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GOOD CORN STATE ??? SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCES 20 BUSHELS TO ACRE ??? NATIONAL AVERAGE 22 This State Goes Ahead of Missouri and Nebraska in Corn Produced to the Aero?State's Crop This Year Kenclies Forty Million llushols, According to Government Figures, "At last on tho United States figures," says Commissioner E. J. Watson, "tho production of corn per aero in tho Stato of South Carolina is within two bushels of the averago for tho United States. This year South Carolina has left Georgia far behind, has pono a step ahead of Missouri and Nebraska, is running neck and nock with Kentucky and Tennessee, and is within six bushels per aero of tho averago in Illinois. In other words, tho Federal Government has at last credited this Stato with an averago yield of 20 bushels to tho acre, which is five bushels better than tho average for the last 10 years and two hUsholM hot tor tlinn f/AY. ton* - ... w v w vv ? Villi ? & 1 U 1 Kim year. "When tho Government recently issued its preliminary estimate of tho South Carolina corn crop, along with that of the other states," said Col. Watson, "I stated that preliminary estimate was farcical and that I proposed to challengo it before tho Secretary of Agriculture. I am gratified to say that this was not necessary, for before I had done so the Federal government had examined tho returns of tho corn crop up to November 1, and had issued its new ostimnto of the American corn crop for the year 1 9 1 .'5 and that estimate will hardly be changed. The results as now announced by tho Federal; Government aro gratifying, particularly when wo consider that this year tho total corn crop of the nation is only 2,403,017,000, against 3,124, 750,000 last year. "In other words, this year corn means good money to South Carolina farmers if they hold it for the spring demand. Tho fact that we havo increased tho South Carolina crop this year as compared to last year by 2, 506,000 bushels, shows that the effect of tho Corn Exposition and the hard campaigning of tho last few years in 4 l, - 14 f ' - * ' iuu iii/iin r in growing someming otlior than cotton is bearing golden fruit. Personally, I believe tlio crop is actually over 4 0,000,000 bushels now, "Our crop this year is nearly double that of Kansas and in volumo it is reaching out after tho crop of Pennsylvania, Virginia and other leading producing states notwithstanding South Carolina is 0110 of tho smallest States in tho Union growing both corn and cotton. With tho tobacco crop wo have had this year and with tho corn crop and without any regard whatever to what tho cotton crop will bring, tho increase over last year is almost as largo in millions of dollars as tho entire surplus that the farms of tho State liavo heretofore had on all crops at the end of the year after paying for the foodstuff and fertilizers hat they used. "Take it all in all never since tho work of rehabilitating agriculture in South Carolina was begun havo tho farmers of tho Stato nnnrnnrhr"1 th? end of tho year with more substantial and gratifying results measured In dollars and cents, and dollars and cens buy comforts In tho farm homo, buy pianos, buggies, etc., and enable tho farm family to improve thoir class of living, and when they do that, that means improvement of every other lino. Surely tho masses of the people of South Carolina have every good reason to lay aside their cares for tho moment on Thursday next and participate in a general season of thansgiving." In the matter of quality, tho averago being represented by 100, tho government gives South Carolina 102. In tho matter of farm prices for corn on October 1 tho government gives tho figure at 1.03 per bushel. In only two other states in tho Union does cotton bring a higher price and they are small states that grow practically no corn and are distant from the centre nf nrfwlnntinii Tt O iv-1 n1i7 . v. v W ?. |/? V??J MWVIV/II | tllVlUUl J } New Mexico and Rhode Island. The average farm price on October 1 in the United States for corn was 75.3 per bushel. This being true the