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V STOPS SALE OF BAD MEAL. ; Commissioner Watson Issnes Orders. Many Samples Analyzed. * Columbia, Aug. 31.?As a result of the investigations by departmental chemists, who have found and appear |> to be still finding dangerous corn meal on the market throughout the Cfo+A r\rr> tfUhknl/linof larfP n 1] 3.T1 Ota tc, v/i ucic n nuuuiuiug *w?~ o v i ^ titles of corn meal from sale have been issued and will be served at once by inspectors of the State department of agriculture, commerce jS,"' and industries. Commissioner Watson said to-day j|N that out of 32 samples analyzed only seven were shown to be fit for food in the analysis submitted to him Ejf this morning. Fifteen of these ? * samples were drawn in Columbia. Only three of the 15 were shown to A- I be safe; 12 ran considerably above | the 30 c. c. mark, which is fixed as the maximum limit. Out of the 32 samples, in addition to the seven found to be satisfactory, another seven showed acidity ranging between20 and 40 c. c.,10 showed from 40 to 50 c. c. and eight were between iff t 50 and 60 c. c. These samples were if all of corn meal. It was said to-day at Commissioner Watson's office that so far all the % samples of com grits or hominy analyzed had been found safe. Corn meal samples are being taken throughout the State and each day reports thereon from the chemist are brought to Commissioner Watson by Chief Chemist Summers. In every case where acidity above the maximum is found orders withdrawing the damaged meal from the Jfi market are served. B* Further experiments are being ? . conducted at the laboratories to determine whether or not meal deteriorates after it is kept in stock. The B-fc. millers who have shipped in the corn meal found to be dant gerous are taking the matter up with +1^ donarfmpnt and are protesting that their products were made from 7 / good corn and that they use every precaution. It was stated this morning that inspectors had yesterday finished taking i samples in Sumter. These have been f sent into the laboratories, and the reports will be issued in a few days. ; Inspectors are now preparing to make a thorough canvass of Charleston, where they wiil take samples of corn products from all the supply houses, just as was done in Columbia. Among the other reports received * * - J AVi/stvtioto f L from tne laooraiones me eucimow * * reported on a number of samples | taken in Pendleton, Lake City, Swan$ sea, Greenville, Marion and Spartanburg. Practically all of these places had some deteriorated meal, according to the chemists, but the condition appears to have been found especially bad in Greenville and Spartanburg. Five samples taken in ? each of these places were badly deteriorated and dangerous for use as food. Orders have been given withholding these goods from sale. No prosecutions have yet been bebegun, and none will be until all the evidence is in hand from the chemil ists. ENDED WOMAN'S SUFFERING. r. ????? Shakers Arrested for Causing Mem ber's i)eath by Poison. Kissimmee, Fla., Aug. 31?Egbert Gillett and Elizabeth Sears, y* members of the Shaker colony, at Ashton, near this city, were placed in jail here last night, charged with causing the death of Sadie Marckant, another member of the colony, by the ? v use of poison. Sadie Marchant died August 22, and was buried on the colony land by Gillett and a woman known as Sister Amanda. The officers were notified of the occurrence and after an investigation arrested Gillett and the Sears woman. They admit giving the poison, asserting that the victim was hopelessly ill with tubercu/ losis and wanted to die and escape from her sufferings. They acceded to her appeals and gave her chloroi form. | ? The dead woman was 34 years of age; Gillett is 53, and the woman ' who is implicated with him, was 74 yesterday. f* AFRAID TO BUY OR SELL. Traders Undecided as to Price of ^ Standard Oil Stock. - + T71 C New YorK, sept. ?.?rui cue mst time in many years, it was almost I impossible to buy or sell Standard :> O.il stock to-day in the New York k market. No one had any idea what this stock, which yesterday sold at $634 a share, was worth. Even ihe venturesome traders on the curb Iwere unable to reach a basis for handling the shares of the great oil company. An attempt was made to trade in > the old shares, attaching to the certificates agreements whereby the seller assigned all rights in subsidiaries to the buyer. On this basis stock was quoted at about yesterday's