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OF COMMERCE
A DOLLAR DINNER WILL BE GIVEN
IN COLUMBIA ON NINTH
OF JULY.
URGE BUSINESS MEN TO COME
Temporary Organization Has Been
Completed With Lewis W. Parker,
President, and A. McP. Hamby Secretary?Address
Issued to Public.
Columbia. ? A South Carolina
Chamber of Commerce will be organized
in Columbia at a dollar dinner
to be given on July 9. The Idea is
for not only the commercial organizations
of South Carolina but for all
citizens to get together and work for
the state. At a preliminary meeting
Lewis W. Parker of Greenville
vas elected temporary president and
A. McP. Hamby secretary of the Columbia
chamber of commerce was selected
temporary secretary. A call
to the business men of South Carolina
was issued .
"Those who attended the meeting
of the Ad Clubs of America in Dallas,
Texas." said Mr. Hamby, "were impressed
with it in South Carolina.
Petty financial and other jealousies
should be dropped and everybody
should work for the whole state. After
the permanent organization has
been perfected meetings will be held
from time to time, and members from
mill Krt nriro/| 1a of tnnH
W??1J OCV.WUU nil! l/TT ui^ru U?vuu
and tell their troubles or what they
have done to advance their interests.
The dues will be 7eiy light and every
good citizen is urged to join, whether
he be a member of a chamber of
commerce or a board of trade or not."
The towns and cities represented
at the meeting either by proxy or in
person included Charleston, Columbia,
Sumter, Florence, Orangeburg,
Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg,
Georgetown and Greenville. The dollar
for the dinner must be sent in
to Secretary Hamby not later than
June 26.
Magistrate* Have Been Ousted.
Holding that they are usurping and
unlawfully holding office the supreme
court in a decision by Associate Justice
Watts ousted J. M. Bowden and
A. H. Klrby, S. S. Tlner and D . T.
Gossett, T. O. Fowler and W. C. Harrison,
W. R. Tanner and E. Potter
from the office of magistrates in Spar
taaburg county. Bowden. Tiner, Tan
ner and Fowler were appointed by
the governor as magistrates without
the recommendation of the county
delegation. The othera ousted were
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Real Estate in ar
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GOBB, Secretary,
holdover officials and ft a a oeen confirmed
by the senate. The court or
dered the defendants to pay the costs
assessed.
Bring In Verdict of Manslaughter.
William F. Martin, who last January
shot aud killed James Karris, a
i lineman, at a boarding house on As|
sembly street, Columbia, was tried
for murder In the Richland county
court and found guilty of manslaughter
with a recommendation to mercy
A motion will be made for an appeal
of the case. Martin's plea was selfdefense.
He did not take the stand.
The state had six witnesses, and the
following jury brought in the verdict:
J. O. Poozer, J. B. Urquhart, J. E.
Young, Q. B. Soott. S. B. Hyatt, H.
W. Entaminger. W. C. Klugh, Preston
Hooper, W. D. Uaybon, E. E.
Faust, J. H. Jones and 0. S. Swygert
Dispensary Trials Are Closed.
Attorney General Lyon, discussing
the recent dispensary trials in Rich
land county, said that he did not expect
the jury to convict, and that he
did not believe a Richland county
Jury would convict in the dispensary
cases no matter what testimony might
be presented. A verdict of not guilty
was returned in the cases of H. H
Evar.s. former member of the dispensary
board, on a charge of receiving
a rebate and conspiracy to receive a
rebate, and against John Zell Towill,
W. 0. Tatum and . W. Bovkln in the
, label deal.
Fire Djss Damage in Lexington.
The large turpentine still of J.
Press Clarke In the town of Lexington
was destroyed by fire and the ringing
of the fire bell caused considerable
excitement for awhile. The turpentine
ant' rosin made a tremendous
black smoke, which caused many people
to think that the fire was far
more disastrous. A lot of turpentine
and r. few barrels of rosin were consumed,
causing a heavy Iobs. The
I Are originated while the still was in '
operation from a spark, and the
flames spread rapidly.
Shooting Scrape at Greenwood.
A young man named Hayne was : 1
shot in the neck by a young farmer, )
Dupre Sheay at Greenwood. The
shooting took place in Lee & Blake's
drug store on Main street. Sheay was
trading when Hayne walked in and
started toward him. Sheay, according
to eye witnesses, retreated warning 1
, Hayne not to come upon him. Hayne 1
: oontinued. it is said, until Sheay had
1 readied a brick wall and oould not
retreat further whereupon Sheay '
pulled a pistol and fired, the ball making
double perforation in the neck.
