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i / i ? ' ESTABLISHED IN 18? LEGISlilE "OF" i SOUTH GAROtlNA THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS 4 DONE 80ME COOD WORK IN t THE LAST WEEK. BOTH HOUSES ARE VERY BUSY The Warehouse Bill and Many Others Have Been Passed By the Lawmakers During the Week That Has Just Closed. Columbia.?Eighteen measures of a local nature have been sent to tne secretary of state without the signa\ ture of the governor and have become law. The governor held the measures for three days without signing them, and under the constitution they become law. In the report of state educational institutions made to the general assembly the excellent condition of the University of South Carolina is set forth, and the work of the college highly commended. The use of the pardoning power by the governor of South Carolina is reflected In the annual report of the directors of the state penitentiary which was sent to the Jeneral assembly by D. J. Griffith, the superintendnent. . Taking exception to certain statements of Gov. Cole Biease, made in explanation of tho pardon of John Black, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the state in connection with the old South Carolina dispensary, J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general, addressed to the general assembly a communication in reply. Mr. Lyon who was in char&o of the prosecution of Black, flatly denies that prejudiced political and personal enemies attempted to heap humiliation upon Black; as charged by Gov. Blease. The annual report of A. W. Jones, the comptroller general, sent to the general assembly, recommends the repeal of the refunding act of 1910. He points out ih?t if the 4 1-2 per cent bonds are Issued under the act of 1910 that the state will pay $5,934,946, whereas if a 4 per cent nontaxable bond is issued the loan will cost the state only the interest for 20 years, $4,497,081, which will mean a saving of at least $1,367,865 to the state during the next 20 years. The Senate. The bill to establish a warehouse commission and a system of wareauoscs that was amended in the house was received by the senate with non-currence. This means that the bill will have to go back to the house for free conference. The substitute amendment to the bill of Senator Lide to permit the reestablishment of dispensaries in Orangeburg county was passed in the senate, and sent to the house. The bill as it now stands empowers all those counties that are not allowed by the Carey-Cothran law and other act to vote on the question, to hold an election on the second Tues! ? ^ Q19 tliaf nnr. U<1Y in rcuiuuij, IWI mav y w* pose. Many third reading bills were sent to the house aifd a majority of second reading bills were passed to third reading. Senator Sinkler'v bill to amend section 1 of an act to declare the law in reference to and regulate the manu facture, sale, possession, transports tion, etc., of all alcoholic liquors ol the state was passed and sent to the house. The bill to empower circuit judges to suspend judgments in crimina cases that was introduced in the sen ate by Senator Clifton was passed. The amended act introduced in th< house by Mr. Youmans relating tc raunic'pal corporations by adding thereto an article known as article 7 providing a form of government foi cities of more than 50,000 inhabitant! and less than 50,000 inhabitants wai further amended by Senator Westoi ^ and was sent to the house. Mr. Wes ^ ton's amendment provided that th< registration books in the cities will re main open the same length of time ai in the state. Saluda To Hove Split Log Oarg. After too long a delay the spli log or steel drag is to be put ou th< roads of this county. Superviso raageu uas jusi pureuuseu ?i.\ u these machines and the work the; are doing exceeds all expectations Notwithstanding the excellent worl done on the roads of the county las summer and fall the rains and freeze for the past 00 days have renderec the highways almost impassable. I was a neccesity that inspired th< purchase of the steel drags and tl* ^ work they are doing is most admirable Agricultural Club Meld Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of th Aiken County Agricultural Club wa held at the fair grounds. Kverett T> lor presiding. The resignation of h L. Gunter as secretary became effec tive and a successor was named ii his place. Resolutions on the deat of Capt. W. M. Jordan, who for man years was master of equity of Aike; county were adopted. The subjec "Hog Raising" was discussed, th discussion being opened by H. ( Hahn. The next subject will be "R< duction of the Cotton Acreage." Activity in Greenville Real Estate. As an indication of the activity i Greenville ^county teal estate, it ma be stated that public sales of fan kinds amounted to over 525,000. Neve hi the memory of the oldest inhal itant have farm lands brought sue fancy prices, and the demand is coi stantly increasing. Many old res dents of the county, who moved t the West, to Florida, and even to fa: off Australia, have returned to th old home and settled under the she t?r of Old Pans mountain within ? iour or tao's ride of the city. ? THE n. cr.ner third reading hills that passed the senate and were sent to the house follow: Mr. Carlisle?To prevent betting, pool selling, booktnaking, bets or wagers and to provide punishment for such offenses and to declare same or