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ESTABLISHED IN 189
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Br COMPTROLLER
A. W. JONES, IN A STATEMENT,
CITE8 THE STATE LAW ON
APPROPRIATIONS
STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
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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.
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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
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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
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IDE UPLAND C0I10N
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
IS AT WORK CLASSIFYING
THIS VARIETY.
ITS VALUE NOT RECOGNIZED
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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)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.
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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.
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