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Tbs AbbeYifle Press and Banner, PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. An early and severe winter is preflicted. This Is cold comfort. New York is the second city in the world, but it feels big as the first The redeeming feature about the | pictured hobble skirt is its impossibility. Alcohol is a necessity in paint It Beem to have a special affinity for red : point Whose business it is, anyway, what particular variety or nat you cuoosh to wear? ] ' ( The man who said summer Is over , la hunting his old straw hat in the ash barrel. i The government is advertising for a fcylotomlst. If you know a good one | , tell him about it. Here's a centenarian who swears off ' on liquor and tobacco. It's never too late, you know. Infant paralysis Is no respector of ! age. It has just killed a woman of sixty-six In Connecticut. Pittsburg man Invents an apparatus Tor forecasting earthquakes. No fam- ? lly should be without one. ' Count Zeppelin's airships can never ' Increase their popularity by making i specialty of blowing up. What a fine opening that alligator ? ?1 ? ~ -.* 1" UoTir Pam InVrA 5 0WlLUUliii? O.K, lai 5U m x u *r J. Mil ? offers to ambitious bathers! Market report announces, "Eggs t strong at 32 cents a dozen." How much for those that are not? ^ ] A fund to pension aged and worn- i out authors is suggested. Why not I pension worn-out readers? ( The man who "always gets up at J daylight in the summer time" does it i because the flies won't let him sleep any longer. s . \ According to advices counterfeit c fifty-dollar bills are being circulated, but fortunately most of us are out of the danger zone. t A $60,000 bulldog has died in England, and there is to be a post-mortem f Investigation. It is an important thing i to be a $60,000 bulldog. ^ t Emperor William is a man of stub- 1 born opinions. He still sticks to the t divine right of kings and to his belief t that he can write an ODera. i ~ ?? It A western mlnisier informs us that ; automobile speeders never go to heav- > en. Probably the golden strets are po- < liced too well to attract them. 1 New York plans to spend over $4,- ( . 000,000 for its health next year. As t that is less than $1 for each New < Yorker, it would seem to be worth the i money. t It has been estimated that the average American eats 82 pounds of sugar svery year. Now we'd like to know j how many pounds he pays for to get k that quantity. | 5 The astronomers who are trying to , work up another comet scare are " hereby politely but firmly advised ( that the public is disillusioned now about anything coming back. The hobble skirt, according to one | of the fashion journals, "will die a natural death." Haviug seen it in action, we are afraid some of its wearers will not be so fortunate. "The grasshopper serves no useful purpose," declares a scientist. Indeed! Did the scientist ever go out after 1 small-mouth bass in August when the i bass wouldn't bite on green frogs?. ] The aviating joy ride has been in- i augureted. This should be nipped in ] the bud. With aviation going on in a < scientific and respectable manner it will upset aerial travel at the start ] to have reckless aviators darting j along through space, ready to collide > with any other old aeroplane which may happen along, or to drop on un -Ai-~ wUKnnf ti'Qrn. SUSpeL-UIIfc ycucouiaud " *W4vuv lug. 1 In actual warfare the dropping of a dynamite bomb down the funnels of a battleship from an aeroplane would 1 doubtless cause serious internal complications on the part of the battleship. But also the planting of a one to three-inch shot in the motor or- ' steering apparatus of the aeroplane would doubtless disorganize the airship beLigc-rent. It is all a question of which gets its projectile properly j located first. ^ A parachute performer in red tights J frightened the Rockefeller estate by j descending on it from the air and was carefully carried outside the gate. Perhaps they thought it was the Titian-haired siren, whose recent discovery has so perturbed the oil trust. A young woman in New York tried J to kill herself because editors would not publish her poetry. If that were cause for suicide, half the present population of the country would long ego have ceased making a show in | the census returns. l One of the aeroplane experts has { succeeded in taking five passengers1 up over the treetops. The most im-! portant feature of the performance | was that he managed to let them; down easy. A Boston girl !s to attempt a flight ! on an aero kite. It is evident that now ! the conquest of the air seems In sight, all sorts of reckless feats will be tried of no benefit to either science or individuals. That is the real drawback to careful arid fruitful ex- j perimentation of any new force. ? | SOUTH CAROLINA j. FIRE LOSS $796,351,57. This From January to September Report by Mr. ]&cMaster. n The following report has been made a by the department of insurance on n causes of fire: Ash pan in kitchen. 