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iiwy-' * ' ^ anr, j : Established in is . I 1W0 CORN SHOWS TO BE G01IKE0 KBfc&'&y; , *> ' . WILL HOLD THE NATIONAL EXPOSITION IN COLUMBIA IN *5? JANUARY, 1913. E; ^ \ ^ ' 1 QUESTION DECIDED LATER . The Campaign That is Being Waged to Raise $40,000 is to Assure Success of the Show?Will Benefit the ft Entire State. , - " . Columbia.?"The Third South Atlantic States Corn exposition will very probably be held in connection with the National Corn show In January of 1913," said Commissioner Watson, a member of the commission charged with the affairs of the exposition. The National Corn show, the greatest agricultural exposition in the world, will be held in Columbia during January of 1913. The two shows will very likely be consolidated or combined. The legislative commis' sion in charge of the l>>cal corn show wil| meet in a few days, when the matter will be finally decided. The members of the commission are Commissioner Watson, L. L. Baker of Bifhopvllle and A. D. Hudson of Newberry. Mr. Hudson is the president and general mangaer of the exposi-1 tion. The corn exposition which has been in progress here during the past week considered a success. The attendance was not as large as was expected. The exhibits were considered 100 per cent, better than last year. Agiculturists of national reputation attended the show and expressed themselves as f being pleased with the exhibits shown. A campaign is being waged in the tate to raise $40,000 for the National Corn show. The show was brought to I Columbia by the Columbia Chamber | of Commerce and it will benefit the entire state. There will be several thousand successful farmers of the Middle West' to attend. The cam- j paign to ra^e the funds for the exposition is in charge of Secretary Hamby of the Chamber of Commerce. i n* idM V. f-> 4 * ????? Dismissed Charge Againdt Leland. U?ited States Commissioner A. Watles Waring dismissed the charge agaltst Capt. P. A. Leland of the American bark Antioch. who was arm? nistni on the charge of ill treatment p of tfct seamen aboard his vessel, on affidavit made by Joseph Newsome. % Commissioner Waring fully investigated the charges with a number of the crew as witnesses, and he could see .nothing in the charge to commit Capt. Leland for trial. Capt. Leland was himself so sure of his position that * when the agents of the vessel suggested the employment of counsel to represent, the seafarer would not listen to the suggestion, declaring that the men had nothing against him which would stand in court. Are Seeking Bail For Seigler. A motion to allow James G. Seigler. of Aiken, who 6lew Policeman Wade Patterson, on the streets of Aiken on November 17, to give bail was heard by Associate Justice Gary and taken under advisement. A decision will be rendered later. The petitioner was represented by Messrs Tamoo P Ho r I a Cnllot* S?r QqIIav on/1 J. F. Williams, while Solicitor R. L rGunter and George Bell Timmerman appeared for the state. Both Seigler and the slain man. Officer Patterson belonged to prominent families of Aiken and were widely connected. Affairs Were In Good Shape. Thev military board at a session finished its work of auditing the accounts in the office of Adjt. General Moore and of Major Charles S. New ham, the United States disbursing officer, and adjourned. It was stated L othat the affairs of both officers were found in splendid shape and a report covering this and also other reeomV mendations will be made to the governor. All of the members of the board were present at the meeting, except Governor Blease. Change of Postmasters In State. Announcement was made at Washington that C. W. Blakewood has been appointed postmaster at Gifford, Hampton county, to succeed A. L. K Brunson, resigned. It is understood I that in a few days the names of a I largo number of postmasters in the smeller towns throughout the state I will be announced. There are several K whoso commissions expired some time ago and it is believed that announccmer.ts concerning them wll be made befire the Christmas holidays have ^^^^arted. ^^B^^^^^Hstitute System of Registration. ^Tho Muncipal Art Commission has 4tituted a system of registration of the objects of art in Charleston. The register wii] be kept at the Charleston Mureum. The honorary curator of H( fine arts. Prof. Stephenson, has vol|^B unteered to be the keeper of the regliter. Charleston Is the second city ^H in the country to undertake such a ^H register. The commission discussed the v.-ays and means of collecting accurate information with regard to the history of works of art in the pos Isesnon or trie cr.y. Valuable Sand Found Near Gaffney. Mr. W. H. Ross has discovered a sand on his land near this city which may prove to be quite valuable. It is of the variety known as moulding sand. When Mr. Ross first discovered the properties of his sand he took a sample of it to the Cherokee Foundry. in Gaffney. They made expert mental tests with far better results than Mr. Ross had anticipated. The result of this is that Mr. Ross has been supplying the foundry with the band and It Is sair It is equal to that Known as Albany sand. THE )i. I SCHOOLS AWARDED PRIZES Following Is List of Schools Showing an Improvement For the Year Just Ending. Columbia.?The folio* ing are the schools of the state awarded the