Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WHO THEY ARE. Names of Candidates For Senate and State Officers. CAMPAIGN NOW OPEN There Are Five Candidates for the United States Senate, Two For Governor, Three for Superintendent of Education, Five for - 'ailroad Commissioner, and Only One for Each of the Other State Offices. The political campaign in this State may be said to be fairly open now, and soon it will be in full blast from the mountain to the sea. The County Conventions meet on Monday, May 4, and the State Convention will meet -n May 20. Candidates are be ing brought out by their friends, and soon they will be all out. The can didates for United States Senator are: Messrs. 0. B. Martin, John Gary Evans, George Johnstone, E. D. Smith and D. C. Heyward. From ex pressions in the county rress, it ap pears to be the opinion that the race is between Ex-Gov. Evar.. and Ex Gov. Heyward, but Mr. Martin seems to object to the promulgation of this ' opinion, and doubtless the other can didates do also, but they do not ex press themselves as does Mr. Martin. Some Past History. In 1902, when Messrs. Evans and Johnstone were also candidates for the senate, the vote in the first pri mary stood: William Elliott, 13,658. John Gary Evans, 17,893. J. J. Hemphill, 13,261. D. S. Henderson, 13,771. Geo. Johnstone, 13,556. A. C. Latimer, 22,971. Total 95,110. The second primary was between Evans and Latimer, and in the sec ond election Mr. Evans received 36, 371 votes and Mr. Latimer 53,890. Mr. Latimer being elected by a ma jority of 17,519, over Mr. Evans. Mr. Evans had been defeated for the sen ate by John L. McLaurin in 1897 and again by Joseph H. Earle in 1896. In the year 1902, Capt. Heyward made his entry into politics and the vote in the first primary resulted as follows: D. C. Heyward, 36551. M. F. Ansel, ,17,685. W. J. Talbert, 18,218. J. H. Tillman, 16,398. W. H. Timmerman, 6,515. Total, 9-.3 67. The second race was between Hey ward and Talbert and the vote re sulted: Heyward, 50,S30; Talbert, 40,494. Capt. Heyward being elect ed by a majority of 10.33 6. In 1904 Gov. Heyward wvas re-elected without opposition. The year 1902, also saw the poli tical debut of Hon. 0. B. Martin, who in that year was first a-candidate for the office of state superintendent of education against Hon. John J. Mc Mahan, receiving 48,850 votes against 45,891 for Mr. McMahan, there be ing only'two contestants. Since then Mr. Martin has not had opposition for -this office, being re-elected in 1904 and 1906.' The Gubernatorial Race. The withdrawal of Mr. Feathef~ stone from the race for governor leaves the Hon. C. L. Blease, senator from Newberry, as thLe only candidate against Gov. Ansel. Mr. Blease was always a stalwart state dispensary supporter and since that institution's abolitioni he has come out on an ex tended local option platform. Gov. ,Ansel on the other hand announced his platform this year to be restrict ed local option, favoring a law male ing the entire state prohibition with the right to counties to exempt them selves by majority vote and sell whiskey through county dispensaries. In 1906, when he was elected gov ernor, Mr. Ansel favored the present county option system. and in 1902, when he was defeated. he favored the state dispensary as ''the best soIlu tion of the liquor question." Before that time he had been regarded, as a prohibitionist. Mr. Ansel, while a man of positive personal convicitons has always been a close student of popular sentiment anl his successive platforms indicate the trend of pub. lie opinion in this state fairly well during the last few years. That the prohibitioists will be content to have such a law enacted as Mr. Ansel now advocates seems evident from Mr. Featherstone's withdrawal. Other State Offices. Mr. Martin not being a candidate for re-election the way is open for a new man in the office of State Sup erfntendent of Education. County Superintendent of Education E. C. El more. of Spartanburg, was the first to announce and he has made a pre liminary campaign. County Superin tendent S. R. Mellichamp. of Orange burg, was next to announce and he has also done much work. Recently Prof. J. E. Swearingen, of Cedar Springs Institute announced his can didacy. --The office of railroad ',mmissioner is always contested for. Commission er Caughman's term expires and he is a candidate for re-election. So far it is known that he will have op position from Mr. J. A. Summersett. of Columbia, Major Fishburne, or Charleston, Major H. W. Richardson, f Columbia. "Canzler of Tirzah," and perhaps others. Tt appears now that the other state rials will not have opposition, Sec re..-.of State McCown, Attorney Gen'o'I Lyon. Comptroller General Jones. 