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aulnxg u VOL. XXV .MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, 1910 NO.13 HONORS HROES LwsmyUses a Isnowm to the oay MfHer NOBLE, GALLAT SONS A Beautiful Memorial Is E'rected to Connemorate the Deed of Hero ism of the Gallant Men of Laurens County Who Willingly Laid Down Their Lives for Their State. In the presence of fully 3.000 peo ple. including 200 veterans and 3W0 school children the Confederate mon .nent erected to the memory of Laurens County soldiers. was Wed nesday unveiled after being formally presented to the county of Laurens by Terrar Martin F. Azsel in be half of J. B. Kershaw Chapter. Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy. un der whose auspices the exercises were held. The speech of acceptance was de lirered by the Hon. R. A. Cooper. of Laurens. who in behalf of the people of Laurens pledged the care and protection of the shaft. which fitting ly commemorates the valor of Lau rens County heroes of the Southern Confederacy. The Hon. C. C. Featherstone acted as master of ceremonies and made the address of welcome. dwelling sympathetically upon the auspiciou nes of the occasion. The oration of the day was delivered by Dr. Lee Davis Lodge. president of Limestone College. and one of the most accom plished speakers of this State. The invocation was offered by the Rnv. W. E. Thayer. of Laurens. -Preceding the exercises the Veter ans were given a ride about the city in avktomobiles. there being over 20 machines in the procession. Prompt ly at 10 o'clock the Daughters and Veterans assembled at the Opera House and there marched to the stand near the monument. headed by the Newberry Band. The thirteen girls selected to unveil the monument were joined in the line of march by the school children and their teach era. it was a most imposing and ln spiring scene. one ..: the notable fea tures of the day. The stand was de orated and from all the stores and other build'ngs on the square Gags and bunting were displayed in honor of the occasion. All stores banks and oMcers were closed during the cer smonies Upon concluding his speech Gov ernor Ansel announced that the lit tle girls who were to pull the cords unveiling the monument would come forward and he suggested that the old war-time yell be given as the veil fell.'and th esuggestion was car ried out with a will. In connection with the children who unveiled the shaft it is interetng to note that *Beaufort Ball Copeland, youngest of 'the thirteen. is a granddaughter of the late Col. B. W. Ball and great granddaughter of W. D. Watts. one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession. She also participated in unveiling the monument at Cross's Hill. erected by B. W. Ball Chapter. U. D. C.. some time ago. Dr. Lodge was presented with some handsome bouquets. including one by Sarah Eliza Swygert. a little to. who was held in the arms of Mr. Featherstone as she gracefully pre sented the wreath. Governor Ansel also received flowers. Another halp py incident was the presentation of a beautiful wreath to the Laurens Chapter. U. D. C.. by Stephen D. Et liott. of Clinton. The monument is thirty-two feet high. The lower section is. built of Winnsboro granite of a light gray color. Crowning the monument is the figure of a Southern soldier. a private, standing erect and almost in the attitude of "parade rest.' This figure is of delicate carved whi. Vermont marble andl bears in its ev ery curve the proud looks that i.he "Boys in Gray'' rightly bear. 'I'he soldier is facing the South. and on the main shaft below is carv ed the Confederate flag. The sectiot underneath this bears the memor able dates 1861-1863. Below the dates is this inscription: in memory of The Boys in Gray Erected 1910 By the Citizens of Laurens County tnder the Auspices of J. B. iKershaw Chapter U. D. C. On the top stone of the base. carv ed on the south and north sides, are the words: "Our Heroes." The north side of the monument bears this inscription: "On Fames Eternal Camping Ground Their Silent Tents are Spread. And Glory Guards with Solemn Rcrund The Bivouac of thte Dead." "Who shall break the guards that wait. Before the awful face of fate? The tattered standards of the South Were shrivelled at the cannons mouth And all her hopes were desolate. "Fold up the banners: Smelt the runs' Love Rules. Her gentler purpose runs. The muighty Mlother turns in Leafs The pages of her battle years. Lamenting all her fallen Sons! ' Some Rig Fish. Orei' of the biggest catches of thD wn soinno a' TLonr Branch. N. LT is credited to Capt. Hiram Lockwood and the lit'la crew of his flshing smack Dinah. The boat Thursday brought in four fish whlch tipp'd the. scales at an average of l.000 