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ak VOL. V. NO. S3. - CAMDEK, 8.CL, THTJR8DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1908. S1.60Per Year ? V ?' ?? ? ^ Ul - THE SCENT; OR, TRACED ! BY DIVINING ROD, LADY UABGAKT1 MAJKWUS. CHAPTER IL r ' Continued. - kJI U *****.thmt Un- Deastoae had t^a th*t ,b# had flr* ?? * h^LlZ P?Mnt httBband'a "rvlce r whieh^h V.? V* adv*r"??ment, in which ?h? described herself u a pro ??aal to any emer 5T? J- B^.ber arrival. Mr. Den a the prey of !??? ser ?ants, he had never known any com ?id?rtS^rltyoKBut her *-'ent ^ f^L?^.e* ? mad? blm com fortable, she fed him admirably, she norsed him kindly through a bad * k! ^nt' and when. k 86 exce,lent conaldera M Mm^thrSP?8e<1 t0 her' 8he ,n(ib'mhw,t.h ier u8ua' stately courtesy. un,Ja J ? never for on# moment ^ ? ? rePent having done so. i !?*' Den8tono had one sister, mar ried to a clergyman in Westmoreland, :t"LDnr?Urt-, Thta Iady- ln hopes * degrad,nK a marriage. sn-iTed in Liverpool by express, and J? "* ?"t the vials of her wrath oa poor Betsy's head.- Her words were unjuatlfiable, and it was much J? credlt that she held her tongue and never told her husband. ^ Un it* V* thi* WM the CODduct CK n'JDenstone. of Donstone Court. SSTiUS.. hu>band even came to iJLv . ' ,?he WM very k,nd to ' i g her in "?>ectlng iJ C0l0,: ?f h*r wedd,n* kowo In preference to the brilliant mauve maalta ?? V h6Althy ap>,e *heeks mageata in hue. To this gentle much Car?1torn woman Betsy owM * ^ .v , adv,co and much help. #looked uP?n her with in amount of gratitude that was almost 8^ ? w*= who persuaded for* IS*?, t0 "end R?*inald tO Ox w s ged to do 8omething for her nephews; but Mr. Denstone would i wk? k adoPting one straight off Se ki Wa?f. l?6 d63,re of her heart.' 2L h brother's weak and help lessi character; he wished to tost the ?oaa, determined that only to one Btren?<hSfMied hiS ?Wn Qua,,tIe? of Mt?n?hif .Per"?Terance would he tlii.i M patronage- From this de termination arose tho offer of the * whin"iiIP lD th? L,verP?01 house, and wh?n It was announced that Reginald was coming to Queen Anne's Square ?tnna- Vlilt' g??d M^,? Alfred Den stone s heart be* high with hope and expectation. ???Thf ,dl8appoIntment was Propor ?nX t Br'at Regg,e was too much of a gentleman not to be per ^ W w?KeOU" t0 bUt hS t'?t ed her with overmuch ceremony. To his uncle he was lofty, clearly S' ?? congld?r#d the mltb'L,. " unwor""' The vl.lt was altogether a failure, f w. WM not PfMsed to stay on end hl? returq home was speedily fol wlTi?h hid th9 iett*r t0 hl* ,ather' Trent*, l? R?5ea th0 cour*e ot Eoth uncle and aunt came forward t??;? Arthur, and both were aston Ithed, They had formed no great ' b^Wt thl8 UU' handsome, fair, blue-eyed young man was a freat surprise to them, DeMtnn^w^iT Denv,ton#r "id Mr. denstone, with smphaels. "Tef, Upcle Alfred, myself," he """'l' Innauoutlr* and la this my Aunt Betsyrn And coming forward, he stooped to kiss She was so astonished she quite trembled with pleasure and surprise, btfl answered his kiss warmly, '*My flsar boy!" she said, would never have said that to Jtsginald, ?nd he never oalled her ??m? A^!tSiJlon,y with P?lu* car?. Mrs, Alfred Denstone," Mr, Denstone brought his nephew forward and Introiuced him to tho Other tuset. Nephew Arthur?Monsieur ?hyiy ftDd Artbup bowtd rather Dinner was announeed. He was desired'not to dress, and obtaining permission merely to wash hie hands. * y went In to dinner without wait ing for him. The soup had just been removed when Arthur glided Into his place, and allowed himself to look round on the company in which he found ,hlmself. His heart warmed to his lUncle at once. There was something honest and strong and straightfor ward in his look and manher of bear ing himself. Aunt Betsy dressed in black velvet, and