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Barnwell *■ VOL. XXXV BARXWELL. S. CL THTJRSDAY. AUGUST 1,1912 FARMERS’ MEETING after the army worm they HAD HOT TIME shark attacks bather DROWN IN A FLOOD the verr same man HAVE A WAR# STATE MET IN ANNDAl SESSION THIS WEI K. EXPERTS AftE ON THE GROUND IN ANDERSON COUNTY. IN THE YOUNG TOWN OF SALUDA LAST WEDNESDAY. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Several Matters of Import;! nee Con sidered.—Addresses on Live Topics Were Made.—Report 1{<! .lered oi) Marketing Cotton and (hher Pro- The State Farmers’ uuion met in duce. the house of representatives at Co lumbia Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. E. \V. Dabbs, the president* In the chair. On account of slight In disposition of the secretary, J. Whlt- ner Reid, J. B. O'Neall Holloway o4 Newberry was appointed assistant secretary. All the State officers an swered to their names except A. D. Hudson, a member of the executive committee. The officers were: Pres ident, E. W. Dabbs; vice-president, B. F. Keller; secretary-tnasurer, J. Whltner Reid; chaplain, W. E. Bodie; doorkeeper, A. F. t'ahort, conductor, (’ W. Suber; sergeant-at-arms, W, P. Caskey. The members of the executive committee are H. T. Morri son and IkmgLs McIntyre. The roll of le'.egates showed many of the counties represented. IJst of Delegates. Abbeville, Brown Bowies; And* r- son, S. A Burns. H <’ Summ- rs; Barnwell. J A Jenkins. R E Wood ward. Berkeley, P W Russell; Ches ter. T .1. (' ^ lining ham . rinsterfl.!l J. F. Cr..w lev. U A. Selleis; Char endon, R D Whit**, t’ldleton. J tJ JacQueB. (’ F i\ ic**: I ar' 1 ngtoi'. J B. Cansbury. Dor .'h.*ster, D L. M* Alhaney, W W U ay. L W. W .f- bury. Flor* ij* t 1 . \\ B tiause, \\ II. Worrell (Beenville. A It I .a kt Horr.'. .lan'i s \ l.i wls. T M Lt <B I.ancast* r. I g McM inus Bee. R il Cooper. Lex'njr’on. James W Sh. a'v, T H Phull. Mul n K S Edward*). V. M. Boatwright. Marll*oro, rharl-e Croslahd . N • w I* • r' R T 1 H'!it*r Oconee. J T S Hopkins Or.ing-*- II (’! a *T .. W (> Tatum ' -r R l r ’ W ! • ’ l.B- - h 1 a i F II Rob* rt - Kiev. 1 A Hire S'lirv- ; la ms W U w .Ms l n- ., . WliBa mSburg. W D S we . r.* I* ntlals J t' u n n! n g h a m, ap \S In'* R E b ii rg . J C S h u 1 F a I u d a. ter. J 1 ion H < Daniel TV.* f " .w .t.K pointed Couitultteo on rer Reid T J W oodw ar l. l> T a* urn C mm It tee on renoluBons t ClaTv S A Burns Douglas M tvre W D Ilanlels. J V Jenkins t 1 .ry m 11 ***** on pr<id i*'** markets B Harris. J Frank William*. > W Crowlev J g McManus, J C Rile* Comm! on pr. s* reports J B (I Neill H*' wav W A S'J*'k**y. J C R 'ev. C \\ Suber It Is Believed Now That the Pest Will Not Do Any Very Serious Damage to the Crops. The Greenwood Journal says news comes from Anderson that an active fight is being waged on the arm worm which is doing great damage to the corn and cotton crops of that county, and it Is now felt that no further danger need be apprehended. Dr. E. A. McGregor, representing the United States government, and Dr. W. F. Webster, entomologist, have the situation in hand, having been sent from Washington by Sec retary Wilson and Congressman Aik en. These two experts will go to any other counties where the worm has appeared. Secretary Wilson does not think the worm will do extended damage in Anderson, but thought it wise to send an expert to look over the sit uation. The worm, he says, appears a* intervals all over the south nearly every year but he has never done what may be termed general damage. Dr. Webster will be prepared to do everything that can be done to check its ravage. Mr \iken talked with a number of representatives from cotton states of the south. They too have had c >m- ; plaints as to the army worm fronii time to time. Congress has never] been asked to make any official ap propriation on the subject of the fed- ••"al and state authorities were al ways been able to do everything ne- cers.ary T he bureau of en'omology has been V. ty r uch wotIp*! by this earlv ap • enrar *e The worm has been found fp m Flor! 'a to the N .r'h r arolin i ’In * a-d In a str:*. ei’erdinc wes* wa'd. !>' \V.*hst* r th n’ s that th * bo* sun s driving the verm n Tt" • a-d. He .!e* '?re« tha’ th** worm Is r * •v.*rse •ban in* tal '.a Its *! •pre' 4 '’ - iot and is a' |T***ent con'u.ing its d* t ict: >n t i *be i-rass *nd tend* - v. ,ng ro*-n He n-ivi«. s *he f-’-taer.- W :»'* h th «!' fields rln-e’v an I i|po* • *>.. ft r a ppe i ran* *‘ o' • 1 .. w *ir ’ii t i •!