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His hands were badly burned ^ oa the wire rope, but otherwise he r. amnjured Sunrlch was dangling frvaa the cable when rescued. O?MH8 IT.IFS OVFR LAKE ERIE New Aeroplane Record foe Crossing Water. Clewaland. Ohio. Aug. SI.?Olenn H. OertUs of Hammondsport N. Y , teier established a new record for over-water flights by traveling ovtr Brie from Euclid beach, nine aast of this city, to Cedar mti Ohio, about 00 miles. The an time consumed was one hourl eighteen minutes. The aviator's estimate of the time was one ? ar and a last son minutes. His av tfme was Of miles ea hour. *T ttieaagh one stretch of SO miles was eovsrad at a mile a minuto. Cutllsa used the eight-cylinder CO nor?cower biplane of his own con? struction In which he made his re? cent flight down the Hudson from Atomy to New York. BULL Fl> BY HIS CHIEF. Special Agent Is kiii..i by Chief Special Agent at St, Baal. . St. Paul. Minn.. Aug. 30.?V. P. WesSOi. discharged special agent of ths Qreat Northern Railroad com? pany, entered the office of Chief Spe? cial Agent a'.. O. Ray today and fired flve shots at the latter and missed him each time. Ray pulled his gun * ami Shot Welsh dead. * Welsh was about 46 years old and had been discharged by Ray about two months ago for shooting a man at Dututh. As soon ss Welsh opened the door to Mr. Ray's office he drew a revolver from his pocket and began to fire at s^ Rar. At th* fifth shot Mr. Ray sue ?eded in getting his revolver Into action and with one shot kille 1 HFtVII vt UMN IN 1? YEARS. f Tuesday Terminated Fall of e.71 bs> < lies I <>i 2 I Hour*. Charleston. Aug. 31.?The twenty four h?mr-< ? rcling at 10 A. M . yes? terday showed the heaviest fall of rsln within the last sixteen years. To be e*a?t In the figured showing the fall are 5.73 Inches. This Is the larg? est dally f ill registered here siive the t?th of >'? ptember. 1SHI. wh'-n the register was an even 7 ln< lo s While the ruin fell almost continually during the roiirse of the day and thH greater part of the night. It was In the neighborhood of 2 A. M that the real heavy fall occurred. In the nine minutes preceding this hour there w.ts a fall of .39 ln? he?? This was at IM rate of over 2 40 Inehes per hour, and to the few who were out In the down? pour the figures give but a faint Idea ss to the severity of the disturbance. f?ne of the loeal PostonVe employees. Ali'ne bulsness has kept him out In . sjff kind of Veather during the nistits of its] sssf tweaty yarns), stales' yesterday tint In' h el r expert.-ne? ed such ? se\^re rain In hN life The total rainfall ttml distributed b# r< during las I t ?i period of Ihne the! the rain foH was I II Ire ' ? whleh has reduced 'ho rainfall de. flcliary to nhsiaot If ? thirds af what It was last week. The tot i| ,\. i , v l?t the present till! ? i : ? ? I i'- !, tprfl. IM?. <B? j??? mm 881. 81 KEEAI>\ FOR THE IKOUDS. soutluMii Ihm ( ,hiipi* i. ,i Arrange? ment* Whereby 21 Trains will (>< ?Mi Im an.i out of Knoxville D?r? ing Appalacliiaii l \|hnIijoii. - I Knoxville, Tonn., Aug. 31. (Spe? cial): To handle the greet crowds * hich are expected to be drawn to , thin city by the Appalachian Expo? sition, September 12-October 12, the; Southern Railway haa completed ar? rangements for a regular passenger train service of 24 trains in and a like number out of Knoxville every day during the exposition, giving ono train in and out of Knoxville every hour of the day. Night trains in each direction be fw Chattanooga and Knoxville and between Bristol and Knoxville will be a feature of the through ser? vice, while the local service will be extensive and ample. In each di? rection there will be 5 trains per day I from the South and Southwest. S i from the South and Southeast, 6 from the North and East, 6 from the North, and 2 from the Northwest. For the various special occasions which have been arranged the Southern will operate extensive special train aervlce. Shuttle trains to the ex? position grounds will also be oper? ated. Fifty-two officials and representa? tives of the paseenger department of the Southern recently met in Knox? ville and after a full inspection of the I exposition which resulted in the greatest enthusiasm concerning I he prospects of the exposition, com? pleted all arrangements for running this extensive train service. The Ap? palachian will set a splendid mark in preparedress. All buildings are be now complete, many exhibits are be? ing put in place, and the exposlt a will be st Its best on opening day. CHRIST PORTRAITS NOT TRUE. He