The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 29, 1914, Image 5
GINNING REPORT :
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GOVERNMENT ISSUES NEXT TO
LAST SEASON ESTIMATE
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13 MILLIONS GINNED
Ninth Report of Census llureau Was <
Iimued at 10 O'Clock Friday Morn- '
iag?I,ii00,i34 Bales dinned in 1
South Carolina?Sea Island Bales ;
Included Amount to 70,182.
The ninth cotton ginning report of 5
tho census bureau for the season, is- I
sued at Washington at 10 o'clock
Friday morning, announced that 13,- 5
589,171 bales of cotton, counting '
round as half bales, of tho growth of (
1913, had been ginned prior to Jan- '
nary 16, to which date during tho 1
past seven years tho ginning averag- I
ed 95.5 per cent, of the entire crop. 1
Last year to January 16 there had
boon ginned 13,088,930 bales, or 97 '
per cent, of the entire crop; in 1911 ;
to that date 14,515,799 bales or 93.3 '
per cent., and in 1908 to that date 1
12,GOG,203 bales, or 9G.8 per cent.
included in tho ginnlngs were 97,034
round bales, compared with 7 8,- i
GOO bales last year, 97,05 4 bales in (
1911, 1 1 1,079 baks in 1910 and ]
2 32,510 bales in 1 008.
Tho number of sea island cotton i
bales included were 7 6,182, compared t
with 70,7 5 8 bales last year, 10 9,867 (
bales in 1912 and 92,191 bales in s
1 900. i
Ginnlngs prior to Jan. 1G by states,
with comparisons for last year and i
other big crop years and tho percent- <
ago of tho entire crop ginned prior to >
that date in those years, follow: t
Alabama. :
Ginnlngs. P. C.
1013 1,475,642 .... 1
1912 1,307,736 98.5 (
191 1 1,638,609 9 0.7 *
1908 1,316,803 OS.9 J
Arkansas.
1913 907,720 ....
191 2 74 1,282 96.2 c
1911 707,507 87.8 "t
1908 931,133 93.5 (
Florida. i
1913 65,754 .... (
191 2 57,324 97.4 t
191 1 88,177 93.3 ;
1908 68,624 97.2 c
Georgia. f
J3U 2,3 1 6,3 0 1 ....
191 2 1,781,232 98.3
191 1 2,657,984 95.1
1908 1,952,1 13 98.7
Louisiana.
1913 420,094 ....
191 2 369,07G 98.5
1 91 1 357,758 93.9
1908 458,762 98.3
Mississippi
1913 1,176,626 ....
1912 952,520 94.8
19U 1,061,859 90.8
1908 1,551,792 95.8
North Carolina.
191 3 784,402 ....
1912 875,493 96.6
191 1 996,988 88.5
1908 661,669 96.8
Oklahoma.
1913 825,112 ....
1912 965,752 96.1
191 1 915,563 90.1 t
1908 532,803 96.4 t
South Carolina. t
191 3 1,369,434 .... f
1912 1,192,574 97.4 t
1911 1,536,085 90.8 "
1908 1,1 92,723 98.1 r
Tonnesso.
191 3 3 6 89Q7
^912 252,890 94.6
191 1 386,293 89.8
1908 321,727 96.3
a
Texas. {]
1913 3,718,725 .... ,j
191 2 4,509,220 97.1 f
191 1 3,964,620 96.5 t
1908 3,528,981 97.3
Other States.
