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KT" Hmoryo Battle of Kings Mountc Grand Monument?D and Patri< King's Mountain Uattki Ground, Special.?Thousands of people journeyed Thursday on n patriotic pilgr.inage. The battleground of King's Mountain was the shrine of their seeking Here in the presence of the ofTicial heads of North and South Carolina two United States Sena- ] tors and two Representatives in Congress?besides others prominent in the officialdom of two States, official dedication was accorded the King's Mountain monument?a signal recognition by the Congress of the United States of the valorous part played in the war of independence by the soldiers of the south. It was a day of many features. Presided over by Gov. Marin F. An6el of South Carolina, the exercises of the morning which were prolonged into the afternoon were entirely interesting. Undoubtedly they were to the nuuience garnered Irom a vast expanse of many comities in two or more Commonwealths. For never before did such an audience, of whom the majority stood the entire time, listen for three hours and a half to constant making of speeches without the slightest exhibition cf restlessness. Never had lonesome Kings Mountain been host to such a concourse. For a day or two in advance stragglers had been coming in wagons, harbingers of the hosts to follow. From Gaston, from Cleveland, from York, from Chester, from Spartanburg, from Mecklenburg, from McDowell, from Cabarrus, from Lancaster, from Union, even from Buncombe they had come, the earliest arrivals pitching camp by the roadside and in the woods in true pioneer fashion. Before dawn an endless stream of carnages ana nuggies and wagons were rattling and rumbling along the winding ways. Three roads, that from Kings Mountain, that from Grover and that from Yorkville had been put in excellent condition bv public appropriations and private subscriptions inspired by civic pride. Contributing most brightly to the animation of the occasion was the delegation of Daughters of the American Revolution from Charlotte, from Yorkville and other places. Tl?e Charlotte delegation, of course, included the delegates who were there attending the North Carolina Congress of that organization. It is doubtfull if ever before so many rep resentatives of feminine culture, refinement and loyal patriotism climbed breathlessly the clilT which the plateau overtops. Seven companies of the national guard of North and South Carolina were present. Friday they reproduced the battle of Kings Mountain with the deathless cartridges. Cue of these companies is from North Carolina, the Dallas company, under the command of Capt. A. L. Bulhvinkle. The others are respectively from Rock Hill. Fort Mill, Columbia, Cornwall, Yorkville and Spartanburg. In command of these provisional troops DRIFTED BY THE STORM Port Arthur, Tex., Special.?Waterlogged, dismantled and with tl e decks barely above the water, as s.ie was being towed by the Guffey Company 1 steamer Winifred, the Kate Flore, Capt. Whitney, from Mobile to Cuban ports, limped into port Friday with what was left of the crew in the throes of starvation. Of the crew 'of seven which sailed from Mobile, Friday night five are in the hospital THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOC Washington, Special.?The following resolution was adopted at the meeting of the board of managers of the National Geographical Society held at Hubbard Memorial Hall as an introduction to the reports of Dr. F. A. Cook and Commander R. E. Peary, to be printed in the magazine of the society: "We print herewith the reports of Dr. F. A. Cook and Commander R. E. Peary announcing the discovery of the North Pole April 21, 1908, and April 6, 1909. Bpfore the society can, WESTERN TRAINS COLLI Topeka, Ivan., Special.?Seventeen persons were killed and ten severely injured in a collision between a freight train and a construction train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad near here iS-iday. The dead are eleven Mexicans, four section foremen and two brakcmen. It is believed some of the injured are fatally injured. The work train was backing into Topeka with fifty Mexicans riding on the flat cars. As the train was, l'is jViJ'-'rHri? .' r> \. 