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ESTABLISHED IN 18 IWlELOSF REPORTED SO HR TOTAL FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF YEAR AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $180,000. OECREASE SHOWN FOR JULY Insurance Commissioner Sent Out Letter to the Mayors of the Cities of South Carolina Calling Attention to Necessity of More Care. Columbia.?Fires as the result of rats and matches cost the people of South Carolina over $10,000 during the montn 01 Juiy, according to a statement from the State Departmment of Insurance. The report shows the total flre loss for the month to be $47.373.07, as compared with $180,459 during the month of July last year. There were 102 flres reported during the month, as compared with 74 during the same period last year. The report of Insurance Commissioner McMaster shows that there were 859 fires in the state Bince the first of the year, aggregating a loss of $710,163. During the same period last year there were 771 fires, with a loss of $662,771. As a result of this marked increase In the loss by fire, Insurance Commissioner McMaster has issued the following statement to the mayors of the cities of South Carolina: "I regret to inform you that the fire losses for the six months ending June ?w, ivu, are someimng more man $180,000 in excess of the Are losseB for the same period in 1910. "We simply can not hope to have fire insurance rates reduced if the fire losses are not decreased. Regardless of fire insurance rates, every effort should be made to stop the fearful fire waste in this state. "The total losses reported by the insurance companies for the six months ending June 30 were $06,790, and possibly that much more was burned up which was not covered by insurance. The folloing is the fire loss report for month of July, 1911: Causes No. Amount Adjacent property 6 $1,943.10 Careless handling of lights 2 1,674.00 Careless smoking 4 2,142.90 Careless placing of hot ashes 1 540.00 Defective flues 4 4,216.95 Defective electric wiring 1 2,250.00 Explosion of oil lamps.. 2 99.00 Explosion of oil stoves 2 703.45 Foreign substance in machinery 7 688.50 Lightning 18 7,141.15 Rats and matches ....11 10,419.75 Sparks on roof 10 169.88 Sparks from fireplace.. 1 564.75 Stoves (overheated)... 4 3,185.83 Spontaneous . combustion 4 1,811.70 Supposed incendiary... Z 2,507.40 Unknown 23 7,404.71 Total July. 1911.... 102 $ 47.373.07 South Carolina Enterprises. Columbia.?Four commissions and three charters, issued by the Secretary of state, indicate the formation of seven interesting and locally important concerns, as follows: Commissioned: The Herald Company. Laurens; capital. $5,000; corporators, N. B. Dial, S. M. Wilkes. H. K. i Aiken, R. A. Cooper; to take over the Laurensville Herald, formerly owned by the late Col. T. B. Crews. Commissioned; Hartzog-Hagood Live Stock and Vehicle Company, Greenwood; capital. $30,000; corporators, H. G. Hnrtzog and W. C. Hagood. Commissioned: Pageland Hardware Company, Paceland; capital. $5,000; corporators. C. L. Wheeler, of Dillon; R. P. Schofleld, of Florence; Chas. T. Williams, of Richmond. Commissioned: Bates-Carroll-Darny Company, St. Matthews; capital. $10,000; corporaI tors. J. L. Carroll and J. E. Darby, of I St. Matthews; Harry G. Bates, of Eastover; to deal in automobiles, live stock and vehicles. Chartered: Williamsburg Development Company, Charleston; capital, $150,000. Work Boy Course at Clemson. In order to assist worthy and needy young men to obtain a practical edu cation alone educational lines, and at the satne time to furnish the College farm with skillful, reliable and intelligent labor, the trustees have authorized the organization of a work-boy course in agriculture. Into this class twenty students will be received at the opening of the coming session. They will be divided into two squads of ten inen each. One squad will work o nthe farm a week, while the other will attend classes. Sumter Bond Issue Defeated. With all of the voting precincts heard from, except Manchester, where only four votes were polled, the proposed issue of $50,000 road improvement bonds was defeated by a majority of four votes. When the voters in the city were and those from the nearby boxes in the couDty, the major ity for the bond issue was 144 votes, but with the coining in of the results from Shiloh and Concord, which polled heavy votes for county precincts, the result was changed to what it is now, four majority against the issue. Next Session tc in Charleston. Prof. A. J. Thackston. superintendent of the Orangeburg city schools and president of the State Teachers' association of South Carolina, has announced that the next executive committee of the association has decided to accept the invitation of Charleston to hold the next annual convention in that city. At the last meeting of the ssociation, which was held in Coambla in March, a large delegation of Charleston teachers attended and brought with them cordial invitation! from tbe Charleston county teac&M*. THE 91. TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL 7EAR President Riggs is Very Much Pleased With Outlook ? Explains How Money Will Be Spent Columbia.?Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson College, was among the visitors in Columbia a few days ago. He predicted a most successful year for Clemson and had some interesting things to say in connection with the work of the institution. "The prospects for next season," said President Riggs, "are very encouraging. Between 650 and 700 eligible students have filed application for admission and quite a number of others ineligible, because of age or lack of preparation, have been refused. At least 800 will be accepted. "The work on the dormitories to increase by 100 their capacity is progressing satisfactorily and will be completed In time for the opening of the Bession on September 14. The new dairy building is nearing completion and the new dairy* barn iB well under way. These buildings will be representative of the best of their respective types and will add greatly to the efficiency of our courses in agriculture and animal husbandry. "The recently purchased farm land is under cultivation and visitors to the state farmers' institute will see one of the finest corn crops in the state. The demonstration train has completed its tour, which included 45 stops. The attendance was approximately 50,000. An equal number hs been reached by the three farmers' institute parties that we have had at work during the summer. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees the following budget of appropriations ws made up for the annual fiscal year, beginning July 1. 1911. For public service 8 99,006.00 Operating college 154,914.99 Dormitory enlargements... 31,014.50 Completion of dairy and barn 14,993.75 Residences and permanent improvements 11,210.72 Additional dairy came o.iw.uv i Shop laboratory and library apparatus and equipment 11,261.40 . Total $336,501.36 P'ned White* Twice as Much. Twenty-six liquar caseB, the result of raids of three social clubs by the , police officers and the work of private detectives among negroes, have been disposed of in the mayor's court within the last day or two. Eighteen of the cases were brought against managers and employes of the clubs, all white men. Eight of the cases were against negroes, "pocket blind tigers.'' \ In every case but one a conviction resulted. After several of the club cases had been tried before Juries the others under indictment voluntarily entered pleas of guilty and paid their fines. In the cases of the white men the mayor imposed fines of $100 in each case and In each case of the negroes the fines were $50. A jury trying one of the negroes brought in a verdict of not guilty, due to some conflict of testimony. The crusade against the illegal sale of liquor in Anderson has put all the liquor sellers on the run Inquiries About Lowland. State Land Agent McLaurin has an inquiry from a large Chicago development company for a tract of lowland, 60,000 to 70,000 acres in extent, which can he had at a reasonable price, and is susceptible of drainage by gravity, without pumping, for colizination purposes. A similar inquiry from an Indiana concern was received recently. Those who have large bodies of such lands for sale will be put in touch with the prospective buyers If they will write to Mr. McLaurin. The state land agent receives from time to time various inquiries of this character, but sales seldom follow, because of the prices at which the lands are held. In most cases the land do- ; sired Is cut-over timber land, of which there is a large amount lying fallow in South Carolina. What can be done at practicable expense toward reclaim ing such lands for agricultural pur poses has been demonstrated at the coastal experiment station of the state, at Jedbourg, where butnper crops are being grown upon was locally known as "crawfish" land, a heavy blue clay overlaid with a thick deposit of ncn anuviai mouiu. Held Educational Rally. The educational rally held at Fair View. 10 miles east of this place, was largely attended. Its purpose was to create more interest on the part of the people in that community in their schools to the end that they might increase the special school tax pro- ; vide better equipped school rooms and consolidate, if possible, some of the smaller schools. Superintendent Carson. Prof. Hunnicut of Furman. B. B. Hare and others made interesting addresses. They urged the people to get busy. Negroes Urged to Exhibit at Fair. To the negro citizens of the st<>te, and the stockholders of the Negro State Fair association: Three years ago the State Negro Fair association was organized for the industrial development of the negro people of j South Carolina, especially as it re- j lates to their agricultural progress. Suffice it to say that each year the fair has been attended with a reason oKIrt omnnnt r\f JllPPOKC nnH thll& thf association That the fair has been helpful to the negroes of the state none will doubt. Acts as His Own Attorney. Just out of the Federal penitentiary in Atlanta, where he served seven years for a $10,000 safe robbery at Enoree. in this county, in which post office funds were stolen. James Johnson, alias Portland Ned. a noted criminal. was placed on trial in the state court for the same crime. With all j the resources of the Federal and state governments arrayed against him and his criminal history on the record Johnson acted a* his own attorney I with remaj-ka^lff skill. I FO NURSES GRADUATE HAVE GRADUATION EXERCISES AT THE WASHINGTON STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL. CONGESSMAN