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H mm oBE r ? ESTABLISHED IN 189 ? INCREASE SHOWN "I III ASSESSMENTS REPORT 13 MADE BY THE BOARD , OF EQUALIZATION OF SOUTH t CAROLINA. 1 1 {PROTESTS WERE CONSIDERED I Total Value of Cotton Mills, Oil Mills ( and the Fertilizer Factories of the ^ State of South Carolina For Taxa- i tion la $31,970,255. ( f Columbia. ? Comptroller General 1 Jones announced the reduction en as- | sessments of cotton mills, oil mills , and fetrillzer factories as foui.d by < > the state board of equalization at a I meeting when the protests were con- I ildered. 1 The following reductions were an- ] oounced for the cotton mlll?: Cal- i houn mills, Calhoun Falls, reduced from $500,000 to $460,000; Langley Manufacturing Company, Langley, 1 from $875,000 to $800,000; Brogon < mills, Anderson, from $498,900 to < $426,000; Beaver Dam mills, Edgefield, from $140,000 to $120,000; Mon- i oghan mills, Greenville, from $1,050,- j 000 to $960,000; Piedmont Maiiufac- i turing Company, Piedmont, from $1,- i 320,000 to $1,120,000; Ashley Manu- | facturing Company, Newberry, from i $15,000 to $10,000; American Press Cloth Company, Columbia, from $29,000 to $25,000; Granby cotton mill, Columbia, from $900,000 to $?50,000; Chiesnee mills, Chesnee, from 8300,000 to'$280,000; Drayton mills, Spartan. << burg, from $587,500 to $560,000; Fort Mill Manufacturing Company, Fort Mill, from $200,000 to $156,000. Farmers' Oil and Manufacturing Cotnpany, Blacksburg, from $15,000 to $10,000; Tyger Shoals Milling Company, Wellford, from $30,000 to $20,000; Due West oil mill, Due West, from $33,000 to $24,000; Allendale Cotton Oil Company, Allendale, from $60,000 to $30,000; Fairfax oil mill. Fairfax, from $20,000 to $15,000; Wilkinsville Cotton Oil Company, Wilkinsville, from $10,000 to $8,000; Walterboro Cotton Oil Company, Walterboro, from $27,000 to $26,000. Combahee Fertilizer Company, of oharloatnn. from $350,000 to $150, 000; Tidewater Fertilizer and Stor? age Company, Port Royal, from $20,400 to $15,000; Read Phosphate Compamy, Charleston, from $330,000 to ? $100,000. South Carolina To Make Fine Showing South Carolina will make a fine showing at Seattle within a few weeks for whon the National Electric Light Association meets there far its thirty-flfth annual convention from June 10 to 14, the state will be represented by an imposing list of men who make life brighter for everybody. Included in the South Carolina membership are the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company, the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company, the Columbia Railway, Gas and Electric Company, the Darlington Light and Water Company, the Florence Electric and Utility Company, the Georgetown Electric Company, the Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company and the Sumter Lighting Company. Gives Decision in Important Case. In the United States district court Judge Sra th handed down his decii sion' in the Columbia case of Edward H# Titus against the Granite Brick Company and the Columbia Savings * ??? n>h1Mi hnn I Bank and Trust i/omyau/, nUiv.. ? attracted some general Interest, the I motion having been made for a ternporary Injunction restraining the is- 1 sue and execution of a mortgage. Judge Smith signed an order, enjoining mortgage of its property. Severe Storms Visit Chester Cojnty. Chester county was visited by a terrific rain storm and in the Hazelwood sect'ou it appears to have spent its fury. At the latter place hail canr.e down In such fusillades that over rauc'i of the territory visited by the storm there will have to be a complete replanting of the crop. Civil Service Examination June 1. Civil service examination will be held at Camden June 1 to select three mail carriers. J. Blakeney Zemp. the assistant postmaster, is secretary of the civil service commission of this district, may hold the examination. Not only will there be many contestants for the examination from Camden. but several persons from other sections of the state have signified their intention in standing the examination. The carriers salary will be $50 a month, but will be Increased at the end of the year. ' Ra Iroad Schedule To Be Aired. The question of the schedule on the I Northwestern railroad will be aired before the railroad commissioners in Sumter in the near future, the commissioners having written they will be here for that purpose. The schedule has been giving a great deal of dissatisfaction since It was changed * ~ *><* ' ommiasion last reuruar/, _ has ordered it changed back. A petition was received by the commission, to allow the schedule to stand as it now is. the petition coming from the Summerton end of the line. A New Chapter In Arson Case. A sensational chapter was added to the charge of arson against Allendar Gosnell, charged with the burning of W. J. Gibson's home, when four children lost their lives January 28, when Henry Brown was arrested charged with being accessory to the charge of arson. Brown is said to have confessed to a local magistrate and B. A. .Wharton, deputy insurance commissioner, who has been working on the case for some time, saying that he vjas present when Gosnell fired ihe house. : t - , * IA Eg,-. THE i. Hardware mens meeting^ 'roper Entertainment to be Given | the Visitors?Called Special