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ESTABLISHED IN 18< DECLARES AGI IS CONSTITUTIONAL MR. LYON ISSUES LENGTHY OPINION ON REQUEST OF GEORGE VON KOLINTZ. IMPORTANT TO LOW COUNTRY Attorney General Points Out Validity of Objections Raised By George Von Koinitz Authorizing Condemnation of Lowlands For Drainage Purposes. Columbia.?In a lengthy opinion, written on request of George F. Von Koinitz, of Charleston, the Attorney General, Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, holds that the Drainage Act of 1911, which provides for the condemnation of lowlands for drainage and the equitable assessment of all lands so drained for the purpose of paying the expense of the drainage work is entirely constitutional. The Attorney General advises that the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, who held up certain drainage projects upon receiving from Mr. Von Koinitz an opinion that the Drainage Act was probably unconstitutional, go ahead now and carry out the provisions of the Act. This decision is of the utmost importance to the low country. It is expected that numbers of movements for the formation of drainage districts, which were suspended when the Charleston clerks of Court raised the question of the law's validity, will now be pressed forward to conclusion. The opinion follows: "Hon. George F. Von Koinitz: Your letter of the 19th, urging various objections to the Drainage Act, is at nana ana nas naa iny careiui consideration. In order that you may be advised of my opinion without undue repetition the constitutional points suggested by you will be grouped under three heads. "I taae the view that those objections are susceptible of such grouping when the points involved are considered in the light of the authorities .which I quote. The objections are that the Act is unconstitutional: (1) In that the assessments to be made upon the lands benefited are taxes, and the manner and mode prescribed for levying the same violate Article 1, Section 6; Article 3, Section 29; Article 8. Section 3, and Article 11, ^ Section 13. of the Constitution of South Carolina. (2) That the statute denies persons held for the payment of assessments without due process of law and the equal protection of the law. (3) The drainage districts are quasi municipal corporations, and as such are prohibited from levying taxes and issuing bonds under the provisions of Article 8, Section 3, and Article 10, Section 6, of the Constitution of this State. The other objections which )ou wish to urge as I gather from your letter, are that the Act is fatally defective in that it is not provided what the summons provided for in Section 2 shall contain, how it shall be served and how the costs of the proceedings shall be paid. Beer Cases In Union Are Now Up. A number of developments in the near beer situation followed the arrests last week but it now appear? that nothing will be done for several weeks. It was announced that Marvin Charles, \V. J. Kstes and J. W. Gil Den I1HU ueiuanueu cmuuiuai} near ings but it was stated that Marvin Charles had withdrawn his demand and that the preliminary hearings of W. J. Kstes and J. \V. Gilbert had been set for August 4th. Sheriff ljong. when spoken to, said that as he had instructions from Gov. Please regarding these cases, there would probably be something doing when the preliminary hearings were heard. In the meantime samples of the near beer have been sent to Columbia to be analyzed. Sheriff Long stated that besides these different kinds of beer, he had stored away apple brandy and corn and rye whiskey, which was seized some time since. He is in communication with Governor Please with reference to funds Hold a Meeting of Muc^Trepor.ance. A meeting of mucb-tnportance was held in Columbia- meeting of the joint committee on endowment of the three educational institutions in South Carolina owned and controlled by the Presbyterian church?Columbia Theological seminary, the Pres byterian College of South Carolina, located at Clinton, and Chicora college of Greenville. The last two institutions have been under the direct control of the church only a short time, but in that time they have given a ^ good account of themselves. There is No State Chemist. There is no such office as that of State Chemist, according to Commissioner K. J. Watson, and in this statement concurred the Attorney General Mr. Fraser Lyon, who was present when the matter came up in a conver sation at the State House. There is a staff of chemists attached to the state experiment station at Clemson and Commissioner Watson has designated as chief chemist of his department Mr A. C. Summers, who is in charge of the laboratory maintained hv thp nerirnltral denartment. Road Machine to be Used. A large road machine was sent up to McClellanvflle by County Supervisor Cantwell. to be used on the Georgetown road between Awendaw and McClellanville The machine is of a modern type, and it is expected that it will be found very effective on the road. Much progress on road improving work in the McClellanville section is reported by Supervisor Cantwell, who made a trip of inspection to that part of the county recently. At the last session of the {Legislature 1500 was appropriated. J . |p THE n. Report onTchoolTtudies Committee Appointed Last Year For mutates Four-Year Course For High Schools of 8tate. Columbia.?At the high school conference held In Columbia during the month of May, 1910, a committee was appointed to formulate a course of study to be submitted to the high schools of the state. That committee consisted of the following: W. H. Hand, W. K. Tate, E. S. Dreher, S. H. Edmunds, O. M. Mitchell and Frank Evans. After months of study, the committee recommends the following courses of study to the high schools: 1. That all recitation periods ir the h'gh school be 45 minutes in length, except in one-teacher high ; schools, where the periods should be | 30 minutes each. 2. That in a one-teacher high school not more than a two-yeax programme should be attempted. 