Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 17, 1911, Image 1
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? AN EXAMINATION IS TO BE MADE
A OF CONDITIONS IN GLENP
DALE MILL VILLAGE.
I A LETTER TO COMMISSIONER
Doctor Babcock Recommends Action
' I' P omrr 'eeinn#?r
IV VV ?nvn n v vuvv wvun> >
Watson Orders Chief Inspector to
HK Look Into the Matter at Once.
Columbia.?A letter from W. E.
_ Lindsay, assistant treasurer of the
^ D. E. Converse company of (Jlendale,
'calling attention to several cases of
.'pellagra in the mill village, has resulted
in an order issued by Commissioner
Watson for an investigation of
the corn sold in that village.
Mr. Lindsay in his letter fays that
he has corresponded with Dr. Babcock
about the matter and Dr. Babcock
suggested that the corn sold in
the neighboring stores be examined.
Mr. Watson in his reply calls attention
to the importance o!' the examination
and the fact that samples
will be taken and given a thorough
teat, this being the first practical step
taken to connect toxic corn products
with pellagra.
His reply is as follows:
"I am in receipt of yours of August
7 and am very glad that you
have called this r.mtter to my attention.
I have Just begun the examination
of the corn meals and other corn
products being sold in this state for
human consumption, and this particular
Instance afTords an excellent
opportunity for arriving ai. exact data
that will be extremely valuable to the
medical and scientific world, as well
as lo us in a practical way. 1 re^aiu
this particular development of such
consequence that I am directing
Chief Inspector Sloan to proceed to
Clendale and to carefully draw rampies
of every form of com product
that is being sold to the people in the
village. These samples will be immediately
given the thorough test as explained
In bulletin 23 sent you herewith,
and will enable ua, if they be
the basic cause of the diseose to connect
the two, and will certainly enable
us to take the dangerous stuff
off the market and require only pure
stuff to be sold.
ft
Ticket Validation Before Court.
The supreme court rendered an Interesting
decision in the case of
Corley against the Southern railway,
affirming the verdict of the lower
court of Richland in which $800 was
nwarded in a suit. According to the
records Corley applied at the Columbia
office for a round trip ticket
from Columbia to Ashevill? on June
14, 1907. The agent infsrined the
purchaser that a trip ticket to Swannanoar
could be purchased for about
$2 less. This station is only a short
distance from Ashevllle. The agent.
?/>cnri!ine tn the brief, said that it
would be ne:essary to have the return
slip validated at the destination but
that the passenger might arrange to
have the ticket fixed at Asheville. The
ticket was not nxed at Asheville. The
passenger got on the train at Hiltmore.
The conductor refused to accept
the return slip without validation
and Corlcy was ejected.
New Enterprises of South Carolina.
The secretary of state, chartered
the Whipple Lumber company, capitalized
at $25,000. of Ravenel. Charleston1
county. The corporators were
H. A. Mclony and G. C. Creighton of
Charleston The directors are Messrs
Molony and Creighton, C. S. Whipple i
and J. Ft. Fhippey. Mr Creighton is
president. Mr. Molony h. secretary
and treasurer. Commissioned: Gray
Court Oil & Fertilizer company, Gray
Court; capital $25,000; corporators,
F. D. Hunter of Simpsonvllle, J. W.
tin Pro and G W. Owincs of Owings.
"For social and educational purposes,
and for the promotion of the
interests of Florence" is the purpose
of the Commercial club cf Florence,
chartered by the secretary of state,
Postmasters Close Convertion.
The South Carolina l ost masters'
association, in convention at Glenn
Springs adopted resolutions recommending
to the department at Washington
that rural carriers be required
to do work in connection with the
issuing of mcney orders which is now
done in the postofftce; heard two addresses
on matters connected with the
postal service; elected offcers, W. M.
Floyd of Spartanburg being chosen
as president; selected the Isle of
Palms as the next meeting place and
adjourned.
I Governor Appoints Delegates.
The governor appointed the follow
ing delegates to represent South Car
olina at the convention of the Asso
ciation of Military Surgeons. I)rs.
C. J. Epps. Conway; J. W. Wessinger.
Ballentine; A. W. Browning.
Ellcree: J Frastr Wilson, Allan J.
Jervev, Charleston; A. Moultrie
Brailsford, Taylor I.ewis, Mullins;
Sidney C. Zemp, Camden; Jas. E.
Poore. Columbia; Miles J. Walker,
Yorkville: Herbert T. Flames, Jonesvllle;
Jas. W. Campbell, Clover; I?adore
Schayer. Laurens; J. P. Carlisle.
Defeat of Bend Issue Verified.
While it was practically certain
that the proposition to vote bonds
in aid of a railroad freni Greenwood
to Saluda had been defeated, it was
verified. The bonds were defeated in
Greenwood township by a vote of 153
to 128; in Brooks township, in this
county, by 22 to 2. and in Fellowship
township by a vote of 23 to 21. In
Saluda county the proposition to bond
the entire county in aid of the road
was defeated and also the separate
reposition to bond the three town
THE
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ARRANGE BUILDING BONDS T
State Fair Society Hold Meeting?
Committee is Appointed?AuditorCi
lum to be Moved Soon.
