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ILLED AT CROSSG FATAL CRASH OF TRAIN INTO WAGON NEAR GAFFN'EY. Mr. S. W. Wyatt Lost His LAfe. One Son Fatally Hurt and Another Slightly Hurt. ,A most distressing accident oc ..uired at Beaver Dam Church. three miles south of Gaffney. Monday. when No. 37. the Southern's vesti bule limited. ran into a team of zutles and wago at the railway crossing, near the church. The wag on was occupied by S. W. Wyatt and his two sons. Hamlet and Luther. The father was killed instantly. Luther. the e:dest soc. was fatally injured. and the other boy was only slightly hurt. Both mules were kill ed and t-he wagon was torn into kin dlinz wood. Both of the boys were takea into Spartantburg on the train and an inquest is being heid over the dead man. The crossing where the accident occured is near an abrupt curve. where the engineer could not pos ibly see any distance in front of hxs train. It is said by some that the engineer did not whistle nor ring the bell for the crossing. Frag ments of the mules were carried a distance of five hundred yards. Wyatt was an inlustrious and hard working man and leaves a large fam Luther was then taken to the hos at Spartanburg Monday immediate ly after the fearful accident. He uwnt to sleep at 8 o'clock and was f.erfectIly conscious at the time. He .-- 30 years of age. His injuries are as follows: Three broken ribs. upper teeth knockel out, skull frac tured in three places, lower ip cut off and is supposed to be internally Anjured. Physicians do not believe there is any hope for him. LANDLORD SHOOTS BOARDER. Alleged that Victim Resented Insult to His Wife. Because he remonstrated with bis landlord for having, as he claimed slapped Mrs. Lawson's face. Jaum H. Lawson. a boarder, was shot and killed in a Boston. .Ma. boardini hcuse Monday night. James F. Gar, rell. the proprietor of the house. wa= arrested and charged with murder Lawson. who was 28 years old. and balled from Nashville. Ten.. had been stopping at the house with his wife for several weeks. Sunday a quarrel took place between Farrel and Mrs. Lawson. in which Farrel is said to have struck the woman Monday night when Lawson spoki to Farrell about the matter. Farrel it is sileged. drew a revolver an fired two shots at Lawson. both o which took effect. killing him in stantly. RENEGADE DEMOCtATS. Who Voted for Loriner Deaounced for Doing So. Democrats from all parts of th State of Illinois gathered at Lincoli and vigorously denounced the actio) of those Democratic members of th . State Legislature who deserted thel party's choice for United States Sen ator and cast their votes for Win Lorimer. The resolutions also comn *mend the twenty-four members o the Legislature who demonstrate their loyalty In upholding the hono of the Democratic party by their un wavering adherence to the primar nominee of their party for Unite States Senate. The resolutions com cluded with an invitation to bones and patriotic men 'to come to th rescue of the State and drive frot power the present Republican oligar chy. and thereby restore good goi ernent to the people-" TERRIFIC STOR3. Visits Rock Hill at Night Doing Set lows Damage. Not in 'ears has such a terrifi storm struck Rock Hill as the on which broke over that city Thursda; night about eleven o'clock. Th< lightning was of an awful charaete and the thunder sounded like thi uiverse was being split. The elec ;t ical display was continuous foi over an hour and rain fell in rer Itable floods. Lightning struck thE home of J. S. Stowe. in Woodlan< park, and knocked a hole In th< side of the building large enough t< crawl through. Strange to say n< one was Injured, nor the hous4 burned. Killed One. Wounded Another. Peter Lander, colored, aged abou six, shot and instantly killed hii brother. John. aged 9. at the hom4 of Jonas McCullough. at Chester. or Thursday afternoon, and perhaps fa tally wounded John McCullough. alx so about 9 years of age. The young er Lander boy was playing with a gun, which was discharged. The loak tore off the left side of John Lan. der's dead and wounded McCullougi in the same manner, though not sc seriously. The schooting was acci. dental. Negro Girl to Teach Whtes. The appointment of Mary Mailsor a girl of negro and Indian blood. ax teacher in a primary school at Eliz abeth. N. J1.. has aroused the whit4 residents and pro'4.sts are being sen1 to the members of the board of ed ucationi. Rain Came at Last. Reports from the farming coun try between Cheyenne and the Ne braskaline, state that the heavies1 rain of the season fell early Monda3 insuring maturity of crops threaten ed by prolonged drouth. Attack on D~epot Master. Sympathizers with the strikers made a demonstration in front ol the tenth street union station ai Niagara Falls. N. Y., Tuesday night. Two men were assatulted. The meri injured are depot master Smith. whc was beat.'n and is in charge of a doctor. and a conductor named Lew all, who came in on a train about t' o'clock. Hie was struck in the ace -n/ knoeked down. HANGED IMSELF LN SHED). William Fulmer, Aged Aken Far mer. Commit Suicide. Mr. William Fulmer. an old and respected farmer of the Shiloh sec tion. of - Aiken County. committed suicide Sunday night by hanging himself in the buggy shed of one