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MELL RESIGNS j ! Board of Trustees Has Taken | 1 No Action, However. I NOT UNEXPECTED I'uN'Milrnt .Moll's Action is Nud to llitvr llccu Paitl) Due to Ills flush With fotnmumltiut Minus .Homo Time Ago?Prof. UiRR-^ S|*>k.on of us His Successor. l>r. I*. H. Moll, for several yours president of Clcmson CoHoro, South Carolina's aprioull in til instilut ion, tendered hie reslRiialion Thursday. Dr. Moll's action is the result of ? clash Ivtween tlio president and tie* military commandant, which assumed rhgturhing proportions. Prof. Kirr*. the faculty, ia spoken of as his n'tttble auccot.aor, thouRh the truflhave taken no Motion. 1 . t. Moll was born In Ponfiold, Hreo.no county, (Joorgia, on May 2 1. ! s!">*>. His talln r was a Baptist min i istcr and a teacher of wide reputa- I 'ton. In 1ST! ho was graduate.1 from the University of fjoorgia, and in 1 S 72 ho received from tfiat institution (ho clogroo of C. K. and M. K. Tho degree of Ph. 1?) was 1 n11?r eonlor rod on him by his alma mat"*, while the. University of South Carolina has conferred on him tho degree it Doctor of Laws. In 1 S 7 *5 l>r. Melt became mining! ngineer for a copper mine in floor- j <ia. and from 1874 to 1 877 he was State chemist. From 1 878 to H>02 he was prof<a5Bor of natural history and ecology in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Iu addition to these duties lie was from 188f? to J 8'4It director of the Alabama weath r service. In 1002 lie became prestlent of Clomsou College. XttlUJLMt Kll.l.s WOMAN. tayv Atlx-inpi to I'rcvvnt Koldiery of Hit lloiiic was Foolish. \ dispatch from Nov/ York says ! Y'-? ;k Schmidt, alius John Smith, t lit* | wounded burglar, who a limits that, h" killed Mrs. Sophia Stabor in her \x 1 rooin oarly Thurnlay morning, whin ho was caught robbing tho Stabor house at Flat Hush, noar Now York, said Friday Mr. Stabor and bis son ate to H* blamed for this killing." ho said. Ttiey wore fools to try to stop such men ms u-s when nil w? wanted was to make a get-away. If Mr. Staber wjlJ take a gun 1 will lot him shoot till I drop dead. Tliat'i* how much J regret this affair." Schmidt's pal, Carlo Cliro, alias Vetwlr, made a confession Friday, iri which ho tried to lay all the blame on his mate. Ju a visit Friday night to the rooms which the burglars had occupied the police discovered what they said might he ft clue to the murder of Samuel liersin, a painter, wht?se disraeliibered body, wrapped in oil cloth, was found in an Kast Side street a month ago. The police found a piece of black oilcloth, which hey say is of identical quality, color and make as that in which Berlin's body was wrapped. * /UiTMAN MKS FUO.Vf WOTTNT>S. tt-ivni'l Man Mitel '?v J. W. Moss<tvey, Succumbs to Injuries. A. di.-patcli from Charleston says 1 )> Milium, the citizen of Itavenel who was shot by ,1. W. Mcsservcy when tie went to the assistance of I)j.-1"-ui ry Constable Fishburue . ev ral days au-> to prevent Moss or vev from carrying away from the depot at Itavenel a package of alleged contraband liquor, died Friday at. tbo Ho per hospital In Charleston. Altaian dying in Charleston county the inquest was held there, but the trial of Messervey, who has entered ? pica of aelf defense, will of course <?ike place in Colleton county. Altirian had throe sjoiiH in Charleston arid they wore with hlrn when he died. The body whh prepared for Hhipmont to Ravenol and loft Charleston Saturday morning. The funeral wan held upon arrival at Ravonel. At'TO RAHIIF.M IH?WN MOUNTAIN. One Killed, One FHially Injured aid Two II art. A. riiHpatch from Wllkonbarro, Pa., says ono woman dead, another perhaps fatally injured and two persons slightly hurt, i? the result of a wild ditah of an automobile down Wllkeabarro Mountain Tuouday. The dead woman ia Mrs. Jarnea Hughes, of Wllkeaharre. Mlaa Laura Cannon, a member of the Lnxorne county bar, wan probably fataly Injured, .lamea Hughea, huRband of the dead wonian, and president of the