The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, January 25, 1912, Image 1

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ILt PICKENS : The Pearl of the PIEDMONT. prolate Of_ __ Eutered April 23. t)03 at PIccein, %. C. as second class Mal ManAter, under act of Congress of March 3,1879 41st YEAR. PICKENS, S. C.. JANUARY 25, 1912. SOLONS OF STATE ARE YERY BUSY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE HAVE MANY BILLS IN HAND TO PASS ON. EWS FROM BOTH HOUSES The Latest News of The General As sembly is Given In These Columns 'i Condensed Form For The Bene f The People. Columbia.-There was a session of the joint assembly for holding elec tions. . President C. A. Smith declared nominations open for the position cf directors of the state penitentiary and stated that there were two vacancies to be filled. W. H. Glenn and J. D. Deas, two retiring directors, were the only nominees. After the ballot President Smith declared Mr. Glenn and Mr. Deas reelgi;d for another term. The election of Vo.trustees for the state negro college.' )rangeburg was taken up. Dr. WV Lowman of Or angeburg and 'M Hodge of Clar endon were thealy nominees and were elected toil the vacancies. At a joint meeting of the railroad committees of the senate and the house; held in the senate chember, the railway trainmen, conductors, engi neers and the railroads were repre sented. Their representatives spc 'e and gave reasons for and against the passage into law of the bill providing .for a minimum number of persons on trains operated in this state. There are two bills of this character, one in the house and the other in the senate, but they differ in their pro visions. The Senate. A favorable report on the anti- rac ing bill was made by the senate judi ciary committee. This bill, if passed, will drive racing out of South Caro lina. A message was received. from the governor quoting a letter that he had sent to the heads of all the colleges of the state requesting that they, if possible, furnish him with the annual student enrollment for the r'4ions of 1910-1911, the number c'profes sors in instructors, the expenditure for the year and any other informa tion that they cared to divulge. The clerk had just started to read it when, on motion by Senator Carlisle, It was received as information to be inserted in the journal. A house message was received in forming the senate that an act to require the distribution of the dis pensar-y fund and the meth*od of its distribution had been passed over the governor's veto. A message from the governor was attached. On motion of Senator Weston, consideration was deferred and the bill and message -were ordered spread on the journal. The other message informed the sen ate that the vetoed amended act for the establishment of an industrial school for boys was also passed. On motion of Senator Christensen this and the governor's attached message were also sent to the committee on education and the whole matter is to be inserted in the journal. The unfavorable report on the house bill to regulate the awarding -* of scholarships. in Winthrop college *was laid on the table. After being amended by Senator Hardin the bill * was sent to the house. Senator Carlisle's bill defining the duties and powers of probate courts in relation to minors was passed and ordered sent to the house. Senator Earle's second reading bill to amend section 2743, code of laws of South Carolina, volume 1, relating to the appointment of justices .and special judges, caused a prolonged and~ stormy debate, which was ad journed until after third reading bills. *senator Weston's bill to repeal the act incorporating the town of East over in Richland county was killed. Senator Young's bill requiring that all employers of labor wno require their employes to give two weeks' no For Reduction of Cotton Acreage. Acting under a resolution of the South Carolina state farmers' union. Commissioner Watson is soon to in augurate a campaign thr-oughout the, cotton belt to interest the farmner3 In the movement to reduce cotton acreage. He will urge upon the statc farmers' unions of the various states and the departments of agriculture to put the "Rock Hill Plan" in oper ation. The plan was promulgated by 3. G. Anderson of Rock Hill and he is to accompany Comnmissioner Watson on the trip throughout the South. South. Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Sunny Brook: Brick ..mpany of Miles N!. with a capital stock of $10,000. 'I he omfcers are: IH. F. Lee. president: R. H. Jochnston. see r-etary and treasu,-:. A conunssica has been issued toine T. J. Benti. company of McCormuic'.. -vith a e-vlit: stock of SS,000. Thei~ pe -. T. J. ilentley and J. ' - aecretary of sl::t.' L-.i: -' er to t1eArthur li:' - of Si thews, with An Election Held at Wa~ha!!. The rcgular murizlpai eletio~n for mayvor, six aldermen and board of health. composed of three memcbers, was held here. The following was the result of the r:i for mayor: W. M. Brown, 74: M. R. McDonald, 24; 3. E. Hendr.'x. 6. J. W. Beli, W. L. Ver-ner. C. P. Walker, C. F. Iletricp, 3. N. Badger and 0: to Schumuaker, Jr., Thdce. W. J. Huant and M- C. Todd were e'ce ted b-ard of healh. The day was very muddy cvy; t3 the maihn snowr anrd ice tice befcre quitting, to az Ve z employe the same amount of noiice before discharging him, aft-r being amended by Senator Carl'sie, was up proved and sent to the house. There was a concurreL resolution from Senator Earle for the appoint ment of a committee cut of the sen ate and the house to investigate the recent text-book law. Immediate cori sideration was objected to, and the matter was carried over. New Senate Bills. Mr. Spivey-To amend an act en titled, "An Act to authorize the city of Columbia to execute a mortgage of the property now used by the staite agricultural and Mechanical society for the uses of said society," approv'. February 17, 1911.. Mr. J. B. Black-To grant to grad uates of the state hospital for the in sane, the same rights and privilege: 'ef nurses graduating from other in stitutions or hospitals. Mr. G. H. Bates-To amend the law relating to magistrates and their cen stables, their powers, duties, jurisdic tion, salaries, etc. Mr. Epps-A joint resolution au thorizing the county commissionrs of Williamsburg county to draw hi.; warrant for $900, and the county treasurer to pay the same. The House of Representat;ves. Speaker Smith of the house ..-r nounced that he had appointed F. M. Cary of Oconee; J. J. Evans of Marl boro, and W. L. Daniel of Saluda, members of the house on the invesi gating committee to probe the gov ernor, the former winding-up coin mission, the attorney general and any one connected in any way with the old state dispensary. The house heard three special mes sages from the governor. The first transmitted the annual reports of the board of fisheries and the commission on the state house grounds. The second special message notified the house of the expiration of the 'terms of August Kohn. W. T. C. Bates and J. Q. Davis as trustees of the Univer sity of South Carolina. The third message recommended an investiga tion of the so called "cotton mill merger." The house disposed of five vetoed acts passing four by the necessary two-thirds majority and sustaining the governor's veto on one. The four acts passed over the governor's veto will be sent to the seuate. The only one of the vetoed acts be fore the house which caused much debate was that relating to exemp tion from jury duty. The governor's special message stated that he vetoed it because ministers were not exempt ed from jury duty. After extended de bate, the house sustained the gover nor's veto by a vote of. 70 to 36. The act requiring the distribution of the dispensary funds among the common schools and providing the method for doing so was passed by th:e house over the governor's veto by a vote of 83 to 11. The act, with F the veto message, will be sent to the senate. The house defeated by one vote Mr. Moore's bill seeking an election for Abbeville county for the restora tion of the dispensary in that county. The vote was 50 to 49 on a bill that had been unfavorably reported. The third reading bill making it t. misdemeanor to originate or publish? slanderous and libelong matter was passed and sent back 1- the senate with amendments by the house. By a vote of 63 to 32 the house refused to recommit the bill. By a vote of 78 to 16, the house passed over the governor's veto the act providing for state maintenance of the Industrial School for boys at Florence. The act will be sent to