Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, November 23, 1911, Image 1
? ESTABLISHED
IN 18
I GOES BEYOND THE
25 MILLION MARK
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INVESTED
V IN THE STATE IN THE LAST
gjgfgSs
TEN MONTHS.
m
, IS UP WITH OTHER STATES
Shown By the Approximate Total of
the Investments Covered By Charters
and Commissions Issued By the
< Secretary of State.
.
Columbia. ? Over * $25,000,000 has
been invested in new enterprises in
this state since January 1, 1911, according
to the commissions and char^
ters recorded in the office of the Secretary
of state. The compilation is
made of charters and commissions issued
through October 31, 1911, and
show that South Carolina is well
abreast cf the improvement wave of
the South. These figures indicate a
healthy condition of affairs throughout
the state and reflect some of the many
improvements and new enterprises
which are daily springing into existence.
Greenville county leads in the
amount of money invested in new
enterprises, but her figures include
r?nA tiooflo.ooo cotton mereer and
several other big mill enterprises.
Charleston, with $2,122,900 stands
Becond in the column.
Special attention has been attached
to Chesterfield, which has invested
this year already $185,000 in new business
concerns, and the majority or
this was in the little town of Pageland,
in that county. Chesterfield las
shown wonderful Improvement in re
cent years and her strides forward
have attracted the attention of the
whole state, as well as other sections
of the country. It will be noted that
Dillon, the "Baby" county, has $767,000
to her credit in new enterprises.
The figures by counties, which are
approximate and not official, follow:
Abbeville $25,000, Aiken $18,000, Anderson
$274,000, Bamberg, $3,000,
Barnwell $146,000, Beaufort $35,000,
Berkeley $5,000, Calhoun $115,000,
Charleston $2,122,900, Cherokee $132,000,
Chester $110,000, Chesterfield,
$185,200, Clarendon $196,500, Colleton
$75,000, Darlington $784,500, Dillon
767,500, Dorchester $50,500, Edgefield
$75,400, Fairfield $87,000, Florence
$331,600; Georgetown $500,000, Greenville
$16,211,500, Greenwood $75,500,
Hampton $55,000, Horry $26,000, Kershaw
$140,000, Lancaster $123,000,
Laurens $234,000, Lee $22,500, Lexington
$11,000, Marion $91,500, Marlboro
$76,500, Newberry $455,000, Oconee
$5,000. Orangeburg $102,000, Pickens
$26,(00, Richland $1,012,800, Saluda
$75,000, Spartanburg $591,700, Sumter
$624,000. Union $107,000, Williamsburg
$28,000, York $102,500; total $26,233,100.
The Second Week Jurors.
The jurors to serve during the second
week of court of common pleas
in Richland county, which convenes
soon, were drawn. They are: Ames
Haltiwanger, G. C. Massey, S. L Hiller,
S. W. Hook, Jr., R. L. Steele. L. A.
Smith, Edward Rose, J. H. Daniels,
Jr., J. E. Smith, D. S. Gates. A. A.
Brazwell, J. E. Smoak, R. C. Hornsby,
J. W. Peevy, W. F. Goings, James
Scott. J. L. Marsh, L. I. Davis, E. J.
Jenkins. W. P. Davis, Ben Riley, W.
T. Myers, J. S. Kleckley, Avin Howell,
J. H. Sharp, J. J. Patterson, E. T. Morgan,
W. T. Stokes, A. B. Watson, L.
A. Martin, A. W. Taylor, R. L. Kennedy,
J. A. Hoyt, O. G. Donny, Charles
Senn. R. C. McCants.
Is Awarded $5,000 Verdict.
Fcr the alleged loss of an eye,
Geroge E.eazer of Richland county was
awarded $5,0 )0 liy a Lexington jury,
the verdict having been returned
after the case had consumed three
days of the common pleas court. The
plaintiff sought to recover $25,000.
The accident is alleged to have occurred
in Rock Hill on January 23,
1909, while the plaintiff was in the
employ of a wrecking train of the
Southern railway.
South Carolina New Enterprises.
A charter has been issued to the
Coastal Land Development company
of Charleston, with a capital stock of
$25,000. The officers are: H. M. sanderc.
president: E. C. McCarthy, vice
president, and A. H. Latimer, secretary
and treasurer. The Bank of
Cameron has been given the right to
increase its capital stock from $15.000
to $25,000. The Palmetto Building
and Loan association, of Georgetown,
has been commissioned with a
capital stock cf $75,000.
Freight Cars Are Derailed.
Four cars on a through freight train
on the Charleston & Western Carolina
railway, three loaded box cars and an
oil tank car, were derailed at Llghtsey's
mill, near Hampton. Passenger
train No. 41, Charleston to Augusta,
was delayed until about 6 o'clock at
this place. The tank car was thrown
acrcss the track and the delay was
caused by it being necessary to get
the wrecking train out of Augusta tc
remove this car. No one was Injured
in the wreck.
Delivered Second Series.
W. K. Tate, staie supervisor of rural
echcols, delivered the second of
the extension course series for thie
winter at the University of South
Carolina. Mr. Tate took , as his subject,
"Rural Schools in Ontario, Iowa,
Minnesota and Indiana. Recently Mr.