«e arsena'** "f le id I'l I he cropoi- ' i of on** '.i <*tg'.' of " .ur ONE MAN KNOCKED DOWN When Evans, Candidate for Attorney- , ** i Genera], Began Making His Oiarges About Sheriff Sample of Saluda County, One of Evans’ Sup porters was Knocked Down. Pistols flashed and blood was shed in a fight on th© campaign platform at Saluda Wednesday during the speech of B. B. Evans, the trouble being precipitated by Evans’ charge that Sheriff B. F. Sample, of Saluda county, had been whitewashed “by a grand Jury for theft'', and causing the greatest sensation that has yet marked the campaign. Neither Sample nor Evans were in the bloody mix-up, but Simon Coats, of Gilbert Hollow, in Lexington coun ty, who came on the train from Lex ington Wednesday morning brought B. B. Evans' grip to the stage and shouted many loud remarks in favor of Evans, was the sufferer in the light. He was knocked Sheriff Samples' brother dragged bleeding from the stage by several big men. He had tried to in terpose between Sheriff Sample and Evans, when Sample rose to demand if It were he that Evans deferred to a* - being “whitewashed for theft.’’ Coats was apparently under the In fluence of whiskev. Evans has fre- IN SULLIVAN’S ISLAND SURF ON LAST TUESDAY. Corporal Kirkpatrick, Stationed at Fort Moultrie, \Va« Severely Bit ten by the Monster. W’hile bathing in the surf off the post barracks Tuesday afternoon on Sullivan's Island Corpl. Kirkpatrick of the 7 8th company, coast artillery, was badly bitten by a shant, which attacked him while he was in water about up to his shoulders, and which severed two of his toes and lacerated his foot badly before he could be dragged by his companions lifto more shallow water. The News and Courier savs the un fortunate man's condition*on Wed nesday noon was rather doubtful, as it could not be definitely flecfded up to that time whether or not blood poi soning would set In. The wound Is a most painful one, the leg being badly swollen, and the soldier lies In the post hospital in much pain. A number of other soldiers were In bathing with Corporal Kirkpatrick at the time. They heard him utter a cry and call for help. Some thought he had been taken with a cramp. His com him Into more shallow water, and as they did so they saw the fins of a down byiinrg© shark churning the water vlc- and was louslv, and the rreature seemed about DINERS CAUGHT IN COAL NINE LIKE RATS IN A TRAP. MANY LIVES WERE LOST Cloudburst Causes Water to Rush in to Mlanway with Practically no Warning to Entrapped Victims, and Fourteen Were Drowned Be fore They Could Escape. Caught like rats in a trap, when water rushed into the man-way of Superba No. 2 mines, at Evans Sta tion, three miles north of Unlontown, Pa., Wednesday afternoon, after a cloudburst, thirteen men were drown ed and thirty-seven escaped after a most harrowing experience. The men were drowned about 4,000 feet from the mouth of the mines, their only avenue of escape. It Is reported that at least one more victim, an unknown foreigner, will be added to the list of dead. He was passed by other men In the mine to attack the r,.ar*.' ;i " mu-tv. They managed to H.**ire off the shark by creating a disturbance In the water and then .Corporal Klrk- ratrlck’s wound was noticed. The shark had bitten two of the toes off cleanly and the ankle was badly cut h\ the shark's teeth. Corporal Klrk- rades rushed to him<and dragged when they escaped, refusing to ac company them to a place of safety. The majority of the victims had large families and about thirty chil dren are deprived of their breadwin ners hy on** of the worst catastrophes that has ever visited Fayette Coun ty The men who escaped were forc ed to half swim and half walk to the pit mouth through water ranging in depth from th*lr waists to their necks, on their way to safety. The majority of the miners were knocked down by timbers that were bERGEAXT KING 18 MAN ABUSED BY GOV. KLKASE. He Has Received Many' Inquiries From Comrades All Ore on This Point. the State fnently in this campaign charged patrlck was rushed to the post hngplt- hat Sheriff Sample stole certain r#- a!, where twelve stitches were rerjutr-j rent down the mine with great veloc- pts iro n him, which resulted ln|ed to draw his wound together Those who saw the shark say It was between seven and eight feet long. A party of soldiers went back by their companions, who risked their to look for the fish or for any other! lives * .