Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 28, 1912, Image 1
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- ESTABLISHED IN 18'
I CHILD LABOR IT
10 BE ENFORCED
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ALLEGED VIOLATIONS ARE REPORTED
TO COMMISSIONER
E. J. WATSON.
HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT
The Situation is to Be Investigated
By Inspectors of the Department of
? --I-. e?m< N*wu Arts Have
nynvuiiwi v vvm? ???** ???? ?- Been
Given Out
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Columbia.?Reports of violation of
the child labor law have reached the
department of agriculture. The following
statement was issued by Com
mlssioner Watson:
"Reports have reached this department
from several points in the
l state that certain textile plants are
continuing to offer employment to
children under 12 years of age, and
in some instances are promising employment
to school children during
vacation this summer. This is in direct
violation of the new child labor
law of the state, which became effective
on January 1st, last. That law
does not permit the employment of
any child under 12 years of age for
any reason or cause whatever at any
time, season or period of the year
The inspectors are now taking the
Held and. I wish to give this timely
warning to all employers of labor
in the textile -plants of the state
that if the inspectors find cases of
this kind they will be ocmpelled to enforce
the law, and It will be done
without fear or favor. The reports
seem to come from only certain scat
tered localities, but 1 feel that It is
my duty to issue this timely warning
ID oruer IIIAI ll UICIC uc an; ciuyiuj
er who has been violating the law
in ignorance of its provisions, he may
eliminate the illegally employed chil
dren immediately. The inspecton
will moat carefully examine into all
reported cases, and they have been
Instructed to Institute prosecutions
wherever the facts warrant It."
4 Proposal* Invited From Purchasers.
Proposals are Invited from purchasers
for 195,000 of non taxable
coupon bonds to be issued by Kershaw
county, bearing date May 1, 1912
payable 20 years from date, interest
at 5 per cent, semi-annually, by M. C.
West, supervisor of Kershaw county.
The purpose of the issue is to refund
the maturing 2s railroad aid
bonds. The bids are to be opened at
o'clock Wednesday. April 24. No
bid for lees than par and accrued
value will be aocepted. It will be
necessary for each bidder to file a
check of $1,000 with the supervisor.
The old bonds were carried at 7 per
cent, and the new bonds will bear 5
per cent. Interest, which will mean
that the county will save about $2,000
each year.
Public Hospital For Chester.
A movement is under way to es- J
K11 a V, a nnhli/* hntnilnl in Phasfer I
This effort that in bong thrust forward
In behalf of the much-needed
Institution does not reflect on the
capital work that is beine done at
the local private hospital here. Not
only will It not he a hostile hospital
to the present one here, but will mere i
Iv supplement It. The new hospital. I
as its name suggests, is to be a pub- I
11c one. It will contain a very large '
charity department. No one will be i
turned from its front doos for lack
of funds. Its inception was probably
inspired by the beneficient medicinal
work done at such hospitals ao the
Roper at Charleston or the Watts of
Durham, N. C.
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Ji Fnr Imoroved Switch.
Letters patent hare been issued to
Mr. J. W. Bodie of Greenwood for an
improved railroad Bwitch. which has
for its object the provisions or means
for replacing: the wheels of a derail
ed car on the track without uecessi
tating the stopping of the train. Mr
Bodie was for a long time in charge
of a section on the C. & W. C. and
is familiar with track conditions.
Negroes Charged With Blackmailing.
Warrants were issued by A. A.
Brantley. United States commissioner
at Orangeburg, for two negroes, one
woman named Mag Stroman and a
negro man by the name of Donaldson
charged with using the mails for purposes
of sending threatening blackmail
letters. K. K. Phillips received
a letter written by .Mag Stroman
at the instigation of the negro.
Donaldson, threatening Mr. Phillips'
life. The negress was offended because
she was not elected a school
teacher.
Only Four Cases At This Term.
There have been only four cases
tried at the present term of the court
of general sessions for Barnwell,
which resulted in one conviction and
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tnrce arquitiHjs. oinuu uiun .
White, who was charged with crini
inallv assaulting a girl, also white
was acquitted. The jury deliberated
on the case all night, only one man
holding out for conviction, it is understood.
Only those vitally concerned
in this were admitted to the
court room. The case rested as to
whether the girl was under 14.
Orangeburg Fair Association.
At an Important meeting of the directors
of the Orangeburg Fair Association.
held at the offices of the
Farmers' Union Bank and Trust Com
pany several days ago it was decided
to hold the Orangeburg county fair
during a week in October beginning
October 21 and ending October 28.
TKt plnon are to make lhe Orangeburg
fair one of the best in the state
Last year *as the first year of the
present Orangeburg county fair and
was a complete success and a eery
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BANQUET FOR CORN GROWERS
City Council Gives $1,000 For Entertainment?Several
Hundred Boys
of U. S. to Attend.
Columbia.?The most important ac
tlon by city council was the appro!ation
of $1,000 for the entertainment
of the boyg of South Carolina that
will attend the National Corn show
iu 1013. Mayor Glbbes, at a former
meeting, made a suggestion to council
that this appropriation be given
to furnish a banquet or some other
suitable form of entertainment for
the youvhs who will attend the exhl
Ibition. It is the desire of the author!