Tato made an inspection trip to this
section, and was therefore well fitted
to give a clear and accurate account
of the work actually going on In sister
Itate3 and just across the border. In
Ontlarto and Iowa the rural schools
UB* the one end two-teacher systom.
THE
91.
MILITARY BOARD TO MEET
Recommendations by Adjutant General
Moore as to Eliminating Politic*?Important
Discussions.
Columbia.?"I will very probably
recommend that the office of adjutant
general be eliminated from politics
and that the office be filled by an appointment
by the Governor." This
statement was made by W. W. Moore,
the adjhtant general, In discussing his
annual report that is being prepared.
The report will contain a number of
recommendations relative to the work
of the office. Since issuming office
Adjutant General Moo*e has contended
for efficiency in every department
of the military department of the
state. He is of the opinion that the
appropriation for the office is too low.
will nmhahlv nnk that the aDbro
priation of $12,000 be increased.
South Carolina 1> the only Btate in
the United Stales to elect the adji>
tant general, the off cers being appointed
by the governors in all other
states.
It was announced by Adjutant General
Moor? that the military advisory
board will meet in Columbia when
the state allotment fot 1912 will be apportioned.
The members of the board
are the governor, Wylie Jones, brigadier
general; Julius E. Cogswell, colonel
of the Third regiment, and Major
John G. Richards, Jr. Other matters
of importance to the National
Guard of the state will be discussed at
the meeting.
Clemson College To Bend Exhibit.
"The success of the South Atlantic
Corn Exposition as an educational
event is now assured beyond the
question of doubt," said A. D. Hudson,
president of the exposition, who was
in Columbia. Mr. Hudson has just
returned from Clemson College, where
in company with Geo. H. Stevenson,
secretary and general manager of the
National Corn exposition, he had gone
to confer with President Riggs and
Director Harper with reference to Besuring
an educations 1 exhibit for the
exposition from the agricultural experiment
farm and from the agricultural
department of the college. President
Riggs and Director Harper are
both very enthusiastic over the opportunity
this event will afford to
bring the results of the years of ^xnwimmtni
onrf lnv?(tlratlnnal work
of the institution in the interests of
the agricultural progress to the attention
of the many corn growers who
will visit the exposition.
Granted Executive Clemency.
James Onley, who was convicted in
Richland county in September of
1906, on the charge of manslaughter,
and sentenced to sei-ve seven years in
the state penitentiary, has been pardoned
by the govertor. The sentence
of Willie Williams, who was convicted
in Kershaw county in November
of 1911 and given a fine of $100 or
three months on .he public workB,
has been commuted to a fine of $50
or three months. The governor yesterday
granted a parole to Elijah
Walker, who was convicted in Anderson
county in July of 1907 on the
charge of manslaughter and sentenced
to five years on the public
works of that county. Since assuming
office on January 17, the governor
has extended clemency in 260 cases.
Phamaceutical Examiners Meet.
I The state board of pharmaceutical
examiners, which has been in session
here has completed its work. Fourteen
young men stcod the examination
and the following seven passed: L.
O. Johnson, W. T. Willingham, T. J|
Kelly. T. A. Lucat, E. A. Capers, C.
S Glover and J. F. Melfl. The members
of the board were entertained
by Dr. C. A. Milford at his home on
upper Main street.
Columbia.?President P. H. Gadsden.
of the Chamber of Commerce, announced
the membership of the committee
of ftve who will have charge of
the storage warehouse proposition in
this city with regard to cotton piece
goods. The members of the committee
are aR follows: R. G. Rhett, J. !
H. Jahnz. \V. H. Mixson, R. B. Lebby j
and P. H. Gadsden. The committee I
will immediately begin work on this
important project.
Washington.?Thomas H. Windham
has been appointed postmaster at
Blake, Berkeley county, to succeed A.
Guerry, resigned.
Aiken Officer Kil ed on Street.
Wade Patterson, who for about 27
years was policeman in this city, was
shot and instantly killed by James
Seigler, a well-krown man of Aiken.
Patterson was shot while on duty at
the corner of Main street and Park
avenue, in Hie pi Iiu ii'm uuciucno arc
tion of the town The body of the
dead man was carried to the under- j
taking establishment of Powell Hard- !
ware Company. An Inquest was held
by Coroner Johnson. There were
several eye-witnesses but none of
them wiP make any statement.
Program To Be Announced Soon.
The programme for the second
South Atlantic States Corn exposition
to be held here during the week of
December 11, when $8,000 will be
awarded for the best corn shown
is soon to be announced by the commission
in charge. The programme !
will include addresses by well-known
agriculturists, among them being
Bradford Knapp, head of the United j
States farm demonstration work. A '
feature of the exposition will be the
corn Judging school. There will be
much interest manifested.
Brought In VerClct of Not Guilty.
After being in their room for only
one hour and a half, the Jury in the
case of the state against LeRoy B
Tuten brought in a verdict of not
guilty. When it was announced that
a verdict has been reached the court
warned the people not to make any
demonstration, and not a sound was
made by the crowd in attendance as
the jury filed to their seats. The verdict
was not unexpected, and when It
was read by the clerk a touching scene
was enacted between defendant and
his elderly father.
