The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 08, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII,
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CAMDEN, 8. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909.
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NO. 39,
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WEEK'S UISTOMC EVENTS
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New York's Greatest Crowd Sees
Marching of Fighting Men.
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BEST OF FULTON PAGEANTS
Tivcntjr-flvo Thousand Men la 14m
and 2,0*0,000 looking On?
Riitlsh It< d-f;<?aiM una Cte Ttt&gmZ
Goosc-Ste^ Attract Attention.'
New York City.~--Twenty-flyf thou
sand fighting men, drawn from nil the
principal navlos of the world and
from every brand* of the United
States Army and Navy, passed In re
view In the great military parade that
will atand out as the moBt brilliant
pageant of the Hudson-Fulton cele
bration.
Not less tban 2,250,000 persons
viewed the parado, anij it aroused
them to an enthusiast) that left them
tired, hoarse and happy. The first
big ^ thrill camo when Governor
Hugnes appeared at the starting point
and the'ihllltar^ bands blared out airs
of the country whoso sailors were
about to march. '* God Save the
King "Die Waclit am Rhelp,- "The
MarBelllniee" ond others ^amo In sue-,
cession, and then, following/a brief,
magnetic i<auset the flr*t botes of
The E'ar Spjansled Banner" rang
out. They carried , clear for three
blocks each way, nnd the crowd,
packed <o suffocation along each
block and In every sldo street, went
wild with enthusiasm.
The post of honor at the head of ?
the marching lino was awarded to tho
Jackles frOm the British ships.. In
their wide. brimmed straw hats ! they
caught the fancy of the spectators at
once , na they swung along, big,
bronzed men, 700 strong; and the
cheers that, greeted > them were re
doubled when n detachment of tho
royal marines came Into- night behind
them nnd furnished the piquant spec
tacle of British redcoats ?nde> arms
In I he streets of New York City.'
A continuous roar of ch'eers aocpm
panied the Germans, who followed
and the -crowd' was delighted to
I the sailors inarch like the be'st-drllled
army regular?, evan leading off after
occasional halts with the odd, showy
goo3e-step. Frenchmen swunv by
to the equeallng and the rattle of/fifes
niiu drums. .Blue.- uniforms with
white straw hats and white leggings
marked tho contingent from the
Dutch cruiser Utrecht, and the Ital
ians, lithe and agile, with thej-lch col
oring and the dark eyes that caused
many a .wojnan's gase to linger, were
conspicuous with whlto spatffthat set
off the trim slmpllcltyof -tho rest of
their Uniform.
Right oil the heels of the Argen
tines and the Mexicans, the last of the
foreigners, came tho sallora of the
American fleet, and. loudly hb thoy
had cheered the visitors, the specta
tors gave all their heatts and voices
to the boys at > /me. Uncle Sam's
tars turned out v/OOO strong," the de
tachment from each ship being pre
ceded by a flag bearing the jhip'a
name, and all along the line the
crowd picked out its favorites, only to
prove its individual fickleness and
general loyalty toy turning to cheer
the next division as soon as one had
passed by. ?
Leading the military forces of the
United States came the $oys the
crowd always loves all the tlrie ? the
West Point Cadets. New York City
has seen them so often it might have
grown used td tha splendid marching
of the future offlcera Of its Army, hut
the sight never rails, and the cadets
never made a braver showing,' nor re
ceived a more uproarious welcome.
Detachments of cavalry, artillery and
Infantry, regulars, militiamen and
-vblunteers" to the number of 10,000
made up the rest of the parade.
The crowds along the line of march
and In the Adjoining streets furnished
In tnemseive? uuw of the mssscrablc
features of the parade. The police
admitted that they never before had
been called . upon to handle such
throngs, tut previous lessons proved
to have besn learned well and there
was far less confusion and dangerous
congestion than ever before. Thai
field' ambulances that had been ln?
stalled at numerous points were ad*>
mlrably conducted and all who re
quired relief were attended to
promptly.
