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THE BICYCLE RACES 11K. HKDXl.K MAKES A SUCCESS OIF liMlOH DAY CONTEST. Bltium Hurkett Won Hoy*' Race and l.nunle Vogel Was FltM In Men" lUt?Iwo Exciting Fiilalies. The l?at*or Day bicycle races, which were ,tar*r?ged by the weM known and proaie^dy bicycle dealer, H. L Tis cMV. were pulled off Monday after noeai tK'tween S and 6 o clock In the presence of a large crowd. The races fcJNgg a success from every point of view and Mr. Tiadale was congratu la tad t>jr overyone on having carried out the undertaking in so satisfactory a aaaaner. Tbe start was made from the cor? ner of Main and Liberty streets at 5 o'csi?ek. the Boys' Race being the first wen The course was as follows: Mala from Liberty to Warren. War? ren ?*> flroad. Broad to Salem. Salem ta Liberty. Liberty to Main. The Bojs' Race covered two laps of ths ?coarse a distance of a little more than (our miles. The contestants en? tered lor this race were: Spann Bur kett. Archie Learand. DoS. Hall. De ward ltultman. Carton Jenkins. Tiny Idei. Dick Merrbnan. Fr*d Allen and K. A. Donne. The fin sn between Bpaati Purkett and Dews rd Bultman was <*?**? and exciting, the laet two hundred yards being a neck and neck sprint for the line. Spann Burkett, who had held the lead from the start smn eat hut he had a close rob for first prize. The tecond prise went to Da was d Huttm tn. the tlhrd to E. A. Dum HMim Burkett's time was 20 anlnatoa. The td^n'a rUco was five laps of the warne coarse?a distance of approxi? mate^ efatrfg miles. The racers were: Lonnig V- v% ?( Fred Xlgles. H. L. Tis dale. A. D. Owens, Clarence Des Chanii?*, G. J. Williams. M. W. Cos em. H A Bdykin. E. H. Barfleld, J. M. Hi* hardaofl and Joe Powell. Ixmnir Vogd took the lead'from the tstsne maintained it to the finish, srtnabig with ease a long distance ahead ol the nearest competitor. He me' with one mishap during the race, hav* fallen when turnlnpr the cor?ei f ..? k-ra and Liberty street. As ?n strapped to the ped? dles he tiould have lost a good deal of tinny is regaining his seat and get tlnj: Marhtd again without assistance. Tt.* tb ;, ? >ncf? was 'uleWy forth gomltsj, und he \<<i't ve v little time BJK k pi Ins sife lead through to the ?'??K Mia lime was 31 minutes Tt#e ??>? * ? for second place was De - ^tween H. L Tisdale and Fred Niglea and ib? j were on practically even term* -anti) the last hundred yards, . anil I)kt? tb latter drew ahead and -^crossed (be line about a wheel's length in the lead. tfVe prizes* and winners were as follow. First race, Boys, first prise, paftT *4 Brcyct* Tires, won by Spann Burkelt. riding Cresent Wheel, given by Coggins md Owens. Second prize. Oewaid Bultman. riding: Nassau, pair of BtVrvtV Tires, given by Alexander Berwall C t Third prize. E. A. Dunne riding Ti il?un<\ Bicycle Seat, given by H. L Vstdale. Second race. Men?First prize. Loanb* Vogel, riding Dayton Special. Qolumtx < Iti ycle. given by Mr. H. L. Tisdale. wecond prise. Fred Nlgles. Tiding i I bvinhia, Living Cup, given by the Pope Mfg. Co.; third. H. L. Ttsdalv. tiding Columbia, pair bicycle tires given by vValthour A Hood. Miit the BUI Hoard. By th 'lr unanimous determination to ellndn ???? the unsightly billboard from tii I tpital. the district com mi hs i to i i hive taken a long stride tn Qie #4 ? lopment of the city beau? tiful, i o i ?iig baa the bilboard, with Ma glaitn*; peelers, showing the ques? tioned- <-lion point of sybaritic fe sislr:i in attenuated skirts, cryin-: fortn Ike Use ?mparable quallt'es of a sjew sgeekei >r beverage or exempli? fying ivi'n ri .oucant abandon. tho mrvi i .1 ill lit?-,t corset or a re? cent en IttOfl In masculine attire. proved -tn eyesore to the Washington pojciVv ! Aside fffOfg the m >re incongruity, tne ksHthaard, or rather, the poster that i. stuck thereon. exerts a psych d o.i ? l iniluenee over a com assn'y 'I he power of subconscious snava ? m i. strong and uneon x:ic t. ii e v in be a.T toted by any* Ih ? tppsals tO the eye. This 1m i , ill) Irm with the young, and tsv i oil hie Rineh to answer for in Ike in.i;y i i pohlls luorgkt* INsj .? . ree n .;.>.. the poVdte has .?*..?.? . ?? ? : '\ o. th* ? Sjageal .. .. Bill Ike lain on bill hoar m i. a' ?? v eU i ine bocnuse H makes foi Iks boniltlltcntlon Of the ?.t. hi srhl I- nil Americans should t ?k? * ' I. Wash m^t on po<?. T>ie wolghl of the diamonds ex? port'? I i yeai fr ?m the Cape i?