prizes of -100 for the greatest improvement shown during the year: Elite, Barnwell; Page. Chesterfield; Paxvllle, Clarendon; Ebenezer, Florence; North Willow. Orangeburg; Union, Greenwood; Sharon. York; Unity, Lancaster; Hendersonville, Colleton; Hurricane. Laurens. The following schools were awarded prizes worth $60 for the greatest improvement during the year: Neal's Creek, Anderson; Cedar Grove, Ander?nn vtnla Anderson: Lebanon. Ander ton; Hopewell, Anderson; Welcome, Anderson, Airy Springs, Anderson; McKown, Cherokee; Plnopolls Acad- i emy, Berkeley; Deep Creek, Clarendon; White Pond, Dorchester; Pine Hill, Dorchester; Kintyre, Dillon; Hamer. Dillon, Harmony, Edgefield; Bethlehem, Edgefield; Hill Side, Greenville; Mountainview, Greenville; Lewis. Horry: Withers (Myrtle Beach), Hory; Aynor, Horry; Simp son Creek, Horry; Oak Grove, Horry; Malvern Hill, Kershaw; Pleasant Val 1 ley. Lancaster; Ionia, Lee; Cedar 1 Grove, Lexington; New South Goodland, Orangeburg; Cordova, Orangeburg; Montvale, Pickens; Airy 1 Springs, Pickens; Palmetto Mills, Richland; Motlow Creek, Spartanburg; 1 Spring Branch, Williamsburg; West Springs, Union; Trio, Williamsburg; Friendship, York; Catawba Junction, York; Smyrna, York, and White Point 1 Bamberg. 1 i A Good Roads Train to State. The Atlantic Coast Line is sending 1 one of the most complete good roads exhibit trains that ever rode on rails 1 through its southern territory. The I train will arrive in Charleston at 5:30 1 p. m. on January 11, and will remain ! there until noon of the next day. Fol lowing is the schedule of the road im proveirent train while on the tracks of the Charleston division or the Atlantic Coast Line Railway: Tiramonsville? 1 January 8. 12 M. Florence?January 1 8, 12:27 P. M. Lake City?January 8 1 5.53 P. M. Lanes?January 7, 7.17 P. M ! Georgetown?January 9, 7:27 F\ M 1 Andrew?January 10. 10:23 P. M 1 Manning?January 10, 4:50 P. M Moncks Corner?January 11, 1:51 P I M. Charleston?January 11, 6:32 P M. Young's Island?Jan. 12, 1:01 P 1 M Walterboro?January 12. 5:14 P M. Ridgeland?January 13, 1:43 P. M Savannah?January 13, 5:46 P. M The Atlantic Coast Line owub the train, and is operating it under the direction of the United States office of public roads, department of agri culture, which is providing a corps o! road-building experts, who w'.l give free stereopticon lectures and thorough instructions for building good roads and the practical working of Itn proved road machinery. Cannot Advise The Farmers. Mr. R. I. Manning, of Sumter, recelv ed a telegram from Commissioner E J. Watson, requesting him to act at one of the three trustees for Soutl Carolina under the cotton holding plar to be financed to the extent of $50,aaa AAA nt V V mni | VW.VW UJ K OJ II ivwiv w? 4?. *. ??r. t&lists. In reply Mr. Manning sent the following telegram: "Sumter, S. C. December 12, 1911. Hon. E. J. Wat son, Columbia, S. C.: Cannot advist the farmers to accept proposition ol Pell & Co. The plan is subject to toe many chances for Iobb to the farmen ?contemplates speculation to caust advance, which is in itself risky, anc I am opposed to it. Being opposed tf plan myself, I must decline to act at trustee. Richard I. Manning." | Has Been Visiting Rural Schools. Prof. W. K. Tate, state supervisoi of rural schools, has been in Edgeflelt for a week visiting the schools of th? county, being accompanied by W. W Fuller, county superintendent of edu cation. He visited about twenty o | the schools, making a short talk tt ' each. His remarks covered the sub ' ject to improving the school ground! and buildingB, instructions to teach ers as to the best methods of teach ing and of the difficulties they encoun tered and the most effective way t< meet them. Received Letter By Aeroplarv:. J. W. Smoak, a hardware dealer o: Orangeburg has received probbaly th? first letter sent into this state by the aeroplane mail service. The enve lope bore the following postmark: "Aerial Substation. Driving Park, De cerrber 13, 1911. Columbus, Ga." Th? letter was from .the Lummus Gin Com pany. This letter was mailed at th\ j first postoffice ever established fot < aeroplane service in Columbus, Ga., b> the United States postoffice depart ment. having taken official part in at ateoplane meet being held in that city I South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary-of state has issued s commission to the Union Bank Build ing Company of Columbia, wtih a capl tal stock of 150.000. The petitioner* are Joseph Norwood, John W. Lit lard, Charles H. Barron and C. A Baldwin. The company is given thi right to do a general real estate banking and construction business. P charter has been issued to the Caro ! lina-Georgia Land Company of Colum bia, with a capital stock of $8,000. Th? ! officers are: H. F. Hoover, E. J. Besl j and H. J. Gregg. Taxable Property in Florence. The county auditor has just mad* up his digest of the taxable propert; in Florence county for the Coraptrolle general. The return for live stoc! shows a very decided gain. The fig ures 1.847 horses; 3.424 mules; cattle 3.723; sheep. 