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VOL. XXV MANNING S. C.SDAY CRASH TO DEATH Fife GeaM Aerants Fal a Theusand Feet to a He.-Me Fate. A BALLOON COLLAPSES The Accidental Exploion of a Diri gible Air Ship's Benzine Tank Wrecks the Gas Bag and the Col lapsed Banoon and Those In It Buried to Death. Falling throuth space a distance of nearly 1.000 feet. Oscar Erbsloeh. noted aeronaut and inventor. winner of the international balloon race held at St. Louis. Mo.. in 1907. and one of the most promising of Ger man erperientmers in aerial flight. and four companions, were dashed to death in a field near Opladen Prussia. Wednesday. The others killed were: Herr Toelle. a manufacturer of Barmen: Engineers Poebhoeppe and Kranz and Motorman Spicke. Only peasants saw the tragic end tug of the flight of the dirigible bal loon Erbsloeh. which. after a series of accidents since its construction a year ago. ha-1 recently been refitteC for passenger oervice. They had ob served the balloon a short time be fore as it swung gracefully in the air. Soon it disappeared in the fog. and shortly a loud explosion was heard and a crumbled mass fell like a plummet to the earth. So terrfe was the force of the fall that the gondola was smashed to splinters. the motor buried deep in the sod, while the five men were crushed and torn almost beyond rec ognition Experts who examined the wreck age declared that the benzine tank had bursted. The rubber envelope bad 'been torn to shreds and the bow collapsed. Nearby was found a sad! memento of the disastro-is trip. It was a leaf 1from the note book of Engineer Hoeppe. m:king a short record of the journey. There were only a few records: "Departed Hall 9.04: ascend air 9.10; thick fog northward. Can not see earth: sun breaks through: heavy fbg beneath us. Elevating planes sloped downwards: altitude 289 metres (916 :eet) at 9.14. This is the sote record of the last voyage of Erbsloeh. the details of w.hich can not be learned owing to the death of all the occupants of the car. Peasants near the scene of 'the catastrophe say that they beard the propellers working. They fred revolvers in order to indicate to the aeronauts. then hidden in the fog. that they were In the neighbor hood of houses. Then the explosion occurred and they saw the broken~ mass hurling dowrnward. -The Erbeloeb has had a dub~ous career. The first time it ascended It crashed into a clump of trees and Its occupants narrowly escaped In jury. The balloon, which was one of the non-rigid type, had just been made over, preparatory to the es tablishment of a passenger service between Elberfeld and nearby points. There were few eye-witnesses of the accideint. According to these. the start was awell made. The Erbs loeh rose gracefully. pushing its way through the fog to heights es mai~ed at 200 yards. At this alti tude a series of evolutions were be gun. To the onlookers the airship appeared to obey her helm perfectly Suddenly there was a loud report and at the moment the fore part of the vessel crumpled up and the gondo las w-as twisted about until appeared as thr> standing on one end. As the gas escaped from the forward com partment the prow swayed down ward. For a flash the airship flut tered like a wounded bird and then fell swiftly to the earth. Erbsloeh and his companinos were killed the second they struck the ground. Their heads were battered in and every linmb was broken .The bodies of the victims were removed1 to a morgue. That of Erbsloeh would not have been recognized had it been alone. It was pierced through the breast by a piece of wreck. The eyes of the engineer were gourted out. The hands of all five were ti:ht lv clutched as though they had held. desperately to the car as it shot d'ownward. Their shces were tort' from their feet. The death of Erbsloeh and his crew, with the destruction of the ae loon from which much ba'd been hoped following closely upon the wreck od the German sihip. rbeuch,.. land, has caused a gloom in aria tion circles. Votes for Income Tam. The Georgia Legislature votes for income tax. After debating the qu.+ tion for nearly a week the lower house of the general assembly Wed nesday passed the income tax re.