1; defective h flue,6; defective chimney, 1, explosion of range, 1; explosion of lamp, 1; electric iron left* with current on, n 1; firebrand failing1 from stove, 1; o in picking room,l; lighting, 11; \ lighted match or cigars, 2; matches, 1; a overturned lamps, 2; range in restau- 9 rant kitchen, 1; spark from cotton S jin, 1; spark from chimney, 2;spark p 511 roof, 5; unknown, 66; -windstorm, t' 2. Total number of fires in Septem- t aer, 106. Total number of fires pre- c riously reported, 858. Total number t )64. t Corrested estimate of reported losses from January 1 to October 1, 1910. v January $ 26,099,94 February 100,330,24 e March 113,888,36 r April 131,718,74 a May 76,520,02 a June 33,154,73 n July 194.214.91 August 65,739.93 ti September 54,049/JJ t v Total. $790,315,97 d 1: The high school fund amounted to ?G0,000. Last, year there were 131 c righ schools in the State to receive 1; lid. This number will be increased p his year about twelve. w The Seaboard has already started m vork from McBee to Hartsville. t Darlington, and they will rush the d ,vork on into Florence at the earliest t possible moment. e It is possible that the South Carolina Congressmen will get torether and place a bill dividing the vfntA into two Federal districts. C South Carolina Railroad Commis;ion acceps companies' plans and vork "will begain at once 011 Union . lepot at Chester. Surprising Condition of Children. > That there are many children in f he Spartanburg schools whose eyes b ire defective, whose hearing is bad md whose general physical condition g s very poor and at "the same time a vhose parents are totally unaware t hat there is any thing in the Avorld v vrong with them was made clear af- p er one day's work by the commit- t>! ee who are examining all children s n the public schools. The.revela- a ions made the first day were truly b iftloufcding. They found children s vho could positively see out of but n >ne eve and who positively could lear out of but one ear. The ex- r imination has met with the approval i< )f everv one in the city, the parents, t school officials and the pbysi- p ians, who claim that it is a great q vork that i? being done for Spartan- d >urs:'s children. n Four in One Day. fc Four white babies were born in u h? Roper hospital in Charleston, fa 2 /-v *>-?/-? Ann .nnnricorl PaIaiioI T^/\ncP- o JVUH/ vnv u^r^xiovu vviviivi J.IVWWV V ;elt of the fact and the following t: elegram received from the colonel a md made public shows that his views p is to race suicide have undergone no f rhange: t 'To the Roper Hospital, a "Charleston, S. C. "Delighted. Congratulate the mo- c hers for me on their anti-race sui- A ride accomplishment of Sunday. f (Signed) c "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." e SUMMARY. The total assessed value of all ^ property in the State is $17,405,187 ,a ?or this year against $17,032,216 for 6 ast year. An alligator was found in a branch ii n Laurens county and Mayor Me- 1 S'inch savs it is the first one he has fi ;ver seen at large in Laurens county. I Dr. H. F. Cheitzbers, who was a 1 Methodist minister for 37 years died t it Monroe, his North Carolina home, b ind was buried at Spartanburg. a The Presbyterians of Rock Hill ire making a canvass to raise $20,- ^ 300 for an edifice of worship. There are nine candidates oil*. T for the vacant office of county audi- o tor in Laurens. The ralary of the of- f Bee is about $1,000 a venr. e President Cosgrove has called a c meeting of the Good Roads and t Drainage league to be held in Aiken n on "Wednesday, November 2. j The Anderson County Farmers' Union has adopted a resolution call- 1 insr on all of the farmers of the 3 county to hold cotton for 15 cents, c State Fair. October 31-Noveuiber 4. Tha Greenville & Knoxville rail- 1 way is taking active steps toward the development of the Drake Inn s property in tlie upper part of Green- j vilie county. Drake inn is near . Ceasar's Head. At the annual meeting of the * board of trade the report of one of * the committees showed 04 new indus- i tries establish! 