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OFFICERS WERE ACQUITTED.
Were Responsible for Conviction of
a Number of Gamblers.
Union, Sept. 9.?Special detectives
W. H. Hubbard and S. J. Sessions,
who were arrested charged with
gambling, had a no bill returned
against them1 by the grand jury.
This arrest has created considerable
interest in Union because it followed
close upon the conviction of
several persons while others plead
guilty who were arrested as the result
of a big gambling raid several
weeks ago, which at the time produced
a sensation or perhaps rather a
sensation was caused by the arrests
, which followed the raid.
After one of the cases had beeni
\ brought up and the person convicted,
' a warrant was sworn out by the
father of the person implicated,
charging these two officers with having
gambled. This action was taken
through higher court and under it
comes naturally before the grand
jury.
If a true bill had been found it
would have to a very large degree
nullified all the good reform work
that has been done by Mayor L. L.
Wagnon and Chief of Police J. H.
Wilburn and his efficient force, but
the action of the jurors in promptly
throwing it out is good evidence of
the work that is being done and the
sentiment that is sustaining the city
officials.
Cotton Crop Off a Million Bales.
Mr. Habersham King, of Newman,
Ga., one of the leading and most reliable
statistians in the whole country,
on reports regarding the cotton
crop, issued a detailed circular report
on the condition of the crop August
22nd. In Mr. King's conclusion
he states that the third week in August
shows a loss of one million bales
of cotton from the present cotton
crop, due to dry weather and shedding
of squares, young bolls and premature
opening. He further adds,
"That all ideas now of a bumper crop
must be given up."
Since his report, the worst rain
storms in many years have occurred
over the large areas of cotton lands
in South Carolina and Georgia. The
damage to the cotton crop in these
sections has been enormous, and have
therefore cut down the expectancy of
yield up to August 25th very considerably.
The constant and ever increasing
crop damage reports which
are weekly coming in to us from all
parts of the cotton belt clearly indicate
that the crop of 1908 cannot
possibly reach the figures which the
v trade is generally expecting.
The probability of only a normal
supply of raw cotton this season to
meet the world's demand for the next
twelve months, and fill the already
depleted gaps in exhausted supplies,
should not only tend to encoufage
farmers to stand for good prices, but
4 should advance the price of cotton
even in the face of "bearish" manipulation.
The efforts of foreign spinners,
backed by speculation, to depress the
' price of spot cotton to 8 cents within
the thirty days, will fail. There is
absolutely nothing upon which to
base a demand- for such low prices,
except the selfish greed of fhose who
might be personally benefitted under
such a contingency.. The spinners
can handle this crop at a very much
higher price, and the growers should
force them to pay it.?Cotton JourV
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They're All Like This.
A young and pretty school-teacher
once asked her class for an original
definition of the word "wife."
"A wife is a rib," said one little
girl. *
"Wives are guiding stars," said
another.
"A comforter," said a third.
"An inspiration," said a fourth.
Altogether the definitions were
rather prosy and commonplace, but
finally a child of eleven, smiling archly,
said:
"A wife is a person for a man to
find fault with when things go
^ wrong."
"Good!" cried the pretty teacher,
laughing. "Good! That is the best
^ definition of all, the best,the truest!"
But that afternoon on the way
nome irom scnooi me nine gin
whose definition had so pleased the
teacher, tripped demurely up to the
teacher and said:
"Are you going to marry that tall,
handsome young man I see you with
nearly every night?"
"Yes," said the teacher.
"Well, then, if my definition of a
wife was true"?
"Ah, but dear, with us nothing
will ever go wrong. He says so himself."
Man Swears Strange Oath.
New York, Sept. 9.?There was a
strange oath taken in the night court
last night when Fred Scucker, of
Pleasantville, N. J., raised his right
hand and faced Magistrate Corrigan.
"Do you swear before God not to
kill yourself?" asked the magistrate.
I do," answered Scucker. "You are
discharged."
Scucker made threats to take his
life earlier in the evening and was
arrested. When arraigned in the
night court, Scucker declared he had
changed his mind, but Magistrate
Corigan required an oath that he
would not carry out his threat of
self-destruction.
