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* -* " -' - 1'K. 3fc" ESTABLISHED IN 189 lifiir OF BETTER COTTON CLOTH EXHIBIT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. OPEN LONG STAPLE MARKET ??? Lewis W. Parker Sends Out Letters j To the Farmers of the State?He Urges Home Manufactured Product Will Buy Long Staple Cotton. f ? * | Columbia.?Cloth manufactured by I the South Carolina mills from long i staple cotton produced in the state this year will be shown by the state department of agriculture. "The exhibit," said Commissioner Watson, "will be the final word in cotton." There will be an exhibit of long staple cotton of all varieties up to one and three-fourths inches. The del artment will next year prosecute a vigorous campaign to Interest the farmers in the growth of long staple cotton. Results have already been secured. Lewis W. Parker, head of the $15,000,000 cotton manufacturing com pany, is very much interested in the production of the long stale cotton. He has opened a market for the cotton in this state. Mr. Parker has sent out the following letter to the farmers of South Carolina: "We wish to advise you that we use at several of the milla In which we are interested, staple cotton ranging in length from full Inch 1-8 to full inch 1-4, and will be glad to get into communication with you with a view of purchasing your crop of same. ^ "Our plan Is to buy this cotton direct from the farmer where practicable, and we suggest that if one or more of you will get together in any community 25 or more bales we will send our expert staplers, who will examine your cotton on the spot and make full market offers therefor; but if It be not practicable for you to congregate your cotton, as thus suggested, we would advise that you ship your staple cottcn to the Standard Warehouse Company, at either Greenville or Columbia, advi3ing us of the shipment, and we will have our staplers to examine the same and make you full market offers therefor. I^^^I^H^Mrtanburg Franchise Rejected. hV^Ufcaiyga^endered by the citycouncil of SpartanBu5rio the Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Interurban Klectric railway was rejected at a meeting of the directors. Resolutions were adopted by the directors expressing their decision not to accept the franchise, though it is stated negotiations win be conttnuea with the Spartanburg council and If a franchise similar to those granted by other cities in this section should be offered the board will further consider the building of the road into the city of Spartanburg. The Fair it a Thing of the Past The fifteenth annual Fair of tbe Lexington County Fair Association la a thing of the past. The best Fair in the history of the Association came to a close. Many of the exhibits will be carried direct to Columbia, where they will be placed on exhibition during the State Fair for the people from the bther sections of .the state to see what Lexington can produce. The weather being Ideal throughout the ( three days, the Fair was the best from j every point of view that has ever been j held. According to .Commissioner E. i J. Watson, Lexington had the "great- ( est and best educational Fair In the i entire state." Sumter Teachers Organize. The association of County Teachers will reorganize for the coming season when they meet in Hampton BCQOOl. i ne urgiiiii?ciii<jii nau a [iiubperous season last year and was a power for good in educational circles. They closed the year with an exceptionally successful field day, when mental, mauual and atheletic contests were held. The teachers will be addressed by Dr. S. C. Mitchell. Co-operating to Hold a Fair. The Ladies' Civic Improvement association and the chamber of com- | merce of Florence arc co-operating , to hold a fair in Florence, which they < are trying to make a show for this ( section of the state, to be held either just before or just after the state fair 1 each year, and to bring together all sorts cf exhibits of experiments in agriculture and mechanical arts and especially the work of the women. TIP? fair was started by the women of Florence and is known as the Woman's Industrial fair. t Largest Number of Priaonara. -! The criminal business of the October term of the United States court , having been finished bailiffs marched | so bio prisoners from Greenville i county jail to the Southern passenger i station, where a special coach had i been chartered to convey the party to \ fW?nnnd rniiniv t.iil X mainrifv nf the < ?* - * ? prisoners were convicted at this term of the court for various infractions of i the international revenue laws, or, in ( other words, making moonshine whis- i key. It was the largest number ever ] carried from Greenville. i Supervisor Wi'l Take Matter Up. I Supervisor W. P. Cantwell, of Charleston, announced that the county i would take up the matter of placing . the Belgian block pavement on the ] Meeting street road in first-class con- t dition. The work has been ordered i some time, it is stated, but owing to i the impossibility of finding competent < labor, the plans suffered delay. The < Charleston Auto Club has on several i different occasions urged the repair- I ing of the road. President J. M. Con- ] nelley, of the Auto Club, again toGk the matter up. < I THE l. ROADS WILL BE IN SHAPE^ Count/ Supervisors Asked To Work on Highways?Will