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> '# TOTAL WRECK" Cars M the llliaeis Tractiea System Clash With Dire Resak THIRTY SEVEN KILLED ? ? Disregard of Orders Cause a Coll is- J ion.?l^irs Art; Completely I>emolish(H), and the Passengers, Enable t?> Escape, Flung in Every Position and Mutilated Terribly. Thirty-seven persons were killed and from sixteen to twenty-five injured in a collision on the Illinois Traction system, two miles north of Staunton, Illinois, late Tuesday evening. Three of the injured will die and maybe more. The collision occurred between local train No. 14, north-bound, and an excursion train, No. 73, headed toward St. Louis and loaded with passengers on their way to view the - - * - * ?< J ' > 1. _ . ? .. . C5 t parade 01 toe \eiieu rropufie m 01. Kouis. The accident, it is said, was due entirely to the disregard of orders by the crew of the local, which was in charge of \1. A. Leonard, conductor, and John Lieiman, of Staunton, motorman. Train No. 14 had orders to pass train 7 3 at Staunton. The .latter train was running in two sections and the orders given to No. 1 4 were explicit that it should pass both, sections of"' the south bound train at Staunton. The first section of 73 , pulled out on the main track and started north. At a sharp turn in the road at the bottom of a decline, the two tram came together in a splintering eras. Train No. 14 and the second sec-tioi of 73 were both on the down gradand moving at a speed of aboir forty miles an hour when they im-! The crew of No. 14 and the cre\ of No. 7 3, which was composed o W. V. Duncan, conductor, and E. ). Young:, motorman, both of Springfield, Illinois, leaped for their lives as soon as they saw the collision was inevitable, and all four escaped without serious injury. They were badly ?haken up, but were able to lend a.s?iKtance to the injured an instant later. None of the passengers had any chance t? escape, as the crash between the cars followed immediately the cries of warning issued by the conductors and motormcn as they jumped from the trains. The cars came together with a terrific crash,, and both were demolished and piled in one huge mass of wreckage, through which the bodies of the dead and wounded were scattered. It is certain that by far the larger portion of the passengers on both cars were either killed outright or desperately Injured. The two trains were so closely twisted together that it was a marvel that anybody escaped death or injury. A6 quickly as possible word of the accident was telephoned Springfield and Peoria, and a special car was immediately rushed from these points. Other cars were also sent north from Granite City, 111. These hist took many of the injured and hurried them back to Granite City, where they were placed in hospitals. As fast <us the dead were extricated they were placed in one of the cars sent from Springfield. In a short time a car was containing twentyeight bodies, and it was sent to Carlinsville, where they were placed in an undertaking establishment. Late Tuesday night only three bodies had been den tilled. General manager Chubbuck, of the Traction Company, was in Peoria when the news of the wreck was received. Accompanied by minor officials, ho started at once for the wreck. At Springfield all the available physicians were placed on Mr. Chubbuck's special car and hurried to Staunton. Within a few minutes after the collision occurred farmers from the surrounding country and nearly every man in Staunton was en route to the scene of the accident to render whatever assistance was possible. The early comers were greeted with a spectacle such as was never before seen in that part of the country. The two cars had come together with such awful force that they were not only telescoped, but they were actually battered out of all semblance of their original shape. They were simpiy a mass oi splintered | ?oou ami twisted iron and 8te?:l eight feet high. In this pile of wreckage the (lead and wounded were flung in every conceivable position and every imaginable form of mutilation. Some of the bodies of the dead were torn apart, and streams of blood flowed down the debris in a dozen places. The farmers and the citizens of Staunton worked with desperate haste, however, and in a short time had taken from the wreckage all of the living and most of the dead. - ? Passengers Hobbod. Passengers on a Pullman car attached to a Hook Island westbound passenger train that arrived at Pueblo, Cal., Wednesday were robbed of $8,000 in cash, drafts, checks and Jewels after leaving Chicago. ?VVA \ i Why Not This? Have you ever been delayed for hours In a railroad station and com pe'led to remain in the dreary plao* without a companion, with nothing but old papers and magazines for diversion? Few persons who travel nave not encountered this situation. Why can not a bulletin be printed to indicate places of Interest in the city or town, with directions as to how to reach those places, and those signs be hung in plain view in the stations? 