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ESTABLISHED IN 1891
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| IRK FOR PRIZES
TRIP TO NATIONAL CORN EXP08I- ,
TION COLUMBIA FOR THE 1
GREATE8T YIELD.
MllCH INTEREST IS SHOWN !
Complete List of Prizes Published? '
Farm Demonstration Agent and Su- i
n?rint?ndent of Education Have '
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Been Working on List Some Weeks. <
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GafTney.?Interest throughout the (
county has been greatly aroused for ,
the last few weeks in the Boys' Corn <
Club movement and a decided impetus
will now be added when the prises ]
for the different grades of form are j
announced. Frank McCluney, farm
demonstration agent and E. S. Mc- <
Keown, superintendent of education
for Cherokee county, have been working
on the prize list for some days (
and the complete list will be announc- j
ed as follows:
First: The Merchants and Planters <
bank of Gaffney offers as a first prize ]
a trip to Columbia to the Nationaul
Corn exposition in 1913, expenses of i
the trip not to exceed >15. The first c
prize is to be given for the greatest
production of corn on one acre during j
the year. 2
Second: Carroll A Byers offer the
same trip at the same expense to the c
boy making the second greatest yield j
on one acre in the year 1912.
Third: Wlikins-Watson Hardware c
Company offers a prize of >10 in cash ]
for the boy making the best general
average per acre as to yield and cost r
of production.
Fourth: W. J. Wilkins & Co. ofTer f
>5 in cash to the boy making the sec
ond best general average per acre as j
to the cost of production and the {
yield. i
w*k. n, t v Xpsbitt offers >5 in c
r mu. ?'?. ?. ...
cash to the boy producing corn at the c
lowest cost per acre on his prize t
acre. I
Sixth: Shuford & LeMaster offer a i
$5 suit-case to the boy showing the c
best ten ears of seed corn, grown by t
himself, from his prize acre. v
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Found Dead In The Public Road. c
George Walter Ziegler, a farmer of t
the Lower Fork section of Orange- o
burg county, his home being about s
two or three miles from Orangeburg t
1 beyond the Edisto river, was found
dead in a public road beyond the town fl
of Cordova with a gun shot wound in t
* his side. It appeared that Mr. Zeigler
was returning from the house of D. D. c
8ta:k whom he had visited on that
day. Mr. Zeigler was riding along in 8
his buggy alone. He had a double- n
barrelled shot gun in his buggy and d
also a dog. The roadway was very p
i rough and it was supposed that the a
gun fell out and came in contact with *]
the wheels, discharging it. ^
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Fair Association Officers Elected. n
At a meeting of the Laurens county y
Fair association officers of the soci- s
ety were elected for another year and t
reports of the president and treasu c
' rer submitted for. the first year of the (
association. W. D. Byrd was re-elect a
ed president; Dr. H. K. Aiken, presi- h
dent pro tern; vice presidents. E. W
Martin, R. G. Harris, W. R. Cheek, J 5
M. Wood. W. C. Wharton. J. H. Miller.
A. E. Spencer, W. D. Watson, W D. a
Glenn. C. A. Power was re-elected i
as secretary and treasurer. John D. $
TV. Watts, general superintendent; j.
George L. Pitts, manager corn club, i
wMle all the officers chosen consti- /
tute the executive committee. i
Coal Situation Hat Improved. j
That the coal tup ply situation ha- v
Improved somewhat in the past few r
days was the opinion expressed by a t
prominent dealer, who has just re- t
turned to Charleston from a trip to ii
the coal centres with a view of ascer- r
taining the true conditions of the
trade. It is also his opinion that there $
is no danger of a coal famine in Char- I
leston and the local Btock of probably j c
5.00ft tons will prove sufficient to meet c
the demands until coal is again mov- I r
ing in adequate* quantities. j $
Demonstration Agent Selected. J 1
W. R. Klliott. district agent under I
the farm demonstration work at Wal- F
terboro for the purpose of selecting p
a county demonstration agent. After a
considering a number of well known c
farmers of the county, he decided to s
appoint B. G. Price, whose appoint- c
ment will be confirmed by President t
Ri**s of Clemson College and Brad- d
shaw Kr.app of Washington, since the j t
t United States and state departments tl
are now working in common. The se- g
lection of Mr. Price to be county dem- h
onstration agent, is a happy choice. ii
Found Gutlty of Manslaughter. C
John W. PendarvU, charged with
the killing of Charles G. Wimberly v
at an egg hunt picnic at the Knight t
school house several miles from St. a
George March 25. 1010, was found 1
guilty of manslaughter and sen- c
tenced by Judge Shipp to serve nine J
years on the chaingang of Dorchester t
county or in the state penitentiary. (
The case is an interesting one. It was r
first tried at the October term of court t
in 1910. when Pendarvis was found c
guilty of manslaughter and sentenced c
to Berve 12 years in the penitentiary, c
General Jones Issues Statement. C
Comptroller General A. W .Jones
Issued the following statement rela- 1
Tl
tir?: to the failure of the registration ,
certificates to reach the Anderson f
board on time: "No applications re- ti
reived at this office for registration g
blanks from registration board, Ander- . *
^ son county. 1 This office has nothing c
to do with registration and we have u
sent no blanks of any kind to board, t
/Under the law it is the duty of the g
/secretary of state to issue these v
blanks. - c
THE
COTTON ACREAGE REDUCTloV
fhe Committee of Orangeburg County
In Charge of Thia Matter Hat
Made Its Report.
