Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE J1GB UP 1dm Leaving ine RepaMkia Party Like Eats Froa {Haling Skip. LEADERS ARE WORRIED jThey Shiver When Colonel Roosevelt Talks Notwithstanding the Fact r. ,iV ... :ir ... ? ?; ' - ? .. . ? That He Was Once Considered the Moses Who Would Lift the Party From the Political Quagmire. If the efforts of the League of Re publican State Clubs, with headquar ters in Washington, to stop the Dem ocratic stampede ts any indication oi the coming handnlide, then the de luge to get close to the home of che ? Jorig-eared.-.donkey. w|U closely re ferable the situation when Roosevelt carried the country by storm in 1904. Democrats who have fought val . iently for six years to once again get -within hailing distance of the White House see their fondest hopes about to be realized, while, on the other band, the Republicans are in a blue . funk, and are all but ready to quit, if they lose control of the national House of Represehtaitives in the elec tions of next month they will be ready, many of them, to leave the Q. O. P. IHce rate irom a sinking ship. The organization already referred to as the League of Republican State CJirts Js oupposed. to, be (the life -,and } '<cenW 'of tue young Republican, its purpose is to get the 9,000 govern 3nent employes in Washington, who =are followers of the G. O. P. to he Sieve there is some, use to go home sind vote on election day. It is an organization, backed by the adminis tration, with all its powerful mar ebinery, determined to carry the country for the Republican cause of die in the attempt. At ..the head quarters or bureau here there is much activity?at least on the part! ,4>f the managers-r-to get oat the vote, V?t; to the outsider who leads fhe plaintive appeals appearing in big . ared letters and reach half-way across -an ordinary street, it looks like the 3igiaup. ., Saturday. night's meeting of the league was perhaps the best attended '?f aay of "the; regular "smokers'' yet /held. Spellbinders i^e>i}Oa^fO^.Cir; ?-sera, formerly, comnissioner of Inter aal revenue^ and others close to the administration, were on hand to tell ?of the "everlasting glories of the G. O. P. once the pledge had been taken to stand with the faithful. It was 'Connecticut night, so the big sign read and refreshments in the nature of real Connecticut pie. The edibles ?on. hand- suggested that- there were -other kinds of pie than the brand of tpaetry made in the nutmeg State. - The truth about' the* situation is tthat many honest Republicans admit that they see their lost hopes going. They have lost ground rapidly during the last month?in fact so rapidly that it has staggered, them mort. It Js appaling and they realize now that ?even the wonderful personality of Co 'lonel Roosevelt, lihe Moses who was ?<u> pull them from the political quag ?JBrlre, has not .been equal to the occa fc-lon. Colonel Rosevelt not only "fell ?down" oh the job, but what is more, Is. endangering-, his party every time he. opens his mouth. There is a gen ?aine fear of him throughout this ?country. His radicalism on certain Issues is. regarded as dangerous and ?evenmen of his own party are swing ing into the Democratic line, so fear ful are they that should he again be come President - bis erotic policies aright bring a money panic upon the country. _ * ,3S6?ntime, while Roosevelt has been going.up and down the country, talking, first upon one subject then another, wherever he could get an audience. President Taft has main tained- dignified silence. - He has said iltrie but clearly does net like the <drife of events. His statement made ? -day' or two ago that he thought "'the jig was up" just about fits, the ?situation. The jig is up? or soon -will be. AH -over the country, judging by what one learns here, the people an; 'preparing to give a Democratic Con gress-'?the House this fall and the Senate just as quickly as vacancies "will permit of Democrats succeeding ^Republicans. That such a situation is soon to be realized few will doubt. It's the same old story?told from one end of the country to the other ?distrust of the party that has fooi the people so long with broken prornilses, unfilled plddges and un redeemed resolutions. This with the raising of the prea ?nt robber tariff down the throats of the people?workingmen.and oth ers?caused tbe proverbial worm to turn. The people, the masses, are determined to "give the Democrats and the long-eared mule a chance. They can't do worse than the Reoub licans have done. At least It's