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ESTABLISHED N IS1 ill f SHOW IHdEASE THE INCOME FOE JTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA YEAR 1911 18 MJSI^.IO. >" REPORTS BY THE AUDITORS . Th? Taxable FrofieY For *he P?l met to State It ^orth 9287,132,019 r An Incrtate the Previout X-YMr of Ov%r rJ78,000. Columbia;eporjs received by Comptroller General Jones from the county auditor of the state show that there been an increase in I the taxable property in the state of I fT.IT6,670 the year. The re-1 Vj&rt% show that the total taxable ^operty at) returned for the year to be $297,132,019, as compared with 92J0.766.S49 in 1910. # * 1h? reports show that the state ; tat /or this year will amount to $1,66,099.10. This is upon a basis of I ik mills. .Tiie following is the report for the Hrounties and the amount of taxes to J be received. ] Total State tax ( IMfTl WrMT InvnhlA Z O A property mills Abbeville . .f 6,067,286 $ 34.829.97 Aiken .... 11,293,570 64,938.02 Anderson . . 12,920,178 74,291.02 Bamberg . . . 3,040.930 1L485.35 Barnwell . . 6.209,810 3OT06.41 \Beaufort . . 4,031,670 23,181,53 Berkeley . . . 3,592,066 20,654.38 Calboun. . . 2,514,090 14,456.02 Charleston. . 25,343,470 145,780.95 Cherokee . . 5,517,494 21,726.59 Chester . . . 6,981,375 49,142.91 Chesterfield . 4,152,200 23,875.15 Clarendon .. 4.082,175 23,472.51 CoUeton. . . 4.111,705 23,642.30 Darlington .. 6.180,969 35,540.57 Dillon ;. . . . 3,603,277 20,718.84 ( Dorchester. . 3,141,689 18,064.71 Bdgefleld. . . 4,308,447 24,773.67 PalrfoJd . .. 5,163,103 ' 29,687.84 rirrence. . . 7.014,791 40,335.05 Georgetown . 4,028,278 23,162.60 Greenville . . 14,168,725 81,470.17 Hampton . . 5,300,701 3'',779.03 Greenwood. . 6,109,198 38,002.89 Kirry .... 3,054,762 17,564.88 Kerancw. . . 4,819,363 27,711.34 Lancaster . . 3,461,735 19,904.97 fcaurene ... - 6,944.318 39,929.83 |Le^ 3.3P-.9U 19.50J-.J3 'Lerlngton.. . 5,601,897 32,210.91 Marlon . . . 3,676,544 21,140.12 Marlboro . . 4,866,994 27,985.21 Newberry. . . 7,199,570 41,397.53 Orangeburg . 8,548,910 49,156.23 (. . . 4,791,590 27,551.64 .... 4,01^5,596 23,089.68 d . . 17^50,973 101,493.09 .... 2,603,162 14,968.18 burg 18,982,469 109,149.20 . . . 7,513,915 43,205.01 . . . 6,882,510 39,574.43 burg. 4,644,137 26,703.79 . . . 9,113,464 52,402.42 . . .$287,132,019 $1,651,009.10 Chairman Evans Indicted. . Evans, of Newberry, former in of the state dispensary >f control was Indicted in the d county court on the charge pting rebates and for conspirronnivo rnhatnc A trim Kill His returned and the case is expectVd tc come up for trial in the near pfuture. It is hard'y probable that the fcase will be called at the present terra of the Richland court of general sejsions, as the "label" case is to be tried. Commission Makes Report. Tne work for the year is reviewed in the annual report of the railroad commission, which has been finished. The^pport is^lhe first to be completed by staofficials. It will be sent to the general assembly. The commission recommends that the general assembly provide for an officer whose duties shall be to file the various rates and tariffs and to handle the numerous claims coming before the commission; also an inspector to make investigations. Industrial School Board Meet. The board of trustees of South Carolina industrial school met in the office of tho governor. Superintendent Emmons submitted a written report of the year's work, showing an attendance of 66 boys for the session The work on the farm and in the tailor's shop was particularly successful. Dr. D. D. Wallace, J. W. Ragsdale and W. S. Utsey recommended an extension of the industrial work and the introduction of carpentry and cabinet making, brick laying, printing, telegraphy and barbering. To Divide Gang In Three Sections. Instead of acting on the suggestion contained in the grand jury's recent presentment that the chaingang as a coun y institution be abolished, the highway commission of Walterboro at Its meeting passed a resolution to divide It into three sections, giving each commissioner a gang. Each gang is to have one guard, who will be assisted in the work of guarding by a machinist operator for the road machine, which will be a part of the road equipment. This machinist operator will remain with the gang. Work of Hookworm Commission. Dr. Routh of the Rockefeller hookworm treatment commission, who is In charge of the hookworm treatment dispensaries in Orangeburg county, will begin actively his work about the middle of this month. Dispensaries will be established in Orangeburg. Springfield, North, Cope, and Eutfnrvllle. Dr. Routh will have all the' dispensaries in charge and will set the days for each place. Free treatment, medicine and lectures will be given. Other dispensaries may bo established In this county. Baafeif&'y ; v jjk. ' ' '< <r/-C THE n. WILL PUSH DRAINAGE FI6HT~* Association Formally Effected?Officers Were Elected and Resolutions Were Adopted. t Charleston.?The South Carolina Drainage association was formally organized here at a largely attended and representative meeting at the , chamber of commerce, with the elec- ' tion of officers, adoption of a constitution and by-laws and the adoption ft of appropriate resolutions to carry out the purpose of the organization and make effective its work