The grandstands wore crowded, but
there was complaint at tho prieea
charged; In spite of the effort* that
had been made to prevent, it, thou
sand* of tickets fell Into the hands af
speculators, who dot only asked W
$5 to $10 for an ordinary r seat, $fit
often were insultingly perttsteqt' 4n
trying to force their sal?a. fieata In
windows sold rapidly, and though lit
tle bdslqess was done in this line in
TPifth avenue, except In the butlneas
buildings at the Tower ehd* the ten
ants of flats and apartment hquaea
"ahmg C^htral Park Weat did nctheal
tate to - take in strangers aF alfrXVVr
age price of |5 a head. :
' ?The parade waa divided Into nta*
divisions. Firat marched tho "sallora
and miriaet of foreign navies. They
were escorted by a platoon of jnpnnt
ed policemen, Grand MarahM Hoe and
his staff and Squadron A, National
Guard of New York. Tha second di
vision wm made up of detachments
from the United States , Coast
Artillery, Marino Corps Revenue
Cutter Service, led by tha West Point
Cadets. Detachments f rose the United
States Army were in the thdrd division
and the fourth division of cciinooa*!
York State, under command of Brig
adier-General George Moore Smltn
end led by Squadron C, cavalry, as
escort, made a magnificent showing
in the fifth division. Colonel Daniel
Appleton commanded the first t?rl
Kitdu mid Colonel John Q. Eddy led
the second brigade. In the second
brigade marched the Ninth Company
of the Coast Artillery Corps of the
Connecticut National Quard.
? The sixth division contained the
Albany Burgees Corps, commanded by
Major J. C. Woodward; . the Old
Qnard of New York, with Major S.
Kills* Drlggs In command, and the
Irleh Volunteers, led by Colonel
Charles J. Crowley. The United
Spanish War Veterans had the sev
enth division, They were commanded
by Urauu W. i Watson.
In the eighth division were the Sons
of Veterans, Commander-ta'-Oblef
George W. Pollltt In command; the
Deutscher-Veterftnen-Bund of 1870
'71, Max Lederer, the president, in
the fore; the United States Volunteer
Life Saving Corps, the Legion of In
dependent Polish Krakusky* under
command of Colonel Stefan 8us*yskl,
and tho Italian Rifle brigade. Cap
tain Thomas O'Reilly was grand mar.
shal of the ninth division, which was
composed of members of the Orand
Army of the Republic. Most of its
participating members were In line on
both sides of the Court of Honor, .and
the younger fighting men marched
between them. There were two old
men In the line, however, In one of
the organisations who were almost I
ozhausted by the time they bad
reached the Court of Honor. Not
withstanding that, they tottered
along, bowing and smiling to every
one who greeted them. At the rear
of the parade, holdlnjg the following
crowds In check, was a platoon of
mounted policemen. Both police
platoons in the line won plaudits for
their military bearing and tho Clever
way In which they handled their
mounts.
The vast crowds were in a good hu
mor, and there were many amusing
incidents to the parade.
"There goes the 'possum cater*," a,
lusty-lunged Individual shouted a*
the head' of the Oeorgla column
reached Forty-second street, where- ?
upon seme of the Georgia's men
laugnrd outright. The Georgia's
band, next to the Connecticut's, is the
Anest In the Atlantic fleet, and when
ft struck "Way Down Upon tho 8u
wanee RlYar-' the crowd in the court
of honor $tood up and yelled.
"Is Bryan going to run again!" a
noisy individual shouted as the Ne
braska's men followed the New Jer
sey contlhgent past the reviewing
stand." Bringing up the rear of the
third section of the Atlantic fleet war
the Rhode Island, "the chowder ship;"
and behind her came the snappy look
ing, SWlft walking jaokles of the Vlr-.,.
glnla, the flagship of the Fourth ?Di
vision.-"'
The reception to the Virginia wa3
as great as was given to any of the
shipS. As the band reached Forty
third street it struck up "My Old Ken
tucky Home," which put everybody
in good hnmor and started an ovation
of cheering. Then the band changed
to "Maryland, My Maryland," the
."Suw^nee River," then "Dixie," and
as the column passed the. Governor to
"Take Me Back to Old Virginia/' The
crowd went wild at this.