I ties in charge of this show that at
least every county of all the states
01 me l mien oiaic? ue repiegruiru
at the corn show.
The scretary of the National Com
show, George H. Stevenson, appeared
before council and explained his plan
for the entertainment and instruction
of the boys who are being urged to
attend from every county in the
United States. He wished to call at
tention to the banquet sb the social
feature of the week, and for that
reason asked that council take defi
nite action in regard to the appro
priation. He is mailing letters tc
county superintendents of education
and teachers in agricultural colleges
and farm demonstration agents, tell
ing them of the plans for the recep
tlon of the boy farmers . Each county
is requested to send two delegates
The business feature of the visit of
the boys will be the exposition school
modeled in a small way after a mill
tary organization. The delegatlor
will be divided into squads which will
be put through the lectures by experts
every morning, when they visit thf
building. There will be lectures in
corn Snd stock growing every afternoon.
Stock-judging will be explain
ed to them by an expert and altogeth
er the stay in Columbia will be made
replete with practical instruction ir
farm work and dairying.
The State Pharmaceutical Board.
Fourteen applicants completet
their examination before the state
Pharmaceutical board which was in
session lor two nays, j ne memoers
of the board are: C. A. Mi!ford, Abbeville:
Frank M. Smith, Charleston;
D. P. Frierson, of Charleston: D. T.
Riley, of Florence: J. M. Oliver, of
Orangeburg; H. E. Helntish of Spartanburg.
and L. P. Trouche, of Anderson.
The next meeting will be held
in Charleston in July three days before
the annual meeting of the pbar
macists of the state. The board reported
that the following applicants
had parsed a successful examination
and will be admitted to practice in
the state: R. B. Fickling, C. P.
Evans, E. J. Brown. J. C. Walton. C.
D. Walters, C. D. McKinney and J. E
Stokes.
Are Working for Rock Hill Plan.
Chairman W. J. Moore of the committee
on the Rock Hill plan has
made the following report on the
work done in Greenwood county. It
is as follows. The canvassers appointed
to canvass Greenwood county
under the Rock Hill plan for the reduction
of 1911 cotton acreage have
finished their work. This work was
done hy good men. and a summary of
their reports shows that ou? Of*51,65f
acres reported planted in cotton in
1911, there will be 41.948 planted in
cotton in 1912. a reduction of 9.719
acres, or 18.79 per cent, from the acre
age of last year.
South Carolina New Enterprise*.
A commission has been issued by
secretary of state to the Scruggs A
Bailey (incorporated > of ColumbHl
with a capital stock of $6,000. The
petitioners are W. J. Scruggs and J
| F. Bailey. A general clothing busi
j ness will be conducted. A charter has
been fbsued to the Cash Grocery
Store Company of Cheraw with a cap
ltal of $1,000. The officers are: S. L
Gardner, president; C. R. Biackmon
vice-president and J. F. Gardner, sec
retarv. The Bank of Elliott of El
llott has been commissioned with a
capital stock of $10,000.
Escaped Convict Has Been Caught.
Frank Hampton, who escaped from
the Richland county chaingang sometime
ago and who was caught in
Jacksonville. Fla.. a few days ago, has
I been brought to Columbia and sent
back to the county chaingaug to serve
the remainder of his sentence.
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Auto Fire Truck For Greenwood.
At a special meeting held at city
. hall, the city council bought an auto
| fire truck which, with a steamer, that
is to say. a steam engine to be drawn
] by the auto fire truck, will it is be
j lieved give the town of Greenwood
I all the fire protection It needs and
. will obviate the presrure problem that
is such a menace. Technically, the
truck is a combination truck or cbenv
ical and hose wagon of 80 horse
power. The machine is to he used
as a tractor and will draw a steamer
which has been negotiated for.
I Has Aooointed Deleoates.
President ('. S. Webb of the Green
vl|le Automobile Association has ap
pointed delegates to attend the South
ern Appalachian flood Roads convention
at Spartanburg. Among those
named are: ('apt. K. A. Smyth. T. F
j Parker. L. W. Parker, \\". G. Sirrine
I W. F. Beattie. J. Thos. Arnold. J. K.
. Sirrine. J. I. Westervelt, George Orr.
D. B. Trailer, Eugene F. Bates, \V. T
Henderson, R. X. Tannahill, J. R.
Smith, K. 1. McDavid. Dr. C. B. Karle,
W. L. Gassaway, J. W. Jervey, W. A
Gilreath.
Directors of Interurban.
A meeting of the dir^tors of the
Interurban electric railway is sched
uled for the near future at Green
ville. It is understood that at this
meeting it will be determined whether
the extension from Greenville to
Spartanburg will go by Greer or Reid
j ville. There is considerable interest
in this matter in the territory In
volved. Reidville has made attrac
tive offers to the company for the
'line to go through there, while it B
[understood Greer has made very littli
I effort to secure it
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EDUCATiONAL MEET
INVITATION GIVEN FOR EDUCATORS
AND FARM DEMONSTRAEORS
TO MEET.
