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' CHAPTER XXXI?Continued.
Broffln laid the pistol on the table,
and put the key of the safety box beside
it. Then he sat in grim silence
for a full minute, toying Idly with a
pair of handcuffs which he had taken
from his pocket
"By the eternal grapples!" he said,
at length, half to himself, "I've a good
mind to do it anyway?and take the
chances." |
As quick as a flash Griswold thrust
out his hands.
"Put them on!" he snapped. "There
are a hundred lawyers in New Orleans
t who wouldn't ask for anything better
than the chance to defend me?at your
expense!"
Broflin dropped the manacles into
his pocket and sat back in the swingle
chair. "You win" he said shortly;
- and the battle was over.
For a little time no word was spoken.
Griswold smoked on placidly,
seemingly forgetful of the detective's
presence. Yet he was the one who
was the first to break the strained
silence.
"You are a game fighter, Mr. Broffln,"
he said, "and I'm sorry for you.
Try one of these smokes?you'll find
them fairly good?and excuse me for a
few minutes. I want to write a letter
which, if you are going down town,
prehaps you'll be good enough to mail
for me."
He pushed the open box of cigars
across to the detective, and dragged
the lounging chair around to the
other side of the t&Die. 'mere was
stationery at hand, and he wrote rapidly
for a few minutes, covering: three
pages of the manuscript sheets before
he stopped. When the letter was inclosed.
addressed, and stamped, he
tossed it across to Broffln, face up.
Tli? detective saw the address. "Miss
Margery Grierson," and, putting the
^ letter into his pocket, got up to go.
"Just one minute more, if you
please," said Griswold, and, relighting
the cigar which had been suffered to
go out, he went into the adjoining bedroom.
When he came back, he had
put on* a light top coat and a soft hat,
and was carrying a small handbag. j
"I'm your man, Mr. Broffln," he saidj
quietly. "I go with you?and plead
guilty as charged."
Wahaska, the village-conscious, had
its nine-day's wonder displayed for it
in Inch-type headlines when the Dally
vvanasiULii, reaeaising mr olui J u, me
New Orleans bank robbery, told of the
voluntary surrender of the robber, and
of his deportation to the southern city
to stand trial for his offense.
Some few there were who took exceptions
to Editor Randouph's editorial
in the same issue, co nmenting on
the surrender, and pleading: for a suspension
of judgment on the ground
^ that much might still be hoped for
BCnBn|
HH Mj BT, iBy
"And You?You've Paid the Price,
Haven't You?"
from a man who had retraced a broad
step in the downward path by voluntarily
accepting: the penalty. Those
who objected to the editorial were of
the perverse minority. The intimation
was made that the plea had been inspired?a
hint basing itself upon the
fact that Miss Grlerson had been seen
visiting the office of the Wahaskan
after the departure of the detective,
Matthew Broffln, with his prisoner.
The sensational incident, however,
had been forgotten long before a certain
evening, three weeks later, when
the Grierson carriage conveyed the
> convalescent president of the Bayou
State Security from the Grierson mansion
to the south-bound train. Andrew
Galbraith was not alone in the
carriage, and possibly there were those
in the sleeping car who mistook the
dark-eyed and strikingly beautiful
young woman, who took leave of him
in his section, for his daughter. But
the whispered words of leave-taking
were rather those of a confidante than
a kinswoman.
"I'll arrange the Raymer matter as
yau suggest," she said, "and if I had
even a speaking acquaintance with
God. I'd pray for you the longest day
I live T'nrle Andrew. And about the
trial; I'm going to leave it all with
you! Just remember that I shall bleed
little drops of blood for every day the
4> _ judge gives him. and that the only
^ way he can be helped is by a short
sentence. He wouldn't take a pardon;
he?he wants to pay. you know.
Good-night and good-by!" And she
^ put her strong arms around Andrew
Galbraith's neck and kissed him,
thereby convincing the family party In
lower seven that she was not only the
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CXY>YX/C*r3yCH**LCJ XMBAOtt JO*?
old man's daughter, but a very affectionate
one, at that.
The little-changing seasons of central
Louisiana had measured two com
plete rounds on tne yeany aiai ui
time's unremitting and unhastlng clock
when the best hired carriage that
Baton Rouge could afford drew up before
the entrance to the state's prison
I and waited. Precisely on the stroke of
, twelve, a man for whom the prison
I rules had lately been relaxed sufficiently
to allow his hair to grow, came
out, looked about him as one dazed,
and assaulted the closed door of the
carriage as if he meant to tear it from
its hinges.
"Oh, boy, boy!" came from the one
who had waited; and Jien the carriage
door yielded, opened, closed with a
crash, and the negro driver clucked
to his horses.
They were half-way to the railroad
station, and she was trying to persuade
him that there would be months
and years in which to make up for the
loveless blank, before sane speech
found its opportunity. And even then
there were interruptions.
"I knew you'd be here; no, they
didn't tell me, but I knew it?I would
have staked my life on it, Margery,
girl," he said, in the first lucid interval.
