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.SATURDAY, JULY 31. 1916.
WEA HI EB FORECAST
Generally fair Saturday and Sun
day; not much temperature change.
Why dooM't. somebody write a
poem about tills weather.
? The gout should bo given a place
oh the roll of reformers.
Moat of us are thankful we have
jobs evon at reduced salaries.
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Wo hone tho weather man ls pleas
ed with this weather, nobody el-e ls.
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Wo hope Germany wont send a
note in settlement for the loss of the
Leelanaw. ; .'
King of England Approves Three
Bills.-Headkine. Bet Kaiser Bill
wasn't one of them.
We trader Jf those Mexicans ever
?..top to think how tired we are of
reading about their scraps.
How. Would you like to submarine
in a good old wash bole under spread
ing shade trees on these roasting
days.
At the rate they are running these
days, the Russians will be In need of
legs factories aa well aa arms fac
tories.
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We 'dislike very much to call your
attention to lt, children, but lt ls Just
about five weeks until school starts
iip again.
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S The water of Columbia ls said to bc
perfectly palatable. \,The newspaper
?nen c?n*t vouch for i^out of personal
experience. /
-North Carolins ls having moonlight
schools, but Greenville county's "Dark
Corner" Inhabitants put moonshine to
a d! if ayant use. .
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?Te scribes who draw thy pittance
Sn cry Saturday gase with alnklnc
^hearts upon this fifth pay-day that is
shout to depart from us.
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The Belgian city of Brussels bal
been fined one million dollars by Go.r
. many because of the destruction of s
! German Zeppelin hangar. How. would
yon lise to be Brussels?
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)Sir Thomas Linton telegraphed his
sympathy to Chicago on account ol
th? EaKaland disaster sad accom
panied.^ with, .a chock for. $tM9.
Thafs'sytapftttir wRh a punch to IL <
M I'll I) Kit HY LAW.
Within thc hour he walked hold and
willi firm tread from his cell to the
death chair Charles Becker Issued a
statement embodying thr?e words:
"(?entlameiK . I ? stand before
yen in my full sense* knotting
ilia; no power on earth ran Narc
me from the grave that IH to re*
cehe me. In the fare of (hui, in
Hie teeth of those who condemned
me, and in (he presence of my
Uud, I proclaim my absolute In
nocence of the foul crime for
which I must die. You arc now
about lo witness my destruction
by the Stute which ls organized to
protect ide lives of the innocent.
Slay Almighty dod pardon every
one who hus contributed in any
degree to my untimely death. And
now, on the brink of my grave, I
declare to the world that I am
proud to have been the husband
of the purest, noblest woman that
ever lived Helen Hocker. TIIIH
acknowledgement ls ?he only
legacy I cun leave her. I hid you
all goodbye. Father, I am ready
to go. Amen."
Yes. Amen; and Cod reft your soul.
Becker. Wo hop? that you wore in
nocent and that you were ready to go.
What one of UH who road that har
? owing story of Becker's last hours in
the death cell, of the parting with
brothers, sisters and relatives and at
midnight with Iiis devoted wife, und
of lils ringing declaration of Inno
cence, pronounced as he stood upon
the very threshold of the ??reat Un
known, but wished that there were no
Mich thing as capital punishment;
that our laws did not provide that
when one poor sinner fulls from
grace and slays another we shull
calmly and deliberately go about tho
ghastly business of taking his life in
return?
We are not arguing the question of
Booker's guilt or' Innocence, nor the
pros and cons of capital punishment;
hut the terrible last chapiter of the
whole horrible Btory that involved nl
ready the execution of four men is
enough to 'set ono 'thinking thoughts
ho rarely if ever indulged In before.
Is lt a reflection or not on our
boasted civilization that after these
thousands of years of intellectual and
'CV
moral progression we have failed to
improve on the old Mosaic law of "an
eye for an eyo" and "a tooth for a
tooth." bht BTC still down in the mire
and slime of barbarism groping about
in the dark with this question of pun
ishment for crime, and in the mean
time taking from one another that
which ls Divinely bestowed-life, life
which wo cannot give, Ufo which we
cannot restore.
