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contract for 25,000 square yards
of creosoted wood pavement, besides
65,000 square yards of asphalt.
Special agents from the bureau
of the census at Washington are
in South Carolina collecting statistics
of various kinds which
will be used in compiling bulletfns
and announcements of an
economic and industrial nature.
The condition of municipalities
and towns is being given particular
study from a financial viewpoint.
Fourteen fires in South Carolina
during April were caused by
rats and matches and occasioned I
a total loss of $2,650, according
to reports filed with the State insurance
department by the fire!
insurance companies during business
in this State. During the
month there were 188 fires reported,
with a loss of $65,292.91.
E. J. Watson, commissioner of ,
agriculture for South Carolina,
will make an address on May 19
at Ware Shoals, where garden
demonstration work is being conducted
under the direction of J. |
T. Carberry.
Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore is in
Washington this week on official
business. While in the national
capital, Gen. Moore will call at
the war department to learn
what plans, if any, have been
made by Secretary Garrison relative
to calling out the South Car
on nil iroopis iur servin1 111 ivie.\ico.
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Miss Ann Hampton, a sister of
the late Gen. Wade Hampton,
the famous South Carolina warrior,
governor and senator, died
Thursday morning at her home
near Columbia. Her death occurred
at about 1 o'clock. Miss
Hampton was 8K years of age.
Columbia's first building for
the housing of young business
women will be opened sometime
during the present week. The
building leased by the board of
directors of the Woman's Building
company is on the northwest
corner of Hampton and Sumter
streets, and has been completely
overhauled.
The high winds of the last
week played havoc with the
crops in some sections of the
State, especially in the low coun
try, where much cotton had been
thinned out. In many places the
small plants, where the chopping
had removed most of the dirt
from around the roots, were
blown entirely away, and many
acres will have to be replanted.
Porter C. Nunn. one of Greenville's
most progressive vonng
citizens and member of Jordan
& Munn, contractors, shot himself
through the head with a pis1.1
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and died three hours later.
The commencement exercises
of the Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, at Clinton, will
begin on Sunday, June 7. and
continue through the following
Wednesday. Rev. Win. Hood,
of Baltimore, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday,
June 7.
Plans for improving the con
% necting link between the Nation\
al highway and the Capital-to\
Capital highway will be discussed
at a meeting of the representa\
tives of the chambers of Lan\
caster, Camden and Kershaw,
[ May 15. It was also announced
\ that there will be a meeting at
\ Rock Hill to discuss plans for
\ improving the road between
\ Rock Hill and Gastonia and
\ Charlotte.
Socialists of the State met in
Columbia a few days ago and
nominated a full ticket for State
officers. J. H. Roberts. Charles
ton, was named as a candidate
for United States senator, and
R. B. Britton, also of Charleston,
was named for governor.
Petitions have been tiled with
the supervisor of Newberry county
asking for an election on the
dispensary question. The names
on the petit ions will be checked
up sua investigated, and then
the supervisor will decide whether
the election will be ordered.
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The Mexican Situation.
Reiterating his statement that
there was nothing "imminent"
in the Mexican situation and that
no "aggressive" move was in
contemplation by this government,
Secretary of War Garrison
has for several days continued
preparations to send the balance
of the second division of the
army iu vera *.ru/, as u precautionary
measure.
Orders have gone to the fourth
and sixth brigades at Texas City
to be ready to reinforce General
Punston, but when such an
order will be issued still is undecided.
War department officials
have been engaging transports
and so far arrangements
have been made for eleven ships,
including the four regular army
transports now at Galveston.
Anxiety was aroused at the
State department over the reported
capture by Mexican
soldiers near Vera Cruz of
Samuel Parks, a private of the
28th infantry, who rode into the
Mexican lines while believed to
be suffering from temporary
insanity. Another report from
Vera Cruz to the effect that an
unidentified American had been
executed by Mexican troops led
the department to institute a
rigid inquiry through American
authorities at Vera Cruz.
It was reported several days
ago that the envoys of the South
American republics, who hope to
settle the Mexican trouble, will
meet at Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
on Monday, May 18.
Will Adjourn July 10th.
In a conference last Wednesday
between president Wilson
and Senators Hoke Smith and
Kern it was decided that a date
be set for the adjournment of
Congress, regardless of the state
of the bill which the administra
tion is pressing. As is well
known, the president is very
anxious for his trust legislation
to be passed at this session of
Congress, as well as the bill fixing
rural credits for the agricultural
interests. It was agreed,
however, that it would not be
advisable for the party leaders
to remain in session after duly
10th, as the entire House comes
up for reelection and the Democrats
are very anxious to capture
I an increased majority if possible.
