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'V H ... ESTABLISHED IN 189 fiEUT PREPARED! ON THE ELECTION ? ( THE 60UTH CAROLINA ASYLUM , BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED BY 1 996 VOTES. I NAME DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS ! ? ! The Official Tabulation by the State < Board of Canvaeeere Wae Announced Severe! Days Ago By the Secre 4*-^ Q4??e Columbia.?R. M. McCown, chairman Df the state board of canvassers, gave out the report by the board on the returns of the general election held on November 5. The report shows that the propoesd bond issue of $1,000,000 to improve the conditions at the state , hospital for the insane was carried by 196 votes. The vote on the bond is ?ue was: < Por bond issue 16,827 , gainst the bond issue .. .. 15,831 i The vote for the electors of the va , rious parties were as follows: Democratic 48,355 Progressive .. 1,293 Republican 536 Socialist 164 The total vote cast for governoi by the Democrats in the general elec tion was 44,122. .The Socialist candi date for governor received 208 votes The vote for the other state offlcerr averaged about 45,600. The report shows that all of th< proposed constitutional amendments relative to assessment of abutting property for permanent improve ments were carried. The following is the vote by coun ties on the hsylum bond issue: Yes. No. Abbeville 500 339 Aiken 596 571 Anderson 1,269 691 Bamberg 83 333 ? ? CK7 933 Barn wen v?" ? Beaufort 322 64 Berkley 14 Calhoun 74 2S.r Charleston 1.259 174 Cherokee 266 222 Chester 626 Chesterfield .. .. .. 427 Clar^idon 110 68' Colleton 326 146 Darlington 396 Dillon 100 499 Dorchester 101 182 Edgefield i 100 23^ Fairfield 231 277 Florence 332 Georgetown 176 Greenville 390 833 Greenwood 446 Hampton 176 314 Horry I54 364 Jasper 70 Kershaw 105 Lancaster 116 Laurens 415 2<. Lee 2101 217 Lexington 238 Marlon 2344 326 Marlboro 259 362 Newberry 867 326 Oconee 2S5 243 _ ^ aQ7 1 022 : urangeDurg Pickens 664 211 Richland 896 257 Saluda 201 211 Spartanburg 857 1,111 Sumter 506 254 Union 619 898 Williamsburg 91 414 York 1.056 465 Total 16,827 , 15,831 Abbeville Is For Good Roads. A very enthusiastic good roads meeting was held at Abbeville. More than 200 men were present. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Hood >* Greensboro, N. C., and Col. E. J. Watson of Columbia. Both speakers im pressed upon the meeting the" great need for good roads. How easily i* fcould be done by a bond issue and how quickly prosperity follows goo<" roads. It was decided to petition th' Abbeville delegation to urge the next legislature to pass a bill permitting the question of issuing 625,000 wortl of bonds at as early date as possible This State to Send Delegation. South Carolina is expected to send a large delegation to the annual meet ing of the Southern Educational Asso elation to be held this year in Louis r,--M u c?i?iar annprinten vine, ivy. vwh ??. ?, dent of education of Aiken county, ir chairman of the South Carolina advis ory committee of the association. He is making preparations to carry i large party from this state. "If wc can get 200 people to go from South Carolina we can get a special car from Columbia," says Mr. Seigler in : letter received in Columbia. Third District Association. The physicians of the Third dls trict association of the statte medica' association, closed at Greenwood i most profitable session. The nex? meeting of the association will b< held in Laurens in 1913. The followinofficers were elected for next year: Dr. L. T. W. Bailey. Clinton, presi dent; Dr. R. B. Epting, Greenwood vice president; Dr. G. P. Neal, Green wood, secretary and treasurer. Then were about 40 physicians present froir Newberry, Laurens, Abbeville and Greenwood counties. Has Withdrawn Warrants. W. J. Muldrow withdrew warrants charging assault and battery with in tent to kill, sworn out by him agains* Y. B. and R. L. Cheshire. Jr.. following a shooting affray in Muldrow's officr and resulting in the serious wounding of V. B. Cheshire. There has been bad feeling Cheshire and Muldrow for some time. Mr. Muldrow announce' in withdrawing the warrants that s' far as he is concerned this will end the matter. Cheshire's condition im prdves daily and It Is thought he wil' be out within a short time. y -*'v. f THE i. CHARLESTON SAYS FARVVELl Closing Exercise*.?Ship* sailed For Home?Friend* of Rea? Admiral and Captain Entertained. Charleston.?The three divisions of the Atlantic fleet, after a stay of. a week in port sailed fcr Hampton Roads. The procession of the fleet on its departure was in the same ordei in which it came, the third division Jteaming out first, the fourth second ind the first going out third. For thr special atjcommodation of the fleet. In Bpector L. H. King of the Siith light louse department, had established temporary buoys in the new channel. The concluding function of an of flcial character was the luncheon at the Charleston navy yard, tendered by Rear Admiral James M. Helm, com mandant of the yard, to Rear Admiral Osterhaus and staff. In addition tc Admiral Osterhaus and Capt. Frark Hill, chief of staff, and Liuet. Ander Bon, flag lieutenant. Mayor Grace anc' Mayor