The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 13, 1911, Image 3
WORK OUT WELL
fwhiiw Gmmatlu C#*
bh Wwfcihliy.
MUCH HOMEY IS SAVED
In Thirteen Months/* Says Cnpt. W.
#-i <, ?
E. Gonzales, "Floating Debt of
$75,000 Wiped Out?No Debts and
no Overdrawn Appropriations. Money
Saved From Income.
The commission form of government
has proved a splendid success
in Columbia.
' Where <cficlts were shown under
the old council rule a surplus is now
found and the capital city of South
Carolina will this year Bpend more
han $100,000 on permanent improvements?a
condition heretofore unknown.
Next year the city will appropriate
$150,000 for such purposes.
There are five men in Columbia
who make it their regular business to
look after affairs of the city. There
are four councilmen and the mayor.
The councilmen receive $2,000 a year,
id the mayor $2,500.
Here Is the way the city's business
^ Is apportioned:
' W. H. Gibbes?Officers, accounts
and accounting. Police and recorder's
court. Taxation and civil service.
it J. Blalock?Licences. Sanitation
and health Insurance and buildIing
permits.
R. C. Keenan?Fire department.
Street department. Market and lighting.
R W. Shand?Law and finance.
Schools. Parks and trees. ^
W. F. Stieglitz?Water works and
sewerage. Public buildings, charities
and city jail.
Up in Trenton, N. J., the citizens
are making a fight for clean government.
The Trenton Evening Times
asked Capt. W. E. Ganzales, editor of
The State, for a sratenient as to the
j results obtained in Columbia and he
r I, a a tliA fiiilftuilrtiv f r\ t?-v Mrhlph I u
I? ? O I UV AV'liV n 1115 V\/ |L" V? J ft AJJ V4ft * M v V
<! ^ the point:
| Thirteen months ago a mayor and
four councllmen took over the management
of the municipal affairs from
a mayor and 15 alderman.. Formerly,
the mayor got a salary of $1,500, the
alderm nothing. Now the mayor gets
$2,500, and each of- the councllmen
| $2,000.
i We have the Des Moines plan with
I ^ several improvements. There is civilservice
for police, fire and health departments;
initiative, recall and referendum.
None of these privileges
I has been invoked.
Ward lines are obliterated, councilmen
being elected, ae the mayor, atlarge.
The ward boss is dethroned.
In the old system there was little
|| ^ r no grafting, lack of definite responsibility;
the unbusiness-like system
resulted in waste; a thousand little
leaks. There were jealousies and
.bickerings among aldermen.
All that is changed. For four
years before its adoption an earnest
advocate of commission government,
the results exceed my expectations.
There is more in the system than in
\ ~ the Individuals.
Thirteen months ago the new system
found a floating debt of about
$75,000?they always had floating
debts, the Mdermen. Twenty-five
thousand a year was all that could be <
given by aldermen (ox street care and :
improvement. In ten months, for the 1
\ first time in many years, the city got
on a cash basis. No debts. No appro
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( IirtitllUUH UVCIUIttVYII. U?OI J UVUUV1.1- '
I man publicly known to be responsible i
for the counduct of a certain depart- <
meht. The water works, instead of i
showing a deficit of $18,000 to be i
paid out of general tares, is paying i
expenses and beginning to show a i
cash balance. I
Besides $25,000 for street cleaning i
yand repairs, $100,000 was appropriat- '
ed for expenditure this year for per- ]
mature improvements, the citizen ]
ai'.ng another $100,001 ?o )t?ali i
out of current receipts. Next year
the city will appropriate $150,000 for
l such improvements.
Council meets often; the citizens .
? can have hearings at any time and
they are in direct touch with the
business managers of this affair.
Ordered business supersedes a
muddle. From the verga of bank* 1
1 ruptcy we step to a 20 per cent, dlvi- 1
dend proposition.