figures, but no business was done. F r y COLLISION ON SEABOARD. Six People Injured in Head-on Smash 1 Near Atlanta. Atlanta, Sept. 2.?Six persons were injured to-day when Seaboard ' Air Line passenger train No. 41 collided head-on with a construction train at Lilburn, 24 miles east of At- < lanta. The injured are: C. H. Jones, pas- : senger engineer, Abbeville, S. C., ] bruised; Steve McKnight, negro fire- ' man, Abbeville, leg broken; B. S. Williams, Pensacola, Fla., collar < bone broken; Annie S. Carter, color- ! ed, Tuskegee, Ala., slightly; Sarah < "Railpv Tiifllrpcrcx*' "Rnla Hill colored. < Atlanta. Both engines were demolished but < another locomotive pulled No. 41 into Atlanta and ambulances met it ! here, taking the injured to hospitals. < The passenger train was an hour : late and was to pass the construe- i tion train at Lilburn, but crashed into it just as it was taking the t siding. 1 LYNCHING IN THE NORTH. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and New York Have Witnessed Mob Violence. ______ ! Northern States, and especially those forming the southern tier of the territory, which, since the civil war has continued to be called north have 1 not been free from lynchings in the last twenty years. New York State furnishes only one lynching in that period. This was at Port Jervis on June 2, 1897, when a negro was hanged by a mob for an attack on a - - * t_ _ a i?~i~? nn ; girl, lowa nas naa one ijucuiug as recently as January 1907, when a wife murderer, James Cullen, was taken from the jail at Charles City and hanged by a mob. Pennsylvania where the latest 1 lynching has occurred has one other similar act by a mob. On March 15, 1894, at Strousburg, a negro by the name of Richard Puryear was hanged for the murder of a white man af- 1 ter he had escaped from jail. 1 Delaware furnishes another in- 1 stance. At Wilmington a mob burn- 1 ed a negro at the stake on Jun-e 22, 1903, for the murder of the 17-year old daughter of a minister. ' Instances of mob violence in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, are numerous. On August 19, 1907, a tramp ' was killed by a crowd of farmers in ! Cook county, 111., for an attack on a i woman while attempting robbery. On April 26, 1903, near Santa Fe., 111., a mob hanged an unidentified ( negro b.oy for an attack on a 10-year- 1 old girl and then turned against ne- 1 gro bridge workers near the town, shooting several. In Cairo two ne- 1 groes were lynched on the night of ( November 11, 1909. One of them was taken after an attack on the jail. : In the same town there was an at- 1 tempt to lynch a negro purse snatcher but the mob was driven back by : the sheriff. One man was killed and 1 four were wounded. Springfield, the caDital of Illinois, was the scene of 1 violent race wars in 1906 and 1908, 1 state troops had to be called out both times to restore order. A case of mob violence occurred in [ Ohio at the town of Newark on July 8, of last year. Carl Etherington, an 1 anti-saloon league detective confined to the jail for shooting a saloonkeep- 1 er in a raid, was taken from the jail and lynched. Other lynchings in the State have occurred at Kenton, April 10, 1901, and at Millersburg, April ift 1?91_ At TJrbana a battle was fought with the jail authorities, in which two citizens were killed and nine were wounded, when a mob took Charles Mitchell, a negro, from the 1 jail and hanged him. At Springfield, [ on March 7, 1904, Richard Dixon, a ' negro, was taken from the jail and 1 riddled with bullets by a mob. Indiana had a lynching of five men 1 in September, 1897. In Ripley coun- 1 ty a mob took this vengeance on a 1 gang that had robbed and murdered ' and for a long time terrorized the county. Two negroes were hanged at ' Rockport in December, 1900. An . Evansville mob killed a negro on July ; 6,1903, after a struggle with the state militia, in which nine white men were ' killed.?New York Times. : BEVERAGE PLANT BURNED. _______ i < Anderson Concern Suffers Net Loss ' of $16,000. Anderson, Sept. 2.?Fire this af- 1 ternoon completely destroyed the , onH on fit of thp Bine Ridee Bev piaut auu vuiAv v? erage and Extract Company, situated j on the Blue Ridge Railway right of way, near Manning street, in this city, entailing a loss of $26,000, . with $10,000 insurance. The fire originated from the huge smokestack which had become red hot. ( The frame building was dry and , the flames quickly spread. Before ^ the fire department could arrive on the scene the building