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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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XVII.. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1909. NO. 45.
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SOUTH CAROLS
News of Interest Gleaned Won
Arranged For I
MORE TROUBLE AHEAD. |1
The Seminole Receivers Enter Suit
Against the Southern Life for J
#325,000.
Alleging tlmt the transaction was
conceived any consummated in fraud |
of rights and interests of the stock- \
holders in the Seminole Securities 1
Company and that the officers of the s
Southern Life Insurance Company J
and its agents in the transaction had
knowledge of fraud and participated v
and benefited by it, conspiring and (
colluding with the officers and agents j
of the Seminole Securities Company, t
and do damage to the irreparable v
hurt and injury of the Seminole Securities
Company, F. CL Thompkins (
and others as receivers of the Seminole
Company have instituted suit j
in the United States Court here ask- (
ing that the whole transaction between
the Seminole Company and the ^
Southern Life Insurance Company be .
annulled and the Seminole Company (i
reimbursed the $325,000 paid to the ,
Southern Life by the Seminole officers ^
in the deal that has stirred sensation
after sensation in North and (
South Carolina, the home of the Seminole
corporation for the past few
months.
For Increaso of School Term.
Representative Oarris in the Lepis- t
lat ure received a good bit of consideration
on Wednesday. t
Mr. (iarris explained that his bill K
provided that if nnv school with s
wrm of 20 weeks or less could I.
through its friends, patrons or trus- I
tees, raise an amount equal to one 1
month's salary paid the teacher, a i
like amonnt would he given by the \
State. The sum of $25,000 was nsk- r
ed for.
The Mil rends as follows: >
"Section 1. That any public school I
in this State which has not money 1
enough from tho regular school funds 1
to coptinuc tho session longer tlmn ^
fife-'months may have the term extended
in the following manner: v
Whenever the patrons raise sufficient c
funds by private subscription or t
local taxation to extend the term t
one month, said school shall receive J
sufficient aid to extend the term for <
another additional month: Provided 1
That no one school shall receive more ?
than $80 under the provisions of ?
this act in any one year. {
"Sec. 2. No application shall be .
considered unless approved by the t
district trustees of such school and ?
the county superintendent of educa- t
tion of the county in which said district
is located; and no funds shall (
be paid out by the State superin- |
tendent of education until the amount ,
raised in the said school district shall :
hnve been deposited with the ootin- I
ty treasurer of such countv to the ,
credit of the said school in the said i
school district; Provided, That no j
school shall receive more than $80 <
under the term of this act. >
| "Sec. 3. That the eum of $2:1,000
if so much he necessary, is hereby |
appropriated for the purpose of this 1
act.'*
Killed by /jfoident.
Charleston, Special.?Mr. D. B. 1
Peurifnv of Walterboro met his c
death Tuesday afternoon while hunt- f
ing birds. Alarmed at his failure i
to appear for supper, his son9, J. R. j
Peurifoy and D. R. Peurifoy, Jr., i
went in search of him and found J
him at the steps of the target gallery i
with the top of his head blown off. <
The left barrel of his gun was empty, i
It is supposed that lie was resting t
and had moved the gun accidentally \
discharging it. i
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trifled with indigestion, have been
sorry for it?when nervous or
chronic dyspepsia resulted, and
/ they have not been able to cure it
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Everyone is subject to indigestion.
Stomach derangement follows
stomach abuse, just as naturally
and just as surely as a sound and
healthy stomach results upon the
taking of Kodol.
When you experience sourness
of stomach, belching of gas and
nauseating fluid, bloated seusatlon,
gnawing pain In the pit of the
stomach, heart burn (so-called),
diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or
chronic tired feeling?you need Kodol.
And then the quicker you take
Kodol?the better. Eat what you
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Ordinary pepsin "dyspepsia tablets,"
physics, etc., are not likely
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digestive admcnts. Pepsin is only
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rOR SOUTH CAROLINA WATER- v
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Sir. Ellerbo's Request Meets With ?
Favor. o
All of the projects for surveys of
"ivers and harbors in South Cnro- s<
ina asked for by the various mem- h
)ers and advocated in the committeo b
>y Representative Ellerbe-have pas- ci
;ed the r^-ers and hartors committee.
