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THE FORT iVULL TIMES VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,1909 NO. 18 _________________________________ PLANT STRUCK |* ->Mi I S i By Lightning and Manager Knocked Senseless. EQUIPMENT RUINED ??? The Wireless Telegraph Station at Charleston Torn Up by a Flash of .Lightning?Manager . Ferriek Had Taken Off llend Harness i When Bolt Struck. The Charleston Post says William J. Ferrlck. manager of the wireless telegraph plant at Hampton park, was knocked senseless and his instrument ruined Wednesday afternoon by a lightning bolt which ptruck his office at about 4:30. The operator barely escaped being killed, the fact that he had removed his oar pieces just a moment before the bolt hit. savina him fr.-?m he lng electrocuted. It will he necessary to rush new Instruments from New York to put the wireless station.here iu'o working order again. Mr. Farrtck was sitting tat his Iwy daring ta? storm of Wednesday afternoon, as usual, ready to receive Vr Wfl messages to and from the I sea, and through some Intuitive feeling, most probably, with the lightning flashing in a lively manner about him, he took off his head harness for the time being. Hardly had he done so, when a blinding flash accompanied by a terrific crash of thunder, swept through his office, and he knew no more until about twenty minutes later, when he found himself lying on his hack half way Into his sleeping room, fifteen feet away. The large glass of the window in front of his key was smashed, and Investigation showed that his ear-pieces, which he had removed from his head just before the stroke, were burned and useless, while his tuner, and his magnets were burned out and the city telephone receiver fused. Fortunately the office did not catch on fire with the operator senseless on the floor. Mr. Ferrlck thinks that the holt crashed through the glass In front of him and struck his instrument, putting them out of business. He was somewhat bruised from the shock and the violence with whclh he was hurled from his chair upon the floor, hut beyond a ringing In ore of his ears today he Is unhurt. a rush order hns been sent by ths wireless manager to New York for new equipment his plant here, atd he thinks that by early next w?ek he will be able to receive and sand messages again, with his usual facility. Further examination of the plant f<?led to show any damage to the tall mast or to the superstructure of the wireless equipment. The waole damage was confined to the once and Instrument. it was a pividential escape from instant ' <1 <tp.th that the manager had, and if hi had not removed his ear pieces, hi would have been fatally shocked bf. the bolt. The operator at Hampton park ' I is been on duty here about two jsars. coming to Charleston from few York, and has. been in the wirelss service for a longer time, but hs has never before had such a close e?ape from being killed by lightnhg. He declared that it was not th? custom of lightning to strike thi plants of the company. Because o, the accident to the plant, at about IU'tie time the Arapahoe sustained her g- ldeuL off the coast of North Caret a*, bo messageuu^^ caught from th wlreleas instrument on tin st amship, and consequent mation of trouble w'as in came through other sfftHons of the United Wireless Company. rnrs.\i>f on cocaine skit.cits Two White Doctors nnd Fifteen NeI* Rroes Arrested. 3ayannah has begun a crusade 4 gainst cocaine sellers and use's * ileh o ught to be followed all over t. . South. Former Coroner I)r. 1./j B. Stanley and Dr. W. W. Lee, vlite, and Dr. E. M. Pickney, colo W, were arrested a few days ago a result of statements made In til police court by fourteen men and >m?n, mostly negroes, who were r mtded up as the beginning of a C'fpade on cocain sellers. Dr Lee h Knot yet made bond, but Drs. S'tnlev and Plnckncy gave bond o? $1,000 each. The fourteen other defendants were all bound over to the city court. The physicians declare they wrote cocaine prescriptions only to alleviate suffering, declaring the "fiends" had to have the drug. A score or more of the "fiends" were used as witnesses. Slayer Telephones Sheriff. Charles Pons, one of the best known residents of Duval county, Fla.. Wednesday night telephoned to Sheriff Bowde^'s residence and Informed him that he had Just killed his brother-in-law, Charles Wiggins, at his home near Gravely Hill, seven miles from Jacksonville, and requested the shoriff to place him under arrest. Pons alleges that Mrs. Pons was slapped by Wiggins. A FIEND HUNG PAYS THE DEATH PENALTY FOB HIS ATTEMPTED CRIME. The Negro Who Attempted to Assault a Young Lady Near Georgetown Confessed Before Execution. At Georgetown on Friday Alfred ackson, alias "Slippery Joint," who was convicted of an assault and an attempt to commit criminal assault on a young white school teacher at the special term of court which was held on July 27, paid the death penalty for his crime on the gallows, in accordance with the sentence which was passed upon him by Judge John S. Wilson to hang on