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m m** - -* ? ESTABLISHED IN 189 HraF Br COMPTROLLER A. W. JONES, IN A STATEMENT, CITE8 THE STATE LAW ON APPROPRIATIONS STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL v \ % - The Official Charges Tnat the Trustees Violated the Law In Awarding the Contract For the Building.? Penalty For Same. Columbia.?Cmoptroller General A. W. Jones refused to pay warrants on the fund of $7,000 which was appropriated by the last general assembly for a dormitory building at the Smith Carolina Industrial School at Florence on the grounds that the board of trustees had violated the law in ' awarding a contract for a greater j amount than the appropriation. The contract entered into calls for an expenditure of $27,678.80. The action was based upon the following sections of the constitution and the criminal code: i | "Section 30. The general assembly shall never grant extra compensation fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor after service rendered or contract made, nor authorize payment or part payment of any claim under any contract not authorized by law; but appropriations v? ?oTnonriWnrpB in re 'Uft/ UC liiflUU iVi v*yvMv..... pelllng invasion, preventing or supressing Insurrection." The criminal code, volume 2, 1912, has the following: ' ?"Sec. 377. It shall be unlawful for any public officer state or county, authorized to so contract, to enter into or contract for any purpose whatsoever in a sum in excess of the tax levied or the amount appropriated for'the accomplishment of such purpose, or to divert or appropriate the funds arising from any tax levied and collected for any one fiscal year to the payment of any indebtedness contracted or incurred for any previous year, and on violating the provisions of this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 35000 and not less than $500 and by imprisoment at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a period not exceeding five years or less than one year or other or ^ both, in the discretion of the court." ^ Woman's Missionary Union. The Woman's Missionary Union, auxliary to the Baptist state convention of South Carolina, will hold its tenth annual session with the Baptist churches of Columbia convening in t the First Baptist church on November 19. This is perhaps the largest body of missionary workers in South Carolina The attendance will be about 500 at this meeting, though the average attendance is about 350. The principal object of the organization is missions?foreign, home and state ?but when apportionments for these special objects are met other educational and benevolent objects are fostered, such as Christian education, the Baptist Woman's Missionary Training School, situated at Lous ille, Ky.; the Margaret home, for missionaries' children located at Greenville; and the Connie Maxwell orphanage at Greenwood. Lexington County Corn Growers. Dr. E. C. Ridgell, president of the Lexington county corn growers' as sociation, has called a meeting of the association for Saturday, November 16. This will be the regular annual meeting, and prizes in both the men's and boys' contests will be awarded At this meeting two boys will be se lected to attend the meeting of the National Corn exposition to be helc in Columbia. This has been altogeth er an unfavorable year for corn rals ing in Lexington county but despite this fact the people are going tc make an effort to put Lexingtor amoni the best that is shown. V Cherokee County Corn Exhibit. It was announced by the committet in charge that Cherokee's annual corr ^ exhibit would take place in the cour house in Gaffney November 9. Thf prospects are that the exhibit will b? the most successful in the history o the county and the indications an hat thorp will be more exhibits thai ever before. The exhibit is for th< farmer boys of the county althougl there are entries open to the men o, the country. Still the busic idea o the corn exhibit is to encourage th< boy farmers of the county. Winners In Spartanburg Contest. The fol'owing are the prize winner in the Spartanburg county corn con test: First prize, $500 in cash, D. S m Bolter of Moore Station, whose con averaged 85.1 per cent: second prize $400 in cash, H. A. Wingo of near In man whose corn averaged 84.3: thin prize, $200 in cash, Joe P. West o city R. F. D. No. 5 whose corn a vet aged 83; fourth prize, $100, D. E Ferrqll of Campobello whose con averaged 82.5; fifth prize, one toi of fertilizer William Crow, whose cor: averaged SI.4 per cent. Aiken Will Soon Have Free Deliver) Aiken's free mail delivery is to b inaugurated November 15. Postmai ter Carmen has received the list c eligibles made, up from those wh took the civil service examinatio held recently. From the eight elig bles he has recommended three fo appointment, and these will receiv their commissions rrom Washingto ? within the next few days They ar Everett Tyler, Jr., of Aiken, L. I McCracken of Langiey and Georg Hammond the latter a negro mm u ' THE 1. STATE FAIR FNDS MEETING There Wat a Large Attendance on Last Day?Best of Order Prevailed.?Much Interest Shown. Columbia.?Although the last day of the state fair was not on the programme as one of the "big days"? there were several thousand persons 1 in attendance. The visitors were greeted with dark clouds and a slight rain fell during the afternoon. The visitors however, did not seem to mind the threatening weather. The arena events were interesting and attracted a large and enthusiastic crowd. All the exhibits were inspected by the visitors. Large numbers spent the morning lounging on the benches in the steel building. Two flags?one Old Glory and a South Carolina flag were raised on the towers of the steel building. As usual the races attracted a large ??.j - - /.