Orangeburfc?The committee in
:harge of cotton acreage reduction in
Orangeburg county under the Rock
Hill plan has made its report In the
inater. The committee consists of
Tapt. J. H .Claffy, the state senator,
tobert Lide, the clerk of court. G.
Lawrence Salley, tnd B. B. Williams,
>ne of the largest farmers in Orangejurg
county. The report shows:
Bowman township, D. B. Berry, canrasser:
Reduction. 460 acres, or 29
?er cent.
piiiabeth township, E. B. Friday,
canvasser: Reduction, 472 acres, or
<o pri
Goodland township and Rocky <
3rove township, J. H. Planning, can- i
rasser: Reduction, 1,529 acres, or (
10 per cent. i
Holly Hill township, J. Francis j
Polk, canvasser: Reduction, 1U>42 ;
icres, or 34 per cent. (
Limestone township. W. W. Culler,
canvasser: Reduction, 245 acres, or <
!1 per cent. I
Middle township, W. M. Funches. ]
;anvasser: Reduction, 610 acres, or <
56 per cent. <
New Hope township, V. P. Shuler, ]
anvasser: Reduction, 310 acres, or |
15 per cent. i
Orange township, J. Francis j
Polk, canvasser: Reduction, 914 acres i
>r 23 per cent. I
Vances township, canvasser, Dr. W. j
<. Carter: Reduction, 396 acres, or ]
!0 per cent.
Willow township, Paul E. Gibson, i
anvasser: Reduction, 365 acres, or i
14 per cent 1
Zion township, H. Henry Gibson, j
'anvasser: Reduction, 631 acres, or
9 per cent. 4
The above townships report a totaj t
eduction in acreage of 10,214. i
4as Issued A Note of Warning. ]
Solicitor J. K. Henry, who accord j
ng to Judge Ernest Gary, has no su- j
>erior in this state as a solicitor, has j
ssued a note of warning that wil! be
if immense interest to a great many j
lounties in South Carolina where pe j
Itions are being circulated among the <
>eople calling for an election to be j
teld at the general election this fall
in the dispensary question. He said
hat he desired to sound a note of
rarning against mixing liquor with t
he general election. There is being j
irculated, so he has heard, a pet i- (
ion to vote at the general election t
>n the reestablishment of a dispen- i
ary in Chester county. "This will t
ie a terrible mistake," says Mr. Henry t
because everybody votes Democratic i
,nd Republican at the general elec- r
ion." - r
Jotton Acreage Definitely Reduced. t
Commissioners of Agriculture of ^
even of the principal cotton states ?
aaking report to E. J. Watson, presi- ]
lent of the Southern Cotton Congress (
ilaced the estimate of reduction of
creage of from 15 to 25 per cent,
'his reduction ,ln the opinion of Mr.
Vatson, has been brought about by t
he working of the Rock Hill plan c
nd the wet season. The information t
ias furnished asa result of a letter I
ent out a week ago by Mr. Watson i
0 all cotton sates. Replies were re- i
eived from Georgia, Alabama. North i
Carolina .Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tex t
s and Tennessee. A similar condition c
ie says exists in South Carolina. (
iouth Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issued
1 commission to the Sumter Retail t
~ nf 1
-umDer company, wuu ? v.oj?n???
10,000. The petitioners are H. N. i
forester and Edward Geer. A charter i
tas been Issued to the Home Builders' \
Association of Charleston with a cap 1
tal of $5,000 to do a general real es- 1
ate business. '*ie officers are F. G. i
tavenel. president; F. Q. McNeill, i
ice president, and H. J. O'Neill, sec ]
etary and treasurer. The board of
rade of Pageland in Chesterfield coun
y has been chartered. H. N. Askins
s president and B. Frank Pegues. sec f
etary and treasurer. <
landers Gets $12,500 From Southern. 1
A verdict was rendered in the court t
>f common pleas at Charleston in the \
ase of Sanders against the Southern j j
ailway in favor of the plaintiff for ?
12,5000. t
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Tolbert May Not be Postmaster, I
It Is learned to be reliable that John i
t. Tolbert, Jr., who was nominated for i
postmaster at Abbeville a few days 1
go to succeed Fred A. Minshall, de- , \
eased may not be confirmed by the 1
en.ite when the mat^r comes up for <
onsideration before that body. Sena- J i
or Smith was at the White House a <
lay or two ago and it is understood i
hat he talked to the president about i i
' ~ ?*? Cmltll ie now in I
lie uittitri. no otuaiui ouihh ? I .
louih Carolina no statement could be |
lad from him regarding the situation I
n question.
)r. Wardlaw Will Lecture. I I
Dr. Patterson W'ardlaw of the Unl- |
ersity of South Carolina has aroep- t
ed an invitation to deliver the liter- |
ry address before the students of the i
'almetto Collegiate institute at the i
ommencement exercises on Monday. ]
.lay 20. Rev. A. G. Voight, D. P.. of <
he Lutheran Theological seminary. |
"olumbla, will preach the Baccalau- 1
eate sermon on May 10. The exercises i
his year will he held in the magnifi- ]
ent new school bailing, which the i
ontractors are now completing at a (
ost of $10,000. ' !
iaffney
Interested in Interurban.
