THE FORT MILL TIMES.
7TH YEAR FORT MILE, S. C*, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908 NO 19
A MASS OF FLAMES.
NOTHING CAN SAVE VANCOUVER
FROM DESTRUCTION.
Eire Fightete Fleeing From Death
on Train Encounter a Wall of
Flame?A Fight For Life.
A dispatch from Vancouver. D.
C., says three days the people of
Michel have fought for their Uvea
and homes, but at dust Wednesday
the city started to burn. Nothing
can save It from ruin. A gale from
the west sprung up In the afternoon.
At the edge of the town 100.000
feet of mine timber owned by a coal
company caught Are, and four loaded
railroad cars standing on the side
track were consumed. Two Canadian
and Pacific locomotives were hitched
to a train to carry the fire fighters
away to the west to safety.
The train got only a half mile on
its Journey when it encountered a
wall of flames. There whs danger of
v. its being hemmed In nnd burned
j with everybody uboard, so the loco?.
motives were reversed and run back
with all possible speed. By the time
the train returned nil the houses on
the flat district hack of th Great
Northern depot were burning and
and the main town seemed likely to
catch at any moment.
WILL GRATIFY AMIilTIOX.
Edition To Give Himself a Roving
Commission Into Science.
Thomas A. Edison has begun to
gratify an ambition ho has cherished
many years, and the laboratory
at Llewellyn, N. Y. will see* comparatively
little of him henceforth
Mr. Edison's ambition has been
to give himself a roving commission
into pure science and to steer clear
of commercialism. He does not
want to Increase hlB fortune. He
nas goi f.i?,uuu,i;i'u, wniru n?thinkfl
Is more than enough. All his
life he has been turning out money
making inventions. He will devote
his remaining years to investigate
anything that strikes his fancy without
regard to its financial productiveness.
It is learned that the man who
has achieved so many marvels in
electricity has a greater love for
chemistry than electricity. Chemistry
wfiB the first science to cuptlvae
his wonderful Intellect but he hat
never had a chance to dig as deep
into its mysteries as ho wanted to.
Now he proposes to give himself
the chance. Moreover he is going
to take life more easily.
He has promised his family and
his friends to give up slaving night
and day, Sundays and holidays In
his labortory. Not only that but h?
is going to take jaunts about and
see something of the rest of the
world. Ho has bought himself a
place In Florida where he will spend
a couple of months in the into winter
and early spring next year.
Toward the end of this month he
is going with his wife on a month's
trip to the Pacific coast. Ho wtl'
stay more than a month if the fancy
strikes him. Monday, instead of being
in his laboratory, he was fun
making with some friends down on
Long Island where he went on Friday
to spend three days.
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED.
North Carolina Farmer, His Wife am
Hon, Slain by Lightning;.
A special to the Charlotte Obper
ver from Sparta, Alleghany Count
brings news of the death of an en
tire family at KdmondB. ten mile
across the mountains from Sparta
on Friday by lightning. Frank Mm
phy. a farmer, and his wife am
young son were in the field stackin
rye when tbo storm came up. Th<
trio ran for shelter, but were strlck
en down before they reached th
house and presumably Instantly kill
ed. The bodies were found latei
by neighbors.
TILLMAN I.N ITALY.
Writes to Gen. Jones for News From
the Campaign.
Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of
the State Democratic executive committee
and Senator Tillman's substitute
on the national Democratic
committee, Monday received a letter
from the senator. The .alter is now
in Italy and finds the lakes ovei
there very beautiful.
Senator Tillman will be in Londor
on the 10th of August. The State
Democratic primary is on the 26th
Senator Tillman a3ks Gen. Jones foi
information from the campaign.
Rolls Down Embankment.
The work train on a narrowgauge
road running to the Rore
Iron Mines, two miles from Poanoke
Va.. Friday left the rails and r?11e<
* down a hirh embankment on tb
mountain side. A number of mei
riding on the train were caught un
der the engine and enrs. Three wer
killed god several more serlousl
fnjnrad The dead* James Tyre<
J ami Wertz, Jchn Brown
REPORT OF CROP CONDITION.
