The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 12, 1911, Image 5
VERY SAD TALE
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Wmhi Tells B?w She Mel ud MiniK
<i Her Bad Cbiiese Haibatd.
SHE WAS BIS TEACHER
U'aH Once a Missionary, and Worked
Among the Chinese Before Her
Marriage to Charlie Bong, Who
Now Deals in Opium and Made
Her Dead Immoral Life.
rinvArnmpnt officials recently raid
ed four shops in the Chinese quar-I
^ ' ters of Newark, N. J., and seiz-!
ed six thousand dollars worth of
crude opium. The raid followed the
Federal agents' arrest of a Chinaman
on a ferryboat going from Jersey
City to New York Friday night;
he had $1,500 worth of opium in a
suit-case.
Four Chinamen, one Cliarlie Song,
and an American woman, Mrs. Charlie
Song, were taken, hut Mrs. Charlie
Song was permitted to go free.
It is hinted that the first arrest and
0 the raid were made possible by information
she gave.
Mrs. Song declared she is weary
of "the life of white slavery" she
has been leading to which Charlie
4r Song forced her to descend after she
had been a Methodist missionary
among the Chinese of Newark. She
charged, too, that Song has been trying
to poison her recently; that he
forced her to eat butter which, judging
from its effects, she thinks was
poisoned.
In a shop, No. 15 Lafeyatt.e street,
and in three others in what is known
as the Chinese Arcade, in an alley
oft Mulberry street, they arrested Hat
Ling, a merchant, aged twenty-five,
who claimed a residence in New
York; Charlie bum, forty-six; Charlie
Song, fifty-seven, and Ming On,
twenty-nine. Charlie Song and his
white wife were at No. 2 Arcade.
In all four shops opium was found
in cans that had paid duty when originally
imported full of opium, and
4 had .been properly stamped by the
V Government. More than two hundred
and fifty such cans that had been
used and empty were found in the
cellar of one of the shops raided.
The Federal law forbids refilling
the cans under a heavy penalty.
United States Commissioner Jones
held Ling, who is said to be the ringleader
of a gang of opium smugglers,
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in $2,500 bail, the others in $z,uuu
lk. bail each. The woman way not taken
to court.
Mrs. Charlie Song said her maiden
name was Mabel A. Weis, that she is
the daughter ol" a prosperous farmer
of Washington, Wiarren County, N.
J She married a man named Wayton,
who died four months later.
Then she went to Newark and joinv
ed the Centenary Methodist Episco"
pal Church, one of the leading
Methodist churches of the city. She
said she took up misisonary work
among the Chinese pupils of the
church's branch Sunday school
There she met Charlie Song seven
years ago; he was intelligent and
^ seemed particularly anxious to be
taught religion, and, incidentally
^ English. She fell in love with him
and listened more readily to his importunities
to marry him, because,
she said, she hoped to accompany him
to China, and with his aid to find
larger fields for her missionary work.
The Rev. George II. Dowknott, No.
^ 9 0 Madison street, this city, married
her to Song in 1905, Mrs. Song said.
ISong had professed Christianity
and for several months they traveled
together doing missionary work.
Then Sons opened a tea store in Newark;
quickly reverting to paganism,
his wife said, and made a. slavo of
her to be disposed of as he saw fit to
his friends and customers, lie cause
she rebelled he tried to poison her,
she believes. j
4 PICKON FHOM COLUMBIA.
"Homed" for St. Louis, but (iocs
to New York City. j
A St. Tvouis dispatch says the carrier
pigeon which flew in an apartment
at No. 226 West Seventh-eight
street, New York, was released at
Columbia, S. C. The pigeon belongs
to Frank Stoney, a St. Louis commercial
traveller. He brought the;
bird 011 his trip South and released it
when he reached Columbia. Frank
N. Sohus, No. 594 8 Houston place,
aaid the bird was "homed" for St.
Louis and probably became lost owing
to storms or rapid changes in
the air currents. He declared Stoney
frequent took tho pigeon on his trips
and "homed" it to St. Louis. In each
Instanco the bird reach there safely.
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^ Give a Helping Haml.
When you pull down the town in
^ which is your home, you are pulling
down yourself, and when you build
up you are building up yourself and
your neighbor. Try and banish from
your mind the mistaken idea that all
good things are away off in some
ther locality. Give your town all the
praise it can legitimately bear. It
certainly will do "you no harm and
will cost you nothing; and above all
patronize your home institutions?
including the newspapers.
