rax collected last
rear, which amounted to only $?;.U7 ?.
The tax that has been collected this
>-ear by townships is as follows:
Lewisville, 81.96S; Chester, $1,203;
Landsford. $1,188; Baton Rougo,
1786; Blacks took, 498; Haxelwood,
1345; RossvJUe, 1303; HalielfJlld,
1182; all eombiaad mAklaf a fatal ?.<
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THE RAILROAD COMMISSION HAS
ORDERED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
OF RATES.
CLAIM RATES ARE EXCESSIVE
Will Announce the Date of the Hear
inj Later?Has Asked For Important
Information?Commission Haj
Been at Work For Several Monthc.
Columbia.?The railroad commission
of South Carolina will Investigate the
express rate situation in this state.
Au order was issued to the Southern
Express company calling for information
regarding its operations.
This is the first investigation of this
kind held in this state, and will be
sweeping in its nature, according to
members of the commission. It is
stated that the investigation will be
held for the purpose of determininf
If the rates are excessive and if the
rules and practices of the company
are unreasonable.
Members of the commission state
that many complaints as to the operations
and business of the Southern
Express company have been recelvel,
and that the commission has not been
in a position to determine whether or
not the complaints are justified and
the investigation Trill be held for the I
purpose of securing accurate and definite
information. It is stated that a
general fight will be waged during the
year by all of the railroad commissions
of the United States in conjunction
with the interstate commerce
commission, for the purpose of reducing
the express rates over all '
lines, thl6 matter having been already j
decided. The question of reducing ex- ,
press rates was also discussed at tae
convention of the attorneys general.
Following the order to the commission
calling for information on the
question of express rates, it is very
likely that the commission will issue
an order fixing the date for the hear- j
ing to be hold. The commission has
been at v:ork for several months gathering
information on the question of
express rates, and has also been in
correspondence with other railroad
commissioners of the United States,
and much information has been obtained.
Wanted Hin Near-Beer Back.
Columbia.?Governor Blease received
a request, almost a demand, from
J. T Lawson, of Newberry, that three
barrels of near-beer, seized by a constable,
be returned to hiin, and the
Governor not only declined to return
the stuff, but told his correspondent
that the authorities would continue
to make such seizures. Governor
Blease wrote to Lawton: "The constable
did right in taking the nearbeer
and I have instructed him to
keep on taking it and have you put
in jail if you keep on violating the
law. I do not propose to allow it !
and a copy of this letter has been j
forwarded to the constable to act accordingly."
Commenting on the situation,
the Governor said: I am not
a prohibitionist in principal, or in
practice, although so far as the prac- j
tice is concerned the doctors won't
let me indulge now; but I propose
to do ail in my power to enforce the
liquor laws."
National Guard Complete Shoot.
Charleston.?The annual shoot, of
the National Guard of South Carolina
was completed and was so great a
success that plans have been broached
for having teams from a number
of Southern states meet here soon in
competition with the South Carolina
men. Nothing definite in this direction
has been vet derided, but it is
possible that th<* necessary steps will
be taken very soon. Capt. Charles
V. Boykin, 3d infantry. Charleston,
won first place In the shoot, from a
field of sixty of the best shot3 in
South Carolina. Capt. Boykin's score
was 490 out of a possible 600. Lieut.
Ceentey was second with 4S5. The
shoct has been concluded. It was
declared by Major T. T. Hyde, the
executive officer, to be by far the
most successful ever held. The team
of fifteen men who are to go to the
national rifle shoot has been chosen.
Have Sold the Steamboat Farmer.
Charleston.?The Simons-Mayrant
Company have purchased the steamboat
Farmer from the C.eorgetownPee-Dee
Steamboat Company, and will
use the vessel on the Savannah River
In building the retaining walls about
the city of Augusta. The Farmer is
a largo boat, with a flat bottom. It
is one hundred feet long with a
twenty-foot beam. The vessel is now
docked at the Pregnall marine railway
yards for certain improvements
which will be made before she takes
her long trip up the Savannah River.
Has Affirmed Kershaw County Court.
Columbia The supreme court in a
decision by Associate Justice Gary
has affirmed the Kershaw county
court in the case o( Nannie M. McKain,
as administrator of Richard N.
