Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 22, 1908, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES ^
V OL. XVII. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908. NO. 29.
SOUTH CAROLII*
News of Interest Gleaned f ron
Arranged For I
PREPARATIONS TOR STATE ]
FAIR. ?
The Chamber of Commerce Has Many J
Details. I
Columbia, Special.?The Chamber
of Commerce is progressing rapidly
with preparations for fair week. The
contract for wiring; for street light- I
ing has been awarded to the Perry 1
Elect lie company. The arrangements i
as to street lighting will be different 1
this year in that the material put up 1
will be the property of the Chamber I
of Commerce and not rented as has i
been the custom in the past.
The Johnny Jones shows, which
will have the street attractions,
carry thir own electric lighting plant
and they are under contract with the
Chamber of Commerce to present (
4L_ 4-..H . ! ... i --
men mi rii|iui'iiv 01 Mollis :i:iu ill! I
equal number of lights will he in- i
stalled sit the side shows bv tlie 1
Chamber of Comineree in addition to 1
the ones used by the carnival. <
Fun. But Not Rowdyism. s
TIu Johnny .7. ./ones Carnival <mm- 1
pany has arranged for the street
shows Police will not permit <
the sale of whips, rubber halls. < oti^
fett\ etc., and will rigidly enforce
the ordinance, against the practice of
throwing these things around the 1
city. Kvory show that will he presented
is represented as a high class
attraction and no objectionublc shows
will he ottered.
The Chamber of Commerce v ill
not grrnt concessions to any one except
with the express understanding
that there can he none of the objectionable
features. The idea of the
committee having this matter in
charge is that the fair shall be full
of life and ginger with rowdiness
eliminated.
Old Nicholas Malehcr, a veteran
of many fairs, will have charge of
the water supply. Barrels will be
placed at the corners on Main street
aiul ice water can be hail by all desiring
it. The barrels have been
scalded and painted and are in readiness
to till the functions required 1
of them. The city lias granted the
rise of the water.
("apt. K.J. Person. Jr., who can be
found at the B.-C. Klectric company.
Hirer ooors i nun ino transitu- stations,
in charge of the information
bureau, ami has perfected arrange-'
ments for handling the crowds. Mr.
Person in addition to his experience
and ability, is a West Point graduate
and ex-artnv officer and by reason
of hi> military training, lining
well versed in matters of discipline.1
is thought to lie an ideal man for
the position he holds.
The Jonnv J. Jones Carnival company
has nine shows and is the best
? carnival that has ever exhibited in
* Columbia. The management has just
secured a new show, "A Trip from
New York to the North Pole." which \
is an entirely new production and
will probably show for the tirst time
with the carnival when they open
their engagement in Columbia.
They have an animal show that is
pronounced the best ever seen in Columbia,
and a new trainer, who is
now in charge of the animals, has
few superiors in the animal business,
and is no doubt the best with any
carnival company. This company is
also under contract to secure six
other high class shows and they must
he st< liar attractions.
The hand with the carnival was in
Columbia last vcar and gave thorough i
satisfaction. It consists of 1f> pieces
and is an all-Italian hand. Tt will j
give street concerts in the afternoon
ami night. Two merry-go-rounds will j
be here, which, with the Ferris wheel. |
will make things look natural. Three,
free attractions will lie given 011 Main j
street. A balloon ascension with a |
Itesourccr. of tHe State,
rjov. Ansel lias appointed Messrs
E. J. Watson and A. C. Moore, of
Columbia, Karl Sloan of Charleston
and ,T. E. Si n ine of Greenville as a
committee to prepare a statement of
v facts, fiirures and tables on the reI
sources of this State. These facts i
will be presented at the Southern |
Commercial eomTcss, which meets in .
, Washington in December.
\
\ In Receiver? Hands.
In the case of Tompkins & Toinp\
kins vs. Edgefield Manufacturing
company of Edgefield. Judge I'riteh??.i
ii... c.-.i i * ? i it
una in iih- irurrai nmn Mind'* I fit1 |
temporary receivership permanent j
and appointed J. I). Allen special i
master. Il was ordered that the re- ;
eeivers be ant homed to make a I
promise of the l,onis Clilehrist $10,-'
000 claim against the Kdjrelield Mannfnotnrrinj;
company by the entry ??f
a verdict tor $1,000. The receivers
were also directed to pay claims n?frrcgatinK
$1,100.
