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purchase of a coast strip OF lana 4vv
miles long and 40 broad, with per-
petual tenure. The price paid was q
miscellaneous assortment of trading
goods. This purchase is given as the
last direct act of this government to-
wards the establishment or mainten-
ance of the settlement, although this
government sent from time to time
liberated negroes to the colony.
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Bad sorm in Texas.

Austin, Tex, spccial.-A terrific
wind and rain storm that at times de-
veloped into tornado swept Texas
from the Panhandle to the Gulf ear
ly Sunday. The restriction to crops
and vegetation, trees and shrubbery
was the greatest reported in years.
In numerous places houses were up
lifted and small villages and hamlets
in many instances were inundated by
the terrific rainfall which in the
space of four hours reached seven
inches in many sections.
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Big Event For Conway.

Conway, Specialize Independent
Republic of Horny on Friday cele-
brated the completion and occupancy
of its beautiful new court house and
substantial Jail building. The day
marked a new epoch in the life and
development of this rich and fertile
county. For the first time in the
county's history a governor Of the
State was present as specially in.
vited guest, and there were other dis
tingished persons in attendance fol
the greatest event the county has evel
known.
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War Eagle Company Formed.

Greenville, special.-Books of sub
scription to the capital stock, $4,000,
of the War Eagle Hydraulic Mining
company were opened at the Ameri-
can bank. The stock is placed at 81
a share and the officers of the COM
pany are: Dr.3'T. G. Stone, president; !;
Henry Briggs, vice president; DR.. E.
w. Carpenter, secretary-treasurer; F..
L. Plaisance, general manager.
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Oregon Train wrecked; Three Killed

Oakland, Cal, special.-The Sec
ond section of the Oregon express
train on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, was wrecked near Pineole Fri
day. Three men were killed out
right. One died Friday. Three were
injured. The wreck is supposed to
have been caused by the front truck
of the baggage car jumping the track.
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A Big Picnic.

Greenwood, Special.-The most i'm
portant gathering of the people in the
whole up-country will take place
Thursday at Jones in this county at
the usual Jones high school picnic.
People from five counties come to the
Jones picnic every year as regular
thing and even George Johnstone of
Newberry is to deliver the address
this year. Dr.. W. w. Daniel Of Co.
lumbia is also expected to deliver an
address.
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Fatal Explosion at French Sugar
Refinery.

Paris, By Cable.-An explosion at
sugar refinery here buried a number
of workmen under n heap of burning
wreckage. -Four are known to be dead
and others are thought to be in the
ruins. Fortv-two of the injured have
been taken from the wrcckage. The
combustion of sugar dust caused o
blast, burning the workmen on the
upper floors.
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TROLLEY Cars Collide.

San Francisco. Spccial.-Two troll
Icy cars crowded with people collid
ed Sunday at the foot Of a steep hill
killing Henry Baer, a travelling sales
man, and injuring twenty other pas
scngers, one probably fatally, ant
several severely. A car on Devisa
dero street got beyond control of thu
motorman end dashed down the hill
with terrific speed, striking Sacra
mento street car just as it rounded ;
curve,
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Sixty Killed in a Wreck.

Antwerp, BY Cable.-one Of worst
railroad accidents in Europe in re-
cent times occurred at Contich, sta
tion six miles southeast Of this city
ON the main line, at 8 O'Clock Friday
morning. The exact number OF vie
tins had not been determined up to
a late hour, owing to the difficulty OF
removing the bodies from the debris
but the latest estimate places the
number at 60 killed and one hundred
wounded.
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cboked to Death by Husband.

Newark, o., Special.-Mrs. Ernest
Terwilger was found dead in her
room Sunday. She had been choked
to death. Her husband was arrested
and he. confessed to the crime. Sun
day night such large crowd gather
ed about the prison that police re-
serves were called out.
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Stub Ends of News.

Rear-Admiral Sperry took COM
mand of the Atlantic battleship fleet.
Secretary Taft arrived in Washing
ton, returning from his trip TO Pan
anna.
A bill to create an Appalachian
forest reserve was passed by Con-
gress.
The battleship fleet sailed from
San Francisco for ports on Puget
Sound.
Frank Merritt, of New York City.
repeated his offer to give himself to
sclance to be experimental on in the
search for a cure for consumption.
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Shipping Fruit by the Car Load.

Columbia, Special.---The Southern
Express company is being heavily
taxed to move the shipments of
peaches, beans, ETC., from the truck,
ing section of the State lying between
Columbia and Savannah and between
Columbia and Augusta. The peach
crop is about ten days earlier this
season that last and the prospects
for a heavy crop are promising.
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A Bureau of Mines.

