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THE FORT iMILL TliVlES TOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JULY ,15 19Q9 " KO. 18 EXPLOITS SOUTH Tells of This Section's Commercial Advantages. IMPORTS INCREASING In Speech Director Da we at Southern Commercial Congress Says That Ocean Frontage of Southeastern Third of Vnfon Exceeds That of the Remainder. Nearly 100 Southern cities were jepreocnted at Atlanta Wednesday at the first annual convention of the > Southern Commercial Secretaries' association. Statistics showing the South's resources were given by O. Grosvenor Da wo of Montgomery, managing director of tha Southern Commercial .fflFgRH oairesa. i Mr. Dawo took aa hit theme the potential greatness of the Southern wfcflHBstatee. "Viewed from the point of coast line, it Is well to understand that the Southern States possess an enormous advantage over the other two-tbirdB of the United States; for the coast line of the Southern States is 3,007 miles, while the coast line of the North Atlantic States is 888 miles; of tho Pacific coast 1,657 miles. "The natural advantages of coast line are already asserting their influence, for we are able to say that a Southern port still holds the secoud position for exports among all the porta of the United States?New Orleans in 1900?and now a Souther t port that nine years ago was wrecked and rent by storm, the port of Galveston "We are ab'e to show you tht> th<- exports along the K?lf now exceed the exports of Philadelphia and 1 often by 81 per ceV. and the.' o j jm 1 n ore than 50 Od; cent of thti?'n: which belongs to the oversha t owJnjr i>ort of New York. The tabl? of experts for 1900 and 1908 show that 27 per cent growth in exports has taken place iu New York, Philadelphia and Boston regarded together. During this same time the gulf exports Increased 31 per cent. Imports Increasing. "In the matter of imports?goods coming to America for distribution ?you will llnd that while the three great ports above mentioned have increased 2 7 per cent, the Southern ports have increased 97 per cent. Is it not reasonable to claim that the Southern States, by reuson of their coast line, are coming to occupy an Important relation to th? maritime .future of the United Stntes? "When we consider alto that all this swing of commerce is taking place prior to the completion of the Panama canal and that the Panama canal will help to pull Southward every inter-oceanic movement, you must realize that the Southern ports will bo on the very front doorstep of the world's future commercial movements. "W'e also declare that the rivers of the South, navigable, and therefore some day to be brought into co-oporatlon with the energetic men ? of th? South, are more than two to one when compared with any other portion of the United States. The national conservation commission has reported that there are in the United States navigable strea^B amounting to 26,410 miles. rffcwmuch of this i U-ia the f^cutti? Over 18,216 miles. enormous total does not in-TjliUja a single mile of the Ohio, thoogA it benefits Southern State* "through 900 miles. Neither does this total include any portion of the Missouri river. If the Mississippi be regarded as a feeder for the gulf commerce the mileage should be 23.691 miles. This leaves only 2,719 miles of navigable streams to affect the commercial prospects of the remaining two-thirds *)f ithe United States. Water Power Potential. "Tho vast Appalachian range, the greatest mountain range in the United States, lying within the region of plentiful rainfall, Is producing at present unharnessed, every moment of every day 5,000,000 horsepower. The day is coming when, through conservation impulses, this water will ibe used to drive the wheels of industry and of transportation throughout the South, thus indefinitely extending the life of power burled now In the coal fields of the South. "If you look at the estimates regarding the iron oro life of th.? United States, you will seo that tho Southern Appalachian region is expected to endure 100 years after the Lake Superior region Is stripped and exhausted. Yet. with all the advantages belonging to tho Southern extremrty or the Appalachians, advantages so great that Birmingham sets tho price for pig Iron, yet at present only about 10 per cent of he pig Iron of the United Stav.