The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 13, 1908, Image 1
VOL. XXXI
HARWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1?}. 1908
NO. 50
A MASS OF FLAMES.
NOTHING CAN SAVE VANCOUVER
FROM DESTRUCTION,
Wr* Flghtera Fleeing Frym Re a th
. ou Train Kncvunler a Wall of
Flame—A r ight For T.if<•
C., s&}s three days the people ,of
Michel have fought for their live*
and homes, but at dust Wednesday
the cfty started - to burn. Nothing
can save it from ruin. A gale from
. the west sprung up in the afternoon.
At the edge of the town 100,000
feet of mine timl>er owned by a coal
company caught fire, and four load-
•ed railroad cars standing on the side
track were consumed. Two-(’anaTttaTr~^^ vf winter wheat oT about 14.3
and Pacific 'locomotives were hitched
to a trajn to carry the fire fighters
away to the west to safety.
The train got only a half mile on
it* Journey when it encountered a
wall of flames. There was danger of
Its being hemmed in and burned
with everybody aboard, so the loco-
^motives were reversed and run back
b^lth all possible speed. By the'timc
Hie train returned all the houses - on
the flat district back,of th Great
.Northern depot were biw-Hteg—*trd
, and the maip town seemed likely to
catch at any moment:
REPORT OF CROP CONDITION.
Bureau of Statistics of Agricultural
Department tissue Ilulletin.
The crop- reporting board of the
bureau of statistics of* the depart
ment of agriculture In a bulletin is
sued Friday shows that the condition
of corn on August 1-was 82.& pet
cent, of a normal, as compared with
FLIES THROUGH AIR.
TWENTV-FOUR HOUR YOVAtTK
BEGUN BY- COUNT ZEPPELIN.
1 907, and 83.1,
th^ 10-year
averagt
oil -August:.-!.',—
-The-condltloii
in tin
Southern States
was:
1908.. 10-years.
Texas.... ..
. . . .-I* ' .
7» —
Georgia
. . . .89
86 ' •
wn lucky.. ..
. . . .83
85
Tennessee..
. . ..85
8 4 '
Alabama. .
X7
. X-4 —
North -Carolina.
- . .91
8 7
Arkansas,.
83
Mississippi. . . . .. . . .86
South Atlantic .. ..89
Preliminary returns
80
86.4
indicate
bushels per acre, or a total of 42a.
94o,000 bushels, which Comparer
with 14 6 bushels and 409.442,000
bushels, respectively, the final esti
mates of last year s crop. The aver-
age quality of the crop is 90.1
against,90.5 last year.
Average eondtion of spring wheat
on August 1 was 80.7^ pe rcent. o
normal as compared with 80.4o t
month ago. 7S».4 on August J. f9l»7
t s M.on August L.: 1906. and .82.7
' WILL GRATIFY AMBITION.
Edison To Give Himself a Roving
Commission Into Science.
Thomas A. Edison has begun to
gratify an ambition he has cherish
ed many years, and the laboraton
at Llewellyn. ,N. V. will see. co m
paratlvely little of him henceforth
Mr. Edlnon s ambition has been
to give himself a roving commission
*lnto pure science and to steer clear
of commercialism. Me' doc* am
want to increase his fortune H*
has got 13.'.,000.000, which he
thinks is more than enough All his
life he has been turning out mone>
making Inventions. He will devote
his remaining years to investigate
anything that strikes his fancy with
out regard to its financial produc
tiveness.
It Is learned that the man who
has achieved so many marvels in
electricity has a greater love for
chemistry than electricity. Chemis
try was the first science to Captivae
his wonderful Intellect but he ha.
never had a chance to dig as deej
Into its mysteries as he wanted to
Now he proposes to give himselt
the chance. Moreover he is going
to take life more easily.
He has promised his family and
hla friends to give up sl;i\ing night
and day, Sundays and holidays in
hla labortory. Not only that but h*
Is going to^take Jaunts about and
See-, something of !^e rest of th«
woAld He has Itought himself e
plac^ in Florida where he w|H spend
a coliple of months in the late win
ter arid early spring next year
•Toward the end of this month he
la going with his wife on a month “
trip to the Pacific coast. He wil’,
stay more than a month If the fancy
strikes him Monday, instead of be
log in his laboratory;'he was Dm
making with some'’ - friends down o'n
Long Island where he went on Fri
day to spend three days.