Meetto Consider Arrangements. ^ Charleston.?Visiting hardware deal;rs of the two Carolinas, here in Conrention next month, may be given an ixcurslon trip around the harbor in the iteamer Sappho. This was one of the | )lans discussed for the entertainment >f the hardware men by several local 1 lardware dealers, who met at the Chamber of Commerce to plan for this Convention, to which about 350 visit>rs are expected. To complete arrangenents for this convention a general neeting of the hardware men of the iity is called at Shrine Hall, corner >f King and Wentworth streets. j At this meeting, in pursuance of act- . on taken, Mr. E. H. Mclvar made a re>ort as to details of these entertain- 1 nent plans, based upon investigations t nade. Mr. Mclver was appointed j chairman of the committee which con- ( tarred, and will be in possession of ^ facts which he will lay before the ( kntt/lwava mon ac a. hasis of action in I , uai U n ?| V U4VU WM ? planning to give the visiting hardware men a good time. The annual convention of the hardware men of the Carolinas will be held here June 11, 12, 13 and 14. The Isle of Palms will be the place of meeting and general headquarters of the Convention, and here, in the midst of the surf bathing, the sea breezes and the general gayety of the island season, they will discuss hardware and other appropriate subjects. They will also give careful attention to the various exhibits?that is, the exhibits of hardware which will be set up for their inspection by various hardware manufacturers of the country. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Elmwood Development Company of Columbia with a capital of $6,000. The officers are: Frank H. Gibbes, president; Albert E. Douglas, vice president, and W. A. Clarkson. The company will conduct a general , real estate business. A commission . has been issued to the Jenkins Express Company of Columbia with a capital of $5,000. The petitioners are E. A. Jenkins, C. G. Gulgnard and G. A. Gulgnard. The company will ( - * ? a! 4^.. do a general trucking ana irausiei ( business. A charter has been issued , to the KilgoreElwell Company of Charleston, with a capital stock of $2,000, to do a general builders' supply business. The officers are: E. F. Elwell, president and secretary, and L. A. Kilgore, treasurer. A commission has been issued to fhe Saluda Cemetery association of Saluda, with a capital stock of $1,000. The petitioners are B. W. Crouch and J. W. j Pitts. . Several New Candidates Announced. Several new candidates have been announced | in Clarendon county. Among the new candidates are W. R. ( Davis, H. L, Johnson and J. B. Holla- ( day for county supervisor, while the incumbent, R. E. MIFaddin, announces that he will not be a candidate for another term. Archie I. Barron for clerk of court, E. B. Gamble for sheriff, P. H. Stoll for solicitor, E. J. Browne for superintendent of education and H. C. Padgett for coroner are all announced for re-election, while John L. JohnBon is a candidate for the office of coroner. Only two candidates have announced so far for the house of representatives, Joseph H Burgess and R. D. White. Politic* in Charleston County. Chairman Henry W. Conner of the Charleston county executive commute will call the organization together probably within the next few days but the time for the first meeting since the day of the memorable dual convention has not been definitely determined. and It may be even longer than a week before the first meeting of the representatives of all the Democratic clubs of the county. When the meeting is held it will Include, of course, not only the members of the organization reported upon by the committee on credentials of the Barnwell convention on May 6, but also of the clubs which sat on the opposite side and refused to give their credentials or otherwise participate in the proceedings of the body, which hag now had its status established as the legal and proper convention. Want Commission Form. The Charleston Community clut proposes to get active at once on the matter of a commission form of government for Charleston. It is proposed to test the views of all candidates who may offer for the legislature and work to defeat all who may be opposed to the new form of administration. The candidates who meet the requirements will, of course, be supported by the members of the club. The idea of the club is to secure the passage of a bill at the next session of the legislature. A Negro Detective* Shot and Kilted. A negro detective, Sam Washington, ! was killed at New Sumter. New Sumter is the village around the C. M. Betts company lumber plant, about four miles east of Sumter. Another negro, L. J. Jefferson, was shot and dangerously wounded. Lewis Little, the negro who did the shooting, escaped. Washington had been working up J blind tiger cases and had a warrant for the arrest of Little. He went tc Little's house and arrested him. When they reached the door Little shot the detective. Young Man Killed By Live Wire. Chester Foster, a young man of 1? years, was killed on Main street near the centre of the town by a live wire while he was assisting in swinging a cable of the Southern Bell Telephone company for which he was working. The electric light wires and the tele phonecables run on the same pole The young man was up on the