Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 16, 1908, Image 2

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EDGEFIELD, S. CM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1908. ?M"! ii i ni nt H ii ut i*A . THE NATIONAL BANK ?F^l/?U'ST?, :: AUG?STAr?A. . , , ! L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK,.. . President. CTdSniec^ . I . CAPITAL $250,000.00. ll Surplus & Profits $190,000,00. y The business of our out-of -tawo frieDd? . f ' receives the same careful attention as that a m ' of our local depositors. The accounts of ? ' careful conservative people solicited. ?H"H"H"1"I"M ?! 'M-M-M NO. 38. >M-M'I"H'M'I l-l I IIH-H-* ?UR. SCHOOLS J Br PKOF. WILLIAM H. HA:O, University of South Carolina. ^aper Number One. . 4 fl i !? ? !? I ? I ? ' I ? ? I? ' I ' !? I I I 'I"I''I"t-I'T Today in Sbu?jft Carolina arc tb be fou?d^ very, i few people who would admit .that'-'they are unfriendly.. to popular education, . and fewer f. still who wpiijd admit thafc. they ,ar?? not. friends f? our common schools. The people of the State-have just passed through .a somewhat vigorous polit ical campaign-. Oin this, as in almost every suoS campaign, ?nany of" thc. candidates for office have taken oc casion'fd declare their deep interest in the common schools. The candi date "doth protest too much, me thinks," but most of them are en tirely'sincere in. their declarations. Some of these men will soon occupy positions which will enable them to demonstrate their interest in. our schools, .and their capacity for. im-" proving them. From- the outside it would seem thatr very few of these ';inen have made any careful analysis of the conditions of our schools, and certainly very few have cffered;-any deflate, practicable plan for ?|fe?r. penfcpnent improvement. Byf^'wr means do I intend to cast any slui -at -these men. . Perhaps" it .is .'asking too much of "men busy with their own. . affairs and the affairs of the public. ; to stop to study the problems of edu ! cation-a field broad and rich in vex ations questions. .^Perhaps, too, those ' who have studiecr these problems, and "are familiar with the conditions, have . been remiss in not telling thc people frankly what they soe and know. In?r fifteen years this writer taught in the common schools of this State, and for seventeen years he has tried ' to .study the conditions whicb>makc I fdr good or for evil in thc educational - system of the State. During, the past twenty-six months he has traveled S more than thirty thousand miles in . side the State, driven hundreds of jj/ miles through the rural districts, and S visited not far from' three hundred ."schools in the State. He claims no wider or richer knowledge of the con . ditions than is possessed by scores of his fellow workers. Yet he feels vtbat he knows .something of those ..conditions, and that he owes it to the "people' to set these, conditions frank ly before them. I Let me say at * the outset that I have no disposition to forget qr to disregard the many good things in cur schools, or to withhold merited commendation anywhere, yet it is not :my duty to, tax the reader,;s time . and patience.,with" platitudes and empty eulogies, so .-frequently in dulged in by those "?ho strive so ^diligently to b1- "1 " parent weak'ner been vastly i* years. We s) growth, and ? gr?ejjsa?not- affo.. Would be folly' schools, and om anything like pei cover some of the v...*.*^ ...._ admit what we discoMer, and set ourselves resolutely toward ^improve ment, f Some of the most -?jnspicious weaknesses in our schools are these: 1. Lack of funds sufficient to main tain high-class schools. 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. J 5. Poor school houses . and poor equipment. 6. Neighborhood jealousies and neighborhood qu?rrels. ' .% . 