Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DEMOCRAT MEMBERS CHOSEN. Caucus Chooses Minority on Rules Committee.-"Everything Hax monious," Says Clark. iWashington, March 24.--With sear;eely the semblance of a strug gle the Democratic members of the House to-night elected the four mi nority members of the enlarged rules committee, as follows: Cbamp Clark, of Missouri, 125 votes; Oscar Un derwood', of Alabama, 102 votes; Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana, 99 votes; John J. Fitzgerald, of New York, 98 votes. There was a long list of candidates who reecived scattering votes, Rapresentative Slayden, of Texas, receiving 69, the highest num ber given to an unsuecessful candi date. The total vote of the caucus was 140, which required 71 votes to elect. 'The expected fight on Rapresenta tive Fitzgerald because of his atti tude on the rules question at the ba ginning of the present Congress, when he, with twenty-three other Demo crats, left the leadership of Champ Clark, and voted with the Rapabli cans, materialized early in the meet ing, but failed to . aecomplish any definite result. Representative Sims, of Tennessee, headed the faction which opposed the selection of Fitzgerald, . and introduced a resolution propos ing to instruct the Democratic mem bers to support a resolution to pro vide for the election by the House of a committee to select all of the standing committees, which power of selection is now vested in the Speaker. The maximum strength shown by the followers of Sims was 39, which they polled against a mo tion to adjourn before he had' an op portunity to get it up for considera tion. CAUSES OF AUTO ACCIDENS. Valuable Suggestions on "Points to Be Avoidied" by Garage Keepers. Columbia, March 24.-South Car olina has entered the lists strongly when it comes to ownership of au tomobiles. Even -within the memory of the youngest sons of the State there was a tie whien only a few one horse machines were to be found in the larger .towns of the State,but now .every cross road has a car or two. In Oharleston there .are several hudred cars, in Columnbia -about 300 of various makes run aibout the streets, and in other toxwns of the state .the rum.ber is growing. 'Smn .ter was the first town of the State to 'boast of a car, it is contended. Of ieourse some town is going to dispute this, but it is pretty well settled that Sumter had the first ar. It was a poor sort of machine at that, but the Gamecook City now boasts "some beauties." Automobiles and the trouibles at - taehed thereto form quite a broad subject. Take an autoobie man and he can talk to you for hours 'about the sparker or some other 'de * .tail of the minute machinery of the car. But the one item of interest to the general pubtlic, is the expense of owning a car--not the first cost, ;but 'the running expense. To the dealer there is another item of trouble, and this becomes of in ?erest in South Carolina, because of some accidents with automobil'es re ecently. The danger of destruction of~ machines in the garages has had in surance men figuring for some time. The subject is not completely known * yet, but they say they are learning * about it. * .The record compiled for und'er writers of the fires in garages is as follo0ws: A workman was 'using an electric drill underneath an automobile. The gasoline feed pipe was struck a.cei dentally maki.ng a hole. The escap *ing gasoline was ignited by the sparking of the armature on the drill. Loss severe to building and maehines. A short circuit in the electrical apparatus of a gasoline car resulted in the destruaetion of five automobiles, .the garage and surrounding houses and barns. Machine -broke down and caught fire from lantern used to hunt the trouble. Car in storage sprang a leak and the gasoline was ignited by a nearby light. Electric spark on apparatus ig nited gasoline fumes. Tank of ear was pierced by a piece of pipe which flew up on the read. The escaping gasoline was ignited presumably ,by the sparking vibrator, resulting in an explosion. Garage destroyed as :: result of an employee 'dropping a match into a pool of water caused by overflow from sewer and heavily coated with oil. Innscent light bulb, accident-) ally dropped, 'broke and ignited' gas oline used for cleaning several cars. ,Gasoline leaked from a ear tank to a pile of shavings and was ignited by a nearby light. Careless dropping of match in garage ignited' inflammables on floor and caused $15,000 loss. Same cause resulted in, bad fire in another city. Spontaneous combustion of waste and rags used in cleaning and paint ing caused a $50,000 loss in one city and' $100,000 in another. Burning brush in rear of a stable ignited fum-es of tank belonging to adjacent garage, destroying the lat ter. Defective electric wires in the building caused serious fire. Car standing in street burned from cigarette butt careless flicked aside by passerby. Drunken owner attempted to fill his ear tank with lamps ,burning. Usual result. Gasoline used for cleaning auto mobiles with open light in room. The expected happened. Pilot light on. a steam car set fire to the car. Employee stepped on match which had fallen on saturated floor. Bad fire resulted. Workman set fire to car with light he was using. Employee struek a match -to light lamps while tank was being filled. The explosion and subsequent fire ruined buildings and contents. Cap was accidentally left off gas oline tank on car and spark