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MAKE A Bl i a ms SECUE SUTEER TBOO- SARD DOUilS WAS VERY BALD BOLD UP m Three White Bandits With Blacken' ed Faces Held Up the Cashier and Two Assistants of a Construction Company at Parr Shoals Station in Broad Open Daylight. Three daring highwaymen, alleged to have been disguised with blacken ed faces, held up and robbed three officials of the J. G. White Engineer ing Company at 'Parr Shoals Station on the Southern Railway hbout twen ty miles above Columbia, in broad open daylight on Friday afternoon of $16,000. The money was sent out from the National Loan^and Exchange bank of Columbia on Southern passenger train No. 13, of the Columbia and Spartanburg division, which is due at Parr Shoals at 2:10 p. m., and was addressed to J. T. McLellen, superin tendent of the .f. G. White Construc tion company. The money had been receipted for by H. W. Mahar, the cashier of the J. G. White Construction company. A few minutes later as he, with Fred Pullman, assistant cashier, and J. C. Joyner, Fairfield county deputy, were pn their way to the offices of the rom- any, they were confronted by three white men, each armed with two re volvers. Deputy Joyner heakated to ral.-e bis hands and reached for his pistol ' As he did so he was shot, receiving a painful ihoagh not ,serk>ua flesh wound In the thigh * Three other shota were fired. It is aaid. hut there went wild The mono? was In three packages, on* containing |.1.0u0 In gold, another |1 2.61)6 in currency, and a (bird (ilhd with In ■ mall > hange 'r the hold up the robbers 1 a os- the rallroa ! sn 1 Into *’ «• woods nil the east Side i>f (tie t f .* 4 The ef. * ‘ T *' p'atit *f *he Con tn « ojj.p.it.v • as Shu* doe n tUat th# i en ni.ght a»tl*t in scour in,* t •• »oo Is The searchers »ere d > '• ! Into parMrsi ex»-h ' ••adrd Lr a > a;>'a n and a« n,anv as ? •' men a • !e . • »ed to te* hunting the rob t-er • As stated at-ove. tha moner was in charae of >1 \\ VIshar c**hler of t ie eugtneeriDg compaay. Fred Mult man assistant caahler. and I^eputy J> .* r. a pollcs^nan at l“arr Shoals T f rot»*-r» ». re a'so three !u num ler an 1 t ad hiackened thetr Tares that n.ls'.t «;*,-ear i ke negroea As t! e twarera of the !:.• ner aere Pa.-.a:;.g li.n ugh a ra .aa* cyt be * w • n a »’ r • < if i- i cars and the aide I ' 'he rut the* wer . nuf routed by the t.uhaatn.eu and had sm p.s toia thrust :n t.'.eir 'area At the command to throw up \hair hands. 1‘eputy Jo*n«'r hesitated and made an edort 'o> pu l his pistol As WAULKR AND BON INVOLVED IN DEATH OF HARTER. h. ltd so he «as shot through th< sl The Testimony Brought Out Cnnaea Anthorities to Keep Them Both tn Custody. The coroner’s Jury of inquest over the dead body of J. B. Harter, chief of police of Allendale, who was kill ed Snnday afternoon at Lena, Hamp ton county, Monday evening render ed a verdict that the officer "came to his death by pistol shot wounds from a pistol in the hand of J. F. Walker, aided and abetted <by Ben Walker, his son." Ben Walker the elghteen- year-old son of Joe F. Walker, was arrested, and the coroner’s jury im plicated him in the shooting of Har ter. The Inquest was held at Estlll. J. M. Patterson, R. P. Searson, Jr., and J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale, con ducted the examination of witnesses for the coroner, while George War ren, of Hampton, was present look ing after the interests of Walker, though he did not examine any of the witnesses. B. J. Peoples was the first witness. He testified that he heard Walker make some threat against the Allen dale policeman. Oscar Pasleton, J. B. PTossor, T. J. McIntosh and