The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 12, 1905, Image 4
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Iflfrt'S CONDITION
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% Report Shows Average cf
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FODLOWS THE REPORT
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-aely Bearish Government EstiWas
a Great Surprise and
ly Buying and Heavy Covering
a Short on the Bearside Saved
ho Market Frnm Stamnede
Not/ York, Special?A large amount
of selling orders had been placed in
cotton market to go into effect if
the bureau report made the condition
9 or better. Very few of the most
tangulnc bears had expected a conrlition
better than that percentage.
Consequently the government estimate
of 71.2 per cent, was a great surprise.
The largest firms of spot dealers
and the heaviest and most influential
operators rallied to the support of the
market. The buying and heavy covering
by a heavy short who nas been
on the bear side for the past two
months, and his following, practically
saved the market, as the bulls had
been caught too heavily overloaded
to render much support. The government's
report caused enormous selling
from the South and Liverpool,
* but the market was finally steadier
Bfc tinder a continuance of active profittaking
by recent bean; and by some
Ly; of the local and New Oilcans bulls
^ later recovering their equilibrium.
Low prices show a maximum decline
of 120 to 150 points from last
month's high lcwl. winch is equivalent
to between $0 and .?7.50 per baic.
' 4 and are practically the lowest prices
} reached since early last summer.
Danville Council (rets Even.
Danville, Special.?The city council
passed sweeping restrictions, governing
the regulations of saloons, which
were recently voted back after two
\years of local option reiun. Blinds,
screens or obstructions of any nature
are prohibited and the opening and
doting hours lived at 6 A. M. and 7
P. M. No entvances to a saloon except
4 the front door are allowed, and no
one is allowed in a bar after closing
-At hours. The right of wife or mother
to forbid a barkeeper from selling
her inebriate husband or son intoxicants
is recognized by the council.
It is also against the law to purchase
intoxicants IU1" Jiicunuies vt uuuui^.
Heavy punishment and forfeiture of
license >s fixed for any vilation of
these ordinances. The majority of the
f council is composed of ' dry" men,
and the "wets" claim that the wishes
of the people as expressed at the polls
in favor of saloons have . not been
carried out.
Electric Strikers in Berlin. *
Berlin, By Cable.?The negotiations
between the electrical companies and
their employes for higher wages were
broken off and a general strike in tbe
works manufacturing electrical apparatus
and supplies has been ordered.
Two guard regiments now maneuver
in? in the country have been oraereu
to return immediately to Berlin as
a precautionary measure against
strike excesses.
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Entire Crew Lost.
Manila, By Cable?The inter-island
steamer Canlabenia, 1907 tons, was
v sunk in the recent typhoon off Tyeao
Island, one of the Visayan group. Apparently
all on board were lost. She
earned five Americans, one Spaniard
and eleven native Chinese passengers
and a crew of 97 men and officers. The
island steamer Carmen is also re|?rted
lost. Details are lacking.
Mississippi Schools Open.
Jackson, Miss., Spccnal.?The educational
institutions supported by the
State were opened Tuesday. The
\ opening lias beer, delayed on account
of yellow fever and the quarantines.
;, . It is hoped, however, that the epidem- I
ie is so well under control that there
will be no trouble among the students
of the various institutions.
y
By Wire and Cable.
It is now declared danger of a
financial breakdown forced Japan to
accept Russia's peace terms as modified.
Late reports indicate many lives
wero lost and a number of vessels
sunk by the typhoon which swept the
Philippines.
Because Great Britain contemplates
' * dividing the administration of Bengal
50,000 natives have sworn to boycott
foreign goods.
Prince Louis of Battenburg is expected
to arrive with his squadron, at
Annapolis on November 1.
Congress will be urg<d to amend the
1 ~ fAroicriiprc />?nnot use Amep
>mv? mat iviug.iv..
ican citizenship in protection of political
agitation.
The question is asked whether Mr.
Roosevelt will pay out of his private
purse for the special train that will
carry him ou his 2,000-mile Southern
trip.
Secretary Metcalf has ordered an
inspection of all the steamers in the
i different districts.
The hearing l,efore the Le^ative
committee inv^stigafi1- nee
companies in Xetv ictivc
of some snrprisin^^^^ J.
