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GRASS A MENACE Excessive Raiil Has Reied Chi OVER TE COTTON BELT With Field% Qoaked in all the States but Two, and Crop% Threatened by l1oll Weevil in %everal States. the Situation Indicates a Cotton Famine This FalL The Memphis. Tenn.. Commercial Appeal says: "Owing to excessve rainfall east of the Mississippi river and in Arkansas and Louisiana culti vation over a larg area was sus pended during the week and gris has become a menace. For the be. development of the crop dry. warni weather is imperative. In Oklahoma and Texas noderate to light rain: relieved an incipient drought. "The crop in those two Stares :is late and small hut has begun tc grow very rapidly and aside fronu its lacy of size there is no complaint fields being in an excellent state o; cultivation. Heavier and more gen eral rains, however. would be ver, helpful. In Louisiana. Arkansas and Mississippi boll weevils are becom ing more numerous an-i in the for mer State are reported as already at work on the cotton." The New Orleans report says the cotton marker this week. opened a day later than usual. will b-: called upon first of all to discount what promised to be. when the markel closed for the week last Friday night important weather disappointments. The forecast was for more rain in the eastern part of the cotton beit. where too inuch rain .had already done much damage. If the rains continue until Tuesday morning they will overshadow in importance all other features of the market. The report on condition last week showed just how impo tant the wea ther is getting to be. It is time now that the crop should be making fast and anything in the weather that ,prevents normal development of the plant. thereby threatening the yield. will have an immediate and marked effect on prices, all the more marker because of the semi-famine condi tion of supplies of raw cotton. Un less manipulation out afresh in the July position it promises to be a typical weather market this week. The semi-famine conditions are expected to have their effect among mills in earnest before long, and of late there have been signs that mills were about to start closing down in earnest shortly, as they have to do in every season like the present. IThe rumor was spread about last week that 58 mills had agreed to shut down four weeks during July and August and the trade will be waiting for confirmation of thris re port this week. Developments of this sort may have the effect of offseting to some extent the bullish features of the market. The boll weevil situation will come in for Its share of attention, for those who have made a study of the conditions in Louiina. Mississippi and Arkansas. say that the first brood this season of the pest is in cubating in young boll and that it Is only a question of time .before this brood makes its appearance by the millions and stirs up a new complaint among farmers. with consequent alarming telegrams and letters to the main speculative centres of the cotton world. ffthe extent of boll weevil depreda tIons will determine in a great n'eas nre the yield of lint in the three 'States named and during more than one period this season boll weevil reports will have much to do in shaping speculative opinion. The July deal in New York may show activity and at all times the trade will look .or tenders from ac tual shorts who as yet have made no very great effort to cover. Sooner or later sensational trading is bound to take place in the July position and operators In all three markets of the world will be extremely ner vous until the trading takes place. AVIATOR KILLED. Wachtger intantly Killed by Fail Wrhile Practising. The opening of the second avia tion meeting Sunday on the histor ic field of Bethany was marked by a fatal accident. Aviator Wachter being killed. Wachter was the first to practice .Sunday morning. In his Antoinette monoplane he battled with the gale amid the enthusiasm of the spectriators until the rain compelled him to make a descent. He resumed his flights in the after-i noon and was flying magnificently when suddenly an explosion was1 heard. The wings of the machine doubled up and the monoplance s dropped to the earth with lightning speed. The aviator was killed in stantly in full view of the spectators. among whom were his wife and lit- 3 tle daughter. The accident is at- . tributed to the breaking of the wire v. stays. One is Killed. .Many Hurt. One nran was killed and many le were hurt in rioting Saturday be -:. tween Clericais and anti-Clericais in d the villane, of Centi. Spain. The a trouble arose from a strong sermon sa azai nst Premier Canalejas' religious program. which! a priest delivered at mass. Child Play End% FaIaly.H While playing doctor, the I 0-year- G old son of W. S. Holcomib. residing to three miles from Fort Payne. De-w kalb county. Ala.. Friday took down 10 a bottle of carbolic acid and adinis- i:. tered a big dose to his ten-mont hs- finl Old sister. The baby died in a few r minutes. Hit Ely Hatted Hall. L.. R. Massentale. of Norwood. Ga .i an attorney. son of T. F Massenga&le. n a man of c'onsiderabe ;)ro:ninence4-~ er: in the cotton world, wats hit on the :i head b'y a batted ball at Harlem. a!!au couple of days ago, and rendere.d un:- kn