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VOL. XIII.
MINE WOMEN KILLED!
Parly of Sleigh Riders Meet With a
T- !LI? A --!J a
icrnuic Atuucai
HIT BY AN ENGINE AT A CROSSING
Ladies' Aid Society of the Universalist
Church of Hornellsville, N. Y., Has
a Disastrous Return From an Outing
in Three Sleighs?Driver of the Sec
ond Sleigh Could Not Stop in Time, !
and the Oceupants Were Hurled in 1
all Directions.
Hcrnelisvillc, N. Y., Special.?A passenger
train (Mi the Pittsburg. Shaw-"
mut & Northern Railroad Wednesday
night crashed into a sleigh containing
thirteen women and killed seven outright
and so seriously injured the remaining
six that two of them died
after being removed to the hospital. Of 1
the other four, two are in a serious con- |
dition. The accident occurred near j
Arkpert. The sleigh was one of tlirco
carrying a party from the Universalist
church, of this city. The dead:
Mrs. Mary Oillrtte.
Mrs. Charles Thomas.
Mrs. Eugene Shaw.
Mrs. Jos. Hallett.
Mrs. C. C. Graves.
Mrs. Bert Moors.
Mrs. Coat2S.
Mrs. Fivu Green.
Mrs. Ruth Batcher..
The injured:
Mrs. J. Houghton.
Mrs. F. R. Rowley.
Mrr. Bond.
Mrs. Wallace Clark.
Members of the Ladies' Aid Society
of the Universalist church went to a
farm house near Arkport to spend the
afternoon. It was nearly dark when
they started on the return trip to the >
city. The occupants of the leading
sleigh saw the traip approaching us
they neared the # lawmut crossing.
The driver urged - is horses ahead,
and the sleigh passes over the tracks
in safety. The womeii in the first sleigh
then attempted to warn those in the
one following of the danger, and they
did succeed in directing their atton- (
tion to the rapidly approaching train.
The driver pulled up his horses, but he
roil Id not cheek the heavy bob sleigh
quickly enough, and when it came to a
standstill the box of the sleigh was directly
across the railroad track. The pilot
of the engine struck the sleigh with
great force, reducing it to splinters and
hurling the women in all directions.
Every woman In the sleigh was killed
or injured.
The other members of the party hurried
back to the assistance of their unfortunate
companions, and the train
* was stopped and backed up to the
crossing.
The bodies of the dead were placed
upon the train and the injured were
laid upon improvised cots in the baggage
car. The train then proceeded to
Hornellsville. The news of the accident
had been telephoned to the city and
hundreds of friends and relatives of the
i:nfo:tunto women were waiting at the 1
station. The dead were at once taken
to the morgue and the injured were
placed in ambulances and taken to the
Mercy Hospital.
Elisha Quick, driver of the second
sleigh, was badly hurt. He said he
tried to stop the sleigh, but could not
control the horse.
E.r.pcror Contributes $25,000.
Favorable results are expected to follow
the audience given by Emperor
Nicholas at Tsarskoe Selo to 32 workmen.
representing tho leading Industrial
- uahiishnients of St. Petersburg.
In addition to paternal admonitions bestowed
upon the workmen, $25,000 has
ho:n given by tho Emperor, Empress j
anil i-ewager r^ui press I or uie reiie,. i>i
tin families of those who were killed
or ily wounded in the affair of Janu- j
ary .2. Tlie manufacturers of St. Peter
lunyr have made concessions to the
strii:< v; and contributed to the relief
fund. The situation in Poland and other
of the provinces continues strained,
and strikes are reported from Irkutsk
and several other Siberian towns.
Nominations Sent to Senate.
Washington, Special?The President
today sent to tho Sonata Lhe follow'ny
nominations:
Consuls?J$inics C. Kdlog, of Louisiana.
at I'.urranquilla, Colombia; Panic!
S. Kidder* of Florida, at Nanking,
China.
i{< ai.'ter of Land Office?Walter I*
Cohen, at New Orleans.
