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SOUTH OfFiCLliT
FOR HIGHER PRICES
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OTATE COTTON CONVENTION
TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT
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COTTON FROM BEARS.
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HAS PROVIDED MACHINERY
Township Committees V/III be Named
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to Canvaes Situation and Pledge j
Farmers to Held Their Cotton.?
Other Resolutions Were Adopted.
Columbia.?Tho state cotton convention,
called by B. J. Watson and E. w.
D&bbs, president of the 3tate farmers'
. union, in response to the action of tho
[ Southern Cotton congress, recently
held at Montgomery. Ala., was held in
this city in tho hall of the house of
representatives. It was one of the
most largely attended conventions
ever held in tho hall, and the personnel
was such as to cause many to
remark that seldom hr.d there been
Been gathered together for conference
a more representative body.
The convention was composed of
Farmers' union men, farmers, merchants,
bankers, ?.nd business and professional
men from all parts of the
state, and throughout the proceedings
?ao nr.rfp.-r harmony of thought
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and action and a unity of purpose was
manifested with a degree of determination
indicating the character of
the fight that the people of this state
propose to make throughout for a
higher price for cotton.
The action of the convention in the
end provided machinery extending into
the vigorous prosecution of the
holding, wat chousing and financing
movements, with the object in view of
caueing a substantial cessation of the
a rush of cotton to market.
Action was taken on, almost every
& phase of the cotton situation and con&
slderable work was cut oat for this
state':-. representatives in congress to
undertake. Along this lino the plain
intimation was given by the convenH
tlon that Hie time had cotne for som?
I kind of national legislation to be insisted
upon in regard to the market^B^k
lug of the cctton crop, now repreI
seating nearly $1,000,000,000.
Steel Bridge to Link Two States.
^^^^B Anderson county. South Carolina,
nnd Hart county, Ceorgia, are to join
^^H^B hands in building a steel bridge across
the Savannah river, near Brown's
ferry, at an approximate cost of
$30,000. For several years the ountiing
of this bridge has been agitated,
and recently the people of Hart county
made a proposition to the people on
this side of the river that they would
pay half of the cost of a modern
bridge. Petitions asking the supervisor
and county commissioners to
take steps toward building the bridge
have been circulated in Anderson
conntv, and it is understood fhat these
gentlemen are going to refer the plans
and estimates, with a statement showIjit
the condition of Anderson county's
finances, to the county delegation,
and will ask the delegation to provide
>cnte means for getting the necessary
money for the bridge.
To Inspect Prize Acres.
Three representatives of the United
States department of agriculture will
come to Anderson for the purpose of
supervising the gathering and weighing
of the corn crops on several "prise
rcres" in this section. There are many
excellent crops of corn in this community,
but interest is centered chiefly
on those of Judge J. S. Fowler,
fcur miles west of Anderson, and Guy
4 H. Norris, for miles south of this city.
The representatives are connected
with the experimental station at Clemson
College and are Profs. Napier.
Hand and Tarhox.
B g Live Stock Business.
This fall and winter will probably
usher in the biggest live siock ousiness
in the history of Orangeburg.
There are a bigger number of live
stock dealers located here for the
coming season than ever before, and
more horses and mules are to be
brought here.
A Famous Case Coming Up.
The famous dyke cases against
Clemson College will be called for
trial in Walhalla. Oconee county,
when the common pleas court convenes
there on the second Monday i
November. 1' will be recalled th.r
Dr. Hopkins and others instituted proceedings
against ih? college some time
ago, asking for damages alleged to
have been made to their lands on the
Seneca river by the buildlpg of a dyke
by the college. T*e case went from
the circuit court up to the United
States superme court.
^ Complying With New Ordinance.
Recently the city council of Anderson
adopted an ordinance requiring
sewerage connection with all properties
situated within 200 feet of the
sewer main and 300 feet of the water
main. It is stated that more than 100
connections have been made under
the requirements of the ordinance, and
that at the expiration of the time
practically all persons liable under the
ordinance will either have made the
necessary connections or they will
have valid contracts with the plumbers.
Has Announced an Examination.
The United States civil service commission
announced an examination on
November C-7. 1911, at Columbia to
secure eligibles from which certification
will be made to fill positions of
inspector of safety appliances and inspector
of hours of service in the
interstate commerce commission, unless
It shall be decided In the Interest
of the service to fill such vacancies
by reinstatement, transfer or promotion.
It is expected that six appointments
will be made to the position
of inspector of safety appliancea.