7. Too m?ny little half-supported schcols. . ' * ?i- i 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 onr school system frankly, somewhat fully, and altogether ..dispassionately. I wish to avoid anything captious or hysterical. In th?se discussions, I beg to offer, a? unobtrusively as I .may, some suggestions as to remedies. For he is a poor physician who tells \hiscpatient that .he is sick, but offers neither to . tekV-hiro^l^Bia^ ^he -"dis^^ . is, nor to prescribe any remedy. "" Lack of Funds. To maintain good schools requires money. They can not be mn on ebullient sentiment, nor will spasmodic charity keep them at a very high standard. Money is ab 'solutely necessary to build- comfor table school houses^o" furnish these :;houses, to pay competent teajgljgrs, and to keep the schools open nine months in the year. What is South Carolina putting into her common schools the training school of the future citizenship of the State? Tn 1907, the State'enrolled in tWV?ra mon schools 314,399 pupils, or about 18 per cent of her total population. On these pupils was spent $1,415.724. or $4f50 per pupil. This j $4.50 in* eludes the expenditures on school houses, furniture, apparatus, libra ries, and teachers^ sala ines. The aver age attendance'upon the schools was, of course, much lower rhan the enroll ment, therefore the amount spent per pupil on the basis of attendance was larger, .$6.37. In* 1906, North Caro lina spent $6.90 per pupil" in -utt?n A dance ; Georgia., sjjent. $7.47^...Missis sippi, $8.01: Tennessee, $S'.48; Vir ginia, $11.05;-Florida,-$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 education 94 cents Sr capita of her total population. 1906 Georgia spent 98 cents; Vir ginia spent $1,12; Mississippi, $1.15; Kentucky, $1.19; Tennessee, $1.49; Florida, $1.96; Maryland, $2.51; Wis consin, $3.79; Minnesota, $4.41; New York, $6.27. Most people will admit that out schcol fund is insu^cient. How are^ we to increase it?- Several plans have been offered, and several ways are open. Some of them, however, d<y not appeal to men' cf experience. Not T&J-%>il people ; insist nppn increasing the*- school fund by prjtfat? subscrip tion.. . This .plan is inad?quate and vh?^?us in its. effects:1 * The -public schools dre mppbrtel^pYi"msrily for the^aefit of the Stale, rather than for. the benefit of tb? individual.* ] - -Frequently it.'.ist'-pjQposed.by a few to increase the common school fund by direct appropriation from the State treasury.. . Unless such, ap.prop-^ riations- were made ?^^^?i^&j??^ ion that each district receiving its' part .should first m^he^s^p?G?fic 'local effort^ the result ^wdu|ci be.j^rtful, 'as tue*, district^woiikl' soon come to look upon themselves as beneficiaries of-*^ State^nd would , cease to 'make ?uy effort to helpVthemseKSs; Only.ja. few^ years ago.one. house of the' -i?^er?j^i?ssembly "passed, a/'hifl ' '(kn?w^??i that'it would~~&?rHo^*pa?? in tbg.. other house) appropriating .$200,000 to the common schools-; How mucnVrelief would such supfogiye to the schools? It would increase fund only 63 cents per pupil on last yeaj*Pk enrollment, or $15.75 to a school of 2-5 pupils.. Ari appropria tion of $200.00 "disbursed in such way as to require the districts to raise rn theaggregate something IjJce v$400,000 "iiv%cal taxes, would be equitable and wise. I am at once reminded that this plan would not entirely relieve ttfe- "strain^ in a few of the poorer ""??unties, <(nd I admit it. Our present plan' of "fedlecling and apportioning the constitutional 3-miIl school tax is not a. -democratic one. That tax ts collected an3' apportiofited by coun ties. ^ Some counties. wUh poor laud, lactf?f water "power"for manuf?c tur'ng, and with no railroads to tax, are- at a decided-'dil;^vantage'. -.-It wouhl" have :been iujjus?.fq. :h,ive col lect jdga^d> apj?ort?oned.. ^tlitWt 3;mill tax as a Sta?e tibe, T)?t~ it.^ boen just and democratic, to.- have made Two mi#s-a county, tax, as at present, and have made the other mill ?T'St?te lax. Then tljc-stronger counties would have been contribut ing a well-guarded tax for the sup port of the weak, counties,: So far in this State at least,'-local taxation has proved to he :the best means of increasing ihe school fund. It is equitable, it is stable, and it., is i certain until a majority of the ^people vote it off. It compels the unwilling few to bear their proportionate part of a'legitimate and necessary com munity expense. ' The ditrict. which levies a local tax knows just where :every dollar "comes from, and just where .