There are more policemen, with 1
three, instead of two, reliefs. The f
fire department is more efficient. t
power cars have supplanted horses in <
several Instances. *
I A wonderful change, and a splen- <
did success.
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Peculiar Accident.
Policeman Horris, of the Yorkvillo
\ force, was seriously wounded in a blcycle-motorcycle
collision Wednesday
( ' afternoon, and fears are entertained
for his life. It seems that Harris
was riding a bicycle attached by a
rope to a motorcycle ridden by a Mr.
Fink, of that place. Just outside of
Yorkville a tire of the motorcycle
burst and threw Harris who was in t
the rear on the bicycle, broking his 1
collar-bone and causing the discharge a
of his pistol, the ball entering neat i
the upper edge of the *hlp, and In* 1
llictlng a serious and perhaps fatal, 1
wound. J
COWARDLY ATTACK
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GANG HOLDS VP AND BOLDL1
BEATS SENATOR BILBO.
Physician States Injured Mab i ftvdl
Fractured* But Wound Not Necessarily
Fatal.
State Senator Theodore Bilbo, candidate
for Lieutenant governor of
'Mississippi, was BiucKea ana severely
beaten at Starkville, Miss., Thursday
by J. J. Henry, claim agent of
the Mobile, Chicago & New Orleans
railroad, and former penitentiary
warden, the encounter coming as a diect
sequel to a campaign speech delivered
by Senator 'Bilbo at Blue
Mountain, Miss., recently in which
Bilbo Is credited with having vigorously
assailed Mr. Henry, impeaching
his character.
The affray occurred aboard a railroad
train in which Mr. Bilbo was
proceeding from Columbus to Sturgis,
Miss., where he was to have
spoken Thursday afternoon. Roes A.
Collins, candidate for attorney genei*
al, who was accompanying State Senator
Bilbo to Sturgis at the time of
his encounter with J. J. Henry, has
given out the following statement:
"When the train reached Starkville
I was seated directly in front of Senator
Bilbo, in the smoking compartment,
talking with Mr. Carruthers, of
West Point. Carruthers left the train
at Stakvllle and I was looking out of
the window at about half a dozen
people on the station platform when I
heard a loud, dull lick. I heard a
man groan and saw Senator Bilbo fall
at the blow from a pistol. Immediately
a man covered the cr0wd in the
smoking car with a pistol, and I understand
that another person stood
guard with him. Everbody was made
to vacate the car, and the two men i
revented any one entering while J. J.
Henry administered repeated blows
upon Senator Bilbo's head and body
with the butt of a pistol. Some peo- j
pie on the outside of the car thinking ]
Bilbo dead, begged Mr. Henry to stop t
which he did after having inflicted <
probably 20 or 25 blows." I
Henry was a witness before the ]
legislative investigation subsequent <
to the charges of Senator Bilbo that i
he had been paid a sum of money to <
forsawe ex-Governor James K. Var- <
daman In the senatorial caucus of |
last year, which elected United States s
Senator L?eroy Percy as the successor j
to the late Senator McLaurin. i
Following the legislative inquiry a (
court trial was had of a Percy sup- j
porter inv the senatorial campaign, j
and he was acquitted of the charges
of bribery prefered by Bilbo. Dur- i
Ing the present political campaign (
charges and countercharges between j
several of the candidates have fol- }
lowed fast and partisan feeling has c
reached a high tension. ,
Reports as to the extent of Bilbo's j
injuries are conflicting. At first it r
was said that his wounds were not t
serious, but late this afternoon a des- t
patch from Ackerman, in the immedi- v
ate vicinity of Sturgls, quotes Dr. r
M'urphy, who was called to attend f
Bilbo, as saying that his skull is ^
fractured, but he is not necessarily c
fatally hurt. ? c
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arir ra OITT OP PT.ITMR
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Short Weights Were Always In Favor
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of the Seller.