512; hogs, 7948. The re turn for hogs, of course, does noi show the reai number of hogs in th< county any more than the assesBet value of the land shows the rea worth or the assessed value of mer chandise anything like the amount o' the insurance carried cn it . LEO F( WORK ON THE RUADS | 'AGE DESCRIBES GOVERNMENT'S HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT IN THI8 STATE. I ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE YEAR Jnder the Supervision of the Government Model Roads Have Been Built in Many Sections of the State?Some Are Given BeloW. Columbia?A special from Washing on states that Logart Waller Page, lirector of goods roads in the depart* nent of agriculture, gave out an ineresting outline of what was done by be government to improve the highways of South Carolina during the last year. Beginning with Aiken as a startng point, Mr. Page said that construction of model roads began there :n October, 1910, and was completed >ne month later. The work consisted n surfacing with a sand-clay mixture t section 5,255 feet long on the Montnorenci road, running northeast from :he Aiken city limits. After the work was completed the total cost to the community was $391.10. At Allendale work also began in Dctober, 1910, and was completed in November. Grading wai done on the Matthews Bluff road, running southwest from Allendale. The machinery jsed on this work was one road trader, four wheel scrapers, one cutsway disk harrow, one clay plow, one turning plow and one spike-tooth harrow. The total cost of this road to the community was $252.75, which is it the rate of 33.6 cents per square yard, or $435 per mile. These figures ire based on prison labor at 50 cents per day and county teams at 75 cents per day. The work comprised 7,845 Bquare yards. Will Help The Autoiriobilists. Charleston.?Engineer Reid Whlt.'ord, of the Charleston county sanitary and drainage comix ission, has in mind a scheme which he believes will excite the interest of automobIlist6 and all drivers of vehicles along the country roads. All over this state, ; and especially In the low-country where road improvement has not pro- , greased very far, there ure roads that have in them swampy places that be-; come inundated in rainy periods. It I frequently happens thai an automol-! 1st, for instance, tries to drive his ma-1 chine across one of these inundated places only to find that he gets stuck In the middle, with water above the hubs of the wheels, perhaps, and noth- : ing to do except get out in the mid- j die of the pond. The idea is that j if signs were erected on the road indicating that when the water in the j road reached a certain indicated level the water at the lowest point of the j road bed would have a certain depth i automobilists would be able to judge I at once whether It was possible tc drive the machine through or whethei they had better consider discretion the better part of valor and go an Other way around. First Link of Auto Road Finished. Spartanburg. ? The completion of the first link of an automobile roac ; destined 10 connect Spa*tanburg with Asheviile by way of Tryon, Saluda and Hendersonville, was celebrated at Tryon by good road advocates rep resenting North and South Carolina Tho road now open, extends from this city to Tryon, a distance of 30 miles The extension on to Saluda, through the mountains is under way. Mor< than 200 persons attended the meet ing, about sixty of that number goim 1 from here in automobiles. Keeping Championship in the Family Florence.?Florence county ma> lose the championship in corn to hei neighbor Dillon, but that is, after all keeping the championship in the fam ily, but she has won another chain pionship, and that is in the finest chickens in the world. Dr. \V. H Fields of this city raises patridg* Wyandottes. and he raises some fint ones. At the recent shew in Atlanta said to be the biggest poultry show ever held, he won five prizes wit' even birds. A Most Unique Will Filed. Charleston.?In the probate coun was 'recorded a will which i? per * haps the most remarkable document i of its kind that has ever been record ed on the local records. The hanc 1 that wrote it was that of a mar blind, deaf and dumb. The will it made out in proper legal form, ac j cording to a model prepared by an at torney, and the wording of the mode was communicated to the blind, dea: and dumb man by the language ol ' touch?the only language that eouk convey an idea to his mind. Will Make Effort To Get New Trial Florence.?Col. W. F. Clayton, oi the Florence bar, who was appointee by Special Judge George Brown, o? Darlington to defend Alex Weldon anc William Burroughs the two negroes charged with the murder of Mr. Eliht Moye, last winter, and who has witl "bulldog" tenacity stuck to his ap pointed clients, left here for Colum bia to make another and possibly his j last effort in the highest court of th< state to get a new trial for these twt j men who have twice been senter^ec to death by the presiding judges. Held Semi-Monthly Meeting. Columbia.?The semi-monthly meet ,ng of the board of county commls I sioners for Richland county was lmi( in the office of W. F. Muller. super visor. Routine business consumer most of the time. The hoard actor favorably on a recommendation c' Mr. Muller to do away with rectior No. 3 of the county chaicganc. anr hereafter have only Nos. 1 and 2 anr the floating section. At a recent meeting the resignation of Capt. W H. Sligh. as captain of gang No. J was received by the board. ,.:r v, }: $ $ Jh." ? RT 3RT MILL, S. C., THUF Fhom iuc r'ALMETTO STATE A Column of Short Paragraphs That Have Been