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RIGET WINS CEAMPIONSHIF. overs Distance of 98 Kilometres and Stays in Air More Than One Hour and a Half. Lemans. Sept. 21.-Tn the presence of the officials of the French Aero club of Sarthe. the American ambas sador, Henry White, Gen. Bazaine Hayter. commander of the Fourth army corps, a large number of French and foreign experts and a wildly cheering crowd. numbering 10.000, Wilbur Wright. the American aeron aut, this afternoon captured the world's record from his brother, Orville Wright. with a flight in his powerful machine of 1 hour, 31 min utes and 51 seconds, covering in that time an actual distance of 98 kilo metres, or the greatest distance cov ered by an aeroplane in 1908, and the aero club prize of $1,000 for the long est flight over an enclosed ground. The wind was too high in the morn ing to permit of a flight and ivhen it fell at 4 o'clock this afternoon Wright made three false starts. Finally at 5.15 the aviator got away nicely, sailing majestically in the field. After rounding the upper turn Wright swept back and began de scribing elipses. On the 13th round Wright rose to 60 feet, after almost skimming the earth. In the gathering darkness the ae roplane could no longer be seen at the farther end of the field and it appeared and disappeared in the gloom like a white phantom. Only the sound of the ceaseless churn of the propellers told the multitude that Wright was still in the air. Matches were lighted to keep watch on the fleeting minutes and night had fallen when at the end of the 33d round Wright came lightly to the ground. With a mad cheer, the crowd rush ed forward, only being prevented from hoisting the American in tri umph on their shoulders by charging cavalry. Among the* first to reach Mr. Wright's side was Henry White, the American ambassador. who told the smiling aeronaut of the keen pleas ure he felt in witnessing his victory. The ambassador said that he knew he was expressing the sentiments of President Roosevelt and entire people in congratulating him. Subsequently Ambassador White said he believed the American people should present a testimonial to the Wright brothers. "If Germany honors Sepehin, why should not America honor the men who have opened a new page in the history of the world?" Wright told a representative of the Associated Press that he had de sended only because of darkness; he still had sufficient essence in the tank to last an hour. The official distance of the flight is given as 66.60 kilo metres. For the Michelin aero prize only the time before sunset counts, and therefore in his attempt to win this trophy White set a record of 53 minutes, covering 38.6 kilometres. COTTON MULL INDUSTRY CLOSED IN MANCHESTER. More Than Four Hundred Mills Have Shut Down-Dispute Over the Wage Scale. Manchester Eng.. Sept. 21.--More than 400 cotton mills in Lancashire are idle today as a result of the dis pute over wages between operatives and employers. This means that 40, 000,000 spindles are wholly or parti ally stopped, that more than $250, 000,000 of capital is not bringing in any return, and that 140,000 opera tives are without work and losing something over $700,000 in wages a week. In view of the present condi tion of the market. it is not felt here that the strike will last long, for the card room workers are expected soon to take a secon'd ballot and agree to Sthe 5 per cent. reduction in wages, which already has been accepted by the spinners. T. C. DUCAN ARRESTED. Charged With Receiving Money Un der False Pretences and With Intent to Defraud. News and Courier. Union, September 21.-Thomas C. Duncan, formerly president of the Union-Buffalo and other cotton mills, was arrested here late last Saturday afternon on a warrant charging him with receiving mioney from the Peo ple's Bank of this city under false pretences and with intent to~ cheat and defrand. Bord in the. sm oif 106 Dune'n 'evained fruom :e P pe's Bank the sim 'f 81,1 .in pay 1)alinli was the (Iin r IlJ ainess. an( 1 "eet wit,s t1 111tit'Ve inl ;lle sprinl l'ity Bank to pay the echeek. It is alleged t hat ithe t cheek was (lra?w1n b) the America i Lime Company at the instance of T. C. Duncan. who is sup posed to have been the head of thai company. It is stated that there are othel transactions of a similar natnre in volving an aiiiount lf about nin( thousand dollars. Since the People': Bank went into the hands of receiv ers a few montIhs ago the receivers have made several eforts to adjusi these matters. but without avail, ani the warrant was sworn out by one 0: tiiem. It is understood that Duncan's un dertakings and investments at Sprint City, where he has been operatin for several years. have turned oul badly, and the American Lime Com pany, which figures