The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 27, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII
CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 190!)
PALMETTO NEWS ITEMS
Things Doing And Happening In 3unny Carolina,
Told In Condensed And Pithy Phrase.
Woman's Monumeut Fund.
The Columbia State, which has
conducted the campaign to a flnigb
for tho Woman's Monument fundi
clow) its canvass Saturday evening
with the work substantially complete.
'J ho report by counties Friday morn
ing is as follows :
Hicbland $1,214.00
Charleston 640160
Sumter 030.60
Anderson , 666.65
Marlboro . .., ; 630.06
Marion . 487.00
Spartanburg . 426.70
Aiken 426.15
Newberry ....... 373.0.1
York ^ . ... 373.16
( i rcen wood ... .1 360.24
Darlington .,349.25
(Ircuuvillo 329.75
Lancaster 316.00
Chesterfield 347.60
Abbeville ?;... 239.00
Ham well 233.75
Fluruuo 242.75
Cheater 227.21
< )rnngeburg 221.25
Keralmw 217.68
U*? 212.75
Lexington 211.23
Fa i rile Id 205.00
Laurens . . 193.00
Union 187.25
Edgefield 182.25
Horry 134.30
Georgetown 120.83
Calhoun .' 105.02
Clarendon 103. 00 1
Cherokee 100.00 1
Hampton 89.25
Saluda 86.55
Oc ouoe ?. 85.50 1
Dorchester 85.45
Uuml/cr}? 7~. 82.75
Pickens 54.05
Heoufort 34. 0(
Williamsburg 27.88
Colleton 18.75
Berkley 1,3.50 1
Cotton Presented to Hospital.
. . Anderson, Special. ? Arrangements
are lieing nuulo by the patrons of the
Farmers' Union Ware House Com
pany to present the proceeds from a
bale or more of cotton to the Ander
son County Hospital, and the gift
will be made within the next few
days. A short time ago Mr. T. T.
Wakefield, general manager of the!
ware house, reported that there was |
a large amount of cotton '-on the
floors of the building ? old samples,
etc. ? and tbr.t some disposition
should be made of it. The matter
was mentioned to several of the farm
ers of the county who have had cot
ton stored in tlio ware house, and it
was suggested that the cotton be got
ten together, baled and sold and the
proceeds given to the hospital. This]
suggestion met with the approval of
all of the patrons of the ware house
and will be followed out. Mr. AVake- ;
field said that the cotton will be got
ten up and baled up within the next
few days. There will probably be a
little more than a bale, and the gift
will amount to something at present
prices, and will be appreciated by the
Hospital Association.
Rock Hillian Loses Out in Race For
Census Job.
Kock Hill, Special.? There is con
siderable comment here over the de
feat of John Porter Hollis, a promi
nent young lawyer of this place and
n member of the Legislature from
this county, for tho appointment of
census supervisor of this district.
Consus Director Durand favored Mr,
Hollis, they being close friends, but
Hon. D. E. Finley, of Yorkville, Con
gressman from this district, recom
mended Dr. R. L. Douglas, of Rod
man,- Chester county, and President
Taft appointed him to the place.
Friends of Mr. Hollis hero would like
very much to have seen him appoint
ed tc the place.
Rally fcr Lexington.
Lexington, Special. ? Through the
efforts of County Superintendent of
Education A. D. Martin, this county
will have an educational rally on the
30th of this month, the rally to be
held in tho court house here. Among
tho speakers will be Congressman A.
F. Lever and other prominent men
of the county. .
Camden Celebrates Dispensary
Downfall.
Camden, Special. ? One thonsnnd
people celebrated the voting out of
the dispensary in Hampton park
Thursday night, where speeches were
made by M. L. Mitchell, 0. W; Birch
more, Rev. L. "A. Mitchell, Dr. Sr P.
Brasington and others. Bonfires
lighted the streets, the flro wagons
paraded and church bells were rung.
The enthusiasm and rejoicing were
intonse and . the demonstration wait
notablo.
' 1 1 Bad Btora-**
Gaffney, Spccial. ? Gaffney and
vicinity was visited Sunday night by
the heaviest rain which baa fallen for
years. Thickety and Beaverdaip
creeks were higher than they have
been for years, and large quantities
of com
been
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I Lexington Is Prospering.