of his neighbors. For some time he had been in a melancholy state of mind and only recently. it is report ed. made an unsuccessful attempt to kill himself. Saturday night, after a long rain storm. he left his home and wantered off to some unknown place. Sunday he spent the day with Mr. John Ilusbee. who lives several miles from Mr. Fulmer. and towards nislo he complained of feeling bad. Say ing that he w3s going ;o the home of another of his neighbors. he left the I house a.one. and until found dead. was not heard of again. Monday morning. some one going to Mr. Busbee's shed to ftd. found Mr. Fulmer hanging over Uwe rearl1 of the buggy with a driving rein' looped around his neck. Judging from the surroundings he had run the line over the rafter above. loop ed it around his neck .:.d jumped off. Mr. Fulmer was somewhat feeble minded and had at one time been an inmate of the State Hospital at Co lumbia. His family is a prominent one in that section and they .have the sympathy of many friends. FORTUNE COMES t'NSOU'GHT. A Train Nurse is Given Fifty Thous and Dollars. Despite the unexpected bestowed upon her of a fortune of fifty thous and dollars. Mrs. J. S. Hollins. a traived nurse of Altanta. announced Monday that she had no intention of giving up her work among the sick. Mrs. Hollins' benefactor Is Dr. Her bert H. Wyming. a promicent phy sician. of Los Angeles. Cal.. whom she met a little more than three years ago in Savannah. Ga.. imme diately following her graduation as a nurse. The doctor wrote her a few days ago that he had decided to make her a present of $50.000 and the money would reach her in a few days. Mrs. Hollins admitted that Dr. Wymiag .has a very likeable son. Harry. who the Doctor wishes her to marry. "He has always liked me and has often jokingly told me that I had better marry Harry and he would make me wealthy, but I never had any idea that he would give me so much money." RUN DOWN AT LAST. Dentist Who Extracted Fortune from His Bride. I Charged with swindling a Brook lyn woman out of $13.500 and sever -l a! valuable bonds after marryig her. Dr. Henry B. Keeler. said n e to have been a prominent G'a dentist, was arrested in Detroit or: Tunesday. In company with him. a woman is held at police headqu.s ters who, It is ailegeo. posed se. his sis ter, and assisted in getlIng the mon ey. According to the police the au Sthoroties of American and Europe Shave been searching the world for Sthe pair. The doctor was at Detroit for treatmnet. Two years ago. at i Ocean Grove he is alleged to have imet Mrs. Wilhelmina Lynch. whom he married. KILLED FOR HIS MONEY. . Found Dead on a Pile of Fodder In r His Stable. - H. F. Zacharay, aged 50. amiser. t was found murdered on a p'le of a fodder in a stable on his premises a in the suburbs of Roanoke. Va.. on - Monday. Two pistol bullets were - found in the head. The police are looking for Mack Vaden. a negro suspected of the crime. The purpose of the killing was dobbery, and It Is believed the slayer got a bIg sum of money. More than $600 In cur rency was found sewed in secret pockets in a second pair of trous ers worn by Zacharay. TILLMbAN BACK IN HARNESS. Attends Meeting of Board of Trus tees of Clemson College. -Perhaps unany people have not noticed the fact, but Senator Tillmnan -is back in harness. He attended the meeting of the Clemson board of trustees, and while the reports did not say that hae took an especially active part. .' "~*was there.'' As is well known to many of the senior Senator's friends, he takes a great interest in Clemson College. and he was bery much worried last year about the presidency matter. Now that things are running all right. it Is supposed the Senator's mind is at rest in regard to Clemson.* Prize Figting Killed. Prize fighting in Los Angeles is at an end. Without a dissenting vote in the city council Monday In structed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance to prevent boxing exhi bitions and sparring contests. The ordinance will be presented at the next meeting of the co.,:.cil and its passage is virtually certain. Dies of injuries. |Charles L. Register, a young far mer of Warsaw. Duplin county, N. C.. who was assaulted Sunday after noon by Walter Way. a young white |man of Wilmington. died there Tues day night at the hospital from the injuries received. The difficulty arose over a dispute concerning a 25 cents bottle of whiskey. SSaved by Tres IAn aeronaut named Andrews f.'ll 0'0 feet when his balloon burst at Lke Manawa, five miles south of Council Bluffs. lo.. hut was saved. from death by falling into the branches of a large tree. Aside from scratches and bruises he was unhurt. Sold for a Song. The naval yacht Hornet. a st ee vessel of 425 tons. built for Henry M. Flagler and purchased by the government for $117.t.00 at the ont set of the Spanish war, will be sold to Nathan S. Stern of New Orleans for en,100.n WOMAN BETRAYS ------ - LN EMBEZZLER AND HE IS AR RESTED BY OFFICEIS. ie Wvas A Bank Cashier and Had Stolen One Hundred Tbousand D~ollars. Eluding the police of several cities Lnd private detectives for more than wo mont.bs. J. Howard Lowery. alias lames H. Johns:on. wanted in I'ti -a. N. Y.. on a charge of embezzling nor, than $10(00 from the U'tica 'itv Nationa: Itank. was betrayed nto the hands of a detective it Philade-phia by a wotaan and tak -n to New York state before the lo -al aiuthorities were aware of what was goinig on. His arrest ir the re ward of patience and perseverance -n the :iart of laniel J. Kelleher. a Jetectiv- o: t.he Ne(w York office of the .