Columbia.?The South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical society, at
a meeting decided to issue bonds to
the amount of $L'5,000 for the erection
of the steel auditorium on the 5
fair grounds and for other improvements
contemplated. The auditorium,
as already announced, has been purchased
from Greensboro, N. C., and
will be sent to Columbia shortly. It
will accomodate about 35,000 people.
The bonds will bear 6 per cent
interest.
It was decided to leave the details
of the bond issue to a committee consisting
of R. I. Manning, Sumter,
chairman; J. A. Banks, president, St.
Matthews; J. M. Cantey, secretary, fr
Columbia; G. A. Guignard, Columbia; tt
D. A. Spivey, Conway; J. D. Frost, "i
Columbia; R. P. Hamer, Jr.. Hamer. jj,
The meeting was a most important ^
one and plans were made for making
the fair of 1911 a record breaker in
nnint r\f aOpnilnnrp nild exhibits. Ei
ROAD IMPROVEMENT TRAIN ?
dl
Schedule Announced For South Carolina
by Southern Railway. I1
The special "Road Improvement
train" being orperated by the South- 8<
ern railway, the Augusta Southern al
railroad and affiliated lines in co- 8
operation with the United States of- dl
flee of public roads, will commence fi
its tour of South Carolina on Sep- P;
tember 4. It will spend practically a P1
month in South Carolina making ex- w
hibitions at points along the Southern
railway. T
The "Road Improvement train" is tl
being sent out by the Southern rail- o
way to further the movement for bet- t'
ter wagon roads throughout the ii
South and at the same time to give it
practical Information to farmers and It
road officials as to the building of w
roads and their repair. The schedule p
for South Carolina so far arranged ii
is as follows:
Spetember 4, Monday?Blacksburg, s
10 a. m.; Gaffney, 2 p. m. n
September 5, Tuesday?Spartanburg.
10 a. m. g
September 6, Wednesday?Green- a
ville, 9:30 a. m.; Easley, 2 p. m. o
September 7, Thursday?Calhoun, p
10 a. m.; Wednesday, 2:30 p. m. h
September 8. Friday?Seneca, 9:30 o
a. in.; Pendleton, 2 p. m. s
September 9, Saturday?Anderson, n
10 a. m.; Belton, 3:30 p. m. A
September 11, Monday?Abbeville, a
10 a. m.; Greenwood, 2 p. m. tl
September 12, Tuesday?Newberry, c
- ? . r> O r, m 1l
i?' a. in., riunj;ciii;, * */. m.
September 13, Wednesday?Union, p
10 a. m.; Columbia, 3:30 p. m. v
September 14, Thursday?Winns- s
boro, 10 a. m. c
September 15, Friday?Chester, 10 1
a. m. c
September 16, Saturday?Hock Hill, s
10 a. m.; Yorkville, 2 p. m. p
September 18, Monday?Lancaster, t,
10 a. m.; Camden, 3 p. m. c
September 19, Tuesdav?Sumter,
1:30 p. m.
September 20, Wednesday--Orangeburg,
9:30 a. m.; St. Matthews, 2 p. m. (
September 21. Thursday?Bamberg, <1
9:30 a. m.; Denmark, 2 p. m. t
September 22, Friday?Barnwell, 10 c
a. m.; Allendale, 2 p. m. a
September 23, Saturday?St. George, 1
9:3* a. m.; Summerville. 2 p. m. (
September 25, Monday?Charles- t
ton. 10 a. m. s
September 26, Tuesday?Aiken, 10 p
a. in.; Edgefield. 2:30 p. m. I
September 27, Wednesday?Bates- t
burg, 10:30 a. m. a
September 28, Thursday?Lexing- d
ton, 10 a. m. r
Free lectures and demonstrations r
showing the importance of good roads r
and how to build them and keep them p
in repair at the smallest necessary i
cost will he conducted at each stop r
by two road building experts of the
United States department of agriculture.
L. K. Hoykin and 11. S. Fairhanks.
assisted by n representative ;
of the land and industrial depart- ' ]
rnent of the Southern railway. Two ]
coaches of the train are filled with j
exhibits, pictures and working models. ,
Columbia.?Governor Rlease has addressed
to Sheriff Coleman, of Rich- |
land county, a letter directing him to J
abate alleged nuisances at Ridge- i
wood, in respect fo violations of the j
Sabbath obesrvance laws.
Mayor Gibbes Makes Statement.
W. H. Gibbes. mayor of Columbia,
in a statement made clear his posl- \
tion in regard to Sunday closinr The
mayor's instructions to the police are (
to m.ske cases against places for the
sale and barter of goods where persons
are detected purchasing and
carrying away articles. Where one
makes a purchase and consumes it in
the place of business, provided there
be no crowd that constitutes a nuisance,
no case will be made unless
council so instructs the mayor in the (
matter.
Marlboro Good Road Rally.
The taxpayers of Marlboro county
are verv much interested in the pub- '
- - ? ? .....
j lie meeting caneu iur wit- puiius-v ui
I more thoroughly organizing the friends*
1 of a good roads bond issue in this
eountv. It is ditlieult to cwrrectlv
i speculate as to what the result would
l be in this county in a contest for
bonds, as a large number have not
yet expressed themselves as being
favorable to the proposition. While
this county, with its nearly 500 miles
of public highways, is progressing
niceJy with the limited equipment.
Edward's Bondmen Pay Up.