< is made In tho South. Then look at the size and energy of Birmingham the Birmingham district, Chattanooga and other cities in Tennessee and In Alabama dependent upon iron ore, then realize that their marvelous growth to present dimensions has come through the preation of merely 10 per rent of the pip Iron of the United States. Then let your Imagination run riot and pictur? | DANIAL ZIMMERMAN A(iKD BOND CLERK FREED FROM THE PENITENTIARY. Recommendation of Iloard Approved by Governor?Affective Scenes at Prison When Beneficiary Left. Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, who has served sixteen months of a threeyear sentence for embezzling State bonds while bond clerk In the office of the State treasury, was granted u full and unconditional pardon by Governor Ansel -Friday, who merely adopted the recommendation of the pardon boaTd, which contained an in foresting couple of paragraphs on the Zimmerman case, written by Col. \V. A. Clark, the board's secretary. The parflon has been expected, as powerful pressure has been brought to bear on both the governor and the members of the pardon board, who were appealed to by influential i people from fall parts of the State. In fact the pardon was expectid at tn^last meeting of the board, but i ihotrtscovery of additional shortage i caused postponement of the case. The first news was telephoned to i the penitentiary immediately after j the governor had acted, by Clerk | Brooks of the supreme court, a fel- i low Confederate Veteran of Mr. Zitn- , merman's, who sympathizes with e>- ; erybody in trouble. Capt RobertB of | the penitentiary guard made Mr. Zlm- i merman's heart glad with the first ( news. Shortly afterward Mrs. Zim- t merman arrived and there was a i tearful meeting. She waited until the papers were brought down and i her husband formally released. As ] clothes the aged pair drove away in i clothes the aged pair doe away in i a carriage to their home. ^ It is thought that the pardoning of , Mr. Zimmerman will nwike n pardon k for his accomplice. Mr. T. J. Gibson, easier to secure. 1'p to this time thern have beeu indications of much ; bitterness against Mr Gibson on the , ->art of Mr. Zimmerman's friends. Mr. Gibson has not yet begun ser- j vice of his sentence, being out on bond pending appeal to the supreme ; court from the circuit court's order < refusing him a new trial on alleged i after-discovered evidence. T ?????? % KILLKD BY KM PLOY KK. Xew Orleans Baker Hlaln by Man ? With Axe. 1 'I have had a little trouble with ' your husband," said Carl Bortuna, s early Thursday morning to Mrs. John a G. Knecht, as he was about to take * his departure from Knecht's Bakery f in New Orleans, where he was em- , ployed. Mrs. Knecht found the mutlluted body of Knecht on the floor j of the baking room with a bloody | axe nearby. All the money In the cash drawer of the bakery was missing. The police believe that JealouBy, with the young wife of Knecht as the moving principal may have proven a prime factor in *ho tragedy. 'o vourscif what will b? the development of those portions of the country when Instead of 10 per cent they are producing 90 per cent of the pig iron of the United States and largely * jiving that Iron Its final form. Fatorablo Situation. "The Southern Btates as a whole < possess more general accessibility to t coait 1'ae, and thereforo to the com- f inerce cf the world than either of the other thirds of the United States. A string and a pin wheel will enable you to prove this. You men who think on commercial subjects do not need that 1 should detail to you the advantages that rest with a portion of the county that can be statistical and governmental proof declare that It had more coast line, more navigable streams, more waterpower, moYe minerals conveniently arranged, more agricultural range, more forests, more cheap land, more accessibility to ports than any third of the Union. "The meaning of this summing up of Southern opportunities is this: and none but the bllud will fail to see it. That there Is to come a time in the history of the United States, as a whole, must have the support and development of the Southern States. It means that our nation will never reach Its full greatness. It means this, also, that as sure as the sun shall rise tomorrow there is to come a period of commercial development In the South compared with which the past