was one mass of flames, and it was impossible to ; save it or the contents. The principal loss is in the ice factory, and the < bottled goods on hand. It is prob- i able that the plant will not be rebuilt. < A FREAKISH DOINGS OF WIND. Cyclones Pluck Chickens and Undress Children. They have storms sometimes in this part of the country, but in Oklahoma they have cyclones. A cyclone is a storm, but a storm is not a cyclone. For instance it takes 36 hours for a wind to do any damage in this part of the world. In Oklahoma it takes about twelve seconds. There was the cyclone at Snyder, a few years ago. That broke all records for freak pranks by the wind. Snyder was a prosperous and happy community one minute. The next and 132 people were dead. It all happened in the course of a few seconds. The most popular man in town was a nroa^hpr He lived on the outskirts of the place with his bride of a few months. Their most treasured possession was a grand piano, a gift from the bride's father. When the ;ornado hit the place it swooped down on the preacher's house and lifted it up as if it were a piece of paper, not from the foundations, but from the first floor. Magazines that lay on the table in the parlor were not touched or moved an inch, nor was anything on that first floor. There remained the piano, the sheet music open on It, the scarf undisturbed. The carpets were left on the floor. It was simply a furnished house on a platform, minus pictures on the walls. The cyclone went on down to a ' ? 41.. rUr1o_ Hardware siore, me ueot m vyzvi?homa. The sides were strong brick walls. The front and back were entirely of glass. Through that front and back the wind went. It touched nothing in the scond story, not even breaking a glass, but it took every piece of hardware there was on the ground floor and none of it has been seen since. It was if a hundred men had suddenly swooped down on the place and taken everything out. A school teacher in the country nearby was crossing a bridge with six of the children. Down came the cyclone. It took every stitch of clothing, including stockings and shoes, off every one of them, but it did absolutely no damage to their persons or to the bridge. They just stood there, naked but unharmed, wondering what it was all about. At a farm house a little further on, the cyclone drove a spade seven and one half inches into an oak tree and it tpok two mules and a stumppulling machine to get it out. More than that. It took a wheat straw and drove it end foremost clear through a four and one-half inch plank. The 3traw was hollow and could be blown through after penetrating the plank. On the same farm every chicken had every feather taken off, but not one was killed or really injured. The feathers came back later, not the same ones, but a new crop. All these things were done in the course of a few seconds, men tne cycione aisappeared and was heard of no more. There is a great difference between a storm and a cyclone. Folks who live in the cyclone territory seldom have time to get to their cellars. Moreover, cyclones are never predicted by the weather bureau, possibly because the bureau does not like them, and possibly because it knows nothing about them. That is the chief resemblance, many experts think between storms and cyclones. TAUNTED TO HIS DEATH. Rather than be Called "Fakir," Aviator Frisbie Makes Last Flight. Norton, Kan., Sept. 1.?J. F. Frisbie, the Curtiss aviator, was killed by a fall at the Norton County Fair. Frisbie met with an accident yesterday and only went into the air again to-day when driven to do so by the taunts and jeers of the crowd. Frisbie fell about 100 feet and the engine of his machine fell upon him, crushing his left side and chest. He lingered for about an hour before he lied. He had been giving exhibitions at Elmwood Park for several days. Yesterday his machine acted badly and he had a fall of about 40 feet, but escaped serious injury. He announced he would not take the air this afternoon, but when his statement was read the crowd hooted and shouted "fakir" and refused to listen to explanations. Frisbie announced that rather than have the big erowd go away with the impression that he was not willing to fly, he ft-ould attempt a flight. He attained i height of 100 feet, but in attempting to make a turn the plane tipped and he fell to the ground. The erowd witnessed the aviator trying to right his machine. He struck the earth with the engine above him. His wife and little girl were witnesses of