LEVER TALKS Makes Address to Those Receiving rtinlnmac Intfrnrfte Mfaninfl Ol Word "Success"?The PretenUtlor it Made by U. S. Pope. Columbia.?Nine young women re ceived diplomas from the Columbia Hospital Training School for Nurses The exercises of graduation took place at the chapel of the Washing ton Street Methodist church, where were gathered quite a large collec tion of the friends of the instituilor and of the young women. When the audience had assembled the members of the training school entered the hall in a body, with Mist Shrive, superintendent of nurses, and Miss Burrows, head nurse. Wearing the uniform of the school, the blut dresses with white aprons, linen culTc and pretty caps, the young girls made an attractive picture as they walked in, two by two, and occupied the fronl seats in the middle section. The ora tor of the occasion was Asbury F Lever, congressman from this district who was presented by Dr. D. S. Pope of the hospital board. Mr. Lever spoke of his genuine pleasure in being present to greet again on this occasior the young women whom he hac learned to know and to value during his recent lilness at the Columbia hos pital. Interpreting for the young womer who are Just about to begin their lift of service and sacrifice, the rea meaning of the word "success," Mr Lever left with them some thoughts full of inspiration and comfort. The career of a nurse is not apt to be on* of conspicuous or signal success, anc therefore, to the young women whe have chosen to enter that field Mr T />VAf*'a romnrl/Q u*oro Cnattf emphasize the fact that attainment lies in effort?that real success belongs to those who battle hardest and foi the best cause. "Success is not what we accomplish," said Mr. Lever, "it is what we try to accomplish." Pluck patience and perseverance in his esti mation are the three elements which make for success in life in every vo cation?and especially are they neces sary to the success of a trained nurse Mr. Lever based his remarks on the text from the Bible in which alone ap pears the word success?"Thou shall tnake thyself prosperous and thee thou shalt have good success." Greenville Boy Champion Grower. Greenville.?That a Greenville coun ty corn club boy stands a splendic chance of raising the champion acn of corn in the state, if not in the South, and thereby eclipsing the rec ord of Jerry Moore, was the opinior voiced by Oleinson co lege expertf and Senator B. R. Tillman. Specia Agent C. B. Haddon of Clemson col lege, Senator Tillman and other par ties made a trip into the upper sec tion of Greenville county for the pur pose of inspecting one acre of com being grown by Edgar S. Berry, a 16-year-old lad living on the farm ol J. K. uniiurcss oi ureenvuie. i nc experts viewed thoroughly the acre ol growing corn, made a calculation as to the probable yield, took photographs of the corn and inade arrange ments for having the corn measured, weighed and analyzed for moisture, At tho conclusion of his investiga tion, Petitions on Car Lines. Columbia ?A petition was filed with city council asking that the original prayer of ?he Columbia Railway, (laand Eelectric company for permis sion to lay tracks on Pendleton street between Sumter and Bull streets, anc on Bull street between Pendleton and Green streets, and on Green street between Bull and Hardin streets, be granted. The petitions said the) believed that the route sought would benefit the greatest number. The pe tition will be referred by council tc the street railway company. Captain H. P. Griffith's Book. Gnffney?For a long time the peoplf of Gaffney. and. in fact, hte people o1 South Carolina as well, have beer looking forward with pleasurable an ticipation to the time when ("apt. II P. Griffith, of this city, would write a book of memoirs of his life anc experiences. The book is now in the hands of local publishers, and wil soon be put upon the press. It will be entitled "Variosa," and will, nc doubt, be one of the most intensely interesting pieces of literature erer produced in South Carolina. Demonstration to Street Hands. Summerville. Mr. Reid Whit ford, of the sanitary drainage commission, accompanied by Troof. Homos, the Government good roads export, armed here where thov were mot by Dr J A Ouerin. president. I.ocaro Walker Esq., chairman of good roads com mittee. and other members of the Stunmerville Business Men's League Through the invitation of the good roads committee of the league, I'rof Homes took the town street hands and gave a demonstration of the building of a good road. Was Killed in His Bed. Newberry.?Mark L. Gantt, a whits farmer bout 50 years old, was killed n his bed, at his home on the south ern outskirts of the city, and A. Jen kins Gantt, his nephew, is in jail charged with ho killing Gantt was killed with a shotgun, the load en tering the back of the head and scat tering the brains ovt-r the bed. Jen kins Gantt, better known as "Dink' Gantt, denies any knowledge of the tilling. He is about 27 years old and at teen farming with his uncle, iRT FORT MILL, S. C., THl "NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA leneral Newr. of the Palmetto State That Has Been Carefuly Selected and Condensed by Editor. Rock Hill.?Mayor John T. Roddcy has intimated that he may resign on account of the duties of his office interfering with his business. It is