Military Elect Officers and Adjourn.
Atlanta, (la., Special.-- The seventeenth
annual convention of the Association
of Military Surgeons of the
United .states came to an end after
Washington had been chosen as the
next place of meeting. Hear Admiral
IVesslv M. Kixey, surgeon general*
Vniled States navy, was elected presr
idr.nl.; Surgeon Charles I'oindexler
Wcrtenbacker, Norfolk, Ya.. was
elected vice president,
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JA NEWS ITEMS
i All Sections of the State and
Busy Readers
parachute drop will be given once a
iluy. This is a most spectacular act.
Au aeral trapeze act will be given
hviee a day. A hair-rr.ising bicycle
net, looping the loop and .jumping the
trap. will be given once a day.
Special Trains for State Fair.
The transportation departments of
lie Southern and Seaboard Air bine
roads have arranged for the fair
week crowds. Announcements have
been made of special trains on all
lines of both roads and. in addition,
[be regular passenger trains will all
carry several extra coaches.
For the Southern railway Mr. .1. L.
Meek, the assistant general passenger
ugent of that line, has sent rgt the
following letter to all oflieials:
"Gentlemen: Our transportation
department has arranged for extra
coaches to be handled on regular
trains between Anirimia ami ('olintt
bin, October 20. 27. 2S. and 20, also
between Allendale and Columbia,
Charlotte an<l Columbia, Spartanburg
unci Columbia. Greenville and Colurabia
and Charleston and Columbia, to
protect overflow travel on account
r>f the above occasion.
"In addition to regular train service.
we have arranged t or spec lal
train service. October 27. and 2V> red
20, to be operated from Winnslmro
to Columbia and to return from Columbia
to Charlotte; between Spartanburg
and Columbia. October 2^
and 20; between Anderson. Helton.
Abbeville and Columbia. October ,2S
and 20; between Allendale and Columbia.
October 2S and 20. and between
Hranehvillc and Ccdumbia. October
2S, 20 and .">0."
Assistant (Jeneral Passenger Agent.
A special train will be run Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday from
Hranehvillc. leaving there at 7.1a a.
m. and arriving here at 0.-10. Special
trains will he run from Allendale
'Wednesday and Thursday, leaving
there at 7 a. m. and arriving here at
10.lf> o'clock. Special trains will he
run Wednesday and Thursday from
Anderson, leaving there at a.20 a. m.
and arriving here at 11 o'clock. Heturning
these trains will leave at 7
o'clock in the evening arriving nt
Anderson at midnight. Special trains
will |>e run from Spartanburg on
Wednesday and Thursday, leaving
there at 15.00 a. m. and arriving here
at 10.00. Keturning these trains will
leave Columbia at 7.00 p. m. and arrive
at Spnrtnnlmrg nt 11.00 p. m.
Special trains will lie run I'lom
Winnsboro Wednesdav, Thursday and
Friday, leaving there at 7.00 a. in.
and arriving here at 0 o'clock. All
of these trains slop at every station
sum arc in a.union to the two and
(live." daily on every line mentioned
above.
The Seaboard Air Line will operate
special trains from Hamlet. N. on
Wednesday and Thursday. The trains
will leave Hamlet at i> a. in. and arrive
in Columbia at J1.4A. Returning
the trains will leave Columbia at .">.30
in the afternoon. Speeials will also
be operated from Fairfax .? 11 the
same days, leaving Fairfax at 7
oVloek a. 111.. rent nil time, or S
o'clock eastern time, and arrive in
Columbia at 0.30. Returning the
train will leave Columbia at .">.30 p.
m.. central time, or 0.30, eastern time.
The tickets are good 011 all trains
and go 011 sale 011 October 24 to 'JO
and limited to return until November
2d.
State News Items.
At Rntesburg the fourth anual
fair of the Tri-Countv Fair association
was held last week under fa^*
vornble circumstances. All roads in
the three counties led to Rntesburg
fair, and every effort possible was
mnde to prevent disappointment to
any attendant.
Two Hangings in South Carolina.
