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TOL. XXXII BARXWELL, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1909 EXPLOITS SOUTH Till* of This Soctlon's Com moreltl Advontagcs. IMPORTS INCREASING DAWAL ZIMMERMAN AOKD BOND CLERK FREED FROM THE PKVITENTTARY. la Speech Director Dawe at Southern Commercial Congress Says That Ocean Frontage of Southeastern Third of Union Exceeds That of the Remainder. ^ Nearly 100 Southern cities were represented at Atlanta Wednesday at the first annual convention of the Southern . Commercial Secretaries' association. Statistics showing the South's re sources were given by G. Grosvenor Dawe of Montgomery, managing di rector of the Southern Commercial congress. Mr. Dawe took as his theme the potential g eatness of the Southern States. "Viewed from the point of coast line, It Is well to understand that the Southern States possess an enormous advantage over the other two-thirds Of the United States; for the coast of the Southern States is 3,007 while the coast line of the Atlantic States is 888 miles; i the Pacific coast 1,557 miles. The natural advantages of coast line are already asserting their in fluence, for we are able to say that a Southern port still holds the second position for exports among all the ports of the United States—New Or leans In 1900—and now a Souther! port that nine years ago was wrecked and rent by storm, the port of Gal veston "We are able to show you tha* th-« exports along the Kulf now ex ceed the exports of Philadelphia and loflcn by 81 per cen*. and the.' erual acre than 50 dj cent of th> t<»'n. which belongs to the overshat port of New York. The tabl«- of exports for 1900 and 1908 show that 27 per cent growth in exports has taken place in New York. Phila delphia and Boston regarded togeth er. During this same time the gulf exports Increased 31 per cent. Imports Increasing. "In the matter of imports—goods coming to America for distribution —you will flud that while the three great ports above mentioned have in creased 27 per cent, the Southern ports have increased 9 7 per cent. Is It not reasonable to claim that the Southern States, by reason of their coast line, are coming to occupy an Important relation to the maritime future of the United States? "When we consider also that all thta swing of commerce Is taking place prior to the completion of the Panama canal and that the Panama canal will help to pull Southward every Inter-oceanic movement, you must realize that the Southern ports will be on the very front doorstep of the world's future commercial movements. "We also declare that the rivers of the South, navigable, and there fore some day to be brought Into co-operation with the energetic men of the South, are more than two to one when compared with any other portion of the United States. The national conservation commission has reported that there are In the United Statea navigable streams amounting to 26,410 miles. How much of this is in the South? Over 18,215 miles. "This enormous total does not In clude a single mile of the Ohio, though it benefits Southern Staler through 900 .miles. Neither does this total include any portion of the Missouri river. If the Mississippi be regarded as a feeder for the gulf commerce.the mileage should be 23,- 691 miles. This leaves only 2,719 miles of navigable streams to affeat the commercial prospects of - the re maining two-thirds *>f ithe United States. Water Power Potential. "The vast Appalachian range, the greatest mountain range In the Unit ed States, lying within the region of plentiful rainfall, is producing at present unharnessed, every moment of every day 6,000,000 horsepower. The day is coming when, through conservation impulses, this water will be used to drive the wheels of indus try and of transportation through- oat the South, thus indefinitely ex tending the life of power burled now IB the cool fields of the South. "If you look at the estimates re garding fhe Iron ore life of the tfinitefl Slates, you Witt 8e e that the Southern Appalachian region Is ex pected to endure 100 years after the Lake Superior region is stripped aad exhausted. Yet. with all the ad vantages belonging to the Southern egiremny of The Appmachtans, ad-, vantages so great that Birmingham Mta the price for pig Iron, yet at present only about 10 per cent of t jR' PlB Iron of the United Sta‘es ft made in the South. Then look at the size and energy of Birming ham the Birmingham district, Qbattaooege and other cltlee In Ten- Reronimendutlon of Board Approved by Governor—Affective Scenes at Prison When Beneficiary Left. Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, who has served sixteen months of a three- year sentence for embezzling Stale bonds while bond clerk in the office of the State treasury, was granted a full and unconditional pardon by Governor Ansel Friday, who merely adopted the recommendation of the pardon board, which contained an in teresting couple of paragraphs on the Zimmerman case, written by Col. W. A. Clark, the boards secretary. The pardon has been expected, as powerful pressure has been brought to b«ar on both the governor and the members of the pardon board, who were appealed to by Influential people from all parts of the State. In fact th@ pardon was expected at the last meeting of the board, but the discovery of additional shortage caused postponement of the case. The first q^ws was telephoned to the penitentiary immediately after the governor had acted, by Clerk Brooks of the supreme court, a fel low Confederate Veteran of Mr. Zim merman’s, who sympathizes with ev erybody in trouble. Capt Roberts of the penitentiary guard made Mr. Zim merman’s heart glad with the first news. Shortly afterward Mrs. Zim merman arrived and there was a tearful meeting. £>he waited until the papers were brought down and her husband formally released. As clothes the aged pair drove away in clothes the aged pair doe away in a carriage to their home. It is thought that the pardoning of Mr. Zimmerman will make a pardon for his accomplice, Mr. T. J. Gibson, easier to secure. Up to this time there have been indications of much bitterness against Mr Gibson on the •art of Mr. Zimmerman's friends. Mr. Gibson has not yet begun ser vice of his sentence, being out on bond pending appeal to the supreme court from the circuit court’s order refusing him a new trial on alleged after-discovered evidence. * DROWNED IN SURF YOUNG AUGUSTAN DROWNED ON SULLIVAN S ISLAND. KILLED BY EMPLOYEE. Man BMsee aod in Alabama dependent up on iron or«, then realize that their marvelous growth to present dlmen- rfoniTffis KrdThVThrttigr the creation of merely 10 per cent of the pig Iron of the United States. Then let your Imagination run riot and picture things. New Orleans Baker Slain by With Axe. T have had a little trouble with your husband.” said Carl Bortuna, early Thursday morning to Mrs. John G. Knecht, as he was about to take his departure from Knecht's Bakery- in New Orleans, where he was em ployed. Mrs. Knecht found the mu- Ulated body of Knecht on the floor of the baking room with a bloody axe nearby. All the money in the cash drawer of the bakery was missing. The po lice believe that jealousy, with the young wife of Knecht as the moving principal may hav e proven a prime factor in the tragedy. 1 e yourself what will b« the develop ment of those portions of the coun try when instead of 10 per cent they are producing 90 per cent of the pig iron of the United States and largely giving that iron its final form. Fmcrablo Situation. "The Southern States as a whole possess more general accessibility to coatt line, and therefore to the com merce of the world than either of the other thirds of the United States A string and a pin wheel will enable you to prove this. You men who think on commercial subjects do not need that I should detail to you the advantages that rest with a por tion of the county that can be sta tistical and governmental proof de clare that it had more coast line, more navigable streams, more wa terpower, more minerals convenient ly arranged, more agricultural range, more forests, more cheap land, more accessibility to ports than any third of the Union. ‘The meaning of this summing up of Southern opportunities is this: and none but the blind will fail to see it. That there is to come a time in the history of the United States, as a whole, must have the support and development of the Southern States. It means that our nation will never reach Its full greatness. It means this, also, that as sure as the sun shall rise tomorrow there Is to come a period of commercial development in the South compared with which the past growth- has been but the tottering footsteps of an In fant.