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4 I WAS IN BAD FIX *'< Yoong Pittman, Who is Imprisoned in Nicaragua. Found Starring IN A FILTHY CELL TIio Nicaraguans Threatou to Kill All ForrifTucrK.?Consul Olivarcs Wires State Departmnet Feeling Against the Americans Bitter. ? Subjects Ask l,rotectl'?u. Couflned in a filthy cell, unf?-j save by charitable strangers, Wil liam Pittman, an American captured **- **- '"nunrnmpiil fOFPftS by mo Minnie ti^ar Blueflelds, was found in a crowded local prison at Managua, Nicaragua, by Consul Olivares on Thursday. The consul, who Is stationed at that point, telegraphed the state de partraent that he visited Pittman, , discovered the revolting conditions and through protests forced Dr Madriz to furnish the adventurer better prison accommodations. Pittman, whose relatives live at Cambridge, Mass., told Consul Olivares that he left Greytown July 4. that since then his captors have failed to provide him with food, leaving him altogether dependent for subsistence upon charity. Pittman was starving. Olivares immediately protested, reminding Madriz of his promise to treat Pittman with consideration, Madriz finally agreel to transfer Pittman to a larger and cleaner cell and to allow the consul to supply him with a sleeping couch and food. The consul reported that no definite action regarding Pittman had been , determined on by the de facto authorities a id that he, Olivares, would exert every effort to secure humane treatment for Pittman. whpn the United States originally learned of Pittman's arrest Dr. Madriz assured Olivares that the prisoner would be treated fairly and considerately. Constant complaints from American citizens at Matagalpa, relative to throats repeatedly made against their lives and property by agents of the Madriz government are being received by United States consular representatives. Consul Olivares cabled to the state department that the anti-American feeling in the western part of Nicaragua, the section under control of the Madriz faction, is daily growing more bitter. Mr. Olivares made vigorous representations to Dr. Madriz and has , reiterated to him Secretary Knox's warning that this government will j hold Madriz factions strictly ac- j countable for the security of Ameri- ( can life and property. British and German subjects at { Matagalpa have appealed to their ( consuls in Managua for protection. ^ So far no representations as to these c .have been made to the German and English home governments, or to { Washington, probably because the ( British and German consuls doubt- t less are Nicaraguan local merchants. t 'American Consul General Eber- s hardt, who is detailed at large, and ' happens to be in Nicaragua on a tour ^ of inspection cabled the state department corroborating the alarm of foreign residents over threats of () %T# ? * 1 ? 1 - * 1 4 1. .. 4 4 t. ? rsicaraguans. ue siaieu uun mc t opinion at Matagalpa was that these anti-foreign demonstrations were instigated by the Madriz faction, whose (| officials have openly threatened the t Americans and other foreigners. ^ f Fell to His Death. t Henry Mars, a negro convict at ' the Stuto penitentiary, committed c suicide Thursday by leaping from the * main prison building. The negro * sustained a fractured skull, dying ' on Thursday afternoon. Although it * was not definitely established that Mars committed suicide, this is the opinion among the authorities at the peuitentiary. ? Had Needle in Heart. At I.andgraf, W. Va.t Miranda Weeks died suddenly and her hus- 1 band was arrested 011 suspicion of having caused her death. An an- ( topsy revealed a cambric needle piercing the woman's heart. There was no scar on the body to show that the needle had punctured the bkiii and the 111 u 11 was released. Must Serve Long Term. Twenty-five years in the State penitentiary was the sentence administered by Judge Gruber at Spartanburg to W. N. Kennedy, the white man wtio was Wednesday convicieu in general sessions court on the charge of having committed criminal assault upon a colored girl under 14 years of age. Mules Killed. State Senator T. Y. Williams had a )>atr of valuable mules killed by a bolt of lightning Saturday evening Ion his plantation in Lancaster county. The animals were hitched to a wagon in which three negroes wore riding. The men were shocked into a state of unconsciousness, but soon revived. RED SPIDER PEST MAKES ITS AI'PEAKANCK IN THE COTTON FIELDS. An Agent of the Agricultural i)epnrtmcnt Tells Heat Way of Combating the Small Hugs. T.he red