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You set good out of life only, warnB
the Commoner, as you put good Into
it.
It's the size of a dollar, thinks the
Philadelphia Record, that causes the
sighs of those who haven't it.
At any rate, in passing the census
bill Congress has done something,
chirps the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
that counts. *
Americans now go to Europe, de
clares the Seattle Post Intelligencer,
for three reasons: To consult spe
cialists, study music or get into
trouble. .
In Dr. Eliot's list of books necessary
for the essentials of a liberal educa
tion, Puck says we fail to note the
Football Guide for 1909.
Mr. Maxim Jr., recently returned
from Europe, says that in England
"they aro drilling everywhere" aud
that In Germany "every other person
seems to be in uniform." Evidently,
remarks the New York World, there
is more work ahead for Mr. Maxim Sr.
What the human race needs, as>
certs the Norfolk Landmark, is an ab
solutely exact umpire-one as trust
worthy as an adding machine. When
this invention has been perfected, it
should be clinched to all baseball and
football games, yacht and track rac?3,
gas and water pipes, etc., etc.
Why do actors so often wear long
hair? Perhaps, submits the Kansas
City Star, this is the reason: There
once waa a statute in England under
which actors found wandering were li
able to be branded through the right
ear. The long hair concealed the dec
oration, and thus the custom was
started.
At the banquets of the eighteenth
century the man who carved needed
to know words as well as the use of
knives. Venison he "broached," the
pheasant he "allayed," the rabbit and
woodcock he "unlaced" and the crab
he "tamed." Dismembering a swan
was "lifting" him and the crane under
his knife was being "dsplayed." The
peacock was "disfigured."
As a variation from the abandoned
farm idea the Vermont Commissioner
of Agriculture has prepared an "avail
able farm booklet" Including a list of
farms, apparently supplied by the real
estate agencies. Judging by the
prices and descriptions, some might
very well have been described as
abandoned but a great many are plain
ly first class in price, declares the
American Cultivator. Prices of Ver
mont farms are supposed to have ad
vanced during recent years, but the
range of price here given shows that
there are many cheap farms still on
sale in Vermont. As for instance,
twenty-five acres with a quantity of
spruce lumber, fair buildings, 4 1-2
miles from Barre, price ?500. Anoth
er farm in East Montpelier with a
good house but poor barns and 126
acres of land,' advertised to keep
twelve cows and team, is also held at
only $500. Soms of the best bar
gains offered appear to be in the line
? of higher priced farms, which accord
ing to the description contain amply
enough lumber and wood to pay for
the farm. A study of the booklet
gives thc impression that there are
still plenty of bargains In New Eng
land farm property.
FOR MENDING Il?TTONHOLES.
For meud'ug kuttonholej in the
necvbr.nds of bosom shirts, stitch
pieces of ta;<e flat along each e?so
of the buttonhole, brin ,ing them to
gether at its ends. The tape on
each side should be just vide enough
to extend to the e:lgo of the neckband,
where it should also be stitched. This
new buttonhole will outwear the rest
of the nuirt.-Gcston Post.
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Afro-American Cullings
Society is 'Organized tb Colonize
Negroes.
Rome, G.'i.-There has beon founded
at Aragon, in Polk county, a new or
der that has for its object th? settle
ment of the Negro prooleni and thot
promises to beccmo national in lt?
stope. "Tho Order of the True Amer
icans" is the name of thc organiza
tion and efforts are already under way
to establish a lodge in Rome. The
removal of the Negro from Amcrioa
and his colonization elsewhere is the
prime object of thc order. Jt declares
for a speedy, lawful and honorable
settlement of the race problem upon
principles of justice lo both races. It
is stand for the reunion of the north
and south, for one united white Amer
ica, for loyalty to tho American gov
ernment and for law and eider in
stead of mob violence.
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Negroes to Bc Trained to Teach the
Bible.
