Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sktpt. 10.?In accord genera sc had u >.e. the liwe etat ton met today I impoi tant business, agreeing o the general d by the parent a?ocia purpoa?< of holding for 40 Clearing an exporting cor ?n rot l<?w grade* were adopted. Watnamaki- president of the U sn Cotton A*fto< i.u ion, nvum (ho speaker l?uring the'course remarks Mr Wanna maker mude ftl that he did n K mind calling when he critic aed people for gering the work of the assocla? in telling of the meeting In ngton on a recent dat? Where governor of the various tedct.il Sve banks had been invited to at Mr Wannamalter stated that tury of the Treasury Houston InMtsd hut did not artend. An wag made to find him. Mr. Wan aker then read from a paper which Mr. Houston was quoted as ?aylttg that he was opposed td the porting corporation because it would Mmmp cotton too high. Mr Wanna er was free In his *ritlciam of the etarv for his AttlUde A ?der son. Sept. 20?Mrs. Ira Cope land ins paint uily I ljured Hunday when an automobil? Ml?d with n jgroes ran Into the ear la which she at d Mr. Cepssxad jeer* riding on north Main street JThe negroes s-ore said to be driving at a great rah) of speed and very reckbsady Hevenil cars *<t into the dm b vto avoid being hi'.. Mr. Copelaod drove his car off the pave mt and against a sand bank. The hit this sand bank, which ?w their car* agaiist that ol Mr. dand. and th?-n tttfned completely oeesr Wr t opeland't oar was In? jured, and Mrs. Cope la! id tin own for? ward, breaking her km*-, besides other Mr. Coneland was only bruis driver of the ear was arrest - in?! ?Oed 11 tO. w Ills the other occupants of the rar were Aned to* emch 01. MaUhe'jp. Sept. 1:0?The board of registration waa keut busy today registering the women of the county. Wrmm liidicarlona there ?rill be a large enrollment nf women voters at the coming election Manj of th*m say that they are going to ute the right of franco tee and take thelt responsibility as voters on their own shoulders. Anderson Sept. 10- The Blue Ridge tram collided with an automobile Sat? urday. JUst at the Cents rvllle crossing beyond Denver. Tbi occupants of the ear were J. H ?lackmon. J. M. Illach Bwn. Sam Black men and Misses Irene. Halen and Klisabeth Blackmon. Miss lease Black men was more seriously Sun than the others and was brought vO the Anderson county hospital. MtV Tork. Sept. I>r. Hugh T Boesjer of South Carolina Hied a suit fttr fit.Out far slander in the supreme court t>>day agulnst ( has b Hacon st/ perlnt. nO'-nt of the city hospital on ?kaeifs Island. Dr. looser swept postttovi in the city hoapital to root hia proteastonai (raining.While re he said Mr. Ka on made the itemenl that he was sotlcting bust from the patients and that he set St lo be Iq the hospital ? i. i i hotogry in <Soveriiinent London Professor Suggests That DttartMfsat of Anthropology Be Created Cardiff, Wales. Sept %t.?A sug evsttnft that government? should em? ploy anthropologists in an advisory capacity w?*0 mad* by I rofeeeor Kan Pearson of London University at the annual conference of the British ns ?octal ton whleb i? jus', being In 1.1 iMre. The government* of Europe, tho professor added, had all kinds of ex? perts In their service, but no sth aesjolical advisers. 'Ono has only to study the peace of Veeealllea to aee that it la ethnolo? gic ally unsound and u.nnot be per? manent to H.nd ?find a. Egypt, Ire? land, even ooi present relations with America and ltal>. xt<?w only too painfully how difficult we find it to epprwefate the psychology of other nations It the spirit of violence be innate ?n man." the lecturer concluded, "it" there be times when he not only sees red but rejoices in It?and that was the strong impression I formed when I crossed Germany or August I. till, then outbreaks 01 violence wilt not cease till troglodyte mentality is bred out of man. That is why the ejsjeaSJsn of troglodyte or hylobath aneeenry la such a vital problem to the state. Contributions Not: Limited 4 hair man of r in am r Committee Sa; h thai Two Milien Dollars W! He Sufficient For Dem? ocrats HI Washington Sept j.: Chairman tlerard Of the il< . Ilnam e ? om ffilttee said that the democrats would not limit the ?Ir.e of contrlbMtlons from tadtvld'ial? but a two million dollars total SWS Id l>e suflli lent for the dem or rain He sold that fifteen million peign fund wodM] she* k the pub Ms* eemeelencc The . ? mmittee ha* raised in? |ion 11 i . ..I , >.-.. iii> . Ihooxand. Xerth Carolina tobacco dealers and jatsrwer- h ? f I *n sgliatlou inr. f<> the radical ffsttictle* of the acreage next y?