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ABBEVILLE. 8. 0.
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The price of ice remaJus firm no
matter how many Iceberg* are sight
ed at sea.
r
* The buffalo Is overlooned when It
Is placed on the new nickels. It has
long served on $10 bills.
Most of the jokes at the expense of
college men are written by smart guys
who quit school in the sixth grade.
After reading the advertisements &
bachelor might be pardoned for won
dering what makes a princess slip.
Chinese patriots seem to be burning
their fingers trying to take their re
public off the fire before it is done.
The Bultan of Turkey has more
trouble on his hands, but a revolution
Is a mere trifle to a man wl ? runs a
harem.
The Chicago woman who demanded
!|10 for a broken heart 1b not what
might be called a devotee of frenzied
'finance.
Warning boat rockers is nothing but
a waste of energy. A man foollsn
enough to rock a boat is too foolish to
take advice.
Having "the blues" is regarded as
a possible sign of approaching lnsan
lty. This makes it possible ior ?
man to be his own alienist
"Eat soup and grow healthy." says
41 doctor. In addition to Its health
liflving properties It sometimes devel
ops an ear for music.
In New York society it is proper
for mother and daughter to play polo
on opposite sides. Father and son
have not yet started tatting contests.
Every time we hear of a Joy-rider
fwhose automobile has been wrecked
beyond repair we feel a little more
cure than ever that the ^prld Is get*
ting better.
By the time the lose of the lonesome
noodles who ask public officials to
find wives for them has passed away
the world will be well along toward
the millennium.
Observe the man who haughtily re
fuses to help wash the dishes when
at home, but who gladly performs the
most menial duties of the camp while
he Is In the woods.
Possibly some physicist can tell us
why It Is that a hammock scarcely
big enough for an able-bodied man
suddenly increased Its capacity when
a pretty girl hovers' into sight
When a restaurant orchestra takes
from m ir- I
VUO U1 1W0 WVOWW U Wt * V*u a?.Q |
time into a dirge some arrangement 1
should be made to prevent the waiters
from weeping into the bouillon.
Baltimore scientists propose to j
make a careful study of the mental
affection known as "the blues." -Any
town that has a tail-end baseball
team will be able to furnish plenty
of subjects.
About the only person who does i
not pay according to what he receives i
Is the bald-headed man, who is charged
just as much, for a hair cut as any
male* relative of the seven Sutherland
sisters.
' Southern Illinois reports a shortage
of spring chickens. Stories of disas
ter to the peach crop of Michigan j
can be and are received with indif
ference, but this, if true, is a matter
of importance.
That the lobster is becoming ex
tinct is the foreboding of many who
may be nresumed to be Informed on
the subject, and the next generation '
may know it only as a human type.
t "Find Well-Dressed Girl; Mind
Blank/' says the headline in a Chicago
paper. It's easy to find well-dressed
men anywhere whose minds are so
near a blank that the difference isn't
- worth mentioning.
? j
As lightning b!x times struck a cas
tle where the reigning family of Bel
gium Is staying with royal guests and
hurt nobody, modern science will at
onc? begin Investigating whether roy
alty has any peculiar Insulating power
which might be developed for modern
benefit
The advent of the auto, many
t"au 1A rooiilf /^oProoolncr Ha. i
n vu*u * WVV4 VI*W?U5 uw
mands for the horse, whereas the con
trary would seem to have happened, ;
with New York state officially taking
up the problem of an actual scarcity
of Bteeds. There is still work for old
Dobbin to do.
That youth is not necessarily a mat- I
ter of years, despite the Oslerian
theory, is proved by a Philadelphia
.woman, who at the age of seventy
lour is not only preparing to.wed, but
is also about to take a trip to Europe i
to do It.
Philadelphia women are so prone to j
primp that it has become necessary '
to remove mirrors from elevators in
that city. We hope it may not be
come so bad that Philadelphia mer- i
chants will be compelled to have their ,
plate glass windows frosted.
