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X ?wgusia, 4* Pays Interest on De^ T J* Accounts Solicited, f 5 t C. ???YNF, CHAS. C. fiOW?RD, 11 T RESOURC?ESOVER$I,QOO;OOO. X 73. EDGEFIELD, S.-.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1908. - ? I.nu- ?- ? - - ? , , , - -J ff"M! r rr H-H1-ri rr iv WA f THE NATIONAL BANK ?rJlf?UfrA, f AUGO?STA,;6A? . X ? L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK,.. President. <$sliieE.? . . CAPITAL $250,000.00. " Surplas & Profits $190,000,00. ; ; The business of oar out-oM?m frlepds a , receives the same careful attention as that of our local depositors. The accounts of * T careful conservative people solicited. - NO. 38. BT PEO Hy WILLUM H. HAST). ?? University of South CrroUua. Paper Nmnber One. Today in Sou$jfCarolina are to be. fou?d-;.yfixy: few people who would admit Jthat'-'they are rmfxien31y to popular education, . and fewer f, still who wonjd admit. th|^.thj%y .are), not. j friends td our common schools. The people of the State have just passed: ^through .a somewhat vigorous polit ical campaign v:I? this, as in. almost ?r?lpt$ suo& campaign, Shany of; thc.j candidates for office have taken pc-, . c?sion t? declare 'their'deep interest in the common schools. The candi "date "doth "protest "too much, me thinks, ' ' but most of them arc en tirelj'-smcere in their declarations'. Some of these men will soon' occupy, positions which will enable them to demonstrate their interest ,iay our schools, .and their capacity for Jan-' proving them. I''rom the outside it would seem thatr very few of these .men have made any careful analysis .??-the conditions of our schools, and ' certainly very few have cffered<-?r?y \defijyte; practicable plan for $^8&r.. ' pefn^nent .'. improvement. . Bj?B' n?* | means do I intend to cast any slut -at these men. ? Perhaps'it-is "asking too much of.men busy with rh*eir own. ,: affairs and the'affairs' of fHe public., ! to stop to study the problems of edu s catiorr- a field broad and rich in" vex ? ations questions. ;. Perhaps, too, those . who have studied-these problems, and I are familiar with the conditions, have' ?been waaiss in not telling thc. people f->fegjkly what they see and kno%v.' '; Fdr fifteen years this writer taughtf I in the common schools of this State. and for seventeen years he has tried i! to/study the conditions whieh^mako I fdr good pr for evil in the educational *. system of the State. During: the past twenty-six months he has. traveled : more than thirty thousand miles . in-' i side the State, driven- hundreds- of ijniles through the rural districts, and .? visited not far from' three hundred : schools in, the State. 'He claims no swider br richer knowledge of, the-conr Editions than is possessed by scores of his fellow workers. Yet he feels ?that -he knows .something of. those, conditions, and that he owes it to the p?opl?'to set these, conditions franji [ly before them. Let me say atvthe outset that I have no disposition to forget or to disregard the many good things in cur schools, or to withhold merited, {commendation anywhere, yet it is not -;my duty to, tax the readcr/s time ? and -patiencet;with*' "platitudes and ?empty eulogies, so , -frequently in "dulged in by those- iho 'strive so ; diligently to h1'-3 " jpatcnt weakner been vastly i years. We si VgTQwth, and e . -we .Cannot . a'ff6^ would bc folly . ^schools, and OVL\ "anything like pe\ ?cover some of the t*. "admit what we discover, and set ..-ourselves resolutely toward ^improve ment. ' ~ . Some of the "most, -?j?nspicidus weaknesses in our schools are these: 1. Lack of funds Sufficient- to main tain high-class schools. . I 2i Beggarly salaries paid to teach ers. .*. '.' 3. Too many incompetent ..-teachers employed in our schools. 4. Short school term, especially in the rural districts. - - '?*;' 5. Poor school houses?? and poox equipment. 