Columbia, S. Special?Lawrence
Hampton, colored, was hanged at
Greenwood Friday for the murder of
Hubert White, also eolored, in 15)0(5.
Hampton confessed his crime and said
that hv was prepared to die. At
Barnwell, Klliot Greene, eolored. was
hanged l'or the nmrder of Oliver
Emails, also colored, in February
last, lie confessed his crime.
Items of State Interest.
Orangeburg's Main street will be
paved with nitrified brick, the eitv
council hnviu: decided that this is
the best material for the purpose.
Helton, Special. - The concrete
standpipe for the waterworks i. in
course of construction and when completed
will be 100 feet high with a
capacity of lot),000 gallons of water.
Work is being rnpidlv pushed ?>n
the new graded school building by tlie
Vaughn Contracting company. It
,..:n i ii >
miii ii.iir .-in nmnpni improvements
and will ho somethinir of which tin*
patrons of tin* town and community
will he pioud. It will cost 000.
Killing ir. Greenville.
Greenville, Special. Fred Ruby,
an Englishman, engineer of the
merry-go-round of the" Johhny Jones
Carnival eonipanv. was shot and killed
here. Jesse Harris is in jail
charged with the eriir.e. There was
r.o quarrel and no reason is known.
Harris had been drinking.
AUGUST FLOOD BUBLETIN
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I
Interesting Figures Given on Precip- 1
itatioc During That Month.
In the monthly weather bulletin on
conditions in August, just issued. Section
Director Bauer gives some inter- 1
esting figures on the rainfall, especially
at the time of the great flood.
The report says: (
"The average precipitation was i
D.ll inches, which is 4.5U inches 1
above the normal. The greatest local 1
monthly amount was 151.52 inches, at
Greenville; the least was 11.16 inches,
at Veiuassee. The greatest 24-hour
fall was 11.05 inches, at Anderson,
on the 24th-25th. The average number
of days with rain was 1(1, ranging |
from six days at Hlairs and .Tackscn- i
boro to 15 days at Ktlingham and
NVinthrop eollege.
"Excessive Precipitation.?At Anderson
on the 24th-2Gth, 14..">1 inches
in .44 hours; at Blairs on the 24th2lith.
S.G4 inches in GO hours; at Calhoun
Falls on the 23(l-2(ith, 51.G2
inches in (5.4 hours; at Canulen (1)
on the 251li-2Gth. 0.0") inches in 24
hours; at < htawha on the 24d-2Gth,
10.12 inches in Go hours; at Che raw
on the 24th-2(ith, (5.54 inches in G'2
hours; at Clemson Collpge on the
2.4th, 2.S1 inches in 24 hours; at Columbia
on the 10th. .4.15 inches in 0
hours; at Conway on the 2Gth, 2.S.4
inches in 14 hours; at Dillon on the
10th, 3.C9 inches in 24 hours ;nt
Creenville on the 23d-2Gth, 1(5.04
incites in 7S hours; at Greenwood on
the 24th-2Gth, 7.0(5 inches in (if
hours; at Jachsonhoro on tin* 20th,
4.00 inches in 24 hours; at Kingstree
on the 27. 2.(50 inches in about 14
hours; at Libertv on the 21th-2Gth.
11.12 inches in 24 hours; at Little
Mountain on the 10th. .4.21 inches in
24 hours; at Mt. Holly, X. (\, on the
2.4d-2Gth. 11.10 inches in 5S hours;
at Pclzer on the 241h-2(5th. 5.14 inches
in 27 hours; at St. George on
the 20th, 2.GO inches in 4 hours; at
Saluda on the titli 2.GO inches in 24
hours; at Santuc on the 24<l-25th,
10.S4 inches in 58 hours; at Spartan
Inirp on tin- 24th-2(ith, 9.99 inches in '
72 hours; at Fcrpuson on tin' 2t>th.
2.59 inclu's in 24 liours; at Waltirboro
011 the l!)th, 2.A1 inches in 1(1
lours; at Winnsboro on the 24th1""ith,
7.S"> inches in IS hours: at Winihrop
eollepe on tho 24th-2.)tb, 7.10
inches in 4S hours.
Rcpcrt on Tobacco.