4tate Treasurer Jennings, Ad jutant (& neral Boyd. However, the campaign l' just started; and the election is yet founr months off, but the entries for state offices close in June. In 1906 the total vote in the first primary ran to about 9'7,000 and there was much interest in the race for governor and attorney general as well as for the legislatures and county offices. With a warm fight for state and county oflices this year, the total vote may go to 100,000. At any rate, to win the candlidate should make sure of at least fifty thousand votes Drank Gasoline. Helen, the 19-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odom2 of Greenville. drank a bottle of gasoline and died THE PRESS GANG H)W TIME WILL BE SPENT AT GAFFNEY. Many Interesting Papers to Be Read. People of Gaffney Expect to Make Visitors Have a Good Time. President E. H. Aull. of the South Carolina Press Association, attended a meeting at Gaffney last week of thte subcommittee which was alvoint ed to arrange the details of the pro grnamme for the annual meeting of the Associaton at Gaffney, June 15 18. J. E. Norment. C. M. Galloway andil Willam Banks were also of this sz. jcommittee, but were unavoidably absent. President Aull and Mr. Edward DCamp met and went over the pro .g-aimme as partially agreed upon at a former meeting of the committee. and President Aull was requested to put the programme in shape and ar r., age for its publication. As a result of the conference the following pro gramme is announced for the annual meeting: Tuesdaye Morning. June 16, 10 O'clock. Association called to order in aud itor ium of Limestone College by Pres ident E. H. Aull. Prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. W. P. Jacobs D. D. Address of welcome on behalf if tle city of Coffney, by Prof. 1-1. P. Gridfth. Address of welcome on behalf of Limestone College 'by Dr. Lee Davis I odge. Responses to addresses of welcome b: President E. H. Aull and Secre tary R. L. Freeman. Business Session. Suaject, "The Business End of a oewspaper Office," H. L. Watson. G:.niwood Index. "To What Extent Should News pl per*s Give the Fice Use of Their Colums to Candidates," C. W. Wolfe. Kingstree Record. --ay Esteemed Contemporary," T. R. Waring. Charleston Post. Afternoon Session. "The Impress of Environment Upon the Newspaper and its Formative In fiuence," J. E. Norment. Miscellaeous business. 4:30 o'clock. Drive around the cit,'. including visit to manufactor;ies and tin mines. Evening Session, 8:30 O'clock. Address. "The Great Importance of the Development of our Rural Schools," Miss Mary T. Nance, pres ident of the Rural behool m-Iprove nent Association of South Carolina. Wednesday Morning, June 17, 9 O'clock. Visit to power plant of the Elec trical Power and Manufacturing Company on Broad River in a special train. A gen'eral picnic will be served at the power plant. Night Sess.ion. Address. "The Postoffice Depart' mnt and the Legitimate Publisher," Hon. A. L. Lawshe third assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. Address. Hon. .R. R. Edmonds. editor of the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, Md. Thursday Alorning, June 18, 9:30 O'clock. "The Technical Construction of a Newspaper Story." Jas. A. Hoyt. The News and Courier Bureau, Columbia. S. C. "How to Prepare Copy," C. H. Gal loway. the State, Columbia. S. C. ^The Use of the Telephone in Gath ering the News," A. H. Carpenter. the Daily Mail, Anderson, S. C. Afternoon Session. 3 O'clock. "Historical Symposium,"' paper and addresses by Col. T. B. Crews, Her ald Laurens: N. G. Osteen. Watch man and Southron, Sumter; Jno. W. Holmes. People, Barnwell: Hugh Wilson, Press and Banner, Abbeville: Miles B. McSweeney, .Guardian, Hampton. Miscellaneous buisiness. Election of offic'-.. Night Session, 10 O'Clock. Banquet, tendered by citizens of Gaffney. It is earnestly requested by the citizens of Gaffney that all members, with their families, will reach Gaff' ney during Monday and M1onday eve ning. The officers of the Association, also, earnestly request that every publisher in South Carolina attend this meeting. The people of Gaffney are very much in earnest in their efforts to make this a most enjoyable meeting. and when they undertake to do a thing they do it. In addition to the program Editor Loyless, of the Augusta Chronicle. an Editor Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, have accepted -invitations to meet with their South Carolina brethren. "If you are not a member of the Association," says President Aul!. "send your name and initiation fee to Treasurer August Kohn. Columbia. S. C.. and make your arrangements to take a week off, leaving your home on Monday. so as to reach Gaffney in time for the opening