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i~ ' * rl I' '' ''> ~*r ' S "a' 8? * ' fi* " % . ' . - . THE FORT MILL TIMES VOL. XVII. / , FORT MILL. B. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1908. - NO. 28. SOUTH CAROLII *4 News of Interest Gleaned Froi Arranged For State Pardon Board. Columbia, Special.?The Board of Pardons, consisting of Messrs. R. Mays Cleveland, of Greenville, C. W. Savage, of Colleton, and W. A. Clark., of Columbia, met last tfeek to consider the petitions for pardon referred i to the board by the governor. There were only four such petitions referred, as the governor has acted on most of the petitions presented within the last three months, since the last meeting of the board. The petitions referred are the following: Lawrence Hampton, convicted of murder in Greenwood, and sentenced to be hanged. Governor Ansel granted a respite until the 16th of this month, and it will be recalled that the governor's secretary, Mr. Rethea, went to Greenwood during the flood, at much inconvenience nnd with great difficulty/,to get the respite there in i time and prevent the hanging. Gary Renew, Aiken bounty, petit larceny, sentenced to five years in the Reformatory. Thos. Wells, Laurens,, manslaughter, three years, from January, 1000. Robert Gunnells, Greenville, rape, sentenced to eleven years in September, 1003. The ease of Gunnells has been before the governor and pardon hoard before, having been referred to the board hv Governor Hey ward first in September, 1000, and refused by the board the following January, and again in September ,1007. Gunnels, a young white man of excellent family. served in the Philippines, and was snid to he mentally unhinged by his life there. Returning to his old home in Greenville he committed an atrocious crime. His mother has been un-. tiring in her efforts to secure a par- j don and was here to press the petition before the hoard. The recommendation0 of the Jjonrd j of pardons is not binding qji the governor, and he is not under the law compelled to refer any case to the board, the pardoning power being vested in the governor solely under the law. , Aetna Mill Unsold. Union, Special.?The Aetna Cotton Mill was advertised to be sold last Wednosdnv hv the truataa in lifinlr ruptcy, but the sale did not take place. There wore several prospective purchasers, some of whom had deposited the required certified check, but the upset price of $250,000, seems to have been larger than any one wanted to bid as no one offered to pay it. The. sale was therefore called off, and the property, which cost $450,000 and is in pood condition, will bo a pa in offered for sale about the middle of November at a lower flpurc. Verdict Against Southern. Spartanburg, Spccinl.?In the suit against the Southern Railway for damages in the sum of $30,000 brought by J, M. Turbyflll, administrator of the estate of Mis> B. Hand, the young school teacher who was killed at Duncan last November while crossing the railway tracks, the jury returned a verdict $5,000 dollars. Miss | Hand was on her way to visit sick friends, and while crossing the tracks was struck by No. 37, which was running several hours late. The young lady was a sister of Prof. Hand, of ? South Carolina University. Spartanburg May Get Orphanage. Spartanburg, Special.?The committee having in charge the matter of selecting a location for the Episcopal Orphanage will visit Spartanburg in the near future to further consider the advisability of selecting Spartanburg. Well known citizens here have agreed to give fifty acres of land in the suburbs for the home. Need Money to Bnild Bridges. Spartanburg. Special.?The county commissioners have not ns "yet succeeded in raising $100,000 with which to rebuild bridges that wore washed away during the August flood. The commissioners have had several conferences and various methods of raising finances have been discussed. A trust company has offered to loan $100,000 for a period of thirty years at o per cent, but the offer has not beon accepted. More than fifty bridges are down, many of them very important steel structures. ? Suicide Pact Suspected. Lincoln, Neb., Special.?B. L- Slicppard, a traveling salesman and Mrs. Lecna Brunei, stewardess at the Lincoln Commercial Club, were found dead in npartrc-rmts of the man. Gas ; was pouring from a iet in the ro?