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L ELECTION WILLRLLETION RETURNS THIS YEAR - ~ Enicred A~,rII :~. 190a 41 l~k . . .A P occoad clasm inail matter, under act (oleuo ~ac ,17 41st~YAR. PICKENS, S. C.. MARCH *', 1912. NU ER 41. FLAMES DESTROY OREGON HOTEL Well Known Hotel and Block of Stores Up in Smoke in Early Hours. Special to The State. Greenwood, March 3.-The - Oregon hotel and its block of stores here were totally destroy ed by fire early this morning. Where once stood the famous hotel is now mere smoldering heap of burnfng debres with fragments of ruined brick walls and useless chimneys standing upright in the midst. The fire represents a property loss of approximately -1400.W0, with perhaps less than half that amount in insurance. The loss to the town is far greater than the figures would indicate. The Oregon hotel has been one of, the town's greatest features ever since its establishment. and to be deprived of it is a very great loss indeed. Most fortunately no lives were lost. Though some who escaped did so "by the skin of their teeth" and with little on save their natural skins. Waste On The Farm. Charlotte Observer. E. W. Dabbs is president of the South Carolina Farmers' Union. He lives at Mayesville, in the Pee Dee country, one of the richest farming districts in the South. A week or so ago he happened to be down on one of the wharves in Charleston and was dismayed when he saw: a shipload of Northern grown hay being unloaded for ship ments to interior points. The shioments of hay from Phila delphia to Charleston run from five to ten carloads by every ship arrivinz in port. "This hay," Mr. Dabbs explains, "is grown' in Canada, shipped by rail to Philadelphia, then by water to Charleston. It costs laid down Charlestob $28 to $30 the ton." Great quantities of it are shipped to in'terior points of the State. Good pea vine hay at St. George is worth only $15 the ton. Northern hay is sold in Orangeburg and at Sumter at from $31 to $35 the ton. In 1910, according to the census bureau, South Carolina farmers paid $1,831,000 for feed for their stock, or about the value of 36,620 bales of cotton at $50 the bale. Swapping cot ton at 10 cents the pound for hay at $30 .the ton is a losing business. Yet the farmers can not understand why they do not get ahead. The condition of South Caro lina is the condition of nearly all the Southern States, esperi ally Tennessee, as o:lew nd infer from the folowing state menit of the unha py conditionl of the people of Temoessee a's set forth in a recent address de livered byv the Chait tnooga Plow compan v as follow: : fint maha !rd eno :ri withn Rod Isln ( pin( on.lI hiEld wolhV md Pifladelphi ad hare( hi Mois sov e fe13 s mi~s p' atow corn. with New Yo k h~ress and plowvs his farm, 'co'verd byx a Massachusetts nl)'t Ie. w " an Indiana Plow. At ni 1 he crawls under a No JIw olanket and is kept awak by a. Tenn'ssee dog, the only homei~ .produce on the place. aind w on Aers why he keeps POOR.'' ONLY THE OUTSIDE COPIE[ Japan's Imitation of Modern Civiliza tion Criticised by a Paper of That Country. The power of imitation of ou1 people is congenital and greatly de veloped, and we have with remark able rapidity grasped and put to ou wn use the sciences of war. ire ahanics and education. The rapid ity of this progress has made the for aigner speechless, but viewed fron within, this newly developed civili zation shows a great weakness. It i a grief to the learned and is startlin; to them. The introduction of thi system of civilization was a spleudit thing to our countrymen used to th spirit of feudalism. It dazzled th eve like silk damask. The giving u, f the old and the taking on of th new system, but vaguely defined ii the hearts of men, was the fore back of the movement urging mei an. There was no suspicion that th tendencies were novel. Thus on people unitedly exerted themselve in the copying of outward thing but it did not permeate to the exten of getting a grasp of fundamental. It was nothing more than superflein imitation.-Japan Advertiser. SHOW UNCLE SAM AT WORII Moving Pictures of Governmen~al Ac tivity at Washington That Will Be Educational. The heads of various department of governmental activity in Wash ington have given, it is reporte permission to a Chicago moving pic ture concern to take motion picture of the workings of various industrie of the government. The picture are to be taken, primarily, for th private benefit and behoof of th moving-picture concern, which wil find its profTt in paid exhibitions but in return for the permissioi granted the govermnent is to huv the use of such filmi as it requirw for public lectures and so forth. More and more is the invention o moving pictures demonstrating it high educational value, and feo things will inerease this value much as the plan of taking pictur records of the government's work. I is highly desirable that the averag citizen should know as much as pos sible about the actual workings o the govern ment.