the voice of the people crying through out the land to turn the rascals out and at least give the Democrats an other trial. They've got the G. O. P. elephant on the move and he's get ting away just as fast as feeble con dition will permit. His keepers are Sick. too. and many of them admit fit. Will Rulid Hospital. The Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, "has resolved to build a Methodist hospital at Nashville. FINALLY CONFESSES THAT His KILLED A MAN. But it Appears More Likely That He Will Answer for the Murder of Two Men. After giving details as to many local robberies and hinting at two murders, Lee Rhodus, who was ar rested at East St. Louis Monday was put in a cell by the police with instructions that no one was to see him unt'l permission was granted. One of the murders, Rhodus inti mated he knew about was of a man named Michaels, of Chicago. The other was of CapL. Potter, of northern' 'Missouri. The police believe the Michaels murder, referred to is the mysterious death of Dr. F. W. 'Michaels, in Chicago, on August 5. Rhodus af ter admitting he waa in Chicago at the time, refused to discuss details. (Rhodus admits he is the man who has been called the "candy bandit" because he always took candy from the . stores *be robbed. He says ae expects to be hanged. (Mrs. Rhodus said she and her hus band went to Chicago the last of July. "On the night of August 15," aaid she, "my husband ? came home with his coat spotted ?wiith blood. He told me he had been shot, in the right shoulder wfatie robbing a drug store. Later he told me he had held up and shot a doctor. . '.'The next... morning the ., .papers were full' of tbe'murdef "of a dentist, but I don't rememher if the name was Michaels. We came back to St Louis August 23. He continued robbing stores in St. Louis, and then we moved here. Rhodus, before he was placed in a cell, said he took $180 and a dia mond from the man he killed. Dr. Michael's had money and jewelrq on his person when he was taken to a hospital. Later Rhodus confessed to be murder ~ at "Chicago on August 5th of Dr. William F. Micheales, a den tist. The murder of the dentist has proved-a mystery.. Micheaelss was shot down at night at his own door steps. - INJURED BY "SHOO-FLY." Well Knoym Fanner,. Narrowly ? jftfr capes Death in Florence. A serious accident occurred at tbe Evans street crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line at Florence Tuesday af ternoon, :as Train No. 47, the Or angeburg "Shoo Fly," was pulling out of the yards. 'Mr. George Moore, a well known., farmer of Evergreen, was attempting to drive his team across the tract in the face of the moving train, and his horse was j knocked down, the buggy broken and Mr. Moore was thrown against the locomot*ve. I ' But for' the presence of mind of Engineer Ed Layton and the quick appliance of the emergency brakes, Mr. Moore and his horse would have been killed. As it is, Mr. Moore was badly injured, his arm and leg being mashed by the driving wheels. The horse hed his left hind leg brok en and tbe buggy is partially wreck ed. : Mr. , 'Moore. was taken to the Uderton Infirmary foi treatment. Capi. Walter Morgan was the con ductor in charge of the train. The train was moving very slowly at the time of tbe accident. SEA GIVES UP BODIES, Corpses of Storm Victims Washed Up on Beach. At Punta Gorda. Fla., the badles of 7 men. all victims of the recent hurricane, were washed up by the waves Monday. Six of the seven were sailors on four Spanish Ashing smacks which went to pieces near Boca Grande during the height of storm. It is also beheyeo that' a seventh Spaniard was drowned, but nothing has been seen' of his body. The other fatality was a negro, bad ly decomposed, who is believed to be the same who drove his team into the Peace river off a bridge, which washed away as he got half way. There are many more men missing in this vicinity, and it is likely that the toll of the hurricane will reach ten drowned. Socialists Candidate. ?Mr. Charles W. Thompson, oi' Rcevesvllle, is the nominee of the Socialists for Governor of this State. Mr. Thompson Is the secretary and treasurer of Dorage Local. Farmers Union. No. 627.' and Is known as an enthusiastic Socialist. Mr. Thomp son is a prosperous farmer and a good citizen. ?'" He Is a young man. Turns Up Safely. The Norwegian steamer Bluenelds. which was believed to have been \osk In the recent West Indian hurricane, arrived safely at Havanna Monday ?morning, and sailed for New Or leans tbe following day. This in formation was received by the own ers of the vessel. Fatality from Baseball. Samuel James died at Dana. Ind.. (Monday as a result of being struck in the temple by a batted ball, while playing Sunday. He was 30 yeais of age, and leaves & wife and one child. OBANGEBUBG, MIGHT LOSE VOTES "LILY WHITE" MOVEMENT OP? POSED BY TAFT. It Is Understood That Hitchcock Is Moving Force Behind Presidents Hostility. The Washington correspondent of T?e State eays once more the bark "Lily.