*m.1 The supposition of the police is that they tinned on the gas with suicidal | intent, though the possibility of accidental dcatli is admitted. $heppnrd nod Mrs. Bmner were well known in Lincoln. Both were divorced. '4 -Sh. # MA NEWS ITEMS ? n All Sections of the State and Busy Readers Looks Like Infanticide. Lexington, Special?What seems to be-a clear case of infanticide came to light a few days ago, when the body of an infant was found near a branch in the upper part of town. The discovery was made by a -negro woman, who was attracted to the scene by the terrible odor. The child was wrapped in cotton, and had evidently been born a week, as the arms was almost ready to drop off at tlie shoulders from doeom|>osition. Those who saw it, say that it was impossible to discern whether the child died from natural causes or whether it was killed \v the heartless parent and carried to the swamp with the hope of covering up the crime. The supposif ion is tllflt t hn nnrlv wl?n rvlo/m l If , ""V whore it was found intended throwing it into the water, so thnt the discovery would never he made. It has caused a great deal of talk among the negroes, but they are very cautions how they speak. It is said that the child had been moved since it was found as it could not be found later. There has been no official action taken in the case, but it is one that should be investigated, and it is very likely that Coroner Clerk will look into the situation rtftincdintely. School Information Wanted. Superintendent of Education Martin has requested the county superintendents of education to send him a brief description of school conditions in their respective counties, and also an outline of the greatest needs of the schools, as they may appear to the county superintendents. Mr. Martin proposes to incorporate these articles in his last annual report, which will be the fortieth annual report of the department of education, lie believes that this collection of short articles in addition to the statistical reports from the county superintendents will he beneficial, not only to the legislature. but also to the future students of our educational development. Covers the Field. As a purveyor of reliable news The Calumbia State is easily in n class by itself. With unsurpassed facilities for gathering the world's happenings, added to its o\Vn staff of reliable and energetic special correspondents, both State and general events oi-e recorded with a degree of exactness and detail thnt cannot he surpassed. In this campaign year when things are constanrlv happening to keep the public interest at concert pitch it is hardly to he conceived how anyone who desires to be well in formed and who lives within reach of this tine daily can afford to be without it. General Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid for spot middling at different points: Charlotte 8 1-2 Columbia 8 1-2 Galveston New Orleans 3-4 Mobile 8.00 Savannah 8.00 Charleston 81-2 Wilmington... 8 3-4 Nirfolk 8 7-8 Baltimore 0 New York fl.10 Boston .9.10 Oharlotto Produce. Corn 85 Bacon 11 1-2 Lard .12 Chickens 25 to 50 Eggs 28 Butter 15 to 30 Wright to Speak iu Richmond. Washington, Special. ? Secretary Wright has received invitations from Norfolk and Lynchburg. Va., to speak on behalf of Judge Taft before the close of the campaign but has not decided whether to accept. He will speak at Richmond on the 28th instant. He said that he did not expect to speak in Tennessee during the campaign. Property Values in Lexington. Lexington, Special.?County Auditor W. 1). Dent completed his abstrnct of property values in Lexington county on October 1. The figures of the abstrnct as shown by the auditor's books for 1007 give a total valuation of $5,335,720, while for the fiscal vend, 1008, the total valuation is $5,209,700, the decrease being due largely to that portion of the county that voted itself into Calhoun, and to a slight reduction in the taxable valuation of the railroads. The State will receive $2,914.40, compared to $2,410.78 for the year 1007. Carneigie Gives Big Amount. Xew York, Special.?The fact that Andrew Carnegie* has contributed $20,000 to the campaign fund of the Republican national committee was announced by State Chairman Timothy Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff also announced that Mrs. Russell Sage has contributed $1,000 to the same fund. There have bpen no other large contributions fiom individuals, M. Woodruff said, but small sums art , coming in from various sources. <111111 11 Ml I 1 1 I 1 I M* | OUR. SCHOOLS Bt Pror. William H. Hand, T University of South Carolina. t ' 1 Paper Number Five. Inadequate Supervision.?In South Carolina there are three units of school administration?the State, the county, and the school district. "An educational system is a great business." In every organized business there must bo machinery; that machinery must be repaired, adjusted, and articulated; and some competent responsible person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor must be a capable man, an experienced man", and a courageous