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ESTABLISHED IN 18
PELLAGRA'S CAUSE
IS YET NUKNOWN
SPOILED CORN SHOULD 8TILL BE
WATCHED 8AY EXPERTS ON
THIS DISEASE.
MEET AT STATE HOSPITAL
.
RMolutiona Came Before Body at Laat
Session?'The Meetings Were Mark*
ad By Many Deeply Scientific Papers
Dealing With the Diaease.
Columbia.?That the cause of pellarra
in unknown, though ihe suspi
cion against "spoiled corn" is sufficient
to lead to legislative measures
to prevent its use as food; that there
. is no known specific remedy for the
disease; that there is no proof that
the malady can be transmitted directly
from man to man, and that the
plague forms one of the most pressing
problems in American medicine
were the finding" cf the National Con- j
gress for the Study of Pellagra,
which closed its second triennial conference
here. The sessions, which
lasted for two days -.vere held at the
state hopsital for the Insane. The
passage of resolutions expressing the
consensus of opinion of the congress
and the election of officers were the
final features of a series of meetings
marked by many deeply scientific papers
dealing with the disease which
of late years has come into prominence
as a distinct malady with which medical
men must battle.
At the last night's session the res
olutions came befoie the body because
of some seeming obscurity as
to one or two of their parts. No
changes were made in the resolutions
adopted, however. Dr. W. J. McNeal,
assistant director of laboratories, postgraduate
medical school, New York,
proposed an amendment to the paragraph
dealing with the transmission
of the disease. He stated that he
considered the paragraph absolute!)
true; but thought that it was capable
of misinterpretation, inasmuch as
there was the possibility of pellagra
being transmitted from one person to
another by insets or such other media.
Considerable discussion ensued,
terminating only with the withdrawal
of Dr. McNeal's amendment\ He reIterated
in withdrawing the motion
that the paragraph in the resolution
was true, although not clear as to
^ its meaning.
South Carolina Shrlner# to Meet.
Omar temple. South Carolina Shrine
will meet in Columbia Thanksgiving
day. The local Shriners have organ,
tied a shrine association of Columbia
from which an executive committee
has been appointed, consisting of O.
Frank Hart, chairman; D. (5. McAllis
ter, E. M. DuPre, T. Jeff Goodwyn and
B. E. Miot. The duty of this committee
is to have a general supervision
of the meeting and to appoint various
subcommittees for each separate
branch.
8econd Series of Bonds Bid In.
The second $10,000 series of road
improvement bonds of Sumter county
have been bid in by the ProvldeiP
Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Cincinnati. Ohio. The offer of thir
concern was at par with accrued in
terest. There were several bids, one
being from Paul Petty, Spartanburg
and one being from the First National
Bank of Sumter. The bonds pa:
4 1-2, per cent interest and run fo'
20 j ears. The proceeds must be used
in road improvement.
Chadngang to Construct Highways.
The ?haingang' in York county Jr
to be employed in constructing two
public highways, one from the North
Ca"ollna to the Chester county line
and the other from Catawba river,
ait of Rock Hill to Broad river on
the western border of the county, both
road* to pass through Yorkvllle. Some
difficulty is oeing experienced in **
p Ucting a route that Is favorable to
all, but the matter ie expected to be
adjusted boou.
Read Prom Aiken to Barnwill,
A movement Is on foot looking to
, the establishment of aii eluctrlc road
from Aiken to Barnwell, vli Olar and
Ehrhardt. The plan is entirely feasible
and should meet with ihe encour
agement of every one in the territory
through which the road will run.
Rosemary is the only township in
the county 1 hat is without railway
Bervice. and there are townships in
Aiken county which are in the same
fix. The citizens of thest communities
are ali?ve to the adtantages of
Buch a proposition.
Charleston Presbytery Cloied.
The Charleston Presbytery closed
its fall session at New Wappetaw
church at McClellanville, a*'ter a meeting
marked more by devotional exercises
ihan business, although several
matters were disposed of more than
passing interest, notably the action
of the Charleston presbyte-y in reiterating
the position in opposition to the
removal of Chicora college from
Greenville. The rear fea:ure of the
meeting was. however, in the delightful
character of the hospitality of the
people of McClellauviile.
Two-Thirds of Amount on Second Day
The second day of the chamber of
commerce campaign to raise $15,000
for three years, ended with two-thirds
of the amount subscribed A mass
meeting of citizens was held at the
theatre when large subscriptions were
made by J. B. Cleveland and W. E.
Burnett. This campaign is regarded
as the beginning of a movement to
put the st&to chamber of commerce
upon a safe financial basis as ten per
out of the fund ions to that organist*
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THE
91.
TO SELECT RHODES SCHOLAR
Examinations Will Be Held in Columbia
on October 15 and 16.?Detail
of Offer Given.