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RAISE ONE BALE LESS
TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THIS
EFFECT EACH FARMER.
It Would Meun Entailed Riches for
a Year and a Little Less Work For
All.
Hhca Hayne, in the Georgia-Carolina
Agriculturist and Weekly Augusta
Chronicle, gives the cotton farmer
something to think about in
an article in the la^t issue of that
excellent publication. Here is what
he says and we would commend its
perusal to every farmer:
If you were to grow just one bale
less of cotton what would the result
be to you individuall? That is a question
of paramount importance to the
cotton grower. If it were answered
right the result would be astounding
to the average farmer. It would
mean entailed riches for a year and
a little less work. Yet the farmers
of the South are now in position to
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less of cotton. The holding of one |
bale to the plow would send the price
of the fleecy staple soaring skyward
and there would be general rejoicing
throughout the country. Even if the
growers had to> hold on to the extra
bale until after next season there
would be no cause for complaint.
They could just plant one bale less
for the next crop and the world would
await open-eyed for the difference.
Of course, it is folly to talk about
holding back a whole crop of cotton.
The farmer who doesn't owe money
and has no cause to sell his cotton
may keep it with propriety, but the
planter who is duty bound to sell
some of his crop in order to meet obligations
should not menace his
standing by failing to sell at the present
prices. The world is ready and
willing to pay the price that the
grower demands provided the grower
is in position to enforce his demand.
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seeking a buyer instead of demanding
a price and the situation is very
much changed indeed.
The question of growing a cotton
crop is now one of the biggest in
the country. The north and South
and east are at last coming to understand
each other and according
to the opinion of a leading Southern
authority the world is now willing to
concede the South's superiority in
this matter and willing 10 help the
cotton belt advance. It now remains
for the planters themselves to
demonstrate their willingness to go
forward in the scale of progress.
The world is daily reaching out to
people who will help themselves and
there is no doubt but that a new regime
will soon be instituted in the
cotton belt.
Every year at this season something
is started to show more clearly
that the farmers of the South espec
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ia11y Hiiuuiu y,i vt; IJIUIC at luiiuwu i
growing the things that are needed
at home. If the average farmer
were to set out and grow just one
bale less of cotton and put the same
amount of work on the home crops
there would be immensely more profit
in the transaction. The soil
would he enriched and The whole
community at interest would take
new courage from such action. There
is little doubt but that the whole
country would soon feel the immeasurable
benefit from this action. The
course of the cotton planter has too
long been directed in one channel
and now is the eminently proper time
for them to make a change.
One of the best movements that
can be started now is to inaugurate
a great grain planting campaign in
the South. With the turn of po1,11
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stitution in Canada by which it is
assured that the grain of (he great
northwest cannot get into this country
free of duty, there will be a rise
in food stuffs, including corn, grain
of all kind, hay and meat. The cotton
farmer under the present system
is a consumer and purchaser of these
products and not producer enough to
supply his own home demand much
less that of his home community.
When these products have to be
purchased, especiallly at the prices
that will prevail hereafter and have
been prevailing for years, there is no
hope for him to make any material
progress without growing enough
crops of the kind he needs at home.
The average cotton farmer can
produce hay and grain just as cheaply
as the richest lands of the middle
west, and maybe cheaper. The only
thing for them to do is to learn this
fact. Learn it and begin to practice
it and the South will make even
greater material advancement than
it has made in many years. When
the farmers commence to grow grain
they will start out to growing livestock.
They, will raise more mules
and horses and do other kinds of
farming that is sure to bring the desired'results.
Land will be enriched
and there will bo universal advancement
noted on. every side.
All these things seem impossible
to the layman's eye until lie goes out
and digs up facts and figures. When
the cold reality of the situation
dawns upon the farmers there will
bo great changes made. The cost
system?figuring out how much more
it costs to purchase a ton of hay, or
a bushel of corn than it does to
grow it, will be conclusive enough.
You figure out the sum total and
watch the result in the figures. Fig
SAYS BIG CROP
Oepartaeit $f Agricallnrc hsats Bearish
Rtptrt Abont CttUa.
CROP IS BIG IN TEXAS
The Government Agricultural Ofll.
