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kGOOD ROADS PLEAS 1 / ? B8 * The Duly of the Press in This Important Movement. to GREAT QUESTION OF THE HOUR ? it An^Able^Paper By 0. H. Varner, x&sq., .Editor or the Lexington Die- ^ patch. Read Before the North eI] Carolina Press Association at ea Their Recent Convention Held at er Hendersonville. cr -v . * ev r Btilding good roads is the great 6C question of the hour in North Caro- ?r lina. In the familiar phrase, it is the paramount issue, not only in this tj] State, but throughout the Union. It ai transcends in importance politics, the w tariff, the money question or any oth- in ?r question. Nothing is hampering this country so much as mud; nothing could possibly do more for the m development of the State and nation fc than macn<lnmi?f><l liiwlm-n.-o 11.... ?4.nUTTUJ O. XlClltC, W the duty of the press in this State, especially, to begin a State-wide cam- h< paign for the promotion of better tL roads. It is our manifest doty to cry aloud to advocate strongly, to publish ir.formation, to mold public opinion until the people r*ach that point 8j where they are willing to bear the jn ^ cost of building modern roads in hi every county. a It is idle for me to attempt enum- tfc eration of the benefits good roads con- c( fer on a people. Every man, no mat- p] ter how unlettered, instinctively I rc knows that a good road is a far fc better thing to have than a bad road.' B0 We naturally have it in us to know hi the value of, and to construct an easy rf pathway, but, unfortunately, the devil of tax steps in and tempts us st to bear the ills we have, rather than p] fly to blessings we know of and great- tl ly desire. Our people all believe in je gooil roads, but there are some who ti are unwilling to pay the cost. I have tl heard good men and good farmers de- o clarc that inasmuch as the mud trails m we now have were used by their fath- ai crs, they are good enough for us and it were useless to Sllfi'PSt n ohnrtrrck in I them. Others declare that we are too g, poor to attempt road construction, and still others are vehenment in w their opposition to the idea of hand- n, ing down to succeeding generations p; such a loth some thing as a public, debt. These are some of the objec- g, tions one hears. ^ Factor in Civilization. le ^ I believe in my soul that a bad m road is the greatest curse that can be jr laid on a community. It stunts the C1 industrial, moral and intellectual life y, of a people. But a good road is equal- a Iv as great a blessing, for once a community gets facilities for trans- j,, portation and communication, all oth- s] er blessings will be added thereunto. tj Mr. Roosevelt has well said that the r< difference between semi-barbarism u and civilization is the difference between good and poor means of com- g, munication. Far bark in history good r( road building was recognized as a leading factor in advancing civiliza- ^ tion. We are told that early explor- e] ers in Peru found improved highways, p, one of the military roads being 2,- e] 000 miles in length, with tunnels r( through mountains, bridges or ferries over streams, a road 20 feet wide, f( made of flnt'stonps onvnroil tt'itli liitn. men. Ancient Mexico built good a, roads, as did India and Persia. In (.( the latter country the monarch built a smooth, hard highway alongside of ^ the common earth road, and none C( could trarel it save his royal high- jf cess. The Roman roads are still the j, marvel of a modern world and are e] still used. Nothing contributed more sj 1 to Rome's prosperity and prowess C( than these imperial highways, r( straight as an eagle's flight, reach- S) ing to all parts of the world-empire. ^ Good roads mean progress and prosperity and are a benefit to the C( people who live in cities, and an ad- p; 1 vantage to people who live in the p country. Like good streets, they y, make habitation along thcra desir- w able. You never, or rarely ever and m then not for long, see a shabby home j,j by the side of a modern road, where p everybody passes and sees how you live. They make people straighten 8] up and put their best foot forward. n The value of farms is enhanced, tl Statistics prove that in nearly every b ease the States having the highest r? percentage of improved roads are a powerful factor in encouraging the |.v r eettlcmcnt of unused lands. Roads m K t ?l?o have a far-reaching influence in ? w* holding men to their farms, and re- of ' straining them from drifting to the towns. While the manufacturing towns must have labor, who is here P* that will deny that if our counties ar had good roads, the hundreds of good UI farmers would not have moved their m families from the country home to town to work in the mills T So great an csoaus occurred two or turee years m ago that farm labor was almost impoarsible to