J. E. Young, all eye-witnesses to the kill ing, test' fled in substance to the fol lowing state of facts: On Sunday af ternoon at about 3 o'clock Mr. Harter was sitting on bench on the depot olatform at Lena in company of the Uev. William J I-angston, of Colum bia. and Oetor Carlton J F Walker and hi* son, Ben. came walking down the railroad from the direction of th«'lr home On arriving at the benrh. Mr Walker demanded hla pla tol from Mr Harter, who itated that be did not have It. When the re qoeet wna refuted Walker hit* Mr Harter over the head with a platol Mr Harter attempted to realat but waa pushed back by Walker repeated lv. while Walker and hla ton. Ben kept up a rontlnuou* fire In the d! rerMon of Harter the younger man • landing on the !.'• of hla father The attention of the w!tne«*e* wa« not called to the a*i!r unMl after REAILT Sim HIE ARE INJUR ED IR VRECK DR •everal »h'>t» were flre.J Far h thigh thi< bullet Inflicting a painful, though not eerlouv f.eah woand Ma har and Bultman dl l not offer realat- ance, U la aald after the deputy had been ahol down Selling the three a( kager of money the robbvrg dash d down the railroad track by tha tation and on Into the wooda down tfie Mayo creek The office* of the company are only h'out a quarit-r of a mile from th < station up a hill There Is a steep embankment on the west site of the railroad track, and a stairway leads to the top of this As the throe men in charge of the money a^eendel the stairs, they had to pass between a part of the embankment and a group of box cars. It was while in this narrow gorge that they were con fronted by three white m. ;i, who had blackened their faces. Karh of the assailants carried two revolvers, and these were thrust into the facea of the bearers of the money with the de mand that their hands be thrown up. Two minutes after the bandits made off with the money, the whole camp was thrown into confusion by the news of the daring deed of the bandits. The news flashed instantly to all corners of the camp, and the 700 laborers were at once released that they might Join in scouring the -woods for the highwaymen. The men were organized into small com- panied, each directed by a captain, and were sent out in every direction to patrol roads and to keep a sharp lookout for any suspect. Telephone messages were sent to the police department Columbia and to Sheriff McCain of Richland county for bloodhound*. Richland county happens to have no dogs of Its own, but the message, was trans- fewed to the State penitentiary: and William H. Sondley, captain of the ard, dispatched the dogs kept at the penitentiary. They left Columbia at 4 o’clock and were under the su pervision of J. C. Rotf^ns, guard, who ha» led Carolina for fleeing crlmMals. fiber Iff Miller of Lexington county waa al so notified and he also want to the •cane. A* the robber* passed the station Baaeodc, tfc* camp boss, at- thrtn twor* b* d 1 not ■«•«* Har t»>r •hoot gt all Aftrr •) x'tlngt tb<* *a'k «*4 about t oo yard* to th«* pl». «• th* •bootleg tad found Harter gap !ng and dying Thar* »a» a ’ * <-al Ifcr* platol »lth or,* rtrptv caMndg* in It lying half »ay between th* dy 'ng mar and th* edr* of th* ; lat f»rm I* wa» t*atifl*d hr a*v*ra! »lt !.*•**»« tha' Walker had threatened tl* !!f* of Harter heeauae Harter ta 1 offi-la’.'y tak*n a pl»tol from • h# prta o*r at Allrnda!* a y--ar ag > I'T I_a«t<>n ah') hr id the p«>a' mortem etamlnation testified that four 3* p1»tol balla artered th* front of th* body and pae«*d through the tx>dv one of them going through 'he heart and two 3? platol halls an »er*d th* !