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THE CLEMSON COLLEGE CAR. j
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Itinerary of the Exhibit on Wheels, j
The Car Now at Calhoun.
Clemson College, November 16.
Professor C. L. Newman, who has
charge of the fitting up of the Clem?
son College car, soon to go on a tour
of the lower part of the State, gives
your co-respondent the following in?
formation:
The handsome day coach loaned
Clemson college by the Southern rail?
way' is now sideracked at Calhoun.
This coach is being remodeled so as to
adapt it to the special use of the in
stitute workers for both a moving, res?
idence and for the exhibition of Vari?
ous illustrative materials from the dif?
ferent |departments of the college.
These exhibits are being rapidly go;
ten together and the car will be ready
tpv move to the first appointment by
the end of the present week. This is
one of the most important steps that
Clemson college has taken for the in?
struction of the farmers in particular,
and the people of the State at large.
Since institutes were held throughout
the northern half of the State in July
and August, those to be held in Xo
J?ember, December and January will
be. conniSeTS 1 to-the -southern part^of j
tho State. *" " - -
The institutes already arranged for
are as follows:
Lexington, November 21; Bates
burg, 22; Trenton, 23; Aiken, 24; Wil?
liston, 25; Blackville 27; Barnwell, 28:
Allendale, 29; Islandton, SO; Den?
mark, December 1; Bamberg, 2;
Branchville, 4; St. George, 5; Sum?
merville, 6; MeClellanville, 9; Mt,
Holly, ll; Bonneau, 12: Sampit, 13;
Kingstree, 14; Lake City, "15; Pee '
Dee, 16; Wannamaker IS; Loris 19; j
Homewood 20; Conway, 21; Society
Hill, January 3; Hartsville, 4; (a) La?
mar, 5; (b) Timmonsville, 5; Came?
ron, 6; St, Matthews, 8; Ft. Motte 9;
Kingsville, 10.
FOR LIBRARY DAY.
' Official Notice Given by Superintend?
ent Martin.
Columbia, November 16.-State Su?
perintendent of Education Martin has
designated December 15th as Library
Day in order that more funds might
be raised for school books. The fol?
lowing letter has been issued:
County Superintendent, Teachers and
Trustees:
The legislative appropriation for
this year will allow for the establish?
ment of 200 more libraries and for
the increase of a great many of those
established last year. The establish?
ment of 200 new libraries and the in?
crease of 100, would mean that at least
25,000 first class books would be
placed in the hands of the public
school children before the year closes.
When the new year begins, we shall
have to wait about two months for
another legislative appropriation is
not exhausted. I have therefore des?
ignated December 15th as Library
Day, to be observed by the schools
of the State with the hope that we
may arrange on that day for securing
the 25,000 books. I suggest, there?
fore, that you use that day for some
form of public exercises, recitations,
lectures, charades, dialogues, oyster
supper, phonograph, stereoptican or
some other form of public entertain?
ment of your own choosing, to which
an admission fee should be charged.
Let us do all we can to arouse inter?
est and provide funds fo/ this im?
portant work before the year close*.
After December 31st this appropria?
tion will.be no longer available. We
shall have to wait until after the ad?
journment of the legislature before
next years appropriation can be used.
Let us have a grand rally on Decem?
ber 15th and a good report from every
section of the State.
O. B. Martin.
State Supt. of Education.
Columbus, Ga., November 16.
More than 2,000 bales of cotton were
destroyed, about 1,000- bs les badly
scorched and several hundred bales
damaged by fire which started in
grounds used jointly by the Central of
Georgia railway and the Atlantic
Compress Company today.
BRICE LAW EV THE COURTS.
?Two Orders Obtained From Chief
Justice Pope.
j Newberry. S. C., November^ 16.
! The dispensary .fight against the Brice
; law by Messrs Bellinger and Welch
'and John G. Capers continues. Major
I Robert H. Welch appeared before
Chief Justice Y. J. Pope at Chambers
today and secured two, orders in con?
nection with this matter. In both
matters the petitioner is Adam Ault,
a resident taxpayer of the county of
Newberry. In the first petition he
j sets out that out of the net income
j derived by the State from the sale of
! liquors in this state under the dispen?
sary law, after apportioning the re?
quired amount to the deficiencies ex?
isting in the various counties of the
Siate, there is still remaining in the
State Tre?surer's hands, subject to
payment on the warrant of the Comp?
troller General, a large surplus ??b
ject to apportionment by the Comp
j trolTer General, and he contends the
common schools of Newberry are en?
titled to a portion of said surplus.
