Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 14, 1911, Image 1
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NEWS CF EOwTH CAROLINA 1
Column of State Newt That Haa Been <
Collected and Condenaed With
Care By the Editor.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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$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?
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