McKain against the Camden Water,
Light and Lower company. Richard
N. McKain was employed by the
power company as an oiler in the engine
room of the company. He fell
Into a large fly wheel and was killed.
Action was brought for damages and
the Kershaw court directed a verdict
in favor of the power company.
Cheraw Veterans to Celebrate.
Cheraw.?It is the purpose of the
Confederate Veterans, in connection
with the Sons of Veterans, of Cheruw
and vicinity, to celebrate in a fitting
manner on August 2i?. The camps of
Veterans in the I'ee-Dee section of
North and South Carolina will be
invited to attend and take part. The
Hon. Robt. Aldrlch, of Barnwell, will
deliver the address. There will be a
barbecue, automobile rides, dinner by
the Daughter! of Veterans, and other
feature!, The arrangement! are 1ft
the bands of the Sena of Veteran!,
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TORT MILL, S. THl
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Short Newt Items That Have Been
Se.ected in the Interest of the
Public in General.
Charleston.?Chief Louis Behren, of
the Charleston fire department, will
attend the annual Convention of the
Association of Fire Engineers, which
will be held in Milwaukee, Wis., September
19 to 22.
Charleston.?Health Officer J. M.
Green does not anticipate any general
use of typhoid fever vaccine in
Charleston which has been put at the
disposal of the state by the state
board of health.
Charleston.?A petition in involuntary
bankruptcy was filed in the offloe
of the United States District
Court by the creditors of S. Shein,
of Union County. The customary
steps were taken.
Barnwell.?An Atlantic Coast Line
freight train was derailed east of
Barnwell, a number of cars being
wrecked. No one was killed or seriously
hurt. Passenger trains were
detoured over the Southern tracks at
Denmark.
Greenville.?The executive officers
of the Greenville, Anderson & Spartanburg
interurban electric road, in
session here adopted resolutions
which in effect suspend at once all
work on the construction of the line
between Greenville and Spartanburg
until a subsequent meeting of the
board to be held at the call of the
president.
Columbia.?At a meeting of city
council it was decided to require the
Union Station company to pave Rice
street at the intersection of Main
street. The tracks of the various
roads entering this station cross Main
street at this point and as Main street
is paved to this point, it was decided
to continue the paving across these
tracks.
Bennettsvfle.?Magistrate J. P.
Gibson held a preliminary in the case
of the state against Charlie Jenkins,
charged with violation of the dispensary
luw. After hearing the state's
witnesses, the court assumed jurisdiction
and tried the defendant for transporting
contraband whiskey for unlawful
use. He was declared guilty
and fined $100.
Saluda.?An election has been ordered
by the county board of commissioners
in accordance with an act
of tlie l"ier legislature, to ne neiu uu
August 8, at which time the question
of issuing bonds to townships
N'os. 6, 4. 2, and 1. to aid in building
a lino of railroad from flreenwood
via this place to Columbia, will bo
passed upon.
Lexington - By an overwhelming
vote the people of Lexington School
District, embracing the town of Lexington,
declared for the issuance of
bonds to the amount of $10,000 for
a new school building, and a special
tax levy of two mills for a stateaided
high school. The vote stood:
For bonds, 77; against bonds, 11; for
high school, 79; against high school,
9.
Winnsboro. ? To Winnsboro no
doubt belongs the distinction of being
the only town in South. Carolina
which as yet has a school boy military
company. A company of about 40
boys, pupils of Mt. Zion institute,
commanded by T. M. Jordan, superintendent
of education of Fairfield
county, has been in existence for some
months, and is a well-drilled body of
soldiers.
Kingstree.?At a recent meeting the
Lexington County Farmers' union
passed resolutions requesting the legislature
to cut the enormous amount
that goes to maintain Clemsc.. college
and give one-half to the public
schools of the state. One-half of about
$300,000 would help a great deal in
building up the rural schools, and it
does really seem that Clemson could
"worry along" on the same amount
per annum.
Spartanburg -Alleging that an in
inrv received while alighting from a
Southern Railway train at Spartanburg
Junction resulted in the premature
birth and subsequent death of
her child, Mrs. Grace Lancaster entered
suit against the railroad for
$20,000. The case was heard and
much scientific testimony wr.s brought
out. Many physicians took the witness
stand. The jury returned a verdict
for $1,600 in favor of the plaintiff.