pounds eaeh. The catch included three sasu an horse maceaml FARMER IS ROBBEDJ ON A LONELY ROA) BY AN UN F KLNOWN FO)OTPAD. Mr. James Bonnett is Relieved of the Proceeds from the Sale of a Bale of Cotton. A bold robbery has Just been made public. With the proceeds from a bale of cotton that he had sold. in his pocket. James Bonnett. a well known farmer living between White Pond and Windsor. in this state. was robbed Tuesday afternoon by an un known negro. who made his escape. The robbery was one of the- boldest that has been reported in a long time. and was practically a hold up. T 13r. Bonnett went Tuesday to Wil- A liston. and there sold a bale of cot ton. He started to drive home late h4 in the afternoon. and had in ca.sh a $56. When some distance out of Williston. and driving along a lonely P1 stretch of road. he overtook a negro. In who was walking. The negro asked el for a ride and Mr. Bonnett stopped his team and took the negro in the 3 wagon. 'He did not drive far until the ne gro. who was standing up behind w Mr. Bonnett. caught him by the 98 throat and bore him down to the I floor of the wagon. Mr. Bonnett. who is between 60 and 65 years of J age, was easily overcome. and when he was choaked luto insensibility. - the negro rifled his pockets, secur- * ng all the money he had. The negro then made his escape. 1 Mr. Bonnett was not injured serious ly and soon recovered. He stated P that he did not know the negro. but it is very likely that he could recog nize him if he ever sees his assailant again. It is thought that the negro 1 had been in Williston Tuesday. and Of seeing Mr. Bonnett selling cotton. e ieiberately planned to rob him. t.b bt KILLEn FOR REVNGE. at egro Committed Brutal Crime to st Avenge BHimself. of th Robert L. Maguigan. Jr.. 13-year- p1 old son of Robert Maguigan, of Bev- C1 erley. N. J., who was found hanging from the front stoop of his parents po residence on September 23. was mur- in lered. it is believed. by some enemy no of his father. instead of having com- th mitted suicide. as was at first sup- tic posed. The facts came out at the inquest Wednesday night when the rather took the witness stand. The father is foreman of a large actory. He has had numerous dif erences with the men under him. His most recent trouble was on Sep- cr ember 23. Ia "That day a colored man came to or ee me and demanded some money. fr< id Maguigan. "I refused to gie him any. He told me he would get ven, and before the day was over I a would know how he was to take revenge.'' m. I thought nothing of the threat o find my boy dead. His little sis ter found him hanging to the front ler steps, a strap around his neck. 0 I am sure the man who made th the threats did the deed. He killed my boy to revenge himself upon me. have kept quiet to see if I could not run down the murderer and take Z the matter into my own hands.~ C.A'SE MANY TO FLEE. m Iarthquake shocks Depopulate Part of Arizona. A dispatch from Fla:sta7 Ariz.. says a territory fifty miles wn"are. xtending from there to the grand rie anon of the Colorado. stands prac tically depopulated because of earth- gr uake and rumblings, which, begin ning Saturday. are steadily increasingrnit n magnitude and violence. Indians. of whom there were many in the region, fled when the quakes re began, terrified by sinister import3 ir. which they Imagined to be contain d in the cracking of ground. The to whites remained until their homes Ic fell about them. v . B. Shares, the first of the re fugees to reach Flagstaff. reported ju that his house was cracked. Others in who came in later reported that vol canic stones had been torn from bed ro nd sent down the mountain sides. They refused to go bacit. The whoie district is of voleanic origin. The -i phenomena is attributed to a slip 'n the earth.'t Boat Keeled Over. se At Pensacola. F'la.. August Wilena and Heinrich Sta: were drowned and five other men had a narrow escape from death when a small boat in which they were rowing to a steamer in the harbor capsized. All of the men had spent the night in the city~ and attempted to row back to the vessel in a boat which had a capac ity of carrying three persons. d Fewer Dats The mortality report of the census bureau shows a decrease in 1909 compared with 19"'8 of Deaths in this , country from tuberculosis and ty phoid fever. The rate of the former b fd from 174 to 167 1-2 per hun-i dred thousand. the rate of the later from 25 to 22. - S. His Money Was Safe. At Boston. Mass.. upon being told his bootblack stand. In which he had n 3O. was a fire. Joseph Sesoneran s Friday died of cerebral hemorrhage. Th iewas extingushed before it Ireahed lbs m ono. [ Took Hitm for Thief. Ash Armstrong. of Birminghavn. Ala.. was shot to death by George Jackson. a negro peddler, who mis Itook his victim for a highwayman. I The nero shl na hreo FRE AND DEAThl dows Blowing Up L.s Aageles Tines BMg .Sawtr THIRTY WERE KLLE b-ithin Few Minute% tor the ExplosioM the Entire Building Was a Fiery Furnace.