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BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7.1911
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RECORD
Yictir ii Grand Priz* Aita
ce it Simcch.
75
AN HOUR
Young American Millionaire Estab
lishes a New World's Record.—Ed
die Hearne Second in Benz and De
Palma, Third.—Outcome of Strug
gle Surprises Enthusiasts.
A dispatch from the Grand Prize
Race Course, Savannah, Ga., says
flying faster than the biting wind
which swept the f r ozen tace course,
David L. Bruce-Brown, the young
American millionaire, Thursday es
tablished a new world's record for au
tomobile road races in winning his
second grand prize race in as ipanv _
years at an average speed of 74.45
miles an hour. His average last year
over the same course was 70.5,5 miles
an hour.
The supreme honor again went to
an American driver piloting a foreign
car, but this year it was an Italian
ITat instead of a German Benz that
carried the dauntless Bruce-Brown to
victory. His elapsed time Thursday
was 331 minutes and 29 and 13-100
seconds.
Bruce-Brown captured the greatest 1 R ' E T,,rnlps,,ed W!,B re-elected sta-
American trophy only after a fierce tlsHra ' Becr ^ tary HourB for meeting
and nerve-racking struggle in which and adjourning were fixed at 9 30
Eddie Hearne, driving a Benz, was i a ' n ' l,nd b m.
second, two minutes behind, at ^ ev ’ ^ Cshthen, secretary
?33:33 7-100, and Ralph De Palma, elde y B - re f d
third at 334:40, 85-100. No mishap
METHODISTS MEET
BISHOP KILGO PRESIDES OVER
ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SPOKE'IN CHARLESTON
Hundreds of Clergymen and Laymen,
Representing South Carolina Meth
odism, in Attendance.
South-Carolina Methodists met In
their 126th annual Conference at
Bennettsville Wednesday q^ornlng.
The Conference began with the Sac
rament of the Lord's Supper, admin
istered by Bishop John C. Kilgo, as
sisted by the Rev. Messrs. C. B.
Smith, J. W. Elkins, J. O. Wilson,
P. F. Kilgo and R. E. Tuinipseed.
The sacrament was administered to
hundreds of clergymen, laymen and
citizens <>f Bennettsville and the ser
vice was exceedingly impressive.
When the Rev. T. J. Clyde .one of
the oldest members of the Confer
ence, approached the chancel Bishop
Kilgo affectionatHy embraced him
an 1 wept. Mr. Clyde was the senior
preacher of Bishop Kilgo on the
Bishop’s first charge, here in Ben-
nettsville, and to him the Bishop de
clared he owed a debt of gratitude
which could never be paid.
The organization of the Conference
was perfected by the re-election of
Dr. E. O. Watson as secretary. Dr
Watson appointed as his assistants
the Rev. Messrs. A. E. Holler, S. B.
Harper and W. 1,. Wait. The Rev.
GOV. FOSS OF MASSACHUSETTS
PRESENT AT BANQUET.
Involving life or limb marred the run
ning of what probably will be the last
of these classic races at Savannah
The exciting finish of the great con
test brought thousands of cheering
•pectators to their feet, so Intense
war, the inerest. \s the winner's red
car flashed into view, a mile distant
from the gran island on the home
•tretch, & mighty roar of applause
rent the air and increased in volume
as the racer crossed the line in a met
eoric burst of speed
Of the 16 foreign and American
racing machines which darted away
at I o'clock Thursday morning in the
start of the grtselling 411.::6-miles
contest, only six finished. All of th«
remainder were unable to undergo
tho tearing undurance strain and
were eliminated from time to time by
the breaking a vital portions of the
mechanism.
The foreign cars apparently sur
passed the American manufacturers»
as not a single one of the latter cross
ed the tape at the finish tn ? place i
On the other hand American drivers
demonstrated superiority over tbe for-;
cign pilots.