wearing a cap of old point lace, looked very cotqforta ble and prosperous, and Arthur liked her apple cheeks and did* not think .them a bit vulgar. At dinner Mr. Denstone hardly spoke to Arthur. He belonged to the old-fashioned school, and held a be lief firmly enough that youth waa Bade to listen, not to talk, but to learn; and Arthur was Interested In HetaqJng to the Conversation of the two eldere. Monsieur Rlgaud excited his oarlosity. was an old man, or at all events he looked old, ex traordlparlly this, so thin that the ekln stretched over his forehead looked like firmly drawn, yellow parchment. His facs was small and ?arrow, he had blue eyes orerbuof thehchSl? WiHU ?yebrow?- and on ?\?*b 8ldo of the eycjwer? thousand* and thousands Un*n"??ri faMln? lnto d??P?r drawn mouth, where a orawn appearance Save him the look Art? 7* ?r !t mI*ht b? P?ln. Satlnr uWU *truck bv hI> conver i?n. He waa diacuaslng with Mr ST? SS6 ?f tbe Kreat -P-la uona at that moment afloat, fie poke with extreme shrewdness, keeu'l ?nr? l?D' ?Tldentl* mt experl-' SJ hl?W and then ???* word eacaped him. some sentence, some ?fpr?"aIon' wl?lch betrayed an un e^na toy'i,rn !?decUion Probably for ?i^A ???? k. acter' U was the same with hla eye. At first sight Ar Plmrtn* a"?'* U p#cul,ar,y aharp. piercing and keen, till he observed then th? uncertain wavering look come over it. and he drew his own conclusions. afttr^K8.?^ wlthdr?w st last, and feavA t i I l?Urval? Arthur begged leave to join her and leave the two old gentlemen over their coffee in I*,ently th? tWO gentlemen came tok ?eav?erV??n Monsl?ur Rissud iook leave. He turned kindly to Ar ""i" tt'd *ood.-night. and asked S r?u?rCf WheU,er "? "nderetood .w.r!S ?v.anguage- Arthur ?n only ^n^ilh <nough' Ashing a* only Englishmen csn blush, and the Frenchman took leave. . 1 am K'*d to hear that you can talk French, Arthur," said his uncle It Is a most useful brsnch of educa tion, and may double yo-ir value to mT5? tb? flr8t a11 J8,on he had Arthur', h* CJe'k8h,P- aad ^ caused J?- heart to bound. win y?wthlDk that' 8ir'" he said, ? self-tTurtt f U; bUt my French ,s M>if taught to a great degree. I can *"1 rCad' but am not a very good hand at conversation, and Tola -8wmy aCCent 18 b?rbarou8. We must remedy that." said Mr d.""??Th?hfr ab5entl?^l>en audi man?thLt* .a V6ry remarkable **??->? - had, I should have said " an Z"ei "U ne"he". 'aocyTng' C un"itra*?^",Urr08at0ry t0ne ,n "" 2How do you mean?" Hon"- "U * ?.ero transient obeerya., lm?eJS?! lr'?ur; Hb ?"<> ?>e the lmprewjon ot h.?ln? lo.t hi. nerve." ment- th.n i, n,s,one Paused a mo he ?aM- "You are a closs ? L youn* roan, but I fancy head "? wt tho right nail upon the m?u.'lT rHV R'ei"d " *" en?r MUnJ ?in' ?? bae been aTerrfhln? ? ? e?r>rtl"?K-actually ,. ything, | don t believe he trimti ?*??>*.? And he laughed ? hi! cuflous, Uncle Alfred." do With if? SS.,; ftnd what doe? be tb it? That is th? puzzle," CHAPTER mf ?"? XftwSTM;; ?? a gr?w #atWactorJIy, and as o' her!" ' ?? <"4 'ool mtH'i,.0*"""" W? nephew Into his room on# day and began to "The "derksMn?t bui,neM matters, you Is no? 5 ? 1 propoied to offer Jald "Mr EvLl^0t' Arthur'" he ... * Bvsns, the gentleman you are to succeed, still clings to it in rr,r,a' ^?"? jjjj for long, and meanwhile I wi?>i you to work at foreign languages possibleWVL? y?Ur t,m? a" ,,tt,e as utiftn ?'v ""PPO"?.'' with some hesi hYe'B i?pu ?rownot much mon?y " ty A*i- k yoa' 1 ha" Plen sv - Anhur' ?agerly, had none*'s.?? und#,fB*ood you really the .leivl IYTTJ and ha touched ine iieeve of Arthur's coat ao bi? n|J..nur. that th. ?,,or ru.'h," tome.* She Is awfully good sum1*' J?'ngtone ?mlled. -Hum,- he sew. do you call that plenty?" kn?r I wou caM 11 p,enty 'f you Lm a rauch 11 18 Kolng io do " ? Arthur, gleefully. Well, well; but plenty or not n>?.t be decently dreeee" , ' "n nn.'rKr??r C,0the" and I will w?.T .u?!