Columbia.?The Cecil Rhodes scholarships,
the qualifying examinations
for which will be held in Davis college
of the University of South Carolina
Tuesday and Wednesday, October
15 and 16, at 3 o'clock ofTer to ambit;
ious Btudenta one of the most splendid
' opportunities which can be found in
i the modern folrld today. From the
last of qualified candidates as determined
by the result of this examination,
the committee of selection for
South Carolina will in December
choose the Rhodes scholar for this |
state, who will enter Oxford in October
of 1913. The examination will
consist of translation from Standard
Latin and Greek authors, simple Latin
composition, .all "at sight," elementary
Latin and Greek grammar, and
! simple original propositions in algebra
and geometry.
i The Rhodes scholars are chosen
from the number who pass thiB examination,
regard being had to excellence
in athletics, general scholarship
and what Cecil Rhodes in his will
? UA/lA?.?,Kln M
specified as qunmie? ui ic#unmur,
[ that is, reputation for character and
ability.
The last South Carolinian to win
this distinction was Irving F. Bafser,
A. B. of the University of South Carolina,
1910, A. B. of Yale university, 1911
and prominent in athletics as well as
in scholarship at both institutions.
Mr. Belser has won a scholarship in
Roman law since entering Oxford, and
has represented bis college, Christ
church, in athletics.
Chri6t Church, which was also the
college of another South Carolina
scholar, W. Plumer Mills, formerly Y
M. C. A. secretary of the University
of South Carolina and now missionary
to China, is in the extent and number
of its students (who are called
"members of the house") the leading
one of the 20-odd colleges of the great
Bnglish university.
Major Jertkina to Remain in Service.
Maj. Micah J. Jenkins, collector oi
the South Carolina internal revenue
district until its consolidation with
the eastern district of North Carolina
a few days ago, has accepted the
position of deputy, in charge of thie
district, with Columbia as his headquarters.
Collector Wheeler Martin
of the North Carolina district endeav
ored to place as many of the officials
of the merged district bb possible, and
Maj. Jenkins decided to accept the
tender of the position at Charleston
and there he will now take up his
work and residence. He was accompanied
to Charleston by his family
Maj. Jenkins succeeds U. B. Hammett.
who is retained in the service,,
and agreeable to his wishes will have
Barnwell, which is his home, as his
headquarters. Deputy Fouche will remain
in the service with his headquar
ters at Columbia.
Orangeburg Fair Association.
The annual meeting of the Orangeburg
county fair association was held
and the following officers and directors
were elected: J. H. Claffy, president;
T. It. McCants, first vice president;
J. W. Smoak, second vice
president; Jerry M. Hughes, secretary
and treasurer; Moss & Lide, solicitors.
Directors-J. H. Claffy, .T. W.
Smoak. W. F. Kairey, W. (\ Crum,
Sol Kohn, J. S. Connor. E. K. Hitter,
E. L. Culler, T. R. McCants. J. E.
Ashe, D. B. Berry, F. M. Livingston.
J. E. Gramling. J. F. Felder, N. N:
Hayden, Jr. J. L. Reeves, W J. Zeigler,
A. C. Rozard, T. L. Connor, Siv
I). D. Davis, J. W. Hart, J. A. Weath
ersbee, G. \V. Dukes
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The Farmers and Merchants Pank
of Walterboro has been given the
right to increase its capital stock
from .*15.009 to $50,000 by the secretary
of state. The McFadden Auto
Company of Rock Hill has been commissioned
with a capital of $3,500. The
petitioners are: V. B. McFadden and
! D. B. McFadden. The Clareraont
: Building and Loan Association of
i Sumter has been commissioned with
1 a capital stock of $150,000. The petitioners
are: W". M. Graham, R. I. Man
nlng, Nsill O'Donnell, Isaac Schwartz,
Oarlow Walsh and N. C. Haynsworth.
Asks For Free Mail Delivery.
Congressman Lever, when in Washington
took up the matter of supplying
mall carriers at a number of
towns in the seventh district, which
are second and third class offices. The
late session of congress authorized
the postmaster general to Inaugurate
such mail delivery service at certain
| offices throughout the county. If Mr.
i Lever is successful, the following
| towns will soon get free mail deliv
I ery: Batesl'.'rg, Loesvuie, Lexington,
Bishopville, Brancltviile, St. Matthews
and Mayeoville.
Start Crusade Against Hookworm.
The South Carolina state board of
health and Lexington county are
arranging tor a crusade in this county.
Their Batesburg office will be
open to the public in the rear of the
Citizens bank Thursday. October 10,
and will remain open for about six
weeks. Dr. I*. A Riser, lately pracj
Mcing in Leesvillo will have charge
| of the office. Examination and treatment.
including medicine, will be entirely
free. It is said that the hookworm
is more prevalent in sandy soil
'han elsewhere.
' One Killed. One Wounded in Duel.
Edward Gregory is dead and Oliver
! If. Watson lies dangerously wounded
j as the result of a grudge of long
| standing. The difficulty occurred near
Kershaw, Lancaster county. It seems
that Gregory and Watsou. both in bug
gies, met in the public read and as
they started to pass each other the
buggy wheels became locked and both
commenced shooting. Gregory was
Instantly killed, oelai shot through
the head, and Watson was shot lo
the loft tunc, and his phylsclan states
that bo bas Unit cbinoe for recovery
: fo
PROGRESSIVES MEET
N COLUMBIA AND PLAN A TICKET
i FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE PARTY.
.
INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT" i
.
The Idea That Wa? Stressed By Those
in Charge.?Constitution and Rules
Were Adopted at the State Meeting
Recently.
.
