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THE FORT MILL TIMES ?? ? .?. ????? . ? ? VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 19Q9 NO. 19 THE STATE DRY Or Practically So, As Only Six Counties Are Wet TUESDAY'S ELECTION Left Only Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston, Florence, Georgetown and Richland Counties in the Wet Column?All the Other ThirtySix Counties Are in Dry Column. Further returns received from the dispensary elections held in the various counties Tuesday have removed all doubt aB to the result and show that fifteen of the counties went "dry" and six "wet." The balance In Florence, Georgetown and Beaufort was cast for the dispensaries, and in Kershaw for prohibition, so that the line-up 1r as follows: For DiBpenBary?Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston, Florence, Georgetown and Richland. For Prohibition?-Abbeville. Bam bwrg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Cajhoun, MB*; & 'Colleton, Dorchester, Pair field, ^Btapton, Keiahaw. Lee. Lexington, ' ><K>rnitgeburg, fcSrnler and WllllamBIn a few of the counties the returns are not. complete, but those yet to be received will not affect the general result in any county. Georgetown went wet by a majority of only 89 votes, Florenco by 41, and Calhoun went dry by only 14 votes. The only serious talk of a contest that has been reported li In Richland, where the Prohibitionists are not satisfied with the result. As a result of the elections Tuesday thirty-six counties in South Carolina will be dry within a few weeks, and in the six above mentioned the dispensary system will bo re-established as soon as the necerary formalities can be complied with. MJSS KIRK WINS CASK. Board of Health Can't Keep Her In Pest House. The famous Kirk, leprosy case from Aiken was decided In the supreme court Thursday In favor of Miss Kirk. The mnjorlty opinion is by Justice Woods, Justice Hydrlck ean/lnrln or r? d iuunii I I ttfr r\nln i/tn * CI1UCI tllfS ? UIDOrumib V/|UI1IUU J against Miss Kirk. The decision means that the Aiken board of health can not, as it tried to do, confine Miss Kirk to the county pesthouso. The circuit courts's action In the case Is affirmed. It came before the circuit court by injunction from the action of the board of health to confine Miss Kirk in the pesthouso. Owing to the peculiar nature of the case, and to the fact that Miss Kirk, a missionary, who had contracted the disease in Ilrazll, was not only a woman of refinement and education, but aged, blind an 1 helpless, the case has attracted much attention throughout, this and other States, and the decision is of interest particularly 10 local boards of health. It is decided that the action of a board of health may be reviewed by nCourt, although action lor damwill not ile against the memOf the board for wrong dotenor isolation, uuleas'thta is done in bad faith. KILLKI) FOR HKK MONEY. Body of a (Jcoi'Kla Lady Found With Skull Crushed. News has Just reached Broxton, Ga., of the murder of Miss Mattle Graham, which occurred some time during Thursday night near her home, two miles north 01 Hokerboro, In Coffeo county. The woman was dragged to a branch half a mile from her house, where evidences of a desperate struggle ensued. The body was beaten and the skull crushed. The object of the murder was evidently robbery as the was a rich woman. An autopsy, however, mayreveal evidence of a more serious crime. She was prominent and highly connected. Miss Graham was one of two maiden sisters who occupied their home alone. The other sister was away from home at the time of the murder and there Is no clue to the perpetuators of the deed. Sheriff Dave Rlc.ketson was at once notified and. In company with the coroner, went, to the scene of the crime. 