~ The Wisconsin's men came after
the Virginia, and then th* boys from
the Missouri hove In sight. "Show
met" the people yelled as tho Mis
souri division passed. They had
brought along NaBma, their goat mas
q?t, the only goat in the world that
Ojin eat without 'Ill-results fresh
green paint, matches jmd tobacco.
riKasma got out of line once, and the
parade almoat stopped while he was
cfeased back to the rear of the col
umn. The Ohio, the last ship In the
Atlantic fleet part of the parade, has
*'? kangaroo, presented the crew by
Australian admirers, and there was
jehUch disappointment expressed be.
cause Antioodes (that Is his name)
was not In line,
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L" TWQ WET VIOTOniKfl.
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prohibition Forces Defeated la Roan*
? oke. Va.. and Knox County, Ind.
~ Roanoke. Va. ? The local option
election here resulted In a victory for
tfce "wets," the majority being ser
toty. This was the second flfcht of
gfcf "drys" against the "wets" .here.
The flrit was fought last spring when
ft fie temperance people wqn by a ma
Jorlty of eighty-two votes. That elec
tion, however, was declared Illegal by
Judge. Staples.
The^campalgn preceding the elec
tion was a warm one, temperance
people from other parts of the< State
coming to thip city and takln* the
platform for the "drys." The liquor
Interests have been equally ardent.
Vlocennes, Ind. ? Knot County
voted "wet" In a local option election.
Forty-one of fbrty-three pre<*lricta -in
the county show. a majority <$f 820
for the "wets." Althongh returns
from the two remaining county pre
cincts may lower this majority slight
; ly, the city of Vlncennes voted wet by
a majority of 1?00.
S^JTho county has seventy-two sa
loons. a brewerjr and- a dletiHery- ~li
Is a stronghold ?f tho liquor business
because It 1# t. supply centre for much
"dry" territory hereabout in Ipdjana
am} Illinois.
? Ai . Zxr'
? ; ~ . f*n Pro I ses
President Taft. at 8eattle, Wash.,
paid- tribute to China as one of the
w;ost rapidly developing countries in
the world, and declared ir. favor of a
ship subsidy. *??'?
intffo tor Mayor. I
Judge William J. Gaynor was notn
Of New York at the
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GWEBNOR IHS KILLING
Shoot|the Lawless Raiders, Says
WHison to Kentuckians.
Fight (he Enomy With Hi# Oho Pitt
1? Advice to Independent Tobacco
Growers Against Night ltiders.
Frankfort, Ky.~ -Fight tho enemy
with his own fire is the method that
Governor Will sou advised tho Inde
pendent growers of tobacco in Ken
tucky to adopt in their struggles
against the K.gfet "td-sra, Files of
letters are stacked on h|s desk, the
Governor says, from tobacco growers
asking whether they taust pool their
tobacco, or whether thoy will re
ceive protection from tho militia if
they do not pool it.
"Organise liberty leagues and kill
the nocturnal invaders," is the advice
that the Governor gives. In a state
ment Governor Willson says that no
man should pool his tobacco unless
he Wants to, and that he will pardon
any man who reBorts to arms to pro*
tact bis home. The situation was
Intense and tbe crisis for the inde
pendents or the organisation men was
expected.
It was declared in some quarters
that tho statement given out will
mean the failure of the pool. The
Governor say 8 in the statement: .
"You will remember that I bavo
made public addresses to our people
asking them to defend their homes,
and assured them that if they did
defend their homes and were careful
not to make a mistake and kill any
Innocent person, but simply necessary
defense of their lives, liberty ' and
property, they would not need any
lawyer. I have never withdrawn that
proclamation. !J^ is my most serious
conviction of my duty. It was made
with full knowledge of its serious
charactcr, and.lt is my set purpose to
keep^tho faith under that proclama
tion.
