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STATE ORGANIZER OF N1GHT _SCHOOLS i6.. EDUCATIORS ARE URGING THAT THE APPROACHING LEGISLA. TURE PROVIDE AID. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happonings That " Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. Agitation is being urged in edu .ational circles for the passage of a bill at the approaching session of the legislature which would provide for the appointment of a state organizer of night schools, similar to those con ducted last winter In Laurens and Newberry counties, It Is argued that such a plan w.euld meet with the uni versal approval, and that it would cer tainly merit the liberal support of the general assembly. A complete bulle tin, setting fo.dh il detail what has been accomplished in Laurens through the efforts of Miss Wil Lou Gray, has .just been issued by John E. vwearin gell, state siup)erinte nlelt of educ:a tion. Leaders in the movement es tillate that as .dich as $5.Ot( would ho necessary to IM ):,e '1e wt i' work .11 all ('oniitwvs. Tlli:; =i !1u , t . figure, w ottidl h; no-( c n,? ': }(m1 1' - e t or' a lilekl a;:et and. ; t he e sar- flic' ; .'.. nd ;1 ult iie lh schlo<,bi" thrl:o'.;1ho( i~ 1ains.; of ntu < , ani ti } , a ltcveri'ul weapont~i inlt :l' adult ii teraty. 1n p ,i;i i; p~erimenrt of Nw yn 'counties. W \. i,:ink i , , w, ni l:: (ondluicte'd a night . wclool in1 tht Olylpia mill viib,: ,-eve'r12 years and W. 1'. -'(3U, City recorder, collteml)iate unt t-tucii: the syst( Im in Colll blbi this wh'ii tr. ilisi Gray, 'ho i.; the sup'rvi:in - teacher of Iaurlens county, went to 'ouli's township. whi(b according to sta tistics revealed tle highest. per eentage of illiteracy. Concerning her initial efforts to organize the night school there Miss Gary writes: "I had been 'told by nearly every one that uneducated men would be Insulted when approached on the subject of making up lost opl)ortllni ties. The first man to whom I spoke could neither read nor write. In re sponse ot my question he replied, 'I would give half I expect to make this year to learn to read and write.' So anxious was he to assist that he agreed to take a number of us to school that night in a wagon. . . . . One trustee, when requested to come for his influence replied, 'I am com ing because I need it.'" A resultant of Miss Gray's efforts was the organization of night schools in seven districts in Young's town ship. The schools were conducted one month, wvith three night sessions of two hours each week. The number of pupils who attended three nights or more was 14d. Only seven of these wore women. The average nightly at tendance wvas 92. Twenty-one of the men andl One womain attended every night. The courses of study 1*re seribed included the three "r 's" or reading, writing and arithmetic. 4 A particularly interesting feature of the bulletin of information com piled by lMiss Gray is the table of the ages df tihe pupils. Two had al -readr paded the three score mark; seven hgd advanced beyond 50; 24 were over 40: 48 had passed 30: 20 were beyond 20; and 19 were under 20. Canidates File Expense Accounts. ..andidates in the second race for cbngress in the Fourth district have tled a statement of expenses for tihe igeriod sinice the first pirimary with * 9Te~ secretary of state. The expenses ~Yare as followvs: S. J. Nicholls, $200; 11. I ~A. Morgan, $1,698. Governor Names Commissioners. Gov. Manning has appointed J. HI. Turner and I. Bh Carter as commis .sion of state elections for Cherokee county. - Will Visit State Institutions. Delega'tes to thle joint mleetinl: of tlhe Conference for the Common Good .4 and the South Carolina Conference. on Charities and Corrections wvill be given an opportunity to inspect the - penal, charitable and correctional in stitutions located in and around Col uumbia. The