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NOISELESS GUN AWES. Official Tests Show Fearful Possibili ties-Inaudible at 150 Feet. In the presence of a committee of United States army officials, Hiram Percy Maxim, the veterans inventor, last week as Springfield, Mass., de monstarted beyond all doubt that the noiseless gun which he has contrived is a subcess. He proved during the tests held today in the armory and in the fields near North Wilbraham that his new gun can be fired within 150 feet of a person without detection by him. To make clear to the minds of the officers the tremendous revolution which this gun would cause in war fare. Maxim utilized a little cricket which was found in a hush. The offi eers could hear the cricket chirp at a distance of fifty yards. And they heard it chirp even when the Maxim gun was fired. Those present at the test, which was the official government -one, were Mr. Maxim, Major Morton, Capt. Al len, Lieutenant Meals, Henry Southey, city engineer of Hartford, Conn., and six enlisted men. The party went to the armory, where tests for penetration, noiseless ness and accuracy were conducted. One of the soldiers, a crack-shot with the rifle, fired the regular army gun several times, the explosions ringing out above the noises of the factory where Uncle Sam makes small arms. Then Maxim adjusted his "noise-kil ler".to the weapon. The sharpshooter took aim at a tar get far down the yard and pulled the trigger. From the white plat, more than a hundred yards away, there come a sharp metallic ring. The bul let had ploughed into the steel-but not a sonnd excepting a soft one, as of fingers snapping, came from the gun . Then, showing, a slight hissing, so _slight as to be hardly audible was heard, and the officers looked at one another in bewilderment. The soldier who did the firing looked at the weapon in his hands and held it from him an instant, then laughed in a childish way. The party adjourned to the fields. Forty regulation cartridges were giv en to the marksmen. The officers posted themselves 2,000) yards from where the sharpshooter stood, and he was given the word to fire. Methodi cally he sped bullet after bullet into a distant target, each time the service gun emitting a roar that was audible 8;000O feet away, in the village. After Maxim adjusted the "noise killer,'' the soldier fired again and eight times he hit the target. All the time the offieers were coming closer to him. They could hear the steel projectile smash against the target, but nothing else. Finally, when with i150 feet of the soldier, they heard a faint sound. It was the hammer of the gun striking the cartridge. But they heard nothing more, nor did they see ither smoke or fire coming from the weapon. Not contented, Maim invited the experts to the lake near North Wil hmam. One of the soldiers was pted aeross the water five hundred yards distant. A target was erected near a little booth he occupied. Eight *le 'they heard the steel jacketed bullet plunge into and flatten on the ise, bnt 'he heard no other sound phough the place is a wilderness and yven the low murmurs of the town do not penetrate it. 'The officers made calculations and agreet that: the gun is 74 per cent oiseless. It -was a moody, cogitating rou'p that returned to the armory late in the evening. The men bore nair of triumph. Each probably yas thinking of the dreadful possibili Ees shu~t up in thatslittle secret device hieh had been adjusted to the ordi ary service guns. An idea of the severity of the tests may be-gained from the fact that 50 rins of smokeless powder were us din each carti-idge, a charge capable f hurling a bullet more than 1,500 ards with fatal results. CLEVELAND'S GENUINENESS. imple in His Tastes, Genial aii Loyal to Friends. The quality tvhich impressed one ot on becoming aequainted with [r. Cleveland was not his greatness; e had anticipated that; but his gen 1 -kindness and his quiet, pervasire imor. He even had charm. These rracteristies I, for one, had not an eipated at all, I had pictured him, probably most people still fancy m,a gruff, rugged old warrior, rest gafter his battles, brooding over Spast; silent, except when stirred easionally to pronouncing a polysyl ic profundity; august, austere, a rsonage difficult to know and un sible to live. I expecte4t to admire him. but it never occurred to me that one might like him; still less that he miiht. care to be liked by those among whom he had east his lot.. I think every man who had a chance to know him must have felt affection for him. Sam, his coachman, used to say: "The finest Dimmycrat I ever knew. I'm a Republican." After the funeral he said: '' I could hardly drive for the tears