cable about midway between two posl* and 30 feet from the ground wher reaching round to get some instru ment out of his belt he touched f live wire. : fo hkh THE STATE PAYS TWENTY DOLLARS A DAY FOR BERKLEY COUNTY WORK. DETECTIVE OF GOVERNOR The Expense Account as Itemized by Col. L. M. Creen Was Accepted by Comptroller General Jones?Tho Statement Has Been Issued. Columbia. ? Comptroller General Tones Issued a warrant for $360 to L. tf. Green, lieutenant colonel on the tta.fr of the governor for 31 days' serrice as a special detective of the ofice of the chief executive. The account was itemized by Col. Green and ivas accepted by the comptroller gen?ral. On April 16 Col. Green filed an iccount with the comptroller general for $203 for one months' service. Of this amount $105 was for expenses ind $100 salary. The account was turned down by the comptroller general on the grounds that It was not Itemized according to law. Col. Green )n May 13 filed a second account for (360 which was accepted because the lates of the service were given. In his first account. Col. Green charged the state of South Carolina (30 for investigating the Olar lynching. In his second account he charged (60. According to the expense account of Col. Green he Bpent five days In Berkely county from May 6 to 10 tor which he received $100 or $20 per day. In his first account submitted Col. Green charged the state (18.50 for Investigating the TolleyMudrow-Cheshire afTair in Anderson and in the second account this inveB tigation was put down at $20. The report shows that Col. Green received an an average of $10 a day for his work as a detective. The services were rendered between March 18 and May 10. Executive Clemency Granted Two. Columbia.?The governor has granted a pardon to Henry Gilliam, who was convicted in Newberry in 1903 of murder with recommendation to mercy and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Major Green, alias William Green, who was convicted at Orangeburg in 1899 of murder 1 tn ho h i nopi] hilt tilltl OCJUICUVCU iw MV whose Bentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. McSweeney, was granted a parole. Since assuming offlce the governor has extended clemency In 368 cases. Are Working For Record Crop. Florence.?The farmers of this county have joined heartily with R. E. Currin, the county agent of the farm demonstration work in the corn and cotton contests for this year, and they are working hard for a record crop with everything in their favor so far, exempt the late start. Crops ordinarily look well, clean and well advanced, considering the late start. Mr. Currin Is also planning for a corn show that will be preparatory to the big com Bhow this fall, and will have a good committee of business men to help him out in the enterprise. Both Legs Cut Off By Street Car. Greenville.?J. J. Moore, a 60-yearold man, had both legs cut off by the motor car, which operates between Greenville and Anderson. He is not expected to recover. Moore alighted from a street car at the point, where the Pendleton street line crosses the tracks of the Columbia & Greenville railway. He started down the railway toward the AuguBta street Btation and was run down by the motor car on Its nightly trip to Anderson. Gaffney Wants Veterans Reunion. Gaffney.?A movement was started to secure the state reunion of the Confederate veterans for GafTney this year, and steps were taken looking toward extending an invitation to meet in Gaffney in August. Those who are agitating the matter, state that they are meeting with a hearty spirit of co-operation on every hand, and indications now are that Gaffney will be able to invite the veterans to come here. A. Whirlwind Campaign. Newberry. ? The corporators and commitee having the matter in charge have decided to make a whirlwind campaign for raising the necessary funds to build and equip the Newberry County hospital. It was decided to procure the amount in one day, and for that purpose a hospital day will be named and committees will that day canvass the city and county. It is hoped to have the stock all subscribed within the next ten days, and to have the hospital in operation by the middle of November. To the Road For One Year. Barnwell.?Mace Jeffcoat. a white man, was sentenced to one year at hard labor in the penltentlnrv or on the chaingang, having been found guilty of storing whiskey for an illegal purpose. This was his second offense, and there was, therefore, no alternative of a fine. He is the first person in this county to be sentenced without the alternative of paying a fine. He served notice of appeal to on/1 tion/lina fha tut? on pi finer vuui i, c*uu v^.