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$ HAS HO SUBSTITUTE POWEiER Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powder matSo from Royal Grapo Cream of Tartar XDAUIM,m LIME PHOSPHITE ?NOW THE LA W ? The General Assembiy Passes a Marriage License Measure TEXT OF THE NEW LAW ? After a Lou# and Hard Fight flic (jcnrt'iil Assembly I'asses a Cencrnl Marriage License Law, Which Jleco'iies F fleet ivc On and After Xc\i duly. The legislature of South Carolina lias passed a marriage license bill. This in the otcoine of 2 5 years of effort. Tuesday in the house of representatives there was a long debate and T. B. Fraser opposed the bill in a powerful argument, but by a majority of fifteen the house voted down opposition and gave favorable action to the measure which lias .already passed the senate. This is the outcome of 25 years of law: Section 1. That from the first, day of July, 1911, it shall be unlawful for any person to contract matrimony within this State without first procuring a license as is hereinafter provided; and it shall likewise to be unlawful for any one, whomsoever, to perform the marriage ceremony for any such person without said persons first delivering to the party performing said marriage ceremony a license as Is hereinafter provided, duly authorizing said persons to con rMiiclninnv Anv nfflppr nr nor H ttVyt I Cfctl A *liv?. J m.m.m.j ~ - , son performing the marriage ceremony without the production of such licence shall on conviction thereof by payment of a fine of not more than $100 and not less than $2f> or Imprisonment of not more than thirty d ayr, nor less than ten days. Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the foregoing provls Ions, the Judge of Probate shall issue a license for the marriage of any persons upon the payment of a feo of $1 therefor, and a statement under oath or affirmation, to thr effect that the persons seeking tc contract matrimony are legally ca pacitated to marry, together with , the full names of the persons, their ages and places of residence. Of tht ^ fee of $1 the Judge of Probate shall retain twenty-five cents as his cornpens.! lion; the remaining seventy five cents shall be paid Into the county treasury and go to the schoo fund of said county: Provided, nc l 5 alt oil Ka lea iia/1 n/linn f hi. SUCH liinirn; ouiui wv. iaou\>u woninn or woman-child is under tlu age of 14 or tfie man is under the ago of 18: Provided, further, thai when either party to the proposer' marriage shall he under 18 years o! age and shall reside with the fathei or mother or other relative or guar ' dian the Probate .Judge shall not is cue a license for such marriage unti the cmsent of such relative or guar dian in writing shall first he delivered to him. Provided, that sue! license shall be issued in the conn ties of Beaufort, Colleton, Darling ton. ITorry, Georgetown and Sumtei by the clerks of Court. Spefion 3. That upon the hack o each license so issued there shnl bo a blank to be filled out by th< ,L party performing the marriage cere k mony, and shall be signed by hot! ,r naHlofi ho form of th< UUIIll >>I LII1I5 |.wi v..? . licence and certificate shall be a; follows: "State of South Carolina. "County of "Whereas, it has been made to ap pear to me Judge o Probate for County, upoi oath, that of am of are legal!: capacitated to contract matrimony and that tlieir ages are respectivel; .... years and .... months, an .... . ears and .... months, anthat their race is and the: nationality is These ar therefore, to authorize any persoi quail.n.od to perform the marring ceremonies to perform the marria ceremony for the persons abov named, and for the so doing thi shall he sutTlciont warrant. "Given under my hand and sea HUNDREDS DROWNED | DESTHUCTIVE TIDAL WAVE DELUGES AN ISLAND. ? Disaster Follows the Violent Eruption of a Volcano in the Philippines. A dispatch from Manila says gn American school teacher who has traversed the west shore of L*ko Taal, telegraphs that five small filiates were destroyed by til" tidal wave and that not less than 3"30 persons have been killed In that vicinity. Many were burned in fires start ed by molten masses. A constabulary relief detachment reports twelve persons were drowned and one killed by lightfiing at Talisay and that three persons were ? i -a flMv ^ ... .X..VM 4 CI row il o<l ill i/iMiicry, I