VVllkeabarre Automobile Club, and the chauffeur were nlightly hurt. To renovate black Bilk, Hponge with black coffee, then iron. SHOT BY BURGLAR two siiok1j4ss mkn i1kld iiy pouch. Tlio Victims' Shrieks Aroused I'utLrc Town?I'vchin^ (Itusr in New \ oi k Suburb. A tlispih'h from New York says j i?i) shoeless men, one of thorn ion it /(.xl in til.. ..1...1 .1.1,1 . v.I... I n WMIIUVU ill ill ill Illiu Lilian U> J bullets, are hold by the Now York I police charged with tin* murder of ! Mr?. Sophia Staber, wife of George I Staber. a Now York Importer of paper, in whoso residence a battle with burglars early Thursday In which I Mrs Staber met death. The men ad. mlttcri they were Implicated In the burglary, but at first denied any part I in the murder. They say they are I Carlo Giro, born In Trieste, Austria, and "John Smith." Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2 o'clock In the morning, while standing in her bedroom door. The shrieks of Mrs. Staber and her two daughters, the reports of revolver shots and the excitement of the | eh a so by mounted policemen and j nearly the whole neighborhood, [throw Pluthush Into ;i ferment. Many wlvea pleaded with their hnshands not to go to work Thursday. There has boon comment over the fact that the burglary occurred immediately upon the withdrawal of tin. police dog? from the vicinity. WllITF MAN WAS ARIIFSTKI). ('barged With Obtaining (ioinls I ndcr FhIm* Pretences. News from I.exington says J. \V. Smith, a white man, was arrested and lodged in jail by Deputy Sheriff Miller Wednesday upon a warrant sworn out by Messrs. Riley and Bulgier Brothers, of Swansea, charging him with obtaining goods under false pretence** to the amount of about $hf?. Smith is a contractor, and it seems that ho built the store house of the late \V. II. F. Rast, at Swansea, and it was while lie was doing the work it is alleged that he secured the goods. The arrest was 1 made at the home of ills father-inlaw, Mr. Paul Shealy, at Reeavillo, I where he has a wife and an infant I only about a week old. Smith claims i to be a native of fieorgla, and says ' i I hat ho has a brother who is a hank eashi r at Itrunswlek, (5a. His people have boon notified of his preI diea mont, and it is thought that an etfort will bo made to amicably adjust the matter. si:KS Hi SllAM) CHI SIIKD. ( room Stops in Front of Kvprcss. Wife Tr?*s to lUwiir lliin. As a result of seeing her husband crushed to iltvith under a railroad train on I.oug Island, N. Y., Mrs. I Halsoy H. Thobaud, a young bride, is prostrated at her home in New York clt.y and under the care of physicians. Mr. Thobaud, who had an extonI stvo 1 iihii r h n oft hrnVorn fu tiitul?w?uu j and his wife had b?M?n members of a house party over the Fourth on j Ix>ng Island. They had boon attracted across the railway tracks by the burning of a building and In returning Mr. The! baud. while only a few feet In ad, vanee of bis a iff. stepped in front of a/i express train. I Mrs Tlie.liaud reaehed for her hus! band and might have fallen under ! the train also had not friends re! stra!ned her RI.OOD TO DAt t.HTI K. Heat Estate 1'rohi'r's Sacrifice Does Not Sue His I,ittl<? Mary. The heroic, sacrifice by Olovnnni Ellero, a real esato broker of New Rocbelle, N. Y., of twenty-two ounces of bis blood did not save the J 1 ifo of his daughter, Mary. The doctors at St. Luke's hospital informed the father a few days ago that only the Infusion of a quantity of now blood would save his duughI tor. | Incisions were made and 22 ouncI ?ss of blood were transferred from 1'iUcro into his daughter's veins. The young woman rallied for a time, hut her ill nose had progressed too far and oven the new blood did not save her life. ItUAKK INKl*K(rrOH KILLED. Young Man of Columbia Oushed to I>oaUi Between Two Cars. T.awrt^icfl Hamiter, air-brake inspector for the Southern Railway, a well known and popular young man of Columbia, was killed Thursday morning while attending to his duties ?H brake inspector at tho Bland Ing street yards of the Southern. While standing between two cars a shifting engine Is supposed to have struck one of tho cars, crushing him between the two. lie never lost consciousness, and was able to recognize his parents, who reached the Columbia Hospital In time to be at his bedside when death cumc. DUAL TRAGEDY Takes Place In Edgefield County Monday. KILLS WIFE AND SELF (ifMM'HC llusll Shoots I lis Wife Six Tlm?