The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 16, 1909, Image 3
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AboOT tb*
ItelwMk ot Oot libwtiOT la
United fitatOT.
**1 Mine here to eee whet hind ot
• reputation hU neighbor* glre t*.
Jodge Horace H. Lurton. whj hw
been picked by Preeident Taft *o
•uooeed Juetlce P*ehh*m on ibe
Called Btete# eeprem# court." Mid
Olteoa Gardner. la Naehrllle, Tran.,
a few day* ago.
*• The railroad* and the corpora
tion* of Teone*eeo will be entlrelr
aatlaAed with Judge Lorton's appotnt-
oicBt,’ aaid th* drat man I aakrd
*He hae *ereed them her* In Teaoee-
•e* long and faithfully, and they will
be glad ro eee him promoted to the
larger held.'
T aehed what evidence there wan
at frteodllnese between Judge Lur
toa aad the railroad*. The familiar
designation. Private Car Lurton.
tlw lawyer aneerered. T euppoec
you've heard what everybody know*
throughout thte eectlon of the South
•boat Judge Lurton'* habitual uee
of private car* f urn I a bed by the rat'
road* Up to the paeeage of the
Hepburn law. Judge Lurton ecaroely
moved without the private,car.*
•True enough, everywhere 1 went
1 found talee of Lurton * private
ear*. Not for buelneae merely did
he uee them, but be gave private
car part lea. Once he took a party
of young friends, men and women,
through the West. Including a visit
to th* Tellowetooe. On kuch occ*
0oo0 the railroad* fturnla^ad not
only th# ear*, but the chef, the pro-
rtatooe aod all the lit tie exari# that
go to make a *'*ke< of thid .tort
complete.
Tt ebould be uoderatood that
aspenae* of the** car*
by railroad* wblch wer* actual
poUotlai litigants In hie court.
one time. ! am Informed, there
a race tv ere hip which brought the
management of a railway lato Judge
Lurton’e court, and the Judge almp-
ty Indicated to the receiver hie de
etre to hevo a private car The re
ceiver naturally obeyed.
PTMldant Toft W iijOkg ITegw
to Office In the North, hmend ot
In the South.
'Neither Judge,
wind Slled
th* aura,
in the moralf
rocks and.
th xne
r-
the
deaperato. It
ke founaatlon
•ring dwpart-
undermiaed.
'the broken *ewer«
the flooded baeemente. menac
ing the health of the occupanU avd
the smell of sewage Is ilready per
mealing the buildings. Soldiers an
working desperately by the aid of
torches, disentangling drlft-wog^
„Tipc*. g-ifprlno and H^uner
ouiTDeople Rockefellvf vUght l<> give
^Tefotl mlir.ona toward* 1U ex
lermlnatloo.
ir J. B. Armstrong »*• lhe
town who was tired by re-
iBufactih»«. » 4 * . 1
til he areat into the government wild
cat business and there Is no law In
reason or common sense to prevent
an official from telling It, slther ir
court or out of It For a co'i>-t ir
hold to the contrary, I repeat. la M
ly, usurpation and tyranny.
"Think of a lltle commission?'' r
Internal revenue In Wntlug.oa !•«•;
lag rules haring the same force n*
aa enactment Itself and thus c<j n
trolling the courts of a soverlgi
state. It. Is enough to make Johr
Marshall turn over In his grave, am
the founder .of this republic fo rls
from their graves In rage and mut
Iny.”
"That President Taft la
appoint Northern negro** to ofto*
rather'than Southern one* l* the In
formation which ha# been pretty
thoroughly discussed among the poli
ticians of Washington and elsewhere
since Booker Washington was there
last week," say* the Washington
correspondent of The News and
Courier.
As the result of this policy It is
expected that the negroes In the
South who are bolding important
office* will, as their terms expire,
be displaced for the meet part by
wbltee, and In turn recognition will
be given to colored men In th* North
The Ust of colored men holding Im
portant office* li the Booth under th*
federal government include# the fol
lowing.
Robert Smalls, npllector of cae-
toms at Beaufort. 8. C.; Henry A.