Th outcome of the race was a sur
prise to automobile enthusiats, as
neither of the two favorites of Wed
nesday, both Frenchmen, were in the
running at the finish. Victor Hem-
ery, the Benz driver, who was heav
ily‘played, was no' a contender for
the honors after the seventh lap.
Louis Wagner, the other favorite, j
retired his Flat from the contest in
the 15th turn.
TROOPS IN READINESS.
United States Has Eoree in Philip-
ines to Dispatch at Once.
The United States is keeping In
readiness at Manila an expeditionary
force of from .'OO to 2,500 sol Hers
for Immediate dispatch to China for
the purpose of protecting foreigners
and to keep open the railway com
munication between Peking and the
sea. This, it was declared by the
State Be pa rtfnenl Is ho t~t o be con
sidered an intervening force in favor
of either the rebels of the imperial
ists, but is merely the United States’
part in complying, together with the
the following report, naming the
[committees to serve during the ses
sion :
Public Worship—P F. Kilgo, R
E. Turnlpseed, S. J. Bethea and J. F.
Everett.
Conference Relations—N O. Bel
linger, E. P. Taylor, E. H. Beckham,
A. T Dunlap, P B. Ingraham, J. R
T Malor, B. .1. Guess, T E. Morris.
I A White. W H. A rial, J. S. Beas
ley and J. C. Chandler.
District Conference Journals—R
W Humphries, G. W. Orubnr, R. M
Dubose, W. H. McEachern. G. C
Leonard, J. B. Bruce, C. C. Derrick,
i C. G. Osborne. S. W. Henry, J. T. Mc-
Garrlty, D E. Camak and J W Mc
Coy.
Books and Periodicals—D W Dan
iels, .1 P Inahlner. J. T Miller. C S
'FHder, Dr B C». Gregg. O. F. Kirby,
R. M. lyofton, J F Carlisle. A C
Dibble, W. R Justus, L. O. Potter
and D M Mclyeod.
Temperance—J. W. Neelv, C. R
Walker, J. M. Friday, J R Penland.
T A Graham. J F. Bolt. W T Rel
ent),ingh. F. B Berry, W H Hodges
C. A Funderburk, G P Watson and
J. R Grlfiin
Sabbath Observance—R O. Gaines,
T W Walling. W H. B Klnard. T
C Herbert, D. M. Barrenttne, J. R
Walker. G. M Beasley, S.' J. Bethea
T W. Bowman. H B. Hardy, W. C.
Kirkland and N S. McLeod
Memoirs—-T B Traywlek, 8. A
Weber. J. L. Stoke*, E S. Jones and
R S Tnie*<1ale.
The Rev L. P. McGhee, In a fitting
speech, delivered to Ri=hop Kilgo a
handsome gavel. Mr. McGhee said
that the handle of the gavel was pre
sented bv Lander College, the sliver
bands by Bennettsvllie Methodists
and the main body by the Methodists
Democratic Principals Declared Only
Basis of Progress—Outlined Pro
gressive Movement of Party.
A closer run of the state for pop
ular government, and the elimination
of special tariff and other privileges,
as the only basis for constructive na
tional progress was advocated by
Gov. Eugene N. Foss, of Massachu
setts, in an address before the St.
Andrew’s Society Thursday night in
Charleston.
He declared the business interests
of the country must he built upon
constructive business lines for the
benefit of the people and that the
Republican party had utterly failed
in this regard.
He outlined the progressive move
ment of the Democratic party, which,
he said, furnished the necessary so
lution of our national problems and
declared that the country is calling
upon that party to assume the lead
ership. He declared that the Sher
man act had failed to safeguard and
develop our Industrial prosperity, and
that it had reacted injuriously upon
all business.
He believed, he said, that each
state must now take up the duties of
regulating its trade and commerce,
instead of leaving this to take its
chances with unwise Federal control
and litigation; called for a more bus
iness-like direction of public affairs
and declared it to be the duty and
the opportunity of the progressive
Democracy to establish clean-cut bus
iness methods in government as well
as Industry and commerce.
