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, PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. B. P. Hartzog, of Govan, was in the city Tuesday. V ?Mr. C. H. Mitchell, of Hartsville, was in the city Sunday. ?Miss Gladys Johns, of Baldoc, is visiting Mrs. G. W. Jariand. ?Magistrate J. C. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. H. J. Brabham, Jr., left Tuesday for a stay at Glenn Springs. * ?Mr. J. J. Simmons, Jr., of Orangeburg, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. W. IS. i5enill?trr la oycuuiug a few days at Glenn Springs this week. ?Misses Alice and Marie Sease * visited friends st and near Ulmer this week. ?Mr. A. G. W. Hill, of the Farrell's Store section, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mrs. H. H. Copeland and little daughter are on a visit to relatives in Augusta. ?Mrs. Joe Brown and little daughter, of Lawtev, Fla., are visiting Mrs. G. W. Garland. ?Messrs. Thos. Smoak and Harvey Baxter, of Branchville, spent Wednesday in the city. ?Mrs. H. F. Spann and little daughter, of Florida, are in the city ' on a visit to relatives. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wyman and Mrs. M. A. Bamberg are at borne from a stay at Glenn Springs. ?Dr. W. S. Jennings, of the Cope v section, spent Tuesday in the city as the guest of Mr. J. J. Smoak. ?Mr. John Herndon, who has been in the West since last January, returned home Tuesday afternoon. ?Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wright, of Orangeburg, spent Sunday and Monday in the city on a visit to relatives. ?Mr. Chas. D. Felder, of Woodbine, Ga., spent Sunday and Monday > > in the city with his father's family. / , ?Mr. Otis Brabham, of Allendale, spent a few days in tne city this week on a visit to his father's family. ?Mr. Arthur M. Dickinson, of Summerville, spent Sunday and the "glorious fourth" at' the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. McB. Speaks. ?Dr. F. B. McCrackin left Tuest day for Glenn Springs, where he will attend a meeting of the State Pharmaceutical Association. i ?Mr. W. M. Brabham has gone to Wrightsville Beach, N. C., to attend ; v the annual meeting of the South Carolina Seed Crushers' Association. ?Mrs. B. S. Jennings, formerly of Bamberg, but who has been living in % Florida for twenty-five years, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M. B. Brickie, and ether relatives in the city. ?Mr. R. Pinckney Bellinger, who T has been at Glenn Springs and Asheville since the closing of the S. C. University in Columbia, arrived in < the city this week to spend the summer vacation. ?Miss Sadie Meriwether, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. > McB. Speaks, for several days last week, left for her home at Allendale Tuesday, accompanied by Miss Eileen Lawler who will join a house party this week at the home of Miss Meriwether. * ! * Seek Rehearing in Pearlstine Case. Albany, N. Y., July 5.?Governor Hughes was asked to-day to give a rehearing on his action in honoring the extradition to Tennessee of A. Shep Pearlstine, of Denmark, S. C., on a charge of embezzling $14,000 from Palmer Bros., of Charleston, Tenn., and New Orleans, La. V S. G. Mayfield, of Denmark, S. C., counsel for Pearlstine, informed the governor that the original papers were granted without opposition through a misunderstanding. He contended to-day that Pearlstine was not a fugitive from justice, claiming he was not in Tennessee from November, 1907, to May, 1909, the period covered by the indictment. The indictment follows a business transaction to corner the pea market y in several of the Southern States. The governor of South Carolina refused to extradite Pearlstine from that State. Gov. Hughes said he would com* municate with the Tennessee authorities and render his decision later. s Two Killed on Fatal Spot. New York, July 3.?On the crossing at Valley Stream, L. I., where 20 norsnns -were killed in a tflllv-hn wreck some years ago, an automobile owned by Andrew Crawford, of * Riverside, N. Y., and containing Mr. Crawford, his two daughters and chauffeur was struck by a Long Island railroad train this afternoon. Both young women were killed and * the chauffeur was seriously injured. Mrs. Crawford had left the car only a few minutes before the accident. Mr. Crawford was tossed with the occupants but escaped with a few scratches. ' ^ / ' , \ BY AIR, RAIL AND SHIP. Dr. Aked's the First Ticket of Kind ] Ever Presented. New York, June 25.?For the first time in history, tickets calling for a 3 trip from this city to Oberammergau, 1 by way of trans-Atlantic lines, rail- I road and airship were presented to- 1 dav. when Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. 