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r LANDS SOUTH ? Bradford Koapp Predicts a Great Fatire far This Section i CORN SHOW WAS GREAT The H(?<1 of the United States Farm Demonstration Work Delivers a Most Kxcellent Address at the Hocent Successful Corn Show Held in Colombia. "The progress has been so rapid and the possibilities are so great that 11 r\o/vt\1/\ /\ f f li /\ CJ/mi t Vi AflnA/iinllir /\ f juu ui iuu uwuIU ui South Carolina are causing the people of the North and West to look "with amazement. The nation is commencing to appreciate that there are greater possibilities in the South than In any other section of the country." The above expression furnished the keynote to an able address delivered by Bradford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work Friday, to the members of the Boys' Corn clubs and farmers of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, who attended the corn exposition at Columbia. "The National Corn show, the greatest agricultural exposition in the world will bo held hero in January of next year," said Dr. Knapp, "and the holding of this exposition will cause hundreds and thousands of visitors to come to South Carolina from the North, West and Middle West. The strangers will be astonished and astounded at the wonderful progress that is being made hero along agrlcultuial lines. There is nothing in my mind of greater importance to this section than the holding of this great agricultural exposition in South Carolina. I wish that it wore possible for every farmer in South Carolina a.nd other Southern States to attend the exposition and 'measure themselves up with the farmers attending from the West." Dr. Knapp is a great agriculturist. He is carrying to consummation ihe. great work inaugurated by his father, the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. II* i? vitally interested in the development of the South. He .'s particularly interested in the progress that is being made in South Carolina. Dr. Knapp talked plainly to the farmers. He told of the work that Is being accomplished by the United States farm demonstration work. He explained that the work is constructive and designed to make life more attractive to the farmer by getting him just what he should receive for his efforts. Dr. Knapp was delighted with the South Atlantic States Corn exposition. He said that exposition was a great factor in educating the farmer along i the right lines. He thought the exhibits exceptionally fine. In speaking of the results secured as a result of the efforts of the farm demonstration work and the State tie- i pnrtment of agriculture, he said: < "The yield per acre for the South i Carolina corn crop last year was 18.6 ? bushels per acre. The yield this year was 18.2 bushels. The seasons were adverse, and vet the decrease was nn- ' ly 4 per cent., which shows that the edcuation campaign has not been in vain. He related how the annual production of corn in this State had been increased during the past several years and especially how the yield per acre had increased. He explained the object of the farm demonstration department and said that should the J farmers follow the instructions given f that it would mean thousands of dol- { lars. Land is Not Poor. "All of your land is not poor down here," said Dr. Knapp. "It may look 1 poor, but it is not. What a magni- ^ ficent opportunity for a young man in the South and South Carolina!" ex- 1 claimed the speaker. 7 "T thinlr " "ho nnntininsrl "fhnt if T '' * ? " * v vlid not hare a position in Washington and was not situated Just like I 0 a;n that I would coino down here and 0 launch my fortune. My advice to the young men of South Carolina is to get 11 hold of a piece of farm land and hang on to It. If a man does his work right on the farm of this section he v ill soon be independent. Dr. Knapp thanked the farmers of South Carolina for the hearty and sincere cooperation received by the farm demonstration agents. lie also ? ex (ended thanks to assistance given to the work by the State department e! agriculture and Clemson college. ^ I'o said that all agencies working to the completion of tho programme of progress in South Carolina should co opor.ate to a common end. ITo said that he not only required the agents of the department to give the farm- ,( ers information along agrucltural linos, but to help in the movement Sf for better roads, schools and M churches. "All of theso things." ho w said,""go to make up the ideal conn- a try life." al The population of the United States Is rapidly