-Whjte" is facing, rough sear1, so far as South Carolina Is concern ed. It leaked out in Washington thai a day or two ago the president sent for Capt. John G. Capers, command ing the bark in question, and told him that the administration would b'> very much obliged if the proposed convention of the new Republican party in South Carolma. to be hold oh October 27th in Columbia, should ba called .off. It was pointed out that the organ isation of a "lily white" Republican party in South Carolina. Just now would tend to alienate the colored vote, which the administration doe3 not want to do. Of course, it was not put so bluntly as that?It was stated that the administration did not want to antagonize the colored race, but that means that to does not V7ant to alienate ' the colored con vention vote, as the organization of ?a Republican party excluding the ne groes would be sure to do. Capt, i Capers, last ;Monday, after toon had another conference with the president, in the course of whicfi the matter was gone over. In the meantime, one of the afternoon pa pers stated in its White House news ?iho convention had been called off. Capt. Capers stated later, uowever, that it had not been called off, but would be held, according to sched ule, notwithstanding the administra tions attitude. Capt. Capers left ou Monday night for his home at Green ville and expects to have his hands full the next few dnys looking after the organiatlon of the new parry machinery in South Carolina. It is understood that Postmaster General Hitchcock's influence was brought to bear on the president with the result that the abandonment- of the convention was requested by the latter. Mr. Hitchcock well known the. value of "Southern delegates.,", raid ho' doubThtfd. fears', for 1 Si2- If the nine delegates from South Caro lina should not be as easily con trolled as in the past. It is understood also that some of the white leaders in South Carolina are not favorable to the plan of try ing at this time to form a Republi can organiation without the color ed, contingent. The- call, recently Is sued by Capt. Capers to the people of South Carolina?or several scores of them?was for conventions in the various counties on October 26 to elect delegates to a State convention io meet In Columbia on October 27. SPECIAL COURT ORDERED. Governor Ansel Appoints Date for Trial ot Kd Bryd. An order in Circuit Court was tiigned Tuesday, mniing November 2:ist as the .date, of-the.special,term. of Court, in acc^/dance with Gover nor Ansel's proclamation. Ed Bryd will be tried for assault. The victim of the assault has left Columbia for Augusta, Ga. It is sated that she could not bear the notoriety that has been her lot for the last week or more. She will return tor the de position at the trial. Her name may not be mentioned in a newspaper, as It fs against a statute of this State to do so. HURLED TO DEATH. Brakeman Robbed and Thrown from Moving Train. Supposes to have been robbed and ; hurled to his death between the cars Walter P. Johnson, a Rock Island rviilroad brakeman, was killed late Monday night six miles west of Mem phis, near Hurburt Lake. Wihen the body was found the he;:d and both arms had been sever ed by the train passing over it. Rob bery, it Is believed, was the motive for the crime, as a switch key and $10 in cash, which Johnson is known to have had in his possession were missing. Heavy Lost? by Forest Fires. Six billion board feet of lumber valued a? about $15,000,000 were destroyed In the recent forest ?res on the national forests in Montana and Northern Idaho. The total area burned over in this one district was put at 1,250,000 acres. Nineteen of Crew Drowned. News of the wreck of the 5t?mier Repulus, bound from Belle Island ?o Sydney, with the loss of nim-teen men of the crew, was received at St. Johns. N. F., Monday. The wreck oc curred at Shoal May, nine miles from this port. Injuries Prove. Fatal. Ceo. F. l.citsey. of Lexington coun ty, who wiis thrown from a unggy in la runaway in Lexington, died early Tuesday from the injuries he receiv ed. The biifcgy in which the deccas .