-The Managing Editor Says Plant De..troyed by Eneanies of Industrial Freedom. The building occupied by The ines Publishing company at L"s ugeles. Cal.. was destroyed by ire iturday morning and there was a ?avy loss of life. estimated as higLh 20. The fire was proceeded by an ex os.non and immediately the build wa-, enveloped in flames. The .plosion occurred on the second or of an addition to the old buitd . The old part is of three floors. ithin a few scconds from the time the explosion the entire building as a fiery furnace. Crowds that ahered say they saw many men fait xek from the windows into the Lmes. Others leaped and were in red. - 4 # The poperty loss Is estimated at ;00.000. The editorial rooms were the third floor, but It is believed e greater part of the men on this or escaped death. Thomas P. Smith. an "ad" com aitor. working on the second door ien the explosion occurred. gives e following version: "There were at least 50 men at )rk on my floor. I believe that htif this number may not have escAp 1 with the others rushed for e street and we then saw the whole iliding in flams. "The entire building was in ruins 1.45, and but two walls we-e andng. "In addition to the complete plant The Times the building contained e large jobbing and commerclai Lnt of the American Engraving Within a few minutes after the ex >sion the police arrested two men the Broadway tunnel. two blocks rth of the Times' building a.ad ey are being held for indentifica n. The Times' employs non-union Inters and has had more or le-s ction with labor. The police had their fire lines put around the scene and reserves re soon patroling the district artn with riot clubs but the half clad ,wd which silently watched the mes from behind the fire lines were lerly and not an arrest was made >m amongst the crowd. The following list of miss.&ing fur ;hed by the Times have not been rounted for: J. C. Golliher. linotype operauer, ried. five children. *W. G3. Tunstall, linotype op-:ater. irried. John Howard. printer, married. e child. C-rant \Moore. machinist, married. ree children. Edward Wasson. printer. married. Elmrer Frink, linotype operator. irried. Eugene Cares. linotype operator. irried. one child. Don E. Johnus.'t i-:otype operator irried. Ernest Jordan. linotype op'---ator irriel. one child. Frank l'nderwood. printer. mar ~d. one child. J Wesley Beaver. steniorrapher. R. L. Sawye~r. telegrapher. mAr -d. two children. 'Harry L. Crane. assistant tele aph editor. married, one child. C'hales Gulliver. compositor. mar d. Carl Salada. linotype operator. Among the injured taken to the reiving hosprtal were the 'oilow -Harver P. Elder. is~ - f..::' ity eh*: r. jumped from third story: right t broken. internal injuries and se re burns: will die. Charles E. Lovelace. Coast editor. mped from third floor, hip br'oker' ternally injured atnd burne-. S. W. Cr~abill. foreman comoe-:r.,r om. .*vere' bruirscs. Randolph R.,ss!. linotype opera o. miped t romu seconld floor. s'.er'-y jured. Many others injured were taken the other hospitals. The flames followed the explosion quickly that those in 'he o d g had jittle chance to .-sar. Many leaped from the w indows an.i The building b~urne'd rapidly an-i .fore many of the inmates .1 5. 'ach the street it was a was: .at times The force of the exploeion was ucentra-ed on the mechanical de rtment of the paper and most of the ad and injurede were memnrs of aese departments. Mana~ng Editor Harry Andrews. two o'clock Sat urd:ay morning. Lid: "The Times building was destroyed y dy'naie this morning by enem 's of industrial freedom. Tne Times self cannot be destroyed. It will son te re-issued from its au,.ilary lant and will 5ght its battles to 'he "The horror of thA loss of life and laiming of men precludes a further :atement a: this hour." General Harrr~son Gray Otis, owner f The Times, will arrive homeo :rom frxico. he starod. Mnnday mornin "Man aminved in m"'s' nf the de 'rtmen. had. I think." said Mr andrews. -somne chancen getou brough the front exits. I do no: selleve there were 100 persons in the iuilding. I was not there. Mr. Voz MIer. our city editor. got out.. alse TEDDY IN THE SADDLE PU'SHE-S HIS TICKET THRO'G1 REPUBLCAN CONVENTION. Whips the Old Guard to a Fraz-14 and Then Rides Rough Shod Ov. er Them. The New York Republican State Convention at Saratoga Wedneszay evening nominated Henry L. Stim son of New York as its c;,ndidalt for governor. The nomination of %fr. Stimson was one more victory for Roosevelt. who led the fight for the nomination of his candidate. com pleting the unbroken series of tr umphs from the moment the cor. vention was called to order until its final adjournment. The vote for governor stood t follows: Henry L. Stimson. 