4 Dice Horrible Heath. News reached Mobile Thursday of the horriblo death of J. W. Harrlll, of tho Lo'wery Lumber Company, one mile east of tlll&vilie, Miss., Wednesday morning. The logging train on which Harrill wis riding went into a burning trestle, the englno falling through, Harrlll being Maided and .burned to death. Engineer Robv-t Strickland was severely burned In trying to rescue Harrill. _ _ ~~? and Suicide. .n nllch. of Lansing, Mi-h . sbS end killed his wife Monnedinfe'v after thr shooting Orselleh twallot/ed a qiian tity of carbolic acid. dyln? soon afterward. Both were 19 years ol ago. YOUNG MEN FIGHT AND ONE IS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE OTHER. The Slayer Claims Self-Defense bat Others Say That He Stood Behlng a Tree and Shot. N. H. Hamlet, a young man, an operative In the Langley mill, was placed In the Aiken Jail Wednesday morning. Hamley shot and instantly killed John Rhoden, another young man. with whose brother Hamlet had a disturbance Tuesday night. i u? Buooung occurred atK)ut 6 o'clock Wednesday morning In the public park at Langley. Hamlet was lmmedltaly taken In charge and carried to Aiken. Deputy Budbee met Mr. John Clockley, in whose charge Hamlet was, at Granitevlllo, en route to Aiken. John James and Oscar Hhoden, , three brothers, moved to Langley i some years ago and kept batchelors' . quarters there. They are well , known young man, having splendid reputations for quiet and peaceful- , ness. , Mr. Hamlet says that ha regrets , very much that be committed the , homicide, but said that he was com- < polled to do so in slef-defense. He said that Wednesday morning as , he was going to the mill to work, , he forgot his keys and started back , to get them. In the park he en- , countered John Rhoden and a dlf- | Acuity took place then In regard to { the disturbance the previous night j between himself and James Rhoden, ( brother of the deceased. He main- | tains that he did not shoot until , after Rhoden fired twice at him with ( a revolver. He then shot, he says, j in self-defense. He said be had nov- j er had any disturbance with Rhoden previous to this. Several partleB from Langley were seen and interviewed and the general version of the killing appears to be about sh follows: Tuesday night James Rhoden and Hamlet had a disturbance at the "merry-go-round" at Langley. The cause of this disturbance is not known, but is said to ha.e been because Hamlet walked between Rhoden and a young lady whom he was escorting. The brother Is said to have prevented the two men from fighting. Wednesday morning, it is generally rumored. Hamlet walked cut In the park and getting behind a tree, waited for Rhoden to pass going to work in the mill. When the latter passed, he stepped, so the story goes, from behind his place of hiding and fired once, Rhoden falling almost instantly, but, it is said, firing once as he was falling, or hcd fallen to the ground, this shot going stray. The deceased was an excellent young man. He was prominent in the fraternal world, belonging to several orders, including Royal Arch Masonry, bo it is said, having only recently taken his degree in the Aiken lodge. The affair is deeply regretted. ARKANSAS RIVER OVERFLOWS. Railroads Washed Away and People Are Homeless. Trains blocked in lonely mountain risrcaq trarl/a nrocK a/1 otmom *? *** ' ~ v> Mvnu naoilCU O T? a J (111U 1 LI j some instances pitched into canyons hundreds of feet deek; families ( driven from their homes to shelter in higher places; these were some of the scenes revealed at daybreak Thursday morning along the overflowed Arkansas river, says a dispatch from Denver, Col. Alarmed at another cloudburst at Four Mile creek near Canyon City Thursday night, score of residents in the lower section of Pueblo and other points passed the night in removing their household effects to safety. The famous Royal Gorge with walls a thousand feet high, has been washed by the torrent for almost 4 8 hours and the railroad tracts have been destroyed. Trains on the Colorado Midland, Denver and Rio Grande and other railroads, most of them carrying Eastern tourists, have been detoured over long routes, and it Is said that tho detouring of trains of trains will be necessary for four or five dayB. FOir\r> COTEOK IN RUBBISH. It W'm for One Thousand TV>ll*rs, in a Letter. At Chicago postofllce inspectors Thursday discovered a letter containing a check for $1,000 payable to the Mary Thompson hospital In a pile of rubbish beneath the flooring of Station IT., a depot suh-statlon of the poBtofflco. With this latter wore a number of others, each containing smaller checks. Tho discovery of tho missing mail followed the arrest of one of the employes at the sub-station. T'he postofflce authAriI ties declare that many letters have been rifled by the prisoner and that those found by him to contain checks and no money were not forwarded to the owners, but were hidden. Horn With Winps. , A woman of Roanoke, Va., gave birth, this wtek. to a child with . feathered wings lstead of arms. [ The baby, it is said, makes a noise ] like a chicken. TRAGIC