for the better reclaim of land and tbe arrangement of the preliminaries tor the meeting in Charleston in 1913 of the uational drainage convention, meeting here when the corn congress j u assembles at Columbia. t President P. H. Gadsden of the chamber a! commerce welcomed the * delegates, but this was the only for- tl mality of the occasion. There was no ; entertainment programme, and from ^ the assembly of the convention until its close, the meeting was all busi- p ness. * v i WntRon. state agricultural i commissioner presided over the ) meeting, making one of the principal i addresses. On the general subject J of drainage speeches were also made : t by W. G. Smith, government farm 3 agent; S. C. Stoney, T. O. Lawton of C Hampton. Dr. W. M. Twltchell, state A geologist; Secretary Whltford of the .1 Charleston drainage commission, Sec- l\ retary Merchant of the chamber of 3 :ommerce of Orangeburg, Col. r Springs of Georgetown and Secretary VlcKeand of the Charleston chamber vi >f commerce. 'D The convention was divided into -< wo sessions, one ctf addresses and *i he other of business. At this latter ?< neetlng the committees were ap- r minted by President Watson, one of he most important of which was li hat of legislation with T. O. Lawton ?! >f Hampton as chairman, who will r nake a recommendation for addition- T il legislation to further the cause of s irainage in South Carolina. o I ?i South Carolina New Enterprises. Th? secretary of state has issued a * charter to the Columbia Brokerage * Company of Columbia, with a capita! 1 stock of $5,000. The officers are: B ^ B. Kirkland, president; G. B. Bun ri rick, secretary and treasurer. A com ? mission has been issued to the Sun- 3 nybrook Brick Company of Miles Mill, with a capital stock of $10,000, ; The petitioners are: Henry F. Lee. R. I H. Johnston, J. C. Bauman, Y. M. May i A and T. S. Millford. A commission ' P has been issued to the Owen Grocery b Company o( Dillon, with a capital of : n ?5,00ft. The petitioners a^P" W. W. 31 Cwen and J. W. Smith. A charter 'a jas been issued to McBee Drug Com- ? pany of McBee, with a capital stock 3 >f $5,000. The officers are: W. F. h Patton, president; J. D. Ingram, vice- b aresident, secretary and treasurer. A b jommission has been issued to the r;( Glloree Drug Company of Elloree, 31 trith a capital stock of $2,000. si Hearing Held On Annexation. A hearing was held before the govwuor on the question of annexing v :he Mechaniesville section of Lee county to Sumter county. It is asked * that an election be held on the ques- 0 lion. Sumter county was represent- 0 *d by R. O. Purdy. M. P. DeBruhl, the assistant attorney general, op- K posed the ordering of an election on ^ the ground that to cut off the area b in question would leave less than the ^ constitutional requirement of area in '' Lee county. The constitution of the ll Btute requires that all new count'es j r fnrmed have an area of 400 square ! a miles, and that not less fhan 500 0 square miles be left in all old coun- * ties from which parts are annexed. q t Hyde Must Pay Death Penalty. Samuel S. Hyde, the Anderson county white man, must pay the death | penalty at a future date, to be assign- r ed by the circuit court of that coun- s tv, for the death of his wife and his 1 father-in-law. The supreme court in h a decision affirmed the verdict of gull- *1 ty of murder found by the Anderson j s court. The opinion in the case is by a Associate Justice Gary. One of the 1 pleas for a new trial was asked on ^ the ground e/ partial insanity. When n Hyde was placed on trial in Ander- '' son he pleaded guilty to the charge n of murder and was sentenced to death. 1 A Near Wreck of Fast Train. The fast train c,* the Atlantic Coast Line railroad which was in- | r r augurated recently narrowly escaped a serious wreck a few miles from -v Orangeburg. One of the trucks un- 0 der a car became loose in some way a and jumped the rail. After bumping over crossties for a short distance the 0 train was stopped. No injury was sustained by passengers. After a re- 0 lief train came from Orangeburg, the broken parts were fixed. The shoo j * fly from Pregnalls was delayed by v the wreck and reached this city late I To Reduce Cotton Acreage in Aiken. At the meeting of the Aiken County Agricultural club at the fair ground? ' a movement to reduce the coMod f acreage throughout Aiken county was 1 launched, and n committee appointee * to agitate the importance of cutting a down the acreage. This committee ' composed of C. K Henderson, M. T " Holley and \V. O. Johnson, will put n in some active work among the farther ^ members of the club. "Hog Raising," ? which was to have been the subject 0 of the meeting was postponed untlf a the February meeting. I R Sam Pvrdy Died From Wound. Sam Purdy, a young white man died at the Greenville Salvation Arm\ ' emergency hospital as the result a* u a gunshot wound inflicted by D. M '' Taylor, also white. In what is known n as Cripple Creek, a suburban sec- 1 tion notorious for the multiplicity oi ^ bloody deeds committed there from 0 time to time. The coroner's jury v returned a verdict charging Taylor c with the man's death. Taylor wat ' taken off tne city chalngang, where 1 he was sentenced, following trial In !! the recorder's court. s -LJmmSKnBtiUBBuUBBM L