session Tuesday morning, and have your businees so arranged that you can remain away from your desk until the following Monday. so that you may take the tri.through the beautiful scenery of siern North Carolina, which trip is being arranged and the details of which a ill be announced in a sep erate circular. "We will live together as one fanm iy dumg the session at Gaffney. tn te imestone College. While there we will be the guests of the city. Editor DeCamp made that statement at the Isle of Palms last summer and insists on carrying it out. "if voa desire transportadtionI ior votrself or any member of your fam ily write in ample time to the presi dent at New berry. S. C.. or to the scretary at Bennettsville. S. C.. stat ing by which route you desire to go. ad efforts will be made to sec'ure you ncsary transportation. "Let us rep~eat our request that veu attend this meeting and see soething of this wonderful Pied mont section of your state. For two vars we have enjoyed the sea -'eezes an-1 hospitality of the people of the City of Charleston. and this year we want youi all to go with us Rusiafn General Dead. Lieut. Gen. Linevitch. aide do camp to Emperor Nicholas. and the omander of the first Manchurian army. died at St. Petersburg of pneu mnia Thursday night. He had been PADDING STUFFED W1LS. There Is Witchery in Words, Accord. ing to New York Lawyer. "Do you know that there is 9 witchery in words? I mean in sim ple 'Words, words. words!" as Ham let says, regardless of their sense or necessity. If a lot of words are fired at the ordinary man they seem to carry some sort of an effective incan ..tion power with them." The speaker was a New York law yer, dining at the Lawyers' Club. He continued: "Preathers. physicians and law yers understand this and use the fact to their advantage more than any other persons and particularly the lawyer. I was thinking of this a few minutes ago when I complete: drawing a will that contained about a thousand words. when fewer than four hundred would have made the same will and just as good if not better than the one thousand; but my client wouldn't have been so well satisfied. and would have felt that I was overcharging him. He would object to paying for the real thing. but not for the useless padding. "What was the use of my writing 'considering the uncertainties of this mortal life' and all that sort of rot? The will would be just the same, and the testator will die just the same. without such rubbish. 7ei law does not require him to think o, such things. Then' why should I write. 'after the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses?' Just debts and funeral expenses have to be paid, whether the will says so or not. If the testator said not to pay his just debts and funeral ex penses his legatees wouldn't get one cent more. "Then I wrote something about being thoughtful for the future wel fare of my children' with a lot of I other stuff before I got to the be quests to them. Again this was only words. but it sounds well and im presses my client. So It was all the way thr "gh. with one real. necess ary, vital word to about a half dozen words of padding. It may be fool ishness. and I think that it is. but there is not a lawyer in New York who dares draw a will that contains only the necessary words to make the testator's intent clear and to comply with the requirements of the law." The Style in Clocks. There are funny things about the clock business." said the salesman from Connecticut. "Nine-tenths of the clocks that I sold on my last trip were eight-day clocks. Every body seems to have serious object ions nowadays to winding clocks. If I could provide customers with thirty-day clocks or sixty-day clocks. without too much additional cost, they would prefer them. That de mand for long-distance timepieces represents a decided change in taste. a. year or so ago everybody was clam oring for twenty-four-hour clocks, on the ground that they kept better time. Now, if I could put on the market some of those one-year and five-year clocks that venturesome manufacturers turn out now and then as curiosities, they would pro've ready sellers." Whence "Coroner''? Apropos of the origin of phrases. one is reminded that, contrary to popular belief, the word coroner is neither derived from the Latin "cor ona." nor does it mean "a king's of ficer." It literally signifies a "cor pse inspector." and comes to us from the old English "corph-ccnner"-anl officer whose business it was to make himself thoroughly acquainted with the manner in which persons came by their deaths. Part of the same word appe'rs in "ale-conners"-per sans whose duty it was in times past, to visit the various ale houses in the city of London and sample the