from parlor match used in lighting lamps flew into the filling hole. Explosion and bad loss. Employee was filling car tank from vessel of the watering pot type. A portable lamp hanging on the ear tq. light the operation fell and broke. The rapidly consumed filament ig nited the gasoline fumes. Loss, $75, 000. Man stepped on a match, igniting waste. Negro boy mistaking pan of gasoline for water threw it on fire. Garage destroyed. Workman in automobile repair room stepped on a match which ig nited inflammables. Entire'building destroyad. Employee, working under machine with electric light, accidentally broke the bulb. Gasoline fromr flooding carburetor was ignited by the fia ment. Total loss to a garage from a fire caused by short circuit in an elec tric automobile. Cigar stub laid on machine and forgotten caused bad fire. Pail 'of gasoline ignited by em poyee who smoked near. Gasoline dripping from machine was ignited by lamp with ventilat ing openings, which had' been plaed on the floor. In addition to the above, many ases 'have come to our notice of fires in private and public garages where the causes have been given as care lessness with matehes, smokers, open lap, flooding carburator, explosions, etc., but where the exact manner in which each fire started was not in dicated. -The 'examples given, how ever, serve to show -the reaidiness with which dfres may be started, and they are generally severe, owing to the nature of the materials about. Automobile garages and their fire hazards are considered by Mr. Al fred G. Patton, chief inspector, the Tew York Fire Insurance Exchange, i.n a paper~ contributed' to the Octo ber issue of tie Quarterly of the Na tional Fire Proteetive Association. He divides automobiles into three lasses: (1) The electrically driven machines, which present -the least are ha.zard of any; (2) the volatile oil vapor driven machines, which are hazardous; and (3) the steam driven mabines, which are the most hazard ous of the three. Inspector Patton suggests a standard garage, its heat ing and -lighting artificially, and pre cautions to be taken in hand'ling au tomobiles, repairing and cleaning, and in storing volatile oils. The fact that there are a numnber of private garages in South Caro lina towns makes these suggestions of interest in this State. Ther'e are a number of regular garage's in nearly all the larger towns of the State. TWELVE BODIES RECOVERED. Probably Fourteen .Dead as Result of Chicago F'iret.-Fearful Death Toll. Chicago, March 25.--Search of the wreckage for the remaining bodies of those who lost their lives in the Fish Furniture Company fire horror here to-day was discontinued this af ternoon, owing to the danger from the falling walls, 'but not until twelve of the dead had been recovered and eleven of these identified. While earlier estimates placed the fourth and fifth floors of the Fish building as high as twenty, later and more thorough investigation indicates with considerable certainty that there were but sixteen. Two of these escaped with their lives, which leaves but two more to be accounted for. The search was abandoned, following a report of Chief Building Inspector John A. Short, who declared that three of the walls, inside of which the rescuers were working, were in a dangerous condition. If these are still standing in the morning the work of removing the debris will be resumed. A coroner's jury, which was em panelled this afternoon, viewed the charred and mutilated exhibits at the morgue, but the inquest was post poned until April 2. Leo Stoecel, a clerk of the Fish .company, who by accident. is said to have started the fire, told his story to Fire Attorney Frank Hogan this afternoon. Although Stoeckel, who is but 20 years of age, is admittedly more unfortunate than erlpable, At torney Hogan says that he will bring some charge against the young man to insure his attendance at the in quest. Stoeckel was brought before the fire attorney with his hand, which had been burned, swathed in band ages. He appeared heart-broken, and told his story with difficulty. "Aboat 4:45 P. M.," -Stoeckel said ''Mr. Mitchell, who is a member of the firm, gave me three piece eigar lighters, and told me to go to the finishing room on the fourth floor and fill them with benzine. I had filled two of the lighters, consisting of a gallon can and was working on the third, when there was an explosion. A sheet of flame almost blinded me, and I remem,ber only dimly what hap pened after that. I did not fully re gain my senses until I had reached the street. The lighters ocntained a contrivance to make a spark, but whetier I ignited one of them or not, I don't know. I either dropped the can of benzine when the flame shot up in front of me or it was blown out of my hands.I One of the victims lost his life in a desperate endeavor to rush up stairs to the aid of the women and girls imprisoned above. ?ren women and girls, it is said, were at work on the sixth floor when the explosion occurred. The spread of the flames was a;1most instanta neous, and when -the girls rushed to the stairways they found escape cut off. They next turned to the front of the building, smashing the win dow. Horrified spectators in the street saw Kmma Litchenstein step to the window ledge and heard her scream for help. Then she jumnped. Failing on the awning over the front etrance to the store, she lay uncon sious .until Dr. Win. I. Kinsley, erawling out on the canopy, lifted her up. She was taken at once to St. Luke's Hospital, only a few blocks away, but died soon after ward. Dr. Kinsley duffered slight burns. Soon after Miss Lichtenstein 's desperate leap, a crash as if of floors faling was 'heard, and the faces at the window disappeared. CAROLINA GIRL WINS PRIZE. Miss Frances McIver Thompson Gete Scholarship in New York Law School. New York, March 25.