-Buffalo Evenin, News. AND THIS FROM CHICAGO! A woman who has taken to avia tion says she expects air flights t< be taken up by "society" as a sport for the reason that the high expens of machines and operation makesi prohibitive for those of moderata means. Society, which is always o: the outlook for some new sensation will, she thinks, soon adopt aviatiol for its amusement because iii is "high-class~ sport." "A woman," sh< says, "does not have to be a triel bicycle rider or circus performer t< take it up, for such experience is en. tirely unnecessary." We hope he: prediction proves true. Nothing would please us better than to knou that the divorce crowd of New York for instance, was up in biplanes o1 monoplanes headed for the eterna stars.-Chicago Tribune. GEORGE DIDN'T DO IT. She admitted being jealous of hel xusband. Consequently they quar eled frequently, Ztnd, wnm'a-ii. het confided in her best friends. "You are un fair at times it 'Torge," said the best friend ont lav, as the tw o -at on the verand: f thle suburban , hoe. "I a ;orze in th ciy *ir1'iy and h lin't see me. So I kep w ~u atcin im. lHe had( a iet in a crowd :bwar~ car. At lea two --sr omen, mnost of the 'r'ty as -!'"re came in and le2- I iy LU: cgood inx front ofl him. .\n : r never looked at one of them 1, a 0. ply: interestedI in hi. pa F.'- i lb-!pia Times. -;S VETERI!NARY SCHCOOL. "(1 ift eI niee 'o"din of the schoo e1. aratel in ''many ~c in- ('. M sic 3 ee arys iea e e a ali oer he eistlis forld. izsr nGranFann.E:: iLGu~SLATORS I Sr S1 SOLONS ADJOURNED SINE I OF IMPEACHING CHIEl - Ti o neral asemly has ad -1 YI' d sinie 'ie, after o tmps un'is ss--von, which las;ted for . (day . The motion to adjourn was a sed by the house Thurs d afterno,, .I at ") :135 o'ciock a! h bv the snate one hour later The regular stession, which be > Un J anuarV 9, would have end bruarv 17 hadl t the neces sitv for a recess session aien. For the past two days the house has been plaving a wait ing game, while the senate fought for its constitutional ciaht to have certain appoint i nlIts made upon its reCommen lation by Gov. Blease. The is 1 SMe of right of local self govern ment was sharply dfrawn in the ,Inate, which voted Wednesday i to ~rescind its former acti in s.ftting 'Wednesday as he(I ate for aljournment sine ti- wvhe-n it. was seen that Gov. Blease was determined not to ake the apiointments upon its recommendation as rcquired by law. But the house ref (Ised to -gree to proha1g the Session and help the senate in its fight for its rights. One thing that. influenced the house to take this step was the fact tha+ the senate did not act upon its concurrent U tIn p s 2 duing the last week e regular session, which! n1nw(d v 2" as the date for b im in arCs(.SS session l or r to iw tioe for perfecting the c-de and hearing ihe rep'rt o.f the dispmisarv :estigating mn~ito bth f hch ren s Ons for a rccess bare bcel dis poed of. STOIM CLOUIDS Clouds draped over the horizon of the senate W\edneeday, pre sa.ing the advent of squally weather. Soon the thunder of -ebate echoed and1 the lightning of acrimonious reference zig zagged through the chamber. I t was all occasioned by the re usal of the governor to appoint -maligistrates and supervisors for certain counties, after having been rerg:ested so to do by the en1ate through resolution. Senator Wailer was one of the cent res anid he openly announ ced that the senato should have backbone enough to impeach thle -overnor if he did not make Un~ix a morninug Senatod \Whartn moved' t to appolint three *a w\ t 0'' t~' ' oernor an~lt 1 - * 0'di& the d conui - r. 3~ ~ a tha r din n .m n ...1 a ondr Seslon IND PORMY SESSION )IE LAST THURSDAY---TALK EXECUT!VE IS HEARD The governor replied that he had the conistitutional right not to appoinit t ntil March 15, and iitat he did iiot intend to make ane anwnounemnts until that time. Senator Wharton said that when the governor first said tha1 he would appoint those rec om.0(1edd by Senator Young, he also stated t hat he would ap p! int all others recommended. Senator Wharton said that as he was not satistied, he returned to the governor and asked him spceIfically those scheduled for appointment, and the governor rtolied that he had a constitu tional linitation of time to make thes'e appointments, and he did not initeld to make them until this limit had expired. which is I March 15. Senator Whmaiton said that the oovernor desired to see Sen ator- Younu coicerining the ap pointments for union county. Senator Young complied with the request and his recommend ations were appointeid. GAVE BiTTnR1 RECORD. The 4torm signals appeared lwhen Senator Wailer of Green wo g0(ained the floor, and soon a Storm blat of acrimonious I words swept ithe sen:te. Mr. W aller said 4hat the constitution he Sin:it: the right to ie fic ami that 11 Shouhi vigorlus l and 1l no siining teiins ex p-S its N fll. Ce11tor. WAVler read the fol