quality of the beverage supplied. This is from a London ex change. Execution of a Queen Bee If the mother-bee of a colony is getting past her work, and she can not be sent off with a swarm in the usual way, the bees will supersede her They will deliberately put her to death, and raise another queen to take her place This State execution of the old worn-out queens Is one of the most curious and pathetic things In cor out of bee-life One probe with a sting would suffice in the matter; but the honey-bee Is a great stickler for the proprieties. The royal victim must be allowed to meet her fate in a royal way; and she Is killed by caresses, tight-lock ed in the joint embrace of the execu tioners until suffocation brings about her death. M~osquito Family Large. The mosquito family is a large one, as might he susipected. The department experts have capture-i. Identified and classified no less than 125 different species. In addition to the simon rpure mosquito there are any number of counterfeits. Scores of them are so closely allied to the real thing in looks..*buzz and othet characterstces as to be mistaken by the amatetlr as a member of the original family. Iron Cloth for Collars. Iron cloth is largely used today by tailors for making the collars ot coats sit properly. It is manufact-: ured by a new process from the steel wool and has the appearance of having been woven from horsehair LEVER HAS BEEN SICK And Everybody Seems to MIiss Him Says a Correspondent. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says Represen tative Lever has been greatly missed from his accustomed place in the H-ouse dur'ing the past week. His enforced absence has been noted by many people, who have asked where the little Congressman from South ICarolina has gone. W\hen told that he was ill, there have been many ex pressions of r'egret and symp~athy. 3r. Lever is a friend of the news paper man. and all of the Southern press boys know there will be some thing worth writing about when he is around. He likes ihe newspapert men. and they are fond of him. He has never reached the state when he felt too proud to conme out of the House when sent for and say that he had no news when asked for it if he had none. Nor has he ever sent. a newspaper man away feeling other than better for having seen him. lI e RAISE THE DEAD. Machine That Restores Life Whep the Vital Spark SEEMS ALMOST GONE. The Most Remarkable Invention Fills Inert Lungs With Oxygen and Thus Neutralizes All Poisons--A Rabbit and a Dog Pronounced Dead Leap from the Table After Use of the Respirator on Them. It was announced some time ago that Professor George Poe. of Nor folk, Va.. had invented an "artificial respirator machine" that would raise the dead. There has just been com pleted at Norfolk by Professor Poe and severtl inquiring scientists a ser ies of amazing successful experiment with the little contrivance which me chanically puts oxygen, the breath of life, into inert lungs. Those who witnessed the tests are firmly convinced that thousands of lives may be saved by the "brass heart." which is what Poe's machine practically is. It will be especially valuable in cases of suspended anima tion caused by drowning, by gas as phyxiation in mines, and by coma resultant upon typhoid fever and oth er diseases. Professor Poe. by letting the con trivance force upon him inhalation nd exhalation of oxygen, was enabled to stop breathing for ten minutes. Animals, declared dead beyond all <oubt by the visiting physicians, were revived in a few minutes and were able to scamper out of the operating ,room. Practically, though not literally, of course, the artificial respiration machine brought the dead to life and the experts say it will work equally well on human beings. Professor Poe's machine is built as near as possible along the lines of the human heart. It is about eigh teen inches in height, with two cyl inders-correspondng to the ventri cles and auricles of the heart-and inlet and outlet valves. Double tubes enter the larynx and nostrils of the patient. Roughly, the contrivance resem bles a bicycle pump. While one set of tubes draws off the poisonous fluids and gases from the lungs, the other set forces in the life giving oxygen. The first experiment was upon "Socrates." a pet rabbit on the Pne farm. It was given two grains of morphine, enought to kill a man. Then immediately four ounces of ether were administerel. The physi cians pronounced the rabbit dead, af ter all ordinary restorative~s failed. The machine was then applied and within three minutes the effects >f the poison and anesthetic wereo 'rawn off, and Socrates jumpe.1 from the table and hopped away. A large dcg was then killed and br )ught back to life again within