I Columbia. ? Under the leadership
>f B. Sherwood Dunn of Aiken, proMsional
national committeeman, the
'rogressive party was launched in
South Carolina at a meeting held iu
i local hotel. The meeting was atended
by about 40 South Carolinians
rom all parts of the state. The Progressives
will put out an electoral
ickct in the November election, but
will not have any nominees for state
jfflces in the race against the Demo
:rats and Socialists.
A state secretarj', state treasurer
ind seven members of the state execitive
committee were ellected at the
ccent meeting. The Progressive par
:y will carry on an active campaign in
South Carolina in the interest of Ted
iy Roosevelt, their candidate for president.
At the meeting .Mr. Dunn stressed
:he point that the Progressive party
s an independent ' white man's" par
:y, unaffiliated with either the Republican
or Democratic. The partywas
called the "Progressive Republican."
This was a mistake. Th<^
name of the new party which Roosevelt
heads is simply the "Progressive"
party.
The selection of a state chairman
and state vice chairman has been
postponed. .The officers selected at
the meeting were: W. P. Beard; of
Abbeville, editor of the News-Scimltar,
state treasurer; L. \V. C. Blalock,
of Goldville, state treasurer; members
of the state executive committee
?First congressional district, W. P.
Utsey; secon district, Thomas Thomson:
third district, C. E. Gray; fourth
district, R. A. Hannon; fifth district,
I. H. Morris; sixth district, C. R. Taber;
seventh district, W. Boyd Evans.
Arrange For Third Primary.
Charleston.?Arrangements are nowbeing
made for the third Democratic
primary, to be held Tuesday, October
15, to give the voters the opportunity
to record their preference for attorneygeneral
and one city magistrate. There
is fhis satisfaction now that there will
not bo another primary and the com
iug election will determine whether J.
Frazier Lyon or Thomas F. Peeples
will be attorney general and Magistrate
G. W. Rouse will be returned to
t\ n Unnror instpjid.
omcc ur u. ii. iuwii. ?
At the coming election there will be
only three managers who will get ?2
a day for their services and there
will be one voting precinct in each
ward. The county Democratic executive
committee is short of money and
economy is the watchword.
To Serve Sentence By Order of Court
Columbia.?John J. Jones of Branchville
will on October 15 begin to servr
his sentence of 10 years and one month
in the penitentiary for killing .Abe
Pearlstiue, a merchant of Branchville.
in December, J9Jrt. Eugene B. Gary,
chief justice, issued an order on October
2 revoking the stay of remit
titur the supreme court granted ir
the case when It was appealed. Jones
has been held as a detention prisoner
at the state penitentiary ever since
the case was tried In the circuit court.
The order revoking the stay of remittitur
finally disposes of bis appeal.
Richland County Teachers Meet.
Columbia?The first meeting of the
Richland County Teachers' association
for liJ12-<13. wai held recently in the
Mc.Master school building, corner oi
Pickens and Senate streets. The attendance
was the largest had at the
beginning of the year. There were
fully ?0 or more teachers present, and
about one-third of these were uew.
Usually there are few men teachers
in attendance.
For Sending Threatening Letter.
Spartanburg?Frank L. Zemp, assistant
superintendent of the Southern
Power Company, was bound over in
$5"?0 bail to await the action of the
grand jury in a charge of sending a
threatening lettei, after a preliminary
investigation by Magistrate R. J
Gantt. Mr. Zemp was also arrested
on a federal warrant, charging him
him with using the mails for an improper
purpose. Me furnished ?4l)U
bond for his release, pending a hoar
in? before the '"niied States commissioner.
John B. Atkinson.
For Duty in South Carolina.
Columbia?Sergeant Joseph Liebcr
. mann of the United States army has
been ordered to report to Columbia
for furtiier orders from \V. \V. Moore
adjutant genera! of South Carolina
Some time ago the adjutant general
applied to the war department for a
non-commissioned officer for detailed
duty in South Carolina to iustruct the
national guard in .natters of drills
making out reports and the care of
; equipment The instructions will be
' of great service to both the officer:
and men of the organized railitiia.
A Feature of County Fair.
Union.?The merchants and farm
ers trades display is a feature of thf
county fair that is hot: being worked
up by Mr. L. J. Hatneb, president ci
the chamber of commerce and Seero
tarv Alston of the Fair Associatior
and already quite a number of tner
chants havo indicated their intentior
to participate. On Thursday thf
banks and stores will close at nocr
I that every one may attend the fa!*
and an eXort is now being made tr j
have the mills cloao a? the sam? j
time alsp
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FORT MILL. S. C., THU
TEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA i
Short Paragraphs of State New3 Thai j ||
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care by the Editor.
Columbia.?H. Wlxcover was tip- '
jointed master of Marion county to !
succeed the late J. D. Lucas. &
Sumter.?The position of C. M. 1
foung, rural policeman, was declared
/acant and October 8 set as a date on
vhich a successor will be elected.
Columbia.?The governor issued a y
jroclaraation offering a reward of $100
! .'or the apprehension and conviction
>f Frank Green, a negro, charged with E
irimlnal assault in Marlboro county.