Rucker, collector of Internal reve
nue at Atlanta. Oa.; Joseph Lee,
collector of Internal revenue at Jack
sonvtlle, Fla.; Nathan H. Alexander,
register of the land office at Mont
gomery, Ala.; Thomas V. McAllister,
receiver of publie moneys at Jack-
son. Mias.; Walter L. Cohen, regis
ter of the land office at New Or
leans; Alexander B. Kennedy, receiv
er of public moneys nt New Orleans;
John E. Bush, receiver of public
moneys at Little Rock
The course the President will tske
In the matter of appointing colored
en Is likely to be Illustrated in the
lection of a *uccea»or to W. T
ernon. register of the treasury,
ker T. Washington and other
colored leader* have given their sup
port to J. C. Naples, of Nashville,
for the place, but It appears that the
President will probably select a col
ored man from the North.
Washington was in Washington a
few days ago. and it la aald that be
protested when he learned that
neither Vernon nor Ralph Tyler, the
latter as auditor for the navy de
partment, were to be ousted. Neith
er of these pull with Washington.
Women Carry Pistol*.
Women of Aurora. III., who have
be on the streets after dark with
escorts, are carrying amall re-
era tucked in muffle* as a mean*
against the mysterious
Slasher.'* who made vie
on five women recently
at the
Fekete fB^ka against railroads and
the capltal^j^ig down of federal and
The case gStp of corporation*,
the courts tbK, «ud Judge Lurton
opinion wholly ilfch ability. He 1* a
Two Men Glva the Now York
Statements That They Were
by the Explorer to Help
Up Data to Fool the
oner it Is noi
severely punished.
industrious habits
x ■ Wi — ot —could been taken
WORK OF HKROK8. [mbwrus *8^"*~ -Igbt
- • ■ 1 _ -m • was Arrest~
In* of the *cboot year. tnierCaiumo.,,
will b« provided for the visiting teach
er* by tbe local teacher*.
later news Noriw.
M. Ferguson of Sally, aged
died on Sunday. He bad
The New Toth Times prints the
remarkable narmtive of two men
made under oath, detigring that they
were employed hy Dy. Frederick A.
Cook to fabricate astronomical and
other observations tar submission to
tbe University of OopenhagM, which
la about to pass upon Or. Cook's
assertion that he discovered the
North Pole on April SI. IHt. Thee*
men are George H. Dunkl*. an insur
ance broker, of SI Nheeau street.
New York, and Cape August Wedei
Loos*, a sea captain, of 4ST Thir
teenth street, Brooklyn. For their
labor* they were to have received
Jointly from Dr. Cook 94.004 with
an additional bonus of 9400 to Capt.
Loose upon the acceptance of the
records by th# University of Copen
hagen. They say that Dr. Cook had
paid them only $100 when be dis
appeared on the eve of the dispatch
of his "records" to Copenhagen two
weeks ago and his failure to pay the
sum remaining due them they freely
acknowledge to be their motive for
coming forward with tbe story.
Accompanying these narratives will
appear eopie* of the affidavits sf
Capt. Loose and Duakle affirming
tbelr accuracy, facsimile of Dr.
Cook'* Instruction* to Qapt. Loose,
In Cook'* handwriting. In poeeeeslon
of Tbe Times and the affidavits of
Capt. Loose swearing to the accuracy
of the same. The translation of this
memorsnda by Dr. Cook is as fol
low*:
' Svartevaag. start March 17-18;
strong , wind—base "
"March 3 0—Observations latitude
and longitude; dally observatlas to
April 33
The Times alto print* the follow
ing list under tbe beading, "What
Capt. Loose Bay* He Bupplled to Dr.
Cook ”
1. Twenty-four altitudes for lati
tude sights
2. One chart covering route from
Bvartevaag to the Pole, with all of
Dr. Cook's assumed positions marked
upon It
5. Complete observations for time
and chronometer rate, a* they might
have been taken by stars at Anoratok
and Bvartevaag, probably 30 In all
4. Diagram for com pas* error and
correction at different points.