man. He must be reasonably well paid, definitely responsible to somebody, and reasonably secure in his position as long as lie "is efficient. What of the supervision of our educational s3-stem? What do we expect, and what have a right lo expect ? What does the fundamental law of the State require in the office of the State Superintendent ? Does it require that ho shall be an educated man, or a man of experience in school affairs, or a mmi wlm knnir? of teaching and of teachers, or a man himself qualified to teach? lie is expected to direct the educational policy of a State, and to maintain a system of school for over three hundred thousand children. What salary is offered to a man big enough to fill this positiou? Nineteen hundred dollars a year. How does this rank with the salary offered a man big enough to run one cotton mill? llow does he get the position, ami on what does the security of it depend? What is likely to he his reward for any display of courage in his office? Every second year he is compelled to neglect the duties of his office for at least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars to get the opportunity to speak ten minutes in each county telling the dear (indifferent) people that he Bliould be reelected. Under our present system of electing the State Superintendent, and with the two-year tenure of office the entire educational policy of the State may be reversed inside one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier pertinently says, "In late years the people have shown a growing improvement in their estimate of the place of superintendent of education, choosing as a rule, trained teachers for it, * * but there is iro assurance so long as the office is filled by popular vate that incapable men will not he elected to it solely because of their ingratiating manner, or as a reward for political service. Xh?i superintendent of education should be appointed by the governor or bv n commission, after thorough investigation and the salary should be sufficient to command the services of experts, and at the same time remove them from temptation." A succession of able State superintendents could not build and maintain a system of high-class schools, unless the county supervision be good. ?i:--? ? - ?* * iuv; niavai I'uuuius ui ? mate superintendent would avail but little unless the county superintendents wero able, willing and courageous enough to carry these policies to success. In the matter of administration the county superintendency is the key to the situation. What do we require of the county superintendent, what do we expect, what do we get, and? what do wo give? Do we require that the county superintendent shall b?. an expert or experienced educator? Is he required to have any knowledge of schools or, of teaching? Is there anything to prohibit an illiterate from holding that office? lie is not required to be competent to teach, although by law ho is required to give his teachers instruction in the art and methods cf teaching. Does th# countv demnnd that its superintendent be at least thb equal of the superintendent in court house town? To be perfectly plain and honest, have we not had men elected and re-elected to the office of county superintendent to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position in the best schools of theii counties? Many of them would not essay to teach in the best schools of their counties. They understand full well tl^ct the public does not expect such fitness of them. That is our fault, not theirs. The public mind does not think of a county superintendent as a man of education, experience, tact, and leadership in school matters. It thinks of him as a man who listens to neighborhood quarrels about district lines, and about the appointment and removal of trustees, and who sits in his office one day in the week to sign teachers' pay warrants. In. speaking thus of incompetent county superintendents, I have no in iciiiiim wnaiever or neing personal. I am happy to count among my best friends in the State many of the county superintendents. Many of them are competent and efficient men, sacrificing themselves on the altar of an unappreciative publicT for their reward is contemptible. We ask forty-two qualified men to direct over 6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for 314,000 children, and to keep and to disburse nearly a million and a half dollars; we offer them an average of $684, an insult to an efficient man! The citv of Greenville has convinced j itself that it is economy to pay its superintendent $1,800 a year to snp[crvise the work of 44 teachers; while Greenville county pays its superitendcnt $700 to supervise 275 teachers. Sumter pays its city