. cials Again Guessing at the Size of
the Cotton Crop, Claiming Now
That it Is Nearly Fourteen Mil
lion Hales.
The cotton crop of the growing
season of 1911, which early in the
year, gave indications that it would
be one of the largest in the history
of the industry, will approximate 13,868,337
bales of 500 pounds or about
200,000 bales more than the record
of 1904.
This, says a report from Washington,
was indicated by the final condition
report of the department of
agriculture on Monday at noon
which showed the crop to be 71.1
per cent of normal on September 25.
While there were declines in the
condition in most States there was
an improvement of 2 per cent, in
Texas and 1 per cent, in North Carolina.
With ?in indicated yield of 195
pounds to the acre, as unofficially estimated
from Monday's condition figures,
and the planted area, the 19 11
crop undoubtedly will go doun as the
biggest on record.
The estimated production of cotton,
based on the condition figures
of Monday's report shows the crop
of Texas to be almost 1,000,000
bales more than last year.
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi showed good
increases, while South Carolina showed
a decrease.
The estimated production, reckoned
by the department of agriculture
official method from the crop reporting
board's condition figures with
comparison of last year by States
follows:
1911. 1910.
Virginia. . . . 17,400 14,815
North Carolina 729,600 726,850
South Carolina 1,121,800 1,1 91,929
Georgia. . . .2,078,200 1,820,61 0
Florida. . . . 74,000 60,049
Alabama. . . .1,373,800 1,223,285
Mississippi. . .1,420,800 1,306,668
Louisiana. . . 489,400 255,733
Texas 4,156,300 3,172,488
Arkansas. . .1,019,100 8 4 7,87 4
Tennessee. . . 3 4 8,700 3 4 9,470
Missouri. . . . 70,600 62,159
Oklahoma. . . 960,300 958,955
California. . . 8,200 6,186
The estimate bassed on the reports
of the correspondents and agents of
the bureau gives the condition of the
cotton crop on September 25 was 71.1
per cent, of a normal, as compared
with 73.2 per cent, on August 25,
1911, 65.9 per cent, on September
25, 1 910, 58.5 per cent, on September
25, 1 909, and 66.5 per cent., the
average of the past ten years on September
2 5.
Comparisons of conditionj by the
States follow:
Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Aug.
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1911. 1910. 1909. yr. av. 1911
Va. . .87 78 71 75 96
N. C. .77 72 70 72 76
S. C. .72 70 70 71 74
Ga.. .79 68 71 7 1 81
Fla.. .75 66 67 70 85
Ala.. .72 67 62 67 80
Miss. .62 62 52 6 7 7 0
I,a.. .66 51 2 9 62 69
Tex. .71 62 5 2 6.1 68
Ark. .70 68 54 67 78
Tenn. . 77 72 68 72 88
Mo. . .80 75 72 74 88
Ok la. .60 70 55 68 62
Cal. .1 00 90 .. .. 1 00
U. 13. .71.1 65.9 68.5 66.5 72.2
For the purpose of comparison, the
condition of the cotton crop in the
United States monthly, taken on the
15th of the month, for the past ten
years, is given below:
May June July Aug. Sep.
1 91 1.87.1 82.2 89.1 72.2
1910 .82.0 SO.7 75.5 72.1 65.9
1 909 .81.1 74.6 71.9 62.7 58.5
1 908 .79.7 81.2 82.0 76.1 69.7
1 907 .70.5 72.0 75.0 72.7 67.7
1 9 0 (5 . X 4. (> X X. X X z.?f < t. i i.u
1905 .77.2 77.0 74.9 72.1 71.2
1 904 .83.0 88.0 91.6 84.1 75.8
1903 .74.1 77.1 79.7 81.2 65.1
1 902 .95.1 84.7 81.9 54.0 58.3
1 901 .81.5 81.1 77.2 71.4 6L.4
Average 1901 and
1910 80.9 80.0 79.4 73.5 66.5
lire out how much more it costs to
grow a hale of cotton with feed for
your stock purchased than it does
to grow with food produced at
home and you have the logical answer
to the great question?the economic
question of the Southern planter.
Get ready to plant a big fall crop.
Get ready to grow one bale less of
cotton next season and plan a method
by which you can grow just that
much stuff for homo use next year.
