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PLEASURE ENDS IN TRAGEDY. ight Students Drown When Boat Goes Under-Four of Them Escape. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 12.-Eight high school students, six girl and two boys, lost their lives today while boat ing on what is known as the Old Pa PV Mill dam, at Huntington mills, about 20 miles below this city. The I dead are: Maud Sutliffee, aged 171 years; Carolyn Koonz, aged 16; Ruth Bonham, aged 18; Iris Davenport, aged 16; Rachel Thompson, aged 16; Madeline Good, aged 17; Ray Dodson, aged 17. Twelve students of the Huntington high school obtained two boats at the noon hour and started for a row about the dam. The dam is nearly half a mile in width, aFd when the two craft had reached thf centre of the body of water it was noticed that one of them bad sprung a leak. The two boats were then pulled together by the young men in the party and an effort was being made to transfer the girls from the leaky boat to the safe craft. The last one of the party had success fully set foot in the boat when it be gan to sink under the weight of the party. Hero's Vain Efforts. The girls were helpless to save themselves and the boys of the party, with the exception of Dodson, beiug expert swimmers, struck out for the shore, which all reached in safety. Minich, in the excitement, it is pre sumed, thought that all the young wo men had succeeded in reaching land. He had no sooner gained the bank than he notiecd the girls hanging to the rapidly sinking boat. He dash ed into the water and swam swiftly to the water-filled craft. Only two of the girls were clinging to the boat the others having gone down for the last time. Seizing Miss Davenport, Minich again started for the shore, but the exertion was too much for the gallant lad and the two went down together, when they were with in a stone's throw of the bank. All the bodies were recovered. TO LEVY PER CAPITA TAX. ' dd Fellows Change Xeth'od of Rais ing Grand Lodge Funds. Spartanbtfrg, May 12.-The princi pa1l work that the ocnvention of Odd Fdllows accomplished at their session 'morning was the election of of o serve during the ensuing results are as follows: mpton Cobb, of Greenvil,le, ster; James G. Long, Jr., of epurty grand master; J. H. of Anderson, grand warden; F. Killingsworth, of Columbia, ted, grand secretary; H. Endel, eenville, reelected,, grand treas ;J. L. Michie, grand chaplain; fid Price, of Anderson, grand con ctor; A. M. Dagget, of Piedmont, shal. The convention reelected C. .Pride, of Greenville, chairman of e board of trustlees of the orphan ge. The term of this office is six rs. Cole. L. B1ease wao che as member of the board of trustees for unexpired term, of Whidh three ears remain. Greenville was chosen a the 'next place of meeting. This I be held on May 12 and 13, 1911. 'The most important legislative tters to come before the grand odge this morning was the change the method -of raising, revenue for the- support of the grand lodge, here tofore the plan has been to assess h lodge ten per cent. of its income or this aurpose. There were many easons 'why this was not satisfac nd the grand lodge this morn ed a ruling whereby each 'll be assessed 30 cents y. This per capita tax e the most favored solu -tion oblem. A grand repre ent~ . . Sovereign grand lodge, hich meets in Atlanta next fall, was osen by the convention this morn ing. Chas. L. Kelly will represent the South Carolina grand lodge at the meeting. All business of the lodge was completed this morning, and at 1 'clock the grand lodge ,adjourned. AHION FOR R. R. COMMISSIONER. ormer Mayor of Gre'enville Will be Candidate. Greenville, May 12.-An announce ment that will interest all the pub ic generally has been made to the ravelling men attending the T. P. A. onvention. Mr. G. Haywood Mahon, or a number of years mayor of the city of Greenrille, has announced himself a candidate for railroad comn uissioner. Mr. Mahon is an old traveling man, and will dgubtless receive the support of a large number of men on the road. 6 is a progressive business man and as identified himself with the pro estive men who are doing thin~gs WILL ELECT SEVEN BISHOrS. Question Decided by Methodist Con ference-Committee Recommends That Name be Changed. Asheville, N. C., May 13.