\.T ,ou .alary a, ?ncc. It I. on cindhlon TC Sow >?"r w>,?ch " now mine, but work to fit youra?ir o'ventuslly to undertake my FVenrh correspondence." y French ?leu? nVau?/ J*1"? speak,n*. Mon .. Rlfaud was snnounced i. thur would have rLlr*?tJ!t Z' * vf" uncle dMiii-^ u, rfclreated, but hla uncie desired him to remain. h? hid been pleased with . i%?\zr?a on ?'rt"o?h" of lt it'll* "? w'att1 ta roan, use Moasleur Rifaud began at once ??. ro you decided, my friend? if those shares are not disposed of it once by private contract they go into Vwl[. ?I.Jr1 your d?cUloo - atona. "tU?f M,d Mr' *>??. _ I toft?# Rlgaud. what |ihw w ^ M with tkwT Tk?r are u Hi* m tk? of England. and rtilng la value." ' . * So mueh the iMtUr tor the Frenchman, rubbing his thin white hands together, and with a slight contortion about the drawn lines of his month, which might hate beea a smile. f **I do not wish to be Impertinent, my friend." sal* Mr. Ddnstone. plant ing himself squarely upon ths hearth rug. "but why this Immediate de mand for casta? Tou have no spend thrift son. bare you, who hss been playing dufks and drakes with your money ?" "No, thank Heaven! I bars no son." said the old man. energetically. "I hard only one child, a little daugh ter." "Indeed!" said Mr. Denstone. as tonished. "I never heard even that you were married." "Yes.", said the old Frenchman, slowly rubbing his clew-like hands. "Yea, I was married once; but It Is not wonderful thst you did not know it- I have lived s doubl? life. Did you ever hear of any one before who lived two lives?" "Not I," said Mr. Denstone. "I am simple enough to prefer to be above board." "Simple! Yes, you English make much of simplicity, but we. we see no merit in it. Finesse Is what wo admire. My Josephine never knew X was rich." "Good Heavens!" exclaimed Mr. Denstone. "And she was your lawful wife?" "Yes; but that was one of my lives." he answered, with a flash of cunning In his eyes. "We lived at bome In what you call simplicity. I had my affairs In England. She made inquiries sometimes, but 1 did not satisfy them. After all. one does as one llkea with one's own wife. Mon Repos was the best place of abode for her. Women are so strange. If she had known, tell me. would she have continued to live there? Oh, que nbn! It would have been all money, money, money; gowns, bon nets, equipages! Bab! 1 knew my own business best!" "And the poor lady lived and died under the delusion that you were poor!" said Mr. Denstone, indig nantly. "Just so. We had enough; a little, little competency. It was repose to go back there, to feel my economies; that is why I called the old house ?Mon Repos!" w Mr. Denstone felt a profound die gust at the selfishness of the old man. "And you have then a child!" he said. "She, at least, you will not bury In such a living death; ,an ob scure country village In the heart of France. Why, man, she would be one of the richest heiresses In Eng land." "Yes, but she belongs to my French life?to her mother's life," said Mon sieur Rlgaud. "If I give up that I shall lose all security, all repose. I am not so young as'l was. I have an odd feeling sometimes that If she were to find It out, she would make me do as she likes, not as I wish; but she won't find it out, she belongs to my seeond life, don't you see?" "But eventually, my friend!" ??Who cares what happens after he Is dead? I don't, She may do aa sho likes then," "But do you take no care of her? Where Is she? How old?" "Shf Is at school; but I shall send for hey soon. I shall want to go back to my eoonomles when I have finished all my business here. This will be the end of It all, and when I go back, I shall stay and live and enjoy my second life at Mon Repos, And this brings me to what I came to say. I