Postmasters?James P. Deevor,
Ro. ktnart, C?a.; James A. Davison,
Blackville. S. C.; John P. Little, Clinton,
S. C.: Bernhard Le.vy, Walterboro.
Coton Ginned to January 16.
Washington, Special.?The census
report of cotton ginned to January 16
In 695 counties shows 9,717,693 bales,
counting half bales as round bales,
compared with 7,163,381 hales in the
same cotunties last year. Tho quantity
ginned in these counties between
December 13 and January 16 is 191,
964 running bales. To December 13,
1904. the remaining number <-f unreported
counties had ginned 2,748,738
counting round bales as half bales.
Pour .ndrod and seventy-seven giuneri.
refused to report. The quantity
previously returned by the-.-e bar. been
brought forward in this report without
addition. Tho total amount brought
forward is 13-1,111 running bales.
ORT
FO
~M0KE STRIKES IN POLAND
8trect Paradco and Forcible Interruption
of Railway Traffic Tako
Place at a Center of the Iron and
Cotton Industries.
There ig no improvement discernablo
in the labor situation in Poland.
At Sosnovice. a center cf the iron and
cotton industries, 40.000 men are on
strike with the accompaniment of
street parades and intimidation of
those workmen who have not struck.
A disturbance at L*>dz, where a volley
from the soldiers killed two and
wounded two has not been rent wed. A
railway station near Sosnovice was
destroyed ami trailic interrupted by
strikes. In Warsaw the workmen in 42
sugar manufacturorics have struck.
Maxim Gorky will be put on trial on
political charges, but whether before
a civil or a military court, lias not
been determined. The assembly
of the nobility of the province of Moscow
has voted to momoralize the
throne for an elective legislative body.
Governor General TrcpofT regards the
situation in St. Petersburg as very satisfactory.
Ill health is assigned as the j
reason of the retirement of Lieutenant j
Gneral Gripenborg from the command 1
of the Second army of Manuchuria;
his successor is Lieutenant General
Myloff, a veteran of tne Turkish campaign.
A Respite Granted.
Windsor, Vt? Special.? A few hours ,
after receiving the last jites of the !
Catholic Church and hearing her faith- |
er confessor read the prayers for the J
dying, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers, who j
was sentenced to die upon the gallows
Friday for the murder of her husband, |
listened with amazement to the an- i
nuuucement of High Sheriff Henry H.
Peek, that Governor Llell had granted
her a reprieve of four months.
Preparations for the execution had
been perfected. The gallows had been
erected in the west win* of the prison,
a heavy black curtain hanging from
the guard room windows shutting the
gruesome machinery of death from
public view. Sheriff Peck carried the
news of the reprieve to the prisoner,
j Mrs. Rogers was seated at a table
I writing a letter to her mother. Ap!
parently supposing that the sheriff had
| come to read the death warrant, she
arose and moved toward the door.
Sheriff Peck had never seen Mrs.
Rogers before that moment. Walking
up to the door, he said: "Mrs. Rogers,
I am the sheriff. I have brought you
good news."
"I am glad to meet you, Mr. Sheriff."
said Mrs. Rogers as she extended her
hand through the grating. "What is
I the good news?"
"Governor Bell has granted you a reprieve
until June 2," replied the
sheriff.
Airs. Rogers remained like a statue,
as though unable to comprehend the
meaning of the words. Without a
sign of emotion, she gazed at the sheriff
a moment, and then said: "I had
given up ail hope, but I am glad that
the Governor lias granted me more
time. He is a good man."
Mrs. Rogers then thanked the sheriff
and his companions for the information
they brought her. She seemed
unaffected hy the tidings, an;! as the
party moved away from the door of
the death cell, she retired to the table
and resumed writing.
The Governor said he granted the reprieve
in order that opportunity might
be given for a new trial, and only on
the ground that .Mrs. Rogers claims
through her attorney that she has not
had a fair trial and that the evidence
presented against her was false.
