The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 28, 1909, Image 5
FALLEN ASLEEP
Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle Passed Away at
Syartanburg Thursday Moid lug
? FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY
Full of Yours uiid of Honors, South J
Carolina's (irund nut Muu I/ayH
Down Mis Burt leu and Kilters
Upon u Higher Life iu tho llcavcnly
Iauul.
Dr. James Henry Carlisle died
at 7:45 o'clock Thursday morning
Bt his home on Wofford College campus
in the city of Sparlanbuig. The
eud came quietly after several days
critical illness.
Last Mouday morning early he was
taken with a fainting spell, but after
medical attention by the attending
phytticlan, Dr. H. K. Black, he quickly
rallied. Tuesday ho took a turn
for the worse and Tuesday night he
was not expected to live through the
night. Wednesday morning he showed
signs of returning consciousness
and about i! o'clock Wednesday
nwipnlnir Iwi u-fu nuptlv nunuMnim
MM" u,l,h " * ? K"1 VV
Karly Wednesday afternoon he became
delirious and continued to grow
worse. Wednesday night Dr. H. H.
Mack left Dr. Carlisle's bedside at
8 o'clock, leaving his patient in
charge of a skilled trained nurse;
medicines w< adminisU>r<si to
soothe the delirious mind and bring
rest. At 2 o'clock Thursday morning
Dr. Carlisle was reported by the
nure to be resting under the influence
of anesthetics, but that he was
growing apparently weaker.
The end came so quietly that no
one could tell just when life was
breathed out. At 7:4C> it was announces!
that Dr. Carlisle was dead.
Tho wonderful oftrong constitution
that had never known abuse either
by dissipation or unwarranted exposure
had made u stout tight against
death. Several times he had rallied
from attacks that were thought
to be final, but the harvest of a well
spent life was full with the ripening
of the years. % ' <<?
Funeral Was .Very Simple.
Tho funeral, which took place at
4 o'clock Friday afternoon, wits very
simple, and was .held in Wofford Col,
lege chapel in the presence of a very
large crowd of people from all over
the State. There was no spe<K;h
muking or tribute from eminent
meut. The life of the grand old man
spoke more eloquently than the lips
of any man could have spoken in
his praise.
Two members from each of the
classes in college and two from the
fitting school were chosen as
active pallbearers, ns follows:
Senior Class?R. Leon Keaton,
Keaton; W. F. Klugh, Greenwood.
J union Class?M. S. Llveley.
Waynesboro, Ga.; D. T. Out/, Johu^'ston.
Sophomore Class?G. M. Crtinv
Orangeburg; C. R. Moseley, Laurens.
Freshman Class ? B. M. Keller, J.
T. Moore.
Fitting School?J. II. Anderson,
W. C. Moore.
The honors.. pallbearers were K.
T. Hod-es, U. A. Child, C. A. Wood,
J. L. Lienn, Marion Dargan, \V. K.
Burnett, J. B. Cleveland, H. P. Wil.
11am, J. A. McCullOugh and B. H
Moss.
The services were conducteey l?v
the Rev. K. S. Truesdale, pastor ol
Central Methodist church, where Dr
Carlisle held his membership. IB
was interred at Magnolia cemetery
Spartanburg.
Formal announcement of the death
of I)r. Carlisle was made to the students
of Wofford College at Chape
Thursday morning by President II
N. Snyder. He was tilled with enu>
tion when he told the students thai
the former president had finished hit
work here and had gone to reap hit
reward. Following the announcement,
Dr. Snyder said there would
be no exercises Thursday and Fri
day. The old College hell, the ring
^ lag of whieh had been sweet to th<
earn of the deceased educator foi
more than fifty years, was tolled
4H taps being given. Dr. Carlisle
Is survived by two children, Jarnet
H. Carlisle, Jr., and Miss Sullie Cor
lisle, and two brothers and one sis
ter, Mrs. William Morrison, anr
Thomas Carlisle, of Rlackstoek, 8
C., and Capt. J. W. Carlisle, of Spar
- tanburg.
Hhooting at Hot Supper.
Saturday night at ft hot suppe
in the edge of Walterboro Trott.ii
Riley shot and fatally wounde<
Edward ShefTeld. lloth men were col
ored. ShefTeld was drinking and wa
scuflling with a negro, when Riley
at whose houso the hot supper wa
<H von. asked why thoy were so noia,
D- ' ' ? w and
began to shoot.
^ Pointed I'aragraphN.
And a flirt is usually hor own re
s,f'ward.