conscious. Fears are entertained rel tha- he wil not recover. e I FOUND IN BOX CAR. Charlotte Youth Rescued at Norfolk in Famished Condition. Almost starved to death and fam ishing for the want of water. Thom as Hill. a 13-year-old white boy. was rescued from a freight car in the yards of the Southern Railway at Pinners Point. Va.. Saturday night. Running away from home. the ooy went into a box car at Charl) -. N C-. :ast Tuesday :nornia- ilu I al though it seein-d as if thc. 1.r. Broatih f life had left u:'n wh-n he reached the point he manared to make noise enough to attract the attention of a car inspector. Tne in spector immediately opened t. freight car and d-agged the boy out. The youngster was carried tc a ho tel and restoratives were applied. He could speak but - few words. ht t-he railroad officers learned from him that he had had trouble with his parents and decided to go ont :upon the world alone. GIRL ACCIDENTALLY KILLEDi. Shot by Companion While Boating on the Canal. Word was received at Elizabe:n City. N. C.. Friday morning of the accidental kiling of Mary. the 2 year-old daughter of Philip Bray. Of Sligo. Currituck county. on Tauur. day afternoon. The girl wa.e visit ing at her home of her uncle. It. N. Bray. at Canal Brid-ce. She wit-h a party of young peopfe was out on the canal in a skiff. A boy by the name of Gray in the party was shooti;.; snakes with a shotgun which acc' :lentally discharged. the entire load entering the face and body of Mi& Bray. who died in terribly agony an .hour afterwards. The young lady was promniently connected and very popular. NEGRO BOY KILLS SISTER. Ends Dispute Over Meat by Using a shotgun Fatally. On Thursday three young negroes. Henry McMaster. aged 13 years. and his two younger sisters. got into an altercation about some pieces of meat prepared for the table. at their home in Chester. Henry demanded it all and then in his wrath seized a shotgun and poured the contents of it into the younger of his sisters. Ella McMaster. tearing away almost the entire left side and causing in stant death. On the verdict of the coroner's jury the boy was arrested and lodged in jail in Yorkville. His case will come before the court. which will convene on the second Monday in July. WATTERSON IN JAIL. Son of DstinguLished Journalist on Charge of Shooting. Ewing Watterson. the son of Col. Henry Watterson, the well known Louisville. Ky.. editor, was' arraign ed Saturday on a charge of assault. first degree. It is charged that WVat terson. who is 40 years old, shot and wounded Michael Martin. a sa loon keeper at Sauugerties Friday. The prisoner expected his father to spend the Fourth with him and it would be wrong, said his attorney in asking for bail, to ask a man of Col. Watterson's age to pass the day in a jail. The request was later withdrawn. counsel for Watterson having decided not to make applica- ~ tion for '.ail until Col. Henry Watter- a son arrives from New York. * A UTO KILLS TWO. U Young Women Perish Where Twen ty Met D~eath Yar Ago. On the crossing at Valey Stream. t L. I.. where twenty people were kill- $1 ed in a tally-ho wreck some years " ago, an automobile owned by An drew Crawford. of Riverside. N. Y.. 0 and rontaining Mr. Crawford. his G two daughters and chaffeur was struck by a Long Island train Sun- *~ day afternoon. Both young womer were killed and the chaffeur was tI seriously wounded. Mrs. Crawford had left the car only a few minutes before the ao - cidentz. 'Mr. Crawford was tossed a with the other occupants but es eaped with a few scratches. FIRMAN KILLED. Pt W~alls of an Oil Storehouse ('ollapse D~uring Blaze. Capt. Michael J. Lyons. of the Si. ..ouis fire department, was killed a Lnd three other firemen and a work- se nan were injured in a fire which de- B. troyed a part of the Waters-Pierce an )ii Company's storehouse at St. Leu- Go s Saturday. The loss was $200.000. Is Lyons was buried under falling Fa rails. It was several hours before act he fire was under control. The Pe torehouse covered two, city blocks.* he Killed at Railway ('rossing. .he On the same crossing at Valley th4 treamn. L. I.. where twenty persons en ere killed in a tallyho wreck, some gol ears ago, an automobile owned by tat ndrew Crawford of Riversale. N. baa .and contained Mr. Crawford. his to 'o daughters. Jeannette and Char >tte. and their chaugeur. was struck ma e a Long Island Railway train Sun- vel ty afternoon. Both young women gut ere killed and the chuauffeur was a I riously wounded. * Pos Executed for Treason. froa A pirivate cablegram received at arr aw Orleans Saturday night from :ueflelds. Nicaragua, states that in. Mattuti had been executed fol wing a trial by courtmnartial. It Pro as charged that he betrayeds the tirada cause. .\attuti took a prom 1'n: part In the battle of Fl Rect'e D)ecemiber. In April he was ar- we sted and charged with treason. * cidle 'ate of Negru t'nkneown. ocg Iuformation from C'olumbiia. Ala.. ralil to the effect that Will Thomas. a 3ulte Itro umier arrest for attemrptedi Thor muinal assault upon a young whi:-- utan 'I. was taken from the village jail I ers inight by a moh. His fate is un- j y t own. The Columbia authorities act. used to divuldge. the young wo- Jtook ASSSSRS FI YALMS STATE BOARD OF EQUILIZATION TO MEET SOON. Matter of Placing All Property on Basis of True Valuation Will Be Di.