Be An Interesting Event. Columbia.?That sketch of the Capital highway in South Carolina will be placed in excellent condition for the run that has been planned from Atlanta to Richmond early in November. E. J. Watson, commissioner, has called upon the county supervisors of the various counties through which the road passes to place the highway in condition by November 15. The run is being arranged (or by the president. Leonard Tufts, and a large number of cars will be entered. The scouting party of the association left Atlanta a few days age. The scouting party will be made up of F. H. Elliott, secretary of the Touring Club of America; Henry McNair, editor of the Automobile Blue Book; H. B. Varner, editor of The Southern Good Reads Magazine, and Lee A Folger, who will represent the American Association for Highway Improvement. President Tufts has arranged lor the tour to leave Atlanta on the morning of November 13, passing through Augusta and Aiken on November 14 and Columbia on November 15. The tour will not be confined to members of the association. All interested in the development ol good roads will be welcomed. South Carolina New Enterprises. Columbia's fourteen-story "skyscraper" on the corner of Main and Washington streets, seems a bit nearer today, since the Palmetto Construction Company, which iB to erect this building, was granted a charter by the secretary of state. The capital of the company fs now ficed at $125,000. The officers of the new company are John Jacob Seibels, president; B. F. Taylor, first vice president; E. G. Seibels, second vice president; W. E. McNulty, secretary and treasurer. The purpose of record of the new company is to leaie and develop real estate, etc. Other new enterprises are: Chartered: Cole Drug Company, TimmonBville, to conduct a retail drug business. Capital stock $10,000. E. B. Turner, president; W. P. Walker, secretary and treasurer. Commissioned: The Geisha Corporation. Charleston. To own yachts, etc., for pleasuie purposes, to sell and lease land, etc. Capital stock, $5,000. Petitioners are P. R. Rivers, H. H. Flcken and Julian Mitchell. The Loan and Savings Bank, of Camden, has been given the right to increase its capital stock from $30,000 to $35,000. Meeting In Regard to Freight Tariff. Another public meeting has been called by the railroad commission in regard to the standard freight tarig which it is proposed to make effective on the Atlantic C'oaet Lire, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Hallway and lines operated in connexion with these on a continuous milerge basis. In view of the fact that the commission, after its deliberation "found it would be impracticable to work out a fair conclusion at this time." In li.e matter of the tari.T, which has been under consideration for mors than two years, "a special conference to be held in the office of the commission en November 8, was decide 1 upon. Expert on Cotton Invited Here. Arnold Hart, special representative of the Manchester, England, cotton spinners, has been invited to visit Columbus and the ports of the South Atlantic seaboard to study the question of direct exportation of cotton from the producer to the British manufacturers. The invitation was extended by Commissioner Watson as State commissioner of agriculture and as president of the cotton congress of the South. Mr. Hart is expected to coine to Columbia within the next several days. Splendid Road Work Done. County Sup*/visor Garner is having some splendid work done on the road from Lancaster to the North Carolina line. The roadbed, which was damag ed by the heavy rains some time ago, j Is being restored to its former good condition. Spartanburg.?L. G. Grist of Yorkrille was chosen to represent the Wofford Fitting School in the interstate oratorical contest Fame of Jerry Moore, Corn-Grower. That the fame of Jerry Moore, the South Carolina corn-growing boy eel- ! ebrity, has reached at least half way ; round the globe, is attested by a request which was received in the of- i rtce of the department of agriculture. The letter was from a private, though prominent, citizen of Auckland, NewZealand, who asks that full information be sent him in regard to Jerry : Moore, and the Boys' Corn Club work in South Carolina. The information will be forwarded to this party without delay. Spartanburg County Fair Closed. The Spartanburg County fair closed with another large crowd at the grounds. Interest centered mainly in the award of the prizes in the school agricultural displays. They were as follows: Fern wood school. first I prize, $100; Zion Hill school, second. $75; Farrforest school, third, $50; i Reedvllle high school, fourth prlz*., scholarship to Converse college; I Cress Anchor school, fifth prize, scholarship to Wofford fitting school: Desputanta school, sixth prize, scholarship to Wofford college. Eels Stop a Grist Mill at Anderson. J. C. Nalley, who operates a grist mill on Rocky river, 6 miles from Anderson, came to town and told of Ois trouble he had in getting his mill to grind a day or so ago. The cause of the trouble was quite out of the ordinary. Thinking maybe that some obstruction had gotten into the waterwheel, Mr. Nalley cut off the water and went down to Investigate. He found the pit of the wheel actually full of eels, both little and big. Help was called and it took three men