Love-making may not be as fool
Iflh as it appears to disinterested pei
sons.
Now note don't catch old birds.Spanish.
A word to the wise isn't alway
sufficient. They usually want you t
give bond.
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WILL DO THE WORK
N"KW COTTON I?!I KKH SAID TO lib:
AS KNT1KK SI CCKSS.
OainiA Thai it Will I'ick a Thousand
Pounds an Hour Without lujury
to Holls or Pluut.
The practical working of the PrlceCampboll
cotton picking machine was
demonstrated ou the plantation ot
Senator John L. McLaurin, near I
I
BenneUsvillo one day last week in i
the presence of a large number of J
plante s and other citizens, and it
what is claimed for thy new machine
is true, it can he truthfully
asserted that the days of hand picked
cotton will soon be a thing of the
past. It is asserted that thy machine
picked cotton at the rate of a
thousand pounds an hour, without |
injury to the plant or unopened |
bolls. About 90 per cent of the open i
cotton was obtained at the first picking,
and by runulng the machine over
the same rows again, it got about
90 per cent of the balance, making
9 9 per cent. There was a considerable
amount of trash in the cotton
picked, but many practical farmers
wild they had seen more trash in
hand-picked cotttou.
A hundred-acre field of cotton was
bought last summer from Senator
McLaurin by Theodore H. ITloe ot
New York for the demonstration of
the machine.
No cotton had been p. k?d in the
held, and the bolls which opened
early in the season had been damaged
bv dust and smoke in the lield,
and the foliage had bccotno diy an I
rotten, so that the cotton n tlurui.v
made u poorer appea ance than if it
had been picked soon after open- i
lng. Some of the cotton was ginned I
and submitted to buyers here, who
classed it as low middling to strict
low middling. They said they had
bought a great deal of cotton this
season which was not as good as that
plck?Ki by the machine.
Upon the invitation of Mr. Price,
a number of Northern capitalists
came down and witnessed a private
test of the machine. They saw a
bale of cotton picked in an hour and
then ginned. The party included
V. Ernest Macy, Marshall P. Slade,
W. II. lvoftus, N. F. Carpenter, Geo.
W. Baxter, Rudolph II. Kissel, George
C. F aser and Elwood Hendrick, of
New York, Herbert E. Walmsley and
Herbert K. Walmsley, Jr., of New
Bedford, Mass.; Stephen C. Lowe, F.
P. Sheldon, Frederic S. Goodwin, C.
L. Hathaway, F. W. Perkins and O.
I). Hammond of Boston, S. H. McKibbon
and George 1'. Gordon of
Pittsburg, and Joel Hurt of Atlanta. I
They were fully convinced that the
machine is a success.
The machine is driven by an automobile
engine, and the driver sits
in front and steers the machine
aHtride a row of cotton. It moves
over a row as fast as a man can
These spindles am revolving rapidly
and when a look of cotton in
I touched it in caught aiul wrapped
around the spindle. The spindles
then move out of the plant, stop
, revolving, and the cotton is taken
off by ribs similar to the breast of
i a gain. It falls on conveyors, which
empty it in bags at the rear of the
I machine. A boy sits on the rear of
. the machine and packs the cotton in
- the bags. The boy would not be
L needed if the bags were large enough
\ to hold a round without packing.
? Very few pieces of locks are left
- in the burrs. The cotton left Is
1 usually in whole bolls or locks. The
- spindles either miss them or else
ore already loaded when they coine
> in contact with them. When a
spindle engages a lock, It usually
, twistts it all out. Running the ma;
chine over a row the secoud time
< demonstrated the fact that practically
- all the cotton could be gotten the
- firat time by doubling tho capacity
1 of the machine, which can be done
. by lengthening the battery of spin
dies.
Angus Campbell, of Pittsburg, the
~ r i l- - 1.1
ii tniiui ui l in; Illiil'IUIII?, HtlW tt?t
machine work. He has been workr
ing at It eight or ten years. It ha*
q also been improved by other inven^
tors, working under the direction ol
. Mr. Price, who has thrown his whole
B soul and energy and vast financial
resources into the development ol
a the machine. He does not even reac!
j the cotton market reports wired tc
him at Hennettsville,' so Intensely
is he engrossed in the tests of th<
picker. He spends each day out a
Senator McLaurln's plantation, ant
is usually accompanied by Mrs. Price
( who is with him at the McCal! hote
at BennetUtville. *
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A Good One.