"And you?you've paid the Price,
haven't you. Kenneth? But, oh, boy,
dear! I've paid it, too! Don't you believe
me?"
There was another interruption and
because the carriage windows were
open, the negro driver gnnneu auu
confided a remark to his horses. Then
the transgressor began again.
' Where are you taking me, Margeiy??not
that it makes any manner
of difference."
"We are going by train to New Orleans,
and this?this?very?evening
we are to be married, in Mr. Galbraith's
house. And Uncle Andrew is
going to give the bride away. It's all
arranged."
"And after?"
"Afterward, we are going away?I
don't know where. I just told dear
old Saint Andrew to buy the tickets to
anywhere he thought would be nice,
and we'd go. I don't care where it is?
do you? And when we get there, I'll
buy you a pen and some ink and paper,
and you'll go on writing the book, just
as if nothing had happened. Say you
will, boy, dear; please say you will!
And then I'll know that?the price?
wasn't?too great"
He was looking out of the carriage
window when he answered her, across
to the levee and beyond it to the farther
shore of the great river, and his
eyes were the eyes of a man who has
seen of the travail of his soul and is
satisfied.
"I shall never writ? that book, little
girl. That story, and all the mistakes
that were going to the making of It,
lie on the other side of?the Price.
But one day, please God, there shall
be another and a worthier one."
"Yes?please God," she said; and
the dark eyes were shining softly.
THE END.
BULGARIA'S SEAPORT
Latest Entrant in European War has
Only One Outlet.
Dedeagatch Is the port upon the
Aegean sea to which the Bulgarians
I pin some of their brightest hopes for
a rich commercial future, according
I to a study in war geography recently
I prepared by the National Geographic
| society. A free outlet to the Aegean
and the Mediterranean was something
long coveted by Bulgarian statesmen,
who felt that their foreign trade would
tirst begin with their acquirement of
a port upon the open sea. In Dedeagatch,
the patriotic natives see a future
New York, a Balkan London, and
the possession of this harbor appears
to them one of the greatest benefits
of their war with Turkey. Bulgarian
products, from attar of roses to grain
and hides, are soon to leave for the
world's central markets in Bulgarian
boats from a Bulgarian port.
Holding their port so important, it
is small wonder that the Bulgarians
felt the loss of the railway through
Adrianople, which connects Dedeagatch
with the interior of their country,
to be a disaster that must be
made good at the earliest possible
moment and at all hazard. The recently
reported cession of territory by
the Ottoman empire restores to Bulgaria
the land through which this
railway runs, and so restores to the
sturdy peasant nation its ardent hopes
for the age to come. With their small
strip of seashore along the Aegean
and with an export city at Dedeagatch,
with its communications safe upon
home soil, the Bulgarian feels that
his country has become more than a
Balkan power; it has become a Mediterreanean
power, a member of the
family of Europe, a state with a future
as wide as the oceans.
Dedeagatch is situated upon tne
gulf of Enos, about 10 miles north of
the Maritza estuary. The little town
began its career as a seaport under
Abdu Hamid II. when it hegan to
capture much of the trade that had
formerly been done through the port
of Enos. which lies upon the southeastern
point of the gulf of Enos, on
the southern bank of the Maritza river.
Forty y\ars ago. Dedeagateh was
merely a cluster of fishermen's huts,
struggling back from an open roadstead.
Since then, a new town has
grown up. small, with only 4.000 population,
but alert, progressive, confident.
Several factors have entered into this
promise of Dedeagateh. First among
its advantages, is that of its railway
connections, which link it with Coni
stantinople, Sofia. Bourgas and Salonii
ki, its rival to the south, Enos, suo
cumbed to its unhealthy climate and
to the shifting of coastal sandbars.
The inhabitants of this harbor city,
as ail along the coasts of the Aegean,
were mostly Greeks up to the occupation
and administration by the Bulgarians.
Greek commission houses and
shippers had most of its trade in their
hands. The opening of the Constantinople-Saloniki
railway in 1896
brought rapid prosperity to the place,
some of which was lost again when
railway connections were made between
the interior and the Black sea
port of Bourgas. The city is the na.
tural outlet of the Maritza valley,
I lie <in#o??AMKlA
| iiuwuvcit Oiiu, uuoj/nc no uiuawi?w?v
| harbor, an unsheltered, open roadstead,
it will probably become a rich city as
Bulgaria's first Mediterranean port.
SEPTEMBER WEATHER
Summary of Weath^ Conditions Shows
Low- Precipitation.
According to a report of the United
States weather bureau in Columbia,
September was a remarkably dry
month. The following general summary
of weather conditions throughout
the state during the month of
September will be of interest to York
county people:
In direct contrast to the conditions
of the preceding month, September,
1915, was remarkably dry, with temperatures
considerably above the seasonal
average. The distribution of
rainfall continued extremely Irregular,
particularly after the first week, and
but two smaller areas received amounts
above normal, while an extensive
region of the northen. portion experienced
conditions bordering on
drought. This was greatly intensified
by unseasonably high day and night
temperatures during this period, 7th
to the close of the 22nd. The drought
was broken by copious showers
throughout the section on the 30th.