August 13. Jenkins, just before leaving his cell for the gallows, confessed his crime, saying that ho had had a ureani In which the Lord told him to tell tho truth before he died. Jenkins up to this time had denied that he was the guilty party and at his trial be put up the plea of an alibi. While on the gallows he made no statement regarding his crime, tho only ihing he said being, "Lord have mercy on my soul. The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want" His spiritual advisor, Rev. A. B. Jackson, colored, made a prayer in behalf of the condemned man on the gallows. After the prayer Sheriff Scurry asked Jenkins if he had anything else to say, to which he replied, "No." The sheriff sprung the trap at 9:3 1 o'clock and Jenkins hung for sixteen and a half minutes before lite was pronounced extinct by Drs. Olin Sawyer, Gaillard and Moorer. Jenkins did not show any signs of nervousness when he walked up the steps on the gallows except that perspiration was streaming from his face. The execution passed off quietly 1 and his family took charge of the body. One of the witnesses of the execution fainted when the trap was sprung and was taken to the jail house by the doctors, who were pres I ent for attention. I SWEPT BY FLOOD. Many Lives List and Many Houses Are I>estroyed. A dispatch from Monterey, Mexico, says the Santa Catarlna River has returned to Its banks, leaving a score of desolation and destruction in the southern part, of the city. Fourteen lives are known to have been lost, and estimates place the number as high as Ally. The exact figures will never tie known, as the Harrio of San Lulslto, where most of the damage occurred, Is inhabited by the poorer classes mostly, and many occupied houses were washed away. Over 600 houses have been washed away in this one district, and practically all those left standing are more or less damaged. The people returned to the stricken district a few days ago and spent the time in cleaning the deposits of mud from the houses. Many families have lost all their possessions and there is great suffering among them. In the city proper several houses caved in as a result of the storm and the damage all over the city has been great. The Monterey bath house was flooded by rain. One man lost hlB life in tho swimming pool. Houses throughout the lower sections of the city were inundated and the families forced to move out. The electric light plant was damaged, as was the power plant of the street railway system. The rains continue and another flood is expected In the Santa Catarlne. PARCHED BY DROUGHT. Corn Crop In Northern Virginia Almost a Failure. Dispatches from Winchester, Va., says the great corn field of Northern Virginia are burning up. The severest drought of years Is prevailing and for more than six weeks little If any rain has fallen in the Shena'ndoah and Page valleys. Streams are tnwor ... V ?W ? V* VUWU tVI J OU I kJ and many are dry. The corn crop will be almost a total failure, while all growing crops are cut. short. Should the drought, prevail much longer the apple crop, which gave fine promise, will be seriously affected. Thousands of dollars have already been lost to the farmers and each day the loss increases. The railroads are seriously troubled, hay fields being set on fire by passing locomotives and valuable property damaged. Strike Breaker Killed. At. Blsbee, Ariz., William Pfaukucb, a striking printer, shot and instantly killed Asa A. Hoy, former business manager of the Review, the morning paper of that city, and William Bockholz, of Covington, Ky., early Friday. The union printers on The Review struck several days ago and Hoy and Bockholz were operating linotype machi&ea in their placet. i . * POOR BILL TAFT The Wicked Hitchcock Said to be Plotting to UNDO ALL HIS PLANS To Break Solid South bj Giving Weak Kneed Democrat* a Chance at the Republican Pie Counter in Exchange for Their Support of the Taft Program. President Taft's well-directed efforts in fixing his policy towards the South are threatened with rupture if not destruction as the result of the political games being played In connection with the appointment of census supervisors, says P. II. McQ., the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. He Bays up to a few days ago it looked as though the appointments to these places would be made by Director Durand, of the census bureau, with the President's approval. Now, however, it has been learned that the real power behind the throne is none other than Frank II. Hitchcock, aided by the Republican referees from the various Democratic States. It has been known in Washington for several days that so far as South Carolina was concerned no appointment as supervisors would be made without the approval of John G. Capers and Leumas Blalock, and that in Virginia, another rock-ribbed Democratic State, Congressman Slemp and Alvah Martin would be consulted .before anything definite ' would be announced as to the appointments. iu aaauion to this It was learned that Cecil Lyon, the head of the Republican machine in Texas, has I been here for several days holding conferences with Mr. Hitchcock and I that everything is now cut and drl- ' ed for naming at least ten Repub- 1 lican supervisors in the Lone Star State, which sends to Congress a ' delegation of sixteen Democrats. 