The demurrer tiled by the government
against tk% ])lea in abatement
made by the meat packers was sustained,
and they will have to stand
trial.
President Ripley, of the Atchison,
Topeko and Santa Fe Railroad, testified
before an Interstate Commerce
committee that the meat packers were
. in a position to dictate railroad
/
ME IRVINIEREST
Notes of Sonthem Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing EnterprisesRoanoke
Rapids, N. C.?Further
important developments of the water
jxnver properties will be undertaken
by the Roanoke Rapids Power Co., of
that city, in connection with plans for
adding other manufacturing industries
to those two established to have
a capita! with ">0.000 spindles, and
it lias about closed a contract ensuring
the location of a large paper and
pulp mill. The Roanoke Rapids
Power Co. developed 5.000 horse-power
:n IS!);}, and has increased its stock
to $500,000 for the purpose of building
a mill to be equipped and furnishing
]H)wcr to manufactories, and plans
to further utilize its water-power to
the fullest extent. It is contemplated
to construct a concrete dam entirely
across the Roanoke river and
build an electric plant to transmit the
power by electricity ,the cost of this
work to amount to about $400,000.
The company's engineers are now at
work on the plans and estimates. H.
C. Cooper is general manager.
Spartanburg, S. C.?The Beaumont
Ml'g. Co. will build the now
but will at first install 4000 spindles
mill for a capacity of 5184 spindles,
and power for the full capacity, construction
work to begin immediately
under the supervision of .1 E. Sirrine
of Greenville, S. C. He has been engaged
as the engineeT in charge of the
improvements. This will be Beaumont
Mill Xo. 3, its product to be white
and colored carpet warps, twines rope,
wicking and other specialties; output
proposed. 5.000 pounds daily. About
100 operatives will be employed in the
mill. Beaumont Mills No. 1 and Xo.
2 will be the yarn mills, with a total
of O.SJS spindles: .\o. ;s is ttic weave
mill, having iv.7!'2 spindles and 2.>2
40-inch Draper looms. I). L. Jennings
is treasurer of the company.
Ashevillt, N. C.?A meeting of the
stockholders of the K!k Mountain
Cotton Mills Co. was held last week
to consider adding a bleachery to the
company's plant. An aiiirmalive ?lecision
was made and the capital slock
of the corporation will he increased
from $1 ">0.000 to ?200.000 in order
to provide the required funds. A site
has been obtained, and the construction
work is expected to begin in the
near future. There are S4 looms in
the mill and their product is damask,
bedspreads, etc.. all of whcli is nowshipped
to Lowell. Mass.. for bleaching.
Electricity is the motive pow&r
of the mill, and a steam engine is
kept ready for use if emeigencies
arise or if water is to be pumj>ed in
time of lire.
Charlotte, N. C.?The Magnolia
Mill, which is located on South (iraham
street, is one of the most successful
of the many manufacturing enterprises
of this city. This mill was
instituted some seven years ago, anu
since its beginning has always paid
handsome dividends. Time and again,
the equipment has been increased to
meet the demands of the trade. The
business of the plant has reached such
proportions that Mr. A. C. Summerville,
the proprietor of the company
has decided to add 2000 spindles to
the present equipment of 40,000. thus
making the total number of machines
available 6,000 devoted exclusively to
the manufacture of hosiery yarns
Workmen are now engaged in the construction
of additional quarters, and
as soon as the new machinery arrives
which will be within the next few
weeks, the operation of the complete
equipment will be begun. The new
plant will be finished by the middle
of November. The Magnolia mill is
capitalized at $40,000.
Textiles Notes.
Over $250,000 has been subscribed
for the new cotton mill which is to
be built at La Grange, Ga.
The Fayettevillc Mill Co. of Favetteville,
Tenn., has been incorporated
with capital stock of $110,000, for
manufacturing cotton goods, by
Messrs. H. K. llolman. A. M. McLaughlin,
J. II. Rees, J. H. Harms
and C. T. Harms.
Talladeea. Ala.?The new machin
ery of the Chinnabee Cotton Mills
will consist of 1,500 spindles and the
necessary preparatory machinery.