It is a day of surprises. Two wom
en lawyers pleaded a case in Kansas
City, and, contrary to the traditions
of their Bex, their pleas were the
Bhorte6t in the history of that court?
and they won, too.
A California man's wife ran away
with her servants in an automobile, j
He has had the servants arrested for
stealing the machine, but seems to
have no conoern whatever regarding
the wife. One inference is that he
prizes his auto more than he does his
-if a.
ONE LONE BANDIT
HOLDS UP TRAIN
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
PASSENGER HELD UP JUST
OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.
ROBBER WAS CAPTURED
1 Robber Was Knocked in the Head by
the Engineer and Fatally
Injured.
New Orleans.?A lone train bandit
held up the northbound express of
die Louisville and Nashville railroad
i near iuicuauu, twelve uiuco uuui
| aere, looted the mail car, robbed the
! passengers in five Pullmans and a
:lub car, and then, just as he was
ibout to leave the tender, was struck
jver the head with a brass torch by
Engineer Baer and captured. He was
I taken to Bay St. Louis and may die.
! The booty, except for one mail bag
j ?rown from the car, was recovered
I ind returned. The bandit would give
qo name.
i The Louisville and Nashville Ex
; press that left here was about two
j tnd a half miles from Michaud, a
small Btation in the swamps, when
i the bandit appeared on the tender,
! :overed Engineer Baer and the flre
| man with a revolver and forced them
j to stop the train. He then drove
! them ahead of him into the mail car.
There he made the negro porter
throw one mail bag off, secured some
registered letters and continued his
march into the Pullman.
One after another' he went through
the cars, and, while the passengers
: held up their hands and the engineer
and fireman preceded him, he took
his toll from the travelers and put
It into a small valise, ne tooK noin
Ing but money. After securing his
loot, the lone bandit drove the engi
neer and fireman back to the tender,
and made them again start the train.
His plan was to have them drop
him off after they left the swamps,
but Engineer Baer, watching his op
portunity caught him off his guard
and knocked him senseless with a
heavy brass torch.
CANALS STANDARD DEPTH
Along Atlantic Seaboard, Urged at
Waterways Meet
New London, Conn.?The standard
ization In depth of all canals along
the Atlantic seaboard was advocated,
unid much enthusiasm on the part
of the delegates by Congressman
John H. Small of North Carolina in
bis address to the Atlantic Deep Wa
terways convention at its fifth an
nual convention.
Mr. Small had been Introduced as
the apostle of deeper waterways and
roliowea unaries u,imer ornuu, bwic
tary of the Philadelphia builders' ex
change, who read the report of Gen.
W. H. Bixby, chief of engineers, in
the United States, in which a fa
vorable report had been made for a
canal twelve feet deep from Norfolk
to Beaufort Inlet, N. C., at a cost of
$5,000,000.
Mr. Small said that while his state
was to receive the first benefits of
the movement for deeper waterways,
It would work Just as energetically
for consummation of a plan which
would link Into one great waterway
the 148 harbors and rivers which in
dent nearly seven thousand miles of
the coast The great end to be
sought, he believed, was to make ev
ery city and town of all these segre
gated inlets communicable for water
borne traffic each with the other.
Sixty Miners Killed by Fire.
Lens, France.?it is officially an
nounced that the total deaths from
the explosion of fire damp in the
Clarence pit, near Bruay, numbered
sixty. These include several miners
who died after being brought to the
surface. Most of the bodies were so
mangled as to be unrecognizable. A
further explosion occurred and the
entire pit is on fire. Mining engineers
say It must be sealed. Twenty-one
bodies had been brought to the sur
face, before the continued explosion
caused the rescuing parties to aban
don their efforts.
Thirty Girls Leaped to Safety.
Chicago.?Thirty girls were forced
to leap out of second story windows
to escape death when an explosion
caused by benzine vapor wrecked a
building occupied by a dyeing and
cleaning establishment. Rudolph
Spinner, foreman of the* establish
ment, was crushed to death. His
body was dug out of the ruins by
firemen. One girl who jumped out
of a window was picked up uncon
scious and with both legs fractured.