We have orten heard that a lie was
never told from the death bed. There
are hundreds of Instances where
death-bed ' confessions have unlocked
mysterlm that were never penetrated
by tiie> courts, and there have been
death-bed confessions that have clear
ed up the names of innocent persons
who wont to their deaths on tho gib-'
bet. Becker may have boen telling
thd trut^when^uv pretested his in
nocence af\ hers?t,..with the death
carrying- electrodes ^trapping him to
tho chair: Welara.;-'not prepared to
say whothor he wav Innocent or
guilty. Unless Becker confided in his
spiritual xuivisar*? we, suppose thoro
are but tW0"Wh? really knew whether
tho man waa guilty-Becker and his
Oed. - But our discussion ls not 'of the
merits of tho "Backer case lt li? with
reference to our manner of dealing
with men whorl?av^ peten convicted
upon .tito testimony' cit other man
ordinary, fallible mortals-pf commit
ting some crime ' for which the pen
alty Is death.
Becker's ? excutioners, and by that
wo meun the courts, bollcved they
were in the right And yet the con
demned man, standing on the brink of
tho grave, protested with hts last
breath that ho was innocent. Who
fcnor-s, of those who are left, which
' wai? right-Becker or the courts, lt's
a terrible responsibility wo tako upon
ourselves when we send a fellow man
to'his death'-upon the tesUraony of
other fellow Men. our fellow men, like
ourselves, weak, full ot errors and ot
tho earth earthy.
As we said In the outset, tit's a poor
' ?. .>m ur.en ta ry on our no-called chrls
' flan civlllzr/ton thai after centurie*
of weary winding in and out through
the wilderness we havo arrived at no
\ better solution ot how to deal with
tbeso excresences upon that clvlllia
1 tion than .that ot murdering them by
process of our own man-made law.
LETTER BOSKS.
M^ybe, after the postofftce depart
I mont c?te all if* \>twet? problems solv
ed, lt will concentrate lu efforts on
the cr?ation?bf a letter1 box so shap
I ed and so placed that a citizen catt
! opec the slot"and ?lip his letter. In
with ona hand. The type of box now
10 VOSUO *requlrj8S *?*-JaaDda *? PP"
hand fro? is helpless. Merely lower
ing tlie hex a little would help con
siderably, until sucli time as depart
mental g< illus evolves a Ben.'?hie box.
The apparently trifling Improve
ment of a slot door which opens In
ward instead of outward would do
much for the convenience of the let
ter-mailing public.
The Augusta Chronicle ?ms a perni
cious habit of crediting one paper's
paragraphs to another sheet. For in
stances, wc see where a perfectly
punk one gotten off by us was credit
ed to the Greenville News.
i itu;nt?\ OF THF MOVIES.
When the Eastland disaster oc
curred in Chicago, a moving picture
mun arrived with lils camera and got
pictures of the scene showing the
victims strugging and drowning in
tho river. The mayor of Chicago,
hearing that thc film was to be shown
in the movie theatres, issued orders
forbidding any such exhibition.
A big New York newspaper, com
menting on tho fact, expressed Its
surprise that it should have been
necessary for the mayor to pr?vi nt
"? neb an outrage."
Now, lt happens that in the same
issue of that same newspaper, there
were printed nearly three pages ?if
pictures showing the very scenes thut
were depicted by the movie Bim. The
editor saw no incongruity or "out
rage" lu that. Those pictures were
news. Tliey supplemented the storv
of the disaster told in the columns
of tyiie ranged alongside the cuts.
They wero shocking, even revolting,
some of them-they showed victims
struggling In tho water, and dead wo
men and children being carried out
by the rescuers, and divers at their
gruesome work. But so wus the news
shocking and revolting. If the pic
tures wero in bad -taste, the fact
probably fullee to ?trike most read
ers. Just as it failed to strike the edi
tor.
Now, what ls tlie difference between
thoBe "news pictures" and the "news
film" that wai suppressed? They
were meant for the same purpose
to show people what happened when
tho passenger boat capsized. The
chief difference was that the news
paper pictures did feebly and dls
Jolntedly what tho moving picture
I film would have dono powerfully and
I consecutively.
Where are we to draw tho Uno In
such matters?