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prgposF shofiter course
Doctor Riggs Will Make Recomr.-ien
dation to the Trustees of Clemson
College.?Course of Studies. {
Columbia.?A special from Anderson
states that in order to introduce
scientific farming in every section of
the state, Dr. Riggs, president of
Clemson college, is going to recom- t
mend to the board of trustees of that
institution that a one-year course of
agriculture be Introduced at Clemson,
and that this course consist of everything
that is absoluttely necessary
for scientific fanning. It is his idea
! that the number of students in this
course be limited to about 100, and
[ that they be selected from every secI
tion of South Carolina. There are
j many boys in this state who can not
[afford to leave their farms for a four|
year course at Clemson. hut many of
them can spare nine months from
their work. The course will likely
ccnfain animal husbandry, horticulture,
agriculture, English, arithmetic
sufficient to work the proportion in
mixing fertilizers and keeping the
books and accounts on the farm,
dairying, etc. in speaking of the proposed
innovation Dr. Rigg3 said tint
colleges in other states had tried
(this course with great success. The
farms of South Carolina lose a great
! many boys when they have finished
a four-year course at Clemson. They
| have gone so far with their education
I that they go into other callings. The
, one-year course will solve the question,
so Dr. Riggs thinks, and he
| hopes that trustees will act on hia
(recommendation that he will make
when the board meets again. Dr.
i Riggs has been giving much attention
' to the matter.
Book Injunction Hearing Postponed.
A postponement of the day of return
of the temporary restraining order
against the state board of education
was granted by Judge Wilson
at the opening of the Richland coun^
ty court upon request of the attorney
I general, J. Frazier Lyon, and R. H.
Welch, attorney for the B. F. Johnson
Publishing company. The order
which was made upon a petition of
the B. F. Johnson Publishing com.
pany, temporarily restrains the board
1 of education from authorizing or per!
mittlng the use of the readers of the
I D. C. Heath company. The complaint
(is on the ground of alleged irregularity
in the handling of the bids for furnishing
school books, the complainant
having been a bidder againBt the D.
C. Heath company. The order was
made returnable October 2, on which
day the respondents were ordered to
show cause why the injunction should
not be made permanent. On account
of the time consumed by the "label
case," in which both the attorneys
are engaged, the day of the return
was postponed to the following Mon
day.
Activity in Real Estate.
There has been considerable activity
in real estate circles and in both
town and country property in the last
few days at Greenwood One of the
large sales was that of the home
: place of J. P. Addy, known as the
Seals or wardlaw place, consiBiing 01
154 acres near town to Rev. Henry
Stokes. Mr. Stokes also bought an
adjoining tract of 56 acres from H. L.
Watson, the property bringing about
$20,000. In the town of Greenwood
this week. Dr. J. B. Owens bought the
City hotel property with a frontage
of 280 feet on Oak street for $11,000.
He sold his home on north Main
street the same day to Marvin Chipley
for about $1,000.
Train Wreck at Gastonla.
Northbound passenger tarin No. 10,
on the Carolina & Northwestern railway.
ran through an open switch into
a siding and crashed into three coal
cars, smashing up the engine, seiously
injuring the fireman, John Abernathy,
and more or less Injuring a
dozen of the passengers, just after
the train pulled out of Gastonia. When
Fireman Abernathy saw that colission
could not be prevented he shouted
a warning and jumped, breaking
his leg in the fall, the member being
amputated afterwards. Engineer j
Brawley stuck to his post, reversed
his engine and both he and Conductor
Fennell escaped with slight bruises.
Lancaster.?The barn of W. A. Lingle
in the Creek section was destroyed
by fire. Incendiarism is suBpected.
Newberry To Do Her Part.
A. McP. Hamby, secretary of the
Columbia chamber of commerce appeared
before the Newberry chamber
of commerce and made an excellent ;
business talk on the subscription to
the guarantee fund necessary for securing
the National corn exposition
for Columbia in January. 1913. lie
was heaTd with interest, and a committee
of three was appointed to look
after the matter for this county. Alex
D. Hudson, Z. F. Wright and I. H.
Hunt form the committee and they
will go to work at once.
Put The Lid On In Sumter.
"No more dopes" for the thirsty of
Sumter on Sundays. Several years
ago the ministerial union busied 1
themselves and had an ordinance
prohibiting drug stores from selling
anything but drugs on Sunday. Since i
then the lines have been loosening
till the soda fountains sold on Sun- '
days with but a thin disguise of being
closed. At meeting of council Fred
Wise peitioned council to be allowed
to remain open Sundays. He wa6 refused
and the police were told to enforce
the law.
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state, R. M McCown.
has issued a commission to the
South Carolina Electric company of
Greenville, with a cnpital stock of
$3,000. The petitioners are H. G.
Cushman and L. Stoddard. The Hudson
& Johnson company of Greenville
has been commissioned, with a
capital stock of $5,000, to do a general
brokerage business. The petitioners
are R. C. Hudson and D. L.
Johnson. The Joe Sugar company of
Bennettsvllle has been commissioned
to do a general mercantile business.
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RED SITS MEET
PASS IN REVIEW AND MARCH BY
STATUE OF BELOVED LEADER
HAMPTON.
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ANNUAL REUNION AT AN END
Mr. John G. Mobley is Re-Elected
Commander-in-Chief of th* Organization
at the Final Meeting?Givin
Ovation For His Excellent Work.