i hoped that he will not do so for ae has made Rock Hill a good officer. Union.?Considerable interest cen' tres in the hearings in regard to the p near beer sellers, who were recently arest*d under Instructions to the i near beer sellers, who were recently rests were made and the hearings will be had before Magistrate J. P. Walker, Jr., on August 10. Solicitor J. C. Otts will represent the state Columbia.?Performances at the Maceo Theatre, a moving picture and vaudeville house for colored peope, s were preemptorily suspended by F!re . Chief W. J. May on the ground that , the frame buiding was so constructed and arranged as to constitute a menace to human life. "It is a death trap " 1 Chief May said. "Sooner or later there I would be heavy loss of life." Columbia.?Members of the Autoj mobile Club of Columbia, affiliated I with the Automobile Association of , America, expect an early decis on | from the contest board on the protest ! filed as to the route to be taken in , the Glidden tour. The local club I holds that the direct line from New L York to Jacksonville is either via Rijlieigh, through Columbia, to !3a^ vannab, or via Charotte, through Columbia to Savannah. , Abbeville.?Early in September the i drinking fountain given by the r tional Humane society to the city will i be dedicated. The Civic club which I prevailed upon the society to donate r the fountain, have planned to have a three days' carnival in connection with the dedication. A grand parade , of koats led by a brass band is , scheduled for the second day. SenaI tor Ed. Durand Smith will be asked to speak on the first day. i Gaffney.?The Farmers' Institute, i under the auspices of the Clemson ! Agricultural College, was held in this I city. While the attendance was far > from that desired, the very closest at. tention was given by those present, > and there can be no doubt but 'hat t much benefit was derived by the Tli n Inati. JiltllKfia in oiirmiauw. * ...wv. tute was hold under the direction of t Messrs. W. B. West and J. P. Dew. t Mr. Weet was formerly a resident of Gaffney. Aiken.?The intense dry weather, 1 which has heroine so serious in this county, is believed to be broken A good rail fell, but there are many sections of the county in which no 5 rain lias fallen in many weeks. The crops are seriously injured in many t sections, ami a more serious condi1 tion prevails in regard to water. Many hitherto large streams have become completely dry, and the farmers have few wells that supply much water. ' St. Matthews.?The new Farmers' Bank is straining every nerve tD be J in business not later than September 15. All the fixtures and the latent 1 type of safe have been ordered, and ' they are expected soon. The new brick building secured for the bank's purposes is ideally located. It was recently built by Mr. Chris Gaz.ell for his own use, but he has decided to move to Sumter. The bank officials 1 are Jubilant over prospects and they \ are men who do things. Charleston.?Death from a frs.ctur, ed skull caused by a blow al the , hands of one George Sanders was the ' verdict in the coroner's inquest over the body of Joe Branson, the negro ' who died at the Hospital without ! ion vine anv elno as to the identity of his slayer. At the inquest 'he fact was brought out that Brunson had boon seen quarrelling with Sanders Columbia Capt. George V Shields, who had spent forty-nine of his nineI fy-one years in Columbia, serving , i well his adopted state and city, as . volunteer firemen, as city council! man, as director of the State I'eniI tentiary during the construction of I the Columbia Canal and as armorer to the Confederate Government during j the War Between the Sections died r in his home, 031 I^aurel street, as the I result of a general decline in health, . which commenced several weeks ago. , Capt. Shields was proprietor of the Palmetto Iron Works. Charleston.?Having been implicated by the statements of other ne> groes in the robbery committed on f Ret Bay street, .Toe Rufiln. colored, i was released by Magistrate O'Shaugh. nessy from fbe charge of grand lari ceny of two barrels of sugar, the firm , from which the sugar was said to I have been stolen failing to identify , it as its property. Antony I^awrence 1 I and Richard Brannon, who were tried I on this charge with Ruffin, were also , dismissed, although these two men have already been bound over to await . trial on the charge of the larceny of rice from W. D. Poreher. Columbia.?Governor Blease has : appointed as dispensers for Barnwell county Messrs. J. B. Walker, of Bluff; ton. and J. H. Hardee, of Hardeeville. , | Chester.?The cotton office of Lo i rnv Springs & Co.. has been disconJ tinned and Paul G. McCorkle will | leave in a few days fnr bis farm Lexington.? Henry Harris, a necro, , was sent to the rounty chain pang for a period of one hundred and twenty I day? by Magistrate Wallace K Lorick, of Irmo. Harris was tried and coni i victed on four counts vagrancy, as, satilt. carrying concealed weapons and i stealing. Columbia.?Uepresentat ive Joshua W. Ashley, of Anderson county, is going to have a family reunion at his I home, near Honea Path, tlie latter ' | part of this month, and Governor Bease has promised to attend and de. ! liver an address. Union During the present year , j there has been more building in Union than for