ESTABLISHED IN 189
COURT SUSTAINS ,
EDUCATION BOARD
THE ACTION BROUGHT BV THE
JOHNSON BOOK COMPANY
WAS DISMISSED.
ORDER WAS BY JUDGE WILSON
The Readers of the D. C. Heath Com*
pany Are to Be Retained in the
Schools of South Carolina?May Appeal
the Case.
Columbia.?Discharging the rule to
show cause and declaring the peti
tioner had no rights to seek the aia
of the courts to execute a contract
which was never consummated, Judge
John S. Wilson signed an order in
the case of the D. F. Johnson Publishing
Company of Richmond against the
state board of education and the D. C.
Heath Publishing Company. The
Johnson company sought to force the
state board of cduatlon to eliminate
the readers of the Heath Company
from tho schools of the state. The
case will very probably be carried to
the supreme court for a decision.
The contract for the third, fourth
and fifth readers was awarded by the
education board to the Johnson company.
The publishing company refused
to sign the contract under the
interpretation of the board with reference
to exchange prices. The contract
was next awarded to the Heath
company.
The following is the order signed by
Judge Wilson following the hearing
held several days ago:
"On hearing tthe petition in this
case, the rule to show cause and the
return thereto, and full argument of
counsel for both parties, and on full
consideration of the issues Involved,
it is,
' Ordered and decreed that the rule
to show cause be discharged and the
proceedings dismissed. It is manifest
in this case there was a call for bids,
a bid for readers and other books i
made by petitioner and the bid accepted.
But the call for bids stated as a ,
condition that the publishers whose ,
bids were accepted should execute ]
and deliver to the board a stipulated .
written contract. Such a contract |
was soon thereafter prepared by the ,
state superintendent of education and ,
sent to tho petitioner. But because ,
of a difference between the parties as j
to the interpretation and construction ;
of a clause in the contract, the petitioner,
although it signed the submitted
contract, would not deliver it. <
Therefore this petitioner has no right
to seek the aid of the courts to command
the respondents to execute a
contract which, by the acts of the petioner,
was never consummated."
Four Receive Executive Clemency.
Hampton Wright who was convicted
of larceny from a railroad car in
Bamberg in March of this year and
sentenced to serve 12 months on the
county chaingang has been paroled by
the governor. M. Citron was convicted
in the court of Magistrate Fowles
in Columbia on September 24, on the
charge of breach of trust with fraud
uieni indent, ma was Kemcucm tu
served 30 days or pay a fine of 15. He |
*' has been pardoned by the governor.
Lee Powell, who waB convicted last
fall in Barnwell county for violating
the dispensary law and sentenced to
serve six months or to pay a fine of
$400 has received clemency at the
hands of the governor. His sentence
has been commuted to six months or a
fine of $150.
John I. Renew was also convicted in
Barnwell county on the same charge
and was sentenced to six months or a
fine of $200. The governor has commuted
his sentence to six months or
a fine of $100.
To Relocate Tne Monticeilo Road.
Director Page of the United States
office of good roads has detailed M.
Good Homes of the engineering department
of the University of South
Carolina to make a survey to relocate
the Monticeilo road from Columbia
to the Fairfield county line,
truck by Railroad Engine.
Lawrence Stephens, an extensive
planter living two miles of Mullins
was struck by the engine on the N.
& S. C. railway and may not recover,
his injuries being considered seriou3.
The man was seated on the track
and is thought to have been asleep.
He was picked up in an unconscious
condition and was rushed to Hamlet,
where close connection with the Lawrence
train was made. He is now
under surgical care in a Laurinburg
hospital anl his chances for recovery
are considered slight.
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While there have been no public
meetings held at any point in York
county for the ???cnsible purpose of
urging the farmers to nold their cotton
for higher prices, still it is not
likely that there is any county in the |
state where less cotton has been passed
out of the hands of the producers
than in York since the price dropped
below 10 cents, and it is doubtful
if there is any county in wTiich so
large a proportion of the farmers are
able to hold their cotton as in this
county.
Governor Will Not Interfere.
A telegram received at Anderson
from Governor Rlease brought the intelligence
that he will not Interfere
in the Samuel Hyde case. The telegram
came to Leon L. Rice, who was
appointed by the <v>urt to defend Hyde
and who furnished the petitions, which
were freely signed, asking the governor
to commute the death sentence to
life imprisonment. A counter petition
was circulated by Mrs. W. V. Beasley
mother and wife of Hyde's victims, in
the Orr mill village which was signed
bv manv.
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DRAINAGE SITUATTON BETTER
Mas Shown a Decided Improvement Alt
Along the Line ? Progress is
Shown in Number of Ways.