Others in rushing to reach the stair
ways were knocked down.
Experiment Station Burned.
Griffin, Ga.?Lightning striking the
big barn at the Georgia Experiment
Station, at Experiment, near here,
started a fire which destroyed the
entire plant, with the exception of
the residences. Blown by a high
*"'**A woni/lltf enroot frnm
>yniU) Lii^r uamco oi/?v,ttu *.*--?***
the barn to the other buildings, and,
when the conflagration was finally
checked, about two hours and a half
after. It had wiped out the guano
house, the carpenter shop, the pack
ing house and the silo. Several head
of cattle were burned alive.
Policeman Killed by Cattle Thieves.
Monore, La.?Policeman W. O.
Roberts was killed while searching
for cattle thieves, who in the night
Btole twenty head of cattle from the
pens of the Iron Mountain railroad
here. The cattle was stolen shortly
after they had been unloaded for de
livery to a local packing house. Rob
erts was shot through the heart, and
fell dead with his own smoking re
volver, which he fired once as he fell,
In his right hand and a searchlight
in his left hand.
Mr, Woodson, former secretary of
tho Democratic national committe?>
now holds an assistant secretaryship
tn the" Chicago Wilson headquarters.
36 LIVES LOST III STORM
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AS
RESULT OF FLOODS IN.PENN
SYLVANIA AND W. VA.
Hundreds of Houses Toppled When
Struck by the Water.?Tranpor
uuuii okuppcu*
Pittsburg, Pa.?As a result of tor
rential rains throughout Pennsylva
nia and West Virginia, thirty-six are
dead and others missing. Added to
the list of fatalities are the foreign
ers at Colliers, W. Va., bringing the
list there up to eighteen; three at
Burgettstown, Pa., bringing the list
there up to four, and one at Wood
lawn, Pa., near this city. In addition,
others are reported missing, but it is
believed that the above will probably
cover the number who met death.
In a number of western Pennsyl
vania towns, citizens became panic- '
stricken. At .Newcastle, Pa., churches
were dismissed when It was an
nounced that a flood was headed for
the town.
After twenty-four hours of exces
sively hot weather, the storm broke.
In addition to an extraordinary rain- '
fall, the electrical features were most
spectacular. Within a short time the
water had washed away railroad
tracks in many places and loosened
tons of earth which came tumbling
from surrounding hills, choking thor
oughfares.
A cloudburst devastated the valley
in which Colliers, W. Va., Is situated. 1
The entire valley was deluged, hous
es sweDt from foundations, railroad 1
tracks torn up for long stretches and
roads made Impassable by landslides.
Colliers seemed to suffer the brunt of
the storm In West Virginia.. Debris 1
floated down the creek, piling high at
Holliday's Cove, and a Bcore of hous
es were washed away by the gorge. '
CAUSED REIGN OF TERROR ,
Lon Callis Wounds Three Men and i
Shoots at Two Women.
Memphis, Tenn.?Three men were 1
m/Mtniloil t-nrn wnmon flrprl unon nar- I
rowly escaped, and the entire com- <
munity of Massey Station, near here,
was kept in a state of terror for i
hours by Lon Callis, who ran amuck i
with a shotgun. Posses are search- 1
ing the countryside for the man, who 1
was, some' time ago, liberated on bail
of $15,000 on a murder charge. i
Callis drew a revolver, it is charg- 1
ed, but was overpowered by men in a ]
store and ejected after having been
disarmed. His demonstration with the
pistol is Baid to have been without
apparent cause. Later he returned ;
with a shotgun, and those remaining ;
in the store barricaded themselves, i
Callis then went to a residence near- <
by, where he is said to have fired i
through the windows at two women. ]
Firing the shotgun and reloading ;
at intervals, the man created a state |
bordering on panic among the inhab- ,
itants, keeping sharp watch mean- ]
(ho mpn hurdled in the store. I'
VitUQ UU V<
Will Demand Arbitration.
