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IIB SAILORS KILLED. FVVB UERMAN AERONAUTS FALL THOUSAND FEET. K?t*4oa?oii of Dirigible's Benzine iank Wrecks ?.a - Reg end Whole Shoots Downward. Leichlingen, Rhenish Prussia. July 11.?Felling through space a distance ef nearly 1.000 feet, Oacar Erbaloeh. noted aeronaut and inventor, winner of the International balloon race held at St. Louis, Mo., In 1907, and one of the most promising of German ex? perimenters In aerial fight, and four companions, were daahed to death oday in a fleld near Opladen. The others killed were: Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of Bremen; Engin? eers Poehhoeppe and Kranz and Mo torman Spicke. Only peasanta saw the tragic end? ing of the Might of the dirigible bal? loon Ki t.*: .eh. which, after a aeries of accidents since Its construction a year ago, had recently been refitted for passenger service. Thay had ol> eerved the balloon a short time be? fore as It swung gracefully In the sir Soon It dlsippcarcd in the fog. and shortly a loud explosion was heard and a crumped mass fell like a plummet to the earth. So terrific was the force of the fall that the k i was smashed to the sod. while the five men werj splinters, the motor bur'ed deep In erushed and torn almost beyond rec? ognition. Ruperts who examined the wreck? age declared that the benzine tank had burated. The rubber enve'ooe had been torn to ahreds and the I ow collapsed. Nearby was found a nad memento of the disastrous trip, ft was a leaf from the notebook of I gineer Hoeppe. making a short rec? ord of the Journey. There were only a few words. "Departed Hall 9:04; ascend air 1:99; thick fog northward. Can not saa earth, -an breaks through; heavy ed downwards; altitude 280 metres (919 feet) at 9:14." fog below us. Elevating planes alop Hl'SPEN D RATE ADVANCES. Inter-State Commerce Commission PoHt|Mincs Effective Date. Washington. July 13.?By a form si vote the Inter-State Commerce Commission today determined to suspend recent general advances made by the railways In their frelghl rates. The tariffs suspended, in ac? cordance with the policy decided up? on by the commission, for the most part, are those recently filed by the Western Trunk Line Association and by the carriers In Eastern classifica? tion territory, although some of the tariffs agslnat which questions were raised were filed by Individual roads In other territories. By arrangement with the Presi? dent and with the commission, the railways agreed to supplement their original advanced tariffs, which were to have become effective about July 1, with tariffs to become effective Auguat 1. Thia poatponement of the effective date of the proposed rates was for the purpose of enabling the commis? sion thoroughly to examine its au? thority under the ne > railroad law. The underatandlng at the time the agreement was rea< bed was that such advances as were general In charac? ter and affected large Interests should be suspended pending an inquiry Into the reasonableness of the Increases. The vote taken by the commission was rather on the line of a polley to be pursued by that body as to sun pensions than upon specific tariffs. Now that the policy of the commis? sion has been determined. It will be automatically applicable, In a sense to aueh tariffs as fall within its pur? view. It is tflgpai 91 d that within a day or two formal announcement will he made by the commission of the pn - ? is,, nature of it* p. Ii? v and. in a gen? eral way. the 1.1 riffs that are to bi affe. ted by It. 1'ntil that ??gjOltHftT m*?nt Is mad. it is not possible to state definitely what particular rates Will be suspended WEATin mwii I Itl I.EAKI I? Um 11 Mlli bell Released PrOfti <.enrirhi Prtsssn. Thomasvllle. (la.. Julv IS.?Wil? liam M Mit? hell, one of South Geor gla'a most pr.?n incut and Wealthy Citizen?. - trial and conviction ? year ago on the charge of assault m I battery upon Miss Ludle l.lnt ?n, a member of a prominent Thomasvllle ramily. |Sj Mad Interest throughout the eoui try. was today given bis fr.lorn after nerving a tWOh months' ??. nterw e on the. county chain gang ?crannoas efltgftl were made md manv Hi . Kinds of dollars spent by Mitchell and hl? friends to h > the i bain gin* SSatcaoe annulled, but th* higher courts UVOFfOled the ap? peals, and the Governor and the pri ? ori commission refused to Interfere ?:? luse of his pbvsh al condition, however. Mitchell remained In the prison hospital throughout Ml term upton SINCLAIR PROPHESIES. He Predicts That a Civil War is Near To Down Trust*. Wilmington, Del., July 5.?Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jungle," who is a resident of the single-tax colony at Arden, Del., today declared that a civil war to down the trusts is near. In an address at the colony, while attired |g a blue flannel shirt and khaki trousers, he said the war f>v crisis will occur largely because ho had predicted it. He gave Roosevelt credit for helping it along and said the Insurgents were fitting into the scheme beautifully. "Seven years ago," he declared, "I predicted a big crisis would be here in about three years, with modifica? tions. The personality of Roosevelt has somewhat changed the aspect of my prophecy. I said the crisis would come one year after the presidcntU' election of 1912. when we would see our most highly concentrated trusts, Standard Oil, coal, steel and trans? continental railroads in the hands of the people. They'll either purchase* them or confiscate them. I predicted then that Taft would be elected a figurehead President. Things are happening as they did in the Civil War. Taft Is a parallel of Uuchanan. Debs parallels Wendell Phillips, La Follette is doing the work of Sum ner. i'oosevelt has turned the history of che country, and the Insurgents don't any more mean to bring abotit the change than did Lincoln and Seward Intend, at first, to set the slaves fi-^e. They'll simply give the public what It wants." WILL HPV COTTON ON ORADE. A ncVison Determines to Abolish Sys? tem Heretofore lu Vogue of Pay? ing Average Price. Anderson, July lft,?Beginning with the opening of the new cotton season on September 1, cotton will bo bought and sold in Anderson strictly on grade. The system of buying and selling at an average price which has been in vogue for several years has been changed between the farmers' union, the chamber of commerce and the local cotton mill men. MY! WHAT A SHAME. Thirty Carlouds of Elbcrtas Will Rlush rn.seen as Result of Car shortage. Fort Valley, Qa., July 15.?It was stated here today that 30 carloads of Elberta peaches will be dumped into the Flint river, eight miles from hero tomorrow, as a result of the failure to move the crop quickly. Eighty thousand crates were awaiting cars here today and It Is feared will be a dead loss. Already growers here have lost $100,000 because of the l,i k of Iced cars. The situation Is said to be the worst in the history of the Industry in this section. WORK ON ASYLUM. I iiiargeiiient of Hospital for the In? su im' Will Begin Monday. Columbia, July 15.?Work on the three new buildings at the State Hos? pital for the Insane commences Mon? day, the funds coming from the ap? propriation of fifty thousand dollars made by the last legislature. The million dollar plant hero is not to he moved, hut will be enlarged. State-Wide. Dr. Len Itroughton, of Atlanta, Wi nt down to Augusta the other <l;iy and told the Augustans how the pro? hibition law is bel?g violated in their midst. It Is likely that they already knew what be told them, bht he told it to tD- in in sueh a forcible manner that it has attracted a great deal of at t< ntton, in AUffUCta and elsewhere. Al a MUttcr oj fa t. the prohibition law is not enforced in Augusta at all. It is Just About as easy to get whiskey in Augusta now as it was be tors tie- prohibition law went into effect. We have heen told, what we sre iure Ii good Authority, that there ,ii?? wholesale liquor houses doing business- in Augusta, and that they ?hip considerable quantltlei of their Kooiis to Anderson and other points. Now, that is a wrong state of af? fairs, it is against the law to meto whiskey in AttgUStS, Tile people Ol Augusta know this, hut they do not enforce the law. People who do noi enforc? ihc law are a lawlesi people. The greatesl trouble about not en? forcing the prohibition law is this (Contempt for one- law breeds con? tempt for all laws. If people miv violate ?uie law with impunity, they or other people will soon feel that they Can violate other laws. Open violation of the prohibition law. sueh as SXlstl In Augusta, Is not only had of Itself hut it is a bid for still worse conditions, The people qJ Augusta ought to do better than they are doing, whether they iik?? prohibition or not. If they da not soon begin to do better it will pot bi long until they will be doing h worse.?Anderson Mail. SUMMER SESSION OP CLEMSON BOARD ADJOURNS. Affairs of Sou til Carolin?'