Charleston?That the past six
months have witneised a great increase
in activity in land drainage
in South Carolina and that the entire
drainage situation has shown decideded
improvement all along the line
during that period, is the opinion of
Mr. P. G. Eason. United States engineer
in charge of the drainage work
in this state. Mr. Eason has an office
in the postofflce building and he is
now, and has been lor some months,
actively engaged on a number of drainage
undertakings in different parts of
the coast country of South Carolina.
The improvement of the drainage
outlook is shown in a number of wayB,
but chiefly in an increase of activity
on the part of certain communities
which havo inaugurated definite move'
ments to drain the swampy lands lying
round and about them and in an
obvloue awakening on the part of
many land owners to the benefits to
be derived from drainage and to the
fact that the work is not prohibitive
aa to cost. Engineer Eason, in an interview,
spoke interestingly of the
drainage work now being done, emphasising
certain important features of
the situation. He holds the position
of government drainage engineer under
the United States department of
agriculture and stands ready to cooperate
in any practical plan for the
draining of lands in any part of South
Carolina.
Recently Mr. Eason has been engaged
with the great drainage proposition
that has been put under way
at 8ummervllle. It is planned to
drain 19,&)0 acres in and around that
town and Mr. Eason has just completed
the plans and reports preliminary
to the work. It is expected that
tb-5 work Itself will be begun soon.
Pellagra Clinic Fair Week.
A pellagra clinic will be held in Columbia
during Fair week under the
auspices of the state board of health.
The arrangements are in charge of
the state health officer, Dr. J. A.
Hayne, and Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent
of the state hospital for the
insane, where the clinic will be held.
For the last three years during fair
week this clinic has been held, and it
has had excellent influence in for
warding the Btudy of the disease. Recently
atate board of health instructed
Dr. Hayne to look into the advisability
of holding another clinic this
year, and after conference with the
hoard of regents It has been decided
to hold the clinic at the state hospital
at 2 o'clock of the afternoon of Thursday
of fair week. Invitations to be
present will be extended to Dr. C. H.
Lavinder, of the marine hospital service,
now Btationed at Savannah,, and
Dr. R. M. Grimm, now stationed at
Spartanburg, both of whom are engaged
in pellagra work. There will
be no formal paper*.
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Important Railway Development.
An important piece of railway development
in South Carolina was the
amendment of the charter of the South
Carolina Western Railway by the secretary
of state. The company under
the amnedment proposes to construct
two branch lines of railway from
Hartsville to TImmons and Sumter.
The 8outh Carolina Western railway
was organised a year ago with an ultimate
capital stock of $500,000. During
the year a line was constructed from
McBee on the Seaboard Air Line railway
to Florence. The roaJ touched
Hartsville. The construction of the
branch lines will t;ive the Seaboard
Air Line a connection with a large
section of the rich Pee Dee country
Economic Value of Good Roads.
The economic value of good roadB
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was fierauusint itru wuru u* uau-o ui
cotton was brought in on a dozen
wagons. Three wagons carried 33
bales, and one wagon had a load of
12 bales. The cot on was from the
plantation of the Prrker Lumber company,
near Dalzell. From Sumter to
that point there is a hard clay road
nearly ail the way. This is nearly
all made road, and on it were formerlj
sand beds and swamps.
Bamberg.?Three small burglariei
wero committed in Bamberg. That
the burglars were umateurs Beem certain
from the way :he work was done
and the class of merchandise stolen
Moving Picture Man In Columbia.
Mr. Freeman D. Owens, moving
picture photographer for the syndicate
with which the Associated Advertising
Clubs of South Carolina
have arranged for cinematographic reproductions
of commercial activity in
this state, is at present in Columbia. 1
and will take views in the Gamecock
City. He is accompanied by Mr. J. B.
Finster, industrial and immigration
agent of the Southern Railway, wffh
headquarters in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Owens was due in Columbia about
a week ago.
la Sentenced To Thirty Years.
Robert Matthews, a colored laborer
who was declared guilty of manslaughter
by a jury In the court of
general sessions for the killing ot
Annie Brown, a negro woman, near
Mount Pleasant several months ago.
was given a maximum sentence by
Presiding Judge T. S. Sease, of Spar
tanburg, and will, therefore, spend the
next thirty years of his life in the
state penitentiary at hard labor. The
judge spoke severely to the negro foi
his crime in killing the woman He
contended that the Jury was lenient
Will Enforce The Health Laws.
Dr. J. Merceir Green, Charleston
health officer, stated that the health
department intended to make it hot
for all those who were fond of violating
the health laws cf the city. Dur
ing and after the storm the health
office found conditions in a chaotic
condition and their work was in many
ways greatly hampered in consequence.
The illness of several inspectors
also added to the general
handicap. But the places of these in
spectors have been temporarily filled,
and Dr. E. H. Sparkman. is in charge
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THE STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION
HOLDS A VERT IMPORTANT
MEETING.