1 That at least ten of the sixteen su- ? pervlsors will be Republicans is I practically settled, and it is possible 1 that even a greater division may be ' made. It is learned, too that Judge 1 Spencer Adams, the recognized t "boss" of North Carolina Republican politics, has also been talking < over matters with Mr. Hitchcock. < When seen and asked what would be done in a general way regarding ! these appointments, Judge Adams knew nothing about them except I what he had heard or read in the 1 newspapers, and hardly knew that 1 there was such a man as Frank Hitchcock. But, being on to him, It did not take Washington correspondents who haunt the postofllce department long to figure out Just ( what his business might be here. North Carolina has three Republican members of Congress and seven Democrats, and as President Taft , has already indicated that he would . appoint more suDrvlanr* nf '?? tor party In States like North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Missouri, where there is a marakcd ( Republican tendency, it is probable ( that In the division North Carolina , will-get about six or seven Republicans and three or four Democrats. ( Though Georgia has no Republl- , cans in Congress, It is understood that six Republicans will be appointed there, leaving room for five Democrats. In Florida, Alabama and either Southern States, where the delegations are solidly Democratic and there is to be a supervisor for the Congressional district, the division will be made equally between the Democrats and Repu%licans except that where there is an odd number of Representatives the odd man will be from the Republican ranks. It is known that nothing can be gained by the appointment of a few nepublflcan superviaprs in any of the Southern States, and in those sections overwhelmingly Democratic it would probably be Mr. Taft's desire to give the places to the Democrats, but for the pressure coming from the Hitchcock machine for a division to be made strictly along party lines with most of the pie on the Republican side and what may be split to go to hungry Democrats These appointments are small things within themselves, and it is known that Mr. Taft would gladly let. the Southern people have them, but for the reasons Just given, and Just here the iniquitous work of the ever-reauy machine begins to be apparent. The appointment of Republican supervisors naturally means the appointment of at least a limited number of negroes, according to Director Durand, as enumerators, and that is Just whore many Southern people may part company with Mr. Taft, The appointment of negroes to office anywhere and under the conditions?especially in the South?savors strongly of carpetbag tactics. It seems?all things considered? and especially with reference to the Hitchcock manipulations, that Mr. Taft's much-cherished hopes of uniting the Southern people to him by appointing only the best men to office, irrespective of politics, are to bo WAR TO THE LIMIT WITH NO QUARTER ASKED OR GIVEN WITH CONTROL Of the Republican National Organization an the Stake Is Ileclared by | the Progressive Republicans. War to the limit with no quarter , asked or given and with the control of the Republican national organization the one great prize at stake is officially declared b ythe Progressive Republicans. The Republican National Convention of 1912 is the promised field of the spectacular battle of the campaign already initiated. The tariff and how to revise it furnishes the line of demarcation between the opposing forces. A dispatch from Chicago says: Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa homeward bound from Wash- < lngton, fiung down the gauntlet and 1 for all practical purposes officially j and formally delivered the political j ultimatum which opens hostilities between the Progressive and the old { order, which has aligned In Washington by Senator Aldrlch. The big items emphasized by Senator Cummins as critical points to 8 be pushed to the fore by the Progressives are these: 1. Placing in control at the head 1 of organized Republicanism inon who will stand absolutely by plat- j form pledges. 2. Struggle for thlB policy at every convention, local. Congress- * lonal or State between now and 1912 where there are enough Progressive a Republicans to make It worth while. a 3. No general revision of the tar- _ iff for perhaps a decade, but revision from time to time In partlc- f ular schedules as expert investigation demonstrates to be necessary 1 and at the same time conforming v with the broad principle of protec- , tion. 4. Appointment of an expert tar- 11 Iff commissioner at the earliest prac- ( tleable moment to furnish this In- s formation to Congress. 