actual money value of the South Carolina crop will exceed the money value of the crops of a number of states which show a larger total production, "Surely South Carolina is rapidly becoming the best country In which the farmer can live. As Commissioner "Vatson said at Mobile, speaking of the future of the South upon the opening of the Panama Canal, "farme make freight; freight makes commerce; commerce makes any country great and the people of that country prosperous and happy." Dam Breaks in Texas. Six hundred million gallons oi water were released near Abilene! Texas, Sunday, by the breaking ol the Lyttle Lake dam. A torrent twelve feet high was precipitated on the surrounding country. ?1M? ii AIRMEN DROP TO DEATH TWO AHMY OFFICERS KILLED IN FALLING R1FLYNE ? Instructor niul Novice Co Down Togot lior in 80-Foot Drop, Engine Crushing Them Doth. Two intrepid navigators of the air, Lieut. Hugh M. Kelly and Lieut. Eric L. Ellington, U. S. A., attached to the camp of the First Aero corps, at San Diego, Gal., wore instantly killed at Nortli Island, near San Diego, Monday, when they fell from an altotudo of 80 or more feet in a dual control biplane. Lieut. Ellington, a skilful pilot, occupied the instructor's seat with Lieut. Kelly at his side. Tho latter, a comparative novice in the art of flying was receiving instructions in tho handling of tho control lovers. Owing to tho arrangement of tho controling wires, Lieut. Ellington could ho at all times absoluto master of tho machine. Tho engine, one of six evil niters and 60-horse power, was working perfectly and the officers ascended to a height of 300 feet, circled and then began a volplane which was to have brought them hack to tho hangars. According to Capt. Cowan, in command of the aviation post, tho biplane glided at a normal angle for about 200 feet. Then the engine, which was throttled at the beginning of tho volplane, was thrown open. Whether at his instant the aviators lost control or tho initial impetus of the revolving propeller, when the biplane was at so low an altitude, caused the machine to tip forward, can only ho conjectured. Hut spectators say the biplane suddenly shot to the earth. The impact probably killboth men, but the motor made death sure by crushing them. Lincoln Hoacliy, tho aviator who has been flying at tho army school at North Island, telegraphed to Secretary of War Garrison declaring that the death of Ellington and Kelly, "illustrated radical mistakes in the government policy of aviation." Beacliy in his telegram expressed willingness to go to Washington at his own expense and explain what he believes should ho dono to render army aviation safer. Speaking about tho ipishap, Beacliy said the apparatus used by army aviators was unQ.'l fo ' Mm f ll A mn ?1 1 1 viiuv iiiu uKiuiiiiiua wcib oid ami tho equipment poor. IIo declared stops should bo taken "to prevent the slaughter of these army and navy boys". , ? .11A VH Til 111 LlilXG 1U DM. + California Dirigible Goes Wrong While in Mid-Air. Five passengers carried by Aviator Roy Knabenshuo on a dirigiblo balloon trip of twenty miles from Pasadena, Cal., to I.os Angeles and return, were given a thrill just before landing Monday. At a height of 1,4 00 feet above tho landing place tho engine suddenly stopped, when a water pipe burst. As the craft started to rise Knabenshuo, tho sixth occupant, climbed along tho dirigible's frail framework to tho bow, where his weight pointed tho balloon toward earth again. Then moro danger appeared in tho shape of an orange grove toward which tho dirigiblo was heading. The passengers began throwing ballast bags overboard and tho balloon cleared tho trees. A moment later spectators seized an anchor rope and towed tho dirigible to its hangar. The ten-mile journey to Los Angeles was mado in twentv minutes. WILL SOON RE FOR RENT. ? i As the Stato AVill Have No Uso for tho Penitonitary. Tho Spartanburg Herald says we see by the papers that since assuming ofllco the governor has granted 882 pardons and paroles. D. J. Griffith, i superintendent of tho penitentiary, said Wednesday that he had received i tho papers liberating the 103 prisoners and that all would bo turned out that morning. Thero will romain 188 men and 40 women in tho State penitentiary. If wo are not mistaken there wero in tho Stato prison when tho present governor assumed ofllco over 1,3 00 prisoners. Why should tho i remaining 188 men and 4G women bo held in tho penitontiary? ? Cashier Commits Suicide. H. 13. O'Shields, 35 years of age, t cashier of tho Fort Lawn Deposit i bank at Fort Lawn, in Chester countv. rnmmHfofV onloliln Qo?hi?1a,. -?r > -?