Columbia.?Tne bronze figure of
Wade Hampton, leader of the Democracy
of South Carolina, who led the
men of this state to victory over the
Radicals in 1876. was saluted by nearly
1,000 men of the Ited Shirt organisation
of South Carolina, as the annual
parade pa:t?ed slowly around the
statue which stands to the east of the
Capitol. The men who followed
Hampton saluted and a mighty cheer
went up.
It was not a faltering line that
formed on the South front of the
state Capitol. Practically every coun
ty in South Carolina was represented
in the gathering of sta'wart, foarless
men.
Following the jmrade, which was
one of the most spectacular in the
history of the organization, a business
meeting was held m the Columbia
theatre. John G. Mobley, of
WinnRboro, was reelected commander-in-chief.
He whs given an ovation
for his excellent work as bead of the
organization. Mr. Mobley named a
committee, one member was selected
from each county ,to arrange for the
next meeting place of the organization.
The parade extended for at Ica^t
six blocks, there being several features.
The line of march was from
the state house up Main street and
then back to the capltol. An interesting
feature of the parade was the Ku
Klux band, which was in charge of
Capt. W. H. Sondley. Miss Queenie
Mobley, daughter of M. H. Mobley,
was the representative of the "Girl
of the Clan."
Much Interest In Good Cotton.
Columbia.?That the farmers of
South Carolina, North Carolina and
Georgia, have become very much interested
in the growth of long staple
cotton is evidenced by the number of
letters that have been received at the
state department of agriculture.
The textile manufacturers of this
state have opened a market for long
staple cotton and most excellent
prices are being paid for the product
"We shall communicate at once," says
Lewis W. Parker in a letter to E. J.
cotton is evidenced by the number of
letters that have been received tit
the state department of agriculture.
Watson, "with all of the parties
from whom e have received letters
and shall be pleased to do our best
to give them good prices for their cotton.
We are also inserting an adver
tisement in the papers and issuing a
circular letter, copies of wlhch will b<
sent you for your use.
Meet At Clemson College.
Clemson College?The farm demonstrators
of South Carolina about 60
strong, have just closed a two-days'
session at Clemson college which was
marked by enthusiasm and which
those who attended believe will result
In much good for the work in this
state. These workers were the guests
of the college and were shown every
possible courtesy and every opportunity
to become acquainted with the
work and the aims of the institution,
which are identical in a large way
with those of the farm demonstrators.
The meeting opened with Ira
W. Williams, presiding and C. L. Car
bery of Greenville as secretary.
Awarded Contract For Building.
Lexington.?The board of trustees
of Lexington school district awarded
the contwct for the building of the
new school house in Lexington to H.
C. VanOrmen & Son of Pittsburg. Pa,
for $1,525.95. The other bidders were:
C. E. Corley, $9,811; John W. Frye,
$9,660; W. H. Hlte, $10,276; Wise
Granite company, $10,600. There
were only two bids for heating the
building.
Signing Counter Petitions.
Anderson.?Three petitions to the
governor to commute the death sentence
of Samuel Hvde. the convicted
wife murderer, to life Imprisonment
are being circulated in Anderson
county. These petitions state that in
the opinion of the petitioners Hyde
is not a sane man A counter petition
praying the governor not to interfere
in the case Is being circulated by
Mrs. Beasley, mother of the woman
and wife of the man Hyde killed.
Both of the petitions are being free!?
signed.
May Extend Road to Chester.
Chester.?The charter of the Caret
Una Traction company Is being re^
corded by the clerk of court. The
corporators are J. M. Cherry of Rock
Hill and W. S. Lee and Oeorge
Stevens of Charlotte, who have received
a commission from the secre
tary of state to build a trolley line
in Landsford. Lewisville r.nd Rossville
townships of Chester county, as
well as lines in and around Rock
Hill and Charlotte. The company will
take some steps toward beginning
operations in Chester county.
Sumter Makes A Good Showing.
Sumter.?The people of Sumter believe
in education; thlB fall forty-two
Sumter boys and girls are "freshies"
at college. With those already at
college and those from the county not
recorded, there nre away probably one
hundred Sumter county students at
higher educational institutions. There
were graduated from the city schotf.s
last June twenty-one girls and thirty
one boys, and of thete thirty reoetr
ed diplomas given by the state department
of agriculture.
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FROM THET^MiTTO STATE
3ome General News That Has B-e'n
Collected From Many Towns and
Counties of thj State.
Charleston.?George M. Murphy,
who conducts a pool room on King
street has been appointed by the
governor to the vacarrv on the county
board of registration commissioners,
succeeding John Tighe, who died a
few months ago.
Rock Hill.?The first rail on Rock
Hill's electric railway was spiked
down which means another step toward
the wonderful progress being
made in Rock Hill. There was no
formality or ceremony except that J.
M. Cherry, president of the Carolina
Traction company, drove the first
spike.