Chicago, III.-An extensive plan for
placing teachers in tile colleges and
seminaries of the south which are de
voted to the education of the Negroes
so timi the Neyroes might be trained
to teach the Hilde in their home
fields, was endorsed by the executive
committee of the International Sun
day School Association, Lu session
hore.
The plan was the result of an ex
haustive investigation of the schools
of tho south, made by W..-N. Hats
horn of Hosten, chairman of the com
mittee. The resolutions adopted
slate that thc results secured trom
the work heretofore done by this
committee among the Negroes have
not been us satisiactory as was hoped
for. and that the committee \s of the
opinion- that owing lo tho leliglotrs,
socir.l and educational conditions now
surrounding the Negro in the south,
work through field secretaries, con
vent lens and institutes is not the
most effective in helping the race to
systematize Bible otudy and Sunday
school wot lc.
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Negro League Adjourns.
Louirviile, Ky.-Morality and per
sonal cleanliness among the men and
women of the black race was earnest
ly pleaded for by speaks at the clos
ing sessions in this city of the Na
tional Negro Uuslne!;s League.
The convention left to tho choice
of the next meeting place lo the ex
ecutive committee and r'2-elected Ita
former official personnel, of which
Hooker T. Washington is at the head,
with but three exceptions. The new
men are Scipio Jones of Little Rock,
Ark., foui ih vice president; W. C.
Got dan of St. Louis, Mo., fifth vice
president, and J. C. Thomas of New
York, executive committeeman.
lt was announced that a school to
train Nesi o gil is as domestics will
be opened in Washington, D. C., Octo
ber 14.
The league oificially passed resolu
tions thanking the arbitrators of the
recent railroad firemen's strike in
Georgia; Hie United States govern
ment tor sending a commis .-ion vjo Li
beria, and asked all newspapers tu
grant the organized work of Negroes
impartial publicity.
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To Show the Wcrld Progress of
the Negro.
A national exposition that will,
through every style of exhibit,
.brougnt from every part of the coun
ty, demonstiate the industrial, agri
cultural and educational progress ol
the Negro since emancipation, is thc
project wherewith Prott^sor R. R
Wright, principal of the (JOv rgia State
Industrial College for Negroes,
ai Savannah, would celebrate the 50tli
anniveisary of emancipation in 15)13
Professor Wright has just retiirnoci
from a S.UOOinale tour of the country
during the couise of which he tested
the sentiment reguiding the cxposi
tion of prominent leaders of th<j race
He spent several hours in Atlanta
With every element of the Negrc
population, Professor Wright says, the
idea advanced by himself is universal
ly popular. Educators, preachers
farmers and business men generally
view the proposed exposition as i
means of spicading beiore the work
, what the Negro has done since becom
lng hi'j own master, and what ho is
capable of accomplishing, regardini
advancement achieved as earnest foi
the future.
Recently at Louisville, Hooker T
Washington enthusiastically endorsee
the proposal, and it is an accept?e
conclusion that Negroes, irrespectivi
of location or vocation, will give the!
co-operatiou.,
"Logically, of course," said Profes
.soi* Wright, "an exposition ot thl
tharacter and significance wouid ?><
held in a southern city. Macon, At
lanta, New Orleans, or some othe
repiesentative modem city will be sc
lected as the site. 1 am particular!;
anxious, also, that the federal goverr
ment should participate and I an
hopeful of success in this direction.
Proiessor Wright is president o
the National Teachers' Asosciatior
which held its seventh annual sessioi
in Asheville, N. C., June 22, whe:
the idea of lUe racial exposition wa
unqualifiedly endorsed. Other rep?
senlative bedies have extended th
movement their ?anction.
"We want to obliteiate," said Pro:
Wright, "the old hitler association
thal in a measure still characteriz
emancipation celebrations and the er
lo which emancipation gave birth.