6. Neighborhood jc.a?ous?es .anet neighborhood quarrels. ' .y- ? ' 7. Too Albany little half-supported' schools. . ; ; : -,. . 8. Inadequate ^supervision of: vil lage and rural schools. . . 9. Non-attendance^ and irregular attendance of the pupils. . ? 10. The missing''' link-the ~ high school. I wish to discuss these features of I our school' system frankly, somewhat folly,, ; and. altogether .dispassionately. I wish td avoid'arching captious or I hysterical. In these discussions; I beg to offer, a? unobtrusively as I -may, some suggestions as Jp remedies. For he is a poor physician who tens is, nor to- prescribe any remedy. Lack of Funds. To maintain good schools requires money; They can not be .run on ebullient sentiment, nor will spasmodic charity keep them ai a very high' standard. Money is ab-' .'sohr?ely necessary , to build- comfor table school houses,%to furnish these ..houses, to pay. competent teajp-hjers; and to keep, the schools open nine, months in the year. What is South j Carolina putting into her common schools the training school of the fixture citizenship of the Statut . Jn 1907, the. State"'enrolled in the'Vchu mon schools -314,399 pupils, or about 18 per' cent of her total population. On these pupils was spent $1,415,724. of $4:50 per pupil. This3$4.50 in? eludes the expenditures on school houses, furniture, apparatus, libra ries, and teachers' salaries. The aver age attendance" upon the s?hoots, was, of course, nraeh lower than the enroll ment, therefore the amount Spent per pupil bu the basis of attendance was | larger, $6.37. In" 1906,-'North Caro lina' spent $6.90 per ? pupi? in'titt'?n . dance ; Georgia., sjjfint. $7.47^...Missis sippi, $8.01; Tennessee, $8.48; Vir ginia, $11:05; 'Florid?,. ?11,30.; Louis iana, $14.83; Maine, $20-65; Mary land $21.32; Wisconsin, $28.34; Min nesota, $30.19; New York, $47.40. In 1907, South .Carolina spent for common school ednoation 94 cents per. capita of her total population. In 190? Georgia spent 98 cents; Vir ginia spent $1*12; Mississippi, .$1.16; Kentucky, $1.19; Tennessee, $1.49; Florida, $1.96; Maryland, $2.51; Wis consin, $3.79; Minnesota,' $4*.41; New York, $6.27. t Most people will 'admit that out schcol-fund is insufficient. How are we to increase it t' Several plans have been offered, and. riverai ways are open. Some of .them, however, dfr| not appeal to inen* of exp3rienee. Not ,a""-|e-? people, insist upon increasing th?" school fund by private subscript ti?m,,. This .plan is inadequate, and : vicions in its. effects.- The -public schools -are Supported YpYfrnsrily for the^senj-fdt of the State;,' lather than for. the benefit of the individual.^' P. ?-Frequently it .istpjQposed.by ? few.1 to increase the common school fund by direct.. ?ppropjaation from the State treasury.,..- Unless such,, approp-^ riations^were made '?p^'n^?i1^^^ ion that each district receiving its' part jsV?u?d first mjike^Hp^P^fo docal effortl the result ^'??|d bej^jirtful, as the", disirict^yeuid- soon come to lopki :uj?>n 'themselves as beneficiaries' of State^yand would cease to 'make any .effort to h?lpVtfiemsel^iS Only. a^ew.. .yjj.rs ago. one^ house of the' H?oer?^-J?ssembly 'parsed, ?.-^hij?' in -tbg . other, house) appropriating' .$200,000'to the common schools;- Hdw mucffFt'elief would such gnr-fofflve to tijp. schools^ It would Increase we* funcL.only 03 cents per pjupil on last ye&T&s enrollment, or $l?.7o to a school- of 25 pupils^ An" appropria tion of $200.00 'disbursed in such way as to require the districts to raise'rn tj^je aggregate something hjke ^400,000 "inl%cal taxes, would be equitable and "wise. I am ait once reminded that "this'plan would not entirely relieve i|te^%traib-iii a few of the poorer Aunties, <nd I admit it. Our present plan' of "roll ec ting and 1 appbrfioning the constitutional 3-mill school tax is not a. .democratic one. That tax is cblleetecV''an^-;ltpport?o?fe ties. . .Some counties^with poor land, la elf "of water -power "for manufac turing, andrwith no. railroads to tax, are-, at a- decidedv'dis?f?va?ita^re'. -.