secure. These people are 'f needed in the country; there they would have stayed had there been as good roads, which make farm life hi <o much more attractive. As the w > price of lands depends as much on ac- *)r seasibility to market as on productivity, it follows that road improve- 8U meat, by holding people and attracting others, directly tends toward in- ^ urease in values of all farm lands P1 within touch of the improved high- ** wars. It is shown that in Stales icre the average price of land ia is than $20 an acre the precentage improved roads is only 1.8, where; , in States where the acreage vali is moxe than $20, the average of iproved roads is 9 per cent of the tal mileage. There are records which show that ?ds have increased the value of xm lands from 50 to 500 per cent. has been ascertained by a dozen ilronds through their land and inistrial departments that farms rough which good roads run are ibanced in value from $2 to $9 an ,cre, and whether conservative or ithusiastic, all concede that the inease is marked, immediate and instable. Suppose a county of 200,10 ncres voted bonds, atvd placing the ihanced value at only 4.50 an acre, will be seen that the land owners ius benefitted would pain not less lan .$1)00,000. If the bond issue nounted to half a million, there ould be $400,000 profit at once. The crease in the profit and price of irru products is eoually certain and ain. The farmer s produce is worth jthinp unless it can be placed on the arket. Time was in Enpland when >od would be rottinp in one place bile people suffered for the lack of in a community a few miles away, cause it was impossible to transport le products of the farms. Price of Farm Products. Official records in Guilford county low that the price of farm products nee pood roads have hen built has creased from four hundred to seven undred per cent. And yet, there is farmer in my county who maintains int pood roads will ruin him and the >unty, because they will reduce the rice of produce, since, when the >ads are bad, he pets $2.50 a cord >r wood, because wood is made aree by the impassability of the ighways; and he says he would ither haul wood through mud hub jep for $2.50 than to roll along a nooth road and sell it for $1, which rice lie claims a coril will drop to in le event of {rood roads. The expernce of Charlotte and Greensboro enrely disprove this absurd idea, foi lere are not two better markets in le State, and the first named has '20G iles of pood roads leadinp to it. ad the second 100 miles. Tax ?r Bonds? The question comes, how to get nod roads? Shall we vote a direct tx or shall we issue bonds? Shall e pay as we go, or shall we pay part aw and let futuret generations pay art? To my mind, the whole queson conies down lo whether we want Dod roads now, or whether we are illing to build a few miles now and it another generation build a few tiles and another and another, until t the course of human events we scire pood roads throughout the State ears after every person now at the ge of accountability is dead and one, I stand for bonds. Mecklenburg as been building roads 30 years, and lie has about 200 miles, using direct ix. Guilford has been building lads six years and she has 100 miles, sing bonds. We are too far behind ) depend on a direct tax. We must o ahead and issue bonds, build the lads, increase our wealth, and reap lanyfold the cost of the roads. Is ortli Carolina to labor another genration before good roads come to ass? God forbid. We would lose lough to macadamize every mile of >ad in the State. Should a county issue bonds beire n dollar is pvnendad n nnmno. >nt civil engineer should be secured nd put to work mapping out the lunty. He should be under either ie county commissioner or a liighray commission composed of the immissioners and other men seated by the people.) It is absoitely necessary that an engineer be mployed, even though he cost conderable salary, for the location, instruction and maintenance of lads are operations that no man or ;t of men without tlie aid of an enineer can conduct in the proper way > get the best results at the least >st. There is a disposition on the art of many people to cavil at the rice paid such an engineer, and if ou undertake to fight for roads you ill meet it at the outset. That idea lust be eradicated, as must also the iea that the men entrusted with the ublic funds will not place every dolir where it belongs. In an age of kepticism in business, it is not unatural that people should suspeet lat huge sums voted for roads will e preyed upon. No county can build ?ads without an engineer who acte i pathfinder, going over the county, udying the situation, making aps, and doing all that very nocesry preliminary work without which 'ttimes money is worse than wasted. Road-Building an Art. When county offiiers learn to ap eeiate