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????? 1 GREENWOOD MYSTERY. '-'V Fletcher Golden Arrested in Connection With Attempted Robbery. Greenwood, Jan. 6. ? Fletcher Golden, a white boy aged 18, was arrested last night by the deputy sheriff, D. T. Major, in connection a-ith alleeed attempt of robbery at the home of J. F. Pinson on Reynolds street. The evidence on which the arrest was made is circumstantial, being based on the finding of a pair of trousers, which are said lo have been identified as his, in a vacant building near the Pinson home with some of the young lady's hair in one of the pockets. Young Golden is a carpenter and has been doing some work out in the country, though he comes home at night. An interesting feature of the affair is that young Golden's father is the man who shot at a thief who attempted to rob Pinson's store about a year ago and went so far as to indentify the man by his voice, fixing it on a young man here who proyed conclusively that it was a case of mistaken identity. > There is considerable interest in the case., there being many differing | f opinions. The peculiar hour, 7 a. m., at which the robbery was attempted puzzles most people and also how it was possible for a cut, so severe as to cut the young lady's hair, could be made without cutting her skin or j ear. Golden asserts his innocence. Attempt to Wreck Car. Aiken, Jan. 7.?An attempt was( made last night to wreck a trolley car between Aiken and Graniteville. The attempt failed, but only by the presence of mind of the motorman, who brought his car running from Aiken to a standstill after the trucks had struck the crossties that had been' piled across the rails. The ties had been placed at the end of a curve.' Fortunately the headlight was good p and as soon as the curve was rounded the obstruction came into view. . It is said that suspicion rests a gainst a drunken man put off the car about 6:30 o'clock last night. ; ^ The South Coming to Her Own. ! The South is at last coming to her own. She will produce enough corn for home consumption this year?for. the first time since the war. South Carolina heads the list. She will produce 50,000,000 bushels. This is 13,000,000 bushels more than was grown in 1909, and 21,000,000 bushg| \ els over the yield in 1908. This is f-r. coming some. Then a 15-year-old boy, Jerry Moore, of Winona, S. C.,! v holds the yearly record with a yield of 228 bushels from an acre. GeorV' gia is not far behind, she has an increase of something like 10,000,000 bushels, and a record yield of 195 bushels on an acre of sandy land. Alabama, too, has a bumper crop.' Even the negroes who only plant corn alone in their cotton made a good crop, and it is safe to say Alabama has some 5,000,000 bushels more than in 1909. Mississippi will make <->K/-,n + onmiorh tr> rin her. something: auvuv vuumqi* w ?? 7 w unheard of before. In the North and the West the yield is great, and not having the South to unload her surplus upon, has run the price down in Chicago from 76 cents to 46 cents per bushel. Meat has v tumbled 5 cents a pound within three weeks, and->beef has followed suit. These are the conditions that confront us to-day, but no Southern farmer should let the lower price of corn cause him to plant one acre; more of cotton or one acre less in' corn. We should always keep it in mind to feed ourselves, then clothe as many as we can; since it is only; fethrough this method that the money from our cotton will do us the most good. We glory in this year's yield of corn in the South and we sincerely I trust the yield will never be less, but increase some year by year, * 1.-11. througn tne agencies 01 ueuer secu selection and larger yields per acre, as well as through increased acreage. PROHIBITION HAS HELPED. P Gov. Kitehin Says North Carolina Has Been Assisted. Raleigh, Jan. 5.?Discussing State wide prohibition, which has been in forc& in North Carolina for two years, Gov. Kitchin in his annual message, sent to the legislature today, says: "Business has experienced an inft Jftft^Aftftrv ir? rvy?AC?_ crease laiuci tuau a ucticasc m ^iuoperity; mortality, industry and frugality have increased and politics and government have been to a great extent relieved of one of their most corrupting influences." The governor recommends the incorporation into the State law of the principal provisions of the Federal anti-trust law and legislation authorizing the governor to employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of trusts and to employ special agents to in1 vestigate supposed violations of the law. " i I " . I RECORD BROKEN. Jimmy Ward Makes Daring Flight in 1 Curtiss Aeroplane. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 6.?Jimmy Ward, the 18-year-old aviator, in a 1 Curtiss 24-horse-power aeroplane 1 to-day made a daring flight across 1 two rivers, the harbor and out over 1 the Atlantic ocean, breaking the world's altitude record for low power machines and winning a prize of $5,000 by circling over two of the strongest fortifications on the Atlan- 1 ? 