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PUBLISHED THREE EXPLOITS SOUTH Tells of This Section's Com mercial Advantages. IMPORTS INCREASING Closing Scenes After the Long Fight Tame Indeed, Except for Contro versy Between Senator Aldrich and the Insurgent Republicans. Vote Was 45 to 34. Nearly 100 Southern cities were represented at Atlanta Wednesday at the first aunual convention of the Southern Commercial Secretaries' association. Statistics showing the South's re sources were given by G. Grosvenor Dawe of Montgomery, managing di rector of the Southern Commercial congress. Mr. Dawe took as his theme the potential greatness of the Southern States. "Viewed from the point of coast line, it is well to understand that the Southern States possess an enormous advantage over the other two-thirds of the United States; for the coast line of the Southern States, is 3,007 miles, while the coast line of the North Atlantic. States is 888 miles; of the Pacific coast 1,537 miles. "The natural advantages of coast line are already asserting their in fluence, for we are able to say that a Southern port still holds the. second position for exports among all the ports of the United States?New Or leans in 1900?and now a Souther.! port that nine years ago was wrecked and rent by storm, the port of Gal veston "Wo are ab'e to show you thai th>- exerts along the gulf now ex ceed the exports of Philadelphia and l orton by 81 per cen*. and the.' ?i-r.ial tr.ore than 50 ds: cent of tlx to'ai which belongs to the overshai owjo;: port of New York. The tabl? of exports for 1900 and 1908 show that 27 per cent growth in exports has taken place in New York, Phila delphia and Boston regarded togeth er. During this same time the gulf exports increased 31 per cent. Imports Increasing. "In the matter of imports?goods coming to America for distribution ?you will find that while the three great ports above mentioned have in creased 27 per cent, the Southern ports have increased 97 per cent. Is it not reasonable to claim that the Southern States, by reason of their cocst line, are coming to occupy an important relation to the maritime future of the United States? "When we consider also that all this swing of commerce is taking place prior to the completion of the Panama canal and that the Panama canal will help to pull Southward every inter-oceanic movement, you must realize that the Southern ports will be on the very front doorstep of the world's future commercial movements. "We also declare that the rivers of the South, navigable, and there fore some day to be brought into co-operation with the energetic men of the South, are more than two to one when compared with any other portion of the United States. The national conservation commission has reported that there are in the United States navigable streams amounting to 26,410 miles. How much of this is in the South? Over 1S.215 miles. "This enormous total does not in clude a single mile of the Ohio, though it benefits Southern States through 900 miles. Neither does this total include any portion of the Missouri river. If the Mississippi be regarded as a feeder for the gulf commerce the mileage should be 23. 691 miles. This leaves only 2.719 miles of navigable streams to affect the commercial prospects of the re maining two-thirds fcf ithe United States. Water Power Potential. "The vast Appalachian range, the greatest mountain range in the Unit ed States, lying within the region of plentiful rainfall, is producing at present unharnessed, every moment of every day 5.000,000 horsepower. The day is coming when, through conservation impulses, this water will be used to drive the wheels of indus try and of transportation through out the South, thus indefinitely ex tending the life of power buried now in the coal fields of the South. "If you look at the estimates re garding the iron ore life of the [ United States, you will see that the Southern Appalachian region is ex pected to endure 100 years after the Lake Superior region is stripped and exhausted. Yet, with all the ad vantages belonging to the Southern extremity or the Appalachians, ad vantages so great that Birmingham ; sets the price for pig iron, yet at present only about 10 per cent of 'he pig iron of the United SiaVs is made in the South. Then look at the size and energy of Birming ham the Birmingham district,! Chattanooga and other cities in Ten- J nessee and in Alabama dependent up on iron ore. then realize that thefr marvelous growth to present dimen sions has come through the creation of merely 10 per cent of the pig iron of the United States. Then let1 your imagination run riot and picture ' TIMES A WEEK. IDUAL SUICIDE FAILS YOUNG WOMAN REFUSES TO DIE WITH BROOKLYN MAN. Uurequitted Lover Goes to Jail and Girl to the Hospital?Boarders Save Them Both. James Mores' is in a Brooklyn, N. Y.. police station, charged with hav ing tried to force a young woman to die with him. Miss Catharine McCauley is in the Long