Barnwell.?Gus Sanders, a negro
tfas arrested and lodged in jail, charged
with having robbed the drug store
)f C. N. Burchhalter. An entrance war
jffected through a rear door and about
foO stolen from the safe, which was
jnlocked, only the day check being
>n. a
Florence.?Mayor Herbert K. Gil a
3ert has arranged to have Mayor f
libbes, of Columbia, visit Florence ,
A-ithin the next few d.iyi and address
:he voters of the city on the suDject 3
Df "Commission Form of Govern- ll
ment."
Newberry.?The county Democratic .N
executive committee ordered a second t
primary for county officers to be held ,
on Tuesday, Octbore 15. There are
0
second races for county superintendent
of education, supervisor, House of
Representatives, county commissioners
and magistrates of two townships
Columbia.?Tho governor rarolaJ ^
Millage Byers of Columbia during 6
good behavior and on ihe further con Q
dition that he refrain from intoxl- }
cants. Byers was conv.r ted of assault a
and battery with intent to kill at the j
last *erm of court In Rich'and and ien- (
tenc >d to four month.,' imprisonment ^
or a fine of $150. 3
Orangeburg?The state conference ^
of the Woman's Home MissBion soci- a
ety of the Methodist church will be j
held in this city at St. Paul's Method a
ist church, beginning October 9. Near a
ly 100 delegates will be here for the
conference and will be entertained by 0
members of the home mission society
and Young Ladies' society.
Newberry?City politicis is becom p
ing interesting. Several candidates 3
for aldermen have already been nam "
ed. So far only two men are out foi s
mayor, J. J. Langford, the incumbent
and Z. F. Wright, president of the c
.Nowuerry couon mum. ine ineaah n
of both tnen will make a hard fight t
for their favorites. The primary wil' c
be held some time in November
There Is talk of another candidate
for mayor, but It :j likely that th<
two named will have the contest tc n
themselves. I
Newberry.?The Drayton ltuther ?
ford chapter, Daughters of the Con 1
federacy, has elected delegates to tht t
general and the state federation o I
womens' clubs, as follows: To tht '
former which meets in Washingtor ^
in November, Mrs. J. A. Burton ant I
Mrs. James Mcintosh, with Mrs. R a
D. Wright and Mrs. E. P. Scott, alter
nates; to the latter, which meets ii
Charleston, also in November, Mist <
Cora l5ominick and Mrs. John M v
Kinard, with Mrs. C. A. Bowman ant
Miss Fanny MoCaughrin, alternates.
Columbia.?Room 23 at the coli^m
bia hotel will be the headquarters o '
the Progressive party in Soutli Caro
lina until after the national electioi 1
on November 5. B Sherwood Dunn o 1
Aiken, provisinal national committee '
man, and W. P. Beard of Abbeville r
state secretary, will be in charge c
They will have a ccrps of stenograph c
era at work and will send Bull Moost '
literature to all parts of t'.?c st^io ii
the effort to elect the Progress! v?
electoral ticket which will b'> in *h?
field in the national election on No 1
vomber 3. ?
Pageland.?In place of W. H. Woods c
who died recently C.overnor Ulcus' 1
has appointed J. E. Gill as superviso: 1
of Jasper county. Mr. Wood* v.ai 1
renominated in the acccnd r<u" fo:
courrfy supervisor over M. 'Jill by i c
majority of four votes, and had inad<
an efficient officer. Mr. GUI will boh
office under his appointment tintx
January. For nominations for tin '
iriUI, U1C PIUM* CAUl*l?V??t7 WUft
mlttee han advised another priroarj '
tr? hp held on October 1";. and in act '
Interest In being manifest*1 in ihii f
election.
Columbia.? Although petitioned bj 1
the association of county school trus
tees to Increase Its appropriate 1
from $750 to $1,500 for use In gettinj
up a county road map the commission
ers declined to do so. (
Yorkville.?A hill was passed at tin f
last session of the legislature whicl '
provided tha' the question as t( 1
whether or not York county will is '
sue ST-'.OOO in 20-year bonds to b< '
used in purchasing a suitable site ant I
erecting a new court house in York ?
ille, shall be submitted to the quali 1
lied voters of the county at the genera 1
election in November. '
Aiken.- L. (\ Boone, who has nc '
cepted tlu* position of civil cngiiioei
to the Aiken county highway com mis
sioii, in place of Mr. Hensou, resigned
arrived in the city recently, and hat 1
assumed charge of his duties. <
Aiken.?George Wolfe, who las; 1
May shot T. [>. Fuliner to death ir
North Augusta, and whose trial caov 1
to an end after consuming a day ant '
a half, was convicted of murder, but i
the recommendatioD of mercy incor ?
porated in the verdict reduced the t
sentence oT the court from death ir
the electric chair to life-time irnpris i
outturn. i
St. Matthews.?While attempting tr I
shoe an obstreperous mule. Lew
Campbell, a negro blacksmith, wa? (
kikced ov^r tno heart by the mute
Death was immediate.
Spartanburg.?A campaign to raise
$15,000 annually for throe years foi
the Spartanburg chamber of com
nierce, 10 per cent of which fund wii
go to the state chamcer of commerce i
p.ovided the other cities of the state
agree to support the state organuc i
tlon upon a similar basis, was organ 1
iaed here at u mass meeting of th
oltizor.a of the city, and the campaigi
U to ho waged lu threo day? i
I
RSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19
VAS PANAMA CANAL
ONCE IN DANGER?