4. Calculations for longitude, about
34 In all.
6. Sixteen observations as they
at tbe North
„ _ with depree-
was arreste<T m , ^
the begging on the Btreeft.* - ^
What’* to be done> ( whiskey, said
pie are discontented »- up here to
think more opportunities aFi tarried
in the citle?; 11 they tlod fa.nl
drudgery and the soc'al life
count.y Irksome and monotonous J-
a..ft mniArlll “ I (I
9994 tor It
Doth Capt Loom and Mr. Dunk I*
Mil of A trMt to th* shop of John
Giles ll Oo.. at 199 Front street, a
few days after th* captain's talk
with the explorer at the Waldorf aod
of purchasing for Dr. Cook rarloni
nautical and astronomical works,
beaidos three charts of Smith sound
and Urn polar regiofiA. Robert
Flight, who add the booia aal
charts, told k reporter of The Times
t hs t be recal led t b e v la 11 an d Ifiit
the parch**** wer* mod* as destnb-
ad.* The charts #old, Mr. Flight said,
were numbered 314, 974 and 374
and recalled having naked him when
the charts were bought If tbv kup-
taln Intended going to the North
Pole.
"And from what I have known
of th* captain's experience as
navigator and his acquaintance with
everything pertaining to observe
lions.” said Mr. Flight. "I would
bet that If any one could find bis
way to the pole, CapC Loose Is that
man."
Capt Loose, In hie statement, says
he stayed at the Gramatan hotel
from November If to November 11,
working out observations for Dr.
Cook, and that he aad the doctor
hod frequent conference*. Mr. Dun-
kle went with him oa November 16,
leaving the next day. He and the
oaptala hod oooneotlng rooms, Noe.
138 aad 13«. Mr. Dunkle regis
tered tor them. The hotel register
shows the arrival onjtovember 14
ot George H. Dunkle and "Andrew
H. Lewis," the fictitious name agreed
upon tor Capt Loose. They were
assigned to rooms 136 and 128.
Capt. Idtpo* BOVd he remained se-
cluded is his room during his stay
at the hot6$ so os to run no chance
of having the dw'tor found out A1
the time be worked %rd oa polar
calculations, giving thou, to Dr. Cook
as they were completed.
On the last day of his stay at the
hotel, Capt. Loose says he gave Dr
Cook the final set of observations he
had mod* for him and the doctor
thanked him profusely, declaring
that he now felt confident that his
records would b« accepted at Copt
hagen.
Capt Loses was born at Bergen.
Norway, on March 17. 1860. and la
his younger days worked as in as
sietant to his father, who has long
been connected with the eoaet sur
vey of Norway. Capt Looe© stud
ied at the Navigation college of Ber
gen and was graduated In 1891 with
highest honor*. He has been In com
mand of many see going vessels.
Lewi* Nixon, tbe ship builder, who
vouchee for Capt. Loose's compe
tence a* n navigator, put the cap
tain In command of the torpedo boat
Gregory, built for tbe Rueslan gov
ernment, when It woe taken from
tbe ship yards in these waters across
the ocean. Mr. Nixon declares that
Capt. Loose Is, In his estimate, one
of tbe "most competent, efficient
and accurate of navigators.
Ntfra Sbyt Tit Wmm mi Fitali
IrnkTikl
mm weapon used
BTOPfl TRAIN TO BATHE.
Wtitude of Some I'-ontariif lf» "tLn.nrr'^ ’• ^
Japanese Killed and Burned by Op-
eounny ih \r .
Nlnger Disregarded Hchedule on Har-
liman Railroad.
A dispatch from El Paso, Tex..
Frttn Behai at
iNAMITE KILLS ONE.
Explosion in North Carolina Court
House Fatal.
.. 'r 4 - gfc. -im—N 1
Mr*. Elisa GrlbMe and Mr*. Ganrie
Ohlander, Who Was Criminally
Assaulted Before Being Killed,
and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, Victims
of Terrible Tragedy in Savannah.
Victims of a revolting crime. Mrs.
Elisa OrlbWe, oged 70 years, and her
daughter. Mrs. Csrris Ohlander, were
found dead in their home, No. 401
Perry street. West, In Savannah, Ga.,
Friday, while w third woman. Mrs.
Maggie Hunter^*3, found Just
inside th* trout deer of the house,
Is at the Savanngh'hospital dying
Physicians state that Mr*. Obland
er was th* victim of o criminal os
sa ult Just before she was killed.
Oo* kuadrad and fifty negro m<
caught in the me*bee of the pohee
drag net through Yamocraw, the
negro aectlon of the elty, ore priso
ners in the police station, the theory
of the police being that 0 negro
man, having planned an assault upon
Mrs. Ohlander, was compelled to
commit the other crimes in order to
QBCtpt
Other arrests will be made until
every negro In the city who In any
way resembles th* description of a
negro who during three days had
been frequently about th* premises
of the house of the murders Is s
prisoner.