"It is our plan to strip the occi
sion on its flliieth anniversary of a
political or prejudicial meaning, an
placo it purely upon thc basis of den
onstrating what tbe Negro ha
wrought toward his own salvatioi
and what he is capable further of o
tecting in the same avenues.
"Impulsive Negro leaders and il
advised white friends of the race hav
during the last year or two Indulge
in hurtful and demoralizing demoi
I strations based on purely academ!
and political phases.
"We ask the cooperation of ou
white neighbors in the south, the bei
and most understanding friends of tb
race, in arranging a worthy displa
which shall show the world what th
Negro has acutally achlevetl along m;
terlal lines, which shall Inspire th
humblest members of the race to ires
parctical endeavors and which sha
.
further harmonize tho best oloment?
of theso two racer, so closely related
In tlie substantial destiny of the
southern states."
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The Professional Negro.
"I huve no use for n professional
Negro, the one who.mak^ Ids way by
being a Negro. 1 have no more use
for him than I have for a professional
Irishman or a professional German or
a professional Methodist. I am no
special friend to the Negro and I have
no faith in a man who claims to' 'Je.
I bplievR in low and order. I believe
in the law being meted out to all men
and races alike and this is ray special
friendship to all races and nations?1
These strong words fell from "tho
lips of the Governor of Kentucky, Au
gustus Ii. Wilson, as he welcomed the
National Negro Business Lejague to
Louisville last week. Governor Wilson
besides being a republican and a Har
vard mun is a brave man. He is ono
of tho new school of southerners, sin
cerely interested in the future of the
Negro, because lie is Interested in tho
future of tlie south and ?be future of
America. His type of southerner's
friendship is vital for the Negro's fu
ture and in a large measure responsi
ble for his progress ut present. His
admirable words ure worthy of the
calm consideration of every Negro.
The professional Negro like the pro
fessional Irishman and the profession
al Methodist is passing. That Negro
who traded and throve in days gone
by on Negro emotionalism and preju
dice has been driven to the outside
of work. Thc grip sack politician
was in turn supplanted by the "intel
lectual" problem-solve who had his
rendezvous at Boston. But both were
professional Negroes and of both the
race has had good riddance. The race
has learned that neither legislation
nor agitation .but that patient and
persistent effort in all directions will
solve his problem. The Negro
throughout this country needs no
special friends, but defender of law
and order. He needs the opportunity
to work out his own existence as all
other Americans and then to be pro
tected only aud as ail other Ameri
cans.- New York Age.
Cabell Sworn In.
Royal E. Cabell, who has been post
master at Richmond. Ya., was Wcd
'nesday formally sworn in by the Act
ing Secretary of the Treasury as com
missioner of internal revenue, suc
ceeding John G. Capers, of South
Carolina, who relinquished the office
Tuesday.
Blow For Publishers.
Quebec, Special.-A deputation,
all of the pulp and paper manufac
turers and all of the Canadian own
ers of rights lo cut timber on crown
lands in the province of Quebec, have
called upon Sir Lomer Gouin, the
Premier, and asked the government
ttx prohibit t.hcvd^iL)i^-^^^iil*?A^g.d ,
to the United Sfutes. '^^Wnerifans,
having the righi to cut timber on
crown lands, did not join. The mfttter
is to be submitted to the cabinet and
the indications nre that the expor
tation of pulp wood Avili be prohibited
throughout thc Dominion.
Law No Respecter of Persons.
Atlanta, Qu., Special.-In denying
a pardon to Olin F harr, former cash
ier of thc Citizens' Hank, of McRac,
Gu., who has served If) months of a
four-year sentence for the embezzle
ment of more than $10,000 of thc
bank's funds. Gov. .Toe Brown over
ruled the recommendations of the
State prison tommission and made it.
plain that family prominence and in
fluential friends will avail naught in
seeking pardons of him.
Attempts to Kill Doctor.
Birmingham, Ala.. Special.-Fol
lowing the confession of his wife
that she was suffering from a criminal
operation, William McIntyre Friday
morning went to the home Dr. P. L.
