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M. ESTABLISHED IN 18< COAST LINE Slir I fiOOD ROADS TRAIN k ftQAO BUILDING EXPERTS WILL F ; MAKE THE TRIP THROUGH rW ' V, SOUTH CAROLINA. | WILL STOP AT MANY TOWNS WfNI * Operated Under th? Direction B "^"ofthe United States Office of Public I Roads.?Working of the Improved H Road Machinery. i Columbia.?The Atlantic Coast L ne L railroad has arranged for its special \ good roads train to visit Columbia December 30 and January 1. An exf tensive itinerary is scheduled; and many of the towns of South Carolina will be afforded an opportunity of inspecting the "good roads" special. This train will be oparated under the direction of the United States office of public roads, which* has provided a corps of road building experts. These experts will give free stereopticoa lectures and thorough instructions for buildiug good roads. The practical working of improved road building machinery will be shown in a thorough manner. The county supervisors will be ininterested in this announcement, and no doubt they will cooperate In having a large delegation of the county offl/ cials and citizens present. The subject of good roads and the i vast benefits to be derived therefrom is one of intense interest, and this . movement deserves the cooperation of II pUVJIl" BJ/ll IIVU bllucuo. I No doubt the South Carolina Good 1^^. Roads Association and the Automobile HflB Club of Columbia will appoint a deleBH gation to meet the Coast Line special on its arrirai in Columbia on Decernber 30. The train will be equipped with a I private car for the government experts and representatives of the high^B^B way association and the Atlantic Coast ^^B Line railroad, an exhibition car, with ^^B ..generating power for operating models of road building machinery and a ^ B lecture car, equipped with ample seats for the audience. This movement has the official in^^ dorement of the American Associatioa for highway improvement and Initial trip of the good roads ^^^^B special was made after the recent convention of the* American Roads tjvngito. *?ii Richmond. ^^BH,?omptrq1er General Makes Ruling. Comtcroller General Jones ruled BHw the Income tax is assessed byjthe | state upon the grosB Income, less the 1 necessary expenses of the business in t Which It is produced, and that the loss l on investments can not be conBider1 ed a part of the expenses of Gie pro'duction of the income, nor can one be offset against the other. He gave y ^ the opinion upon the receipt of a let* VairfioM rnnntv innuirina _ W> tiVHI * -rf w whether a citizen is entitled to the refaction in amount of decrease in the narket value of cotton mill stocks held from the gross income before Meertelning whether or not a citizen 10 liable to pay the state income tax | thereon. Fhe Earliest Chair of History. One cf the earliest chairs of history Bstablished in the United States was the chair of hiEtcry and political economy at the South Carolina college. ,he first bolder of which was Fhsucis Lieber, who was elected in 1835. Prof. Lleber remained in Columbia for 20 years and wrote here the works on political economy which place him in ?ne front ranks of writers on that Object. To him are perhaps due the nany rare editions of old historians, (nmden Fair Was a Success. Jfvt the meeting of the chamber of ^B^merce the president stated that ^HL ounty fair had come out a few ^PBtu.V financially, in spite of tie rainy weather during the three d\ys of the fair. He said that the sucthe fair was dug to J. T. and H. G. Carrisdn, Jr., the president and secretary of the fair management' and the fair committee. Have Asked For a Concrete Bridge. | At a meeting of the county board of, commissioners, a joint delegation I from the local chapters of the U. D. C. vjtnd D. A. R. requested that a concrete brldre be built over Dingle's Mill srfeara, and that they be allowed to pn <ce in this bridge a tablet commemo nt'ltag the battle of Dingle's Mill, which was fought there during the TVpIr Between ?he States. In reply to ?l?ia requret the board stated that at tho. presai t time they could not build such a bridge over the stream until the present bridge wore out. Receipts for Florence Post^ffice. 1he receipts for the Florence post->ffl<e have been steadily climbing for -h* Past five years. The statement ttt mate us recently by the postmaster for comparison is as follows: Year endnf M.?ch 31. 07 $11,206.07, Year tndnr March 31. '08 12.437.97. Year W endng March 31, '09, 12,405. 93. Year W endng March 31, *10. 