runnin' down me face, The finest man I ever knew, Dimmy erat or Republican'.'' The atmosphere of treatness-that subtle emanation of real power-was always present. always felt, more so than in the ease of any man I ever met. So often it evaporates when once you have seen enough to disasso ciate the man from the name. But there was nothing gruff sor severe about this pleasant, simple,mannered, large framed man, comfortably seat ed by his library fireplace, saying little, but listening carefully, sympa thetically in fact, to all that was being said, with a ready smile for whatever might be -amusing, a kindly solicitude for the comfort of your seat and a grace carefulness in the selection of your cigar. "Well. I guess there's no law against our smoking," was his frequent phrase. He seemed, as a friend remarked the other day, "just as much interested in giving me a good time as I was in trying to en tertain him." But no one, not even the most intimate, thought of being familiar with him. He always insisted upon carrying his gun ease himself when making the annual pilgrimage; but he also insisted upon due respect to the high office he had held. Some of the numerous invitations to address quasi-important gatherings gnnoyed him: "They've got nerve to expect a former president to attend their show." He did not say "me." but "a former president." His voice in conversation was a lit tle higher than one would expect for such a large man; it was undoubtedly what foreigners would call an Ameri can voice, somewhat nasal, though not unpleasant, and with something in it that reminded me of the way I sup posed Lincoln's voice sonnded. When he referred to his old friends and as sociates there was tenderness in it as 'he pronounced their names-'"Joe" Jefferson or " Tom'' Bayard, and others, less known to fame, but equal ly dear to him. The world only heard of the famous ones, but it never oc curred to him to arrange his friend ships on any basis but the real one or that his more obscnre chums were not just as interesting to quote and tell about. 3lers who undertook to inform him to his face that ihe had been a great president made him exceedingly miserable, (though he did not mind re'ading about it when they were not around), but if you told him you saw his boy Richard make a good catch playing ball out on the lawn as you came in, his whole face lighted up with his wonderful smile. His atti tude toward children was not the smiling condescension which many of the *"Olympians'' adopt, and which children ha.te; he treated them with that flattering e,arnestness which chil dren like. "Some of the other gen tlemen here this afternoon left this ba.t behind them,'' he would say to his boy. One day these two were seen walking -home together in the rain. Richard was holding the umbrella. Rather 'than let the boy see that he could not hold it high enough the ex president walked all the way down Bayard lane with his head and shoukders bent low. One day on the train from New York he became very much concerned over a little girl who seemed to be travelling alone. Finally he had to go and task her about it. She said it was all right, she was to be met by her father a.t New Brunswick. But when that station was finally reached the former president, without saying any thintg to the rest of the party, quietly stole out to the rear door and watched until he saw the child safe in her father's arms; then he returned to the group he had left and went on with the conversation as if nothing had happened. The Demneratic mode of his pri vate. life is sometimes spoken of as if an ideal to whieh he consciously~ adhered. With him it was a good deal more than a well-followed creed; it was spontaneous expression of his personality, due to his inherent lion esty: He liked simple things because he was simple. He w'as of the soil. He had but few forms, though these he observed strictly and expected oth ers to observe them. The inevitable vanities and artificialities of a highly organized stage of society were not wrong, but disbasteful to him. He felt their incongru:ity with him. In shor.t. he had hiumor-noct the chirp b acetiouse of the generation w hich prates to an unhumorous e tent about its sense of humor, but t real ihiig. the inner vision of tru which is the beginning of wisdom ai its end. He likod and enjoyed all the re things of life and despised the u real. For instance, he had re friends. Only a few people. even private life, have real friends in the old age. But among the great histoi shows a still smaller proportion blessed. That was one keynote of his cha acter. but along with his simple lo of truth, there existed a cognate qua ity which, however, does not alwa; accompany