Island Col lege hospital recovering from her startling experience with Morey. The man had become greatly at tached to Miss McCauley, but her parents objected to his attentions and she informed him that he must not call on her again. A letter from hirn induced her to call at his> board ing house and there, she says, he tried to kill both himself and her. "At firit he wanted me to sign a written statement that we had planned to djie together and had turned the gas on," she said, "but I refused to do this and tried to get out of the room. He locked the door, closed the windows tight ly and then turned on the gas jets without tightening them. I tried to open the door and he attacked me, choking me with his hands and throwing me to the floor, where he held me until I became unconsci ous." Oother boarders smelled the gas and after the door was broken in Morey and the young girl were found un conscious from inhaling gas. TRAMP SAVES PASSENGERS. Flags Rio Grande Train and Wains Engineer of Bad Roadbed. The lives of more than 200 per sons on a westbound Rio Grand? train leaving Canon City, Col., were saved Wednesday by an unknown tramp, who was left unrewarded. The train had just passed Swal lows, a little station two miles east of Canon City and was going at a forty-mile an hour gait when it was flagged. The tramp called ihe engin eer's attention to a serious under mining of the tracks just below. The roadbed was found to be in a dangerous condition for two miles which the passengers walked along for that distance while the train felt its way along and got past the danger spot. In the excitement the hero was forgotten. SEARCHING FOR NEGRO. W. F. McRee Waylaid and Shot at Americas, Georgia. A dispatch from Americus, Ga., says W. F. McRee, superintendent of the Bagley Ray Orchard Company there, was assassinated at an early hour Wednesday morning. Henry Patterson, a negro, employe, charged with the crime, is being hunted by a posse. McRee was waylaid and shot at close range, two charges of buckshot entering his neck. 'o vourself what will be the develop ment of those portions of the coun try when instead cf 10 per cent they are producing 90 per cent of the pig iron of the United States and largely giving that iron its final form. Favorable Situation. *rThe Southern States as a whole possess more general accessibility to coast line, and therefore to the com merce of the world than either of the other thirds of the United States. A string and a pin wheel will enable you to prove this. You men who think on .commercial subjects do not need that I should detail to you the advantages that rest with a por tion of the county that can be sta tistical and governmental proof de clare that it had more coast line, more navigable streams, more wa terpower, more minerals convenient ly arranged, more agricultural range, more forests, more cheap land, more accessibility to ports than any third of the Union. "The meaning of this summing up of Southern opportunities is this: and none but the blind will fail to see it. That there is to come a time in the history of the United States, as a whole, must have the support and development of 'the Southern Stntes. It means that our nation will never reach its full greatuess. It means this, also, that as sure as the sun shall rise tomorrow there is to come a period of commercial development in the South compared with which the past growth has been but the tottering footsteps of an in fant. These are not words of boast ing or bombast, but they are se rious words, based upon the incon trovertible evidence of the South's resources and what those resources must lead to." The afteruon session was spent listt ning to a discussion of the good roads movement by (Jen. Clifford Anderson of Atlanta and Charles H. Hoyt, superintendent of road con struction of the United States gov ernment. After the papers had been concluded, Mayor Maddox invited the members to stop at his country home while on the automobile ride. The members did so and discovered that Atlanta is not so dry as the prohi bitionists would have the public be lieve. There were cigars, punch and what the mayor called "other things." ' 0 ORASTGEBURG. TELLS AWFUL STORY NARRATES INCIDENT OF SENSA TIONAL ATTACK. Young Irish Luceinaker Says She Re lieves That There Were Knock out Drops in Beverage. The sensational Wellington Hotel hath room attack incident was reach ed in the trial of Ella Gingles in court at Chicago Wednesday. The direct examination by the defense of the young Irish lacemaker, accused of the theft 01 lace from hir erst while employer, Miss Agnes Barrette, was resumed to bring out the defend ant's life story. Justice Brentano threatened to photograph every wo man and scores of women turned away. Miss Gingles testified that she came from Ireland on a ticket bear ing the name of Ella Raymond, though she never lived under that name. She was in a hospital at Belleville, Ontario, being taken there by Mrs. Tnornton, "for whom 1 worked." She said that when she went to the Wellington to collect eighty-three cents from Miss Arnold in room 545, she knew Miss Arnold was not there. "What happened?" "A man knocked at the door, en tered and said, 'Miss Arnold is ex pecting you. She is in bath room.' When I opened the door he pushed me in. He put something burning on my face, and 1 did not remember anything more until Miss Barrette and another woman entered. I was undressed, except for a night gown. My head hurt in the back. When they went out of the, bathroom I foun? an envelope and wrote, 'Come quick, Ella,' addressing Miss Joyce, and threw it out of the transom. "When Miss Barrette came in the man asked her: ? 