-noiiont rorrf hpine offer liunu, au cavvi*vu? . w ed. The Clemson college cadets gave a dress parade, which was witnessed by a large number. The cadets packed up afterwards and moved away to Clemson college. There was a straggling crowd of pleasure-seekers along the Midway during the day. Officers at the fair grounds were alert trying to locate several pickpockets who had been operating. Several losses have been reported to the officers. Several men who tried to start "fake games" were put out. of the grounds by the officers. The fair this year has been successful from every standpoint. The exhibits were above the average. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Claremont Building and Loan Association of Sumter, with an initial capital of $150,000. The officers are W. M. Graham, president: J. G. R. Wilder, vice president, and Bartow Walsh, secretary and treasurer. A charter has been issued to the Liberty Realty Company of Charleston with a capital of $15,000. The officers are T. R. Waring, president; W. W. Ball, vice president; August Xohn, secretary, and T. R. Waring, treasurer. The American Steam Bak I ery has been chartered with a capital of $1,000. The officers are Henry Norman, president and manager, and Alvin Norman, secretary and treasurer. The Home Holding Company of Greenville has been given the right to increase its capital from $10,000 to $15,000. Marlboro County Poutlry Show. The Marlboro Poultry Association is planning for their first annual show which is to be held in Bennettsville, December 11 and 12. An effort is being made to enlist the interests of every one in the county who is at all concerned about poultry. Those who are now members of the association have been working for some time in a systematic way, and are getting most satisfactory results] The approaching show is expected to be an attractive one, and every possible effort will be put forth to make it profitable, and attractive. The com mittee in charge is preparing a pre miura list, which will be furnished to any and all who are Interested in the poultry business, especially prospect ive exhibitors. Barnwell County Fair Soon. Preparations for the coming coun ty fair go on apace. Barnwell is be lng placarded with lithographs telling to the world at large that the best , fair ever held in this county will oc , cur at Barnwell November 12, 13, 14 I ic or,H ic nnrt a e-lanrn at the cur X1/ UUu iv, w??v? M o**" I rent issues of the county papers wil bear out the assertion. D. P. McCain superintendent of the local schooli and Horace J. Crouch, county super , intendent of education, have arrangec . for a big field day meet. The eventi , will include a 50-vard dash, 100-yan . dash, 200-yard dash, three-legged race I sack race high kick hop, step an< j jump high jump, broad jump, stand ing broad jump, baseball throw, spell . ing bee tug of war etc. Three prizei , are offered in each contest. I Orangeburg. ? The first regula . meeting of the Orangeburg Count; ? Teachers' Association was held at tin , office of L. W. Livingston, this city , superintendent of education, and thi work of the year was started off. Vaughn Is Not Sure. > A statement bearing the signatur , of T. U. Vaughn made public declare t that while he is under the impressioi ; that he was assisted in his escap > from Greenville jail in June last b f Police Inspector Gilreath, he is no > absolutely sure of his identity. I i will be recalled that Gilreath and tw ? officers were arrested on the test , mony of Vaughn, who is now occup> j ing the death cell in Columbia, pent f ing his electrocution in Decembei t. The men were released after a pr< liminary hearing. Celebrate Wilson-Marshall Day. s "Wilson and Marshall day" wa . celebrated in Colhmbia when severs I. stirring addresses were delivered b j prominent Democrats to a responsiv audience. Theodore Roosevelt wa [. severely scored by three of the speal 3 ers. A letter from Senator B. R. Til f man was read which said that a Den . ocrat who partisipated in the primar A?n?not nrm 1H nnt vntp fnr th (t IU91 rtuouov ww - ! Progressive presidential electors wit n out violating his oath. Woodrow W n son's message to the Amerilan pe< pie wa^read to the audience. Passenger Train Kills Girl. e Miss Ruth Myrick, the 16-year-ol daughter of Mr. B. R. Myrick, of A lendale. was run over several daj ago by the eastbound C. & W. C. pa o senger train, and both of her lef n severed from the body, and as a r 1- suit of the accident died a few houi r later. It seems that Miss Myrick wt e walking on the track in front of hi n home and in an effort to free herse e of danger from the approaching trai ?. stumbled and was caught beneath tl e wheels before the engineer could stc his train. LEO FC IDE UPLAND C0I10N THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS AT WORK CLASSIFYING THIS VARIETY. ITS VALUE NOT RECOGNIZED ?? The Plan In View Is to Have New Grades Which