Only One .Descent.
A. dispatch flrom Frledrichschaf-
en, Germany, says arising from its
Wo ? tln K tf®! on the dark Veen
w.iteis of Lake Constance early
Tuesday morning the great dirigible
air ship of Count Zeppelin was sdnt
(away fur a 24 hour jourhey in the
air to Mayence and return. Late
that night the apex of the triangu
lar flight had been turned, and trtu
monster of the air, with nose point-
eu southward, was reported speeding
along und^r starry skies toward
Fried rich ech a fen, where it 'is hoped
the journey will end Wednesday. The
flight to Mayence, however, was not
an uninterrupted one, for something
was wrong with a propeller while
speeding along above the valley of
the Rhine ayd Count Zeppelin was
compelled to bring the air ship down
’o the surlaco of the river at Xacheu-
heim. eig'ht miles frorm Mayence;,
itrtglhle again was sent on high and
the trip- mat urobahly w>|l. prove ,_a.
the*; 'average" h|i Augwwt ‘M ^ was yece.m^neqjeed. * .
The condition of the oat cron oi leather for Bsrenslon was
it crop or
Aug. 1. was TT..*? per cent, of norma
isr-compared with 85 7 TasC moiivh
75 6 on August 1. 1907. 82.7.ot
Aug 1, lf.06 ,
The pro|H)rtion of the oats crop n
'ast^vear in the hands of fanners o’
August 1 is estimated at 5.0 p*>r c.'ii
‘Ouivalent ro 38,ono,oon t.ushels, a
'on>pared with 7.1 per rent, and, 68,
itOn.OOO, Ittisheis, respectivelv, th»
'oyrrespondiiig figures of a year ago
The condition of rye of August 1
vr at the time of harvesting, wa.
88.3 t>ei~cenf. of a normal.
The average condition of tohacc
on
with
Aug
JY
1 was 85.8,
a scomparcf
the 10-year average.* Th<
'ondition of tlax on August 1 wa
46.1;
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED, .x ’
r-
North C»rolln» Farmer, His Wlf«* au<
Son, Slain by Lightning. -f*
A special to the Charlotte Obser
ver from Sparta, Alleghany County
brings news of the death of an en
tire family at Edmonds, ten mile
across the mountains from Sparta
on Friday by lightning. Frank Mm
phy. a farmer, and his wife am
ypung son w’ere in the field stackin'
rye when the storm came up. Th«
trio ran for shelter, but were strlck
en„down before they reached th
bouse and presumably Instantly kill
ed. The bodies were found latei
by neighbors' *
TILLMAN IN ITALY.
AY rites to Gen. Jones for News From
the Campaign. . ,
Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of
the State Democratic, executive com
mittee and Senator Tillman's sub-
~3*tltute on the national Democratic
J committee. Monday received a letter
from the senator. The .after is now
in Italy and finds the lakes over
there very beautiful.
Senator Tillman will be in London
on the 10th of August; The State
a Democratic primary is on the 25th
/TSeqator Tillman asks Gen. Jones for
'''-Yfiformatlon from the campaign.
Rolls Down Embankment.
The work train on a narrow-
gauge road running to the Borer
Iron Mines, ♦e-o mile*, from P/'*noke
- Va.. FrHay !«ft rails and relied
down a high embankment en the
mountain side. A number of men
riding on the- train were caught un
der the engine and cars. Three were
fcUjwd nod several more seriously
injured. Tte deed; Jam** Tyree.
JMM WVw John Brown. *
TWO KILLED RY LIGHTNING.
Electric Holt Flays Strange Flunk-
in New Jersey Home.
Two persons were killed ir.J tw<
>thers severely injured by lightnin.
luring a severe electrical storm th»
-wept over Eastern Pennsylvani;
tnd New Jersey Friday, ‘caualni
nui h havoc. ,
Robert Helmbach, a farmer, wa
struck and instantly killed, noa
he fields, and Walter Gattelh age-
t.ewlstiurg, F*. while working li
he Aids, and Walter Cattell, ag.-i
17 years, was struck and killed
:iear Glnssborct, N. J.