Five hundred dollars was offered to
Harold Harpin, a guard in the State
prison, if he would carry a pat kage of
poison to Mrs. Rogers. The offer was
made in an anonymous letter from 12oston
containing $1150 in hills, which Harpin
received recently. The writer offered
to send the other a., soon r.3
the poison was delivered t.? Mrs.
Rogers. The guard turned the letter
over to Supt. Gakes, who showed it to
Governor Bell. Postal authorities have
been asked to investigate the letter.
Russian Defeat Severe.
Washington, Special.?The Japanese
legation has received a report made
by Field Marshal Oyama, giving the
details of the fierce fighting from the
25th to the 29th of January, when the
Russians wero driven to the right of
the Hun river. The marshal says that
the enemy consisted of at least seven
divisions, one of which was a cavalry
division. The Japanese casualties
wero about 7,000. Prisoners at ate
that four regiments of Russian ituantry
were nearly annihilated. Many of
the companies of these regiments
were reduced to from 20 to .'to men
each. The field marshal expresses
the opinion that the Russian casualties
must have totalled at least 10,000.
No Vcrciiet Yet.
Roanoke, Va., Spe cial.- -Tkcv argum<
nl in t he irinl of Charles Kishbnrn,
i chat god with tin murder of l)r. Fred
I l.olew, was couchnled Fridny evening
and the case was pi'en to the jury
at 8 o'clock. Two hours later the
fotcrnan informed Judge Aiken that
a verdict could not 1 c rendered Friday,
night, and the Judge ordered the jury
locked tip until morning.
Mil
RT MILL, S. C., WEDN
THE LEGISLATURE "7,
St
Work That is Being Done By ths s!
Nnrth P.a rnlino I
? n
The following bills were introduced: M
Wnborne, to provide for allot ins S1
homesteads for lands held in common, si
Harrison, to amend a law establish- a
ing graded schools in Weldon. J1
Gordon, of Guilford, to flx salaries of
Guilford county officers. n
Joyner, to fix the pay of commission- w
ers in Northampton. e
Woodward, of Wilson, to allow registers
of deeds to administer oaths on
accounts. "
Roberts, to submit to the voters of a
Marshall the establishment of saloons |
jr dispensaries. P
Woodward, to amend the charter of s
the Oriental & Pamlico Sound Railway 11
Company. ?
Gayle, to regulate the laws of Caro- 1
lina ..lanufhcturing establishment.
Campbell, for relief of J. F. McLean "
and S. P. Austin. Confederate veterans.
Murphy, of Buncombe, to amend the ^
charter of the Murphy & Hickory Nut "
Gap Railway Company.
Graham, of Lincoln, to promote tho a
use of school books in the public
schools relating to North Carolina his- <1
Lory. | e
Passed Pinal Reading. t
The following bills passed final read- i
Ing: To allow Caswell county to levy s
a special tax: to authorise Dare county "
to levy a special tax: to allow the c
town of Spencer to issue bonds for 1
graded schools, electric lights, etc.; i '
to amend the law of 1903 and to in- ''
crease the number of trustees of the I '
Morganton graded school; to allow !?
Sampson county to issue bonds for a
special tax.
The Salary Bill.
The House committee on salaries x
and foes, by a vote of 8 to 7, reported \
favorably the Senate bill increasing '
salaries of the judges of Supreme and ' N
Superior Courts to $3,500. Among 1'
those making speeches advocating the %
bill were C. M. Rusbee, James li. Pou, fl
George Strong, Thos. B. Womnck, and ^
R. H. Hayes. These appeared in re- I '
spense to an invitation by tho chair- '
man. Judges Graham and Winborno. 1
of the committee opposed the increase,
as did Feimster, another lawyer mem- 1
bcr. Eringhaus, McNlnch, Laughing- {
house and others of the committee s
spoke in favor of the bill as adopted *
by the Senate and this prevailed. The 1
committee, by a vote of 9 to 7, decided (
tc- report favorably a bill to put sol- ;
ieitors on a salary, but delayed nam- '
irg ihc amount of such salary until a 1
run-committee, try inquiring into pros- '
cut incomes of the sixteen solicitors '
of the State under the present fee '
system, can approximate anil agree '
an a fair salary. ^
Wednesday's Work.