"The people now realize that The
business interests of the country and
all problems of public finances and
all problems of public finances and
fiscal policy cannot remain the prey
of partisan schemes; but must be
raised to the highest level on sound
economic principles. Progress is pos
slble on this plan, and on no other
"legislation in regard to our in
dustry and ^munerce has hitherto
been far more deabtuctlve of broad,
honest expansion .Jihsn effective In
checking dishonesty or In limiting
monopolies.
"We now enter upon a new era in
which progressive legislation on
these lines will teke the place of
tariff Juggling and its attendant evils
"The era of the Payne-Aldrich tar
iff has been also the era of the polit
ical boss It has witnessed the sub
version of Legislatures, the dictation
of congressional action, and the dis
turbance of executive duty, through
forces that work in the dark, against
the public welfare. It has been the
direct representation of popular will
supplanted by the dictates of polit
ical machines.
"Relief from
PLEAD GUILTY
Juits B lOiairaCtfifestts It BUw-
it| Up ike Tiaei Bi'Mirg.
BOLT FROM A CLEAR SKY
T Eeaonshrdu etaon shrdlu cmfwyp
The Explosion at Los Angeles, Cal.,
Which Destroyed The Times Build
ing and Killed Twenty-One of the
Paper's Employees, is at Last
Cleared Up.
James B. McNamara pleaded guilty
to murder in the first degree In Judge
Walter Bordwell's court at Los An
geles, Cal., Friday. A summary of
the day's happenings included many
sensational incidents. James B. Mc
Namara pleaded guilty to having
placed a dynamite bomb under the
Los Angeles Times building in Octo-
ter, 1910, and caused the death of 21
persons.
John J. McNamara, rccretary-
treasurer of the Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
brother of James B., did not enter
plea at this time to the tnrlirtment
similarly entered acpinst hi-M tor Th"
Times explosion, but when lie Is ar
ranged next Tuesday it is virtually
certain proceedings against him for
this charge will be dismissed, as the
State admits it has no evidence con
necting John J. McNamara directly
with this particular disaster.
John J., however, pleaded guilty to
the charge of having caused the ex
plosion of the Llwellyn Iron Works,
in which no fatalities occurred.
'District Attorney John D. Fred
ericks will recommend life imprison
ment for James B., and ten years for
John J , but Judge Walter Bordwell
a'one can fix the sentence.
Ortie E. MoManigal, who con
fessed to having actually blown up
the Llwellyn Iron works there in
December, 1910, at the direction of
John J. McNamara, will be brought
to trial, but it is expected the State
will recommend a light sen'ence be
cause he turned State's evidence.
The scene in the court room Fri
day was one of protracted tension
Sensation followed sensation with
such rapidity that the gaping crowd
hardly realized what happened in
those few minutes of formal pro
cedure
In less than twenty minutes the
big case was disposed of, hut for
hours previously there had been a
feeling that something startling
would develop, and so closely guard
ed was information that spectators
"ere prepared for anythin*; except
the thing presented.
SAVED NEW JERSEY
AGAIN THIS YEAR.
l ost Only Essex Comity Wbtee Dem-
a plea of guilty; and the like course
we Intend to pursue with reference
to J. J. McNamara, in the case of the
people against him, wherein he is
charged with having destroyed the DEMOCRATS CARRIED THE STATE
Llewellyn Iron works."
Mr. Fredericks—"Mr. J. B. McNa
mara, w’ill you stand up, please?"
The defendant arcse.
Mr. Fredericks—"Mr. J. B. McNa
mara, you have heietofore been ar
raigned on this indictment, number
C.!'39, and have entered yoflr plea
tnereto of not guilty. Do you wish
to withdraw that plea of not guilty?"
The defendant—"Yes, sir."
Mr. Fredericks—"The prisoner an
swered yes. J. B. McNamara, you
have heretofore been arraigned on
this Indictment as stated before and
you have withdrawn your plea of not
guilty heretofore entered. # Do you
wish now to plead at this time?"
