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"STATE-WIDE" BILL GIVEN PRECEDENCE Compulsory School Attendance Legislation Discussed by Croup of Advocates. (Wednesday's State.) First choice?a Statewide compulsory school attendance law; second choice?a compulsory school attendance law to he enforced after the majority of the electors in the school district express the wish that it be made effective. Above is a summary of the wishes expressed yesterday by the conferees on the matter of passing a law which will force children to attend school in South Carolina. The advocates of raising the age limit under the child labor law and the compulsory education forces combined at the meeting yesterday at noon at the Jefferson hotel. Child Labor Law. The child labor committee decided to draft its bill to correspond to the age limit of the compulsory education bill, generally accepted as 1 1 years, with the proviso that children under that ago now employed in the mills would not be forced out of ihom. but that after the law goes into effect no children under the higher ago limit would be given work in the textile Hants. It was understood at th conference yesterday that the mill own'us were heartily in accord with the proposal to raise the age limit from 12 *o I I years, provided a compulsory school attendance law with a 1 t-voai ago limit was passed by the general assembly. Alex I.onir of Hock Mill W. K. Heal tie of Clreenville and otbc in111 iiu'ii attended tli" confcrene . The debatable <|ii stum whetle 1 the proponents of compulsory education should ask the ireneral assembly to pass a Statewide or a local option law was laid squarely before the roi f( eiuie by two lulls embodying th so features. One of the measures, written by Frank la vans, superintendent of the Spartanburg city sehools. witu is a tireless worker for the com in I sory education cause, nropo "d ,tienactment of a Stntewid" svstem of compulsory education which won I c< nel the attendance :it school of all children between the ayes of and 14 years. The other bill consid<ie| by the conference was written ly. I* ^sviuim ritwron ]-* ?. It. .on kit i ? superintendent of education sine1909. The Swearingen measure proposed that all the children between X and 14 years of aire in a school district be forced to attend the pub!: schools after a majority of the electors living in the district signed i petition to this effect. t'lenvaire is Defined. The division of opinion among? the conferees on the Statewid or optional feature of the hill to be introduced in the general assembly was marked Advocates of the optional feature hi?.e?< their arguments on the ground tl>at it was econimically expedient at present not to go to the length of a jjassjug en out and out Statewide law. " I 'rtnlT ni and a half hours of lisi ens-ion, the conference passed the following resolutions, moved by Hearv Meison Snyder, president of Wofford college: "Resolved, That this confer*?rice go on record as indorsing the compulsoiy education bill offered by Frank Evans or a similar bill. "Rf.cnlvpd Thnt if view of eon ditions it seems unwise to enact toe said bill into law as it stands, tins meeting favors the local option feature offered by Mr. Swcaringent or a similar feature." Joseph A. McCullough of Greenville presided over the conference. After the resolutions were passed, the South Carolina Child Labor eomnvttee met. Present were: Joseph A. McCullough, George B. Cromer, William A. Guerry, Henry NT. Syrukr and W. H. Hand. The committee quickly decided to make the child labor bill conform to the compulsory education bill in the matter of *h nyv limit, but to include a proviso that children under the aire limit now working in the mills would not be forced out. ATTACKED BY NEGRO Farmer Football Star* Shoots in Self Defense. Flamberg, Dee. 2b.?J. Aid rich Wyr.an. a large planter and one of Bamberg's foremost citizens, shot and instantly killed a negro tenant on his farm about three miles from the city yesterday afternoon. Ft seems that the negro had come to Mr. Wyman's yard in Bamberg the previous day in a drunken condition and had been ordered away. Yesterday. it is saiil, Mr. Wyman drove out to his farm and told the negro that he would have to look for another home. (Jpon hearing this the negro became infuriated and attacked Mr. IV emn n t??lw. /^A/l/V/i/4 KnVll n/1 UtC nu . tomobile and then dashed into a nearby barn. For some time the negro kept Mr. Wyman as a prisoner. When Mr. Wyman did yet back to his automobile and Ams in the act of cranking the machine, the negro ayain rushed upon him. He ordered his assailant to slop. When the ivgro did not stop Mr. Wyman reached for his pistol which was in the back of his automobile and fired one shot. This was effective, producing instant death. Mr. Wyman is a member of the Aiken family of Wvmans. Formerly be practiced law in Bamberg but in recent years he has devoted his entire time to his farming