^, hearing bail was granted in the sum of $1,000, which was furnished. A Remarkable Convention Columbia. ? The State Democratic Convention that has just adjourned was one of the most remarkable gatherings that has been held in this state in many a year. It was conspicuous because of the unusual evidence of Interest in the political situation and the high character of the delegates. Men who have not for years taken any part in political affairs made the sacrifice of attending the convention and the personnel of the convention was decidedly above the average in this stare. MILL TRSDAY, MAY 23, 1912. RIVER IS FALLING AT ALL POINTS THE SITUATION SOUTH OF ODEN. BURG CRITICAL ACCORDING TO REPORTS. THF RFIIEF FUND GROWS RT FORT MILL, S. C? THL FROM ALL OVER-THE"STATE" Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Gotten Together With Care by the Editor. Union.?The court of general sessions has been in session here for several days. Judge Thos. S. Sease is presiding, J. C. Otts is solicitor and T. Carlisle Perrin stenographer. Columbia.?The annual convention Df the South Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers' association will be held in Columbia on May 29 and JO. The address of welcome will be delivered by Mayor Gibbes. Newberry.?News was received in the city that a little negro was found dead on Col. D. A. Dickert's Broad river plantation, the little negro having hee*: hanged by getting caught in I a wire fence. Columbia.?The board of county commissioners convened in regular semi-monthly session. Nothing outside of routine business was taken up. The board will let the contract for the paving of the road to Hyatt Park, It was said. Charleston.?With the exemplification of the thirty-first degree, and the communicating of the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite Masonry, the third semi-annual Reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies of Charleston at the Masonic Temple came to an end. Fort Mill.?The Fort Mill graded Bchools close next week. The sermon before the graduating class will be preached by Rev. Joel 8. Snyder of Chester. Dr. George A. Wauchop of the University of South Carolina will deliver the literary address. Manning.?The committee having in charge the work of raising funds for the erection of the Confederate monument at this place have Just completed [ an arrangement for a lecture by James K. Vardaman of Mississippi, to be delivered for the benefit of the fund The lecture will be delivered in the auditorium of the graded school. Florence.?The city council has at last granted a franchise to the Electric and Utility company, and L. C. D<+/?Viio tSo nroolrlpnt nf the comDanv. says that it is his purpose to put in a much larger plant, which will have to be done by the Issue of bonds, and furniBh light and power, power especially, to industrial concerns all through the surrounding country. Florence.?Rev. E. O. Watson, Dt D., of Columbia is to make the annual address for the Florence graded schools at the commencement exercises to be held on the 23rd. There will be quite a large graduating class this year, and the greater number of them will return next year to take a postgraduate course, the additional grade which is to be added. Washington.?In order to expedite its passage, Senator Smith of South Carolina has had incorporated in the senate agricultural bill his joint resolution to authorize the secretary of agriculture to prepare and display an exhibit at the fifth National Corn exposition, to be held at Columbia from January 27 to to February 9, 1912. The measure was unanimously agreed to. Gaffney.?Gaffney munniclpal authorities let the contract for 3,000 square yards of payed sidewalks to V. L. Spurgeon of Gaffney. The figure was 97 cents per yard, totaling $3,460, being $389 cheaper than the next lowest bidder, P. S. Minas of Spartanburg, The contract calls for work to be begun within ten days. Contractor Spurgeon stated that a force of 20 men would begin at once. Newberry.?The barn of Mr. Alex. D. Hudson, near Silver Street, one of the largest barns in the county, with contents, was destroyed by fire. In the barn were about thirty tons of hay, about $500 or $600 worth of farm machinery, and some five or six tons of fertilizer, all of which was burned. Mr. Hudson's loss is about $2,500. He carried some insurance, but his in surance is very smau in proportion to his loss. Orangeburg?Algernon Blair, the contractor of Montgomery, Ala., who was the successful bidder for the conj tract for erection of the new postofflce building for Orangeburg, is in the city I making preparations for the work of | actual construction of the building. The new building will cost about $50,! 000. The lot is now being cleared of debris and the work of excavating will begin in a short whlie. Columbia.?The state board of equalization met in the hall of the house of representatives, when several protests were heard on the assessments of the cotton millB, cotton oil mills and fertilizer factories. Abbeville.?Seth M. Milllken and party were in Abbeville for a directors' meeting of the Abbeville cotton , mill. A dividend of 3 per cent, amounting to $9,500, was declared or the common stock, payable July 1. Besides paying this 3 per cent divt dend, $125,000 worth of first preferred stock was ordered called In and paid on July 1, the regular dividend period Sharon.?It is Baid that there will ; be the finest crop of blackberries here i this season that has been known it I several years. The very dry weather of last year cut off this crop very much and had the effect besides ol making what berries there are very : hard and dry. Charleston.?A dispatch from Wash ington. stating that L. Itedingei had been '"removed" as postmaster al i Myers, this county, conveyed a wrong Itnpression. Mr. Redinger was not re \ moved, but tendered his resignation 1 several weeks ago, and it has jusi taken efTect. Charleston.?In the May 15 issue ol the Country Life Mabel Burke Egai has an