%cussed. It is anticipated that Comptroller General Jones will announce soon the date for the meeting of the State board of equalization. The meeting is held during the summer, usually. in the month of June or July. and the work of the board is to act up on the findings of the county boards and to take any action on tax ques-. lions that Is deemed necessary. -The most important resolutions that came before the board last year was that affecting the assessing of :)roperty at full value. This reso iution. introduced by Jeremiah Smith. of Horry. was defeated by a 1.ote of 2S to S. As this is the year for the reas sessment and as the county board have been busy with the tax ques tion in the several counties of the State. the meeting of the board this year is of special Interest. It is thought that the tax question will receive more than ordinary consid eration. The tax que.ion has been brought into the campaign very forc ibly this year. The Taxable Property. As shown by the comptroller gen eral's report for the year 1910 the following is the amount of taxable property in South Carolina: Total value of real estate....... $136,438.258 Value of personal property.. .. .. 92.664.198 Railroad property..... !71.106.302 State tax. 5 %mills . . 1.423.308 For county purposes. taxes.... ...... 960.664 State Board of Assessors The State Board of as:essors. con sisting of State officials. assesses raliroad and like property. The Southern Express company property in South Carolina last pear vas assessed at a valuation of $277. ~57. The total value of the Pull -nan cars operated in this State was $140.292: the total valuation of tel aphone and telegraph companies vas placed as follows. Western Union. $522.427: Alt natic Postal Telegraph-Cab!e com pany. $103.613: American Tele !hone and Telegraph Company of South Carolina, $205.750: Southern Bell Telephone company. $571,.848: local companies. $125.665. The actual value of cotton mills is fixed by the State board was $51. 260.505. The actual value of cot .on oil mills was placed at $2.853. (IS. The assessments for fertilizer plants was placed at $3.164.477. The value of railway property was ied at a little over $44,000,000. ORDERS AGAINST CLUBS. I remporary Injunction Issued AgawaM Tnee in Columbia. At oClubia Judge DeVore in the :ircuit court recently granted three irders on motion of Attorney Gen ral Lyon. requiring th-ae social 5 lubs in the city to show cause be ore him on July 1 why they abou!a Lot be perpetually restr..h1 from he sale of spiril ous li'p-3r--. The eders were granted upot' 4'a" lade that liquors had been pureb's-d d at the three places in violence oa tie dispensary law. Those against whom the orders d re directed are the Savoy club, sit ated at 1219 1-2 Taylor street, of b hich P. W. Bessinger and Heyward r .Smith are named as in charge, and L. Shull as the property owner:r ie Jackson ilub, at 914 Gervais L :reet. L E. Levin and Everland be-F tg named as in charge, and S. L.F wreeney as the property owner; and te third order being directed against da H. Geiger. Harry Lehman andd 'illiam T. Thompson for violation the dispensary law at 912 Ger is Street. G. H. Geiger being also e owner of the premises. Unless an adequate defe'- is f ade to the orders granted perpetual in junction restraining at e use of the premises for the ille LI purposes charged will be passed ~ the court. AMIBUSCAD)E BATTLE. H -ominent Ranker and Two Others~ Badly Wounded. J. H. Civens. a prominent banker vi d mill man, shot from amb~ish and Hi riously wounded, Alex Givens and 19 F. Finley. shot with a Winchester tri d probably fatally injured and orge T. Coxwell slightly wounde.,w the result of an ambuscade near Ieo. AMa.. late Thursday afternoon.H xording to information received at nsacoia.ee J. H. Givens was in a huggy when chi was fired upon and wounded, butto managed to reach Falco and gave alarm. Bloodhounds were tak- hei to the scene and took the trail. ng to a store about two miles dis-to t. A man named Olan Adair was the cardin the store and refused While the posse was preparing to agt Ike an attack there came sev~eraL Ieys f-rom Winchesters and shot us from out of the darkness and arm house nearby, three of the se dropping to the ground. The at riff with deputies has hastened mi! ui Laurel Hill to the scene and I * ists are expected. *l Tue ____________ her TAKES~ HIS OWN LIFE. " thai Sat' minent and Wealthy Citizen of and Charlotte Suicides. .n. her rmnes W. Wadsworth. one of the~ a ;~ ithiest and best known citizens hou: 'harlotte. N. C.. committed sui- re-st Wednesday afternoon, at 3.3" Mon Ik. The~ weaponl used was a .3'. >re Colts pistol and death re- I U -d within two hours after the- It ting. The excessive use of stim- 'vicit ts ar.d worry over business mat- as t wer" given in a statement Issued Stan he family as the- cause for the negr A brother of Mr. Wadsworth. Jfor his life in a Greensbvro hotel jhe h. THE STATE CAMPAQt ITERY. Schedule of Meetinzs to Be Held in This State. The itinerary for the campaign is as follows: Winns:oro-Saturday. July 2. Lexington-Wednesday. July 6. Saluda-Tbursday. July 7. Edgefield-Friday. July 8. Aiken-Saturday. July 9. Bamberg-Monday. July 11. Barnwell-Tuesday. July 