Hagler and shot him through the
groin. Four of the five shots were
fired without effect. McIntyre was
released on bond in the sum of $200.
Hagler was carried to a hospital and
later removed lo his home. Mrs. Mc
Intyre, who had been ill several
months, is said te bo in a dying con
dition.
Relief Work at Monterey.
Mexico City, Special.-The State
governments are contributing liber
ally toward the relief fund, and it is
believed that $50,000 will be rcaised
from these sources. Thc first esti
mate of property loss of $:i0,000,000
and of 2,000 .fatalities as a result of
thc floods may bo under thc mark.
The highways o ?-er the northern end
of the State have been destroyed and
it may be weeks before the telegraph
system is restored to its normal
status.
Window Glass Works Close.
Pittsburg, Special.-Reports re
I ccived from towns in tho Pittsburg
district were that 5,000 men employ
ed by the American Window Glass
Company are idle as the result of thc
strike inaugurated Sat unlay to ob
tain an increase in wages. Notices
were posted in six machine blower
factories ot' the lilas* company that
the plants won!;! he closed forthwith.
The tuen have asked for an advance
approximalinu- 20 per cen?, this be
ing refused tb? ri i"; r>ny.
MAT i POR ULM BRELLA JAR.
If you dread your umbrella jar will
Oe broken from careless ^handling,
try putting a rubber mat in the bot
tom. One housewife has Inside of
hers a circle of rubber tubing on
top of which Is a Oat tin plate with
slightly upturned edge. The tubing
keeps this from resting on the bot
tom, and lt can easily be emptied
of drippings.--New York Pres.
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
News Kotos of General Interest
From All Tarts of tho State.
C., 0. & 0. Train Kills Two Men.
Sparlauburg, Special.-Thc fir:?r.
fatal accident on thc Carolina, Clinch
field and Ohio Hoad since const ruc
tion work was begun occurred Wed
nesday morning when a construction
train carrying a train load of steel
rails and a gan:; of workmen run
over Home YVil sou, tho foreman, and
.loo Henderson, a colored laborer,
killing both instantly, and seriously
injuring an unknown negro laborer,
(.utting off one leg. The bodies of
Wilson and Henderson were fearfully
mangled by Ibo car wheels. The
train pulled out from Pacolot River
cami) this morning at 0 o'clock with
the workmen and rails, and had gone
about three miles Inwards Broad
Hiver when the accident occurred. A
mil slipped from tho front car be
tween it and the second, and the
workmen thought that the ' entire
train would bc wrecked and jumped.
Henderson jumped between the first
and second car and was almost cut
in twain. Wilson, in trying to leap
to a place of safety, fell benoni h the
cars and was crushed lo death.
Prospects Good For New South Caro
lina Railroad.
Greenville. Special.-Messrs. J. P.
Charles and Brondus Martin have re
turned from a trip over the route
of the proposed Givenvilli, Green
wood & Augusta Railroad, which is
to be built within the near future.
They report that rights of way for
this new rom! have been practically
all secured as far as Greenwood. The
road will run over tho (dd grade of
the Carolina. Knoxville & "Western
Hallway ns far as Cokcsbury, at
which place if will leave the grade
for Greenwood. The road will run
rbrough Princeton, Ware Shoals and
Cokcsbury to Greenwood, thence to
Augusta. A (burier bas been applied
for and subscription kooks will bc
open September 17.
Spartanbrrg Will Celebrate.
Spa rt anbury. Snot ia 1.-At a meet
ing of the cbamber of commerce
Thursday night preliminary arrange
ments were mad:? to give one. of the
kigrest free entertainments ever giv
en in this Slate upon (ho occasion of
the operation of the first train over
the Carolina, Clinehficld & Ohio road
into the city. The plans are to give
a free barbecue to people from nil
seel ions of tlv? State and especially
to those livia? alon J: the line of the
nov/ sMm4h^^^^^^?^^^^^urjus ; a
free (iiT'.viirt^ H<>t and
ci little oratorv in^r^Qp&HH""- The
idea is to make the oerasuW a gen
eral holiday and pr?vido free attrac
tions and good things to eat to
those who come.