want to ask you whether you will aot the part of a friend, and for the last week that I am Ip England, let me sleep feere? I shall not trouble you much in the day, as I havo business, much Important business to do; but at night?Peste! I will confess my weakness. I have grown nervous at night. I hear people whispering at my hotel. I see them glancing at me. The lock of my door Is a common one; 1 fear to have It changed lest I excite suspicion. Doubtless you keep cash In this house?" "Yes," said Mr, Denstone, slowly, "cash and deeds." "Bo you have every precaution of modern Invention." "I have the usual precautions, and such as they are you are welcome to them. I wish you would be advised by me, Rlgaud. No money is worth this anxiety. You will kill yourself* or worse." "Bah!" said the old man, with a sort of ghastly gayety. "In our peaceful Mon Repos, that abode of sacred poverty, where no domestics have lived since the Del uge, all fear loaves me. I rest and ?yes?I enjoy myself." "And your little daughter?" "The pleasure that sufllcled for her mother will suffice for her. Jos ephine loved poultry; 3he reared Houdans. She sold her hens at eight francs each, and cocks as much as ten francs a cock. At her request I brought a few of them to England once. I sold the cocks for a guinea and the hens for ten shillings. "I deducted the price of the car riage and gave her tho money. You would not cast a doubt on her content had you seen her pleasuro. She bought a pelisse of velours Anglais for Antoinette." "Poor Jady!" said Mr. Denstone. "She sppears to have been easily sat isfied." To be Continue^ The Paris Municipal Council hss contributed 3800 francs toward a monument to the lato Professor Cur* rltj the discoverer of radium, YOUNG LADY KILLED Awful Deed of ? Crazy Man in North Carolina Vttage TRAGEDY ON THE SABBATH DAY mat Willi* Bullinger Mnrdcrod Sun day Mor&ins While Batted at Or ?an Playing Sutday School Hymn. Newton, N. C., Special-At Startown three miles frcm this place, the Sab bath peaeefulnees was broken by one of the most demoniacal. crimes over ?mown in this county. The trairedy took place in the MethoVst chvrch about 10:30 whilo Sunday School was bom* held. Miss Willie Bullinjfer, *ged about IS years, being stabbed ? dea.." ,by Iru Rader, aged about ? ? discharged lunatic. rcP?rts that reach here are n little conflicting as to just how the awful deed was done. One is to the effect that Miss Bullinger was seated nt the organ playing for the Sunday school when Kader, leaping n(i|OSS several seats, attacked her with his pocket knife, stabbing ber once in the back and twice in the breast. An other report is that the man waited just outside of the chnrch door and just as she came out committed the deed. But wherever the act was done the result is the same and the g.rl lies dead nt the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bullinger. The attack was very violently made and it is said that those reaching the couple first could not prevent Rader fronj giving his victim several cuts. The murderer was arrested at once nnd is now in jail. He is not sorry for the crime and is reported as sav ing that he killed her "because she was a witch." Rader was last spring committed to the asylum at Merganton. having beeome violently insane. At this time 'n his ravings he talked incessantly of Miss Bullinger for several months. He has been at home apparently well and nothing strange wns noticed about him until his terrible deed Sun dav morniner. Saturday afternoon he delivered a load of wood in Newton and while here purchased a new knife with which he committed the murder. COURT DISMISSES SUITS. Government's Suits Per tha Enforce ment of the Commodities Cl?