1 m _ tic coast, demonstrating tne emciencv of the aeroplane as a scout in time of war. Landing gracefully on the beach in front of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, he handed a note to Col. 1 Marsh, which the latter signed. Ward : then reentered his machine, rose from the beach and flew back across the harbor in a direct line to the aviation field north of the city. He covered a distance of about twenty-five miles ? in 54 minutes. Very few people saw Ward begin 3 his famous flight from the aviation field, but many roofs in the city were packed when he made his return flight. Leaving the aviation grounds he flew first to the navy yard on Coop- i er river, then down the river about ] five miles to the city. t Turning eastward, he crossed the Cooper and i o n ^ tKa V*qrhnr q + 3 1 \V d.UUU livcia auu mv/ UU1 w> Mv ? height of about 1,000 feet. Reaching Sullivan's Island, at the northern en- < trance of the harbor, where Fort .Moultrie is situated, he circled back ' at a height of about 2,000 feet, passing close to Castle Pinckney. Heading seaward again, he passed directly over Fort Sumter and swept for a distance of about a mile and a half over the waters of the open Atlantic. 1 Turning he flew above the Isle of i Palms and Sullivan's Island and landed on the beach in front of Fort j Moultrie, amid the cheering of sol- i diers and officers. < It was on his return trip that he 1 broke the world's altitude record for < small machines. At a point directly above Mount Pleasant, a village on < the edge of the harbor and opposite < the city, he attained a height of 5,300 feet, as shown by his barograph. As the aviation field came into < view, Ward, at that-time over Cooper ] river, shut off his power and glided for a distance of a mile and a half lon^intr oafolv J?nA PflSilV. H? WaS iauuiu^ v - shaking as though palsied as he pos- ! ed for his picture, so terrible had < been the strain. i Prohibition May be Repealed. 1 Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 8.?Al- ] though the legislature of Alabama ] does not meet in regular quadrennial < session until Tuesday, the members < of the body are nearly all here pre- i paring for the opening. The caucuses of the house and senate to select the i nffippre will bp held to-morrow night, i There are only one Republican sena- < tor and two Republican representa- j tives. The contests for the speaker- i ship of the house and for the presidency of the senate are close and uncertain. Five senator^ are seeking the latter and four members of the house the former. An effort will be made, it is be- 1 lieved, to repeal the prohibition laws, i Gov.-elect O'Neal will recommend a 1 return to the policy of local option and the carrying out of the platform on which he was elected. However, there is a strong prohibition faction in the legislature and the repeal of the laws is not assuredy though it is generally believed they will be. WANT "SHOOFLY" TRAIN. < Inhabitants of Cope and Cordova are Anxious for It. < ( Orangeburg, Jan. 7.?The people ' tVio tAwnc Pnriii [ V II x III <"11111 a 1 UUIiU 11XO tv >? uo vv^/v anrl Cordova have signed a petition < to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad < asking for the "shoofly" train oper- ; ated from Orangeburg to Florence, ; be run through to Denmark, in order that the people living in that section of Orangeburg county may have a way to go to Orangeburg and return the same day by rail. This change will be worked for by the merchants of Orangeburg, as they will be greatly benefitted by the trade of this section. Owing to the long run the Florence "shoofly" train has to make it has been suggested that the Atlantic Coast Line railroad run the train that lays over at Creston each night on to Denmark, and that mis I ram give unc t anu. vui?i* people their service. Man Killed by Boar. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 8.?Before aid could reach him, Arthur Justice, aged 30, a farmer.of Haywood county, bled to death this afternoon after being bitten by a large boar which he had been feeding. The animal attacked Justice from behind, burying , its tusks in the flesh below the right j knee joint and severing the main artery. Justice managed to get out of j the pen, but sank to the ground a short distance away. He died from loss of blood before the nearest doctor could reach him. TO INCREASE NUMBER. Census Committee Would Have 433, Congressmen. I Washington, Jan. 6.?Congression-i al reapportionment, under the newj census figures so as to increase the membership of the houses to 433 tvas the plan tentatively favored by the house committee on census at a meeting to-day. This figure would protect each State from diminished numerical representation and is ex1 A _: \t/\nr fU.jnn elusive UI Al liUiia aim ikh iucAiuw. The apportionment bill introduced by Mr. Crumpacker to-day fixes the membership of the house at 433. The bill was referred immediately to the bill was referred immediately to the census committee, where the entire subject will be taken up. The New Apportionment. The apportionment of the membership of the house amongst the various States, under the proposed irrangemtn will be as follows: Alabama, 10; Arkansas. 7; California, 11; Colorado, 4; Connecticut, 5; Delaware, 1; Florida, 4; Georgia, 12; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 27; Indiana, 13; Iowa, 11; Kansas, 8; Kentucky, 11; Louisana, 8; Maine, 4; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 16; Michigan, 13; Minnnesota, 10; Mississippi, 8; Missouri, 16; Montana, 2; Nebraska, 6; Nevada, 1; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 12; New York, 43; North Carolina, 10; North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 22; Oklahoma, 8; Oregon, 3; Pennsylvania, 36; Rhode * * * " rt i.V /"1?? H . 