Will Enable the Growers of This Cotton to Reap the Deserved Benefits. Columbia.?Another effort 1b being made to classify the upland cotton in a satisfactory way by the department of agriculture at Washington. All dealers and users of cotton know that a special value attacnes 10 cunuu growers In north Georgia and the Piedmont section of South Carolina. The staple is stronger, and the color more satisfactory, and in every way this cotton is more valuable to the 1 manufacturer than the cotton grown in some other sections. Heretofore it has not received the additional value thi'.t its quality is entitled to. Very little of it is exported, most of >t being iaken up by American mills. The following Washington dispatch explr.lns the situation more in detail: < W'ngate P. Barbot, a member of ; the classification committee of the New 7o:k cotton exchange, and its chief expert in grading and inspect* ing cotton warehouses there, has returned to New York after working several days in the offices of the department of agriculture in preparing a set of samples of raw cotton that will include the staple produced in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama. At present the nine government grades apply only to "gulf cotton'' which holds a premium over the upland variety. While the official samples now in the keeping of the department of agriculture may fairly represent the classes of cotton sold chiefly in the New Orleans cotton market, it is alleged by members of the New York exchange that these samples do not correctly represent all the cotton grown in the South. The Long Staple Variety. Bishopville.?As the whole Pee Dee section of South Carolina is so enthusiastically interested in long staple cotton anything concerning its development, especially in the breeding of new varieties, is of interest. A party interviewed T. M. Green of this o now varietv which CJiy 111 legai u vu ? .. he has had bred. Mr. Green has for a number of years been a large buyeT of stapel cottons and has encouraged 1 the planting of this cotton. He thinks the future of this Industry depends upon better selection of seed, and 1 the growing of staples long enough 1 for the f^ew England trade. Should Meet During Fajr Week. Charleston.?At a meeting of rep ' resentatives of the several loca! ( camps of the United Confederate vet erans at the city hall, a resolutior was adopted, expressing it to be th< sense of the local camps that fail . week is an inopportune time for ? reunion of the state division of vet erans and the opinion of the old so' : diers will be communicated to th< 1 central committee, and in turn trans " mitted to city council, where a peti ? tion of Adjt. Mobley of the South Car olina division, the idea originated t< ' have the reunion held during fal: week. 3 To Move Headquarters. ' Abbeville.?An important matte 3 ,,.111 r>nmn hffrirp thfi BaDtls 1 state convention, which will meet it Abbeville, December 3-6, will be thi question of removing the headquar ' ters of the state mission board fron ' Greenville to Columbia. For half i 8 century Greenville has been the mec ca for South Carolina Baptists, not withstanding its geographical place ii r a corner of the state. For severs ^ years there has been a growing de p sire on the part of those Baptists wh live in the lower part of the state t e have the Baptist headquarters loca ted in the capital. New Depot For Williston. p Washington. *? The Southern Rai s way Company will soon erect a coir n blnation freight and passenger depo e at Williston. contract for the wor! v having been let to the Elliott Buildin 1 Company of Hickory, N. C. The net I building will be provided with corr 0 modious white and colored waitin rooms for passengers and will hav a freight room 15 feet by 50 feet, an a covered cotton platform 22 feet b * 261 feet. The work will commence a soon as building material can be as sembled. Card of Advice To State U. D. C. s Columbia.?The State has receive II the following card of advice to the I D. C. of South Carolina: "The genert e convention of the United Daughter s of the Confederacy will meet in th l" New Williard hotel. Washingtoi Tuesday evening, November 12. Th cornerstone of Arlington monumer will be laid Tuesday afternoon at e o'clock. All delegates from Sout I1 Carolina should endeavor to reac i" m ? l: ,mnmintT .trnin 1 V\ clMIlilglUli %jli I lie Mtvi u??D . order to participate in the ceremonie at Arlington. ^ Knights of Pythias to Meet. j Columbia.?Acting under instru r6 ! tions from F. S. Evans of Greenwooi s- grand chancellor, every ledge of tb ?8 Knights of Pythias In South Carolir e" 1 will hold a rally on the night of N rs vember 12. The five prosperoi ls lodges of the order in Columbia ai ?r preparing programmes for the occ sion. Shandon lodge. No. 296, will e 'n serve November 14 as Pythias da as this is the time for its reguh W monthly meeting. The other four wi hold their rallies on November 12. RT )RT MILL, S. C? THUR FROM THE PALMETTO STATE Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Condensed For the People of the State. ^ Greenville.?Great local interest Is certered in the meeting in Columbia of baseball directors, and it is hoped that Columbia, having withdrawn ! from the South Atlatnic League, may be induced to join Greenville, Spartanburg, Augusta, Charlotte, and possibly other towns in the