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HUERTA CRUMBLING f MONEY CUT OIF AND REBELS MARCHING TO CAPITOL ?* , CLAIM THEY WILL WIN Rebels of the North Intend to Join Constitutionalist Forces of the South?Nothing I tot ween Them and llucrt-a's Capital Save Chihuahua, Which is to ho Attacked. Under pressure of Constitutionalist armies in tho north, advancing on Chihuahua, tho most important dcfonco that now stands between the Mexican capital and tho border, and tho menacing activities of tho Zapatistas, tho situation of tho lluerta government in Mexico is believed by olllcials at Washington to bo extremely critical. Efforts of lluerta to obtain funds for tho payment of accrued interest on National railroad bonds wero regarded as serving to demonstrate the deterrent effect upon foreign capital of tho attitude of the American government towards speculators who would risk their money to secure ex- ' orbitant profits at this stago in tlie ' great national tragedy. ! Mexico City, according to advices ' received at Washington, is almost isolated from tho northern half of Mexico. Stato department reports ! show that while rail communication still is open between Laredo on the Rio Grande and Monterey, mail and ' telegraph matter can not get south beyond the latter point except to Saltillo. Fearing tho speedy closo of this last avenue of escape, Americans and other foreigners in Monterey are reported to he crowding the trains starting for the American border. A news-dispatch sent out Sunday from the Constitutionalist headquarters, near Juarez, quoted General Francisco Villa. Constitutionalist commander, as saying that Northern Mexico, embracing the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Taniaulipas, and including the territory from tho border to a lino 500 miles south will be wholly under tho authority of the rebel forces within two weeks. The forces lighting lluerta then will join at Guadagira with a view of marching onto Mexico City. This campaign, ho said, contemplated not only the capture of Chihuahua City, but also the spreading of the Constitutionalist authority farther south, lie is to be joined in the interior later by Gen. Venustiano Carranza, head of tho rovolutionary movement. So far as tho north is concerned, Villa said the campaign is between 1 1,000 Federal troops, mostly in garrisons, and 20,300 rebels or Constitutionalists in garrisons and roaming the country. The approximate strength of tho opposing forces in the north as gathered from ollicial sources hv Villn HTwl umdn bnnurn Kn him is: At Guaymas, bonora, 3,000 Federal troops commanded by Pedro Ojeda; at Chihuahua City 5,000 Fedorals, commanded by Gen. Salvador Mercado; at Raltillo and Monclova, Coahulia, 3,000 Federals; at Monterey, Nuevo, 2,000 Federals; scattered, 1,500 Federals. Opposed to the Federals and their positions are; In Sonora, about 5,000 rebels under Gen. Carranza, head of tho Constitutionalists; at Jaurez and en route to Chihuahua City, 5,800 rebels, commanded by Villa; south of Chihuahua City, 5,500 rebels, commanded by Gen. Manuel Chao; scattered and at other cities 8,000 rebels. In preparation for the tack on Chihuahua City 3,500 troops with 16 machine guns and equipment, which filled three trains, had left Juarez and has reached a point 50 miles south. NEARLY KILLED BY GAS. Stranger Overcome in Charleston While Taking Bath. In Charleston on Saturday a stranger was removed to a hospital in an unconscious condition from an apart mont houso on King street where he had been accidentally overcomo by gas in a bath room. The man had gone into the bath room and turned on the gas heater attached to warm water. Just how the gas light went j out is not known, but some one in passing the room detected the odor , of escaping gas and heard tho groans of someone in the room. When no response came from a rap on the door, a friend of the visitor climbed ' though