ntj v ui n iin-n i, j Is hurrying relief trains to the scene. Many persons, all natives, lost (heir lives in the tidal wave which followed th-y eruptions of the *.dcano Taal, according to preu advices. All the towns within a radius of fully twenty miles have 3u'fired damage from the rain of mud and stones which continues. The eruptions continued Monday. The sky was cloudless and there was no wind but the muddy rain fell 1 steadily. The natives have abandoned their village homes in the vi-i clnity of Lake Taal and sought ref-j uge i 1 the surrounding hills. M 'Utit Taal, rises in the center of Lake Taal, a body of water not more i than fifteen miles in circumference.; It. is thirty-four miles from Manila, from which dense clouds of smoke, i rising from the cratcf are plainly visible. j The observatory authorities be' >ve that Manila is in no danger, hut hero is some alarm among the na-1 ves, who recalled the destruction caused by Mount Miiyon, the other . ilcuuo on Luzon, in I8h7. So far, however, May on has shown no lireatening distilrbanco. Investigators ot' the bureau of sci- : etice report that with the first vio- j lent rumblings of the volcano. The | 'owns of Taal, bomnry and Palisay ieein to have suffered most. Mount Taal rises 1,050 feet from the center of Lake Taal province of Ilatangae, Luzon. It is the second volcano in importance in Luzon, and has experienced eight violent disturbances preceding the present one since 1709. It has been more or less active 'rom time immemorial. Its most destructive eruptions occurred in 175 4 and continued for a period of six months, causing much loss of life and enormous destructor of property, ^here were less serious outbreaks in 1808 and 1873. in lib'.* mourn Mayon was in erup ion for two months, destroying the towns of Cagsauaa and Malinao, together with several villages. In 1814 It burst forth again destroying five owns. After the eruption of Taal on Saturday the volcanic Island appeared fo sink five feet and the waters of ?he lake rising, swept the shores a nile Inland, carrying away the ham>00 shacks and catching a score of natives. Others in the vicinity had aken warning and fled at the first "amblings of the volcano. Another eruption took place In 'day, 1 897, when four hundred persons lost their lives. The latest oul* 'Teak, less severe, was in (March, 1 9 00. his .... day of A. D., .... ' "'Judge of Probate for .... County." "Certificate?This is to certify that f, did this dny perform the marriage ceremony for the within named persons at S. > C day of A. D " "Section 4. It shall he the duty J of the party performing the marriage ceremony to take the marriage license and fill out certificate of marriage and within 15 days turn the same over to the Judge of Probate, who issued it, and it shall he the duty of the Judge of Probate to '-coord and index same in a hook kept for that purpose; and it shall ne 'he duty of Judge of Probate to issue a certified copy of said license 1 and certificate to any person upon such person paying him the sum of twenty-five cents as a fee terefor. Section 5. That all fines imposed uul recovered for any violation of ' this Act shall be paid to county roasurer and credited by him to the * school fund of fhe county in which Mio violation occurs. 1 Section 0. Nothing herein con5 r.?ined shall render any marriage 11s legal without the issuance of a license. "Section 7. The production of such certificate or a copy thereof with the blank on the hack thereof properly 1 filled out and signed by the person 1 nerforniing such ceremony, and cer1 'ified by the clerk of Court or Jud.ee v of Probate, is issued by that officer -d.all bo received as sufficient eviy' 'Vnce in proof of contract of marr'age between the parties tlierin ' n uned in any of the Courts of this 1 State. Prov'ded, that nothing in this Act shall prevent proof of marriage 1 in any way now allowed by law in n this Plate. m ? Section 5s. That, only ministers of 0 the gospel and officers authorized to 8 administer oaths in this State are authorized to administer a marriage 1 ceremony in this State. GETS NEAR CUBA Bra?* Aviator Cam pel led to Descend Ten Miles from Havana THE AIR MAN GIVEN OUT Flies at the Hate of Fifty Miles an Hour?Starts From Key West, Fla.', and When Near His (joal Had to Fight in the Water. After a week of nerve-rat King anxiety, Aviator J. A. D. McCurdy In a Curtiss biplane, started on his much-heralded liight from Key West to Havana at 7:32 o'clock Monday morning. At Key West a light * i ? 