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r'l,/ ' / 'B? 'i Vj?4. Amount to Over One Mi1liM^|pHhjrv i , Day, Says Report MORE CARE IS NEEDED Geological Survey Prepares Report Showing Contract btu\wii SmsFI Losses by Fir? to Government and Knormous Losses Reported from the Country as a Whole. uwmg duuainigs mui cobi more than $300,000,000 and spending more than $20,000,000 for new ones, and not a cont of Are insurance froin one year's end to another Is Uncle Sam's way of doing business. Just how this is accomplished is interestingly told in a story from the Geological survey: Tests to determine the strength and fire resistance of building materials are now made by the United States Geological Survey, and, although these tests are designed primarily to meet the needs of the Government as the largest consumer, their results are also available for general uses. The results already obtained show that cheaper fireproof materials can be used and that the difference in cost between fireproof and inflammable buildings will soon become so small that it will ceaBe to encourage flimsy construction. They indicate that three to six times the necessary amount of material is hubltually used in structural work. They also show the necessity of better building codes in cities and especially of a better enforcement of the coles already wiacted if the present enormous fire losses are to be diminished. The contrast between the small losses bv fire to Government hnll.i. ings and the Immense losses reported from the country as a whole led the geological survey to make an inquiry as to the fire losses in the United States and as to their exact cost to the people. The results of this inquiry are presented in the Survey's Bulletin 418, Just published, which can be obtained free by applying to the director of the survey at Washington. The report is entitled "The fire tax and waste of structural materials in the United * States," and was prepared by H. M. Wilson and J. L. Cochrane, of the survey. Theinquiry covered not only the value of the property destroyed by fire, but also the cost of main tabling fire departments, the amount of insurance premiums paid less the amounts returned, the cost of protective agencies, the additional cost of water supplies, and other elements of the fire loss. The investigation disclosed the fact that the total cost of fires In the United States in 1907, excluding thut( ' <Si forest fires and the marine losses, s but including excess cost of fire pro- 1 tectlon due to bad construction and excess premiums over insurance paid, * amounted to over $496,4 85,000, a c tax on the people exceeding the total value of the gold, silver, copper and 1 petroleum produced in the United ' States in that year. The cost of building construction v in 1907 in forty-nine leading cities of the United States reporting a total e population of less than 18,000,000 amounted to $661,076,286, and the h cost of building construction for the a entire country in the same year is a conservatively estimated at $1,000,- t 000,000. Thus it will be seen that d nearly one-half the value of all the 11 new uuuuings constructed within one p year is destroyed by Are. The an- a nual Are cost is greater than the a value of the i#al property and improvements in either Maine, West Virginia, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alalpma, Louis- ( lannlor Montana. In adciltion to this waste of wealth and natural resources 1,449 persons wero killed and 5,6f>4 were injured in Ares in the United States in 1907. The direct loss by Ares In this c country is eight times as much per ' capita as in any country in Europe. ' The actual Are loss in the United ' State,due to the destruction of build- M ings and their contents amounted to * $21 f>.084,709, a per capita loss of ; $2.01. The per capita loss in the s cities of the six leading European ' countries amounted to but 33 cents. Comparisons of the total cost of Ares, * which includes the items already 1 stated, show that If buildings in the f United States were as nearly Are- ' proof as those in Europo the annual f Are cost would be $90,000,000 in- f stead of $456,000,000. * The report states the method of v gathering the statistics collected. r makes an analysis of the Are loss in ' city and country and on frame and s brick buildings, and contains tables showing the increased cost of Ore protection due to faulty construction. The predominance of frame F . buildings is set down as the most k important cause of the great Are t waste in the United States. Defec- a tlve construction and equipment con- h stitute a second cause. f< r A Freak Hill. b Representative J. H. Foster has introduced a bill prohibiting washei wornep from wearing their patrons It clothes. * b k WHITE FIEND" fj^rested for Brutally Murdering a Four teen Year Old Girl. < WHO WAS CUT TO PIECES ? t The Knife With Which It is Sup- , posed the Fiendish