- These are not yrofds of bpasl^- ing or bombast, but they are se rious words, based upon the Incon trovertible evidence of the South’s resources and what those resources must lead to.” , The. afternon ipeslqn was spent listening to a discussion of the good roads movement by Gen. Clifford Anderson of Atlanta and Charles H. Hoyt, superintendent of road con struction of the United States gov eminent. After the papers had been concluded, Mayor Maddox Invited the members to stop at his country home while on the automobile ride. Thp mem berm did so and discovered that Atlanta Is not so dry as the prohi bitionists would hive th« public be lieve. There were cigars, punch and what the mayor dclted' "other Was Trying to Rescue Miss Bessie Boyle, of Charleston, TV 1th Whom He Was in Bathing. In an effort to save the life of Miss Bessie Boyle, Of Charleston, Mr. Fulton Kelsey, of Augusta. Ga., lost his life in the surf at Bulllvan's Island Friday. The tragedy occur red at about 5 o’clock in the after noon, and a moat unusual circum stance was that no one was aware of the fact that Mr. Kelsey had been drowned until Miss Boyle regain ing consciousness after her rescue, asked where Mr. Kelsey was. Miss Boyle, who was in the surf with Mr. Kelsey, narrowly escaped drowning herself, and when rescued was practically unconscious. Her account of the tragedy was therefore very disconnected. It appears that Mr. Kelsey and' Miss Boyle were In bathing together^ and some little dis tance from any other bathers. It was an unusually strong ebb tide and a high east wind was blowing. The first intimation that any one had that the bathers were in distress was the sight of Miss Boyle’s outstretch ed arms projecting from the water. Mr. David Huguenin of Charleston, happened to be fishing in the surf nearby, and seeing Miss Boyle's arms in the position they were, realized the gravity of the situation an im mediately went to her rescue. The water was only waist deep where Miss Boyle was found, and Mr. Huguenin had little difficulty In reaching her and bringing her to the shore. Miss Boyles condition was quite serious when Mr. Huguenin reached her her face being already Jiscolored and there were other in- licatlons of strangulation. After reaching the shore Miss Movie regained consciousness, .and although in a state of collapse, cried, Where is Mr. Kelsey? Where is Mr. Kelsey?" ,Jt was not known until then that Mr Kelsey was In the surf, and ''fforts wer« immediately made to locate him, hut the body had al ready gone down and no trace of it was discovered As soon as Mr. Huguenin was bearing Miss Boyle to the beach. Mr. Clarence Rowland and young Mr Cudworth, of Charleston, immediate ly went to his assistance and helped take Miss Boyle to the cottage of Mrs. Joseph Blgnon, where she was staying. While Miss Boyle Is getting along very well, she Is still in a ner vous state, suffering from shock. Miss Boyle was able to state, how ever that when she and Mr. Kelsey discovered their danger, Mr. Kelsey placed her on his back and told her to call for help. Miss Boyle said that she made several cries, but that they were not heard. The theory in connection with the drowning Is that Mt Kelsey was seized with cramps anc} was un able to cope with the strong under tow' that took him out to sea. It s thought probable that Mlsg Boyle was first knocked down by the under tow and that Mr Kelsey went to her assistance; that Mr Kelsey succeed ed In rescuing her and carried her some little distance to the shore, but was himself stricken and the undertow bore him under. Mies Boyle said that she remembered the break ers coming over their heads, but that the water in which they were standing was only waist deep. * TARIFF BILL Ten Republicans Vote Against the Measure. PASSED BY SENATE Closing Scenes After the Long Fight Tame Indeed, Except for Contro- i versjr Between Senator Aldrich and the Insurgent Republicans. Vote Was 45 to 34. The tariff bill passed the Senate Just after 11 o’clock Thursday by a vote of 45 to 34. Republicans vo:ing in the negative were Beveridge, of Indiana; Bristow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Burkett, Nebraska; Clapp, Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota; Cummins, Iowa; Dolllver, Iowa; La- Follette, Wisconsin; Nelson, Minnejo- ta. McBnery, of