Columbia. Special.?Commissioner
Watson has received a summary of
the tobacco situation in this tSate,
prepared specially for the depnitment
by llarlwell M. Aver, as billows;
''Amount produced in 190S, 24.0(50,000
to 2A.000.000 pounds.
"Of this 7.7 per cent is bouplit by
th.e American Tobacco Company and
the Imperial Company. The former's
trrades consist of ciparette and prauulators
(for smokinp) and wrappers
for American trade.
"The latter company's prudes consist
of cipnrette and plup tohaccos.
which are all shipped to F.npland.
"We have a very small per cent of
twist and plnp tobaccos prown in < nr
State. We have about 20 per cent,
of a crop of semi-bripht strips that
are shipped t<> European markets,
mainly to Kngland l>y indendent havers.
The remainder, 5 per cent of
the crop, consists of scrap tobaccos
that are mnnufnetiired b vthe Ameriean
trade into smoking tobaccos. The
independents buy from ten to fifteen
per cent, of the crop of wrappers t ^
American trade, principally shipped
West. This is as near the information
as we can irive it. as all tobacco
are manufactured in Virginia and the
West. "What per cent of our {Trades
and kinds <:oes into the different outputs
we cannVtt {jive von.'?
Edisto County is on the Way.
Columbia, Special. ?CSovernor Ansel
Saturday issued a proclamation
for an election on the question of the
formation of Kdisto county to be held
December 15. There has been considerable
contest over this matter, the
nera n film proposed eountv being
formed out of portions of Lexington.
Aiken and Orangeburg.
Killed by Fell Frcm Tree.
M< nek's Cornri, Special.?Air. f!co.
Minis, a well known mechanic, met
with an neeident which resulted in
his deatli a few hours later. lie was
lit a baptizing at Canal Bridge and
had olitrbrd np a tree to get some
herries for the children, when a limb
broke and he fell a distance of .10
feet. Dr. \Y. K. Kishbourne was hastily
summoned, who used all medical
skill to revive him, but without avail.
His death is very much regretted.
Abe Dill Shot to Death.
Cireenville, Special.? Abe Dill. .
wfdl known and highly respected farmer
of Saluda township, this county,
was shot and almost instantly killed
Saturday by Posey Barton, according
to a report received in t' is city. Ihirton
is said to be at large. Mo cause
has been assigned for '1: 11in >. No
particulars of the killing could ho
obtained.
<111111 I- I 1 I 1 I I I t I I 1 H
I OUR. SCHOOLS |
By Prof. William H. Hash.
V University of South Carolina. 4*
Paper Number Siz. I
Change of Teachers.?The frequent
change of teachers is a constant break
ami clog in the progress of the
schools. It robs them of anything ilka
an unbroken course of work ami fixedness
of policy. Every new teacher
introduces some new feature into the
work of the school?perhaps a good
feature in itself, yet no better than
what it displaces. It requires readjustment
to install anything new. and
the time and friction are a loss, unless
I lie change is decidedly for better,
(icnerally speaking, our best schools
nre those which have the fewest
changes in the teaching, force. It re
a i . -
quires ai icast one fun session for a
teacher to become acquainted with his
patrons. By becoming acquainted
with patrons for more than mere social
knowledge of them. I mean an
appreciation of the tastes and their
ideals and their ambitions, and a
knowledge of their peculiarities, if
you please. I'ntil lie understands
these he is not in a position to serve
them ami to lead them, and a teacher
who can not lead is of but little force.
Not until after a teacher has taught
from four to six years in a community
is he prepared to give it his best
services. Yet how few teachers remain
in one school three years.
Some places change teachers every
year siniplv because they ha e acquired
the habit of doing so. Like any
Other bail habit, this one grows upon
people. The trustees and the patrons
frequently realize that their school is
far inferior to some other school, an 1
rush to tin- conclusion that they need
a change of teachers, when the truth
is that they have alreadv injured their
school by ton many changes. llave
any of my readers ever seen a pupil,
or an entire class set to work in the
same place, in arithmetic for instance,
at the beginning of each of
three successive sessions -each time
bv a new teacher? Is it probable
that this would have been done by
any one reasonable teacher teaching
the schorl the three sessions?