'Why were you late?' And she said something about cards keeping her and opened a bot tle. They talked about me and he handed me $50." Miss Gingles nearly broke down. She added: "Before the women came the man said: 'Didn't Miss Barrette tell you not to tell what happened here?' "Some one threw a bottle over the transom, and said it was to help me. It had an awful taste. The man said there were no 'knockout' drops in it. The stuff had a greenish tint and they took the label off." NEGRESS STARS POLICEMAN. Hatpin Causes Wound of Serious Nature?Occurs on Car. A policeman, Harry Bands, of Duquesne, Pa., is in a serious con dition at his home, as a result of being stabbed with a hat pin while taking a negress to the workhouse. The stabbing occurred on a street car late Monday night. The car was cr- vded, and when the officer told his prisoner they would transfer, she declined to leave. It is alleged that she jerked a pin from her hat and stabed the police man in the stomach. Bands compelled the woman to hoard another car on which the jour ney to the workhouse was continued. Returning home later he became ill. Tuesday night the attending physic ian said that the man was In a criti cal condition. ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF. Mother Suicide Causes Man to Try to End His Own Life. At New York Herman Schmidt is I a prisoner in the East Eighty-eighth street station because the police fear he will kill himself if he is not re strained. After visiting the grave of her husband, his mother. Mrs. Frances Schmidt, returned home and com mitted suicide by turning on the gas. When Herman was told of his mother's death he tried repeatedly to throw himself from the fourth story window of their fiat and after a struggle he was arrested. GIVES BLOOD TO DAUGHTER. Real Estate Broker's Sacrifice Does Not Save His Little Mary. The heroic sacrifice by Giovanni Ellero, a real esate broker of New Rochelle. X. Y.. of twenty-two ounces of his blood did not save the life of his daughter. Mary. The doctors at St. Luke's hospital informed the father a few days ago that only the infusion of a quantity of new blood would save his daugh ter. Incisions were made and 22 ounc es of blood were transferred from Ellero into his daughter's veins. The young woman rallied for a time, but her illness had progressed too far and even the new blood did not save her life. Killed in Auto Accident. A dispatch from Americus, Ga.< I says J, F. Locks, a business man of Dawson, Ga.. was fatally injured late Tuesday night in an automobile ac cident between his home and that place, and died Wednesday. The ac cident to the machine was slight, and it was not thought Locke was badly hurl. 8. C, SATURDAY. JUI TARIFF BILL Ten Republicans Vote Against the Measure. PASSED BY SENATE In Speech Director Dnwe at Southern Commercial Congress Says That Ocean Frontage of Southeastern Third of Union Exceeds That of the Remainder. The tariff bill passed the Senate just after 11 o'clock Thursday by a vote of 45 to 34. Republicans vo:iug in the negative were Beveridge, of Indiana; Bristow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Burkett, Nebraska; Clapp, Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; Dolliver, Iowa; La Follette, Wisconsin; Nelson, Minneso ta. McEnery, of Louisiana, was the only Democrat recorded in the r.f firmative. As it passed the Senate the bill contains almost 4 00 paragraphs. The Senate made 84 0 amendments to the House provision, many of which were adopted Thursday. The closing scenes in the Senat': chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La Follette's three-hour speech was earnest, but not especialy animated. He had a slim audience. Senators remained in their seats only when required to be there to vote. The results of the vote on the bill had been long discussed. There was no doubt of its passage by the usual finance committee majority. Following several hours of monot onous discussion of the general fea tures of the tariff bill, the closing hours were characterized by a spirit ed controversy between Senator Al drich on the one hand and a number of the insurgent Senators on the other as to the standing of Repub lican ,'Seu::tors who might cast their votes against the bill. The hill being put