Camden.?The chamber of commerce
took up the matter of havinb
a morning train from Columbia on
the Southern railway instead of ths
train that reaches here at 1:40 so as
to allow the farmers below Camden
to come up in the morning to do their
trading and return in the afternoon.
The Southern haB granted the chamber
of commerce this favor.
Greenwood.?A 12-year-old boy at
the Connie Maxwell orphanage was
operated on for appendicitis at the
orphanage l>y Drs. Hughey, Barrett
and Turner, and in the appendix a
pin was found imbedded. The boy
has no recollection of ever swallowing
the pin so that no idea is had as to >
how long it had been in tho appendix.
The little fellow is getting on very :
nicely.
Columbia.?The officials of the circuit
and district courts are now busily
engaged preparing for the opening
of the terms of these courts at Columbia
on the first Tuesday of November.
The business will be entirely
civil and as far as now known
there are no cases of particular general
interest. The docket have not i
yet been arranged, and it cannot now
be said what cases will be called for
trial.
Dillon.?In view of the low price
of cotton W. M. Hamer, president of
the Maple, Dillon and Hamer cotton
mills has made the following proposition
to the farmers of Dillon county:
"I will have your cotton, mid- j
dling and above, weighed, graded,
stored and insured in limited quanti- !
ties for three months free of charge !
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from uctooor i, anu auvant-e, u nam.- (
od, $40 per bale at seven per cent. :
per annum for the time used. A receipt
will be given for each bale.
Camden.?Two large wagons loaded
with camping supplies passed
through Camden going from Pennsylvania
to Florida. C. A. Stauffer la
taking his family to the "Land of
Flowers," where he will make his
home. They started from Pennsylvania
on August 3, and expect to
reach their destination, which is
i about 30 miles from Tampa, in about
i a month's more traveling. They will
I pass through Columbia.
Rock Hill.?Winthrop with its usual
progressive spirit, 13 incorporating an
interesting feature into its training
school this year?that of an outdoor
schoolroom. The experiment has
been tried with marked success in
colder and more severe climates nnd
there is every reason to believe it
will prove a success here. The only
other school of the kind in the state,
and perhaps in the South, Is the one
conducted by Miss A. E. Bonham
in Columbia.
Columbia.?Judson Harmon, governor
of Ohio and a presidential possibility,
will visit South Carolina next
I month. Gov. Harmon will be the
principal speaker at the Union county
fair, which will be held October
18, 19, 20. Gov. Harmon will deliver
an address at the fair grounds October
19. The announcement of the
appearance of such a distinguished
citizen as Judson Harmon will arouse
the widest interest.
Columbia.?All information concerning
the express rnte situation in
this state has been submitted to the
railroad commission by John B. Hocknday,
general manager of the Southern
Express company. The commission
will take the data under consideration
and will either issue an order
reducing the charges or call a
hearing. Mr. Hockaday said several
days ago that the company would give
material reductions on charges in thli
state and it Is not thought that a
hearing will be necessary.
Columbia.?The trip to the York
county fair in Pennsylvania that was
planned by the Spartanbury chamber
of commerce has been abandoned according
to a letter received by E. J.
Watson from John Wood, the secretary
of the chamber of commerce of
Spartanburg.
Florence.?Two houses were struck
by lightning and in one two men
were hurt, onflf a negro, very seriously.
The house was a handsome new
one, just being completed. The men
were working on the building. The
! lightning struck the chimney wreckI
ing it
Anderson.?At a special meeting 01
the Anderson County Bar Association
a resolution was adopted heartily endorsing
the candidacy of Judge Geo.
E. Prince of Anderson for the position
of associate justice of the state suj
preme court.
Newberry.?John \V. Earhardt, at
; present alderman from Ward 1, was
elected recorder of Newberry at a
meeting of city council. The election
come on the sixth ballot. Mr. Earhardt
will, of course, resign hiH position
as alderman, before entering his
term as recorder, which is for four
years.
Columbia.?According to etatstics
furnished by J. Whitner Reid, the
secretary of the state farmers' union,
50 per cent, of the cotton crop of
South Carolina has been picked out
and 30 per cent, placed on the market.
Columbia.?The secretary of state,
R M. McCown, has issued a charter
to the Farmers' and Merchants' bank
of Rldgeway, with a capital stock of
125,000. The officers are: W. J. Johnson
president; J. W. Team, rice president,
and W. H. Elrod, cashier. A
general banking business will be conducted.
fRSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 191
MAN OF SANTIAGO
IS PftSSEO All
REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY DIED
SUDDENLY ON NEW YORK
STREET.
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VERY NOTED NAVAL OFFICER
Sudden Death Due to Cerebral Hemorrhafle
Which Attacked Him Shortly
After He and Mrs. Schley Reached
New York From Mt. Klsco.