in these allegei fraudulent transactions, is thought t< be bankrupt. Unless this case is ad justed it is probable that similar ac tion will be taken with reference tc the other transactions. HAMPTON LEGION SKETCHES. The First Furlough Granted for Recruit. Edited by B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C The State. My brother, S. M. Walton of Edge field district, volunteered in Capt. Ml M. Gary's Company B, Hampton' legion, when this was organized ii 1861. In April, 1863, B. E. Nichol son was captain, Gary being promot ed to colonel of the regiment. Abou this time the war department issue( an order to grant a furlough of 3( days to every soldier in ranks wh< obtained a recruit for his command My brother had been in service tw< years and in every engagement tha the legion had participated in an< was color bearer of the regiment a the time. He had the honor and goo( luck at the bloody battle of Sharps burg to rescue the flag after severa bearers had been shot down anc bring it safely out of the fight. Capt Nicholson being at home on furloug at the time I am writing of, I wen to see him and told him that I wai not quite old enough to go into ser vice, but that if he would be sure t< give my brother a furlough I woul< join the legion anyhow as my broth er's recruit. The captain agreed t< do so and when he returned to th< army I accompanied him. We found the legion near Suffolk Va., the Yankees in the town and ou: forces outside in line of battle. Capt Nicholson immediately reported t< Col. Gary on arrival and stated hi agreement with me. The colonel read ilv consented and issued an order fo the furlough. It was soon in th hands of my brother and he on hi way home for 30 days. Oh, thos blissful furlough dahys at home. whei we were heroes in the eves of th girls and the recipients of ever, good thling imaginable from th hands of the old people. And hos we hated the shortness of the tim and had to return to duty, cori bread and bacon, after devouring th box of substantial edibles we alway took back with us. I was the firs recruit to the legion that a furloug] was grantedl on-if not the first il Gen. Lee's army. It appealed s forcibly to Col. Gary that he forth2 with issued regimental orders urgin; the men to obtain recruits and ge furloughs. Many availed themselve of this privilege and the legion wa greatly 's trengthened by the comin to; it of fresh, new men. I could write many interesting ex periences during the ternm of mysl diering from April. '63. to ApriL. '65 two solid years of excitement an< hardships common ito us then, bu space forbids. Yet, I will detail m; feelings and experience as a 16-yeai old boy the first time under fire The first day I was in camp I hear, the older soldiers guying some of th younger ones as to how they had act ed in a recent engag'emenit with th enemy. I just :hought I eauld no staind such guyinZ: but my brothe told me when he left me for home t put 01n i hold from :mnd Knek to m captain. The next day two companie of the legion were sent on picket dut.y one being my company. W hen thi detachment got to the skirmish lini the other company went into thi rifle pits, while ours was put in re serve in a body of woods near at han and convenient to a railroad eut. A the relieving of the pickets by th ohier company was takinw place th: Yankees coinni1nce to throw soli tin into that rairad en:. I though to myself now is thie time for mei ta s i sared I culd hI larl :,and: 1 llana.ed to l so tIhoIgh,. intil all the tothers had .ot in the cut and I was alone, t hen I leisurely walked in to it. Tle shellineli' was so _reat in my Mind that. I had Imy doubts of being able to stand it. hut I said noth ing. though shaking with fear and apprehension. Fortunately it did not last Iong. A short time afterwards. - while inl a quiet camp and I had be come black and dirty, I was passing the captain. when he said to me: - "Walton. I think von will make a good soldier; I noticed that you did not seem to mind the shelling we got the other day." I replied: ''The shot and shell did not pay any atten tion to me, so I did not care to both er about them,'" but I was feeling one way and talking another. As I had shown a. bold front at this first time under fire I was free afterwards when we got into trouble to do as I l saw best with myself and never was guyed about being excited. I do not - mean to extol myself, but simply - say as a. fact that whenever our com pany was on a. march I always start ed with it and was with it when it halted and was always on hand to obey orders. I do not know whether I ever killed a Yankee or not, I gen t erally shot to hit and there were al ways dead ones in the direction I aimed. . Our ranks are yearly getting thin ner and as we approach the time for the