1 in Greenville for i three-qnailers of the year 1910. Amonir the feature events of fos- t live fair week will be automobile ? racing. x A vigorous crusade is being waged against the dealers in ice cream cones who infest the streets in front of the public schools ol' Spartanburg t tlin lil ron *i i*f> fit l />< /* cc At Sumter a few davs a.iro, eon- > stables seized some ale from the j <1 rucr store of Dr. ('. W. Burnie, col- j ored. olaiminjr that the ale was alro- \ liolie. After tliresiiinir out the mat- i ter. the ?;raud jury threw out the | case. ; The Middlesburir mill at Batesbnnj is running1 six and a half days a j week now, making up for the tiriu | lost this ]>ust summer. ] "LEW TO WHITE HOUSE ( Jnglish Aviator Sails Around Six ^ Miles and Perches at President's Mansion?Taft "Not at Home." Washington.?In a narrow street, S ipan a precisely selected spot, after n aerial flight of more than six p ailes across the city, Claude GrahamVhite, the English aviator, dropped is aeroplane at the side door of the Vhite House. On the way thither at a height of icarly 500 feet, he circled the dome f the Oaoitol and passed the lofty Yashington monument level with the pex. He landed between the low e' tfl tructure of the great building of the itate building, War and Navy De- ^ >artments and the low structure of he executive offices in a space where lie slightest diviation from his j ourse would have impaled him upon ^ he spikes of the iron fence around 1 he White House grounds at his right r smashed him against the granite rail at his left. 1 The ai robin struck the asphalt pav- P1 d street squarely in the middle and P oiled 200 feet farther up the stone 111 nd iron hedged lane in as straight line as an automobile could have J) loved. jj. President Taft was not "at home" ' o receive his unexpected calier from he air, but Admiral George Dewey ?? as t here .to grasp the hand of the ,] aring aviator and to offer congratu- ? it ions. , An hour later, Mr. White again as- J1 ended from the spot where he had J inded and returned to his starting ? oint?'the Bennings race track? ? without mishap. Later in the day, ( rhile giving exhibition flights, he had ,, wo accidents which resulted in slight 1 amage to his two aeroplanes. For- p unately, however, the aviator escap- t d unhurt. ?f ?, ct tititt/\t?iti rrrv itav pnttaw v< JCjX X VXVii. XV iflA wi J.vii> inference of American and Foreign Bankers Would Put 6 Cents on Bale ^ New Orleans.?General opposition broughout the South manifested it- it: elf when announcement) was made in V1 cl lew York of the plan to organize a ^ oreign company "to guarantee cotton , ills of lading. or Although the proposed charge for uranteeing is only six or seven cents bale, Southern cotton men contend hat in the -aggregate such 'a scheme :ould pla^e a heavy burden on the p ianter, broker and merchant, and ! hat the reputable firms of the South hould not be made to suffer for the lleged frauds of concerns who have ge ecn pretending for several years to ^ oil vast quantities of a staple comloditv at bargain counter prices. ij. Such a plan "is an insult to the jQ epu'table cotton firms of the South" gc ; the gist of a resolution passed by ^ he Memphis cotton exchange, while rominent Atlanta business men are ^ noted as declaring mat wimever is oc one, "it will come out of the far- ?i ler's pocket.'' Resolutions passed by the Hons- p] on cotton exchange declare it "an njust tax" and similar resolutions ave been passed by the cotton ex- e? hange at Dallas, while the resolu- J ions of the New Orleans exchange q ssert 'that "the proposed guarantee w wposition would single cotton out aj rora all other products and make it he peculiar object of discrimination cr nd burdensome conditions." ' The resolutions of .the Southern exhansres were telegraphed to William q l. N'ash, who is presiding at the conerence of representatives of Amerian banks and foreign banks and forign buyers in New York. 0, One Penny Sells For $101. New York.-v-The Gilbert collecion of cents issued in 1894 was solfl g{ t auction by Thomas L. Elder, the ?? 