: foi
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HMlCHl iSf:
h:qh school inspector to
hold eight conferences
in the state. ?
t!
GROUPING OF THE COUNTIES I
t:
The Program la Being Prepared by Mr. 4
W. H. Hand?There is Much Inter- ^
P
eat Shown?First Conference to be
in Chester. c
. t
Columbia.?W. H. Hand, state high P
school inspector, is arranging to hold d
at least eight conferences of hig"h P
school teachers in the state. The 0
first of these conferences will be c
held in Chester, for the teachers of 13
Chester, York, Fairfield and Lancaster
counties, beginning Monday night, '
December 4, and continuing through f
the following day. The second con- t
ference will be held in Florence for f
the teachers of Florence, Darlington, c
nhesterfleld. Marlboro, Dillon, Ma- c
rion, Horry and Williamsburg coun- 1
ties, beginning Thursday night, De- r
oembfer 7, and continuing through j
the following day.
As soon as the dates can be arranged
other conferences will follow. To j"
Greenwood will be invited teachers of 1
Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, New- ?
Greenville, Oconee and Pickens counties.
To Spartanburg, the teachers 1
of Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union *
counties. To Denmark, of Bamberg.
Orangeburg, Barnwell, Aiken and c
Hampton counties. To Charleston, 1
those of Charleston, Bergeley, Colleton,
Dorchetser, Beaufort and George- i
town counties. To Columbia those of 3
Richland, Kershaw, Sumter, Lee Clar- c
endon, Calhoun, Lexington and Sa- a
luda counties. (
The grouping of the counties has r
been made to conform as fast as pos- | t
sible to tfie railroad schedules. In a j e
| few instances the teachers of lndi* t
dividual schools will find it more con;
venient to attend some other rather
f
than the conferences to which the 1
teachers of the county are invited. In '
such instances teachers should feel 8
perfectly free to attend the conference c
most convenient. '
In several places free entertain- c
ment will be offered to the visiting f
teachers. In such cases the teachers 1
will be notified in advance.
?
To Hold Big Drainage Meeting
Charleston.-?Charleston will have a i
big drainage Convention in the early c
part of January, according to a state- (
I ment made by Secretary A. W. Mc- j
Keand, of the Chamber of Commerce. The
big commercial organization in (
this city Is on the eve of a campaign (
for drainage on a comprehensive scale i j
and for better highways in this sec- (
tion of the state, and in order to give ]
the movement a most auspicious start
it will seek to interest business men,
automobile owners, planters, farmers, j
and others in the Southeastern sec- '
tion of South Carolina in the subject 1
of land reclamation and highways, ^
Anticipates A Big Future.
I Charleston.?Maj. G. P. Howell, |
I corps of engineers, U. S. A., in charge
Anderson.?With the selection of th?
"irst Baptist church of Columbia a<
he next meeting place and the eleo
ion of officers to serve the ensuing
rear, the ninth annual convention ol
he Woman's Missionary Union came
0 a close.
Kdget.eld.?After an illness of tw?
lays, the Hon. J. D. Allen, for twenty
ears Judge of Probate for this county
iied at his home here. So beloved
ind popular was he that no one evei
>pposed him in his many races, and
t was a case in which it seemed that
he oTire literally belonged to th?
nan and he to it.
Columbia.?Asleep on the track, an
tnidentified white man was struck b>
1 Southern l ailr.ay train, between
.Vinnstcio and Columbia, and died in
' e union pa .*< nr.fr r-iticu hcsc short
r.'t-TT ard. The- in v s bound tc
I* r bis frcr* Chr.r hp.
i'kr n-!-. -While Jerry Moore holdi
a '.vcw - record for making r.nd
1 ' and 3 perks cf
' ' n TP r,>nc<
> k
! J . fl ' trac
t Jt ... ;. Jb bib ?-4 bu. heii or
uoubt, jurat u rt-cord
or gi tv, lag cotton.
\
L ' *' < j-jii
of the Charleston district, has return- 1
ed to Charleston from Columbia, 1
where, in company with Congressman 1
Lever, he inspected a portion of the
government work which is being ]
done on the Congaree river, and look- i
ed into matters for further Improve- ]
ment of navigation to and from the f
capital. Maj. Howell said that some f
dredging is the main work which is t
now being done, but Congressman (
Lever anticipates a big future for Co- \
lumbia largely through her river com- t
mcrce. j i
Meeting of Winthrop Trustees.
Columbia.? The annual meeting of '
the board of trustees of Winthrop i
College will be held on the evening 1
of November 24, when the report for '
the general assembly will be prepar- '
ed. The finance committe of the '
board will make a report at that time.
Dr. D. B. Johnson, the president of !
Winthrop College, was in Columbia
several days ago making arrange- 1
for the meeting. '
Governor Will Have No Reply.