lowing firomn action 2 of the on -, .stitu"11tion: "A sufficient number of mag istrates shall be appointed and co!milssion' d by the Governor, by an(d with the advice and consent of senate, for each county, whlo shalld hold their of fires for thie termi of t wo years anid until their successors are appoinitedl and (1lmlified," Mr. Waller miade an argu nent that the constihution makes it abso!nutely manda tory~ on the governor to a ppoint those that are recoindn(ed. He saidi that the "governinL' docu nment of t he government"' woul not have used the wom d "shall"' if it had not meant that- the chief executive is hound nnder the lawv to comlply with the wishes and "desires'' of the duily elected represen tativyes of the people. Hie read several de cisions from the supreme cpurt to snppo rt his con tention. Sen at or A prel(t: "Sn poose the senate advises appointments, andl the governor refuses to ad,1vie theni voabe do (!vo uento W\aler: "W'ell, if h hs' has any backbone. it wo: dd1 oelto impeach hm. tonie Sator.;!) Wa!!t fr e::(iIO n ho'd hinm in bIt he anvernor in runnin2 a -b ho over the dL sire; as l hon] ex~pre Sed by othe' natorS. . hIis poin t Senator Strait U If an irresistible oC uiwe in contact unnovahey~l~e body what alliii'r replied: i fo would put o n' of S'nator Laney sv" a again ap >S1nators - do Apprelt.to uto tol the he' ennittee d ::: n>;u. r Apujelt r'ep)ort io :overnior would -fnd ;ossaa' to the senate by is privrate seretarv. i' me&.Ie said that the ::rn r had no furthur infor maltin or appointments to mke i ihi 5..nie. and that he hd left his oilice to go on an i~nortnttrip. The message, was received as information and ordered printed in the journal. CHILD WAS HIS INSPIRATN Remarkably Strong Bond of Affection Existed Between "Labby" and His Daughter. Mr. Labouchere was a bitter, sleepless foe to cruelty to women and children. The world knows some of the abuses he corrected, but there are scores of others which have never come before the public eye, where children and women have been rescued from torture, from vice and from deception. The explanation of this side of his character would at one time have been reached if Labby could have been seen patiently rowing a boat on the Thames at Twickenham and chatting easily and considerate ly with a little girl whose piercing black eyes and exprersion and even speech were such a startling repro duction of his own, and whose tiny face bore a positively weird resem blance to that of the portrait of Labbf's handsome mother which then hung in his dining room. The softest spot in Labby's heart-the most effeotive inspiration of most of his war on wrong and cruelty-was his frank, simple, pathetic affection for his little daughter who, now a woman grown, was present with him at his death.--Westminster Gazette. "THROW" HORSE TO SHOE HIM Blacksmiths in Turkey Render Animal Helpless Before Beginning the Operation. In many parts of Turkey horse shoes are simply a flat plate of iron with a hole in the middle. An ex traordinary method still obtains in portions of the Ottoman empire of shoeing the horse. The farrier doubles a long rope and knots a loop at the end to about the size of a large horse collar. This is put over the horse's head after the manner of a horse's collar, and the knot rests on the horse's chest. The next step is to bring the two ends of the rope between the tni mal's legs. Each rope then, taken by a man, is hitched on the fetlocks of the horse's legs and brought through the loop in front. Then, by a hard, steady pull, the hind legs are drawn up to the forelegs and the horse falls heavily on its side. All four feet are now tied togeth er by the fetlocks, the horse is propped up on his back, and the far rier sits quietly down beside him, takes off the old shoes and puts on the new. RULES FOR SUCCESS. Never give a note. .Never buy a share of stock on margin. Never borrow. Ncver place a mortgage on your holdings. Hold all customers to a strict meeting of their obligations. Do business on a cash basis. Give the best quality for the least money. Sell on snorter time than competi tors. Try to sell the same grade of goods for a smaller price. Never speculate.-Marshall Field. NEWSPAPER THE BEST. "In planning any systematic ad vertising camnpaign-one of the first steps is a selection of the best me dium, which, naturally, is the one reaching the greatest number and most desirable class of people at the least proportionate cost. This requirement is fully met by the newspaper, which affords any con cern dealing directly with the people the quickest and proportionately a very cheap method of getting in touch with the greatest number." R. F. Adams. EITHER WOULD SUiT. The condemned man was asked iJ there was anything he desired. lie brightened up. t"Why, yes," he replied, "I'd like thave capital punishment abol ished." They told him this was impos sible. "Then," he cheerfully added, "let's have the recall !" HOME MELODRAMA. "The