5. And. particularly, no opposition to President Taft?whom the a Progressives believe to have a thorDughly progressive program In hand for Ills administration?at lenst un- v til the Presidential policy demon- ' itrates the contrary. "What Immediate step will be 0 taken by the Progressives?" Sena- a tor Cummins was asked. "We shall present the Issue flatly 'o every Republican convention be- v tween the present and the National 3 Convention of 1012 where It Is pos- ' dble for the Issue to he presented. ( rhat Issue is: Shall the men now 1 In control of the party's destinies c he permitted further to disregard * plain party declarations?" c DOCTOR RUNS AWAY. 1 Save Patient Chloroform and He v v Dies at Once. t c The sudden and exctted departu e ** of Dr. Philip Sussman from the 1 apartment of Mrs. Abranom ^azeicwitz, in the East Side tenement, New York, before daylight Wednesday, was explained later by the doctor to Coroner llarburger as being occa- 1 sioned by his fear that the woman and her family would attack him when they learned of the death of their sixteen-year-old son, whom the | doctor was attending. Dr. Sussman was called to per- i form an operation on the boy's knee ] and to do so he said that he had ] administered chloroform. Before he j was ready to operate, however, he ] discovered that the hoy had died ] while under the influence of the | chloroform. "I know how excited those faml- , lies become on such an occasion," the doctor is reported to have told the coroner, "and I left the house, telling the mother that I was going ( for my instruments. Had I remained there until they discovered that he was dead they and tho neighbors would have mobbed me." When tho doctor did not return to the house in half an hour the mother discovered that her son was dead and called the police. The coroner will hold an inquest. A STRANGE VISITOR. 'Possum Calls at the Sumter Post olflfe for Mail. The Sumter Watchman-Southrou nays of all the extraordinary Incidents that occur around this city, the most extraordinary and unusual happened in the postoflice Thursday ight about 9 o'clock. Mr. Furraan Tisdale, night clerk at the postoffice. opened the back door of the office, and a nice 1-t 'possum walked In. He was so well pleased with his new quarters that ho utterly refused to depart, and consequently the door was closed upon him and ho spent a pleasant night's rest behind a box. He is now under arrest for forcing his way into government premises, and will very probably be held, pending the arrival of President Taft in j this State in November. dashed to destruction through the j work of the all-powerful machine. I | P. H. McG. i A FATAL FIGHT I A Gilted Lover and Broker Killed Brothers n* TO* YuUNG LADY The l>cml Men's Father in Attempting to Avenge Their Death by Shooting Their Murderers Kills a Man Passing That Way by His Wild Shooting. The Latin temperament is ever eady to fly to extremes, and, par Icularly when Jealously supplies the notive. Thus It was that the little rillage of Genzano, near Rome,, Italy, was a few days ago provided vlth all the elements of a lurid mel>drama. Evaristo Apennl was mad- { y enamored of a certain Esmeralda 3ernono, who, however, had given ler heart to Arturo Caroggl. Between the Apennl and Bernonl ainllles a good deal of ranipr had irisen on this account, which had 1 litherto only found expresson In cowling looks and muttered threats. Evaristo Apennl, boiling with age, under the effects of a new epulse by the enchanting Emeralda, 1 vas walking through the Btreets of 1 icngano, In company with his ' >rother, Saverio, when they met tchllle and Cesare Bernonl, broth- 1 rs of the fair enslaver, and the later's father. A few brief but exasperating words were exchanged, ,nd Boon, long-bladed knives were tlssiug through the air. The two 1 lernonls, on the one side, and the ' wo Apennis on the other separated or a brief moment to get. breath, nd then fell to again with redoubled 1 Igor. The second round was brief but ! lecislve. Hardly had the prellml- 1 lary feints for advantage been exhanged before the Apennis' knives 1 truck home and the Bernonls fell ( o the ground mortally wounded. ' lut the battle was not yet over, for J new combatunt appeared on the leld. Thf i v-.is tho HjernoniG* father, L* Vi r* .11 1-1 ."J ?>" ' . .... ?u .ru l>J uir MRIIL Ul Ulb wo koub lying on the ground with heir llfe-hlood ebbing away, pulled lit his revolver and flred two shots f >t the Apennis. Neither bullet took effect. Achlle Bernonl, however, although lying ' irounded on the ground, had yet ufllctent strength left to enable hint o draw his revolver also. Four ' Imes he pulled the trigger, and alhough he missed his antagonist, one 1 if the shots struck a passer by. i'rancesso Valente, who was killed. ' (Meanwhile, on hearing the firing, arabineers hurried to the spot, and 1 m their appearance the Apennis 1 ook to flight. The father of the 1 lernonls was arrested with the reolver in his hand and his two sons 1 vere taken to the hospital, where 1 hey expired. After a brief chase ( Javerio Apennl was caught by the jollce, but so far Evarl&to has elud d the vigilance of his pursuers. RUN DOWN BY