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2» • The Barnwell ■ .* !V j —- TOL XXVI BARNWELL. S. CU THURSDAY. JANUARY 16.1913 CLAIMS THE CREDIT FBI HE ESTABUSHHENTOF OHM CLEHSON COLLEGE DR. DANIEL SAYS HE D|D “1 Am Responsible tor (.lemsofi of IL ,, CITRU LOSS 1S VERY GREAT FRUIT GROWERS HARD HIT BY FREEZE. WHERE TEDDY STANDS Col lege, and I'm Proud of It," Says .. Presiding Elder of Charleston Dis trict Who Tells of Association With Thos. G. Clemson. “1 am responsible for Clemson Col lege, and 1 am proud of It,” was said by Dr. J. W. Daniel, presiding elder of the Charleston district, at a meet ing of the hoard of stewards at the first Quarterly Conference, held Sun day night, at liethel Methodist churcn at Walterboro. To a newspaper man present this •was rather startling statement. Sen ator B. R. Tillman has been receiving credit for the achievement In this neck of the woods, and doubtless ev ery other "neck” where the state ment of Dr Daniel has not been heard. So the newspaper man pres ent sat up and took notice. The discussion of the efforts being made to raise funds for the purchase of the new district parsonage In Charleston district, and was asked by a member of the board to tell those present about It. This occur red In one of those delightful In formal periods punctuating all of Dr Daniel's meetings with the stewards of his district, when he becomes rem iniscent He ssld that when he was quite a young man. having Just entered the ministry h»- was sent to the old Pen dleton charge At that time Thomas (i Clemson was an old eccentric man, and a sceptic. He had never been known to go to church, but after sev eral vtsPs by Dr Daniel, he c»me at ones to his church Dr Daniel said there seemed to spring up a liking for him by the old man. who was quits a talker About this time a meeting of the local Agricultural Fair Association was hdd. and Covernor Perry waa presen' as a speaker Attention was thus directed to the subject of agri cultural development Shortly after this Col Simpson came to ses Dr Daniel and In conversation Informed him that Mr Clemson was thinking of leaving his possessions to found a mining college Co| Simpson, being an alumnus of Wofford College, was aniiout to get this property for his alma mater Dr Daniel said to Col Simpson "It would be f'voi'sh for Mr Clem- son to l.-av,' his monev to found a coliepH on n ines or min'ng as there la nothing to mine In this Sta'e but a few fish hone* down on the coast vstive Estimate Places Dam age to Orange and Lemon Crops at Fifty 1'er Cent, of Value. ▲ dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., says twenty-five million dollars was the amount fixed by concensus of opinion regarding the loss sustained by citrus fruit growers In the three days freeze ending Tuesday morning. Earl G. Dezell, assistant general manager of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, said that accur ate estimates of damage could not oe made for several days, but $U5,OUO,- 000 is regarded as a conservative es timate. Other estimates run as high as 140,000,000. Oranges advanced 50 cents a box In the Los Angeles wholesale mar ket. This was a direct result of the freeze. Grapefruit went up 25 cents a box. Temperatures around 30 degrees were expected In some sections of the citrus region again Tuesday night but the weather bureau assured growers that Wednesday morning would mark the end of the necessity for burning smudges in the groves. With markedly higher tempera ture# prevailing "smudging'' was successful Tuesday night in saving oranges and lemona that bad been cnly ''nipped'' by the cold of the pre vious two days According to citrus experts, fully half of the $50,0imj,- 000 crop may be marketable. Many groves were reported unrn- Jured In San Bernardino County and growers