1 n. ^ Dreeze was mowing mm tnu sou ??i? | 311100th. Similar reports came by wireless from Havana, and McCurdy, whose patience had nearly been exhausted by a week of anxious waiting, quickly decided to make the flight. Early Monday morning orders were issued to (lie government boats at Key West, and they immediately took their positions ten miles apart. When word came by wireless from the torpedo boat destroyer Roe that the boats were all ready for him, McCurdy got ready to make the flight. Every brace and wire of the biplane had been thoroughly tested. The motor had been tuned up and imid a silence that was almost oppressive, McCurdy took his position on the aeroplane. The engine was started, an assistant, gave the propeller a cot pie of twists. McCurdy 'istened a moment to file I sound of the motor and then raised his hand as a signal to the men hold ing the machine to let so. Swiftly tlie aeroplane ran along the smooth ground for about one hundred ford.. Then easily and gracefully it rose from the earth and McCurdy commenced to mount to the sky. As he left the ground the assembled crowd gave a mighty cheer. McCurdy waved his hand and was off on the most difficult trip over the sea that has even been attempted. With" tremendous velocity the great white-winged plane shot out over the smooth waters. Anxiously the crowd gathered on the shore, watched the machine as it grew smaller and smaller and faded from sight. Anxiously they waited for the first news by wireless, and when the dispatch came that he had passed the third boat, thirty miles from shore and was flying smoothly, another mighty cheer was given. While the last details were being looked after MrCurdy stood about calmly smoking a pipe. He looked cool and confident. At 6:45 the ma chine was rolled Into place, ana nve i j minutes after the big steam whistle I at the ice factory woke up the town with a tremendous blast, and almost the entire population rushed through I the streets for the starting point. It is estimated that fully 10,000 people saw the start. iMayor Fogarty, with the entire police force, had great difficulty in keeping an open space of 5 00 feet so that a start could he made. McCurdy took his place in the machine, an assistant, oiled the propeller and then gave it a number of whirls. Four men held the machine ii/>Pnp(iu touted fhn motor bv w ill IWV'WUI V1J UWV.VV ?? v-.w - starting and stopping it. McCurdy adjusted his headgear, his assistant whirled the propeller, the motor was started and the machine was off at a f;iet rait, running along the ground. It ran nearly the length of the open space and then arose in the j air toward the east. ' McCurdy first circled over t.ho harI hor at an elevation of 500 feet. He . made a second circle at an elevation I of over 1,000 feet, and at 7:112 the I .lag dropped and McCurdy crossed I the line over the wireless station, going at the rate of nearly sixty : miles an hour. In ten minutes he ' was out of sight over Sand Key, ten j miles away. Before starting McI yiirdy put on a life-buoy and carefully inspected the pontoons which j iad been attached to the machine to 1 keep it afloat in case he had to descend to the water. ! The flight is for a prize of $5,000 j offered by The Havana Post, and f 2,000 appropriated by the Havana City Council. As soon as the aviator bad disappeared from view, the crowd rushed about the wireless station and awaited reports by wireless. When the news came that he I had passed the third station a vigorously cheer went up. As the moments flew and no further reports name. the crowd grew anxious, and gathered tihout the eablo oT^o to wait :'or reports from ir \. Vban ^ews o" ' "{..-ft had been flashed to th-? w;. boat?. place t ten miles apart, everybody was < outlook, oflirors on deck and sailors in the sparse rigging of the destroyers. Suddenly out of the light haxe loomed the great white Curtlss biplane?