The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 22, 1910, Image 3
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MAY LOSE ONE !
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A Rearrangement of Congressional Districts
Will be Made.
NEW CENSUS FIGURES
If Congress Increases the leasts of
Representation, As Is Very Likely,
Changes of Districts in This State
Will (.'lit Off One of Our Congressmen.
While the General Assembly at
its 1911 session will, in accordance
with the State Constitution, reapportion
the membership of the House
of Representatives, along the lines
recently set forth on the basis of tne
19 10 census, it depends upon whether
Congress at the present session
nassps :l i'eaDDorLionmenL bill as to
when the rearrangement of the Congressional
districts will he made.
But the State will necessarily be redistricted
before the election of 19 12
?either at the 1011 or the 10 12 session,
and preferably at the 1011 session,
if the basis of representation
in the national House is then known.
The following interest in? discussion
ft>f the above subject by the Columbia
correspondent of The News and
Courier will be read with interest:
The present basis is one representative
to every 194,000 inhabitants.
In round nuinuers, and on this
basis South Carolina has seven representatives
for a population of 1
3 4 0,91(5 in 1 90 0. The Slate will
possibly lose a congressman, since
the basis of representation is certain
to be increased, it is said in Washington.
and If the basis is increased
to more than 21 0,000 South Carolina
will ho entitled to not more than six
1 representatives. This would necesL
sitnte an entirely new distribution
of the counties in congressional districts.
There are only three of the
present seven districts which now
mnri' than 210.000 inhabitants.
Kl?l*V' i.. v ?? - - - ? - - ,
the three being the 4th, fith and 7th
districts. These three, it happens,
also have more than 220.000 each,
and this figure, 220,000, is more
likely to he adopted as the basis of
representation. In that case South
Carolina will have only six reprebtmrtalives
in congress and the State wil!
be entirely redistricted, as stated
^ above.
I'opiilnt Ion.
The arrangement of the districts
nt. present, with the population of
each county, according to the new
census, the total population of the
districts in 1910 and in 1900, and
the increases, are as follows:
First District?Five Counties
Dorchester 17..C)1
Berkeley 2 2.1 S7 ;
Charleston S8,5D4
Clarendon 2 2,1 OS
Colleton
Tot Hi, 1010 197,170.
Total, 1 900 1 90,3 90 1
Increase 1.0S0
Second District?Seven Counties.
Aiken 41,849
Pamkersr 18.544
Darnwell 32,200
Beaufort 30,335 ,
Edgefield 28,281
Hampton 25,126
Saluda 20,943
Total, 1910 197,307
Total. 1900 190,663
Increase 6,6 45
Third District-?Six Counties.
Abbeville 34,804
Anderson 49,568
Greenwood 34,225
Newberry 34,580
Oconee 27,3 3 7
Pickens 25,422
Total, 1910 205,942
Total, 1900 190,662
Increase 16,280
Fourth District?Four Counties.
Greenville 68,377
Laurens 41,550
n a. %? a o a n r
rtparwuDurg OJ>,u''
| Union 39,911
Total, 1910 ..238,303
Total, 1900 181,933
Increase 51,370
Fifth l>iwtrlct?Seven Counties.
j Cherokee 26,179
Cheater 29,425
Chesterflelrf 26,301
Fairfield 29,442
Kershaw . 27,894
Lancaster 26,650
York 47,718
Total, 1910 .213,609
Total, 1 900 190,492
Increase 23,117
Sivtli District?Fight Counties.
Darlington 36,027
Florence 35,6 71
Georgetown 22,27 1
Horry 2 6,99.)
Marion 20.596
Marlboro.. . . 31,189
Williamsburg 37,626
Dillon. 22,615
Total, 191 0 . .232,990
Total, 11)00 201,57 7
Increase 31.413
Seventh District.?Seven Counties.
Lee 25,318
Lexington 3*5,040
Orangeburg 55,993
3n rn t o r .. .. H W 4 79
Richland 55,14 3
Calhoun 10,*034
Total, 1910 223,600
Total, 1900 183,753
Increase 39,847
Cains.
It will be seen that In the abso'e
gains the district* rank as follows:
First, the 4th district, with a gain
of 51,370.
Second, the 7th district, gain 3 9,|
ooo.
Third, roll dl?frir?t irnln 31 41 9
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Fjourth, 5th district, gain 23,4 9 2.
Fifth, 3d district, gain 15,2?0.