Crime Was I Committed and Illoody Clothes Wus Found in the I loom of the ' Hoy Arrested. Following the finding of the nor- | ribly mutilated body of 14-yearold Mary Tedder at the home of her . father at Glenwood, Fla., Saturday < afternoon, Irvin Hanchett, a 16-yearold white boy, was arrested Sunday morning. He was immediately spirited away by the sheriff to escape | the enraged citizens also in search of the murderer. I Additional details received from the murder are horrible. A bicycle. , which the girl was riding, was found 100 yards from where her body was discovered, indicating that her as- ] sailant had struggled with her for this distance after knocking her from f the wheel. < t The body of the girl showed 65 ( knife wounds. She was literally cut to pieces. That the girl's assailant t had other motives than murder is 3 believed from the condition of her j clothing. She had been beaten about the face before being stabbed. r Following the organization of poss- f es of citizens In search of a negro r supposed to have committed the crime, the sheriff secured blood- a hounds and followed a trail in the a orange grove of William Woolsey, d where young Hanchett was employed, u fti^r n pnrnrul I J ?... * t - - * ' > ... .. w.viui iuil.-ailKlillUU LUO OOV wiis placed under arrest. In Ills room i was found bloody clothing and the g knife with which It Is believed he j committed the murder. When he was * arrested he seemed unconcerned, but strenuously denied that ho had com- s mitted the crime. d The boy came to Glen wood last r October. Previous to this he had e been confined in a school of correction at some i>oi..! in Connecticut, y The boy is said to be of an unusually 1 vicious tempermnment, and as soon y as it was learned that he had been t arrested on a strong chain of circumstantial evidence excitement was a intense. He was spirited away in e an automobile, and is believed to o have been carried to Jacksonville a and placed in jail. v MBit LAST LETTER. L ? n Woman Kilbfl by the Fumes of r Humeri Natural Gun. h Lying on the floor, face downward, tor arms stretched toward the door the could not reach, Mrs. Caroline l) Pretzler was found dead in her home V n Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday night. She c< lad been asphyxiated by the fumes >f burned natural gas. 31 On a table was a letter which she J tad been writing to her brother, the a lev. Frederick Kretz, of Brooklyn, e s. Y. The last lines that she had ^ written read: "I am beginning to feel very tird. Something is wrong." 8' Here the writing wavered. The 01 ast words were almost illegible. "I 1 ni getting 111," she had written. "I m unable to write more tonight," he words trailed off, irregularly ownward. "1 must put it aside and nish it torn?" Apparently at this ^ oint she had arisen from her chair 01 ,nd tottering toward the door for c< id had fallen and died. ai ? g< THIEF MAKES MAI L. w , hi Jrnbs Stuck of ltills from Postoflice w Stamp Clerk. fc While J. A. Dial, stamp clerk in ^ he Birmingham post office, was jj ounting out his money to make his mrchase of necessary stamps for the lay, two girls walked up to the winlow and asked for some one-cent tamps Friday morning. As ho betan serving the stamps, a white man valked up hurriedly, grabbed the itack of bills on the counter and nade away with if. C Mr. Dial cried out: "Stop thief,' ti ind jumped through the window and r nade after the robber. Others join- 11 d in the chase but the robber had he start and got away after being t( ollowed for six blocks. The city ' ictecttves and federal authorities a rere immediately notified and are ' vorking on the ease. More than s' ight hundred dollars, ranging in " till from one to fifty dollars, were V tolen. Robber Identilled. Mrs. Jerry McAuley pf McKeesport. a a., was shown a picture nf a man ai illed two weeks ago, while robbing ci he postofTlce at Tallahassee, Kla., n nd she Identified him as that of ft er husband, who has been missing tl ar nearly a year. When dying the t! ohl?er continually muttered "Mc- lr leesport." What a man likes about holidays tl i how glad he is to get back to a< uainesa when they are orer. O WHAT TO TAKE k)ME SUGGESTIONS TO THE OLD AS WELL AS THE YOUNG. iivc Them a Good, Honest Trial and Sot? if You Are Not Benefitted by Them. Take the girl you love to be your wife, if she Sb willing. Take care of your health. It is lie most valuable thing you have. Take a hint when it is intended tor you. Don't wait to be kao.iK ti iown. Take flattery as an insult, and an ti nei-t compliment as something lo be grateful for. Take pains to be faithful an.l conscientious In business. It will bring you success. Take offence only at things worth being offended at. It is sure evilence of a small mind to notice trifles. Take hold of any work that co'jk s to your hand rather than be idi4-. l,uck always waits upon the bus> man. Take time to be polite and