Wae Anything But Effeminate, Soys Profeeeor Wright. Chicago, Aug. 29.?"The portraits of Christ are not true to life," said Prof. Henry B. Wright, of Yale Uni? versity, in an address last night be? fore 50 Chinese students at Evanaton. "It is not strange that they should not be," continued the Professor, "for no man who ever painted a portrait of Christ ever saw him. "From all descriptions of Christ in the Bible we are led to believe that IM was a strong muscular man, even bronzed and ruddy and anything but effeminate, as many portraits show him to be. "This is as It should be. Christ was the only man who ever lived who was all-powerful. David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford University, de? clares that young men today get only half the power they should out of their efforts, because they have mis? spent their energies or lost the, use of some faculty because of disuse. It was not so with Christ. He was the Meed of Mr. Jordan's idea." RAINS HELP TEXAS COTTON. First (*eneral Fall In Southwest Sec? tion in Three Months. San Antonio. Aug. 31.?Rain vary? ing from a half to two and a half Inches fell OVer Southwest Texas, fre-m Laredo on the south, Corpus t'hristl on the southeast and Luling and Victoria to the east. This Is the first general rain In this section In three months. Water holes were filled, dry ?trenail set running, fall forage crops helped and if other conditions do not Interfere will be * *reat al(l to ma. turning a good crop of cotton. \<> ORDER \<.\i\sr STRAWS. Mnyor or Cltfrago sa>s lie won't Nine \n\ oihviai i MInmntlon. Chicago, Aug. It,?There is to be no OnVisl pardon this year tor the offens.- oi Wearing strawhats after September 1. Anyone who Wean his hotweather headgear after tomorrow will do so on I he strength of his own judgment, and courage. f.?r Mayor Banana declared yesterday there would be no proclamation prolonging th? season for "straw hats" until Septem her i"?. "I shall not Issue any such proc? lamation, .'Mid what's more, I navel did issue any such proclamation." was tie- M ivor's statement. "I don't know what business1 the Mayor has In Inking vie h an action, Rvery man has l right lo determine for hlmsi If whit he ihsll wear as long as li? do, : not violate the police regula? tion* " Mr. Leonldai Kennedy, an old Sumter boy, has gone on the >? ... and Ii drawing Isrge crowds wher SVsr be appears with his grest heavy and light weicht balancing net. * roar Let all the Thou Aimi JMTER, S. C, SaTURDj WORLR's COTTON CROP. Hester's R<'|K>rt Shows Product for Year I?10 3,2ir>,78? under That of Tear Before. Now Orleans, Aug. 31.?Secretary I Hester of the New Orleans cotton ex? change announced today the commer? cial crop for the year ending August 31, 1910, amounted to 10,609,668 bales, a decrease under last year 3, 215,789, under year before last 962, 298, and a decrease under 1906-'07 of 2,901,324. The consumption of the South? ern mills Is 218,670 bales behind last year, and 148,026 ahead of the sea? son of 1907-1908. Last year the consumption of cct ton in the South was the largest ever recorded, while in 1907-'08 the busi? ness of the mills was materially re? stricted by the panic. Secretary Hester is now engaged on details of the statement includ? ing port movements, exports and the . world's consumption of American : cotton, which will be promulgated in a few days. FACING COTTON PROBLEM. Radical Conditions May Apply in Crop Movement. New Orleans, La., Aug. 31.?With the close of the season tonight, South? ern cotton men declare they are now ' face to face with what may prove a serious problem if they are forced1 to move the coming crop under con? ditions which are radically different from those which have prevailed in ' the past. This situation was brought about by the action of the British bankers in declaring that In the future Amer? ican banks will have to guarantee cotton bills of lading before they will be honored across the water. This being impossible, a conference of American and British bankers has; been arranged for early next week, and the outcome of this conference bj| now paramount in the Southern jot ton circles, surpassing even the sea? son-end statistics. The hopes of the Southern Cotton men rest largely on the recent action taken by the Southeastern Freight Association, the Southeastern Missis? sippi Valley Asoclation and the South? western tariff committee, represent? ing railroads covering the entire cot? ton belt These roads have agreed upon a bill of lading certificate plan, which the cotton men believe should satisfy