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- * - ? \ ESTABLISHED IN 18 BOND OF OFFICEr WAS NOT APPROVED HAD BEEN EXECUTED BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR. AN INTERESTING SITUATION Bond Should be Approved by the County Commissioners?Ruling by Assistant Attorney General With Reference to Colleton County. Columbia?Assistant Attorney General DeBruhl has refused to approve the bond of $5,000 for D. E. Smoak. who was appointed on August 24 by the governor as supervisor Colleton county, on the grounds that the bond was executed on August 22, two days prior to the-date of his appointment. There Is an interesting situation in connection with the above named officer for the reason that the law requires the bond to be approved as lo surety by the county commissioners. At the recent session of the general assembly an net was passed providing a highway commission for Colleton county, and there seems to be an idea prevalent that this commission ought to assume the duties formally imposed upon the county commissioners, but the act creating the highway commission Drovides in section 11 "that the supervisor and county board of commissioners shall continue to perform all of the duties required of them by law except as * herein provided." Act No. 172 of the last general assembly removed C. H. Piatt as county commissioner for the reason that he resided in that portion of Colleton county cut off and annexed to Charleston county and provided that the vacancy caused by his unexpired term should be filled by appointment of the governor upon recommendation of a majority of the members of the Colleton county delegation. This condition left S. E. Srnoak as the sole county commissioner as tfie records in the office of the secretary of state do not show that a commissioner has been appointed to take the place of M. Piatt. It is thought that it will be necessary for county commissioners to be appointed before the bond of Mr. Smoak can be approved as to surety. New Enterprises for South Carolina. The secretary of state has Issued a commission to the Farmers and Merchants' bank of Donalds with a capital stock of $25,000. The peti? tioners are: S. W. Brown and C. W. Tribble. The Dorchester Realty company of Summerville has been commissioned with a capital stock of $2o,000. The petitioners are: C. K. Muckenfuss and Legare Walker. The Kuby Drug Company of Ruby in ^Chesterfield county has bepn commissioned with a capital stock of $2,000. The petitioners are: R. H. McGregor. J. S. McGregor and M. L. Paley. A charter has been issued to the L. C. Peeples Clothing company of Charleston with a capital stock of $30,000. The officers are: L. C. Peeples, secretary, and M. Hornlck. treasurer. The Coca Cola Bottling company of Anderson has been chartered with a capital stock of $15,000. The officers are: Chas. W. Ellis, president and treasurer and R. J. Ramer, secretary. Trustees May Not Make Change. A feature of the meeting of the Florence County School Trustees' association. held at Howe's grove, near this city, was the passage of a resolution denouncing the recent school l?ook adoption. The resolutions, besides criticising the board for making the changes, goes on to "inform our state superintendent of education that we can not and will not require the patrons of our schools to conform to the change." J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education. who was present, said that he fully appreciated the spirit of the members of the association, as his feelings were the same. 4 To Suprintend Asylum Work. John F. Floyd, a member of the commission in charge of the erection of the new insane asylum at State park, announced that P. J. Smith, a 1 Spartanburg contractor, had been appointed superintendent of the work. He-wil have charge of the day laborers who will erect asylum buildings cinr. ,mn TV,? ,v/.rlr win toUo VUMiI'6, f|l'V,VVV. J uc "in u.uv . a year. Mr. Smith will go to Co- . lumbin on September 1. His family will remain iu Spartanburg. .Mr. Smith formerly was superintendent of streets here. An Attractive Hand Book Issued. A students' handbook just Issued by the Y M. C. A. of the University of South Carolina is attractive In every way. This Is a new feature of the activities of Finn hall, having been carefully prepared by \Y. P. Mills, the secetary. It is packed full of just the things that an entering student desire's to know, and wi'l undoubtedly be the one book that , every member of the university will master. The dedication will strike a responsive chord in the hearts of thousands of the alumni. Hearing on Edisto Island Ferry. The board of county commissions gave a hearing on the matter of the Edisto Island ferry, and after some discussion referred it to the township board of Edisto Island to secure bid3, ( reporting back to the county, the cost of the work. With an appropriation' from the legislature of only $1,500. it dees not look, as if the work can be done, according to J M. LaRoche. township chairman, submitted, but. it was thought best to call for estimates and ascertain just what these bids will be. I THE 191. ADVERTISE SOUTH CAROLINA J. B. Flnster of Southern Road Interested In Moving Pictures?Has Conferred With Mr. McKeand. Charleston.?J. B. Flnster, of the land and Industrial department of the Southern Railway, has been in the city