'lilaV' cd'i > ? fit trans' tin Commemorated With u ay of Speech-Making c Dtic Pride. i m s was Col. \Y. W. Lewis of the First ' Infa?rtrv. In general charge of the c whole exercises was Col. J. C. Boyd n of Columbia. S. C., Adjutant General. The monument is the third erected in honor of the heroes of this turning point of the revolutionary struggle. Col. Asbury Coward, chairman of the executive committee, in presenting Gov. Ansel to preside over the mee.ing said: '"This beautiful day ushers in a day rendered glorious for the deed accomplished on October 8, 1780. It is tlve most notable that can be found in all our annals. "It is peculiarly a matter of compelling pride because the result of the battle was due to the spontaneous initiative of the plain people of that whole section and others contribut ui iiitjir men 10 me American 1 forces on that occasion. It was here ^ on this lonely spot that the represen- ^ tative of a foreign power was overthrown and a triumph achieved which laid the foundation for the realization of the Declaration of Independence and the existence of the constitution of the United States?the repository of all our liberties. "The dead were left unburied after the battle and the place was avoided as haunted territory. Then, about JO years later, the neighbors came again, buried them at the foot of a stone which recorded their deods in simple language. In 1855 the counties recognized the significance of what had happened and gatliered to give expression to appreciation. Men like John S. Preston and the great historian Bancroft, spoke with eloquence of the part played by the men at Kings Mountain. Later came the oiner monument. And so the recognition has spread. First the neighbors then the counties, then the State ! and now the United States lias placed 1 its seal of approval and appprecia- 1 tion." ! The monument first erected is a 1 simple soapstone slab. The second 1 is much more pretentious in monu- ( mental form, and is quite creditable. The third for which Congress ap- j propriated $.10,000, is a granite shafr J 831-2 feet high, with inscriptions as ' follows: ' On the north and front face: Erected by the i Government of the United States of America, to the establishment of whieli the 1 heriosm and patriotism of those * who participated in this battle so largely contributed. "West face: 1 xu commemnraiP ir/? victor;,- ot < Kind's Mountain, October 7. 1780. < On the east face the names of the < killed, the mortally wounded and the 1 less seriously wounded are inscribed. i President Snvdor of Wofford Col lege was the orator of the dav. He S was measurably brief but eloquent ; and historic to the delight of the vast assembly. Senator Overman and Gov. Kitehin 1 of North Carolina. Senator Smith and 1 Congressman D. E. Finlev of South 5 Carolina each addressed the enthusi- ( astic audience. Congressman Webb 1 was detained at home by sickness of 1 his son and his address was read by I Congressman Pag<e, his colleague in I Congress. 1 The whole occasion was the exe- 1 cut ion of a program most inspiring 1 to young patriots and pride insipiring I to the descendants of the lveroes C whose noble deeds the handsome shaft T stands as a perpetual memorial. TUCV virrnk* nrn icinfUM i ni_ i nt/ivL riiMsnmu with slight chances of recovery, while another was washed overboard in the * recent hurricane, and a second died a of starvation shortly before and came to the helpless vessel, washed bun- 0 dreds of miles out of her course. t The Kate Flore sailed from Mobile f about September 12, with a cargo of ( lumber for Cuban ports. Encounter- j ing the hurricane, the boat was strip- t ped to the decks and waterlogged, ( :iETY IS STILL DUBIOUS ? however, accept the conclusions of f either Commander Peary or Dr. Cook 1 that the North Pole has been attained it will be necessary that the scientific records and data of each explor- ^ er be carefully examined by its committee on research or by someI 1_. * uouv or commission acceptable to the . board. ! "The society takes thi9 position, t not from any distrust of the personal j integrity of either explorer, but be- ( cause of the many calculations that t enter into the determination of the ( pole." DE AND KILL SEVENTEEN ( rounding a curve the northbound freight crashed into it. P Engineer Edward Ash and Fire- T man Jospeh Correy on the freight |( train jumpod as soon as the air brakes 0 could be set. The engine on the d freight ran over the four flat cars j comprising the wreck train and almost n a score of men were pinned down and fj it was several hours before they were % extricated. It is said the wreck was b caused