Gotten Together From Many Towns and Counties. Gaffney.?"VarioBS," Capt. H. J. Griffith's new book, has just come from the bindery and is creating quite a good deal of interest, not only locally but throughout the entire state as well. Sumter.?Eotnl was filed with the county clerk of court for the appearance of J. W. Harper at the spring term of court, and he was released from jail, after being incarcerated several days, when he unexpectedly surrendered to Jailer Owens. Harper if charged with the murder of Eddie Bossard. Saluda.?EliaB Yarborough ,the nego who was shot near here, after lingering for a few days, died. The coroner's Jury holds Henry Harris and Elliott Page responsible for his death Harris left immediately after the shooting and has not been apprehended. Padgett came to Saluda and surrendered and is now in jail. Blacksburg.?A serious cutting af fray occured about five miles east of this place a few days ago. The participants were all drunk. Ben Ayres was severely cut and Charley and Joe Umphries, it is said, did the cutting. None of the particulars could be obtained. The locality is one that is noted for blockade whiskey. Saluda?The barn and stables of J Tol Barnes of the Good Hope section were destroyed by fire, entailing a considerable loss. A large quantity of corn, fodder and other feedstuffs was burned and two mules suffered injuries from the flames before they could be got out of the stables. It is not know how the fire originated. L,exingion.?juurb mvuiuuugci tmc sustained the appeal in the big will case of George C. Clarke, deceased, thus setting aside the decision of the judge of probate, of this county, who appointed against the protestations of the children and other heirs of the deceased, Belton D. Clarke, a brother of the deceased, as administrator ol the estate. Darlington.?As a sure index to the growth of thiB community commercial ly within the past ten years, the pos tal receipts for the year ending June 30, 1911, against those for the year ending June 30, 1901, might be cited The recipts for the latter year amount ed to something over $5,000, while those of 1911 reached $10,437, or con siderably more than double. Charleston.?Superintendent J. C Murchison of the Atlantic Coast Line Charleston division, said that from the information which he has received he believeB that the men arrested at Hardeeville for the holding up and robbery of the mail car are the guilt} parties. He said that he has not heard from the postofflce inspectors but he thinks that the officers havr in custody the right men. Columbia.?S. M. Clarkson. superin tendent of education for Richland county, has returned from an inBpec tion trip of schools in the lower pari of the county. Mr. Clarkson spoke well of the conditions and said that the average attendance was good The schools visited by the superin tendent of education were: Crosf Roads, Kastover, Gadsden, Bellwood Horrell Hill, Mill Creek. Wlnnsboro.?A Fairfield man sharer substantially in the prizes that wen awarded in the recent poultry show lr Spartanburg. Out of six entries R. H I'nilliJJB, ?nu liincB n kicui inttri coi it hit: poultry and who has for severs years been an exhibitor, received th? first premium ou four pens of chick ens. In addition to these prlzeB, sev eral special prises were given him including a silver goblet and an incu bator. St. Matthews.?D. D. Wannamaker manager of the Calhoun Agricultura ana Investment Company, the only in corporated farming concern in this county, is making a record as a har vester of cotton. For the past wee! Mr. Wannamaker has had at work ir his fields approximately 100 "hands' and has been harvesting on an aver age of a dozen bales of cotton a day One thing Mr. Wannamaker has no disclosed to the public is the secret formula he has for getting all the la bor he needs at 50 and 60 cents fh? 100 pounds, v-hon others near about have to pay near $1. Florence.?The municipal election ir the town of Olanta, this county, re suited in the choice of the following: Mr. P. J. Payne, the incumbent, was reelected intendant, and Messrs. D N. Baker, L. C. Floyd, G. C. Knight and H. H. Medlin were elected as war dens. Union.?The city council has In structed Chief of Police Evans to of fer a reward of $200 for the arrest anc conviction of ('. B. Gregory, a ser geant of the police force who recently left the town, carrying with him. it is charged about $500 of the town's money. Columbia.?An order signed here by Judge Wilson directs that so much of the property of the Richland Distilling Company, now in the hands of a receiver, as necessary- be sold to pay the taxes on same. Greenville.?Mr. Wilklns Cagle, one of the wealthiest citizens of Greenville, was accidentally shot a few days ago. The extent of the young mjin's injuries is said to be indeterminable. Facts as to how the shooting occured are very difficult to obtain Repeated attempts to secure information that is satisfactory have been repulsed. Laurens.?John M. Price, a young white man committed sflicide by shooting himself through the head with a shotgun at the home o" his father, ' enry T. Price, four miles north of the city. Washington --.?It was announced nere that sealed proposals would be received at the office of the supervising architect, treasury department, until January 19, 1912, for the construction, complete, including plumbing, gas piping .'