any of these a common nusance. Mr. Hall?Providing for fees for sheriffs for dieting prisoners in jail. New Senate Bills. Mr. Bates?To amend section 1 of an act to declare the law in reference tp and to regulate the manufac-! tpre, salt-, use, consumption, possession, transposition and disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages with ! in the state and to police the same, far as it relates to Barnwell county. Mr. McCown?To authorize the appointment of railroad policemen. Mr. Hall?To establish a highway commission for Cherokee county. Mr. Christensen?Ceding to the United States of America certain lands in Beaufort county for the pur pose of deepening and widening Ar cher's creek in said county. The House of Representatives. The house passed a concurrent res olution from the senate, introduced by Senator Young, conferring the degree of doctor of philanthropy and charity upon Newton W. Walker, director of the state institute for the Education of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind at Cedar Springs. The juvenile court bill, introduced hv Mr Tobias, was passed to third reading by the houBe by a vote of 73 to 25, after determined opposition. The age limit of the children who are subject to the jurisdiction of the court was changed from 18 to 15 years. By a vote of 71 to 29, the house passed to a third reading a bill providing for a state system of cotton warehouses. The bill was amended in several sections. The senate bill had been substituted for the house bill, Introduced by Mr. McQueen. The appropriation bill passed its third reading in the house and was sent to the senate. Mr. Browning, chairman of the ways and means committee, amended the totals of some of the sections to make them conform to the changes made in a few items. The house passed to a third reading a bill from the committee on privileges and elections amending the law in relation to the names and locations of the voting precincts in several counties. The house also passed to third reading a bill from the committee on county offices and officers, amending the law with reference to the com"? 41? ?9 eovArol peneauon 01 me uwtvis u> ?&<?? >. counties. Another bill from the committee on county offices and officers was passed to third reading. This bill amended the law relating to magistrates and their constables, their powers, jurisdiction and salary, in several instances to apply to various counties. The house passed to third reading the bill introduced by committees on medical affairs and on the penitentiary providing for teuring down the rock building within the penitentiary walls, restricting the penitentiary authorities as to punishing prisoners, directing the board to furnish convicts to carry on the work in building the additions to the state hospital for the insane and to furnish reading matter for prisoners. The bill carries out the recommendations of a special message of the governor. Mr. McCravey's bill authorizing the establishment of high schools in school districts and counties which do not contain an Incorporated town of more than 5,000 inhabitants was indefinitely postponed by the house by a vote of 63 to 37. The house passed J. II. Daniel's bill regulating the powers of the state , board of education and ordered it to ( a third reading. New House Bills, i Committee on Local Legislation? I To create a dock and warehouse cora mission for the county of Charleston and to define the authority and duties ? thereof. > Committee on Local Legislation? ; To amend an act to fix the commuta , tion road tax and to define who are r liable to pay road tax in Bamberg 5 Hampton and Kershaw counties, and 5 provide a penalty for failing to pa> i such tax. Committee on Local Legislation? ? Authorizing the further adjustment ol ? the bonded indebtedness of certair 8 townships contracted in aid of rail roads. Report of Tonnage of Goods. t Comparative sta ements of the ton p nage of goods, in pounds, received ant r forwarded in Charleston proper, dur f ing the mouth of January for th< f years 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910, 191] i. 1 nnd 1912. via the Southern Railway t the Atlantic Coas' Line Railway, tht t Clyde steamers. Baltimore and Caro s Una. Southern and Philadelphia ant 1 Gulf Steamship Companies, were is t sued by Manager H. R. Jackson, o p the Bureau of Freight: Immigratioi p | and Statistics. The "received" repor '. for January, 1912, shows up well. Cotton Markets At Hartsville. e Over 24,500 bales of cotton ha v. s been marketed at HartsvUle up t this time for the season of 1911-1912 This is more than 20 per cent, mon : than has ever been marketed here ii n any whole preceding season. Large h yields and improved facilities fo y handling the crop, together with hig n prices paid are responsible for th t I wonderful showing made. Every da e ' is a busy day on the market. Sine \ the rise in price there has been quit ?