*'t arm One of them wa* rut out and Introduced In evidence The doctor •fated after the Inquo that b* drr»#*d a alight scalp wound on Mr Walker after th* tragedv On* of the witnea*** state 1 tha Walker was bloodv flnvrral tewt! fled that Mr Harter never rose from th* bench on which k* waa sitting The elder Walker was Interviewed Monday and referred every ona to his attorne**. Messrs Warren and War ron Tha attorneys, when asked for a statement, said that tha dafense was self-defense Beyond thla no statement waa given out NEW ENGLAND KAILDTAD Speeding at Forty-Mile Rate In Thick Fog, White Mountain Express Crashes into Second Section of Bar Harbor Express"— Engine Goes Through Two Pullman (Mrs. Twenty-one persons were killed and nearly fifty Injured, some of whom may die, in a rear-end colli sion shortly before seven o’clock Tuesday morning on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad six miles north of New Haven, Conn. The first section of the White Mountain- Express, bound for New York, speeding along at probably for ty miles an hour, in a thick fog, rush ed by a danger signal, it is said, and crashed Into the rear of the second section of the Bar Harbor Express standing 100 teet beyond the block signal. The White Mountain engine cleav ed through the, two rear Pullman cars, both of wood, splitting them in two and losing their wreckage and three-score of mangled human th ings, some alive, pome dead, on eith er side of the track. The third car, also of wood and occupied by forty bovs on their way from a summer camp at Monmotth. Maine, w as lifted into the air and fell on Us side, crumpled up and crush ing two of the boya to death and In juring others Borne of the victims of the two rear Pullmans were hurled from berth* o*er a fence ;karallellng the track fifty f»-*t distant, mattnwaev bedding and clothing found lodgment tn the telegraph wtr* It w%s th* third aerioua wr*. k Ihe ! t h I n a REPORT CAUSES RISE ♦ - — COTTON ENJOYft RKNftATIONAL ADVANCE OF 70 POINTS. New n a veil La* • uff . M'd W ye»r and Inau t ora ite.J the flr« t be rejclnie < f H < > * ft ! ■ ! Flit' new! y rle. tr'! » r* 1 o' H.r>.i Kli... tt. retur T.l!.* f r ■ h'. h o m i * In Nr* H* r ’i * 're •. ■ i ut:. • 1'. i v. ! i #» • ► O s * he » re. k on An r A r . .r r ? •' than an h«"jr tn-'. 1 ’r•• M• * lv a ! t * V ;.A'A- • S"'b t rAtr. • were r v*' ' -rt. Prices Shoot Upward as Result of Poor Condition Report—Biggest Jump In Roomt Years. The government report report mak ing the condition of the coming cot- toti crop only 68.2 per oent., compar ed with 74.8 per cent. l*pt year, and 73.2 two years ago, waa followed by one of the most sensational advances that has ever occurred on a govern ment report day during recent years. Private condition figures had pre pared the trade for a bullish report and the market had advanced very rapidly since the middle of laet month, but the official figures proved even lees favorable than anticipated and inspired a general movement. The South wa* credited with selling on the advance, supposedly agaiast the coming, but both trade interests and speculators were heavy buyers, and while offerings were heavy enough to cause slight reactions the general tendency of the market was upward. December contracts sold at 12.94 in tile Late trading, practically the 13-eent level, and 211 points, or 110.95 per bale above the low record of August 14. Closing prices were 3 or 4 pomts off from the N'st, but the final tune w a* firm at a net gain of 67 to 7’ p 'ints as compared with the closing fgurva of last Friday New York -t.V 1sticlans said that on the basis of th** acreage the official statement -'.at 1 < '» p«-r con* at th.