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• •••* iai^i>ia8Mfe^r« '.aOSHSHAbi* f: r~~ > • V-* • ■ . • . • • roHi a* wa s«> o* f MAN KILLS RIM PAM. II.Y AND A FIREMAN. WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE FARMER’S UNION. . r •»-v- BaSiftr’i RretMce m tb« Cafaet it Gmsf Smm TinUc « COTTON Dlucharg^I Member of Sen Diego De partment Shoota Former Com rale* and Then SUye Wife nnd Child. It Slmpiiflee the Transfer of Land v 11*- from One Owner to Another and m.. Watson on #81,879,090 Talks Most Industry.—Hays as Is Exporting Worth of Cotton th of “Hare yott stopped to realise that tbe United States Is only sending to export $31,878,686 worth of cotton nummfacta£es. whJie she is imporMng »r O*. M- approximately 870,000,000 worth ol cotton manufactured products tor the use of hkr people." This statement is rather signifi cant in ita nature and of peculiar in * tercet Just now on account of the catton situation In this State was made recently by Commissioner Wat son. / Many'of tbe mills of South Car olina are running op short time and there Is a general policy of curtail ment on account of the prices in the cotton goods market and the pro duct. # In the past month more than a half dosen large cotton mills have been chartered In the State. In a recent address the commis-, slon^r made several very lntero.ii- Ing statements bearing on the tex- lle Industry In this country. The possibilities of Southern tnan- ufacture are becoming more and more pronounced as he is revealed by a study of the consumption of bates of cotton in the texlle plants of this country. However, as early as 1880, the Northern states were operating over 10,000,000 spindles, while the Southern States were run ning but a little more than half a million. If was not until 1893 that the Southern atatea had Increaaed the number of spindles to 2,000,000, while at that time the Northern atatee were operating 13,400,100 spindlea. Ih 1909 our industry has grown until we are now running 10,429,000 aplndlea against th* North’s 17,589,000, and we are us ing today 2,554,000 bales of cotton against the North’a 2,687,000. As early as 1890 the Northern mills \ were using 2,000,000 bales when we Waca ualng but half a million. In 1908 the North was using 165,- 000 more bales of cotton than the South. This year that lead baa been - reduced to 141,060, and if condt tlonaare not materially changed dur ing this year It is not unlikely that the South will, by the end of 1910 have overtaken the North In the matter of consumption. And remember that we are.send tog out of the country today |4l 890.665 worth of domeatic cotton and that we are sending In cold caan to other countries for raw co’ton Imports the princely sum of about ‘ 114.000,000. In South Carolina our progress has been sapid, lor In 1860 we bad only 80,880 spindles and 525 loom- consuming 8,978,061 pounds of cot- * ton; in 1889 there was 82,334 spin dlflg and 1.876 looms; consuming 15,610,055 pounds, of cotton; th«m paaa by another decade and South CaroSaa’f Industry had developed until the mpsic of 1,431,849 spin dles and 42,663 looms was being beard, consuming 230,053.807 Iba. g ’ of cotton. Now another nine yeara has eltps- ed, and this state today stands sec ond In the American Union In tex tiles. with 3,846,117 spindles and 96,281 looms, consuming 327,55 1,- 099 pounds of cotton. Nowhere the world has there been such a rap id development. Today mills in this state are consuming 769,966 bales Of cotton, or practically four-fifths .Of the state s entire cotton crop. The texlle plants of the nation are turning out about 2450,000,000 in ’f ‘ product, while In this state alone, something like 175,000,000 worth of eotton manufactured goode la now being annually produced. ' Of this country's cotton crop, here in the South, we are now cons nn toK In our own texltiles 5,198,963 500-pound bales, but we are still sanding to. export 8.889,724 bales or o+er 66 per cent of the crop, and we are actually importing about 175,000 bales of long staple cotton, cotton that we hope to be able to raise m the very near future. Shooting himself through the head after killing three persons. In eluding his wife sod child, morta'ly wounding a fourth and seriously wounding s fifth, Mert. S. Durham, s discharged employe of the San Diego, California, Are department, Monday, ended the hunt for him, tils death was almost Instantaneous. Durham nursed a grudge against Capt. Sampsell of the Are depart ment, under whom he had formerly