3 coins realizing $1,630. These coins, which were produced ti the second year of the history of q Lmeriean pennies, are always classi- q ed according to the Hays collection. lays No. 40 brought $101. Hays No. js 9 brought $51, the record price for a( hat particular coin. Hays No. 25 p, nought $75. Old and rare pennies m ,re very valuable. fc Resident Going to Panama Nov. 10. Beverly, Mass.?President Taft rill sail for the Isthmus of Panama ^ in November 10 from Charleston. m ie will make t.he trip on the armor- 0j (1 cruiser North Carolina and will be ej onveyed by the sister s*hip, the Hon- jj. ana. These are the same vessels q( ised by }ir. Taft in his Panama trip p] ust before his inauguration. C( Tiie President will be irone -about 2 davs. Tlie North (Carolina and r( ilontana can make the journey in n( ach direction in four da)-?. w Atlantic Fleet Will Dodge Cholera. Wash in "ton.?The Atlantic hattle , M map lieet wm visir amy jmisu&i ann . p French ports on 1 lie English channel i luring the forthcoming: winter cruise. m \nnouncement of a definite decision 3M o eliminate all Mediterranean ports 'rom the fleet's itinerary was made ^ it the navy department. The chanire in plans was neeessi- . ated by the outbreak of cholera at several of the ports of the -Mediter- ^ ancan. . Battleship South Carolina Wins. Washington.?Scores for elemenary fire during: spring practice of w lw. Mw. iiu >111 Ul I II v I 1111 ITU O l ill IT.** I III \ u\ |j, innounced show die now battleship |j South Carolina was tho trophy win- p icr in her class. The report snows n ,he relative ellicioney in methods of ], raining for tho development or' gunpointers und?r short range conditions i!i< 1 when firing guns singly. -|The Charleston won the cruiser p trophy, ilie Mayflower that for gun- j, boats and t'.ie K-.'id that fur torpedo boats. jj ;HEAPU. S. STAMPS ; Will Come Soon On Record t of Department ELF SUSTAINING POSTOFFICE ostmaster General Hitchcock Say3 Postal System Will Pay Its Own Expenses?Deficit Tumbles ? OneCent Letter Postage in Sight, Washington.?Before the close of lother fiscal year the Federal post >tablishment "will become self-susjning. This will be accomplished ithout curtailing in the slightest le service rendered or lessening in ly respect its efficiency. This statement was made by Postaster General Hitchcock in connecon with the announcement that he id submitted to the Treasury Delrtment, five days in advance of the me fixed by law, his estimates of appropriations for the Postoffice Deirtment and the postal service dur.. fl^ol iioor V>ocrinnin<? .Tulv 1. r\ tlJC vwj, 0 v During the lost fiscal year, ended jne 30 last, Mr. Hitchcock covered ick into the Treasury about $G,000,)0 out of the actual appropriations ade by Congress for the support of ie department. The deficit of the :partment for that year was less ian for many years, being reduced f approximately one-half from the jficit of $17,000,000 of the year beire. It is the expectation of Mr. itchcock further to reduce the desit during the present fiscal year. Mr. Hitchcock explained that while e business of the postal service had own tremendously during the last ;o years the expenses of the Postlice Department in Washington, larged with, the management of the ist government establishment with 3 200,000 employes, had not been creased a single dollar since the benning of the present administraon. With the postal service able to pay 5 own way, Mr. Hitchcock is connced that "penny postage" for firstass letters is not the "iridescent earn" it has been declared. Indeed, i is almost prepared to assert that le-cent postage now is in sight as a -actical business proposition. ROOSEVELT SUAHS JJN Aiit. Lies Over Aviation Field and Waves His Hand at Thousands. St. Louis, Mo.?Theodore Roosevelt ade an aeroplane flight as the pasn2:er of Archibald Hoxsey, and said was the finest sensation he ever id experienced. He traveled two raes around the aviation field at Kinck park in three minutes and 20 conds. He waved his hand at. the ousands of spectators, much to the scomforture of the aviator, who >ared that the Colonel might hit the mtrolling cord. When the machine ighted easily, a few feet from the arting place, a mighty shout of ap.ause went up. Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, said that r. Roosevelt made a good passenger ccept that he enjoyed the trip so uch that Hoxsey was afraid the olonel would fall out or interfere ith the engine which was roaring , his side. The Colonel waved his hands at the owd so vigorously that Hoxsey calli out to him: "Keep your hands on the rail, olonel." Colonel RooseVelt, who had forgotn to hold himself in, waved his mds once more, and then obeyed ders. Urges Farmers to Advertise. Hot Springs, Ark. ? Advice to outhern farmers to advertise their irrn products in newspapers was ven here at the State fair in an idress by John M. Parker of New rleans, president of the Southern ommercial Congress. "The Northern and Western farmer up-to-date," said Mr. Parker. "He Ivertises what lie has to sell and lys the expense of that advert iseent and derives the highest price >r his product." Export of Manufactured Goods. Washington.?For the first time in le history of this country's comerce, manufactured products form ore than one-half the total exports ? the United States. During the irht months ending with August iere was exported in all $1,021,000,)0 worth of goods. Manufactured roducts composed more than 52 per >nt of that, valued at more titan 542,000.000. Exports of that class presented $2,500,000 for each bnsi2ss day. Twenty years a?o they ere a little more than $750,000 a day Across Continent on spates. San Francisco.?Abe Levin and [ax Brody, 16 years old, have comleted a trip from New York on cafes and afoot, carrying a sealed icssa^e to Mayor McCarthy from the fayor of New York. By performing this, feat, which acjmplished in 106 days, the boys won 2.000 apiece from a skate manufacirsr in New York, which they intend ) use in paying thei way through dlege. ) use in paying their way through ithout a cent on May 9. Firemen Stole Mormon Bell. Salt Lake City?A historic bell, ji^hing several thousand pounds s.s disappeared from the cupola o-f ip Salt Lake City hall in which the olice department is quartered. Two icmbers of the fire department with cadquartors in the same building re under arrest, and Iiave, tlie ponce iv. admitted tlie theft o? the bell, iiev arc said to have lowered it to le trrouml with block ami tackle, roken it with slcdue iiair.mers am! aried it to a junk dealer in a lire deartment wagon. , BLOOD FOR HIS SISTER Georgia Woman With Pellagra Improves When South Carolinian's Blood is Transfused to Her, Atlanta.?After suffering with pellagra for two years, Mrs. M. E. Bush of Milledgeville, Ga., may be restored to health as. the result of her two brothers giving up their blood in aid of the transfusion theory -which the attending physicians had decided wa9 the last hope of saving her life. Robert L. Wiggins, professor of ii.n?iisn at wonora college, oparianbwg, S. ., -went on the operating table at the local hospital where Mrs. Bush is a patient and gave up one pint of blood in the effort to save her life. Another brother, Rev. Sterling P. Wiggins, pastor of the First Methodist church of Milledgeville, made a similar sacrifice for Mrs. Bush. Before the first infusion Mrs. Bush's pulse registered 160. Almost immediately following the operation it dropped to 125 and her temperature fell from 103 2-5 to 101. After the operation the attending physicians announced that Mrs. Bush's condition was very encouraging. It was also announced that recent experiments with blood infusion in Mobile, Ala., had resulted in at least a half dozen cures in pellagra pases. The Granite Producing Stato3. "Washington.?South Carolina leads the South in production of rough monumental stone and riprap, according to a bulletin issued by the United States geological survey on the granites of the Southeastern Atlantic States. The chief sranite-riroducing States are North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina, their annual output being valued at $2,500,600, This compares with the production of the New England States in the ratio-of 3 1-2 to 9. North Carolina leads the South on granite building stone quarried, Maryland produces immense quantities of granite road metal, railway ballast, concrete stone and paving blocks. Virginia quarries the most granite railway ballast. Some of the best Southern granite beds remain unexploited. They lie in mountain regions, far from railroads. To Discover a Lumber Trust. Washington?To de ermine if there is anv foundation for numerous complaints received at the Eepartment of Justice alleging the existence of a "lumber trust," speeial agents of