the fact that road-building is i art, they will rely more and more ion expert, advice and scientific deonstration, and when they have arned what class of roads is desir.i~ ,i ?:n ? - iic, miry win construct mem and en guard them. Therein lies one of the most impornt of all American highway quessns. Americans build as good roads i Englishmen or Frenchmen, bpt iving done so, they rest contented ith their efforts and let each passing eath of air, speeding automobile, or enching rain blow or wash the road irfaee awny. In the countries of Europe, where e well-nigh perfect roads are the ide of the citizens and the envy id admiration of visiting Americana, Mi jealous sen is constantly given; careful day-by-day inspection is made, and every depression is quickly filled and all inaqualities rolled or tamped. Two requisites, therefore, confront the county supervisors at the outset ?first to ascertain what roads would be most suitable to that particular section, and secure what sums should be expended for their maintenance after completion. These are vastly important and the nation's very small percentage of improved roads is due largely to a failure to give consideration to them. Millions of money have been wasted in building roads which local conditions made impracticable and out of all cost proportion to the county's revenues. There are exceptions to all rules, however, and Pike county, Alabama, stands as a glittering exception to 41?4? usnal construction blunder. There the county officials had plunned to expend a large sum in the building of gravel roads. Mr. W. L. Spoon, United States superintendent of road construction, being sent to make an inspection of the county's road possibilities, learned that 700 miles of important routes needed improvement. He figured that the cost of gravel roads would be $3,000 a mile?plainly a sum greater than the county could be bonded for. Conditions, however, were ideal fox sand-clay construction and he strongly urged its adoption. By legal proviso the county could be bonded for only 3 1-2 per centum of the assessed value of the real and personal property. The plan was decided upon and an issue of $143,000 was voted. One hundred thousand dollars' worth of the bonds were quickly sold, being disposed of in $50,000 allotments. The first allotment brought a premium of $625 and the second one of $S25. Forty thousand dollars was at once spent for mules and road-building machinery and work was started. With the sum remaining, 118 miles of the finest sand-clay roads in the South had been built within two years from the date of the bond issue; a generous sum was still on hand; eight gangs were at work, and the people were so pleased they stood ready to take up the remaining issue of $43,000 and expend it in the same way. Inasmuch as road building and road mending have been for a century under county commissioners and township road supervisors with prac ucauy no Denefleial results observable ?it seems plain that the tine for a radical change of methods is at hand. I am an earnest believer in Federal and State aid and co-operation in building good roads, and I believe that the time is at hand when the government will hit upon some plan whereby it may co-operate with the State and the State with the county, in the work. It has been argued that it is unconstitutional. Why should it be more so than expenditure of money for river and harbor improvements, which often take the form of a private enterprise? As a matter of fact, it has been shown conclusively in Congress that so far from being unconstitutional, the government in its very beginning began the construction of good roads and expended more than seven millions on the old Cumberland road from Maryland to St. I^ouis, a distance of 700 miles, and the work was only abandoned because there arose a question of authority and responsibility as to who should maintain and repair the road, the State, or the Federal government. What does the government do for the farmer? We spend millions annually on the army, a dead loss, though doubtless necessary; we spend some hundred millions on the navy; have spent a half billion on river and harbor improvements. During ten years we spent more than six billion dollars of which about forty-seven million went to the agricultural department; but not a dollar for the promotion of good roads, a common blessing for all the people. During fifty years, in all the vast sum our government his disbursed for one thing and another, not a dollar has been appropriated for l?An -l.? A ?. -1 * 1 ' p A . uauB. xviki yei, i ne iarmers oi tne country compose tlie bulk of population, and last year contributed to the national wealth some eight billions of dollars. The one-horse farmer around behind the bill miles from town forms the foundation of the nation, aud what has the