SURREY. ] [lev. W. I'. Jacobs Seriously Hurt In Washington. Refusing to be taken to the hos- ' >ltal, although perhaps fatally in- 1 lured, until the promise was made to 1 him that the person who injured him would not be arrested. Rev. Wiliam P. Jacobs, a Presbyterian clergyman, aged sixty, of Clinton, S. C., put the golden rule of life, which he has preached for many years, into practice. Mr. Jacobs, in Washington on a sight-seeing trip, was run over on Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday night by a two-seated surrey. "I do not want the driver prosecuted," said the minister, "as I know it was not his fault." Despite the promise of the police to the Injured man, however, the driver was arrested. Mr. Jacobs founded the Thornwell orphanage, of which he Is president. In charitable work he is known widely. SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH RIFLE. Sergeant of Coast Artillery Flees From Financial Troubles. Discovery was made a few days ago that Sergt. Max Block of the coast artillery, station at Fort Dupont, had committed suicide a few nlchtfl Vwhfnro Kw c Knot I r,? uimAAi? ...0...w MV/.V/. v ?/ BUVUHU5 iniuoni Yvith his rifle. He had proppod the rifle against a wall and tied a string to the trigger which he pulled after placing his body against the muzzle. Money lessee are believed to have caused Block to kill himself. His homo was in Morgan, Ala. Towhoot Capsizes. The naval tug Zeninscot. from Portsmouth to Boston, capsized off Cape Ann early Wednesday. Several of her crew were drowned. The second officer, the captain's wife, her little hoy and four of the crew were landed on the tug's boat. The captain, surgeon, engineer and three other members of the crew, who took a raft, were blown off shore. They were rescued later. % MAN UNDER THE BED IDE REACHED OUT AND GRABBED A LADY'S ANKLE. The Bold and Daring Act of a Negro, For Which He Will Fay Very Dearly. Mrs. Iverna Hicks, who lives In Marietta, Ga., returned home at 4:3 0 o'clock Tuesday evening with her two children and her brother-in-law, Charley Hicks, a 12-year-old boy. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Horn, with whom she and her husband live, were away and the house was empty. The Atlanta Journal says Mrs. Hicks entered and went Into one of the downstairs bedrooms. She deposited some bundles on a chair she carried and ithen walked over to the bed In one corner and began to take ofT her hat. As 6he was doing so a negro reached out from under the bed and caught her by the ankle. She tried to Jerk loose, but the negro held her tightly. She screamed and the little boy screamed also. Their cries frightened the necr rn urhn InnanH V?l? V*?-?! "*r ? ? d.wv .? "x/ 4%/vu^? uiq uuiu uu mm. Hicks and began to scramble from under the bed. She herself picked up her two children and ran toward the front of the house. The little boy, however, ran toward the back of the house, but found the back door lockad. Ho tried to climb through a window,.but ho could only get partly across tho sill. The negro, too, ran toward the back of the house and being unible to get through tho door, turnad to the window. He brushed the boy out of the way and crawled through tho window and to the ound. Possles were quickly formed and jearch for the negro begun. Every negro who In any way ansowered the description fi*rr*Lshed was arrested. About 2:30 o'clock Wedneslay morning a negro 19 or 20 years aid, named Alvin Gibson, was arrestad at a negro suburb of MaHetta tnown as Louisville. The boy Identified this negro and the officers are sure that he Is the ane by whom Mrs. Hicks was stacked. She herself saw only the back of the head of the negro who seized iier and Is unable to say what was his appearance. Tho little boy, however, got a good look at the ne;ro when the latter pushed him from the window. He says that the one now under irrest is exactly like the assailant of urs. micks, oven to a peculiar tear n his overalls. It has been found, oo, that the shoes of this negro fit exactly Into the Impressions made !>y Mrs. Hicks' assailant In a plot of *oft earth when he jumped from the rear window. He Is being held for trial. Mrs. Hicks is unhurt, save for a nervous shock from fright. She Is the wife of Will Hicks, a fireman nn the W. & A. road. Mr. Hicks svas on his run at the time his wife ivaa attacked by the negro. COMPANY TO MAKE PICKERS. Preparing to Equip Two of Fourcher Machines. Tho Augusta Chronicle says a company has been formed to perfect two of the Fourcher cotton pickers and put them in the field for the iiiiiti uim luuruugn iesi. urganizatlon was had a few days ago. The stock subscriptions foot up between $6,000 and $7,000, and were made by a number of gentlemen of Augusta In stock-takings of $250 to $500 each. This preliminary company secures an interest In the different patents. If the picker develops into the success that is hoped for It and claimed for It, the further capitilization for manufacture of the machine will be quickly proceeded with. The plan Is to have the Inventor go to one of the big