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ON THE ELECTION
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THE 60UTH CAROLINA ASYLUM ,
BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED BY 1
996 VOTES.
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NAME DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS !
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The Official Tabulation by the State <
Board of Canvaeeere Wae Announced
Severe! Days Ago By the Secre
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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PLANT " BREEDERS
TO HOLD MEETING.?STATE AS
SOCIATION WILL BE ORGANIZED
AT COLUMBIA.
OFFICIAL CALL IS ISSUED
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Farmers of State Will Gather in Columbia
on December 10 to Discuss
the Plans For This Work.?Many
Expected to Attend.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Will Be Succeeded By a Republican,
Which May Give That Party Control
of the Senate?Had Been Sick For
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A Long Time.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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r the traditional policy of profiting by
the embroilment of the great Powers,
t may adopt an irreconsilable altitude.
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) 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.
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Los Angeles, Cal.?Carl Riedelbach
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called bv the police "the human bomb'
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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."
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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.
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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.