during the last few days conlarri n ar uHrh Corpotnrv \TnTvPnnrl ftn the subject of the work to be done by moving picture committee outside of Charleston. It will be remembered that South Carolina as a whole will be advertised by the moving pictures which are now being taken, and that the Charleston films will be but a part of the plan. Mr. Finster has charge of the general development of South Carolina along the line of the Southern Railway. | He and Mr. McKeand have been drawing up plans for the places to be visited and the scenes to be taken. It is largely due to Mr. Finster, who takes a keen interest in this state, that the rest of South Carolin is ?o be represented on the films, as the original intention had been to confine the pictures to Charleston. : The Immediate itenerary of the ' moving picture camera is given elsewhere. In addition to taking views of the industrial and agricultural life of the state, several very intercs:ing subjects will be included. For instance, it is proposed to take pictures of stretches of railroad from the front of a railroad locomotive. It will be necessary in this case to have somo sort of platform in front of the engine for the camera to be rested on. | Other railroad views will be taken. I It is proposed to get a picture of j the Carolina Special on the Scuth( em tracks and also a picture of one of the fast Atlantic Coast Line : trains. It has not yet been decided J which of the Coast Line tarins will i be chosen, but it will be a full train, [ consisting of several day coaches and Pullmans. j Resides this, it is proposed to take a series of pictures showing every process in the drainage of farm I lands. The first pictures will be of ( the low land covered with trees and swamp timber. Partly cleared and . thoroughly cleared land will then be shown. From there the pictures will take up the drainage of the land, its cultivation, and so on down to the point where the farm products are marketing. An Effort to Free "Joy Riders." A second appeal for clemency has been filed in behalf of the three Charleston "joy riders" who are under i sentence of five years each for taking the automobile of Dr. F. L. Parker, of that city, and running out upon | a country road nenr Charleston one day last fall, where the machine wa? wrecked. The petition is. for Lewis Davis, Henry Field and Rohert Smith, negroes. The men were tried before Judge Aldrich, and upon con- 1 viction were sentenced to serve five years each in the penitentiary. Many persons write that they believe the sentence was excessive, and the appeal to the Governor for clemency Is ve/v strong. Nine of the jurors ha\e signed the petition for Executive clemency, including the foreman of the jury. May Never Know the Cause or WrecK Members of the railroad commission are preparing their report on the wreck of the "Carolina Special," at Sueville, 24 miles north of Columbia, which resulted in the death of Fireman L. W. Bennett, of Columbia. An inspection of the scene of the accident was made by representatives of the commission, but nothing new has developed, and the commission had found little beyond the newspaper reports of the wreck, upon i which to base an investigation. Major ! John G. Richards. Jr., a member of the commission, has stated that the . wreck would be fully investigated, but no date has yet been set for this examination into the cause of the accident. and new evidence has been so scint. that it now appears doubtful if there will be sufficient grounds for investigation, beyond what has already been done. Pwksville.?The cotton crop on this side of the state is badly off, due to the lack of rain and severe heat and it Is generally conceded that the crop is at least 25 per cent. off. Cotton Crop Will Not be Large. Reports received by Secretary Rcld of the State Farmers' I'nion indicate hat the cotton crop in a score of counties of the state will average from 50 to SO per cent. The general average for the counties reported so far as about 75 per cent. A report of all counties and a general average for the state will be announced later. The information is being gathered by the State Farmers' Tnion to pre ent (ho farmers of the state from rushing cotton on the market at a price too low. Mayor and Council Have Quit. According to information received here all the officers of the thriving town of ' endMon. this county, have resigned. A few days ago. I>r. It. B Day. the mayor, became disgusted because of some criticism on the part of certain citizens as to an official act of his, in dispensing the town's water. At a meeting of the city council he handed in his resignation and the members cf the board of aldermn did likewise. The mayor and aldermen will have to hold to their Jobs until their successors are elected. Were Inspecting Sites For Farms. The Clemson college committee was here inspecting the various sites offered for the location of the experiment station. There have been about a dozen places offered, all within four miles of the city. Ebenezcr, a very progressive farming community, a few miles from the j city, the first station on the road to i Columbia is very anxious to have > the station located there and will j make every effort to Induce the committee to select one of the several fine sites offered. i l X '' ' I FO P INTEREST l) SHOW SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPEAKS TO ORANGEBURG MEN. I EXPLAINS THE EXPOSITION This; National Event to be Held In'the j Interest of the State and Not Co- , lu.nbia Alone ? To Pledge Good Amounts. ?? Columbia.?Secretary Hamby of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce has returned from Orangeburg, wher<? he went in the interest of the National Corn show, to be held in Columbia in 1913. He held a conference with the business men of Orangeburg. He expressed himself as being gratified with the outlook. Secretary Hamby is making a tour of the state to raise $40,000, which mount will be needed for the exposition. "By special appointment," said Secretary Hamby, "it was my pleasure to appear before tho representative business men of Orangeburg for the purpose of presenting the National i Corn exposition to them. While The audience was small, the quality made \ up for the quantity. I found that there was an impression prevailing that the National Corn exposition was solely a boost for Columbia, ,and, therefore. I dwelt on this point con- < siderably to prove beyond a doubt 1 that Columbia and Richland county would profit less by it than probably any other county in South Carolina. 1 endeavored to show them that it was a state-wide movement for statewide good, and was being held in Co- , lumbia because Columbia whb the geographical center of the state and more easily renched than any other city by people from every section of the state. "After a thorough explanation," he continued, "of the proposition, those present seemed to take deep interest in the exposition and asked a great many questions, which were answered to their entire satisfaction. The president of the Orangeburg chamber of commerce, the president of the Orangeburg Ad Club and the president ] of the Farmers' Union all pledged j their henrtv sunDort. and the bond whs left In their hands to secure sub- ' scriptions. I feel satisfied that j Orangeburg county will contribute handsomely toward the guarantee as soon as those to whom the matter has been explained have the oppor- * tunity to take it up with the farmers f and business men individually. . Sheriff Arrested by Coroner. Barnwell. ? Sheriff Frank H. Cjeech was arrested by Coroner J. Staff Halford on three warrants, one charging assault and battery with intent to kill and one assault with intent to kill and murder. The first two warrants were sworn out by Barnie ' and John McLemore. father and son, j * and the last bv Frank Grubbs. The . * > arrest of Sheriff Creech is the out- 1 come of the affair at the Southern ! * depot several weeks ago, at which r time the sheriff fired at a buggy in 1 which the two Mc.Lemores and r Grubbs were driving, the bullet pass- a ing through the coat sleeve of the e elder McLemore and lodging in John Mrl.emnre'n lee a few inches above t the knee. Mr. Creech was attempting <3 to seize an alleged shipment of I whiskey. The amount of bond was a fixed at $500 in each case, which was t >*adily furnished. h t Policeman's Shot Not Cause. E Charleston.?Testimony offered by c T>r. St. Elmo Clover, of the Roper a hospital staff, to the efTect that Rich- li ard Campbell, colored, died from li paralysis of the heart, according to J the autopsy held over the body, ins ead. as had been thought, from a s ballet wound received at the hands t( of Rtiral Policeman J. W. Stevens on ( James Island, created somewhat of ( a sensation at the coroner's in- u quest. The verdict of the jury, in t! view of the testimony introduced, was v death from natural causes, although a there was a long discussion and much p disagreement before this verdict was n reached. The inquest was held in t the County Court House. j p County Books Are In FlnV Shape. p Manning.?Chief Clerk Sawyer, of c, the Comptroller General's office, has 0 just made a highly satisfactory set- a tlement with the auditor and treasu- p rer of Clarendon county. He found y everything in excellent shape and re- R marked that it would be a pleasure j for him to go out to make annual a settlements if he were assured that t, he would always find the business it as good shape as he found it here, j Clarendon county is to be congratu- p lated upon the character and effl- f( ciency of all of her county officials. jj Commission Will Extend Time. a Columbia.?After a long consulta- a tlon with C.eneral Manager John B. i n llockaday. of the Southern Express 0 Company , Mr. R L. Catighman. tj chairman of the railroad commission, v stated that the time allowed the Ex- f( press Companj to get in its evidence : regarding tariffs, etc., would probably a be extended from ttie 4th of Septem- ^ her to some date between the 25th q and 30th. The other two members s of ihe commission were not in Co t] lumbia. but Mr. Caughman said he 0 had no doubt that they would agree. a Doctor Horsfall's Successor Named. > Columbia.?Br. Harry Horsfall will 2, succeed Prof. Harold A Boring as o director of music at the Columbia a College during the coming session, which opens on the 25th of Septem- o ber. This change was announced by ti Dr. W. W. Daniel, president of the o college. Applications for rooms are V rapidly coming in. and prospects for J the coming term of this female col- p lege are unusually bright. The stan- V dard of the college has been Increas- tl ed and an department of domestic g science will be one of