several years past, and the prospects are that work wjll con. tinue. The increase and general im provementr. in buildings already erect; 3(1 Is a sp'endid index to the prosperity ot the citf and Rives an appearance of progress. JRSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911 A DEADLOCK OK THE WOOL BILL SENATOR LaFOLLETTE AND MR. UNDERWOOD CANNOT REACH AN AGREEMENT. MAY FORCE AN ADJOURNMENT Tie-Up Due to Mr. LaFollette's Un ! Compromising rosmun 111 v|ipvmuu<i to House Bill?May Persuade House to Meet Senate Half Way. Washington. ? Senator LaFollette and Chairman Underwood of the House ways and means committee, who have undertaken to reconcile the differences between the Senate and the House on the wool and tho farmers' free list bills for the full conference committee are in an unquestioned deadlock with the possibility of remaining so and thus forcing an adjournment of the session without final action on either of those measures. The tie-up is due to the uncompromising position of Mr. LaFollette in opposition to the House bill. He has told Mr. Underwood that a reduction of the rates below those fixed by the bill as It passed the Senate is an impossibility, and in response Mr. Underwood, who had great difficulty In getting an agreement by the House to the rates fixed in his bill, has said that the House never will consent to accept the Senate figures. Mr. LaFollette's contention is that the Senate rateB constitute a reduction of about three-fourths of the difference between the rates of the l'ayne-Aldrich law and those of the House bill; that it is impossible to go lower and hold anything like all the progressive Republicans and that " 1 - 1 I\Amnf.ratu fn tflWn 11 IS UeiltJI IUI lliu lycuivviukM w ? a half loaf than get nothing In the way of tariff. Mr. Underwood did not accept the Senate figures, but la quietly canvassing the House to ascertain what increase over the House rates may be possible. He has told some ^f his friends that the House might be persuaded to "meet the Senate half way" but the progressive leader merely smiled in response to suggestions of this character. He told Mr. Underwood that the difference was with his party friends rather than with himself, and they sustained him in the statement. The difficulties pe-tain entirely to the wool bill. An agreement on the free list could be had any time. The dealock has given rise to all kinds of suggestions nnd surmises. A Melodramatic Crime. New York?As a result of the al ieged attempt to destroy the records 1 of the Long Dock Mills & Eleveator Co. in Jersey City for the purpose of concealing a shortage of $2,500 In the accounts of Samuel Brown, the cashier, Brown and Patrick J. Tlmmoni, an expert accountant, are in Jail there under the charges of arson, conspiracy and manslaughter. The police hold a confession bearing Brown's signature telling of his plans for the j crime and naming Tlmmons, his good i friend, as an accomplice. Frank Walsh, known as "lightning" the burglar, who was hired to do the Job, died ! of burns received Youngster Sea ed Away Burglar. New York.?Allred May, a lusty lunged flve-.vear-old boy from San Francisco saved the home of his uncle on West Sixty-fist street from burglary. The intruder would probably have made a rirh haul if he had not been frightened away by the boy's out , cries, tor there was over $4,000 In Jewels and securities within easy reach when he fled. Alfred was sleeping In a bed room it one end of the house and awoke early just in time to j see a masked figure sliding down a rope from the roof to his window. As the man crept through the window Alfred found his voice and screamed his loudest. The would-be burglar lost no time in clambering back up his rope to the roof whence he escaped before the police could be summoned. Loses Her Divorce Suit. New York.?Edith Itussell Gambler, the former Atlanta society girl, loses her fight for a separation and the writ she prayed for goe: instead to Edward V. Gambier, her husband, a New York bank cashier, according to a decision handed down in her action by the Supreme Court. Gambler's suit for annulment of the marriage is on the fall calendar for Jury trial. Justice Pendleton, who wrote the decision, finds that Mrs. Gambler was not deserted, within the meaning of the law, because the desertion ws justifiable. , Kills Sweethearts Brother. St. Louis. Mo.?Albert G. Hutier, age . 23, who shot to death Eugene L. Walsh, aee 20. came to St. Louis last , month irom Concur 1. X. C., where he : and his brother. l'k-rce Butler, have a farm A dispute growing out of attentions paid by Butler to Walsh's 17year-old sister. Nellie, led to the shooting, the scene of which was tlm Walsh home. Just as Walsh's widowed mother appeared, tlip revolver in Butler's hand was discharged and Walsh, shot In the forehead, fell dead into the arms of his brother, Joseph. A Clue Is Found In Mystery. Denver, Col.?The mutilated body of a woman found on the ranch and N J. Johnson, in Jefferson county, has been identified as that of Mrs. Marie Lguardia, an old Italian woman who dlsanpeared from Denver last September. She is said tc have had $600 with her when she dropped out of eight. Denver police are working on the theory that an Italian woman, known as the Cassie Chadwick of the Italian colony, is connected with the death of Mrs. Laguardja. I