An Irishman accosted a gentleman
on the street, late at night, with a request
for the time. The gentleman,
'suspecting that Pat wished to snatch
his watch, gave him a stinging rap on
the nose, with the remark, "It has
just struck one!" "Begorra" retorted
Pat, "I'm damn glad I didn't ax
yez an hour ago."
WILD BILL'S END.
Tragic Finish of Deadwood Man, a
One-Time Marshal.
A number of Abilene people visited
recently at Deadwood, S. Dak. They
sought out the grave of J. B. Hickok,
better known as "Wild Bill." He was
the marshal of Abilene in the early
days and a famous character. August
2, 1876, he was shot at Deadwood
by Jack McCall. Edward Z.
Kidd, who still lives at Deadwood,
was an eyewitness to the killing, and
he told this story of the tragedy,
which is accepted as containing the
exact details:
"I was at work wainscoting a hall
on Main Street," said Kidd, "when
Wild Bill came into the place with
four other men and they seated themselves
at a table in the center of the
room. Bill had his back to the door.
Unnoticed Jack McCall entered, and
walking up to the bar which was not
more mail a wupic ui icc^ nvm mv
table where the group was sitting,
sneaked out his Colt's from his hip
pocket, and without a word of warning
fired. The bullet entered Wild
Bill's head and came out in the middle
of his forehead, and glancing,
struck one of the men at the table
on the hand. Wild Eill's head struck
the table, and a minute later he roll[
ed to the floor. He died so quickly
that he never knew or saw the
man who shot him.
"Immediately after firing, McCall
swung his gun around and commanded
everybody to get out of the saloon,
i which they did without waiting. McCall
stepped out into the street,
swinging his Colt's about threateningly.
After walking a block he attempted
to jump on a horse which
was standing near by. The saddle
slipped, and seeing this method of
escape was useless, he continued up
the street.
"We yelled to some campers to
stop him. They came up behind him
with the bead of their rifles dn him.
He dashed into a butcher shop, where
we captured him. When his gun was
examined we discovered that he had
but one shell, and he had killed Wild j
Bill with that one. A jury was gathered
from the miners in the camp,
but as there was no law, and some
fear of tal^ng the law into its hands,
McCall was freed. He fled to Cheyenne,
where he was later captured
by the sheriff of Yankton. He was
tried, convicted and banged.
"McCall's plea at the trial was that
Wild Bill had killed his brother in
Texas, but no one was ever able to
discover that McCall had a brother.
The real reason for the assassination
was that Bill had won McCall's money
in a poker game the night before,
and McCall swore at the time that he
would get even."?Kansas City Journal.
A Reasonable Request.
The young man and the girl were
standing outside the front door having
a final chat after the evening
call. He was leaning against the
door post, talking in low tones. Presently
the young lady looked around
to discover her father in the door
wciv, uiau in a uicasiug guwu,
"Why, father, what in the world
is the matter?" she inquired.
"John," said the father, addressing
himself to the young man, "you
know I have never complained about
your staying late and I'm not going
to complain of that now; but for
goodness' sake stop leaning against
the bell push and let the rest of the
family get some sleep."?Chicago
Journal.
A SURPRISED SWORDSMAN.
Judge Goffe's Play With a Bragging
Fencing Master.
A fencing master appeared in Boston
one winter in the seventeenth
century and had erected a stage on
which he strutted up and down at
certain hours, defying any and. all
to engage in sword play with him.
After this had gone on for several
days and the man's boasts had become
insufferable, Judge William
Goffe and Edward Whalley, the famous
English political refugees, disguised
themselves in rusty costumes
and appeared before the alleged
master. Goffe held in one hand a
cheese wrapped in a napkin, which
he used for a shield, and carried a
mop which he had soaked in muddy
water as he passed a puddle.
Thus equipped, the judge mounted
the stage. The fencer railed at him
for his impudence, asking him what
business he had there, and ordered
him to be gone. The judge stood his
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pass at him with his sword to drive
him off. The judge received the
sword in his cheese and held it there
until he had drawn the mop over the
professor's face and smeared him
with mud. Another plunge by the
enraged maitre d'armes resulted
similarly, this time the judge poking
the mop into his eyes. This operation
was repeated a third time.