Columbia.?Governor Blease will '
have no reply to the letter to Mr. (
J. J. Evans, of Marlboro, relative to '
the governor's refusal to call an extra ;
session of the Legislature to deal with '
the cotton situation as requested by
a mass meeting of the farmers of '
that county. The --easons for the re- (
l'usal to call the extra session were J {
outlined in the governor's letter to j
frtenAriHtntr tr* thn tola, i 2
ill I* ? aus, i vopvuu mo w ?itv wiv
gram asking for a conference on the
subject by the committee appointed
by the Marlboro mass meeting.
Was Not Favorable To Railroads.
Sumter.?It has been often noted
here that juries have been favorable
to the railroads, many damage suits,
verdicts being given to the defendants.
This term of court, however,
has not been favorable to the Atlantic
Coast Line; verdicts have been rendered
against the company. Shelly
Lawrence sued for $25,000 for personal
injuries, and was given $2,500. H
R. CJeddings sued for personal injuries
for a like amount and was awarded
$5,000 damages. J. A. Jackson was
awarded S23S.95 in a suit.
Plans For New State House.
Charleston.?Mr. A. W. Todd, architect
of this city, who was selecte'
by the committee on state house ant'
grounds to prepare plans and studie
for the enlargement of the Etate eap;
tol building, has been on exhibitic
at the offices of Todd & Benson, ar^'i
tects, of which he is the senior member,
pians and spef'fi n? for tli
work, together wit' 1 :-ge ph-"
graphs of the building as it v ill
pear when improved. Mr. Tcdd it.
vltes the public to inspect these
drawings and photographs.
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RT MILL, S. C? THUR!
KuiM Irtt PALMEriO-STATiT
, Column of Short Paragraphs That
Have Been Collected For the People
of the State.
Allendale.?An unknown man who
ave his name as James White, and
bought to be Williams Emerson of
Jndlcott, N. Y, wife murderer, was
ound in a dying condition in one of
he section houses of the Charleston
I Western Carolina railway near Ap
leton, a station a few miles from this
ilace.
Edgefield.?W. B. Cogburn, clerk of
ourt, has formally taken charge of
he office of judge of probate, the
ilace being rendered vacant by the
leath of Judge J. D. Allen. The law
irorides that in the event of the death
if the judge of probate the clerk of
ourt shall immediately assume the
luties of that office.
Laurens.?The negro prisoner who
iras brought here several days ago
rom Camden and held by the authoilies
as Tack Fuller, who is wanted
or murder 16 years ago of another
legro in Cross Hill township, turned
iut to be an escaped convict from
he state penitentiary, and he was
eturned to the state prison to compete
a seven-year sentence.
Columbia.?A petition to form a
Irainage district in Dog Bluff and Galvant's
Ferry townships, in Horry
:ounty, including 16,000 acres of lagd,
ias been filed with the state departnent
of agriculture. The petition was
igned by two-thirds of the citizens Qf
he two townships. Several other
Irainage districts will be formed in
hat county.
Columbia. ? State Treasurer Jenlings
announced that he had received
130,000 in tax money from about 20
:ounty treasurers. Of this amount
ibout $10,000 has been received ?'rom
Knnnlv Spvprnl rtf thi
sLlCLi ICOlVit wuuv/i
totes making up the loan of $500,000
o the state government for running
xpenses will fall due late In Decern>er.
Charleston ?A meeting was held at
he Cu3tcm House to discuss plans for
engthening the Government wharl
md for building a suitable warehous?
>n it for the storing of goods belong
ng to the various departments. The
lepartments most interested in this
>roJect are the lighthouse department,
he engineering department, the cusoms
department and the navy and
Lrmy departments.
Darlington?There were marketed
lere several days ago about 300 balei
)f cotton, and despite the prices paid
otton has been coming in during th<
all months in about the usual way
rhere are several farmers over the
;ounty who have been holding thelt
nttnn and who will continue to hold
t, but it Is thought that at least hall
>f the crop made in the country ha?
been marketed.
Lynchburg.?Train No. 50 killed t
nule and demolished a buggy belong
ng to M. H. Logan, on a crossing one
mile from town. The mule upot
caching the crossing refused to go an)
.'urther, and Mr. Logan and another
who was driving with him. barel)
jscaped by jumping from the buggy
The train was only delayed about flvt
minutes, as the buggy was a complete
R'reck, and the mule was killed In
stantly.
Columbia.?Secretary J. Whitnei
Reid, of the Farmers' Union, recelvec
vord from Mr. J. P. Barratt, oi
3reezewood, in Greenwood county,
stating that he had collected pledget
rotn farmers in his neighborhood tc
he amount of 106 bales of cotton un
ler the holding campaign now beinj
vaged all over the state. This bringi
he total amount pledged so far to 1.20(
mles, Anderson still leading with 749
Darlington.?The teachers of Dar
ington met here for the purpose o: {
perfecting the organization of the i
Darlington County Progressive Teach j
?rs' association. A constitution ant
by-laws cf the new body were adopt
?d and the following officers elected;
VV. B. Carnes of the Epworth Higl
School, president; J. C. Hungerpiller
rice president; Miss Leland Segara
lecretary, and Miss Louise Parrott
treasurer.
