Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 28, 1911, Image 1
| ESTABLISHED IN 18<
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LATE wr?5 OF 1 HE WORLE
TERSELY TOLD.
vm EAST, NORTH AND WEST
W From Foreign Lands, Through J
out the Nation and Particularly
(ths Great South.
Southern.
Governor Ben W. Hooper of Tenaesaee,
an inmate of the state penl:entlary?not,
however, because he
had committed any crime. In gathering
material upon which to base
his pardonu in his proclamation of
Yuletide clemency. Governor Hooper
though' the best plan would be to go
'jo prison and see for himself which
>risoners deserved consideration.
Daring his incarceration the governor
will observe all the prison regulations
as though he himself were a
sonvict. Ho was released after 24
hours' imprisonment.
One hundred aud fifty indictments
igainst alleged votcr-seller6 in Lee
;oun'y, Virginia, were handed to the
aommonwe&ith's attorney and others
are to follow as a result of the grand
jury investigation into election irregularities
during the past three weeks.
It is generally believed the gfirand
jury probe will result in wholesale
disfranchisement of voters in this
sounty. The chief witnesses in the
investication have been men charger'
Irith handling the money.
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General.
Persia yielded to the demand of ths
Russian ultimatum that SV. .Morgan
3huster, an American, who holds the
post of treasurer-general in the Persian
government, be dismissed from
th? service of the Persian govern
ment The Russian ultimatum alsc
sails for the payment of an indem
oity which is to reimburse Russia
for money expended in sending an
armed expedition into Persia to en
force her demand. Mr. Shuster's ad
minlstrattion of Persia's finances hat
been displeasing to Russia from tlu
start and when he caused the seiz
are of property belonging to the
brother ol the cx-shah over the pro
test of the Rubs n vice consul Rus
sla called for the dismissal of Mr.
Shuster, and this has finally been acceded
to.
The Ocmulgee river, fed by forty
hours of unceasing rain in middle
Georgia, flooded over the danger lint
in the flat lands of Macon, and thirty
families, with the water at theii
thresholds, fled to higher levels foi
safety, leaving belongings to th<
mercy of the waters. A dairy oi
eighty cows was flooded, and the an!
mala mloogad hv the owners. Ktrilcl<
uut for the middle of the stream, ant1
I disappeared down the current.
. Fears over the condition of Em
peror Francis Joseph, who is ill ir
Vienna, were increased when it be
came kipwn that all of the memben
of the Austrian royal family hac
been summoned to Vienna. Th<
(- "general explanation" offered wa
ffiat following out the traditional cus
| torn, the royal family was coming t<
spend Christmas with the emperor
but there was a growing belief thai
the summons resulted from untowart
developments which have arisen ir
the condition of the aged monarch.
The motion made by attorneys foi
jtbe ten Chicago packers now on tria
in the United States circuit court
asking for the quashing of two of th<
t five counts in the indictmenti
against the millionaires, was deniei
The final executive act in the ah
rogation by the United States of th?
treaty of 1832 with Russia was tak
en when President Taft signed tb?
joint resolution of congress endini
the convention on December 31, 1912
With his signature the diplomats
crisis that has overshadowed the tw<
nation? since the Sulzer resolutioi
was parsed by the house was out o
thi wav. Secretary of State Kno:
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was <he only witness present wnei
President Taft affixed his signatun
to the Joint resolution.
Cries and pronns breaking the still
nets at the jail in 1 lost on, Mass., let !
to the discovery that the Rev. Clai
ence V. T. Richeeon, awaiting tria
en the charge of having murdere<
M1f3 Avis Linnell. had mutilate:
himself severely with a piece of tin
^^gojjerious was the wound that It wai
?* found necessary to perform an op
K' , era'.icn immediately. Later in thi
I- , day the surgeon said the operatlot
was entirely successful and that tb?
Pfl eoner probably would recover. !
The newly appointed Americai j
j minister to Cuba. Arthur M. Beaupro 1
[1 pro-rated his credentials to 1'ivsidci
fl r- Gomez. ^The customary courtesie: I
I were exchanged between the presi I
L| _ dent and the minister.
M A New York firm has just beei j
Ined $500 for selling rotten eggs i
B liquid form.
Constitutionality of the lilinoi:
itatn'e to indemnify the owners o
B property from damage occasioned l>:
B -nobs was upheld by the Suproun
C Sourt of the I'nited States. Severa j
B ;ase? brought under this law are ik v
B pending in the Illinois courts.
To an audience that tilled conven
Uon hall in Kansas City, Mo., Col
^B Henry Watterson delivered an ad
dress In support of the general ar
fl bltration treaties with England am'
fl France.
I The river Avon in South Wales In:
K burst, Its hanks and :s sj>i--adnij
BJfi great destruction.
BL Predictions are lining made tha
B (>e? county. Virginia, may rival Ad
una county, Ohio, in th? number o
vrreajs fqr alleged bribery in eloc
^Bvfionx, as the result of tho work o
B the grand jury. v\ h;c h has been it
^BV. lesion for two weeks past.