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A man in Chicago complains that |
he is continually being identified by (
1 the police on account of hi.? gold teeth. ]
He must belong to the numerous class i
| who are always getting into trouble 1
| because they cannot keep their mouths '
i shut. 1
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eople living in Charlotte, C
other places who own va
id around Rock Hill. It is
I Real Estate has enhanced
is this true of building lots
ilSIDENTIAL SECTION
?<e is located. You often
sal estate men refer to "Li
d Winthrop College" when
an example of inhancement.
in the thickly built up pc
t Sold for $250 and $300
? first opened up are being
and $3000.00. 7 his deve
MD lies in front of and or
inthrop College,
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HI IS INDICTED
GRAND JURY FOUND TRUE BILL
AGAINST THE NEW YORK
CLUB MAN.
GRAND JURY DELIBERATES
The Trial of Frederick 0. Beach Will
Be Held in Aiken in September.?.
He is Charged Witn Slashing His
Wife's Throat.
Aiken. ? Arte* >el?Derat!ng four
hours and 25 minutes, the grand jury
returned a true bill against Frederick
O. Beach of the New York "400"
charged with assault and battery with
attempt to kill his wife, Mrs. Camilla
Beach , last February, when the
Beaches were occupying their winter
homo here.
None of the New York witnesses
were present nor was Detective
Baughn, who worked up the case for
the city, but his brief, covering every
detail of his three weeks' investigation,
was placed before the grand
jury.
When Solicitor Gunter placed the
case in the hands of the grand jury
he told that body niat in addition to
the witnesses he would place at their
disposal, there were a number of
others who are in other cities, and he
instructed them that if they could not
return a true bill from the evidence
which would be laid before them not
to make a report on the matter at all
until the next term of ?purt when all
the witnesses will be here. The solicitor
also requested Judge Rice, whe
is presiding at the June term of general
sessions court, to excuse from
service any of the grand jury who
have formed or expressed an opinion
regarding Beach's guilt or innocence.
Judge Rice stated to the foreman
of the grand jury that if 12 of the
grand jurors could not agree from
the evidence laid before them, that
there is enough in the Beach case
to warrant it going before a petit jury
he would excuse such men who have
formed or expressed an opinion. The
case went to the grand jury at noon
and at 4:25 o'clock the true bill was
returned.
Beach will be tried at the Septem
ber term of court.
Conference On Public Health.
Columbia.?Dr. Jas. A. Havne, state
health officer and secretary of the
?tate board of health, has returned
from Washington, where he spent a
lay in conference with other state
health officers and the public health
and marine hospital service. This
was the tenth annual conference ol
state and territorial health authorities
with, the public health and marine
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hospital service. In addition to the
surgeon general of the public health
and marine hospital service, and other
members of that service, there were
representatives from many states of
the Union.
Decrease Shown In Child Labor.
Columbia.?There has been a decrease
of 32 per cent in the number
of children in the cotton mills of
South Carolina according to reports
I furnished Commissioner Watson by
! 79 companies. In 1911 the total num
ber of children in the mills under 16
years of age was 4,221 and the reports
this year show-, the number to
be 2,734. The reports filed show that
no children under 12 years of age, are
employed, while in 1911 there were
168. These figures will be used by
Commissioner Watson in an address
to be delivered before the annual
gathering of the International Association
of Factory Inspectors in Washington.
Watson Makes Cotton Report.
Columbia.?That the most conservative
figures for the eleven princial |
cotton growing states show a total reduction
of 6,071,750 acres, was the
statement contained in a report by E
J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture
of South Carolina and president
of the Southern Cotton Congress on
the results obtained under the ' Hock
Hill plan" for reduction of cotton
acreage, which was inaugurated by
John G. Anderson of Rock Hill.
Young Man Shot To Death.
Hartsville.?Dalton Gilbert. a young
man. son of A. J. Gilbert, a farmer of
good standing who lives about five
miles west of Hartsville, was shot tc
death by another man, Barney Wallace.
The killing occurred in tie
woods of a byroad from the public
road, leading from Hartsville to McBee,
about three miles from Hartsville.
The spot was an isolated one,
and there were no witnesses. It appears
that Wallace and Gilbert had
been driving together and apparently
had been friendly.
Politics In Lexington County.
Lexington. ? The political pot in
Lexington county Is beginning to simmer,
and the candidates are "covering"
the field at a lively rate. There
has been, however, up to the present
less interest shown in the politics of
the county than at any time in many
years, due no doubt to the fact that
the people have had other things of
ifcore serious and vital nature to occupy
their thoughts. The interest in
the gubernatorial race between Cole
L. Blease and Ira B. Jones is overshadowing
everything eise.
