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ESTABLISHED IN 18 WOULD ENFORCE INCOME TAX LAW COMPTROLLER GENERAL JONE8 WOULD UPHOLD OR DO AWAY WITH IT. NEW LIST FOR GREENVILLE Will Insist Thst the Counties Mike s Fuller Report on the Law.?All of Them Hsd Not Been Hesrd From at Last Report Columbia.?"I will ask the general a?errbly to repeal or give means to enforce the income tax law," said A. W. Jones, comptroller general, in announcing the returns for all of the countes. The sum of $14,387.46 was received from the tax this year, as compared with $14,755.12, or a decrease of $367.66. Charleston, Richland and Spartanburg lead the state. Greenville county, one of the richest in the state, reports only six persons liable to the Income tax, and as a result Mr. Jones will send a revised list to that county. He will insist that the law be strictly enforced in that count}'. In 1909 the auditors of the .following counties made reports as follows: Bamberg, $107; Barnwell, $50; Berkeley, $29; Cresterfleld, $108; Colleton, $35; Darlington, $173; Fairfield, $117; Hampton, none; Pickens, $362; Saluda, none. Report by Counties. Abbeville $ 273.99 Aiken .. .. 297.43 Anderson.. 399.36 Beaufort .. 133.28 Calhoun 84.28 Charleston 4,483.80 Cherokee 217.39 Chetser ; 247.10 Clarendon.. 184 81 Dillon.. 117 00 Dorchester 77.88 Edgefield 91.26 Florence 548 60 Georgetown.. *. 255 75 Greenville ,. .. .. 112.00 Greenwood 123.60 Horry ' .. 34.78 Kershaw 188.47 Lancaster 84.39 Laurens.. 144.05 Lee.. .." 170.40 Lexington 109.72 Marlon .. 208.14 . Marlboro 47.00 A Newberry... 312.94 Oconee . .. \ 182.75 Orangeburg 219.63 Richland.. 2,601.44 Spartanburg 11,332.76 Sumter 566.34 Union 228.30 Williamsburg 110.09 York 198.73 Total $14,387.16 Jurors Drawn For Third Week. .. *ka *k< jurors IU ?er?e uliiu( iar iuiiu week of court of common please in Richland county were drawn. The jurors are as follows: F. B. Koon, A. P. Richardson, H. P. Blackman, E. Van Benthuysen, H. C. Walker, James H. Davis, G. P. Roberts, H. T. Smith, W. H. Dent, A. C. Campbell, Geo, L. Baker, M. L. Stevens, C. J. Lynch, E. C. White, B. R. Heyward, B. F. Berfott, L. J. Frink, J. E. Eberbardt, R. J. Winn, W. H. Webster, W. J. Barfleld, E. C. Allen, W. M. Shanna, A. 0. Gilmore, W. F. Chanider, W. A. Derrick, T. A. Magill, H. A. Gardner, Harry Stiller. W. 8. Brown, W. H. Aughtry, J. R. Howell, J. A. Harmon, H. H. Frost, D. B. Sloan, W. T. J. Lever. Charleston Coming to the Front. The medical inspection of pupils, which is about to be inaugurated in the schools, will rank Charleston in certain respects among the foremost and progressive cities in the country. About 130 cities in the United States have Instituted medical inspection !n public schools. The many inquiries which have come to the authorities from cities in this and adjoining 6tates show that others are seriously considering its adoption. Charity Board Wat Considered. The South Carolina State Conference of Charities and Correction brought to a close the most interesting and successful session in its three years' history. Probably no gathering ever held in this state has done more ! to dflnie in popufar terras the work of 1 the various charitable organizations of I South Carolina, nor put in saner form I a thoroughly coordinate program of I concerted effort for the solution of the I problem of the best interests of the I circumscribed and handicapped meraB bers of the social body. Campaign is Now On. B The campaign launched by the stuV dents (*T the law school of the Univer slty of South Carolina for the erection I of a $40,000 separate law building oh B the university campus is now well B under way. After the proposal of the B Idea to the assembled law classes and ft it* unanimous adoption with the lmB mediate subscription of $4,000 by the B students themselves as a nucleus for the fund a committee of five students to carry on the work was appointed. ^B This body has spent some time care fully preparing the details. |B Lexington County Corn Show. That Lexington county soil will proB duce corn equal to that of the other H counties of the state was proved by the large number of exhibits at the third annual corn show, held under .the auaploea of the Lexington County ^Oorn Growers' association. With a yield of 147 bushsla, J. A. Eleazer of ^Bthe Dutch Fork section won the cash ^Bprlse of $2$ offered by Congressman Ba. F Lever at the beginning of the season. With a production of 137 ^Hltashelt L. . Eleaxer c? the umt com^Haiunlty carried oft the second prize. L THf 91. A VERY BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY A Coot Lin* Mail Coach Waa Rifled Near Columbia.?A Lone Man Old the Oaring Deed. ?? Columbia.?A masked white man robbed the mail car of Atlantic Coast Line train No. 55 between Royster and this city, took the regLcered letters, stopped the train and jumped off just before the train reached the city limits. The value of the registered mail stolen is not known but the letters are said to contain several thousand dollars. There is no clue to the identity of the robber. The train, westbound from Wilmington, reached the Royster block house, 2 miles from Columbia on time. It stopped there a moment, then proceeded toward the city. The robber is supposed to have boarded the train at Royster. Within a few minutes after the train