* Great Agricultural Institution Found to Be in Excellent Shape?Matter of Electing Permanent President De? ferred!? Annual Appropriations Made? -Auditing Commission's Re? port?Faculty Promotions. Clcmson College, July 13.?The an? nual summer meeting of the Clemson College board of trustees adjourned this afternoon. No action was taken towards the election of a president. The arrangement, by which Prof. W. M. Hisgs has been acting as presi? dent, was continued and the hoard authorized Acting President Ulggs and Chairman Johnstone, of the board, to make such arrangements as they thought wise and necessary In regard to the conduct of the engin? eering department, of which Prof. Kiggs is direc tor. The board express? ed tin mselves as well pleased with the condition of affairs at the col? lege, the business affairs being so thoroughly systematized as to meet the entire approval of the hoard, and they felt that neither the college nor the peopel of the State could possibly lose anything under a continuation of the. present arrangement, until such time as the board was thoroughly prepared to elect a permanent presi? dent. The same committee on the president was continued. The annual appropriations were made for the conduct of the college for the coming year as follows: For State work of various kinds $85,000; for normal operating expenses, $14, 000; for completion of new biuldings $8,000; lor insurance for next live years $14,000; for unusual expendi? tures $6,000. Twenty thousand dol? lars was appropriated for a dairy building and $8,000 for a dairy barn. This will put the dairy work on a fine basis, as it should be. The agri? cultural committee of the board was authorized to ask the Legislature for permission to establish experiment stations in the Pee Dee and possibly in the Sand Hill sections. This is a long step forward In the interest of the farmers In those sections. The trustees received the report of the board of visitors, which Inspected the workings of the college in May. The report was very commendable. It will be published later. The report of the auditing commis? sion was also received and read. This commission, consisting of Mr. W. B. West, chief; Messrs. J. P. Derham, E. C. Elmore and J. B. Haltlwanger, recently made a thorough audit of the books and accounts of the college for the past seven years. The report sets forth the facts that the accounts of the college are in every respect satisfactory, that, the moneys have been .spent economically and In ac? cordance with orders of the board and that all accounts are properly accounted for and vouched for. The acting president and the chair? man of the board were authorized to carry into effect the purchase of the Lewis lands, under the authority granted by the last Legislature, the Attorney General to approve the titles. The resignation of Col. M. B. Har din, as director of the department of chemistry, was accepted, and Col. Hard In was asked to remain with the college as consulting chemist, with a reasonable salary and a home. Col. Hardin has served the college long, faithfully and ably, and it is hoped that he will remain in the new capa? city. Dr. 11. N. Brackett, assoclatt professor of chemistry, was made acting director and State chemist. Prof. David Henry was made acting associate, and Hie president was au? thorised to find suitable men for the places made vacant by the promotion of Mr. Henry and tin resignation of Dr. Hall. Mr. J'.. J. Wells, now assistant to State superintendent Bwearlngen, was ele< ted to the position in the prepar? atory department made vacant by the resignation of Prof, D, T, Klnard, who *.,es to tiic superlntendeney of the Dlllion school, Mr. T. F. Jack ?on, who was recently appointed to ?