FO F flKllEl tCSOCIATION TO HOLD GATHERING IN CHARLESTON IN THE EARLY SPRING. PROGRAMME IS ARRANGED 1 any Noted Speaker* Will Attend Meeting?Many Subject* of General Interest to the Teachers Will Be Brought Up For Discussion. Columbia.?For the first time in its istory, the State Teachers' Associaion of South Carolina' Fill hold its nnual meeting in Charleston. March 8, 29 and 30 have been selected as be dates and a large attendance is onfidently expected by the officers of he association. A. B. Rhett, princi al of the Mcmminger Normal school; . R. Guy, principal of the Industrial chool, and D. M. O'Drlecoll, members f the local committee have planned lany things for the entertainment of he visiting teachers, and those who ttend the meeting in the City by the ea are assurred of full benefit of Charleston's far-famed hospitality, mong other forms of entertainment le teachers will be given an oppor inity to visit the historic Magnolia ardens, and other historical points i and near the city. Permission has pen asked of the war department tc rsit Fort Sumter. Aside from provid ig suitable entertainment, this local >mmittee has secured excellent halis 3d have dqne everything .in their jwer to make the meeting a success om every standpoint. At a recent meeting of the execuve committee, held in Charleston irly In December, an interesting and istructive programme was?outlined. his programme, which will be pubhed later, contains the names of a umber of prominent speakers and ducators, and many subjects of genral interest to every teacher present ill be brought up for discussion. The ocnftiatinn ha? hppn PXCPPdinclV for unate in securing the services o,f W. V. Flnley. president of the Southern ailroad. and Charles W. Kent of the Jnlversity cf Virginia to deliver two f the leading addresses. Will Ask Legislature To Aid. Lexington.?The School Trustees' .ssociation of Lexington County is reparlng a strong memorial to place efore the legislature In behalf of the jral schools of the state. Among ther things the legislature will be sked to cut the fertilizer tax now oing to Clemson College, giving half f this .'una to Clemson and the other alf to the rural schools. This will e tne nrsi time mat me legislature as been appealed to directly by a ommittee in behalf of the "common chools," and the Lexington associaon hopes to make the showing so trong that the lawmakers will not jrn a deaf ear to their petition. /ha/ Is To Be Done With Property? Columbia.?"What is to be done rith our Columbia property?" This uestion is asked in the annual report f the board of regents of the State lospital for the Insane, sent to the overnor of South Carolina and to e transmitted to the general assently for consideration. The advisaility of erecting new buildingB or mnmvini? the nresrtit huildinas at lie state hospital is discussed in the eport and the general assembly is sked to give an opinion. "The hoard f regents of the state Hospital for he Insane." says the report, "as reuired by law. beg leave to submit heir annual report." "Label Case" Will Soon Be Called. Columbia.?Attorney General Lyon eturncd to Columbia o/ter an abence of several days from the city, 'hat the well known "label case" will e called at the present session of the llchland county court cf general ses ions was the statement made by the ttorne.v general. The defendants in he case are John Bell Towill, L. W. lovkin and W. 0. Tatum. The attor ey general will very probably appear n the Richland county court in the ear future and ask that a date be et for the trial. Return True Bills Against Clacks. Spartanburg?True bills were handd out by the grand jury against Mrs. V. R. Clack. 18 years old, and her 51ear-old husband, charging them with btaining money by false pretense nd also charging the girl with perury. It is charged that they extort d 5-00 from John R. Suddetb, C8 ears old. by threatening to proseute him on a shameful charge. He as a wife and ten children and was he landlord of the Clacks. Bench warrants have been issued for the 'lacks, who have not been fotuid. Rock Hill Is Progressing. Rock Hill.?During the year of l?li here were granted in tb? city of tock Hill .10 building permits, amounttig to $151.97?i This does not include he I10MO0 model school building nd $65,000 science hall, at Winthrop 'ollege, which work is just getting inder way, nor does it have any conlection with the $285,000 being spent iere for sewerage, water and lichts. for has Rock Hill been on any boom r anything of the kind, just going long on a conservative basis and till "doing things." , Has Let Contract For Depot. Greenville.?The contract has been et /or the construction of the inter rban freight depot in Greenville, and I is said work will begin as soon as laterial can be put on the ground 'he station will cost $20,000. The epot has been promised by the first f April, and it is expected that cars rill be running from Greenwood tc Ireenville by that time if not be ore. The depftt will be located be ween McBee Avenue and west Wash ngtcn street. The passenger station ,rH /ace Washington street. RT ORT MILL, S. C? THUI FROM ALL OVER THE STATE Short Paragraphs of News That Has Been Collected By the Editor For the People. Columbia.?The govrenor has appointed L. M. G. Ollveros as master for Aiken county to