kind llways. Rudeness never pay.i, ijje boor may think so, but he is wrong. Take trouble like a man. Don't so whining about when it com?8, but shut your mouth und stand up unler it resolutely. Take a trip now and then, and try 0 see something outside of the town r*ou live in. Travel is one of the greatest educators. Take paiu in your work. The onscientious worker is the one who jets to the front?and the one that lever needs be idle. Take care that you make this day 1 model for all the days to come? ind then copy after It. Lire this lay so that it will bring you no resets. Take time, young man, to go out rith your sister. If she is a good ;irl she is much more desirable com>any for yx>u than that other girl rho flirta with you 90 desperately. Tnke the sunshine Into your life as omethlng to he grateful for; don't larken It with shadows of your own nakiug. Trouble will come soon nough without your coining it. Take your wife and children fviln ou when you go out to be amused, "hat is not a proper amusement for ou that you cunnot take your wife o?and you know it. Take as much care of your money .3 you can, if your means are limitd; but don't try to save your smiles >r your kind words. The more lib >r1 yx>u are with these the more you rill have. i ukc a walk?several of them. It 3 healthful to walk, and If it is a ico moonlight night and some ich old man's pretty daug'al-u* is tinging on, your urm, it is especially eulthful. Take time, young man, to be kind [> your brother. He is one of your est friends, sure. He will protect ou always. Take time to oe good ) him. Take pains to hear both sides of a Lory before you come to decision, umplng at a conclusion, one time nd another, has filled the wor'd with nemies and deluged it in blood. ?*ait to hear both sides of a story be>ro you speak. Take a wife if you are able to ipport a wife, a very, very stylish tie. It is every able bodied man's uty to help some good woman irough the world. Where would you a now if your father had not done lis? Take heart, if you are cas* down our luck will change ere the year ?s ut. What though the clouds do iver you now, the sun will shine by ad by. No life is made up altopther of shadows, and God never yet holly deserted a resolute man or r. rave woman. Fight on and victory ill come at last. Take a rest if you are able to af>rd it. Rest is sweet and you don't i ear out while you are resting. The avlor bade the weary come unto im, and He promised them?rest. * BOYS TIIKOWN PHOM Tit A IN. no Is Dead and the Other Gave a Dying Statement. Two boys riding from Toleda to hicago on a I.ake Shore freight rain were Friday thrown from a oal car by a brakenian while the rain was running twenty miles an our near Laporte, Ind., according 3 the dying statement to Coroner Osorne of H. K. Carps, 17 years of ge, of North Boulevard, Atlanta, la., wno is In the hospital with his k 1111 fractured and both legs broken, lis companion. Edward Tarnnskl of r*11 low River, Minn., was killed. Vnknown Man Hecupituted. At Atlanta an unknown man. of l?o?it 55 years of age. was run over nd killed by a west Hunter slic-ol ir on Highland avenue Saturday ifiht. The man's head was later >und In a ditch several yards from ?e body. The only marks of idenflcation about the body were the iltials "J. T. T. In the hat. Mr. Honey has severed his connecon with the Laurens Advertiser to cept a position on The News and ourler. BRAY OF AN ASS Senator Hey born, of Idaho, Makes an Exhibition of Himself WAVES BLOODY SHIRT He Protests in Vain Against the Resolution to Ijend Government Tents for Use at Alabama Confederate Veterans' Reunion?All Other Senators Voted for the Resolution. Protesting against loaning Government tents for the use of the Confederate Veterans at their annual reunion in Mobile, Ala., next April, Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the Senate late Monday night, made the sharpest comment upon the issues of the civil war that has been heard iu Congress In twenty years. He inveighed against men in "rebel" uniform being permitted to occupy government property, or the "rebel" (lag being allowed to float above it. Finally he drifted into the question of honoring men by placing their statues in the Congressional hall of fume, and by unmistakable inference condemned the action of Virginia in sending the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to Washington. "Take it away and worship it if you please," he thundered, "but do not inrude it upon the'people who do not want it." Democratic Senators moved uneasiyl about the floor, conversing with each other or sat frowning and angered. Finally when Senator Heyburn had concluded. Senator Bankhead said: "I am sure the Senator from Idaho feels much better, and I ask for a vote." "By roll call, ' shouted a dozen or more Senators, and hands went up in a second to that request from every part of the Senate chambers. When the vote was held