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LABEL CASE is"
WITH ACQUITAL
THE JURY REACHED THE VER
DICT AFTER THREE HOURS OF
DELIBERATION.
I
LYON EXONERATES TATUM
Attorney General Told the Court Thai
He Believed One of the Three De
fendants to Be Innocent?Trial
Lasted Three Days.
Columbia.?"Not guilty" was the
rerdict returned by the jury in the
"label case," after deliberating for i
hours and 45 minutes. The three de
fendar.ts?L. W. Boykin, John Bel
Towill and W. 0. Tatum?former state
dispensary ofhcialB, were charged witt
conspiracy to defraud the state it
connection with the purchase of 21,
000,000 labels. The case was tried it
the Jlichland court last Septembei
and resulted in a mistrial. It wat
called again In the Richland court
last September and resulted in a mis
trial. It was called again in the Rich
land court several days ago and the
jury delivered its verdict as above
stated.
Just before the Jury took the case
J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general, announced
to the court that since W. O
Tatum, one of the defendants, had
gone on the stand and testified freely
he would not ask the jury to convict
i him. The Attorney General said thai
he would not nol pros Tatum's case
but simply submitted to the jury that
in his opinion the defendant Tatuir
was Innocent.
The jury reached a verdict at 5:1;
o'clock hut it was not announced unti
5:50 p. m.( as Judge Gary was not ii
the court room. The "label case" hai
taken up practically all the time o
the court during the last three days
Politics in Anderson County.
Anderson county will elect eigh
representatives this summer, and u]
to this time only six candidates hav<
come forward. Four of these are ask
ing lor re-election. They are J. Bel
XV \v .1 L. Jack
ion (VttlSUU, IT. ... uw.., ..
8on and Joshua W. Ashley. The othe
candidates already announced an
Oscar D. Gray, J. A. Hall, R. L. Thack
ston and J. Mack King. The people o
Anderson county are more concernet
^ over the races for sheriff and super
visor than they are about any of th<
other jobs.
Cotton Caterpillar Near Cheraw.
It Is accurately reported at Cheraw
that the dreaded cotton caterpillar,
which did so much damage last fall
has again made its appearance, going
in a southerly direction. Col. C. F.
Moore, owner of Excelsior seed farm,
one of the largest plantations in the
South, about three and one-half miles
from Cheraw. discovered this dreaded
pest a few days ago on his cotton
plants. For several days he had noticed
that something was destroying
the leaves of the young cotton plants,
and on closer investigation he found
the email caterpillar.
Have Abandoned Boulevard Plan.
The board of Richland county commissioners
met in special session, ll
was decided to abandon the proposed
50-foot boulevard to Hyatt Park anc
to carry out the original plan of re
surfacing the present road, as agreed
on by the board several days ago. Ar
agreement was made with Dr. E. C
Adams to continue the Bluff roac
aoross Mill creek at the nine-mil*
L post.
Lancaster to Have Summer School.
In a meeting of the county board o
education at Lancaster a summei
school for the teachers of Lancastei
county to be held here beginning Jun*
24- and closing July 3 was definitely
decided upon. J. M. Arial, superinten
dent of Lancaster schools, assisted by
Superintendent Richards of the Ker
shaw school, will be In charge of th<
work. The county will pay $8 of th<
expenses of each teacher attending
Fund For Newberry County Hospital
Practically seven thousand dollari
was raised in subscription to the cap
ital stock of the Newberry county
hospital, in a whirlwind campaign un
der the general direction of a centra
sommittee at Newberry. This araoun'
comes entirely from within the city
llmit6, and seems to assure that th<
hospital will be built. There was ar
enthusiastic meeting of the business
men,' at which the committee reports
were received, and there were c
number of volunteers to raise on*
hundred dollars more each.
^ ^ . Returned verdict or wiansiaugruer.
P-' John C. Ellison, the wealthy Brush]
Creek farmer, who killed R. A. Hunt
a farmer of tho same community las
March, was convicted of manslaughtei
and was sentenced by Judge Prince t<
servo seven years on the count]
chaingang or in the state penitentl
arv. Pending an appeal to the su
preme court Ellison was admitted t(
bail in the sura of J7.000, which wai
furnished within 30 minutes after th<
sentence was passed. The Ellisoi
case was the hardest fought in yean
In Anderson county.
Graduates of Colleton County.
' Colleton is fortunate in having t
number of young men and womer
who will graduate from the different
institutions this year. These Colle
^ ton students at the different institu
tlons have all taken high stands
Among those graduating at the dif
ferent Institutions are: Citadel, A. C
Hiers, Jr., and M. H. Yarn; Columbia
College, Miss Ray Jones; Ciemson
College. F. W. Risher; S. C. C. I., Miss
\ Nottie Yarn; Medical College, E. H
Ackerman, Jr.; Winthrop College
Iflsses Ulmer FUburn and Sallie Vara
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TFTRST^RFgimYNT i:s ^BEST
Cergt. G. W. Potts Is Finest Individual
Shot?Presentation of the Prizes
is Crowning Feature.