7'his is work which could be done by ? '? ?? ..Uii Oflon (DC women h l iiiun in n vii.t . v/iwu one has a long, tedious wait, and it would, indeed, be pleasant to get out into the city and see one, if no more, of the Important places, and of print ed instructions were right in view the timid would not hesitate to go out. (live us also the names of respectable restaurants. One might get these places to advertise on the bulletin, which would pay for printing it. How many strange women alone or with children know where to go for a luncheon in a strange city? Some go into the nearest place around the depot, not always the most cleanly places, and often in not very respectable districts. A timid traveler will suffer in silence before asking questions, and it seems this bulletin could be made so very useful that it would be a good plan to have such a one printed and placed in every station where waits are possible. One of the dreariest days 1 ever spent in my life was at a station with nothing to read but a copy of the Johnstown flood, a backless book discovered in the operator's desk. Yet there was a library within ten'minutes' car ride, and not an official at the station or any of the loungers knew where it was lo cated. 1 doubt if some of them knew (be city had a library at all. Oranqe Layer Cake. Cream four ounces of butter with four ounces of sugar, then add gradually four well beaten eggs, sift in half a pound of flour and one teaspoonful of baking powder, then add be grated rind of one orange and :\%o tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix well and divide Into buttered and doured layer tins, spread evenly and quickly and bake in a hot oven for about fifteen minutes. Turn out to nool. Now take the strained juice of half an orange and half a lemon, put them into a small saucepan, ad'V a level tnhlespoonful of cornstau h, moistened with one gill of cold watt.'. Add the grated rind of half an orauge and four heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar. Stir over the fire till they thicken. When cool spread between the two pieces of cake. | Then ice with orange icing. To I .nake the orange frosting, pare the rind very thinly from one orange and soak it in the juice for one nour and a half. Sift eignt ounces of confectioners' sugar into a basin, add the strained juice. Beat for a few minutes and spread on the cake. Out in to neat squares or triangles. To Clear Vinegar Cruets. To keep a vinegar cruet shining <?nd clean is not easy, as many a housewife can testify. The neck of Ine cruei ueuig uai iuh, u>u?ii mime cleaning methods are futile. Alter washing the bottle with hot -oapsuds and rinsing thoroughly a few hard beans can be inserted in the beetle, which is then almost tilled with water, to which a tew drops of ammonia have been added. Shaking th?* beans around u ill remove inerus-' tation from the sides. A long-handled paint brush with a f' 11. thick but not broad brush, is ex client to clean out cruets. It ca/ oe dipped in a solution of soda or borax. One housekeeper saves and diies ner egg shells and puts them in her cruets, which are half tilled with soapy water. After shaking thoroughly. until the bottles are clean, the cruets are washed and rinsed with cold water, followed by hot wa ter. Pictures for the Nursery. Pictures for the nursery should tr* bright, though not too much so. On* can get pretty prints in pink, blue Drown and yellow. It is possible to got baby pictures of great beauty and they only need a passe-partout bind ing to make them suitable for dew rating a room. It would be a gooe Idea to have a kodak and take thr children's pictures in everyday ai tire, in their Sunday best, at play, at work, asleep and wide awake, pouting. laughing and in every mood, ih?.n use these pictures as a frieze in the room. They can all be done in koda? colors, or made into blue prints. The latter is not so lasting, vet 'ook pretty on a while-papered wall. Cat Christening. Now what do you think of having a cat christening? You might think more of it, especially when you hear that the kitten is valued at $f>0. Well, the day he was christened and was made to henceforth take the name of "Tiptoes," the owner's various friends were invited in. Tip-toes was the center of attraction of course, and the recipient of several ribbons, bells and a little milk bowl. Pineapple Pie. Line a pie plate with pastry. Mil lightly together the well beaten yolks of four ?