His sister. Mal*e|, and Relvecc:
rurner, were also struck and severe
!>• Injured, the latter being in :
serious condition. CattHI. his kb
er and Miss Turner were seated un
ler a shixl watchinc the lightning
when a bolt hit the peak of th*
•bed. where they wroe siting.
The lightning broke the legs ol
he rhnirsfand rendered the trio uh
•onsoious. - The charge passea) dowi
'’atfeH's back and he was deai
when picked up. The shoes wen
ipped from the feet of his sister
but she recovered consciostiness af
er a short tinicC and is seriously il
rom the shock- - One corner of th'
OtrtteH home was torn out of tit'
'milditig by the ligntning.
Buildings of all soft Were struc 1
n various sections and destroyed
^nd many districts ^suffered -froi
fooding. Philadelphia, tn connectin'
with the storm, was pelted by on
the most severe f alls of ball th?
tas occurred in a number of years.
FOLIiOWS HRYAN’S AUTIOX.
I lie Ascent Made A ery Successfully
Traveled Over 250 Miles. With
SENATOR ALLISON DEAD.
; ^
Heart Failure Removes Iowa’s Grand
'
old Man.
United. States Senator W. B. Alli
son died at his home in Dubuque
Iowa, Tuesday afternoon, the imme
diate cause of his death was heart
failure. The end came as a result
of a serious sinking spell due to
prpstatlc enlargement.—compUeuted
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL.
/
DEMOt HATS HA YE GOOD GRANGE
IN NEW YORK. ^
UhaJnnan Mack -Holds Cunfbrence
With M^irpliy, Senator Daniel, lg|,
halhwtN mak es ascent.
His Dirigible llalloon toM-s Five
— Miles, Making Complete Circle.
‘' We «igbted' thWenemy 1 ’ fhost
—WofdjF were shonte<Y bv i’Hpt. :Bj|id-
wln ;\t Fort Vly. i'^urtH^rHays a dis
patch from Washington, as he pilot
ed ids balhim to the ground aftet
making aX'ifccssfuJ tUghi <if neuriA
with kidney disease, and during a
period of unconsciousness, which
hml lasted since Saturday afternoon.
■ -T Tw< ? weeks ago the Senator left * ,
hia home in the city to escape th^-r, AD iniportant conference to out-
Si-nator Pettigrew and Henry Wat-
terson.
heat. He went to the home of Mrs.
Fannie Stout, a friend of the family,
living on the Asbury road a few
miles from town,For a'few days
days his conidtion seemed to improve
but he later began to grow worse.
Medical advisers urged that an opera
tion be performed to relieve the
prostatic enlargment, which was
bringing his condition to a crisis.
Saturday morning the Senator was
brought back home. , Soon after
wards he ^elapsed into a condition
of semi-unconsciousness. Except for
'•rief periods of partial recovery he
remained in this condition until
death came* Tuesday afternoon.
'TCH’TH SHOOTS >
SWEETHEART.
r aft Makes a Sp^-ech to a Phonogrupl
to Hare it Reproduced.
The use of a phonogarph by Candi
late Taft as a means for diss^mina
ion of his speeches, as reported in
‘he dispatches from Hot Springs.
\ r a., excited the liveliest interest ol
W. J. Bryan, so much as that he gave
mt the following statement in re
gard to it.
“The republican papers have been
making fun of me for using the
phonograph as a means ‘of reaching
the public, but since tjio-republican
"andldafe^has followed my example
I presume that the criticism will
cease and that this will now be re
graded as a dignified method of dis
cussing public questions.