article, illustrated with twc fine photographs, which ^hows that it coastal South Carolina exist the larg est oak trees in the world so far as li known. Orangeburg,?The trustees of Or angeburg college have met and elect ed the officers and teachers for Or angeburg college for next session. Th< college has undergone a change anc the affairs of the college will be hand led directly by the trustees and no , by an individual, as has been the cas< during the past several years. Ten Towns Are Under Several Feet of Water From Last Break?Morgan City Is Flooded?Rescue Work ie Still In Progress. I New Orleans.?The Mississippi river continued to fall at all points from St. Louis south and reports received at the office of the United States engineers here concerning the levees were favorable. The situation along the Atchafalaya river south of Odenburg, the scene of crevasse, are critical according to reports and relief boats were dispatched to the newly inunudated section to rescue the endangered people and livestock. Besides Odenburg and Woodside, which are already under water, the following towns will be inundated by the crevasse: Neita, Bayou Current, Elba, Rosa, Palmetto, Richard and Bodoc, Mel? Hi- Al 1 - 1W that copfinn vine, ine im&eai iunn m mm bw?v.., already is covered by water from 1 to 3 feet deep and will be flooded by the waters from the Odenburg break to a depth of from 4 to 8 feet. Most of the women and children had been taken out of that country. A decided surprise was occassioned when the back water from the Atchafalaya entered the outlying section of Morgan City and reached a depth of three to five inches in some of the business streets. Mere than a hundred refugees from the country south of Odenburg have reached Opelousas. Many of them expressed fears that relief boats would not reach some of the marooned persons in time. A large number of gasoline boats were sent to this Bection from Opelousas and additional rescue forces will be dispatched. Capt. C. O. Sherrlll, chief of the army engineers, who has 1,300 men at wora on the Hymelia crevasse, 35 miles above New Orleans, reported that the work was progressing satisfactorlly. Lid on During Johnson-Flynn Fight East Las Vegas, N. M.?No lifting of the liquor lid during the time the crowds are here for the Johnson-Flynn fight will be allowed according to Mayor Robert J. Taupert. A greatly augumented police force is being organized to keep order and to see that the gambling laws are not broken. Th<> mavr>r announced that he would revoke the license of any hotel 01 rooming house that attempts to charge exhorbitant rates. No fak':s will be allowed to use the streets. Senate Majority Upholds Lorimer. Washinton. ? The case of Senator Lorimer, whose election was alleged to have been brought about through corruption, was placed before the senate for final action. The majority of the special investigating committee I reported that all their rules of law, judicial procedure and justice requir | ed that the senate's former judgement in Senator Lorimer's favor be held final and conclusive, and that there was absolutely no new substantial evb | denco discovered, his election being 1 "the logical result of existing polib ! leal conditions." Nurse On Trial For Infanticide. j New York.?Charged with poisoning | nine babies by putting oxalic acid in ; their milk, Winifred Ankers, a nurse, was placed on trial before supreme j court Justice Scudder in Brooklyn. The nine children died several , months ago in an infants' hospital in I Brooklyn where the Ankers woman i was employed as nurse. The defendI Km n Ko hi* nf hop nwn Hpr eoun ! till l uao n uu\jj vi uvi w .. ... Bel claims that the nurse was made the victim by one who did the poisoning and is being railroaded to prison. Reign of Terror In Little Rock . Little Rock, Ark. ? Municipal po1 lice, sheriffs, deputies, constables and ' citizens who answered the mayor's proclamation to arm themselves I and make strenuous efforts to capture ' j the mysterious prowler who for sevi eral days reached the point of mur der in this campaign of crime, are 1 still scouring the byways of this place. Scores of houses were scearchplace. Scores of houses were search, to which it was believed possible for ' ; the murderer to have gone into hidinj j j was searched. The British Titanic Inquiry. 1 London.?When the Rritish Titanic inquiry was resumed Rir Cosmo DuffGordon was subjectel to a bitterly ^ hostile examination into his conduct at the sinking of the vessel. The attorney appearing on behalf of Irish third class passengers, asked Gordon if h< had suggested that the boat ' go back and receiving a negative re' ply asked: "You saved your lives and left the others to drowft." Lord Mer1 zv: "The position of the witness is * bad enough. Do you think it fair to ask such questions?" : Five Persons Are Killed. Chicago. ? Five persons, three men . and two women, were drowned when i the automobile in which they were riding plunged into the Clauniet river at the Ninty-Second street bridge. * None of the names of the victims so far has been learned. One of the wo5 men jumped into the river as the ' embankment was reached, according to a watchman. Her body was re' "overed later. The woman apparent1 \y 24 years old, and the initials "A. A," were on her braclet. , TI * ? NE6MCH/MED WITH ARSON 