* his being ind ilso th A Shei le beg i, Irs * e can •*g** 1 ’ r* O. . ill bar -s tint s hat -a ! one t * hf* ?; : w r ■I:* n • i a ' a ad sv* ■* *i ; nran I Rirv The I. .ill ('* *ed for forgery, and ff Sample was a thief, ■o *>* h b. raying that la :n s Bo of an al- rt ' hi* wa- . frai 1 *0 do • t . I he woiFd repeat the •’.a*! b hiii <*n other He • I ■ n beg a *i to charge ’ ' 1 “ ) gt.;By of dis- S “ er.ff S.I l.p ■< WaS on ns '"tiie the state- n of Fall : i county a 1 ’ davit b’-for** the ity in the raging current. Several men were being carried back Into the mine to certain death when reacued •hat might ho In the netgnborhood Thev were unsuccessful In their search Wednesday a party of sol- diers were fi«hlne for the shark part 'of the d *i v, hu* wRh no results. An atttack by a shark upon bathers * perished. if was stated by officials of the Su perba Company that It wfll take at least sixty days to clear the mines of water and until that time fhe bodies must remain In the water where they ’n the surf around Charleston *c-v rare necurr**m e. al'hough !’<*( at all unheard n is a It la \\ hlle th** sol- tbr* *rs R Y, L McManus. W O H In 'or fud term ('oo'*er Mem b«*- r f * x,..»*■: • f i e i-cn n. \’.*'perw*d tern of I III* >**:ir oe«*d \ D Munson B Harris Delegate to national union E Dabbs An address was made by Charles S Barr* ” pi * log an of ihe principal * *> I 1 .res f Mi** Farm .* - a th •< i W le t .n **oun' of some *: **rat i v *• ent* r ■ h u n: ■ *n H <■ g n ’ v. - • fi. *■ r un ('>.•* v \ ' * '*** h I V I *!'**■ x * g n Ml ml a a • > , **, vv } ■is 1* * a i I o Miff* 1* ■ *1 S I 11 ar •h**i ial!v : pl* s •*! speaker 1 * Com :i and vx a * ert M 1’reg J Hun'* C. Beal I. rltf c,.*> Stu.-k* Cla"* Paid*** T ' •• evs* *i* : v sh* w .ng onBr R "fs coni'* 't**** » d u c *ion. A ’ ’he nig! dresses w ' * •* on < on. J 'i* ft'.* \\ A n It’** * v. Dr ., J I i**on marke'lr. g ■ ami hanking Re'* \V o Tatum. I M McManus. R T <’ on ••'In* St uckey on ! H * n 1 <• g I si at 1 ** n \\ c Brown M Man is. and W .1 E W B« r A H \\ S r s *d 1. p-eS read his repor* Th* commit made it* report n d* Mil 'he condition of the from various standing were made an legislation w ar**houslng session interesting ad iriinl** by II \\ B.eall C, F llunnicutt. editor of Southern Cul'i't *'or. State Sup**rlntendeiU u! Edm i"* ion J E Swearingen Th** following committee w ;u a;* pointed on Mil* good of 'be order -B Harris. R. E Woodward. W H Wor rell. T J Cunningham, Chas Cros- land t i!**scr ; b**d how' the ;e..pi ps •'(* of th** roun*r*. w*re putting tr’o pract *• th** pr i g< ri *it • •• ro opera' ion 1 he gave facts and showed 'he res that had been sc u*-*-! IB* gave g argu:n<*nis and fa ’s 'o show 'he a I van’ag** of scientific mark* ting through co-operative ag* ncl* s we'.l . s ta hiisbed an.l bi*:.**s: Iv ar, I * com) mu-ally manag**d ID* gav** s, ■.** .** ci era! w -rk .*' t> *• l a' laid gn-a’ s’ r * ss h'i *’' remaining organ / th** uni ui well orga ni .*•■ I 1 n a r,*1 'iini pa* ' a r my . 's*< 'ha' for * ard and aecoinpl ish g r suits n the f .* ,n th an In Jl* ()< Si-ribi'll SO!!.** of I'.e * •he «*ff.*ns of *. * Earn its s in,** legisla' * *!i ; t**r> st s of the agn uIt ura ! * Mr Barrett sai l that CR* leg** is looked upon as 'h** ag r iciiB u ral col lege of : h** That wherever h* goes I. s'an’ ly hearing com pi; n marks almut Cl*'in=uu I say to you. Pr Riggs, c; Some coll* g* At the afternoon session address was mad** bv Jo* I.aunn of B* nneBsi ill** vir r ti took for Ijis siihject Warehouses, ing' and th d in th** anil mnsv tu I.-xtng- . on of his • no ;• ar it !>*•- I said he bad come i lie town alive and be would leave l it alive ' por. : sp«*.ak t*>o soon ' said a vole,, pom th- rear of th** stage, and * -er<* were seve-al like <»x : --esSlon s 1 • r ff S irn ; '*• was e!.*c'ed to his of fice in th** fir**t pr 1 *: ov. r seven op p ’ii. n*s and his friends 'ht-n* showed a k* • r. Biter***' in his affairs with Ev il: era ar** cer'ain tha* It was a shark which I n fi lc **d '''irporal Kirktia*- r k s wound th**v have not been '*■ *ghti*n**d out of the Idea o* surf bathing hv 'ho accident, as they am lonvlncod *t was a chance occurrence, and n*>t likely to happen again In the n* ar future Superintendent J W Buttermore was the first man to *ee the high water start In th** man-way He raised the alarm and all the men on the ou'slde ruahed Into the mine yell ing loudly aa they went In that The GreenTtlJ® Dally Piedmont aaya several days ago The Columbia State published an editorial aaklng if the j. N. King, who was ordered out of the manaion in Cotumbla by Governor Bleaae, waa the