The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, December 13, 1905, Image 2
A ANew Meal and Its Use
B:; Louis Bell.
FEW weeks ago electrical engineers got wird of a new in
candescent lamp hailing from Germany. Now, as a rule, no
one even raises an eyebrow at such an announcement, for
reputed improvements on incandescent lamps are an old
story, but the newcomer was unusual in that the light-giv
AV W ing filament was a plain metallic wire drawn from tantalum,
an element of which most people had not even heard the
Tantalum is an element which has been known for more
than half a century as a constituent of various rather uncommon minerals, but
nobody knew it for anything more than a black povyder which could be ob
tained without great difficuity, but was of no use after one had it. It has
turned out, however, that when melted in vacuo, to overcome its unpleasant
trick of absorbing nitrogen when hot, this blac'- powder became a little ingot
of real metal, which possessed very remarkable properties. 'Metallic ta ntalum
is a bluish-white substance. a little darker in color than platinm. ann ..bout
three-quarters as heavy for the same bulk. It is. for a metal, an unusually
bad conductor of electricity. and has an extremely high meltingpoint, both
of these properties being invaluable for the purpose intended. Besides this.
it can be hammered into sheets and rolled or drawn into fine wire quite eas
ily.
Its melting point is so high that it can be pushed to vivid incandescence
that n'akes an ordinary lamp look yellow. By this same token, the light s
,produced at a high efficiency. so that for the same energy used the tantalum
filament gives nearly double the light of a carbon filament. The former, by
the way, increases its electrical resistance as it gets hotter, while the latter
bas its highest resistance when cold. The result is a very curious difference
of appearance when a tantalum and a carbon lamp are turned on together.
The latter takes a perceptible time to reach full brilliancy. while the former
jumps to whiteness more quickly than the eye can follow it.-Harpers Week
1y.
Publicity ~
The Cure for Evils of j
Corruption
By Cardinal Gibbons.
**"+#*"#46 ORPORATION corruption is a fixed evil that we must reck
C on with just as long as the present condition of society ex
ists in this country. Whenever there is an amalgamation
, of great capital. or a large collection of men interested in
one money making corcern, ther<- is sure to be corruption.
it is not a new story. It is a story as old as the world's
history. The only reason that- it comes so much to the
lore at present is tnat the methods of its detection are daily
growing stronger.
Corruption has always existed. Corruption. I am much afraid, will always
exist as long as human nature yields to the attributes th'at lead to teiPta
tion. tmrldgaainith
The bright snot in the whole swamp of present moral degradation is the
fact that the deg-radation is made known. Corruption cannot exist nowadays
without being discovered after a while. The greater the evil the greater
the possibility of remedy. And that possibility of remedy has no'w become
such an assured fact that it counterbala nces. almost, the evil which the pres
ent conditon of mone: madness creates.
The fear. the drcij of exposure is the counterbalancing element. and that
fear, that dread, that hcrror of having a name once respected dragged down
is due to the efforts of the metropolitan press.
It may not be good theology, it may not be good ethics. hut it is certainly
iv good moral element that the fear. the dread of exposure in the public
prEsS keeps many a man sticking close to the path of rectitude who other
--i~e would stray off into the byway of personal graft.
'~'~'Alaval
. SurgeonrGenercl S. Suzuki, of the Irr-er
Japanese Navy.
UCH of ottr success in The Ctreatment of wounds I ascribe to
Ihe fact a b ey engagcgeient I ordered each mem
b her of the crew to bathe and put on perfectly clean under
+ clothing. In a great many shot wounds fragments of cloth
ing are carried into the I)oy. and our insistence upon clean
undercatingt prevencd many cases of blood poisoning
4 ------o9a among cur wounded.
++6,6 M Our experience during the war proved that the conning
7ower of a warship is a most r&ngerous situation. Frag
ments of shell penetrate through the slits in the'tower made to furnish the
commanding officer a range of vision, and do great damage. Realizing this
fact. Admiral Togo,. in all the naval engagements, directed his fleet from the
compass bridge of the Kigasa, without receiving at any time the slightest
wound.
The vision of the men who fire the guns on a warship must necessarily be
of the very best if their shots are to count. Before every engagement the sur
geons in the Jananese fleets examined carefully the eyes of all the gunners.