-v V tuu uuiviuv uaiuiunjr lllUIII" ' ing at 10 o'clock by shooting himself i through the heart with a revolvor. Death wns instantaneous. i Rebels Rlow Up Troop Train. 1 Two Federal troop trains ,en route from Chihuahua to Jaurez, lato Sat' urday were blown up at Rancheria, ' CG miles south of Juarez, according to a rebel dispatch, by dynamite mines placed along the railroad track by the rebels. r , The time for planting trees is at t hand, and every city that wants to bo i beautiful should make arrangements i to replace old trees and plant new ones. GINNING FASTER COTTON BEING GINNED FASTER THAN LAST YEAR DECREASE IN TEXAS ? Number of Bales Reported Ginned Reaches 10,-134,387 by Nov. 14, Which is a Little Ahead of Last Year?South Carolina Shows 993,897 as Against 882,070 laist Year. The fifth cotton ginning report of tho census bureau for this season, Issued at 10 o'clock Friday morning, announced that 10,43 4,127 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of tho growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to November 14. Last year to November 14 there had been ginned 10,291,431 bales; in 1908 to that date 9,695,809 bales, or 73.3 per cent, of tho entire crop and in 1906 to that dato 8.5G2.242 halon. nr nr. per cent. Included In tho ginnings 74,127 round bales, compared with G2,1 90 bales last year, 03,3G4 bales in 1910, 123,757 bales in 1909 and 173,908 bales in 1908. Tho number of Sea Island cotton bales included wero 52,079, compared with 41,3 21 bales last year, 68,495 bales In 1909, and 50,701 bales in 1908. Ginnings prior to November 14 by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years and tho percentage of tho entiro crop ginned prior to that date in those years, follow: Alabama. Ginnings. P.O. 191 3 1,1 82,747 191 2 901,378 .... I 1 91 1 1,239,2 1 1 73.1 1908 1,020,72 1 70.0 Arkansas. 1913 G 0 3,7 2 4 1 91 2 545,988 .... 191 1 503,115 02.0 1908 005,232 00.8 Florida. 1913 53,219 19 12 4 2,151 1911 05,23 6 09.1 1 908 51,4 97 7 2.9 Georgia. 1 91 3 1,824,290 .... 191 2 1,331,111 1911 2,1 00,305 75.4 1 908 1,564,037 79.1 Louisiana. 1 91 3 374.997 .... 1912 300,811 191 1 209,5 18 70.8 1908 341,953 73.3 M ississippi. 1 913 735,797 1 912 64 4,115 .... 1 91 1 719,638 61.6 1908 1,080,183 67.0 North Carolina. 1913 493,025 1912 .. .. ... 627,045 1 9 11 716,200 63.6 1908 451,434 66.0 Oklahoma. 191 3 006,679 1912 722,512 1911 657,497 64.7 1908 322,051 46.7 South Carolina. 1913 995,897 191 2 882,976 .... 19U 1,163,984 68.8 1908 938,926 77.2 Tennessee. 1913 233,528 1912 1 38,072 1911 .. .. ... 264,777 61.6 1908 243,493 73.9 Texas. 1 913 ... ... ..3,304,665 1912 .. _. ..4,019,317 1 911 3,473,702 84.6 1908 2,869,528 78.9 Other States. 1913 .. 65,019 1912 .. ... .. 59,952 1911 ... _. .. 74,751 63.9 1908 46,751 63.9 More Indictments. After extraordinary session of the Spartanburg grand jury Monday warrants wero issued for three men, Sam Ford, O. M. Thigpcn and Will Ilunnicutt, accused of participation in storming of the jail by a mob bent on lynching the negro, Will Fair. Stepped on a Rusty Nail. For the second time within a year Dr. John McAllister, a well known surgeon, of New York, is seriously 111 of blood poisoning. IIo stepped on a rusty nail whilo crossing the street. Ills first Infection resulted from a pin prick. + Loaded With Cotton. The British steamer Holtye, making her maiden voyage, sailed Wednesday morning from Wilmington for Bremen with the largest cargo of cotton ever carried from that port. She carries 20,324 bales, valued at $1,R25.000. An exchange thinks Beverldgo had i better spend his time trying to patch