the additions. S RT tv 1 rORT MILL, S. C., THU FROM THE PALMETTO STATE Column of General News That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties of the State. Chester.?Tie Seaboard Air Line railway satisfied a $5,000,000 mortgage covering nine pages in the office of the clerk of court. Abbeville.?The county board met and decided to put on the rural police. J. A. Schroder and C. J. Bruco were recommended for the positions. The first m >eting of the board to consider the election of rural police resulted in a tie vote. Columbia?A* the referee's hearing in the case of the bankrupt Royal Bag .and Yarn factory, it was determined to defer any action towards a definite settlement of the case until the opportunity is given to certain interests to reorganize the corpora tion, and. with this purpose in view, an adjournment was taken until October 10. Columbia.?Dispensaries for the treatment of the hookworm disease may be established in Richland county. W. F. Muller, supervisor of this :ounty, received a letter from J. LaBruce Ward, director of rural sani' "n" C/MitVi Cfirnlina savine that tie would like to meet the board of :ounty commissioners and discuss the matter. Columbia.?The governor has appointed J. N. Hook as magistrate of the Clemsori college corporation in iccordance with section 1321 of the jivil code of South Carolina. Mr. Hook was appointed several years igo by Gov. Ansel. D. E. Sinoak has jeen appointed supervisor of Colleon couty to take the place of J. O. Irifhth, deceased. Columbia.?Stiles Moore, who was convicted several years ago in Ocolee county on the charge of an attack >n a woman child under 14 years of ige and sentenced to 14 years in tho date penitentiary, has been paroled >y the governor "during good belavior." The governor has extended executive clemency in 218 cases is follows: Paroles, 116; pardons, 102. Columbia.?Commissioner flampton, who was at Chick Springs, as loon as possible after receiving no:ice of the wreck of the "Caolina Special" near Alston visited tire >pot and got all obtainable informaion relative to the wreck and burnng trestle. He has made a full re>ort to be filed with the railroad commission at Its next regular meet- I ng. Chester.?Sol. Varnadore, white. ! arrested here and lodged in jail j hargpd with burning the barn of A. toss Durham. The arrest was made >y tie sheriff, assisted by two Colum )ia detectives. The burning of Mr. [ Durham's barn about two weeks ago n the Halsellville section of this :ounty aroused great indignation. A valuable horse and mule, 200 bushels if corn and other things were con- , turned in the flames. Sumter.?A very important meetng of Sumter's chamber of commerce vas held. The principal feature of he meeting was the decision made >y the chamber of commerce to ad ertise Sumter by means of moving ihtures and to take an industrial rip Borne time during next May. The neeting was largely attended by city ,nd country people, and was enlivned by numerous speeches. Charleston?Efforts are being made o secure telephone service between uarantine station. Collector of Port )urant said that there would be but , little over two miles to connect up 0 have the line complete. In speakng-of the necessity of phone conneclon with the quarantlrfe station Mr. )urant said that on foggy days ships ould not be seen from Charleston t the station, and that a telephone ne would greatly facilitate matters 1 communicating with the Custom rouse when a ship arrived. Chester?For years, in fact .ever ince the establishment of the flies er county chain gang, the city of 'hester has been hiring its Police 'ourt convicts to the county, to be sed on the chain gang; but recently he city fathers decided that the city as not getting enough out of this rrangement and so decided to or- I ;anlze a city chain gang. There are ow five convicts in conjunction with he other hands, under Overseer Tayar. Hampton. A warrant charging iiither C. Crapz and Dan P. Padgett, ounty commissioner, for the murder f Manning K. Long, has been issued nd the defendants are now in Jail ere. A preliminary was held and faglstra'e Murdaugh defined the case nffiolcnf for Trial of murder. Hampton. ? A warrant charging t the various precincts in every ownship in Hampton county the quesion of bonding each township for 25,000 for the purpose of building ood roads was overwhelmingly debated. The bond issue was knocked lto atoms. Lockhart.?Crops in this vicinity, lthough hit hard by the drought, re holding their own in a most remarkable manner. Where stands were btained cotton, with a few excep ons. is as good as the average ear Old corn suffered considerably >r the want of rain. Washington -Greenville and Aiken re among the places which are biding for the proposed winter headuarters for the Government aviation pot, which is under the direction of 1e United States signal corps. Aiken ffers to Puild hangars and to furnish n aviation field. Cireenwood.?Governor Rlease made speech to about four hundred cit' pns in a grove two miles northeast f Greenwood. His remarks were long his usual and customary lines. Columbia.JGen. IT. It. Rrooks. clerk I f the Supreme Court, granted a mo- ; on, made by ..ir. Wiltoi H. Farle. : f Greenville, to dismiss the case of niliam Hall against Granville Page, j nmes Page and Mary Page. The apeal was from a decision of Judge