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W * V * " e ' - Wf y i I X^' w ESTABLISHED IN 18" CONFERENCE ENDS AT GREENVILLE TWO REMARKABLE ADDRESSES ARE DELIVERED AT THE CHARITY MEETING. MANY CHILDREN WHO TOIL Miss Jean Gordon and Dr. Owen R. Lovejoy Gave Very Interesting Talki to This Worthy Gathering.? Man) Attended the Meetings. ureeuvuie.? i oe icunu auuuai ?i'o Ion of the South Carolina Conference of Charities and Correction camp to a close in the lecture room of the Centra:. Young Men's Christian Association building following the delivering of two remarkable addresses, one by Miss Jean Gordon, president of the Southern Conference on Woman I and Child Labor, and the other by Dr. Owen R. Lovejoy, secretary of the National Child Lazor committee. The former Is from New Orleans and for years has labored In Louisiana in be half of working women and children. Dr. Lovejoy comes from New York city &ud his given years of his life to doing for women mi children of the Ncrth what Miss Gordon has been accomplishing for the women and children of her state. The remark was made that if the people of Greenville, generally, knew what was in tore for them in the addresses by Miss Gordon and Dr. Lovejoy there would not be found an auditorium in the city sufficiently large to hold the numbers that would flock out to hear them. The statement not only turned out to be true, as will be borne out by the several score who heard the speakers, but there were those there who were of the opinion that should the speeches have been made in the open air a lot sufficiently large to hold tfle crowd would have been difficult to find. Justice to the addresses cannot be done within the small confines of a newspaper report, and yet is out of the question to reproduce their remark) in their entirety. Rnnrf laan* I ?aHina By 7 Votes. Re;>ortB received by the secretary of state, R. M. McCown, as chairman of the state board of canvassers from 41 counties show that the bond issue for $1,000,000 to improve conditions at the state hospital for the insane is leading by 7 votes. The vote reported is is as follows: For the bond issue 14,81 * against the bond issue, 14,803. Reports have not been received from Abbeville and Darlington counties. The voters of Edgefield county did I not vote on the proposed issue because the necessary ballots were said not to hve been furnished. Tie inL dications are that the issue will be I carried. I Hou|jh Case Has Been Postponed. Tte Hough case, which has been at trading a great deal of attention in Can den county, was postponed until the next term of criminal court on account of the illness of E. D. Blakney, the defendant's attorney. The case was postponed at first on account of the alleged illness of Hough. Five doctors examined him and a sample of his blood was sent to Columbia. The physicians decided that he was able to attend the trial. Appointments by the Governor. The following appointments were made by Governor Blease; Jos. C. Bailey, of Okatie, to the state board of fisheries, vice W. C. Vincent, removed. E. B. Cash Watts, of Chera v. to the board of supervisors of registration for Chesterfield county, vice James T. Britt, deceased. The Governor revoked the commission of David A. King, of Lancaster, H. F. D., as notary public. Anderson.?With Bishop John C. Cilgo presiding, the 1912 conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of South Carolina will convene in the St John's Methodist church, Anderson, on Wednesday, November 27. Up to date 452 delegates have been enrolled. Orangeburg County Fair Closes. The second annual Orangeburg county fair was a big success. The iair SUrpUSSeu lue CAjJcviawuii ui iuc fair authorities and the thousands who attended the fair. The fair will be even better next year, as more building* will be added to the already modern and complete fair plant. The fair was largely attended. The first three days were for the white people and the last two days were set apart for the negroes. It Is hard to say just who the great praise is due for maklng the best county fair in the state. Mail Delivery For Aiken. The free city delivery service of mail for Aiken was inaugurated beginning with three regular carriers and one substitute carrier. The postoffice department at Washington has overridden Postmaster Charles E. Carman anad instead of the selection made by him of two white men and one negro, there will be two negroes and one white man. They are L. B. McCracken, of Langley; E. M. Butler, of Barnwell. and John H. Epps. of Columbia, the last two of whom are negroes. The substitute is also a negro To Organize a County Fair. At a meeting of the Florence chamber of commerce held several days ago in their rooms the matter of forming a county fair was brought up and discussed, and it was there and then decided that Florence and Florence county would have an annual county fair in this city, beginning in the tall of 1913. All the business men present pledged themselves to this end. and the necessary preliminary steps were then taken looking to the establish meat of this organization. t -L.