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' -v*? - j. * TRAIN FALLS THROUGH BRIDGE. Women and Children Being Rescued i' by Rowboats. Kansas City, Mo., July 7.?Atchi- | son, Topeka and Santa Fe train No. ' 1 5, which left Kansas City at 9 o'clock 1 for the West, but which was detour-! < ea oecause 01 nigu waici, u?ucu through a bridge at Pomona, Kansas, 68 miles southwest of this city j this afternoon. Rescue work is be- j ing carried on in rowboats and skiffs, j The women and children are be- 1 ing taken to safety first. j The train, which was one of the heaviest, traveled on the main line j west of Kansas City. It was running in the water over its rails when the accident occurred, the track slipping. Xo One was Killed. Chicago, Ill? July 7.?A message to the general offices of the Santa Fe here states that only two coaches and a chair car left the tracks, and that no one was killed or injured. The Pullman remained on the track. Brudder Dickson. ' m? rv5-1 Mr. JJICtvbULl T*HB Ok v;uiv>i^u ua* wv? . in a New England town and was shaving one of his customers one evening, when the following conversation occurred respecting Mr. Dickson's connection with a colored church in the place: "I believe you are a member of the church in Elm street," said the customer. "No, sah, not at all." "Why, are you not a member of the African church?" "Not dis year, sah." "Why did you leave?" "Well, I'll tell yo\ sah," said Mr. Dickson, "it was jus' like dis: I joined dat ar church in good faith; I gib ten dollar to de preachin' uv de gospel an' de people call me 'Brudder Dickson.' De second year I only gib five dollar, 'n de church people called me 'Mr. Dickson.' Well, sah, de third year I gibs nothin' to de preachin' 'n' after dat dey jes' call me *ol' Nigger Dickson,' an' I quit jsf 'em."?Puck. Quite Different. "Maria," said Mr. Rawlins, laying aside his hat and overcoat and rubbine his hands eleefully together, "you know that for years we have been wanting to buy a building lot in Kennedy's subdivision, but couldn't afford to do it on account of the high prices they ask for land out there. Well, I've just learned that Quinlan, who owns one of the best lots in that entire neighborhood, will sell it for half what it cost him, if he can get half cash. He needs the money and can't get it any other way. I have a great mind to buy it to-morrow morning. It comes easily within our means." "I don't think you ought to do it, Joshua," said Mrs. Rawlins. "You don't think I ought to buy y - * it? Why not?" "It would be taking advantage of his n*v?f?RRitieR." "But, Maria" , "Besides, I have just learned of a j splendid opportunity to buy some furniture that we need. Grigson & Mullins are advertising parlor sets at one-third less than cost because they are overstocked and can't afford ] to carry them through the season. < I'd like to buy about $200 worth of 5 parlor furniture. We'll never have j as good a chance again." Being a man of excellent self-con- ] trol, Mr. Rawlins merely smiled.? j Youth's Companion. ? ? 1 Sees Mother Grow Young. "It would be hard to overstate the 1 wonderful change in my mcther since she began to use, Electric Bit- * ters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick, t of Danforth,. Me. "Although past 1 70 she seems really to be growing young again. She suffered untold i misery from dyspepsia for 20 years. 1 At last she could neither eat, drink < nor sleep. Doctors gave her up and all remedies failed till Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health." They invigorate all vital organs, cure liver and kidney troubles. induce sleep, impart strength " and appetite. Only 50c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. 2 Inviting the Consequences. The unnumbered instances in which good women, who, beginning with an earnest desire to improve or change! the lives of bad men or men living in an unorthodox way, have been dragged down themselves, when no difference of race or relig* ion haB been involved, count for nothing. It did not require the murder of a girl bearing an honored name to reveal the danger involved in encouraging close association between persons of opposite sexes under unconventional circumstances. Yellow skin, black skin, white skin; the danger is the same, and has always been recognized. It produces tragedies that periodically shock the community and arouse it to blind fury, senseless and unreasonable, and if not entirely natural, at least not difficult to understand.