^Bf' Ten thousand dollars in currency
Mfr faded and worn that win n
B^.ien' to. Washington for redemption
|^B$gs been found in a bustle that va
I Born far many years by Mrs. Mar;
I who died suddenly at he;
^B^Bbro in Hogdyn Mills, Maine, a fev
fl Bs ago. None of the bills of
t hiwtwi'P Tif^mn^rT ? *?THE
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Frailio Estrada president of the r? |
public of Ecuador, died in Gyayaqull I
suddenly. He was 65 years of age. I
President Estrada was elecced to office
on January 11, 1911, and was
inaugurated on September 1. He was
taken seriously ill on the 18th of the
same month and went to Quito to recuperate.
During his sojourn there a
plot to nssassirate him was discovered
and several conspirators were
arrested. Guayaquil is quiet.
Opposition members of the Russian
duma ridicule ex-President Guchkoff's
legislative proposal to provide <
for tariff war schedules, applicable ?
to the United States, at the expiration
of, the Russo-American treaty of ^
commerce and navigation, which he
and other signers representing the
'octoberist and nationalist parties in
the duma have introduced into that
body. The opposition declare that
the proposal would strike hardest at
the Russian agriculturists and cotton
manufacturers.
"We have nothing to hide. We are i
ready at any time for the agent3 of c
the law to begin investigating," de- (
Clares President Samuel Gompers, of c
the Americas Federation of I^rbor, in c
an editorial on "Labor's Position; c
Lawful and Progressive," which will j
appear in the January isnuo of The
American Federationist. The forth- <
coming number of the official organ ;
of the federation will be the first to i
appear since organized labor's dc- \
feuse of the McXaraara brothers collapsed
in their confessiou. t
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Washington.
The exports of the United State*,
to the countries of the rest of ths *
world during the eleven months of *
the current year ending with Xovcm- J
ber exceeded the imports by somewhat
more than $47^,000.009. The 1
value of the exports was $1,867,614,510,
while the Imports were worth '
$1,392,552,228, according to statistics 1
1 1 -"J l"' ilann pf m rtnf ,lf t
lbblieu luua^ UJ UIC uvj/ai uuvuv wi
commerce and labor. During the
corresponding period last year the
exports exceeded the imports in
value by about $211,000,000.
President Taft tentatively promised
a committee from the Southern
Commercial congress and members
of the TVnnesseo delegation to attend
the next meeting of tho congress
to be held in Nashville, Tcnn.,
on April of ner.t year. Among those
included in the committee are Senator
Fletcher, ??f Florida, who at the
time i:* a neat cpeech presented a
handsomely bound copy of the proceedings
of the last Atlanta congress
to the president, and Senators Taylor
and J.ea.
That tho United States will be the
loser as tiie result of the abrogation
of the treaty of 1832 between that
country and Russia through tariff op
erations and trade relations, woe a
belief expressed unofficially by
many persons having access to Russian
government circles. Russia ha*
indicated that she will compel th>
United States to make retribution fo:
the summary abrogation of '.be com
mercial treaty.
President Taft sent to congress Cat
long awaited report of the *nrifl
board on schedule K of the Payne
tariff act, and with It a message rec* ommending
that tho rates on - wool
and woolens be materially reduced.
The report shows that tho existing (
duties cn many classes of wool and '
wool manufactures are prohibitory 1
and greatly in excess of the differ-, '
ence in the cost of production hero 1
and abroad. The duties are so ar- '
ranged as to keep out of the United '
States entirely woools of finer qualities
which if imported might be used ,
to displace the cheap substitutes now j
employed. President Taft calls Aitca- '
tion to these points and urges thai ,
a revision of. the schedule bo pro- t
ceeded with at once. fc
The federal government filed suit c
in the United Statc3 circuit court at t
Philadelphia against the Keystone I
Watch Case Company, declaring It an c
unlawful combination, in violation of I
the Sherman anti-trust law, and ask- t
lng that it be restrained from car- t
rying on an alleged monopoly in the r
manufacture and sale of watch cases, t
The government declares that the
company now "manufactures and > '
sells SO per cent of all watch cases i
manufactured una sold in the United '
States."
The senate, by a unanimous vote, '
formally ratified President Taft's no- '
tification to Kussia of the terraina- j '
tion of the treaty of 1832. The Lodge .
joint resolution, reported by the for
eign relations committee as a substitute
for the Sulrer resolution that
passed the house 300 to 1, was adopt- '
ed after an all-day debate over Russian
discriminations against the
Jews of America. The house is expec*
ed to agree to the senate mens
ure. The resolution was Introduced '
for the committee by Mr. Lodga of
Massachusetts, as the measure couch- '
ed in the language most satisfactory '
to the Washington administration 1 1
wbic hsottght to avoid giving offense '
to the St. Petersburg government.
There was an echo of the Savannah
harfor scandal in the Supreme court
when that tribunal assigned for early
hearing on the "summary docket" the
i question of whether the United '
| States is entitled to 400 shares of
I stock in the Norfolk and Western 1
I Railway company as property purchased
for Uapt. Oberlin M. Carter 1
with funds alleged to have been fm- 1
properly procured from the govern- 1
ment. Mary C. Ix>ary of New York j
claims the stock as muemnn> iur
husb'.nd going on Carter's bond when
ho was arrested in connection with
the scandal.