Erring Gaffney Couple Arrested in
Atlanta.
Gaffivy, Spci ia'l -Somo weeks ago
M. C. Green, who has a wife and fam
ily, left Gaffney, accompanied by a
Mrs. Kirby, n young married woman.
A warrant wn?* issued for flic arrest
of Green and Sheriff Thomas received
information that he had been cap
tured in Atlanta, and was in ci?s
todv in that < itv. SI .-riff Thomas
will send f.n of.lccr for Green. Tho
woman wno fled wilh Green left a
young baby about six weeks of age.
Green wns cmrnired in conducting a
bottle establishment hero before ho
went away and was thought to be
doing a geed business.
Mr. Jennings Acc?p*""?.
Cokeshurv. Sp-'ial-afr. J. S. Jen
nines of Greenville has been elected
rector of the Cokesburv Conference
school and has nccepted tb? position.
He is meeting with a srood deal of en
couragement in his canvass for pupils.
Newberry is A/rainft Bonds.
Newberry. Special.-Li tl ls interest
was shown in the election in this
county Tur?f!av on the question of
issuing $300,OCO worth of bonds for
rend improvement. With all but two
small boxes heard from the county
gives for bond 110: against bonds
1,2.10. About half of the vo'.o of the
county was polled.
Popular Tr.ivclirg Men Lease the
Hotel at Newberry.
Newberry, Spacial. -. Messrs.
Charles P. Pelham and Haskell
Wright, of thir city, have leased the
Newberry lintel and took charge
last week. The Newberry was under
thc mnnnsoment of Mr. A. T. Brown
up untM fhn time nf his death about
the midrib ol' Amrnst. Beth Mr. Pel
ham and Mr. Wrizht are well known
throughout Ibis and other States,
Mr. Pelham having I raveled tho Has
ten! portion of the country, and Mr.
Wright having traveled the Western
States.
Fair to be Held at L-Igefield.
Edgffield, Special.-Thc Edgefield
County Hair Association decided to
hold ?heir first fair on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Octol.-r 27. 28
and 29. Every effort will be put forth
at once to make this first annual
event a signal triumph. The Ladies'
Chrysanthemum Association will hold
their fall festival in conjunction with
thc fair people. A novel and gratify
ing succ?s? is thus assured tbo town
and county.
THE GRAFT CASES"
Attorney General and Associates Will
Soon Be Ready For Trial..
Columbia, Special-Active prepar
ations are being made by Attorney
General Lyon and his associate attor
neys for trial of the dispensary
"graft" cases nt the coming tenn of
EOurl, which convenes Tuesday, with
Judge Memminger presiding.
The attorneys have beeil at work
for-some time gathering up the loose
?nds of the evidence obtained at in
lervals, and the cases brought up are
expected lo be o? interest throughout
the entire country.
lt is not known yet when the cases
will be called, although it is thought
thal some of them will be taken up
luring Hie second week of court. All
may nul he brought up at the present
terni as each of the trials may con
sumo several days and it is customary
to clear Hie jail of prisoners before
the other eases are started.
Those now under indictment in
clude das. S. Parn um. duo. Black, doe
R. Wylie, Jno. Bell Tnwill, L. W.
Boykin, W. (). Tatum. .M. A. Good
man, dollie M. Rawlinson, W. A. By
ars and others.
Seminole Cases Will Bc Pushed.