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AN IMPORTANT MEEJING
Plana For Enlarging the Work V/ill be
Made and New Line.'t of Endeavor
Will Be Considered?Many Notable
Speakers to Attend.
Clemson College.?JJr. \v. >1. itiggs
has issued invitations to all the coun- ,
ty superintendents of education in
South Carolina and the farm demonstration
agents to attend a joint meetinf
at Clemson College. April 27, 28
and 29. This college and the department
of agriculture at Washington in
their co-operative work, especially j
that dealing with the com clubs and
the pig clubs, are dependent largely j
on the help of the county superinten- :
dents. Such a meeting as has been
planned by the authorities of the college
will result in great benefit to all
concerned, and is along the line of
the enlarged work that the college
1b earnestly seeking to do for the
state.
One of the objects of the meeting
is to give all the demonstration workers
in the state an opportunity of
I Kialitnr lha norma intance of Prof. W.
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L. English, who was recently select- j
ed by the college authorities and Dr. i
Bradford Knapp to have direction of
the farm demonstration and extension
work In South Carolina. Mr. English
will have charge of all the work formerly
supervised by Prof. D. N. Barrow
of Clemson and Prof. Ira Williams.
Prof. English has had large ;
experience in work of this sort, and 1
his coming into the state is expected
to increase the efTicency of the work, j
The meeting to be held here will
: be of unusual importance, as it will !
be the first coming together of the
farm demonstration agents since the
forces of the department of agriculture
at Washington and those of
Clemson College have heen joined.
Plans for enlarging the work will be
made, and new lines of endeavor .will
be considered.
Unite Forces To Raise Money.
Spartanburg.?As the result of recent
conferences between the trustees
of Conr.erse College and the
board of governors or trie local v. si.
C. A. it is understood that these in
8titutions will unite their forces in
a campaign to raise $160,000 for the
j purpose of endowing Converse College
and erecting a modern V. M. C
A. building. The suggestion that-"interests
of these worthy institutions be i
combined is said to have come from
John B. Cleveland .who has indicated
his intention of making a generous
contribution to the joint fund.
Causeway Temporarily Repaired.
Camden. ? Supervisor West said
that the causeway leading to the Wat
eree river bridge, would be temporarily
repaired, and that it would bt
| possible to use it now. He said that
| the road leading from Savage's plan
tation has been used since the recent
high waters. He said that it would
' cost about $3,000 to repair the causeway.
Fortunately the convict camp
was only about a mile from the bridge
during the flood, and there will be no
i delay in completing the work.
Girl Killed by Southern Train.
Greenville.?Elsie Singleton, a pretty
20-year-old mill girl, was instantly
: killed by Southern Railway train No.
oq iha ?rnaaln? of thp Runromhe
i a i mv vi vuuiuq v.
j road with the railroad tracks at the
i Poe mill. The girl was on her way
to dinner at the time, and stepped
on the crossing without observing
the approach of the train. She was
Istruck Iri the back of the head and
j 'her body hurled thirty feet.
Rock Hill.?The National Union
Bank of this city, through Cashier
1 Ira B. Dunlap( bought the entire issue
of $56,000 of York township bonds
at par and accrued interest. The
bonds carry five per cent. There was
only one other bidder?a Chicago
! house.
Have Turned In $27,587.
Columbia.?The Blease dispensary
commission turned over to the state
, treasurer $27,587. funds from the old
state dispensary in their hands. This
money will be apportioned to the various
ounties for use in schools. The
Blease commission will go out of office
on March 28. according to the
' Crosson Act. and they will file their
report with the governor. The com|
mission is composed of Messrs. Wade
Stackhouse, chairman; Fred H. Doral
DICK. J. V. U (tllilt'?, I. r. di auiir/
and E. M. Thompson.
Work is Begun on Roadbed.
Sun ter.?Work was begun on the
roadbed of the South Carolina Wostern
Railroad between Bishopville and
Sumter .five gangs being at work
i near Manville. on that part of the
i right of way to which titles have been
| secured by the company. At present
a large working force of hands is engaged
and the work will be pushed
; as long as the good weather laBts
The news of the beginning of work
is hailed with pleasure in Sumter,
where the people are generally anxious
i to have the road completed.
Board of Health For Gaffney.
' i Gaffney.?In accordance with the
i state law, Mayor Butler appointed a
board of health for Gaffney, consist
ing of Dr. R. T. Ferguson, Dr. S. Bas,
kin Sherad. G. G. Bvers. W. F. Smith
and R. E. Le.Master. The board at
once effected an organization by electing
Dr. Ferguson president and Mr.
'.^Masters, secretary. They have al.
. eady assumed their duties and are
i row acting with Health Officer Hudi
s<m. taking steps to care for the
health of the city and community,
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FORT -MILL, S. C., THU]
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE |
Latest General News That Has Been (
Collected From Many Towns and
Counties of the State.