the accident and Mrs. Frisbie " A- J 1 was prostrated wiieu sue s?tw uei husband killed. Johnny Williams had been "bad" again. "Ah, me, Johnny," sighed his Sunday-school teacher, "I'm afraid we shall never meet in heaven." "What have you been doin'?" ask3d Johnny, with a grin.?Harper's. v. - .... AWAITING FIANCEE, KILLS SELF. Suicide of Wealthy St. Louis Man in New York Hotel. New York, Sept. 2.?While waiting here to meet h.is fiancee upon her return from Europe, Daniel E. Garrison, Jr., a member of one of the most prominent and wealthy families in St. Louis, committed suicide today because he believed that he was too ill to marry. When his body was found to-day, shot through the head, at the Waldorf-Astoria, there were two letters beside him. In one the suicide told his father that he would rather die than to continue to suffer and that it would be unjust to his fiancee to marry her in his present state of health. The other letter was written by the girl he expected to marry and urged him to "cheer up" and think of "the better days to come." Mr. Garrison's father and his son by his first marriage, who came here with him yesterday, declined to tell his fiancee's name, saying that this course was best for all concerned. She is expected to arrive from Europe either to-day or to-morrow. Her letter was dated August 8 and written while abroad. It was signed "Mary." The suicide left a note addressed to his father, saying that he would rather be dead than suffer any longer the pains of kidney trouble, hay fever and asthma. The body was found by his son when he, went to call him for breakfast. Mr. Garrison lay in bed wearing his night clothes, with a pistol by his side and a bullet hole over the right ear. None heard the shot. Mr. Garrison, Jr., went to the theatre last evening with his son, and when the father returned he seemed in excellent spirits. He asked his son to call him in the morning, saying that he. might be able to take an interesting boat ride to-day. The Garrison family is one of the most prominent and wealthiest of St. Louis. To Meet Father?Fiancee's Name. St. Louis, Sept. 2.?D. E. Garrison, Jr., 42 years old, vice president of the Corrugated Bar Company,, who was found dead in a New York hotel to-day, had an appointment to meet his father, D. E. Garrison, Sr., at the Waldorf-Astoria this morning. D. E. Garrison, 3d, was traveling with his father. The father, son and grandson had been on vacations and were not expected to return here for some time. Mr. Garrison, Jr., had been in Canada and Mr. Garrison, Sr., in upper New York. Both men were widow-1 ers. The father is president of the Corrugated Bar Company, which he established. No reason was known at the offices of the Corrugated Bar Company here as to why the vice president of the company should kill himself. He was a hay fever sufferer. The meeting scheduled for to-day in New York between the father and son was of a business nature. The family is considered wealthy. j Mr. Garrison, Jr., was to have been married in New York in October to Miss Mary Williams, of New York, who at present is at Ryebach, N. H. | He had given up his home here and intended to live in Buffalo, where he was to take charge of a branch of his firm. | REPORTS GENERALLY BAD. ? Memphis Paper Reviews Condition of Cotton Crop. Memphis, Sept. 3.?The Commercial-Appeal's weekly cotton review to-morrow will say: Reports are unfavorable in the Mississippi river and in Louisiana regions. In Texas the outlook is slightly improved by reason of the cessation of rain. Very heavy rains and winds damaged the crop in South Carolina, although rain may in the end add something to the yield of the late cotton. Georgia reports considerable deterioration except in southern portions where picking has begun. Alabama reports some damage from the army worm, the pest appearing over wide areas and stripping field after field of every vestige of leaf growth and young tender bolls. Conservative pstimates dace the loss in Alabama at 150,000 bales, and in Mississippi at about half as much. The weather was slightly more favorable than heretofore, good rains having fallen in the valley, but a longer period of dry weather i3 now needed. It is evident that the rains in Texas will add something to the crop and may make a material addition if the frost is late. Some Oklahoma correspondents think the crop is as good as late years and while others report an irreparable loss, improvement since the rain is generally conceded. Cotton is