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THREE BUllNED TO DEATH. Firo at Wheeling Reaps a Fearful Harvest?Escaping Gas Causes Explosion. Wheeling, \V. Vn., August 11.? 'Gseaping gas in the building in South KolT street, occupied by Mrs. J. S. Gavin, as a millinery store and residence, caused a fire early today, which resulted in the death of three persons and the possible fatal injury of one other, while six more were compelled to .jump from the thirdstory windows to escape the flames. The dead: Clara (iavin, 27 years old; Mamie Gavin, 20 years old; Margaret Gavin. 21 years old. The injured: Mrs. J. S. (iavin, bruised and back injured. The dead girls were daughters of Mrs. Gavin and were suffocated as thev slept on the third floor. Two servant girls and four sons of Mrs. Gavin jumped from the third story windows and escaped with minor injuries. The two upper floors of the building were ahla/.e when the fire was discovered, and all means of escape for | hose asleep were cut otl" before f hey were awaUened. The building was a three-story brick structure. the first flo.tr being used as a dry goods store and the second and third floors being occupied .is ;i dwelling hou<e by Mrs. (Iavin. who i-- a widow, her sous who conduel I lie *1 ore. her three daughters, and the servants. It is supposed that nil t|ti> -? < ? 111 d floor ! h ?e V a- .ill e cap' n| gas I'roin a<l llin'olieed leal.. I and I li.at this gas suffocated the three daughters hefnrc the exidosion to|lowed, which set the building on lire. , .\b eit !>;? ) o'clock neighbors di-vovered that the Gavin building was mi fir.. An alarm was sent in. but when I be depart menl arrived the roof was falling' in ami was carrying with it everything to the lirst Moor. I he mo)bee jumped from a second story window and sustained internal injuries. When the roof fell, taking with it the third floor and its contents, it al-.i carried to the first floor the bodies vd' the three young women. The fire depart incut, aided by volunteers, made every effort possible to reach Mic bodies, but were driven back time after time bv the beat and the fierceness of the flames. When finally removed from the smouldering ruins after several hours' work, the bodies of the three victims were found to tie burned almost beyond identification. Mrs. Gavin was not told of the death of her daughters for some lime, because of her own serious condition. She was pro-d rated when finally Intd of their tali-. Miss t'lara Gavin was engaved to be married I.> a Wheeling man in the near future. The e-caoe of Mr-; ? I: i \ in * < f-Hir sons. .lo!ui, Tiiuetl.v. ("harle and Thomas w athrilling. Thev made their way through the blinding smoke to n front window, dropped to an awning below, and reached the ground uninjured. A servant girl and a girl frien-l siicmling the night with her. escaped in the same manner Mr-. (Iavin, alter making an unsuccessful effort to rescue her daughters, found her way to a side window and jumped to a roof twenty feet below. alighting on her feet. with slight bruises and a sprained back. She was taken from the roof on a ladder, but her rescuer st ambled and both fell. The oroperty loss js about $10,000. partially covered by insurance. TILLMAN ON TAFT. Senator Tillman Scores Republican Nominee in Interview in Paris. Paris, Aug. 8.?Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, who is paying his first visit to Paris this week, savs that Pry an not only ought to win hut will win. Looked at from Kurope, what * has most impressed Pcnjamin Tillman in the 1101110 political situation is the spectacle of Mr. Taft going obediently to Oyster Pay for President Koosevell to revise and approve his speech of acceptance of "Jhe republican nomination. No candidate has ever before, he says, made his first otlicial appearance before the people in that attitude. Tt is a shock tti Americans over here and must cost Mr. Ta ft heavily at the elect ion. Senator Tillman adds that Mr. Taft, like most fat men, is personally good naturcd, but as a candidate, he lias no separate personality, whereas everybody knows where Bryan stands. Senator Tillman, who followed Prynn's itinerary on his lecture tour, 'found that Pryan had won popular ity everywhere. hx-Gov. David |{. Francis, who is also in Paris, thinks that 1 try mi's chances are rosy, chiefly on the ground thai he is convinced the mass of the public desire a reduction in the tariff. He believes that American industries are perfectly prepared t<> hold their own against European competition 011 equal terms. IN A TIGHT PLACE. Conduct in an Emergency, of a Man Who Thought Himself a Coward. . ''All you've got !o do to make Jeff i>.i\ i-i jump into the Arkansas river i- i" point n corncob / ip*? t;l him." h'ecent ly some men on a train were fanning over this remark, made i 'i !?