Bureau of Statistic** of Agricultural
Department Issue Bulletin.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture in a bulletin issued
Friday shows that the condition
of corn ou August 1 was 82.5 per
cent, of a normal, as compared with
82.8 last month, 82.8 on Aug. 1>
1907, and 83.1, the 10-year average
on August 1. The condition in the
Southern States was:
1908. iu-.vears.
Texas 78 78
Qeorgia 89 86
Kentucky 83 85
Tennesnec 85 8 4
Alabama 87 84
North Carolina. . . .91 87
Arkansas 79 83
Mississippi 86 80
South Atlantic .. ..89 86.4 j
Preliminary returns indicate c (
yield of winter wheat of about 14.3
bushels per acre, or a total of 425,940,000
bushels, which comparer i
with 14.6 bushels and 409,442,000 |
bushels, respectively, the final 'esti- ,
mutes of last year's crop. The aver- <
age quality of the crop is 90.1
against 90.5 last year. I
Average condtion of spring wheat <
on August 1 was 80.7 pe rcent. o t
normal as compared with 80.40 t I
month ago, 79.4 on August 1. 1907 <
86.9 on August 1, 1906, and 82.7 t
the 10-year average on August 1. i
The condition of the oat crop on
Aug. 1. was 76.7 per cent, of normal i
as compared with 85.7 last month i
75.6 on August 1, 1907, 82.7 oi '
Aug. 1, 1906.
The proportion of the oats crop o '
last year in the hands of farmers ot :
August 1 is estimated at 5.0 per cen
equivalent to 38,000.000 bushels, a;
compared with 7.1 per cent, and 68,- '
000.000 bushels, respectively, tin '
corresponding figures of a year ago 1
Tl-? 1 i . I ? t 1 C
l lit* muun iuii \J 1 i **" t/i *
>r at the time of harvesting, was j
38.3 per cent. of h normal.
The average condition of tobaccs
on Auk 1 was 8!>.8, a scomparec '
with 82.3. the 10-year average. Tin
condition of tlax on August I wa36.1.
TWO KIIXKH 1?Y LHillTXl.Vti.
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Electric Holt I'Imjs Strange Prank- t
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in New Jersey Home. t
Two persons were killed and t\v<
t
others severely injured by lightning
luring a severe electrical storm tha
swept over Eastern PennsylvanU "
ind New Jersey Friday, cau3int i
much havoc. ,
Robert Heimbach, u farmer, was i
struck and instarlly killed, nen '
the fields, and Walter Cattell, agec r
Eewlsburg. Pn., while working Is
'he fllds, and Walter Cattell. agec
17 years, was strnck and killed
near Qlasslxiro, N. J.
His sister. Mabel, and Rebeee:
Turner, were also struck and severe
1y Injured, the latter being in : *
serious condition. Cattell, his sis ,
ter and Miss Turner were seated un
ier a shed watching the lightning
when a holt hit the peak of th<
shed, where they wreo siting.
The lightning broke the legs of .
'he ehnirs and rendered the trio un
onseious. The charge passed dowi ^
Cnttell's back and he was dea<
when picked np. The shoes wer?
ipped from the feet of his sister
but she recovered consciosnness af ,
?er a short time, and is seriously il (
'rom the shock. One corner of th< ,
Cattell home was torn out of the
iilildtng by the ligntning.
Iluildings of all sort were strueln
various sections and destroved
nd many districts suffered from
'looditig. Philadelphia, tn connectloi
with the storm, was pelted bv on<
f the most severe f alls of hall tha
lias occurred in a number of years '
FOLLOWS ItltY.WK ACTION.
raft flakes a Speech Jo a l'tionograpl
to Have it Reproduced.
The use of a phonogarph by Candllate
T?ift as a means for dlssominaion
of his speeches, as reported in
he dispatches from Hot Springs.
