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-J jIBMSfiSHiilfcjr y r? SUfflSH(UW'^iSW^ ' * BEAT THEM ALL 1 Youg American Flies Across the English Channel Carrying A MAN ALONG WITH DIM ' John R. Moissant, Voting CTiicA^o ^ M ArrJiittft, At'Ctmipunictl by Mech- ( fhikicinn, Makra His "First Visit tO f Ra^lnnd" in Spectacular Man? or.?Course Unknown. t It has been reserved for an Amer- s lean citizen to perform one of the r most daring feats In the history of < aviation. John B. Moissnnt, of Chic- ( ego. llew across the English Channel , from Calais, France, to Tilmanstone. England, Wednesday with a passenger, and by this achievement far sur- ^ passed the feat of Rleriot, Delesseps and the unfortunate English avia- } tor. Rolls, who afterwards met his death at Bournemouth. The two man flight from France to England was the more astonishing ( for it was only a month ago that . Moissant learned to fly, and he made so few flights and was so little know among air men that even his nationality was not disclosed. He was reputed to be a Spaniard, and it was only when he landed in England that 1* was revealed that he is a young ^ Chicago architect. To make the feat still more surprising., Moissant was totally ignorant of tbo course. He had never been i In England, and was obliged to rely ( entirely on the compass. The Channel flight was an incl- j dent ia the aerial voyage from Paris to London. Moissant left Isey , yesterday with Hubert Latham and reached Amiens in two hours. La- ( tham's aeroplane was wrecked and , this morning Moissant, leaving , Amiens at an early hour, headed for . Caliaa. His mechanician. Albert Fi",ex. who had accompanied him across the country, took his place in the machine when the motor was set In motion for the dush across the Chan sel. MoisBant, cared nothing for the warnings of the people and even the fact that there was no torpedo boat ia his wake, but only a slow moving tag, did not deter him. He made the trip in 37 minutes. When he descended his eyes were bloodsho.., and greatly Inflamed, as a result of the heavy rain storm, which they drove into on approaching the English coast. An average height of between 300 and 4M feet was maintained over the water. The aviator expected to land at Dover, but was forced north by the wind and made the coast near Deal. The cold was intense and both Moissant and his mechanician were benumbed. Moissant seemed to take his monumental feat as though it were a daily occurence. When he revived sufficiently he langtied and said to an interviewer: "This Is my first visit to England." Describing his accomplishment he said: "This Is only my sixth flight In an aeroplane. I did not know the way from Paris to Calias when I started. And 1 do not know the way to Ixindon. 1 shall have to rely on the compass. 1 would like to land in Hyde Park if I can find it. "My mechanician, who weighs 182 pounds, has never been In an aeroplane before this, and did not know where I was taking him when we left Paris.' ' Moifeuant is 35 years old. He first visited Paris some months ago and became interested in the study of aviation. Ho iiad two machines built after his own designs and found the subject so fashionable that he determined to become a practicable air man. His flight to-day was made on a Bleriot machine, which weighs about 800 pounds. Filenx, the mechanician, a burly Parisian clad in overalls, did not know where he was going when started, but says that lie felt. Quite at home, as he had the greatest confidence in the pilot. KUiliKI) IN CRAP OKAMH, Ikoodjr Tragedy in Kentucky Caused Pron Sunday Gambling. Charles Gear was shot to deatn; Joseph Thomas was fatally wounded, and Preston Gear crawled into tae woods presumably dying from a gunshot wound, during a fight over ?? crap gwaie at Big Springs. Ky.t Monti .y. Kach of the three men was shot In the abdomen, and Jules Tate K" d Josepu Amnion, charged witn the crime are being pursued by a .Vncriff's posse. The three victims a e sons of well-to-do farmers. Prest?