a window, and found the man in a sitting position, unconscious, , with the gas escaping form the heater. A hurry call was sent to tho po- . lice, who removed the stranger to the , hospital. , Cored by Steer. While unloading a car lot of wild ( steers Tuesday night at Charleston, ] on Meeting street, Jacob H. Dunne- t man was charged by one of the steers < and seriously injured about the thigh. f * * r Auto Kills Many. | There were 23 4 persons killed by < automobiles In New York last year, "while only twenty-one were killed In r London. iaswMca?w? in BLEASE TO THE RESCUE ? MIDKHH TIIK MILITIA TO PKOTEirr THE NKGKOEtf. ? iVIio Were in Jail (.'harmed With the Brutal Murder of Mr. 10. I*. Best at Barnwell. The cold-blooded murder of Mr. 10. P. Host, at Barnwell on Wednesday light while walking along one of the irincipal streets of that town, caused jjreat excitement, and had the negroes been caught who murdered dr. Best they would have fared bady. The coroner's jury held Scott Madison, colored, as principal and Mitchell Story and Gilbert Parker, ilso negroes, for the killing. They were carried to the State penitentiary 'or safe keeping on Thursday night. They had been confined In the Barnwell jail all day Thursday. Acting on long distance telephone mil from Senator Patterson Thurslay morning to the effect that from he ominous air pervading a crowd of letermined white men, which were gathering, a lynching of negroes was 'eared, Governor Bleaso ordered the military company at Barnwell under irms and told Sheriff Morris to call jut a posse comitates and swear in ?xtra deputies to preserve peace and mler and to prevent any bloodshed in Barnwell, as a result of the wholesale arrest of negro suspects following the shooting down of Mr P. t> Host. Horn is the governor's order: "Assemble your company and do what is necessary to preserve the peace there," was the teelogram sent to Capt. Emlle Uarley, of the Ttarnwell military company, Thursday morning by flovernor Please. To Sheriff J. 15. Morris he telegraphed: "Use every effort at your command, call out posse eomitatus. swear in extra deputies and do everything to preserve peace and order there. I warn you not to fail in the discharge of your duties." The governor asked Mr. Charles Carroll Simms at liarnwell to use his influenco to preserve order. "Please use your influence to preserve order and to see that the law Ts vindicated," was the wire which went to Mr. Simms. The military company was ordered out to guard the jail and proserve order and Sheriff Morris was instructed to swear in any amount of deputies to reinforce the military if necessary. The city was intensely excited and Thursday morning white men gathering in the streets in front of the jail, with determined looks on their facer and with a sullen anger pervading the crowd, led some citizens to fear that an attempt would bo made to lynch the suspects. This is the information which Governor Please got from Senator Patterson over the long distance telephone, it being stated that it was feared that forty negroes would ho lynched. Late Thursday afternoon the town was quiet and the military company was not needed. Sheriff Morris has everything in hand and the crowds have all dispersed. Mr. Pest was a popular merchant and citizen and much sympathy is felt for his widow and little children. His assassination aroused the citizens to fury and it is said that, only the coolness and self-control of the yeomanry of Barnwell averted trouble. Knowing the intense feeling against the accused it was decided at a meeting of the bar, Thursday morning to request immediate trial, court now being in session. The grand jury will be summoned to meet Monday and as II. A. Si in ins, Esq., who, with Thomas M. Boulware, Esq., has been appointed to defend the negroes, stated that tho usual three days would ho waived. It is very immediately after the finding of the probable