Appeals for the immediate reform J
of the country's banking and currency
system and scientific tarifl legislation.
based upon entirely new rer,
sons, stand out prominently in tire
annual report of Secretary of the
j Treasury MacVeagh. submitted to
| congress. This statement of the nation's
finances bristles \yith urgent
suggestions for corrective financial
laws. The secretary of the treasury
foresees a surplus, in the treasury at
the end of the fiscal year 1913 of
about $29,000,COO, exclusive of expeu,
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)VER $3,MX),000 INCREASE FOR
THE SMALL INDUSTRIES IN
T HE STATE.
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SOME STATISTICS ARE GIVEN
The Report By the State Department
of Agriculture Showe That There
Has Been Much Progress During
the Year Just Closing.
Columbia.?Statistics prepared by
3. J. Watson, commissioner of agri:ulture,
commerce and Industries, inllcate
that the amount invested in in
iU6trial enterprises in South Carolina
luring 1911 was $3,535,058 in excess
>f the capital invested for the same
>eriod in 1910 .
One of the results of the tomato
dubs is shown by an increase of $131,140
Invested in canneries. The investnents
in canneries in 1911 reach
1214,190 for this growing industry.
The manufacture of clothing is an)ther
growing industry, and there was
1359,500 capital invested in Buch enerprises
in 1911. The figures for
1910 were $88,800.
Electrical development in South
Carolina continued during 1911 and
he expenditures for such enterprises
epresents $28,930,326 for the year.
rk? /.anitni <nv?at?H .1, rine 1910 in
1 uu VttJ/JlUJ ?
similar plants was $24, 55,147.
Another industry that has attracted
nvestors in South Carciina is furni:ure
manufacturing. In some localises
of the state there is an abundince
of hardwood timber and other
suitable timber used in the manufac;ure
of furniture. There was $360,000
nvested in this enterprise in 1911.
During the year there has been no
ibatement by enterprising manufac:urers
in their investments for many
)f the leading industries, among them
jeing fertilizers, flour and grist mills
'oundries, carriages, bakery products
ind brick products.
The table showing value of proiucts
from these industrial enter
prises for 1911 as compared with 1910
ndicates that there has been a
lealthy increase in the value of most
lnes.
One of the notable exceptions is a
lecrease in the amount or coffins and
baskets manufactured in South Carolna
during 1911 as compared with
1910. The natural conclusion is thai
his condition is due to a decreased
nortality in this state during 1911. At
iny rate, more favorable conditions
ire known to exist.
Awarded Reamer Scholarships.
Some time in the early fall W. S.
[learner gave $5,000 to found scholarships
for worthy young men who were
students at the University of South
Carolina. The scholarships were
iwarded to the following young men;
J. P. Brooks, Spartanburg; G. W.
Ward, Spartanburg; P. B. Ueridrix,
Mew Brookland, and H. R. Crosfland,
Orangeburg. It was decided by the
board of trustees that four instead
it two young men should profit from
these scholarships this session. The
scholarships are two in number, paying
$160 each.
Report of Railroad Commission.
The report by the railroad comni6sion
for the year has been com
>leted and is soon to be announced.
The commission will recommend this
fear that grade crossings be placed
inder the jurisdiction of the commislion.
It has been the policy of the
jommission to work for the eliminaion
of all grade crossings. The re>ort
will show the work done by the
:ommls8ion during the year. Preston
I. Darby, formerly connected with
he offices of the Southern Railway
?ere, has assumed the duties of sec
etary of the commission to succeed
he late T. B. Lumpkin.
^ List o Income Tax Payers.
A. W. Jones, the comptroller gen
?ral sent a revised um ui muumc impayers
to the auditor of C.reenwood
county with instructions to make a
:areful investigation. The list included
20 names.
The Taxes Are Coming In Fast.
Over $125,000 In tax money has
been received in the last week "by the
state treasurer, which brings the colections
for the year up to $200,000. R.
fl. Jennings, the state treasurer, said
:hat $645,000 would be needed to meet
:he expenses of the government by
he last of the month. This amount
Rill he needed for interest on the
state debt, actual running expenses
:>f the stale government and to pay
notes amounting to $5n<),0(?0 borrow
?d and due shortly. Only 21 counties
have made remittances.
Corn May Be- Produced Cheaply.
To members of the Laurens County
Boys' Corn Club, Eugene B. Stlmpson
and Carol Walllace, both of the Shiloh
section of the county, who were
awarded prizes at the annual contest
held In October, have written full descriptions
of their method of cultiva:ion,
fertilization, cost of production,
he yield of each prize acre and the
""fit ?oll?oit In vton- nf tho Porn
Exposition at Columbia these letters
ire of interest, showing as they do.
low cheaply corn can be produced in
he Piedmont.
n Violation of State Law.
A case of unusual interest was
leard in Walhalla before Magistrate
\.. P. Crisp. On the Kfh of November.