64. Wm. S. Bennett of New York. :42; Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester. 3 S; James B. McEwan of Albany, :S. scatering. 23. The State as made up Wednesday for the balance of the ticket by Roosevelt. Root and ris benchmeu went through without a hitch. With the exception of the nomi nations for governor and comptrol ler there were no contests. Repre sentative Bennett, who has been con ducting the only open campaign for the nomination of governor, kept up the fight to the end and his persist ency and his strength with the New York delegation threatened to break the slate. It is understood that Roosevelt will stump the State for the ticket. At the close of the convention James S. Wadsworth. Jr.. speaker of the assembly. announced his with drawal from the legislature. He said this determination was reached some time ago, and was due the en tirely to his personal views as to the length of time a member of the as sembly should hold that important and difficult oMce. Wadsworth would not say that his retirement was due to the victo ry of the progressives in the conven tion. The close of the convention found the Roosevelt forces in com plete mastry of the situation. Following the first rout of the or ganization came Roosevelt's dramat ic and successful battle for the adop tion of the platform of the progress ives. and his final victory in the nom ination of Stimson. By the time the vote was taken the strength of the organization had been dissipated badly. BLISTERS THE OLD GUARD. Insurgents Pour Hot Shot Into Their Ranks. The Wisconsin Republican State platform convention at Madison. spent Thursday listening to insur gent Congressmen make speeches. Esch rehearsed phases of the insur gent fight against the rules in the house of repres~entatives at Washing ton and extolled Senator L~a Foltktte as the father of the progressive ideas. after erroneously, they declare. call ed the Roosevelt policies. "They 'called us insurugents can't quite give the nasty accent and then they called us Democrats. sal' congressman Lenroot. Wel'. there are worse things than being a Democrat. The old line Senators left their chair with smiles of derision when Senator La Follette began to speak. ie turned to them and said with a phophecy which has come true: "Those chairs, which you leave vacant teruporarily will be mad. permanently so by the people. Where are former senators from North and South Dakota. from Kan saa and from Iowa? Their seate are occupied by Cummings, by Borah, by: Bristow. "Yes. Hale is sick and Aldrich not feeling well." said Congressman Cooper. after submitting one plank pledzlng Republican legislators to return Senator La Follette to the sen ate at Washington. Died After Waltz. "Icould die waltzing," said isi Elizabeth Harris at the close of a dance late Thursday night at Chic ago. As she seated herself sha ?eli over. She died within a few nin utes. She had been dancing contin uously for four hours. She was 2 years old. Killed in Battle. Four thousand lives were lost in the recent war in Nicaragua. accord ing to Jacob Weinberger. manager of the Bluefields Steamship Company. at Bluefields. Nicaraugue. who re turned to New Orleans. Struck the Church. At Nas'av'ille. Tenn., while r~ervices were n progress at Donelsoun church were in progress at Doneison church building, killing Howard Sullivan the 19 year old son of Dr. W. B. Sulli van. Several other persons were stunned. I feel sure most of our men escap"ed. Friday night being unuisually hea vy at The Times. something over 30t men were at work on the linotypes and about :M in the 'ad' section. -Because of the fact that so many Aira m'n were at work it n ill b< probably severai days before all art accounted for. The building occupied by The Times Miirror publishinc plant is e brick. throo stories in height ar back of this was a brick antwx of fe stnries and a basement The editor ial departmo~nt of The Times was at the third floor of the main buildin: and the busIness office on the groun< noor. This annex contained th< presses. linotypes. big job pri.ntin plant and The Times school ?3r tra~n MADE HIS HAUL Rawa, Who Committed Sicideia His Rome Last Smmer, Tars Out FRST CLASS GRAFTER Former 'resident of Car Repair Company Details the Payment of Large Sums. of Former President of Mtnon Route. Who Waw Mys teriously Shot at His Residence. Henry C. Ostermann, former pres ident of the Ostermann Manufactur ing Company. who is said to have been a big factor in the Illinois Cen tral car