up the broken North instead of trying to break up the solid South. TRIED TO KILL AGAIN A PAHOIjKD convict tkiks to COMMIT MUKDEll. , ? Klmoro Wright, M'lio ".Vas hot Out of Prison Sonic Months Ago by Governor Please Shots a Man. The Spartanburg Journal says a shooting scrape at Moore station Tuesday afternoon resulted in tlio serious injuiy r? Ernest McAbee. an employee in the 3tore of J. U. Walden. Elmore Wrlgit, a paroled convict, alleged to have committed the act, was arrested by a special officer from the court of Magistrate Kirby, and on a commitment charging assault and battery with intent to kill, was lodged in the county jail Tuesday night. The troublo between the two men is said to have arisen over McAbeo's reprimand of Wright for his bad conduct towards his (Wright's) wife, who is a first cousin of McAbee. It is alleged that some days ago Wright threatened the life of his wife. When Wright entered Walden's store Tues day afternoon McAbee, who was behind the counter figuring a settlement for a halo of cotton, said to Wright: "You ought to be ashamed to treat your wife so badly, and if she was my sister, instead of my cousin, you would have to treat her better." Wright then said: "What have you to do with it." Then Wright is said to have pulled his gun and said: "I will get rid of you now." When McAbee dodged behind the counter to get something with which to defend himself the second shot from the pistol of Wright penetrated his right arm and lodged in tho upper part of the lung. The man is in a serious condition and grave hopes are entertained for his recovery. McAbee is said to he an industrious man and highly respected by the people of Moore. Ho holds a responsible position with .T. TT. Walden, one of tho leading merchants of Moore Station. About 18 months ago Governor r.leaso paroled Wright, who was serving a life term for the alleged murder of A. Kirkendall, which occurred about five years ago. It was said after tho assault that a negro stated that he had heard Wright repeat several times that ho intended to be back in tho penitentiary before Chrismas. PAROLES SOME MORE. Governor Sends Out Some More Con vicis on l'aroies. John Benjamin, an Assyrian, who was convicted in Kershaw County in July of this year on the charge of murder and upon recommendation to mercy was,sentenced to a life term in tho stato penitentiary has been paroled by the governor of South Carolina. Benjamin was convicted on the charge of killing his companion. Parole 'has been granted to William McKinley, alias Doyton Scotty, who was convicted in Aiken County, in Juno of 11)07 on tho chargo of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary. Parole has been granted to J. B. Kelly, who was convicted in Darlington County in February of 1910 on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and sentencod to ten years in tho penitentiary. Parole has been granted to W. C. Britton, who was convicted in Greenville County in 1 909 on tho charge of murder and upon recommendation to mercy was sentenced to a life term in tho stato penitentiary. ? ? FAIjTJS ON NEEDLE. Little Girl at GatTney Injure<l by Sharp Instrument. Wiiilo at play during recess at the Central graded school, in Gaffney county, Tuesday, Cozbi Daniel, tho little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Daniel, fell and suffered painful injury from a crochet needle. The little girl had tho needle in her hand while she was running, and when she fell tho instrument pierced her side, entering tho flesh and breaking off. For a time it was feared that she had been badly injured and she was removed to her parents' home, but later it was said that if no complications occur, she will soon rocovr Pot!(Jon to Disbar Attorney. Accompanied by a mass of aflldavits attacking his character, integrity and professional conduct, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court Friday morning asking that body to disbar C. P. Sims, a well known attorney of Spartanburg. 