Then the maddened fencing master
dropped his ordinary sword and
grabbed up a huge broadsword.
Thereupon the judge said:
"Stop sir! Hitherto, you see, I
have only played with you and not
attempted to do you harm, but if
you come at me with the broad
sword, know that I will certainly
take your life!"
The master was impressed by the
firmness with which the judge spoke,
for he dropped the point of his
weapon and exclaimed: "Who can
you be? You must be either Goffe,
Whalley or the devil, for there was
no other man in England that could
beat me!"
New fall goods arriving daily at
The Herald Book Store.
AN OLD-TIME TEXAS FEUD.
"Jaybirds" and Woodpeckers" Conducted
War of Extermination.
"Feuds were once common in Texas,
but they no longer flourish; the
schoolmaster is abroad in the land.'
and our men now settle their differences
amicably or in the Court
House, instead of resorting to sixshooters
and shotguns, as they did
some years ago," said John C. Sullivan,
a prominent young lawyer of
San Antonio, who was educated at
Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md.,
to an American representative at the
Belvedere.
"The last great feud that Texas
knew was a most lamentable and
tragical affair, for it brought on the
violent death of at least 500 people.
Its scene was Fort Bend county, a
rich region of the cotton belt, where
the blacks outnumbered the whites
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"The trouble arose out of politics
and the two opposing factions,
known as the 'Jaybirds' and the
'Woodpeckers,' started in on a remorseless
war of extermination.
There were more of the 'Woodpeckers,'
but their opponents were more
determined and after several years
of desperate and bloody;, battle
the 'Woodpeckers' were so badly
worsted that the gave up in despair
and most of those who survived fled
to other parts. Though at least ten
of them were slain to every 'Jaybird'
who lost his life, there were many of
the dominant faction who bit the
dust.
"In the town of Richmond, which
is the county seat of Fort Bend, and
not far from the railroad station, a
marble shaft has been erected to
commemorate the deeds of those of
the 'Jaybird' faction that were killed.
Several lines of eulogy proclaim the
heroism of the dead. A recurrence
of such desperate deeds is impossible
in Texas to-day."?Baltimore American.
Negro Kills White Man.
Saluda, Sept. 14.?Emanuel Carver,
a4 young white man about 30
years of age, living six miles south
of Saluda, was shot and instantly
killed this afternoon by Will Herrin,
colored.
The killing took place in a field
where he was picking cotton and the
negro Herrin, who did the killing,
it is claimed was of unsound mind.
Herrin went to Carver's field and
without warning or notice shot him
down. Information received here is
that after killing Carver he also tried
to kill Carver's wife, who, it appears,
bed the gun and saved herself from a
was in the field. Mrs. Carver grabsimilar
fate to that of her husband.
The negro was captured shortly
afterwards by several gentlemen,
who were forced to shoot him to effect
his arrest. He received several
wounds, but was carried to Saluda
and placed in jail. He says he killed
Mr. Carver about a buggy trade. He
wanted to buy the buggy, and Carver
asked too much for it.
Presidential Electors.
At a meeting of the State Democratic
executive committee, held in
Columbia last Tuesday night, the
following were elected without opposition
as presidential electors:
At lar^A?T R "Rntler. of Caffnev.
and R. H. Timmerman, of Batesburg.
First district, J. D. Bivens, Dorchester;
Second, C. C. Sims, Barnwell;
Third, M. L. Bonham, Anderson;
Fourth, T. B. Crews, Laurens;
Fifth, S. W. Heath, Lancaster; Sixth,
R. B. Scarborough, Horry; Seventh,
T. H. Dreher, St. Matthews.
Cansler of Tlrzah, who was defeated
for railroad commissioner, appeared
before the committee and asked
for a recount by county chairmen
throughout the State, and he claimed
that such recount would result in
his favor. He failed to show any
good reason for his request, and it
was refused.
J. E. Moore, defeated for Supervisor
in Colleton county by J. O.
Griffin, made a contest on the ground
that Griffin had not filed a statement
of expenses the day before the second
primary. Griffin filed three statements
of his expenses; one before the
first primary, one just afterwards,
and one after the second primary.