/jse Agtinst the Anthracite Coil-Carry ing Railroads Are Dismissed by the Circnit Court. , Fhiladelphin, Special. ? Declaring it to be drastic, harsh, unreasonable and an invasion of the rights of the States, and. therefore, repugnant to the constitution, the United States t'ircuit Court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania dismissed the suit? of the Federal government to enforce the commodities clause of the Hep burn railroad net against the anthra cite foa)-c<irryin? railroads of this State. Judges Grorvc Gray and Gto. M. Dallas filed cpin:onu dismissing the suits and Judge Jos-ph Bufllnvton dissented but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits rail icad companies to thansport in Inter state Commeicc any article or com modity manufatturcd, mined or pro duced by them or under their author, jty. A nenalty not to exceed $3,000 ;s provided for cnch violation. The caso was argued in June, Unit ed States Attorney General Bona parto delivering the principal argu ment for the government. The effect of the commodities clause if consti tutirnrl weuld be to confine the min ing of anthracite conl bv the roil loads for use in Pennsylvania only, or compel the railroads to sell all the miniiifir prcnertv thev are interested in .either directly or indirectly. It is almost certain that the rase will be appealed directly to the Unit ed States Supreme Court. Oil Can Explosion Causes Fatality I omeroy, O., Spceial.?A can of oil standing nccr the stove in the kitchen at the home of John G Koush. in Mason county, W. Va., ex ploded early Sunday and as a result one child was burned to death, and Mr. and Mrs. Roush and three children were so severely injured that they may die. The houso was con mimed. Reception to be Genuine. Tokio, By Cable.?The full pro gramme for the reception by the Jap ancse to the American fleet, which i> due here October 17th. leaves ven few minutes for sleep while the ves sels are in port. Official orders. Thr Associated Press is informed, will in elude decorations and regulations a? to the treatment of the visitors. A' reac'y in Yolohoma it has been d; reeled that during the visit of tlv fleet, lanterns bearijig the flag of tb United States shall be distributed aw displayed fronj every house and shor night and dry. Two Killed trd Two Injured. Sandusky, O., Special.?Two color ed men wefe killed, another was in jured and a white can. name un kcovft it nuiiin? ft tha r;tult of r. oa the Lfko^feiore ? Miehigar Southern Railway, which trad kindlr.g rred rf 14 freight ears, b? tween Huron and \>imilon carl Sunday. The four were riding in i freight car. FUTURE FLOOD DANGER Are the Hirer Floods B scorning Hljh er? ?' The question naturally arises in connection with tho rcecnt floods what has been the cause of the enormous increase in the height of foods in the Southern States during the pase de cade f W. W. Ashe, State Forrester of North Carolina, ascribce it largely to the destruction of the leaf mold by to te destruction of the leaf mold by forest fires, and to to large areas of washed and gullied ldnd which sheds the heavy rains ia place of absorbing them. The inereass both in the number snd tho height of the floods has been remarkable during the past fifteen yeais. That it.is not due to climate is shewn by the weather bureau data, which shows no noticeable change in el.mate since the bureau has been in operation. The higher rises of the flcods in the Cape Fear and th-j Sa vannah rivers may be taken as ex amples. The flood of I860 of 58 feet was the highest in the Cape Fear riv er up to that time. In 1903 a height of 63 feet was reached, while the present freshet was 8 feet higher or 71 feet. The same gradual increase in the height of the floods can he traced on the Savannah. For many years the flcod of 1830 was the standard, but those of the past de cade have been higher* culminating, up to the present, in the one which