How Smith Ran in 1908.
In view of the contest between
Senator K. I). Smith and Governor
Cole L. Blease for the
Senate, it is interesting to note
the returns in the second primary
of six years ago, when
Senator Smith was victor over
ex-Governor .John Gary Rvans.
In that race Senator Smith carried
forty out of the then fortytwo
counties of the State, only
Spartanburg and Union giving
majorities for Governor Rvans.
There were 110.001 votes cast
in the second primary in 1908,
of which Smith received 70,292
and Rvans 89,712. Smith's majority
being 80.H80. He swept
the entire State and scored one
of the greatest victories ever
won in the political history of
| the State.
It is interesting to note that
the total vote received by
| Senator Smith in 1908, a little
over 70.(KM) is close to that polled
by (lovernor Rlease in 1912, his
j being about 72.0(H). These figures
afford food for thought in
figuring on the race between
Senator Smith and (lovernor
Rlease.
New Issue of Postage Stamps.
It is expected that the 1914 se;
lies of postage stamps soon will
be available to mail patrons at
all offices. The postmaster general
has sent advices that the
'department at Washington is
prepared to issue five new denominations
of ordinary postage
stamps. The new stamps are
the same size and shape as the
present two-cent stamps and are
the seven-cent, nine-cent. 12cent,
20-cent and thirty-cent denominations,
black, pink,maroon,
light blue ami vermilion, respectively.
The new "seven" bears the
head of George Washington in
profile, from Houdon's bust,
looking to the left. The border
design is the same as that of the
first six denominations of the
current series.
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SENATOR E. D. SMITH
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN
Senator E. D. Smith has
opened his campaign for reelection
to the United States
Senate by distributing generously
throughout the State a pamphlet
which contains a summary
of his work in the Senate since
he was elected six years ago.
There is much of interest in the
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pampniet and it snows tnat
Senator Smith has done what he
told the farmers of the State he
would do?secured legislation in
behalf of the great cotton growing
industry. Time out of mind
the cotton farmer of the South
has had to accept for his product
just what the Wall street gamblers
were pleased to pay him.
Now all this will be changed if
the legislation Senator Smith has
succeeded in writing into the
statute books has the result its
author claims it will have.
Among the resolutions and
bills introduced by Senator
Smith and enumerated, with
short discussions, in this pamphlet
are those on "Investigation
of Cotton Pool," "Cotton Statistics
made Available for Farmers,"
a resolution which resulted
in "More Accurate Reports
upon Cotton," another on
the "Spinning Value of the
different Grades of Cotton," an
"Inquiry into the Causes for
Advance in Prices of Ferjtilizers,"
"Cotton Ragging and
Tires." a resolution "To Repeal
! the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments to the Constitution,"
"Extension of Credit to
, Farmers" and "Regulation of
Cotton Exchange."
"Senator Smith has devoted
all of his time and talents to his
duties in the Senate. He has
not been involved in factionalism;
he has tried to be a senator
for all the people and not for a
part of the people. He has tried
to serve all the people to the
best of his ability; he has never
stopped to inquire whether a
I man was his 'friend' or hisi
'enemy' or whether a man had
voted for him or not. The results
he has obtained for his
State have justifisd his course,
for he has more and better legislation
to his credit than any
Senator has ever secured in the
I same length of service.
"Senator Smith is seeking reelection
on his record. The j
issue in this campaign is plain, j
His record is good ?more than!
that, it is a better record than i
i any other Senator has ever made I
: in so short a time. He and his ]
! friends are content to say that:
his record entitles him to re-!
; election."
White House Marriage.
With a plain circlet of pure j
goia, lypicai 01 tne quiet eie- j
gance of the ceremony. Miss i
Eleanor Randolph Wilson, young- i
est daughter of the president of |
the United States and Mrs. j
Wood row Wilson, was married at
(> o'clock Thursday evening in
the White House, Washington,
to William Gibbs McAdoo, secretary
of the treasury.
The simple and impressive
wedding service of the Presbyterian
church was pronounced
by Rev. Sylvester Peach, pastor
of the church in Princeton, N. J.,
attended by the President and
his family. The ceremony was
witnessed by the smallest company
that ever attended so important
a function in the White
House.
Two Killed With Baseball Bat.