spider has broken out on the farm of R. H. Caughman, near Lexington, and threatens to be very destructive to the cotton crop should * - I ^ the present wet season ue lunuwcu by a continued hot and dry spell. The State says is appears from the statements of those interested in this coiton pest that a great many sections of the State are infected and it is believed that unless its spread is checked it will become shortly as destructive as the boll weevil. The cotton affected wilts as if it were scalded and finally dies. No practical remedy has as yet been found, though there are preventive remedies which appear successful. The department of agriculture has established a laboratory at Hatesburg for a thorough study ?>f the rel spider and H. F. Wilson in charge of tJhe work visited Lexington and made an examination of the Caughman field. Ho is positive, in his opinion, that the trouble is the red spider and, of course, he realizes the danger of its further spread. In speaking about this matter, he makes th-:se in?e "sting observations; and desires ;i 'l ev sJnll receive the attention of facri.ers all aver the State: "Violets and poke weeds appear to be the plants from which the spiders spread to the cotton. 1 have seen a number of fields where volets in yards were badly infested with the spider before it passed to the cotton. The original infection began close to the violets and spread out first in a fan shaped form and then gradually the whole field became infested. The same t.hing is observed in connection with poke weeds. Jersualem oak, burkock, morning glories and garden products are food plants for and should be kept away V 11V V) | ? * \? \y ? ? - from cotton fields. The spider seems [ to be pretty well scattered about the j State and is doing considerable damage, and threatens to do a great] deal more unless some means can be found for checking it. "I have hardly gone far enough with the work to be able to suggest a desirable remedy. However, poke weeds and violets near cotton fields should all be destroyed, and if the) spider is only found on a few plants, these should be pulled and burned. The spider seems to be able to winter in violets and the danger lies in infestation from these sources. "Where the infestation is bad I Have found the following mixture to >e effective in killing the most of hem: One pound of sulphur to three gallons of water. The sulphur to >e placed in a bucket or pan and rnough water added to form a paste vith the sulphur, then the remainder >f the water can be added. This nixture can be applied with a spray ump or with an ordinary sprinkler. ?are should be taken that the mixure is gotten onto the under side of he leaf. The spider propagates itelf very rapidly and the failure to lake a thorough spray leaves room or danger in the future. "Tho mnsr Mjiptiral method in the .ay of prevention seems to be that if crop rotation and I hope that by he end of the season a satisfactory ystem of rotation may be worked nit. The farmers themselves can lo a great deal towards prebenting he spread of this pest if they will >e careful about plowing around inested stalks. The spider catches on he harness and may be carried a ong ways into the held and a new olony planted. This is a very serous problem and to some extent i new one. The department is dong the best it can and is greatly merested in the work." OO.NFKSKKS TO Ml'KDKK. +. . \ftei' Contributing Materially to the Conviction of Brother. After testifying against and contributing to the conviction of his brother, Albert Brown for the murder of Alonza Addison, on July 2X, 1909, Henry Brown went to the Sheriff of Lee County in Tupelo, .Miss., and confessed to the killing of Addison. Both are well known farmers. Albert Brown had beentwic^j tried -and convicted of thie murder of Addison. He was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary, but sentence was suspended iton/iintr the ontenmn of an anneal I'VtMiinn %..V/ w ? VX/W...W . to the Supreme Court. The brother who confessed has been imprisoned anil habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted to secure the release of the convicted man. ? Many Peaches Lost. At Fort Valley, Ga.. it was stated on Friday that thirty carloads of peaches has been dumjed into the Flint river eight miles from there, as a result of the failure to move the crop quickly. Eighty thousand crates were waiting there and it ie feared that they will be a dead Joss. Already growers have loss $100,000 because of the lack of Ice cars. CLKVKlt HUSK. By Engineer Prevents