In Senate no billr of general impor- .
tancc were introdnced except one ro- s
ouiing fares on railroad and one to j
better regulating fire insurance and j
ether companies. IJills passed to hot- (
tcr protect clnm? and either shell fish
in several counties. The principal j
discussion was on the Ward hill, t
which amends the Watts liquor rcgula- t
tion. It provides that no town of less t
than 1,500 people could grant license f
foi the manufacture or sale of liquor, j
An amendment was accepted by Ward ;
to modify this by making population ^
1,000. A further amendment was of- j
fered providing that every town an- <
thorizing the sale or manufacture* shall .
keep a sa'-aried police office, who sliall
make daily inspections and monthly
reports, avid the possession of United
States license to s 11 whom sale or
manufacture is prohibited shall la; '
piima facie evidence >f violation of
the State law. I.Ir. Ward said theso
additions cli.i net change his bill in ,
any respect. A motion to
postpone consideration was made. Mr. s
St abbs said the bill would probably .
he the only liquor legislation to come
before this session and it involved c
principles of th * utmost importance.
Mr. IJurton said that from a political i
standpoint, the bill should be cor.nid- ,
ered. * '
Trio mo.ion to postpone until Thursday
was adopted almost unanimously, i
Hills passed final reading to enable
married men whc.se wives are insane,
or lunatic., to convert lledr land free
of dower upon certificate of superint'-ndeiu
of hospital for Urn insane; tc .
tine defective orders in the registration
of deeds, in the House a bill v;as
:ut induced to regulate, tin; sale of pat
(ni medicines containing alcohol or (l
dangcious drug-.; to anvnd the fire ins-uranco
ac; of 1 S01>. to provide for in- '
tcichangeable mileage bookon railways.
Hills passed regulating tho
sale of cotton seed and fixing a stand- i
ard; changing tho name of the Enter- ^
priso Saving and Loan Company to 1
tl e Wax haw Banking and Loan Com- t
r?ny; to provid? for the election of i
county commissioners by the people in i
Union; io authorize Mecklenburg's ?
beard of education to borrow money; l
to provide for primary elections in
Craven; to include Stanly, Ashe and (
Montgomery counties in the act punishing
tho killing of fish with dynamite.
The following bills passed the third
reading:
To amend the law or descent vnten
allows all children c:f a mother to in- i
herit from their mother, whether legi- i
timatc or illegitimate; (this law pro- t
vides simply that illegitimate children <
may inherit from their common mother '
provided they get nothing t hat is left t
by the father); to prevent the killing ' '
squirrels in the county of Jones and
Franklin; to provide f <r the holding 1
of primary elections in Buncombe *
county; to protect iish within twelve <
miles of the summit of Crandfathor's
Mountain, in Mitchell county; resolution
of thct Senate to pay Governor's
expenses of his inauguration, (the resolution
authorizes the Auditor to draw
his warrant on the State Treasurer
tor the amounts set forward in tno '
resolution; tho entire amount does
JL 1
ESDAY, FEBItUARY '
ot exceed $r>nO;) to Ox the time for | L
;!llng real estate for taxes in Jack- j i
jn county; to relieve the board of ag- j
culture from contributing to the eur;nt
expenses of the Agricultural & jyj
leehanical College at Raleigh. Scales
ihl he did not oppose the bill but it
licuhl go before the committee on
ppropriation. as although it relieved
le board of agriculture from eontriuting
to the college, it provided for
n appropriation. Mr. McLean, chalrlan
of the agricultural committee [J
hich reported the bill favorobly, r.sk y"
d the bill be not referred. He asked .
lat his original bill which was set JV
ir a special order be withdrawn and ^
bill which carried unanimously in ^
tie House containing the same reorts.
be substituted. Mr. McLean ^
aid the board of agriculture should j>
ot appropriate their funds to the Agri- p
mtural & Mechanical College; that jj
tiese amounts should not come from \
he pockets of the farmers alone. He ^
ope.l Scales' motion would be voted
own. Scales said the bill carried \\
ritli it an appropriation of $10,000 and j
; sboul'i go before the proper commitee.