Columbia. Special.-The proseen- '
lion in lite indictments brought and
afterwards to be presented to the j
?rand jury in the case against those
involved in the organisation of thc
Seminole Securities company, will be
pushed by J. W. Thurmond, an attor
ney of Edgof'eld. and former solicitor
af this circuit when Richland was in
cluded in the Lexington-Edgefield ter
ritory. The cases will come up at
?he coming- terni of court if possible
md it is very probable that oilier ill- :
lictinents will lie brought then. The
prosecution as planned by thc recciv
?rs was not pushed, according to Mr.
\V. F. Stevenson, who was in thc city .
Saturday, because of the difficulty in
securing the service of some of the
lawyers interested in the receivership
hearing, to continue in the criminal :
work. Mr. Stevenson is busy in the
dispensary litigation and could not
serve. Jt is thought, however, as a
result additional warrants will bo
sworn out. ;
Water Route to Columbia.
Columbia, Special.-lt is a wei- ,
come announcement which comes to
Columbia, Georgetown and other
towns along the water roule between
here and Georgetown in the form of
a letter from Chief Engineer Adams
to Commissioner Watson and others ?
interested that the report of the in
vestigation of (he Congaree, Santce
and Wnteree recommends securing a
depth of six feet and a width of ono
hundred feet from Winyah bay to
the Santce, and a channel depth of .
not less than four feet to Columbia j
by the Santce and the Congaree and ;
not less than four feet tb Camden by I
the Wnteree, mid the raising of thc
dam at Columbia two feet. This |
means water freight business from
Paltimore and New York to Colum
bit by Georgetown all tiie year round
tmd placing this city on the same
water basis as Augusta.
Child Drinks Coal Oil.
Rock Hill, Special.-Havwood, the !
2-year-old son of Mr. F. H. Moore, a '
prominent liveryman of this city,
while playing around their home in
Woodlawn Park Saturday afternoon,
managed in some way to get bold of
a vessel cn tn iain g some kerosene oil
and drank a lot of it. fotrunately a?
physician happened to he at the next
door neighbor's and was called in and
administered antidotes and after
working willi the little fellow for
some time brought bini around all
right. He is said to have been a sick
child for several hours.
Drought Unbroken.
Orangeburg. Special. - The dry
spell continues here and the cotton is
going back every ?lay. Owing to this
condition the cotton is opening rapid
.ly and the market here bas been flood
ed. On Saturday 340 bales were sold
here and about 250 were marketed
Saturday. Most of this cotton
brought 12 cents per pound.
First Saturday *n November For
Farmers' Competition at Gaffney.
Gaffney. Special.-The first Satur
day in November has been fixed for
the Cherokee county exhibit of the
colts which will compete for the valu
able prizes offered by the National
Bank of Gaffney. It is probable that
a tremendous crowd will be in Gaff
ney on thal date, as a large number
of farmers and ?tock raisers are com
peting for the prizes. The prizes of
fered by the Merchants and Planters
Bank for thc best yields of colton
and corn and the prizes offered by the
National for the best stock is an in
centive to farmers to do their best.
Hamrick and the Improvement Bonds
Win Out in Gaffney.
Gaffney, Special.-Full returns
from the senatorial election give
Hamrick 820 voles and Hardin 040,
n majority of 180 for Hamrick. While
this is not official, it is approximately
correct. The vote for sewerage and
water works as given in the special
was not quite correct. The voie in
favor of water works was 3.10 against
10. In favor of sewerage 335 against
13.
SNAPPY AND BRIEF
Items Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Aro Gar
nered Prom the Fields of Action
at Home and Abroad.
China and Japan have readied au
amicable adjustment of their compli
cations in Manchuria.
Kew Jersey is considered u mos
quito state hut Prof Smith, who luis
put his theories to a practical tost,
Jins rid much of the mosquito terri
tory of lite pest by drainage. Hu
linds that the eggs are laid in soft
mud and if I he mud is dried they
cannot hatch.