' Charleston.?The 1st regiment, Na
tional guard of South Carolina, leads
" the state In the handling of the rifle.
This i6 the inevitable consideration
of the aggregate scores for the ten
day rifle practice period, which closed
at the local range. The last day at
I Camp Archibald Butt was featured by
the presentation of prizes for best
t records, and the announcement of the
lists of marksmen, sharpshooters and
expert riflemen. The militiamen, whc
I have been here since the 20th, representing
the thirty-six companies oi
the state, were paid off for their
work here, and the large majority
, of them returned to their homes.
Not only did the 1st regiment win
s the prize ofTered for the best regimen'
tal score, but a 1st regiment comA ?
*? kaof r?r\m
- pany won me prue iui uc ucoi vv*u >
I pany score; a 1st regiment battalion
won out for the highest battalion
' score; a 1st regiment man took oft
1 the prize for being adjudged the best
1 shot in the state, among the eligible
. contestants; the 1 Bt regiment furnished
considerably the largest number
of men who qualified as marksman
and out of the six individual record
' contests open to the entire state, the
1 1st regiment took off three; the 2d one
and the 3d two.
The prizes were presented by Adjt.
' Gen. W. W. Moore, who accompanied
! the presentation with appropriate remarks.
In addition to the prizes,
' proper, there were distributed badges
' to all who had qualified as a marksman,
and camp officials had hoped to
' present the sharpshooters and experts
> also with pins, designating their
: achievements, but these latter pins
' have not yet arrived.
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1 Preparing For Press Association.
1 The committee on arrangements
for the meeting of the South Caro>
lina Press Association, which meets
1 in Spartanburg June 10-11, held a
1 meeting and decided upon some of
3 the features of the entertainment of
* the editors, their wives and their
' friends. They will arrive in the city
Monday afternoon and evening. That
evening will be given over to the
* association for Its business meeting
? and organization. Tuesday morning
s another session or' the association will
* be held. That afternoon there will
-1 j tniir ahnut the city winding up
* at the Country Club at 5 o'clock,
r where a reception will be given. The
? members of the club and the ladies
* will be the hosts of the occasion.
f Tuesday night there will be a ban1
quet In honor o fthe visitors.
' Politic* in Calhoun County.
The political pot is vigorously boiling
lr. Calhoun county, and the prospect
is that there will be no abatement
until the ballot tells the tale
in August. All signs point to the
fact that '.here will be a concerted ac- ]
tion to measure the candidates by the ^
gubernatorial yard stick, but it is ]
hardly probable that the lesser lights (
will be drawn into this doubtful mael- ,
strom. In fact, many have already
stamped their soles heavily to the J
ground in disapprobation of such a
scheme. They argue?and wisely,
too -that their offices have nothing to
do with the race for governor; that
it has no bearing upon their capacity
to perform their duties successfully
and well, and that they do not pro- (
pose to be dragged into the matter.
How this catechism will be hailed by
the aspirants for legislative and senaI
torial honors is problematical.
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Orangeburg Rural Mail Carriers.
I The Orangeburg County Rural
> Mall Carriers' Association held its
annual meeting at Ktheridge's mill.
I near North, in this county. The occaf
sion was ? big picnic During the
morning speeches were made by
members of the State Rural Mail
Carriers' Association who have hold
f high positions. The occasion was
r very enjoyable. Delegates to the state I
i* convention were elected at the meet
ing. The state convention meets at
Chester this year, and every effort
will be made to send a large delega'
tion from this state to the national
convention, which is to be held at
Nashville. It is hoped that a South
- Carolina man will be elected president
of the national association.
Lexington County Rural Carriers.
s The Lexington County Rural Lcttet
Carriers' Association met in annual
' session at Lexington. The feature of
the cay was a barbecue, served in the
1 Masonic building, to which the cart
riers and a number ot their friends
' were invited. The feature of the
meeting was?in charge of the couni
tv treasurer, who is an honorary
> member of the association. The meets
ing vas presided over by W. H. Hare,
i who made a strong appeal to the car;
riers to rally to the cause for which
they have been working.
Outlined Plan t? Raise $55,000.
' Rev. A. C. Bridgman, of Columbia
. a member of the jo'nt committee on
t the endowment of the Presbyterian
r College of South Carolina, at Clinton.
) Chicora College, Greenville, and Cor
lumbia University, Columbia, was at
-_j tha
* snarcn ami uumucu mt- j?i?u v.-i mv
- committee to raise the $r?5,U00 which
) has been designated as the portion
s which Bethel Presbytery will be ask
; ed to contribute of the $200,000 fund
i which the Presbyterians propose to
> raise as an endowment for these col
leges.
Vaughn Held on Serious Charge,
t T. U. Vaughn, former superintendi
ent of the South Carolina Odd Pelt
lows' orphanage, located at Green
ville, for whose arrest a warrant was
- sworn out by the board of trustees.
. charging him with committing assault
upon the person of one of the orphan
. girls under his care at the time he
i w.?s in charge of the institution, was
i placed in the county jail. Vaughn
t who had been out of the city for several
days was ignoran* of the charges
, that had been preferred against him
, until he arrived iu the city.