About $20,000 will be the cost of the
additional equipment. The company
has been operating 3,500 ring spindles
and manufacturing yarns. It is located
at Talladega, Ala.
Messrs. L. W. Brown and Charles C.
Vaughn of Winston, N. C., and Albert
M. Brown of St. Louis, Mo., have incorporated
the Pioneer Manufacturing
Co., with capital stock of $25,000
for textile manufacturing.
Arrangements seem about completed
for building a cotton waste mill
here. A stock company will be organized
with capital of $200,000 to
own and oj>erate the plant. Mr. John
B. Cleveland of Spartanburg is interested
in this enterprise, and it is
understood that the Hoffman-Corr
? ^ i* ni M.
Manufacturing lo. 01 rniiaucipiua,
Pa., and Peter H. Corr, a cotton manufacturer
of Taunton, Mass., will be
tlie principal investors in the capital
stock.
There is no doubt but that the Calcine
Manufacturing Company, chartered
in Kaleigrh last week, with
Messrs. E. A. Smith, A. H Washburn
and T. G. Cox as stockholders and
with an authorized capital of $300,000
will take over the Orient plant in its
entirety. The new concern is to assume
all of the obligations of the
old, take control of all its assets, reorganize
the entire outfit, and, in
brief, outline a new policy which, li is
believed will place the plant on a more
profitable basis.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Ont by the
Department Observer.
The South Caroliua section of the
climate and crop service of the Department
of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
The week ending Monday, October
2nd. had a mean temperature about
four drtrrees above normal in the central
and western parts and about normal
on the coast. The extremes were
a maximum of 94 at Blackville on
September 25th, and a minimum of 5G
at Florence and Greenville on September
2Sth. There was considerable
cloudiness over the eastern part but
/.nutiivinns cnncViitlP fiVPT tllO
aimi/iii. vwiniiiin'i ^ tmuwi.t... - .?
western parts. There were no hiiili
winds or other conditions that were
damaging to crops or that interfered
with farm work.
The exception of trace of rain over
the eastern half of the S*nte the
week was without precipitation. The
dronght has become intensified over
the~ ontral and western counties
where the ground is too hard and dry
for fall plowing and seeding operations,
and where in many localities,
water is scarce, with wells and small
streams rapidly drvii.g up. The
weather conditions were entirely favorable
for haying operations and for
gathering corn and cotton.
There has been no change in condition
of cotton except that there continues
to be some premature opening.
The entire crop has opened unusually
fast and picking will be finished earlier
than usual with continued favorable
weatiier. In a few localities there
is a small top crop, but for the crop
in general and on sandy lands in particular,
the top crop is unimportant,
and the occurrence of either a nearly
or a very late kiling frost will not
vary the yield materially. The average
or the actual figures from a full
report on the percentage of the crop
already picked indicate that for the
eastern division of the State 7.1 po.'
cent, has been picked; in the central
division 7G per cent, and in the western
division 59 per cent. Reports on
sea island indicate that about 3,0 per
cent, has been picked. At least twothirds
of the unpicked cotton is ready
to pick and picking will he practically
finished, with continued favorable
weather, by the end of October.
All late food and forage crops are
suffering for rain. Corn is being
housed in many localities. Weather
ideal for saving pea-vine hay and for
haying generally, but lias been unfavorable
on truck along the coast, and
for sowing fall oats.?J. W. Bauer,
Section Director.
F>r an Election in Anderson.
Anderson, Special.?The petitions
asking for an election on the dispensary
question in this county were
placed in the hands of County Supervisor
S. 0. Jackson. The committee
to whom the matter was referred had
the petitions thoroughly purged to ascertain
the real number of bona fide
registered voters on the lists and thus
to settle this phase of the question
in the very beginning. There art
about 2,400 names of qualified voters
signed to the petitions. The estimated
registered vote of the county is
about 5,200. A general understanding
was reached some time ago that the
dispensary election would be ordered
the same day that the election to fill
the vacancy in the legislature takes
place. When the speaker of the house
of represent at res orders the legislative
election the sounty supervisor will
fix the dispensary election for the
same date. The matter will be settled
in ? few days.
The Laurens Baptists.