succeed W. M. Jordan, deceased. Lexington.?Lexington is soon to bare a paved strec?t, if the plans of city council are carried out. At the next meeting the advisability of paving the street will be discussed. Greenville.?At the approaching session of the legislature Representative Wilton Earle of Greenville will introduce a measure for the establishment of rural police for this county. Pinewood.?The .good roads train was in Pinewood for several hours, ind notwithstanding the very gloomy ind isagreeable weather quite a large crowd of intelligent people who ire interested in how to build and construct good roads were present. Walterboro.?The stockholders of :ne Colleton County Fair Association will hold an important meeting in a !ew days. The purpose of-which this I ^Winir ia s-alleri i?S tn COHSidfT the UCCUil? IO .w proposition of increasing the capital jtock of this association from $2,000 :o Jo,000. Columbia.?The call raaJBe tor a convention of persons interested iti :he matter of prison retorm to be aeld at Columbia January 16, at the I jtate house at 8 p. m., for the purpose | if organizing a state prison association las been changed to 3:30 p. m. ol ;he same day. Columbia.?The handbook on good *oads just issued by the University jf South Carolina has elicited interest and commendation. Among the many letters received In regard to it is one from D. A. Tompkins ot Charlotte, an industrial leader of the Srst order in the South, and one of the highest authorities as an engineer >n the subject of public highways. Columbia.?Fire which cleaned out l block on West Gervais street, the wholesale district of Columbia, inlicted dnmago which is estimated at jetween $325,000 and $450,000. It waft he most disastrous blaze In the city , -unce the town was laid in ashes dur . ng the last year of the war between i the sections. Greenville.?The youngest prisoner ?vet connnea in me county juu its uu* in inmate of that institution. He is 1 years old, his name is Tobe McCul lough, and he is charged with the lar :eny of a bicycle. Previous to being jailed this time he had served 30 days on the chaingang for a like of: Tense. An efTort is being made to send ' him to the reformatory. , Greenville.?The superintendent ol elementary rural schools. W. K. Tate spoke in the county court house to a gathering of county school teachers, j At tiie conclusion of the address res ; olutions were adopted calling upon the county legislative delegation tc ' appropriate a fund for the employ ment of a superintendent for rural schools in this county. Columbia.?Having been authorized by the governor and E. W. Dabbs president of the state farmers' union to act in the matter of appointing j a state superintendent under the ; 'Rock Hill" plan for securing pledge? rcr the reduction of cotton acreage : Commissioner Watson announced the appointment of J. G. Anderson, of Rock Hill, the originator of the plan Columbia.?The commission for the women's monument met and visited and inspected the monument. It gave eminent satisfaction and was received from the distinguished artist, Mr. Ruchstuhl. The date of the unveiling was fixed for Thursday, April 11. i ss it was thought best not to attempt I ait open-air function during the win1 I or rnnnt lis Winnsboro.?Sheriff Hood arrested , ten negroes for the violation of the dispensary law. lie was aided in this work by a negro detective who flosely watched them and after flr.d1 ing their maiked taste /or liquor reported that they had purchased a quantity of the fiery stuff. They were tried before a select jury. After it had remained out several hours and had failed to agree, the mayor, Chas Robinson, ordered a mistrial as to four of the defendants and the rest I of the crowd were convicted and sent to Die chain pang for 30 days, or $20 in ITC11 thereof. Lexington?W. D. Dent, county aud! itor, will begin his annual trip over the county for the taking c/ tax returns. the first point on the schedule , being Gaston on the Seaboard. The schedule embraces 23 points, cover, ing every portion cf the county. Alfendale.?John Reed, a negro j wanted on a charge of murdering a negro at Slyvania, Ua.. March 7. 1911, i was arrested in Hampton county by j the chief of police, J. B. H/irter. The sheri/f of Sylvania county is expected to arrive at any time to take the pris; oner and pay a small reward to ! Chief Harter. Faxville.?An electipn for mayor , and wardens of the town of Paxville : for the coming year was held with the following result: For mayor. G IT. Curtiss: wardens. .1. W. Winns, E. M. Bradham. J. M. Hicks and Pr. Thos. W Gunter. Columbia?John J Jones' prison j sentence of one year and one month for the killing of a merchant, Abe Pearlstine. in the postofflco at Brenchville. P. C, a year ago, was affirmed by tho state supreme court Jones is a lawyer, aged 35, married. He has been in the state penitentiary since the trial. Columbia.?The governor has pa roled Elliott McMullen who was convicted in Chester in October, 1910, on the charge of arson and sentenced to 12 years in the state penitentiary. Since assuming office the governor has extended clemency in 324 cases. Columbia.?Lowndes J. Browning of Union, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house c.T representatives, arrived in Columbia. Mr. Browning and Senator