by crew disregarding orders. g jotton cropnotso good Host Unfavorable Report Issued by the Department of Agriculture at This Season of the Tear in Many Years. Washington, Special.?The most infavorable report on the condition if the cotton crop issued by the department of Agriculture at this | enson of the year for many years las just been made public. Financial j ind weather conditions combined to I ake the report unfavorable. The official report indicates that >n September 25 the condition of the otton crop was only 58.5 per cent. >f normal, as compared with 63.7 per ent. on August 25, 1909 ; 69.7 on September 25, 1908, 67.7 on Sepember 25, 1907, and 67 per cent. >n that average for ten years on Au- 1 just 25, 1909. After the announcement by the department of Agriculture of tbe igures recording the average for this nonth, I)r. S. A. lvnapp, chief of tho 'o-operative demonstration work for he Department of Agriculture in the south, after the conference with Secretary Wilson, said that the serious 'ailing off in the figures, especially 'or Louisiana and Mississippi, were lue to two conditions. One was the ;xcessive rainfall in the early part >f the cotton crop season, followed ay a serious drought and the second was the failure of cotton planters to abtain advances on their crops from jankers. The latter J reason forced :he planters to dismiss a considerable part of their labor at a time vhen tbe boll weevil was a most seri )us pest. Dr. Knapp Gives Reasons. , Dr. Ivnapp stated that another reason which indnced a falling: off in the general average of Louisiana, was hat there was practically 30 per cent, ess of acreage in cotton than in previous years. The boll weevil did serious damage luring the past year in the southwestern quarter of Mississippi. "In mv judgment," said Knapp, 'the really serious trouble, which lpplics to all of the cotton States, was brought about by the excessive rainfall in the early part of the season and the excessive drought in the latter part. In sonv> of the States ilanters scarcely could obtain water mough for their live stock. This was particularly true of Texas ami Oklahoma. What is known as the Sew Orleans storm, which passed uu through portions of Louisiana and western Mississippi, blew out immense quantities of cotton and served seriously to detract from the excellence of the crop." Secretary Wilson declined to make iny statement regarding th.-> figures riven out by his department. He said that he could talk about the wheat crop, about the condition of rattle in the west and about almost anything else but cotton He said that Dr. Knapp knew more about the rntton crop from practical observance if conditions in the south than ar y ">ther man in the department, am' he iad nothing to add to the statement Bade by him. Comparisons of conditions by States on September 25 and tlie 10l-ear average follow: 10-vr. 1009 190S Av. Virginia 71 78 75 Sorth Carolina .. ..70 09 70 South Carolina .. ..70 68 09 Georgia 71 08 09 Florida 07 72 71 Mabama 02 70 07 Mississippi 53 70 08 .?uisiana 39 55 07 Texas 52 71 03 \rkr.nsas 54 70 07 Tennessee 08 78 72 Missouri 72 70 74 Iklahoma 55 70 09 Jnited States 58.5 09.7 07 Curtiss Makes a Flight. St. Louis, Mo., Special.?Under adverse conditions. Glenn II. Curtiss. by i flight in his bi-plane late Friday ifternoon in Forest park, received the ipplause and cheers of the many housandc, of persons who had waited or hours for the wind to slacken. Jeorge Francois Ozmont and Hugh lobinson of St. Louis attempted to nake their machine fly but failed. Izmont. after Curtiss had made his uccessfnl flight, tried a second time ind his machine was damaged by triking the ground, but he was unninr?/l Fonr Persona Burn to Death. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?Fire >roke out here Friday morning while ecupants of the house were asleep. ?ver a store. Four of the fire com)anics arrived on the scene, but in ipite of heroic efforts to enter their ipartment in the face of flames bursfng from the windows, every member >f the Fishman family but one perished. Miss Rachael Markeson. the oth;r victim, lived in same apartment. )ne Killed in Accident on T. & N. C. Railroad. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?Three oaches of a passenger train on the 'ennwsee & North Carolina railroad eft the rails at a point ten miles south f Maryville late Friday and rolled own an embankment, seriously inuring two and bruising all of the reaainjng twenty passengers. David tidge, a Blount county farmer, died a a result of his injuries. All memen <nf the train crew except the enineen and fireman were injured. 