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Death Claims Rear Admiral Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 1.?Reai Admiral Charles E. Clark, U. S. N., who, when a captain, commanded the ; battleship Oregon on its famous voyage from San Francisco to Key West and later in the battle of Santiago, July 3, 1897, in the Spanish-Ameri ?x xt? i can war, uieu ai Lac aumc ui ms daughter here late today. He was 79 years old. It was Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark who guided the battleship Oregon in its race against time on a voyage equal to half way around the world without a single serious mishap to men or machinery. This remarkable race occurred dur# ing4the opening days of the SpanishAmerican war in 1898. Clark, then a captain, was 54 years old. He sailed from San Francisco on March 19. Between him and his destination was the continent of South America, the gales and turbulent waters of the Straits of Magellan, where a Spanish torpedo boat lurked also, and a fleet of formidable Spanish warships cruising the Caribbean sea. On the afternoon of the 67th day of sailing the Oregon steamed into Jupiter inlet on the coast of Florida unharmed. It is the world's record which probably will never be equalled?it probably will never again be attempted. The Panama canal removes the necessity. A modern battleship could be transferred from San Francisco to the Florida coast in time of war through the canal in less than 20 days. An interesting anecdote is told how i " Clark came to be placed-in command of that difficult and dangerous voyage. "'Has he the stick-to-it-iveness to take him clear through?" asked a naval authority of one of Clark's ? v . friends who was urging his appointment to /the command of the Oregon, / and ready for battle. "Did you ever see him play chess?" the friend replied. "What has that to do with the case?" t "Everything", was the answer. "Strategy as learned on the chess board is not a bad training as a preliminary to naval tactics", and he continued to outline Clark's characteristic determination, which was noticeable even while playing chess, until the apopintment was won. Rear. Admiral Clark was born in Vermont in 1843. At the age of 20 he had been ordered to the west gulf blockading squadron in the Civil war before he finished his second year at Annapolis. A year later he was following Farragut over the torpedo beds and past the forts in the battle of Mobile bay. , . Clark's n?va4 career was varied. He was shipwrecked off the coast of Brit*ev, /VOnmhia in 1868. When the IQU VV4V4*** , Suwanee foundered, and through the loss of his superior officers became commander of the 33 survivors. He organized them into a defensive party to hold off 400 hostile Indians until rescue arrived. He watched the / Spaniards, whom he was later to engage in battle, bombard Valparaiso and Callao; he served on the Pacific, West Indias and Asiatic stations; was attached to the Brooklyn, Mare Island and Portsmouth navy yards, and instructed a class at Annapolis. He spent three years in surveying the north Pacific coast, and four years in Inspecting light houses. 1 He, on board the Oregon, helped to destroy the Spanish fleet at Santiago, and was advanced six numbers in rank for his distinguished services. At the age of 59 he again was advanced in rank seven numbers and promoted to rear admiral. Admiral Clark rounded out his career as commander of the League \ Island navy yard, as governor for thre years of the naval home at Philadelphia, and as president of the naval examining and retiring board. He was retired from the active service in 1905 on his 62nd birthday. The First Fifty Years. Private Ulysses Roosevelt Jones was always longing for Alabarri', but the case goods on the Brest dock after the armistice continued to pile up and Ulysses's life was plumb miserable. ^ "Boss," he said to his big black sergeant, "boss, Ah's mighty sick o' dis yere liftin* an' unliftin'. It's wuss dan de wah. It's de wah all over ag'in an' Ah only 'listed fo' de duration." "Lissen, boy," said the sergeant, giving one white-eyed glare at Ulysses. "Heah's whah Ah introduce yo' peanut brain to knowledge. De wah am over sho' 'nough, but de duration yo' is in fo' now ain't sca'cely commenced." Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the only ones of the New England states in which women exceed the men in number. * May Make Shirts \ At Penitentiary The State. , Governor Harvey, John W. Aring> ton of Greenville and William Tara. dash, representing the Sterling com; pany of Chicago, visited the penitentiary yesterday morning with a view . to seeing what could be done toward ; establishing a shirt or garment faci tory at the prison in addition to the chair factory. The governor is not entirely satis. fied with the work of the chair fac . tory and believes some additional ef> fort would be fruitful. He will likely recommend to the legislature the establishment of a shirt factory or some garment plant to augment the present effort. Governor Harvey believes a good deal of effort is lost and that a shirt factory would be a paying proposition. Mr. Taradash has an excellent proposition, his company furnishing everything but the labor, which the penitentiary would provide. This plan is working successfully in other states, the governor was told. With a shirt or garment factory many prisoners who are now unable to do work could be placed in gainful employment. Prisoners on the county chaingangs who are incapacitated could be brought to the prison and put to work at the machines. In connection with the visit and the inspection, ,tne governor saia ne was against the present plan of having long term criminals on the county chaingangs and favored a plan whereby all persons serving more than two or three years should be put in the penitentiary. On the county chaingangs favoritism is likely to be practiced and escapes are easy on a number of chaingangs. Prisoners "working in the proposed new factory could be taught a trade and when thej) have served their time would be able to go out into the world in a gainful occupation. The governor also believes prisoners should r^peive a part of their labor and this"kept by the prison officials for them so when they serve their time they will have funds to make a new start in life. In case the prisoner has a family dependent upon him, the chief magistrate believes part of his