-olu tion by a vore of 125~ to 45. Fo"ur teen members present did not '-te. A similar resolution was adoptei by the senate. Run Down by Auto. The first really seriou% autome' " accident in Sumter happeaed V i nerbay afternoon. J. C. Hu:-' driving a heavy Cadillac car. ran~ .n to Wi~liam Surress. a negro man The man's skull was fractured - he was otherwise injured. The act . dent happened on \Main street. Many Htart in Bridne Aeri'bent Tweniv.fiwC perr-ans were~ in i'zr" in an accietent? on the Ma hanan e' prch oif the Queensarv b'ridig' er the Ea~st river at New York when a crowded car from North Be:rh withi a theatrical party crashed in to 'be rear end~ '. a Flsi:; e: r g inilrd mit recover. * ED SPIER PEST MAKES ITS APPEA AM(E IN THE ('OTTON FIELlbS. An Agent of the Agricultural 1k-k partment Tell-. Best Way of Cow bating the Small Bugs. T-he red .pider has >>roken out on tbe -arm of R. H. Caughman. near Lexington. and threatens to b- very destructive to the cotton crop should the present wet season be followed by a continued hot and dry speli. The State says is appears from the state ments of those interested in ths co, ton pest that a great many sections of t.ie State are infectc-4 and it is believed that unless its spread is checked it will become shortly as destructive as the boll weevil. The cotton affected wilts as if it were scalded and finally dies. No practical remedy has as yet been found, though there are preventive remedies which appear successful. The department of agriculture has stab!ishe:! a laboratory at Bates burg for a thorough st.y of the rel spider and H. F. NN ilson in harge of the work visited Lexilgton and made an enxmination of the 'aughman field. He Is positive, in his opinion. that the trouble is the red spider and. of course, he real zes the danger of its further spread. In speaking about this matter. he nakes --e Int. -tIng onserva ions: 'tud1 desires !- .t *.V sb-rl re elve the attention of farra.ers alt ver the State: "Violets and poke weeds appear o be the plants from which the piders spread to the cotton. I have een a number of fields where volets a yards were badly infested with the pider before it pased to the cotton. he orig.nal infection began close to he violets and spread out first in a an shaped form and then gradually he whole field became infested. The ame thing is observed in connec son with poke weeds. Jersualem ak. burkock. morning glories ana .arden products are food plants for he spider and should be kept away rom cotton fields. The spider seems o be pretty well scattered about the itate and is doing considerable dam ge. and threatens to do a great leal more unless some means can be ound for checking it. "I have hardly gone far enouch rith the work to be ab!e to suggest desirable reme-y. However. poke reeds and violets near cotton fields hould all be destroyed. and if the pider is only found on a few plants. hese should be pulled and burned. 'he spider seems to be able to win er in violets and the danger lies in ifestation from these sources "Where the infestation is bad I ave found the following mixture to e effective in killing the most of hem: One pound of sulphur to three :allons of water. The sulleur to e placed in a bucket or pan and nough water added to form a paste rith the sulphur. then the remainder f the water can be added. This nixt ure can be applied with a spray ump or with an ordinary sprinkler. tare should be taken that the mix ure is gotten cnto the under side of e leaf. The spider propagates it elf very rapidly and the failure to nake a thorough spray leaves room or danner in the future. "The most pactical method in the -ay of prevention seems to be that f crop rotation and I hope that :>. e end of the season a satisfactory ystem of rotation may be worked ut. The farmers themselves can ia great deal towards prebenting he spread of this pest if they will e careful about plowing around in ~ested. stalks. The spider catches on he harness and may be carried a ong ways irnto the field and a new olony planted. This is a very ser ous problem and to some extent new one. The department is do ng the best it can and Is greatly in ~erested in the work." CONFI-SSES TO MURDE. After (Onntributing Materially to the Conviction of Brother. After testifying against and con ributing to the conviction of his brother. Albert Brown for the mur der of Alonza Addison. otn .July 2% 1909. Henry Brown went to the Sheriff of Lee County in Tupelo. .Iiss.. and confessed to the killingt of Adldiso:u. Both are well :r..-wr farmers. Albert Brown hadl beer twic.y tried and convicted of the murder of Addisonl. He was sen tenced :o 15' years in the peniten tiary. but sentenc'e was suspende-i .e'ding the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court. The brother who confesed has been im'risonedt and habeas c'orpus proceedints will be instituted to secure the release ot the convicted man. Estimates Po lation. An estimate of the population of South Carolina was made by Col. E. J. Watson. The figures are 1.623. 