13.802.06. Year V endng March 31, '11, 15,520.24. These I flguies give a very good index of the J trad- of the city In the years mention[ ed, md point its growth. The effect of the >anic in 1907 is shown. Under Construction By Early spring. It is stated here by a man in a icsii-on to know that the Elkton excensbn of the C. C.. and O., railroad will n all probability be under construe Ion by early spring. This is the -yP; 40-tnle link that will give the Clinch'JkL' field road a connection with the k Chesapeake and Ohio road between Dantf, VTa? and Elkhorn City, Ky., and HQk give iJouth Carolina a new trunk line HH from he middle west. For some time It has been understood that the Elkhorn extension was being seriously considered. THE >1. LAW SCHOOL SHOWS GROWTH The Annual Report of the Dean ie Submitted to the Faculty.?A Very Interacting Summary. Columbia.?The annual report of \ the dean of the law school of the University of South Carolina, John P. Thomas, contains some items of public interest as to the signal growth of this work. The enthusiasm of the students has admirably reenforced the efforts of the faculty to put the lay school among the foremost in efficiency . This is necessary for the legal progress of the state as a whole, since the graduates of the law school of the University of South Carolina are admitted to the bar without examination. The faculty of the law school con gists of Profs. Nelson Frierson, E. Marion Rucker and John P. Thomas, Jr., who is dean. There have been registered during the present term, 67 students, of whom 18 are in the senior, or second year, class, and 49 in the junior, or first year, class. All of these students are in regular attendance, and all are taking the full prescribed course of study. This is by far the largest enrollment of studentB during any year since the organization of the law school. The total enrollment' for the year 1910-1911 was 47. J The enrollment, therefore, for the present term shows an increase of about 42 per cent, over the enrollment for the past year. The institutions of higher learning represented by the students in the law school are: University of South Carolina 24, the Citadel 5. Newberry college 5, Wofford college 4, Clemson college 3, Erskine college 3, College of Charleston 3, Davidson college 3, Trinity college 1, Uniyersity of Texas 1, Washington and Lee university 1, Furman university 1, Richmond college 1, * Johns Hopkins university 1, Central Plains college, Texas, 1. The total number of studentB holding degrees is 22. South Carolina furnished all the students In attendance except two. Admitted To Bar of The State. Having passed a successful examination. 12 young men appeared before the supreme court and were admitted to the practice of law in the state, following the report by the * - a ? state Doara 01 iaw fiuminn o. * uc following Is the report of the board on the examination held on December 6 and 7: "The etate board of law examiners beg to report that of the 18 applicants for admission to the bar 15 were present and undertook the examination held on December 6 and 7; that they have carefully inquired into and considered the character and preliminary educational qualifications of the said applicants and recommend that the following be admitted to the practice of law and enrolled as members of 'he bar of this state upon taking the required oath, namely: J. Henry Behllng of St. George, Orvllle G. Calhoun of Wellington. Edwin E. Corry of Spartanburg, JameB H. Glenn of Chester, L. B. Haselden of Latta, A. W. Horton of Spartanburg, Adolphus Eugene Hutchison of Rock Hill, Gordon Miller of Charleston, Joseph L. Lettles of Columbia, Stephen Nettles of Greenville, Samjel L. Prince of Greenwood 'and S. S. Tlson of Hartsville, Has Aroused Saluda County. The conflicting views of the county board cf comissioners and of the ctiizens of Saluda county, or a large number of them, as to the meaning of the act of the legislature passed last February as to the commutation road tax for Saluda county are far from reconciliation and the recent mass meeting held at Saluda the expressions therein made, and the resolulutlons passed show the attltud* of those present. Improvement Association to Meet. The executive committee or the South Carolina School Improvement association will meet In Columbia in 1 the library of the state house on De | cember 15 and 16 for the purpose of awarding the prizeB given by the association to the schools of the state. The first session will be held at 2:30 o'colck on December 15. All applicants for prizes are asked to send in requests on time. County Citizens Want Annual Fair. At a recent meeting of the citizens of the county held in the court house a resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a committer of ten men, who are empowered to secure an option on a tract of land to be used for the purpose of holding an annual fair thereon. This committee is farther authorized to solicit I subscriptions to the capital stock of $2.5ftu of a corporation, who will acauire the title to this property. Fairfield county has had an annual fair for several years. Tax Money Is Coming In Slow. R. H. Jennings, state treasurer, will need $645,000 by December 30 to meet the obligations of the state government. This amount will be needed to pay the Interest on the state debts and to meet the notes due on the loan of $500,000 for the actual running expenses of the government. The collection of state taxes was begun on October 15 and only $47,000 has been received from the various county * nt n I a TVid oil m nf treasurers ui iuc oiaic.. * o..... $65,000 had been received at this time last year. A Prominent Citizen Wounded. J. D. Trevathan was shot and badly wounded in the thigh by M. M. Brown. These two men are both well known and prominent citizens, and the shooting has occasioned considerable stir in Florence. It occurred in the Trevathan home, where Mr. Brown and his wife have apartments. There Las been discord in the house between the two gentlemen for some time. Mr T evathan wishing to dispossess his tenants, whe refuse to be dispossessed until they are ready. \ .