last roll call our thoughts are of . a happy reunion beyond the river, where there will be no more fighting 3 and destroying of mankind. W. T. Walton. .Tohnston, S. C. Pine Oil And Its Uses. 1 A striking example of a seemingly ) useless waste product of the forest > which has developed into a marke table commodity of no small import > ance is what is known as pine oil. t The crude wood turpentine obtained Ii from the steam distillation of cer t J tain species of pine must be refined I with considerable care before it can C - be sold '_ competition with gum 1 spirits, the true turpentine of com- C I merce. By redistillation with steam this crude product is usually separat 1 ed into two substances. The first. t which is the larger fraction. consists almost entirely of the product known ~ - technically as "pinene.'' This close > ly resembles gum turpentine except I for a barely perceptible difference in .C - odor. The other fraction is a pro- ]; > duct somewhat thicker and heavier I e than turpentine, with a yellow color and a very pleasant odor. This is ,known as ''pine oil. ' r Formerly this by-product had no .market and was either burned or a sold for almost nothing in order to s get rid of it. It was realized how- j - ever, that it was extremely poor busi r ness to waste three or more gallons e of oil for everyv cord of wood without s knowing certainly whether the oil e was of value, and it was clearly up a to the chemist to find uses for pine e oil, and to the salesman to create a v market. e Pine oil is noex sold in tank car e lots to manufacturers of roofing e paints and varnishes. Considerable a quantities are consumed in the manu e facture of insulating materials. metal s polishes, and cheap perfume. It has t been found to yield very cheaply a "'terpene hydrate.'' a drug which at a present is manufactured by some o what costly methods. Pine oil has al - so been suggested as an excellent Ssolvent for varnish gums for the pro t duction of light colored varnishes. s Further investigation may even lead s to its use as a raw material in the Sproduction of artificial camphor. Thus, from a worthless product, pine oil has so mueh increased in value that refined grades may now be sold for from 40 to 50 cents a gal Ion. The very lowest grades sell for about 10 cents a gallon. EXCURSION RATES VIA SOUTH -ERN RAILWAY TO SChicago. Ill., and return. e Tickets on sale October 1st to Sth incluive. liited October 30th. 1l08. tTickets on Sale Oerobhr 7thi. 8h & I r 9th inclusive. iliited Oct 'ber 2Khi. B1iigh am. Ala.. anad vr :n. STickets on sale Oct. 18th. 19th and 20th. inclusive, limited October 26th, e Milwaukee. Wis., and return e Tickets on sale October 8th to 14th, 4 -inclusive, limited October 21st, 1908 d Denver, Col., and return4 s Tickets on sale daily until Septem e her 30th. limited October 31st, 19-08. e For rates, detailed informationi.4 det4 .. .pply to Southern [? ilwia 1)det I Asst. Glen. Pass. Agt., The CommI NEWBE] Condensed from Examiner at the ck tember 1 1th, 1908: RESOI Loans and Discour Overdrafts ....... Furniture and Fixt Cash....-.-. LIABI] Capital ... ......... Undivided Profits-.. Dividends Unpaid.. Cashiers Checks . Bills Payable.... Due to Banks_. Individual Deposit JNO. M. KINARD, O. B. President. Vic< 4 Per Cent. Inter, ings Department. REPORT OF ( THE EXCHj of NewbE ,ondensed from repor iner Septemt RESC ,oans and discounts........... . verdrafts .................... urniture and fixtures........... ash on hand and in Banks ..... LIABI :pital stock........ ........ ofits less all expenses paid (earn rpaid Dividens........... shiers Checks.... ......... -Discounts................ ils Payable....... ........ I(Banks.......... ... :pst'Individual... ....... Your business is what we want. D. DAVENPORT, Piesid?ent. >W. R. HIPP, Vice-President. GEO. B. CRC SOME OF 01 To be conservative. To pay four per cent. To calculate interest se: To bond every employe To be progressive and To lend our money to c To treat our patrons co To be liberal and prom To secure business fron TO BE THE VERY B TO DO BUSINES Our institution is under the examined by the State Bank]I The Bank a' Prosper DR. GEO. Y. HUNTER, President. J. F. BROWNE, Cashier. SThe First Coug E veni thugh not severe, has tive membranes of the throw Coughs then come easy all w Islightest cold. Cure the first Iset up anlinlamaton inthe d plungs. The best remedy sYRUP. It at once gets rig moves the cause. It is free f } a child as for an adult. 25 ce MAYES' DI rcial B ank, RRY, S. C. report to State Bank )se of business Sep JRCES: its.........._.....$372.975.30 ........ .......... 4,938.33 ures-.....- 3,1 16.93 ..................... 40,393.01 $421,423.57 LITIES: ..-$ 50,000.00 .... - 52,457.73 ........._.. 1,452.00 ........... 