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THREE ARE DEAD
Aid 0ae Seriously Hart as Resalt of the
Wrecking of a Balloon
OVER THE BALTIC SEA
Thoac Wlio Went Up in the Airship,
A Which Met With Several Serious
Accidents, Were Badly Injured Before
Being Precipitated from Very
Croat Heights.
The German balloon Pomraern,
which made an ascension at Stetlin,
German, Sunday afternoon, met with
a series of accidents, which ended In
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n aiBiutmr uuuci uiuoi na^iv v><v??
stances In the Raltic Sea. Three men
lost their lives, including the Radical
member of the Reichstag, Verner
Hugo Delbrueck.
Hugo Delbureck.
ber of the party were drowned, a
third occupant of the car was picked
up unconscious and died of bis
Injuries, while the fourth was rescued
in a serious condition.
The Pommern, carrying Delbureck.
who was acting as pilot; a banker,
Herr Sommelhardt; an architect,
Herr Benden, and a man named
Hein, ascended early In the afternoon
at the gas works. The wind at
the time was blowing a hurricane
and the Pommern broke away before
she was completely ballasted.
A chapter of accidents began immediately.
The balloon collided with
telegraph wires, which broke, almost
overturning the basket. It
then dashed into the room of a neighboring
factory, destroying the smokestack.
With the basket swaying
wildly, and hnlf of its ropes cut. the
balloon soared to a great altitude
and disappeared in the clouds at a
terrific speed.
Thousands of on-lookers, including
a detatchment of military, which
had assisted in the ascent, ran along I
the roads expecting the basket to
break away. The balloon, however,
was not seen again until it reached
8wlnemunde, thlrty-slx miles northwest
of Stettin, over which It passed.
a heicht of 6.000 feet, in the
direction of the sea.
Tugs followed In Its track, and one '
of them which had out-distanced the
others, was almost directly under it,
when suddenly the balloon fell Into
the sea. The tug steamed to the
spot quickly, but the work of rescue
was diflicut. Already Delbureck
and Bcnduhen had disappeared, but
Sommelhard and Heln were clinging
to the ropes, and they were drugged
aboard the vessel.
Describing their terrible experiences,
Herr Sommelhardt, when he had
somewhat revived, said:
"Our collision with the telegraph
lines and the factory roof had the
most horrible consequences. I)elbureck
sustained a broken leg and a
never Injury of the head. Benduhtn
bad an arm and leg fractured. Heln
received bad concusioas of the head.
I was knocked senseless, but recovered
in a moment to find that I
bad a crushed knee and chest. The
net work around the envelope was
torn in such a manner that we feared
every second the gas bag would
Blip out, and we would crash down
to the earth from a height of six
thousand feet, to which we had ascended
like a flash.
"Delbrueck. in spite of his awful
condition, vainly endeavored to open
the valve, which had become entangled.
We knew not what to do, but
merely awaited our fate." *
GAYKOlt FOR PRESIDENT.
A Rich Texas Republican Declares
That He Can Win.
"People down In Texas are backing
Mayor Gaynor as the logical candidate
for the Presidency in 1912,
and although I am a Republican, I
agree with them." This "was the
declaration of Edward H. R. Green,
former Republican national committeeman
from Texas, in an interview
at New York Thursday. Mr. Green
is a son of Mrs. Hetty Green, and
president of the Texac Midland. Mr.
Green declares that the Republican
party Is hopelessly divided, and he
predicts success for the Democrats
at the next election.
Htole Little Ciirl.
Florence Holllday, alias Kate
Vaughn, wanted In Oolstoo, N. C.,
for kindnapping Lizzie VVtlkle, a 13year-old
white girl, was arrested at
. Fayettevllle Friday. After the ar
rest, which was made as a result of
ft a telephone massage from Cloldston,
a; It was learned that the woman was
|| formerly a notorious resident of the
w city. Both will be held awaiting the
W arrival of the child's father.
Caught at List.