3. That a four-year programme Bnouid not De attempted Dy two nign school teachers. 4. That no high school pupil be given more than five subjects In any one year. 5. That high schools running leas than nine months, or thirty-six weeks, do not undertake to cover the same ground undertaken by schools running nine months. 6. That for three-year programmes the first three years of the respective four-year programme here offered be taken with the necessary readjustment. 7. That since pupils differ widely in capacity, application, opportunities and preparation, provision should be made against the injustice of requiring all pupllB to 4o the Bame work in the same given time. This can be done by permitting pupils to take less than the allotted work of any given year, and to spend more than the allotted time to complete the curriculum. 8. That neither physics nor chemistry be undertaken in any school without some apparatus for teaching these subjects. 9. That neither botany nor physical geography be taught without making regular field excursions and keeping note books of field work. 10. That from ten to twelve scholastic months be given to the mastery of the beginners' Latin book in classes with more than four sub jects. 11. That some eaBy Latin be read before taking up Caesar. 12. That the latter part of the second year and the whole of the third year be devoted to Caesar and Cicero. 13. That the fourth year be devoted to Ovid or Vergil, or that the year be divided between the two authors. May Mean Extension of Line. The most voluminous mortgage ever recorded In Aiken county was received by Clerk of Court John W. Dunbar, given by the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric corporation to the Central Trust company of New York. The amount of the mortgage is J7.500.000, and it is understood that the greater part of the sum is to be used for improvement and extensions of the line. The mortgage is printed in book form and 1b 12(5 legal size pages. It will require the constant services of one man for ten days to put the i paper on the record book, and it will require almost an entire mortgage < book to hold this one paper. While not authoritatively stated, i it is generally understood that old < bonds and indebtedness will be re- ' deemed with a portion of this sum, < and that the remainder will be used 1 in improving the roadbed of the < Aiken & Augusta suburban line and ' the Augusta city lines. It is also the i prevalent belief that the Columbia 1 extension will now be built. The bonds will be 5 per cent, sink ing fund bonds, and will be placed on sale. Abbattoir Commission by Secretary. The Charleston Abattoir company of Charleston has been commissioned by the secretary of state, the capital stock being 330,000. The company ! proposes to do a general slaughter house business. The petitioners seeking a charter are W. J. Storer and G. \V. Hughes. The abattoir will be one of the largest in the state. Richland County Will Do Its Part. Richland county will do its part in ? -.1.1^.. ???? nl,l f-irTior's; f?rrv a thnr oughfare between Sumter and Columbia. thus decreasing the distance between the two cities 29 miles. This decision was reached by \V. F. Muller, supervisor of Richland county, after ! visiting darner's ferry and traversing the proposed route, as far as the ferry and a few miles on the ether side, in an automobile. The work on the Sumter side is progressing rapidly, and Mr. Muller will order a section of the county chaingang to commence work. Mrs. Sarratt Has Secured Bail. Mrs. Frances Sarratt, who has heen in the county jail here for the last few weeks, charged with murder, has been released on bond. The motion was argued before Judge Watts in Spartanburg, for hail for Mrs. Sarratt some days ago and was granted, but some time was necessary to secure the necessary amount The defendant was represented at the hearing by Col. T. B. Butler, of this city .and Mr. N. W. Hardin, of Blacksburg, while it was opposed by Solicitor J. C. Otts. Farmers' Union Have Good Meeting. The annual meeting of the state Farmers' union just closed is considered one of the most harmonious in the history of the association. Dur'ng the past year an aggressive campaign has been waged to increase the membership of the union and the result has been a 33 per cent, increase The delegates attendiug the meeting were considered the most representative body of farmers ever gathered 10 gether in South Carolina. The sta'e organizer is J. B. O'Neall Hollo way of Newberry. GROWTH OF OFFICE THE FIGURES SHOW AN INCREASE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF POSTOFFICE. DEPOSITORY FOR THE STATE Postmaster