This evil of change reigns in the
town and country schools alike. T have
in mind one town in this State which
had six principals in eight veal's.
Change was the only remedy it knew,
and it believed in heroic doses. A
great many uiral schools rarelv have
the same teacher two years in succession.
Many of these .hanges, in
both town and countrv schools, are
due to the neighborhood jealousies
and quarrels already discussed. Many
a community lias its chronic critics
of the schools, who are dyspeptic by
nature and sour by habit. A teacher
never satisfies them longer than one
year. They know all about schools.
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?>f perfectinn. If any tearlier finds
one tif these children anything hut a
paragon, straight wav there is trouble.
To listen to these disgruntled fathers
and mothers with their tales of woe
requires patience and grace. Tn their
eves there is hut one rentedv eh an ire
teaehers. Not two months ago T
heard a man not far front sixty years
of aire declare that he intended to
"break up" the only school in his
district, unless tho trustees dismissed
the present teacher . It had
never orrured to him that perhaps
the trustees were in the right. Such
a man is in a small way an anarltc'sf.
Tn some instances fault finding1 and
dissatisfaction are unwittingly encouraged
by the hoard of trustees
The hoard, either ignorant of its
function or disposed to dodge an onpleasant
duty, asks the patrons to
elect the teacher. Such a course is
an invitation to division and the disappointment
consequent to defeat,
and will inevitably bring about discord.
What is the hoard appointed
for. if not to manage the school by
lessoning the occasions for discord?
A good many towns make it a titii
to employ only young inexperienced
teaehers, and at the end of each
vear drop those who have failed
keeping the more successful ones until
they have become really service
able, then let them go because tin
trustees and the people are unv.illMl
if to IhlV for (ttwial lonolnm* a* .
, - , ,?>> i-;1
value. Snnv places boast that their
schools are the gatewy to the pro:no''(in
of their teachers. This may be
1 credit to the school, and a discredi'
to the people. It is not creditable,
if the people are simply let tin}? efficient
teachers pass out from their
schools in exchange for crude, inexperience,
because the latter is cheap.
A few town school boards are
vivcn to the indefensible habit of
advertising every year for applicants
'or position in the school, when the
hoard does not intend to fleet a sing!
new teacher. The king who marched
his army up the bill, then marched
it down again, did no more childish
hing than these boards do. Tl"
bing is not oldv indefensible, but i'
s hurtful to the school, unjust to tin
"Pcheis ai"' d:sboue?t to possible np
'l'ppttf C paadvertisement
convey to every teacher
ir. that school, no matter how efficient
she may be? When the teachers
ask for its meaning, they are
told that it is onlv a matter r>f form
nnd that they need not be concerned,
("treat b><; prown business men plavin<r
like children! Tlien what about
the innocent stranpers who make
lena fide applications in answer to
what they suppose is a bona fide advert
izcmcrit, onlv to be informed that
it is ji mere form? What teacher
with any repard for ethics would ap
ply for one of these plnees. if he
knew thnt no vacancy existed and
that the incumbent expected reelection?
Is the board playing a panic in
diplomacy? Does it intend to see
if it can secure better teachers, but
if not, re-elect the incumbent? Such
panic would be dishonorable. If a
school board wishes to change teachers
for anv legitimate reason, it lias
a perfect legal and moral right to do
so. But the change should be made
in a manly straightforward manner.
Lot the board franklv tell the teacher
not to ask for re-election, declare a
vacancy, then advertise for applications?if
that is the best way to
secure teachers.
Teachers themselves must bear
their part of the responsibility for so
many changes. There are some teachers
who ought not to expect any
school to keep them longer than one
year. The captious (sometimes miscalled
spirited.) the eccentric, the
frivolous, the giddy, and the ignorant
ones may expect to float about like
driftwood. Then there are some
teachers who have an incurable mania
for becoming birds of passage. I
once knew a teacher to resign imr
work to go elsewhere on the ground
that she had been in her present
position three years. Then there is
that class of restless mortals who
have mure nmliic!n?
ill.lll ilMIIllV.