He said investigation never hurts
good bill and if it was . ? 1
t would not bo hurt and a few days
clay would work no Injury. Ho askd
what was the uso of such a commit, j 'v
eo if it were not referred to the prop- . o1
r conimittoo. McLean asked if the
ubstitute from the House would not r
ie considered by the appropriation
ommittee if it were re-referred. Scales
cplied that this would lie done. Mc- '
.can withdrew his original bill and a
iy bis consent the suhstitute from the |
louse was referred to the committee |
m appropriations. a
The Lacy Resolution.
The House resolution on the Lacy ti
dll, the special order for yesterday
tras taken tip. Mr. Foushee said lie
arnestly hoped the resolution would '
tass. lie was absent when the bill C
vas originally voted upon and had p
to been here he would have raised his v
oice against it. It was a most dan- r
;erous act. Worth lost $1(1,000 by the
lame man Martin, in old age. hat! been (
treasurer for two terms, and finding 1
ie had lost $10,000 liy another's dis- v
ronesty lie had to go into Imnkruptey. j
rhe bill does not give Worth one cent
ittt Lacy $300, who is in the same con- 1
iiiion. no bettor than Worth. We ! F
liould not give Mr. Lacy $300. "I have j ,<
poken to one of the most prominent | ^
)emocrats in the State and with but '
me exception they have nil said the ! '
let inn of the Senate and House was a ' v
noxt dangerous one." Iioddie moved i
o table the bill. Ayes and noes were .
ailed for, 10 Senators voted t(> table
be bill and 17 voted in the negative, '
ind the bill was tabled. On motion of s
Senator Zollicoffer. the Senate was ad- i
ourned until 13 o'clock tomorrow. ,
ANTI-JUG LAW. J
The McNinch hill enacting a law the *
ilace of delivery of liquors the place of r
sale in prohibition territory. He stated ]
ie voted for the repeal of the sneak .
aw of two years ago. and he called upin
those of the House who acted in
,ood faith to allow this hill to pass j
ts second reading. He was willing for
hose living in counties bordering on
he Virginia line who desire I to do so
o have their counties exempted boore
the bill came up on its third read- \
ng. In reply to a question .Mr. Mc- ^
Wneh said that the nnti-jug law wax
ret in force, the Senate not having '
epealed it. lie said lie had copied tlio <
xart language of the present law. t
ie declared that there was a posdbil- r
ty that the Senate would so delay the |
epeal of the anti-jug law as to make ,
he enactment of the pre.a at hill i:n- ^
lossible. On the other hand if the hill .
vas allowed to pass the House with
hose counties deserving exemption
dared there, no harm would ho done
hem. whiie the prohibition counties 1
vould obtain relief. Murphy opposed J
mrcedlate action, saying it was ridicuous
to vote on this bill before the Sen- '
ite had acted on the other. Should the
Senate fail to repeal the present law
t would remain in force as now. He
noved to postpone further cons':deraion
until the Senate had acted on the
epeal bill. If the present law was reicnled
he would vote for the McNinch
jill after his county and such other <
ounties as desired it Ii.im been exempt- ^
?*.. MeNineh and Turlington spoke .
[gainst postponement, while Woodward
>t Wilson. Warren. Mitchell. Murphy of ,
duncomhe. Wood and Winhorne favor- .
d it. McNinch heiorc the motion for K)Kt:>onen>eni
reached the vt?te agreed <
hat the t>!ll should he made a special
?rder for Thursday. It was 01 tiered \
irinted. ,
Dougan & Scheftall and Solomon
Scheftall, wholesale merchants of Sa- '
rannah, have purchased the White
Stone Idthia Springs property and will
it once begin improvements and innovations
looking toward the establish- 1
ng of a modern tourist hotel in Spar- '
anburg county. It is understood that v
:he consideration was $150,00.