started, he made his appearance in the mail car held up the two mail clerks at the point of a pistol and took the registered letters. He then nulled the bell cord and leaped off as the train stopped. In the darkness there was no use to pursue and the train continued on its way to this city where the robbery was reported. Detectives are now on the hunt for the robber but have found no trace of him at the last report South Carolina Naw Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Arthur Hardware company of St. MatthewB, with a capita] stock of $35,000 to do a general hardware business. The petitioners are G. W. Arthur, G. A. Baxter and James W. Haigler. A charter was granted to the Lancaster Light and Power company of Lancaster, with a capital stock of $6,000. The officers are Leroy Springs, president; T. T. Williams, vice president; Waddy C. Thompson, secretary and treasurer. The company proposes to furnish light and power. A commission has been Issued to the Carolina Lumber company of Columbia with a capital stock I of $6,000. The petitioners are T. L. ! Outlaw and C. J. Cook. The compnay | will do a general lumber business. The Georgia Horse and Mule company with a capital of $10,000 has been commissioned. The peitioners are C. F. Par ker and J. B. Johnson. A commission has been issued to the Real Estate Holding company of Sumter with a capital stock of $60,000 to do a general real estate and investment business. The petitioners are D. R. McCallum Jr., and David E. Moise. Education Board to Meet Next Month. The state board of education has been called to meet in the governor's office on December 4 at 10 o'clock. This is the regular winter meeting and the board will have little except routine business to consider. J. s. Wheeler, superintendent of. education of Newberry .county, tendered his resignation on November 23. The vacancy must be filled by the board. Several prospective applicants are interested in the position and will very probably present their claims when the board convenes. Several appeal cases from Lexington and Anderson counties will be heard and several applicants for teachers' certificates presented. W. H. Hand, the state high school Inspector, will present his report upon which high school appropriations for the scholastic year 1911-T2 will be based. Any patrons or citizens who wish to be heard, the purchase or exchange of text-books should communicate with the governor, the exofflcio chairman, or the state superintendent of education, the ex-offlcio sec cretary, of the board. Campaign Is Making Headway. The campaign inaugurated in this section by the Rock Hill Buggy company of sending paid canvassers in automobHes to personally secure pledges from the .farmers to reduce cotton acreage by 40 per cent and hold present cotton for 13 cents, has resulted In over 75 per cent of farmers in territory covered signing. In a few days arrangements will be complete for putting the plan into operation in other townships. Selecting Site For Station. The Cleirison College committee on the selection af a site for the establishment of a branch agricultural station were at Florence and went over all of the proposed sites v . * ^toThought to Be Oldest Woman in State. Mrs. Nancy Wilson, aged 105 years and 9 months, died at her home near Central, after a brief illness. Mrs. Wilson was the widow of Robert Wilson, who died more than a quarter century ago. She was a native of OW Pendleton, moving to the Central community bixty years ago. In her young days at Pendleton she was an intimate friend of the Calhouns and in her latter days she delighted to tell reminiscences of John C. Calhoun. She was a Miss Hopkins, daughter of a prominent family. Are Invited to Attend Unveiling. The commission in charge of erecting a monument to the South Carolina women of the Confederacy has 3ent invitations to all the colleges and high schools in the state with the special request that they be repre?ontwl hv ab large a delegation as dob sible at the unveiling of the memorial to women in Columbia on December 14. It now seems probable that some of the larger educational institutions in South Carolina will have very large representations at the unveiling of the mounment. Orders Special Election. Gov. Blease has ordered an election at Edgefield .for Tuesday. December 19, to fill the vacancy in the office of judge of probate, caused by the recent death of Judge J. D. Allen. E. J. Korris, chairman of the board of commissioners for county and state elections, has received the official notice and will duly advertise the election and appoint the managers at once. A; there are three years of the term yet unexpired, it is probable that there will be several candidates for the place. J ' LEQ FO GUARDMEETS HERE! SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION WILL MEET IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. L . -a I] PROGRAMME IS ARRANGED ii A Number of Interesting Addresses ^ Will Be Made By Prominent Men 0 Who Will Be Present?All Officers u Eligible to Join Association. g , o Columbia.?The programme for the a annual meeting of the National Guard Association of South Carolina, to be held here on the evening of January 0 16, has been arranged. This meeting c according to a statement by an officer e 3f the association, giveB promise of | UC*"B "" ?? , r- i account of the interesting programme, c but owing to the general dissatisfac- 1 lion among the officers with the present administration; there having been c a great deal of friction and in Borne i( cases some criticism. The fact that [ c no encampments have been held dur- a ing the summer has disorganised a 1 great many of the companies, because the trip and the outing on such oc- 1 caslons is the only return the majority of the enlisted men derive from c their services, and when this is elim- ^ inated there is small inducement for 8 continuing in the ipitlitla." \ The officer says that the above ex- t presses the general sentiment o,' the f association. All officers of the Na- y tlonal Guard of the state are eligible a to join the association. The annual fee is fl. No recognition will be given to the floor unless the officer ( is in uniform. According to the program the meet- ^ ing will be held in the city hall chain . ber, commencing at 8 o'clock on the evening of January 16, when the elec- 0 tion of officers will take place. A a number of well-known officers of the National Guard will deliver addresses Daughters of Confederacy. V Greenwood.?With, the selection ol C Jharleston as the place for the next II I meeting and the election of officers, n I 1C?K annual pnnv?ntlnn r\t thf t! VUU AWVU UtlUUHl VVMt VMktv? South Carolina division of the United C Daughters of the Confederacy came tc P a close. The officers elected for the n next year are: President, Mrs. C. E a Graham, Greenville; first vice presi- P dent, Mrs. St. John Allison Lawton: ^Charleston; second vice president, e MIsb Alice Earle, Columbia; third vice 3 president, Mrs. E. J. Burch. Florence: j. fourth vice president, Mrs. J. L. Mc- 0 Whirter, Jonesville; Tecording secre- t, tary, Mrs. C. J. Milling, Darlington; ^ corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. B a Owens, Clinton; treasurer, Mrs. M. J c Perry, Lancaster; registrar, Mrs. J. A r Burton, Newberry; recorder of crosses v Mrs. W. H. Fowler, York; auditor, Mrs John McCue, Orangeburg. Nothing to Lose on Scheme. Columbia.?"All the gentlemen from 11 the South were convinced that the c producer has everything to gain and r nothing to lose, even being protected 1 against any decline in the market, 1 from the price prevailing the day he u puts bis cotton in the hands of the 8 state committee," was the statement * made by E. J. Watson, president ol 0 the Southern Cotton congress and commissioner of agriculture of South c Carolina, upon his return from New e York. Mr. Watson attended a con b ference of bankers and cotton men h when plans for $50,000,000 to finance c the cotton holding movement in the o South were perfected. e d Are In Earnest and Want Road. b Anderson.?Beyond acquainting the a jfficials af the Southern railway with r< the fact that the people between Charleston and Walhalla are anxious tc nave the Blue Ridge railway extend q over the mountains to Knoxville, ^ Tenn., and that these people are ready and willing to do anything within rea N son 10 mt? tfAivuBiuu, tittic ^ was gained by the railroad conference ' which was attended by 100 or more citizens representing the towns and cities ( along the road. The State 1911 Crop of Tobacco. Columbia.?There have been 11,101, 006 pounds of tobacco sold and the price paid for same was $1,362,462.84 from the 1911 crop in South Carolina. v as compared with 18,802,886, which p brought $1,804,685.44 in 1910, according to a report just issued by Commis- . sioner E. J. Watson. There were thir- (( teen markets and twenty-five ware- v houses in this state for tobacco this year, according to this report. It will be noticed that the tobacco industry p is an important part of the agrlcul- ^ tural resources of the state. Organizer Keller Addressee Union. g( Harleyville.?Organizer B. F. Keller e met the local Farmers' union here. c. He addressed the farmers on the sub- 0 Ject of holding cotton, curtailing acre- tl age, and diversification. The question of hnildine a crtfnn warehouse was also discussed, and a committee composed of C. P. Moorer, Cyrus Mims, u C. A. Pendervis. H. M. Bell and L. D S( Canady was appointed to solicit sub- jc scriptions to the capital stock. While ei no pledges were made a large amount w of cotton is being held for higher tl prices. tj Two Homicides in One Week. ^ Benuettsville. ? Another homicide j< took place in Marlboro county, making u two in one week. The ipan killed was 0 a negro by the name of Clarence Grif- ^ fin. He worked with the Scott Lumber compan). 12 miles south of. Bennettsville. and came from Dillon coun- T ty. He was around the camp drink- 0 ing, shooting his pistol promiscuously ^ and a white man, T. E. Carroll, was 0 shot through the arm. The negro. ^ Griffin, was shot in the neck and lived p only a few minutes. 