SEVERAL REPORTS RECEIVED
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The Plane For the First Building at
"State Park" Ha? Been Accepted?
Have Outlined the Plans For the
Remainder of Building.
Columbia?Much work was done by
the hospital commirsion at a meeting
held at "State Park."
The plans for the first building prepared
by F. B. Ware of Albany, N. f..
were accepted. It waB decided to
make the first group of six buildints
of brick and fireproof construction.
Mr. Kelsey, the landscape architect,
reported progress, and will submit hU
first outline plans of roads and driven
In a short time.
A large five-foot contour map was
presented by E. T. Walls, Jr., the engineer.
This work has taken much
time for its preparation, but was'required
by the architects and J. L.
Ludlow, the consulting engineer, before
definite and final planB could be
determined.
The commission decided upon the
location of the first building, which
will be two stories, with basement
and attic. It will accommodate 150
negro men.
Some 700 cr 800 acres have been
cleared up, disclosing building sites
of unusual attractiveness. The south
hill near the six mile post haB beefi
assigned to negro patients. The north
hill, which is 444 feet above sea level,
is reserved for white people. It extends
nearly to the eight-mile post,
and is north of Dent station on the
Southern railway.
A broad central plain between the
two elevations wll> be UBed for administrative
purposes, power and
heating plans, waterworks, etc. Eventually
a reservoir will be developed
on a central knob. From this water
may be used for irrigation of the
gardens.
Young Men Capture Two Moonshiners
Anderson.?Two young men, G. C.
Marrett and Willie Fant, surprised a
couple of mountaineer moonshiners
while distilling whiskey on the banks
of the Tugaloo river, captured both
of them, confiscated eight gallons of
beer and a complete distillery outfit
and poured out 136 gallons of beer.
The captured men are F. C. McCracken
and Foster Caps, who hail
from the mountains. They were carried
before Magistrate Fant at Townville
and on default of $500 bail were
committed to the county jail here.
Willie Fant is deputy for his father.
Magistrate Fant. He and his young
companion were in the river valley
searching for a still about which they
had received some information. The
moonshiners were taken completely
by surprise.
South Carolina New Enterprises.
Columbia.?The Navy Yard Building
and Investment Company of Charleston,
chartered with a capital stock
of $5,000, hats been given the right to
change its name to the Charleston
Building at d Investment Company by
secretary of state McCown. A charter
has been issued to the Baker-Craig
Sanitarium of Charleston, with a capital
stock.of $50,000. The officers are:
A. E. Bak'er, president, and L. R.
Oraig, secretary and treasurer. A
charter has been issued to the Carolina
Realty and Auction Company of
Bennettsville, with a capital stock of
$1,000. The officers are: Harris Brls
tow, president, and T. C. Crossland j
secretary and treasurer.
President Gadsden Has Returned.
Charleston.?President P. H. Gadsden
of the chamber of commerce returned
to Charleston and is pleased
with his interview with Capt. Ellison
Smyth and other representative mill
men up the state in the matter of
Interesting them in the Atlantic and
Pacific transportation corporation
Jrhich is to operate steamers through
he Panama canal when it is opened
Party Has Gone To New York.
Anderson.?The party to represent
Anderson in the Glidden tour has
gone to New York and the car to be
used has been shipped to that place
from the automobile factory. In the
party are Bob King, president of the
local chamber of commerce, County
Auditor James H. Craig. Eugene
Watson and Arthur Sullivan, the
chauffuer. The tourists will reach
Anderson on the 201h to spend the
night. Extensive plans have been
made to entertain them when they
do get here.
Dr. S. C. Mitchell to Make Address.
Batesburg.?Dr. S. C. Mitchell, pre*
ldent of the University of South Carolina,
will make an address at the TriCounty
fair at Batesburg October 19,
which will be "Educational Day." It
is expected that pupils of several
schools will be present on that day
and participate in the exercises. An
interesting programme has been arranged
and liberal prizes will be
awarded to the successful contestants.
Prof. A. 0. Smith of the agricultural
department will also speak during the
day.
To Muster In Edisto Rifles.
Orangeburg.?A meeting of the
Edisto Rifles has been called preparatory
to the mustering in of the com
panv on the 23d of this month. This
historic company disbanded a few
years ago, the members not caring to
serve in the 3d regiment, to which
they were transferred from the 2d
regiment. The company was to be
mustered back into service several
months ago, but from some unac
countable cause it has not been Adjt
Qen. Moore has advised Capt. J. F
Moseley of his plans.
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FROM THE PALMETTO STATE
ihort Paragraphs of General News
That Have Been Carefully Gotten
Together For the People.
Johnston.?In the town election for
water works, the antlB won by a rote
of 52 sainst 22 for the enterprise.