AFFAIR Young Woman Shoots a Young Man Who She Says HAD RUINED HER LIFE The Shooting Took Place in the Agent's Office of the Central of Georgia Railroad in Augusta, Ga., Where the Young Man Was Employed. D. Richard Watson, cashier lu the agent's office of the Central of Georgia railroad, at Augusta, Ga., was shot and dangerously wounded at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday by Miss Elvira Todd, a young woman twentyone years of age, for whom Watson Is said to have formerly had an attachment. Watson was removed to the City Hospital, suffering from a wound In the left chest just below the collar bone, a flesh wound In the throat and a broken leg between the hip and the knee, all of the wounds being Inflicted with a 3 2-callbre revolver. In describing the tragic affair the Augusta Chronicle says tragic and thrilling as the scene enacted it the office of the agent of the Central railroad at the corner of Washington and Calhoun streets, when i tall, dark-haired and youthful looking woman, dressed in deep black, antered the place hurriedly. She lad a handbag suspended from her waist while In her right hand was an umbrella. As she reached the andlng of the steps she threw down ler umbrella without closing it and 3Tiierc-d the ball. Watson worked In he fl.-st office to the right of the ioor and calmly, yet wtih wonde Tul swiftness which took all of the occupants completely by surprise, the woman swept Into the room. Watson was standing behind a railing and was waiting on a customer and lis face was towards the door that Miss Todd entered. Tho first shot weut wild and likewise did the next two. L. W. Harsroves and H. M. Cohen, who were n the nfflpn with ?-? ?* ...v. .* wiwvu, iau UU' brough a small gate while Watson Tied to hide behind the door of an ron safe In the office. Seeing the Sate thrown open, the frenzied wor.at took advantage of her chance :o get on the inside and she ruBhed n. While Watson was lying behind the Iron safe door the woman Btood above him and fired three ihots, all of which took effect. She ;rled to shoot again, but was presented by Detective Hall, who hearng the shooting and was close by an to the place. As Miss Todd itepped upon the ground, after beng arrested by the detective, she s quoted as saying, "I did my duty, [ am glad I have done it and I woud lo It all over again If necessary." Detective Hall says that the woman had been around the Central Railroad office for several days and that two days ago she 'stayed near the place from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until 8:30 at night. Hall says that on this occasion Watson knew she was trying to see him and he jumped out of a window and ran home. Detective Hall say6 also that Tuesday she was at the office and when Watson Jumped out of a window, trying to elutfe her she ?,ti?e tuust? uui was unable to catch him. On another occasion, according to the detectve, Miss Todd called Watson to the window of his office and brandishing a long knife declared that she intended to have him marry her and cursed hltn. Hall says that the woman told him Wutson had been faithless, after ruining her life and that after repeated promises had refused to marry her Miss Todd claims to have met Watson seven years ago at an entertainment. She claims also that at the time she formed an attachment for him which has continued ever since; that she was assured by Watson time and time again that he loved her and would marry her when his financial Circumstances would permit of It; that he had ruined her character and continued for >spars to protest his devotion, yut he "would never consent to marry her. and '"ten finally he la ?tld to have lafornud ber that he did not cure to go with her longer, she was a crazed woman and shot hint. From his cot In the City Hospital Wat son etated most emphatic*!!" that he did not rnln Miss Toild and that he hoped the public would withhold opinion until he was completely recovered when he would make a | statement (or himself. Five M*y B<7 Lost. The b?rgo Stoawmont with a crew, of five bound from Philadelphia fot Portsmouth. N. H.. broke away from a tug off Shinn^cock, L. I., Tuesdaj morning, and it is feared that she went to the bottom with all hands Five other barges broke away and floated helplessly for ten hours be fore they were picked up. Fatal Fend Fight. Addie Chapman and John I,uttrel arc dead and John Chumlcy nn< wife, the son-in-law and daughtei of T.uttrell. are seriously wohndet as the result of a feud fight In Caso: | county, Ky. STABBED TO DEATH DEAD BODY OP A MAN FOUND WITH KNIFE WOUND. The Dead Man is Will Brooks of Angusta and Mark Duncan Is Held as Murderer. The swollen and partially decomposed body of Will Brooks, a white man of Augusta, Ga., was Friday found in a corn field near Bath, with a wound in his left side, evidently inflicted with a pocket knife. The man had been dead at least two days. It is thought that the body was found by some negroes in -rousing. The body was drawn up and showed evidences of the deceased having under- c gone excruciating pain before death. 