The bill as made up Tuesday contains P
lie items for survey mentioned a few tl
lays ago and one important one beiides
an authorization of a survey r
>f an inland water route from Bcnu'ort,
N. C., on down to Georgetown d
hrougli the Wnccamaw river. Vesicls
which would coine down the coast tl
>y the inland water route from Bos- P
on as far as Georgetown would be tl
lllln in 1 ftl'O li<? nnnnn
?"*v tu icwvv iv/ iijc vtviiii u^aui tw ivi "
laving passed the dangerous Hattoras ci
oast. The South Carolina end of the p
reneral project has been particularly r<
diampioned bv Mr. Ellerbe. There is tr
t provision in the bill also for Mingo
reek and for the Cooper river, Chnr- o
eston. In a former dispatch Cooper tl
tliould have been mentioned instead o
>f "Coosaw" for which there is no n
ippropriation. ti
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Charged With Killing His Wife.
Union, Special.?The celebrated o:
ase of W. T. Jones, charged with the p
nurder of his wife, Mrs. Marion lc
Jones, has been begun. a
Shortly after 10 o'clock the calling
>f witnesses in the Jones case be- m
tan-, and at 10:40 Jones, in the cus- a
>ody of Deputy Sheriff J. G. Long, ii]
fi*., and accompanied by his son, ii
larry Jones, was brought into court.
Jo appeared to be quite at ease and tl
n the best of health and nt intervals
vhile his counsel were conferring. W
end the daily papers. ti
On account of the large array of R
witnesses, but few spectators have 1"
>een allowed in court, as the judge T
lad given orders that the uisles must f<
?e kept cleared, which order was p
veil enforced bv Sheriff J. G. Long, tl
At about 11:20 the calling of the si
vitnesses for the defense was eon- o<
'hided by Mr. V. E. DePass, who is st
iow associated with the counsel for A
he defense, which as nt present is P
Jr. James Monro, Townsend & Towo;end
and Col. George Johnstone of
dewberry. Five minutes later coun- ci
<el for both sides held a joint eon- ?
niltntion. In a few minutes the ir
hate counsel came out and then
rones hnd a conference with his at- ol
orncys, while the other side had a
ronferenec with the family conncc- a;
ions ol tiie deceased woman.
It lrnn shortly after 1 o'olook when P
"ol. Geo. Johnstone made the motion c<
o quash the indictment because it pi
lid not specify the kind of poison
ulininistered or the nature of the ei
irnises alleged to lime been on Mrs.
Tones' person. This motion, which c<
vas perhaps the feature of the morn- tf
nj, session, and tlie preliminary
skirmish iu this groat legal battle, yi
,vas overruled by Judge Memminger. ir
Dr. Jeter was the piincipnl witness, ti
3e testified that Mrs. Jones camo by
ler death from strychnine poison. tc
Locating Post Office. ti
Darlington, Special.?Ma.i. Fred
Crockett, superintendent of the site
livision of the treasury department, P'
ipent Monday in Darlington looking
it the proposed sites for the new
>ost office building, which the town ?
s to have, and gathering the neces- *
sary information on which to base his
ccommondations. There are several 11
sf these lots in different localities
ind private interests in and around k
hem have been putting forth strenlous
efforts in their favor, and await P
vith interest the results.
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glass test-tubes in our laboratories, r
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TOE S. C. LEGISLATURE
loinga of Paltietto jViwiiakera Told
In Brat.
In a session of 2 ?onrs Tupsay
night tho Senate voted down
enator Carlisle's bank bill.
There was a concurrent resolution,
*hich was ndoptcd, received from
he house, asking that the United
itates congress be urged to pass laws
i regard to the whiskey traffic in
cniformity with the State laws.
A bill has been introduced in the
enate bv Senator Sullivan, which
as attracted attention from a numer
of paint dealers throughout the
onntry.
It requires the careful labeling of
aints showing the ingredients in
lieir make up.
The following passed their third
ending:
The following new bills Avere introueed:
Mr. Weston?A bill to provide for
he payment of water used in the
ublie institutions And buildings of
le State located in Columbia; n bill
? regulate the assessment of muniipal
license tnxes of insurance comanics;
and a bill to amend an act
Mating to borrowing money by
lunicipalities.
Mr. Weston?A bill to enable cities
f 10.000 inhabitants or more to fix
le rates and charges for the supply
i water, gas and electricity, furished
by any firm, person or corporaion
to any sneh city and the inahitants
thereof.
Mr. Graydon's bill to fix the place
f trial in all actions to recover the
enalty fixed by statute for delay,
>ss or damage to freight by common
irricrs. ?
