The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-09-12
STATE and GENERAL
TOPICS

Darlington will be established Nov
ember Is, each city having three
carriers.
The trial of Police Lieutenant Beck
er for the murder of gambler Rosen-
thai in New York some time ago has
been postponed until October 7.
Paul Pick, an aviator at Washing
ton, D C, fell and Vas mortally in
jured during a spiral flight at the
Cicero field meet at Chicago yester-
day.
Capt D St Pierre Dubose, a veter-
an of the civil war, and a member of
one of the most distinguished fami-
lies in South Carolina. died at his
home at Edgefeld Friday afternoon
after lingering illness.
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Hon Oscar S Straus, former Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor in
/ the cabinet of former President
Roosevelt, was chosen by the Pro-
gressive party Friday at Syracuse as
their candidate for Governor of New
York.
Judge Rice, in the court of gener-
al sessions at Orangeburg last Sat-
urday, sentenced Arthur Robinson, a
young white man who had been
convicted of manslaughter, to eigh-
teen years in the State penitentiary.
Robinson mad killed his brother,
Mike.
In order to prevent race riot at
Cummins, Ga, last Saturday it was
necessary for Governor Brown to
rush two companies of State militia
to the scene Of the trouble, which
grew out of the severe beating ad-
ministered to Grant Smith, a negro
preacher. on the public square be-
cause of alleged insulting remarks re-
fecting uponlthe white women of the
place. The blacks had threatened to
dynamite the town if any negroes
were lynched, but after the arrival
of the troops the situation became
quiet and no actual clash occurred.
Greenvlle is to have the largest
cotton mill under one roof in the
United States and one of the largest
in the world. President John T
Woodside of the Woodside mills has
given out the statement that at a
meeting of the board of directors
the management was authorized to
increase the plant from $4,000 spin
dies and 2,024 looms to 10000 spin
dies and $3.50 looms, making it the
largest textile plant in this country
under one roof. The Woodside cor
poration was organized nine years
ago and the growth of the company
has been phenomenal.
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The new battleship Pennsylvania,
the only one authorized by Congress
at the last session, will be fully as
large as the one the British govern
ment has just ordered, according
to plans of the naval general board.
It's displacement will exceed 10000
tons, which is about equal to the ad-
dition of a good sized cruisers dis
placement to the biggest ship the
United States now has afoat. The
naval board already has outlined
the feature of the new vessel and an
effort will be made to get out the
advertisements calling for bids for
the construction of the ship before
Congress meets in December.
Mr. Robert P Hamer, one of Dill
Ions most prominent citizens, died
at his summer home in Saluda, N G.,
at 2::3O o'clock Monday afternoon
after a short illness, in the SO year
of a useful life. Mr. Hamer was
a large land owner and one of the
wealthiest farmers in the State, He
was a member of the State Demo-
cratic executive committee and was
president of the State Fair associa-
ton for one term and a member of
the House of Representatives from
Marion for one or two terms. He
made an excellent representative
and was strongly spoken of for Gov
ernor at one time. He was hard
worker and was always on the go. 8.
The first lot of the new rice crop
has been received at Charleston, con-
sisting of between 800 and 600 BUSH
els, grown on the plantation of W +
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