the Department are quietly investigating the operations of a large number of trade associations and other organizations which manufacture and market lumber. Agents in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and other cities bave turned in their reports. Complaints have been reachi-s: the Department from dealers and builders as well as individual consumers, alleging the price of dressed lumber is fixed by agreement and undulv raised by "poweful interests which control the lumber industry." Charges of blacklisting, elimination of competition and divisions of the territory are also made. Population of Macon, Ga., 40,665. Washington.?The population of Macon, Ga., is 40,605, an increase of 17,393, or 74.7 per cent as compared ' with 23,272 in 1900. The population of Decatur, 111., is 31,140, an increase of 10,386, or 50 per cent as compared with 20,754 in 1900. Morse's Pardon Application. Beverly, Mass.?President Taft has announced that he would decline to take any action whatsoever on recent applications for.clemency in the case of Charles W. ?Morse, the convicted New York banker, now serving a term - ? .Li. - ti- .T 7 ~ * A Ml me i' euei ill (J11.>UH at auaiua. until the papers in the ease come to 'his desk through the regular routine channels and with a report from the Department of Justice. The latest application in behalf of Morse was made by Gilbert A. A. Peavey of Boston, Forcing Obedience to Hepburn Act. Tampa, Fla.?It was announced here that the Florida Citrus Exchange} representing the orange growers of Florida, has brought suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to compel the enforcement of that section of the Hepburn act which makes it the absolute duty of the initial carrier to be responsible financially to the shipper for any damage to goods in transit, whether such damage occurred on the lines of the initial carrier or those of a subsequent one. Automobile Racs at Savannah. New York.?Formal sanction for the running of the international grand prize automobile race at Savannah, Ga., on November 12, has been voted bv the board of governors of the Automobile Club of America, ratifying the action of the contest comto Iffnr* nP tlin r.lnli linrl nlronrlv UilLlCW' V'i. uiv. ? in-., i. w?\ ii | awarded the contest to Savannah. The race was originally scheduled to be run over the Vanderbilt cup course on Lonsr Island on October 15 but was called off on account of public citicisra. ? Adjutant General Armfield Dead. Statesville, a. c'.?Adjutant General Joseph Franklin Armfield, head of the North Carolina national nuard died here from acute nephritis. lie was I be second son ot' Judsre K. F. Armiield. wa? born at Yadkinville, .Januarv 2.'}, lS(i2. j At tlie outbreak of the SpanishI American Avar Colonel Armfield was i' appointed by Coventor Russell as ,|.n!on<'l of the first regiment North i Carolina Volunteers. II.' served uy.li'r Major Ceneral Fit/.hujrh Lee throughout the war. RAILROADSPROIEST' Two-Cent Rate Question in I Missouri. BEFORE U. S. SUPREME COURT- I Involves Question of Interference of ' Federal Sourts With State Regulation of Rates?Every State Affected. Washington.?Stubbornly contesting every point, attorneys for the ] State of Missorui and the railroads . therein, made argument before the : Supreme Court of the United States ; as to the validity of the 2-cent pas- < sender rate and maximum freight < rate laws of that State passed in < 1907. So important did the court 1 consider the case that it extended i the time for argument so as to in- I elude practically all of the court's < time the second day. It is claimed by counsel in the case that the issues in controversy will : affect State legislation regarding rail- ' roads in nearly every State of the Union. The case includes questions of jurisdiction of Federal courts over . State legislation in regard to the railroads. and the proper basis of arriving at the remuneration guaranteed the railroads under the Fedeal constitution. The circuit court for the western district of Missouri held the laws w6re unremunerative and en- 1 joined their enforcement. The arguments were opened by Frank Hagerman, for the Chicago, i Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. He attempted to convince the justices that the court below had used the proper basis in arriving at the remuneration allowed the railroads under the laws in question. He main- 1 tained that the valuation of the property devoted to State business, as distinguished from interstate business, was in the same ratio that earnings from carriage of State freight and State passenger bore to the earnings from interstate business in the State. 