Islington, 8peei?l.~-l)espit6 tho
bad crop prospects in some sections
of the county the merchants as a
rule, are planuing for a heavy fall
business. They have all purchased
large' stock# of merchandise end uro ,
sanguine over the future prospect i
for business. With the price of cot- j
ton ranging around tho 12 cent#
mark the farmers, too, are hopeful,
realizing that even if Ihcro be u abort J
crop the result will be very near the \
same as last year, the difference in j
price making up for I ho shortage.
Tho three cotton mill^ of the coun
ty have perhaps never ,been in better
shape. They are running on full time
and in strict compliance with the law
as regards the employment of chil
dren under a certain age. While the
price of the necessaries of life has
been the highest in many years, the
laborers are said to he doing well,
many of them having bank accounts
and Having money. Tho laborers em
ployed in tho cotton mills in this
county are of a high standard, only
the best that can be secured being
employed by tho managers of the
different plants. The hands work
steadily and are seemingly a hppy
and contented people. r i .
The banks have been doing a good
buiness, many loans having been ne
gotiated during t lie present season
on strong security. At the same time
they have large deposists, which is
evidence that the people have ample
money to meet their obligations the
coining fall.'
Taking everything into considera
tion tho people of this county are in
excellent shape and have no right to
complain. *
Liens in Chester are Many.
Chester, Special. ? At your corre
spondent's request Mr. T. J. Corn
well, the etTieient and accommodat
ing deputy clerk of Court, assisted
by Mr. S. E. Wylie, county treasurer,
who manipulated tho adding machine
and rendered valuable help otherwise
has computed the number of agricul
tural liens in force in Chester county
this year, as recorded on the honks
in the clerk of Court's ofttee. The
number of such papers to date, ex
clusive of the great number that are
never recorded, is 2,287, and tho
amount of indebtedness contracted
by the parties who have given these
liens is $472,909.54, though in many
cases, and, in fact, the majority of
cases, it is stated in the lien that
the lien may be extended to a certain
other figure, which is hamed. Mr.
Cornwell concludes that the amount
given as the total of all liens in Ches
ter county may safely be increased
by one-half, to give the exact amount
of moneys and supplies advanced on
the lien system. The amended
amount will be in the neighborhood
of $709,454.31, making with what is
advanced on unrecorded liens and
chat tie mortgages about one million
dollars in the way of crop credits
for Chester county outside of open
accounts.
Wymojo Mills to Double Its Capital
Stook.
Rock Hill, Special.* ? The Wymojo
Mi}ls, which has been in ? operation
here for a few months, will at a
meeting of its stockholders on the
11th of September, increase its capi
tal from $150,000 * to $300,000, by
creating $150,000 of preferred stock.
Mr. W. W. Moore is president of this
mill, with Mr. Sims Gill Wylie, son of
Dr. Gill Wylie, as secretary and
treasurer. The mill gets its name
from Dr. Gill Wylie, of New York;
Mr. W. W. Moore and Dr. J. B. John
son, of this city, who were tho prime
movers in starting it.
Will Protest the Election.
Columbia, Special. ? The prohibi
tionists of Richland county will pro
test the election of Tuesday. At a
meeting of the prohibition leaders
Thursday night it was decided to
take this step. Mr. I). W. Robinson,
attorney, declined to make known the
grounds of protest. The papers will
be filed next Tuesday.
Clinton Votes For Bonds.
Clinton, Special. ? Clinton Tuesday
voted $12,500 in bonds, to bo spent
in adding to the graded school build
ing and property. Ono thousand,
three hundred and fifty dollars of
this is to be spent in securing an
adjoining piece of property, to be
added to the school grounds. The re- J
mender will be .used on an addition
to the present school building and
a heating plant for the entire build
ing.- CliiUon has for some time need
ed better school facilities, and when
this amount is expended she will
have a school of which she need not
be ashamed.
0? i if gellagra Around Greenville. \
Greenville, Special. ? There are fffatl
or seven cases of pellagra in and
AKtafid the city of Orcenville, all bad \
cases, said a leading specialist in the
city Wednesday when discnssing the
disease in South "Carolina, the symp
toms, the remedies, the duration of
tl* disease aft* other facts of in
terest concerning this mysterious
disease, which has come to. be moro
deadly spectre than the dread
CHURCH STATISTICS
Nearly 33,000,000 Oliurch Members
in the U. 8.?61. 6 Per Oeut. Pro'
testant.