Sixth, 2d district, gain 6,045.
oeventh, 1st district, gain 1,080.
Itank.
In order of their total population,
according to fhe 1910 census, the
districts rank as follows: 4th, Gth,
7th, 5th, 3d, 1st and 2d.
The 4 tli, 6th and 7th districts
might remain unchanged, oven on a
basis of 220,000, but other counties
will have to be added to the 1st and
2d districts even on a basis of 200,000,
and this will require that some
counties bo taken f;om the other districts.
The districts adjoining the
1st and 2d districts are the 6th, 7th
and 3d. so that it now seems inevitable
that there shall be an entirely
new arrangement of tlio counties to
form the six or seven districts, as
the case may be.
Greenville and Spartanburg, now
both in the 4th district, would be
?lad to get into separate districts.
While these two counties are similar
i? i *? ? 1
111 | >w ji (i i<i i.iwn <11111 reautirruti, ui C r18
rivalry between them, and they a/e
respectively the third and second
most populous counties in the Stale.
(*p to 1900 both were In the same
district as Columbia.
The matter of redisricting the j
State will command the attention of,
the legislature and require much
care and thought to work out satisfactorily.
NATIONAL (.'INNKIt'S UK POUT.
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Indicates Yield Under Eleven Million
Hales.
According to the report of the
National dinners' association issued
at Memphis Fii.iay about WV.OOu
halels ol cotton were ginned during
the period from December 1 to December
13, compared with 481,000
bales in 1 909. The report states
that the crop is 99 per cent picked
and 90 per cent ginned, indicating a
crop under 1 1,059,000.
'I'he reports from ginners show
that Die winning will be completed
by January 1.
The report by States follows:
Alabama 1, i 1 1,000
Arkansas 073,000 i
Florida 00,000 |
Georgia 1,000,000 <
Louisiana 260,0 00 1
Mississippi 1,046,000
North Carolina 608,noo
Oklahoma 801,000
South Carolina 1,089,000
Tennessee 205,0 00
Texas 2,862,000 i
Various C4.00 0
i
Total 10,617,000 I
WANT BIGARMY
Says This Cssslry is at the Mrrcy ?t Aiy
Forrifo Eieny Says
REPORT TO CONGRESS
General Wood Confirms Startling
Details?He, In an Examination
Before House Committee, Point*
Out Nation's Weakness?llolutoii
Proposes National Defense Council.
A sensational report from the wai
department showing that the country
Invasion from foreign governments
ts Inadequately protected against
was sent to the house Wednesday a?
i secret document and, after a nurnoer
of conferences and hurried telephone
messages, was returned to the
war department on the ground that
the house could not receive a secret
report.
Members who saw the document
f efore Its withdrawal say it is a reoort
of J. M. Dickinson, secretary of
war; that it points out that the country
is wholly unprepared; that there
is a woeful inadequacy of men, of
sting and of ammunition; that the
iimy should be reorganized and that
i council of national defense, with
he secretary of war at ils head,
should be created by congress. The i
report of Gen. Wood, which was
marked "confidential," dealt with
hese matters and gave oflicial admission
to matters that are of more !
or less common knowledge among
irmy and navy experts in this country
and abroad. In fact, the real
significance of the document is that
it makes official admissions of these
conditions.
Gen. Wood, in his testimony before
the house military committee
furnished some of the most
interesting information ever given
before that body. He discussed the
whole subject of national defense,
fold where the weak points lay, and
laid particular emphasis on the pos dbllity
of attack from the Orient.
Ho did not give vent to any aianmsu
views as to danger of any immediate |
nvasions, but talked confidentially
>f the need of changes as prudent
?nd valuable, to guard against trouble
from Japan or China.
Representative MacLachian, the
author of the resolution which
brought the official exposition of the
weakness of the militry defense, Bald
'oday:
"A foreign country could land
200,000 troops on the Pacific coast
in 30 days, and the only intimation
of trouble would be the blowing up
of the mountain passes, thus preventing
any communication with the
East. In the three States west of
the Rocky mountains?California,
Oregon and Washington?we have
2.000 retrnlar troons and H.OOO State
militiamen. The best military authorities
say that it would take years
to dislodge foreign troops if they
ever got a foothold under these coalitions,
and that it would cost the
United States a billion of dollars."
The hill introduced today by Representative
Hobson provides for a
national council for defenso and is
the result of his conference with
President Taft, Secretary Dickinson
ind other otlicials.