The New York World offers th
-s suggestion to Mr. Hearst that h
,ol should take out hurglar proof poll
' ciea on all the new parties he foruu
A USEFUL LIFE
Dr. James H. Carlisle Passes Away Surrounded
by Loved Ones.
WAS TRULY A GOOD MAN
i
IlHef Sketch of the L)i*tinguKherl
KUucutor'N Life iuid IIis ftreat
Work for the Young Men of South
Carolina un PivsUk'nl of Wolford
College,
James Henry Carlisle was born in
\Viuuaol)oro, Fairfield county, South
Carolina, May 4, 182f?. ilia father,
Dr. William Carlisle, whh a native of
Irelaud and came to this couutry In
IS 18, settling at Winueboro, where
he wan a practicing physician for
many years. Young Jumes Henry
Carlisle received his primary school
ing in his native town, letter on his
parents moved to the historic town of
Camden, where the young man was
prepared for college, beiug taught
by Professors McCundless, Hat Held
and Major Leland.
He entered the sophomore class
of the South Carolina College February
1, 18 12. During his course
at the college he was under Dr.
Itobert Henry, who had charge of
the department of languages, uml Dr.
Leiber, who was in charge of deI
partment of economy and civil law.
i Dr. Carlisle graduated in 1844; beI
ing the second honor man in *he
class, the lirst honor man being Gen.
j P. H. Nelson, who was killed in the
wuiK, picKing udoui an aero an nour.
The nroiectinu "nosoH" run ahciid
of the machine, on each .side of the
row, and lift up the limb* that are
ull gathered up and pressed into a
space about a foot wide. While the
stalk is thus held, small steel spindles
reach llniough it from both
sides, reaching every inch of space.
On one side of each spindle is a row
of small teeth, so short that they
will not catch hold of anything exOK*...
Diimc or ine "Crater."
lloing the second lienor man it
foil to his lot to dolivor the Kngiish
oration. His subject was "Bhelloy."
the jkjot. It is said that this
oration elicited much favorable common
t and many predictions were
made of his future career, but his
achiovomonts have surpassed the
most sanguine hopes of hhs most ardent
friends.
The real teacher, like the poet, is
born, not made. Young Carlisle immediately
passed from the school
room as student, to the school room
as teacher, being elected principal
of the Odd Fellows' Institute in Columbia,
whicb position he held Soi
four years. In 18H4 he was elected
to a postion in the Columbia Male
Academy.
Iu December, 1800, Benjamin Wofford
died. He left by his will one
hundred thousand dollars "for the
purpose of establishing and endowing
a college for literary, classical
and scientific education, to be located
iu his native district, and to be under
the control and management of
the conference of the Methodist
Kpiseopal Chuncb of his native
State." A charter was duly secured
and the trutces held their first meeting
to organize under it at Newberry,
November 2 4, 1853.
Thus was established the institution
which was destined to be the
centre of tlit- intellectual life of South
Carolina Methodism, and which was
to be a potent influence in the pro
duction of the highest type of citizenship
for the State of South Carolina.
One of the United States Senators
from this State, one of the!
Supreme Court judges, several circuit
judges and many other officials
of the Stale are graduates of Wof
ford College, while under the presidency
of Dr. Carlisle.
Since 1854 the history of Wofford
College has been largely determined
by James H. Carlisle.. In 1 875 he
was elected president of the institution.
At different tiinea lie lias
taught mathematics, astronomy, civics,
ethics, the Hngliuh Hible. He was
more thoroughly conversant with
South Carolina history than any living
man. He in the author of an excellent
text book on astronomy, entitled,
"The Young Astronomer."
Time and again flatterng offers from
other institutions have been made,
but to all of them ho ever guve a
courteous refusal, prefering to serve
that institution of his church to
which he consecrated his lofty character
and resplendent abilities.
The honors that have come to Dr.
Carlisle have always been unsought.
Being modst and unassuming, the
very idea, of seeking a personal honor
seems utterly foreign to his noble
nature. He was elected a member
of the first general conference of
his church of which laymen were
members, and was elected to each
succeeding one as long as he felt
able to go. He was a delegate from
his church to several Ecumenical
conferences. Ho was a member of
1 the secession convention, siirnini? the
j famouH ordinance. He was a representative
in the late confederate legI
islaturo, lKGIi-4. These were the
first and only political offices he held,
I though time and again ho has been
urged to accept positions of houor
* and trust in State and nation.
Wofford's adored president has
' ever been a spiritual magnet, drawing
out the highest and noblest in
the young men who have come under
J his influence. His stately form, his
graceful movement, his loving yet
firm voice, and his benign face, have
blended in an imperative call to
young manhood that has found n
e response in every heart that hat
e known him.