W. L Mauldin of Greenville, chairman of the senate committee on finance, will prepare their report on the state sink ing fund for the general assembly. MIU ?SDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912 G. V. 1. MESON f MAY ESCAPE CHAIR GOVERNOR FOBS SAID TO FAVOR LENIENCY FOR CONFESSED MURDERER. CONFESSION ENLARGED UPON The District Attorney Is Now In Possession of Details of the Poisoning of the Ministers' Sweetheart?May Let Jury Render Verdict. Boston.?Speculation was rife as to what ultimately will be the .'ate o[ Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, who confessed to the murder of his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell. From a source close to Governor Fobs the statement came that the attitude of the execcutive probably would be in favor of a commutation of sentence of death in the electric chair to one of life Imprisonment, if the law's fullest penalty is Imposed by the court. Members of the Governor's council are known already to have been approached concerning their attitude in case the death penalty is imposed and s petition for commutation is made. No leniency for Richeson on tb? part of the district attorney is ex pected and no less plea than thnt 01 murder in the first degree will meef with his approval, according to a statement which he reiterated eo thai the only hand that BeemB able to save Rlcheson's march to the electric chair is that c.f Governor Fobs acting under the advice of the council. Richeson is expected scon to appear in court and ask to be permitted to change his former plea and be ad Judged guilty of murder. Whether Judge George A. Sanderson and District Attorney Pelietier will accept j ) this change or will put asiae ine con fesslon for future consideration in or , der that the regular procedure may be followed and a jury called upon to pronounce the verdict was not an nounced. Rlcheson learned from the papers that his confession was known throughout the land, but while he read the various accounts , he made no comment upon them, lie passed a quiet day. Richeson's confession, as made public, was bare of details. It is un derstood, however, that he enlarged on it in conversation and possibly in writing to his counsel and that the district attorney is now in posses sion of most of the information which has come to the defense. Crew of Wrecked Vessel Resccued. Baltimore.?After having lightpd their last signal torch and given up .'or lost, Capt. C. W. Harrison and his crew of three men were rescued by a passing schooner off Hooper's Island from the disabled schooner Elolse, from Newbern, N. C., to Baltimore. The four men had fought the storm for several days without food and at the mercy of the high running seas They were put ashore at Hooper's ' Island. The wrecked schooner was "picked up by the revenue cutter Apache and towed into Hooper's Is land inlet and the story of the suffering and rescue came to Baltimore i bv wireless telegraph from the ! Apache. Georgian Has Horrible Death. I EllaVllle, Ga.?Maddened by the ; flames which licked his body, Joe Sears fought off the frantic attempts i of his bride o,' three weeks to ex ! tinguish the fire and died in agony! ; several hours later. Clad only in a 1 nieht shirt. Mr. Sears was standing : ! in front of an open fire before re tiring when the garment caught and j '< in a moment was a mass of flames. His wife ran screaming to his assisI tance, but could do nothing. The young man was the only son of Dr. I \V. D. Sears, a prominent physician | of Ellsville. Torpedo Boat in Trouble Off Coast. Washington. ? Wireless messagei ! received here report the United Statci : torpedo destroyer Terry in trouble Not a Cause For Pellagra. Washington.?Cottonseed oil manu ; | facturers are gathering evidence and : statistics to refute a theory that cot j tonseed oil might be one of the causes of pellagra. Assistant Sur- | geon General Long, of the public i health service, m a public address, recently mentioned the names of some inyestigators who were inclined to' that belief. Passed Assistant Surgeon i Lavinder, writing in one cf the re-! ' cent public health bulletins says the theory is all out of harmony with the , facts and history of pellagra. Postal Rate Increase Is Urged. Washington. ? Adequate postage j ! rates are discussed at length in the annual report of the Third Assistant j , Postmaster General Britr just made | | public. Mr. Brift recommends a flat i increase of one cent a pound for news i papers and periodicals, in connection with his consideration of second-class ! rates. He also recommends that pos-1 tage stamps be issued to Senators, Representatives and executive officials of the government. Instead of permitting the use of congressional frank and penalty envelope. Favors the Lease System. Washington. ? Enlarged application of the leading principle as applied to the public domain, especially a liberal leasing law for the development of the mineral resources of Alaska, particularly its coal lands, and immediate consideration by Congress of the whole subject of waterpower development and control, are the most important recommendations contained in the annual report of Sec retary of the Interior Fisher made public recently. A general overhauling of conditions in Alaska is needed. ' ? Tl > ... CAROLINA