Mr. Kelley?A bill to make it a
lisdemennor to publish the name of
ny maid, woman or womau-chilil
|>on whom a rape or an assault with
itent to ravish has heen committed.
Mr. Wharton's bill to incorporate
le Greenville Female college.
Upon the assembling of the house
Tr. C. A. Smith presented rcsoluons
of respect to the memory of
eprcsentative T. A. Clarke, of
lorence, who dieo Monday night,
lie resolutions expressed the prn>und
sorrow of the house and symathy
with the family and ordered
le sergeant-at-arms to procure a
aitahle floral tribute and that a
immittee of five be sent to repre>nt
the house at the funeral. Messrs.
ver, C. A. Smith, W. I). Bryan,
ingle and Bunco were appointed.
The Senate on Wednesday disissed
the question of ballot for asiciate
justice and passed the foUowig:
Senator Earle's bill as to pollution
f water courses.
Senator Montgomery's bill to
mend the high school act.
Snna+AW Bnllivan'o Will
.'v-t.itivt Minn > iiii a win iv iri|inn'
ublic pinners and public warehouse
Dmpiinies to mark bales of cotton
inneil or stored.
The following new bills were offer1:
Mr. Lido?To amend section 1033,
ide of laws, 1002, volume 1, relating
i incorporation of towns.
Mr. Otts?To amend section 208,
olumc 1, code of laws, 1002, re'.atig
to returning property for tn.xaon.
Mr. Carlisle?A bill relating to
ilcphone charges.
Mr. Bnss?To repeal an act entled
"An act to amend an act, entled,
'An act for the further pro>ction
of partridges and quail,' aproved
21st day of Fcbruar\\ A. D.
)0fi. by changing the time and inuding
Mongolian pheasants and
ild turkey, approved 21st day of
ebruary, i008.
Mr. Bass?To regulate the statiscs
of leaf tobacco sold upon the
oors of leaf tobacco warehouses of
outh Carolina.
Mr. Gruydon?A joint resolution
roposing to amend section 22, arcle
5, of the constitution of the
tato of South Carolina, relating to
iry trials.
The House passed the following on
ieir third rending:
Mr. Kichnrds?To repeal section
359, volume T, code of laws of South
nrolina, 1002, relating to the lien
iW.
Mr. Wheat ley?To authorize the
ppointment of a commission to erect
causeway over the swamp on Coonvhatchie
river and build a bridge
rer said river.
Mr. McColl?To authorize the town
F Clio to issue bonds in aid of the
orth Carolina and South Carolina
lilroad.
Many bills of local nature were
Bsscd upon. The House hold a night
ission at which the following actions
pro taken:
Mr. K. 1*. Smith's bill, abolishing
ie department of agriculture, cornier
cc and immigration. and Mr.
ichnrds' bill, amending the act
renting the dcpaitir.ont, were made
peeiol orders.
Without debate. Mr. Aver's bill.
equirfng county treasurers to decsit
funds in chartered banks, pased
to third reading.
Mr. Harmon of Newberry had the
ill introduced by his brother, Mr.
Inrmon of Richland, last year, foridding
the manufacture and sale of
thcr than safety matches in South
nrolina. The hill went to third
ending, after some little debate, and
m amendment providing that the
iAv should go into effect in October.
Mr. Mann's hill, making it a mislemeanor
for any baggage or ex>ress
agent to wilfully damage or
treak open any baggage or express,
rent to third reading.
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The House also passed without debate
Mr. Brice's bill providing for
the following additional changes in
the hanking laws.
"Every bank or banking institution
receiving deposits shall at all
times keep and have on hand as a reserve
fund nn amount equal to 15
per centum of its active deposits and
5 per centum- of its savings deposits.
"Every bank or banking institution
shall set nside to its surplus account
not less than one-tenth of its
annual net earnings each year until
its surplus slinll be equal to 25 per
centum of its capital stock, and it
shall be the duty of the State bank
examiner to enforce this and the preceding
section."
Mr. Brice also had passed his bill
limiting the time for recording mortgages
to 20 days. The act would go
into effect in May.
Mr. Cosgrove's bill, authorizing
the insurance commissioner to appoint
Hrc department officials to investigate
fires, also passed to third
reading.