A rumor was circulated in Gaffney
o the effect that the Iuterurbau had '
urchased from the Southern Railway i
he Southern's branch road, running i
rom Blacksburg to Gaffney and would i
itilize it for its purposes. The rumor ]
;ained ground quickly, as such a move <
.ould definitely settle the much dis- ]
ussed question of whether the inter- i
irban will come via Gaffney to Spar- i
anburg or via Shelby, N. C. It Js i
enerally believed that such a deal i
>as really made as it would be a logi- 1
*1 thing 1o do. I
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TEACHERS TO MEET
TATE ASSOCIATION TO GATHER
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IN CHARLESTON FOR 40TH
ANNUAL MEETING.
SOME NOTABLE ADDRESSES;
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The Four Subsidiary Organizations
Will Convene With Main Body Dur- ,
inn TKr?? Dsua nf Convention.-* '
Date of Meeting April 25 to 27.
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Columbia.?The 40th annual meeting
of the State Teachers' association
will be held in Charleston on April 25
to 27 The programme will be given
to meetinga of the State Teachers' Aslociation,
the School Improvement association,
the association of school superintendents
and the association of
Elementary schools, four departments
Df the state association.
The officers of State Teachers association
are: President, A. J. Thackston,
Orangeburg; vice presidents, A.
B. Rhett of Charleston, H. J. Crouch
3f Barnwell, W. W. Nickels of Greenwood,
R. C. Burts of Greenville. Miss
Leila Russell of Rock Hill, T. C. Easterling
of Marion, D. S. Murph of Renaettsville;
recording secretary, E. C.
McCants, Anderson; corresponding
ecretary, W. H. Jones, Columbia;
xeasurer, C. V. Neuffer, Bennettsville;
nember of executive committee, W. L.
Brooker, Florence.
The membership fee Is one dollar
'or men and 50 cents for women, for
which a membership receipt and a
?dge entitling to all privileges will
>e issued.
The headquarters of the association
ind bureau of information will be at
he German Artillery hall. Went worth
itreet, between King and Meeting
streets. All members are expected to
eport there immediately upon their
irrival in the city. Information retarding
board and lodging can be had
it the bureau of information.
The association of tailroads of Virginia
and the Carolinas haB granted
i special rate for the occasion, which
mtltles all who attend this meeting tc
educed fares.
Drainage in Orangeburg County.
Orangeburg.?Orangebeurg county is
aklng interest in the matter of drainige.
There are some parts of this
:ounty that would be largely benefited
>y complete drainage. A meeting in
nterest of the drainage movement is
o be held on Saturday, April 20, in
he Providence section of this county.
The meeting will be held in the afterloon
at Prov'dence church. Prof. Garison
of the Judbufg experiment staion.
Senator Robert Lide of Orange>urg,
Senator S. J. Summers of Cam?ron,
Hon. Samuel Dibble of Bowman
md others will address the meeting,
dusic will be furnished by the Provllence
brass baud.
Florence Dispensary Sales.
Florence.?In spite of the bad busiiess
season the dispensary in Florence
,'ounty has been doing a record busitens.
This usually the dull season
n the liquor trade, but probably on
iccount of the long cold and the preralence
of grippe, the sales have been
inusually large. The net profits just
iomputed show 134,300 for the county
:ity and school fund. Of this the city
;ets $10,254.
Two Get Executive Clemency.
Columbia.?Chas. Zimmerman, sen
ip for life from Edgefield county by
fudge Dantzler after conviction of
nurder with recommendation to
nercy, was paroled by Gov. Blease.
Zimmerman was convicted in 1906.
Press Kilgore, colored, convicted in
uaurens in 1910 of manslaughter and
isntenced to two years on the chainfang,
or in the penitentiary, has been
jaroled by the governor.
Politics In Dorchester.
St. George.?Indications bid fair for
i very warm campaign in I)orch?ster
'(Aintv this summer. There are many
candidates offering for the various ofIces
in the county and judging from
he record of some of the men in
politics there will be some close races.
411 of the county officers are to be
dected this summer scve that of maser
and superintendent of education
Hat Appointed State urgamzer.
Aiken.?Miss Mary Eve Hitc, rural
ichooi inspector of Aiken county,
ias been appointed by MiBB Marie Samtelia
Cromer, who this month is to
jecome the bride of Cecil H. Seigler,
;ounty superintendent of education,
State Organizer for he Girls' Tobato
:lub work under the supervision of
he United States department of agreculture,
which position Miss Cromer
has held since she er^ered the departmental
service after having organized,
in Aiken county, the first Girls'
Tomato Club.
Engineer Injured in Wreck.
Chester.?J. M. Sellers, engineer of
the Southern freight No. 63, was painfully
injured at Blackstock, about 12
mites from here, when his engine,
which was temporariliy in charge of
lis fireman, split a switch and turn?d
over on its side, pinning the engineer
beneath the massive frame
work of the cab. The engine turned
ilmost completely over on its back,
leaving the drivers up in the air and
still running. But for the fact that the
engine fell across a shallow ditch
Sellers might have been killed.
To Reorganize Local Camp.
Greenville.?The members of Camp
K'illiam Beattie, the local camp of
the United Sons of the Coufederacy,
met in the board of trade rooms and
ifter hearing speeches by Nathan B.