- a lot sold and the average dail receipts are large. Wat A Justifiable Homicide. n An inquest was held over the bed y of Ella Graham, the negro wotna n who was shot a few days ago by Mri r A. E. Ehney on Cannon street. Th y verdict was justifiable homicide. Tb h two women met on the street, an i- after the exchange of words the whit i- woman drew a pistol, and shot th 0 negro woman in the stomach. N r- statement was made by Mrs. Ehne e at the time. The negro woman claim 1- ed that she was shot without caus n during the quarrel. Mr3. Ehn^y sine . claimed that she shot in srlf-defenst 1 i;<$ Sjr : fo F< iy MAKE EXHIBIT WILLI3 J. ABBOTT HERE FROM PANAMA ? PACIFIC EXPOSI TION TO URGE STATE. LEGISLATURE TO HEAR OF IT Former Governor Gillett of California to Address South Carolina General Assembly in Hope of Having State Represented at Exposition. Columbia.?The Panama-Pacific exposition which is to be held in San Francisco in 1915, made its appearance in Columbia, through a special commissioner, Willis J. Abbot, of Washington, who has come to seek the participation of South Carolina In that affair. Former Gov. Gillett of California and other representatives of the exposition will be in Columbia in a few days and the legisluatuer at Mr. Abbot's request, has passed a joint resolution, inviting these gentlemen to address the two houses in joint session. "The San Francisco exposition, or to use its proper title, the PanamaPacific International exposition, is one of the great expositions held by authority of the United States government," said Mr. Abbot. "The first was the Centennial, in 1876, which - - - a ?* 1 Aft commemorated the end 01 our mov i?? years of national existence. The next was the Columbian fair at Chicago in 1893, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. The Pan-American exposition at BufTalo and the Charleston and West Indian expositions came next. Still another was the Louisiana Purchase exposition, at St. Louis in 1904, which celebrated our acqufotion of the great Louisiana territory. The great exposition at San Francisco in 1915 will come at the very moment of one of the historic events in our national life, namely, the opening of the Panama canal. Severe Criticism of Railroad. Camden.?At a meeting of the chamber of commerce many things were discussed, the most important being the severe criticism that the Northwestern railway received from the body. So strong was the denunciation of the service rendered Camden that several members urged that the chamber of commerce organize the merchants ar.d withdraw their patron age from th? road. Several of the members stated that as they were tired of requesting the railroad com mission and the authorities of the road to give Camden good service; they would take the matter in hand themselves. An Accident On Southern Road. Columbia.?Southern train No. 32 from Jacksonville to Washington, was delayed three hours here on ac count of the engine turning over in the Blandiixg street yards in this city. Only the engine let the track and the passengers were unaware oi the accident until it was over. The accident was caused by a split switch. The track was speedily clear ed. and, after the coaches had beer taken back to the union station and s new engine steamed, the train set oul for the North with a right-of-wa> track. Live Stock Assocciation Meets. Columbia.?The tenth annual meet ing of the South Carolina Live Stock association was called to order by President Byrd in the council cham ber of the city hall. About 60 mem bers were present. President W. I) Byrd of Laurens made his annual nririracc tnklnp fnr his Rllhippt "Th Relation to Live Stock to Agriculture.' The need of more live clock to bullc up the soil was brought out. He call i ed attention to the increased value ol . lands where cattle had been kept. 1 * ' Inspection Schedule Announced. Columbia.?Adjt. (Jen. Moore an nounced the schedule for the inspec f tion of the companies of the Nationa t Guard of South Carolina. The Co - lumbia companies will be inspectei j on March 21, 22, 25 and 26. Municipal Officers Were Chosen. Columbia.?At a mass meeting o 1 the citizens of the town of Snandor . held at the Pythian hall, candidate ? for the various municipal offices wer L j chosen. C. M. Scott, who has heh , ! the office of iniendant for the pas ? ' year, tendered his resicnation. am - | K. C. Allen was nominated to fill th i . vacancy. The following warden . ! were nominated: H. A. Taylor. W f ; L. Bennett. A. C. Carson and H. ( i Davis. The meeting was preside t over by Col. IT. K. Prooks, W. I'. Etch I sou acting as secretary. Chester County Canvassers Busy. ? Chester.?Chester county oanvasi a crs that were appointed at the mee >. 1 ing held at the court house in th e endeavor to reduce the cotton acn n ; ago in this country for 1912, are strei r uously at work getting pledges, an r the outlook already is for a genert h reduction. These canvassers were a] e |?ointed: Baton Rouge. W. T. Wade y Rlaekstock, If. T. Boyd: Court Hous< e R. B. Cunninghain; Halsevllle, Ricl e ard Wilks; Hazel wood, H. W. Miller y Lands ford. W. B. Crosby: Lewisvill W. B. Lyinn; Rossville, Ferguson. Boys Corn Cljb Organized. y Saluda.?A boys' corn club for th n county has bee norgaDized for 191 j. with the following members: W. ( e Unger, H. M. White, Otis Edwards, , e H. White, R. L. Merchant, Wllliai cl Burnett, Henry King. Duane Rusl d ton, Earle Parkuian, J. B. Sampl e K. M. Martin, Mann Crout, Bachma o ^"ichols, John Oxner, Thurman Shea y fry, Eugene Hite, Wesley Padget Ruffian Padgett. Grady Smith. Smij e Wfse, Woodruff Whittle. Hal Padget e Trenter Watson, John S. Dunca . "Yeti Carson and James Mitchell. \ l RT DRT MILL, S. C., THUR NEWS OF SOUTH CAROUNAT A Column of Short Paragraphs That Were Collected With Very Much Care By the Editor. Chester.?Ernest T. Hardin has resigned the post of deputy sheriff