Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. fr IWIY LsTTTKH* FROM OUR 8PK OlAL CtOtRKSPONDKNTH. IYobi all Parts of Adjoining Counties. sfOTlCsl TO CORR?HPONI>?NT8. Mail jour lettees eo that they will r?uli this o?k>? ?ot later than afoa iey srhes kstuneed far Wednesday's and Mt ksSs* ttaa Thursday Thbx stf course. Platan, Aua;. 7.?This section has had fine rains and the cotton and late crops are much rsvlved since the rains commenced. Cotton is gone rapidly to weed and Its that, that makes the government, or at leaet Its reporters think that a big crop will be made, but big weed does not make bolls by a long ways. It Is so sssry to fool people In such things. Fine and practical farmers say that only a fair crop will bs made and such testimony Is worth more than those who dont know cot ten from an okra stalk. In many place? rust has appeared and ether things will develop to de? crease the crop from time to time Let the hales be counted, then we will know what la made. Rev. T. I* Cole and daughter. Lh> sie. are In North Carolina attending a protracted meeting. ?Irs. Anna Allen of Columbia Is here visit In* her daughters. Mes damee Roger* and MeLeod. Mass Florin Williams of Orangeburg Is visit ins her slater, Mrs. J. Walter Kenny. R. C. DuPrs and T. M. Rogers have gone to Ashevllle and other points on a pleasure trip. Mrs. J. L. Otllts and young children have gone to Andereon and other places, visiting relatives snd friends. In the absence of the pastor Inter? esting addrsssss were made st Plsgah church yesterday by Hon. Oeorge W. Sfossly of Kershaw county, and Rev. 8. B. Hstfleld. Mrs. 8. B. HatAeld. who is under llss treatment of s specialist, is im? proving and will he home soon. The protracted meeting st Smith etile closed Friday evenlh*. During that night services, low down persons cut up harness, buggy cushions .and turned stock loose. Some from here suffered In that way. I know It Is hard to catch such scamps, but un? less the church there puts a stop to ssK-h things, sjggsjy who would like to attend the night services will may away because no man wants his florae or buggy damaged. The Smith vtlle church Is Just as mu'h op? posed to such lawlessness as the writer la snd I hope the guilty ones will be spprehended and punished to the full extent of the law. Putting fines on such scamps Is only a pre? mium on crime. Put the strips on them and degrade them and that will stop It. Compromising such devilment on the promise to not do so again is wasted time. Another church tome miles from here suffered In the same manner. A protracted meeting will com? mence st Mr. Olive church near Camden next Sunday. Baptism will take place on next Sunday afternoon at Swift Creek church. Those who folned Plsgah church recently will be baptised then. HAGOOn. Hasood, Aug *.?Home again. Har? ris Springs Is two mil** from any railway station, Walterloo being the near??t. The hotel b somewhat In dilapidation. There Are not many tourksts there, and those who go are as a rule In for health. If you want quiet, rest, good water, pure moun? tain air. far from "the maddening crowd." g i to Harris Springs. The con pany which owns the prop SWty does a fln? business. Mr. Pettus, the president told me that they consume practsPally all their output of watsr. The springs are near the centre of l-aun-n* r ?unty in lb.- Piedmont r?? gion, the i mi i- in r< I and roiling. Crops llsgfi are very Spoiled. In one as ti >n. a*hoes land producsd a t?sle of cotton an acre last year ,lt will iSQutre four and six mtf%M this year. In other seetlons ths farmers are. If anything. ).? ft. r than lust year. When we left the springs we Went l.v way ..f Or.-.m 111, to Ander? son < ount\. Tbl? sl one of the finest sections In all tb- Piedmont region As a nil* the land holdings ire small; man- SWJMsUSssHtei have no labor, but white mbes*. All barns, dwelilnge, etc., go im locked. A prominent .? u/> n told the writer b?? hadn't a lootl SO bis pi sa\e t.. his STSTsilhSSJ. and not ;i 1 . y gsjsjM bs f'omd. Labor Ibers costs say when frees. M e,.nt?? pVffjM pat . i r n d work. Caistfrsn ten und twelve years old pick two hun- j dred pounds of cotton a day. A lady told nie she had done her house work and picked three hundred pounds. But 1 must hush or folks here will take a pain the back. But these folks work and don't mind