V'a., excited the liveliest interest oi
?V. J. Hryan. so much as that he gave
>ut the following statement In regard
to it.
"The republican papers have been
making fun of me for using the
phonograph as a means of reaching
the public, hut since the republican
andldute has followed my example
I presume that the criticism will
ease and that this will now be regraded
as a dignified method of discussing
public questions.
"It looks as if the democrats were
1 going to have a hard time this year
protecting their patents from in'
fringement. The republicans seemt
to he bent upon imitating not only
our platform, but our campaign methods.
There is. however, some advantage
in the fact that we are set,
ting the pattern this year."
. fhiicde at Paiannah
1
f Capt P G Purse. prom<nent citify
<en, noted developer industrial wrlter
and promoter, and having cone
nectlons In New York. Pittsburg and
y other centres, committed suicide at
' Savannah Thursday by -Ysooting No
cause Is jjlvea for the dc-ed.
FLIES THROUGH AIR.
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VOYAGE
BEGUN BY COUNT ZEPPELIN.
The Ascent Made Very Successfully?
Traveled Over 250 Miles, WUh
Only One Descent.
A dispatch Brom Friedrichschafen,
Germany, says arising from its
floating dock on the dark green
waters of Lake Constance early
Tuesday morning the great dirigible
air ship of Count Zeppelin was sent i
away for a 114 hour journey in the i
air to Mayence and return. Late I
that night the apex of the triangu- i
lar flight had been turned, and the 1
monster of the air, with nose point- ]
eu southward, was reported speeding 1
aiong und^r starry skies toward S
Frledrlchschafen, where it is hoped 1
the journey will end Wednesday. The i
(light to Mayence, however, was not c
m uninterrupted one, for something >
was wrong with a propeller while i
speeding along above the valley of (
the Rhine and Count Zeppelin was
compelled to bring the air ship down
o the surface of the river at Nacheutieini.
eight miles frorm Mayence,
lirigihle again was sent on high and {
he trip tliat probably will prove a
ecord one was recommenced.
The weather for ..e ascension was
noBl auspicious. The ship of the (
lir rose majestically to a height of c
100 feet, and crossing the Jake ctrcl- g
d the town of Constance, then tuning
retraced the path of its flight, j
ind describing a perfect circle, pass- t
tig over Friedrichschafen and then f
soared westward over the lake to v
tasle. on the Swiss frontier. Turn- j
ng the vessel slightly toward the y
lorthwest Count Zeppelin steered it ^
>ver Mulhausen, and then directed j,
ts flight northeasterly to Strass- j
turg. thence followed the valley of j,
thine norhward to Mayence, a dis- fl
ance altogether of 250 miles. ^
Everything was going smoothly ^
vhen the trouble to the propeller
tccurred and somewhat impeded the e
irogress of the air ship, but when
ne balloon had been brought down
lount Zeppelin found the defect so
ilight that he telephoned his secreary
at his ofllce in Friedrichschaf>n:
"We will stnrt again some time ^
o-night and complete the trip."
His expectations were realized,
or in less than four hours every
ntng had been made perfect. I
The people gathered on the banks j
?f the stream and sang patriotic jlongs
and cheered Count Zeppelin. t
At 10.15 p. m., the air ship rose ^
igain and turned her hows toward r
dayence, where she arrived at (
?clock, and passed over the gas- r
"I city almost beyond the view e
>f the populace, which had gathered
n the streets expecting to witness
nc passage of the balloon.
Soaring onward for a short disance,
the air ship was turned hoinevurd.
Whether it will follow the 1
tinerary laid down by Count Zeppe- '
in, reracing Its outward path to 1
varlsruhe and thence fly'ng south- r
asterly over Stutgart to Lake Con- j
stance, is not known. If the air
ship maintains the speed at which (
t was travelling today. It should (
>rrive in Friedrichschafen tomorrow
'orenoon.