Spartanburg.?What's in a name?
Mrs. Velda F. Hecklin, a Richland
county woman, evidently thinks there
is considerable in it. for she had liar's
changed to Mrs. Velda F. Young?
not through matrimony, but by an
order issued by Judge R. C. Watts
In common pleas court.
Saluda.?There will be a reunion
of the old soldiers of this county at
Saluda on August 2. Plans are on
foot to make the day one of great
pleasure to the remnant of the followers
of Lee and Jackson. Delegates
will be elected to attend the
state reunion in Columbia in August.
nennettsville.?The good roads
epidemic has reached Marlboro county,
and the sentiment in favor of improved
highways was vigorously expressed
at a meeting at Crosland hall.
Representatives were present from
the eight townships in the county.
C. P. Hodges was elected president;
Columbia.?The police have kept
. * 1 * ~n
up ineir campaign HKiimei uurgcu
'speak-easies" and gaming houses, two
clubs being raided and one alleged
"bootlegger" being taken in custody,
j A number of men were arrested on
j various charges, most of them giving
bond.
Laurens.?More thar. 1,000 people
from Laurens and adjacent counties
wore at Waterloo to see the Clemson|
Winthrop agricultural . n I domestic
| science train and to attend the sumJ
tner meeting of the Laurens County
Live Stock association
Florence.?News was received hem
to the effect that there is serious
trouble brewing in the Orum section,
in Southeast Florence county, which
reports allege that a feud Is likely to
occur between old Mr. Eli Hatchell
and h!i eon Herbert Hatchell on tha
ana hand and tba Co? 'atnijv hf mas
foil* *>? nthar.
MILL
rRSDAY, JULY 27, 1911.
ORDER REDUCTIONS
IN FREIGHT RATES
RAILROAD IS CALLED DOWN BY
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION.
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DECISION IS OF IMPORTANCE
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The Commerci.nl Conditions and Not
the Will of the Traffic Managers to
Govern the Rates Charged?Decision
Affects All Freight Rates.
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Washington?In vhat are known as
the Spokane-Reno-I'aciflc coast cases, ;
the Interstate Commerce Commission
ordered material reductions in freight
rates from the East to points between
Denver and the western terminals of
the great transcontinental railroads.
For many years the railroads have
exacted from shippers to intermediate
points, such at Spokane and Reno,
i higher raees on Eastern freights than
were chafged lor the much longer
hauls to Seattle. San Francisco and
other Pacific coast points. The theory
has been that the railroads muBt meet
water competition to the Pacific
j coast. The higher rates to intermediate
points, arbitrarily fixed, have
| been defended by a comparison with
the coast rates, plus a theoretical
back-haul from the coast to the in'
land stations along the line.
The commission recognizes the
- right of a railroad to meet water competition
to Pacific coaBt points, but
practically wipes out the back haul
rates to Inter-Rocky mountain territory.
It lays down what it considers
would be fair and Just rates to various
freight zones In the West and
gives the railroads until October 15 to
: adjust their tariffs accordingly.
The commission also lays down the
| Important principle that hereafter
railroads will not be permitted to
fix arbitrarily marked limits and that
hereafter commercial conditions rath- 1
er than the will of railway traffic
managers shall control rates on transcontinental
transportation.
The decisions announced are of farreaching
Importance. They affect
directly all freight rates between the
! Atlantic ocean and the Pacific coast.
I iiarH/iiiioriv ihov nffppt the rates In
th territory lying between Denver
and Pacific coast points.
May Tell Who Killed Wife of Beattie. 1
Richmond, Va.?The most important
development in the Heattie mur* (
der caso was an indication on the j
part of Beulah Binford, the woman
with whom Henry C. Beattie was in1
fatuated, that she has decided to turn
against her erstwhile admirer. Miss
Binford, who is in jail as a witness in
j default of $1,000 bond, sent for Detec|
tive Scheror. A conference followed
between the Binford girl, the detective
and the Commonwealth's attorney, Mr.
Wendenberg, and it is understood that
she made admissions which strengthen
the theory of the Commonwealth's
representatives that Beattie alone sent
his wife to her death cn the lonely
Midlothian turnpike.
Bloodhounds Aid Detectives.