-u Gear ljui not been found, altnough a trail of blood left by bin) *4 war followed for some distance. A White Fiend. Shop Turner, of Horry County, has .been lodged in jail on the very grave charge of seriously whipping and criminally assaulting a little 14-yearold white girl. It is understood that the warrant was sworn out by the mother of the girl. I .,v? ^ I AN OBJECT LESSON rHAT EVERY COTTON FARMER h SHOULD HAVE SEEN. "h? Difference Retween the Packing of Cotton in the United States and Other Couutrles. In a recent issue the Progressive ^ ""armer and Southern Farm Gazette mblished two picture that should lave been seen bv everv cotton farm r tn the United States. One of the lictures showed the ragged and tattled coudition of American cotton is put on the markets of the world nd the other showed the neat coniition in which cotton from other ountries is put on the market. Nearly all the bagging had come off >f t.he American cotton while the tfher cotton was completely covered vith bagging and presented a neat lice appearance.. On the other land the American cotton looked r,gged, dirty and badly packed. They vere striking pictures. In commenting on them the edi:or said these two photographs made n Liverpool strikingly illustrate the mreless and disgraceful manner in vhich our Southern cotton reaches !4ie English market (the writer has seen our rugged Southern hales hauled over Liverpool in just this plight) 3& compared with the thoroughly r.eat and satisfactory packing of cotton from other parts of the world, not only Egypt, but India and South Africa as well. The unsightly and ragged condition of our cotton muses the English manufacturer to prefer Asiatic or African cotton if he can get it. Fight now is the time for our Southern farmers to decide that our 1910 cotton crop shall he better baled than any other crop has ever l-een. King Cotton is no longer poor, he's rich, and he deserves better slothing than the ragged garments if humiliation he wore in 1893-4-56. (Moreover, it will na.v. A huver lii always willing to give a higher < pice for ,any product on earth when ( it looks thoroughly neat and attractive. Consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentially, the rctton buyer will pay more for the well-bound bale, and we fully believe that the farmer will get from 11.50 to $5 for every $1 he spends for better baling. For one thing, then brother farmsis, let's decide on better baling for cur 1910 cotton. And then let's decide to get this tare matter settled. 11 will be remembered that this paper last fall carried on a vigorous crusade for 6 per cent, tare on cotIcn. This agitation was felt for good iu many sections, but from one or two communities we have had complaints that buyers refused to buy rotton with 6 per cent, tare, and these correspondents seem inclined to blame us for the trouble. These correspondents are answer- < ed in this week's Progressive -Farm ei and Gazette in which we point out < two things: First, the C per cent, tare is right, but if a farmer is willing to be run over by buyers who 1 object to it, if he is not willing, to stand up for his rights, why, it is : not our fault; we cannot help it. Second, whenever buyers assume such an attitude, however, the farmers should organize through the Farmers Union or otherwise for self protection and enforce their rights. And It is none to early to begin this work if results are to be had this season. hRIUJANT <X?IFT DISCOVERER. Astronomers Thinks It Will Re Fine Very Soon. The Washington Times says if the comet discovered last Wednesday ruorning by the Rev. Joel H. Metcalf, of Tauntan, Mass., and named for li:m "Metealf's Comet," fulfills the promises that it has given, the worM will be treated in the next two '.ninths to a more spectacular sight than that attendant upon the vi3it .if Hailey's comet. Since the latest celestial wanderchas been officially ooserved but twice, jnce by its discovered and again by 1'iof. Asaph Hall and two assistants at t-he Naval observatory, it is Impossible to say exactly when it will oome near enough to the earth to be distinguished with the naked eye. Hut. from present indications, when it. does come near. It will present an appearance second to none of the womets seen within tho last century. I?^vr?n fk f tho irrnnf ilictmino ?t which it is at present, the appearance of the comet is brilliant and surpasses in grandeur the spectacle of I (alley's comet seen at the same .instance. Sailing majestically through space it is easily distinguishable with a telescope from its smaller and less b'ight neighbors. Particularly noticeable is the effect presented by Ju nucleus, which Is intensely bright and exceptionally clear. Four Men Killed. A dispatch from Curling, N. F., rays it was definitely learned Thursday that four persons were killed in the explosion of a gasoline tank that [practically wrecked the gasoline ferryboat In tho bay. GIVE THEIR SIDE j irgoments Made for the Railroads for Lower Taxes Before BOARD OF ASSESSORS "he Officials Say the Corporations Are lianl Pushed and Must Got Relief or Go Into the Hands of a Receiver as a Means of Saving the Property. According to the officials who ap,eared before