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Sl.OOPer Year SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Mtwt ?f Interest Gi<4wtd rrom Afe SectiwM of tfce State and Airanfcd for Busy deaden TAX* DBMOK8T&AXIOH WORK. Ywrwun Tlreolovt the BUU Man ifesting Interest in the Movement -MMttu to he Held en Mr. Oon aale'a Farm,' Near Columbia, Au gust 15, will be Well Attended. Columty, Special. ? Quite a compli ment was paid to South Carolina by the United States department of ag-. lieultnre by being seleeted from among all the Southern States as the field for the special farm demonstra tion work which is soon to be insti tuted by the Government This work will go on in this State and the infor mation gained therefrom will be us ed by Dr. Knapp and bis assistants all over the South. This work will be different from that which is be ing conducted by the department un der the direction of Dr. Knapp, but will in no 'way interfere or take the place of Dr. Knapp 's work; the two will work in co-opcration to a certain extent. The original plan as outlined by Dr. 6pillman when down here some days ?fo, was to have one farm in each Congressional district on which de monttration was to be done, but so much intercut has been manifested that it has been decided to broaden this work, and in districts where the conditions are favorable and the far mers will be several farms where this work will be carried on. The farm belonging to Mr. Ambrose Gonzales, just outride of Columbia, has been selected as the first farm to begin this work on and arrangements for a big meeting on this farm to be held August 15 have been completed. This will be the initial moeting of the demonstration workers and there will be a similar meeting once a month in the future at Mr. Gonzales' farm, aa it is the most centrally located farm in the State. $600 for School Improvement. Columbia, Special. ? State Superin tendent of Education Martin has re ceived a letter from Wickliffc Hose, secretary of the Peabody board, with ? check for $500 enclosed. This check has been sent by the Peabody board to the School Improvement Associa tion to aid it in the good work it is doing, and is in recognition of the work which has been done by Mis? Nance. The check is signed by J. P. Morgan, treasurer of the board. The Peabody has given $12,000 to Winthrop this year, and its gifts to this Institution for the past several years have averaged $3,000 a year. It will be remembered that the Pea body board has also helped the schools all over this State in days gone by, and was very instrumental in the development of the school here in Columbia, which finally became Winthrop College. Big Cotton Mills to Shut Down. Spartanburg, Special. ? Praetically all the largo cotton mills in this sec tion will close August 8 for two weeks, some of them for a longer pe riod. The mills that will close down ?re Tncaupau, Enoree, Pacolet, Spar tan Mills, .Arkwright and Whitney, of this county, and Clinton and Watts mills. The Pacolet Mills will closo for an indefinite period, and will pay the operatives half time and give them free house rents while opera tion is suspended. The other mills will furnish house rent free. The closing down of the mills, August 8, will be the second time this summer the mills have shut down, and will probably be the Inst. As a result of tho shut down, more than three hun dred thousand spindles in this coun ty will be idle. Fine Rice Crop in Georgetown. Georgetown, Special. ? The acreage of rice planted in Georgetown coun ty this year is about the same as last year. Aeording to tho figures turn ed in, which are practically complete, 4,242 acre* of rice are under culti ration this year. The crop is in fine condition, and if no itorm interferes to mar the prospects a big harvest if sure. Teachers Chosen at Sumter. Sumter, Special ? At a recent meet ing of the board of education tho resignation o i Mr. R. D. Epps as prin cipal of tho High School was accept ed, and the following additional teachers elected for the Calhoun school: Principal and teacher of 10th grade, Mr. C. C. Smith; teacher of 0th grade, Mr. J. H. Spanu; com mandant and teacher of 8th grade, Mr. W. M. Scott. All of the schools are now supplied with a full com plement of teachers except in the Talhoun School, where a teacher for the 7th grade is yet to be elected. TOO WET AT GEORGETOWN. Farmers In Deep sir at Continued BrtaftU Georgetown, Special? Tho rainy ?pell eoatinucs and the