Deputy United States Collector John
P. Scruggs, of C.reenville, sobl eight
gallons of corn whiskey here that had
been reized front an illicit distillery
In tb? mountains. Oconee being :
jry county, State Liquor Constable
A. T. Reid arrested Deputy Collector
Scruggs, who gave bond for appearance
in magistrate's courL The result
was that the cab ' was sent up to
the court of general se^lons.
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CHARLESTON ON AUTFIhAP"
Tourist Bureau At New York Should j
Be Means of Sending Many Motor
Car Tourists Here.
Charleston.?Charleston Is to be one
of the cities regularly listed on the
official books of the American Automobile
Association and the road leading
from Columbia to Charleston is to be
one of the official routes of that great
organization, according to statements
made by Mr. E. L. Ferguson, a representative
of the Association's Touring
Bureau, who is now in Charleston
with his assistant, Mr. James A. Hemstreet.
Messrs. Feruguson and Hemstreet
came to this city at the request
of President J. M. Connelley, of the
Charleston Automobile Club, preferred
through Engineer Reid Whitford, of
the sanitary and drainage commission.
They have spent several days
here talking over the highway situation
with Engineer Whitford, President
Connelley and representative
business men, and have about made
up their minds that Charleston is one
of the cities that automobilists will
And it worth while to visit.. The official
survey of the road between Charleston
and Columbia will be made in a
few days, the party consisting of a
number of local automobilists and
Messrs. Ferguson and Hemstreet,
starting from this city in four or five
luurius iiii s.
Tho proposition means more to
Charleston than seems to be generally
recognized. The American Automobile
Association Is the biggest thing
of its sort in the world. It has a
membership of over 40,000 at present
and is constantly growing. Its mem-'
bership includes automobilists in practically
every state of the East and
among them are a majority of the
wealthy automobilists who travel
southward each year in their automobiles
to spend the winter in the
mild climate of the Carolinas or
Florida.
Work on the Cherokee Roads.
Fifteen new steel drags, purchased
by the county commissioners for use
qn Cherokee County roads, arrived in
Gaffney and were put to use on the
roads in different sections of the county.
The commissioners have also purchased
twelve additional mules for the
use of the county supervisor in road
building and these two important adjuncts,
together with a large force of
convicts, will soon make a manifest
improvement on the county roads. Supervisor
Liscomb has done some wonderful
work in the county, improving
the roads wherever practicable and in
some instances building an entirely
new road. This work has, of course,
taken time, but general satisfaction is
felt by the itinerant public over thf
condition at this time.
Sinking Fund Commission Met
The sinking fund commission met
at the state hoiiBe when numerous
matters with reference to the worn 01 i
the commission were discussed. The |
commission named W. L. Mauldin and
Lowndes J. Browning as a subclmmittee
to examine the books and account^
of the commission. This committee
will meet at Columbia on January 6.
The members of the commission are
the governor, \V. L. Mauldin, chairman
of the finance committee of the
senate; Lowndes J. Browning chairman
of the ways and means committee
of the house; A. W, Jones, the
comptroller general, and R. H. Jennings,
the state treasurer. D. H.
Means is the clerk of the commission
Preparing For "Founders Day."
Waller Page on "Good Roads" anc
Alphonso Smith on "Our Heritage of
Idealism," gives promise of an interesting
programme for "Founders'
Day" at the University of South Carolina
on January 11. Dr. Page is the
director of the federal bureau of public
roads, and Dr. C. Alphonso Smith
is the Poe professor of English at the
University of Virginia. Other speakers
will be Dr. J. M. McBryde, Jr.,
of Tenn.. and Profs. Joynes, Wardlaw
and Waurhopc of the University of
South Carolina. Richard I. Manning
will preside in the afternoon, and Jas ;
Simons of Charleston at night.
Municipal Elction at Bluffton.
In the municipal election held here
G. S. Guilford, was elected intendant
over A. L. Mulligan, the present intendant.
The following wardens were
elected: H. E. Crosby. H. M. Synder,
A. E. Mulligan and H. W. Sitnraons.
Want American Historical Meeting.
By a concerted move on the part of
the Colunlbia Chamber of Commerce,
the University of South Carolina, Columbia
College, the College for Worn
en, the city council of Columbia and
the State Historical Commission it is
hoped to bring to Columbia for its
1913 meeting the American Historical
Association, one of the most distinguished
bodies of its kind in the country.
Resolutions heartily endorsing the
invitation have been passed by the
faculty of the University of South
Carolina and the executive committee
Men Are Released on $100 Bail.
The four men arrested in connection
with the burning of the^Townvllle
guard house and the iwfrder of
Doc. Wellborn, a prisoner, were released
on bond of $10&each. Application
for bail was mitde before Judge
Prince after M. C. Long, thy Walhalla
attorney, who worked up the c*ae
against the men, stated he would nui
oddosp bail for them. Ready signers
to the bonds were found and the men
left for their homes at Townville, tc
return to Andersor. on a date to he
agreed upon for preliminary hearing.
Education Boa'u Orders Election.