*4 \, ' i && LEO FO SUPPORT FOR BILL' THE ADJUTANT GENERAL WANTS THE NATIONAL GUARD PAID FOR SERVICE. MEASURE BEFORE CONGRESS Some of the Other 8tatee of the Coun- ! try May Join In the Fight to Get Militia On Uncle Sam's Pay Roll.? Is a Matter of Much Importance. Columbia.?W. W. Moore, adjutantgeneral has addressed a letter to the South Carolina delegation In congress urging that the' support the wK(/i i nmvirioa fnr meaauiu peuuiu^ nun j ?- ?- ?? ? , pay for the officer} a id men of the National Guard. "As adjutant general of South Carolina," says Gen. Moore, "I am deeply interested in the National Guard of : South Carolina, the higher state of efficiency of this organization. In order to attain this desired improvement in the state militia, it is obvious to all of those who are directly interested, that the only possible source of improvement lies in the fact that the enlisted personnel can not be expected to render the service required of them by the different states and the national government, unless some provision be made for proper compensation for the demands upon their time for drills and other duties required of them, nor is it fair to expect that the National Guard of the different states should render this service while the remainder of the citizenship refuses or evades the performance of the duties required of the National Guard. In consequence ci this fact and with this knowledge before you, I am urging you as a representative of the whole people of South Carolina to in- | terest yourself in house bill No. 8141 which was introduced by Mr. Pepper, and which carries with it a schedule of pay fof all officers and enlisted naen in the service of the different states for a pro rata pay for such services as are rendered by them. "I trust that you will give this matI for vnup must rareful consideration and that you can and will pledge your ! active support In behalf of the passage of thlB bill during the present session of congress. Are Ordered To Show Cause. Columbia.?Acting upon a motion by J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general, Chief Justice Jones signed an order ordering the Columbia Racing Association and the South Carolina Agricultural and "Mechanical Society and Beveral individuals alleged to be connected with the racing game to show cause why a permanent injunction should not be Issued against the racing meet that is being co iducted at the 6tate fair grounds. Prizes Awarded Boy Corn Growers. Columbia.?The Richland County Boys' Corn club met at the Washington street school. The corn exhibits sent in wore graded and prizes were awarded. C. B. Hadden, special agent of the United States department of agriculture acted as judge. There were seven exhibitors, and all their exhibits were excellent in quality and showed up well in the percentages. South Carolina New Enterprises. Columbia.?The secretary of state i has issued a charter to the Farmers' ' Union Mercantile Company of Wil- j llston, with a capital stock of $10,- j 000. The officers are: F. P. Mitchell, | president gnd J. J. Bell, secretary and , treasurer. A commission has been Issued to the Jackson Company of Piedmont, with a capital stock of $7,500. I Aiken'* New Post Office. Aiken.?Aiken's new $50,000 post office building is practically complete, with the exception of the heating and lighting fixtures, but it will not bp occupied before February. 1912. The building cost $50,000, exclusive of the lot on which it is situated and for which hte government paid $10,000. Spartanburg?Spartanburg is to have a central abbattoir, plana for which have been approved by council nd the board of health. New Office For Navy Yard. Charleston.?A new office, that of j Aide to the Commandant, has been created at the Charleston Navy Yard, j It will be filled by Capt. N. E. Irwin j who has been ordered for duty here from the Boston Navy Yard, where he has filled a like position. Provi- 1 sion ror mis oiiicb ?b,i imuuc ?huv. ; the new organization of naval stations, which was perfected about a year ago. The office has not been created at tho Charleston Navy Yard before for the reason that there was not a man available for the position. Who Will be Judge of Circuit Court? Charleston.?What circuit judge will preside over the Februuary term of the circuit court for Charleston j county is the question with which the people of Charleston county are now concerning themselves. Judge Klugh was to have held court here, but his death creates a vacancy which will hardly be filled in time, and the appointment of the other judges will preclude any of the number coming to Charleston. A special appointment of a lawyer of the bar will probably | be made. ) Handicapped Getting Information. Charleston.?Numerous Inquiries are made daily at the office of the countv register of mesne conveyance by business men of Charleston with regard | to property conveyarces and property deeds in general transacted in St. Paul's township, formerly a part of Colleton county, but recently added to Charleston county. Thei books containing the necessary data have as yet not been transferred from Walterboro to Charleston and business men here are therefore greatly handicapped in getting the information they want. R.T J RT MILL, S. C., THURS] NEWS CF