New York.?Bloodhounds are aiding
detectives searching for the highwaymen
who attempted to wreck a
Long Island railroad train near Valley
Stream, L .1. A 15-car passenger
train crowded with pleasure-seekers
i was speeding toward the city when
' Engineer Whitford saw an obstruction
on the track. He threw on his
brakes and brought the train to a stop
within 15 feet of the obstruction. A
tie had been planted in a ho! dug
out between the rallr, the end tilted
toward the approaching locomotive.
Antis Still Lead in Texas.
Dallas, Texas. ? Texas defeated
state-wide prohibition according to
; the admission of the "dry" campaign.
After 30 hours of ballot counting
the "wets" maintain a slender lead
of barely more than 5.000 in unofficial
returns. Unless the vote yet to come
Is different in tenor from that up to
| the present time, the remaining few
thousands of ballots can not swing
! the election to the "drys."
Castro Looking Fcr a Friendly Port.
Washington. ? C'ipriano Castro, in
the opinion of a diplomatic officer who
! has given some study to the problem
of locating the Venezuelan, is now a
| sort of a "flying Dutchman" making
a desperate effort to reach a friendly
port in his native country. Apparently
Just as he ncars his goal, he i3
turned back, not by storms, but by
watchful guardians of the Venezuelan
coast or warships of other nations
; which seek to prevent him from reI
newing his activity in his own
1 country.
Interest in Outcome of Fake Battle.
Washington ?The Navy Department
will soon announce which fleet won
the "battle" of Narragansett Bay. Admiral
Otterhaus, who cammanded one
fleet and Commander Eberle, who directed
the other, each claims to have
gained theoretically possession of
Long Island Sound. Each claims he
I "annihilated" his "enemy." From the
official reports of the umpires, soon
; to reach him, Secretary Meyer will
decide which fleet won. Interest in
i theoretical battles has been very
keen.
Cne Killed and Several Injured.
Nashville, Tenn.? One necro laborer
was killed, a white man seriously
injured and several workmen hurt
when the walls ot a three-story brick
warehouse and store at Broadway and
First avenue collapsed. Others may
be dead beneath the ruins, spectators
stating that they saw men near the
building at the time the walls fell.
Jim Polk was the negro killed. The
wounded are \V, 3. Mitchell, white,
fthd Albert C^eHett, colored Both
wjij recover
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NEWS FROM SJUTif CAROLINA
Short Pj.raprj.ghs of the Latest Newt
From Many of the Towns and
Countias of This State.
Columbia.?J A. Stoddard, for several
years superintendent of the
Heath Springs school in Lanc.st-.-r
county, has been appointed assistant
to J. E. Swearingen, the state superintendent
of education.
Florence.?W. F. Clayton. Esq., of
this city, attorney for William furroughs
and Alex Weldon. two of the
three negroes who were Convicted
last winter for the killing o. Mr.
Elihu Moye, of Ebenezer, has been
advised that the Supreme Courr. has
rendered a decision or. nis appr-m uifirming
the judgment and sentence of
the lower Court.
Orangeburg.?Jake Mouzon shot
and killed Freddie Goldson at the
plantation of Mr. Harley, near North,
while engaged in a crap game. The
wound was inflicted with a 32-calibre
pistol, and Ooldson died from his inJury.
The ball passed through tho
spinal cord, ptvering the vertebra.
St. Matthews.?The doctors from
Orangeburg, Bamberg, Lexington and
Calhoun assembled here In their regular
district meeting. An attractive
programme had been prepared by
those in charge of the affair and all
spent a profitable time. Drs. Knowlton
of Columbia, Dantzler of Klloree
and Kollock of Charleston made addresses.
Chester.?Bids for the new building
which the C'emmercial bank is to
erect In the near future were received.
The plans for the new bank building
wore drawn by Shand & Lafave
of Columbia, ^ will probably be
several days before the contract will
be awarded. Whten completed the
new bank will be one of the handsomest
In the state.
Camden.?Two packages of currency
shipped to Boykins station,
which is 10 m'les below Camden, for
the purpose of paying off the guards,
etc., at the state farm were stolen.
E. F. Baffard, depot and expresa '
agent, received the money on tho
northbound trai l, and he said that
one or two farm hands were the only
persons to see him get the money.