it. Crops all over Anderson were never finer. When I got to the pen? insula . found things la fine shape, crops looking well, but needing rain. Mrs. H. C. Bethea and Miss Caro? line Dlnklns have returned. Miss Courtenay Atkinson contem? plates taking a trip to Washington in the near future. Miss Ines Jackson of Chester is visiting Miss Ethel Allen. Prof. J. B. Jackson leaves for south Georgia next week. Mrs. J. L. Jackson is expected at home In a few days from Asheville. GEORGETOWN AVIATOR INJUR? ED. Guerdon Tarhox Hart When Ills Fly? ing Machine Sticks in Mud and Turns Over, Georgetown, Aug. 9.?Guerdan Tar box, while making a fight with his aeroplane this morning, came down in the marsh on Richmond plantation and was painfully injured about the face by the guide wires as the ma? chine struck the mud and turned turtle. Mr. Tarbox found soon after rais? ing that the machine was not work? ing satisfactorily and he could not reach a high altitude. After making a circle over the adjacent rice fields he decided to allaht. Heelng a grassy Held ahead he shut off the motor ami failed to eath. The landing: proved to be marsh and mud and the front wheels, sinking: deep In the slush, caused the machine to turn over. The aviator is not seriously hurt. The machine was not damaged. On Tuesday Mr. Tarbox made one of his most successful flights, flying at least eight miles and alighting safely at the shed. Preston Tarbox, the Inventor of the balancing mechanism, is per? fectly satisfied with the experiments made with his invention. GOES TO MINNESOTA. Dr. Frank II. Sanders of IIa it mm! Is Elected Surgeon and Physician at State Reformatory. Dr. Krank B. Handera of liagood, son of A. K. Sanders who Is one of the directors of the State peniten? tiary, has been elected to the posi? tion of physician and surgeon in the State reformatory of Minnesota at St. Cloud. Minn. Dr. Sanders graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina, das? of 1910. and has been at Hoper hospital, Charleston, for some time He is quite a young man. and the position he has been chosen for speaks well for his ability. ARREST IN SHIRER CASE. ?I. H. Cunningham in August Jail? Other Arrests Today. Augusta, Aug. 9.?A warrant was Usued today by private detectives, and J. H. Cunningham was committed 14 Jail on a charge of murder in con? nection with the mysterious death of Robert 0 .Shlrer, on the night of August 1. Absolute mystery sur? rounds the arrest of Cunninghum. the authorities refusing to even dkV cu<>8 it. and no one being allowed to see the prisoner. It is asserted that two more warrants are to be served tomorrow, and at that time "the wo? man In the case" will be developed. Hitter's body was found floating in the Savannah Hlver, at the foot of Washington street, his neck broken and a wound on the back of the head. Shlrer'a room mutes testified at the Inquest that he left homo at 12:30 Monday night, the 30th. to go to the tenderloin, but investigation develop? ed the fact that he did not go there. Money he was known to have had with him was not found on the body* Young Shlrer was a baggagemaster on the Southern Railway and a native of Orangeburg. 8. C. HOC BE PAIXfl ON WOMAN. Hasses Geastet, Colored, Crashed h> l ulling HogJSC at Reinheit. Y.v-t. iday afternoon about I o'etocR when a severe wind storm up at Rembert, Immi Cohen with her ihres children took refuge m the negro Masonic hall at that pboe to e?ciip?> the storm. While in the building the high wind toppled It ever ami the woman was crushed by ihe falltasj tins here. The i hlldren e sre i n badly frlghi - endd by Ike falling of the houee, but ?one of them wire Injured. This morning the woman was brought to Humter to tin- hospti il for treatment. If !.? Impossible yet to v whether she will recover from iin' Injuries received, Now that Dr. Wiley has revealed the pra< lice Of making beer out of eahbagea we can understand the kind ol head thirst) eports complain of next morning,? New Torh World. VETERAN COMMANDER DEAD. ! .I N. GEORGE \Y. GORDON JOINS GALLANT COMRADE* He Wm The Last General of Confed? eracy to S??rve as Member of Unl ?Ml SUlU*M Congress. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 9.?George W. Gordon, soldier, lawyer and states ,uan, in dead. Worn by an illness dating from his last political cam? paign, when he was re-elected to the national house of representatives, the last general of the Confederacy to serve in that body answered the sum? mons to "cross over the river" today. George Washington Gordon was born in Giles county, Tennessee, Oo* tober 5, 1632. In his early boyhood his parents moved to Texas and later to Mississippi, but as a youth he re turned to Tennessee and entered the Western Military academy, from w hich he was graduated in 1859. His tlrst activity was as civil engineer. At the outbreak of the War of Se? cession Gen. Gordon enlisted as drill master of the Eleventh Tennessee in? fantry, C. S. A. Within a few weeks he was made captain and was later promoted to a lieutenant colonelcy and In about a year was commission? ed colonel. In 1864 he was named brigadier general. He participated with distinction in a number of en? gagements, and at one time was tak? en prisoner, but was exchanged in ten days. At the close of the war Gen. Gor? don studied and practiced law, be? coming attorney general of this (Shel? by) county. In 1883 he was appointed a member of the Tennessee railroad commission and In 1885 an attache of the federal department of the in? terior, serving lour years in the In? dian country. At the end of Grov? Cleveland's first presidential term he returned to Memphis and resumed the practice of law. He was elected from the Tenth Tennessee dWirlct a member of the Sixtieth congress and re-elected to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second congresses. He was the only Confederate general In the pres? ent congress. Gen. Gordon was chosen command er-in-chlef of the United Confederate Veterans at the reunion of 1910 at Mobil ?, Ala. He was re-elected to that posit on at the 1911 reunion at Little Uocl , Ark., last May. COUNT TOGO WELCOMED. Japanese Admiral Pays Formal Visit to Nation's Congress. Washington, Aug. 8.?Admiral Count Togo paid a formal visit to both houses of congress today and thanked the members for his cordial reception in this country. In both the senate and the house he was en? thusiastically applauded, each cham? ber receding to allow the members to shake his hand. In the senate the admiral sat for a few minutes beside Vice President Sherman, while Senator Bradley of Kentcuky concluded a speech. Im? mediately thereafter Senator Hoot of New York asked that a 15-mlnute re < ess be taken. The admiral wrote his name on the senate journal, told the vice president to announce his thanks to the senate, and was escorted to the house by the sergeant-at-arms of the senate. He was received in the speaker's loom by Speaker Clark, who chatted with him until some parliamentary means could be devised in the house for rec eding without Interfering with Ihe executive legislative programme of the day. The admiral entered the chamber amid cheers, Representative Klnkead ??f New J-rsey, as be shook hands with the admiral, wlsi.cd him Ransel" and told Inquisitive mem bers that It meant a wish ths he might live lO.aoo years, other mem? bers then upon proffered their "Bah sals." Tonight Admiral Togo was dined at [the Metropolitan club by Mr. Win? throp. A number of members of con? gress and naval officers were present. He was given a reception at the Army and Navy club, which concluded his Programms in Washington. He leaves tomorrow for Baltlmors and Philadel? phia. FERTILIZER TAX. Cleniaon College wm Gel $27.'?.ooo from Kale of Tag?.. Columbia, Aug. s.?Clemson (,,,i lege this year receive about |275,< 000 from tin- -lb- of the fertiliser tags, The records in tin- office of tiw stiit'- Treasurer show that $24S,? w?>rth of tags have been sold sine?- the nrst of Hi,- year as compar< ed with $L'i7.?iNi on the same date oj 1 ist yesr, The total sales for last year amounted to |J 10,098, It will i ieen that the total sals for the first ell ht monthi of r.? i i eras greater than the entire year of 1910, Ther is j tax of 86 cents on ever) ton of fertiliser sold in ths State, This means thst over 1,000,000 tons of fertilisers have been ussd by the fnrmeri ot South Carolins tlii-; year, TO HELP FARMERS GROW COT T< >X. Southern Railway Company Tells Farmers How to (irow Cotton In Boll Weevil Districts, Washington, Aug. 7.?President Flnley, of the Southern Railway Company, realizing the possibility of the further spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil to the