As a result of marked change from
cool, wet weather to excessive heat
and maximum sunshine after the first
week, cotton opened rapidly and
picking, ginning and marketing continued
with but little interruption until
about the close of the month. In
view of irregular periods of cool, wet
weather, with intervals of intense heat
during the growing season, the general
output was better than was expected,
and the condition ranges relatively
about one-third fine and still
fruiting, one-third fair and one-third
poor, according to methods of cultivation
and fertilization. While more
moisture would have materially improved
corn, field truck, gardens, forage
and pastures, these crops were
generally promising at the close of the
month. The weather was especially
favorable for harvesting a large crop
of good hay. Peanut culture was considerably
Increased this year, and
gathering the season's crop began
during the last decade.
Temperature.
The monthly mean for the section,
determined from reports of 42 stations
was 75.9 degrees, or 1.6 degrees above
the established normal. 3.0 degrees below
the mean of the warmest Septem
ber, which was in 1911, and 6.3 degrees
above the mean of the cool September
of 1888. Eight previous Septembers
were warmer, and 20 were
cooler. The highest temperature was
101 degrees at Saluda. Saluda county, |
on the 11th. This is 8 degrees below j
the record September maximum, which ;
occurred in 1912. Eight previous Septembers
have had maximum temperatures
of 101 degrees or higher, and 13
have had temperatures of 100 degrees
or above. A persistent heat wave that
prevailed from the 7th to the close of
the 22nd, was attended by daily mean
temperatures that ranged from 5 to 12
degrees above the normal. The warmest
reported was between the 9 th and
11th. The lowest temperature was 46
degrees at Mountain Rest, Oconee
county on the 22nd, and at Saluda
on the 23rd. Fourteen previous Septembers
have had minimum temperatures
of 43 degrees or lower. The
coolest period was between the 23rd
and 25th, but by far the greater number
of monthly minima were recorded
on the 23rd.
The average for the section, 55 stations
reporting, was 2.38 inches, or 1.60
Inches below the established normal,
7.43 inches below the average of the
wet September of 1888 and 1.26 inches
above the average of the dry September
of 1887. Twenty-five previous Septembers
have had averages in excess
of that of the month just closed, and
but three have had smaller averages.
Precipitation was unequally distributed
in both amount and area. In a narrow
strip of the eastern counties and
in the extreme northwestern portion of
the section, the amounts were above
normal and ranged from 4 to over 7
inches, while the measurements were
less than 3 inches; and In an extensive
area of the northern portion less than
1 inch was recorded. The greatest local
monthly amount was 7.06 inches at
Klngstree, Williamsburg county; least
amount, 0.42 inches at Darlington.
The greatest 24-hour rainfall at any
station was 3.40 inches at Smith's Mill,
Georgetown county, on the 1st.
The "Unspeakable" Turk.?Reuters
Dardanelles correspondent tells a terrible
and yet a thrilling tale of the
warring on the Gallipoli, a story bearing
out what the soldiers of the world
have always claimed for the Turkish
infantry. The New Zealanders the
other day drove them from a long
series of trenches by virtue of a heavy
bombardment but met the Turks
crawling and worming back right in
the face of the fire.
"They came by thousands," describes
an officer, "and went back in
hundreds."
Raked by machine gun fire, the
Turk came straight into the face of
it and was slaughtered as they kill
rabbits in a Texas roundup?but still
they came on, until, the narrative declares,
the trenches the British took
were filled and overflowing with the
dead bodies of the children of the sultan.
No other soldier in the world had
ever stood up, gone down and kept
coming up and coming on in the face
of machine gun fire in close and direct
line. It is a leaden hail that flesh and
blood melts before like snow on a
hillside in spring. But these Turks
actually advanced under it, it seems,
and although ultimately slaughtered off
for their temerity, they were not driven
out of their trenches. The British had
to redig them of the bodies which
filled them.?Macon Telegraph.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS
As Traced In Early Files of The
Yorkrille Enplrer.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY
Bringing Up Records of the Past and
Giving tho Younger Readers of To*
day a Pretty Comprehsnsive Knowledge
of ths Things that Most Conosrned
Generations that Have Gone
Before.
Th? flrat InataJlnaent of the notes OD*
I pearing under this heading was published
In our Issue of November 14,
1913. The notes are being prepared by
the editor as time and opportunity permit.
Their purpose is to bring Into
review the events of the past for the
pleasure and satisfaction of the older
people and for the entertainment and
Instruction of the present generation.
162ND INSTALLMENT.
(Thursday Morning, July 18, 1867.)
The District Court.
The court began the July session on
Monday, the 15th Inst., Judge Wm. C.
Beatty presiding, and C. D. Melton,
Esq., solicitor, was in attendance and
presented a considerable budget of
state business for the consideration of
the court. A few cases of assault and
battery were disposed of on Monday,
and the civil docket relieved of some
little business.