Protem Pinckney were guesti of Admiral Helm. A number of th< vard officers were also present. Pre vious to Ijncheon the officers and cit} officials were taken over the big gov ernment plant and the luncheon cam* is a very pleasant and refreshing closf of the midday visit to the yard. Mayor Grace called on Admiral Os terhaus aboard of the flagship Utah paying hi sfarewell as an appointment took him out of Charleston and he was not present at the departure o' the battleships. Fifteen New Pharmacists. The state board of pharmaceutical examiners, which met at Chester to hold the thrice-a-year examination of applicants to be as follows: Miss Mattie Bradley, Jordan; J. J. Ravenel, Charleston; J. 8. Jones, Ridge Springs; M. F. Jenkins, colored, Ander son; P. S. McCollum, uierason; n. j. Johnson, Pomaria; Miss Aurie Kirksey, Crow Creek; C. W. Minus, colored, Greenville; Lucius Matthews, Sumter; J. W. Welborn, Charleston; J. 0. Muldrow, Jr., Charleston; Wallace H. Wright, Charleston; H. C. Mitchell, Johnston; Harry R. Wright, Columbia; C. K. Wheeler, Prosperity; D. B. Campbell, Charleston; C. W. Baskin, Anderson; M. C. Zemp, Camden. Charleston May Get Corn Station. That Charleston has a good chance of getting the corn experiment station to be established by the Inter national Harvester Company for the betterment of the corn Industry, is the opinion of those familiar with the situation and efforts have already been made with this end in view The International Harvester Company has set aside $1,000,000 for the betterment of the corn Industry and will establish some half dozen experiment stations in different parts ol the country. S. C. Woman's Missionary Union. The tenth annual convention of the Woman's Missionary Union, of South Carolina, was called to order recently in the First Baptist church, of Colum bia, Mrs. A. L. Crutchfield of Spartan burg, presiding. There were some five hundred delegates present from all parts of the state, the represents tives of the women's work in nearly r thousand Baptist churches, and d'gni ty. enthusiasm and business-like abili ty characterized the sessions from the first. Adjutant General Issues Order. An order was issued from the of!ic? of the adjutant general announcing that James G. Boswell, first lieutenant of the Twenty-third infantry. United States army, has been detailed as in spector-instructor for the national guard in South Carolina to take th< place of Capt. George H. McMaster The order was issued by Leonard Wood, major general, chief of staff, or November 21. Beckham Found Not Guilty. After two and a half days' legal bat tie the greatest and most Interesting ever fought in a temple of justice ir Calhoun county, the jury returned ' within half an hour after having gont to their room with a verdict of nol j guilty against J. W. Beckham, charged with the murder of his step-father Henry F. Frank. Tobacco Crop For The Year. A report issued from the state de partment of agriculture shows thai there were 24.337,912 pounds of to bacco produced in South Carolina this year and that the crop was sent tr the market for $2,653,443.68. Reportf were received from 13 markets anc 33 warehouses, all located in the Pe< Dee section of the state. The tota' crop in 1911 was 11.101,006, which brought only $1,352,462.84. The crcf this year shows an increase of 12,236, ' U tl 0^0 906 pourws, wmcu y>aa ?wiu 462.84. Taxable Property In Orangeburg. County Auditor T. M. McMichae has given out information concerning the amount of taxable property ir Orangeburg county, the amount o' taxes paid and how distributed, etc. as he has recently made up the ab struct of the tax duplicate of the taxes. The total amount of taxablr property in Orangeburg county fo1912 amounts to $8,693,140. The amount of taxable property in thi> county in 1911 amounted to $8,548,970; the taxable property for this yea: showing an increase of $144,230. South Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issuer a charter to the King Corporation ol Charleston with a capital of $50,000 The officers are: T. R. Waring, presi dent; C. B. Schachte. secretary am treasurer. The Luther and Sander.' Pharmacy of Aiken has been charter eC. with a capital of $5,000. The offi cers are: C. G. Luther, president, an< C. A. Sanders, secretary and treas urer. The Juno Realty Company o Charleston has been commissioner with a capital of $5,000. LEO FC PLANT " BREEDERS TO HOLD MEETING.?STATE AS SOCIATION WILL BE ORGANIZED AT COLUMBIA. OFFICIAL CALL IS ISSUED i Farmers of State Will Gather in Columbia on December 10 to Discuss the Plans For This Work.?Many Expected to Attend. . Columbia.?A call has been Issued to the farmers of the 6tate to meet In Columbia December 10 at noon in the state house for the purpose of forming the South Caralina Plant Breeders' association. The call for the meeting was issued by a committee consisting of David R. Coker, E. J. Watson and A. C. Moore. The association wjll work for "bigger and better average crops at smaller cost."