Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 17, 1910, Image 2
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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<
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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.
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WHO WAS CUT TO PIECES
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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
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Woman Kilbfl by the Fumes of r
Humeri Natural Gun.
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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
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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
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Southern States
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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." '
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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.
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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.