two hours to get the wheel cleared. : FOi FO ft SPECIAL SESSION COUNCIL PURCHASED AUTOMOBILE TRUCK FOR WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT. TURKEY WHEELS ARE BARRED An Appropriation Is Made For the Benefit of the City Board of Health Until the Budget Has Been Completed. Columbia?City council met in special session a few days ago. A number of important matters were dis fKn QP. posed oi Dy council, uuc ui mc tions was the purchase of an automobile truck for the use of the waterworks department. This motor truck will displace the wagon that has served the department in conveying supplies and tools. The new truck will also carry the weights and measures to be used by the inspector of public weights. It will be useful in responding to hurry calls for breaks in water main. The truck is a Reo purchased from the Gibbes Machinery Company at a cost of $850. Dr. E. C. McGregor and Dr. W. B. Boyd of the city board of health appeared before council to ask for an appropriation to meet the expenses of the board until the annual budget has been completed. The sum of $1,200 was made available. The board plans an inspection of the public schools at leest twice a year. The first inspection will soon begin. Children must be with sound bodies to attend the public schools, under the rules of the board. A record is kept of all pupils found to be suffering with contagious diseases, and these can not enter school until a clean bill of health canbe shown from a competent physician. The board had treated many destitute cases, built and maintained a house of detention, enforced ordinances necessary for a proper observance of systems and the work has grown apace. An important action of council was I the passing of a resolution prohibit- j ing turkey raffles and candy wheels. .. Sharon Claims Soma Winners. Sharon.?The vicinity of Sharon lays claim to several of the winners in York county corn club, as was determined at Rock Hill. John Hortou who tied with Brattcn Land, for first prize on a yield of 81 1-3 busheds to the acre, is one of them and Ray Bankhead, who received the third prize for a yield of 71 2-3 bushels, and Tom (lood, who was given fourth prize for a yield of 68 2-3 bushels, are two others. An itemized statement of the cost of producing his corn has been submitted by one of tho first prize winners and it shows that he made his eighty-one bushels at a cost of 30 cents a bushel. With corn selling at 90 cents or $1, he has made a clear profit on one acre of $50 in addition to the $40 prize which he received. Plaintiff Awarded $7,000 Damages. Charleston.?For the second time in the Charleston court of common pleas the plaintiff in the case of Armstrong vs. the A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company was awarded damages of $7,000. The second verdict became known in coirt* when a sealed envelope contalffcng the conclusions of the jury in the case was opened. The suit was fT?r $25,000 for the loss of an arm. l*rank T. Armstrong was an engineer in the employ of the defendant company when he lost an arm, which had become tangled up in some machinery, it is alleged, through no fault of his own. Start The Construction Work. Charleston.?Construction work on the immigrant station has been started. The Simons-Mayrant Company | received word from Immigration In- : spector W. Vaughn Howard to go ahead with the work. For some time the contractors have had machinery and materials on the ground, the pile drivers were put to work by the Superintendent, Frank P. Cuthbert. The building and approaches are to be completed within ten months. First Tax Money Has Been Received. Columbia.?The first tax money for 1911 was received by state treasurer Jennings from A. D. Fair, treasurer of Orangeburg county. The amount received was $351.16. The collection ; of state taxes commenced on Octo- i her 15. After January 1 there will i be a penalty of 1 per cent on all 1 taxes not paid. The state this year borrowed $500,000 Tor running expenses. It is expected that the tax ; levy for next year will be about 5 3-4 mills, the same as it was for this year. Urge South Carolina To Compete. Columbia.?Urging that some exhibits be sent from South Carolina to compete for the cup to be awarded on cotton in the American Land and Irrigation Kxposition, to be held In I ui i\ iivAi mumii. a ituer reteived by Commissioner Watson from H. G, Musgrove. of tlie exhibit department asks that cotton growers throughout this state he given information re- j garding the exposition. The letter states that Texas. Mississippi and | Alabama are going to try to capture this prize. The Governor Pardons Two. Oolumbia.?Joseph Beckwitb, a Richtanu county convict, now serving a ten-year sentence in the state penitentiary, has been granted a parole by the governor upon the condition that he leave the state within 24 hours, never to return. Beckwith was convicted in the Richland county court in February, 1906, before Judge Hydrick. on the charge of wrivily stealing. John Avers, convicted in Calhoun county, in November, 1909, of manslaughter and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. RT . ^ RT MILL, S. C., THURS FROM" THE PALMETTO"STATlf The Latest News That Has Been Gotten Together By The Editor From Over The State. Columbia?Judge Jno. S. Wilson refused to grant a new trial in the case of Ernest