formation of an interstate league. Columbia.?Following a conference several days ago with C. T. Swan, acting chief of the forestry bureau, the state department of agriculture of South Carolina has signed an agree " ' ^nortmont of nient wun iue uauuuai ucinu>u.v.. agriculture to prepare and publish a special report on the wood used by industries of South Carolina. Cheraw.?The Cheraw lyceum is one of the best and most honored institutions in the Pee Dee section. It had for its founders such men as the late Chief Justice Mclver, the late Bishop Lynch of Charleston1, the late Bishop Gregg of Texas, both of whom were local pastors at the time, and the late Dr. Cornelius Kolock, eminent in surgery. Beaufort.?The town of Beaufort is to have a primary the first Tuesday In December next and every other i year thereafter to nominate an intendant, a commissioner of public works and wardens. A few more than 80 members of the two Democratic clubs of the town met last night at the arsenal and formed the Municipal Democratic Primary Club of Beaufort. Orangeburg.?The new city police force was sworn inn at the city nan by Mayor W. M. Sain and the city attorney W. L. Glaze. The new pa trolmen were elected at the last regu lar meeting of the Orangeburg city council. The new force is as follows: R. F. Jennings, chief; C. H. William son, J. W. Spears, W. H. Edwins, S C. Fairey, James Pooser, L. W. West bury and F. A. Schiffley, health offl cer. Columbia. ? The South Carolini State Chamber of Commerce, as an nounced several days ago ip a com munication from A. W. McKeand o Charleston, temporary persident of th< embryo organization, meets here t< effect a permanent association am elect permanent officers. The meeting according to A. McP. Hamby, secre tary of the Columbia Chamber o Commerce, will be of a strictly bus] nesB nature. Rocfl Hill.?The fire laddies, to us a trite expression, were called ou twice in one day. A waste house, er tirely separate from the main buih ings of the Highland Park Cottoi Mill, was burned, entailing a loss c , about $1,000. A little later there wa ! a fire in Dr. W. W. Fennell's res ; dence, which adjoins the Fennell Ir flrmary. The blaze, which was in closet, was quickly extinguished, an | with little damage. Aiken.?Eighty-six business menmerchants, bankers, lawyers an farmers?met at the Titanlan ha and after hearing A. W. McKearn I secretary of the Charleston chambe . of commerce, and Harold Weir of Sa . Francisco, both of whom made coi .-ir./.tncr taiua nf which co-operatio . was the keynote, entered into tempi t rary organization of what will likel be known as the Aiken county chan ber of commerce. ; Charleston. ? The streets throug - forty blocks of the city's most imDo - tant business sections will be deco . ated for fleet week, according to plar 3 decided on at a meeting of the deco r ating committee, of which Alderma Fred C. Peters Is chairman. As : stimulus for the merchants and oth< I business men to decorate their ston r and office buildings, cash prizi t amounting to $100 will be ofTered, d i vided as follows: First prize, $5< e second, $25; third, $15; fourth, $10. Greenwood.?Greenwood occupies 11 very important place in the hear a and minds of members of the Met odist Episcopal church. South. For time the centre of Methodist gover ment is located at Greenwood. T1 ' college of bishops, composed of tl ' scholarly and devout heads of th 0 great church is holding its annual ft 0 session here, and all Greenwood ci l" zens feel honored by the presence these distinguished ministers. Orangeburg.?The Santee Cypre Lumber Company, a $1,000,000 pla ' located at Ferguson, Orangebu: '* county, has again suffered a big io 1 by fire. The large new dry shed ai k picket shed and their contents of th R plant were destroyed by fire sever K days ago. ' Gaffney. ? Gaffney is manifestii R more building activity at this tin e than has ever been known before ai d new business buildings and handson y dwellings are going up on every sid 9 , There is no doubt but that the tov i- has the inside track of the road prosperity. Barnwell^?In the recent prima election to choose a successor to tl j late W. Gilmore Simms. clerk of tl ,1 court, W. H. Duncan was elected ov s his opponent, Sheriff Frank e Creech by a majority of 140 vot< 1( The official count as declared by t 0 executive committee, which met he it 2 was Creech 795, Duncan 935. The h were eight candidates in the first p h mary, which was held a week previo n to this election. Interest was ke >s in the race, but the election pass off very quietly. Columbia.?With a purpose of i creasiug membership rolls to 1,000 1 c. fore the state convention in 1913, t j Travelers" Association held a bu ' session at Craven Hall, Columb ie Bennettsville. ? Senator John Green died at his home on Darlingt o- street recently. For several days 1 is death has been expected and life h "e been sustained largely by stlmulan a- The cause of death was myocardit b- For many years Senator Green h y, been one of the county's most usel ir citizens and he held a place in t ill hearts of every one who knew h that is seldom won by any man. SDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 191 PORTE'S REQUEST NOTTET ANSWERED NONE OF THE POWERS HAVE REPLIED TO THE CALL FOR MEDIATION. THE TURKS WENT HUNGRY Deficient Commisaaries Caused Mussulman's