1 Coroner Johnson was not in the I1 city at the time of the finding of the t body, having gone to hold an inquest ^ over tho body of a negro laborer to who was killed near Sand Bar ferry on the Savannah river by the caving * in of Bald and the Inquest has not v yet been held. c The magistrate at Bath had Mark C Duncan, white, taken In charge and he will be held in the Aiken Jail n pending the investigation of the b death of brooks. On Wednesday a night Duncan is known to have had h a fight with Brooks near Duncan'3 h home. Durncan is a married man n and an employe, it is said, in the Bath mill. Brooks is alleged to have t Had or attempted to have illicit re- n lationa with the wife of Duncan, v It Is said that Duncan had warned k him against these advances and a warned him to stay away from his c home. Wednesday night Brooks again w paid a visit to Duncan's home, it is g said, and when Duncan accosted him T about it Brooks Is said to have tl struck him in the face and pulled b his knife, whereupon Duncan also drew his knife and they had a gener- tl al fight, during which Duncan cut tl Brooks in the side. tl Brooks went away and from the w fact that he went through a corn h field it appears that he was attempt- h ing to get away from Duncan. He evidently died after getting n short li distance from the house. Duncan F does not deny having had the fight t! and having cut Brooks. Duncan was ii seen In the Jail by a newsaper cor- F respondent, but he would make no b statement. Duncan is about 40 years a of age. Brooks resided in Augusta w and was not employed at Bath. tl DOING A GOOD WORK. a tl The State Laboratory Popular With s the Doctors. The Columbia Record says num- n bers of physicians from all parts of * the State are beginning to take ad- l) vantage of the recently-opened state bacteriological lal>oratory. Dr. F. e A. Coward, the physician in chargo, 1 is kept busy making examinations. Two hundred and fifty specimens of sputum, blood and fetal matter have been examined since the first of July. | Two suspected cases of rabies are now undergoing treatment, and two patients have been but recently dismissed. Six animals have been examined for rabies. On some days Dr. Coward makes as many as 16 N bacteriological examinations, which s Is a hard day's work for one man. The latest addition to the labora- 8 tory apparatus is a cool biological ^ Incubator, which lowers the temper- ' ature to 20 degrees Centrigrade. It is used in making gelatine cultures 1 of germs. Gelatine makes a splendid ' culture medium for germs, but, on 1 account of the fact that it melts at a low temperature, It must be kept very cold. The germs thrive as well at a low temperature as they do at a \ higher. The cold makes no differonce to them. Heat Kills Weevils. Reports from many sections of Texsas indicate Hhat the extreme heat of the past few days had not njured cotton in the southern portion of the state, but has practically exterminated the boll weevil so that the late crop will be improved rather than injured. Heat has caused the weevil to fall off on the ground by thousands. Gayo ITp Fnrtunn to Marry. In order to marry William T. Foley, 21 years old, of Evansvilln, Tnd., Mrs. Louise V. Reltz, aged 41 years, widow of John A. Rolts, of Mt. Carmel, 111., abandoned a life Interest In an estate valued at more than $200,000. Mrs. Reltz has a son and three daughters older than her . husband. t Seized With Cramps. A dispatch from Gadsden. Ala., says while hurrying home to join r his bride of a fow weeks. Sam Wood. a prominent young man of thht ! county, was drowned a few days ago. r Wood In his haste undertook to sVlrc i the Coo6a river and was seized with . cramps. The bodv has not been re[ covered. Plague of Mosquitoes. Great herds of cattle are standing in the Gulf of Mexico