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HOLD VP PAY KK.S OF ILLINOIS
ZINC COMPANY.
Driver by Mad Hash Manages to Es?
cape with Coin Masked Men were
After?One Killed, several Injured.
Lasalle. Ill . May 2? ?Four masked
bandit* held up pay rise of the Illi?
nois Zinc company five miles south?
east of here this afternoon, killed one
man and wounded three others, hut
M.OuO in ?ash for the semi-monthly
pay of ICO miners was saved by a wild
dash of a wounded officer who es?
caped under (Ire of the robbers.
Ben Dieras, acting aa guard for
the sine company men, was Instantly
killed. Elmer West, clerk at the
??nc company, was shot In the head,
neck and cheat and Is In i serious
condition.
F. D. Richmond .a civil engineer
of the line company, wan shot in
the back and Henry Oeslerle, employe
of the company, received a glancing
shot In the head, also shot in arm and
er
body. Neither is seriously hurt.
The bandits used automatic shot?
guns and the first shot killed Dlerks.
who was driving th* second buggy.
West also fell st the first volley.
Richmond, who was In the rig with
West, and the money, whlr-ped up
a
the horse and fled wMle the robbers
stood in the middle of the road and
continued to fire at him. As soon as
they saw the first buggy making a
successful escape the bandits left the
other one unmolested and fled through
the woods. When Dierks fell dead
la the second vehicle Oeslerle grab?
bed the reins, whipped up his horsa
and followed the other rig to the sine
' company's mine. The miners were
paid off and then Joined In. a search?
ing party for the robbers.
That the bandits were former zinc
miners familiar with the system of
paving at the plant is the opinion of
the police.
a FEDERATION SCHOLARSHIPS.
By Competitive Examinations ? Ap?
plications Filed by June SO.
rive s .nth Carolina girls will be
awarded scholarships in five of the
best educational Institutions In the
State, through the efforts of the South
?arollr? Federation of Women's
Clabn. The announcement regarding
the scholarships follows:
The South Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs offers the following
scholarships: One st Winthrop Col?
lege, value $104 and free tuition; on
at Confederate Home College, value
1100; one at Limestone College, val?
ue $?t: one at Coker College, value
IIS; one at Training School for Kind?
ergarten Association, value $100.
These scholarships are for four years,
with the exception of one at the
Training School for Kindergarteners,
which Is for two years.
These scholarships are awarded by
competitive esamlnation. and re not
opon to anyone who has attended col?
lege before, unless there Is no other
applicant. Applicants must be over
1ft years of age.
Applicants must have the endorse?
ment wf the president or some officer
of a club belonging to the Federa?
tion. No application will be received
after June the ?0th.
For further tr.formation address,
M;a Frsnk H. Gary.
Chairman of Education,
I' ' Abbeville, S. C.
TRADE CONTI M Ks \CTIVE.
Waat ss Optimistic. D#allng? In That
Section Reflect Expectations Horn
of Favorable Crop ?"rospect*.
New York. May 2?.?Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
"Trade reports continued to exhibit
fairly sharp lines of demarcation In
that current distribution still sur
pssstw future business and that sur?
plus crop growing sections, malnfest
more progreealvenesa than Kastern
territory. In other worus trade In the
West reflects optimism born of favor?
able prospects as regards wealth from
crops, which outlook Is not clouded to
sny great extent gs MM h matters as
territory. In other words, trade In the
Rast reports as regards future re?
quirements is plainly evld?-n< e. un?
certainties regarding tariff red u < tion
being the deterring factors.
"One of the most remarkable fssV
turea of the reports Is balance of pes?
simism on the contrary, SJtSSt Waat?
ern centres are conservatively op?
timistic, the prevalent kevnot.? ?.??
Ing that tiade will nHlmatSl) SSVSlop
slnag satisfactory lines.
"Money Is easier, demand In the
w*st is good, ken1 banks ass prstty
well set against parting with funds ex.
? ept for relatively ?h?rt periods St.. k
market operations remsin qutef
The tomato Stallt girls of SumtSI
county, nearly on*' bunded |g num
>-*r. will put up many thousand cans
?' tomatoes this fSmiST, I i Which
s tt'.sri'ei must be ronn i. Msrchsnts
? el housekeepers should gk.- the p?
i il prod U< ' the preference tit the inn
?fgfi as packing house product**
HQRRY CO. POTATO IHRTIT.
i armp.hs rf.cf.ivp MMM
this yfar's CHOP.
I'm in-. leaving Con way Dally l,<mil
ed With Spuds to* Northern Mar?
ket?? L. T. Grainger Holds Record
for I in ge*t Yield, ?7 Barrels Per
Acre.