E. Horsford against the Carolina Glass Company; but the verdict for $12,500 was reduced to $10,000. Young Horsford was injured while at work in the blowing room at glass factory. His right leg was broken and he was otherwise injured. Spartanburg.?As a result of a street fight in whlen Perry Burnett, a motorman, was severely Injured and Superintendent Benjamin a. Buckheister ot the Spartanburg Railway company cut on the scalp with a bottle, A. J. McKinney, W. R. Davis and Robert Kirby were arraigned in police court on a charge of disorderly conduct. Anderson.?Col. A. L. Welch, who is the oldest member of St. John's Methodist church of Anderson, being 72 years of age, scaled a laddei and laid the last brick on the Bteeple which is nearlng completion. It is expected that the 1912 conference of the Methodist church will be held in this church. Rev. S. A. Donnohoe is pastor. Aiken.?Wounded and bleeding, John Henry Williams, a negro, was arrested at his home near Eureka. When arrested Williams had just got out of bed. In the bed beside him were an open knife and a Winchester riflle, which the negroes of the neighborhood said Williams intended to use when arrest was attempted. However, the officers had no difficulty with him. Rock Hill.?It has just been possible to obtain the certified figures of the two big contracts awarded by the Winthrops' building committee. For the industrial arts and science building, John T. Huit of Greensboro, N. C., submitted tbe lowest mo, wnicn was $49,965. For the training school, J. A. Jones, of Charlotte, N. C., bid $84,415, and was awarded the contract. Columbia.?The annual meeting of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society will bj held In the Richland county court house when matters of importance will be discussed. The call for the meeting has been issued by the secretary, J. M. Cantey. At the meeting the officers for the coming year will be elected and the finances of the society discussed. Columbia.?Commissioner E. J. Wateon, of the state department of agriculture, commerce and Industries, has received notification from Mr. J. W. Beatton of Baltimore, secretary of the National Economic Leogue, of the commissioner's selection on the national council of the organization. The council has charge of the selections of the league, and other Important matters connected with the work of the body. Greenville?One hundred and twenty-eight sacks of corn meal, shipped by an Asheville, N. C., milling company tj two mercantile firms at Greenwood, S. 'C., and labelled "w*. ter-ground" meal, were confiscated by tbe government, ronowing tne verdict of a jury In the United States Court. The Government alleged violation of the pure food laws, In that the meal labelled "water-ground"' was really ground by electric power. Charleston.?With a little over $46,000 secured when the canvassing committees assembled at the chamber of commerce room it was decided that Charleston's contribution to the Panama Line fund should stop at $50,000, since the experience of the committees has clearly shown that It is impossible to secure for the project as full attention from the business men of the town as would have been the case had the enterprise been launched at any other time than at the present. Rock Hill.?Claude W. Ratterree, one of York county's most extensive planters, came into Rock Hill with 20 bales of cotton, loaded on 50 wagons. The procession was a most inspiring one in spite of the low price of the staple, showing what can be done on York soil. The wagons were massed on Main street and photoraphed. The cotton was not put on the market, but was stored and will be held for a better price. Charleston.?Capt. James H. Hammond, Co. B, 2nd infantry, S. C. N. G., a native of Columbia, will be examined in Charleston during the first part of November by a board of local militia officers for the por'tion of major in the coast artillery corps of South Carolina. Chester.?A slight wreck occurred on the Seaboard Air Line railway near Ada, a few miles on the other side of Carlisle. A through freight was derailed on a small trestle, which was considerably damaged though no one was injured. All trains were detoured via Columbia for a day. Hartsville.?The low price of cotton is being felt in business circles here to some extent, but the citizens are remarkably optimistic, and the ever present Hartsville smile will not wear off. Rock Hill.?Prof. L. A. Niven, who fop two years has been the head of the department of elementary agriculture at Winthrop College, has resigned to take a similar position at Clemson college. Prof. Niven has accomplished fine work at Winthrop and has been very active in the work of the Boys' Corn Club in York countyWashington.?Robert L. Gantt was appointed postmf.ster at BorJeu, Eumter county, South Carolina, to succeed M. F. Emanuel, resigned. Borden is a fourth class office. Winnsboro.?With interest unexcelled in any previous fairs and with tv*o days of clear crisp weather, Fairfield's big fair (lesed and was pronounced by every one as a most creditable and successful event. The exhibits in each of the departments reflect much credit on the exhibitors, but it was probably in the poultry and stock department that the show was best. MILL )DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1911 NATIONAL CONTROL IS FORESHADOWED