Laurens, Special?The ninth annual
meeting of the Laurens Baptist Association
was held last week with Mt.
Olive church, Waterloo township. The
association was organized Tuesday
morning witn me eiecuon oi mc v>iU
set of officers as follows: Rev. J. D.
Pitts, D. I)., moderator; Rev. J. B.
Parrott and Mr. B. L. Henderson, secretaries;
Mr. C. H. Roper, treasurer.
The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. 1. E. McDavid of
Greenville county and the missionary
sermon by Rev. Joel I. Allen, financial
agent for Furman university and the
Greenville Female college.
The business of the association was
transacted with dispatch and the discussion
of the various papers and special
reports was one*of the chief features
of the three days' session.
The association was adjourned
Thursday afternoon and was pronunced
the most successful in every way
held yet by this organization. It will
meet next year: with Poplar Springs
church. So".'an township.
Death of Dr. Arthur S. Lynn.
Rock Hill, Special.?Dr. Arthur S.
Lynn, one o fthe most prominent and
promising physicians of this section
died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at
the Rock Hill hospital after an illness
of about two months. His death was
caused by tuberculosis of the bowels.
Dr. Lynn was 29 years of age and unmarried.
He was the son of Matthew
Lynn of Edgemoor. The funeral
took place from Union church Monday
HosDital Fey Anderson.
Anderson, Sp<ial.?Mr. Walton
Hall, of Boston, has given the
hospital association the sum of $1,000
to be used for the purpose of building
a hospital. Mr. Hall has visited
J the I'ty several times and his gift
is r* *.t appreciated. The fund for
th jon t; hment of a hospital is
slCaahi ving, and this worthy and
nbefore tution is now as assured
f' hospital association con'Vor8^
' raising of $10,000 about
( r *\ ? 1 is now 09 hand,
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MURDtpUS ATTACK
Prominent Cilizei Brutally Slain and
Robbed in: South Carolina Town
NO CLUE TO THE GUILTY ASSASSINS
Mr. R. A. McDowell, a Merchant of
Camden, Waylaid and Murdered at
9 O'clock at Night While enroute
Home.
Camden, S, C., Special.?Mr. R. A.
McDowell, a merchant of this city,
was waylaid and foully murdered on
his way home Tuesday night about 0
o'clock and robbed of his watch, keys
and all the money he had with him.
He was struck on the back of the head
presumably with a heavy club.
Entire State Excited.
Columbia, S. C., Special?All South
Carolina was horrified in reading the
account of the murder of R. A. McDowell,
brother of W. L. McDowell,
editor of the Camden Chronicle. McDowell
wa-i?on his way home to post
his books, and was killed by a blow
from a bh'dgeon and robbed.
The dramatic effect was intensified
when the news reached here that R
L. Parker, a member of the jury of
the Gillis case was found in the river
near Camden. Parker is in a dying
condition. He states that he was
walking with McDowell when botli
were struck down at the same moment.
He was found in reeds on the
river one mile from the place where
it occurred. He knows nothing more
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broken and Porker's forehead was
struck. Bloodhounds are being: used.
There is great excitement. There have
been many holdups in this State in
the last fortnight and people are getting
desperate. Since the robbing of
Judge Gary in Columbia nobody is
surprised at the boldness of the Camdem
double murder. A train from
Sumter had just arrived and many
people were on the street when both
men were struck down. Rewards are
being offered.
President Duncan Resigns.
Union, S. C., Special.?The Union
cotton mills situation was greatly
cleared at the meeting Wednesday
a comp. irnise being affected by which
Col. T. C. Duncan was re-elected president,
immediately resigned, and was
replaced by E. W. Robertson, president
of the National Loan and Exchange
Bank, of Columbia, who was
elected president and treasurer, the
new by-laws providing that these two
offices could be held by the sartfo person.
This action meets with the approval
and co-operation of all the
stockholders and creditors. The compromise
came rather as a surprise to
many, but nevertheless, was a great
relief.
Accidentally Killed.