Forrest, adjutant general of the United
Sons of the Confederacy, and A.
L Gaston, division commandant for
South Carolina, decided to reorganize
:he local camp and adopted a plan for
tugmenting" the membership. Mr. For est,
who is. grandson of Gen. X. B.
Forrest, is now on a tpur , cf thi.i
State.
(inu unu vii a v.iiui v. ?
check in Greenville, back to the plact
where the offence is alleged to have
been committed.
Chester.?S. E. Wylie, who is ronnd
fng out his second term as the tress
urer of Chester county announced hit
candidacy for re-election to that of
flee. He is the initial entree into th#
treasurership ring. However, he wil
likely encounter opposition.
Spartanburg.?Sylvester L. Lestei
was awarded $1,500 by a jury in com
mon pleas court in a suit against tlx
Carolina. Clinchfielu <v Ohio railwaj
of South Carolina. He lost two tin
gers at Padgett a year ago when th<
hand railing of a box car came loos#
and caused him to fall under th<
train. He was a flagman.
Easley.?'The Piedmont presbytery
which comprises the counties of An
derson, Oconee and Pickens will con
vene in the Presbyterian church o
Easley in the near future. About 5(
delegates are expected.
Greenville.?While the awarding o
a verdict for $300 in (favor of th#
plaintiff in the case of Harry McChl
vs the Greenville Traction Companj
there closed in the court of common
pleas a suit that is somewhat out ol
the ordinary. The case was a suit foi
actual and punitive damages, for hu
rrrllifition and damage to character,
the total sum sued for being $1,000.
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TORT MILL, S. C., THI
I FROM ALL OYER THE STATE
Latest General News That Has Beer
Collected From Many Towns and
Counties of the State.
Union.?W. W. Muggins, a deaf car
penter, aged 60 years, was instantlj
killed in this town by a Southern Rail
way train. The engineer says he die
not see the man until the body wai
rolling down an embankment.
Washington.?The body of Mrs. N
Roberts Greever, wife of a Lutherar
clergyman, the Rev. W. H. Greever, o!
Columbia, who disappeared from thii
city February 17, while suffering froiT
a nervous breakdown, was discoverec
in the Potomac River, near Mount Ver
non. The finding of the body ends t
country-wide search for Mrs. Greever
Hartsville.?W. B. Crawley, a plum
ber of this town, was shot in the fore
head several days ago by Will Mc
Kenrie. Crawley, with two or thre?
men left Hartsville to attend to some
business in the Ashland section, neai
the Lee county line. The cause of the
shooting has not developed. It ap
pears that the shot struck Crawle>
squarely in the forehead and inflicted
a serious wound to the scalp.
Charleston.?The grand jury is agair
investigating alleged irregularities by
the magistrates in the city of Char
leston in the conduct of their offices
It was said at the last term of the
court that records were not kept and
the offices were not run as thov oueht
to be. The grand Jury looked into It
and now it is proposed to delve fur
ther into the matter. Plans are mak
Ing for a full investigation to definitely
settle and rectify the matter.
Columbia.?The fees collected by
the secretary of Btate for January,
February and March amount to $6.056.53
as compared with $17,333.52 on
the same date last year. The total
amount last year was $35,905.92, which
was considered unusually large. The
charter fees for this year are $5,000
behind for the same date of last year.
To the same date last year about
$6,000 had been received as fees from
notaries public.
Camden.?It is said that the well
known Camden-Columbia road is in
or\r\A iinnHHlnn nnpn mnrp affpr havinc
ftVV'l WUU?t?VM W-VV
ben almost impassable for some time,
due to wet weather. A trip in an automobile
from Columbia to Camden, a
distance of 33 miles was made a few
days ago in one liour flat. The man
who made the trip said that the road
is in as good condition as he had ever
known it and that he had oftqn traveled
over it.
Charleston.?The unique way in
which the Charleston Ad Club is selecting
its delegates to the eighth annual
convention of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America, to be held
in Dallas, Texas, May 19 to 23 is one
of the interesting features of the sub
scription campaign recently conducted
for the securing of funds with which
to advertise the port of Charleston In
preparation for the opening of the
Manama Canal.
Lancaster?Will Scott, a well-known
young painter of this place, narrowly
escaped death when a high scaffold
upon which he was standing engaged
in painting the A. R. P. church broke
and precipitated him to the ground.
The concussion knocked him into insensibility
and it was thought for a
while tjat the young man was seriously
if not fatally hurt, but examination
by a physician showed that no bones
had been broken and he will recover,
Lexington.?Farmers are hustling as
never before this season. The weather
of the last few days has been ideal,
and much land has been turned. In
some sections much corn has been
planted, although the land has not
been prepared so well. The season is
here for corn planting in the sand
belt, and all effortB are being made
to plant as /apidy as possible. There
has been a heavy movement of fertilizers,
many wagons having been in
town from various sections of the
county.
Camden.?The committee in charge
of carrying out the Rock Hill plan for
Kershaw county has not been idle for
one moment since it was appointed
about & month ago. The members have
visited farmers In almost every sect
ion of Kershaw county, and secured
pledges of reduction from them. The
farmers that they have visited planted
11,389 acres of cotton last year and
they have promised to plant only 7.