five rminu tes., The doctors present realized then that many of the evil and after effects of anesthesia could be doneaway with by the machine. And there dawned upon them another side of its value, which had rather a humorous aspect. Intoxication, it was found, could be cured in a few minutes This experiment was actually made. The machine was applied- to a hilar iously drunken man, drew off the poisonous alcoholic fumes and he straightened out in three minutes. Since then, it has been said. Professor Poe has been approached with a prop osition to manufacture pocket re spirators for this purpose. Infant asphysia, that dread accom paniment of birth, which stifles many a life before it has fairly started to exist, may also be wiped out by the respirator. Dr. J. P. Jackson and rofessor Poe, with a minature ma chine. saved the Life of a baby at Berkeley last week. The machine did the breathing for the child until it was able to strike out for itself. Throughout the Virginia country folks regard Professor Poe as a mod ern miracle-worker. Despite his per sistent declarations that his invention is merely an aid to lIe after it has fled, the country people call him the -raiser of the dead." Miany persons have written to Poe asking him to try and restore life to relatives who have been dead for weeks, months and even ye ars. He is engaged now in manufacturing sev eral respirators which will be tested in the leading hospitals of the coun try. SOLID) FOR BR~YAN. The Alabama Delegation Instructed to Vote for Him. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says in compliance with the primary plan that two hundred or more qual ified Democratic voters may place the name of any Democratic on the ticket for nominee for Pr-esident on the United States, to be voted direct. John WV Ton@1i.secn. president of the Bryan Democratic State club has fil ed wih the chairman of the State Democratic committee a petition signed by the Governor and ever-y Staet ofieial and over two thousand other D~emocrats for the name of William J. liryan to be iplaced on ihe ticket, delegates to the Democratic national convention being instructed. under the plan, to vote as a unmt for the nian receiving the lar-gest vote. which give-s Alabama's twenty-tw-o votes to William J1. Bryan. INUNCTIONS PERM1ANENT. Temporar-y Or-ders Issued by .Justice Gar-y 31ade Per-petual. Charleston blind tigers will have to behave themselves or go to jail. The Supreme Court Tuesday evning rendered decisions in S of the Char leston dispensary injunction cases, the temipora ry injunctions pr-eviously granted by Assoc-iate .Justice Gary he ing in each ca.se mtade permanent. the opinion of the Court being writ ten by JIusti'e Gary. These are cases additional to those in which per-ma nent injunctions have already been ranted on the petition of the Atter A MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMEN'I By Ethel May Shorey. "And still they come!" exclaimed Willlis Clayton- as he entered his airy little office in the Oxford build ing and saw the package of envelop es on his desk. Large enveloPes and small of all tints and shades. and with a few exceptions each highly perfumed. "It's a duce of a niis ance now,' he mut8ared as he to!I open envelope after envelope, merely glancing at the contents and invari. ably giving each a toss into the waste basket, with curling lips. "Twenty-four this noon, that nakes 119 in three days-119 foolish girls! Ah, this one inclosed the notice i; self, 'A young bachelor, good looking plenty of money, desires to co municate with eligible youni; lady matrimony. Address Clay. P. 0. 25.' "When Jack made te bet with me I scorned the idea that :ny girl would be unmaidenly (nough to ev think of answering such a nonzeu sical advedtisement. Well. I've los: and a box of good cigars gozs to him evidently. At first it was inter esting, then amusing, and now, well, rather disgusting." Suddenly hc paused, staring incredulously at a photograph he had just taken from a plain little envelope-a smiling sunny face returned his gaze. and two big trusting eyes, shaded by wavy hair falling about a high fore head, looked into his. "It is!" he exclaimed at last with a deep breath. "She was thelast one in the world I thought would sto -p to such a thing, but there can be no mistake," and he stared long and earnestly at the picture, entirely ig noring the accompanying letter. "How many times does a fellow have to rap to be admitted to this sanctum sanctorum?" asked a merry voice as it:s owner put his head in side the door. "Beg pardon. Frank, I didn't hear you," answered Clayton. slipping the picture of that sweet face under a pile of papers. "Did you knock?" "Did I knock! Several times, my dear