They apply every time tliey hear nf
a vacancy. and if they hear of no
vacancy. they ask wlien the next one
is to tie. They tell you very frankly
that thev are worth a groat deal more
than thev are getting, and that they
are prostituting the profession when
they work for so little. Once more,
there is that foxv diplomat of a
teacher who seeks a place in March,
accepts it in June, and holds it until
about two weeks before the school is
to open, then telegraphs the board
that she has accepted elsewhere (at
two dollars a no nth more salary.) I
She calls this resigning; in law and
common sense it is a violation of
contract. Such conduct un lev ordinary
circumstances is reprehensible,
and wholly unworthy of an honest
man or woman.
| Southern Aero pianist Falls With Machine,
But Escapes Injury.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?In an
attempt at (light in an aeroplane Friday,
G. M. Mallory, of this city, the
inventor, fell lifty feet with his machine
,but escaped with a few slight
bruises. Mallory*s aeroplane was
partially wrecked. The inventor announced
that he would rebuild his
machine and try it again. This is
the tirst attempt at aerial (light in the
South.
Hunters Find Man's Dead Body.
Lenoir, X. Special.?While out
'possum hunting in King's Creek
township, this county, a party of m< n
and boys came up on the dead body
of a mn? Saturday night, which proved
to be that of one Hunk Sanders,
who lived in the neighborhood. For
| several days the man had been missing,
but no one thought be had died,
lie was a pretty well-to-do farmer.
| a good citizen, and for many yea mi
had been a magistrate in that community.
The deceased was about 4.1
years of age. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict to the effect that
he died from natural causes.
The Power of a Rockefeller.
]'t ipo V \' V*I\AMUI ?TI?A IW4
master General has just issued nn
order putting out of existenee the
Herring postoflice and turning the
business of the oftiee over to the postmaster
at Ray Pond, seven miles
distant. This is an office on the
private property of William Rockefeller.
who objected to having people
cross his grounds to get to the ofk.ee.
The people are very indignant at the
closing of their office at the behest
of Rockefeller and are getting i:p
petit;ons of protest.
Virginia's First Electrocution.
Richmond, V:i., Special.?The electric
chair was the substitute hanging
at the execution Tuesday of Henry
Smith, a negro rapist, who was electrocuted
at 7 dO Tuesday morning.
The law forbids the publication of
details. The prisoner died in thirty
seconds. He was convicted of an unspeakable
crime.
Reforms in Cotton Futures.
New Orleans La., Special.?With
instructions to make reforms in the
cotton futures contract of the New
Orleans cotton exchange, a committee
was appointed b yrnembern of the
exchange. The commit tec will confer
with farmers, brokers and cotton
spinners throughout the South and
will also investigate the action of
directors of the exchange in eliminating
stained cotton below middling
as tencl"rable grades on future con
t raets.
(FRENCH CHALK FOR SPOT9.
If a Klrl is away from a cleaner's
and she finds one of her best frocks
spotted with grease. she can try the
slmplo remedy of French chalk an l
a hot iron. The chalk Is spread
thickly over the r.pot until all the
grease Is absorbed. Then a piece of
blotting paper Is put over it, and a
, warm, not hot, iron is held over it to
draw the grease Into the paper. Rub
off the chalk with a soft silk or muslin
rag and the spot will probably
have disappeared.- -Public Ledger.
Prison records show that more fe-nnio
i ;is ncrs have previous records
;lr?t tbcm than males.
ROOSEVELT TO GO ABROAD
The London Times Learns That the
President Will Lecture at Oxford
and Receive a Degree After His
African Trip ? Will Also Visit
Paris.
London. P.y Cable?The Times is informed
that President Roosevelt will
visit Kngland after his African trip
early iti 1910. lie will deliver the
Romanes lecture at Oxford, and, on
the oeasion of the university com
memorntion. will receive the honorary
degree of I). ('. 1... which Oxford
already has best owed upon Ktnperor
William.
According t?> The Times President
Roosevelt also will visit Paris and
deliver an address at the Sorboune.
Neither the dates nor the subjects of
the lectures are vet known.
TIip Times further states that according
to the present plans Mrs.
Roosevelt will join the President at
Khartoum on the journey northward.
Alleged Lynchers Dismissed.