The quiet villages and small towns ^
ilong the shores of Laae Cosntance ^
iwoke this morninir to find thnt the
?reut event for which they had wait- 1
d for weeks and months hadoccurred 1
?d?-Count Zeppelin's air ship had
started on an epoch making jonrney. 1
\ majority of tlie scant population
if Friedrlchschafen, however. despite
the strict secrecy of the Count's '
Associations, got wind that someth- !
'iiR was about to happen and as- ]
senibled before daybreak at Mnn- '
ell. opposite the tloating balloon
bed. In this shed, throughout
hndav night workmen hnd been
busy making everything ready for
the journey. At fi o'clock that morniig,
everything was in readiness for
'lie exit of the air ship.
Count Zeppelin could not have
hosen more delightful weather for
a start. A glorious sunrise Inaugurated
the day, and there was not
a cloud in the sky. The lake was
as smooth as a mirror.
Meets With Disaster.
Count Zeppelin's airship, which
descended on a plateau^near the village
of Kchterdingen, five miles
south of ?cuttgart. shortly before 8
o'clock Wednesday morning, owing
to a defect in one of tne motors,
broke* away from its moorings during
a storm at f> o'clock that afternoon
burst into flames and exploded.
Four persons were injured by the
flying debris.. Count Zeppelin escaped
uninjured. The airship was
completely wrecked.
The storm blew up unexpectedly.
A fierre gust of wind tore the balloon
from its anchorage and drove it in
a southwesterly direction for some
50 yards. Here the rear end of the
great fabric dropped and smoke and
flames were seen to burst out from
one enil to the other. Then in a few
seconds came tho explosion and a
great, column of flam?s shot upward
into The air This was followed hv
the crarhtng down to the ear'h of
the motors and frames that had
been attached to the under side of
the airship Several bystanders were
knocked down.
it was necessary to land the airship
at Echterdiagen owing to *he
o.erbating of the piston box of the
SENATOR ALLISON DEAD.
Heart Failure Removes Iowa's Ora?fl
old Man.
United States Senator W. B. Allison
died at his home in Dubuque.
Iowa, Tuesday afternoon. The immediate
cause of his death was heart
failure. The end >came as a result
of a serious sinking spell due to
prostatic enlargement, complicated
with kidney disease, and during a
period of unconsciousness, which
had lasted since Saturday afternoon.
Two weeks ago the Senator left
his home in the city to escape the
heat. He w^nt to the home of Mrs.
Fannie Stout, a friend of the family,
living on the Asbury road a few
miles from town. For a few days
lays his conldtion seemed to improve
but he later lipfnn to orntL
Medical advisers urged that an operation
be performed to relieve the
prostatic enlargment, which was
bringing his condition to a crisis.
Saturday morning the Senator was
brought back home. Soon afterwards
he relapsed into a condition
if semi-unconsciousness. Except for
>rief periods of partial recovery he
emnined in this condition until
ieath came Tuesday afternoon.
YOUTH SHOOTS SWEETHEART.
lirl Fatally Wounded Bcfiiusc She
Refused His Company.
A dispatch from Greensboro, N.
says news has reached that place
>f the t shooting in Wilkes county
lunday of Miss Mary Hall by Freeand
Tharp. Miss Ball was teacher
n a rural school and Tharp had
>een paying her attention. She reused
to go with him to church but
vent witli his brother instead, while
"reel and Tharp escorted another
oung woman who lived at the same
touse with Miss Hall. When they
lad retnrned from cnurcu, just as
liss Ball was entering tiie porch,
i'reeland Tharp drew his pistol and
Ired three shots at her. One of the
uiUets entered her left breast about
n inch above the heart, inflicting 1
fatal wound. Tharp was captur- 1
d, relieved of his weapon and is now
11 jail at Wilkesboro.
TOO MUCH HARD CIDER.
Vhite Man Kills Two Negroes Near
i.yncnhurg.
Near Concord, 10 miles east of
jynchburg. Va., Monday night Jack
.ee, white, shot and instantly killed :
leverely Card well, colored, and morally
wounded his brother Samuel,
vho died Tuesday morning. The
nen, whites and blacks, were drinkng
hard cider and had a drunken
nisunderstandlug. Lee was arrestid.