J. N. King, who was the sergeant of Co. H. Se- conl Regiment, South Carolina Vol unteers during the Spanlah-Amerlcan war. It stated that Sergeant King was certainly not the manner of man that Gov. Bleaee had painted the J. N. King he ordered out of the man sion as being. Since the publication of that ar ticle, Mr. King has received letters from many different sections of the state asking If he was “Sergeant KlKng.’' The letters came from men who were In the regiment with him. So many letters hare been received making this Inquiry that Mr. King finds that he will be unable to : an swer all of them personally. Hence he has requested the press to make the announcement that he Is the J. N. King, who was the sergeant of Company H of the Second South Carolina regiment during the war. Many of the letters received by Mr King assured him that If he was i ally the ex-sergeant, the writers would regent the Insult offered him by the governor by voting agalnaf the latter although they were at present for him. This attests the esteem In which the “sergeant” was held by the members of his com pany and regiment. The editorial In The State follows: “J N. King—we seem to have heard that name before. Wonder If he Is that big fellow who volunteer ed to do the hard service of an en listed soldier In the Spantah-Ameii- esn war. anl became sergeant In «ne of the companies of the Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. “Certainly that King was neither drunkard, blusterer nor hobo four teen years ago That King, accord ing to our rgoollectlon. had the ree- pect and confidence of his captain, and when mustered out got the In- d"*-*ement. 'Service honeet and faith ful.' on his discharge papers. If is something to volunteer to REPOBUCAIB somi \ HTIM DEM*. HI.AVPn GONE manner more than half of the miners KO to war In one's country's service; If is more when the volunteer ex pects to serve In the ranks, where the hardest service Is done; It la still more creditable when at the end of enlistment that service is set down by the superiors, “Honeet and faith ful ' That is a good record ' Another Tragedy at tMiir, White Men Being Prim Ipalv F v u i uri! , m * .**';- ri’ a n' T* a’ ar:«* had t 1 •• Haul** grate! ’ irv * ‘•**re !.*•' 1 th;* n.vn ' •'•*'• th.*' I had *■* 1 t n Saluda iv *’ •i u, rhl'g* "*• I ' d th , - g ** ** \ vx h 1 1* >r a * ! !.>*-•. * I ** * Fv- ai. i th if * he Vkas h a n «* ■ . *' d Eva:.*. * h** get it. .n II. i: or' .it;*'** « k e»- 1 1 »l t’l 'K* ’ « in • •at * r ft* tlio r *'8 iVlfi OI u:.\m . I • u; Lihm'S :::s* n r <1 f t ip • ::i(Th* <*vu:i* r> t* i s non - :*r:irv r«-- aS.UU to o tiison Is Hie first n’ln I. Mr- M* l.au- T.dliui Marketitig »nd Bank- same sub.’***'; was also a \ i u 1 V th mi * '! \ In Irs p*n k**’ P ’ >•;•*: ! Ex .t:.s .ii, 'ha' vx t s * I that h* •*I V I ** vx .1 '. * *' I so J.l* : ff a':*1*1* .leva!; *• f **rr.*d r * had mail si v * rr.e * * ’ * i' be had t he s’ * i f Sa *u ; :*• vx .* *. •*' I t" r .•*•* b . Mild do so J.i**-r ivi!**'.*:.* croxxd Saiiipl.- a g a i ii demand :• ri- I** ai c vx.-r hi-> *!U**s*:ons hut r*: s d-d r. •• *1 * ' \t 'his mou \V B B'.ir 1 S'■ * r ff S * *u 1 **'s hr *•*■ ’i.'r*- Ch i "'i.a! I «*'h* r n.eii iiir.*rf>*r r r* - 'Hiii* S, u <>!i Goats v\ as mt* r;-o-e I ai.d tb** : r* I t * h . i H- t**rp *■*<• vx Ii* n Sheriff rk* 1 him ba aro-e 1 If :f . Ex * his * a n.l h- * • t;,. I Ex- t Ev it h* d him ■ 'oats a 'em pt rd th. * and persist*' n mi* rf**r* n* ** I sheriff's bro'her t* -• ui*l sexeral I and prev.nt.-d - * •.** of • ’ ose who figh’ was ’ra:.s xx t- trying to 1n- any grab- , to ’he fi*) It 'd In his a'- ** approach- who stru.'k a HI his 11 ■ the theme of addresses by T W. t’.ir- ! t t *r. president of the Mississippi Ear- Ai. the mi’rning session Thursday an address on marketing farm pro- dui-e vxas made by G E H unnlrut t. | fi e rs' union and National Warehouse cdi’or of The Southern Cultivator. jCompany and W. B Ba<***. pivsid* nt of He laid emphasis on the nccesaity | !lie Fnited S*at» » Trust ami Ware- fer si'i'-ntifle production to obtain the bouse oompany. best uuality ami the need for assort ing the various products and that tlu best markets should be sought and the law of supply anl demand consid ered The address was discussed by \V I*. Cause of Florence and A. B. Black of Greenville. Chas. S. Barrett gave the result of his observations in trav eling and the opportunities the South afforded the farmer for development Remarks were also made along the same line _!)