* season of i h'* * »r 2 5 2 pound* tc i 1 c figures potnt• d '’'ttl crop of tr t v : 1: ..nd w hlle ■ * • r.e be nt all r—,.*.x::v a WINS DELAY IN FIGHT THAW RETURNED TO JAIL mC /l DUE'S DECISION Fugitive from New York Now Fscee Influence of Attorney General of Province. Harry K. Thaw won another delay in hi* fight against return to the Matteawan aaylurn and Tuesday night he back in the Sherbrooke, Que., jail. There he will remain until Superior Judge Matthew Hutchinson renders his decision on the question of sustaining or dismissing the ka- beaa corpus writ, arguments on which were heard Tuesday in champers. The decision may aome at any day, but more probably Thursd^r. It was a day of alternate Joy and depression for Thaw. At the open ing of the hearing he faced a new and dangerous opponent In Aime Geoffrion of Quebec, special emissary from the provincial attorney general and premier, Sir Lomor Gouin, and from hi* lips Thaw heard that the at torney general was insistent that there be no more delay in the case and that the habeas corpus writ fail ing, other steps would be taken to insure Tliaw's release and seizure by Hie immigration authoritfos. From his counsel Thaw heard ar guments against sustaining Hie writ; pleas fur delay; from the crowd that packed the court house and streamed over the lawn he honrd cheors an^ bhonts and word* i f en< niirngement !!»■ w a* nervous throughout the or- deaJ and returned to his coll tired out with the exi-1'oment THE CVnOR sum umnu uin JAII.KI) FOR WHITE SLAVERY. Prominent Farmer* of Georgia Lure Little Girl. George and William Walker, prom- nent farmers of Walker county. Ga., are in Jail awaiting trial on a serious charge. It is alleged that they lured from her home. Susie Fricks, the pretty 14-year-old daughter of a neighbor, took her to the home of George Walker, in the absence of his wife, where she spent the night, con cealed her the next day from her par- and put her on a train bound for Alabama City Ala., where George Walker, it is said, promised to Join her. The child attracted the attention of the railroad conductor, who per suaded her to return home. The par ents and put her on a train bound for conducting a vigorous serch when the little girl returned. Before her departure she had left a note stating that she was to marry in a short time and go to Oklahoma to live. George Walker, the alleged instigator of the crime, is a married man. William Walker Is being held as an accessory. fired upon three times, none of the shots hitting him. After passing the station the robbers made their way down the railroad track for some distance and then turned off and dis appeared |n the woods. Six hundred in j South | dollars-geyard has been offered for the bandits and every effort will he made to catch them. It was one of the boldest robberies that ever took place 1* this State. Old sals at this of- ‘ i •> hJk* frt'm •uTituer *11 t* •!. 1 '»r> of k ■ !.c p*.M» f ue«t4 of S < r.'U-r F i Bark rrlurtilr* *r« m »'.pel ouf Fl smi killed No one » •« hurl In ' Moun'.Alu Tk'n The Ne» Hkven off 1 (»!• fr«!.k to • lM.lt (I x' He • ' banjo * ♦mo. • 4'rr.k’ •**'rrn on 'h * par' . ' H.•• It* ' b**n re;’;*)*'.’, h* v* ••t .aj tem rv*-«.mu!*c !*.l *> •* * p ;*’ Blea comm^a.on 1*4' In a n,ea» jr* r**t*"n• M* f r ' ’ •• wreck, althourb th* *« i ■ whether the engineer of H.«> 'A ’ !.• Moyn’aln train Kv.t i4tu« H M M*r waa making too nw< h I th* weather condition* !• under It, realisation A. cording to Vice Prea'den* M ha’ et of the New 11 ax• n It » . . I not have been tx’»lble at the »(.