>ug iiv.'i by a personal and politiiry >t tln> senator from i l . tvelliTs agreed I hat 'hey hated to have anybody say anything like that about lli.'ni. "Well, I don't know how true this remark may be as applied to (he Davis person, observed a Texan in lae Liioup, 'but it is my opinion that .1 remark could lie truthfully applied l?> very lew men. Most men i'.i:ira^eniis in tight pinches, even 1 men whi? imagine deep down in Mr ' Mi|-ci(,j|..|||.<s thai they are instinctively and inherently eowardlv. lake, for example, the ease of Indue freeman of Texas. Freeman imagined himself to be a coward, lie had never? fortunately, he said? '" 'it put l<> a lest. Inii he was dead rertaiti licit he would era \v fish in a 1 i-ht place and show himself to I lie world as a coward. "I his was before lie ever ran for "'bee in Texas. When he first ran loi o|]jt-e in ;i lexas town a peculiarly vitmilie editor of a paper published bi the Texas town began to atlark Freeman in a manner that could >!11y mean blood. ".Judge Freeman's friends got tifound 11i 111 and told hint that he'd have to kill or nt any rale wing I he editor or gel out of Texas. "I reeiuan came to me in his trouble. 'I teel like I'm going to show the white feather in this business,' he said In me. 'You know what I've often told you. I've got a yellow streak. Just now the yellow streak is working this way:' I'm more afraid of killing that fellow than T am of getting killed myself. I bate the business and 1 hale to think that it 'I comes to a showdown I'll eraw!' "Two days after that the editor published another vile broadside and tiien we all knew i| would happen. I lie editor left his olhce for home that afternoon. He had- ?t taken a do/en >| ep< before he | sight of fud'-e I- rccmau emerging from the I'-.-t niliee. about vixly yards down i '1" >I ce< t. S,.:iiebin|\ standing in < ii a \ en lied out to Judge Freeman same instant ai.d the .judge saw the editor advancimr upon him. "liidli men drew and fired at the same instant. lint lluw were poor sho|<. both of them, and their bullets w''"1 wide. They continued !o fire :?s Il'e.v advanced upon each other, "There was nary a sign of weak"?'s< m Freeman. On the contrary, In- looked perfectly cm.I. lie wa.? naturally a handsome man and hi.tare looked transfigured and fine ii Inal intense momeul. " I here were only f?ur cartridge." in the editor's gun and he fired all ot them without making a hit. Whet had fired all four shots he threw liis gun on the ground lo indicate If his opponent that he was througl with firing, and that editor looked me like a man ready to run. "Judge Freeman still had two car fridges left in his gun. Did when In saw his enemy throw his pistol away the big heart of (lie man appeared lie lowered his gun and stood in tlx middle of the sidewalk, ealmlv wait iti'j. I lie editor advanced upon him seemingly for the purpose :>f thank ,!u> judge for his generosity ii not continuing the firing, and o making up. I he judge seeing this followed Ins enemy's example am threw away his gun. in which the fwi cartridges remained. So there hi stood, entirely unarmed. soon as Freeman east awa1 his gun. the editor, who had advanc ed close to him, suddenly whipped on a bowie from beneath the collar o his coal and began to slash.at .Tudg Freeman. Tl was a ear's trick, an. tlml editor never was allowed ti hold up his head in Texas again. Now, here, if not before, was th spot for Judge Freeman to show hi yellow streak, if he had one. The edi tor was chopping awnv at him, an. Freeman didn't have so much as pocket knife on him. Rut the ma who foolishly imagined himself to b ;i coward was not only equal to th b occasion? lie rose nol>I\ above it. "He readied out and grabbed the editor around the waist, and, being a powerful man, lie threw the editor to the ground. Then he planted a >ot upon the forearm of the hand that held the knife and wrenched the big blade fronr the prostrate editor's hand. Grasping the bowie, the judge bent over his bitter enemy and put the blade to the man's throat. " 'Are you through?' he asked the man who was down. " 'I am if you are,' replied the editor. "Judge Freeman stood up and threw his bowie over the top of a store. "'All right; go* up.' lie said t\> the man whose life he could have ta!<on as easily as slitting the throat of a possum. "The editor got up and slouched away. " 'You're the great old coward. I suppose, I said to .Judge Freeman an hour or so after (he encounter. " 1 rei?l\ was curious. 1 reckon I am?.just us much a coward now as ever \ was,' he told me. " 'How do you make that out?' I asked him. 