This seemed to comply with the law
and the rules of the party, and the
State committee unanimously sustained
the action of the county committee
which had declared Griffin the
nominee.
Color Line Drawn in Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 12.?The
Highland Park College of Des Moines
has drawn the color line. This is the 1
first Iowa educational institution to '
exclude negroes, and the action has j
caused resentment among the ne- *
groes in the State. The Negro Bap- [
tists' Association of Iowa and Nebraska
in session here yesterday con- j
demned the college's action and de- '
clared it the greatest setback the race
has had in Iowa. j
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Farmers May Combine.
Columbia, Sept. 16.?The State ex- (
ecutive committee of the Farmers' j
Union held a meeting here to-day, .
which was well attended, and the j
county presidents will be in session '
to-morrow. Several important mat- ]
ters are now under consideration,
among them being a plan to merge j
the Southern Cotton Association and .
Farmers' Union.
Discovered.
She was a student at Vassar,
While he was a Princeton man,
And during the Newport season l
They gathered a coat of tan
Which caused unlimited wonder; ]
Knockers cried "What a disgrace!" 1
For each of the fair was sunburned <
On opposite sides of the face. <
HER FATAL CURIOSITY.
Girl Twists Her Neck Looking at a i
Hat.
A New York special says a new
affliction, which several physicians
tried vainly to diagnose, has come in
the wake of the merry widow hats
and sheath gowns. Its first victim
was Miss Lillian Beck, a very pretty
woman, who lives at Rockaway
Beach. After leaving a group of
friends in the afternoon, Miss Beck
was strolling up the beach in the direction
of her home. Her attention
was attracted by a figure approaching,
which seemed to be that of a
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held close over her head. When the
figure drew closer, Miss Beck saw
that the object she had mistaken for
a parasol was a merry widow hat, i
the largest and most gorgeous one
it had ever been her fortune to see. ;
Like one fascinated, Miss. Beck (
gazed, turning her? head the while,
until the great hat had passed out
of her range of vision. She tried to
turn her head back to look forward, (
and, to her gipeat dismay, found that
she could not move her head. It remained
in the position of looking over
her shoulder. At her home she met
a storm of laughter at what they be- j
lieved to be an affected attitude, but when
she tearfully protested that
she could not move her head, the
matter was taken seriously and a
physician was summoned.
The doctor was unable to offer any
measure of relief or explain the nautre
of the case. Other physicians
were called and finally a Japanese j
surgeon who graduated from Columbia.
He too, was unable to diagnose
the case, but as a last resort, gave a
light treatment of jiu jitsu and was ?
pleased to mark a favorable result.
He will continue the treatment until j
the last trace of "rubberitis" has dis- \
appeared, but he has warned Miss
Beck that she must be careful in the
future and if necessary wear smoked
glasses when she goes out if she can-,
not resist the temptation to^twisther
neck in her efforts to take in every ,
detail of a hat as large as a merry- ,
go-round.
A CLEVER THIEF.
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Stole the Shoes and Thus Stuck His :
Man. (
Harvey Lawson, who recently made ,
an escape from the workhouse, where !
he had been sent for stealing junk, j
has been in times paist accused of ,
other thefts, says The Indianapolis J
News. One of the most notable of .
the stories related by his accusers is .
said to have been told to the grand
jury by a second-han^ dealer who ,
complained that Lawson had stolen 1
a pair of second-hand shoes from his
store. "The scoundrel came into my j
shop and asked for a pair of shoes,"
the second-hand man is related to .
have told the grand jury. "I gave ^
him several pairs to try on, and he ,
at last found a pair which he said ,
he liked pretty well. He walked 1
around in them a little while and
then asked me how much I would
take for them. I said $2. 'That's
too much,' he said, 'you'll have to
make them a little cheaper.' 'Can't,' j
said I. 'Why, man, I Had to pay $1.98
wholesale for them. 'Well, ^they're a
little high, but I guess I'll, take
them,' he said. 'Can you change a J
$20 bill?' 'No,' said I, 'but I can 1
take the bill out and get it changed.' i
'Never mind,' said he, 'I'll set 'em
up. We'll get the change there.' 'All '
right,' I said, and like a fool I went I
with him. I took a cigar, and he :
told the barkeeDer to take one on 1
him. He had no sooner swallowed
the beer than he doubled up with
pain. 'Oh, oh,' he cried, 'excuse me
for a minute till I go to the back
door for some fresh air?I'm awfully
sick.' What do you think, gentlemen?