% y ;;k.H '- / THE n. t^utTtogrand old man Seaman A. Knapp Memorial Day to Be Observed.?In Appreciation of Work of Agriculturist. t ' Columbia.?"The 148,000 teachers and the 7,000,000 pupils of (he South are being urged by their educational and agricultural leaders to assemble 3,000,000 farmers, their families and friends, in the 89,000 Bchool houses on November 27 for an hour, in order to survey and review their agricultural resources and achievements, and to express their appreciation of the services of one of their great benefactors. Agriculture is worthy of this consideration, for the farmers of the nation have this year produced $10,000,000 worth of crops to feed and clothe nearly 100,000,000 people here, with a surplus for other nations,"' reads the leading paragraph of a pamphlet that has been issued by the Seaman A. Knapp memorial committee. "Knapp agricultural day" will be observed all ove rthe South. In Texas the exercises will be held in the schools on November 22, on Novem | ber 27 in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes' see, South Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky; in Florida on December 6; In Mississippi on December 12; in Virginia on December 20. North Carolina will celebrate Knapp agricultural day at some early date, which will soon be an- 1 nounced. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has Issued 1 a commission to the Hodges Furniture Company of Dillon with a capital of $1,000. The petitioners are R. A. and Ida L. Hodges. A commission has been issued to the Clinton Loan and Trust Company of Clinton, with a capital of $25,000. The petitioners are J. S. Craig. B. H. Boyd, G. W. Copeland, R. Z. Wright, G. R. Copeland, J. M. Pitts, T. D. Copeland and L. I. Davidson. The Co-operative Motor and Machine Company of Greenwood has been chartered with a capital of $5,000. The officers are J. A. Robinson, president; G. H. Taylor, vice-president and W. G. Thorne, secretary and treasurer. A commission has been Is sued to the Young Men's Christian Association of Sumter. A charter hae been issued to the Johnson, McQuade and Taylor Company of Georgetown with a capital stock of $6,000. The officers are J. B. Johnson, president, and Hugh G. Taylor, secretary and treas urer. A charter has been issued tc the Denmark Machine Works with a capital of $20,000. The officers are W. J. Piatt, president; P. Blount, vice president, and T. B. Wilkinson, secretary and treasurer. To Have A Trl-County Fair. The success of the old time countrj fair held at Pendleton October 8 ha? ! stirred the people of this section tc , greater efTorts and plans wens adopted by the Pendleton Farmers' society el its annual meeting?the 97th in its history?looking to a great tri-county fair in 1913, to be followed by a centennial celebration in 1915. At the meeting recently, after the election of officers for the ensuing year, a resolution was adopted authorizing the president of the association to apoint a committee of five from each countyAnderson, Pickens and Oconee?the fholrman nf enr-h f-nmmlttPC to COnsti tute an executive committee. These committees are to have exclusive charge of the formulating and carrying out of plans for the fair. Have Made Survey of Edisto. Maj. George P. Howell. United States army, who has charge of the rivers and harbors of South Carolina, 1 with his headquarters at Charleston, was in Orangeburg to confer with Congressman Asbury F. Lever of this district regarding the opening of the Edisto river to navigation. Over a year ago $1,500 was appropriated for the purpose of making a survey of the Edisto river, with a view to opening the river to navigation. This survey has been made, the engineers have reported to Maj. Howell. Governor Blease Grants Parole. The governor recently granted a parole to Murry Ashley who was convicted last October in Fairfield countv on the charge of violating a contract and assault with a rock and sentenced to pay a fine of $60 or serve 60 days on the county works. Edgefield County Fair a Success. The fourth annual fair closed, surpassing in every particular all former fairs, while the managers who have incurred a large debt in enlarging and equipping the plant are elated over thp financial success of the fair, yet that which encourages them most is the assurance of fuller cooperation from represenative farmers for next year. It has been proven that Edgefield can have as good county fair as any county in the state. The attendance was a record breaker, there being nearly 3,000 visitors. Shot Negro Who Resisted Arrest. W. F. Cone, constable for Magistrate R. R. Milev of Lodge, shot and killed L. R. McDonald, who resisted arrest near Walterboro. The warrant had been issued by Magistrate Miley against McDonald for breach of trust. Mr. Cone was accompanied by Magistrate Miley and Stephen Bunton and went to this negro's house. When Mr. Cone called on the negro to surrender the negro struck him with a baseball bat and sprang back, ready to deliver another blow. Mr. Cone than shot the negro in the h?id. Meeting of Boys Corn Club. A very creditable, though limited, exhibit was made at Manning by members of the Boys' Corn club and a number of prizes were awarded by competent judges. At the opening of (the season there were about 75 or 80 members enrolled in the corn club, ! but, owing to adverse seasons and j other discouragements, a large rna- ! (jority of them dropped out and did not take part in the prize contest. I There were four