1 Aked boarded the steamer Cedric, of t the White Star line. Dr. Aked, who is the pastor of the a Fifth Avenue Baptist church, has c been ill seven weeks with typhoid t fever, and today was his first trip 1 out of the house since his recovery, t He is accompanied by Dr. A. R. Mc- i Michael, his physician. i Dr. Aked's airship tickets call for f transportation for him and wife be- t tween Munich and Oberammergau, a t distance of 60 miles, in a Zeppelin s airship. The tickets cost $18 each. 1 After his stay in Europ? the minister e will return to this country to take c a vacation In Canada.?Baltimore a Sun. i ? a The Block System. r Atlanta, Ga., June 27.?The bul- t letin just issued by the inter-state 1 commerce commission, giving the c mileage of the railways in the United f States operated by the block sys- 3 tern on January 1, 1910, shows that 2,080.1 miles of track on the South- ? era Railway constituting thirty per e cent, of the entire mileage of the sys- 3 tern, is now equipped with this safety 3 1 " ?in f drn f VlO P appliance, muuucu m iuh u.v buv entire main line from Washington to Atlanta and on to Birmingham, * the line from Bristol to Chattanooga, * that from Chattanooga to Atlanta and a Macon, and other important sections. c In the entire United State's there are * only seven railway systems with a f greater mileage so operated than has * the Southern. No railway in the v South operates anything like-so large * a mileage with the block system. J The system in use on the South- f era Railway is what is known as the ^ ' telegraph block." Suitable semaphore signals are erected at intervals about five miles along the road to guide the engineman in the control ^ of his train. The space between these j signals is called a block and two passenger trains are under no circum- j. stances permitted in a single block r at the same time. j The working of this system may be best explained by taking two block stations, Gainesville, Ga., and Oak- t wood, Ga., for example. A train ap- p proaches Gainesville bound for Atlanta. The operator at Gainesville L asks the operator at Oakwood if he can have the block for the approach- j ing train. If there are no trains between v Gainesville and Oakwood the opera- t tor gives the required permission and jboth operators make a record of the time, train, number, etc. The opera- g tor at Gainesville then clears the signal by putting it down to an angle U1 dUUUl OlAVJ ucgicto l/6lwn uvit zontal after the train comes in sight. t That is called "clearing" the signal and is done after the train comes into j sight to assure the engineer that the t signal is cleared for him and he will c not proceed into the block unless he t sees it go "clear." This assures him that he is not taking a signal given t a preceeding train. As soon as the v train passes the signal the operator h returns the signal to a horizontal po- c sition, this indicates Danger, Stop, ' and it remains in this position as long as the train is in the block. ' It will be noted that two men, one at each end of the block, must co-operate to e allow a train to enter, this provides d a check which effectually prevents t mistakes, it being unlikely that two v men would make the same mistake at E the same time. r To install this system has necessi- d tated the employment of a large num- t ber of additional telegraph operators t and the expenditure of a large s amount of money for line wire signals, etc., but the officials of the j Southern Railway oelieve that the T expenditure is warranted because of the safety it affords their patrons \ from accidents due to collisions. a ? e Marriage Superstitions. a t "Blessed is the bride thart the sun shines on." A bride should use no pins in her wedding clothes and she should avoid I looking in the glass when she is com- l; pletely dressed for church. The wedding ring should not be e tried on before the service, and to e take it off afterward is unlucky. e "If you marry in Lent you will i: live to repent." May is an unlucky a month for weddings, and June and t October are especially lucky. ( It is an old Yorkshire custom to v ? ? ? a ?- ? A ? ? * V, n f pour nut water u,vci tiie uuuisicp alter the happy couple have departed, \ in order to keep the threshold warm t for another bride. ( When the bridesmaides undress the t bride they must be careful if she c have any pins about her to throw c them away. A single pin left might \ cause her ill-luck.?Danville Register. j ????? MAN BURNED TO DEATH. 