\nric.in Bankers' Association. .owerV was a n.te teller in the bank and disappeared last April while an xaminer was going over the tank's books. Kelieher. after a long time. got a clue which left to several cities and then to Wilmington. Del. He learn ed that a woman was in correspon dence with the former teller and he spent many days in Wilmington be fore he !enrned her address and then kept tabs on her f r nearly a week before his vigil was rewarded. On Tuesday night as he was s:anding in an alley near the womar.s house. he noticed her leave with a suit case in her hands. He followed her to t.he railroad station and then into a train. Confronting her with the informa tion he had. he forced her to tedi Lowery's address in the city. That done, he took the woman Dack to Wilmington. leaving a guard to see that she should not be able to com municate with Lowery. Then he went to Philadelphih with another detective. They stationea themseaves near a house on North i60t.h str-et. where the woman said Lowery was living, and were on guard about five hours, when the man they wanted came out. Step ping up to him. Kelleher told him he was under arrest. Lowery was stunted for a moment. but quickly recovered. IDST LIFE IN SURF. Heroic Efforts of Young Ladies Fail ed to Save Him. At Atlantic City. N. J.. Daniel Gal lagher. aged 28. a janitor at tht Foster home for children, in Long. port, was drowned Wednesday whil bathing in the surf near the home despite the efforts of a number o! yourg women nurses from the In stitution who formed a human chait ani tried to effect his rescue. Th4 nurses were on the beach with thei charges when Gallagher, who wa: some distance Out in the water, crie< for help. No other men were near si nd grasping each others hands ser eral of the young women rushe< throuh the surf toward the strug gling bather. A strong undertow however, quickly carried the drown ing man out to sea. One of th< young women was swept off her fee but was res.cued by her companion TRIED TO GET AWAY. Young Man' Probably Fatally Injur ed by a Leap. At Chicago John Olowskl. age< twenty-five, was probably fatall: 'njured last night when he jumpet out of a rear window of the second floor of a building at 849 Milwaut kee avanu. The police learned tha Olowski had gone to the office o .ine. Zoro. After having his "'for tune told" he refused 'o pay thae fee Mine. Zoro then locked him in the roomi while she went in search of: polIceman. In the meantime Olo vski opened the window and jumpe< into the alley. POOR, FOOLISH MAN. Accused! His Wife of Betraying Hin and Suicides. Accusing his wife of bestowing up on him a "Judas kiss" and of insti gating his arrest as a fugitive front justice. William Lyons tanged him self with his leather belt and ende< his life in his cell in a police sta tion at Washington. D. C.. Yiuesday Lyons' alleged offense was the oper ation of a hand-hook. He was tak en into custody or' an o:4 charge an< his arrest had no connection wita re cent raids. Mother and Babe Burned. Trapped in bed with her week-old baby. Mrs. Grade Wilson. of Gran' Rapids. Mich.. was burned to deatJ Thursday afternoon when fire de stroyed the old Ledyard block at th< corner of South DIvision street and Fourth avenue. A nurse. Mrs. Amiel a Hee-ney. who tried to rescue the mother and babe. received burns which proved fatal an hour later. and the habe is dying in the hospital. Tornado Hits Texas. Two persons were killed, one ser iously injured and property damaged to the extent of between $3.000 and 4.000, as the results of a to-nadc that blew through one corner of It aly. Texas. at 6.45 o'clock Monday evening. The dead: M. Poach and son. Charles. Poach and his sot ~ere crushed beneath the wreckage of their home. 20c Cotton Says Hudson. Twenty cent cotton this fall was predicted Tuesday by State Commis sioner of Agriculture Thos. ('. Hud son, who addressed the Farme'r's lnion at t'nion City. Ga. He pre dicted that there would be only half a crop, and that this. combined with businss conditions and a holding movement by farmera 'hrougchout the South. would reduce the high price. Itall ('urtridge lmuong filanks. Wh ile playinr the le'ilin:: part in a local talent "Wild West'' play at t:'n" Btluff. near Muzskogee. Okla.. rriday nicht. .tacob Winkler was so: an instantly killed by Everett O'lden. als.o a memnher of the cast. A ball cart:idge which had h..come mixed with *he blanks was responsi bm. fr th travdy F-IGURES CAVSE ALAR3%L Among Republicans Because They Help the South. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says because the population figures of a few of the Southern towns, taken under the rew census, have shown- big increas ee over the figures of 1900. leading men in the Republican party have become thoroughly alarmed. and have begun a movement to keep the representation from the Southern States in the 63d Congress irom be ing increaed. Two places in Virginia. Lynch burg and Christianslburg. have shown big increases and the same it true of two Georgia towns. Fitz gerald and Hawkinsville. In Texas nearly all of the fifteen or twenty counties. which have had their pop :lation figures made public. show big gains. The same is true of Ok !ahoma and Tennessee. It is said that these. being wide tv scattered. Indicate that the gen eral growth all over the South has been large: in fact. much greater than any one expected, and that if the same ratio is kept up represen tation from that section must of necessity be increased. To fore stall such an increase in membership it is proposed to begin the downward movement now. Efforts made to ascertain whether .r not President Taft was interested ir the movement failed to disclose anything tending to show that h was cognizant of it. but it is under stood that Congressman Bennett. o1 Yew York, and others, who are lead in; in the proposed cut. made hix: acquainted with their plans before t e went tv Be-:erly. That the move men! is on in earnest is not denied DOPED IN POKER GAME. Found Unconscious In a Stag Hote By His Friends. J. J. Powers and Tom Nowell won to Hamlet. N. C.. to spend Sunday They registered at a Stag Hotel which is kept by Herman Bohman Monday a freight conductor, a flag man and a yard switchman awoke ii their rooms without money and sick having no recollection of thei night's work except the memory tha they were sitting in a stud poke game in the Stag Hotel with Power and Nowell and Bohman dealing. The ease of Engineer S. L. Brow1 is a Upon his non-appearane at home, one of his friends appliei at the Stag Hotel and was denie entrance. W. H. Tant heard of I and accompanied by J. E. Irenhar and C. D. Bradshaw, a:1 rother en gineers of Brown, forced ...i entranc at 11 o'clock and carried the ut conscious form of the enginee to the waiting automobile of Dr. E F. Kinsman, then the machine wa driven to the Brown home and. se eral hours later after hard work. th sick man was better. The matter wa reported to the police and Power and Nowell are now in the city jai SHOT AT BASE BALL GAME. -Third Brother to Meet D~eath in 17 olent Form. Robert Hudson was shot throug thte heart and in'stantly killed. E1 Snest Hudson, aged 19, son of Robei Hudson, was shot through the abd< men, and R. A. Walk, a constabli was shhot through the arm at a bar - all game at Max Meadows. Va. Fr day when Constable George Alfor went to arrest the eider Hudsor Young Hudson may recover. Wal ~went tot the assistance of Alfort and Ernest Hudson went to his fa ther's -aid. Walk surrendered an taken to the county jail at Wpthi ville. Two brothers of Robert Hut fson het sifilar deaths to that whic befdll him. Charles Hudson wa killed some years ago at Max Meat Sows. and Richard Hudson was kille iat Coeburn, Va. tOOTTON BEING RU'SHED. The South Being Drained of A Available Cotton. As a result of the scarcity of spc cotton which the so-called Jul squeeze has brought about in Ne York. the South is being drained c -practically all available cottor Coastwise shipments from Savannal -New Orleans. Mobile and Gaivesto Ihave been heavy for a week or mor4 and with the jump of July opt1 .~ to 16.52 in the New York marke Saturday. the highest price recorde since the Sully campaign in 1902 Itelegraphic orders began to pour a to Memphis. New Orleans. Housto: and other spot centers calling fo the shipmernt on special trains of a] cotton that could be bought. Rt'N DOWN BY TRAIN. North Carolinian's Body Is Foun< Horribly Mangled. The remains of a white mal supposed to have been those of W .1 George. of Charlotte. were founi on the Southern raiway Tueada: by a section foreman a mile and; quarter south of Lexington, N C It is thought that the man was beat ing his way on a train and fei'. Thi head was battered off and portion of the body scattered for moret tha: 100 yards up the track. On 'I. ~clothes <.f :i man were foun~d: gold watch, smashed fiat, a post car. signed by W. M. George. a prescrip tion whitten for Mrs. W. M. Georg, by Dr. J. W. Summers of Charlotte Killed by Lightning. Geo. G. Wilson. a prominent younj man of Mayodan. N. C.. was struel by lightning on Friday afternoor and instantly killed. M: W'ilson wat standing near the chimney flue i: the store of his brother. where h4 worked. A bolt from a passing thun den s:onm struck this flue and it s'me way was conmmunicated to Mr Wilsnn. Nineteen Persons gilled. Nineteen persons were killed out right, three probably fatally hurt, and half a dozen were seriously in ureri in a headon collision betweer a freight and passenger train on the Cincnnati. Hamilton and Dayton rairoad at Middletown. 0.. Monday evnring. 0f the killed IS were pas sengers. the oth--r victim ?'eing a mmbe.'r of the train crew. COTTON BIGGEST ITEM COPPER, OIL, WHEAT ROLD SEC OND RANK. Bureau of Statitics Isue. State ment of Things Sent Abroad Dur ing Fiscal Year Just Closed. Cotton, copper. illuminating oil. wheat-these articles in the order named formed the most articles ex ported from the United States dur ing the fisenal year just closed. The value of the cotton exported was $4.50.000.000 of the copper $83.50'). Wut): of the illuminating oil. $6:. 500.000. and of the wheat $47.000. 