1 He argued that it costs more to carry on State than interstate business. LOOK INTO DIVINE HEALING, v The Episcopal General Convention Amends Constitution of Church. Cincinnati.?The house of bishops of the Episcopal General Convention not only reversed its decision of a few days ago, when it refused to pass an amendment to the constitution providing for suffragan bishops, but' also passed a resolution calling for a committee to investigate faith-healing by means of prayer, or suggestion. The suffragan bishop question was defeated by the house of bishops at a previous session, after the house of deputies had adopted it. The vote at that time was close. It was brought up a.sfain as a special order of business and was adopted by the bishops by a vote of 60 to 31. Owing to the fact that the house of deputies has adopted the amendment it now becomes law. The greatest stir was caused when it was announced that the house of bishops had passed a resolution call mg ior a committee to investigate unction to the sick for the sake of spiritual needs. This is the resolution that was defeated in the house of deputies by a non-concurrence of orders, the resolutidn being: adopted by the clerical division, but defeated by the laitr. In all probability healing by prayer will be brought up again in the house of deputies and, should this house decide to reverse its former action, a committee will be appointed to bring in a report at the 1913 convention in New York. Man Ate 13 Ears of Corn. Waynesboro, Pa. ? James Montgomery, of this place, is fond of corn on the ear and running short of ad-' .iectives to describe his fondness said he could eat his length in the succulent ears. His friends made him prove it, and at once he disposed of 13 ears, which were necessary to make his 6 feet 3 inches in height. No ill effects whatever came to Montgomery after his feed of a "mule." He is not the champion. Fire in Rocky Mountain Region. Wasinston.?The timber on about on cnnavo milps nf territory in the iRocky Mountains wept of Denver, has been consumed by the fierce fire which broke out in that region according to a telegram received by General Land Commissioner Dennett from Chief Agent Moenery, who is stationed at Denver. The progress of the fire eastward has been stayed but it was extending in other directions. Forty men under two timber crems were dispatched to fight the flames. And He Never Came Back. Los Angeles.?Wilson B. Evans, receiving teller for the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, failed to report for duty at the end of two weeks' vacation and a preliminary investigation of his books reveal irregularities which, according to Cashier Sevier, amount to several thousand dollars. The alleged irregularities cover a neriod of several months and it is es timated that the total sum will approximate $50,000. The missing man was well known in social circles. Parasites Turned on Boll Weevil. Washington.?The greatest damage done to the cotton crop by the boll weevil this season was in tlie district of Madison parish, Louisiana, south of Baton Hotnre. according to Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of entomology of the Department of Agriculture. ' There are. all told, about forty j enemies of t he boll weevil," said Dr. I Howard. "The government has in-1 trodiiced mx of t!?e>e parasites to j ! Louisiana and other Slates and we | intend to turn loose more." ' " - *' mt WORSE THAN DEATH Lifelong Imprisonment in The Penitentiary DEATH NOT WORSE PUNISHMENT rhe Eternal Solitude and Silence Crashes Like an Iron Weight? Hopeless, Painful Years Stretch Out Forever and in Agony. ^ . :K jpK Chicago?Life imprisonment in the penitentiary was declared by Judge Marcus Kavanaujjh to be a more terrible punishment than hanging. The jurist in a remarkable opinion hand ? 