-known as the "Belmont racer"?flying high, and in a direct, course for the Cuban city, the motor's clatter being distinctly heard by those on the ships. A cheer greeted the aviator, and he replied with a wave of his glove. In a minute the birdlike craft was lost hi the PRETTY WOMAN STRANGLED. Body Found\ in Room of Hotel In New York. < The body of a young woman, strangled to death, In the opinion of the police, was found in a room on the second floor of the Bryant hotel ; In Sixth avenue Sunday night. Up to a late hour Investigation had developed no clue to her identity or that of the supposed murderer. A couple which had occupied the room last night were registered as Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Montclair, N. J. A hell boy discovered the body Sunday night. A handkerchief had been stuffed down the woman's throat and her neck and face were disclosed and bruised. The hotel clerk informed the police that the man who had accompanied the woman to the hotel left early this morning. The victim of the murder was about .'10 years old and pretty. There was evidence that the woman had fought hard for life. Her body was found lying on the bed and partly on the floor, and although dressed, her clothing was badly torn The police believe the murder was committed between 2 and G o'clock *1 ... ?...? ho man Ill till' III ( M ! I ! I I U,. .MH1ICI lilt; iin.il nor the woman had been seen at the hotel before, according to tlie night clerk. mai) to mo dig out. Burglar Caught Hard and Fast in n Chimney. A rather unusual incident in tlv criminal annals occurred at Eatou ton, (la., last. week. Two negroes in a'tempting to enter the country store of Mr. Joseph H. Webster, about six miles out, on the Oconee Spring road, decided to make an entvomi. by going down the chimney of the store. In so doing, the would-ne burglars made a sad mistake in computing the ralibre of the ch'mnev, and also the avoirdupois of iln-ir own anatomies ?-tho first one going j ''own, getting In -rig hard and fast in the chimney, forming an effectual pork to further operations inside the store. Hecoming r'orc and more fright ened at his failure to move himsell either up or down, and more so n* the approach of dawn and firemak ing time; the negro hung in the chimney, began alien a loud alarm of shrieks and yells that his companion Hod posthaste and the community j for some distance around the store was aroused by his cries. Finally n? I was located in the chimney and i? was necessary to secure picks and axes, and dii a hole Into the ch'mncr to release him. Later both negroes were arrested and jailed. APPORTION HFPRFSFXTATION. Hill Fixing the Number Fach County Will Have Pass. Mr. Connor's hill to annortion rep rcsentation in the house of representatives among the several counties passed the House Wednesday. The members of the house of representatives under Representative Connor's bill is as follows: Abbeville, three; Aiken, three; Anderson, six; Bamberg, two; Barnwell, three; Beaufort, two; Berkeley, two; Calhoun, one; Charleston, seven; Cherokee, two; Chester, two; Chesterfield, two; Clarendon, three; Colleton, three; Darlington, three; Dillon, two; Dorchester, one; Edgefield, two; Fairfield, two; Florence, three; Georgetown, two; Greenville, ~lx; Greenwood, three; Hampton, two; Horry, two; Kershaw, two; T.ancaster, two; 1.aureus, three; Lee, two: Lexington, three; Marion, two; Marlboro, three; Newberry, three; f conee, two, Orangeburg, five; Pickns, two; Richland, five; Saluda, 4 wo; Spartanburg, seven; Sumter, three; Union, two; Williamsburg, three, and York, four. The Ground Hog. Thursday was -round hog day, and as the little marmot saw his shadow and hastened back to his burrougn in the eartn, there will he six more weeks of winter weather, according 10 a time-iionored superstition. distance toward the Cuban shore. Tt. was estimated that McCurdy should have reached Havana by 1 '> o'clock, and when that hour passed and still no news, groat uneasiness was expressed. Then came a wireleas that the intrepid bird-man had fallen into the sea and a groan went up from the crowd. Finally came the news that McCurdy had been forced to light on the water necanso of the shortage of oF. and that neither he nor his machine 1m l been inlured and the ch^o'-' >g was renewed, "n'ncdcd wi'h cxvesrions of regret hat the attempt hoi failed wh?n >tT?uv1t was .within sight of his Ton' The Navy Department took rn ac ti\ ' *^vest in the .>ronos<"?.l flight, and ovcy facility at its command was given to l:?lp. Tpg boats and torpedo boat destroyers \v,"t o. 