Louisiana, was the only Democrat recorded la the r.f- fmnatlve. As it passed the Senate the bill contains almost 400 paragraphs. I’he Senate made 840 amendments to the House provision, many of which were adopted Thursday. The closing scenes In the Sonitt chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La Follette’s three-hour speech was earnest, but not especialy animated. He had a slim audience. Senators remained in their seats only when required to be there to vote. The results of the vote on the bill had been long discussed. There was no doubt of Its passage by the usual finance committee majority. Following several hours of monot onous discussion of the general fea tures of the tariff bill, the closing hours were characterized by a spirit ed controversy between Senator Al drich on the one hand and a number of the insurgent Senators on the other as to the standing of Repub lican Senators who might cast their votes against the bill. The Mil being put on Its passage, was passed. Upon motion of Mr. Aldrich, the Vice President announced the Senate conferees as follows: Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Pen rose, Hale, Cullom, Republicans; and Daniel, Money and Bailey, Demo crats. FOLLOWED FUNERALS. ALTAIAN DIES FROM WOUNDS. Ravenel Man Shot by J. W. Messer- vey. Succumbs to Injuries. A dispatch from Charleston savs I. D. Altman, the citizen of Ravenel who was shot by J. W. Messervey when he went to the assistance of Dispensary Constable Fishburne sev eral days ago to prevent Messervey from carrying away from the depot at Ravenel a package of alleged con traband liquor, died Friday at the Roper hospital in Charleston Alt man dying in Charleston county the Inquest was held there, but the trial of Messervey, who has entered a plea of self-defense, will of course fake place In Colleton county. Alt man had three sons in Charleston and they” were with him when he died. The body was prepared for shipment to Ravenel and left Char lesion Saturday morning. The fu neral was held upon arrival at Rav enel. AUTO KILLS ARMY OFFICER. Mijd# Long. R^tined, Ini Automobile Hater, Run Down by Machine Major J. W. Long, United States army, retired, was run down at Washington Friday by an automo bile, carried to the Rdsiflair effiJiassy and died three hours later at the Emergency Hospital. Major Long had an aversion to automobiles and two days ago de clared: “If I had my way I would smash and burn evory automobile In the District of Columbia.” Major Long was a native of North Carolina and appointed to the army from New York. He formerly was superintendent pf the Michigan State Soldiers' Home and newspapers id Mid SHOT BY BURGLAR TWO SttOttfc&eft MKN HELD III roucE. The Ykttuu' Siincka Aroused En tire Town—KvciUug Chase In New York Suburb. A dispatch from New York says two shoeless men. one of them wounded In the arm and thigh by bullets, are held by the New York police charged with the murder of Mrs. Sophia Staber. wife of George Staber, a New York importer of pa per. in whose residence a battle with burglars early Thursday In which Mrs. Staber met death. The men ad mitted they were Implicated in the burglary, but at first denied any part in the murder. They say they are Carlo Giro, born in Trieste, Austria, and "John Smith." Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2 o'clock In the morning, while stand ing In her bedroom door. The shrieks of Mrs. Staber and her two daughters, the reporta of revol ver shots and the excitement of the chase by mounted policemen and nearly the whole neighborhood, threw Flatbush Into a ferment. Many wives pleaded with their hus bands not to go to work Thursday. There has been comment over the fact that the burglary occurred 1m mediately upon the withdrawal of the police dogs from the vicinity. CHEROKEE CITIZEN KILLED. S. Q. Barratt Falls From Portico and Breaks His Neck. A special from Gaffney says: As a result of falling from a portico ear ly Wednesday morning, Mr. Samuel Q. Sarratt, one of Cherokee county’s most prominent citizens, lies dead at his home two miles north of Gaff ney with a broken neck. , It is very bard to determine at what hour it took place, as Mr. Sarratt was in the habit of sleeping on the portico of the