Columbia.?A petition for a schoo:
n the northwest portion of Columbia
s being circulated among the resi
ients west of Main street and nortk
ot Blanding street, ine peuuun i:
tddressed to the mayor and commit
doners of Columbia.
Edgefield?Albert Lyon, a young
farmer who resides eight miles wesi
)f Edgefield, was shot by a negro
Dtis Harris, a shotgun being used
i'oung Lyon also shot the negro sever
il times. Harris made an insulting
remark to Mr. Lyon while in Edgeflelc
ind is said to have purchased a gut
with which to shoot him.'
MILL
SDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 191
DEATH OPENS THE
SAVANNAH HAGES
ONE DRIVER 18 KILLED ON THE
FIRST PRACTICE DAY OF THE
GREAT EVENT.
ANOTHER DRIVER IS INJURED
McNay, Who Was a Callfornian, Running
In a Case Car, Took to a Ditch
to Prevent a Collision and Meets
His End.
Savannah, Ga.?Choosing a ditch at
the side of the course in preference to
plunging into a heavy wagon which
suddenly loomed before him on an
"S" turn on the automobile course
here, Jay D. McNay, the California
automobile racing driver, met death.
His little low-built Case car ended its
course against a tree and the driver
was taken from the wreck as he
breathed his last.
The accident occurred on the first
practice day for the automobile races
of Thanksgiving week.
Only a short while before McNay
drove to his death Joe Dawson, who
had Just yielded tht wheel of his Marmon
racer to Joe Nikrent, was hurled
from his seat when Nikrent chose the
banked side of the course to avoid collision
with a touring car which appeared
suddenly from around a curve.
Dawson catapulted over Nikrent's
head and fell to the tutf unconscious.
At the hospital it was said hiB condition
may not prevent his appearing
in the Vanderbilt and grand prize
races in which he is entered. No
bones were broken.
The touring car which caused Daw
eon's injuries caused Driver wmium
Knipper to stop bis car so suddenly
that W. F. Barnes, Jr., was unable to
stop his mount intime and rammed
Knipper's car, both machines being
badly damaged but the drivers were
unhurt.
Physicians at the hospital to which
McNay was hurried though life appeared
to be extinct, stated that his
death probably was caused by concussion
of the brain and internal injuries.
His car was crushed together
like an accordion and the steering
wheel was Jammed into McNay's
breast. A peculiar sad feature of the
young drivers death comes with the
statement that his marriage was set
for the week following the races here.
Want Better Freight Rates.
New York?Melon growers of Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, North and South
Carolina, and Northern commission
men who handle their products, appeared
through attorneys before the
Interstate Commerce Commission here
and asked for lower freight rates on
125 Eastern railroads. The farmers
declare that by rate discrimination the
price of melons hai been made unduly
high everywhere west of Cincinnati
and Buffalo. A special complaint Is
made against the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Cummins Found Guilty.
New York.?William J. Cummins,
the former Tennesee promoter and
recent directing head of the Carnegie
Trust Company, was found guilty of
the theft of $140,000 from the Nineteenth
Ward bank*by the jury before
which he has been n trial for the last
five weeks. He was remanded to the
Tombs until his counsel may present
any motions desired before sentence
Is pronounced. Cummins seemed
stunned by the result.
Was Stabbed By Striker.
Sedalia, Mo.?A. M. Mackey, nephew
of Mrs. Fred Dent Grant and of
Mrs. Pottor Palmer of Chicago, was
stabbed to death by John L. Jones, n t
striking shopman. The stabbing fol- *
lowed an argument about recent
trouble between strikers and strike
breakers. Mackey owned a taxicab
and carriage company here. At the
coroner's inquest witnesses testified I
that Jones stabbed Mackey while the
latter was trying to stop a pair of
horses from running away. Makey's
right hand was almost severed In an ,
attempt to ward or tho blow.
Four Men Were Rescued.
New York.?The four men aboard
the barge Helen A. Wyman, which was
wrecked near Block Island were rescued
and landed at New London. This
Information came to the Scully towing
company here from the captain of the
tug Mary F. Scully, which made the
rescue ten hours before the barge
went down. Wires along the southern
New England coast were busy!
with reports of disasters at sea. The
barge Wyman broke away from the
tug Mary F. Scully and It was reported
that all her crew were lost.
Will Force Neutrality Law*.
Washington.?Determined to stamj
out filibustering expeditions against
Mexico, Secretary of War Stlmson
authorized General Duncan, commanding
the department of Texas, to enforce
the neutrality laws with vigor
and to move the trc jps under his command
within divisional limits Wuhout
waiting orderB from the department.
Secretary Stimeon also informed General
Duncan that he would not lack
for all the cavalry nd Infantry needed
to prevent the organization of expeditions
against Mexico.
England nad Germany May Fight.
London.?Knowledge that England
was on the point of going to war with
Germany in support of France in the
Moroccan trouble, and it being genet*
ally known that the government had
apparently consented to Russia's advance
upon Persia, has precipatcd a
rtonn of criticism oper the extreme
ecrecy with which the nation's for tn
affairs are conducted. Foreign
retary Grey he, promised to make
? Parliament on November 27th b
.atemcnt of the npire's foreign r?