the senate. The passage of the bill met with little opposition on the floor of the house. New House Bills. K. P. Smith--To allow the fore man of the grand jury or acting fore man to swear witnesses in the grand jury room. Mr. Gasque-Relating to over charges by common carriers. Mr. Moore-To regulate the liabilities of common carriers by railroad to their employes in certain cases. Mr. Nicholson-To provide for cou solidated and graded schools ia coun ty districts, and to appropriate $15, 000 to encourage the same. Mr. Baskins-To limit the time in which bills of sale and chattei iiort gages can be enforced and colitete'!. Mr. Baskin-To provide for four commisioners for Lee county. Announcement By Mr. Reid. Tho following annicuncement has been made by Mr. Whitner Reid, see retary of the state far-mers' union: "Under the Clinkscales plan, the sec retary of the state farmers' union re ceived $26.04 for expenses of cotton holding movement. The commission er of agriculture. the president of the state farmers' union and the secretary of the state farmters' union, who were authorized to use this fund, have agreed to turn the same over to J. G. Anderson, state superintenden t. for expenses of the Rock: Hil plan." Want Sale of Contraband Stepped. At the regular meeting of the city council it was resolved and unani mously adopted that the intendan and wardens petition-Governor- Ble-ase to have his state constable be maore diligent in his duties in suppressin the illicit sale of contraband iiquer in various places in the county. It 1a oceon broug~ht to the attention of to cunell that the trsaic is hci earrie-d on in openl disre-gard of cotS er and state- law., there beintg evd- 2: of it by b randls of liquer- hxi:s g chased ~in differ-ent locali:! . New Steel Bridge Is Completed. The new steel bridge which~ spans the WaccamaW river near Conway, has been completed and has been ac cepted by the commission. This beautiful and substantial structure, which has been in the process of erec tion for the past six months, was built at a cost of $7-ZE. The con tract was let on F'ebraur-: i-, 1'1. to the Southern Bridge C'r:' yn Birmircham, Ala., and wa t:> av been completed within six months af ter the plans had been approved bc "ROCK HILL" PLAN Committee Appointed for This County "to Execute Rules of the Proposed Pian. We are in receipt of a letter 0fro Mr. J. G. Anderson, the corigin ator of what is now known as the "Rock Hill Plan" to re duce the cotton acreage this year. in which he informs us that he has appointed Messrs J. C. Garrett, J. McDl. Bruce and B. H. Williams as a com mittee of suitable and public spirited men to put into execu tion this plan to reduce the cot ton acreage this year. Similar committees have been appointed in the other counties and ho calls upon these men to get to worik quickly and raise 4he necessary fuinds to pay -can vasserS. The plan briefly stated is the comm inittee is to secure men to canvass each township and secure the signature of every farmer to a pledge to reduce his cotton acreage this year at least twenty five per cent. We give the concluding part of Mr. Anderson's letter to the committee: So please get your committee together at once and make a canvass among merchants and ot.hers to raise your necessary money. Report as early as possi ble to me when this is done, and I will then send necessary pledge blanks for you to turn ove: to your canvassers. We canvassed two townships in York county at a cost of $25, but this was too much. It was done in four days, and $20 ought to have been eiough. To be on the safe side you'd better raise enough money to spend $10 to $15 to each - township for can vassers. We found it best to select one man for each two townships--a man in the terri tory and in sympathy with the movement. It will help to have your local papers publish the subscribing list. Also get 3 our canvassers appointed and ready, and their names published. Later we will notify you of a week to have the cans as sers go to work. Much interest and enithusiasm will be raised all over the State by having the canvassing work go on sinmultaneously through out the State. Sincerely, J. G. Anderson, State Superintendent under the Rock Hill plan. Destroyed by Fire TVhe residence of Mr. Bol. Graveley. who