growth has been but tho tottering footsteps of an Infant. These are not words of boasting or bombast, but they are serious words, based upon the incontrovertible evidence of the South'* resources and what those resources must lead to." The afternon session was spent listening to a discussion of the good ro:nl3 movement by Gen. Clifford Anderson of Atlanta and Charles H. Hoyt. superintendent of road construction of the United States government. After the papers had been , concluded. Mayor Maddox Invited the members to stop at his country home while on the automobile ride. The ' members did so and discovered that. Atlanta Is not so dry as the prohll blflonlsts would have the public be: lleve. There were cigars, punch and what the mayor palled "other j i things." DROWNED IN SURF YOUNG AUGUSTAN DROWNED OJ SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. Was Trying to Ikwue Mlu BessJ? Boyle, of Charleston, With Whou He Was In Bathing. In an effort to save the life ol Miss 1 Jessie Doyle, of Charleston, Mr. Fulton Kelsey, of Augusta, Ga., lost his life in the surf at Sullivan's Island Friday. The tragedy occurred at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. and a most unusual circumstance was that no one was aware of the fact that Mr. Kelsey had been dro*ned until Miss Boyle regaining consciousness after her rescue, asked where Mr. Kelsey was. Miss Boyle, who was in the surf with Mr. Kelsey, narrowly escaped drowning herself, and when rescued was practically unconscious. Her account of tho t.agedy was therefore very disconnected. It appears that Mr. Kelsey and Miss Boyle were in bathing together, and some little distance from any other bathers. It was an unusually strong ebb tide and t nigh east wind was blowing. The first Intimation that any one had ,iiai luf umaers were in distress was .he sight of MIbr Boyle's outstretched arms projecting from the water. VIr. David Iluguenin of ChnrleBton, happened to be fishing in the surf loarby, and seeing MIbb Boyle's arms n the position they were, realized he gravity of the situation an imnediately went to her rescue. The water was only waist deep where MIbb Boyle was found, and Mr. Iluguenin had little difficulty n reaching her and bringing her to he .1 ore. Miss Boyle 8 condition vae quite serious when Mr. Iluguenin eached her n-r face being already iibcolored and the**e were other lnUcattonB of strangulation. After reaching the shore Miss lovle regained consciousness. and ilthough in a state of collapse, cried, 'Where is Mr. Kelrey? Where is dr. Kelrey?" It was not known until then that dr. Kolsey was in the surf, and >fforts v.erp immediately made to ocato him. but the body bad nleady gone down and no trace of it vas discovered. As :.oon as Mr. Iluguenin was ~en hearing Miss Boyle to the beach. 4r. Clarence Rowland and young Mr. ludworth, of Charleston, immediatey went to his assistance and helped nke Miss Boyle to the cottage of drs. Joseph Bignon, where she was taylng. While Miss Boyle 1b getting ilong very well, fihe Is still In a ner oua state, suffering from shock. Miss Boyle was able to state, howver that when she and Mr. Kelsey Uncovered their danger, Mr. Kelsey ?1 nwH hnr > '? 1 * ' " ? ... . uu ma iiovr imu 101a nor o call for help. Miss Boyle paid that sho made ovoral erlos, but that they wore not icard. Tho theory In connection vlth the drowning la that Mr. Kelsey vas seized with cramps and was unible to cope with the strong underow that took him out to sea. It s thought probable that Ml?s Boyle vas first knocked down by the underow and that Mr. Kelsey went to her issistance: that Mr. Kelsey succeeded in rescuing her and carried her lome little distance to the shore, >ut was himself stricken and the andertow bore hiiu under. Miss Boyle laid that she remembered the breakers coming over their heads, but hat tho water In which they were itanding was only waist deep. * ALTMAN DIKS FROM WOUNDS. itavenol Mini Shot by J. \V. Messcrvey. Succumbs to Injuries. A dispatch from Charleston says I. D. Altnian, the citizen of Ravenel who was shot by J. W. Messervey when he went to the assistance of Dispensary Constable F'ishburne several days ago to prevent Messervey from carrying away from the depot at Ravenel a package of alleged contraband liquor, died Friday at the Roper hospital in Charleston. Altman dying in Charleston county the Inquest