5tf) ^ CHESTER'S CORN YIEI Farmer Raises 71.9 Bushels on Acre Result of DemonstrJ Work. Chester. Special.?Mr. J.T.. Mi a prosperous farmer of t lie eon entered at the first of the year contest for the prize offered by agricultural department of the S | for the largest yield of corn on | acre. The corn has been gat In and measurement was made a committee of disinterested tbc competent farmers. They declare result to be 71.9 bushels?the lar, yield yet known in the county, corn was cultured according to directions furnished by Dr. SSeai I A. Knapp' co-operation farm den stration work, for which Mr. R Cunningham, one of Chester cc ty*s very best farmers is agent. demonstration work has been pi ticed in this county for several y< and has brought forth good rest Both Participants Fined. Spartanburg, Special.?As a set to the difficulty between Charles Henron. editor of The Herald, am 0. Smith, a former dispenser, wl occurred here Monday, each patpant was fined $2.50 in the may court for disorderly conduct Wed day. Smith offered two witnesses Mr. Hearon expressed himself as ing satisfied with their statement the case. The evidence was to effect that Smith had followed lie: into the store where the difficulty currcil and demanded an explana of Mr. Hearon as to the use of (Smith's) name in the paper, w being refused, he started to curse editor, the cursing being interru] by a blow by Mr. Hearon. v/rusneu to ueain unaer LiOg Greenville. Special. ? Mere Gossett. aged 40. was instantly ki near his home near Marietta Sa clay morning by being crushed neath a log weighing 3,000 pou Gossett and companions were sav the log in half on a hillside, Gos being on the down side. As the penetrated deeper the log bee weaker and finally broke. The el which was holding the log in its sition on the hill flew out. strili Gossett in the breast and knocl liiin down the hill and before Gos could move had crushed him to dc He was a prominent farmer in section and was unmarried, but le many relatives. Juror Perry Fined. Columbia, Special.?.Judge ^ minger disposed of the contempt ceedings growing out of the .] Black mistrial case of last week, fined Juror J. D. Perrv. who c municated with his clerk. C. M. I from the hotel window where the was confined. $25 and ordered lie also forfeit his pay as a ju Mr. I)orn was fined $10. The ren der of the jury, whose pay he held up, he ordered the clerk to Judge Memminger announced decision without comment, and ] srs. I'errv and Horn received t punishment quietly and sadly. To Make Wood Alcohol. Georgetown. Special.?The E. I. Pont Powder company have eflfe arrangements whereby they will eate a plant here for the purposi making wood alcohol. The plant he located near the large mills of Atlantic Coast Lumber corporal from which they will obtain the terial for making the alcohol. AN has already began on the plant, it is said tiiat operation will c i! < ice about the first of the y This is a fine enterprise for Geo town. Nightwatchman Shot From Amb Bolton, Special.?L. V. R. Simm a watchman, while attending to duties at Makatoka. one of the ca of the NVaccamaw Lumber Compi was shot by some person in amb He is not seriously injured, tho 27 bird shot took effect, princip in the right leg. Sheriff Knox ra an investigation, but no arrest ' made. Train Wrecks Auto; No One Ht Greenville. Special.?An auto bile belonging to Dr. Stevenson Greer was completely wrecked N> noo.U.. .V, ? ?- T-..1 1 iivouio iiiwi 11 i nt; IICU1 1 a > H>I S 11\ II No. :i9. No one was injured. ' occupants of the car were about cross the track at the mouth of a and were not aware of tlie apprc of the train until too late to save car. Bv hastily jumping they sa their lives, but the car was can in the middle of the track and c< pletelv demolished. Two men x driving the car. To Rebuild Burned College. Columbia, Special.?Plans v made last week at the meeting of executive committee of the boar< trustees of the Columbia college immediate reconstruction of buildings recently destroyed by Architects Shand & LaFave were ployed for the work, and the bu ings will be along the line of p 'vious construction, although there be some changes that will add to t! beauty. LD INSURANCE TAXES One Anomit Received By Each County in iti.m tne Distribution. Columbia, Special.?Commissioner J 'Her, McMastor last week issued a statentv? mont on the collections of ''Add:,?10 tional license fee," based on pre- 1 the uiiums collected by the insurance comtats panics licensed to do business in . one ^?