00. The population as given by the census of 19(10 was 1.34(.31,. show ing an increase for the ten years be twee: 19"eo and 1914~ of 2C.64 Between 1890( and 19(0 the increase IMore New Cotton Mills. The stte seem to be on the e of a revival of mill construction. OLt tpcihe announcemenl. for the paticalled the Connemara Mills. at Laurns.ad the establishment 01 4a $4(.0.400C will on the Clinchfie.J ove Spartanbur:::. 'omnes the' a-m the Newberry is to h.tvo annother 5:: Inrite Senalor Tillmian. The board of commissoners o Sullivan's Island have externded a: invitation to Senator Tilman an< SERIOUS CHARGE Well Kow Asvinile ia Accessory tf Mchee Murder. DENIES WHOLE STORY J. T. Alli-'n. Slayer of F. M. Mc. Ghee. Makes Confession in Which He implicates Porter Webb. say% Webb and "Woman in the Ca~e" Had Formed Conspiracy. A dispatch from Ashville. N. C.. says the killing a few days ago A Floyd .1. McGhee. the patrol wagon driver. by J. It. Allison took a sen satioial turn Friday afternoon when Portyr Web, a member of the firm of W. A. Weph & Son. liverymen. and one of the best known young men of the town, was arrested by Deputy Mitchell on a warrant charg ing him with aidi::g an' abetting in ing him w:th aiding and abetting -t T.he arrest of Webb was the re sult of a confession made to Deputy Sheriff Williams. Deputy Sheriff Mit chell and Sheriff Hunter by Allison. Sheriff Hunter said that Allison called his deputies and himb&" t. the jail and told a story that left nothing for the sheriff to do but is sue a warrant for Webb. According to Sheriff Hunter. the slayer of Floyd McGhee. now in jail waiting the action of the grand jury, de elared that Porter Webb told him (Allison) that McGhee and the "wo man in the case" had formed a con spiracy to kill Allison ani said that Webb advised Allison to take his gun and kill McGhee. That was on the day of the homi cide. Allison replied to what Webb said, according to his confession to the Sheriff that he did not ait - pistol and Webb said he would send for one; that he had a gun. He stated that he did send to the man who had it and that the man replied it was at his room. Then. accord Ing to the confession. Porter Webb gent a negro stable boy to the room and brought it to Webb. The pis tol. Allison said. was given over to him and Webb said: "Go kill the rascal and I'll stand by you.' Allison said t.hat he took the pis tol and did -o and kill Floyd Mc Ghee. Allison told the officers that he had sent for Porter Webb to come and see him: that he had waited days and that Webb had not been near him. Allison said to Sheriff Hunter that he did nut think under the circumstances-rather the alleg ed circumstances-that he should bear the whole thing and that he had decided to tell "everything." The arrest of Porter Webb on so serious a charge came as a shock to the many friends of that young man. Webb, after his arrest. was taken to the offce of .\agistrate WI. K. Gudyer. wher'e bond in the sum of Z.000" was required, pending a preliminary hearing. Webb. when seen by a newspaper man at the mag istrate's court, had this and only this to say about the c.barge-: "The Lord knows I did not knew anything about it. I did not have the least idea about :T. If I had known he c Allison i was going to do anything like that I would have helped to prevent it.' sYILL IN THE RING. The Hard Luck That BefellU a Mich igan .Man. Ernest Gould, superintendent of a creamery, at Reno. Mich. went ~Sa ing a fews days ago and while tryirg to land a large pike fell over a :og nd fractured a rib. From the lng he went into the river and was hit ten by a 'water spider. JBlod pois oning developed and his arm is badl ly swollen. Monday he went ridting n his hicycle and while makiu a short cut across a city lot .he discov ered too late that a wire fenca kad been constructed across his pathway. Into this fence went Gould and the bicycle, and in falling his thumb gourged his left eye, which is cov ered by a large patch. He is able to walk without assistance.* TERRIVIC STOR.1IL Viits Rock Hill at NIght D~olng Ser iou.. Damage. Not in years has such a terrinec t rm struck Rock Hill as the one which broke over that city Thursday night about .