12. Hampton-Wednesday. July 12. Beaufort-Thursday. July 14. Walterboro-Friday. July 15 Charleston--Saturday. July 16. St. George-Tuesday. July 19. Orangeburg-Wednesday. July 20. St. Matthews-Thursday. July 21. Manr.ing-Friday. July 22. Moncks Corner-Tuesday. July 26. Georgetown-Wednesday, July 27. Kingstree-Friday. July 29. Florence-Saturday. July 30. Dillon-Tuesday. August 2. Marion-Wednesday. August 3. Conway-Thursday. August 4. Columbia-Saturday. August 6. Union-Monday. August 8. Spar.anburg-Tuesday. August 9. Gaffney-Wednesday. August 10. Greenville-Thursday. August 11. Pickens-Friday. August 12. Walhalla-Saturday. August 13. Wee' off to attend reunion of Confederates and Red Shirts at Spartanburg. If desired. on August 17 and IS. .trderson-Monday. Augus' 22. Abbevil:e-Wednesday. Augutst 4. Greenwood-Thursday. August 25. Laurens-Friday. August 26. Newberry-Saturday. August "7. COTTON MLLS CLOSED FRIDAY. W'ill Cut Off Onc-Twelfth of Cotton Goods Output. The great curtailment movement &mong the mills of the Piedmont oe gan Friday. July 1st. Mills in North C7arolina. South Carolina and Geor ;ia will close down until the morn ing of the 15th. Out of 3.000.000 spindles 2.7500.000 have signifiel that they would join in the curtail ment which will be at least a month in all during the summer. The move ment will mean a cutting off of from 1.000.000 to 2.000.000 pieces of. :loth or one-twelfth of the output. Mr. August W. Smith. presid-nt f the Woodruff mills. w.hen asked rhursday night about the closing lown of the mills said: "There is a loss in every pound >f cloth we are puttin out and we xave to curtiil to cover in part this oss and create a demand for our foods. I should say the output will >e cut down one-twelfth by the cur ailment which will be done this iummer. and which will amount to n all about four weeks' time." Mr. John A. Law, president of the ;axon Mills said: "There will be the largest curtail nent among the cotton mills of spartan burg county ever known. rhe price of manufactured goods is 4ut of proportion with the price of otton. A great many of the mills, vill close down on the first of July' .nd others on the 25th." "FAVORITE SON" DEAD. nator DanieL, of Virginia, Passes Away at Lynchburg. John W. Daniel. senior Senator rom Virginia. and for more than airty years Virginia's "favorite son." ied at the Lynchburg Sanitarium at 0.35 o'clock Wednesday night, his eath being due to a recurrence of aralysis. The immediate cause of is death was a cerebral hemor lage. sustained at noon. In the right artlon of his brain, involving the ght side. This was in addition to ie Paralysis of the left side, which as sustained last wi.ner, while in Iorida for his health. The statesman's illness began with slight attack of apoplexy, in Phila hlphia, last October. which kept m from being in his seat at the ening of Congress last December. aly once since that had he appear before an audience, and that wasI r an informal takt in January. The end came almost without a ruggie. Indeed. the family present< uld not notice the slight struggle I sich was noted by Dr. Waugh. IAMILTON IS ELECI'ROCUTED.C Killed an Affiity Who Tried to Shake Him Off. Angelo Hamilton. who was con-j 'ted of murdering Mrs. Sallie B. x. at Lynchburg. Va.. June 13. fl9. was put to death In the lec- b c chair in the Virginia state peni- ~ Ltiary at Richmond early Friday. s. Hamilton came to Richmond .h her children to intercede with governor for the commutation of F milton's sentence. ['he crIme for which Hamilton was etrocuted was committed in Lyn >ug Va.. June 13. 1909. Hamil-! had been infatuated with the man and she had sought to free d self from him. On that night s a. Hix went to a dance. H~amil- 01 fol:owea her to the hall.' On 01 way home Hamilton shot her " 'ral time~s. He was 25 year of r w: lheath fromi Loekjaw. 'he little S-year old daughter of and Mrs. Henry Langford died the home of her parents in th' o village at Lexington Sunday aing from lockjaw. On Ias th sday the litle girl ran a nail in foot, but little atte'ntion was giv the pa-ents thidnking of course. she would soon be well. On irday sne was~ taken violently ill I2 Sunday moa ning lockjaw set to( The little one was the pride of jda; parents and her death has cast cr a:1 of sorrow over the entire iS wehold. Her remains were Nid to jof in the Lexington city cemetery an day afternoon at 4:20 o'clock. bez known Nero( Murders Texan. tense exceit'me'nt prevails in the ity of Mount V'ernon Tex..s. vol ae result of the killing of Bb Ve: ley. (of that city. by an unknown e cot . Pcsses have been searching1 flcu he murder all night, but si. far N. is succeeded in eluding his pur-! city INED BY AUTO WHICH WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT'S SON. Italian Laborer Struck by Automo bile Being Driven by Robert Taft -Slight Chance for Recovery. The serious condition of Michael Thistowolla. an Italian laborer, who was struck Monday by an automo bile operated by Robert Taft. son of President Taft. at Beverly. Mass.. has caused a .hurried change in the plans of the Taft family. who were prepar ing to depart on the Sylph for New London to attend the Harvard-Yale regatta Thursday. Instead of attending the races the family will remain in Reverly un less there is an unexpected