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VOL. V. NO. S3. - CAMDEK, 8.CL, THTJR8DAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1908. S1.60Per Year
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SCENT;
OR,
TRACED
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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.
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