Newberry.?A contract for laying
5.000 square yards of vitrified brick
was given to A. E. Legare of Colum- /
bia. The brick will be laid on Main
street extending from t he union station
to Caldwell street.
Scranton.?The election held here
resulted in only one vote cast being I
againstt he proposed bonding of
Scranton school district for the pur (
pose of enlarging the present school
building. It is expected that the
bonds will be in shape for Bale, and
work will begin at once.
Mallory?Fully appreciating the flnf
weather of the past few dayB farmers
in this section have been making
some telling strokes. If they are fav
ored with a continuation of good j
weather it will not take them long (
to catch up with plowing and thef
will be all ready for planting when
the time arrives. 1
Charleston.?An inspection of the '
water front was made by the dock 1
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commisniiui, uuaiuiuK tuc imuuv.. .. .
Commissioner H. P. Williams at the '
Carolina Yacht club pier and proceed- j'
ing slowly along the piers to Columbus ('
street, where the commissioners
alighted and walked down the water 1
front, inspecting the property. ! I
Orangeburg.?The March term of the
court of common pleas for Orange- '
burg county was convened in this city, '
with Judge S. W. G. Shipp of Florence
presiding. Although only a few cases ; j
have been tried, much progress has
been made. A number of cases hare 1
been either defaulted or compromised,
while o thers have been continued.
Columbia.?After JO years' active
service to the Democratic party in
South Carolina, Gen. Wilie Jones, for
the past 14 years state chairman, has |
announced that he will not ask for reelection.
He has called the executive
committee to meet In Columbia on
April 1ft, when the official call for the '
state convention to be held on May
15 will be issued.
Charleston.?The hoard of engineers
has turned down the proposition ot
' the island coastal waterway canal in
providing closer water communication
j between Columbia, Camden and Char
i lesion, tne rome naming ue??n icwm
mended by Capt. E. M. Adams, corps
of engineers, last summer as being the ,
most feasible of the several which
were suggested at tbe time.
Lancaster.?When asked to give his
(/pinion of the work done by the leg
islature just closed, what were the
issues before the body, how the>
were handled, <etc.. Representative ;
George W. Jones of the Lancaster del t
gation spoke very optimistically and 1
! said that he wanted to go on record |
as endorsing every statement mad*
in a recent publication concerning the
work of the legislature by Mr. Steven
son of Cheraw.
Newberry.?The custody of the
books of registration of Newberry
county is the storm centre of an in
teresting fight at this time. Two
boards of registration are making an
effort to secure the books and th?
clerk of the court has not as vet turn
ed the books over to either board. The
board of registration consisted of R.
C. Sligh, W. W. Riser, and ('. E. I
Wheeler. The delegation recommend
ed this board for appointm-.nt.
Lancaster.?Work on the Lancaster
& Chester Catawba river trestle which
was almost washed away during the
freshet having had 28 sections of Iti
bridge carried off. is being pushed for
ward vigorously, and it Is thought that
In a few days regular freight and pas
senger traffic can br? resumed. Fend .
ing the repair to the damaged trestle
trains en route to and from Chester
are making their trips on the South j
em's tracks via Rock Hill.
Columbia.?President John Cart of
the Orangeburg chamber of commerce
has appointed the following commit- j
tees: Committee on supper at annua)
meeting of chamber of commerce. W
Fletcher Falrey, O. K. Wilson, T. O.
S. Dibble, Otto W. Spahr and Clayton
Berghaus. Committee to devise ways
and means to perfect permanent improvement
for Edisto causeway at the
foot of Russell street on the edge of
this cltv, W. L. Moseley, W. L. Glaze,
M. E. Zeigler, M. O. Dantzler and A. C
, Watson.
Charleston.?W. J. Bennett, who, by
; action of the street committee of
; city council, was dropped from bis
position as head of tbe bureau of
street cleaning, was installed as Jailer
of the Charleston county jail and 1m
j uinuiaicir cinriru u^un mo uunco.
Columbia?The Tri-State Water and !
Light Association of the Carolina*
a.nd Georgia, which was organized
here June 28. 1911. and now has a
membership of appproximately 75;
members, will meet in Salisbury. N*.
C.. April 18-17. W. F, Stieglitz, of
Columbia, is the president of this or
ganization.
Orangeburg.?The central coramtttee
that hus charge of the matter of
raising the $25,000 endowment, for
Orangeburg college in this city held
en imDortant meetintr at the office of
John Cart and the matter of actual
canvass will begin short ly.
I Lexington.- Under a petition filpd
by State Bunk Kxaminer B. J. Rhame. ;
of Columbia, and by the agreement :
of the attorneys for the bank, and by '
consent of the parties interested
Judge Prince, of Anderson, signed an
order appointing \V. P. Townsend, of
Columbia, receiver for the Lexington
Savings Bank, of Lexington.
Columbia.?William Harrison a negro,
who escaped recently from the
city chaingang. wes caught and will
be required to serve out his sentence
' of several days.