Any of them found with slight impairment of vision were treated, and if the
impairment was too grave to yield to immediate treatment they were trans
ferred to another station, and their places filled by men whose eyes were per
fect.
During engagements every battery crew was supplied with water in which
a 1 percent solution of boracic acid had been mixed, to wash out their eyes
when they became affected by powder smoke or dust. We also issued to every
man in the fleets, before going into action, cotton wool with which to plug his
ears and thereby prevent rupture of the ear drums by the conctission of the
gun fire.
Fifty Years of
Agricultural Progress
- . By F. W. Hewes.
HE farm gardens, "market gardens- and "truck gardens" of
today are the producers of a multitude of "miszellaneous
vegetables" almost unknown rnty years ago. In the census
of 1890 the large increase in garden products was recog
nized. and a systematic count of their bulk and value was
made. It is possible. therefore, to make a ten-year cumpar
ison of the increase of such products. an'i this records the
remarkable increase of from 190 percent to 400 percent in
the five several divisions of the country. The North Atlan
tic states had a well-developed industry in "garden products" before 1890.
which accounts for its relatively low increase. However. 190 percent in ten
years, while the population increased only a trifle over 20 percent, is amazing.
Could our gi-eat granddaddies, who thought tomatoes poisonous, and our
grcat.trandmtothers. who grew them as ornamental plants in window pots. un
der Te aractive name of "love apples." come back and realize that over 30.
00o.- -) burshels of the pretty. pognj-onou(s vegetables are eaten as a common and
hcalthful food, they woull surely realize that time Works wonderful changes.
Another interesting statement is that the !letuce crop of the South has so in
creased that in the sprng of this year North Carelina sent twenty carloads ot
. that ezctable North in a sindle day.
Thirty--ive years ago celery was a rarity even on hotel tables. and was
used by few famjilie's. even of weatlth. 'Tday it is a common edlible. occupy
ing thousands of acres in Michigan. Ohio an'd New York. One firm has celery
farms in 31ichigan. Florida audI California, anad because of the variety of the
scatsons it is engaged in shtipping celery by the carload the whole year round.
Twentv-t wo million buxshels of radiies and 1 2.'0t.C00i bushels of aspar-agus
are the flgura~ for the crops of these vtgetabes.-Harpler's Weekly.
Stolen Goods Strangely Recovered.ON GODPIT
Nineteen years ago the general store \a~hsfyn ahn tC
at Haynesville. Me.. was robbed of a es?
quantity of merchandise. L~ast week -O.ys tf~1t okbfr
one of the cows belonging to a goft-noihptoltt.Lf.
farmer in that village failed to return
to the barn. Search revealed the fact TEMSSN IGRDN.
that she had fallen into a big hole -rhr tgtobeagodal0
in the ground which had been usedt tee npr auac iet
by the robbers of nineteen years age ~~nbe h~rgtn arn cw
as a cache. It was ab~out six feet deeplt ttems nh~pae
six teet scutare an:: roof'l over withl -N.sr"rsodd tewie
ogs. Tuim~ having b)ecomeI' decayed. ~ac~r.onfcd;i:'u
w'ere not stron~g enoug~h to hear the usitgoaoteerh le
r~-tgh o th cw. llthegods i i"W-as isa flyibumane a uc
~ak"Thwereoconcealedehere.od dea o
D[[MSON COLLEGE CAR
A Means of Exhibiting the Work and
Value of the College to the Far
mers.
The (lemson O ege extinsion car
is nlow making its Initial tou o f
South Carolin a. It left Clemson "n
Monday. naking its first itop at Lex
ino11. where it was viewed by .,
large inuiber of interested peopic
and on Tuesday it reached Batesburn
where it reia lied during the day.