-lever. o'clock. The lightning was of an awful character ad the thunder soutnded Itke the univrw' was being split. The eec atrical display was <pntinuous for over an hour and rain fell in ver-. itable noods. Lightning struck 1:1 home of J. S. Stowe. in Woodland park, and knocked a bole inth sde of the building large enough tr crawl through. Strange to say ut one was injured, nor the hous burned. Children Burned to Death. Two children of Joseph Magee aed 4 and 6 years. respectively wee hurr~ed to deat ;~t their home Rockdale. Texas.. The chidren wer. p layng- with a kerosene oil can aut n soe way the oil became ign:ted the ciet:ting of the children caitchin; re and burning them so severel: that they died n ithin a short time. I Another Aernaut Dead!. n.aut. nh fel w the ru'ld"'r 4' hi- *-rfpi.no 5:nka latv SutndaY a hld the w'orld'.s record for an aer< 'lane fdi:;ht wit a passenger. 0 May 15 be remained in the air wit EVANS GETS WARM C.\MPAIGN MEE'TIN(; ENLIVESYED ItY SM.ALL SP.AT. V. G. Hender-.-.n ('aus Evan.. Down. Whereupmin He 'tters Strung Lan guace A mild sensation In the meeting of the State :ampaign. at Waterbor3 Friday. w.. the spat between Bar It. Evans and 31r. C. G. Hend -rsov. Master- of Colleton County. when the former ma- reference - the i'u D. S. Henderson's connection w f4 the Pink Franklin case. recently heard in V.'ashingion. and In whi.:a Mr. Evans charged incompeten,:3 or the part of Attorney Gv:nvra 1. .on to compete %ith a neg--. "ver it Orangeburg. Mr. c. G. H-neereon is a brother of the Hon. D. S. Hen derson. of Aiken. and Ae endeavor ed to set Mr. Evans right ' nve! matter of the State being put to ex pense by reason of D. S. Hende.;--n' assistance to the Attorney-General. When Mr. Evans stated that 31r. L.yon was unable to Cope With A "nigger lawyer" on a little constitu tional question and had to hire Dan Henderson to assist him. Mr. Hen derson arose and said. "Didn't my brother settle that matter at Aiken the other day? The State did not pay .him one cent to assist in this case. He was paid by the Congress man from this State." Answering with considerable -im phasis. Mr. Evans said: "Well, Jim Patterson told me at Barnwell that he didn't pay him so then uho did?' to which MIr. Henderson did not reply. Looking straight at Mr. Hender son, the speaker forcefully and une quivocally denounced D. S. Hender son for nis unfairness in making a speech at the Aiken meeting. in con nection with this aFfair. an I not ;iv ing him an opportunity to reply. It seems that Mr. D. S. Henderson act ed as county chairman at the Aiken meeting and when M.r Evans made reference to the Franklin case stat ed his position and connection in the case, especially as regard the fees paid. This act on the part of a chairman Mr. Evans denounced as cowardly in the extreme. Another matter of some little in terest was the statement by Mr. Evans that he "intended to make the newspapers publish his statements or make them go down as defamers. However. Mr. Evans had corsiderab ly less to say about the newspapers than at Beaufort. His address, de voted almost entirely to an "expos ure" of Mr. Lyon's record. was r ceived with loud applause. CLEVER RUSE. By Engineer Prevents Rubbery of His Traim. Cleverness on the part of the en gineer prevented three youthful and apparently Inexperienced bandits from robbing the M1issouri. Kansas & Texas Southwestern "fiyer" near Larlmore-. 1.1 miles fromi St.Louis early Sundty. Three men were ar rested h1.r .'s susp~ects and placed in jail pending investigation. Engineer Quinn through a ruse pre'ened the looting of the bag gage car and the passenger coaches. The bandit.e compelled the engineer and the firemnar. at the point of re folvers to descent from thu- cab and go with them to the baggage car to assist in uncoupling it The engine men in the darkness managed to glide away from the bandits and made for the cab. The handits op-. ened fire on them. Scrambling in to the cab the enrgineer threw the throttle wide open and dashed away with the train. 'I'he three men. armed and mask ed. used a red lantern to halt the train. TOWNS iN PERIL Fore's Fires Sweeping Couutry With Heavy Damage. A sepcial from White Fish .Mont.. says that town is in the center of for est fires which are sweeping the mountainsides. 