Reverses.?The Sultan Deceived By Repcte.?Will Not Be Sorry to Accept Intervention. Constantinople.?None of the powers has yet replied to the Porte's re1 quest for mediation. The belief is held here that King Ferdinand will ! not be sorry to accept European intervention, as it is considered that after its tremendous sacrifices the Bulgarian Army must be near exhaustion. Abdullah Pasha, commander of the Turkish Eastern Army, still Is at Tcherkesskeul, and a Turkish detachment destroyed an imoprtant railway bridge at Tchorlu. It now becomes clear that the deficient commissariat was largely responsible for the Turkish reverses. Turkish plans aimed at encircling the Bulgarian forces by an advance on the right wing. The Bulgarian general concentrated his efforts on an | attack against the Turkish center at i Serai and the left wing along the railway. The Turkish right flank was meeting with much success, but the commissariat broke down completely, owing partly to bad weather which made the road difficult and prevented * landing operations at the Turkish base, Midia. As a consequence, Mahmoud Mukh tar Pasha, commanding the right, was t compelled to sacrifice the advantage ; gained because his troops were with - ! out food a whole day. t All preparations have been com 3 pleted for the heir apparent to pro 3 ' ceed to the Turkish headquarters, ac 1 companied by Ghazi Ahmed Mukhtai :, Pasha, the late Grand Vizier, but ui s* to the present they have not started, f It is asserted that the Sultan him L* self was deceived by Nazim Pasha'i optimistic reports, and only realize< e the true situation when an Englist t cruiser brought the iatest news, wliicl | were conveyed to the Porte by th< J. Pritish Amabssador. The Porte thei a asked the powers to intervene. ?! I ' ' B Governing Body to Control Boxing. [. New York.?The first steps toward I. the formation of a national governini a body to control boxing have been tafc j en by the New York State Boxin, Commission and it is expected that i national boxing association will be 1: ^ operation before the end of the yeai U In a letter which will soon reach th . officials of all boxing clubs In th TTnitPd States, the Secertary of th ?r ~ ~ * I New York commission says: 'it ha occurred to me that now is the prope time to suggest the formation of y national governing body on boxin and I am writing to request your c< J operation. "| ? Vault Was Almost Bare. ^ Chicago.?Vaults of the Kirby Sai r" ings Bank which were taken charg r' of by receivers on the discovery tha 18 William T. Kirby. president of the ii r" sttiution has been Insane for som n time, were found to contain but $85: n A mob of several hundred persor representing about $50,000 in deposit ?B it is said, waited outside the ban ?s doors and shouted irv rage when th information as to the amount < funds was given them. Police wei summoned to disperse the crowd. a ts Held For Grand Jury Without Bail h- Chicago.?Charles N. Kramer, alia a Conway, the clown, and his wife, LI n- lian Beatrice Kramer, were held to tl ie grand jury without bail for the mu ie der of Sophia Gertrude Singer of Ba is timore. Kramer and his wife testifie LH voluntarily before the coroner's jur ti. telling the same story as was accre uf ited to them in the police coufessiot obtained several days ago. BS Deadlock Has Been Broken. eg Washington.?The death of Repre B8 entative George H. Utter of Rhcj 1(j Island breaks the deadlock in whic j9 the House of Representatives wou! a] find itself if it were called upon l elect a President. To the time < Mr. Utter's death the House wi f,e equally divided. Rhode Island wt 1(j one of the states in which the del ,je gates were equally divided arfTi M le Utter's death, should his place not I >n filled by a Republican to fill out tl t0 remainder of his term, would thro Rhode Island to Democratic column rr )fi Women Join Street Car Strike. Jacksonville, Fla.? Women joint in the violence in connection with tl er street car strike he-e when a party H. more than a dozen attacked a c: ,s , with bricks, bottles and other m ^ siles. They made their escape befo j a hurried call brought a squad re militiamen to the scene. The stre re railway company announced that ri- addition to granting an increase I ?? V,ti-illincr t n rorn en ?ize the local car men's union, h ed they refused to recognize the Amalg mated Association. In* ie. Has Studied Our Methods, he New York.?I>r. Vincente Lloren! Sy ' physician to the Spanish royal hous iat hold, has completed a two mcnt B. study of American methods of trai 0Q ing the deaf and dumb. He was se il8 to this country by the Queen of Spa ad to collect data regarding the trainii tg. and education of Miss Helen Kell j8> with a view to adapting thi| inforn aa tion in the bringing up of the Queer ful second son who his been a deaf inu he from birth. He will make his repc im before a special conference of t leading physicians of Spain. . TI 2. the" berksh Freas^ociat 0 n Held Meeting in Columbia Recently When the Officers For the Ensuing Year Were Named. Clumbia.?The South Carolina Berk shire association held its annual meeting in the city council chamber. A feature of the session was the appointment of a committee on arrangements for the entertaining in this city ! of the American Berkshire congress in connection with the coming Nationl Corn exposition. Several Interesting addresses were heard by the association interestd in the breeding of hogs, much routine business was disposed of, and officers for the ensuing year were elected.. The officers elected are: J. R. Falrey, Fort Motte, president; F. H. Beall, Ridgeway, vice president, and Louis LeConte, Lykesland, secretary mrl rnonifAi.