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Volume f6 CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C? AUGUST 1, 1912 Number 40
FARMERS' UNION
ENDED SESSION
THE OFFICERS FOR THE FOLLOW- ,
ING YEAR WERE ELECTED AT 1
THIS MEETING. '
-AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME I
'Number of Noted Speakers Made Ad- ,
dressses on Topics of Importance '
(
to1 the Members?A Report on Marr
keting Was Made.
Columbia.?After an interesting sea
- sion of two days the South Carolina
Farmers' union adjourned. The programme
as carried out was of special
value to the farmers and the addresses
delivered contained valuable in
.formation.
At one session an. address marketing
farm produce was made by G. F.
Hunnicutt, editoj of The Southern
Cultivator.
He laid emphasis on the necessity
for scientific production to obtain best
-quality and the need for asserting the
various products and, tlat the -best
markets shoqld be sought asl?jfthe law
of supply and demand consi&^-ed. ,
,, The address was diecuesef by W. ,
! ,JP. Guase of Florence and A.. 1? Black a
t Greeovilte/ Chas^ i-"Barrett gave I ?
the result vt Us,observations in tra-L
ke'ting' recom amended the following: f
"That more county business agen- d
cies be established and that the uniofa a
members market more of their pro- j
ducts through these agencies and givo t
more attention to putting these prod- r
ucts in neat and attractive packages t
and store their non-perishable prod- j
ucts and take advantage of the high- j
est tide3 of the market and cooporate g
more in selling perishable products t
in order that freight rates may be
reduced and encourage the growing <
of diversified products especially to
the extent of home consumption. By (
such methods wo shall be able to j
have moe of the comforts aud lux- t
uries of life iu our houses." j
The election of oittcers resulted as ]
fallows: E. \V. Dabbs, president; B. t
F- Keller, vice-president; J. Whitner ,
Reid. secretarv-treasurer: W. E. ,
Dodie, chaplain; ('. \V. Suber, con- ,
ductor; \V. P. Caskey, scrgeant-at.*
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SeigFer Has Been Granted Bail. .
Solicitor Hubert L. tiunter and at- t
torney for Janus G. Seigier, convict- ]
ed at the J'aae terra of general sessions
court for manslaughter and sen- t
tenced to seven years in. the state
penitential*^ or hard labor on the (
public works of Aiken county for ,
killing Policeman Wade Patterson on .
tile streets last November, were ,
notified that Judge Fraser has grant- j
ed bail to Seigier in the sum of $3,- ,
but) pending Seigler's appeal to the (
supreme Court for a new trial. \
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Seeks- to Press Army Worm War. ,
An effort was made in the senate ]
by Senator Smith of South Carolina ,
to hasten action on the agricultural ,
appropriation bill to provide funds (
to meet the ravages of the "army {
worm" on the cotton and hay crops ]
throughout the Southern Stai'-s. Sen- t
a.tor Smith declared the p. : this
uirtuv ." ? i. j'i i.ri.ia* a |
month ahead o' r mo. tiad developed
throughom ; ! : ii" Soif iwrn States i (
and had cc : ro.d< >1 tin- Scrt'i with j
one of tgi-catc.-.i d::ii?;-.s in years. r
j
Disao.rous Fire nt Hock Hill. (
An ugly tiro occurred at the Harris (
Manufacturing Company's plant. )
About thirty bales of cotton, a ma- }
chine and a motor were destroyed. t
The fire, which it is supposed origi- t
nated from matches in the machinery f
occurred in the opening and broker {
rooms, and burned the roofs of ,
these. The damage cannot as yet be (
ascertained. j
APPEAL FOR WILSON MONEY
John Gary Evans, State Chairman,
Urges Cause?Sends Letter to
Each County Chairman.
Columbia.?John. Gary Evans, chairman
of the state democratic executive
committee issued an appeal to
the people of South Carolina to contribute
to the Woodrow WilBon campaign
fund. Mr. Evans calls upon
each county chairman to ask the
president of every Democratic club
to solicit subscriptions of one dollar
jach from the members. This modsy
will be forwarded to Gen. Wille
Jones, trmsuaer of the Democratic
;ommitteee.
