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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*'
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Woodmen ol the Worll, at Benaon
He was
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th'* '>ut these are fa 'M
claim on the alleged negl.genre on
Police IH*c«
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'• 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:;
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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
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