is VACATION LAND Circular Issued By National Corn Show Advertises This State?Its Advantages to Be Shown. Columbia.?"A vacation time in a vacation land, for the farmer North and South," is one of the slogans of the National Com Show, to be held in Columbia during January of next year. "Make your arrangements." says a circular that is being distributed throughout the country, "to attend the exposition and visit the numerous points of historical and scenic interest in the land of the palmetto and the magnolia and where the oleanders bloom and the violets are fragrant all months in the year." George H. Stevenson is the secretary and general manager of the National Corn Show, the greatest agricultural exposition in the world, and he 1b sending out much literature de scriptive of this section, throughout the North, East and Middle West. All persons interested in the expositior are requested to write Mr. Stevenson His office is located in the Palmetto National bank building. All farmer* and business men of South Carolina visiting Columbia are invited to cal on Mr. Stevenson and have the corr show explained. The date of the National Core the fifth to be held, is January 27 tt February 9, 1913. Several thousand farmers from the West will at tend. The agricultural advantages ol this section will be shown and Soutfc Carolina will receive the kind of ad vertising that pays. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued i charter to the Mount Holly Develop ment Company of Charleston, with i capital stock of $250,000. The com pany f? given "the right to do a gen oral real estate business, buy and op erate drainage canals and conduct i general mercantile business. The of fleers are: . L. Montague, president and E. W. Durant, Jr., secretary ant treasurer. This is the largest com ! pany of its nature in the state ant I was the first to secure a charter ir 1912, A commission has been issuet to the Saluda Development Company of Saluda, with a capital stock o $6,000. The petitioners are Eugent W. Able and W. N. Padgett. Thi company will do a general real estati business. A commission has been is sued to the James F. Condon & Sont Co. of Charleston, with a capita stock of $20,000. The petitioners are Tamaa fj pAM/lAn Tnniou T Prtn rls\W J UIIICD I . v unuuu, duiuca a. \ uuuui and M. A. Condon. The company wil do a general real estate business. J charter has been issued to the Har den Company of Allendale, with j capital of $2,000. The officers are: W. If. Harden, president, secretarj and treasurer, and O. B. Harden, via president. Reduction of Express Charges. Orders issued by the railroad com mission last year, reducing the ex press cnarges in oouui tarunna am adopting a standard freight tariff went into efTeet. The qthers wer? adopted during last year by the com mission after several hearings an< after long consideration of the testi mony presented. Tho standan freight tariff will reduce the freigh rates on intra-state business mate rially. The estimated reduction ha been placed at from 12 to 20 per cent j The express charge reduction is ?lac | ed at about 8 per cent. The at la ! report of the commission lias beet completed and will be sent to tin general assembly. The commissioi will urge upon the legislature tin passage of a law to give the bod: jurisdiction over all grade crossing, in the state. Run Over By Train And Killed. James J. Besssinger. 58 years old was run over and crushed to deail within 200 yards of the union statiot at Faifrax. by passenger train No. 8on the Seaboard Air Line railway Mr. Bessinger attempted to cross th< railroad track when the train wai ! within n. tew lumdmil fpet nf him i Being very deaf, he could not heai it, and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, "he could noi see it. Mr. Bessinger leaves a wife two eons and ether relatives. May Have Committted The Crime. Lou Wright and Bob Williams, twr negroes who live within one hundred yards of the little storeroom in which David Hutto, the aged Confederate veteran, was brutally murdered sev eral days ago by having his head and face mashed to a pulp, were arrested on suspicion and iodgc-d in the county jail. At tho coroner's inquei? i the two negroes testified and the fact that they were tullv conversant with Mr. Hutto's habits and actions and notified the police of the crime, pui tbt-m under suspicion. Will Try To Have Bill Passed. (Jen. T.T. R. Brook3 will endeavor to have passed during the next session of the legislature a pension bill J that will affect many Confederate' veterans throughout the state. Gen. Brooks said that the Confederate Soldiers' home is inadequate to accommodate all the old soldiers that apply. The bill, as contemplated, will pension all indigent Confederate soldiers over 70 years of age that are renters and are nnable to pay rent 1? the bill is passed each veteran will he given $11 per month. -Several Candidates Seeking Place. Several candidates are seeking tb? position of superintendent of Charleston schools, made vacant by the recent death of Prof. Henry P. Archer The board of city school commissioners will fill the position and alsc elect a vice principal which war made vacant by the elevation of Mr Rogers to the place of principal oi the C'ourtenay school. The electior will be held at the regular