•*' | tfe train wax mak'ng for Kug.ueer Ml.l* r to ha** atoppe I within 1 after he »a» 'he algnal The *ngl ne«‘r did not aeo It hi> aald until he waa alnioat upon It. or scarcely more than on* hundred feet from th** rear of the Bar Harbor Fxpre** and at the aame moment be beard the tor pedoe* “l do not a lab to place any blame on the engineer.” aaid Mr Whaley, “but In view of the foggy condition* a question to t>e determined Is whefh er he was running too faat under the circumstances. There is no rule of the rv*a*1 which would require him to mako up time, and take a risk while running iti a fog, and as far as I know, he received no Instructions to make up time.” Chief Engineer El veil said Tues day night that the New Haven had been twice advised by the public util ities commission to abolish the "ban jo” system, once last December and again In March, following minor wrecks, in both of which the blame was laid at the door of the "banjo’’ system. There are eighteen in the hospitals and some are in a serious condition. Some of the less seriously hurt went on to New York. The death list grew from thirteen to exactly twice that number during the afternoon and evening. Several of those badly injured died on their way to hospitals or after reaching there. First steps to determine who was to blame were taken In secret. Nor will the Inquest be public if Coroner Mix adheres to his announced plan. At the preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon trainmen of the two trains were examined. 1“ cqnli alont t, Th.i w’h htwvers r ha ract. r\74 •1 the arte n ' u> .-o! a > T t'roi*v iitip j by u h! eh J* r* r o Bom ■ertiaiMai !r t 0 n •Iron 11. the ch'U'f of If liC)' of r.iht’ r. o 11' '• ’.ill Vx 'k , fo. k* 'o fir.x t ie n :>: !h U reit- ! ■! v e «e . ni to .-•! t A O V *«'V* : ¥<> r.* • »« k nr of i< . »■; * ' ,! the a ■ 'ra': ! nn.! 2 •a " « n 1 v 'uer'-o 1 1 e F, J. ' m■ '•!’ e 1 !n S . . • .'M t f *.>» n o' Jl.lt If tie * r • 1 x 11 . ro 'v n •' *it i , .• : ■ lurlv a* lorn. * >* : .•-a’ all! t a A * • d :»’ • ■' 1 »• • • ' trie.! »t' '.X t • ’ A V e t fie ' o n i’ It ’ ... -.1 a ' . ' N ( r tart' T’ AH w'H 'k* n ’ e ♦ V ( . * . r 1 . ’ «* M 1 1 ». r • 1 . ' ; ' in-taot te f e h. 1* f!»k (HP REIDMIM am JOLT Cotton Condition Is Way Below Year Average, bat Oop In State Hold* Its Lom Has Been Felt in Part of Belt. Announcement Tuesday by the partment of agriculture, that the condition of the growing cotton crop of the United States waa 68.2 per cent, of k normal on August 25, dis closed the facts that the crop bad de teriorated 11.4 per cent, since tbs July report w&s,taken. The August figures were the same as thoee of August, 1900, and the condition at this period has been low er only three times during the past twenty-two years; in 1896, when it was 64.2 per cent.; in 1902, when it was 64 per cent., and in 1909, when it was 63.7 per cent. The greatest deterioration wa* in Oklahoma, where the condition drop ped 3 6 per cent, to 4 5 p**r ceut. In the condition of G4 per cent, showed a deterioration of 17 per ceut. II' terioration in other States in th* part of the belt stricken by drought was: Arkansas, 15 p<*r cent.; Missouri. 14 ;' r cent ; Louisiana, 12 percent.; Ter .lessee, 10 percent.; Mississippi, ^ p r cent , and Alabama, 7 per cent. In . ’1 the States the condition was r *r ’. lower than the 10-year average r* 7 t. 1 aiparlsons of conditions, by S’ t' s, follow By fttatew. I • — m • ra' « n r.a •vll IT 11 w ' ll l VUN MM. T11 < aii< it- ' 1 « » an 1 Hui.jx.rt tlln’ < Tv \:r» rls Noi'h I'aroMna 1 S* uHi < 'amlln a !'•••** " ’4 .’ v th • •: • * p! W • Ah A 1 » V !.-»• Aug July Aug 25 26 26 1yr 13’? IV 1 3 ! 2 A >. w a x t so *; 7 i l • 7 • - - . J 7 t I I * ' V ..ai. r i i^ith o' .