increasing," said the speaker, "and it is the duty of every man who owns land to take care of it. Si It is his duty to the future genera- tr tions. The development of the land S( means that the source of all food sup- pi plies Is kept up. The man who fails T1 to take care of kit land Is therefore bt WILL RACE NO MORE JOCKEY CLUB TO SELL SHEEPSHTAI) BAY TRACK. >? When New York Voted Out Gambling I at Horse Racing the Sport Was Abandoned. The New York World says that the historic Sheepshead Bay race track is to pass from the control of the Coney Island Jockey Club was the statement made Friday night by V. E. Schaumberg, secretary of tho organization. This is taken to mean that the club's members have abandoned all hope for the repeal of the Owners' Liability law, which might put racing in New York State again on a firm basis. Earlier in the day Mr. Schaumburg appeared before the Tax Commissioners in Brooklyn and asked that the assessment placed upon the property by them be reduced. The hearing brought out the fact that at a meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club on Monday a syndicate of capitalists, headed by E. C. <M Fitzgerald and David Michel, two Brooklyn real estate brokers, were given an option on the property. The price is said to be $3,000,000. The general opinion is that the tract will be made into an athletic Hold, especially adapted for automobiling, aviation and motor boating. The latter would be made possible by allowing Gerretson'a Creek to flow through the property. It is further said that the prospective owners Intond to construct a two-mile course for autos, so that all the races of the metropolitan circuit could be conducted there. In addition there are to bo salesrooms and an exhibition hall. It Is possible that the property will be cut up into building lots. The track contains about 43 0 acres in the heart of Rheepshead Bay, a condition that will make it valuable as a residential section. Mr. Michel refused to discuss the matter at all. Mr. Fitzgerald said: "It is true that Mr. Michel and I have an option on the track. At present everything connected with the matter is strictly confidential." SHEEP WAR IS BEGUN. Gentlemen Make Night Attack on Flock and Kill Many. Bear River valley, Colorado, is aroused over what appears to be the beginning of another sheep war similar to that which 15 years ago resulted in the deaths of a number of men and thousands of sheep. The opening slaughter came vi'hen 100 animals belonging to George Wooly were killed near Craig, Col., at a time when he was in Denver purchasing 3,000 to be pastured in the valley which cattlemen regard as their exclusive territory. The raid was carefully planned, the men com Ing to the ranch when a boy 15 years of age was there alone. They had cut all telephone wires and hence their escape was easy. POUR SHOT INTO EACH OTHER. rwo Prominent Men Engage in Fatal Shotgun Duel. Standing twenty-five feet apart, Ul*ick Langford and Ilenry Driggers soured squirrel shot into each other it L*aueue uity, i<i&M rriaay atterloon. Driggera expired before he !Ould be removed from the street, ind Langford died a few hours later, loth men had been drinking, and, ollowing a quarrel, decided to shoot t out. Both secured shotguns, itepped off the distance, and at the 1 vord commenced firing. Driggers, >artly disemboweled, fired the sec- 1 ?nd shot which caused Langford's eath while lying on the ground. Both ' nen are prominently connected. n enemy to all society, and the man ' vho builds up his land confers an verlasting benefit upon future genrations." In speaking of the exposition he ( ointed out that more corn means * lore live stock. He urged the farm- 1 rs to "live at home" and keep the housands of dollars for food supplies way from the West. ( umi. i. i_ ?n ii- - a 1 i i iiih is* one 01 nit? iinesi corn 1 hows," said Dr. Knapp, following A is address, "that I have ever attend- ' d. There is some excellent corn r ere, and it only goes to show what ( le farmers of the South are capable v f accomplishing. Ho also believes K int the National Corn show will do uich toward upbuilding the South. Plunged to Her Death. i Two little children of Mrs. :M. Al>n, nil Aberden St., Chicago, saw leir mother plunge to death from a 8 ^cond-story window Wednesday. v rs. Allen was leaning out of the * indow while sho pinned clothes on 1 pulley line, when she lost her bailee and fell. Booze Was Cheeked Through. v The Spartanburg Journal says r ate Detective John Miller seized a 1 unk in the baggage room at the *1 juthern depot