country is thoroughly saturated hereabouts. The farmers are hoping that the old saw that rain on the first dsy. of dog days ? sure sign for.fortv days' more 9 1 rain will prove a false prophesy. Trying to Brill Back Alleged Tigora. Columbia, Special. ? Some time ago requisitions were made by Governor Ansel on the Governor of Georgia for several negroes accused of the violation of the dispensary law. It' is claimed that the negroes were conducting a liquor business as blind tigers, in violation of the dispensary lswt near Lowndesville, Abbeville County, and Mr. I. H. MeCalla un dertook to put a stop to it. The ne groes crossed over the line into Geor gia. tfhe negroes were apprehended recently in 'Augusts. Attorney Gen eral Lyon received a telephone mes sage to the effect that Governor Smith has temporarily suspeuded his order granting the requisitions, upon the representation of the attorney for the negroes that they were being brought back to South Carolina to bo prosecuted for the violation of labor contract. Attorney General Lyon had the following to say about the case: "Mr. I. H. MeCalla, of Lowndesville, is a thoroughly trust worthy gentleman and has been mak ing an effort for some time to break up the blind tiger business in his neighborhood. He is asking for the return of these criminals solely for the purpose of having them prosecut ed for violation of the dispensary law, and one of them for perjury, as the requisitions show. There is no truth in the statement that they are to be brought back as peons. Had Fine Meeting at Donald's. Donald's, Special. ? The Woman's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Abbeville Association of Baptist churches, held their annual meeting at Donald's, July 24 to 26, inclusive. The meeting was well attended by delegates from all churches and mem bers of local church. The opening sermon was preached by Dr. H. A. Dagby, of Greenwood, ou Friday evening. The work of the union was continued on Saturday morning and at 12 o'clock an address was made by the well known pastor of Ander son church, I)r. J." F. Vines. His address on "The Mission of Wo man" was very strong and highly interesting to all present. At 3:30 o'clock p. m. another address on mis sions was made by Dr. McCall, a mis sionary from Cuba. On Sunday morning the sermon was by Dr. A. T. Jamison, of the Connie Maxwell Or phanage, of Greenwood. Subject, "Missions." One of the most inter esting Matures of the day was a talk made by Miss Carrie Mathis, of Greenville. She has been attenting the Baptist Training School for the past year. This address was espe cially interesting to the ladies of the union, showing the courage, zeal and devotion of Miss Mathis to the cause to which she has devoted her life. Mrs. J. S. Harris, of Troy, 8, C., president of the union, was in charge of the meeting. Mrs. I. W. Wingo, of Greenville, president of the State Union, was also present. New Lancaster Enterprises. Lancaster, Special. ? The Farmers' Union Ware House Company, of Lan caster, has been organized with the following officers: E. B. Linglc, presi dent ; C. L. McManus, vice president ; W. M. Moore, secretary and treasur er; J. F. Nifbet, manager. The cap ital stock is $5,000. The company has purchased three acres of land, known as the old Spoke and Handle Factory lot, and will at once erect a warehouse, 60x100 feet, with brick fire walls. The building is to be finished by the opening of the cotton season. Another new enterprise will be organized here in a few days, the Lancaster Ice and Coal Company, | with a capital of $10,000. Aetna Mills Ordered Sold. Greenville, Special. ? In the hear ing before Referee Heyward herf last week it was decided to sell the Aetna Mills property, of Union, Oc tober 7, the upset price being fixed at $250,000. The appraiser's report, which was submitted at the meeting, places the value of the estate at $305,000. Lextington Crop Conditions. Lexington, Special. ? In many sec tions of the county rain has not fal len in several weeks and crops have been greatly damaged by continued drought, ond unless it rains within the next few days cotton will be al most a complete failure. Old corn however, has not been hurt to any appreciable extent and in most sec tions the yield will be unusually large. But where corn was not plant ed until late it is suffering for want of water and the conditions at pres ent are very unsatisfactory. Organised at Rock Hill. Rock Hill, Special ? The Convention of the Sunday School Workers, which was in session hero for two days, had a very successful and encourag ing meeting. The Convention was called for the purpose of organiza' tion. This wsh done and the body is now the "York County Interde nominational Association. ' ' DOWN TO BUSINESS ' i m ? ?? Chairman Mack Appoints the ^ V ? J . Ctmpaign Committees 10 MANAGE FOR DEMOCRATS Democratic National Chairman -Ap points His Assistant*, Preparatory to th? Beginning - of tka Actual ? Work of the Campaign. Bualo, N. Y., Special. ? Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national Committee, appointed com mittees to serve during: the campaign. The members of the labor committee are all members of the national. He will announce next week the commit tees on financo, press and speakers. The appointment of a sub-committee for Eastern and New York headquar ters will be taken up upon the re turn of Chairman Mack to Chicago in about a week. The committees named are: Executive committee: Norman E. Mark, chairman, New York; P. L.1 Hall, vice chairman, Nebraska; Urcy Woodson, Kentucky; Martin J. Wade, Iowa; Josephus Daniels, North Carolina; Thomas Taggart, Indiana; John T. McGraw, West Virginia; George W. Green, Rhode island; It. M. Johnson, Texas; Clark Howell, Georgia ; T. E. Ryan, Wis consin ; J. F. C. Talbott, Maryland ; John W. Tomlinson, Alabama ; John E. Osborne, Wyoming; James S. Kerr, Pennsylvania ; F. B. Lynch, Minnesota; Edwin O. Wood. Michi gan; Nathan Cole, Jr., California; Robert Ewing, Louisiana; J. Harvey Garber, Ohio. Advisory Committee. . Advisory committee: David B. Francis, chairman, Missouri; J. 0. Joht*3on, secretary, Kansas; Alton B. Parker, New York; John Sharp Wil liams, Mississippi; Governor John A. Johnson, Minnesota;. Senator C. A. Culberson, Texas ; Senator John W. Daniel, Virginia; Senator Isadora Rayner, Maryland; Governor George Chamberlain, Oregon; Hoke Smith, Georgia; John E. l?antb, Indiana; M. E. Ingalls, Ohio; Josiah Quiacey, Massachusetts; George Rarhart, New York; Irving L. Handy, Delaware: Archibald ' McNeil, Connecticut; James K. McGuire, New York; J. K. O'Donness, Illinois; James E. Camp bell, Ohio. "? *<r Labor committee: Martin J. Wade, chairman, Iowa; Roger C. Sullivan. Illinois; T. E, Ryan, Wisconsin; Rob ert S. Hudspeth, New Jersey: W. A. Rothwell, Missouri; E. S. Johnson. South Dakota; Edwin A. New man, District of Columbia. Campaign text book committee: John E. Lamb, chairman, Indiana; Josephus Daniels, North Carolina; Richard E. Metcalfe, Nebraska. Negro'a Home Blown Up. Ensley, Ala., Special. ? The last mine outrage to occur was the blow ing up of the house of George Banks, a colored non-union miner. His wife and children were thrown from the beds and the house ruined. Banks i# a prosperous and respected negro. A number of prominent citir.ens held an impromptu indignation meeting and threatened to make union min ers vacate their houses here. Martial law seems imminent. Blown np by Buttermilk. Mason City, la., Special. ? That buttermilk is capable of becoming as dangeroifs a beverage as cocktail" was proven here when a barrel of the former liquid exploded. A negro sit ting on the barrel was hurled a dozen feet through the air by the force oi the explosion, but escaped without serious injury. Condition of Cotton Crop. Waabington, Special. ? According to a spccial crop report isiued at noon by the Department of Agricul' ture, the condition of cotton on Jul; 2th was 93.0 per cent, of normal, aa compared with 81.2 on June 2th, 1908; 85.0 on July 25th, 1907; 82.9 on July 25th, 1900; and 81.4 average of condition on July 25th, of paat ten years. Savannah's First Bale of Cotton, ? i Savannah, Ga., Special. ? The first halo of "factors cotton," or that received in the ordinary course of business for this ?ea5on, was bought Thursday at the Savannah exchange by Murray M. Stewart foi the Bryan Democratic Club. It was immediately C3iti pressed, placarded and shipped to Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam mnny Hall, New York. The plaetrd announces that it is the first bale j^d concludes "As surely aa eottonglf king, Bryan- will be eleejed Presi dent." Railroad Fined for Failure to Provide Proper Jim Crow Cafe. Baton Rouge, La., Special. ? A $2, 000 fine was impoaed on the 8t. Louis, Tron Mountain & Southern Railroad by District Judgo Brunot, for failure to provide ^gro passengers accom modations as good aa tfcoee furnish fd white people. The matter was carried to court by t Mr State raW road commission to sustain its ru^i ing that equal aceommoriations must bo furnished both 1*1* " i SHOT BY OfflCtRS fetffnl Tragedy Results from Florida lynching SEVERAL DEAD AND WOUNDED .. . . .