that the case will he called grand jury. ? . TRAIN HITS IIUGftY. ?4 Dillon Negro is Killed and White Man May Die. At about f>:30 o'clock Friday evening a passenger train on its way to Dillon struck n nmln nml hntrorw in which were John Hamilton, a white man, and Jim Killins, a negro, killing the mule and the negro instantly, and it is thought that Hamilton is fatally injured. Hoth, with a part of tho buggy, were thrown upon the pilot and were carried into Dillon [his way. It took several persons to xtricato them from tho wreck. The body of Killins was laid to one side and Hamilton, with broken limbs, was put on a stretcher and taken to a Florence hospital on tho next train, which was the express. The buggy was cut in half, tho seat back and [op boing hung up on the pilot with the men in a tangle of wreckage. Hamilton lived on tho farm of Austin Hamilton. The negro worked at Hamilton's stables. President Wilson's practice of r >ut tho country. Senators and ropre President Wilson reading to tlie asse he Mexican war and the currency b mding his messages to the members lentatives approve of it as an aid to nbled legislators his message concer 11 delivered to the two houses Tues >f congress has won wide favor thrupublic business. Tho photo shows Hng presidential direct primaries, lay. FltLllS UF LABOR * WHERE Tilt PRFACHtRS WERE SENT NEXT YEAR ? A GOOD MANY CHANGES ? Assignments Made l?y Bishop Wilson of the Members of the South Carolina Conference at the Annual Meeting Recently Held at Rock Hill. The following are the appointments of the members of tho South Carolina Conference for next year niado at tho annual session at Rock Hill on Monday night by Bishop A. W. Wilson: Anderson I>istrict. T. C. O'Doll presiding elder; Anderson, St. John's, J. W. Speake; Bethel, S. W. Banner; Orrville, W. T. Belvin; Antreville, 13. M. Robertson; Calhoun Fall, S. M. Jones, supply; Clemson college, J. M. Steadman; Central, Elzio Myers; Honea Path, S. T. Blackmail; Lowndesville, J. C. Chandler; McCormick, J. F. Anderson; Pel/.er, A. Sasard; Pendleton, C. M. Peeler; Starr, J. E. Singleton; Townville, W. S. Meyers; Wallialla, J. E. Stokes; Wallialla circuit, H. A. Whiten; Westminster, M. M. Brooks; u Hiiamsion and Helton, W. S. Martin; G. T. Harmon, supernumerary. Charleston District. J. W. Daniel, presiding older; Allondalo, B. (!. Murphy; Appleton, E. V.. James; Beaufort and Fort Royal, J. 11. Noland; Bethel circuit, J. O. Burnett, supply; Blackswamp, W. II. Ariall; Bluffton, J. B. Kilgore; Charleston, Bethel, S. B. Harper; Trinity, It. S. Truesdale; Spring Street, M. An Id; Hampden Square, J. T. Feeler; Young's Island, W. B. Duncan Jr.; Cottageville, \V. V. Dibble; Cypress, M. M. McLondon; Ehrhardt, B. J. Guess; Ellen ton. H. T. Morrison Jr.; Furman, D. N. Busby; Hampton, L. \V. Johnson; Hendersonville, W. A. Kirby; Lodge, I). E. Jeffcoat; ltidgeland and Cillisonville, J. K. Way; Ridgeville, J, W. Elkins; Summerville, J. F. Simpson; Walterboro, J. W. Wolling. Cokosbury District. W. P. Meadows, presiding older; Abbeville, S. O. Cantey; Abbeville circuit, W. II, Murry; Broad River, I). P. Boyd; Butler, A. M. Gardner; Cokosbury, G. P. Clarkson; Greenwood, Main street, L. P. McGee; It. A. Child, supernumerary; Greenwood mills, J. B. Connelly, supply; Greenwood circuit, P. G. Whitlock; I Ifinovrla \\r D i? 1... ; i . -- >>. iv. nuuKiugiu; m. Kendrie and Earlo Stcdman, supply; Newberry, Central, J. E. Carlisle; O'Neall Street, Gabo Smith; Newberry circuit, S. C. Morris; NinetySix, P. E. Dibble; Parksville, R. II. Covington; Phoenix, J. 11. Manly; Princeton, K. P. Morris; Prosperity and Zion, E. P. Taylor; Saluda, O. A. Jeffcoat, Waterloo, J. T. Miller; Whit mire, J. M. Fridy; Lander collegia J. O. Wilson, president; R. D. Lawton, professor; Cokosbury Conference school, P. W. Dibble, rector. Columbia District. J. W. Kilgo, presiding elder; Aiken, M. Dargan; Ratesburg, J. E. Mahaffay; Columbia, Main