the State Board of Assessors in Columbia on Tuesday, lie railroads are fearing a crisis. Especially was this condition in the :outh emphasized by Henry Miller, issistant to the first vice-president >1 the Southern. That wages are inleasing and rates are being coninually lowered is the reason given > the railway men for the condition >f the railways. Basing his argument upon the itate of affairs and upon the ecent action of the State board of qualization in lowering the assessoents on cotton mills and cottonseed : 11 mills and like property, Mr. Mller asked that the railroads be asieesed oft the same basis as the texie8, namely, 50 per cent, of the acual valuation as arrived at by the n>ard. As to the Southern railway, Mr. diller pointed out that in 1 907 the issessments were placed at 60 per ent. "No property outside of colon mills and banks are assessed as lighly as railroads," said Mr. Miler. Mr. Miller explained how valuaion makes the taxable value $19.142,000. He thought the $31,000,?00 excessive and explained that the liethod of arriving at the value was vrong. Mr, Miller explained in detail the ending of property and answered questions put to him by Attorney *)onoro 1 T vnn whn lo n ?e he board. The total encumbrance A the Southern is about $110.OOu )er mile, Mr. Miller said. The Souhern, as explained by Mr. Miller, vas formed out of the receivership ;f several lines, hence it carries nds that are not to be placed on iny of the seperate property of the iouthern railway proper. The Souhern owns half interest in Uie Mon?U system, and whole or part of oth.i lines. It owns $96,000,000 in se urities of other lines. Figured with lie reduction of this amount on its und the Southern per mile is vallod at $27,000. The Southern, Mr. Miller, said, has 'een increased 80 per cent, in taxes n this state in the last seven years. Vet its earning have increased only >0 per cent, in that period. Mr. Lyon?Hoi's not the Southern :arn more In proportion to its mileage in South Carolina than in any ?ther State? Mr. Miller?No. Mr. Lyon?Does not more money rained in this State on the road go towards improvements in other States than such money from other States comes to this State. t.Mr. Miller No; Improvements are made on seperate bonds, not on earnings. "We have greater profits in Virginia, North Carolina and Tenii"S Bee," added Mr. Miller, "and less uead mileage there." Asked about Improvements In other States, Mr. Miller stated that trafic and tonnage demanded the same. On questioning as to whether the t-outheru is worth more now than ip 1907, Mr. Miller said that there was rumor of a receivership in that >ear but said he would not like to answer that question as an official cl the road. "Not materially better now," Mr. Miller's final reply to that question, although the latter exj lalned the condition of the road with regard to high wages and cost uf operation. "We are met on one side with tne absolute demand for increased comi.ensation,' said Mr. Miller. He exi lained that to the pay roll of the load since January 1 there has been added $1,7"?0.000 as increase pay to trainmen, enginemen and clerks, none of whom receive above $70 per month, the others not being raised. Mr. Miller told of the conference it Washington between the road and the employes resulting in this raise "u wages. Then the operators ap pealed and arbitration was necessary. "Kverything we buy has increased in price." said Mr. Miller, "anywhere from 1 f> to 100 per cent. Our rnly hope Is increase in rates which has been withheld. At no time in the history or railroading have we aced such a crisis as today. Kxponses must bo reduced or rates must go up." 'Mr. Miller compared the co??t o! iridge timber of a few years age with the cost now. What soli f <r n little over $9 per thousand is now *23; cross ties ha?e increased from 28 to 37 cents; rails from $17 tc *29; conl from 85 cents to $1.87. labor from $1,600 per mile in 190T o $3,189 last year. Mr. Miller stated that In 1884 ih? a\erago rate por mile per ton wai i 1-4 cents, that in 1900 an eminent ruthority pointed out that the rate had been reduced to 2 1-8 cents. Now the rate In 3-4 of one cent per mile per ton on the average. In the year 1900 it was said that the j tnte then was lower than in any ccuntry in the world yet today the rate is just ubout two thirds of w hat it was ten years ago. The cause for this, Mr. Miller po'nted out, are the interstate commerce commission, the vurious railload commissions and competition, and ofttimes the desire to build up some industry. As to taxes in 1902 the Southern was taxed $195,000 