interests. At the university oi . south ( arolina and Davidson college "Jim" Wyman was a star at football. McUraw-Miller. Mr. R. L. Mcflraw and Miss Annie Miller of this city wore quietly married in the presence of a few friends, by Rev. I.. \,. Wapfnon, at his residence on Church street. Union, on Wednesday evening, December 2'i. RUSSIA TO SEEK I AMERICAN COTTON Will Send Delegates to the United States?Can Be Sold There. Washington, Dee. 29.?In a report filed today with the department ol commerce by Consul General SncdK'-nss of Moscow it is stated that dele| gates are shortly to visit the Unite I States with a view towards purchasing American cotton for Russiar mills. Giving the reasons for this action which should mean much to cottor "producers. Consul Snodgrass said: "When the war made it impossible to purchase cotton in the United States, there was an abnormal rist *he price of the Russian product n nas ueen lounu possioie to sei American cotton, imported via Vladivostok, at a lower price than Asiatii cotton. "From 55 to 0 per cent of tht requirements of the Russian cottoi industry are met by the cotton (jrowr in Russia, and Russian manufacturer are trying to use domestic cotton a> much as possible instead of American. A local expert states that seaisland and Egyptian cotton are tin only kinds for which no Russian sub stitutes can be found. "The Russian crop varies considerably in quality, but if this year's croi in the territory of Ferghana is similar to that of 101.1, lo-l.OOO bales ??? ">00 pounds, out of a total of aOO.OO" bales, will be of first quality. In Had Condition. "It might be expected therefore that 70 per cent of the kinds of c >' | ? i required for the production of high class yarns?warp Nos. ">0-0" ; and weft Nos. 00-70?could be supplied by the Russian product. Thine* the case, however. Native <>* > ors otten mix various sorts and ma ton them to soil to dealers at v1 jf" profit: and dealers, to obtain j more equal article, mix first ' , cotton with inferior kinds and eottoo ' obtained from local seed with i t I grown from American seed l'n the n oic. the system of cleaning cotton in i Turkestan and Transcaucasia is s' l! very defective and the cotton shipped from these parts often contains sand earth, parts of leaves, etc., and a considerable amount of moisture. "In the report of an expert, dressed to the Central Cotton committee, it is stated that if the mm I-ales of Russian cotton were cleane I ucorditig to improved methods, its v: luc would he increased by !?'2,0in, 000 to $.'{,000,000. and there would besides be considerable economy if. doig away with the necessity of packin and transporting the waste. It has been proved that by careful cleaning the standard of the cotton ( according to the arbitration committee of the Moscow exchange) can he raised by at least half a class. "At the present time 4o of the 1100 onttnn clonnincr mnnf o /\f Turkestan and Trancaueasia are working according to the improved pneumatic system. It is too late in the season to contemplate the construction of new wowrks, but the existing concerns may increase their production by putting up additional " ins and by prolonging the working day, which in several instance has already been done. The success of the 'Reformator' machines is pronounced. Price is Good. vi i liii* uaiu.s 01 coion | consumed by the Russian cotton mills in 1911-14, more than half, 913,t?!W bales of Russian cotton, was delivere dto the cotton mills durinjr the months of November. December, January and February. This would prove that, if necessary measures be taken to expedite the shipment of this year's crop from Central Asia, the Russian mills would be supplied with the required material for the next four or five months. Rut the prices 1 <? to 16.50 rubles per pound (22.k to 2.'(.(? cents per pound), are so hi^h that the manufacturers are refusing to buy and are arranging to import American cotton provided credits can be arranged with American banks. 44 \ t /if * AeoA/.iolion of f'otton Manufacturers held recently to discuss the situation of the cottor. industry in connection with the war, and attended hv most of the important cotton manufacturers of Russia, a report was made on th?conference of the cotton committee of IVtrogad in regard to the establishment of a tax on Russian cotton and the increase of the duty on foreign ton. The question of direct purchase of cotton in the United States was also discussed. In view of the speculative rise in prices of Russian cotton, the conference decided that it would be desirable to send delegate to the United States to purchase cotton and to ascertain the possibility of organizing the supply of American ' otton for Russian mills on an extensive scale for the entire duration of the war." SHOT BY ACCIDENT, DIES FROM WOUNDS M ac Norman Succumbs in CiafTnoy Hospital?His Son Hold in Jail. Special to the State. (i i?)'i> v. Dec. 20.- Mac Norman, a \vhil?