3. G. Allison Meets witlj Terrible Death on Top of House. Forest City. N. C., June 23.?A 'oung man enveloped in flames, iterally burning to death, was the lorrible sight witnessed by many peo)le on the streets of Forest City Satlrday morning who were powerless o aid him. Mr. B. A. Allison, a young plumber ind tinner, was working on the dome >f the McBrayer hotel, 100 feet above he level of the street, using a gasoine burner. From some cause the rnrner exploded, throwing the burnng liquid into the young man's face ind completely enveloping him in lames. Throwing the burner from he building, he slid from the dome o the scaffold,, where he could be een tearing the burning clothes from lis hrtdv. He did not lose his pres Mice of mind for a moment, but came lown the ladders to the ground un:ided and with a portion of his dotting still burning. His face, neck, irms and upper body were almost oasted. The doctors did all in their power o relieve his suffering, but held out ittle hope for his recovery. He was arried to the hospital at Rutherordton, where death came early Jonday morning. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. !. Allison, of Hendersonville. His Qother reached his bedside Saturday ifternoon, her husband following Jonday and the body was carried to lendersonvile for burial. Mr. Allison had been a resident of ^orest City but a short time, but by lis quiet unassuming ways, his close attention to business and his sunny, heerful^ disposition, had endeared timself to all and won hosts of riends, who were shocked at his unimely taking off. Many of his friends rere callers at the hospital and many >eautiful flowers were sent as loving emembrances and tributes of respect or the living and the dead.?Forest Jity (N. C.) Herald. * Candidates at Yorkville. Yorkville, July 1.?To-day's meetne at Yorkville was somewhat en ivened by the possage of personal reaarks, most of them not acrimonious tut amusing. The candidates for ailroad commissioner were especialy vigorous. G. H. Mahon bitterly denounced ailroad discrimination. He told of lis rise from the champion cotton ticker of Abbeville county. B. B. Evans again attacked Mr. yon alleging inefficiency and impropr compromises with liquor houses, udge Prince had said, Evans assertd, that Farnum's punishment had teen far heavier had he known that he defendant was so wealthy. Mr iyon again was absent. The candidates for governor again poke last. Mr. Featherstone stressd prohibition as an issue. Mr. Hyatt rho spoke next said he would elimilate liquor though he is a prohibiionst. Mr. McLeod spoke for local ption. He paid his respects to Mr. ^eatherstone intimating that the later was a prohibitionst for revenue nly. Mr. Richards discussed educaion, agriculture and pensions. Cole L. Blease said he had waited wo years to deny a report that he ras the candidate for the liquor louses. The report he intimated was irculated by Rev. J. L. Harley. Buried at Midnight. Savannah, Ga., July 1.?At midight the body of Dr. R. J. Nunn, who lied in this city on Wednesday will ie borne to Laurel Grove cemetery, rhere it will be interred. The midtight funeral will take place at the equest of Dr. Nunn, who before he iied, let it be known that he wished o be buried with the ceremony of he Kadosh of the Scottish Rite Maons. The body will be carried first to St. ohn's church, where on the stroke of idnight the services will begin. At their conclusion the procession rill take place. Dr. Nunn was above .11 things else a Mason and the midlight services of the Kadosh always ppealed to him as most appropriate or a funeral. Roosevelt Will Visit Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., July 2.?Former 'resident Roosevelt is coming to Atanta October 8?"Uncle Remus day" ?and will deliver an address on the vening of that date in the auditoriim armory of the Uncle Remus Menorial association. Gifford Pinchot s expected to be a guest of the city .t the same time, having been invited o be present at the organization on )ct'ober 1st of the Georgia Conseration association. The date of Mr. Roosevelt's visit ^as definitely settled to-day when his elegraphic suggestion of Saturday, )ctober 8, was promptly acceded to >y the committee in charge of the :elebration in honor of the memory >f Georgia's famous poet and story vriter. Andrew Carnegie is expected to be present and