-.evAj^. ?lollar .goes. Moreover it is usua?Vho't very difficult'to levy a local school tax, if there 'is only some safe ^s^ont tp~ le^ad, for as ? rule the wealthiest" -persons* in the district ? ?re the readiest to vote a local school tax. "Personally Ivem confident that the most just, equitable ands reasonable way* to increase our s hool fund is _. v^<j?viiig is not ^??d? Thc habit of. /et'umiug a piece*%i property at one-fdWh Us^.trueJrahie, then taxing I it at 4 mills, instead''Of returning it af something, like its true value, then j taxing it at one mill to-liaise the same amount of money, is not only childish business practice, but it is a training school in dishonesty. Men who offer to return their-proper^y; at something like its^rue value are actually laugh ?f?y'?t^for their artrsssness. Civic . honesty must decline* finder such vicT .ious? system. .".*?,. . .. ."Were the real and personal prop: city 'in this. Stateji'r^t^u^Beqra some^ thing hke ninety per cent' (and whj? s^uld^ nqt?^of ks true value, the 3-mur^ho61 tar alone would practi cally double our entire school revenue. In".19Qyt4*f-land^-qutside the. incorpo: rated towns in^ the prosperous, pro'-j duch*v??3- and- wealthy county of An, derson was returned for taxation at, an a*erag^;fr US$0.51 perjure.' Marfr boro, one of the finest farming coting, ties in the'-whole^CjUth, returned her land' at an average of $5.28 "an aero* Qrajngeburg is justly proud of her ?g^r-j^nd. -hut. she returned hers at $3.54'a-n-aci-e*^^?msbur{r has some poor land, hut she ha.'! some of Mhs? finest fields of cotton and tobacco to be fountain* the State.;, on the tax books her land" Ts" rat'ecf at "an average ^^v$^^^,^n_lh?se very. cpunties^I would not sell for $30. $40',-ft*nd ever? ^60 an acre. In one of these ^ounfies. is-j a>sch???-di^rict 'containing nearly 4*k$|0 acres 0? .jfuj^yet t\% entire ^fal ana* personal Vprpocrty I of the district is.returned at $100,0$. What? fould a 4-mill school tax mean toj at^^djstricti Increasing the tax j vy^while we reduce the palliation of our* property reminds <ig? of the poliey of the master who .undertook te. punish hil'thievish coachman- ; by;. periodically stealing back from the coachman what the..., coachman had stolen from his master. _* * *? -r-=---f Mississippi Night Eiders Offde* C"-?n .: 7 . . ners to- Close Ufr Shubuta, Miss., Special-Notices were found posted at two'gins near this place warning the grimers to cease, operatics- These notices were" signed ' knight ridpj*." JOne ,e?-iire gins on^which the liotice.r}sns. posted id about six milesJfrom this' place, and is owned by *?Tbb Hoidol bergl a negro. The others-warthe gin; of the Encuita Ginnijij^?ompany, of Encutta. abodt^i-?-jj?^?u?les ^distant. The notices stojed that the operators of the gins woirld'-be killed unless they ceased to gin cotton. There is no due to the guilty persons. Rockefeller Fails to Appear. sjleveland, 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. After the Labor Day parade Monday morning William D. Haywood tte Socialist member of the Western Fejjlefation of ifeie?s-JjejRe, addressed 'a "gathering of. Labor Union?, sound ingjhe keynote of, the:$oeialist cam-, paign. THE SiCOND PRIMARY Smith -Leads for Senator by Substan .o . , /tial Majority. '. -Columbia, Special.-As a result of the Democratic .fState primary, Mr, ?. D'. Smith S? Florence, has beer! nominated for the United States Senate, and Mr. John E. Swearingen. of Edgefield, will be thc State's next 1'Suporit?t.ohdent ; of : Education. Poi ^?ilrolid''commissioner, Mr. Banks I;. Caugbman, t-he incumbent, and Mr. James Cansler are running neck and neck ?and it may take the official count to determine the winner. United State Senator. Abbeville'. 873 1,334 Aiken: .- .'.1,3S5 1,803 Anderson.'. 175 2,021 Batafcwg-.'. . 175 663 Barnwell.. *. ?..' 503 1,361 Beaufoy ........ 133 228 Berkley._ 95 526 Calhoun.*. .-.. 59 253 Charleston. 1,236 2,050 Cherokee-.-. ?. 723 1,257 Chester. 562 1,353 Chesberfiicld. 506 6S9 Clarendon.. 470 '885 Colleton. 187 630 Darlington. 633 1,827 Dorchester. 71 29(3 Edgefield... 073 87?. Fairfield. . .v-. 454 7S3 Florence.. -. 236 1,488 Georgetown. 42 827 Greenville. 1096 2,407 Greenwood.... 1,032 1,457 Hampton. 442 680 Horry. 295 882 Kershaw.. ..-. 205 401 Lancaster.. .'. 139 1,443 Laurens. 