0/-V1, fV> lSianQ, o ~y OUUUl Uctl uuua, < , ouum Dakota, 3; Tennessee, 10; Texas, 18; Utah, 2; Vermont, 2; Virginia, 10; Washington, 5; West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 11; Wyoming, 1. The Increase. This represents an increase over the present membership in the house as follows: J Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Geor-jj ?ia, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnespta, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, New Jersey and West Virginia, 1 each; Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and Washington, 2 each; California and Oklahoma, 3 each; Pennsylvania, 4, and New York, 6. A majority of the members of the committee believe this plan of ap? ?in ??? JI portionmeni win prevail. Died from Barns. I After nearly six days of intense suffering, death came to the relief of Mrs. W. F. Martin, of Columbia, a.t 7 o'clock last Friday morning. Mrs. Martin was terribly burned on the night of December 31 while she was filling a lamp from a bottle of kerosene. The bottle slipped from tier hand and fell almost into the open fire. Instantly there was an explosion and the burning oil was thrown all over her. - " ' ' J-'.-l In spite ot tne Desi meaicai aiteution, Mrs. Martin died from the effects of the terrible butns she received. She displayed splendid nerve and bore up with remarkable fortitude under her sufferings. Factories May Shut Down. Greenville, Jan. 7.?A meeting of the executive committee of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturing association was held here at noon today. The meeting was largely attended, there being 27 present, representing i 8,250,000 spindles. Several promi ! I nent manufacturers were among uie| number. x | An address was made by Howard j Ayers, of New York, representing! the China and Japan Trading com-j pany, capitalized at $30,000,000. withj offices in London, New York, Japan, India and China. The concern does a large exporting business in all classes of goods, principally cotton. Mr. Ayers talked on the subject of the Chinese exporting trade. The executive committee unanimously decided to call a meeting of the general association at Spartanburg on January 17 to consider the matter of further curtailment of cotton goods, acting in conjunction with New England interests and other Southern manufacturers of cotton goods. Masked Bandits Rob Hotel. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 5.?Two masked bandits entered the office of the Angelus hotel to-day and robbed the safe of about $5,000 in cash and jewelry. The clerk and porter were| forced into the basement at the point of revolvers. Thirteen safety deposit boxes were extracted and carried away. The boxes were found later in the; basement of the Angelus theatre ad-i joining the hotel. All had been' broken open. The bandits forced the night clerk j to deliver the key to the inner doori of the safe before driving him into; the basement. One man then stood; guard in the basement, while thei Dther opened and looted the safe. About 25 boxes containing several thousand dollars in cash and diamonds were left untouched. The hotel cash box yielded .$600. One box ietf behind is said to have contained $6,000 in gold. No arrests have been made. ' . : j* We now have in stock o 11. v . nicest, and best selecte Books ever carried by ai berg or surrounding coun most certain that we hai need in stock, but if we not to have in stock whi will get it for you just quicker, and cheaper th? it yourself. We nave be Double and Single Entry Cash Books, Day Books t 11 f\ 1 /VI books, Koll books, Urdei and most any other kind of 1 i in almost any kind of binding j you to buy if we don't offer t i cheap as you can buy them e j have on hand the largest and Legal E to be found in lower South < the new form Mortgage on other kinds of blanks, and w just as cheap as you can buy cities and save you the troul the express. We are still offer 0 Hand Faint* Cut Glass, Leather Go | all other fan We have several extra Fancy Goods and a nic Hand Painted Ghina am over from the holidays, i The Money and can't af goods over, we are off? at absolute cost, and if thincr r?f this kind now is I I u'"*a ?- -AT | xX A .....THE... MAIL ORDERS SI I BAMBERG. SOUTH ne of the largest, > .1 ! . _f Ol i_ II a tine or maini iy firm in Bam- HI * ties. Weareal- m ve just what you | ! should happen m it you want we HI | as quick, if not || an you could get ? i* 11 lltl >oks ot all sizes in HI 4 ' : m Ledgers, Journals, | , Records, Invoice | r and Tally Books, | >ook you may wish . We don't expect hem to you just as llli lsewhere. We also best assortment of Hi ' i HI -^?1 II 1 III III Hanks I Carolina. We have Crop as well as all |Hr| ? ill sell them to you |||p?ft them in the larger ||}j ble of ordering and US- ^1 ing our entire line of ju id China, Pictures, s I >ods, and icy Goods 11' l nice pieces of |||| S e assortment of J r-..i n\ ufj. IHt ' i VAII uiciss ici i iiit -r$m and as We Need ||| ' * i ford to carry the I /|| ring all of them In you need any- || the time to buy. U||gjji E COST MJCITED I ! CAR0L1NA=^^^^^