'licking up logging and tie camps and t.hreatening the townD itself. While it is not felt that the city is in immediate dau ger, all precautions hape been taken. the water works thoroughly tested and the ere hose made ready for in stant use. So far as is known there is no los~ of life. Rain appears to be the only thing that can save ths part of Flat-bead Vallev from terri ble !oss. A dispatch from Kalishpeil rports three other fires burning ini the valley. WHEAT SHED) FIRED. By a Big Bolt of Lightning Which Killed Four Men. Four men were instantly killed. three others seriously hurt and a hrge shed containing wheat set on tire by lightning during a storm at one o'clock Thursadyv atternoon. The dead are William Haldrick. two Whitten bro?.bers. and a mnan nam ed Scott The tujured ars two la :ne brothers. ani a man named Piltps. The storm and fie occur red on Buck Key place. eight mil-'2 west o? Florece. Ala The men -re tarmi hatid emlp:oyed M V. .M i? New Crieons *he' '.eno .ni - be'p na tran.foredi ?t thear apaticrt a' the C~rt ho?? Thursday nigh'. The forcarm o: tepatient undergoing the novel op erator. had been shattered by thi r:gharge of shot u..The oper' LESSONS IN FARMING SIEtl.S OP FARM*f*ll4LS INSTITUTFS AltE P'LANED. July and Augumst W:A b.' G-at Months For the Tillers of the Soil -The l'artic. and ScheduLe. During July and August farmers'I institutes under the auspices of i Clemson college will be held i-n the various counties of the State. The members of the Clemson college staff who will travel throughout the State in -The interest of the institutes will be divided into three parties. these parties being as follows. First Party-D. N. Barrow. A. F. Conrad1. T. E. Keitt aud T. F. Jack son. Second Party-Prof. W. R. P.-r kins. Prof. L. A. Niven of Winthrop and Dr. R. Barnette. Third Jarty-Prof. J. N. Harper. Prof. C. C. Newman. and C. L. Good rich of the United States depart ment of agriculture. The Institute at Gray Court will last two days. at Joesville three days and at Fountain Inn live days. will include besides regular work for the men, some domestic science work for the women, to be given by l instructors from Winthrop college. Following Is the itenerary of thbe parties: First Party. McClellasville-July 11 and 12. Horse Penn-July 13. Peniel-July 14. Cross Swamp-July 15. Ehrardt-July 16. Georgetown-July 18 and 9 I Pregnos School-July 20. Scranton-July 21. Turbeille-July 22. Pinewood-July 23. Dorchester County (point not de- ! ermined --July 25 and 26. Elloree-July 27. 1 Jamison-July 28. l Providence-July 29 and 30. 4 Cameron-August 1. 1 Bethel School-August 2. Fair Lawn School-August 3. Richland County (point not deter- I mined)-August 4. Wilkensville-August S. Cherokee-August 6. Coleraine-August 8. Cross Keys-August 9. Jonesville-August 10. 11 and 12. t Fountain Tun-Augusst 15 to 19. 1 Second Party. I Ailenfdale-July 16. f Williston-July Is. Estelle-July 19. Gray's Point-July 26. Shiloh School-July 21. Point Not Settled-July 22. r JI-esville-July 23. 1 Itichland Cnurch-July :. i Young's Grove-July 26. a Tom Keitt's-July 27. J. C. Courtney's-July '. Troy-July 29-.| H odges-July ".0.It Apt Harmon Sprin-:s-August 1. A ntreville-A ugust 2. t Wardsworth--August Z. | W ood rufr--A ugust 4. e Gray Court-August Z5 and 6. |. Liberty-Auguist 9. Coieross School-August 1. | Townvile - A ugust l . | Rock Mills-August 15. I Williamston-August 17. Maulden--Auigust 19. I Thh-d Party. 1 General Sumter-July 25 Not Decided-July 2..< Bishopville-July 2;i. St. Charles-July :2. Orange Hill---July 29. 'Mou'nt Coghan-July 30. | Jefferson-- August 1. 1 Union S.chool-August 2. Bethune-Auguist 3. El:in-August 4. V'an Wyck-August 5. Secrist Farm-August 6. Gold Hill Academly-Aug'ist S. Pleasatnt "'alley-August 3. Stevens' School-August 1 e. Green Brier-August 11. Dillon-August 12. Marion-August 13. Sandy Plain School--August 15. Mullins--August 16. Fork-August 17. Meriwether--August 19. lled by Lightnng. Two University of Illinois students were killed by lightning on the sum mit of Mount Pisgah recently. The yo',~ men started to ascend the mow- air: in the morning. When they did not return that night a ~earch parry was organized. Their bodies were tound under a big pine tree that had been shartered by the Ibolt. Mercy for the Merc'iles.s. Guilty with a recommendastion to mery was tde verdict re-turned Wed Inesday afterroon in the case of W N. Kennedy. a white man. at Spar tanhurg. charged with criminal as sut on a colored girl. under the age of 1 4 years. The jury remained out more than ar. hour. It is te dscreton of the court to give from .; t 4A years' imprisonment. Down on Conee. The ice cream cone is the latest 1object of attack under the pure food regulations of the Federal Govern mon. Thursday U'nited States Mar 'shall Henkill with a force ot depu tis visited a p.ier at New York and sei:ed 1t crates, containing six bun dred boxes of the corrugated coni~cal receptacles :or ice cream. Me'et Death on Rail. yI in i the '!