Asheville, Special.?A telephone
message from the Big Ivy section of
Buncombe stated that the death of
Ellis Maner, of that place, was due
to accident. Young Maner was found
dead in the woods with a gun shot
wound in the stomach, and the failure
to find the gun that he had started
hunting with led those in the neighborhood
to suspect foul play. The
gun, however, was later found some
distance from the body, with one cartridge
exploded. It is supposed that
the unfortunate man accidentally shot
himself, when he fell and died. Grasped
in the dead man's hands were
leaves broken from a bush that he
eaught in falling.
Shot His Cousin.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Green SteeraKnnt
17 vMrs. died at Grady
Uiajjy nuvuw ^ 1
hospital as the result of a mvserious
shooting September 20th. The
boy declared that lie accidentally shot
himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steerman,
who was -with him, declared
that the wound was inflicted by him- i
self carelessly anc; unintentionally.
Compelled to Leave Town.
Columbia, Special.?W. H. Newbold,
former'State Detective under
Gov. B. R. Tillman ar.d a man conspicuous
in dispensary affairs, was
practically run out of the town of
Kershaw Tuesday. Newbold has excited
the ire of the people there on
aceount of his brine: engaged as a
detective to work up evidence against
the parties accused of lynching a
white man John Morrison, who had
killed three men and ruthlessly and
cruelly idded a fourth victim on the
streets f Kershaw.
Three Children Burned to Death.
New York, Special.?Fire started
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in Hie ccuai wjl ?. ...... ? . 4
ment house in Brooklyn and spread
so rapidly that the escape of Charles
Donnelly, his wife and three children
on the top floor was cut off. Firemen
rescued the father and mother,
both of whom were seriously burned,
and after ihe fire was extinguished
the charred bodies of the chidren were
found in the apartment.
One Killed in a Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?In a
collision between a Louisville and
Nashville light engine and a Southern
railway freight near Boyles, H. E. Abercrombic
of Villa Rica, Ga., extra
fireman on the Southern, was killed
and M. Fulghain, engineer, Brakeman
Davis and Fireman Glass o fthe Southern
and Engineer Jones and Conductor
Stewart of the Louisville and J
Nashville were injured.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Sections.
I
Shortage in Richland County.
Columbia, Special.?The committee 1
appointed to investigate the financial 1
affairs of Richland county submitted ,
its report to Governor Heyward, as I
was required by the act of the legis- '
lature. Acordingto the report of that |
committee the county has lost $o0,000
by the maladministration or the mis- i
management of the affairs of the of- 1
fice. The report itself is sensational
in the extreme in the very calmness ,
in which it is stated, but the recom- 1
mendations made by the committee occasioned
great surprise, for the committee
has suggested that the former
supervisor, S. H. Owens; the former
clerk of the county board of comTniccii-.nf.rc
fnn O \f OouclaSSa
member of that board, J. E. Harraos
and two other parties be arrested on
criminal charges. In short, it is
claimed that the county has lost $50,000
by fraud. The charges are that
warrants for pay of parties alleged
to have done work for the county were
issued when those parties had never
done such work, and that by forgery
their signatures were placed on the
papers as if the parties had received
the money, when in fact the money
was paid to some other person, presumably
Capt. Douglass. There are
various other charges in the statement
given to the press by the committee,
but those are the most damaging.
A Canadian Prisoner Escapes From
Laurens Jail.
Laurens, Special.?J. M. Masse.r
the Canadian who is serving a short
term in jail for vagrancy, escaped
last week, making his exit through
an overhead ceiling ard ventilator to
the roof, thence to the yard by the
use of blankets. He is the man who
had drawings of Railey's bank at
Clinton and is evidently a slick article.
The sheriff is making efforts
to recapture him. No other prisoner
escaped.
Bail Given in Pendleton Case.
Abbeville, Special.?Application for
bail for John M. Ashley, J. R. Moore,
Wiliam Moore. Hugh Bowen and Sam
Kigby, charged with lynching Allen
Pendleton, colored, near Honea Path
on September 17, was made here Saturday.
The State's case was based
on witnesses who testified as to
threats made by defendants and the
fact that they were in the crowd
that took the negro away. The contra
evidence was to establish presentee
of parties at another place when the
lynching occurred. After hearing the
evidence the judge admitted the men
to bail, placing the bond at $7,000,
which was furnished.
Darlington Court Adjourns.
