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MANY SHOCKS FELT ? . STATE VISITED BY AN EARTHQUAKE WEDNESDAY PEOPLE WERE ALARMED Ik Some IIktw, t'atittimg t<Mnineys lu Top|>t* an(l V?ws to l*all Fniiii MvatK While in Otlter Placet* the Stacks Were Itareljr l-'t-lt<. Doing Y* hoHiugo. Au earthqtia'k'c shock,, fii/i some I11?tancea severe euough Vr> .shake down chiwueyt) and break vanes, occurred in iua?iy part*, of South Carolina twoun '1 and 2 o'clock Wednesday" afternoon, The shock v.'us quite genera?, being felt thro?.iKhaut most oP ttws State. The earthquake wa* especially w vcre in tlhe Piedmont s<m*although it nvas felt in,'Other ipartw of (he State in a leaser degree. At Otiffnoy chifeuneys wew caused 'to to.pp'e and at '"Union chJawn<crys feH. At Cwjenville the shock proved sr-. Y&ro enough to cause vases to crash 'frtvm ruanUds The shocA at Ches1 ter was sufbotvnt to move the linotype machine in the <*dtice of The 1 Iviah tern. I The earthquake visaed Hdgefteld and caused'old residents to think oi l 'the shock <tti 18 80. N/o serious darn-' age is reported frown 'the quake. tfn almost, a 13 the cooimti unities vislt-ed ' the citizens were .greittly alartwed during tl*" few ?wooutis rocking end aolliug otf the earth weut on, Hevere ad 'Chester. Chestrr, .Ian. 1 ?^1-uite a fe* people were alarnred here this u ftomoon j v> tveu. two shariTp -aiid very distinct. I en r-ttiq?ake shoe-he wcro pcrc*?j|Mf ably | tell. A num'bwr Of 'residences were bkafcett and articles moved abo?rl. I*.' The I/anterm'B :nrenhnviiea J ?fceparf rr.en tihe heavy linotypfir tnatibiwe was wfiKhJlYy moeed. The shock was likew ix* felt.aft Txrwryvillo,-ni?*. miles from here. The first shock came at 1 and 'the swond at 2 -b'rdoek, lae*kfcug more-than a few wevowau No da-mage wus reported. KYdt at kdqcH^H. TOtlgetteld, '.Ian. 1.? -About I :-'!<) o'clock this afternoon an earthquake w?f felt here very perceptibly. The shock, wok preceded btv a nvar <or rujulvUuf, but it was impoRsUbhvto tell ftcrtn v/kut direction the -sim-ndi<earne. Thw vibration, or shock was 0/ RufticWmt duration to;be s-ukkosI'w- of tho earthquake of J-SfHJ. v Short bat WeieiTi. llcxrix 'Hill, Jan. I.? ItortK Hill ?iur4ad off the New Year wllA; a Kenawe -earthquake, a severe shock oceu-rrUix here this Afi#*rw>vsn about. ] -o'clock, lasting about 1ft vo seconds The vibrations were oery distinct* In the 'direction of east to wetit. In many homes the eflfreet wnw very noticeable. in the Hr?<a*u*?r of the e^eotriy; 1 igh t ft * t u res. fteveiviat fitttnyi. G-afftuey, Jan. 1.? (Taffjvyy v.-ns visited this afternoon at 1:2*5 *2clock Ij#' ? arrvere earthquake. THukldtngP Shook and in some part* of the city ptirte of tchimneys fell. Tin- -shock lasted for about ten seeevn-ds. Uoports from ftlackftburg and o4hei rsectkvns of'the country indicate ihirt the Shwcvk also very severe, hart no serious damage Is reported in :fatty part of tin* county. , Kp?rt?HN Kelt Aliii'mel. htpartanhurR, .'Jan. 1.?A ?e>v.oi>e 1 envt'ttouake shock was fell hern' at v 1:'21? ill Is afternoon. M any buildings ' in rive town trembled from found a- 1 tion t? roof, causing hundreds of ' persons to rufth into the streets. The * tremor* iasteft several seconds, tesut ' no <lamo*;e was reported. thiion is Alarmed. I'uion, Jan. 1.?A severe earth- ( qualm shot A was experienced here todp v. Houses were badly -shaken. In . , . c gome instances chimneys were shaken down and people rushed out or doors in alarm. The vibrations lasted for several seconds, and were the 1' hardest felt hero since 18\St>. ^ ftlt&hf at (irecsville. Greenville, .Tan. 1.?A slight w earthquake was felt here to-dav ar 1:20 p. m. In several residences *>( P vases were thrown from mantels. ' No damage of consequence is report- ^ ed. w Slight AI ho in Anderson. Anderson. Jan. 1.?A slight earthquake was felt in every section or Anderson county this afternoon about 1:2.0 o'clock. X'o damace was ... .i Pi reported. Oifliloltc Tremlded. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 1.? A distinct earthquake shock was felt hem at 1.2,2 this afternoon. The cihra- sa tton/ft were from east to west and Vc lasted about, three seconds. No dam- ga aue lias been reported. osi IHNfinct in Greensboro. Ilk Greensboro, Jan. 1.? A distinct en earthquake shock was felt here at he' 1:2,0 this afternoon. No damage or nu fatalities were rennet ed nf Thouirtit it \Vi?#? a Ton. hin Thinking his undo's rovolvor was wh (ho toy pistol with whidi ho had boon dri pkiyln? a fow mintito.a bofnro. f.nko by f.anib. 7 yonrs old. shot and killed his njr; brothor. Albort, 10 y??ars old. at. tho tin* homo, of thoir undo at Homo, On., fon Monday night. Tho widowed moth or mo of tho hoy* fa proitruCod. givt I .? i >iii II iirfittiwmfirii?fa,.rrv.-j:r.-?. WKATHKH *X>RKCA8TK1>. ? January tthd tldbruary Marked Kor liliiMVds and Snows. H is a human weakness to long to fetid asunder the veil that hides the 1 future. There fB a trace of super\ * stiUioa ia all and the same credulity in the impossible that drives one to seek a clairvoyant and lay in her palms good money in return for which she will mumble a meaningless gibberish, drives others to take ia hand a trusty aluiunac in January to see, perchance, what the weather will be next Christmas Day. Weathermen who are specially trained for flu# work, and feave eisfct knowledge of local condition**, will Under no circumstances make any prediction for more than 30 hours ahead. The average aim;.< ac, however, by dint, of Home wonderful gift of prescience, makes no bones about lelJkiK you the exact conditions of any day tkwr a year ahead, and doubtlens uh almanac for 1914 or 1915 J would bo published with sirrMar iuferni avion it' the demand was sufficient to justify the venture. For much t-i>e same reason, therefore, that the intelligent, farmer crowns his residence and outbuildings with glitteriiLg lightening rods; that tire skeptic visits the fortune teil ftr, r,t<> see what she would say"; and that the man of science quickens his stops on a nocturnal journey past a graveyard; the reason, to wit, that! one 'does half-believe, after alt, tliouyh lie knows it is improbable, it will interest many people to know tlia/r, almanac sages predict rough weather a hen <1. Four blizzards, four snows and live cold waves are scbed-, 11led for .January alone. .Innnary, sa.irh Kite soothsayer, will be ushered in with a blizzard ?ve*r the eastern half of the country, followed by a snow storm and a couple o' cold wav#R and then some cold, cloudy weather. The second blizzard will start op about the 7th, moving northward from Texas and causing cold weather all over the country. Then a snow storm, with cold and squally weather. Another blizzard in ?*hed tiled for the 14th, moving northward from the Gulf Slates, being fot lowed by a snow storm, very cold wave, and another blizzard over the Alissonir valley, to nrove south ward, after a couple of cja>sj' warm weather on the I5?th and 20th. Three snow stormH and a couple of cold waves j will extend through the rest of the monfh. February will he Kit extremolv cold : month. On the 5th a -storm will form over the Missouri valley and move southward. A blizzard will storm over Texas on the 14th and move eastward, followed key the cold wave on 15th and Mifh, and cold and squally weather on (the 17th and 18th A blizzard will form over the Aliesouri a alley on the TJrth, move eastward. and i umiog *0 ruin east %>( the, Ohio valley. An e-xrt. re lively cold wave, fofirs and ?'Ki ruins will take, up the time the rest trl February. OIKS FtrOM WOfADS. Martins Smith, WVH Kiivwh Here, bird MohcI?| 'Xig'U'f, A dispatch from Florence says Martins Smilii, vxmb of t'nh.et States . Senator K. D. Smith., who wa& acctdentiflly shot on Christ mas J)ay while oin gunning with his father on his farm, four miles* from Fyncbtottrg, died Monday night about It o'clock. The 'funerall and interment will take ( place at St. Ooi'gc, S. I*. i ( Young Pmith, although shot thro* / "be abdomen and liver u ion/I fii.j ? . juration after the shooting remark- t ibly well and was thought to he get- t U>g along nicely until pneumonia t te-t fin on Friday. From this attach a m was desperately ill until Sunday f iig'h<, when he seemed to rally, Ms v oniperaturo having been consider >ly reduced. Hut he took a turn for |, lie worse