*r. - Duncan Suc? ceeds Sparks Comptroller General Elect Heach Dollar Democracy Campaign In State Columbia, Sept. 23.?Walter B. Duncan, nominee for the office of r comptroller general, has accepted the position of tlnancial director for the presidential cumpaign fund in South Carolina, according to announcement made from the democratic campaign headquarters in Columbia today. Mr. Duncan succeeds Joe Sparks, who was recently elec ted assistant treasurer of the nation-wide democratic campaign, and who left the city last ailght for Atlanta, where he begins a tour of the south m the interest of the drive for democratic dollars. / Mi Duncan will also be assistant to Mr. Sparks who is tlnancial director for the entire south, as well as ?ssisl? aut treasurer for the entire campaign. Mr. Duncan is editor of the Alken Standard and associate editor of The Columbia Record. He was elected in the recent primary without opposition to the nomination for comptroller general. Mr. Duncan is to drv?te his time for several weeks to the campaign for Democratic funds Ho will work I without pay and will head up the work from Ot lumhin. His aim is to have every county thoroughly organised for j ths drive. Socialization of Mines i Berlin. Sept. 23.?The preparation e( a bill for the Socialization of the mines of Germany has been decided on by the cabinet. / Wishes to Visit America London, Sept. 22? Pu-yl, the 14 year old former Emperor of China, Is ajixlous to visit the Utilted States and Europe; but the uncertain po? litical conditions in Europe render an immediate visit unlikely, says the Daily Mail. The betrothal of Pu-yl to the daugh? ter of President Hsu-Shin-Chang of the Chinese republic may be announc? ed before long, the paper states. Pu-yl, the last "Son of Heaven," came to the Dragon throne in 1908, when he was only two years of ago. Since the republican revolution in 1911 the boy has been virtually a prisoner in the Fo-bl.'den City of Peking. His education is in charge of an English tutor., Words Difficult to Spell Washington, Sept. 23.?Those who consider themselves expert spellers may be Interested in the result of a series of old-fashioned spelling bees held In a popular summer resort of North Carolina to determine the words which are most difficult for the person of aversge education to spell. By almost unanimous consent, "eleemosynary" was given the stellar position, 91 percent of the contestants meeting disaster upon one or another essential vowels. ? "Connoisseur" wrecked the ambltl6ns of all except those who could be classified under that term Itself; "fuchsia" was third In terms of difficult;', being followed In order by "trsnqullllty." "fricassee." consensus," "supercede," "question? naire" and "periphery." "Separate." long in dlsgrafte us the most easily misspelled word in the or? dinary vocabulary caused little trou be In this particular circle; and 1c *plte the spread of thy neomystic cult "ouija" was familiar to only 6 per cent. Tbe n's and one t in Cincinnati still keep It In the generul class of "secca laureate." Wages in Hungary Budapest. Sept. 22.?The misery of the formerly well-to-do people and a sidelight on the exchange situation are afforded ?>y the bill In the national assembly increasing certain Judges' salaries from f?.noo to 6.turn crowns. This represents. In American money, a raise of about f>n cents a month. We Like Ills Frankness. \ i tndid merchant in Greeley, Col? orado, unblushlngly advertises: "Oth era have cheated you. Why not give us a chance?"?B. L. T. in October Hearst's. New York. Sept. 23.? The police found dynamite with a fuse burning on the platform of the Heed Avenue ? levated station in Brooklyn, It was unnounced today. The fuse was stamped out and the package taken to the bureau of combustibles. A gumter man who keeps in touch with th6 fluctuations of the real mar? ket, although n ?t u coal dealer, stated yesterday that the Indications ar*. im vorable for a decline in soft cog] ' prices. Let s all hope ao. Tbe rain last night, if general throughout the south caused much damage, fo rthere are several million balesyof cotton open in the fields. ' > ta The illicit manufacture and sale of whiskey is becoming so well stand irdtasd In Sumter county, according to those who know whiit_ Is going on in thin department of industry, that boo/e hounds are beginning to he particular as to what special brands they buy. Some of the moonshiners are egtSblletllng I reputation for turn? ing out u tlrst (lass article ,.nd de? mand hlghc?- prices for their goods than the ordinary lard can stuff. A fountcrfelt Itenmiii. "Yes. I Mill hav?