The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 07, 1910, Page 5, Image 5
, 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.
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?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.
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* 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.
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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
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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
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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
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Marriage Superstitions. a
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"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
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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.
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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.
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Letter from Charlie Rentz. " ca
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hai, China, May 29th, 1910. sa
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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
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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
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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. "
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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.
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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
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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.
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formers or give practical assistance
in capturing the persons in the illicit
business.
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