afternoons of Septemb~er 8 and 9 lgave been set apart for tils purpose and it is believed that prac tically all of the delegates will avanf themselves of the opportunity of see Ing these institutions thlemselves. The first trip) will be 1110 State Hlospital. Secretary Grants New Charters. The Florence Athletic Park Associ ation has been chartered with a capi tal of $2,000. The officers are: WV. Ri. TBarringer, president: N. WV. Hicks, vice president; S. J. Royall, secretary; 13. A. I~arly, treasurer. The Mutual Compress and Ware hlouse Company of Charleston, has been commissioned by the secretary of state, withl a capital of $100,000. T'he petitioners are F. HI. Hiorbeck and William HI. Grimb~ali. Tihe com pany will do a general cotton corn * pnreas andi warehonna businnan Market Problem Given Attention. The new system in South Carolina of marketing live stock, the proper method of handling seeds after select ing them for planting and Rook Hill's curb market will be discussed at sec tional meetiMgs of the Conferences for the Common Good which meets in Co lumbia with the South Carolina Con ference on Charities and Corrections on September 7, 8 and 9. Every white citizen of South Carolina is entitled to membership ire these two confer ences whose presidents and executive committees extend through the press an invitation to all white citizens to attend the sessions of the conferences in Columbia. W. W. Long, United States farm demonstration agent for South Caro lina in co-operation with Clemson col lege, will speak at the meeting of the Conference for the Common Good on the morning of September 9 on "The New Live Stock Marketing System in South Carolina." Mr. Long is the originator of this system of market ing cattle in South Carolina. Through the influence of the United States de partment of agriculture, representa tives of the big packing houses of the country attended sales of live stock at several points in South Caro lina last winter. The cattle raisers were very much pleased with the prices they received, it is said. It is especially important that the market ing of live stock be given attention in South Carolina now since the state and the federal bureau of animal in dustry are jointly eradicating the cattle tick and removing the fcdemial ouarantine against 'T'xas fever so that the p)ssibilitics of the state as a live S'0: r a' iln collntry Call e fully nI a) izil. hi: a3. I Dh nian O ck hill will I.""11 tI'. . or t he ('oia 1:ber 9 on ih 'h int r'i-et. of hi I! r, wh'l re produitt a n 1 "i l(i"um "r 20"'y to D:'ic.ev3 Vit.' Qicstion:. 2t 1'll ,I z Il'( ; 2 9 ,.)1 , lI ' tj.t l"; 1 ' nuil 't ] l' 1it' t I ' nlolI. ; cI onf "i" n11 t:t.t'ieb e .n's ini (la Oma( !(Ilhr a d1(1 9.. 'h 'is )ro- I :cr':n. e ]tr,', idu:( for tie scoa ideration of t'.. f oow1ing < o- topii(Cs at ti v" ins: 1. Pr1h,1 1r, of the small It(wil and1(1 Clontry (Omuntllity. 2. 19"d (rons seails sales me t hods. '1. The tuboecllosis neO.o. "i. Methods of anti-tuberculos is work.' 5. The diag nosis of incipient cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. The purposes of the conference are to bring anti-tuberculosis workers to gether to discuss matters of especial interest to the Southern States and the above named topics will be viewed through the light of the South's needs anad present conditions. The national association is arranging for expert speakers to present the various sub jects and take lirt in the discussion, and, desiring to make the programme as practical as possible, has invited suggestions from health experts and persons in touch with the anti-tu berculosis work All through the see tion included in this conference. The states to take par-t ar-e North Caro lina, South Car-olia, Geor-gla, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar kansas and Tennessee. Seed