change 'or the better in the man's condi tion. The report from tne Beveriv Hospital was that he bad only a slight chance for -covery. Dr. J. S. Mixter of Boston sent at the request of the President. ar rived and is working with the hospi tal authorities. doing all that can be done for the injured man. Robert Taft is badly broken up over the affair. and spent much of th%. afternoon at 'he hospitz.. Chief of Police has received in structions, through the Taft at torney. to see that the wounded man Is given every attention. President Taft arrived in Beverly early Wed nesday morning. A dispatch from Washington says President Taft was greatly distressed when he learned through the Asso clated Press dispatches, of his son's unfortunate accident at Beverly. Mass. He immediately sent a long telegraphic message to his son. which. it is said. contained instruc tions to do everything possible for the injured man. The foll'owing telegram was sent to an old col lege friend of the President: 'Samuel Carr. Boston, Mass: By an unfortunate automobile accident at Beverly my boy. Robert, struck a street laborer, fracturing his skull. He is at Beverly Hospital. Will you not call up by telephone the best surgeon in Boston and havc him visit the hospital at once and tender services to the resident phy sician and do all he can for the in jured man." The President then sent a personal telegram to the injured man, ex pressing -his profound regret over the accident and conveying to the victim his earnest wish for a speedy recovery. KILLED IN DUEL. Two Cubans Meet in Woods and End Differences. Armed with knives and keeping their word to meet at sunrise in the woods near MacFarlane park, In the western part of Tampa, Fla.. Tues day morning, Marco Adalo and an other Cuban, whose identity has not yet been established, fought until both had fallen from loss of blood, Adalo dying after proceeding a short distance from where the bloody duei took place. The unknown man was able to make his way to a nearty; street. where all trace of him was lost. Two men were seen going into the woods a short distance from the park at an early hour, both gesticulating. The demeanor towards each other was such as to arouse suspicion among the cigar workers who saw them and at fite noon .hour a searca was made with the result the evi dence of a bloody struggle was seen, and later the body of Adalo. LY.NCHING IINENT. Race Feeling is Quieting but Lynch ing Is Likely. Advices received from Simpson County, Miss., the scene of a threat ened racial conflict Tuesday, follow ing the killing of Luther Buckley. i white farmer, by a trio of negro Eugitives. and later the shooting to leath of one of the negroes by a osse.. state that normal conditionsj tre fast being restored and furtherj >loodshed Is not anticipated. Ac-I ording to the most authentic re xorts from the remote section wherej he killing occurred. Buckley was J ne of a posse searching for Harris n and Robin Jones, brothers and im Brady, all negroes. wanted in onnection with an attack of a white armer Saturday night, when ne was, red on from ambush and killed. a 'he posse later killed Harrison Jones -~ ut the others are still at large. a 'oases, however, are still searching a de woods and should they be appre- c ended they will probably be lynch d by the mob. RIOT0O'S SCENES. oliee Charge Carita and National ista in Spanish Town. H A dispatch from Hlbao. Spain on bursday says there were further sturbances growing Out of the se rained relations between the gov- tr ament of Premier Canalelas and 0; the Vatican. A crowd composed dt Carlists and Nationalists sur- in unded the palace. of thie Governor va the province and shouted: "Down w; *th the Governor'".. The police were' summoned -andI ;h arging the demonstrators with re ed bayonets, wounded a number ju. them. The capitel .has be'en the -ne of many civil clashes. In 74 it withstood a long sei,:e ly Carlists. w Su Joy Ride Ends in !)-ath. W-g Harold Backus. a chiaff.ur. aged ala and two comp'anions whom he pla >k on a joy ride at 3 a. mi. Satur- ch; rwere injured when the machine un ished into a telegraph poile at sur lehort. Harold McCarthy. one ves the party is in a critical condition ere I Frank Purtell. the third mom- chi bears severe cuts and bruises. ti.. flas Lineman, is Killed. nf electric current of some Z.2afl age fh~sheri through the body (of non Byum lineman, at R n-- Ati k Monday morning at Raleigi. to ty. The bodies of the boys; 2' 3 .as he worked at stringing the capi fire alarm wires, and killed h!'n|Ar ost instantly. I e STATE AUTMOBRLE LAWS. Provide for Use of Cars on Country Roads--Speed Limit. Magistrate B. F. Wilson. of An derson, said the other day that there were many people who own-d automobiles and who did not know the state laws regulating them while on the country roads. It seems to be the impr'ssion of most people that th.