superintendent $2,400 a year to direct 30 teachers; Sumter county offers its superintendent $900 to direct about 150 teachers. It is a source of wonder why we have as many efficient county superintendents as we have. All honor to the eom|>etent mnn patriotic enough to serve his county on a contemptible salary! But shame upon a people who compel patriotism to crawl in the dust! I know that wc have some people who claim that our schools are already too much supervised. That denends entirely upon what is meant by supervision. Hf it means the constnnt meddling in petty details, or the jealous interference with teachers in matters concerning only themselves, or the insistence upon teachers becoming cheap imitators of a fadtiend superintendent, then perhaps we have too much. But if supervision means the readiness and ability to assist the teacher, the power to inspire her, the tact to prune and refine and strengthen her, and the manhood to sustain her (and it usually docs), then I dissent vehemently. All over the State we have young men and women who as teachers ought to succeed, but who are failintr because they have no one to advise thc-?n unci to support them in the crucial moments of trial. This is especially true in the rural and village -schools. Is it any wonder that the young teachers flock to the towns? The rural schools musir have better supcrvison. Nearly seventy per cent of the white school children of this State are in the rural schools. They are entitled to as good and as close supervision as are any other children Proper supervision can not be given as long as we multiply the one-teacher schools with fifteen pupils each, and permit the popular election of supervisors at a salary of $684. On a salary of $684 what can a county superintendent do toward the real supervision of 150 teachers seatteied all over the county, in perhaps 100 schorl houses? Require that the county superintendent he an expert educator, let him he appointed by a board and responsible to that hoard, keep him in oflicc as iong as lie is efficient and pay him an expert's salary. We shall find the men prepared to do the work. Then we shall stop frittering away the school fund, increase the fund, and we shall get results. Soon-* er or later our pepole are going to come to look at this matter somewhat as did Hon. John J. McMnhan :n his report for 1900. -. -Killed by Insar.c Preacher. Athens, Ala., Special.?News has iust reached lime cf the killing lati Fridav of Andrew Jackson, living near the Lauderdale county line, by p preacher named Livingston. The nicr arc said to have disliked each othei for a long time, and when they met Livingston fired on Jackson. Living ston was later caught wandering about the woods barefooted ami clad only in his undcr-garments. Later in tlie nigK he made li s escape. It b thought" to*" *'s unbalanced. Fire Threatens White House Stables. Washington, Special.?Fire of unknown orifrin wnc ^icnnvnrn/1 J i. 't>? r? w"ww????w ?" mic loft of the White House stables about 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, causing fifteen dollars damage. But for the prompt work of the stable keeper and big assistant the building, in which are roused several of the President's thoroughbreds, would have been destroyed. The stables are at Seventeenth and E streets, some distance from the White House. Kilte Wife and Suicides. York, Pa., Special.?William Bennington shot and killed his u'ife ar.c then committed suicide. Bennington followed his wife -to a church with c horse and bupgrv and fired n lond ol shot into her body just as she was about io enter the church. He thcr drove across the State l:ne into Mary land, where he reloaded the shot gun placed the barrel against his stomael and pulled the trigger. The erim< is said to hr?'j been prompted by jeal ousy. Ho May Talk Across Atlantic. London, Special.?The acceptance of Dr. Lcc DeFcrcst's wireless telephone apparatus by the British Admiralty, after tests in which conversations were carried on between per sons on shipr fifty miles apart ami steaming at full speed, has strength ened the American inventor's con viction that he may yet be able t? talk to America from a station whirl be will establish at the- top of tin. Eiffel tower in Paris. President Caatro Seriously 111. Willemstad, By Cable?It is reported here from Venezuela that President Castro is serirmslv ill nnd ttm? the government of Venezuela probably soon will have to be turned over to the vice president cf that republic. The illness of President Castro was confirmed later in the day by passengers from Caracas, who declared him to be suffering frcm an affection of tho liver end kidneys. His physicians bavo cot bren able to agree rfcetkrr to