Washington, S|?eciul.~ -Thut the
church members in the United Slates
numbered nearly thirty-threeNnillions
In 1000; that there were n billion and
a quatrer dollars invested in church
edifices; that every day eight new
churches sent their spires skyward;
that males f< ruled considerably less
than half the total church member
ship; that a larger percentage <?f
Uutbolio mules than Protestant males
were members; that in 10 States .the
majority of the total church mein
bership wore Roman Catholic; but
that of the grand total of church
members reported for the United
States (51. (5 per eeut were Protes
tants and 36.7 .per cent Human Cath
olics;, these are the salient and con
spicuous facts appearing in the proof
sheets of a United State* Census
Bureau bulletin, prepared by Chief
Statistician William C. Hunt of the
li vision of population, of the Un.ited
States Census Bureau.
The bulletin will be issued, this
month, It is in the nature of an ab
stract of the comprehensive report,
now in press, giving the results of
the tilth census of religious bodies in
'.lie United States.
It is stated that United States Cen
sus statistics of church membership
by sex were collected for the first
lime in 190(5. Of (lie total number of
members reported by thev various re
unions bodies and classified b.y sex,
43,1 per cent were males and 50.9
per cent females. Among (I19 Pro
I octants the difference was greater,
uily 39.3 per cent being males. In
'l)'? Roman Catholic churches there
were relatively more males, (lie num
ber forming 49.3 per cent of the total
membership.
Of the total estimated population
if continental United States in 190(5,
'he church members formed 39.1 per
:ent as against 32.7 per cent for 1890,
imounting to 0.4 per cent more in
1 900 than in 1890. Of this (5.4 per
cent increase, the Roman Catholic
ihurch is credited with 4.4 per cent,
md (he Protestants with 1.8 per cent,
the remainder beinjf divided among
ill other denominations.
It is stated in the bulletin that the
'otal number of members reported by
lie various religious bodies for 190(5
was 32,930,445, of which number (he
Protest ants wore credited with 20,
287.74, and the Roman Catholic with
12.079,142. Of t lie Protestant bodies
:he Methodist mini breed 5,749,838;
".lie Baptists 5,002.234; the Lutherans
2.112,494; the Presbyterians 1,830,
555 ; and the Disciples of Christians,
1,142,359.
Of the total of 32930.4-15 church
members, (51.(5 per cent were Protes
tants; 30.7 per cent Roman Catho
lic; and 1.7 per cent, members of
?ther religious organizations. The
rate of increase shown for the Roman
Catholic Church is 93.5 per cent,
which is more than twice that for all
die Protestant bodies combined. The
Methodists reported 17.5 per cent of
ill Protestant church members; the
Baptists, 17.2 per cent.
The total number of local religions ;
organizations in 1900 is given as
212,230, an increase since 1890 of 47,
179, or 28.5 per cent. The Protestants I
are credited with an increase in this
particular amounting to 27.8 per
cent; the Roman Catholic, 21.1} j>?r
;ent ; the Jewish congregations,
231.9 por ccnt; and the Latter-day
3aints, 38.3 per cent.
The Methodists reported the larg- !
est number of local organinztlons,
34,701; the Baptists reported 54,880;
the Presbyterians, 10,500; the Luth- I
erans, 12,703; and the Roman Catho
lics, 12,482.
Other interesting features of the
bulletin are thoBe showing that the
total seating capacity of churches
was 58.536,830, an increase over the
1890 United States Census figures of
34.4 per cent; that the rate of in
3rease was practically the same for
both Protestants and Roman Caibo
tics, and kept pace with the increase
in population; and that $1,25/, 575,*
507 was invested in church edifices
in 1900. The total amo-nt of debt
was $108,050,940, .of 8.0 >er cent of
;he total value; of this total the Pro
:estant bodies owned $53,301,254 and
;hc Roman Catholics, $49,488,055. In
16 n majority of the church
members wer? Roman Catholic; in
29 States, lV/.^stant ; and in 1, i
Utah, Latter-day Saints.
Five Killed and Twelve Injured by
Explosion at Gasworks.
Geneva, Switzerland, By Cable ?
Five persons were killed and 12 dan
gerously injured by an explosion at
the eity gasworks Monday Tho ex
plosion occurred in the purifying
chamber, between the two principal
*nsometres. A Targe number of doe
tors answered tho call to attend the
wounded, who, later, were <onveyed
to the city hospital in ambulance*.
Thousands of spectators were at
tracted by the explosion and it was
reported that many persons had been
killed.
Locomotivfr Rn&s Qvar Auto.