2i % i Jr RT KT MILL, S. C., THURSI 'JEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA y V Column of 8hort Paragraphs That ||| Have Been Collected With Care By the Editor. Columbia ?The dispensary windingip commission was in session, but OV lothing was given out for publication. Orangeburg. ? The Orangeburg C 'eachers' association held its regular aonthly meeting at the court house, 'he meeting was a very interesting >ne. TF Orangeburg.?Superlntnedent of edication Lucius \V. Livingston has be- ^11 ;un bis roundB of visiting the schools >f this county and is greatly pleased < vith the outlook for the year at the ^ chools visited. Columbia.?To see the "Corn King 1 f America" walking along the front >f rows upon rows of splendid corn, j omparing each sample with *he otbr until Anally his trained eye has tw ound the superb prise winner of all he show, will be the privilege of the 0Q lundreds of farmers who visit the Aj| South Atlantic Corn exposition on e{t ruesday, December 12. Florence.?The Florence fire depart- ' nent is undergoing a thorough revis- fer on at the hands of Chief Thiome. fr? Florence is soon to have an automo- ex] die fire engine and two sub stations, Do ,nd two or many be three companies, un "he fire alarm telegraph system is to vol ie doubled, which will give every sec- do' ion of the city an alurm box. hai St. Matthews.?A real estate deal of onsiderable interest was transacted . l&( lere. Shep Fearlistlne sold his handW ome residence, located on Amaker feights, to J. M. Haigler, county audior. Mr. Haigler has made his home _ on or many years near Cameron, where ie has sold his farm of about 200 >c' cres for something over $18,000. * na PnlnmKlo T Vi rnn tr V? tKn ..I. VUlUltiUllk. A tuv vvvp^l U mi ion of the department of agriculture wl n Washington, a new and attractive otl ourse of lectures is offered at the an Jniversity of South Carolina by A. Un I. Smith and Ira W. Williams. The th? bject of the course is not to teach , griculture, but to keep the whole m< tudeut body sympathetic with coun- Joi ry life. th< Columbia. ? Commiasioner E. J. Vatson Is in receipt of a letter from trl !ommissioner Graham, of North Caro- V [na, stating that an effort will be made to get a special appropriation of hat state's exhibit at the National ' !orn Show Exposition, which takes ne lace here in 1913. Mr. Graham alao ^,n manifested the liveliest interest in the pproaching South Atlantic Corn Ex- un o9ltion, on December 11-16. 1)0 wa Columbia.?Governor Blease offer- re, d a reward of 1100 for the apprehen- y^\ ion, and delivery to the sheriff of lampton county, of Dave Rivers, col- 0f red, wnated in that county for at- aIt empt to commit a criminal assault on lovember 21. The negro is described uc s about 22 years old, dark gingercake jji, olor, thick Hps. full, staring eyes, nar- Bjj ow. long face, full head of hair and pe ^ears No. 9 shoes. Lexington.?Washington and Lee Jniversity will have the unique dis- ' inction after January 1, next, of hav- 201 ng two presidents to fill the vacancy aused by the resignation of President *01 )enny. The executive committee of he institution has named Dr. Harry tr? ). Camubell, at present dean of the 10 niversity ,and John L. Campbell, its Co ecretary and treasurer, to perform Pft mintly tne duties of the presidential aT< ffice. ^r un Columbia.?The authorities of the ne harleston fire department are consid- gjj ring the inauguration of a new com* tri (nation fire apparatus in the replac* M lg of the central station chemical en, ngine, which has been in service for ver 15 years and now nearing the nd of its usefulness, with a motorriven hose wagon and chemical, com- crj ined in one apparatus, to be used p lso as a tractor, coupled to one of the W| pgular steam engines. j ^ Washington.?It was announced ?d hat postal savings banks would be Su pened at Barnwell and Clemson Col- to ?ge December 22. B. L. Miller has een appointed postmaster at Sllgh, Jewberry county, vice E. E. Sligh, re- ! joved. At Eastover, Richland coun- cei y, a new free delivery mail route has Ch een established. It will be addi- frt lonal service, route No. 2, length 19.7 liles; families on route, .'!18. w? Columbia. ? Governor Blease ejects to attend the Good Roads Conention In Washington on December and 7. and then go acrc6B to Baltl- Pri tore to attend the Emigration Con- en ention. called for that date by Gov- *11 rnor Carouthers, of Maryland. sel Columbia.?All automobile routes in Ch his state will be marked, according or< o a letter received Dy commissioner "" Watson from the B. F. Goodrich auto- ^0I lobile tire manufacturers. This com- ac1 any states that they are going to m< rect signs on all important automo- a 1 ile roads from Pennsylvania to Florl- Ch a and as far west as Utah. TO Charleston.?The board of city chool commissioners has ordered an 5u xamination of applicants for 20 va- 1 ancies in the corps of extra teachers r^* f the city schools. This is one of le largest number of vacancies which Ho le board has been called upon to fill. th< Greenville.?Among the incidents of ue< ie Convention of the United Daugh- Br ?rs of the Confederacy was the pre?ntatlon of a state flag to the Divis- ^h in. The Daughters of the Confed- Be' racy have the largest organization of ra' omen in the state. Year after year ie Division has gotten small flag9 *a< tat have been of temporary use. Charleston.?An encouraging numer of wholesalers, manufacturers, ibbers and bankers of Charleston at- ( -nded the meeting held in the rooms f the Chamber of Commerce for the urpose of organizing a branch of the ec ationsl Association of Credit Men in lis city. Columbia?Ben Bibbs, who was con- wh lcted in Anderson county in January we f this year, on the charge of houseurning and sentenced to ten years Pa n the public works of that county, o*1 as been paroled by the governor >PI ending gccd behavior. This maker to 62 c?scs> cf executive clemency. MILL )AY, NOVEMBER 30, 191 m RIOTING IN ' II PORTUGAL CITY ? ZING TO THE EXPUL8I0N OF 1 a IHINE8E WOMEN FOR ILLEGAL EXERCI8F OF CURE. d ^ f IE MOB CREATES DISORDER t I of the Street* Are Occupied ty ] Salvnry Who Charge In All Direc- J :ione?A Number of Peraone War* Killed and Wounded. Lisbon.?The disorders wmcn weired here owing to the expulsion of a 0 Chinese women for the illegal 1 erclse of a "cure" for blindness at e time attained serious proportions. 