in this State. In 1909 the amount was $352,000, an increase of 80 per cent, in seven >ears. The earnings increased 20 ;er cent, in that time. Mr. Miller contended that if the 00 per cent, basis were allowed to stand the t ?xes for 1910 would be $*275,000. t takes 12 per cent, of net earnings to pay the taxes, and 5 per cent, of gross earnings. Mr. Miller said if present condit.ons are not relieved receivership would be the goal of the railroads. "If 1 could so cast my vote 1 would vote that the government take oxer the railroads. It wouid be a horrible state of affairs, for the government could not run the big systems. "The treat of rates hu6 been downv ard. In South Carolina the fertiliser rates were recently reduced. The tiouble is that the people are always jumping on the roads. They imagine that they are hurting some Northern capitalists when, as a nuttei of fact, millions from the Soutb rn men are involved." Mr. Miller pointed out that the intes should be figured always on what will give a fair return on the money invested on the amount of business done. The tax man says what is the value. Mr. Miller asked that 50 per cent, should be adopted by the beard, making the Southern's assessment about $13,500 per mile or 8 per cent ot earnings, which would make about $17,000. Continuing his argument. Mr. Miller compared railroad assessments with other class of property. "It is noi'fpntl v lnHiorinno " 1'ok at Charleston county and see the personal property assessments." lie pointed out otJier inequalities. Other oflicials who were In the r'ty for the meeting agreed with Mr. Miller that the railroads are getting the short end of the wage proposition and that the rates must he in< teased or they will be in bad condition. C. J. Joseph, tax agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, argued that the railroads have been increased more Uian any other class of property and gave figures to substantiate the statement. The railroads have been increased 31 per cent.; the real and personal property 5 1-3 per cent, in the last few years. The Atlantic Coast Line asked for an assessment of .~>U per cent, on $11,909,000. Albert Anderson, superintendent (. ' the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad, argued that material has increased in price, wages are l.igher and the road is facing a serious condition. His road has not paid anything yet to the stockholders. but all the money is being put into improvements. The improvement question prociphated quite and argument, on the matter of whether a road's value is thereby increased. These representatives were the only ones present in behalf of reduction rf railway assessments. They were given the time up to the dinner rer CRR In l\rou??nt u rom man # ? It was understood by the board that the fact that the State board of t qualization had decreased the mill assessments would be urged by ra-ilioad men in favor of reduction of railway taxes. P. A. Willcox, counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line, was present and participated in the general discussion. although he did not make a regular argument. (ia?Kl for the Ladies. The stock of liquors and beer belonging, to the American Order of , Owls at Maryville, Tenn., was seized by the sheriff at that place under a distress warrant and sold. It , v as bought by the ladies of the Women's Christian Temperance Union , and destroyed in front of the jail by pouring it on the ground in the , presence of a large crowd. Loses Life at Fire. Fire that broke out shortly after eight o'clock Thursday night in the warehouse district of Jersey City, . wiped out one entire block of business buildings and factories, turned 2.000 terrified families into the niit-ui. Killed a nreman, broke both . lops of another by walls falling and was not stopped until after midnight. Sad Dentil of CJirl. Frightened into spasms early Fri, day morning by an encounter with a couple black racer snakes, Miss \la> lei Brewlngton, the sixteen-year-old , daughter of Harper Brewlngton. a , piominent farmer near Bivalve, Del. . died in agony early Monday norn i hig. i The corroding hand of time doe i \ot more surely wear away the stom <f the most massive building tba'oes the corrosion of bad assocla i ons destroy character. > + ACCORDING TO MORSE. *> * By Lydia F. Peaster. When a fellow has worked for promotion till he has passed the heydey he gets sour. Hichens had worked consciously and conscientiously, but to raise from hotel telegrapher to night clerk in vrn j rni n imi i uiuni tfhptt'iuiiy a man wants to marry within a reasonable period. Rheta Cavan