worked ee einHww driver,-and wpon whose complaint he had been dis charged from the services for Insuo- ordination. Durham Monday moan ing sent In a false alarm from the outskirts of the city, and when Cap* Sampsell and the engine crew drove up he opened Are upon his -former workmen with a revolver. At the first shot Fireman Don Orant fell from his seat dead, with a bullet in the head. At the second shot Horseman Ouy Elliott pitched to the ground with a bullet through the stomach. Durham then levelled his revolver at Sampsell and fired twice, both bullets piercing Samp- sell's lungs. Two more shots fired at other members of the crew went wild. Durham then drew another revol ver and with It he covered his re- treat as he started to run from As sistant Chief Seneicador, who had driven up In answer to the fire alarm. As he disappeared in the darkness, Durham shouted back to the chief: "Tell my wife I am go ing to kill myself.” The victims of the shooting were rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in one of the hose wagons. Operations were performed on Sampsell and El liott. The surgeons say Sampsell suffered a severe hemorrhage and the hold out no hopes of his re covery. Elliott has a chance. Within haJf an hour after the shooting, a score of police officers and deputy sheriffs were on the scene In automobiles and had begun a man hunt. Durham eluded the pursuers and reached home. Af’er •laying his family, the mad man ran out and escaped. During his service In the depart ment, which terminated some time ago, he had a reputation for being quarrelsome. Firemen with whom he worked though him Insane. At a hospital it was said Sampsell will die, but that there may be some hope for Elliott. Lessens the Cost. The State Farmers Union at Its late meeting In Columbia gave the TO THE REPUBUCANS The Is Torrens system of land tenures Its endorsement and will ask the legis lators to adopt It at Its next session. The following synopsis of the law, which ws take from the State, will give our readers s good idea of what the system is and how It would Leaders Say the Secretary Proving an Embarrassment In the Congressional Campaign and He Haa Been Asked to Resign for the Good at- the Party. A dispatch from Beverly, Mass., Wanted—Men and ladies to take 3 months Practical course. Expert management. High salaried posi- tiona guaranteed. Write for CUt- . alogue now. Charlotte Telegraph School. Charlotte. .fL C. Z— The Torrens system was dsvised by Sir Robert Torrens, and first put Into operation in Australia, where says there was Increasing evidence there. TawtoJ’ .Ihst the recent bomr “THE SOUTHERN FIELD. August Issue of Official Organ of the Southern Railway Out. A complehensive picture of the ad vantages to be found In the fruit growing sections of the southeastern states Is presented in the August is sue of “The Southern Field,” the official organ of the Land and Indus trial Department of the Southern Railway and associated lines, the cir culation of which will begin in few days. The leading article of this issue is devoted to a discussion of fruit growing In Virginia, the Chrollnlas, Georgia, Alabama, Ten nessee and Mississippi. The story of the development of the growing of apples, peaches, berries and small fruits in this territory is fully told and the opportunities for future de velopment pointed out. The farmer Interested in fruit growing who reads this Issue can not n4ll to be Impressed wPh the tiot * ' H&. REVERSE* THE JUDGE. Can’t Seise Whiskey Intended Personal Use. for Attornsy General Lyon has given an opinion in which he holds that whiskey for private or personal use can not be seised by any officer. This decision Is directly opposite to''toe ruling by Judge Memmlnger, given in his charge to the Jury ,1a Sumter County when he declared that whis key for personal use was liable to be The ruling by the Attorney was given on the request of 011116, . a Magistrate of in wthch several questions ing the sets are of Is right. Mem mi m- Ljrsn? ; ; — » great lopportunitles which await him In the Southeast. In addition to the article on fruit growing which is splendidly illustrated there are oih"r interesting articles. Editorials call attention to the opportunities for profit In stock raising in the South, the value of the cotton crop to the Country, and the increase in value of Southern lands. What can be done in the East Tennessee country Is shown in an article on pork rais ing. “A Spartanburg Farmer" tells of results on a farm in the