repair frauds. related a sen sational story of the inside workings of his concern before Judge Brug gemeyer at Chicago on Wednesday. Ostermann was called as a witness for the prosecution in the conspiracy bearing against Frank B. Harriman. Chas. L. Ewing an', John M. Taylor. former Illinois C-utral officials. who are charged with participating in ex tensive car repair swindles. The late Ira G. Rawn. former president of the -Monon Route, who was "mysteriously" shot to death it his summer residence in Winnetka. Ills.. last July, was named by the chief figures in the alleged graft ring. Ostermann declared that as vice president of the Illinois Central. Rawn was given 1.500 shares of stock in the Ostermann Manufactur ing Company, and that this was in creased to 2.700 shares. He said that Rawn sold his stock to the man ufacturing company at par, $5 a share. After Rawn had sold back his stock holdings in the car repair company for $13.500, the witness <ays the former Illinois Central vice president demanded and got first $5 and then $10, and finally $15 for each car repaired or alleged to have been repaired at the Ostermann plant. In this connection Ostermann tes tified that he personally made one payment of $10.500 to Rawn, which. he said, was for 700 cars upon which the repair concern had collected bills for repairs. The witness said that Rawn received $15 a car during the first six months of the year 1909. This was during the last six months that Oistermann was connected with the repair company. According to Ostermann. three dia tinct kinds of payments were made in the passing of this alleged graft. In addition to ihe payment per car as to Rawn. said Ostermann. a fid monthly sum was paid certain oiT cialz, and a two per cent. monthly dividend was paid on all Ostermann Manufacturing Company stock held by Illinois Central officers. This stock dividend. ar.ounting to 24 p'r cent a year. was paid on seve'ai blocks of Ostermann Company stock. said Ostermann. "What Illinois Central officials held stock in your company" was asked Ostermiann by Attorney Fish er. "Ira G. Rawr had 2.100 shares: Frank ii. Harriman had 2.2u0 shas es; John M. Taylor bad first l.Qu0. and then .->.t0 shares; Jos. E. B'uk er had z.2v00 shares. Wmn. Renshaw had 1.500 sharea and W. J. Taytor had 500O. S. H. and Mildred Harri man had 100 shares each, but I don't know who they are other than they were connected with the Illinois Central Company. Their stock was bought and paid for by Frank 't. Harriman." "What officers of the railroad com pany received monthly payments from your concern and in what amounts'" Osternman was asked by counsel for the prosecution. "Frank B. Harriman received $2. 100 monthly: Joseph E. Buker albo got $1.d0i4 monthly: Wmn. Renshaw was paid $500h monthly: W. J. Leahy $100: H. N. Dunlay $100:. R. G. Ran som $25: John Waters $25: Matthew Morgan $75. and F. A. Jones $100) on at least one occasion that I personally know of." Ostermann then entered into a :'n cital of the organization of the man ufactuiring company.I "I did not think of going into theI car repair business at first.' said Ostermnann. "The Idea was first.I sugg.-sted to me by a Mr. Considme, whom I met while selling stock in the grain door enterprise. He sug gested the matter to me and la'r I took it up with John M. Taylor, of the Illinois Central. H~e discouraged me first and later assIsted me. John E. [Baker took me to Ira G. Rawn to arrange for a co'itract to do repair work for the Illinois Central. "M\r. Rawn asked me how many cars 1 thought I could turn Out in a day, and I replied about Z5." "'-You are tho man we are look ing for'. 'nr said, and the deal was arranged." The witness then related how in 1907 ho was told by John M. Taiy jior that Frank W. Harriman wanted to see him: r'hat :arriman wanted t~o buy more stock in the Ostermann concern. I refused to .sell Harriman a block of 'occk at that time becius I would thereby lose the controlling interest in the company. Insteti * selling Harriman stock. weo came '0 an agreement whereb'y I was to pay Harriman $ 10,000 a month. I paid :his amount in person. sometimes in check and sometimes in cash. "Sometime after this I had a talk with Bucker and he sug::ested that I pay over some moner to the 'old man.' Mtr. Rawn. I asked him how much anri he said abnut :. a car for evere ear repatred Later. Bucker came to me and said that Mr. Rawn felt they ought to have a little more 'money on the cars. Bucker said I ought to know what it would mean if ! didn't give It. Bucker said that CHINESE BANDITS CARRY OFF FIFTEEN MEN TO PE HELD FOR RANSOM. They Stole Thirty Thou:%and DoLlars from a Bank and Then Escaped to the Mountains. Dispatches from Victoria. B. C... says Manchuria