The war department's precaution
to protect the report led to a serious
mix-up in the house. The report
was marked "confidential," but
that precaution was indicated only
on a part of the document. In the
routine handling of the report it was
passed along with other executive
documents to the clerk's oflice.
un/>li mill tore !iw niion f n mm. i
lie inspection, but almost Instantly
its confidential nature was discovered
and it was withdrawn to the
privacy of the speaker's office.
After looking into the precedents,
the speaker concluded that there was
no warrant for the reception of the
report as a confidential communication.
There he returned it to Secretary
Dickinson with a polite letter
calling attention to the rules of the
house, which require all originally
executed communications to he'
p rin ted.
The secretary received this letter [
very late in the day and consequent-i
ly withheld his answer until tomor-'
row. It is probable that he will !
withhold from the house the appendices
to the original report,
which, after all, contained the only
rc'aUy confidential matter and resubmit
the document, omitting the inIunctional
confidence.
Kills Daugln ci-'s Kseort.
Policeman Lubbock Wednesday}
*hot and probab' fatally wounded
lami-i Fife, a tuother ollicer, at i
II APCI Art Tovio 1 \ f i ion ? it ! I li I II U
I1UUUIV/II, V .> 11 O I M v, W (I O Willi I J 11 11 bock's
daughter o: die street when,
[lie latter met then. \nd opened lire.
Miss 1 nhhock ran t her father and
endeavored to keep ini from shooing.
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The first battle of tnassas, where
die gfen troops of ho South de- I
feated Minost twice heir number,
lalf of *hoin were socullcd seasoned I
regular* demonstrated the fact that <
<ve do n t need a large standing army j 1
o defend our country from foreign] I
uvader* . i
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PUIS BULUT IN HEAD
WltKX HK IS OOllNHKfcV U\
FOHKK OF FA KM KICK
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A DhHuk IWiiik KolK>or Take. H?m
Own lJt'e When Ksai|*? is 1u<p?>a>
Bible.
Earl Ward, 3 0 year? of age, who
this morning robbed the State mtok.
of Paradise, Kan., securing $1,500
killed himself when sut rounded bv a
posse of farmers, fourteen. tn'les
north of that place, 1U* today.
Ward's suicide wae h cMmfj. .o
one of the most sensational jobber es
committed In Kansas In recent ye* 3.
He made a hard ride for liberty t?>jt
a posse of farmers surrounded h'tn
at sundown. Then he turned 'be
gun he had bought earlier in je
day upon himoclf arid cent a bn??et
through his brain.
On the body the posse found oe
* o r A A ~ 1 ?w, ?lr VV/ n . I
OIUIWU 1 I Ulll HIT iMUin, f? u ?,
who lives twelve niles northeast,
went to Paradise last night. lie ? tracted
only casual notice. Thi>
morning he went to a hardware store
and bought a revolver, ammur'tion
and a coil of rope. He then en. ere.i
tho bank, where he covered Cashie
Bert O'Brien and four other mei
with the weapon.
After (ho safe had been opened L>>
tho cashier at Ward's diuection ihc
five men were marched into a track
room and forced to lie on the floor.
The lone bandit then tied and gagged
them with gunnv sacking.
After taking the $2,500 from ..he
vault Ward walked to a luirilv n-e
store, purchasing a ritle and a laiM-r"
number of cartridges, and mourn.ng
his horse rode rapidly away. In a
short time t:.e men in the bank wero
discovered and released. A p >sse
quickly formed and started in pursuit.
DR. KNATP WKIiL PLKASEi
Letter Received by Commissi* *?er
Watson on Corn Display.
Seaman A. Knapp, special agent
In charge of the farm developn ent
work for the United States dep irt|
ment of agriculture, has wri 'en
Commissioner Watson a lettei in
the recent corn exposition helc tn
Columbia. Dr. Knapp is well km vn
throughout the South and especially
in this State and therefore his tetter,
given below, will he of Interest:
"Dear Mr. Watson: Your \z~y
Interesting letter of the !)th, giving
information about tho corn exposition,
is at hand
i "I have noted with great pleas ire
the wonderful p ogress being made
in South Carolina and we are do ng
all that we can to contribute to :t.
With tho nrr?spn intorost if matt ?r?
are properly hat lied, I think there
will be no, dltlU- Itv In bringing
South /Carolina t.. the front in ail
a g r ic u 1 tufrWf' matters."
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GIVEN FOlt GOOI) CAUSE.
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Carnegie Donates Ten Million to Promote
Peace.