saw a ray of hope In the fact that a sudden thaw did not material ize. On the basis of 50 par cent, crop damage, the railroads aland to lose $9,00o,00u In reduced freight re ceipts According to a statement by the lx)s Angele# Chamber of Commerc<\ which concluded Tueaday a careful inquiry Into the damage to the citrus crop*, the early estimates of loaa wera exaggerated Ail expert opinion* " the state ment sa>». are to the effect that the artuil damage will not he known for at least two week* l.ater examina Mon* may show that not more than SO per cent of the fruit had been ma terlally Injured '' A re[.ort from Pomona say# that the grower* there are more opttmla tl< than heretofore, and probably 5o per cent of the crop may be saved W ANTS NO FUSION WITH THE RK- PUBL CAN PARTY. Teddy Says Mnnsey's Proposal for Merger With Republicans is Not Acceptable to Him, at Least. A New York Dispatch says Theo dore Roosevelt replied Thursday to a proposal advanced by Frank A. Munsey Wernesday to bring the Pro gressive and Republican parties to gether. He said: “1 am simply speaking as one of the men In the ranks of the Progres sive party. Personally I strongly feel that we should no more enter Into & combination with the Republican ma chine than with the Democratic ma chine. I firmly believe that all good Progressives who may happen yet to adhere to either the Republican party or the Democratic party will, in the end. see that the chance for honest government lies only In the Progres sive party. “To my mind the whole attitude of those at present responsible for Ike leadership and management of tbe Republican party shows that It would be follv to try to combine with them. ‘T'ntll the managers of the Repub lican party learn that theft and fraud and swi|dllng the people and impos ing the will of the bosses, when they declare by a two to one majority at the primaries In th* reverse way. Is not the method In which to achieve the triumph of the permanence of Republican Institutions. It is idle to discuss getting together with them 'The doctrine of the present Re publican managers about the conns Is Just at present being practically applied In Adaho The courts of Ida ho are acting along the lines that Mr t FOUND HIIUUILTY TODNG NAM CONVICTED OF Ml- IMG MIS FATBER ON STREET OF CLINTON Witnesses Tell of the Trouble Hr- \ tween Father and the Han, Which Resulted in the Tragic Killing cf the Former by the Latter Last October. Guilty of manslaughter was the '.erdict of the Jury at Laurens which tried Robert Lawson, charged with the murder of his father, W. Frank Lawson, of Lanford, Laurena county. The jury was out three hours. Sen tence has not yet been passed, &a counsel for the young man will make a motion for a new trial. The trial was begun at Laurens Wednesday morning at a special session of Grim Inal Court. Defendant gnd deceased were farmers of I^aurens county. The killing occurred last October on the h-’reels of Clinton, the young man shooting his father to death In Lawson’s brother's wagon, which was loaded with cotton. The killing It Is said, grew out of a dispute over the posesalon of a bale of cotton. The (H«e went to the jury shortly after fi o'< lock Eleven witnesses testified !< r the State, while ten were In- trod mefi by the defence, Including the defendant and tans wife. Dr .1 D. Austin, who made the p< stmortt m, said there were three wound* found on the deceased, one us', behind the left ear and two ihe left side Eddie I^wson and Taft. Mr Barnes and the o'her Ro- publican leaders uphold and defend ^ ' ,, r '■ |,w, ‘oii . brother* of the de- The Progressives take the same view, indent testified as to the beginning of the Idaho case that Abraham I.In- I of 'rmitde o\er a bale of cotton | w htrh their father claimed I Roth said they assisted In