The question ls far bigger than thld
particular case. Tho censorship of
the movies ls a problem of growing
importance, and In applying it the
censors do nut yet pcem to have ar
rived at the truth that the moving
picture when it portrays Inciden ta of
,every-day life ls news Just as surely
cs anything thut is printed in a news
paper.
The movies have become a sort of
extension of tho? public press. We
shall probably have to give them,
sooner or later, the freedom that wc
glvo the press. Thcro are even in
volved the right of free tpcech and
the right of assemblage that are thu
heritage of our race. Tho Ulm ls an
engine, of publicity, of propogand-i
and truth, wltli immense possibilities.
It may be as dangerous to curb lt as
to cirb the press, the platform or the
pulpit
LINE
DOPE
Manager I!. A. Orr of the Ander
son branch of the Southern Public
I Utilities company stated yesterday,
that the' new schedule ot city trolley
cara inaugurated come days ago on
account of thc tracks being torn up on
South Main street was proving salis
factory to the -general public While
persons transferring from Brogon
Mills, Creen ville street and North An
derson: cars" to Riverside Mills and
South Main street cars, and vic.,
veiim have -to walk several blocks,
and while the san ls sizzling hot and
the streets and sidewalks fearfully
dusty, they ar? tatting to the new ar?,
rangement without grumbling. The
Southern Public Utilities company of-,
flcfals are appreciative of .the splendid
manner In which the public generally
ts putting up with, this inconvenience.
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This ls great weather for going to j
the mountains, and numbers of An
derson- people are hiking off to tho
cool valleys and the ; breexe-'awept
heights. Some of thom are going In
their ears, while others are going by
tram. Among those who leave today
aro Capt and Mrs. H. H. Watkins,
who will motor to Hendersonviilo.
They will he sway for a month. While
at Henderson vi Ile they w4!l stop at
the Kentucky Home Hotel. Mir. M. M.
Maison lett last night for Blltmor*;
where be will Join members of hi*
family who liuv?.- been there for nome
time.
Some newspapers men are terrible
!h;rs. In writing of a cyclone out
west on<* of them said it turned a well
inside out, u cellar upside down, jnov
KI a township line, blew the staves
out of a whiskey barre! and let no
thing hut the bung hole, changed the
day of the week, blew thc mortgage
ol? a farm, blew thc cracks out of a
lenee und knocked the wind out of a
politician.
Robert Himer celebrated lil.< 17lll
hi rt inlay one day last week, and holds
tho record of weighing 300 pounds.
This Is an unusual weight for u young
man of that age, and for anyone for
that matter, and it is doubtful wheth
er any other county in the State can
boast of such a boy.
Everybody knows Robbie t?nd li" is
a good fellow. Ho ls good natured
and takes "jollying" about his size in
good natured way. Ile is fond of
mu ile and spVnds much of his time
playing in this amusement.
Clemson McGee will go to work at
the Anderson Dank on Monday morn
ing in the capacity of assistant book
keeper, taking tho placo of Mr. J. C.
Shearer resigned.
Mr. McGee is a native of Iva mid
has been living In Anderson for near
ly the past three yeors. He has many
friends here and is making good ar? a
business man. When he first came
to this city be was employed with the
C. &'W. C. railway, but a few months
ago went with the P. ?? ti. as bill clerk
at tho freight depot, but this was
only a temporary change His many
friends will bo glad to know that he
ls to be at the Anderson hank.
First Dirigible Ordered tor American
Nary.
Definite fitepa have boen taken by
the navy In carrying out its aviation
program, which was outlined with
the army's plans n the February issue
of this magazine, i Secretary Meniels
recently approved.ia:contract for the
construction oY the first dirigible to
be built for the navy. Tills, lt ls ex
pected will be delivered n September
at the Pensacola, Pla., aeronautic
station, W.iere lt will be used parti
cularly for experimental anti training
purposes.
The craft will bo 17.r. feet lu length,
fi? feet In height, and or 110.0 ^0 cubic
fcot gas capacity. Jt will bo sapable
of carrying eight'men. will hayo a.
speed of approvlmaXply; 2"> miles an
hour, and, whop .loaded to its capa
city, a radius of action of about two
hours. This, however, can be in
creased by lessening tho number of
occupants, and replacing their weight
in gasoline. The contract price of
thc craft is $45,636.