labor' should be given to the family. Governor Harvey confidently believes the penitentiary could be made a paying institution with the proper changes, he indicated yesterday. He will recommend a number of changes to the legislature in all probability. Mrs. W. H, Felton Georgia Senator. Atlanta, Oct. 3.?A woman from Georgia today won the distinction of being the first of her sex to be elected to the United States senate when Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, Ga.. Ions known as "the grand old woman of Georgia", was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick as senator to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson until the November elections when a successor will be chosen at the polls. Mrs. Felton is eightyseven years of age and has been prominent in state politics for nearly half a century. Mrs. Felton has accepted the offer. Before tendering the appointment to Mrs. Felton, Governor Hardwick offered the office to Mrs. Thomas 1$. Watson, widow of Senator Watson, who the governor said declined it be< cause of ill health. ^ Mrs. Felton today said: "It was ^eminently fitting that this position should have ben tendered the widow of the late Senator Watson. "For myself," said Mrs. Felton in a communication to Governor Hardwick, "I wish to thank you expressly and emphatically in the name of thousands of Georgia women, wives, mothers, grandmothers and greatgrandmothers, who are enthusiastic Georgians and who represent the state in varied lines of noble philanthropy and endeavors." Has Public Record. Mrs. Felton was born in Dekalb county, Georgia, June 10, 1835. She was the oldest cnna 01 unanes auu Lena (Swift) Latimer. She was married October 11, 1856, to Dr. W. M. Felton, who died in 1909. Five children were born to this union, but one of them, Dr. Edward E. Felton, survives. Herbert Knew. The teacher was having a bad time of it. The class was very dull?or pretended to be?and seemed incapable of answering the easiest questions. "What is a person called wh)o steals?" asked the teacher persuasively. There was no answer. "Now, Herbert," said the teacher, "suppose I was to put my hand in your pocket and take out a penny, what would you 9all me?" "A sure-enough conjurer", replied Herbert with conviction. Stamp Designs In New Series Washington, Oct. 1. ? A new 11 cent postage stamp, peacock blue with a portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes, will be placed on sale Wednesday at Freemont, Ohio, in connection with the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the former president. The first stamp from the press will be presented to Mrs. Harding. The Hayes stamp is the first of a (inmnlfltfl nom cnriflo + r\ Ko nlonarl An sale during the next 30 days. A five cent ''Roosevelt stamp" will be ready for distribution October 27, the anniversary of the birth of the former president. Mr. Roosevelt's portrait was selected for the five cent stamp, the postoffice department announced today, because "this denomination is most widely used on letters to foreign countries, where the former president's fame was believed to be more universal than that of any other". . A new 50 cent stamp bearing a picture of the Arlington amphitheater and the tomb of the unknown soldier, will be placed on sale on Armistice Day, November 11. In the new series'the 13 cent stamp ' has been discontinued, while 14 cent and 25 cent stamps have been added. The portraits and designs for the entire series are: 1 cent?Franklin. 2 cent?Washington. 3 cent?Lincoln. 4 cent?Martha Washington. ? 5 cent?Roosevelt. 6 cent?Garfield. 7 cent?McKinley. 8 cent?Grant. I 9 cent?Jefferson. r 10 cent?Monroe. 11 cent?Hayes. 12 cent?Cleveland. 14 cent?Indiana N 15 cent?Statue of Liberty. 20 cent?Yosemite. 25 cent?Niagara. 30 cent?Buffalo. 50 cent?Arlington amphitheater. $1?Lincoln memorial. / $2?Capitol. $5?America. The subjects were selected -with careful regard for their suitability, the department announced, adding: "The portraits include Washington and Jefferson as fathers of our insti- 1 tutions; Franklin as the first postmaster general; Martha Washington; III ZEIGLER'SS &s IS JUSTLY PE || MANY NEW fall si and o: I THEY HAVE TO DIES FOR THI J 4 COLORS: BROW MANY COMBINAT GREi, SAND AND WE EXTEND TO ! TIO~> TO COME THEM OVER. TI YOUR EYES SI HEART GLAD, A HAPPY. GEO. V. ZEK SHOE STORE mm i I Sr V Prothro Place Proof of the Value of Poisoning Wfilliston Way. Though struck by a severe hailstorm late in the summer, approximately 65 bales of cotton will be made on the J. D. Prothro place near Williston. Conservative estimates place the yield at 100 to 125 bales had there been no haii. Through the courtesy of A. R. Still, manager of this place, the editor recently went over a considerable part of this place, \ which is one of the finest farms in this part of the state. 150 acres are planted to cotton. Two farms of ten acres each side by side and the same kind of land were particularly no-1 ticed. The hail didn't reach either of these. On the first tract worked by Sheppard Welch, colored, six to seven bales will be gathered; on the other j tract, worked by Mike Brown, colored, 9 to 10 bales will be made. The ' first tract had two applications of syrup and arsenate at a cost of about J 75 cents per acre; the other tract had these two applications of syrup and in addition two applications of arsenate dusting, at a cost of slightly over two dollars an acre. " These two tracts prove the value of poisoning! from a standpoint of making cotton and also prove that dusting is better than the syrup method. Mr. Prothro is planning to use a great deal more poison another year.' An interesting thins? fa that Mr. Still thinks 50 bales will pay all expanses, the place having been well managed. On this place will be found a large field of dewberries. Placing the Responsibility. It was about half way through the revival meeting and as the principal evangelist was warming to his work he saw a man sleeping peacefully in the front row, his snores ascending to the ceiling. "Will somebody please waken that man?" he inquired. Nobody stirred. "Somebody wake that man up!" thundered the great extiorter. "Aw, wake him up yourself", growled an unconverted neighbor of. the slumberer. "You're the guy that put him to sleep."* - N j ? ? to commemorate the pioneer womanhnnrt nf America: Lincoln. 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