< abuul Ihl ' 'QMOI lei - 'l I ton. Nev/ Tu 1 ?'it\ s recunl shows that at thi preaeni rate I here will be - -,oa ittO.aoo received >n Manhattan ?ssmnd this year, and that they will ?y?e ?sho'esnle al?out $24.800,000. The Ritte of Harri man. People will be Interested in the story that George H. Cushing tells In the September American Magazine. His article is entitled "Hill Against Harrlman,' and is the history of the ten-year struggle for the railroad su ; iemacy of the West. The following Is an account of the successive steps Harrlman has made In becoming the "master of more railroads than any Jther living man." "In fear of impending defeat, no doubt, Harriman turned to the South, toward Huntington, who was getting old. When Huntington died, the Southern Pacific would fall into the hands of someone. Why not his? Meantime it would not be amiss to be sitting complacently upon the door? step next door, ready to move In; so Harrlman bought the Union Pacific and connected with the Huntington lines at Ogden. "Another year or two wore out the slender thread of life to which Mr. Huntington hung, and over the fresh earth of his grave Mr. Harrlman marched to the control of the South? ern Pacific monopoly. "The general uneasy feeling of the year which ushered in this century reached the silent, shrewd, careful old watcher on the northern prairies* Hill had been tempted east of Chi? cago and had first pitched his tent upon the Baltimore A Ohio, falling back subsequently upon Erie, from which outpost he still watched the progress of the new movement. "Mr. Hill's syndicate, the Northern Securities Company, managed (not own) two long thin strands of rail? way from the headwaters of the Mis? sissippi to the Pacific, and then con l/o?cd the oriental trade, together with the westward movement of cot ?>n. Part of its supremacy depend? ed upon the continued friendliness of Hies that bridged the gap between it Paul and Chicago. If either of his 'rlendly connections, the St. Paul, or he Burlington <I omit the two im poeBtbata, the Noithwestern and the Jreut Western) should fall Into tranger hands, of what avail the >riental trade? "Prevention of such a disaster took ihe form of adding one of those roads ?the St. Paul or the Turlington?to ilu holdings of the Hill syndicate, and after that a central government for the three roads, the Northern Se cuittle8 Company. "But in the meantime Harrlman wat stirring; at toe beginning it was Only a skirmish a feint 11 rriman sure his ground because he knew that his following, the Standard on syndicate, controlled the gt raul, led Hill Into a prolonged debate with hi* associates as to whether he should tak j over the Burlington at $200 or the St. Paul at $212 per share. What remnant of his boyhood ingenuous? ness ever convinced. Hill that the St. Paul was really for sale, to him, no ine can tell. While he was fluetuat 'ng between the two properties, Har? riman executod a flank movement and appeared In Hill's rear, gaining a position perilously near to the con? trol of the Northern Pacific. "Hill's outposts on the Erie were called In (he hypothecated his stock and never reclaimed it) and all his fighting force was marshaled aroune the Twin cities. To lose Northerr Pacitlc meant an enemy encimpe? under one's tent flaps. The opposing forces forgot other issues and went down to Wall street to fight It out. What happened?the unmasking of Harriman's fighting force by the dis? closure of the Standard Oil syndicate at his back, the fusion of all the op? posing coterhs around Hill, a 'corn er,' and Northern Pacific stock sold ?at $1.000 per share, panic in the money centres, and then a compro? mise?Is all too well known to need more complete detailing. "When the compromise was reach? ed |n New York. Harriman limped back home, the Standard Oil syndi? cate let it be known they could not sell the St. Paul to Mr. Hill's combi? nation and the latter took peaceable possession of the alternative, the Bur llngton. There was Harriman's blun? der and he saw It long ago. If. In* ?ttad of trying t?? capture Northern Pacific which was almost Impossible to acquire, he had take!', the Burltng ton. which was for sale, he could have !? ne the one thing that Hill feared most; ho could have shut him out of Chicago and broken the chain that bound the long transportation sys? tem together. That was one blot upon the Aarrhnan escutcheon; a de ley of near!) seven years in buying ? Tiling. Central was another, ??,71.(1 the battle was over?tbe r"".'.-Morgan forces triumphant in northwest and Harrlman retiring, de? feated, to the throne of his south ers t monopoly it a is found that the vanquished bid suffered mors than mere rout. 11 i 11 remained maater ul f is IWO northern roads, bad made permanent bis Chicago outlet and connection with the Illinois Central, and actually hail Invaded Harriman's OS) n field." Kiuhteen nubs is the record dls tancC I'm a man's voice to he heard without artificial aid. This was in the Grand Canyon cd Colorado. TIIKILLING MARINE DISASTER ON NEWFOUNDLAND COAST. Allan Liner Ijaurentlan Goes to Pieces On the Rocks Near Cape Race, but Passengers and Crew are Saved? Berth's Emptied by the First Blow. St. Johns. N. F., Sept. 6.?Thrilling scenes attended the loss of the Allan Line steamer