1-1 If you seek the monument of Dr,
1.1 Carlisle look about you in churck
ami state, ami see the mighty host
of Wofford's men of sterling worth, '
whose lives are a benediction to the
nation, ami you will find his emiuriug
memorial.
The last time that I)r. Carlisle
appeared in public was during the
summer school for teachers at Wofford
College, when It was the pleasure
of the teachers to hear an Interesting
address on school life of
long ago, and on Washington's visit
to South Carolina after he hud been
elected president of the United States.
Prior to this time he had not made
an mVlress in public for many
months.
The commencement at WofTord last
June w as the tirst commencement
missed l)>* Dr. Carlisle for more
than two score years. When he \* .is
a member of the faculty lie always
oceuped a seat on the rostum during
the conuneiin'im'iit season, and after
he retired from the active presidency
of the college, he never missed
an exercise. Last June, however, he
was indisposed and it was impossible
for him to attend any ol' the
exercises at the college.
Dr. Carlisle was president of Wofford
College from 1S 7 f? to 190-,
when he resigned and became president
emeritus. Following his resignation,
I)r. II. N. Snyder was elected.
Although ho resigned the presidency
of WofFord, he did not give
up active work, for he continued to
lecture on astronomy and the Ilible.
His Ilible lectures continued until
last winter, when he was forced to
give up class-room work on account
of the severe cold.
is i)Vi.\(i fkom jwirimos
Kooolved on Kail rend?Hurt Noui'
Durlcn, (in., Wcdiu'Ndny.
A dispatch from Savannah says Mr
C. Leo Hincs. of Darien, superintendent
of tin* Georgia Coast Ac Piedmont
Railroad, was carried there
on a special train Thursday morning
and taken to the Turk View Sanitarium
where he lies at death's door
front injuries received Wednesday
night.
Mr. Hines was traveling to Darien
on a motor car in company with his
motorntan, Harry Owens, who uthey
ran into h log train five miles out of
Darien. Mr. Mines' head hit the
end of a log on the train and a gr?^?t
hole was knocked in his forehead,
through the skull and lino the brain.
He also sustained numerous other
injuries and is injured internally,
motorman, Harry Owens, when they
broken leg.
The accident was due to the breaking
down of one of the log cars,
which was partially derailed. The
engineer of the train did not know
>r me loss or tin? car until after he
reached Darion. On arriving there
ho found that he wuh abort home
cars and Immediately went hack to!
the scene, where the injured men
were found on the ground beside the
track. Mr. Mines was unconscious
and has remained so since the accident.
Motorinan Owens was able to
tell of the accident.
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A JOKK THAT LAHTK1).
Conductor Oave Exhibition of Working
in HandrulVN.
A disputch from New York says
Constable Hloscher of lyeonia, N. J.,
is a practical Joker of the first water.
at least he was until he had
an experience the other day, which
may have soured him on practical
jokes for a while. The other afternoon
he went down to Port Lee with
a pair of handcuffs in his pocket. He
was fairly itching with a desire to
have his little joke and at l.'ist the
opportunity came. Coming hack on
the Hudson River trolley line he playfully
snapped the steel bracelets upon
the wrists of the conductor of the
car. The conductor did not enjoy
the joke so much as the constable
and the other passengers, but he
laughed good naturedly with them,
while he asked Hloscher to free him.
The constable, still shaking with
laughter, fished out his key, put it
in the lock and ?broke it off hi 'ock.
The conductor had an awful time
ringing up fares, collecting nickels
and punching transfers with his
manacled hands and not until ne
got back to Port Lee could he get
off duty and have the handcuffs filed
off his wrists.
l?ri * fl'/\ i i i / < i i ia i > /t/vt *i?m
1 1** IIIWIII'jU I Wl IU,
'
Man W ho Huh to Have Boon Tried
in Court Stricken.
George Walters, about 5 0 years
old, who wuh to have been tried this
week in the Government Court on
the charge of operating an illicit distilling
plant, fell unconscious from
a sudden stroke of apoplexy In th<
hall leading into the court room
about 0 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. It is believed that he wil
die. Walters was apprehended it
June by Officer Merrick in Oconet
county and has since then beet
under bond for appearance. lie i<
. originally from Georgia. lie wai
moved to the Salvation Army Clta
> del, having no friends or relative
l in the city. It is not improbahh
\ that In falling he fractured his skul
on the stone floor of the hall. II
. lingered untiL uUdnight, when h
i died.