Kankakee, 111., Special. ? Mrs. I
George Granger, wife of a retired
Kankakee merebantr ?n4-Miaa Gene
vieve Rabig, an eloention teaeher of
Chicago, were ' instantly killed and
five occupants of a touring ear JWMd
seriously injured Monday when the
machine was run over by a Big Four
locomotive and cabooee in Kankakee.
LTlit flirty %i< on tl^Wav to Monnd
? of the
SHOT FOR ALLIGATOR
News of a Deplorable Killing
Reached Florence.
Florence, Special.' ? The account of
a deplorable killing tian just reached
the city from CImushcu, about twelve
miles southeast of the city, in this
county, ami Coroner S. 1). Cooper
lias gone lo Clattssen to investigate
and to liohl au tn?|iu>Nt . The facts
ure obtained from a citizen of Claua
sen are as follows: Three bomb of
Mr. T, I), Garrison, of Cluutisen, went
hunting in Jeffrey's Creek swamp for
squirrel. After reaching the run of
Uie creek they claim they saw what
they took to be an alligator lying be
tides .a tree, and one of the boys fired
hi? gin; at the supposed M gator. " Ah
soon 08 they fired they saw the ob
ject fall over in the water ami then
ran. A later investigation showed
that the boys had shot an old negro
hy the name of Madison Smalls, and
he was found in the water in a de
plorable condition. Helief Was sent
for, and the old nwin was removed to
his home and a physician sent for,
but it was of no avail as the old man
died the next night. Some of - the
people of the neighborhood seem to
think that the hoys knew that it was
old matt Small*, and shot him for
fun, thinking they would not hurt
him seriously, but that remains lor
the jury to find,
Liouor Law to Be Enforced.
Anderson, Special. ? licports re
ceived hero indicate that the conn
lies which went dry in Hie dispen
sary election on Tuesday are prepar
ing already to enforce the'law. In
Orangeburg especially the people
seem determined. In Springfield, one
of (lie leading towns in that county,
the municipal officers ^ot wind of a
ease of whiskey consigned to an as
sumed name and the authorities, ac
companied by a number of citizens,
marched en masse to the express of
fice, secured tho liquor and emptied
it into the street. The usual rumors
of election contests are reported from
both sides. In Richland the drys
claim that they were not represented
on t lie board" of election managers
and they also charge that irregulari
ties in voting were allowed in favor
of tho wets. It. is not beli.cved, how
ever, that the contests in any of the
counties will amount to much, and
that the. future of the county dispen
sary system in South Carolina will bo
decided by the next session of tho
State Legislature.
Taylor Ncsbet Shot by Burglar.
Lancaster, Special, ? About 2
o'clock Sunday morning as n party
of vonng men were passing the
II yatt-Massey company's store in
Van Wyck they heard a noise in tho
building and started to investigate.
As they were about to enter the rear
door a ninn came out, fired at the
party with a shotgun and then ran
off. The load struck Taylor H. Ncs
bet, one of the young men, the shot
lodging in his shoulder, throat and
fa oo, inflicting serious wounds. He
was taken on an early train to Char
lotto for treatment by his uncle, Dr.
Olin Ncsbit. Immediately after the
shooting a couple of Van Wvck cit
izens came to Lancaster after Sheriff
Hunter, the officer .returning with
them to the scene, leaving here about
daylight. The sheriff, who is famous
for his shrewd defective work, was
not long in laying his hands on the
right man, who proved to be a young
negro in the community, Sam Stinson
and he is now in jail, having been
brought here by tho sheriff.
Suo3 Drug Store For $20,000.
Greenville, Special. ? A suit has
been brought for $20,000 damages
against the Highland Drug company
of Greer by Mr. J. M. Styles of that
city, who claims that he had a pre
scription filled which called for a six
tieth of a grain of strychnine and
that the defendant company, which
filled the prescription, made the
amount of strychnine in the prescrip
tion a quarter of a grain.
Pellagra Claims Victim.
Union, Special. ? Mrs. Lona Brooks
died at Buffalo Saturday night. The
cause of her death was pellagra, the
malady that is causing so much alarm
throughout fhe South. ? Mrs. Brooks
was 34 years old and leaves a hus
band and six children. The body
was taken to Clyde, N. C., for inter
cr.t. Tb<?? ?ro said to be several
cases of this malady in and around
Union.