At Washington surrounded by
twenty-seven trustees of his choosing,
comprising former Cabinet members,
ex-ambassadors, college presidents,
lawyers and educators, Andrew
Carnegie Wednesday transferred
$1 0,000.One in 5 per tent
mortgage bonds. v.,lued at
000, to be devoted primarily to the
establishment, of universal peace by
the abolition of war between nations
and such friction as may In pair
"the progress and happiness of
man." When wars between na ?ons
shall have cease 1 the fund is to be
applied to such altruistic purpose- as
"will best help man in his glor ?us
ascent onward and upward" by be
banishment of 'he "most degrad" ag
evil or evils" then harrassing mankind.
Cyclone Devastates Provinces.
Storms of a cyclonic character are
flooding a part of the country and
the situation is becoming desperate
in the provinces of Malaga, Seville
Ya! latbdid, ii.ula/.ose. Zamora and '
Covunna. Prac'lcallv all the crops
in these district?" have been destroyed
and the people are threatr>>.rw?
with f?i in ln^ W n Mi*An/l o -1 ^1
V ,1V <1 .< I W> t 1(111 lit vi -1(1 HI VilU It II II 11* I' (
egraphio communications are broken *
everywhere and it has been found j
almost impossible to send .assistance (
to the sufferers.
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Freight Fnyine Fxplodes.
.T. Fermier, aped 20. brakemnn l
was instantly killed, Hen Hill, tiro- i
mar, was fatally injured and Mai i
Reed, engineer, was >erio <?iy hurt r
Monday night when a Miissonri. r
Kansas & Texas freight engine ex- .
ploded, rix miles north >f Dallas s
Texas. The boiler wis b'tod from f
the trucks and hurled 200 feet from \
the track. a
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Ktrveiliii'C Is IvilltM. I
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ueorvp aiooi'o, a srevom e at llio |
Champion compress at \\ lminglon
wU8 instantly killed Wedn mIuv af- a
ternoon while loading <att a in the 11
British steamer St. Jerome, oid John 1
Lamb, another stevodo-e, >?as seriously
injured. The met \vf e in the
hold of the vessel wh o tl ? Gtorni- 1
back fell in on them, MootVs head
b*vtnc hAAn split opAn '
HaJNK Oh
Conwa
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Has largest capital and surplus of a
than the combined capital and surp
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OF STOCK
SECURITY OF DEPOSIT
DIRHC
Robert B. Scarborough,
hi. L. 15uck,
?*?orge J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every acc
' j will justify, and we
<ORERT B. SCARBOROUGH, L
I'REBIDENT.
We continue to pay 5 pe
FIRST NATI(
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/|\ COX WA
CAPITAL STOCK
1\ SURPLUS PROFITS
/j\ TOTAL ASSESTS. . .. . . . .
'ft
1)1 It ICC
'ft J. A. McDormott, John (
/|V R. G. Collins, H. L. 1
M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui
/i\ Successor to the Rank ol
Horry County, and a pioneer
Iv allied with the re-ent dev
/^\ Republic. Hacked by the 1
/iw United States Bonds, we are |
" touiers" any reasonable accoini
'ft
/|\ H. A. 8PIVEY,
% Cashier.
NO FOOD FOR A WEEK
IIIR1LLIXG STORY OF A SURVIVOR
OF SEA TRAGEDY.
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Vfter Starving a Week, He Seta Oui
For the Shore Pursued by Man}
Sharks.
After drifting for six days without
food on a derelict, Theodore Anderton
;i fsiv nftfi nwnin In RhOTfl Oil the
vest coast of Australia.
Ho told a thrilling story of the
disaster that had brought death to
every other member of the crew
News of the tragedy was brought
here by tho steamer Moana from
Brisbane.
The derelict was a pearling lugger
cT 2 00 tons, the Hugh Norman. She
wis sailing down the coast from
Broome to Freemantle, when she
struck a reef.
The dingey was launched and all
members of the crew except Anderson
and tho captain boarded her.
The little boat drifted away and was
swamped. All her occupants were
d town (Ml.
Tho captain ordered Anderson to
jump iti after tho dingey, but seeing
three sharks cruising in the vicinity
he refused.
Later tho lugger drifted oiY tho
reef and the captain leaped overhoard
and tried to swim ashore, but
was attacked and devoured by 1
sharks.
Next day Anderson decided to risk
all in an effort to reach land. It
took him one hour to swim ashore
and lie was pursued by sharks but
ascaped them.