It is probable that J. E. McDonald f
">f Winnsboro will be appointed to act r
is special judge to preside over tlie f
regular term of criminal court which r
begins in the city next Monday. r
?;
Some Claims Approved.
A hour 100 claims were approved by
Lhe house, among them being the application
fur 25 newspapers for pay for
idvertising general election, those *
laiins averaging about $ 12.50; claims '
>f sixteen members of State hoard of
nodical examiners, averaging '125. and
Dr. Murv it. ">r<j<rr tmo; and the *
lainis of tlie following special judges: J
Ernest Moore. ? ;".! ...; i<\ Gary. ,
|504; ' A. McCitllough, $189.41; Ellis) '
1. Graydon. S:!2Vd t: C. C. Rentm r- .
done. <lsrt.86; .1. R. M? Donald.
1 f:. McDonald, $20:U9; M. F. A...ad, '
M=o. ^
Among the advertir,omenta In a to 1
cent number of a Munich journal war >
this: "Wanted: A second-liua 1 grave.' v
PIME
3, liW.-i.
ALiV.ETTO AFFAIRS B
any Newsy Items Gathered From ^
all Sections.
General Cotton Market.
Middling. Ri
alveston. lirin 7 3-16
ew Orleans. Arm 7 1-16
obilo, tirni 7.01) in
lvannah. quiet 7.00
tiarleston. steady 7.00
'ilinington, steady 6%
orfolk, steady 71A
alt I more, nominal
ew York, quiet 7.43
oston, quiet 7.45
hiladelphia. steady 7.70
ouston. steady 7 3-lt>
ugusta. steady 7 3-16
em phis, iirm
t. l.ouis. Arm 7*4 cc
ouisville, firm 1% aa
sd
No Compulsory Education. p,
The house l?y a decisive vote killed in
le compulsory education bill. While hi
ours have been spent in debate on al
ther matters of far less serious im- a<
art. the members of the house seemed ci
nwilling to discuss this measure. In re
s;- than an hotir it was numbered ai
mom; the good which lie buried in the a*
rchives of the house. Those who :i
otcl In favor of striking out the en- a?
eting clause and thus to kill the bill gt
-were; Speaker Smith and Represen- :i
atives Ardrey, Ashley, linker, llallen- ;1;
ine. Ranks. Beamguard, Rradham.
trant, llrantley. Browning. Callison. je
'lifton. Cloy, Coleock. Cot bran, Roar, ri
hikes, Enrhardt. Eptlng, E. 11. Ethe- ;c
edge, E. J. Ethercdge, Faust, Ford, ai
\)ster. Eraser. Clause, Graham. R. E. yt
Sreen. Hamlin. Harrison, llarley, \
lemphlll. J. E. Herbert, liiggins, Kir- i.c
en, EaFilte, Eaney, Eawson, Roster, Si
-onax, McCants. Massey. Miller. Mor- 5,
ison. Nance, Parker. Prince, Pyatt, '
tawlinson. Richardson, Seabrook, Shel- i
on. Stoll. Strong. Tribble. Yerner. .1. | ?r
. Watson. Webb. Whatley and Wlm- j 31
torly. Those who favored the hill and ;i
oted nay on the motion were: Messrs. '
Crnold, Bass. Brice, Bruce, Culler. ! f
")avis, ResChamps, ReYore, Edwards, j .}
T'rost, Gaston, J. P. Gibson. W. J. Gib- R.
.on. Gray, W. McD. Green, Gyles, Hall.
0. Herbert, Heyward, Hutto, ;(
\ecnan Kirby. l.ittle, Hyon, MrOcll,
VIcPnddin, MeMaster, Ha ban Mauldin, p]
r. J. Mauldin, Moses, Nicholson, Otts. r<
Patterson. Pitt man. Pollock. Poston, 3,
tiley. Sanders, Sellers. Sinkler. Spivey, ^
raylor, Toole, Turner. M. \V. Walker, ! j,
[. M. Walker, and Yeblell. ft
(1
Killing Near Honea Path.