On Tuesday, the court was engaged
in fhe trial of the case of the state va
I. T. Parish, charged with grand
larceny. The state was represented by
C. D. Melton and J. Bolton Smith,
Esqs., and the prisoner defended by
G. W. Williams and James F. Hart,
Esqs. After an elaborate argument
of the case It was submitted to the
jury, who at a late hour in the afternoon
returned a verdict of "not
guilty."
A few cases of bastardy and petty
larceny remained on the docket, but
will probably be disposed of during
the week.
(Thursday Morning, Aug. 1, 1867.)
Appointment of Registrars.
Gen. Sickles in general order No. 60,
dated July 18, announces the appointment
of registrars for South Carolina.
Three boards of registration will be
organized in York district, four in
Chester, three in Union, 3 in Lancaster
and 3 in Spartanburg. We subjoin
a list of the appointments in above
mentioned districts:
District of York?P. J. O'Connell, P.
M. Walker, E. E. McCaffrey, Hugh
Simpson, H. A. D. Neely, Leroy Crook,
Matthew Williams, J. A. J. Graham,
W. J. Cullender.
District of Chester?W. Ferguson,
John A. Marion, W. M. Walker, W. B.
Drennan, John Hood, R. Morrison, Geo.
McCormick, Jno. A. Hafner, W. F.
Farley, T. P. McKeown, A. W. Smith,
Rev. G. Mr Pickett:
District of Lancaster?Dr. W. C.
Armfleld, Geo. Sinclair, Dudley M.
Ussery, Alfred Andrews J. T. Copeland,
F. K. Brummett, H. L. Beek, R.
B. Thompson, James L Barr.
District of Spartanburg?Samuel T.
Pointer, Jno. Thompson, J. M. Barnett,
Jno. Anderson, J. T. Woods,
Moses Wakefield, Silas Benson, J. H.
Shores, B. Hi Stead man.
District of Union?Hampton Huckaby,
Jesse Marbray, T. J. Gault, Jas.
D. Oit, R. G. Ottls, Jefferson Whitlock,
W. T. Sims, S. Chorb, R. Knight.
In several of the districts the negroes
have been appointed on the boards.
Such is not the case in York. The appointments
made for this district so
far as we have heard any expression
of opinion are satisfactory to the people.
The appointees are not all generally
known throughout the district
and as some inquiry has been made as
to the residence of each member of
the boards, we have obtained the information
sufficiently accurate for
practical purposes. Mr. J. P. O'Connell,
Fort Mill, F. M. Walker, four
miles above Yorkvllle, E. E. MaCaffrey,
Yorkvllle, Hugh Simpson, near
Coates' Tavern, eight miles below Rock
Hill; Leroy Crook, eight miles below
Rock Hill, near Taylor's Creek; Matthew
Williams, in same neighborhood;
H. A. D. Neely, Smith's Turnout; J. A.
J. Graham, 6 miles above Yorkville;
W. J. Cullender, near Wright's ferry.
We subjoin the following extracts
from Gen. Sickles' order:
The election precincts established by
law or custom as voting places in the
districts, parishes and municipalities of
South Carolina, will be designated by
post commanders as the places for
rAclfltrntiAn T t fa tViat not
more than six of these and preferably a
less number be included In a registration
precinct and assigned to one
board so that ample facilities may be
afforded for registration.
Every board of registration will
choose its presiding officer, who will
represent the board and announce its
action upon all matters coming before
It.
Regulations for the government of
registrars In the discharge of their duties
will be duly published as soon as
practicable for general information.
The time for the commencement of
registration has not yet been announced.
Married?On Tuesday, 23rd ult., by
Rev. J. R. Baird, Mr. Reuben Dulin
and Miss Sarah E. Smith, daughter of
Capt. Sam'l Smith, all of York district.
(Thursday Morning, Aug. 8, 1867.)
Negro School.
It will be remembered that a subscription
was made up by the white
citizens of the town some time ago for
the purpose of purchasing a lot on
which to erect a freedman's school
house. We are pleased to announce
that the money has been collected, the
lot purchased and the title made out
to Allen Beatty, Thos. Wright, Gilbert
Dillard, Reese Joiner and Hannibal
Galbraith as trustees of the school to
be erected.
Registration in York District.
We have received f^pm MaJ. D. D.
Lynn, commandant of the post at
Chester, the following list of precincts
and registering offices appointed
for York district:
1st Precinct?Yorkville, Bethel
Blalrsville, Clay Hill and McConnellsvllle.
Registrars?P. J. O'Connell, F.
M. Walker, E. E. McCaffrey.
2nd Precinct?Bethany church Boyd
ton, Clark's store and Wylle's store.
Registrars?Hugh Simpson, H. A. D.
Neely, and Leroy Crook.
Srd Precinct?Rock Hill, Pride's
Old Tavern, Fort Mill and Coats' Tavern.
Registrars?Matthew Williams,
J. A. J. Graham and W. J. Cullender.
The time for commencing the work
of registration Is the 15th Inst., as
fixed by Maj. Lynn, the several boards
are required to organize at once and
give public notice of the times they
will meet at the several precincts assigned
them. One of the election boxes
mentioned In the Srd precinct Is
Pride's Old Tavern, but we know of
no oucn oox in zone ainnci.