G. V. Gage, in Greenville county, and tie dismissal was granted on the I rcund of a violation of Rule 7 of the i upreme Court. . ' RSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911. FRESIDENT TUFT IS FOR REVISION TARIFF REFORM WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT OF HIS SPEECHES. # WILL ATTACK DEMOCRATS ? The President Will Make the Reduction of Duties the Theme of Talks That ho is to Make on the Western Tour. Beverly, Mass.?So far as President Taft himself is concerned, the tariff will be the main issue of the 11)12 campaign. While the President will speak on many subjects on his Western trip, it is certain now that tariff revision will receive most of his at- | tention. Following his speech to the Essex ' County Republican Club at Hamilton j the President began to prepare othc peeches on the tariff. He securt copies of his veto messages on the wool, farmers' free list and cotton bills and at once set to work upon addresses he expected to deliver later, backing up those vetoes. Mr. Taft is said to realize that ho must not merely defend himself for Laving rejected these bills, but fTiat he must attack the Democrats and progressive Republicans who put them through Congress. The nature of attack is pretty clear- ; ly defined already?it will be in sub stance that the progressives who voted for a tariff board should have been willing to wait for its report; that the revision bills the Democrats | and "insurgents" drew at the special session were "ill considered" an J "badly drawn" and that great industries of the country should not be put in Jeopurdy by 6uch legislation when revision, if recommended by the tariff board, might be expected any way -a few months later. It Is also probable that the President will promise tariff reform so far as he can bring it about at the next session of Congress. I Wreck May Claim One Victim. Middleton, Conn.?Of tne sixty or more passengers who were hurt in the wreck of the evening train over the Valley Line ot the New York, New Hven and Hartford Railroad one is reported as being near death and he is Abram Brown, of Hartford, who suffered an injury to his spine. The hospitals report that the other patients are doing well. The cadse of the wreck is being looked into. Su- , periutendent Woodward, of the Shore Line division who went to the scene 01 the disaster at MaronamB, notified the police that he found upon close inspection that the train had been purposely wrecked. First Woman to Take Charge. Los Angeles, Cal.?When the postal ! savings bank opens in Los Angeles about the middle of September it is to be in charge of Mrs. B. C. She?ton. Mrs. Shelton for years has been assistant superintendent of the money order division in the local postofflce and was formerly connected with the Auditor's Department in the General Postofflce Department at Washington. It Is believed Mrs. Shelton is the first woman to be placed in charge of any poBtal savings bank. Thos. Law#on to Start a Stock Ranch. Greely, Col.?Thomas W. Laweon, the Boston financier, is negotiating for the purchase of 80,000 acres of ranch land forty-five miles northeast of Greely. Mr. Lawson intends to de- ; vote the entire ranch to the breeding and raising of fancy cattle and horses for exhibition and racing purposes. While the deal Is not formally closed, a local real estate company declares that it is only a matter of a few days until transfer will be completed. Has Settled With Railroad. iCnn*vtlle Tenn.?The Sevier county court, at a special meeting, ratified an agreement whereby all litlgationn against the Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Railroad will be withdrawn. Will Cheat Callows by Starving Self. Grand Rapids, Mich.?Determined, he says, to cheat a term of imprisonment, Charles Hopper, of Chicago, who murdered Daisy Watts, better known as Grace Lyons, of Chicago, by throwing her cff a steamer in Lake Michigan, has absolutely refused *o touch food or drink offered to him in his cell In the county Jail at Grand Haven. The tragedy Is one of the few murders committed on government inland waters in several years and the charge of murder will be placed against Hopper. Past Summer Good For Yegg#, New York.?The past summer has been the most profitable for burglars and sneak thieves in the history of the New York post office department and it is estimated that the total of plunder since June, including burglaries in suburban towns, is more than $500,000 The police list of stolen property for the last two months show more than 4.20?i items of which recoveries have been made in only twenty Instances. The list includes 730 watches and $200,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. Are to Announce the Plans. St. Louis, Mo.?Plans for an aero plane flight of at least 1,600 miles down the Mississippi river in September to eclipse the world's record just established by Harry N. Atwood, are well under way, it was announced. Two courses are under consideration. One is trom St. Paul to Vicksburg, IlsB., 1,511 miles. The other is from Dubupue, Iowa, to New Orleans, La., 1,655 xjniles. The purpose of the flight is to focus attention on the Mississippi on the eve of the deep waterway con* rentlon. k MR. KNAPP SPEAKS AT AIKEN Would be Better Country Life?He Points Out What is Needed to Make Farms More Attractive. Aiken.?"The natural resources of South Carolina are equal to those of any state in the Union, and it will be knonn as a great agricultural state, where the lands are capable of great possibilities," said Dr. Bradford Knapp at the farmers' meeting here. Dr. Knapp added that the earning capacity for the man on the farm is too small, which accounts for the people leaving the farm for the cities. Farm life lacks the educational, religious and social advantages. The meeting was a part of the automobile tour of the state by Dr. Knapp, Commissioner Watson, A. C. Smith of the der.