Laurentian, bound from Boston for Glasgow, which piled up on the rocks near Cape Race during a dense fog at 6 o'clock* this morning. The vessel is a total wreck, but the fifty pasesngers and forty members of the crew escaped to land after a try? ing experience. The steamer rebound? ed heavily when she struck, the shock throwing most of the passengers from their berths. They stampeded for the decks without stopping to dress, and for half an hour much excite? ment prevailed. A stiff northwest wind banged the ship about, and the situation became so serious at 7 o'clock that orders were given to put the boats over. Twenty-five of the passengers, most? ly women and children, were placed in the first boat, but unluckily the bow tackle collapsed and several per? sons were thrown into the sea. Capt. Imrle had ropes thrown over the side and within fifteen minutes those who had been immersed were drawn to the dock. Finally six more life boats were put over and the passengers transferred to them. The seas, however, con? stantly drenched the shipwrecked people, and It was only by constant bailing that the life boats were kept afloat. About 10 o'clock, after the boats had been adrift two hours, a boat from a nearby fishing village was sighted. The fishing boat piloted the life craft to a harbor, where the pas ?engers and crew were cared for by the flsher folk. A steamer left St. John's to bring the shipwrecked peo- J pie to this port. The Laurentian was built at Green ock, Scotland, by R. Steele & Co., in If?!, and for many years was named the Polynesian. SCHOOL DISPUTE TO END? Matter of Rock UU1 High School Property to be Decided Soon. Rock Hill, Sept. 6.?The sale of the high school property is still a live question here and some interesting developments are expected. This is In view of the arrival home of Mr. D. B. Johnson, who has been on a northern tour and who Is one of the special committee appointed by the Rock Hill school district", trustees to carry out the resolution to sell the high school property to Winthrop College. This resolution was passed at a meeting of a year or more since before the death of Capt. W. L. Rod dey, who was a member of the Board of Trustees. This special committee is compos? ed of two members of the majority and one of the minority. After tht resolution above referred to was Ogssod, this committee was at once appointed to carry out the sale. Now that the Injunction secured by the minority memocrs to prevent con? summation of the sMa has been dtS ?olved, it is ?*??OCtod that this com Ttittee. choser to do the will of the school board, will proceed to turn over the property to Winthrop Col? lege, In fact, it would appear that there Is nothing else for them to do 11 they were appointed for the ex? press purpose of arranging the de? tails of the sale and there Is nothing to prevent them from doing so. It is true that the school board is in a leadlock, the death of one member leaving an equal number on each side, hut that ?act has nothing to do with i committee appointed while there was a majority, carrying out the terms of a resolution passed by that majority. While there may not be a majority Of the school board for the purpose of carrying on any business in thaf body, it Is confidently believed thai there is a very large majority of the bona fide citizens, patrons of the schools and taxpayers Of Rock Hill, who want to see this matter settled at once for the sake of the children of this city, who are denied neeesasry comforts and conveniences. to say nothing of free tuition, on account of this most unfortunate litiration. There are large tracts of ocean In which tin tallest mountains would be i ?mplet'ly hidden, r.1.014 feet har. I a sounded In the Pacific. Mt, 1 rest Is only 29,002 feet high. The RJchland Trust Company lias been organised In Columbia with s ?apittil stork of :>1<mumi. The birds that live to the greatest age are the eagle, the swan and the I raven, which sometimes attain more . than 100 yi ars. President Taft has been Invited to visit the negro fair to he held at Batesburg during the early pari of November. The Slump. Our summer clothes have first a nifty style, They're really swell, And win for us the most approving smile, They look so well. We wear them with an air of right? eous pride; We feel by jing, That, laying all false modesty aside. We're quite the thing. But as the summer days go fleeting by Things take a crook; We seem to note within the passing eye Another look. We feel a shrinkage in our righteous pride; We fear, by jing. That, laying all false modesty aside. We're not the thing. Our summer clothes have got a shifty style, o They sag and swell, Exposing us to many a sneerfu) smile, They look so?Well! Downright Laziness. George Washington" drew a lone sigh and said: "Ah wish Ah had o hundred watermillions." Dixie's eyes lighted. "Hum!" Dai would rottenly b? tine! An' ef yo' had a hundred watermillions would yo' gib me fifty?" "Xo, Ah wouldn't." "Wouldn't yo gib me twenty-t!