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,, . AWFUL TRAGEDY" ( Six Girls and Two Boys Drown When Their Boat Springs a Leak. c HERO'S VAIN EFFORT V One of Two Boat* I'wd by Party of Student* During Noon Sprung a J I/oak ami In Kmleavoring to Trans- ^ #?? o** u<?fn llitu# all VL'om Thrown 3 into Water. 1 t Eight hign school students, six 3 girls and two boys lost their lives * Thursday while boating on what is known as the Old Paper Mill dam, j at Huntington Mills, Pa. The dead ^ are: s Maud Sutcllffe, aged 17 years; a Carolyn Koonz, aged 16; Ruth Ronham, aged 18; ItIs Davenport, aged 16; Madeline Godd, aged 17; Robert Minnich, aged 17; Ray Dodson, aged 17- t Twelve students of the Huntington High School obtained two boats at the noon hour and started for a row about the dam. The dam is nearly half a mile in width, and when the two crafts had reached the centre of the body of water it was noticed that one of them had sprung a leak. The two boats were then pulled together by the young men in the party and an efTort was being made to transfer the girls rmm the leaky boat to the safe craft. The last one ! of the party had successfully set foot in the boat when it began to sink under the weight of the party. The girlB were helpless to save themselves and the boys of the party, with the exception of Dodson, "being expert shimmers, struck out for the shore, which all reached in safety. 'Minnich, in the excitement, it is presumed, thought that all the young women had succeeded in reaching land. He had no sooner gained the bank than tie noticed the Kanwlncr r\ f ho rnnlHlr cink Inc boat. ? The boy dashed into the water and r swam swiftly to tne water-filled craft. Only two of the girls were clinging to the boat, the others having gone down for the last time. 11 Seizing Miss Davenport. Min- n nlch again started for the shore, hut * the exertion was too much for the gallant lad and the two went down together, when they were within a * stone's throw of the Dank. All the v bodies have beeh recovered. _ v POORLY IIALKD COTTON. v Southern (lot ton K owe lies Kurope in v u Very Bad Shape. ? A decision was handed down by the Inner-State commerce commission Wednesday with the Importance of the proper lulling of cotton ship- ^ ped from points in the South to European destinations. In the course of Uie opinion the commission sayB: "It is not deemed amiss to call e the attention of cotton growers and shippers and the railroads to the c fact that cotton bales from the Unit- <] ed States shipped to Europe are re- f ceived in worse condition as to pack- (j ing than cotton bales arriving there f from any other country." e 'l ilt' case whs uroufwn uy auucr- v son. Clayton & Co., of Oklahoma, against the Chicago, Rock Island and c Pacific Railway Company, and other i Inter-State carriers, in which it was f alleged that every service, including j the applying of the owners or ship- j pers patohes to cotton bales in their a <jK>mpresslon. was included in the j through freight rate to final desti- j nation of the shipment. The commission holds that the facts do not Justify an order against the defendant carriers; that the carriers have the right to compress cot- ^ ton in transit and that the shippers or owners have the privilege of concentrating cotton at designated compresses, with the right of such ship- I pers or owners to deliver the cotton * back to the carriers for transports- f tion to its final destination on the 1 through rate for point of origin. f VERDICT OF Mt'KDKR. t Rendered in the Case of a Wlii'e Man at Oreenville. ' Greenville juries seem to know e their duty, and do not hestta'e *o i do it. After deliberating fifteen urn- N u'es, the jury trying J. O. Lind'ey * for the murder of his landlord, lien f Allen, Thursday returned a verdi-t f of guilty and Lindley was sentenced U be hanged. Allen was found dead in bed and Lindley and Mrs. Allen reported he had committed su..:lde. t Mrs. Allen later confessed that Lind- < ley had murdered him. S ? t Seized With Cramps. i Kelley Steene, the 17-year-old son ( of Mrs. F. C. Dawkins, living at the Fairfield cotton mill millage, Winnshoro, wag drowned about 8 o'clock Thursday evening in the mill pond, f where he had been swimming with 1 several of his companions. It is supposed that the lad was seized with < cramps. . TELLS ABOUT A FALL )F SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN A WRECKED BALLOON. )m of the Men ten He Ooeld Not Describe the Setuetlon of the Terrible Fall. The the flight for a world's dlsance record from Quincy, 111., by t. Hollaad Forbes, holder of the iabm cup, and James Carrington fates, the astronomer, both of New fork, which began at Quincy on .londay evening, terminated late on fuesday in a disastrous tumble to he earth from a height of perhaps 00 feet uear Center, Ky., was not without its compensations was inlicated by a statement made by Mr. 