*ggs, one cupful of granulated sugar, one cupful of grated pineapple and the stilly beaten whites of two eggs. Hake till ready in a moderate oven. Cover with a meringue made with the whites of hree eggs stiflly beaten and three '.ahlespoohfuls of sugar added. Serve hot or cold ATTENTION FARMERS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OOItN EXPOSITION WILL HE Held In Colombia, at Which Eight Thousand Dollurs in Prices Will He Offoivd. Eight thousand dollars will be offered in prizes lor the best corn at the South Atlantic Corn Exposition held in Columbia December 5?3. The South Carolina Corn Breeders Association, who have been promoting the exposition met in the State House Thursday and completed plans for the exposition. The organization was perfected and prominent I tinners win ?ni as supt'i ?im-nein? in the various deportments and promote the exhibition of corn from the in various districts of North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia. Prizes were arranged for each county in South Carolina, for the congressional districts in South Carolina and for the three zones of each North Carolina and Georgia. Sweep-Stakes will be offered for the best 10 ears of yellow corn, prolific white corn, single ear variety white corn, single ear and bushel lots, from all the States. . All these exhibits will come together in Grand Sweep-Stake and Grand Champion Sweep-Stake classes. The largest prize has been ofTere.d for the best 10 ears of corn grown in any of the three States. The winner of the Grand Champion Sweepstake prize for 10 ears of corn will receive as his reward prizes approximating $4 00. This is intened to bring out the best corn that can he produced in the South Atlantic States and $400 for the best 10 e,vs will cause the farmers to put forth I fheir verv best efforts in making this exhibit the finest that can be secured. It is said this exhibit will carry great honor with it for an exhioit of 10 ears of corn that are the be .-p. that can be grown by any one exhibitor in any of the three states v4' South Carolina, North Carolina ana Georgia, will within itself be a prize worthy of the highest consideration. A separate department will be set apart for the Hoys' Club and the boys' exhibits. These will have special prizes and will be under the direct supervision of the officers of the Farm Demonstration Work in Sou^n Carolina. An important feature of the ex position will be the individual displays, There being prizes offered f o* the best individual display in each of the three states and also tor Grand Champion individual display. The one who wins the individual display in either of these Slates will receive prizes to the value of and the one making the best display at the exposition will receive an additional prize of $f>0 in cash, thus, rewarding the exhibitor who makes the best display. In order to ma^e this premium list as large as it is the South Carolina Legislature, last j winter, enacted a bill providing $luou ni casn lo De onoreu hs prizes to tlie exhibitors of South Carolina alone. At the same time $500 was appropriated for the use of the Co n i Breeders' Association in furthering its cause. Various machinery houses, fertilizer concerns, newspapers, and business enterprises have contributed large prizes. The International! Harvester Co., alone has contributed approximately $000 and the John Deere Plow Co., has made liberal donations. The South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers' Association has also appropriated $'100 in cash to be used for the best corn exhibits made from South Carolina. In the beginning it was intended to raise only $ 1,000 in prizes, together with the $1,000, ippropriated by the State Legislature would make $5,000, but the enthusiasm in the exposition has been so widespread, the interest in corn pro wing in the South Atlantic States so groat and the liberality of the varied interests of the South Atlantic States so marked that larger prizes have been secured 11 n*i! the total with aggregate $8,000 in machinery, fertilizer cash, etc. W'irk on the premium list has been completed, and it will come from the press in a few days and be ready for distribution. At a meeting of the Corn Breeders Association Thursday the following organization was completed: 'President and General Manager ? A. I). Hudson, Newberry, S. C. Secretary and Treasurer?R. K. Hayes, Pages Mill, S. C. Superintendent of Entries?Malcolm Miller, Columbia, S. C. Superintendent of Judges?A. G. Smith Columbia, S. C. Superintendent of Exhibits - A. P. Hudson, Newberry, S. C. Superintendent of Roys' Exhi -It? I. T. IlnUop Ulahonvlllo S (1 Superintendent of Exhibit* ti: district, James Reeves, TurbevilK . Second District \7. T. Walker, Black ville; Third District, W. C. Br ?vi