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ALBERT SOTTILE ON STAND.
Other Witnesses Summoned Had
lief? Hie State.
Columbia, July ll.-Albert Sottlle
was the only witness present Wed
nesday of the number who had boen
nubpoenaed to be present and testify
as to the charge that, thc constables
In Charleston had boon collecting
graft In that city.
Sottllo's attorney, E. W. Hughes,
Talsed the question of non-Jurlsdlc
tlon on tho committee's part to in
quire into the Charleston situation
and held that tho committee was ox
cecding Its powers and rights in do
ing so.
Other vi Jiesses who had been sub
poenaed v.ere James Farnum, J. P.
H. O'Nellc. Henry Doscher, Wallace
K. Harley, Santo Sottllo and W. II.
Behrens. Sheriff Martin, of Charles
ton, reported that Hehrens was at
Glenn Springs, Santo Sottllo in Can
ada, Doscher out of tho State, and
that James Karmi m had left Char
leston on June Otb and hadn't re
turned.
Attorney Hughes held that the
committee did not have the power]
to go Into the Charleston situation.
No New Developments.
Albert Sottlle, In his testimony,
brought out nothing new. Attorney
Hughes frequently objected to the
questions.
Wallace K. Hartley, who said be
was a liquor denier In Charelston,
test Hied that he never paid any
"graft" to Stothnrt or any of the
"?her constables, or to any one else.
Sottlle, recalled declined to an
swer the quostoin as to whether he
had paid any "graft" to the con
stables. A majority of tho commit
tee overruled th?! objection and in
sisted on the question and judged
Sottlle lu contempt, but would sus
pend judgment and allow the matter
of jurisdiction to he decided by the
cou rt s.
Interposing tho further objection
that the question might tend to ln
erlminate him. Albert Sottlle declin
ed to answer as to whether or not he
had been paying "protection" money
to constables in Charleston. This
means that the matter will not he
taken Into the courts and tho con
tempt proceedings dropped.
The committee adjourned to meet
Friday morning In Augusta at the
.court house at 10 o'clock to take the
?.'OL. vi. V- .iv, . \M ,u>.
Clcuit?iiij. Lite Trustee 1'tWse? \-,v..?
Arter Long Illness.
Clemson College, July ll.-News
has just reached here that Col. Rich
ard W. Simpson, a life member of
the Clemson board ol* trustees, died
at a sanitarium in Atlanta this
morning at I o'clock.
Col. Simpson bail bern in falling
health for some months and bad
been operated on recently in Char
lotte, N. C., from which place he re
lumed ten days ago to Clemson,
where he bas three daughters. He
was taken to Atlanta b??t week for
treatment
Col. Simpson was born near Pen
dleton, September ll, 18-10; was j
educated ai Wofford College, served
ll) the Third South Carolina Regi
ment in tho Confedernto army, was
educated for the bar, but was forced
hy ill health to remain on his farm.
Later, in 1S7.*?. he began the practice
of law In Anderson, where ho prac
ticed until his death. He was sent
lo the Legislature from Anderson
county in 1874 and had an Influen
tial part in the reconstruction affairs
that put the negro government out
and Wade Hampton In.
He was a personal friend of Hon.
Thos. G. Clemson and was made one
Of tho seven life trustees of Clem
son College, be having advocated the
establishment of such an Institution
when he was in the Legislature. For
many years he was tho chairman ol'
t ho board of t r?steos.
Col, Simpson was married in early
Hie to Miss Marie Louise Carlington,
and three sons and six daughters are
living: i{. w. Simpson, Jr., of Rich
mond; John C. Simpson and Tallie
Simpson, both of Charlotte: Mrs. W.
W. Watkins, Mis. P. H. E. Sloan. Jr..
of Pendleton; Mrs. S. M. Martin.
Mrs. W. W. Klugh, and Mrs. A. G.
Holmes, ol' Clemson College. Mrs.
Simpson died about two years ago.