\s, >l<?rtfilly Wounding llcr ami Tlieu Takes ltefuj^o in a Swamp, Where lie Puts a Hullet Thriuiirti HI*, (hi n Itn?lt? Several parties from the neighborhood wh?*re the awful tragedy occurred, brought the news to lOdgeih'ld Monday that Mr. (leorge Hush had soht and instantly ki 11 ?*<1 his wife, Alice, the weapon used being a pistol. The homicide occurred at the home of .VIr. P. 1*. Hoolittle, an uncle of .VliH. Hush's, near Uehoboth Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Hush have been separated several years, their trouble being due to the former's alleged very dissipated habits. He has lived iu Augusta for some time, but recently returned to this county, of which lie is a native, and in the neighborhood where his wife resided, and has been using efforts to get her to return to him. This she refused to do. On Saturday la^t ho avowed his intention to take his wife's life and tlnn his own, and while little credence was given to what he said, as a prccnution. Mrs. Bush was moved from t ho phi?v whore ^ h? was staying when tin- throat was made, to hoi uncle's home, and it was tie-re that Mr. Hush appeared at 11 o'clock .Monday morning, and it seems, without warning or excuse shot hor to deaf h. The circumstances of the homicide are not known. Hush, it is said, tied as soon as he got in his bloody work. At 1 12 o'clock Monday Sheriff Ouzts received a telegram from Modoc on the Charleston and Western Carolina railway to come there tit once, that Bush had killed his wife, and the presumption at Kdgcflold was that he had been captured at that place about three miles from where the killing oceurred. Hush is \v? II known, having carried the mail from Kdgellcld to I'nrksvillo for several years, lie was a hard drinker, it was alleged, but was thought to he harmless. Mrs. Hush before marrying was a Miss Coolfttle, and a most estimable woman. hor family being prominent in t ho connty. Mrs. Bush Still Alive. I,titer information brought by a parly direct from I ho scene of the tragedy is that, although Mtr. Bush is shot six times, she is alive with no hopes of recovery. Her statement is that her husbnnd met her coming from the spring and demanded that she come hack to him. She refused. Tie then said: "Well, you are a dead woman," and commenced firing, shooting her twice after she was on the ground. The news spread like wildfire, and soon hundreds of citizens gathered and are hunting TTtiRh. As yet ho lias not been captured, but likely will be. and the apprehension is that he will b? lynched. "Suicide," Coroner's Jury Verdict. The posse that surrounded tleoige W. Bush in the woods, finding th?t they could not secure dogs, went in riled Bush. Tiny found him lying on the ground o.ad, w'tli a bullet In le through his brain and >i :v ealibro S. and W. pistol in his rL'.nt hand. Tho coroner's jury, summoned by Magistrate J. It ItlacUwe' found that 11ush "came to his dcth Mom a gunshot wound inflicted by his own hand." M'K.lil'lSS ST.\its poijcmman. Hatpin Onuses W'ouiul of Serious Nature?Occurs On Cnr. A policeman, Harry Hands, of Duquesne, Pa., is In a serious condition at his home, as a result of being stabbed with a hat pin whllo taking a negress to tho workhouso. The stabbing occurred on a streot car late Monday night. Tho car was crowded, and when the officer told his prisoner they would transfer, she declined to leave, j It is alleged that she jorkcnl a pin | f tl <, t O n il at n Ka#1 t V.rt v?*? i I*i?v ?