- t-sAfi about ' "> .tars of atp* died in > ffney h?on -,1 ip.s after.mo5i about 1 o'c" " from iiairie he sustainedSaturday afternoon whei; he was accidently shot, presumably by his son Jim Norman. The younu m ;i n I vf? i\r< nf is; in i;iil hero. It is said that the Normans' resi donee is in York county hut that th< shooting took place at King's Creek station in Cherokee county, but this story is contradicted by those who say that Jim Norman was standing in the front yard of his home on Saturday shoot ing with a pistol at toy balloon His father came from the house while this pastime was going on and the elder man was shot in the chest as the boy fired at the balloon, th<- bullet ranging to the spinal column and producing paralysis. CANNING CLUBS I SHOW RESULTS I Southern (Jirls Make Success of Venture?A Report is Made. New York, Dec. 27.?Results of the girls' canning club movement in Southern States, promoted jointly by the department of agriculture and the I general education board, are detailed In an installment of the latter organi ization's annual report made public today. "The method is simple," says the i report. "Each girl takes one-tenth of an acre and is taught how to select " the seed, to plant cultivate and perI feet the growth of the tomato plant. > Meanwhile portable canning outfits . have been provided, to be set out of I doors, in the orchard or the garden, and trained teachers of domestic science instruct the local teachers in the best methods. When the toma toes are ripe the girls come together, i now at one home and now at another,] i to can the products. It is done in the i most up-to-date fashion. The girls : are taught the necessity of scrupulous ( cleanliness; they sterilize utensils , and cans, seal and label and indecil ' manufacture an easily marketabls , product. ( "Three hundred and twenty-flvr { girls were registered the first year , > ",000 the next, 23,50 in the year.,|o^ lowing. In 1913 (here were UDwartr^ , of 30,000 in 14 different States. ( 1 "The entire expense of the girls' , canning club work has at all times , been borne by the general education . u.i rd. oveent for 1 ocn 1 i-nnlriliiirmrn! Iii 11(11 an initial appropriation of i $5,000 was made and $25,000 the fol-j( 1 lowing year: In May, 1012, the appro j priation of the board for this purpose i | vas $76,000. "Though the national government, ! through the department of agricul i lure,, had entire supervision, it hn.J.' i borne no part of the expenses. The : States in which the work is now going forward on this basis are: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North j Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas. "The average profit made by the girls reporting in 12 States was *21.08, but not a few made sums far in excess. A Macon county, Missippi, girl realized a net profit just under $100 on her 050 cans of tomatoes, another neighbor made 1,008 cans, with a profit to herself of $77.73; a girl living in Aiken county, South Carolina, netted $00.51. The accounts are carefully kept. "The imponderable indirect gains are certainly not less important. Canning club day is a social occasion. Thus social interest is kindled about the doing of something worth while. There follows a spirit of mutual helpfulness, mutual concern, mutual affection. This sort of things lays the foundation for cooperation in larger and more important things- in th?church, in the school, in charities. ii'U? business.' y ir on< Plant More Gra'lfl^'?^ 4?. The nations are needing more grain, especially those that are involved in war, and are busily fighting?they have no time to grow bread. They must have it and the farmers of the United States are called upon to grow it. Mr. Farmer, what is your share? How many acres are you going to plant? You know that we don't need to raise one-half of a crop of cotton in 1915 to have enough to run tlie United States and have enough to fill the demands of other nations. Because the other nations have been needing cotton imported to them do you think we can export them cotton when they call for grain? The most popular excuse for not planting wheat I ever heard of was that the land was too poor and would not make as much as good land. You never hoar a farmer say that about cotton; they always say we will plant it and let it make what it will. V\\. need no such foolishness for we all see that more grain is needing to be planted. Iilack soil with red clay bottom is most suitable for wheat and oats. Grain should be planted early in the fall as it grows taller and produo-s larger and heavier hears. This is judged by the volunteer grain that comes up early in the fall generally before other is sown. The soil should not be broken more than three or four inches deen. for iin grows best in a solid bed with loose or menow ion. in mis case me disk harrow should be used. Now, Mr. Farmer, if you will plant a crop of grain, make your own (lour and horse food and