A dispatch from Murphy, N. C.,
says that "Jerome Deaver, who some
ten years ago shot and killed his
brother-in-law. N. R. Taylor, In the
west end of that county, was caught
Friday in Oreenshurg, Kan. Sheriff
Dickey has Just left for Deaver, who
will be brought back for trial."
WILL MAKE EIGHT
REPUBLICANS WILL PUT OUT A
TICKET THIS FALL.
The Negro la to Be Eliminated and
Only White Men Will Be Put np
for Office..
"We will put out in each of the
seven congressional districts in South
Carolina a high class candidate on
the Republican ticket; one who will
appeal to the business interests and
will make a decent run against the
nominees of the Democratic party,"
remarked John G. Capers, national
committeeman of the Republican party
from this state and at present living
at Washington, while on a recent
visit to Columbia.
(The State says there was a conference
in Columbia on Saturday, among
about thirty-five prominent white
members of the Republican party, including
Little. Clinton; Webster, Orangeburg;
llugginB, Columbia; Gettys.
Dlacksburg; Page, Laudrum;
Soott, Jonesvllle; McCravey, Laurens;
Rion. Winnslwro; Leaphart,
Lexington; Floyd. Spatranburg; Kester,
GafTney.
Former Postmaster John W. Dunocant
of Chester, who used to take
active part in some of the Deas
State conventions, and I. H. Harris,
Republican, or Yorkville. were also
present at the conference.
The conference lasted a considerable
part of the day and all sides ot
the situation were discussed with the
final understanding that in every district
some prominent tnan who haa
had Republican leanings or is at
present a member of the party will
be brought out in each district to
oppose the Democratic nominees.
"Since there has been considerable
talk about President Taft making an
effort to split the solid South, did
the president have anything to do
with this?" Mr. Capers was asked.
"Not a thing," was the reply. "We
have had the matter under consideration
for some time, and Mr. Taft
knows nothing of the present conference.
Of course, in a general way
the Republican leaders in Washing
ion nave oiten talked over the situation
in the South and expressed the
opinion that there were many in this
section who would be glad to vote
the Republican ticket if the candidate
is one in whom they have confidence.
"We want to make It plain that
we will not interfere in any way in
local or State affairs. We will not
put out at any time a candidate for
United States senator, even when the
terms of the incumbents expire. But
we will make a strong fight in eaeh
congressional district."
Mr. Capers said that there was no
fight to be made on Maj. Micah Jenkins.
who is the collector of internal
revenue and has served satisfactorily
since his appointment by Roosevelt.
He did state, however, that he favored
Leumas Blalock for the position.
With the statement that the Republicans
would make a fight for
control of the congressional districts,
there is considerable speculation as
to tho elimination of the negro from
the situation. The fact that Mr.
Capers has stated so emphatically
that prominent business men would
be put up probably means an end to
! the farclal contests before the con|
gressional committee each year for
the seats of the various Democratic
luii^i-rssuifu. *
KIIJiKI> IX A KKSOHT.
A Worthless Female at the Bottom
of tlie Homicide.
At Washington, D. *C., Samuel G.
| Tiiyloe, a member of a prominent
I family, was shot and killed in a resort
on the outskirts of that place
(Thursday night. Five shots were
[fired by Carl Kelly, all entering the
, body of Tayloe. Tayloe, on being
shot, sharted to make his way to a
hospital, but fell and died before
reaching it.
Kelly left the scene of the shooting
in great haste and was chased
by a posse with dogs. Automobiles
also joined in the pursuit. Kelly
made his escape, but later telephoned
the sheriff lrom his r sidence in
the city. A strong guard was placed
about the Jail after Kelly had been
lodged therein, as excitement was
intense. The cause of the killing
has not been ascertained, but it is
said that a woman was at the bottom
of it. Acting on orders from
uuireroor jvucnin, a company of N'a
tional Guards is on duty to prevenl
the lynching of Cari Kelly. '
.Miners Killed.
At Wilburton, Okla.. six miners
were killed Thursday by a mysterious
explosion in Great Western Coal anc
Coke company's mine No. 2. Tin
blast is supposed to have been tin
result of a shot going off premature
lv. The bodies were recovered lati
Thursday afternoon.