'Why, this way,' lie replied. 'I wasn't myself when I had the run in with that lellow. I was somchodv else. Otherwise I never could have gone through with those proceedings. I hardly remember anything that happened. because, you see, the spirit of the courageous chap went out of me after the thing was till over. I'm a ?|'iitter and a runaway all right.' I >ul I only laughed at him, as lie deserved to be laughed at. His case, and a great many other cases that T know about, proves that there is many a timid man walking up and down the world who imagines liinisell to be a coward merely because of his natural timidity, but who. as a matter of fad. hasn't got a cowardly drop of blood in his hod v.'' Bncklen's Arnica Salve Wins. ^ Tom Moore, of Hurat Route 1, Cochran, (la., writes: "I had a bad sore come on the instep of my foot and could find nothing that would heal it until I applies Bncklen's Arnica Salve. Less than half of a 2f)C. box won the day foi rne by affecting a perfect cure." Sold under guarantee at \\. K. Pelham & Son's drug store. RE-REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Notice is hereby given that the supervisors of registration will be at their offices in the court house during the months of July and August to re-enroll voters of this county in accordance with provisions of an act j of the general assembly approved tlio j - ";(!> day of February, TOPS. The otlicjj will he open every day except Sunday I mm 0 a. in. to ti p. m. during thesi two months. The law requires that all voters shall be re-registered. E. L. Hayes, Chairman. B. B. Leitzsev, J. W. Worts, Supervisors of Registration. BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES. Eastboimd. | No. 18, leaves Anderson at fi.30 a j m., for connection at Bclton witl Southern for Greenville. . No. 12, from Wallinlla. leaves An I derson at. 10.1.) a. in., for connectioi ( at Bolton with Southern Railway foi . ( olnmbia and (Irecnville. , No. 'JO, leaves Anderson at 2.2( , p. m., for connections at Belton witl > Southern Railway for Greenville. No. 8, daily except Sunday, fron - Walhalla arrives Anderson 0.24 p ) m., with connections at Seneca witl , Southern Railway from points south No. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An derson at 4.;>7 p. m., for connection: - at Bolton with Southern Railway fo Greenville and Columbia. Westbound. No. 17. arrives at Anderson at 7.5i i a. in., from Belton with connection! f from Greenville. ' No. 0, arrives at Anderson at 12.2'; p. m., from Belton with connection! I from Greenville and Columbia. Goes II to Walhalla. No. 10, arrives at Anderson at 3.4( p. ni.t from Belton with connection! from Greenville. * ^ No. 11, arrives at Anderson a (5.20 p. m., from Belton with con * ncctions from Greenville and Colum ' bia. Goes to Walhalla. No. 7, daily except Suiulav, leave Anderson at 0.20 a. m., for Walhall.i * with connections at Seneca for loca s points s.tilth. i- Nos. 17, .18, 10, and 20 are mix* rl tra:ns between Anderson and Beltor a Nos. 7 and S are local froigh n trains, carrying passengers, bctweo o Anderson and Walhalla and bet wee e Walhalla nut1 Anderson ; ? -> d j ^ jr3 CW{^*3 ^3 r+ as? ? ^ X ^ ? ^ o 2 ^ <2 ^ K >2 ? Km Ss?IgoSfff? P P r crq LANDER COLLEGE (Formerly Williamston I-'emale College). GREENWOOD, S. C. Rev. John 0. Willson, President Ol'KNS Sept. i8. 1908. Comfortable, steam lieated. electric lighted building, in cit limits. Good food. Honie liko life an oversight. Thorough teaching and training. Fine wor! In music and art. Cost reasonable. Send for catalogue. Due West Female College With the best modern conven iences and equipment, and higl standards of teaching and living this is an ideal place for prepara tion for the great responsibilitie of womanhood. TKRMS MODERATE. For attractive catalog write REV. JAMESBOYCE. Due West, S. C. ? , i University of South Carolin; WHe range of choice in Scien j lific, Literary, Graduaic and Pro I lessional Cours s leading to degre of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor o Science, Licentiate of Instructions Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts 1 Civil Engineer and Electrical E11 j gineer. Well equipped Labora ; lories. Library ot over 40,000 vol tunes. Expenses moderate. Many stn dents make their own expenses. Next session (104th) begin September 23d, 190S Fo.