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KXPI.OSION AT PATEHSON. | ^ Mill Partly Wrwkwl by Bomb? | Great Excitement. i Paterson, N. J., July 23.?The explosion of a bomb partly wrecked * the Helvetia silk mills early yesterday, the resulting excitement bringing hundreds of workers who have recently been on strike from their g beds to the streets. Great damage p was done to the machinery and other s fittings of the factory, many windows j] were broken and one wall was crush- t <r - - "T - . 6 * S. C. POSTMASTERS MEET ANNUAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT Ellison Capers Presides at First Session at Glenn Spriiigs?Discussion of New Stamps. 8partanburg Special to Columbia State.July 22.?The first session of the South Carolina Postmasters' Association convention at Glenn Springs was held today at 12 o'clock and will last throughout tomorrow. The meeting was called to order by the president of the association, Ellison Capers, of Summerton and the welcome address was made by Secretary John Wood of the Spartanburg skomhnr n f pnm mprpo T. i rPRnnnap the president made a brief talk, assuring the appreciation of the assembly for the kind words of Mr. Wood and concluding with a tribute to the city of Spartanburg. The session during the morning 1 and the early part of the forenoon was for the most part taken up with the enrollment of delegates and the arranging of plans for the meeting tomorrow. The afternoon session was called at 3:30, and the appointineut of committees was immediately entered upon. Postmaster Huggins of Columbia was appointed chairman of the resolutions committee. On the nominations committee the following were named: Chairman J. J. H. Donlin, Fountain Inn; A. M. i Morris. Pickens; Hartwell Aver. Florence. The annual speech of President Capers, which was due in the morn- j ing session, was then delivered and was OI a niRniy uiitirucuvc uaiuic. It dealt with the pood of the association, its progress and the work that has been mapped out for the body to accomplish. A lengthy but interesting disousfdon was then entered upon in which all the delegates participated on the subject of "Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of : Parcel Post Stamps." The ndvlsabil- | Ity of using these stamps for regular mail and special delivery parcels was argued and much was brought out in the discussion upon this new I, postal feature. I, The session tomorrow morning , will start at 9 o'clock, at which time ; Miss Huntly, postmistress of Cheraw, ^ will address the meeting upon "The Postal Service." Other speakers will . talk upon interesting subjects, such as the mail service in rural routes , and the parcel post. The govern- j ment inspector, who has been sent from Washington to act as Instrnc-(j tor, will address the convention at j this time upon the subject of "Post- , office Methods." ; After this the election of officers , and the selection of the next meeting 5 place will be accomplished and the f convention will adjourn. About .Id ?] of the postmasters of the state are f attending the meeting. I r HALF HUNDRED LOSE j? LIVES IN FIRE TRAP I 1 Flames Swwp Through Overall i Factory?Women and Girls "Leap From Windows. Binghnmton, N. Y., July 23.? ( Fifty persons were killed, according'r to late estimates, and many were in-,' Jured, a dozen of them mortally. In 1 a fire which swept the four-story r factory building of the Ringhamton ^ Clothing Company yesterday after-] noon. The victims were chiefly women and girls. I' At midnight 26 bodies had been I recovered. In the city hospital and s In private institutions are 30 injured. r Some two score persons are known ? to have escaped as if by a miracle ' from the building which burst into " flame like a tinder box ana became v a roaring furnace almost in no time sJ after the first alarm was sounded. * About 126 persons were in the factory when the Are broke out. Those " unaccounted for, or most of them, rl \are believed to be still in the red hot ? ruins of the structure. ? Around the scene of the catastro- w \ phe, the greatest this citv has ever w k-n r". rt thmisarwlQ 1n<t nicht u'ntfhoH * ' the rescuers work In the glare of | ^ three big searchlights, many In the great throng being restrained only f* by the closely drawn police lines n from rushing into the ruins to seek the bodies of relatives or friends. w Many streams of water are being ; ai poured into the fiery pit. which a ' few hours ago was the cellar