Street, T. I G. Herbert; Washington Street, S. A. (Steele; J. A. Campbell, supernumerary; Green Street, I). W. Kelar; Whaley Street, J. H. Thacker; Prookland, A. R. Phillips; Shandon, L. 1). Gillespie; Edgewood, John Paul; Edgefield, J. R. Walker; Pairfield, J. R. Mason; E. W. Mason, supernumerary; Gilbert, J. M. Casque, supply; Granlteville, C. S. Felder; Johnston, (1. C. Hutchinson; Langley, 11. W. Shealy; Leesville Station, A. E. Driggers; Leesville circuit, P. E. Hodges; Lexington, J. P. Inablnet; Lexington Pork, E. L. Thomason, supply; North Augusta, C. E. Peele; Ridgoway, J. P. Winnlngton, supply; Springfield, J. E. Rushton; Swansea, J. M. Lawson; Upper Richland, J. K. Inabinet; Wagener, W. D. Quick, supply; Columbia college, W. W. Daniel, president; Epworth Orphanage. W. P. Wharton, superintendent; J. W. Neely, supernumerary. Florence District. W. A. Massaboau, presiding elder; P/onnettsviile, Peter Stokes; Rennettsville circuit, M. W. Hook; Rrightville, G. W. Davis; Rethlehem, J. G. Parr; Cheraw, T. G. Harmon Jr.; Chesterfield, J. L. Tyler; Darlington, Trinity, L. L. Bedenhaugh: VV. TWait, supernumerary; Epworth, A. A. Merrttt, supply; Darlington circuit, It. \V. Humphries; East Chesterfield, T. TL Owens; Florence, It. E. Turnlpseed; Ilartsvillo, T. E. Morris; Jefferson, Foster Speor; Lamar, IT. Etherldge; Liberty, Paul T. Wood; Marlboro, J. It. Sojourner; Mo.Bee, W. A. Beckham; McColl, J. T. Fowler; Middendorf, W. V. Jerman, supply; Pageland, J. A. McGraw, Timmonsvillo and Pisgah, J. H. Graves; Timmonsvllle circuit, G. T. Rhoad; assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beatty; conference secretary education, Peter Stokes. Greenville District.. P. F. Kllgo, presiding elder; Clinton, W. A. Fairey; Easley circuit, J. D. Holler; C. B. Burns, supernumerary; Fountain Inn, M. T. Wharton; Gray Court, T. W. Munnerlyn; Green ville, Buncombe Street, M. L. CurlIsle; St. Paul, E. S. Jones; Hampton Avenue, W. M. Owings; West Greenville, S. L. Rogers, supply; South Greenville, P. U. Kllgo; Brand and Judson, J. E. Strickland; Bethel and Poe, W. B. Garrett; Greenville circuit, J. G. Muggins; Greer, E. H. Beckham; Laurens, J. R. T. Major; Laurens circuit, W. H. Lewis, supply; Liberty, to be supplied; Pickens circuit, R. II. Lupo; Norris circuit, J. T. McFarland; Pickens, L. E. Wiggins; Piedmont, O. M. Abney; Simpsonville, II. C. Mouzon, supply; Greer, J. D. Bell, supply; Easley, I). I). Jones; Travellers Host, D. R. Roof. Ivingstree District. II. B. Browne, presiding elder; Andrews, W. O. Henderson, supply; Cades, L. E. Peeler; Cordesville, G. C. Gardner; Georgetown, Duncan, H. J. Cautlien; West End, J. B. Mahaffy; Greeley ville, W. P. Way; H. W. Wliitaker, supernumerary; Honey Hill, W. II. Perry; Johnsonville and Prospect, P. B. Ingraham; Jordan, W. T. Patrick; Kingstree, D. A. Phillips; Lako City, J. W. Arlall; McClellanvllle, G. A. Beasley; New Zion, P. K. Rhoad; Pee Dee, J. C. Taylor, supply; Pinopolls, J. W. Bailey; Rome, R. E. Sharpe; Salters, W. T. Bedenbaugh; Sampit, J. P. Parr; Scranton, J. B. Prosser; South Florence, P. A. Murray; Sumrnerton, C. C. Derrick. Marion District. R. II. Jones, presiding elder; Ayr.or, F. S. Hook, supply; Blenheim, J. S. Beasley; Brittons Neck, to be supplied; Brownsville, B. T. Phillips; Bucksville, W. R. Barnes, supply; Centenary, R. R. Doyle; Conway, A. R. Betts; Conway circuit, W. R. Phillips, supply; Clio, A. E. Holler; Dillon, A. J. Cauthern; Gallivant, to be supplied; Batta, F. H. Shuler; Little Uock, J. E. Cook; Little River, F. B. Clennan: Boris, S. T. Creech; 11. B. Singleton, supernumerary; Marion, P., R. Turnipseod; Marion circuit, J. M, Meetze; Mullins, W. C. Kirkland; Mullins circuit, M. F. Dukes; Little Pee Dee, W. C. Owen; Waccamaw, E. F, Scroggins; Horry Industrial school, E. O. Watson, president. Orangeburg District. M. B. Banks, presiding elder; Bamberg and Bamberg