The^Appeal is as follows:
ro the people of South Ca^llna:
' The Democratlc-jparty enters the
presidential campaign jinder the most
'avorable auspices Hf its history. The
Republican party is hopelessly dlvid
?i l-i t - J v..
;a, one wing oeiug ouppuneu uy mo
Steel, Harvester and Sugar trusts and
.he other by the Standard Oil, Tobao:o
and other trusts not prosecuted.
"The money trust hoped to con:rol
-the Democratic convention at
Baltimore, but was completely routed
ind expelled from the temple.
"Governor Wilson, the nominee of
he party for president, is a statesnan,
honest, clean and above re>roach.
He has refused to receive
lie money of the privilege seeking
nillionaires and trusts. He is with>ut
personal means to run his cam>aign
and entirely dependent upon the
ontributions of the people for whom
le is fighting for the necessary funds
ncidental to all campaigns. Not a
lollar of this money will be used for
ny save legitimate expenses and that
nder the direction of Governor Wilon.
v.V
' "The elusion of a Democratic present
mjtp.a great deal to South,
ite wh r you 'hail to help win
[ght ?fhe newspapers , aret kindly
loing what they can to collect' a sultble
fund. I call upon every county
Jemocratic club to solicit subscripions
of one dollar each from the
aembers thereof and send the same
o Gen. Wilie Jones, treasurer of the
Jemocratic executive committee, Counibia.
Let us 'rally around the Vir;inian'
and show our loyalty by conributing
what we can.
>outh Carolina New Enterprises.
The secretary of state issued a
'harter to the Pinewood Telephone
\x\'ehangc of Pinewood with a capial
stock of $1,000, the officers belli:
J. \V. Weeks, president; 1). R.
Jde, vice president; Walter D. Epperion,
secretary, treasurer and general
nanager. ?A commission was issued
-o the Mutual 'Trust Cmpany of Denlettsvilje
with a capital stock of
>10,000, ttye company proposing to
conduct*a real estate, Ioand and insurince
business. The petitioners are
r. W." LeGraud, Z. D. ^Hardin and T.
3. McLaurin.'
\rmy Worm at Work Near Mayesville
This section of the state has not
?scaped the ravages of the army
vorm. ' Last year this worm caused
i lot or trouble around here, but its
avages are far worse this season. It
s not the cotton crop alone that this
icst is confining its activities to, for
he corn, hay and potato crops are
leing seriously damaged also. Some
if the leading planters report that
vhole fields of young corn are being
ost on account of the worm and tliat
hf? r>pn vinp hnv ornn is iirneticnllv
uined. For several years the farmers
in this section have been reading
lbout the army worm but until the
ast year they never knew what a
errible pest this little worm was.
"lorence County Campaign.
The Florence county campaign
)pened up at Salem, in the extreme
>uuiueuBieru section 01 me cuuiuj,
ind ended at Florence with two
neetings before the general primary.
Dwing to the large number of citizens
)f Florence who could not get to
tear the candidates at the noonday
neeting, the county executive comnittee
arranged for a night meeting,
ind that meeting was always looked
'orward Jto as the meeting of the
:ampaign. In fact, it was usually
nore largel? attended than the stat?
campaign meetings when held la
Florence.
NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Short Paragraphs of State New* That
Have Been Gotten Together With
Care By the Editor.
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Washrfngton-i?President Taft sent
to the Senate the nomination of Walker
E. James to be postmaster at
Greer.
Charleston.?The Blease club opened
quarters in the German Artillery
hall and here an active campaign will
radiate for the promotion of Blease's
erection.
Greenville.?At council meeting several
days ago contracts were awarded
for the laying of over 18,000 additional
feet of sanitary sewerage, the con
tract being awarded to rorier s noyu
of Charlotte.
Rock Hill.?Only 143 rotes www
oast In the election here on the que*- '
tion of issuing $50,600 In bonds for
building an extension of the Rock Hill
waterworks to the Catawba river.