cards are marked 1" said the man. The woman cowered. "The cards are marked 1" he re peated. There was no tragedy, however. Seems the baby had gotten10. of a lead pencil and maedlig II0% Blease And His Vetos. Gov. Cole Blease of South Carolina appears to be without: any influence with the legisla- I ture of his State. It is doubtful if any state has had a legis lature which is so set against doing what the governor wants done as the South Carolina legislature is opposed to the t policies and recommendations of Gov. Blease. Gov. Blease sent in veto mes sages on 31 items in the general I appropriation bill. The house r refused to sustain his veto on 28 t of those items. The I bill was J sent to the senate and the C senate also refused to sustain v the governor's veto on the 28 e items. Then to make sure that the appropriation bil, would not f be killed through some trick, 0 the house and senate repassed it t in entirety. This is not the first time that t the legislature has manifested 1 its lack of confidence in the I governor. It seems that the f South Garolina legislature is for a what Blease is against, and is against what Blease is for. There has been a disposition to smile at South Carolina for electing a man governor who cuts so many capers as Blease, t but it is evident that there is a considerable number of people, particularly in the legislature. who entertain the s:,me opinion of Blease as most of the people I on the outside of 'outh Caro lina. Believe Richeson Crazy Boston, March 4.-Clarence V. T. Richeson, under sentencei of death for the murder of Avis Linnell, is steadily break ig Ip in mind and body acconla: n t 'hose who have seen him in h cell at the Charles street jail, and if the symptoms of loss of; nentality continue to asssert themselves as they have within he past month, his council will ipply to the courts for the ap :t poini ment of expert alien ists to determine his exact mental con dition. When Hunting Season Closes. Abbeville Press and Banner. d The acts of the legislature il for 1911 made the close season a for hunting birds uniform over n the State. It now begins No- a vember 15th, and closes Marchb 5th unless changed by the.b egislature now in session, whichg would not affect this season. k The Gum Chewing Girl. ' affney Ledger. Did you ever not ice how real ly beautiful gum-~chewing c rakes a girl appear? Take hera e facto. and gazing stcadily,a ne can not find a mo~re ideal picture. With a sharp click! t :lack! her~ teeth so white and early and cla. ing together as, with cowish glee, she mast icates :er cud. Th in. too. one can ote her health-tinted, well- d ounded cheeks as they gro xa little more rot uned, through the I material assistance of a big a "hunk"' of gum. And really. c ho can imagine a fairer spec acle than that of her daint y ato tnedl nose, as it gently rises I and falls in wave-like undul~a- I ion over the abysmal depths revealed at each pressure aan inst he mass? Oh. how deliciously. empting that rosebudl mouth is. s tlw maiuden fills it with a sof!. pliable chunk. and, chaml-ing ike a f&K.v' ;-oat revelling in he iinx'ic of I e succulent to uato can. she greets you 'n o :a s li:4iy with 'gum. Beats All. Thiis beats all in the foreclos- r og of mortgagtes. Constable t annon G. Blease has a case of L foreclosing of mortgage against r fellow for the sum of 7(5 cents, ~ which was given en tw-o domi ick hens valued at 50 cents a piece.-N ewberry Herald and NTews. What Teddy Said in 1911. Washington, March 3.-Col. Roosevelt's denial of stories sent 'rom Washington that the Taft Ldministration had reason to >elieve that he would not be a andidate for the Republican iomination against the presi lent and his statement at Ovs er Bay vesterday that Secre ary of the Navy Meyer and secretary of War Stimson could iot have said that he would not )> a candidate' caused to be nade public here tonight a let er written by Col. Roosevelt une 27, 1912, denying reports :urrent at the time that he vould support Mr. Taft, which oncluded as follows: "I have expressed myself per ectly freely to a large number f men on this matter. always o the same effect; telling yoa, or instance, personally, and hose who were with you at ancheon at my house, and tell ng Gifford Pinchot, Jim Gar eld and Congressman Madison nd Billy Loeb and Secretary stimson, all alike, just exactly chat I have said always, that would not be a candidate in 912 myself, and that I had no ntention of taking any part in he nomination for or against .ny candidate. Cordially yours, "Theodore Roosevelt." low to Get Rid of Cut-Worms. Now is the time to get rid of he troublesome cut-worms. Do iot wait until they are ruining oar stand of cotton and corn md then -al tempt to control hem; for then there is little that an be done. In the fields where hey did damage last year, plow he lad deep this spring, for he worms which are going to ive you trouble are now in ittle rounded cells in the