! Plans for the formation of the state association have been under consideration for several months. The following statement has been issued to the farmers of the state: "On Wednesday, October 30, a meeting of a few of those most interested in the agricultural development of our state, was held in tue state library at Columbia to discuss the advisability of forming an association of the plant breeders of the state. "At this meeting a committee was appointed to take such steps as would lead to the formation of a State Plant Breeders' association. This committee, composed of: David R. Coker ol Hartsville, chairman; Commissioner V- T Wat com Columbia: Dr. A. C. i Moore, of the University of South Carolina; A. W. Brabham of Olar; Prof J. N. Harper of Clemson College director of the South Carolina expert | ment Btation; J. Swinton Whaley ol Edisto Island, and E. W. Dabbs of Mayesville, president of the Farmers' j union, was called by the chairman to meet at Commissioner Watson's office on November 9. At that meeting it was decided to call a meeting of all interested in the formation of a state Plant Breeders' association to be held at the state capital on December 10. ' Connected With Train Robbery. Columbia.?Alleged to be Implicated in the hold-up of the Atlantic Coast Line train No. 80 and the robbery of its mail car at Hardeeville on the night of December 12, last year, a man nntnod Menach is held by the authorl ties at Connersville, Jnd., and the officers are said to be searching for an ex-convict, who is wanted in connection with the crime. The mail car of the fast train was robbed of a reg istered mail pouch, valued at $5,000 The train passed Hardeeville and was signalled ahead by the night operator. It was not out of sight when it came to a sudden standstill. Two robbere had forced the engineer to stop the train, covered the flagman and made him open the mail car. The two mai' clerks were made to give up the reg istered mail. The robbers escaped. Tragedy at Tlmmonsville. Timmonsville. ? One of the most shocking tragedies eveT enacted in Timmonsville, occurred several dayf ago, when C. E. Jones, a saw mill nan, of Fountain Inn, S. C., shot and mstantly killed R. F. Williams, o! Baldwin, Miss., who has been here several days representing a laundry machine company. Williams was sit ting in his place of business in the heart of town reading, when Jonef walked in and, it is said, without any warning began shooting Williams, flvt shots being fired, all taking effect. Presidential Electors to Meet. Columbia.?Secretary of State Me Cown issued a call for the presidential electors named by the Democratic party in the general election on November 5 in South Carolina to meet here on January 13, when the vote for this state will be cast for Wood wiionn The electors will name a messenger to carry the vote tc Washington to be cast in the electoral college. County Fair a Great Success. Charleston.?With everything in full blast up to the last minute, the first annual fair of the Charleston Fair As sociation came to an end. Official fig ures estimate the attendance during the week at more than 16,000, avwi the officers and directors of the Fair As sociation are well satisfied with their first fair and enthusiastic over the outlook for next year. For the present fair has fully demonstrated the ability of Charleston county to produce one of the finest fairs in South Carolina If not the finest. First Community Fair in County. Chester?The people of the Pleasant Grove community, near Richburg have the distinction of holding the first community fair ever held in this county. It opened Friday evening, November 15, with an address by L. P. Hollis of Greenville, and an illustrat ed lecture by Dr. J. LaBruce Ward of Columbia. His subject was ' How to Prevent Disease." This was listened to by a very attentive audience, and should he ever visit the neighborhood i ag:yn he would receive an enthusias I tic welcome. Farmer Assaulted and Robbed. Florence.?J. C. McLendon, a wellknown farmer, who lives near Florence, was assaulted and robbed of $129 several days ago by three negro men at High Hill creek trestle, near Palmetto, on the Florence & Darlington county lines. The three negroes were tracked to Darlington by friends and officers. They had bicycles and escaped before Mr. McLendon recovered from his bruises and agitation. Mr McLendon had been to Darlington to sell long staple cotton. \ )RT MILL, S. C? THUR FROM ALL OVER THE STATE: . L Short Paragraphs of State News That Has Been Collected Fo rthe People of the State. Walterboro.?Court adjourned here in the caBe of Kiler Evans charged with the murder of Jack Herndoa. Evans was acquitted. Isaac Spell was sentenced to nine months on the chain gang for stealing cotton. Frank KinBey was fined $50 or six months on the chaingang. Orangeburg.?Chief of Police Jeanings, who went to Thomasville, Ga^ in search of a negro against whom he had strong suspcions as the party who broke into the store of the Lowman Drug Company and took abont $300 in cash several days ago, returned to the City with the negro in his custody. Columbia?Announcement was made that the preliminary survey of the Georgia & Carolina railway between North Augusta and Columbia has been completed. The company was recently chartered by the secretary of state of South Carolina, James U. Jackson of North Augusta is the president of