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~ \ TRAIN KILLS OLD NEGRO. John McRae, Respected Preacher, Meets Sadden Death at Dillon. % Dillon, October 31.?Rev. John McRae, colored, aged about 65, was struck by second section of No. 79, running extra South, this morning at 9:30 o'clock and instantly killed. The old man had started for an appointment at Sellers in his buggy. As he reached Railroad avenue he failed to see the rapidly approaching train. Several onlookers endeavored to warn him of his danger and his buggy was squarely across the track, the horse having crossed, when he was seen to raise himself as to leap, f when the pilot of the engine struck the buggy, hurling him as from a catapult about 20 feet. His right leg and right shoulder were broken, and there were indications of internal in juries from the impact that caused instant death. McRae was one of Dillon's oldest, and one among its best citizens. This is the tribute paid by white and colored. By frugality, economy and fair, honest dealing he had accumulated quite a snug property. He belonged to a type of his race that is rapidly passing off the scene. Formerly a slave, he recognized the white man as his friend and was highly esteemed by both races. f Negro Kills Another. Clinton, Oct. 31.?Ad Wallace, a negro living on Guy Copeland's plantation, shot another negro, Otis Davenport, this morning about 10:30 o'clock. The shooting was done with a .38 calibre pistol. Drs. Walker and Lawrence Bailey were summoned at once and prortAiinaoH tVio lrniinH fatol Tho man lived until some time in the afternoon. No particulars can be obtained of the circumstances of the shooting. It took place in Ad Wallace's house where gambling of some sort was going on. The other men were in the house awhile before the shooting, "General" McNeill and Bluf Cannon, but McNeill left before the shooting. * The other man, who is supposed to have witnessed it, has not been found s^nce the shooting. Wallace ran out and, meeting some other negroes, he told them to go and get Davenport out of his house; he had killed him. Then, before any one coul<frstop him, he ran and has not yet been found. It is said that he had two pistols f in his possession. An empty whiskey bottle, capacity one quart, was found in the house. ' SUICIDE MACHINE. Drop a Penny in the Slot and Get a Ticket for Eternity. Washington, Oct. 29.?"Drop a 0 penny in the slot and get a ticket to the other world," might be the inscription on a machine that is suggested by Rev. Dr. Donald Guthrie, of Baltimore. Dr. Guthrie was talking last night on "Calvanish" at the Metropolitan Presbyterian church here. Coming at the close of a plea for a wholesome entnusiasuc interest in nie, was tne sentence: "Life has become so meaningless ' and so usless to some that I advocate the setting up of a suicide machine, ' where one can deposit a cent and be killed easily and respectably." KILLED BY YOUNGER BROTHER. f Fatal Shooting in Lexington?Slayer Declares it an Accident. Lexington, Oct. 30.?News reached ? Lexington late this afternoon that Ross Boozer, a white man about 28 years old, had been shot and instantly killed by his younger brother, Daly Boozer, at the home of the former, about 10 miles from Lexington. The killing occurred about 5 o'clock and is said to have been an ? accident. The entire load entered the mouth and face of the unfortunate man, making a ghastly wound, it is said. Information from the scene of the killing is hard to get and meagre, but it is understood that Daly Boozer claims that he was cleaning up an A j: uiu guu wLie 11 cue wcdpuii was uischarged. There was no one at the house when the killing occurred except Ross Boozer, his wife and Daly Boozer. It is said the woman asserts that the killing was an ac> cident. 1 It is understood that Sheriff Corley and Coroner Clarke will hold an inquest over the body tonight or early in the morning. Ross Boozer had been married only about a year, and is said to have been of a peaceable and quiet disposition. From Asylum to Prison. i Wilson, N. C., Octx 30.?An interesting case was tried in the superior ; court here to-day. On Christmas eve, 1907, Roy Goshen went to the house of Sarah Armstrong in this city and killed her with a butcher knife. Goshen was then pronounced insane and sent to an asylum. Recently the authorities there pronounced him sane and he was returned here for trial. His defense to-day was insanity, but he was convicted and given 10 years in the penitentiary. No appeal will be taken. ?