-?New York Sun. Augusta Man Drowned. Charleston, July 9.?Fulman Kelser, of Augusta, was drowned this afternoon on Sullivan's Island while j bathing near the Atlantic Beach ho- ] tel. Kelser was bathing with a lady, ' whose name could not be learned tonight, apart from a number of other bathers, when he must have been seized with cramps or perhaps his strength suddenly failed him and he was carried out to sea by the undertow. At all events the lady gave a cry of alarm upon missing her escort and George Huguenin immediately swam out to her assistance, bringing her safely to the beach. She was partly unconscious. Upon gaining her senses she asked "where is he?" and this was the first intimation of Huguenin that the lady's es- 1 cort was missing. 1 A number of bathers searched for < some time for the missing man, but ( failed to find any trace of him. Kel- 1 ser and the lady were among the Au- 1 gusta people stopping on the island. 1 The Herald Book Store carries a i full line of reading matter?books, t magazines, etc. ? WRIGHT FLIES BEAUTIFULLY. Three Times He Circles the Field and ! Sometimes Rises to Great Height. Washington, July 1.?Calm, conadent and nerveless, Orville Wright ate to-day encircled the Fort Myer irill grounds time after time in his aeroplane in three successiul flights vhile a crowd of thousands cheered aim for the success that attained his persistency and pluck. While the machine oscillated at certain points in its flight and dipped and rose suddenly at other1 points, it was evident from the reguarity with which these things happened that they were due to the coalition of the atmosphere and not to inv fault of the machine. For the irst flight the machine got away vith a fine start. Down the field :he aeroplane sailed, curved grace'ully and came back up the east side )f the field along the edge of Arling;on cemetery. The machine seemed :o be behaving beautifully. The irst round was made in 50 seconds. Tive times the machine skirted the ield, attaining a height which varied Tom 15 to 30 feet. On the sixth round Mr. Wright ;ame to earth within a few hundred 'eet of the starting point, completing he flight in exactly five minutes. The anding was perfect, the machine iwooping down in successive glides until within a few eet of the earth, when Orrille pulled the string which stops lis motor and the aeroplane glided ;mootbly over the grass on its skids mtil it came to a stop. The machine vas returned to the starting appa atus and again was placed in posiion, and another flight was essayed. The start was as successful as the irst. In the second flight, Orville nade much *rider turns and rose to a greater height. Wilbur Wright vatched every detail of the flight vith care. It was noticed that at times the notor skipped, but this seemed to lave no effect on the progress of the leroplane. The starting rail runs lownward into a little hollow in the ield and whenever the aeroplane jassed over this hollow it dipped noiceably and whenever it passed over i vacant space between two of the stables, it was seen to rise as though >n a billow of air, but these atmospheric conditions were easily 07er:ome by a clever manipulation of the evers. On his second flight, Orville made -' ? J- - - c-lj ^ Hilt: ruuuus ui LUC uciu iu a. icw dcv >nds less than eight minutes. In his last attempt he remained iloft for a few seconds more than line minutes and encircled the field line and one-half times. For one jomplete round he flew very close to :he ground, evidently preparing to and. This he did within 200 feet of :he aeroplane shed. During this last light he went higher than on his previous trials, reaching a height of 10 feet. Just before making his anding the left wing scraped the ground and raised a cloud of dust, iut Mr. Wright continued to fly half vay around the field before descendng. A Lost Opportunity. Small boys are not always as sympathetic as their relatives wish, but in the other hand, they are seldom is heartless as they sometimes appear. "WViv ore vnn rrvinp' Rft Tnm " *** v ?' ? J - ? ? my?" inquired one of the hoy's lunts, who found her small nephew seated on the doorsteps, lifting up lis voice in loud wails. "The b-baby fell d-down-stairs!" ilubbered Tommy. "Oh, that's too bad," said the lunt, stepping over him and opening ;he door. "I do hope the little dear vasn't much hurt!" "S-she's only hurt a little!" wailid Tommy! "But Dorothy s-saw ler fall, while I'd gone to the g-grolery! I never se-see anything!"