Huggins Brings Out By Comparative Statistics Information Which is of Interest to the Entire State of South Carolina. Columbia.?The growth of Columbia Is best set forth in the cold facta and figures as prepared by the pott- J ofllce department of the city. The report as prepared by George H. J luggins, postmaster, for the fiscal year ending June 30 shows that in every department there has been a very substantial increase. The local postal receipts for this ' year amount to $117,596.28, an increase of $10,833.30 over last year. Postal receipts dther than local reach . $1,147,618.48, being $355,738.47 above those last year, a very striking in crease. The money order business also shows a considerable increase, $119, j 430 having been issued in domeetlc money orders in the past 12 months, { against $105,967.47 during the 12 months previous. The domestic orders paid here at the postofflce amounted during the past year to $284,103 20, being upward of $11,000 more than came in during 1909-10 from this source. Remittances from other postofflces were also decidedly in the increase, this recent report showing them to have been $1,183,584.07, leading that of the previous report by $108,007.45. Of tho f.vo substations in the citv and the one at Olvmpia the money order business shows an increase in three cases and a slight decrease in two. May Eliminate Grade Crossing. Columbia.?The Southern railway has agreed to place an underpath at Divine street on the way to Shandon, provided the city of Columbia agreeB to close up the present Green street crossing. The question of eliminating i the grade crossing at Green street has been taken before the railroad commission. the members of city council and the Southern railway. The question of the right of the city to close Green street at the point in question is now being considered by the legal department of city council and a decision will very probably be reached within the next several day Several weeks ago the railroad commis- 1 sion made an inspection of the Green j street crossing and pronounced it unsafe for the traveling public and especially automohilists. The commission is trying to eliminate, as !ar as possible, all dangerous g'ade crossings In the state arid the railways have expressed a desire to co-operate In the work. Pellagra In Many Southern States. Columbia.?That a pellagra wave is sweeping many of the Southern states was the opinion expressed by Dr. J. W. Babcock, the superin'en tieni 01 me staie nosjuuu iur me Insane. He is an authority on the subject of pellagra and has given the disease a careful study. It was Hated by Dr. Babcock that the number of ?ases at the state hospital for the insane had not materially increased during the past several weeks, but that reports received from various (sections of the Smith indicated that the disease w^s increasing Dr. Dab rock was asked if the exc^ss've 1 "t weather caused the increase in the number of diseases. He was unable to say. The hospital commission charged with the work of erecting the buildings for the new hosnital a' State park will meet here in a few days when definite steps will be taken toward the erection of a building to accommodate 150 chronic case3 of insanity. A number of buildings will make up "the colony group" at Sta'e park and it is very probable that there will be a special building for the pellagra cases. Postmasters to Meet in August. Lexington Po 'master S. J. Leaphart. president of the South Carolina Postmasters' association, is busy making arrangements for the annual meeting of the assoeiation to be held at Glenn Springs August 10 and 11 Mr. Leaphart is sanguine over the prospects for the most successful meet- , ing in the history of the associa- j tion. F. II. Hitchcock, postmaster j general, has been invited to attend the j meeting and make an address, and it is expected that the invitation will be accepted. Wants Tarrapin Industry Improved. Columbia. Representative Vincent, of Beaufort county, who was among the callers at the Governor's office, is hopeful of some legislative action in the near future toward improving the position of the terrapin and shellfish industry. There are nine oyster canneries in Mr. Vincent's countytwo of them at his home town. Bluffton?and the marshes of the locality <>Hniin<l ih Terraoin and clams His section is not so much interested as Georgetown in the migratory fish, like Bhad and sturgeon. To Improve Campus Driveway. Columbia.?Through public spirit and love of his alma mater. Dr. .T. j L. Folk, of Princeton. S. C.t has had delivered for the University of South Can !ina sufficient carloads of road | building material to make a splendid driveway of the big horseshoe on the j campus. The material is from the quarries of the Carolina Cement Gravel Company, of Brunson, in lampton county. It contains a high percentage of iron and clay and when wet and driven on forms almost a concrete bed. a) FORT MILL, S. C., THU FROM THE PALMETTO STATE ' The Latest News of Interest to South Carolinians That Has Been Carefully Condensed by the Editor Richland.?The county chaingang Is doing work on the various roads in this county as follows: Gang No. 1, on Garner's terry road; gang No. 2, on Monticello road; gang No. 3, on Asylum road, and the "floating" gang is in Edgewood. Columbia.?The dispensary cc*nmis- ; sion held an executive