Prof. Cralgbend (iocs to Montuna.
i Spnrtauburg Journal, i
Dr. 13dwin Hoon.- Crnlghead, for
merly n member of tho faculty of
Wofford College, but now president
of Tu'nie University, Now Orleans,
has acc. ??ed tho presidency of Ibo
University Of Montana, and will be
gin his new work as soon as ho can
be released from Tulane.
Dr, Crnlghead ls pleasantly re
membered In Spnrtauburg and his
many friends hore will bc pleased lo
learn of his promotion. He is one
of the foremost educators of tho
country.
Dr. Crnlghead was president of
Clemson College several years and
also president of Central College,
Mlslssslppl, Iud ween the times he was
at Wofford and Tulane.
MEETING CLEMSON TRUSTEES.
nosiness Matter? Given Attention l>y
Hoard-New Teaching Positions.
Clemson College, July 12.-At the
meeting of the Clemson board of
trustees, just adjourned, considera
ble routine business was transacted
In thc way of flnnncinl matters, the
election of two new members of the
faculty, etc.
Tho report of the president of the
college, Dr. W. M. Riggs, Bhowed the
affairs of the institution to be in ex
cellent condition with all depart
ments of tho work running smoothly
and harmoniously. It showed an at
tendance last session of 145 more
students than ever before, nearly 60
per cent of the enrollment of over
800 being In the agricultural courses
and 52 of the graduating class agri
cultural, as compared with 4 2 in all
other courses.
An appropriation of $110,000 was
made for the various forms of public
State work, which the college is en
gaged in, as compared with $ 106,000
spent, last year in this work. Of this
total, $10,000 was appropriated for
the conduct of the Knapp co-opera
tive demonstration work among far
mers; $8,600 for thc equipment of
the Pee-Deo experiment station, and
$5,300 for the new Minis scholar
ships,
Prof. R. IJ. Shields, a graduate of
thc Ohio State University, who has
been for two years at the Mississippi
Agricultural College and had had ex
cellent training and experience for
tho work, was elect eil professor of
animal husbandry and dairying, to
succeed Prof. Archibald Smith, who
has resigned to accept ll position
else w he re.
On account of the combination of
the agricultural department of the
college and the experiment station, it
was found necessary to create a new
teaching position, that of professor
of agronomy, and Prof. W. D. Hutch
inson, formerly director of tho ex
periment station of the Mississippi
Agricultural College, was elected to
till the position.
Prof. F. T. Dargan, who has been
acting associate professor of elec
tricity since Prof. Riggs was made
president, was elected professor of
electricity. Prof. Dargan ls an able
teacher and the promotion is wor
thy.
A new position In the chemistry
3 . rv v,,. tn**
? ?..i. : ? i. e lb the work, wits<created, (..
j t.e i ?.(. v, t.- jhsj "?toter In chemistry
"
fie J. Si. Napier -i Cb tniion
graduate who ii a s filled, for several
years, the position of assistant pro
fessor of agronomy, has resigned to
enter the business of farming at bis
former home in this State.
Prof. (?ec. ??iso a Clemson gradu
ate filling flie position of assistant
professor of entomology, lias resign
ed to dulah his education by taking
his doctor's degree ai the University
of California.
Prof. C. C. Vincent, associate pro
fessor of horticulture, has resigned
lo accept a better position at thc
I diversity of Idaho, where he for
merly was located.
L. A. Niven, assistant hortlcultu
I risi in tile extension work division,
has resigned to accept a very lucra
tive position with Hie Orange Judd
Company, for whom lie will edit a
horticultural magazine in Atlanta.
Dr. W. F. Hurleigh, assistant vete
rinarian, has also resigned to prac
tice veterinary medicine on his iwn
accord. These several positions will
lie Ulled later.
The report of the board of visit
ors, of which former Judge lt. o.
Purdy is the Chairman, aiul David
lt. Coker the secretary, made its re
port to the trustees, lt was a lengthy
and exhaustive report wit li many
valuable; suggestions to the trustees
and was complimentary to the man
agement of Hie Institution.