Tuesday, which was E icked with 4 4 pints of whiskey, y his booze was checked to Spartan- * irg from Charleston. ti DEMOCRATS SWEEP ARIZONA. Elect Nearly All the Officers County and State. A dispatch from Phoenix, Arizona, says the Democrat will place two members in the United States Senate and one member in the Mouse of Representatives, a Governor at Phoenix, and unless present indications are materially changed will make a clean sweep of the State ticket, as a result of the first State election. The Legislature will be more than three-fourth Democratic, insuring the election of Henry F. Ashhurt of Prescott and Mark A. Smith of Tucson to the Senate. Carl Hayden of Phoenix was elected to Congress. George W. P. Hunt of Globe was elected Gov ernor. Democratic State Chairman J. Bw Birdno issued a statement Friday night claiming the election of the Democratic candidates by majorities ranging from 1,500 to 2,000. "The people of Aiizona simply refused to indorse Taft's dictation as to what kind of a constitution Arizona should have," Mr. Birdno said, "and while they voted to eliminate the recall it will be returned at the proper time." ? NAVY WON'T TAKE BANDITS. ? High-Born Boys, Who Committed Bobberies, Defused. One of the most remarkable scenes ever witnessed in the County court in Washington, Pa., came this week when James It. Dudley, Eugene Wheeler and Joseph Carter, all under 21 years of age, and all members of prominent families, went before Judge J. A. Mcllwaine and entered formal pleas of guilty to a long list of burglaries which had puzzled the police for months. When it became known recently that the boys were ready to admit the robberies a desperate effort was made by attorneys and influential friends to save the accused from prison. A tentative arrangement, was reached by which it was practically promised th? boys would be let go if tboy enlisted in the United States navy. The recruiting station, however, refused to accept them, and then the three young men came before the court and entered pleas. They were sentenced to prisou. terrible tragedy enacted. Disappointed Dover Kills His Sweetheart and Brothers. A dispatch from Vienna, Austria, says a terrible tragedy has taken place at the house of a former official in the ministry of justice, 'Baron Holzknecht. The teacher of his children, Chevalier de Matkovich, aged 24, had asked for the hand of the baron's daughter, Marie, who is also 2 4 years of age. The father refused the request. Matkovich thereupon entered the house in the absence of the father and mother and shot Mario with a revolver. He also killed her brother, Robert, aged 21, and mortally wounded another brother, George, aged 17, who died shortly afterward. The murderer then committed suicide with the same revolver. The parents returning home were met by a terrible spectacle. robbed near edgefield. * Held Up by Bandits and Relieved of Good Sum. a special dispatch from Edgefield to the Augusta Chronicle says that Monday night about nine o'clock, near I>og Creek on the Johnston road, Mr. Jesse C. Turner was attacked by several men while on his way from j Augusta to his home in tho Harmony section and robbed of the sum of $4 87. It has been impossible to get nt the real facts of the case; but, it 3eems that Mr. Turner was to Augus- i la and received the amount of money stated. He did not leave for Ills < tiome till some time after dark, and i was robbed at the place and of the j 11110unt stated. It is said that on ac- 1 lount of the darkness, Mr. Turner did < lot recognize any of the assailants, j ? ? ? 1 Children Were Kidnapped. Marian and Margaret Holmes, light, and ten years old, respectively, he daughters of It. J. Holmes, a f vealthy resident, of Downers Grove, i 11., were kidnapped and spirited ( iway in a large touring car while on i heir way to school. The kidnapping \ vas witnessed by more than 100 I chool children. f ? ? 