'ered to act as station boats ton miles apart to mark the to srsa of the flight. Early this morning they took their stations. First came the cutter. Forward ten miles from shore ^nd 'hen at intervals of ten miles each the tug Massasolt. and the torpedo boat destroyers Terry, Crayton, Roe and Paulding. THE SLIP OF A PIN RAISES THE DIIOWNING OF ELEVEN MEN IN CASSON. IUi(ll)' Adjusted Mental liar Let lxOOOI'ound Bucket Fall and Break Air Valves. To the carelessness of one of the \ictims was ascribed the flooding of the caisson that resulted In the oi awning of eleven negro laborers in the Passaic River at Newark, N. J., just befoie midnight Tuesday. The imperfect adjustment of a pin holding in place a 1,000-pound iron bucket filled with mud was tiie direct cause of the accident. Fifteen men v ere excavating for the foundation c?I one of the piers for the new douMe-decker bridge of the McAdoo high-speed electric line between the Hudson Terminal and Newark. The misplaced pin slipped from 'ts fitting and he heavily loaded bucket fell on the air valve. The valve cons'sted of a set of double doors. These operated automatically, one being closed when the other was open. The bucket crashed through both and the cc ni pressed air was released from the chamber in which the fifteen men v. ere at work. With the air released water poured into the chamber from the bed of the river. The chamber had an escape 'itdder provided for such emergencies, but too many men were caught in the trap. Four scrambled up, but ? ?! t if.nn <t I'/Mfiin/) \ i 1 i t v iii lilt* I tf>l ? V I u U i V n IIV u. 41 |/*II v; WW swim was useless, as the water swiftly till ><1 the chamber to its top. Prosecutor Wilbur A. Molt, after hearing yesterday the stateuieuts of work iron, Including those who es c*5j)(?(l from the caisson, said the case cms one of pure accident and did not cill for an inquest. The work on tin river bed had just begun and the victims formed the first night shift employed. -*??*. CAW 10 I JACK TO LIP 10. \n Aged Woman Kegains Consciousness in Collin. Stretching out her hands toward those who had assembled about her coflin, Mrs. Jane Pitcock, an octogenarian, caused a panic at her funcial at Gamaliel, Monroe county, ky., Wednesday afternoon. The fun(ral sermon had been preached and the lid of the coflin was removed to permit friends and relatives to take a last look at what they believed a corpse. It was then that Mrs. Pltcock regained consciousness. She remained alive for several hours, her death following Wednesday night. Several physicians examined the body and pronounced Mrs. Pitcock dead before the body was again placed in the coffin. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT. Three Persons Killed by a Sign That Fell Down. At Philadelphia on Monday death swooped down upon a crowd of shoppers in busy Market street, when a big sheet metal sign blown from a roof fell among them and killed two men and a girl. A half dozen other persons were Injured, several so seriously that they were taken to * hospital. The si?n was about twenty feet wide and ten feet high and stood on ihe roof of a four-story building in the heart of the retail shopping district. A panic ensued and some on* turned in an alarm of tire, which brought out the firemen, thus adding to the excitement. m Caught on .Moving Ice. Two men and three women, who and been fishing on by. ->t. Mary'.' river near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., hadpa narrow escape from drawning when t "0 mile ga,rt nroke up the ice en the river. They leaped from cake to cake until they reached shore nearly exhausted. * Would Do ft Cheaper. Owen J. Jones, a farmer living near lObensburg, Pa., has thrown a bomb among the candidates for county commissioner in Cambria county. He states be will take the job for $2,000 a year though the law specific t lw> snlnrv vih:ill h<> it .000. Jones says $2,000 is all the job is worth. * Pup Saves Two Lives, Ilex, an overgrown St. Hernard puppy owned by David Wilson, a farmer of Hogata, N. J., saved the lives of Wilson's two children when they fell into nil icy pond. After placing them on the ground the dog ran to i the farmhouse and fetched the father. * Hetiirned Money. Thomas W. Stephen, of Tronic . V. is satisfied that confidence in "e^nih^H strangers is not a'wave tv<s] ',,rcd. \fevv days ago she reI eeive 1 an order for money she eav^ Fran/ Truppe, of