1 1 the streets in the center of the 1 y were occupied by cavalry, who i arged continuously in all directions. i The populace which was armed, of- < ed firm reslstence and shots were < ely exchanged. Suddenly a great 1 plosion was heard on the Placa m Pedro. The cavalry gallopc-d up, r slung their carbines and poured i lley after volley through the win- * ws of a cafe in which a great mob ( d taken refuge and barricaded them- ( Ives with chairs, divans and other ( niture. The mob answered the at- j ik until all the large panes of glass ire riddled with bullets. Then they f rrendered. Two persons were found . led and a large number wounded < the floor of the cafe. A similar < ?ne was enacted at another store | tere some of the republican leaders . d taken refuge from the furious pop- ( ice. The rioters, unable to cope th the mlltary, fled into taverns and ler places, from which they hooted d fired upon the passing soldiers : til the latter entered and expelled ML After the explosion of the bomb the >b Invaded the hospital of Sane e, which occupies the buildings of j former Jesuit College of Santo 1 itoa, built in 1757, whence they ed to carry off the wounded, but < re repulsed by the soldiers. I Mrs. Vermilya Is Held. I Chicago.?Mrs. Louise Vermilya was I Id to the grand jury by the corner's I :y which investigated the death of i llceman Arthur Rlssonette. She is i der arrest charged with having i Lsoned him. Little new testimony is aded to the previously published | iults of the police investigation. x Itnesses told of Bisonnett's living at j ) Vermilya home, of his Illness and ] his death and the subsequent ex- , lination of hin viscera for poison, , lich was found in quantities. Po- , e told of Mrs. Vermllya's sudden jess, while under surveillance, after e had sprinkled poison from a pep r box on some food served to her. Troops May Be Called Out. Denver, Col.?Labor troubles In the si camp of Northern Colorado, tere a strike has been in progress * some time, have reached a stage lere the advisability of calling for >ops Is being considered according news received here. At Louisville, lorado, the situation is regarded as rticularly critical. The mines there > owned by a Wyoming corporation, esident Brown of the company said less conditions improved within the xt few days, be would ask Governor afroth for the protection of Federal >ops to which he says the company a non-resident property holder is titled. Plead Not Guilty of Charge. S'ew York.?Joseph Cassidy, Demoitic leader of Queens county, Louis Walter, his lieutenant, nnd William lllett, Jr., pleaded not guilty to in:tments charging that they consplrto buy Wlllett'a nomination to the preme Court. Kach was admitted $6,000 bond. Effort To Smuggle Chinese. San Francisco, Cal.?News was reived of the capture of twenty-three inese, who were attempting to land >m the steamer Kamrat, at Montey. Cal. Two of the ship's officers ire arrested. 1 Will Stop "Shanghaiing." l Washington.?Determined to end the < ictlce of '.shanghaiing" men and the i forcement of a system which virtu- : y amounts to peonage aboard ves- i s, especially on the "oyster fleet" In esapeake bay, Secretary Nagel has ! lered a fast boat to go after the of- i iders and police the waters. The i at will start out in a day or so. This i tion by the Secretary of the Depart- 1 snt of Commerce and Labor follows < recommendation of Commissioner 1 Aroberlaln of the department's bn- i iu of navigation. ' t Out Hearts of Their Prisoners. < Song Kong?Trafflc on the West er has practically come to a stand- 1 11. Steamers to Fu Chow from ng Kong have been withdrawn but 1 jse from Canton ere being contin1 on the assurance given by the < itish authorities that the river will < patroled. Communication with Wp i ow and Nanking is entirely cut ofT. i veral passenger motorboats are ] SBlng. At Wu Chow revolutionary dlers are avenging the recent mas- < :re Thev have alreadv beheaded ty prisoners. i Negroe's ?kln Turned White. i ^hillicothe, Mo.? "he case of a ne- ' > who turned whi'e is to be report* to the National Medical Society th the hope that something may be , rned of the peculiar skin disease ( ich has baffled physicians of north* i st Missouri for levral years. The , ?ro who Ib de&d here, was Dudley j yne, coal black and typically Afrl* j i in feature. The splotches at flrst ] teared on his hands and later spread \ the upper part of his body. The ings came gradually. \ ? T1 .1. :ROM ALL OVER THE STATE Th? Latest New That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties of the State. Washington.?Postal savings banks rill be opened at Manning and WinnsK>ro on December 20, according to an innouncement made here. Newberry.?The weather is splenlid and many farmers are sowing train though