i to resume farming. Sheriff Colvln has appointed W. W. Bendimnn as Mr. Hardin's successor. Chester.?T. E. Gibson's store at Leeds was entered by thieves. A con- i siderable lot of merchandise was stolen, most of it being wearing apparel and shoes. Columbia.?The state board of edu- j cation elected J. Walter Doar of Georgetown, as county superintendent | of education for Georgetown county. ; A number of matters of routine nature were considered. ' ? Landrum.?Since cotton has been bringing ten cents, many of the farm- j ers who had been holding have sold. As a result there is being turned loose a good deal of money in the community Columbia.?There is much interest in the National Corn Bhow to be held CniiimKio in Tonimrv and Fehruarv of next year. A letter asking for information about the exposi'ion ha? been received by Secretary Stevenson from Melcher Ferenz and Rudolph Bachar of Budapest. Greenville.?Work in this vicinity on the interurban electric railway is now being rushed with all possible dispatch. The roadbed from Belton to Greenville will be ready for rails within the month; the roadbed fror* Belton to Greenwood is already completed. The first cars are expected into Greenville some time in April. Aiken.?The grand jury for the special term of general sessions court has completed its work and has been discharged. A true bill was returned against Tom Lipford, who shot and killed Fuller Gregory when Gregory acting as a special deputy, went to Lipford's home at Warrenville to arrest him. . Rock Hill.?Fire at Catawba June tion destroyed the stores of William Simpson and J. A. Farris. It is said that the Simpson store was broken into, robbed and then set on fire, the flames communicating rapidly to the Farris store. Tbe destruction was complete, partially covered by insurance. Hartsville?A telegram from Washington authorized the Farmers and Merchants bank of this town to begin doing business as the First National bank of Hartsville. Application was filed some months ago but arrangements to open as a national bank had to be completed before the change could be made. Charleston.?Maj. George P. Howell, United States engineer, stated that he was working on an estimate of the cost of a seven-foot waterway between Santee River and Charles ton. The water route would be be tween sixty and seventy miles in length and have an average width of about seventy-five feet. Columbia.?Members of the medica! I profession in this c-ity have received J letters from W. V. King of the depart meni or agriculture annum..,...,, .... arrival in the city in the next few days, in company with A. H. Jenningt of the Uuited States department o; agriculture. These gentlemen pro pose to make an exhaustive study o: pellagra. Mr. Jennings was for sev eral years connected with the sanitan commission of the Panama canal. Charleston.?Among the papers re corded in the office of the register o mesne conveyance are two papers o special interest, one being a eertifi cate, issued by the general assem bly of the Knights Templar of Si "Donald McPherson. testifying to hi: loyalty to the order. The paper wa dated at Charleston, .March 3, 1781 The deed of the Coe Mortimer Com pany was also recorded for the prof ertv, bought of the Read Phosphat Company for $20,000. Barnwell.?Barnwell county cand dates are not losing much time in gei ting out among the people. Ther I have been six new announcements i the past week: Two for sheriff, A T. Allen, of Allendale, and J. B. Moi ris, of Barnwell: one for clerk c court, W. Gilmer.? Simms. Blaci ville, and William Still, of Barnwel ' and one for supervisor J. G. Mood; of Barnwell. It is likely that ther : will be a lively scramble for all th offices. , Lexington.?Ernest Thompson, a n. gro boy of about 11 years of age, wa I placed in jail with the charge < i murder resting against him, it bein i alleged that he killed another negi f bov, Chestine Young, at Irrno. Th d trouble occurred at Pleasant Sprin t school house during the recess hou d Sumter.?The report of the count e commissioners to H. F. Rice, presii f ing judge at this term of cour '. shows that Sumter county starte '. the year with $41,000.23 on hand f< d ordinary purposes; $ 1.19S.30 on har i- for sinking fund and $5,54.1.93 o hand of the road improvement fund Lexington.?Dr. S. C. Mitchell, pre I ident of the University of South Car s lina, has accepted an invitation i t- address the Lexington County Teac e ers' association at their regular mont 3- ly meeting. v Walterboro.?After repeated cal d from Dr. II. W. Black, county supe il intendent of education, and Princip p- C. L. Shealey, a dozen of the couni >; teachers met in the high school a e, ditorium and organized the Colletr i- County Teachers' Association. E ; Black called the meeting to order, at e, the election of officers for the ye was gone into. Lexington.?Harvey Williams, tl young white man who was placed is jail a few days ago upon the chart i2 of assault and battery with intent ). kill, has been released from custod J. bond having been 'nrnished. d Spartanburg.?B. B. Casey, wl ti- shot and killed Pop Odom, at Kilgor e, in the lower part of the county, w; n admitted to bail in the sum cf $6,0i il- by Judge Thomas Sease. Cas< t, claims that he shot Odom in self d .b fense; that he feared Odom wou t, carry out bis threat to kill him if ! n, did not pay him th? 7') rents he v< MILL SDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 191 ABDICATION OF CHINESE THRONE AFTER THREE CENTURIES RULE THE MANCHU DYNASTY HAS GIVEN WAY. IMPERIAL EDICTS ISSUED - - - ? The Empress of China Says That the People Favor a Republic and That the Will of Heaven is Descernible? Will Soon Confer. Peking.?After occupying the throne of China for nearly three centuries, the Manchu dynasty, represented by the child Emperor. Pu Yi, abdicated. Three edicts were issued, the first proclaiming abdication; the second ! dealing with the establishment of the republic and the third urging the maintenance of peace and approving the conditions agreed upon by the Imperial Premier Yuan Shi Kai and the Republicans. The text of the first Imperial edict issued by the throne is as follows: "We, the Emperor of China, have respectfully received the following i edict from the hands of her majesty, i the Dowager Empress: In consequencce of the uprising of the Republican army to which the people of the province of China have responded, the Empire is seething like a caldron and the people are plunged in misery. "Yuan Shi Kai ras therefore commanded to dispatch commissioners in 1 order to confer with the Republicans with a view to the calling of a national assembly to decide on the future form of government. Months have I elapsed and no settlement is now evi! dent. "The majority of the people are in favor of a republic. From the nrpfnrpnre of the peoDles' hearts the will of heaven is discernible. How i could we oppose the desires of mil' lions for the glory of one family:" "Therefore, we, the Dowager Empress and the Emperor, hereby vest , the sovereignty of the Chinese Em pire in the people. Many Fatalities !n Prussian Mine. Anonienhuette, Prussian Silsia.? Many Natalities were caused by a Are which broke out in one of the pits in this coal mining centre. Seven corpses of miners have been brought | to the surface and the authorities believe that at least 20 more men perj ished. The number of men in the l pit where the Are broke out is not deAnitely known, but all except those In the immediate vicinity of the bottom of the shaft were cut ofT from escape and are thought to be dead. Propose Inquiry Into Money Trust. Washington.?Senators Lea of Ten j nessee, and Kenyon, of Iowa, the for j mer a progressive democrat and the i latter a progressive republican, fram j od a joint resolution proposing an in | quiry into the so-called "money trust' ; by a joint committee of the senatf and house. The house democrats ir I caucus already have decided for ar ; investigation by the regular commit i tee of the house and It is doubted il I they will assent to the new proposal Fighting on Domincian Frontier. Cape Haitien, Hayti.?Severe light j ing between the revolutionaries anc ! j government troops is reported on th< 1 Dominican frontier. Generals Toribic | and .Miguel were surprised by gov ! ernment troops and during the fight 1 ! ing that ensued the forme rwas killec * and the latter wounded, however, th< 1 revolutionaries attacked the troop; 1 again. ^ Brandt Case Will Be Reopened. ( New York.?Folke M. Brandt, thi r former valet to Mortimer L. Schifl L who has served five years of a 30-yea r ; sentence for burglary, will come ti I New York to appear in the doubl c court proceedings under way to re ' * open his case. In obedience to tb f writ of habeas corpus issued here b ' I Justice Gerard, the warden of Clir ( , ton prison has announced his inter tion of sending Brandt to New York e j Colorado Republicans Meet. Denver, Col.?1 he republican pr< E ; convention campaign in this stat ( opened here with the assembling c " the state central committee. It wa declared that the endorsement c r ['resident Taft for re-nomination an | re-election was certain. Great inte 11 est was manifested in the speech c former Senator A. J. Beveridge c ' Indiana, at the Lincoln Day banque }I i at which members cf the state centr. ' committee and nearly every republ n can editor of the state were expecte ' ; to be present. B" | " Hundred Million Invested In Art. New York.?The recent announc ^ ment that J. Pierpont Morgan woul bring a portion of his art colleetio . from London to New York, has led I Is the discovery that the financier h? invested more than 5100,000,000 in a , treasures. These are said to consi ty 1 " , not only of paintings, statuary ar jewels but of collections of wlc range and enormous value of cer j(j' mics, porcelain, bronzes, reliquarie and antiquities of almost every for and conception of every age of ba barism and civilization. te i German Warships Will Come in Jun I Berlin.?The month of June has he< tO ; selected for the visit of the Germ. "' I squadron to the United States to t 10 | turn the visit to Kiel of the secot ,e division of the United States Nor j Atlantic squadron under command Rear Admiral Badger in June la ? year. No definite plans have y e been drawn up regardlcgk the vesse T(j which are to proceed to Amerlci waters but *he subject is under cc ltJ sidemtion at the admiralty, which u - doubtedly v.