perform an operation or not. As a nation wc probaniy carry more continued stories in our head3 than any people in history, asoeris Puck. A SPECTACULAR FALL Aeronauts Experience a Drop o, Two Thousand feet LAND WITH BUT SLIGHT INJURY American Balloon Conqucrcr Bursts at the Height of 4,000 Feet, Precipitating tho Aeronauts to the Roof of a House in a Berlin Suburb. Berlin, By Cnble.?The internationil balloon race which started Sunday from the suburb of Schmargondorf, was the occasion of a thrilling accident, two American aeronauts having i miraculous escape from death. The American balloon Conqueror, the only American built craft in the contest. Jiaving on board A. Holland Forbes lud Augustus I'ost. less than two minutes nftov the start burst at an alti'ude of 4,000 feet. For 'J,000 feet it <hot down like a bullet, and then the torn silk bag assumed the sliane of a jaraclnitc, thus checking the rapidity )f the descent. Coming dose to the >artii, however, the basket smashed into the roof of a house, but the two ncn escaped with but slight bruises. The race, in which twenty-three bnlloons participated, representing Treat Britngit, France, Germany, the t'nited States. Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Spain,Started at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the presence of U least S0.000 spectators. The first balloon sent away was the "Ameii?a II," under command of James C. McCoy, who was accompanied by Lieutenant Vrehmann. The balloon was decorated with the Stars and Stripes and it sailed away to the southeast at a rapid pace, the oeronauts waving their hats. Dramatic Occasion. A representative of each of the 0M1?r nations followed the American balloon in suocession i.t intervals of I wo minutes, the national hymn of the respective countries ringing forth as the ropes were cast loose. The second batch of eight balloons -.\as led by Forbes it: the Conqueror, which reached a high ait ihide in an ir.eitdibly shcii period, t !. ? basket sweying violv.uly, Then alu.ost instantly a cry of horror arose from the crowd who saw the si'k collapse and shouted: '.he balloon i-- ripping i.p." The thousands who had gathered there stood fo.* n moment pet rilled, home turned away fainting, rs tiny saw the balloon falling with lightning rapidity. At the same lime, sr ewers of sand and nppurtcnanocs of the balloon shot downward with equal rapidity and then daylight was seen through the envelope, great ragged edges of the silk showing 011 either side. '"They are killed." went in a hushed whisper through the crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope njjjjuareu in lane, ursi, n iriangunn shape and then was transformed into a sort of parachute at the top of the net nnd the progress of \he wrecked bnlloon was considerably arrested. Tt came down slower and slower, moanwhile being swept bv the wind, far to the southeast, and Anally disappeared from view behind a block of houses. The suspense among the crowds was terrible. But a few minutes later a telephone message was received from Frienenau, which announced that the men had landed and had not been seriously injured. The other balloons were sent up, after a brief delay, without further accident. Terrorizing Ncgrces. Montgomery, Ala., Special.?A special from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: A negro Baptist church and lodge ball located at Spring Hill, Ala., were burned Friday night by unknown persons. A hand of horsemen alleged to have been organized with the intention of driving the negroes out of the community, are said to have set Are to the church and hall. To Increase Bank Examinations. Washington, Special.?Comptroller of the Currency Murray has decided to increase the number of national bank examinations, in many eases from twice to three or four time- n year. It is not his purpose, lie says. to rxam.no an national hanks loin or even three times a year, but th? now rule will bo made to apply tr all national banks that have in tlu past shown a disposition to vioiatr or evodo any provisions of the national banking laws or the regulation? prescribed by the Comptroller of the Currency. Will Retire Colonel Stewart. Washington, Special.?The army retiring board which has been investipntir.a the conditions of the health of Col. William F. Stewart, the so-called Fort Grant "exile," concluded its work ani while the result was not officially made public, it is quifp wol) understood that the board found Colonel Stewart t<> bo s<? seriously aftlietI cd with valvular disease of the heart ' as to inoapaciate him for active service in the army. WATERWAY ENDORSED ? Second Day of the Great Waterway Confercnco Addressed By Colonel Bryan and Others. Chicago, Special.?Addresses