897 acres this year, a reduction of
3,492 acres.
Columbia.?Revenue officers return
ed from the Dark Corner after a sur
cessful raid of several days. Several
"stills" were cut, but only one arresi
was made, the officers bringing back
with them Lloyd Williams, who wat
captured at a plant while it was ir
full operation.
Charleston.?Deputy Sheriff R. V
Johnson, of Greenville, came to Char
leston for the purpose of taking Tilloi;
Van Ninnes, who was arrested her*
1 i.~iJ n /ih.jreo of naoain? a had
MILL
JRSDAY, APRIL 11, 1912.
; CRISIS IN FLOOD
. SEEMS BENT
. SCENES OF SUFFERING AND DIS|
ThESS MAY BE RE-ENACTED
IN DELTA.
I MORE BREAKS ARE FEARED
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I Stirring Stories of Rescue of Refugees
in the Flood-Swept Territory Reach
Memphis?Conditions Worse Than
They Were Reported.
Memphis, Tenn.?Rescue boat* ?re
still busy bringing from Wyanoke,
Ark., refugees who had been marooned
on knolls, housetops and in a
L *L? 1 U 1. - to M
1 IIUll II BlllUf lilt? ItM ue UlUHt? III I Itf?
I south of Memphis several days ago.
Many were thinly clad. All were sufi
fering from hunger and thirst. Sever
al hundred had arrived here and it
was expected that there would be not
less than a thousand.
> The inundation rf a portion of the
I northern section of Memphis, populated
largely by negroes, has ceased,
, conditions now are becoming normal
here.
Scores of boats went to Wyanoke
After Mayor E. II. Crump had issued
an appeal addressed to the Memphis
Boat Club. The first to be rescued
was an assembly of about a hundred
persons. They were in a church,
where they had taken refuge when the
levee broke.
Attempts to secure t'ood were made
by the stronger of the men, who coni
structed rafts and explored the immediate
part of the town. Scarcely anything
was obtained. The plight of
these people and of others nearby on
roofs of houses, on rafts and on small
hills now becoming islands ,was reported
to the Memphis authorities.
The mayor and a number of officials
secured a motorboat and went to the
scene. They found conditions even
worse than had been reported.
Many were ill from exposure and
the lack of nutriment. Some had half
waded and in many instances had been
forced to swim to a place of safety.
Will Answer in Near Future.
Washington. ? The State Department's
report on the Magdalena Bay
incident was sent to the White House.
President Taft and Huntington Wilson,
act'ng Secretary of state, held a long
conference to consider the answer the
President is expected to make to Senator
Lodge's resolution calling for all
Information about the intention of
Japan to establish a colony in Mexico.
Neither Senator Lodge nor any other
members of the Senate foreign rela-1
tions committee were invited to the
conference and it was said the President
and Mr. Wilson discussed the value
of the papers comprising the report
and the tenor of Mr. Taft's
answer to the Senate.
Successor to Taylor Appointed.
Nashville, Tenn.?Governor Hooper
announced the appointment of Newell
Sanders of Chattanooga as United
States Senator to succeed the late
Senator Robert L. Taylor. Mr. Sani
der6 Is state chairman of the Republican
party and a prominent manufacturer
of Chattanooga. Newell Sanders,
aged 62, who was named to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Robert
L. Taylor, will be the third Rei
publican who has served the state of
Tennessee in the United Stater Senate.
' The first was Joseph S. Tyler, union'
Republican, who was in the Senate
from 1865 to 1871. The other was Wili
liam G. Brownlow, who was Senator
' from 1869 to 1875.
Railroad Case is Advanced.
Washington. ? The Louisville A
Nashville case, concerning an order
I of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for a reduction of rates from New
Orleans to Pensacola, Fla., Mobile.
I Montgomery and Selma, Ala., was ad
vanced by the Supreme Court of the
I United States for h?aring on October
I 15. The case questioned the right of
the commerce court to set aside mi
' j order of the commission for "want of
: substantial evidence to support it."
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Hobo "For Fun" Killed By Train.
I ] Savannah. Ga.?A special from MilJen
says Recklev Price .aged 17 years, I
who has been traveling over the
i United States with Howard Vendei
voener, another boy about his age
j was killed by a train there. The dead
boy lived at 113 18th street, Buffalo,
, N. Y. He and his ocmpanion had
i been "hoboing" for the fun of it. They
| have recently visited several southern
I 1 cities and have been as far west as
! San Francisco. Price called himself 1
1 ; ' Buffalo Bill" and intended writing a
' book on his adventures.
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No Rehearing of Patent Case.
i Washington.?Re-hearing of the so
called "patent monopoly" mimeograph
; case was refused by the supreme court
I of the United States. On March 11
the court decided that in selling a patr
, ented machine the patentee may re
' quire the purchaser to use only such
i supplies for the machine as are pur>
\ chased from the owner of the patent
- | notwithstanding that the supplies ar< i
? not patentable. The decision wai
? supported by only four members o!
? the court, Justices Lurton, McKenna
Holmes and Vandevanter.