On account of this being election
year and also on account of tile fact
that tiie college is holding many local
institutes In all pa rt s of the State
during July and August, the trustees
decided thal no big "State" institute
shall bo held at tho college this
year.
"Trouble Woman" ls Demi.
IInwes\ ?lie. Kf.. July I ~. Han
cock county's "trouble woman," Mrs.
Newman, is dead. She was the last
of thirteen brothers and sisters,
whose step-fat IHM-, Capt. John Ster
rttt, was the first sheriff of the
cou n i y,
Tragedies came often imo Mrs
Newman's life, lier youngest child
was scalded to deal li in a tanning
vat. The second was burned to
death (ni the home hearth two week S
later. The third, a Confederate sol
die . was murdered in a riot in Mo
bile, Ala. The foil rt li was killed
two years ago when ; house fell on
him. The fifth met death in a run
away live years ago.
A son-in-law and grandson met
violent deaths, and tho aged woman
herself, two weeks ago, hobbling
Into the kitchen for a drink of water,
foll and broke her leg, which had
not begun to mend when she died.
CLEMSON TREASURER'S REPORT. |
?? i
Show? Receipts and Disbursements
of College Funds.
Below ls given ? summary of the
report of the treasurer of Clemson
College. Dr. P, ll. E. Sloan, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. lt
ls of interest to tho public as show
ing the nature and amounts of tho
income and the expenditures' of the
college for the last twelve mouths.
Tho .statement follows:
Income,
Bal. brought forward,
June 30, 1911 .$ 52,597.10
Receipts
Fertilizer inspection tax. 221,000.00
Morrill and Nelson funds 25,000.00
Interest, land script fund 5,754.00
Tuition . 5,340.00
Interest on Clemson he
quest . 3,512.36
Sales, Interests, refunds,
etc. 11,437.19
Total.$324,640.05
Expenditures.
Public State Work
Scholarships.$ 17,161.09
Inspection and analysis. 30,607.12
Coast experiments . 2,787.4 2
Co-operative exp. work. 2,09 ?. 49
Entomological Inspection 3,051.53
Extension work and far
mers' institutos . 13,010.18
Horticultural extension
work . 383.7 1
Tick eradication . 8,851.1(5
Veterinary inspection... (5,210.02
Miscellaneous State work 2,170.0 1
Pee Dee exp. station.... 20,537.62
O pera t i ii g Expenses
Salaries, labor, material,
etc. 145,323.32
Permanent Additions
Additional shoji, library
and laboratory equip
ment. H5,200.(50
Permanent improvements 51,283.58
Total.$319,703.1 4
Unexpended.
Balance carried forward
Into July. 1912 . 4,937.51
Total.$324,640.65
The rather large balance of $5 2,
597.10 brought forward from the
year ending June 30, 1911, ls due to
the fact that the receipts from the
fertilizer tax were larger than usual
season before last, larger by about
the amount of that balance than for
the present spnsnn just closw* wed
ii. wv than they lad tiver bpv.u'i lye-J
.
, : . . .
7T> per cent as much mo . avi
ons forms of public Sta' r
the benefit of tho fannel ?y
spent on the operation I
loge itself. Tlie purchas- tin ' o
Dee experiment station p . a
notable expenditure in e> . o
work of scientific farming 1 s
of tho Siate.
A. M. Nason, farming n ! . i.
Me., was badly crippled iel a tlc
rheumatism, due, he sa c
acid in lils blood. "Fol' Kid y
Pills entirely cured mo tu ? re
moved numerous black lt
were continually before
Foley Kidney Pills aro ? d
solvent and are effective i
ou8 forms of rheumatism. 1.
When a girl marries si ;s
an admirer for a r?gulai I iirdei
SEVEN YEAR
How Mrs. Bethune
stored to Health I jrdi
E. Pinkham's V . a?
ble Compon
Sikcston, Mo. - "For nevon ye I
suffered everything. I w.; or
four ot ? -\ :a
time < month,
and so < ould
hardly I ad
cramp ie
and h id
was s< ' 'j ,nd
weak ed
to see . or
have e. > in
the ro ? it lui )c
tors g i rm di
cine ti' at
those times, and said tr I tight, to
have an operation. I wou: i ai list? n to
that, and when a friend of l's
told him about Lydia E. F ' ? ig
etahiti Compound and wh.nl d i> no
for his wife, I was willi it.