It is estimated that (luring these
t\y- days at least 750 people visited
the var. which was inl many ways a
revelation to them. Ii is a vivid
illustration of the work done at Clem
Nol College. As one enters the car he
first passes the kitchen ald commis
sary department. where dusky Sam
holds orthII to feed tle hungry pro
fessors This depart meit was orgati
zed by Mr. A. Schilletter, the stenard
of the college. who accompanied the
car' for the first few days. Next
comes an array of the wheats that are
grown in the State. tasteftillv arrang
ed i festoons agailnst tle wall. There
are about 36 sorts of wheat on cxlii
bition. besides a large number of
kinds of corn. Then comeS displays
of the work done bv the boy.s at
Clemson. ITre suIpber-bly exe
eited iroui and steel work, cast ings,
turned undl milled pieces. all as well
executeid as 0111 be done in Ihe best
machine silops of tle land. Next
coni specPimns of the student wood
wo1kino. ihowing exquisite jinery
anid tuniigs. Specimen. of black
snaitiiting are intcrestilig as well.
Folloin tils is 1 part of a dairy
tlisplay. tle Babeock testing machinie.
whieb shows hov to atcrtail the
richiness a a cm'. 's milk. and which
in practiical I use in the lUnited States
has sent milli as of worthless eow
> the bitcher. replacingz them with
an ima.ls niire )V wortli. This hit of
miachineryre~nly interests the people.
O(iverlheald are large photogriaphs
sli.-wting eI e-xterior and interior of
Clemson iColli ege.
Fllowing is an exhibit of thi w
peas growln in the State- 45 s1-.ies
em'>rIcing the priicipa I varieties.
Pow. c. L. Newman is responsible
for thIns line exhibit. Next comes a
dir.play of pecans. rovin by C C.
NewmIan1. Thin is Ii erestini. smo
inll-' tile ivir f-ity of p tps that mn:a he
btaned by lplniting seeds all liomi
olie iee, as all lie s}1'eimells are
froi one plani inu of the same wed.
ett !!0 t wo retsil are the saie. the
r'ainge 'being !'on fm 65 nuts to a pound4i
I f6. Tlere is 1imts shown vikidlv
the need of' budding or grafting to
isur tod peca'nis. Aho ve the
ecanIs are showin sa mples Of cottons
iof sli 'orl'! sots. Next is the tex
tile en1l of' the ear. presided ove: by
iP!rof. (. S. I gget. This exhiibi is
of wvondiirful interest. embtracin2a as
it )loes a very wijde range of sanles
of fabric- from the st urdiest tijekiug
or denimts to t he most woniderfuil n.er
e'wrized co tt tns. some seeming uipes
sible to <iist intiaish from silks. Tiuere
a-e shotun also all maniner of print
is andt weaviings. with figures 1ad
tatngnt a le'ssuon. Thlere are . ailso
shuowni ohs iof 'ein andi cards On
wiheh the de'signs made by the stu
dleits thinselvyes have dione. hmw t hev
have first designed on paper 1the fig
tires. thnen addiedl the colors and~ after
ward ma ie the good)(s in actual fabric.
Now~ that Stouthl Carolina is heading
all the Southerni States in the produihe
tion iof co-ion t his depamrtmtent of tex
tiles is of grea t valu te to the State.
Prof. I) gget t. whlo presidles over
this diisplay. is a mani of wiide and
valuable exper'iinces, having had
charge of important mills in Massa
ehutsetts and other Northern States
besides having had valuable exper'i
einee from ob~ser'vat in antd diirection
in England and the continent. It is
a decided gain to the State of' South
C'ariilinia to secure Prof. Doggett to
instrucit her hitovs. not ini the r'udi
mentis oif a intle arit of weaving fab
rues. bunt in thle fiiner antd nicer dhepart
meats of tihe art so that they may in
auigerate a day of better a :id moire
remlunlerat ive' endeiavor' in the State.
This exhibit of fabic(s attracts much
attentuin. not onily because of the ex
qutisite beaiuty oJf somie of it. bitt be
cause of the interest to younllg menbf
whlo may lie seeking a reniullerative
field for their labor.
It is interesting to see Some oif the
moraie ambitiins and( int ellizent yotung
mill mcen comre to see this exhibilt and
go aw'ay resolvred to save their earnu
ingis and take the textile course so
hat t hey may fit thlemselve '5for bet
tec' alli iflt 1'muinerat ire v.' ' : than
thev are ilowv doing.
but. onie side of the car. is seen Prof.
('. ('. Newman'*s exhibit of grape
vines and inrserv s.ttock. There are
full grown andl beainlg grape vines,
shiuwiing exact ly how t her arie prunied
andi trained Als.o yotung or'ehardh
trees ptrunmed fot ti-ansplanti at ion.