London, England.?It is officially
announced that the British govern- i
ment will make a formal demand
upon the United States government
for arbitration of its claim that the i
Panama canal toll act, passed recent
ly by the United States congress, vio- i
lates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Noth
ing definite is known here beyond the 1
brief official announcement that the i
formal demand for arbitration would <
be made, but it is believed instruc
tions already are en route to the Brit- <
ish embassy at Washington i
Militiaman Shot While Asleep.
\ra ?.Tames A. White, a
nuiiuio., * u.. ~ ? ? # _
private in Battery C, First battalion, ,
Virginia field artillery, is in King's i
Daughters* hospital, Portsmouth, with
a bullet wound in his head, received
while in camp with a platoon o? ar- ,
tillery. White was shot by one of ;
the outposts accidentally, it is assert
ed by the soldiers, who say that tbe
firing was done when intruders, ap
proaching the picket lines in the
darkness, refused to stop at challenge.
The sentry, who fired the shots, says
he discharged his pistol in the air.
American Killed by Rebels.
El Paso, Texas.?Death at the
hands of a rebel soldier was the fate
of an American citizen, Joshua Ste"
vens, while he fought to protect his
two daughters in Colona, Pacheco.
News of the tragedy was received at
this place by O. P. Brown, business
agent of the Mormon colonies In
Mexico. At first it was reported that
Stevens was killed by an American,
but this report was sent, it was said,
to avoid trouble with the rebels, who
still invest the American settlements
coutheast of Juarez.
VERMONT ELECTION
II 816 SURPRISE
FOR FIRST TIME IN VERMONT'S
HISTORY REPUBLICAN MA
JORITY VANISHES.
HEAVY PROGRESSIVE VOTE
No Election by People ? Governor
Must Be Chosen by the
Legislature.
White River Junction VL ? The
strength of the new Progressive party
in its first line-un aeainst the older I
parties and the disappearance of the
Republican majority for the first time
in ten years and the first time in the
history of the state in a presidential
year were oustanding features of the
state election in Vermont.
' It is apparent that there has been
no election by the people, although a
sufficient number of Republican rep
resentatives were successful to seem i
to insure the choice of Allen M.
Fletcher by the legislature.
For many years political students
have pointed out that any decrease
in the Republican majority in Ver
mont in September below the normal
of 25,000 has been followed almost
invariably by the party defeat in the
presidential contest In November.
These majorities, which have aver
aged close to 30,000 In all the state
elections In Vermont In presidential
years since 1892, were represented by
a bare plurality.
The Republican loss aparently went
in a great degree to the Progressives
and to a somewhat lesser extent to
the Democrats.
The falling off In the' Republican
vote began with the first returns
while the Progressives . gained all
along the line., in some cases carry
ing towns which had heretofore been
regarded as strongly Republican.
Yet the disaffection from the Re
publican ranks did not extend very
far beyond the head of the ticket.
Many towns that 'showed strong Pro
gressive tendenciea sent Republican
ronraaanta flroc tViA Iptrifilflfnrfi on
Republican party leaders were assur
ed of a substantial majority on joint
ballot for governor, as the failure of
a candidate to get a majority at the
polls throws the election into the leg
islature.
BALLOT REFUSED WOMEN
Largo Cities of Ohio Are Against
equal Suffrage.
Columbus, Ohio.?Returns from the
Btate election indicate that Ohio vot
erB decided by an overwhelming ma
jority that women should not have
the ballot and ratified all of forty-one
other proposed constitutional amend
ments with the possible exception of
a S60.000.000 Rood road bond lsue.
The amendment providing for a
minimum wage and regulating work
ing hours received the largest vote
of any of the forty-two amendments,
according to the count.
Most of the more important of the
forty-two proposed amendments will
be carried.
The women, it is said, will not give
up their fight for the ballot, however,
but plan to make use of the initiative
and referendum to gain another vote.
The vote was light, but as it was
necessary for each voters to make 41
Beparate marks, the count was ex
ceedingly slow.
The initiative and referendum
amendment provides that 10 per cent.
Df the voters can Initiate a constitli
tianal amendment and 3 per cent a
bill before the legislature.