-. aiU > at 90 74 11 t!,a an I Srr.a'or < larke of Arkanaaa Mta*ourl . . * * l« 71 • 4 f a! a »p:ntrd r,,!l.r,uy lo the Hecate oklahuoxa . 46 11 • 4 76 V' n lav over thrlr re*pertlve rotlou California M 1M 91 . 4 :.• Set,At. r Hmith prop.*** u> r* — — — — j'j rr •!: < obtr A-g. for fu’ur* deB*ery Unit*.! Htatra «• 5 79 « 74 1 74 7 V i><4 wtooa ttdfchrv 1**rw White PrtwiXi «t <>a (•''••rgla | arm Tw-a'A ’ aa freed "BIB ' M'o*r no torlou* r..!*S*' ;*! t r*ak*r ar * r*n ■ eman of f< r!an* from fila ia«' • a.'n ’*rni Hi* plrtafeHJue iar*er. • III.*, lu.l'jdol rlaeb-w ai'h th* law* « f tn«.re iLan a •.-.■rr . ' •t«lr« and »«*v*-ra. * ar.adlan pf' vlri.«-a ended ’Aed r.ead.a v I.: ■ t a’ t he < ;*..»* !a -la'.* pri a. n 'arm rear M : le-t r e v |; |. .ad Ixh :. : f..r •eieral m. n'h# ' i. Every one Is satisfied with Presi dent Wilson.’a Mexican policy except Alsorandolph Hearst and Governor Blease. So the President will have to get along without their valuable ssp- port. The new tariff bill will soon bs a law of tits land. ft n. » a» V five from ra«'r vwar* n! 1 M ner • criminal career t* gar, nearly aixtv v.a'» ago h* 1« said N have left h a hutne In Kentuckv t*e f rw he viaa fl't*H*n years old and gone West He admitted Stage roSi'h rot »*r1*'S and train hold up* and was several time* Incarcerated for bur glarizing banks Ho vx as known throughout the \Vt**t. worked Into North Canada and then Invaded the Laatern States He escaped many time* from Jails and State prisons Three years ago ho was brought to tho Ptato prison farm at Mlllodgevlllo for robbing a train noar Lula, Ga . and bogan a torm of twenty years. He has since escaped and been recap tured twice. For several years Miner was a member of the outlaw band led by Jesse James. His real name, he told prison authorities a few days before he died, wa* George Anderson. • P^:f; the fad«« ; rop»«*>d to t>« : v. red » Mi* Henat..r (Mark* *fo ;•<»•»-• to xew a tai o' tec jK-r bal* oa all otton w Id for fuf ir* dellverr ‘wxa'or Clark* tn*J« a U>a« ap*f h n f--t.a!f of ht# bill “Wnator Hmith ■•ok tb* p.«itioa that such a law ■ oaid not slopaprtulatlon Put woul 1 • ia • 7.t to a Lat on cotton H* also ! drought ia Teta* r»-4d ll.'n tl.a re< ord oT*r a Uaadr*d • •'rra from farmer* of South (*aro hi.a proiewt.ng against th* (lark* Ml! Several Southern State Farm er« ui.P.r.* Lavn aent r«-aolutlon* op- ;x■* ng 'he < ark* t>lll *nd favoring ' ‘ t- Smith b.ll Th* Clark* bill haa I-« n Indorsed bv t :«• Iiemocratic rau .i« a* an amendment to the tariff hill, tut the fee! ng )a growing Bat (his waa a mistake A raurua of Democratic senators waa called for Tuesday night and the outlook la thkt Hi* Smith hill will l*e subatituted for the Clarke amendment, perhap* with modification* Tho dlucuaaion waa the most aplrlted that haa been had on any subjixt since the tariff bill was taken up. hut Senator Smith was at all time* more than master of the hit uation. DIFS WHEN IIOftIF Rl KNS. ‘MURDERED’’ M.YN AJjIV'E. Dissapered Ten Years Ago—Given Up for Dead. The mystery that surrounded the supposed murder of Heary A. Minor in St. Louis, ten years ago has been solved by the finding of Mr. Minor in Horton, Ark. Minor was 33 years of age when he disappeared from St. Louis. On the morning he was missed his trunks were found to have been rifled and all his valuables taken. Blood on the floor indicated murder. After seven years he was pronounced legally dead and his •wife received $1,000 on his life. Recently, while holding religious services in Horton, Ark., the Rev.J. E. Stout saw Minor enter the church. He recognized him intsantly. Pendleton Man’s Charred Rody is Found in Ruins. F. W. Jones, a white man about fifty years of age, was burned to death in