loading eoln took of the Dread Scott ca«e We take the same view of Justice that Lincoln took and of the rights of •he people to be masters o' tbe con stitution of the courts and of the eongn -s th.it Lincoln took ' NUMBER BALES GINNED EIGHTH REPORT OF THE CKN- 8U8 BUREAU 88UED. Total Crop Reported 19,919,237 Hales, of Which Booth Carol! >M Furbished 1,173,649 Bales. The eighth oottOn ginning report of the census bureau for the season, Issued at '0 o’clock Thuraday morn ing, announced that ’2,919,257 ba’e# of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1912, had been ginned prior to Wednesday, January 1, to which date during the past seven years the ginning average ed 92.8 pet cent, of the entire crop. Last year to January 1, there had been ginned 14,817,002 bales, or 92.1 per cent, of the entire crop; in 1908 to that date, 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per cent, and In 1906 to that date 11,741,039 bales, or 90.4 per cent. Glnnlngs prior to January 1 by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years and the per centage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date In those years, fol low: Alabama. FIREMAN WAS KILLED , TO DAMAGE* FOR M>\ j, DE \T»I Camp of the Woodmen of the World Sued for Hig Sum 8 F* and M J Tsylur, parrn'a o' Milton T*)lor. the >oung man * waa killed last JuD while leading a degree learn in mlt.ating Furman J! MI'S I ROM FIFTH ‘-ToltV Young Florida Ijxwter Commit* Sui cide in New Fork At New Vcirk W'lH-am Shite a 7 \c.vr old aMn'to-. o' Orlando Ha committed auiclde mot af’er n I night Wedr.iHilay morning b' Jum’ ;r.g from a room on the r.fib 'bm- of 'he New York Hos.l'u! w:,.r> he w nit a patleM He was an athlet* and two nur-o* we;,* unable to »'op h.m as tie 'un.. the cotton over the protest of the defendant, and after the cotton waa loaded op tv- wagon the defendant took rhnrge of the team and drove to the gin. that Victor and \V F l.a-xson 'he fa'her. went along in * b'.vgv The po'ton was carried to Clinton Witnesses aald Robert La» *on o'fered the cotton to a hank he • • • ! deceased objected and J.im, ed in the wagon and took charge o' 'he Bn,.* and etnrted to drive nfr Rober' Lawson s'andlng immediately hih.'nd in the front of the wagon LresenMy, according to testimony, 'ho shoe' t.g took place and \V y l aw..,;, '<11 mortally wounded None of 'he wdncHsci saw \V F lawaon end If he w * ryt * to found a college I agwell Into the mynterl** of th*' to the r >o ? i'f a on*' ( T) p t r u * i % > , **' <♦ f (1 whv dne«n ' Ne fe a n d *n arrlculturat Woodmen ol the Worll, at Benaon He was list antlv k.l ed k 1 f • 1 ’ * pr coll eg* ’ ' Ci'l Simt'Bon, fir Dan'ef Camp, near Anderaon Wednesday be The \ t>u f r law vr h r» fit ) rrow f,.r said. * (** verv m'Kh ‘m-re**ed with gon action against Benson cam^ for “U»ded f \V ^ is h-nth* r .1 1" .. ..tm- D .m ♦ r pu-b.d the •uggestiun nnd *t*'ed that he »•** damag*-* in the amount of $j:."oo F !or:da as; we- k to ‘ *• '[ •-.i' -In' ♦ t " |o) ),• geing rig’t o(or iv. 1 suggest it to Bagwell became frightened when on for R minor it N’. i f |NN w ’h i: i'k 1 cr whIch he <i I • • ( •-m- some blank cartr:gc* we-e explode,: The o: . r;r n h .i 1 ’ i ; . • ‘-•ly***’ N i • i va m •<- n at once becoming quite enthua: while he was being inflated He rat. Rli'-l-f-'l 11' > and be \k i** r< I. '« Hih' I’.' " astir :nto the anteroom, te-cure l h!* pl-'ol r n t H • * hrot b er T* < »•’ a* S',It,. ) - p t i* satd Dr n i • ! wa* th* and fired •* xeral time* on Taylor. and h * a 1 nr** i* l ) I 1 1 l' '» r*- birth <>f C’emson <'"!!>■[•* which has who waa leading th** initiation Tny u' ' • r b s hecom e * u r h a *;!end'1 *c',,pi.