.aligns.
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ARE URdEDTOHOLD COTTON
President Barrett Gives Out Statement
Telling How to Solve QuestionLauds
Commissioner Watson.
Columbia.?"See the enclosed clipping.
I am right in behind you -with ^
this work. More than 3,000 papers
carry these communications" was the
statement contained in a letter receive
ed at the state department of agriculture
by E. J. Watson, the commissioner.
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The following statement accompanied
the letter: / I
"President Chas. S. Barrett of the
National Farmers' Union, in an address
to union members, says hold
cotton. He urges farmers to farm as
If cotton were not in existence. He
says at this critical stage in the cotton
situation, with the Farmers' Union f
and scores of business leaders and '
general Southern factors battling to f
stem the tide of unfair prices the first y
duty of the farmer is to hold his (
cotton. Those who sell at present <
prices are simply giving away a mar- |
gin of several million dollars to spin- j
ners and speculators. Quotations after
the first of the year will establish (
the truth of that assertion. The most ^
difficult part of the campaign is now j
upon us. To waver is to lose the ef- j
rect 01 me spienuiu wur* ancau; ??.- j
complished. j
"In South Carolina, under the lead- '
ershlp of E. J. Watson, president of '
the Southern Cotton Congress, they <
are instituting a syrtem of pledges j
which bind the planter to hold his <
present cotton for 13 cents; and fur- j
ther, not to sow more than 60 per ,
cent, of the areable acreage in cotton j
'for the coming season. The plan is
an excellent one. Statistics an* our j
own common sense tell us that the (
crop now in hand is worth more than j
is being offered for it. But if civiliza- (
tion needs the sharp lesson of a short (
crop to emphasize the wisdom of fair ,
dealing with the farmer, then so be j
It."
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Penalty Has Been Finally Reduced.
A penalty of $927,000 Imposed upon ,
the Charleston Union Station Company ,
for refusing to pay the corporation (
license tax has heen finally reduced ]
by the state board of assessors to the
sum of $1,000. Attorney General ,
Lyon was instructed to bring suit
against the company to collect the j
$11,000. The value of the union Bta- .
tion company is placed at $3000,000. .
The corporation license tax is onehalf
mill. The meeting of the state (
board of assesors was called for the (
purpose of hearing argument by attorneys
of the company to reduce the
penalty of $9,242. This amount was
named by the board last August when
the penalty was reduced to $918,258.
At that time a resolution was adop- J
ted placing a penalty of $1 per day on
each year's taxes remaining unpaid.
The penalty does not include the reg- !
ular license tax.
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South Carolina Paid A Million.
Speaking of the advantages of good
roads and of what is being done in '
that direction, James Wilson, secre- (
tary of agriculture, declared that '
nearly $14,000,000 was expended during
the present year for good roads 1
in Southern states alone. The secre- 1
tary will speak on the subject at the
good roads congress to be held in '
Richmond, Va. "Reports to the department,"
Bald Secretary Wilson,
show that Florida spent $1,505,000,
Georgia $2,500,000, North Carolina
$4,505,000 and South Carolina $1,100,
UUV. i lie uc|fnuuicui is iu-uiiciaime
with the state or local authorities in
practically every state and reports
show that over 200,000 miles of roads
were built during the paet 12 months."
Headquarters For Torpedo Boats.
A final quietus to the somewhat
persistent rumor that the Charleston
Navy Yard would be abandoned is
given in dispatches Bent out from 1
'fiashington in which it is stated that
'fh'e remarkable work done recently !
at the yard in repairing serious dam- '
age to torpedo boats has so impressed
the department that it has been '
definitely decided to make the Char- 1
leston Naval Station the "mother
yard" for the United States torpedo 1
fleet on the Atlantic coast. This
means in effect that Charleston be 1
comes headquarters for the Atlantic '
fleet of torpedo boats and destroyers 1
Delegated To Attend Meeting.
At a special meeting of city council,
Councilman R. J. Blalock was '
delegated to attend a meeting at An- 1
derson November 20 as a representa- ,
tive of council. A letter from Gen
M. L. Bonham, chairman of the com- 1
mittee from the Anderson chamber *
of commerce, urged that a represen- (
tative of council be present at this !
meeting, which will be a conference I
between officials of the Southern rail- j '
way and a committee from the chamber '
of commerce relative to the compe- I
tion of the Blue Ridge railway. '
A Setback Wat Encountered.
A setback to the proposed plans of
city council for paving Assembly 1
street, between Gervals and Hampton j
streets, was encountered at the regular
meeting of council when a petl- j
tion objecting to the plans for pav- |
Ing the street was presented signed
by eight property owners In tbe section
proposed for paving. The petl- |
tion asks that the streetB be paved
from curb to curb, while council's i
plans call for paving 26 or 30 feet on
each side with a parkway In the
centre.
To Grant Interurban Franchise.
At a meeting of the newly elected
Spartanburg city council, which was
installed the matter of a franchise
to the interurban railroad was taker. I
up. By a vote of 4 to 2 the new coun- i
cil decided to grant to the interurban i
a franchise, similar in every respect 1
to the one that the interurban re- i
'used to accept at a meeting of thr 1
ectors heid in Greenville a shor* 1
e ago with the exc^iticn of th< 1
bjecticnfli^ c'vjse wai-b lir ts th
ime cf the "i-iq'hise to :? "igb
j ear*.