proitnsed to wait, but waiting women form the saddest and bigge t army in the world. "Pon't wait on me, ltheta," Hichens flung out bitterly more than once; "I'm a failure." lie had been raised in the hotel and knew the ropes better tit m any one of the other employes, perhaps: yet didn'tshow his knowledge. lie was totally unprogressive. "Groueh" Culthorpe, so everybody said, stood between Hichens and his heart's desire?the managership. Hichens doesn't put on enough style; he ought to get in step. "His brain's too slow," said v ulthorpe. who put down one and raised up another on the hotel business. Hichens had been passed over three times in ten years when Ashley moved one higher and went to St. Louis. For the fourth time the place dangled empty. Day Clerk l'otter stivod for pormo tlon on the register with Hichens be low. No oue even gambled on th? chances. "It's Potter," they said, and thought no more of it. ("ulthorpe did not hurry up from the race tracks to till in the vaeancv. On the night he came. Hichens at the desk got only a nod its ("ulthorpe rolled on past and entered the vault. He always made those trips to tin safety vault when he had been at tin races. Hichens saw him enter, but, sunt nioued to t'ae register by an overflow of sporting men, was not aware that Jack Shannon, the mail clerk, dosed the door and bolted It. unconsciously imprisoning ("ulthorpe, the only one v. ho knew the vault combination. It was Hichens who first beard Oult'.torpe's frantic pcuuding against the vault doors. Instantly he realized the other's predicamei t. How long might one live?that one * heav y, apoplectic man in the si ill itig air of a safety vault? This (nought passed through the night clerk's l>raiti like electricity. Then others came on the run. for l>y now all the help knew that the ' boss" was imprisoned in his own safety vault. "Why not blow out the look with nitroglycerine?" some one was demanding with excruciating idiocy. The corridors were now tilled with witless curiosity seekers. Hiehens, i ppaiantly the only sane man proat nt, bent over his desk, flushes passlug constantly over his set features. i' twarillv collected, within he boiled like a pot. He had it in his power to release Cultborpe. Remembering that the "boss" had been a telegrapher form erly, a plan had instantly originated in the younger titan's fertile brain. NVhv didn't he put it in effect? The knocks were becoming hysterical and irregular. Ctllthorpe was certainly in danger, if only from excitement. Suddenly Hiehens straightened, and catching up the nearest article? a paper weight?he shouldered anil e! bowed his way to the vault. Then, hacked by the breathless crowd, he tapped a Morse code message to the imprisoned man, asking for the combination. After a pause, with indiscernible feebleness, tbe answer was returned with the blade of a pen knife. Of course it was short work, with the combination, to release Cultborpe. ah soon as tne door swung back, the prisoner reeling out. Hichens re turned to the desk in no mood for thanks, nut "Grouch" followed him as soon as he got his wind. "This isn't a ease of gratitude," Hichens intercepted him; "1 debated whether to let you out or not. ' I meant to screw a promise from you to let me have the promotion. Understand ?" Culthorpe nodded. "You'll get that, all right; not be cause," he explained, warding off the other's interruption, "you released me, but because you waked up and showed some wit." And he walked away. The king and queen of Knglnnd nearly always takes luncheon witli Princess Victoria, after which the two women go for a drive, but return in time for tea. The queen likes to have her intimate friends with her for this, and invitations to afternon tea are the most prized of all royal favors, for only friendship can procure them. A woman at Mount Carmel. II#., appears to be a bird lover. She began life as a Bird, her that husband was named Martin, her second Crow, and her third Robin. Now she has marbled a fourth, and taken to Buzzard'e nest a little Crow, two Martin's and a Robih. I>r. Roberts's suggestion in 1881 of sewing wounds of the heart was re ceived as a joke. Dr. Rehn of Germany in 1887 got the first recovery from hbart wound. Altogether therf ha\c been lt'? such operations, with seven amazing recoveries. ;1 i1 TO MAKE TUFTED CUSHION* Tou will like tufted cushions modi better than lbs ordinary kind tor your backless chair, or the little Russian chair In the hall. While < there are countless upholstering materials, the cretonnes are very nice for such cushions and they are clean looking too. Select a good grade of cretonne and make the cushion wider than the chair seat, because tutting will take up material in length and width. Of course the side piece is one long strip, usually about four inches wide and it can be made with a welt edge by first stitching the side piece to the top portion, allowing at least one inch for a seam. After the seam is made place a heavy cord around the edge and whip it in place; turn the goods and sew closely along the edge of the cord and you will n?