There is also a displa of thle imple
nwnlits need d fori thIe hoiul ihnril
Prof. I"1.i (F. H. alon's diisplay oif
the inierals of Soth I Car'olinia. em
bracini2 : wide r'ange from the trilni
ire grnliltes to golil. iendi anid icopper
ores. wvi Ih one' hyvsis, ti p azes. t'asi
derite. ruites. ntegnetite. mica anid
blmack diuamonds. This5 is ine ICfi thei
best colleIcct ions tif minera!V<ii!. the
Soiuth aiid is bIaut ifilly diiayed.
ther. at'rei dispy ic pthosphit ic rock.
cause of ti h phosphrs t hat they
t'arri'. Invlitile acit otf lit'' and
It is the puo iif' tthis iextensiotn
wor k of ' lemsnii C'!!ege to' reach es
peri'alxlyie fomnn cl asses, since it
i l tht there ciin be addiedi toi
tte ethity '' thi Iill'i ancI the
w i'ir zr'atly in' thje lbh-ssings
sitin him li arice P oi W. S. Moriioni
and1( .1'-. E. ~ Win, ii frm' [frm Ohio.
M\eet ineg' a're bhi ea. d y lin i the
t'-.vns where 1L' t'rin stVvy "'n. it is
oc nnihila _C(tinml 't t M
PALMETTO AffAIR
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS Of STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range-What is Going
On in Our State.
Columbia Cotton Market.
The cotton market firrm.
Low middling.............10
Low middling.- .. .. .. .....1O%
Strict low middling ..... .. ..10,/
Middlini... .. .. .... ......11
Good middling .. .... .. ...... 111/
General Cotton Market.
Atlanta, firm .. .......... .11:3-16
GaGlveston, firm....-. . -.111-2
New Orleans, firm.... ....119-16
Mobile. firm ... .......... 111-2
Savannah, steady.. .. .. .... 119-16
Charleston. firm.. .. .. .. .... 111-4
Wilmington, steady .. .. ...111-1
The Railroads Are Prospering.
Some interesting figures have been
com1piled by Seeretary Duncan of the
raiioadi commission from the annual
reports filed by the railroads doing
business in this State. The figires
show the enormous growth of gross
and net business in this State and em
phasize i he prospelrous1 condition of
South Carolina. They are as follows:
General exhibit of total income all
sources. railroads in South Carolina.
for the fiscal yer- endintf June 30th.
1905. with comparison with tigures for
fiscal year ending; June 30th, 1.904.
TotaLincome all sourees, 1905, $14.
S5(i.469.77; 1904. $13.811.709.(7
All operating expeiises. 1905, $9.
768.635.74: 1904. $9.534.72t6.24.
icoime less expenses, $5,07.S:4.
0:3 1904. $4.336.9S3.66.
Taxes. L905. $4941.()2:).&"; 1904.
.42.958.95.
Net income less expenses and taxes
1905. $4.593.310.:37; 1904. $3.S24.023.
71.
Tonnn:e (tolns 't, 1905, 8.49.530:
1904. 8.079.153.
Thle Berkeley railroad has deficit
of $90:3.23: taXes. -:209-10
The Caroliia and W11est-rn railroad
has deficit off $2.292.25: taxes. :265.13.
The Seveirn and Koitxville railroal
has deficit of $S.057.75: taxes. S.
057.7:.
Tie Pickens railroad las deficit of
$402.52: taxes. $:321.i.
Increase earning of 1905 over 1904.
$750,875.08.
As to Removing t;he Constables.
Oovernor Heywvard' s attention hav
ing been called to the controversy in
Greenville papers relative to the keep
ing of constables in that county af
ter the dis nsary. has beeni remiovedl.
ke case at the beginning of this clin
demie of voigotthe dispenIsar.1:
He will remove the constables if lie
thinks that the pdople of a county
inl the exercise of thIeir iintent ion to
keep go~e-l faith will enforce the dis
pnsary law and maintainl prohibi
Tionl. But. if it should appear~ that
these peeple of holiest intention cani
nt enfto-ee the law throughi t he ef
forts of the regularly appointed peaice
olieers, he will, after consultinu- with
leading counity and municipal offieers
anti citizens-restore the constables
to a county which is unable otherwise
to cope with the blind tigzers. With
reference to Gr-ecnville and Spartan
burig pa-ticularly, he saidl that the
result of the elections had not been
delared and he would not act until
then ,al thoughi he is keepingr advised
of the argiuments which are being~
male pro and eon.