second story, and when the family arose early Wednesday morn ing he was found on the door steps with his neck broken. However, the body was still warm when found, not long after 7 o'clock. Mr. Sarratt was very widely known all over the county, having many prominent connections and being uni versally respected. He was about oO years old, having lived in that section practically all his life, en gaged in farming. He is survived -by five children, Messrs. J. E. Sar ratt, Morris Sarratt and John Sar ratt, Mrs. Joe Humphries and Mrs. Wade Humephries. all of that county The Interment took place Thursday afternoon at Providence church cem etery. SLAYER IS TAKEN RATION IX COURT. ClAima He Shot Constable and Alt- nuui In Self Defen*e—Isqneet Held at Ravenel. J. W. Messervey was arrested Wednesday at Meggett by Magistrate Cowles and later taken to Ravenel for the Inqnest, and afterward waa transferred to the Walterboro jail by Deputy Sheriff Buckner. He de clared that he Shot in self-defense^ An Inquest held at Ravenel into the killing of Constable C. P. Fish burne resulted in a vedlct that the deceased came to his death from the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by John W. Messervey. Magistrate Cowles apparently had no trouble In arresting Messervey, whom he put iu chargfe of his broth er. and the two were coming to Rav enel when they were met by Deputy Sheriff Buckner. who took charge of the defendant. Messervey declared that he had shot the constable only after the latter had drawn a pistol on him, and that he had shot Mr. Altman after the old gentlman had raised a stick to hit him. At the hospital Mr. Altman was re ported to be "about the same." He has sons In Charleston who are see ing that he gets every attention. Solicitor Peurifoy made a motion before Circuit Judge S. G. W. Shipp for a special term of court to con vene at Walterboro Monday, August 2, to try J. W. Messervey, who was committed to jail, charged with the killing of Constable C. P. Fishburne at Ravenel on Tuesday evening. The order was granted and this extra term of court will be presided over by Judge Shipp. DROWNED AT SOCIETY HILL. For Forty Years Man Has Strange Custom. Daniel J. Gallagher, who, for for ty years, has had no apparent busi ness except to follow funerals In the lower West Side section of New York, has been sent to an institu- lofc-ior the blind. He was stricken ^egro Lad Met Death In Waters of shortly after the funeral a few dayi ago of Florence D. Sullivan. Gallagher was known as “Johnny Lookup" because an eye affliction which compelled him to tilt his head backward so that he could see. When about twenty .years old he iarted to foiow funerals, attending the servic es in (he churches, and then run ning alongside the hearses In a dog trot, leaving them only when they reached the ferry. He was on e of the many who Ihed off the bounty of “Big Tim" Sullivan, and mw that Sullivan is n Europe, "Johnny Lookup” had to seek an institution when he became totally blind. TRAMP SAVES PASSENGERS. Flags Rio Grande Train and Warns Engineer of Bad Hoadbed. The lives of more than 200 per sons on a westbound Rio Grande train leaving Canon City, Col., were saved Wednesday by an unknown tramp, who was left unrewarded. . fhe train had just passed Swal lows. a little station two miles east of Canon City and was going at 'a forty-mile an hour gait when It was flagged. The tramp called the engin eer’s attention to a serious under mining of the tracks just below. The roadbed was found to be in a dangerous condition for two miles which the passengers walked along for that distance while the train felt its way along and got past the danger spot. In the excitement the hero w r as forgotten. Evtuiu’ Joud. Monday Morning about 11 o’clock Jess,. Douglas, colored, aged 16, was drowned In the water below the flood gates of Evans mill pond near Soci ety Hill, S. C. Jesse and a compan ion attempted to *wim up stream from the bath houses to the flood gates above where the water la over ten feet in depth. When about 25 feet from the bank above Jesse cried out, "I can’t make it,” and sank and rose three times and went to the bot tom. Search for the body waa made until a gig was stuck into the left leg, above the ankle, and the body was recovered. There was sadness on the faces of a very large