and continued to afnk until ii Iea1h relieved him shortly before he midnight hour. ii Martins was the only son of Sena- S or Smith by his first wife, and was n uite a favorite here among his many << oung friends and school chums. ITc. n as extremely fond of his father and *'\ ne father devoted to the son. The ody was taken Tuesday to Sr. fc eorge, and there laid to rest at noon 'ednesday by the side of his mother. > ' ho preceded hiin some twenty years tc ;o. th ?! SAVK RKOWNKH J (ill eUiip of Man With Skeleton Keys l.en<ls (jt . ircst. An epidemic of hold robberies and j)0 fe craeking in Hronx borough, New tin >rk, apparently the work of ?*n or- th< nized band of criminals, who r??o o w. > > tlmnted to have realised something Co 0 $100,000 in loot frotn their op- Ptv Uions, has boon ended, the police no Itevo, by the arrest Monday of five fov m and two women. wil A chance pickup by a policeman con a suspicious character, who gave 1 name as Harry Oillar, and upon om were found skeleton keys, *afe tha lis and other paraphernalia used we; a cruckman, led to a raid ?n an ar^ irtmont and the other arrests. To the raided apartment the police t.!.o nd a complete outfit of cracks- vn.n n tools and n quantity of oxplo- nl s*. he V \ ? ' Ham Couif to Its End. Unless all precedents fall the Republican party has ended Its career, and will not cut much of a figure In our politics again. With the overthrow and dispersion of the forces of this once powerful political factor now so apparent even to those who vainly strove to preserve the o;ganizatlon, thore naturally arises a comparison of the results of November 6 with those of the last days of battle of the federalist and the whig parties. The Federalist party ended its existence in the campaign of 1816, when its candidates for president and vice-preeldeut, Rufus King, of New York, and .lohn K. Howard, of Mary land, were defeated by Jarnee Monio<?, of Virginia, and Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York. The entire electoral vote of the union at that time was 221, and of these Monroe, Democrat, for president, and Tompkins, Democrat, for vice-president, each received 18:?. while IIufus King received 24, made up of 2 votes from Dele ware, ft from Connecticut and 22 from Massachusetts. One vote from Delaware and three from Maryland were not cast either for president or vice-president at this election. This was the closing battle of the federalists, and they passed away forever when tbev could not bold but three states, casting a total of 2 4 votes. The seventeenth presidential election, that of 1852, witnessed the I downfall and departure from politi-i eal life, df the Whig party, but "taps" were sounded over that organization l when it conl roiled for (leneral Scott 12 electoral votes and carried the states of Massachusetts. with 12 electoral votes: Vermont, 5: Kentucky, 12, and Tennessee, 12, Franklin Fierce, Democrat, received the vof'K of 254 electors, the total of the electoral college that year being 2ftfJ votes. Ceneral Scott received, as ubove, only 4 2 electoral votes to 25 4 'hat Fiece was given, hut on the popular vote Scott had 1.2 80.5 7C. to 1 j ' 01.474 for Pierce. His companrtivoJy large popular vote was not productive of electoral results in the states. The passing of the Republican party with its eight votes out of a total I electoral vote of GUI, made a record of fighting to the last ditch by a political organization, but its manner or disappearing, largely through absorption of its strength by u new organization in opposition to the Democratic party, was in marked contrast with the total disupearanoe of ?h? i ' Moralists in 1820 an ! the s* n.-h' contest between whig in I Deinoc.t atb* parties in 1SG2, says the Cinc'un.'iD Knquirer. The Republican par'y may make a. show of bnUH in the! next presidential election, but unless all the precedents in referenv> to political parties in this coun'rv ''ails, I the Republican party has won its last great victory. The convict ion of the dynamiters was a good thing for the labor uniou?