it; and that was an acti sense of responsibility to some pow, higher than ourselves. In one of the rare moments in his unusually lig1 conversation when he broke throus his habitual reserve and showl what he thought about deeply, I once said to one of his friends: ' don't see how a democratic peopl struggling and fighting for its nee< and desires, can continue to exist a free people without the idea something invisible above them 1 which they believe themselves a countable." Like all great truths, this has be< said before. The point here is th; he believed it, and that in these t? fundamental qualities, the vision < truth, and the sense of one's unshir] able accountability, and in conrag which was their offspring, are to I found the determining motives of h life.-Jesse Lynch Williams, in Co liei-'s Weekly. Slept Through Fight. About the laziest man on recoi comes to light in a reminiscence of tl civil war. One night, during the sun mer of 1862, a detachment of Gener Kirby Smith's troops clashed with portion of the Federal forces nei Richmond, Ky. In the very centre of this dark ba tlefield, so the story goes, stood ti house of Peter Van der Hausen, a old Dutchman, who was noted amor his neighbors for being the lazie; man in that section. So, around this house, strugglir back and forth through the 'Hollai der's garden of weeds and wild flo' ers, the two hostile forces fiercee] struggled while the darkness was ri en by the flash of muskets and ti roar of artillery. - The next morning, as soon as ti neighboring farmers dared poke the! noses out of doors, they hurried ove to old Peter's to see if, by happ fate, he were yet alive. Entering ti bullet riddled house and flying up tia stairs, they burst into Peter's be room, horror depicted ~on The face What was their amazement, howeve to behold the Hollander snorinl peacefully away as if sleep were ti ne and only joy of his life. By persistent shaking they woli him partially. "Get up, Peter!'' erie ne neighbor. "Are you wounded, Pe "No,'' yawned the Hollander. The be sat up and gazed bewilderedly the familiar faces about him. "%~ iss- what is the matter?'' "Matter!'' eried they; didn't ye hear 'the awftil noise outside las night?'' "Noise? Yes, I did hear the thur dering noise." "And didn't you see the flash< of fire?" "Yes, but I turned over and wer to sleep again." "Went to sleep again! Man, don you know what that meant?i Don you know th:is house is shattered?'' For a moment the sleep-dazed Pett seemed to be undecided whether 1 get out of bed. Then, slowly rollir over into 'his trousers, he said, "E te lightning struck the house, eh?"' Just Exactly Right. "I have used Dr. King's New Li; Pills for several years, 'end find the just exW!~y right,'' sa ;a Mr. A. Felton, of Harrisville. N. Y. Ne Life Pills relieve witboat the lea .ji( com'-.r t' Best rer-edy for consI pation, biliousness and malaria. 25 at W. E. Pehiam & Son 's durg stor CALE.'STON & WESTERN CA] OLINA RY. Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. Lv. Newberry (C N & L) 12:56 p.a Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.a Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:35 P.! Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.a Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.a Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p.r Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.q Ar. Hendersonville '(:45 p.r Ar. Asheville 8:50 p.i Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.a Ar. Greenwood .3:32 p.i Ar. McCormick 4:33 p.1 Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.1 Tri-Weekly Parlar Car line b tween Augusta and Asheville. Trai: x- Thursdays and Saturdays, leave ie Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and th Fridays. d - Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections with al other companies, are given as infor ti- mation, and are not guaranteed. al Ernest Williams, in Gen. Pass. Agt., :ir Augusta, Ga. ey ,eo. T. Bryan, ;o Greenville, S. C., Gen. Agt. r e 500 Mile State Family Tickets $11. I- 25.-Good over the Atlantic Coast v Line in each State for the head or de e pendent members of a family. Limit 'r ed to one year from date of sale. 'e 1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi it dual Ticket $20.00.-Good over the in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00. e Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast f aggregating 30,000 miles; for a man o ager or head of firm and employes li _ lines in the Southeast aggregating 41, mited to five, but good for only one n of such persons at a time. Limited to it Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines .o one year from date of sale. )f 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable - Individual Ticket $25.00.