> Ihe first pound note thai I fcrisde," wild the grriy halred passenger. "Good gracious!" exclaimed his ' traveling acquaintance, "how did you /esp it so long'*" "Well, it WAS verj Imperfect, being or first, .nd I'd have had trouble in PMMsing it " London WecHJy Tele? ? iph Easy Graft in Turkey Foreign Business Men Enjoy Period of Prosperity in Con? stantinople Contsuntinoplo, Sept. 22.?Foreign? ers, Of so-railed foreigners, are en? joying great eonnnereial prosperity In Turkish cities, especially in Constan? tinople. Turkish officials have 'been easily corrupted. Business men who Were not too scrupulous in their methods have found Turkey a profi? table Held. In spite of all the propaganda which has been circulated about the appro? priation of Christian property by Mohammedans, the stubborn fact re? mains that Greeks and Armenians own, a disproportionale part of tho bes* business property on the promi? nent streets in Constantinople and many of them have been more suc? cessful at war profiteering than Turks. The leading h?otel of Constantinoplo la owned by a Greek who made a great fortune selling supplies to tlie German army. He has invested his money in hotels In various parts of Europe. The Constantinople hotel cost hinr*t35,000 * yeajr ago. in a single year the hotel has paid for it? self. He charges $8 a day for a small j single room without bath and the 'cost of meals Is In proportion. The only other hotel run on European lines is owned by an Armenian, and his pi ices are equally high. Turkish officials are not permit? ted t+p regulate prices. The Germans did it when they were in control of Constantinople. But the entente high commissions make little attempt to check profiteering because such ef? forts onry Intensify the friction which exists between the various missions. Constantinoplo is really a group of .-fllglous principalities, which are more political than religious, and acknowledge the authority of no gov? ernment. The Greeks are under their patriarch, the various religious faiths of the Armenians have their patri? archs, and the Jews have a grand rah vbi. All these races hate each other nearly as much, apparently, as they do the Turks. Westerners are unable to comprehend the hatred In which the rival nationalities of the Lcvyint have stewed for centuries. Entente high commissioners now have some appreciation of the task Turkish of? ficials had in trying to administer such mixed populations. Every nationality has to have its own churches, its own schools, or? phanages and hospitals. Even small children of different nationalities cannot be put together without*serious friction. American relief workers who have been trying to assist refu? gees of all races, regardless of re? ligion, find the task almost impossible. Armenians complain If Turks are fed ('?reeks allege favoritism to Armenians and the relief committees of the va? rious races and religious heads take up the Walls of individuals and waste the time of relief administrators in considering petty quarrels. Broadly speaking, foreign relief wmkers have little to say for the adults of any race in Turkey, but pin their faith to the children and urge child \velfare work and education as the most hopeful fields in this bind of hate. Foreign relief workers who came to Turkey x expecting to find gentle Christian minorities had a rude awakening. The Greek and Armenian bandits and outlaws are just as wild as the Mohammedan bands. Relief workers have learned that "Christian" means a man who Is not a Moslem. It Is a political term, and does not nec essarily imply that the man so desig? nated practices Iho ten command ments. State Chamber Of Commerce Important Meeting to Be Held in Columbia in November. Columbia. Sept. 23.?Every Cham? ber of Commerce and other commer? cial organization in the state ".'111 be asked to have representatives at the meeting of the State Chamber of Com nu rce. to be hold in Columbia some lime during November, exact dates for which are to bo announced later. The executive committee of the state or - 11 T4.N met In Columbia yesterday and made plans for the November meeting. This committee is compos ed of E. ,0. Black, of Columbia, pres? ident of tho sta?o chamber; A. V. Sncll, Charleston, secretary, and Dr C. B*. Whilden. of Marion, vice-presi? dent. It Ijj stated that matters of great importance to the entire state will be brought up at the November meeting of the organization. Millerand Elected Today National Assembly Formally Elects Premier to Succeed Deschanol Versailles. Sept. 23. - Alexandre Millerand was today elected president Of Franco by the national assembly tii succeed Paul Deechan I. who re? signed because of ill health. Hotel Guests Poisoned Five Negroes Held Under Sus? picion in Greenville, Ala. Greenville, Ala.. Sept. 23.?Five ne? groes are being held on suspicion of bring responsible [or the poisoning of twenty-four musts of a hotel here, S/ho became ill after the evoidug men I. New York. Sept. 23. Democratic Chairman While announced that the national committee would raise five hundred thousand additional as a "match the president" fund. Thou? sands of friends of the |? gue of nn tinns, he said, would he s sit cd to fel? low