government done for him? Nothing. The burden is upon him, he foots the bills; and the government takes his money and spends it on everything under the sun by the millions, on everything but on what affects him mostly?ronds. In 190S the fnrnaers of this country not only fed more than eighty millions of people, but sent across the sea a billion 8ve hundred millions of farm products. This preserved the balance of trade with all the world, and gave live hundred millions to the country to set aside for the proverbial rainy day. llad this not been, a billion dollars would have had to have been sent abroad to pay import duties. It was enough to pay the immense appropriations of Congress and still add half a billion to the national woalth. In the face of all this, the Federal government has done not a thing for J J guuu nmds. The forerunners of a national highway from New York south to Atlanta have recently passed through the State. I believe the time is at hand when the government will spend money on that road. I believe we shall see a road from Asheville and the west through to the coast. It is bound to come. The doty of the press lied in hastening the day. o TENNESSEEjpMESDRY , The Midnight Hoar Wednesday Marked the Passing of Saloons in J Tennessee. ? Memphis, Tenn., Special.?Bells in J ehureh and town clock steeples on * tolling the midnight hour Wednesday night marked the passing of saloons in Tennessee, for at that hour the g Holluday State-wide prohibition law t went into effect. This law makes it c illegal to sell all alcoholic beverages h within four miles of any school house ^ in the State. Only two oases are left / in all Tennessee. Both are within 12 N miles of Memphis, near the Mississip- A pi State line. The nearest school ^ house is six miles from both of these ^ points, but steps have already been V taken by white ribboners to have the 1 county board of education erect a ' school house within the distance pre- 0 scribed by the llollndny bill, so that N there will he no mecca in the entire C State for thirsty pilgrims. Thous- < ands of men are thrown out of em- I. ployment and barkeepers are seeking < better irrigated fields. The pussiug h of the saloon in Memphis, and in J other cities throughout the State, ac- ' cording to advices received Wednes- n day night, is marked by scenes of un- < usual hilarity. 1 Would Debar Standard Oil. 1' Jackson, Miss., Special.?Applica- 1" tion was made Wednesday in the f Chancery Court of Clay county by * District Attorney A. L. Lamb for a f ??_i . I P<ripi-tutu injunction, restraining mu Standard Oil Company from operating in the State of Mississippi nnd seeking to eollect penalties aggregating $11,000,000 for alleged violation of the anti-trust law of the Commonwealth. The injunction bill recites in detail the history- of the Standard Oil Company and the methods by which it is alleged to have stifled competition a this State. Under the Mississippi code, as amended by the Legislature in 1906, the State is entitled to recover a statutory penalty of $5,000 a day for each specific violation of the anti-trust laws and the penalties sought to be recovered in this case cover three years. The hearing, it is understood, will take placo at West Point during the November term of the Chancery Cour*. Blow to Prohibition. Montgomery, Ala., Special.?In a decision of the Alabama Supreme Court Wednesday the "locker system" was upheld. The court holds that liquor when kept in lockers by individuals and is not kept for sale is personal property; that the keeping in the possession by a person, whether for himself or for another, nnlpcc Ino ilnoc fn*. ! ?? C11 1 ??1? of it, or for some other improper pur- | pose, can by no possibility injure or J affect the health, morals or safety of 1 the public, 1 1 Seven Thousand Go Out on Strike. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.?Fifteen 1 plants with a total capacity of 190 1 mills, were crippled or entirely tied * up, at midnight Wednesday by the i strike order that went into effect in * the union sheet and tin plate mills of ^ the United States Steel Corporation, according to claims and by the oflicials of the Amalgamated Assoeia- i tion of Iron Steel and Tin Workers, t The total number of men on strike is f estimated at 7,000. The strike is the j outcome of the open shop order post- c ed four weeks ago. \ t Ycung Lady Killed. a San Francisco, Special.?Miss a Caroline Brasch, cashier for a con- t trading company, was shot and kill- a ed Wednesday in the Wells-Fargo t building, presumably by one of the 1; concern's employes. The police say 1 the rcun shot the girl during a dis- i pute over the deduction of $.">.73 from 1 his time check. J. Novak, a quarry 1 laborer, is sought by the police as the I slayer. I Calhoun's Motion Overruled. San Francisco, Special.?A motion