the ground is rather ret yet. There is a big demand for iced wheat and oats. Washington.?Allendale and Dillon, hird class postolflces in South Caro lna, were designated as postal savngs bank offices, to be ready for d? oslts December 18, 1911. Abbeville.?Senator E. D. Smitb nade an address here in the court louse to about 100 farmers and others interested in cotton. Mr. Smitb rent after the fertilizer people and idvised against the use of any com nercial fertilizers for the 1912 crop. Spartanburg.?Mr. J. W. Alexander ias on exhibition at his office perraps the largest sweet potato grown n Spartanburg county this season. It veighs 13 1-4 pounds. It is egg-shap>d, 12 inches long and 24 inches in drcumference around the middle. It s the Nancy Hall variety. Charleston.?Sergeant Cole and his aiding squad made the "arrest" of ilx white merchants alleged to be 'blind tigers." Each was released on leposit of $50 bail. They are: G. M. Worker, Ettori Topi, George Pan:hapoula, C. F. Klencke, George Vblto and Mrs. H. Mappus. Lexington.?Judge Memminger signed an order refusing to grant a new rial In the case of George E. Eleazer >f Richland county agaipat the Jouthern railroad company in which he Jury awarded $5,000 damages for he alleged loss of an eye. The cass will be appealed to the higher court Anderson.?Brooks Wilson, aged 14, and Joe Sherard, aged 16, members >f prominent and influential famiies of Abbeville county were burned :o death, when the home of Walter EVilson, in the Warrenton section of :hat county, was destroyed by fire, rhis occurred about five miles from \bbeville. Barnwell.?Only one planter of this :ounty has signed a pledge to hold ' -??" klnliAli nulflfl X-J A {a T 1 IB I'UUUU JUI UlgUCl yilV/C. uc ?v v. L?. Ellis, who has pledged 41 bales 'or an advance in the market. The farmer* are either not in a position :o withhold a part of the crop or do lot realize the importance of tbis movement or the work is not being sufficiently pushed in this county. Orangeburg?Orangeburg is going :o make an effort through Congressman Asbury F. Lever, to have an appropriation made by congress for experimenting upon black gumwood to iscertain whether or not it can be manufactured into wood pulp for the making of paper. The black gum s abundant In and surrounding Oringeburg and Orangeburg county and s at present of very little value. Rock Hill.?A movement financed by the Rock Hill Buggy Company was started here to see what can be lone by way of a concrete example In two local townships toward insti:ut!ng a whirlwind campaign throughput the cotton belt to have the farmers personally seen by men in automobiles, to secure their pledges for holding cotton and reducing acreage pn the plan outlined by the Farmers' Union. Columbia.?Governor Blease is ab sent In Richmond, Va? where he went to argue the case of M. A. Carlisle, >f Newberry, convicted of violation pf the national banking laws, and sentenced to five years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, before the United States Court of Appeals. Governor Blease, with Mr. F. H. Dominick, of Newberry, represented ,Mr. Carlisle at his trial in Greenville before he was governor. Charleston?According to information received in Charleston the Atlan tic Coast Line will send over its southern system one of the most :omplete good roads trains that ever rode on rails, f^fjwing the Congress Tor Highway I^/^vement. The train ivill visit every county through which the A. C. L. runs in Virginia, North snd South Carolina, Georgia, Florida ind Alabama. The time occupied by the passage of the train will run well into the new year. Greenville. ? The cotton-holding movement is gaining ground in Sreenville county, though the farmers idvocating acreage reduction next year are meeting with little encour igement. Lexington.?In the case of W H. Spires, plaintiff, against W. E. Gard tier and L. W. Gardner, the Jury could : aot reach a verdict and Judge Memmlnger ordered a mistrial In the common pleas court after the jury had considered the case for about four hours. The plaintiff was seeking to recover certain farm lands, together with $3,000 damages. Lexington?The quarterly conference of the Lexington circuit, the Rer. J. C. Counts, pastor, was held In the Methodist church. Dr. J. W Daniel, presiding elder of the Columbia district was present. Scranton.?Grover Turner, 16-yearold son of Frasier Turner of Florence county, was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line engine while lie was attempting to cross the railroad track here, and instantly killed. His body was toBsed about 60 feet against the 3tation house steps, striking two by standers and Injuring both of them slightly. Greenville.?Albert S. Johnstone of Greenville was elected secretary of the board of trade, succeeding E. B. Adams who resigned to go to Albany, Ga. Rock Hill?The various countie< are bragging about their potatoes and tomatoes and other products o' the soil, but here is a true story of a sweet potato. A. J. Shugart, manager of the Oran 8. Poe "Robertson"' place just outside of Rock Hill, has brought into Rock Hill a sweet potato which tipped the 6cales at exactly 18 3-4 pounds. It Is a perfectly sound tuber. / ; 1 jg?6j . ? ?? * ' > - , i' 1 ) . ' T V >* . V " .