Mr. Dixon's bill, naming the agents
or collectors of fraternal societies as
agents, in order to fix their responsibility,
passed.
e 1 ? i u i ? --
uuiuv uuiiuu^ miii'ii iuwm i Hen occupied
the time of the House, nnd
finally went to third reading, being
as follows:
"Section 1. That from and after
the approval of this act no municipal
corporation in this State shall have
the right to pass any ordinance prohibiting
hotel and restaurant keepers
or other persons from serving
meals or lunches to passengers on
trains within the limits of such tnuniripnl
corporation on Sunday nnd all
such ordinances heretofore passed
are hereby declared illegal and
voifl."
The Senate on Thursday took
seven ballots for associate justice
without effect. Among the new bills
nre the following:
Mr. Croft?Relating to compen*
sntion allowed Confederate veteran*
for property furnished to the Con? I
federaey without pay.
Mr. Christensen?To further- pro 1
vide for winding up the affairs of
the State dispensary nnd for the sale
of the real estate heretofore used
in conducting the dispensary.
Mr. Carlisle?To repeal section* U3
to 331, inclusive, of civil code volume
1, 1902, relating to tax on incomes.
Mr. Otts?To submit State prohibition
and county dispensary to the
qualified electors of the State at a
special election.
Mr. Griffin?Providing for the sale
of infirmary for Confederate veterans
nnd disposition of proceeds of said
estate,
The House killed the Rucker bill,
which would prohibit any towns passing
an ordinance against the sale of
lunches on Sunday.
Killed the bill reducing the legal
rate of interest to 0 per cent.
Killed the bill for a commission
to inquire into the advisability of
the State goinginto the phosphate
business.
The new hills offered embraced
those of .\lr. Howman?To amend section
1!)35. code of laws of South Carolina,
1902, volume 1, by adding a
provision for forfeiture of charter
of certain towns.
Mr. Tobias?To amend an aet to
incorporate certain religloui and
charitable societies.
Mr. Wade?To amend an act to
declare the law in reference to and
to reeulate the manufacture, sale,
use, consumption of alcoholic liquors,
so far a9 the same may relate to
Aiken county.
Mr. Dick?To amend section 12251,
volume 1, code, 1902, by forbidding
nepotism in employment of professors
or other employes in State institutions
of learning.
Mr. McMahan?To amend section
192 cf the criminal code of 1902. relating
to the breaking and entering
of railroad cars.
Mr. McMahan?To amend section
1980 of volume 1, code of laws, relating
to borrowing money by municipalities.
Mr. Dixon?Conferring right of
action against telegraph companies
doing business in this State for injuries
to person and property and
for mental anguish.
Mr. Foster?To fix the liability of
common carriers by railroads.
mr. Aver?10 require nil rent
notes, agreements and rent receipts
to be recorded in office of register
mesno conveyance.
The Senate on Friday passed (lie
bill of Senator Otts ns to costs in
eases in the original jurisdiction of
the supreme court, with an amendment.
Considered again Senator Appell's
measure to provide for the np? ointment
of a commissioner to sell the
stock of goods of Clarendon couniy
dispensary.
Placed agalft upon the salendav
Sentor Croft's resolution as to associate
justices.
Among the new bills of importance
were:
Mr. Mauldin?To restrict the use
of taxes, colleetd by municipal officers
to the purpose for which levied and
prescribed.
Mr. Christcnsen?To provide certain
conditions to be imposed upon
insurance companies of like ciaractei
for the privilege of entering- and do
in? business in this State.
Mr. Rass- Submitting .be repeal of
those t^o certain acts, approved December
24, ISM. and December 22.
1892, respectively, and known as acts
JS'os. 988 anu 272 and found in volume
.i ' j. -
20 at page 1488 and 21 at page 300,
respectively.
Mr. Mauldin?To require rlectric
street railway companies to affix inclosed
vestibules to their cars.
Mr. M&uldin?To require a production
of State registration certificates
and tax receipts to register for city
or town elections.
Mr. Otts?Concerning notaries public
who are stockholders, directors, officers
or employes of bauks or other
corporations.
Mr. Earle?Relating td' actions for
the recovery of personal property.
Mr. Mnlker?To empower the comptroller
general of the State to make
certain abatements in assessed value
of certain rice lands in the county of
Georgetown.
New bills of general interest in the
House were:
Mr. ljodie?Relating to ponding
water in anv stream in this State.
ir- i-y ii ait a%
mr. upcoran?auiaoruinft mo jjovornor.