Near Hutte, Montana. Tuesday, a
grizzly hear carried "if a ruth? child
of a Mr. Doolittle. Ile pursued with
dogs and gun. The hear (hopped the
child little hurt, killed ono doy: and
put the other to flight. M-. Doolittle
was thrown from lin: horse he was
ridinir and had a leg broken, which,
put him at the mercy (d' the grizzly
which mortally wounded him before
rescurcrs killed the hear:
In Costa Rico in the late presi
dential election the fight turned from
ballots to bullets.
A lone bandit held up an express
train Tuesday near Lewistown, Pa.,
and robbed it (d' bags of money.
"When he sent the train away he
picked up a bag of Lincoln pennies
mistaking it for gold and the gold
was recovered. Ile got very little.
Washington, New York, Chicago
and St. Louis are hiildimr for the
world's aviation contest in 3010.
Mrs. Fredrica Hcrnshcim died in
New Orleans the last day of August,
lacking only a' lew months (d' 100
years old.
The President ol' France and Mme.
Fa ll ?oros entertained Mrs. Roose
velt and . daughter Miss Ethel, last
Tuesday.
A Reading. Pa., dispatch says thc
present drought is the worst for ~>0
years.
St. Michael's Home for Children
in New York, was partially destroyed
by fire Tuesday and sewn children
under five years old perished in the
flames.
Disciples of the "Unknown Ton
gue" are disappointed at tho exis
tence of Tampa. Florida, which ac
cording to their prophet, was to
have been wiped off the face of thu
earth on September 1st.
William Mitchell, a wealthy and
prominent citizen of Thomasville,
Ga., committed thc great criminal
folly of assault on a pure woman. Ho
did not succeed and his punishment
was fixed at one year's service on the
chain gang. All efforts for commuta
tion of sentence to service on peni
tentiary farm have been rejected by
Gov. Brown. He must undergo the
ponnlty.
The Nashville, Tenn., police are
worried over many cas/.'S of "drunk"
from which there is no odor. They
can't find out "Howeomc you so."
Ten deaths from cholera have oc
curred recently in Rotterdam. There
are 17 cases and 74 suspects.
Two masked men robbed the Mills
County German Rank of $1,500 st
Mine?la. Iown. Wednesday in open
day.
The steamer Lucania of the Cun
ard line, which was burned and sunk
near Liverpool last week, will prob
ably not he repaired at all.
Mrs. Sutton has obtained permis
sion to have the remains of her son,
Lieut. James Sutton, exhumed hut
she abhors the presence of I he of
ficers that she thinks are responsible
for her sons death.
Seven deaths from, cholera are re
ported from St. Petersburg and 33
new cases within 24 hours.
Count Zeppelin made a successful
sail in his airship Sunday from
Frederichshafen to Berlin. He was
enthusiastically applauded.
The total number of victims of the
explosion at Roca Chica, near Key
West, Fla., was 'JO. 10 dead and 10
injured. All the injured are in a
fair way to recovery except James
Gallagher, whose condition is serious.
His back is broken and his ribs and
chest terribly crushed.
Dispensaries are again open in
South Carolina except several coun
ties in dispute. Tn the counties
where the dispensaries were voted
out they will renn.in open till thc pe
riod allowed for closing out the
stock.
The international cup of aviation,
known also as the Gordon Bennet
trophy, was won Saturday at Reims,
France by Glenn H. Curt ?ss, the
American aviator, in the fastest
aerial journey of 'Jil kilometres
(12.42 miles) ever accomplished by
man. His time, 15 minutes 50 3^5
seconds was only 5 3-5 seconds faster
than that, made hy Bleriot over the
same course.
The cave-in of an ?dd mine did
great damage to two blocks of the
city of Scranton, Pa., last Sunday.
The surface sank from J to 8 feet.
Ma nv houses were injured and a few
ruined. The loss is set at $300,000.
The Spaniards last week set land
mines for the Moores and blew up
100 While engineers were placing
more mines in the night the Moores
attacked and killed .r>0 engineers.
The Mahdist rebels in Arabia blew
up the Turkish barracks and wound
ed 240 men.