EOwTH CAROLINA 1 Column of State Newt That Haa Been < Collected and Condenaed With Care By the Editor. / Woodruff.?Rev. Leon Pressley wat installed as pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church here. Rev. Messrs. McAulay of Spartanburg and Hocten of Clinton assisted in the services. Washington.?Congressman Byrnes announced that an examination would be held at Blackville December 29 1 to fill a vacancy at Annapolis. The examination will be conducted by Horace Crouch, superintendent of education of Barnwell county. Columbia.?The governor granted a parole to Henry Hunter who was convicted in Anderson county several weeks ago on the charge of receiving stolen goods and sentenced to six months on the county chaingang or la the state penitentiary. Columbia.?John Y. Garlington and James Stobo Young are still in the Richland county Jail, where they w re placed several days ago and they did not enter the penitentiary as reported. The commitment will be made out by the clerk of court as soon as the solicitor issues his instructions to this effect. Aiken.?Cecil H. Seigler, superintendent of education, is in receipt of word from Peabody board that the board will give $260 a year to provide a rural school supervisor for Aiken county on condition that the balance necessary to pay the rural school supervisor's salary be raised In the county. Beaufort.?The building occupied by the Beaufort Printing and Publishing Company, which publishes the County Democrat, under the management of CharleB Gallagher, with all of its contents was totally destroyed by Are several days ago. The building was owned by Mrs. C. H. Armstrong, of Charleston, and there was no insurance. Sumter.?The South Carolina Western Railroad surveyors arrived in the .City, having completed their recent lurvey of possible routeB for that part of road from Bishopville to Sumter. Several surveys have already been run, but the route that the road will fellow has not yet been decided upon The recent survey is some distance west of the other surveys. Columbia.?The following real estate transfers have been recorded In the office of R. C. DuPre, auditor of Richland county, Bince December 1. W. D. Melton to J. C. Robertson; $500; 5 feet by 208 feet and 10 1-4 incheB on south Pendleton street, between Pickens and Henderson. Joseph Stikes to G. R. Rembert; $25; ioi No. 38 at Waverley. (Columbia.?Freight traffic through Columbia is the heaviest in years. The yards of the three different railroads here are taxed to their capacity to handle the cars and all the trains running in and out of Columbia terminals are extra hcr.vy tonnage. The yard officials say that there is very little delay at this point, and that all trains are being handled with dispatch. Charleston.?Theodore A. Wilbur, Jr., secretary of the Charleston Abattoir Company, has returned to Chnrlston from* a trip to Charlotte and Greenville, where he went especially to make an inspection of the abattoir plants at these places and get some ideas for the better regulation of the Charleston slaughter house when it is put into operation probably next February. ' Mallory.?The largest single lot of cotton handled In this section during this season was shipped from | here. The lot consisted of 132 bales and wsb bought from John D. Coleman by James A. Galloway for the account of Alexander Sprunt & Sons of Wilmington. The average price paid was about 8 1-4 cents, and the draft to cover was for a little more than $5,000. Florence.?There was a meeting of the executive committee of the Eastern Carolina Good Roads association at the council chamber to receive the report of Prcf. Homes of the survey of the road across Pee Dee. He submitted estimates of the different routes with the blue prints and all, | and the executive committee decided on the moBt practial route ic t me road and took such steps as were necessary to secure the road. Florence.?Unofficial, but reliable reports give for the number of tales j of cotton ginned in Florence county this year 42,000 against 36,000 last year, and a lot of cotton Btill in the fields. It is believed that the num- j ber of bales to be ginned before the season is over will be $5,000. Columbia.?The list of high school? ! to receive appropriations from the ! state as decided upon by the state j board of education at a meeting held ! here several days ago was announced by State Superintendent of Education Swearingen. The appropriation is $60,000. Washington.?Sealed proposals will j ! be received at the office of the super| vising architect of the treasury here I until December 21 for repairs and txj tensions to plumbing at the United States postofflce and court house at Florence. Columbia.?The rehearing of the Columbia Canal case did not come up in the Supreme Court as expected, owing to the attorneys for the company being engaged on other cases. The hearing was postponed on account of the absence of Justice Woods. The rehearing will likely be set for an early date. Rock Hill..?The case of Drennan j "- r?Amnanv I vs. me souuiern nuu?u> i,uiui;u..,. , was tried at Yorkville and a sealed I verdict rendered. A telephone mes' sage received here stated that the j verdict was for ?15,0000. Florence.?At the regular commun; icatlon at Hampton Lodgo, No. 204. I Ancient Free Masons, held in the Blue Lodge