-The gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, at its session to day transacted considerable business, the reports of the committee on Epis copacy and the committee on revisals being received and acted upon. Report No. 1, as submitted by the committee on Episcopacy, contained memorial tributes to the following bishops: J. C. Granberry, W. W. Duncan, C. B. Galloway, A. Coke Smith, . . Tigert and Seth Ward. By vote of the conference the report was put upon its immediate passage. Report No. 2, of the committee on Episcopacy, recommending that sev en Bishops be elected, was carried by a large majority. Recommends Change of Name. The committee on revisal recom mended that the name of the church be changed to the Methodist church. and the report was passed to the cal endar. A minority report was sub mitted, requesting that the name be not changed. This question will come up in a few days for debate, and the general impression is that the report of the minority recommending that the name of the church be not changed will be adopted. Should the report of the majority committee be adopted the matter will have to be submitted. to a vote of the forty-sixth annuai cdnference, three-fourths of whose members must endorse it before it can, become a law. Would Check Divorce Evil. A resolution was referred to the committee on temperance and other moral and social questions, asking that the bishops .be requested to ap point a commission of five to act in conjunction with the national com mission on uniform divorce laws to check the growing divorce evil. The reports of the committee on temper ance and other soial and moral questions, on the subject of the use of tobacco, brought about considerable discussion. The minority report, which compels young men entering the ministry to abstain from tobacco, was lost by three votes. The major ity report, which recommended that young men entering the 'ministry be advised not to use tobacco, but which recommended no legislation against it, prevailed by a small majority. Laymen's Meeting. Many were present at- today's ses sion to hear further reports'Nrom the committee of Episcopacy, especially that part of the report which will rec ommend the superannuating of Bish op H. C. Morrison. tI is flatly stated that the bishop does not desrie this' relationship and will plead his cause from the floor. The laymen held a mepting tonight at the auditorium, at which promi nent laymen spoke, including Prince Yun, of Corea, whose subject was "The Laymen's Movement and the Foreign F5eld." WANT ACTION ANNULLED. E.dgefield's Magisterial Candidates Dislike New Plans. Edgefield, M,Y 1.--The action .of the recent county beflnediatic conven tion in eliminating the iidiflinition of magistrates from the -priniaty is thought by many to have been a nii&. take and is causing such dissatisfac tion 'that petitions are being gotten up to be presented to the executive committee, asking that the conven tion's action be annulled. Apart from any other consideration, it has been a custom iII this coumty, that has ripened into law, that can didates announce early and before the convention meets and guided by this rule many candidates for magistrates' office had announced and paid in their money, with the full expectation that they would run to the'finish,' and to summarily cut them off, they say, is not treating them with due considera tion. APPEA L IN "BLACK LIST" CASE. ~iton Result of Alleged "Black list" Sent Out by Granby Mills Affect ing Discharged Employees. Columbia, May 13.--What will prove, perhaps, the most important case that has been before the supreme court in the last ten years, was argu ed today, the Granby Cotton mills, of this city, appealing from the verdict of the lower court in the Rhodes black list suit. Olin M. Rhodes, as explained in today's News and Cour ier, was granted damages to the amount of $7,000, two thousand 'dol lars of which were actual damages and $5.