Piedmont section, and the success of Canadians in Northeast Georgia is told in Interesting manner. Thousands .of copies of this maga- xine will be put In the hands of far mers in the North and Northwest who are considered desirable set tlers. Persons already In the South who have friends living In other sec tions of the country whom they wish to Interest In Uiis section can have copies of The Southern Field” sent them by a request addressed to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent of the Southern Railway, Washing ton, D. C. an as a Fought the Officers. One negro Is dead, one is dying ahd two others have bullet wounds a battle with office.'; of Pelham, Ga., Tuesday afternoon. It was reported to toe officers that a dosen negroes were gambling In a house the e end on the placdi result ^of on the" outskirts First of the Kind. At Sunderland, England, whP > making a flight .'si the Boldon race course Mile. Frank’s biplane over turned and crashed into &-crowd of spectators, killing a boy. Mile. 8L Joseph, Mo., 1 Frank was dangerous wounded. This six weeks to. that is the first accident of its kind re ported. - so many modern political and legis lative reforms have had their be ginnings. The system abolishes most or all distinctions between real estate and personal property, and its chief object Is to remove the diffi culties, delays, and expenses Inci dent to the transfer of real estate under the old English system de veloped out of the feudal tenures. In Australia there is a registrar’s office with whom the owner of a tract of land, held by the old ten ure, deposits a description of his property and obtains a certificate of ownership. The registrar’s office ex amines the title carefully and the certificate guarantees its legality, whether as absolute or with condi tions attached. If the title were to a life estate, the certificate would so state. Each applicant for a cer tificate pays a small fee out of which an insurance fund Is created. From this fund the State protects itself when a title guaranteed by the reg istrar Is attacked and the State is called upon to idemnlfy the holder of the certificate. After the land owner has exchang ed his muniments of title under the older system and received a certifi cate from the registrar's office, he may transfer the certificate by en dorsement as he would a share In a bank or cotto« mill. Of course, he may pledge the- certificate for money borrowed as he would a per sonal security. Registration in the registrar's office with each transfer of the certificate Is required, for which a small fee is charged. The necessity for the examination of tit les, It will be seen is eliminated, be cause the State guarantees the title described In the certificate, and the expense and delay of foreclosure pro ceedings are removed, because the certificate may be disposed of pre cisely aft may a certificate-of shares In a corporation. The system, with modification, has been adopted In Illinois, Massachusetts, Mlnnessota and possibly other state and also In New Zealand and several of the Ca nadian provinces. The argument In favor of the system is obvious. Ev ary borrowing farmer is familiar with the expense and difficulty at tached to using his land as security In a bank. A bank, on account of the expense and delaps in foreclosure proceedings. Is reluctant to lend more than half or three-fourths of the value on a small body of real estate; and when a borrower has paid the cost of examining the title and drawing all papers, his Interest charges are In effect materially In creased. One argument against the plan although based on the weakness of human nature, Is not without force It may be said that he very dlfficul ties of disposig of land, work to keep It in possession sometimes of men who would lose It if they could sell It as easily as they sell a horse or a hog. The manifest answer to this is that the removal of the obstacles to the selling of land would make It more valuable. Lawyers and courts fees under the present system,are a hea'Vy tax subtracting from the val ue of the land itself. There fore as the land Is made more valuable the incentive to hold it grows stronger Besides, the progress of society ought not to be delayed for the sake of the improvident man who can not take care of himself. MAKE RIG CX)RN CROP, i Ten Thousand Bushels on One Hun dred Acres. A dispatch from Columbia to the Augusta Chronicle says that farm ing pays In South Carolina with the proper fertilization and cultivation