of the A burned establishment. As the ruins were cooled slightly, from time to a time in a spot upon which the streams were centered, men wen' forward to dig as long as human endurance would allow them to work. Occasionally a body was found and Y quickly taken away. II This work went on all night and u will perhaps go on all day today be- w fore the glowing mass gives up its j d last dead. It will take at least two v: days, the authorities believe, before tj the cellar can be cleared and the v whole truth can become known. b I o Some Speed. tl Everybody's Magazine. w A cnest in a Cincinnati hotel wne h shot and killed. The negro porter p who heard the shooting was a wit- s< ness at the trial. fi "How many shots did you hear?" a asked the lawyer. e< "Two shots, sah," he replied. tl "How far apart were they?" 1< "'Bout like dis way," explained the h negro, his hands with an in- f terval of about a secou 1 between 1 y claps. | a "Where were you when the first j is shot was fired?" n "Shinin' a gemman's shoes in the H basement of de hotel." Tl "Where were you when the second shot was fired?" "Ah was paBsin* de Big Fo' depot." ; To Destroy Tolstoi Books. ISt Petersburg, July 23.?Emper- n or Nicholas has approved of the de- t (islon of the Holy Synod to destroy j the three poBthumous works of ? Count Leo Tolstoi on the ground that they are unorthodox comments on 1 the Old Testament. The protest of , Count Tolstoi's reratives against ' such action has proved unavailing. ; n i ed in. The police began at once to i conduct a rigid examination, but no e arrests had been made last night. j, The Helvetia mills constitute one e of the largest plants among the sev- p eral affected by the past four months v strike of the Paterson silk workers. j| Several thousand of the strikers have t recently been returning to their a work without having won their de- t mands. () n FOUNDER'S DAY AT CLEVELAND. P c Ohio City Celebrates Its One llun- J' dre<! and Seventeenth llirthday. Cleveland, Ohio, July 22.?Just 117 years ago today this city was founded by Moses Cleaveland and from a platform in the public square * near the monument to his memory, n city officials delivered appropriate w speeches this morning. The early P settlers' association had charge of , a the program. P: A concert and an athletic carnival in which the city will give prizes is ,t( being held at Kdgewater park this afternoon. Robert Carran. aged T 101, hoisted the flag on the staff at p' the base of the Cleaveland mono- j' ment. ci p, - lu mo\ic tf Abbeville Press and Banner. J" Webster says a corn is "a horny p( induration and thickening of the ep- , [dermis is some point, especially on t;, the toes, produced by friction or pres- ^ sure. When the substance of the tr corn is white and sodden, as between the toes, it is called a soft corn." "Welcome gentlemen! Ladies tj. that have the toes ,jv] "Unplagued with corns will have rf i bout with you."?Shakespeare. p, Front the above description you tj may diagnose a corn without calling xv n a chiropodist jj, Webster nor Shakespeare has of- a, 'ered any cure. jn Webster being a diffident and rath r bashful individual did not wish to state that corns were a product of itviltsation superinduced by an n- J sane desire to follow the fashions, s< >ven at the expense of comfort. rhat men and women are afraid of or lying in the face of conventionalities gc ind wearing moccasins or some sort of >f footwear that would ease the It igony. ir Some people say that they have no ca orns, but they might as well tell the ov ruth for no one believes them. hi Corns have some advantages, how- to >ver. On Sundays they are prompt tli nonitors to sleepy parishioners, in- in essantly calling attention to the ser- th non, and the tight footed swain who w< alls on his dulcineas may not stay er intil midnight, but is constantly re- te ninded to hie him to his den. And rhat would the manufacturers of en Blue Darter," and "Deep \Vell an )rill" corn cure do for an existence te f it were not for corns? wi Corns are fashionable. It is conidered aristocratic and proper to se road softly with cold sweat and ag- bn nizlng crowfeet enveloping the re ountenance It gives a man or a fai oman such graceful posture while ro alking, a sort of duck wobble much hil aught after by the ultramarine blue or F. V.'s and tun's. j,r We could not discard the patent wl orse hides for cotton cloth, it's too da heap. We prefer the corn and ag- Co ny, and when we