Tillman Improving.
At Atlanta Senator it. It. Tlllmai
is rapidly regaining his health. Th
s? nator is taking the "rest cure" a
n local sanitarium. The Senator'
friends are pleased to know that li
Is improving.
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AWFUL THINGS
Predicted Frea the Tail ef the Cenet
That WiD Visit Us Smb.
DEATH TO ALL LIVING
Animals, Human and Beast, Is to be
the IMreful Consequences of the
Visitation of the Harmless Little
Wandering Star, Says an Kxcited
Georgia Prophet.
Some chemist has declared that
the comet's tail 1b going to give our
earth a slap in the face and fill our
atmosphere with the poisonous gas,
with destructive effects upon human
and animal life.
One R. E. L. Evans, of Thompson,
Ga., who Is neither an astronomer
nor a chemist, accepts the statement,
and writes to the Atlanta Journal
under a recent date concerning the
syanogen gas, and finds a special
prophecy to suit the occasion In the
New Testament Rook of Revelations,
chapter VIII, verses 10 and 12. The
chapter portrays upon the grand celestial
stage of the universe one of
he most unspeakable and -magnificiently
dramatic Bcencs that can be
magined, thus:
"And 1 saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and to them were
given seven trumpets.
"And another angel came and
stood at the altar, having censor:
and there was given to him much
incense that he should offer it with
the prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before the
throne.
"And the smoke of the incense
which come with the prayers of the
saints ascended up before Liou out
the angel's hand.
"And the angel took the censer
and filled it with fire of the alter,
and cast it into the earth: and there
were voices, and thunderbolts, and
lightnings, and an earthquake.
"And the seven angels which had
the seven trumphets prepared themselves
to sound."
Here follows an account of the
frightful catastrophes that were immediately
visited upon the earth and
its inhabitants, a single terrible vlsiitation
following the trumphet blast.
The terrific calamity which the Georgia
predictor identities with the slan
our earth is to get from the tail of
Halley'B eoin-ot follows the trumpet
blast of the third angel. The sacred
text continues.
"And the third angel sounded,
and there fell a great star from
heaven, burning as it were a lamp,
and it fell upon the third part of
the rivers and upon the fountains of
water; and the name of the star is
called Wormwood; and the third
part of the waters became wormwood.
and many died of the waters
because they were made bitter."
It is to be noted, according to
the sacred text of this wonderful and
to us incomprehensible vision of St.
John, the beloved apostle, that the
sounding of each of the seven trumpets
is to be the precursor of the
,iost frightful occurrences, the
seventh trumphet being followed by
the end of all things earthly, and
the grand consummation of the ages.
Yet for some reason wholly his own,
the Georgia predictor has chosen to
identify the star Wormwood with the
comet which we are expecting in a
few weeks hence, fie says:
"The majority of the Christian
world believes in the Ilible, and if
they do, then they must believe all
of it, or none, and the Bible says
uisunctty tiiat when the third angle
blows his trumpet. Wormwood (Halley's
comet) will destroy one-third
of what Is on the earth. Literally
this is true, for when the first and
second angels blow their trumpets
the other two thirds of the earth
will he destroyed of all living animals.
"In my opinion Wormwood is Halley's
comet, and it is only a matter
of time when we will come through
the tail of it and the animal life
will he killed on earth. This May, I
do not think, is the time for this to
occur because there are so many
things that will take place before animal
life is being killed. The South
Pole is yet to be discovered. The
' air is to be full of airships; the
Eastern war to take place; the RU
j ble to be known in all parts of
the world; electricity to be more
( utilized, and when all these things
iiave come to pass, then we will go
t through the tall of Halley's comet
, and the prophecy will be fulfilled
as we read in Revelation."
The tone of confidence and the air
of assurance with which this self*
appointed prophet predicts the most
? dreadful catastrophes to our earth
1 and to us are almost ridiculous, as
9 they are utterably absurt. In the
9 course of the celestial panorama
- and the titantic drama in which the
B angels of the Lord are working his
Vlmlghty will upon this earth of ours
ind its doomed inhabitants, it is
strange that while many blazing stars
h ire represented as falling from heav0
?n, lie should have chosen "Wormt
wood" to represent the well-known
s "omet which has harmlessly visited
e I mr skies nearly one hundred times
| in the era embraced in Human his*
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DEAF TO PLEA OF MERCY
A MERCHANT CRUELLY SLAYS A
MILL OPERATIVE.