A Gotham Judge in a suit over a
suit decided that the dress in dispute
was a fit. This nearly gave the fair
defendant one, and proved again to
the satisfaction of injured femininity
the intrinsic injustice in our man
made decisions.
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SEABOARD RY. SOLD
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BALTIMORE FINANCIER AND HIS
ASSOCIATES PURCHASE CONTROL
OF THE SYSTEM.
PLANS TO DEVELOP SOUTH
Warfield Says South's Position in Sea
board Affairs Will Now Be
Emphasized.
New York.?Announcement was
made here of the purchase of S. Da
vies Warfield. president of the Cc:i
imental Trust company of Haltimorj
of a large block of stock in the S?.a
board Air Line railway, whereby th
control of the railway will pass to
.Mr. Warfield and a group of financial
interests associated with him. The
transfer, it is stated, marks the practical
retirement of Thomas F. Ryan
from the Seaboard.
The sale announced includes 90,0<io
shares of the preferred and 120,Oo1
shares of the common stock of the
Seaboard Air Line, and was made bj
the Cumberland corporation. During
the last year .Mr. Warfield has acquired
iarge holdings of Seaboard stock,
which, with the latest purchase, pass
os control to the group with which hr
is nssnrintnrl In nil nrnrtiralv S.'T
i0,000 of common and $21,000,ono of |
J he preferred stock are outstanding.
According to announcement made, I
leading financial interests in tl:-1
states traversed by the Seaboard syv
teni are closely identified with Mr
WarfU Id. Among his New York as |
sociatese are F. A. Vanderlip, Albert
II. Wiggin, Blair & Co., Benjamin
Strong. Jr., Charles H. Sahin, Samu< 1
I.. Fuller and Robert Walken, former i
chairman of the railway and of th' '
board of the Rock Island company
It is understood that the block of |
s'ock taken over will be trusteed f:: j
five years. Mr. Warfield acting as the ,
chairman of the managers.
The first large and concrete tin !
dertaking in the making of the New |
South has just been consummated in ;
lu> acquisition of the Seaboard A!t
I.ine, the most important industry o!
th" South Atlantic states, by Mr. Dn
vies Warfield of Baltimore and a syn
dicate of Southern business men and
New York bankers. The transfer of
the majority stock of the property has
been made and now Southern men or
men possessed of a keen desire to
develop the South, have come into
control of the property. When the
new board of directors is chosen this
fall men of wealth and influence to
represent each of the Virginias, and
North and South Carolina. Georgia.
Florida and Alabama will find places
on It.
Purchase of this railroad was part
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new section of Oakland wi
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ash; the balancein five equa
December 1st, 1912, 1
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Watch this space for furthei
copy of our beautiful ill
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of a larger idea of Mr. WarfleM an
progressive Southerners who organi;
ed early this year the Southern Se
tlement and Development associatlo
at Baltimore.
TAFT USING STEAM ROLLE!
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1 24 Delegates From Alabama and Ar
kansas Added to Taft's Column.
Chicago. ? Twenty-four delegate;
from Alabama and Arkansas wen
added to the Taft column by the ac
tion of the Republican national com
mittee on the so-called Roosevelt con
tests from those states. All congest!
presented before the committee wen
decided in Taft's favor, and in all bu
two of the decisions the action wa;
unanimous. One roll call test, appar
ently, had shown fifteen anti-Tar
votes.
The cases decided were those ol
the six delegates-at-Iarge and the twc
each in the First, Second, Fifth
Sixth and Ninth congressional dis
tricts n Alabama!, and the four dele
gates-at large and the two each in
the First and Second districts of Ar
kanssa.
The contest over the six delegates
, at-large from Arizona was postponed
until a latrr day, on motion of Com
naittceman Penrose of Pennsylvania.
In view of the bitter feeling between
the Taft and Roosevelt adherents,
the meeting was surprisingly
peaceful, although it opened with a
contest which seemed to forecast a
degree of friction. This, however,
failed to materialize.
Commerce Court Stripped cf Power.
Washington.?Plow after Mow was
given the new commerce court by the
Supreme court of the United States,
which upheld the exclusive Jurisdic
tinn of the interstate commerce commission
over the Federal rate laws.
The principal decision was announced
by Chief Justice White. He was
sustained by the entire court, in substance
he held that the commerce
court was not to substitute its judgment
for the interstate commerce
commission in the administration of
the rate laws.
Solvent Banks Were Forced to Wall.