Messrs. Frank Read, S. L. Crawford
and W. F. Lanier, who were en
the bond of Ex-Treasurer J. O Edwards.
of this county, were at the
1 Court House for the purpose of sct!
tling the bond. The amoun' p.iM was
' $6,340. It will be recalled that J ().
Edwards was found shor >.n his ac
counts -5.5f?0. After trials in the
courts, a judgment was rendered
| against his bondsmen. This is the
last chapter of the Berkeley Count)
shortage. The above named gentle
men crme and made settlement
; fo
HE RICHEST ASSET
DMMISSIONER MAKES ADDRESS
ON AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
OF THE STATE.
TATISTICS OF POPULATION
istory Showing How the Tiller of
the Soil Has Awakened and is Leading
Others in the Fight?Best Meeting
Yet Held.
Columbia.? Commissioner Watson
at his office again, having returned
om Clemson, where he addressed
le farmers of the state at the
ound-up conference," after traveling
Ir auto across the upper portion of
le state from Pauline, in Spartanjrg
county, in order to keep the enigement,
a railroad wreck making
impossible to reacn the college by
ain. He went to deliver an adress
at Prosperity.
At Clemson Mr. Watson, having
ist received from Washington the
?nsus figures as to this state and
iction, devoted his address to the
sricultural economics of the state,
iving an analytical summary of conItions,
drawing lessons from the cold
gures, and endeavored to clearly imress
upon the farmers assembled the
otentiality of the producer who
ould direct his efforts upon certain
nes which were definitely stated,
he essential fact was brought out
lat 82.2 per cent of the population
f the state resides in the rural diaries.
outside of the towns of 2,500
ihabitants and upwards, and that
; rested with this bulk of the popuition
whether or not South Carolina
ras to continue to advance, carrying
rosperity to those engaged in other
ldustries, as well as to themselves.
Among other things, on the bright
ide of the picture drawn, the corajissioner
said:
"This is no ordinary, meaningless
athering, in an ordinary time. It is
gathering marking the culmination
f one of the most noteworthy camaigns
in the cause of progress that
as ever been waged in any section
f this continent?a campaign, the
uccess of which is recorded in the
? ? * '1 -'I^ n-oilth
UlllUUH Ul uuimia 1-1 auucu
. campaign participated in by all
gencic3 working for the rehabilitaion
of the foundation industry of the
ommonwealth, and one in which the
iborers have worked in unison and
erfect harmony for the common
,eal, with intelligence ever holding
way. It is with the deepest gratifiation
that I find myself permitted to
ive until this year in the twentieth
enturv and see reality that which
ix years ago I knew could be accotndlshed
if the effort were made upon
he very lines which it has been
lonductcd.
Pay of the Range Officer.
Columbia.?A few days ago, Adjt.
Ion. Mocre wrote the chief of the
livision of affairs stating that a riuesion
had been raised as to the legality
if the detail of an aujutant general
icting as chief range officer and the
egaliiy of payment to said officer.
Jen. Moore asked for a decision on
he matter. The war department
tatcs that an officer of the adjutant
;enoral's department of the state may
ie detained as chief range officer at
he state rifie competition, and the
djutant general of the state may be
letailed as captain of the team repesenting
the state at the national
natches at Camp Perry, Ohio, and
eceive the pay of their respective
rades for such duty from funds alotted
to the state under section 16f>l,
evised statutes.
The Rural Police Situation.
Greenwood The rural police situ
ition lias developed another phase
f is like the tncon in its varying
abases now. The latest development
s an application for an injunction
igainst the cotinty treasurer. F. Gra
liatn Payne, and Messrs. H. L. Lyor
ind R. T. Hughes; against the trcas
irer to keep him from paying salaries
!o the last two named persons, anc
igainst these two to keep them front
receiving said salaries
Holsteins Are Out on Bail.
Aiken.?A. L. Holstein. Grover Hoi
?toin. Sidney Hclstein. Richard liol
?tein. Royd Holstein and Dock Cock
rrel, were admitted to bail. A. L. am
Grover Holstr-in were granted hail ir
the sum ef -3.00C earn, the ethers ir
$2,000 each. A L. and Grover IIol
stein are charged with murder In th<
death of Mrs. Nettie Spradley and as
sault and battery with intent to kil
in the alleged whipping of Columbui
Spradley. Ben Spradley and R. H
Howe, a young man who was wit!
Columbus Spradley.
Young Man Wanted In Columbia.
Charleston.?Claude A. Waters, i
young white man. was arrested by tin
police following a letter received b;
Acting Chief Dunn from Chief Cath
cart, of the Columbia force. Tin
Columbia chief requested that Water
be held here and that notice of hi
arrest be sent to Columbia. It is al
leged that the young man is wantei
in that city on a charge of breach o
trust. He was arrested and Chie
Cathcart was notified by teleprapli
It was expected an offirrr would at
rive to take charge of the man.
Near-Beer Dealers Held For Court.
Gaffney.?The preliminary hcarin
in the near-ber cases was held ii
Magistrate Phillips' court. The eigh
defendants were represented by Bui
ler & Hall .and 1. B. Bell. The maf
istrate acquitted two, Ramsey an
Childers, while all the others wer
bound over to await trial at the nex
term of the court of genetnl session;
They are all under bond. A tr<
trendotts crowd attended the tria
:nd much interest was manifested i
the Droceedlnrs.