The Farmers' Union..
Anderson. Special .-The State con
Ventitn of the Farmers' Etductational
and~ Co-Operative union met here. The
delieratioins of thue body are secret
andt notinig has been given out for
pubication. There ar~e imore than
100 delegates in) attenidanice. most of
them being from the neigihborhiing
coluntles.
Columbian as Corporator.
A charter has been issued by the
secretary of State of North Carolina
for an ice plant manufacturing as
sociation, being a combination ot
plants in sever-al States. The capital
st ock is $1 0.000. The compllany will
deal in ice plan t maichiiiery, manu-1
ficturle ice, lease5 ort subI-leatse .or in
migton, N. . : George L4. Bauker. (Co:
lumbia : A. EllIis. Auguzsta, (Ga.; W. J1
Ruston1 antd W. ML Thtmipson,. Bir.
migham. Ala.
Smal Boy Killed With Parlor Rifle.
Bambnerg. Special.-A very deplto
able affair occurred ini the factory por '
t of to wn last Sat urday afte(rnt on
wuiebu affords ant ther i lust ration1 'It
iinual careless:iess of pairents in al
lowing chibt1ren toi hnuille tirearmlls
Sevrv small lityS wetre, liin i~ Wit I
a outror rifle and itne! little tell'ow. 1
veas of age Shot~ andi instantly killetd
anotei r bo.y of S. lhe bul let enitering
the heart.
The Plan of Reorganization.
1nioni. 5]*eial.--II is authori~t
lvannonneed l! t haI t tlie retr n!alzl Ia
thre-oniu bs of ctimns andi' stiok hian
eei udepioSited with thI e hold ingi com-l
pais. A po1ssible outcome may bn
thiC e luttin~g ot th, "itiotn cotton ml
into banukruptcy 'buit positive assur
a:'e is given t hat whateve~r litigat ici
.se th mll wil tontinlue opera.
WILL PRES[RV[ FORESTS
A Measure to be Introduced at the
Coming Session of the General As
sembly.
Major Lewis AW. Haskell. a member
of the Richliand delegation in the
house of representatives, will intro
duce a bill at the approaching session
of the legislature which will provide
for a study of the forest conditions in
this State by the agricultural experi
ment station at Clemson college in co
operation with the United States de
partment of agriculture.
This is a step that is of the greatest
importance to the State, as is attested
by the opinion of all who have had oc
casion or opportunity to investigate
these conditions and learn of the de
leted condition of our forests. The
time for this action seems propitious.
as the department of agriculture is of
fering to appropriate for the purpose
an amount equal to any appropriation
the State may make, and in addition
to that it will detail a forestry expert
to devote his time and attention to the
work of reclaiming the South Carolina
trees. .
In a letter to Major Haskell on the
subject. Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the gov
ernment forester. says: "I am glad to
see that you are taking an active in
terest in the welfare of your State
forests as weil as the prosperity of the
other business interests within your
State which must be affected by the
forest conditions.
The forest service has always ad
vised a study of forest conditions pre
paratory to the introduction of a
State forest law. believing that condi
tions in the various States.require a
modification of the fundamental ideas
necessary to such a law. Pursuant to
this idea, several of the States have
already asked the forest service to co
operate with them in such an investi
!ation. It has been the custom of this
bureau to aeept such invitations and
to ex)eiv in the necessary study an
amount etual to that .appropriated by
the State."