Greenville, Special.?Sheriff Gilreath ]
vas notified that a man had killed his
vile in the. Princeton neighborhood *
luring Thursday night. He at once *
lispatched Deputy Sheriff llallenger
o the scene of the crime. The murder 0
>ccurred about one-half mile from <'
'rl nee ton and nine and a half miles j ^
rom Monica Path. Dennis Wood, a a
vhite man. tenant on a farm, killed ^
lis wife, who was said to have been i 1
lalf-witted. It is said that Wood beat 1
icr first and then shot her. the wo- I
nan only living a few minutes. The
ottple have four or five children. The j
ragedy occurred at I o'clock. The ( ^
nan was arrested and is now in the j
Ireenville county jail.
j a
Burned to Death. S
Allien, Special.?A telegram was re- i (
eivod here stating that Mr. George I*. *
tshlc.v was burned to death in the <i(Heo v
ar attai lied to the railroad enmn of '
,V. .J. Olliver fi- Co. at Wyekliffe. T> an.,
a o'clock Thursday morning. Mr.
'.r.hley is an Aiken boy. aimut -1 years l()
f ago, a son of Mrs. S. J. \shl? y and ?.
' brother of Miss Annabolle Ashley an! y
ir. Charles \sliley. now a student ai i
'outh Carolina college. Mr. George (
'.snl"y had been in the employ of W. J. v
diver fir Co., and had worked liis way ).
ij? to a responsible position witli that j
arge firm of rni!road contractors. Xo ti
nrtlu r particulars of tlie tragedy were I (|
;iven in the telegram. | r
Will Rebuild Mill.
riennettsvillo. Special'. The nipnagonent
of the Southern Cotton Oil com
>any say that the mill here, which :
vas burned Inst Wednesday, will he (
ebuilt at once. They say that Marl- .
oro is one of their best counties, ooth '
or buying seed and selling meal and ^
ither fertilizers, and they cannot af- 1
ord for a single season to pass with- ^
?ut a plant in operation here. The '
lew building and equipment will prob- ?
ibly lie niti' h larger and more modern ,
ban the old one.
South Carolina Items.
At the n?xt term of the court of
enoral ses ions of Horry county, which 'I
onvenes on Monday. William T. Hell n
vii 1 i:n tried for the murder of Mollie >
Hell on Tuesday, November 1. iast *
ear. in Rayboro town hip, near Zoan ''
lostofiice. fp-orge C. Hell, Julius Wa- p
ermnn Boll. c. it. Van Bullock an 1 <
nmoq M. l'< II will be tried at th" s nne ]
line as accessories to the crime. \\*il- ^
lam T and George C. Tell are in the j
ointyjail. V'illinni Is held with- (
ut 1 ail and George'* hail was fixed at .
n.f?0 an ! he was unnlde u> *t. liond-:. [
non. Julius Waterman' and James M. (
tell are or.t on hail In the um or $1,000 r
ju ii. c. n. Van' Bullock iij also out on |
.*>('0 bond. r
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ROKEALLRECORli
jtoraobile Runs a Mile io Bat Littlfc
Over Half a Minnie *
1CERS RUN FASTER THAN TV IP?
His Twir. 60-hors? Power Machine
Ho Establishes a New World's Reo?
ord?The Ten-Mile Record Was Also
Smashed Again, Young MacDonalcl
Going It in 6.15.
Ormond. Fla., Special.?The greatest
itomobile meeting ever held in this
untry or any other country ?o far
i smashing records is concerned, clas^I
hero Tuesday afternoon. The last
M'formance was the running of s mil*
32 4-3 seconds by H. L. Uowden, La
s twin GU-horse-power car. It warn
tor the day's events had been flnishl.