That the said Comptroller General
threatens and is about to sp apportion j
said surplus fund, as to depiiv? the
common schools of Newberry of any
part thereof, and refuses to draw his j
warrant in favor of schools for any*
amount whatsoever.
The petition then quotes Article X- j
1, Section 12, of the Constitution and
certain acts of the General Assembls* j
and states there is no warrant of law !
for refusing to the common schools of I
Newberry county, a portion of said j
turpins, unless it be found in the so- |
ialled Brice Act, 'which said Act is, !
as petitioner respectfully contends, j
null and void, inasmuch as it contra- j
venes said Article X-l, Section 12, of j
the Constitution of this State.
Petitioner prays that said Brice act
be declared unconstitutional, and that
the Comptroller General be restrain?
ed from paving out to and drawing
his official warrant for the sum of
Jfezz .5.6 ( or any part thereof, in fa?
vor of the c?Tfnrrron - sehopls_^ ?f__ any
! county other than Newberry c^i?r?^
?and that he be directed to draw his
official warrant in favor of the com?
mon schools of Newberry county for
their proportion to the enrollment of
in said public common schools.
The order signed by Chief Justice
Pope in response to this petition di?
rects that Comptroller General A. W.
Jones, the respondent, show cause be?
fore the Supreme Court,\ at Columbia,
on December 4, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted, and
that he be enjoined and restrained
from paying out' or drawing his offic?
ial warrant for $533.56, which sum, it
is alleged fm the petition, would be
apportioned to the public schools of
Newberry, were it not for the pro?
visions of the Act commonly called
the Brice Act.
In the second petition the county
board of control of Newberry and Dis?
pensary Commissioner W. O. Tatum
are made -respondents. The petition?
er being the same as in the petition
above referred to. The petitioner sets
out the dispensary law. and the Brice
Act. and contends, on grounds now
familiar to the public, that the Brice
Act is unconstitutional. Wherefore
the petitioner prays: "That the said
act be declared unconstitutional, null
and void, that the said county board
of control be enjoined from keeping
said dispensaries in Newberry county
closed, and be compelled by the order
of the Court to open the same in pur?
suance of the valid law of the State,
that "the said dispensary commission?
er be enjoined from refusing to fur?
nish said liquors to the county dis?
pensers, and be decreed by the order
to furnish the same pursuant to the
valid laws of the State," etc.
In response to this petition. Chief
Justice Pope signed an order, which
reads in part as follows: "That the
respondents, as the county board of
control of Newberry county and dis?
pensary commissionerss do show
cause before the Supreme Court of
this State, in its court room, in the
city of Columbia on the 4th day of
December. 1905. at 10 o'clock a. m..
why the prayer of the petitioner here?
in should not be granted."
Major Robert H. Welch returned to
Columbia tonight.-News and Courier.
BIG FIRE IX KNOXVILLE.
The L<;*s Estimated to bc Fully
S 100.000.
Knoxville, Tenn.. November ls.
The fire that started early this morn?
ing in the building of Suttle & Belser,
spread across the alley to the clothing
store of Bickley, McClure & Co. The
loss will be near $100,000.
In compliance.with the request of
the board of directors Col. T. C. Dun?
can has remov< ?] his private office
ivo.n the Cnion Cotton mill.
THE COTTON CROP.
Bullish Cotton Report of National
Gimiere.
Dallas, Texas, November , 19.-The
cotton report of the National Gin
ners' Association was made public
today, one day sooner than intended.
The reason Secretary Blackwell said
was because a portion of the report
had "leaked."
Ke did not know how this had hap?
pened, he said. The report is as fol?
lows:
"Our summary of reports show that
there has been ginned to Nov. 14.
1905, total 7,411,359. The crop is 84.7
per cent, picked and 7S per cent, gin?
ned, indicating a crop for this year of
9,459,793. Following is the report by
States: Alabama ginned 93S.030 and
S9.7 picked; total crop 1,141,854. Ar?
kansas ginned 264,120 and is 67.2 per
cent, indicating a crop of 446.SS0.