“It looks as if the democrats were
going to have a hard time this year
protecting their patents from in
fringement.. The republicans seemf
to be bent upon imitating not, only
our p}atform, but our campaign me
thods. There is, however, some ad
vantage in the fact that we are set
ting the pattern This year"
, . Sul'd* at arin
C«p> D G Purse prctEiceat cFi
rs n, noted deVeiopej industrial ActiL-
er sod fnvreoter. and having con
nections in New York. Pittsburg and
other centres, committed suicide a-‘
Savannah Thursday by shoo Ur 5. No
cause la given !pr the deed. *
most auspicious. Tho-ship of the
air rose majestically to a height of
ion feet. and crossing the lake circl
’d the town-of Constance, then turn
ing retraced the path of Its flight,
and describing a |>erfect circle, pass-,
ng over Friedrlebt-ehafen and then
-oared westward over the lake to
Basle,'on the Sw iss frontier. Turn
ing the vessel slightly toward the
northwest Count Zeppelin steered it
•ver Mulhausen, and then directed
Its flighty, northeasterly to Strass-
•urg. the.ee followed the valley of
Rhine norhward to'Mayence. a dis-
ance altogether <-f 251 • _mi 1 es.
Everything was going smoothly
when the trouble to the propeller
(ccurred and somewhat impeded the
■ rogress of the air ship, but when
tne ball-von had * been brought down
’ount Zeppelin found the defect so
slight that he telephoned his secre
tary at his office in Frledrichschaf-
en: “We will start again some time
to-night and complete the trip.”
His expectations were realized,
for in less than four hours every-
'hing had been made perfect.
The people gathered on the banks
»f the stream and sang patriotic
!ongs and cheered Count Zeppelin.
At 10.15 p. m.. the .air ship rose
igain and turned her liows toward
Mayence, where she arrived at - -
> clock, and passed over the gaa-
"t cily almost b'e>;ond the view
>f the iHipulacc, wbictf had gathered
n the streets expecting to witness
ne passage tlie balloon.
Soaring onward for a short dis-
ance. tin- air ship was turned home
ward? 'Whether it will follow the
tmei'kry laid down by Count Zeppe-
’in. reracing Its outward path to
varlsruhe and thence flyinp south-
•asterly"over Stutgart to Lake Con
stance, is not known. If the air
hip maintains the speed at which
it was travelling today, it should
irrivp in Friedrichachafen tomorrow-
forenoon.
The quiet villages and small towns
along the shores of I.ase Cosntance
awoke this morning to find that the
groat event for which they had wait-
ed for w eeks and months had occurred
ed—-Uount Zeppelin's air ship had
started on an epoch making journey.
V majority of the scant |>opulation
>f Friedrlchschafeu, however. de-
pite the strict secrecy of the Count's
iSsociations, got wind that sometli
ng was about to happen and as
sembled before daybreak at Mutv-
ell. opposite the floating balloon
bed. in this shed, throughout
M< nday night workmen had been
busy making everything ready - for
the journey. At 6 o'clock that riiorn-
ng, everything was in readiness for
the exit of the aTr ship. y
Count Zeppelin could 'not have
’boson more delightful weather for
a start. A glorious sunrise inau
gurated the day. and there was not
a cloud in the sky. The lake was
as smooth as a irfirror.
Moots AVI Mi Disaster.
Count Zeppelin's airship, which
descended on a plateau near the vil
lage of Echterdingen, five miles
south of Stuttgart, Shortly before 8
o’clock Wednesday morning, owing
to a defect in one of tire motors,
b r ok e- a'w a y f rom _ i Uv: moor jugs linrlu g
a sn’iVrni at i« o clerk That attarnodii
hurst into flames ami exploded.
Four t ter sons were injured by
flying debris.. Count Zeppelin es-,
raped "uninjured. The airship was
completely wrecked.
The storm blow up unexpectedly.
A fierce gust of w ind tore the balloon
from Hr anchorage and drove it- in
a southwesterly direction for some
50 yards. Here the, rear end of the
great fabric dropped and smoke and
flames were seen to burst, out from
one end to the other. Then in a few
reoendf - came »he exploMpn 8 n , l 3
grea* r o!umn of flern-s fJjcH upward
into fhe nr* Thu ^as fe!!e**d bv
the crashing dewc to-the e^rth 6f
the motors and .frames thgt had
been attached to the under side of
the akship. Several bystanders were
knocked down.