. Mayor Rhett of Charleston has re- *
ceived from the bureau of statistics
at Washington a report on the scales n
and weights in Charleston. The re- 0
port shows a general shortage of 8
weights and measures in use In
Charleston. The report criticizes the
retention in office of John Duncan, P
clerk of weights and measures, who *
It states Is 70 year? old and who it 8
says, has not inspected the weights v
and measures, the merchants report r
n 10 years. The ordinance providing c
for correct weights and measures are c
aot being enforced, the report states, b
The butter scales are especially alluded
to as being short and the re- y
port concludes with the usual recommendation
for accurate weights. <
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FIVE KILLED, TWO INJURED. *
P
Electric Train .Strikes Wagon Bearing
Picnic Party. ^
Five persons were killed and two d
njured, in a grade crossing accident c
lear Ozone Park, in the suburbs of
^ew York. The victims were in a n
lorse drawn vehicle, which was d
itruck by a Long Island Railroad sJ
:rain. The crossing where the acci- n
lent occurred is at the bottom of a
iltght declivity and a clear view in n
either direction is prevented. In the p
vagon was a party of five residents
>f the East Side, who were out pick- ^
licking, and a driver. Of the four r(
Rromen and two men in the vehicle, w
>nly one?a woman?is alive and she ft(
inobably will die. The other injured ^
>erson is Richard C. Reed, conductor w
>f the electric train which struck the y
rehicle.
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looses $1,000 Per Week. J]
Speaker Champ Clark ia losing a t<
housand dollars a week, It is said, g,
>ecauae Congress is remaining in ses- 8i
tion at a time when he had expected t<
t to have adjourned. The Speaker p:
lad a contract with a Chicago lecture oi
mreau to take the platform on July u
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FELDER SPEAKS
|He Says Criaiaals Kak Saatk Canfaa,
Rtfcriay I* Mease.
REAPS A FEW LETTERS
The Atlanta Attorney Gives Some Interesting
Dope at Dublin, Ga.t on
Last Tuesday.-?In the Letter He
Read Citizens of this State Koast
ed Governor Blease
A dispatch from Dublin, Ga., nays
the barbecue and good roads pally
held there on the Fourth, was a big
success. A large crowd was present,
and all throughly enjoyed the address
of Hon. Thomas 13. Felder, of Atlanta,
a former Dublinite.
Mr. Felder was greeted enthusiastically
by the large crowd. Quite a
number fram a distance came in automobiles
to be present at the barbecue,
Macon sending a good delegation
The barbecue was held under
the auspices of the Dublin chamber
of commerce, and was the first public
function by that body.
"I am unable to restrain ;a natural
impulse to refer to an episode in my
life of recent occurence, which has
brought me into unpleasant notoriety.
If in doing so I trench upon the proprieties
of the occasion, I plead in excuse
and extenuation the fact that I
crave above all things the continued
confledence and friendship of the people
of Laurens county. It is not my
purpose to tax audiences with the full
details of this episode, but I merely
desire to briefly advert to it that
you may understand that I shall in
the end receive" from you the welcome
plaudit, 'Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.'
"About four years ago I was employed
by the state of South Carolina
to assist her splendid attorney
general in the Herculean task of
cleaning out her Augean stables of
their filth and corruption, I feel that
[ can in modesty say that the task
was not only honorably and creditably
performed, but the services met
with the approval of the best people
>f that state, resulting in the restitu;ion
to the treasury of that graftsoaked
and graft ridden people approximately,
half million dollars, and
n the indictment by the grand juries
pf the several counties thereof of
nore than a score of thieves and
plunderers
"In the last gubernatorial election
he criminal element of that state suc;eeded
in electing one of their numper
to the governorship. I am in
>ossession of evidence, written and
>ral, which in my judgment, would
lot only justify, but demand his impeachment.