1ILLER ASSERTS M'N AM AR AS
HAD PROPOSED TO BLOW UP
THE LOCKS.
VERE TO STEAL DYNAMITE
idward Clark Changes His Plea From
Not Guilty to "Guilty" and is Locked
Up Pending Hie Sentence?Trial
is Progressing.
Indianapolis, Ind.?The McN'amaras
nd Ortle McManigal once discussed
proposal to blow up the locks of the
'anaraa Canal, District Attorney Charts
\V. Miller told the jury at the trial
f the accused "dynamiters consplraors."
The incident occurred, according to j
Ir. Miller, just before the arrest of
he Los Angeles dynamiters when
hey were becoming desperate in their
fforts to secure explosives.
"John J. Called James B. McNamaa,
his brother, anil McManigal to the
eadquarters of the International Asociation
of Bridge aud Structural Iron
Vorkers." said Mr. Miller. "John J. j
aid to McManigal, \Ve can't get any
lore dynamite around here without
tealing it. Now you go to Panama
nd see what you can do down there,
'he McClintic-Marshall Construction
Company has a lot of dynamite stored
lown there. You could easily get hold
f it and blow up tbe locks. That
.fould make 'em sit up and take notice
nd take their minds off the Los Angees
affair. McManigal refused to go
it that time. Soon after they all were
rrested."
The contractor mentioned was one
f those who had declared for the
open shop" in tho United States.
Edward Clark, Cincinnati, former
resident of the local Iron Workers
hanged his plea from "not guilty" to
guilty" and was locked up pending
entence.
Olaf Tveitmoe of San Francisco, now
in trial, was accused in the C.overnaetn's
statement to the jury as having
leen the "protector" of the dynamiters
in the Pacific coast.
Deeper Probe Into Campaign Funds.
Washington.?From a half-dozen witlosses
heard by the Senate Campaign
>xpenauures company, a nine imornation
bearing on campaign expondiurea
was dr^wn. Charles R. Crane of
'hlcago, denied the statement of E. H.
looker that he had given $70,000 each
o .Senator LaKollettc and Governor
Vilson and swore that his giftB to the
>aFollette campaign totalled $20,684.40
,nd those to Governor Wilson's preoniention
campaign $ln,000. John T).
^rchbold, president of the Standard
)!1 Company, has been recalled and
i-ill testify.
Judge Cited For Contempt of Court.
Atlanta, Ga.?Because of his pubished
criticism of the action of the
State Court of Appeais in twice reversng
his decision, sentencing a negro
o 20 years for attempted assault,
ludge A. \V. Kite of the Cherokee
Ircuit was ordered bpfore that body
in a charge of contempt. Punishment
hi conviction is 10 days In jail or a
ine of $300 or both.
Confessed to Stealing $75,000.
Oakland, Cal.?Robert Holt, alias
jlaxton, surrendered to the Oakland
lollce and confessed that he had stolii
$75,000 from the Australian governnent
while employed as a clerk with
i AfHIlAnv ?it Ctrl.
lit? r\<Mcii aiinuanaii .uuhci; ? .? v*
ley. N. S. W. Holt paid he took $25,100
rrom a safe and later stole and
:ashed a dratt tor $30,000.
Three Dead From Berri-Berri.
Baltimore.?With three or her crew
lead from berrl-berrl and six more
mfTerlng from that disease, th* hark,
iayllghf. front Bombay for this port
? anrhor^d here. The ship has been
it sea for ntore than four months. A
bird of her crew of 37 men were ill
noBt of the time.
vlay Accept Life Term aa Compromue
Knoxville, Tcnn.?Sldna Allen and
iVesley Edwards, alleged principal
conspirators in the HUlsville, Va?
court room tragedy, inrty accept life
:erms sentences to the penitentiary
ts a compromise and in lieu of standing
trial. It is reported that negoiations
for such a compromise is now
pending, tutor iur a?-i iu> uim
it Wytheville, Vn.. October 12. If is
ietinltely stated that Miss Irolcr, Edwards,
sweetheart, will receive none
of the rewards for the capture of the
;wo men.
Ask Relief of Defendants.
Salem, Mass.?The qustion of releasing
on bail the three members
of the Industrial Workers of the World
who arc defendants in the LopizZo
tuurder trial was considered by Judge
Qulnn. Kttor, Qiovannitti, and Caruso
were prominent in the textile
strike in Lawrence. During riot inci- i
dents to the strike. Anna II. Lopizzo,'
a mill hand, was shot and the three
were arrested charged with being
responsible for the trim*. Kttor and
Giovanuitti as accesories before the
fact ami Caruso a principal.
Arrest Made in Murder Case.
Quiucy, III.?Hay Pfanschmidt quadruple
murder case. The torinal charge
Is that of the murder of Blanche Pfanschmidt.
sister of the accused young
man. Young Pfanschmidt is 2.1 years
old The father, mother and sisters
were slain. On the morning of Sun
day September 22 the bodies or CharIcb
A Pfschmldt, Mrs. Matbila Pfsch
midt, their daughter Blanche, and Em
ma Kaempf, a visitor, were found It
the ruins of the Pfanschmidt home 11
rnM scutheaat of Qttfnoy.