- announcement write to tin President, Columbia, S. C. 1785 College t\ t'harhston 190! Charleston, S. C. 124th Year Begins September 25th Entrance examinations will b held at the County Court Hons on Friday, July 3, at 9 a. 111. A1 candidates for admission can com pete in September for vacant Boye Scholarships which pay $100 a year One free tuition scholarship toeacl county of South Carolina. Boar< and fittrnished room in dormitor $11. Tuition $40. For catalogue address Harrison Randolph, President g Piano and Organ Economy If you arc interested in the purchase of PIANO or an ORGAN, we want to sell von oni Don't think you must go to some mail ordt house to buy a low priced piano or organ: in ' ojitsinc of South Carolina to get the best pian I <>r organ. Wo have a great variety ot" grade ! I and all styles, at prices which cannot (ail I , j interest you. We aie manufacturcrs' f.ieloi representatives for seveial <f the laigest an ! most famous makers ol pianos and organs We take old instiumeiits in exchange an make most liberal terms of payment to thoj who wish to buy on time. No house?quality i pianos and organs considered?can undersell u Twenty-four years of fair dealing in Colutub and throughout South Carolina is our referem and guarantee. Write us at once for catalog price and terms. Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. < l'lANOS AND ORGANS. TEACHER WANTED. Lady teacher for Forks school clis trict No. ;>>. Salary $10 a inontl 1 form six months. Applications miif ho filed by August, 22 wit any of the undersigned trustees, i W. A. Melts, r Slighs, S. C., R. F. D. 1. Q. M. Kinard, ) Pouiaria, S. C., H. F. D. 1. , D. T. Wicker, Pomaria, S. C., R. F. D. 1. . CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAE i OLINA RY. Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. . Lv. Newberry(C N & L) 12:56 p.n , Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.n r Lv. Laurens (0 & W C) 2:35 p.n Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.n Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.n ) Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p.n . Lv. Sparlanbnrir (So. Hy.) 5:00 p.n Ar. 1 render.sonvillc 7:45 p.n ^ Ar. Asheville 8:50 p.n . Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.n Ar. Greenwood 3:32 p.n Ar. McCormick <?:33 p.n j Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.n 4 Tri-Weekly Parlar Car line b< I ween Augusta and Asheville. Trail t Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesday . Thursdays and Saturdays, lea\ . Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays an Fridays. s Note: The above arrivals and d i, partures. as well as connections wil j other companies, are given as info mation. and are not guaranteed. [] Frnest Wiliiams, >, Gen. Pas.?. Agt., t Augusta, Ga. n Geo. T. Bryan, n I Greenville, S. C., j G'en. Agt. I I , I , I I I i I: JONES' c S, B. Jones % DBA l STAPLE <Sc FANCY Ql Confectioneries, Frul 1 Phone 2/2. i New s Dear Madam Housekeep< W tention to our stock o groceries and solicit your potronage during | We feel safe in sayi - the most complete that e f that we can serve you ' ner. We will ever keep in - portant points: qualit - vice modorate prices. s If you are not alrea p we would be pleased tc L! ilist of satisfied cust f ! fj We wish 1908 to be o you join us in making Yours fc e e 1 e ti i V I a *r ?B??????MUM I n NATIONAL BANK i III _ ^ ^ i ON THE R if it leads him to deposit !>- Bank. Means that he'll i quit handling soiled bills lt fy book-keeping and be a i. all transactions?a few of 1. DIRE * M. A. Carlisle. H. C. K J. A. Blackwelder. Robt. J* B. C. Matthews. S. B. 1. r-r.. \. : j The First Coop s ;c # Kve/i Hiough not severe, ha* (! ^ live membranes of the thrc ^ Coughs then come easy all i p slightest cold. Cure the fin " set up an inflamation in the < 1 lungs. The best remedy 1" ^ SYRUP. It at once gets rij moves the cause.. It is free ? a child as for an adult. 25 < | MAYES' D J iROCERY, | Proprietor. IBR IN lOCERIES, PRODUCE, t, Cigars and Tobaccos. /berry, S. Jan, 17, 18. e wish to call your at-J|H f Fancy and Staple flHB at least a portion of IH| this year. ng that our stock is , is offerea here and in a satisfactory manmind three very im- nB ,y of goods prompt, ser- MI dy a customer of ours V > add you to our long K ,omers. I ur banner year. Will it so? B >r business, H Jones' Grocery. I ii inn wii * mi i ? en?mi ? i n? i i ???? fli * ? ||H ^ 5 I OH ^ w ) - ?5 5". 2. u-ar.. co >1 **t IGHT ROAD his cash in The Nationa mprove his financial credit, by paying by check, simplible to keep a stub record of the favors our Bank extends. CTORS: Moseley. T. B. Carlisle. Norris. Geo. Johnstone. f Aii 11. Jos. H. Hunter. j j < ;h of the Season, j I ; a tendency to Irritate the sensi at and delicate bronchial tubes. ^ * winter, every tixhe you take the ? ?t coitgh before it has a chance to ^ delicate capillary air tubes of the is QUICK RELIEF COUGH T ght at the seat of trouble and re- ^ from Morphine and is as safe lor G :ents at ^ RUG STORE. \ J