* position in the etxenslotl and inti? tule division, was elected to a per? manent place. The hoard found the college in fine shape as to tiie health, discipline ami tin- general good morals of the stu? dents. GALA WEEK ANDERSON, s. C. Excursion B?te?. VI? Southern Rail? way. Account Gala Week the Southern Hallway announces very low ami at? tractive round trip rates to Anderson, S. C. Tickets to he sold from all points .inly 30th to \ugust tfth Inclu? sive, limited to reach original start? ing point returning not later than midnight of August 8th, 1910, For further Information, rates, etc. apply to Southern Railway ticket agents, or address: J. I\l BEK, \V. I:. Met; BE, Asst. Gen, Pas, Aft. Dlv, Pas, Aft Atlanta, Da. Charleston, s. c. PINCHOT VS. CANNON. Debate Over Con sen atl o n?Eac 11 Puts Up Man as Father of the Movement?Ex-Forester Outlines His Brand of Republicanism. Kansas City. Mo., July 15.?Gifford Pinchot and Speaker Joseph G. Can? non engaged in an extemporaneous debate upon subject of conservation before the Knife and Fork Club in j this city tonight, and while each gave 1 expression to the highest personal re- ' gard for the other and both agreed t.\at oenservation of the national re? sources should be encouraged, they differed on the question of who was the father of conservation. Mr. Cannon, who spoke first, said that the late J. W. Powell, at one time director of the government geo? logical survey, deserved the honor, but Mr. Pinchot asserted that Theo? dore Roosevelt was the father of con? servation. Speaker Cannon said that Colum? bus broke an egg and made it stand on the end and that any man could do the same thing after Columbus had showed him how. "And J. W. Powell was the father of Conservation!" shouted the speak? er. It was Powell, he said, who ap? plied to him when he was chairman of. the committee on appropriations to do something for conservation. J "I sent Powell to Senators Hale and Allison, and the senate, as a re j suit of his conference with these sen | ators, started the legislation toward withdrawing all public land that could be irrigated, as well as all res? ervoir sites. "The house was in favor of the leg? islation, but the senate fought it; but in 1890 the civil sundry bill ai passed contained a provision with? drawing all the water power sites and that was the pioneer effort to withdraw from enttry all public 'ands that could be irrigated, but he won on the other proposition." Turning to Mr. Pinchot, Mr. Can I non said: "I have the greatest per I sonal regard for you, but I under? stand that you are now engaged in conservation work for the oragniza tion of a new party. "I tell you, sir, that a party can not stand on a single issue, although our party did stand on a single issue once in that great conflict between servile and free labor." Mr. Cannon shook hands with Mr. Pinchot at the conclusion of his speech and apologized because he had to leave without hearing Mr. Pin? chot, Mr. Cannon was not on the regular programme, but having stopped over at the hotel where the dinner was given he was invited to attend and responded to an invitation to address the club. Mr. Pinchot was given an ova? tion when he rose to speak. The en? tire club stood up and cheered him for several minutes. "Theodore Roosevelt was the fath? er of conservation in this country,* he said. "The natural conservation association is continuing the work he started. The last session of congress did great work and our association was largely responsible for it. The .vithdrawal bill as it passed was due largely to the efforts of the associa? tion. The fundamental idea of con? servation is to make of this country a better home for the race and to make the race a better one in that home. The nation should think of itfer marvelous riches. Conservation does not stop development, but to so conserve what nature provides that the people who come after us also may enjoy them. "I believe a new school of polities is coming up in the United States. This new school will decide whether the country shall be governed by money for profit or by men for hu? man welfare. "I ma le a speech in St. Paul re? cently and in connection with that speech somebod) mentioned the pos? sibility of the organisation of i Ta w party. Mr. Cannon's reference to me in that connec tion doubtless is due to his hav ing read some headlines at that time, i am s Republican and J do not believe in the net esslty for 9 third party at this time. "I am not a Cannon Republican or an Aldrich Republican, but I am a Dolllver-Cummins - Beveridge, La Follette-Murdock-Xorris - Btuhbs Re? publican and 1 like to be counted among that kind of t attle." Further reports from various sec? tions of the State indicate Un> accu? racy of Tbc Index forecast that in the gubernatorial race, Featherstone will lead with HI ease or MoLeod a close second. The second primary will ba\e to be between two of these three gentlemen. The other gentlemen will show up at tlie close