Mr. Davis—"At this time, yes, sir.”
'Mr. Fredericks—"To this Indict
ment, number 6,939, charging you
with the crime of murder, do you
plead guilty or not guilty?"
The defendant—"Guilty."
Mr. Fredericks—"Guilty, your
honor. Do the court and counsel for
the defense wish to take up the other
case?”
The court—"I will dispose of this
n.alter and the time for sentence.
The court appoints the time for pro
nouncing Judgment in this case as
It was not thought that erter the
present conditions I \ Igcrous battle w aged thus far, one
can be —and will be—accordel by | tide would lay down its arms so wlll-
Democratlc administration and a j Irgly, so freely and even so happily—
Democratic administration and a j ('or both prisoners smiled, chewed
Democratic Congress. These results! gum and appeared as they nave on
can be secured by cur party through j other days, confidently unconcerned,
the tw in policies of a reasonable tar-1 Even the district attorney was not
Iff and a settled program of reciprocal sure until Just before noon that the
trade agreements. i end was in sight.
"But there is, in my Judgment, a There were to be ’evelopments in
still more important step which re
mains for us to take.
"Ifls time for Congress while up
holding the principle that Interstate
of Laurens, the native town of the and foreign trade shall be Doe from Nnd even a baby that emitted a whine;
the court room, he tcM his associates,
and all brought their wives and
friends. In the crowd were detec
tives for both sides, many women,
10 o’clock on Tuesday, the 5th day
of December, 1911.
Mr. Frederick—“J. 3. McNamara,
v II you stand up, please?”
He arose.
Mr. Fredericks—"J. J McNamara,
you have heretofore been arraigned
on indictment number 6,955, Ih
which you are charged with the
crime of exploding, or attempting to,
dynamite, nitroglycerine, etc., In the
buildings, or near the hundlhgs ad-
'acent to the Llewlyn Iron works.
You have been arraigned on that In
dictment and entered your plea of
not guilty. Do you now wish to with-
d’aw that plea of not guilty?”
The defendant—"I do.”
Mr Frederick—"Do you wish now
at this time to plead to the indict
ment?"
The defendant—"I do."
Mr. Fredericks—"J. J. McNamara,
you have heretofore been arraigned
In in'lctment number 6,995, This is
the time agreed upon for you to
plead to the same Do you wish to
plead guilty or not guilty "
The defendant—"Guilty.”
Mr. Fredericks—"Guilty, your
honor.”
The court—"Well, I will appoint
the time for pronouncing the Judg
ment in this case as 10 o'clock a. m ,
Deceml»er 5, 1911, which is next
Tuesday."
There was a rush for the incloeure
where the attorneys sat when around
tbe district attorney to congratulate
him upon the way he worked up his
case He smiled in return—not a
smile of exultation, but relief.
"I don’t want a pound of flesh,”
ht- explained.
"1 look at this from two view
points. As a lawyer I wanted these
men to plead guilty because they
were guilty—because the evidence
we gathered showed them guilty be-
von' any doubt. But as a man, I
want to say that if 1 can recommend
a less severe punishment than death
! or be merciful any way and at the
same time rii union labor its de-
* re to use violence to obtain its ends
I want to do that thing
oermts and Independents Refused
to Help Smith.
The True American, of Trenton,
N. J., in a recent issue shows that
Woodrow Wilson really carried fiew
Jersey In the late election. Accord
ing to the True American Gov. Wil
son spoke in twenty of tbe twenty-one
counties of the State during the cam
paign.
He did not speak in Essex county,
where the socalled "Democratic" can
didates for aesembly were running
on a Smith-Nugent machine ticket in
opposlt^n to the Wilson platform
and in opposition to progressive leg
islative program.