-J11 choore some rcprese ;.tive modern vesrcla. _ TI / -> FR^ THE^ PALMiEnO STATE ' The Latest General News That Has Been Gotten Together For the People of the State. Columbia.?The town of Eau Claire oted to levy a tax of five mills on he taxable property in that thriving 1 uburb of Columbia. Beaufort.?At Seabrook. it ia said, a negro boy, Henry Smalls, about 14 years old, wsa shot in the head and killed by a negro girl. Christine Era- 1 sier, 13 years old. The boy was in j \ the employ of M. Keyserling of Sea brook. ( Camden.?A petition is being circulated among the property holders here asking city council to immediately Issue $100,000 in bonds, to install a municipal water and light plant. It j is said that the petition is being very freely signed. Chapin.?Owing to the slight raise on the price of cotton the weigher ( has been kept busy for the last fewdays, several hundred bales being marketed at an average price of ten cents. Columbia.?George Johnstone, of N'ewberrv. one of the best known at- \ tornevs in South Carolina is at Knowlton's Infirmary In a serious condition, following an attack of apoplexy. He was resting well at a late hour, although his condition was said to be critical. Rock Hill.?The city council electi ed C. Whitner, a successful farmer living lu this city, as a member of the public works commission, succeeding his brother, tVilliam C. Whit ner, who resigned owing to pressure ' of private business. The latter is the manager of Frank Gould's large interest? in Virginia and has to be out of Rock Hill most of the time Charleston.? Prof. W. K. Tate, superintendent of state rural elementary schools, was in Charleston en route to Dorchester, where he has engagements which may keep him in that county a week. Formerly assistant superintendent of city schools and principal of the Memminger Normal school for a number of years. Prof. Tate is well known in Charleston. Spartanburg.?Taft Morain, a three year old boy was burned to death at his parents' home in the Arkwright mill village. In the absence of its mother from the room, the child fell j against the grate, igniting his cloth ing, which in turn set fire to the hen clothing covering a ctill younger child in a crib. Columbia?The centenary of the birth of Charles Dickens was observ ed by the university community with a lecture on the famous novelist by Dr. George A. Wauchope in Davis college. A short sketch of the varied and brilliant career of Dickens, whose genius carried him from a blacking warehouse to a tomb in Westminster : abbey, was given. Columbia.?Another chapter in the Judicial adventures of the Greenwood county rural police force affair, was written when a decision was made by the Supreme Court refusing a petition, by R. L. Golden for a writ of mandate requiring certain officers of Greenwood county to issue a warrant for salary alleged to be due him, in the'sum of $583.31. / Dillon. ? The very blue cotton : brought as high as eight cents here. I The most of the cotton being marketi | ed here now is of this type, and there | bids fair to be a lot of it sold if suit! table weather comes for gathering it. I Since December 1 ther?* have not | been as many as 14 days of good coti ton picking weather. Most of the farmers are offering as high at 75 I cents per hundred for pickers. ' Aiken.?The monthly meeting of Aiken County Agricultural Club was : j held at the fair grounds. A new secretary was chosen in place of R. L. Gunter, resigned The meeting : | wa3 presided over by Everett Tyler, ! j and W. O. Johnson and Jerome WilE liams were the stewards for the occasion. The subject discussed was j "Hog Raising." Anderson.?In the United States ) circuit court of appeal at Richmond, Va., a decision was handed down dis1 missing the appeal of Milton A. Carc lisle, former president of the Xae tional bank of Newberry, who was ; convicted at Greenville in 1910 of vio1 lating the national banking laws, and who was sentenced to serve a term 1 of five years in the United States 1 prison at Atlanta, Ga. Columbia.?The woman's auxliary to the Rescue orphanage re-elected all their present officers as follows: I President, Mrs. F. S. Terry, first vice ' ! president ,Mlss Finstrom; second II vice president, Mrs, John Jacob SeiI beis; treasurer, Miss Mary Frazee; secretary, Mrs. W. C. Cathcart. ? ; Charleston.?His attention having r ; been called to criticism of his action II in ordering that the American Saiva ton Army discont'rtue its operation.r in this city. Mayor Grace declared thai 11 that organization had been perpetral i ing fraud in this city and enacting d a farce in the name of religion. Lexington.?The county board o . commissioners were in session. A large number of claims and other rou p' tine business occupied the attentioi of the board. The county pensioi 'n board and the county board of regis 0 tration were also in session. 1S Sumter.?Court of eneral Session rt adjourned, after being in session onl; Pt two days, and holding one of :h? 1(1 shortest terms on record. Only twi cases were tried, not guilty being th a" verdict in each. One prisoner plea< 8> guilty and was sentenced to fou m years. All other cases were cor ir" ' tinned. Columbia.?A. W. Jones, comptro ler general for South Carolina, orde.i e- , ed that the payment of commutatlo >n road tax in Richland county be e: in j tended to March 15. This means tha penalty for non-payment will not b 1(1 attached until after that date. Spartanburg.?W. If. and Leonor ?' Clark, wanted by local authorities o st a charge of working the "badge et game" on J. B. Suddeth, and vh >,s were indicted here early in Januar in were arrested in Kings Mountain an in" brought here. They disappeared soo in after I he indictment was returne n' agi.iu t thcni. MES '0 DISCUSS THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS ? - TENNESSEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ISSUES CALL TO SIXTEEN SOUTHERN STATES. VILL MEET IN NASHVILLE ? ? p Governor G. B. Hooper Declare* That the Time Has Come For the Serious | Study of the Economic, Civic and the Social Question*. Knoxville, Tenn.?Gov. B. W. Hooper has issued a call addressed to the Governors of sixteen Southern states Tor a Southern sociological congress to be held in Nashville, May 7-10, 1912, for the study and d'scussion of social problems. The Governor says in his call: "For thirty-six years annual meetings of th? National Conference of Charities and Correction have been h^ld, the benefits of which have largely gone to the Northern States, for the reason that the conrerences have usually been held in the North, have been attended principally by Northern people and have been devoted to the discussion of qustione from a Northern viewpoint. "For a long period subsequent to the civil war the South was engaged in a struggle to recover from the shock of war, and regain her feet. When the period of recovery had passed, the South entered upon the present wonderful era of material development, the zenith of which will not be reached for many years. Neither this condition of opoverty and depression not the sweeping material advancement now in progress have been conductive to the maintenance of the South's high ideals of government and society. Nevertheless, every stale in the South has heen bravely grappling with her socoiological problems, which are adinittedl ymore difficult than those in other sections of the nation. "While the South's financial industrial and agricultural development is now being emphasized by her great leaders in those lines in the Southern Commercial Congress, questions of humanity must not be forgotten, if our development is to be symmetrical. - -J-? P? it.. AI..Uk?u Uiin^r mcaai ror inc numyiH/ Paris. ? Theodore Roosevelt, exPresident of the United States, has been awarded the special grand medal of the Societe D'Acclimation. M, Perrier, director of the museum ol natural history in Paris and president of the society, yi announcing tin award at the annual meeting euoiogiz ed Colonel Roosevelt and descrlbet him as "more naturalist than hunter eager to iearn and skillful to depic the habits of the animals he wai stalking." He referred also to the grea work accomplished by Colonel Roose i velt, when he occupied the presideti ! tial chair. The Cruel Fate of John Early. Toconia, Was.?Shunted about fron place to place as the result of the loni government investigation to determini ! whether he was a leper, John R. Early formerly of Washington, I). C., ha.' been located at Summit, near here an< will be fenced in on an acre of land The Pierce county commissioners de cided to take this step following ar investigation by the county physician The land is the property which Earl; before it was known that he was tb< one over whom the leper controversy took place.agree d to buy on install ments. Convict Stabs Prison Officer. Lincoln, Neb.?Deputy Warden E I). Davis of the state penitentiary wa stabbed six times by Albert Prince, : , negro convict, and will probably dit Three of the wounds are in the abdc men. Just as the prison chapiaii was about to pronounce the benedit tion at the close of the morning char el service. Prince, under a 20-yea sentence for assault with intend t kill, attacked Deputy Davis. Princ 1 says he objected to being deprived o certain liberties. Robbed and Murdered Saloon Keepei New York.?Two men held up an robbed a saloon in the Bronx, killin tho proprietor, Patrick Burns an wounding his bartender. Frank Nei ble. Burns once was chief of polic at Findlay, and Toledo, (). He cam here with his family two years ng and did a prosperous business. Til murderers escaped with $23, whir ?- :? A I they took irom me casu regiaiei. ^ though .Mrs. Burns says that her hu band had no enemies the theory th? his assaliant bore a grudge againi him. Discussed How the Law Works. New Kochelle, N. V.?Attorney Ge oral Wickersham spoke before a larjt audience at the People's Forum hei on "The Administration of Keder Justice." He outlined in an eieme tary way for the benefit of his h y audience the fundamental principle e of government, and especially the r d iation of the Department of Justice e the people in enforcement of tl I laws. "If all men felt that a violatu r of the law would be followed 1 - speedy and appropriate punishment he said, "crime would decrease. ! r- ; Oklahomans Are Divided. n Oklahoman City, Okla.?Unofflcl ' A returns to The Oklahoman from fori it e six of the seventy-six Oklahoma coi ! ties in which primary conventio a were held indicated that Woodtx n Wilson would contjrol twenty-five a ;r Champ Clark fourteen of the coun io conventions which will elect delegat y to the state Democratic conventi d which will elect delegates to the n n lonal convention. Tbe twenty-fl d counties credited to Wilson will ha 187 delegates in the s ate cenventh - 1. . $1.25 PER YEAR 1^P| A CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDING The Methodists Will Assist Columbia College?To Raise $50,000 By Junt 1- Much Interest Shown. ?'