boy. Aren't you feeling well? Look as if you'd seen a ghost. Who is-she?" "Well, it is a che this time," Clny ton laughingly replied, "and I don't -ven know her name. Your acquain tance among the fair sex is not as limited as mine; perhaps you can as sist me. I see her nearly every mora ing, is early as 6:30 or 7 o'clock. on horseback riding through Westbury street-a beautiful girl with fluffy rown hair-" "Wears a gray habit, doesn't she?" interrupted Frank, a strange little gleam in his eyes. "Yes, yes, do you know her?" "If it's the one I think, you must be referring to my cousin, and if you've been putting her on a pedes tal you can't make it a bit too high." "Your cousin!" "Yes, and the dearest, sweetest, little thing you ever saw. Are you coming to sis'party? I suppose you have received her invitation?" "No, but I haven't been all through my mail yet--why?" "Because Queenie will be there and- I'll introduce you. Her real name is Marjorie, but we've always called her Queenie on account of the imperious, yet modest, little ways he has." Imperious-modest!' Involuntarily Clayton's hand fumbled with the pile of letters underneath which lay the picture face of this girl, giving the lie direct to her cousin's eulogy. "There's Kit's invitation now; I know her wrIting," exclaimed Frank digging a plain little envelcpe from the pile. "Haven't you read It yet?" "Hadn't seen it before," responded Clayton. "Been opened." replied Frank. un.. ceremonously dragging forth the folded paper. As he scanned the lines a bewildered look stole across his face. "What the dickeps-" he began, then stopped, the light of un derstanding superseding his bewild erment, which ended in a hearty laugh. "One on sis," he cried. "HE'ar this: Mr. Philip Hanscomnb, artist: Dear Sir-Inclosed find the photo graph I wish copied life size, and ibout which I spoke to you yester day. Sincerely. Katherine Ellis.' Don't you see what she's doue? Wrong envelopes! Kit was going to Ihave Queenie's picture copied as a surprise for her father and mother. and she mixed your invitation up with the letter to the artist. Good joke. Isn't it? I wonder where she sent the photo." And again he laughed heartily, while the rapidity with which Clay ton set his "pedestal" up again would have done credit to the swiftest ex press ever known. But he wouldn't part with that picture, and so failed to enlighten Frank. "I'll see you get your invitation,'' Frank said as he started for the door, then, as an afterthought, "iBy the way, speaking of my cousin. I want to tell you thle most nonsensical thing she ever did to my knowle ige -taken a decided interest in a go >d r-nothing chap who looks some thing like you, and whom she meets nearly every morn After his exit Clayton drew forth the picture from its hiding place and gazed once more at the two big. trusting eyes, and it was quite a while after the wedding bells 1:ad gayly chimed that Queerde learn ed from her husband how she had once for a few moments, been credited with answering a matrimonial ad yertisemfent. Little Boy liilled-1 Martin, the little son of Mrs. John E. Fletcher of the Pine Grove section of Marlboro county, died at 1:45 p. in., as the result of injuries received in a runaway accident Sunda:y. Mrs. Fletcher was. returning from church wvith her son and daughter. A break in the harness frightened the horse and caused it to run away. Martin was first thrown out. his head striking a log. The little girl was next thrown from the vehicle, but her injuries are not serious. CURTIS must think that the Dem ocrats of the South are a lot of imn beiles. He says Bryan is the mas ter, although there is a deep resei. ment and a widespread distrust, the Southern D. mocrats will nomnina'e him at the convention and at the polls vote for him. Wonder if the people for whom this man Curtis writes believes such sturf as the abo~ve whiah is a fair sample of what he dishes up for them. A man's Idea is that his hahy has a first tooth because its daddy is SWEPT BY FLOOD. Fully Three Thousand Persons, Most of Them Poor, DRIVEN FROM HOME. The Whole of North Texas Deluged By Heavy Rains.-Every Available Man Is Pressed Into Service by the Fort Worth Railroad-Trafflc Par alyzed-Police Fired Pistols to Warn the People. Throughout north Texas the heav iest rains in many years are reported, causing tremendous loss to farmers and stock growers flooding lowlands and rendering country roads impas sable. hundreds of bridges having been washed away. At Fort Worth the Trinity river is receeding. but street car traffic be tween Fort Worth and North Fort Worth will not be restored before to morrow. By employing every available man in the city and dispatching them in special trains to the seat of the trou ble, Fort Worth railroads Saturday actively began to repair the $250,000 damage. inflicted by Friday night's storms. 