| M r lor deni next day from the wound* 1’ WsF.D \s <,im. \ ( >K A F \RS. to tihik b: T1!! m * n and other* m tv not !'k« m*’ The parent* of Tax lor ba*>* their b • ? \ iiP.lt to ta' th'* '>ut these are fa 'M claim on the alleged negl.genre on Police IH*c« iyer HI* So* rt»t and tbeti D. '• ndnnt After the meeting ad loir m 1, Pr Daniel was asked bv t i* reporter if he had anv ob'ection 'o th“ use i ’ hla remarks relative to 'hr founda tion of Clemson College "None whatever." was the reply "They are facts, so why should I mind'" If requires no stretch of the Imagi nation to believe that this was the real birth of the Collere, to one who knows Dr Daniel A close student of conditions and affairs, and with *n Intensely practical mind, such a sug gestion was but a logical sequence A book, which Is now In the hands of the publishers, written by him shows how very practical he can be This hook. “The Bottom Rail ” wPI create a sensation. It Is predicted when it comes from the press, and perhaps will have as far reaching ef fects as the suggestion to Mr. Clem son that he leave his money to found an Agricultural College. the members allowing such anile* as were alleged to ha\o been pract li ed In the lodge room during the ini tiation The case will com*- to tnai in F i-hruary i 1 from Ms h the window The* - pnn him tw .e w but he push* d the srg a heavy ■* re vlmlow he plungi 1 heidlong 1 .1!.! dashed 'ow.irll with a pisto •hre* I he :i. s> •h a 1 . 'her ' n aside an 1 ’ re’t n g free:; fa Three-Mastod-Sehooner Ashore. A three-masted schooner ashore and flying signals of distress near Egg Harbor, N T . J., Saturday night drifted off shore near Beach Haven not far from Atlantic City Sunday and life-savers lost sight of her. The revenue cutter Seneca is looking for her. Killed by His First Cousin. At Savannah, Ga., Evelyn Rabey, a young lad of 14, was killed Saturday morning while hunting near Savan nah by Peter Rabey, his first cou sin, aged 15. The boys were shoot ing larks, when Peter’s gun went off accidentally. Breaks World’s Record. At MUhause, Oer„ Arthur Faller Friday exceeded by five seconds the world’s record for a duration flight In a biplane carrying five passen gers. HI# time was one hour, six minutes and five seconds. Cold Extends Into Mexico. The cold wave has extended far in to Northern Mexico. Much suffering among tbe nattvee, unaccuetomed to cold it reported, not only in Mexican border States, but along the Amer lean tide of the border. l‘rof*-w!Hi>r Would Kill Buz/ard*. Dr W M Burson. professor of vet erinary science at the State College of Agriculture in Athens, da . has Is sued a bulletin In which he advo cates that the law cease to protect buzzards and that a bounty be offer ed for their slaughter. He would make the same rule against stray dogs He claims th'-y carry dlseasi from dead to live animals. Quicksand Buriew Man Alive. Henry Luke, of Streator, Hi nckman on the-Santa Fe railroad was engulfed alive In a bed of quick sand that fell Into the workings of n mine on the outskirts of the city. Hts companions were nearby, but he disappeared before they could reacn him. Pastor to Become Policeman. The Rev. C. G. Chapman,, pastor of the First Christian church of JopUn, Mo., has accepted a commission frpm the chief of police and has accepted his star. Ho will assist in prosecut ing Illegal sales of liquor and pre venting girls from becoming fre quenters of drinking places. Hunter Has Slain Many Bears. Ella® P. Meservey of MariavlUe Me., celebrated his elghttieth birth day by killing a black bear which had been terrorizing the neighbor hood. During his career as a hunter Meservey has slain 300 bears. • Spinal Meningitis in Hlinois. An epidemic of spinal meningitis has broken out at Gale, 111. John Chism and his three sons died of the disease Monday night. Three other members of the family are 111. Fite Barn to Death. Chanute, Kan., J. W. -Lltzey, a