(To be Continued.)
EDITORIAL VIEWPOJNT
What Various South Carolina NewsPapsrs
Think of Various Things.
A certain distinguished gentleman
In the course of a public talk referred
to me as the t'bright theological editor."
If he meant the phrase as a slur,
I am going to forgive him. If he didn't
mean it as a slur he lost agoldenopportunity.
In either case he has given
me a peg on which to hang a paragraph
or two. People expect preaching from a
preacher. They often resent It if it
comes from a layman. A preacher is
often a man apart If he have faults,
they are blurred to public vision by
his secluded life. He is a public
figure only In the pulpit. On the
street the atmosphere of his calling,
and frequently the cut of his clothes,
protect him from the touch of indecency
and likewise shut him out
from much that Is jovial but wholesome.
A newspaper man, however,
rubs elbows with all the world. If his
training has been metropolitan he has
seen hell with the lid off. He must be
and is all things to all men. If he
have vice, faults, fallings, these are the
property of the public. He has no seclusion?certainly
no atmosphere of
sanctity. And yet he wishes to make
his calling and his opportunity for
publicity something bigger than a
means of making money. He wants to
do good. What greater good than to
reiterate the doctrine of love and point
men to him who is a shelter in a time
of storm??Fountain Inn Tribune.
Contempt Rewarded.
The recognition of Car ran za Is proboKlv
tha Knot thinor that paiiIH hA H ft IT A
under the present circumstances, but
it will not tend to strengthen American
prestige in Mexico. Most Mexicans
hate the grlngoes, as they call the
citizens of this country. And combined
with the hate is a contemptuous
depreciation of American courage and
character. Carranza is not undisputed
ruler of Mexico, and possibly never
will be. It was predicted that recognition
of him would unite all other
factions against him and give them
recrulta It remains to be seen whether
this prediction will be verified.
But, -if American recognition is worth
anything, it seems strange that it
should finally be given to the Mexican
leader who has paid least attention to
the wishes of the Washington government.
Should the topsy-turvey conditions
In Mexico continue, as seems
not unlikely, why should any of the
contending leaders pay any attention
to advice or suggestion from our
national administration??Greenville
News.
?
Preparation.
And speaking of preparation we
might remark that now is the time to
prepare. We are too prone in seasons
of prosperity?and the price of cotton
compels us to admit that this is a
fairly prosperous fall?to put off until
times of depression the preparation we
should now be making, "Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof," may
be Biblical but it is hardly lousiness.
Those who save when times are good
are not so much afTected by later depression.
It we see the boll we-ivil, or
any other evil, approaching us it is far
better to prepare for It too scon than
too late. Study now the situation that
will inevitably confront us one or two
years hence and many of the evils of
that situation will be mitigated if not
entirely averted.?Winnsboro News and
Herald.
County to County Campaign.
The proposition to abolish the .coun
iy iu uuumy utmyaiKu 10 up 05am,
but there is nothing to it. The campaign
will go on. Why not? The
state will have a campaign anyway; if
the candidates don't speak at the same
dates and places, they will be running
hither and thither over the state in a
mad and desultory attempt to "meet
the people face to face." The county
to county campaign is simply a convenient
arrangement to accomplish this
purpose for the candidates and the
people. If the abolition of the custom
would result in less politics there
might be some reason to advocate it;
but it will not?rather the reverse.
Mark this prediction: The county to
county campaign will be here several
decades yet.?Newberry Observer.
FACT8 FOR YOU
Some Things You know and Some
You Don't Know.
Telephones transmit sounds at the
rate of about 56,000 miles a second.
Osage orange wood has been found
to dye textiles a permanent yellow.
Italy has manufactured salt commercially
for more than 2,500 years.
Window sash can be lubricated with
a solution of parafflA in turpentine.
British West Africa exports nearly
20,000,000 gallons of palm oil annunllv
An electrically heated lncuba-lor for
the production of bacteria haa been
developed by a Salt Lake City scientist.
The second Pan-American Scientific
congress will be held in Washington
in December and January.
Attachments for phonographs have
been invented that make dolls dance
to the music the machines produce.
Steel safes that breaks the best bits
and defies the hydrogen-actylene blow
pipe have been perfected in Germany.
Scotch ship builders have erected a
crane that will lift 200 tons seventyfive
feet from its mast or 100 tons 133
feet away.
If all the documents stored in the
patent office at Washington could be
placed end to end they would form
a strip that would reach around the
earth three times.
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCOANGES
News Happenings In Neighboring
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affaira of
Cherokee, Cleveland, Qaston, Lancaster
and Cheater.
Rock Hill Herald, Oct 12: C. A.
Dobbins, prominent citizen of Rock
Hill, where he is in business as a
building contractor, was very painful-1
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near Chester Monday night. His right
leg was broken, he was bruised on his
body and suffered some from shocks.