New York.?Unrecognized by a single
person in the thrcng that rushod
to his aid. Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley, U. S. N\, retired, fell
dead in front of the Berkeley Lyceum
on West Fourty-fourth street. The
death of thi3 notable figure in the
naval history of the nation was for
the moment that of an unknown man
in a strange crowd. The admiral's
sudden death is attributed to cerebral
hemorrhage which attacked him shortly
after he, with Mrs. Schley, reached
New York from a visit to Mount Kisco
and had called at the New York
Yacht Club for his mail.
As the admiral was walking through
West Forty-fourth street a passerby,
who saw him stagger, grasped his
arm and tried to support him. Despite
the stranger's service, the admiral
fell helpless to the street and
a physician who pressed his way
through the crowd (hat quickly gathered
pronounced him dead. There
was a gash over his right eye where
Ills forehead struck the sidewalk.
A slight fracture of the frontal
bono had ensued, but surgeons who
examined the body expressed disbelief
that this injury In any way conHia
Idmrltv was
muun-u iu uvoiu. ..... ?
quickly established by letters and pnpers
found in his pocket and from an
Inscription on his gold watch which
had been presented to tho admiral by
his native state of Maryland "For his
heroism and memorable service in
rescuing Lieut. A. W. Greely, U. S. \.
and six comrades from death at Tape
Sabine in the Arctic region on June
22, 1884."
The spot where Admiral Schley
died Is in the very center of New
York's club district and members of
organizations whose houses are thickly
clustered there soon penetrated the
throng and confirmed the identification
of the famous commander who
figured so prominently in the naval
engagement of 1898 at Santingo.
Another Aviator Killed.
Spokane, Wash.?Cromwell Dixon,
who aviated across the Rocky mountains
fell 100 feet at the interstate
fnlr grounds here and received injuries
which caused his death. Caught
by an adverse current of air, Dixon's
machine turned on its side and plunged
Into a rocky railroad cut. While
I falling Dixon pluckily attempted to
right his aeroplane and shouted tb the
jpectators: "Here I go: here I go."
He was picked up in an unconscious
condition and taken to a hospital
where is was found tnat his skull was
fractured; his right leg broken and
his collarbone shattered.
Are Hunting For Trouble.
Washington.?The American Federltion
of Labor has not been asked to
; take a hand In the strike of the Southern
lumber men in Texas and Alaj
bama. The lumber strikers are an
Independent organization and are not
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor. About a month ago organizer
Terry of the Federation was
ordered South and is now at Atlanta,
with instructions to get in touch with
the sfrlkerp. l*p to this time, however.
he has been unable to do so. and
officials of the federation are without
inv information on the matter.
Thrown From Motorcycle and Killed.
Danville, Va.?Lewis Cook, white
rural letter carrier, married and aged
29, died from a fracture of the skull
sustained by being thrown from his
motorcycle when he ran into a rope
stretched across a street undergoing
repairs. It is presumed he did not sec
the obstruction.
Has Filed a Petition.
New York.?Charles R. Carruth,
counsel for K. D. Richardson, Jr., &
Co., a subsidiary of the American Tobacco
Company, has filed a petition
with the United States circuit court
asking that the American company he
; enjoined from interfering with the
business of the Richardson company
This petition carries with it a coin
plete denunciation of the plans of dls
Integration of the American Tobaccc
Company as now proposed. Mr. Car
ruth gives the details of the-Amerlcar
Tobacco Company's dissolution plans
Will be a Very Short War.
London.?From present appearance!
the Turco-Italian war promises to b<
; the shortest and most bloodless wai
in history. Thus far its distinguish
. 1 |,OQ Kaan lhl> nil
iii^ cuai*ti;itri lanv. iioo
sence of fighting and with Germanj
acting as peacemaker it may he end
| ed before fighting takes place. It li
| concluded that no mediation will b?
I accepted by Italy nntil she has ac
j eompllshed the military occupation o
the Tripolitan coast. After that ne
I gotiations will be much easier and art
| not unlikely to be successful.
Hoke Smith is Honorary Blacksmith
Atlanta. Ga.?Governor Hoke Smitl
was elected an honorary member o
local No. 1 of the International Broth
erhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers a
the opening session of their thirteen'l
biennial session. Following addresse
of welcome by Governor Smith, Mayo
Winn and others and response b;
President" J. W. Kline, standing com
mittees were announced by the pres!
dent. After a noon adjournment th
credentials committee presented it
report and the various matters wer
referred to committees for reports.
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FROM ALL OVER THE STATET
The Latest News of General Interest
to the People of the State of
South Carolina.
Columbia. ? Columbia's steamboat
ilne is certainly advertising the port
of Georgetown. And the port of
Georgetown is dally growing in importance.
Ookesbury.?This has been the
driest summer Cokesbury has ever
konwn, but the corn and cotton crops
ire fairly good. Several of the we'ls
in town have gone dry.
Columbia.?The Dorchester Land
company of Dorchester has been commissioned
by the secretary of state,
with a capital stock of $1,000. The
petitioners aVe I. 8. Hutton and R.
L. Weeks. The company proposes to
do a general real estate business.