The FMgefleld county board of edu
cation has Just ordered special elections
in Antioch and Ropers school
(li?trir?ft for the purpose of voting on
the question of malting a special levy
for school purposes The uumher of
districts in the county that have voted
the special lev'y has steadily grown
during the past two years, and it is
believed that it will not be many
months before every district will vote
io supplement the regular school fund
with a special tax.
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AGENTS WILL WORK
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF COTTON
CLUBS IS MADE BY OR. BRADFORD
KNAPP.
PLAN TO INSTRUCT THE BOYS
New Feature Is Added to the United
Farm Demonstration Work?The
Purpose of the Campaign Is Giver
In Following Article.
Columbia.?Following the success of
the Boys' Corn club movement in the
programme for the education of the
fanners of the South, inaugurated by
the United States farm demonstration
work. "Cotton clubs" are to be organized
throughout the cotton belt,
according to an announcement made
by Dr. Bradford Knapp, who ba3
charge of the work.
The following outline of the work
has been given by Dr. Knapp:
"In most of the territory now covered
by the farmers' cooperative demonstration
work, cotton is the prin- i
clpal crop grown by the farmers. The
education of a Southern boy will be
far from complete unless he has made
a study of this wonderful plant which
does so much to clothe the world, and
which In recent years is becoming important
as a source of oil and feed
Sufficient investigations have been
made, and trials had to convince us
that there is a need and demand for
aIIIKQ
"The objects of the boys' demon
stratiou work are: First, to afford the
rural teacher a simple and easy method
of teaching practical agriculture
in the schools in the way it must be
acquired to be of any real service,
namely, by actual work upon the
farm. Second, to prove that there is
more in the soil than the farmer has
ever gotten out of it: to inspire boys
with a love of the land by showing
how they can get wealth out of it
by tilling it in a better way and thus
be helpful to the family and the
neighborhood. Third, to give t-'ie boys
a definite, worthy purpose and to stira
ulate a friendly rivalry among them.
License Ordinance To Be Considered.
Columbia.?The license ordinance
for 1912, which has been before city
council for the last two meetings, will
be considered at the next meeting of
council for its final ratification. The
ordinnace is practically unchanged
from that of 1911. While there are a
few changes they are of minor importance.
The licenses for 1912 will approximate
547,000. Section 1 of the
ordinance says: "Every person, firm,
company or corporation engaged *n
any trade, business or profession hereinafter
mentioned within the limits of
the city of Columbia, shall obtain, on
or before February 15, 1912, a license
therefor in the manner hereinafter
provided."
To Be Elected At Special Meeting.
Columbia.?The officers of the Columbia
Chamber ot' Commerce will be
elected at a special meeting. The date
for the meeting was fixed by the executive
committee a .few days ago.
The annual meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce was held several weeks
ago, but at that time it was decided
to postpone the election of officers
until there was a larger ; ffendance of
membere. The executive comm:Ve
also decided not to hold the annual
dinner at this time, hnt win very iikeiy
give the members of the general assembly
a smoker early in tne sespion.
Judge Aldrich Passed Away.
Florence.?Judge Robert Aldrich, of
the South Carolina Circuit Bench, after
a hard fight with the allmenf that seized
him some weeks ago, died at the
Florence Infirmary. Upon the advices
of the attending physician and realizing
that the end of this breve end
fearless man was soon to be reached
his loved ones who had gathered
around his bedside here for several
days were joined later by others, and
just in time to be present to se? the
last vital spark of life pass out.
Washington.?President Taft sent to
the Senate the nomination of Geo. H.
Huggins to be postmaster at Columbia,
S. C. *
Appreciation For Dr. Knapp.
Columbia.?Appreciation of Dr. Seaman
A. Knapp is growing every day,
on account of the vast work that he
did for the farmers of the South in
the eenerai enrichment of rural life.
The letter from a well-known compress
company of Memphis, Tenn., is a
a type of expressions constantly received
in regard to that great and
good man's life and labors in the
South. It will be recalled that Dr.
Knapp was one of the chief speakers
on "Founders' day" at the University
of South Carolina last January.
Work For Free Delivery Complete.
Gaffney ? Practically all the preliminary
work in Gaffney's effort towards
securing free delivery of mails
has now been completed and it is prot>able
that application will soon be
made to have a postal inspector sent
to this city for the purpose of Inspecting
the city. The houses have all
been numbered, new street signs have
been erected and the pavements have
undergone quite a little work. City
engineer states that Gaffney's poorest
streets are better than the best of
some towns enjoying free delivery.
Cannot Withdraw Proceedings.
Columbia.?The supreme court re
the petitioners to withdraw the injunction
proceedings brought by citizens
of Columbia against the Columbia
Racing association to enjoin the
racing meet and set for hearing on
January 4. The action of the court
was based on the fact that the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
Bociety, a party to the action had not
been serv^ with notice of the motion
The action of the court means that
the racing meet trill continue.
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NEWS~0F"S0UTH CAROLINA^
Latest News "of General Interest That
Has Been Carefully Collected and
Condensed by the Editor.
Lexington.?Jack Renslck, a negro
was placed In jail by Sheriff Sim J.
Miller upon the charge of forgery.
Washington?Walhalla and Younge'B
Island, third-class postoffices in South
Carolina, designed postal savings offices
to be ready for deposits Jan. 16,
next.