Columbia.?Prof. J. E. Mills ad
dressed a large and enthusiastic aui
dience in the chapel of the University
1 of South Carolina on "Applied Chemistry
in Our Homes and Industries."
; Mr. Mills held the attention of the
audience throughout the evening by
his many experiments and the Inter
i esting way in which he told thos<
present of the every-day uses of chem
! Is try.
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RSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912.
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WAGE INCREASE
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RAILROAD MEN AND ENGINEERS j
HAVE CONFERENCE AT NEW 1
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YORK.
WON'T ACCEDE TO DEMANDS
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Engineer* Refute to Accept Decrtion 1
of Managers and Reaffirmed Their
Demands?May Have to Go Befou
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Rank and File of Engineers.
New York.?The conference com- |
mittee of managers of fifty railroads
?ast of Chicago and north of Norfolk
fc Western Railroad and their locomotive
engineers arrived at a deadlock |
iver the question of an increase in
ind standardization of wages. The
managers refused to accede to the demands
of the men and the engineers
declined to accept this decision and j
reaffirmed their demands.
As matters now stands it appeared i
that the question will have to be
placed before the rank and file of the
Rrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
employed by the railroads for a referendum
vote as to what the policy of
the engineers shall be. W. S. Stone,
grand chief engineer of the brotherhood.
in a letter written to P. C. Stuart
of the Erie Railroad and chairman of
the managers' committee said the engi- ;
neers could not accept the decisions of
the managers, and that if they "had
nothing further to offer the matter
would be given into the hands of the
engineers for decision.
Mr. Stuart replied that the managers ,
could add nothing to their statement
and that he hoped the members of
the brothehood would give it full consideration
when submitted to them.
The engineers had requested a minimum
wage of $4.40 a day for passenger
service, $5.25 a day for freight
service and substantial Increases for
overtime. They also asked increases
for switch, belt line and special en- ;
gines and specified that all electric
trains should be manned by engineers
at steam railroad uav.
The Florida Fastest Dreadnaught.
Rockland, Me.?The fastest "dread- ;
naught" in the American navy and
probably in the world, it the title
claimed for the government built battleship
Florida which made 22.54 knots ;
on her standardization trial over the
Rockland course. The British dreadnaught
Vanguard, with a record of
22.50 has been considered previously
the fleetest battleship of the world, and
the Florida's sister ship Utah, built at
a private yard, m*de a record of 21.6:57
on her fastest trial run. These tests
were held In a rough sea and a brisk
wind, with the big fighter using only
coal, as her oil tanks have not yet j
been installed. Capt. Harry S. Knapp
was in command of the Florida.
Coal Rates Must Be Established.
Washington.?Through routes and
joint rates for the transportation of
coal and coke from mines in Wise and
Lee counties. Virginia, to destinations
in Ohio, Kentucky and other States,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
decided must be established by the
carriers operating from those mines I
The commission held that the refusal
of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
to give such a transportation service j
for mine owners on the interstate railroad
as it provides for coal operators
on the Virginia & Southwestern, was
an undue discrimination between the
Appalachian district and the Interstate
road.
Raising Funds For Revolution.
Washington.?The rebels are taking
advantage of their success in Chihua*
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nilii to raise Hinus, mm mm.ii !U gVater
the revolution. State department
reports declare that the rebels are try- 1
InK to collect mine taxes due the fed- '
era! government at the end of this
month. Kfforts to force the banks and
business houses of Chihuahua to advance
1,200,000 Mexican dollars also
are being made by the insurgents.
This loan is to be guaranteed by that
state.
Fresh Crimes Ey Auto Bandits.
Paris.?Automobile bandits who. in
February terrorized many districts of
France, by extraordinary crimes, have
perpetrated during the past few days
a fresh series, which reached its climax
in a myrder on the public highway
between Villeneueve and Paris.
Four bandits who occupied an automobile
ordered the chauffeur of a private
car to stop. When the chauffeur
refused the highwaymen shot him and
wounded the car's occupant. After
throwing the corpse into a ditch the
bandits drove toward Paris.
Outlaws Still Elude Pursuers.
Ilillsville. Va.?Another days' hunt
for the Aliens began early, with the
hunters confident that in two days
they will have run down at least three
of the four fugatives. A night's sleep
in the foothills, badly needed after a
rutile tramping and crawline through
mountain brush in a drizzling rain,
put the detectives in shape for their
work One of the outlaws sun at
large. Claude Swanson Allen, son of
Floyd Allen, is now believed to have
succeeded in distancing the pursuers
and leaving this part of the country.
Battle Over Senator Stephenson.
Washington. I). C.?The real battle
in the senate chamber over the right
of Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin,
'o his seat opened with the first 0f a
program of speeches that may hold
back for a final vote until the middle
of the week The anti-Stephenson
forces in Wisconsin in charges which
were brought before the Madison legislature
and investigi vl there, attacked
the manner in wh the Stephenson
nen used nioitey conducting the pritarles
that brought about Mr. Stephenson's
election.,
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K Column of State Newt That Hat
Been Condensed By the Editor
For the People.