or five girls enrolled i in the club, but only one of them | made an exhibit. ' (; - 0 : fo F< A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOILSSUBJECT MERITS CONSIDERA TION OF CITIZENS. ADDRESS BY DR.J.N. HARPER An Able and Comprehensive Treatise on Various Composition, Properties and Possibilities of the Soils From Piedmont to the Coast. Charleston.?One of the ablest pan#?r? evf?r presented at the University Df South Carolina was the recent address by Dr. J. N. Harper, director of the experiment station at Clemson College. His subject was "The Soils of South Carolina," and his careful treatment of the subject merits the thoughtful consideration of the citizens of the state. His paper is a real contribution to the scientific literature of South Carolina. The address, in part, is as follows: "This is an age of scientific research, an age when the scientists are entering Into close relationship with the common affairs of life. No problem is receiving more attention at present from scientific men, the world over, than the question of soil fertility. The soil is the basis of all our wealth. It is a heritage that we should foster,and it is our duty to hand it down to succeeding generations better than we found it. South Carolina is primarily an agricultural state, and the prosperity and happiness of its people are largely dependent upon the fertility of its soils. No country has ever remained permanently wealthy after its soils have become infertile. "Soil fertility is dependent upon so many complicated biological, physical, chemical and geological factors that its true nature is not yet fully understood. The fundamental principles un derlying It, however, have Deen wen established; and, by the knowledge of the various sciences, man, in" the last few decades, has discovered some of its Mysteries which have puzzled the wisest minds of every age. In the light of this new knowledge, the labor now leing bestowed on the soil is being transmuted into untold wealth." Survivors of Wallace House. Barnwell.?Featuring a day devoted to memories of the past, the reuniou of the survivorB of the famous Wallace House, In Barnwell, was an event notable because of its uniqueness and historical significance. It is the first reunion of men who composed a most radical and determined legislative body. In the course of history there were few such law-making bodies; In fact, there have seldom been such exigencies that necessitate such assemblages. Wounded in Attack on Muldrow. Anderson.?V. B. Cheshire, editor of The Anderson Intelligencer, is in the hospital here, suffering from four bullet-wounds in his arm and body as result of an attack on W. J. Muldrow in the latter's office at the Anderson Mattress and Springbed Factory. Two of the wounds are in the abdomen and two in the arm; but Mr. Cheshire's condition is not considered very serious. No Car Strike In Charleston. Cherleston.?There will be no street car strike in Charleston. At a meeting of the street car men, a memorandum of agreement entered into between the Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company and the local branch of the union was ratified and all danger of a tie-up of the street car service during Fleet and Fair Week was removed. Z. G. Cary Admitted to Ball. Spartanburg.?Z. G. Carey, who was committeed to jail on the charge uf attempting to burn the home of Mrs. B. G. Rhinehart, was admitted to bail In the sum of ?1,000 by Judge Gary on motion of Nicholls and Nicholls. Carey is a man of intelligence and well connected. Killed By Shifting Freight Cars. Sumter.?News reached Sumter of the horrible death, at Lynchburg several days ago of L. V. Brown, a citizen of that town, who was run over by some shifting Coast Line freight cars and killed. Several other pero r\r,n n a rraivl v oconnpil inlnrv ]f seems that Mr. Brown and others were standing on a side track when a shifting engine backed a string of freight cars down on the party, the cars passing completely over Mr. Brown's body and almost running down others standing nearby. Corn Club of County Successful. Camden.?The boys' corn club has had a very successful year, and their yields will compare with any in the sand belt section of the state. Its exhibit at the county fair was one of the features. The following is the record of the clubs: First prize. Leslie Brown, 120 1-5 bushels; cost $35.50, profit $ 10S.74. Second prize. Carlisle Kirkley, 113 bushels; cost $33.45, profit, $102.15. Third prize, Vance Hough, 100 bushels: cost $2S.