eastward Is taking steps to advise farmers in the territory along the lines of the Southern Railway Company, Ala? bama Great Southern Railroad Com- j pany, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company, in lo? calities to which there Is even a re? mote possibility that the weevil may spread, as to the methods that must be adopted for maintaining cotton production under boll weevil condi? tions. Farmers west of the Mississip? pi River, where the weevil baa been present for several years, havel learned how to grow cotton success? fully in spite of its presence. They have learned this le&son generally at the cost of short crop* for two or three years. Tn the fall of last year President Flnley organized a Cot? ton Culture Department, In charge of Mr. T. O. Plnnkc t. with head? quarters at Chattanooga, Tenn., with seven field agents to work in those localities where it is possible that the weevil may eventually appear. Mr. Plunkett and all of the agents of this department have had practical experience In the growing of cotton under boll weevil conditions. All of the expenses of the Cotton Culture Department are borne by the par? ticipating: railways and the services of its agents are absolutely free to all farmers along the lines of these railways. The work of this department has been so successful and the services of Its agents have been so highly ap? preciated by the farmers that Presi? dent Flnley has determined to ex? tend the wo.k further eastward. Mr. R. E. Gr?bel has been ap? pointed agent of the Cotton Depart? ment at Macon. Ga., to work along the line of the Southern Railway be? tween Macon and Brunswick, and along the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway in Georgia and North Florida. Four additional agents are to be employed for work along the lines of the Southern Railway, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, end the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, in central and eastern Alabama. Un? less circumstances should make 6ome other arrangement advisable these agents will have their headquarters at Attalla, Annlston, Tuscaloosa, and Maplesvllle. Ala. Mr. Gr?bel has had practical experience in grownlg cot? ton In boll weevil territory and four other men with like experience are to be selected for the Alabama agen? cies. The weevil has not spread to any of the localities to which these agents have been assigned and there is no reason to expect Its early ap? pearance In them. The purpose of establishing the work in these local? ities is to enable the farmers to be thoroughly prepared for the weevil if it shall at any time enter their fields. Fortunately, the cultural methods advised by the Cotton Culture De? partment are Identically those which the late Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the Uni? ted States Agricultural Department, recommended for increasing the pro? duction of cotton whether the weevil bf present or not. Farmers throughout the cotton belt will, therefore, find it profitable to adopt these methods, even though the weevil may never spread to their farms. As a further step In aid of the work of the Cotton Culture Depart? ment, President Finley ha= prepar? ed a circular letter incorporating Dr. Knapp's advice which Is being dis? tributed to farmers in all cotton growing territory along the lines of the railways above mentioned. Farm? ers along the lines of these companies may obtain copies of this circular letter by addressing W. W. Finley, President of the Southern Railway Company) Washington, D. C. SLEUTHS IN" 11,000-MILE HC NT. Detectives Returning From Russia to Boston With Prisoner. Boston, Aug. 8.?After traveling more than 12,000 miles in a criminal bunt. Inspectors Lynch and Morrlseey, of Boston, are on their way home from Yiina, Russia .aboard tin- steam? er Kursh with Harris Rothsteln as their prisoner, according to word re? ceived here today, Rothstein Is charged with the rob? bery of a jewelry stole in Boston a \< ,ir ago. Jacob and Joseph Goldberg, two other tuen wanted for thesame burg? lary, it became known today, will be delivered to Inspectors Lee and Corn In, of Boston, at Trieste, August 19, Rothsteln in expected to arrive In Mow York August 12 md the Gold i ergs September l. All the world'* .