Union.?James Sprouse, who was ;
ihot by Guh Harris, died. So far nc
itatement has been given out by Har
Is as to the cause of the shooting
Harris Is In jail, having surrendered
lust after the shooting.
Charleston.?The Charleston Postsfflce
has recently been made by the
department at Washington the distrib
ating centre for all office supplies, stationer}*.
etc*, for the postoffices in the
state. The new duties will ential little ,
extra work on the present office force.
Lexington.?The splendid weather
conditions of the last few days has
caused the farmers to haul fertilizer in
large quantities, and many people are
coming to town. The roads are drying :
off rapidly and the fields In the aandbslt
will soon be dry enough to plow.
Dillon.?Court of general sessions
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convtrntfu uei c. duu6C .. ?.
nlng presiding. There are a number
of rases on the roster which are ex- |
pected to consume considerable of this j
session's time. Several of the .Marion
bar are here.
Lamar.?The roads In this part of
the Pee Dee section have been. In
worse condition this winter than ever
before in the recollection of the "oldest
inhabitants." After several days \
of sunshine, they are beginning to dry
up and much improvement is noted.
Columbia.?The sinking fund commission
met at the state house when a
number of matters of routine nature
were discussed. The meeting was
postponed on account of a lack of
quorum. The loans by the commission
were apportioned among the counties.
Oreenvllle.?At a meeting of the
state crop pest commission, held at
Clemson, the quarantine on baled and
compressed cotton from boll weevil
territory was raised. The rules and
regulations governing other material
will be adopted about April 1. This
information was given out by Prof. A
F. C'onradl.
Lexington.?The steel bridge across
the Saluda river at Wvse's ferry
which was erected about a year ago
has been damaged by the freshet, the
east end having been moved by thp
rushing waters, which raged for 48
hours. Great quantities of timber and
rubbish came down the river in such
irresistible force that it seemed that
the whole structure would go down.
Columbia.?W. H. Colemnn, sheriff
for Richland county, has in his posses
sion a freak calf. The calf is about
one week old and appears to be nor
mal and healthy in every respect ex
cept that it has no eyeballs and but a
very short tail. The eye sockets are
there but there are no eyeballs. The
calf is at Mr. Coleman's plantation
about five miles from Columbia.
Columbia.?D. J. Griffith, superin
tendent; A. K. Sanders, chairman ol
the board of directors, and A. W. Todd
architect of the State penitentiary left
for Raleigh and Richmond to inspect
the electric chairs at the two state
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prisons, /.n eieciric cuuu i? u*.
established at the state penitentiary
here within 90 days. The trip is be
ing made to secure information.
Orangeburg.?T. Y. Jackson, whc
has heen living in this city for a short
time, was arrested by local authorities
upon a warrant charging him with for
gery. Jackson is wanted in Dorches
ter county to answer the charge ot
forgery. It is charged that Jackson
went undpr different names, some ol
which were Jack Johnson and Richard
Roe. Ife is married
Ne'wberry.?At a meeting of the
chamber of commerce the following
officers were elected to serve thp 'en
suing year: Jno. M. Kinard. president;
J. P. Shealy and W. G. Mayes, vice
presidents; C. T. Summer, treasurer;
board of governors, the officers above
named and J. B. Mayes, C. I). Weeks
S. L. Duncan, S. K. Summer, L. W.
Jones and E. H. Aull.
Spartanburg.?Charles H. Barber
the Spartanburg broker convicted of
breach of trust and sentenced to two
years' Imprisonment, who surrendered
to the sheriff here, has decided to
serve his term on the county chain
gang and will be taken to the convict
camp in the lower part of the county
Barber was visited in jail by many ot
his friends.
Columbia.?The governor, following
the election by the Richland dispenj
sary board, has commissioned the following
dispensers for Richland county:
, W. P. S^ygert. S. P. Cooper, R. T. Cor
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nett, .1. i anit*<ifcf. n. u. r.vn., .. ..
Seegers, H. K. Watts, H. A. Llndfors.
! R. 1,. Steele and I). H. (Joble.
Darlington.?All the doctors in the
city were kept busy fighting an epidemic
of ptomainp poisoning which
threatened the |1vps of more than :?u
people, many of whom are of the most
prominent families. The poisoning
was wholesale and was caused by
drinking milk.
Greenville.--Revenue officers have
returned to the city from the mountan
I section, where they destroy*! ten
stills. The raiders were in the lylls
during the great freshet of the latter
i part of the week, and experienced difficulty
in getting back to the city. No
arrests were made on the trip.
Hampton.?The whiskey dealers of
litis town were shocked and surprised
when hiled into the Town Court by
j Chief of Police Fennell and Detective
J. A. Hauck, charged with violation of
prohibition laws. Three convictions
have been recorded so far and five
eases are set for trial.
Union.?What the officers of the law
! seem to think may be the place where
the goods stolen from the various
stores here for some time in the past
have been taken was brought to light
when several searches were made at
the home of Lester Knight, about five
I miles south of Union.