RT
FORT MILL, S. C., THL
NEWS FROM PALMETTO STATE
Paragraphs of the Latest News That
Has Been Gotten Together From
Many Towns and Counties.
Springfield.?Work Is now under
full way on the Springfield Electric
Light and Power company's plant at
Dean Swamp, two miles west of
Springfield. Notwithstanding the unprecedented
scarcity of rain during the
past 12 months no appreciable decrease
can be noticed in the volume
of water in the stream.
Columbia.?Adjt. Gen. Moore has
returned from Charleston, where he
went to confer with members of the
South Carolina rifle team. Gen.
Moore leaves Columbia with the
Loam?of which he is captain?for
Camp Perry, Ohio, where the national
rifle competition will be held.
The route will be via Washington and
UIC ? CHU1U.
Greenwood.?Greenwood's handsome
new postoffice building will soon be
ready for occupancy. It his been almost
three years in building and is
generally regarded as one of the best
and most enduring pieces of work put
up in this section of the state in
many years. The building will probably
be occupied before the end of the
present month.
Sumter.?In ten minutes after the
meeting was called to order the Columbia-Sumter
Highway Association
was formed with a capital stock of
$3,000 and with T. H. Auld, of blastover,
as president; L. D. Jennings, of
Sumter, vice president; J. P. Lowery,
of Eastover, secretary and treasurer,
and H. G. Bates, of Eastover,
manager. A resolution was passed to
have the company secure a charter
as soon as possible.
Columbia. ? Only two applicants
have presented themselves to E. P.
Waring, county superintendent of education,
for examination for the county
scholarship at the Citadel. TUe
examination was to have been held at
the county court house, but the number
of candidates was so small that
Mr. Waring brought the boys to his
office in the county building on Chalmers
street and there they prepared
their papers.
Columbia. ? Columbia will likely
, have representation in the flrpmenki
tournament, which will he a feature
of Labor Day observance at Florence
Teams are also to be entered, it is
said, from Hartsville, Marion, Darlington,
Bishopville and Newbern, the
latter city promising two teams. The
prizes offered aggregate $125 In cash.
A large brass band has been engaged
and a feature of the day will be s
baseball game between a team .ep
resenting the firemen and one rep
resenting the Atlantic Coast Line
shops at Florence.
Lexington.?A number of cattle it
certain sections of Lexington county
" - ' Tkn lnrcro nas
nave tne icjwis n-ui. i u>
iure of the Hon. D. F. Efird, a few
miles from I.rxington, is infected and
several of his cattle have suffered
during the last few weeks. The cattle
of Mt. Arthur Dreher, in the Dutch
Fork, have the same disease also
There have been no deaths, however
the disease so far having been sue
cessfully treated and checked, thr
Government as well as the Clemson
College prescribed remedies having
been used.
Washington.?What is rerhaps the
smallest claim ever filed with the in
terstate commerce commission wat
made by Congressman Byrnes ol
South Carolina. He claims that par
tics living in Beaufort and Hainptor
countries arc required to pay for 3'
miles travel from Kidgeland to Savan
I nah when the distance is only 3.
i miles. They do not think the 1(
cents fare required of them for flu
extra four miles is fair and they asV
the Atlantic Coast l.ine to change th?
tariff rate and cut off the extra cents
St. Matthews. The newly electee
council took the on tit of office at th?
. j regular meeting. The oath was ad
; ministered by the ictiring mayor. J
t S. Wannamnker. The present counei
i is: Walter Spigener, mayor; Shej
Pcarlstine, J. T. Crcssctte, J. H. Hen
i agen, W. W. McMillan, L). I) Bu/el
and (). C. Hobinson, aldermen. At Mx
? regulifr meeting in September tlx
I town clerk and treasurer and chie
i rf police and other officers will l><
elected.
fv.uttuiua ?Potitinns in bankruptc*
! were filed in the United States I)is
trict court asafnst E. Jones & Co.. i
- mercantile concern of Batesburg, S
- and Howe & Page, contractors
1 Charleston, S. C.
i Charleston According to the mon
i thly statement cf Manager H. K. Jack
son. of the Freight Bureau, an aggre
i I gate of 111,199,609 pounds of freigh
i was received at Charleston durini
1 the month of July, a gain of over 3
? per cent over the average for tha
. month during the past five years
i The forward freight for the montl
aggregated 69,053,853 pounds.
St. Matthews.?This community wa
visited by one of the finest rains dut
ing the year 1911. Farmers ar
? charmed over the efforts and pros
f pects.
Branchvillc. When Constable Byr
? : went to the guard house to get Isaa
s Brown, a negro, to carry him t
s Orangeburg, the negro, charged wit
1- having broken into a freight ear a fe^
1 night ago, he found the door o
f the cell on fire. Had he been 30 mir
f utes later the negro would have mad
i. | bis escape. He had ignited the woor
" work by piling his bed clothes agais
the door and setting fire to them.
Columbia.?Governor Blease has aj
pointed T. B. Powell, of Taylors, mar
g istrate for O'Neal Township. Greer
n ville county, vice J. H. Thompsor
deceased.
1 Johnston.?The Johnston branch c
the Bank of Western Carolina opcne
t- for business on August 5. The nei
d bank is on Main street and has Jus
e boon completed. It is fireproof, wit
:t safety deposit boxes and burgia
J. proof safe. The Johnston director
i- are: J. W. Hardy, E. L. Yonce an
il Ilorbri* E. Ediscn. The officers: P
a G. Eldscn, manager, and W. P. Yonc<
assistant manager.