He is at the S. .W. Pryor hospital and
fairly comfortable at this time. The
machine was not damaged to any considerable
extent. Mr. Dobbins was returning
from Chester to his home. At
the crossing of the highway over the
S. A L. tracks at the Eureka cotton
mill, about half a mile from Chester,
he evidently became confused as to
which track a switch engine was operating
on and turned his car from the
crossing and went over an embankment
The car turned onto its side as
it went down the eight or more feet
fall and Mr Dobbins, as he struggled to
get free, was caught and injured as
stated. The accident was seen by the
railroad men and aid was immediately
given. He was removed to the residence
of J. L. Davidson, and made as
comfortable as possible until he could
be taken to the hospital in the ambulance.
His family in Rock Hill were
immediately notified D. F. Houston,
secretary of the United States department
of agriculture, and member
of President Wilson's cabinet, spent
some time in Rock Hill yesterday afternoon.
He was accompanied by
Bradford Knapp of the department, and
W. W. Long, in charge of the work In
this state. The party came through
from Columbia In an automobile. They
were due to reach here about noon,
but automobile trouble landed them
here about 6 o'clock. They left on the
afternoon train for Charlotte and will
go to Spartanburg this morning. President
Roddey, Alex. Long and other officials
of the chamber of commerce,
met the distinguished visitor and about
an hour was taken up in visiting a
number of farms adjacent to the city.
Mr. Houston exnreased himself as fa
vorably impressed with the progressiveness
of the farmers, whose places
he had seen. He appeared deeply interested
in the co-operative efTort being
put forth by both business man
and farmer and asked quite a number
of questions. It was evident that the
secretary was familiar with the hot
air co-operation and his questions were
so put that all hot air had to be eliminated
from the answers given. He
asked for concrete evidence and this
was promptly forthcoming from Rrof.
Weeks. President Rodedy and othera
W. W. Long also joined in telling of the
active interest shown on all sides.
Saturday, Officer R. E. Steele
nabbed a shoplifter, who had taken a
number of articles from the store of the
Mutual Dry Goods company. A penalty
of $25 was exacted Monday In the
city court. Saturday morning Managei
Parker missed some goods and informed
Officer Steele of this fact, telling
him his suspicions. The officer got on
the trail of the shoplifter, who proved
later to be Roxana Archer, a negro
woman, who Jives near the city. She
was caught girith the goods, though
she stoutly protested her Innocence until
faced by Mr. Parker. She confess
ed.
Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 12: Dr. R. W.
Sanders of Greenville, lectured Friday
evening, Saturday morning and Sunday
afternoon in the auditorium of the
college upon the life of Dr. Thomas
Curtis, the founder of Limestone.
Each of the lectures were well attended.
There are only two Curtis graduates
now living in Gaffney, these being <
Mrs. L. V. Gaffney and Mrs. A. V.
Montgomery, of the class of 1857
Six moonshiners, who had been convicted
In the Federal court at Greenville,
were sent to Gaffney last week
to serve their terms in the Cherokee
county Jail. Five of them have
sentences of one month each, and the
sixth has a sentence of four months.
The new road from Gaffney to
the National Highway bridge over
Broad river has been practically completed,
although it will be scraped once
or twice more. The chaingang moved
last week to near Wllklnsville. When
it becomes smooth and hard the new
road will be the best In Cherokee county,
according to local road experts.
The first frost of the season appeared
early Friday morning, biting
potato vines and other growing vegetation.
It was not heavy enough to injure
cotton to any appreciable extent,
but as It was also the first cold "snap"
of the season, many people appeared
on the streets wearing overcoats or
other winter apparel.
Lancaster News, Oct. 12: The summons
came last night to Mr. Ernest
Carnes of the New Bethel section of
the county and he passed away at
12.30. The loss of this good man will
be felt In the community in which he
was born and reared. Mr. Carnes was
about 28 years of age. He was a
graduate of the University of South
Carolina and a staunch, progressive
citizen. Mr. Carnes was a devoted
member of the Methodist church. He
is a son of the late E. W. Carnes, and
is survived by his wife, mother, five
sisters and four brothers. Mr. Carnes
was married about a year ago to Mrs.
Ford of Columbia, who has been teaching
in the New Bethel school, of which
her husband was formerly superintendent
Mr. Lawrence Flynn sustained
the loss of a fine mule late last
night. The animal, which was valued
at $300, succumbed to an attack ofcollg
Rev. J. H. Boldrlge, D. D.. pastor
of the Baptist church at Woodruff,
to which place he went a year ago or
so, after a pastorate in Lancaster of
about 20 years, visited here the past
week-end and was cordially welcomed
by hundreds of friends Miss Minnie
Caskey who recently underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the Fennell
infirmary, Rock Hill, is steadily
regaining her accustomed strength.
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Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 12: With
bright skies overhead and balmy sunshine
all around the first day of the
Gaston county fair began this morn- i
ing under the most auspicious circum
stances. Ir the weather man's predictions
do not run amuck this same
brand of weather will prevail throughout
the entire week. Under these favorable
circumstances the fair management
expects thousands of people
from all over Oaston and adjoining
counties to visit the fair between now
and Saturday night Beginning
November 1, Rev. J. C. Diets, pastor of
the Gastonla Lutheran church, will also
take the pastorate of the Bessemer
City Lutheran church. Mr Diets will
preach at Gastonia every Sunday
morning and at Bessemer City every
Sunday night Rev. L. M. Huffman,
pastor of the Chapel Lutheran church,
who has been serving the Bessemer
City pastorate, has been called to
the pastorate of the Stanley church,
succeeding Rev. R. H. Cllne, resigned.