Conway, Mny 28.?Fifty thousand
?lull,us has heen paid to the farmors
of Horry county for the Irish potato
I crop this year. For the past fortnight
trains have been leaving Conway daily'
for the Northern markets laden with '
spuds. Boatload upon boatload have
been brought from different points on
the Waecamaw River, and carload up?
on carload have been brought from
Myrtle Beach, Pine Island and other
points on the railroad to be transfer- |
red to the potato special.
Five hundred acres were planted
In potatoes last spring and fifteen
thousand barrels were gathered there- |
from. The tuber* sold from $3 to!
$8.50 per barrel. On account of the
six weeks' drought, which preceded
the digging, the yield thin year was
cut In halt'. Instead of producing!
sixty barrels per acre only thirty
barrels were made.
U J. Upton & Co. of Norfolk, Va.,
who plainted on shares with a number
'of farmers in the county, were the
I heaviest planters. On 275 acres they
gathered 9,000 barrels, which were
?old for approximately $30,000.
The Myrtle Beach Farms Company |
planted 150 acres find gathered 3,400
barrels which they sold for $3.35 per
barrel. The Pine Island farm planted
about twelve acres and netted about
$25 per acre above expenses. There
were something like fifty acres plant?
ed by individuals Independently.
While the quality of the potatoes
produced this year wan most excellent
and their surfaces were bright and
smooth, yet on acount of the drought
mast of the spuds never fully ma?
tured and hence were undersized.
L. F. Oralnger, of Allen, holds the
record for the largest yield, having
gathered 67 barrels from an acre of
his potatoes.
Despite the unfavorable conditions
this year arid the fact that the potato
Industry In the county Is practically
new. all of the farmers realized a
profit on their crop and seem well
pleaHod with their yields. The indus?
try Is In its Inciplency and there is a
great future In store for the trucker,
who plants, cultivates and markets
his crop scientifically and Intelligent?
ly. The soil Is especially suited to
this crop so that when the farmer
learns as much about it as he does
about strawberries, cotton or corn,
his yield will be doubled and his
profits trebled.
In a few years the potato crop will
to a great measure supplant straw?
berries and other truck. For one can
plant potatoes and follow them up
with either corn or cotton and the
same fertilizers can t>e utilized for
both crops. This cannot be done with
strawberries, since they have to be
cultivated twelve months in the year,
Besides the expense of planting and
gathering the former crop Is very
small compared with the latter. Then
berries are far more perishable and
do not carry as well to the Northern
markets.
LPWIS A FTP. It THE JOB.
Wants Civ*i Service Commissioner
tdilp for Illinois.
Washington. May 29.?Senator J.
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois insists that
an Illinois man should be selected to
succeed Oer?. John C. Black on the
civil service commission. Senator
Lewis today presented to the presi?
dent the name of Harry M. Plndell
of Peorla, III., for this office. This
matter is of much importance to
South Carolinians for the f as on that
Charles M. Oalloway, soeretary to
Senator K. D. Smith, is slated to suc
Std Ocn. Black.
If Senator Lewi* Insists upon his
man having the place, it may be nec?
essary to put Mr. Galloway some?
where else, but it Is highly improb?
able that the latter will submit to be?
ing pushed aside for Mr. PindelL
WILL ENFORCE ORDINANCE.
Automobil?? Owners Must Have Lights
on Car* After Dark.
chief of Polle? J. R. Mumter an
noiincotl Friday morning that hei ?
after then- WOOld be u strict enfolee
mu nt ut ihs ordinance, requiring lights
on ail automobiles and hacks aftei
dark and the lights must be placed as
required by the ordinance or the nu*
lomoblts owners would be ' run In."
The ordinance requires at b ast two
white lights on the front of a rar,
sufficiently brilliant lo be aeon at n
distance of u?? hundred feel and at
least urn- red light on tin- rear of the
car. it Ik how up to tii.. users <>r au?
tomobiles to see that the lights on
their ran fulfill those conditions
Chief Rumter stated tint heretofore
warnings had been deemed sufficient,
but arrests will In future follow fall?
uic to com pi) with the ordinance.
SEVENTY-SEVEN TO GRAIH ATE.
Commencement Exercises to Begin
June 1.?InvitatioiiM One,
invitations for the 1913 commence- j
ment of the University of South Car?
olina are now out. They are of the
9ame kind as used for the past few
years .each class conforming to the
standard fixed some years ago.
The class this year will he the ;
largest ever graduated from the uni?
versity. There are 77 men who have
applied for diplomas, distributed
through the various schools, as fol?
lows: Civil engineers, 5, master of
arts 4, bachelor of arts 27, bachelor
of sciences 4 and bachelor of law 37.
The commencement exercises will
begin Sundaj, June 1, at which time
the annual sermon to the Y. M. C.
A. of the university will be preached.
At 8.30 Friday evening. June 6, the
annual address to the graduating law
class will be delivered by Gen. M. L.