--At the clos ing exercises of the women's elass of New York University Law School, held in Mendelssohn 'Hall, eighteen young women were graduated. John Brooks Leavitt spoke to the stadents on the judicial system of New York. Miss Frances McIver Thompson, a graduate of the College for Women, of South Carolina, -won the two years' free tuition scholarship in the New York University Law School by getting the best mark in the examni nation for the chancellor's certifig.ate, while the $50 for the best essay on "Suffrage Right,'' was won by Miss Edith Chapman, a graduate of Teach er's Coillege. NOTICE or LETTING BRIDGE. Pursuant to an Ac~t of the Gen era1 Assembly of the State of South Carolina, approved 25th February, 1910, notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners for Newberry county and 'the Special Commission vested with thle author ity to build a steel or iron bridge and approaches by contract at a point on Saluda. River between Bouk night's Ferry and Kempson's Ferry will receive sealed hids for the con struction and ereetion of the same until Friday, the 15th day of April, 1910, a.t I2 o 'clock noon, after which time the said Commissioners and the said Commission will let said con1ract to the lowest r.esponsible bidder, reserving the right, how ever, to reject any and all bids. The F The New NE At the Close of Condensed F RESOURCES. Loans and discounts Furniture and Fixtures Overdrafts secured and unse cured Bonds and Stocks Cash and due from Banks 4 (o Paid JAMES MCINTOSH, President. awarded shall be required to enter Into bond in double the amount of his bid, conditioneA, for the faithful performance of his contraet. Plans and specifcations may be seen in ample time at the office of the un dersigned Supervisor. The time in which said work shall be completed, and the time of payment thereof, shall be filed with the plans. L. I. Feagle, L. C. Livingston, C. L. Leitsey, County Board of Commissioners Attest: H. C. Holloway, Clerk. 0. B. Mayer, I. H. Hunt, Geo. Y. Hunter, Speciaa Commision.* 3-15-4t-1taw. Tho more critical the buyer, the -more he will appreciate THE ROYAU STANDARD TYPEWRITER i1s superior construction and many mechanical advantages MAKE IT THE REAL STANDARD OF TODAY SWii cost you nothing to investigate J. WILSON GBBES,I General Agent, Columbia, S. C. -.s A Store Is Known By the Goods it Handles You will find here, a t all times, the freshest stocks of the most cirefully selected O ur reputation is built on the qual care in fiig all order slarge or sall. the promptest delivy service in town, make this the most satisfactory place to buy food suphies.'pHyi searching out the best goods we mention ELECTA COFFEE a superior brand that will warm the heart of the most discriminating Anexcusve poces sofpreaation sres a drink f uniform excellene. No coffee so good as Electa has ever been offered. because nothing to equal it is produced . N ad tomeh in iand gedo.a pound can today. E M LANE & CO. IEPORT OF berry Savi aWBERRY, S. the Business Nove rom Report to State Bar 269,495.25 Capital 2,275.00 Undivided P Deposits 1,758 60 Notes and B 680.00 ed 59,437.65 333,646.50 On Savings E It would be well and inspect n Sterling ihiCut(i Fancy Pic turi Thestock is. co Sprices are very 1 ity of goods. gMayes' Bi THE HOUSE OF A Bargains! Bargains f While They Last. A limited number of slightly used $95 High Grade Organs for only $58 50. These organs appear near new and are warranted to last a lon lifetime. Terms of sale given on a plication. Write for catalog statin terms desired This is an opportu nity of a life time to possess a fineor gan at about cost. Answer quick, for such bargains don't last long Address: Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. Pianos and Organs. Fully imine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chornie rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treaBt ment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of IChamberlain's Liniment. Give it a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. Sold by W.E. Pelham &5 Son. ngs Ban C. mber 16,1909. ik Examiner LIABILITIES. $ 50,000.00 rofits 27,013.63 250,632.87 ills Rediscount 6,000.00 $333,646.50 )eposits J. E.-NORWOO, Cashier. for you to cal y showing in Silver 1 China ~sand mplete and the ow for the qual Pay us a visit ~ok Store & IIOUSAND THIINGS NE~WBBEEY UNION STATIOL. Arrival and Deparbare of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. K. Sunday January 2, 1910. Southern Railway. No.15 for Greenviile.. ..851 a.an i No. 18 for Coubia.. ...10.58 a. m.f No.l1for Greenilile.. .. .2.48Sp. 3 No. 16 for Columbia.. ....8.59 p. m. C., N. & L. Esaway, 'No. 22 for Columbia.. ..8.47 a. m. No. 52 for Greenville.. ..12.56 p. a. Ne. 53 for Columbia.. ..3.20 p. a.I No. 21 for Laurene.. ..7.25 p.ru. *Does not run on Sunday. This -time table shows the times rt which trains may be expected to~ Separt from this station, but their Ieparture is not guaranteed and the time shown is sub.ject to ohange with mut notice. 0. L Robiason, Stationa Master. ...*.;-..-.- -...