1913 11 1,052 Q
191 2 83,831 93.1
1911 11 4,176 82.2 'r
1908 69,732 95.3
The glnnlngs of sea Island cotton, s
prior to Jan. 16, by states, follow: i,
Florida. Georgia. S. C. a
191S .. ..25,356 42,650 8,176 u
1911 .. ..39,340 65,577 4,950 s
1909 .. ..27,888 51,072 13,231 tl
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Child Crashed to Death. r'
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The siX-Vfi.l r-ril rl nnn C V? ? I
_ _ ? v,.,. wv/ii vi vuna
Thompson of Wilkinsvlllo was crush- ^
ed to death Tuesday In the oil mill
at that place. The little fellow was J'
playing in the room near the elevator
when he was caught in the machinery
and injured so badly that he died ^
within a short time. *
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Ninth I'eace Treaty. j
Secretary Bryan and Dr. Paul Rit- f(
tor, the Swiss minister, Saturday j,
agreed on a treaty providing for investigation
of all questions which can
not be settled by diplomacy. p
n
Child's Suitor Shoots Parent. 1,
Angered because ho was refused o
the hand of a nine-year-old girl in cl
marriage, John Vane of Gellwood, I)
Pa., fired four shots into the girl's
father, Guian Petroli, who will die. ti
lL.
THEY TOOK IT ALL BACK
TIIK ASYLUM REGENTS PASS TWO
RESOLUTIONS.
Vfako Serious (Tuitkon About a Lady
Physician and Then Take it All
Hack.
The resolution passed by the board'
>f regents of the Asylum in December
criticising I)r. Dabcock and his lady
Assistant, Dr. Saunders, and the set
passed in January exonerating Dr.
Saunders, which action Senator
Crouch denounced as "cowardly" and
jcored so severely, played an importiiit
part in the Senate Friday morning
in the discussion on the resoluion
to invesigate the Asylum.
What one Senator termed as a liftng
of the corner of the "veil of mys,ery"
which envelops the seething
caldron at the Asylum, is contained
n the following copies of the resoutions
by the board of regents composed
of Dr. J. 11. Taylor, of Columbia;
J. A. Summersett, of Columbia;
I. 1). Havens, of Dorchester County;
[>r. W. L. Settlemeyer, of Caffney,
md Dr. T. A. Carouthers, of Hock
Hill, chairman. All but Dr. Taylor are
ippointees of Governor Ulease.
First Resolution.
The first resolution of the board of
*egents of the hospital, passed January
I 4, 1 HI 4, as certified t oby J. W.
Hunch, secretary, is as follows:
"Whereas complaints have been
nado to us individually and as abody
hat certain friction among the officials
of this instituton s now n exitenco
and lias been for sonm Hmo I
111(1
"Whereas various members of the
nodical staff reported to us that Dr.
Saunders was interfering, meddling
>\ith them and thereby hampering
hem in the discharge of their duties;
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"Whereas, this board did on the
l-th day of December, 1913, hold an
xecutive sesson and have before it
Superintendent Babcock, Drs. SaunIcrs,
(Jrilllth, Thompson, Fulmer and
Poole, and hold their various statenents
in reference to sad matter; and
"Wheras at sad meeting, Dr.
Saunders admitted that she had been
aking lessons under Dr. Cooper in a
ertain branch of the medical departnent,
and that Dr. Cooper had freinently
been on the premises and in
he building of the said institution
it'tor he had been defeated as an oilier
thereof and after the? superintendnit
had been requested to kep him
iff said premises and out of said
milding; now, therefore, be it reiolved:
"First, That this board deplores
he action of Dr. Saunders in intercring
with the other members of the
nodical staff in the discharge of their '
luties and that the members of this
>oard hereby place upon record their
:ondenination of her continually hav- 1
ng Dr. Cooper in the institution in
lirect violaton of the wshes of this
joard of regents. i
"Resolved, second, That this board i
lo lind that Dr. Saunders has been
sontinually interfering with the other i
nembers of the medical staff in the !
lischarge of their duties and in fact '
ireventing Dr. Blackburn from the :
ironer (lispliarpp nf l>iu ilniioo
, ? . n ^ v ???w uunco (111 il
>therwlse viotlating tho proprieties of i
ho position which she holds.