On a petition of 6 per cent, the vot
ers may demand the submission of a
bill passed by the legislature for ap
proval or rejection,
Girl Dies in Vain.
Washington.?Miss Annice Dorothy
Nixon, 29 years old, the daughter of
Richard B. Nixon, financial clerk of
the United States senate, was drown
ed at Colonial Beach, Va., in a rain*
attempt to rescue her swimming com
panion, Franklin TV. Wiseman, aged
20. A party of friends, including
Miss Nixon's two sister, witnessed the
double tragedy from the beach. The
bodies were recovered and brought to
Washington.
. Troops on Guard.
Jackson, Mich. ? Five companies
of Michigan National Guardsmen,
with rifles loaded to kill, are camped
within and outside the walls of the
^ C* mV.? nnnvlnfe
SUtie pexiiteunai Jf. j.ijg tuuiiM,
whom the authorities allege were re
sponsible for an outbreak?probably
the worst in th ehistory of the insti
tution?are locked up in the heart of
the worst in the history of the insti
chained to their cells. Every convict
was in custody and not a single pris
oner was badly hurt, according to the
statement of the warden.
Martial Law for Strikers.
Charleston, W. Va.?Conditions are
quiet in the Kanawha strike zone.
Governor Glasscock's declaration of
martial law seemed to have a sober
ing effect. Throughout Paint aid
Cabin creeks, however, a tense situ
ation exists and state militia, strik
Tinlna o>iiarrfa ani! nneratnrs nil arp
Ci Of 1U1U& ^UMtUW mum VJr w ^
alert. A number of incorporated
towns are Included in the district
placed under martial law. All civil
authorities have ceased to perform
their "uties, and the execution of
laws, ?s under regular warfare.
Uncle Sam's Revenues Increase.
Washington.?Treasury figures for
August, announced, indicated that the
government revenues were jumping
over the returns for the same period
last year. Customs receipts for Au
gust and July, the first two months
of the present fiscal year, ran $4,000,
000 each above the figures for the
same two months of 1911. Ordinary
internal revenue taxes were an In
crease of $3,000,000 more for the two
month period of this year than for
last year.
Mrs. Bogges, leader of Chicago's
qrmy and navy circles, renowned
beauty of Columbus, O., celebrated
musician and sole heir to the millions
of John T. Keating, law partner of
United 8tates 8enator Atlee P. Pom
srene, has mysteriously disappeared.
CUBS Ctl w,000,000
THAT SUM ADDED ANNUALLY
TO THEIR SALARIES?SECOND
. ADVANCE IN FOUR YEARS.
Carriers on Standard Routes to Re
ceive $1,100 a Year With Increase
for the Shorter Routes.
Washington.?Under authority con
ferred by the postofflce appropriation
bill, Postmaster General Hitchcock
increased tne salaries 01 rurai ibuci
carriers on standard routes from $1,
000 to $1,100 a year, thus affecting
30,000 men, with proportionate In
creases to carrlern on shorter routes.
The order will become effective Sep
tember 30.
This will mean an Increased dis
bursement of $4,000,000 a year. It
is the second salary advahce for ru
ral carriers made in the last four
years. At the close of the last fiscal
year on June 30, there were 42,031
rural mail carriers, the aggregate pay
being $40,65,7.40. When the rural de
livery system was instituted 16 years
ago, 82 carriers were employed at an
annual cost of $14,840, the maximum
Individual pay being $200 a year.
The Increase provides Tural car
riers adequate compensation for ad
ditional burdens to be imposed by
the parcels post system effective on
January 1.
800 U. S. MARINES SAIL
United States Hurrying Forces to the
Disturbed Central American
Country.
Panama.?The United States cruia
er California has sailed for Nicara
gua with nearly 1800 marines, who
were sent south from Philadelphia on
the transport Prairie to reinforce the
American contingent, which already
have been landed in the Central
American republic from the United
States warships.