Charged with the murder of
two men with a home-made baseKnll
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placed in York jail last Wednesday.
.1. R. Turney, father of
Thad Turney, is also being held
by the authorities.
The two men killed were
.1. K. Wells and Pink Dover. A
revolver tight was said to have
preceded a hand-to-hand struggle,
which occurred about 8
miles west of Yorkville near the
State line. It is thought that
Wells and Dover were mistaken
for revenue oflicers by the
j Turneys.
Unsettled weather for the
week with mid-spring temperatures
in the Southern States
was the forecast of the national
[weather bureau at Washington
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S. C., THURSDAY, MAY
Summersett in the Race.
James A. Summersett, of
Columbia, has announced that
he will be a candidate for the
office of comptroller general of
South Carolina in the August
primaries.
Mr. Summersett is therefore
seeking to become the successor
of the incumbent, A. W. Jones.
Mr. Summersett is well known
in Columbia where he is engaged
in the insurance and real estate
business with George L. Dial,
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tuc mill name: uciii^ OUllilllflsett
& Dial, of 1217 Washington
street. lie was candidate for
railroad commissioner in 1908
and 1909 and in that capacity
toured the State with the other
aspirants for State offices.
Many Die in Earthquake.
Press dispatches Saturday from
Catania, Sicily, told of a violent
earthquake and volcanic eruption
Friday night in which many
villages were lost on the slopes
of Mount Etna. The disaster
caused the death of at least 100
persons. The number injured
will reach several hundred.
Refugees declare that the loss
is as great as in the Messina disaster
of 1908.
Railroad tracks were torn up,
churches razed to the ground,
houses shaken to ruin and telegraph
poles overturned over a
radius of several miles around
Catania. Terror stricken people
rushed from the villages into
Catania before baybreak, bringing
stories of ruin and disaster.
Interruption of railroads and
telegraphs made it impossible to
obtain any accurate details as to
the loss of life.
News Notes From Yorkviile.
The governor has accepted an
invitation to deliver an educational
address at Bethany on
May 15, the date of the closing
of the school.
S. H. White of Rock Hill, a
delegate to the county convention.
became violently ill
just before the meeting. He
was able, however, to return
home in the evening.
A mayor, six aldermen and
three school trustees are to be
elected for the town of Yorkville
on May 27.
The Rev. R. A. Lummus of
Edgemmore assisted the Rev.
J. L. Oates Thursday, Friday
and Saturday in preparatory
communion services.
Bert F. Smith has received his
commission from the governor
as captain of Company L.
'The fire department has purchased
a fine horse from Robert
T. Allison in place of the one
recently disabled.
Yorkville will get $123.82 as
its tax of 1 per cent, on the
premium collections of foreign
fire insurance companies.
James Bros, have brought
from Tennessee a 5-year-old
horse which is claimed to have
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HOMES OF ,
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Tomato Wilt.
The Times has receivod from
Miss Minnie Garrison, county
tomato club agent. the following
article relating to tomato wilt
and the remedy for same:
There are two different wilt
diseases in fields where tomatoes
are grown. Probably the most
widespread and destructive one
is a bacterial wilt.
Bacterial wilt is readily recognized
by the way that the disease
alfects the plants. The
disease begins with the leaves
at the top of the plant or at the
ends of the branches. These
leaves wilt first and the disease
gradually works its way back
until the entire plant wilts and
dies. The bacteria which causes
the disease will live in the old
diseased plants and in the soil
for years. They work in the
water ducts and vessels of the
stem and roots of the plant and
plug these vessels up to such an
extent that the circulation is cut
olf. The disease is spread during
the growing season by leaf eating
insects and by bacteria being
carried by the wind and water
from the old diseased plants to
healthy plants. When the disease
first appears, the diseased
plants should be pulled up and
burned. As a preventive measure
the tomatoes should be
sprayed with arsenate of paste
or one-fourth pound arsenate of
lead at the rate of one-half pound
of lead to twelve gallons of
Bordeaux mixture.
The fungus wilt also causes1
disease by plugging up the vesselsand
waterducts of the stems!
and roots, but in this case the
disease practically always starts j
in through the roots from the!
soil and the lower leaves and
branches show signs of the dis-j
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ranging in price from $3 1
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Special prices on White
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LAWNS?Pretty figure
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carried off 27 blue ribbons from
28 horse shows.
Richard \V. Hughes, M. D.,
of Bluff ton will locate at Tirzah
at an early date for the practice
of his profession.?Correspondence
The State.