<ith Carolina from the six months i ending June 30,1009. The amount is $50,418.71. The following is the statement of >u"b amount of this fund going to each the county according to the term of the 1 gest act ?f General Assembly: I Tii. Abbeville $ 339.43 .. Aiken 594.93 " Anderson 1,465.5.3 1 nan Bamberg 241.67 s ion- Barnwell 357.54 h L. Tleaufort 242.59 ? uin- Berkoley 168.76 ' Calhoun 78.81 " lh,s Charleston 4.446.29 1 -ac- Cherokee 272.24 r' ears Chester 433.30 w ilts. Chesterfield 265.47 u Clarendon 294.35 w Colleton 211.02 ? iiiel Darlington 544.22 d Dorchester 271.55 n ; ?* Edgefield 234.64 v 1 C. Fairfield 244.47 t? lieh Florence 559.50 ii..i- I Georgetown 651.38 v. ur'3 rjrt*envil|t. 1.303.4 4 nes- Greenwood 540.34 s. and HamPton 220.93 be- Horrv 1915.73 ?f Kershaw 329.05 j. the Kon^nster 388.(5(5 iron 533.32 N oe- J"ee: 187.63 j tion Lpxi""ton 253.05 his Marion (5(53.40 y liieii JJar'boro 632.C5 i t|10 Newberry 590.21 lrte.1 ')oonee: 215.51 ? ?'ransreburi? 825.07 Pickens 210.79 Richland 2,2.38.73 <* dith Sallula 89.(50 lied SPar,anburfer 1.543.54 r Sumter 87-> 92 ? tnr- T- a he. T "inn 542.00 a n.u Wiljiauisburg 259.49 j, i?rk 0."?G.3S |( set~ ' F. H. MeM aster, e Insurance Commissioner, ;",k i- M. o. f .jnV, Burglars Are Caught. ? i..7v Lancaster. Special.?There has \ 111 IT I J . . _ u r#et\ a series of burglaries in Lan- / nth master the past week, hut at the re- t thai rlUPSt *'ie police department and j ave- S'lpriff Hunter no mention had been jnia,,e of the matter in order to enable the officers to work up the case. v On Sunday night the store of the j, lem- Heath-Jones Company was robbed of n pro- twcnty-one dollars and fifty cents; ,j lohti also tlie store of tlve Makie I>rug e Ue Company was entered and about four on,, dollars was taken from the cash torn drawer. jurv ^ esterday Sheriff John P. Hunter that pLarted on the trail of the burglar, l1 ror and in a short while had Will Elliott Sl tain- and Henry Brye in the toils. Elliott h had rnal<'n.- a full confesion, stating that t< pay. 'lp ',a,l seor?'ted himself in the store ^ j.ji of the Heath-Jones Company and had Mes- sppurpd the money in the easli drawer " heir am' later, with the assistance of Henry Brvce, who lifted him over the y> transom of the J. F. Mackle Com- ^ panv, lie robbed the cash drawer also. a: r... W cted Foster Protests Innocence. w lo- Spartanburg, Special.?Dock Fos- <>! e of *er* w'l? 's 'u>'^ 'n l',e county jail c( wj|j under suspicion of having murdered jjKi his wife. Martha Foster, and buried ion. ',Pr niut dated body it! a woodland on |' ma- *',e suburbs of the fit v. submitted to "ork an interview, but would answer few J"] and Questions. ''God knows I am an in- ' out- nocent man," he repeated time and " par time again. II" has not explained his '' r._.P_ movements on Tuesday and Tuesday '' night. ? Young Man Killed on Grade Crossing. Greenville, Special.?Asa Hatson, a ?".s young white man, was instantly killed * and his father. W. Y. Hatson, was " nips anv, slightly injured near Marietta last t< ush. week by the Greenville & Knoxvillc b ugh train, the accident occuring as the G all.v two were trying to cross the track f, ia,'p in a wagon. The train was coming ^ was around a curve and was not seen by the men until it was upon them, ?t c< irt. Left His Child; Fined $200. c 'nio- Spartanburg, Special.?II. A. Sack, o4 money delivery clerk of the Southern ^ 'd- Express Company at Savannah, en- ^ rain tered a plea of guilty to the charge The of deserting his child in this citv <( l0 Saturday night. He was sentenced to serve nine months or pay a fine ri'( of $200. He paid the fine. The case >ap'' against Mrs. Sack, charged with de*np serting thu child, was nolle prossed. ! ,vp Sack says that his wife was nervous 1 l2r and excited and when she took the """ train here last Saturday night, left " u'"' the child in the waiting room of the station. ^ Qirl Beater Found Guilty. rere Spartanburg, Special.?L. A. Matthe thews, a w-*ll known citizen, who on 1 of September 0, whipped Miss Elizabeth -p lor Morrow, his adopted daughter, indieting injuries that came near ,r H''e- causing her death, was found guilty p fn!" on the charge of assault and