Bonham. Sunday night at 8.15 the
baccalaureate sermon will be preach-'
ed by the Rev. William Way .pastor
of Grace Church, Charleston. On
Monday evening, June 9, in the
chapel of the university the annual
celebration of the Clarlosophlc and
Euphradian literary societies will be
hed. Tuesday, June 10, at 11 a. m. ,
the class day exercises will be held
in the chapel. At 4 p. m. the class
reunions will be held and at 8.30, in
i the chapel, the annual celebration of
the alumni of the university will be
held. Maj. Benjamin Sloan will be
I t"he senior orator of the occasion and
Jas K. Symmers the junior orator,
j Wednesday morning, June 11, the
i final exercises of the present session
I will be held In the chapel. W. H.
Hunt of Newberry will deliver the
I address to the graduating clas. The
(following men frem the graduating
[classes have been selected to speak
!at commencement: W. H. Scott, Jas.
'Allan, Jr., H. R. Crosland, A. C. Mann
and J. B. Mitchell. The diplomas
will be delivered upon the conclusion
of the speeches.
BIG FIRE NEAR CHER AW.
Flames Cause Lom of $I0,(H)0 at
Hoover Lumber Company's Mill.
Cheraw, May 29.?The Hoover Lum?
ber company's plant on the Atlantic
Coast Lihe, six miles below Cheraw,
caught tire from the boiler room at
12.16 today. The sawmill, boiler
'house and tank are a complete loss.
The planing mill, dry kins and mill
village were saved. This is a $500,000
concern owned by Pennslyvania peo
pel. The loss is $40,000 with little
Insurance.
An effort is being made to have the'
plant moved to Cheraw.
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REV. S. A. NETTLES FINED $10.
Admits, Before Magistrate, Striking
Rev. James H. Chick.
Spartanburg, May 29.?The Rev.
Stpehen A. Nettles, editor of the
Southern Christian Advocate, appear?
ed in Magistrate Robert J. Gantt's
court today to answer a charge of
assault and battery, made by the Rev.
James B. Chick, who alleged that
Mr. Nettles struck him a blow dur
I ing an altercation over the rental of
i a house owned by Mr. Nettles and
J occupied by Mr. Chick.
No testimony was taken, Mr. Net?
tles pleaded guilty, saying he struck
the blow In sudden heat and passion,
i
He was directed to pay a tine of $10,
with the alternative of thirty days on
the chain gang. He paid the line.
Good Oat Crops.
In making my itinerary last week I
took special notice of the fast ma?
turing of the oat crop. The reapers
and hinders were being put up and
tried on the more matured spots to
And out If the machines were in good
working order. I went into a good
many fields of oats in Horatio, Ha
good. Providence and Claremont and
j I found the oat crop to he generally
good, but i>r. Algie Alston, of Ha
good had 38 acres of the best oats I
have seen in the county. I>r. Alston
Is a young, but progressive farmer.
He has all the latest implements for
farming and keeps on hand a plenty
of horse power. He keeps on hand
several tons of hay and hundreds of
bushels of corn for his own use and
his plantations. I hope to see the day
when all the farmers will pay more
attention to grain crops and raise
what they need on their own farm.
If that was done cotton would be
higher and Com, meat and dour
would be cheaper. The doctor has a
very large barn with stables combined
and patented feeding trougha His
I horses and mules never waste any feed
under their feet as the old fashion
feeding troughs do, He is a single
man and lives with his mother who lie
advice is helpful to bis prosperity.
Yours very truly,
R. W. West berry,
i temonstratlon Agent.
Probabl) the best way to keep wo?
men oft the police force Is to tell them
i hs i they'll ha\ e to travel in plain
i lot hes ? 'hlCago inter I ?< can.
( 0M M E X i EM EXT DA X CE,
Large Number of Young People At?
tend Annual Event und Enjoy Oc?
canton*
The annual commencement dam e
given In the Armory Hall alter the
commencement exercises Thursday
night was a big success as it has ever
Itcen at any time in the past. There
was a large number of young ladie9
and men present for the event who
passed the tiTie between 11 and 2
o'clock very pleasantly In dancing.
The music was furnished by Sehu- |
macher's orchestra and was as Rood
as anyone could wish lor. The floor
was in fine condition and everybody
seemed to be in for making the dance
an enjoyable one.
Among the out-of-town ladies pres?
ent for the dance were: Mlsss Mar?
garet and Caroline Baker of Mayes
vllle, Munn of Blshopvtlle, Stouden
mire of Orangeburg. Qibson of Hamp?
ton, Virginia Saunders of Stateburg.
CLEANING CP TOWN.
Hcmoving Cyclone Debris In Honea
Path.