It was necepsary to land the at»b
bhjp at Echterdinren owin* to t^
o'verteatvig of the platen hex of the
‘ ■ V
!■
fllrl Futully AA'oiuuUxl Because She
Refiise<l His Coriipany.
A dispatch from Greensboro, N.
( . says news has reached that place
of the shooting In AVilkes .county
Sunday of Miss Mary Ball by Free-
and Tharp. Miss Ball was teacher
in a rural school and Tharp had
been paying Ifer attention. She re
fused to go with him to church but
went with his brother instead, while
Freeland Tharp eseorted another
voting woman who lived at the same
house with Miss Ball. AVhen they
had returned from cnurci., just as
Miss Ball was entering tne porch
Freelatjd Tharp drew His pistol hnd
fired three shots at her. One of the
InDlets entered her tefrlyreasi aTioiit
an inch above the heart, inflicting
a fatal wound. Tharp was captur
ed. relieved of his weapon and is now
in jail at AVilkeslwiro,
TOO MUCH HARD CIDER.
AA’hlle Alan Kills Two Xegnies Near
Lynchburg.
Near Concord. 10 miles east of
— —
Lynchburg; \'a., Mondair-night Jack
Lee, white, shot and instantly killed
Beverely Cardwell, colored, and mor
tally wounded his brother Sgniuel,
who died Tuesday morning. The
men, whites and blacks, were drink
ing hard cider and had a drunken
misunderstanding. Lee was arrest
ed.
line a plan of campaign in New A'ork
State was held Monday by Norman
E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, with Charles F.
Murpny, leader of Tanimauy Hall
at New York. The .conference con
tinued for some timeVid it was said
that the part which the national De
mocratic committee will play in he
campaign in this State was determin
ed.
After a conference lasting ovel
two hours. Chairman Mack s'ajd;
‘Mr. Murphy and I talked of the
situation in the State and what is
being done to elect the national
ticket. A more active campaign ill
be nlade here after the State conven
tion. No mentioiR* was made of
gubernatorial candidates, —
"The State committee will direct
the campaign In this State and as
long as everything Is-sattsfactOry—
and everything has l>een so far—
the national committee will not in
terfere.
“Much has been said of Mr. Bry
an’s speaking campaign. It is Mr
Bryan’s intention to speak in cen
tres of doubtful States, though he
will not make the number of speech
es that he made In his former aern-
paigns. As has -been announced, he
will speak twice In this State, once
in Greater New York and once In
Buffalo, but I shall try to irersuade
him to speak also at some point in
the centre of the State. He will not
speak in the State until some time
after the State convention, which I
understand #111 Re Ihe latter part
of Septemlier or the first part of
October.
“1 believe New York to be the
battleground where the Democratic
l»arty has a good chance of success.”
Senator John A\\ Daniel of Vir
ginia, Henry AVatterson and Former
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
had a conference with Mr. Mack.
Senator Daniel will leave for
Europe tomorrow to be away- a
month attending to his duties as a
five miletTlH -afreffort-trr fltrrmrnHtrtfie
the usefuln.ess of an air ship in wa.
Time. .
Rising from -the gtround like a
monster bird of the air, slowly bu
buoyantly, -at 6.21 o clock Frida,
evening, the aerial s„.p, built --n the
United States army, was heatfbd intt
The westerly Wlml i.v n n | f ^. )n
A complete circle was described,’th<
h&lloon rlping gradually to a heigh
of 200 febt. - Again pointing to th<
west, and attaining at estimated
speed of twelve miles an hour, th<
ship voyaged in a direct line fot
nearly two miles. *
The trip,was made with the wind,
which was blowing at the rate of 7
miles .an hour. , The throttle wa»
thrown open a little wider by Mr.
Curtiss, wjio again operated the on
gine, and the -ship flew along at n
speed of eighteen or twenty miles an
hour.
AN hen the dirigible-|Hissed over tire
starting-point It was al^rtit flVe hun
dred feet In the air. Bringing hit
tirrrwma; "Capt. Baid-
Win made a landing much the sann
as pilots of water craft I,ring theli
vessels to the side of a dock. •
APPEALS FOR FUNDS.