-y can operate their cars as fast as they want to once out of the city limits, but this is a mistake. Fol lowing are a few Interesting bits of law from the acts of the general as sembly. *No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public highway at a rate of speed greater than is reason able and proper at the time and place. having due regard to the traf fie and use of the bighwaya as to the condition or so as to endanger the life. limb or property of any person or in any event at a rate greater than fiften miles an hour." Upon approaching a crossing. bridge, step descent. or a curve a person shall have their machine un der control and operate it at a rate of speed not greater than six miles an :-.,ur. and in no greater than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to conditions. "The driver of a motor vehicle shall give notice by blowing a horn. bell or othrwise so as not to fright en the animals and to use precau tions to insure the safety of persons and property. It is also necessary to bring the car to a stop if it is seen that the -horses are frightened. "It is necessary to stop the car at a signal from one who is in the high way and who is driving a wild ani mal. The raising of a hand may be considered a signal to stop. It is al so necessary to remain stationary until such an animal could be re moved. It is necessary for an au tomobilist to give the. right of way to the driver of a horse or a mule and he shall go t) the right of he road. "Violators of these acts shall be lined from ten to one hundred dolars or. imprisoned not more than thirty days." Before operating a dar in any county it is necesary to secure from the clerk of court a certificate saying which is numbered and this number must be placed on the back of the car. The owner's address and a brief description of the car must be given. The registration fee is $1. Ten days are allowed an owner in which to register his car. A TIME PUZZLE. Residents of Augusta Bothered by Four Times. Augusta. Ga.. is the only city In the country having four differ ent times and all of them in use. It is on the nin--tieth meridian. and .he railroads i Georgia use Central time, while the Carolina roads en meridian or Eastern time. To try to avoid confusion the city -has a so cal time of its own, which is half way between the two. But what really adds to the complicated situ tion is t.be fact that farmers in the surrounding country nearby all use "sun" time, which is different from all the others. This last named time is controled by the almanac that is in every Southern farmer's home. especially that of the colored far mer. A stranger has some difficult and amusing experiences if he stops the average Augusta person on streets and asks the hour. He is probably told. "It's ten o'clock by Georgia railroad time. 30 minutes to ten city time and nine o'cleck if you~ are going Out into Carolliaa." If the person asked Is a farmer the stranger if he will wait until the calculations snd an astronomical observation are made, probably waill be "furnished with an answer of. "Well, I reckon stranger. it's about nigh on to haif yast nine o'clock. AUTO KILLS TWO. fachine Collides WIth Freight With Fatal ResuiL Mrs. A. C. Freeman and son, aged ,of Arcadia. Fla.. are dead; Dr. tobie. of Monticello. is injured to uch an extent that his recovery is oubtful: L. L. Camp, negro chauf eur. will die, and the other occu ant of the car. A. C. Freeman, hus and of the dead woman, is seriously' urt. as the result of an automobihe :>liision with a Central of Georgia -eight train, near Monticello, Ga.. [. seven o'clock Monday afternoon. he train was en route to Athens, ed it was thought that the party. SIts way to Macon in a big touring tr. after picking up Dr. Robie. at onticello. did not notice the train else ?ried to beat it across the -ossing, with fatal results. BOLD) BANITS. old Up Train and Rob the Passen t gernw of 1'aluables. Three masked bandits held up the cond section of Oregon Short Line rin No, I northbour~d which left tden. l'tah. at 1.ZO o'c~ock Tues-a y morning. All of the passengers the train were relieved of theirt luables and the' express passenger gs compelled to deliver the con its of the .Aafe. The exact amnoun: robbers obtained has not been >Orted. Two passengers were :n ed. Found Baby in Basket. hi Like Moses of old, a young baby hn s found near Moreauville. La-- he iday night floating in a protected j !!ow basket among the rush-s ng the 'janks of a bayou. in the ce of a ruler's daughter, a mer nt of .\oreauville overhauled the isual craft and unse'ntimentaliy in; imon.'d the sheriff to make an in- . tigation in search of the mis- bi! tnt parents. In addition to the hit d the basket contained a bot- adi of milk. a one dolar bill and a wh kof whiskey. s 1an' Maiitary I'rimmer's Fate. t h" ieuzt. Adolf liofrichter, of the trian army, has been sente-nced e publicly cas'hi'-red and to serre C ears in prison for sending poison ma14 ules to offleers in the General vi'i y staff. Capt Mader died from Jf:or effects of the rposion. : H1 THE TALKING TABLE. Alibard loved Musora. but Musora did not love Alibard. I do ao: know why. but probably it was because she 1 was Pretty and he ugly. though pretty womtien often fall !r love with very ugly iurn. Nobody knew anything about Muso ra's aLtecedents. where she came from C or what her real name was. She was a fortune teller. She was probably between twenty- ive and thirty, with a wealth of golden hair: her eyes were large. Lrilliant and deep blue. and her moutL a poet's dream of :'veliness. C Her voice and manners were charming. ind as the people of our town are 4-ery superstitious she soon worked up a zplendid