Laurens.?Capt. John M. Hudgens, a
well-known citizen of this city,and
magistrate of this township, died at his
home here. Capt. Hudgens had been
in ill health for some time, and hiB
death was not unexpected.
Florence.?Florence's new automobile
fire engine has arrived and hos
been given a try-out on the streets. It
is a handsome machine, and so far as
can be seen, does the work expected of
it and does it with mighty little delay
The work of reorganizing the department
will be pressed rapidly.
Greenville.?The first successrui pig
club contest ever conducted in South
Carolina came to a close a few days
| ago In this city, when Master Terry
T. Dill, a 14-year-old farmer lad, was
awarded a prize of $100 for growing
the biggest pig, at the least cost, of
any of the forty-odd members of the
Greenville County Boy Pig Club.
Columbia.?Joe Chandler, who was
convicted in Williamsburg county in
June, 1910, on the charge of assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary, has been paroled by
the governor on the condition that he
pay $100 to the treasurer of Willamsburg
county.
Heath Spring?At the municipal
election held here H. F. Clybum, cashier
of the People's Bank of Heatb
Spring, was elected intendant, receiving
39 votes. James A. Williams received
14 votes for the intendancy. W.
T. Stover, J. W. Crenshaw, W. C. Ellis
and J. A. Sims were elected wardens
without opposition.
Columbia.?The organization of the
Richland County Alumni association of
the University of South Carolina was
perfected. The officers elected were:
W. W. Ball, president; C. C. Wilson,
vice president; W. Anderson Clarkson,
secretary-treasurer. The annual dues
of the association were fixed at $2.
Columbia. -The 19th annual meeting
of the South Carolina Bar association
will he held here on January 18 and 19
and Alton B. Parker of New York, for
mer Democratic nominee for the presi
dency of the United States, will be the
principal speaker. Other distinguished
jurists will also make addresses.
Edgefield.?A special election was
held throughout the county to el^cl
some one to fill the offlc eof probate tc
succeed the laie J. U. Alien, w. t
Kinard, a brother-in-law of Judge A1
len. was chosen without opposition.
The vote aws very light and it was
not possible to obtain a full report
from all of the precincts.
Hock Hill.?Milas Partlow. a negrc
of this section, who Is wanted in con
nection with an attempt to wreck th<
C. & N. W. train sometime ago, stoic
a mule and buggy from T. W. Hope
north of this city, and went to Char
Iptte, where he was arrested by the
authorities of that place upon a phone
message from officers here to be on
the lookout for him.
Columbia.?A charter has been issued
to the Irwin Electric company oi
Spartanburg, with a capital stock of
$10,000. The officers are: W. H.
Irwin, president; R. A. Shores, vice
president, and K. E. Sherrill, secretary
and treasurer. A charter has
been issued to the Smoak-Brown company
of Yorkville, with a capital stock
of $8,000. The officers are: C. B.
Smoak. president and secretary, and
Hugh (5. Brown, vice president and
treasurer.
Bowman.?It is said by those who
are informed on the subject that, notwithstanding
the large increase in the
production of cotton in this section,
many farmers will hardly make "ends
meet" when the crops are gathered
and marketed. The general approximate
yield in this section will exceed
tion papers and that they will be hon- i
ored by Governor Kitchlu, who tele- 1
graphed Sheriff S. P. Gowan to hold
the gypsy.
Have Received Busts of Governors.
Raleigh.?The North Carolina Historical
Cohtmissio^ has received the
two marble busts of Gbvernor Samuel
Johnston and Governor John M. Morehead.
which are to be placed In the
two remaining niches on the first floor
of the rotunda of the state capital.
Both are the work of Mr. E. W. Ruck
stuhl, the sc.'iptor. who executed the
busts of Governor Graham and Senator
Ransom now in the rotunda. It
has not yet been decided when the
bust of Governor ( More head wU]\ b?
placed . t
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FARMERS' UNION OF THE ETATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOWS
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REPORT OF STATE ORGANIZER J
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It Shows That There Are Over One
Thousand In This State, Six Hundred
Having Been Added Within
the Last Year.
Raleigh?Following is the interesting
annual report of the state organize.
and lecturer of the North Carolina
Division of the National" Farmers'
Union, whose state convention at
Wilson adjourned a few days ago.
Wo have chartered 3,102 local
unions in North Carolina. This is a
gain of 608 iocal unions since our last
annual meeting.
Twenty county unions have been
organized this year as follows: Alleghany,
Gates, Pamlico, Bertie, McDowell,
Richmond, Henderson, Hyde,
Jones, Madison, Martin, Northampton,
Onslow, Pasquotank, Pender, Washington,
Watuaga, Hertford, Avery and
Hoke.
There are fourteen counties which
have as yet, no county unions. These
are: Brunswick, Camden, Carteret,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Jackson,
New Hanover, Periquiraans, Transylvania,
Tyrrell, Edgecombe, Mitchell
and Polk.
In a greater portion of the counties
uhirh have county organizations the
organizing work has not been com- 1
pleted and there is much follow-up 1
work to be done in territory where 1
the union has already been planted.