Darlington, Special.?The whole
roster of cases filed for this term of
court were wound up and the court
adjourned. The last case tried was
that of Cox, a young white man, for
embezzlement. Cox was found guilty
but his lawyers made an appeal.
Items of State News.
Late returns indicate that in the
election held last week Florence
county the dispensary carried by
about one hundred majority.
The financial troubles of the Union
mills have increased Charleston's
loses through subscription of stock
and carrying of the paper of the industrial
concerns of the State during
the past two years to about $2,000,000.
A special from Union says: Mystery
still surrounds the death of L. M.
Trevitt, the white man discovered
near the railroad tracks, unconscious
on Sunday morning, and no clue being
secured, the coroner's jury rendered
a verdict that he came to his death
from unknown causes.
Mr. H. W. Scarborough, the newly
appointed magistrate at Bishopville,
received his commission from
the governor on Tuesday and immediately
took charge of the office.
A dispensary election for Anderson
county has been ordered for November
4th.
Nothing has been heard of Edward
Beeman, a bookkeeper of a lumber
concern near Charleston, who disappeared
from there about three weeks
ago. His disappearance is a mystery.
The corporators of the Anderson
and Easley Electric railway applied
co/,r?tArv of State for a char
tcr. The capital stock will be $100,000
divided into 1,000 shares of the
par value of $100 each.
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New Enterprises Located in Darlington.
Darlington, Special?That there are
many visible signs of progress in Darlington
just now may give rise to
some surprise since this city suffered
several reverses in the last three
months. A thing that has been needed
to make Darlington an all-round
town is now eoming to pass?factories,
small industries and capital are
coming this way. During the past
few weeks more than $100,000 have
been invested here in new concerns.
Power Conveyed Far.
In the anthracite coal regions the
transmission of steam power to distant
machinery has been carried to extraordinary
lengths because of the cheapness
of coal relatively to the labor required
for running engines. In one
case the pipe is said to be a mile long
and pipes from 2,000 to 4,000 feet In
length are not uncommon near Scranton.
Of course the metal is well wrapped
In nonconducting material, usual|
ly asbestos or magnesia, to lessen the
waste of heat by radiation.
.
i <? overworkedN^arts.'
low the Moat Important OTfetui of the
Body la Impoaed (Jpos?
So large a place Is given In these
lays to the development of the muscular
system, especially In the case of
ooys, that the dangers of overexer;ion
are sometimes forgotten or ignored
until mischief has been done. The
lieart, as all know, is the largest and
most important muscle of the body,
uul the moment it ceases to do its
work perfectly the whole system suffers.
It is reasonable to suppose that
<o important an organ is so constitutihI
as to be able to meet a good deal of
strain.
Rut it is often forgotten '.hat hearts
[liffer in individuals as much as-do any
other parts of the body, and that of
two youths of apparently equal physical
equipment, the amount and kind
of exercise that one will thrive on may
permanently disable the other.
All exertion means an Increased
blood supply to the heart muscle, one
of the immediate effects of which is a
more rapid pulse. When the exertion
has been well within the powers of the
individual this increased blood supply
tends only to strengthen the heart, and
the rapid pulse will very soon go back
to its normal beat ami there will be u
feeling of added strength and well-being.
If. on the other hand, to much
blood is constantly forced into the
heart not strong enough to use It, the
muscle grows too big. it stretches,
loses its natural elasticity, and becomes
flabby and weak.
The temporary distention of the organ.
which is normal, turns into a
more or less permanent dilatation, giving
rise to many signs of iriTpaired
health. Then follows that condition
knowfl to athletes *s "going stale."
The pulse is feeble and irregular, the
color pale, sleep often impaired, and
the sense of fatigue permanent.
If heart strain is- early reeognizecf
and proper treatment instituted the recovery
may be both quick and complete.
by reason of the great powers
of compensation with which the heart
has been endowed. When there has
been a condition of strained heart it is
very important that after the period
of necessary rest and treatment has
elapsed the return to any form of active
exercise should be looked upon as
experimental?it should be both guarded
and gradual?and the patient kept
under medical supervision and watched
with close attention for some time.?
Youth's Companion.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Saying and doing are two things.?