-if men's Interest In a business
plan to form a combination to raise
the prlc# on their crops, which is en
tirely proper and wise, if lawfully
carried on. Is so great that they will
form a pool that falls into lawless
ness why should not self-respecting,
free Kentuckians form a liberty or
freedom pool, a thousand times more
serious and earnest than any pool for
money profit, and why should they
not fight for their liberties ^rhen the
law Is behind them, and the State
government is with them?"
TRAMP KIFJi} IN REVENGE.
Shoots Man Who Tried to Throw Him
From Moving Train.
Chicago, III. ? Patrick McCabe,
twenty-five years old, of Pittsburg,
Pa., was shot and killed, here by
Frank Mee, sixty years old. Accord
ing to the police, the murder grew out
of an alleged attempt by McCabe and
an unidentified companion to kill Mee
by throwing him from a moving
freight train near Peoria, 111,, after
robbing him of twenty-five cents.
Mee, whose hands and face ? are
badly lacerated, told the police that
he followed McCabe here to revenge
himself. Mee said that he found Mc
Cabe here, and, after getting a revol
ver, he shot and killed him.
"I suppose I will swing for it," said
Mee, "but he trted to kill me and I
wanted to get even with him."
McCabe died without making a
statement to the police.
INDICT WOMAN FOR USING MAILS
Ball Fixed at f 100 in Case Involving
Sending of a Liar's License.
Detroit, Mich. ? Mrs. A. L. Renaud,
of No. 1009 East 166th street, New
York City, caused the arrest o t Mrs
B. C. Venly, of Plymouth, Mich., on
the charge of sending her a "liar's li
cense" postal card. As described in
the Indictment it includes ths. written
message:
"As you are a noted liar, I wlU
ECnd J'C" a mn yon kaaii nn
lying. Liars' council of the Anclsnt
Reckless and Iadepondelat Order ot
Prevaricators."
She laughed about the alleged Joke
she had on Mrs. Renaud. Mrs. Vealy,
however, was held In $100 bail to ?*>?
. pear later for trial.
iff, W* FLAGG A SUICIDE.
Son of Secretary, of Calumet and Hee
la Mining Company Shot Himself.
Boston. Mass. ? ^enry Whiting
Flags, son of George A. Vl≫ secret
tary and treasurer of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining Company, was found
dead with a revolver In h(s hand In a
room above the offlco of the company
at 14 Ashbufton place.
The younger Flagg was employed
as a clerk by the Calumet and Hetla.
He-was thirty-two year? old and was
well known as a member of the First
Corps Cadets, of Boston* Ill-health
is given as the cause cf the suicide..
HAKGED HIMSELF BV THE FEET.
Rich Fisherman Suspended Head
Downward Till JHe Died.
New Orleans, T^a. ? Sam Ton g Ping,
an aged Malay fisherman on the Gulf
Coast , choin hanging himself by the
feet Instead of the neck re^lmethod
of self-destruction. according toil re
port just brought here. .
The Malay is, said to have been the
wealthiest fisherman in the Baratarla
Hf.y settlement, but during the recent
Aorm the chest in which his fortune
was stored was swept away. His body
wa* found hahglng head downward
from a tree, his legs tied firmly to
the. branch. ' I. Jl:
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CHBB0KBE8 ARB 8TARVIKO. '
8o?r.I TlionMBd t-ck Fokd n Re."
?1? of Dro^t, K?po? Say*.
ANYHOW, WE HAVE THE POLAR STAR I
? <frftoo-i by Q. Williams, in th? Indianapolis News.
NORTHCLIFFE TELLS WHY HE FEARS WAR
German Preparations of To-day Like Those Which Preceded the
Gonflct With France? Britain Not Aroused Yet? Warn
ings of Leaders Fall Fully to Awaken the People.