*1IU mum U VMU man In the stomach. Bands compelled the woman tc board another car on which tho Journey to the workhouse was continued Returning home later ho became 111, Tueaday night the attending physician said that the man was In a critical condition. Murderer Kxocuted. At Auburn, N. Y., Ouissepo Sanduccl, who murdered Joseph Pordano, an Italian detective, at Belfast, Allegheny county, on Deeomboi 21, 1 907, was put to death In thf electric chair Tuesday. The execu tion was remarkable for the celorlt) with which It was carried out. ROADS ARE TOO WIDE * TIIT5 GOVKItNMKXT Hi:ADS MOVEMENT TO MAKE XniTower and Ik'tter, Which Would (^iifw a Groat Having in Miuiy Sta I ok. AutomoMlists all over the country arc showing the greatest possible interest In the efforts that aro being made by tho government to induce the various State authorities to construct narrower and better highways. Not only would thiH be of advantage to the users of automobiles, but It would save the different States many thousands of dollars every year. As an example of the tremendous highway mileage In some of the States, and what of their width would mean, the following width are given: Minnesota has *0,000 miles, Wisconsin 00,000, Michigan 00,000, Iowa 70,000, Kan-j sas 70,000, Nebraska 50,000, Missouri 80.000, Illinois 80,000, Indiana 70,000, Ohio 80,000, the total of those States alone being 700,000. Reducing the width of these public highways, which now average Gf? feet, to 3 6 feet, would give back to the farmers of those States, for cultivation, 2,500,000 acres of generally tillable land, which at an average valuation of J100 per acre, would mean the restoration to the producing values of the States nam- j <!. of $2 5 0.0rtu.oo0. This sum has an annual interest value of $ 1 2,500,000, an amount which might ho recovered, and if applied to the proper scientific construction oi roads in the j I 1111<?cl States, would in a few yearn give ms tli<* most extensive and lines! road system to be had. Some of the best country roads in the world are found in (Jermany, and for that reason the United States government recently set to work to ascertain just how they are made and kept in good condition. A report I Just, made by Consul Thompson, of ( Hanover, is therefore, more than | ordinarily interesting. In this report Mr. Thompson says: "Herman roads are, perhaps, subjected to a hundred times more traf11c than similar roads in the United States. Those roads range from 'JO to 15 0 feet in width while in our middle or western States, where the II a flic is comparatively light, we take land of an average value of $100 per acre, and cut it up with roadways 66 feet in width, practically two-thirds of the same being giv- ; en over to weeds, which furnish an inexhaustible supply of seeds for adjoining lands. The farmer in j (Jerniany, who has conquered the weeds on Ills ground, need have no ! thought of their being started again from uncultivated or uncared for land along the roadways. There are no weeds, no mini or no chuck holes, j no sand stretches in the roads Ing into tho valleys from one of the thousands of look out towers which have boon placed on the summit of nearly every high elevation of land or mountain in Germany, the road lies before one's view like bright ' white ribbons running past squares I of green or brown fields, along the j verges of cultivated woods, and bind- j lug village to village-- a solution of the first and most important problem of human economy and evolu- ! tion, that of transportation. It Is not an infrequent sight, when ! traveling by rail through the more level stretches of country in Germany, France or Holland, to see an automobile flying over some main j highway, running parallel with the; railroad, keeping pace with the train Tor miles, it bring generally necessary to slaken spo< d only when passing through the larger villages and towns and never on account of poor roads." Tho good-roads question for the United States may seem almost hopeless, when considered with such pictures before the eye, but one of the simplest and most practical measures that