If I could read in this
presence the hundreds of letters from
he good but graft-ridden people of
hat once glorious commonwealth in
vhich their greatest acknowledgenents
are tendpred and their nraver
ul God-speeds are wished me in the
jreat work at hand in ridding them
>f this moral and political leper, his
onfederates and allies, I am sure I
vould receive from this audience
houts of approval as would make the
velkin ring I will detain you long
mough to read you extracts from but
l few of these letters:"
Colonel Felder then read the folowing
extracts from letters:
"The offense which you have comriitted,
which is grevious to the sight
>f our present governor, is the great
uccess you have attained in exposng
him and his friends in crime." (
" 'Have you read with interest the
>rocee?dings in the controversy beween
yourself and our vagabond
over nor* * * *1 want to say
dth Hub Evans, Blease and Fred
)ominick right in Newberry, and in
ontrol of things there they could
onvict most anybody they wanted to
y picking a jury and the plunder
und of South Carolina, knowing that ,
on are the man will go to any extent i
ti perjury and forgery to convict
3U, and Blease is making every effort
o discredit you in this state and thus
ttempt to weaken the evidence you ,
iroduce against him by declaring '
nnn the lernorant rabble that he had
ou prosecuted for attempted bribery
* Governor Blease's requisllon
is heartily approved by every <
ecent law-abiding citizen of South 1
arolina." t
"Permit me to say that while I do {
ot approve of all you have said and 1
one in this matter, yet it is impos- (
ble to escape the conviction that you
ow hold in your hands very largely 1
tie State of South Carolina for the (
ext few years at least. It is to be 5
resumed that you fully appreciate (
tie gravity of the responsibility, -1
hich by reason of circumstances 1
Bsts upon you at this time. There '
lay not be with you the motive to
ct that would move a citizen of this
tate, but many are hoping that you
ill justify the confidence placed in <
ou by our people. i
"In conclusion permit me to say 1
iat If the reprobate who occupies i
le governor's chair can be Induced '
> accept your challenge (which the '
ood people of South Carolina feel i
are you will never be able to do), i
> sue you for libel, it will give me leasure
to furnish you a list of 500 (
f the most prominent citizens resld- )
ig in every portion of South Caro- *
na who will cheerfully swear that I
THIS STATE LEADS
VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
PUBLISHED.
Value of Crops In South Carolina Per
Square Mile Reached Second of all
the States.
Some interesting statistics on the
agricultural situation in South Carolina
have been prepared by Commisioner
Watson from the recent federal
census. As has been announced this
State Jumped from 21 to 13 points in
rank in agriculture.
Tho value of the aerirultural nro
ducts of the State increased by 28.4
per cent, in one year. The value of
the crops in 1910 was $140,000,000,
which was an increase over 1909 of
$31,000,000; an increase over 1906
of $62,288,000 and an increase of
$88,685,000 over 1910, all of which
shows that the value of the crops has
increased over 100 per cent, during
te past decade.
With reference to the value of the
crops per square mile South Carolina
ranked second of all the states with
34,518. Other States In comparison:
Illinois, $5,122; Georgia, $3,743;
Texas, $1,369
All other Southern states show the
value of crops per square mile to
be less than $3,000.
The cotton crop of the South accodlng
oceo802EN.Plah-AOIVx7.fiff. .
cording to the statistics gleaned for
1910 went on the market for $963,180,000.
The crop of 1909 was
worth $812,000,000 and for 1908,
$ 81,23 0,000. It will be seen that
the cotton crop of 1910 was worth
$1,1,000,000 more than 1 908. There
are in the South 440,000,000 acres
of land available for cotton and only
one out of 12 acres is planted Of
the cotton crop 1 9 per cent was consumed
In the United States; 49 per
cent was exported and 3 5 per cent remained
in this country up to February,
1911.