Washington. Special.?On motion
of Solicitor General Hovt the Supreme
Court of the I'uited States
ordered the discharge from custody
of seventeen of the twenty-seven defendants
in the proceeding charging
Sheriff .Tames F. Shipp, of Hamilton
county. Tennessee, and twentysix
others with contempt of the Supreme
Court because of the lynching
in 1!M>."? of a negro named F.d
Johnson after the court had taken
cognizance of his case. Most of the
dismissals were based on the failure
of the testimony to identify the defendants
with the crime. Following
are the names of those who protil by
the court's order: l'aul P<t?l, T. It.
Taylor, William Heeler. John Jones,
Marion Perkins, C. A. Raker, Claude
Powell. Charles ,T. Powell. A. J. Cartwright.
K. F. Cartwright. John Yarliell.
Joseph Clark, Fred Fran ley,
Paul or "Sheenie" Warner, Alfred
Hammond, William Marquette and
Cieorge Brown. In the case of Pool
it was stated that he had disappeared
from Chattanooga immediately after
the lynching and had never since
been heard of. The court also ordered
the publication of the testimony
in the ease taken by Commissioner
Maher.
Status of Foreign Missions Shown
in American Board's Meeting.
New York. Special. Reading of
reports showing the work done at
home and abroad during the year
and the appointment of commit tec*
nnd nominalionn ami business, took
up 111?? first dav of flic ninetv-nintii
annual convent inn of tlio American
hoard of commissioners for foreign
missions in Ttrooklvn.
Frank 11. Wiggins, treasurer of the
hoard, submitted a report showing
the linaneial condition at th" close of
the fiscal year. The general maintenance
of missions, it appears from
the report, involved an expenditure
of $SS1.2">4, or $!i,07~? more than
during the previous year.
The income of the hoard during the
same period was $337,001). Mr. Wiggins'
figures showed that the indebtedness
was $70,801.
Declines Call to Washington.
Washington, Special.?(living as n
controlling reasons that his work ir
Kostoft. Mass., is unfinished. Rev. Dr
Alexander Mann, rector ?>f Trinitx
Episcopal church, of that city, has declined
the position of bishop of Washington
to succeed the late Rt. Rev
Henry Y. Satterlee. Dr. Mann's declination
was communicated in a letter
received from him. Another convention
will he railed to fill the va
enncv.
Gets Life Sentence for Killing Wo
man.
Opelika. Ala., Special.?The iur;
in the trial of T'hland Culpepper
charged with the murder of Marv El
vin Hader. who was shot and kil!e<
near Phoenix City several weeks ago
by a bullet believed to have been in
tended for her father, returned a ver
diet of gn'ltv. Clnpepper was sen
tenccd to life imprisonment.
Wed r.t 102; Died at 110.
Seneca Falls, X. Y.. imperial. Mr1
Chariot le Becker ^ dead hero. SI
was 110 yea is old. Her father. Go-'
frev lien!-, was a. volunteer ;n tl
Colonial army and nerved v.n.il t!
colonics were free. She remember'
t!ie year l'C.'l, when no urain eon'
he raided end it sold for So
bushel. In dime IftO't. Mis. Prainn*
'as married to S nn" 1 Becker, 1
'drd I'm-hand. t!1" other two h":' end.
He was t! en d and M
: -r l1"' S! e ha 1 l?nt one ehi'
vhildl died i'l infnni V.
The Peril:; cf Aeronauts.
Rerlin, By Cable.?A report reeeiv
ed from Heligoland says the bnllooi
Costilla, one of the competitors in til
international race fell into the Nort!
sea near that eitv nnd both aeronaut
were rescued with difficulty. Fou
other balloons nre still missinir an
little doubt remains that they hsv
fallen either into the North Sea or th
Baltic, nnd that the aeronauts nr
drowned.
DEMOCRATIC FUNDS
, M
Committee Publishes Amount
of Money Received
ALSO DISBURSEMENTS TO DATE
Official Exhibit of Funds Collected by
the Democratic National Campaign
Committee.
New York, Special.?The Demo. ratic
national committee through
Treasurer Herman Kidder gave out
111 extended statement of the contriJutions
to the Democratic national
ampaign fund up to and including
October 9th, showing sums of and
>ver $100. The statement also shows
receipts and disbursements as folows:
Received from contributors of $100
ind over, $90,712.12:1.