Mills, W. H. Hodges; Barnwell, W. J. Snyder; Branchville, T. J. White; Cameron, T. W. Godboldt; Denmark, II. (I. Hardin; Edisto, S. If. Booth; Eutawville, S. I). Vaughan; C.rover, T. A. Shealy; 1 larleyville. R. CP Boulware; Norway, A. S. Leslie; Olar, to he supplied. Orangeburg - St. Paul, W. B. Duncan; Elliott Station, A. A. Corbett, supply; Orangeburg circuit, S. W. II,. ^ T - ~ ' i n ni > , uriinge, .1. J. istevonson;| Providence, T. P. llelvin; Rowcsville, ,T. A. Graham; Smoakes, J. C. Counts; St. George, W. E. Wiggins. Rock llill District. R. L. Ifolroyd, presiding elder; Blacksburg, to be supplied; Blackstock, W. M. Hardin; Chester, J. L. Daniel; Chester circuit, W. T. Duncan; Clover, J. N. Isoni; East Chestc^r, J. V. Davis, supply; East Lancaster, W. C. Kelly; Fort Mill, J. P. Patton; Hickory Grove, H. B. Hardy; Lancaster, E. T. Hodges; Lancaster circuit, C. W. Burgess; North Rock Hill and City mission, .T. A. White, 11. R. rimer, supply; Riehburg, W. S. Goodwin; Rock Hill, St. Johns, P. B. Wells; Rock Hill circuit, J. S. Spinks; Van Wick, J. II. Montgomery; Winnsboro, J. B. Tray wick; Yorkville, II. Stokes. Sumter District. II. W. Boyd, presiding elder; Bethany, O. N. Rountree; Bishopville, G. E. Edwards; Camden, C. B. Smith; Camden circuit, J. C. Davis; Elloree, J. L. Mullinax; Fort Motte, W. C. Gleaton; Heath Spring, J. B. Weeden; Kershaw, S. I). Bailey; Lynchburg, S. K. Bethea; Manning, G. P. Watson; Oswego, J. Ik Attaway; Pinewood, R. M. DuBose; Providence, J. E. Cooper, supply; Richland, Geo. Gary Lee; St. Johns and Remberts, E. P. Hutson; St. Matthews, G. F. Kirby; Sumter, Trinity, D. M. McLeod; Broad Street, J. M. Rogers; Wateree, D. O. Spires. Spartanburg District. R. E. Stackhouse, presiding elder; Belmont, W. P. Meadors Jr.; Campobello, J. R. Copeland; Carlisle, R. O. Lawton; Cherokee, R. O. Brock, supply; Clifton and Glendale, C. P. Carter, supply; Drayton and Beaumont, W. II. Polk; Duncan, J. K. Holman; Enoree, W. B. Justus; Gaffney, Beau fort Street, CJ. C. Leonard; Limestone Street, J. W. Shell; Gaffney circuit, J. A. Bledsoe; Inman, J. \V. Lewis; Jonesville, J. A. Cook; Kelton, T. P. Gibson; Pacelot, A. H. Best; Pacolet mills, A. V. Harbin; Ueidville, E. L. McCoy; Spartanburg, Bethel, A. N. Brunson; Central, C. O. Herbert; Union, Grace, .1. C. Itoper; Buffalo and Q Street, W. F. Gault; South Union, J. H. Danner; Saxon and Textile institute, J. H. Brownflehl, agent; Woodruff, G. G. llarley; superintendent Anti-Saloon league, J. I,. Harley; Industrial institute, D. E. Camak, president. Transferred E. K. Hardin to Baltimore conference, G. P. Penny to Florida conference, B. G. Vaughan to Pacific conference, C. B. Dawsey to Brazil conference. Fire Trends to Explosion. More than a score of spectators and a dozen firemen were burned or bruised and cut by flying debris when a quantity of dyamite, gunpowder and gasoline exploded in a burning building in the eastern business section of Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday. WILL RIPLN BOLLS EXPERTS PLEASED WITH HALL'S ARTIFICIAL METHOD. + SEEMS TO WORK WELL Tost Hoi Is Are Sent From This State to Philadelphia Whore Ex peri- 4 incuts Are Reing Conducted?E. J. Watson I i ges I'se of Invent ion to Save Fug Eiul of This Year's Crop. To mature cotton bolls artificially, saving millions of dollars annually to . planters, producing a better seed and eventually exterminating the boll weevil is the dream of John 13. Hall, inventor, and the Hall Cotton Heclaiming company, incorporated in the State of Delaware with an initial capital of $100,000, says a special dispatch from Philadelphia to The . State. It reads like a Mulberry Sollor's prospectus, yet tho dream of the inventor and his company gives promise of early realization. This view is strengthened by the results of a number of practical demonstrations in the presence of Southern cotton growers and ginners, and experts whose