bandits made a ra'd on the town of New Chwang.. at the mouth of the Liao river. early this month. and carried away fifteen Chin ese merchants to be held for ransom. according to advices received by the steamer Sado Maru. which has just arrived from the Orient. The bandits stole $30.900 from al bank and secured large stores of arms and ammunition. The brigands. of whom there were- 3e0. retired to a stronghold in the mountains near Antanshien. When the steamer left Japan the bandits were surrounded by 600 Chinese troops and police from Hal Cheng and liao Yang. Operations against the brigands began on Sep tember 5. when a r...mber of pickets and two entrenchments were captur ed. The brigands have a large store of food in the temple buildings in the mountains and have settled down to withstand a seige. Artillery was being sent from Muk den. A company of Japanese fron tier guards iho joined the Chinese and sought to assist them in the attack were ordered to return by the Chinese. TEDDY GETTING RIGHT. Bryan Says He Is Advocating Demo cratic Doctrines. In an address before a mass mee Ing at Pueblo, Col.. W. J. Bryan on Monday charged Theodore Roosevelt with having advocated old time Democratic principles in many of his recent addresses on his Western tour. Referring to Roosevelt's Osswatomie, Kan.. speech on 'New Nationalism." Mr. Bryan said: 'The Democratic party has preach Bd this doctrine for fourteen years and In 1900 incorporated it in its platform. quite in contrast with the distinguished gentleman who appears to have just made the discovery that this doctrine is correct and p-ogres sive and just. "In his expressions regarding rail road regulation. the income tax. swollen fortunes and publir-: ,f -ampaign contrib'itions. Mr. Roos' relt has merely followed a %eil es iablished :emocratic lead. For years Democratic platforms have been :lamoring for legislation in this cii rect ion." P.r. Bryan also said the former President's conversion to the incon~e Lax had been -'recet FATALITIES IN PITTSBUlRG. Line Day's Record in Police Courts of That City. This rather exceptional record of a oay 's tragedies was compiled by the police of Pittsburg, Pa., on last Thursday: 31irs. Sarah Welsh. aged 32. was round fatally burned in her Z..part.1 ment at 19 Penn street north side. She died after saying that her burns were received in an ex plosion of a gas range, but the range was found intact. The police scented mystery in the case and are investigating. George Stewart. aged 30,. was round dead on the steps of the Her ron Hill .\ethodist Episcopal church. He hat. taken carbolic alid. George Oigden fell from the win dow of a Carson street hotel and was instantly killed. 'W. S. Hertsberger. aged 21. was klle~d by electricity while repairing light at the Pressed Steel Car com pany's plant in McKees Rocks. John Ross. aged 1 9. of Homestead:i fatally shot himself through the lungs and will die. The police de elare it suicide. Myrtle King. aged 21. attempted suicide by drinking poison at a Sec ond avenue rooming house. She 'a expected to recover. HEAY'Y JIM'S iW FIltE. A Big ILumbwr Plant at Alcolu Parti ally Destroyed. The big saw mill plant of the D. W. Ald.-rman & Sons Company Al colu was destroyed by fire Frid-.y morning at about 5 o'iock. It stem that the fire started on the interior of the building about the second floor and had gained con siderable headway when discovered. The heavy rains Thursday atternoon and night. :ogeths-: with the stillness of the morning. probably saved the destruction of the entire lumh'ar plant. Had the conditions not been so favorable the planing mills, dry kilns. machine shops. together witil several million feet or lumber. would have gone up in flames. it is :m ;iossible now to estimate ju~st what the loss will amount to. but it ' supposed that it will :o somethin: like 51e .O4O. with some insuran.e. Several hundred employees have been thrown out of employment.* ing it and that he had to take his1 orders regarding the placing of re-j pair contracts frta those above him'i. In this way thbe payment per car was raised to $1'0 and then to $1.5.' During the period that the alle; ed graftin: n'as gning on Ostermann said he handled each deal in perso:: and thereafter made the paymnente etf money to the railroad offcials. He declared that be frequently passed $1.006 bills to certain of the me~n mentioned and upon one occnsion he bsr! oneva $.AAD b:lL DEAD OR STOLEN MAN LOOKING FOR SON MISSING SIX MONTHS. With His Companions Lad Was Play ing.