Shortage Scttlod. "
Edgefield, Special ? The grand jury
has met here to consider the recent
shortage of ex-Treasurer J. T. Pat
terson. Ex-Governor Shcppard ap
peared for I)r. Patterson and his
bandsmen, while Solicitor Timmer
tran locked after the interest of the
Slate and county. After hearing:
these, gentlemen and holding a con
sultation with the Legislative delega
tion a resolution was passed by tho
body recommending a compromise or
adjustment noon fhe basis of the
payment of $5,800, which was ac
cepted, $5,000 to go to the county
ond the remainder to the State.
Crushed to Death by Freight Train.
Ijincaster, Special. John ?
Bridges, a j'oung white man, member
of the crew of a Southern freight
rtain, was instantly ViIIed aT the de
pot here Monady night. He was on
top of a box car adjusting the break
when a string of cars strnek the ono
I ion which he was standing, knocking
him off and falling he
was crushed to death by t* e moving I
ears, his left arm and leg being cut J
and his face horribly mangled.
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TUFT DISMISSES SEVEN 7"
WEST POINT HftZERS
Cadets Punished Because Ro
lando Sutton Was Hurt
VICTIM WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Attacked While Doing Sentry Duty |
He Defended Himself mid 1'np- !
{ tnrrd Two A snail ? ms ? lie \V?h
Then Disabled With Tent Poles.
West Point, N. Y. ? An order from
President .Toft dismissing seven on- J
detH from the United Slates Military |
AcHdomy was announced when the j
cadelH were assembled on parade. |
The cadots wero concerned In t i
hazing of Cadet Rolando Sutton, a !
brother of Lieutenant James N. Sut
ton, of thtf Murine Corps at Annapo
lis, a second investigation Into whoso
death resulted In the finding that
Lieutenant Sutton killed himself
either by accident or design.
Tlio cadets dismissed are: John 11.
Booker, Jr., of West Point, Ca., first
class; Klehard W. Hooker, Kansas j
City, Mo., third elans; ICarlo W. Dun- j
more, UUca, N.Y., third class: Chnun
cey C. Devoro, Wheeling, W. Va.,
third class; Gordon l.efebvre, Rich
mond, Va., third class; Albert K.
Crane, llawarden, Iowa, third class; .
Jacob S. Fortner, Dothon, Ala., third I
class.
The action of the President, upholds '
the action of the board which u?vesl|. |
gated hazing at West Point, and of |
Colonel Hugh I/. Scott, Superintend- .
ent of the Academy.
On the morning of June 14 last, Ca- !
dot Itolando Sutton, of the fourth or
"plcbc" class, reported sick, and was I
ordered to the hospital badly bruised j
and suffering great pain, lie did not
report for duly a:^alh until twenty- j
three days later, and his case Immo- 1
diately become a matter of concern j
to the upper classmen, when it was j
seen that the authorities proposed to !
dig to the bottom of It.
Before the board of In vestluatlon ,
?which was immediately ordered, Rut- ,
ton, true to the unwritten esxle of the j
corps, proved a reticent wlth"K'>. Sut- ,
ton gave a comnleto narrative of his
adventures on tho night of June 13, j
but professed to have been unable to '
recognize any of his assailants.
The board, whose report led to the j
dismissal of the cadets, was presided ]
over by Lieutenant-Colonel Sibley,
with Captain Oscar J. Charles, 'of the
Seventeenth ? Infant ry, and Captain M.
F. Smith, of the Twentieth Infantry,
IIS J (? n la "Got* 1 7 ii .? 1
most daily for over a mTfnTh. During
this period 12!". cadets were examined
under oath as to hazing conditions at |
West point this year,
On the ni.^ht of tho attack, fnr <
which the cadets have been dismissed,
Cadet Sutton was walking on a lonely
post when ;i number of third cla?s
men, dressed In while cheets, sudden- j
ly rau out of the woods and attacked ;
him with tent poles.
Sutton, tVho is an athlfete, was on
the alert, and rucceeded In capturing
two of his assailants, but he was dis
abled by a blow from a tent pole nf
ter ho- had beaten off threo attacks.
He was injured go seriously that be
was three weeks In the hospital,
DEATH IN AUTO RACES.
Driver Rourque ond Mechanician Hol
conibo Killed at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind. ? Wm. Bourque, ,
driver, and Harry Holeombe, bis me- j
chanlclan, wore killed at the opening ;
of tho Indianapolis Motor Speedway ;
when their automobile, going at the
rate of seventy-five miles an hour,
was ditched. Holcombe's neek was
broken and he died Instantly. 1
Bourquo lived ten minutes after I
reaching tho hospital.