( ? Ifegro Ijadii^ Two' White Man Killed Md NIm Woanded, Some Fatally, la the Bam Total af the Two Attacks by a Mob on the JaiL Pensacola, Fla., Special. ? This city has quieted down somewhat after the excitement of Wednesday night. The fearful cost at which the negro, Lan der Shaw, was secured and made to answer the penalty of outraged peo ple, is (?fceatly. deplored and citizens are ft unit in great sorrow over the results of the storming of the county jail. Mrs. Lillian Davis, Shaw's victim, is in a desperate condition and her life is despaired of. The wounded men in the night's battle are receiv ing every attention. The coroner's - jury investigating the riot, found that Lcander Shaw came to liisdeath at the hands of men unknown to them. The juiy is also to investigate the death of Kellum, who was shot and killed in the scuf fle* at the jail. Two men killed and nine wounded, some of them fatally, is the record of the clash between the mob bent upon lynching Leander Shaw, a ne gro, and the sheriff and his forces in which the mob finally overpowered the authorities. The lynching was carried out in the most prominent part of this city. Shaw assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis, a highly-respected lady, near the city, during the absence of her husband, and after cutting her throat, almost from ear to en jy. clubbed her over tlio head with a revolvevcr, which ho had taken fiy>m the house. During the afternoon when it became known that the negfO* had been arrested crowds began forming upon t ho streets and early in tho night thew were rein forced by large number of men from the country. The mob formetl about 8 o'clock and madc'aiv attack on tho county jaij w|i,erc (lie, negro was con fined. The jail gate wis broken down by the mob and the sheriff and his deputies opened fire. Three men dropped from the first volley of the sheriff's fire. Volley after volley was then fired by the mob and the sheriff's force but the mob was repulsed. ji ' About midnight another attack was made, the mob having increased to one thousand men. The second at tack was successful for the reason that it was made, upon all sides of the jail. One party forcpd its way through the rear, overpowered the officers and secured the trembling ne gro. A noose was slipped about his neck and after being dragged for two blocks he was strung up to an elec tric light pole in the center of the park, where fully two thousand bul lets completely riddled his body. The dead are: Henry C. Kellum, street car motor man. "Itud" Nichols, a planter. The wonnded are; Charlie Turner, probably fatally; Joseph Brewton, probably fatally; Jailor B. E. Eaton, probably fatally; "Bud" Knowlcs, probably fatally; Sheriff James C. Van Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Fred Humphreys, W. P. Brownson, W. P. Bayliss. .Probably o dozen or more others were slightly wounded. The body of Shaw was cut down by orders of the authorities. The baby who was struck by the negro at the time he tried to kill the mother, it is said, will rocover. News of the Day. G. Winthrop Bands, W. K. Vandcr bllt's stepson, was burned so bndly under his automobile, near Paris, that ho died soon, Portugal Republican! have intro duced an anti-clerical law. Acting Secretary Newberry re jected all bids for three new naval oolliers, the Maryland Steel Com pany's bid being the lowest. A Turkish Parliment will meet November 17th. Aeronauts and scientists are form ing a nationaljSpciety of persons irv terested in thoj^iavigation of the Kir. Samuel Gompcrs says the labor union* generally are indorsing his position in this campaign. The Virginia Corporation Com mission decided that express com panies mu?