-It would' have :been un just, io. :havc ?ol lec4ed-ia^d> apB^rtioned.... 3;mill . tax as'a' State tax,'But'it^bum* have been just and-democratic, tc.- have "made *t*wo mi?ts-.a. county, tax, as at present, and have- made tli? ' other ^m?li?a State tax. Then the-'stronger counties would have been contribut ing^ welJ-giiarded tax for the sup port of the weak counties,: " So far in this State ut least,'-local taxation has proved fo berthe best .niearis of increasing the school fund. It is equitable," it is stable, an'd it, is certain until a majority 'of the?people vote it off. It compels the unwilling few to bear their proportionate part of a legit?mate'and necessary com jnunity - expense. ' The ditrict. which levies ? local tax knows just where "every d?Har'comes from, ami just where ?evd^.. dollar ,-goes.. Moreover it is usually "hot very difficultvto levy a local school tax, if there "*B only some safe :p?5sont toT. le^ad, for as a rule. the. we?lfhiest^-persons^ in the district-?re the readiest "to vote \ ? local sehool tax. *" Personally T^m confident" that the most just, equatable .and? reasonable way to fncreas.e_our_j5?hool fund is _-Vu*jwi?g is not^^Adj" The habit j "ot Returning a piece^of property at ojjprfcmrth jrueii'alue,. then taxing it at ? mills, .instead' "ofreturning 'it at something. Bice -its Jru'? value, then taxing it at one mill tojjaise the same amount of money, is not only childish business practice, but it is a training school in dishonest}-. Men who offer to return .their-proper|y? at something like its ?true value are actually laugh ?tt^y'?t^for thek arir^ness. Civic honesty must decline* under such vicT iousrsystem. 'Vw??-."-' - * ? .Were the real and personal prop: "?^y.-^tfiis. Stateji'r^^r?^ a some thing Eke ninety per cent' (and why*: ^^cV^ .,wt ?)Jof its true value, the 3-mill~1c"ho?l tard jue would practi cally double our entire school revenue. I?t?9Qtf?^b|-lan^-o^itside ^e. incorpor rated towns in 'the prosperous, protj |duct?Yft" an& jvpatyhy county of An* derson was returned for taxation at* an ay.?jrag'? jb?*$6J31 per,??-e.' MarXr boro, one of the finest farming coung. ties in the>'whole^^ith, -returned her land* at an average of $5.28 "an acre? Qrj^geburg is justly proud. of her ?vlf?n?, Jjut she returned hers at $3.54' aa - a"cj\^-^?msburg has some poor land, but she bas some of finest fields of cotton and tobacco to be found-irh the^St a te.; on the tax ' books her lancf is fateoTat'an average L"$fc^^Jn^JJh?se very counties^! re^5^g35a?# ?bwnerst would not sell for $30, $40, atod ever? ?60 an, acre. In one of these ?foun?ies, ia s^schofl-f*" district rcontainina nearly 4&uSo acres ?$ "jj^j^et the entire *?al an<f perseharfprpnerty. f of .the district is.returned at $1G0,??). What; rould a 4-mill school tax mean toj bat^^striet? . Increasing the tax" Bvy^while . we reduce th?^alu?tion |6f our1" property reminds igte of the poliey of the master who .undertook ti. punish hii"' thievish coachman- . by.t periodically-stealing back from- the ?o'?chman what the.h> coachman had stolen from his. master; Mississippi Night Riders Oprder Gin : v.. ? nfirs^tO' Close Upi Shubuta, Miss., Special-Notices were found posted at two"i-rins near this place warning the gfnners to ? ceased operatics. These notices .were" signed 'vrngbt ridfj?." JOne ;??rilre gins ?n^y^ich the ^ot?celas, posted irf abont six miles ^from -'tins' place, and is owned by. "?Tbb Heidel berg^ a negro. The other, war ther gi n? of .the Eucutta GinnuTg^Company, of Eucutta, ab?t?t^l?^WJ?wIes ;distant. The notices stated.that the operators of the gins would'-be killed unless they ceased to gin cotton/ There is no clue to the guilty persons Rockefeller Fails to Appear. ?Jleveland, O.,. Special.