Henry.
Tor pity melts the mind to love.?
Dryden.
ctimiifrhts thev sav. are best.
?Dryden.
For liope is but the dream of those
who wake.?Prior.
All men think all men mortal but
themselves.?Young.
Man makes a death which nature
never made.?Young.
Better it is to be able to make friends
than to build up tinauees.
The modern conscience is made with
a "ever to throw it out of gear.
Sacrifice always looks most attractive
when it Is too late to give it.
It is a maxim that those to whom
everybody allows the second place have
an undoubted title to the first.?Swift.
As long as it is grievous to thee to
suffer, and thou desirest to escape, so
long shalt thou be 111 at ease, and the
desire of escaping tribulation shall follow
thee everywhere.?Thomas a Kernpis.
"Slated" ?. "Booked."
That extremely well written jour
n?!. The New York Nation, remarks
in a leading note that "the Kitchenei
plan for the reorganization of the Indian
Army is slated to pass the Commons."
meaning, of course, that it is
scheduled or "booked" to go through.
Tiiis is a use of the word which on this
side we have not yet adopted or have
already abandoned; in these matters il
is seldom safe to say which.
In the States a party program it
often called its slate, and to "smash
the slate" is to extinguish that program.
And we are accustomed to
"wipe the slate"?the equivalent to the
German "Sphwamm dareuber." But a
"slate smasher,* according to Henlej
and Farmer, is not so much a successful
opponent as a leader who ignores
the wishes of 'tis own party. Ovei
here a slating has long meant a censure,
but of late years it ba3 been
brought specially into the field of liter
ary criticism.?London Chronicle, "
Woman at Her Worst.
In every sense the most objectionable
dress ever worn by Englishwomen
was that of the early sixties. I
defy any lady to appear refined in the
correct fashions of that period. I was
Just old enough to look at them in
picture books and gaze in my perambulator
at the common objects of fashion
with infantile astonishment. The
hair stuck out at the back ot tne
head, as a chignon or bun (really resembling
a loaf), surmounted by a little
black turban with a feather stuck
In it; tight litting purple jacket
strapped and crossed with black and
red braid; panniers of gay color?bright
yellow, aay?on which were worked
startling patterns in red braid; short
full skirt?say of red?with wide upright
stripes of purple braid; a red
parasol, yellow gloves and violet boots
completed a costume that our oldest
gentlewomen still alive once wore!?
Harry Furniss, in the Gentleman.
Musical.
The dramatic editor had kindly consented
to answer the queries for the
Helpful Hints man, who was ill. The
first request the dramatic editor read
was:
"Picase tell me what I should wear
with a fluted skirt."
"If we were you," wrote the dramatic
editor, "to wear with a fluted
skirt we should piccolo cut waist."?
Illustrated Bits.
A Tall One.
Railways in the Rocky Mountains
have very sharp curves or loops.
Of one loop they say that when a
IoUw/ train of cars is going over it the
train has to run very slow to keep the
cowcatcher from shoving the last car
of the train off the tirack, for It is
right in front of the engine!
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BARTLETT j |
say btate Democrats oeit ?
Convention 9H
DELEGATE WAS HOWLED DOWN 2H
Was Determined to Read Sub-Plat- H|
form Which He Said Was Written Ml
by W. J. Bryan?Municipal Owner- BBHj
ship Endorsed. gBW
Boston, Maes., Special.?Gen. Charles
W. Bartlett of Boston was nomi-*V
nated by the Massachusetts Democracy
for governor. There were 110
contests for any of the places on the
ticket. The remainder of the,ticket
nominated was: Lieutenant governor,
Henry M. Whitney, Brookline; secretary
of state, Henry B. Little, Newburyport;
treasurer and receiver general,
Daniel J. Doherty, Westtield;
auditor, P. J. Ashe, North Adams; at
torney general. John T. Leahy,"Bos- )
ton.