\t doliever liquors in "dry" territory ip sold by retailers, but not if sold by . wholesalers. After becoming a union man and being under Are on a steamboat, William H. Taft left Cincinnati for Hot Springs, Va. Father Kills Children and Self. Providence, R. I. Special. ? Leonard Hendricks, aged 31, a brewery work er* murderod bis two daughters Anna, aged 5, and Lillian, ag^d 3, and took his own life with illuminating gas at his borne Houdrirks was in sanely jealous of his wife and wuen the latter went for a visit, after h? had objected to her going, became de spondent and planned the murder and suioide. HISGEN AND GRAVES National Independence Parly Names Presidential Ticket AND ADOPTS PARTY PLATFORM Independence Party Names Thorn* Hisgsn, of Mimchuistti and John Temple Graves, of Goorrla, as Itt Ticket for 1903 ? Nomination* Hade on the Third and First Bal lots, Respectively ? Women Takt Fart in the Demonstration. Chicago, Special. ? For President ? Tliomas Hisgeu, of Massachusetts For Vice President ? John Tempi* Graves, of Georgia. The Independence party at its first national- convention here put a na tional ticket in the field and adoptee a platform of principles. Thomat Hisgen, of Massachusetts, was nom inated for President on the third bal lot, ^ and John Temple Graves wa* nominated for Vice President on the first ballot. Hisgen's opponents were M. W. Howard, of Alabama; Johr Temple Graves, of Georgia. W. R Hearst, though not a candidate, re coived a complimentary vole of hall a hundred. THE PLATFORM. We, independent American citizen? representing the Independence party in forty-four States and two Terri tories, have met in national conven tion to nominate, absolutely indepen dent of nil oth#?r political parties, candidates for President and Vic* President of the United States. Our action is based upon a determination to wrest the eonduct of public, hffuirs froii? the hauds of selfish interests, political tricksters and corrupt bosses and make the government as the founders intended, an agency for the common good. At a period of unexampled nation al prosperity and promise, a stag gering blow was dealt to legitimate business by tho unmolested practice stock watering and dishonest fi nanciering. Multitudes of defense less investors, thousands of hones! business men and an army of idle working men are paying the penalty. Year by year fostered by wasteful and reckless governmental extrava gance, by the manipulation of trust? and by a privilego-creating tariff, the cost of living mounts higher and higher. Day by day the control of the government drifts further away from the people and more firmly inte the grip of machino politicians and party bosses. The Republican and Democratic parties are not only responsible for these conditions, but are committeed to their indefinite continuance. Pro digal of promises they are so barren of performance that to a new party of independent voters the country must look for the establishment of a new policy, and a return to genuine and popular government. Our object is not to introduce vio lent innovation or startling new fea tures. We of the Independence party look back as Lincoln did to the Decla ration of Independence as the foun tain head of all political inspiration. It is not our purpose to attempt to revolutionize the American system of government but to restore the action of the government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln. It is not our purpose either to effect a radical change in the American system of government, but to conserve for the citizens of the Unitod States their privileges and liberties won for them bv the found ers of this government and to per petuate the principles and policies upon which the nation's greatness has been built. The Independence party is, there fore, a conservative force in Ameri can politics, devoted to the preser vation of American liberty and in dependence, to honesty in elections, to opporturiiiy in business &nd equ ality before the law. Those who be lieve in the Independence party and work with it are oonvinced that a genuine Democracy should exi*t; that a true Republican form of govern ment should continue; that the pow er of government ihould rest with the majority of the people and that the government should be conduoted for the benefit of the whole citizenship rather than for the special advantage of any particular class. We denounce the so-called labor planks of the Republican and Demo cratic platforms as political bun comb and contemptible claptrap un worthy of national parties claiming to bo serious and sinccre. Such in sincere and meaningless declarations place a low cstimato upon the intel ligence of the average American workingman and exhibits ignorance of or indifference to the real interests of labor. The Independence party condemns the srbitraiv use of the writ of injunction and contempt pro ceedings as a violation of the funda mental right of trial by jury. From the foundation of our government down to 1872 the Federal