Essay On An Editor.
We look into a cradle anil behold
a male child. At the age of
ten he is a noisy kid, with half
the buttons off his pants and a
sure eye for meanness. At 15
he is a devil in a print shop; at
33 the publisher of a country
newspaper, at the head of every
enterprise calculated to improve
the town or enrich the business
thereof; at 50 he is an emaciated
and wornout man with holes in
his pockets and a gray head; at
the age of GO he is a corpse in a
cheap coffin and his only resources
left behind are two
cases of long primer type, an old
Taylor hand-press and a subscription
book with 500 delinquent
subscribers, who line up
and march past the coffin saying.
He was a public spirited fellow.
dui ne couian t save anytmng.
Rock Hill Record.
Crops of the township are very
much in need of rain. There
was a fairly pood season in parts
of the township last Thursday
afternoon, but the high winds of
the following day served to dry
the ground and it is said by some
that the rain did the growing
crops iittle good.
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ease first. The lower leaves will
turn yellow and usually wilt
more gradually than where the
plant is alFeeted with bacterial
wilt. Fundus which causes this
wilt remains alive in the soil for
a number of years so that it will
be necessary to leave tomatoes
oil* the land for five or six years.
Spraying does not seem to help
iii controlling the fungus wilt.
The diseased plants should he
pulled up and burned, and the
succeeding crop should be planted
on land where tomatoes have not
been grown before.
There are several other destructive
diseases of tomatoes
which occur on the leaves and
young stems. These are known
as leaf spots or leaf blights and
can be controlled by the application
of Bordeaux mixture.
Where these occur, it is well to
spray the tomatoes one time
while they are still in the bed.
After transplanting they should
be sprayed every two or three
weeks until the majority of the
tomatoes are ripe. This same
spray will prevent the fruit rots,
and if the arsenate of lead is
added, it will tend to prevent
the snrpjid ??f hnetru-i-il wilf P\?i?
this purpose we would use Bor-1
deaux mixture one-pound copper
sulphate or blue stone and one
pound of quick lime to twelve
gallons of water.
Charlotte News Buys Chronicle.
By far the most important
newspaper deal in this section in
a number of years was that
made Friday, when the Charlotte
News Publishing company
bought the Charlotte Fveiling
Chronicle from The Observer,
company. The last issue of Thej
Chronicle, carrying the announcement
of the sale, appeared
Friday afternoon.
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White Ribbon Sale
; Ribbon this week?all widths
uality, 10c; 25c quality, 20c.
w pieces of Ruching in whi
5c the yard. All the new wid
d Lawns, special price 5c and
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'rices this week?25c Powder,
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THE STATE CONVENTION I
WILL BE ANTI-BLEASE I
Complete returns from the H
countv conventions lu M th?? Ihke
week show that the forces op- H
nosed to Governor Rlease will be I
in control of the State Democrat- H
ic convention. Of the 338 dele- I
?tates to the State convention
from the 44 counties, nearly 300 I
are opposed to the administra- V I
More than a score of eonven- I
vent ions adopted resolutions call- 1
ing upon the State convention to I
pass some sort of primary reform. I
In Richland county a resolution
was adopted asking that the
rules for the general election he
placed about the primary system.
The voters in every county of
the State were reported as favoring
some action to protect the
primary and place it above suspicion.
The report from Newberry
probably was the most significant
of all, the delegation from that
county being solidly opposed to
the governor. The convention
refused to send Governor Blease
as a candidate to the State con
vention, while Fred H. Dominich,
strong personal supporter
of the governor, was ousted from
the county chairmanship.
The report from Lee county
was to the effect that Senator E.
I) Smith would be one of the
delegates to the State convention.
Ira B. Jones will head a
delegation from Lancaster.
A general summary of the result
of the conventions follow:
Resolutions calling for primary
reform wore adopted in many of
the conventions.
An anti-administration State
executive committee was named.
The administration of President
Y\ ilson was endorsed in the
strongest terms in many resolutions.
A fight will be made on the
county-to-county campaign.
Practically all administration
leaders failed of election as delegates
to the State convention.
There will be two delegations
sent from Charleston, and the
contest will be decided by the
State convention.
Tnere will be a split delegation
from Georgetown, there being
six delegetes from each faction
with one-half vote each.
A jolly crowd of young people
from the Pleasant Valley neighborhood
passed through Fort
Mill Friday morninir enroute to
to Catawba river where the day
was sp^nt in picnicing and fishing.
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