1,252 1,41 G Lee..*.. ;. 381 809 Lexington., .vi. 936 1,682 Marion. S53 2,901 Marlboro.. . 630 1.29S Newberry.1,016 1,253 Oconee.'823 1.207 -Crahgebnrg.:' ..' .. .. 1,163 1.S92 Pickeiis. 73 1.344 Richland ..';.. .. 1,606 2,4S? Saluda... 326 70? Spartanburg.. .. .... 4,229 3,304 Sumter.. 623 989 Union.i ........ 1.573 1.191 Williamsburg. 332 1,137 York.1,418 1.S26 Total.;.32,153 53,SS2 Grand total vote reported;.53,04t! Oconee Boy Kills Woman. Anderson, S?ecial.-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 hanijs of Calhoun Donald, a youth 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. I poranons. .wno-e combined capitali zation is $94,703,99. The.j.figures for the past four years are as' follows : Total receipts for corpora lion. license in fees in 1905.$ 63;U;119 Total-receipts for corpor ation license fees in . 1906.1 .. . 69,298.32 Total- receipts for corpor : ation license fees in '''1-907. 78.355.94 Total Tec'eipts for corpor ation license fees in .?1908.. .. .. .-.. 33.774.00 TotaLamount collected for four years.$294.77?.4": Medical Colles? Bei.??:-aries Columbia, Special.-Governor Ansel has announced his appointments, one -from each congressional district, of beneficiaries, to the South Carolina Medical College, as follows: W. M. O'Brian, Manning; J. II. Cannon. Ridgeway; E. E .Epting, Williams ion; John M. Reardon, Enoree; Phil lip W. Hunter, Yorkville; Floyd D Rodgers. Lake City; George II. Ken nies, Columbia. The Governor parsed upon foin pardon petitions, refusing all. Th? petitioners are John Clyborn. Green ville,' two years for housebreaking: Robert.^aty, Horry, th ree vears foi the same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp ton, ten years for manslaughter; Lee Gardner, York, nine months for dis pensary violation. ^Enormous Loss in South Carolina. Columbia, Special.-Reports which Commissioner Watson has so far re. ceived from various parts of the State, in response to a circular of in quiry sent out, indicate that thc to tal damage throughout thc State from the recent flood to crops, railroads and bridges will far exceed all expec tation. Mr. Watson" said that it would, not surprise him if the total exceeds twenty-five million dollars. Investigating Fire Rates. Columbia, Special.-Insurance Com missioner McMasters is turning his attention to the fire insurance rates ?prevailing in the State. Ile is seek ing .the rates of insurance that have obtained on various classes of propcrtj in the State over a number ol' years, his idea being to make a comparative table whereby it may he learned whether the rates have increased ox decreased on the same pieces of prop erty during the 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 bc sending out copies to those entitled thereto. The book, originally issued in 1907, has been thoroughly revised, and the facts and figures" issued irr 1907, with several additibn'Sv^f 'chapter?. The book in its tjn^ffijtaph'ical appearance is very attractive'and. as an advertisement of the.State it is excellent. ?Di KILLED Awful Deed of a Crazy Man in North Carolina Village TRAGEDY CN THE SABBATH DAY Miss Willie Bulliger Murdered Sun day Morning Whib Seated at Or gan Flavin? Sunday. .School Hymn. Newton, N. C., Special-At Startown three miles from this place, the Sab uath 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 19 years, being stabbed to death by Lou Radcr, aged about 21, a discharged lunatic. The repoits that reach here are a little conflicting as to just how the awful deed Avas done. One is to the effect that Miss Bullinger was seated at the organ playing for the Sunday school when Rader, leaping across several seats, attacked her with his po.'ket 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 just 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 thc couple first could not prevent Rader from giving his victim severs] cuts. The murderer was arrested at once and is now in jail. He is not sorry for tho crime and is reported as sav ing that lie 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 cf wood in Newton and while here purchased a new knife with which ho committed the murder. COURT DISMISSES SUITS. Government's Suits Fer the Enforce ment of the Commodities Clause