Chicago. ? In an Interview pub
lished here Lord Northcllffe, manag
ing owner of a London newspaper, de
clares there is great danger of war
.between Germany and Great Britain.
"The Americans are so bUBy," said
Lord Northcllffe, "with the affairs of
their own gigantic continent that they
have not the time to devote to the
study of European politics, which are
more kaleidoscopic in their chang. b
than are those of the United States.
'"inhere is an impression in this
country that some hostility exists be
tween the people of Great Britain and
of. united Germany. I know the
Germans intimately. From childhood
I have traveled extensively through
out most of the German States. I
have many German family connec
tions, and X venture to ?ay that out
side the usual body of Anglophobes
one meets 1n . every country there is
little hostility to the British on the
part of the Germans.
"And, on the other hand, there is
in England no dislike of Germany.
Au contralre, our statesmen are
adapting German legislation to our
needs, and if imitation be the sln
cerest form of flattery the Germans
must, be well pleased with our pro
posed reproduction of their working
men's Insurance, their labor bureau,
and a great many other legislative
Improvements that, it appears to me,
would be just as vital to the United
States as they seem to be to Great
Britain.
"Why, then, If so happy a state of
affairs exists between the two na
tions, should there be any section of
pe&ple in England to suggest the pos
sibility of war? Turn back to 1869.
Wai there any friction between
France and Prussia? There was no
hostility on plther side. But any
reader of Bussche'a Bismarck or stan
dard authority ob the great German
Empire builder will acknowledge
there was Immense preparation on
the part of Germany ? a preparation
that was kept secret aa far as possi
ble, and which also, as far as possible,
Is being kept" secret by Germany to
, day.
| "As to that which Is transpiring In
the German shipbuilding yardB, we
more or less know that by 1912 Ger
many, in ships of the Buper-Dread
nought class, will be the equal of
England.
"If we were in your position, able
to grow $ar own food ori our own
acres, It would matter little to ub if
we had merely an ornamental navy.
But how few Americans realize that
our food is brought to us from Aus
tralia,, Canada, much of it from the
city of Chicago, and your Western
wheat fields, from the Argentine Re
public ? nearly all of it from over the
sea. ! .
"We. have the official figures of the
German naval program up to 1912,
which arc serious enough, but we
know that theseftflgures are Just as
inaccurate an were the figures mado
public by <3ermanycprior Jo the Fran
co-PruBsian war oj 1871.
"America is a nation of optimists
? England a nation of pessimists.
"AriSerica should produce great art
ists, great musicians, great statesmen
?you have the material.
"Theodore RooBevelt is one of the
few men of this or any age great
enough to say what ho thinks. Eu
rope has no one like him.
"John D. Rockefeller could make
no better use of his vast wealth than
the founding of your wonderful uni
versity. You should appreciate your
rich men ? men like J. Plerpont Mor
gan ? for the wise use of their mill*
ions.
"You really are a marvelous peo
ple," he exclaimed, "marvelous for
your conservatism. You talk about
the income tax as though it was
something new and daring. "Why, we
nad our discussion of the Income tax
In the time of Queen Elizabeth.
"The American press la a great
educational force. It exerts untold
power for the uplifting of the public,
It Is the function of a paper to edu*
cate," :* -
FRENCH JURY JUSTIFIES KILLING SUFFERING WIFE
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In A?ony From Asthma, She Had Bagged Her Husband to Prove
Hla Love fey Ending Her Life* -Judge, Jury and
Spectators in Teara ?? in.
. _ "A man whose wife la dying
ot an agonising disease Is Justified lu
killing her to put an end.to her suffer
ing if she implores him to do so."- -
So a jury, perhaps rather emo
ttonal, decided in the Court of Assizes
here, and acquitted Edmond Baudln,
who, at her prayer, shot and killed
his wife on January 81 last.