Slate tventurer and comptroller
ecncrnl to borrow money in nntieipaticn
of the collection of taxes to meet
the ordinary expenses of the State.
Prohibition Question Erou?ht Up
The Hrsr tr-i-i of the prnhih!t:or
figlit was Saturday fired in the State
senate. Upon Senator Appelt's hill
to impose a license of $.1,000 upon
liquor drummers the discussion assumed
wide proportions, reaching out
to the other prohibition questions hefore
the legislature this year. With
barely a quorum present Senator
Clifton of Sumter held the floor for
nearly two hours, speaking first upon
the question of the bill and then upon
the question to indefinitely postpone.
Senator Kelloy had succeeded in
having his hill to repeal the lien law
which has passed the house, made a
special order for Wednesday after
third reading hills. Senator (iraydon
had had his hill to regulate the charges
for carrying passengers on railroads
in this State made a special order
for Thursday. Senator Lide had
brought about the same result for his
measure on State-wide prohibition or
was about to do so when there arose
a storm of protest against making any
bill a special order. The great light
on this question arose on Senator
Otts' hill to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, etc.. of whiskeys, etc., known as
the prohibition bill. It had been
made a special order after a motion
to table this motion had been lost,
hut after some more discussion Senator
Hardin's motion to discharge all
special orders prevailed and these
bills are now at their regular places
upon the calendar.
The casus belli was Senator Appelt's
bill to provide for a license of
$5,000 in each county of the State for
the conducting of the business of soliciting
whiskey orders.
Senator Appelt explained the provisiorwi^nf
his bill. Under the present
law whiskey drummers can come in
arul solicite orders and are not licensed.
However, they can not sell the
whiskey in this State nor can they deliver
the goods here.
Among the hills introduced were
these of general interest:
Mr. Walker?To amend section
and 25S4. code of laws, with refer*
nee to renunciation of dower.
Mi'. Weston?To amend section 948,
rode of laws of South Carolina, volumo
1, relating to the probate of
deeds, beyond the limits of thia tSnte.
In tho IIouso tho folowing were
among the bills introduced Snturduvs
Mr. Ridgell?To pay to Wm, F.
Bowe $171.85 for services rendered in
connection with the State house litigation.
Mr. Way?To amend an act entitled
"An act to declare the law in reference
to and to regulate the manufacture,
sole, and use of alcholic liquors
and beverages."
Mr. Nicholson?To amend sections
2383 and 2384, code of laws of South
Carolina, 1902, volume 1, with reference
to renunciation of dower and the
record thereof.
Th^ House put upon third reading
numerous bills of the uncontested
class and cleared the calendar of
much of its burden. The following
are a few of general interest:
Senator Johnson?Allowing beneficiary
student of the Citadel to be
relieved of the obligation to teach in
certain cases.
Mr. Carey?Allowing for testimony
of female witnesses in assault cases.
Senator Wharton ? Incorporating
the Tbomwoll orphanage board.
Mr. McMahan?Fixing the charge
for transcribing testimony by the
stenographer of this circuit.
Mr. Lawson?Amending net for
itic proiecuon or quan.
Senator Wliarton? Incorporating
the Greenville Female College.
Fleet Now at Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, By Cable.?The American
battleships that arrived Sunday
were exchanging the salutes Monday
morning with the shore and the foreign
ships in the harbor that were
omitted because of Sunday morning.
The Connecticut saluted the port and
the flag of Viee Admiral Sir James
Goodrich, the commander of all the
naval establishments at Gibraltar,
with 21 puns and when these hade
been returned gun for pun from a
shore battery and the British battleship
Albemarle, other salutes were
fired to and answered.
Granting the existence of that supposed
planet beyond Neptune, its
year, astronomers tell us, agues the
New York World, would be equal
to about a thousand of our year?.
What a noise the new planetarlats
must make when their new year
comes Vound!
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THE LARGESTWARSHIP
The Battleship Dcleware Launched at
. Newport News Saturday?Description
of the Great Sea-Fighter.
1 Newport News, Va., Special.?The
great battleship Delcware was successfully
launched from the yards of
her builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Do<;k Company
Saturday. The lauching was witnessed
by 5,000 people.