BUY AN CALLH AGAIN FOB CAM-
• (tl.NTIUlU TIONS.
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f'-
Johnson’s Manager CalLTind Amor.
**,Rnraa of JotuMoaV AVlilkagn** '
to Take Htunip. ,
Of more than usual significant*
was the visit to Falrview Wednesday
of l rank B. Lynch, of St. Paul. De
mocratic national committeeman from
Mnnesota, and manager of Gover-
nor .inhusoii h Campaign for tht Pre-
sidential nomlnati n at the Denver
Convention. Mr. 1 Lynch arrived
about noon in company with B. F.
Nelson, of Mnne&polls, president of
the State Fair Association. Mr
Lynch's presence at Fairview was at
the special request of Mr. Bryan.
Ho lost no time in conveying to the
Demcratllc nominee Governor John
son's assurance of loyal support of
the Democratc ticket and his Inten
tion to take the stump in Mr. Bryan’s
behalf. )
There is no animosity toward
Bryan in Minnesota.” sad Mr. Lynca.
•'While I do not promise that the
Democrats wil carry Minnesota tms
year. I think they have a good
chance.”
RODDERY AT El TAAATILLK.
Mr. Lynch declared that nothing
rankled in Governor Johnson'a'heart
because he was defeated for the no-
mlnaton. “He feels ail right about
It.” said he “and all Mlnesota De
mocrats are fot 1 Bryan.”
stor- .,r ‘ \i %. . I Th * which brought Mr.
* . nrruH Entered and Nelson to Falrview was to Invite Mr.
Some Goods Stlocn. Bryan to attend the State Fair In 8t.
' Paul and deliver an address. The fn-
On Thursday morning lift Mr. M. vltatlon was accepted, the date beng
Marcus, a merchant of Eutawvilleh 1 ”** August 31. but wtb the un-
was aroused by the chief marshal M^slanding that there should be no
of the town, who Informed him thatK har * f ' for admission on the ground
some one had broken into his store on that day. _
Mr. Marcus hastened down to his Mr. Bryan Wednesday nght caused
place of business and, in approach-jfo *>* given out for publication the
it he saw that the robber hail I following appear for campaign:
broken a hole in the front of his "Wanted—Campagn contributions
store, which l>eing of glass, was not "From citizens of the Republic
hard to break through As ne en- who favor these Democratc propodl-
tered his store and looked aroiinty Dons:
he supposed that lie had only lostl “Tarff revison by repraentavec of
one or two pair of shoes and a suit not by the agents of those who make
or two of clothes, but luckily he had exorbitant profits by manufacture
just taken stock the day before, so I and sale of highly protected pro
be again checked up his goods andMnets.
found bar he had lost several suits] “Election of United States Senator
of clothes, a few pairs of shoes, aj by popular ote, thus breaking up
hat, some underwear, socks, stock- the Senatorial oligarchy .headed by
member of the monetary comnris-P n * 8 am * few other things, -all Standard OH, whch Is strong enough
sion. On his return he said he will
take an active part in the campaign.
JEALOUSY CAUSES SHOOTING.
Mr. Watterson is engaged in theU° un< *
formation of his committee of edi
tors throughout the country favor-
able to Mr. Bryan's candidacy Chair
man Mack, accompanied by SeCre-jAccusixl Man of Inipro|ier Conduct
tary Urey Woodson, left for Chicago
amounting to about $50, more or I successfully to resist all measurers
less. The robber has not yet been [offered in behalf of the public wel
fare.
Negro llanged in Mississippi.
After having been twice respited
by the Governor, George Tootnlnt, an
old negro, was hanged at AVaynes-
boro, Miss., Tuesday for the murder
rtf his brother-in-law. Owen Pitt
man, thirteen months ago.
Thursday and will not return until
after the Bryan notification. On his
arrival in that city he will announce!
the makeup of the subcommittee
which will have control of the cam-j
paign cast of the Alleghanles.
Toward Ills AA’ife and is Shot.
A, dispatch from Richmond. Va.,|,|, c tvimts.
“Guarantee of all national bank
deposits, thereby preventing all
absolute confidence lu all banka.