- ?-ltU on OVOOntivO PHTTI tiuu licaouici , n III! au v WM mitee composed of F. C. Moss, St. Matthews; R. E. Shannon, Blackstock, and J. A. Shanklin, Columbia. Addresses of interest to the raisers were delivered by Dr. M. R. Powers of Clemson College, on ' Serum Treatment for Hog Cholera;" Prof. A. G. Smith of Columbia, United States department of agriculture in South Carolina, on "Grazing Crops," and Dr. E. Barnett of Columbia, on "The Care of the Brood Sow After Farrowing." The committee chosen to look to the entertaining of the American Berkshire congress is composed of A. G. Smith, Columbia; Dr. E. Barnett, Columbia; A. D. Hudson, Newberry; J. R. Fairey, chairman, Fort Motte, and T. C. Moss, St. Matthews. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Purvis Live Stock com pany of Timmonsville, with a capital of $10,000. The officers are W. H Purvis, president, and W. B. Harris secretary and treasurer. The Kingstree Electric Light and Ice company has been chartered, with a capital ol $15,000. The officers are P. G. Gour din, president; T. M. Kellahan .vice president, and D. C. Scotch, secretary ! and treasurer. The Bank of Patrick has been chartered, with a capital of $15,000. The officers are J. E. Williams, secretary and treasurer. Com missions have been issued to the fol- ] lowing proposed corporations: Bank of McClellanville, capital stock $15.000, corporators: R. M. Lofton, H. T. 3 Morrison, W. H. Graham and W. O. Traver. 3 Election on Dispensary Question. 1 An election in Union county on the 1 dispensary question will be held on 1 the day of the general election. The i dispensary was votea out of this 1 county in 1905 under the provisions of the old state dispensary law. In 1907 there was another election on the subject, in which the dispensary 9 won by a small margin, but there ? were irregularities in the election in L" the way of failure of managers tc s comply with the law in requiring proa duction of registration certificates n and tax receipts. Then anothei r" election was held in 1908 under spee cial provisions by the general assem e bly, in view of the fact that the pree vious contest was nullified by agree 8 ment on condition that there would r be no objection to a further election a the succeeding year. In this lasl B contest the prohibition forces won. > Banks Re-elected President. J. Arthur Banks of St. Matthews was re-elected president of the South k* Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical e society at the annual meeting which 11 was held in the Richland county court house. All old officers of the society e were re-elected. The election followed an effort to postpone the election 18 of officers to an adjourned meeting s' which was voted down after much ^ discussion. This proposition came be ,e fore the society in the form of a reso lution offered by B. P. Taylor of Co e lumbia, which asked for the election : * * 9 tn PnnelHoi or a COimiiuiee ui me w ^. changes in tne constitution and by laws and rules which was to report tc 13 an adjourned meeting and that elee tion of officers be postponed. le . Executive Clemency For Two. David Byrd, Jr., and Jake Moore 1 two negroes under sentence of deatf ' from Fairfield county on the charge o murder, were commuted to life impris 13 onment by the governor. Marlboro Poultry Association. The Marlboro Poultry association ii s" planning for its first annual show ^ which is to be held in Hennettsville December 11-12. An effort is beinf made to enlist the interest of ever; one in the county who is at all con 5 cerned about poultry. Those who an ls now members of the association havi ls been wWking for some time in a sys e" tematic way, and are getting gatisfac r" tory results. The approaching shov is expected to be an attractive one le and every effort will be put forth ti v" make it profitable and attractive. L 1.000 Militiamen Will Attend. * o.:is in Charlestoi AUgl. WCU. .'iwi ... . recently conferring with Col. Jnliu 1P E. Cogswell concerning the mobilizin; 0 ot' the National Guard of South Care ar lina here during Fleet Week. Th ln~ Adjutant General told Col. Cogswel rP that he believed at least 1,000 militii ? men would come to Charleston. H \ said that tents necessary for the er m campment of the troops would b sent, freight prepaid. The Nations ^ Guard escort to the thousand marine ut in line in -the grand parade will b ,a one of the big features o fthe week. To Have New Trolley Line. The farmers and property owner of the McClellanville section hav :e" taken up heartily the proposition c 13 James Sottile for the extension of th n" seashore trolley line through Moui nt Pleasant to McClelanville. and nt ln only have they given the rights < way, but they have agreed to furnis Pr the ties for the construction of tt railway. There is some trouble, hot 1 s ever, in getting the rights at .Moui ltP Pleasant end which may tie up tt 'rf venture of opening this rich trut section to a full development. INDUSTRY BECOMES j ALMOST PARALYZED SHORT OF FREIGHT CARS/AND MENACE