on the tent loaning measure all of the Democrats and all of the Republicans, excivpt Mr. Heyburn, voted for it. His negative vote was uttered in a loud and defiant tone. This measure was reached near the close of the session. Mr. Heyburn was prompt to raise an objection, and Mr. Bankhead just as alert in moving the consideration, regardless of the objection. it immediately was evident th?t the objection roused some feeliug. for with a flushed face and animated vo'cp, Mr. Bailey declared that if this measure was to be ruled out of order no other*busincss could be transacted. The Bankhead motion being unde I umrauK, cue senate immediately proceeded to an aye and nay vote on the question as to whether the resolution Rhould be taken up, and It was adopted unanimously, Mr. Heyburn himself refraining from voting. With the resolution adopted, Mr. Heyburn took the floor, made a ( speech in which he went over many of the issues of the war and declared himself as much a patriot now as he , had been in 1 862-1863-1864. ' The Southern Senators held a hur- . ried consultation, while the Idaho ( Senator was proceeding and decided to make no reply. It chanced that Mr. Heyburn's cotleague, Senator Borah, of Idaho, was the first of the Republicans to be reached in the roll-call. He voted in favor of the adoption of the resolution. Never before, perhaps, has the Senate listened to a more impassioned plea from a member of that nou/. J Starting his remarks by declaring that he spoke only with the best intentions, that he harbored malice toward none, and that whatever construction might be placed upon his ' words by the press of the South, that r he would continue to speak and op- I pose such movements as the one con- * tem plated. f The Idaho Senator made the words ? "rebel" and "traitor" fairly hiss and a thunder around the Senate chamber. 1 lie declared that if the purpose ot 1 the resolution were carried out these f Alabama "rebels" clad in the cloth- r ing of "rebels," would be marching t under a flag of a rebellious section and one of the Union at the same time, and would firmly plant that of the Confederacy squarely above the j property that the Government would ; loan them. Asking if the men of the present day were less patriotic than those of the 6tVs, and paying a glowing tribute to the memory of the O. A. It men. Senator Heyburn passed on to the matter of Le^'s having left the United States Military Academy to take up the cause of the South. He declared that the statue placed 'n the Capitol by the State of Virginia should never have been there, and again thundered and hissed at the 5 thought of such a thing. He talked c along this line for almost an hour, ( frequently using the name ?/ the v Deity to emphasize his words, and at j the expiration of his time askod for a vote. No one objected. Sixty-two senators answered to their nam^s, and of that number sixty-one voted for the passage of the resolution aiid one only Heyburn -voted against it This action in the opinion of Senators on both sides of the chambof will do more to forever stop such speeches \ Will Dye Ladies' or Men's Garments Cleaned Cleaned a C. C. Laundry i OOLUM n 9 Southern States ^rVIjaol"! iner> ?? iff 'wff ! I rfljfr I ' 1*1 M Ml II tftl* H bin <j_ OOL.U M \ THE NEW FKKTILIZEK. A discovery of far-reaching Importance to the farmers of the South li the new fertilizer which haB been perfected on one of the islands near Charleston, S. C. It has long beeD known that lime is an essential food for plants of all klndB and that the? cannot live when it has been exhausted from the soil. It has also beeD known that old worn-out lands an extremely deficient in lime, and that sour, badly-drained lands have theli lime is a for mthat is not usable b> growing crops. Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, D. 8 Dept. of Agriculture, says: "Ab the applications of lime increased the yields The best yields were obtained with the lime in the form of carbonate, the finely ground oys- J ter shells standing first * * Lime with fertilizer was more profitable than depending upon fertilizer alone." This new fertilizer which present* lime in its moBt usable form Is made by a new process of burning oyster shells and using a burner that can supply potash. The result is a high grade fertilizer costing the consumer only $7.00 per ton. It reclaims worn-out lands in a marvelous manner if applied broadcast two months ahead of ammonlated goods. It'* sweetening effects on sour lands is almost magical. Charleston freight rates apply on this uew fertilizer The factory is located on Young's Islnnd, S. C., but all letters should be addressed to E. L. Commlns, Sales Agent. Meggetts, S. 0. Free descriptive circulars will be sent ?o any one on request. CAN TUBERCULOSIS HE CURED' According to Statement Issued b? the Michigan Department or Health, It Can Be Cured and Pr* vented. I, the undersigned, hereby