on its passage, was passed. Upon motion of Mr. Aldrich, the Vice President announced the Seuate conferees as follows: Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Pen rose, Hale, Cullom, Republicans; and Daniel, Money and Bailey, Demo-1 crats. FOLLOWED FUNERALS. For Forty Years Man Has Strange Custom. Daniel J. Gallagher, who. for for ty years, has had no apparent busi ness except to follow funerals in the lower West Side section of New York, has been sent to an institu tion for the blind. He was Btricken shortly after the funeral a few day; ugo of Florence D. Sullivan. Gallagher was known as "Johnny Lookup" because an eye affliction which compelled him to tilt his heat! backward so that he could see. When about twenty years old he -farted to follow funerals, attending the servic es in the churches, and then run ning alongside the hearses in a dog trot, leaving them only when they reached the ferry. He was one of the many who lived off the bounty of "Pig Tim" Sullivan, and now that Sullivan is in Europe, "Johnny Lookup" haa :o seek an institution when he became totally blind. KILLED BY EMPLOYEE. New Orleans Baker Sla'n by Man With Axe. T have had a little trouble with your husband." said Carl Bortuna, early Thursday morning to Mrs. .lohn C. Knecht, as he was about to take his departure from Knecht's Bakery in New Orleans, where he was em ployed. Mrs. Knecht found the mu tilated body of Knecht on the floor of the baking room with a bloody axe nearby. All the mpney in the cash drawer of the bakery was missing. The po-. lice believe that jealousy, with the young wife of Knecht as the moving principal may have proven a prime factor in the tragedy. ARE FOUND GUILTY. Two fiirmlen Men Sentenced to Servo Thirty Days or Pay $100. A. L. and C. P. Lindsay Wednesday were found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated na ture at Camden. The sentence was $100 or .".D days. This case, which has created a great deal of talk, grew out of an attack on R. I. Lane, a traveling man. at the Hotel Camden, the house Kepi by the Lindsays. Kills Himself and Wife. George Knerer. of Loudi. YVis.. last Wednesday killed his wife by crushing her skull with the butt end of a shotgun. He then rommiftH suicide by drowning in a shallow poo?. Killed His Own Son. Mistaking his son, Herbert, six years old, for a burglar, Frederick Klopp shot and killed the boy at their home in Gallon, Ohio, a few days ago. 10, 1909. SHOT BY BURGLAR TWO SHOELESS MEN HELD ?V TOLICE. The Victims' Shrieks Aroused En tire Town?Exciting Chase in New York Suburb. A dispatch from New York says two shoeless men, one of them wounded in the arm and thigh by bullets, are held by the New York police charged with the murder of Mrs. Sophia Staber, wife of George Staber, a New York importer of pa per, in whose residence a battle with burglars early Thursday in which Mrs. Staber me: death. The men ad mitted they were implicated in the burglary, but at first denied any part in the murder. They say they are Carlo Giro, born in Trieste, Austria, and "John Smith." Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2 o'clock in the mc.iing, while stand ing in her bedroom door. The shrieks of Mrs. Staber and her two daughters, the reports of revol ver shots and the excitement of the chase by mounted policemen and nearly the whole neighborhood, threw Flatbush into a feiment. Many wives pleaded with their hus bands not to go to work Thursday. There has been comment over the fact that the burglary occurred im mediately upon the withdrawal of the police dog? from the vicinity. CHEROKEE CITIZEN KILLED. S. Q. Sarratt Falls From Portico and Breaks His Neck. A special from Gaffney says: As a result of falling from a portico ear ly Wednesday morning, Mr. Samuel Q. Sarratt, one of CheroKce county's most prominent citizens, lies dead at his home two miles north of Gaff ney with a broken neck. It is very hard to determine at what hour it took place, as Mr. Sarratt was in the habit of sleeping on the portico of the second story, and when the family arose early Wednesday morn ing he was found on the door steps with his neck broken. However, the body was still warm when found, not long after 7 o'clock. Mr. Sarratt was very widely known all over the county, having many prominent connections and being uni versally respected. He was about 50 years old, having lived in that section practically all his life, en gaged in farming. He is survived by five children, Messrs. J. E. Sar ratt, Morris Sarratt and John Sar ratt, Mrs. Joe Humphries and Mrs. Wade Humephries, all of that county. The interment took place Thursday afternoon at Providence church cem etery. DROWNED AT SOCIETY HILL. I Negro Lud Met Death in Waters of Evans' Jond. Monday Morning about 11 o'clock Jesse Douglas, colored, aged 15, was drowned in the water below the Hood gates of Evans mill pond near Soci ety Hill, S. C. Jesse and a compan ion attempted to swim up stream from the hath houses to the