In the twenty counties where Wil
son spoke the Democrats Increased
their phenomenal majorities of 9,531
for the legislative ticket in 1910, to
10,188 in 1911. This, In conjunction
with the fact that taking tbe State
as a whole the Democratic candidates
for assemblymen received a plurality
of the votes cast for assembly candi
dates, and that, too, in a year when
the twit vote was exceptionally light,
shows that Governor Wilson has r»-
'Verne* New Jers?y to Democracy
"for keeps."
These figures also bear out the
statement made this week by Nation
al Committeeman Robert S. Huds
peth, of Jersey City, in which he de
clares that “ the result this year was
accomplished in spite «f opposition
to Governor Wilson on the part of
James Smith, who dominated tho or
ganization in Essex County. This
County has twelve assembly seats,
which were lost, the Democratic vot
ers refusing to support his candidates,
who were running on the anti-Wilson
platform. *
"Yhe Democratic loss in Essex
county changed the complexion of the
assembly, but the total vote in the
State nevertheless shows a Demo
cratic majorltv. "The difference be
tween this and last year In the Dem
ocratic majority lies chiefly In
Smith's county. There was a change
against him of 12,227 votes. Last
year his county was Democratic by a
majorltv of 4.999 This year there
was a Republican majority of 7,288.
“The State senate last yeur was
Republican by a majority of thrso.
Asa result of the recent election that
body thla year Is Republican by a
majority of only one. Governor Wll-
son'a legislative program at tbe last
session was carried through tn its
entirety, notwithstanding the Repub
lican majority in the Senate.
"The Democratic majority in the
State Is notable In view of the fact
that there was no candidate for State
office, and no one like Governor Wil
son running for office about whom a
State-wl interest might revolve. As
s natural consequence, a large num
ber of registered voters, In the main
Independent, refrained from casting
their ballota. This vote last year waa
given to Governor Wilson individu
ally"
ON CHARI
Grad JirjAl
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Action in
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Charge by Coart, at.
Request BUI
lldtor Monday—No
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ACCIDENTS ON RAILROADS.
(X)LLAPSE OF GRAND STAND.
distinguished Bishop. The response| restraint, to define so far as practi-l
of the B'shop was very happy, and
witty as well.
The twenty-second question: "Arc
•*11 the preachers blameless In their
’Ives and character’" waa asked, and
th« characters of the twelve presiding
elders were passed and their reports
heard. The Bishop made Inquiry as
to the several In'erests of thft,church
missions, education, finance &nJ spir
itual conditions. f
The following visitors were intro-
ducei to the Conference: Dr. D. A
other powers signatory to the Boxer 1 Bull, renresenting the Sunday-school
protocol, with the provisians of that
document.
The order for starting the troop?
awaits only the word from American
Minister Calhoun at Peking. Mr.
Calhoun was Wednesday instruete
by the department to convey to his
diplomatic colleagues now* in the Chi
nese capital the information that the
United States has his force ready,
and that It will be sent immediately
upon the notification that the council
of foreign representatives at Peeking
thinks they are needed.
HIS DEMAND COMPLIED WITH.
board; Dr. James Cannon, of Vir
ginia: Dr. J. M. Moore, of the mis-
-ion board, and Dr. J. D. Hammond
of Payne College.
In the afternoon the Rev. R. F
Truesdale. of Rpartsnburg, preached.
The report recently circulated as to
♦ bp transfer of the Rev. R *3. Trues-
dale was Wednesday denied by Mr.
Tuesdnle. He says he knows nothing
of such an arrangement as was re
ported. The news of Ms Intention
of staying in South Carolina is re
ceived with great satisfaction, ns he
is one of the most valuable men in
the Conference.
cable what specific acts shall bo
doemel lawful and what unlawful,
t order that the legitimate business
of the country may know w nat tbe
conditions are to w hich business must
conform.
"It Is time, also, to reaffirm the
prlnoj_ple that each state must do for
itself all that human power can ac
complish to utilize its constitutional
powers
"Failure of the states to act ef
fectively within their common sphere
serves as a justification for undue
extension of national authority.