i FROM THE PALMETTO STATE News of State-Wide Interest That Has Been Carefully Cotton Together and Condensed. Columbia.?The trustees of the city schools of Greenville have sold $41,000 4 per cent bonds for school purposes. Columbia.?C. F. Iloefer has been named by the governor as a member of the state house grounds commission. He is from Columbia. Woodruff.?The Public Library association will give a moving picture Bhow in the high school auditorium for the benefit of the public library. Columbia.?The sentence of 30 days or a fine of $50 imposed on Lila Martin by Magistrate Fowles of Columbia on the charge of cruelty to animals, has been commuted by the gov a. j - a-. ~9 ?r ernor 10 jd uays or u jiu? ui *u. Brownsville.?A barbecue was given by C. P. Hodges, at his river plantation, known as "The Neck," a few miles below here, to which everybody In his employment and a large number of friends were Invited. Columbia.?R. R. MUey has been namd by the governor as magistrate at Lodge In Colleton to succeed H. A. Cummlngs, esigned. John Walter Harris of North Augusta has been appointed as a notary public by the governor. Columbia.?Little drops of water? litt'e and far between, made the last July the driest ever seen. In effect, if not In word, this was what Harry O. Geren, director of the local weather bureau said in speaking of the drought situation of the month JuBt ended. Charleston.?Lieut. W. G. Mitchell, engineer officer and acting captain of the Navy Yard, received his corr> mission as lieutenant commander from July 1. He will remain as engineer officer of the yard, but as his rank has been advanced, his pay will also be increased. Lieutenant Commander Mitchell came to the Charleston Navy Yard, January, 1910. Gaffney.?J. N. Lipscomb, chairman of the board of public works of this city, acting for the board, telegraph' ed to the mayor of Charlotte, N. T.'., offering to furnish Charlotte water from this eitv. With the excellent railroad facilities Gaffney is in shape | to furnish the water. The action of ' the board of public works lias been universally commended. Mallory.?Except those who have considerable acreage of late planted cotton, farmers in this section have about wound up the year's plowing. The season has run considerably longer this year than ever before owing to the slow growth of the crops early ; in the season. Farmers who have a great deal of "young" cotton, however, will probably continue plowing it through a greater part of this month. Charlotte.?The usual notice is being given by County Supervisor W. P. Cantwell that all parties desiring ' to sell seed or unpacked lint cotton must pay the usual license of $50 for the privilege. Persons who propose to engage in the business must have the indorsement of 10 freeholders whose names must be passed upon by the county auditor and then upon the payment of the license of $50 the clerk of the court will Issue the license. Charleston?The largest property sale recorded in Charleston In many months was consummated when the 'property owned by the Navy Yard Home Corporation, consisting of about two hundred lots, situated at Station 13, on the Navy Yard Line of the Consolidated Railway, was sold to the Chlcora Residence Corporation. The sale was conducted by Mr. Lawrence M. Pincknev, auctioneer, and the Chlcora Residence Corporation was the only bidder. The price paid was $60,000. Mallory.?An election will be held on August 0. at Palcho school house, for the purpose of authorizing an additional special tax levy of 2 mills for the maintenance of the schools of this district. This district has carried a special levy of 2 mills for several years, but that amount has proved to be inadequate to meet the needs of the district. Inasmuch as no opposition to the additional levy has developed thus far it is highly probable that the vote will be practically unanimous in its favor. Charleston.?Special Police Officer N. A. Miller of the Charleston navy yard, whose authority was a few days ago enlarged with his appoint ment as a deputy sheriff, made his first raid, capturing two cases of whiskey and a half dozen kegs of beer at Walker's place. "The blind tiger" situation has improved already | about the government plant. One "tiger" has already shut up shop and hied to other parts. The expreesed determination of the navy yard authorities to police the territory within one mile of the yard has already shown results. Mallory.?County Commissioner J Stephen Bethel has announced his in tention of beginning in the next fewdays to make some needed improvements in the public roads of this section. Sand and clay will be used in the work. Columbia.?Citizens of Gailavnnt's Ferry, in Horrv county, have made request upon the state department of agriculture for blank petitions for the formation of a drainage district in that section under the law enacted at the last session of the general assembly. Copies of the drainage law will be furnished. Chester.?In a series of raids at C.reat Falls by Dispensary Constable H. C. Gibson and Deputy Sheriff Har- i din, 13 alleged gamblers were bagged, one alone making his escape. The whole bunch were taken before Magistrate Gibson of the Rossville township and fined. Boston, Mass.?South Carolina has oome to the front in the advertising world through its delegates to the big convention