are on the verge be f lockjaw we can even smile when re| e see ninetv-nine out of a hundred clo earing the same cast of counten- da nee as ourselves and walking with te same careful tread. rat Then, too. when the paper weight set tils directly upon the corn we are nei 'minded of the brevity of life and wl ansientcy of all earthly things of do hich it is good to be reminded now prt nd then. pu Let us inaugurate no change. sh< way with cloth shoes and mocca- of ns. Isnng on the patent horsehlrte eri nd ironbound kip. Viva corns! V p i ou Yourself. Your greatest problem is yourself. Qf oil are algo your greatest treasure. ' you can get yourself determined wa pon?find out what you are and wa hat you are for?and if you can (j0 iscover and develop the elements of fP{ alue in your nature, your life will asj ike on the beauty of orderliness and fQ, our need of the savings bank will m[ e less and less, for you will be your tei wn riches. I say if you can, for lis procedure takes wisdom, and pi( isdom is a fruit which ripens slow- mf ? Pf?rhnnc vnu n rn n nt vat ti- ion . "? 7^* " e* ^rhaps you are still Incapable of de [df-analysls; perhaps you are con- inj used amid the surfaces and appear- ye nces of life; perhaps your code of ye anduct Is based upon the customs.of a 1 he times and the sayings of the al- dr ?ged sages,; perhaps you are dlseartened and discouraged?even In ; , renzv of retreat before the things in I our life which seem to oppose you . nd bent you back. But even so, this ai i but a condition or mood which la if)1 ot final. The condition will right JV1 (self, th* mood will pass.?Blchard vigniman. an and Short. vo lan Francisco Chronicle. RO Huaband?I must go out tonight, ny love. Engagement with a cubomer. Wife?Very well, but don't be 1 :one long and? Huaband?And what? Wife?Don't come home short. as Give a small hoy a piece of chalk ex nd he'll make his mark. lei THE LANCASTER NE' ;UM.10N(iOI>D CONFERENCE VORK GOES ON AT W1NTHROP. 'on e of Stenographers Busy Dispatching Announcements of Big Meeting in Columbia. Rock Hill Special to Columbia itate, July 23.?One of the busiest ilaees at the Wiuthrop summer ehool is room 23, where temporary leadquarters of the Conference for he Common Good has been estab (shed. A rorce 01 sieuograpners is inployed in sending out programs nd announcements of the confernce, called to convene in Columbia*' mgust 6 and 7. These announcements are being mailed to something ike 10,000 of the most representaive people of South Carolina among 11 classes, professions and occupaions. From the temporary headuarters will also be issued statements by prominent men as to the lans. purposes and objects of this onference. These statements will e published from time to time in the ?ading daily and weekly papers of iie state. The purpose of this conference is a assemble in Columbia, at that Ime, one of the largest and most ppresentatlve gatherings from every alk of life ever held in the state. A rogram has been prepared covering Imost every question of vital interst and concern to the people of outh Carolina. These subjects are ) be discussed by the ablest experts ) be found in the United States, he discussions are to be open and eery body win dp encouraged io parcipate in an informal manner. It the object of the promoters to scire for the conference the largest assible attendance. To this end a tailing list of 10,000 of the most rominent and thoughtful men and omon in every walk and avenue of fe has been prepared, to whom ma rial relating to the conference will ? sent in an effort, through them, ? reach and influence the greatest issible number. W. Ranks Rove, assistant secreirv of state. Columbia, has been ade secretary to the local conunite on arrangements and will mainiin temporary headquarters at Winirop College until Augtist 1. After lat time he will be Ideated in Ooimbia, from which point he will intinue to promote and direct the reparations for this conference un1 the day of its convening. He ould be pleased to have additional sts for mailing purposes prepared id sent to him by any one who is terested in the success of the conrence. Wide Tires. luthern Rood Roads Magazine. Wide tires on heavily loaded wagis will do more to keen roads in )od condition and reduce the cost maintenance than anything else, is an undisputed fact that narrow ontired veicles are one of the main tuses of the rapid deterioration of ir public roads. Vehicles should ive tires with a width in proportion