raise little cotton, (lour would he cheaper for those whh cannot raise it and you too if vo ? i don't crow as much as you need; you will find that one bale will brine as much as two under present conditions. Plant more grain. James Ward. ) Mabry School, seventh grade. Erect Monument to Cat. Newport, Wales, Dec. 26.?A subscription is circulated here to erect i on the grounds of the town's feudal , castle a monument to the French cat. which saved the life of Lieut. Llovd. of the Grenadier Guards, i The cat did nothing purposely her roie. Itut by curling around the m-t-k of the officer during the three days I he lay wounded and unattended near the French frontier, the cat acted as a fur boa and save him from death by cold. i t u,.:.. <? c<:- tij i<m ui. i.n?>u ir* ii*-ii in oil mtti n iiic Lloyd, tho chief commoner of Wales and the last of the Norman lords of . the marshes. His residence is New, port castle, where it is proposed to build the cat's memorial. The injured man was rushed to (Jaffney. The inquest, will he held here tomorrow morning. I YINTHROP GROWS WITH THE YEARS 'ollege Has Nearly 900 Students? Dr. Johnson's Report. (Monday's State.) Advance sheets from the annual recrt of D. B. Johnson, president of yinthrop college. Jtock Hill, have een received in Columbia. The reort will be sefit to the general as_ 3mbly through the State department f education. Dr. Johnson says that le usefulness of the college has been roadened by an extension of the work or the welfare of the public at large nd the movement is bearing fruit. At the joint meeting of the ConlVrnce for Education in the South and he Southern Educational association, :eld last April in Louisville, two of he most imnortant demonstrations vere assigned to Winthrop college, that of the model rural school and the model rural home. An evidence of the growing reputation of Winthrop college and its increasing usefulness is the ever increasing demand for its graduates. Of last year's graduating, class, over 27 procured positions before they received their diplomas. The Winthrop :iiploma is being accepted in lieu of ?xamination in States that are very strict in the certification of teachers. - President Johnson says that, notwithstanding the greater enrollment luring the past season, the college ran smoothly in every department and there was no sacrifice anywher? if quality for quantity. "It seems that in this small, sparsely settled State, with only a little >ver 700,000 white population, men. women and children, there should be no fear of Winthron college becoming too big to do efficient, acceptable work, in the face of all the facts ana the experience of other States," says Dr. Johnson. Winthrop college this year has its largest enrollment, there being f02 students attending .the institution. There were 1,473 applications for admission this year. There are now 100 officers and teachers of the college. The Cotton I.oan Fund. The Cotton Loan Fund committer are new prepared to receive appiicati' s lor loans from that fund. The fund consists of $100,000,000, subscribed by northern and western banks, upon the condition that in every case where a loan is made some Southern bank will take one-fourth of the amount loaned. The northern and western banks receive Class A certificates; the Southern banks, Class n cerucates. uoin classes 01 certificates draw fi per cent interest from date, and are payable kuarterIv. and mature on or before February 1, 1910. All applications for loans must be made by the owner of the cotton to x nled.ired through some local bank, which must agree to subscribe for a Class B certificate to tne amount of pae-fourth of the loan. The applicant c?r the loan must have some responsibility outside of the cotton on which the loan is t ohe made; he must be the owner of the cotter., freed from any lien or incumbrances, and the cotton must be warehoused so as to protect it thoroughly from the weather. The warehouse must be under the ownership and control of nme other party or parties than the applicant, and the warehouseman or the warehouse corporati - must have some substantial responsibility. The 'UDlicant must pledge warehouse receipts for cotton at not more than 5 cents per pound, basis middling. Three pre cent of the face of the loan is deducted and deposited in a "Guarantee Fund." This "Guarantee Fund" is used, first to pay expenses; then t opay any losses which might be incurred by the holders of Class A certificates; and then to pay any losses which might bo incurred bv the holders of Class B certificates. Whatever is left is returned pro rata to the borrowers. All Inline Konr (? nPr ppnt intornef from date payable quarterly. If the cotton is disposed of during any intermediary period, the interest must be paid up to the end of the quarter. These quarters are May 1, September 1 and February 1, 1916. Of course all cotton must be insured and the insurance policy assigned to the Cotton Loan Fund