"Resolved, third, That while this
>oard does not request at present i
he resignation of Dr. Saunders that :
ho same would be very acceptable \
o them and that they think from the
riction that is evident in said instiution
that it is her duty to resgnn i
ind that said resignation would do '
nore to bring about peace and bar- 1
nony in tho institution and among i
he employes thereof than any other '
ction they could conceive of. ]
"Resolved, fourth, That this board
lesires to place itself upon record
s condemning the conduct of the su orintendent,
Dr. J. W. Rabcock, in
ipholding I)r. Saunders in her delance
of the rules and wishes of
his board."
Second Resolution.
The second resolution of the board
f regents, passed January 15, 1914,
nd certified to by J. W. Hunch, secetary,
follows:
"Whereas, O. R. Saunders has preented
a petition asking for a reopentig
of tho investigation of charges
gainst Dr. Saunders for interfering
dth other members of the medical
taff of this institution, and wherets,
his matter has been thoroughly in
estimated at a previous meeting, as j
esolution adopted this day shows;
nd [
"Whereas, there are no charges
roin any source before this board or
nder investigation by this board as '
i the moral character of the said Dr.
aunders, or as to her ability to per- *
)rm the duties of the office she is
oldlng: 1
"Ho it resolved, That till aboard is
f the opinion that it is for the best r
iterosts of the said insttuton and
ir the best nterests of this lady *
at this ontiro matter be closed and 1
io same be dismissed.
"Resolved, further, That this board ((1
uts itself on record as stating thatj*
o charges whatever from any source R
ave been made to them or by them *
r through them as to the moral f
tiaracter and personal standing ofjh
r. Saunders. d
"Resolved, further, That the peti- h
on of Mr. Saunders is ropsectfully s
FIGHT jOR PROBE
THE SENATE TOTES FOR THE
ASYLUM INQUIRY
AFTER A LONG DEBATE
Senator (Vouch Said the Home of a
Woman Was at Stake and Senator
v
Weston, Who IamI the Fight, Said
the Matter Should he Sifted to the
'J lotto in.
Preceded by warm denunciation of
the board of regents, voiced in a
strong speech from Senator (Vouch,
tho Senate Friday morning adopted,
by a vote of 3 0 to 9, the House eoncurrent
resolution ordering a sweeping
investigation into the asylum and
its management.
The vote in favor of the resolution
was as follows: Aekerman, Appelt.
Banks, Heamguard, Black, Buck, Carlisle,
Christensen, Crouch, Karle,
Kpps, (loodwin, Hardin, Hough,
Johnstone, Ketchin, Lawson, Lido,
Manning, Mauldin, McCown, Mullins,
Nicholson, Patterson, Hichardson,
Sinkler, Stuekey, Sullivan, Weston
and Young?Total 30. Those who
voted against the resolution were:
Clifton, Dennis, Cross, Johnson,
Mars, Sharpe, Strait, Verner, Williams?Total
9.
Minutes of the board of regents
were used by Senator Crouch in his
speech calling for the passage of the
resolution, in which he denounced as
cowardly the action of the board in
passing a resolution condemning Dr.
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ii . . i in iji vm i\ , tin* r* 11 |j 1 I l II1t * II(.It? III OT
the institution, and his lady assistant,
Dr. Saunders, on December lli,
and then in January turned around
and passed resolutions vindicating
Dr. Saunders, "They met behind
closed doors, and with lawyers excluded,
and no one present, passed
out their dirty insinuations, but when
confronted by the father of the young
lady, in broad open daylight, they
squirmed and tried to get out of their
action by passing resolutions vindicating
the young lady," exclaimed
the Saluda senator in a speech literally
scoring the board. lie denounced
their actions as "cowardly"
and said that he didn't see how any
senator could vote against the investigation
after reading the two sets of
resolutions by the board, one condemning
the young lady and one exonerating
her, all within a few days,
comparatively, or each otherll
About noon Senator Weston called
up the Stevenson resolution calling
tor the investigation and moved concurrence.