\?' h KMiiuieu weu or cora euge on th?- outside edge, u gixul finish. Tfcs best filling, of course, is coarse hair used for upholstering work, though one can get jute or moss at an upholsterer's for the purpose. The lower portion can be sewed on three sides of the cushion, and this sewing should all he done on the machine* with the heaviest thread the needlo will carry. To place the bultous ?t will lie necessary to have upholsterer's needles; they can be purchased In different lengths suitable for Htiteh ing through a mattress of any depth. Place the central button first. Hub the needle from the bottom of tbo cushion to the top. slip on the cretonne button, thrust the needle closely to the thread and push it through the mattress; draw it as tightly mi possible and tie. Next place a button above this one. leaving a spies of about three inches, then place the next button to the rigM or left, tbefe one below the central button, alwayw working around the central one to keep it uniform. A curved needle used to place buttons on the side, but this work is almost too difficult for an amateur. Having the buttons in pla< e, the lower portion can be lined with a sofe material matching th? cover. Small hassocks can be mado in similar manner, only they are lined with oilcloth and the ears aro sewed in when the material Is stitched together and cord is used to hid* seams. interesting. American women have gone falwhair mad! They started with a switch added 'a rat. and finally puffs, not by twos and fours, but by the dozen. All of which lias to do with dead Chinamen. Chinese coffins are being robbed by the hundreds of the Queues. A ton of Chinese hair, some of H from the head of decapitated bandits. has just arrived in New York on tb? big freighter Wray Castle. Tweutyiwo more cases of pigtails arrived cm the British steamer Seneca. Both consignments are direct from Chinese cemeteries. The hair is being made over into "rats," puffs, curls and switches. There is a demand [or all the Cb?ne.se hair that is offered. The markel price is .">0 cents an ounce, aud is steadily advancing. Have Beautiful Teeth. If you wish to have pretty teeflt you must remember that alter every time you eat you must clean your teeth, and do it immediately, as to cave particles of food about your teeth is to invite malignant bacteria Cleanliness cannot be obtained by using an old. water soaked toothbrush, nor one which is used ?jonstantly. One should always keep two fairly stiff toothbrushes, and when one has been used for two days it should be washed in carbolic acid water and laid in the sun and air for two days. Carbolic acid water >e made liy putting two drops of carbolic add into a pint of ladled water. As soon as your toothbrush becomes* discolored on the back it should b? thrown away. To Restore Blue Dress Color. Wash it carefully, then place It In a basin of water containing oxollc acid, one teaspoonftil of dissolved acid to a half gallon of water. l,eav? it in the water until the color Is restored, which will be about one-half hour, perhaps. As I his acid will rot goods, the garment should be thoroughly rinsed to remove every particle of acid. An iron rust on blue, material can be removed with this acid, making no change in the gooda. Polishing the Stove. An easy way Jo keep (ho stove -hining is to buy a paint brush, to keep the hands from coming in con' tact with (he polish, and have * polishing brush that is made especially for stoves. Apply the polish with the paint brush while the stove is lake warm. Allow It to dry and then polish. A beautiful shine wiM he the result without much time or lalior. Mix the polish to the consistency of thick creain with soapsuds. The Postal Shower. If you happen to #>ave a girl frtendl away on a visit and know her birthday is near at hand, arrange to have ier numerous friends send postal' cards on the day. Bven if a birthlay is not at hand the cards will he -.'really appreciated by the recipient t Hend them so that all will arrive a1 he same time. I It tie niceties ot Ins kind add much to tin; enjoyment of girl life and are incidents to ha long remembered. mm - i LM