-ed was driving collided with a wagon !carrying stone. 8. cm th?ksday, oca LOSS OF LIFE Fron a Terrific Storm That Visits Naples asd Islaed ef Ischia. REPORT OF TIDAL WAVE Groat Los? of Life and Property Re ported.-rThe. Island Is Swept and Hundreds of People Are Drowned. The Damage to Property Amounts to Millions of Dollars. The Island of Ischia. in the Med 'terranea? sea, 10 miles southwest of the city of Naples, has been storm swept. First reports ? gave a very considerable^ loss of life from a tidal wave, but the latest reports indicate that the victims are few. Communication with the island >s difficult but brief dispatches from Case Miccioia state that while it ?b believed some persons were killed by the collapse of houses, only one body that of a woman, has so far been recovered. > Naples suffered from a furious storm of wind <and rain Sunday night and all Monday, the damage amount ing to mUlioins.. Every section of;.the city bears the ?marks the gale and the suburbs were even more. seriously affected, several persons being killed. The surrounding . conntry has been de vastated, ? great:-?. qualities .of. grapes; vines, trees, walls an -parts of houses being scattered about In all direc tions. V An avalanche of stones and mud rushed down. Mount Vesuvius above the hava line-of the eruption of 1906. It swept alt. before it as far as the town of PortJci. f- It wrecked, the tram line and enguifed nearly a score of victims. j i ? '. Up to the present there is no con firmation of the report that Ischia suffered from a tidal wave or sela mic disturbance. If was in the di rect path of the hurricane which topple over, the houses in Casa Mic cioia and other villages. ? ^ After the earthquake in 1883 these places were rebuilt with the very thinnest houses," which were unable to withstand the violence of thi storm of the 24; hours. While it is believed that there arc some bodies under the- debris-Che verylfllmay ? na ture of the structures probably pe* mitted most of'the occupants to es cape death or serious injury. A dispatch from Rome says the ministry of the interior received a report that a tidal wave as Casa Mlcclola, on the island of Ischia, had drowned 200 persons. ; Communication, .with, tin ^island has been interrupted and verification of the report is impossible. Four men of war have been ordered to hurry-to the scene with men and sup plies. Casa Miccioia is twelve miles southwest of Pozzuoll at the foot of Mount Epomo. It was nearly de stroyed by an earthquake in July, 1S83, when about 1.700 live? were lost. It has since been rebuilt and has a population.of about 4,000. The beautiful - coasts of the Bay of Noplesa and the- Gulf of Salerno and the islands of Ischia and Procida have 1 been deva'sted by a peculiar combination of the. elements. - The exact number of victims has not been burned, but 250 persons are said to have been killed. The monetary loss is great. The disaster appears to have come in the form of a cyclone having three centers, tlje first over (be Is land of Ischia-, the second over the town of """orre Del Greco, on the oast const of the Day oi Naples. and the third sweeping the Gulf or Salerno. Accompanying the cyclone were a cloud burst, -a 'idal wave and vio lent eruptions from Mount Vesuvius and from a crater suddenly opened on the summit of the long extiet Mount E;.'eraeo.. on the island of Is chia. The coasts of the mnlnland, whim Monday were beautiful with tnolr growth of orange, lemon and manda rin trees, have been overrun with rivers of mud and ashes- frooi M*. Vesuvious. Human bodies and the carcasses of dumb animals have been discovered in the molten stream. "Next to the loss at Ischia, ,tho greatest damage was done in the towns of Por-lici. Torre del Greco, Resino, Amalfi. Sorrento, Maiorit. Ravello. Angri. Pontecaghoa, Cetera and Mounte Corvfno. The station master on the railroad at Vletri, c mile and a hn't west of Salerno, was killed by ar ulocirin shock while attempting to te.le^rppji the news of the disaster to other points. Reports from Ischia do^crib" tl.e. situation there as distressing. The famous paths at Lucullus have, been destroyed. At some points the lava from Ml Epomeo is twenty feel deep. When the cyclone was at its height larg" bull stones fell and huge rock.