Selection Subject of Talk. David R1. Coker of Hartsville, widely known in seed selection, Is preparing a notable paper on "The Selection and Handling of Seeds for PlantIng" to be presented at the session of the Conference for the Common Good in Columb)Ia on the morning of Septemi her 8. The South Caroalna Confer ence on Charities and Corrections de cided to hold a joint meeting in Col unmbia this year beginning ,on the night of September 7 and lastIng through the night of Septembler 9. The paper by Mr. Coker- Promises to be one of the featur-es of the sections of thle joint meeting w~hieh wvill be devot Ped to the Conference for the Common Good. S'upreme Court Dismisses Petition. The supreme court in a decIsIon by Associate Justice Hydlrick held that iserbi A. Parler had been legally 'leci -d county supterintendent of edui ' ationi of Dorchester- county. 'rhe con est was brought by Johni J. Howell, a iefeautedl candidate. 'rie decision af Olrms thle ruling of the state board of can vasser-s. Running Races For State Fair. Premium lists for thle approaching itate fair, October 25-29, have been Is suled and~ the wvork of distrIbution be gun from thle office of D. F. llrd, sec retary in Columbia. Fr-om tile cata logue of prizes offered, It appears that sums approxImating $14,000 are to be paid out in preniums. More than $2,000 of this amount will go to the llorse racIng, whichl Is to 1be a three dlay feature, the races to he run Onl Tuesday, Wednesday andI Thursday of fair week. 'There are to be two har ness races each day. Dairy Barn For Insane Asylum. As part of the general programme of! improvements at the State Hos pital for- the Insane, the board of regents andI the superintendent, C. Fred Williams, M. D)., have recently had speciflenit!onis dIrawn for the build lng of a modern and thoroughly sai tary dairy barn, which will he comn pleted within fonur months anid ready tor occupancy by ,January 1, 191q. The dairy barn, wihich will accommno date 100 cows, wvIll he constructed at Lhe contract price of $12,560. Clemson Collegre experts were cnsnlte. COURT DISMISSES PETITION Supreme Court En Bano Refuses to Grant Injunction Against Whiskey Election Sept. 14. Columbia.-Axtef extended argu ments the supreme court en banc signed a brief order dismissing peti tion for an election scheduled Sept. 14. The petition for an injunction was filed several weeks ago by John Henry Chappell, a citizen of Newberry coun ty. The order of the court was as fol lows: "Upon hearing argument herein, and upon consideration thereof, we are of opinion that the injunction be refused as it is so rdered. "The immediate pendency of the election forbids us to reduce to writing the reasons for our judgment; that will be done hereafter, and so soon as the circumstances shall permit of it." This order was signed by Eugene B. Gary, chief justice; 1). E. Hydrick, as sociate justice; R. C. Watts, associate justice; T. B. Fraser, associate jus tice; Geo. W. Gage, associate justice, and the following circuit judges, who heard the case upon request of the supreme court: Geo. E. Prince, H. F. Rice, T. S. Sease, S. W. G. Shipp, J. W. DeVore, Frank B. Gary, John S. Wilson, 1. W. Bowman, Ernest Moore an'd Mendel L. Smith. The petition for the injunction was filed several weeks ago with Associ ate Justice Watts at Laurens. He re fused to take action, but referr(l the entire matter to th full .,Ipreol court. Later the "'cui. .idg(es, wore relue' sted to :it w iti the court. At the heariin: argieu'nt I for Mr. ('h'!p el) 'l wa \ 11.'.le by ! 'r:ik (i. Tomp11 n: 1: an 811d ( '. L. rlea4.. T1 .:t" irlture h(: l n r-:)tvrhni h I u 0 :4II! i 1 . f/ } t! i b i l. i o t o .. . . . t h e :1 1 ;); )] e h e' .nu prm . V.or willlr il an '47 I'Ii 4 ;' 1r:,1'.2 '' t h e o r d e r d i - is i n ( ) h , 1t . ', t~ .1 "I.'' 1e \\". 