Senator Appelt opened and precipitated
a heated debate. He said that
rPho Qtnto in 1
uvuiv-i 111 I..uiciiii^ i no jii uctteuings
of the Senate on Thursday had,
unintentionally, he took it, repreBented
hom as opposed to an investigation.
He said that he was not opposed
to an investigation, but had
simply asked for more "light" and
Information showing the need of concurring
in the resolution before the
Senate. If there was anything tangible,
the Senate should know of it, he
said, lie had asked Senator Weston,
he said, to tell the Senate what he
knew, if ho did know anything about
the matter, and be thought that Senator
Weston should give the information.
Senator Weston in reply said by
way of preface that ho had no per3onal
interest in the matter at all.
The senator from Richland said that
the policy of the present board of
regents of the hospital hal been a
very rash one. The board had displaced
Dr. Pope and I>r. Killingsworth,
among others, ho said. Senator
Weston said that certain tests had
to be made at the institution which
tiould be made only by an expert
pathologist and that the board had
put in a pathologist who could not
make the necessary tests. The senator
said that he wanted to know
whether or not the changes made by
the board were for the best interests
mid that the board had passed resolutions
condemning Dr. Rabcock.
mperintendent of the hospital, for 1
lpholding I)r. Saunders. Dr. Rab!ock,
said the senator, was not given
i hearing. Senator Weston said that 1
here was friction between Dr. Rabcock
and the board and that for this
OQUAn KA -1 A * %
vuouii, nio aupci iiuuuuoni naa lenlered
his resignation to the governor,
lo said that so far as ho knew the <
governor had had nothing to do with '
lie matter.
"If the gentlemen on this hoard," 1
nquired Senator Appelt, "took some
iction, isn't it to be assumed that (
hey acted within their rights? Can
in investigation have the effect of (
mtting them out of oflice?" 1
"Yes, sir," said Senator Weston, in 1
eply to the last question. 1
Senator Weston went on to nay
hat it wan to b esimpl yan investigaion
into the conduct of the instituion..
He said that it was the right {
>f the senate to make an investiga- j
ion. He said that tho hoard of re- j
ents had passed resolutions setting ,,
orth that there was friction at the
lospital. He read from tho resoluleclined,
and that, so far as this (
oard is concerned the entire matter I
tands at an end." >
SCHOOLS FOR WORKERS |
THK HOt'SK I'ASBKS HI IX NSTAHLISH1NG
THEM. I
One School is Allowwl Eat-h County
Having Two Thousand Cotton Mill |
Operatives.
Textile and industrial schools in
counties in which there are more ?
than 2,000 mill operatives were pro-.
Tided for by the House Frida yafter
extended debate. The textile and industrial
school bill was introduced
by Mrs. Haynsworth. As passed by
the House to third reading, tlie measure
says that the State shall appropriate
$5,000 for the establishment
of the schools in counties with the p
required population of mill operatives a
and not more than $5,000 each year t
for the maintenance of the schools. t
The Haynsworth bill was opposed i
chiefly on the ground that it would
benefit only a fe wcounties in the /
Piedmont section. The advocates of t
the measure declared that the schools i
would enable the mill operatives to (
get an education and at the same I
time earn their living by working in ?
the mills. a
The school at Spartanburg, main- a
taitied at the Spartan mills by the e
Methodist denomination, was cited as <
an instance of successfully combining s
the earning of a living with the learn- /
ing of the textile art.