session here when several matters of minor importance were discussed. Members of the commission stated that there was no announcement to make as to the matters considered. Kinston.?There will be a joint meeting of the county board of education and township school committee chairmen, in Superintendent Joseph Kinsey's oflire the first Monday in August, to discuss plans for school betterment and longer terms. Rock Hill.?The board of school j trustees of this district met and authorized the finance committee to ; I have a petition prepared asking for a special election on the question of | issuing $50,000 in bonds to be used for the betterment of the schools of 1 this place. "* 1 Columbia.?Mrs. R. W. Dabbs, of i Mayesville, president of the State ] Registered Nurses' Association, is in ( Columbia to arrange for tie state , meeting of the assocation during Fair < Week. Mrs H. W. Reall, of the State , Anti-Tuberculosis League, is in the j ci?y to enlist the active support of ( representative Farmers' union men in ^ this good work. j Columbia.?Adjt. Hen. Moore announced that the South Carolina rifle j team to participate in the national rifle shoot will leave Columbia on the ] afternoon of August 10 by the South- ] ern railway for Camp Perry, Ohio. | The party will go by the way of < Washington. The team will consist j of 15 men and will he mobilized nore. , (Jolumbla.?The Richfand Volun- ; teers have received an invitation from the Kershaw Guards, Company A, ] Second regiment, National Guard of South Carolina, Camden, to attend a picnic, drill, etc., on August 4. The ; invitation has been accepted and eight men and Lieut. Poland will attend. I ] The names of the eight will be an- j nounced later. I Columbia.- The cases against Na- < polean Garrick, charged with driving < on the wrong side of the street, and i R. L. Mitchell, charged with reckless i driving, both cases being the outcome i of the automobile-hack collision on ' Main street, were postponed when i called in Recorder's court. 1 < Sumter.?In a fire at New Sumter, 1 the Belts Lumber Company suffered 1 a loss of bet wen $5,000 and $6,000, 1 about 80 per cent of which was cov- < ered by insurance. The fire was supposed to have caught from a spark i from a passing locomotive and destroyed the dresser, the planing mill, 1 warehouse and about sixty feet of skidway. About 40,000 feet of lumber was destroyed. Columbia.?The state board of canvassers formally approvel the elec- ' tion recently heal for the formation < of JaBper county. The new county ' has been formed out of parts of Beau- < fort tfhd Hampton counties. There < were 241 votes cast in Hampton < county, of which 225 were for the ' new county and 16 against it. In I Beaufort county there were 66 votes i cast, of which 58 were for the new < county and eight against it. j . Charleston.?The following trans- < fers of real estate have been recorded ' at the office of the registrar of mesne 1 conveyance: Thos. Hughes to James I Manos and Anastaseos Mavaodes, < property on south side of Princess street, consideration Klizaboth J Chinnis to J. A. Chinnis. property in Adam's itu 11 Township, eon- 1 side-ration, ?4<? Coinbahec F-r'iluo-r 1 Company to Bessie B. Chinnis, propel i ty near Ravt-nels, old Fairfield plan- i tation. consideration Charleston In the otlice of the 1 clerk of Court a suit was filed by A. T. Jennings against the Charleston Consolidated Railway and Light- i ing Company. In the complaint it is M alleged that the plaint iff was thrown : from a street car on .Meeting street i and injured badly last May. He is I suing the Consolidated Company for < $1,000 and costs. The case will come ' up at the next term of the Court i Winnsboro.?Capt. T M. Jordan is i arranging to carry his military company of high school boys on an outing the middle ot August They expect to go to Parr's Shoals on Broad river, t and will probably remain there and i enjoy the pleasures of camp life for ten days or more. This military company is composed of boys whose i ages range from 11 to 10 years, and t,hey have been drilled by C'apt. Jordan until they go through the manual , of arms with creditable precision All ; the boys are looking forward to the trip with much pleasure and intend , to have a "big time" of it. I Sumter.?A raid was made by sev- i eral members of tin- police force on a number of negroes who bad gathered in a house adjoining that of Or. Geo W. I tic k's, where his servant was staying. Seven offenders were arrested and fined or sent to the gang for gambling. Columbia. ? )i iiynu ami i (>mmissinner Watson will be among the Columbians to att< ml the annual convention of the South Carolina Good Roads association to be held in Spartanburg on August 7 and v Roth will deliver addresses. Mr. Hyatt is the president of the association. Lancaster.?Gov. Hlease has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at Heath Springs on the occasion of the Farmers' union rally and picnic The annual reunion of the Confederate veterans of the county will be held at Heath Springs the same day. Washington.?Patents have been issued to South Carolinians as follows: J. L. Coker. Jr., Hartsville, centrifugal pump: Wni. K. Holt, Loris, engine stopping device: Leon R. Livingston, Spartanburg, automatic door; ( W. W. Rhame, Summerville, and S. ( H. Nuchotis, Charleston, rosilient ( wheel. t RSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1911. II ILL NOT FIX THE BLAME fHE EVIDENCE IN THE WICKER31 SHAMS ROW WILL BE GIVEN tl TO THE HOUSE. I, I ( BITTER CLASHES AT HEARING ? ; r< The Attorney General and the Dele- 1 1 ei gate From Alaska Have Tilts? t< Many Charges Are Made?Will Not " Recommend House to Investigate. b i * I Washington. ? Following general : y charges and denials between the two si Wickersham's of the government, the P Attorney General and the Delegate from Alaska, the House committee on f| judiciary decided that it had no power e to do anything hut report the evidence P to the House. It will report early N Delegate Wickersham's resolution, calling on the Attor ey General to fur- r nish all the papers and data bearing tl jn the alleged frauds in connection p tvith the government coaling contracts, p The committee will not recommend o that the House investigate Delegate F Wickersham's charges that Attorney n jeneral Wickershom has shielded and if protected "Alaska syndicate crimi- u ials." In a hearing enlivened with frequent a md hitter clashes between the two j P Wickershams, it developed that the (j Delegate irom Aiasaa nau uuert-u uin t legal services in 1908 to the Guggen- t tieim interests in the Northwestern 1 n Commercial Company, for salary of 8 515,000 a year and the maintenance ot jfflee headquarters in Seattle. j "Were you ever in the employ of g the Guggenheim interests?" n/;ked Representatnc Sterling of Illinois. e "Never," said Delegate Wickersham. . a "Did they ever seek to employ j ^ pou?" ! "Yes," said the Delegate. "Stephen ^ Birch wrote to me in 1908 and asked n if I would take a position as counsel f [or the Northwestern Commercial jj Company." "What did you say," ask- p ?d Mr. Sterling. "I said I would take s i place as their counsel for an annual a 'alary of $15,000, they to equip oflices in Seattle," said Mr. Wickersham. ^ 'After I answered the letter nothing ;i more was said about it and they j, ?mployed other attorneys. If they had paid me what I asked I would ., Iiave been their attorney and I think ? I would have saved them a whole lot 'c trouble." t] "How," asked Representative Lit- j, telton of New York. "Through my advice to them to c keep awav from criminal* practices." Labor Leaders Given 20 Days. Washington. ? Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, the J" labor leaders, were allowed twenty ^ lays by Justice Wright of the District supremo court in which to answer the ^ charges of contempt against them as contained in a second report of the committee of prosecutors in the Bucks c Stove & Range cases. The court held s :hat the filing of charges of contempt i 1 OAmmittno nf nrnflP. JUUCI uniu 17 me wiuiiiiiivv v> p. vuv mtors made out a prima facie case. I fustice Wright's order will permit the lefendants to file answer under oath ; ( :o the charges or swear to a series of , ' nterrogatories, propounded by the ( prosecution, designed to substantiate ' he charges. ; I Troops Have Deen Called Out. Kloro, State 01 Mexico, Mex. In re- ( telling a mob of striking miners who f 'reed the prisoned in Jail, troops fired nto the crowd, kiliina : in- ami woundng thirty two others The strikers ? were from La Ksporanza mine which : they abandoned. The men in the 1 Mexican mine, an adjoining property, f walked out. It is expected by the I men of Eloro mine that a strike will f be called there. Fearing that they t might be the victims of anti-foreign t demonstration many American women s were sent out of the camp in a spe- t clal train to Mexico City. The fears ' were based on a circular recently is- I Bued by the miners in which Ameri- * cans were bitterly assailed. * Try to Save Man in Ditch. Jopkin. Mo.?With nearly one-third 1 the depth excavated, the party of rescuers who began digging in an effort * to save the life of Joseph Clary, im- p prisoned in a mine near here by a ' cave in, were relieved by other volun- y teers. Clary, who is 21 years of age, the son of a mine operator, is believ- 1 ehI to be still alive in a run way 70 feet below the surface. EfTorts to 1 reach the run way hv means of the y drill shaft and thus supply the man ' with air, had been unsuccessful up to ; present time. ** ? IA/;*U M?rl/ Prnlrpn man uivcb y?hh . ^ , Nrw Orleans.- -William ('. Sch roedor. a carpenter who broke his neck in a fall, is still conscious and conversed with his wife who sat by his cot in the hospital. He advised her how to get along in the world without him and take rare of their two children. The fracture is in the fifth vertebrae and he has lost all sense of feeling from the shoulders down Schroeder was knocked off a ladder while working on the second story of a building. There is no hope for his recovery. Goes to Chair For Murder o' Daughter. Kuneniola, N. V .