>• J. Swinton Whaley of Charleston and J. G. L. White Chester. The following report was made by the committee on produce marketing was as follows: “Your committee on produce mar keting recommended the following “That more county business agen cies he established and that the union members market more of their prod ucts through these agencies and give more attention to putting these prod- uctfr in neat and attractive packages and store their non-perishable prod ucts and take advantage of the high est tides of the market and co-operato more in selling perishable products la order that freight rates may b reduced and encourage the growing of diversified products especially B the extent of home consumption. By such methods we shall be able tc hgve mon^of the comforts and lux uries of'life In our houses.” This report, presented for the com mutes bv J. Frank Williams, presi dent of the Sumter county union, wv ador.ted. The *tectlon of officers resulted at follows: E. W. Dfibbs, president: B F. Keller, vice-president: J. Whltner Reid st>< retary-treasurer: W. E. Bo die. chaplain: C. W. fuber, conduc tor; W. F. Caskey, eergeant-at-arms' A F. Calvert, dorkeeper. ^•mher of th« tUttUtiye commute* r Business methods and co-operation w* re urged, and th** addresses were listened with close at tention bv the members, several new ideas being advanced A recess was then taken until the evening. At the night session Pr. W. M. Rings, president of Clemson college, dtlivered an address In wnich ne ex plained the scholarship for the one- v*ar agricultural course in the col lege. The committee on banking made of ; 5 s report through R. M. Cooper. The report was adopted. Subscriptions to a fund to supple ment the salary of |he State presi- in ib x* n. : i< *1 !*■• in c a vx on; * * *d. vvhi* h hied eotisidi-ra vxa- husrh'd off tin* some bv a pollce- r an \ number of women fti* n tons seats uu the platform ■ I am done with that." a lit'le lat- * r began Ev ans. as he pro. e.*di*d vx i'h !.:s >p*■*»*■ h and he did not again make tl.e charges against Sample. He said, however, that his s'atements were based on pur** records l.at* r he had a little debate - with former County Treasurer Walter Thatch-’; c, concerning the charges against! Sh* riff Samples,’ but then* was no' more trouble. Evans repeated his charge often * made against Lyon and the Ansel dis- I lensary commission, and these were i later strongly denied hy Lyon, who jsaid that Evans' charges were “in- i famously false''. It seemed that, in ! the crowd Evans had some friends hut Lyon was loudly cheered when : he was announc'd. J I,** Bamberg correspondi n' of The x . xx s an l Houra r ssvs Coroner Z.i.-er has juM returneil from Olar. !*. that eoiintx, vxl.-r.* he went to b.iiBl an ln.;u*'s' (*v**r ipe d* ad tiody of I •■nni* R.e.l a voting white man. xx ho xv as shot at that place hv Manor Ni'irr!**. also will'.**, <n Wedn**«day n: 'ruing l.lt'Ie ev Idelice w as brought out at •b** ii..p.e-t t.*vi.nd the fad that Reed xx us si.o' and f rally wounded by Mi r r s Tl.e * i i**. of th** difficulty •. . i* s *.) I*** a u. \ st**ry and by some t* ( act is thought 'o I.** almost whollv . xx ; * I).>it’ pr.'Vo**** t Ion V.'tr s has I**" for parts unknown *.r l tiuTess tie'con.'ludes to surrender * s cres* s *!.(> ight to ;.*• unlikely In ' n.-ar 'u'lir* Th** usual verdict xx as ri-nil**: *-! by th** coroner's Jury .anl a w at ran* for tb** arrest of Mor- t s vxas place I in the hands of th** n .•ii'lstrat** at (Mar. T!,** coroner r* ports that Including •':*• thr**** n* g-oes, who were lynched t.i-ar Olar a f-*xx t on of the county has the unenviable 1 -''notion of nice homicides to Its c-elif *or *Bs. r**dIt l since the Chrlst- as holidavs t)**g:in Of ttie victims six vxi-r*' cobired and three white A:’.ith*r unusual and interesting t related bx him Is that In the Bap- were saved | Relative* of the miners and mine ■driver*, when the alarm was raised. rushed to a large hole made by the, ! xx ater at the, man hole and frantlcglly j threw sticks, stones, bushes, poles] and whatever other timber they could! find into the water In a futfie effort to ( stop its rush Into th« mines. Women and rkillren remained at the mouth of the slope, refusing toj r*turn home until an attempt had; been made to rescue their husbands j and father* The water rose so] quickly after the cloudburst that It. 1 practically deatrored all rallroada 1 i and street railw ays In Fayette Coun MILL FIGHT ARMY WORM. Congress Takes] to Give Money for the Purpose. The house committee on