is shown by the fact that 10,000 bushels of corn will be produced on 100 acres of the asylum farm this year. This Is the Indications now and the prediction will no doubt be over exceeded provided the seasons prove just right. The field of corn on the asylum farm is one of the most beautiful In the State and is attracting much at tention. Some of the land shows over 25,000 stalks to the acre. The great crop Is being produced under the management of Capt. J. W. Bunch, the treasurer of the asylum. It was thought at the first that the field had been planted too thick. The success of the corn Is attributed by Capt. Bunch to deep ploughing. moral s dro« , *1**, ■- ■ ■T-Z.AlV- Shot (he Sheriff. Shoriff Edmond Doll, of Monroe, who was shot by an nnldsn- l negro near Brie, Mich., is near hospital. Doll Kerosene Can Explodes. Grade Reams, aged 8, and Orval, her 4-year-old brother, were burned to death at Fort Worth, Tex., Tues day, when their home was destroyed by fire, the result of an explosion of a can of kerosene. The little girl was attempting to. build, a fire in the kitchen stove, using kerosene, when It exploded. 1 t Children Crashed. 1 Three children are reported crush ed to death and three more missing to a cave-in of an excavation for a ward avsaue and bardment of ths President with let ters from Republican leaders in all parts of the country, protesting that Secretary of the Interior Ballinger was proving an embarrassment In the laying of ..plans for the coming. Congressional campaign. Is beginning to have an effect, if not upon the President himself, at least on tbe advisers who are closest to him. No attempt was made to deny the reports that Senator Crane, at the very outset of his political pilgrim age In the West, had probably sug gested to Secretary BUlinger, at Min neapolis Monday his duty to the party might require that he sacrifice his place In the Cabinet. All Secre tary Norton would say, after having considered the matter nearly all day, was that It would be necessary to ask Senator Crane. The statement was re-iterated, however, that President Taft would not so much as lift his little finger, if by so doing he could secure the retirement of Secretary Ballinger as head of the department of the in terior. -la addition to the letters he has received the President has heard ver bally from a number of party lead ers regarding the sentiment toward Secretary Ballinger. They have talked frankly with Mr. Taft on the subject, it is said, and while they have agreed with the President ap parently in his position that nothing has been proved against Secreaary Ballinger, they have put the matter purely on a party basis and have said that the campaign would be much easier with the BaBInger Issue elim inated. There was no disposition in Bev erly to treat the meeting of Senator Crane ami Secretary Ballinger in Minneapolis as "accidental." It was clearly Intimated, however, that whatever move was being made against Secretary Ballinger had Us inception and being with the active party leaders, and not with President Taft. The President, it can be posi tively stated, will never ask Mr. Bal linger to resign. If the Secretary should feel called upon to resign, however, there is said to be little doubt that his resig nation would be accepted. What Ballinger Says. Secretary Ballinger Tuesday de nied that his conference with Sena tor Crane, at Minneapolis, Minn., re lated to or would be followed by his resignation. He said the matter dls cussed was not even of direct inter est to him. He denounced his foes in strong language and said he in tended to ignore thsm entirely. His denial was issued after leading the dispatches from Beverly, which in dicated that Senator Crane's mission to the West was to carry the hint that Mr. Ballinger would aid the party in forthcoming elections by withdrawing at this time. "There is no resignation on the card, I can tell you." was Mr. Bgl- •ing^r's r-ply O this. Coiiv.'uina 'is iaid. "I am simply on my way to the coast for a little rest. Some want me to make .i <• ost’ permanent, but it will not < j g 0 r,s long as the Pres ident is st tiled T met Crane yes terday morning, through no arrange ment of mine, and the matter we discussed—politics, of bourse—was nothing which Interested me directly at all. Mr. Crane wished to consult me on he matter, and came to where I was.) that’s| all. There's nothing mysterious about it. 1 guess he's gone back East now. All this vigorous attack by un scrupulous men, backed by