< race, and most of us are ilso rans, 'Philadelphia Ree ord, slir.RMAN AM) TAFT TART. Vice-President Write- Leite* La? nicnttng Reclproclt)?Peers Ca? lamity. N< v.- fork, Aug. B.?James s. Sher? man, Vice-president of the United states, today gava his coneent to tiie publication <?f a letter addressed to Wilbur F. Wakeman, general man? ager and treasurer of the American Protective Tariff League, which those who have already seen it assert will cause comment. It reads: "Washington. D. C, Aug. 5, 1911. ' What you say in the article, it seems to me, is very sensible. The seeming trend away from protection, in my judgment, is but temporary. Before our people get back to the old moorings, however, we may be forc? ed through a period of depression. I trust that this trying experience will not be required to awaken the Ameri? can people to the monstrous import? ance (to them) of the continuance, in a wholesome and adequate de? gree, of a wide and non-sectarian pro? tection to all out interests. "If the people do not awaken to the situation prior to the time the protection props are knocked from beneath our economic structure, with the fall of that structure will come B condition, painful though It be, which will, as heretofore, bring the people to their sense and cause them to return to their old moorings with wonderful unanimity, with great force and all the haste possible un? der our constitutional methods. "I look with great sadness upon this seeming trend at the present, but my hope for the future is opti? mistic. Very cordially yours, J. 8. SHERMAN." In this letter politicians today saw the final line of demarkation be? tween President Taft and Vice-Presl dent Sherman. It was said that the letter would seem to render it inex? pedient for Mr. Sherman to be con? sidered as the running mate of Presi? dent Taft in the campaign of 1912. It is regarded by some of Mr. Sher? man's firends as possible to make Mr. Sherman the choice of the "hidebound protectionists" for the Republican Presidential nomination. Mr. Sherman's letter becomes even mure significan, it was pointed out, when read in connection with "the article," an editorial in the American Economist, which had been sent to him for comment. The first para? graph of this editorial is as follows: "Canadian reciprocity having pass? ed and all kind of tariff reduction being under consideration, what Of the future? Further along this editorial says. "We believe that the legislation just adopted and the legislation un? der consideration by Congress, will bring upon our people desperate in? dustrial conditions, similar to those which existed in 1893, 1S94 and 1895. It looks as if soup-house conditions are the only kind of advice that the people of the United States- will ac? cept." This editorial criticising President Taft and Canadian reciprocity, the Vice-President says, "is very sen? sible." FARMERS GATHER AT CLEMSOX. Annual Institute Opens with Fine At* tendance. Clemson College, Aug. 8.?The big farmers' institute opened here today, at 2 P. It,, with over 200 farmers in attendance and more arriving on every train. President W .M. Rlggs made the address of welcome, tell? ing the visitors some of the interest? ing facts about the various activities in which the institution mgaged in for the welfare of the State, especial? ly the farmers. After President RlggS1 address, Col. Alan Johnstone made a brief talk, also welcoming the farmers. Then Mr. G. F. Ilunni < utt, editor of the Southern Cultiva? tor, made a brief talk on agricultural condition! in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. In the cattle arena at 4 o'clock, Prof. A. Smith gave a demonstration in judging dairy cattle. This aroused much interest. At the night Session, Col. B. J. Watson having been delay? ed in arriving here, Prof. J. N. Har? per was first on the programme with n talk on cotton varieties and culture, which proved very Interesting. Fol? lowing Prof. Harper, Prof. Barre was called on to talk on cotton diseases, while the audience was waiting on Col. Watson Prof. Barre discussed cotton, but upon Col. Watson's ar? rival he postponed the rest of his talk till later. Col. Watson spoke with vigor and earnestness and was listened to with great Interest. The programme for Wednesday In cludes an address by Dr, Tall But? ler, on the relation of stock raising i<> soil fertility; a discussion of beef feed* I tig, by