Honea Path, May 29.?Forces of
hands were busy all day yesterday
? leaning away the wreckage of the
cyclone. The damage will be from
$7,000 to $10,000. Of this amount the
churches suffered more than $1,000 of
damage. Work is being pushed in the
restoration of the buildings. No dam?
age has been heard of outside of the
town.
Prof. W. K. T?te, State supervisor
of rural schools, will be here Friday,
June 13th, to speak at Shady Side on
behalf of the consolidation of the
Jordon and Singleton schools. This
steps is being seriously considered by
the patrons of the schools and is one
! which is considered as an advance in
! the cause of education in the coun?
ty.
Autos, bicycles, motorcycles and
hacks, not properly equipped with
lights will now begin contributing to
the support of the city government.
The growth of city schools, will
necessitate the erection of a fourth
building before another year has pass
? ed. During the year just closed some
of the grades were uncomfortably
: crowded.
Prof. Ttato to Si>eak.
WILL BRIDGE TRACKS.
Crossing Point for South Carolina
Western Selected.
Florence, May 29.?W it. Bonsai,
president of the South Carolina West?
ern railroad (Heaboard), was in the
city yesterday, while here he con
'erred with the officials and engineer
of roadway of the Atlantic Coast
lane railway relativ?- to the proper
place for his road to cross the Coast
Line in Bast Florence on Its route
to Poston, Andrews and Charleston.
The place was selected, and this road
will cross by an overhead steel bridge
Which will be about one mile in
length, and .tust a few yards to the
east of the Coast Line's Height trans?
fer station near the eastern limits of
the city Of Florence. At this point
there are some 2<i odd Coast Line
tracks, but the steel 1 idge will be
on concrete and steel piers sot be?
tween tWO or mme of the tracks and
will be 21 feel from the top of the
rail of the Coast Line to the bottom
Of the steel bridge griders of the
Seaboard. That will be "some Steel
bridge"' for a crossing and will cost
many thousands of dollars.
FIRE AT KKMHIIKT.
Sawmill Belonging to C. \V. Chandler
Destroyed with Low* i*f $l,?ou.
Rambert? May 31.?The sawmill of
Mr. (\ W. ('handler about one and a
halt" miles from town was destroyed
Friday night, causing a. loss of ap?
proximately * 1,500. The greatest pari
of the loss was due to the destruction
of lumber, about $1,000 worth of good
pine lumber being lost.
Mr. Chandler stated .Saturday moru
ing that he left the mill about four
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had
extinguished all fires and sprinkb"!
water about the place. Howev r,
there was a high wind later In the
evening and it is thought that coats
from the furnace might have been
blown out and caused the tire. Tim
lire was discovered about 9 o'clock,
but was too late to extinguish it.
There was no insurance on the
property at all, and for this reason
|Mr. (.'handler's loss will fall entirely
upon himself. Some of the ma?
chinery can be used again.
Heal Estate Transfers.
Master to J. M. Harby, lot on Qroaa
Swamp road, $100.
The Clemson Agricultural
College
ENROLLMENT OVER MM VALUE OF PROPERTY OVER A MILLION AND
A THIRD-OVER iH) TEACHERS AND OFFICERS
Fl__ Cr\ti*m*km' Agriculture, (seven courses*. Chemistry; Mechanical
UCgrce courses. a!jli Electrical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Textllu
Industry; Architectural Engineering.
CL-,i Caii?>???. One-Year Course In Agriculture; Two-Yeir Course in
jnori V^Ourae?. Textile Industry; Four-Weeks Winter Ooaraa in Cotton
Glading; Four-Weeks Winter Course for Farmers.
Cmi* Cost per cession of nine months, including all fees, heat, light, water,
V^USl. hoard, laundry, and two complete uniforms. $131140. Tuition if able to
pay. S40.00 extra. Total cost per session for the one year Agricultural Course,
ft 17.55; Four-Weeks Course, all exyenses, ?10.00.
Scholarship and Entrance Examinations: ?nai3>7%?fw
Agricultural and Textile Scholarships, and 51 one-year Agricultural Scholarships.
Value of Scholarships ?100.00 per session and Free Tuition. (Students who have
attended Clemson College.*or any other College or University, are not eligible for
the Scholarships unless there are no other eligible applicants.)
Scholarship add Entrance Examinations will be held by the County Superin?
tendent of Education on July 11th. at 9:00 a. m.
Next Session Opens September 10, 1913
Write at once to W. M. RIGGS, President
Clemson College. S. C? for Catalog. Scholarship Blanks, Etc. If you delay, you
may be crowded out.
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Overalls, Ladies' Gowns, Underskirts, Un
dervests, Men's and Hoy's Underwear,
Childrens Kompers, Ladies Kimonas,
Ladies, Misses and Childrens mid?
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lars and Tics, Ladies', Men's
and Childrens Hose, men's
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