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12.
edTTcationaiT advancement
Accredited Schools Before Commission
?Letters Sent High School Superintendents
in State.
Columbia.?The State of South Carolina
has taken another step for the
advancement of the educational facilities
in respect to the high schools.
A circular letter was mailed all the i
high school superintendents of the j
state, setting forth the requirements
of the commission on accredited
schools of the Association of Colleges
and Preparatory Schools of the
Southern States. This will mean
much to the people of the state, as It
will insure conformation to set rules
be/ore any school can be accredited
by the association.
The letter, setting forth in detail
the standards, follows:
"The Association of Colleges and
Preparatory Schools of the Southern
States, at its recent meetings in Tuscaloosa,
Ala., in November, 1911, appointed
a commission to prepare for j
the association the Southern list of
accredited schools. This commission
is composed of two members from
each Southern State. The two members
for South Carolina are W. H.
Hand, of Columbia, and N. W. Stephenson,
of Charleston.
"The minimum standards for accrediting
shall be:
"1. A four-year course of study,
embracing at least 14 Carnegie units.
"2. Three teachers, possessing
each a college degree from an apnrnvpd
rnllpap. or its eaulvalent. and
giving all their time to high school
instruction.
"3. Recitation periods at least 40
minutes in length and a school year
of 36 weeks.
"4. Buildings^ library, laboratory
and other equipment essential for
good teaching of the subjects offered.
"In every case, however, the character
of the work done by a school
must be the determining factor in
accrediting. By personal visits by the
inspectors, by detailed reports from
the principals, and by the records j
made by students in college the char-!
acter of a school's work shall be
from time to time determined. A
school shall be removed from the accredited
list for failure to maintain i
the above standards.
"It is highly desirable to establish
and maintain reasonable standards
among the secondary schools of the
South. To accomplish this will re
quire a concert of action on the part
of the superintendents and principals
the colleges and universities and this j
commission. Your earnest coopera
tion is asked. Schoo's able to meet
the requirements given above, and
wishing to be placed on the accreditee
list of the association, are invited ft
communicate with the committee
Blanks for formal application wil
soon be sent out.
"W. H. Hand.
"N. \V. Stephenson.
"Committee for South Carolina."
Samuel Hyde Electrocuted.
Samuel N. Hyde, the Andersor
county man who was convicted mori
than a year ago of killing his wife
was electrocuted at the Htate peniten
tiary. Hyde went to (he chair calmly
ihough somewhat spasmodic at mo
merit of electrocution. There were ni
mishaps. Hyde said that he was sorrj
for the deed and believed that hh
inind was out of place at the time
Dr. Vines, pastor of the First Baptis
church of Anderson, was with Hyd<
during the morning, preparing tin
condemned man to meet death. Tin
man's brother was with him also
The body was taken In charge by Mr
Toliey, the Anderson undertaker, ant
shipped to Anderson.
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state has issuet
a commission to the Universal Plov
Company of Florence, with a capita
stock of ?2.".00(>. The petitioners are
J. A. Huggins, L. B. Johnson, J. W
McCown and C. F. Commander. * !
commission has been issued to the
Strohecker Hardware Company o
Charleston, with a capital of Sin,000
The petitioners are: M. O. Stroheck
.... \i n Sfrnli?rk?r Jr.. and W. G
Mazyck. A charter has been isenet
ro the Olanta Live Stock Company
with a capitAl of $10,000. The officer.'
arc: A. M. McKhren, president; .T
F. McKhren, vice president: K. M
Khren, manager, and L A. Moor?, sec
cretary and treaturer.
Unusual Demand For Space.
There 19 .in unusual demand foi
space at the state fair this year. Al
the available room In the present
buildings has already been spoken foi
and the authorities of the state fait
are exerting every effort and have a
large force at work to complete the
uifimMirfl llOl'dPC fh.l ''Sfll
of October. The fair this'year will
be 1:"Id from October 28 to November
1, inclusive, and judging from the
reservations exhibitors realize that
there are more representative farm
ers and business men in the state.
Young Man Killed Step-Father.
J. B. Beckham shot and killed his
step-father, Henry F. Frank, in the
Sandy Run section of this county aev
oral days ago. Details of the killing
are extremely meagre. It seems that
the two men went down to the rural
mail box, which is some distance
from the Frank home. A passerby is
said to have stated that, just prior to
the time of the shooting he saw the
two men in the woods going in opposite
directions. Beckham reported to
friends that he had shot his stepfather.
Two Mules Stung to Death by Bees.
Two mules belonging to AndrewLong,
a prosperous farmer residing
about two miles north of (filbert, were
stung fo badly bv bees several dayf
ago that both died from the effects
of the stings. It seems that Mr. Long
had loaded his wagon with cotton and
had left the mules standing. They
grazed around and ran upon the hive?
turning two or the gums over. The
bees Immediately awarmed and com
nletely covered the animals. One of
'he mulea died a short while after
wards; the other tbs following day
MES
NINE KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE GNASH
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GOING AT TERRIFIC SPEED CAR .
BREAKS RAILING OF BRIDGE
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FALLING 75 FEET.