Itobbcry o His Train. Cleverness on the part of the en gincer prevented three youthful an< apparently Inexperienced bandit from robbing the Missouri, Kansa & Texas Southwestern "flyer" nea Lariniore, 15 miles from St.Loui early Sunday. Three men were ar rested later as suspects 'and place* in jail pending investigation. Engineer Quinn through a rus prevented the looting of the bag gage car and the passenger coaches The bandits competed the enginee and the fireman at the point of rc folvers to descent from the cab am go with them to the baggage car t assist in uncoupling it The engine men in the darkness managed f< glide away from the bandits am made for the cab. The bandits op ened fire on them. Scrambling in to the cab the engineer threw th throttle wide open and dashed awa; with the train. The three men, armed and mask ed, used a red lantern to halt th' train. TOWNS IN PKRIL. Forest Fires Sweeping Country WJtl Heavy Damage. A sepcial from White Fish, Mont, says that town is in the center of for est fires which are sweeping th< mountainsides, licking up logging and tie camps and t.hreatening tin town itself. While it is not fel that the city is in immediate dan ger, all precautions hape been taken the water works thoroughly tester and the fire hose made ready for instant use. So far as is known thert is no loss of life. Rain appears tc be the only thing that can save this part of Flathead Valley from terrible loss. A dispatch from Kalishpei reports three other fires burning ii: the valley. U'HV.AT KHRll FIUKI). ? 1 ? By a Big Bolt of Lightning Whicl Killed Four Men. Four men were instantly killed three others seriously hurt and i large shed containing wheat set or fire by lightning (Airing a storm ai one o'clock Thursady afternoon The dead are William Haldrick, twc Whit ten brothers, and a man nam ed Scott. The injured are two Ma lone brothers, anl a man named Phillips. The storm and fire occur red on Buck Key place, eight mile* west of Florence, Ala. The met nere farm hands employed by F. M Perry. TOOK KNIFE FROM NEGRO. ? Attacked in Her Home by Black, She Gets Better of Him. At Rodney, near Corsicana, Texas Tuesday, a negro entered the home of Hub Bailey, a merchant and bran dishing a knife, threatened a criminal assault upon Mrs. Bailey, a bride of three months, who grappled with him, securing the weapon and forcing the negro to take flight. Posses caught the negro in Richland creek bottom, and after he was identified, he was hanged to a tree nearby. The body was found and cut down. HAVE FIFTEEN CHILDREN. .? - ^ ^ a at 4 (iov. GflClll'iKt MllggCSIS II1.II l?irm> lie Pensioned. Mr. and Mrs. T. Barberi, of Pensacola, Fla., received from Governor Gilchrist recently a handsome spoon bearing the seal of the State of Florida. Married 19 years ago, the wife is now only 3 7 years old, but Mr. and Mrs. Barberi are the parents of 15 children. Six of the children are twins. Governor Gilchrist suggeststhat the legislature pass an act allowing the parents a pension. l\hey certainly deserve it. Killed by Fall. The body of J. W. Scruggs, whe died Wednesday night from the ef fects of a fall from the third storj of his boarding house in Augusta was taken to Mitchel, Ga., for burial Nothing is known as to the cans* of the accident. He retired earl; and about two o'clock next mornini a policeman stumbled over his bod; lying on the pavement, 50 feet be low his bed room window. ? ? ? Mercy for the Merciless. Guilty with a recommendation t m A1?OV UfOQ the verdict returned Wed I I I V> t V J fl W- - v - _ nesday afternoon in the case of \Y N. Kennedy, a white man, at Spar tnnburg, charged with criminal at sail It on a colored girl, under th age of 14 years. The jury remaine out more than an- hour. It is discretion of the court to give fror 5 bo 4 0 years' imprisonment. Down on Cones. The ice cream cone is the latet i object of attack under the pure foo regulations of the Federal Goveri i ment. Thursday United States Mai shall Henkill with a force of depi i ties visited a pier at New York an seized 18 crates, containing six hur i dred boxes of the corrugated con'cj receptacles for ice cream. LESSONS IN FARMING f SERIES OF FARMERS INSTITUTES ~ ARE PLANNED. s , s r July and August Will bri (b-cat Months For (lie Tillers of (he Soil d ??The Parties and Schedule. e During July and August farmers' institutes under the auspices of ' Clemson college will be held in the ! 1 various counties of the State. The rj members of the Clemson college staff | o who will travel throughout the State i- in the interest of the institutes will 0 be divided into three parties, these ^ parties being as follows. ? a r.