Th* police believe that this negro
using an axe taken from tbe wood-
abed in the rear of the Grlbble home,
beat Mrs. Grlbble to death, struck
jowb Mr*. Hunter and after assault
's Mr*. Ohlander In the wide, long
l way, where the bodies were
U i. finished his terrible work by
bee ■ !•> her skull with the Bespon
Mr ■ ‘ible evidently was attack
ed froL ’'d, ss she eat In an easy
chair rec On th* floor, beelde
uer body. •nind the newspaper
she was rc.. id her spectacles
One. or po*» ’y wo, blows were
demit her. h . giby hair, blood
matted, shows Imprint of the
blunt sxe.
Then the murder teaohlly ap
proacuing aged Mm. 1 -tbble. killed
her. It 1* believed that . * O '%od-
er was attacked as she lei et >m
to enter the hall way, wa* * i'-
ed and killed. Mrs. Hunter < * u
was crushed in and her deeti. la a
matter of but a few hours.
The motley hord of prisoner* am
quiet and frightened In the polls*
station and Jail. It Is believed that
JLf the negro suspected of th* crime
is caught be can he quickly Jdeuti
fled;
Bloodhounds have been at work
Iq, an effort to tske tbe trail from
oodshed where tbe ax* was
tied Y »«^th* murderer, but
treatment/to* mu rede r* la almost
Is in a precarlouf c i t y ft nd
Is doubtful If he
set*
DEALING DEATH AMD
TION TO MANY FBOPLB.
Largs Number of
High la the lir,-
Onlamas of Flame.
A dispatch from Hamburg. Oer-
Aa A|W toil
- Death
Just
- * - | V - aFi^sl
oa a Strip of Papt
by th* Noam ot Jol*
The Augusta Chroalels
murder of Mr. Eachary
many, says the explosion of two gas
tanka $n the eo-called "Klein’s
Oraebrook," on th* Elbe front
Wedneadsy afternoon was followed
by an extensive fire and the loss of
many lives. The explosion was due
to a leak In a new gasometer. Th*
•ecaptng gas entered the retott
house, where It came In contact with
the dree, causing a terrific explo
sion. A large number of workmen
were engaged In rebuilding and en
larging tbe plant. Twenty-five of I who lived about twenty-oao I
the men were employed near tbe from Augusts, last Wednesday M
gasometer. They disappeared In a WM one of the most hartal that
mass of flames which shot up to a L . , .
(TMt h.iiht. »'•» >» ““ *
Firemen with apparatus appeared I oooatF- H# was seventy tigh
qulekly on the eoeoe but they wer*lot age. Without havtag a
unable to approach in targe foree,Unemy thla old gtatletiOT A fg*>
,U , UaU °“ f Uran of many battle, la th* Civil
fib# establishment. Up to a late I „ . ... ^ ,
hour 10 men are reported dead aad I War ' a Qul * t Ufa flth hhi fami-
1T misting. ' It Is almost certain I ly. operating a country store la a*>
that all of these are dead. Forty dltion to hie farm.
u>en were dangerously Injured, of Hla ,tor* VM about 194 yards
whom several can not recover. from hlt r^idenoe sad waa 00 the
The fir* gained rapid headway. I roadside, while hi* residence wot
and threatened the oil gasometer,I oS trom the road ) a oommoe
containing 40,400 cubic metres. Bol amonK merchants W the country,
intense was the heat and so danger-1 wbare tb e trade is not iarns 4
ous their position, the firemen were I ^ ^pjoy tome one In the slevn i-.