could he taken for their betterment, would he reduce their width from one-third to one-half of what they are now. Work could then ho concentrated on the roadway and drains, the waste land returned to tho farmers or abating property owners, and by these perfectly natural economies make both the building and the mnintenace of the roads a much simpler and loss expensive proposition. No roads can he exiled really if It is bordered with weeds or mud, ' and to care for and keep up a road , from 60 to 70 feet In width, not to i mention the loss of land, means, In tho long run, nearly double the expense of a 3 0- to 3 5-foot road. t . \'KW AITTO lu nimrwri . I look Hill Man Fills Tank Near IJght<Ml I^anip?? Sorry Now. Mr. Norton Masaey lost hla nice, now Maxwell runabout In a peculiar manner this paHt week. He and a . friond were attempting to till the - gasoline reservoir by tho light of a . lamp, which was sitting near by, when the fumes from tho gasollno > ignited. This carried the lire to - the tank, with the result that nothr ing of the auto but tho stool was left. Southern States yjwcl ivi e ehtrxer^i col.u m e Bargains In Real Estate IOO twrt^H ? 1 1-2 to 2 from Clarendon, Columbus Co., N. C., on the Chadbourn & Conway (A C I,.) It. K. All wood laud timber sold and 4 years longer to remove same. While the land, or part of It, has clay subsoil and would make nil kind of crops. I would not advise anj one to buy It for that purpose now. it would be a good Investment for pasture i and timber growth. It's the great- ' est Strawberry belt, and would produce berries. Price per acre, or $ 80 0. 1811 acres?Mostly cleared low land. About one mile from the proposed terminus of Whltevllle (N. 0.) It. K. Will make 3-4 bulo cotton It.. Will make 3-4 bale cotton and 30 bushels corn per acre without fertilizer, $15 per acre for1 cleared and $10 for uncleared. I 'I his land is easily worth $50 per ) acre, but t'or the fact that It. is subject to extreme hiirh water. : and one crop in every 5 or fi might bo lost. It now h;us tine crop. '[ Iuh land in Columbus county and near the Waccnmaw river. 12fi? Acres in Cattail Ray. Columbus Co., N. C., uncleared. Thin buy has about 1,500 acres land and about 100 cleared. lias produced 7 5 bu. corn per aero. I). J. Lewis, attorney at law, in Whitoville, N. C., hiis over 100 acres of this bay in cultivation and would pi ve any information desired. Have boon offered and refused $4 00 for the timber. Timber consists of line juniper, cypress, poplar and gum. l'rice $1'<!.50 per acre. 75 Acres good clay subsoil, small mi HI iiuiuii *? in i ai;rr* t'M.Mireu; buildings no good. About one i mile* from the proposed terminus of \\ hiteville (N.O.) It. R., near Hoove- Ferry on the Waccamuw river, in Columbus county. Price $ 750 17 \cres About ?> cleared, in the corporate limits of the town of Horis. S C. Produces fine strawberries, tobacco and other crops. This is lino trucking section and is fast developing in that direction Some buildings but are very poor. This town is in Horry county on the A. C. L. R. R., which is now developing faster than most any s??ct!on of the State. Price 41,250. 70 Acres- -Just outside corporate limits nf Txnls, S. C. Good clay subsoil, fine chance for drainage, nil nnlmnrovel. cnouirh timber and light wood to pay half the price asked. Price $1,250. One small house and lot la town of l.oris, S. C. Price $500. j Store Houses and lota la towa of T.oris, S. C. Pest locution la the town lor hurdnoBB. Price $1,250 each. i Sf> Acres? In the center of the tracking section known as llomowood, a few miles from county seal. j s."? Acres In the trucking section of Horry county. One-fourth of a I mile from station of Homewood and four miles from Conway. 45 acres cleared. Has dwelling, barn and stables on place. 