'orbos Thursday night. The baloon broke the ascent record, it is leclared, and 6ome valuable photo:raphs of the comet were secured at m elevation of 18,000 feet. On Tuesday morning after measirement, Messrs. Forties and Yates, n the Viking, passed through a snow term, at 11.40 o'clock, at an elevaioo of 16,000 feet. An hour later hey passed through the second flury at a height of 16,4 00 feet. At 2 'clock on Tuesday afternoon the ?a!!r?on reached the extreme altiude of 20,600 feet, which is 2,000 eet higher than any authorized recird ever made in America. Mr. Forbes thus describes their experenoes after reaching the greatest icight: "In descending from the great eleation we had very little sand left, md as the gas contracted, the baloon bag became extremely flabby, everything, however, went well until ve were a few hundred feet above he ground when the appendix line roke loose from the ring supporting he basket. There was so little gas n the bag at the time that the rig;i?g collapsed and, with the basket ittached, naturally dropped. This aused the rip cord, which iv atached to the riging, to rip open the talloon at the heiaht of 200 feat rorn the ground. "I cannot describe the sensation i f that 3 00-foot fall to the ground. 1 t came bo suddenly. I have a faint * ecollectioc of seeing men below me l n a ploughed field and of subconciously trying, it seemed, to tilt i p the basket that 'Mr. Yates and I i light spring free from the rigging /hen close to the ground. IlicanFe he basket did not tilt as it would ave done under ordinary circuri- tances was the cause of our injury. believe the only tning that preented the breaking of our bjuis hen the basket fell bottom squarely own u"der the weight of th- bag ] >'as the 1 >v>. or air mattress wn> ;b ^ /e had pi icoi in the bottom cf ir.e ] asket that v? e might oe com'irUb e , /hen we wanted to lie down." j FOIUCST FIHUS Bl'UN TOWNS. (osinee, Wis., and ( rand Maruis, Canada, Destroyed. ( Porest fires have level the southrn half of the town of Mosinee, Mar,thon county. Wis. Just before wire ommunlcation was cut off early Frilay word came that ten residences, our general merchandise stores, one Irug store, two saloons, the postoflee and a saw mill had been destroyed. The report said that the fire vas under control. Grand 'Marais, on the north shore if Lake Superior, is believed to have >een destroyed Wednesday by the orest fires which were advancing on t. The wireless operator stated that f the town was not burned he would | utenipt to communicate with the Juluth station that day. No word las come from him so far. PRISON Hit <il ARI)Hl> CAMP. Alien Ciiard Clot Drunft, Negro Took Tilings in Hand. News was received at the Atlanta trison commission Thursday that the varden of the convict camp of Cofee county had left mysteriously, eaving a guard in charge. The cuard got drunk and John Simmons, i negro convict, serving a life senence on the gang, took charge of he camp and prevented the escape >f any of the prisoners. Simmons vas sent up from Monroe county and las served twenty-two years. The prison commission has call d unop Warden Louter for a report ipon the affair, and a thorough investigation will he made. It is probible that Simmons will win a parole is a result of his loyalty to the pris>n officials. Very Heavy Rain. At Spartanburg the rainfall Saturday and Sunday was very heavy. Dver six inches of rain feli betweeu Saturday and Sunday. The farms of hat section are badly washed, but t is not thought that the crops are lamagt'd seriously. War on Foxes. The State Fish and Game commislion of New Jersey is planning a war of extermination ugainst foxes, rhey are said to do much damage to srops and are a nuisance in the deer woods. I a a - ( SIX SOLDIERS