opening rapidly in both those States, but much faster elsewhere. See me now about your cotton seed. Will buy or exchange for meal. W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store. -v*' - MiSi i&S I I SMITH DECIDES TO RESIGN. Will Quit Georgia. Governorship Between November 1 and 15. Atlanta, Sept. 2.?Governor Hoke Smith will resign as governor between November 1 and 15, and be ready to assume his duties as United States senator when congress convenes. The governor, it was stated authoritatively to-night, will give 30 days' notice of the date of his resignation to enable the State legislature to arrange for a primary for the naming of his successor. The primary probably will be held about the middle of December, and the election date is expected to be set Dy jonn m. siaton, who win oe acting governor for the first week in January. Two candidates for the governorship are already in the field, and prohibition will be an issue. R. B. Russell, of Jackson, is seeking the nomination on a straight local option platform. The other candidate is J. Pope Brown, of Pulaski, former State treasurer. Cotton scales and hardware in general at Hunter's Harware Store. | Are 1 | AWoi CIS AT I n ! Woman' 100? FARMS I J Do you want a home in Son plenty, where 10 acres is sulfide producing an independency in a We have about 100 well in and surrounding counties for s 1,000 acres, on which one thou and profitable homes. Price fi according to location and impro balance 1, 2 and 3 years with i them in reach of all. South Georgia lands have cent, during the past five years, chance of your life to secure a h offered ready for occupancy. F plant fall crops. Free booklet of each farm sent upon requesi come. SOUTHERN TR HAWKINSVE | ^ Newberr [FOUND" A safe college. Regular CI Electrical and Mechanical Eng modern equipment. Locality fa Preparatory School connected w partment very reasonable. Fo address || President J. ] NEWBER CARLISLE FIT "The School that Stands Bamberg, -----Let us give your Boy and Girl the ough work under positive Chr CHANCES? Our school is ownec and IS NOT A SHAM. Recogniz larged faculty?all men of College ual attention. Study Hall, 4 Teacher. Unsurpassed Health. J Baths. Entirely separate boardii Prices lowest consistent with goo Boarding capacity limited?XTinafaanth vo II II CttbiilU^UCt iliUCIAAitui jv Caldwell Ouilds7 ASSISTANCE NOT NEEDED. 'v? Army Officers Find Storm Conditions at Beaufort Exaggerated. Beaufort, Sept. 3.?Col. Surratt and party, of Fort Screven, were in Beaufort to-day, coming here on the government tug General Jackson. They were investigating the general storm situation for the government, in order to ascertain if help were needed. Col. Surratt was ordered to Beaufort by the war department, in response to a telegram received from Congressman Byrnes, saying that this section was in dire need of assistance. Col. Surratt found that all re ports were exaggerated and, it is understood, wired the government to the effect that neither the town of . Beaufort nor the county is in need of any assistance whatever. The party departed for Fort Screven this afternoon. The new Lutheran Theological seminary in Columbia will open its 3 session the 27 th of September. hhhmmi i ? ! nan |1 II :Jj9B Will lie j I V ;'W^ i iTp s Ionic j i W*IMH?MM >| OR jSALE -100 f | ith Georgia, the land of peace and nt for living and an average farm ^ i few years? ii lproved farms situated in Pulaski sale, ranging in size from 10 to sand people, can find comfortable fi om $15.00 to $60.00 per acre vements. Terms one-fourth cash, ^ nterest, if desired. Thus putting advanced from 100 to 200 per The boom has just begun. The orae in Sonth Georgia. All farms 'ossession given in ample time to giving full description and price ^ t. Write or come to-day?better UST COMPANY, |S| iiLE, GEORGIA. y College 1 * j ED 1$56.] II -mm assical Courses, also courses in || . |g|\ ineering. An able Faculty and || uned for its health record. Fine II ith college. Expenses in any de- II r catalogue or other information H ' Uonmr Hamic Hi I i^lJU J * AIM AMV llll , . _ ! TING SCHO^m for Work and Character' j|j| - - - South Carolina j||| V;3^ training they need?honest, thoristlan Influences. WHY TAKE I and controlled by Wofford College ;ed standard of Scholarship. Errand University training. Individ1-2 hours a day, conducted by Pure Artesian Water. Hot and Cold f departments for Boys and Girls. service. ^ -write to-day for handsome ar begins Sept. 20th, 1911. M^A^^iead