now in session here. One of the lustiest cheers of the convention was for South Carolina when the association's secretary reported big additions from that state; JUMPED TRACK, AT RILL SPEED ENGINEER STICKS TO THROTTLE AND ESCAPES?FIREMAN BADLY INJURED. PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED Locomotive Pulling New York-Chicago Flyer Goes Down High Embankment?No One Was Seriously Hurt. ?Pullman Car3 Stayed on Track. Chicago.?One hundred and twentyfive passengers on the Pennsylvania 18-hour train for New York were frightened, but uninjured, when the engine, tender and baggage car jumped the track, while going at full speed between Indiana Harbor and Buffington, Ind. The engine and tender broke from the train when the engineer applied the emergency brakes and leaving the rails, plunged down an embankment. The train stopped with a Jerk that threw the passengers from their seats but remained upright on the tracks. The baggage car, immediately behind the tender, left the tracks, but did not overturn. The fireman jumped when the engine left the rails and was hurt severely. The engineer stuck to his engine and went into tl?: ditch with it, in some manner escaping serious inJury. The accident happened when the train had gathered full speed in going down the incline from the elevated tracks in Indiana Harbor. For no known reason the tender left the tracks and bumped along the ties. Engineer Summers applied the emergency brake and the strain broke the coupling between the tender and baggage car and the tender and engine. The engine, released of its load, jumped ahead and left the rails, running over on the right side of the tracks. The four pullmans, of which the rest of the train consisted, were taken back to Indiana Harbor and sent on with another crew. The total delay to the fast train because of the accident was two hours. Careful investigation failed to reveal any cause of the tender leaving tho fr.irk and railroad men seemed unable to explain how It occurred. Street Car Company Obeys Judge. Des Moines, la.?For the first time In the history of the country, the order of a court put an end to what gave every indication of becoming a long and bitter struggle between organized labor and capital. The mandate issued by Judge Lawrence de Graffe of the district court was obeyed promptly by the Des Moines City Railway ComJany and the Carmens' Union and while there is ample prospect of a fight later in the courts, one thing is certain, an injunction has restored, temporarily at least, nearly 500 conductors and motormen to their original positions. The scenes attending the resumption of traffic rivaled those when the men turned the cars in for what many of them thought would be their last time. The streets in the vicinity of the central waiting room at Sixth and Mulberry were thronged for nearly three hours before the time set for the first car to pass. When extras announced that the first car had left the Twenty-fourth street barn, tioe-nn to show itself, and when car No. 188 of the University line passed the station the crowd tendered the crew a rousing ovation. Capital City Has Been Seized. Tort an Prince. -The first division of the revolutionary army entered the capital and immediately proclaimed I General Cincinnatus Leconte chief ex- | ecutive. General Leconte's election to j the presidency appears assured. The city remains calm. H. W. Kumiss, the American minister, went outside the city and warned the victorious army that if public order was disturbed he would cause American marines to be landed to keep the peace. The troops advanced in good order and occupied all the stations in the city, dis lodging therefrom supporters of Gen. An'enor Firmin. Boy Tied to Track and Killed. Austin, Tex.?There were no additional developments in the case of the j unknown Mexican boy who was tied to the Houston and Texas Central tracks near Klgin, and killed by a gravel train running over him. It is surmised by the officers that the act was committed by small boys who intended to scare the boy and then reiease him, but the unexpected arrival of a gravel train frightened them awav and he was left to his fate. The authorities are doing all in their power to apprehend the guilty party. Liquor Fight in Georgia. Atlanta, (Ja With but eight working days remaining of the present session, the Georgia Legislature is fin ing 'he most important liquor fight sineo ! the adoption of state-wide prohibition in lft07. Night sessions probably will be adopted early in the week. Supporters of the Tippins anti-near beer measure are confident that the bill will reach it final hearing and it is expected that a bitter fight will follow. The bill prohibits the handling of any beverage containing more than onehalf of one per cent of alcohol. Orr Has Ended His Joumay. New York.?Frank Orr ended here a 1,000 mile walk from Atlanta, Ga., begun on June 23 for a wager of $500. He started without money or matches, pushed a wheelbarrow before him this entire way and was not allowed to ask for food or money on the trip. Orr visited the city hall and left for Mayor Gaynor a letter from the mayor of Charlotte. N. C., and later boarded a train for Atlanta. He was seven days ahead of his schedule time of 48 days. $1.25 PER YEAR JONES DISCUSSES DECREE Comptroller General Says That State Will Save Many