THE MACHINE WAS SMASHED '
A Wealthy Young Man Was Taking a
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Party of Frlsnds Home Aftsr an |
Evening Spent in Rioting?List of (
the Dead Given. I
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Philadelphia.?Nine young men lost |
their lives when an automobile in !
which they were joy riding crashed 1
through the railing on the side of the '
new Twenty-third Street Boulevard at
Master street and fell Into a coal yard
75 feet below. The machine, a big
touring car. turned turtle in the descent
and the occupants were found
crushed and mangled in the hood of
the machine. The body of the car
was smashed to splitters.
The dead are: Robert A. Boyd, 27
years old; Gordon H. Miller, 21; William
M. Lawrence, 25; Kdgor 5J.
Shaw, 19; Thomas Nevin, 18; Daniel 1
T. Wilkes, 25; Jease Holmes, 23; firnest
Schofleld, 27; Robert Geisel. 21, |
all were from Philadelphia.
Edgar M. Shaw, 1? years old. a sen 1
of James Shaw, a lumber merchant, i
who owned the car. was takiag a party
of his friends home after an evening
spent in various cafes ami saloons, j
Nine young men were in the machine
and six others were in a smaller automobile
when the party came at tei- :
rific speed down Thirty-third street,
in turning to avoid the smaller automobile
which was in the lead Charles
T. Spuyd, who was Oiiving an automobile,
cotfided with the roar wbeel I
of the Shaw machlue.
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The neaniy joaaea car swerveu anu
crashed through the iron railing ef j
the bridge. When thoee in the other
machine had mad* their way to the
roal yard, only one occupant of the
ill-fated car showed any sign of life
and he died shortly after at the hospital.
The others wero all pronounced
lead when the institution was.reach- |
?d.
Operators Must Have License.
Washington.?Four hundred wire- :
less equipped American ships, nearly
one hundred commercial wireless
stations, many moro stations cob- '
uected with colleges, schools and experimental
laboratories and several
thousand amateur wireleas stations
iro affected by the regulations pro- j
-nulgated by acting Secretary Cable '
>f the Department of Commerce and
Labor to enforce the radio-communl- |
cation beginning December 13. The
act establishes a complete Federal
control system over raaio-communicuLion
and requires licensing of ail wireless
operators working across state
lines or In communication with ships
' ?t sen.
Mexican Rebels Slaughter.
Mexico City.?Word was brought
into lloiuca. southwest of here, of the
ilmo.st total annihilation of a detach
ment of rural guards and a number of
women and children in a fight with
Zapatista rebels near Sultepeo. The >
sole survivors of the ruralee and their
party?three men and a woman?
staggered into Toluca. They said the
detachment of sixty ruralea with a
number of women and children was
stationed on a hill near Sultepec and
was surprised by the rebels while
feeding their horses. 4
Falls 2,200 Feet ant Lives.
Washington.?Falling in an aeroplane
from more than L'.L'OU feet in
the air and escaping with enly a few
scratches was the remarkable exps
dence of WUlltm ivanitrK*. a proies iiona!
aviator for the Wright Com*
pany, at the army aviation school at
College Park, Md. Kabitrke was attempting
to complete a 3-hour angina
endurance lest and had Mown *4 ruin*
utp? when the engine suddenly stopped
and the neroplane started n rapid
descent.
Americana and NIcarauQuarc Clash.
Washington?In a gallant assault,
American marines and bluejacket*
drove the NIcarauguan revolutionary
loader, Generel Zeledon, and his
forces from Coyotepe and Barrancas
IJ Ills, near Masaya, hut In the action
four privates of the United States Marlne
Corps were killed end a number
were wounded. Th* victor) of the
Americans opened the way for tie
Nicaraguan government troops to assault
the town of Masaya, which tiny
took from the revolutionists and the
starving inhabitants were relieved.
Hope of Avoiding War Abandoned,
Constantinople.?In spite of the diplomatic
efforts to maintain peat*,
prospects in this direction are dioiln-^
ishing so rapidly that there is practically
no hope here that war with
the Balknu States will he avoided unless
at the la6t moment the powers
j agree upon armed intervention. The
Porte is resolved not to listen to pro
posals of reform from any Quarter
or to on'ertain an idea of reducing its
forcrs until the nalkan Stale* do- '
j moboliz* and sbando* their present
j policy.
| McNaughton May Get Reprieve.
Atlanta.?A stay of execution of at i
j least three weeks and. perhaps, a
commutation of senteuco from hang|
Ing to life imprisonment or better, i?
in store for Dr. W. J. McNaughton,
the physician who is now under sentence
of death for having killed Fred
Flanders. The state prison commission
decided to recommend to Governor
Brown that McNaughton be reprieved
until after the trial of Mrs
Yfattte Flanders, the dead man's widow.
who was JolfUy Indicted with the
physician tor r.W husband's death.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
:ROM THE PALME 1 TO STATE
.atest News of Qaneral Interast That
Hat Baan Collected From Many
Towns and Counties.
Columbia.?P. H. Paw and H. K.
Yard bare been named as members
if tba Georgetown county educatloa
ward to tAke the place of M. W.
Pyatt and J. A. Brourton.
Sumter.?Forty bales of long staple
.'otton were sold here in one day to
riarby & Co. at 16 1-2 cents per pound.
This makes a total ef about 75 bales
told here during the season.