"We must now face a situation in
which the fear of restraint by com
binations of capital has given way to
apprehension of greater restraint by
the national government itself."
GUILTY OF MURDER.
a’most simultaneously wltn tne an- Hacked With People to Witness Foot
novneement of the pleas of guilty ofj
Robber With Revolver Gets Good Roll
From Bank Teller.
At the command of an unmasked
mad armed with a revolver, A. D.
McLeod, teller of the Grandview
branch of the Royal Bank of Canada,
Wednesday handed over $1,000 cash
The robber escaped. Only two clerks
were In the bank xt'hen the stranger
entered. "Give me a thousand,” he
laconically ordered and the teller
complied. The stranger, putting the
roll of bills Into his pocked, hurried
away.
Streams Frozen in Texas.
Dallas, Texas, enjoyed one of tbs
coldest Thanksgivings in the history
of tbe weather bureau stations In
this State. Snyder Tex., reported
four degrees above zero. Dallas reg
istered twelve shove. At Houston
streams were reported frozen over.
Oslveeton reported 84 snd Ban An
tonio 24 above with rising tempera-
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Train Leaves Trestle.
News received at Tampa, Fia
early Friday morning that train
number 85 on the Atlantic Coast line
between Tampa and Jacksonville
went through a trestle one mile
Nprth of Kissimmee. The engine
ami tender passed over safely but
♦he baggage car went through fatal
ly injuring Baggagemaster L, C. Loy
al, and seriously injuring Conductor
J. B. Allen. Several passenger
conches tilted and was piled almost
end up on the wreckage of the bag
gage car.
Quick Justice Meted to Man Who
Killed Mrs. Mary Hall.
At White Plains, N. R., it took a
Jury but ten minutes to reach a ver
dict of guilty Thursday in the trial
of Vinceszo Corna, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Mary Hall at her
home near Crotan Lake, on Novem
ber 9 last. Never was a murder case
cleared up in shorter time In that
county. Two days after thgj murder
five men alleged to have been bandits,
who killed Mrs. Hall in an effort to
make her disclose the whereabouts
of a large sum of insurance money,
were arrested; they were indicted two
days later; Corna. the alleged leader
of the bandits, was placed on trial
Monday. The defense presented no
witnesses.
t-
Mlsses Rabbit, Hits Women.
While hunting rabbits on the farm
near McLouth, Kan., Wednesday,
John Clemm accidentally shot six
young women who were standing on
the front porch of his home. A rab
bit ran around the house and Clemm
fired at it wtth a shot gun. He mlaa-
ed the rabbit but the shot struck tbs
woman, all of whoa own woundsd
,
Many Linemen Busy.
Work for a large force of linemen
for several months will be provided
by the Southern Railway, which is
now organizing its forces for tbe
erection of two inetallle telephone
circulte and the installation of sta
tion equipment between Knoxville
and Chattanooga for dispatching
trains by telephont. Tfco work win
begin on December let and la under
the Jurisdiction of _
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■AN ■
John McNamara. A mass of heads
leaned forward expectantly as ihe
hour fo rthe reconvening of court
approached.
Waiting was a squad of newspaper
men who had waded to no avail
through a maze of possibilities Fri
day to determine the reason for the
sudden halting of the morning's pro
ceedings. Three little boxes conceal
ing telegraphic wires were prepared
for the developments, and less than
two seconds after the word "guilty"
left the mouth of each defendant the
news was being flushed across the
land.
Seated with district Attorney Fred-1
encks was his entire staff. Facing
him was Clarence S. Harrow and
three associate counsel for the de
fendants. James B. McNamara at
first took a seat to one side, us usual,
with two deputies, but soon Attorney
Scott beckoned to him. The two
mtii sat together for a few minutes,
and Scott’s arm was about the pris
oner's neck and he counseled cour
age for the supreme crisis.