newspa pers with even less scruples, goes off me like water off a duck's back. That never will Induce me to resign." SECTION HAND KILLED. Struck by Engine While Standing on End of Crosstie. Arthur AlexapdeV^ a colored sec tion hand on the Southern Railway, was knocked down and fatally in jured by Passenger Train No. 46, at Rrawley street crossing in Spartan burg Tuesday morning. The negro, with other hands, stepped aside to let the train pass, but stood on the end of the crosstie and did not get out of the reach of the engine. Alex- city, where he died a few hours lat er. 4 Ship your calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, •tc., to Tha. Parlor Market. Aug us- ML Ga., 1018 Broad Street. Was tod—To buy Hides, Wool, B ess- wax. Tallow, etc. Write for prices. Crawford 4k Co., 508-610 Reynold• Street, Augusta, Ga. I want BO principals for rural and village schools and 50 young la dies for grade and rural positions now open. Act Immediately. W. H. Jones, Columbia, 8. C. ^ sd took tneir last arm Friday afternoon. Bv< they have refused to V . though it has bran cor FIVE MEN RELEASED FROM CITY rz JAIL ARE CURED. Result of the Mora to Give Pauper Inebriates Free Treatment War’S: Satisfactory. Boy and Girl Agents—sell 24 pack- uges ~of post cards for us at lOc per package, and receive a camera and complete outfit free. Write to day. R. B. Schlater Supply Co., Dept. A., Schlater, Miss. Men and Women Agents to handle .proposition which sells at sight; two to six in almost every home; sample postpaid 10 cents. Capbern Specialty Co., Whltecastle, La. For highest prices and quickest re turns send your produce, etc., fruit, vegetables, eggs, poultry, etc., to Mohr, Son & Co., whole sale prbduce and commission mer chants, 111 Water St., Tampa, Fla. 30 assorted post cards, scenery, sen timental, comic and various other colored views; no two alike; only 10c. mailed postpaid. Address the Gem Novelty Company, Depart ment C., Monson, Mass. Wanted—To sell cheap, scholarship for either single or combined course in the Carolinas’ leading ment Agency, Winston-Salem, N. business college. For full Infor mation write Southern Employ- C., Box 509. The State says the five inebriates who have been taking the McKanna Three Day Liquor cure furnished free by the city of Columbia, have been pronounced cured of the drink disease and will be let out of tht ward, where they have been sinew last Thursday. The men were sehtehOefi to' a term in the city jail on the charge of dnmk and disorderly^.. Mayor.. W. H. Gibbes will grant a pardon to each of them and they will not be required to serve the remainder of their sentences. As soon as they vacate the ward, three men. now in the city jail on like charge will be taken out and given the treatment. The five men who will be releas- 9SBS tost drink of r sines then taste It, al- constantly offer ed to them. To allay any that ]*e whiskey might be “< a new bottla Mas gotten from the dispensary. But :tl* Mas Ispensary. fused to drink this also, been kept on ice in the wi le men could' get M R ra- kaa where they wanted It, but slue* Friday af ternoon they have not touched a drop of anything containing alcohoL positions have bean secured by Mayor Gibbes and president of the of Columbia, for pll the men. . will go to work at once. The men to be released are th# first to take the McKanna treatment for the Mqtior habit which bereangr^ will be amlnlstered free of charge to all pauper inebriates arrested and jailed in Colombia. The record of ‘ v . / each of the men, treated by the city, 7'~ wITTbe closely watched, " " ' Shot Her Suitor. Annoyed by his persistent demand that she become his wife. Miss Rosy Perrino, aged 15, of Chicago, III., shot and perhaps fatally wounded Antonio Rossi. He is in the hospi tal ahd Is expected to die. « Burduco Liver Powder The Great Southern Remedy FOR ALL= LIVER TROUBLES Wanted—Hardwoods, logs and lum ber. We are cash buyers of pop lar, cedar and walnut logs. Also want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cy press and oak lumber. Inspection at your point. Easy cutting. Writ* us. Savannah Valley Lumber Oo Augusta, Ga. For sale—Milch cows, jerseys, and grades of good breeding, register ed jersey male calves. White Col lie dogs, (registered). Also ser vice from a registered, beautiful white Collie Ten (810) dollars guaranteed,.. Bronze turkeys, and Tammouth hogs. Address M. R Sams, Jenesville, S. C. SUMMER RESORTS Summer Boarders Wanted—Rates |7.00 to 38 00 per week. No con