Thousand Dollars ?Taxation of Banks. Columbia. ? Comptroller General Jones expressed the opinion that the decree by Judge Aldrich, holding stocks add bonds owned by a bank- to be liable for taxation, was of farreaching importance to banking corporations and the tax department of the state. He was of the opinion that the decree will mean a saving of many thousands of dollars to the state. *\\n A rt/irnn r\t TnHoro A I VUUtCl UU15 IUU UWI CC VI V/UUQV m drich, the comptroller general made the following statement with reference to the case of the Bank of Camden against the county treasurer of Kershaw county. "In 1909 I issued a circular letter to all county auditors. Answering numerous inquiries as to the valuation of shares of bank stock for the purpose of taxation, I beg to advise: "All shares of the stockholders in any bank or banking association, whether state or national, are to be listed for taxation at their true value In money. " "The words 'true value In money' shall be construed to mean and include all surplus or extra moneys, capital and every species of personal property or value owned or in possession of any such bank." "In ascertaining such value of bank shares, no deduction is to be made for the amount of the bank's Investment in non-taxable securities, except investments of the capital stock In brown consol bonds and stock of the state of South Carolina, Issued under the act of 1892, amended by the act of 1893, 21 Stats., 481. This exemption is declared by the legislature to be a part of the contract with any investors In such bonds or stocks. But for this speoial provision in the act of 1893 there would be no authority for deducting the amount of investments in such bonds and stock from the value of the shares for the pur pose of taxation. "iVo deduction is to be made of the bank's investment in any other bonds, stocks or personal property. Sale of Automobiles Before Court. A decision of interest to automobile dealers throughout the state was given by the South Carolina supreme court in the case of James A. Jenkins Motor company of Columbia. The case involved a commission of 10 per cent, of the sales of $5,300 of cars. The opinion in the case is by Associate Justice Hydrick. The E. A. Jenkins Motor company of Columbia made a contract with James Cofield for the sale of Reo cars in Spartanburg county. Mr. Cofield was to receive 10 per cent as his profit on ail business. Four cars were sold within the territory by 'he Jenkins Motor company and Mr. Cofield claimed the percentage. The percentage was refused Mr. Cofield by the motor company on the grounds that he had not carried out his contract. The question arose?would Mr. Cofield have sold the cars? The case was tried in the Spartanburg county court and a verdict was rendered In favor of Mr.-Cofield. The supreme court in its decision affirmed the Spartanburg county court. Governor Grants More Paroles. Otis Hilton, who was convicted In Chester county last year on the charge of murder and upon a conviction, with recommendation to mercy, was sentenced to life imprisonment, has been paroled by the governor during good behavior, and on the condition that he refrain from the use of whiskey. James Love, who was convicted in Spartanburg county otf the charge of murder In 1904 and sentenced to lire imprisonment, has been paroled during good behavior. A parole has been granted to Young Springfield, who was convicted in Greenville county in 1909 and sentenced to two >ears In the penltentiay on the charge of manslaughter. Mellie Bolton, who was convicted in Marion county In February of this year on the charge of larceny and sentenced to one year, was paroled. Dan Williams, who was convicted In Kershaw county in 1909 and sentenced to 20 years In the penitentiary on the charge of manslaughter, haa been paroled during good behavior. Land Development Schemes. Among the latest land development schemes are the project of the Williamsburg Development company and the March Land Improvement company, the former in Williamsburg county, with the office of the company in Charleston, and the latter across the Cooper river. The - ? (a AonlfaltioH of iormer coryurauuu ia ia|niuii?<i ?>. $150,000 and (he latter at $25,000. The Williamsburg company Is one of (he largest of the projects which has been started, having for its purpose the reclaim of about 6,000 acres. Court House Will Cost $40,951.34. County Supervisor H. B. Humbert awarded to Mar6hburn ft Rounds of Augusta, the contract for enlarging and remodeling the county court house as authorized by an appropriation made by the general assembly. The bid was accepted for $40,951.34, this being the lowest of the five submitted. The work is to commence within 10 days and the building is to be completed in five months. The architects of the building are Brown, nrofit ft Hampton, of Spartanburg and Atlanta. Lexington Gang Doing Fine Work. The Lexington county gang is said o be doing some fine work on the road near Columbia through the Dutch Fork. Many miles of this road hat been put In good condition, it is said, and the hands are nearing the town of Chapin. The work will be continued on this line of road until the Newberry line is reached, it is understood. This Is one of the roads proposed as an official highway to the Piedmont section of the state and to Asheville 'Mk