? STouth's Companion. "Ruint." Senator R. L. Taylor, of Tennessee, was speaking in the senate: 'Our country had been decimated by var, humiliated by reconstruction, md weighed down by the highest ariff taxation this world has ever mown, and we were in bad plight. CV'e were in the condition of the good >ld praying member of the church vho was afflicted all at once with ivery disease in the catalogue. He lad rheumatism and aneurism and ;urvature of the spine and was finaly stricken with paralysis; but after nonths- of suffering he got better, tnd went shambling one evening to prayer meeting. The old preacher rose and said; 'Now brethren, I rant us to have a good time here ?-night. I want every one of you ;o get up and tell what the Lord has lone for you. There is Brother Tones, God bless him; he has been ifflicted and hasn't been with us for nany months. Brother Jones, get ip and tell us what the Lord has lone for you.' Brother Jones arose ind hobbbled out in the aisle, and ?aid: "Well, he's about mint me.' " ?Congressional Record. Catches Horse by Hoof. Spencer, Ind., July 6.?W. B. Pelen, of Peden Brothers, land owners, :ook an unusual and dangerous plan 'or checking a runaway horse. The horse had kicked off the dashboard of the buggy, and was reaching for the driver when Peden, matching for his opportunity, caught * ? * * i ? 3 :ne animai dv ue iiuui, ajuu, eiu&iug lown in the bed of the buggy, hugged the animal's leg to his breast md held on until it had run for :hree blocks on three legs and stopped. Mr. Peden was completely exaausted and fell out of the buggy. Meets Horrible Death. At Greensboro, N. C., Bryan Ben:on, a 13-year-old boy, met a horri3le death a few afternoons ago while ittending a lawn party at the Walkir Avenue Christian church. He and :wo or three playmates climbed a ;ree in which there were electric ight wires and his hand and knee lame in contact with the wires, causng instant death. He fell out of the :ree, but life was extinct before he (truck the ground. "ROCKED" THE TRAIN. Seaboard Passengers Frightened. Negro Suspect is Under Arrest. Columbia. July 7.?Yesterday morning at about ten o'clock a miscreant hurled a rock into a window of a train coach on a Seaboard train and upon the train's arrival at the station the matter was reported by the conductor to the police department. The train was ''rocked" in the vicinity of College Place, so the trainmen informed the I police, and Detectives Forde am Richardson made a hurried trip to the scene of the reported affair. Silas Blakelv, a negro, was found loitering near the railroad crossing, which is not a great distance from the place j where the rock was thrown. He answered the description of a negro j whom a lady saw hurl a rock, and he was placed under arrest. He will be | given a hearing to-morrow before j Magistrate Fowles. The offense is a sorinna nnp and a heavv Den- I alty attaches upon conviction. As the result of the rocking of the train a pane of glass was broken, but no one was struck by the missile. Chester Moody Made His Escape. Chester Moody has escaped from the chaingang, where he was serving a sentence of five years at hard labor, on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill his wife. The escape was made at midnight Tuesday night and the night guard at the stockade discovered his absence a few moments after he left the tent. Still he had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and taken him in. The escape is surrounded with mystery. Just how he made the "getaway" and where he went, no man except Chester Moody himself knows. The night guard, who sits in the tent where the convicts all sleep in a row with their feet chained together, noticed Moody shortly before midnight sitting up on his bunk. He inquired of the prisoner what the trouble was, Moody replying that he was sick. A few moments later the guard went on the outside of the tent to get his lunch, but suspecting that all was not well with Moody, returned without eating and carrying his cup of coffee in his hand. He saw the space where Moody should have been strangely bare and upon investigating found that the bird had flown. The alarm was given immediately but no trace could be found of the fugitive. The "gang" was working on the Monticello road, 12 miles north of the city, and as soon as possible