lives about four miles north of here, was de stroyed by fire Sunday, about one o'clock. The fire originated in thekitchen, and wvas caused by a defecttive flue. The fire burned so rapidly that before much help could be had, the house was consumed. Only a few of the household goods were saved. Mr. John Porter, who was living in the house with Mr. andl Mrs. Graveiey, lost nearl y all his household effects. With much difficulty the meat house and other outbuildings were saved. The loss sustained by Mr. Graveley and Mr. Porter has not been estimated, but will be very heavy, amounting to several hundred dollars. Neith er had any insurance. Col. 0. P. Field saw the fire from his house, about a mile away, and startedl to it. In his eagerness to r; ach it quickly, he overexerted himself, and this, coupled with the excitement, produced( heart trouble, from n' hih he fell in faint and hiad to be cairried hom :e. He was in a s:2rious condition, and medical aid was summoned. Last ac c..un ts report that he is still uie :-ick but improving. Notice of Town Election, Notice is hereby give~n that an election will be held on Februa rv rd 1912, to elect a mayor to fil h unexpired term of S. B3. Craig, resigned. Managers of electiml: D. B, Finney, W. T.~ Griffin and J. L. Thornley. Vo tig pace: City HallU. By or derP of the Town Concl abut 7.600 .FiThe nmber visible through the tehleope Iha- been esti mated to be between 75,000,000 and 8,00,000. J From Texas. Christm '.s passed off quietly in Miami. Coasting has been the leading sport for three weeks as we have had about 17 inches of snow which fell the 19 of Dec., and is still here and also some very cold weather. It was 16 below zero a few days ago. It is 2 below today and snowing again. Cattle are suffering very iucil, some dying from cold and want of water as all water has been frozen most of the time for three weeks. Mr. J. R. Bowen has accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Panhandle Lumber Co. Born unto Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stansell on the 29th ult., a fine nine-pound baby girl. The men wearing the smile in Miami are those who have big wheat crops under this big snow. It is not the cattle men or the merchants either. Several trains have been snow bound lately. The snow plows are kept busy in the Panhandle. Well I guess I had better ring off for fear this finds the waste basket. Snow Ball "In Memory." On the morning of Dec. 26, 1911, the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bowie was made sad when the death angel called from them their nine-year-old son, Boone F. "Dearest Boone, he has left us. Left us! Yes; forever more; But we hope to meet our dearest On that bright and happy shore. Lonely the home and sad the hours Since our dearest one h as gone, B-t, oh! a brighter life than ours In heaven is now his own. Farewell. dear Boone, but not forever; There will be a glorious dawn We shall meet to part, no, never, On the resurrection morn." N. A. R. As soon as one crop is harvest ed or made is not too soon to plan for the next crop. In fact, in the matter as to where the different crops shall be planted it should be known years ahead what crop shall be on any given field any particular year. This is rotation on a definite plan. Of course, changes may be nec essary, but the haphazard, hit or-miss style sso commonly in dulged in can never be produc tive of the best results. If' you have not alre-idy a well-planned rotation i or the farm, begin at once to plan one.--The Progres sive Farmer. Characteristic. Rock Hill Herald. The message of Governor Blease to the general assembly is strikingly characteristic of the man. There is probably no man in South Carolina save Blease, who could have written it, and c.ertainly few who would have written it, and certainly few who would care to see their names signed to it. It is a piti fully weak state paper-filled with fulsome praise of Blease like a composition of a half gown boy who wants to say something and winds up by say ing too much. According to Blease, he is the greatest re former of modern times. As an actual fact, he is the most piti ful specimen of egotism who was ever elected to fill a high and responsible office, the man has the most overweening con fidence in his ability to fool the people by his childish antics. Fine Exampie Negro Wit. Senator Taylor, Tennessee, said the finest example he knew of the ante-bellum negroe's use of the English language wvas the remark made by an old negro whose worthless son was married secretly. The old man heard of it, and asked the boy if he was married. '"I ain't saving I ain't," the boy replied. "Now, you Rastus,".normed the old man, "I ain't askin' you is you ain't; I is askin'.ou ain't you is!"