Columbia. ? Commissioner Watson
said that he would name the two inspectors
to enforce the factory inspec
tion law. The appropriation for the
inspectors was made by the last general
assembly. The appropriation for
the inspectors v.as vetoed in 1911 by
the governor.
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fHEBIG TEXflLE1
SHE IS OFF
CONSUMER WILL BEAR BURDEN
OF INCREASED COST TO THE
MANUFACTURERS.
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COTTON G000S COST HIGHER
Nearly Half Million Workers Benefited
by the Increase of Wages?The
Manufacturers Are to Raise ths
Rates to Provide For It.
Boston.?The great Lawrence strike 1
which brought in its train increased j
wages for 275,000 workers In New
England was officially declared off at 1
all the mills in Lawrence, having accomplished
its purpose in the opinion 1
of the leaders.
In this connection it is generally
believed, too, that advances in wages
or reduction in hours to paper mill 1
employes, bagging and burlay work- j
ers, machinists and operatives in other
industries are all traceable, directly
or indirectly, to the movement to
which it had its origin in Lawrence. I
The total number of persons thus
to be benefited is considerably upward
of 300,000. Advances in the
price of woolen and cotton goods
which have been made or which are
in prospect, will probably place upon
the ultimate consumer much of the
burden of the additional cost to the
textile manufacturers. This will aggregate
between $10,000,000 and $12,:
000,000 during the next year, it is estimated.
Mill agents, in announcing
advances in prices, have frankly said
that the upward trend is the result
of wage advances.
The rise In the price of cotton
goods, is comparatively small?a fraction
of a cent a yard in most cases?
but selling agents predict that the net
advance to the retailer may ultimate:
ly reach two cents a yard. Some in,
creased prices also have been quoted
on woolen goods and dealers freely
predict higher prices for next season.
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Hangs On the Wage Dispute.
I Cleveland, O.?Whether the 450,000
union coal miners of the United States
will quit and cause fiie mines to be
shut down probably will not be decided
earlier than a few days before April
i 1 The present wage agreements ex
pire on that day. Officials of the Miners'
Union decided to take no action
on the wage dispute of the authracite
miners until the differences of the
bituminous coal miners have brought
about either a settlement or a dis
agreement. This means that the coa
situation will remain unsettled foi
: several days.
Florida Judge Has Resigned.
i | Tampa. Fla.?After forty years o
| continuous service as Federal Judg<
1 for the Southern district of Florida
Judge James \V. Locke has tenderet
his resignation to take effect as sooi
i as his successor can be selected. Judg
; Locke is the oldest Federal jurist ii
the Union in point of service. .-lis d?
clsion In salvage cases are recognize*
as authority. He is said to have ati
judicated more litigations of this clas
than any other jurist in the country.
Grace is Near Deaths Door.
Atlanta, Ga Kugeno H. Grace, wl.i
has been in a local hospital sine*
March 5 with a severed spinal cord ai
a result of a pistol shot and whe
charges his wife, Mrs. Daisy Opit
Grace, with the shoo ing, was removet
to his former home at Newnan. (la
According to his, physicians Grace ha.1
been steadily losing ground in th<
past week and death is expected at anj
time. Mr. Grace did not comment or
his wife's decision to return to At
lanta before leaving the city.
Train Crashes Into Residence.
Dayton, ().?A Cincinnati, Hamiltoi
& Dayton freight train jumped tin
i track on the outskirts of this city ant
crashed through a residence. Tin
1 house turned completely over wiier
the train struck it. One man and om
woman who were within were prob
ably fatally injured, it is reported.
Claimed Heir to Spanish Throne.
Macon. Ga.?The death of John S
De Montetnollin. a Confederate veter
| an, here has brougnt to light docu
ments that claimed to show he wai
the rightful heir to the throne o
Spain. The papers which were secret
ed in I)e Montmollin's houseboat ot
the Ocniulgee river are said to be o
such convincing character that at on<
time the then head if Cambridge Uni
versify, Kngland. wp.it so far as to of
fer to etjuip a war party to invath
Spain in an effort to seat lite Ameri
can claimant.
Gave Sister the Wrong Tablets.
New Orleans.?Annie Crawford wai
called to the witness stand to tell tt
the jury the story of the death of he:
sister, Klise Crawford, who she ii
, charged with having murdered by th<
administration of poison. She wai
ptit through a grilling cross fire o
questions by the district attorney bu
held up under the ordeal. Her state
mem of the manner in which the pois
on came to be administered to her sie
tre was practically the same as tha
made in her confession a few dayi
after the death of Klise.
Mexican Rebel Leader Arrested.
Chihuahau, Mex.?General Rojas o
the revolutionary forces, was placet
under arrest by Genet al Orozco, th<
! commander-in-chief and two hundret
of Rojas' men were disarmed ant
: their rifles given to men whose loyaltj
i is not questioned. The remaining flvt
hundred men of the Rojas detachmen
I were sent south to reinforce Generali
Campa and Salazar. Rojas Is the mar
who. when in command of the rebe
garrison at Juerez, looted the brand
of the Mexican National bank of 17,20<
pesos.