000. Other articles of export ranked in value as follows: Flour. lard. to bacco. lumber. upper leather, corn. hitiminous coal and lubricating oil. In nearly all of the articles of nat ural production there was a marked decline in the exports of 1910 as compared with previozn years. while in certain manufacturers the figures for the year are larger than for any previous year and the total for all manufacturers probably will exceed that of any earlier year. The bureau of statistics. which has given out these figures. has not y'-t completed the total value of the manufacturers exported. The falling off is most marked in corn. wheat, flour and meats, wheat falling from $161.000.000 In 1892. the high year. to $47.000.000 In 1910: corn from $85.000.000 in 1900 to $25.000.000 in 1910; flour from $75.000.000 In 1893 to S46. 500.000 in 1910; lard from $60.000, 000 in 1906 to $43.000.000 in 1910: bacon from $46.000.000 In 189S to $18.500.000 in 1910: fresh beef from $32.000.000 in 1901 to $7. 750,000 in 1910. and cattle from $42.000.000 In 1904 to S12.000.000 last year. SAFETY FAILED TO OPERATE. Gen. Crozier's Concluxion &s to Ar tillery Accident. To the failure of a safety mech anician to operate when a sudden and powerful pull was given by an artilleryman in attaching the lan yard. is now laid the responsibility for the accident which cost the lives >f eleven men at Fort Monroe. Va. during the battle practice Thursday. Such is the conclusion of Gen. Cro 7ier chief of ordinance. U. S. A. who attended the practice and who has been in touch with the inquiry made by the investigating board. Never before in the history of the army had the service failed to work. The possibility of its occurrence was demonstrated. however. by Gen. Cro zier himself shortly after the acci dent, by a test made of all guns which participated in the practice, e In another gun in the ill-fated De - Rssey battery, the service wal Sfound defective when Gen. Crozli applied unusual force, such as was never deemed necessary intests and examinations. Just before the accident the gut was pronounced by the officers to be in proper| condition. In Aprila coast artillery officer on inspectior duty reported that Its permature ex Splosion was beyond the range oi -possibility. Step. will be taken a' once to Improve the device. BRIDES LONG HUNT ENDS. Man Who Swf.e~dled Her After Theni Wedding Under Arrest. Dr. Henry B. Keeler. said to havE been formerly a dentist in New York dcity, is under arrest in Detroit. Mich. charged with having swindled Bro.oklyn (N. Y.) woman out of 513. 500 after marrying her. In hi. com pany when arrested was a wman wbc posed as his siter. Two years ago pany when arrested was a woman said to be his sister. Two years ago, it is said, the doctor met Mrs Wilhelmina Lynch at Ocean Grove and made love to her. He told hei he had a fabulous fortune in Mexi can land properties and soon mar riod her. Soon after the wedding he told Shis bride that he was in trouble wit the Federal authorities over his Mex Sican land and that it would tak' Sconsiderable 'noney to straighten the matter out. So the doctor, with hi. bride and his 'sister'' went to a Man Shatten bank to get 513.500 of the bride's mocer. The doctor ard the woman who poses as his sister went Sinto the bank, while the bride wait ed outsIde in an automobile. The doctor and the woman with him weot out another door and the bride nev er got track of them again until the arrest. SENATOR TILLMAN DECLINES. Unable to Accept the Invitation at the Present. Senator Tillman is unable now to accept the invitation of the board cf commissioners of Sullivan's Is Iland to spend some time at the sea shore as the guest of the township board, and Mrs. Tillman -and mem bers of the family, who were also invited, will, of course, not come alone. In aletter to Mr. Wilbur chairman of the board. Senator Till man writes that later in the season he may be able to spend a week at the island. Private business he gives Ias the cause of his inability to ac Icept the invitation at present. Sen 1tor Tillman al'o expresses his '.hanks for the Invitation. Did Not commit Suicide. A dispatch from Tampa. Fla.. says an autopsy held on the body of Wil: Ellison. the slayer of tso or~ter negroes and who ;t was supposed suic-ided revealed that the negro died from suspended heart action as a result of over stimulation. It is the *opinion of physicians that the ex cessive use of cocain~e caused the negroe's death. Eva Ellison the wire of the negro. is expected to die at any moment. Policeman Hymian. it Is now expected, will recover. none of the small shot entering his breast penatrating a vital spot. Thaw Geta $1I.890. Final distribution of the balance of the estate of William Thaw was lade in the Orphans court in Pitts burg. last week. Harry K. Thaw re ,.cc..ved 5I1.i co as o, h is share. "You look as If you had 'he buruv;. Df th- world on your .- --il Leyland. What on thr eat til is '-h mxatter?" The pueker left Diana- s ace for a m1otmelt and she alluwrd 'werself to -mile. "1 have come to a stop in this ar ticle." :.he answeied. tapping her man uscript impiatiently with her j,en. 'aud doiCt know how to go on.* *You don't tucan to say you are writing an article?' said Ronald Grey. 'aughint incredulously. "I had no dea vn were an authoress. "Nor Is :he one. Mr. Gr.