*?L Blame Laid on Bad Meat. Atlanta, Ga., October 30.?It was stated to-day that of the forty pupils at the Georgia Military Academy at East Point, eight miles from Atlanta, who were stricken with what is believed to have been ptomaine poison9 ing, more than half are now on the road to recovery. The others also are said to be improving. Representatives of the LaGrange Female College, at LaGrange, Ga., to-day refused to give out any statement relative to conditions there, which are said to be similar to those at the East Point school. The young women who have been ill, however, are reported to be rapidly recovering. While the investigations have not been concluded, the sickness at the schools is declared to be due to eating impure meats. r* W L'V. . ^ FLAMES DESTROY SAWMILL. Salkahatchie Company's Plant is Reported Burned. Denmark, Oct. 27.?At 6 o'clock this afternoon the plant of the Salkahatchie Lumber company at Schofield was burned and the loss is total. Schofield, the site of the plant, is near Ulmers. The plant and lumber on hand was estimated to be worth between $250,000 and $300,000. The fire is said to have started in the dry kiln. The manager of the company, Mr. Pipher, is absent in the North. LUMBER PLANT BURNED. Big Mill of Salkehatchie Lumber Co., Near Olar, Burned. Barnwell, Oct. 2S.?News concerning the big fire at Ulmer in this county was received here tonight. The Saltkeatchie Lumber company, located a few miles from Ulmer on the Saltkeatchie river, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon together with about 4,000,000 feet of lumber lying on the yard. The fire was discovered about three o'clock in the afternoon and it is believed that it was caused by a hot box under one of the planers. A large amount of inflammable material was at hand. Before the fire could be extinguished it had spread to other parts of the plant and assumed such large proportions that it was seen that the entire mill was doomed. Notwithstanding the fact that the mill was equipped with modern fire-fighting appliances and that all of the operatives fought manfully to save at least a part of the plant and the lumber on the yard, the whole plant was an entire loss. It is imposible to ascertain tonight the extent of the loss and the amount of insurance carried, but it is estimated that the loss will approximate $250,000 with partial insurance. The president of the mill, John SchoJ /*+ 4V*/\ a /\^ +V a fi t?a Ttroo of 11C1U, en, IliC UlUC Ul LUC U1L rrao ai his home in Philadelphia. He was immediately notified of the loss and is expected to reach Ulmer tomorrow. Until he arrives it will not be possible to learn the actual loss, the amount of insurance carried or whether or not the mill will be immediately rebuilt. It is understood that the company has large timber interests in this county and in all probability it will rebuild the plant and resume operation as soon as possible. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the eustachian tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cirPlllflTC frpp F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall's family pills for constipation. Loss May Be Half a Million. Olar, Oct. 29.?Salkehatchie Lumber company, located about three miles South of here, was entirely destroyed by fire. The fire started in the bottom floor of the mill, caused by friction. As no one was near this part of the mill at that time the fire gained too much headway to be extinguished when discovered. It was undoubtedly the largest fire that has ever been seen in this country. The mill was a very modern plant throughout, having a planing mill ^nd dry kiln in connection. It was the property of Schofield Bros., of Philadelphia, and had been comv\1/n^/v/9 lAftfl 4-Vk?-k?-k T f Tiro O In_ pictcu icso l 11 aii ivy\j nao ?i?stalled for the purpose of cutting the timber in Salkehatchie river from Bufords bridge to Broxton and was accomplishing its purpose successfully. The1 output was about 50,000 feet per day. Practically all this lumber was in stacks around the mill and was consumed by the flames. One of the bosses says there was 5,000,000 feet on the yard. Every house in the village was burned except the office and store, hotel, two small cottages and a few negro huts. The exact loss is hard to estimate just now but it will be something like half a million dollars. The amount of insurance carried is not known at this writing, but it is safe to say that it will not nearly cover the loss. The once bright and thriving Schofield is to-day a bed of ashes and debris. It is hoped that the plant will be rebuilt, as it was a big help to the neighborhood in many respects and gave employment to about 300 men. A Right and Natural Way. We should learn a lesson as to the price of cotton. As soon as it was definitely known that we had reduced the area 8 per cent, cotton went up. When it was further known that Providence had reduced the yield by sending excessive drouths in Texas and Mississippi, then prices went to a still higher level. Then what should we learn? That it is up to us to regulate the supply according to the demand at a fair price. We are not against warehousing and holding for better prices; these are mnonc tVio-f oil rx-"h r\ o ro a Vil c* C V? rm 1 r? employ; but we want all in "The Union" and out of "The Union" to note how much easier it is for us to get a good price for cotton when natural conditions favor us. There is a right and natural way to do things and a wrong and unnatural way to do them.?Southern Cultivator. money br o[ ^ I Edit. I Count] ^ | firm 01 cu Decern ? Cut 5 suits ai for $1. on the ^ trousei mm C g | rorget j- I Saturd I and sel c Lmhb O money SANDERS ACQUITTED. Alleged Murderer