SHOT SHOOTING WAS RESULT Or ROV WITH NEGROES Two of the So Idiom Are Seriously Wounded While the Other Tour Are Slightly Hurt. A cnonlul fllcnoieh from S. C., to the Augusta Chronicle sn.M-* Six soldiers of the 125th company, coast artillery, stationed at < Fort Fremont, on St. Helena island, have been Bhot by negroes, jusi cutBide of the reservation lines between nine o'clock Monday night and one o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Two of the men. Private Quigley and McNally, are seriously, but not fatally wounded, while Privates McCarthy, < Callahan, Stansberry and Sleder are less badly shot. The negroes who did the shooting ; have left the neighborhood, and have i not been arrested up to this time. About a week ago, Isaac Potter and and soldier from the fort, had a fight on the road near Cusper City, on St. Helena Island, which resulted in Potter being cut by the soldier. It is paid that at this time and afterwards the two Potters threatened to shoot the first soldier caught off the reservation after that night. On Monday night. Privates Callahan, McCarthy, Stransberry and Sleder were shot from the bushes while walking along a road a short distance from the reservation lines. The weapons used were shotguns and the smallness of the shot was all that prevented fatal results, as the men were fired on from close range. Considerable excitement and much feeling was apparent among some of the men after the shooting. On the next day a party of six soldiers are said to have gone *o the Potter house carrying two shotguns along with them, to see the Potters and find out whether or not they had anything to do with the Bhooting of their comrades on the previous evening. 'It is said that the soldiers began shooting up the house as soon aB they came up. As the soldiers enternrl t ha hnma nf Via >. *-? V?v W? III" fivgl uco UIIC VI the Potters retreated upstairs, firing into the soldiers as he went, the first volley striking down Quigley and McNally. I?KAI? MAN CAME TO LIFE. And the Mourners Are Frightened Nearly to Death. i Near Carthage. N. C.. Uncle Virgil Jones, a typical " 'fore de war" dar- , key who was recognized at a pa- ( triareh among the negroes of the neighborhood, died. Following the custom prevailing among the negroes In the country, especially, a big crowd sat up with the old Mlow's l>ody all Sunday night. They went | to put his body in the coflin Monday morning, the room being crowded with negroes, mourners and others, ( one hundred and fifty or more in ail being in the house and waiting in the yard. Suddenly as on>e of the watchers went to reach for the body, indicating to his aides to lay hold and help lift it. the old fellow's eyes opened, his withered arm went out and up in warning pose and a veritable voice from the dead exclaimed in sepulchral tones that struck terror to the heart of every negro spectator, "Not yet!" It is said that there was never a more complete stampede known. Instead of being overjoyed at the manifestation of returning'life for the old partriach, whose dtparture they were mourning, the affright*^ screams were heard for miles about, the negroes piled out of the place through every conceivable crevice Some leaping right up through the roof of the low cabin, carrying the boards ofT as they forced their way out. It was asserted in a letter from a most reputable citizen that it is <**rtain that some of those negroes have not stopped running yet. The letter did not say what the extent of the resuscitation of the old negro was or whether he is still living. ' BIA)\VX TO ATOMS. Meets Death by the Explosion of Nitre-Glycerine. fThe explosion of a large quantity of nttro-glycerine in a magazine at mirgeustown, ra., caused me <i*ain of Frank McCullough, an oil well shoot or, who was literally blown to atoms. A team of horse was also fc'.own to bits. The force of the explosion was felt in many surrounding cities. People who handle these explosives should be very careful. Saw the Comet. In order that all wtio find trouble in waking early enough to see Halley's comet, which is now so plainly visible in the eastern heavens, the Mayor of Dalton, Ga., gave orders for the blowing of the fire whistle at three a. m. If Brer Taft continues to read the Insurgents out of the party, the Republicans will soon become a very