Now I look tho picture of heal aol
like it, too. I cando all ry 0" house
work, work in thc garden an(I nt lin
company and enjoy them am nv ilk
ns far as any ordinary wol i ay
in the week. I wish I coule ry
suffering woman and girl, nd ll thom
what Lydia E. PinkhnnT . ble
Compound has dono foi rs.
DKMA BETHUNE, Sikesto
Remember, tho remedy tis
was Lydia E. Pinkham lo
Compound.
It has helped thousands! en who
have been troubled with d II a,
inflammation, ulceration, i t?
ularities, periodic pains, b ie, 'rat
bearing down feeling, int Hort, fl nd
nervous prostration, af ter a lol . is
have failed. Why don't y<
THE CAMORISTS CONVICTED.
Five Guilty of Murder-Others Con
victed of Criminal Conspiracy.
The Camorlsts, who had been on
trial for nearly two years at Vlterbo,
Italy, on the charge of having mur
dered Gennara Cuoccolo and bia
wife in June, 19015, were last week
adjudged guilty In varying degrees.
The verdict declares Corrado Sortino
guilty of both murders; Nlcolo Mor
ra, Antonio Cerrato and Mariano di
Gennarro guilty of tho murder of
Cuoccolo, and Gulseppo Salvl guilty
of the murder of Cuoccolo's wife.
Enrico Altano, the alleged leader of
the Camorrista; Giovanni Rap! di
Marianas and the others were con
victed of being instigators of tho
crime and members of a criminal or
ganization.
Thc president of tho court imme
diately sentenced tho condemned
men. Sortino, Mcrrato, Salvl, Morra,
di Gennarro, Alfano, Rapl and di
Marianas were sentenced to 30 years'
Imprisonment and to 10 years police
surveillance each; DI Mattie to 10
years and six months imprisonment
and 10 years' surveillance, the others
to (Ive years* imprisonment and three
years' .surveillance.
Cut Ills Throat
When the accused men were placed
in the iron cage to hoar the verdict
Di Marianas suddenly drew forth a
piece of glass and cut his throat, lie
fell to the floor in a pool of blood
and general pandemonium broke
loose. The other prisoners screamed
.like wild animals, shouting invect
ives and imprecations.
Ateempt to Speak.
Some of them shook their fists at
the judge and others tore at the
bars of the cage. They attempted tn
concert to harrangue those assem
bled in the court.
In addition to the police and car
bineers within the building a battal
ion of troops, with fixed bayonets,
was drawn up outside. It was
thought that some attempt might be
made to rescue the prisoners.
Di Marianas is in a serious condi
tion. The glass with which he at
tempted suicido severed an artery,
which was tied, but Marianas, the
moment he was left alone, tore off
tho bandages and reopened the
wound. Surgeons again dressed his
injuries, but tho wounded man de
clared he was determined to die.
The verdict as a whole proved
ioniivwhal K\ ti surprise, and all
univ d thal the Hoyctiiy o' tho nov
(.? ?.?es I? tin? lasjt bio -v to elie Osmer
i ;. ' .MCII practically lifts' b?*en cuni- I
hilnted since the arrest ot Hs lead
ers.
The Camorra verdict is the culmi
nation of a trial which lasted nearly
two years, lt stirred the world by
revelations of tho ramifications of
the criminal association.
The direct accusation which
brought to light the operations of tho
Camorra was tho murder of a mem
ber named Cenarro Cuoccolo and his
wife. Their deaths were supposed to
be executions ordered by the Camor
ra band.
The leader of the Camorra, Enrico
Alfano, known as Errlcone, was ar
rested In Brooklyn, N. Y., and was
taken on board a steamer to Europe
by Lieut. Joseph Petroslno, a detect
ive of the New York police depart
ment, and handed over to the Ital
ian police. Petroslno vfas after
wards assassinated at Palermo, and
the crime was laid upon the should
ers of the Camorlsts.