1 Humeri While Family Was Away. The home of Pelham Craft, a Lexngton county farmer, was burned lown, with all Its contents, on Thurs- t lay night. The family were away 1 ponding the night with relatives and n /hen they returned home on Friday t hey found only a bed of ashes whoro c he house had stood. * f ?? C Went in Ladies' Room. Fearing violenco to two negroes rho confessed to entering the bed oom of a young woman of Mansfield, ^ .a., some days ago, officers brought d liem before a special session of court, r ioth were sentenced to sorve twenty p ears each In the penitentiary and v rere hurried to Baton Rouge on a b rain. j b DROWNING JAPANESE SAIIiORS. Went Down Singing Tlieir National Anthem to the Dast. Going to death singing the nationpi anthem and shouting "banzeas" for their emperor, 95 members of the crew of Japanese torpedo boat destroyer Herusamo went down with the war vessel 011 November 24, according to advices brought by the steamer Panama Maru Friday to Victoria, B. C. Stories of the fifteen survivors, as officially communicated to the admiralty, by the commander of the destroyer Isonamo, are dramatic. The Harusamo, which was caught in a hurricane in the inland sea, started for Wakanour in distress, the vessel swinging with force in the tremendous sea. 1 The commander sought to make Matoya island. The destroyer was unmanageable, however, and an hour later dashed on a reef. She slowly foundered. When the end was near the crew gathered at the bridge and continued singing the national anthem and shouting banzas until the seas swept them away. CHUM) MEETS AWFUL DEATH. ? . Fell Into a Tub of Steaming Hot Hoiling Cane Syrup. Elton, the 3-year-old son of 'Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Light foot, living near In alia, met a horrible death Friday afternoon. Mr. Lightfoot was awfty from home and Mrs. Light foot had just taken off a boiling of syrup and had left it to cooi in a large tub while she cleaned bottles to put it in. Unnoticed the little child who was bringing the bottles to its mother, fell into the tub, which contained 12 gallons of boiling hot syrup and was scalded so badly tli<:t he died within five hours despite the frantic efforts of the family and the hastily summoned physician to give relief. LODGE ROOM WAS BURNED. Because of Incendiary Work of Sonic of Its Members. The Anderson Mail says news was received by it Friday of the burning Wednesday night of the negro Odd Fellows' hall on the place of Mr. J. W. Bradberry, between Abbeville and Lowndesville. Following the burning of the barn of Mr. Bradberry, four negroes were arrested early Sunday morning, charged with the crime, and one of the number admitted that the four had been appointed as a committee from the lodge to do the job, because of Mr. Bradberry's having given notice to the lodge that they would have to find a place of meeting elsewhere. FIENDS FIRED INTO HOUSE. Two Negroes Accused of Shooting Up Farmer's Dwelling. Two negroes giving their names as Trapp and Johnson were lodged in Winnsboro jail on charges ci shooting into the house of Mr. Kohn, a prominent farmer of the lower section of the county. The negroes will be given a preliminary hearing in a few days. It is alleged that the prisoners fired through the window of the house. While none of the shots struck anybody, Mrs. Kohn and her infant child had a narrow escape. The men are charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. ? ? Posting Not Necessary. Landowners are not compelled to ( "post" their lands, or advertise it in , Rome way, to keep off trespassers. | Tho only reason why some of them , advertise their lands against tres- 1 passing, says the Newberry Observer, , is that they do not wish to deal harshly with trespassers, and they hope j that a notice of this kind will obviate tho necessity. There are so many kinds of hunters, that many farmers } suffer, not only annoyance but loss j from trespassers who roam over tho { country in the davtime with a doer . r w I ;ind gun and at night with a dog ^ iind torch, till forbearance ceases to he a virtue. It is as little as any man san do, if he wishes to do right, to j set permission of a landowner before hunting 011 his laud. Killed by Cotton Hale. Adam C. Troutman, a farmer living s 101110 miles from Statesville, N. C., | ivas crushed to death beneath a bale ^ if cotton. Troutman and his son \ vero hauling cotton from a gin and y vhen within a half mile of homo a } iale 011 which ho was sitting toppled j rom the wagon and he was caught | icneath it. ^ * * 8 Chicago the Meeting Place. The Republican National commit- t ee, in quadriennial session at Wash- 1 ngton, Tuesday ratified the program a rrangod in advanco for its deliboraions, and decided that tho national r onventi'on, to nominate candidates o or president, which will bo had in ii Chicago, beginning Tuesday, Juno IS. n ? t< Plunged to Certain Death. ii Mounting to tho 10th floor of the s lasonic Temple at Chicago on Tues- a [ay, J. F. Greew, a machinist, (lis- t< obed, crawled out on a beam and * lunged to tho rotunda below. Death f' ^as instantaneous. In its fall the P tody struck a man at a cigar stand, reaking both his arms. f? ''<u BRUTAL MURDER Negrt Farm