* as well as the country at large. The indictment of those higher up in so trie, other cases wasn't, so had either. STItAXCtH OfTl liliK\( K. I'ttVuoivn Man round Wandering in SpartanbiirgThe *1 range man who was found walking along the tracks of the ^iMV f4t?inn t ?* O .... *? -? --1 ' i dih< \><i u ill OJJill 1 H UVli I fi Saturday b> police oincers and sent to policy hea^Htta iters by .). It. Green a symciai ottioer of the Southern road, is John Smith, u locomotive liretnnn, who if is said has been running out H Columbia. The card of the Htoth rluiod of L.ocontot i vo Engineers nade out to .f. /<. Stnlih, which was 'oilud in Smith's pocket, is said to bo hat of his brother, who until a few norrths ago was a locomotive engr- , icer employed by the Southern road , nd who was Injured Ju n wreck. F.f- l oris are being made td fOtnntunieate x vi111 Mr. Smith's brother. %. When carried to police headquar-" c era the unfortunate man was placed v it a room occupied by several other j ten and they stated that af various lines during Saturday night Mr. n mith acted in a most peculiar man- g er and talked about not being able y ) get up steam, which caused him inch worry. Sunday morning he was ^ lamined by a physician and upon the J vice of the doctor was transferred a ? the county jail. At the trial it is st id he talked a great deal about run- hi tig over some one?, expressing great " arret, but said be could not prevent ;n e nceldent. lie talked so much si mm naving run over Bomo 0110 and in is iu pucIi great distress ihat (ho ec Icials of (ho jail wondered if ho had w< > a fact ran over some one. ti> (h Want (<> Fight Cnttle Tick. 0,1 Tho Vnited States government will asked to aj>r?ropriate $400,000 for f> eradication of (he rattle tick in [? South. A committee of the | uthern Association of Agricultural i lm mmissioners will appear before the , propriation committee of the! pill so on Friday of this week and ask od ' the appropriation. The matter Th I he given a hearing ny the Senate py imittoe. ! ^hi ? ? n 11 < The world is rapidly finding out mn j.he foundation of society is not XVjf jlth. nor a congrors. nor armies I navies, nor vested interests, bur1 f mass of toilers hikI workers, and J fhl: f f.lie groat problem is fo so ad- j ear rr tbelr materia), social mid mor- do welfare tbff.t tlve foundation may firs perfectly secure and heating. I clat THOUSANDS STRIKE GARMKNT MARKKA L\ NKW YORK KEF TOR TO WORK IX)NG?R. i ^ Struif HVorts Art Being Marie by Se\r York Btate Board to Sottle It by Arbitration. f Strong efforts were made Monday to br'ug ta an end by mediation and arbitration the strike of workers in the men's clothing manufacturing trade which began Monday morning with the rcrfusal of operatives variously estimated to number (ron. 00,000 to 160,000 to go to work be cause mey aewrt Dinner pay and net ter working conditions from theii employers, members of the New Yoi\ Clothiers' association. The strike affects some 4,000 shops in New York Brooklyn, Newark and other places. John J. Bealin of the State board of mediation and arbitration conferred with representatives of the clothiers' association and of the Uniteu Men's Garment Workers and will report to the board on the advisability of conducting an investigation of the conditions under which garment makers work. The International Peace forum also resumed its efforts looking to medialion. It presented to both employers and operatives a plan for submitting to them a list ol' governors of ten states, ten educators, ten United States senators and clerymon from whom live or six men shall b* selected to hear arguments and sub mit findings which shall be binding to the manufacturers and their employees. "The strike has assumed seldom proportions," Mr. Itealin sa.id. "ant! there is grave danger that if wil spread to other cities." Some of the etrikc leaders predicted that Rochester, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago. St. Louis Philadelphia and Utica concern? probably would be affected by th? strike. The only violence reported as a result of the walkout occurred iu Brooklyn. The disorders were not serious. Leaders of the strikers say they are frowning upon all efforts at ? 1- ? r.t .d ! #>? < 1? 1 A 'I J 111 11 UL V101PIII''*. I III* nil uvno ........ meetings Monday and prediction!" were made by them that 200,000 workers would be out by the end o! the week. The Old and (he .New. This is (ho last day of the Old Year and to-morrow ushers in u New Year. The old one. with its hopes and fears, with its successes and failures and its joys and sorrows is pone, g:ne exer. The new year, with its brigh' premises and hopeful antieipi' ma i-> almost here. While wishing oven* one of our readers the best that the corpin.g twelve months can bring, it is always a ooestion, says the ComI in oner, what that he.fd ma v he. It ir^ not always Hi* Sunshino; for sOinetiine.s too much sunshine is worse than less would he: it may not be the clouds and falling rain; for the supply of these may already be more than your life can bear. We can not all be happy; neither is it well to be always merry, or even joyous. What might be to one the height of prosperity might bring another only disaster. So, while our mind sweeps away to i our many thousands of homes, 1 can think of nothing better for you thai? von may he among the world's wort ers, in one field or another, busy xvit'i hand and head and heart, in the in in- i ?slry tin to others that alone brings the "peace that passeth understanding"-. the jov that makes of even the shadow a hleRfe^jtuess. Kverv day, the people of the world are groping after llie liuht: trying to /hid the paths Unit lead to greater heights. ManT way Stumble and fall, and others \1'1 tv oil il'lU'n dUnAi?.....w,. l . ? i a I . ...? oil II >? " i' Ilinrviu iiui'll , 1)111 <1 IC'W I rave, endurfflg souls will yet find thcl loor, and shall open tlfo way for the vorld that follows. Light is breakup through the gloom on all hands -faint, far spec Us of radiance in nost cases; but every year we are etting closer to the Living Sun, and , eali'/ine more and more that we are our brother's keeper", in more than material .louse. So. dear readers, the best that we in wish for you is. to go on. with rength to endure, growing nearer nd nearer every hour to the blessed Well done!" that will he spoken, id that you shall hear, if only you tall "endure to the end". Faithful little things, day by day becoming MKiuerers over the evils of the ' >rld, even though vottr feet mav fal* s r. and your mistakes may he many, e way shall be open bye and bye, id you shall follow the light into e Olorv of the New Day. ei * M Fapfatn and Crew Saved. w The French line /'earner CJuaderoe brought into port at Havre, nday, the ca.pta in and crew of the ^ ench schooner Marie Fugia, rescu during the gale in the channel lii e deck of the schooner was swept \'< tremendous seas and the cargo wj fted. Tlve masts were cut awa> nti rl the ship was tossed about for th ny hottrs. Three steamers passed po hout being able to give help. or ? wi tonic people always wait for some- th ng to turn up, while others go out be lv and blithely in the morning and .he the turning for themselves. The }n< t call life a failure and the other fin ?s says it is crowned with success, sta HOW TO FKE1> CATTLK. (IfmsoB College Professor Gives c Few Facts on the Line. Clemson College gets out yeafly many valuable bulletins for the farmers, and the following one has bee*, issued by Prof. T. F. Jackson, on "Cattle Feeding in South Carolina.' Prof. Jackson waB one of the nuuie men who spoke here last summer athe Farmer's meeting conducted b.. Clemson experts. He says; ^or the past twq Reasons Clemson College has been sending out a list oi question^ to be answered by the cattle feedors of the State. The purpose 1 for doing so was to obtain results for several years, and to get the average of these results tabulated ru | some definite form and pluced in the i hands of those who expect to feed in i the future. The results of the season 1 HI 0-1 1 j were very unsatisfactory, as low o: j the feeders kept accurate records ot| price of feeder cattle in the lull oi their feeding. On account of the nigh price of feeder cattle in the tall ol j 1911 and the low price of fat rattle1 in the spring of 1911, combined wici the high price of feed during that season, most of those who fed cattl? lost money, yet some made meir manure clear. Taking into account the increased yield of the lands, where this manure was used, ii u cheap 1 fertilizer. In the fall of 1911, feeder cattle t were practically the same price as in 1910, but feed stuffs were some lower in price, a?d fat cattle sold lor better prices in the spring of I'M.', so most of the feeders who fed caiefuli\ made some money clear, and at th< same time saved a large amount o. manure. A few factors, which are very r.r' portuut in feeding cattle: 1. A good grade of cattle bough: at a reasonable price. 