<5, profit $01.15. Fourth prize. Ilobt. McCaskill, 89 bushels; cost $24.51, profit $^.29. Barnwell County Fair Closes. Barnwell.?The second annual me?tof the Barnwell County Fair association has ended. From every standpoint, the fair this year was a complete success, and many who had attended other county fairs in this state pronounced it second to none. The products of Barnwell county on display in the court house was a beautiful sight and beggars description. The horse and automobile racing on the famous Sherwood course was good and attracted a great deal of attention. ?v f. RT DRT MILL, S. C., THUR' FROM THE PALMETTO STATE Short Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Condensed For the People of the State. Sumter. ? Sumter's campaign to raise $15,000 in three days for the asgured support of her Chamber of Commerce for three years started with a vim with a big rally of citizens at tne Academy of Muslo. Kershaw.?Fire of unknown origin partly destroyed the plant of the KerI shaw mill and totally destroyed the meat and seed houses, including 25,000 tons of cottonseed. The loss is estimated at between $60,000 and $75,000, partly covered by insurance. Pendleton.?Recently a company of vn O aOAWi K1?H A U'ltnaCiQ ' ilUUUt UW pcu^ic aoocuiuicu ww mvuv^H the unveiling of a marble shaft to mark the "Hopewell-Keowee" church, i This was the Presbyterian church > founded by Gen. Andrew Pickens and ! Col. Robert Anderson, about 1788 or ;1789. Columbia.?Charging that W. Boyd Evans, plaintiff's counsel, was guilty of unethical practice in writing personal letters to jurors and enclosing them cards to a social club in which he is an officer, Barron, Moore, Bar- i ron & McKay, defendant's attorneys, made a motion in the United States court before Judge H. A. M. Smith, to set aside the verdict of $5,000 rendered in favor of W. D. Sturgeon. Greenville.?The Presbyterians of Greenville will at once launch a campaign to raise $30,000 for a new dormitory for Chicora College. This was determined upon at a meeting held recently in the First Presbyterian < church. The trustees have voted unanimously to keep the college on its present site, and the citizens have determined to give the institution an equipment adequate to its needs for present and future. Newberry.?Pick Odell constable for Magistrate Aughtry at Whitmire, brought two white men, named R. S. Peigler and John Norman to jail, charged with assault and battery upon Conductor Deadwiler of freight train No. 21 on the Seaboard, and he brought three others?John Lindsay, lJnard Williams, and Jim Gregory? who are said to be also Implicated in the affair, which occurred at the coal . chuto in the town of Whitmire. Dillon.?A negro by the name of Blge Leggett was shot and killed on - - - ? - - v ? Jonathan L<ewis piace, near rum, uj another negro named Shep Floyd. Bige was carving a negro woman in the face, who was a relative of Shep Floyd's wife and as soon as Shep could get to the scene he took the woman's part with the above result Bige wa6 advancing on Shep and threatened to kill him. Sheriff Lane has placed Shep Floyd In jail. Lancaster.?The town council here is taking the preliminary stepB looking to the installation of a complete system of sewerage in the town. The H. S. Jaudon Engineering company has just completed a survey and maps showing where the sewer pipes, man i holes and flush tanks will be placed. The cost will be between {30,000 and {40,000. Agreements for rights of way for sewer lines are now being circulated for the signatures of property owners. Union.?Mayor T. C. Duncan has appointed R. P. Harry, T. L. Estes and J. F. McLure members of the city board of health to fill vacancies. Dr. S. G. Sarratt is president of the board. The board of health is making every effort to keep the city in good sanitary condition and statistics kept show that the efforts are meeting with success. An innovation in the work of the board is an arrangement by which the physicians here will devote an hour each week to an inspection of the city schools. Greenwood.?The barn at Maxwell farm at Connie Maxwell orphanage was destroyed by fire recently. It caught from an engine used in driving the corn shredder. Splendid work was done by the boys in an effort to put out the fire, but it was not possible to do so. Besides the barn a quantity of corn, stover and other feedstuffs were burned, also corn harvester and binder. The barn was valued at $600 with $300 insurance. The total loss will approximate $2,000 with the $300 insurance loss to be deducted. Jonesvllle.?The ginnery of the Free Ginning company, located about three miles from town, was burned. A quantity of cotton seed and a number of bales of cotton were also burned. There was some insurance on the plant and cotton. The net loss has not ~ K rxr%T\ /lotorminpH ^ CI UCCI1 UClfcliUIUVM. Saluda.?The damage to the Augusta Northern railroad caused by the rains of the last week or two has been sufficiently repaired that the regular schedule is being made to Ward and return. The congested freight conditions are being rapidly relieved. Lexington.?In the Common Pleas Court Judge Shipp presiding, M. J. Frick and J. D. Frick were awarded damages in the sum of $2,f>(H) against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. Florence.?The Woman's Industrial Fair, which was gotten up and is being conducted under the auspices of and for the benefit of the Ladles' Civic Improvement Society, of this city, opened up in the Dixie tobacco warehouse, in North Coit street, with a great throng of people present anc a large number of exhibits of nearly every description. Winnsboro.?The home of Jam?s Young in the Hickory Ridge section was destroyed by fire. The fire probably originated from a defect in the chimney flue. Lexington.?County superintendent ! of Education A. I). Martin, who is president of the Lexington County Teachers' association, has called a meeting of the teachers for Saturday, November 23, to be held In the high school building at Lexington. This will be the first meeting of the teachers