Negro Htmged in Mississippi.
After having been twice respited
>y the Governor, George Toombs, an
>ld negro, wns hanged at Waynes>oro.
Miss., Tuesday for the murder
?f his brother-in-law. Owen I'ittnan,
thirteen mouths ago.
orward motor and the escape of
onslderable gas, owing to the fact
hat Count Zeppelin tok the airship
o a height of about 6,000 feet.
The Zeppelin airship completed
he most remarkable voyage in the
listory of aerial navigation. It left
he Lake of Constance Tuesday
norning for a trip to Mayence and
return. The flight was successful
n a great many ways. The machine
esponded absolutely to the control
>f its pilots and was navigated over
;he Lake of Constance, down the
/alley of the Rhine, over Strassburg
inrl upvorol nthor pitina utul u'hq r? v
lieeted at Friedriclishafen, its starting
point.
Count Zeppelin has devoted his
lifetime and his personal fortune to
the development of his airship. The
vessel that was lost Wednesday was
t..e fourth he has constructed. When
his own money had become exhausted
the German reicnstag voted
experiments. The government
agreed to purchase this ship on condition
that it fulfilled certain requirements.
the principal one being
that it remain in the air 2 4 hoursand
land on terra flrma. i nis stipulation
had not yet been fulfilled.
The airship was 4 43 feet long,
with a diameter of about 4 5 feet.
It tapered to a blunt point at the
bow. while at the stern were various
rudders and frames used in steering.
It was fitted underneath with
a motor capable of developing 140
horse power. As many as 16 passengers
had been taken aloft at
one tme. Sleeping accommodations
wro provided for the
crew and apparatus was installed
for the dispatch and receipt of wireless
telegraph messages. The inflating
gas was dstributed among lfi
seporate interior compartments
which were contained within the outer
rigid envelop of aluminum.
The accident to the Zeppelin airship
recalls the end of the French
mllltiary airship Patrie, in December.
1907, which was then conslderered
the finest dirigible balloon n
existence. The Pat re was undergoing
repairs to machinerv ar Verdun
A sudden gust, of wind struck the
airship and . ,?e 200 men who w ere
holding the guide ropes were dragged
alng for several hundred yards
before they let go. ihe balloon
then shot up to a great height and
llsarp -ared and as never heard
from.
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL.
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DEMOCRATS HAVE GOOD CHANCE
IN NEW YORK.
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Chairman Mack. Holds Conference 6
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With Murphy, Senator Daniel, Ex- f
Senator Pettigrew and Henry Wat- j
terson.
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An important conference to out- j,
line a plan of campaign In New York e
State was held Monday by Norman |
E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic (
national committee, with Charles P. ^
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall J,
at New York. The conference con- ?
unued lor some time and it was said
that the part which the national Democratic
committee will play in he S
campaign in this State was detcrmiu- s
ed. n
After a conference lasting over
two hours, Chairman Mack said:
"Mr. Murphy and I talked of the "
situation in the State and what is
being done to elect the national (
ticket. A nioro active campaign will K
be made here after the State conven- s'
tlon. No mention was made of
gubernatorial candidates.
"The State committee will direct s'
the campaign in this State and as ('
long as everything is satisfactory? sl
and everything has been so far? w
the national committee will not in- ai
terfere. v<
"Much has been said of Mr. Bryan's
speaking campaign. It is Mr.
Bryan's intention to speak iu centres
of doubtful States, though he si
will not make the number of speeches
that he made in his former acnipaigns.
As has been announced, he
will speak twice in this State, once ^
in Greater New York and once in
Buffalo, but 1 shall try to persuade
him to speak also at some point in
the centre of the State. He will not
speak in the State until some timo '
after the State convention, which I J'
understand will be the latter part 11
of September or the first part of
October. .