Managua.?Americans and Europe
ana in the beleaguered capital are
safe, but nothing Is known concern
ing the situation of those at Mata
galpa and other places, who have not
been heard from in ten days. At that
time all was reported well with them,
with the exception that one German
had been killed at Matagalpa.
Cottonwood Lost by White House.
Washington. ? An historic cotton
wood tree that had adorned the pres
ident's front yard?the north lawn of
the white house?since It was plant-,
ed in 1832 by President Andrew
Jackson and several of his cabinet of- ;
fleers, was removed, having succumb
ed from unknown causes. It was pre
sented to President Jackson by the
Creek Indian Chief Alpataoa just be
fore signing the treaty by which the ;
Creek nation was removed from Flor-'
ida. An Indian prophecy connected
with the tree was that as long as It
should live its shade would typify the
protection and good will which the
mysterious God of the Creek Indians
would spread upon the white govern
ment
Rnvn Flaht to Death.
Chicago.?An amazing story of a
deadly feud between two boys for tbe
love of a girl companion was told tc
the police as providing the motive
for the murder of Solomon Golep, 14
years of age, by Tony Bruno, 15 years
of age, in the presence of 1,500 chil
dren, at the McLaren playgrounds
Lowell place and West Polk street
Golep was shot twice, one,bullet en
tering the left side and the other the
eye. He died on the way to the hos
pltal. Rose Marks Is said to have
been the girl for whom they fought
Six Persons? Killed.
Green Bay, Wis.?One passenge.
and five trainmen were killed, twc
other persons were seriously Injured
and twenty-one were slightly hur
when train No. 112, on the Lak<
Shore division 01 me uuiuasu am
Northwestern railway, running thlr
ty miles an hour, was derailed tw<
miles north of Lyndhurst, Wis., at
the result of a washout, caused by i
cloudburst. The locomotive, mail car
baggage car, smoker and coach lef
the track and all but the day coacl
turned over.
Army Departments Being Reorganlzec j
Washington?Reorganization of the'
quartermasters, commissary and pa: j
departments of the army into a grea J
supply corps headed by a major gen
eral, as provided for in the recently
passed army appropriation act, li
rapidly taking form. As tentatively
outlined, the plans provide four mail
divisions in the office of the chief o
the corps. These are to be division,
of accounting, supplies, constructioi
and repair, and transportation, eacl
to have an officer at its head.
TO PROBE ALLEGED
AN INQUIRY HAS BEEN ORDERED
BY THE STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
RESULTS NOT YET DECLARED
The Senatorial Contest Held Up For
the Present?No Action on Protest
of Dial and Talbert.?Subcommittee
to Investigate.
Columbia.?The charges of fraud in
I connection with the recent primary
election will be rigidly probed by a
! special committee of seven which was
appointed by the chairman of the state
executive committee pf the Demo
/
cratic party and which will meet in
the near future. The resolution was
I introduced by Richard L. Manning of
Sumter and was generally discussed
by the members of the committee. The
committee held two sessions and ad
journed to meet again at the call of
the chairman.
The following Is 'the Manning reso
lution which was adopted by the com
mittee:
j "Wheeras, notices of protest have
i been filed with this committee charg
ing among other things widespread
! frauds and irregularities, and
i "Whereas, under the former resolu
' tion passed by this committee certain
investigations are being made as to
the conduct of the election held Au
j gust 27, 1912, and full reports have
: not yet been made as to the conduct
of the election held August 27, 1912,
and in some counties the investiga
! Monk have not been completed;
Therefore, be it resolved, That a sub
committee of seven members of this
committee be- appointed by the chair
man to hear and pass upon all contests
auu ctii iiittifci o ui cvci; nmu auu uc*
scription properly the subject of action
1 by this committee as a whole, pertain
ing to or Incident to the election held
August 27, 1912, with full power and
authority to take testimony and make
full investigation of the conduct of
said electioh and report the. same to
gether with all testimony and all
; records back to this committee for
action at a meeting to be called by
the chairman for that purpose.