.eating apparatus conduits and wiring and lighting fixtures for the United States pcstcffice at Orangeburg "'"4 f' ' ' % ., -1 SK'. | ft - - ; . \k ?'f MILL tSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 191 TEN PEOPLE 1 I! KILLED III WRECK A FATAL REAR END COLLI8ION ' ON ST. PAUL ROAD?OPERA- , TOR TO BLAME. ( SCORE OR MORE ARE INJURED | Solid Steel Car Sheared Into A* If It , Had Been Constructed of Card Board.?Many Acts of Bravery By I Uninjured. ndaiiaa Minn ?Ten are dead and nearly a score are more or less seriously injured as the result of a silk train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, which vas running as section No. 2 of the "Columbian flyer" crashhing into the rear sleeper of the flyer at the station here. The engine of the silk special ploughed for five feet into the sleeper, but the greatest loss of life was in the front end of the sleeper which waf telescoped by the dining car just ahead. Although both the diner and Bleeper were of steel, the former sheared the upper portion of the sleeper from the door as if it had been cardboard. In sometmanner the diner's floor became elevated slightly above that of the sleeper at the impact and with the force of section No. 2's engine behind, ( the sleeper was jammed along for fully 25 feet, while the diner, as a gigantic knife, cut away the upper structure and did its work of destruction. Responsibility for the wreck is said to rest between the operator at Ortonville Junction, who it is asserted should not have permitted the silk train to enter the block in which there was a train; the operator here, who it is said, failed to lift the stop signal for the flyer, and the flagman of the flyer, who it is claimed failed to protect the rear of his train lmme diately following its stopping at the block. All of the occupants of the sleeper, hut two escaped without injury. Iraemdiately after the crash the uninjured hastened the work of rescue and mRny feats of heroism were performed. Acquitted of Murder Charge. Alburque, N. H.?White haired and bent, Donaccio Espalin, 80 years old, was on the instructions of the court, adjudged ninocent of a murder which it was alleged he committed 36 years ago. Espalin was on trial in the dis trict court of Don Ana county at Las Cruces. Two witnesses of the alleged killing, men who were then boys, were among those who testified. Espalin after killing went to Old Mexico, where he remained until a few months ago, when he went to Ysleta, Texas, where he was arrested. The evidence, the court declared, was at this late date too incomplete and vague to incriminate Espalin. Mexican Indians Are Starving. Juarex, Mexico.?Conditions of the Tamahuara Indians, located in the mountains of this state, west of the city of Chihuahua are said to be deplorable. These Indians, who were active in the revolutionary cause, planted no crops and it is reported are now on the verge of actua' starvation. A delegation of two hundred - * PKIKnahiio molrinir ! Ul 111V lliur ID Hi V/Iiiiiuouviu the second appeal to the government for Immediate aid. Too III to Attend Father's Funeral. Chicago.?Mrs. Louise Vermilya, alleged poisoner of Arthur Bisonette. a policemnn, remained in jail while her father. John Wolf, who died a few days ago. was being buried. Although she had been given permission to at- 1 ; tend, Mrs. Vermilya said she felt too j ill to venture out of the jail hospital, i Rev. Sanford Gets Ten Years. Portland. Me.?Ten years in the federal prison at Atlanta was the sentence Imposed upon the Rev. Frank W. Sanford. leader of the Holy Ghost and Us society of Shiloh, for causing the deaths of six persons on the yacht Coronet. Will Use Half Mi'lion Xmas Trees. New York.?Ne York city will use nearly half a rail n Christmas trees this year and the ' iltimate" consumer will pay for them $250,000 or an average of fifty cents a tree. West street, : where the steamers from England | dock, smells like a balsam forest J these days, for the Christmas tree season is at its height and thousands : of the small firs are piled up beside the boat landings waiting for distribution to the retail trade. There appears to be no falling off in the demand for trees. Coffin Security For Board Bill. Savannah, Ga.?The hotel Pulaski of this city probably has the most gruesome security for a board hill that has been left on the hands of a landlord In some time. It is a coffin which was left there by a drummer for undertakers supplies two weeks 1 ago. The proprietors of the hotel j have tried to get the negro waiters to | take chances on the exhibit in a raf- , I fie but they will not do it. Neither j will they touch it to move it out of the store room where it now is. The proprietors are puzzled. Waitress Saved 1,000 Dimes. Denver, Colo.?Deludged with letters and with Christmas gifts, Miss Ivy Cole, a waitress in a local cafe, ?