I would recommend that in the epecial
work that is to follow in the organized
counties that it be done at expense
| of the state union, or under some
kind of a guarantee that- will secure
men best fitted, by experience and
qualifications, for the work, and that
in selecting counties for this special
j service those counties that are raising
warehouse funds be given preference
so that the special organizer may
visit local unions, explain the warehouse
system of marketing intelligently
and solicit stock for same.
The State Is Handicapped.
Shelby.?Now that the date of the
special term of the court is set to try
the three Ross negroes charged with
killing Mr. and Mrs. W. John Dixon
near Allston, attorneys for the prosecution
are working on evidence. Sheriff
Wilkins left for the neighborhood
in his machine and will seek new tes-timony
bearing on the case. At present
the state is handicapped. All
three of the negroes cannot be indicted
wjthout destroying the evidence they
offer. Each one places the crime on
the other two and the state will no
doubt be at a loss to determine which
two to indict and which one to hold
as the state's witness. However, the
prosecution Is working on evidence,
hoping to fix the blame on the righ'
parties.
The Instruments Have Arrived.
Raleigh?A special from Washingion
states that Representative Robert
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Li. uougnion IS III re^ciyi ui U ivivv.
from Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of
the weather bureau, stating that the
instruments which are to be used in
the establishment of the experimental
meteorological stations in western
North Carolina have arrived from
abroad and are now being adjusted
and tested, and Bays that in a few
days all of the new stations will be
equipped.: "We shall be able to get
the work under way by the first of
.March," says Professor Moore, "which
is the beginning of the most critical
period for which we desire to have
observations."
Mr. Duncan Confirms Reports.
Ra''fgh.?E. C. Duncan, a Norfolk
Soujfl^rn Railroad director, who is engiijITriDB
the great extension of this
V^'tem. including the Raleigh to Con
| Word and Charlotte through line, was
seen and \he confirmed the reports
that definite efforts are on foot for
not only the Raleigh-Concord line but
also for the building of th* road right
on from Concord to Charlotte as well.
Governor Pardoned J. R. Brown.
RaJelgh.?J. R. Brown, of Moore
county, convicted at the January <
term, 1911, for the crime of an assault
with a deadly weapon and sentenced
to fix months on the roads was pardoned,
conditionally by the governor, I
the reasons for pardon assigned being:
" In this case the judge, the
solicitor, the prosecuting witness and ,
I the attorney who aided ift the prosecuI
tion, all recommend leniency, thinking
! the punishment is now sufficient. Par:
doncd on condition that he pay the
: cost and remain law-abiding.
Requistion Will Be Honored.
Wilmington.?Steve John, one of the
leaders of the tribe of gypsies that
has been in this conynnnity for some
days, is in the county jail awaiting the
arriving of an officer from Pulaski
county, Arkansas, to take him back to
that state to answer a charge of perjury,
which has been preferred against I
him. it is expected that the Arkansas '
">>11 rnmti nrnipil with reoilisi i
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FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
Jolumn of News That Have Been
Gotten Together For the People
of the State.
Raleigh.?There were Issued by Adutant
General R. L. Leinster of the
^orth Carolina National Guard comnissions
for A. A. Russell as first
ieutenant and Freeman Neece as sec>nd
lieutenant of Company L. Third
Regiment, Burlington.
Raleigh.?Chairman Franklin Mc
^eill and Mr. E. L. Travis, of the
^orth Carolina Corporation Coromisdon,
left for Tarboro to inspect the
jroposed site for the depot to be ereced
by the Altantic Coast Line. They
will also visit Wilson to inspect the
ilte suggested for a union depot there.
Monroe.?The teachers' association
net in the second meeting for this
rear at the Monroe high school here,
ind despite the rain and muddy roads
here was an unusually large attendmce.
The program was carried out .
ilthough some of the principal speak
>rs were unable to be present.
North Wilkesboro. ? The North
IVilkesboro Board of Trade is a live
wire, and has been doing much good
tor the town and vicinity. By pointing
>ut some defects in the railroad serrice
the company was induced to pu?
>n this line a better coach, which
s a benefit to every person who trav
?Is in or out on this road.
Charlotte.?The annual election of
>fflcers by the Mecklenburg Medica
Society resulted in the choice of Dr
r. F. Costner as president, Dr. Leigh
ton W. Hovis as first vice-president,
Dr. G. Mc. DeArmon, second vice-pres
ident, Dr. J. K. Ross third vice-presi
lent. Dr. H. A. Wakefield was re-electsd
secretary and treasurer.
Dunn.?Curtis Benton, a young man
rrom Rocky Mount, was found near
Godwin by the crew of a through
freight lying near the railroad track
? ? nnnillHnn with a
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hole in his head. The young man wai
carried to Godwin and treated by Dr
McLean but never regained con
sclousnees.