'Posum Pays Visit. When Mrs. Thomas P. Mectze, of Lexington went into her back yard early Sunday morning she was surprised to see a largo fat 'possum sitting quietly on the wood pile. She at once gave the alarm and the 'possum was captured. The Pirmingham News insists that the hen which now loaft> on the Job deserves tho fate of the "Tianksgiv... . MEXICO 18 QUIET JUAREZ BOUNDED ARE BROUGHT OVER BOUNDARY LINE OIL DISTRICT IS SAFE Admiral Fletcher and John hind Cable State Department That There is no Use to I>and Forces in the Threatened Oil Districts?Situation Interests Washington. The rout of the Mexican Federals ? near Juarez by tlie constitutionalist forces and a wireless report from Hear Admiral Fletcher indicating that conditions in the oil regions near Tuxpan wero not as threatening as previously had been reported, on Thursday held tho interest of officials at Washington in tho Mexican * situation. Tho wireless message to tho navy department from Admiral Fletcher who Monday night left Vera Cruz on tho battleship Rhode Island with John Lind, the special American envoy, to investigate alleged threatening conditions in tho oil district of , Tuxpam and Tampico, brought evident relief to officials in Washington. Tho admiral's report regarding tho Tuxpam field, where British and American interests are situated gavu liHiicnuons mat no immediate aggressive action on the part of the United States to furnish protection would he necessary. Though no oflicial report has yet come with relation to the Tampico district the belief is that the situation thero will ho found similarly controlled. Tho border situation, as a result of tho vigorous operations near Juarez and tho possibility of another siege of tho border city, aroused tho war department to action to afford ample protection for El Paso and the neighboring territory and late Wednesday ofTleial orders were issued for tho movement from Port Douglas, Utah, to El Paso of tho Twentieth IT. S. infantry, which will be used to preserve order within tho city limits. This arrangement will permit tho use of the two regiments of calvary now at El Paso, Fort Dliss and environs to guard the border in each direction from the city. In addition to theso two regiments?the 15tli which just arrived from Northern posts, and the Second?thero is a battery of the Fifth artillery, while Prig. Gen. Hugh T,. Scott with a squadron of the Twelfth cavalry, will go to El Paso as soon as ho has composed tho threatened outbreak among tho Navaja Indians in New Mexico. HMx A XI' A M /I ..i 1 ' * lilt) v?cll UCJJil 1 LIIIl'Ill, UJlOIl UIG rcquest of the Rod Cross, issued orders which permit the bringing of wounded Mexican soldiers across the border into El Paso, tho permission applying alike to federals and constitutionalist soldiers. Tho first soldiers to bo received will bo wounded constitutionalists as they already have been brought into Juarez in considerable numbers. The federal soldiers, largo'numbers of whom aro reported to bo in pitiable condition farther south, will receive equal treatment if any agency is devised to bring them into American territory. The Red Cross authorities find it easier to caro for tho wounded Mexicans in American territory than to enter into the international negotiations which would bo necessary in order to cross tho boundary, and it also is known that facilities for tho care of tho wounded in Juarez aro entirely inadequate. The Mexican Red and White Cross organizations are disorganized and officials say there is no authoritative agency in Mexico with which tho American society could work. Robbed by Rand its. A. L. King, a Chicago mining man arrived In Douglas, Arizona, Monday from a mino near Temosachio, State of Chihuahua. Ho said that a band of twenty bandits shot his horse from under .him and robbed him of $600. lie walked the last six days of his journey. ? ? Shop Dynamited. The forge shop of the Carbondale I VT r> I ? ~ r\ - ? .naiuiuu company, at carboiulaje, Pa., that has been tied up by a strike for two months, was partly wrecked Sunday night by dynamite. Twenty non-union workmen housed in a commissary near the shop,escaped injury. Strikers l"sc Dynamite. The Michigan copper mine strike now going on at Calumet, Mich., assumer serious proportions Wednesday night when a heavy charge of dynamite was exploded by a time fuso on the outside of the compressor house at the Ahmeek mine. ? ? 