-ho saved up 1,000 dimes received in tips within one year to buy a fur coat is amazed at the attention her frugality has attracted. She has received letters and postal cards from many parts of the country and proposals of marriage from East, West, North and South. Miss Cole began saving all the dime tips she received a year ago last Thanksgiving day. - TI o1. rO PRESENT SCHOOL REPORT nteresting Table 8howing Average Expense Per Pupil in White and Negro Schools of State. Columbia.?J. E. 8wearingen, the state superintendent of education, will present to the general assembly statistics regarding the free public schools >f the state. No section of the forthcoming report cf the department of education will be more interesting or instructive than the table showing the average expenditure per pupil in each county according to enrollment. The school revenues run from a maximum of $34.72 in Beaufort county to $5.78 in Horry county, as shown by the table of expenditures for white pupils. Seven counties spent during 1910-T1 less than $1 per capita upon the negro pupils enrolled in their schools. Mr. Swearingen has been exerting every ene/gy to equalize school revenues in the several counties, and he will again bring this matter to the attention of the legislature in the hope Df securing an increased appropriation for this purpose. The following table shows the average expense per pupil in the white and negro schools: For both White. Negro, races Abbeville $10.27 $1.23 $ 4.25 Aiken.. .. .. .. 13.08 2.45 6.74 Anderson 8.67 1.71 5.91 Bamberg 20.15 .98 6.44 Barnwell 21.24 1.37 7.52 Beaufort 34.73 2.47 7.29 Berkeley 8.67 1.44 3.73 Calhoun .. .. 16.30 .98 4.71 Charleston 23.37 9.33 14.44 Cherokee 6.88 1.91 5.26 Chester .. .. 15.33 1.28 6.05 Chesterfield .. .. 6.98 1.54' 5.43 Clarendon 10.97 1.12 4.03 Colleton .. .. .. 9.31 1.21 5.32 Darlington .. .. 13.08 1.89 6.41 Dillon 11.78 1.58 6.80 Dorchester .. .. 11.82 1.56 5.89 Edgefield 12.24 .98 4.27 Fairfield 12.88 .84 4.14 Florence .. .. .. 15.82 2.49 9.09 Georgetown .. .. 15.27 2.61 6.78 Greenville |.. . 6.05 2.52 5.04 Greenwood .. .. 11.22 .95 4.0i Hampton 10.98 1.34 5.23 Horry 5.78 1.19 4.66 Kershaw .. .. .. 10.08 1.87 5.65 Lancaster . .. .. 7.77 1.08 4.51 Laurens 12.92 1.15 6.48 Lee ?. 11.67 1.09 5.24 Lexington.. .. j. 9.37 .88 6.03 Marion 9.49 2.81 6.67 Marlboro 14.40 1.07 5.88 Newberry , .. .. 12.97 1.39 5.35 Oconee 6.33 1.61 5.02 Orangeburg .. .. 11.63 1.13 4.93 Pickens 6.85 1.72 5.47 Richland 28.90 3.00 14.05 Saluda.. 8.07 .89 4.18 Spartanburg .. .. 8.57 2.09 6.46 Sumter 18.64 1.47 5.39 Union..'.' 8.30 1.22 4.46 Williamsburg ... 9.91 1.20 4.68 York 14.19 1.12 6.53 State .. .. .. .. $12.62 $1.71 $5.96 Columbia.?J. . Swearn 9947 Lthiet, st .o:s ; South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has Issued a commission to the Lott & Dunn Realty company of Columbia, having a capital of $5,000. The petitioners are J. W. Dunn and J. C. Lott. The company will do a general real eBtate and insurance business. A commission has been issued to the Market Produce company of Charleston, with a capital stock of $5,000. The petitioners are K. C. Volgt and F. J. Block. A commission has been issued to the College Industrial association of Central, with a capital of $2,500. The company will do a general farming and canning business. The petitioners are L. G. Clayton, W. L. Thompson and J. M. Hancock. Lyon Willing to Push Matter. ' It was not. in accordance with m> views or wishes that the hearing of the "case against the race track gambling in Columbia was deferred until January, ana n any persuu ucsin ?, an immediate prosecution shall place in my hands affidavits showing thai i race track gambling is taking place ir the city of Columbia, or elsewhere Jn the state, I will immediately^d^^ proceedings to enjoin the sam^^^nelieve injunction will be against such gambling, and am willing to submit the isfeue to the court as soon as 1 am in a position to do so." Negro Cuts Young White Man. Guy Rogers, a clerk in a store at Mallory, was seriously cut in the face by a negro, Will Owens. The affray occurred in the store as a result of a dispute which arose over some small purchases the negro had made from Mr. Rogers, Owens ran from the store and took refuge in a tenant'* house on W. W. Parham's place near here, but was later located, and he then took to the woods. Sheriff Venn Love and a large posse of citizens are nowsearching for him, but at last report he had not been captured. Engineer and Fireman Killed. Lawrence M. Maddox, engineer, and Henry Davis, the negro fireman of a local freight train on the Southern railway between Columbia and GreenluBtonthr Lr {11 of Pol 7Uf Vllie, WCIC iuoiauilj AII1VU w.v a VI?V, when their engine fell off the coal chute The engine was placing several cars on the chute and the brakes when applied, failed to work. Both men realized their danger and leaped to save their lives. As the tegcjfr filled with coal, turned over itf fell upon the men, horribly mangling them. I From Law Makers to Inven*-0'"Thomas P. Horger, a progressive clt izen of Jamison and a formFr member of the legislature, has just If en issued patent rights on two impomwit and valuable inventions. One Is a metalwooden concrete constructed railroad tie and proper fastenings to hold the rail. The other is on an automobile wheel constructed of tnetal. with piston spokes resting on steel springs encased in a'hollow tube. The rib is so constructed as to allow for resistance, expansion and contraction. MES PRESIDENT TAFT [ TAKES FIRM STAND THE TREATY MUST BE ABROGAT ED WITHOUT LEAST OFFENSE TO RUSSIA. DIPLOMACY THE WATCHWORD The Sulzer Resolution Will Be Vetoed If It Passes?The Executive Message Will Go To The Senate In a Day or Two. Washington.?The Russian treatj situation cleared materially and the