was held there, but the trial of Messervey. who has entered a plea of self-defense, will of course take place in Colleton county. Altman had three sons in Charleston nuu iwrjr ncir Willi II i III WnffQ nC died. The body was prepared for shipment to Ravenol and left Charleston Saturday morning. The funeral was held upon arrival at Ravenel. * AI'TO K1 I.I.N ARMY OFFICER. Major Long. Retired, nn Automobile Hater, Run Down by Mnrliine. Major .1. W. Long. I'nited State) army, retired, was rtin down at Washington Friday by an automo bile, carried to the Russian embass? and died three hours later at th< Emergency Hospital. Major Long had an aversion t< automobiles and two days ago de clared: "If 1 had my way I would smasl and burn every automobile in thi District of Columbia." Major Long was a native of Nortl Carolina and appointed to the arm; from New York. He formerly wa superln'endent of the Michigan Stat Soldiers' Home and had written fo newspapers in Michigan. TARIFF BILL Ten Republicans Vote Against the Measure. ' PASSED BY SENATE , Closing 8c(w? After the Long Fight | Tome Indeed, Except for Controversy Between Benotor AJdrich mid tho Insurgent Republicans. Vote Was 43 to 34. The tariff bill passed the Senate just after 11 o'clock Thursday by a vote of 4 5 to 3 4. Republicans voting in the negative were Beveridge, of Indiana; Hristow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Burkett, Nebraska; Clapp, Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; Dolllver, Iowa; LuFollette, Wisconsin; Nelson, Minnesota. McBnery, of Isoulsiana, was the only Democrat recorded In the uffirmatlve. As it passed the Senate the bill contains almost 4 00 paragraphs, i'he Senate made 84 0 amendments to the House provision, many of which were adopted Thursday. The closing scenes in the Senit? chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La Follette's three-hour speech was earnest, but not cspeclaly animated. He had a slim audience. Senator* remained in their seats only when required to be there to vote. The results of the vote on the bill had been long discussed. There was no doubt of Its passage by the usual finance committee majority. Following several hours of monotonous discussion of the general features of the tariff bill, the closing hours were characterized by a spirited controversy between Senator Aldrich on the one hand and a number of the insurgent Senators on the other as to the standing of Republican Senators who might cast their votes against the bill. The bill being put on its passage, was passed. Upon motion of Mr. Aldrlch. the Vice President announced the Senate conferees as follows: Senators Aldrlch, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom. Republicans; and Daniel, Money and Iluiley, Democrats. FOLIJOWKD FUNERALS. For Forty Years Mun Has Strange Custom. Daniel J. Gallagher, who. for forty years, has had no apparent busi ness except to follow funerals In the lower West Sldo section of New York, has been sent to an institution for the blind. He was stricken shortly after the funeral a few days ago of Florence D. Sullivan. Gallagher was known as "Johnny Lookup" because an eye affliction which compelled him to tilt his head backward so that he could see. When about twenty years old he -tarted to follow funerals, attending the servlc es in the churches, and then running alongside tho hearses in a dog trot, leaving them only when they reached the ferry. He waa one of the many who lived off the bounty of "Big Tim" Sullivan, and now that Sullivan is In Kurope, "Johnny l>ookuD" had to seek an institution when he became totally blind. TRAMP SAVES PASSENGERS. Kings Rio Grande Train and Wains Engineer of Bad Roadbed. The lives of more than 200 persons on a westbound Rio Grande train leaving Canon City, Col., were saved Wednesday by an unknown tramp, who was left unrewarded. The train had Just passed Swallows. a little station two miles east of Canon City and was going at a forty-mile an hour gait when it was flagged. The tramp called tho engineer's attention to a serious undermining of the tracks Just below. The roadbed was found to be in ! a dangerous condition for two miles , which the passengers walked along for that distance while tho train felt its way along and got past the danger lllint In ? Vw, nvnllnmnnt lh. V, ,. - ? U|#u?. a as Viiv ? AI.IIV iiiniL Uiy Ilt'l U