-v." broke in Mi" WinTer sharply. "There is not Ahe michtest reason for my ..iece to go in for such a thing. Thiough she only does it for aniusemient. Diana knows it is quite against my wishes." "What is the article abou ?'' asked the young nillionaire. g.izzicaliy. -On what subject is Miss Diana Ley land exl1ected to expatiate?" Di's pretty lips I-arted with a smile. -I have to write a column anc a t-alf on 'How Men Propose.' " she said Jemur(ly. "Not really?" laughing outright. 'Well 1 must congratulate the editor ') his wisdom in choosing a writer >f-s much expeience:" Di pouted. -I have. coine to a standstill. I don't know acw to go on." --Do you nmcan to -ay that a descrip tion o. each auc all of your own love sUITr will not fll up a column and .t half?~ "Yo.i see. there is such a want of Iriginality." said Di thougiitrullY. *I want to write something -*u, of th' ordinar-. I have to describe the dif iercert methods of the individual the rich and the poor man. the wisc ian and the fool. Now. hcw can I tell." laughing. "how a fool pro tosoes' and her eyes threw hiu a hallenit.g glance. "I Should have- thought.'' he s:id ecula'y. -that all your vicatims wert -;f that calibre.' "Not at all." answered ri. by n< n ean-. :.bashe-d. "They were some o :he w!:.'st men in the country Now. sOwly. -if you were to propose t me "My dear Di:" broke in her aunt horror struck. "Just to show me how they do it. went (.n Di. taking no notice of the :niterrupt.on. .-Di: Di! cried her aunt. ''M! d -ar Mr. Grey. pleas- forgive her: hei :ongue does run away uita her so. Grey laughted shortly. "I am qiute convinced." be said -that I should provide exceleknt cop: tor yo:-if I did such a thin;:. So. oi ,e hwhole--with some as.urance prefer to wait unt:] your ariicle I ritten and sent off." Miss Wint-r's old eyes gleamed Surelv. surely. the great an'bition o her li:'e would be fultilled. :nd be ciece would be Mrs. Ronald Grey be ore Iong. If only Di would not spoi .er chances by that sharp tongue o hrs' Di was bitin; the end of h-r pei tvag-y. Perhaps in her heart sh was ju:-t as ambitious as her aunt Someiew she felt, that Ronald Gte: was her fate, and that she nould mat rv him in th" end: hut I. wo'tnnded he imour propre and set her prid tfiatre w'hen he talked in such a con Sdent tone. --The-re is Captain Arbuthnlot." sal i onald. breaking in on her tihoughte -Why not lead him on, and see ho' ne propowes? You could not find; oigger fool in Christendom.'' "'Captain Arbuthnlot?" repeated D eaguely. --Why, he is the man who sat nex ae a:. dinner last night, and could n( r., a nord." Ronald smiled again. He Lad be rti Dl's other side, and he knew tha he ha-i not given her left-hand neigh oor mi ch opporttanity. "*He is the butt of his regiment." h "-d laxily. "if you want tin find cu ow' tocls pose.' make idm falli ioVe with you." 'it would be an excellent idra"-sa i eyes sparkling. She sh it up a. mnuscript hastily. "i wit! waitt finish it." she said. "until Captain Ar buthr.ot proposes. and then I will giv t.e exjpe-lence for the benefit of th world." *'Dta." said her aunt quiekl). pe i'ou will do no such thing. Pra I ave the' poor young nmr alone Realy. :.'.u have sn 'h pecuita.- xdeas-. I don't know what girls are coming 1 nowadays." "It is not my peculiar i-"'a; it .r. Grey's.'' retorted Dl s ily. "'An owI must go and fu~d Cal-tain Ar thno., and begin the siette at one 'ou see"-her face dimplini?--I hav .nly a we~ek before I ..end otf my man a mscrpn." "Dfiana. I love you' Will you marr :e?" The nmomuent had .vmfe-lh :somet t for which .\Ler Leyland ha, tn .'hoing the last week. Captain Arbuithnot and 5he wer alone in1 the drawing room. She wa experie:cing' "'how tools propose." She clasped and unclasped her hand :estleisly. "'Why do you love me? she asked at last, after what seeme a long p;ause. "Whv tdo I love you:? B-'-auise yo are so ' -e. Beca.tse of the purenes shiir.g in your eyes. He ause of 'h. ly-cautsi I canno.t help loving yo' :hoer hueaen know's I am not worth Perhaps it was only the gatherin tarkn.-; which m-ide OI's face Ioo a p,' Tr':e? i re' What woul me -ay wb.n sh" talri him ..he reasn . *n 'a ::d en~lrcourag.-d hint th.e Ia: The Cotton Tare Ca..e. In fewer words perhaps than i has taken the Supreme Court to tel of much less important eases. tha tribuna! Thursday evening in a; opinion being h'anded down by Jus ie Eugene B. Gray dismisses the a~ peal of W. G. Mullins in the no' famous cotton rare case involvini nearly two million lollars. Twentieth Child. The twentieth haby has~ been bori nto t.'e family of Mr. and Mrs. Max m Marcouiler, of Mienominoe. Wins Th father is .;i and the mother 46 and both are healthy and prosper John T. Duncan ought to get some votes in Spartanburg. He aided n' teially in the immigration more mnt to :.his city.