< ' > *4 . ' /' ' [MES ? THE REBELS HAVE BEGUN THE ATTACK THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE HAS BEEN BOMBARDED. GENERAL WONG AMONG bLAIN Imperialists Make a Sortie But Are Driven Back Within the Walls? The Fall of the City is DestinedObject of Seizure Shown. Nanking.?After more than half a century of silence the hills overlooking the walled city of Nanking, the ancient capital of China, swarm with rebellious forces eager for its occupation and determined to take the stronghold where the Manchus are making their last stand south of the Yangtse. From the Tiger Hill fort for several hours big guns spoke repeatedly, while further up, along the northeastern range from the top of Purple mountain, overlooking the Ming Tombs for a 15-raile serai-circle westward to the Yangtse, smaller forts scattered shells into every section of the city. So far as it is known the casualty list is not large. General Wong, second in command of defenders, is among those killed. During the earlier part of the day, the Imperialists attempted a sortie against the attacking forces, with a view to recapturing their positions and guns but were driven back inside the walls with considerable losses. The Tiger Hill batteries, meanwhile, were pounding shells into Lion Hill. They succeeded in silencing the batteries there which, it Is suspected, were of little value. The object of the first seizure of Tiger Hill was shown by the early appearance of four cruisers, and later in the day of other warships. In the evening a dozen torpedo boat destroyers and cruisers were lying menacingly near the city. Doubtless they will quickly reduce the lower section and drive the defenders to the south. The viceroy of Nanking and the Tartar general, in fear of General Chang, the Imperialist commander, have taken refuge in the Japanese consulate, Stephenson Will Not Lose Seat. Washington.?With the declaration :Uat 110 instances of vote-buying were liscovered but with words of censure for the use of large sums of money in ais campaign the Senate committee which Investigated the election of United States Senator lHaac Stephenton is expected to report shortly after :he opening of Congress. Senator Stephenson, according to a well-foundid report here, will be declared fully entitled to his seat. Fowler Forces to Descend. Fort Worth, Tex.?Aviator Fowler had a trying experience when i^is engine broke down in midair npd he was forced ta descend in the midst Df a drove of steers. He was In sight of Fort Worth when the accident occurred. It took dexterious management to avoid alighting in the midnt of the stampeded cattle. The descent of the aviator was about a mile from lona station. The aeroplane was dragged into lona, where it was safely housed. They Many Patch Up Peace. Mexico City.?Fresident Madero has sent to Oaxaca a special commissioner to effect if possible a reconcilatlon between the disgruntled state and central government. Reports from Oaxaca state that the commissioner, Carlos Trejo V. Lordo de Tejada was rudely received by a hooting populace but that Oovernor Juarez in a speech to the people urged them not tr? inf?rff>rn with his unrk sinee nettce. after all, wa3 the tiling most greatly desired. The central government has not altered its position of not assisting the Governor in the adjustment of disputes growing out of the appointment of an unpopular Jefe politico but at the national palace confidence is expressed in the ability of the government to settle the controversy. Smuggling Chinese. Chicago.?Four Chinese, believed tc have been smuggled into the United States, were found here secreted in a box car on the Chicago Hock Island & Pacific Railroad. Secret service operatives of the Department of Justice, who made i number of arrests on charges of Chinese smuggling, found the Celestials. The find was at the same place where a week ago Kmi! Hegenbeck was shot by a railroad watchman as he apparently was trying to break into a freight car. The car was found to contain two Chinese. T Morse Is Out Of Prison. Atlanta, Ga.?Charles W. .Morse, the New York banker, exchanged his bare cell at the Federal prison heie for a more commodious ward in the army hospital at Fort McPherson by order of Attorney General Wickershain, who recently made a special visit to Atlanta to investigate the condition of Mr. Morse. The transfer was made early in the morning, Morse making the trip of several miles in an ambulance, accompanied by Major Baker, chiei surgeon at the fort. He stood the trip very well. Think They Have "Shorty." Richmond, Va.?Postofflce inspectors and detectives wh< -vent to Houston, Halifax county, to identify twc men held in jail on suspicion that they are burglars, searched their baggage and found a complete outfit of burglar's tools. The prisoners were photo graphed and measured and these records have been sent to Washington by government experts with the expectation that they will be easily identified. The inspectors are of opinion that the men are the notorious "California Shorty" and Baker. I I - - ' : ~ $1.25 PER YEAR TO LIMIT POWER OF BOARD Greenville Citizens Seek to Change School Book Law.?To Circulate Petitions. Greenville. ? There Is launched throughout Greenville county a aysI teniatic and determined campaign designed to reduce the "unlimited powers" of the state board ctf education and prevent in the future a repetition of the "unprecedented and useless change in text books which was required during the past school year." J. B. Davis, county superintendent of education, has caused to be placed ... . .t. % j ~ m *. A 1 AC wun eacn ooara 01 iruBieco ui me iuu school districts in Greenville county copies of the petition. The trustees of each school district have pledged themselves to see that every citizen or that district is given an opportunity to sign the petition. With the I petition being circulated throughout the entire county simultaneously it is believed that better results will follow than if the county were canvassed by piecemeal. Copies of the petition were forwarded the trustees of the various school districts several days ago. with the instructions that they begin immediately with the work ol circulating them. Though the county superintendent o,? education has fixed no particular date for the petitions to be returned to him, the trustees are supposed to canvass their respective districts within a few days. The petitions will be turned over to the county superintendent of education, who will then formally present them to the county legislative delegation. South Carolina New Enterprises'. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the "C. H. B." Company ol Columbia, with a capital stock of $5. 000. The company proposes to do a general real estate bargain business. The officers are: Charles H. Barron, president and secretary C. H. Baldwin, vice president and treasurer. A charter has been issued to the Southern Wood Products Company of Conway, with a capital stock of $200,0j)0. Th? company proposes to transact a general naval stores and chemical busi ness, to buy and sell standing and fallen timber and timber lands, tc manufacture and sell lumber, barb and wood pulp. The ofllcen are. Ar th.ir Mann, president, and James C nugentOU, aewieiaijr uuu iicoouiv.4. charter has been issued to the Hampton Park Terrace of Charleston with a capital stock of 110,000. The com pany will do a general real estate business. The officers are: T. S. Wilbur, president; B. B. Gilchrist, vice president, and W. C. Wilbur, secre tary and treasurer. The charter of the Carolina Bank and Trust Compan> of Spartanburg has been amended sc as to change the names to the Mag ne88 Trust Company. The amend ment also authorizes the division ol the capital stock into shares of the par vahie of $100, instead of $25, anc also to change the office of cashiei to that of secretary and treasurer A Welt Managed Poore House. Anderson county probably has the best managed and best equipped pool house or county home in the state Jas. L. Cochran, the manager, hat just gathered his corn crop, whicl was raised on the county home farm and it amounted to 5,000 bushels. LaB< year, on the same acreage, the croi was 4,000 bushels. There are at pres ent 33 inmates at the county home, 21 whites and 12 negroes. These an housed in the cottages erected foi the purpose near the main dwelling and the care of these houses is left tc the inmates. The food is prepared ii the kitchen of the main dwelling anc Is served to the inmates in their owr quarters, their rooms being /urnishec with table, chairs, etc. A Report on Columbia Schools. The roport on the condition of th? j city schools in Columbia was Issuer in printed form by K. S. Dreher, th? superintendent. This is the 28th an ? ' ? ? ?*?'l Vi o # t Kn rn hat ! nuai rppon nuu miuas mm II.T-ID been much progress in educational a? fair# In the city during the past year Superintendent .Dreher was assister in making the report by the princi * pals of the various departments of tin city schools. There is some interest ing data contained in the report show ing the work of the city schools. ' Convention of Association. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the State Teachers' Assoc!a tion. held in Charleston, arrangement} for the annual convention of the as 1 soeiafion, which will be held in thIf city March 2S-29, next, were discussed Mr. A. Burnet Hhett was appointee chairman of the local executive com mittee to prepare /or the entertain, ment of delegates and arrange othei details connected with the convention Mr. Rhett announced that within the next week of two he would name mem bers of a number of sub-committees. To Ask For a More Liberal Charter. At a meeting of the stockholders ol the Farmers' Union Warehouse Company the directors were authorized tc apply to the secretary ctf state for a more liberal charter for the company. At present the company has power only to store cotton, and it If desired that a new charter be secured so that a general commission business may be carried on, and also to deal in lands, if this be deemed advisable and to the interest of the farmers <V the county, thus resulting in a saving to the buyers. Join To Assist Stricken Poor. The plan for a tuberculosis hospital for the care of the poor of the city infected with the disease, has been taken up by the various denominations (Columbia, through an invitation for cooperation extended by the Daughters of the Holy Cross of Trinity, with whom the idea originated. At a meeting of the daughters held In Sab terlee hall the report of the chairman of the camp committee was heard, the principal interest contained therein lying in the fact that the mJala era heartily endorsed the plan.