exclusive set. BIG CHURCH ROW LEADS TO TWO WOMEN MAKING ATTACK ON MINISTER. Hightly Sensational Affair Follows Acceptance of Resignation of J. H. Wilson Growing Oat of Charge. A special dlenatch to the Anniti# Chronicle from Savannah says a few honrs betore the council of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension accepted his resignation, Rev. I)r. J. H. 1 Wilson was soundly cowhided by Mrs. C. H. Monsees Monday at the door of his study in the church build- 1 ins. Her daughter. Miss Meta, who it { was charged .had been wronged, ac- I companied her and when her mother, ? worn out with her exertions with the ' whip swooned, the daughter was beg- < ging her to hand the whip to her in 1 order that the belaboring might continue. 'Dr. Wilson made no attempt to de- 1 fend himself, merely saying, "I will I not resist you.** The pastor's resig- < nation and the cowhlding were the result of an affidavit made by Miss ' Meta Monsees before Attorney Al- ? bert H. Propper, and which caused a i split in the church of which Dr. Wil- i son wns pastor. 1 The father and brother of Miss Monsees a few weeks ago were driven from the office of the attorney at the point of a pistol, all because of this affidavit. Statements made by Dr. Wilson, as alleged, about the atlldav- i it caused the sensational scene on i Monday, < Attorney Albert H. Propper's disbarment is asked in proceedings instituted Monday in superior court. These proceedings, however, have < nothing to do with the horsewhip- . ping, but they show that Propper is 1 charged with unbecoming conduct In < some way as a lawyer. i PRAISES BRYAN'S SPEECH. Before the Meeting of the Farmer's Vnion at St. Ixmia. A dispatch from Atlanta to The Augusta Chronicle says President , i>uanes a. uarreu, or me Farmers" Union, back from the meeting at St. Louis, talked enthusiastically of the session there Friday, "The meeting was a great success and we started a movement which ' will be felt throughout the country,' ] said Mr. Barrett. "There was one of j the largest crowds in attendance yet , Been at a convention of the union. , Representatives of the various labor organizations of the country were in | attendance. , "We have not yet made any al- , liance with the labor organizations. ( A resolution was passed to the ef- , feet that the Farmers' Union and the , American Federation of Labor would stand together on matters th&t were ] to their mutaal interests." ( >ir. Barrett was loud in his praises ( of the speech made by Mr. Bryan be- , fore the convention. He said: "The speech which created the ( most enthusiasm of any made was that of William J. Bryan. His speech greatly overshadowed that of Mr. Taft, although the president was well received. Bryan completely ! captivated the audience, and it was evident that they were with him from beginning to end." YOUNG MAN SUICIDES. Left a Note Hut Failed to Give Reason for Hash Act. William Clippard committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. No cause for the rash act can be ascertained. Saturday he ' attended the circus at Newton and 1 lost $75 on some of the games con- ! nected with it, but in a note left to 1 his parents he stated that it was not ' the loss of the money that caused him to take his life, but other troubles that no one would ever know ( He was the son of Mr. Andrew Chippard and was about twenty-seven years of age. He was unmarried and lived at home with his parents in 4 Lincoln, N. C. HEIR IX) HALF MILLION. ? After Six Year's Search Aunt's Heir j Is Ix>cated. ( George W. Lipscomb, for whom a I search has been made for six years, was found at Douglas, Ga., Tuesday, ' and notified that a fortune of $500,000 is awaiting him at Jackson, ' Mich., as a legacy from an aunt. A ' story in a local newspaper several 1 uays ago, leinng or tne search, furnished the clue to Liiiscomb's where- 1 abouts, and a telegram from his ( brother in Michigan reached him. His aunt was Mrs. Mary C. LipBComb of Jackson, Mich. Dies from Starvation. .T.,. E. Rader, at one time a member of the Washington ? gislature died Thursday at Seattle after fasting for thirty-nine days.. Mr, Rader had been suffering from stomach trouble and upon advice of a woman pnysiclan decided to take the "star .ration treatment." tf \ TAKEN FROM RUINS PITABLE CONDITION EXISTING AMONG THE