loom of the Masonic Tempi" building 'he annual election of officers who are :o serve the lodge for the ensuing Masonic year, from the Festival of SL John, the Evangelist, December 27, to the one next ensuring j took place. >_ **^*7 . A *, 'iff? MILL DAY, DECEMBER 14, 191 1 NET IS BEIN6 STEW Dill VERY IMPORTANT EVIDENCE OF A DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY 18 SECURED. WAS GIVEN UP VOLUNTARILY There Was No Promise of Immunity Made But the Officers Are Said to Have Surrendered Some Incriminating Records to Federal Authorities. Indianapolis, Ind.?That one or more officials of the international Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers are surrendering voluntarily to the government Information needed in the investigation of an alleged n&tion-wide dynamite conspiracy against structural iron contractors who maintain the ' open shop" was made known in statements by representatives of the National Erectors' Association. Without resistance being offered, letters and records have been conveyed by detectives engaged by the erectors' association from the headquarters of the iron workers' association in this city to the office of the United States district attorney, it was announced. "No promises of immunity to men of complicity in the dynamiting conspiracy have been made by the government," declared Charles W. Miller, the district attorney, "but, of course, we will accept evidence from any direction to be presented to the grand jury when it resumes its sea Murder Will Start Trouble. Metz, Alsace-Lorraine.?A German soldier named Marscb was shot and killed during a dispute on the street with a man named Alexandre Samaine, one of the leaders of the French party. Four friends of Samaine together with himself and his brother were arrested for complicity in the crime. The incident has caused great excitement and the trial of the accused may have a momentous effect in fanning the hostile feelings of the two races, which are always so acute in Alsace-Lorraine. An American Is Taken As A 3py. San Diego , Cal.?John McDonald, 35 years old, who claims to be a former United States soldier and a resident of Clipper, Wash., was taken to Ensenda from Tijuana, lower California to be tried as a spy. United States consul Simpic.h, at Ensenda, has been cabled tr take care of McDonald's interests. McDonald appeared at a railway camp about eight miles from Tijuana. He had two rifles and ammunition. He said he was on his way from Everett, Wash., to accept employment in Mexico. f , / ? ' . #fc sion. "I have got the evidence from the office of the iron workers' association," said Detective Robert Foster, of the erectors' association, "but I will not say who turned it over to me. Certainly if it had been necessary we couid have obtained a search warrant and made a raid, but thiB was not necessary." The members of the erectors' assocation who are employers of nonunion iron workers have suffered from one hundred explosions against their property since the association declared for the "open shop" in May, 1906. He has been the principal agent in the search for those responsible for the explosions, resulting in the arrest of John J. and James B. McXamara and Ortie E. McManigal. Record Breaking Cotton Crop. Washington.?The total production of cotton in the United States for the season of 1911-12 will amount to 7,121,713,000 pounds, (not including linters,) or 14.885,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, according to the first official estimate of the size of the crop by the crop reporting board of the United States department of agriculture and made tip from reports of the correspondents and agents or tne nureau 01 Bumuucu throughout the cotton belt. A Severe Storm Is Expected. Washington.?Indications of a severe storm which may strike the South Atlantic states were reported to the weather bureau from TurkB Island, one of the Leeward group, about 700 miles from Miami, Fla. Cautionary advices were sent to points on the South Atlantic coast. Tho belief' is that one of the storms of the West Indian hurricane season is on its way. Engaged Couple Were Murdered. Bradford, Pa.?While discussing arrangements for their honeymoon trip to follow the wedding scheduled foi next week. Miss 0 -ace Cable ar.d her intended husband. Antliony Kohnen, were shot and instantly killed at the woman's home here. The police and a posse are searching for Kossani Annissettl, a wealthy fruit dealer, who it is alleged was jealous of the girl. Former Lieutenant-Governor Dead. Woodville, Miss.?Col. James Henry Jones, age 73, former lieutenant-gor riior of Mississippi, died at the family home. He formerly lived at Mobile. Peace Conference at Hankow. Shanghai?Gen. Li Yuen Heng, the revolutionary commander, has telegraphed from Wu Chang to the representatives of the imperialist party that the republicans have decided to select Hankow as the place for the meeting of the peace conference. Tang Shao Yf, the representative of Premier Yuan Shi Kai. left Peking to take part in the negotiations with the revolutionaries. The imperial government professes confidence that a limited monarchy will be acceptable to the revolutionists. . TI 1. CONFER ON COTTON LOAN W. M. Strayton Discussed Important Question?Commissioner Watson Calls Meeting For Dec. 12. Columbia?Bankers