meeting when the two new members Thomat J. Sweeney and G. W. Selgnious, wll take their seats in the beard room. \ i .: r MES Mrnmr MADE DEMANDS THE BEAR TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE CHINESE DEFENSELESS CONDITION. SEIZES OUTER MONGOLIA Note Demanding That Its Independence Be Recognized Means That Russian Forces Will Be Increased? China Has Made No Reply to Note Peking.?Two important developments intensified the interest in the situation in China. These were a renewal of hostilities and the demand iha utiaainn envpmment that China recognize foe Independence of Outer Mongola. Revolutionaries from Shan-Si and Shen-Si, having recaptured the town of Shen Chow, are advancing on HoNan, while reinforcements have been dispatched to the Imperialists. The armisticce has not been renewed and there is a deadlock in the peace negotiations so that early fighting may be expected. In addition to requesting China to recognize the Kutuktu of Urga as monarch of Outer Mongolia, the Russian government has notified China that the independence of Outer Mongolia must be recognized as concerns internal affairs. The note adds that Russia will assist the Mongolians in maintaining order and intends to build a railway from Kiakhta Siberia, to Tourga. Henceforth China will not be permit ted to maintain military forces in or to send colonists to Outer Mongolia, but may retain control of external relations. To this note China has made no reply. To the other powers, however, the Chinese government communicated the substance c.f the Russian demands. Undoubtedly a strong protest will be made by the Chinese government against the action of Russia but China is unable to defend herself now or in the future'with reference to Mongolia. Hereafter the desert of Gobi will mark the Chinese boundary on the northwest. The statement that Russia will assist in maintaining order in Outer Mongolia probably means that she will increase the number of troops in that territory, which heretofore have served merely as consular guards. It is believed that several railways .will fo) low the Kiakhta-Urga line. No Note of Discord Sounded. Washington.?No party dissension, no sectional prejudice as to where the coining convention snouiu oe neiu, uu partiality as to the nominee for President, marked the Jackson Day ban quet at the Raleigh hotel attended bj nearly a thousand leading Democrats from all sections of the country Harmony brooded over the bunquel board around which were seated members of the national Democratic committee, who only three hours be fore were involved in a bitter contro versy. There Will Be No Pork Barrels. Washington.?Representative Oscar W. Underwood, the leader of the House, does not believe that the House should have any pork barrels this year, lie is opposed to introducing rivers and harbors and public buildings bills, and it is safe to say now there will be no general bills covering those subjects this time. Some North Carolina towns and rivers are clamoring for appropriations but they seem doomed to disappointment this year. Winston Salem is trying to get $250,000 additional for its postoffice but there is very little prospec of getting it. Crew Is Rescued By Cutter. Washington.?The schooner Eloise, jf Newbern, N. C., which with her crew was threatened with destruction in Cheseapeake bay, was rescued by the revenue cutter Apache and is being towed to Solomon's Island, Md. The vessel was omplctely disabled by the severe weather, was short of provisions and had o fuel. Bryan Meets Defeat in Committee. Washington. ? William J. Bryan made his fight iu the Democratic national committee, and lost. He made the unseating of Col. James M. Cuffev, member of the committee from Pennsylvania, the issue and the committee by a vote of 2') to 18, declined to unseat. Colonel GufTey. Mr. Bryan at once appealed front a decision c,' Chairman Mack and was defeated 33 to 13. The committee session was marked by extreme bitterness of feeling. Once the lie was passed and blows seemed imminent. Two Are In Favor of Primary. Washington. ? Senator Simmons and Judge Walter Clark, two of the candidate*; for the seat in the Senate held by Mr Simmons, met and agreed that they wanted a primary and that the best time to hold it is on election day in November. ?*or some time Senator Simmons has favored a senatorial primary. Election day will suit him. He and Mr. Clark conferred on the matter at the Senate. Tbey do not Intend to try to influence the committee but hope that the commit tee will see 'it as they do. Ic The V.-C. Company a Trust? Washington.?Whethpr the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company is.