-Exchange. CATHOLIC MENAC Interesting View of Wide] Discussed Question as Seen by Rev. V. I. Masters (Baptist Courier) It has been fashionable fc some years in Southern Baptis circles to minimize the thougl of there being any danger i America of the Catholics seet ing to get their grip on th nation so as to squeeze out of i the democracy, religious libert and other blood-blought prir ciples that make up the ver life throb of the great republi< It is co.ning about that th tone of comment is changec And while we are not pessimi tic, we are quite sure that ther should be a change. One of th most notable things in the prer ent Romanist movement is th effort they are putting forth t capture America. In Europeai countries and in South America Central America and Mexicc Romanism has been weighed ii the balances, and found want ing. In these countries it ha meant general ignorance, th throttling of the spirit of liberty the tying to a poor infirm inst tution rather than to God th consciences of the people. Th path of human progress is sloi and painful, but these countrie are at last rising and shakin off the incubus of Catholic ruk The pope and his advisors ar both cunning and bold. The: are setting their traps to wi America, and England and Gei many, particularly Americe With -i catholic ecclesiast th end justifies the means, whc the end is to advance Catholi ism and squeze out or destro evangelical faith. In America three new card nals were made recently. an the daily press of this countrN the growing readiness of whic: to acclaim whateyer Rome d( sires acclaimed and relegate t oblivion what Rome wants s relegated, is one of the moa sinister items in the situation the daily press shouted in bi 'etters and through many co umns about the high honor th Roman pontiff had done t America! And we cannot foi get the recent spectacle of th~ celebration at Baltimore of thi twenty-fifth anniversary of th giving of this cardinal red he to one of the Catholic dignitaries The memory is enough to mak one weep. Our President, a ex-President, the speaker of th~ House of Representatives, Uh Vice Preside't, the Chief Jus~tic of the 3uvreme Court. and large band of politicial leadei from both parties gathered Baltimore to do special honori the "red hat" celebration. This was in America, the lan into which many of our for< fathers fled to get away froi the conscience-throttling dom nance of this same unscrupulot religious cult. Alas, how til times have changed since ti sturdy pioneers dared the dar gers of Indian massacres ani the trackless forests for the sak of civil and religious liberty! The Catholics have put the finger on the press in Americ in order to juggle with fairnet and gain unrighteous advantag for themselves. The Bapti: Standard vouches for the di: patch as follows, and whic shows that these same censo: of the press have determine that the American public sha not have the unbiassed trut about the wavering grip of th! spiritual octupus on the peop1 of Europe. lest they should b< come wary. The paragraph as follows: "Columbus, 0. Aug. 25.-i today's session of the conventic of the Catholic editors an a' dIress was delivered by Samui Byrne, Editor of the Pittsbur Observer, in which he said: have come here for the purpos of very briefly suggesting or thinz. It is this. That th Catholic editors of the count concertedly and persistentl: urge their readers to notif y ti proprietors and managers of ti daily papers that, unless the use instead of the European di patches of the Associated Pres those furnished by the newl established Catholic Intern; tional United Telegraph Agenc: they will withdraw their pa ronage from them, either Help the Farmer. Flour,$20.000,000; bacon and lard $17,250,000; horses and mules, $12,500,000; hay and oats, $11,500,000; corn $13,000,000; fertilizers $25,000,000. Ninety-nine millions of dollars spent out of the South last year! ir And every dollar of it could t have been kept at home. Three t millions of bales of cotton pre n sented to the world-gratis. - And it should have represented e to the south $120,000,000.