compelled to withdraw to a safe dls-1 the time, a discarded plow was knag
tanoe. A terrific explosion soon oo-1 U p by a wire Bear the store and the
curred and the tower became n mast beating on th* plow with
of flames, which leaped hundreds I iron Instrument, notified I
of feet In th# sir, sanding frag-1 prtetor that a customer
menu of glowing coke far and wide] vhilo at supner
over the city and harbor. night Mr. Kendrick hoard
After strenuous efforts, the Ere tb4 Dlow ^ wh#B n*
was got under control and the res- tb# nt J .tow hey to hand,
cue work was carried on rigorously. |. ascertain what was wanted. Aa
There is little hope of finding tbeL* aged man was in the sot ol
bodies of the missing if they bwt enuring his ntaos of 1 —‘n— ho
been killed, as they undoubtedly WM JJJ oek w [ th t piees of wood,
bare been Incinerated. a terrible blow on th* Mad. SOOT-
Th. new gasometer which explod* lBg hlm to sink to the fioor *< hi#
ed was tbe largest In the world. hav-| a . orB p . afM H . a aaaaaa | B wttkoomo
lug ^ capacity of 340.400 cubic ^ .bsrp lortnuneut, best him on th*
tree. The city appropriated 14.440.- faoe ^ hMd> cotUM g j w ^
000 marks (13,400.000) for IU I betwosn bis eyes, on* on hM snnsr
structloa. j aDd 0 tA#r places ,00. Ml
I Mr. Kendrick was rsndsred
FOOLKII.LER NEEDED. j ecious and probably wonli I
...... ... jin tbe position In which be
He Should Gather la These Two! by hie murderer, but n
Ellis Lewis, hearing the
Fellow* or Quit. . by th* plow, flalahed hla m
One of the most unique pair of| ca ** a,, F strolled to tE* _
globe trotter# that have yet oomeJ eto^ * , to bu3r • to ba«e^
under pfbHc notice will eooo be
Been in America,* having engaged ed that there was an
passage on s ship sailing for New lence about tbe »tor*.
York from England next week. They j drick residence, whtoh, ot
sre two Italians and they are travel-1 is only a short dlotase* from th*
log sround th# world In n barrel. I store, a Hgbt woo ohlatog
Their aamee are Vlcinello Eugene | Down the rood near the
and Zanadl AttUlua. and for a wager j fast rvtreatlng form of a
of 91.404 they arc endeavoring to being wse
ctreto the globe In * berrel three I murderer- had -
yards long sad about four feet _. _ u
diameter. They take turns. " l H*ee»
producinf
all 3.,
HOW FIRES START.
Flare* Damaged Matches on tbe Siovt
to Dry Them.
The Newark, N. J., police bellev*
that they have averted a serious tene
ment house fire and perhaps ssve<
the lives of many by the seixure o
40,000,000 matches In an Italian fla:
house. The matches had been pur
chased by Solomon Paplowsky after
they were damaged by water. Whet
the police entered Solomon was dry
lag them over a stove in the hope ot
making them marketable.
Fatally Burned.
At Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Henry Wela
tiger, of 388 Walker street!, wi
standing iff frontsfTLn'd^eii fireplace
Wednesday, turned to apeak to a vis
itor. As she did no her dress caught
fire, and before the flames could be
controlled she was fatally burned
e> w e _ ■■■ _ . .
Burning of an OH Church.
Erected on© hundred and four
fear* ago, the First Methodist Church
of Sparta, Oa.. was destroyed by fire
Wednesday afternoon. A piano and
n memorial slab to Bishop Pierce #as
toyed.
oito.
Now Style Posfc^C,
postofflee
Dlstaateful.
The Influence of Christianity In
apsn has b*en considerable, accord-
tg to Boron Klkuchl, president of
Imperial University of Kioto, who
ill spend several weeks studying ed-
catlonal Institutions la thii country
k do not think that Christianity
as bone at all upoa the national
icught of the Japanese.” sa.d tti-
aron la answer to s questioner "Ii
tayed no part whatever is the ix*:;i
al revolution which resulted in tin
-labllshnient of the empire. Non<
' Janapese moral teachings cornc
-om the West “In fact the attitude
f some of the Chrlstlsn convortr
mong my people ha* not been ac
^ptable to the body of the u it Ion
ecause they oppose our reve enc.
i r the Emperor and our worship of
is spirits of dur anceBtors."
Women a Heroine.
At Valdosta. Ga.. Mrs. J. W. Mc-
)onald, mother of three little chll-
ren, proved herself a heroine when
ihe saved them from her burning
tome before daylight Wednesday
nornlng. Two little girls who had
>een carried from the house by the
nother went back to their room and
*ent to bed again. Mrs. McDonald
isved them Just as the roof of the
house fell In.
pressed Natives.
Retaliation on pillaging Japanese
natives of the Shantar Islands has
brought about a pitched battle in
which several Japanese were killed
ind their bodies burned.