judiciary set prohibited ttie issue of any in junction without a reasonable notice .until after a hearing. We asaert that in all actions grow ing out of a dispute between employ era and employes concerning terms or conditional employment no in junction should issue until after a trial upon the merits, that such trial should b? had before a jury anil in that of no case of alleged contempt -hould any person be deprived of lib erty without a trial by jury. The Independence party believes that the distribution of wealth Is as import ont as the creation of wealth and endorses thoso organizations among farmers end workers which tend to bring about n just distribu tion of wealth through good wages for workers and good prices for far mers and which protect the employer and the consumer through equality of price for labor and for product, and we favor such legislation as will move them frcm the operation of the Sherman anti-trust law. We endorse the eight-hour work day, favor its Application to all gov ernment emplovcs and demand the enactment of laws requiring that aQ work done for the government wheth er Federal or State and whether done directly or indirectly through contractors or through sub-contrac tors, shall be done on an eight-hour basis. Wc favor the enactment of a law condemning as illegal any combina tion or conspiracy to blacklist em ployes. We demand protection for work men through enforced use of safety appliances and provision of hygienic conditions in the operation of all in dust rial undertakings. We call for the enactment of stringent laws fixing empoyes' liabw litites and a rigid prohibition of child labor. We condemn the manufacture and sale of prison-made goods in the open market on competition with free la bor manufactured goods. We de mand that convicts shall be employed direct by the different States in the manufacture of products for use in State institutions and in making good roods and in no case shall convicts be hired out to contractors or sub 'contractors. The Independence party declare* that the riirht to is*ue money is in herent in the government and it fa vors the establishment of a central governmental bank through which the money so issued shall he put into general circulation. We demand the revision of the taiff not by the friends of the tar iff but by the friends of the people, and declare for a gradual reduction of tariff duties with just considera tion for the rights of the consuminp public and of established industry There should be no protection foi oppressive trusts which sell cheaplj abroad and take advantage of the tar iff at home to crush competition, rais? prices, control production Vid limit work and wages. The railroads must be kept open tt all upon exactly equal terms. Ever> form of rebate and discrimination and railroad rates is a crime against business and must be stamped ou1 We demand adequate railroad facili ties and advocate a bill empowering shippers in time of need to compel railroads to provide sufficient cars foi freight and passenger traffic and oth er railroad facilities through sum mary appeal to the courts. The inter State commerce commission should proceed at once with a physical val nation of railroads engaged in inter State commerce. Wc believe that legitimate organi rations in business designed to sccur* an economy of operation and increas ed production aro beneficial whercvei the public participates in the advan tages which result. We denounce al combinations for restraint of trad* and for the establishment of monop olv in all products of labor and de clare that such combinations arc not combinations for production but foi extortion and that activity in this direction is not industry, but rob bery. In eases of infractions of the anti trust law or of the Interstate com merce act we believe In the enforce ment of a prison penalty against th? guilty and responsible individual! controlling tho management of th< offending corporations, rather than t fine imposed upon stockholders. We advocate the extension of th< Rrinciple of public ownership of pub c utilities, including railroads, ai rapidly as municipal, State or na tional government shall demonsfrrat* ability to conduct public utilities foi the public benefit. We favor specifl cally government ownership of th? telegraph and demand as on imme diate measure that the government shall purchase and operate the tele graphs in connection with the posta> icrvice. We advocate such legislation both