this fall, and it is earnestly hoped that all of the teachers in the county *ill attend. I - _ J SDAY,' NOVEMBER 21,. |9; TURKSMAVACCEPT AilSIIC TERMS WESTERN ARMY IS DEFEATED BUT THE FIGHTING STRENGTH REMAINS. THE WAR IS MORE MENACING Bulgaria Corrals All Available Forces In the Hope of Crushing the Sultans Defense.?Army Well Supplied With Food and Ammunition. London.?The report that an armis tice had been agreed to by the Bulgarians and Turks along the Tehatalia lines for the burial of the dead appears to have bjen unfounded. Dis-! patches from Nazim Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, show that the artillery duel has continued. The Turks claim successes against the Bulgarians, but-there is nothing to indicate that the Bulgarians have yet made any serious attempt to penetrate the lines. The battle may be ended at any moment by Turkey accepting the allies' terms for an armis-' tice, which are said to include the surrender of the Tehatalia lines, Durazzo, Adrianople and Siutari. There is a possibility, however, that i Turkey may decline to surrender Tehatalia. While her Western army has been completely defeated she still possesses, according to the correspondents at the front, a homogeneous army behind the Tehatalia fortifications largely composed of some of her best fighting material from the Asiatic provinces which has not yet been in action. Moreover, the demoralization and disorganization which followed the Kirk-Kisisseh and Lupleburgas retreats appear to have been remedied and the army is now well suuplied with food and ammunition. Under these circumstances the Porte may be induced tc make a fur-' tber stand in the hope of securing easier peace conditions 8 Killed, 4 Injured in Wreck. Norlina, N.-C.?Eight trainmen were killed and three severely injured when two Seaboard passenger trains, ' running at high speed, crashed head-on seven miles north of here. No passengers were injured. The trains met as the southbound No. 81 was coming out of a long curve in a deep fill and both were running full speed. The crash was terrific, both locomotives being totally demolished. The fact that only three coaches were demolished and there were no passengers in these is considered rmarkable. Engineer Beckham of the north-bound train iB thought to have misread orders to meet No. 81 at Granite, less than a mile from the scene of the wreck. Three Lives Lost in Fire. Los Angeles, Cal.?Three persons are known to have been killed and about 20 injured in a fire at the St. George hotel on East Third street near Main. The fire started on the second floor, and drawn up through the elevator shaft, it spread so rapid ly those on the fifth and sixtn noor3 who did not receive the warning in time were compelled to jump from the windows. Those who lost their lives jumped from the upper floors. Situation in Coal Fields. Charleston, W. Va.?Despite threatening conditions in the Kannawha coal fields it was decided to amend the order calling out four additional companies of the national guard so that only one company will take the filed. Respite Granted Doomed Aliens. Richmond, Va.--Gov. .Mann granted Floyd and Claude Allen a respite until December 13th. They were sentenced to die in the electric chair November 22nd for their part in the Hillsville, Va., court house murders. Schrank Said To Be Insane. Milwaukee, Wis.?A commission of five alienists reported to Judge Backus, finding John Schrank, who shot Roosevelt, insane. Guilty of First Degree Murder. New York.?"Gyp the Blood," "Lefty Louie," "Whitey'' Lewis and "Dago Frank" Cirofici, the gunmen i charged with killing Herman Rosenthal, were all found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in the supreme court. The jury deliberated only an hour and 10 minutes. The quick verdict came as a surprise to everybody. The jury in the case of Charles Becker deliberated for nearly seven hours. He is now in Sing Sing, sentenced to the electric chair for hiving instigated the murder. Much Fruit May Go To Waste. New York.?Three hundred thousand dollars worth of California fruit j one hundred and fifty car loads in all, will be allowed to decay on the North 1 River piers where it was landed unless some settlement is reached shortly in a dispute between the New York fruit buyers association and the brokers representing the California shippers. The disagreement is over a re: cent increase by the brokers in the cartage charges assessed against those who purchase the fruit at the pier auction sales. Jacksonville Car Strike Is Off. Jacksonville, Fla.?The big street car strike in Jacksonville which was called three weeks ago has ended. The striking conductors and motornu'n who walked out October 28 voted to disband the union which was form* d upon the day the strike was called. Many of the men who first joined the union have been returning to work until the ranks of the organization became so weakened that it was thought best to disband. The company has expressed a willingness to take some of the men back to work. W rr^| .j A I 12. SOME RARE OPPORTUNITIES Interest About Southeastern States Aroused By Southern Railway Exhibits At Fairs In North. Chicago, 111.?Great interest about the Southeastern States was aroused by the exhibits made this fall by the Southern Railway System