Newton.?Dan Misenheifner, whf
stabbed Ivey Stine, operator at the
Southern station, was admitted' tc
bail in the sum of $500, with S. L
Rhyne as surety, and he waived ex
amination. It is understood thai
Bhould Stine's condition become worst
Misenheimer is to he re-arrested and1
Mid,
Gastonia.?The annual rifle Bbool
of the North Carolina National Guarf
for this section of the state will b<
held in Gastonia again next May. Th<
meet here last May was in every
way a most pleasant and successful
one and it is gratifying to know thaJ
Gastonia was again selected as th|i
place for the meet.
Wilson.?The people of Wilson coua
ty are waking up to their duty?they
have cut their eye-teetb and their op ?
tics are open to the fact that in ordei
to have peace and happiness blind tig
ers will have to be driven out of tb<
land, and they are having their claw;?
clipped at this term of court. Out o the
many cases tried not one has es
caped conviction.
Durham.?At a meeting of the Re
tail Merchants' Association, a petition
was presented to the body from the
coal merchants, calling upon them tc
continue the tight against unfaii
freight conditions which the interstate
commerce commission b&s recently
made easy by its ruling in the celebrated
East Durham coal exposure
or.rf thp Durham and Southern freight
divisions.
Southern Pines. ? Four neyoes
were drowned on Cranes creek {back
in the country from Southern Pines
They were: Ben McKeithen, daugb
ter, daughter-in-law and child. They
attempted to drive across the bridge
in the darkness but the creek wat
at flood stake and they went off the
bridge into the water. The bodies
have not yet been recovered. * The
body of the mule was found next day
Itaieigh.?The executive committee
of the North Carolina Bar Association
in session here a few days ago, decided
to hold the 1912 session on June
25-27, the place to be decided upon
later with strong indications that
Raleigh will be celected. On the
committee are Col. Harry Skin&r
Hon. Francis D. Winston and A. W
McLean and A. B. Andrews, Jr., with
C. W. Tillett and T. W. Davis, the
latter secretary of the association
meeting with them.
R:4leigh.?Resolutions and definite
agreement on a basis for the ciimina
tion of duplicative work by the State
.Department of Agriculture and the
A. & M. College and experiment station
were adopted here by the joint
committee from the department and
fhrt enllcffe.
Asheville.?Information has jUBt
hporr-^rcceived hpre of the serious
woundirfg o Walter Martin, a G-year
old boy. lV Charlie Wilson, an 8-year j
old boy, in Liecester township. The ?
boys were out hunting, It was stated |
and the sni3ll boy accidentally shot *
the other^^y ' p C^ri4U?t^lUriL" '
which is engaged IT graomg the
Statesville Air Line Railroad is mak
nig rapid progress. About seven miles
of the road have been graded out
from Statesville, being just one mile
from the Yadkin river.
Statesville?Deputy Collector Davis
and Sheriff Adams of Alexander destroyed
three distilleries in Gwaltney
township. More of them were in
operation for the blockaders had them
ready to run. Several Bhots were
fired and the officers presume they
were fired at them, one barely missing
Mr. Davis.
Wilson.?C. C. Helracs (or Helmas)
section master 011 the Norfolk Southern
at Bailey's, was held up near the
"Y" of the Norfolk Southern, in this
city, and robbed of forty dollars In
money and a gold watch. The desperado
made a clean get-a way.
Raleigh.?The state board of chari
ties has adopted resolutions relative
to the death of Col. H. C. Pockery
who was a most valued member of
the board. Governor Kitchin has not
yet appointed a member to fill the vacancy
caused by the sad death of
Colonel Pockery at his heme at Kock A
Ingham.
I that of last year ny or more
cent. This increased yield compajjM
with decrease in price will give le^
revenue and place the average farmer
in somewhat straitened circumstance*
as to the commencement of farm work
for another year.
Columbia. ? "Atheletics for High
Schools" Is the subject of a bulletin
that has just been issued by the University
of South Carolina, intended to
promote the growth of athletics In the
high schools in the state. It will be
placed in the hands of the principals
and pupils of all the high schools.
Salley.?A large audience heard
Prof. E. L. Green of the faculty of the
University of Scuth Carolina lec-Mire
j on "Helen cf Troy." The Salley school
! and this community is fortunate in
having professors from the University
of South Carolina deliver lectures
here.
Columbia.?A letter has been received
by the sheriff of Richland county
from Judge R. C. Watts, announcing
/tAmrAnSncr r\f thn rrtm.
me umc \ji luc tuiitcuuif, vi v??^ wtu
Ing term of general sessions court as
January 2. The Jurors had been notified
to report on January 1, but were
again notified.
Cheater.?Paul Wilkes, the slayer of
Walter Fulce, who was killed on the
night of December 2, at Adam Pressley's
store, about seven miles west of
Chester, has surrendered to Sheriff
! Colvin, and the slayer was immediatej
ly placed in the county jail to await
| trial.
Columbia.?The heads of the various
departments of city government are
busy fhaking tip their reports as the
fiscal year draws to a close. The annual
report will be complete and ready
to be turned over at the first City
Council meeting of the new year.
Union.?The city council at a recent
meeting elected officer E. B. Wood as
sergeant of the police force to succeed
Sergeant Cal. Gregory, who recently
took sudden leave with some of
the city's cash in his possession. J.
G. Howell and James H. Howard have
been elected policemen to fill vacancies
In the force.
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