P'usiness. Alitard had met her on a steamer which l-rouaht him back to France 0 after a very disastrous tour in South E America. He was a comedian, but possesing no talent he had never been . -,ucce%sul and while abroad he had 'I been lorced to exist ever since the company was left stranded in Rio de e Janeiro. on his talent as a ventrilo- s quist. which was marvelous. t Since his return home he hounded N the pety fortune teller's seances. and v as Musora had repeatedly warned him a to stay away. he had to retort to strat egy in order to be near his beloved. a whose heart he was determined to con- S juer at any cost. as life was not worth e living ilthout her. One evening he was presen' at one j of the beautiful sorceress' seances , Oisguised as an c-ld lady. and hidden F away in the last row of seats. After a few preliminary feats of j, chiron:ancy and fortune telling from cards. during which an old colonel had caus-d considerable trouble by his skepticism. the principa number a of the program-the famous dancing t table-was announced. The room was darkened. Musora sat dow-- at a small table and placed her h. as fat on top of it. There b were a few monents of breathless suspense, then the table began to rock And sway in a strange manner, de noting the un-mistakable pretence of spirits. Musnra asked the skeptic colonel to kindly address any question he wanted to the spirits. and he did so with the 3 urtmost politeness: "Spirit. who are you? Instead of the reply that was expect ed in the usual knocking language to which all spirits hitherto known have oeen wont to answer, a voice coming from one end of the legs of the table repli-odI: "Moliere.' The audi-ree was still dumfounded when another g voice that Arst seemed to come from .ar away but gradually drew closer interrupted: "He is not telling the truth; it is not Moliere. it is Regnard." The colonel looked at Musora. who % as quite pale as she replied: "There must be two spirits. It very often happens when the audience is sym pathetic." Her face remained calm. but she '4 tras very much perturbed at the phe- v nomenon of the talking table", which a bad never been heard of before. neith- n er at her seances nor anywhere else r :n the world. -The colonel, who was now greatly E impressed, asked in his most solemn s voice: "Whom of the two great and a rillustrious spirits may I be permitted u to address'" "None of them." came the answer. *You wiil please address me~' "And who are you?" "Biieaumarchai~s." It seemed then as if the three-leg ged table was now int~abited by three b great spirits, one In each leg. J "Sir, tnis is indeed an unexpected a l.onor." the colonel stammered. "That is about enough." came a tourth voice. "perhaps someone else snay get a chance now." In There came a noise as if a number Is of people were quarreling. Pot onl? fc .n the room, but on the stairs snd even la 'n the street. The audience began tc r set uneasy and restless. ch "One voice at a time-This Napo-~ icon is unbearable-now do not push -:o. Beethoven-I beg your pardon, I 'im Freueric Lemaitre'-and I am I roppenauner-Did you ever see such re .'eople ?-- Please liehave like French- I .nien, I am Joan of Arc, the Maid of um Orleans-And I am George Sand__ a .'iusset, will you please be quit-Elias In H~owe - Gutenberg - Robespierre - eit Please wait until your turn comes-I ly am smothering." Iv By this time the audience was panic to< stricken. Big dogs were heard bark mm mg, cats were me'wing, and the piano inf in the corner was playing "Ach du ;n ieber. Augustin." though no one W1 touched it and not a key was moving mc W~omen were fainting and the col- chJ enel had fled, leaving the door wide vel 'pen behind him, while from the hall der w'as heard a chorus of spirit voices:be "You are right, my dear Williamno :he Conqueror, these people are very hu 'ode-Why, are you here, too, William elI-After you. Mahommt-Thisi res ray, please, George WVashington." Ires 'veryone had fled now and in th( suc 'nom were only Mussora. the table and he old lady, all apparently paralyzed of "I am ruined," sighed the sorceress hod 'Nobody will come here any more pal )h. what has happened? What has. for appened?" jes "Nothing very serious." replied the cusi Id lady in Alibard's voice. "You know ps ow d.-arly I love you, and I only want- its d tn show you that ventrilo-auism is cont n art.' o Now the ,wo are married. She calls upo: erself Mine. Alibard, and is making a bein ortune with her new spiritualistic no henomenon-the talking table. .a Istus 'Tips- com It ik etated that a Delmonico waiter mn-n crumuiated a half million In tips Perhaps come of them were tins or he races--horse as well as human. Al Gasve Bachelor Her Baby. r~i Pre:.ending that she had leftt her ~m cket book in the waitin-: rooml ilo an hattan. N. Y.. a young woman ked .\artin Stearns. a Birooklyn drow rhelor. to hold her baby' while she lfour rried back to get the purse. Annec ur and a 'o-t later he was still Iding the baby for the woman - led to return. Pr: L.om.t Anti-l'rieight 111ll. ueek. Th Georzia s.'nate Fr:dar morn-;. ten n reconsidered its actio n We-lnes- cont in' p.assing the a::tj--prize fight notes andi amended it so as to pro. the p; it all b'oxing conitests to which town nission f.