^ 'First Party?I), is. narrow, a. r. Conradi, T. E. Keitt and T. F. Jacke son. y Second Party?Prof. W. H. Parkins, Prof. L. A. Niven of Winthrop " and Dr. B. Barnette. e Third Jarty?Prof. J. N. Harper, Prof. C. C. Newman, and C. L. Goodrich of the United States department of agriculture. The institute at Gray Court wili 1 last two days, at Jonesville three days and at Fountain Inn live days, will include besides regular work , for the men, some domestic science - work for the women, to be given by j instructors from Winthrop college, j Following is the itenerary of the j parties: t First Party. AfcClellansville?July 11 and 12. Horse Penn?July 13. 1 Peniel?July 14. Cross Swamp?July 15. j Ehrardt?July 16. > Georgetown?July 18 and 19. 5 Pregnos School?July 20'. Scranton?July 21. 1 Turbeville?July 22. i Pi no wood?July 2 3. Dorchester County (point not determined)?July 25 and 26. Elloree?July 27. Jamison?July 28. Providence?July 29 and 3 0. 1 Cameron?August 1. Bethel School?August 2. Fair Lawn School?August 3. Richland County (point not deteri mined)?August 4. { Wilkensville?August 5. t Cherokee?August 6. Coleraine?August 8. Cross Keys?August y. } Jonesville?August 10, 11 and 12. Fountain Inn?Augusst 15 to 19. Second Party. ' Allendale?July 16. Williston?July 18. 5 Estelle?July 19. 1 Gray s Point?July 20. ShiloJi School?July 21. Point Not Settled?July 2 2. Reesville?July 23. Richland Church?July 25. Young's Grove?July 26. Tom Keitt's?July 27. J. C. Courtney's?July 28. Troy?July 2 9. Hodges?July 3 0. Apt Harmon Springs?August 1. Antreville?August 2. Wardsworth?August 3. Woodruff?August 4. Gray Court?August 5 and 6. Liberty?August 9. Raucusville?A ugust 1 0. Coweross School?August 11. Townville?August 12. Rock Mills?August 15. Helton?August 16. Williamston?August 1 7. Maulden?August 19. Third Party. General Sumter?July 25 N'ot Decided?July 2G. Bishopville?July 2i. St. Charles?July 28. Orange Hill?July 20. Mount Coghnn?July 2 0. Jefferson? August 1. Union School?August 2. Bethune?August 3. Hi 2in?August 4. Van Wyck?August 5. Seer 1st Farm?August <5. . Gold Hill Academy?August 8. Pleasant ^"alley?August 9. Stevens' School?August 10. Green Brier?August 11. Dillon?August 12. Marion?August 13. ) Sandy Plain School?August 15. Mullins?August 10. Fork?August 17. Meriwether?August 19. 3 Killed hy Lightning. y Two University of Illinois students were killed by lightning on the sum-j y niit of Mount Pisgah recently. The young men started to ascend the mnuntnJm in the morning When they did not return that night a search party was organized. Their 0 bodies were found under a big pine _ tree that had been shattered hy the bolt. j. More New Cotton Mills. e The State seems to he on the eve d of a revival of mill construction. On o top of the announcement, for the n plant called the Connemara Mills, at Laurens, and the establishment of a $4 00,000 mill on the Clinchfle'd above Spartanburg, comes the news 5t the Newberry is to have another big (1 cotton factory. i- # r. invite Senator Tillman. i- The board of commissioners of <1 Sullivan's Island have extended an l- invitation to Senator Tillman and u his family to visit the island to b", * the guest of the commission. | FIRST NATIO !# A CONWAY ? CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS PROFITS TOTAL ASSFSTS ? DIRECT J. A. '^IcDermott, John C. ?B. G. Collins, H. L. Bu M. Burroughs, C. P. Quat Successor to the Bank of I Horry County, and a pioneer i I ly allied with the recent deve ' D'.milill/i Uu?ikor1 )iv f hf> (1( | ivrjm i<uv?vu j jjL United States Bonds, we are pr . W to me is any reasonable acconum fH. A. SPIVEY, Cashier. BANK OF Conwaj Has largest capital and surplus of an I than the combined capital and surplt CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCKH SECURITY OF DEPOSITO DIREC Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every accoi will justify, and we sc ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, I). President. V We continue to pay 5 per PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ' 1 H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Lan CONWAY, S. O. t P v R. B. HCAKBKOUGH J t 1 CONWAY, 8. C. u d Attorney at Law. u j H. H. BURHOUGH8 0 a fi*h7Rkian and Sorseoi, e 1] CONWAY, a C. v h t B. WOFPORD WAIT. o t Attorney at Lar> /. t f Rank of Horry Building. 