Newberry; Fourth District, P. i5 Bailey, Laurens; Fifth District . Iv A. Brown, Camden; Sixth District R. K. Hayes, Pages' Mill; Seven 1 District, W. McD. Green, 0> ' . rrr?. Superintendent of North Car<7in exhibits- W. J. McKlnnon, L> kes SAILORS AIIK DROWNED. I I Well I/oaded Tender Round for a Battleship. Several sailors from the battleship New Hampshire were drownded by the upsetting of a tender in the North River off One Hundred and Fifty-second street at New York Saturday night. Estimates of the j dead vary from three to as high as 12, but as no official count lias been made of the number aboard the tender and as many men have shore leave, it was impossible accurately to fix the list of missing. I The sailors were returning to the New Hampshire after shore leave and more than 100 of them, it is estimated, had crowded aboard tlx tender, which was being lowed to the battleship. About 2 00 yards off 1 * v v* f i 1? - J snore me rraii eimer iinipuu wi was upset and the entire load of sailors was precipitated into the water. TYPHOON SWKKPS ISLANDS. Thousands of People An1 llomelesAud the Crops Much Damaged. At Manila. P. I., a typhoon of un usual severity swept over the vall?> of the Cayagan river in the provinces of Cayagan and Isabella, north em Luzon, on September 24. Foui towns, including Ilugan, the capita, of Isabella province, were practically demolished. A thousand persons are still homeless and destitute, but the dispatches so far received indicate that there wore no casualties. The tobacco crop was seriously damaged. The government ifmaking relief plans. Heats t*<>!<! .Mini's. Two hundred millions of dollars is the value placed on the cotton and corn crop produced in Georgia during the past year, in the report of the commissioner of agriculture just issued. The cotton crop was valued at nearly $150,000,000, which is approximately one-fifth of the value of the entire crop produced in the eleven states comprising the cotton belt. killed l>y Kngine. At Charleston Albert L. Kniekmeyer, callman on a fire crew, was knocked down and fatally injured, dying two hours later, by the new automobile engine which bad responded to an alarm of lire at an early hour Thursday morning. land, S. C. Superintendent of Georgia exhibits?W. F. Cleveland, llidgeland, C. Superintendent of .Machinery?L. C. Chappell, Lykesland, S. C. Mr. Hamby, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was also present at the meeting to arrange for the work of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in connection with the exposition. Craven Hall has been secured and the Chamber of Comnw.rr'O 1 V? irh V I T* IV 1 11 lttnW after the securing of the railroad rates, the decoration of the hall, the conducting of the Information Bureau for the benefit of the visitors and will look after the printing of the tickets and the caring of the gate receipts. In connection with the .exposition there will he a corn judging contest and an institute program upon which there will be some of the best speakers in the country upon agricultural subjects. These will be under the direction of the Extension Department of Clemson College. So enthusiastic and so confident were the members of the Corn Breeders Association and the exposition officials of the success of the exposition, plans are already set on foot to make the exposition a permanent affair. Messrs. A. D. Hudson, R. K. Hayes, T,. L. Baker. E. J. Watson, I). X. Barrow, W. R. Perkins, Ira W. Williams, A. (.?. Smith and J. X. Harper were appointed as a committee to draw up plans for forming a permanent organization. This committee will report at the next meeting of the Corn Breeders' Association and provide for holding an exposition annually. The committee was also instructed to confer with representatives from all the Southern States looking to tho organization of an Interstate Corn Exposition that would serve as a climax for the various expositions. Plans were also made for carrying on of the work of the Corn Breeders Association this fall mid next year. The Columbia State has offored $ 1 AAA nxlono frt* V. r* Knot on r>r? UUU III JJI U.VP lui mv. iiv ot vui > ui^uu ing done in South Carolina; $500 to become available in 1911, and $500 in 1912. It was arranged so that anyone wishing to compete for this prize could secure the assistance of the Farm Demonstration Agent in 'a'.s county or the adjoining county, and tlun next year carry on the work under the direction of the Special i ('presentalive of tlie Corn Breedors Asso< i:. ii; n.. Kvery membor was vory enthuslas* ic over the out'ook of the exposii< n, and judging i;u;.i the premium :Vt. the co-ouei at'on of the farmers ind interest mr.niusted Thursday, it will not only bo the first corn exposition ever held