Ho asked permission of the offI>als
to try for the kilometer and mil*
cord, and the course was cleared Cor
m. lie took a good Hying start, and.
i ho tripped the wire of the automatic
me machine, the crowd expected a
w world's record, for the car was
>uig faster than the speed of a hur?
cane. Unfortunately, the kilometer
uio was not caught on the automatic.
>t several watches gave it as 20 3-4
eonds. the world's record being 21:54.
he previous mile record was clipped*
mslderably until the opening of tbl*
eetlng. it was 30 flat, made last
>ar by W. K. Vamlerbilt. iJiat weeVt
uuur c/. luucuoiuuu irimmcu n. jowh
i 34 2-5, ami soon after Mr. Dowdmv
nocked off another fifth. Since theu
3 expressed the opinion that ho coul&
> 33 seconds or under. He did itYoung
Mae Donald was also to har?
ied for a world's kilometer and better
ile record, but certain parts of his
lginc became strained. Ho made ths
Tempt, however, making the kilom?r
in 25 2-5. The automatic failed on
le mile, which was not taken. It
ould not have been a record. r\
The 10-mile record was again smash1.
It was in the finnl of the Orruand.
erby for the Major Miller trophy,
oung MacHonald, who won the trolly,
covered the 10 miles in 6:15. Th? ' *<
cord before this nuct was 6:50, iriad* .
y \V. 1\. V?nde'rbllt here last year,
ast week Mr, Thomas tritnmptj tbi*
own to 6:31 4-5. He was second in thw *
)-mile Ormond derby this inorniujt
nishing in 6:18 1-5, beating his own
ne record of a few dnys ago. Tt was
fter tliis race that MacDonald's raa?liine
bent a liar, which interfere<i with
10 proper handling of iiis machine.
The fifth mile race was devoid of
ny special interest, although som?
orld's records were made. It seem*
iio order of things now for world's records
to be established each year on tha
miond beach. These records are tried
or fit other meets at home and abroad,
nt it remains for new machines t?
ome here and lower the records. Alt
re agreed that there is not such a
peodway on earth as the stretch along
iiis coast from here t<? MoBquito Inlet.
Two Women Cremated.
Darlington, N\ C., Special.?News
ias reached here from Tony, Caswell
onntv, 20 miles north of Hnrlington?
f the burning of the home of Mrs.
larah A. Florence, mother of Mr. A
5. Florence, of the mercantile firm of
lor. lice & Walker, of this place, in.
. hi. h Mrs. Florence and her daughter,
iiss Beitio Florence, were burned to.
oath.
Tho lire was discovered about 1
'clock in the afternoon and an alarm
ivon. I pon the arrival of neighbors
iiss Florence, who was in the yard at
hat time, ran into the house, when.
!ii walls gave way, entombing the two
. omen. The charred body of Miss
loreneo was taken from the ruins,
ut that of Mrs. Florence was burned,
ii ashes. Two hundred and seventeen
ollars in gold coin was taken from tins
u ins.
Cotton Pool Headquarters.
New Orleans, Special.?The legal
amo of the cotton pool formed by
ho executive committee of the Southrn
Cotton Growers Association, has
eon fixed as "the Southern Plantera*
lommission and Holding Company.'*
'he headquarters will be in New Organs.
The executive committee of the
louth Cotton Growers' Association is
xpected to endorse the completed deails
of the ronl ftt its meeting in Atlanta
on tho 7th of February.
The Statehood Bill.
Washington, Special.?The Senate
*ucs1ay continued the consideration
if the joint statehood bill with Mr.
Celeon as the principal speaker. A.
i".ml.er of hills were passed, including,
me largely increasing the fees for inorporation
of stock companies in the
list vie I c?i Columbia. While this bill
vas under consideration, Mr. Itacon
rm.de inquiry as to whether it intended
o cur '.i| the evils relating to corporation
i which had been p?'mted out by
iie President, and Mr. fiallinger replied
hit !t would have a beneficial effect
in re ulctlng corporations organized
n tho future, but would not in any way
eg.:late wxJstin<? corporations.
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