29.00 ............. 60,000.00 .............. .1,429.46 3............... 256,055,38 $421,423.57 MAYER; J. Y. McFALL, 3-Pres. Cashier. est Paid in Our Sav )ONDITION OF kNGE BANK )rry, S. C., t of State Bank Exam: ier 1th, 1908. URCES: .....................$214,655.05 3,143.18 ...................--- 3,696.62 17,138.44 $238,633.29 LIT IES: .................--.---$ 50,000.00 ed) ................. 7,391.77 .... .... .... .... ...17-50 . .. .... .... .... ... 1,476,87 .... .... .... .... ... 6,789.22 .... .... .... .... --- 95,000.00 ..........$ 3,075-91 . .. .... .74,882.02- 77,957.93 $238,633.2,2 We pay 4 per cent on time deposits M. L. SPEARMAN, Cashier. W. B. WALLACE, Assistant Cashier. MER, Attorney. JR POLICIES: i-annually. tcommodating. ur customers. rteously. all classes. EST BANK FOR YOU S WITH. :supervision of and regularly Examiner. Prosperity, -ty, S. C. DR. J. S. WHEELER, V. President. J. A. COUNTS, Assistant Cashier. h of the Season,: a tendency to irritate the sensi .t and delicate bronchial tubes. inter, every time you take the0 cough before it has a chance to * licate capillary air tubes of the g s QUICK RELIEF COUGH Lit at the seat of trouble and re ron Morphine and is as safe for & sts at UG STORE. The Standard Warehouse Company Bets to Announae: 1st. The rates of storage cover all costs to the farmer, including protection for his cotton from fire and the weather, and the rate is as low or lower than the farnier can insure his cotton when housed at home. 2. Its warehouse receipts are regarded as the highest class of bankable collateral 3. f mone can be borrowed on any thing it can be borrowed on the receipts of The Standard Warehouse Company. 4. The identical cotton that you place in the warehouse is returned upon the surrender of receipts. 5. In case of fire your cotton is paid for at market value, and you have no difficulty as to insurance, the full in surance being maintained by The Stand ard Warehouse Company. 6. The Standard Warehouse Company is absolutely independent of any other organization and conducts its affairs upon strict business methods. 7. The paid up capital stock of The Standard Warehouse Company is $350, ooo.oo and the company is absolutely safe, and its warehouse receipts come ahead of the stockholders. S. The Standard Warehouse Company is anxious to have cotton of farmers and others stored, and offers the most com plete protection and encouragement for farmers desiring to hold their cotton. 9. Rates will be furnished upon appli cation to Mr. J. D. Wheeler, Local Man ager Standard Warehouse Newberry, S. C. T. B. STACKHOUSE, President, Columbia, S. C, Boozer Bros., CITY MARKET, 1311 Main Street. Fresh Meat. - Quick Service. Phone 34. FANCY GROCERIES, The best the markets afford. We Ask a Trial Order. BOOZER BROS. 500 Mile State Family Tickets $11. 25.-Good over the Atlantic Coast Line in each State for the h'ead or de pendent memibers of a family. Limit ed to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi dual Ticket $20.00.-Good over the in the Southeast aggregating 30,000) miles. Limited to one year from date of sa]e. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00. Good ov'er the Atlantie Coast Line and' 30 other lines in th-e Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles; for a man ager or head of firm and employes li lines in the Southeast aggregating 41, mited to five, but good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to A tlantie Coast Line and 30 other linen on~e i-ear from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable Individual Ticket .$25.00.-Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other 000 miles. Limited to one year from data .>f sale. All mileage tickets sold on and af ter April 1st, 1908, will not be honor ec? for passage on trains, nor in checking baggage (except from non agency stations and stations not open for th'e sal eof tickets) but must be presented at ticket offices and there exchanged for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by purchasing loeal ticket from our1 agents. Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, G'eneral Passenger Agent. W. J. Craig, Pasenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. The Remedy That Does. "Dr. King's New Discovery is the remedy that does the healing, others promise but fail to perform,'' says Mrs. E. R. Pierson, of Atiburn Cen tre, Pa. "It is, curing me of throat and lung trouble of long standing, that other treatments relieved only temporarily. New Dis"overy is do ine mue so' much good that I feel con fident it- continued use fo'r a reason able lergth of time will restore me to r,trfo& health."' This renowned . ((:1 cl remedy andi throat and lang healer is sold at W. E. Pel ham & Son's drug store. 50e. and $1. Tri1 bottle free