has just cost the city of Augusta a million dollars and the loss of two sccr* of lives. The Fame record ex ists on many other Southern strer.ms, the Yadkin, Catawba, Pacolet, Ohio, Cumberland, Alabama an1 Santee. Caure of tho River Floods. There is no doubt that both the height of the floods has increased, and that the actual number has in creased during the past fifteen years, and that the same amount of rain fall now produces a much higher flood crest than formerly. The destruction of the forests on the headwaters of the livers l:as undoubtedly been one of the important causes. The area of forest land on the steep slopes has been rapidly decreasing during the past fifteen years. There has also been a large area of forest land lum bered and burned destroying the leaf mold which kept the soil open and norcus and in a condition to absorb heavy rains. There is in addition to this about 2,000,000 acres of waste forming land from Vircrinia to (Geor gia. having a !.urd bated soil, which does not absorb one-half of tho water which it would were it either in cul tivation or ?n timber. These unfav orable conditions increase overv year. I.ess of every heavy rain is absorbed and a larger portion runs rnpidlv off result'n** in higher and more destruc tive Trods. The upland soils of .the Piedmont are heavy clays, naturally impervious, unless kept porous by de? p plowing or bv the rover of for est litter. When dry and baked by Ihc sun thin flav is as unabsorptive as a brick. It is the additional five oi ten feet of flood water which causes the destruction, and this Is the water which these soils would absorb if thev were open and porous. The rainfall, also, is of a very heavv concentrated character, making it all the more nec essary that the *oiU shall absorb an fast p? the rain falls. The Piedmont of the Southern States differs very much in this repspeet from the north eastern State*. C?? tfcs Big Riv#r? be Made Safe? The Southern States have now reached the po'nt when they must de cide whether the large rivers and their vallevs are to be made safe, or wheth er their enormous value is to be threatened by the attempt to secure a higher temporary profit from thr sterp hills'de land than the condition? iustify. The permanent value of these lands can onlv be maintained ir timber and the States which are con denied, should on their own initiative 'i ke ?< me proper measures for p?r? ?>etuating their earning power in tim ber, and at the game time protect th< commerce, cities, factories and land? of the large rivers. The damage to these States frotr floods during the past ten vcars ag zrcpe.tea more than $20,000,000. Hov much will it amount to before the States actt Held Up and Robed. Sp?neer, Special.?Adolphus Wil Helm, a well-known merchant a Richfield, Stanly fount v. was held ir md mhh'-d about midnight Saturda* night by four mnsked white men wh -?c-osted h:m while returning from t ?oc:al rail. Two men held the tear driven bv Mr. Wilhelm, one covere Mm with a pistol and another wen Hough his pockets, securing abor "20 in rash. Thev also took his he Stit returned it, fearing detectcion i ?fine way. Mr. Wilhelm was roueh' ?sed up and wan glad when the higV *.ray lobbrsrs permitted him to drh ?'ff, whidi he did with great sp:ed. NOW Wt CAN. fir OrviMe Wrght, (he Wizzard of Ihc Air, Performs Wonders FLIGHT LASTS OVER AN HCUR OrriUs Writ ht EstabUs^ei Hew Re cords in Aerial Navigation and FnllUs His Contract With the Government ?Ihree Phenomenal flights at Fort Myer. Washington, Special. ? Orville Wright, in three phenominal flights at tort Mycr, established now aero plane records that not only asssurcs the sueecss of the otlirial trials be fore the aimy board, but indicate that aerial flight is now oulv a mat ter of development. Two flights of approximately an hour cach, mother