The Italian prosecuting authori
ties found lt difficult to obtain evi
dence, but one of the Camorrists,
Genarro Abbatemaggio, turned in
former, and his evidence finally led
to the conviction of the prisoners.
Over 700 witnesses were heard
during the trial.
Touchers Favor Woman Suffrage.
Chicago, 111., July IL-Aside from
electing as president E. T. Fairchild,
of Topeka, Kans., after a heated con
test in wlilch Chicago teachers wore
severely criticised by New York mem
bers for "behind the curtain tactics,"
thc National Educational Association,
representing more than 15,000 edu
cators, to-day went on record as fav
oring woman's suffrage; promotion
of international peace; increase of
teachers' salaries throughout tho
country; the promotion of plans for
a national university; the extension
by Congress of plans for training in
agriculture, domestic economy and
oilier industrial work in various in
stitutions; greater attention in the
public schools to th?- health of pu
pils; the extension by Congress of
tile work ol' tho national burean of
education so as "to embody a group
of competent men and women to
study thoroughly Ihe problem of
rural'educalion, city school adminis
tration, vocational education, sanita
tion, including Hie training of teach
ers; and more attention by teachers
to tho individual necessities of pu
pils for a training thal will fit them
for a definite occupation for life,
. ? -- - .
One way to relieve habitual con
stipation is to take regularly a mild
laxative. Dean's Itogtllols are rec
omrnended for this purpose. 2"?c. -i
box at all drug stores.
THB HNOINHKU WAS I>ItUNK.
Witness Tells of Cotiditloii a Few
Hours Before Crash.
Corning, N. Y., July ll.-^"Intoxi
cated" four hours before he was call
ed upon to drive the train of express;
cars which ran into the Lackawanna'
limited hero last Thursday and
snuffed out forty lives, was the way
In which Charles Klapproth, of El
mira, In answer to a question put to
him by the coroner, summed up the
condition of Engineer William
Schroeder, a life-long friend, at the
coroner's inquest into the wreck this
afternoon. ^
This answer was made by* y 'be
witness when asked to describe tho
condition of his friend at 12.30
o'clock in the morning of Jnly/Mth.
It was tho spoken expression >.f a
thought whispered frequent); io this
city since the wreck.
Klapproth was an* Unwilling wit
ness against his friend, and he did
not know that he was to be called
on to testify until he was served with
a subpoena late yesterday afternoon.
Ile had left his place of business in
Elmira at 12.30 a. m., ho testified,
and started homo in company with
two friends when ho saw Schroeder
coming toward him staggering and
appearing intoxicated.
Men Twice Sent to Cull Him.
No words woro exchanged between
the men, Schroeder proceeding to
ward lils home. There he was called
to go out on his run two lion rs later.
He did not answer the caller's ring,
so the caller entered the house and
roused him with difficulty. A sec
ond caller had to be sent to get
Schroeder out, and then he reached
the depot after tho leaving time of
his train, which had been held for
him, although lt was already running
late. He started without testing his
engine, it was testified.
Many Spartans Have Pellagra.
Spartanburg, July 12.-According
to estimates by the Thonipson-Mc
Fadden pellagra commission, which
is making investigations in Spartan
burg county as to the cause of the
disease, there are about 500 pellagra
cases In the county. The physicians
who are conducting the Investigation
propose to visit every patient in this
section, make a study of the sanitary
conditions about tho homes, etc.,
with the view of ascertaining the
causo ot tho di Boase,
ir - g i)lle?? provoke profanity, but I
[>rofftn'liy won't robin ve then, "noun's
Ointment .!< recommended for itch
lug, uiutiuniH ui jMouuding
at any drug store.
Don't Fa
SIDE=I
Yot
The government figures indicate I
that tho cotton acreage is about two
and one-half million acres leas this
year than last and that the condition
Is about eight per cent worse than lt
was at this time last year.