There were 125 votee cast In favor of
the bonds and 18 against. #
i
Conway.?The large plant of the
Trexler Lumber Company, which is i
located at Allen, a station on the
Atlantic Coast Line railway, about 10
miles from here, was partly destroyed j
by fire entailing a loss of $00,000, par- ,
tially covered by insurance. I
Anderson. ? Fire destrqyed the c
w,ooden trestle, 000 feet long, on the i
Blue Ridge railroad, spanning a creek <
six miles west of this place. The loss
is estimated at $50,000. Officials state <
that the fire originated from sparks |
and live coals dropped by a freight I t
engine. ? I i
St. Matthews.?There were thirteen | 1
arrests on charges of illicit sale of .1
liquor here in one day. Thete were *
eleven colored and two white. One
of the whiter**# found not gqUte in 1
Charleston.?Health Officer J. Mer- e
celr Green announced that he was preparing
to notify all the slaughter 'o
houses in the city that the abbattoir j ~
being constructed by the Charleston ^
Abattoir Company will be ready for
operations by August 15 and that after
that time the slaughter houses will .
not be allowed to continue their op- t
erations in the city.
Saluda.?The annual Newberry college
reunion for Saluda, Lexington and *
Newberry counties \\<?s held a. i.'elj
mar in the extreme northeastern seo |*
I -e ~ r\r Thoro Was an ^
lion Ol llie tuum/. iuv>v i
immense crowd present, variously es- 1
timated at from 2,500 to 3,000. W. Ai?g. jc
Shealy, president of the association,;?
was master of ceremonies. A nuin-1s
ber of very practical addresses were f
delivered. ( '
Spartanburg.?Many responses are ?
being received front prominent busi* (
ness men over the state and from oth- ^
er states expressing their intention .
to attend the conference to be held in
the city August 15 to consider the in-;
terests of South Carolina in the open-1
ing of the Panama canal. The call j
for the conference was issued some 3
days ago by a number of business men ^
of this city. ^ |D
Greenville.?The aprricuTt?*- 11;
Deposit yo
~ T\]
The Bank
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STRONGER THAX ALL OTHER BA
40 compou
0 irv savin
t
mittee of_.the board aT trad* "toet U
discuss ways and ~*mr of fighting
the army worm wbteb bos appeared
in several sections W thto oounty. Ex
perts from the state department of ag'
rlculture and from Gannon College
were present at the meeting. There
were many farmers present and they
were advised as to how to fight tin
pest.
Honea Path.?While Furman Bagwell
was being initiated into a lodge
of the Woodmen of the World at
Friendship, three miles northeast oi
here, Milton Taylor was seriously
shot and >s thought to be in a critical
condition. It is difficult to find out
just what took place, but from the
best reports obtainable it seems th?4
in this lodge they have a custom of
using pistols and blank cartridges.
Darlington.?Mayor E. C. Dennis
Is in receipt of a letter from the postafflce
deartment at Washington stating
that the establishment of cly delivery
service at Darlington has been ap*
proved by the postmaster general and
as soon as the appropriation act for
the current fiscal year is passed by
congress, prompt action will be taken.
This is another sign of (he steady
growth of Darlington.
Pelzer.?Willie Stone, age 11, while
in bathing with several boys in Sauda
river near the railroad bridge
*as drowned several days ago. The
>ody has not been found yet. The
lrowning took place at the head of
:he dam which luns three mills in the
aid town.
Darlington.?At a special meeting
jf the town council a franchise was
granted to the Florence Gas Company
:o furnish gas in Darlington and work
will commence at once laying p.pes
rom Florence to Darlington.^It is
bought that gas will be here for use
?y October first.
Plnewood. ? J. J. Ross, Sr., who
Ives /our Alles south of here and
anas the plantation of R. I. Manning
md was planted the middle of April.
Columbia.?At the request of the
lonslgnees, Commissioner Watson
eized three carloads of Western
orn assigned to merchants in Columbia
and will have tests made of it in
:ho chemical department to see
ivhether or not it is damaged. If it
s it will be condemned and returned
o the shippers.
lixth District Master Printers.