flight in which two men whiilc.l thio'.igh the air for uptoard of six minutes, were the achievements ef the Wright brothers' aeroplane. The first flight made in the morning, in which the machine cirelcd tho drill ground at the fort 58 times in 57 minutes and 31 sec onds, was surpassed in the evening when a flight of 0*2 minutes and 15 seconds was made. Not satisfied with breaking all dis tance and time records for a heavier than-air flying machine, Mr. Wright took Lieutenant Frank P. I.ahm. the aeronaut of the Signal Corps for a rpin around the drill grounds mak ing a new record for a two-man flight. Among tho sneetators were members of the Cabinet and high officers of the armf and navy. Before the flight, a watch was tied to the seat next to Mr. Wright, and when he saw that he had stayed aloft for over on hour, the time re- I quired in order for him lo fulfill hi* contract with the government,- he made for "Mother Earth." Swoop ing down in a sort of "bump-t lie bumps'' fashion, tho machine horo down in the direction of tho crowd, which quickly scattered. Raisins a cloud of dust as it slid along on tho skids, the aeroplane, which weighs nearly a thousand pounds, camc to a stop within twenty feet of the crowd. As Mr. Wright stepped from the seat and removed his goggles, he was greeted with lusty cheers. ? Lieutenant Selfridge, who operated the first suecessful aeroplane of the Aerial Experiment Association, at Hammondsport, N. Y.. was tho first to congratulate Mr. Wright. Secre tary Motealf, of the navy; Secretary of War Wrieht and numerous iirmv nnd navy officers, together with en thusiasts from evcr> walk of life, gathered about him to grasp his hand. As throe cheers were given "Wright'' calmly gave orders for re placing the machine on the starting track to prepare for another flight. Turning to Lieutenant Lahm, one of the lending aeronauts of the a*"inv, Mr. Wright said: "IIow would you like to go up with met" It was an invitation that needed no repetition. With tho two men, Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Lahm, in their places, the start was made at 0:42, the machine apparently rising from the ground as easily with its increased burden as it had with only the inventor aboard. As it sped along the road bordering Arlington Cemetery, it oamo in a di rect line between the onlookers and the full 8eptembov moon, serving to recall the fstnoua work of Jules Verne, "A Trip to the Moon." At tho machine completed the first round, the motor "skipped" on one cylinder; but on the suceeding five trips there was no evidence that the engine wns overtaxed by the great strain imposed upon it. After the sixth lap, a beautiful landing was made within a hundred feet of the "aerial garage," whore the machine is sheltered from the elements. Aeroplane Breaks Record. Washington, Special. ? Orville Wright Thursday broke tho world'? record for time and distance for n heavier-than-air flying machine which ho established Wednesday. In a flight requiring great skill on account of a 10-n?llo wind lie circled around tho drill grounds a! For Meyer 58 times in 05 minutes nnd .r>2 seconds, exceed ing the time of Wednesday's rocord flight bv 3 minutes and 37 seconds. The flight was witnessed by nearly ? thousand people. Indicted For Arson. New Orleans, Special.?Julius Lipps manager; Abe NVolf, secretary and treasurer of the Central Cllass Com pany, of New Orleans, and John Eck ert, an employe of that company, wore indicted by the grand jury on the charge of arson in connection with a fire which nhout 10 days ago burned over a portion of throe blocks ;n the busineM section of New Or 'eans, causing a loi* of $1,500,000. The fire originated in the building ?ccup:cd by the Central Gloss Com pany. THE SECOND PRIMARY faith Leads for Senator by Substan tia