Two and one-half million acres
less and eight per cent worse In con
dition of all of it will figure a good
many bales of cotton even If the
crop stands the summer as well as lt
did last year, and it probably will not
do this.
lt looks as if this is fl good year to
make every lock of cotton you cnn.
We know a matt.in this county who
last year, hy side-dressing, made
seventy littles of cotton on a four
horse farm and had nearly $1,200
clean citar profit on his cotton. This
is nearly $300 to the plow. A far
mer lim get rich tit that rate.
He could not lia ve made this with
out side-dressing.
We recommend with tho fullest
Anderson Ph
Oil Cor
1>. s. VAN DIVER, Secretary.
OUR ACfRNTS I?
MOSS &
TIFFINS BILL GOES THROUGH.
Georgia House Adopts Resolution to
Stump Oout "Near-Boer."
Atlanta, July 10.-The Alexander
Tippln? substitute for the famous
"near-beer" bill, one of tho most
drastic prohibition measures in tho
history of the State, WUB adopted to
day by the House of the General As
sembly by a vote of 129 to 42.
Supporters or the measure in the
House express confidence that it will
meet with little opposition la the
Senate. The vote by which the meas
ure was adopted to-day also was suf
ficient to pass the bill In the event
that it would be vetoed by Governor
Brown.
As adopted by the House, the A.1
rxander-Tipplns bill prohibits the
yale of beverages containing moie
'han one-half of on? per cent of alco
hol anywhere In the State of Geor
gia. Stringent measures aro pro
vided which practically will put the
ban on locker clubs of every descrip
tion throughout the State.
Hy the provisions governing locker
clubs their control is left largely In
the hands of the Governor of the
State.
Will Governor Veto Lill?
Atlanta, July ll.-Georiga legis
lators have put on the lid, that is to
say they have enacted legislation
which puts near-beer out of busi
ness. The Senators will next "take
a shot" at the measure. If that body
dittos the work of their colleagues in
the lower House, then lt will be up
to tho Governor to make good his
word, which ls another way of saying
he will turn it down. Governor
Brown has announced on moro than
one occasion that he will veto any
measure on tho prohibition question
that does not carry a provision sub
mitting tho question to tho voters of
the State. No such provision ls con
tained in the measure; in fact when
one was proposed, the law-makers
turned lt down, so lt naturally fol
lows that tho Governor will veto lt.
N. J. Gorham, cashier Bank of
Woodville, Woodville. Ga., had a
very severe attack of kidney trouble
and the pains In his kidneys and back
were terrible. "I got a bottle of Fo
ley Kidney Pills from our druggist,
and they entirely relieved me. 1
have moro benefit from them than
any other medicine." J. W. Bell.
Author Davis Wc<ls Again.
Richard Harding Davis, tho au?
thor, ?and ?tjThw Elizabeth Genevieve
Sic Ax by, known on tho stage as Bes
sie MdOoy, wore married o' Or.eu
un i uesday, July 9th,
by a justice of tho peace.
il to
)RESS
ir Crops!
--T-^ ?" ? IIICT^- III ll I lill 1.
confidence our 4-10-2 at this time.
Ten per cent ammonia and half of
this soda, the oilier half blood, meal
and fish. Tho soda will act quickly
and the blood, cotton seed meal and
fish will keep up the supply of plant
food until frost.
We had a late spring and will
probably have a late fall. It ls not
too late to apply it. Your crop will
he fruiting soon and will need addi
tional plant food to keep it from
shedding. Your best cotton deserves
this 1-10-2 and goodness knows your
poorest cotton needs lt. It should bf
applied as quickly as possible for tho
business of this crop required) haste.
One hundred and fifty pounds to
the acre of this 4-10-2 will pay for
Itself about three times. Corn is
high. H pays to side-dress corn as
well as ll floes cotton. Mako good
crops tills year; don't wait until next
vear lo make good crops. Make
them this year.
osphate and
npany.
J. R. VAN DIVER, President,
? WALHALLA:
ANSEL.

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