Stote and national as will supprcs? the bucket shop and prohibit the fictitious selling of farm products foi future delivery. Wo oppose Asiatic tmmigratior which does not amalgamate with out population* creatcs raee issues and un-American oonditions and whic> reduces traces and tends to lower ttat high standard of living and the higt standard of morality tvhieh Americas civilization has established. We demand the passage of an ex* elusion act, which shall protect American workingmen from compe tition with Asiatic labor. Wc advocate the popular electioa of United States Senators and ol judges, both States and Federal and favor a graduated income tax and any constitutional amendments nec cssarv tp these ends. ARBITRATION IS FAVORED. The Independence pirty declare* for pence and against a* gression and will promote the movement for th? settlement of international disputes ? by arbitration. We believe, however, that a small navy is poor economy and that a strong navy is the best protection in time of war and the best pre ventive of war. We therefore favoi the speedy building of a navy" suf ficiently strong to protect at th? same time both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Wc rejoice in the adoption by both the Democratic and Republican platforms of the demand of tlie Inde pendence party for improved nation al waterways and I lie Mississippi in land deep water project. We favor tho extension o flhis svstem to the tributaries of the Mississippi by means of which 3 States shall be served and twenty thousnnd miles added to the cost lines of the United States. The reclamation of arid lands should he continued and the irrigation programme now contem plated bv the government extended ind steps taken for the conservation of the country's natural resources, which should be guarded not only against devastation and waste, but. igainst falling into the control of ihc monopoly. 5 MAIL CLERKS HURT Palatial New York and New Orleans Limited Wrecked Near Bessemer City Sunday Night, Tender of En gine and Postal Car Rambling Down 25-Foot Embankment. (Iiarlotte, Nt Special. ? The Southern's New. York and New Or leans Limited solid Pullman train No. :>S, wliieh is due to arrive in Char lotte at 0 :2"> o'clock, en route north, was wrecked 1'our miles this ?ide of Kings Mountain and one mile below Bessemer City Sunday night at S:2T? o'clock. The tender and a postal mail ear left the tracks and were hurled down the embankment which at this point is at least 25 feet high. Five mail clerks were more or less badly injured. Their names follow : E. W. Hortt, of Atlanta, Ga., in jured About head and body. Thomas McRae, of Atlanta, Gfl., badly injured. C. L. l)ean, of Atlanta, On., bruis ed. E. H. Dawson, of Atlanta, G?., bruised. 1). P. White, of Gainesville, Ga., bruised. All of these clerks were in the wrecked mail ear which was not only thrown down the embankment was considerably torn up bv the im pact with the heavy tender. It is a marvel that any escaped with their lives. All were more or less badly bruised, one or two perhaps intern ally. The extent of their injuries could not be ascertained definitely owing to the inability to get in com munication with tlioM' in charge at the scene of the wreck. Two surge ons went down on a combination wrecking train which left the South ern yards here shortly after the news of the accident was received. The engine did not leave the tracks nor did any of the sleepers. News Notes. The Richmond grand jury began its investigation into the murder of an infant in the City Home. Capt. J. W. Jarrett, who killed policeman 0. Smith in Suffolk, will pleod insanity as a defense. William J. Bryan accused Taft of grafting Democratic planks on the Republican platform. Timothy Woodruff saw the Presi dent and then declared Mr. Hoose velt wculd not interfere in New York. Aeronaut Falls 2,000 Feet. Jackson, Mich., Special. ? William Over, a young aeronaut of Mason, Mich., was killed while making a parachute drop at Hague Park, on Vandcrcook Lake, near here. Just as the parachute filled, the strings on one side mapped and the aeronaut dropped '2,000 feet to death, the par achute trailing, a useless rag, after him. Oliver landed near a crowded merry-go-round and lived fl'*c min utes after being tarried to the near est house. Marriages at an early age Is fre quent In Mexico. Recently a boy of 10 and a girl of 14 were married In the capital. SURE CURE For AO IMmmm of STOMACH, irivEK e Kidneys