the British bankers. According to this plan, only one original bill of lading is to be signed. As many duplicates as necessary may be made, but all these will be stamp? ed "copy, not negotiable." The original bill is to be stamped by the railroad at the time it is at? tached to the certificate bearing the agent's signature. The stamping is to be done in such a manner that one part of the impression is shown on the original bill and the remaining part on the certificate. As an additional safeguard the marks or labels and signs of identi? fication on the cotton bales must be written in ink. The bills of lading must he issued In consecutive num? bers and the certificates also must he numbered consecutively, so that in all cases the numbers will corres? pond. Through bills of lading on export shipments will he issued only from concentrating points. No local agent is allowed to issue a through bill of lading. The cotton must go to con eetratlng point, according to the rail? road Officials, in order that the rail? road can certify in the instrument furnished the seller of the cotton that it Is in the possession of the railroad. Being in the warehouses of the railroad, the cotton can constructively be termed In the possession of the railroad and certification may he made by the agent, Iiis chief clerk or the person duly authorised to sign through bills of lading. ROY < IIMK.I I> WITH ARSON. Twelve-Year-Old Neuro Uxlgcd in < hosier .fail. Chester, Aug. so.-Blsle reden. a negro boy aged about tw< ive, w as bronghl h< re yesterday morning, and lodged In jail, on tb<- serious charge of arson, Peden Is charged with set? ting flre to a ham belonging to Mr. 1 ,N, Whlb ilde, and it In said thai hi acknowledges that the fire was due to hi ngeni y, bul el ilms thai h< tbr, .v a . h. ir< it- and n< cld< ntallj ? u.. i the fin In thai way, P< opl< living in the neighborhood, however, ty thai l ? den Is n v< ry deprav? d lit? tle negro, and thai they tnke no stock In the accidental theorv nf the fire and i mVI m W Uly Country's, Thy God's am SlY, SEPTEMBER 3, 191 THE BLACKLIST OUTLAWED. Supremo Court Sustain*. Decision Awarding Damages to Blacklisted Mill Operative. Columbia, Sept. I.?When the Su? preme court on Thursday affirmed the decision of Richland Circuit court, Judge Memminger presiding, award? ing $7,000 damages to the plaintiff in the case of Olin M. Rhodes, against the Granby Cotton Mills, of Colum? bia, it decided a matter of vital im portance to industrial circles in this State. Lewis W. Parker, President of the National Association of cotton manufacturers, is president of the defendant mills. In effect the decis? ion outlaws a blacklist maintained by Industrial employers against workers. Rhodes was a loom fixer and he j claims that as a result of his activi? ties in behalf of unionism at the time of the loom fixers strike at Granby, the mill blacklisted him and In con? sequent of its action he has been un? able to get employment in this State. The circuit jury gave Rhodes $2,000 actual and, $8,000 punitive damages. Judge Memminger reduced the puni? tive damages to $5,000, making a total of $7,000. Under the Supreme court decision today this last verdict stands. Justice Eugene Gary wrcte I the opinion. I CHARGES AGAINST CHOATE. Premature Publlcatl^:* In Chatta? nooga Paper Causes Comment. i Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 31.?Law I yers In attendance on the meeting of I the Amer'ean Bar Association here [ were astonished at the publication In an afternoon paper of the report that sensational charge had been prefer? red in the Association against Joseph I Choate, of New York, former am* ! bassador to Great Britain, j All agree that the charges have I been made at least twice before in meetings of the Association, but deny [that they have been "regularly" pre I sented at this session, j George W. Chamlee, of Tennessee, j on the floor of the Convention, to? day announced that he had a "pe? tition" td offer. President Libby replied that the petition would be received. This 'petition," which was not read, contained the charges, the publication of which was such a sur? prise to the delegates. The contents of the petition were not known until read by the members In the afternoon paper. The charges have not been presented to the griev? ance committee; in fact the grievance committee has had no meeting here, as there were no grievances to come before them. There are but two members of the committee present, and they say they have heard noth? ing of the alleged charges. The mem? bers present