Compnrcd with the battleships,
completed or under construction, of
the navy of any foreign country, the [
Delaware surpasses all. She is one i
of four sister ships authorized by
Congress which will form ar. indomi- r
table squadron. The other vessels are v
the North Dekota, being built at c
Quincy, Mass.; the Florida, which r
will be built at the New York navy 1
yard, and the Utah, to he built at
Camden, N. J. t
a lie Delaware is to carry as heavy s
arrr.or and as powerful armament as g
any known vessel of its class; will v
have a speed of 21 knots, which is 1
hplievcd to he the highest practicable ?
for a vessel of this type and class, c
and will have the highest practicable t
radius of action. The arrangements a
of her main battery guns is such as to
permit a broadside tire 25 per cent a
greater than that of the broadside a
of any battleship now built, or, so far i
as is known, under construction. Her
defensive qualities, other than those c
dependent upon armor protection, aro 1
*ueh as to give the maximum degree r
of protection to all the vital portions ti
by means of unusually effective com- o
partment il sub-division, so that in t
conjunction with her nrnior protection s
the defensive qualities of this vessel
are believed to be distinctly superior <i
to those of any battleship hereto do- ?
signed. The hull is protected by a 1
water line belt of armor 8 feet in I
width, whoso maximum thickness is 11 a
inches. This armor belt gives effee- [
tivc protection to the boilers, maehin- r
ery and magazine spaces. The side t
rbove the main armor belt is protect- c
ed by armor 7 feet 3 inches wide and
of a maximum thickness of 10 inches. 1
Above the main casement armor nmidships
the side is protected by armor |
of 5 inches thickness, which cfTords r
protection to the smoke pipes, the ma- s
jor portion of the secondary batteries
of of 5-ineh grins and the bull i
structure. 1
Mr. Taft Leaves Colon. t
Colon, Rv Cable.?President-elect r
William IT. Taft and party left here 1
at 6 o'clock Sunday evening on board t
the cruiser North Carolina for New 1,
Orleans acompanicd by the cruiser t
Montana. Just previous to embarking
Mr. Taft gave out the following: s
"I am not prepared to make a d
statement as to the results of the trip o
to the isihmus, except to say that we 1
have found the work progressing in 1
a most satisfactory way; the organi- v
zation better than ever before, the d
esprit de corps excellent and the de- j
termination of all, even the humblest n
laborer, directed to the building of p
the canal. I am sure that this has
impressed itself upon every one of the s
board of visiting engineers ns it has g
npon me. b
"With reference to the type of the
canal and the continuance of tho 1
present plana, tho engineers proiuiac t
that they will be able to hand mo n
their report by thfi time we land at 3
New Orleans."
j
Razor For Suicide. a
Asheville, N. C., Special.?Telling ii
wife that he was going downstairs to ^
shave, James M. Hyatt a prominent h
business man of this place, Sunday
morning shortly after 8 o'clock pick- 1;
ed up his razor and other shaving r:a- C
terial, went down stairs, locking the !i
doors and slashed his throat with the P
razor, dying soon after the net was
discovered by Mrs. Hvntt. No cause s
other than ill health can bo assigned C
for the rash act. b
General News In B^'ef.
Charlottesville, Vn., suffered from
a disastrious fire on Friday, the 4th. g
The loss is estimated at $250,000. fl
Subpoenas have been issued by ;
Judge Landis for a new trial of the
Standard Oil Co. Judge T.nndis hefore
imposed a fine of $20,240,000 on ?
the company which succeeded in get- i
ting a new trial.
It is proposed at this late day to c:
gather the ashes of Major Pierre 1
Charles L' Enfant, the French engineer,
and bury them at Arlington and '
to have a suitable monument in ree- '
ognition of his services to Gen. Wash- '
ington in planning the Capital City. 1
Bryan Denies tho Story.
Jacksonville. Fin., Special.?William
Jennings Bryan reached Jackson- '
villc at 7 o'clack Sunday morning ?
from Dclnnd and emphatically denies i
the story sent out regarding the *
alleged automobile accident near Tarpon
Springs, in which it was said that ,
he was badly injured and under treat- j
rnent in a Tampa hotel.
Kiacon Has $40,000 Fire.
Mneon, On., Special.?Fire originat- ,
ing in a cottage en Wilder street in <
south Mneon, Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, driven by a stiff wind rapidIv
spread to adjourning dwellings, resulting
in the complete destruction of
twenty-six residences, the loss on
buildings and personal property
amounting to approximately $40,000. i
i&UH
THE NEWSJN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gathered Bf
Wire and Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Liva Items Covering Events of Mor<
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.