Two new flying boats of tho Curtis?
type have been delivered to the navy
ot late, while three Burgess machines
are to be ready this Bi.inn.cr. Bids
for three additional craft arc to be
aske;i immefilately. The armored
cruiser "North Carolina," which spent
the winter in tin? Mediterranean, is to
become the new aviation s"ilp, after i:
has been thoroughly overhauled, and
wll be stationed at 'Pensacola.-From
tho August Popular Mechanics Maga
zine.
Surgical operation on a Hen.
In tho current issue.of Farm and
Fireside, a woman contributor tells
about a hen in her flock, which ate co
many dried peas that her crop be
came distended, and ?he was in great
pain and danger. The woman goes
on H3" follows to describe the opera
tion she performed:
"Well, I was 'up against it,' for I
wanted to save that hen, and so far
as I could see, an operation was the
only "thing that would do it.
"Now, I never could bear the' Idea
of -mung a knife on anything, but I
gritted my teeth and hunted up an old
razor. I scalded it well, got a pan ot
clean water, and a little cloth, and
went after those peas. Holding the
hen, back down, between my knees,
I made a cut about an Inch long In
her crop. Then, very carefully, I
worked the peas out one by one, us
ing the cloth to wipo away the blood.
I kept at lt until I had at least one
third of them out, then put a few
drops of turpentine on the . wound,
and let poor Biddy go.
"For about a week she stood
.round, all humped up, and I waa
tooling very doimttul ot my ?kill as a
surgeon. But at last she decided Uiat
life wus. worth living, and soon be
gan singing."
Prismatic Compasa fer Night Marek
lng.
Leading. troops across country by
compasa bearing with as much cer
tainty by night as by day is made pos
sible through the use of a prismatic
compass just brought ont in England,
and described, with Illustrations, in
the August Popular 'Mechanics Maga
sine. The name given the compass ia
doe to the prism flited to one side of
the frame, although this ls not the
most important feature of the Instru
ment. Tho dial, which ls road? of
mother-of-pearl, kas a censer coated
with luminous paint, and In addition
to this there are luminous patches
on the ltd by which the instrument
ls opened and exposed to the daylight
for halt an hour. This Is sufficient
to make the dial center and sighting
patches luminous for from six to nine
hours. In the latest form of the in
btrument this >xnosure to daylight is
unnecessary, owing, ta the use of ra
dium, a substance.that ls.always self
luminous.
Palm Beach, 'Mohair. Tropicloth and Silklike Suits
Reduced Twenty Per Cent Thru Entire Stock
All feather weight suits-Palm Beach, Mohair,
Tropicloth, Crash and Silklike- < re reduced twen
ty per cent effective today. -1
We've a very comprehensive showing of all fabrics!
In Palm Beach, natural color, blues and blacks
with stripes; in Mohairs, blue and black self-stripes
and grays; in Tropicloth and Silklike, natural col
ors only.
?omplete Clearance Nott? On
AU Men's and Young Men's Suits.
All Boys' Knee Pants Suits.
All Men's Odd Trousers.
All Men's Oxfords. Manhattan Shirts.
All Straw Hats.
We Prepay Parcels Post and Express Charges
"The Store with a Conscience'*
HISTORY OF B
Now York. July "O.- Herman Ito
i<cnthal, the ganibhr for whoso mur
der Charles Becker was sentenced to
die In the electric chair, was stiot to
death hy hired gunmen in the early
menning of July IC. 1912. in Trout of
the Hotel Metropole on Forty-third
street, a few stopa from Broadway.
The murder was the swift culmination
of sensational charges made a few
days before by Rosenthal against
Becker in which Wo .-nihill asserted
that Herker, then head of the strong
arm squad o? detectives, freely sold
police protection and had accumulat
ed thousands of dollars of graft
money.
Rosenthal went further than lhat.
He swore that Becker was bis silent
partner in a gambling erterprisc that
failed and Becker, angered by losses
where ho had expected large profits,
raided the Rosenthal - establishment
?nd drove Rosenthal out of business
by stationing uniformed policemen on
his premises day and night.