With my shoes on his feet
and his old shoes under his arm, he
ran to the back door, and that's the
last I ever saw of him." The secondhand
man told his story in a pathetic
tone and in broken English r.o amusing
that by the time he had finished
the grand jury were all smiling. The
witness seemed a little bit hurt on
acount of their smiles, and he added:
"Gentlemen, it was no joking matter?I
had to pay for the drinks."
MURDER IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Young Girl Stabbed While Playing
Hymn on Organ.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 13.?A spec- ^
ial to The Observer from Newton says 1
that a demoniacal murder was com- s
mitted near that place this morning, 1
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wnen M183 Willie DUUiugei, x? ;caio ?
old, was stabbed to death by Lou Rader,
aged 21. The girl was seated ?
at the organ playing the closing hymn i
at Sunday-school when suddenly Ra- <
ier leaped across several benches and ^
with his pocket knife stabbed her t
once in the back and twice in the
breast. She died almost instantly. 1
Rader was arrested and is now in *
the Newton jail. Some months ago ?
be was committed to the State insane c
asylum and in his ravings often mentioned
Miss Bullinger's name. Recently
he was discharged from the
hospital as cured. The deed was
probably prompted by unrequited 1
love and seems to have been" well
planned, as the knife used was
bought new only yesterday.
In jail this afternoon Rader said *
tie killed the girl "because she was a- }
witch." *
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A simple-hearted and truly devout i
preacher, who had tasted but few of r
the drinks of the world, took dinner C
with a high-toned family, where a
glass of milk punch was quietly set a
beside each plate. In silence and a
happiness this new Vicar of Wakefield
quaffed his goblet, and then added,
"Madam, you should daily thank
God for such a cow."
SOUTH CAROLINA IS PARADISE.
Compared to Springfield, Says a Negro
Who is Coming Back
At the Union depot Sunday afternoon,
waiting for a train to Augusta,
was a negro woman who was on her
way to some point in South Carolina.
While in the waiting room she fell
to talking to some of the negroes in
the room with her, and from the conversation
it was learned that she was
from Springfield and was returning
to her old South Carolina home.
She said that seven years ago her
people went to Springfield, because
they had been assured that the negro
was more respected in that section of
the country, and had every right that
white people had. The children went
to the same schools, they ate in the
same restaurants, and there were no
Jim Crow cars, and that there was
no distinction in anything on account
of color. She says that to some extent
they found this to be true, especially
as to the mixed schools, but
there was no real mixing of the races
otherwise, and they kept to themselves.
They found that vgiile it
might be understood that there was
no distinction, and that the white
women called a negro woman Mrs.
So-and-So, there was no such thing
as calling socially, and but for the
fact that they were there and could
not get away, they would have returned.
In the recent troubles at Springfield
the negroes- were treated worse
by the whites than they ever were in
the South and every negro who could
sell out and move was leaving. This
woman was threatened with whipping
and her own family werie compelled
to leave. She does not know
where they went, because in the confusion
there was no stopping to
hunt for kinfolks. She only knows
that before the separation they all
wanted to go back to South Carolina,
and she was going there, knowing
that if alive they will sooner or later
meet her there.
She said that down South, in South
Carolina, or elsewhere, the mob went
after the one negro. In Springfield,
they went after the?whole bunch. In
the South, she said, the negro had a
good chance to live in safety and
peace as anybody, so long as he behaved
himself.' In Springfield not
only were they after the bad ones,
but the good ones. No negro was
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feeling Sagainst the negro was growing
stronger and stronger every year.
She predicts that in a very few years
there will be separate schools Tor
whites and negroes all over the West
and North.
South Carolina was a paradise to
the West, for the negro she said, but
the fool negro didn't know it until
be spent all his money getting away,
as he couldn't get back.