Washington.?The following changea
ere announced in fourth class postmasters
in South Carolina: At Blake,
Berkeley county, Mamie Litchfield
succeeds A. Guerry; at Cantey, Ker
shaw county, J. E. Creed succeeds
N. S. Watts, at Hamer, Dillon county, !
E. L. Westberry succeeds J. fl. Smith;
at Moore. Spartanburg county, Clara
Hughes succeeds N. W. Pwitzer.
Columbia.--If property owners will
agree "LaMotte's Bottoms" will be
made sanitary and suitable for habitation.
At the meeting of city council
an estimate was submitted from
the city engineer as to the cost,
which will be about $11,700. Councilman
Keenan will consult with the
property owners on a proposition for
the city to pay a certain proportion
of the cost.
Florence.?The officials of the Coast
Lino are convinced that the wreck of
the Palmetto llnjited was caused by
some one meddling with the switch,
and they have offered a reward of
$100 for proof to convict the party.
The wreck occurred between Latta
and Dillon, and several persons were
hurt. The cause was, as reported, an
unlocked switch, which opened as the
tain struck It.
Columbia.?Columbia is ready to
join other South Carolina cities, led
by Anderson, in expressions of earnest
desire that the Southern Railway
extend through to Knoxvllle its Blue
Ridge line, which now ends at Wal- !
halla. It is likely that resolutions
will be adopted simultaneously by
South Carolina cities in the next few
days, for submission to the officials
of the Southern, at a conference to
be held in Washington the last of this
month.
Bennettsville.?The subject of general
high school and public common
school education in this county is
receiving much attention, and in the
| past several years a number of costly
modern and comfortable school buildings
and academies have been constructed.
Recently the Brownsville
and Key school districts. In Brownsvile
township, decided to erect each
a $3,000 building, making $0,000 to
be expended in the same community
for school buildings alone.
Chester.?J. S. .MoKeown, H. T.
Boyd, W. B. Boyd, Clarence Roney
of Cornwell and S. B. Clowney were
visited by a hail storm, which wrought
considerable damage. Reports state
that Mr. Clowney was the heaviest
j loser from the hail.
Columbia.? Commissioner Watson
will deliver an address before n farmers'
meeting at Pleasant Valley, in
York county, on July 26. On July
27 he delivers an address at the
closing meeting of the campaign now
being wager! in Sumter county in the
interest of the Lomi of $150,000 for
good roads.
Florence ?The survivors of Company
G, 2Cth regiment. South Carolina
Volunteers, held their annual reunion
at Oak Grove, in lower Florence.
There was quite a number q/
the "old lx>ys" who wore the grey
present when the roll was called.
Rock Hill.?Work on the sewers is
progressing. The work was started
about a month ago with a force of
about 30 men at the Arcade mill.
The pipe is laid continuously to Wilson
street, in the rear of the Victoria
mill, and a gr*at deal of the
work between Wlson street and Black
street has hr>on finished.
Chester.?Customers of the cty's
water plant aro promised cheaper
water as the result of new rates that
the city is about to put on Liberal
reductions will also be allowed manufacturers,
especially where large
quantities are consumed.
CheBter.?There are many plans
which the commercial club has on foot
for the Improvement of Cheiter. One
of the most pressing of theee is the
trolley connections between this city
tld Great Falls. Some action will
probably b<? taken to save the rich
and profnlala* trade flraaf Mil
'to Cheiter.
MES
SENATE PASSED "
CANADIAN BILL
ADOPTED RECIPROCITY MEASURE
BY GOOD VOTE AWAITS PRESIDENT'S
SIGNATURE.
DEMOCRATS RESPONSIBLE
Of the Fifty-Three Votes That Were
Cast For the President's Pet Meas
ure Thirty-Two Were Cast by the
Democratic Senators.
Washington.?The reciprocal trade
agreement between the United States
and Canada, embodied in the reciprocity
bill that proved a storm center in
two sessions of Congress, passed the
Senate without amendment by a vote
of 53 to 17. A majority of Republicans
voted against it. Of the 53 votes
for it 32 were Democratic and 21 Republicans;
of the 27 against, 24 were
Republicans and 3 Democrats.
This action settled the whole Canadian
reciprocity question so far as
Congress Is concerned, and save for
executive approval and the Canadian
Parliament's ratification, made the
pact the law of the land.
Congressional practice will delay
the affixing of the President's signature
until the House is again in session.