New York.?Testimony intended to
show how the power of the New York
clearint; house committee was used to
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ing the aftermath of tho panic of
1907. with th" rrcult that the "fair
reputation" of its president was
"blasterl." was dramatically presented
before the Pujo committee of the
house of representatives, which is investigating
the so-called money trust.
The testimony was elicited by Samuel
T'ntermyer, special counsel of the
commit'ee.
:'o tlc published list of the ten
::?ot.t b ; :! v. uen the young man
v. ho oa; ju t become engaged takes
violent deception.
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Oakland
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CUBAN RAGE WAR
" ADMIRAL OSTERHAUS ORDERED
TO HAVANA FROM KEY WEST
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CONDITIONS ARE VERYGRAVE
Minister Beaupre Cables Washington
t That Situation Has Assumed
i Character of Race War.
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M + No Comment by Gomez +
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j + Havana. Cuba.?President Go- +
+ moz. on being informed that +
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+ dered to Havana, declined to + 1
+ make any comment. Scnor Kam- +
+ rez, the presidential secretary, +
+ however, said that the president +
+ had expressed neither satlsfac- +
+ tion nor regret on the receipt of +
+ the news. +
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Washington.?The navy department,
acting under instructions from the
state department, ordered Admiral
Osterhaus to proceed forthwith from
Key West to Havana with one dispatch
ship and one other ship. These
orders were issued by the state department,
after the receipt of a dispatch
from Minister Beaupre report,
Ing that conditions in Havana and the I
I suburbs had assumed the character of
; a race war.
I It is probable that Admiral Oster j
i haus, besides the dispatch ship, will
tak<- his flagship, the Washington, in
to Cuban waters.
Minister Beaupre's message said
that conditions in and around Hava I
na had been menacing and there
were anti-negro demonstrations of
large proportions by irresponsible el- j
'merits and that there were clashes
in every quarter of Havana and vi
cinifv. He rrported that the negroes
were being goaded into violence and
that retaliation might have disastrous
consequences. Americans and other
foreigners and many Cubans, he said
were very apprehensiv eand desired
.the sending of an American war ves
sel.
The state department has decided
to leave entirely to Rear Admiral
T'sher, commanding the Fourth divls
oin of the Atlantic fleet, the disposi
tion of the American marines, whc :
are to be employed as guards for for
eignowned properties in eastern
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Nineteen Hundred Prisoners in San
Quentin Mutiny at Dinner.
San Quentin, Cal.?A continuation
of the "grub strike" demonstration,
began in San Quentin prison, developed
into a riot in the general mess
hall, as a result of which one prisoner
was shot and killed and two
were wounded. The dead:
H. L. Lynnwood, a naval prisoner
serving a term of six and one half
years for desertion and impersonating
an officer.
The wounded: Frank Taylor, negro,
serving twen'y years for robbery
committed in San Francisco, shot
through the hand; H. A. George,
struck in the leg by glancing bullet.
Nineteen hundred prisoners were
sitting down to dinner, when 200 or
300 of the men began a concerted
demonstration. Not content with
voicing their protests with shrieks
and catcalls, the demonstrants began
throwing dishes and food about. Some
made a rush f<?- the adjoining wicken
and begwi hurlnig pots and pans
around the room.
No sooner had the mutiny started
than the prison bei was sounded with
the "lock-up'' signal.
The prisoners were quickly marched
to their cells, but the rioters even
after being locked up, continued their
shrieks of defiance and kept up their
shouting at intervals.
Warden John Hoyle said that thirty
or forty of the mutineers would be
severely disciplined. Ten men were
singled out for disciplinary measures
for the disturbance, but of these only
four were punished.
Democrats Gathering in Baltimore.
Baltimore.?Batlimore awaits the
coming of 1,090 delegates to the Democratic
national convention, the preparations
for which have practically
been completed. Already the advance
guard of boomers for candidates for
the presidential nomination have now
pitched their camps on the batteground
and are laying the final plans
of campaign. With the arrival of National
Chairman Norman E. Mack, the
official arrangements for the convention
will be considered for adoption
later by the arrangements committee.
Twenty-five Men Killed In Card Game
Knoxville, Tenn.?Twenty-five men
were killed at Dante, Va., in a drunken
row precipitated in a card game.
It is reported that the dead men are
Italians and mountaineers who made
their homes at Dante, a raining town
of about 6,000 inhabitants. The fight
which resulted in so many fatalities
is said to have ensued when the Italians
charged the mountaineers with
trying to defeat them at their game
by using unfair methods. Practically
every man in the game lost his life.
It is a breach of the peace to dance
the "turkey I rot" in Connecticut, to
say nothing of being a breach of
etiquette.
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