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RSDAY, AUGUST 17, 19
CONGRESS III
ADJOURN SOON
TARIFF REVISIONISTS MADE GOOD
PROGRESS?GIVE WOOL BILL
RIGHT OF WAY.
WOOL BILL BACK IN SENATE
House Adopts Conference Report ant
Hurries it to Upper House When
No Action is Taken?Final Adjourn
ment Not Until Next Week.
Washington.?The tariff revisionist
made considerable progress in Con
gress. The House, by a vote of 206 ti
90, without a Democrat breaking th
party alignment, adopted the confei
ence report on the wool tariff revisioi
bill and rushed it over to the Senat
where it was hung up on the calenda
for passage probably in a day or st
This measure imposes a flat ad valoi
em duty of 20 per cent on all ra>
wools with corresponding reduce
rates on woolen manufactures. Th
other two tariff measures will be sid<
tracked to give wool right of way t
the White House for the expecte
veto. On the veto depends the fu:
ther progress of the House Democrat
and the Senate Democrats and pr<
gresslve Republicans, including th
formulation of plans for the speedy a<
journment.
Democratic Leader Underwood (
the House, in expressing the opinio
that final adjournment will not coin
before next week, said that he did n<
expect Congress to stay after th
pending bills have been disposed o
"unless the Senate determines to sta
and act on the cotton bill." That bil
which makes an average cut of 21 p<
cent In cotton duties, was debate
without action in the Senate. It a
ready has passed the House.
The free list bill, which admits
variety of products duty free, inclu
ing cotton bagging, shoes, agrict
tural implements, flour, lumber. et<
wub put in such Bhapo that it cou
be considered in the Senate in a fe
days as a conference report if consi
eration of the wool bill should be d
layed. The conference disagreed <
to two vital amendments but thes
according to plan.s of the leaders, w
be speedily adjusted by the tv
houses without necessity of returnii
the bill to conference.
Admiral Count Togo For Peace.
New York.?"The relationship L
tween the United States and Jap.
must ever be one of peace and neig
borly good will." As Admiral Cou
Togo, Bpeaking in his native tongu
uttered that sentiment at the lunchei
given jointly by the Japan socie
and the Peace Society of New Yor
only the Japanese present understo<
and applauded vigorously, but whi
Commander Taniguchl, his aide, i
peated the words in Knglish. an ot
burst of applause arose spontaneous
from the hundreds of guests preset
It was the first exptrssion here 1
the great fighting man of the East i
the subject of international relatic
ship.
From St. Louie to Chicago.
Chicago.?By flying the 28H mil
from St. Louis to Chicago with on
two intermediate stope, and in
actual flying time of 5 hours and
minutes, Marry N. Atwood of Most'
believes he has set a pace which w
result in his establishing a new reco
on his flight by aeroplane from !
Louis to New York and Boston,
it is. Atwood appears to have brok
I the American record for a single da;
1 flight. The best previous Americ
record was made by Atwood hims<
when lie flew ])v miles from Atlan
City to Baltimore on July 10, It'll.
Do Each Other Up in Pistol Duel,
Poplarville, Miss.- As the result
a pistol duel engaged in between R.
Moyette, local railroad agent and J.
Bradshaw, a merchant, here, bcth m
are in a hospital sitiTering from se
| ous wounds. The trouble between t
two men is said to have grown c
of a notice posted on Mradshaw's stc
warning Moyette to leave town.
Alfaro Government Overthrown.
Washington.?The Alfaro gove
merit in Ecuador was overthrown
a revolution organized by support*
of President-elect Estrada. Few c
ualties occurred and a provisioi
government headed by the presidt
( of the senate was formed, accord!
? to the state department's advj<
t from Minister Young at yuito.
j Young's cable sent, reported the c
, fairly quiet. The arrival of Preside
^ elect Estrada was momentarily
pected. flcn. Alfaro and family tc
. refuge In the Chilean legation.
Town Not Badly Damaged.
i Pensacola, Fla The report t!
Carrabelle, Fla. had suffered seri(
J
' damage from a storm the other <
( proved erroneous, as telegram- fr
j, that place stated that the storm v
^ not severe. The river steamer Ft
and the mail boai Huth, which !
, here a few hours befoie the storm ;
f for whose safety some uneasiness I
j been felt, owing to their failure to
j rive back in port when they were <
have reported their safety and st
5 that they were not damaged.
( Smith May Veto Appropriation.
i Atlanta, Ga.?Few legislators ami
those who could be seen and consul
'J before the assembly went info sess
K wire inclined to take seriously
;j fears expressed by Mr. Hooper A
p ander, of DeKalb, that unless the j
j ale materially cut down the approp
{ tions in the general bill, C.over
( Smith would veto it and necessitate
I extra session. Many gentlemen c.f
? house agree with Mr. Alexander t
the state will force a deficit at
end of the next year.
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FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
The Latest News of General Interest
That Has Been Collected For the
People of South Carolina.
Florence.?The Secretary of State
authorized an increase to 110,000,
I from $6,000, in the capitalization of
the Tharin Grocery Company, of
Florence.