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FLAMES DESTROY THE BUSINESS
SECTION OF THE TOWN OF
BLACKSBURG.
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LOSS MAY REACH $100,000 I
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Eleven Buildings Fell In Path of the *
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Destructive Blaze. Including the Iron
1
City Hotel Building?Cause Has Not
Been Accertained.
Gaffney.?Fire burned the business *
h
section of Blacksburg to the ground, ^
11 stores suffering from the flames b
at a loss which totals aproximately i
$100,000. While some estimate that
the loss may not exceed $75,000, the *
first figure is generally conceded to 3
be nearer the actual loss. ?
The fire was discovered in a build- i ^
ing occupied by the White Front Gro- j
eery on Main street. The alarm was ^
given, but with absoluately no appara- , }
tus for fighting fire and a strong wind
blowing, the property owners were
helpless and stood by watching the
buildings burn. While the fire was M
confined to one side of the street a
there was some hope entertained for 5
saving a part of the business section, ^
but when the strong wind fanned the J"
flames across and the Iron City hotel '
building, the largest building in the !
town, was ignited, all hope was given 3
up.
The fire spread rapidly and in a few "
minutes the business part of the town c
was in ruins, five stores being burned f(
on one side of the street and six on h
the other. When the walls of the
hotel building collapsed the debris h
fell through the roof of the Bank of e
Blacksburg, completely demolishing s
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me lmeriur U1 HAG uann. auu vvuiiMQ
down the walls of the building.
Much speculation Jia sheen engaged
in as to the origin of the fire. No f
plausible theory has yet been ad- c
vanced, although rumor has it that it r
was the work of incendiaries. It is c
known that threats were made by ne- d
groeB following a lynching which oc- c
curred in Blacksburg in March and f
some are said to have stated that tf
"Blacksburg will soon go up in "
smoke." 1
Colleton County Fair Association. e
Walterboro.?A meeting of the of- i
cers of the Colleton County Fair As- i
sociatlon was held at the office of the a
president, Mr. W. B. Gruber, for the a
purpose of laying plans for the com- i
ing fair, which is to be held Novem- t
ber 5-8. The resignation of three su- ]
perintendents was received and oth- /
ers to take their places were elected, v
Those who tendered their resignation i]
were: Mrs. J. G. Padgett, superin- j
tendent of historical department; Mrs. 1 ^
John D. Glover, superintendent of c
woman's-department; R. E. JoneB, t]
superintendent of agricultural depart- r
tnent. The following were elected to y
take the place of those resigning: t;
Miss Belle Sanders in place of Mrs. y
J. G. Padgett; Mrs. T. P. Baker, in c
place of Mrs. John D. Glover; B. G. q
Price, in place of R. E. Jones. a
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South Carolina New Enterprises.
Columbia.?A charter has been is- f
sued to the Wagnon-Bradley Com- ^
panv of Union, with a capital stock
Df $5,000 to do a general undertaking j
and real estate business. The oihcers (,
are L. L. Wagnon, president; J. T. n
Bradley, secretary, and L. L. Wagnon.
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irctlbui ei . tuai itri uao urcu iooui < ^
to the Jasper Development Company o
of Charleston with a capital stock of
$25,000. The officers are: F. G. Havenel,
president; W. C. Wilbur, vice- j
president, and W. H. Grimball, secre- c
tary and treasurer. The company
will do a general real estate business.
A commission has been issued to the r
Carolina Yacht corporation of Char- 1
leston, with a capital of $0,000.
State Delegates To Convention. ''
Columbia. ? Republican delegates
from South Carolina faction to the r
national convention in Chicago will '
leave Columbia for the Windy City '
Sunday, June 16, on the "Carolina 1
Special." The train will carry special
cars for the accommodation of the
white and negro delegates. Job. R. r
Tolbert has the delegation in charge. (
Letters To County Superintendents. *
Columbia.?J. E. S\?earingen, the ^
state superintendent of education, has
addressed a letter to the members of '
the county boards of education of the
state, calling attention to the aat t
which requires the boards to appoint "
for each school district in their county
three school trusses from the c
qualified electors and taxpayers who ^
shall hold office for two years. The
law requires that every school district
trustee should have resided in '
the county at least one year, and r
should be a taxpayer
Decision of Supreme Court.
Columbia.?The Supreme Court de- ?
clared unconstitutional that part of 1
the aW passed by the last legislature,
to provide for the levy of taxes for F
oounty and Btate purposes for the I 1
present year, which contains the pro- j
viso for Marion county, that the roads I
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and highway commission for that
county shall furnish convicts to certain
towns and that the duties of the
oounty supervisor of Marion county J
so fa? as they relate to roads, bridges J,
and ferries, shall be transferred tc ^
the highway commission.
Pellagra Commission At Work. J
Spartanburg. ? No time has been
lost by the Thompson-McFadden pel- J
lagra commission in beginning its
work. Two of the physicians composing
the commission, Dr. Joseph E. Si '
ler of the U. S. A., and Dr. Philip E.