"I believe New York to be the '
battleground where the Democratic *
party has a good chance of success." "
Senator John \V. Daniel of Vir
giuia, nenry >\ uuerson ana former
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota ^
had a conference with Mr. Mack.
Senator Daniel will leave for
Europe tomorrow to be away a (>l
month attending to his duties as a 111
member of the monetary commls- in
Blon. On his return he said he will !U
take an active part in the campaign. ,e
Mr. Wutterson is engaged in the 'c
formation of his committee of editors
throughout the country favor- '
able to Mf. Bryan's candidacy Chairman
Mack, accompanied by Secre- \
tary Urey Woodson, left for Chicago
Thursday and will not return until
after the Bryan notification. On his
arrival in that city he will announce
HI!
the makeup of the subcommittee ^
which will have control of the cam- p
paigu east of the Alleghanles.
TICKET TAKER ARRESTED.
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Southern Employee in Trouble foi
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Drawing l'istol 011 Passenger t\
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At Spartanburg, W. R. Lucas
ticket taker on Southern Trrain, wa: w
arrested Friday-night. when the
train pulled into the station on the e,
charge of drawing a pistol on one
of the passengers. On the train
from Greenville Friday afternoon
about two hundred base ball fain
were aboard returning to Spartan- ''
burg from the ball game in Greenville.
Trouble arose about fares and
n /IUII/..1W0 A-.J
?* Mlllll?MllJ ? no IUII IUW l> il?f I u*u.
Lucas drew his pistol and when the f<
train pulled into the station he was si
arrested l>y the police. * v
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AUTOMATIC DOFFING MACHINE, tl
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Invention for Cotton Miiis Designed F
by South Carolinians. J
An automatic doffing machine Is (
the joint Invention of A. O. Boozer ''
of Greenville and "George Hill of 11
Tucapau. The machine is now in ^
successful operation at 'lucapau mill
in Spartanburg county. The need
of a machine for this work has long
been an important one, for the help (
to do the doffing in the spinning
plants has always been difficult to
secure.
FEUDISTS IN DIG FIGIIT.
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Two Men And a Woman Killed in (
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Kentucky. <
The bloodiest feudist battle ir '
vears took place at Layman, Horlin
county, Ky.. late Thursday afternoon '
Three persons were killed, one be- '
inn a woman, and one woman wn: '
wounded. The trouble dates bad
for generations between Wanton*
and Taylors. The immediate cause
of the shooting was a dispute ovei <
a school election. *
BARBER STAB8 WIFE.
Narrowly Escape* Being Lytwhed
by Angry Mob.
At Burlington, N. J , angered and
> jealous because his wife wished to
i gq for a walk, Adam Poniel, a bar1
ber. Thursday night stabbed the woman
and In turn a? lynrlj^d,
by an aqgry mob.
BALDWIN MAKES ASCENT. j
IIn Dirigible Balloon (low Five
Miles, Making Complete Circle. ^
"We sighted the enemy." Thest
cords were shouted by Capt. Baldwin
at Fort Myer Friday, says a dls>ateh
from Washington. as he piloted
his balloon to the ground aftei j
nuking a successful flight of neari}
Ive miles in an effort to demonstrate
he usefulness of an air ship In wa
ime.
Rising from the ground like a
nonster bird of the ulr, slowly bu v
uoyantly, at 6.21 o clock Frlda ?
venlng, the aerial s-.p, built tin n
tatted States army, was headed Inb a
he westerly wind by Capt Baldwin, n
i complete circle was described, tin s:
alloon rising gradually to a heigh C
f 200 feet. Again pointing to th< a
rest, and attaining at estimator" N
peed of twelve miles an hour, the tl
hip voyaged In a direct line foi L
early two miles. tl
The trip was made with the wind,
'hlch was blowing at the rate of 1 B
tiles an hopr. The throttle war s<
tirown open a little wider by Mr. tl
urtiss. who again operated the en- "
ine, and the ship flaw alone ? hi
;>eed of eighteen or twenty miles 1111
our.