Majority. Colombia, Special?As a result of 'he Demon atic State primary, Mr. L. D. Smith, of Florence, has been nominated for the United States Senate, and Mr. John K. Sweat iugen, '?t Ldgeflcld, will be the State's next Superintendent of Education. For i ail road commissioner, Mr. Banks L. Cauffliman, the incumbent, and Mr. James Cansler arc running neck and neck and it may take tho ortUir.l count to determine the winner. United State Senator. Abbeville 873 1,334 Aiken I.33.I 1.803 Anderson 175 2.021 Bamberg 175 "0,53 Parnwcll 503 1,361 Beaufort 133 228 Berkley 1)5 5>fl Calhoun 59 253 Charleston 1,230 2,050 Cherokee 72.3 1,257 Chester 502 i;C)3 Chesterfield 500 f,S0 Clarendon 470 895 Colleton 1S7 ("30 Darlington (133 1.827 Dorchester 7| 200 Edgefield (578 879 Fairfield 454 788 F'orcnee 230 1.4S8 Georgetown 12 827 Greenville 1090 2.407 (i 1 ecu wood 1,032 1,437 Hampton 442 080 Horrv 205 882 Kershaw 205 401 Lancaster ISO 1,443 Laurens 1.252 1,41(1 T<re 381 N09 Lexington 080 1.082 Marion S53 2.001 Marlboro (530 1.200 Ne wherry 1.010 1,2.r>2 Oconee 823 1.207 Orangeburg 1,1(53 L802 I*iekcns 73 1.344 Rieldnnd l.GUG 2,485 Saluda 320 702 Spartanburg 4,22!) 3,304 Sumter (523 089 Cn i<?n 1.573 i.ioi Williamsburg .'5S2 1,137 Vork.. .. 1,418 1,82(1 Total 32,158 53,882 Grand total vote re|H?i1ed. .58,040 Oconee Boy Kills Woman. Anderson, Snecial.?Mayme Klrod, a white woman, about 40 years old, died in the hospital here at (i o'clock Thursday morning as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted at tin1 hands of Calhoun Donald, a youth of 18. The shooting occurred in the Town villc section, just across (lie line in Oconee County, and about 25 miles from Anderson, and the wounded woman was brought here. The Capital of the State. Columbia, Special. ? Complrollei General Jones stated that the license fees collected from corporations in 1908, under the corporation license Act, will amount to $83,774, which is over $5,000 more than the amount colected in 1007. Of this amount $51,453.48 is paid by domestic cor porntions. who?e combined cupitali ration is $04,70.1,90. The figures for the pn?t four years are au follows: Total receipts for corpora tion licenao in fee* in 1005 $ 63,345.19 Total reoeipts for corpor ation license tea in 1000., 09,299.32 Total receipts for corpor ation license fees in 100 7 7S,353.04 Total receipts for corpor ation licenso fees in 100 8 83,774.00 Total amount collected for four years $294,773.43 Medical College Beneficiaries Columbia, Special.?Governor Ansel has announced his appointments, one from each congressional district, of beneficiaries to the South Carolina Medical College, as follows: \Y. M, O'Br.van, Manning; .1. II. Cannon, Ridgeway; E. Iv .Epting, Williams, ton; John M. Beardon, Knoree; Phil lip W, Hunter. Yorkville; Floyd 1), Hodgers, Lako City; George II, lien* nies, Columbia. The Governor paused upon four pardon petitions, refusing all. The petitioners are John Cl.vborn, Green ville, two years for housebreaking} Robert Beatv, Horry, three years for the same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp fon, fen years for manslaughter; Lee Gardner, York, nine months for dis pensary violation. Enormous Loss in South Carolina. Columbia, Special.? Reports which Ccmmissionrr Watson has so far re ceived from various p.*rt* of the Stale, in response to a circular of in quirv ?rnt out. indicate Ihnt the to tal damage throughout (lie State from the recent flood to crops, railroads and bridal s will fur cxeeed .ill expec tation. Mr. Watson fairl that it woul:' not s-Jiptiso him if the total cxceeds twenty-five trillion dollars. SURE CURE For All Dheuet of STOMACH, Uvut? Kidneys LECTRIC [ok ItlltfutdOartfor 1m4* |*ch?, BacKache, DtftintM, laAlfMtfM, MtUrto, ?!?, ITTERS Th? b??t tonic, CurftHvt MidloUw for thea? dto* ?mm* ???. OumntifA