far mer. Mr* Lltzey and their three children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home neer Chanute, Kan. ArreMod Him. After muqu'-radwig ns a girl for ; v yi-ars th<‘ m-x of !r< m- Muy tialian w a* learned Wedneaday He waiarr- nted n La Junta by the sheriff, who he cauHt* of his masculine appearance decided he was a hoy in girl's cloth ing Irene was on his way to vis:' his father in Biahee. Ariz. I’ntil the holidays Irene ha.l been a student In the Victor Uigh School anti all of hi* life had passed as a girl Mrs. Moynahan, when told that her son had been arrested and that his sex had been discovered, stated tha- she had always passed him off as a rlrl because of her disappointment in having two sons. Not even her husband was aware of the boy's sex, she said This was borne out by the discovery of a letter in the hoy’s effects The letter was addressed to his father In Bisbee and declared that the mother was "send ing a son to him as a New Year's gift" saw the defendant fire > v three time* after hit fath- <>' c of the mules waa shot ■t c II I since dcld i own h.-hulf Robert Lawton )’ l> ttce, swearing that - i * e himself and to pro- >pi*r ty He expressed pi* the deed, swore hi* fath- , to hack against the cot- and drew his pistol and !h say ing he < \V F' I^xw- g'-o.g to kill defendant de'endant said he drew at d fin d on his father member whether he stmt ither fell Defendant said > father's pistol out of '.ns ; ut it in his own pocket testified that hi* father h t -1 be * n an unnatural parent toward Mm treating him cruelly for *e»- > raI y ears Several members of the Lawson family were in Court, as waa the father of Mr« Robert Lawson She is only 1 7 She made a good witness but only knew of the trouble at the 1 twso'i brother's home on Enoree R'*< r mi the morning of the day of 'he kllllnr Tried to Drown Them While two customs Inspectors were searching for opium in the bottom of the Pacific mailer China at San Frances, one turned on the water They declared a dlliberate attempt to murder them was made by some of the members of the crew involved In the smuggling plot. The belief strengthened by finding of opium val ued at $9,500, Was Found Dead In Bod. At New York Roswell Miller, chair man of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad, died suddenly Frl dav. Mr. Miller was found dead In bed at his home by a servant. He left his office Thursday afternoon in apparent good health. He was about 69 years old. Senator Bailey Resigns. Senator Jos. W. Bailey Friday sent his resignation as Senator from Texas to Senator Gallinger to take effect immediately R M Johnston, editor of the Houston Poat, is now in Washington, and Senator Bailey taio h* would be appointed by the Gov ernor to succeed him. Year. Ginning* V c 1912.. .... 1,289.576 1911.. . . . .1,618,510 95.5 1 908 . .... 1,302.333 97.8 1904.. .... 1,190,062 Arkanna*. 95.9 1912. 1911. . . 786,329 86 6 1 908 . . . 910,423 91 4 1906 73 1.54 7 Florida. SI H 1912 56,018 1911 86.42 1 8 1 5 1 908 66.855 94 7 1906 59,01 1 Georgia 96 o 1912 1.767,01 1911 2.623.9! 7 93 8 1908 1 93 0.7 <>3 97 7 1 906 1.57 1.582 lyoaioiann. 9 6 '! 1 9 1 J 367,1 9'. 1 r 'U 3 5 2, o:: (4 '* »*, 18 0 8 , 453..' 1 ■ 87 1 1 90b 836.4 59 87 .. 1912 . 9 3 7.3 5 6 1911 1 .04 7.799 89 *> 190* 1,522,1 6n 93 9 1906 1 .3 8 9 8 4 North Carolina. HF, 0 19 1. 8 5 7,4" 1 1911 Q *• f ri o i 86 6 1 8 A 8 *>4 7.05 0 94 7 1 906 57 1.623 < Iklahoma. 93 5 1912 94 6.4 58 1911 8 0 0,4 118 »H 6 1 808 5 25.61 0 9 5 1 ! 906 701 >14 Hoath Cerollna. 80 5 1912 1.1 73.549 1911 1.508.753 89 7 1908 , 1,1 7 6.220 96 7 1906 8 6 8,97 7 Tennesmee. 9 5 . 1912 2 4 8.506 1911 3 8 1.281 88 7 1 808 3 I 7.0 1 o 9 4 1 J06 2 4 1,8?* Texas. 8! ■ 1912 4.46 1.982 1912 .3.926,0:,'* 9 5 6 1908 3,4 86,0,17 9 6 1 19*6 3,626,1 1 7 Other tSates. 