Mme. Baudln had been afflicted
with asthma for years. It gripped
her throat, it was a weight on her
lupjss, it stopped her breath. She
besged her husband to aid her by
killing her Quickly to rid her of the
affection that was slowly throttling
her. *8
Baudin, a mechanic, thirty-nine
years old, a rough and plain spoken
man. sought to justify his act with
words as straightforward as they
were made dramatic.
Tears streamed from his eyes while
he testified. The jurors also wept,
and the women In the courtroom were
semi-hysterical.
The presiding judge, who disap
proved of the jury'* verdict, re
marked:
"For the moment the bandage on
the ejgs ot Justice was a handker
Vlfe, whom I loved dearly,
hatt suffered fearfully from asthma, N
Baudln testified. -She could not
sleep. If she laid* her head on the
pillow she would cry: 'I am choking!
In the name of the good God, end my
misery! Let me die!' t
"On the night she? ehe died she
was suffering intensely," Baudln went
on between sobs. "The medicine she
was taking was nearly exhausted.
M 'I will go and get you some more
John Davkfeon'a i;ody Taken Out
Ten Miles From the Cornish Coast.
- 9ik>n ? ? The recently recovered
body of the pdtt^oh* Dttldeea waa
burled at sea ten miles off the Cornish
village of Mouseholen o
The body waa conveyed from shore
tn a ship's lifeboat.
n ? a post_jUfi?*
though highly esteemed by a few cul
tivated persons failed of general ap
preciation and so of a i>amg market,
disappeared from his home on March
IndiciSrf thafCSuidSVull^P
medicine/ I said.
" 'No,' she utld, 'buy no more med
lclne. You know we are poor. 1 am
gone. Medicine will do me no good.
I suffer! Ob, how I suffer!
V 'But pay no more for medicine. I
have cost you too much money al
ready.
44 'If you love me, put me out of
my misery. Provo your love and let
me leave you. Kill me! If you wero
a determined man you would not see
me suffer as I do.'
"I was maddened by the Bight of
her agony, " Baudln ended. " I -seized
a revolver with which I intended to
defend our home; I Bbot her in the
head; she died instantly.
"I determined then to kill myself,
but I thought of my sister, the only
other being who depends on me. I
went to see my sister. 8he wept, but
told me I should surrender myself to
the police, which I did at once."
When Baudln finished his testi
mony, given with unaffected omotloif,
all in the court were in tears.
Following him, Dr. Dupre, a dis
tinguished alienist, testified that Bau
dln is perfectly sane. But,- said
Dupre, he was incited to his fatal act
by the stronger will of his wife. Pity
for her, directed by her will, led bim
to shoot her.
? 4a Baudln left the courtroom
free man the crowd applauded him.
The question whether it is morally
Justifiable to end the suffering of
those who are bound to die of a mor
tal disease has been discussed In this
country. Of course It was decided
that such an act, whether inspired by
love or pity. Is murder.
Submarines Reach > .
of eoo
Quincy, one oxcep- ,
Uon. the fleet of si* submarine boats i
constructed by the Electric Boat Com- '
pany for the Government have com
pleted all tests and will be turned
over to the naval officials In the
tfcarlestown
INSURANCE TAX COLLECTED
Amount Received By Each Oounty in
the Distribution.