by William J. Bryan and Clifford Pinehot be latter being ehniiman of the ua.ional conservation commission, the reading of a letter from James J. Hill, abort addresses by delegates, ind a big reception at the Coliseum it night were the feat urea of the scc>nd day of the convention of the i,akcs-to-thc-Guif Deep Waterways Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke arnestly in favor of deep waterways, lot only from the lakes to the gulf Out in all other parts of the country, where increased transportation faculties were needed, was an cntlmsiasti nlly received, as was William II. raft when he opened the convention .lie previous dny. Mr. Bryan's Address. Til ?1... *r_ ? won.., me wiiuiiuni iur. Bryan said in part: "You cannot give the people Ico jood facilities for transportation of .heir merchandise. If you tell me rou want to improve the Mississippi [ tell you that is all right, 1 will help fou improve it just as far as you please, and make the canal as wide is you please and 113 deep as you please, and when you get to improvng the Mississippi I will start out all ilone if necessary to improve every -iver that empties into the Mississippi. Water transportation is the natural transportation. God made the rivers, man made the railroads. When rou finish a river sufficiently deep for ommerce, or a canal upon which touts can flc.it, you make it possible for a man with small capital to act while the railroads make it possible for men with large capital to act. Where there is a river any man who 'an build a heat can engage in transportation, and if he cannot lmild a pig boat he can build a little boat and if you have a large number of little tonts the big boat will have to meet the rate that the little boat fixes. Yon will find it much easier to regulate rates 011 water than 011 land because competition can be much more active an water than 011 land. We are an exporting nation. We send our agricultural products to foreign markets, and when our wheat or our cotton reaches the T.or.don market its price is fixed there by (lie competition which it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells for a dollar in London and it takes fifty cents to got it from the farm to London the farmer gets fifty cents a bushel for his wheat. If you can so improve transportation that the farmer can get his wheat from his farm to Liverpool for twenty-five cents yon have added twenty-five cents to the farmers' priet for tins wheat. It is a fact that is admitted that the railroad ennne- carry freight as cheaply as the boat can, and therefore every fanner is interested in establishing water communication wherever water communication is possible. Believer in Waterways. "I believe ir. improving the waterways everywhere, 110 mntter whether these waterways are the rivers that run down the mountainsides into tho ocean and the West or the waterways that converge in the Mississippi valley and carry their floods to the gulf. I believe that it is the duty of those charged with the business of government to develop these things upon which a nation's prosperity depends. "If the work should be done, and I believe that it should, then you people who believo it should be done should agree upon the best methods by which to do it. But I repeat that you must not be frightened because it may require an investment. At St. Louis last fall they resolved that $500,000,000 spent in improving the waterways of the Mississippi valley would bring an interest in the way of decreased cost of transportation amounting to $1SO.OOO.OOO a year Why, my friends, if it only snved $50,000,000 a year it would be ten per cent, interest on the investment. "I believe that the plan should be commenced now. I believe that it should be a comprehensive plan, that it Rhould deal with the entire subject and that it should be a permanent plan; that we should begin now to lay the foundation for the future greatness of this country, in the development of these natural resources, these God-given wuter courses of ours." Russia Getting Her Fleet Ready. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Fearful that Austria intends to tnko advantage of the commotion in Servia to deal the boldest blow of all?annexation of Servia?the Czar has ordered a. l:I: : -r IL. C uir mom iizju iuil 01 nit: r?iacK ocu fleet. Russia still insists upon an international conference to completely revise the Berlin treaty, while the latest word from England is that she has not receded from her position that only existing issue* must be considered. Two * Grades Eliminated. New Oilcans, Special.?Directors of the New Orleans cotton exchange an nounced that tlicy hod eliminated !o\< middling s'a r.cd and tt;let low mid diing stained frem the l.r. <L tender able grades. So ranch discussion re suited from the change that the dirre tors have railed a special meeting ot the nv mix ; <f th? 