-- detatched from the moun tain peaks came tumbling down. Sev eral of these must have weighed several tons. One measured eighty cubic yards. At Torre del Greco the rojf of i building was blown off and, the floors, collapsing, carried a sailor, his wife and child of 13 months into the cellar. The woman was kill?:) and the husband with tho baby 'n bis arms, .escaped from the place only to be drowned in the street. The baby was rescued. ?OBEB ?7, 1910. CANNOT BE FOUND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SEES. FOR LOST BALLOON. Has Not Boen Heard From Since it Ascended Last Monday Week from St. Louis. The most gigantic organized search in the history of North America, is in-the full swing throughout north eastern Canada for Allan Hawley and Augustus Post, occupants of the missing balloon, America II, which, with eight other, ascended at St. Loula, Mo., on Monday, October 17, in ar ace. All the others have been accounted for. America II is sup posed to have fallen in tbe wilds of northeastern Canada. A hundred thousand persons are engaged in the vast hunt for the balloon. Members of the Aero Club' Of' America were still anxiously await ing word from the missing aeronauts wtjp are believed to have landed' somewhere in the Aigoma district' and are slowly making their way to civiliazation through the borges and forests. A rescue balloon wrtl be sent up in the northern part of Mich igan in hope that it may take the direction of the America II and see any distress signals that may have set after the aeronauts landed. '.Preparations to send a balloon with suplles after them were hasten ed Tuesday. Louis von Phul, wbo . ^will pilot ..tbe:, relief,- Aerostat, left New Tork Tuesday night for Canada. He plans to begin his aerial bant from Sault Ste Marie. That the search for the balloon Ists is being made by two countries is shown by the telegrams which have been received by the Aero club of St. Louis with the last 24 hours. These have come from the heads of the Canadian government and from the signal corps of the United States army and officials of the Canadian railway systems. Altogether sixty telegrams have- been received "from persons hunting for the America II. ? USE OF LIME ON LAND. Southern Railway Issues Pamphlet on the Subject. : A pamphlet containing informa tion which should be of the greatest interest and practical. benefit to the farmers of he South and which may. be had for the asking, has Just been issued by the land and industrial de partment of the Southern, railway. The pamphlet treats of "The Use of Lime on Land." and tells of the great benefits to be derived In this way-... ?' ??" Quotations arc given from- agricul tural authorities and from bullei-rs issued by the United States depart ment of agriculture and various State deparments, telling on was! kind of land lime should be used, for what crops it will bring the best: results, and how it should n? appli ed. For imp:ovIi.g sour soli? vjcu as are found in many parts of the South, agricultural authorities agree that there is nothing so beneficial as lime since with the aid of legum inous plants it euables the toils to draw from the atmosphere the ni trogen so necessary as plant food. The large deposits of lime in the var ious Southern States make the use of lime for agriculture! purposes Inexpensive. A copy of the pamphlet on- "The Use of Lime on Land" may be se cured by addressing a request to M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent, Southern Railway Company, Washington, D. C. or copies may be bad on application to any freight traffic representative or local or sta tion agent of the Southern railway. KJLLED THREE PERSONS. White Man and Negro Killed Two Men and u Woman. ?News has Just been received at Tampa, Fla., of a tripple murder, which took place sometime during the storm last Monday at Chatham Uend, near Fort Myers, In which two white men and <i white woman were murdered by Leslie Cox, a white man. and a negro. The dead are: Miss Ellen Smith, a man named Walter and one known as "Duchy." The latter is said to be an escaped convict from Key West. Details of the crime are mea gre. Miles Smith w;,s visiting at ? the residence of Walter, and It is believed she was killed when she at tenvpted to interfere In a quarrei between Cox and Walker. The negro is under arrest, and claims that he was forced to kill the man hnown as "Dutchy."' A posse is in pursuit of Cox, who is reputed to be a desperate character. He was surrounded in a swamp near the Caxamba,s clam bars, but made his escape. The negro has been carried to Key West for aaffl keep ing. Looted Purin Houses. Mrs. Mattie Jennings, axed 60. und her two dauphtcrs, Mrs. R. E. Hay den and Miss Laura Jennings, were arrested in their