$1.25 PER YEAR
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Receipts and the Disbursements
in Both the Water and Electric
Light Departments Shown.
Orangeburg. ? The commissioners
of public works for Orangeburg have
lust published an interesting report
concerning the water, light and power
plant of this city, showing the receipts
and expenditures, as required
by the rules and regulations of the
water and light department. The report
Is for the year 1911. The commissioners
of public works are Dr. J. G.
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Sol Kohn.
The report shows that the receipts
from the water department amount*
ed to $7,339.07; the amount of receipts
from electric current waB $17.*
954.85; receipts from the electric meter
rents was $610.26: material sold
receipts, mainly electrical fixtures
amounted to $3,226.81; other items
of the receipts totaled $448.01, making
a grand total of receipts in amount
$29,579.10. The amount transferred
from the city's general fund to aid
this department amounted to $2,
517.87, making the total receipts come
up to $32,067.97,
The larger amounts of the disbursements
were as follows: Maintenance,
etc., $3,042.84; fuel. $9,922.27;
labor, $8,129.10; and with the other
disbursements makes a total amount
of disbursements of $28,764.29. The
amount returner! to the general fund
of the city was $3,332.68. This report
is very gratifying to the citizens ol
: this city, as it shows that the local
plant, besides sustaning itself and
furnishing the city with light for all
j the main street lights, is returning to
! the city treasury each year a neat
sum as a profit.
Two Were Hurt in a Collision.
Southern passenger train No. 36
Columbia to Charlotte, crashed Intc
the rear end of a freight train- at
i Blvfhewood. Engineer T. M. Glenn
' and Fireman F. W. Barmore, both ol
the passenger train, were painfully
injured, the former suffering a broken
shoulder bone and the latter a frac
tured leg. The freight and passenger
were both northbound ami the passenger
overtook the freight with the
result that a rear-end collision occurred.
The injured men were brought
to Columbia and taken to hospitals
and given attention. It was stated
: that they were resting easy. Three
j of the freight cars were splintered
by the wreck, but no damage was , frag
done to the passenger train. A wrecki
ing train from Columbia cleared the ( ^
tracks in about two hours.
Re-elected Mayor of Camden.
I>r. S. F. Hraaington was re-elected
mayor of Camden over Dr. W. J. '\ j
I Dunn by a majority of 54 voles. The" .12
election created more interest than
any election that has been held here
during the past 20 years. All day
long about a dozen carriages and. anf
toniobolies transported the voters tA
, the polls. All sides claimed victory
and every candidate was very hopej
fill, until the votes were counted
j Large crowds congregated around the
p , opera house and Hotel Camden cor1
I ner wjien the results began coming
in, and as soon as they were an
I nounced there was considerable
I.; cheering.
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Hearings of Railroad Commission.
The railroad commission has called
several hearings on matters of gen
^ eral interest. A hearing will he held
s about the middle of May on the ques
lion of a reduction of rates on intra
( state shipments of starch. The boards
, of trade of (Ireenvllle, Spartanburg
I and other towns of the state request
ed the hearing The commission will
? soon hold hearings on the question of
f improving the schedules on the Bennettsville
& Cheraw railway and the
Northwestern railway of South C?ro
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State Co-operative Committee.
Will H. Selgler, superintendent of
, education of Aiken county, who at the
, 1911 convention of the oStuehrn Kdtica*'
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as. was elected president of the South
" Carolina board, and was Riven authority
to appoint a committee to
serve for one year, has named the
committee, which i? known as the
state cooperative committee.
Col. Moore Kills A Bad Negro.
Col. ('. F. Moore, a native of the
county, but now residing in Cheraw,
several days ago, while at one of his
f large plantations across the river in
Chesterfield county, had trouble with
a despprate negro by the name of
f Ttandall Jackson. Later in the afternoon,
while Colonel Moore was in his
commissary, Jackson entered and began
firing. Two balls struck Col.
Moore, but he is not dangerously
wounded. Colonel Moore returned the
fire as s?>???? ?g possible killing Jack
son instantly.
Cherokee County Court Closes.
The spring term of court of general
sessions for Cherokee county has
come to a close. In the term, there
has been only one acquittal and this
in itself is quite a remarkable record.
f The court has dispatched the business
t ! in remarkable time. Only one mistrial
occurred during the present
term. Up to the time that Judge
Cage camp to GafTney, he had not had
^ mistrial in two and a half years. In
(hp case of the state against alleged
ntQonshiners this record was broken,
as the jury faled to agree.
f Will Reduce- Cotton Acreage.
The committee, headed by State
Senator [). M. C'rosson of Leesville,
I appointed a fpw weeks ago to push
I the operation of the Hock Hill plan
for the reduction of cotton acreage in
Lexington county, has begun work in
^ i earnest, atid plans are being formulated
to get the pledges signed. On ac1
count of the bad condition of the
froads. however, the work will necessarily
be slow, as it is impossible to
j cover the county under the present
condition of the roads. It is believed,
the acreage will be greatly reduced.
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