Hands Killed Young Ceople in Cltfcland Cenaty, N. C. ONE OF THEM CONFESS ^ ?k. I Ijargo Crowd Gathers luid Peel in g "s Huns High When the Confession Is Made Public, and the Murderers Are Taken to Charlotte to Avoid Lynching Bee. Charged with one of the most brutal murders ever committed in North Carolina John and Hack Ross, brothers, and Will Ross, their cousins, negroes, were formally indicted by the coroner's jury at the scene of their awful crime in Cleveland County Friday morning and hurried to the jail at Charlotte to prevent a lynching, which had been imminent ever since one of the murderers confessed the crime Friday morning. The victims of the murderous fiends were Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon, a prominent and wealthy young couple, who had not been married [very long, and who were very popular I with all their neighbors and friends. Hundreds of quiet, but determined farmers Hocked to Shelby, the county seat, to attend the inquest. After some delay it became whispered around that the hearing had been postponed, and the impatient citizens began to wend their way toward the jail. Realizing the gravity of the situation, the sheriff rang the court house i bell and the crowd retraced its steps. Then Judge Webb, the solicitor of (lie district and others liaranged them, pleading for law and order. The coroner read the repoit of his jury, assuring the spectators that the right men were in custody and would have speedy trial. Gov. Kitchin had been appraised of the seriousness of the situation, and early Friday afternoon wired the country authorities to remove the prisoners to Charlotte jail, stating also that he would cali a special term of Cleveland court to try them. The negroes were spirited away under cover of dusk and landed in jail at Charlotte Friday night. The murder of the Dixons was one of the most, atrocious in the State's annal. He was called from his bed Wednesday night and knocked in the head with an axe, and, with the same weapon, the murderers slew his wife who lay asleep by the side of her tiny infant. John Ross made a confession to the sheriff, giving as the motive for the double crime the fact that Dixon held a mortgage on his mule. Dixon was 30 years and his wife 23 years of age. 1 John Ross made his confession to Sheriff Wilklns Thursday night about 9 o'clock. The negro had been unusually restless for several hours and < seemed to bo debating in. his own ] mind whether or not he should stick t tc his original story or tell the sheriff { what he really knew of the crime. ( Finally, after he had refused to an- , swer the sheriff's question, he called ( to Mr. Wilkins and said that he wish- ?] ed to make a clean breast of the mat- j ter. i Ross prefaced his story by brand- t ing his former statement as a lie out r ot the whole cloth. Mrs. IMxon did not tell him, when she beckoned to c him and old Major Stroud from the _ window, that two white men had call- * V e?(1 her husbaml out to help pot a s mule out of the ditch and he did not j boo two strange white men when he ^ passed the barn. He did see a man (! fit the barn, however, and this man r was Will ltoss, his cousin. He also ^ 3aw the dead body of Mr. Dixon lying in front of the barn. j Will Ross, so John's confession j ?oes, met him at the barn and admitted that he did the killing, warn- t ng John that he would kill him if he r mid anything about what ho (Will) n lad told him. Will said that Mr. J, Dixon had a mortgage on his mule v ind that he was unable to prevent a r] 'oreclosure; that Mr. Dixon had ta- j, cen a cow from him the year before c ind he was determined that he should ^ lot get his mule. a So ho planned to commit murder in irder to get the mortgage and deitroy it, believing that ho would then ;e in safe possession of the niulo. ITo vent to the Dixon home in the dead * lours of the night and called to the ? oung husband to come out and help ' ? t .v. i 1- * - ? ?