91 6 1912 8 2.013 1911 110.298 7 9 4 1 906 5 2,710 77 2 1 9o 8 67,7 7 7 87 7 Tramp Fngrateful Wretch. After being given a place to sleep Thom,-is Kelly, an outcast, shot and killed Otto Oellnger, a druggist. In \Yi."| imtdiurg the gnod gamarlLin v ho had befrinded him Kelley was allowed to spend the night in Oeling- ■ r s drug store, but because he was aw aken to > arly he flew Into rage and began shooting Oelinger fell dead and William Klohe an employe, had a narrow escape. The outcast made good his escape. Train Goes Through Treetle. Two men are known to have been instantly killed and more than a score seriously Injured, some of w hom may die. when a New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago passenger train bound for Mobile crashed through a trestle at Lear, 'Miss., Friday morn- Ing. Two dead have been Identified. The engineer and a woman passen ger are also reported killed. Will Biiihl JPreacher’* Home. A special from Camden, Tenn .says that the will of A. D, v Vlck, & prom inent citizen who died on Monday makes a provision for the building of a home for aged and worn out'Metho dist ministers to be maintained by a 160-acre farm, the remainder of the interest of which is to be devoted to this cause , Life’s Sunset Clouded, iffrs' Elizabeth Learned, aged 81, o f Eugene. Ore., has been granted a divorce from George Learned, aged M They were married two years ago, the woman being ^earned'* fifth wife, and he her third husband Mrs Learnsd complained tbit her hus band objected to her religious loam lags. Little Girl Dies of Injurie*. Ora Jackson, the little daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Jackson of Campobello, Spartanburg County, was burned to death at th*- home of tne parent* In that town Friday af ternoon Mrs Jackson left her for a few minutes to step to the store within 200 yards of the house and in her absence the child was burned and died from her Injuries within a short while AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE 8ERIOU8LY HURT. Large* Theatre la Mobile Destroyed by Fire on Thursday, Entailing n Heavy Loos. F ire which atarted somewhere on the stage of the Mobile theatre short ly etter 6:30 o'clock Thursday morn ing completely destroyed the bulld- Lig. Several buildings adjoining vere damaged, principally by water. One fireman waa killed and two aer- iout ly Injured by a falling wall, while several were slightly bruised and Lurned. The dead are: Joseph Cerda, ptpe- rr.an, company No. 3. Injured: Captain James Stanton, company No. 3, seriously; Herman Heckman, company No. 3, said to be serious; Frank Nettles, lineman, fa*** b\ rned during rescue *vo:x; Manuel Tapia, shoulder dislocated The first started on the stage an! all hough smoke was noGie irsu'ng fiom the top of the* tr.tx’ure bv roomers in an adjoining hotel, no at tention was paid to It The fire had been burning half an hour before tbe alarm was turned In and when the firemen arrived the entire Interior was a mass of flames. A high north wind wo# blowing and brands were carried to other structures in the vicinity. Including the county coint house, which was saved with difficulty At one time It was thought that the business sec- t‘on of the t ity south of Conti street was In tlangi r The loss on the theo- tr > buildings and contents is about $'r>,i*oo Other loee«s will run the t( tal to fullv » 1 oO.OOO Many m purtanr bookings will he cancelled, involving <onslderabte (oh to the ■ ompatile* DRIFTED IHHORK ON l*L\\H Kurvlvoi of Wrtwked Wlearner T«H* How Men Died. How 'h. teamen ih- oil ijt.x ateamt r Kooerran* met death after the vessel i.aahed ashore at the mouth of Columbia River Wednes- <!a> morning, was told tonight by F red Refer*, the quartermaster, who drifted ashore on a plank at Tioga Oregan According to