A sudden veering, a skid, and the i
ear was in the ditch with Its oecu- j
pants, who wero in the Presto-Lite ;
contest of 260 miles. The tragedy oc- ;
eurred on the fifty-fourth lap, when
Bourque, hurling the car through
space at the rate of seventy-five miles
an hour, had fought his way to fourth
place In a field representing the great- J
est pilots and most powerful speed :
machines In Amcrlca.
Bourquo was tho Sprlnpfleld
(Mass.) man who finished second to i
Chevrolet in tho Cobo race at Crown j
Point. Holeombe was twenty-two \
years of ago and a native of Grand- 1
vllle, Mass.
7,500,000,000 DRINKS MISSED.
Prohibition Statisticians Say That
Means 1,408,008 Men Went Dry.
Chicago, II!. Drinkers in the
United States have "gone shy" 7,500,
000,000 drinks In tho last two years.
That is tho gist of statistics issued
from Prohibition national headquar
ters.
In the same period, the statisticians j
assert, 1,408,098 men who wero ac- I
customed to take an average of four i
drinks of grog each day have become I
total abstainers. If the 7,500.000,
000 drinks that were missed had gone
across the bar for consumption they
would havo cost $404,449,997.15 at
the regular prices, and if they had
been poured Into a tank of sufficient
capacity they would have floated a
fleet of battleships.
Of this enormous shrinkage from
expected figures of Increase of liquor
production, the whisky total Is 27,*
882,fib7 gallons, while tho beer pro
duction In the same time shows a net
shrinkage of 35,120,472,697 gallons.
Finds Pearls in tho Mississippi.
Reno Miller, of Racine. Wis., re
turned from the western part of the
State, where he was the finder of two
pearls, valued at $10,000, in the His- ?
sissippl Rivsr, near PratrflrdTr Chtwrri
Miller is a laborer; and had been em
ployed as a truckman at a small
salary.
Mrs. D?ii?l JRIdgwajr Knight Dead.
Mrs. Daniel Rldgway Knight, wire ]
of the American artist, died in Paris,
Fraaee. marriage she
was Rebecca Morris Webster.
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no YOUNG BATHERS DROWN
r '
Virginia Paul Tries to Rescue
W. B. Lesslg.
Iloth Victim* Wt'i* Prominent In thd
I'H.sliloonhlc C'livle* of J'liil ulelphitt
? 1 Tlu-y Were Kx|>crt Swimmer*,
Wildwood, N. J,? -*W. Flrook Lesstg,
a prominent lawyer, of Philadelphia,
and Mtba Virginia Paul, one of tho
leaders of the younger set, In Quaker
City society, wero drowned near Wild
wood Crest. Mlsa Paul, who was
twenty-ono years ol<l and nn expert
swimmer, ? lost her life in tho swift
and treacherous ocejin current In an
effort to tavo her companion.
LcbbIk and t lie young woninn came
over from Philadelphia and y< rij
'guests in the household of Morion Z. I
Paul la Ms tuimmor home in Wild
wood Crest.
Tho pair, accompanied by aoverai
of their mutual friendfl, walked along, 1
Just beforo sundown, until they !
reached n point Home distance below j
the regular bathing grounds. The.
life guard" had gone olf duty, hut 1
that gavo tht'tii no concern, because,
both were strong and during swim- (
mora, Entering the surf, both wero
Boon beyond the breakers.
"Hob only making believe," Bald
ono of tho little group on the shore,
when Ix?8Hlg threw up bin hands.
There were cries of alarm when Les
Kig disappeared 'from view with a
despairing Hhout borno but faintly
to shore.
Willi breatlileBB auspenso their
friends watched Miss Paul approach
Losslg. She was Been, to -each him,
and the two appeared to tho watchers
to bo working slowly toward Bhore,
but in a moment or two th?y wero
submerged by a huge wave. Whon
they ciime up again Into vision they
bad drifted still further out.
Tho 11 fo savers launched a boat
anil rowed with all their strength
toward tho drowning pair. They had
hardly gone half way when Lessig
dirf'ppcnred for the last time.
M-iKH Paul continued her unequal
battle In th? rough water, but beforo
tho boat readied her she, too, was
swallowed up by the oconn.
Miss Paul was a stepdaughter of
Clarence Jcifrlen, a Pennsylvania
Railroad ohlclal. Bho lived in
Swarthmore, Pa., a Buburb of Phila
delphia. ? .
WEALTHY. WOMAN MURDERED.