% * - ^ nut Kfi him mine oui 01 a uircn. Mr. )ixon dressed and came out and the s1 wo men started towards the barn. 01 Vill safd ho did not get a chance to ? trike Mr. Dixon with the axe he had ? licked lip for that purpose, and when hey neared the barn lie said to Mr. )ixon that they would need two xes. tl Mr. Dixon turned his head for a ni ocond and pointed to where anothi* axe was to bo found, and on turn- tl ug back towards the negro he was w let with a crushing blow on the left &mplo, the blunt side of the axe he- jo ig used. Mr. Dlxou went down intantly and Ttoss made a hasty exmlnatton of his pockets, hut failed locate the desired mortgage. Foil- ec d here, he rushed in the house in a urther search for the much-wanted R aper. at Mrs. Dixon was awakened and, cl taring that she would recognize him, bi spm * / SPLIT IN THE PARTY ? REPUBLICAN PARTY THREAT* KXKI) WITH SERIOUS RUPTURE. Now York Chairman Barneo Says Ha Believes Roosevelt is Scheming to Become Dictator. Chairman William Barnes. Jr., of the New York Republican State committee, was quoted Thursday as saying: 1 believe Roosevelt has been scheming to become dictator, and ho may succeed yet. "Thn nrncnti f nr-Hnw /\# a Tnft * "V/ ^/4 VMVUU 1/VJIVJ VI tup A CI1V administration in regard to the trust problem is destruction. Rusiness ia and will be at a standstill until some solution of this problem is found. "1 am disgusted and I am about ready to go out and join a movement to form a third party." When a reporter asked Chairman Rarnes to discuss in even more detail the points on which he was quoted in the afternoon papers, he said: "I authorized no such interview to anybody. I am trying to find out just what Republicanism means. When I find out I shall have something to say. I have 110 candidate for president. The party platform is of the first consideration. When we know what that is to be we can pick a candidate to stand upon it. That ia all." Mr. Rarnes when asked whether he thought that if President Taft were nominated he could carry New York state, replied: "You can't catch me on that hook. I am not in the business of making long distance productions as to the probability of the elections of men not yet nominated." X? T\ ? 1 1 - . - - mi. names men was asKeel IT Ho thought President Taft would be renominated. lie sat back in his chair for a full minute without saying a word, puffing a cigarette and looking contemplatively out of the window. "How unwise he was," he said, "to mako that* long trip and talk so much. Anybody who talks so much is bound to make blunders. Look at Wilson when ho made that speech about having taught the Princeton students for years that the initiative referendum and recall were nonsense but had realized that he was mistaken. Why, if Wilson ran for president I'd blazen that statement on every fence in the country and laugh him out of court." Barnes is lining up the Republican states committee against Roosevelt, and is doing his utmost to send an uninstructed but anti-Roosevell delegation to Chicago. ? + ARRESTED IN CHARLESTON. Two Men Suspected of Holding Up Train at Hnrdeeville. George Beaureguard, William Spencer and O.K. Irby, all white, arrested at Ashley Junction, Just outilde of Charleston Thursday evening, ire being held in the county jail at Charleston on the suspicion that they nay be the men who held up the Coast Line flyer near Hardeeville on Tuesday morning. Beaureguard, who 3 short and stout, and Spencer, who a tall and thin, appear to answer to he meagre description of the train obbers. Post office inspectors have >een notified and will look the men >ver. bo negro dealt her a blow with the ame instrument that had felled her lusband. He then failed to discover he mortgage. Realizing that his I.IRtnrfllv nffnrta liod )\? > In wnln vy. tw *? IV V4 UWIi 1U V aiil) JULK7 eturned to him home and later came >ack to the scene of his crime to see, iccording to his story as told by John toss, if anybody had found out what ie had done. John Ross, so ho alleges, then went o Mr. T. D. Dixon's, father of the nurdered man, and gave the alarm, nd while John was gono it is the ;cneral belief that Will once more yent to the house and sent the young aother to join her husband in the and beyond, striking her twice in the enter of the forehead, first with the lade and again with the pall of the xe. ? Dozen Horses Burned. The Augusta Chronicle says ten housand dollars worth of valuable orses were lost hi a flro at the Fair rounds about 4 o'clock when the ig barn 011 the far side of the grandtand, nearest the canal was destroyd! Eleven of the horses were tltorughbreds owned by Geo. M. Burke, f Williamsburg, Ga. ? Telephone Lineman Killed. J. H. Harrison, aged 37, lineman of 10 Southern Bell Telephone compa1. I.. J.I 1-- 1? CI y, infi 1110 ui'tuii euuuuiujr III ojiarnburg on Tuesday while 40 feet in ;o air. It is a matter of doubt hether ho was electrocuted or died om epilepsy, to which ho was subct. ? ? ? Dies From Auto Injury. Mrs. O. S. Kuhns, who was knock1 down by an automobile driven by lady on tho cornor of Bull and roughton Strets, Savannah, Monday tornoon, died shortly before 2 o*ock Tuesday of concussion of th* *,n1 m