It w T as James B. McNamara who
balked at entering into an arrange
ment to plead guilty if it might af
fect his brother,
sreriflee himself, but he wanted his
brother to go free. The attorneys, 1
however, convinced him that the bet
ter course was for both to plead
guilty and take tholr chances on a
merciful sentence.
Word that John J. McNamara was
coming caused the first ripple of ex
citement. He had not visited the
court room since October 11, when
the trial was begun, And the cases of i
the McNamaras were severed.
When he entered It was generally
realized that tbe case had reached
a climax.
The bailiff tapped louder than
usual when Judge Wordwgll mounted
the bench. Instant silence fell.
The "people versus McNamara,"
remarked the court, and Attorney Le-
Comte Davit of the defense rqse.
"In thle case,” he declared, "after
long consideration, we have con
cluded to withdraw the plea of not
—**•*““ ma fefTA tto dttMdut tutor
Hall Game.
At Jackson, Miss., fifty persons
\)t-re injured, several possibly fatal
ly, when a temporary grandstand at
Hie state fair ground collapsed Just
before play waa started Thursday in
ihe annual football contest between
th** elevens of the University of 'Mis
sissippi and Mississippi Agricultural
end Mechanical College, a thousand
or more spectators tumbling to the
ground with the wreckage of the
stand.
Thomas Spengler, of Jackson; 8.
C. . Gathlngs, University student,
Prairie, Miss., and T. W. Henry, Mls-
) fJeslppi college student, Clinton,
Miss., are the most seriously hurt.
Both of Spengler’s legs were brok
en. Gathlngs and Henry were hurt
internally.
The stand gave way without warn
ing, suddenly tflting to one side and
going down under its burden of hu
manity. A number of women and
children were among the occupants
of the structure.
The wounded were hurried to hos
pitals and private homes for surgical
attention as quickly as automobiles,
carriages and other vehicles could
He was willing to, bo requi8ltloned . 4-
, Lieutenant Governor Manshtp and
PiSecretary of State J. NT Power, of
i Mississippi, were among those on the
sund at the time it collapMd. They
I escaped with slight bruiieV.
The list of Injured includes: W.
P Henry, Clinton, internal Injuries;
William Chapman, Laurel, internal
injuries; Con Sledge, Clarksdale, in
ternal Injuries; Mias Ida Attnave,
Black Hawk, Miss., back badly
wrenched; 'Miss Mollle Burch, Jack-
eon, severs brulsea.
Injuries sustained by tbs others
hurt consist of minor cats and bruis-
ej.
Many Lives Lost on the Railroads to
This State.
Twelve more persons were killed
by the railroads operating In South
Carolina this year than laet year, ac
cording to the reports that have been
filed with the railroad commission by
the officers of the various companies
for year ending June 30. The re
ports filed show that 82 trainmen,
passengers and. trespassers were
killed during the year aa compared
70 last year.
The reports also show that over
300 more persons were injured this
year. The number of persona report
ed injured was 1,255, as compared
with 940 last year. These statistics
will be embraced In the annual report
of the commission to the general as
sembly which Is now being prepared.
Reports received throughout the
year from the various sections of the
State would Indicate that many of
82 deaths were caused by the dan
gerous grade crossings. Few people
were killed in wrecks In thi^pt
last year.
The policy of the commission la tfr
work for the elimination of grade
crossings, and a section of the annual
report will be devoted to the matter.
The commission will ask that grade
crossings be placed entirely within
the Jurisdiction of the commission.
The section of the report of tbe
commlMion dealing with the Incomes
and expenditures of the various rail
way lines of the State Is eooB to be
announced.
Shortly after bearing aa
charge from Judge Gage, <
response to an inquiry aa to
they could take Into
expense to the connty ,
and aortal effect of a pi wseyw—
Thomas B. Felder, ot Atlanta, for al
leged bribery In oonnectkm
State dispensary sffsiUA'
Jury In tbe Session* Court
berry Wednesday morning
"no bill" in tbe Felder
inry bad and the bUl
morning.
