Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 31, 1911, Image 1
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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
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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
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INTEREST l) SHOW
SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SPEAKS TO ORANGEBURG
MEN.
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EXPLAINS THE EXPOSITION
This; National Event to be Held In'the
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Interest of the State and Not Co- ,
lu.nbia Alone ? To Pledge Good
Amounts.
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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 . *
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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