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.
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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
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