2. The cattle of each pen should be of uniform size and age. It. Cattle to be fattened on cotter. ' seed meal should be ;t years old. 4. Cattle should be started ot. small quantities of meal, preferably a half pound of meal per hundrco 1 pounds of live weight. Meal should bo gradually increased about on< pound per month. a. Cattle should he kept irule; comfortable conditions, with plenty of fresh water accessible. (?. Roughage should ho raised a? homo instead of being bought at high prices; for instance, in the season o: 1910-11 some of tbe feeders fed as much as $17 worth of roughage pet steer, most of which was high priced hulls. It is impossible to make money under such conditions. 7. Cattle must bo well bedded wtp. material which will uhsosb all liquid' and kept in reasonably dry places. I' is characteristic, of cattle to refuse tc lie down in mud, and they most lie down in order to put on flesh. 8. Cattle must be well finished anc very fat to bring the best prices. 0, Cattle HhoiCd "?t be wei&br-o after long drives to the bos. weight when sold, All ftfUhepft V.'ho are contemplating feeding Cattle should contract for tlie.m during August or September, as this is the firm; mftst good CaltTo 01*01 being sold for feeding. These cu^lt , should be delivered and put info fhi'' feed lots by the middle of October, j and fed from 90 to 120 days. deeding KvperitneiM at Oeinson. 0(t cattle, 71,9 ;>o lbs. at 4 1"4<* $2,2(57..17 freight charges lOO.OO Cost of feed: Si la go ? 81,8.70 r lbs at $1 per ton $ 12 2.78 Stover - 11,007 lbs at $7 per tori t I 9.2:1 Hulls 7 2,4 00 lbs at $7 per ton. . 2 79.4 7 Meal - 1 4,8 20 lbs. at $2 4 per ton. 7,9 7.8 4 Total cost of cattle and e.. . I ieeu . . . . , , , . . . . $2,400.GO | 1 Hoceipt lor oattle: 1 ( S xty cattle. 04,0-0 lbs. at I-2c $:!,:?:? 1.10 1 Profit $ 120.41 J Value of manure, cost of labor, no! est i mated. ^ Total cost of feed $l,o:l*.2.2 . ? - (1 utiirlrss <;moRTi\<;s. a 0 \rlitiutoti Station Flanhrs Out New 0 q Year Message. n A New Year's greeting was flashed 0| e all the world at midnight Tuesday p rotn the navy department's great p ,ow wireless tower at Arlington, Va. lie Arlington operator Monday nignr ueeeeded in catching the time signal rom the Riffel tower, in Paris, a disDnce of approximately :i,f>00 miles. iH no the Preach station was oxpoc*il to watch for the New Year's sig- w' al. If was hoped that the ivies-age ( "e on Id reach the Olit'den station n ; 10 eland as well as the naval Btat'ois i the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and | , merienn warships at sen. I *ir At live minutes to midnight the Ar 1 ^ ugton station began to flash ibe r\v Year's greeting. The signal ??>iv (is identical with the daily noon s g , il sent bv the coast radistnt ion, nut u p< e Arlington tower being a high wer stafion will have a much grea*-t^f radius. The signal transmitted ^ . is the beat of the master clock at j e naval observatory omitting one. at before each half minute, tlvo' i ({o ats before each minute, except thoi it one, and ten heats before the I al signal was flashed at midnight, ' tivdurd time, 7*>th meridian. 