-Although -John D. Rockefeller was expected to review the parade and give a prize for the best workhorses he failed to show up. Af ter the Labor Day parade Monday morning. William D. Haywood t?je Socialist member of the Western J^e^?tion of i&wcft'-h?ije, addressed 'a.^th^ing of..Labor Union?, sound-; ingjthe keynote pf, ther^SoeiaHst cara-^ ?paigti- ' , ; .v :.J ' THE Mili PRIMARY : --?1 Smith .Steads for Senator hy Substan v . i.,tial Majority. Columbia, Special.-As a result of .the Democratic instate primary, Mr. D". Smith, Sf Florence, has beer! nominated for the United States [.Senate, and, -Mr. John E. Swearingen. of Edgefield, will be thc State's next LS^uperifit^ndent ? of : Education. Foi p-aalrci^d/'commis^ioner. Mr. Banks ly. Caughman, the incumbent, and Mr. James Cansler are running neck and [neckband it may take the official count to determine the winner. ' United State Senator. AbbeviUe'. 373 1,334 * Aiken;.' .'. 1,3S5 1,803 Anderson.'. 175 2,021 fi^wgV.<;-;. ;175 . 663 BarnwVu.. -.,...' 503 1,361 Beaufoy .... .t... 133 228 Bendey.,?_ 95 526 Calhoun.*. .. .. ...... 59 253 Charleston. 1,236 2,050 Cherokee;.--, i. 723 1,257 Chester... 5G2 1,353 Chesterfield. 506 6S9 Clarendon.. .. .. _ 470 '8S5 .Colleton... 137 639 Darlington. 633 1,827 Dorchester..'. 71 299 Edgefield.'. ..... .... 673 87? Fairfield-\ .v-.. 4o4 7S9 Florence., v. .. . 236 1,488 Georgetown..'-'.. 42 827 Greenville. 1096 2,407 Greenwood.... 1,032 1,457 Hampton.. . 442 639 Horry. 295 882 Kershaw.. ..-. 205 401 Lancaster.. .'. ; ; .... 189 1,443 Laurens. _.. 1,252 1,410 Lee.. *'..- :. .......... 331 80S Lexington.. ..* .'. _ 986 1,682 Marion.. .. ;. S33 2,901 Marlboro.. .? .. . 630 1.299 Newberry-.1,016 1,25$ .Oconee.'823 137 ^Orahgeburg.f ..' .. .. 1,163 1,892 Pickens. . 73 1.344 Richland. /-. .. ....... 1,666 2,48a" Saluda.. .. .. ...... 326 703 .Spartanburg.. .. 4,229 3,304 Sumter.-. .. :. 623 989 Union.. .. .r...... 1,573 U91 Williamsburg. 382 1,137 York., . 1,418 1,826 Total."." .. .32,158 53,382 Grand total vote reported; .58,04C ' Oconee Boy Kills Woman. Anderson, .Soecial.-Mayme Elrod, a white woman, about 40 years old, died in the hospital here at 6 o'clock Thursday morning as' the result of a, gunshot wound inflicted at the han<Js of Calhoun Donald, a j'outh of 18. The shooting occurred in the Town ville section, just across the line in Oconee County, and about 25 miles from Anderson, and ' the wounded woman was brought here. poranons, .wnose combined capitali zation is $94,703,99. Thejfigures for the past four years are as' follows : Total receipts for corpora tion. license in fees in 1905.'... .. ..'.$ 63,3-15.19 TotaLrreceipts for corpor ation "license fees in '1906.. ....... 69,298.32 Total , receipts for corpor ation license fees in 1-907.. v. 73,355.94 Total Tecfeipts for corpor arion "license fees in -1908.. .. .. .-._ 33,774.00 TotaLau^punt colbeted for four years..$294,773.4? Medical College Bei;e?ciaries Columbia, Special.-Governor Ansel has announced his appointments, on? 4irom each .congressional district,. of ben?jjcjaries. to the South Carolins Medical College, "as follows: W. M. O'Bryan, Manning; J. H. Cannon, Ridgeway; E. E .Epting, Williams ion; John M. Beardon, Enoree; Phil lip W. Hunter, Yorkville; Floyd D Rodgers, Lake City;. George H. Ren nies, Columbia. The Governor pai'sed upon foui pardon petitions, refusing all. The petitioners are John Clyborn, Green ville/ two years for housebreaking; Robext*Beaty, Horry, three years foi the same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp ton, ten years for manslaughter; Lee Gajidner, York, nine months for dis pensary violation. 1 ?Enormous Loss in South Carolina. Columbia, Special.