-es are~ charged and in age. ich conte.stants are' ;aid for their ice.s. It was put uip to a votE. Thri ;;ts'ed. Thre 6:1~ now goes to JTh hous"e muirde in-une tmr1uderer F:waPe'. .a cor:- It Warner. who murdered Judge hin.'ry for the Louisville & Nash- Ijail. arid was found insane, escaped hung < ii the asylum for the insanle at groes: THE AGES OF SN L VERTAL AND WIFE JAILED FOR MALPRACTICE. ne Girl Dies as a Result of It and Another In Found In lls House Very Sick. A special dispatch to the Charlotte Ibserver from High Point. N. C.. ays one of the saddest tragedies iat ever occurred there happened aturday night when a young girl by e name of Bessie Thomassonville f Statesville died at the home of kr. W. L. Vestal on account of an legal operation which .had been per ormed by Dr. W. L. Vestal last uesday night. - 'The police were notified about the ondition of the young girl just bort time before she died and when bey arrived at the home of Dr. 'estal they not only found t-he one bo is now dead. but also found nother young girl who gave her ame as May Owen from Linwood. nd who was In a serious condition. he had also gone through the same peration. Saturday night about 11 o'clock hrs. Staton and McAnally were called D the home of Dr. Vestal to see essie Thomasson and they at once aw that the girl was in a most crit ,al condition. They suggested to r. Vestal that the patient be taken D the hospital. for treatmeet and iade the arrangements. but it was Don learned that the girl was at that ime in a dying condition and that D remove her would be only has ening her death. At about twelve 'clock she died after having a num er of spasms. Before she died she made a full onfession to the physicians telling bout the operation and her treat ient. May Otwen. the other girl. ras removed to the hospital by the oliceman and her condition seems nme better. bet is yet regarded as erious. Bessie Thomasson went there last tatesville without the knowledge of er father. to receive treatment from )r. Vestal. She was induced to nme here by a young man named evy Maynard of High Point who it i claimed is the man who got the irl in trouble. FIVE KILLED IN EXPLOSION. as Tank In Basement Blew Root from Saloon. Five men were killed and eleven ijured. two of them probably fa Oily. by an explosion. which first recked and Phen set fire to the xlcon of Edward Bushay. five miles orth of Minneapolis. on the Anoka )ad. Tuesday evening. The identified dead at': Eugene amlin. Edward Hamnmish and Chas. ggelkow. All three were residents Minneapolis. Two bodies remain nidentified. Edward Bushay. the proprietor of e place and George Miller were so ~verely burned that they will die. be explosion of a gas tank in the Lsemnent blew the roof from the 2ilding and' fire at once started. half an hour the building was mass of burning wreckage. Child Labor. Ever since Sir Robert Peel in 1802 troduced and carried the first leg lation to limit the hours of labor r children. the question of child bor has been to the front. The alization that the Employment of lldren of tender years is detrimen I to their physical, mental and nral welfare, and therefore to that society in general has led to one striction after another being im sed by most of the states in the ion and by nations generally. As consequence many of the abuses -ident to child labor have been. her materially lessened or entire removed. Yet facts are constant coming to light showing that even lay many thousands of ca.ldren. tny of them but little more than 'ants, are working in factories or close. ill-ventilated tenements. 2at that means as to health and rals no one can fail to aee. Those Idren should be at school, de oping their minds, and living un e onditions whreby their whole ng may be advanc--d. That this is the case is a reproach to our nanity. Of course the Immediate ponsibi~ity for thiest- em'dittor ~s with those employers who pay b starvation wages. especially ini e industries, that erery member the family has to help t(. ks-ep y and soul '.ogether. i'n. princi suffers from2 this cupi;': are. the *ign born people in our lar'ge cit who. being ignorant of Ameriin oms and laws, ar.- tasily '-. d upon. But no state can, in >wn interests. afford to have suca ny state and co:uin.nity depends 2 the~ physical and other w.4 g of its citizens. it requires treat discernment to n icratand children whose whole being .s ted by hard work can .- -' e strong. healthy an-' d~:. -ab. and women.. Leops to Watery G;rave. ter a desperate strugele. with a d who tried to restrain him., W. itus. of Oklahoma City. Okia.. ed overb~oard from the steamer ind. en route from Chicago to indl. last Friday night and wa ned. Titus. who was thirty years old, was suffering from us pro,.tration. rreasurer Get.. Ten Years, son doors closed on John B. ard. of Framington. M.tss. last for a period of not less than or more than fifteen. years. He ised to having forged town to the amount of $:!O0.flO0 in ist ten years. whi'e serrint as treasurer. He is 60 years of M Will iDie on NameC Gallows, four nc~trces convie:ed of the r of Motermnan F. T. flrnwn, nIh c'ounty G4.. on .\pril :: been senftenced to hang by Roan. In the D~eralb enunty [t Is probabl.- that ::11 wtIl be .n the same gallows. The. n. ire: Charles Julian. JIm Black I Weaver and 'harae Wt. .