the company. Lextington.?The Lexington County Teachers' association held its first meeting during the scholistic year in the Lexington high school building, when Prof. Leonard T. Baker of the University of South Carolina, made an address. The Lexington association is strong in numbers and the attendance very large. Sumter.?sumier is aireauj tK/U ? CI J engaged in preparing for the entertainment of the thousands of visitor* who will come to the Game Cock City on November 29 to help celebrate the formal opening of the new South Carolina Western Railway. Two special trains, originating at McBee, and connecting w'th trains along the Mne, will be run to this city on the above date. Yorkville.?Seldom, if ever, has there been less cotton in the hands of producers throughout this section as at present. The crop is estimated to be about one-third lew? than last year, and as a rule all the distress cotton has been sold as rapidly as picked and ginned, and it is said that it is a rare case where one and two-horse farmers have any left on hand. Edgefield.?The ginnery, including gin house, fifty cords of wood, a thousand bushels of cotton seed, six or seven bales of cotton and several small buildings, the property of Mr. It. T. Hill, were consumed by fire recently. The loss is estimated at $3,000. There was no insurance. The Are originated from a spark from nail that passed through the gin. Rock Hill.?That Rock Hill will in the near future have a trained agriculturalist to devote his entire time to demonstration work is the confident opinion of Ira B. Dunlap, of this city. Mr. Dunlap's plan is to arouse interest among 25 farmers in or near Rock Hill and secure a sum sufficient to employ a demonstrator to give his time to these farms. Yorkville.?Barn, stables, grainery and one or two other buildings .together with four mules, four or five hundred bushels of corn, a year's supply of forage, farming machinery and tools belonging to Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. and located just outside the incorporated limits of Yorkville, was destroyed by fire recently. The total loss is estimated at about $3,500, less $1,600 insurance. St, Matthews.?Jas. Johnson, John Hampton and Faniel, three negroes who recently appeared at the bar and pleaded guilty to various charges ol house-breaking and larceny, and received their sentences, broke jail and made good their escape. In some way a bar was secured by which the doors were proxed open. One negroe by the name of Whietstone did not leavt with the fugitives, but remained to tel' the sheriff how it happened. Beaufort.?When the entries for the Democratic municipal primary close* the following candidates bad qualified: For Intendent, C. C. Townesend ant J. M. Rhett; for commissioner of pub lie works, R. A. Long and R. R. Le gare; for wardens, Sam Paul of Wart 1, Chae. Cohen of Ward 2, Thomas H Harms of Ward 3, G. L. Tucker o! Ward 4, A. L. Gage of Ward 5 and E D. Raney of Ward 6. Columbia.?After the consideratior of routine matters and the electior of officers the Woman's Missionary union of the Baptist church which hai i i? tu>rp for four days DCCIl ill Dcooivu mv. v -? adjourned to meet next year at An derson. Walterboro.?The annual meeting o the stockholders of the Colleton Coun ty Fair association was held recently in the office of the president, W. B C.ruber. The condition of the associa tion is very graitfying to the stock holders. The fair which was held re cently was a great success in ever] way. Abbeville.?Abbeville cotton marke seems to hold her place as the bes in this entire section. Besides 15* bales of Abbeville county cotton then were 40 bales hauled from Greenwoot here in one day on wagons. Columbia.?The number of license: on the books of G. Flavie Cooper, cit: clerk, show an increase of 358 in th: number of new businesses in Colum bia to date over last year. The record: show that 1,704 were Issued last year as against 2,062 to date this year These licenses include about 100 is sued to chauffeurs. The majority an those of small businesses. Columbia.?As a result of injurie received in an atempt to save his doj from death, Robert E. Kirby died at J local infirmary. Clinton.?Capt. W. G. Watkins, 7 : years old, who served under Gen. Jo: Shelby in the War Between the Sec tions, died here. While recruiting : company for the Confederate arm; ! Capt. Watkins was discovered withii the Union lines and was captured courtmartialed and ordered shot. Pres ident Lincoln approved the order, bu Watkins escaped, joined his regimen and served through the remainder o the war. SDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 19 SENATOR mm IAS PASSED AM DISTINGUISHDED .MARYLANDER AFTER LONG ILLNESS, DIES IN WASHINGTON. THE EFFECT OF HIS DEATH j ' Will Be Succeeded By a Republican, Which May Give That Party Control of the Senate?Had Been Sick For i ! A Long Time. , * Washington. ? Isidor Rayner of Maryland, one of the leading Democratic members of the United States S< aate and a man whose nam? was oifered to the Baltimore Convention by William J. Bryan as a suitable candidate for the presidential nomination died here following a long illness, - A ~ . r ~ 1- a nf resulting