"
Dragged From Lonely II ,nio ant]
Ilea ten to Dentil.
Broxtor, Ga. ? Miss Mattlo Ora
hmn, !>!'.? of tu-n ulutnvfj wan
, murdered near Hokesbury, Coffee
i County. She was^d ragged from her
| home half a mile, where It is ovldont
there was a desperate. etruggle. Tho
! body v u:j beaten and tho skull
crushed.
The motive was robbery. MIhs Gra
ham was a wealthy woman. Her Bis
ter was away from homo at tho time
of tho murder.
Sheriff ltlcketBon arrestod William
McLeod, u youth employed on tho
Graham farm. Ho confessed know
ing where tho body had been hidden,
although ho denied having murdered
the woman. A. B. Carter, another
tenant, also was arrested.
$100,000 BABY DEAD IN 3 WEEKS.
Her Birth Saved to Parents a Farm
Near Frankfort, Ky.
Frankfort, Ky. ? Tho throe weeks'
old daughter of J. F. and Clementino
Deshon, tho "$100,000 baby," died In
their homo in the country.
It was tho birth of this child which
saved to Mrs. Deshon and Mrs. Clark,
nieces of James A. Holt, tho $100,
000 farm in tho county, which was
to go to tho Clark Masonic Lodge, of
Jeffersonvllle, Ind., If they died with
out issue. Lawyers here say the
lodge has no claim upon the prop
erty.
WOMAN PROFESSOR APPOINTED.
Miss Smith Takes Chair of Mathe
matics In California.
Boone, Iowa. ? Miss Adelaide
Smith, a native of this city, has been
electcd to the chair of mathematics
In tho University of California. Miss
Smith Is regarded as a brilliant stu
dent and an accomplished pianist.
She left Boone for Chicago, where her
parents now live, several years ago.
From Lhera r.ho went to Johannes
burg, South Africa, to take the chair
of mathematics in tho university
there.
Pafe Roller Shot Through Ilend.
Two men mado an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the sate in the oftlce of
the Cllffo House, at Manltou, Col.
James Morrow, tho day clerk,, shot
ono of the men, Edward Clark,
through the head, fatally wounding
hliu, and received a bullet through
his own clothing. The other robber
escaped, but was captured.
Addlcks Property Sold at Newport.
As a result of a Judgment Of $450.
In favor of tho Newport Foundry and
Machine Company against J. Edward
Addicks, of New York City, Deputy
Sheriff Frank King sold at auction
personal property, including house
hold furnlturo and a power-boat, at
Newport, R. I.
Crowds Excluded <at Beverly.
Crowds of curious visitors besieged
the summer White House at Beverly,
Mass., but were denied admittance to
the grounds by Secret Sr
Charlie Tuft's Boat Capsized.
Charlie Taft** dory capsized and
himself and companion -were thrown
into the sea in view of the President,
who was on his yacht off Salem, Mass.
Both rcwcygd themselves- -beforo -aid
reached them.
j United States Officials Drowned.
United 8tatos Deputy Collector of
Customs John Donaldson and Immi
gration Inspector Robert Hilde were
drowned near Sheffield, Tet?s. The
carriagflKin whiefc 4hey were crossing
a otorknxd, _
FIVE U KILLED
ill 8THE RIOT
Strikebreakers Shot Down by
McKees' Rocks Strikers.
MANY OTHERS ARE WOUNDED
* f '
Women Throw Boiiibs-<r-T<cad Attnclc
on tl?o Trooper!?, nml Are Not ?
Stopped l>y ? Volley 1'JrcU Over
Their Head/).
Pittsburg, Pa. ? At lehst five men
nro dead, thirteen badly hurt and
scores moro pr less Injured as the re
sult of desperato fighting at McKeeti'
Roc '(a between forces of tho Stato
constabulary, deputy sheriffs and
strikebreaker!! on cue side and tho
striking employes of the Pressed Stoel
Car Company and their sympathizers
on the other.
The conflicts were the cll.nat of a
day of violence, In which an attempt
wns made to blow up the mill?, loyal
employee of the company were badly
beaten and shot, and a mob of women
threw bombs ?t tin* <?. >PHtnV.i]aiy ar.d
wrecked company restaurants.
Tho dead were: Harry EXter. dep
uty sheriff, aged flfty-fivo, shot and
beaten to death; John L. Williams,
Btato trooper, Greetftjbui'K, riddled
with bullets by strikers; three men,
supposed to be strikebreaker*}.