Concening the value per bale of
ii n J.11 l
COllon Lilt? luiiuwiug cuiuyariDuii
is given: Value per bale, 1910, $87,15;
value per bale, 1904, $50.37;
value per bale, 1898, $30.22. (
It Is pointed out that the sum of
$604 was received for 20 bales of
cotton in 1898 while the farmer re- ,
ceived $1 ,743 for the same number in (
1910.
In South Carolina there were In '
1910 175,180 farms or an Increase ;
of 13 per cent over the proceeding
decade. The value of the lands and (
buildings increased by 16.2 per cent; .
implements and machinery 112 per j
cent; lands 169 per cent; increase in
labor bill 76 per cent ,
These statistics show that there were
20,825 farms added. There <
are 64,227 owners, or an increase of J
$4,810, and of these farms 14,987 are ,
mortgaged. The tenants number 11,097.
The Increase in the number of
tenants during the decade was 16,113,
and the same In proceeding decade,
26,000. ?
btjrase appointees enjoined. *
Judge Gage Issues Order in Beaufort i
County Case.
Through a temporary injunction is- 1
sued Monday at Walterboro by his I
Honor, Judge George W. Gage, tbe
township commissioners appointed oy
Governor Blease for Sheldon, Bluff- 8
on and Yemassee townships, in Beau- J
fort county, are restrained from ex- ^
ercising the authority of their office
until a hearing is had and either a 8
permanent injunction granted or the
order of Tuesday dissolved. The re- c
Straining order was issued in responso 8
to a petition presented through the *
attorney , J. S. Griffin, of Walterboro, 1
by the men whom the Beaufort dele- 11
gation in the General Assembly recommended.
The hearing on this
matter will likely be held September ?
4, the order requiring the commis- n
sioners to appear and show cause f
why they should not be permantely t
enjoined at the September session of
Court for Beaufort.
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A DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT b
?*? ' t:
Br. Luther Hutchinson Meets Death
From Scalding Steam.
S
Luther E. Hutchinson, an employe n
if the D'argan Lumber company's b
planing mill at Effingham wa3 fatally
scalded by the bursting of a throttle ^
early Friday morning, dying that d
light. The funeral, which was in b
large of the Woodmen of te World,
was held Saturday in the Presbyter- ^
Ian church Rev. M. B. McLaughlin 0
jonducting the services. Mr. Hutch- tl
ncAti la aurvlvaH hv hid uilfo and twft
[ I1UV/JI1 1U fc? !.? A V A V V> V* M J IIIU TT t?.V ?* \A \ A V ?? W
children, Mrs. J. P. Moore and Her- j,
bert ?N. Hutchinson. He is also sur- i
rived by his father and three broth- 8(
jrs. n
o
Flesh Torn From Finder. b
While Mr. Guy Pitts was talking $
jver the telephone at his ice plant T
it Clinton Tuesday lightning struck tl
the wire and gave him a very se- el
rere shock. The flesh on one finger T
(vas torn and his arm badly burnt. s<
rho shock knocked him to the floor n
ind rendered him unconsicous for a
few minutes.
t<
they know the general character of e
Blease, that his character is had and t<
from & knowledge of hie character tl
they would not believe him on oath." n
BOOM FOR JOHN
Newt aid Caaricr Vaals Sweaiiagn far
Careraar tt ike Stale.
WIDE PRESS COMMENT
The Charleston Paper Says Swearingen
May be the Strongest Man
When the Campaign Open? up Next
Year Because of His Stand in Book
Matter.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle says the action of
the State Board of Education in placing
an unnecessary tax of $400,000
on the people, while working under
the chairmanship of the governor, has
aroused general indignation throughout
the State and the latest development
is the proposal, editorially, by
the News and Courier, of Charleston,
that John E. Swearingen, of Edgefield
county and State Superintendent
of education offer for the governorship
because of his courageous stand
against the action of the state board
of education in taxing the farmers of
the State unecesarrily.
Under the caption "Swearingen for
Governor" the News and Courier has
the following to say:
" 'Swearingen,, observes the Yorkville
Enquirer, 'could get a good vote
for governor if he would run, and if
elected he would make a good governor,
too.'