~ !ourTfh mm'r hi 'aenly :n lru. hi'. Wie e: a re-. i:u:of a railiroad aret David Coear.. a yourg man of Fordyce. Ark.. who was struck by a log tramn at Pae'kton. La.. Wednesday. diec RUNS A MUCK A Drug Crued Negro Kis Three of His On Race at Tampa, FLa. WAS A COCAINE FIEND Fnters a Church and Shoot. Down the Preacher and Organit.-Thrn Murder% His Mother-in-Law and Wounds HiU Wife and Siter ad a Polieeman. At Tampa. Via.. on Friday nigat Will Ellison. a negro. crazed with cocaine. shot and killed his mother in-law. Ceia Bryant: the Rev. Jesse W. Avery. ot the First African Meth odist Church: Henry Clark. negro >rganist at the church, and seriousiy wounded his wife. Eva Ellibon. and his sister-in-law. Mary Bryant. While trying to Pscape .e oncou= ered Mounted Policeman Haymar.. hooting him in the breast. fatally njuring him. Following the shooting. a riot larm was sent in and the entire po ice force was sent to the scene of .he shooting, where the wildest ex itement reigned amon- the negroca. r~he tragedy occurred In a sectiCu f the city den.sely populated witn egroes, known as the *Scrub." Ellison's first outbreak was at the fethodist Church. where services ere in progress. He entered the :hurch armed with a shotgun. H1e ;houted that he was preparing to end all sinners to their reward and Ired at the Rev. Avery. a load of hot entering his breast. Clark was itting at the organ at the time an' he second shot tore a hole in his ack. several shot penetrating his teart and causing instant death. After firing %notAer shot Ellison turried from 'ne church and went o the home of his wife's mother. 'elia Bryant. where he shot his other-in-law's head off with a load i buckshot. When his wife and ster-in-law hurried to the front of he house he fired on them, the sis er-in-law being fatally injured. Ellison had evidently planned his rime and made ready for his escape s he had a horse tethered near his other-In-law's home. He mounted he -borse and started away at a gal op. He encountered Officer Hay an and. without warning. opened ire o him. The first shot took !( ect in the ofhrers breast. Just abve he heart. knocking him from his lorse. Hayman returned the fire and the egro darted down a dark alley. The lace where .he was supposed to *-e n hiding was surrounded. and aftrr , careful search the ne.,ro was found ust inside a white resident's yard. n a siting posture. His gun was b ween his knees and he was seenU to e in an unconscious state. He was placed in the patrol wag n and hurried to police station tr scape the wrath of the rapidly gath ring mob. When the ottcers lifted im from the patrol wagon at the tation. it was found that he wis ead. Exam inaton did not discover iny wounds. but a bot te of whis ey. into which had h*--n e*mptied a arge portion of strychnine:. wa.s ound. Examination by physid:ans isclosed that Ellison had swallowed large portion of the contents of the tle. which caused .his death. Following the shooting in the hurch. the wildest confusion reign-1 4. Sev-ral members of the cot' regation tainted and in the stam:- I ede which followed several were in ured. No motive is assigned fori .he negro-s crimes. PLAOI1D IN JA1L. ~haigang So'- Charged With Mur der of Prisoner. Thursday afternoon W. H. Wood sard. superintendent ?f gang No,. 2 >f the Aiken county chaingarag. was arried to Aiken and lodged in pail. arried to Aiken and lodged in jail. !itcheli. a convict, who died at the ramp several weeks ago. The war rant on which Woodward was ar rested, was sworn out by Anderson Hight-er. father-in-law of James Mitchell. At the time of Mitchells death the iury of inquest rendered a verdict to the effect that Mitchell came to his death from being compelled to work while sick. The inquest was not entirely satisfactory to all par ties concerned, and Co:cener John son reopened the inquest. and re epaneed the jury. which rende'red the samne ver'dict a second time. Mitchell was sent to the gang :or a short ternm. .After work in: a few hours he is alleged to have .been whipped. .After striking him a fe'w times, it is said. Mitchell told Mr.1 Woodward that be was sick. Thi was the tirst time Mr. Woodward knew of his being sick. be states.I and he inmmediately~ sent him toth camp. Ho remained too sick to work that day, and the night talliowini: Dr. W. S. Eubanks was sent for to administer to him. That was Sat jrday night. and he died abont o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Wood ward is now in jail. He 'sji be rv en a preliminary hearin; before a maistrate 'hortir. Boy. B~adly Burned. D-termination to witnesa a :oal aseball game catscd the young Sons: of Rabert Cameron 'o nairrowly 's -ae da-h he electrocutw-: at Amri"r