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EXPECT A CRISIS
III CIA SOON
DEMANDS FOR THE THRONES'
ABDICATION ARE CROWDING
UPON THE PREMIER.
\ NEW SHOW OF PATRIOTISM
'rovlnces Display Effort to Establish
Union Government Quickly?The
Americans Have All Left Nanking?
Negotiations Fo.* Peace Have Failed.
Peking.?Demands for the throne's
ibdication are crowding upon Premier
fuan Shi Kai, who doubtless will be
'orced to make a decision within a
veek. It seems to be a case of fight
?r a air the emirt tn denart frnm the
capital. Every suggestion for abdication
is accompanied by promises of
protection and ample pension.
It is reported that the Premier has
jrdered a renewed attack upon Hanfang
and Wu-Chang. If this is true,
it signifies his choice. The governnent
has succeeded in. ridding the
l>anchau troops of both revolutionary
tenerals, Chang Shac-Tseng and Ean
Hen Wei. The former is now at Tien
rsin. The latter, who commanded the
:hlrd division, has been dismissed and
s proceeding southward, not as Yuan
3hl Kai's envoy to submit further projosals
to General Li, the rebel coranander,
as previously reported, but to
bin the rebel forces.
There has been an unexpected display
of patriotism during the last day
jr two. Instead of rivalry among the
provinces there have been evidences
)f remarkable unanimity in an effort
x> establish a union government
julckly, in order to prevent the dangers
from foreign complications.
Rear Admiral Murdoch telegraphs
the American legation from Nanking
Mt the American consul with the
irchJves is aboard the New Orleans
md that all Americans have left the
:ity with the exception of a few members
of the Red Cross.
it wouia De lmpossioie, says me
tdmiral, to protect American properly
in Nanking without landing three
lundred marines prepared to sustain
i siege. For this reason, he had sent
none of his men ashore.
Various efTorts made in influential
quarters to start negotiations loolng
to peace have up to the present failed.
To Crush the Revolution.
Washington.?The arrest of Gen.
Bernardo Reyes by United States
luthorities at San Antonio for violalion
of the neutrality laws is exactly
n line with the policy of this government
to stamp out revolutionary activtfes
against Mexico in United States
territory, according to Secretary of
State Knox. "The arrest of General
Reyes was not requested by the Mexican
government," he said, "The policy
>f this government has not changed
me Iota since the Inauguration of
Madero as President following the
evolution ho led. So far as the United
States is concerned, the situation
s identical with that existing last
ipring when Madero's agents were
Deing arrested for violating the neutrality
laws."
Effort to Lift Balloon Cup.
Indianapolis, Ind.?In an effort to
ift the Lahm cup for long distance
balloon flights, Captain G. L. Bumbaugh
of thla city started from here
In the balloon Dusseldorfer. The
balloon floated away to the northeast
In a eaat wind estimated et 25 miles
an hour. The Lahm cup, which is offered
by the Aero Club of America, is
now held by A. Holland Forbes, who
won it October 12, 1909, in a flight
from St. Louis, Mo., to Richmond, Va.,
a distance of 697.17 miles.
Fowler Lands Safely in Texas.
Pecos, Tex.?Aviator Robert G. Power.
attempting a coast-to-coast trip
by aeroplane, landed at Pyote, Tex.,
18 miles east of here. It is said there
s some defect in the machine again
but he landed without trouble, lig intends
to leave early for Abilene. Fowler
flew from Van Horn, Tex., 94
miles from Pyote.
The New Ambassador Is Mum.
New York. ? George Bakhmetieff,
the newly-appointed Russian ambassador
to the United States, arrived in
New York and left immediately for
Washington. The coming of the new
embassador is of vastly greater interest
than ordinarily attaches to a shaft
jf diplomatic representatives for he
irrives at a time when a wave of
(popular and official protest is at its
height against his government because
t refuses to honor American pass?
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i>i?rm nuiium uioi.iiuiiu<>u?u a^iuuv
the JeW8.
The Farmers Are Proeperoui.
Washington.?More up-to-date and
modern machinery has been purchased
by farmers during the past year than
during- any previous year, according
to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
who based this assertion upon reports
made to him by departmental
field men. "This demonstrates," he
added, "not only the prosperity of the
farmer but also his alertness to seize
upon every means to increase fhe
yield an acre and to preserve the soil.
The department has been urging the
ise of the latest tools and machinery
Will Be a Great Show.
Atlanta, Ga.?The largest corn exhibition
ever witnessed in the South
is expected to greet the eyes of visitors
who attend the Southern cc.*n
show here, December 6 to 8, under the
luspices of the Atlanta chamber of
commerce. A special feature of the
show will be competition for sweepstake
prizes by the boys' corn clubs
of Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama,
Arkansa-, Louisiana and Tennessee,
rhe women of Atlanta are taking at
merest In the show.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Latest General News That Has Been
Carefully Gotten Together For the
People or tne state.