the bloodhounds from the penitentiary were sent to the convict camp. The dogs picked up the trail and carried it a mile to the road, where they lost it entirely and were never able to regain the scent. At the point where the dogs were forced to desist tracks were seen where a buggy had turned around. Moody's escape must have been well planned as he had but a few moments ta^make his escape while the night guard was getting nis lunch. He could possibly have secured a false band to slip the chain through by which he was chained to the other prisoners. Chester Moody Case. The case of Chester Moody will be widely remembered. In September, 1906, while he was in the city engaged in construction work, he shot his wife, a daughter of Mr. J. B. Nunamaker, of Columbia, whom he had married after coming to Columbia to engage in construction work. The wound was not fatal. Moody was arrested but a compromise toas effected by which he was to leave the State, although the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill was left open and he was to be prosecuted should he return to South Carolina. Early in April, 1909, Moody returned to South Carolina and was engaged in construction work, rebuild ing and repairing trestles on the Seaboard Air Line railway. He was then arrested and at the last term of court was sentenced to serve five years at hard labor. A number of complications grew out of Moody's arrest, one being the arrest of J. B. Nunamaker, father of Moody's wife, on the charge of sending threatening letters to Moody when he was in prison in Columbia when arrested the first time. A peculiar feature of the escape of Moody at this time is that the officer in charge of the "gang" has been suspicious of Moody's actions for several days. The prisoner has been or pretended to have been sick for sev- i eral days and it was the officer's intention to send him to the penitentiary in a few days.?Columbia1 State. A Problem for Teachers. A banker going home to dinner I saw a $10 bill on the curbstone. He picked it up, noted the number and went home to dinner. While at home his wife remarked that the butcher had sent a bill amounting to $10.' The only money he had was the bill he had found, which he gave to her and she paid the butcher. The butcher paid it to a farmer for a calf, the farmer to the merchant, who in turn paid it to a washwoman, and she, owing the banker a note of $10, went to the bank and paid the note. The banker recognized the bill as the one he had found, and which to that time had paid $50 worth of debt. On careful examination he discovered that the bill was counterfeit. Now what was lost in the transaction and by whom??Greenwood Journal. ORDAINED DESPITE DISBELIEF. _______ Presbyterian Minister Who Doubts Scriptures to be a Missionary. New York, July 7.?The Rev. George Ashmore Fish, one of the three graduates of the Union Theological Seminary, who, in a recent examination, denied the virgin birth of Christ, the historical identity of Adam and Eve, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and the resurrection of the body of the Saviour, was nevertheless ordained to-night by the New York Presbytery by a vote of ten to seven. He will sail this week for China to take up missionary work at Shanghai. DIES IX HOSPITAL. Congressman Cushman Succumbs to Pneumonia Following Operation. New York. July 6.?Francis W. Cushman, representative in congress from Tacoma, Wash., died at five o'clock Tuesday morning in Roosevelt hospital from pneumonia. Mr. Cushman underwent an operation recently and pneumonia resulted. The tody will be sent to Washington. "n'ocVn'no-tn-n Tiiiv fi ?"While Ren resentative Cushman possessed the unchallenged title of "the house humorist," his high ability was recognized by Speaker Cannon in committee assignments, particularly in Cushman's appointment on the ways and means committee, when the great tariff bill was pending. His humor was always used with the idea of impressing his views more forcibly upon congress. He had the title of being the homeliest man in the house. He was in congress over ten years. TEDDY'S BAG GROWS. Ex-President Kills Lion, Lioness and Four Rhinos. Naivasha, British East Africa, July 7.?The Roosevelt expedition is enjoying good hunting and all the members of the party are well. Mr. Roosevelt has killed a splendidly maned lion, one lioness and four rhinoceroses. He brought down the lion while the beast was in full