THE STATE COMMISSION OF RAILROADS WILL BE ELIMINATED EVENTUALLY. t POWER WITH FEDERAL BODV The Safety Appliance Act la Held Constitutional and Interstate Commiaaion Can Enforce Its Orders Regardless of 8tate Authorities. Washington. ? Complete control of all the country by the Interstate Commerce Commission and virtual elimination of state commissions from such control, is foreshadowed in an opinion handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court held that hereafter all locomotives, cars or other equipment used on any railroad which is a highway of interstate commerce, must comply with the Federal safety appliance act. In its opinion the court held that compliance with Federal law is compulsory on all railroads which i re engaged 'n the transportation of persons or freight from one state to another. Elaborating this, however, it held that the cars or equipment of such roads, even if engaged in such transportation within the confine of a state, must be considered as part and parcel of the road and, therefore, completely under the jurisdiction of the Federal commission. Members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who have been embarrassed on numerous occasions by clashes of authority with state commissions, are Jubilant at the ruling of the Supreme Court which was unanimous. Referring to the court s opinion, Commissioner Franklin K. Lane declared "it meant, eventually, that there is to be no dual control of Interstate carriers." The determination of the moot question was laid down in an opinion read by Justice Van Devanter in a case Instituted by the government against the Southern Railway. Justice Van Devanter held that the law applied to interstate commerce, whether at the time it was carrying interstate or intrastate commerce. He j then held?and was sustained by the court's unanimous opinion?that the safety appliance act was constitu tionai. More Stephenson Scandal. Milwaukee, Wis.?The story that. Edward Hines, the lumberman and Robert J. Shields assisted in the election of Senator Isaac Stephenson as given in the testimony of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris was retold before the senatorial investigation committee with added details. State Senator Paul 0. Husting, who was with Morris in an attorney's office in Chicago, testified that at that time he overheard Wirt H. Cook of Duluth giving detailB about alleged relations between Hines and Shields. "Cook said he obtained information about a dispute which Shields had with Hines over the amount of money that ought to be paid for Shields' work in buying the Legislature," testified Husting. "The undestanding," Cook said, "was that Hines had gone to Washington and told Stephenson that money would be needed to put over the election. Shields was empioyen Ask Reduction In Rates. Washington. ? Reductions varying from 3 1-2 cents to 3 cents a hundred pounds on lumber shipped from Appalachla. Norton and Wheeler. Va., to points in Ohio and Michigan, are requested by the Appalachia Lumber Company and other concerns in a petition filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The petition is directed against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Usual Thanksgiving Proclamation. Chicago.?President Taft issued his usual Thanksgiving proclamation calling upon citizens of the United States to celebrate Thursday, the 30th of November, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Bring No Criminal Charge. Washington.?That the administration will not undertake criminal prosecution of the officials of the steel trust is a fact supported by the best .of authority. But to quote Attorney General Wickersham as saving such a thing is to write most falsely. This is the best answer obtainable to the many pointed inquiries regarding criminal suits which have followed In the wake of the government's act* ; ion at Trenton, N. J., in filing its sen, satlonal bill of dissolution of the I 4 eiio t VI UOl. Fifty People Are Injured. Albany, Ga.?Fifty people were hurt when the regular southbound passenger train leaving here at 5:10 was wrecked two miles from the staI tlon. The train split at a switch, the locomotive and two coaches remain: Ing on the main track while one coach I was turned over and another had its side ripped off by a freight car. The I train was crowded with people who : had been to the circus at Albany. Doctors from here cared for the in' jured, none of whom is said to be in a serious condition. Imperial Forces Plan a Follow Up. Hankow, via Wu Hu.?The imperial | forces are preparing to follow up their victory over the rebels by an attack on Wu Chang, which the revolutionI ists have protected by elaborate emergency fortifications and Hang Yang, which is regarded as of the utmost Importance on account of the arsenal there. The loyalists are now In undisputed possession of the entire city of Hankow. Their position here is ad vantat""Giis for a. sudden attack tlii .' "nal at Han Yang. ^TI A NURSERY INSPECTION Auf The State Entomologist Directs Attention to Law Requiring Precautions Against Spread of Pest. Clemson College.?A. F. Conradi, state entomologist, has issued the following bulletin on the nursery inspection act "Attention is directed to an act of the legislature of South Carolina providing for the inspection of every nursery and every place in