Peters. Cspt l John-on. of the Rosecrana. remained ; to the last at his poet In the pilot , houMa*. directing and cheering his ! crew, although he waa suffering from a broken leg There were eight men on duty at i the time of tit* disaster and twenty- j • Ight men were In their bertha The The night was a wild one. but It waa j ,|e< Med h\ the officer In command H at it would not be too hazardous to \ attempt the entrance Into the Colum bia River In the atorm and rain the | man at the wheel, according to Pet- j erv Mi stook the North Head light for the ligli'chtp, which Is anchored off the Columbia, and stered the vew- upon the rocks "The backbone of the Rosecrana j was broken, snd there wo* nothing I ti do but to wait " Peters said. "Ef- I for’* to launch the life boats were I futile Tne wind and wave# broke them from their lashing* before any o' 'he <rew could man them The no n waited rainly for the death that appear, d Invetltabl* Capt Johnson *iooi| at hi* post, directing the crew, it though h:a leg had been broken by ;> falling spar " Peters had Just talked with Capt. lohnson, when a big wave washed him overboard He grasped a float ing plank and rode it for five hours before he finally drifted asbere IMTHTJ n Secretary Wileaa Committee oa tend the Great catloaal Day. f 3 Sailor Had a Hu-y Night. Alexander Thompson, a sailor, 24 years old. seized the totirmg car of F'rank McDermott, jiresldent of a large department store at Seattle, compelled the chauffeur to drive him about the city, held up a saloon and a grocery store, engaged In five run ning fights and shot two men. Malm and Cow Burned. Three mules and a cow burned to death, and another cow will die as the result of burns received when the barn of Mr. William Gassawar, who lives about two miles from Springs, was destroyed by fire An of the feedstuffs, etc., In the barn were also destroyed. Plague and Famine (Stricken. Gale, 111.,is nearly cut off from the surrounding country and shortage of provisions Is adding to the horror of the cerebro-spihal meningitis epidem ic from which one or two persons are dying daily,. Trouble In burying, the dead is also reported. .Went Through Store. At Yorkville on Monday a horse hitched to a buggy went through a store without disarranging the buggy or the goods in the store much He entered the front door and went our the back door / Eleven Men Were Killed. At Rome, Italy, on Wednesday. 11 men were killed and four were se riously hurt by the falling of an an clent wall which almost completely j burled the party bepeatb tbe ruins The W; The State says Georg* secretary and general National Corn Exposition, wtkH hold Ue fifth annual meeting In city of Columbia January *7 in 1 ruary 8, waa in Washington Til day and with Representative Lever, extended an InrMaUoa ta Jan, Wilson, secretary of agiiealtnrn, ttM the entire agricultural committee of the house of representatives to sMI the exposition on Boy’s day," Feb ruary i. Both the secretary anfi the committee accepted this iavltstlen, and the committee recorded a veto of thanka to the exposition xnent for the courtesy thus The acceptance of this by the secretary of agriculture Is IB- self a farct of large algatflaaMOt 0«g his visit to the Stats, sappIsmsnUi by that of th* entire Ogrt*ett*f«i committee of the hoeee, under the auspices of such eg agricultural In* etttutlon, means one of the feMt auspicious gatherings In the tnMNSl of agriculture la the history It thS country. This is the first time ta the hMWt of congress that the committee, as a whole, such on Invitation, and on l the exposition and State wtU the exposition and Stain will their guests the eahiaet aA great department of the and a eoi personnel, coming from all (t the nation, cf agricultural The committee will opportunity to view the Corn