-Good over e, the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other >e 000 miles. Limited to one year from is data >f sale. All mileage tickets sold on and af tar April 1st, 1908, will not be honor ed for passage on trains, nor in d checking baggage (except from non d agency stations and stations not e open for the sal eof tickets) but must a be presented at ticket offices and there exchanged for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by 'r purchasing local ticket from our agents. t- a Atlantic Coast Line. 1e T. C. White, n General Passenger Agent. g W. J. Craig, Pasenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. NEWBERRY UNION STATION. Arrival, and Departure of Passenger Trains-Efective 12.01 A. K. e Sunday, June 7th, 1908. Southern Railway: e. r No. 15 for Greenvilh . . .. 8.57a.m. r'No. 18 for Columbia .. .,1.40 p.m. No. 11 for Greenville ... ..3.20 p.m. eNo. 16 for Columbia .... .8.47 p.m. e- C., N. &L. Ry. * No 85 for Laurens .. ....5.19 a.m. *No. 22 for Columbia ,. ..8.47 a.m. No. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.m. No. b3 for Columbia .. ..3.20 p.m. e *No. 21 for Laurens .. . .7.25 p.m. *No. 84 for Columbia .. ..8.36 p.m. *Does not run on Sunday SThis time table show3 the times at which traiiis may be expected to de Spart from this station, but their die t parture is not guaranteed and the Stime shown is subject to change with out notice. u G. L. Robinson, - BLUB RIDGE SCHEDULES. . Eastbound. No. I.8, leaves Anderson at 6.30 a. in., for connection at Belton with t Southern for Greenville. No. 12, from Walhalla. leaves An. tderson at 10.15 a. mn., for connection tat Belton with Southern Railway for Columbia and Greenville. ;o No. 20, leaves And~erson at 2.20 op. in., for connections at Belton with Southern Railway for Greenville. No. 8, daily except Sunday, from Walhalla arrives Anderson 6.24 p. mn., with connections at Seneca with eSouthern Railway from points south. riNo. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An derson at 4.57 p. mn., for connections at Belton with Southern Railway for Greenville and Columbia. Westbound. c.No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50 ea. in., from Belton with connections efrom Greenville. LNo. 9, arrives at Anderson at 12.24 p. mn., from Belton with connections from Greenville and Columtia. Goes to Walhalla. No. 19, arrives at Anderson at 3.40 n . in.. from Belton with connections a from Greenville. n- No.. 11, arrives at Anderson at 1 6.29 p. mn., from Belton with con a neetions from Greenville and Colum a bia. Goes to Waihalla. a. No. 7, daily except Sunday, leaves '- Anderson at 9.20 a. in., for Walhalla, n with connections at Seneca for local a. points sr.uth. a. Nos. 17, 18, 19, and 20 are mixed n tra'ns between Anderson and Belton. a. Nos. 7 and 8 are local freight e- trains, carrying passengers, between i Anderson and Waihalla and betwcee '5 WValhialla anne Andersoi VULcI X Dy TRY TME VULCAI wen rAihed. str. Rib Str--gthened Mold Fu Point, Lnd and Standard. = STRONGESTand MOST D1 When buying a lo.w, Con.i fon E.M.EV, You Mole When You Purc GOODS F We bought when goc and we sell at much the everlasting Bargai The nimble nickel is than the slow dollar. Compare quality anc that the greatest GET always to be found at O. KLE' The Fair and First shiprnent of fat Never no better, nor YOUR B THE NEWBERRY Capital $50,000 - - No Matter How Small, The Newberry #11l give it careful at! ipplies to the men and JAS. McINTOSH. President. We Len 1 BuyF We provide easy teri We enable borrower in Monthly Instalimeni allowed to meet obliga It Is cheaper than' paa to save money to buy a Contract. If you want to save il take a Security Contra Call on A. J. Gibson, Treasurer, at office, cc strets, next door to C MEOlTY LOAN AM IN BET PLOWS The Vulcan Plow Co., saVsVI.L, 195. p, Durable, L't Drat., a Chled Shinpiece, In ont has Face Chill, Wide Edge itented Extension and is the JRABLE Chilled Point made. lwr Quality First, Price Second. SALE eY ANS & CO. M o Misial( hase your FALL 'ROM US. ds were at the LOWEST LOWER PRICES than n Day Sellers. more appreciated by.us I you will invariably find IUINE BARGAINS are TTNER, Square Dealer. I goods arrived. cheaper. COME. ANKING! SAYINGS BANK, - Surplus $80,000 fte Matter How Large, Savings Bank tentlon. This message the women alike. J.E. NOR WOOD, cashter J Money lomes! ns of payment. s to accumulate a fund :s, on which interest is tions at maturity. ring rent. If you want i home take a 5asrib roney for any pepe et. It pays. Astant 'Secretary anid >rner Boyce and Adam opeland Brothers. Im INVESTMENT CO.