4 , '( ( 24 i 1 $2 X1(.1 I! 1 (:4 t 1(411 \':' 1 4 '4 i14 1 1' i 41 )1 11 1 ( A ( ti ' " o I 4 Thle i4'(r'il' ((414' will 1.)ti' iii(: an opinion !:'t t 0)2 ii IIfo th ' r't 44 i~ for Begin Work on New Depot. Spatr taibirg.---Stakc's have becu driven preparatory to beginning actua' construction work on Spartanburg': $100,000 reinodeled passenger station Willard-lloggs Construction company of this city have been awarded tie contract. Accoid:i.g to stateients u Engineer Mosses of the Southern rail way and representatives of the cou struction company work will be start ed immediately. Considerable worl has already been done in excavationi for additional trackage arid an under passage which will lead f'om the sia tion to the trains The tracks will b( separated by fences and every facil ity will be provided for the safety o travelers. Friend of Bond issue Wins. Greenville.-J. Terry Wood of Grecer, advocate of the $950,000 r'oad bond issue, defeated Marvin R. Reese, also of Gr-eer', an oponent of the bonds, for the vacant seat in the house of representatives by a major ity of 669 votes. The election was te f1ll the seat vacated by the resigna tion of Allen Rl. Hawkins. The lines between the bond issue adivocates and those who oppose the action of the legislative delegation were clearly drawn. MARKET REPORT. Prices paId for cotton, cotton seed, corn, wheat, oats, peas, etc., on the different markets in South Carolina during the past week: Clinton-Cor'n, $1.10 hu; wheat, $1.25 hu; oatIs, (15e hu ; rye, 1.40 hu; peas, $2 hu; fryers9, 19le lh; but1ter', 25,c itb; eggs. 25e It). ldgefleld-Cot ton. Sc; corn, $1.10 hu; wheat. $1.25 hu; 04ats, 65eC hui; rye. $1.50 hu;1 fr'yers', 1 2e Ih; butter, 25e lh; eggs, 20e Ahheville-Cotton, 8%c; fryer's, 12e lh); buttr'. 25e lh; eggs, 15(1 doz. Alendalae-C'ot ton. so~t; corn, $1 hu: oatIs. Ii5c( hu; rye, $2 bu1;; fr'yers, 15Sc 11h; 14u tter'. OIc Ib; eggs. 20c doz. He'ton--Cottlon, S %Ac; corn, $1 bu; wheat~ $1.15 hli I oatIs, t6c 14u; rye, $1.25 hu1; p)e:4s, $1 .2.i 1hu; fryors, 1440 hu1; butter, 25c lb.; eggs, 15e dloz. bluttr, 21e 11h; eggs, 17e doz. (1ceraw-('orn, $1.10 hu; atIs, 65c hu; fryers. 12c hu1; 141utter1, 25i. Ib); eggs, 20e ('hesterafield1-(ottoni, Sle; coin, $1 h)u; oats. 65e' hui; fr'yers, Ihe lh; butter, 2r5c iib; eggs, I~ 15 doz. Chesteri'---ot ton,, Sc~rc; fryers, 15c Ib; hutter, 25e lb;: eggs, 20c0?o. I illon-F-ryers. 20)0 Ib; butter, 25c Ib; eggs, Oc doz1/. Laur'ens-Fr"syers, 12c Ih; butter' 20e Ib; eggs, 210e doz4/. RlIdgelandi--('otton.4 9c; corn.i $1.10 hu1; wheat,. 1.?4) hu: pen.s, 1 .f0 bu: f'ryers, 1c lh;: but1 ter'. 2ca hIb eggs, 14c07o. St. (leorge .P Iryer's, I5e Ih; butter, 55c 11); butter. 1l4e 11h. Wailtel,nIr --(otton1, Sc; fryers, 12c; butter, 2ne Ib;: eggs. 15o doz. Spartanhuii r---Cotton)4, 5 %c; corn, $1.05 1)u; whebat. $1.! hu; 14.1 ats, 02c hu; rye 1.25 hu ltf pWn s. S t .Io hu4. Florene. ('orn. $1.20 14u; wheat, $1.10 bu; oats. 75e hu;a t4ens. $1.50 hu. Lanicasteor.44rn. $1 hui; w'heat, $1 .25 but1;onts. 044 hu4: r'yC. $1.25 hu. Klngstree( --C o(rn. $1 144; peas, $2 bu1. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Lexington cotuty's cotton crop has suff'ered severely on account of un favorable weather. Representatve R. S. Whaley of the F'Irst Soth Carolina district, who has been in Washington for some time on departmental huslness has returnod to his home at Charleston, Citizens of Varnvllle held a good ondls rally ai few days ago, Good re ults are expeted soon, More than 1,000 Georglanb' spent Sunday at the Isle of Palms. ARMENIANS REPULSING THE TURKS of th e ci:to\ <m in \ R. T ur , , -~t r:?"n .i g '"' th at., ;;.'i\::", .b.ud..:- y . It A oI, p l i t .: it ta u p?' 'I LV t,'' lu ;.dIwin h i m. aa uu \' - Nh'it it Nicans to, Live for VWecks in t:2. <.:3,;erablyV l l~:: hu d!ei : a I itch Seeking to K'..ill Perseas! i n i l . tt? o N ''1 t ing Di tance. g a bi+ ' Vt 1.11 '( Itt 1)1(:1: o d i o.