4 North Fort Worth is isolated and five hundred houses are submerged. Mineral City, near Weatherford, is under water, and Clebourne, south of here on the Santa Fe, is surrounded by the flood. Engineer -Long and Fireman Allsup were found dead un der their engine. Their train left the track in a washout a mile north of Clebourne. The flood sufferers have been pro vided with shelter. Crops over a large area have been destroyed and the loss will reach over half a million dollars. All night the police fired a continual volley of shots to warn residents in the flood district That the storm was the worst ex perienced in north and west Texas in half a century is indicate I by re ports. From Grayson county on the east to Potter county in the far north west and southwest to Tom Green county, about one-third of the entire area of the State, the country is lit erally covered with water, all modes of travel are demoralized and busi ness is practically suspend.I. In every direction railroad bridges are down, hundreds of yards of track have been washed away entirely and other hundreds of yards so badly un dermined that rebuilding will he nec essary. If the weather sh-.uld clear immediately railroad traffic cannot be restored to normal conditions in less than tep days. The flood repi'ht-d Fort Worth about noon Saturdray. At that lime city park and vicinity was inundated to a depth of about ten feet. The tracks of the street ra~iw-ay company leading to Arlington *Heights was washed away for a quarter of a mile, and -communication with that section of the city was cut off. Fully three thousand persons, principally of the poorer classes, were driven from their homes, in the sub merged district.. Many of these are being cared for by charitable organi zations at the expense of the city. The reservoirs and mains of the water works system were overflowed with the muddy water of the river, and before they can be cleared it is feared considerable sickness may re sult. While an accurate estimate of the monetary loss at this time 'is impos sible, it is believed the loss will ex ceed a million dollars. HUNT FOR LOST BOY. James K. Willard, of Ogden, Utah, Is Searching Whole Country. The Atlanta Journal says on Wed nesday morning a well-dressed mn with a distinctly western appearance walked into the police station and be gan making inqluiries as to whether they had heard anything of a strange woman with a nine-year-old boy being sen in Atlanta. Hie slated that about -four mouths ago his only child had been kidna'pped and he was searching for him, comn ng to Atlanta from New Orleans upon hearing that the woman and boy were headed this way. Uplon being questioned the myster ious man stated that his name wa James K. Willard, and that he lived near Odgen, Utah. He stated that his child. Karl Willard, was stolen from near his home about four months ago and practically ever since that time he has heen searching for him, and intended to keep searching until he either found the boy or knew positive ly where he was. The child was described as being a pretty nine-year-old boy with gold en curly locks. He said that the boy was very smart and that he knew he would hear from his child if he ever got an opportunity to- write him. * What a woman can't stand about he unmoral part of gamblingds if you lose. Repudiates Johnson. Col. Henry Watterson, Editor of he Louisville Courier-Journal, in an interview in New York a few 'days ago said he had no doubt of Mr. Bryan's nomination at Denver and we have a good chance to elect him. In the same interview he said the movement in the interest of Gov. Johnson comes too late and from the wrong quarter. He also said the Democrats of New York cannot dictate to the Democratic party. These utterances from the man who first mentioned Gov. John son in connection with the Presiden - cy should open the eyes of Demo crats. Col. Watterson says the Johnson movement comes too late] and from the wrong quarter. Therefore he repudiates Johnson and declares for Bryan. AUGUSTA must contain many thirsty souls. The dispensary at North Augusta sold in one day re cently three thousand dollars worth; of liquor. Augusta will have to blow up the brige ce n ' ing her~ -ith Norh augmsa in selr defense. ND ALUM IN Foon and strictly prohibits the saleofalum baking powder So does France So does .Germany has been made illegal in Washingi bia, and alum baking powders ai InjUriouS. To protet Y( when order Sqppiain4 -ROYJ and be very sure you get R< Royal is the only Baking Po% Cream of Tartar. It adds ItC someness of the food. KILLED IN RUNAWAY. MISS BEAULAH GILLAM