\'e*>" "Xo, Ah wouldn't gib yo' twenty five." Dixie gazed with reproachful eyes at his close-fisted friend. "Seems to me you's povahful stingy, George V'asbington," he said, and then con? tinued in a heart broken voice "Youldn't yo' gib me one?" "Xo, Ah wouldn't gib yo' one. bOOM o-heah niggah! Are yo' so good for nuften lazy dat you' can't wish fo you* own watermillions?"?YoungV Magazine. i The Water Bite. He was six years old and had nev? er gazed into the mystic lens of b microscope. Several slides contain? ing animalcula had been displayed to his astonished vision. He was toe amazed to make any comment untii he came to one slide that seemed more wriggly than any of the others. Ti was merely a drop of water. The little fellow gazed at it a Iowa time, with all its nimble particles of animal life, and finally exclaimed to his mother: "Oh, mamma, now I know what ii is that bites you when you drink so dawater!"?York York Times. Rate Fly Flew. Dr. W?lling furnishes us with the following experience and observa? tion with the large horse-fly. "Some years ago a large horse-fly in his wild flight, came plump against my eye and gave me a great deal of oain and discomfort. This little piece of experience put me to wondering how fast they could fly, but without furnishing me with means of finding out. However, another piece of ex? perience or rather observation has given me some light on the question, 'n my late trip I went down from Co tumble to Sumter, a distance of for? ty-three miles, on the fast train to V'harleston, which makes no stops from Columbia to Sumter, and covers the distance in an hour and ten min? utes, or about forty miles an hour. At a certain part of the journey 1 was standing at the back end of the tiain, and had just noticed that we were going at a very lively rate and must be making a full everage of speed and was impressed with how the track below was flying away from us. Just at that moment I no ticed a large horse-fly take the track behind us. about on a level with ny head, and start after the train, and In an incredibly short time was quiet? ly seated on the door-facing riding along quite at ease. Then he would dart off. circle around a litttle, and then again start alter the train, which he could easily overtake. So his speed must have been upward ol forty miles an hour, and he was not doing bis best. So you might truly say he was a By that could fly." Xewin rry Observer. A disastrous fire occurred on the night of the 17th ult.. at Balerno Bank Paper Mills, near Edinburgh, the property of Craig & Co. The ont i reak occurred about o'clock, by which time the night shirt men ha< gone on duty, and in less than a hour only par; of the walls of V main building were standing. T damage is estimated at $100,000, Is understood to be covered by In ance. The mill employed 200 sons, who were thrown out of j ployment, One e\ idence of the ret urn i perlty In New fork t'ity is that most of the cheap rei are giving seven prunes to ; I where they gave live etghtOI ngo. LEG CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS. Capt. Maxwell, Southern Railway Su? pervisor of Tracks, Hurt at Lancas? ter. Lancaster, sept. 6.?Capt. J. A. Maxwell, the Southern Railway's so per\ isor of tracks, met with a serious accident this afternoon at Riverside this county. He had been superin tending the unloading of a lot of crossties and, the work being con? cluded, signalled to the engineer to go ahead, at the same time stepping on the bumpers of two cars, with the view of getting on a flat car. As he did so the engineer backed the long train of about twenty cars in order to get a start up grade, causing the iron dead blocks near the bumpers to come together, catching Capt. Max? well's left leg just above the ankle be? tween them and crushing it in a hor? rible manner, necessitating, no doubt, amputation of the limb. The injur? ed man was taken soon afterward on another train to the Fennel Hospital in Rock Hill. Keep the Trade at Home. Some merchants in the smaller towns are disposed to complain about the encroachments of the mail order houses in the large cities. It is true that trading with the mail order houses is always an uncertain business and often dangerous. The goods that look so well when pictured In a catalogue are seldom satisfactory when they come to hand. Sending off for goods than can be bought at home is not a sound business proposi? tion. But the merchants in the smaller towns often do not stop to think that they could keep the local trade at home if they would pursue the same methods that are followed by the mail order houses, with such modifications, of course, as might be demanded by local conditions. Home merchants who do not make