Cartcraville.?A large crop of cotton
is being gathered here this fall,
but the farmers are wearing long
faces on account of low prices. There
are Bome fields in this section still
in full bloom.
Lexington.?Within a few days the
telephone poles in the centre of
Main street will be removed. The telephone
company has had a force of
hands at work stretching wire and
erecting poles on the back street for
several days.
Kingstree.?Mayor L. P. Kinder, recently
elected to the mayoralty of
Kingstree, took the oath of office and
was formally installed in his new office.
The new council, which is, however,
practically the same as the for
raer, was also Installed.
Columbia?Bryan H. Lumpkin, formerly
of Columbia but now of KIIllans,
has raised a sweet potato on
his farm weighing eight pounds. Mr.
Lumpkin has several other potatoes
of large dimensions, but this was the
largest.
Columbia.?Judge Jas. Coke Klugh,
of the South Carolina Circuit Court,
died at his home in Abbeville. Judge
Klugh had been in falling health for
several months. He has had an interesting
career and has held many
offices of honor and trust.
Columbia.?Posters advertising the
state fair are being pasted upon billboards
throughout the state by representatives
of a Columbia concern. This
week attention is being given especially
to St. Matthews, Orangeburg
and other towns between Columbia
and Charleston.
Spartanburg.?This city entertained
for two hours the State Fencible
of Philadelphia and members of the
Old Guard traveling in a private train
as escorts to Mayor Reyburn and members
of the city council of Philadelphia
who have been in Atlanta attending
the unveiling of the peace monument
St Matthews.?Under the recent
resolution of town council that another
member be added to the police
force in order that the streets may
have the undivided attention of the
street overseer when his services are
needed an election was held at the
council meeting and F. M. Heckle was
chosen to fill this position.
Lexington.?A record was reached
in price of Lexington county farm
lands when J. B. Amlck of Newberry
sold his plantation of 89 acres, two
* a n
miles norm 01 L.exiiiRiun, 10 \j. a.
Gavin of Wagener, (he consideration
being $5,000. It Ib considered one of
the best farms in the county, but 1b
almost entirely without buildings.
Columbia.?An order to parties who
may be concerned to show causo within
four weeks why amendment? to the
charter of the South Carolina Western
Railroad, permitting that company to
extend its lines of railway to Tlmmonsville
and to Sumter, should not
be approved, was issued by the secretary
of state.
Gaffney.?About one hundred representatives
from Spartanburg, Cherokee
and York counties gathered at
the Broad river bridge, in this county,
and organized an association to build
a highway connecting Yorkvllle and
Rock Hill with the national highway,
via Gaffney to Spartanburg and
thence to the North Carolina mountains.
Cartersville.?The site for the handsome
new school building has at last
been chosen. In addition to the present
school grounds another acre has
been bought, making a spacious playground.
The building will be placed
in the centre of the lot. This is about
the prettiest and most desirable lot
in town and on it there are several
large shade trees.
Woodruff. ? The Woodruff fair
closed, i ne nrsi uay wan r?iuj iu
the forenoon and while the track was
slippery, some very good races were
run, but the next day the Bun was
bright, and the running waB much
easier and better. Those who are
judges say the horaeB showed this year
were the best that have ever been In
Woodruff.
Chester.?The police ahe looking
for one W. D. Langston, who Is charged
with having obtained money for
magazines which he was not authorized
to represent. By offering attrac
tive clubs for well known publicat'ons
he is said to have secured $250 and
left for parts unknown.
Orangeburg.?The October term of
the court of common pleas adjourned
after one week's session. During this
term about 15 cases were disposed of.
In the case of L. G. Way vs. Alice
Harper, a suit for the recovery of real
estate, a verdict was rendered for the
plaintiff.
Charleston.?A Charleston plant, the
Riverside Iron Works, will build the
12-inch auction dredge for which the
contract was recently let by the navy
Hpnaptmont tn a New Jersev firm. The
contract has been sublet and the
Charleston yard will do the work.
Orangeburg?An enthusiastic and
largely attended meeting of the
Orangeburg chamber of commerce was
held at the court house. Routine
business was taken up, after which
subscriptions for the support of the
chamber were asked for. This appeal
met with great tuccess and the treasury
is considerably better off for it.
Columbia.?The case of H. C. Craft
against the Seaboard Air Line railway
for JfjO.OOO, which has accupied
several days in Richland county court
of common pleas was completed and
a verdict rendered in favor of the dedefendant.
C.affnev.?Mr. Doc Cooper, one of
Cherokee's well known farmers, planted
about one gallon of beans, from
which he has sold $52 worth and has
some left to can .Mr. Cooper Is progressive
in every sense of the word.
He farms from the word up and is
consequently making money in his
agricultural operations.