-onsthation work and Ira W. Williams, and was largely attended. Mayor Gyles presided over the meeting, and the keenest interest was taken in the addresses by those present. As a remedy for the lacks of country life, Dr. Knapp said that drudgery must be taken from farm life, good roads must be provided, ru.*al telephones must be installed, ru*al mail delivery, better schools and churches, and a beauty of surroundings to attract the boys and girls must be furnished. Farm literature, said the speaker, is very helpful, but does not accomplish results. It takes work to instill into the farmers and country people generally the intelligence needed in the work. He depreciated the farmers' failure to keep their accounts, and said that any business man who pursues the same methods of keeping accounts as do the farmers would go bankrupt in a year. Dr. Knapp reviewed the work of the local agents of the demonstration work, and urged the importance of this branch, stating that the local agent is most important in disseminating the investigations of the department. The agents must themselves be practical farmers, whose farms must show results from their labor. They must keep out of politics. N'o man is employed who seeks office or is active for the election of any candidate. The Campaign Against Hook Worm. Through the aid of the churches ol Marion county, hookworm dispensaries are being established in that county under I)r. L. LaBruce Ward, who is the South Carolina representative of the Rockefeller santitary commission, established for the eradication of the hookworm disease. One dispensary has already been established at Mullins, and it is probable that others will be put In operation within the next week or two. This makes the fourth county to come into line in the hookworm treatment, the others being Clarendon, Beaufort an 1 Hampton. The treatment is given free to individuals, the Rockefeller commission paying practically all the expenses of the work. The counties are, however, asked to pay for the actual cost of the medicine required. In Marion county, the county commissioners were willing to make the appropriation. but found that they had no authority to do so at this time. rotlowing a big church rally recently, at which the subject was placed before the people, private subscriptions from individuals and churches, etc., were raised to pay the expenses of this work. It is estimated that since the j beginning of the dispensary system of hookworm treatment in this state, on July 1 of this, year, at least twelve hundred cases have been cured. Some Transfers of Real Estate. The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the office of the register of mesne conveyance: Rebecca Holmes et al., per Master Mitchell, to William H. Cokins, premier? rn south side of String street, consideration $^0^ William IT Cokins to August Pi seller, premises on south side of Spring street, consideration ?sin. Kate Simons to Charles F. Pepuefte, preni ses on west side of Smith street, consideration $1,500. Julia E. Munn to Rosa Leo Simmons, two acres at tl'O Four-Mile House, Georgetown road. Christ Church Parish, consideration $10. Eva E. Harrod to the trustees of School District No. 11, two and one-half acres on Longhill road. Raven road and Mary Ann Plantation Creek, consideration $75. A New Grand Jury Has Been Drawn. A new grand jury has been drawn for Orangeburg, the old one having been adjudged illegal and ihrown out. The new grand jurors are as fi Ilows: E. B. Martin, O. I. Elkand. E C. Slater, Orangeburg; A. M. Tyler, E. J. Rates, J. I). Pearson, J. H. Clarke. W. E. Young, Dr. C. T. Howling. Wil low; j. h. woocioury, miimer ouucj, J. S. Ulmer, Elizabeth; W. O. Westbury, Orange; D. n. Wolfe, LimoBtone; B. C, Fanning. A. P. Fanning, Goodland; T. Lawson Conner, Eutaw; C. C. Kennerly, Zion. Ask to be Heard Before Commission. A letter has been received at the offices of the railroad commission, from General Manager John B. Hockaday, of the Sou (hern Express Company, asking to be heard before the commission in regard to the recpnt order of the commission to the e>: press companies doing business in this state to furnish information as a basis for a full investigation to be made into their affairs. The railroad commission will hear the express company's complain at their next meeting. Woodruff Will Have a Fair. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Woodruff Fair association it was decided to hold the fair October 11, 12 and 13 this year. The fair was not held last year on account of the buildings being in bad condition. The repairing of the household building, poultry building and grand stand will be commenced shortly. The other buildings are In a very fair state. The letting of the stands and places on the quarter stretch will be tbp last Thurtday of this month. ? n r I HORRIBLE PIC (IT PICTURE SHOW SO NECESSARY CAUSE FOR DIS* ASTEFi AT THE CANONSBURG OPERA HOUSE. DEATHS FROM SUFFOCATION Mass of People Fought For the Exit and Twenty-Six Die in the Struggle --Many More Were Seriously In jured. Canonsburg, Pa.?Twenty-six dead from soffocatlon, twenty-five seriously Injured, thirty suffering from minor ! hurts, is the human toll exacted dur- 1 ing an inexcusable panic at a moving picture show in the Canonsburg opera house. The moving picture nmchino developed a slight defect. A small boy shouted "Fire," at the same time i starting for the narrow exit. Bolus Duorowskl, a foreign miner, one of the 1 dead, a giant in proportions, jumped "rom his seat and ran wildly for the same exit.' In a moment there was a fighting, struggling mass after him. At" the head of a narrow stairway, , which led to the street, the foreigner tripped. As he rolled down the stairs ho" swept along others bpfore him who were waiting their turn to enter ! the theater and soon there was an indescribable pile of human beings at the foot of the steps, battling lik?. . mad. With the exception of three per30ns all of the dead are local people, j It was all over \yithin a short time. , Volunteer firemen, several policemen and a few level-headed citizens un tangled the human mass. The unhurt and those slightly injured were pulled from the top of the pile. As they 1 gained the street, they ran screaming | like maniacs to all parts of the small town. Next came the more seriouly i injured, and these were sent home or I taken -to nearby houses, while a few were rushed, unconscious, to the hospitals. Then the rescuers came to the silent forms of those who had reached the fatal stairway first. One after another, the victims, many of them women and small children, were carried to the sidewalk. All had suffocated and the faces showed terror. Coroner Jamec Hefran has begun a j rigid investigation. He arrived at the f scene earl> and within a short time had selected a jury. The moving picture machine operator was about to conclude the first performance when a film parted. Some of the audience already had commenced to leave the building, and J other persons were on the stairway mining up. Many Persons Hurt in Wreck. Middletown, Conn. ? Sixty persont were injured, eight of them seriously when an express train on the Valley division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad was wrecked by spreading of the rails. The train runs tn various resorts and returns at : night. The train consisted of the engine. two baggage and eight passenger , coaches. The engine was thrown on Its side into a sand bank; the two baggage cars went down a 35-foot embankment and the first passenger roach ran into the tender of the en-i gine and was badly splintered. It was | In this car that most of the injured were found. The engineer was caught In the cab of his engine and had to be i chopped out but escaped with a dislocated hip and bruises. Designated More Postal Banks. Washington. ? Postmaster General ilifehcock designated fifty more postoffices of the first-class as postal saving depositories, among them were: Montgomery, Ala : Texarkana, Ark.; Whens, Ga.; I'aducah, Ky.; Shrevcport. La.; Jackson, .Miss.; Greensboro. N. C.; Greenville, S. C.; Bristol, Tenn.; Austin, Tex., and Petersburg, Va. The receipts in the postal savings offices at New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Boston, which opened for business on tlie 1st of August, it was announced at the department, amounted to a quarter of a million dollars at the etui of the first three weeks. Mutilated Body is Found. Knoxvllle, Tenn ?The vicinity of Etowah is area'iy excited over the discovery of the mutllluted body of J u Miller, ag?-d ''5. a well-to-do farmer who resided within 2 miles of that place. Miller's son Roscoe, Thomas Senter and G. W. Rose and wife, the last two tenan's on one of Miller's farms, are under arrest charged with the murder and have been spirited away to the jail at Athens on account or ttie nig" reeling against mem ai Etowah. Officers claim that one of the quartet has confessed. Another Long Distance Swim. NVw York.?Elaine Holding, a Bath Beach girl, swam from the Battery in Now York to Coney Island, 1 f> miles. Miss Holding is 20 years old and weighs 190 pounds. She has won many championships at short and middle distances, but this ' was her first effort at such a long distance. Her time, one minute more than 4 hours, is regarded as very exceptional as a heavy rain fell all the time and the sea was very choppy. It was thought she would not he able to make it. Have Agreed to British Plan. Chicago.?C. K. Dunlap, traffic man- : iger of the Harrlman lines In Texas, in a statement announced that the Liverpool cotton bill of lading agreement would be signed by all of the Harrlman Texas lines. Cotton dealers and bankers object seriously to the Liverpool method, he said, but the railroads have found It necessary to sign if they would do business. Formal announcements' have not yet been made by the other lines in the state of Texas. 