- a "trust" in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law or the trust laws oi Tennesee, is the questions to be raised in a case filed in the Supreme Court c,f the United States. The case arises out of the suit et the company formerly brought against J. V. & E. B Dobscn cf Green county, Tennesee ie defense was that the company a "trust." The Supreme Court Tir'see held that sufficient evl i net presented to show thit ' ^ I $1.25 PER YEAR FROM THE PALMETTO STATE A Column of General State Newa That His Been Gotten From Many Towns and Counties. Columbia.?The annual report hy the secretary of state, R. M. McCown, shows that 3,677 notaries public have been commissioned during the year. The fees received from this source amounts to $7,154. Washington.?President Taft named Cecil S. Rice to be postmaster at Denmark, succeeding bis father, who held the office for some time. The elder Mr. Rice died a short time ago. Columbia.?The annual meeting of the board of trustees of the South Carolina industrial school, which is located at Florence, was held in the governor's office when the report for the year was prepared. Orangeburg. ? Salesday passed off quietly in Orangeburg. Besides the regular sales of the sheriff and judge of probate, as special referee, <there was a big auction sale of horses and mules by the Western Mule Company of this city. Newberry.?At the meeting of the city council the following officers were elected for the year: Chief of police, W. H. Lorainack; clerk and treasurer, Jno. R. Scurry: city attorney, Eugene S. Blease; policemen, J. C. Lee, Samuel Johnson, Tom Berley, Jno. H. Turner and R. P. Franklin. The selections are regarded as good, i Charleston.?Charleston enters up 011 the new year with the compilation of a statement for the month of December by the custom house, showing an excess in both imports and exports over the business of December N of 1910. The imports were of the value of 7f>0.2f>4 and the exports, $!,193,260, a* against $669,270 and $1,, 127,440 for the previous December. Florcnco.?The farmers of Florence will not take any action In the matter of the fertilizer situation. The meeting that was called here was very plimly attended. It was Anally decided not to attempt action with so few of fhose who ought to be Interested. Kach man in this county will be free to act to thb best interests of his own farm and himself. Columbia.?Illustrated lectures on good roads and methods of construction were delivered by experts of the national office cf good roads to a number of Columbians who paid a visit to the special train operated by the Atlantic Ccast Liqe railway, which was parked at the freight ter triinala ,if tha rnmnsnv nn WMt (]?r vals street. Aiken.?Capt. W. M. Jordan, for the past 12 years master of Aiken county, was stricken with paralyali at the court house and died a few hour3 later at his home. Capt. Jordan, who was in his 70th year, hai been in the service of Aiken county , almost continuously since 1876, when i he was elected county commissioner After four years in this office, he re urea a snori ume, ano men oecam? clerk of court. \ > Columbia.?Wade Hampton Gibbe# . tnayor of Columbia, has been electt ed as president of the Audobon SodI ety of South Carolina. This announce : ment was made by James Henry Rice, secretary of the society, whe was re-elected at the annual meeting held during the state fair. Mayer Gibbes was elected at the same time but the announcement of his election : was not made until a few days ago. Loiumuia.? rereons suouiu 1101 of i permitted to hawk and peddle fakf and wildcat securities of swindling ' coneerns and thereby prey upon the credulous and ignorant citizen." This statement is made by It. M. McCown secretary of state, in his annual report in recommending the supervision of certain corporations, selling stock? and bonds, by the state insurance g| department or the state bank exam iner. Union.?The Union County Medical Society has elected the following of fleers for this year: Dr. J. H. Ham- , ilton, president: Dr. T. P. Kennedy, first vice-president; Dr. O. L. P Jackson, second vice-president; Dr Robert R. Berry, secretary and treasurer: Drs. M. W. Culp, T. P. Kr'Jnedy and 8. G. 8arratt, board of con sors. Dr. Robert R. Berry was eiec ted delegate to the state medical so< ciety. Dr. M. W. Culp being chcscn alternate. Columbia.?The annual meeting of the state bar association has been postponed from January 18 and 19 to January 2-1 and 25. Judge Alton B. Parker, the annual orator, baring | found that it would be impossible for bint to attend on the dates orig ! inally set. Camden.?D. G. Fletcher, of West > vllle, killed a hog a few days ago, which weighed gross 580 pounds, and netted 590 pounds. He made from the hog 18 gallons of lard and 45 pounds of sausage. The hog was cl the Polnnd China variety and was abojit two years old. Orangeburg.?A meeting will be held in this city in the near future relative to the official automobile route through this state. 8ecre*ary Marchant of the chamber of commerce. has be?n corresponding with officials in regard to holding the meetin? and the date will be se.t later. Florence?The Coast Line's good reads ?rain will give Florence both a day and night session of school. The indications are that there will be a large attendance here at the time to get the benefit of the instruction that ' is given. A good roads meeting was held here which was well attended. Allendale.?An election for mayor and wardens of the town of Allendale for the ensuing year was held, frith the following result: For mayor, Chavons; wardens, J. C. H. All. A % > Allen, J. C, Keel, W. R. DMftagtjfo .i Jr. T tym , Spartanburg.?F. W. Johnson, ,ot ' , Aiken, the ticket collector qf9 Southern railway, who shot W, v H Wilkins, at Cowpens, eevsral montffh ago, was found guilfy and sentenced sJHH to pay a fine of 1200 or serve months. Hi3 attorneys 8ervedm&^j|^^| victicn to the supreme