the state where trees, plants, shrubs, cuttings, bulbs, buds, vines, or roots are sold, or offered for sale, or given away. These inspections must be completed by November 1. The object of the legislature iu enacting this law was to prevent the dissemination of insects and diseases in the state of South Carolina and prevent the introduction of pests from other states and countries. This office sent notices to the various nurserymen whose names are on file, requesting them to state whether they will continue business. These notices were merely for the purpose of avoiding the duplication of trips and the consequent unnecessary expenditure of money. "This law is being enforced more rigidly every season and every person in South Carolina who is dealing in plants or intends to deal in' plants this season is cautioned to notify this office so that proper arrangements can be made that are in compliance with this law. This office is destroying shipments that are in violation of law and these losses could be avoided if the simple requirements of the law were complied with. "It will be assumed that those dealers who do not apply for inspection before November 1, do not intend to continue buisness this season. The law does not only apply to Insects and diseases but it requires that the stock be sound. Plan To Uplift Price of Cotton . E. W. Dabbs, president of the state farmers' union, announces that a plan has been agreed upon to prevent the cotton crop being marketed with undue haste. This announcement follows a conference between C. 8. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' Union, and officers of the state farmers' unions recently held in Atlanta. It is believed that the plan devised will be satisfactory to both the holders of cotton and the moneyed interests. In preparing the plan there has been exhibited a manifestation of cooperation between the officers of the farmers' unions and the bankers and representatives of capital. It is believed that the Tamers' union can supply 2,000,000 bales for the plan. The plan calls for three trustees to represent South Car olina. These have been suggested but if any name does not prove satisfactory the suggestion is subject to anr.endtment. Will Be Appealed o Supreme Court. The supreme court will be asked to interpret the clause in the text-book contract with reference to exchange prices. Announcement was made by R. H. Welch that the case of the B. F. Johnson Publishing Company of Richmond against the state board of education will be appealed to the supreme court and that the case will be heard at the November term. The appeal will be from the order of Judge John S. Wilson, refusing to force the education board to eliminate the books of the D. C. Heath Company and accept the books of the Johnson Company. The state board of education accepted the bid of the Johnson Company for the third, fourth and fifth readers. The Johnson Company refused to sign the contract under the interpretation of the education board with reference to the exchange allowance. The contract for the readers was accordingly awarded to the 1). C. Heath Company. Negro Kills Farm Foreman. Sam Hyde, who was employed as 1 farm foreman for Maj. Stribling, whoso ! place is a few miles from Walhalla, was killed by Krnest Mulwee, a negro. Mulwee struck Hyde with a heavy stick, the killing taking place on Maj. Stribling's plantation. Hyde suffered for several hours, dying from the effects of the blow, but was conscious until the end and made a statement, ment. iviay uei risn uuuurai oianon. In response to an inquiry of recent date in regard to the establishment of a fish cultural station in South Carolina, Congressman Lever is in receipts of the following letter from George M. Rowers, commissioner of fisheries: "Replying to your letter of October 13, relative to the fish cultural station in South Carolina, I have the honor to say that it is in contemplation to establish one which may be utilized for the propagation of shad, together with bass and other pond fishes." Health Board Passes Resolution. In order to prevent the spread of contagion following diphtheria cases, the Columbia board of health has decided to inforce a new rule requiring that at least two negative cultures must be exhibited to the city health officer before the quarantine is lifted. The rule to be enforced is expressed in the following resolution: "Resolved, That In all cases of diphtheria, before the quarantine is raised at least two negative cultures of the bacillus must be exhibited to the city Roo 1 f R nfflpuf " To Award Certificates of Merit. Certificates of merit will be awarded by the state department of education to every boy in South Carolina producing over 75 bushels of corn on one acre of land, according to an announcement by J. E. Swcaringen, the state superintendent of education. The certificate# will be signed by Mr. Swearingen and the governor, and are designed to encourage the young men of the rural districts to take an active interest la? intelligent agriculture. Several hundred certificates were awarded by the department last year. MES BIG GUNS WILL : SALUTE MR TUFT n PLANS ARE MADE FOR THE A PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW OF J -THE BIG FLEET. 