are Ned Lehmann, of St. Louis, and George R. Peck, of Chicago. President Libby was asked tonight for a statement in regard to the mat? ter. He replied: i "There is no reason for me dis? cussing this affair, as there is no such question before the Association." The story as published in the af? ternoon paper and sent out from this city was to the effect that in formal charges filed against Mr. Choate, It was alleged that Mr. Choate 'has vlo-j lated the confidence of his clients, James R. Watts and wife; that he has violated the canons of ethics of the American Bar Association, has been guilty of divers and sundry of? fences, in violation of good morals and fair dealings and has brought dishonor and disgrace upon the American Bar Association of the Uni? ted States of America." Secretary George W. Whitlock, of the American Bar Association de? clined to discuss the matter in anv m.8 nner. An advance copy of the petition was handed the evening paper by Mr. Chamlee, and the matter there? in was used for publication. This carried trie first Intelligence of the contents of the petition to the mem? bers of the Bar Association. It is declared that the matter never be? came public through any officer of the Association. Mr. Chamlee could not be found tonight, and his version of the matter cannot be had. Early In the day he det lard he would not discuss the affair, as he had presented the petition, and it was now up to the Bar Association. There can he no action of any character <oi the charges, within a a year, even should they be taken up by the grievance committee, which in it - pn ? nt stntun I; hardly prob? nble. it all the stores close at 6 o'clock p. m., throughout the year, nobody v ill lose nnythlng in the way ol trade, and the merchants and the i let Ks will be the is, liners. d Troth's." TUB TRU 0. SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. Majority of Stores Have Already Agreed to Closo at 6 O'clock All the Year Round. Bumter, S. C, Aug. 15, 1910. We, the undersigned ousiness men of Sumter, do hereby agree to close our places of business at 6 o'clock the year round, Saturdays excepted: V. H. Phelps. A. A. Strauss & Co. Sumter Insurance Agency. Carolina Furniture Co. R. S. Hood. Parrott's Book Store. Citizens' Insurance Agency. John Clack Realty Co. Schwartz Bros. Burns Hardware Co. Ducker & Bultman. Welch Bros. Sumter Hardware Co. T. C. Scaffe. Wallace & Monhs. McCallum Realty Co. Geo. D. Shore & Bro. Levy & Moses. ! W. H. Yates. j Sumter Grocery Co. Cuttino & McKnight. I W. T. Costin. I The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. Bultman Bros. Everybody's Store. R. Strauss. Witherspoon Bros. Furniture Co. J. H .Guthrie. Mrs. L. Atkinson. Shaw ft McCollum Mercantile Co. J. D. Craig Furniture Co. Durant Hardware Co. Moore Bros. & Co. E. L. Ducom. W. Ballard. C. W. Kingman. E. T. Brailsford ft Co. S. B. Simpson. C. R. Simpson. M. B. Handle. J. R. Mercer. Forshee & Co. Southern Furniture Co. Harby & Co. J. Dargan Jones. W. A. Thompson. Note: As all the merchants have not signed the above agreement, a number of them being out of the city when it was circulated, it has been decided to hold the matter open until Sept. 16th in order that the others may have opportunity to con? sider the proposition and fall into niel. A number of the above slgna | tures are made on condition that "all I close," ? I ROOSEVELT AN INSURGENT. Ft-President Announces His Political Creed. Osawatomio, Kas.. Aug. 31.?In clear and emphatic fashion Theodore t Roosevelt announced his political creed here today. It was a creed of progressive republicanism. It aligned him definitely with the progressive movement in the party as a whole. It placed him on record as an advo? cate of some policies which find favor with the insurgents and as an oppo? nent of every "special interest" which he believes exercised a sinister in? fluence upon the affairs of the people. Col. Roosevelt declared himself in favor of a wide Increase in the power of the national government so that it might assume greater activity in con? trol of the corporations and in work? ing out the policies which he believes should be adopted. He declared for the "new nationalism." as he termed such an increase in governmental power. Hie Recorder's Court. W. P. Kelley, white, and Geo. Richadson, colored, were before the Reeorder charged with disturbing the peace. They got into a dispute over the possession of a coat and raised quite a row before the officers took a band In the proceedings. Richardson was sent need to pay a fine of $10 and Mr. Kelley. a fine of $20. Mr. Kelley gave notice of appeal, and was released on $50 bond. Eugene Johnson was fined $."