1 J. i T 1. TIT-1 2Q down in senienciug jusepu yybisome to life imprisonment for murier, contrasted death with the tortured soul of a life convict in his solitary cell and told the prisoner that it is not correct to regard the death penalty as the most severe . punishment that can be inflicted. Welcome pleaded guilty to having murdered Mrs. Mary McLean, March 22, 1910, in a boarding house she conducted. The prisoner changed his plea from "not guilty" after eight jurors were chosen. Mrs. McLean was shot and killed while attempting to save Mrs. Welcome. , In sentencing Welcome Judge Kavanangh said: "Welcome, you committed a terrible crime. Your punishment is to be more terrible still. "The instinctive, unreasoning hor-> ror of mankind regards the death sentence as a severe punishment. This idea is not correct. You are nov to receive a sterner punishment. Yonr k victim died but once. Yon will die I a hundred times; you will suffer V more thp day you put on your pris- I on clothes than she did in her death., | After that there -will be only the hopeless, painful years from day to day, from month to month, stretching out forever and in asony. "In foip or five years the eternal solitude and ' silence! Avail begin to crush in upon you like an iron weight. You hear that "street bell ringing in the street as it passes now. You will remember it in after years as the most exquisite music. It will mean hurrying crowds that go where they like and do as they please; it will mean the greatest of all pleasures?Freedom. "You can onlv dream of it by day and by night and your driam will be torture unspeakable." Three Years For Bad Dollar. Cincinnati.?James Barton, who pleaded guilty to passing a couuteiv feit dollar on Louis Rodecker, "sandwich man," was sentenced to three years in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and fined $500 by Judge HoIIister, personal friend of President Ta.Cr, m the 1'iuted states Federal Court hero. Barton admitted giving Rodecker the dollar for . the sandwich, but said he did PCt knov the coin was <;oimr.??rfe:t. "Why, this is such a poor imitation that anyb'xl/ eouid see it is no good," said Jnlge Hoilister. after havins examined the coin. The evidence showed that Barton had 85 cents in his pocket at the time he purchased the sandwich. * ' Pellagra, Cholera, and Paralysis. W ashington.? Infantile paralysis is a quarantinable disease and all ( cases should be isolated, is the opinion of the members of the advisonr board of the hygienic laboratory of the public health and marine hospital serice. General TVyman's report on the work of the service to prevent the introduction of cholera into the United States received unanimous approval. The board decided to continue research into the pellagra plague. Evelyn's Dignity Remains Ruffled. New York.?Because Evelyn Nesbit Thraw, wife of Harry K. TLaw, is without funds to pay the costs of prosecution, a suit that she instituted nearly two years ago against James B. Reagan, of the Knickerbocker Hotel, for $ou,uuu damages was uj?missed in the Supreme Court. Mrs. Thaw was ejected from the grill room of the hotel while dining with a friend and she sued on the ground that her dignity suffered. Evelyn's lawyers say she is without funds. Earnings of the Southern. Atlanta.?A gain of $1,921,663.33 in net revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, is shown by the sixteenth annual report of the Southern Railway, just made public. The operating income was $16,69?U)20.03, a gain of $1,858,631.65 for the-'year. The report also shows that 355 new industrial plants were constructed during the year along the lines operated by the company with 72 more in course of construction. Devilish Crime of a Brote. New York.?Charles Fischer, a i? io vodK. was swims writ bins uuy wi jl? __ w and screaming from the sidewalk by a man brute who used the little fellow's body to cheek a bullet fired by Harry Greenwald, an ex-pusilist. The misslc pierced the child's brain and he died within an hour. Greenwald, te.ror-stricken and pursued by citizens and police, swunp- into a hallway j rHm nnL'nnirn and commiueu suaiut. j uc uu^t?v..u man who used the bov as a screen escaped. Triplets Get Roosevelt Nomenclature. Washington, D. C. ? " Theodore Roosevelt," "Alice Roosevelt," and ' Kermit Roosevelt," are the handles that have been tac-ked on three little McDaniels who arrived all in a bunch one day recently at the home of Cleon McDanied, a colored man of this city. After the stork, with a sigh of relief, had deposited the triplets safely in the home, the elder McDaniels and eight younger ones held a conference that finally resulted in the repisition upon the Roosevelts for nouienc-latu rc.