Ihr president's evample Iii giving five hundred dollars. br'-.r No sir-ee, No premiums with Camels?all quality! (^AMELS quality plus Camels er ^ pert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos pass out the most wonderful cigarette smoke you ever drew into your mouth! And, the way to prow that statement is to compare Camels puff-by-puff with any cigarette in the world! Camels have a mild mellowness that is as new to you as it is delightful. Yet, that desirable "body" is all there! They are t^lways refreshing?thetf never tire your taste. Camels leave no unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste nor unpleasant cigaretty odor! Your say-so about Camels will be: M$, but that's a great cigarette Cam? Im nr* mold mwrrwfmro in ecmntifically m^mlrd packtt/tBS of 20 citfarctiem; or ten packai\ea (200 cigamt(ea) in a ^laaeine-papcr covered carton. Wm htronfifyrecommend 1 hie carton fortha hemecroitfee eupply or when you tr* i*e/. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. VVioston-Scxleni, N. C 9 9 History Study Club Col. Dargan Organizes Literary Society at Stateburg Editor Daily Item: In 1897 while I was teaching a pri? vate school in the town of Darlington, a pupil of mire, then In her teens, now resident at fcltateburg with hoi* i sons to be pupi's in the General Sum- j ter school, recited on the stage, in the opera house, Timrod's Carolina, and I and a successful teacher were behind curtains listening to tin recitation and when the words "Tell how Itutl edge ruled! and Laurens died." came out, I said *<> th ^ teacher: "What did Laurens do to ? au.se him to be referred to, in this way, by th<3 poet?" But the teachervcould not kell me and I de? clared to him thst X had never.heard of Laurens, And strange to say we were both college bred in South Caro? lina, our native and >el0VCd state, one at the Citadel and one at Furman ("niversity. From that hour to the present. as 1 am Uniting this CJi? years after) I solemnly affirm 1 have never let up one.minute in the pur? pose to know what it was Laurens had done and when I found out what it was, to u?e the lines of Tennyson. "Let his great example stand colossal, seen of every land, Till in till lands and thro' all human st (?ry The path of duty bo the way to glory." Nov., after intervening yens of dis? abling illness, I am helping, might and main ,tn boc that the portrait of Laurens, which for nine years ha? been in thn South Carolina state house, is unveiled, under such ceremonies as will call the world's attention to his glorious life and sacrificial death for liberty in America. And the Gen? eral Sunder school has called the neighborhood together to contribute its share to this grand undertaking. littst night twenty members of the club, to advance this cud. particularly, formed a soc iety to Etltdy history, and other literature and its first ne t ting will be held on Friday, October 1st. The society has gone to work with np narrow minded sentiments or views, with a full understanding that this period of airships and wireless com? munication, when all the world is interlocked In Interest, material and spiritual, expressed ho well in the adopted song of the Bchool, "And Lord mal.?' the nations see That men should brothers be, And form one family The wid< world o'er." The society, thus formed, starts out with zeal and determination to move "upward and onward and true to ihe line." with the following officers at Its head: Mrs. Elisabeth Friorson Sullivan. etoeldentV Mr. W. W. Bum ter, vice president; Mrs. Carrie Reese Bull, sec retotw ; fThss .lani-e Nelson, treasurer and Mrs. John L. Frlerson, chairman of the executive committee. It is hoped that mi ny other schools and colleges in the state w ill end r upon similar work in the near future and attend th*' unveiling exorcise: oi the portrait of .lohn Laurens. jn the State house at Columbia on January nth, l?2t. By act of the legislature the govern oi of tin- stale will preside over the assembly ol people in these exercises. JOHN J. DA KG AN. Ststebtirg, Sept. 22. Honolulu, Sept. 22.-- Tokio advices to the Japanese newspaper hare says the Chthese ere poisoning entire fatn< Hies in Shantung province to avoid Slow death bj starvation, ? Cooper's Guernseys Win Prizes Lee County Herd Makes Fine Showing in Competition With Best in Middle West VVTsacky, S ?i?t. V2(>.? R. M. Cooper's Cucrnsoy cattle from the Mimosa fa no uro entered in the Guernsey class at the following fairs: Indiatia State mir, Indianapolis, tnd. Kentucky State fair, Louisville, Ky. Tennessee State fair. Nashville, Term. Tri-State fair. Memphis, Tcnn. Kno.vville. Tenn., fair. National Dairy show, Chicago, 111. Southeastern fair, Atlanta. State fair, Columbia, S. C. This herd was shown at the Ohio State fair, Columbus, Ohio the llrst par! of September where there was keen competition from some of the latest herds of the country. The Mimosa herd wa* awarded the fol? lowing prises: Agpd Bulls*- Dord Mar of Elmendorf No. 32447. 