introduce Mr. Roosevelt. * - Letter from Charlie Rentz. " ca a > U. S. S. New Orleans, Shang- go hai, China, May 29th, 1910. sa The Bamberg Herald, Bamberg, gr South Carolina: in My Dear Friend?While enjoying te myself in foreign lands, I am going th to write you anyway and show you 01 that I still think of my friends, and to tell you that I have been getting ar The Herald regularly. Was rather he surprised the other day when I re- A] ceived a paper which was not a month old. I renewed my subscrip- tr tion while in Honolulu, H. T., and M guess you have received same by this ui time alright. m After leaving the Hawiian Islands sis we went to Japan for a stay of about ga a week and then came to China, in Have just returned from a trip up of the Yangtse-Kiang river to Hankow, or which is about six hundred miles into the interior of China, and to say that lo it was a grand trip would be expressing it mildly. We were despatched Se up there on account of a famine, al- Fi though it was not as bad as first ex- C( pected and had about ceased when Ri we left, May 27th. There was a L< great number of foreign ships there Ci to protect their lives and interest of SI their various concessions. T1 Would like to give you a short Pi description of the sights and various customs I have been experiencing g since being in Asia, but don't think cj that I am equal to the emergency, nevertheless, will tell you of some q( the things I have seen lately. pj China is a great country, but the tj people are still ignorant, and it is gi beyond explaining how, in this en- Fi lightened age, they can still hold to pj their ancient ways and customs. The old pagodas and walled in cities are curiosities to see and in some places it is still dangerous for one to travel alone and it is a common occurrence n to hear of many people being killed. ni Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, and ^ is a city wth every comfort and up- tb to-date advantages. There are a bj number of English here and they be seem to have things mostly under control and you would think you *b were in an American city. tb Now as to Japan, It is quite dif- Sll ferent from China. The little brown es people are the busiest in the world te and their high rank is won by their merits. They are intelligent, thrifty, th and are at the top in everything. ta Tokio is one of the largest cities in t>e the world and third in population. gr Our base ball team played Waseda University a game of ball while there, and I am sending you a copy W] of the translation which appeared in ti( the leading paper of Japan the morn- th ing after. bi On account of our speed and be- ti< ing the fastest ship out here, we are in to be used mostly as a despatcher ar and mailship, and on this account, pi will be on the go most of the time, and will not be in one place very nc long at a time. iei Will be all along the Asiatic co Coast, the Philippines and Japan, and are contemplating a trip to tii Australia this winter. ta I expect to be out here for some pj time, and hope to see all I can while pj away from the United States this th time, as it is my intention to be back te - ? m -XT Tirith 1X1 .DO. ill UCl g, anci hit V.1 uiijt, mm old friends. g0 I am sending you in connection q( with the newspaper item, a picture ci; ot our base ball team, which is a nc good one, and we are playing base nc ball in every country we go. ex Trusting that this will not bear on gv your mind too much to read it and f0 that you will be blessed with con- dr tinued success, I remain, Yours very sincerely, ap CHAS. W. RENTZ, JR. of be Translation of an article which appeared in the Japanese newspaper, ar "Jiji Shimpo," published" in Tokio le! on May 1st, 1910. In addition 1 th may add that this newspaper is considered the most important one in co Japan. Karl Lewis,, translator. a Translator. " ai At 3:20 p. m. on the 30th of April CQ a base ball game was held at the Tozuka ground between the Ameri- te can ship, "New Orleans," and the Waseda University champions. -n The American's umpire was Mr. B. . O. Kennedy and the Waseda's was Mr. Kono. bo First, second and third innings, (jg neither team made any runs. Fourth, Waseda's Mr. Oi and Mr. pc Matsuda got home alright, but Mr. Ogawa and Mr. Fukahori were put j. out between the bases. ta .Fifth, this inning was the same as the first, second and third. Sixth, the first three Americans got their bases by their excellent aE playing; the Waseda's were confused, hc and owing to. their confusion Mr. . Rentz got home by an