- Steamer Runs Ashore. Crew is Saved
Ditch Plain Life Saving Station. L.
f I.?The steamer Ontario. 2,000 tons
) burden .from Baltimore to Boston,
with fifteen passengers and a crew of
f 40, was run on the rocks off Monauk
i Point by her captain, with a fire in
! her hold. The passengers were transferred
in life boats to the tug Tasco.
i from New London. Conn., which rushf
ed to the scene in response to the On
brio's S. O. S. wireless signals, and
after six hours work the fire in the
, Ontario's hold was brought under coy
trol. /
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RETENTION OF TEACHERS
A Letter Sent the School Board# By
W. H. Hand the State High School
Inspector.
Columbia.?W. H. Hand, state high
school inspector, has addressed a let
ter to the school boards of the state '
in which he urges the retention of
teachers.
The letter is as follows:
"I have a personal interest in the j
welfare of your school, and it would
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it any service in my power. In doing i
so I would avoid everything resembling
meddling or officiousness. In
my work with the high schools of the
state, it is more and more impressed
upon me that many of the schools are
suffering untold harm from a constant
changing of teachers. No school can
develop without a fixed policy, and no
school can have a fixed policy so long t
as it changes any considerable per [ (
centage of its teachers every year or
so. It is doubtful if any teacher can i '
begin to render his best service to a l(
school under four or five years. It re- \
quires at least half of the first year to f
get acquainted with even his own f
pupils. <
"I would unhesitatingly advise any
school board to change teachers only j
when compelled to do so. Keep as f
long as possible the teacher who has f
proved himself capable. I)o not drop t
a teacher until yau are fully satisfied 1
that you are getting a better one in- t
stead. To exchange one you know for |
an entire stranger is always a risk r
Men usually use better judgment in f
swapping horses than they often use ; j
in exchanging teachers. t
"If your teacher is not capable, and |
you pay enough to get a ^competent ]
one, make a change without delay. Ir ]
employing your new teacher do not
depend upon general testimonials;
they are not usually worth the paper
on which they are written. Depend
only on personal letters from persons
of known judgment and Integrity."
State Farmers' Union Has Meeting.
The executive committee of the state
farmers' union met and received th<
reports of the deputy organizers and
discussed the question of marketing as
being the live issue of the day. The
committee was gratified to hear of sc
much interest in the subject and especially
at the interest shown by the colleges.
before whom the state president
has presented this matter. Another
conference will be held shortly, in
Charleston, to perfect plans upon
which they have been working for sev
eral months. At the next meeting on t
July 2 the executive committee will f
prepare the programme for the state 1
union meeting, to be held in Charles- 1
ton on the fourth Wednesday in July i
Every effort will be made to have a 1
full meeting and the committee hopep 1
to have every bounty represented. t
Town Election At Mayesville. I
The town election passed off very <
quietly only a light vote being polled 1
the regular nominees of the conven i
tion being elected. One or two scat (
tering votes were cast. The new i
council will be sworn into office as
soon as the bookB of the old council
are checked up and turned over by the
committee. The following compose 1
the new council: Mayor, N. D. Worn- i
ble; wardens. M. C. Mayes, B. C.
Chandler, H. C. Bland and E. C,. Spen i
cer. The new board of health Is as I
follows: Dr. C. K. King, chairman: J. 1
R. Mayes, R. J. Hayes. Jr., C. X Sprotf <
and F J. Bass. Mayor Womble is now <
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Election of Federal Judges.
Washington. ? A constitutional t
intendment providing for the election 1
>f Federal judges was proposed in the I
(louse by Representative Neeley of !
\ansas. The resolution, which would j
equire the approval of two-thirds of '
ho members of the House and Senate i
md ratification by three-fourths of the j t
date Legislatures would amend Sec- j '
ion ."I of Article .'3. This section of ! I
he constitution authorizes the I'resi- <
lent to appoint Federal judges for life. ! I
I'he bill would not change the existing i i
:onstitutional method. I t
St. Francis Levee Collapsed. . i
Memphis, Tenn.?The Mississippi
iver flood smashed levees at two ]
joints, water is pouring over thou- I
lands of acres of fertile farming lands
ind through prosperous towns and be- <
'ore another day, unless all predictions <
.'ail, the greedy maw of the flood will I
lave exacted an even heavier toll 1
Kaster day in the Mississippi valley i
was gloomy. St. Claire and Wyanoke, '
n Crittenden county, Ark., the one
line miles north and the other 7 miles 1
south of Memphis, will be the nexf i
jne. 1
commencing ma nun icrm mm i>. ? ,
Chandler hie second. M. C. Mayes haf (
served several times before on thr <
council. 1
Eighty Petitions For Pardon Board. 1
For the first time during the admin- i
istration of Gov. Blease the pardon
board met here with some petitions to
ponsider. The Governor sent 80 peti
tions for pardon to the board. The (
petition of John Y. Garlington and J I
Stobo Young, former officers of the t
Seminole Securities Company now <
senlng sentences of three, years and f
one year in the pentitentiary, is among <
these forwarded to the hoard as is a '
petition for commutation of sentence 1
iu the case of Samuel N. Hyde, con- i
victed of the wife murder at Anderson, t
who is to be electrocuted. The mem s
hers of the board are H. Mays Cleve 1 t
land, Greenville; J. \. Sunimersett, 1
Columbia; and E. F. Warren, Hamp c
ton. .'
Committee Has Resumed Work.