@( punitive damages, because of alegedi iF jury to himi by a list sent out by th'.e Gra.nby mijis, in which it was staed that hie was one of the Judge Memminger from $10,000. There were five sets of written at guments presented to the Court to day in addition to oral arguments by counsel. William Henry Parker, of Charleston, is of counsel for the mills, as are also Shand & Shand, and Lyles & Lyles, of this city. Messrs. Logan & Edmunds represent the plaintiff. Rhodes, also Clark & Clark, of this, city. LARGE AMOUNT INVOLVED. Difference in. Coften Tare Figures Approximates $1,800,000. Columbia, May 12.-That $1,800,000 Is the amount involved in the test case that will be brought before the supreme court Monday on habeas cor pus proceedings, in connection with the alleged violation at the Cotton Tare act, makes this case assume tre mendous proportions in South Caro lina. Heretofore the amount of tare al lowed on cotton was 20 pounds to the bale. But under the enactment of 1910 the 6 per cent that would be, allowed, if the act is declared con stitutional, would mean 30 pounds to each 500-pound bale, a difference of 10 pounds to the bale. Who will pay this difference? is the question that is now agitating both farmers and buyers of cotton. There was a 1,200,000-bale crop in South Carolina last year. By adding 10 pounds of tare to each bale the amount involved is 12,000,000 pounds, the money involved on a basis of 15 cents .per pound is $1,800,000. Other States do not have statutes providing for the amount of tare, but' 20 pounds is the trade custom, it is stated. The declaring of the 1910 Cot ton Tare act constitutional would put South Carolina out of line with other Southern States, acording to cotton men. The result of this would be that some one, either the farmer or the cotton buyer, would have to pay for this additional 10 pounds of cotton tare. That the farmer would finally pay for it is a reasonable deduction, because the possibility is that thei price of cotton in this State would! be about one-quarter cent lower per pound than in other States in order to make up for the difference in the tare. It is figured that instead of six yards of tare there would be required about twelve yards to make'up the ad ditional 10 pounds weight, this being based on the assumption that a far mer selling his cotton is going to put on the additional tare. This would mean, it is stated, that the men sell ing bagging would get the benefit of the additional tare used. It would not necessarily increase the amount of ties used, only the bagging. The more than $1,000,000 involved under this act would very probably go to the bagging manufacturers, and the farmer and cotton buyers, and more than likely the farmer, would stand the additional expense. It is understood that the test case is brought by a large local firm of cotton dealers, M. C. Heath & Co., and Mr. W. G. Mullins has been ai-ested on a warrant sworn out charging him with violating the Tare act, as ex plained in today's News and Courier.' The case will come up Monday in the supreme cot., -The New Maid. Mistress--I- never allow more than two nights out a week. Isn.'t that' enough? Colored Maid-No'm. I'se fraid it1I ain't. You see, I'se a debutante this year.-Life. NO REASON FOR DOUBT. A Statement of Facts Backed by a Strong Guarantee. We guarantee immediate and posi tive relief to all sufferers from con stiration. In every case where our remedy fails to do this we will sup ply it free. 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Subscribe NOW to The Herald and News. NOTICE. All. execito:s, adiministrates3 and other fiduciaries are res1"cctfully urged to maze, upon oath, an nual re turn of any estate reme.inirg in their care or custoly, as required by lawv, before the first day of July of each Rambler Fifty-three, 34 Magneto. Lamp EvERY advantage c als, workmanship the new Rambler will bler Fifty-three. J smaller size of the foi Rambler. THle Lis such advantages as straight-line drive, Spare W and 36-inch wheels, besides minum front floor. Its con tional power make it an eco to get about with and eas We will gladly send you blew Magbzine or cata Newberry