-Reports which Commissioner }Vats?n has so far re? ceived from various parts of the j State, in response to a circular of in quiry sent out, indicate that the to tal damage throughout the State from the recent flood to crops, railroads and bridges will far exceed all expec tation. Mr. Watson' said that it wouItL not surprise him if the total exceeds twenty-five million dollars. Investigating Fire Rates. Columbia, Special.-Insurance Com missioner Mcl?Iasters is turning his attention tb the fire insurance rates ?prevailing in the State. He is seek ing .the rates of insurance that have obtained on various classes of property in the State over a number of years, his idea being to make a comparative table whereby it may bc learned whether the rates have increased ox decreased on thc same pieces of prop erty during thc past eight years. S. 0. Hand-Book Out. The 1908 edition of the Handbook of South Carolina has come from the press and in a few days Commissioner Watson will be sending out copies to those entitled thereto. The book, originally issued in 1907, has been thoroughly .revised, .and the facts and figures issued in 1907, with several addiribtfs^erf chapter;. The book in its tx?^aphlcal appearance is very attractive ;and:-as an advertisement of .t]je/. State it is cxcollent. Awful Deed of -a Crazy Man in North Carolina Village TRAGEDY CN TKE SABBATH DAY Miss Willie Bullinzcr Murdered Sun day Morans White Seated at Or ' gan Playin? Sunday School Hymn. Newton, N. C., Special-At Startown three miles from this place, the Sab bath peacefulness was broken by one of the most demoniacal crimes ever known in this county.. The tragedy took place in the Methodist church about 10 :30 while Sunday School was being held, Miss Willie Bullinger, aged about IS jrears, being stabbed to death by Lou Rader, aged about 21, a discharged lunatic. ;. The reports that reach here are a little conflicting as to just how the awful deed was done. One is to the effect that Miss Buliinger was seated at the organ playing for the Sunday school when Racier, leaping across several seats, attacked her with his pocket knife, stabbing ber once in the back and twice in the breast. An other report is that the man waited just outside of the church door and jnst as she came out committed the deed. But wherever the act was done, the result is the same and the girl lies dead at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bullinger. The attack was very violently made and it is said that those reaching the couple first could not prevent Rader from giving-his victim several cuts. .The murderer was arrested at once and is now in jail. He is not sorry for the crime and is reported as say ing that he killed her "because she was a witch." Rader was last spring committed to the asylum at Morganton, having become violently insane; At this time in his ravings he talked incessantly of Miss Bullinger for several months. He has been at home apparently well and nothing strange was noticed about him until his terrible deed Sun day morning. Saturday afternoon he delivered a load of wood in Newton and while here purchased a new knife with which he committed the murder. COURT DISMISSES SUITS. Government's Suits Fer the Enforce ment of the Commodities Clause Against the Anthracite Ooal-Carry in? Railroads Are Dismissed by the Circuit Court. Philadelphia, Special. - Declaring it to be drastic, harsh, unreasonable M. Dallas filed uiauivuo _" the snits aud Judge Joseph Buffinerton dissented but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits rail road companies to thansport in Inter state Commerce any article or com modity manufactured, mined or pro duced by them or under their author ity. A penalty not to exceed $5,000 is provided for each violation. The case was argued in June, Unit ed States Attorney General Bona parte delivering the principal argu ment for the government. The effect of the commodities clause if consti tutional would be to confine the min ing of anthracite coal bv the rail roads for use in Pennsylvania only, or compel the railroads to sell all the mining property they are interested in .either directly or indirectly. _.It is almost certain that thc ease will bc appealed directly to the Unit ed States Supreme Court. Reception to be Genuine. Tokio; By Cable.