Dr. R. M. Reid, city physician,
assisted by Dr. L. N. Patrick and Dr.
T. C. Quickie, on yesterday morning
examined about 400 pupils of the primary
grades of the Graded schools.
These are the grades which were dismissed
last Monday out of an abundance
of precaution against the possible
spread of diphtheria. All the
grades were resumed yesterday as the
danger is considered entirely past
Some Ave or six children whose throats
were slightly inflamed were excused
from attendance this week so that they
might be absolutely safe from any possible
infection. There have been no
new cases among the pupils of the city
schools and all cases previously reported
are recovering nicely. Notice was
given yesterday to the principals of all
the graded schools in the county that
there is no epidemic in Gastonia and
that all danger of any possible contagion
is declared to be over Following
a long illness with tuberculosis,
Mrs. Fannie Long, wife of Mr. C.
O. Long, passed away Sunday afternoon
at her home on Modena . street
Mrs. Long was before her marriage
Miss Fannie Baker, and was 27 years
of age.
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Chester Reporter, Oct. 11: Mrs. Mary
Cross Edwards, wife of Mr. W. H. Edwards,
Jr., and daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Cross and the late R. M. Cross,
died at her home two miles northeast
of the city at 9.30 yesterday evening,
and will be burled at Evergreen
cemetery tomorrow morning, after
funeral services at the house by Rev.
H. A. Bagby, D. D. Mrs. Cross has
been an invalid for many years, but
Dore ner sunenngs wun sweet unnatl&n
fortitude A wedding of unusual
Interest and beauty was that of
Miss Louise Hlcklln and Mr. Charles
W. Boyd, which was solemnized on
Tuesday evening at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Hlcklln, In West End Mr. A. A.
Boone, one of the telegraph operators
at the Southern passenger station, died
this morning between eight and nine
o'clock, after an illness of Ave weeks,
and his remains, accompanied by his
brothers, Messrs. Colvln and DeWitt
Boone, who had been here during the
latter part of his Illness, and friends,
will be taken to Greensboro this evening
for interment The annual
banquet of the Brotherhood of Purity
Presbyterian church, was held at the
Commercial club Friday evening and
was an unusually delightful and interesting
affair. The supper was served
by the Ladles' Aid society of the
church. The crowd present numbered
130, and during the evening seventeen
new names were added to the roll of
membership.
TURNING OUT 8HELL8
Some of the Details of the British
Contracts.
Rv th* pnri nf th? vMr AmoHrfln
Locomotive will be making approximately
9,000 shells a day. It will
then be one of the largest ammunitions
concerns in the country.
Under its contracts with the British
government the company must ship
60,000 shells?25,000 high explosives
and 25,000 shrapnel?during October
and deliveries must Increase to 260,000
shells by December, at which rate
they will be maintained during the
duration of the contract
New York Air Brake and Westinghouse
Air Brake, which divided half
the total British order for 5,000,000
shells, must ship the same number of
shells between them, or 25,000 each,
this month and 125,000 each by December.
To meet its contract, American Locomotive
must turn out something ever
8,000 shells a day, and as it has made
provision to produce a safe percentage
over this amount its output will
be fully 9,000 shells.
Apparently there is no present intention
on the part of the management
to extend shell making equipment
beyond the limits arranged for
when the order now being filled was
taken. The feeling is that to do so
might handicap the company in taking
orders for locomotives when the
hoped for betterment in railroad buying
occurs.
Besides its own proper share of the
British shell contract, the Locomotive
company has been turning out a number
of forgings for the shells placed
with Westinghouse, the latter concern
having found its capacity inadequate
for all this work on its order.
It is understood that American Locomotive
is now turning out forgings
at a rate well ahead of the present
requirements ui no uiiiuati.
Two plants are devoted to the making
of munitions; shrapnel is being
made at Richmond and the high explosive
shells at Dunkirk.
Shipping at the rate of 250,000
shells monthly, American Locomotive
will have completed its order about
the end of August, 1916, and will then
be in shape to start work on further
war contracts. Whether these will develop
or not will depend on the course
of the war, but if hostilities are still in
progress next spring there is little
question that a company equipped and
ready to make munitions would get all
the business it cared to handle.
The total value of the American
Locomotive orders from the British
government is $31,875,006, but the additional
work it is doing on forgings
will probably bring this total to nearly
$33,000,000. If profits averaged only 11
per cent of the total order they would
be sufficient to wipe out the entire
debt of the company, amounting to
$3,666,000. Profits of 20 per cent would
pay off the notes and meet the preferred
dividend for a year, leaving a balance
of over $1,000,000 on the common
stock.?New Tork Journal.
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Current Happenings and Eventa
Throughout 8outh Carolina.
The Baptist State convention ia to
be held In Greenville December 10-16,
Inclusive.