"That the said subcommittee be
; and is hereby given power and au
! thority to employ at the expense of
i this committee such assistance as
may be deemed advisable to , further
tho said investigation and shall have
full power and authority to summons
witnesses, require the production of
i records and papers and do any and all
other acts necessary to the full and
complete investigation of the conduct
of said election, as has this commit
tee as a whole.
Postponement of Beach Case.
Frederick O. Beach, the New York
millionaire will not stand trial at the
SeDtember term of the Aiken county
court of general sessions on the
charge of assaulting his ,wife and
slashing her throat. Solicitor Gunter
after a conference with court officials,
postponed the trial until next Febru
ary. This action, it is stated, was
made necessary by the large number
of prisoners in the county jail whose
cases are to be given precedence.
Charges against Beach grew out of
a mysterious assault on Mrs. Beach
at her winter home at Aiken lapt Feb
ruary.
Road Wilt Pass Through Lexington.
Since it is learned that the electric
railway will be built from Augusta to i
Columbia, according to recent dis- ,
patches from Augusta, the people of ]
Lexington and adjacent towns will <
Uia&c a UCkCl uuugu wuvtw w
have the promoters build the line by ,
way of the several towns along the
railroad. It is understood that the ]
promoters contemplate building the
line though this county, taking the
lower route, which passes through the
sand belt about eight miles below the
court house, instead of building on the
route first laid out some years ago.
American Road Cognress.
The American Road Congress is to
be held in Atlantic City September 30
to October 5. In connection with it
they are to have large exhibitions in
one of the main exhibition halls, all
kinds of road metal and material, pho
tographs and models of good road con
struction, concrete culverts, etc., from
every state and United States. A spe
cial booth has been set aside and will
be labeled by the Congress for South
Carolina, and thereir Mr. Watson will
place an exhibit, consisting of photo
graphs of good and bad roads.
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No Frauds in Calhoun County. {
While all of this noise is being made
about the alleged election frauds, it s
is earnestly desired by the elector- ;
ate of Calhoun county that the state t
know that there is no shadow of any- s
thing crooked in this county. It is k
true that there was a vast increase in I
the votes cast this year, but since c
the formation of the county there has j
never been an election of such mag- g
nitude as to bring out the real known t
strength of electors. Nowhere can it t
he heard that there were any irregu- a
larities. C
Report on Sanity of Hyde Soon. /
Dr. J. W. Babcock said that the re
port on the mental condition of Sam- t
uel N. Hyde, the Anderson county man ^
under sentence of death for killing his S
wife, would be filed with the governor c
on September 20. The execution date 1
for Hyd? has been set for October 1. 1
He was to have been executed sever- 1
al days ago at the penitentiary, but a 2
reprieve was granted by the governor, fi
Several members of the sanity com- c
mission recently made a visit to An- f(
derson county to study the family of e
Hyde. v
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SALARIES AT HOME HELD UP <
Restraining Order Issued By Judge
Gage.?Claimed That Richardson
Nor Butler Are Entitled to Pay.
Columbia.?An order signed by
George W. Gage, circuit judge, tem
porarily restrains A. W. Jones, the
comptroller general of South Carolina,
from paying a salary to H. rW. Rich
ardson and F. W. P. Butler as officers
of the Confederate Home. The com
plaint was filed by John McMahan,
n 1 T 3
v/umyuuucr utruerai joneo waa uruvr
ed to show cause on September 9 why
he should not be permanently restrain
ed.
In the complaint it is alleged that
H. W. Richardson and F. W. P. But
ler have been appointed and commis
sioned as members of the board of
commissioners of the Confederate
Home and as Buch have been entitled'
to reecive "no compensation for their
services," but only their "actual ex
penses for attending the meetings" of
the commission.
"That for several months past,"
says the complaint, "the defendant,
the comptroller general, has at the
beginning of each month Issued t
warrant on the state treasurer, pay
able to the order-of 'H. W. Richard
son, chairman and treasurer/ out of
the funds appropriated by the general
assembly for the maintenance of the
said Confederate imflrmary for a sum
of money equal to and covering the .
aggregate of certain items furnished
by the said Richardson, among which 1
items have been each month as sal
aries for the preceding month the sum
of $100 for the said H. W. or 'Blaj.'