11 Chapter in Shocking Story?Gonncll | is Lodged in Jail at Landrum.? Four Children Lost Lives. Campobello.?Following an invest! gatlon by B. A. Wharton, inspector of the state insurance department, on the burning of the home of W. J. Gibson, when his four children lost theii lives, January 28, Allendar Gosnell has been arrested and lodged in jail at Landrum charged with arson. The insurance inspector has been qonducting an active investigaton into the burning of Mr. Gibson's home three miles from Campobello at o'clock in the morning of January 28 and has unearthed sufficient evidence to cause the arrest of Gosnell. The burning of the home and the " * * *? * ? -LI'.J?yvn ttfnn Ann deatn or me iour uuuuiru ??ad i of the most shocking tragedies in the j history of this community. Mr. Gibson is a prominent farmer, a formei member of the house of representatives and one of the most widely known residents of this section of the state. The children who lost their lives in the Are were: Hugh Gbison, 16 : years of age; Annie Thomas Gibson, 14 years of age; Laura Gibson, 10 years of age; James Gibson, eight years of age. Walter J. Gibson had gone to Greenville to attend the funeral of a kinsman leaving the four children at home. Their mother had died several years before and their stepmother the previous winter. The children spent the Sabbath with their sister, who lived a mile from their home, but had returned home at 10 o'clock Sun day evening. Neighbors were aroused by the roar of the flames in the early morning and when the first to reach the scene arrived at 1 o'clock the large twostory frame building was a mass of Aames. The screams of the children were heard by those first on the scene. ?? South Crolina New Enterprises. A charter was issued to the Anderson Paint and Color Company of An- i derson. with a capital of $3,500. The j officers are: Ernest Dugan, president ; and secretary; F. J. Martin, vice pres- ' ldent and treasurer. A commission , was Issued to the Standard Insurance ; and Realty Company of Columbia, with a capital of $2,000, to do a gen eral insurance and real estate busi uess. The petitioners are E. B. Can tey, Jr., and T. D. Meares, Jr. The Unted States Supply Company of St George ws commissioned with a cap ital of $500. Governor Paroles Three Men. A. W. Morgan, who was convicted in the Richland county court in Janu ary of this year on the charge ol shooting into an electric car in Columbia and sentenced to serve six months on the county chain gang or in the state penitentiary, or to pay a fine ol $200, has been paroled by the governor, on condition of good behavior and that he refrain from the use ol whiskey. Morgan flred into a street car on Main stret in Columbia last j winter. A parole has been granted tc P. W. Bentley, who was convicted in Richland county, in January of 1908 on the charge of forgery and sentenc ed to five years In the state peniten tiary, on the condition that he leave the state within twenty-four hours af ter securing his freedom and that he never return. The sentence of F. W : Johnson, of Spartanburg, who was ' convicted on the charge of assaull and battery with intent to kill and 1 carrying concealed weapons and givei a flae of $200 or six months' imprisou ; ment, has been commuted by the gov ernor to a fine of $100 or six months runner oompncduuns Will an auction ale price of five dollars satisfy the Federal authorities for liquors valued at about $190? WU1 an auction sale where state officials stood by and warned all prospective purchasers that they were liable to ar rest for purchasing the whiskey, and thus reduced the number of bidders to one man, be accepted with equani mity as a legal auction under Federal requirements? Such questions as these were freely discussed in Federal official circles at Greenville, in con : nection with the auction sale of cham pagne, Bendlctine and Imported ; Scotch whiskey, The Greenville Horse Show. The annual exhibition of the Greenville Horse Show Association takes place in the near future and the indications are that this will be the most successful show in the history of the organization. Greenville has the reputation of holding the best open air show in the South, horses being shown from Kentucky, Virginia Georgia, North Carolina and many other sections of the South. Entries for the horse show closed several day? ago. Jeter Again In The Toils. Jacob B. Jeter, said to be the first [ man pardoned by Gov. Blease, was lodged in the Lexington Jail on the charge of assault and battery with in ! tent to kill. February 24, last .it is I alleged, Jeter attempted to shoot P L. Redmond, chief of police of Swan ; sea, W. L. K. JohnBon and H. K Hooker, who went to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly and at tacking his wife. Jeter fired at the chief twice, but missed his aim. He still held the officers at bay, and it be came necessary to shoot. Southern Railway Train Derailed. Several days ago a number of car: were derailed above the north switch on Blanding street yard of the South ern railway, causing a delay of over an hour to passenger train No. 3ti( dur to leave Columbia at 5:35 o'clock ir the morning. The accident also caus ed considerable delay to the South ern's vegetable dispatch northbounr 'rains. In order to clear up the wreck it was necessary