tei. 1 . Thurt-iiar aftern'anr The Ia3! riimbed an cIceme: lt:h' p^l" in e neighoorhood of the ueball park. grsped a heavily charged wire and aere held writhing and scream BODY RLVEALS MUER ----- .E iS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO C(HA LTON TRAGEDY. Det'ctives Not suspicioum% 'util the Disappearance of Dr. Crippen. the Womans Husband. A di-spatch from Lyndon says Scotland Yard is engaged with the murder of an American woman and Thursday cabled the police of te United States requesting the arrest of the woman's husband. Dr. Haw ley Harvr-y Crippen. also an Amer can. who is believed to have sailed from New York on Saturday last. The case is strikingly similar to that of the Charlton murder at Lake Como. Italy. Both women were ac resses who left their American omes to meet death by violence in a foreign land and in each instance .he police pursued the American iusband to the shores of his nativte and. On Saturday noon last Dr. Crip Jen disappeared and since then the olice have not been able to locate im. Thursday a search was made f the Crippen home by police and he battered body of a woman was ound buried in the cellar. It had >een placed in quicklime and was )urned beyond recognitlon. but the inding of the body together witmi >ther discoveries had left no doubt n the minds of the authorities that he murdered woman was Mrs. Crip >en. VICTIMS OF FLYING MACHINES. Umies of the Men Who Lot Their Lives in Them. Captain Rolls, who was killed in ,ngland Tuesday. was the twelfth -Ictim ot aviation in heavier-than ir machines, the history of flying it.h balloons. plain and dirgible. taving a death list of greater length 11 of its own. Fatal accidents with he real flying machines Include the ollowing in two years: I 908-September 1 7-Selfridge. .ieut. Thomas E.. U. S. A.. killed in all with Orville Wright near Wash ngton. 1909-September 7-Ena. Rosso. talian. killed in Rome. in machine eptember 7-Lefebyre. E.. killed a Wright machine at Jurissy-Sur )rge. France. September 22-Febre. Capt. Louis killed at Boulogne. France. December 4-Antonio Fernandez paniard. killed at Nice. falling one housand feet after motor exploded. 1910-January 4-DeLa Grange. eon. killed at Bordeaux. France April 2-Herbert. Lebelon. in rantly kiiled. falling on rocks at an Sebastian. Spain. May i2-- Michelim. Chevlette. kill d at Lyons.'France. June 17-Speyer. Eugene. killed t San Francisco. June 18-Robi, killed at Stettin. Lermany. July 7-Warhter. Charles. killed t Rheimns. in Antoinette monoplane. Baroness De La Roche was almost ~iled by a fall in her Voisin bi ~lane at the Rheims meeting on 'uly St.. IGS STI LL IN (I-IAIGE. n not Make U:p Their Mind Abos~i New President. The annual summer mieetionf ot he Clemson board of trustees ad ournedi Wednesday afternoon. No Lting as president was continued. ion of a president. The arrange' nent by which W. M. Riggs has been Letig as presidet was continued. The lx-ard authoriz~ed Acting Pres dent Rirggs and Chairman .Johnstone >f the board to make such arrange nents as they thought wise and nec ssry in regard to the conduct of he engirneering department. of hich Prof Riggs is director. The board expressed itself as well leased with the condition of affairs t the college. the business affairs seing so thoroughly systematized as o meet the entire approval of th. o~ard. which felt that neither th*' olege nor tho people of the State -ould lose anyth'ing under a conti: Lxnce of the present arrangement, until the board was thoroughly pr - pared to elect a permanent presi - dent.I HAVE FIFTEEN CHILDREN'7. Gor. Gilchrist .Sugge'ts that Parent.. Be Pensijoned. Mr. and Mrs. T. Blarberi. of Pen saccia. Fla,. received from Governor Gil-hrist rece'ntly a handsonme spoon bearing the seal of the State of rior ida. Married' 19 years ago, the wife is now only t: years old, but Mr. and Mrs. Barberi are the par-nts of 1 cidrn six of the children are t~ins. Governor Gilchrist suggeSa that the tegislature pass an :acta loing the parents a pension. T.hey Fell to Hi% Death. Henry Mars. a negro convict at the State penitectiary. committed uicide Thursday by leaping from the main prison building. The negro~ sustained a fractured skull. d.ying on Thursd:iy afternoon. Although i' was not dednitely established that Mars ec-mmitted suicide. this ;e the opni>n among the authorities atth penitentiary. Bal] Cartridge Among Blanks. .1 inrai talent -Wild t.es'*" p.. at riday n::ht. Jacob Winkler was .eot and instantly killed by Everett Olden. also a member of the cart. A ball cartridge which had become WAS IN BAD FIX Ton PiIMa no is Impriseme in Nicaragua. Felld Staruig IN A FILTHY CELL The Nicaraguan Threaten to Kill All Fov'sgner.