rrom couuuucu tmauna v* neuritis. Senator Rayner had been in a comatose state nearly a week, with only Dne or two slight rallies. His severs illness covered a period of about six weeks, dating from the efforts made I In the joint political debate with Bourke Cockran at Baltimore, last September. Physicians compelled him to retire from the campaign immediately after that and he returned to bis Washington home, where he died. For over five years Senator Rayner had been a sufTerer from neuritis. His death creates a vacancy in the Senate that probably will be filled by a Republican through appointment of Governor Goldsborough of Maryland. While the Legislature of that state is Democratic it does not meet this winter and the Republican Governor's appointment will hold through the opening session of the next Congress. The control of the United States Senate after March 4 may hinge upon the death of Senator Rayner. Senator Rayner was one of the striking figures of the Senate. He j had been a member of that body for almost eight years and was one of its strongest debaters and a recognized authority on constitutional law. Before he entered the Senate he had attained & National reputation because of his vigorous conduct of the ~ - * Ky, late Admiral Schley s cage oeiui e iuc Naval Court of Inquiry that investigated the action of American officers in the battle with Admiral Cervera'g Spanish fleet. Senator Rayner was a native of Baltimore and was 62 years old. I John Schrank to Asylum. Milwaukee, Wis. ? John Schrank. whot shot Col. Roosevelt, was taken to the Northern hospital for the insane near Oshkosk, Judge Backus having committed him to that institution after a commission of alienists had adjudged him insane. Schrank has not changed in demeanor since sentence was pronounced. His disease, pronounced chronic paranoia and probably incurable, may result in his spending the remainder of hie life in the asylum. , Cannot Return First Degree Verdict Salem, Mass.?John Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, who pleaded that they be sent to the electric chair if found guilty of the murder of Anna Lopizzo 1 in the Lawrence textile strike cannot ' be convicted of murder in the first de' gree. Judge Quinn in charging th^ jury instructed that the evidence in ' the case did not warrant a first degree ' verdict. If guilty was the verdict he i ?ia i. (? fho second degree. BttlU It in no i u ? w J Congestion of Cars Causes Inquiry. ' Washington?Congestion of freight cars and the extent to which cars arc > distributed from the possession of the 1 owning lines is the subject of an in quiry begun by the interstate comI merce commission. Eighteen Hurt in Collision. I Montreal.?Eighteen persons were . injured in a collision between two su f burban trolley cars near here. A ? heavy snow storm prevented one of the motormen from stopping at a i switch to let the other car pass. v r Issues of Peace on Slender Thread, j London.?The anxiety manifested by , the European Governments to deny reports of warlike preparations and to represent the political situation as f peaceful and satifactory in itself in dicates on how slender a thread the r issues of peace and war in Europe now hang. The danger arises not - alone from the conflicting interests of Austria, and other Powers, but from tVinC Turkov follow ine I* llitr ^UOOJUIIIVJ VMM* - ? - ? , u r the traditional policy of profiting by the embroilment of the great Powers, t may adopt an irreconsilable altitude. t ) Creates Dramatic Scene, a Chicago.?A dramatic scene was 1 created by Dr. WiUlam T. Kirby be fore Federal Judge Ladis when the s founder of the prviate bank bearinp f his name which is the subject of an g inquiry was questioned by the court i- 1 The banker-physician broke down and 3 wept. Interrogation by the court as , to counsel for Doctor Kirby in an or . d^r commanding him to turn over $10, i- (00 led up to thf scene. Attorney g Healey served a copy of the order or [ Doctor Kirby to show cause why he s should not turn over the money. y i 3 i Says He Was Only Bluffing. Los Angeles, Cal.?Carl Riedelbach Q called bv the police "the human bomb' g was bound over to the grand jury by a moments later the grand jury was in y ,-estigating the case. Riedelbach'! a >ond was fixed at $20,000. At the re I uest of Chief S-'l istian, Riedelbacl i- lade a drawing r the infernal ma t bine with which he caused a panii t t the central police station. He de f lared several tirr- s that he had n< itention of exph ling the machine jut that he was ufflng." . - ' Ji - 9 rjpvfi 12. SUMTER'S GOOD CORN SHOW ! Much Interest Taker, in Preliminary to State and National Shows to Be Held in Columbia. Sumter.?The Sumter County Corn exhibition was held in the Armoiy hall several days ago. This exhibition was held to promote the interest in good corn raising In this county, but also for the purpose of selecting a nucleus for the exhibit at the state show at Columbia In December and for the National show in January. Prof. C. B. Haddon of Clemson College was present and examined the exhibits and talked about corn and Its selection. ^Prof. Haddon and J. Frank Williams, president of Sumter union, judged the