“Deatructon of private monopoly
and the enforcement of law against
trusts by the people who are opposed
by the trustaand not by the agents ot
TICKET TAKER ARRESTED.
says Jacob L. Hecblor is ijglleved to
he mortally wounded*, and Royal E
Ellison, in the city jail on the char
ge of attempted murder. The shoot-]
mg Umk place in Hechler's home
Tuesday. Hechler. accused Ellerson
forward motor and the escape of
considerable gas. owing to the fact
that Count Zeppelin tok the airship
to a height of about 6,000 feeL
The Zeppelin airship completed
the most remarkable voyage in the
history of aerial navigation. It left
the Lake of Constance Tuesday
morning for a trip to Mayence and
return The flight was successful
ln| a great many ways. The machine
responded absolutely to the control
of its pilots and was navigated over
the I^ake of Constance, down -the
valley of the Rhine, over Strassburg
and several other cities and ^was ex
pected at Friedrichshafen, its sort
ing point.
Count Zeppelin has devoted his
lifetime and his personal fortune to
the development of hife airship. The
vessel that was ipst Wednesday was
t..e fourth he has constructed. When
his own money had become ex
hausted the German reienstag voted
experiments. The government
agreed fo purchase this ship on con-,
dition that it fulfilled certain re
quirements. the principal one being
that it remaitu in The air 24 hours
and land on “term firma. mis stipu
lation had not yet been fulfilled.
The airship was 4 43 feet long,
with a- diameter of about 45 feet.
It tapered to a blunt point at the
bow, while at the stern were various
rudders and frames used in’, stepr
ing. It was fitted underneath with
a motor capable of developing 140
home powwr. _As many as 16 pas-
sengrtrs had been taken aliML at
one tme. Sleeping accommoda-
the^jons wre provided for the
crew and apparatus was Installed
for 4he dispatch and.receipt of wire
less telegraph messages. The - inflat
ing gas was dstributed among 16
seperate interior compartments
which were contained within the out-
•er rigid envelop of aluminum.
The accident to th*< Zeppelin air-
shijUrecalls the end. of the French
milm»TV alrshiP Patrte, in Decem
ber, 1*07, which was then consider
ered the finest dirigible balloon n
existence Th* Pair* was undergo
ing repairt to asschiner-r a*, a^rdun
a sudden gust o! struck the
airship and ue 200 men who were
holding the guide ropes were drag
ged alftg for several hundred yards
before they let go. ihe balloon
then shot up to a great height and
disappear,*! and-jwk* never hexrd
from.
“I’ubllcity of campaign contributions
before election day, so that the peo
ple may know who is paying the ex
penses of candidates, and why paying.
“Adopton of an ncome tax because
It is just, and under what may bar
Southern -Employee in
Drawing I’istot on 1‘n.vsengcr
Trouble fol conduct toward hts wife. pFO , )0rtlonate Bhare of the bur _
and Ellerson shot-him three times- of the Federa , Government
twice In the face and once in the .. Jhp p , in8hmPnt of ^ who
lungs. Friends of Hechler tried ♦<• manlpulate ranroad stocks and owner-
•ynch Ellerson. and"six policemen! h(p8 the engagement of railroad
were engaged for neany an hour in'
At Spartanburg. \V, R. Lucas
ticket taker on Southern Trraln, wa
arpested Friday-night '“wfieTf tin
train pulled into the station on th' |e ra | persons trying to shoot him
charge of drawing a pistol on one
of the passengers. On the train
from Greenville Friday afternoon
about two hundred base ball fam
were aboard returning to Spartan
burg from the ball game in Green
ville. Trouble arose about fares and
a difficulty was narrowly averted.