- A l r it is h c o r r e s p o n ntltii n o fu n 5 CI 11 1 pit I i r t ago f ih' tt . force In fllanders sends the following I ' graphie description of life in the eCI gtlif veyte' trenches.ie I 11 ; In moeit. ( "This war, particularly this trench 1 1:I lust .tt'11113 ill;;, I: warfare-the ar of positions' as thet 1 it h Germans more correctly cal it-is s othl. The men lauglmd. L uttely unprecedented that one often searches the mind in v"ain f s e d o ' th ' i 1 1 do1 I suitable parallel which will mako peo- asi'yorel. en t h i n a iarow1:trrswkin1tocom pas s ttriviolent eIh 1', etilf' v: ti ;.;me in hrs whs.r1 far. an w'~ ,i':l taan' with whomllowa yeart wh onk: might haveobldiielunihingeoy dining tl touch 1 th m r Ito m v i .1 istl da. n tew bl Kirl wee hi tea roud trougheDtWs an cor nardo ildn there b e as w dakour Diteanwe titad a;ilt1 0:011.inel, hi' v tfheheky.ass. Termaentrenches.were very't its and ife wayuyhu whavncy1 London.-A~~ ~ ~ ~ headis nowslodotofc so r, M thl y ai, '1 1ri but dt.r ainish ri ' with lil f. all you "aio dea tpo ta e whates l e toa abe and foe dayou hhmetimds for aneks an "ndi awarr titchlrl theig t cm netishu \' ult tuI pabov the v t sandbags da the o petn n aOn the deh iet haln lig dis -o om tri vebeentchn oto do ts tt r. i m aiues n f meirnd s th men oth e stalWe roe hving t aod a e Slomeaio r emrtke oen ten hrane as do o ur poi tie. a r weweh a on SMu lie Inl an ao ditch sing oncold. pathe viae ood rnfe pbling ns int vwo he dtif wouln hai itn te ofanr with hre lt ura hot wa toetae tw sumeps eveing lieta tsale'~ yad ao. your heedw fore, a lnotant aboe who andbags evrher of th/ Fiest io thir lehs bmor ning. mI uts I n adjetvha e1nitha wtthernl 01ad taen life andy tatway._ killesbody rearke ponible ofanter bnchs of ourlposiing 'Hr anoure,' corersaid the amtc onla cornfIeld. Raher agd not mfor apicngc fit would thae teen, woulnt ff withn the trenc whereac therbe ts ere hotwa teryfor tadppn and snick iwin grent ofa ut of dare saeolegse o coea hrdo withmareounings liak thsa fairl deaen proublyoevr head hof pento onlonside. i cldfeandthao kfll asbi cmanyins dossible uf alnthe strech of flows rencg make aothar corner cone Lae ol cornigtfied Fnwwhmy hy arae'tet Waio'ng cor ad pns pne wihhste(i snptr W bro?'pt,~voe prh te wrd lis G orc evda was in anoe.They an, havingl ot ien. osnrs ihte ega Psee thebr that day, offelffwokownFane nterow "ren whor live blethslos wereiwinita o ~hl nFac h a tetenandt pwith the GrsckiggtiV-go lo h aainslir n wad get ofo thei eanemis of3 sht. sh apar.so ose ha)" radoy giethe snersnamegsmand onthat n cmeso anod h harso dislys yof yourgheadius hap- benwunld bgig o Parland brit aonsd. of cld misee. ueemert o ~ t h forg ate.' frontgdubedu."on a'bad cornr.aer I augh inapsition knehih mooless ntirty yaer fromWfleswreums t Clan trenng.lTey, whre watheg fe ncssweehI~n n i mnw homn they wlace wqat tig for, aracietlyildtoth, h peter narrowre ncphr whoastako pecomoa ramsta ief~; boms i a hande. Theye han atckie benforsrne, uhltew tren wh livelik thsoms ried nnmatrfrhwhotatie tetoa-tte ith he erm ns, osiivo ly get to know. thei enemes ysght MERRY DOGS OF WAR Tale of "Ugly," Scarred Hero of a Hundred Battles. Wins Fame and Corporal's Stripes With the British Troops in North ern France-A Challenge and What Came of It. By GEORGE DUFRESNE. International News Service Correspondent.1 Paris.