-An t derson Mail. will, morever, boycott both the y offending newspapers and those who advertise in them." e We have faith in the contin 1. ued dominance of religious - liberty in America. Still we e have no idea in the world that e it would continue to exist, if - the Catholics were able to slip o up on the blind side of the evan o gelical denominations to the ex a tent of getting themselves into politicial control before the evangelical got awake. I Why should we believe that this religious power, that has s never through ten centuries e changed in its policy of intoler , ance of repression and perse cution, and when it dared and e sought destruction of all who e would not bow to its mandates v why should we believe that s after so long a time this leopard z has changed his spots. We . have faith in the future in e America, but the faith is condi y tioned upon the awakening of 2 evangelical Christians to the situation. The distressing fact t. is that everybody seems to be e asleep and the daily press is al n ready so influenced that there :- is little hope that the nublic will y ever be awakened through its columns. t- Some patriot has said that d the price of liberty is eternal , vigilance. Surely, this truth h never applied more thoroughly - than it does when Rome seeks o through ,much cunning to de o stroy liberty of conscience t among the American people. - V. T. Masters. 4 Atlanta, Georgia. e3 Bleaseism Rampant. o Macon News. Theodore Roosevelt isn't a ecircumstance to Gov.. Cole L. eBlease of South Carolina in the euse of the short and ugly wor~d. Gov. Blease has just assig-ned all the edi.tors and newspaper emnen of that State to quarters in n his Annias club. e In a message to the general eassembly giving his reasons for ehis veto of a bill permitting anewspapers in cases of libel suits to plead in mitigation of the tdamages the fact that correction 0of the libel complained of had been made, Gov. Blease uses the d word "lie" .33 times, 'liar Seight times, and he stupple n ments it at frequent intervals with such euphemisms as "false s hood," "vituperation," "slan e3 der," "scurrilous attacks,' e( "dirty" "cowardly," "assas 1sin-like," "slime," "infamous,' d "blackguard," "low down," e"unscrupulous," "malicious,' "contemptible." We do not know what South a Carolina has (lone to be affiicted s~ with this bedlamite for. a gov eernor, but we believe the grand it old State whose statesmanshiT Sand chivalry have been associ hated in the past with such names -as Rutledge, Gadsden, Marion. d Laurens, Pinckney, Lowndes, lCalhoun, Hayne, McDuffie, Hampton and a long list of sother worthies who.-e namies ador n the pages of American history, is deserving of sym Ls pathy rather than ridicule and odium under her present bittet Land humiliating ordeal. n We sincerely trust that sht -may soon be delivered from thu -l plague of Bleaseism and thal g her body politic may be restorei Sto its normal health, and thal e her people, from the mountain: e to the sea, may be a ain cloth e ed in their right miind, if he: ypresent governor is to be re rgarded as representative of then eor of any portion of them. y55 acres three and a half mile s~ east of Pickens, 25 acres in cul s, tivation, balance in pasture an< y woodland; splendid neighbood Sgood 7-room 2-story house. Le rme show you this place for ( cai t'make a price that will intere ~von. Immediate possessioni is you want it. See H. M. HES DAMAGE BY Tit GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR E. NIGHBERT TELLS OF THE QAURANTINE. PLAN FOR EXTERMINATI' A Letter Was Received By Comn sioner Watson- and President Dal of State Famers' Union-The D; age To Cattle Is Great. Columbia.-Declaring that the st of South Carolina is losing over 160,000 annually and that the loss the South is $40,000,000 by cattle ti E. M. Nighbert, inspector of 1 United States department of agril ture, addressed a letter to Comn sioner Watson and Presidents Dal of the state farmers' union, suggest certain methods of eradication. 