LIVING. Eight Hundred Dead Taken From the Rains and Several Living People Also Taken Out. Up to noon Monday 1,000 bodies had been taken fnoni the ruins of the houses which were overthrown in the earthquake Wednesday evening, at Cartago, Costa Mica. The estimate of the dead placed the number at 1.500 but it is possible that this will be exceeded. Large forces which have gone to Carta eo from San Jose and other points are now engaged in the work af r* soue and even Tuesday several living persons were taken from unJer the piles of stones and timbers where dwelling houses once stood. The number of sick and injured cannot be counted, many of them having been removed to adjoining lowns and villages and since the disaster have died from injuries. Dr. Hoeanegra, the Guatemalan representative to the Central American rourt of justice, was completely demented when removed from the ruins the day of the earthquake, but he is now recovering from the shock. Physically he was only slightly injured. The body of his wife, who was killed. .has been embalmed preparatory to being s- nt to Guatemala. Parosio. a village of 2.000 people, iil>out 18 miles east of San Jose, also suffered severely from the earthquake shocks, reports reaching Cartago indicating that nearly a-hundred persons were killed. Large fissures have opened up in Cartago province, which have given additional cause for alarm. Ten thousand persons have been rendered .homeless and the severe rains and lack of food and drinking water are responsible for much suffering. It has been found impossible to provide shelter for the people, w.ho arc huddled together in a pitiable condition. XAIIjS iumhklf on ckoss. Vlan's Mind Affected From Brooding Over the Comet. While brooding over the possible 111 efTects of Halleys comet's visit, Paul Hammerton, a sheen man and prospector, became insane and crucfled himself, according tp mining men who arriv al Monday at Suit Iter larcitno, cat.. w : *i hint. Hammerton was found wh< ro h" tiad nailed his feet and one hand to i rude cross he had erected. Although he was suffering intense ag>ny, Hammerton pleaded wi:a his rescuers to let him remain in his spiked imprisonment. Since the visit of Comet A. 191?\ Hammerton has been much alarm?.i, and when he learned that the jarth was scheduled to pass through te tail of Halleys comet, his mind ?ave way, and he believed that the ?nd of the world was at hand. IMKit IIKKOIC DKATII. iiaved Lives of Three Children, hut Iiost His Own. At Philadelphia Policeman William Weiss is dead from injuries rereived in saving three children from leath, under the hoofs of the horses In a chariot race last Thursday evening at a circus performance. Charlots, drawn by four horses each, were rounding the turn into the home stretch when the children, thinking Le performance over, started to run across the track. The spectators looked on in breathless horror. Weiss ran in front of the approaching charlot and tossed the children back to safety, but was himself struck by the long |K)le of a chariot and knocked under the horses hoofs, and was so badly Injured that he died on Monday. CREIGHTON IA>SES ON APPEAL. Action of the South (Carolina Conference is Sustained. ^3y a vote of 13 to 6 the appeals ;ommittee of the General Conference it a session held Tuesday, sustained the decision of the Souhh Carolina Conference, which recently expelled :he Rev. C, \V. Creighton, of Greenwood, from the ministry of the ?hureh on a c-harge of disloyalty, rhis action of the General Conference Is final. The charge against the deposed minister grew out of liis publication of a paper in Greenwood, known as the Christian Appeal, in which were published antagonistic articles relating to Church matters. (iave lliin a Watch. Dr. J. H. Wilson, pastor of the Lutheran church of the Ascension, at Savannah, Ga , who was assailed with a whip by Mrs. C. H. Monsees and daughter and who resigned his pastorate, wag Thursday called upon by the officers of the church and presented with a gold watch as a tok'n of ttaei' esfeem for him and to show the confidence they repose in him. 1 r 2 . ^ _ *yv> . LAST HOPE GONE The State Snprems Court Deuies the Union Murderer a New Trial. FOUGHT TO LAST DITCH W. T. Jones, Who Was Convicted of Hrutully Killing His Wife by Administering Stryelinine to Her, Finally liitses Out, and Must Hpond Heimiinder of l>ays in Prison. W. T. Jones, convicted wife murderer of Union County, is now safo and sound in the penitentiary, where he will spend the balance of his days Convicted of the killing of his own wife, Marion Jones, the prisoner. j who has spent many months in the Union jail, was Monday evening refused a rehearing by the Supreme Court, and the remittitur was sent down immediately. The Supremo Court, in a few words, tells that Jones's only hope for ev?