The important section in Major
Haskel's proposed bill will provide
that it shall be the duty of the agri
cultural experiment station of Clem
son College to conduct investizatiofIF
in the several sections of the State in
order to discover the variety of valu
able trees best suited to g-row on the
various kinds of land in the State: te
determine the co;t and the best neth
ods of propagating. planting. cultivat
ing and managing wood lots and )ian
tations on various kinds of soil; to de
termine by ir.restigation the average
growtli of the various kinds of trees.
and the relative value of the various
kinds of timber for commercial pir
poses; to conduct experiments in the.
treatment on the various kinds of
woods for the purpose of increasing
durability, and to deter-mime by ex
periment and investigation the kind of
trees and shrubs best suited to va
rious situations for windbreaks and
shelter, and for decorative planting
and managing the same, and to issue
and recomnmenidationis upon subjects
speiied. and to make a full andl com
plete report to thegov-ernmenltof work
done, experiments made, inforrmatior,
obtained, etc., prior to the conv-eni
of the legislature in January. 1907.
and every year thereafter.-Columbia
State.
Greenville Anxious to Keep Consta
bles.
Greenville. Special.-Word t lat
Governor Heyward will remove the
constables from this county was r-ec
ived with regret by many' citizens as
there is a strong sentiment here in fa
vor of retaining the constabulary and
putting on the half mill tax. It is
said 90 per cent of the txpayers are
in favor of paying the tax to have the
constables remain and the city and
county officers without exception are
in favor of retaining the constrabu
ary.
Four ?iundred Cattle Driven From
Tennessee.'
Rock Hill. Special.-Four hundred
cattle have just arrived here, having
been driven all they way from cast
Tennessee to Rock Hill through the
ountry. The cattle have all been de
horned. . ot one of them weighs less
than 700 pounds while the maximum
weight is 1.000. The steers arrived
in fine, condition and presented a
dght that is seldom seen in this sec
Fell Into Well.
Rock Hill. Special.-The little son
of Mr. (cem Gordon. ag~ed about one
year and a half, while playing in the
vrd at its home on Black street Fi
day morning. fell about fifteen or
twenty feet in!() a well and into wvater
at least fifteen feet deep. Marvelous
to state be was rescued alive and seem
i gly unhurt; althlouighi unconscious
aid very cold.
Saved From Death By His S.cn.
Laures. Special .--Thomais Fuller, a
mll opeat ire at. the Lautrens cotton
mlls. was st ruck and very seriously
ijure by an iinoming freight on the
Columbia. Newlerry- and Laurcns
rlroad. reeeirmfg a nulmb~er of ugly
an anl ger ous cuts abnout. his fa-e and(
o the head. The acc-identi happened
in a cut just beyond thre Laurens mill
.re n but for thew presenece of mind
o his t en-yearv-old son who was w ithI
him uller, in aill probability would
hve ~e k illed out right by the train.
To Improve Rural Schools.
Rock lill. Specia!.--The Womn'sn
Asoiat ion for the Impr-ovenmnt of
Ral Srhols w!!l hold its annual
eenvenunt Hbrre D eceniber 29t h-:10thI.
The pepl e of Rock Hill will enrtertain
thhe(llegates and the meetinngs vil be
held at Withrop. It is expected that
bout 1 teacher. one from eaeb
conty thel- State-, at least. v-ill at
ted.~ Pre.:ident D. 1B. .Johnson ''
Withrop wil endeav or to make'the
pr.rm a m terstn . asnossible.
I KILLED: 5 INJURED
Result of Collision on Pennsyl
vania Railroad
25 FREIGHT CARS DEMOLISIED
Two West-Bound Freights Were
Wrecked on Pennsylvania Railroad
Near Harrisburg, by Rear End Col
lision.
Harrisburg, Pa., Special.-One man
killed, five injured and twenty-five
freight cars, two postal cars. one bag
gage car and one Pullman car totally
wrecked as the result of a rear end
collision of two west bound freights.
and the subsequent collision of a pas
senger train into a wreck on the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Thompson
town. D. G. Huntsbee, brakeman of
Harrisburg, is the man w-ho was killed
Branch Died From Blows.
Annapolis," Md., Special.-The pro
secution used its heavy artillery in
the line of medical testimony during
Thursday's session of the court mar
tial which is trying Midshipman Mer
iwether for manslaughter in connee
tion with the death of Midshipmar
Branch. Important witnesses being
Dr. J. M. T. Finney. chief surgeon of
the John's Hopkins University. of
Baltimore; Dr. Henry M. Thomas,
neurologist of the same institution
and J. C. Byrnes. the chief medical
officer attached to the Naval Acade
my.