'I $1.25 PER YEAR NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA Borne of the Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Carefully Collected by the Editor. . Lexington.?Thos." Lyles,. a negro, was held by the police, for the authorities of Lexington county, and Sheriff Miller of that county culled for him. He is wanted for disorderly Columbia.?It is the intention of the South Carolina State Farmers' union to erect several cotton Ware-, houses in various sections of thej&j state, according to a statement of B. F. Keller of Cameron, the vice president of the union. Gaffney.?For the first time in the history of Gaffney some steps havo been taken toward enforcing the :4S11 speed laws of the city in regard to automobiles. Two autoists were ar-. rested by the police and appeared for trial at police court. Cameron.?This town and community have enjoyed some very good showers during the past few days, but good rains are still much needed in this section. Cotton picking is becoming general, which fact produces quit# a smile upon the faces of the farmers in our country roundabout. Aiken.?Six negroes were placed in Jail by Policeman Molley of the rural force, charged with assault and bate tery with intent to kill, on Will Wood* ward, a white citizen of this city. It is alleged that the light which resulted' In Woodward being seriously cut od the face occurred near Woodward's Columbia.?The secretary of state has issued a chnrter to the Camden Water and Light company of Camden, with a capital stock of $75,000. The officers of the company are J. O. Harrington, president; W. A. Shannon, vice president, and E. C. Drainard. secretary and treasurer. The company proposed to do a general water, light and power business. Waterloo. ? Th* Laurens County Medical association will hold Its regular meeting in Lauren3. Dr. E. A. Hlnes of Seneca, the secretary of the State Medical association, will be present and deliver an address. Dr. R. E. Hughes of Laurens and Dr. J. H. Miller of Cross Hill will read papers and subjects of their own selection. Anderson.?The contract for the administration building and two dormitories for Anderson College was let to the Wise Cranite Company of Wi3e V P fnr nrmrnvim.itplv 870.000. SeV en other bids were received by the building commitb-e, ranging from the amount of the Wise bid to $1)2,000. The contract awarded does not include the heating system, plumbing and furnishings. Columbia.?Chartered: The Planters' Dank, Marion. To do a general hanking business. Capital stock $50,000. W. S. Foxworth, president; J. 1 C. Davis, vice president; If. A. Lewis, cashier: S. P. Bolyn, assistant cashier. Lake City.?The tobacco warehouses of this market sold 140,504 pounds of the wepd for $20,234, an average of $14.40 per hundred pounds. This is decidedly the biggest sale of the season up to this time. Lancaster.?E. W. I)abbs, president of the State Farmers' union, addressed a representative body of fanners here in the court house. President Lingle of the county union presided over the meeting. Mr. Dabbs' subject was the marketing of the cotton crop, which he discussed in a highly enter taining and instructive manner. Ho advised the farmers to hold their cotton. Columbia.?Richard Caw, a negro, was bound over to Richland county court by Recorder Verner cn a charge of housebreaking and attempted assault. Caw is alleged to have entered a house occupied by a woman. When she awoke he was in her room and grabbed her by the arm. In the Strug- ?~ gle that ensued the woman received a blow on the lace flint was rather painful. Lancaster.?Paul Moore has re-.igned as county civil engineer to accept a position in Charlotte with the C W. Requath company. C. L. Rooue from Rowesville has been chosen as Mr. Moore's successor and has entered upon the discharge of his duties. He is a young graduate of Clemson College and comes highly recomniordod. Ho Is a brother of Mrs. J C. Foster of this place. St. George?The Hon. J. E. SwearIngon. Stufe Superintendent of Education, will deliver an address in the high school auditorium at this place, and afterwards there will be a picnic near Indian Fields. Mr Swearingen will deliver an address on this occasion also. Charleston.?It was stated on good authority that indications are that the Government will let tho contract within the next few days for the immigrant station at Charleston. Simons-Mayrant Company were the lowest bidders and It is understood their hid was recommended. Chester.?Chester is going to sub scribe at least fouu ior me i ucmciHock Hill highway. and already over $310 of this amount has been placed on the list. R. It. Caldwell and Jamea f. Hardin are still at work circulating the list. Columbia.?Silas Small, who wai convicted in Fairfield county in 1907, on the charge of manslaughter and sentenced to five years on the public work9 of that county, has been paroled by the governor. Since assuming office the governor has extended clemency in 217 cases as follows: Paroles 115: Pardons 102. Charleston.?At a meeting of the city Democratic, executive committee arrangements were made for the purging of the club rolls and the making of a true and correct list of the voters of the clubs in the 12 wa tds. Columbia.?To fill two vacancies existing in the Citadel scholarships allotted to Richland county an examination was held la the office of County Superintendent of Education Clarkson. a Five young men stood the examlna- " tion as follows: Messi3. R. E. Campbell, Jr., C. F. Lee, rf Columbia; 9. J. Traywfck, Pascal S. Hopkins and N. J. Brush, of Hopkins. . * K