Tho Injured were: Luclen W.
.Tones, Stato trooper, beaten and shot;
William O'Donneli, State trooper, of
New Haven, Conn., shot near the
heart; John C. Smith, Slate trooper,
of Mt. Carmel, shot six times; Gcoi-go
M. Kltch, Stato trooper, of Columbia,
Pn., shot in arm and scalp wounds;
Adam Gubornot, supposed siilke
brenker, shot five times; Mike Tyso
wnski, of Schoenvillc, etrlker. shot .
through body by troopers; George
Jernesnkl, shot through back, likely
to die; Frank Naihct, fatally t;hot in
shoulder and chtst by troopci'a; John y
Suter, shot through body.
After darluici'3 the strikers wore In
a particularly ugly mood, and armed
patrols wero out hunting fir strike
breakers. Tho violence began when
Harry Exler was discovered on a
street car going away from tho plant.
FJxter was formerly a Pittsburg po
liceman, and had been serving 03 a
deputy sheriff on duty at the mills.
Tho strikers wero evidently of tho
opinion that ho wbb a strikebreaker,
he having admittedly served in this
capacity ut different strikes previous
ly. Tho strikers had been stopping
all cars during the evening, and whefi
tViov fnv. 11 el fin fino (if tilRtn nP.ar
tho notorious G'Donovan Bridge, they
rushed to attack him.
Hxler pulled his pistol to defend
himself, but was knocked down with
n rock. Rising on his knees In the
bottom of the car, from which all oth
ers but tho strikers had iled, ho
pourc.d allot after Ebot. Into the at
tacking party, but with clubs nnd
stones they beat him down and half
n dozen shots wero flrcd into his
body. i ,
Hearing tho shooting, a detach
ment of Stato troopers came dashing
up. Tho strikers wero ordered to dis
perse, but, sighting three strange men
near tho bridge, they opened flro and
killed these men. \ _
Tho troopers at this opened fir?,
and several strikers wero shot, but
were quickly helped away. The mob
thf.n turned its attention to the Stato
troopers, and poured a withering flro
iuto them. Williams fell from his
horso dead, nnd Smith, Jones, O'Don
nell and Kltch nlso were unhorsed.
Thon tho dozen remaining troopers
opened fire in earnest, and tho real
result of their fusillade will perhaps
never bo known, Later, ftt leaat
twenty wounded persona were hur^
ried along tho streets, and som3 limp
bodies wero also being carried.
Tho effort to blow up the entire
plant of the Pressed Steel Car Com?
pany wa? made early in the morning*
and would have succeeded except for
the premature explosion of * spial]
blast which warned the guards and
set them investigating. The big .
searchlight on the works was shot
out by the striker# shortly^fcStcr mid
night, and under cover of the dark
ness nitroglycerin? and dynamito
wore nlaeed on four sldnsof the mills,
one r.mall Quantity exoioaed too soon,
tearing out part of the wall of tho
main office. This gavo warning to
thoso insldo, and r.rmod moti wero
quickly sent out to investigate. Tho
work of tho dynamiters was in^er*
ruptcd and they fled. Inside an hour
the mfen who went out secured
enough explosives to blow up tho
entire town.
Lieutenant Smith and twenty
troopers of tho Stato constabulary
were attacked by BOO women near the
company restaurant. Tha troonor*
fired over tho heads of tho womsa,
but they did not heed tha Bhots,
pressing only closer in order that they
might throw small ? bombs. All of
theso failed to explode. Tin mou,
finding matters so serious, usc-d tho
butts of, their guns and chased tho
womon away. More than a dozen of
the bomb3 wero gathered up and
turned over to the authorities.
Army Reduction Snvos Millions.
It was said in Washington, D. C.
that tho reduction in tne strength o.
tho army and navy, pursuant to the
Taft policy of retrenchment, was ex
pected to savo $13,000,000.
Bolton Hull Returns.
Bolton Hall, just returned frou.
Europe, says hs learned much to holp
In his "back to tho laud" movement
In New York City.
CHICAGO MERCHANT KILLED.
All Those Injured iu Auto Accidcnt
Near Now Brunswick WiU Recover.
New Brunswick, N. J. ? Large
crowds visited the Bcommcrt th* auto
accident four miles sonth of hore.
which resulted in the death of George
a. McLean, Jr., and his father, ~
A. McLean, Sr., of Marshall '
Co.. Cbleagojv
The youngf
ters, Miss Hai
toMly hart.