error of waseaa s pitcner, ana :ur. rvcuei ai&u gn got home after him. g Seventh, on the American side . st< Mr. Dybro and Mr. Ashcroft both got home, and Waseda got no runs. Eighth, Waseda made no runs, but just here trouble arose between the ov two teams, because Mr. Iseda, who was running at this time, when he was running for third base, was pa .lied out, which he had made bygood hit from his bat. His ball t among the lookers-on and Waseda .id it was right, because by the ound rule, when a ball was hit to the crowd of lookers-on the batr was entitled to third base, but e Americans insisted that he was it, and so Waseda conceded it. Ninth, Waseda's Mr. Oi got home id Mr. Matsula also tried to get >me, but he was put out by the merican's pitcher. During this inning there was ouble again, this time about Mr. atauda being put out, but as the npires and the captains did not ake any concession, but each insting on their own opinion, the :me was reverted back to the eighth ning with the score 4 to 2 in favor the Americans, as they had the its. The champion members are as folws: Waseda. scond, Hara. rst, Yamawaki. inter, Iseda. ight, Oi. ift, Mikami. itcher, Matsuda. tort, Ogawa. lird, Fukahori. tcher, Omura. Americans, scond, Reber. itcher, Yeager. . jft, Fox. mter, Ashcroft. ight, Alworth. lird, Hester, lort, Farber. rst, Dybro. tcher, Rentz. What Congress Did. Congress has adjourned, and while has to its credit a considerable imber of important and useful bills, must also be said that most of ese measures have been crippled r vicious amendments made for the inefit of special interests. An exception to this statement is e administration railroad bill which e insurgent members of congress cceeded in amending in the intert of the people instead of in the inrest of the railroad corporations. While the excellent principle of e postal savings bank has been esblished, Wall street interests suceded in manipulating the measure eatly to tfoeir own advantage. Statehood for Arizona and New exico is another achievement for bich congress and the administra>n claim credit, but which is really to eir discredit. Both Territories comned had in 1900 a smaller popula3n (including tneir Mexicans and dians) than Buffalo New York, id only thirty thousand more peoe than the city of New Orleans, irritories so sparsely settled should >t be admitted to Statehood?at ast not unless combined as one mmonwealth. The bill providing for the publica3n of campaign expenditures esblishes a highly important princie, but this measure, too, was criped in that an amendment provides at the publication shall be made afr the election instead of before. The West, always clamorous for vernment aid, secured another $20;?0,000 to complete projects for reaiming arid lands. We are glad to itice that Congressman Small gave itice that the gove^hment, while not pected to actually drain Southern ramp lands, must at least provide r surveying them and formulating\ ainage plans. One of the best new laws is that ipropriating $250,000 for the use the tariff commission. The memrs of this board appointed by presi>nt Taft are men of unusual ability id their investigations will doubtss knock out some inequalities in e present law. Mr. Aldrich's statement that he uld save the country $300,000,000 year by economies in the adminis ation set the country to thinking, id congress did well to name a mmission to investigate the matter, would have been a great deal betr, however, if it had not itself ade new records in extravagance its river and harbor, public buildg, and other appropriation bills. Other legislation of which congress asts includes a law giving the presimt unlimited right to withdraw iblic lands for conservation purges; a bill creating a bureau of ines; measures for the suppression the white slave traffic; a new riff system for the Phillipines; and law looking to prohibition for the awiian Islands. Of hardly less importance than tything else was the action of the use of representatives in curtailg the power of the speaker and oviding means for recalling lothered bills from the committee, eaker Cannon's determination to and for re-election is worrying the jpublican leaders very much and < ?:ii j x _ eai pressure will ue uscu iu Iiictne m reconsider before the summer is er.?Progressive Farmer. Watch the date on label of your iper and renew promptly. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED. Mob Wrecks Summary Vengeance on Planter's Slayers. Charleston, Mo., July 3.?Two negroes were lynched here this afternoon for the murder of William Fox, a planter of Mississippi county. They were taken from the county jail by a large crowd of infuriated citizens, - ,'f ' who broke down the doors with sledge hammers shortly after 4 o'clock. The negroes were alleged to have shot Fox in the back while riding in his wagon about two miles from town last night. He died after identifying his assailants. This morning farmers began to arrive in town, and alarmed by threats of lynching', Sheriff Culp appealed to Governor Hadley for assistance and swore in a number of deputies. The sheriff's deputies were powerless to check the mob, however. It required two hours to break into the jail. Then the men rushed in on the frightened negroes and, with yells, took them outside. One negro was hanged in the jail yard, after he confessed his guilt. The other negro was hurried into an automobile and taken to the spot where he had j&j hid the revolver with which Fox was shot. This weapon obtained, the ne- . || gro was taken back to Charleston. ^ The Corn Exposition. , -esident Hudson, of the South ^antic States Corn exposition, was among the visitors in Columbia yes- ' / terday. He came here from Newberry to confer with Secretary Hamby, ~:.M of the Columbia chamber of commerce, relative to the raising of $5U0 from the citizens 01 uoiumDia, .^a which is needed to complete the $5,- 7'.*|j 000 to be offered in prizes at the ex- v position. While here Mr. Hudson conferred with (Commissioner Watson relative to several details of the exposition. During the past several - P weeks, President Hudson has made trips to Georgia, North Carolina and ' - ^ Florida. He has secured the cooperation of many of the commercial ' ^ bodies of the four States and has also secured the necessary funds for the display. Definite announcements ' as to prizes will be made within the next few days. It is believed that the merchants of Columbia and other business men will subscribe the necessary $500. It is very ,jM probable that Craven hall will be secured for the exposition. ' "Everything points,to the success of the exposition," said President Hudson yesterday.?Columbia States, ThursAirship Destroyed. Count Zeppelin, the German air- .\-Sjj ship inventor, has met with another discouraging disaster in the loss of a V-jSH magnificent vessel that was completed only a few weeks ago, at a cost |9 of $137,000. The ship was appoints ed to sail from Dusseldrof on June 27, for Dartmund, a distance of about ?^81 twenty-five miles, with twenty newspaper men as passengers and a crew Vzj&k of ten men, making thirty in all. The -ffilla weather was unfavorable; but Herr > p Colesmann, the general manager of ' -gSj the company that owned the vessel did not like the idea of admitting that he was dependent solely on the elements, and insisted on starting away. The ship began its journey pretty well, considering a strong ':$M headwind; but soon one of the motors stopped, and the other was not strong enough alone to make head- a..v| way against the current. The craft was soon at the mercy of the winds, >gjj and was presently driven against the * tops of some pines, bursting tne sue , t vgsbb envelope and twisting the aluminum ^ frame. The ship was lodged in the trees, and the passengers and crew ^ escaped unhurt by climbing to the '. ground by means of a ladder. The loss of the vessel falls upon a stock company that had built it for pas- ( ? senger traffic. Illicit Distilling Increases. Washington, June 29.?Comjnissioner of Internal Revenue Cabell re- ^ cently gave orders dispatching eight agents to Oklahoma, Tennessee and North Carolina to assist in inforcing ' -jA the laws against illicit distilling. Reports received at the bureau show the * vS wViIAVI Kiiotnnna glC<?L UAtCilt IV TT UiV/11 UUOIUVBO fias developed in these States of the South and Southwest which local pro- ^ hibition laws have relegated to "dry" territory. Mr. Cabell says there is more illicit distilling now than ever known before in the States referred to. The field force has been increas- / . ?|j ed to the limit of the appropriation. Roundups of moonshine outfits are frequent and a count kept recently showed that five agents or deputies had been shot in a period of sixty days. The government officials labor under considerable difficulty in making arrests because of the indifference ~ - -h of the people in the localities affected to act in the capacity of in. A formers or give practical assistance in capturing the persons in the illicit business. : 4 , fM .