Against the Anthracite Coal-Carry ing Railroads Are Dismissed by the Circuit Court. Philadelphia. Special. - Declaring it to be drastic, harsh, unreasonable ~t> tito: -J-*^. ?f tbp M. Dallas med opimu... the suits aud Judge Joseph Bulfinaton dissented but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits rail road companies to thnnsport in Inter state Commerce any article or com modity manufactured, mined or pro duced by them or under their author it}'. A penalty not to exceed $5,000 is provided for each violation. The ease 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 mii.l-'q: property they are interested in .either directly or indirectly. . It is almost certain that the case wi]] be appealed directly to the Unit ed States Supreme Court. Reception to be Gennin.c. 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. Official orders. The Associated Press is informed, will .in clude decorations and regulations as to thc treatment of the visitors. Al ready in Yokohama it has been di rected that during the visit of the fleet, lanterns bearing the flag of the United Stales 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 wliiic man, name un known is missing as the result of a wreck on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, which made kindling wood of 14 freight cars, be tween Huron and Vermilion carly Sunday. The four were riding in a freight ear. Preferred Suicide to Hydrophobia. Springfield, 111.. Special.-Fearing hydrophobia as a result of a bite in flicted bv 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, he preferred to kill himself rather limn die ol' rabies. Five oilier persons bitten by Hie 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 thc homo of John G. Roush, in Mason county, W. Va., ex ploded carly 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. Handsome Shaft Unveiled at Ebenezer Near Rock Hill. Rook: Hill, Special-The beautiful Confederate monument erected by the ladies of the S. D. Barron Chap ter, TJ^D. C., of Ebenezer, as a tribute to the.soldiers of "the Lost Cause," both living and dead, was unveiled at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church last week ia the presence of a great crowd. Thel monument is a beautiful and unusually graceful one, rising about twentj'-seven feet above the ground. Upon one side is the following inscrip tion : "Remembering how they resisted oppression and injustice; defended truthT>and the right; fought for their native, land, enduring hardship and every sacrifice, we assume the sacred trust of perpetuating their memory with love and devotion.' On. the opposite side: "Erected to the Confederate soldier by the S. D. Burro? Chapter, U. D. C., of Ebe nezer.^' An'-interesting point was that Dr. S? Roddey Miller, one of the junior speakers of tho day, was as a small boy, Llie junior speaker from the Tir zah rfchool on the occasion of the memorial exercise at Ebenezer in 1SS2. CAN'T RECEPTE LEPER. Acting Attorney Gsncral of North Carolina Gives Opinion in Early's Case. Raleigh, N. C., Special.-Acting At torney General Hayden Clement has rendered an opinion that John R. Early, cf 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 ?3 with bim, must be quarantined indefinitely by thc health board 'of Polk county in case she returns to her home,at Lynn. In; his opinion, the Attorney Gen eral fays, there would be danger to people in thc trip, whether by rail or through the country; that the disease beeanie apparent in Washington and that-North Carolina is not called up on to' care for citizens ill in another State, or in the United States out side of this State; thaf there arc no provisions for a case of this kind in the charity works of thc State, and thatjEarly is a discharged soldier of the united States, with the disease contracted while in its employ; it is ?he duty of thc 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 wife has rented r. cottage near where Early is quarantined and will cleer:ons i>;v u*>? ,- ,., twelve more dist rids. All applica tions lo be considered for this year must bc sent in before October 1. lt is quite likely there will be con siderably more than one hundred ap proved high schools for fir's year. Thc following schools established last year, were retained: Allendale. Blaks burg, Batesburg, Bamberg, Brimson. Cro.