Hood gates above where the water is over ten feet in depth. When about 2~> feet from the bank above Jesse cried out, "I can't make it," aud sank and rose three times and went to the bot tom. Search for the body was made until a gig was stuck into the left leg, above the ankle, and the body was recovered. There was sadness on the faces of a very large crowd and great grief and lamentation among his relative? and friends, many of whom had toil- j ed and waited through the long hours of the day aud night. GEORGIA TOWN MARSHAL HELD. Accused of Assaulting a Woman of His Town. At Jesup, Ga.. Town Marshal T. M. Thomas is confined in the county jail on a charge of criminal assault upon a .woman, who swore out the warrant for his arrest. A prelimi nary trial has been sei for July 12. It is alleged that Thomas, on the pre text of having a warrant for their ar rest, took the woman and her sister from their home and. accompanied by another man, took them in a bug gy a short distance in the country and forced them to submit to indig nities of a most revolting nature. KILLED HIMSELF. Wife Had Committed Suicide the Direct Cause. Responding to a notice that the body of his wife, who. it is believed, com in it ted suicide two or thrc days ago. had I.n tak-Mi from the Ohi > river, Walter J. Honaker. a member of a prominent retail firm of Louis ville, Ky., identified the body at an undertaker's establishment, then shot himself, dying instant ly. Senate Votes Sum for Mis. Hair. Washington. July 7. ? Following a long established custom in respect to its employees, the Senate Wednesday voted six mouths' salary to the wid ow of the late chaplain, Dr. Edward j Everett Hale. SLAYER IS TAKEN MESSERVEY TO ANSWER ACCU SATION IN COURT. Claims He Shot Constable and Alt man in Self Defense?Inquest Held at Ravencl. J. W. Messervey was arrested Wednesday at Meggett by Magistrate Cowles and later taken to Ravenel for the inquest, and afterward was transferred to the Walterboro jail by Deputy Sheriff Buckner. He de clared that he shot in self-defense. An inquest held at Ravenel into the killing of Constable C. P. Fish burne resulted in a vedict that the deceased came to his death from the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by John W. Messervey. Magistrate Cowles apparently had no trouble in arresting Messervey, whom he put in charge of his broth er, and the two were coming to Rav enel when they were met by Deputy Sheriff Buckner, who took charge of the defendant. Messervey declared that he had shot the constable only after the latter had drawn a pistol on him, and that he had shot Mr. Altman after the old gentlman had raised a stick to hit him. At the hospital Mr. Altman was re ported to be "about the same." He has sons in Charleston who are see ing that he gets every attention. Solicitor Peurifoy made a motion before Circuit Judge S. G. W. Shipp for a special term of court to con vene at Walterboro Monday, August 2, to try J. W. Messervey, who was committed to jail, charged with the killing of Constable C. P. Fishburne at Ravenel on Tuesday evening. The order was granted and this extra term of court will be presided over by Judge Shipp. XEGRES BURNER TO DEATEI. Aged Charlotte Singleton Meets Hor rible Death. A dispatch from Charleston says, having first been suffocated by smoke and being unable to move from her bed, Charlotte Sjngleton, colored, sixty years of age, was burned to death at :'. o'clock Thursday morn ing in a one-story hut on Heinz al ley, by the Ashley River. Maria Williams, a married daugh ter of the deceased, and Joseph Wil liams, a twelve-year-old son of Maria Williams, barely escaped with their lives. The flames completely destroy ed the house, and its loss is estimat ed at $200. The origin of the fire is unknown. Charlotte Singleton was most hor ribly burned, in fact, there remained nothing of the body but portions of tile trunk and the head. Acting Coroner Behrens held an inquest over the remains and the jury ren dered a verdict of accidental burn ing. The negroes lost everything in the house. The house was on fire when they awoke, and the rapid spread of the flames made it i ipossible to ren der any aid to the old negres. The deceased had been engaged in the selling of vege; .les. The house she occupied consi>ted of but two rooms. BABY FOR SALE. Couple Would Spare Child Hard* ships by Getting Better Home. At New York Harry Beach, twenty two years old, and out of employ ment, and his wife, both of whom have offered their two-weeks-old ba i>y for sale for f500 cash. When Beach's firs' wife died two years ago she left him with two children and he married his present wife six months later. In discussing their offer of the new baby for sale, Beach and his wife said that to keep the child would he only to inflict their hardships up on him, and that by selling the boy they would provide him with a good home and bring prosperity to them selves. ? TRAIN FALLS INTO WATER. Crashes Through Bridge