Garrison, U. S. N.. arrived in Spartanburg
and the third. Dr. Ward J. r
MacNeal of the New York Post Grad ?
uate Hospital and Medical school
wiH come in the near future. Thirty- 'J
five cases of pellagra have been loca- 1
ted and three of them will be sent
to New York for treatment and study. 1
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ROM OVER PALMETTO STATE
hort Paragraphs of State News That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care By the Editor.
St. Matthews.?Unless the presiding
ldge who now has two very long
rawn out cases on appeal in his
ands for a review, shall find where
ome error has been committed be)w,
Magistrate Prickett at this place
ill have a perfect mark on the apeal
side of the court. He has been
lagistrate for more than two years.
Lexington.?Lexington peaches are
ipening rapidly now and the farmers
re beginning to haul them to the
olumbia market. The crop this year
ill be good and the fruit of a very
igh class. There will be no apples
f consequence on account of the
light, which has practically killed
11 of the fruit.
Hompton.?Considerable excitement
as caused here when a telephone
tessage from Camp Branch to Judge
lurdaugh announced that two ne-"
ro women had killed two white chilren
at Stone & "Patrick's mill. Judge
. G. Murdaugh, J. Held Fitts and Dr.
I. A. Rush set out at once for the
cene, which is six miites away.
Charleston.?Forty electrical work
rs employed by the Chart#*** Rail
ay & Lighting Company, which opertes
Charleston's electric power and
treet railway plants, struck for high
r wages and a nine-hour day. The
omjany has no strike-breakers here
!o trouble is anticipated as the queslon
of compensation will be settled
micably, it is said.
Orangeburg.?Candidates for cotton
weigher for the various towns of this
ounty and candidates for magistrate
ar the different districts of Orangeurg
county are corfing out fast, and
he races for these offices are going to
e interesting. All tho cotton weighrs
are elected by the voters of that
ection, but the two cotton weighers
or the city of Orangeburg are voted
or by tho whole county.
Greenville.?Georgo Benson was
Ined $50 in recorder's court on a
harge of storing illicit liquor. This
larticular blind tiger Is very ingenious.
When arrested he had an orlinary
lard bucket. When the offlors
opened they found a pan on top
Hied with real lard, but when the pan
eas lifted they found two gallons of
moonshine dew" resting intact below,
rhe case was heard by a Jury.
Leesville.?The Methodist confer'iice
of the Columbia district is now
n sessin in the Methodist church of
.eesville. About 05 delegates are in
.ttendance. This is about an average
ittendance for this season of the year,
lev. W. M. Duncan, presiding elder of
he district, is in charge. Rev. Hamin
Etheredge is acting as secretary.
L spirit of harmony and concord preails
^nd all seem to enjoy the nteetng
tc the fullest.
Newberry.?The friends of Newierry
college are rejoicing at the sucess
that has crowned the efforts of
he president, Dr. J. Henry Harms, to
aise $50,000 for the endowment fund,
le l egan the canvass in January of
his year, and has just completed it.
lis success in raising this fund seures
in addition $25,000 from Andrew
'arnegie, who contributed that
mount on condition that the college
rould raise $50,000 by June 1.
Darlington.?The annual July 4th
elebration for Darlington is assured
or another year. The business men
f the town who have always given
iberally to this movement have deide
1 that the horse show and racee
nust be pulled off again this year, and
he only change that will be noticed
rill be in the added features of the
iccasion not heretofore seen. It it
ertain that there will be more prizes
.nd larger prizes, and more and bet
er stock than has ever been shown
>r raced here on this occasion.
Chester.?It is reported here that
he Seaboard Air Line railway ha?
inder advisement the monumental
troject of lowering its tracks, in the
Jemphill avenue section of the city
ind then tunnelling under the Caroina
and Northwestern and Southern
ailways at the crossing above Cheser.
This arrangement, if carried
hrough. will be a bonanza to the real
state men here, giving them an op>ortunity
to develop a section thai
lU'infT 1a tko #1 A/>n >in/l nr/\olnitlr?iic
IU IUC ucrj' uuu picvipiuuuc
ailroad cut has kept Chester from
xpanding in that direction.
Columbia. ? Council convened in
?pecial session aL . disposed of much
tusincss. A committee from the
foung Men's Christian Association
iresentod a petition asking for sew
rs and drain on the property in con
ection with its new buildings on
Sumter street.
Swansea.?The buggy house of C
J. Jefcoat, R. F. D. carrier Xo. 2 oi
Swansea, who lives about two miles
rom tpwn, was destroyed by fire. The
ire was evidently the work of an inen
liary, as a bicycle track from about
>ne mile east of his home, to the bug;y
house and back, was noticed.
Columbia.?David Senters of Moulrieville
has been appointed as a
;ame warden by the governor. There
s no salary attached.