JUMPS FROM BUGGY When the Horse Began to-Run, Falls on Her -Head and Dies Several Hours Afterward. A dispatch from Blackville to The State says what is considered one of the saddest accidents that ever hap pened there was the sudden death of Miss Beaulah Gillam, caused by a runaway horse. Miss Gillam and her friend, Miss Alice Sojourner, were out driving and had driven out on the road to the Healing springs, a favor ite drive from Blackville. There were amumber of buggies in a line returning from the springs to Blackville and a couple of young men undertook to drive by Miss Sojourn er's horse, which was a very spirited animal. The horse commenced running and soon got from under her control, though she is an excellent di-ver. iss Gillam became very much ex ited and jumped from the buggy, striking her head. She never regained consciousness and died at 2 p. m. Monday. Miss Sojourner remained in the buggy un :l the horse -struck a tree and threw er out. She was very -badly bruised and is confined to her bed, but her in uries are by no means fatal. Miss Gillam was adaughter~of Mrs. . Gillam, a widow, who is propriet ress of the Hotel Blackville. Miss Killam was milliner for Win. Morri son's millinery establishment and was a very popular young lady. MARTYR TO SERVICE. Attendant in a Contagious Hospital a Victim of Septicemia. A New York .dispatch says one of the most popular and efficient nurses >f 'the Rierhide Hospital on North Brother Island, Miss Maybelle F. Strawski, has given her life to her calling. Riverside Hospital is a city institution given over to the treat ment of contagious diseases exclusive ly and about three weeks ago Miss Strawski was in charge of several diphtheria patients. She pricked her thumb with a safe ty pin in the care of o~ne of the pa tients and at the time thought noth ing of it. In a few days, however, it devel ped that the pin was badly infected and Miss Strawski was found to be suffering from a violent attack .of septicemia. Ordinarily an operation on the in jured thumb or an amputation of the arm would have saved the life of the' suffifered. bu~t in the cae of Miss Strawski the poison has -been so vir ulent and had spread so rapidly that all efforts to save her life proved fu tile and she died.* BOLD ROBBERS RAID And Rob Club House at Pistol Point .andl Escape. At Hot Springs Ark., four masked men with leveled revolvers entered the club house of the Indian club on entral avenue early Wednesday. forced the occupants to line uip along side the wall and looted the place of large amount of money. The occupants were then lockedin to a room and the robbers escaped.I o definite statement concerning the mount of money taken can be se cred but it is estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000. After, gathering up all the money in sight the robbers forced the oc ipants to enter a small room and. the door was locked. The robbers I fled and so quietly was the robbery onductel that the persons in the cafe wer unaware of the proceeding. One man finally crawled over the transom from the locked room and then liberated his companions. The alarm was at once given and the po ie were called on to search for the' robbers. The Girl Who Works. God hless her. She is brave and ative. She is not too proud to earna her living o'r ashamed to be caught at her daily task. She smiles M o rom behind the counter or dosir it isan honor to know this gir! . te worthy of her regard. 1Her haind= may be stained by dlish wash in1 k sweeping, factory grease or r6.u2" k, but it is an honest awl h&in lnd. It stays misfortunes fre names: i' is our shield which niro tects man: a forlorn litt!? family C f-o a-thos an tio asvinm. f4 The sale of alum foods. :on and the District of Colum e everywhere recognized' as mUrsdlf against alum, ing baking _powder, BAKCING POWDER d~er made from Roy-alrape the digestiily and whole SHIPS COLLDE. rwenty-Eight Men Are Dead .or Missing as Ressus. CRUISER AND-LI.NER Come-Togethe r off the Isle of Wright, and *the Cruiser -Goes to the B tow with Pait of Her Crew.-The, Accident Was Uriavoidabic--Is the General' Opinion Among- Shipping Men. A dispatch from Londo~n siays the total number of dead -andymissing of the Gladiator's crew as a 'result' of 'he conision between the American liner St. Paul and the British cruiser, off the Isle of.Wrieht lis'28. Divers Sunday searc'ied the su 'nken cruiser, for bodies, but were.- not successful in fi-nding any. The~ opinion among 'shipping .nien an/naa Nfier n'fiil per tob nnmu ha teacdn The saltes of alum fdise ge prtclyhre reognizews bas e aswell aganstsile. 3, ak3mng poweing drwedh blow madte rmis Roavy.ap 'The dgebilit aof whoeS. 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