'I suggestions were indorsed by I state farmers' union at the reci meeting held here. "The state is suffering," says I inspector, "the ban of quarantine account of the plenetic fever of cati which is produced and transmitted the cattle tick, The presence of t] tick makes breeding, feeding and- m keting of cattle unprofitable and h ardous. The I losses, . conservativ4 estimated, the result of this dIses producing and blood-sucking paras] are $1,100,000 annually to the state South Carolina and $40,000,000 to I south. "The feasibility of complete exter ination of this disease producing p asite from every plantation, farm a cow lot, has been known for 15 yei and confirmed by every Southf state. By a thorough knowledge. this condition, Individual effort a concerted action, this menace to y< cattle industry may be removed fr every plantation, farm and cow within the short period of from 4' to nine months. -"South Carolina is strictly a fai ing section. Your worthy citizens a coworkers are now laboring with condition that is adverse to their terest. You are interested in the I duction of the most valuable crop g by product cattle feed in the worl Jurors to servecsl,ia.....cmfwy Columbia.-Jurors to serve dur the first week of the approachi term of common pleas court for RI land county were drawn. The te convenes February 5. The jurors a C. L. Sox, 'BK. Hunter, J. H. H drix, Lemmell C. Dowdy, W. M. W4 berry, D. S. Bunch, F. A. Muller, Collough, J. J. Myers, H. D. Harm J. J. Hinnant, Gccrze S. King, J. Etheredge, C. A. Linn, A. B. Langl L. D. Friday, Jcseph Walke, W. Rlabon, C. B. Danforth, W. C. Gladd 3. D. Cobb, L. 3. Walker, 3. Simn Moore, W. A. Wimberly. 3. H. Hai cock, 3. N. Rawlinson, Clarence R Edw. N. Word, G. L. Berfoot, A. Fetner, 3. A. Carlisle, C. L. Price, R. Buckhelster. Many Acts of Incendiarism. Charleston.-Arrested at the bu .ng of the Charleston Fibre Compar plant, at the west end of Spring str Marion Burdell, a young white m who has been watched for weeks Pinkerton detectives, confessed so hours later to many acts of incendi ism, among these being the starting the big meeting street fire- of July 1910, in which six large stores in1 heart of the wholesale district wi practically destroyed with a loss over $215,000. To Give Short Course at Batesbu Batesburg.-Through the efforts E. C. Ridgell the extension divis of Clemson college will give a sii course of one week in Batesburg the near future. This work is a sub tute for the one-day institutes as h4 tofore held over the state. The chai is made with a view of reaching larger number of people and of ing more detailed instruction ak the lines pertaining to better fa: ing. Florence-Capt. Harold M. Bruns a former Coast Line conductor, i elected chief of police of this city a meeting of city council. J. S. Crosby Committed Suicide St. George.-News has reacd .2ere that 3. S.'Crosby, a highly spectable white man, who lived Harleyville, killed himself. There 1 no one in the room at the time say small boy, who screamed at the port of the gun, which brought slstance immediately. The facts hard to obtain, but fr t to be gathered Mr. s~~iby 'sat on edge of the b'ed, placed the nozzle a shotgun to his heart and with a poker pulled the trigger, which kil himi instantly. Medical Association Meets Orangeburg.-The Medical :ass .:tion of this district, composed Orangeburg, Calhcun, Bamberg, Lexington counties, convened in city, several days ago and held an teresting session. There were 20 sicians from the counties in atti ance at the convention, but the 'tendance was not as large as It sh< have been. The entire delegation Stendered a dinner. The first parn Sthe business session was takenL u] reading papers anad ia some lntei ing discus1sio - Columbia To IHave An Abattoir. At a special meeting of city c cil the contract to erect the city toir for Columbia was awardet the Brecht Compan: of St. Louis, Sthe bid being $15,000 for equipi -complete, delivered and erected. jcommittee named by W. H. Gil mayor, to consider the abattoir twas: R. 3. Blaloek, councilman; F. Stieglits, councilman, and .J SMcNeal, city engine er. The total of the abattoir wiss be $26,000. fbuildings is to be paid for by the of Colunmbia. FROM ALL (WERTH A Column of -News That Collected and Condensed M. Care By The Editor. Greenvile.