--Consui Otivares Wire.% State ipartmnet Feelist. Against the Americana Witter. - Subjeca Ask ProtctV-sa. Confined in a filthy cell. unfi1 save by cnaritable strangern. Wil ,iam Pittman. an American cap'ured hy the Madri- government forces near Bluefields. was found in a rrowded local prison at Managua. Sicaragua. by Consul Olivares on rhursday. The consul, who is station-d at r.hat point, telegraphed the state de artment that he visited Pittman. liscovered the revolting condit'ans nd through protests forced Dr Mad :z to furnish the adventurer bett-r rison accommodations. Pittman. whose relatives live at ambridge. Mass.. told Consul Oli ares that he 'eft Greytown July 4. hat since then his captors have fail ,d to provide him with food, leaving 2im altogether dependent for sub istence upon charity. Pittman was arving. Olivares immediately protested, eminding Madriz of his promise to reat Pittman with consideration. 6(adriz finally agreel to transfer ittman to a larger and cOeaner ceti Md to allow the consul to supply lim with a sleeping couch and food. 'he consul reported that no definite .ction regarding Pittman had been !toruined on .y the de facto au horities and that he. Olivares. would xert every effort to secure humane reatment for Pittman. When the United States originally arned .of Pittman's arrest Dr. Mad is assured Olivares that the prison r would be treated fairly and con Iderately. Constant complaints from Ameri an citizens at Matagalpa, relative o threats repeatedly made against heir lives and property by agents f the Madriz government are being eceived by United States consular epresentat.ives. Consul Olivares cabled to the state epartment that the anti-American e~ling in the western part of Nica '.gua. the section under control of he 3adriz faction. is daily growing aore bitter. mr. Olivares made vigorous re resentations to Dr. Madriz and has e.terated to 'him Secre:ary Knox's 'arning that this government will old Madriz factions strictly ac oauntable for the security of Ameri an life and property. Hritish and German subjects at latagalpa have appealed to their onsuls in Managua for protection. o far no representations as to these ae bseen made to the German and ngish home governments, or to Vashington. probably because the titish and German consuls doubt es are Nicaragunn local merchants. America~n C-ensul General Eber adt, who is detailed at large, and appens to be in Nicaratua on a tour f inspection cabled the state de-~ .rtent corrvoora'ting the alarm f foreign residents over threats of icaraguans. He stated that the pinion at Matagalpa was that tihese nti-oreign demonstrations were in tigated by the Madriz faction, whose flcials have openly threatened 'the ameiwts and other foreigners. TILMAN BACK~ iN HARlNESS. tted'. Meeting of Board of Tru. tees ef (Gemson College. Perhaps 'many people have not aoticed the fact. but Senator Tillmian s back in harness. He attended he meeting of thu.- Clemson board of :rustees. and while :.se reports dad nt say that he took an especially active part. he "was there.'' As. Ia wel knowt. to many of the senior Senator's friends, he takces a great interest in Clemson College. and he was bery amuch worried last year out the presidency mnatter. Ncow that things are running all right, it is supposed the Senator's minad is at rest in r.'gard to Clemson.* Had Needle in Heart. At Landgraf. WV. Va.. M~'and1a Weeks died suddenly and her hus -and was arrested on suspicion of having caused her death. An au topsy revieal-d a cambric needle piercing the woman's heart. There .-as no scar oc the body to show that the needle had punctured the skin and the man was released. Must Serve Long Term. T enty-rive years in the State pen etiary was the sentence adminis tered by .Judge Gruzber at Spartat: urg to W. N. lOnnedy- the white man who was Wednesday convicted in general sess'iona court on the c.harge of having committed criminal asault upo a coNored girl under 14 years of age. What an Owl Did. AV Boulder. Col. an owl wrecked t.h.e plant of the C'entral Coloratio Power company and p:unged the city nto darkness. The bi'd hooked a law about negative and positive wires. causing a short circuit and burnng out the plant. Sold for a Song. The naval yaen? HIorne. a ** ves~.l of 4'.. "ons. b'Wt for Henry M. Flagler and purc'naaed by the governent for $11-.500 at the out e of the Sranitsh war. wil! ho sold 'o Nthn: S. Stern of New Odeaus