sumptives taken. Mrs. Wade Har rison, McAlplu House, Saluda, N. C. Maplehurst, on the Asheville ana Lake Toxaway railroad. Three hundred feet from station. Mod ern Conveniences. No consump tives taken. A. L. & L. E. Daven port, Horse Shoe, N. C. Excellent country board In the Land of the Sky at Medford Farm, one mile from Clyde, N. C. Good tkhle,- comfortable rooms, invigorating climate, fine spring water, good roads, conveyances furnished. $25 per mouth. H. C. Medford, Clyde, ' N. C. SUMMER KATE SALE. One 2300 Piaao, $185. One 2400 Plano, 2215. These are new and in beautiful maiiogany cases, so write quick if you desrie one of these bargains. Organ Bargains. Some second hand organs taken in exchange for pianos, from 220 to 235. A limited number of SMghtly used forfeited 290 organa from 245 to 265. Easy terms—to responsible par ties—will be made 4 on any of the above instruments. Pianos and Organs fully warrant ed. MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. Biliousness, Constipation, Dyspepsia, L oss of Appetite, Indigestion, Jaundice, Nervous and Sick Headache, Coated Tongue, Bad Breath, and all Stomach Diseases. Teaches the Liver to Act and Clears the Complexion Sold Everywhere 25 cents THE BLACKST0NE SCKQ0L FOR GIRLS Has since 1894 given “Thorough Instruction under positively Christian influences at the loweet possible cost.” - / • RESULT: It is to-day with its faculty of 32, a boarding patronage of 328, Its student body of 400, and its plant worth 8140,000 THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA 8150 pays all charges for the year, including table board, room .lights, steam heat, laundry, medical attention, physical culture, , and tuitioni n allsubjects except music and elocution. For catalogue and application blank address, BLACKSTONE FEMALE INSTITUTE, Blackstone, Vs. JAS. CANNON, Jr., M. A. \ . % EVES, B. A.!** 0 **" " FHOS. R. REEVES, RURAL DELIVERY IN DANGER. G ON THE CLUB PLAN.” Movement to Abolish it for ihe Old Star Routes. The “Unloaded" Gun . At Athens, Ga., ijiecause.he did not know it was loaded. Doc Jones, a 6-year-old-bo, leveled a gun at his baby sister and pulled the Jrtgger. The baby's head was blown "com pletely off, hurled through a door and portions were plastered on a wall twenty feet distant. Burned by Blue Vitriol. Fourteen persons, most,r of them children, were badly burned by blue vitriol st Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, caused by the upsetting of a fire department supply wagon. Two of th# children will die and several to toUMj The R. F. D. News,' published at Washington as the national organ of the Rural Letter Carriers’ Associa tion, sounds an alarm in these terms. "Right now preliminary: plans are being made to abolish rural free delivery service and provide in Us stead a dally delivery. Jo the farmer by what Is known as ihe star-route; or cantract system. This plan has been the subject of serious consider ation by thePostmaster General for n$ore than six or eight v months past and be hopes to be Abie to furnish President Taft wll ample reasons for the change before the latter sends his annual message to Congress next September. It is the belief of many postal officials that President Taft will readily approve of the suggest ion of the Postmaster General in the matter, and for the sake of ecom omy, make a recommendation Congress to enact the necessary la for the change. Already Postmaste! General Hftebcock has consolidated the division of star-mall routes and divisloB of rural free delivery into what will hereafter be kno#n as the division of rural malls. This Is tbs first step toward msking Jhe fifo ser vices similar.'’' ORANGEBURG COLLEGE ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. Expenses are less here than at any«other school In the land. Ths services offered are equal to the very beet. Board on the CLUB PLAN at actual cost Let us convince you that our school Is the -school for you. Write for catalogue an d full information. ) Write right now while you think of It! Address: PRESIDENT W. S. PETERSON 147 Broughton Street Orangeburg, 8. C. World’s Greatest fatara*! aa4 Estarirf Pain ' Remedy NOCUREl NO PAYII Be prep*red lor *a emergency by hex s bottle of NOAB*# on bend. More i all other nop-con cured U NOAH* beenfiven tnttma len’ta drench or C but le a remedy given on tbe tongue, po Am ple tbit a woman or child oan give tt. If It MU* to cure, your iy refunded. If dealer cannot end Me to A ftjlilL-//nh^S//jjV///. in your home „... *•# -