Orangeburg.?Mr. W. W. Watson,
iroprietor of "Carolina Farms." near
he city of Orangeburg, has received
eport of sales of two bales of "Alen's
upland long staple cottons,"
vhich sold at 21 1-2 ceuts a pound,
he proceeds of the two bales amountng
to $277.35, an average of $138.f<7
>er bale. This lot of cotton was corntressed
in Charleston on or about the
let of last December and shipped to
>Ir. Watson's agents in F.oston, Mass
Columbia.?The details of the Scotish
Rite re-union to be held in Coumbia
on Thursday and Friday, June
and 7. have all been completed. The
,odge of Perfection will convene at
:30 on Thursday morning and coninuo
until Friday night with recesses
or refreshments and sleep.
Lancaster.?Fire from an unknown
ause broke out in the Lancaster Oil
nill's immense seed house, and for
everal minutes before the fire deartment
could reach the scene the
lames raged furiously on until the
ire department quickly extinguished
he blaze.
JRSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912.
CONTEST HEARING
MAY BE PUBLIC
TAFT WRITES CHAIRMAN NEW
ASKING THAT THE MEETING
BE OPEN.
HE IS FOR FULL PUBLICITY
The Previous Request Has Been Received
From Roosevelt and the
Doors of the Convention May Be
Thrown Open to Newspaper Men.
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Chicago.?A letter from President
' Taft to Chairman Harry S. New of the
: sub-committee on arrangements for
! the Republican national convention
j suggesting that the meetings of the
national committees at which contests
are heard, bo public, was received at
the national committee headquarters.
The President suggests that Mr.
New take up with the committee the
matter of open hearings and that If
the committee finds it possible the deliberations
over the contests, 230 of
which have already been prepared for |
submission, be carried on in open ses|
sions.
Chairman New said the suggestion
of the President will have great weight 1
with the committee. This, taken in !
connection with the previous request
of Colonel Roosevelt for publicity of
the contest arguments, indicates that
the doors will probably be thrown
j open, at least to newspaper men, when 1
the committee takes up delegates contests.
Few members of (he national committee
have as yet reached Chicago
and of those here none would make
a prediction as to the action of the
committee. Tho President's letter
was the chief subject of discussion at
Republican political headquarters and
his declaration for publicity of the
hearings is declared by his supporters
now here to indicate that the Taft managers
believe their contest cases are
strongly prepared.
Taft headquarters were opened by
Joseph B. Keallng of Indiana. Up to
a late hour only two Eastern representatives
of the President had reached
Chicago, John Rayan and A. A. Early
of the publicity committee.
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Commission Asked to Suspend Rates.
Atlanta, Ga.?The Interstate Commerce
Commission was aBked to bus1
pend for 120 days the "Southern classification
No. 39," recently Issued by
railroads operating in the South and
Southeast, which was to be effective
June 17. The petition for suspension
was signed by representatives of five
state railroad commissions and more
than a dozen trade bodies of as many ;
cities in the South. W. R. Powe, agent ;
for railroads operating under the
Southern classification, attended the ;
conference called by C. M. Candler,
' chairman of the Georgia Railroad
i Commission.
The Present Situation In Cuba.
Washington.?A distinct improvement
in the conditions in this neigh
l>orhood of Daiquiri, Cuba, is reported
to the state department from the New
York headquarters of the iron com
pany whose plant was threatened by
the insurrectos. The state department,
however, has no advices of its
own. The fact that tho gunboat I'aducah,
which was expected to sail from
Daiquiri 'for Santiago to look into a
threatening situation at El Corbra,
where there are large American interests,
has not yet quit Daipuili, is reported
as an indication that Commander
Mitchell does not believe conditions
would be safe without a warship
there.
Convicts Hatched Up Murder Plot.
New York.?Behind the bars of the
federal prison at Atlanta several members
of the Lupo-Morello gang ol
counterfeiters and murderers have
hatched a plot to assassinate William
J. Flynn, chief of the local division of
the secret service who ran the counterfeiters
to bay, and George W. Ray,
of the United States district court,
who sentenced the coiners to terms of
from 15 to 30 years at hard labor.
Thousands Flee From Mexico Cities.
Chihuahua, Mexico.?Out of a normal
foreign population of at least 2.000,
this city contains exactly 100
foreign residents. Of the 1,000 Americans
who ordinarily live here only 35
men and 12 women remain. An official
census just issued shows that
fear of an attack on the rebel city
by the advancing federals has practically
depopulated the town. Thirty
thousand people inhabit Chihuahua in
time of peace but at the present less
mail -ii,vuv art* iifit* aiiu uie cauuuo
is daily growing larger.
Mother and Child Were Drowned.
Cameron, Idaho.?Mrs. Howard Tupper,
a widow and her two sons, Otto
aged 15. and James, 11, were drowned
on their homestead near here. The
boys were in bathing and the elder got
beyond his depth. James ran to the
house for help and the mother rushed
to the pond and jumped in. The
drowning hoy caught his mother
around the neck w.'th one hand and
wnn me ouier ciung iu james, wnu
also had plunged in. The three went
| down together.
Captain Rostron Given $10,000.