and business men of Columbia and South Carolina discussed with W. H. Stayton, representative of the firm of New York bankers, the details of the proposed 150,000,000 loan to assist the farmers of the South in financing the cotton crop. The conference was held in offlcei of the state department of agricui ture at the state house and was large ly attended. Commissioner Watson, president ol the Southern Cotton Congress, announced that a meettng had been called to be held here on December 12, when those Interested in the proposed loan will be invited to a conference with Mr. Stayton. During the present week Mr. Stayton will visit several points in the South to'discuss and outline the plans of the loan to the cotton producers. "I came South to explain to all who are interested," said Mr. Stayton, 'the details of the cotton holding plan proposed by Col. R. M. Thompson of New York. The Northern newspapers represent the spinners rather than the planters. One would naturally expect therefore, that the Northern press would misrepresent any plan which promised to help the planters or to raise the price of cotton. Accordingly, the reports which the Northern papers have published concerning the plan have been inaccurate and in many cases ridiculous. The Southern papers have had no way of getting news of the plan except from the accounts published in New York. So, the Southern papers have been misinformed, and if our plan was really what the paper say it is, no sane man could be expected to join it." "Dyke Case" to be Called For Trial. The case known commonly as the "dyke case" of Dr. Hopkins against Clemson College is going to be called for trial at the approaching term of common pleas at Walhalla, Oco nee county. Dr. Hopkins is asking for $8,000 damages, which he alleges has been done to certain lands of his situated on the Seneca river by the building of a 10-foot dyke by the college on the college property just across the river from the Hopkins lands. His claim1 is that the dyke causes water during high stages to flow over his lands. On the outcome of the Hopkins case two or three other similar cases depend. Among these are the case3 of the Ravenels and the McBrides, both of whom own land oa the river above the dyke. Trained Nurse For Invalid Poor. At the regular monthly meeting cf the Civic League held in the council chamber, reports were heard from a number of the churches in regard to j cooperating with the women of the 1 league to engage a trained nurse for the sick and invalid poor of Columbia. Every church board heard from, assistance along this line was promised. At the January meeting all these reports will be in and the league will be in a position to take definite action iu this branch of its philanthropy. At a previous meeting, a committee of the women was appointed to look into the matter of the proposed additions to the state capltol. After hearing from this committee, the Civic League went on record as being firmly opposed to the enlargement of the state house by the addition of the two proposed wings. Decisions Say No "Law'Delays." If a correct inference ha^ been drawn by a number of attorneys of i South Carolina from several recent decisions, the Supreme Court or tnis state has taken a long step toward eliminating what is commonly called the "law's delay." If the conclusions that have been reached by several of the best trained and most conservative legal minds in the state be correct, in the future prisoners in South Carolina will have to fight "their technicality battles" from behind the walls of the state penitentiary. Orangeburg.?William Felder, a gro, was seriously injured in a r\fa way in this city. The negro wis drying a two-horse team and the runaway took place on Orangeburg's main street. Has Renewed Fight On Income Tax. Comptroller General Jones renewed his fight on those liable for income tax, and submitted a list of names to ; the auditors of Greenville and Spartanburg counties. A list of 57 names was sent to W. G. S. O'Shiclds, the 1 auditor of Spartanburg county, with i instructions to collect the income tax from them, "i will recommend the removal of all auditors who fail i to comply with my instructions," said the comptroller general. Requests for additional blanks were received from | the auditors. Agricultural Club Held Meeting. The Aiken Agricultural Club held j its regular monthly meeting at the fair grounds. The meeting was pre, sided over by Jesse Williams, c'mir1 man, and the subject of the day, "Cotton Wilt," was opened by B. F. Holley and seconded by Ira W. Williame of the department of agriculture. ! There was a large attendance and ten new members were enrolled. Following the discussion a big dinner was ; served. The next meeting will discuss I "Hog Raising." J. T. Sbuier, one or ! the foremost farmers will preside. Will Meet on Christmas Day. South Carolina commandery Knights Templars of South Carolina, will meet on Christmas day and at noon, in accordance with the beautiful custom of the order, the knights will raise their glasses and drink to the health and happiness of the most eminent grand master, William Bromweli Mollish. On land and sea, wherever the Knights Templars may be dispersed, this custom will be o^serv^-d. as it has been for many years and there will be the usual large