exposition on an Pealing with the fm cultural problems of the also th* oseslleat tu close toeeh with the ced work of the which will there At this ox from 27 of the experiment stations the country sad the ment under the terms of an iMtlon of tongress win imn Mbit which is many reapasts wSI hjS the best ever sent ont hf the meat An elaborate program wtH in arranged for the entartatamaat at three men, a special feat are of wfcMfe will he a parade la whleh the fSf nr 101 boys and girt# of the • tomato club*, who will he In bln attending the first school for prise win acre, will pate. These boys and girl* brought to the exposition respective counties ta their success In the dab worn, city of Columbia has planned a cheon to be given In honor Of boys and glrla, and at this Wilson will be principal The members of th* committee of the house are: Iamb of Virginia, Aebwry F. L of South Carolina. Augustas O. I If y of Kentucky. Garden Lee of C gla. Ezekiel 8.'Candler Jr., of tlesippl. J. Thomas Media of bams, James T. McDermott Of nolt, John A. Maguire of Thomas L. Rubey of Missouri, Jehs J Whitacre of Ohio, Charles ▲. TOl- c'ctLorNew rorr Kansas, Jas. Young of Tassn, H. X. Jaceway of Arkanaas. Oflbnrt JL. Haugen of Iowa, James C. MeLangb* lln of Michigan, Willis C. Hawley of Oregon, Joseph Howell of Utah, Trouts B. Hsacs of North Frank Plumley of Vermont, Ji 3. Simmons of New York. It Is understood that ^ x,„ , w111 probably extend an InvltntlOB In F ed W He on Dog Meat. thege rlehora to be IMT Mrs. Fannie GIibb, of New York, guesta on t |, e 2 ndi ^ ymR the OO* n her Bult for separation from Er- historical and neat H r.lasB, rieclarra he made her p0 i n tj in ifeat part of (he State, do a man's work and would bring StevenTOn tt p re8##d hungry home meat he Bald the dog or cat pt g tIfled 4t the acceptance of at the office 'Wouldn't eat but which invitation by the committee was good enough for her. The court secretary, as was also gave her $18 a week. Lever. ,, , , a * * * Z Mr. Lever said: "I regard < oldest in Thirty Year* p06ltlon g. the g™** The cold wave which set in Sunday way of agriculture, that . Ktlll ban the central part of New Mex- curre< i i n the South, and ico in its grasp. Late last Wednee- am qU ite proud of’the day the coldest on record, 15 below he ] d , n the d ; zero. It was 12 below zero In Sata honor to represent Fe, the coldest tt has been there In L^ot (ts deductlonal thirty years, while at Las Vegas 20.l m€tan muc k to tg* pypppp below established a new record. - agriculture of the State, *--*-* , ceptance of this invitstioa (Mi To, Pistol Halts Robber. ln g by secretary Wilson William Davis, of Pittsburg, de-1 committee means n tected in the act of robbing a fashion- tlngulshed meO, ill able residence, was held up by John-1 their "best efforts ny Miller, a 16-year-old newsboy, 1 lines of a bottsr who had In hik possession a toy pis- able ogripultur* for tol made of glass. Davis, believing 11 am sur* the the boy had a real gun, begged him I and the entire South, not to shoot * I estimate the Importanoi if < ♦ ♦ Jslon Balked at Murder. || / Henry Dal Ferro, a young Italian anarchist, who was designated by loti Capt. Nonii* A. to assassinate King Victor Emman-i (hreo large uel. attempted to commit auiclde ueart river Bodogua. rather than carry out tie his mission. He Is now tg a hospital In | noon by A serious Rendition. 1 tht Hiwiiz* for HI* Grime. At Auguata, Go., J. Edward Braoell m.i* hitnped in the Richmond county Jnil >ard Friday morning for the n unlcr of Carrie Bell Duncan. The man was pronounced dead In twelve minute*. Hi* neck was not broken he execution was witnessed by i w ry few people, ntthough several undred were congregated on the Btrcets within the vicinity of the Jati cfe.: tgord this **• thing, in tfca t> w-