After extended debate the measure c
came to a vote. The Touse refused c
to strike out the enacting words by a p
vote of <?7 to 10. On the motion to t
strike out the enacting words of the t
I laynsworth bill the vote stood: a
Ayes ? Addy, Holt, Hurgess, 1
Charles, Courtney, Cross, l)ant/ler,
Oelaughter, Epps, Casque Hall, liar- s
din, llarvey, llolley, Hunter, John- e
ston, Kelley, Kirk, Idles, Lyhrand, i
McQueen, Malpass, Massey, Miley, c
Murray, Nelson, Ready, Riley, Robertson,
Sapp, Sanders, Sherwood, i
Smiley, Stanley, Strickland, Sturkie, i
White, Whitehead, Zeigler 10. t
Nays Speaker Smith J. W. Ash- t
ley, M. ,1. Ashley, Atkinson, Rarnwell, t
Raskin, Rothea, Rowers, Royd, t
Rrowning, Rrice, Rusbee, Clement, i
Creech, Dick, Evans, Fortner, Friday, 1
Fripp Coodwin, Cray, Greer, llaile, s
H. F. llarrelson M. C. Harrelson, s
I laynswort h, Hutchinson, Hutson, r
Irbp, James, Jones Kennedy, Kirby, 1
Lee, Long, Lumpkin, McDonald, Me- v
Master, McMillan. Means, Mell'i, Mil- c
ler, Mixson, Moore Moseley, Mower, t
Nicholson, Odotn, Pegues, Pratt, Rid- i
die, Rittenburg Robinson W. S. Rogers,
Jr., W. M. Scott, W. W. Scott, I
Senscney, Shirley, Stevenson, Sum- r
mors, Thompson, Tindal, Vander c
Horst, Welch, Wilburn, C. C. Wyche, ?
C. T. Wyche, You mans?(>7. c
After the insertion of a few amend- c
ments offered by Mr. Haynsworth, i
the bill was passed to the third read- '
ing. t
I
tions. ii
"Let's find out who is tlie cause of ?
tliis friction," said the senator from c
Richland.
Senator Sharpe asked if tlie board ?*
of regents did not have the right to I
employ whom they pleased. F
Senator eston said that the hoard s
had an arbitrary right, but not an n
ethical or moral right. n
"Their power should not be used 1'
arbitrarily but ethically," said Sena- a
tor eWston. c
"Who demanded this investiga- n
tion?" asked Senator Williams. t
"The governor did," said Senator c
Weston. n
Senator Williams said that the res- P
olution had been introduced by Mr. t
Stevenson. He said that ho wanted
to know if it was an administration b
or anti-administration measure. He i'
said that ho wanted to know wliat In- <1
dividual at the asylum wanted an in- 1'
vestigatlon. ?
"I don't know who wants the in- n
vestigatlon," said Senator Weston. "1
have no sinister purpose in this a
thing. I am willing to uphold the e
hands of those whom the testimony ?
shows to ho blameless." ti
Said Senator Mars: "I want to go r
on record as opposing this investiga- n
tion. I have never seen the necessity n
for these investigations and I don't c
see the necessity for this investigation."
r<
ounmor mars said tnat Dr. Hab- <1
nock was tlio best man in tho Stato h
for superintendent of tho hospital, a
lie said that the matter should come n
up before the board of regents. n
"It is too small a matter for the w
nonsideration of this Senate," said 's
the senator. 11
Senator Weston continued. "As I
understand it," ho haid, "Dr. Babcock s
tvas expected to remove I)r. Saun- p
iers." n<
Several other senators spoko on the C(
question, and at tho conclusion of
Senator's Crouch's remarks, quoted
ibove, the resolution was passed, as 111
ihove stated.
lc
Man slayer Freed. p,
Tho governor has granted a parole
o John T. Owons, who was convicted ui
n Berkoley county in Septcmbor of g<
IDOf, on the charge of manslaughter ji
md sentenced to ten years. cc
? at
Over a Thousand Killed. dl
According to a report issued Satur- ai
lay there were 1,141 mine workers p<
tilled in tho Pennsylvania mines last m
roar. t!
LAID BEFORE HOUSE
NEISTATE TRADE COMMISSION
RILL INTIIIUCEI
FOLLOW
WILSON'S PLAN
kffAMure Kmbodlos the Suggestions <?f.
the President?Is Designed to Assist
DusIih'ss and Government in
Preventing Violations of the AntiTrnst
I>a\v?Penalties Provided.