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ATTEMPT TO WRECK
PRESIDENT'S TRAIN
WATCHMAN FIND8 THIRTY-SIX
8TICKS OF DYNAMITE ON
BRIDGE.
NOTIFIED THE OFFICIALS
Watchmen Exchanged Shots With
Two Men Who Are Cuppoted to
Have Been Responsible?Santa Barbara
Officials Are Making Search.
San Francisco, Cal.?A report rerAtvod
hprn hv officials of the Southern
Pacific Railway Company from C. B.
Brown, section foreman for the road
at Naples, Cal., gave details of the discovery
of thirty-six sticks of dynamite
under the Cairtan viaduct, 20 miles
north of Santa Barbara, several hours
before President Taft's special train
passed over the bridge, en route to
lx>s Angeles. The dynamite was found
after the watchman engaged in a revolver
battle with two men, who
scaped.
The dynamite was discovered at 2
o'clock. The President's train passed
ovor the bridge at 5:51. They were at
the opposite end of the 1,000-foot span
and ran when ordered to halt. The
watchman ran across the bridge, firing
several shots, vhlch were returned.
After the pair had escaped in the
darkness, the watchman returned to
the bridge and began an investigation.
Near the center of the span,
lodged on one of the supports of the
viaduct, he found Cue thirty-six sticks
of dynamite with a ten-foot fuse attached
to one of the sticks. He left
the find untouched, going immediately
to Santa Barbara and notifying the
officials.
Sheriff Wines of Santa Barbara
county went immediately to the
bridge with several deputies and removed
the dynamite. A general
search is being made for the men.
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Pay Tribute to the Dead.
Washington.?The courta in Washington
paid tribute to the late Associate
Justice John Marshall Harlan
of tho Supreme Court of the United
States. The highest tribunal of the
law, of which Justice Harlan was the
oldest member, the court of commerce,
the court of claims, and the
various branches of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia adjourned
immediately and the court of custom*
appeals announced (hat out of respect
To him It would not be in session for
two days. The Supreme Court of the
United States was In session only one
minute.
Excluded From American Ports.
Washington. ? Tea-drinkers, especially
those who prefer the Chinese
blends, may soon find the price of
their luxury advancing in the wake of
coffee and sugar as a result of the
Treasury Department's strict ruling
against importations of teas artificially
colored. The order already has resulted
In turning from American ports
several hundred thousand pounds of
Chinese tea treated with Prussian
blue, talc and other drugs or chemicals.
Cars of Glidden Tour In Virginia.
stAiinton. Va.?Ten cars of Glidden
tourists reached here from Gettysburg,
Pa., after n day of mild sensations
including two hold-ups and one
rather serious accident. The holdups
occurred at Harrlsburg, Pa., where
a policeman cautioned the tourists to
go slow at the point of a gun. At a
toll gate where they wpre halted for
orer-speedlng, they were allowed to
ipsume after leaving their numbers.
Cracksman Rob Bank in Virginia.
J Clarksville. Va.?Cracksmen wrecked
the vault of the Planters' bank
here and escaped after exchanging
shots with the watchman. The bank
was entered from the street and dynamite
or nitroglycerine was used to
open the vault. It is not yet known
how much money was taken. The
bank, however, is heavily insured
against loss.
China Faces a Crisis.
Peking.?Simultaneously with the
acceptance by Yuan Shi Kai of the
post of viceroy of Hu Peh and Hunan
provinces, to which territory he is :
directed to proceed and immediately
1 re-establish imperial authority, the
I Chlneso ffnr?pnmont in nhnwine re
markable activity, even in the face of
a depleted treasury. The government
Beems to realize the necessity of
crushing the rebllion promptly and is
dispatching the army to the scene of
revolt as hastily as preparations' can
be made.
Demonstration to President.
San Francisco.?Every officer and
enlisted man on the flagshhip California
drank President Taft's health in
California champagne the treat being
| provided by the President. Although
other naval formalities were observed
when the President came, It was noted
that the regulation seluta of 21 guns
was not fired. That, an almost unprecedented
breach of naval courtesy, caus|
ed considerable speculation until it
I was learned that the salute had been
omitted at the special request of the
President.
LaFollette Gun Has Been Fired.
Chicago.?Two hundred progressive |
Republicans here in their first national I
conference endorsed Senator Robert
M. LaFollette of Wisconsin for President
and declared in favor of a direct
primary as a means for the expression
of a presidential choice. The endorsement
came in the shape of resolutions
framed in part by former Secretary
of the Interior James R. Garfield.
who it was held by the delegates
appeared as expressing the
views cf Theodore Roosevelt.
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TanTlong stapleIxhibits
Arrangements Were Made For Space
at Fair By Mr. Carpenter?List of
Classes Were Announced.