The Slayer Fires Two Rifle Balls Into
His Victim, While He Begs for
His ife.
At half-past 11 o'clock on Sunday ,
at Roberdel, No. 2, a mill village
near Rockingham, N. C., Pearl Bruton
shot und killed Oscar Williams
after beating him terrioly with a
chair, Williams lived but a few
minutes after being shot.
Rruton keeps a store on the main
street of the village. On Saturday
night an altercation occurred between
him and B. 8. Harris, a resident of
the place, and Bruton used a chair
on Harris in return for some foul
nameB Harris had called him.
ilt seems that Bruton had beeu
bothered with requests to go to his
store on Sunday and sell drinks.
Sunday morning Oscar Williams
came to Bruton's house, which Is
right near the store. When Bruton
came to the door he said, "You come
here to raise a fuss with me at my
house."
Williams denied this and Bald he
only wanted to see Bruton. Brutou
cursed him and said he would put
his light out, and grabbing a heavy
chair broke It in pieces over William's
body. Williams staggered into
the street to get out of the way of
Bruton, but Bruton ran into the
house, and came out in a moment
with a Winchester rifle.
Williams seeing the gun, begged
him not to shoot and tnrned and
started to run. Bruton then fired
two or three timeB, and Williams
fell across the street, pierced by two
bullets. One entered his back and
came out through his chest; the other
entered near the hip and went
through and lodged In the abdomen.
The first bullet was easily taken out
but the other was not recovered. Williams
was dead in about five minutes
after being shot.
Bruton was arrested and lodged in
jail. He and Williams are both young
men, and leave families. Williams
was a small man of medium height
and weight. 3esiues the two wounds
made by the bullets there were many
bruises about the head, neck and
shoulders as a result of the beating
with the chair.
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Trade Union Prepare to Parry Figlit
to tlie Polls.
The first formal move toward the
organization of a Labor party in
Pennsylvania was made in Luzerne
county when the State Federation of
Labor met in Wilkes-llarre. The
same convention that decided against
a state-wide strike because of the
street car strike in Philadelphia, petitioned
the courts to allow them to
use the name "The Federated I^abor
Party" on county ballots this fall.
Similar steps will be taken in all
the counties cf the state and a state
convention held in the summer will
name labor cand'dates for the state
senates, the state house of representatives
and the United States congress.
BBAYK NFLKO BOY.
Saved tlie Life of a Little White
Buhy tiirl.
The rare presence cf mind and
bravery of Clarance Douglas, a 12year-old
colored l>oy saved the life of
two-year-old Alice Purcell- white .it
West Point, Ky., Thursday. The
child ran on the railroad track in
front of the engine of a fast moving
freight train. The engineer reversed
the lever and whistled the alarm,
hut the girl still continued toward
the train. Women and men were
tertifled to the point of .helplessness
hy the spectacle but the hoy rushed
to the child, caught her up and
jumped to saftey just as the engine
passed.
The Harvard freshmen have put
up $300 in advance for smashed furj
niture before they can get dinner
at the Boston hotels. In the Kev.
John Harvard's days, that would
have been about enough to found a
college.
tory, with no warrant whatever save
the guesses of pseudo-scientists to
justify any belief in its hostiles.
Fortunately, however, the Georgia
"cracker" predictor gives us a respite
until the South Pole shall be
discovered, aviation shall be as much
of any everyday business as autohlling,
the Eastern war with Gog and
Magog shall be fought, electricity
snail l>e fully understood and utilized I
and the Bible known In every land.
Truly, we can he thankful for this
delay of the consummation of all
things, but we can rest with greater
confidence upon the assurance of the
scientists, that already our earth has
more than once passed through the
tail of Ilalley's comet without receiving
the slightest harm and without
the occurrence being known save
through scientific observation. We
can rest with some confidence upon
he conditions so represented. *
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SORE TO COME
Frtocfa Admiral Predicts Terriffic Struggle
ia New Fitare.