It 4a inderatood that i
siderable division
made From the
* asu* * jsviu as# v -f w wviwng ■
the inrv, &nd from otbor
stances in connection wtth
si deration of the 111! by
inferred that tho Jury
alone to the question of the
submitted in support Ot
tlon, but took niider
the wisdom of a
Attorney General
over tn Npwberry for a
between traina on his way 4a
home in Abberille. He did
pear in the Court poem. In
reached Newberry after the
in the Felder
Fred H. Dominick. a
her of the dispensary
commission, said W«
that be bad no stat—aijf UU-ffr# oat
In regard to the Jury’s finding.
Judge Gage In replying to mo
grand Jury’s question, said that this
case arose "out of that
pertinent which the Bti
dueed to meko some D
ago, and that was an he
make respectable a
ness, that of selling llqsor.to mm"
"I truet." he said, "the Mai# hat
tried that experiment to its ifljrf
content”
He said the grand Jury* was kosnd
to know the public htatery eff nil «<
these dispensary nrosecattoge, §mA he
gave tbe Jury s brief history of the’
prosecution and the resnltn.
among the othsrn, the
against Boykin, TowiU and Kreaft
the three witnesses on the Felder bill,
the prosecution agalna Evans haring
been brought In the Newberry Cesft
snd having been nolle pressed by
tbe fit ate, ^
With reference to the matter of
expense, he said. "If it la true Mat
Felder offered these men a bribe, mbA
if the testimony so satisfies >on, aM
If the testimony satisfies yott that thin
prosecution is in good faith to ringh
cate the law of the land, yon ought
to find a true bUU no matter what tho
expense is. But. on tbe other hand,
if the testimony does not so satMy
you. If you are not satleMfl that tho
prosecution is for public pi
to put^ it differently, if yon
lafted that the prosecution in'
the public good and will not
public good, you have a wldo diner*’
Hon In the matter; you can either
find no bill, or you can return the
bill to th* solicitor nnacted upon.
stating to Mm that yon will no*
make any finding upon It, but prefer
i satisfactory
Rate
tiianyy ail/ uutllUM UyrVlI IVf siUV gs*
it to stand until mors satisfactory
proof comes to your
"But, above all
men," said Judga Gage,
make one thing your pol
uniris yon do that you will do
Put behind you every
sideratlon and look to the truth,
the truth alone, and plant yc
firmly upon the truth, and go
goal, ..to which truth leado
you go at It In this spirit,
this purpose, you are bound to r
a right conclusion. If yon go at
In any other spirit,
to reach a wrong concloaioa^*
SHOOTS TOSSUM
Four Burned Alive,
Fire on the farm of Lieutenant
Governor T. W. Patterson, near Liv
erpool station, B. <?., caused the death
of four persons early Thursday.
Thomas Moore, in charge of the farm,
his young daughter and two small
ifcpas were the victims. Five chil
dren, boys, escaped. The mother and
a slater were absent from home.
T r t . J.
Assailant Thought So Be
Mistook Them for
R. A. Richardson, _
and a young man named
who live' in and near Dover,
assailed by An unhnown negro i
’possum hunting two miles l
-srx mm wi
times with a shotgun by
known assailant It is
assailant was a negro, Bsn 'i
who shot Chief of Police “
urday night and who had
hiding since then. It to 1
Matthews believing that
hunters
» believing thai
were a pones
med firs on til
Aviator Falls to His Death.
Lieut. Baron Von Freytage, Loring-
hoven, a military aviator, fell at
Doeberlta, Germany, Monday and waa
killed. He waa a son of the chief
quartermaster general of tho staff th
m
Baseball Player Killed iD fcto
A new* dispatch from Demarent,
Os., says: “▲ McCoy, 21 a baseball
player, who wae on the Johneon City
(Tens.) teem In the Appalachian forte
League lest season, ws
shot and killed at tint pinco
"
him opened
saw them
with n torch.
waa in
the greater pert«
thrffun.
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