Columbia, Special.- ? CominiaBiouer
McMaritcr l??t week i^ue^i u htate
oietit on the collections of "Addi
tional license foe," bawd on pre
mium* collected by the insurance com
panion licensed U> do business in
South Caroline from the six months
ending June 30, 1009. The amount ii
?50,418.71,
Tlw following is the Matement of
amount of this fund going to each
county according to the term of the
act of the General Assembly:
Abbeville1 $ 333.45
Aiken 594.03
Anderson ..1,465.63
Batnberg 241.07
HarnwHI .. . . 357.54
Beaufort, 242.50
Berkley 108,70
Calhoun 7H.81
Cliarb'slon 4,440.29
Cherokee.. . , . . If. . . .. 272.24
I 'boater . . . . . . 433.30
Chesterfield 206.47
Clarendon.. . 294,35
Colleton 211.02
Uarlinglon.. 644.24
I ?oroheBtcr, . >. 271. 55
Kdgelleld 2.14.01 j
Fairfield. . .. .. .. .. .. 244.17
Florence.. . . 569.50
Georgetown .. (161.33
Greenville 1,803.41
Greenwood .. 540.34
Hampton . , .. , , 220,05
I lorry .. 100.73
Kershaw. . .. .... .... .. 320.05
Lancaster 388.00
1. aureus .. .. 533.32
t^ee 187.03
Lexington . . 253.05
Morion. . 003.40
Marlboro. . . . .. .. 032.05
Newberry. . .... .... . , 690.21
Oconee.. ? 215.51
Orangeburg ,. .. 825.07
Piekens.. 210.79
Richltincl . . ..2,238.73
Saluda 89.00
_Sl>nHanbnrg 1,540.54
Sumter.. .. .. .. . .?v. .. 872.92
Union.. 642.00
Williamsburg 259/40
York .. .. 050^38
Burglars Are Caught.
Lancaster, Special. ? There has
ix>en a HC-i'ieB of burglaries in Lan
caster the pant week, but at the re
quest of tho police department and
Sheriff Hunter no mention had bceu
ma<J/i of the matter in order to en
able the oftleers to work up the ease.
On Sunday night the store of the
Ilcath- Jones Company was robbed of
twenty-one dollars and fifty ceuts;
also the store of tlve Makie Drug
Company was entered and about four
dollars was taken from the cash
drawer.
Friday Sheriff John P. Ilunter
started on the trail of the burglar,
and in a short while had Will Elliott
and Honry Bryce in the -toils, Elliott
making a full confeiion, stating that
he had seereted himself in the store
of the Heath-Jones Company and bad
secured ths money in the cash drawer
and later, with the assistance of
Henry Bryce, who lifted him over the
transom of the J. F. Macklo Com*
pany, he robbed the cash drawer also.
Spartanbi
Foster Protests Innocence.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Dock * Fo?<>
tor, who is held in the county jail
under suspicion of having murdered
his wife, Martha Foster, and buried
her mutilated body in a woodland on
ill* suburbs of tb? city.- submitted to
an interview, but would answer few
questions. "God knowa I am an in
nocent man," he repeated time and
time ^gain. Ho has not explained his
movements on Tuesday and Tuesday
night*
Young Man Killed on Grade Orofsinf.
Greenville, Special. ? Asa Batson, a
young white innn, was instantly killed
and his father, W. Y. Batson, was
slightly injured near Marietta last
week by the Greenville & Knoxville
train, the accident occurirfg as the
two were trying to cross the track
in a wagon. The train watt coming
around a curvo and was not seen by
the men until it was upon them.
Left His Child; Fined $200.
Spartanburg, Special. ? H,, A. Back,
money delivery clerk of the Southern
Express Coropauy at Savannah, en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
of deserting hia child in this citv
Saturday night. . He was sentenced
to serve nine months or pay a fine
of $200. He paid the fine. The case
against Mrs. Hack, charged with <\e- !
Bert ing the child) was nolle pressed.
Sack says that his wife* this teryoui
and excitcd and - when she took the
train here last Saturday night, left
the child in the waiting room of the
station. AtJ .
p W.? -
Holds Session in Salisbury,
Closing Sunday Night
, . , ?.,w
THE ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS
I . ? . . . . . " ' '' ? | *
Number of Declarations Along tb?
Lines cf Reform ? For Women on
t'chocl Boards and No Wfcl Uey Ad*
yertlcementa.
i Salisbury, N. fipccial. ? TiiO
Stale <onv<ntion of ihp W, C. T. tJ.
which has been in session in tli? First
Method l*? church hue f'nco last
\Vt'diy*Juy dosed Hnnday night, jtpO
principal feature of the closing 80S
sion beinjj: nn addruss by F. It. Mc
Nim h, Esq., 6f Charlotte, J I in sub
ject was "Jtelrospcit anil Prcspsct"
and he reviewed the work accomplish
ed in the past by temperance and pro
hibit ion forces in the State and na
tion, (lotting with a prophecy of l)io
Imul knockout of the legal solo of
-whiskey, wbith lv> Ihinka will be done
by a supreme court decision.