attend ?nce of member* of the commandery. . . J ' MES VERY UTILE HOPE 15 FELT FOR IN GRIM DEATH 13 THOUGHT TC HAVE CLAIMED ALL OF THI ENTOMBED MINERS. THE RESCUE WORK GOES ON I ?? + . Eighteen Dead Have Been Found and Eight Bodies Have Been Recovered ?A Very Pathetic Scene at ths Mouth of the Mine. Briceville, Tenn.?Somewhere In the depths of the Cross Mountain coal mine probably one hundred men lie dead, while their sorrow-stricken families keep vigil at the mouth of their : tomb, hoping against hope that their loved ones may be alive when rescuers reach them. Eight torn and mangled bodies had been brought forth at nightfall, when search was abandoned for the day. Outside of the Immediate familiei of th3 entombed men, no one in this little mountain village believes that any living thing in the mine survived the terrific explosion of coal dust that wrecked the workings. For more than thirty-six hours every surviving miner in this region had toiled with no thought of food, sleep or pay to remove the debris and force fresh air into the Innermost recesses of the mine. They practically have penetrated to the main entry head nearly three miles in. They expect to be ready to work the cross entries in which the other bodies have undoubtedly been cast by the force of the blast. Black damp developed and retarded progress but the silent force pushed dauntiessly on. some of them till they were carried out overcome by the noxious gases. Thousands of the morbidly curious flocked into the village and crowded about the main entry of the mine. ihey saw nothing because there web nothing to see. but the pitiable grief of the stricken families. All of the bodies recovered have been identified. Among them was that I of Will Farmer, assistant foreman of | the mine. The top of his head had been blowu off. He is survived by a widow and two children. I There Is heardly a family in the entire Coal Creek valley that haa not felt the icy touch of death. The problem of caring for the widows and orphans will be a grave one requiring immediate solution. Certainly Briceville will be unable to care for her living with more of her wage-earners numbered among the dead. Surplus In U. S. Postoffice. Washington.?"For the first time since 1883 the annual financial statement of the Postoillce Department . shows a surplus instead of a deficit,." I This is the burden of the annual re1 port of Postmaster-General Hitchcock i ]ust made public. At the beginning of the present administration in 1909, Mr. Hitchcock pointed cut, the department showed a deficit of $17,479,770, the largest on record. In two years this deficit has been changed into a surplus of $219,118 despite important extensions throughout the servicce. These 0T?pn?inna include 3,744 new post 1 offices, deliveries of mail by carriers I In 186 additional cities, 2.516 new rural routes aggregating 60,679 miles, and 8,000 additional postal employes, with the salary-roll greater by $14,000,000 than it was two years ago. Refusal Draws Stanley's Ire. Washington.?The refusal by John D: Rockefeller and his almoner, Rev. F. D. Gates, to accept the "invitation" of the House "Steel trust" investigate t Ing committee to a >ear and testify, i drew a pointed and laconic note from ! Chairman Stanley, chairman of the committee. Mr. Stanley's letter to Mr. spates follows: "Sir: My recent comciaunication to you was intended not to provoke a discussion of the value of the Merritt testimony, or of your personal integrity, but to give you an opportunity to defend." There was no letter addressed to Mr. Rockefeller. McNamaras Are In Prison. San Quentin, Cal.?'The McNaraara brothers entered San Quentin penitentiary where James B. is condemned to spend the remainder of life for his confessed crime of murder, and John J... -secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for dynamiting. It was James B. who blew up The Bos Angeles Times' building, October 1, 1910, with the loss of 21 lives and John J. who abetted in wr eking part of the Llewellyn Iron Works, in Los Angeles. Our Army Is a Makeshhift. Washington?In his annual report to the President, Secretary of War Stimson declared that the contingency of war with a flrst-class power would find the army of the United States ' practically unprepa d. He attributed i this largely to the fact that the army | was "scattered out over the country" ; in too many posts, and to a lack of , reserves. The arm*' on the peace foot; ing habitually maintained, with minai turo companies and troops, he charac terized as ineffective for any serious war service. Will Meet in Chicago Next June. Washington.?W i the arrival in i Washington of pra< ically all the mem btrs of the Repub "an National committee, reinforced by party leaden from nearly every state, became possible to forecast just what will oe done by the committee at its meeting As a result of the many conferences held, the following -ogram seems to have been agreed t'^on: Chicago will get the national co; mtion apparently beyond all questir of doubt, and it probably will he ht. the last week lr June. ? : i $1.25 PER YEAR r'rlOM THE PALMETTO STATE M Latest Newt of General Interest to the People That Has Been Collected From Many Towns. Sumter.?In the Boys' Corn club contest prizes have been awarded aa follows: Yield and report: First prize $10, Richard Wells, 61.8 bushsis; second prize $5, C&rlyle Stuckey, 67.68 bushels; third prize $2.60, ** Carlyle Stuckey. Columbia.?Alferd von Kolnitz of Charleston was elected captain of the ootball team of the University of South Carolina for the season of 1912 at a meeting of the football squad. it .