1,1 1 CUP FOR PECK OF OATS ? COLORADO TROPHY TO UK AWARDKI) AT CORN SHOW. . silver Piece Valued at Fifteen HanI dr?l Dollain Will Be Given far Best Exhibit at Exposition. The State says the Colorado oat trophy, to be awarded lor the beet peck of oats exhibited at the YiHh National Corn exposition in oluiuiiH^ the latter part of this month, has been placed on exhibition in the wtndow of Sylvan Brothers' jewelry ' store. The big piece of silver ;fus attracted much favorable comment I I'ttAm dnrinir t Bo iv?lut f o u/ i lieiii pao<K;i MUI i*?ft i we i Ki yr ' days. It. will remain on exhibition 1 at Syivan's until immediately prior to the exposition, which opens January 27. This magnificent trophy is made of Colorado coin silver, and is valued at. 11,500. It stand's three feet highand in its general design rs an ideal! i/ation of a sheaf of oats. The trophy was donated by the State of Colorado, to be awarded for the best p+?ck of oats exhibited at the National Corn exposition through five successive expositions, beginning with the: third National Corn exposition Tit 1 009. The winner holds the trophy until the succeeding exposition. The individual oat ftrowoi* wTirr shall win the trophy the greatestnumber of times out of Uve at least twice, is to be awarded the porm.auent cus'ody of the prize. At each exposition a one-pound sample of the winning oats is placed in the trophy, j under seal, and at the end of the , period these live pound packages of prize oats are to become the piop: ?rty of the Blate of Colorado. IJcnuc.the trophy, as it. now stands in Hyfvan's window, contains two packages of prize oats. In 1900 thin beautiful trophy was awarded to A. I), Van Sickle of Warren, Minn. At the fourth exposition, at Columbus, Ohio, in J 911, it wear, tc Canada, being won by J. C. Hill A Son of Lloydiuiuster, Sash. This lirm has had the custody of the trophy since winning it in 1911 at Columbus and has recently shipped it to Columbia to be put. up for the best peek of oats exhibited at the fifth National Corn exposition. Incidentally, the Colorado oat trophy calls strikingly to tnirwl the fact that the National Corn exposition is not confined to corn, hut is really a great, national agricultural exposition, dealing with all phases of agricull ure. :; ORAXGKBintti tXlLLKGK. Til? <????t Christian School of South ?m South ^ t)uring the paBt your tb baa been born again. We quite a handsome si * JMTO spen summer on tbe si" ^ inas We now . <*>?** ???? build *?? * new emliior n n?- ? now Obuipnwnie an. _al1 .-?r mitorJeH ami clatqf J renewed inside? and out. We hove sixteen tubers fuvj officers, apiondid faculty kiitf a fine student body. Dur ing the past eight months we base raised f2&,000 for the enlargenici and better equipment pf our eolleg plant. We have also bought ten acres of land just a block or tw<? away from our present site. Upon th new land we hope soon to erect large modern boy's dormitory, whtc' will tie surrounded by parks and Holds for all kinds of athletic sports In short, we are determined to mak the Orangeburg College the grea Christian school of lower Sonth Car olina. Our motto is, "to give th very best library and religious ad vantages at the least possible cost.' Wo now give bond and tuition for $125,000 for the entire year and we moke a special price of $7 5,000 from Christmas to end of session. We make the claim that we have a schoo ts good as the best and at the same ime the price is in reach not only <> he rich but of those of small means V UV. *! ? ? ' ? *' i mi me price me urangeburg Col rgo offers no ambitious boy need be* eprived of a college education. Wo sk all who contemplate going off to ollego to investigate the merits o ur school. Wo expect to enroll uite a large number of new students^ fter Christmas. Why not you b mong the list. Write for Catalogu r for Information to W.<SW. Riversresident. Orangeburg. S. C.; R. M oreinan. Financial agent. ? Voting Hoy Accidentally Ktiot. C harles Miller, aged 15, was shot id fatally wounded Wednesday by s cousin, Ralph Johnson, aged 1~. hen the latter's shotgun was acciintally discharged. The* boys were turning from a hunting trip nr.v mint Airy, N. 0. Miller was only n iv foot away from Johnson, the one charge from the shotgun enterj the abdomen. Mo lived a fewit I'M. President-elect Wilson is without ubt makine n fnvnmhio ?? ? ,, .. ?W?. I ur|irrN>UJII" r>n most of the country by Ms oononoos with tho Democratic leaders, course, stand-pat Republicans view s habit with fear and trembling.. [f is unwise to have anything to? with what is inferior, If it can isiblv bo avoided. Roach always or the best, only thus oftfc* QU* k? true progress in ittili 1 , iV p ?