to order oui the wrecker. No one was injured ant' tho damage to the several derailet cars was slight. i m 1110 MAKE A GLEAN BREAST ferkins wants public to >:now why wickersham suit was held up. MAKES ANSWER TO HILLES Tl'.o Trust Magnate Believes That Taft and His Managers Should Come Clean With the Whole Affair?The + i niuftl Rplow. New York.?Publication of all correspondence relating to the prosecution of the International Harvester Company was suggested by George W. Perkins, the New York financier who, upon his return to New York, issued reply to the statement given out at the White House by Charles D. Hilles, secretary to the President. The statement reads: "I have read Mr. Hilles' version of the Harvester matter and fail to find anything in it that in the remotest degree anfcvers my letter of April 29 last, to Chairman McKinley. If Mr. Taft and his managers had at any time meant to be fair and square and frank with the public in this matter, they would have complied with the Senate's recent request and published in full all that has taken place in regard to the Harvester Company during the Taft administration, especially during the last twelve or eighteen months. "The public is being deluded daily with the Taft version of how Mr. Roosevelt held up Mr. Bonaparte's suit against the Harvester Company and why; but great care is being taken to keep from the public all knowledge as to whether or not Mr. Taft held up Mr. Wickersham's suit against the Harvester Company and why. Full publicity regarding the whole affair would enable the public to form its own judgment and reach its own conclusion. It would also show what Mr. HiUes regards as proper favors for a private secretary to a President seeking renomination, to ask from the offl cprs of a corporation threatened with prosecution by the self-same Prudent. Town of Melville is Inundated. Baton Rouge, La.?The town of Melville, threatened since the present flood began, was inundated when the levee on the west bank of the Atchafalaya river 16 miles north, broke. Captain j Logan, in charge of the United States rescue corps dispatched the steamship i Minnetonka with a barge to Melville to bring away those inhabitants who desired to leave together with their live stock and household goods. Lieutenant Edward* was ordered to Opelousas to assist Captain Bennett. Taft Denounces Roosevelt. Cincinnati.?In a most bitter and scathing denunciation of Colonel Roosevelt, President Taft declared that, "the certainty of his defeat for the Republican nomination must be a source of profound congratulation to I all patriotic citizens." declared that his predecessor in the White House would wreck the Republican party, if he is not chosen by the Republican national convention, and compared Mr. Roosevelt to Louis the Fourteenth of France, who said, "the State, I am it." Hour of Death Draws Near. Boston.?"I have made my peace with God; I am resigned to my fate. I wish now to go to mv death as soon as possible, the quicker the better." The words spoken by Clarence C. V. T. Richeson to Rev. Herbert H. Johnson, his spiritual adviser, expressed the mental condition of the condemned man, whose tenure of life is now measured only by hours. Man Badly Beaten and Robbed. Baltimore.?Beaten into unconsciousness, robbed of his watch and money and probably escaping with his life only through the mercy of one cf his two assailants, Dr. George B. Reynolds, chief of police surgeon of this city, was the victim of an attack on the street while returning home from a professional call. I Large Fire Does Much Damage. Houston, Tex.?Fire destroyed about $700,000 worth of property before it was brought under control. The I losses are: Stores Furniture Store, destroyed; Mason building almost totally destroyed; Goggans Music Store, badly damaged; ('. L. and Theodore Bearing building, damaged; Texas I Company building, damaged; Levy building, damaged; Temple building, almost totally destroyed; Heyers drug store, destroyed: Dodge hotel, badly damaged: Capital hotel, slightly damaged. No lives lost. Body of King Frederick Lies in State. Copenhagen.?The coilln containing the body of the late King Frederick VIII has been placed on a high catafalpue of gold and white in Christianborg chapel and here it will lie in state until the funeral May 24. The catafalque is surrounded by silver candelabra, the historical silver lions iiaooWit ea?tle and the orders II ij in i luov * r> of tho dead monarch. The royal standard covers the coffin, while on the j floor and about the room have been arranged hundreds of wreaths sent in j by every class. Cipriano Castro is Seriously III. Washington.?Cipriano Castro, exPresident of Venezuela, the man who defied all of the world powers and : turned their ministers out of his capital, probably has come to the end of his activities. According to reports he is lying very ill at Teneriffe, where he had taken up his residence to be near his own country in the hope of some day leading a successful revolution. His illness is of such a character as to make it highly improbable that he will every again be able tc pla) a part in world politics. . I * $1.25 PER YEAR From the palmetto state The Latest News of General Interest Collected From Many Towns and Counties of the State. Camden.?The Wateree river, which reached 28 1-2 feet, is now slowly receding. The rise was the result of recent rains. Washington.