That will mean happiness and success
to the average farmer and after
all you'll find you, reader, are
just one of that kind.
Turkey may as well begin to pack
up and leave Europe. She has been
tolerated there too long now, and the
time of her departure is at hand.
DAMAGE BY ARIHY WORM
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COTTON CATERPILLaER PUTS IN
DEADLY WORK.
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A. F. Conradi, State Entomologist,
Thinks Late Appearance of Worm
Will Save the Cotton Crop.
The State says many cotton fields
in t h o Plfidmkviit section of the
tS'tate have .been stripped of the
leaves and the tender fruit greatly
damaged by the cotton caterpillar,
commonly known as the "army
worm." Owing to the late appearance
of the caterpillar the cotton
ciop will not be seriously damaged
is the opinion of A. F. Conradi, the
State entomologist, who is located
at the experiment station at Clemson
College. The caterpillar has
made its appearance In several counties
and many fields have been attacked.
In response to a telegram from
The State Mr. Conradi made the following
statement as to the caterpillar:
"The cotton caterpillar is rapidly
increasing in this State. This pest
has created havoc in the western and
central sections of the cotton belt.
Reports received indicate that the
caterpillar has appeared in the
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tions of South Carolina. Owing to
its late appearance no serious damage
is expected to the cotton crop.
Cotton opening at present will suffer
little. Late cotton should in
most wises be treated with Paris
green, dusted at rate of two and onehalf
pounds per acre. It can be
mixed ten times its weight with
slacked lime, and dusted from muslin
bags.
"1 can make no prediction as to
the effect on the cotton crop for next
year before the end of the week."
A. G Smith, of the United States
office of farm management sent several
of the caterpillars to Mr. Conradi
for examination. A complete report
as to how to exterminate the
insect will be issued later.
According to reports received in
Columbia the octton caterpillar first
made its appearance a week ago. Mr.
Smith was inspecting several farms
in Greenville county on Monday a
week ago. He found the caterpillars
011 some cotton. Several days later
the field was completely stripped of
the leaves.
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.J'OSGpIl ?Iieior, il wen nuinvn ftitorney
of Walhalla, was among the
visitors in Columbia the other day.
He said that many fields had been
damaged by the caterpillar in Oconee
county. He said ithat the worm
first made its appearance in that
county a week ago and that within
three days all the leaves had disappeared
from several cotton fields in
his neighborhood.
A report from Charlotte Monday
night stated that a strange worm
which made its appearance a few
days ago in Gaston county, N. C.f
was working ha.voc in the late cotton
fields.
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MORE CONVICTS GO FREE
Gov. Rlease Turns I oso Men Killers
and Negro Thieves.
Robert Pierson, convicted in Clarendon
county in 1899 on the charge
of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the penitentiary upon
recommendation to mercy, has been
paroled by the governor during good
behavior.
The three negro "joy riders" of
Charleston, Lewis Davis, Robert
Smith and Henry Field, who were
convicted in February on the charge
of conspiracy, malicious mischief and
reckless driving and sentenced to
serve five years each in the penitentiary,
have been paroled by the governor
on the condition that they refrain
from the use of whiskey.
T. A. Brown, convicted in Chesterfield
county in June of this year
on the charge or involuntary manslaughter
and sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary, has been pardoned.
A pardon has been granted to Harvey
R. Smith, who was convicted in
Oconee county in July on the charge
of manslaughter and sentenced to
two years in tlio penitentiary.
Since assuming office the governor
has extended executive clemency in
239 cases as follows: Paroles 128,
pardons 111,.
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Give lTs All the News.
Have you any news, tell the reporter
and he will serve it in a la mode.
In case you do not happen to meet
him, use the telephone or the mail.
You will be helping to make your
town paper of greater interest and
thereby serve the goneral community
Whatever news may interes t you,
must surely interest many others.
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Might Chrildron Rurneil,
Eight children of Mr. and Mrs.
William Dias of Heshbon, Pa., ranging
in age from 13 years to three
months, were burned to death Sunday
when fire destroyed their homo.
Pver Taft in his travels out West
is having a rocky time of it. The Insurgent
Republicans out there don't
seem to enthuse over him very much
and give him to understand very
plainly that they are still insurging.
| FIRE UPON TOffW
taliais Benbard Tripoli Wbci Turk*
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Refuse tt Surtender.