a business of advertising and thereby endeavoring to keep trade at home, have no right to complain of the busi? ness that is gradually being gathered in from the towns and county by tht mail order houses of the cities. The mai,l order business is rapidly increasing and will increase faster it home merchants do not offset it by convicing the people that it is to then advantage to trade at home. The city houses know the value ol advertising, and every mail is flooded with their announcements and the> are drawing more and more trad* away from the home merchants everi year. People are going to trade where they think it is to their advantage and the home merchant who hasn't got confidence enough in his own busines. to lay its advantages regularly ana systematically before the people need not bes urprised if they are induced by others to buy from them. Advertising has become just as much a part of the business of ever> enterprise as bookkeeping, salesman ship or stock taking, and the mer? chants who can't write advertisements are either learning to do so or are hiring others who can.?Anderson Mail. Betrayed by His Disguise. In one of the principal Westen cities the proprietor of a large jew? elry idore reported to the chief of po? lice an extensive diamond robbery. He was asked by the chief if he sus? pected any one. "Yes, sir," hesitatingly answered the merchant, "although we have no proof. But a man whom I have known for twenty-five years was in the store a day or two before the rob? bery, looking around and appearing to be ill at ease. He has since dis? appeared." "What kind of a looking man was he?" "Dark complexioned. tall, with long curly hair and a heavy musts jhe." "Well." said the chief, after a mo? ment's thought, "1 hope to bo able to give you some news of him soon." Then he sent this telegram to the police authorities of several other cit? ies: "Arrest tall man with close-crop? ped head and white upper Up. Dia? mond thief." The next day he received tb:s di patch from a town in Ulssourl: "Got diamond thief. Have recover* ed goods. Am holding him subject to your order."?Youth's Companion. Shifting sand dunes are causing trouble On the borders of Lake Mieh The dunes are forme l by the winds, which sweep the id beyond the reach of the The sand accumulates In low about any obstructions, such aes or bushes; thus started, ne Is sufltclenl cause for its ow n a. The wind keeps piling the up from behind, the dune growi the sand on Its crest Is blown t<> the leeward side of the mound hat the dunes gradually march In id. rays the Philadelphia Publn ? laer. The Masonic Temple Company 0 Greenville proposes to erect a |100, 000 building in that city. KILLS HIS WIFE'S PARENTS. Florida Town tho Scene of ? Terrible Trage. I y. Ocala, Fla.. Sept. ?*?.?,T< he. Bevi!, prominent young men and ran of Thomas Eevfl, county rnmmlTsrtonsr of this county, shot and instantly kill? ed his wife's parents, ^:r. and Mrs. Harter, then injured his wife, at Su.n terville, rear here, about 9 o'ch this morning. Eoyil drove to Harter, home, and. without warning, opened f.re on the couple, who were in the yard. He was later surround? ed and lodged in jail. The tragedy was caused by Harter's refusal to al? low his daughter, who had left Bevil, to return to his home. PEARY SECOND AT THE POLE.' Reached the North Pole April 6, 1900. onWm St. John's N. F., 3ept. 6.?Com? mander Robert E. Peary, who ^pp' nounced today that he had discover? ed the North Pole on April 6 of the prese . year, found no trace of Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn, who reported to the world five days ago that he had made the same discovery in April of the preceding year, news reported here tonight throuf Capt. Robt. Bartlett of the Roosevelt. Peary's ship, en route to Chateau bay, Labrador. Capt. Bartlett telegraphed to rela? tives here that Peary had found nothing to indicate that Dr. Cook ha)p reached the pole. While Peary does not expressly repudiate Dr. Cook's contention in so many words, his statement may have an important bearing upon determining the extent of Cook's explorations. The Roosevelt was in good coi tion and the crew all right, wir? Capt. Bartlett in addition, and he re? ported that the schooner Jeannie, carrying supplies for the expedition, had met them off the coast of Green? land. Coming south the Roosevelt passed Etah and Upernavik, Greej land, where Dr. Cook had prece< Peary. The Roosevelt tonight is bound for Chateau bay, Labrador, with Peary and party on board, where she is due tomorrow. Chateau bay lies north? west of Caste and Heinly is'.aud*~on the northern shore of Belle JPe straits and due east of Teile Isle. krirfed ce? edjH A negro woman committed suicide ?n Anderson county ly hurling her -elf in front of a moving train on the & W. C. road. 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