charge. Kermit Roosevelt has secured one big bull eland, one lioness and two rhinoceroses. Verdict "Guilty" as to Dob Belcher. Walhalla, July 7, 12 p. m..?At 11:45 the jury in the case of the State against J. B. Palmer, Charles Palmer, Lou Belcher and Robert Belcher, charged with the murder of Deputy United States Marshal W. B. F. Corbin, brought in a verdict of guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy as to Robert Belcher and cniltv of manslaughter as to the other three. Notice of a motion for a new trial was given. Walhalla, July 7.?The Palmer murder case was given to the jury at 6:30 o'clock this evening. No verdict is expected to-night. Speculation is rife as to the outcome. Some say that all four of the accused will he found guilty; others say some guilty and others not guilty, while still others predict that all will be acquitted or a mistrial. Chas. Palmer and Robt. Belcher were the only defendants sworn. Baylus Palmer and his daughter, Lou Belcher, did not go upon the stand. Arguments were made by Messrs. Earle, Stribling and Jaynes for the defense and Solicitor Bonham for the State. The case of Theo and DeWitt Vandiver, charged with the murder of Mann Phillips, comes up to-morrow. The Corbin-Palmer murder case occupied the entire time of court Monday. In the afternoon Robt. Belcher, one of the defendants, went on the stand and told his story of the killing. Belcher told how he shot W. B. F. Corbin first and then C. D. Corbin, firing at close range, instantly killing both men. The de* 2 ? Va 1-rill r\A +VlA It!list: i? max 11c aiucu iuc ^ to keep them from killing his mother and his grandfather. The State spent most of the time showing that the Palmers knew that a warrant would likely he sworn out against Bob Belcher for shooting into a mail box; that they were expecting Corbin to come; that the doors of the house were so fastened that no one from the outside could enter; that Bob Belcher hid in the loft of the house when Corbin did come, and showing the different versions of the killing as told by the different defendants to various persons. Tremendous crowds are attending court. At least an hour before court was called the room was filled. Many ladies are attending. The families of the Corbins are seated so that they may hear all the evidence. Jackson's Bridge Builder. "Stonewall Jackson," said a Virginia veteran, "used to tell a story about a bridge builder. This bridge builder was called Old Miles. He was very necessary to Jackson, because the flimsy bridges on the line of march were continually being swept away by the floods or destroyed by the enemy, and in these contingencies Miles was a regular jewel. He could run you up a bridge in the time it would take another man to make the measurements. One day the Union troops burned a bridge across the Shenandoah. Stonewall Jackson called Old Miles to him and said: 'You must put all your men to work, Miles, and you must keep them at it all night, for I've got to have a bridge across this stream by morning. My engineer will draw up the plans for you.' Well, early the next morning Jackson, very much worried, met Old Miles. 'See here,' he said, dubiously, 'how about that bridge? Did the engineer give you the plan?' Old Miles took the cigar from his mouth and flicked the ash off with a sneer. 'General,' he said, 'the bridge is done. I dunno whether the picter is or not.' "?Kansas City Star. Large Fees. After Benjamin Harrison had retired as president and resumed the ~ i -U ^ M a v; 9 ^? pracuce OI law, ue iuuuu uiuscn associated with Mr. Knox, then, as now, of Pittsburg, but carrying no political prestige. "And as to the fee," inquired Mr. Knox, "shall we divide it?" "Really, Mr. Knox, I never divide fees," said the former president. "I will make my own terms; you arrange yours." The case was won. The two again met. "You will understand, Mr. Knox," said the former president rather loftily, "why I did not wish to divide the fees when I tell you that my fee in that case was $25,000." "Ah, indeed, most interesting," replied the Pittsburger. "Well, Gen. [Harrison, my fee was $100,000."? Hartford Times. C L I F FO RD An ideal home school for girls in Gives individual attention to each stu Seven instructors. Confers A. B. de Education. Climate unsurpassed. Bu veniences. One hundred and thirty-six year?room, table board, and literary Rev. B. G. 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