battery 'M- with intent to kill. He was sentM^- ci >r<)* ed to pay a fine of $800 or serve e^fh- fi will jeen months at hard labor. The prisheir oner broke down and wept when sen- P tence was passed upon him. h PALMEira HAPPENINGS1 Mcits Note* of General Interest 1 From All Parts of the State. i SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIATION. Fourth Regular Meeting of Thit Growing Organization of of Cotton Mill Men to Be Held in Raleigh, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 20. The Fall 'moling of tin- Southern 'cxtile Association will he held in laleigh, N. on Wednesday, Oct. Otli. As this will he at the time of lie North Carolina State Fair the essions of the association will be eld in the morning and at night, iving time in the afternoon for vising the fair and looking through the 'cxtile iJeparttnent of the State Agicultural and Mechanical College, Inch consists of a fully equipped lodel mill with competent instructors 'I10 take an active interest in the <>rk of the association and will rener assistance in any possible rvav to ;ak._' t lie meotinjr uf interest un.i aim; to every mill man who n:ay at n.1. The program of tho association ill include addresses ami papers on Wcavinir?by Prof. William Nel>11. formerly instructor in the Low.-1.1 ext ile School. The Spinning Frame?by Sapt. T. .Cuddy. of ('lio. S. C. The Card Kootn?by Supt. Alfred i. Landau, formerly of the Ma-^innis till. New Orleans, La. Power Economy in Mills?by Chief nnrineer G. F. Kin:;. of Kind's fountain. Humidifiers?by Mr. W. I*. Hazel*ood. of Atlanta. Car-? of the Operatives' Health? v Supt. A. S. Winslow. of Clinton, i* .C. The Southern Textile Association omposed chiefly of superintendents nd oversi.-rs of departments in the etual work of cotton manufacturing ia?l its birth in u meeting held in 'harlottc last fall which was attendd by a number of representative uen in these linos, chiefly from North nd South Carolina. A permanent organization was efeeted with provision for holding ueetinirs ipiarterly; and the next rcsrilar ineetintr held at Greenville in tpril was attended by lar:;e dele?raions from the leading mill towns of lve Carolinas with representatives rom other Southern States. i up meeting at Spartanburg in July as the largest yet liehl when the_ateiulanee was over two hundred, the nemhorship at that time and by adit ions since having grown to considrably more than .'100. Lake City Tobacco Sales. Lake City. Special.?The otTieial reorts filed with Commissioner Waton by the three Lake City wareouses show tobacco sales for Seppntber 1.7.'58,4'>(5 pounds, which sold r>r .$1(>.">.!).47. Saks in the Lake City inrkct this season aggregate to the lose of September 4.7!).'i..")b.S pounds, ?1 linir for .f.4I)0.!l70..'{4. The areate deposits in the Lake City banks s given by cashiers on September .40 ere $4t?8,14!).Sl. les> tlian .*0.000 of liich was county, school, dispensarv. state money or funds under court >ntrol. The aggregate value of t<<" acre, )tton and eottonseei sold l!ii< season > September 40 is ijibO'J.onn. This ! exclusive of .*.">0.000 wt > i of Ivories and truck ship". .' - spring, he otlicial r< cord v - 4.0O.1 I?ales f cotton shippi'! a" ~'l t< us i !' cot>11 seed. *!'! ? : t t production of lis secti< : vlli la: !y exccod that f last year. John Wallace Sentenced. Darlington. Spinal.?John Wal toe was Wednesday afternoon scn?nced to be hanged Friila.v, Pccemer 10. for the murder of John [rooms, at Lumber last July, motion 3r new trial having been withdrawn v Mr. T. E. Stokes, who represented le defendant by appointment of the aurt. ured of Pellagra in Laurens County. Laurens, Special.?According to a atement from her father-in-law, Irs. E. E. Pitts, who lives in this )unty, near Ware Shoals, has l.-*en ired of pellagra. Mr. J. Y. Pitts of ie Poplar Springs section of the } Junty, father-in-law of Mrs. E. E. ltts, in speaking of the ease, stated mt complete ami permanent euro ml been effected by Dr. J. L. Don- J an of Ware Shoals, and that there as no doubt as to the nature of the isoase. A number of authorities tic consulted, anions them Dr. J. j 7, Dabooek of Columbia. \ Telephone Man is Electrocuted. Greenville, Special.?At noon hursday while lineman L. R. Liv- j igston of the Bell Telephone Com- 1 any was working on a main street ible he was electrocuted, falling rom the top of a 70-foot pole to the avement below. Livingston came ere from Asheville.