Klloree?Three thousand bales of
cotton have been marketed here since
August 15. Notwithstanding the
decline in the price it continues to
be put on the market in large quantities.
There are four cotton buyers
here.
Orangeburg.?The stockholders of
the Bank of Cameron have held their
annual meeting and the report of the
president, Fred I. Culler, shows that
the bank has prospered during the
past year. It was decided to enlarge
the capital by issuing an additional
$10,000. An eight per cent, dividend
was declared and a nice sum added
to the surplus fund.
Kingstree.?E. L. Hirsch, a well
known member of the local bar, re- i
ceived injuries of an exceedingly j
painful and perhaps serious nature
frem a kick in the abdomen by a
mule. He was passing through a lot
at the rear of his building on his way
to his office when a mule tied there
kicked him severely.
Chester.?The Chester county fair
will take place on October 24. 25, and
26 and preparations are being made
to make the fair the best ever see?i
in thiB county. Secretary Westbrook
of the fair association Is busy with
the details and announces that the
outlook is for a successful occasion.
Sumter.?At a meeting of council
a franchise was granted for a gas
plant to Edward L Rhiea of Baltimore,
representing Baltimore capital.
A 1,000 forfeit is to be posted that
work is to begin within six months
and to be completed within a year. |
i he maximum rate is to be $1.50 a
thousand, with a cash discount for
| payment within ten days.
Horry?All the petitions for the
formation of a drainage district at
Gallavant's Ferry In Horry county
have been -filed with the state department
of agriculture. The survey of
the district will be made by the state
drainago engineer. The district is
well kno" n for its trucking industry
which will be greatly developed by
the drainage of several thousand
acres of lowlands.
Lexington.?The heavy rains of the
last few days are playing havoc with
the cotton farmers of this counfy.
There is an enormous nmount of cotton
open and it is impossible to get
the pickers at any price in some localities,
it is said. The rains are causing
the staple to become stained also, and
this is where the greater damage
comes In; for it cuts the value of the
product largely. There is a lot of the
cotton being sold despite the decline
in price, but not as much as was sold
a week ago.
Charleston.?The governor's Foot
Guards and the Putnam Phalanx, two
crack companies of Connecticut, have
included Charleston In their tour of
the South. They will visit Charleston
on October 11 and will be given a
u-orni roponilnn T!io Fnnt Ononis
entertained the Washington Light
infantry in the early seventies, this
being the first armed body to cross
; the Mason and Dixon line after the
i war,
Columbia.?The legislative commit
; tee which was named in 190ft will
i meet in Columbia when the plans and
! specifications for the enlargement of
the state house will be considered.
The plans were drawn by A. W. Todd,
a member of the house from Charles:
ton county, and call for an expendi!
nf 41 (inn one durinir the next
; three years. To raise "this amount
; will require a tax of 1 mi'l for the
next five years. The general assem:
bly will receive the report of the committee
and make a decision as to
whether the capitol is to be enlarged.
Columbia.?Complaints continue to
be made from various sections of the
| state respecting the mail service,
which is said to be due to the recent
order of the postoffice department
, cutting down the number of railway
mail clerks in the interest of econ
omy.
i Spartanburg.?When attempts were
being made to arrest John Underwood,
a negro on the charge of
'drunkenness, at Switzer, he stated:
i "I will die and go to h?1 before being
arrested." He died; unknown whethi
er or not latter part of threat was
. fulfilled.
Chester. ? Application has been
made to the secretary of state for a
> charter for the Farmers' Mercantile
! company with a capital of $10,u00.
i The incorporators are all farmers
| and the new company is backed by
i | the farmfis.
| Chappells.?Born in March, 1815?
| when Thomas Jefferson was presi=
dent of the United States and the
s year of the downfall of Napoleon
Bonaparte as emperor of France?
1 Mrs. Jane Jacobs died at her home
- at Jacobs on September 4. at the age
t of 96 years and six months. Death
was due to old age.
T _ Tkfl nnlr ronann n grpnfor
UniUl " i IIV vyi.i; ivuuv.. ? 3.
. amount of cotton has not been sold
i is because it cannot be picked. There
f is a Scarcity of hands, and it has been
raining most of f|i? time for the past
t two weeks. Cotton is simply rotting
1 in the fields.
e Aiken.?The Southern's road imr
provement train was received with
y enthusiasm here. The grand jury,
i* which is now in session, attended the
[ meeting at the passenger depot in a
; body. A live association was formed,
t a branch of tbe America* Association
f of Highway Improvement, with prominent
road men as officers.
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IIS OF Hlf
ARE LESS THAN 500
CONSTABULARY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT
HAVE THE SITUATION
IN HAND.
VALLEY IS A CHARNELHOUSE
?
The Property Loss From Flood and
Hre is Estimated to be Around SixMillion
Dollars?Many Stories of
Thrilling Rescues.