> for running over a child, while he was riding a wheel. David Strother, white, charged with < heating a hoarding house keeper, was found guilty and sentenced to pay a Tine of $7.60. ,T. D. Peterson and Wm. Strong, both colored, failed to pay their stre?t tax until they were brought before the Recorder and sentenced to pay their ta\<s and $1.50 penalty each. \ negro on n bicycle ran over and knocked down n little white hoy at the corner of Main and Liberty street this morning. The negro left hi wheel lying on top of the child and ran off up Main street. <r-? V fJjUL No. 3. .RBANCS IX THEATRE. ?. xurbancc at Lyric Causes Young Man to bo Arraigned For Trial on Three Charges. From The Daily Item, August 31. As the result of a disturbance at the Lyric theatre, while a perform? ance was in progress last night, a warrant has been sworn out by the manager of the theatre charging Mr. Willie Muller with assault and bat? tery, besides his having to face charg? es preferred against him by Miss Marie Wilkinson, an actress now per? forming at the Lyric, and Miss Annid Irving Keeler, piano player at the theatre, the charges being "beach of peace." The particulars will be brought out at the trial of the last named cases at the Recorder's court this afternoon. The case of assault and battery preferred aaginst Mr. Muller by the manager of the thearte will be tried in the Magistrates court at a time not yet appointed. ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE. Mr. Willie Muller Found Not Guilty of Breach of Peace at the Lyric Theatre. From The Daily Item, September 1. When the case of the city against Mr. Willil Muller, charged with breach of the peace, viz. creating a disturbance at the Lyric theatre, was called Wednesday afternoon, the court room of the City Recorder was crowd? ed to its fullest capacity, many peo? ple gathering on the outside and at the windows to hear the trial. The trial of the case consumed about an hour and a-half, and while the evidence was at times long-drawn it was nevertheless interesting, and held the attentior of the crowd. From the facts brought out It seems that Mr. Muller, In a spirit Of fun, threw a lime upon the stage at the Lyric, while an actress, Miss Marie Wilkinson, was going through with her performance. Mr. J. Wright, the manager of the theatre, immediately came to the front of the foot lights and denounc? ed the man who threw the lime, call? ing him a vile name and stating that if he were in the house, he (Wright) would throw him out. Mr. Muller then rose and acknowl? edged that he threw the lime, when he and Wright came to blows, the manager of the theatre being badly bunged up before they were separa rated. This about sums up the evidence given at the trial, and after hearing the arguments of the attorneys. Messrs. Geo. D. Levy and H. D. Molse, representing Mr. Muller and Mr. Wright, respectively, the Jury, consisting of Messrs. W. H. Cuttino, H. C. Cuttino, W. S. Dinklns, J. R. Bracy and M. H. Beck, returned a verdict of "not guilty" for the de? fendant. The Election Declared. There will be no second primary for county officers, except tor Magis? trate in the Sixth District. The county Democratic Executive Committee met at the Court House Thursday and after tabulating there turns from all the precinct clubs de? clared the election. The result is set forth in the ac? companying tabulated statement of the returns. , The following were declared the winners of the party for county offi? ces: Senat*?John H. Clifton. House of Representatives?T. B. Praser, Geo. W. Dick, R. B. Belser. Treasurer?B. C. Wallace. Supervisor?P. M. Pitts. Auditor?J. Diggs Wilder. Judge of Probate?T. K. Richard? son. Supt. of Education?J. H. tlayns worth. Magistrates: First District?F. L. Player. Seeon?! District?Geo. T. 1 ?es < 'hamps. Third District?H. L. B. Wells. Fourth District?J. F. Ingram. Fifth District?W. J. Rees. Seventh District?J. L. Oillts. in the Sixth District R. L. Burkett and W. R. DuBose will run over in th<> se< und primary. The People's Bank will open f< r business. In the store room in the Masonic Temple, formerly occupied by the Bumter Banking ?fc Mercantile Co. This is only a temporary ar? rangement until the bank tan obtain possession of the building purchased from Mr. Du Rant and now occupied by the Pavoy. Mr. Alex M. Brough Ion has been elected book-keeper. Dr. A. C. Wllklna will nil the pul? pit of the First Baptist church on Sunday morning and evening.