One of the horrors of the lat?
ilizzard was that of Qus Johnson, t
nincr, who slept in a hay stacl
Thursday night near Omaha, Neb1
lext morning his hands and feel
ver e frozen. On Saturday h4
rawlcd on hands and knees sevefl
uilcs to Valley. He will probablj
cse one foot at least.
Henry I.air was convicted is
Chicago Monday of practicing whit*
lavery. The scheme was in luring
rirls of Paris to come to America,
vhere they were engulfed in the well
mown system of enslaving whit?
prls, especially in the lumbermen's
amps of the Northwest. Lair's senetice
is two years in Federal prison
nd a fine of $2,500.
It is estimated tha* there will bs
is many as three hundred bills found
gainst perpetrators of public frauds
n Oklahoma.
Two weeks were consumed Tuesday
>n the Cooper trial at Nashville
?enn., and the fourth venire of 500
riw each was partly consumed, with
>nly nine jurymen secured nnd one
f them is under charges of incotnpecnce.
Two more have now been
iddcd.
Revenue officer Ramsey nnd others
lestroycd a moonshine distillery at
south Mountain, York county, S. C.,
ust week. They had occasion to go
?ack later nnd found boys under ten
care of age who had in child liko
day fixed up a still and were aetutllv
making "liekor" from the concnts
of the tubs the officers had
verturned.
A negro man froze to death in
STew Orleans last Sunday.
The Carolina Ice Machine Cominny,
of Charlotte, N. C., has been
luthorizcd to increase its capital
dock to $225,000.
George Buesse, brother of the
nayor of Chicago, before leaving
lome for a period, bought a pistol
ind was showing the house maid how
o use it is case of need, Sunday
light, when the pistol was aceidcntalv
fired, the ball crashing through
he windoiy of a near neighbor nnd
lilled Mrs. L. C. Tucker, the daugher
of Gen. A. C. Girard, retired.
John Dans and his wife had been
epnrnfed for some time. On Monlay
he plead for his wife and two
hildren to return home with him.
i'he wife delayed her decision. He
:issod her good bye saying slio
rould regret it and just outside the
loor shot himself. Mrs. Dans had
ust time to take his head in her lap
nd receive one more kiss when he
xpired.
High Point, N. C., which makes
o much furniture, is soon to have q
lass manufactory to mnke the mttny
eveled mirrors needed.
Manly B. Triop shot down James
Icod on tho streets of Dublin, On.,
cn years ago and escaped, but has
ow returned nnd surrendered him*
elf.
John Gilmer Speed, the author and
ournnlist, committed suicide by
hooting himself in the head while
n his bed room at the Phoenix House
lendhnm, N. J., last Tuesday. He
eft no explanation of his act.
Forty-eight applicants have Tecentv
appeared before the Supremo
'ourt of North Carolina, asking for
icense to prnctice law. Thirty-nine
>assed while nine were turned down.
mi TI -1* ?
ine iiHiinns ieu in marks of repeat
and escorted the remains of
'onsnl Cheney and wife when their
odies arrived in New York.
Foreign Affairs.
Wm. I neb, it is confidently aserted,
w:ll be collector of the port
it New York under the Taft adminstration.
President-elect Taft has been tendered
the honor of being made a Mason
it sight by the Grand Master of
)hio. He has accepted same. Only
>ne instance of the kind has occurred
n Masonry within tho last 300 years.
Congress has passed an act making
February 32, 3909. the 300th anniversary
of the birth of President
Lincoln, a legal Holiday and has appropriated
$50,000 as a preliminary
o building a road from the capita,'
to the Gettysburg I?attle Ground, t?
tie known as "The lancoln Way."
Benjamin Iladley, a recluse of Kas'
Summerville, Mass., died recently
tind disposed of an estate worth
1,150.000. ITe willed .*10 000 le Pre?
dent Roosevelt who declines vigor
softly to accept it.
The House on Tuesday reconsider
>d and defeated the bill allowinj
5500,000 for balloons, airships, etc
for tho army.
Washington News Notes.
It is now said that sufficient evi
flence is at hand to bring suit again*
^x-I'rcF.dcnt Castro, of Venezulp*
for instigating - the plot to assassi
onto Goqaez, the present ruler.
Spain felt aggrieved that tho itinerary
of the American fleet did not j
include nt least one Spanish port. i
It ip said unofficially, that it would J
have done much to wipe out the last I
sting of the Spanish-American war. I
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