administration plans for the abroga tion of the 183J treaty with the St Petersburg government became raor? definitely known. President Taft, it it said, has indicated emphatically thai he would veto the Sulzer resolution in stantly if,it should be forced throug* the Senate without modification. Notb ing that can be construed as an of fense to Russia will be permitted it the President can help it. According to plans announced Mr. Taft will send two communications to the Senate, one a message addressed to the Senate to be considered in exe cutlve session and the other a letter directed to Chairman Cullom of th< committee on foreign relations. Ic these communications Mr. Taft it ii said, will outline his attitude plainly and will call pointed attention to th< fact that international relations are not lightly to be dealt with. Dsepite the advice of certain of the Republican leaders of the House that the lower branch of Congress should be considered in the matter, Presi dent Taft was said to be determined to ignore the House entirely in bit further dealing with the Russian situa tion. 3enate leaders expect to hear that the President, through American Am bassador Guild, at St. Petersburg, already has notified Russia of the im pending abrogation of the treaty. This notice is believed to have been couch' ed in the politest terms of diplomatic language, and to have stated that the American people had come to regard the treaty as obsolete in many of its provisions. Had Plotted to Kill Madero. Mexico City.?A conspiracy to aa sasslnate President Madero was frua trated at the last moment by the ar rest of Gen. Higico Aguilar and Mellton of the Federal army and a score of conspirators. The plan learned ol from correspondence and documents found in the possession of the prison era was complete in all details. Madero was to have been shot from a balcony of the Reforma hotel, in Avenlda de La Reforma as he rode from Chap ultepec. During the confusion which this would create the conspirators who called themselves the "independent constitutional army" were to swoop down upon the national palace, kill 01 seize the ministers and take posses ' a# Davoc 1 S 1 Oil 111 Lilt? lid LUC Ui IV*. J vu, Restoration of Canteen Favored. I Washington.?Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, fa vors the restoration of the canteen tc army posts. He declares in his annua! report that the consensus of opinion in the army, is that the canteen should be re-established. General Wood als< makes some recommendations for th< garrisoning of Panama canal forts. H< says it is necessary to provide garri sons to protect the canal and insun its neutrality and for that recom mends twelve companies of coast'ar tillery, four regiments ofr infantry ai full strength, one battalion of field ar tillery. one squadron of cavalry and some auxiliary troops. Heavy Rains Carry Away Dam. Augusta, Ga.?Heavy rains in this ^ertion so increased the head water it L|Torse Creek Vailey that the big dam "of the Carolina Light & Power Co., J i miles from Langley, in Aiken county could not stand the strain and brok< through. The entire dam and powei plant was ewept away, leaving onlj one large, dynamo startdinfr. The lost is estimated at $35,000. Armenians Work Blackmail Scheme Chicago.?Four South Side Armen i ian business men were arrested b; ! Postofflce Inspector James K. Stewart all charged with attempting to secun $10,000 from two of Chicago's wealth I iest Armenians by means of allegec I blackmail. Garabed T. Pushman anc , Karekin T. Pushman. rug merchants are the men against whom the black mail plot was directed, according t( : Federal inspectors. The men arrestet j aro Dr. Alfred Gelbert, SarKie Deck | niedji, Ara P. Chutijan and Apkar H Jefferie8. Believed to Have Designs on German) Cologne?The Rhhenish Westphalia! Zeltung publishes a story pf an alleg eri discovery of a plan on the part, o Great Britian to blow up Wilhelms haven. The Zeitung professes to hav received its information from one c the best informed officials who sai the postal authorities becoming sui ?s -1 - ~ ~* Mnnontfl/1 mnnov nrHore i pil'HIua Ul irjreaitu iuvmv^ ?. favor of deck officers and chief mate! fiually seized some of the letters pasi ing through the postal departmen These showed that the plans of th war harbor had been betrayed. Pensions For Employes. New York.?Stockholders of th American Sugar Refining Compan will be called upon at the next annua meeting to approve a plan to provid pensions to the company's 7,5'?0 off cers and employes. Directors of th company, it was announced, hav worked out details of the plan whic include provisions for retiring en ployes over 65 years of age or afte thirty years of service. As appropria tion of $300,000 is suggested as th nuclus of the penson fund. I I $1.25 PER YEAR /_ FROM ALL OYER THE STATlF I 8ome Short Paragraphs of the Latest I News of General Interest From " Many Towns and Counties. Edgefield.?Mr. Jesse Turner, a far- AM mer, was held up by five men and robbed of |487. The robbery occurred four miles west of town, on the public road, between bere and Johnston. Rldgeville.?Harvey Rodgers, who lives near here, has gone to Columbia to take the Pasteur treatment. He was bitten by a strange dog, and at ogee killed the animal and Bent the : head to Columbia for examination. He . has been advised