Columbia.?C. H. Carpenter of Pickens
was in Columbia to make arrangements
with the state fair association
to secure space for an exhibit of long
staple cotton at the fair. Mr. Carpenter
represented Ira Williams of the
state demonstration work. It is planned
to offer $1,000 in prizes for upland
long staple cotton and every effort is
being made to have an excellent showing
at the state fair.
"The interest in this cotton that
has been awakened in our farmers,"
said Mr. Carpenter, "and the splendid
results that have followed their epeHments
make possible an cxhibt
of this kind.
"In order to encourage our farmers
to show what they have accomplished,
liberal premiums have been offered
both for the best plants and also for
cotton in bales. Do not let any one ;
think that because he can not have
his cotton ginned on a roller gin it
is useless for hira to compete. The
cotton of this class bringing the highest
price last year was ginned by a
saw gin. However, it must be remembered
that the greatest care must be
exercised and the gin run as slowly
as possible in order to avoid cutting
the lint."
Mr. Carpenter is himself most enthusiastic
over the possibilities to be
found in the long staple product and
is very desirious that every grower
in the state shall take part in this
contest, as he feels certain that an
exchange of experiences and of results
will be of great' benefit to the
farmers. He says also that those
desiring to sell the cotton on exhibition
can dispose of it to advantage
here in Columbia.
May Favor Board of Education.
At the conclusion of the arguments
Judge Wilson indicated that
his decision in the case of the B. F.
Johnson Publishing company, seeking
an order to force the state board of
education to eliminate the readers of
the D. C. Heath company from the
schools of the state and adopt the
Johnson readers, would be in favor
of the education board. He took all
written arguments under consideration,
and said that he would announce
his final decision at a later date. R.
W. Shand, attorney for the D. C.
Heath company, has completed his
argument. Attorney tienerai L.yon
was present and gave his views on the
case. He did not think that it was I
within the jurisdiction of the court to
assign the order sought by the Johnson
company. It is very probable
that the case will be carried to the
supreme court for a decision. It is
claimed that the bid of the Johnson
company for the third, fourth and
fifth readers was accepted by the
state board of education. The company
refused to sign the contract for
the' delivery of the readers under the
interpretation of the board with reference
to the exchange values.
The Barnwell Fair Premiuma.
The premium list of the Initial Barnwell
county fair has just been Issued.
It Is a neat booklet of 36 pages and
cower. The agricultural products are
well covered, handsome premiums being
offered for the best exhibits in
this line. There are also stock, poultry,
household and educational departments,
with capable superintendents
In charge of each. The Boys' Corn
club and the Girls' Tomato club, in
charge of Horace J. Crouch, county
superintendents of education, and Mrs.
Dora Lee Walker, respectively, will
be held in connection with the fair
and will add much interest. Gov.
Blease has been asked to deliver an
address here fair week, but it is not
et known whether he will come.
Clemson Erects New Building.
That a permanent building for
Clemson college will be erected at the
fair grounds was the announcement
made by J. A. Banka, president of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
of South Carolina, who was In Columbia.
The building will be completed
and in use for the opening of the fair
October 30. In this building will be
shown stereoptlcon views of the
many branches of instruction and
work done at ClemBon.
Clemson Students May Come.
While no definite announcement
has been made that the Clemson students
will visit the state fair it seems
a surety that they will be on hand.
Capt. Marcus B Stokes, commandant,
A. E. Shillite, commissary, and
H. A. Sloan, quartermaster, were in
Columbia to look into the possibilities
for arrangements if the regiment of
students is brought over. Much red
tape is to be unwound before the
crowd can be instructed to proceed.
It is expected that there will be no
difficulty in securing the orders.
Fire Report Arouses Interest.
Reports for the month of September
from the various city officers were re
celved by city council at the regular
meeting of that >ody. Especially did
the report from the Are department
arouse Interest and commendation
from council. During the month Columbia
had seven fires. The value
of property endangered was reported
by W. J. May, chief of the fire* department,
at $8,050. The loss by fire
was only $22. This 1b a remarkable
showing, especially where the fire loss
for the entire stste Is considered.
Mr. Hamby Unable to Oo To Meeting.
On account of railroad schedules A.
McP. Hamby, secretary of the chamber
of commerce was unable to go to
Ornngpburg in order to make an address
before the Orangeburg chamber
of commerce on the Corn exposition.
Orangeburg is among the banner
counties of the state In the promotion
of the exposition, and Mr.
J'amby was disappointed at his inability
to attend the meeting. Geo. H.
Stevenson, secretary of the association
left by automobile, and it Is pref.'
tied arrived on time.
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MES
CLAIMS AGAINST
IHE GOVERNMENT
? # - - SUING
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOR PATENT ROYALTIES AND
OTHER THINGS.
ONE CASE IS A BIG LAND SUIT
Claims Against Government Must Be
Tried In Court of Claims With the
Governments Consent?Cannot be
Sued in Ordinary Court.