Up to the time that Jgmes E. Cot- ' B
ter of Hyde Park arose to place be- B
fore the convention the *inme of Gen. mm
Barlllett as the gubernatorial oandi- iflj
date, it was believed that tlicre would |9B
be a contest. Former Mayor John ^B
H. H. McNamec of Cambridge had
announced that he would make i / B
stiuggle for the honor of leading the ^Hj
paity in the coming campaign To the ^Bj
surprise of the convention, however,
Mr. McXamee did not make any con- BH
tset but seconded Gen. Bartlett's nom^JHjH
ination. JHU
The platform adopted declares for a
revision of the tariff and the free admission
of coal, iron, lumber, hides, ^B
wood pulp and other materials; it "
commends the "diplomatic courage
and sagacity" of President Roosevelt B
in aiding to end the war in the far B
east; calls for State supervision of B
insurance companies and recommends fl
municipal ownership of public utili- D
tics. I B
Nearly 10,000 Perished.
Victoria, B. C., Special?The steamer
Tartar which arrived last week
from the Orient, brought news from
Shanghai that the loss of life among "
the natives of the islands at the mouth
of the Yangtse river as a result of
Kn frnhnon of fViP hpo-inninO rtf SPIV
w.v. ?.. -v ?? ? ? r
tember was tremendous. The'North
China Daily News, of Shanghai, says:
4'To the east of Tabagming, two is- "j
lands, one called Yawoshwa, the other *
Shihiousha, distant about twenty j
miles from Woosubf, have Buffered,
much from the typhoaa, nearly all
the inhabitants having been swept
away. The islands have only been inhabited
for a short time, comparatively
speaking, as they are of recent formation"
and are not muoh above high
water mark. > :j?h
The ShanghJrt papers say that the
damage to the Canadian Pacific liner
Empress of Japan by the typhoon will
necessitates th# expenditure of $100,000
for repairs During the storm the
steamer Peeehili, formerly the Rio
Grande du Sol, foundered near the
month of Yangtse. Her crew of 54oo..<1,1
k,. !,? nprm.m steamer
wcic oat v vi Kf f imv
Albega.
Pay $2,500,000 for Mexico Mines. A
Mexico City, Special.?Messrs.
Schully, Perry and Newell, American
capitalists, have just acquired for the
sum of $2,500,000 a group of mining
claims situated in the State of Duran- *
go. The first payment^ $1,400.000,.
has been placed with the National
Bank of Mexico, and the balance will
be paid periodically. This is the most
important transaction that has been
made in mining claims for several
years.
Lord Inverclyde Dead.
Wemyss Bay, Scotland, By Cable.?
Lord Inverclyde, chairman of the Canard
Steamship Company, died Sunday
at Castle Wemyss, his residence
here aged 44. He had been ill for a
month with pleuro-pneumonia. Lord
Inverclyde's broth, James Cleland
Burns, succeeds to the title.
Negro Mob Lynches Negro.
Bainbridge, Ga., Special.?News has
just reached Bainbridge of the lynchin?
of a negro eight ipiles west of
here, by a mob of his own race. The
negro had criminally assaulted a negro
girl and had attempted to assault
another, who cut him in the breast.
He was arrested by Deputies Ivey and
Murkerson, who were bringing hira to
Bainbridge, when they were stopped
by a mob of negroes, who said they
must have the negro. They got him A
and forced the deputies to go away on ^
another road. The negro was strung ^
up to a tree and riddled with bullets. ?
None of ihe mob were apprehended.
Ryan to Bnild Vault in Richmond
Cathedral.
Richmond, Special?It is under- HB
stood that Thomas F. Ryan, of New
York and Virginia, is to have con- Hfl
structed in the half-million dollar ca-'
thredal he has given to the Roman
Catholic diocese of Richmond, and HH
which is now nearing completion, d HH
vault to be the place of sepulture for 98
himself, Mrs. Ryan and the hishops'fof H
this diocese, to cost about $10,000/^
Urges Farmers to Hold.
Dallas, Tex., Special.?Col. E. S. .
Peters, vice-president of the Southern
Cotton Association, has issued a letter
to farmers advising them to sell H
their cotton. This letter is expected H
to arouse criticism in the Southern 8m
Cotton Association as the officers of H
that organization, supported by the yl
farmers' union, have advised fanners V
to bold their cotton for eleven cents. J
Colonel Peters says he believes that
cotton will not go any higher, and he
predicts a big crop. VI
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