When the dirigible passed over the
arting point It was about five hun- ^
red feet in the air. Bringing hit
lip against the wind, Capt. Bald c'
In made a landing much the sann
i pilotH of water craft bring theii rI
sssels to the side of a dock. * l)(
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ROBBERY AT Kl'TAWYILLE. U
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tore of M. Marcus Entered and \
Some Goods Stloeu.
On Thursday morning last Mr. M. v'
arcuB, a merchant of Eutawvllle !as
aroused by the chief marshal
' the town, who informed him that cl
ime one had broken into his store. 01
r. Marcus hastened down to his
lace of business and, in approach- to
ig It he saw that the robber had fo
roken a hole in the front of his
ore, which being of glass, was not
ltd to break through. ?As lie en- w
red his store and looked around ti<
a supposed that lie had only lost
le or two pair of shoes and a suit 11c
two of clothes, but luckily he had e.\
1st taken stock the day before, so ai
i again checked up his goods and di
uind hat he had lost several suits
' clothes, a few pairs of shoes, a bj
it, some underwear, socks, stock- th
,gs and some few other things, all St
1101111 ting to about $fiO, more or sn
??. i ue rouoer nas not yet been of
?und. ta
IKALOVSV CAUSES SHOOTIN'O. d<
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reused Man of Improper Conduct ([
Toward Ills Wife and is Siiot. ,r
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A dispatch front Richmond, Va., fj,
tys Jacob L. llechler Is believed to
9 mortally wounded, and Royal E jM
llison, in the city Jail on the char- ,,]
:< of attempted murder. The shootiK
took place in Jlechler's home
uesday. Hechler accused Ellerson jt
r improper conduct toward his wife, j(
nd Ellerson shot him three times? (j,
vice in the face and once in the
inKS. Friends of llecnler tried to m
nch Ellerson. and six policemen sj
ere engaged for neariy an hour in C{
fitting the man to the station, sev- js
ral persons trying to shoot him. ,,
A SEVERE STORM.
st
ightning Strike's Residences, t burches
and stuns Several I'eople. tl
At Spartanlmrg, lightning struck
inr residences, two churches and (
tunned several people .during a seere
electrical storm Wednesday ^
fternoon. Three of the residences
t 1 i _i i _ *
nut nuic niiu>iv wiMv immy uunutK(1
and one was set on fire. Silver a
Nil Methodist church was struck in
hree places, and the tower demolish- w
d. A small colored church on ''
lharles street was set on fire by a S'
olt of lightning^ and the fire depart,*
lent had to be called out to ex.in- 1
ulsh the flames. * ?
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HKAIMJl AltTKIltt AT CTIICAftO. Jj
ii
'hail-man Mark to Open There. t<
Finance Committee.
The Democr ;*ic national headluarters
opened for the season at |he
Auditorium Annex Wednesday,
*hairman Mack, of the national comnitt.ee,
accompanied by Roger C.
Sullivan, of! Illinois, have nrrived
n Chicago.
Chairman Mack is expected to an- '
lounce the membership of the finan- r
>e committee and various sub-com- |
i t' ncc net vnt nnimtntnrl
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MAX ST A liS HIS WIFE.
I
Woman'* Injuries Considered Serious 1
<
Husband in Jail.
Tom Vick. a mill operative, is Ir 1
the county Jnii at Greenville charged
with stabbing his wife at their cottage
to the suburbs of that place
Friday afternoon. The woman':
Injuries are said to be serious, especially
the wound in her side. Vick
also plunged the plade in his wlfe'5
throat, the wound being about an
Incii dope Ths affray seems to have
been the outcome of a family row. *
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APPEALS FOR FUNDS.
SKY AN CALLS AGAIN FOR CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS.
oIiiisoii'h Manager Calls and Assures
Bryan of Johnson's Willingness
to Take Stump.