President Wilson's message to con;roHH,suggesting
anti-trust leglslatIon
lupplemental to tDo Sherman law,
>ore its first fruit Thursday, when a
ill to create an interstate trade comnission
was introduced in the house.
Following a conference between
Vttorney-tioneral Melteynolds, Senaor
Newlanda, of the interstate coinnerco
committee; Representative
Mayton, chairman, and other mem>ers
of the judiciary suheonimitt.ee,
dr. Clayton submitted the measure,
ind it was referred to the interstate
uul foreign commerce committee. An
ffort by Senator Nowlands to introluco
tho hill simultaneously in the
enate failed owing to debate 011 the
Uaska railroad hill.
President Wilson expects action by
ongress during the present session
in all hills being prepared by concessional
committees to deal with
he trust question. He told callers
hat ho regarded the group of hills
s reasonably homogeneous and that
10 expected prompt, action.
The president reiterated his deire
that business nten should bo givn
a full opportunity in public hcarngs
to express their views and critiise.
While the president reoommendod
11 his message supervision by the
nterstato commerce commission of
he issuance of railroad securities, he
ock occasion Thursday to emphasize
hat this did not. mean necessarily
hat past, issues would he inquired
nto, or affected by the present legisation.
Nor did the president, conider
that the regulation of railway
ecurities has anything to do with
egulating stock exchanges. Legisation
on this subject, he explained,
ras not recommended in the Demoratio
platform, and he did not feel
hat he should recommend anything
lot included in the platform.
The commission proposed by the
till introduced would absorb the bueau
of corporations, which consist
?f live members, salaried at $10,000,
md would have powers of inquisition
iver all corporations, save common
arriers, which are regulated by the
nterstato commerce commission. Its
nost important function is designed
o assist business and the government
n preventing violation of the Sliernan
act; in aiding the attorney-genral
to terminate alleged unlawful
onditions by agreements.
In clothing the commission with
uthority to be of service in forestallng
conditions that might necessitate
rosecution, the bill prescribes that it
hall, upon the request of the attorey
general or any corporation that
nay no arrectecl, or upon its own intiativo,
investigate for the purpose of
iscertaining whether there is any
orporation which violates the Sherian
act. Tn case violation is found
o exist, the bill provides that the
ommission shall report to tho attorey-general
"in order that said coronation
may thereafter comply with
he terms of said act.
Despite the fact that there has
een agitation against immunity to
ndividuals who might testify in inuirea
conducted hy the coinmssion,
mmunity is granted to individuals
xcept for perjury. Thero is no imnunity
to corporations.
In detail tho hill sets forth that it
hall require all corporations engagd
in interstate and foreign business,
xcept common carriers, from time to
Ime to furnish to the commission
ecords of their organization, busiess
and financial condition, conduct
lanagement and relation to other
ompales.
Striking at secret sessions of directorates
and other bodies, the bill
irects that the commission shall
ave complete access to all records of
ny of the executive or other comlittees
of corporations. Failure or
eglect of corporations to comply
1th this requirement is made punihable
as a misdemeanor, with a fine
pon conviction.
The district courts of the United
tates, npon the commission's aplication
alleging a failure of witpsses
to respond to subpoenas or to
>mply with any commission order
>r furnishing of information, will
avo jurisdiction to issue a writ of
landamus to enforce tho commlson's
order and to punish disobednco
To aid tho equity courts, the bill
rovides as follows:
"Tn suits of equity brought by or
ruler tho direction of the attorneymoral,
as provided in the act of
illy 2, 1 800 (tho Sherman law), tho:
>urt in which suit is pending, may'
: any stage of tho litigation, at its;
Iscretlon, refer to tho commission
iy aspect of the litigation or proised
docreo, whereupon tho coraission
shall investigate the queson
or questions referred to with all
FREE TRADE ZONE
WOULD USK PANAMA CANAL TO
IIUILD WORLD T11ARE.
Illinois Representative in National
House Plans < Tearing House Along
l.lnes of a l,(rw Zone.