--Charles L. Green, an Albany county farmer, was electrocuted at Clinton prison for the murder of Ids daughter, a girl of 14. on a farm near New Scott, a year ago. The electrocution had been twice stayed by Governor Dix against the wishes of the condemned man, who told his counsel he wanted to die. A confession by Greene's wife that her anfaithfulness had :ed to the shooting 'ailed to save him. Green went to his leath calmly after \pressing sarisfacion with the verdict oi the jury. \ TI EWS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA hort Paragraphs of General News That Has Been Carefully Selected From Many Towns. Orangeburg.?The weather is again itremeiy warm and some sections re in want of rain again, though 1 iere are fanners predicting a failing ft in cotton because of too much tin in others. Florence.?The coroner's jury in the ase of Ben Blackman and Charles i rent, who were killed on the railDad track, held an adjourned inuest but no new facts were develop- , d and the verdict was that they came ) their death by their own carelessess and that no blame could be ttached to the railroad company or ny of its officials. Rnf.tr llill ?T.ncf n-ouli Drs .T R liller, W. G. Stevens and Mr. N. G. Talker visited Greenville and AnderDn to see the abattoirs at those laces. It is understood that they, s a committee from city council, will ! ecommend that one be erected in his city as early a spossible. They xpressed themselves as being highly ' leased with what they saw at Greenille and Anderson. Charleston. ? County Supervisor ; antwell stated that so far he had eeeived no official application from lio Atlantic Coast Line Railway coinany for permission to build the proosed viaduct at Magnolia Crossing r the spur track to the Old Faber 'lace, on the Ashley river. The perllssion of the county commissioners i necessary before either of these ndertakings can be started. Charleston.?It is authoritatively nnounced that Prof. George H. Stevnson, general manager of the Naional Corn Exposition, will locate in he Charleston district in the near fuure for the purpose of operating a todel farm colony. Prof. Stevenon, who is reputed to be one of the irgest corn growers in the Western femlspbere, was in Charleston and urrounding territory last March. Columbia.?It is expected that sev ral hundred farmers in the state will ttend the institute to be held at 'lemson college from August 8 ttf 1. A number of institutes will be : icld during the remainder of the sumrter at various places in the state and he meeting at Clemson has been lesignated as the "round-up institute." i number of well known agricultural peakers have been invited to make ddresses. Columbia.?Col. K. J. Watson, comaissioner of agriculture, commerce nd industries, had several engage- ; nents to deliver public addresses , rithin the next few days. lie spoke i a Fort Mill, Sumter and Aiken. The ' lumter meeting finished up an enrgetic campaign to carry a county iond issue of $150,000 for permanent lighway improvements. At the Aiken aeeting drainage was mainly disussed. Florence.?Ed. Turner, a farmer liv- i ' ng near the city, has suffered from allies without being bitten by the dog , hat had the disease. A dog with ; abios recently entered his yard, and ilr. Turner killed him with a stick | vhich the dog bit in the scuffle. Af erwards Mr. Turner, in examining the : tick, got some of the poisoned saliva in his hand, and the hand and arm welled so badly that he went to the nstitute in Columbia for treatment. Columbia.?C. L. Kennedy et al j ilaintiffs, vs W. L. Hill, defendant Modified. Opion by C. A. Woods, A. J 1 leorge V. Allworden. respondent, vs j -* Affirmnrl I Miss Hyde, Jn cnnrge or me win hrop exhibit, made a talk to tht vomcn. and I'rof. Smith and th< >ther speakers talked to the mer iIkjim rattle, hoes, horses and tarn troduets. Bishopville.- Mr. F^Ilie Hvatte, i roung farmer. L'* years old, died a lis home at Lucknow. in this county ifter befng ill for the past few days iVithin one hoiw after he had breath wl his Inst his wife. Mrs. Mollic lyafte, died of heryt failure. Columbia.- To restore citizenship he governor pardoned O. Pointer, sen enced in Sumter county in Octobei )f 1903 to one year on the chaineatu )n the charge of grand larceny, am Saliio Hammett, sentenced in the nayor's court of Spartanburg in 19ot o pay a fine of $30 or serve 30 days >n the charge of larceny. Columbia. -The practice of the let er carriers using whistles to facili ate and expedite the delivery of mai ;vas restimed. all the carriers starting in their rounds with the convenient lickel plate whistle. Orangeburg.?At the regular quae Lerly meeting of Camp Thomas J jlover, United Confederate Veterans if this city, held at the Young Am ;rlca hall, it was decided that the Orangeburg chapter should attend the state reunion to be held at Columbia in a body. A committee, consisting if C H. .Tones, A. P. Fair and F. A Schifflcy. was appointed CANADIAN SHIP IS ON NOCKS FLAGSHIP NIOBE CRASHED ON LEDGES ON SOUTHWEST OF CAPE SABLE. NO LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED - Saved After Crew of Six Hundred Had Been Imperialey For Five Hours? United States Revenue Cutter Adriscoggin Went to the Rescue. Halifax, N. S.?The new Canadian navy was nearly deprived of half its sirengm wnen me nagsmp imoub crashed on the ledges on the southwest of Cape Sable. Five hours later she floated, leaking badly and proceeded under her own power to Shag Harbor. ten miles away, where she is at anchor with six fathoms qfs water and a soft mud bottom under her. The first to reach the side of the disabled cruiser was the United States revenue cutter Adroscoggin, which was cruising in the vicinity. The Niobe wireless call for help was picked up by the Androscoggin and was promptly flashed thit she would stand by to help and w ild do all in her power. Through the dense