at Pomona, Kansas?Rescuers at Work. A dispatch from Kansas City says an Atchison, Topeka it Santa Fe train, No. 5, which left Kansas City at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for the West, bur which was detoured because of high water, crashed through a bridge at Pomona, Kan., 68 miles southwest of that place, Wednesday afternoon. Rescue work was carried on in row boats and skiffs. The train was one of the heav iest traveled on the main line west of Kansas City. I: was running in tili- wa'cr over its rail when the ac cident occurred. Tit-- track slipping. Kills Father. Defends Mother. .1. S. I.amh. a well-to-do farmer, was stabbed t" d*?ath by his son. James Lamb, during a family quar rel Thursday at their home in Mans field, Texas. According to the evi dence at the preliminary examina tion f'.e boy struck the fatal blow in defense of his mother. Young La ml) was released in bonds of $."..000. PO CENTS PEB COPY MELL RESIGNS 3oarrj of Trustees Has Taken No Actior, However. NOT UNEXPECTED President MelPs Action is Snid to Have ilccn Partly Due to His Clash With Commandant Minus Some Time Ago?Prof. Itiggs Spoken of as His Successor. Dr. P. H. Meli, for several years president of Clemson College, Sonih Carolina's agricultural institution, tendered his resignation Thursday. Dr. MelPs action is the result of a clash between the president and the military commandant, which assumed disturbing proportions. Prof. Riggs, of the faculty, is spoken of as his probable successor, though the trus tees have taken no action. Dr. Meli was born in PenfieliL Greene county, Georgia, on May 24, 1850. His father was a Baptist min ister and a teacher of wide reputa tion. In 1871 he was graduated from the University of Georgia, and in 1873 he received from that insii tution the degree of C. E. and M. E. The degree of Ph. D| was later con ferred on him by his alma mat-1--, while the University of South Caro lina has conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1873 Dr. Meli became mining engineer for a copper mine in Geor gia, and from 1874 to 1877 he was State chemist. From 1878 to 1902 he was professor of natural history and geology in the Alabama Poly technic Institute. In addition to these duties he was from 1885 to 1893 director of the Alabama weath er service. In 1902 he became presi dent of Clemson College. WHITE MAN WAS ARRESTED. Charged With Obtaining Goods Un der False Pretences. News from Lexington says j. W. Smith, a white man, was arrested and lodged in jail by Deputy Sheriff Miller Wednesday upon a warrant sworn out by Messrs. Riley and Haig ler Brothers, of Swansea, charging him with obtaining goods under false pretences to the amount of about $'J.">. Smith is a contractor, and it seems that he built the store house of the late W. II. F. Rast, at Swan sea, and it was while he was doing the work it is alleged that he se cured the goods. The arrest was made at the home of his father-in law, Mr. Paul Shealy, at Leesville, where he has a wife and an infant only about a week old. Smith,claims to be a native of Georgia, and says that he has a brother who is a bank cashier at Brunswick, Ga. His' peo ple have been notified of his pre dicament, and it is thought that an effort will be made to amicably ad just the matter. MOTOR WRECK CAUSES DEATH. J. L. Martin of Bryonvillc, Ga., Suc cumbs to Injuries. From Byronville, Ga., comes the information that .J. L. Martin died Wednesday from injuries received late Tuesday in an automobile acci dent. His companion, Warren Tur lington, also received fatal injuries. The car being driven by Martin became unmanageable and rammed the bank on the roadside, overturn ing on its occupants. The men were en route from Vienna to Byromville and on account of the lateness of the hour when the accident occurred there was little travel along the road, causing the men to experience great suffering before .aid was rendered. BRAKE INSPECTOR KILLED. Young Man of Columbia Crushed to Death Between Two Cars. Lawrence Hamiter, air-brake in spector for the Southern Railway, a well known and popular young man of Columbia, was killed Thursday morning while attending to his du ties as brake inspector at the Brand ing street yards of the Southern. While standing between two cars a shifting engine is supposed to have struck one of the cars, crushing him between thi' two. He never lost con sciousness, and was able to recog nize his parents, who reached the Columbia Hospital in time to be at his bedside when death came. WEARS BARREL. Man Takes Woman's ( lollies While She is Bathing in Canal. Miss Mary Hart, sixteen years old, ?'hung her clothes on a hickory limb" when she went bathing in a canal near Paterson. X. .1. W hile sin- was in the water a man stole her garments, hut the aid of a barrel, furnished by a woman, who heard her screams, she was able to reach her home. The girl later obtained a warrant for John Doe. saying she could iden tify the man if she saw him. ^