in about, the fol? lowing order, Hyatt, Richards and Duncan. In the beginning Richards had it on Hyatt, as they say on the street, but "Brother Hyatt" with his organization, determination, nerve, money, and a few other essentials Ii a few noses or maybe a whole length or two ahead of Mr. Richards. The entry "i .Mr. Richards, as The Index termed It, is s pathetic political spec? tacle as it means his political slaugh? ter.?Greenwood Index. NO "PASSION PLAY" YET. Best We Will Get Is Visit From Uie Look-Over Commission. New York, July 13.?Martin Beck, the vaudeville manager who has a string of theatres in the West, South? west and South, arrived from Europe yesterday on the Kronprinzessan Ce cilie. He says he persuaded the "Passion" players of Oberammergau to send a commission here next year to look over the ground and see if the play can be put on here in a manner that would not affect its dig? nity. He believes that he will not be able to get the players here before 1914. Mr. Beck says his partners cabled him that they would not combine with William Morris. It was true that they had bought a piece of prop? erty in Forty-seventh street, but it was as a real estate investment. They were, however, going to open a house | here. In conjunction with a Euro- ' pean theatrical firm, Mr. Beck said, j he would build a modern music hall | to Berlin for the use of the interna? tional vaudeville circuit, which took In his own shows. MAKING LARGE PROFITS. Columbia Get! $23,293.95 of Last Quarter's Profits. Columbia, July 15.?The city of Co? lumbia has just received $23,293,95 from the Richland county dispensarj', which was the city's half of the prof? its for the quarter just ended. The total amount which Colubbia has re? ceived from the county dispensary this year is $68,486.53. Although this covers only three quarters and another payment will be made for the last quarter, ending October 10, Columbia's share of the profits from the county dispensary is already $8,486.53 in excess of the es? timate made by council from this source of income for the entire year. Queen Mary is in danger of being out-queened by her mother-in-law. It is the same old problem that so many others have had to contend with.? Memphis News-Scimitar. Beverly is the place where Presi? dent Taft stops off on some of his trips to get a fresh collar and a clean handkerchief.?Springfield Union. Hay Fever and Asthma. ?Bring discomfort and misery to many people but Foley's Honey and Tar give ease and comfort to the suf? fering ones. It relieves the congest? ion in the head and throat and is soothing and healing. None genuine but Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package. Sibert's Drug Store. Don't Neglect Your Eyes-= call and have our optician examine your eyes if they are troubling you; by having this done you may not have to wear them long. But to continue straining them may necessitate you wearing them your lifetime. Our optical parlor is fitted with every device for thoroughly examin? ing the eye. We have installed a lense grinding plant and do our own lense grinding and driling; carry a stock of compound lense frame mountings and optical goods. We can fill your prescriptions at once properly; all work guaranteed. Graduate optician in charge. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. Phone 333. - - No. 6 5. Main St. GIVEN TWENTY-FIVE YEAKS. W. N. Kennedy Must Serve Long Term in Prison for Crime on Ne? gro Child. Spartanburg, July 14.?Twenty-five years in the State penitentiary was the sentence administered by Judge Gruber today to W. N. Kennedy, the white man who was Wednesday con? victed in general sessions court on the charge of having committed criminal assault upon a colored girl under 14 years of age. ?A Frightful Wreck of train, automobile or buggy may cause cuts, bruises, abrasions, sprains or wounds that demand Bucklen's Arnica Salve?earth's greatest healer. Quick relief and prompt cure results. For burns, boils, sores of all kinds, eczema, chapped hands and lips, sore eyes or corns, its supreme. Surest pile cure. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. EXAMINE CLOSELY Look over our display of FINE FURNITURE A close examination will show many true bargains?to suit your needs and to harmonize with your home style of decoration and for use. Another item?compare our prices. Witherspoon Bros. 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