-Spartanbur; Jurnal. The State of South Carolina has 2'19aiitomoiles. And the News ad (ourier suggests :.hat she would have some air ships If Charleston TAXS WILL BE LOWER STATE BOARD REDUCES MILL ASSESSMENTS. From a Sixty Per Cent..Bs to a Fifty Per Cent. Banis by Big Ma. jority. As its meeting in Columbia on Wednesday the State board of equal ization decided by a vote to 33 to S to assess cotton mil's. cotton oil mills and fertilizer plants oo a fifty oer cent. basis. instead of 60 per cent as formerly. This action was taken upon motion of Mr. John Shuler. of Orangeburg. following the argument earler in the day of Mr. F. Belton Grier. and several speeches in the afternoon on the matter. There was a proposition to make the assessment on a 40 per cent. basis, but this was withdrawn as was the proposition to assess the corporations on the same basis as heretofore with the under standing that on improvements the basis should be 50 per cent. Mr. Grier represented the cotton milLs of the State. through the Asso ciation. which the mills are not fully satisfied with the 50 per cent basis. it is realized that this was the best that could be had. The most vigorous argument against the aetion taken by the board was that of Mr. Jeremiah Smith. of Horry. who said that the coastal lands are- assessed enough now: that there is much real estate that is val neless to the farmer on account of swamp lands and other property that does not produce anything, and that the farmer is now bearing suficient taxes. Mr. Smith. who made a proposi tihn at a former meeting that 100 per cent be the basis and over whose protest the 60 per cent basis was adopted. declaring that although the land values have been increased the same has not been true of the prop erty under discussion. He made an impassioned plea that the motion of 50 per cent basis be killed. The vote on the Shuler motion resulted. Yeas-Lomax. Courtney. Clink scales. Johnson. Verdier. Turner. Hafner. Godfrey. Davis. Von Lehe. James. Gadsden. Thompson, Knight. r Cochran. Spence. McKensie. Good win. Alton. Dekay. McLeod. Ed wards. Perus. Floyd. Shuler. Bollin. Coleman. Vernon. McLaurin. H. K. Smith. Funk. T. L. Johnson. Evans -33. 1 Nays-Guess. Reaves. Read. Kit tIes. Jeremiah. Smith, Zimmerman. O'Dell. Adair.-8. WILL BE IN THE RACE. 1 An Emphatic Statement Made by Speaker Cannon. Joseph G. Cannon will not take himself out of the race for the .Speakers hip, of the next H'ouse of Representatives. This he made plait rnear the conclusico of his speech at Emporia. Kan.. Monday afternoon. -He said he wou-!d abide by the will of the Republican caucus if the Re dpublicans control the next Congress, but that no "muckraking magazine' could make him say he would not bE a candidate. In other words. he raid, he would not make an effort tc iwin the Speakership: yet the em phasis wit~h which he spoke made it plain that if the Republican caucu. should nominate him he would be willing to serve. HIAVE NARtROW ESCAP. Family .ust Vacated Porch Whet Lightning Struck. A peculiar freak of lightning is reported from Belvedere. in Aiken county. At the home of Walter Hair ris, a well-known citiz~en at that -place, the family were sitting on the front porch, when a smna: thunder storm came up. As the rtorm ap proached. the family got up f rom~ 1the porch and went intl the hou:se. Just as they were closing the door the lightning struck a tree in the front yard. The bolt ran from the tree to the porch. and knocked over the c.hairs. which had been vacated orly a moment before. Had the lighting been a moment earlier, they would have been struck. The e. ~cape was a very narrow one. There Is Much to Learn. From all accounts the average farmer in this countr3 does not more than half farm his land. That is. he does not get from the land more than one half of what he would ge't Sif the land were properly cultivate.. SIt is said that the yield per acre of wheats. oats and other crops is not one half of what the European farm er ?ets. Some may say that this is due to difference of climate and soil. But that does not account for it considering that In aimost any dis strict in this land m~perience shows -that a farin systemaically and thor ,ouhly cultivated will produce often twice as muc~h as the adjoining farm. The one remedy, apparently, is to et back to the land. have smaller kfarms and go in for intensive farmi ig. This plan is being adopted by many fhrmers w~ith profitable re Isuis. Made Fast Tmne. With contract requirements calling for a speed of only ZS knots an hour. the torpedo boat destroyer. Roe mad. 31 knots in standardization tests off the Delaware breakwater course according to a report received at the Knavy department from the board of inspection. She burns oil as fuel. Had (lose Call. Mr. Reece Young. of Clinton. hadl a close call re-ently. lie lay down beneath an oak to take a nap. A thunder storm approachcd and as he arose and walked away, the lightn inz struck the tree. tearing it aCl to pieces acd splintering the very root on which his head rested. Used Sheep Bone. At New Orleans the bone of a heep was transfored t'o the arm of a patient at the Charity bnspita' Thursday night. The forearm of the patient undergoing the ..ovel op erat ion had been shattered by the discharge of a shot ::un. The oper Subetantial Meals WliOut Mt Tomato toast: Slices o1 swte!btc! may be moistened in hot milk AnC served with a dressing made by beat lag a small quantity of strained tO matoos to boiling point and thicken ing with a ilttle four or corn starch rubbed smooth in a little cld water s2son-d with salt and a little butter Sometimes a beaten egg may be us"4 to help thicken the tomato. addins rreatly to its palatability and value at a food. Arrowroot gruel: Two cups of boil inx