A Russian commission sent from
Vladivostok to Investigate the at
tack of the Japanese made ghastly
discoveries. The commission found
•orpses of Japanese partly cremated.
The Japanese, It was learned; late
! ast year landed from a boat, pillaged
the native camps and burned tents
*nd houses. The natives assembled
a large party of warriors to take re
venge and the fight came as a re
sult.
subsidy but were opposed to parts
of the Humphrey bill. The Demo
crats desired to offer several amead-
meuts aad Representatirea Sulsec,
Clark of Florida and Kuaterman had
notified the committee that they de-
slrbd hearings on their own ship
subsidy bills.
"The action of the Republicans
is an outrage," declared Representa
tive Alexander of the committee.
"We were given no chance to con
sider the bill or to be heard upon
; R. klHsyes, Page's Mill;
easy.
«4> ▲<
would
tbe
A royally
the
B. Harris, Pendleton; W. T. W^ger,
Blaekvllle; J. P, Garrick, Woaton;
Thos. Taylor, Jr, Columbia; E. A.
Brown, Camden; W. D. Byrd, Lau
rens; W. J. McKinnon, Lykesland;
J. D. Fooshe, Coronaca; J. H. Hanna,
Gifford; L. T. Chappell, Lykesland;
A. E. Gonzales, Columbia; L . R.
Thompson, Pendleton; W. F. Cleve
land, Ridgeway; E. J. Watson, Co
lumbia; C. A. Woods, Columbia;
Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg; R. W.
Myers, Beech Island; C. F. iiarri*,
It. In the fscs of direct promises Coronaca.
Religious Intolerance.
A dispatch from Paris says when
the nuns acting as nurses learned
that the building used as a Red Cross
post and owned by Placide Alexandre j-b«t It was lost.
Astler, radical socialist deputy, be
longed to a socialist and freemason,
they declined to remain, saying they
feared excommunication. Thereupon
the Countess d'Haussonvllle ordered
that the place be evacuated.
they hxv® 'railroaded' this bill
through. It Is an Insult to the
minority of the committee, to the
house itself and to the country at
large."
The executive session of the com
mittee was characterised by tense
feeling. The Democrats endeavored
to secure an adjournment and to
amend the bill but were voted down.
An amendment was offered striking
out the subsidy sections of the bill
Inis is a Bad Gose.
At Richmond, Va., Judge Crutch-
fleld was moved to pity when Hunter
Ingram, 14 years old, Was hauled be
Oore him, charged with stealing a
loaf of bread, which the lad said he
took for Big Stfirirfnc mother. Tfii
judge dismissed the case. The hal
was passed around toe court room,
collecting $15 for the boy and hin
mother.
Flagman Kills Engineer.
At Birmingham, Ala., J. R. Her
ring, an engineer on the Southern
railway, was shot and instantly kill*
ed Wednesday night by George Dew-
gre, a flagman. The shooting fol
lowed a quarrel between the two
men over train orders.
A’toW 1
I he
Wtid Goose
Robt. E. Peary, reputed discoverer
of the north pole, made a proposition
to tho National Geographic Society,
which. If accepted, will mean \ an
pedkion to be on the way
the UMOBfiaerod sooth
Jumps to Death.
Despondent because the Infirmities
of age prevented him from earning
a living, Frank D. Cornell, aged 75
years, leaped from the seoond story
of a local Institution for the aged at
Memphis, Tenn. He died in a few
hoars.
In answer to the Impassioned ap
peals of the Democrats Mr. Hum
phreys turned a deaf ear, answering
that Immediate action on the bill
was Imperative. When the final vote
was taken It was shown that Repre
sentative Humphreys had figured
correctly on a safe majority for his
measure.
The open hearing given to the
Associailoa of JSe w Jgrit
resulted in n row between M r. Hum
phreys and Attorney James C. Dough
erty, representing the association,
immediately following which Mr.
Humphrey's moved that the commit
tee go into executive session and con
sider tbe bill without hearing further
evidence.
seed
A Cherry Mine Victim.
The body of one miner aad the
carcasses of 44 mates srere fotyid 354
feet, dehp In the 8t. Pnal mine sf announced his intention of cultivat-
Good Place to Live.