OF COAL FAMINE NOW SERIOUS. THE ORDERS ARE DRASTIC . Interstate Commerce Commission Has Made Demands Upon Shippers and Railroads to Remedy This Matter? Much Interest Being Shown. Washington.?Shortage of freight cars, the menace of a coal famine and industrial paralysis in some parts of the country has become so serious that the Interstate Commerce Com mission proposed to shippers and railroads drastic recommendations for its relief, with a thlngly veiled intimation that should they fail to remedy the situation the commission itself would find a way to do so. "The condition is acute," declared Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, who for several weeks has been conducting an inquiry. "Great institutions of the country are practically out of fuel and cannot get it because there are no cars for its transportation. If an immediate remedy is not found people in parts of this country will be freezing to death because of their inability to get coal." The car shortage is said to have been found to be due in part to delay in unloading cars and the slow movement of freight cars and failure of railroads to return cars to the lines owning them. In the latter case it is said railroads hold cars, paying a nominal charge for their use. This the commission denounces as "nothing less than theft." The investigation of slow movement of freights developed that a freight car averaged about 20 miles a day and that while one was moving 13 were standing still. The commission makes several sugguestions for relief of the car shortage: "That a higher per diem rate shall be made to apply for the use of "cars as between the carriers. "That an inspection service be at once instituted which shall report to the commission violations of the rules existing which are intended to insure the return of equipment to the home line. Austrian* Block the Way. Paris.?Auetriars suspicious still block the way to an accord of the powers on the proposal of France, Russia and Great Britian for a declaration of "territorial disinterestedness. The French ambassador at Vienna has given the Austrian foreign Count Von Berchthold, definite assurances that the three powers have no intention of asking Austria to deny herself the right to protect her economic interest and that the only desire is to be able to indicate to the belligerants that in offering mediation the great powers are determined to make no demands of .territorial compensation. More Sacrifices For Woman. Gary Ind.?Three more men. her father, brother and sweetheart gave up 50 square inches of skin for the burned body of Miss Ethel Smith, for whom Billy Hugh, the crippled newsboy gave his life, allowing a useless limb amputated for skin. The operation was performed at a local hospital. Charles Smith, the father, Ray Smith, 21 years old her brother and Roy Roberts, 21 years old, her sweetheart, gave the skin. When i Kugh gave his limb not enough skir was obtained. ; Wilson Hurt in Motor Car Mishap. Princeton. N. J.?Governor Wilsor wears a narrow strip of collodior across the top of iiis head, coverinf a scalp wound three inches long, whiet , he received ift a motor car mishap or i the way home from Red Hank, N. J ( His automobile struck a mound in thi road and jolted him against a stee rib in the roof of the limousine car The wound is not serious. 3 Armies Resting cn Field of Battle. London.?After the four days deci , sive battl?> of the war theer is caln ; for a few hours, and no news come; y from the field of the recent fighting Constantinople officials still refuse t< ? permit messages dealing with tV e Turkish defeat to be sent out of th> i- capital. How far the Ottoman arm will be able to pull itself togethei v and whether it will make a stand ii the forts outside of Constantinople 0 are questions unanswered. The Sei vian advance toward Salonki cor tinues. t. Election in Nicaragua. s Managua.?Elections for presiden S vice president and members of th > assembly were held throughout Nict e ragua. There was only one ticket i 1 the field for the presidency and vie i* presidency, that of the Conservativ * ? 1 ? ^f tifKSnK o rr roc e party, me leituem m oiulu i- upon the candidacy of the provision; e president, Adolf Diaz and Fernand d Solorzano, who was elected vice pre h ident by the national assembly. Ge e Chamorro issued an open letter i the Conservatives urging them to su por this ticket. '9 Final Tribute Paid to Sherman. e Utica, .V. V.?With simple, but it >f pressive services, the body of Vi< e President James 8. Sherman was la it away in a crypt within a beautif mausoleum in Forest Hill cemeter Under a canvas covering that serv< 'h as a shield against a chill Novemb ie wind were gathered the Sherm; v* family. President Taft, members 31 hi3 cabinet, justices of the Unit le States supreme court, senators ai members of the house of represent tires and a few intimate friends ai associates of the vice president. $ $1.25 PER YEAR NEWS~OF SOUTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Greenwood. ? Jesse Hutchison, a negro woman, was shot by Tom Powers, a well known negro barber. The cause of the shooting is not known. The woman was carried to the hospital and may recover. Powers was arrested shortly after the Bhooting. " 1 1 - t'HPU a AmApinan miir. UOIUIU (Jia. """ 1 UC AUiUl ivau WW derer is the hookworm," said Dr. J. A. Hayne in