Laurens. ? Craney McCullough, a
young negro of the city, died from
the ejects of a shotgun wound received
as the result of an altercation
with Jim Shell, another negro. The
(booting occurred at a negro woman's
house, and MoCuilough was shot
through the neck by Shell, who was
arrested and lodged in jail.
Columbia.?Governor Blease commissioned
the Hon. B. M. Shuman, of
Greenville, to preside as special Judge
for the common pleas court at Greenville,
commencing Novebraer 20. This
appointment was made necessary on
account of the death of Judge Klogh,
who was to have presided over the
courts of the 10th circuit this session.
Columbia.?Beginning Thanksgiving '
Day, November 30, a thirty-day racing
meet will be held in Columbia. A
string of horses which assembled in
Washington from the various tracks
now in operation will be brought
South. After the Columbia meet the
horses will be taken to Charleston
for the one hundred days' meet there.
Spartanburg.?J. W. Rldgeout, general
yard foreman at Spartanburg
Junction, was struck by a switch engine.
He was carried in an ambulance
to the Spartanburg hospital,
where bis right leg was amputated.
He will probably recover. Ridgoout
recently came here from Spencer, N.
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dreii.
Columbia.?Two hundred and twenty
thousand, eight hundred and
thirteen dollars and nineyt-seTen
cents was the total sales by the
dispensaries In the six counties In
South Carolina during the month of
October, according to a statement by
Dispensary Auditor M. H. Mobley;
$10,295.61 was the operating expense
tor the month.
Columbia?R. H. Jennings, stAte
treasurer, has so far received $20,000
in tax money from 17 county treasurers
out of 43. Charleston county
leads with $10,000. The collection of
state taxes begun on October 15.
After January 1 there will be a penalty
of 1 per cent, on all delinquents.
It requires about $1,000,000 to operate
the state government each year.
Saluda.?The largest yield of corn
ever produced on an acre in Saluda
county, eo far as can be learned, was
grown this year by Thomas Graham,
a negro, of the Penn creek section.
His yield as measured and certified
to by well-known white men was
146 1-2 bushels. S. F. Shaw, a white
man, held the palm prior to this year,
his yield last year being about 106
bushels.
Columbia.?John Young Garllngton
and J. Stobo Young, officers ef the defunct
Qaminnlp Securities Company,
will have to serve out the sentence*
of 3 years and 1 year respectively,
imposed upon them here by Judge
Prince in spring of 1910, unless Gov*
ernor Blease extendB them executive
clemency, for the supreme court affirmed
the verdict.
Columbia?Reversing the Richland
county court the supreme court ordered
a new trial in the case of Minnie
C. Lundy against the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and the Columbia Eelectrlc Street
Railway, Light and Power Company,
which involves a verdict for $20,000
for the death of Charles Lundy. The
opinion in the case was given by Associate
Justice Gary.
Columbia.?Several meetings of farmers
in different parts of the state ,
in the Interest of the cotton holding
movement and the acreage reducing
plan, a campaign for which Is now
being carried on under the auspices
of the Farmers' Union are scheduled
for the near future. At these meetings
men Interested in the work will
make addresses and an effort will be
made to organise farmers in places
where no organization now exists.
Columbia.?W. F. Stlegiltzs. council
superintendent in charge of the departments
of waterworks, sewerage,
city hall and opera house, submitted
monthly statements of these departments
to city council at the regular
semi-monthly meeting. Mr. Stleglftx
reported activity in each of the departments.
In both the waterworks
and sewerage departments extensions
and additions were made during the
month.
Barnwell.?Barnwell county farmers
have In all probability lost many
hundreds of dollars by the recent
rains and cold weather. The cotton
ha3 been lying open in the fields for
days, and although high wages have
heen offered, it has been difficult to
get pickers.
Columbia- The county board of
commissioners of Richland county
held a regular semi-monthly meeting
in the office of W. F. Muller, county
supervisor. The business was only
ou thero a-an no matters of
great importance brought before the
board.
Columbia.?Charged with four offenses,
Harry Blalock, a negro, was
sentenced by Judge Buechei of Warerly
in magistrate's court to serre
120 days on the chaingang of Richland
county or to pay a fine of $85. The
negro took the days.
- Columbia.?Mr. John L. Raat, of
Cameron, was appointed by Governor
Blease as sheriff of Calhoun county,
to fill out the unexpired terra of Mr.
Olin M. Dantiler, deceased. This position
has been banging fire for some
time, and it will be news of interest
to the people of Calhoun to know who
their new sheriff Is.
Columbia.?Tho governor has appointed
S. M. Smith as master for
Edgefield county to succeed W. F.
Roach, deceased. M. JafTa has been
appointed naglstrate for Sheldon
township in Beaufort to succeed C.
M. McCoy deceased.
Camden.?Mr. Ludlow, a well-lcnowa
engineer of Winston-Salem, N. C? has
been here during the past week look!
lag over the Camden Water and Light
plant to ascertain its value, in case
the city desires to purchase. After
aWns a thorough inspection. Mr.
"/ - r/.ake his repcrt to tfef
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