Junction City, Ky., the town sec
ond in six© in Boyd county., cite© as
an unusual record that during th«
last twelve months there was not a
single police court case. Policeman
Clem, who preserves the law In that
community of 1,144. residents bos
-
Cherry, 111,, by relay parties of ro-
aa«’ ' ■
tfsT* 1
mI
a tobacco crop tola year as a
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Harper, Smith and Kyle was appoint
ed to prepare full instruction* for
starting the work of the Corn Biert-
ing association, the result of the
wbrk of the committee to be dis
tributed as a bulletin or circular.
The committee appointed to take up
the matter of a corn exposition with
the Columbia Chamber of commerce
was composed of the following:
Messrs. Hudson, Walker, Hayes
Smith and Baker.
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Hudson, Walker. Fooshe and Baker
was appointed to present a resolution
to the ways and means committee
asking for an appropriation of $580
to be used in furthering the associa
tion.
The following resolution was pass
ed by the association and will be pre
sented to the ways and means com-
mlttee:
r "TtesdtifM; tb*t ^
three be appointed by th* president
of this association to go before the
committee 00 ways and means of the
house of representative# and the fi
nance committee of the senate xnd
earnestly urge that an appropriation
of $500 be made for the purpose of
furthering the purposes of this as
sociation; said appropriation to bq
expended under the direction of the
president of this association and th*
State commissioner of agricaKtar*’'
A. ,fl. Smith, in speaking ot the
Corn Breeders' association apd Its
purposes, Tuesday said:
"It takas four things to ropg© good
corn in South Carolina—need, soil,
cultivation and fertlllxs^ on H | a
hjeet of too
lb provide
is known to be hlgk-ylehilag.
that will produce a progeny that
true to type.
"Every state In the Union that
produces a large amount of corn has
t^porn Breeders' association that
is continually improving the need
and It wo# necessary for South Caro
lina to have the same sort of organis
ation before corn growing could be
developed to tbe highest point. Corn
that has been bred up will yield 10
per cent, more or better than corn
that has not been bred up. In other
words, South Carolina Is losing st
lea*t $,000,404 bushels a year In
the yield, owing to the poor quality
of seed. Members of the association
who breed com along the lines laid
down in the meeting ylll be able to
guarantee seed that will be high
producing.
"Rules for the corn contest are
beligg mapped out by which The
State will give $1,000 In premiums
for those that do the best breeding
The corn Is to be bred in the year
1910 and succeeding years. In 1911
a comparison will be made between
the corn that Is bred up and the corn
that has not been Improved, and the
breeders who have made the greatest
Improvement In yields will receive
$500 In prizes in 1911 and $400 in
1912. This contest will be open to
any farmer in the State who wishes
to enter the contest.
“The local agents of the United
States farm demonstration work will
a*slst The fanners wbo are breeding
com In harvesting the breeding plots
and selecting seed tor the coming
year. The com division of the Unit
ed States department of agricnltur'
will furnish the plans for breeding
The office of farm management will
have general supervision of th* eon-
It Is the Intention of these
various departments to foster the or
ganixation os far as possible until the
contest Is eonclnded. At the end ot
that time the farmers ot the State
should understand corn breeding
sufficiently to conduct the organise
lion without assistance. It is be
lieved that this association has been
organized along the beet lines of an?
association that has
organised to
;ii«y
State
d lately sent to the
ln entire charge of the work Ot res
cue and Investigation. - -
The Faina is oa* of toa hoot eqslp- •
ped coal mines to tho leonMIs ot
Mexico. It has an odoqtoto vtotan-
tlng system, Is provided with sleetris
lights, and tbs mi»iw g »y or#' “
utterly at a loss to acconnt for
presence of mine damp in 'IVfi. !
working.
No stone will Jml toft . _ _
the company to afflord relief tor the
sufferers. Tbs bodies of th* toed 1
were Interred Thursday. —
Refose to Hear
Senator Joe Bailey of Tex
addreea the legislature. The
tlon to invite him wot go
attacked in the eenste
that Senator WcoIm *
Qraydon, dinkier and Clifton
Bailey on th* score of
taint, Graydon particularly
the Texan on hi* Standard -
nectlon.
Blows Off His
Sensational newspapers
the fire of Speaker Cannon’s 1
Wednesday night when he 1
the Washington Loyal
28th annual banqv
jhtotoNtod
coin, Garfield 4
that themur'
by pub’*
Live St«
--c.v
At least
be charged
Wednesday
diet pf four
painter,
began
stake and choked
tbe first
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