-The full pro gramme for the reception by the Jap anese to the American fleet, which is due here October 17th, leaves very few minutes for sleep while the ves sels are in port. OiTicial orders, The Associated Press is informed, will .in clude decorations and regulations as to the treatment of the visitors. Al ready in Yokohama it has been di rected that during the visit of the fleet, lanterns bearing Hie flag of the United States shall be distributed and displayed from every house and shop night and day. Two Killed and Two Injured. Sandusky, O.. Special.-Two color ed men were killed, another was in jured and a white man, name un known is missing as the result of a wieek on the Lake Shore & Michigan muthern Railway, which made kindling wood of 14 freight cars, be tween Huron and Vermilion carly Suuday. The four were riding in a freight car. Preferred Suicide to Hydrophobia. Springfield, 111., Special.-Fearing hydrophobia as a result of a bite in flicted by a squirrel suffering with rabies. Fred Peterson, 45 years old, died Sunday of carbolic acid poison ing. He swallowed the acid with sui cidal intent, because, as he remarked Sunday, ho preferred to kill himself rather limn die of rabies. Five other persons bitten by (he rabid squirrel are in Chicago undergoing treatment to prevent possible serious develop ments. Oil Can Explosion Causes Fatality. Pomeroy, O., Special.-A can of oil standing near the stove in the kitchen at tlie home of John G. Roush, in Mason county, W. Va., ex ploded early Sunday and as a result one child was burned to death, and Mr. and Mrs. Roush and three children were so severely injured that they may die. The house was con sumed. IN J HONOR OF HEROES Handsome Shaft Unveiled at Ebenezer Near Rock Hill. Rook Hill, Special-The beautiful Confederate monument erected by the ladies of the S. D. Barron Cbap teiyU?D. C., of Ebenezer, as a tribute to the'jsoldiers of "tb/ Lost Cause," both, ?ying and dead, was unveiled at Ebeneser Presbyterian Church last week in the presence of a great crowd. Thei,monument is a beautiful and unusually graceful one, rising about twenty-seven feet above the ground. Upon one side is the following inscrip tion : "Itemembering how they resisted oppression and injustice; defended trutu7?and the right; fought for their native] land, enduring hardship and oyerf sacrifice, we assume the sacred 'trust;*bf perpetuating their, memory with love and devotion. ' Onlihe opposite side: "Erected to the Confederate soldier by the S. D. Ban-on, Chapter, U. D. C., of Ebe nezer^' Auilnteresting point was that Dr. J. Roddey Miller, one of the junior Speakers of the day, was as a small boy,,llie junior speaker from the Tir zah-'School on the occasion of the memorial exercise at Ebenezer in 1882'.; / CAN'T RECEIVE LEPER. Acting Attorney General of North Callina Gives Opinion in Early's Case. Rr?k-igh, N. C., Special-Acting At torney General Hayden Clement has rendered an opinion that John R. EarlyVof Lynn, N. C., the leper now quarantined in the District of Co lumbia, could not be received by North' Carolina, and that his wife, who:is with him, must be quarantined indefinitely by the health board 'of Polk County in case she returns to her home,at Lynn. In-r'liis opinion, the Attorney Gen eral says, there would be danger to people in the trip, whether by rail or through the country; that the disease becanie apparent in Washington and thatxNorth Carolina is not called up on tb] care for citions ill in another State, or in the United States out side of this State; that there are no provisions for a case of this kind in the :'charity works of the State, and thatjEarly is