wan forgotten. SEARCHING FOR NEGRO. W. F. MoRce Waylaid and Shot at k Ainorirus, Georgia. A dispatch from Amerirus. Ga . i says W. K. MoRco, superintendent t of the Bagley Ray Orchard Company - there, was assassinated at an early * hour Wednesday morning. Henry > Patterson, a negro, employe, charged with the crime, ia being hunted by > a posse. McRee was waylaid and shot at close range, two charges of buckshot 1 entering his neck. s .? Kills Himself and Wlfo. 1 George Knerer, of Loudi. Wis., y last Wednesdav killed his wlfo bj 3 crushing her skull with the butt en?] r of a shotgun. He then committed r suicide by drowning in a shallow pool. SHOT BY BURGLAR TWO SHOELESS MEN HELD 1IT POLICE. Thf Victims' Slii-M-ks Aroused Entire Town?Kx'-iCug Chase In New York Suburb. A dispatch from New York says two shoeless men. one of them wounded in the arm and thigh by bullets, are held by the New York police charged with the murder of Mrs. Sophia Staber. wife of George Staber, a New York importer of paper, in whose residence a battle with burglars early Thursday in which Mrs. Staber met death. The men admitted they were Implicated in the burglary, but at first denied any part in the murder. They say they are Carlo Giro, born in Trieste. Austria, and "John Smith." Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2 o'clock in the morning, while standing in her bedroom door. The shrieks of Mrs. Staber and her iwu uauRmers, ine reports or revolver shots and tho excitement of the chsse by mounted policemen and nearly the whole neighborhood, threw Flatbush Into a ferment. Many wives pleaded with their husbands not to go to work Thursday. There has been comment over the fact that the burglary occurred Immediately upon the withdrawal of the police dog? from the vicinity. CHEROKEE CITIZEN KILLED. S. Q. Sarratt Falls From Portico and Breaks His Ne?k. A special from Gaffney says: As a result of fulling from u portico early Wednesday morning, Mr. Samuel Q. Sarratt, one of CheroRee county's most prominent citizens, lies dead at bis home two miles north of Gaffney with a broken neck. It is very hard to determine at what hour It took place, as Mr. Sarratt was in lie habit of sleeping on the portico of the second story, and when the family arose early Wednesday morning he was found on the door steps with his neck broken. However, the body was still warm when found, not long after 7 o'clock. Mr. Sarratt was very w idely known all over the county, having many prominent connections and being universally respected. He was about ?>0 years old, having lived in that section practically all his life, engaged In farming. He Is survived by five children, Messrs. J. E. Sarratt. Morris Sarratt and John Sarratt. Mrs. Joe Humphries and Mrs. Wade Humephries, all of that couuty. The interment took place Thursday afternoon at Providence church cemetery. DROWNED AT SOCIETY HILL. Negro Lad Met I>eath la Waters of Kvaiih' Jond. Monday Morning about 11 o'clock Jesse Douglas. colored. aged 15, was drowned In the water below the flood gates of Evans mill pond near Society 11111, S. C. Jesse and a companion attempted to swim up stream from the bath houses to the flood gates above whero the water Is over ten feet In depth. When about 26 feet from the bank above Jesse cried out, "I can't make it," and sank and rose three times and went to the bottom. Search for the body was made until a gig was stuck into the left leg. above the ankle, and the body was recovered. There was sadness on the faces of a very large crowd and great grief and lamentation among hla relatives and friends, many of whom had tolled and waited through the long hours of the day and night. GEORGIA TOWN' MARSHAL HELD. Accused of Assaulting a Woman of His Town. At Jesup, Ga., Town Marshal T. M. Thomas is confined in the county Jail on a charge of criminnl assault upon a woman, who swore out the warrant for his arrest. A preliminary trial has been set for July 12. It Is alleged that Thomas, on the pretext of having o warrant for their arrest, took the woman and her sister from their home and, uccompanled by another man, took them In a buggy a short distance in the country ann ioreea mom to sunmit 10 indignities of n most revolting nature. KILLED HIMSELF. Wife rind Committed Suicide the Direct Cause. Responding to a notice that the body of his wife, who, it Is believed, committed