A project for making part of the
Panama canal zone a free trade territory
with a view to establishing a
sort of clearing house for North, Ceutral
and South American countries is
being worked out by Representative
Copley of Illinois who will present it
to congress in the form of a bill.
The plan is along the general lines of
a free zone arrangement tried out In
Hamburg, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Mr. Copley says he believed after
the canal has been in operation live
years all nations would bo ready to
agree to joint action to protect the
canal and let the United States havexclusive
right to it as a belligerent
in the event of war. Uy that time,
he added, there will be no reason why
warehouses should not be built in the
zone by manufacturers in the United
St ates.
"A few manufacturers," Mr. Copley
said, "could got together and send
down a full cargo of goods, put it
into a warehouse and from there
ship to all parts of the world. Representatives
could ho sent, to cities of
ssoii t u and Central America to induce
merchants to go to Panama to insport
tho warcH from tho United
States. This project would open ui
a groat commercial field."
The bill would provide that the
present government commissary and
cold storage plant in the canal zone
he retained. Mr. Copley said that at
Hamburg the plan was working well.
2,100 acres having been set aside
there by the Herman government for
the upbuilding of its trade. At Singapore
there is a free zone where
trade amounts to more than one-seventh
of all the combined imports and
exports of America.
CIIPATPD 1)I0.\Til.
Aviator, Victim ol' Many Serious Accidents
Dies Suddenly.
Charles K. Hamilton, who gained
fame as an aviator by flying from
New York to Philadelphia and return,
died suddenly Thursday at his
home in New York City. His wife
| was aroused by Hamilton's groaning
and she summoned a physician, but
the aviator was dead before the doctor
reached tho house. Tho cause
of death was internal hemorrhage.
Hamilton was 28 years old, had
been in poor health for more than
two years and recently suffered a nervous
breakdown. During his career
as an aviator he had many accidents.
His collarbone was broken twice. Two
ribs were fractured, his right knee
cap fractured, both legs dislocated
and he suffered many other minor
hurts. Ho began first with flights in
dirigible balloons, then took up the
nornnlnnp
v, ,, vy,
Hamilton's career bristled with adventures.
His first flight was at tho
end of the tail of a kite drawn by a
boat over the Hudson river in New
York. Three years later he began
dirigible balloon ascensions, and in
1 009 made his first aeroplane flight.
He toured China and Japan with his
machine. In Japan he was received
by the Mikado. For two years Hamilton
had worn a silver plate in his
head. It was inserted after his skull
had been fractured by a fall.
Pencil Wound Causes Death.
Mrs. Ida Somcrville, 50 years old?
of Clarksburg, W. Va., fell asleep in
her home, with a lead pencil in her
hands. Her head dropped on the
table and the pencil pierced her
pencil pierced her throat, making a
wound which caused her death.
Injured in Runaway.
Mrs. J. C. Stidham's horse became
frightened while she was out driving
on Tuesday afternoon at Saluda and,
running away, threw her out on the
buggy. Her ankle was badly crushed,
so much so that an amputation of
the limb was necessary. *
Returns to Spartanburg.
Announcement has been made that
the Thompson - McFadden pellagra
commission will return to Spartanburg
In March and conduct its investigation
for another year.
the powers of investigation hereinbefore
bestowed on tho commission, and
uhflll rnnAft On ? 1
........ . v|iui v no ijimiiijs IU nit) cuurip
with a copy of tho evidence upon
which said findings or recommendations
are based. Said evidence, findings
and recommendations shall bo
public orders."
The new commission would be required
to make an annual report to
congress. Of the five members of
the body, not more than three could
be of tho same political party All
would serve seven years except at the
beginning, when tho chairman would
servo seven years, and the other four
commissioners, throe, four, fivo and
six years, respectively. Tho first
chairman would bo the commissioner
of corporations, in this caso, Joseph
E. Davles. All commissioners except
tho first chairman would be appointed
by the president, subjoot to confirmation
by the senato.