Mr. T. F. Jackson, and. In the evening, an Illustrated lecture on good road---, bv Superintendent Chaa 11. Hoyt, of the United States office of u ?od roads, besides the judging o beef cattle and an implement d> mon* st rat ion. John W. Gates, the noted flnan U r died in Paria Tut id y, good roads TRAIN. Special Road Improvement Train Sent by Southern Railway to Tour State. Washington. Aug. 8.?The special "Rood Improvement Train" being operated by the Southern Railway, the Augusta Southern Railroad and affiliated lines in co-operatior, with the United States Office of Public Roads, will commence its tour of South Carolina and Georgia Septem? ber 4. it will spend practically a month in South Carolina making ex? hibitions at points along the South.-rn Railway ,and on September 29th will enter Georgia to visit points along the Augusta Southern Railroad. The "Road Improvement Train" , is being sent out by the Southern Railway to further the movement for better wagon roads throughout the South and at the same time to give practical Information to farmers and road offlclls as to the building of roads and their repair. The sched? ule for the South Carolina and Geor? gia points so far arranged is as fol? lows: Sept. 4, Monday, Blackburg, S. C, 10 A. M., Gaffney, 8 P. M. Sept. 5, Tuesday, Spartanburg, S. C, 10 A. M. Sept. 6, Wednesday, Greenville, 9.30 A. M., Easley, 2 P. M. Sept. 7, Thursday, Calhoun. 10 A. M.. Walhalla, 2:30 P. M. Sept. 8, Friday .Seneca, 9:60 A. M., Pendleton. 2 P. M. Sept. 9. Saturday, Anderson. 10 A. M., Belton. 3:30 P. If. Sept. 11. Monday. Abbeville. 10 A. M.. Greenwood. 2 P. SJ. Sept. 12. Tuesday. Xewberry, 10 A. M... Prosperity. 2 P. M. Sept. LS, Wednesday, Union 10 A. M.. Columbia. 3:30 P. M. Sept. 14. Thursday, Winnsboro, 10 A. M. Sept. 15, Friday. Chester, 10 A. M. Sept. 16, Saturday, Rock Hill, 10 A. M., Yorkville. 2 P. M. Sept. 18, Monday, Lancaster, 10 A. M.. Camden, 3 P. M. Sept. 19, Tuesday, ^umter, 1.30 P. M. Sept. 20, Wednesday, Orangeburg, 9:30 A. M.. St. Matthews. 2 P. M. Sept. 21, Thursday, Bamberg. 9:TO I A. M., Denmark, 2 P. M. j Sept. 22, Friday, Barn well. 10 A. M.. Allendale, 2 P. M. , Sept. 23, Saturday, St. George, 9:30 A. If., Summervile, 2 P. M. Sept. 25, Monday, Charleston, 10 A. M. Sept. 26, Aiken, 10 A. M., Edge veld, 10:30 A. M. Sept. 27, Wednesday, Batesburg, 10:30 A. M. Sept. 28. Thursday, Lexington. 10 A. M. Sept. 29, Friday, Hephzibah. Ga., 9:30 A. M., Wrens, 1 P. M., Gibson. 4 P. M Sept. 30. Saturday, Sandersville. Ga., 9:30 A. M. Warthen. 1 P. M., Mitchell. 4 P. M. Free lectures and demonstrations .?mowing the importance of good roads and how to build them and keep them in repair at the smallest necossary cost wll be conducted at each stop by two road building ex- I perts of the United States Depart? ment of Agriculture. Messrs. L. E. Boykin and H. S. Fairbanks assist? ed by a representative of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway. Two coaches of the train are filled with exhibits, pic? tures and working models, and the le?tures are illustrated with stere optican views. At great expense the Southern Railway and affiliated lines are handling this train without cost to the government in order that the people along its lines may have the opportunity to receive the valuable information a? to road building crhlch it affords. NO VINDICATION FOR BAILEY. Texas Senate Turns Down Indorse? ment On Reciprocity Vote. Austin, Texas, Aug. 9.?An effort was made yesterday in the State Sen? ate to give Senator J. W. Bailey a \ote of indorsement on his vote on the Canadian-United States recipro? city agreement. It met with at least temporary ilefe.it by a vote of 14 nays and 11 yeas. The so-called Vindication was in the form of a resolution offered by Senator Hudspeth, who, with other supporters of Senator Bailey, urged its Immediate adoption. To the sur? prise of most of the Bailey Senators the resolution was referred to the committee on Commerce and Manu? facturing, which IS made Up of antl Batley men. This hi the first time the Senate has failed to give ? vindication vote to Mr. Bailey. GINNING IN Tl A W Washington, vuc. I.?a total of 12.328 hales of cotton had been ginned in Teaai this year up to Au? gust 1 against 2,172 last year. ae cording to tlo monthly COttOB pin? ners' report made public by the de partment -'f agriculture today.