soil, ug out for their protection last all when cold weather cameon. Lhis deep plowing will turn any of the worms under so hat they will never be able to :et to the surface to do any Iamage. Not all of them will ie killed in thisl.way. Experi nce has shown that it is a goad lan to follow this up by an ad-! itional measure. About plant ag time, in clear Eweather, cut ny fresh, green material which iay be about the house, prefer-* bly clover, and dio this into a arrel of poison solution, made1 y dissolving one pound of Paris! reen (the substance used for illing potato bugs) in fifty gal-! >ns of water. In the late after oon, scatter this poisoned veg tation lightly over the worst~ fested acres so that it will not ilt too quickly. The starved ut-worms, having had no food! 1 winter, come out at night! nd eat this greedily, and are isoned. Frequent shallow cul Evat ion, as close to the Young lants as can be done without 1iury to them: also proes a beck to the work of these pests. 'he best permanent way to han le them, though. is by rotation f crops, practicing deep fail lowing, thorough spring prep ration, and by keeping the land :vered in winter with some )ver crop, such as rye or vetch, r bter~ st ili, crimson clover, if can be -.;ro.. The proh)!. m; ini the gaiden is m(i hods app'y. An , iniportant ol': to observe i to put plants :al fehia f;raw.ay fromt e : :st V ('s l;hwe of p'lant! iS::s is ru icabl!e. W. ID. GEE, What Legislators Are For. As legislators were elected to rke the laws, it is quite nat ral that they should object to aing their bills vetoed and ulified. Hhat is about all there to it.-Newberry Observer. There are never any deduc ions from the wages of sin. I'hare pr aid in full. ELECTRIC CHAIR TO BE INSTALLED Directors Authorized to Purchase Appliances to Electromte Three Prisoners in June The Electric chair is to sup plant the rope in South Caro lina for legal executions as the result of an act of the general assembly. The measure as passed by the legislature pro vides that all persons convicted of capital crime and have im posed upon them the sentence of death shall suffer the penalty by electrocution within the walls of the State penitcrntiary and under the direction of the superintendent of the penitenii ary. The act requires the board of directories of the State penitent iary to provide a death ch- mber and all neccssary appliances for inflicting the punishment and to Day the cost out of the funds of the State prison. The ex pense of transporting any such criminal to the penitentiary is to be paid by the county in which the offense is committed. -The State. Familiar S ams. Familiars thoughs it be, yet how much more realization is felt each time the lips utter these simple words, "Home, Sweet Home-" How wonderfully true that there is something soul sat isfying in the hearing of these words repeated. The pronun ciation falls like a benediction round our hearts. Real home is a place of abode, government by firm and loyal hearts. How wonderful is the wealth of the hofne loving boy or girl!. It is the nerve resting place we so long for after we have become tired. No matter how n;luring the day passes, or if misfortune finds us bereft, home is always welcoming our return. Every one ca't stay at home,it i: true and hold their position in life but far too many leave the most sacred places on earth to pursue a life in an alluring city. Seek ing a life of gayety and freedom. Too many girls have already ex perie-nced a tired bra' seemingly found h almost friendless by leaving the home. Her wages do not more than pay her expenses in a city, of tener does'nt without parevts aid. It is the case frequently that she has only lost some of the most useful time of her life had she spent it at home helping mother. Does the boy gain any thing in moral traing by leaving the parental rof to accept a po sition in town? Too often he does not. Instead of making -- the ideal man he prided in his mind to be, he has spent his substance in riotous living; and gained an endesirable station in life. We are, I suppose, all alike tempted at times that home 'is not the best place but let us finally conclude that it is the finest place in the world. And that it has no equal. If neces sarially you go away from home7 for school advantages or tinanci al support, go only for business, Parents need iehelp o'f their girls and boys. Why not r-en der to them~ some cheerT and aid - in thir nev-er endi tasks? Thousands hiave. alreoar lost b~ut how- much they miss themi! Let us make life a little bi ightt r for our parents in their declining years. They- have done uc for us, then let us rendIer mo'te of our int-erest in !itinz their burdens. It will mean more -- than id.ly wasting time and 4 talent in things which do not count. Help keep their lives young too many p ople get prematurely old. Remember that being advised by the older persons that the council is apt - to be of worth to the young. A READER.