Chesterfield.?The Secretary of State
authorized the dissolution of the
Parker Gin Company, of Chesterfield,
; capital stock $2,000, chartered In
1908.
Spartanburg.?The Secretary of
1 State chartered the Lil^Nix Comf
pany, of Spartanburg, capitalized at
$30,000, with Floyd L. Liles as presl
dent, to do a mercantile business and
deal in real estate, stocks and bonds.
Columbia.?Mr. W. D. McLaurin,
state land agent, is at his desk, after
B a trip on official business to George[.
town. "There is great interest at
0 Georgetown in the outlook for ree
clamation of lowlands by drainage,"
. he said.
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Q | manesiun.?V/api. jub. vunuu,
e I who succeeds Capt. H. L. Simpson as
r | inspector of boilers rn the offleg of
>. I inspectors of steamships at the Cusr
torn House, arrived in the city and
v assumed his duties. Capt. Simpson
d ; has been temporarily detailed on othe
er duties.
Columbia.?Governor Blease has
? designated Capt. W. D. Starling, of
d Columbia, as disbursing officer of the
r- }1,500 appropriated by the General
8 Assembly toward the expense of holding
the 1911 Reunion of the South
e Carolina division, United Confederate
1- Veteran*. Capt. Starling, formerly
commandant of the Confederate Sol>f
diers' Home, has always taken an
n active interest in the Reunion.
ie Mallory.?An election was held at
Dalcho school house for the purpose
ie of authorizing an addiffonal tax levy
of two mills to supplement the two
y mill levy already in force for school
' ? purposes in this district. Not a dis;r
senting voice was heard, and every
'd one of the 14 votes was favorable
to the levying of the additional tax.
Charleston.?Alderman Pinckney in
j troduced a bill regulating the mannei
in which animals for food may be
slaughtered, this being the bill undei
which the new abattoir will be estab
lished. Alderman Wohltmann sue
%s cessfully resisted an effort to sus
' pend the rules and pass this bill or
0 to the third reading. The bill there
1S fore got no further than first read
m
/Q Charleston.?The Charleston sanl
ig tation and drainage commission anc
the Charieston-Summerville highwa;
commission are working toward th<
straightening out or a sharp turn ir
the road, near Summerville, whicl
may at some time give trouble to au
} toinobilists in collission with the Sou
n, thern railway train or with the largei
ntimber of countr* wagons at certair
times when there is more or less con
gestio.i at that point,
k Lamar.?The Epworth High schoo
:)(j in the Lydia section of Darlingtot
?n county, 10 miles from a railroad, beari
.e. the honor of having had three of it:
J(. scholars as winners of Clemson col
ly lege scholarships this year. Clau<
,t" Vaughan and Joseph Reynolds won th<
t)V Darlington county scholarships, whil
,m the Leo county scholarship was woi
in. by Efford Pate. All three of thesi
young men have been students of th
Epworth High school for severa
years.
r'Alumhlo ?Tu?n now ontornriso
03
11y wore commissioned by the secretar
:m of state, one of thein being a thlr
43 bank for the county seat of Calhou
on as follows: Commissioned: Godse
ill C.in company, Godsey, Oreenwoo
r,l county; capital ?4.0<m); corporators, i
M. Cooper, A. S. King, R. A. Kllisor
,\a Commissioned: Farmers' Rank an
,.n Trust company, St. Matthews; capita
^3 $.{5,000; corporators, B F. Bruce, ?
an C, Redm< rid. \V. W. McMillan. J. I:
r.|f Lory*, a. allof St, Matthews. A get
,iC era! banking business will be done.
Lexington Lexington county i
: soon to have another steel bridge ove
the Saluda river, the county board o
of commissioners at its meeting havin
B. taken decided action in the mattei
\V. The new bridge is to be built at o
en near Amick's ferry, in the extrem
ri- upper part of the county. The cour
he t>' commissioners will advertise fo
tut ! bids this week, and at the next mee
jre ing of the board some definite actio
| will probably be taken.
Washington.?The Comptroller c
the Currency has approved the appl
rn- cation of S. W. Norwood, H. Mullini
by M C. Woods, L. Ij. Lide and other:
rg to organize the Marion National Banl
as- of Marion, S. C.t with a capital c
ial $100,000.
,ni Columbia.?The city clerk is bus
ng issuing bicycle numbers to those owi
-eg ing wheels and so far nearly 300 hav
kjr> been registered. City council a shoi
11y time ago passed an ordinance requl
nt. ing bicycles to be tagged as are aut<
px. mobiles for purposes of identificatioi
l0K The ordinance as to "scorching" wi
be strictly enforced.
Columbia.?Celebrating the itSth ai
niversary of the organization of tli
company in 1S13. the Richland Volui
11 teer Rifle club and their friends ei
jus joyed a barbecue at Ridgewood an
lay incidentally several speeches an
om military contests.
Columbia.?Governor Blease hi
lilS
not yet received from Senator Acke
, ... man the recommendation he aske
loft
, 1 the Colleton legislative delegation t
^_'(a ! make, as to whom he should appoii
for the unexpired term of the lai
Supervisor Griffith. The Governc
has said that he would appoint wh
a e ever the delegation desired.
Georgetown.?Guerdan Tarbox, whi
making a flight with his aeroplan
came down in the marsh on Kichmor
3n5 plantation and was painfully injure
ted about the face by the guide wire
jon as the machine struck the mud an
, turned turtle.