RESISTED TO THE LAST
Turkish thinners Are 1 Reported to
Have Stood by Pieces After Demolition
of Forts?-Town Deserted by
People and Many House's Destroyed
by the Firing.
Tripoli has been bombarded twice
jv tlte Italian fleet. The first shot
was bred shortly after three o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Shelling was
resumed early Thursday morning after
a quiet night. There was a steady
but slow fire from the war ships
until dusk Wednesday evening, and
shots also came from the forts in
the town.
The French steamer Tafana took a
delegation from Djerba to the scene
of the hostilities. Among the party
was the French consul general, M.
Leon, who made several ineffectual
attempts to land. The Tafana was
stopped about ten miles from Tripoli
by a boat from the cruiser Varese,
which ordered her to return,
but she remained for more than an
hour, even creeping in closer to the
blockaded town.
The white buildings of Tripoli were
plainly seen and the whole field of
operations was unfolded before the
[ watchers. Officers of the Varese
found that the battle had been delayed
because Admiral Aubrey, com
mander ot t.he Italian uoet, nau received
a request from the Tripoli
garrison for another day's grace and
gave the garrison an extra few hours.
The battleship Benedetto Brin and
armored cruisers Giuseppe Garibaldi
and Francesco Ferruccio drew up in
line in the harbor. There were no
small craft in the battle lino and the
Varese stood off to keep back intruders.
There was 110 sign of life in the
city, which appeared deserted, but
the Turkish flag llew from the castle
and forts. The first shots were
directed toward Chrceliatetti fort
and later Kerekerche fort was shelled.
As the first shells burst over
Tripoli the garrison seemed to be
awakened. It returned the fire with
vigor and energy. A heavy cannonade
was kept up on both sides for a
few minutes and then firing became
desultory. So far as could be seen
110 warship was hit. Vice Admiral
Faravelli at four o'clock ordered his
ships to cease firing to permit the
town to surrender, but 110 sign was
given, and after a few minutes the
ships began again.
This time great havoc was wrought
and the fortifications were razed, the
forts suffered severely and the lighthouse
to the northwest was destroyed
by shells from the Garibaldi.
There was no means of knowing
the loss of life in Tripoli, but ample
opportunity was given the defenders
to escape. When the Tafana left
the scene no landing had been attempted
by the Italian fleet, and it
was feared that during the night the
town would be pillaged by nomad
Arabs, who had been hovering in the
vicinity.
Early Thursday the first division
of the Italian fleet., under Admiral
Faravelli, resumed the bombardment.
The Turkish garrison occupied a position
behind the forts and responded
with a fusillade which fell short.
The Italian commander endeavored
to avoid damaging private dwellings,
but some of them were destroyed,
and the governor's palace and the
three forts at the entrance of the
port are in ruins. The consulates
and churches have not been damaged.
The Italian flag floats over Sultania
fort at Tripoli, which is occupied
by landing parties. Part of the
fleet is anchored in the harbor and
the warships lie a short distance
from the dismantled fortifications.
Few bodies of Turks have been found
of the forts, and apparently no great
among the ruins of the forts, and apparently
no great number of Turks
ewre killed by the bombardment.
According to a Constantinople report,
not yet confirmed, the Italian
warships Thursday bombarded Benghazi
and Derna. Various rumors
concerning a naval engagement in
Turkish waters, an attack against
My tine and the blowing up the Italian
battleship Con to di Cavour at
Tripoli have not yet been confirmed
from any quarter.
Captured a Transport.
The Italian cruiser Morco Polo
brought into Toronto, Italy, Wednesday
the Turkish transport Sabah,
which she had captured. Great excitement
prevailed throughout tho
day during the disembarkation of
prisoners taken on the steamer. These
include a Turkish general, colonel of
the medical corps and many soldiers.
Convicted of Manslaughter.
Tho jury In the case of Lawrence
Wise tried in the Aiken Court for the
killing of John Duncan at Langley
a few months ago brought in a verdict
Thursday night of guilty of manslaughter.
Many though that Wise
should have been convicted of murder,
as the killing was a cold-blooded
one.
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WILEY IN CONTROL 1
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EXPERT'S ENEMIES TAKEN OFV
GOVERNMENT HOARD.