committee. The local bank must be responsible for the orompt payment of the quarterly interest, the insurance premiums and the warehouse charges. The bank through whom the application is made must forward the application, together with a check for one-fourth of the amount of the loan applied for, to the local committee for the county. This committee for our County, is: Emslie Nicholson, chairman, J. D. Arthur, R. P. Morgan. After the local commitee has passed upon the application, it is for warded to the State committee for South Carolina. This committee is compised of the following: R. G. Rhett, chairman, E. H. Pringle, .Jr.. Henry Schachte, John M. Kinard, (J. G. Rowland. If the application is approved by this committee it is forwarded to the Cotton Loan Fund eomittee in the city of New York. If this committe approves of the loan, it will transmit to the local bank a check for the amount of the loan applied for. less 3 per cent, which will be retained for the guarantee fund. Take Notice. Dr. Clifton, specialist in disease of the eye, ear, nose and throat will he ir. Jonesville one day next week, Wednesday, .January <>. Eye glasses fitted. Examinations free. No charge * to the poor. It Notice! The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Citizens National hand, Union, S. C., will he held at the bank Tuesday, January 12, at 12 o'clock noon. It. P. Morgan, President. Ipure d i | Toilet Art | X Stationer* X I Rubber G T T I Peoples Drv I Under Hotel XQuick Service 1 Use Dus X % For Sweeping ai f Floors and Carj | down the dust anc t and moths. X i? 1 Bbl. Lots at 2% ccn V l/z Bbl. Lots at 3 ccn V 25 Lbs. for One Dollai T V ' _ _ _ | B A I L % Furniture & Li lA A^A li^i f^f "y'"y l????????1>????? t To Our Friends ; f T * X We thank our friends t X for the liberal patro *:* during the past yeai T II 1/ I * ? new rear oring you X ness and prosperity ? *| Special Music F ? f MILHOUS D Phone 76 TH Sale of Personal Property. A State of South Carolina?County both of Union. be h Pursuant to an order of the Court o'cloi of Probate for said county, the under- teacl signed will, on Monday, the 4th day the ] of January, 1914, before the court and j house door in Union, sell at public out- yet \ cry, the following personal property certi belonging to the estate of J. F. Bet- natic sill, deceased, to-wit: 51 4 Six mules, one horse, two wagons and gears, one buggy and harness, A one saddle and bridle, one gold watch and pair of sleeve buttons. the i On Wednesday, following, to-wit: .. on January (>th, at 11 o'clock, a. m., at the late residence of the said J. F. fkbr Betsill, deceased, in Cross Keys township, said county and state, the un- chiidi dersigned will sell at auction the following belonging to said estate, to- cnuse vuit T at /?f /?nrn frwl/1f*r ntul nrti t t\r% if !h#? seed; cow and calf, one hop:, lot of farming tools, and all other peisonal property belonging to said estate. Tli Terms of sale Cash. comt S. M. RICE. J. A. BETSILL. ,h Evecutors of the will of J. Fincher P?nd Retsill, deceased. > * 51-3t. "'m Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. j'he worst cases, no mutter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. e? Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil, It relieves " I'ain aud Heals at the same time. C5c, 50c, $1.00 anv roi ' r ' Afe T The man who has been stung once , can usually appreciate loyalty whet, .*" he finds it. | Crip. RUGS I ? icles T x IT Y y f Y oods $ X ig Store! Union ? Phone 69 % ********* tdown | X nd Cleaning % )els. Keeps $ i kills germs f t T y its per pound ^ its per pound *i* r, delivered . E "V I imber Co. X and Patrons f T ' T and customers V T nage given us X r, and may the j> peace, happi- % v # Z T % Yiday Night ? i RUG CO. | E REXALL STORE X Teachers' Examination. special teachers' examination for white and colored teachers will eld in Union court house at 9 L*k, Friday, Jan. 15, 1915. All lers who have not conformed to law must take this examination, all those who intend to teach, and vho have not received a teacher's ficate mu_?t also take the exami>n. II. C. LITTLE, t Supt. Education. Rood man well taken photohs seem out of place away from roirues' jrnllorv To Give Quinine To Children. II.INK is the trade-mark name given to an ved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleasi take and docs not disturb the stomach. ren take it and never know it is Quinine, especially adapted to adults who cannot irdinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try next time you need Quinine lor any P"rAsk for 2-onnce original p.tckage. The PI?BK1L,IN1<; is blown in bottle. 25 certs. le methodical man is apt to befussy if he lives lonjr enough. le value of a friend in need dels entirely upon whether you need or he needs you. (LSS^rLaGRIPPE or 0 dosee 000 will break case of Chills & Fever, Colds /iGrippe; it acts on the liver ir than Calomel and does not e or sicken. Price 25c.