2nd. Mar's Mimosa Roy. 4th. Pwo Vear old nulls? Sea Bell's Raymond of Vnna Dean farm No. 49, :{.*>L\ :Wt\. There were hve**entries in this class. Yearling Rulls Mimosa's Sequel Roy, 1st . Mimosa's Kentlworth Gold W K95S0, 2nd. Five entries in this class. Junior Yearlin g Bulls Kelsey'a Special No. Mfisn. 1st. Eight entries in this class. Junior Bull Calves- Mar's Kelacy, 1st; Good Luck's Memento No. 66590, fith^ Ten entries in this class. Age Cows?Rockingham Tulip No. 44619, 1st; Mar's Jolly Rose No. 64, DiT), 2nd. T-n entries in this class. Three Years okl Cows?Moss Violet of Elenwndorf No. 77548, 1st. Four entries in this class. Senior Yearling Heifers- Tulip of Guernsey Home Farm No. xs'.?r?s. 2nd: Dora Mar of Mimosa No. 98690, f>th. Ten entries In this class. Senior Heifer Calves?Mar's Tulip of Mimosa. 3nd. Twelve entries In this class. Junior Hflifer Calves ? Mar's Prim? rose of Mimosa, 1st. Breeders' Young Herd. 2nd. Flv entries in this class. Calf Herd. 1st and 3rd. Six entries in thi.s class. Product of Cow. 1st and 3rd. Eight entries in this class. Champion Female and Grand Champion Female?Rockingham Tu Pp No. 14819. Junion Champion Bull ? Mar's K< b ey. Among the other breeders of South Carolina e\hilMtim; at ihe large State fairs Is Henry Jordan of Ridge Springs who is showing-his Holstein herd. Paris, Sept. 22.?Premier Miller? and was today ? hosen as a candidate for the presidency to succeed M. Des i hanel by a Joint caucus of members o ftiie chamhi r of deputies and senate. Rome. Sept. 22.?The Italian metal workers who occupied manj factories throughout Mahj aiv refusing to va? cate in accordance with the settle? ment agreement recently made, ac? cording to dispatches to the Giornal de Italia. Douglas, Ca.. Sept. 21.? Having lived one hundred and twenty years Without a surname Aunt Hester, a n egress bora mar here in 17'.*'?, is deud. Farm Tenancy _Increasing Sixty-Three Per Cent of the Farmers of South Carolina Columbia, Sept. 22.?That farm ten? ancy is on the increase in South Car? olina at an alarming rate, sixty-three r ?r cent of the farm era of the state now being tenants, is the outstanding conclusion reached in the monthly bulletin of the University of South Carolina, issued today. Only two * states in the union have a greater, percentage of tenancy, says the bul? letin, these being Mississippi and Georgia, the former with 66.1 per cent., the lattei with e^TU per cent. The bulletin was prepared by S. M. Derrick, a Fniversity graduate, and it gives some startling insight into the farm tenure situation in South Caro? lina. According to this bulletin, 68.7 per cent of the land in South Carolina is lying idle. Lattd owners in South Carolina op? erate a greater percentage of all farm lands than do tenants in*South Car- ! olina, it is shown, but the tenants op? erate a greater percentage of the im* 1 ? proved lands, than do owners. The following are some of the striking conclusions reached in the bulletin : The farms of tenants in South Car? olina contain approximately twice as great a percentage of improved lard as do tin* f irms operated by owners. The size of farms operated by own? ers is nearly three times as large as the siz?. of the farms owne*' by ten? ants. Tiio average size of farms is smaller * in the upper part of the state, where there is :? greater degree of tenancy than in the lower part of the state. Over twice as many of the tenant farms of the state are operated by ne? groes, as sire operated by whites. There is a smalfer? nerc^r, tage ot farms operand by whJ'j ter; uts than Is operated by white v."**?*-rs. The percentage of farms operated by ne? gro tenants is nearly four times as great as the percentage operated by negro owners. Negro owners operate a little over one-tenth of all the farms in the state, and slightly less than one third of all the farms operated by owners. Negroes have acquired farms nearly twice as fast in the lower part of the state as in the upper part. Farm mortgages have been steadily increasing in South Carolina, having trebled in twenty years. Only four per cent of tlve money borrowed from the federal land bank has been used for toiying land. Fierce Fighting at Grodno Moscow Wireless Reports Begin? ning of New Offensive by the London. Sept. 22.?The Poles have commenced an offensive In the Gr??dno region on the northeast front, a Moscow wireless says Fierce light? ing is proceeding. Columbia. Sept. 21.?.lames Wash? ington, colored, of Greenville, will be electrocuted at the state penitentiary Friday of this week, for assault upon i 1 l-\ear-ol<| white Rlrl near Pelser in August, Work Rented Land Poles