W. F. Bailey, a prominent citizen of
Clinton, died at the home of his son
in Clinton, this week, aged 76 years.
Walter R. Able, a cotton seed dealer
of St. Matthews, purchased 600 tons
of seed this week, valued at (25,000.
It Is probable that the students of
Winthrop college will be allowed to
spend one day at the state rair in Columbia.
Reed Welfer, assistant director of
the United States weather bureau In
Columbia, has been transferred to _
Augusta, Go.
Rev. P. A. DeRosset, rector, of the
Church of the Holy Communion,
Charleston, died this week, following
an operation some time ago.
Expense statements filed by John P.
Grace and T. T. Hyde, candidates for
mayor of Charleston In the election
held Tuesday, showed that Mr. Grace
spent $4,833.43 and Mr. Hyde $3,024.07.
An ordinance has been introduced in
the Columbia council making It a misdemeanor
for any person to drink in a
public place In that city.
Laban Morgan, business manager of
the Southern Indicator, a negro newspaper
published in Columbia,'and one
of the leaders of the colored race in
the state, died this week.
The city of Sumter has made arrangements
whereby it will receive
$10,000 from the Carnegie library commission
for the erection of a new library
in that city.
George Whitner, colored, was murdered
in Anderson county on Sunday.
The negro was first burned by his murderers
and then shot. Three negroes
have been arrested charged with the
murder.
T. H. Spearman, former railway
mail clerk between Greenville and Columbia,
plead guilty in Federal court
at Greenville last week, to taking
packages of registered mall from
mail sacks. He was sentenced
to pay a fine of $500 and serve six
months in the Newberry county JalL
Although the city of Florence will
lose an annual revenue of $40,000 when
the dispensaries go out of business, the
city ooundl of Florence has decided
not to increase the tax levy of the city
at present.
c. a. Sullivan, president or tne sui11
van Hardware company of Anderson
and one of the most prominent
business men of the Piedmont section,
was stricken with apoplexy while in
Columbia Tuesday afternoon and died
a few hours afterward. Mr. Sullivan
, was about 50 years of age.
The steamship International, owned
i by the Clinchfleld Navigation company,
: is in Charleston. The steamer will
i take a cargo of 2,800 tons of ooal to
Gulf port, Mass. The ship will hate the
distinction of being the first to convey
I a cargo of coal from the new coal
' handling plant of the Southern raili
way in Charleston.
' Hattie Williams and Jessie M. Williams
of Lexington county, have
brought suit against the S. A. L rall1
way in the sum of 210,000 damages for
alleged injuries received when a mule
which Mrs. Williams was driving became
frightened at the unexpected approach
of a passenger train while she
was traveling over a railway crossing
of the defendant company.
Deputy Sheriff L E. Cooper of
Greenville, has been held by a coro
tier's jury, charged with the shooting
of Mrs. Millie Fuller. The shooting
occurred at the Wood side mill in
Greenville, several months ago. Cooper
had gone to the home of Mrs, Fuller
with a warrant for the arrest of a man
who was in her home. In the melee
that followed the deputy sheriff shot
several persons and killed Mrs. Fuller.
The centennial celebration of the
Pendleton Farmers' society is being
celebrated at Pendleton this week.
Among the speakers at the celebration
were Governor Manning, Secretary
of Agriculture Houston, Clarence
Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer,
President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern railway, and many other
prominent men.
T. B. Stackhouse, president of the
Standard Warehouse company, tonight
gave out the, following statement,
says a Columbia dispatch of Tuesday
to the News and Courier: "My purpose
had not been to give any statement
to the newspapers relative to the
proposition of merging the Standard
Warehouse company and tne Auanuc
States Warehouse company, which was
recently presented to the stockholders
of the Standard Warehouse company,
but as considerable publicity of a misleading
nature has been given the business
from an unauthorized source,
finally resulting in a lengthy comment
by Governor Manning, I now feel It
encumbent upon me to give facts and
allay the suspicion that the question of
competing with the system of state
warehouses suggested a merger. On
the contrary, the state licensed cotton
warehouses have not been even remotely
thought of in the consideration
of a merger. The suggestion came
from a New York broker, who expected
from such a consolidation a good
commission. I do not believe the suggestion
of a consolidation of the two
companies came from officers or stockholders
of the Atlantic States Warehouse
company and I know the idea
did not originate in the office of the
Standard Warehouse company. In
calling a meeting of stockholders to
consider the proposition, I believed it
my duty to furnish them a statement
of the earnings of the two companies
for the past several years in order that
an intelligent decision might be formed.
I furnished this information only
??nolfhnM?r? nf tho Standard
Warehouse company, and the use of it
In a recent article in the News and
Courier of Charleston, was without my
knowledge, and haul I been consulted,
would not have consented for the
figures to be used. It is practically
certain that an alarm has been raised
without cause, for it is very probable
the stockholders of the Standard Warehouse
company will feel no interest in
the suggestion."
American cotton mills are now using
more than 5,000,000 bales of cotton a
year as compared with 1,000,000 bales
forty-five years ago.