Washington.?Claims involving millions
of dollars and suits against the
Federal government in which claimants
are trying to secure patent royalties
and damages of other kinds
await the decision of the United
States court of claims. The moat important
case approaching decision la
the claim of the Missouri, Kansas ft
Texas Railroad to damages of $61,287,000
for lands which It declares
were originally granted to the railroad
and afterwards granted by the
government to inamua.
One of the interesting cases to be
argued before the court of claims is
the demand of Frank Q. Farnham of
Honesdale, Pa., for royalties on the
method used by the government In
preparing the stamp book sold at all
postofflces. Mr. Farnham claims to
have invented the method of binding
the books and the government is paying
no royalty.
The claim of Capt. John J. Knapp,
U. S. N., for patent royalties of $160,000
for a safety apparatus now used
in battleships to prevent explosions
In the turrets, also has been argued
and is awaiting decision. Still another
large claim against the government
is that of Purcell Envelope
Company, which claims that a contract
of the company with the Postoffice
Department was ignored when
Charles Emory Smith became Postmaster
General. The company wants
$500,000 damages.
Claims brought against the government
must be tried in the court of
claims with the government's consent,
as the United States cannot be sued
In ordinary courts, or against Its will.
Beet Sugar Men Are to Fight.
Colorado Springs, Col.?That the
statement of John Arbuckle, New
York sugar refiner and coffee magnate,
that he will go before Congress
next winter to fight for free sugar, is
the beginning of the first genuine battle
between the beet sugar manufacturers
and the cane Bugar refiners, is
the declaration of Clarence C. Hamlin,
chairman of the executive committee
of the United States beet sugar industry
!n a statement made public here.
Mr. Hamlin stated that while the condition
of the sugar market this year
has been bad, it would have been "Infinitely
worse but for the 500,000 tons
of beet sugar America produces. "It
Is this great industry, the one which
Senator Bristow said was the best
Justification for a protective tariff,
that the cane sugar refiners are seeking
to destroy/ he said.
Walsh Has Quit Fighting.
Chicago.?John R. Walsh, former
banker and former head of a score
of railroad and quarry enterprises in
this vicinity, who was paroled from
the Fort Leavenworth Federal prison
after serving part of a term of imprisonment
following conviction of
charges of infraction of national banking
laws, has outlined his plans for
the future. The course he has mapped
out does not comprise plans for
another fight for financial promin- 1
: eace.
One More Victim of Football.
Athens, Oa.?Suffering from a blow
on the head received in a football ,
game between the scrubs and reserves
F. M. Moise of South Carolina, a student
at the University of Georgia, is
in a local hospital in a serious conH<?inn
Vfniao u-n? rpnrtcrpd uncon
bcIous by the blow and had not regained
consciousness at last report.
Physicians state they are unable to
determine the extent of his injury.
Madero Officially Nominated.
Mexico City, Mex.?Lacking only the
ceremonies of the inauguration, Fran!
Cisco I. Madero is President of the 1
republic of Mexico. Rv a vote of the
I electoral college, which was practi[
cally unanimous, he was officially
nominated. Jose Pino Suarex, with:
out doubt, will be the vice president,;
if not already such. Even if he has ,
failed to get a majority, there is now
no reasonable doubt that the Chamber
of Deputies will name him as Madero's
lieutenant over Francisco De La
Barra.
Presidential Boom to Be Launched.
Chicago.?Friends of Senator LaFollette
became active with the arrival
in this city of delegates from
many states to attend the conference
of the National Republican Progressive
League. They assert that they
would begin an aggressive movement
to bring about his nomination for
President. No antagonism, they said,
had developed as yet to his nomination
and if any of the delegates have
come to Chicago intending to oppose
the plan of LaFollette's friends they
have not announced their intentions.
Have Taken Radical Steps.
Peking.?The Chinese government
I has placed severe restrictions on the
telegraph lines, evidently for the purpose
of preventing communication between
the rebels. The telegraph administration
refuses to transmit megsages
either to or from the provinces
of Hu-Peh, Human. Kiag Si, SzeChuan,
Kwei-Chow and Yuan. On this
account, Kankow, where the revloution
is at its height, is cut off. It is
not considered possible that the wires
have been cut throughout these six
provinces.
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FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Some of the Latest Happenings That
Are of Interest to the People of
the Palmetto State.
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Lancaster.?Master Odell Horton,
son of Robert Horton, suffered a
broken arm while cranking an auto
mobile, the machine "kicking" him.
Columbia.?W. F. Stieglits, council .
superintendent of waterworks, sewerage
and city hall and opera house,
submitted bis report upon the ra
rlous departments in nn care ana
gave an extended report on condition*
In each.