New York ?Captain Arthur H. Rostron,
of the steamship Carpathia
which brought into port the survivors
of the Titanic disaster, was presented
with a draft for $10,000, a fund subscribed
by readers of The New York
American. Captain Rostron said that
whatever part he had played in the
Titanic tragedy v as due to the loyalty
01 tiiis crew. It embarrassed him, he
said, to fee! that honors were being
thrust upon him througli the suffering
of others,
UNDERTAKERS' CONVENTION
The Election of Officers?Able Address
Delivered By Dr. J. A. Hayne.?
New Members Elected.
Columbia?The 14th annual session
of the South Carolina Funeral Directors'
and Embalmers' Association met
in city council chamber. In the absence
of R. Y. Leavell, president, the
meeting was called to order by W. M.
Waters of Florence. .The invocation
was delivered by Rev. C. A. Freed,
after which the address of welcome
to Columbia was made by Mayor
Qibbes. The response was made by
James F. Mackey or ureenvuie, me
secretary of the association. The regular
routine of business was then entered
into. Applications for 11 undertakers
of the state for membership
was received and acted upon.
The following are the new members:
T. J. Keller of Hock Hill, E. A. Counts
f Prosperity, R. A. Austin of Cross
Hill, George H. Hurst of Sumter,
Charles E. Mackey of Greenville,
Hank Rogers of Spartanburg, Charles
E. Taylor of Lexington, IV. A. Harris
of Abbeville, E. L. Oulla of Florence
and J. O. Matthews of Ninety-Six.
These men are all engaged in the
undertaking business, either as pro- i
prietors or assistants. In addition tc
these there were about 40 members
of the association present
After the routine business the association
adjourned to the morgue of
J. F. McCormick, where a practical
demonstration in embalming was
given.
The attendance this year was the
largest in the history of the associa
tion.
President Grants Two Pardons.
President Taft pardoned Austin McKinney,
convicted in the district court
at Greenville, of selling liquor at retail
without a special tax, and sentenced
to three months in the county
jail, beginning April 19, 1901. When
McKinney was first placed on trial
the jury disagreed and he left the
jurisdiction of the court under the impression
he had been acquitted. The
case was tried again during his absence
and after eleven years he learn :
ed a bench warrant had been issued
for him. He then voluntarily returned i
and surrendered. Owing to his good
behavior during the past,ten years
the president pardoned him. H. T.
Kelly, of Greenville, who pleaded gull- j
ty of illicit distilling and was sentenced
to two months in Jail, had his
sentenced reduced by the President to
twenty-four hours in jail.
Thomas Gray Charged With Murder.
A policeman from Aiken went to
Edgefield and placed Thomas Gary un-1
der arrest, charged with^ murder. The
officer took Gray to Aiken Jail. Gray
is charged with murder of Mrs. Carl
Sharpton at Vauclue in Aiken county.
The accused went to Augusta and returned
to Vauclue, accompanied by
Abner Sharpton. While at Sharpton's
home his stepmother came home
from the cotton mill complaining of
being ill. Gray is said to have given
snarpioil it uuae ui ineuimre uuu.
bottle he produced from his pocket.
Thi3, given to Mrs. Sharpton, is said
to have been followed by another and
then a third dose, when she seemed
to be no better. The woman died
without speaking shortly after.
Dismissed Appeal of Joe IVIalloy.
The Supreme Court in an opinion
by Chief Justice Gary, dismissed the
appeal of the State appellant, against
Joe Malloy, defendant, the state having
appealed from the quashing of the
indictment. The case came up from
.Marlboro county. Joe Malloy. when
he was placed on trial for the killing
of Guy Rogers and Prentiss Moore
moved, through his attorneys, to
quash the indictment, on the grounds
that one of the jury commissioners,
N*. B. Rogers, was the father of GuvRogers,
whom Malloy was accused of
having murdered. The action of the
grand jurors which found the indictment
against Malloy was challenged
by defendant's counsel on this
ground, and Judge Wilson granted the
motion, and quashed the indictment,
I although it was admitted by the defendant
that he had no ground on
which to base a charg? of wrong-doing
on the part of the jury commissioners.
r-tma nt inn?t Anain Prfore Court.
Tin* appeal of John J. Jones, the
Hranchville attorney, who is tinker
a sentence of 10 years and 30 days on
the charge of killing Ab*? Pearlstine
was argued for the second time hefore
the supreme court. The court
recently gave a decision affirming the
j verdict of the Orangeburg county
cou.'t and the second appeal was from
an order by a circuit judge refusing a
I new trial upon the grounds of after
discovered evidence. John J. Jones
has been confined in the penitentiary
for more than a year.
Hookworm in Florence County.
Dr. Howell, who has charge of the
war on the hookworm in Florence
county, says that he has had 3,100 applications
for treatment sinco he
1 came to Florence, but that the infection
here is not so great as it was
in other counties. He has been gratified
by the response of the people in
the matter, and is sure that he has
been able to do a great deal for a great
many children who were suffering
from this ailment. Dr. Howell would
be glad to say that he had effectually
stamped out the- hookworm.
Ftate Firemen's Association.