of Mayor of Ne\ port, N. C., Goes Free. Beaufort, N. C., October 30.?Aft< five hours' deliberation, the jury i the case of S. J. Sanders, who wj tried here on the charge of havir murdered Y. Z. Newberry, mayor < Newport, N. C., brought in a verdl of not guilty. The case was given to the jury i 3 o'clock this afternoon. Solicit Abernethy talked four hours in d livering his summing up address, ar Judge Guion spent an hour and a ha in delivering his charge to the jur TO BE FINE GOODS MILL. Important Change to be Made in O: Plant at Anderson. Anderson, October 31.?Mill N 1 of the Orr Cotton Mills will be coi verted into a fine goods mill with: a short time. The order has alreac been placed for the necessary machii ery. President J. D. Hammett d cided on this step some time ag and his decision was ratified at meeting of the board of directo; held a few days ago. Mill No. 1 < the Orr Cotton Mills, has been rui ning on heavy goods ever since it w? built, while mill No. 2 has ben rui ning on fine goods. The whole mi will now run on fine goods. It wi require some $35,000 or $40,00 worth of new machinery to make tl change, but the order for it has a ready been given, as stated, and will soon begin coming in, and be ii stalled as fast as it arrives. It is e: pected to have the change effecte and the whole mill running smooth] on the fine eoods by the first of tt new year. The market for hea\ goods has not been satisfactory fc some time. There are too mao heavy goods mills, Mr. Hammet says, and, besides, the profit on hea\ goods can never be as great on th as on fine goods. The Best Food for Workers. The best food for those who wot with hand or brain is never hig priced. The best example of this is found i Quaker Oats. It stands at the to among foods that supply nourishmez and vigor, without taxing the dige tioa, and yet it is the least expensi? food one can eat This great food value and low cot make it an ideal food for families wb want to get the greatest good froi what they eat. Laborers, factory or farm hands, fe plentifully on Quaker Oats will wor better and with lees fatigue than : fed on almost any other kind of foot All of these facts were proved an very interesting information aboi human foods were gathered by Pr< feasor Fisher of Yale University i 1908. YouH find Quaker Oats in rej ular size packages, and hermeticall sealed tins; the latter is best for he climates. I Remember the Place to get polish for the brass work on your car. Top dressing for your top. Compression grease in a density that will snit you. Automobile Oil that will please you by eliminating half the trouble you are now having. Remember that the winning car in the New Yorkto-Paris race run 21,000 miles without carbonizing, on this oil. We have oil for air cooled engines, too. Say, have you heard about our gasoline contract to auK tomobiles? I We also rebuild any kind of automobile and sell new tops. The Delk Motor Co. money mone; or and Publisher Knight says Ir read the Herald. We suspet ur suspicions make the followii tber 1st, 1909. out this advertisement and bri ad overcoats are marked in pl< .25 on any suit or overcoat up rest. It is good for 25c on trc s from $1.50 to $3.00. for 75< * 0 it, our clothing is strictly O. K. ay afternoon we give our custc 11 them goods as cheap as the < Yours ti H I money morn < J. H.DIXONI | 3r Machinist and Engineer gS ^ General Repair Shop. ?* We repair all kinds of ma- Jg chinery and carry a full line of gg ct Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, In- ? S jectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. ?g Brine your engine and have the SS 5rIB cylinder bored. Make it run like SB e_ I new and give you more power. ^ Ld 11 Bring your cotton gins and U 2 lf 11 press parts and have them re- | S y- I paired before the busy season. I A stitch in time saves nine. We 'repair saw mills, grist mills, cane mills; in fact we run a ?5 pt I hospital for sick and disorderI ed machinery. Bring it in and gg w have it cured. Gas engines and gfct 0 automobile engine cylinders ?2 ik| bored, and new pistons and . 'j rings made that won't leak. jn | Gives you more power and betJ x ter efficiency. We repair and a" a charge storage batteries. Call ?5 iJg when in trouble and see what |? ^:j| we can do. rs | SHOP AT COTTON MILL pj IS PORTABLE AND STATIONARY || u i iiaiiipa i iCNolNcS I " AND BOILERS "?j 5~ Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec!d tosr, Pumps and Fittings, Wood [y Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, ie Belting, Gasoline Engines ry >r UAROBSTOCK LOMBARD j t, Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, T Supply Store. is AUGUSTA. GA. Q ;ip.p.p.i to P. P. P. will purify and vitalize your II ? blood, create a good appetite and give your ,p v whole system tone ana strength. I A prominent railroad superintendent at H Savannah,suffering with Malaria, Dyspep. S- m sia, and Rheumatism says: "After taking w '? ft P. P. P. he never felt so well In his life, ana P feels as if he could live forever, if he could always get P. P. 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