-Capt. "Billy" -he veteran conductor of -the ern railway, who for so many has run on the Columbia & ville division of the roadannoun that he had retired from seri s- Chester.-Jim Carter, a prl gro convict from Chester'coun >bs was arrested during a raid in was in police court and found of carrying concealed weap i-' paid a fine of $20. Honea Path.-Joe Black, a n about 40 years of age, who lived n t mile east Of town was found dead 1,- the place of M. L Latimer, some to and one-half miles from town. were no marks of violence on son and nothing to indicate 'tb he had been a victim of foul PlsTI ds- Edgefield.-People in this >bs seem to favor a reduction ng ton acreage. The "Rock ' be has been adopted, and 'a co he appointed by Mayor John ,nt canvass the county. .Tbey; cure pledges from the he duce the cotton acreage 2.. on Washington.-The Senat le, firmed the nominations c by M. Sloan to be postmaste As Ia and of John W. Dur ar- postmastw at Chester. 3. z- has been appointed posr qly racuse, Darlington c.u! se 3. A. Clark, Jr., reslgn te, fourth class office and of firmation. he Barnwell.-Messrs. Blatkville; J. D. Jenny o m- Harry D. Calhoun, of 3. ar- were recently appointed t nd the "Rock Hill plan" in' trs county, are strictly 'on rn Calhoun is not sitting still d of ing his hands by any mean nd. going out among the farmers ur ting results. >m Greenville.-Samuel J. Ta 1 lot of the most prominent and-" 1-2 men of Greelyville died at , after only a few days' illnes - Taylor was'72 years of age,-and nd spent nearly the whole of- I a in this place, always taking a in- part in the affairs of the c ro' He volunteered at nd the civil war, .served the whole d- years with honor and distinctio su rendering at Appomattox? Walterboro. - Several mre tiger cases will come up sdin were continued by Mayor Akan It is hoped that these cases will rm completed at this sitting- of the Great interest has beennnf atea en these cases,. and no little -e e was caused from time to time, to the many rumors afloat," -one.. n, which being that an efort wonk 0 made to have the detectives at wo on these cases arrested on a ceri charge of some kind. rGreenville.-News was receie th- the city .of a deplorablid raey which occared near Tigerville. when. C. the 15-months-old son of Mr. anddMah w E. L. Hightower was burned to dea and their house -and furnishings comn-. pletely destroyed -by the flamesdMr Hightower is a farmer of the 'Tige yn-vile section, and at the ine- of the yfire he and his wvife were giekiagecot-. Lyt ton in afield some dstanfce frornto .thouse. by Chester.-There will be a big ra~l ~ne here Febuary 2, Messrs. W . Dz ar. tonl, W. W. Long and C. B.-nadn of of the co-operative demonstration - 8, work bhaving informed Mr. "R.) - un~k hle ningham, county agent, that they wfBl are be here at that time to -addres thea of farmers and Chester County Boy( " Corn Slub. The exercises will EM . held In the court h use' rg. will be "ade, rzanzze the of Corn Club th~te year 1912. [on Spartanburg.-Thomas art was awarded $500 damages - in court of common pleas. The. sti- was against the Spartajgh .re- way, Gas- and Electiric Coin ige plaintiff alleging that he a street car- of the compan iv- told that It would carry ing ton, a distance of twel -m- further alleged .that he get off in the city an on, a private conveyance ras It Is -further said at broke flown,~ ther great inconvenie - Charlestoi ed the chamber of re- number of busin at participated in ras towards the e a opment of an re- Summe as- Island-Miss Jemnfe ere Conkey was burned to de~l~ ald home. here, the tragedy the while her brother, with of resides at the famous o fire key plantation, was in led business, the unfortunate ing alone on the place at the Florence-As a result of the snow etorm and freeze, th'ebirdas ~ci- a very tough time of It .flndlns of thing to subsist en, and the, ud sportsman and sirall boy was'W his ing hay while the sun shines' in- them out. hly. Orangeburg.-Quite an ex nd- unique erenlt teak place here? at- public square when ChafeS~ ~uld man, a large grower of was at auction 88 -bales of- his of crap. All .lhc buyers w 1 Ia thiat .h~e e::le would taka est- .:cr: pre nt and the bidding to - Mo, uent The y' bes, bids ohn cost The city.