-s Anchor. Cross Hill, Chesterfield. Contrai. Denmark, Billion Eadey, Fran! air. Inn. Fort . Mill, fi a fifa ey, Hampoon, Hont I?. Spring::. Johnston Kershaw, Laurens, Lancaster, Little Mountain. Latta, Mullins, Mount Zion. Marni viii*. Marion, Mauldin, McCcll, Ninety-Six, Olar. Pendleton, Bickens. Prosperity, Raft on Creek, Ruby, Ridgeway. Summerville. St. George. Saluda. Springfield. Simpson xi lie, Schulz Township. Townville, Union V\ cstminstcr. Watkins to Visit This State. Spa rt an burg. Special.-Aaron S. Watkins, candidate for Vice Presi dent of the United States on the Prohibition ticket, will deliver one of his campaign speeches in Spartan burg next Thursday morning. He will speak on prohibition from a national standpc Ult. Bishopville Boy Killed. 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 jarred a pistol from the mantel. Both ran to pick it up, Alger, who is 13 years old, reached Hie 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 hy the aeidental discharge of a par lor rifle in the hands ol' Hoger 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 Wizzard of thc Air, Performs Wonders MIGHT LASTS OVER AN HOUR Orville Wright Establishes New Re cords in Aerial Navigation and Fulfills His Contract With the Government -Three Phenomenal Flights at Fort Myer. "Washing-ton, 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 aa hour each, another flight in which two men whirled through the air for upward of six minutes, were thc achievements of the Wright brothers' aeroplane. The first flight made in the morning, in which the machine circled thc drill ground at the lort 58 times in 57 minnies and 31 sec onds, was surpassed in the evening when a flight ot' 02 minutes and 15 seconds was made. Not satisfied with breaking all dis tance and time records for a heavier than-air flying machine, Mr. Wright toole Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, the aeronaut of the Signal Coq,s for a spin around the drill grounds mak ing a new record for a two-man flight. Among the spectators were members of the Cabinet and biffh officers of thc army and navy. 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 io 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 (he Aerial Experiment Association, at Hammondsport, X. Y\. was the first to congratulate Mr. Wright. Secre tary ?Jetcalf. of the navy; Secretary of War Wrisht and numerous aron* and navy officers, together with en thusiasts from every walk of life. start was made at 6:42, the m~.~ apparently rising from the ground as easily with its increased burden as it lind 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 sueecdfng five, trips lhere was no evidence that the engine was overtaxed by the great strain imposed upon it. After the sixth lap, a beautiful landing was made within a hundred feet of the "aerial garage." where the machine is sheltered from thc element'". Aeroplane Breaks Record. Washington, Special. - Oiville Wright Thursday broke the world's record for time and dist a nee for a heavier-!hrn-air living machine which he established Wednesday. Tu a flight requiring great skill on account of a 10-mile wind hfl circled around the drill grounds at For Meyer 53 times in 05 minnies and 52 seconds, 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 the Central Class Com pany, of Mew Orleans, and John Eck ert, an employe of that roir>-"iy, were indicted by tue grand jury on the charge of arson in connection with a lire which aboul IO days ago burned over a portion of three blocks in the business section of New Or leans, causing a loss of $1.500.000. The lire originated in the building occupied by thc Central Glass Com pany. Killed by Gas Explosion. Pittsburg. Pa.. Special-Two deaths almost immediately followed an ex plosion ol' gas at the home of Father George Misquet, Xe 922 Bedford, pastor ol' the Greek Orthodox Catholic church; two other persons were seri ously burned; I wo women were seri ously hurl hy failing walls ami 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 conni ry home at Short Hill. N. J. 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