The master printers of the Sixth
Mstrict are to meet in Florence about
he second week in August for the inroduction
of scientific estimate of
osts in their shops lias been done
n most of the other <. stricts of the
tate. The printers of this section
lave been interested for a long time
11 the nintt<>r and have made inquiries
nd fiit!e:ivnred to trv in a small wav
o work their offices up to the standird
of self-suBtainlng prices for work
>ut they have not yet i atered into
he system.
Be Joyously Useful.
Efforts to be permanently useful
lust be uniformly joyous?a spirit all
unshine; graceful from very gladess,
beautiful because bright.?Carrie.
ur money
of Cheraw
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NKS IN ME COCNTI COMBINED
nded quarterly
igs department
i THE STATE CHAMBER
| 13 A LIVE ORGANIZATION?13 FOW
THE UPBUILDING OF THE
l . STATE.
; NEXT MEETING AUGUST ^
| The Temporary Chairman Glvea Reasons
Why Everybody Should VTake
Interest In It.?Meeting of the Boartf
of Directors Called. v
Columbia. ? R. G. BrueechwlelaT,
temporary secretary of the South Carolina
chamber of commeroe, reoently
npffflnliaH In Pnlnmhin to a/-Hva with
the members of the organization and
the press, calling attention to a letter
Just issued that Interest must be
maintained In order for the plans for
upbuilding the state might be succes**
fui.
It has been deemed wise to defer *
the next meeting of the board of dlreotors
of the South Carolina chamber
of commerce from August 7, at
Columbia, to August 15th, it Spartanburg.
This latter date is the time
for the big "Charleston-Panama"
meeting in Spartanburg, which will
undoubtedly attract a large number of
business men from every seotlon of
the state. Among them will be many
of the directors of the state chamber.
Holding both the meetings of the*
board of directors of the state chamber
and the "Charleston-Panama" \
meeting at the same date, will save
many considerable railroad fares, a&ft /]t
will also enlarge the
has been heard around (be world. \
Any state that expects to grow, has
-to work for that growth. .Opportune >.
tits are not known unless you advertise
them. Only adequate publicity
will make them known. Tell the truth
and build up a firm foundation. There
is good enough in the truth without
being compelled to misrepresent
Checks for $5 have been received
by the temporary secretary for that
defraying of office expenses until a
definite financial plan has been
adopted, from the following cities:
Columbia, Branchville, Charleston,
Bishopville, Chester, Greenville, Belton
and Sumter. This amount will be
credited to the respective organizations
as a preliminary contribution to
the state chamber.
Politics In Darlington County.
Darlington.?Time for filing pledge?
for county offices will expire on August
1 at 12 o'clock noon. This rule
in the past has been rigidly adhered
to, and this year will be no exception.
: There will be a number of contesti
onto fnr olmnaf oi'orv nfflpo In fVtde
nuio ivi muivub v?v i ,? viuvv m vuv
county. There are few, if any, issues,
outside of the legislative positions.
One of the issues in the latter, doibt*
less will be whether or not the coun?
ty is to have a dispensary.
Aiken County Hospital Association..
Aiken.?The Aiken County Hospital
Association has been formed by 50
women of Aiken whose names are put
down as the charter members. The
purpose of this organization is Co
raise money with which to erect at
Aiken a modern hospital, and it is the
aim of those who have banded to,
gether for this purpose to enroll as i
members of the association every wo- j
man in the county. I
Enrollment Is Far Too Large.
Charleston.?At a meeting of the
Charleston county Democratic executive
committee the report of the subcommittee
on the examination of the
club rolls submitted, showing an enrollment
far in excess of the pjroper
number in proportion to the ^ychijte
population of Charleston. According
to Chairman Grimbail of the subcom
mittee, there are 540 duplicate names
on the rolls, 154 aliens who are barred
from participating in the primary by
the new state law and about 2,500
names in excess of the duplicates,
which it is figured should not have
been enrolled. - i Jr**4
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