crowd and great grief and lamentation among his relatives and friends, many of whom had toll ed and waited through the long hours of the day and night. SEARCHING FOR NEGRO. W. F. McRee Waylaid and Shol at Americus, Georgia. A dispatch from Amerlcua, Ga., says W. F. McRee, superintendent of the Bagley Ray Orchard Company there, was assassinated at an early hour Wednesday morning. Henry Patterson, a negro, employe, charged with the crime, ts being hunted by a posse. McRee was waylaid and *hot at close range, two charges of buckehot entering his neck. Kills Himself and Wife. George Knerer, of Loudt, Wis. last Wednesday killed his wife by crushing her skull with the butt end committed shallow Aged Ghark»44e Singleton Meets Hor rible I>eath. A dispatch from Charleston says, having first been suffocated by smoke and being unable to move from her bed, Charlotte Singleton, colored, sixty years of age, was burned to death at 3 o’clock Thursday morn ing ia a one-etory hut on Heina al ley, by the Ashley River. Marta Williams, a married daugh ter of the deceased, and Joseph Wil liams, a twelve-year-old son of Marla Williams, barely escaped with their lives. The flames completely destroy ed the house, and Its losa Is estimat ed at $200. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Charlotte Singleton was most hor ribly burned, In fact, there remained nothing of the body but portions of the trunk and the head. Acting Corpner Behrens held an inquest over the remains and the Jury ren dered a verdict of accidental burn ing The negroes lost everything In the house. The house was on fire when they awoke, and the rapid spread of the flames made It impossible to ren der any aid to the old negres. The deceased had been engaged in the selling of vegetables. The house she occupied consisted of but two room*. GEORGIA TOWN MARSHAL HELD. Accused of Assaulting a Woman of His Town. At Jesup, Ga., Town Marshal T. M. Thomas is confined in the county Jail on a charge of criminal assault upon a woman, who swore out the warrant for his arrest. A prelimi nary trial has been set for July 12. It Is alleged that Thomas, on the pre text of having a warrant for their ar rest. took the woman and her sister from their home and, accompanied by another man, took them In a bug gy a short distance in the country and forced them to submit to indig n I ties of a most revolting nature. KILLED HIMSELF. "Wife Had * Committed Suicide ♦he * *l,, ( Direct Cause. Responding to a notice that the body of his wife. who. it is believed committed suicide two or thre days ago. had bcotT taken ffotn the Obt-» river, Walter J. Honaker. a member of a prominent retail firm of Louis ville, M#., ,Identified the h*ly kt an undertaker’s establishment, then ali|a; himself, dying instantly. NEGRES BURNED TO DEATH. >0.49 MELL RESIGNS Bowl of TrusttM Has TakM. « No Actio*, Howovar. NOT UNEXPECTED President Mell’s Action Is Held to Have Been Partly Doe to His Clash With Commandant Minna Some Time Ago—Prof. Riggs Spoken of as tits Dr. P. H. Mell, for several years president of Clem son College, South Carolina’s agricultural institution, tendered his resignation Thursday. Dr. Mell’s action is the result of a clash between the president and ths military commandant, which assumed disturbing proportions. Prof. Riggs, of the faculty, is spoken of ae his probable successor, though the trus tees have taken no action. Dr. Mell waa born in Penfield, Greene county. Georgia, on May 14, 1860. Hts father waa a Baptist min ister and a teacher of wide reputa tion. In 1871 he wag graduated from the University dr Georgia, and In 1873 he received from that insti tution the degree of C. E. and M. E. The degree of Ph. D| was later con ferred on him by his alma mat®\ while the University of South Caro lina has conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1 873 Dr. Mell became mining engineer for a copper mine In Geor gia, and from 1874 to 1877 he was State chemist. From 1878 to 1902 he was professor of natural history and geology In the Alabama Poly technic Institute. In addition to these duties he was from 1885 to 1893 director of the Alabama weath er service. In 1902 he became presi dent of Clemson College. WHITE MAN WAS ARRESTED. ( iiarged With Obtaining Goods Un der False Pretences. News from Lexington ssys J. W. Smith, s