Florida ginned 54,1S0 and is 92.1 per
cent, picked; total crop 78,140. Geor?
gia ginned 1,437,750 and is "94.3 per
cent, picked, indicating a crop of
1.577.379. Indian Territory ginned
167,340 and is 6S.4 per cent, picked:
total crop 262.911. Kentucky ginned
822, and is 67.S per cent pick?
ed; total crop 1.560. Louis
ianna ginned 313,390, picked 75.4 per
cent; total crop 530,868. Mississippi
ginned 706,914; picked 74.3 per cent.;
total crop 1,097,000. Missouri ginned
20,140; picked 68.7 per cent.; total
crop 37,190. North Carolina ginned
507,580; picked 93.7 per cent.; total
crop 563.307. Oklahoma ginned 161,
480; picked 7$.2 per cent; total crop
260,460. South Carolina ginned 982,
780; picked 94.3 per cent; total crop
999.367. Tennesse ginned 146,250,
picked 74.2 per cent.; total crop 243,
070. Texas ginned 1,788,144; picked
84.4 per cent; total crop 2,205.424.
Virginia ginned 10,728; picked 74.2
per cent; total crop 15,320."
RUSSIAN* STRIKE OFF.
- !
The "Workmen Decide to Resume
Work Temporarily.
decision^
reached at a meeting of the workmen
this morning. The resumption of
work will not be permanent, however,
as the meeting resolved to put into
operation a system of strikes of
which the purpose is to stop all work
in the city at frequent intervals, until
the government yields to demands of
the working classes. At one meeting
of_ workmen held today a speaker
worked up the crowd to the point of
frenzy- by calling down on the officials
curses of every description, while sol?
emnly making the sign of the cross
while he spoke. He urged his hearers
not to reply on the Czar, whom he
declared is practically a prisoner in
his palace, /
CLEMENCY BESOUGHT.
Governor Heyward Asked to Respite
Williamsburg 3Iurderer.
Columbia, November 20.-Governor
Heyward today received an eleventh
hour petition from Lawyers Lee &
Askins, asking that the death sen?
tence of a negro named Epps Snow?
den, who has been sentenced to hang
at Kingstree, Williamsburg county,
next Friday, be either commuted co
life imprisonment or that he be re
spited until th? case can be looked
into. The ground for asking for ex?
ecutive clemency is that the killing
was done in sudden heat and passion.
But the governor is not favorably im?
pressed with the belated petition, still
he does not like to shut a ma-? **n
from his right of appeal for executive
clemency at the last moment, and he
has taken the matter up with Judge
Watts, who tried the case, ancf will
give hi.? decision within 24 hours.
The likelihood is that Snowden will
hang next Friday according to pro?
gram.
COLUMBIA SENSATIONS.
Injunction Against Water Power
Company issued-Constables on
Duty in Union.
Columbia, November IS.-Ex-As
'sistant Attorney W. H. Townsend to?
day secured a temporary injunction
from Judge D. A. Townsend, at
chambers, in Union, forbidding the
Neill's Shoals Power Company of that
place, from stopping the How of the
river at that point "To thy inestima?
ble damage to the interests7 of the Co?
lumbia Water Power Company.'*
Tile iule is made returnable before
Judge Townsend at Yorkville.
Governor Heyward tooday decided to
s< ml the dispensary constables back
i-- Union, lin- situation there having
become intolerable in the eyes of sev?
eral county officials. But the con?
stables will be withdrawn from Spar
tanburg and Greenville counties.
AX IMPORTANT DECISION.
( Judge Brawlc y Files Order in Building
and Loan Cases.
In the United States Circuit Court.
Judge Brawley filed yesterdaw morn?
ing 1 his opinion in the eight building
and loan eases recently heard at
Greenville.
The main question in the case was
whether or not in the final settlement
borrowers were entitled to credit up?
on their bonds for all the monthly
payments made, whether in the shape
of intalments on stock, or interest or
premium. It was admitted that they
were entitled to credit for payments
on account of the first two items, but
counsel for the receiver contended
j that payments on account of prem
I ium were not to be so credited, sup
I porting their contention upon the de
[ cisi?n of the United States Circuit
Court in this State in 1903, in build?
ing and loan association against Alex?
ander, wherein it was held that by
the terms of the contract payments i
on account of premium were exclud?
ed. The referee sustained this con?
tention and held that payments for
premiums should not be allowed.