The operation upon Midshipman
Branch, consisting of lifting and fold
ing over a portion of the skull in order
to remove such blood clots as might
be formed, was performed by Dr. Fin
ney, and Dr. Thomas, the specialist in
that line, came to Annapolis at Dr.
Finney's request in order to locate
from hc symptoms the proper place
for the operation. Dr. Brynes was
called in consultation with Dr. Stone
shertly after Branch had been brouht
to the hosoital.
Much evidence of a deeply interest
ing, though sometimes technical char
acter. was given by the medical men.
One point of interest brought out in
explanation of the fact that the skul!
was opened on the right side, that the
nerves controlling one side of the body
cross from the opposite or the brain,
while the nerves controlling the facial
musles do not. It vas further brought
out that the injury. though on the
right side, was occassioned by the
successive fist blows on the left side of
the head. The injury was of the na
ture blows to the skull on one~ side
of the head having the effect of fore
ing the brains against the walls of the
skll and eausing compression in that
Lne r very positive conviction that
Brnch died from the etteet of the
medically known as "contre cop," the
blows lhe had received in his fight with
Meriwether.
Big Fire in Cotton.
Augusta. Ga., Special-Augusta
was visited by a fire which destroyed
or damaged one thousand bales of
cotton, and also damaged the ware
house in which the staple was stored.
There is no possible explanation of
the cause of the fire.- as the compart
ment in which is originated had'not
been opened for two days, and there
were no signs of fire before the blaze
burst forth. The warehouse is owned
by Nixon and Danforth and the
building and contents were fully cov
ered by insurance. The loss is esti
mated to be in the neighborhood of
$40.000. The fire is now under con
trol.
Fire at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Special-Fire
caused dam-ge to the stock of the
Badger Furniture Company to the
amount of $75,000 and injured the
two seven-story buildings on Wash
ington street occupied by the comipanyv
to the extent of $10.000. The Colum
bia National Bank which occupied an
adjoining building was damaged by
water. During the prgrs of the fire
securities to the amount of $600.000)
were removed from the bank for
safey.
Tragedy Follows Marriage.
Anniston. Ala.. Special-J. E.
Phillips. a well known farmer. was
shot and~ ins~tantly killed 'near Hills
y Creek bridge, a fewv miles from
Oel potoiiee,. by Will (line, an
other farmer. The son of Ph.lillip~s
witnssed the shooting. Cline mnade
hisescpe Philis'son ray awvay
recet ly with the~ diaughter of Cline
and they were mjarried here.
Lynched for Killing a Man.
Coh'omaIZ. 3Iis~s.. Sp eial.--Dave
Sims. the neg ro who shot and kilksd
R. F. .Joneus ( white . at hiis home one
ni from MIangh Statiton, in this
count onl Sundmay ni ih t. was Ilynehedh
b an armed mob at t he scene of his
rime. Sims was cap tured Friday
and innediately bri;: ht to~ this place.
The nezro is said to have made a full
conl essioni.
Seven Mcre Days Given.
R ihmflond. Special.-The board14 of
visitors of the Virginia MIilitary Ini
sitte was inl se'sion hiere,. cO::sier
in t he matter of the retract iveness
of certainl endets at the West Point
o 1 the South. It rejectedl the comn
proise paper pr-epalred under th
Governrr's auspices. a nd gavec thi
recalitrant students seven more day
in whch to comply with the regida
tion of eh institte or he..dismisse
RUSSIAN AffAIRS BETTR
Strike Fiasco and Bnd of Polish
Crisis Have Strengthened the
Hands of the Government.
St. Petersburg, By Cable-The pres
ent lull is giving the government a
slight breathing spell. The strike fi
asco and the passing of the polish
crisis have certainly temporarily
strengthened the hands of the govern
ment. Practically all datiger of the
necessity for dealing with an armed
uprising in Poland is regarded as over'
and martial law will probably be ab
olished at the end of the week. The
immediate question confronting the
cabinet is the electoral law. Premier
Witte and his colleagues have almost
reached the conclusion to base the
elections practically on universal suf
frage.