The legislative committee has re
sumed work of investigating the af r
fairs of the old state dispensary af the j I
state house where a number of wit f
nesses will appear and give testimony I
as 'o the charges preferred by the c
governor in his general message to r
the general assembly on the Ansel t
commision and Attorney General Ly 1
on. It is very probable that the mem I
bers of the Blease commission will b# 3
summoned to appear and give testi I
ntony. Other witnesse are expected 1
to be called. f
Rifle Practice at Sullivan's Island.
Incidental to the encampment of thr 1
four companies of' coast artillery on f
Sullivan's Island, target practice with <
full service charges will be engaged 1
in from April 6 to April 12, according 1
to in official communication from i
Capf. Thomas H. K. Mclntyre, in t
which he urges the property owners '<
and residents of the island to exprc-isf *
the usual precautions of opening the
doors and windows of their houses t
and the removal of frgile object from t
places of elevation that damages b>
commission may be reduced. c
Many Attend Agricultural Rally.
One of the largest crowds of farm
ers and boy planters in Greenville ir J
many days gathered here to attend thf ! 1
agricultural rally in the board of trad? : s
rooms. Another meeting was alsc ! <
held in the assembly hall at the cen | I
tral Y. M. C. A. Much enthtisiasm wat I
manifest at both meetings, though far I
mers are appearently greatly discour 1
aged over the fact that they are sc 1
late in beginning farm work tht? 1
spring. It is probable that it will tak< i
a week of dry weather to get the i
ground in condition for breaking up. <
MES
MEMBERS RUSH
WORK THROUGH
-EADERS ANXIOUS TO ADJOURN
BEFORE THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
MANY BILLS ARE PENDING
fhe House Has Finished Its Tariff Re- i
I
vision Program and All of the Measures
Will Get Quick Action?
National Conventions in June. (
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Washington.?Senators and Repres- 1
tntatives are becoming Impatient over '
he Senate s delay on the tariff, approbation
and other important leglslaion.
but the leaders, figuring that the 1
vay can be cleared quickly on emer- 1
jency, express confidence that Contress
can adjourn before the national (
:onventions in June. (
Republican Leader Penrose has
igreed with the Democrats and progressive
Republican leaders that the *
louse steel bill shall be called up week I
ifter next, be made the unfinished bus- <
ness and that prompt action shall be (
aken on all pending bills in order to ,
'acllltate adjournment. The finance
ommittee's adverse report on the
iteel bill already is before the Senate |
md the minority report, standing for ,
he Democratic House measure, will be ^
'ramed at a meeting of Democratic
eaders In a day or two. The House 1
ias finished its tariff revision program 1
inless it should decide to pass a cotton !
bill based on expectations of favorable j
iction in the Senate on the various 1
tariff bills already sent over from the ;
House.
The progressive Republican iron and
steel revision bill, which Senator Cumnins
is drafting, will make what he j
alls "quite a reduction" from the |
present tariff, but not enough to com- I,
nand the first vote of the Democratic I
Senators, who later, however, may join ( ,
ho nmprosiilvp nennhlieanR on the ,
Cummins proposition. I
While thp House hss passed nine [
ippropriatlon bills with six yet to |
:ome in from Committees, the Senate
las acted on but one.
Charged Exploitation of Indian.
Washington. ? Systematic exploltaion
of the Indian by politicians virtuilly
was charged on the floor of the
louse by Representative Ferris of Okahoma.
Democrat, in defending a provision
in the Indian appropriation bill
imitlng drafts on the treasury of the
Five Civilized Tribes to the neceslity
expenditures for schools. The
proviso was attacked by Representative
Miller of Minnesota, Republican,
who declared that it would prevent the
[ndlans from employing'attorneys to
ittend to their tribal affairs and renler
impossible the remuneration of
tribal officials.
Three Very Destructive Fires.
London.?Three destructive fires in
historic country mansions occurred in
one nijht. The first was in Lake
House, in Wiltshire, a fine Elizabeth-;
on edifice full of priceless Jacobian
rurniturp. Lakp House was occupied j
toy Percy Holden Illingworth, member
of ''nrliament .who with his wife and
children was only saved from death ;
from the flames by the barking of a j
tog. As It was the family escaped i
Mad only in night clothes. The other J
Ires were in Rossdu House on laoch ;
Lomond, belonging to Sir Ian Colqu- j
ion, and Glbbstown Castle, near Na- j j
ran, County Meath, Ireland.
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Rebels Are in New York,
New York.?Three representatives !
)f General Orozco, the Mexican rebel j
eader. have arrived in New York with ,
he object, they state, of starting a
campaign to correct the false impres- 1
dons which they claim have been cir- )
nilated in regard to the rebel cause, j 1
They are Manuel L. Lujan, a leading
awyer of the state of Chihuahua, who '
s designated as "Minister Plenipothenlary,"
Maj. Itafaei Matniia, military 1
ittache, and Juan Prje'o Quemper, sec- '
etarv. They say they will make their 1
teadquarters in New York until they
an "disprove the statements of the '
dadero government. I '
Disputes Are to Be Settled. '
Washington.?A Pan-American com- '
nisaion for the delimitation of national r
joundaties on the western hemisphere 1
is recommended by the American | J
''pace Congress, and a commission and 1
invention by which the integrity of
he boundaries so delimitated may be i :
naintained, are suggested in a reso- '
ution introduced by Representative :
tartholdt. "I believe the settlement
if baundary disputes would do much to
tromote the peace of the world," said j <
dr. Bartholdt. "Most of the differences i
ire over title to terrltoty." j'
$1.25 PER YEAR
FROM THE PALMETTO STATF
L
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Has Been Gotten Together With
Care by the Editor.