10 Chester.?Mr. \V. O. Johnson wt
|,x" re-elocted public weigher at th
en" olace by the county board of cor
r'a" -nissioners. At Fort Lawn, the on!
nor >ther point In the county that has
an jublic weigher, there was no ele
t;ie iion, owing to the fact that the i
}iat endent of the town was not presei
the it the meeting.
[MES
N EW VORK-CHICftGO
| FLYER WRECKED
SECOND TIME PENNSYLVANIA
EIGHT-HOUR TRAIN HAS BEEN
DERAILED.
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FOUR PERSONS WERE KILLED
Thirty Persons Were Injured in Accident
Which Happened at Fort
Wayne Indiana While Train Was
rininn at Rat* of Fifty Miles Hour.
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Fort Wayne, Ind.?Four persona
were killed and thirty injured when
the Pennsylvania eighteen-hour train,
jumped the track on the western outskirts
of this city, while going at the
rate of 50 miles an hour.
In leaving the rails the two engines
en route from Chicago to New York,
pulling the passanger train sideswiped
a freight engine and the three piled
up in a mass of bent and twisted iron.
The dead:
William E. Arrick, Fort Wayne,
burled under wreckage.
Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engineer
on flyer.
W. Creigh, Fort Wayne, fireman on
flyer.
Unknown passenger at St. Joseph's
hospital.
The police department, fire department
and every ambulance in the city
were called to the scene of the accident
and the injured were soon taken
to hospitals. The main track and the
track on which the freight train was
locatod, were torn up for a distance of
200 yards. The two engines of the
flyer were torn from their tracks and
i thrown down the embankment while
1 the engine of the freight reared up
i over the trucks of the flyer's engines.
The injured were seated in the
diner and smoker when the accident
. occurred. The list of dead may be
, more than the number reported.
The thirty or more injured are now
in the hospitals nnd it ts believed that
at least four or five will die.
C. C. Chattell, Chicago, was in the
, dining car when the accident occurred.
He escaped with only slight injuries
to his head and face.
"The train was running at a terrific
rate of speed," he declared. "The
J first intimation I had that anything
was wrong, was when all the passengers
In the dining car were thrown |
headlong, the entire length of the car.
The next thing I realized men were
fighting like beasts to get out of the
car and the steam escaping from the
kitchen was choking us. Another
man and I fell to the floor and crawled
along in the semi-darkness and
among the Bcreaming women to a window
through which we escaped."
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Vjiri rcnuim-s ncmai nuuig ?< ?
! New York.?Rose I'itonof, the 16s
year-old swimmer of Boston, succeeded
in her attempt to swim from Kast
' 26th street, Manhattan, to Coney
E Island. Last year she had to abandon
e a similar effort because of adverse
0 tides, but although forced at times to
E swim so far out of her course that she
e is estimated to have covered some 21
\ !
' j miles in making the distance of eight'
oen miles, she finished strong, actus
ally sprinting as she neared the goal,
y Miss I'ionof was in the water eight
d hours and seven minutes. She took
n no stimulants or food of any kind on
y the long trip. Most of the way she
d used the breast stroke but for two
> stretches she resorted to the speedier
? overhand. The voting woman's feat
d had not before been accomplished.
1,
1 Will Sell His Tongue to Lady.
' Kansas City, Md. J. W Yynch. a 22
1 year old prisoner in the Wyandotte,
Kans., county jail, has written a letter
s to L. L. Long, father of Miss Inez
r Long, whose tongue was almost bitif
ten ofT when she was thrown from a
g motor car and alighted on her head,
r. signifying bis willingness to part with
r he tip of his tongue, for enough money
e to pay for a new trial. Lynch is servi
ing a sentence for breaking into a
r postofilce. The condition of Miss
t- Long has improved so much, however,
n that her physician announced that a
grafting operat ion .will be unnecessary.
>f
i- Will Tackle High Food Price Issue.
a, Washington.?A country-wide invea
3, tipation of the wholesale and retail
c, prices of all foods, which will require
>f nine months to complete, and which
will represent the most thorough iny
quiry of its kind yet attempted, has
v been begun by the bureau of come
merce and labor. This investigation
"t will cover the years 1908, 1909, 1910
f- and 1911. By comparison with records
> of the department of agriculture for
ft- the same period, it will be possible to
know just what prices were paid for
' every commodity now used.
a
:e Spectacular Stunts By Aviators.
Chicago. Lincoln Beachey, in a
ri* Curtiss bi plane, "Bud" Mars in a
d Baldwin, and Tom Sopwith, the long
id ]op{rpfi Englishman in a HowardWright,
split the spectacular honors
19 of the first days events in the aviation
r* i meet at Grant F'ark with Hugh A.
'1 Robinson and his astonishing hydro0
plane. Beached went fifty miles and
u never left the ground more than fifty
e feet at times flying so close to the
)r earth that the flagman had to lie down
?" to let him over and at other time go!
ing higher.
le
P' Agreement on Publicity Bill,
id
,(j Washington. ? Agreement on the
>3 campaign publicity bill was reached
id by the senate and house conferees.
The measure as agreed on was pracu
tically the same as that adopted by the
13 senate which amended the house bill
n* by providing for publicity in primary
y as well as other elections. The llmitaa
tion of campaign expenditures to $5,c*
000 for a congressional and $10,000 foi
n* senatorial candidate is retained. The
conference report will bo submitted
to both houses.