X Newberryo NOTICE OF ELLCTION. Whereas, one-third of the resident e electors and a like proportion of the c resident freeholders of the age of I twenty-one years, of Johnstone a School District No. 12, of Newberry i county, State of South Carolina, have E filed a petition with the County I Board of Education of Newberry E county, South Carolina, petitioning t ,and requesting that an election be I held in the said School District on I the question of repealing the special t annual tax of three mills - hereto-' fore voted, levied and collected on the property located in ihe 'said: School District, Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the County Boaid of Education of Newberry - -county, outh Carolina, do hereby order the oard of Trustees of the said School istrict No. 12 (Johnstope School istrict) to hold an election on the aid question of repealing the three ills tax heretofore voted, levied' nd collected on the property in the aid School District, which said Want .Good Black Pays t The Southern, Seaboard, and Coat he South, All pass.through Richm o out on next train. Shipments ma in S. C. the next morning. All goods guaranteed under Pure]I I Imperial Holland 4 Quarts$#4.oo. 8 Quarts a ed Deer Corn 3-o0 ed Deer Gin 3.00 elle Haven Rye . - 3 oo ydnor XXXX Rye 4 Qts. $2.6 ydnor XXXX Corn 4 Qts. $2.6< ydnor XXXX,Gin 4 Qts. $2.6 IName 4 qts. )d~ Capitol Rye .$5.75 ern Spring Rye 4-50 ohn Black's Private S. 4.00 . E. Goff AAAA Rye 3-50 'off's AAAA Rye ' 24 Pts. Bell Haven Rye 24 Pts. ed Deer Corn 24 Pts. ed Deer Gin 24 Pts. Sydnor XXXX Rye 24 Pts. Sydor XXXX Corn 24 Pts. Sydnor XXXX Gin 24 Pts. Ini Bulk. I gal. AA Rye $2.50 AA Rye 3-50 Straight S Y rs. Ol Rye .5.25 A Corn 2.50 - LAA Corn .' 3.50 ..: AA Gin .2.50 LAA Giu / 3.50. IMPORTED AND BONDED GO are in St..ek. Price list sent on app1 Rmem ~ber, I pay eipress charges < 'ost-ofilee Order, Expre&s money ord cxchnge or Cashier's check.. JOHN E H. P., 1.80m with ,0 sand Tools. f quality in materi and efficiency in befound- inRam. L reproductioi in -ty-five horsepower the offset crank-shaft. heel, engine accessibility neat and durable alu venient size and excep iomical car-a car easier er to drive. a copy of theRul. 9 wit description. 1otor Co. S. C. lection shall be held at Johnstone cademy schoolhouse, in, the - said ;hool District- No.' 12, on Wednes ay, May 18th, 1910, at which said lection the polls shall be opened at o'clock in the forenoon, and clbse t 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The aembers of the Board of Trustees ot aid School District shall act as ianagers of said election. Only such lectors as reside in said School Dis rict and return real. or peronal roperty for .taxation, and who ex dbit their tax receipts and registra ion certificates as required in gen- - ral elections sahl be allowed to rote. Electors favoring a repeal of he said tax wiP cast a ballot con abning the Woid, "Yes," printed or rritten thereron* and each elector op )osed to such. repeal- shall cast a )allot containing the word "No," rritten or printed thereon. Given - under our hands and seals n April 28th, 1910. J. S. Wheeler, (L. S.) : .~ 3. Derrick, (L. S.) E. 0. Counts, (L. S.) ounty Board of Education' of New berry County, South Carolina. Whiskey?. z he Expess. t Line reach nearly every point in ed. Orden received on one mail de from this point reach any place c'od and Drugs Act. 10lO pert1 775. 12Quarts $11.ob 5.75 8.50 5.75 8.50 5.75 8.50 . 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.00. . 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.oo. . 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.00. 8 Sqts. Case12 qts. $r1.oo $15-00o 8-75 12.50~ 7-75 10.50 6.75 9.56 $950. . 48 Half Pints $1o.oo 9-00. 48 Half Pints - 9.50 900o. 48 Half Pints 9.50 9.00. 48 Half Pints -9.50 750- 48 Half Pints .8 oo - 750. 48 Half Pints 8.00 750. 48 Half Pints 8.oo0 2 gal. 3 gal. -4gl $-5$6.85 $9.10 - 6.8o 9.20- 12.20 . 10.00 14-.75 18.50 475 685 9-1o 6.80. 9.20 -12.20 6.80 9.20 12.20 3DS, Brandies, Wines and Beer [cation. n all goods except on beer. Send er, Registered letter, New York ~LACK, Richrnond, Va.