>n a stay of sentence is over: "After careful consideration of the within petition, the Court is unablo to discover that any material matter or question has been overlooked or disregarded. It is, therefore, ordered that the petition t>e dismissed and that the order heretofore granted, staying remittitul. be revoked." This order, signed by Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, and Associate Justices Kugene B. Gary and C. A. Woods, means a life long term in the Penitentiary for W. T. Jones. As no Federal question is involved the opinion of attorneys is that the case is ended, and that Jones must spend the remainder of his days in the State prison, unless a petition for pardon ahould be granted. There wn?t considerable talk of an appeal to the United States Court at the time Jones's case was affirmed by the Supreme Court of this State, but thin is not regarded as within the range of possibility. \V. T. Jones, wealthy planter, of Santuc, Union county, has a serious crime to lie wake nights and think over when ho comes to the State prison. His wife, on July 8, 1908, met a horrible death by strychnine and the testimony pointed to her husband as the guilty man. Statements of his counted strongly agaiust him at the trial. A chain af circumstantial evidence was woven around him, and in February, 1909, ? jury declared Jones was guilty of murder. The case, while as to the evidence, must have been very strong against Jones. Instances of ill treatment of his wife and testimony that on the night of the killing cursing was heard at the Jones home, the frightened look of Mrs. Jones as she entered the room of a man, who stopped at her .home one night, these and other matters were brought out at the trial. It is even true that efforts were mado to cast a shadow upon the cJiar&cter of Mrs. Jones, In order to save her husband from the hand of the law. She was then in her grr.ve, hut tJhe verdict of tlio jury showed that these 12 men did not belive what was told them about Mrs. Jones. Refused bail before Justice (then Judge) Hydriek, Join's was placed in the county jail, where he .has been ever since. Aside from the general Interest that the order of the Court will create as to Jones, there is an added legal interest, especially to the people of Charleston, because Judge Memminger, throughout, has been UOhelrl llV Ihn Bnnramo " .v viuv vuui i, una the latest order is even more strongly complimentary to Judge Memminger's ability. It will be recalled by those who ave fcdlowed the case, that Judge Memminger urged the jury to agree upon a verdict, calling the attention of the jury to t.he necessity of lurors agre? ing, it being their solemn duty. On this point the Supreme Court said it was a Circuit Judge's duty to so instruct the jury in .such i situation. nen Judge Memminger, taking Hoyt-Hayes case as an example, charged the jury on circumstantial evidence. In this, too, he was upheld by the Supreme Court. In th-? matter of statements by jurors, t?U? Circuit Judge's ruling was upheld also. The order refusing a rehoariu< but trmTO'se ruling of Juilg? Memrminger, because nearly all U?? exceptions were based upon tt'e*? rulings. Circuit Judge Charles O. Dant/.icr wrote the opinion in the case, after s.tting with the Supreme Cour* on ace of the disqualification of .Jusitce Iljdrick, for t.he reason af?ove stated. Thus the order is siloed by ??rly three of the Justices. Ouiiind in Hordes. That the United States will receive <\ million immigrants during the fiscal year ending June 30 Ik the prediction of the ofncials. During April 133,276 arrived, making a total of 801,225 thus far thiB year. The last, million immigrant year was in 1907. Teddy could not .have made any better time in traveling over Kurnpp than he han unless he could have used roller skates in the art galleries. - '* ,*hr" ^