$ Columbia. ? One hundred pastors jH and laymen of the Columbia district i of the South Carolina Methodist Episcopal conference attending a ban- yS quet several days ago at Columbia *4 College, launched a campaign that will be state-wide in its nature, to raise $50,000 for an administration building for the institution. The work ? of raising the fund will be begun in all of the churches of Columbia dis ] trict on the second Sunday in March. j| Following the campaign in Columbia a campaign of similar nature will be conducted in all of the 12 dstricts of the state. It is hoped to raise the fund in time to begin work on the | construction of the new building by June 1.. The building will be completed in time for Ihe next session of the institution. There was much spirit and enthusiasm shown at the meeting. The banquet was held in connection with the missionary institute that is being held here. The campaign to raise the funds will be in charge of P. A. Hodges, financial agent of the Institution. ? Miy Make Crack Shotsmen. An invitation has been sent to the authorities of Clemson College by the adjutant general, W. W. Moore, according to information received at Charleston to have the cadets of that , ? Institution visit the rifle range between April 15 and SO Tor the purpose of developing their marksmanship to the end tfcit these young men may in time become a feeder to the National Guard complement of crack shots. As 3 a result of the rifle practice which is now annually held by the Citadel, several particularly good shots have developed and found position with the National Guard team, and the ^ idea of the adjutant general Is that by encouraging rifle practice among the 600 students of Clemson, a number . 1 may be depended upon to develop into marksmanship and supplement the available men for the annual national shoots at Camp Perry, Ohio. Work on John's Island Road. , . Engineer Held Whltford, of the county sanitary and drainage commiesicn, stated that work had been be- .ti gun on repairing the roads between Charleston and John's Island, and between Charleston and James Island, half of the force ot convicts ha vine been moved to St. Andrew's Parish ! fcr that purpose. The repairing of I these roads means much to farmers j on the islands since it will greatly improve the existing facilities for the transportation of produce and mate' rial between the city and the farms. Engineer Whltford is trying to solve > the problem of the maintenance of . these roads and will experiment with 1 an inexpensive waterproofing mate; rial, which, if found effective, will t be used on all the roads in the county. s t Weekly Lecture At University. A. G. Smith, delivered his weekly i- ] lecture on agriculture In Leconte college at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Smith gave in detail a con-T^jf i cise statement of the condition of the i soil, stating the various amounts of ; | organic materials available for fertile izer they contain and telling how this was best obtained. He said that the 3 people of the state could save a large ] part of the fertilizer bill by intelligent application fc the rotation of the crops and choice of suitable feri tilizers. This statement was backed up by the showing the experiment. y farm at Aiken has made in the past ?* 8 two years. r ' i Working To Send Large Delegation. Columbians are working to send a , large delegation of men to the Charleston convention uf the Men and Religion Movement for the Carollcas, to a ' be held in Charleston. The convena tion opens with special services in . ; all the churches and will continue ? throughout the week. The program n is an elaborate one. employing a team : I of six experts, who will give both )- instruction and practical illustration r of every phase of the work of this o great evangelistic movement. The e motto of the convention appears to if he 'More men for religion?more re ligion for men." ?r? r. South Carolina New Enterprises. d The secretary/of state has issued a t? tii.? Ppp Dee Brick ? CUIlimiaoiuu ?w d Company of Pee Dee, the capital be j- ' in? $23,000. The petitoners are: C e P. Berry and T. R. Barringer. A ie I general brick business will be con;o ducted. A commission has been isip sued to the College Industrial Assoh :: ciation of Central, the capital being I- , $2,500. The petitioners are: J, M. s* Hancock, L. G. Clayton and W. L. it Thompson. A commission has been it issued to Moore & Co., of Wlnnsboro, the capital being placed at $7,500. . cw*rMtiwp Committee Named. j n- The executive committee of the Co- I ;e lumbia chamber of commerce was I Be | named at a meeting of the officers. a I The members of the committee elecIn ted were: August Kohn, F. L. Brown, ( iv W. H. Jons, W. E. Aughtry ano Q. T.. . ?s Pressley, The officers of the chum- J le- ber are: R. Beverley Herbert, presi to dent; F. S. Terry, first vice president; lie Will Evans, second vice president; L in T, Wilds, third vice president, and >y A. McP. Iiamby, secretary and trea* jrer. The general officers will b* jonflrmed at the next, meeting. Gun-Shot Wound Proves Fatal, al Percy Crandall, the 16-yea|s>ld son of S. H. Crandall, who was accident. j?? ally shot by Jesse McNInch died in iQ' the Columbia hospital from the efns fects of his wounds. Young Crandall >w was standing on the steps in front nd of his father's store and Jesse Mc ity Ninch, a boy about the same age, was cs in the middle of the street tampering on with a revolver. The pistol snddeflftfl at- discharged, according to the vc McNinch. the ball taking a fatH I ve feet in the abdomen of Percy