Richardson himself and $50 or forty'
odd dollars for" said F. W. P. Butler
or 'Dr.* Butler, each being designated
in said memorandum as "White Help/
the said 'MaJ.' Richardson' drawing
under said official title the largest sal
ary paid at the Confederate infirmary,
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The Parr Shoals Power company
has been given the right by the seer*
tary of state to increase its capital ^
stock from $100,000 to $2,300,000. The'
action was taken at a meeting of the
stockholders of the company held' In
Columbia last Saturday. The compa
nay has 23,000 shares worth $100 each. ' -,s
The application for an increase of
capital stock was made by Edwin W.
Robertson, G. K. Dustin, Wm. Elliott,
R. Charlton Wright and G. M. Berry,
representing a majority of the board
of directors. A commission has been '
issued to the Lydia Manufacturing
company of Lydia with a capital of
*3,000. The petitioners are C. D. Lee
and G. H. Kelly. A commission has
been Issued to the Navaeia Realty
company of Charleston with a capital
stock of $5,000. The petitioners are
Santos Sottile and James Sottlle. A
commission has been issued to the
Betlon News with a capital of $5,000.
The officers are T. A. Wilbur, Jr? pre?
ident; W. Matthews, vice president,
and J. F. J3411, secertary and treasurer.
To Abolish Revenue Office.
The internal revenue collector's of
fice at Columbia, is to be abolished and
will most likely be combined witn one
of the Nort? Carolina offices. North
Carolina has two districts, the east
ern and western and the South Caro
lina office will go to one or the other.
The reecnt legislative appropriation
bill passed by Congress reduced the
number of collectors by four. The
Treasury Department, It is said, ia
partial to the eastern district In this
matter and may give ^ the Columbia
office to Wheeler, Martin, the present
collector. \.
Disastrous Fire at Laurens.
A large barn at the Dial place, now
owned by Dr. W. H. Dial of Laurens,
was destroyed by fire. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Six thousand
bundles of fodder belonging to the
Messrs. Langston, who have the man
agement of the farm in charge, to
gether with some other feedstuffs, was
lost in the fire. All stock and cattle
escaped.
Appointments By Governor.
Lueco Gunter, superintendent of the
Rock Hill schools was named by the
governor as a member of the state
board of education to take the place
af J. L. Glenn, resigned. D. S. Klnard,
superintendent of the Dillon schools,
was named to take the place of Nath*
in Toms, resigned.
Lineman's Injuries Fatal.
Claude Keller, the 20-year-old line
nan of the telephone company, who
;ume in contact with a heavily charg
ed electric light wire, died in a local
lospital. Keller was repairing a cable
)f the telephone company when his
3ody touched the lighting wire. He 'j
lung in midair until the current was
;urned off, and his body was then pre
:ipitated to the pavement. The in
uries received in the fall are thought
o be the cause of death. Keller's
>ody was taken to Spartanburg county
or burial.
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Sends Crlit State Exhibit.
Commissioner Watson sent out a
itate exhibit with steel car of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway, which is
>eing shown at all the >Middle Western
itates and county fairs, which will
:eep up to the time ,'of the Chicago
exposition. The exhibit is in portable
:ases. It consists of;all agricultural
roducts of drawn staple cotton and
;oods manufactured firom same; sec
ion illustrating the trucking indus
ry; horticulture, commercial mineral
nd commercial products of South
Carolina. )
affairs in Sumter at Standstill.*
Affairs in Sumter ha^ve been prac
ically at a standstill fo)r more than i
eek, everyone discu
llnce the primary th
ourse, has been the
'he increase in Sumte
910, but is not undu
908. The vote for gov
,271, and in 1908 the hi,
Dr any office was 2,00
rease is 265, which is
Dr four years. There
ver, some irregulariti
rill be probed by inter
ising politics,
discussion, of
enormous vote,
is large over
larger over
lor here was
est vote cast
ao the in
remarkable
e here, how
and these
ited parties.
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