Lancaater.-J-The case ol Jim Clark, I
a negro, charged with killing a woman &
of his own race in the southeastern *"
part of the county October 15, ltlO,
ws found guilty of carrying concealed
weapons and fined $50. The state
failed to make out a case of murder.
Washington.?Fourth class posfcna*
t?rs were announced for South CaroUna
as follows: Long Run, Fairfield h,V'
county, J. Gilder Norris, to succeed Lr- t
M. A. Aiken, resigned; at Windsor,
Aiken county, Annie J. Toole to succeed
C. P. Boggott, resigned.
Charleston?The New England Society
of Charleston is already arranging
for the due obseravnce of Forefathers'
Day, December 22. The principal
address will be made by the Hon.
William Hodges Mann, the eloquent
governor of Virginia. The Old Dominion's
love for the Palmetto state
will flad voice from the lips of her
honored executive.
Chester.?Two negroes wanted for
participating in a free-for-all shooting
bee near Edgemoor some weeks ago,
were rounded up by Constable Henry
Gibson and carried before Magistrate
Reid at Richburg and fined $40 apiece.
The two culprits were Will Johnson j
and Will Rawls. Three more negroes JL
wanted for participation in the same
affair are still at large. " A
Lancaster.?The jury in the case of wtf
Julius Caesar Watts, charged with ^
the killing of C. C. Faile, rendered a
verdict of guilty with recommendation
to mercy which means a life sentence.
Watts killed Faile in Flat Creek township,
December 24, last The parties
involved were white and well-to-do
farmers. Sentence has not yet been
passed. M
Walterboro.?J. Rice Godley resign- <j
ed as a member of the county board C
of education. Mr. B. Godley Is a grad- f
uate of Clemson College and has served
acceptably for the past three years.
He will De succeeded Dy air. j. wuMans
Campell, a graduate of the Citadel
and one of the best known and
most prominent educators in Colleton
county.
Aiken?The Baptist church is now
perfecting plans to erect a Sunday
school building adjoining the church
building. The approximate cost will
be $5,000. The building will be modern
in every respect, containing II
rooms, an auditorium and kitchen. A
committee has been appointed to solicit
subscriptions for the building and
is meeting with splendid success.
Columbia^?Arrangements are being
perfected for the third annual
conference of Charities and Corrections
in South Carolina. The sessions
will be held in Columbia at a place
to be announced within a few days by
the executive committee. The dates
are Thursday and Friday, November
23 and 24. The programme will soon
be ready, and will shortly be publish
ed In full.
Sumter.?At a regular meeting ol
city council it was decided to purchase
a combination motor pumping
engine and hose wagon. The Are department
committee was authorlxeo
with full power to act to select a
make of pumping engine and hose
wagon and report for ratification at
another meeting. Mayor Jennings
cast the deciding vote in favor of the
combination pumper and hose wagon.
About $8,500 will be the cost of the
apparatus.
Orangeburg.?Mayor Rain has declared
his intention to put a stop to ,
vagrancy and will rigidly enforce the
ordinance. In his Instructions to the
grand jury 01 urunjseuui* tuuui; mm
September Judge J. W. DeVore of
Edgefield, then the presiding judge,
laid particular stress upon the state
vagrant law and pleaded with the
grand Jury to see that magistrates,
c.ty authorities and others put a ban
upon vagrants by bringing them to
criminal prosecutions.
Columbia?The city of Columbia re- '
ceived a check for $29,202, this being
its share fn the dispensary profits for
the quarter ending September 1. The
county nnd county board of education
will also be sent checks. The total
profits for Richland amounted to $58,404.94.
Barnwell ?The cotton caterpillar is
doing much damage in this county.
The young cotton and the top crop
will be damaged greatly, one farmer,
who usually makes 75 bales of cotton
a yea\ says that the caterpillars
would cause him to lose seven or
eigni Dates.
Manning.?A call has been issued
for a meeting at this place of all the
merchants, bankers and business men
Interested in the holding, warehousing
and financing of the cotton crop
in view of the depressed state of the
market. The weeting will be held In
the court house.
Johnston.?Th<- corner stone of the
monument to the Confederate dead,
which is being erected by the Mary
Ann Blue chapter, U. D. C., was laid
with impressive services, the Masons
assisting. After the assembling of
the crowd at the place the Masons
circled around the stone.
Columbia.?Commissioner Watson
has been invited, and will attend a *
cotton conference, to be held in Ches- jj&v.
ter during the county fair on October
24. It is said that much cotton Is being
held in Chester county for a higher
price.
Columbia.?The Florida Citrus exchange
has called upon the governor
of South Carolina to cooperate in the
fight agc.inst the shipment of green
oranges. The matter was referred to
the state department of agriculture
and the Inspectors 6f the department
have been ordered to 6ehe nil such
shipments found in the *tatt
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