at Northern fairs and expositions, over a quarter of t million desirable people seeking and receiving information regarding the resources and opportunities of the Southeast according to reports received from repersentatives of the railway in charge of the exhibits. The various exhibits extended over a period of two months and included the country north of the Ohio river from New York and Pennsylvania to Iowa. There were twenty-seven separate exhibits made at district and county fairs in the Northern states in addition to a fine display put in at the Canadian International Exhibition at Toronto. The exhibits everywhere attracted attention. Ah a rule visitors pronounced them finer than those mado by local exhibitors, and it was usual to hear the statement from a man that he had no idea that the Southeast was a country of such wonderful resources and opportunities. The fine displays of fruit, of corn, wheat and other grains, and the showing about other products of the Southern soil were things that especially appealed to great numbers of Northern farmers. Not less than two representatives of the Southern Railway and Its associated lines were present at each of these exhibits, explaining conditions in the Southeast and the opportunities offered to the homeseeker as well as the attraction of the Southern country for Investors or for visitors. Reports of these agents show that the total attendance at the various fairs and exhibits visited amounted to over 1,50,* 000 people, that about 240,000 visited the Southern Railway exhibits, over 70,000 people were personally talked with about the Southeast and nearly 250,000 copies of literature advertising this section were distributed. In addition to these exhibits special dairy exhibits were made at the Chicago and Waterloo, Iowa, exhibitions, and a special exhibit on U*'e stock opportunities will be mado at the International Live Stock Exhibition at Chicago in December. Wide Distribution of Products. wasningion.? ino wme uuinuuuuu of American manufactures Is Illustrated by some recent figures of the statistical division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce showing the variety of articles exported and the numerous countries to which they are distributed. Barbed wire, fly paper, telephones, boots and shoes automobiles, wire nails, motion picture films, flying machines, telegraph Instruments, locks, hinges, razors, bath tubs, traction engines operated by steam, traction engines operated by gasoline, stationary engines operated by gasoline, stationary en| gines operated by gas, electric locomotives, elevators, cotton gins, cash registers and cream separators, these area few of the numerous products of American Ingenuity distributed literally over the entire civilized world. Design For New Nickel. Washington.?The design of the new nickel to supplant the five-cent coin now in circulation will be perfected by Secretary of the Treasury McVeagh within a few weeks. George E. Roberts, director ofethe mint, and J. E. Frazer, of New York, an artist who Is working on the design, conferred with the secretary. An Indian head will adorn the face of the coin and the flguer of a buffalo the reverse. The design Is intended to hon or tho disappearing Indian and buffalo, linked together in American his' tory. Woman Suffrage Endorsed. Philadelphia. ? Woman suffrage, which both tho Democratic and Republican parties at their last state conventions recommended should bo voted upon by the people, has received further endorsement hero in tho action of a legislative commission appointed to codify and revise the election laws of the state. The commission voted to include it among the recommendations to the next legislature. Pujo Committee Denied Facts Washington. ? Attorney General Wickershara presented to President Taft his decision on the right of, the Pujo committee of the house to seek through the comptroller of the currency information as to the banking conditions and the inter-relation of financial Interests for use in its investigation of the so-called money trust. The opinion has not been made public. The attorney general has held that the president has no right to di rect the comptroller to give the com mitteed data which is not made public, Against Free Toll Prevision. Washington.?President Taft told official visitors that he did not expect to recommend to congress the repeal of the free toll pro-dsion made /1 the Panama Canal bill last summer for American coastwise vessels. A second portion of the report of Prof. Emory It. Johnson, the expert upon his in vestlgation the pr&sident based his recent proclamation of tolls was made public and contains strong recom mendatlons against the giving of free tolls to American ships on account ol the cost of maintaining the canal. -Postmasters to Meet In Denver. Erie, Pa.?Fourteen members of thf executive committee and Id members of the committee on topics to arrange the next national convention of post masters of first class cities were an nounced by Isadore Zob^l, postmaster of Erie, and president of the national association. The convention will br held in Denver next September. Edgai Allan, Jr., of Richmond, Va . was ap pointed chairman of the executive committee, and Daniel T. Gerow o' Jacksonville, Fla., chairman of the committee