and starving 1 to death owing to n pest of moaqul1 toes that has struck Texas. Outr door work along the coast has been 1 fuspended and railroad passengers r must cover their faces If they wish , I to travel In comfort. | BRUTAL CRIME A For Which a Fiend Is Quickly Caught and Hur g by OUTRAGED CITIZENS rite Fiend Was an Ex-convfct and Was Taken From the Sheriff. He Wm Charged With Assanltlng and Murdering a Woman and Her T.lttln Uahv Henry Haylor, a negro ex-convict, harged with assaulting a white wonan Tuesday and then murdering ler and her infant, was Friday af- , ernoon taken from the sheriff of Villcox county, Gft., between Lumpen and McRae, and lynched. The crime for which the negro vas lynched by indignant citizens ras one of the most brutal ever reorded in the criminal annals of leorgla. The negro's victim and her 8aonths-old baby were left at their tome at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday fternoon and that Bight when the iusband and father returned from is work both his wife and baby were lissing. A search revealed the fact that hey were not at the home of any ctghbor. Soon their disappearance, rlth suspicion of foul play, was nown throughout the neighborhood nd search for them was immediately ommenced. Thursday afternoon the bodies rere found in a small pond not a reat ways from the woman's home, he woman had been assaulted and hen choked to death, while the bay's skull had been crushed. Henry Taylor had told of seeing he woman with her baby, going in he direction of the pond in which heir bodies were found. Suspicion as Immediately directed toward im on the finding of the bodies, but e had disappeared. Early Friday Taylor was arrested l Ben Hill county, near Lumpkin 'erry. He was taken in charge by he sheriff of Willcox county, who mmrdli ely started for Fitzgerald. g 'lni'.'.ng that his way was blocked y the presence of largo numbers of roused people, a circuitous route ras taken. The citizens, however, learned of h? rliariFB r>f nlana and. continti- c Uy augmented by blood-thirsty men, , he mob followed the trail of the , herlff and Anally came upon him j etween Lumpkins Ferry and Mc- t Lae and quick work was made of the ] egro. After being strung up to a j ree, Taylor's body was llled with ] ullets. Taylor had only recently complet- ( d serving a chalngang sentence In , his county. * DIED PROM TAKING OPIUM. ??? 4 'hysiclans Believe Ifolloway Took Poison. A special dispatch from Augusta < 0 The State says P. P. Hollaway, vhlte, aged 37 years, died Friday 1 ifternoon at the city hospital, and he physicians are sure that It 1b 1 case of suicide. Dr. G. T. Horre vas called to the boarding house at ?36 Broad street where Holloway ived abotu 2 o'clock Friday afterloon and found him in a comatose condition. His eyes were wide open ind his general appearance caused Dr. Home to believe that the man haM f o Von nnl u m i u vi vancii v^/iuuii Mrs. Taylor Brown who Is the proprietor of the boarding house where Holloway bad been living for four months, stated that Holloway was a native of Gaines, 8. C., which is a small place near Greenwood. He was married to a Miss Btallwortb when about 21 years of age and has a son aged 15 years and a daughter 17. The son Is in Greenwood and the daughter is in McRae, Ga. Holloway was a fireman on the Georgia railroad. Recently he went to McRae to see his daughter and on bis return Mrs. Browne says that he told her his daughter' aunt would not let him see her. Mrs. Brown says that his daughter and eon Inherited retvura! thousand dollars each from their mother and that on account of Holloway's drinking at times she supposed that he was not permitted by his daughter's relatives to see her. | FHfcht TraJn FUmn Handcar. Daniel Hayes wan kllle d and Missee Addle and Ola Porcher were Injured near Brunnwlck, Ga., Friday, when a freight train on the Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic railway Col1 fded wlVh a hand car o'n vbirh thv young wcrnc'n, wtfo w'eYe boYi'nd foV their father's tfawmfl'l. were rlfilnir. D. T. O'Neal, also a phkeeng'dr Cn hand car, wan badly cut in the collision. Adjourn Court. Justice Daniel's court at Shack. Ga., was broken up by a swarm of bees being dislodged from the celling. During the argument of an attorney the boo? dropped and scat: tared oVer tho crowd. Almost evtnry | perron prestmt wsa stung. The magistrate eecaped through a window. Several persons were seriouely inI