11 ti MAYFLOWER TO HEAD LINE p t< A Each Vessel Will Burn Powder In e Firing Twenty-One Guns In Honor* ing President Taft?Will Watch Ar- ti mada Get Under Way. n ' D Chicago.?la other respects than c more mere number of ships and pow- ? er of armament, the great naval re- a view to be held at New York prom- v 'ses to eclipse any naval pageant ever a seen in this country. President Taft not only will sail through the four lines of ships at anchor in the Hudson river, but will watch the vast c armada pick up its anchors and get . under way. ^ He then will lead the long column down the bay and off STtaten Island will stand aside on the Mayflower and again review the fleet as it passes out to sea. Secretary of the Navy Meyer who 1' came to Chicago to assist in tt^ dedication of the new naval training sia- 0 tion here and to -arrange for the re- r view has left for the East. ^ The main features of the review 0 have been agreed upon. The Secre- 0 tary of the Navy will inspect the fleet ' from the Dolphin. In a sense this ' inspection really will mark the beginning of the pageant, for Secretary i Meyer will be received with the roar I of all the guns and other honors due \ his office. fi The Mayflower, dressed in the finest a of hunting and flying the President's ? flag, will reach the head of the four c i battleship, when the commander-in- a I chief of the fleet, Rear Admiral Oster- i ' haus, and possibly the division commanders, will pay their respects to \ the commander-in-chief of the army ? and the navy. Pres'dent Taft will re- j turn Admiral Osterhaus' visit on c board the flagship Connecticut. When ( be is again aboard the Mayflower, the f yacht will steam up the river through t the water lane formed by the first r and second columns of the anchored t fleet, a distance of seven miles. After ? the last little torpedo boat at the end of the columns has paid its tribute of , twenty-one guns to the President the Mayflower will turn and steam back through the third and fourth columns. . Will be Ready For Opening. Washington.?The tariff board's i much discussed report on the woolen industry is to be transmitted to Congress upon the opening of the next ^ session in December and the board's report on cotton will follow, probably Tannnrv 1 This, it became s UCIUI C *J l* ** i?v? J .. , known, is the administration's pro- ' gram with relation to the big tariff fight that will be waged by the Demo- 1 cratic majority in the House and be- 1 tween the Democratic, insurgent Re- 1 publican and regular Republican for- ( ces in the Senate. A staff of fifteen clerks at'the cen- ' sua bureau is putting the finishing ? touches upon the tariff board's wool- 1 en report. r- ( Fight a Duel to Death. 1 Aberdeen, Miss.?Joe Reese, a loco- t motive fireman in the employ of the i Illinois Central Railroad and Frank 1 Scitz, a timber man of Longview, s Mass., fought a pistol duel at the Illi- 1 nols Central Railway station resulting < in the death of both. There were no 1 eye-witnesses to the shooting and the < cause of the quarrel is unknown, i Roth men are said to have beer 1 drinking. 1 Makes Second Trip Down Niagara.. ( Niagara Falls, N. Y.?Capt. Klaus j Larsen of Detroit, made his second j Niagara river trip in a motorboat ( from the cataract to Lewiston. He ^ completed the six miles through the t turbulent waters without a scratch. Larsen says he is through with Nia- f gara adventures, but next year will t make a trip across the Atlantic iD hli , boat, the "Niagara." i Murder and Then Suicide. } Parkersburg, W. Va.?Carroll L. f James, a railroad conductor of this ( city, shot and killed his father-in-law, ? William Pritchard, probably fatally , wounded his mother-in-law, slightly j f injured his wife and committed sui- i cide at Pennsboro. W. Va., Ritchie county. James broke into the I'ritch- i r ard home and caught his victims ( while they slept. He made no effort t to harm his 4-year-old daughter, who r occupied the bed with her mother and j, grandmother. The tragedy follows a fi series of sensational occurrences. Situation At Peking Is Pad. ^ Peking.?The situation in Peking is f becoming worse. A veritable panic prevails among the Manchus. The f trains that are leaving the capital for f the most part are drawn by two j engines, so heavily are they loaded, j the people sitting on top of their household belongings. Officials are seeking asylum for their wives and I children among the foreigners. Prior f to the revolution, the newspapers f frequently cried out against the presence of foreign soldiers but the f natives are now fleeing to them. ( Price cA Cotton Topic of Conference. { New Orleans.?With the arrival of Gov. O. B. Coluquitt of Texas, and his j party, and the Commissioners of Agj riculture of several Southern states, j ; with other Chief Executives expected on early trains, everything will be In | readiness for the opening session of ! the conference of Southern Governors i r i for the purpose of discussing the problem of checking the decline In the price of cotton. No definite pro- ' gram has yet been arranged and It was Governor Colquitt's opinion that ' matters would shape themselves. a < $1.25 PER YEAR IEWS OF SOUTH CAROLIhH ome Short Paragraphs of News H H General Interest to People From All Over the State, fl|^H Springfield.?It is reported that egro answering the description .rthur Bowen, who insulted a whlteB|^H 'Oman here, is held at Tillman. nea^^Hfl His place. Citizens