hialecture on "Public Health" at the University of South Carolina. "Parasites" was his subject and he leveled his guns at mankind's real foes, the mosquito, typhoid fly, bedbug and flea. Sumter.?Dr. J. L. Fox, who lives a few miles south of this city, brought to town one of the largest rattlers ever seen here. The senate was ever seen here. The snake was about three inches in diameter in the middle of the body. Mr. Fox found the snake in the road, and after dispatching it with pistol and club, immediately stuffed it and brought it on to town. Spartanburg. ? When the mules drawing a wagon driven by Frank Harrison, and carrying Mrs. Lawson and several children ran away Just before reaching the Southern end of the bridge over Tiger river at Nesbitt Shoals, striking the end of the structure, a little girl, four years of age, was killed instantly. Mrs. Lawson was seriously injured and Frank Harrison sustained slight injury. A baby in Mrs. Lawson's arms escaped injury. Fort Mill.?Two exhibitions of landbreaking are now taking place here that are attracting the attention of a great many people of this section, especially farmers. Mr. Fred Nimi has recently purchased a traction kerosene engine and is now having It ' tried out on his farm, three miles south of town, while a half-mile further on, Mr. B. M. Lee is entertaining a representative of a powder factory, , who is demonstrating subsoillng land by dynamite. Rock Hill.?At a meeting of the enecutive committee of the chamber of commerce of this city, at which Har^old M. Weir of San Francisco, Ca., was present, it was decided to make a j deal with Mr. Wier to make a canvass of this city in the interest of the chamber of commerce and if possible . to raise a fund of $15,000, payable' $5,000 each year for three years. The j canvass will run for three days. Mr. J Wier is the man who helped raise the^^fl funds for Spartanburg and Greenviller^^ Lexington.?At a meeting of the trustees of the bankrupt estate of W. ~ ** m 1 * ^ T Aonhert u/Qfl i'. I tool, DailKrupi, w. la. Uca^i.ui V .. named agent and bookkeepef for the trustees. It was also agreed that all accounts should be collected as soon as possible, and that, where it is necessary to bring action to recover, suits be brought in the federal court This action was taken because of the fact that there are so many creditors within the county that it might be difficult to obtain a jury should the cases be brought to trial. Sumter.?According to figures gives out by the local cotton weighers, tie cotton receipts for this season up to October 26 were 9,139 bales behind what they were at the end of the same week for October in 1911. It was further stated by one of the weighers that it was probable that the cotton crop in this country sold here would be between 30,000 and 35,000 bales be> bind what it was last year. He made i this statement on his own observation and on the reports given by farmers [ who had been to the platform to hare cotton weighed. ' Edgefield.?Constable Moultrie, of ' this place, armed with a warrant, went - to the home of Herlder Jones, a negro I man, to arrest him. Jones lives sev' eral miles in the country, and it was ' dark when the officer reached his resi idence. On reaching the house he found the door fastened. He demanded that the negro come forward and surrender. This he refused to do, i whereupon the officer started to enter i the house, and as he did so the negro ' 1 - *??? onn in hand Aeain he k IJ1UUC UIS rAH, vi ii IW ? i was ordered to surrender, the com1 mand being answered by a shot flred upon .Mr. Moultrie, and although the 2 men were in close proximity the one 1 to the other, the lead went wild of . its mark. Seneca.?The home of L. 0. Davit was totally destroyed by fire, oni?- <4 portion of his household goods being > * saved. The house being on a hill 1 overlooking the entire town, and only s by heroic efforts were nearby dwellings saved. Even the ladies were out 3 aiding in saving property. e Dillon.?In the second primary Dr. e Joe Caball Davis defeated F. Watklns y for probate judge by 154 votes out of \ the 1,200 cast. Mr. Davis will make n the county a very efficient officer. He \ has a successful insurance agency r* here and has resided in Dillon for 1- several years. Walterboro. ? Everything is in readiness for the fourth Colleton county fair which will be held here t, next week, November 5-8. A proe gramme full of interest and instruc1 tion has been arranged for each day. n The building and ground of the assoe ciation has been put in thorough ree pair. d Florence.?A meeting of the officials, ll route agents, agents and messengers lo of the Southern Express Company, ror 8- the division embraced by the Atlantic n. Coast Line Railway, from Richmond to to Tampa, was held in this city sevp eral days ago. Laurens.?In a dispute over the possession of a bale of cotton, W. F. Lawson, a well-known farmer, was n- shot and killed by the son, Thomas :e Lawson, aged 24, at Clinton. Young id Lawson was arrested, ul Charleston.?The semi-annual rey. union of the Scottish Rite Masonic ?d bodies of South Carolina opened at er the Masonic Temple. At a special in session of the Delta Lodge of of Perfection No. 1, Ancient and Accepted ed Scottish Rite, the work of adrancid ing a large number of Masons of the a state to his higher spheres of Masonid rv wan begun. 4