hi* home on the outskirts of Pendleton and his house and con tents wore destroyed Tuesday night, in a fire which is supposed to have been started through his own care lessness. Jones was drinking, it is said, and ran off members of his fam ily. It seems that one of the boys re turned later, when his father was not noticing, to secure his clothes and he noticed that the father had built a roaring fire in the stove. It Is pre sumed that the fire started from the stove and that Jones’ condition pre vented his getting out. A charred mass of bones and flesh was found in the embers. The sweetest music heard now in these parts is tha sonnd of the hum ming cotton gin. It means that the farmers are about to put the w^lth he created this year on the marked for the benefit of all. ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ ■ The lamer la drtvlai dell ttanfta from en the mats ef tred* * The Gaffney ledger puts this one in the question box: "If, as the ex perts tell us. hookworms stay in the sand and dirt, how is it that they weren’t all parched to death during the last two months.’’ It seems that the hook worm and tho boll weevil can survive all sorts of weather. Sine* th* July rvport rrowteg 4IHOIU had b*«n (•••rally favorable throughout th* **at*re oorttoe of the cottoa b«lt and th* raadlltoa of the plant la th* •let** rest of th* Mi—te •tppl w— *ip*rt*4 to •how ap woll. la th* atat** w**t of tho Ml—Uetppt coadltloo* war* not ao favorable. *4 w. ■* Oklahoma. parts of Arkaaaa*. Mlaooaii aad IxvuiaUaa marking th* *erly hart of th* p*rtod which Tacoday a —pert covers High i*a>p*ralar— provalUd pr*v*ll*d throughoat moot of thla •action Tha droaght waa partially relieved during th* last w**k of the period 1/OUftE LTYEft IN AUTO. Trying to Avoid Negro Roy Oaae— ftrveml Wreck*. At NashvlU*. Tenn . Monday four persona were killed aad three Injur ed when four of the six racing auto mobile* competing in a twenty-five- mile race at the fitate fair grounds track were wrecked. A I-abor day crowd of 0,000 wHuceaed the acci dent. The dead are: John W. Sher rill, driver; Thomas P. Bridges, mechanician, William Sherrod, driv er; "Gooch” Brown, mechanician. Tho injured are. Clyde Donovan and Edward Polk, drivers, and Free man Ormsby, mechanician. Tho accident occurred at a point on the mile track directly across tha field from the grandstand and in plain sight of the crowds. The six cars were running at a terrific rate when Donovan, who was leading, was compelled to swerve suddenly to avoid running down a small negro boy who had run aero— the track. In doing this he hurst a front tire, and In an effort to clear the course turned his car Into the fence. The car crashed through the barrier, which fell back on the track. The car just behind was able to avoid the wreeqage, but the machines which followed were not so fortunate. Sher rod’* racer struck the obstruction, leaped high in the air and turned si complete somersault. Into this mass of wreckage plunged SherrliT*! car. The machine was demolished, driver and mechanicians beilng instantly killed. The machine driven by Polk was only slightly damaged. All thftf deed and injured lived at Nashvill* The General Assembly at its next meeting should apply the provisions of the Webb law to South Carolina. Then we would be in a position for State wide prohibition that would prohibit. ■ ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ Why doa’t they lot Thafw go? No- ■ A - ' 4 A religious fanatic says that tha drouth that- affected Kama* an4 soma other states this summer Pod’s thorn mx* tor People may m mine of pork hat It la rank ahoat divine vw’’ *■***•* jrf f f-wr v* "" m .