Of more than usual significance
ras the visit to Fairvlew Wednesday
f Frank B. Lynch, of St. Paul, Delocratic
national committeeman from
Innesota, and manager of Goveror
Johnson s campaign for the Preidential
nominati 11 at the Denver
Convention. Mr. Lynch arrived
bout noon in company with B. F.
lelson. of Mnneapolis, president of
lie State Fair Association. Mr.
ynch's presence at Fairvlew was at
I10 special request of Mr. Bryan.
ie lost no time In conveying to the
lemcratlic nominee Governor John>n's
assurance of loyal support of
ie Democratc ticket and his inten011
to take the stump In Air. Bryan's
shalf.
"There is no animosity toward
rvan in Minnesota," sad Mr. Lvncu.
"While I do not promise that the
emocrats wll carry Minnesota this
^ar, I think they have a good
innce."
Mr. Lynch declared that nothing
mklod in Governor Johnson's heart
Jcause he was defeatod for the noinaton.
"He feels ail right about
," said he "and all Mlnesota Deocrats
are for Bryan."
The business which brnmrH* vt
elson to Falrvlow was to invito Mr.
ryan to attend the State Fair in St.
aul and deliver an address. The into
tioti was accepted, the date ben*
ted at August 31. but wth the unirstanding
that there should he no
large for admission on the ground
1 that day.
Mr. Hryau Wednesday nght caused
i bo given out for publication the
Mowing appeal for campaign:
"Wanted?Campagn contributions
"From citizens of the Republic
ho favor these Democratc proposians:
"TarfT revison by reprsentaves of
it by the ngents of those who make
;orbitant profits by manufacture
id sule of highly protected promts.
"Election of United States Senator
r popular ote, thus breaking up
o Senatorial oligarchy headed by
andard Oil, whch is strong enough
iceessfitlly to resist all measurers
fered in behalf of the public welre.
"Guarantee of all national bank
posits. thereby preventing all
isolate confidence in all banks.
"Destructon of private monopoly
id the enforcement of law against
usts by the people who are opposed
r the trusts and not by the agents of
ic trusts.
'Publicity of campaign contributions
fore election day. so that the peoo
may know who is paying ihe ex nses
of candidates, and why paying.
"Adopton of an ncome tax because
is just, and under what may bar
s proportionate share of the burins
of the Federal Government.
"The punshment of men who
anlpulnte railroad stocksandownerlips,
the encouragement of railroad
instruction upon a business-like basand
railroad operation wth far reirtis
in wages and profits to workers
id owners on honest valuation and
finest labor, but not on watered
ock and false bond issues created
y exploitation."
The appeal closes with a copy of
ib resoluton adopted by the Demo*ac
national committee upon the
Rcasion of their visit to Fairvlew
uly 14, declaring for publicity of
intrihutons before the electou;
idividual contributions to $10,000
nd providing for the publication of
II contrbutions over $100.
Mr. Mryan outlined the .subjects
hich be will discuss in his forth>ming
speech of acceptance. The
peech wll be confined practically to
ie questions, "shall the people rule"
nd "the measure of rewardB." The
ther issues of the campaign, such
s guarantee of bank depostors, the
ftriff. the trusts, etc., will be treated
l the several speeches he will make
ii the next thirty days and his letcr
of acceptance.
row WRECKS A TRAIN,
'our Persons Killed in Accident on
Texas Train Koiul.
Four persons were killed and four
ithers were injured, two probably
atally. when an engine on the tram
oad of the Livingston Lumber Com any
struck a cow and plunged into
i deep ravine, near Livingston,
Texas Friday.
The dead: Watson Scott, engineer;
Fayette Rogers. fireman;
Pinis Peebles, Henry Young, eolorxl.
Brad Hickman and a young man
named Clark, are perhaps fatally
injured, while the negroes are less
seriously Injured. 1
New Cotton Sol/I at Clio.
Th first bale of new orop cotton
was sold at Clio last Wednesday
evening by Jeff D. Edens to the
Sternberger Company. The hale
weighed 54 4, graded Btrict middling
and brought 16 S-S cents This cotton
Was planted atc'ut Match 4. .