exhibit. Dr. S. C. Baker, president of the Sumter chamber of commerce, under whose auspices the exhibit was held, welcomed the farmers and talked on diversified farming. Secretary A. V. Snell. in calling the meeting to order, also made the exhibitors feel at home. L. I. Parrott, himself a farmer to some extent, told the farmers of the milling plant he was erecting and hoped that they will grow corn in such quantities that he would not hm-n to HpnenH on the Western pro duct. B. D. Mitchell won first prize for the best ten ears and best single ear of white com, prizes Ave dollars each. L. I. Parrott won second best ten ears of white corn, prize $3; Horace Prescott, second for best single ear of white corn, prize $3. For best tan ears of yellow com, Glen Tryon won first, $5; w. Y. Yeadon, second, $3. For best single ear of yellow com W. Y. Pitts, first, >5; G. A. Nettles, second, $3. Best sample of prollfit corn, L. I Parrott, first, $5, and S. J. White, second, $3. Prescott and Tryon mentioned above as winners are members of the Boys' Corn club so it is seen that the youngsters are pointing the way tc their fathers in com growing. Inspector Tells of School Work. W. H. Hand, state high school in spector, has nearly finished his annual 1 report in wnicn tie gives an interesting and painstaking account of the progress of secondary education ic South Carolina during the past year Mr. Hand found much about the higfc school system to commend. "No one familiar with educational conditions in South Carolina during the past 21 years can seriously review that period without a feeling of benuine gratification at what has been accomplished for the intellectual and moral uplift of the people of the state," says Mr Hand in the introduction to his report "The per capita expenditure for edu cation has steadily grown, school terms have been materially lengthen ed, better equipped teachers are prepared and employed in the schools more comfortable and commodious school houses have been built and local tax levies have increased. , Agricultural Resources of State. The "hgricultural and Industrial re sources of South Carolina will be shown in an exhibit to be sent to the national land show at Chicago this month by the state department of ag riculture. The exhibit Is being pre pared and will be shipped within the next several days. The progress that has been made in the development ol cotton, corn, grain and tobacco will be shown. The department will alsc send a comprehensive good roads ex hibit in the nature of a large map showing the main public highways The National Corn exposition to he held here during January and February of next year will be advertised by the department, literature descriptive of the exposition will be distributed. Emblem For City of Greenville. The local chamber of commerce Is seeking an artistic design for a city emblem?something that will be thoroughly characteristic of the Mountain City, so that when used on stationery, membership certificates, and in other ways, it will carry the most distinctive message about Greenville. The emblem is to be Greenville's trademark. It is desired that the emblem bear a suitable slogan. A prize in gold will be given for the accepted design. Corn Show Interest Florence People. There is great interest among the people of Florence county in the fifth National Com exposition to be held next January, accordn.g to Robert E, Currin, who was a visitor in Colum bia recently. Mr. Currin is the fed eral demonstrattion agent for Florence county, and is in touch with the people of that section. While in Columbia he visited the exposition grounds, where preparations are now going forward. Mr. Currin feels con fident that Florence county will fur ' nish a banner attendance. i Cmpaigners Enjoying Recess. The Columbia Chamber of Com 1 merce campaigners are enjoying a brief recess, following the passing ol the $45,000 mark, and will resuint ' their canvass in a day or two with re 1 newed vigor. A committee appointed by President Terry from the execu tive committee of the commercia body as now constituted met several days ago in the Palmetto Nationa bank building to check up with i committee from the campaigners, ac 1 cording to the contract made wit! : Harold M. Weir. Two More Months To Move Bridge. The city of Columbia wil lbe allow | ed two months in which to completi the work of removing fts water maim and bridge across the canal under th< terms of an order handed down sever : a! days ago by the supreme court. ?)i November 9, H. N. Ejmunds, city at 1 torney, petitioned the court for an ex tension of the time within which t< : "-omply with the previous order to re move the bridge and mains and asket hat the city be allowed until Marcl 11, 1013, to do so. 1 WINTER SESSION IS NEAR AT SAND IN LESS THAN A WEEK CONGRESS WILL RECONVENE UNDER REPUBLICAN CONTROL. ARE PLANNING FOR WORK Energetic Efforts Will be Made In Both Houses to Amend Sherman Anti-Trust Law.?Other Work That Will Be Done Also. Washington.?Congress will reconvene In less than a week for the last short session of Republican control in National legislation. Comparative | few Senators and Representatives have reached Washington but