WILL BE HUNG I
Governor Brown, of Georgia, Refuses
While Murderer a Pardon.
EVERY EFFORT FAILED
l>r. .Iiul M. Klliott Will U' u(imI
I
lor iviiiiii^ tioorpc *flv? s on a
Street in liiiKfUli^o, (iM., <iovrrii<>r
Ill-own Having Kofasvd llim K\- ,
cnUivo CliMiifiuy.
A dispatch from Atlanta says every j
resource thai could he resorted to for
clemency has been tried without kuccoss,
and Dr. Jud M. Klliott must
pay the penalty for his crime on the
gallows Friday. Ckivernor Hrown
declined to interfere wtih the action!
of the prison hoard which refused'
clemency. In connection with the
case he gave out the following brief
statement:
I "In re .Did Klliott, Troup county.
A critical examination of the evidence
submitted to the executive office
in this case fulls to develop any
facts not practically before the jury
and the trial judge. Hence, 1 can
find no reason for interference with |
the sentence of the court.''
A little over a year ago I>r. Elliott
shot down in the street? of LaKninK1'.
(leome L. Rivers, a highly |
respected and inoffensive eiti/.-n.
Elliott was known to be inranoly
jealous of bis wife and it was his
plea, which was entirely unsupported
by the evidence, that Rivers had
made improper advances to her. Klliott
was a comparatively stranger in
Lagrange, having come to that city
only a week or two before the killing
to practice veterinary surgery.
He was a native of Chattanooga but
went to Lagrange from Macon, where
he had lived for some time.
Klliott was ably defended by counsel,
the chief of them being W. I).
McNeill, of Macon. The pica was
made both at the trial and before
the prison board that Elliott was o
sutTerer from paranoia, aggravated by
the excessive use of drugs and was
irresponsible at the time of the ki 11ing.
Expert testimony was produced to
substantiate this claim, but it failed
to satisfy the jury or the governor.
Elliott has a wife and two daughters.
Roth his wife and his aged
mother, who IIvoh in Chattanooga.
j made every effort to nave bis life.
It was not so light to have bim freed,
but to get his sentence commuted
to life imprisonment or to have him
committed to the penitentiary.
SAII>? OVKK EIFFEL TOW Ell.
I)o I^iunbert Handles Wright Aeroplane
Skillfully.
Count I)e Lambert, the French
aeroplanist, just before dark Monday,
accomplished one of the roost remarkable
and daring feats yet cerdited
to heavier-than-air machines.
Starting from the aerodrame at
.luvisy in a Wright aeroplane, he hew
to Paris, a distance of about 13
miles. After manoeuvring over the
city ,at a 11 average height, of 100 feet,
he ascended in gradually diminish
iiik circles and passed several hundred
f(?et above the Eiffel lower, lie
then returned to Juvisy.
Couitt I)e Lambert was given a
tremendous ovation on his return to
Juvisy. Orville Wright, who was
there with hia sister, rushed torward
and wrung the bands of the
aviator as he alighted pale, but radiant.
The aviator said that throughout
ids trip he had entire oontrol of the
machine. The only inconvenience he
suffered was from the throbbing of
the engines and from difficulty in
seeing towards the end in the gathering
gloom.
The official time of the flight was
4 9 minutes, 3 9 seconds. The distance
was roughly estimated at 3 I
miles and the height varied from 300
to 1,300 feet.
STRUCK HY EN CINE.
li. F. Horn, of I'firh.sviHc, Has
Tragic End on Truck.
Mr. L. F. Dorn, of Parksville, was
struck by an engine at Trenton
Tuesday morning and instantly killed.
Mr. Dorn had just left the train
from Augusta and was whtching this
tr:tln s? u It millwl out frntn thr> *
tton, standing near the track on
which the Edgefield train was oper'
ating, and while facing the outgoing
Columbia train.
The tender of the engine on the
Edgefield track which was backing,
' struck him in the rear on the phoul1
der and as he fell he received another
stroke from the boards, causing
1 Immediate death.
Mr. l)orn was one of the most useh
ful and prominent citizens of tb<
county, high up in the councils oi
h the Ilaptist church, one of the trus
tees of Furman University and th?
local manager of the Twin Clt:
e Power Company. His tragic deatl
' has eaused a gloom over the entir<
county.
MM HIM FREE
FOOLISH, SK.NTIMKMT A L WOMK^i
IN ATLANTA FFTITION
(Mvcrnor llmwii to k'nr?Kin u l>ouhta
Murtli'Pcr lk'ruuftp He Clainu) A
Change of Heart.