MrOabe Resigns and Dunlap, Other
Alleged l>efender of Adulterant*,
Given Vacation Until Taft Returns*
lu a sudden succession of orders
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at Washington an initial move in the*
expected reorganization of the department
of agriculture, George PMcCabo,
a department solicitor, Monrli?v
wn? rotirrwl from tho miro fnnil
and drug board. P. L. Dunlap, associated
chemist, closely identified
with McCa.be, was allowed leave of
absence until the president's return
and Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist,
left apparently in supreme command
of the board. I)r. R. P.
little, of New York, was temporarily
appointed to the board to succeed
Mr. McCabe.
These changes were announced on
Monday by James Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, following a conference
with Dr. Wiley, who has been
on a long vacation. They were deemen
inevitable in view of personal antagonism
aired before a congressional
committee the past summer and
Dr. Wiley's exoneration by President
Taft, after Attorney General Wickersham,
whose views were alligned
with those of Secretary Wilson ami
Solicitor McCabe, had recommended
Dr. Wiley's removal from olllce because
of a teachnical irregularity in
appointive methods, the responsibility
for which he denied.
The pure food and drug board i?
the agency which passes upon many
important cases arising under the
enforcement of the pure food law.
Dr. Wiley, on the one hand, and Solicitor
McCabe and Dr. Dunlap on
the other, were the members of the
board. Dr. Wiley declared that he
was usually outvoted and made a
number of sensational statements in?
the investigation of the controversy
Sinnrtinir motor tho fremiorvfc
overrulings of liis views wherin ho
held food products deleterious to
health, he told a congressional committee
that he regarded his asso>ciate,
Dr. Dunlap, as his superior o?llcer.
Secretary Wilson's brief announcement
of the change stated that Solicitor
McCabe voluntarily resigned
and that his resignation had been
accepted.
Dr. Dunlap was acting chairman
of the board when Dr. Wiley was absent
from Washington. Whether Dr.
Dunlap will return to his duties on
the board was not stated. His temporary
withdrawal was attributed offlcially
to the fact that he is to take
the customary four weeks vacation;
but Secretary Wilson stated that Dr.
Dunlap would not return until after
President Taft had returned to.
Washington.
In place of Solicitor McCabe, to*
serve with Dr. Wiley on the board,
Secretary Wilson appointed Dr. Doo-little,
long a member of the bureau
of chemistry force and now head of
that bureau substation in New York.
Dr. Wiley and Mr. Doolittle will constitute
the majority of the board for
the immediate future, the latter'3appointment
being necessary to givathe
board's action legal effect.
The reasons for Solicitor McCabe's*
resignation were not announced.
Secretary Wilson stated that Mr.
McCabe's duties as solicitor remain
unchanged, and under the general
provisions of the law, he will continue
to exercise an important confv/?l
r\\rt*r tlin rvti.f/ii-/??moil 1 /if thp nui'ii
food law.
"There will he no permanent?
changes in the department method1
of enforcfng the pure food law until
President Taft has had an opportunity
to take the matter up in- Washington,"
said Secretary Wilson; "The*
appointment of Dr. Doolittlo will
simply continue the board operationa
as at present, up to tho time when
President Taft returns."
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HAIiliOO.NlSTS FATAL PLUNGE?,.
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Parachute Fails to Work and Ha
Falls 7t)() Feet.
While engaged in a balloon race
at the South Georgia Exposition at
Tifton, (Ja., Thursday afternoon,
Capt. John Broder fell 700 feet from
his balloon and was instantly killed.
IVrodor had just tlnished a high diving
act, and Prof. Gowdy, an aeronaut,
was preparing to ascend when
Broder volunteered to take another
balloon and race. Both balloons ascended
perfectly, a few yards apart,
for a distance of 800 to 1,000 feet,
when the signal for them to cut
loose was tired. Broder dropped
slightly in advance of his fellow balloonist
but in some unknown manner
his parachute failed to fill and
he plunged to earth like a shot. Dospite
Droder's fate, which ho witnessed,
Gowdy also cut loose and landed
safely nearly half a mile away. Broder
was unmarried and has a mother
and sister living at Green Lake, Wis.
A Fatal Auto Hide.
At Jamaica, N. Y? James Coltoo
was killed and two companions wero
fatally injured when Colton's $6,000
automobtle running at the* rate of
forty miles an hour, struck the head
| of a Long Island trolley car early
Wednesday.