agricul ture Wednesday recommenled an Im mediate appropriation of 95,000 to atop the ravages of the army worm In Southern States Secretary Wilson , asked for It Representative Heflin b''* n c f Alabama told the committee the xxorm waa stopping railway tralna In hla district The committee will try to rush the appropriation through ty Nothing could he done to avert the catastrophe A dam that had built around the man way, a day or two ago. when the water waa high, was waahed away and the water rushed into the mine so rapidly that j 14 ,f ore tfi„ agricultural appropriation the pit was filled In leas than thirty] p U t through. minutes | Because of the delay of congresa Three men lost their Uvea ln^ T/©- | p passing the agricultural approprla- mont. No mine, of the H C Erick ]jj on Secretary Wilson and Repre- Foke Company, about a half mile sentative Aiken of South Carolina from Superha mlnea, but 97 other* who wire caught in the flood there escaped. Andy Macllak. a driver in the min**, whin he realized that water have taken money from their own pockets to pay the traveling expenses of F. M Webster, expert entamolo- gist, who has gone South to inveatl- gat.* an outbreak of the army worm was rushing in with such rapidity as. < n the corn and cotton crops, to flood the entire mlnp. cut loose] Word was received Wednesdsy from Prof Webster at Anderson, 8 C , that the pest was doing much more damage than he had expected. When It was certain that the thlr- South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, tern men had perished in the Superba Mississippi and Tennessee are the min**, *he survivors persisted In form-'States in which th© army worm sl ing a rescue party, but officials of fhe ready has appeared to an alarming vv.*.*k<s ago, that ser-itne wagon, and while hanging on to th * chains was drawn to safety by th** two mules. refused to allow them to risk, degress Church Cemetery at Olar. which was established about eighteen years ago, ar.* to he found ’hi*, graves of nine whit*- mi'n wh*. met death I mis of their fellow m<*n. The last previous serious was abouUten at FEEDER IGNORES RLETSK. MISSING SEVERAL WEEKS. Another Young Woman IHsappears in Will Bay No More Attention to Gov ernor's Words. I Attorney Thomas B. Felder of At- j l.vnta has decided that he will ignore . the recent Charges made against him by Gov. Col** L. Blease in connection with Folders recent testimony against Blease before a legislative 1 committee alleging corrupt acts on ! the part of the executive. ! In a statement issued the Atlanta ' attorney, who was instrumental in j clearing up graft in the old dlspen- n l n e their lives The. mine Is flooded ro outbreak of the sort that i* would he impossible to enter y. ars ago into ; t more than 100 yards without risking death 'I he wife of Andy Valeo, left with five little children, oldest aged eight, dashed Into the mine, going some dis tance down the slope before being] ^jrw York City overtaken. She tore hep clothes In h* r anguish when refused entranc*' at ttfik slope. Mine Inspector I G. Roblf^who was soon on th© scene, said that as far as he could ascerta'n the <*atastrophe was unavoidable. SHOT AND KILLED HIS MAN. cknt were mad** by representatives of several counties amounting to $*450. The secretary was instructed to call on every county union in the State, .and interested members of the order, to increase this fund, in appreciation- About tvvcniy-five hundred people, sary system of South Carolina, dis- heard the candidates, those for Gov-: cussed tin* personnel of the witnesses Wrecked Street Car. Dynamite placed on the rails ex- | ernor speaking after a barbecue din-; who appeared on behalf of the gov- ner had been served. emor. He declares that In addition to these witnesses many others have b en dictagraphed in Charleston and o' the valuable services of the State ploded under a street car at Boston, j ,he nan V! 8 v f IU! V 10 services oi ino Mat* > T , . . . kI th ' have been furnished to the commit- rlan.aUon '' '">*/?«■ »«,"’** lndiv l d.