$1.25 PER YEAR
WORK OUTLINED FORREUNION
Committee is Busy With Plans?Appreciation
Will be Sufficient to
Entertain Veterans.
Columbia.?The local committees
are haiffl at work on arrangements
for the coming Confederate reunion
The executive committee met at the
office of the chairman, Col. U. R.
Brooks, and several of the members
went later to confer with the Wade
Hampton and the M. C. Butler chaptors,
Daughters of the Confederacy,
meeting at tne same time ai me x.
M. C. A.
The executive committee resolved
at its meeting that the $1,500 appropriated
by the legislature be used for
the entertainment of the veterans exclusively,
and that they further decided
that the sum is sufficient for entertaining
the old soldiers no additional
appropriation rrom the city
being necessary. The committee repeats
the request that those Columbians
who expect to entertain any of
the veterans free or who are willing
to take them at moderate rate will
notify N. O. Pyles, head of the bureau
of information. Mr. Pyles can
be reached through the general delivery,
Columbia.
The committee were assured by the
women of the two chapters, U. D. C.,
of their hearty co-operation in the entertainment
of the veterans, and were
offered some practical suggestions by
the women. Several of taese suggestions
will doubtless be adopted, bringing
about minor changes in the arrangements.
The committee decided that each of ,
the old veterans, before be can be
served to meals, must report to the
bureau of Information, giving his
name and regiment, and receiving one
of the reunion badges. Meals are to
bo served each day of the reunion.
Miss Adelaide Hood of Chestor is
sponsor for the First brigade, South
Carolina division, U. C. V., Col. U. R.
Brooks, commanding, and Miss Katherine
Lumpkin is maid of honor.
Farmers Urged to Hold Cotton.
In an address issued to the farmers
of South Carolina a committee
of the Sumter County Farmers' union
urges the holding or conon unui a
higher price is obtained. The address
is prepared by a committee consisting
of E. \V. Dabbs, president of the
State Farmers* union, and J. M.
Brogdon and S. N. Welsh.
It is as follows:
"To the farmers and all the business
interests that are affected by
the price of cotton:
"The Sumter County Farmers'
union at its last meeting unanimously
directed us as a committee to call
your attention to the serious condition
that confronts us in the outlook
for low prices for this crop of cotton.
Thirty or forty days ago cotton sold
in Sumter for 15 1-2 cents fspot).
Now a holder who would not then
sell was glad to get 121-2 cents.
These are actual sales. What has
brought about such a slump in this
short time after cotton had held
steady for nine or ten months at 14
to 15 cents? They say because there
Is a prospect of over 14.000,000 bales.
Is is not more because the world,
judging by the past, thinks It can
stampede the farmers and the mer- -t_
chants, and buy below 10 cents be- ?
fore Christmas. The men who are
predicting such prices are working
with might and main to bring about
10-cent cotton by telling their farmer
friends that the crop is the largest
on record.
Seek Help For Good Roads.
A committee consisting of A. H.
Wherry, R. It. Gill, L. M. Wooten,
Wni. Wooten and Win. Riggers, from
the Lewis Turnout neighborhood, R.
B. Caldwell, president of the f'nrn_
morcial club, and Mayor Wise, appeared
before the county board in an endeavor
to get the co-operation of the
county authorities in building the
Chestcr-ltf' k Hill highway. They
1 * ' ' 1 ?./-* n1?<iino"?np' tn
nau nupeu iu *?-i mo
assist In the work, but as that party
is engaged in building a steel bridge
over Turkey creek, and working on
the road to Loekhart, it would be impossible
for the present, as the gang
would not begin their work in that
township before September 16. However,
the board will assist in every
way possible, and do all they ran
when work commences.
Delegates to Law Convention.
Governor BIcnse appointed the following
solicitors to represent South
Carolina at the third annual Convention
of the American Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology, to be
held in Boston, .September 1, 2:
Messrs. P. T. Hildebrand, of Orangeburg;
Robert L. Gunter, of Aiken;
Wade Hampton Cobb, of Columbia;
J. H, Peurifoy, of Walterboro; J. K.
Henry, of Chester, and R. A. Cooper,
of Laurens. The meeting of the Institute
will immediately follow that
: of the American Bar Association.
Member of One Hundred Committee.
Gen. John D. Frost, of Columbia,
former Adjutant and Inspector GenI
oral, was appointed by Governor
Please as the South Carolina member
; of the Committee of One Hundred, an
i organization of national representai
f-? (?? nnrnoRA thft in
I lion, UUV1IIK iui HO ?
troduction of reforms Into the classified
governmental services. Gen.
Frost was designated at the special
request of the chairman of the committee;
Senator Charles Dick, of
Ohio, who said he knew Gen. Frost
very well personally.
Handed Resignation to Governor.
After having served as sheriff of
Lexington county for a period of
nearly eight years, Patrick Henry
orley handed his resignation to Govmor
Blease. This announcement
will come as a surprise to the thousands
of friends of the Lexington
sheriff throughout Lexingtoir county,
as well as in other parts of the state,
lis reputation as an officer extendng
throughout the Commonwealth.
i nmediately upon receiving the resigI
ation of Sheriff Corley, Governor
Clease appointed another sheriff.
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