---Madman" Scared Thezn and They Ran. Charles H. Adams district super intendent of the United Natural Gas company. a Standard Oil subsidiary. at Kane. Pa.. is in New York city to invoke the aid of the New York po lice in his search for his little son. Edward Patrick. who has been miss ing since last April 15. vAdams told a remarkable story of the boy's sudden and mys.terious dis appearance and of the efforts that sparching parties. often numbering more than 100 persons. He has car ried the search as far est as St. Louis. Mrs. Adams is prostrat-d from grief and believes her son mur dered by a madman. The father still hopes that little Edward was on ly kidnapped and may yet be found. Edward will be ten years old next December. On April 15 last he went out with three other boys of his own age to fish in a creek about ten min utes' walk fom home. through the woods There was not sufficient wa ter in the creek to drown a kitten in. The lads were fishing for rn nows with bent pins. It is impossi ble that Edward was drowned. Another party of slightly older lads was fishing nearby. One of these thought It would be fun to try to scare the younger boys. He went up to them and pretending he was the son of the fish warden, told them they had no right to fish and would be arrested. The little chaps had been there too often to be frightened in that rashion. On his way back to his chums. this lad met a rough looking man, who bounded out of the woods at him. ;wearing and looking as though in iane. The boy ran, shouting warn ng to both fishing parties. All fled. As they ran they missed Edward. ihey shouted for him and dodged tround several paths to look for him. rhey could find him nowhere. The ast place he was seen was the spot where the rough looking man jump -d out upon the path. One of the boys hastened to tell Mrs. Adams hat Edward was lost in the woods. Withing an hour Adams was Icouring the woods, a hundred neigh Sors helping. Every day for weeks he search was kept un. Eiery part >f the woods and all the country rbre examined. It was thought the )oy might have been killed and >uried. perhaps in the woods. Every oot of the ground was gone ovr ime and time again, with the utmost ;ystem. No trace of any newly turn -d earth was discovered. Frequently the search parties num >ered more than a thousand men anJ swomen. Pinkertons were'engaged. rhe polie.- and all the local author ties in Pennsylvania have done th-ia itmost. COVER CROP CAMiPAIGN. arious Agencies Work for the Bet terment of Agriculture. There will be more winter cover rop planted In South Carolina thib all than ever before. The work o: he various agencies for better agri rulture in this State is quite notice ible. Last year notwithstanding th iry fall and spring, there were hun Ireds of suscessful fields of vetch. >ur clover, crimson clover, red clo rer and alfalfa. The majority o: hese were planted under the super rision of a govcrnment agent. and were so satisfactory that the area aill be greatly extended this year. A. G. Smith, scientific assisstant of :he United State department of agri :ulture gave specific directions for planting over 300 fields of these 'rops last year. and this year ha., is :ontinuing the work in practically every section of the State. Specific lirections for planting any of th'-se *rops can be secured by addressin;: im at z'oluzmbia. He has already iven directions for over 15~0 field! .his sea'son. These advise the farm *r every ste p in the process, and tell him~ where to secure the seed and the soil for inoculation. The aim of the department of ag riculture is to get a wint'-r cover :rop on every acre of land in South Carolina. It will take many year? to accomplish the d--sired result, but ~he people are waking up to the op portunity and the benerit of winter *over crops, and it is believed that treat results will be accomplished in he next few years. Farmers are ad vised to plant rye or oats on the larger part of their farm if th'-y have never grown any leguminous winter rover crop, but it is advisable to plant a small area of 'etch. bur clo ver, red clover or crimson clover, fol lowing the directions given, and then ir. another year by having plenty ot mil for inoculation. the farmer can extend his area as he sees fit. .Most of the failures with these crops and also with the alfalfa. has been due to lack of proper knowledge of plantin.g. Where the proper mneth ods have been followed there has been practically no failures what ever. Gaore Fortune Away. Geo. W. Patten. the millonaire grain operator. of Chicago. died on Thursday night from tuberculosis left a fortune estimated at $5.O00.00 The greater part is said to have been left to public charities, including a targe donation for the furtherance of the anti-tubercuis campaign. Dies From Hurt. George Chavez. aged 23. the Peru vian av~ator, who was injured in alighting after his dight over the Alps last. week. died at 2.25 o'clock FEAR FOUL PLAY Yeang Kau Fr,. Breklya