Many Are Drowned.
The German Meamer Palorno is a
total wreck off Cape Corrubodo, on
the west coast of Galicia, Spain Her
five passengers and crew of nineteen
were lost. Advices received staic
that the vessel struct- and went to
f)ieccs during a fierce gale last Sun- i
day night.
YOl'.Vti (illlb IIANGS IIKKSKLF.
Body of Miss <?orr Found in Ha mi
Near Lak?' City.
Miss Susie Gorv fourteen year?
Md. of Vlneland, N C . committee
uiicide Monday at te.\ ister's Mil!
our miles from L- e City, says s
lispatch to The NT s ami Courier
Mie was visiting b r cousin, Mrs
3d die Antwine, wh saw her last
uiyp hi 11' o cioc'k. i dp noiiv was
ound about, midday, hanging by a
ope from a joist in tin* barn. Kvi*
leiitly 'he desperate iiir 1 stood or
barrel, tied the rope to the joisi ?
ind around 1?or ::e? k and jumped of;
v letter was fe tid near the body
tating that it ujild be best for tio*
o kill herself ml then her name
vould not be 1? everybody's mouth,
in 2 requesting e be buried at her
iome. A half *>nished b,r?er to her
a t her,-1 Ion ry -?'C. was also found
lie was well *?n doped for her age
?>d of very reassessing appearnee.
Magist> \i? duldwin held the
nquest and a -foict of suicide was .
et urned.
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If Charleston id given the Kdlsto
reject her a ^re support there
irould bo 110 oubt of '??* going
hrough.
1 HOKKY,
y. S, C.
iny bank in Horry county. More
>lus of all other banks in the county*
. tr.o onn
? www m m w ?yvv?vvv
12,500
:holders .. .. 50,000
oks 112,000
:iors
D. V. Richardson,
W. A.
Will A. Freeman,
ommodation which their accounts
solicit your business.
). V. Richardson, will a. freema*
\ ice I'kebldhnt CaBHIKE
r cent, on yearly deposits.
"\\1 A I T> A
Y, 8. C. ^
$25,000.00
2,500.00 Jfn
1 25,000.00 /4\
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TORS: A
1 Spivey, D. T. McNeill,
luck, W. It. Lewis, 1).
attlebaum, 1). A. Spivey.
f Comvay, t.he oldest Hank in j'W
in Eastern Carolina. Closeelopment
of the Independent
Government and secured by
jrepared to extend to our cub- y?c
mod at ions.
11. COLLINS,
President.
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PROF ESS! O NA!j CA Rf)gs
K. H. WOODWARD
1 f f'irn<.? anil rnnnpt>lnr At T a ?
v\f UUVVI\/I ** % MLdm W I
CONWAY, 8. C.
K. B. SCAlUUtOUGH
CONWAY, S. C.
Attorney at Uw.
H. U. BUlUtOUGHB
Physician ami Stirgeoa.
CONWAY. 8. C.
H. WOFFOltD WAIT.
Attorney at /.
I'wink of I lorry llui!<li*ig.
CONWAY, S. C.
(HE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE
j^^HT RUNNj^^|
l< - ' ^
V ^A 7 * *k*:y
E/yrr. want cllhera Vibralln^Shuttlc,
oil utile or a Single ^Thread [Chain ?iVwoAJ '
fcM'wIng Machino write lo
f?l HtW HOMF SEWING MACHINe COM? A*#,
Orange, Mass,
tC&fiy sewtns: machine* are ni.i>te lo sell reinrdtmi Jli
f uaUty, but the \ t'W Homo is luade to w -uUt
Ou* guaranty never runs out.
Aout t>y ttiiihorirotl tivulen ootf: I
tou WU uv
ni'KKOCtiHS A COl.LlXa CO.,
Conway, S. C.
( ItiM Hums to Death.
An exploding lamp in (ho homo of
H. .1. Woodoook at Gleenvillo, Ga.?
I'hursdny night caused the death by
fire of the --year-old granddaughter
oi Mr. Woodcock. The child's grandmother
made an unsuccessful effort
t ? save her. The house was burned,
Incinerating the bnhv, *
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(lots Higger -lob.
The treasury dcpnrtmeut Tuesday
appointed Giles L. Wilson, a national
hank examiner assigned to South
Carolina and north Georgia. Mr.
Wilson presented his resignation a8
State bank examiner of South Carolina
on Monday.
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