a discharged soldier of the .'Ignited States, with the disease contracted while in its employ; it is the duty of the Federal Government to care for him. In case Mrs. Early returns to Polk County, he holds that she must be quarantined indefinitely. Early'has been granted a pension of $72 per month, dating from July 1. His >'ife has rented a cottage near where Early is quarantined and will elections ere nu,, t.v_,, twelve mere districts. All applica tions to bc considered for this year must bc sent in before October 1. It is quite likely there will be con siderably move than one hundred ap proved high selxcls for tin's year. The following schools e^labilshed last year, were retained: Allendale, Blaks burg, Patesburq;, Bamber?, Brimson, Cro?s Anchor. Cross Hill. Chesterfield, Central; Denmark, Dillon Easley, Fountain Inn. Fort . Mill, OnltVy, Hcmp'on, Heath Spring", Johnston Kershaw, Laurens. I.r.nra*ter, Little Mountain, Latta, Mullins, Mount Zion, Mcuntvillt*. Marion, Mauldin, McColl, Ninety-Six, Olar. Pendleton, Pickens, Prosperity, Rafton Creek. Ruby, Ridgeway. Summerville, St. George. Saluda. Springfield, Simpson villc, Schulz Township, Townville, Union Westminster. Watkins to Visit lhi3 State. Spa vt an burg, Special.-Aaron S. Watkins, candidate for Vice Pvesi dent of the United States on the Prohibition ticket, will deliver one of his campaign speeches in .Sparian burg next Thursday morning. He will speak cn pvihibition from a national standpoint. Bishopville Boy Soiled. Bishopville, Special.-Alger, the eldest son of Mr. H. H. King, of this city, accidentally shot his younger brother, Gordon. It seems that the two boys were playing on the bed, and in some way ja wed. a pistol from the mantel. Both ran to pick it up, Alger, who is 13 years old, reached the pistol first, and in the scramble it was fired, the bullet entering seven year-old Gordon's head by the way of the cheek just beneath the left eye. The little hoy never regained consciousness and died at 5 p. m. Death From Discharge of Parlor Rifle. Spartanbrg, Special.-As the re sult of a wound in the throat inflicted by the acidental discharge of a par lor rifle in the hands of Roger Phil lips, James Posey, aged 8 years died in the city hospital. Young Phillips and Posey were playing in front of the latter's home. A rifle in the hands of Phillips went off accidentally, the bullet striking Posey in the neck. Shooting Affray at Bamberg. Bamberg, Special.-Theodore Rich wine shot and probably fatally wounded Willis Glover here. Rich wine was promptly arrested and put in jail. Both are colored. The Rock Hill Water, Light and Power Company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Mismanage ment of the concerns affairs and fail ure to pay interest on bonds were the grounds upon which the receiver was appointed. Orville Wright, the W?zzard of the Air, Performs Wonders RIGHT LASTS OVER AN HOUR Orville Wright Establishes New Re cords in Aerial Navigation and Fulfills His Contract With the Government -Three Ph?nom?nal Flights at Fort Myer. Washington, Special. - Orville Wright, in three phenominal flights at Fort Myer, established new aero plane records that not only asssures the success of the official trials be fore the army board, but indicate that aerial flight is now only a mat ter of development. Two flights of approximately an hour each, another flight in which two men whirled through the air for upward of six minutes, were the achievements of the Wright brothers' aeroplane. The first flight made in the morning, in which the machine circled the drill ground at the fort 58 times in 57 minutes and 31 sec onds, was surpassed in the evening when a flight of C2 minutes and 15 seconds was made. Not satisfied with breaking all dis tance and time records for a heavier than-air flying machiue, Mr. Wright took Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, the ^aeronaut of the Signal Corps for a spin around the drill grounds mak ing a new recird for a two-man flight. Among the spectators were members of the Cabinet and hieb officers of the anny and navj'. Before the flight, a watch was tied to the seat next to Mr. Wright, and when he saw that he had stayed aloft for over an hour, the time re quired in order for him to fulfill his contract with the government, he made for -'Mother Earth." Swoop ing down in a sort of "bump-thc bumps" fashion, the machine bore down in the direction of thc crowd, which quickly scattered. Raising a cloud of dust as it slid along on the skids, the aeroplane, which weighs nearly a thousand pounds, came to I a stop within twenty feet of the crowd. As Mr. Wright stepped from the seat and removed his goggles, he was greeted with lusty cheers. Lieutenant Selfridge, who operated the first successful aeroplane of the Aerial Experiment Association, at Hammondsport, N. Y., was the first to congratulate Mr. Wright. Secre tary Metcalf, of the navy; Secretary of War Wright and numerous arr?v and navy officers, together with en thusiasts from every walk of life, o>?r> f K AHMH^ lu... t r\ erv fi c*"* U ir .-.?. ^ ?? ? V milli J Jil li iii, ?.* to..^. start was made at C:42, the h**~_ apparently rising from the ground as casiiy with its increased burden as it had with only the inventor aboard As it sped along the road bordering Arlington Cemetery, it came in a di rect line between the onlookers and the full September moon, serving to recall the famous work of Jules Verne, "A Trip to the Moon." As the machine completed the first round, the motor "skipped" on one cylinder; but on the suceedfng five, trips there was no evidence that the engine was overtaxed by the great strain imposed upon it. After the sixth lan, a beautiful landing was made within a hundred feet of the "aerial garage," where the machine is sheltered from the elements." Aeroplane Breaks Record. Washington. Special. - Orville Wright Thursday broke the world's record for tune and distance for a heavier-than-air flying machine which he established Wednesday. In a flight requiring great skill on account of a 10-milc wind he circled around the drill grounds at For Moyer 58 times in 05 minutos and 52 second?, exceed ing the time of Wednesday's record flight by 3 minnies and 37 seconds. The flight was witnessed by nearly a thousand people. Indicted For Arson. New Orleans, Special.-Julius Lipps manager; Abc Wolf, secretary and treasurer of thc Central Glass Com pany, of New Orleans, and John Eck ert, an employe of that convey, were indicted by the grand jury on the charge of arson in connection with a fire which about 10 days ago burned over a portion of three blocks in the business sec! ion of New Or leans. ?aiming a loss of $1.000,000. The fire originated in the building occupied by the Central Glass Com pany. Killed hy Gas Explosion. Pittsburg, Pa.. Special-Two deaths almost immediately followed an ex plosion of gas at thc home of Father George Misquet, No. 922 Bedford, pastor of the Greek Orthodox Catholic church; two other persons were seri ously bumed; two women were seri ously hurt by falling walls and four other persons were injured, either by burns or falling debris. Found Dead in a Pond. New York, Special.-Mrs. Ashton Harvey, wife of a prominent lawyer of th's city, was found dead in a pond near his country home at Short Bill, N. J. The woman left home in the afternoon to visit a friend at Madison, and this was the last stcu of lier until a search revealed .he body. Shei? beloved to have fallen into the rond in a fainting spell, but the police aro investigating thc eas?. Georgia Railroad Bank AUGUSTA, GA. Savings Department Pays 4% interest on all accounts in this department, compounded every six months, January and July. Capital and Surplus $550,000.00. 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