"Right on both counts. The Enquirer
knows less about meteorology,
li*s name, but it is * s a rule vem.irkably
keen in sizing up a political situation.
"It is at least not unlikely that conditions
may be such when the next '
gubernatorial campaign opens thai
the present state superintendent of
education may be the strongest man
around whom the decent people of
the state could rally. It would be
possible to make a very strong argument
in favor of his availability as a
candidate in certain cirsumstances. 1
"The thought so tersely expressed 1
by the Enquirer has occurred, pre])- j
ably to many others. It is the habit
of the American electorate as soon as
a man shows ability in one public position
to consider transferring him to
another.
"We wish to suggest, therefore, *
that in the office which he now occupies,
Mr. Swearingen has an oppor- !
tunity for useful service to his State
is large as any which should come to *
[aim were he State's chief executive.
We are glad to believe that Mr. 1
Swearingen realizes this. He has a c
man'8-size task before him right
where he is, and if he doesn't accomplish
it we shall be surprised as well
?s disappointed. "
"He has courage, ability and conjcience.
He is not a demogogue and c
le does not play to the galleries. The
>eople of South Carolina already have (
eason to be grateful that he fills his r
iresent position. Signs are mislead
ng if this obligation is not to be enarged.
c
"Mr. Swearingen at present is not r
unning for office. He has more im- *
)ortant matters to thin about."
The people of South Carolina, and
especially, those in the rural districts,
ire aroused over the action of the J
)oard and there may be further developments.
The Darlington News and Press
lays: 0
"While it is not known why the y
:hange was made, it is known by all a
ichool men who are familiar with ru- X]
al conditions, now that it was use- f
ess?a reckless waste of the people's v
noney." p
The Allendale Herald says that ^
'the parents will realize next fall p
hen they are required to purchase a
lew boom that the charge is well j<
ounded." This is with reference to
he statement of J. E. Swearingen. p
The Edgefield Advertiser says that r
the sweeping change can accomplish p
> enotu thing, as wetaoinestaoino r
ut one thing, as we see it, and that is
o take money out of the pockets of p
he parents and put it into the treas- n
ry of the book publishers.
The Florence Times says that Mr.
nroorlniroii la viirllt nn d "flio irnvor.
M V Wl Ill^VIl ?n * ( O 1 ' V ** VII V pv ? VI
or seems to be assuming responsiility
for the mater."
Tho Union Times says that the
fhole thing looks "fishy" and conemns
the board for the "star chamer
act." P
The Greenwood Tndex says that o
here ought to he some way to find f<
ut who voted so much money out of n
he pockets of the people. r<
The state board of education meet- d
ng eliminated about 80 per cent of n
he text books now used by the ?
chools. The new books adopted are fi
luch higher in price than the old y
nes, ana it is esumaiea mat tne *
oard placed an unnecessary tax of N
400,000 on the people of the State, d
'he legislature may take a hand, but y
hat will avail little as the real truth tl
tout the matter will never be known, o
'here was certainly a trick turned d
omewhere, but who turned it will
ever ,be known.
The man who makes it his business o
o please everyone he meets is doom- \
d to failure. Not only does he at- n
ampt the impossible, but in making a
he attempt he loses much of true ft
lanhood and of conviction. hi
HUNDREDS SUCCUMB
THE HOT WAVE PLAYED HAVOC
WITH THE PEOPLE.
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It Caused Over Five Hundred Death* -% '
in Four Days In the North and
West.
The loss of more than 500 lives is
to be credited to the general heat
wave of Jul* 1 to 5, 1911. The torrid
period will be memorable in weather
annals for its wide extent, its loiifc
duration, its record-breaking temperatures
in many places and the long
list of fatalities which it has caused
The news dispatches which cities
from the North Atlantic seaboard
west to the Plains States have exchanged
during those four days, account,
according to a review Wednesday
night for the death of 431 persons.