lysterissly Disappears and His FEE, ARE AMOUS Edward J. Boyd. a Traveling Agent for an Advertising Firm, is Missing from Augusta. Ga., Where He Was Last Seen Some Weeks Ago, and Cannot Be Found. The Augusta Herald says Edward J. Boyd. of Brooklyn. N. Y.. con nected with the advertising firm of Shearman & Ryan. of that city, has mysteriously disappeared and all ef forts, so !ar. to locate him have proven unavailing. Mr. Boyd arrived in Augusta from Savannah on the 26th of August. intending to do quite a good deal of advertising in that city. for certain brands of teas. On his arrival in Augusta he went direct to the Marks-Grocery company and made arrangements with that firm for the placing of certain signs and display cards. A short while after his conversation with Mr. Marks. two boxes of advertising mat ter and a grip arrived at the store and Mr. Marks signed the express re ceipt for them. It Is also stated that Mr. Boyd signed in person for another grip which was forwarded to him from Savannah. Mr. Boyd later went to the Marks store and talked with Mr. Marks about some window signs and on leaving him stated that he would return on the following morning and place them. This was the last seen of him and the boxes and the grip are still at the store, awaiting instruc tions as to their disposition. Mr. Marks stated Wednesday morning to a Herald reporter that Mr. Boyd seemed to be in a happy umor and that there was nothing to Indicate about him that he might be ill or despondent. He described him as a young man about 22 years of age of medium height, with dark hair and a very interesting taller. No trace of him has been found at any of the hotels o! the city but Inquiry at several grocery stores de veloped the fact that a man an swering the description of Mr. Boyd aled on a number of the merchants f the city in regard to placing some advertising matter. The last letter which the young man wrote to his employers was from Anusta and was dated on Septem Ger Ist and on the same date be also wrote to his mother. in Brooklyn. Ke was on his way toward Columbia, 3. C.. to which point his firm had 'ent him a registered letter contain ing a sum of money. The police department has receiv ed a letter Asking information about Mr. Boyd but so far they have been unable to ascei tain anything about Mim. They state that letters of this description are received every day and that they do not attract any treat attention at headquarters. Mr. Marks. of the Marks Grocery :ompany. stated that Mr. Boyd. as the letters received in Augusta state, did not appear to be a drinking man. His beatures were clear cut and re fned and he did not seem dissipated. Mr. Marks fears that the young mat is the victim of foul play. TEDDY) MIUST PAY DEBTS. flwes Railroads Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars. Roosevelt who fought the "in terests" with his mouth while in of fce. whose congress passed laws for bidding the use of passes over rail roads, the mighty enemy of the "trusts"~ and "'monopolies." is in debted to the Pennsylvania railroad for $i00.00Q0. incurred in the use o~f special trains during his trust-bust ng administration. The New Yort World publishes a letter from one of the stockholderr' of the Pennsylvani-a railroad, asking why this bill of $100.000 has never been collect~d. it will be recalled that congress set aside $25.000 to be used by the presi dent to defray travel'ng expenscs. the idea being, no doubt, to see to it that the president of the U'nit-d States should not he obligated to any ra nsportation comnpany for valuabte Cervices rend.-red and unpaid. But $2.(00 was not enough for Mr. Rooevelt. On the slightest pretext he! ordered special trains, and the richest fare and attention the road afforded, and, it seems naught was said of remuneration.* STORM DEVASTATES FARMS. Big Hailstones Dio Great Damage Near Macon, Ga. Hailstones, many as large as a guinea egg and reaching an everage depths of five inches on the ground. accompanied by a terrific wind, an area of one and a half square miles in the neighborhood or IUorraine. near Macon. Ga.. Friday afternoon. stripping the cotton stalks of both leaves and bolls and b.'ating the corn crop to shreds. No accurate esti mate of the losa in money could be secured. but it is known that it will amount to thousands of dollars. Hundreds of trees were blown down. C'ut His Head OfT. Jacob Foreman. aged M7 years. ws decapitated and two other men inured. one seriously. by the burst in; of a steam pipe at the Orient coke plant, at Orient. Pa.. Thursday. The three men nere at work in-the engine, when, without warning a 6 inch steam pipe burst, fragments of the iron being hurled with terrific force in all directions. One piece cut