discussion has been active during the last week among those early on the scene over plans for the winter's work ajid prospects for the special tariff session next spring when all branches of the government pass into the hands of the ; Democrats. While the vexing question of the tariff is not scheduled for consideration this winter, the three months of the short session will be crowded with legislative work. In addition to the annual grist of appropriation bills, Congress will be forced to dispose of a quantity of general and special legislative matter left pending with the adjournment of the long session in August. During the early part of the session the house will be busy shaping appropriation bills while the Senate is disposing of the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archibold of the Commerce Court, set to begin December 3. several imporiaui wi-uauica nm ? | pushed for early action in the Senate, among them the resolution of Senator Works of California to limit the President to a single six-yea* term; the Sheppard-Kenyon hill prohibiting the shipment of liquor into prohibition states, and the vocational education bill of Senator Page of Vermont. The bill of Senator Borah creating a Department of Labor is also scheduled for early consideration. Medals of Honor to Men of Courage. Washington.?Five men "of distinguished courage among men of courage," as Mr. Taft called them receiv ed formal acknowledgement for their bravery in the White House when the President presented them with med als of honor awarded for exceptional service on the battlefield. Four of them were young cavalry officers, the other an enlisted man, a sergeant. The men honored were: Capt. Archie Miller, quartermaster's department; Capt. Julien De Gaujot, first cavalry; First Lieut. Arthur H. Wilson, sixth cavalry; Second Lieut. John T. Kennedy, Fifth cavalry, and Sergeant Joseph Henderson, Sixth cavalfy. New Complication Has Arisen. Washington. ? Indications that a new complication has arisen along the 1 l 1 nnnfainoll in A VIPXlL'cill uui utri ncic i.vu<u>?v>. ... ? report of the war department. Two troopers of the Thirteenth cavalry are alleged to have crossed the border and ridden into San Ignacio where they engaged in a fight and wounded three Mexicans, one of whom may die. The Americans were turned over to the Mexican civil authorities and are held in the Jaurez Jail. Earthquake Kills 200 People. Mexico City.?The bodies of 200 persons killed in the earthquake recently have been recovered from the ruins of the little town of Acambay in the northern part of the state of Mexico. Delayed reports from other towns and villages indicate that ti|e loss of life is greater than at first supposed. Distributing Food to Refugees. Salonki.?The American mission is distributing food to the 8,000 Mohammedan refugees here. Smallpox has broken out among the Greeks and a quarantine has been declared against Constantinople. Comprehensive Retrospect. Washington.?A comprehensive re trospect of (ho 1C years' regime of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will be embodied in the annual report of the department of agriculture. The growth of the department during that period will be dwelt upon which will show that when Secretary Wilson assumed office the annual appropriation, exclus sive of agricultural college funds, was approximately $1,000,000, while the current year appropriation, including about $750,000 for agricultural colleges aggregates $23,000,000. Gompers Re-elected President A. F. L Rochester, N. Y.?Samuel Gompers i was re-elected president of the Amer f lean Federation of Labor over Maj t Hayes of the International Typograph ical Union. The vote was: Gompers I 11,974; Hayes, 5,074. It was the firs - time in 10 years that there had beet 1 opposition to Mr. Gompers, who hai I been re-elected annually since 1895 I All other officers were re-elected. Th< i convention defeated the United Mini Worker's resolution calling futun i elections by a referendum vote of thi federation's two million members. London.?Interest in the war situa Loidon ?Interest in the war situa 1 tion shifted from the beligerenti ? whose delegates are preparing to mee t with an apparent sincere desire ti work out terms for a truce, to th i great neighboring powers, Austria an< Russia. These titanic rivals an : strengthening their border forces a > an hour when the statesmen of all th powers are spreading broadcast assui J ances that their only policy is to sul ii ordinate rivalry to the common wel fare of Europe in the cause of peace. $1.25 PER YKAR J YEWS OF SCU H CAROLHfAjB -atest News of General Interest Has Been Collected From Many^f^^H Towns and Counties. H Lexington.?The 9fyear-old daughter? M >f Mr. and Mrs. Luther Sharpe, who eside about six miles south of Pel* on, was accidentally burned to death. Mrs. Sharpe and the young girl were washing in the yard and in some manaer the daughter's clotning caught fire tnd before aid could reach her she |H was fatally burned. Chester. ? Twenty-four applicants tor the licensed pharmacist degree*~^^B twenty-two white and two colored, were examined here by the state board sf pharmaceutical examiners, who will look over