to set aside the second indictment a against Patrick Calhoun, president of c the United Railroads, whose trial on <1 a charge of offering a bribe to a su- i pervisor resulted in a disagreement, li was Wednesday overruled by Judge li Lawlor. Attorneys for Calhoun then > made a motion for a change of venue, s The hearing on this motion was set t for July 8. c Fought a Street Duel. C Middleboro, Ky., Special.?J. W. Mayes, a locomotive engineer, and Robert Culbertson, both of Norton, j, Va., fought a duel in the streets of jj Middleboro last Tuesday night. Anna n IInves. over whose affections the men j, were jeolous, was shot twice during j, the fight and is dying. Mayes was w shot twice and cannot live. Culbert- j son escaped with a serious wound in (. the arin. Mayes, mortally wounded, n fled after the shooting, and when the e police and a posse overtook him, is n said to have attempted suicide by ? jabbing his throat with a pocket f, knife. w Chung Sin is Identified. ^ New York, Special.?The compla ?* m n! * * ctriicy in i>iiung r>in, went ail lo pieces Wednesday afternoon when Arthur b Lo^an, an expressman, walked into P the cell and bruesquely shouted: "Hello," "You are the man, who ?< told me to take the trunk down-stars carefully. There was another slim b fellow with you in the room?the same that came over to the office to bI give me the order to call for the tl trunk." h \ \ I PALMETTX News Notes From All Pai Carolii For Woman's Monnment. The Columbia State of Tliui ives the following list of eont ions to Woman's Monument ounties: lichland $9 iarlboro 5 Lnderson 4 hunter 4 larion ... 4 Liken ..4 part an burg 3 'ork 3 >arlington 3 aneaster 3 ireenwood 2 iewberrv 2 Irecnvilie 3 'liester 3 K'.xington 3 'liestertield 3 'airfield 1 kbhevillc 1 .aureus J [orsliaw 1 >ratij*ebur?; 1 ,ee 1 tarnwell 1 '.djretiehl 1 'lorencc 1 lierokee 1 'alhoun.. k'oncc Jorchester tambern luliula 'ickens lorry Maretulon "nion Inmpton Georgetown Colleton Charleston iVillianisburg Berkeley Snake in Role of Goat Feasts on Laces. Greenwood, Special.?Here make story to match that tale i ooter sent in t'r<?m Iwrn lnv? Mr. W. J. Wells of this place vn 'or the snake story, the detai vhieli are furnished by Mr. Hiddlehnher. Mrs. Walter K luber, who lives about four ?ast of town, had occasion to o Irawer which had not been o for some time. To her surpris istonishment she found a big noccasin of tremendous size ip in the drawer. How long the snake had be here is not known. He was tlier lad been there some time. It ?d that he could not fret out an ng attacked by the pangs of h le proceeded to devour what irond him in the way of laces ibbons and had laid away a .iderable amount of such thinsrs act. Mr. W. .1. Wells, who ha d along about that time, helpei he snake and saw that ahout arsis of lace was removed froi inakeship's mouth. The Bureau of Soils Will Invesl State. Columbia. Special.?The I' states bureau of soils will si ake up the rejuvenation of anions I'uddiug Swamp tobacco n Clarendon county. Column r Watson has luul the matte villi the federal experts for ime and a letter received states is soon as the approproation is : ibio this will be one of the lirst ies in the I'nited States to re it tent ion.- This will mean mm he planters of that section, sa le one of the richest in the coi or the development of tobacco ng. Commissioner Watson v.il iver an address at Manning on 4 in which he will explain the 1 le will be accompanied by Jarper, who will tall; on tobac Arrested on Serious Charg Anderson, Special.?N. II. Se l well-known white farmer, ommittcd to jail wiliout bond ' lay on the charge of an attempt r.al assault upon a white woman iad for several months been lousekeepcr. A little more th ^ear ago Sexton was arrested pli'irtro ; - ? " i"""'"' lint time being n negro girl, bu ase was trown out by grand lase of J. F. Fuller Refused Governor. Columbia, Special.?Gov. i as refused to pardon John Fi in Fuller of this county, conv nd sent up for three years for li rcaking and larceny. Fuller, i a white boy about 20 years of ras caught in the bungalow of < olin A. Willis a few miles fron ity by Dr. E. M. Whaley. lit lilted that he lunl stolen the k< titer the house and both the j nd the solicitor refused to re lend a pardon, although the pet or pardon stated that the boy oak minded. 'at Dividends Make the Spai Happy. Spartanburg, Special. ? Spai urg mills, banks and other e rises paid their shareholders ami-annual dividends Wedne jniething over $.'{50,000. The exact figures are not at ut a conservative estimate of mount is $365,000. The bankin titutions and mills are all pc leir usual dividends and some are declared extra dividends. ] 3 HAPPENINGS I Is of Ihe St&te of Iiuteres! lo South j liana in Genera.! > rs<lay Opportunities Invite Girls. riku- "Vacant scholarships of free tuby it ion are offered through the South Carloina Federation of Women's (53.50 P1 . .... 