-l- t laari larQiina b cuyiaau iui ucai ;co. i??v the football team of the College of Charleston in 1910. Co.* imbfa.?The governor has appointed 8. P. Keith of Marietta in Pickens county as magistrate for Pumpkintown township. R. M. Jennings has been appointed as magistrate for Effingham and Lynch townships in Florence county, to take the place of M. C. Collins, resigned. Columbia.?The state board of law examiners held an examination for applicants for admission to the practice of law in this state. There were 17 young men to take the examination. The members of the board are W. C. Miller, Charleston; F. Barron Grier, Greenwood, and W. D. Meltcn, Columbia. Columbia.?The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Calhoun County Fair association with a capital stock of $10,000. The officers are: Walter Splngner, president; J. A. Banks, vice-president, and J. B. Puckett, secretary and treasurer. The association will bold a fair each year for agricultural and commercial interests of the county. Columbia.?A mule farm may be established at some point in South Caro| lina by the United States government. Letters have been received at the 1 state department of agriculture asking for information as to the cost of raising mules in this state. All information on the subject was furnished the war department by Commissioner Watson. ' St. George.?A regular monthly meeting of the Farmers' Union of Dorchester county was held at the court house. There was an unusually large crowd of delegates from the local unions in the county. Mr. Joe Whetsel, county business agent, made his annual report which showed that a total business of $44,000 transacted for the members of the union during the past year. GafTney.?Gaffney people and Cherokee county people generally are much elated over the fact that the Methodist conference has seen fit to return all of the local ministers to their oid fields for the year 1912. Petitions had been presented to the conference asking that this step be taken. Rpv. G. P. Watson. R-^v. J. A. Bledsoe and Rev. B. G. Vaughn will all be back. St. Matthews.?D. A. Pendarvie, white, who was convicted at the r? cent term of court on a charge of giving checks without having sufficient funds with which to meet them, and given sentence or three months, has elected to serve his time in the state prison at Columbia and has entered upon the service. He is in feeble health and it is scarcely possible that he could stand service on the county works. Lancaster.?Sheriff Hunter received from Governor Blease a respite until December 20 for Mack Hood and Sam Keith, two negroes convicted of murder, at the last term of court and sentenced to be hanged here on Friday, December 8th. Preparations for the hanging had already been nearly completed before the necessary documents were received here, the gallows being erected and inclosed in the jail vard. Lexington.?Now that the state board of education has affirmed the decision of the coutny board of education in the matter of the location of the new school house, work on the $10,000 building will be pushed rapidly to completion. The new building is being erected on a magnificent fcur-acre tract in the eoatern part of the town and will be a credit to the community. It is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy within four months. Columblap-The governor has issued a parole to A. C. Bryson, who was convicted in Anderson county, September, 1911, and sentenced to one year on the county chaingang or to pay a fine of $200, after conviction ! of assault and battery with Intent to kill. m Anderson?Hog cholera has derel- ^ oped on the farm of James Thompson, a well known young farmer, near the city. Already 60 hogs and pigs out of a drove of 90 hare died from this disease, and it is probable that he will lose the remaining 30 before he can check the .ravages of the disease. Bamberg.?A great quantity of cotton has been marketed here this year 1 ?ha ornn throughout the county is nuvi bi*v v? v ^ ?u - _ a very large one. More oales hare : . already been sold here this season , than were brought In during the whole of last year, and a great amount is still in the fields unpicked. Waterloo.?W. A. Putnam, a promii nent citizen of Barksoale, this county, had his automobile stolen. The car was a Ford model T, five passenger, No. 41,964, body black, fully equipped. It is thought that the car went toward Columbia aa It was traced as far as Laurens. Orangeburg.?L W. Livingstone, superintendent of education of Orangeburg county, hopes that $3,500 state high school aid will be obtained by schools of this county during the scholastic year. Some 350 schools in (he county have applied for state aid. Saiuda?The court of common plees convened here with Judge Memrainger presiding. Owing to the number of sales of land necessary to be made, io Jury cases were taken up. A num>er of orders were taken and settlements were reached in several cases that will greatly cut down the work of the ccurt. -''J? n .1 . v ' ' I