on topics. s 0 OUTLOOK FOR CUBA APPEARS BRIGHTER POPULAR FEELING HAS RISEN FROM SOMETHING OF DISPAIR TO CONFIDENCE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ^ In Taking Office General Menocal Will Have Advantage of Friendly House and Senate.?Think Days of UprlaIng in Cuba Are Past. Havana.?Within a few weeks pop -1 * ?nnl IH a 1 uiar ieeimg regaium^ iUC yx,. situation Las risen from something bordering on despair to confidence. The outlook for the republic of Cuba appears brighter than for many years. The presidential election looked for1 word to with apprehension , passed without violence and there is a growing disposition in all quarters to accept the verdict as the honest expression of the majority. Those most disappointed have vented their feelings in threats that were never taken very seriously, and now seem inclined to accept the new order of things philosophically. The attitude of the Liberals has summered down to a proposition to attack the legality of the elections on the ground of fraud, upon the convening of the National Liberal Assembly November 23. When that day arrives It is probable the question will be quietly shelved and that Dr. Alfredo Zayas will find himself engaged in a fight with Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez for leadership of the Liberal party, the President having let it be under stood that he has no intention of retiring from active political life on the expiration of his torm, and that it is his ambition to lead the Liberals to victory in the presidential campaign of 1016. In taking office General Menocal will have the inestimable advantage of friendly Senate and Housed Ho will have the aid of the better element throughout the island and the personal counsel of many distingished Cubans. He also will have the loyal support of any army organized, uniformed, equipped and armed like American regulars and drilled by American officers which has so won the respect of the people that many are convinced the days of armed uprising in Cuba are past forever. Plans For War College. Washington.?One of the most Important moves in recent years to prepare the National Militia for use in time of war, is proposed in letters addressed by Acting Secretary Oliver to the Governors of all the state and territnrlos invitlne their co-oneration in the War College plans for the organization of the militia into 16 divisions. The letters point out that if the militia is to be used as a field force effectively in war time it can only be done by this system of divisions. 1 Formal Opening M Panama Canal. Washington.?Some time next summer or fall, no exact date bc-ing specified, a vessel will pass what is now the Isthmus of Panama, which consequently must disappear from the world's geography and by the same human agency, the Western Hemisphere will be divided into two continents. The vessel will not be the Oregon nor any other famous ship, but will be one of the many small water craft in daily use by the canal buildings. Determined to Carry Out Threat. Mexico City, Mex.?That the Mexican Government is determined to carry out the threat recently made to resume the tactics employed so successfully by General Robles in the state of Morelos some month ago, is indicated by the report of the War ? -? * nnM/vMn/ttvt(V A tnfol tlrt. uepitnuieui <u.muuuv,iiife ?'?c ivn? u?struction of several small towns and villages In the northern mountains of Oaxaca, where the revolution has been rampant. Favors Single Six Year Term. Washington.?President Taft's declaration in favor of a constitutional amendment to limit the presidential tenure of office to a single term of six years, with ineligibility to either a succeeding or non-consecutive term and President-elect Wilson's enrosement of the Democratic platform, favoring such a limitation .are believed to foreshadow strong pressure for legislation along this line. Numerous measures have been introduced in Congress looking to a change in the presidental tenure. Former Senator Terrell Dead. ! Atlanta, Ca.?Former United States Senator Joseph M. Terrell, twice Gov. ernor of the state of Georgia, died at , his home here after an extended illI ness. Senator Terrell was stricken with paralysis in February, 11*11, a few months after lie had been ap p' inff-d to fill the unexpired term ol ' the late United States Senator A. S. Clay. Although his illness made il i necessary for him to retire from pub' lie life Senator Terrell's condition did not become critical until a week ago, Cholera Threatens Constntinople. Constantinople.?By indirect route, There are now more than a thousand i cases of cholera daily in and around Constantinople and the death rate has reached 50 per cent. The authorities I are powerless to cope with the situa > tion. Recently 3,000 cholera patient arrived by train at San Setefano. Foi 24 hours the patients remained in th< i train on a siding at San Setefanc f without water, food or medical atterv ; tion. Then they were shipped to th? Quarantine stations. I $1.25 PER YEAR NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Spartanburg?The barn of A. Smith near Pauline was destroyed by fire, two mules being burned to death. Jesse Smith was slightly burned la bis efforts to save the mules. Sumter.?The county board of commissioners met