One old negro woman sitting in the
waiting room, who had been listening
to the talk in silence, threw up
ber hands and rolled her eyes upward,
and exclaimed: "Ain't dat the
trufe."?Macon Telegraph.
WANTS CORN BREAD.
Senator Tillman, in London, Yearns
for Home Delicacies.
Senator Tillman likes London very
much, though he sighs in vain for
the delicacies of the table of "down
south."
"Youne man." said the senator.
"if you will only tell me where I can
?et sqpae real corn meal in this town
rou will make me your debtor for
life."
A friend who was standing near
mpplied the information and the
3enator was effusive in his thanks.
"Well, sir," he continued. "I've
tiad a hard time to get something to
*at over here. You know a man used
ill his life to our Southern cooking
just naturally craves for something
that has corn in it. I don't eat beef
ind I have the hardest time everywhere
I've been trying to explain
what I meant by breakfast bacon,
but as for corn bread and hominy
?rits, why, sir, I haven't been able
to find a trace of them anywhere, so
[ just thought if I could only find
somebody to tell me where I could
%et some* corn meal I would'take it
to my stopping place and show the
took how to make a nice yellow pone
)f corn bread or an ashcake. BrompYin
rnaH vnn sav' T am r?prfain- :
y much obliged." i
Senators Aldrich and Tillman,
who are warm personal friends, but
who often measure swords in the
senate chamber, met in Pall Mall.
Naturally the recent death of Sena;or
Allison came up. :
"Allison makes the fourth of our '
dder statesmen to go within a year,"
remarked the Senator from South :
Carolina, referring to the fact that
Ulison, Pettus and Morgan were oc- '
:ogenarians and Proctor almost one.
"Yes, Tillman," replied his col- <
eague from Rhode Island, "good 1
nen are getting pretty scarce in the 1
senate. You and I had better take 1
:are of ourselves." ; )
VERY LOW RATES
j
ro Denver, Colorado and Return via j
Southern Railway. j
- On account of the annual conven- 1
ion, American Bankers Association, i
he Southern Railway announces at- 1
ractive low round trip ratep to Den-,
rer, Col. Tickets to be sold daily 1
intil September 30th, 1908, good to <
eturn leaving Denver not later than <
)ctober 31st, 1908. *
For rates, details, schedules, etc., <
ipply to Southern Railway ticket i
igents, or, J. C. LUSK, 1
Division Pass. Agt., i
J. L. MEEK, Charleston, S. C. t
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., <
Atlanta, Ga. 1
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NOISELESS GUN AWES.
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Official Tests Show Fearful PossibUJk
ties?Inaudible at 150 Feet.
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 29.?In : . *
the presence of a committee of United - ;v
States army officials, Hiram Percy
Maxim, the veteran inventor, to-day :'g
demonstrated beyond all doubt that *. ^
the. noiseless gun which he has coa- A
trived is a success. He proved during
the tests held to-day in the ar- %
mory and in the fields near North
Wilbraham that his new gun can bo . ^
fired within 150 feet of a person ;'3|
without detection by him.
To make clear to the minds of tho :c.|
officers the tremendous revolution ^
which this gun would cause in warfare,
Maxim utilized a little cricket ^
which was found in ambush. The of*
fleers could hear the cricket chirp at
a distance of fifty yards. And they
heard it chirp even when the Maxim
gun was fired. *
Those present at the test, which :
was the official government one, were? /jjg
Mr. Maxim, Major Morton, Capt. Allen,
Lieutenant Meals, Henry South-psjg
ey, city engineer at Hartford, Conn,, VM
and six enlisted men.
The party went to the armory*
where tests for penetration, noise*
lessness and accuracy were conduct* >v|fa
ed. One of the soldiers, a crack-shot '
with the rifle, fired the regular army
gun several times, the explosions . >'*
ringing out above the noises of thsf'^lj
factory where Uncle Sam make?4|a$|
small arms. Then Maxim adjusted??<5j|
his "noise-killer" to the weapon. iV;_?