'I CONWAY, S. O. (l t. + I) THE WORLDS 6REATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE Jj k J.IGHT RUNNING^ lllSv If you want either a VWinding shuttle, Rotary Shuttle or a Single Thread [Chain Stitch\ Sewing Machine write to TNE NEW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE COMPANY ? Orange, Masai. ; Many sewing machines arc made to sell regardless of . quality, but the New Home is made to wear; Our guaranty never runs out ? old by authorised dealers only* 1 FOR SALS IV ' BURROUGHS & COLLINS CO., t Conway, S. O. ? o s The Augusta Chronicle says "some way ought to be devised to keep Commissioner Watson in South Car- r olina. He could he ill-spared from j tire state for which he .has done such j wonderful work in bringing to light ' J- x - 1...4 ili? its resources. inai is true, uul mi; position offered iMr. Watson is a flattering one, and opens up a wide < Held of usefullness for him. < ? t The Danville Register and The 1 Chariot to Obseri er are waging a 1 newspaper war against the "rats," t "puffs" and other forms, shapes and : kinds of false hair with which the women, in an attempt to adorn. That < is what we call leading a genuine < forlorn hope. < ?NAL BANKV , s. c. W $2r?,000.00 ^ 15.500.00 A 125.000.00 ik 0K8: ? %w^ Spivey, D. T. McNeil], A ick, W. H. Lewie, D. M tlebaum, D. A. Spivey. -P Conway, t.he oldest Hank In ? n Eastern Carolina. Close- ^Br lopnient of the Independent ^ overnnient and secured by epared to extend to our cub- vvl odatlons. W B. G. COLLINS, jjfc President, ? HORRY, r. S, C. -fy y bank in Horry county. More is of all other banks in the county. $50,000 12,500 OLDEltS . . . . 50,000 RS 1 1 2,500 10RS D. V-Richardson, W. A. Johnson, W ill A. I4 reeman. nmodation which their accounts licit your business. V. Richardson, will a. freemar ice President. Cased* r n cent, on yearly deposits. DANGER PLAGES IN A STORM. ""he Peril of a Crowd, Hedges, Iron Fences or Trees. What is the safest place la a. hunderstorni ? As a rule Uie safest lace of all is inside ii bulldiug; rhlch is provided with a perfect ightnimg conductor. The conducor, however, must have no defects, f it be broken or have a faulty coillection it is then a source of grave anger. In an ordinary dwelling house inguarded as it usually . is against ightning, a safe place is the middle f the largest room, wdiere one is way from the walls, or a still safr precaution Is to lie on an iron ed drawn, out from contact with the rail. 'The most dangerous places in the louse, we are further told, are near he hell wires, or an open window, r the fireplace. Outside the house he places of danger are proximity o walls and buildings and iron ences. Another danger is a crowd ' l-> / >. i'n i1n?' urhloh l'lc? f Pfitu it Pl'dU'd '.IU V CI |l\y I n II 1VII ? k7V I i W til ?? V V/ > v? ends to lead a flash toward the rowd. In the open country one of he most dangerous places is the iank of a river. Avenues of trees, akos, and hedges are likewise danierotis. If any one doubts the danger of a lawthlorn hedge let him take his land at a safe distance during a reportable storm and watch the elect. The lightning will dart along he hedge like sheets of fire. If the _ * ihserver gets wet to the skin, so 11 uch the better for his safety. / Warships Sold. Secretary of the Navy Meyer has igned an order authorizing the sale >f the third class cruisers Detroit md Host on, the gunboat Conoord ind the torpedo boat Winslow. From i military standpoint the usefulness >f these vessels has passed. The [mount of money required to place hem in condition was so large and heir value, comparative, sq, small vhen in service, that the hoard of inspection and survey for ships re 'onvmenoea mat it wouia ne poor (fionomy to refit them. Makes Good. The United States submarine boat Salmon, which sailed from Qulncey, VI ass., July 5, reached Hamilton. Bermuda, a distance of 800 miles, Sunday. The seaworthiness of the ittle craft was proved to the entire >aiifsfaciion of tiie representatives of .he navy aboard and the* builders. ? ? The Newberry Herald and News lays every city should pass stringent ordinances against the moving lictures of the Johnson-Jeffries fight, fhere is nothing .helpful or elevat ng in their exhibition and it may ead to trouble. It is said that those who purchased Uie right to tho moving pictures >f the Jeffries-Johnson fight expected to make a cool million dollars exlibiting them. Since the opposition las developed against the pictures hese figures will have to be revised. Send your boy or girl to college jven if you have to pinch a little. A education will be worth more to :hem than the money it would cost. #