eerti fy that I have Buffered slightly foi several years, and endured pains am spitting of blood from tuberculosli Tor the past year. Having taken th? Saastamolnen Remedy for thremonths. I feel myBelf perfectly well Two doctors, after careful exumlia lions, have pronounced me fully re covered. (Signed) p For testimonials and terms, wrl' . .The Saastamoincn Remedy Co., South Range, Mich. L. M Power. M. D.. In charge. BURGLAR TO DIE IX CHAIR. forth Carolina Negro Found Guilty of First Degree Burglary. At Newborn Jess Whitehead, coiired, charged with burglarizing a lumber of houses in the city In the 1 >ast three months, and in whose j louse about $r.0i> worth of loot was 1 ound a few days ago. was found j juilty of burglary in the first de;ree, I md sentenced l?y Judge Peoldes to | ie electrocuted 011 April 29. White- ] i ad was caught by the clever work >f the city police, and at first adnltted his guilt to the officers, but ifterwarda denied it. Kleven Miners Killed. Ten Hungarians and one American s the death toll of a gas explosion Monday in the .No. 2 slope of the Ernest mine of the Jefferson t 'M fold Coal Co., five miles north of ndiana, I'a., The explosion oreured in a (leading where 12 workmen v re located and one of these, AnIrew Krazeer. escaped by crawling >n his stomach to evade the noxious ;ases. ii.in uii> imng oisc mat could possl>ly happen. "There Is not the least douht," ial.1 one S> nator, "that the waving 1 >f the bloody shirt In the Senate has ' teen stopped for all time by the over- ' ihelming and crushing defeat admin stored to S nator lleyburn today." ' y i For You or Dyed to look like new. Hat* nil Blocked. iriH Dvo W iAV?l^n j T T Ui IA. 8. C. Supply Gimp*n\ / Si^pp^Mcs 3 I A. S. C. CLASSIFIED GulUMH This Cure* All I)1nuumi??Send for free box. Prof. Win. Dulln, Nebraska City, Neb. Tobacco Growers?Splendid opportunltles here. Write for particulars. Tullahoiua Tobacco Works. Tullahoma, Tenn. For Sale?200 tons pea vine hay at $21.00 delivered in car lots at South Carolina points. J. M. Farrell, Blnckville, S. C. Kden Watermelon Seed for Sale at 7C?c. per pound. The best flavored shipping watermelon grown. J. M. Farrell, Dlacksville, S. C. For Sale?Milch cows Jersey's, grade Jerseys and Holstelns. All of ths best breeding. Registered Jersey male calves*. M. H. Sams, Josesvllle, S. C. Our February Hook List ha? been | Issued. Contains reviews of all tbe lateet books. Send tor copy. I It is free. Sims' Hook Store, Orangeburg, S. C. S|H>? inl IlulT Rock offer for ten days. Will l>ook orders for eggs at IB for $1. CoM water Berkshire's Ilog and Poultry Farm. A. C. Mcdaniel, Chinagrove, NT. C. For Sale?Pom mo mrunzer alltributors, two or three rowa or broadcast 200 to 2,000 pounds per acre. Man and mule does work of three men and three mules. W. M. Patrick, Woodward, S. C. * When medicine fallB you, I will takv your case. Rheumntlam, Indigestion. liver, kidney and sexual disorders permanently eradicated by natural means. Write for literature, confidential, 'ree and Interesting. C. Cullea Howerton, P. . Durham, N. C. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! While They I^aat. A limited number of slightly nsed High Grade Organs for only $58.50. These organs appear near new and are warranted to last a long lifetln^. Terms of sale given on application. Write for catalogue stating terms desired. This Is an opportunity In a life time to possess a fine organ at about cost. Answer julck, for such bargains don't last long. Address: MAIjOXR'S MPSIO HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. Pianos and Organs. 4T_ SAW MILLS Saw Mills mounted on wheels, as easily moved as a mounted Thresher. *-?? uog saw !*lllla mounted on wheels for nawi?h II. K. croHH-tlea, etc. Hustler Sew Mill* *lth Kachet Htecl Head mocks. All Rir.oa, single and Double. Hege Log Beam Saw dills with all modern conveniences and Improvements. ALLeuual to the beat and superior to the rest. A Mill for every class of my era. W rite for circulars, stating what you vant. Manufactured by SALEM IKON WORKS. Wwtoe - Sdea. N. 6. onn. iron and yrrn, ^ Brlllntr. Parkins, J.arlns lomhakd company, ajgusta. ga. CALLED SI ICIDE FOOLISH. Holts Doors From Family ami -Shoots Sell' to Death. After telling his friends only a few hours before "how foolish it was for i man to take his life," Dozier Slajvl?y, a prosperous young business man, went to his home, bolted the door, tnd blew hi? head ..ff .... n II >1 n nuui" run. The family had to break down the door when they heard the report >f the gun. Ill health la assigned as the cause of the suicide, although ^ iroung Slappy was unusually cheerful he day before. e Giant" Screw Plates trtments. Each assortment Is put up wood case, as shown in cut. Each ast has sdiustabte lap wreadMtfor holding sll aps contained in assortment. Threads rod from 7-64 in. up to 1 1-2 in* "BEST ST PB1CES." Colombia SopplyCs. Coh?bULS.C.