the papers immediately and give out the results to the press in ^ flB cho near future. The next meeting of' the board will be held at Beanettsvibe in March. . ' Orangeburg.?Fire broke out In the fl boys' dormitory'at Orangeburg college I and some damage was done to the H roof of the building and water damage. H Had it not been tor the valiant work I of the local firemen the fire may have B been very destructive. The building * is a three stroy frame building. The loss is covered by insurance, except the water damage suffered by students. Chester?Although Postmaster 'J. ^ W. Dunovant has three more years to serve, as Is duly attested by the commission Issued him a few months ago, and signed by President Taft, there are already several Democrats edging up to the pie counter and signifylng^^H their willingness and desire to serve^^H the community as postmaster. Pett-^^H tions are being freely circulated. Abbeville.?A fire in Lowndesvllie^^| destroyed the store occupied by Mark Jj^H Speer and three 60-foot poles on the power line of the Savannah River Pow- j er company. When the poles fell the electric current was cut off from Abbeville and Greenwood. The piower company says the line wjll be up soon. The lack power to run small mo tors has caused considerable incon venience. Laurens.?The connty, state and national elections being out of the way, interest is beginning to be directed toward the next municipal contest. At present two candidates are ij^jthg^ field for mayor, Ciaraace M. Babb, the incumbent, and John M. Cannon. Mr. Babb has been honored with thi office three terms and is making a quiet though active, campaign for re-elec | tion. Columbia.?In making a b^ LAna a aiiirv-hnired 1 tempt to save mo uU6, u. setter, from the wheels of *. tni%n j Robert E. Kirby, a grocer, wlu> UfOf-v", ' at 612 Lady street, narrowly escaped with his life, while out hunting along the Hue of the C., N. & I?. railroad, about Ave miles from Columbia. Ifr? I Kirby's left foot was crushetCand an amputation may be necessary. Hii i dog was killed by the train. I Laurens.?Since it became known a I few days ago that R. A. Cooper, sollo itor of this district, had decided to enter the lists for appointment to the district attorneyship for South Caro Una, his friends here and elsewher* , in the state have been quite active in < promoting bis claims for the position At a meeting of the LaurenB Bar as sociation, called for the purpose, he was formally endorsed by the members for the appointment. > j Lancaster.?Hollis Truesdale, a ne> J gro tenant on the Stogner farm nam J town, was A red upon from ambush a^ M he was approaching the home of EdWH FUackman, another negro. Directly after the shooting, Blackmon was sees running away from the premises, and B this, together with the fact that there B had been demonstrations of animosity B between these two negroes prior to I this difficulty makes suspicion polnf I strcngly to Blackmon as the guilty party. Manning.?A bold robbery was per petrated in Manning when Thomas I Nimmer's store was entered and rob- I bed of about $200 worth of goods, 1a- j eluding a number of sacks of rice flour, a lot of meat, tobacco, some fruit and several boxes of fine elgars. I Entrance was effected by forcing open 1 a window shutter at the rear of the I store, removing the glasH from a sash 1 and thus making an opening large enough for a small person to get through and remove the heavy bar that fastened the door, j Darlington.?In the primary election held here to nominate a mayor and il,0 nort tVO aldermen 10 serve 1UI IU? I I ? years, Col. E. It. Cox received 116, A. Hyman 134 and S. A. Woods 72 vote*. A second race will be run between Cox and Hyman in the near future. I Aiken.?Dr. Adam Hayne of Columbia, State health officer, addressed the I Aiken County Medical society at its meeting on ".Malarial Fever." The i members of city council and of the ? Aiken board of heatlh attended the ; meeting in a body, and the meeting ! was also open to any citizens who desired to attend. Sumter.?Sumter is now receiving . regular railroad service over three ,v,Q Atlantic Coast Line, ? greai sjbiciho, __ the Southern railway and the Seaboard t Air Line, for recently a regular pasBenger service was inaugurated over , the South Carolina Western, a branch t of the Seaboard Air Line, i Columbia.?The governor has nami ed a commission to make a report on the question of annexing part of Lex? ington county to Richland county. The a members of the commission are G. P. ? Lowman, Ballentine; J. G. Hlller, s Chapin; J. P. Richardson, White Rock, and J. W. Bouknight, Ballentine. Anderson.?The- con-Ltion of V. B. . Cheshire, who was sL >and wounded by W. J. Muldrow, was \rded by attending physicians as mc. favorable. s His breathing is better and he is resti * ing easier. 0 Lextington.?Farmers from " every e section of the County state that this j is indeed a busy season; that in some e sections much cotton is still in the 1 fields and that hands are scarce and e hard to obtain at any price. On ac count of the hort corn|crop, much ). small grain is being sown, and the |. indications are that this crop will atract mere attention than ever before.