Incomplete as the record is from
the failure at many points to report
specifically the number of deaths, it
fa na aorfoiia na shown na rnmpr
bered for many years if not a record.
The number of prostrations Is still
more difficult to compute, but it appears
that thousands have been seriously
overcome by the heat in the
great cities.
Scores of Deaths Reported.
At New York, although the forecaster's
prediction of "not quite so
warm" was literally true Wednesday,
the maximum temperature was only
1 degree of Tuesday's extreme heat.
The exhausting effects of the hot
wave were manifested In a record
tally of heat prostrations. The day's
list of deaths from heat in the metropolitan
district was thirty-six up to
midnight
A Boston dispatch says another day
f excessive heat wilted New Englandera
Wednesday. More than forty
deaths were reported in New England
Wednesday, although the temperature
was slightly lower than Tuesday,
half a dozen degrees .being reported,
There were fifteen deaths due directly
to the heat within the limits of
Boston during the day.
Heat killed thirty-two persons, including
twelve babies, and prostrated
dozens in Chicago Wednesday, the
Rf+Vfc rlo ir r\ 1 a nrnoon i Vinof W O VD
Ill ill uaj ujl i/iici j;i vouiit uv<uv ** ? ?v??
The temperature was recorded at
101.5 in the weather bureau at 2 30
Wednesday afternoon, equalling the
high point registered Tuesday, while
it the street level, and the mercury
2limbed to 108 degrees.
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio,
jays a light breeze Wednesday mornng
caused the mercury to drop several
degrees, after it had reached
)6 degrees in the weather .bureau
ind 102 at the street level. The
leaths of eleven babies were attribted
to the heat.
At Baltimore three deaths from the
leat and twenty-eight prostrations
/ere recorded Wednesday The maxmum
official temperature was 97
legrees at 4 P. M.
At Philadelphia, Pa., twenty-nine
leaths from heat were reported Wedlesday
making a total of forty-one
(ince the heat wave begun.
At Albany, N. Y , the official merury
climbed to 98 at 3 o'clock Wedlesday
and four deaths were reportd.
BLACK HAND FAILS.
Cegro is Caught and Stolen Jewelry
Recovered by Owner.
H. T. Bledsoe, a prominent citizen
>f Greensboro, Ala., received a "black
land" note Tuesday demanding $250
nd that night recovered jewelry va\led
at $500 that had been stolen
rom his wife last winter. The noto
/as signed with the name of a well
mown white man and threatened
leatli to Mr. Bledsoe if he refused
o hide the $250 in a certain placo
nd return later to get his wife's
ewelry.
Going to the place that night ho
?fl a bobus package and on retiring
an upon a negro, who had brought
im the original note. Seizing the
egro, he searched him and found
tie package of lost jewelry. It is
elieved the negro used tho white
lan's name to the note.
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PIED FROM A MOLE.
lade Its Appearance 011 the Arm Almost
One Year Ago.
Augustus W. Mott, of New York,
resident of the Mott Iron Works,
f which his grandfather was th?
mnder and well known as a yachtslan,
is dead at his home as the
essult of the development of an ois
inary pigmented mole into maligant
growth. The mole which was
n Mr. iMKitt's right arm showed th?
rst signs of irritation less than a
ear ago. It developed rapidly into
'hat is known as a molane sarcoma,
ledical science has no cure for this
isease. Mr Mott was not ye* 50
ears old. Until th? development of
tie malignant growth lu?fe*d Always
njoyed good health. 'Th 10 form of
latviat; IH inic.
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Gave Iiifo for Dog.
In the vain effort to save the life
f his dog C. L Grant, of Danville,
a., was struck by a Southern Railway
train Wednesday night and died
n hour later at a hospital. Grant
ad cleared the tracks hut hsd gone
ack for the dog.