---P. P. W. Waller has been appointed postmaster at Myera Charleston county, to succeed L. Redinger, removed. Chester.?R. O. Atkinson, of the Armenia section of the county has announced his candidacy for the house of representatves. Mr. Atkinson is the fourth candidate out for that office. Columbia.?An important meeting of the Boys' City Beautiful Club was held in council chamber, when all boys entering the can contest handed In their names in the prize for 540. Washington.?David S. Taylor \*as appointed postmaster at Cameron, in Calhoun county, succeeding P. L. Taylor, deceased, and John L. L. Hames, postmaster at Lockhart, Union county, to succeed J. L. Butler, deceased. Charleston.?A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the office of the clerk of the United States district court by T. G. McCall & Son, of Darlington, a corporation. The customary orders were taken. Walterboro.?Dr. J. L. Ward, of Columbia, state supervisor of rural sanitation, lectured at the high school auditorium. Dr. Ward delivered a very Instructive and entertaining lecture. Spartanburg.?J, L. Fleming was re-elected commissioner of public works for a term of six years in a city election held here. He received 349 votes as against 299 for C. W. Harty, his only opponent. Blacksburg.?A special municipa" election was held here for an alderman to fill out the unexpired term of F. M. Sossamon, who has moved into the country, and for school trustho nlfl?o nt T, F Fowler. ICC \vj ianc iuv ^imvv v>> ?. - . , whose term had expired. T. A. Smith was elected as alderman and George C. Nutting as school trustee. St. Matthews. ? While working at the plaining mill of Willlan Holman, Wallace Jones the superintendent of the plant, got his arm caught In the belting and came near having it torn from his body. Several very deep and painful flesh wounds were inbicted and the arm was badly wrenched and twisted. Pinwood. ? This town and section were visited several days ago by the most severe hailstorm seen in years. The stones were larger than bird eggs, and in places the ground was covered. The downpour lasted for two minutes; if it had lasted a few minutes longer it would have cleaned the crops and gardens. t->!..w..? PpoH Tnllpv a voung DiatKUUIg. ? >vu _ railroad man from Rock Hill, was struck by an engine on the main line of the Southern, here and knocked from the track. His arm and shoulder blade were broken. He was carried to Rock Hill to bis home. It is not known yet whether or not his injuries will prove fatal. Walterboro. ? The second primary to select a mayor for Walterboro was held. Dr. W. B. Ackerman the incumbent, and John D. Glover were the contestants. Mayor Ackerman was reelected, receiving 96 votes to John D. Glover's 82. The race was a warm one and the friends 'of both candidates worked hard to win. The election passed off quietly. Marion. ? A shooting took place near Fork in which two negroes were killed. From the Information received here it seems that Flag Mcinnis, a negro laborer on W. J. Montgomery's plantation, was calling on a daughter of Bill Mace, ?~nd since she would not agree to marry him he shot her and immediately afterwards was shot by her father, Bill Mace. Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg delegation to the state convention left here. The delegation goes Instructed for Woodrow Wilson. There Is a strong sentiment in the delegation against the election of Gov. Blease as a delegate to the national convention. Dr. S. T. I). Lancaster of Pauline will probably be indorsed by the delegation as delegate from this district. He is an enthusiastic men and wants to go to Baltimore. Ebenezer.?Supervisor McBride with the Florence county chaingang after several weeks' work in the Ebenezer community, has put the public roadB in good condition. Florence.?The school board reelected all of the former teachers who applied and two new ones, to fill pipaces of those not applying and has still three more vacancies. New teach ers elected were Prof. Briggs, principal of the high school, who takes the place of Prof. Brunson, who has been made probate judge and master of the county, and Miss Lida Neal of Easley. Union.?A second municipal election was held here for the election of aldermen for Wards 1 and 3. In Ward 1 J. E. Kirby was elected over E. D. Humphreys by a vote of 33 to 26. I7r. R. R. Berry was elected in Ward 3 over Simpson Young by a vote of 91 to 78. Spartanburg. ? J. G. Williams, a brakeman, employed by the Southern ? m?,?? ?.oc Ht Snartanbwr lailWUJ, nao ?? Junction. He was 21 years of age and a native of Albemarle, N. C. He had Just coupled two freight cars and stepped back out of the way when he was struck by another train. Columbia.?The monthly meeting of the board of school commissioners of Columbia was marked by the election of teachers and the introduction into office of several members of the board. All the members of the board wero present. Ebenezer.?This has been a good week for work, aDd the farmers have chopped and sided a good deal of their cotton. I'. L. Jeffords is build ing a new 6tore near the depot. This is a much larger house than his form >r store, which indicates that he- ir ;oing into the mercantile business on j more extended scale. Sr u