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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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. Garfield
and McKinley as 'the martyr presidents';
Monroe to mark the foreign
policy associated with his name, with
Grant, Hayes, Cleveland and Roosevelt
Carrying on the historical line to
a recent day."
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