INVOLVES ALL NATIONS
Thf War Will Be Commenced by the
United States and Japan in a
Quarrel Over China, and Will he
Most Direful in its Far Beaching
Consequences.
The memoirs of Vice Admiral
Fournler. commander of the Mediterranean
squadron of the French
navy, in which he discussed particularly
the possibility of a war between
the United States and Japan
and the resultant danger of dragKing
all Europe into a terrifl" conflict,
have just been issued in book
form at Paris. The memoirs have
caused something of a sensation in
political and diplomatic circles. I
Admiral Fournler accords the star
role on the stage of international
politics to the German Emperor, not
only in Europe, says the writer,
where the Emperor is trying desperately
to break the league of powe-s
against him, but also indirectly as an
influential factor in the relations between
the United States and Japan.
Admiral Fournler says thil it is
useless to deny that there is a possibility
of war between the United
States and Japan as a result of pnpniar
irritation in America shou'd
Japan's demands or Japan's policies
of absorption prove intolerable to
America's excessive seif-esteeia or
interests in the Far East.
These interests, the admiral adds,
are antaganistic to those of Japan,
which, pusned on by fate : expand in
the Asiatic continent by conquest or
diplomatic victory, se?ks to be.n?me
predominant in the very reg una
which the United State protects in
supporting the integrity of China
and policy of the open door.
The admiral declares that Japan'B
great fear is that the friendly relations
between the United States
and China will culminate in an ou'
and out allegiance, and thus, in event
of War, the United States would have
a base of operations and general resources
vastly superior to the Philippines.
Japan's increased armaments,
therefore, are explainable not.
as a menace to Russia hut in nmn.
aration to combat before it is too
late the peril contained in America's
policies.
Admiral Fournier thinks that the
naval strength of the United States
will one day not only exceed that of
Japan, but probably will equal that
of Great Britain, in spite of the effort
of England to preserve her supremacy
of the seas, and Japan's
inferiority would oblige her ally,
England, to come to her aid in the
event of a conflict with the United
States
Jn case of a hostile coalition of
the United States with the triple alliance,
the admiral believes, France
would be forced to supplement the
forces of England, Japan and Russia.
He doubts, however, that the German
Emperor, "although devoured by
a desire to smash the league, and
adopting a diplomacy as unscrupulous
as that of the iron chancellor,"
would enter on the perilous venture
of such a war, which would offer
little chance of victory on land or
sea.
Without the intervention in Europe
of the navies of the triple alliance
in a way to help the American
fleet at the moment if was seriously
engaged in the Atlantic and the Pacific,
the decisive superiority in that
struggle," declares the vice admiral,
"would rest with the forces of Japan
and England. Under these conditions,
which spell defeat, the United
Stat s would undoubtedly resist
the temptation to settle her differences
with Japan by an anneal to
arms." *
lie Is in a Itad Fix.
Beseeching Judge Deputy at Chicago
to sentence him to life imprisonment
as an incurable morphine
user, Christaln E. Walters. plead
guilty of larceny and was sentenced
to the penitentiary for an indefinite
term of from one to ten years. What
is the use of letting me out of the
penitentiary, when I can't keep away
from crime?" the prisoner said.
Tree Fell oil lliin.
lA most distressing accident happened
Saturday on the Nicholson
farm, about two miles from Statertville,
N. C., where Messrs. Adderholdt
and Dishman were cutting trees. A
young man, Lawrence May. was
caught beneath a fulling tree and
badly crushed about the head, chest
and shoulders. No hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
John C. Calhoun, whose memory
South Carolina has just honored
was the greatest statesman this
country ever produced. If you dc
not believe it. study his life in con|
nectlon with the lives of other greal
statesmen.
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' BURGLAR MURDERS
ONE WOMAN AND SERIOUSLY INJURES
ANOTHER.
IIIj Demand for Money Rcing Refused
Masked Intruder Fires on
School Teacher.