fog and heavy sea, which is believed to have been the cause of the Niobe accident, the Androscoggin shed and was standing by the Canadian cruiser when the Canadian government steamers Lady Laurler and Stanlej^which had been sent to the scene, arrived from St. John, X. B., with the tug McNaughton of Ynrdmouth. The Niobe, however, found that she was able to take care of herself. Although water was pouring into several compartments, her pumps kept her fairly clear, and Commander McDonald of the cruiser, expressing his thanks to the American cuttpr for her help, proceeded to a safe harbor, convoyed only by the tug. Erstwhile Parson is In Dad. II. i>^isuu, ai'|iciiuuu j Opinion by I). K. Hydrick, A. J 'urman Rookard, respondent, vs A tnd C. A. I.. Railway Co.. appellant {( versed. Opinion by 1). E. Hydrick V. J. 7. N. Traynbam, respondent, vj ' and W. c. Railway Co.. appellant ."ourt en banc will bear this case at Covemlx r term Per etiriam order Charleston -('apt. J H. Deverenx uperinteiclent < f repairs, lias plant ind specifications and is calling foi >ids for I lie dredging of the entrance o the Custom Hotisc flocks. Thf dans call for a mean dppth of twelve eet for half the length of the pier; hen a depth of fifteen feet for a dis ance of fifty feet beyond the pier md not less than twenty feet from here to the channel. The Custom louse docks receive periodical clean ties, and each time all the mud, drift mags and every bit of trash is clear d away. Florence.?A petition was circulat >d in the matter of the Seaboart lepot here and was generally signet hrouehout the city, requesting that he Seaboard build its depot on tlu iite originally purchased for that pur ?ose, that being so much more con renient for the people of the city. Abbeville.?The ClemHon-Winthrof tgricultural train was in Abbeville Danville, Vn.?A telegram received from Knoxrille, Term., states that Rev. D. P. Tate, a former prominent Methodist minister and more recently an insurance, real estate and rental agent of this city, had been arrested on a number of charges of fraud committed here. The former parson, after securing thousands of dollars by questionable methods, skipped Danville about two months ago. He had been gene several days before his victims thoroughly awoke to the fact that they had been swindled and notified the police. Since that time Tate has been on the dodge. , Tate came to Danville in the fall of 1000. Ho had formerly been a member of the Western North Carolina Conference and the fact that he still masqueraded as a Methodist minister gave him a standing and a credit that he would otherwise have had a hard task in securing. He wore his clerical garb and was very active in Sunday school and church work. One Dead and Many Hurt in Collison. Detroit. Mich.?In a collision between two interurban electric cars on the Ann Arhor division of the Detroit United Railways, one motorman was killed, five passengers were dangerously injured and more than a score were less seriously hurt. The collision accurred near Dearborn, about 10 miles west of the city limits. Tho cars, both traveling at a high rate of peed, is is said, met head-on at a -witch. A number of those hurt were brought to hospitals in Detroit. All are expc ted to re over. The dead ntotorman is Louis Hamilton. He was terribly crushed. General Arbitration Treaty. Washington. D. C. The general arbi ntion treaty between the United states and Great Britain and the 'nited States and France will be signed in Washington. An announcement to this effect was made. After the signing of the treaty there will be a formal exchange between the governments concerned. Secretary of State Knox will sign the treaties for the lTnlte<l States. May Ask For Continuance of Case. Richmond, V:i Counsel for Henry Hear tie, Jr.. accused by the coroner's jury of the murder of his wife, probably will seek a continuance of the case when it is called in the Chesterfield county court August IS. The defense is said to have been considering a change of venue on account of the prospective difficulty of obtaining a jury in Chesterfield and on account of local feeling. If was stated in a local paper, too. that the insanity plea in behalf of the accused is being earnestly considt rod. Another Uprising Is Expected. Port au Prince, Haiti. The Haiticn gunboat Seventeenth of Deccmbre returned here from Aux Caves, where covernmenf troops under command of Heneral Simon, son of President Simon, recently put down a rising. The gunboat brought 7." soldiers under a Ifaitien general The American crew of the vessel is dissatisfied and anxious to leave the ship. The gun1 4 1 I | lAFtC U'lfH duhi iiifiui- .ii mm ),u. n.?, tho evident intention of forcing the inhabitants to remain loyal but the revolutionists were in control. The Mysteries of a Prison. Leavenworth, Kan. -Frank 11. Lemon, deputy warden of the Federal prison here tendered his resignation to Attorney (leneral Wlckersham to take effect July 31. The resignation of Deputy Warden Lemon follows an investigation made by agents of the department of justice which has beer under way for fiv< months. The In vestigation, it is said, resulted fron charges that a deputy warden at the Federal prison had mistreated a boj prisoner from Alaska. 