These charges wero published and
District Attorney Whitman began an
invest'gatton of them. Ile summoned
Rosenthal to the criminal court- build
ing and listened to his Btory. An ap
pointment was made with Rosenthal
tor tile next day. Before the time
came. Rosenthal was murdered.
When the assassins had done their
work, tiley ran across the street.
Jumped into a grey automobile, which
was waiting ait the curb, and whirled
away uptown. A bystander caught
the license number of the car.
District Attorney Whitman, notified
by telephone of tho murder, reached
tlie police station where Rosenthal's
body lay, before dawn. He aroused
his detectives from their sleop and
spread a dragnet over the city for the
murder car. It war* found before
night. Its driver, Shapiro, and Louis
Libbey, pari owner, were arrested
and Mr. Whitman asserted openly in
an emphatic, statement that the police
had ?Un : ed the murder.; .
New York city, already interested
In ''.ho charge of police corruption,
responded to the news of the murder
as if to a call to arms. Becker, who
had been the chief target of Rosen
thal's accusations, was open*y sus
pected. He was relieved of this com
mand of the strong arm squad and
transferred io the Bronx. Jack Rose,
his graft collector, walked Into the
criminal courts building the day afler
the murder and surrendered to the
dh !ri< t attorney, declaring ho had
nothing to fear. Harry Vallon and
Bridgie Webber, ramblers ami friends
of Rose and Becker, were anviled as
witnesses. .The grand jury began' its
investigation.
Rose lay In prison twelve dsys
without word from Becker, and, be
lieving bis chief bad deserted him,
confessed. Vallon and Webber cor
roborated his story. He told of his
long association with Becker, of police
corruption whoih existed aa Rosenthal
bad charged', of thousands collected
by Becker for police protection and.
finally, of his commission? by Becker
to arrange to have Rosenthal killed
by gunmen-a commission he exec
uted.
That night, Joly 2?, ?912, District
Attorney. Whitman summoned the
grand jury by telephone and - tele-1
graph, laid his evidence before it and
within two hours obtained tho Indict
ment of Becker on a charge of mur
der.
Pour East Side gangsters wt?re in
dicted as tho actual murderers. Roso
had testified that these men were as
signed by "Big Jack" Zelig, a gang
leader who had been arrested by
Becker's men on s trumped-up charge,
to do the murder. They were to re- i
oe?ve 11,000 sud Zelig was to be re
leased. Zelig's orders had been Issued
from tho Teuiba to the gunmen.
These gunmen-known in che
streets of the East Side as "Gyp the
Blood,*? "Horowitz" "Lefty Louis." Ro
senberg. "Dago Prank," drone! and
"Whitey " Lewis-were rounded up
nae by ona. The last two were arrest
ed*. "Gyp the Blood" sn4 "Letty
Louif," were not found until Septem
ber, hiding in a Brooklyn flat. With
;ECKER CASE
thom were found their young wives
who, to divert suspicion^ had died
their light hair black
To give standing to the itestlmdny
of Becker's-three accomplices who hail
turned Inf oriners-Rose, Webber and
Vallon-a corroborating witness who
was not implicated was needed. Sam
Schopps, a dapper little gamlil'T who
had lied the city, was the man who
could do this. He was found ot Hot
Springs, Ark., brought back to New
York and the people'^ case against |
('liarles Becker was complete, lt went
to trial on October 7. 1912. \
A verdict of gualtY of first degree
murder was returned at midnight
October 24, 1912. after the Jury had
deliberated seven hours and fifty-sev
en minutes. Becker was sentenced
six days later to die in the electric
chair during "the week of December 9,
1912. Within less than a month tho
four gunmen were placed on trial as
She actual clayers, found guilty and
sent tn the death lieuse.
More than a year later, on Febru
ary, 1914. ithc court of appeals decided
that Becker should have a new trial.
Tho gunmen's conviction was upheld
and they paid tho penalty with their
lives on April 14, 1914. One of the
number. "Dago Frank," confessed the
guilt of his three associates, but
maimtained his own innocence. His
confession, made on the ever of the
execution, became known the day they
wero put to death.