The opinion just filed reverses this |
report, holding that the contract in j
this case was not precisely identical I
with that in Alexander's case, and j
that the opinion in the last named
case was not conclusive upon the
question which the court is now re?
quired to exercise its independent
judgment, and that under the princi- |
pies announced by the Circuit Coui't
of Appeals in the case of Building and
Loan Association against the Edge
field Hotel Company in 1904, the bor?
rower, was entitled upon final settle?
ment to be credited with all payments
made on account of interest and stock
as by the terms of the contract the
building and loan association was not
entitled upon final settlement to re?
ceive anything more than the prin?
cipal sum loaned, with interest there?
on at the rate of 8 per cent, per an?
num, this form of contract having
been adopted by the building and loan
associations so as to avoid the decis?
ions relating to usuary. and that there
4a^it_was differentiated from the or?
dinary buTTdiTrs-ttiad-Jqan contracts.
Messrs. W. D. Willis and- Wr
Wimbish, of Atlanta, and T. W. Ba
cot of Charleston, represented the
receiver: William H. Scott and Messrs*
S. J. Simpson, J. T. Hay. Haynsworth
& Patterson, and McCullough & Mc
Swain, Wilson & Wilson and W. R.
Richey represented the defendanth,
who were citizens of Spartanburg.
Greenville, Laurens, York and Ker?
shaw.
The report of the referee in the
case of the same receiver against An?
na E. Hart a^nd O. B. Simmons was
affirmed, the report being in favor of
the defendants named and resting
upon other grounds than those con?
sidered in the main cause.-News and
Courier.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Mother and Baby Fall Into the Fire
and Fatally Burned. /
Lancaster, November 15.-While
Mrs. Hinson, wife of Mr. John Hin
son, of Fiat Rock Township, vas
standing by the fire in her roo*n, a
few mornings ago. holding ker baby
in her arms, she suddenly fainted and
fell on the burning fago-s. the child
falling into the flames with her.
The cries of the irtant attracted the
attention of Mr. saison and his broth?
er-in-law. Richard Starnes, who
were in aoniher part of the house.
Tiley rushed to the rescue of the un?
fortunate woman and her child as
quickly as possible, but not in time to
save them from serious, if not fatal,
injury- Both were most horribly
burned, and it is extremely doubtful
that either will recover.-News and
Courier.
EXPLOSION IX COLUMBIA.
Probate Judge Cobb Fatally Injured
By Gas Exploding in Vault.
Columbia, November 20.-As Judge
of Probate W. H. Cobb opened the
fire proof door to the vault containing
the records of his office this morning
he struck a match before his sense
of smell warned him that gas had
been freely leaking in the locked
chamber during the night. There were
: two explosions, which wrecked che
office, threw the outer door from its
hinges and shattered the windows of
adjoining offices and those on the
second floor. Tho first explosion
knocked Mr. Cobb across the office,
In's stiff hat bring crushed into the
shape of a patent opera hat against
the opposite wall. He was carried in
an unconscious condition to the Co?
lumbia Hospital, where it is felt he
cannot live. Thc second explosion
was of gas which rushed past Judge
Cobb and ignited from th" open fire?
place. McCaw.
A ?ream of Tartar Powder
free from a?um or phos?
phate acid
INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS.
Greenville Anxious to Keep Consta?
bles-What Sheriff Gilreath Says.
Greenville. November 19.-Word
that Governor Heyward will remove
the constables from this county, was
received with regret by many citizens,
as there is a strong sentiment here;in
favor of retaining the constabulary
anl putiing on the half mill tax.
It is said 90 per cent, of the tax?
payers are in favor of paying the ta^
to have the constables remain and the
city and county officers without ex'
ception are in favor of retaining th?
constabulary. It is said the constables
were sent back to Union after. hav?
ing been removed on account of son-^
of the county officers of that county
declaring the conditions in that coun?
ty as intolerable.
The officers here are free to state
as many citizens are, that the condi?
tion liere will be intolerable when the
dispensary is closed and it is desired'
that the constables remain here, "An
experiment in this county," said CMef
Beckneil. "is not necessary. A >lind
man can se that the blind tiger* are
already opening up. and today vee see
the effects of the talked of removal of
the constables.
Sheriff Gilreath is willing an? ready
to do his duty, but he says.the con?
stables are a necessity to t\e proper
enforcement ot the law. will do.
all within his power to ke.'P down the
lawlessness without th- constables,
but he says there is rp>Ve than he can
possibly do.
"Do you know th* be the worst
blind tiger county fi the State?" said
the sheriff, speaking about the remov?
al of the constables. "Why." said he,
"Union has few government distiller?
ies from which tovell on the side and
fr .v ??licit F.vints. Spartanburg has
i few government distelleries and com
paritively no illicit plants, while
Greenville is full of both government
and illicit plants, and the latter have
never been getting in better work."