Milwaukee, Wis. 1 three years ago. * Hoilies are Found. At Newark, N. J., rescuers succeeded in recovering the bodies ol ten negroes who lost their lives ii .the caisson accident in Passaic riv cr. THE REBELS WIN Regular Mexican Troops Whipped in a Battle by Insnrrectors AFTER A SEVERE FIGHT Miixi<aii Itogulars in Vicinity of Ojinagu Outgeneraled and Badly Defeated ? Insurrectos Assert That There is No Hurry for Taking Towns Held by the Kegtilurs. A rllcmitnli f i*rim T'rnspfl in Tpxa.fl. says outgeneral led and defeated with more than 100 soldiers killed !n battle, the forces of Gen. Luque aie divided and cooped up in the towns of Ojinaga and Cuchillio Parrado. (Jen. Luque with less than 100 men occupies Ojinaga, and Col. Dorantes, with about J00 cavalry is at (Juchi1 lio Parrado. The rebels occupy every road leading into both towns, and will not permit provisions or 'orage to be carried in. From several points come reports that the scattered bands of insurrectos are gathering for a simultaneous assault on both Federal strongholds. Last night the camp tires of the insurreclos were visible from Presidio. The rebels could be seen oat rolling the roads within five miles ol O.jina-'a across in, river from this The Associated Press correspondplace. out interviewed Jose de La Cruz Sanchez last night. "We could take Ojinaga at any time," In4 said. "We have delayed the attacu for several reasons. The wives and families of many of our men are shut up in the town. They would probably be killed by the soldiers if we made an attack. We have been able to use our forces to better advantage in the field, mil have 110 desire to tie up a permanent garrison in the city. The time is near, however, when Ojinaga will he ours." Two days ago the Associated Press correspondent and a Mexican guide encountered a party of seven gendarmes 011 the American side of the river. The Mexicans were concealed until the two horsemen approached when they arose from their hiding place, rides in hand. The leader politely greeted the correspondent and said: "I thought you were another man." It is reported that the Federal officials at Ojinaga have offered a reward for the capture or assassination of the insurrectos leaders. WANTS Til MM OUSTED. Hlease After Those Fellows Who Hold Two Places. Charging that the supreme court itself is careless of obedience to the constitution. and declaring that many members of the legislature violate the constitution by holding their seats and at the same time serving as trustees of State institutions, Governor Blease sent to the general assembly Saturday afternoon a special message, suggesting appointment of a joint committee to ascertain what persons, in the legislature or holding other official positions, are also trustees of State institutions. A rigid enforcement of the law as suggested by Gov. Blease would cause the retirement, of Gov. Tillman from the Clemson Board of Trustees as well as others. Sued for Divorce. A dispatch from Paducha, Ky., says Paul Gilmore, the actor, while filling an engagement in that city was served with summons in the divorce suit of his wife, Mrs. Elmer Gilmore, who lives in San Francisco, Oal., whore the suit is to be tried. Gilmore has been in Orangeburg several times and is well-known to some ot our citizens. ? ? San Francisco Wins. The House of Representatives at Washington Tuesday by a vote 01 188 to 150 decided in favor of San Francisco and against New Orleans ?s the eitv tn which an exposition to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal in 1015 shall be held. All the South Carolina Congressmen except Fin ley voted for New Orleans. Twelve Dead. At Newark, N. J., police headquarters was notified that several men, probably twelve, had lost their lives in the Paesaic River, between that city and Harrison, in an accident of some sort on the Centre Street Bridge, a Pennsylvania Railroad structure. lie Was Fixed Fp. While seated in a barber's clia'.r in Vassar, 'Mich., Mike Rrophy. a farmer. commented taat he .v uded to i be fixed up to .Mo. That i ver.lntf while at the sunper tab'.* 1h; was > stricken with heart failure and . died. * Jumps to Death. At New York Mrs. Mary Col la - jumped to her death and two othf ers probably fatally burned in a i spectacular fire which destroyed a - four story tenement at Thirty-Seventh street and Sixth avanuo.