'xt-h tinge for n?x" Monday to get their opinion cn th matter. / I RIOTERS ARE FOILED Abortive Attempt to Lynch et Spartanburg, S C. MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER Infuriated Mill Operatives Make Determined Effort to Lynch Nejro Who Assaults Young L&dy?Depu- ^ ties and Officers Exchange Shots and Several Are Wounded. Spartanburg, f. C., Specicl.?In tbo heart of Spartanburg with its 20,000 population, a mob of infuriated citizens, at times numbering a thousand or more, fought Saturdav and Saturday night with-the military nn.l civil authorities for the possession of .Tolin Irhv, n negro wly> is alleged to have atteniplod to ravish .Miss Lillie Denip soy earlier in the day while the young woman was on her way hero from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Four persons were wounded, one of them seriously, and John Sparks, a restaurant keeper, was arrested anil hold without bail on the charge ol! shooting Sheriff Nichols, who was slightly wounded in the exchange ot! shots between the mob and the authorities who were protecting tho prisoner. Beginning about noon the crowd, sullen and bent on vengeance on tho negro, roamed about the court house square, approaching at times the very gates of the high wall enclosing tho jail. Late at night the situation became alarming. The crowd was augmented by 500 people fioin Gree vil'e. There was some shooting in the street and the mob moved into the public square. The first shot came from a window of the jail and it was followed by others from the sime quarter. An answering shot was fired from tho crowd. This broke a window in tb? jail and slightly wounded Sheriff Nichols. Sparks was accused of tho shooting and immediately taken into custody, llis attorneys offered $1.00(1 bail but this was refused. Girl Identifies Negro. Irby's arrest was effected shortly after the commission of tiis crime and close to the scone of his attack. He was captured by mill operatives, was taken before the young woman, who immediately identified him, and was then carried into the woods. Hie captors were about to lynch bin* when mounted police arrived and wrested him from the crowd, not, however, before the negro had been badly beaten. The negro was taken to the jail and almost immediate!' the storming of the jail began. Sheriff Nichols swore in a number of deputies and the militia was ordered out Tti.? mob tried to gain ingress by mears of step ladder's, but that, too, was ineffectual. Sunday and Sunday nipM passed off quietly with nothing in the way of a disturbance. N. C. & St. L. Detective Killed. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?T. .T, McElhaney, special detective for tl e Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Railway, was shot and killed early Sunday while on duty in the yards of the railroad company at Cravens, two miles from the union station. W. 1). Smith, who was until recently cmployed as a deteetivc for the road, is in jail charged with the crime. Bloodhounds were put 011 the trail anil tracked Smith to his home. The men, it is said, had been on bad terms for some time. McElhaney leaves a wift and seven children. Quiet in the Near East. A London, By Cable.?Belgrade, th# M storm center in the present Balkan situation, has ouieted down. After a 1 loop secret session, the National Assembly has taken no definite action with rcpnrd to mnkinp war upon Aus- 1 trin-Hunpnry. The city itself lias \ quieted down, the people apparently realising that war would mean the jle- J struetion of Servian nationality. ? Missionary Convention Holds Elg Mass Meeting. 3 New Orleans, Special.?At a mass j meeting in the Athenaeum Cephas ...J Shelbourne, "f Dallas, Tex., preached | to a prent audience attending the in- 9 (i.rnflti/innl ,v> - ........ .W,.,, , iinoPMflMII V t'CII VI-IIIKUI or I the churches of Christ. Mr. Shel- | bourne took as his therm' the f ict 'j 8 that an inscription tvas written on the i cross of Christ in three languages and M developed from this incident an ar- ftj gumi n! showing how modern cliur^l.eg of all creeds ore pushing aside denrm* ?! inational barriers in favor of more in* 1 timnte relations with each other. & Marked Falling Off In Greater Nan > York Registration. ? New York, Special.?Rcgistrat OR I 1! for the first three -m . Orecte* 1 I Nr*v York as shown by corrected u-i.jL'. : ' opa Jfl ha' of four years ago. For the tl.re#^|S da\s the correrted figures show fo*-? Greater New 'N ork a registration this ' ear of ."5-10.C93 r.s compared vcit.h ">73. "23 four a loss of