of Springfleldr H ( understood have gone to Tillman > identify the^negro. HH Oranegburg.?A store robbery took lace at Rowesville and also an at* empt was made to rob the postofflce. .bout $18 worth of crockery was takn from the store that was broken ato. The guilty parties have not been I pprehended, but suspicion iB enter- ?J|H ained as to who committed the theft. A Woodruf.?The home of O. E. West-A^k loreland was burned. The Are had^^^H iade such headway before being disfl^H overea trie ramny naa oareiy ume i^hhb scape before the building collapsetf^^^B Vhen the family awoke the staircase H nd hall were ablaze. Everything 1 .as burned and there was uo insur- i nee. j Columbia.?The Consolidated Holdng Company has sold the old dark orner at the intersection of Washingon and Main streets, to the Palmetto Construction Company at $2,500 a ront foot. The Palmetto Construction Company will erect a 14-story office uildlng for the Palmetto National ank at this location. Columbia.?The city council of Coumbla met and spent several hours 9 a session. The weights and measures 9 rdinance was given its third reading atified and enrolled as an ordinace. flj in ordinance prohibting the moving 9 >f a building through the streets if Columbia for more than a block ras passed, as was an ordinance reating to declaring a nuisance. 9 Rock Hill.?This city was crowded 9 nth builders and contractors, com- 9 >et!ng for the contracts to erect at 9 Vlnthrop College the $100,000 model 9 chool, and the $60,000 arts and 9 cience building. Plans for the form- 9 ir were designed by W. W. Edwards 9 if Atlanta, Ga., while the arts and 9 cience building was designed by Hook 9 k Rogers of Charlotte. ^ Columbia.?Arguments were heard >y Judge J. S. Wilson, who presided it the recent term of court in RichnAtintv fr\t* n nonr trial fn ;ase of Horsford against the Carolina Bass Company. A new trial was reused by Judge Wilson in the case if Faust against the Columbia street ail way. A verdict of |500 was reach;d in favor of the plaintiff and it wll' itand. Woodruff.?Service was held for the lrst time in tho new Presbyterian :hurch here a few days ago. The songregation was small on account of he rain. The usual preaching hour vas devoted to Children's Day exer:ises. Rev. L. W. Brown made a very nteresting talk on Sunday school vork. The church is a very handtome brick building and as soon as he new seats arrive will be dedicated. Elloree.?R. Q. Moorer of Parley vhile adjusting the belting of his gintery, met with a very severe accident Mr. Moorer's hand was caught in he belting and his arm broken b* ween the elbow and wrist, and b? ween the shoulder and elbow. Medial aid was quickly summoned and he injured young man is at this writ ng resting easy. Mr. Moorer residet it Parler. He operates a large gin lery and farm. Charleston.?Prof. A. Smith, of ^lemson College issues the following bulletin on buying beef cattle: "Of all :he factors which determine the proft in feeding beef cattle the buying of he cattle is one of the most Importing and one of the most difficult with which farmers in this state have to lontend. Clemson College has lately Seen doing everything possible to iniuce the railways to grant reasonible freight rates on cattle from St. Louis and other large stock centres to Washington." Union.?In response to circular* listributed on the streets a mass meet* ng of about 1.000 citizens was held n the opera house here. It is general alk that the city is well supplied with gambling rooms and blind tigers and he meeting passed resolutions to tt* effect that the citizens stand for th? mforcement of law, and calling upon he officers to use all their efforts to id the city of blind tigers, gambling md other forms of vice. Chester.?The city public schools vill give a holiday on Thursday in >rder to allow the school children to ake in the county fair. The high tchool football team will play a game vith Winnsboro team at the fair grounds on Thursday and this will itiract lots of Interest. Anderson.?The saie of the Savanlah River Company of Anderson to he Georgia Railway & Power Co., of ttlanta, which was consummated, narks the biggest business deal that las ever been made in the piedmont ection of South Carolina. The amount nvolved is $1,550,000. Charleston.?The suit of Julias rhames against the city of Charleston or 5,000 in the court of common jleas resulted ir. a verdict for the :ity. Thames had been hurt on some iebris, unlighted-ln the streets, but le appears not to have made out a :ase. Charleston.?John Cole, the negro irrested was positively identified at he hearing as the man who has kill* >d two men, wounded four, robbed several stores and otherwise terrorized the suburbs of Charleston. He s held for trial at the next term or icurt of general sessions. Lexington.?Lewis Reap, a young vhite man, was lodged In Jail by Sherff Sim J. Miller, having been arrested n Columbia. Reap is charged with arceny, it being alleged that he broke nto a trunk at Mcill Brothers' saw nill, near Pelion, several months ago. Spartanbur;;.?John B. Bishop, 70 rears old, a white man who recently ame to this section with his son rom the North Carolina mountains, vas instantly killed when a bucket llled with atones and dirt fell 60 feet nto a .veil in which he was digging, ind crushed bis skull as if it were an sgg shell.