4 Mad Dog Bites Boy. Champ Smith, a little white boy of the Brandon mill village, Greenville, was bitten several days ago by a stray dog, and a telegram from Columbia has stated that the dog was mad. He was Immediately taken to Atlanta for treatment. Old newspapers for sale. THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY, S. C. I Published Everj' Thursday. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, lOiil. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. II. II. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor nt Law. CON WAV, S. C. B. 13. SCAltHOROUGH. Attorney at Law. CONWAY, S. C. H. II. 13CBROUGUS, Physician niul Surgeon. CONWAY, S. C. W. E. McCORD, Dental Surgeon CONIVAY, S. C. RENE RAVENEL I>and Surveying and Drainage Splvoy Ruilding Conway, fl. O. MAIL CARRIER KILLED. ?, Marnvvcll County Man Meets Death From Shooting. Edgar F. Phillips, of Ulnior, in Barnwell County, tlio rural mail carrier of parcel post fame, was shot and killed in the store of Willie Brant, at Ulmer, Thursday night of last week by Grover Ilarter, a son of Dr. A. J. Barter. The weapon used was an automatic pistol. Two shots wero fired, it is said, only one of which took effect. The ball entered Phillips' body in tho region of the j heart, causing almost instant death. From what can bo learned Phillips and Ilarter had been involved in I sonio previous difficulty, as a result of which, it is alleged, the latter made threats against tho life of Phillips. There was a clash between tho f two men several days ago and a warrant was sworn out by Phillips charg- fj ing Ilarter with assault and battery. Phillips was in the store of Willie Brant Thursday night between 7 and 8 o'clock making some purchases. As he turned to leave, his arms full of bundles, according to eye-witnesses, two shots were fired from tho doorway. Phillips cried, "Boys, he's got me," and staggering a few feet, fell behind tho counter, where ho died in a few minutes. ______ ^ ^ A WHITE iiorsrc WEDDIXO. + Miss Jessie Wilson Becomes Mrs. Francis Howes Sayre. With smiles of confident happiness turned toward each other, Francis Bowes Sayre and Miss Jessie Wood row Wilson, second daughter of the President and Mrs. Wilson, late Tuesday wero joined in marriage at the White House before a company of distinguished officials of the United States government, members of the diplomatic corps, close friends and relatives. It was a scene of rare bril- 1 liancy, touched, through the ten min- J utes of ceremony, with a grave sol- 1 emnity, as the President of the Unit- I ed States stood by his wife, their fl faces a study in deep emotion, as M they gave in marriage the first one of B their children. It was intensely a hu- f man sight as the meaningful v/ords 1 of the service wero softly spoken be- 1 fore an altar of palms, ferns and * white lilies. i ] ? lifttit. ITIa \fnn,A?i> Tho attendants at a Chicago ho?~ I pital were astonished Saturday when I a well dressed man of about forty 1 walked Into the hospital, and declar- | | ed that ho could not remember his name. Sunday he was still in ignorance, but stated that ho was born at M Liverpool. I Dropped Dead in Church. I C. D. Snell, aged 65 years, a Con- 1 federate veteran, dropped dead in tho ] Methodist Protestant church at Montgomery, Ala., shortly after noon Sun- I day during the service. lie had just \i completed a short talk when heart M disoaso overcame him. Beaten 2.080 Times. jl| On complaint of his wife, who de- jK clared her husband had beaten her |H once every week since they were mar- m rled, a total of 2,080 times, Peter V Edwards, of Pittsburg, Pa., was sentenced Monday to 30 davs in work house. ... ??.+. J| Oranges at Beaufort. M Beaufort is having a wonderful |H| orange crop this year. On every hand j* trees can be seen loaded down with JB this fruit; which is grown successfully there. One of the gardens at that place has produced 1,500 for the first crop. Send in your subscription now.