9' 1 | $1.25 PER YEAR GOVERNOR PAROLES MANY Acts On a Number of Pardon Petition? ?Has Refused Clemency in a Great Number of Cases. Columbia.?Governor Blease paroled the former Penitentiary guard. John White, of Columbia, who received, in the Richland Criminal court in the fall of 1909, a sentence of ten year's imprisonment for his part in the affray, shortly before that, in the red light district of the city, in which Eber Ashford, received his death wound. John White, Lonnie Hall, Ashford and a man named Mellett came together and a scuffle ensued, in which Ash iora was iaiany snoi. Solicitor Cobb wrote: "I recommend reduction of sentence to three years." Judge Memminger said: "I am willing to subscribe to Solicitor Cobb's recommendation," Capt. D .J. Griffith, superintendent of the Penitentiary, certified that White had made a model prisoner. The petition for pardon was signed by all the directors of the Penitentiary, by former Recorder Stanley, by Chief Cathcart, Lieut. Swearingen, Sergts. McQuatters, Daly and Sloan and a number of policemen from the Columbia police department. Governor Blease also paroled Lorum Washington. colored, of Darlington, who killed John Scott in a fight following a baseball game over which they had disagreed. Superintendent Griffin, of the Penitentiary, said he had made an excellent prisoner. Governor Blease commuted to a fine of $50 the sentence of $100 fine or three months' imprisonment, imposed on George Horn, white, in Dillon county, for violation of the dis pensary law. County Physician D. M. Mlchaux of Dillon, certified that Horn was in the last stages of consumption. County Attorney J. B. Gibson strongly recommended commutation. Governor Blease refused pardons in these cases: Sam K. Williams. Charleston, assault, etc.; A. R. Cackman, Marion, manslaughter; Damps Tyler, Aiken, murder; Frank Dial, Greenville, burglary: Lewis Washington, Sumter, assault, etc.; Will Holmes, Kdgefield, | manslaughter; Hop Thompson, Fairfield, murder; Herbert Harney, Barnwell, manslaughter; Clarence Davis, Charleston, forgery. Reformatory Board Held Meeting. The board of trustees of the South Carolina Industrial school, which is located at Florence, met here and numbers of matters of importance were discussed and much routine business considered. A number of releases, nearly all on parole, conditioned on Rood behavior, were granted and several petitions were refuted. There are 64 boys in the institution. Since the first of the year 28 have been admitted. The affairs of the Institution were found to be in excellent shape. Reports to the board by Superintendent h'mmons showed that common school studies arc being taught the boys with gocd results. Many of the hoys are being trained along industrial lines. The industrial work at the institution will be increased. This is considered the most important need of the school. The members of the board present were: D. D. Wallace, Spartanburg: J. W. Ragsdale, Dr. Ilderton and W. R. Barringer, Florence: George Jamleson, Greenwood, and W. B. Utsey, 8t. George. The governor, who is ex officio chairman or tne Doara, was present, as were Superintendent Emmons. First Train Over New Track. The first train over the Seaboard Vir Line's new tracks, carrying passengers, came into the Florence terminal of that company, bringing to Florence Mr \V. R. Bonsai, Mr. Monmre, Mr. Hancock ar.d others of the Seaboard officials, together with Mr. J'arsons, president of the Rockkingham National Bank, of Rockingham, ,V. C., and several others who are interested in the South Carolina and Western and other roads pertaining to the Seaboard Air Line in the Pee Dee section. The train wa3 made up of one of the Seaboard's large passenger locomotives, a Pullman sleeping car and made quite a "swell" looking train for the MeBee-Hartsville-Darlington-Florence main line of the Seaboard's new line, headed for Char ICbiuii. Auditor Has Made His Report. R. S. M elver, public accountant of Greenville, has made his report as auditor of the hooks of the electric light and waterworks plant here. This plant is a municipal establishment and is managed by three commissioners elected by the people. For the nine months from October 1, 1910, to June 30, 1911, the period which the report covers, there is shown a net profit of $5,299.99. It is understood that the commissioners contemplate making considerable improvement. Blind Tiger Gets Heavy Fine. 0. W. M. Jones, locksmith, well known here in f'heraw, where he has lived for a number of years, was convicted in the mayor's court of the illegal sale of whiskey, and he was given (he full penalty of the law, jioo fine or 30 flays In Jail. This Is the first conviction in Cheraw in many years of a white man for conducting a blind tiger and it indicates strongly that the city authorities are determined to destroy this illegal traffic and preserve the purity of thia little city. Orangeburg Postoffice Has Grown. The growth of the Orangeburg postoffice, in all of its various departments, has been steady and reveals interesting figures. Ten years ago, , in addition to the postmaster's salary, | there was an allowance of $470 for local clerk hire prorided by the de, part men t in Washington At the pree| ent time the office employs a total of eighteen men, each one of whom are j now upon the roster rolls of the port, office department. In addition to the pastmasfer there are six regular olerks employed in the office.