„l, have John L. McLaurin and Presidential** badly frightened 30 others. The! absented th. mse^ves _ from ^^aj? Dabbs were authorized to prepare a bill on the cotton warehouse matter that will not conflict with the decis ions of the court. A telegram to H. T. Morrison, executive committeeman, from the Isle of Palms Development company, urging the union to hold the next convention at the Isle of Palms was read and the Invitation was unani- car had reached an overhead rail road bridge when suddenly two ex plosions were heard and the bottoffi of the car was lifted and shattered, scattering debris over hte passengers. and “they probably will find it con venient to remain beyond the borders nnti.1 after the primary election in August”. Rig OH Lamb Burns. Fire at the plant of the Union Pe troleum Company at Marcos Hook, Pa., early Wednesday, destroyed the mously and enthusiastically accepted. ] warehouse, barrel factory, tin fac- Capt. J. H. Claffy gave an earnest In- ' tory, several oil tanks and part of the vltatlon to the union to stop over In Orangeburg city on Its return trip. This was accepted with genuine en thusiasm. The question of the meeting of the Estate nnlon during the session of the legislatnre was left to the executive committee. After an Interacting eeeelon of two daye the Bouth Carolina Farmer*’ wharf of the company, and almost completely wrecked the British tank steamer Trinldadln. Several freight cars alscr were burned. The loee, aside from that sustained hy the steamer, is estimated at $20.0,000. Fatal Motorcycle Collision. At Lexington, Ky., Charlee K. Mooree, receiving teller at a local bank, died Wednesday and his broth er, H. W. Moores is not expected to live as the result of a collision be tween their motorcycles. The broth- ere were returning from Winchester, Ky., when the accident occurred. Robert B. Banders, of Barnwell (Ymn- ty. the Victim. Robert B. Sanders of Red Oak township, Barnwell County, was shot and killed by Jesse Owens, a white employe on Mr. Sanders place. Th- particulars of the homicl lo are ' < ry meagre, but from what can be learn ed there seems to have been a diffi culty of some sort between Mr. San ders' and Owens’ wife. The weepr/.i used was a shotgun. Practically the entire load struck Mr. Sanders In the fare, causing death in a few minutes. Mr Sanders was a well-to-do. highly respected citizen of Red Oak town ship, and haa always been considered a quiet, peaceable man. Owens had only been working for him as a farm hand for a few month?. Although a general alarm In New York was sent out Thursday no trace of Miss Boreas Snodgrass, the miss ing Mount Vernon nurse, has been found either by th© police or tb® voung woman's friends. Hopes that Miss Snodgrass might have gone to the home of her brother-tn-iaw, John 1,. Crll* r, in Oakland, Cal., or to rel atives in Martin's Bridge. W. Va., were di.-pelled when telegrams were received Wednesday, saying that Miss Snodgrass had not arrived in either of those places. Miss Snoxigrass was engaged to marry F. EugenV Schmidt, a well-to-do young man. The young woman has not been seen siq^e July 17. OLD WOONDS UU HE Mondell and Norris, Taft and Roosevelt Supporter,: Verbal Volleys on the 1 House Regarding the Convention at Chicago.' Republican political wound* Mart laid bare and much bltternsflawaadi* played In the house Wednesday wnaft Representative Mondell of Wyoming, a member of the credentials commit tee of the recent Chicago convention, which seated Taft contested dele* gates, and Representative Norris of Nebraska, an ardent Roosevelt porter, clashed In two sets. Mondell defended the action of ,*-* convention while Mr. Norris dendttne- ed It with bitter emphasis. ./ Once during Mr. Mondell'f speech order was restored only when the chair was on the point dir ordering the mace down to compel Represent* 1 live Warburton of Washington (Re* publican) to take bis stat. Again that emblem of authority came sear '•ing m* d to quell the. turbulence when Representative Humphrey Of Washington (Republican) to coupe. Mr. Norris followed Mr. with the statement that "a man whose name was known in roughest the country” had acknowledged that the Taft managers had stolen dele gates from the State of This man, he said, was now Id supporting the president's dacy because, Mr. Norris, aM entertained "political “When the gentleman i s statement,” interjected stive Humphrey, "he certainly should give his authority.” •Mr. Norris declined to dlreige tfco Identity of his Informant. Ho mgSd at once Into his reply to Mr, ■on- dell and criticised the latter's de nunciation of “soap box primaries”. He referred to the primaries In ladl- sna, which went for Taft and which Mr Mondell endorsed as regular. 1 “The gentleman loves tha primary that goes for Taft.” said Mr. Norris Ironically, “but how he nates aad despises tha primary that goes tor Roosevelt.” He defended the Washington pri maries and said that Immedtetelf fol lowing them no charge of of any kind had been against them. It was not until tho ■ Taft men decided that If tho primary results were allowed to go nnehnl- lenged the Roosevelt managers WOBtd be within three votes of fonfrolWng the State convention, he declared, that secret meetings were held and Taft delegatee named. “The action of the committee In Chicago.