Received from contributors under
pi 00. $1 15.555.22.
Amount left over from Denver contention
fund. $42,500.00.
Ti.t ..1 .si io
Amount disbursed, $223,002.38.
Balance nil linnd. $22,004.07.
The statement which is signed by
National Chairman Mack and Treasurer
Kidder says that 843 subscribers
gave $100 or more, and the smaller
hi ins were from 23 cents up. It
adds:
"The number of contributors to
he national campaign fund is estirtatcd
at about 30,000 people and
ihout $100,000 of the whole amount
'ontrihuted came from the Demoerate
newspapers throughout the United
States.
The Congressional Fund.
Chicago, Special,?The Democratio
congressional campaign committee
undo public the list of contributions
of $100 or over. They appregate
fl.744, while smaller contributions
aring the total up to approximately
fjo.ooo.
James Lloyd, chairman of the
longressional committee, states that
n order to complete the work the
committee is in urgent need of at
least $13,000. The announcement
continups:
"The Democratic national congressional
committee received prior to
'he Denver convention in contributions
of $100 and over, the sum of
f3,300. It has received in sums of
PI00 and over in addition to the above
.unount for which it makes specific
report on account- of the action of
he Denver convention in regprd to
the publicity of campaign funds, the
following amounts:
"Congressman K. C. Davey, Louisiana,
$100; D. K. Finley, South Carolina.
$100; E. \V. Saunders. Virginia,
$100; Morris Sheppard. Texas, $170;
Jack Dealt Texas, $100; ,T. (L Me.Menry,
Pennsylvania. $100; C IT.
Weisse. Wisconsin. $110; .T. J. Rus'
sell, Missouri, $218; Thomas Hackney.
Missouri, $100; John M. Roode,
Texas, $100; D. W. Hamilton, Iowa,
$100; Champ Clark. Missouri, $220;
ft. M. Hitchcock, Nebraska. $100; C.
V. Fornes, New York, $100; T. T).
VT* 1 1 rx
mcnois, fcnnsyivnnia, $100; Henry
T. Rainoy, Illinois, $100; Francis B.
1 Harrison, Now York, $200; Lincoln
1 Dixon, Tmliana, $100; D. L. I>. Hran
"or. Rlioile Is'nnd. $100; H. D. Flood,
Yireinin, $100; Rufns TIardv, Toxas,
' ~100; United States Senator W. .1.
Stone. Missouri, $100; Hernia nRid
dor. Now York, $2-10; \Y. fj. Conrad,
" Montana. $2.10; and Dojnoorntic. r:n
tiona! oonirnittoo. $2,000. There lias
boon $.2.0$0 additional received from
" individuals and committees for frankaide
literature.
English Balloon Ma-y Be Winner.
Berlin, 1'v Fable.?Seventeen of ilie
> balloons which competed in the internationnl
race have landed. Four
are still missincr and it is feared have
1 been driven seaward. The English
i. Banshee landed farthest from Berlin
coiny approximate!v three hundred
- miles. She will he the winner unless
- rn" of the missinir balloons has yone
a further distance.
Gcis 20 Years For Murder.
Reading, l'a., Special. Abraham
Rosenthal, of 1*1 dkuh-lphin, who was
convicted a month a.r of the murder
of Lewis B. Clawson, n wealthy shirt
manufaeturere, was denied a new
trial in court and sentenced to 20
years imprisonment. He appeared
as if stunned for a time, but quickly
reeovered his < ? n unsure. Clawson,
who was litis'el!:1" brotlirr-in law,
was mnreded in his nfTi-e last February.
Rosenthal fled and was raptured
in Oklal nrt a. Rosenthal is
ibout 30 years ol !.
Bids for Savannah City Bonds
Opened.
n Savannah, fin.. Special, f'.ids were
? opened for $2,010,000 of city of Sah
vnnnali bonds, bearinjr interest at
1 4 1-2 per rent, and maturing? in 19.19.
Thirty four bidders subscribed for
d *27.209.000 worth of bonds. The
? a vnrd of tiio issues v. ill be made this
< < eek. The Mutual l.ife Insurance
i 'nwnane of New York will probably
.rot $1,000,000 of the bonds.