testimony is to the effect that cotton bolls may be nipped off the stalks like so many oranges, weeks, if nec waai/, uuiurc i uoy would mature naturally, and by either a chemical or a mechanical process, ripened at ' the convenience of the ginner. Figuring on a 10 per cent, loss of a cotton crop in immature, unopened and frostbitten bolls, the Hall process would have saved to the planters of the South this year approximately l,r>00,000 bales. Tests of the Hall processes with bolls brought from the South in various stages of maturity?some of them frostbitten?were conducted at the Philadelphia commercial museum in the presence of growers and ginners. Among these were T. S. Cave and J. M. Fosterling of Barnwell, S. C. Bolls from an experimental twoacre plantation near Philadelphia also were matured by the mechanical or incubation process. The experimental plantation belongs to J. Rllwood Fee of the Fee Tire and Rubber company, who is vice-president of the Hall Cotton Reclaiming company. It is asserted that field tests will confirm those which were made at the Commercial .Museum, and that it will be within (he range of possibility to grow cotton profitably in Pennsylvania and other northern states where the soil is adapted to that cron. This view is nrofii/.tn?i vyuivHH <-?II II1U ability to pluck tho bolls in advance of frost to ripen by incubation. The results of both the chemical and mechanical treatment of bolls were submitted to Gov. O'Neal and Commissioner Kolb of Alabama, Gov. Hall of Louisiana and Gov. Colquitt of Texas, all of whom it is stated, are favorably impressed and promise, if the claims of the inventor are further borne out, to encourage the introduction of the process in their several states. Commissioner of Agriculture K. J. Watson of South Carolina, who is president of the Southern Cotton congress, has given much study to the reports of tho several demonstrations with 2 00 pounds of bolls from South Carolina, and in a letter received from him by Inventor Hall a few days ago, Commissioner Watson urges that no time be lost in placing at the disposal of ginners facilities for chemical treatment of the fag end of this season's top crop, to be followed up by the installation of Incubators for next season. Mr. Cave also is impatient for putting tho pro- 1 cess to practical use in South Caro- 1 lina ginneries. With this end in 1 view, contracts are in process of execution with a number of ginners on a 1 basis that relieves them and the 1 planters from any risk whatever. The contract provides that the ginner is to pay to the planter 65 per cent, of the money received by him from the salo of cotton and w*. II VIII i li & 111 d" ture and frostbitten bolls furnished tion?the Hall Cotton Reclaiming by the planter. It is further stipu- 1 lated that the owners of the invencompany?are to pay the ginner $3 per bale of 500 pounds and an addi- 1 tional 5 per cent, of the money received from the sale of the cotton and seed, the Hall company to receivo the remaining 3 0 per cent, in royalty. It is purposed, with the introduction r?f the machine, that the planters will pay to the glnner $5 per bale for cotton produced from bolls that otherwise would be lost, the ginner to re- 1 tain 5 0 per cent, of this sum and pay i the remainder to the Hall company. 1 Hriefly, mechanical ripening of the 1 bolls, forcing thom to disclose their wealth of snowy, fluffy raw cotton of commerce, is simply Incubation ap- 1 plied to plants. The bolls are "hatched out" in from two to throe hours, a machine and an operator maturing 1 from five to eight bales of cotton per ^ day. The timo consumed by the < chemical process may bo several * hours or several days, depending upon the character of the building, temperature and degree of moisture in which the bolls are treated?con- 1 ditions wholly within the control of < the ginner or planter. Whilst both 3 processes promise to save nearly < $100,000,000 annually In cotton, per- l THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY, S. C. I Published 10very Thursday. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. II. 11. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Ia*w. CON W AV, S. C. 11. D. SCARBOROUGH. Attorney ut Law. CONWAY, S. C. II. H. BURROUGHS, Physician and Kurgooa. CONWAY, S. C. W. E. McCORD, Dental Surreon CONWAY, 5. C. RENE It A YEN KL I .and Surveying and Drainage Spivey Rnlldtn* Conw?y, ?. O. (JETS WARM WELCOME. Cuban Government Extends Courtesies to Mis. (Jon/.ales. According to a special cable from Habana, Cuba, Friday, Mrs. William Elliott Gonzales, wife of the American minister to Cuba, arrived there Thursday night and was the recipient of extraordinary courtesies at the hands of the Cuban government. The oflicials of the state department welcomed her aboard the steamship in behalf of Cuba and presented a bouquet of roses to her. The treasury department issued special orders to the customs oflicials not to inspect her baggage and accordingly Mrs. Gonzales' landing was made most expedient and comfortable. haps the most startling claim made for them is that by their common use the boll weevil will eventually be exterminated. The death knell of the destructive pests is being sounded in the preparations under way for reclaiming frostbitten and immature bolls within a week or two. Hy prolonging the hibernating period of the boll weevil by several weeks wUir-n iu to bo accomplished by artificially ripening the bolls that long in advance of the time when nature would do the work, the weevil will be virtually starved out. There will bo nothing for him to feed upon during the few weeks that must ellipse from the time he crawls from his winter quarters until the'crop has been planted. The Hall processes are pronounced by several planters as marking an epoch in the history of cotton production no less important than the introduction of the gin. R. C. Musgrove, a cotton expert, 2 5 Broad St., New York, who witnessed tlie mechancical process of ripening bolls and afterward submitted the fibre to the usual teRts, is quoted as saying that the staple of the bolls matured by the process is longer than from bolls ripened on the stalk. Tie says the cotton had a firmer and more silky gloss than that which was ripened naturally; that it is of a fine spinning quality and that the heat of the sun injures the textile strength and quality of cotton matured in the field. Mr. Musgrove was chairman of awards of cotton at the St. Louis exposition, also at the Jamestown exposition, and judge of cotton at the American Land and Irrigation exposition Vow v?1. . WH * UI . W. J. Williams, a government, chemist at the United States arsenal In Philadelphia, reporting on tests of seed from bolls matured both artificially and naturally/ says he found that the artificially ripened cotton seed contained about 2 per cent, more oil and fat than that which had been allowed to ripen in the field. Other tests are held as having demonstrated that seed from artificially ripened bolls germinates even more satisfactorily than that from bolls that were matured on the Ktnlk The bolls from Barnwell which were subjected to treatment in the Incubator wore classified?some being taken three weeks before maturity, others four weeks and an intermediate class 10 days before maturity, from the fields respectively of T. T. Grubbs, Mr. Richardson and T. S. Cave. Artificial ripening of cotton bolls will, it is contended, go far toward solving the labor problems from at < least one of its angles. It is designed to defy the elements to a considerable extent, and outwit Jack Frost. President of Southern. } Fairfax Harrison, of Virginia, has seen elected president of the Southern Railway. For the past three rears he has been president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville 'ailway.