The sharpshooter took aim at n
target far down the yard and puflod S
the trigger. From the white plat^-.;<^S
more than a hundred yards away*
there came a sharp metallic ring;
The bullet had ploughed into steel? > 4?j
but not a sound excepting a soft one,
as of fingers snapping, came from
the gun. : J
Then a slight hissing, an
slight as to be hardly audi" 3, was
heard, and the officers looked at onei^H
another in bewilderment. The soldier
who did the firing looked at the
weapon in his hands and held it from
him an instant, then laughed in Km
childish way.
The party adjourned to the fields. ^0
Forty regulation cartridges wem'^H
given to the marksman. The officers
TkWatort thprnaplvpfl 2.000 VAPds fmm.'v'raB
where the sharpshooter stood, and
he was given (t;he word to fire. Me*
thodically he sped ballet after
into a distant target, each time tllSK
service gun emitting a roar that waa '
audible 6,000 feet away in the vilAfter
Maxim adjusted the
killer," the soldie. fired again and'^-cj^
eight times he hit the target 4J? Mb
the time the officers were comiljtg'.;^
closer to him. They could hear the.
steel projectile smash against the -$&
target hut nothing else. FinaBy&^S
when within 150 feet of the soldfor^^Rv
they heard a faint sound. It was the"':*;.?
hammer of the gun striking the Clg^^H
tridge. But they heard nothing more,
nor did they see either smoke or Are
coming from the weapon.
Not contented, Maxim invited the
experts to the lake near North WlK^^s|S
braham. One of the soldiers witv.
posted across the water five hundred
yards distant. A target was erectedBy^S
near a little booth he occupled^^gja
Eight times he heard the steel jack- :;:M
a* 1 ' 7*kJ
CLCU uunci {^luugc iiuv nuu uakwu
the disc but he heard no other sound'$38
although the place is a wildernem,
and even the low murmurs of tha ?$
town do not penetrate it. "
The officers made calculations ant 'Sgri
agree that the gun is 74 per cent?v>j$p
noiseless. It was a moody, cogitating; ^ '
group that returned to the armory
late in the evening. The men bore 4
no air- of triumph. Each probably
was thinking of the dreadful posalbilities
shut up in that little secret v*3
device which had been adjusted to
the ordinary service guns.
An idea of the severity of the tests ?$39
may be gained from the fact that 40
grains of smokeless powder werti^^S
used in each cartridge, a charge capable
of hurling a bullet more than '
1,500 yards with fatal results.
Col. Brock Gets Evidence.
Bennettsville-, Sept. 11.?Assistant
Adjutant and Inspector Geners&jjaM
Brock was in Bennettsville to-day,
taking testimony in the matter of aj
the alleged use of shot by the regulars
at Sullivan's Island during the. ^
encampment the past summer.
spent yesterday in Hartsville on the .
same mission. . .yjfcfiB
The testimony will show beyond.
question that the cartridge had been ^31
tampered with by some one and that f&gS
lead and bird shot were used. .
Shot taken from the wounds were
secured, and in one instance one ^
healed wound was shown, in which
the nrobe rested UDon what was sui>* >
posed to be a shot or small slug of ? i5j?
lead. Owing to the depth this piece - -M
has never been removed^
It would seem that the great diiB- * -jM
culty will come in placing guilt
the proper, individuals, though the .
location of the soldiers at the time
will shed light upon this phase of the vrJj
matter. r.:Js9jH
Carlisle Fitting School.
The Carlisle Fitting School opened -.. y
Its doors Wednesday morning and be- :
?un the session of 1908-'09. At
twelve o'clock opening exercises.were ^
held in the auditorium and there /^-Ij
were a number of ladies and businese
men of the town present to welcome
the students.
The exercises were* presided over N 3
by Head Master Hogan. Prayer wee
offered by Rev. T. G. Herbert, pastor
5f Trinity Methodist church. Some -?
jongs were rendered, and short adIresses
were made by J. Aldrich Wy- "'M
man, Esq., H. M. Graham, Esq., and - P
Rev. T. G. Herbert. Headmaster Ho- ft
jan also spoke a few words. The ^ti
?tu dents this year come from many
counties, and the patronage emtraces
a larger section than usual.
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