in the South, but one of the greatest e<!u: ational meet m over boM r ? ,vc benefit of the Southern farmers. HOARDS OF COIN IN POSTAL BANKS Millions to Be Put Into Circulation Again. POSSIBLE EFFECTS NUMEROUS i People's Fund Under New Law May Become Financial Prop of National Tr???i,ru In Times of Necessity?Re funding of Current Bond Issues Is Discussed by Bankers. A recent circular of a Now York bank In discussing the possible benefits to the federal treasury of the op eration of the new postal savings bank low says: In lis bearings upon treasury affairs the new postal savings bank law is praetieally a government fin a nee bilL The law is one whleh will operate in various directions if Its workings prove measurably Justifiable of the theory on which It was constructed and on which it was advocated by the president and members of the administration. It Is expected that Its first effect will be to call from Its hiding places considerable money that Is now hoarded by persons who have not yet learned to have confidence In the established hanking institutions of the commiinitles in which they five. There Is I Aruw pr.'junti i/i rhitt the air gregate of such sums reaches well Into the million* V?at Sum to Appear. Whatever the sum. nearly all this money will he put promptly at work under the new law. It will constitute a new source of hanking deposits. The law requires that f> per cent of the postal savings funds shall he held In the fulled States treasury as a reserve. permits the investment of 30 per cent In government bonds or other securities and spindHeally declares Its intent t ? keep the remaining GT? per cent t?n deposit hi the national and | state hanks of the communities of origin, although there is a provision under which even this may he invested in government securities upon the decision by the president that the general welfare or the interests of the government demand it. But there are several distinct ways in which the accumulation of postal savings may serve the United States treasury at rimes when financing operations are necessary. for some months the treasury has been sailing very rinse to flic wind, with the prospect of having to face an issue of bonds or other securities at almost any time. By careful work and with the assistance of the corporation lax. which is now coming In. it is expected that any financing operations will be postponed at least until fall, after the general elections. With an issue of canal bonds proper out of consideration the IK)Ktal savings bank law affords a source of relief which it now seems probable will be utilized as soon as the new system has provided a sufficient amount of funds. The new law1 authorizes a special Issue of 2Vy per cent bonds, which by specific provision do not carry the circulation privilege. This rate of infer est would hardly give them an investment basis, but it Is provided that the postal savings funds may be Invested In theiu. lTnder this provision llie way lies open for the reimbursement of the treasury for these heavy canal expend Itures as soon as the postal banks have attracted sufficient deposits. This is the most material and practical means of relieving the treasury which the new law affords. Refunding Is Possible. Another possibility is that the OOO.OfiO of 3 per cent 1iK)8-18 .bonds now outstanding might bo refunded by tlio now 2\ii per cents. The throes are pay* able, and tho now law specifically pro Tides that whenever any outstanding bonds arc subject to call they may bo replaced bv the new authorized 2\j per cents. A third possibility is one which may yet have a profound effect on the na tionai banks of the country. In attempting to establish a central hank one of tho first and most difficult prob lems to be solved would be that of providing for the national banknotes now outstanding. In order to make satisfactory provision for them some means must be found for taking care of the $(>85,000,000 of 2 per cent bonds now pledged by the national banks as so curity for circulation and public do posits. The new law authorizes the investment of postal savings funds In the 2 per cent bonds. By purchasing those bonds from national banks for account of the postal savings system corresponding national bank circulation would be retired and the way would be paved for the issue of that amount of notes by the now central bank. Windsor Canada's Front Door. Consul Harry A. Conoot calls Windsor the front door into Canada from the United States. The number of neonle entering there in the fiscal year ended March 31. 