Washington.?President Taft named
Joha R. Tolbert, Jr.. as postmaster at
Abbeville.
Greenville.?One hundred building
permits, representing $89,112 were issued
from the city engineer's office
during the first quarter of the present
year, while 105 permits were issued
during the same period last year, representing
$110,810, a difference of Are
permits and $21,689 in favor of 1911.
Orangeburg.?The annual meeting
of the Edisto Savings bank, of Orangeburg,
was held at the banking rooms
of the bank, and the election of officers
were entered into. The report of
President. B. H. Moss was very gratifying
and showed that the bank had
experienced the most prosperous year
In its history.
Columbia.?The governor has grant?d
a narnli? to Morgan Smith, who was
convicted in Hampton county in 1906
in the charge of murder and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the state
penitentiary upon a recommendation
if mercy. Since assuming office the
governor has extended clemency in
M5 cases.
Chester.?A none-suit was entered
in the case of Chester county for
18,180 against the S. A. L. railway for
fhe obstruction of Pinckney street by
the defendant's overhead bridge. The
court held that the obstruction complained
of was not such as was contemplated
by section 1375 of the civil
code, under which the action was
brought. . i
Columbia.?Invitations to the reception
to be given the state officers, U.
IX C., and the degelates from the various
chapters to the uneviling will be
issued at the capitol. Mrs. Reed Stonpy
and Mrs. Cornelia Klmore Davidson
will compose a committee of two to
register the names of all delegates
ind officers of the U. D. C., aud to give
:hem the invitations.
/"V _ 1 . .?? 1.:- TW A aiinvnniA OAI1 ft {n a
lUIIHUUIH.. iUC nupi riur vouii. <u u
lecision by Associate Justice Hydrick
eversed the Abbeville county court
tnd ordered a new trial in the case
>f J. H. Ferguson, who was convicted
>n the charge of manslaughter for killng
his father, John Ferguson. The
toung man claimed self-defense and
>aid that he accidentally shot his father,
who was abusing his mother.
Barnwell. ? "Long Henry" Moody. $
own marshal of Olar, shot and killed
foh.i McDanlel, 25 years old, of Fair'ax
in a pistol duel at Olar. Marshal
Moody received serious wounds, one
Dullet taking effect in his abdomen,
while another passed through one of
[lis lungs and broke an arm. McDanel,
who is a native of Georgia, has
been living in this Btate several years.
Orangeburg.?The dairy special that
s being operated through this state by
:he Southern Railway company, visit3d
this city and many persons visited
;he demonstrations at the car and a
oig audience greeted R. H. Mason at
:he court house when he lectured on
'The Sanitary Production of Milk."
Mr. Mason is one of the special repres ntatives
from the United States govjrnment.
Anderson.?Henry Pressley. a neg o,
who shot and killed Tom Rice, anither
negro, about two weeks ago on
he public road in the Holland's store
lection, was sentenced hy Judge
'rice to serve ten years. The jury reurned
a verdict of manslaughter,
fudge Prince has dismissed all Jurors
lrawn to serve at the special term of
:riminal court, and is now engaged in
learing appeal cases from the maglsrates'
and police courts.
Lexington.?By a vote of 11 to 0, the
esidents of school district No. 7.
:oted to repeal the special tax levy of
wo mills, which has been In effect
or two years. Only about one half
>f the qualified electors went to the
lolls. It is said. This was the second
>elction held on the same question, it
leing alleged that the ballot box was
stuffed" at ihe first election, and it
vas declared that the election was
llegal.
Anderson.?For attempting criminal
isaault on the wife of a prominent farTier
of Dean Station, this county. Feh iiary
26. Inst. William Reed, a negro,
nust die in the electric chair at the
itate penitentiary in Columbia, July
12, next.
Barnwell.?Georgians F'henix, a col>red
woman about 62 years old, was
cilled at Ashleigh, a station on the
Southern railway, a fe^ miles north of
iere. by a north-bound passenger train
The coroner's jury found that the deeased
had come to her death by be
UK struck and knocked from the track
>y a Southern railway train.
Chester.?In the town election held
it Blackstock, Chester county, these
iffloials were elected: Iatendant, L.
E. Siamon: wardens, J. I). Mobley, J
5. Craig, E. M. Kennedy and S. I)
Stephenson.
Winnsboro.?Jim Hall, in held her* .
>n a charge of shooting John Johnson
ind William Moore on the plantation
>f Col. John G. Mobley. Moore, who
was shot in the stomach and serious
ly injured, was taken to Columbia
where he is at the Rhodes hispital
Re is in a critical condition. John
son's wound is in the leg and is not
considered serious.
Bethune.?L. W. West, postmastet
it this place, received notice from
Washington, D. C., that there will be
placed here a postal savings bank la
:he very near future.
Florence.?At a meeting of the Florence
County Medical association tha
delegates to the state association were
instructed to invite the state association
to Florence for its next annual
meeting. Two meetings of the state *
medical association have been held in A
Florence and the visiting doctors were
kind enough to say that they spent a
most delightful week here ana would
be glad to return.
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