The reciprocity bill, having originated
in the House, must be returned
there for engrossment and for the
signature of Speaker Clark while the
House is sitting.
The Candian Parliament has not
yet acted on the agreement. With
one exception the provisions of the bill
as passed by Congress will not become
effective until the President issues
a proclamation that Canada has
ratified the pact. The exception to
this procedure is the paper and pulp
section of the bill, which it is announced
will become immediately effective
when the President signs the
law.
Morse Appeals From Decision.
New Orleans?Charles W. Morse
has appealed to the United States j
circuit court from the recent decision
of Judge William T. Newman of Atlanta,
whpn he was denied a habeas
corpus writ to secure his freedom
from the Atlanta prison, where he is
serving a 15-year sentence for violation
of the national banking laws.
Tiie papers in the case were received
by the clerk of the circuit court here
and will he formally filed.
.Morse contended that the court
should fix his status as a prisoner under
a 10-year sentence or under a
15-year sentence in order that he
might be enabled to determine how
much time he would get off for good ;
behavior and when a parole migh*
be applied for. He also contended
that the Atlanta prison was for the
detention of prisoners at hard labor,
Cholera Has Reached Boston.
Boston.?Asiatic cholera has reached
Boston and caused one death while
two foreign sailors who are believed
to have brought the dread disease
here, after being taken ill, disappeared
and their whereabouts is unknown,
according to a statement given out
officially by Chairman Durgin of the
Boston board of health. The cholera
victim was Mrs. Tamassino Mastrodenico,
who died at the detention hospital
on Gallups Island. The children
of Mrs. Mastrodenico are under observation
at the quarantine station and
the board has already begun the work
of examining the many persons who
may have come info contact with the
dead woman.
To Prepare Revision o* Equiy Laws.
New Orleans. A committee composed
of prominent Southern attorneys
was appointed by the United
States court of appeals to undertake
a revision of the equity laws for the
purpose of preventing unreasonable
delay in equity litigation, unreasonable
costs and to simplify as much as
possible the present mode of practice
in equity courts. The naming of this
committee is in compliance with a cir- ]
cular letter issued by the Supreme '
Court of the United States.
Mass of Bones Found on the Maine.
Havana. A mass of bones, supposed
to represent six or seven members 1
of the crew of the battleship Maine, j
were found beneath the wreckage on
the central superstructure near the
inverted conning tower. The bones
bore evidence of fire. Still other
bones are in sight and they will probably
be taken out in a day or so. The i
total bodies thus far recovered is now
placed at eleven. The bones recover- :
ed are believed to be those of men :
sleeping on the starboard main deck,
the night of the disaster.
To Speak Before Good Road Meeting.
Washington?Senator Simmons has
been invited to deliver an address before
the National (Jood Hoads Asso- 1
ciation at its meeting In Chicago the
latter part of September and has
promised to accept if his engagements j
at that time will permit. In extending
the invitation President Arthur
C. Jackson of the association 6aid the
association desired 5,000 copies of
Senator Simmons' speech on Federal
aid to good roads to distribute in con- j
nectton wun ns caiupintu iui improved
highways.
Wall Paper Men Plead Not Guilty.
Cleveland, O.?J. B. IVarce of this
city, president of tin- J. B. Pearce
Wall Paper Company; Norton Newcomb,
of St. Louis, president of the
Newcomb Brothers' Wall Paper Company,
and E. E. Maxwell, of Chicago,
general manager of S. A. Maxwell &
Co., charged by the government with
maintaining a wall paper trust, appeared
In the United States district
court and pleaded not guilty. The
otiee have been net for th* October
Urm M the
1
$1.25 PER YEAR. M
GOVERNOR TO PREPARE LIST 1
To Furnish the Names of Barred
Liquor Houses?Did Not Await
Attorney General's Reply.
Columbia.?Governor Blease said
that he would, in a few days, furnish
the boards of control in the six dispensary
counties with a list of the
liquor houses which, in his opinion
are in bad standing with the state,
and which, accordingly, should not bo
patronized by county dispensaries.
Governor Blease said several days
ago, upon the issuance of his letter
and telegram to the several county
boards, threatening with removal such
of them as continued to buy from .