suicide two or thro days ago. had been taken from the Ohlv river. Walter J. Honnkor. a member of a prominent retail firm of Louisville, Ky., identified the h*dy at. an undertaker's establishment, then shot himtielf, dying Instantly. Senate Votes Sum for Mrs. Hale. Washington. July 7.?Following a ', long established custom In respect to ! | Its employees, the Senate Wednesday 1 voted six months' salary to the wid; ow of the latp chaplain. Dr. Edward Everett Hale. SLAYER IS TAKEN MESSERVEY TO ANSWER ACCUSATION IN COURT. Claims He Shot Constable and Albman In Self I>efensc?Inquest Held at Ravenel. J. W. Messervey was arrested Wednesday at Meggett by Magistrate Cowles and later taken to Ravenel for the lnqnest, and afterward was transferred to the Walterboro Jail by Deputy SherifT Buckner. He declared that ho shot in self-defense. An inquest held at Ravenel into tho killing of Constable C. P. Kishburne resulted in a vedlct that the deceased came to his death from the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by John W. Messervey. Magistrate Cowles appiyjently had no trouble in arresting Messervey. whom ho put in charge of hlB brother, and the two were coming to Ravenel when they were met by Deputy Sheriff Buckner, who took charce of the defendant. Meeservey doclored that he had shot the constable only after the latter had drawn a pistol on him, and that he had shot Mr. Altinan after the old gentlman had raised a stick to hit him. At the hospital Mr. Altman was reported to be "about the same." He hns sons in Charleston who are seeing that he gets every attention. Solicitor Peurifoy made a motion before Circuit Judge S. G. \V. Shipp for a special term of court to convene at Walterboro Monday, August 2, to try J. \\\ Messervey, who was committed to jail, charged with the killing of Constable C. 1'. Flshburue at Raveuel on Tuesday evening. The order was granted and thia extra term of court will be presided over by Judge Shipp. N EG RES HlltNEI) TO DEATH. Aged Charlotte Singleton Meets Horrible I>eatli. A dispatch from Charleston says, having first been suffocated by smoke and being unable to move from her bed, Charlotte Singleton, colored, sixty years of ago, was burned to death at 3 o'clock Thursday morning in a one-story hut on Heinz alley, by the Ashley lllver. Maria Williams, a married daughter of the deceased, and Joseph Williams, a twelve-year-old son of Maria Williams, barely escaped with their lives. The flames completely destroyed the house, and its Iobs is estimated at $200. The origin of the fire is unknown. Charlotte Singleton was most horribly burned. In fact, thero remained nothing of tho body but portions of the trunk and the head. Acting Coroner Ilehrens held an Inquest t Ha rom nltm a rwl ?Kn dered a verdict of accidental burning. The negroes lost everything in the house. The house was on fire when they awoke, aud the rapid spread of the flames made It Impossible to render any aid to the old negres. The deceased had been engaged in the selllug of vegetables. The house she occupied consisted of but two rooms. 11AUY FOB SALE. Couple Would Spare Child Hardships by (letting Better Ilouie. At New York Harry lleach, twentytwo years old. and out of employment, and his wife, both of whom have ofTered their two-weeks-old baby for aale 'or f500 cash. When Bench's first wife dl*Hl two years ago she left him with two children and he married his present wife six months later. In discussing their offer of the new baby for sale. Beach and his wlfo 9ald that to keep the child would be only to inflict their hardships upon him, and that by selling the boy they would provide him with a good home and hring prosperity to themselves. TRAIN FALLS INTO WATER. Crashes Through Bridge at l'oiuonu, Kansas?Rescuers at Work. A dispatch from Kansas City says an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train. No. f>. which left Kansas City at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for the West, hut which was detourod because of high water. crashed through a bridge at Pomona, Kan , 68 nillos southwest of that place, Wednesday afternoon. Roscue work was carried on In rowhoats and skiffs. The train was one of the heaviest traveled on the main line west of Kansas City. It was running in the water over its rail when the accident occurred, the track slipping. Kills Father, I>efend? Mother. J. S. Lamb, a well-to-do farmer, was stabbed to death by bis son, .Tames Lamb, during a?