A dispatch from Atlanta says (in*.
I- * ?
i.iwwn iit'iiiK manege.j t?y :i delegation
of Atlanta worn. n. interested
in religious work, who uitide an oa?
nest an 1 tearful plea for the life ot?
John Harper, convicted of the inu-:1
? r of Sheriff fl? n Keith in Murray
county ami sent..need to din.
Tho delegation ln< 1 uropreoeu
tatives of the King's Houghton* ami
active workers in some of tho load-'
ing churches of Atlanta. Th??y urge*!
that since his conviction, Harper had
experienced a decided i hange of heart
and if given a chance to live would
bo an entirely different man. However,
they were not hopeful of securing
his release hut would be HatW?lled
with having his sentence com- t .
muted to life imprisonment.
In connection w?th the governo. i
action on this case, it should l>?:
borne in mind that Harper, although
public sentiment seems to have
changed towards him in his own
, county recently* was rviuited to
I a desperate man an<l it wan for a
homicide that Sheriff Keith was seoWling
to apprehend him at the time ho
| * as killed.
j 'I ho case has been before the.
I courts and the pardon hoard iu v.v
rious shapes for several years. At
J one time after bis conviction Harper
I succeeded in making his escape and
was at large for about six months
before his recapture. Since thou, hr
has been confined for safer keeping '
in the Tower in Atlanta, where be
has been visited almost daily by
religious women who have greatly
interested themselves in the man.
Harper's case has been before the
supreme court twice and before tbe
pardon board several times. Whew
all hope seemed to- l>o lost the defense
would assert that now ?r?tdence
had been discovered and soeui*
a respite in order to have it beard.
In this way, llarper has escaped from
the very shadow of the gallows sis
or seven times. His tether has play ' ' '
ed out, now, however, and his las*,
die has been thrown.
In its report on the case, it is
understood that the prison board wa? ' "
divided, there being two for extreme
punishment and one in favor of eoiwmutation
of sentence.
IlOHS IP AFTKIt FUNKKAL.
Hives Undertaker Who iluried (tia?
a Fight.
Th.i - * ' ' ?
?v i'wi j \j t u UIUI1, v* ill; >V il? KirB"
tiffed by his brother as Harry WiF
liams of Uristol, Conn., wan taken*
from the Nuugutuck river ka?t
Wednesday, and buried in the presence
of his mourning friends.
Hunday Williams appeared in Nangatuck,
unaware that he had been
officially croBHed off the voting lint,
and grinned at what he thought wan
a new Joke. Friends insisted that ho
was dead and referred him to tUo
undertaker for proof. When the im
dertaker saw kiin approaching, ho
cried:
"Great Scott! The last time 2
saw that man was when J nailed'the
lid on his coffin!"
WiUiamH Haiti ho had been to Now
York attending the lluiboa l' uitoo
celebration.
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FYlglitful Pull of iUin.
A dlsfwitch from I'ensaeola, Fla.,
?ays a terrific downpour of rain,
almost equaling a cloudburst, struck
that city early Thursday night, stop
ping street car traffic, putting the
city waterworks plant out of commission
nn.l damaging other property.
Many of the streets were flooded
to a depth of four inches. Accenting
to the weather bureau the rain
fall amounted to 4.26 inches in
one hour.
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ItogiNtry |<V?? Increased.
Aa stated in The Times and Democrat
sometime ago would he tne eaao,
the poetoffice depurtm nt at Wash
ington has directed the special attention
of postmaster to the roc out
order of the postmaster general fining
tho registry fee at ten cents
for each piece, domestic or foreign,
in addition to the regular postage,
and Increasing the limit of indemnity
for losses of flrHl-class domestic
registered mail to $f?0, effective the
first of month. At present the
registr y fee is eight cents.
Want Taft Burred.
The Went Virginia synod of the
. ProHliyterian church a few days a;;?
unanimously adopted a resolution
i protesting against the Invitation o*!
tended to President Tatf to address
.; the Layman's Missionary convention
. | of foreign missions at Washington
5 Nov. 11 was based upon the proaident's
athliatlon with the UnltarUui
. church.
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Makra Fatal Mistake.
At Bridgeport, Oonn., as a rosuW.
3 of eating toadstools by mistake for
/ mushrooms, Harry Sausone, agod 17,
i died at St. Vincent's hospital Mon~
ft day. He is the third member of the
family to from the same cause.
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