Austin, Pa.?The curtain of night,
which was rung down on the Austin
flood scarcely before its victims had
all been claimed and its surviving
spectators fully realize how great a
tragedy the el?monts of water and firo
lad enacted in the natural ampltheater
Df the Allegheny mountains here, was
lifted by dawn revealing a ghastly
scene of death and de\astation.
Austin, itself a busy mill town of
three thousand people, many of whom
were enjoying the fine autumn, is
only a ghost of n town now. Torn to
pieces by water and eaten by fire, the
wet and charred remnants or its Duua*
ings, believed to hold the remaiss of
three hundred or more persons, were
strewn along the valley edge, piled in
rows where the main street business
section was or swept in scattered
masses far down the ravine.
Spectators, many of whom barely
escaped being victims of the disaster,
and hundreds of persons from surrounding
townB, looked down from the
steep hillsides on Austin and Costello
through a veil of fog to see the wreckage
here of some four hundred houses,
a score of business blocks, three
churches and several large lumber
mills, and three miles further down
the river at Costello tho ruins of
more than fifty buildings. The flood
! did not spend its force until it raced
for more than ten miles from the
reservoir. Wharton, still farther on,
suffered somewhat, but is practically
intact. The loss of life at Costello,
where the residents had more warning,
is believed to be but three.
The property less in the valley li
estimated at upwards of $6,000,000.
Rapid Temperature Changes.
Washington. ? Rapid temperatuie
j changes will be recorded in northern
: United States and moderate temperatures
in the South and on the Pacific
coast, announced the weather bureau's
weekly bulletin. The week's precipitation
will be above normal except
on the (lulf and the South Atlantic
coasts. The bulletin makes this forecast:
Unsettled weather and general
rain the first part of the week cast of
the Rocky mountains; crossing the
Rockies then the Central valley and
then the Kastern states. This disturbance
followed lower temperature
probably attended by frosts in the
j Northwest and Northern states
Eight Children Burned to Death.
Indiana, Fa.?Eight children of Mr
and Mrs. Wliliain Dias of Heshbou
near here, ranging in age from 13
years to .1 months, were burned tc
death when fire destroyed the familj
home. The parents, after discover
ing the flames, left the children It
their beds and went to the first flooi
where they made an attempt to extin
guiBh the fire. The blaze spread rap
idly, however, and they were unabh
to rescue the little ones.
America is Neutral.
Washington.?The American decla
ration of neutrality in the Italian-Turlt
ish war only awaits the President':
formal approval. Without his per
eonal signature the State Departmen
cannot issue th^ proclamation, whicl
however, is expected to be promulgat
ed. The proclamation Is ready for is
sue as soon as approved, Acting Sec
retary of State Adee, having prepare*
, it at the first intimation of hostilities
Fowler Gets Cold Feet.
Emigrant Gap, Cal.?Aviator Rober
G. Fowler abandoned his trans-contin
tal flight because his engine will no
carry him over the Sierras as it wil
not "bite" the thin air.
Breaks Down For First Time.
New Orleans.?Miss Annie Craw
ford, charged with murdering her sit
ter Elise u week ago by administeriiii
morphine, showed the first break ii
t'.ie self-possession rigidly maintain*)
since her* arrest by prolonged out
bursts of weeping Clinging to th<
iron bars of a window in her wan
and with her head bowed on her arn
the prisoner was found by Mrs. Octa
via Kennerly, the matron who tried t<
comfort her. Almost immediately th<
prisoner would recover her self- pot
1 session.
The Italians Shell Towns.
Constantinople.?It is officially cor
firmed that the Italian squadron ha
bombarded I'revcsa, but the landin
of Italian forees there is denied. It I
announced from Panina that two Ita
lan warships bombarded the port c
Reschadle and the torpedo boats Ij
Ing in that harbor, one of which wa
damaged and landing its crew. Th
( Italian ships entered the port an
shelled the town, several houses bein
struck. After taking soundings the
left, and later entered port Mustt
taking the captain of the port prisonei
Enormous Exports of Cotton.
Savannah. Ga.?Recent statement
that the foreign demand for cotto
was of a mere "hand-to-mouth" chai
acter were effectually refuted by th
enormous foreign exports from Savai
nah. The official reports show tha
the day's exports counted to 95,75
bales, of which 34..'40 went to Grea
Britain, 10,500 to France 46,680 to th
continent and 4,372 coastwise. Th
foreign exports werr 91,384 bales, re]
resenting a calue ol over $5,000,00*
This Is one of the largest araoun*
ever exported from any port.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
RIDGE SECTION OF THE STATE
Rsaches From Trenton on the We?t
to Leaksville on the East, a Distance
of Thirty Miles.
Columbia.?The Ridge section of
South Carolina reaches from Trenton
on the west to I.eosville on the east,
a distance of 30 miles, almost in a
straight line with only one small
stream crossing It.
This ridge is a water shed on either
side of which several tributaries rise
and flow through the plateaus that
slope north and south, into the Savannah,
Saluda and Edlsto rivers.