Kmiaac that had admitted (ipfraihiinkr
tho old state dispensary, that he
would ask Attorney Genen 1 Lyon to
provide him with a list of such concerns.
But he has himself under- ' jS
taken the complication of this list,
without waiting for a report from tho
Attorney General. The Governor has
been in frequent consultation with
Mr. M. H. Mobley, the state dispensary
auditor, in regard to this "in- ' \
dex expurgatorius," and hopes to have
it ready in a few days.
Governor Blease said: "I have
checked the records of the dispensary
Investigating commissions against 3
the list of liquor awards in the varl- < ,
ous counties recently, and I find that
numbers of houses shown by the dispensary
investigations to have defrauded
the state have continued to
enjoy the patronage of county dispensaries.
Florence, Charleston and
Richland counties nave patronized
seventeen such concerns, and business
has been given to eighteen of these
concerns by the boards of Aiken ahd
Georgetown counies. I shall not send
out my list until I can verify it. I *
do not wish to do any honest house
an Injustice."
Jasper County Carries 12 to 1.
Jasper county was placed on the
map of South Carolina by a vote of
283 to 26, or 12 to 1, in tho election.
In the race for the county seat
Ridgeland won over Gillisonville by
a vote of 235 to 61. The election passed
off quietly, and without any disorder.
The territory- involved contains
627 square miles, and is taken ar-wl
from Hampton and Beaufort counties. . .1
Section 637 of the civil code of
South Carolina, outlining the duty of
the general assembly in the formation
of new counties, provides that after
the returns of an election on a new
county have been canvassed by the
commissioners of election and certified
the result to the secretary of
slate "the general assembly at is next > f;
session shall create such new county
at two-thirds of the qualified electors
voting at such election shall vote in
favor of the establishment of such
new county.
Ask For Report on Investments.
Insurance companies doing busi
ness in South Carolina have invested
over $2,000,000 in this state since the
creation of the department of insurance.
A letter has been addressed by
Insurance Commissioner McMaster to
all insurance companies asking for
reports as to investments in this state.
The following circular has been sent
out to the insurance companies by
Mr. McMaster: "Please make return
of all investments of your company
in the following named Soulli Caroilan
securities on inclosed blank:
(1) South Carolina state, county or
municipal bonds.
(2 First mortgage bonds of South
Carolina real estate.
(3) First mortgage bonds of South
Carolina corporations whose property
is situated entirely within the state.
(4) Property situated within the
state and taxable therein.
Alumni Association Hold Meeting.
The alumni association of Thompsons
school met when several matters
of importance to the association
were discussed. The committe
on constitution and by-laws reported
a constitution which was adopted.
The committee oa history and
enrollment made a complete report
embracing a total of 361 names and
of that number 120 are dead. Dr.
E. S. Joynes was present at the meeting
of the association, much to the
delight of the other members. He
made a feeling talk. The meeting adjourned
subject to the call of the
cliairman.
Traffic Law May Be Modified.
At a special meeting of city council
Mayor GIbbes introduced an ordinance
to permit street cars running
south on Main street to proceed
east into Gevias street without
stopping before entering on the curve.
The object of the ordinance is to prevent
congestion of traffic in front of
city hall. It was explaied by Mayor
GIbbes th.vt crews of several cars had
been fined for not coming to a full
stop before entering on the curve. The
street railway company asked for a
modification to the ordinance.
J>
In Conference With Prof. McKeand.
Prof. M. Goode Homes, government
road expert, was in Charleston in
conference with Secretary McKeand
?4 >!"> ?Umhnr nf rnmmprcp and See
retary Whltford of the Charleston
sanitary and drainage commission, regarding
the proposed construction of
the 300-mile road in a day from Char
leston to Asheville. Prof. Homes
lias recently been working up the
project and matters are in good shape
for the carrying out of the scheme.
Prof. Homes reports much interest
being taken in the road bTiilding work.
Fraley Ha6 Been Granted Bail.
A. B. Fraley, the Drookland young
man who has been in jail here for
several days, charged with breach of
trust, has been granted bail by Magistrate
Thoa. L. Harman, pending bis
decision as to whether he will grant
a change of venue or not. This is the
case that attracted so much Attention
in the court room, when seven warrants
were served upon the young
man after he had been declared "not
guilty for lack of prosequi ton" by
Magistrate Hsrmeiv