Jurcd by the stinging of the bees. WILL BE TRIED DISPENSARY CASES WILL COME UP NEXT MONTH. The Alleged Grafters Will Answer to the Charge of Wrong Doing at Columbia. The State says the trial of a number of the ex-of!lclals and others employed at the old State dispensary and charged with graft as a result win iane piuce nexi monm, u me plans of Attorney General Lyon are not sidetracked In some way. This is practically an official statement given the attorneys representing some of those now under indictment. Judge Memminger will preside at the coming term. There are now a number under indictment, all being out on bond, but it has not yet been definitely decided which of the cases will be taken up. However, Attorney General Lyon wishes to clear the docket as rapidly as possible and ho will consult with Solicitor Cobb as to the disposal of the "jail cases." It Is probable that the first week will dispose of these and the officials will be able to take up the dispensary trials. Among those now under Indictment are: W. O. Tatum, John Black, John Bell Towill, L. W. Boykln, Jos. B. Bylle, J. W. Rawlins, W. A. By?rs, J. S. Farnum and Norton A. Soodman. Warrants were sworn 3ut for these men at various time, following the Investigation of the legislative committee and the work jf the State dispensary commission, ifter evidence adduced by those Interested in the Investigation. There is also an order for an Indictment of J. D. Allsbrook, c former dispenser at Manning, who :estifled before the legislative c ?mr.ittee and wL-cse arrest was afterwards ordered for perjpry. aIIearook will be remembered generally because of his remark, "Whose bread I cat his song 1 sing." There will be a number of attorleys on both sides In these car.es ind the testimony will be read with nterest throughout tho ennnti'v. he anse of the prominence givon the tivcstigation and the results that folowed the death of the State dispensary and the adoption of the local option plan and, later, prohibition in nany counties. In the testimony produced by the state or the defendants some of the nost prominent men In the country will probably be Involved. From a egal standpoint It is expected that :here will be a battle from the start, :>ut the outcome In the lower court probably rests with the jurors of Richland. The fall term of the court of gen>ral sessions will convene on Moniay, September 6. * TRAGEDY IX POLICE OFFICE. Shoots His Wife Ilccause She Had Left Him. George P, Marlon, aged 52 years of Atlanta, Ga., shot aud instantlj killed his common law wife in the office of the chief of police in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Friday night. Marion and the deceased, who was formerly Miss Frances Lee, of Zion City, 111., had, it is alleged, been living together as husband and wife for seven years. Marlon, during the winter, was a theatrical advance agent and a Pullman car conductor during the summer. Several weeks ago. It Is said, the woman ran away with another man, taking her child with her. Marion traced them to Wllkeabarre, and through the chief of police arranged to meet his wife at police headquarters. When they met he kissed her and both appeared happy Turing to Chief of Police L-ong. Marlon asked the latter to step from the office a few moments while he spoke to his wife In private. The chief, thinking he was accomplishing a kind act by bringing man and wife together, readily consented As soon as he left the room, Maron asked his wife If sho would return to Atlanta with him. Hhe re fufced, whereupon he pulled a re Volver and shot her deed. ' Sues for Large Sum. Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey o the Third Judicial circuit Thursda: fleled .mi t\ le Jaekj.v> county cir cult at Newport, Ark., against 65 In surance companies doing business li Arkansas, asking penalties amount ing to S65.000.000 for sllegerl vloln Ucm of the Arkansas anti-trust laws Mubi HAVo Iioozle. , At "EdgetMd tht sh'c'riffbUfco v'a Krolco'o into Friday night ani fou sallctne of contraband llqlitfr, rc'ceni ly Seized by the officers. wrTa stolei Mr. Ouzas hao offered a reward c $100 for tho apprehension of tb guilty party or parties. There is n clue to who they are. Two Trains Crash. A terrible railway disaster occti red Friday when two trains came 1 to collision 3D miles north rff ?n tiatfo, Cfhile. Many peVHrms we killed or injured. Both trains we eoi;jf>l?toly destroyed. Tho monela Iosh -will roach $150,000. WILD AUTO RACE Frenzied Carnival of Speed Cost Two Lives. STORY OF THE DRIVE . .Car Driven by William A. llonrque Crashed into a Fence, Killing the Driver and the Mechaniean, Harry Molcolmb?Cause of tlio Aeddrnt Merely Conjecture. Two lives were lost and two speed records were broken on Thursday at Indianapolis, Ind., in races by automobiles during the inauguration of the motor speedway in that city. William A. Bourque, driver of the Knox car in the 200 mile race, and Harry Ilolcolmb, hiB mechaniean, wero kiPed In the frenzied carnival of speed. n?m jfl-i J j-i-i uni uvy uiutifiu, unviug a nigupowered Benz, covered a mile In 4 3 1-10, breaking DePalma'8 mark of 51, and Louis Chevrolet, in a Buick, negotiated ten miles in the marvelous time of 8:56 4-10, cutting Oidfleld's time of 9.12. Both of these are now American track marks. Robert Burmnn, in a Buick car, won the 250 mile race, the feature of the day, and the contest which cost Bourque and Holcolmb their lives. Tho winner's time was 4.38.57-10.?slow, because of the many accidents that mared the race. The death of the two men caused the American Automobile Association to Issue an ultimatum to tho owners of the big track that certain changes njust be made, or the sanction for the races will be withdrawn. The Association demanded that the track be freed from its many dangerous ruts, which are claimed to be unavoidable in a new track, and that every inch of it be thoroughly oiled and tarred. Thursday only a short portion in front of the grand stand was oiled and the dust on tho other parts is blRmed for the collapse of two drivers in the long race?Louis Chevrolet and Fred Ellis?who were blinded by the dense white dust that covered the major portion of the track. Tho Knox car, driven by Bourque, was in second place, with Burfnan in his Buick leading. It has covered nearly 150 miles when the crash came. Coming down the homo stretch, the car suddenly swerved and tore into the fence at the left of the track, turning completely over and pinning its two occupants beneath it. Both men were alive when taken from under the lllfated machine, but Bourque died in the ambulance on the way to the Emergency Hospital. Holcolmb lived a few minutes longer. According to the story told by Private Frank Brandoer, Company H, 2nd regiment, Indiana National Guard, who was nearest the scene of the accident and had a narrow esf?n nn frnm I n 111 rtr cntnof M n tr on numl both men to suddenly turn and look around. As they did so the steering wheel slipped from Bourque's hands and he threw his arms helplessly In the air. Then came the crash. One of the rear wheels was foun a few hundred feet fro mthe seene of the accident, and this has let to the advancement of the theory that the axle nuts on t had not been properly tightened when the machine had taken on a new tire shortly hefore. The men probably felt that wheels slipping off. and after they looked behind they realized their helplessness to prevent an accident. Bourque was 26 years old and Holcolmb 22. Both were unmarried. Albert. Denlson, the racing partner of Bourque, collapsed after the accident and the services of physicians were required. Tho sight of the two men lying dead was too much for the friends of both. T,ouls Chovrolet, tho French driver of the Rulek, was led Itno the hostxUnl alm/vai I.llrw1*-w1 mtik il.n tee }MUU luiiiuai uiiuuuu w i ui i ii" uu and dust from the track shortly after tho two m*?n had died. Tho Fronrh~ man. who led during tho oarlv part, of tho race, was forced to glv'e up. As the result of tho two deaths, the Knox Company has withdrawn ' all Its entries for tho next two days and It Is raid It will probably novor again enter Its cars In a raco. Dead B?dy Found. Will Long and Will Gilr,ath, two mountaineers, were palled at Greonvlllo on Thursday night on. a serious charge of seriously injuring a white man b'y the name of MarVin Rey* n'oldr, whoso .lead body war. foxitid r mutilated by the side of a rallrtfnd t-- frark in the vicinity of Tvro'n. N. C . > I but on the South Carolina side of tho >f I border. ie 10 Yonng Hero Drowns. Claude Goddard, aged Beventeen. and his brother. Matt, aged fifteen, were drowned In the Tennessee rivr or, near Dayton, Tor.n., Monday n- morning. The older boy ventured n- beyond his dbpth, and thr. youngor fo lord, his life In a heroic, effnrt to I'd save his brother. They sank clasped ry in each others arms. Tho bodies were recovered.