the load the vehicle can carry, e tires ranging from two to eight ches. If the front axle was shorter an the rear axle so that wheels ould not tread it would still futhdecreases the cost of mainnance. Such wagons are not at the pres:t time on the market to any extent, id the demand for them will he dermined by road regulations that :11 require their use. A state or a county that taxes itlf to raise revenue with which to lild good roads has the right to gulate traffic on these roAds. It is ir and equitable that users of narw irontired vehicles should he profited from improved public road should be required to pay a heavy ivilege tax for using the road San Diego, Cal., July 23.?Secrery Josephus Daniels said In an lnrvlew here last night that It wan 8 purpose to stand on the bridge of e old battleship Oregon and lead e entire battleship fleet of the Uni3 states through the Panama canal d thence up the Pacific coast. The yage would be made, he said, as on as Colonel Ooethals gave the >rd that the fleet could steam rough the waterway. Nice and Easy. *troit Free Press. "Is it hard to learn to swim?" I ked the sweet young thing. "Dear me, no." replied the more i perlenced sweet young thing. "I | ?rn every year."? ?ioli sh:ill in proportion to tne mage they do to the road, unty or road commissioners should given the authority to make such ?ulations as will insure that vehi s will do the minimum amount of mage to the road. A national road convention whose iln object would be to crystalize itiment and public opinion to the fm! of regulation regarding the dth of iron tires on vehicles, would a great deal toward solving the Dhlem of the maintenance of our blic roads. Such a convention Mild be made up of not only users the roads but of the manufacturj of wagons and other vehicles. Won His Wager. w York CJlobe. A gentleman in Dublin, speaking the Irish cabman, said that noth? ever satisfied them, and that he s willing to prove his words on a for th.it if he should EO to the or and call a cab, no matter what ? he would give, the driver would k for more. The wager was taken r ten pounds sterling. The gentlein called a cab, drove about a quar of a mile, stepped out and handthe driver a ten-shilling gold ice. Cabby drove off. The gentlein who had taken the wager was ulting in his triumph, when sudnly the cabby returned, and, touch; his hat, said: "Please, sir, have a durty three-pence bit about ? It would be such a pity to break bright piece of gdld like this for a ink." 17111 flu (Ha I Thrnucrh Punnl i W s, JULY, 25, 1913. BIG WEEK IN ANDEBSON. Joint Movement of State and Federal Troops. Special to The News. Anderson, July 2 2.?It has Just been announced by the war depart- tit ment at Washington City that a en % special detachment of United States a regular troops, together with ma- Cc chine gun equipment, will be sent T1 to Anderson for the encampment of of utnfp trnnns which nnonu in tVtic r?l v ,i? "%v> ?. vvFv,, " ...v.. V.l.O V.VJ 11U Wednesday, July 23, and extends on ie< for eight days. Since this announce- im ment has been made, it is believed an that thousands of people will take ne advantage of the low rates offered and come to Anderson, for the pur- 36 pose of observing the maneouvers of at the state troops, the expert work of Co the United States regulars and the th special work which will be done by by the United States especially equipped machine gun outfit. It has not yet been definitely determined just which day will he designated as Governors' Day by the " military authorities, though it is stated that a regimental dress parade will be held 011 that day, and re- to viewed by the governor. General te: Moore, governmental officials and ^,a various state dignitaries. " The railroads of the state have an- un nounced especially low rates to An a derson on account the encampment. a while the Greenville, Spartanbun; Ai Jn Anderson Electric Interurban Rail* *a way has ?'.vt n especially attrc ti\e 0 rates. ^ This will be the first opportunity people of the Upper South have hod , ... ,.< ........ .....I br lu ?rr a jumi inuvruiuiii wi ir auu federal troops, together with ma- "a chine gun equipment. and it is be- <"e' lleved that no one will miss an ep- Al portunitv to view the same. th; tri Silence often gets the best of the ? argument. The llest Medicine in the World. tin "My little girl had dysentery very ed bad. I thought she would die. sai Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and si? Diarrhoea Remedy cured her, and I esi can truthfully say that I think it is lib the best medicine in the world," writes Mrs. William Arvls, Clare, Ac! Mich. For sale by all dealers. Final Discharge. Notice Is hereby given that Wylie M Q. Caskey, administrator of the es- | tate of Clarence W. Caskey, deceas- I ed, baa this day made application unto me for a final discharge as such administrator, and that the 7th day of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. at my office has been appointed for the hearing of said petition. J. E. STEWMAN, Probate Judge, Lancaster County, ' 8. C. Final Discharge. Notice Is hereby given that Mary H. Brewer, guardian of the estate of Sara B. Brewer, minor, has this day made application unto me for a final discharge as such gu&rdl&n; and that the 30th day of July, 1913, at 16 o'clock a. m., at my office, has been appointed for the hearing of said petition. J. E. STEWMAN, Judge of Probate, Lancaster County, s c July 1, 1913. dmSXL loVI I ?genuine refreshment! Starts quick as the first delicious , drop of Pepsi-Cola moistens your tongue. Lasts long as the fruity, tart juices and oils stay in your system and mix with your blood. Not so sweet as some others?it stops thirst?doesn't produce more! Anybody can drink it and feel better. PFPCT r?l? I gives you natural refreshment in a perfectly natural way. It's pure. Cools off body ? wakes up mind. It isn't medicine ? it's pleasure and benefit all day long! Do you drink Pepsi-Cola? One glass, then a second will prove it is better than them all. Try it. You're thirsty, NOWI In Rottlra At Fount* 5c Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works I an ra^fer S C CORPORATION TAX. >uth Carolina Realizes $133,810.47 From This Source. Columbia Special to Charlotte Obrver, July 23.?The sum of $133,6.47 vfhs collected from corpora?n license tax for the fiscal year ding June 30, 1913, according to report made public yesterday by luipiruiier ueuprai j\. vv . juiies. | lis Is an Increase of over $11,000 I the previous year and more than [ >uble the amount which was col- I cted In 1905, the first year the law iposing a license fee on domestic id foreign corporations doing buslss In South Carolina. Of the amount of this Income $81,- I 15.42 was paid by domestic corpor- ] ions, $43,738.14 by public utility rporations Intrastate receipts and e rest representing property used foreign corporations. JULY COLLAPSED. ice For Cotton Month Falls FortyFive Points. NeV Orleans, July 23.?July cotu collapsed In the local market yesrday afternoon under heavy liqultion by holders of long contracts, le price fell to 11.92 or 45 points I ider the last quotation of Monday, ' not lntics of mnrp tlinn t\i*o /Inlltti*.. I bale. There was no demand for ly contracts and brokers effected les only after breaking the market to 8 points at a time. The new ?p months fell 8 to 9 points under jnday's close in sympathy. One report in explanation of the eak was that bull interests who ve been operating in July had re-' ived all the cotton they wanted. . lotlier story was that the leading terests already had liquidated and j at yesterday's selling came from ' iiling longs. I Notice to Debtors and Creditors. i All persons having claims against 1 e estate of T. M. Jackson, doc ess- , , are hereby notified to file the me, duly verified, with the under- i riled. nnrt ihoRO lnitohtoH tn late will please make payment j :ewlse. PORTER M. JACKSON, Imr. Estate of T. M. Jackson, Doceased. June 20. lilt. DR. CA, WILL BE H Monday, July 21, tc Testing and Fitting Glasses t If you have eye-strain and n to pay us a visit and have yo charge. If you need glasses able as anywhere else. 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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, as administrator of the estate of Charlie Owens, deceased, on the *15th day of August, 1913, make his final return as such administrator and apply to the Probate Court of Lancaster county for letters dismlssnrv. J AS." O. CAUTHEN, Admir. Estate of Charlie Owens, Do- ? ceased. July 11. 1913. To Prevent Blood Poisoning a'.ply at once the wonderful old reliable DR PORTHR'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL.a sur Kical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c.50c.$i.W It is easy for a man with loose morals to get tight. Playiug the fool is not likely to become a lost art. MPBELL * m* ERE FROM ? 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