10<S Ac res - All woods and Some tiinlicr t?!i ftln/wi I i/vo l./?itifA/?M Chad bourn 'and Conway and the Conway Coast and Western railroads, not more than a mile to either road. Is six in lies from county seat of Horry county. i*00 Arrow?About 1T> miles from i Conway, 111 from Boris and 2 from Hod Bluff on the Waccamaw river. ! About 3 0 acres of lowlands well drained, and 100 acres of upland suitable for cotton, rest not clear I od. :iOO Acres?In Horry county. About f?0 acres paoturo land and re?t timber land. Conld bo ?oeily cleared and made good farming land. ftOO Acres-? Situated just on edge of ALBANY LlM Is the Host, Chonpc I fngl ror AII Kind Does Not Drip, Si 1 nl up ln ' ' l0, r> A t0 " COLUMBIA SUPPLY Supply Company OM U8 f 3ux>j>lies HVM| ?AJL ' * r - II I m* -I- -n I *i m^Seuobi 3 I A. S. O r HaiU'ord, S. C. Lar^o new dwelling and other outbuilding" on placo. j Al>out 25 acree cleared, rest in timber. *.HX> Acres -On the ltlackville road, 8 miles west of Neese?-\ 8. C. and five mi lev west of Sulley 160 acres cleared, balance in woods. Has 8-room house on place, also tenant houses, stables, etc. Oaily innli serviee an 1 telephone connections. Good price for quick salo. .Carolina Sales Agercy, oit WGF.uriu;. s. r. I CLASSIFIED COLUMN" I Tobacco llubit Cured or no Ck ? Harmless home treatment. Ni?Ko Home, Wichita, Kamas. Wanted To correspond with owners nuvnig farms Tor sale cheap. Describe land and i r?; i < rovotnents. It. S. Fletcher, McColl, S. C. A puxl worm powder for horses and mules. Safe and effective. Sent postpaid on receipt of 2 5c. T. K. W anna maker, Cheraw, S. G. Fnirviow Mouse, Clyde, N. C.?Fino v lew. good water, good table. Kates $G and up per week. No consumptives. Dr. F. M. Davis. Wedding Invitations and announcement s. Finest quality. Correct styles. Samples free. James H. DeRooflf, Dept. G, Grand Rapids, Mich. Manuscri|>t of Novels, essays, plays, poetry, etc., wanted for issue in book form. Address Rroadway Publishing Company, ,XJ5 LI road| way, N. Y. Heal Fstuio?if you have any prop1 erty for sale list it with us. No charges unless sale is made. Carolina Sales Agency, Orange- k burg, S. C. I Hugging and Ties?dinners, farmers and merchants 1? .... . v. iiiwnc/ uy I making contract with ub now for fall delivery. Write without delay. Address, Ragging Factory, Boykiu, S. C. OIUKNTAIj RUG COMPANY. 1101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md. Wo make you handsome aud dur| able Rugs from your old woruout f carpet, any size to fit a room or hall. I Ret us send you a price list; Just 4 I write for one. 1V?rh?TN?Write for free booklet, "A Plan," showing how we help you get a better position. Thousands excellent vacancies open, paying $30 to $150 monthly. Schools so polled with teachers. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia, South Carolina. Why don't you work for Uncle Sara? Civil Service Manual, which prepares you ftor the examination. ^ Three volumes (with maps), %%. expross prepaid. Sims' Rook Store, Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted?Hardwood lumber and logs. In lumber we want poplar, ash, cuttonwood, gum and cypress. In logs we want cedar, walnut and poplar. Prompt cash and inspection at your point. Savannah Vali v ? ? i< y i-iuniuer uompany, Augusta, Ua. Announcement. This being our twenty-fifth year of uninterrupted success, we wit-h it to be our "Banner year." Our thousands of satisfied customers, and fair dealing, is bringing us new customers daily. If you are contemplating the purchase of a piano or organ, write u? at once for catalogues, and for our special proposition. M YI.ONK'S Mi;siO HOl'SK, Columbia^ S. <1. /I KIIiliKO HIMSKJLF. Wife H<mJ Committed Nofcldo the Direct Canw. Responding to h notice that I ho body of hts wife, who, It Ih believed, committed Kulcide two or thre days ago, had boon taken from the Ohi river, Walter J. Honakor, a member of a prominent retail firm of Ia>uisville, Ky., Identified the body at an undertaker's establishment, then shot himself, dying instantly. -? f GREASE at ard Sntcst Lubricant 's of Machinery Vt- ^0. % ilanl* or Wi^te Away Rll l?. Tin* and S Sir A lUa. ' Wl i1?, Ileal I'rlPM" 1 CO.. Columbia. S. C. X.