These small streams subdivide this
table land into bodies or tracts of
from 50 to 1,000 acres of well drained
soil, varying in fertility and texture
from alluvial light Band to fine
grain red clay, all of which respond
readily to proper cultivation.
Forty to 100 bushels of corn per
acre and from one to two bales of
cotton is an average annual yield.
Small grain, clover and vetch thrive
in this soil and climate. Forty bushels
of wheat and 76 bushels of oats
per acre have been grown. Four tons
of vetch hay per acre also has been
made.
Fruits of all kinds flourish here, the
peach especially is at home on the
rldpe, excellent flavor hnd perfect
shape, s/ze and color giving it distinction
In all the Northern, Eastern and
Western markets. Everything, except
me tropical lruus can ue gruwu ugm,
The soil, 'climate, water, social,
moral, religious and intellectual atmosphere
make this a very delightful
place to live in. This fact is attested
by the fact that, one in traveling
for 30 miles?that is, from Trenton to
Lee8vilfe?never goes out of sight of
a settlement. In other words, it Is
one continuous village.
Have Agreed to Reduce Their Rates.
Accepting the proposition of the
railroad commission, the Southern Express
Company has agreed to a material
reduction of rates in South
Carolln?f This announcement iwas
made by J. H. Hockaday, general
manager of the Southern Express
company, who arrived for a conference
with the members of the commission.
He had been ordered to furnish
the commission with certain informaton
relative to the operations
of the company in this state. He furnished
the desired information, and
announced that the rates would be
reduced to the basis asked by the
commission. The proposition of Mr,
Hockaday will be considered by the
commission at Its regular weekly
meeting and it Is not probable that a
hearing will be called.
Dispensary Case Up For Trial.
L. W. Boykin and John Bell Towlll,
former members of the state liquor
dispensary board, W. O. Tatum, former
commissioner of the dispensary;
M. A. Goodman, a liquor salesman, and
Dennis Woiskopf, a Cincinnati business
man, were placed on trial at Co1
lumbia on a charge of conspiring to
defraud the state. The case is what
Irn/.tif n no t K/> /liononcorif aoonHol
19 nilu" ii an llic uioj'cii.ini ; ovuwum?
' J and has been on the docket several
1 years. It is alleged that Boykln, Towill
and Tntum as members of the dispensary
board, through Goodman and
Weiskopf, purchased from a Cincin
natl concern $35,000 worth of labels
* and whiskey bottles and that $22,000
1 of this amount was returned to the
1 6tate officers as "graft."
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Area of Quicksand is Discovered.
1 An area of quicksand has been dlsp
covered at the upper end of Sullivan's
* Island close to the inlet, and the dia*
covery was nearly attended with the
1 loss of three lives. A well known
Charleston man walked towards the
point of the island with his wife an-1
daughter. Suddenly he was thrown
* to the beach as his feet and legs to
' the knees sunk in the sand and al3
most simultaneously his wife and
daughter, who were just a little be1
hind him, shared the same fate. By
1 throwing themselves towards the
* j firmer soil, the three were able to
* extricate themselves, the man releasing
himself first and then assisting
' the others to get out of the sand. The
* I dangerous place is to be marked.
I ?# naanlr
Many mun^b ttru iutu ui ptrvp**; ?uv
have been lost at the end of the
' island.
1 Columbia.?All the com boys and
' all the tomato girls come to the
Btate (air.
State
Hospital Commission Meets.
The commission, created by the
Y general assembly to have charge of
' the work of relieving the congested
1 conditions at the State Hospital for
' the ftisane, met In f'olumbia, when
plans for the buildings to be erected
3 at "State Park" were discussed. The
* commission will expend $200,000 dur1
ing the year. Several matters of a
>* i routine nature were discussed at the
3 meeting of the commission. The com
a mission recently gave an order fri
l' several million brick to be used In
the construction of the uew buildings
Better Meal Is Shipped Into Stats.
l" "We have the meal situation well
8 in hand," said E. J. Watson. Many
* samples of meal drawn from the mar
8 kets of the state have been examined
at the laboratory of the state depart
ment of agriculture. That the mill
T' ers are shipping a better grade ol
8 mhal Into the state is shown by th?
e fact that out of over 100 sarmples only
^ , one has been condemned. When the
? campaign was commenced severs
y weeks ago against rotten meal It vn
found just the reverse condition ex
r' lsted."
Question of Establishing Agency.
3 A hearing on the question of es
n tablishing a freight agency at Jam!
r" son on the Southern railway betwee.
* Orangeburg and St. Matthews wa
l' held before the railroad commission
* All testimony was taken under con
6 eideration by the commission and i
lt decision will be announsed later
e Among the citizens present froo
e Jamison were T. B. Huger, W. F. Joy
ner, J. I. Bowman, J. B. Robinson
' 1 W Tucker, M. 0. Dantzler, H. L
8 Beckw-.th, G. J .Jackson and F. M
Smith.
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