Lucas drew, his pistol and when the
getting the man to the station, sev-
A SEVERE STORM, -
Lightning Strikes Resiliences, < hur
dles and stuns Several People.
w
At Spartanburg, lightning struck
four residences, two churches and
train pulled Into the station he war I stunned several people during a se-
arrested by the police. * | vere electrical storm Wednesday
afternoon. Three of the residences|
AUTOMATIC DOFFING MACHINE, [that were struck were badly damag
ed and one was set on fire. Silver
111 vent ion for Cotton Mihs Designed | Hill Methodist church was struck in
threeplaces. and thefower demolish-
by South < urolinians. |^d. a small colored church* on
An automatic doffing machine Binaries street was set on fire by a
the joint invention .of A. O. Hoozer | and the flr? de P &rt *
of Greenville and 'George HUT of
fucapau. The machine, is now in
successful operation at lucapau mil!
in Spartanburg county. The need
of a machine for this work has long
been an impprtant one, for the help
to do the doffing in the* spinning
plants has always been difficult to
secure.
[ment had to be called out to extin
guish the flames. *
.HEADQUARTERS AT CHICAGO.
| Chairman Mack to Open There.
Finance Committee.
head-
construction upon abualness-llke bas
is and railroad operation wtta far re
turns in wages and profits to workers
and owners on honest valuation and
honest labor, but ntik on watered
stock and false bond issues created
by exploitation.”
The appeal closes with a copy of
the resoluton adopted by the Demo-
|crac national committee upon the
occasion of their visit to Falrview
July 14, declaring for publicity of
contributons before the electon;
individual contributions to $10,000
and providing for the publication of
all contrbutions over $100.
Mr. Bryan outlined the subjects
which he will discuss in his forth
coming speech of acceptance. The
speech wil be confined practically to
the questions, “shall the people rule”
and “the measure of rewards.” The
other issues of the campaign, such
as guarantee of bank depostors, the
tariff, the trusts, etc., will be treated
in the several speeches he will make
In the next thirty days and hia let
ter of acceptance,
COAV AVRECKS A TRAIN.
The Demoeraiic national
quarters opened for the season at | |.' our Person* Killed in Accident on
the Auditorium Annex Wednesday',
Two Men And a AAoman Killed in |Chairman Mack, of the national com-
FKUBISTS IN RIG FIGHT.
Kentucky.
The bloodiest feudist battle it
years took place at Layman, Horlin
county, Ky., late Thursday afternoon
Three persons , w ere, killed, one 1 ic
ing a woman, and one woman wa
wounded. The trouble dates bad
for generations between Blanton*
Texas Tram Road.
Tour persons were ktttfid and fonr
[others were injured, two probably
fatally, when an engine on the tram
by Roger- -U.-
Sullivan, ol Illinois, have arrived [
in Chicago. „ -
Chairman Mack is expected to an- _
notinre the membership of the finan- road of the Livingston Lumber Com-
oe committee and various sub-com- pany struck a cow and plunged into
miUees not yet appointed^ | a deep ravine, near Livingston,
Texas Friday.
The dead: Watson Scott, , en
gineers Kawette Rogers, .fireman;
MAN STABS HIS AATFE.
and Taylors. The immediate cause ■ 1
of the shooting was a dispute ovet |-\Voman‘* Injuries*Considered Serion* | Finis Peebles. Henry Young.^^colo^
a &chpol election. Sy
Husband In Jail.
BAjlBBR STABS AATFE.
ed, ,Brad Hickman and a young man
named Clark. are perhaps fatally
negroes are lean
Narrowly- -Heoapea
E-nr.g
Lyre hed
Tom Vick, a raili operative, is inP njar d * .
- . serlousW injured
Hh* c«ur9v mi! at Greenville charted
by Asfiry Mob
At Burlington. N. J.. fingered and I injuries are said to
New Cotton Sold at OJo.
Th first bale of naw crop
with £*Abbl!tg h!S wife at their Cot-
faee la the tuburfct of that place
Friday afternoon. The woxnan't.
be sarioua. ew ‘ n Edens to
Jealous because Ws wife wished ♦olpeclaliv the wound in her sida. AfAck I evening y *
go for a walk* Adam Popial, a bar-J also plunged the plad* in his wife's bternberger inpooy^^
her, fhnrsday night subbed the wo-lthroat, the wound bataf about an weighed *_ 4 _
mia kid ii turn waj aiicoit lyscicijiaci deep. The a Jr ay sonmi to kave|kai * rcu f^t
by an ang^ry mdS. | yeea the ontcome of a '** “
tjw. *|tnk wm plk«U| Mait> 1