A member of the cabinet who niay
be considered to reflect the views of
the Premier said:
" The extreme wing of the intelli
ent Liberals still insist on fighting a
wind mill when they express fears of
a return'to the old regime. That has
passed foverer. The Emperor's.step
is irrevocable. The reports that his
resolution has been shaken are abso
lutely without foundation. Neverthe
less, the country must be saved from
anarchv. and strong meaures like
those measures instituted at Cherni;
off, Saratoff, Tarnboff and Penza must
be taken where the occasion arses.
Neither in Russia nor abroad need
there be the slightest fears that the
government desires to retrace its
steps."
Speaking ot the Jewish qnestions,
the member of the cabinet said: For
the cabinet there exists no Jewish.
qiistion. It is not what should be
done, bat'hef to do it. We are ab
solutelv ne mind that all the re
strition the Jews should be ab
olished, but for the goverament to
decree equality Without act'an on the
part of the Douma would be fill of
1an ner. The prejudice against the
J.ews among the ignorant classes of
Russia is not fancied. It is deplor,
able but true that people under the
old regime were saturated, with the
idea that the Jews were their oppres
sors. If the Jews were granted equa
rights with Russians the latter would
accept it as confirmation of the sus
picions they already harbor on a
count of recent developments, that'the
Emperor has betrayed them, and,
nothing the enitral government conld
do would prevent the most frightful
massacres.
Steamer Goes Down With 16.
Clarks Harbor, 1N. S.. specal.-The
Norweigian steamer Turbine, with her
captain and crew of about stiee
mri, is thought to have founde~
steamer Edna R., which arrived he.
from Mfud Island, brought the ne
that 'on Friday about 5 p. mn. a la
steamer supposed to be the Turb"
struck Black Rockledge, off the sou
coast of the province, backed up in a
few minutes, andthen. disappearedid
the raging sea. Persons on- the. is
and who saw the steamer strike on
the ledge were a considerable distane
away, and owing to the tremendous
sea running, it was impossible to
launch a boate r
Truckers Coulpromise.
Wilmington, Special.--J. 0. Car1
cou'sel for the truckers associationa
Grists, N. C., in the Chadbourne sec-f
tion, has announced a compromise of
the sui 'ntly brought against the
Atlantie Co t Line for the recove
of $13.703.39, the same being the,
aont of loss by members of the
association by re< on of .the refriger
ator car shortage uring the
strawberry shipping season. the sam
covering days from lay 1 to 6, in
clusive, a part of wh ch was not mn
eluded in the compi-om e with the Ar
mour line. The comp mise was
payment by the coast l' so
which is an average of $1. .-Ver era
of 32 quarts. It is understood .th,
Cost Line. by the terms of its co
tract with the'Armour~ lines, iJLik~
recourse uponi that corporation for
ramount recovered of them.
Gang of Pickpockets. j
Valdosta, Ga., SpeciaL-Seven 3
leged pickpockets were arrested here
and are being held for investigatio
They are said to be a gang that has~
been following Rinaland Brothers' Ce!
c-us through Georgia and Florida.Th
nams and locations ;riven by We'
prisoners are: James King, of Bir-j
migham: John Burton, Montgomeryn
Ed Cole. M'emphis: Frank Mortgan,'O0
Louisville; J. A. Morris and Sam Ack -
erman, of Memphis. and James Hiek
ev. of Marion. Ind. Circus detectives
spotted the men and local police -fod
lwed and arrested them.
To Penitentiary Fer Safety.
Columbia, S. C., Special.-The n
gro who made a. confession to-an 9
sault upon a white woman in G
den and who is was feared wod~
lynehed by citizens of that place.
quietly removed from the Camden
andl brought to the penitentim-y.h.
for safe keeping. Governor Hew~
ha' been asked for troops to prt
the negro. hut alter the above a~O
t was not necessary t.) order t
$3,000,000 Bequeathed to Art.
Worheste r. Mass.. Special .-By
will of Stephen Salisbury. which wn
feid for probate Tuesday afternoo
more than s:3.000.000 is bequeathed
the2 Worehester Art Museum. His e
tate is estimated at $5.0001.000. Th
s.Oieasts also include .$23,000 to Mr.
eary Hubbard, Lynchburg, Va.
Fire dessroyed .9) bildings -
M ialevvile. Va., enw -a iom