His demand for money havlhg
been ignored, a masked burglar, who
had entered the drawing room of the
residence of Mrs. Sarah J. Dow on
Round Hill, in the northern part of
Springfield, Mass., Friday evening,
shot and killed Miss Martha I).
Blackstone, 29 years old, a public
school teacher, and probably fatally
wounded Miss Harriet P. Dow, a fel|
low teacher.
Miss Blackstone was shot throneh
the heart as she ran screaming into
an adjoining room. Miss Dow'a
skull was fractured and trepaning
will be resorted to in an effort to
save her life. With Miss Dow and
Miss Dlackstone in the dining room
were the former's mother and sister.
The murder was a most wanton one.
Mrs. Dow, her two daughters, and
Miss Dlackstone, who was a guest
for the night, were seuted in the
.living room, of the home about a
small table, solving a picture puzzle
The first intimation they had of
an intruder was a demand for money
from the dining room, just in the
rear. They looked up to see a masked
man in the dark hallway, threatening
them with a revolver. Mrs.
Dow retained her composure and replied:
"We have no money," but
Miss Dlackstone, in fright, jumped to
her feet and ran screaming into a
reception room to the right of the
living room.
The burglar said: "If you want
to be killed keep on screaming" and
I fired as he spoke, the bullet entering
Miss Dlackstone's left breast. Death
followed instantly. The murderer
hardly paused to see his victim fall
I before he turned the revolver on
the group, shooting Miss Harriet Dow
| in the head. He then ran to the
front door, leaped over the piazza
railing and disappeared. The police
have no clue to his identity.
Doth Miss Dlackstone and Miss
Dow were teachers in the Jefferson
avenue school. Miss Dlackstone was
39 years old and Miss Dow about
30.
FIIlKliHi AT SPAKTANDURG.
Incendiary HUrze in the Heart of the
City l'ut Out.
The prompt discovery of a fire
Friday night at Spartanburg in the
rear of Tuck's fruit store by Mrs.
Hair of Augusta, Ga., patient at the
Steedley sanitarium, prevented a
serious fire on East Main street in
iiie very neart of the business section.
Mrs Hair had occasion to go to
the medicine room to take a dose ot
medicine nnd on looking out of the
window, saw the blaze from the window.
Peering out she saw a man
shoving lots of waste paper into a
pile of burning boxes in the rear of
Tuck's Fruit Store, adjoining the
wholesale grocery houses of J. A.
Gallman and Brown Pros.
The fire burned rapidly and in a
moment's time the rear of the two
stores were on fire. The flames
spread to the hospital building,
burning the windows to the third
story and filling the rooms with
smoke. The patients of the sanitarium
were thrown into a state of
wild excitement and preparations
were made to remove them from the
building. Efficient work of the fire
department, however, prevented serious
disaster.
Killed by Idglitning.
At Asheville Mrs. Whit Illackwelder,
aged 4 0, one of the most widely
known residents of that section, waa
killed by lightning during a severe
electrical storm Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was alone in the house
at the time and was found by neighbors
an hour lat'-r. The bolt which
killed iMrs. Hlackwelder passed la
through the roof of the house.
Victim of Forest Fire.
The charred body of Kate Howell,
an aged woman, was Saturday
afternoon found near her home lo
Carvers Creek township, near Fayetteville,
N". C., where she had met
her death fighting a forest fire Thursday.
James Harden, a neighbor,
heard her screams, but fighting to
save his own home, could not investigate.
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A (ieorgin Tragedy.
|Rd Hart was shot and instantly
killed and Mrs. Hart, his wife, was
fatally wounded by Rufe Miller, at
the home of the former in Dodve
county, fia., Saturday night. Details
of the tragedy are meagre, but It is
said that the shooting was the r> suit
f? f f? n a1/1
i f,i iiiikc u?iween ine men. |
, I Gypsies Drowned.
1 A caravan of fifty Gypsies broke
' through the ice Thursday on Cheremenetzki
Lake, near Luga, Russia,
nearly all of the 50 nien, women aud
children were drowned.
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