fashionable home in ChicaKO Tuefiday morning, accus ed of being the women automoMle burglars who robbed a score Of far a: ; houses near Crown Point. Ind., and escaped with the loot. ALL SAINTS EVE VAIL OP THE FUTURE WILL BE LIFTED MONDAY NIGHT. And It Behooves All Lads and Los* sies to be on the Lookout About Then . Js'o one of all the semi-festive oc casions of the year's calaadar ap peals so strongly to the feminine mind as that of All Hallowe'en of Ail Saints eve, which comes Monday night, Oct. 31. For it is on that night that the veil of the future 13 suddenly lifted, and all the lads anu lasses can take a peep and learn by the glance into the mirror, the twist of an apple paring or the queer , an tics of nuts in the gloding embers, to know, the name or features of "fiieir fate. To.the' quaint old custom af cele* orating All Saints' eve modern 'n genulty bas contrived to add a spice ?bt its own, and where formerly the celebration was confined to a few es pecial practices no end of love tests and tricks have now been added, and are peculiarly a part of Hallowe en celebration. It is the night that all have re course to all kinds o: divinations, love philters, magical invocations and other follies and it i.^very ne cessary to believe that on this one night of all the .year all the gnome-s and elves, watches and grewsome spirits are abroad in the land, and to the extent that their shrines are knelt to depend the full enjoyment and success of All Hallowe'en. One of the least known of All Saints' eve's customs is one which particrarly involves a running brook. It is said: Take a tumbler of water from a stream that runs southward, borrow a wedding ring of some friend >and suspend it by a hair of your own head over' the glass af water, hold ring" the hair-between the finger and thumb. If the ring hits the side of the glass the holder will die an old maid. It It turn quickly round or should the ring strike the glass side more that three ? times after the holder has pronounced the name of her lov er, 'there will be a lengthy court ship, nothing more. If less, the en gagement will be broken on*, ^f it doesn't strike, then the affair will never come off. i . Still another quaint and curious trick which harks back to very early days is the one by which a maid may discover how long she mast wait ere a sweetheart comes to claiTa her. It is very simple, and of course absolutely true. ?Look at the new moon through a silk handkerchief, which has never been washed; when as many years will elapse before marriage takes place as there are , moons seen, through the Intrtclcacles of the silk, a* JJurntngthe nuts is another favor ite love charm test To properly en joy this trick a grate or wood fire, with lights turned low, is neces sary- Name the man and maid and accordingly as they turn quietly to gether or start from beside one an other, the course and issue of the courtship ijilll be. \ /WToU'ld you Hook ?n the linea ments of your future husband? Then take a candle and go alone to a looking glass. Eat an apple before it and the face of your con jugal companion will be 6een peep ing over vour shoulder. To go down cellar backward, holding n candle and a looking-glass is a variation on the last trick, and, as a necessary feature to the success of the experi ment, is to be absolutely alone, it is a curious, wierd and lawful 3xp*?r ience. To eutt a thimbleful of salt be fore retiring on All Hallowe'en is -warrented to make the one dream of the man who Is to ho her future husband. The apple, which plays an important part in all affairs of this romantic night because of *ta .being a part of the ancient Druidi cal harvest festival from which the occasion springs, is the vehicle for one of the prettiest of Hallowe'en love tests. Pare an- apple very carefully, so that the skin be not broken apart, twist it three times around the head and toss It over bockward. In fall ing to the floor Rwill assume the initial of the mysterious "he. Bob bing for apples or ducking for thi>m in a very bLg tub or other recepta cle is a very common Hallowe'en sport, as also suspending them by a cord from the celling and catching one in -the teeth as it swings back and forth is another. Hallowe'en refreshments all par take of the harvest stores and the jack ?' lantern Is an indlspenslble adjunct to the decoration of the rooms, typical as it is of the. in gath ering festivities of the harvest, which formerly occurred on All Saints' Day. The Socialist Party. The .Socialist Party, of which Mr. C. \V. Thompson ia the candidate for governor In this State, is quite strong in some places, and Is com posed of good people. About one year ago they elected the mayor of WlJwaukce one of the cleanest cities in the world. In other words he has made good. If the theories of the Socialists could be carried out. there would be a great change in the af fairs of the country. 