1010, was greater than via any other port, and the volume of shipping was proportionately great. Moving Pictures Aid Pastor. A minister of Limn, O.. advertise bis Sunday sermons In moving pic" theaters. I BOLL WKKVII ON TIIK M4|nS| Work of tlio Kxinrt* i* IiWecttv'jJ ?? the West. ^ I The following statement weevil dispersion up to SoptemBeqH 15, 1910, is made by W. Dwight^H Pierce, bureau ot entomology, l/nit-|H ed States Governm* ot laboratory/ Dallas, Texas: H No work has boen done upon lhe.^1 line of infection of Ok ahcma. TheM infested line in Arkansas has fallen H back about fifteen miles off the wes-M torn corner but slightly passes the H 1909 line in the vicinity of Little? Hock, and from there coincides with [ the 1909 line until it reach^B~*La- I mont, in Bolivar County, Jn Mississ-. I ippi. The line runs on a diagonal, J from Lament to the southwestern ? line of Sunflower County, thence (o I Deelake, in Holmes County, thence* I to Lexington through Ballis, In At i imt(, Coiiiitv. then turns abruptly 'south at Plattsburg, in Winston I | County, and then passes three miles I east of Newton, in Newton Cohiwy I half-way between Heidelburg and I Stringer, in Jasper County, crosses I into Wayne County directly east of I Bllisvlile Junction, and pTD btf.flh 1 leaves the State of Mississippi dt Statoline. In Alabama the infestu- , tion crosses the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Km ltd ale, in Washington County, turning south passing: east of Citronelle to the head of Mo- ' bile Ray. The line is moving so rapidly eastward that even at the present writ-\| ing it has probably moved twenty or ^ more miles further. A statement < of this nature will be issued as soon* * as possible following the 15th of each month until the dispersion is ended. * . WARNS THK SOUTH, Pinchof Kays Our Wafer Powers Arc Already Gone. Gifford Pinchot, ?at the Initial meeting of (he Souther* Conservation congress at Atlanta, Friday, declared that the South is as vitaily M concerned with the movement for *5] the conservation of the nation's nat- l| ural resources as any section of the -ji country, and ho warned the South- ^ erners that the big corporations already were actively working to so- J cure monopoly of the resources of j' this section. "Your water power resources 1 here in the south are so completely fj in the hands of the Duke interest" and of the General Electric company's interest," he said, "that it will be almost impossible for independ- j ents to break into the water power market." "In the North we have not understood how fully the Spirit which governs the insurgent movement is the same as dominates the movement in the South. It is a fight for < political independence on the part of J the vtoers. I am not advocating a new political party. The lines of j "I"" V? ,x ?. fi HO ri/it h/it U/^AMl ' rit'iiv liunctfl I *HTT nvrv uvvn V ? ( Republican and Democrat. They arc between the men who believe the law should be ad ministered for the good of special interests of humanity." * ! K'-TIU'lt Jl J TT^tTtnZi^tTP DEATH 1'KNAl/rV INKDICTKI). Dunk Sherod Hangs for the Murder , of a (^onsUibie. For the murder of Special Constable K. O. Waldrop at Piedmonr i about two months ago, Frank Sherard Friday morning paid tho dea'lt penalty on the gallows at the county j Jail in Greenville. This is Lho first infliction of the death sentence in that county in a number of years. The negro was convicted at tin last session of tlie Criminal CourA 'and sentenced by Judge flary tt> hang on the first Friday in October. Only a few spectators saw the melancholy event besides the county officers, as prescribed by the State laws. During his trial Sherard denied his guilt, but later made a full confession of the crime to the attorneys appointed to defend him. AValdrop was killed while attempting to arrest Shekard. A party of ^ me oincers nau run upon a group of crap shooters, ami in the melee Sherod frod a shot gun into the side of the constable. A posse of citizens seaehed for the negro for two days, and it is probable that lynching was only averted by the capture of the negro by sheriff's party. Had Case of Cholera Alxmrd. The steamship Sant 'Anna, from French and Italian ports, now detained at quarantine, off New York, has a case of cholera aboard. Tho victim, a man in the steerage, died on September 15, and was buried at sea. Two other cases of intestinal trouble are under observation. Meanwhile tho Sant Anna, carrying 224 firstfflhln naaoAniroro ~ * ??-? - ? |?i?uvum;i o, OU111U Ul them prominent Americans, and 1,072 In the steerage, is held as a possible "cholera carrior," pending further investigation. ? ? ? They Need. Help. Gov. Eberhardt, of Minnesota, as president of the State Rod Cross society, Saturday issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of the State for contributions of money, provisions and clothing, for sufferers from the forest fires in the northern part of the State.