-In the early days of this war, Ugly scrambled ashore in north orn France a stowaway on one of the channel packets. He was a khaki tinted cur of the most disreputable appearance. Nobody's dog; but witih a soul so tuned to the doings of sol diers that as soon as he discovered that the great game was going on, he swore to be in it and of it. He was a natural fighter, scored and scarred with a hundred battles. So they attached him hero to B. X., which means any sort of Joh that's going at the base-"13"-standing for base, and "X" being the recognized algebraic symbol signifying an un known quantity. He was signed on the A. S. C. (Pickford's Light Horse) to (eal with the rats which ravage the bales down by the docks. Like the minister of munitions he was given a free hand with his subject. ani so s'ueeesful was he with theso stray-.iac(ket''l rascals that he soon re ( .'i"; eil a corporal's t iip's. (doblhe ra Iit'is (l hl dear!y loves lain , and the offet'r, riter on't;1ther . ingula1r1 ly su<-ess 1ul rairl amont le+' 11-rO:lt s, O!' n1 com p' miat he r u l ' tc'lar 1n;', hat hea wt!'::bl nit:t'r loav\'r the It r(.!"al the li '.ts l i ' . t i. t O!' it. .o 11-!1 pr itly i u l'd ty \1. '1 111r i 1'er , r t!in". It1 his, r ar id~ shal a p -lu '.t o t a youn ltur r' T co-,a i ' r :al i s e oL iiiuii I wre immn' :1iat made as to t Ie ' . ni iie ng, skill ar", i l fighting i w r eight of ..'rgeait Smiil'er. and thos 5 beirng conasid ered satis factorv', the cha.l . ge was accepted, anad IIy ws ptt I lini t strict training, much to his dis 0 gust. .0 A heacy hook was made on t he te forthoming combhiat, and when the y tense evening of the mnee't ing of these r growling (reeks arrivetd, the arena 't was pWa'kedh with an eager, brown faced crowd, anil a-thrnoh with th sweet pleasures of aniticipat ion. Ser geant Smiler arrived, due to time, in a carefully corded biscuiit biox. Ugly was already in possession of the floor, striding up and down in the fierce pride of ownersie, an snarl ing a challenge to the whole category of Crufts. The box was dragged into the ring, the cordls unlaced, the lid raised. the cage tipped at the necessary angle gy a brave Tommy, io leaied hack over the paraet as with a roar the inearceprated tohmnderstorm hurl himself into the lists. Alert, savage andi with his back hair bristling, Ugly crouched for the spring--crouched, and then Rat dlown hard in absoluate amazement; for there in front of him was his exact, his~ conmpiete double)1 in size and1( shape and color. Sergeant Smiler also crouched and sait dIowansudnly, as if frozen to the floor. In the silence whieh follows, tihe breathing of the two (logs could be heard--jerkily. like tihe spurts of a southwest squall at sea. Then, with a glad gurgle of canine melody, the two anlimlals flung them selves into one anlothler's arms in a brotherly caress, in which yaps of joy were mingled withl yelp~s of rem inliscence, almost tear compelling to tihe sentimental soldiers gathered around. For none could fail to readl the riddle. Corporal Ugly and Sergeant Smiler were twins, and1 this was their first meeting since puppyhood. Truth is sometimles stranger than flction. This is a true tale, and the lBritish army is still laughling over it. A good chuckle now andl again is a tonic. NABBED ON ALLURING SOIL Escaped Horse Thief Comes Back to Old Scenes and Lands in Prison. Blismarck, N. D).-IEdward . Molen, who escaped from the penitentiary three years ago, after serving one month of a four-year sentence for horse stealing, was returned to the inlstitultion a few (lays ago from Mar mar'th, where he wvas arrested wile takinig lpart in a circus piaradle. Moen went from here to Tiacoma, Wash., where he shlilpped to Liverpool and from there to ports on tihe Black sea. A year ago he returned to tis coun.. try andl gradulally workedl his way back to the scene of crime for wvhich he was sentenced. Farmer KIlls Big Owl. H-astings. .\lich '--Normanit~ Chambers of Tialtimore townshiy has killed one of thme largest owls ever seen in this vicinity. The bird, which was brown andi whlite ini color. measured almost five feet from tip to tip. Its eyes were two inches in diameter.