and signed the second series of $10,000 Sumter county road improvement bonds. The bonds will I be issued from time to time from now on as the money is needed. Columbia.?City council mat in regular session and disposed of some important routine business. Monthly reports were made by the city officer! and a number of ordinances for sidewalk paving were passed. Suiuter.?"Sumter's Seaboard Celebration" has been decided upon as the name for the big celebration to be held here on November 'i'i, wnen the coming of the new railroad line by that name into Sumter will be* observed and appropriately celebrated. The plans for tha?day are rapidiy being put in shape and a big crowd and a general big time is expected. Gauney.?A dwelling uouse on Victoria avenue, owned ny Or. W. S. Uupre of 1 olivine and occupied oy it. hi. Skinner, was burned, it is supposed that lue lire staitea from a ueieclive Hue. The buuuing was practicallv iloKimvsil anil vt-ru lutlct iiiiiiiLLira was saved, 'ids uouse was jn&ured for $l,uuu while no insurance was carried on the contents. Cheraw. ? Perhaps tbe best fall I llower bnuw tbal tue Civic jueague Has ever bad was beld recently at their \ ball, 'ihere never was sum a prolusion of liowers in one piace in Cueraw belore and ine many persona wne saw tbem were not ouiy asioutsned at tbe number and variety of pianta on exnibitiou, but were ueiignieu at tbe growing popularity of tins feature of tbe league s work. Lexington.?>1. M. Lane, of Cope, una A. n. bates, of Norway, were in Lexington for iLe purpose vt conimun ioating with Congressman Lever in reference to lenuing aid toward se curing tbe release of Oiin Lane brother of M. M. Lane, wno is now under arrest and being held in tb< I United States arsenel in Augusta foi deserting from the United Statet army. Flornce.?Webster brown, an em ployee at the Southern Cotton OU Mill bere, sbot and killed an un-. ?. known negro on tne property of tb< mill, brown was at worn in tbe seed bouse and tbe negro came in sudden ly upon brown and without waltlni to ascertain what tbe stranger wantet be sbot him. Magistrate McClena Elian beld an inquest and tbe verdlo wus iu accordance with the above Brown surrendered and is In jalL St. Matthews.?T. W. Dantzler, on* of St. Mathews' scientific farmers, sent a sample of his long staple cot ton to a buyer in a distant town foi the purpose of getting a price. Th< buyer returned (be sample with th< explanation that the staple whicll measured one and five-sixteenths ot un inch was too long for his inachia ery. Mr. Dantzler is now looking foi a man with a loom of sufficient capao ity to spin his long fibre. Greenville.?0. K. Mauldin, the at torney representing the prosecutor! iu the recent legal tangle involving j Inspector Gilreath and two other of- ? fleers, who were arrested on a chargj i of assisting in aiding in the escap! of T. U. Vaughan from Greenville J&ll 1 has issued a statement to the press in which he declares he was misled by the prosecutors. He also avers that it is his sincere belief that the men accused are absolutely innocent of every charge against them. I Spartanburg.?William G. Wlllard of the contracting firm of Willard & Boggs was caught between freight cars at the Southern station here and had his left band so badly crushed it became necessary to amputate two oi his fingers. Mr. Willard, who ha? worked on the interurban line be tween here and Greenville was attempting to puss between cars of a freight train that had been cut in two to reach a passenger train on a far track. Only by jumping backward quickly did he escape being crushed > to death. Sumter.?Dr. Walter. Cheyne and children had a narrow escape from being burned to death, when his residence, situated about three miles from St. Charles in Lee county, on the Bishopville road, caught fire, from some unknown cause, and was burned to the ground. Chester.?Elmore Mobley and Albert Newman, who were convicted of assault of a high and aggravated nature were sentenced by Judge Sease to pay a fine of $200 each or spend o monins on the public works or in the state penitentiary. Motion was made for a new trial, but was overruled. Orangeburg.?The prize winners in the Girls' Tomato Contest club in the county has just been announced by i | L. \V. Livingston, superintendent of education. A great deal of interest was manifested in this club this year by the girls of Orangeburg county. Columbia,?Attorney General Lyon said that the sale of the old state dls' pensary building to Christopher At, kinsou for $125,000 by the sinking ' fund commission was legal and that he would Ignore the letter of protest filed by the governor. The attorney " general refused to comment on the V position of the governor. Lexington.?The jury in the case of M. J. and J. D. Frick against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens rail way, a damage suit for $10,000, reI turned a verdict in favor of the plainI tiff for $2,500. The attorneys for the defendant immediately gave notiee of a motion for a new trial. 1 Barnwell. ? Josle Owens, charged with murder, who, together with Tal[ bert Williams, escaped from the Barnwell county jail several days ago was ' caught in Augusta. Ga.. and will be ' brought back to Barnwell. The arrest of Williams is expected at. any 1 time. J '