The convention went on record as
favoring tompulaory education, the
placing of women orf school board#,
the spread of the gospel of peaco
and arbitration through mission work,
u more general celebration of July
4, the abolishing of night work for
children n"d the cutting down of tho
work day hours, and opposed among
other things tha-carrying through the
mail of whiskey advertisweuts into
dry territory.
Officers of the union for the next
year are:
Mils Elisabeth /Moore, president;
Mrs. Mary K. Cortland, Vice presi
dent ; Mrs, Mary C. Woody, honorary
president; Mi88 Elizabeth March, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. M. E. W.
White, recording secretary; Mrs. E.
J. Y. Preyer, treasurer ; Mrs. B. F.
Street, secretary Y. W. C. T. U.; Mrs.
Annie Armstrong, secretary L. T. L.
WILBUB WEIGHT'S STUNT. .
Joins in the Great Celebration and
Makes Spectacular Flight. >.
New York, Special. ? An aeroplauo .
flashed past the whit-o dome of
Grant's tomb Monday, then turning
irracefully in midair over the waters
of the Hudson, shot back io Gover
nor's Island, 10 miles away.
Wilbur Wright of Dayton, 0., thus
placed his name in the rank with
Hudfton and Fulton in one of the most
spectacular feats in the history of
aeronautics.
Over the masts of warships from '
whose decks cheers of the sailors were .
borne up to him in his elevated seat,
bo flew for twenty miles ? ten miles
up and ten miles back? remaining in
the air for 33 minutes and 33 secprids
and alighting at the aerodrome with
out mishap.
During the flight husinsss was prac
tically at a standstill fa all that part
of Manhattan from which a view of
his remarkable performance was
available. Harbor craft shrieked
their applauBe, cheer after cheer
swept up from the banks of the Hud
son and the lower bay, for the Dayton
aviator hid "made good," crowning
the aviator program of the HtuUon
Fulton celebration with a record.
Odd Play of Lightning.
Salisbury, N. C., Special. ? Monday
night at 10 o'clock during a slight
electrical display a heavy bolt of
lightning played a most remarkable
prank at the home 9f Mr. Will Lyerly,
near Ch*?tlena church, 6 miles from
Salisbury. Striking the end ox iho '
two-story house at the cone the bolt
literally tore the building to pieces,
throwing some of it a hundred feet
away and scattered and badly dam
aged the content^'/:
Donors Oeattovii to Trinity, ? -i
Durham, N. C., Special. ? Benefac
tors' day at Trinity colloge was cele
brated by a public holiday apd Pros.
Kilgore'a address Monday night. Tho
donations amounted to $83,984. Of
this .amount B. N. Duke has a $60,000
gift for new buildings. The 1909 class
receives $1,000 and the current ex
pense account receives $33,000. Thcro
are seventy-nine individual donors.
Wanted For Forgery.
Salisbury/ N. C., Spocial? A man
giving ndme as S. B. Smith, whi is in
jail at Knoitville, Tenn., on. a ciiarg*
of forgery, is also wanted in this cjty. ?
He was here several days ago pre
tending to be seeking a location for a
manufacturing plant and went so far
as to select a site. He gave worthless
not$j| in securing money, buncoing
Manager O. W. Spencer of the Empire
hotel for $20 and Mr. W. C. Maupin
endorsed a paper for "Smith" fo?
$30. The T?nne?;e oflkcrs tfill be
asked to turn the man over, to tho
Rowan officers when they get through
with him. ' - Tv
Young Woman in Distros
Columbia, S. C., SpecialL-nA?
[ dressed Snd ^-goe*
white womari giving
pkferMtilui Chw> of.
claiming to have been