Becker was brought back to the
Tombs. His second trial was begun
May li, 1914 and ended may 22, with
M verdict of guilty. He was sentenced
to die during the week of July 0, 1911,
An appeal was filed but tho convic
tion was upheld by the higher couit
lu a di cisi?n handed down May 25,
last, and the date of the otecutlmt wna
set for the week beginning July 12.
Throughout Becker-.- troubler his
wife Knwiincd loyal to him and waa
his constant adviser. She labore 1 ap
parently without tirhi-.' in his behalf,
assisting bis counse! In every way
K'ssiblc. Sho appeared to be crushed
when the court of appeals upheld h la
second conviction, but non turned bei
enorgiea to.vard eleventh-hour work
to save bim. It was largely at her urg
ing that bo joined in the plan to ask
Governor Whitman, Iiis prosecutor
for clemency.
There w ?is one other woman who ll
repo/ts aro true, followed Becker*!
career through tho? couria as closelj
ns lils own wife did. This wa? Hermar.
Uosctnthal's widow. Soon ofter Beck
er's second conviction she disappear
i'd/ Not long ago she was found
broken In health and spirit, and li vim
willi an o)d-tmle friend.
"I am living for only , one thing.'
she was r, not ed as saying, "to seo tin
day ibat Becker pays the penalty."
( lever Invention for Farmers.
In the current Issue of Farm ant
Fireside appears an account of i
new invention made for farmer
which is to overcomer a greit. agrlcul
tural difficulty. Nature has mad
borne needs with such thick, har
coate that it takes more than a yea
TQ them to germinate. This is al
lt Jil- when the plant has to sh'ft fo
itself, because tho seeds which mue
be soaked for a year Qr two ma
saye the piont from destruction, whe
a bad year wipes out the fi iv a-voa
sproutings. Professor H. D. Hughe
of Iowa State college has Invented
machino vbich scratches the shell
of the seeds and lets in the motstur
Following lis a brief account of thi
machine:
"It 1s a very simple machine. T*
seeds nra blown against sandpaper t
a blast of air and their coats scarifie
or scratched. *
"The results with it are remarkahl
Seeds that are treated wilt go twh
sa far In many casa? as unt<*?at<
seed/ Seed made a t?8 per cent recoi
of sprouting which when left untren
ed made only 50 per cent. One ns
got a perfect stand of clover with fl'
..younds of scratched seed to the aa
U ia simple, sensible, and very vi
uabie."
Where Heredity Win?.
Theodore 1.
Theodore III.
Here is a comparison of the fore
most and tile last exponents of thc
House of Roosevelt. The upper
photograph was .taken of the former
president in one of his most stren
uous moments. Tho lower is a photo
graph of his grandson, now a little
more than a year old. It was also
taken in a strenuous moment, ?
CONTENTMENT.
In the great town of Lifcopolls
Whore both thc rich nnd poor
Rub elbows ; where the groat and
email
Converge, caught by the lure >
There stands a monumental shrine
Known as the Hall of Kamo,
"?ncl those who dare Its portals fair
May win an honored name.
Upon tho heights the temple stands;
Tho ?talrway to this hall
Is built of .Excellence and Worth
And yet. how many fall !
Many of humble birth arrive
While some of noble caste
Mako for the prize no sacrifice.
And Failure meat at last.
Some reach the gateway unannoun
ced, A ,
Unrecognized/, unknown. ..'*-.?
And wait until Posterity
Their tardy honors' own; .
Dut others seek a humble manse -
Where written on the door
You read in gold theso letters bold
COmt?NTdlaWT-and no.-more.
-. . 'h .
lint Still immortal.
Tho Officer-His name-will go down
to' posterity -when this horrible.war
|a all forgotten.
The Girl-1 quite agrae. By the
way! What ia bia riama?
Tile officer-I'm dashed if I can
remember it for tho moajontt-Lon
don Opinion. \
Safe Conjeeturc.
Tramp-Please, mum, I'm a Bel
gian refugee.
Lady-Are you? Mention a town
In Belgium.
Tramp {cogitating a tnomeiiti -f
would mum, -but they have all been
destroyed,-St, Louis Post Dispatch.