Sumter.?The South Carolina West*
>rn Railway extended its track to the
lite of lie freight terminal In this
>tty und In a few days wil put on a
egular schedule of trains between e
iumtsr and Bishopville.
Lexington. ? "Aunt Celia" Powell,
in old-time darky, died near Lexingon,
being found dead In her bed. Thie
"aithful old woman had reached the
ige of about 105 years, it is said, and
*&d been living lu this community
ilnce the war.
Columbia.?Governor Bleaae sent
.he following telegram to the county
liepenser at North Augusta: "If you
:onsider It safe, open up and go en
rlth your business.' It has been cloe d
on account of the street car strike
ii Augusta, Ga.
Columbia.?K. J. Jones was dismissed
as steward of Confederate home.
So charges were preferred. Several
lays ago Dr. F. W. P. Butler, secretary
of the commission in charge of
'be home, sent for Mr. Jones and
requested that he resign. Mr. Jonee
refused and the dismissal followed.
Columbia.?The 8euth Carolina internal
revenue district came to an official
end aeveral days ago wtth the
merging of the district with the Raleigh
district in North Carolina. MaJ.
MIcah J. Jenkins hm been internal
revenue collector for nine years. It is
understood that a staff deputy of the
Raleigh office will be located In Columbls.
Who this appointee will be
has not yet been made public.
Fiorenoe.?The wounds of Engineer
J. L. TV'ysong, who was Injured In the
Coast Line wreck st Lone Star, a few
afternoons since, began to show signs
of biood poisoning and it was determined
to amputate the leg near the
hip Joint. For some time Mr. Wysong
In n vorv prllifiil Conditio*, but
lu.s rallied and is mm doing vsry
well st the Florence infirmary.
Lexington. ? Jacob B. Jeter, the
white man of Swansea, who was tried
in the general sessions court duriag
the first week and in whose case the
jury failed to reach a verdict, is still
in jail. It was thought that he would
be tried again last wek. but the case
was not csllerl. Jeter has been confined
In the Lexington jail for nearly
six months. Jeter ia charged with a?
sault and battery w-lth intent to kill.
Laurens.? At a meeting of the citl ^
zens interested in the recent effort ta f
obtain Chlcora College It was decided /
to begin at onoe a campaign for the
establishment of a gtris' college In
ftaurene notwithstanding the failure
to secure the Greenville Institution
The idea is to transfer the subscrlp
lion made to Chlcora to a fund foi
the institution for this city and U
this end the subscribers will be Invlt
cd to transfer their subscriptions te
the latter cause.
Lancaster?Rufua Miller, the negro
who stabbed Ferry Wright, anothet
negro, in the breast, inflicting s
wound which, it Is thought, will pfov*
fatal, having made good his escape
directly after the stabbing was appre
htnded by Constable Caskey. near
Antioch, six miles east of here, front
w'uioh place he was immediately
brought to Lancaster sud lodged in
jail. The two negroes were disputing
over s very trival matter, it is a!
loged. when Miller drew his knife with
the result mentioned.
Spartauburg. ? The Chamber ol
Commerce of Spartanburg is going tc
raise each year for three
yearn. I'nrt o fthis will be devoted
to the local organization and part to
the state chamber: provided the state
chamber Is perraaneutly organized. A.
W. McKeand, of Charleston, was pret
*T)t st a meetftig rwuMy, and arm
KHsiat in raising ?!> fundi. The
woasy will be used t? advertise tfouth
Carellne i? all aecHona of the Knifed
Statea. and (tea rest will be uied to
advertise and advance Spartanburg.
Sumter. - Warrants bar? baen
sworn out for the arrest of 0, M.
Young, rural policeman, aud Mack
Morris, eoustable of Magistrate f. J.
Player of Shiloh, in connection with
alleged outugeou3 conduct toward
two negro woiuph, whom they had in
charge.
?hnvu Hah2man 11 naffA
?icn i ^ ?. ?Q> .
about 30 yours old, whs knocked on
the head at his home, a mil" east or
Silver Street, and died u short time
thereafter. Two whit* men, Jo#
Clark Berry and Wtn. V. Bledsoe. a
merchant, bofh of Silver Street, are
in jail, charged with the crime.
Spartanburg. ? Rev. J. F. Harley
v.aa re elected aute superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon I/eague of South Carolina
at a meeting of the headquarter#
committee.
Saluda.?Owing to the threatening
weather and the busy season, the attendance
npati the educational rally
meeting here was quite small. Ther*
were present, however, a number of
the county's tochers and trustees of
theae with the others attending were
gicen a rare treat by the State Superintendent
of Education, the Hon. J.
H Sweetiuffen. who made a ringiag
talk.
Columbia.?The gpvernor has appointed
0. W. Ragsdale of Winnabore
na special judge for the Georgetown
cotirt. beginning on the second Monday
in October.
Florence. ? The Florence cotton
market seems to be improving thta
year, and the chamber of commerce
is making a special effort '.n that direction.
A specialty is made here of
the new long staple cotton, an aaao- ^BBd
elation for community marketing ^^^B
harlng been formed. The ootton baa ^^^B
been coming Into Florenoe very free- WNj
17 Ifcttlr tod tharn ipomi to be no 4U- B
poaittoa to hold It. a|HB
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