He expects to see the governor per
! sonally about the matter and nobody
, is in a better position to know condi?
tions than the sheriff.
The cotton mill presidents, the
bank presidents, the largest taxpay?
ers in the city and county, in fact al?
most all citizens want the constables
retained and Governor Heyward will
doubtless be deluged with personal
communications relative to the matter
between now and the time the dispen?
saries are closed.
The taxpayer argues that the bet?
ter the police protection the more val?
uable his property and the business
j man believes the half mill tax will be
a paying investment.-The State.
TAX OX THE DOG.
?
Estimate of the Amount Received for
Schools.
Columbia. Nov. 16.-Within the
next two weeks Comptroller General
Jones will figure out the amount of
dog tax by the county treasurers and
notify the county superintendents of
education and the State superintend?
ent of education exactly how much
to each county. The law states that
this money must be distributed as
other school money, and it is presum?
ed that this rr?ans that each county
receives its own share, and it is not
distributed according to enrollment
as is the dispensary money.
Thc comptroller general is not pre?
pared to make an estimate on the
amount received, bul the state super?
int? ndent of education thinks that ;t
will run at least $50,000 this year.
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA.
One Hundred Go Down With Ship ia
English Channel.
London, November 19.-The South?
western railway's cross-channel
? steamer Hilda was wrecked this morn?
ing off St. Malo, on the north coast
of France, and it believed that Idfr
or more of her passengers and crew
were drowned. The Hilda left South?
ampton Friday for St. Maldo with con?
siderably more than 100 souls, oa
board. Her passage was greatly de?
layed in a fog in the channel and when
nearing St. Malo she ran into- a. se?
vere ?now storm, apparently missed
her course and foundered on the
rocks off Jardan lightouse^ three
miles from St. Malo.
The company's steamer Ada, out?
ward from St. Malo, rescued five of
fthe passengers and one of the crew_
These are now on the way to South?
ampton. There is an unconfirmed re?
port that 70 have been saved.
The crew numbered 26 and there
were.about 100 passengers all French"
men, the majority being onion dealers
from St, Briae and neighborhood.
Gloom at St. Malo.
St. Malo, France, November 20.
-This town presented a desolate.,
scene this morning following Sfie
wreck last night of the Southewest
ern railway's cross-channel steamer,
H:lda, in which it is believed hun
dreds of lives were lost.
The news of the disaster spread
quickly and this morning great crowds ;
of people swarmed from the town; ta? .
the seashore and took positions ort
the rocks waiting to see if any other
victims would be washed up.
In the throngs were many men: and",
women who hud relatives on the ill
fated., steamer, who were anxious for*
a chance to identify any of the bodies -->.
which might come ashore. The dfe- m
tress among these mourners was. piti?
ful. Men and women with tears
streaming down their cheeks 'siix?^^p? &
hours on -a. sad watch. The gloom o?^'
the catastrophe has spread over the
whole town and for the time, being
every other thought h;ts giveft?fi?fi''
to grief caused by the loss of so many ?*
lives.
-v'
Fifty-One Bodies
St. Malo, November'w
received this morning?^5~
points along the coast ^|||gg
one bodies of the \icti
have been recoveiee\^f^^^
Only Six of'V^^^^
Southampton. En: -^--vw'
20.-The officers of V^^^rrf^y com?
pany to which thc stear!*% Hilda be?
longed was crowded today w^th per?
sons seeking information .. regarding
?friends and relatives whom they be-_
? lieved to have sailed on the lost vt?
j sel. An official message- rec?ived by
! the company from St. Malo tod?y
; says that 12 9tpersons were^b.oard the
i Hilda, of which 181 were p^tesengers?.
and a crew of 2S. 0>nly six weio
, saved so far as in known, making the
?total number lost 123. According to
?reports received here* 5\ bodies have
?been recovered so ^ftfr Among these
are the bodies of Captain Gregory
'and Chief Officer Pearson.
.-?si va miali Has Subscribed $4.Q0(f.
Savannah. November 19.-The lo?
oa! ci? rn mit tro for th* relief of the
jens m Russia tom?row will make
a no thor considera bleS remit? ance to
the centra] committA in New York,
bringing Savannah's Aial Subscription
to th& cause-up' to Tl.000. Gentiles
as wei i as Jews have subscribed lib?
eral Iv to the fund.