water. one tablespoon of arrow Moot flour and one-half teaspoon of sugar. The water should be heated to boiling in a double boiler and Int this the.arrowroot flour. made into s smooth paste. should be stirred anG allowPd to cook 12 or 15 minutes Seten a little if permitted and add a liliCle slit. A small piece of I' --.o0 peel. boiled in the water. w.l add greatly to the flavor. Arrowroot if Particularly acceptable to a delicate stomach and will often be retained bY babies or adults when other things are rejec'ed. Oatmeal Gruel- One half cup 0! thoroughly cooked oatmeal. one cup of boiling water or mtlk. Stir the oat meal into the liquid. beat thoroughly together. season with a little salt strain if desire'd. and serve hot. Barley grue'l: Rub one tablespoon of prepared barley atr to a smooth paste with cold wat'r, Stir Into one -up of b w3er or milk and al low it :o simmer 3boSut 10 minutea with salt ard serve hot. T'-- PackeE Luncheon. O,e who hai to rael a lUnchton for -em~cn" who is goiag away on the train can t quite an amount of food nto a small box and make it convent nt to carr,. In the- firw place get a pli.n pa:':eb-oatd box and plenty of wa;,ed ;a, er. Wrap all moist art'cles, c-ake. etc., in paner. Cut the bread. r,ttter it: add a little jar of preserves. One woman keeps all of her cold cream jars for this purpose. They have glass lids that screw on the jars and as they can be washed clean they make splendid recePtacl's for holding cooked delicacies. Cut bananas in half and pack separately: cut oranges in half and wrap in paper. Wrap boiled eggs in tissue pape". Chicken should be wrapped in waxed paper. Add a neat little box of bonbons and a fow salted peanuts. The woman who takes genuine pride in packing a luncheon wll not forget to put in a flower. if it is only a rose or carna tion. for it will be bright and fresh. ar-! ere-thinc invi-inz has its de rir-d effect upon the tired traveler. If ;ossible. cut all foods, and place only a tiny oyster fork and butter knife in the box. The plate should be plac';-d in the handbag. the box thrown away after the meal is eaten and :he journey is over. It is not neJa~ry to add a large quantity of i f-od. ,ut it should be neatly arranged. Tie with very heavy cord and have a wooden handle. to that the box can be conveniently carried. Water For Colds. Not everyone knows that the drink !ng of large quantities of cold water is an old fashioned remedy for colds. In an old prescription book of a fa n'ous physician of more than 14)0 years ago, this curious remedy for cold is found. 'l.et ye patient who feels a -o!d coming on eat of a fine, big, salt berring just before going to bed. This will make ye patient drink plenty of water.' The trouble with most people who think they are giving this remedy a trial is that they do not drink enough waTer. They take a glass or two a day, and think that that is enough. l'. really give the remedy a fair trial much more than this sthouldd be taken. As soon as the first creepy symptom is felt or : he head appears stopped up. drink a glass of cold, clear water, not iced. and repeat at half-hour interrals. util relief is felt. If hot water is ea'.-r to take., it can be an'osti :ted or h.- cold, particularly in the morn Now You Can Stencil. All o' the. dimiculties that one m.-cets .itii wet d- es for making stenci pat rniovecome hby the use of stick c.:. 'tetreiis which any woman can "a.' in making her own ste'ncil pat erns. It can be used on r.:ny fabric. .ne. it is claimed the colors will wash. 'he disc'overy was made a long timne o ta colored crayons such as chil dr':; use-. at school could be tured in ,tnil work, and they can be u.-ed cr :uaking .plendid little doilies on which to pilae jardineres. Thcse, how.:er. can not l.e '-lathcd. sinec the spracetti wash'es off ftrom the mus I Laundry Tins The b--st fluid t<: wash mnuslin dress a of delcete' color int its tr" wa'cr: -sb. no s';at. Boil one pound of ric e sa ;.ail-:n of water. Reserve a quart of the wa-r for s-tarchintt. Tit14a 'ah th.' dre-s in th' r-emnainder. Rinse in clear or slightly bitted water. Starch tw~ drer:s in the remaining rtce Dresses with a colored pattern on :h-am shmitld ne.rce be huug in the sun to dry. Closely woven goods requires less tarch than others. Kid siippers. purses, belts and tloves :'re best cleansed by rubbing hem v:th French chalk. Washing lino:.-umn with a wea1k so 'jon of clue and aliowting it to dry When it suits how easy it is to credit the Almighty or to hold him responsible. as the case may be. for thins in which he has taken no part. Thus the mother of Joarson. the negro pize fighter. is sure that the Lord answered the prayers of negroes for his success and smiled tpprovinglv upon him. W~ith equal assurnce Jeffries' father is certain h:tt the Lord purposely let his son 'o to teach him a needed lesson. .1st Ppepl think that the L.ord had nothing to do with it. arni they are right, of course. It is said the gate receipts for the rize ftght last Monday were about 3:?0.000. It seems to be an indus try that pays a few people. The Aiken Journal and Review has been greatiy enlarged aznd im roved. W note the fact wtth pleas Tedy's promise to make a speech fr ive'iig.' in Indiana is staid to have made the standpat Republicans