that the dog was mad and at once left for Columbia. Columbia?A suit for $76,000 against I the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is now occupying the I attention of the Richland County I Court. The suit was brought by Mr. 1 George R. Rembert, as administrator * of the estate of Mr. Berry Graves, wfco? while a lineman for the defendant company, met death at the corner of Oak and Gervals streets, in July, 1910. ' 4 Columbia.?If the people of South Carolina, and especially those living in the coastal region and in Charleston, do not immediately grasp the opportunity now before them of draining and developing the thousands of acres of waste land in this section, somebody else will do It for them. My word to the business men of this city now is: Get busy. Greenville? At a meeting the directors of Greenville, Anderson A Spartanburg railroad accepted the franchise recently granted by the Spartanburg city council. This means that the last obstacle in building the road from here to Charlotte has been swept away. The directors adopted a reso- 4 * lution expressing its appreciation of A the action of the Spartanburg alder- H men. """ Columbia.?Capt. W. H. Sligh, captain of section No. 3 of tbe Richland 1 county chaingang, has notified the 1 board of county commissioners that be wishes to resign, to take effect on January 1. Capt. Sligh has been with the chaingang since last April, but previously was employed by the county. He has made a good officer, and ' it is regretted that he will not serve 1 after the first of the new year. Charleston. ? An improvement of coastwise shipping is said to be now ' in evidence, and Charleston and all i the ports along the coast will soon feel the benefit. With this better tone in the shipping market has come an increase of rates, which will of itself stir competition and promote shipping. The increase of rates for schooners and bargeB will alao mak> steamer coal advance. , Columbia. ? The South Carolina > Society, Sons of the Revolution, held , their annual meeting at the Commer. clal Club. The principal business , transacted was the re-election of the present officers, as follows: President, Wilson G. Harvey; vice president, Dr. . P. Porcher; secretary, J. T. Coleman; treasurer, J. B. Hyde; chaplain, the , Rev. Win. Way; registrar, the Rev. Howard Lee Jones, D. D. i Spartanburg.?Dr. Charles R. Gall> lard, state superintendent of tbe Christian Endeavor Society, announced that Karl Lehmann, the society's field secretary for the world, will conduct a campaign of three weeks in I South Carolina beginning January 3. In addition to many smaller meetings > he will address three central rally I meetings at Columbia, Charleston and i I Greenville. ' Spartanburg. ? Oscar Johnson, k i young white man of Tucapau, is an i Jail here on the charge of attempted - criminal assault on a young girl of " that section of the county, the warrant i being sworn out by the girl's mother. ' Solicitor Otts sent for the young ' woman, and she appeared in his office 1 and made an affidavit. When she told ' her mother of the alleged attempt the ' ! parent swore out a warrant against j Johnson. Bennettsville.?Four mules myster{ iousiy disappeared from the timber ! camp of J. T. McKennon, about Beven 1 miles from Bennettsville. There | were six men in camp at that time, and no one seems to kn&* anything ' of the whereabouts of the mules. Two were dark bay mare myles and the r others were dark mouse-colored mules. [ Diligent search has been made in this 5 county, and it is thought that they have been stolen. Fort Mill.?In the election a lew ' days ago the citizens of Fort Mill de- ^ elded that Main street is to be paved " : at a cost of $4,000, bonds for this f ' ; amount to be used. An election was held for this purpose in October, but " was declared illegal, and the new elec1 tioo. ordered was held. ... ! Wedgefleld.?The barn and stable on the Tlnerton plantation of J. H. Aycock, two miles south of here, was ' destroyed by fire. Besides the loss of ,,^21 . ' the splendid barn, about all of tbr -took, 18 mules and horses, and be- '/ *1 * tween 3,000 and 4,000 bushels of corn j were burned. Aiken. ? Congressman James F. Byrnes has announced that there is ^ D a vacancy at the Naval academy at .Annapolis and that a special examina- ' f tlon to fill the place from the Second v congressional district will be held at e Blackville April 16, 1912. Newberry.?After an exceedingly ^ long wait, it seems that work is to be ?" commenced on Newberry's Governn ment building. A member of the firm \ ' to whom the contract has been let has ? arrived in Newberry and has already ** begun operations and it is expected ( e now that the work will be pushed to a speedy completion. Sumter.?J. W. Harper, the alleged slayer of Eddie Bossard, at the pasc senger station last Christmas evening, y has given himself up to the sheriff j in iail Mu-aifine trial at J IUU IS nun in jm: . the next term of court. e Washington.?In an order issued by , r ^ the interstate commerce commission 6 i manufacturers of buggies and other 6 [ veh.c'es at Sumter are placed on an 15 equal footing with the manufacturers 1 of simiiar products at other points ir \ ffl 1 the state. The Southern railroad csli | ed for the privilege so that thert would be no discrimination against Sumter. , V .i/M I ^ ' r r ' "