0 FWO CENTS FEE COPS' COTTON GINNED Staple Gees Up ob Access! of fcrera aeot Census Report SHOWED FALLING OFF The Market Expected a Report of* 6,000,000 Bales, but the CeBSur Bureau Put the Amount Ginned at Only 5,410,960 Bales, Agaias* 5,530,967 a Year Ago* ? -.? . ,.-A i C) '..' if,' i At New Orleans the cotton mar ket was thrown into a panic of bar in/; on the opening Tnesday morning: by the census bureau figures on cra ning up to October 18. Prices rose 14 to 20 points on the first calt aad the advance was widened to 21 to 25 points in the early trading. Tfce market expected a report' of 5,000, 000 hales, but the census bureau pah the amount ginned at only 5,410,960 bales against 5,530,967 a year ago. and 6,296,166 two years ago. Census Bureau Report. ? The census bureau's report on cot ton, issued at 10 o'clock Friday morning, sbows 5.410,960 bales* - counting round as half bales, wer* ginned to October 18 from tta igrowth of 1910, compared who o, 530,967 for 1909: 6,296,166 for 1908 and 4,420,268 for 1907 to the corresponding date. ?Round bales included this year are 65,105, companred with 88,714 far 1909; 118,720 for 1908. and 97.557 for 1907. Sea island cotton ginned this yeas was 25,324 bales,. compared with. 36,482 for 109; 32,013 lor 1302 and 18,775 for 1907. Bales by States. ?By States the number of bales ginned and the 1909 total to the cor responding date were as follows: State. v' 1910. 1909. Alabama. ... 523,051 512,323 Arkansas. . . . 161,111 330.884 Florida . . . . - 26,837 35,006 Georgia. 914,565 1,118,341. Louisiana . . . 113,202 143,077 Mississippi. . . 354,361 390,090 North Carolina. 249,942 265,040 Oklahoma . . . 419,983 ' 329,42? South Carolina. 513,513 624,301 Tennessee. . . 57,608 101,260 Texas. ... .2,068*743..1,675.42V All other sfates '7.99'fe , 19,893 ?The distribution of sea island cot ton for 1910 .by States is: Floridav 9,891; Georgia, 14,256; South Car olina, 1,207. . S m -?? ' CARRIED DOWN TO DEATH. Engine Falls Through Open Draw Near Jacksonville. The Atlantic Coast Line's Jacltsc* ville-Tampn train, northbound, rar into an open draw at McGirt's erect, five miles south of Jacksonville, a& slow speed on Monday night and th? engine and tender toppled over into the creek. A mail car following was caught on the rear trucks and is. hanging over the creek. The engi neer, Charlie Ellis, of Jacksonville, went down with the engine, and hie body has not been recovered. .11 is believed that be became entanglcd. in the mechanism. The negro fire man, Brown, -jumped on Che tender as the engine fell and was rescued, by men in a row boat. He was severely bruised. Outside of a bod<-. scare the passengers are safe. GAINS FREEDOM. Ethel LeNeve Acquitted of Grippen Murder in London. After a trial lasting but a few hours, in the new Bailey Criminal Court at London, a jury found Ethel Clare LeNeve not, guiky as an ac cessory after the fact, in the murder of Cora Belle Crippen, for whoee death her husband, Dr. Hawley Har vey Grippen, will die on the gallowa on November 8th. Miss LeNeve was in love with Dr. Crippen and slept in his house en tbo nrght of the day following the day upon which the doctor murdered hla wife and buried the (Rsmembered. ?parts in the cellar of his Hill Drop Crcsent home. She accompanied Crippen in his flight to Canada, and. with him was arrested and indicted. WRITE SLAVERS CONVICTEJl. >Lmi and Woman Given Two und a Half Years Each. Frank C. Williams and Anna Hull of Pittsburg, Pa., were found guilty of violating the white slave law, enacted by Congress on June 25 last, by a Federal jury in the United State District Court Tuesday. Williams was sentenced to two years and st? month* in the Federal prison a* Leaven worth. Kansas, while Mis* Hull will serve a like term In the Western penitentiary at Pittsburgh. Miss Hull, it was brought out in tes timony, was proprietor of a resort, to which Williams brought bis vic tims from other States. Found Dead on Street. At Hoboken, N. J.. a well dressed man registered at a hotel about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning as Mar tin Kgger of Philadelphia. An hour later bis corpse was found on thw sidewalk below his room.