“ asld Mr. Norris, addressing the Democrats, “are la favor of Dem ocratic success. They did more to bring about the possibility of Dem ocratic victory than the Democratic party ever did or ever was competes* to do. The Taft Republicans end *be machine Democrat* are together 'two souls with but a aingle thought; two hearts that beat aa one’. When yoef convention met In Baltimore, yoer temporary chairman In his Itsynote speech' devoted all of his time to an attack on Roosevelt and paid ne at tention to Taft. There Is another ev idence of the fusion and anton.” Mr. Norris drew Democratie ap plause when he said that It was con ceded “confidentially, at Uaat. by aU Republicans." that President Taft could not be re-elected. He Sided that the president “running on a trumped up nomination”, could only result In votes for the Democratia candidate “Everybody knows the fight Is bo- tween Rooeevelt and Wilson,” he de clared. <Mr. Mondell made specific denial of the claim* of the Roosevelt managers that their candidate had been Im properly deprived of delegatee in the Chicago convention In the cOnteetrd rases brought either before thh na tional or credentials committees. He characterized the contests as “mere bluffs’* without shadow of substanti ation. RILL MAKE A GOOD ONE. Ate Tripe and Died. Four little negroes are dead three others critically ill as the res o' eating raw tripe at the home Tom Austin, their grandfather, Thomas County, Ga. All are chil dren of one mother and there Is one set of twins. The children found the trip© while they were alone In the house and had a feast. Ptomaine poisoning resulted. program as carried out was of espec ial value to the farmers and the ad dresses delivered contained vglqable union adjourned Thursday night. The | Information. Found Dead In Btore. At Jacksonville, Georgs Osborns, aged sixty-four, was found dead In bis grocery store on the outskirts of the city Wednesday morning, his bead waa crushed by an irbn bolt found by the body, and the cash drawer waa rifled. Discharged from Custody. At Kansas City, Miss Ethel Gam ble. who shot and Instantly killed her father, Charles Gamble, at her home Wednesday, when Gamble forcibly entered the boose, was discharged at her preliminary hearing. The evi dence showed Miss Gamble and her mother had been brutally treated by Gamble for flfteeyears. Throe Boys Drown. Throe Sons of Jamas ?. aillljon. s farmer living sight miles northeast of Fairfield. 111., ssvsn, nins, and si even years old, wore drowned Tuee day in a pond while swimming. Loeo-Mves by tho Auto. L. R. Winn, president of tbs Annis ton baseball club, and Robert Brit ton, aged eight, were killed there when ‘Mr. Winn’s automooile turned turtle over an embankment throe mllee outside the city. Mrs. Winn and her baby and two young worsen wh • sere in the car, also were In-, Jured. Rev. fe. O. Watson, D. D., to Head the Industrial School. ^— At a meeting of the board of trus tees of the proposed Horry Industrial school held at Conway last week a permanent organization was perfect ed In which Robt. B. Scarborough was elected chairman, Paul Qoattle- baum, secretary, and L. H. Bur roughs, treasurer. Rev. E. O. Watson, D. D., Of Co lumbia, chief promulgator of the en terprise, was elected president of the Institution. Dr. Watson accepted the presidency subject to tho approval of the South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, of xwhlch he Is a membor. ^ It was decided at the meeting the school would open its doors — September of next year, and that *©- tlva work on the institution would begin January 1, 1»13. As suon as possible and some time during tho fall the preliminary work of gurrey- Ing, draining and preparing the Undo of ihe school, wonld begin. The site of the proponed school wfU be on the north side of Drown Swamp one mile from tho Dog BhUE rood, on tho Conway Coast 4 Ws way, and mvwb and ono4 — I from Conway. - s * New York Ofifleor Shoe. At Now York Patrolman Frond* Reilly, one of tho city’s hero msdai policemen. Is dying from wounds re* celved in a fight with Gangsters, one et whose nuwhsr hs trial to vjfet Auto Ax|o Judge Charlpo W. ry. N. Y.. waatUled seriously injured 1 Mo turned ferae about a mile from axle broke while t|f 0*r j*"