-f*rnily quarrel Thursday at. their home in Mansfleld. Texas. According to the evidence at the preliminary examinaj tion the boy struck the fatal blow ! in defm?o of his mother. Young | Lamb was rclea^d in bonds of ! f o.OOO. NIELL RESIGNS Board of Trustees Has Taken No Action, However. NOT UNEXPECTED President Mell's Action is Said to Have UtM>n Partly l>u?* to His Clash With Cotmnaudunt Minus Some Time Ago?Prof, lligg* Spoken of as Uis Successor. Dr. P. H. Mell, for several years president of Clemson College, Soulh Carolina's agricultural Institution, tendered his resignation Thursday. Dr. Moll's action Is the result of a clash between the president and tin military commandant, which assumed disturbing proportions Prof pier** of the faculty, is spoken of as hia probable successor, though the trustees have taken uo action. I">r. Mell was born In PenfMJ, Greene county. Georgia, on May ?4, 1850. His father was a Ilaptist minister and a teacher of wldo reputation. In 1S71 ho wns graduated from the University of Georgia, and in 1 873 he received from that institution the degree of C. E. and M. E. The degree of Ph. Dj was later conferred on hint by his alma raat?r, while the University of South Carolina has conferred on htm the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1S73 Dr. Mell became mining engineer for a copper mino in Georgia, and from 1874 to 1 877 he waa State chemist. From 1878 to 190/ he was professor of natural history and geology in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. In addition to these duties he was from 1885 to 1893 director of the Alabama weather service. In 1902 he became president of Clemaon College. WHITE MAX WAS ARRESTED. Charged With Obtaining Goods Fader False Pretences. News from Lexington says J. W. Smith, a white man, was arrested and lodged in Jail by Deputy Sheriff Miller Wednesday upon a warrant, sworn out by Messrs Riley and Halgler Brothers, of Swansea, charging him with obtaining goods under false pretences to the amount of about $95. Smith is a contractor, and it seems that_ h? built the store houso of the late \V. 11. F. Hast, at Swansea, and It was while he was doing the work it is alleged that he secured the goods. The arrest was made Rt the home of his father-in law, .Mr. I'aul Shealy, at LeoBville. whore he has a wife and an infunt only about a week old. Smith claims to bo a native of Georgia, and says that ho has a brother who Is a bank cashier at Brunswick, Ga. Ills people have been notified of his predicament, and it is thought that an efTort will bo made to amicably aJJust the matter. MOTOlt WltKCK CAC8ES DEATH. J. L. Murtln of Dryon\llle, Ga., Succumbs to Injuries. From Byronvllle, Ga., comes the I information that J. L. Martin died Wednesday from injuries received lato Tuesday in au automobile accident. His companion, Warren Turlington, also received fatal injuries. The car being driven by Martin became unmanageable and rammed the bank on the roadside, overturning on its Of Oil no nls Thu mnn on routo from Vienna to Byromvillo and on account of the lateness of the hour when the accident occurred there was little travel along the road, causing the men to experience great suffering before aid was rendered. BRAKK IXSl'KCTOll KILLL'D. Young Man of Columbia Crushed to Death Between Two Cars. Lawrence llamiter, air-brake inspector for the Southern Railway, a well known and popular young inan of Columbia, was killed Thursday morning while attending to his duties as brake inspector at the Blending street yards of the Southern. While standing between two cars a shifting engine Is supposed to have 9truok one of the cars, crushing hint between the two. He never lost consciousness. and was able to recognize his parents, who reached the Columbia Hospital in time to be at his bedside when dpath came. WEARS BARREL. ."Mad Takes Woman's Clothe* Ulilln She is Ralliing in Canal. Miss Mary Hart., sixteen years old, "hung her clothes on a hickory llmh" when she went bathing In a canal near Paterson. N. J. While she was In the water a man stole her garments, but the aid of a barrel, furnished by a woman, who beard her screams, she was able to reach h*r home. j The girl later obtained a warrant | for John l>oe. saving she could identify the man if 6he saw- him.