The outlook Is that the coming con
veniion of the South C rolina Firemen's
Association will b^ the most
fhrgelv attended gathering in the History
of the organization. The Rock
Hill committ- es are arranging to give
all who come the time of their lives
en dr.ct effort will be spared. That
there will he a hire number or entritin
the various eoct"Sts is shown
by the fact that the applications have
alrf !y been received. A number of
the teams ;.r practicing daily and will
coiue prepared to make fast time.
FORMAL WLEGOME !
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WILL EXCHANGE SALUlES ?
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Warships Will Be Hosts to the Vis- li
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Iting Seamen?To Dine at White ^
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Washington.?The German naval
division, which is in American waters c
to return the visit to Kiel a year ago u
of the flrst division of United States ^
Atlantic fleet will be formally wel- .
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corned at Hampton Roads by Presl- c
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(lent Taft in behalf of the government r
and people of the United States. Mi. 1 a
Taft and his party left Washington v
on board the Mayflower. With the a
President are:
Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth j J
Sr., of Cincinnati; Miss Mabel Board t
man, Count Von Bernstorff, the Ger- c
man ambassador and the Secretary of i
the Navy. Also on board the May- j
flower as aides to the President are |
Admiral Charles J. Badger, U. S. N.; 1
Maj. T. L. Rhoades, U. S. N., and '
Lieut. John W. Timmons, U. S. A
While the Secretary of the Navy has j i
as his aide3, Capt. Templin M. Potts,
IT. S. N? and Lieut. Commander L. C.
Palmer, U. S. N.
When the Mayflower steams into
Hampton Roads a presidential saluto
of twenty-one guns will be fired by
both the German and American warships.
The salute having been returned
by the Mayflower, President
Taft will then go aboard the Moltke
to formally welcome the visiting sailors.
The return call will be made by
the German officers and the presidential
party later in the day will start
back to Washington.
T'ae officers and men of the Ameri- 1
can warships will be hosts at Hampton
Roads to the officers and men of
the visiting men of war. The German
officers will leave for Washington on
a specially chartered steamer. Upon
their arrival here official visits will be
exchanged and will be followed by a
luncheon at the German embassy to
whicn a hundred guests have been invited.
The officers also will call on
President and Mrs. Taft and will be
their dinner guests.
Refugees From Mexico Landed.
San Francisco.?Back from her relief
trip from the west Mexican coast,
the army transport Buford landed 160
refugees. A committee of citizens
was at the wharf to care for thd^
strangers. W. S. Hunt, manager of a
plantation of ten thousand acres In
the Culiacan valley, said the rebels
hold everything from the California
boundary to uuatemaia except luc >
garrisons at Guayamas, Matatlan,
Acapula and Salina Cruz.
Disastrous Fire at Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale, Ha.?Fire which
swept the business section of this
place resulted in damage estimated at
$200,000. Greater damage only was
prevented by the use of dynamite in
destroying buildings in the path of
the flames. Fire apparatus from
Miami and Palm Beach were hurried
hero in response to appeals for aid,
but leached the scene too late to render
service. A partial report of the
loss follows: Wheeler Mercantile
Company $10,000; Stranahan & Co.,
$65,000; Everglades Grocery Company i
$15,000.
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A Report on Cotton Conditions.
New York.?The condition of cotton
on an average date of May 23-24, according
to 1,077 replies of special correspondents
of The Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin was
76.9 per cent compared with 83.8 per
cent a year ago at this time, 80.2 in
1010. 82.1 in 1909, 70 in 1908 and 69
in 1907. This is 6.9 points below last
year, which was the highest condition
for Juno in 10 >;ears, and 7.9 points
better than in 1907, when similar con(
ditions existed as now.
I Adds Opium Den to Appointments.
t-ui Francisco.?Among other appointments
for the comfort of passengers
of the Pacific mail liner Siberia
is an opium room in which Chinese
smoke. So testified Charles B. Kenney,
lately third officer of the vessel,
in .i hearing before Francis Krull,
United States commissioner. Kenney
was caught with opium on his person.
The opium room is marked "hospital," !
Kenney swore, but on board ship it
was commonly called "the opium den"
and so far its he knew only opium
i smokers used it.
Guilty of Second Degree Murder.
Wythcvillo, Va.?After deliberating
two hours and a half the jury in the
case of Claude Swanson Allen found
I tiif young man guilty of murder in the
second degree for the killing of Judge
Thornton L. Massie, and recommended
that his punishment be fixed at 15
years in the state penitentiary at
Richmond. Sentence was suspended
in order that the prisoner may testfy
in the other cases growing out of the
shooting up of Carroll county court
on March 14 last, when the five persons
met their* deaths.
Aviator Parmalee Crushed to Death.
North Yakima, Wash.?Aviator Phillip
O. Parmalee was killed while attempting
a flight in an aviation exhibition.
A gust of wind caught the tail
of his aeroplane and overturned the
machine. Parmalee had been up
about three minutes on his first flight
of the day and had traveled almost 3
miles from the fail grounds at a
height of 400 feet when a gust of wind
struck the mac'nir?. The biplane
' crashed to the ground, crushing the
aviator beneath it.
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IEWS OF SOUTH CAR .'UNA
he Latest News of General Interest
Collected From Many Towns and
Counties of the State.