white man, waa arrestsd and lodged In Jail by Deputy Sheriff Miller Wednesday upon a warrant sworn out by Messrs. Riley and Halg- ler Brothers, of Swansea, charging him with obtaining goods under false pretence* to the amount of about :;95. Smith I# a contractor, and it " seems that h e built the store house of the late W. H. Ff Hast, at Swan sea, and It was while he was doing the work It Is alleged that he se cured the goods. The arrest was made at the home of his father-in- law, Mr. Paul 8healy, at Leesvllie. where he has s wife and an Infant only about a week old. Smith claims to be a native of Georgia, and says that be has a brother who is s bank cashier at Brunswick, Ga. His peo ple have been notified of hto pre dicament, and It is thought that an effort will be made to amlcahly ad just the matter. MOTOR WRECK CAUSES DEATH. BABY FOR HALE. Couple Would Spare Child Hard ships by Getting Better Home. At New York Harry Beach, twenty- two years old, and out of employ' ment, and his wife, both of whom have offered their two-weeks-old ba by for sale for $500 cash. When Beach's first wife died two years ago she left him with two children and he married his present wife six months later. In discussing their offer of the new baby for sale. Beach and his wife said that to keep the child would be only to Inflict their hardships up on him, and that by selling the boy they would provide him with a good home and bring prosperity to them selves. TRAIN FALLS INTO WATER, II USUI U£ UCI DIV 11 WIvU 1110 : oLja>sA§fgun. He then co llBnle^bjf drowning a Senate Votes Sum for Mrs. Hale. Washington, July 1-.—Following a long established custom In respect to Its employees, the Senile Wednesday voted six months' salary to the wld-- ow of ths late chaplain, Dr. Edward Everett Hals. Crashes Through Bridge at Pomona, Kansas—Rescuers at Work. A dispatch from Kansas City says an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train. No. 5, which left Kansas City at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for the West, but which was detoure< because of high water, crashed through a bridge at Pomona, Kan 68 miles southwest of that place, Wednesday afternoon. Rescue work was carried on in rowboats ant skiffs. The train was one of the heav. lest traveled on the main line west of Kansas Citp. It waa running in the water over iu rail .when the pc- cfdent occurred, the track slipping. Kills Father. Defends Mother. . J. 8. Lamb,’ a well-to-do farmer, was stabbed to death by his son, James Lamb, during a family quar rel Thursday at their home In Mans field, Texas. According to the evi dence at the preliminary examina tion the boy struck the fatal blow in defense of hl» mother. Young lamb was released in bond* of ♦5.000. ^ i*_ J, L. Martin of Bryuartlie, G*., Suc cumb* to Injuries. From Byronvllle, Ga., comes the Information that J. L. Martin died Wednesday from Injuries received late Tuesday in an automobile acci dent. His companion. Warren Tur lington, also received fatal injuries. The car being driven by Martin became unmanageable and rammed the bank on the roadside, overturn ing on Its occupants. The men were en route from Vienna to Byromvllle and on account of the lateness of the hour when the accident occurred there was little travel along the road, causing the men to experience great suffering before aid was rendered. BRAKE INSPECTOR KILLED. Young Man of Columbia Crushed to Death Between Two Oars. - Lawrence Ham Iter, air-brake In spector for the Southern Railway, a well known and popular young man of Columbia, waa killed Thursday morning while attending to hla du ties as brake Inspector at the Blend ing street yards of the Southern. While standing between two cart a shifting engine Is supposed to have .struck one of the cars, crushing him between the two. He never lost con sciousness, and was able to reco* nize his parents, who reached Columbia Hospital in time to he at bis bedside when death cam*. H WEARS BARREL. Man Takes Woman’e Clothes While She i* Bathing In CJapgt-J, Miss Mary Hart, sixteen year* old. "hung her clothes oh a hickory limb” when she went bathing In a canal near Paterson, N. J. While she waa In the water a stole her garments, bat the aid ad*rrel. furnlahed by a heard her screams, aha reach her htnaa. The girl latar for John tify the man l