33 98 s as follows: 87.(55 "South Carolina Kindergarten as(53.51) soeiation?One scholarship for free (50.25 tuition for two years. -r oil '' Leesville college?Four scholarnu in R''M>S f?r free tuition for four years. "Greenville Female college?One 3?.-*) scholarship for free tuition for four 0(5.(50 vt>ars S4.74 "Coker college?One scholarship f?r free tuition for four years. - . "These will be awarded bv com_I, petitive examinations held July 10, u""{ 10(19. JJJI'JJ "Applicants must file their nnmes ; with the chairman of the department before duly 1. Students must be at _ least 15 years of age and prepared to enter freshman or any higher class and must inform the chairman which ? !>- college she desires to enter. (>.{._*? ' For further information apply to MT''!\ "Miss Theodosin Dargan, !mi "Chairman Dept. of Kducation of ' South Carolina Federation of 1.-'-" Women's Clubs. Dalzell, S. C." rv>..)() b*>.45 n?~.?? c_:i t-> j _ j damage auii i/eciuea. (53.80 Columbia. Special.?The Supremo 54.0") Court lasi week affirmed the Circuit 50.00 Court's decision in the case of Mc44 00 ^'rp('r-v vs Southern Kail way Com9^Op panv. in which a judgment was rend25.00 ered for $9,500. This was a very 18.75 unusual case. The contention of the 1(5.00 plaintiff's attorneys was that L. I. 1350 ^''"Creerv. who was a flagman on the Southern, had been over-worked and Fine was kiH*d while asleep on the traek with a flag in his hand. The point js 0 involved was that the man was al>f the K'"0*! to have been on duty overweek time and for this reason the road niches was responsible for bis death. The ils of Sl"t was for $10,000, and $9,500 was pope secured, iddlemiles Lacey to Stand Trial. pen a Columbia. Special. ? Thomas II. pencil T.acy, alias Thomas ('line, alias Xewliiin'l nr^ Toney. the yegg whom Postoffice coiled Inspector Gregory had sent to the Atlanta prison for live years for roben in bing the postollice at Met'oil, in e and Marboro ce ?tv. will be brought seem- , , ,, ' ... , j | hack to Mai oro tor trial in the tinker court on three indictineiits for was burglary and larceny. He will he re5 amj leased from the Atlanta prison con- Thursday. Pc,?uiy Clerk Mcl.aurin, ?. In ?f Marlboro, was here Thursday to ppen- secure requisition papers for Lacy il kill The papers accuse the yegg of robfour bing !"' M. Covington & Co.'s store u his n' McCol! and the MrColl depot the same night he broke into the Met'oil postotlice and of robbing the Darlingagate jon following night. orVlv ^evere Electrical Storm at Lando. the Chester. Special.?There was a area severe electrical storm at I.ando Sat?sion urdny afternoon that for awhile 1 ul' threatened to do great damage. The ^ll'-it bouses occupied l>y Messrs. A. L. ivail- Gunnery and Thomas Wohertson and conn- families were struck and for a time reive it seemed would be destroyed by tire, b to but neighbors and o? cupants by id to prompt and effective work managed mitry to extinguish the flames. Mr. Xnnrais nerv, who was seated on a bed. was 1 do- struck on the leg by the lightning July and his leg from the knee down work, semi-paralyzed from the shock. He l'rof. recovered in a few hours, however, co. and is now as well as ever, r'3? e", Pasteur Institute at Home. >xton, was Columbia. Speeial.?The State Tues- laboratory for the treatment of erim- rallies and for bacterial examinations i who opened July 1. At the meeting of his the State .Medical Association, which an a was held at Suminerville recently, it oft a was decided to open this laboratory, it at which will mean so much to the medt the ical profession and he of such benefit jury, to the people of South Carolina. by Guinea Lays Wondrous Eggs. Aiken, Speeial.?The Journnl and \nsel Review has on exhibition two guinea rank- eggs, presented to it by Mr. James icted Widener, of the Tradwav section, onse- ^>ne of the eggs lias on it a good likew|lo ness of a duck in a sitting posture, ?trPi while the other has an American Capt. eagle emblazoned on it. The like i the "esses are almost perfect, and the > ad_ eggs are quite a curiosity to all those jy to w'10 have seen them. The eggs were iidge bud by the same guinea. They are com- "ormal in everp respect, except the it ion pictures, which are in white, while was the rest of the egg surface is in the nntitral brown. tans jjj ganig Wounded by Watchman v Hayes. inter" Bennettsville, Special.?Ed Sauls, jn machinist al the Marlboro cotton sday mills, late Sunday was shot and probably fatally wounded by H. B. Haves hand n?ght watchman for the mill. Three the or four shots were fired tyr each man. K in. Hayes has been lodged in jail, pendiving ing the result of Saul's injuries, mills There is conflict of statement as to which man fired the first shot. .... ,i . i