Florence. ? The Southern Express
orapany will hereafter give service
n trains 82 and 83 of the Coast Line,
his will mean one thing that the peole
of this section have long wanted,
specially the truckers , an evening
rain to the Northern markets.
Charleston.?Edwards Smalls, the
,egro desperado, who was shot by Poce
Officer Johnson after the officer
ad been wounded by the negro, Is exected
to die. The bullet pierced his
ung, and he is reported to be in a
ritical condition. The police officer
3 confined to his home with a woundd
leg.- Smalls is the second negro
hot in the last few weeks by a police
ifflcers.
Sumter.?The annual exhibit in the
ity schools of the work of the raanlal
and training department was held
.nd attracted many hundreds of parons
and interested visitors. In the
iritnary building each room had its
iwn exhibit and was presided over
ly the teacher of the class. Kemarktbly
good and particularly interesting
vas the free hand cutting and tearing
ind drawing from models.
Florence.?Magistrate George W.
Ukinson, one of the veteran magisrates
of the state, has resigned his
>ffice on account of ill health. He was
nagistrate at Timmonsville. There
ire a number of applicants for his
position, which will be filled, probably
oy recommendation of the delegation.
The delegation will, at least, make a.
recommendation in the matter from
the petition before them.
Aiken. ? Officer J. E. George, of
the local police corps, went to Branchville
to deliver over to Sheriff Salley,
of Orangeburg, one Dan Watkins, col1
?otwl Hottoru
ored, cnargea wmi ubkiuh auu
with intent to kill, upon another negro,
at Orangeburg, about two months
ago. Since that time the negro has
been at large until he was arrested
in Aiken by the above neamed officer.
Chester. ? At a special meeting of
the Chester Historical society the following
elections were made: President
Dr. C. B. White; secretary and
treasurer and historian, J. T. Bigham,
and trustees, Judge George W. Gage,
J. K. Ilenry and Arthur L. Gaston.
It was decided to push with all
speed the complication of a history
of Chester county, including credible
traditions and legends.
Chester.?The trustees of the Chester
graded schools have tilled two of
the existing vacancies in the corps of
teachers by the election of Miss Emma
Nettles of Hartsville and Miss Ellen
J. Murphy of Denmark. II. H. Scott,
who has taught in the high school for
the past two years, has resigned to
accept the prlncipalship of the Aiken
schools and this has created another
vacancy. j
Lancaster.?A young man hamed
Claude Blackwell of Kershaw was arrested
and lodged in jail here by
Sheriff Hunter on a warrant from the
chief of police of Charlotte, charging
him with stabbing Dr. Fred Mlsenheimer
of that city in a room of the
Buford hotel. Blackwell was taken to
Charlotte in an automobile by Chief of
Police Cbristenberry, who came after
him.
Lexington.?At a recent meeting of
the trustees of the Palmetto Collegiate
institute all the old teachers were reelected
for another term. There in
one addition to the faculty. .Miss May
Lois Boozer, a graduate of the College
for Women, was elected a teacher of
music and voice. Mrs. E. B. Hoof, who
has had charge of the music department
for a number of years and has
given entire satisfaction, was reelected.
Sumter.?City council held a short
meeting. It gave its ear, however, to
the important matter of sanitation,
acceding to requests from the city
board of health and ordering the cleaning
of portions of Main street by use
of hose instead of sprinkling wagons;
better wagon service for the removal
of garbage, and ordered the use of the
police buggy by the health officer for
the transportation of disinfecting materials.
Dr. Mills of the health board
suggested that Sumter should have an
abattoir, and council assured him of
a willingness to co-operate in the matter.
Anderson.?In the court of general
sessions, Sam Fisher, a young white
man of Belton, was convicted of manslaughter,
his victim being Motte
Strickland, an employe of the Belton
mills. The case attracted considerable
attention.
Columbia.?Reports on file in the
state treasurer's office show the fertilizer
tag tax sales for the year to be v
$204,458 as compared with $235,352
for the same period last year. There
is a tax of 25 cents a ton on fertilizers
which shows that over 800,000 tons
have been purchased by the farmers
this year.
Dillon.?A deed was obtained from
J. W. and T. A. Dillon for a very desirable
block of land in front of the
present school building for the sum
of $3,000. They valued it at $6,000,
donated $3,000 to the school.
Columbia.- The Taylor street and
Elmwood avenue grade crossings were
condemned by the railroad commis
3ion. 1 he commission nouis mat me
croasings are a menace to public
safety. The question of condemning
the crossings will be brought up at
the meeting of the commission, when
i resolution will very probably be
adopted.
Columbia.?The governor has namqd
Judge R. W. Memminger to sit as
in associate Justice of the supreme
! i jurt in the case of Gibson vs. Gibson
t. take the place of Associate Justice
I l foods, disqualified.
Washington.?The Southern Railway
!t (is filed application with the interstate
commerce commission to be aili
wed to establish class and commodity
rates to and from Goodrich on the
Charleston basis, lower than rates
concurrently iu effect to intermediate
i points until the Charleston rates are
passed upon. The application wa?
granted.
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