manufactories of the east and perfect and turn out two pickers. The sum named Is fully ample for that purpose. Every facility will be provided to enable Mr. Furcher to manufacture the pickers. He will leave for the east In a few days. One of the best known and one of the best equipped manufactories In the country has been arranged with In which to make the pickers When the machines are completed they will be tried out in the cotton reia ann on mis practical test of the perfected picker will depend the fftte of the invention. Brothers Marry Sisters. More than 50 immediate relatives of the brides and bride-grooms were in attendance at the marriage ceremony in Kent county, Ky., recently which united Ave sisters to five brothers. Misses Maud, Nellie. Kate. Anna and Surie Martin were married to John, Dan Hugh, Jack and Dick Hill. Commits Suicide. Henry P. Plunkett. a Franklin county. Virginia, farmer, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his orchard Wednesday afternoon. His body was found by a son. He leaves a wm,. .* and tec children. DIED A HERO Brave Engineer, Fatally Hurt Told Rescuers TO ATTEND OTHERS Passengers who Were in Bristol Wreck Tell Graphic Story of the Bravery of Engineer Busli, Who Was Fatally Hurt in the Accident Thut Wrecked His Train. Passengers who were on the Southern train wrecked near Bristol. Va., Thursday everting larrived at Atlanta Friday night, bringing details of the bravery of Engineer oumuei tiusn, or Knoxville, who died Friday as a result of his injuries. Hush was slowly and painfully working his way out of the wreck of his engine, scalded and frightfully bruised, when the few passengers who retained their senses, dug into the mass of twisted and burning iron to meet him. Me was lifted out upon the ground and a hurried call for physicians resulted in the discovery that there was not a doctor on the train. As the passengers began a hunt for whiskey to stimulate him and were breaking open suit cases in their search, Hush asked for a last look at his old engine, as hopeless a wreck as was its engineer. When they came to him with the liquor, he begged them to look after the comfort of the passengers. Told that no passengers had been injured, ho snid: "That's good. Hut before I take this whiskey, I want you men to smell my breath and testify, if need be, that I had not been drinking when this happened." Although suffering horrible agonies, tho brave engineer would not tounch the stimulant until four of the men had smelled his breath and promised to bear witness to his sobriety. "All an engineer has is his record," he said feebly, "and he cannot afford to have anything against that." And Engineer Rush went out upon his last run with his record spotless. Engineer Rush was a native of Bedford county, Virginia, being a member of an old and widely known family in that section of the State. He had been in the service of the suuiuum ivaiiway ror more than thirty years. Ho leaves an estate valued at $100,000. ELEPHANT SHARK CAUGHT. Fishermen Have Exciting Rattle With Rig Fish. A shark of the elephant spectos. said to be the largest ever caught along the Jersey coast, Is on exhibition in a Long Ilranch, N. .T. shop. It is twelve feet long and weighs 1,000 pounds. It waa capture 1 off Long 'Irnnch by a fishing crew after a a itious battle. ' be shark, which is of the ?nnneatlng variety and with a reputation for combatlveness, was feasting in a school of mackerel when the fishermen ppeared him. For a half hour the monster towed the fishermen's boat around the ocean before he was subdued with hooks and prongs. The presence of this shark lias intimidated many of the bathers I along the Jersey coast who fear that It may ho a forerunner of many others. STAKE A 1.1. ON CHANCE. Two Greenville Candidates Will Draw for Oflire. Two candidates In Greenville who tied in the election for aldemen have hit on a novel way to decide who shall have the office. A dispatch from Greenville says: "Tho city Democratic committee found that C. II. Webb and W. T. Bull, candidates for aldermen from the first ward, had each 718 votes. The committee will meet again this morning and take up the matter of the challenge voters. If the result is not changed, the names of the two candidates will be placed In a hat and a boy not over ten years of age will draw out tho one who Is to represent the ward in tho council. It is a state of affairs never seen hero before." This will tave the troublo of holding another election. Has Fatal Fall. While directing work on the roof of a new building at Buena Vista, Va., Wednesday, C. H. Ridings, member of the firm of Ridings Brothers, contractors and building material dealers, fell to the ground, receiving injuries that caused him death later. Killed by Accident. At Spartanburg Henry Wyatt, aged twenty-seven years, car inspec- , i tor of the Southern at Spartanburg Junction, was killed Wednesday ; morning by being run over by a . freight car. The body wa3 shippct) , to Belton, in Anderson county, his i former home, for dnterment. Ho was a very popular young man.