Washington, Speeial.-The Senate
committee on mines and mining met
Friday to consider the proposition to
establish bureau Of mines in the
Department of the Interior. The
committee is said to favor the. bill
and is expected to report it soon. 1t
is believed that the measure may
pass the Senate before adjournment.
The new bureau is expected to sup
plement the work now done by States.
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Governor Broward Leads in Florida

Jacksonville, Fla, Special.-Com-
plete returns frora Tuesdays primary
election have only been received from
% counties out of the 46 in the State.
From these returns Governor Broward
for United States Senator leads by
about 1,1OO votes, and Albert W. Gil
christ for Governor, leads by 4,00
votes. Governor BrowsId and Dun
can q. Fletcher for United States
Senator, and Gilchrist and ]. N. G.
Stockton will have to fight it ont III
the second primary in June.
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Mckinley Property to Be Sold.

Canton, O., Specialize Mckinley
block on South Market street, one of
the two pieces of Canton property
owned by the late President William
Mckinley, was sold by Sheriff Wilson
at public auction. The property has
been appraised at 100000. The sale
was decided upon by the adminlstra-
tor of the estate of Abner Mckinney
and representatives of the remainder
of the Presidents heirs.
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. H
which shall secure protection for
American interests in Japan and Ko-
rca.
Congress will adjourn this week, Il
the Senate and House conferees tan
agree upon an. acceptable currency
bill.
Tie clique of old Senate leaders ia
said to have chosen Burrows as chair
man of the Chicago convention as
rebukc to the younger element.
Though there is considerable john
son sentiment in the South, Bryan
seems likely to get large majority
of the delegates from that section.
Richmond residents adopted rcso-
lutions urging Bishop Van de Vyyer
not to resign.
Rev. W. T. Palmer was installed
pastor Of the Westminster Presby'
terian Church, Lynchburg.
William D. Haywood, addressing
The Socialist Convention, denounced
courts, Judges, the President and q
number Of others.
Secretary Taft arrived at Char
lesion from Panama, well and smiling
The Russian general sent to punish
marauding Persians has been ordered
to burn and kill.
French forces lost 13 killed and 65
wounded in an engagement with
Arabs.
The Senate substituted the origi.,
nal Aldrich bill for the Vrceland bill
and both houses sent the currency
measure to conference.
The House passed the omnibus pub.
lie building bill and the Military Aca-
denny Appropriation bill.
General Sherwood, of Ohio, mads
a caustic attack on General Keifcr,
of Ohio, in the House.
President Roosevelt and William j.
BRYAN made the closing addresses af
thc National Resources Conference.
The Governors have agreed to hold
an annual convention of State exc
cutives.
The convention of machinery men
at Parkersburg elected officers for
next year.
The Wright brothers have broken
no their aeroplane, wrecked on the
North Carolina coast, but thev have
a new and stronger machine at Day
ton. Chic. with which they will eS.
pertinent in August.
Rear Admiral Charles Stlilman
snerrv assumed command of the
batlcship fleet at San Francisco,
The iawbonc found in the ruins OF
thc Guinness home at Laporte. Ind.
was identified by dentist as that OF
Mrs Guinness.
Freight shippers at "a meeting ~
Chicago took steps to fight the r',Se
in rates announced By the railroads.
A New York Insurer has been sent
10 ;o;1 for ran days Thlrfn1 that
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Galveston, Texas.-The adoption
cf nineteen:months-old baby by the
Houston Professional Baseball Club
has just been announced. On train
on which were riding the members
of the Houston team, of the Texas
League, the players noticed a woman
and curly haired child. The woman
requested w. f. Hester, pitcher. to
hold the child for few minutes. then
stepped into another coach and left
the train at the next station.
A note found on the child gave its
name as Edmund Winters, and the
ball player decided to adopt the boy.
Before the end of the journey every
member of the club fell in love with
the abandoned baby and entered into
a compact to care for the little one,
electing 1t the mascot of the club.
At the games in Dallas and Fort
Worth TIE mascot was exhibited in
the grounds during the game, and
was showered with money from the
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Judge Rules that Stock Yard
is "Hotel For Hogs.

East St. Louis, Ill.-Judge Francis
H. Wright in the United States Cir
cult Court decided that although the
National Stock Yards here has several
miles of tracks, engines and cars and
other equipment 1t was not a common
carrier and Is not subject to Federal
railroad laws.
The Stock Yards attorney contend
ed that his clients were conducting
"hotel for hogs and other live stock"
and not railroad. In this he was
sustained by the court.
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lettings About Sports.

Stewards of the Pennsylvania
Breeders and Racing Association an
bounced an attractiveprogram Tor the
Brst race meet of the organization.
Melvin w. Sheppard, the American
distance runner, is so eager to be a
New York policeman, that he may not
accompany the Olympic team to Eng
and.
w. B. Burroughs. OF the Illinois
University, scored double win In the
ield events at the Pennsylvania relay
aces. In the shot he easily outdis-
anced Kruger, the intercollegiate
champion.
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BASEBALL NINE ADOPTS a BABY.
h1ont
of iou

of Houston Club.
audience, and at Houston collections
were taken up, and the baby now has
fund of more than $4,000 to it's
credit and still growing. Offers from
some of the wealthiest families In the
State to adopt the child have been re-
fused and the baby mascot will not
be parted with by the club.
The mother, VINO is less than eigh-
teen years of age, was found in Hills
boro and her tragic story unfolded.
She had lived with a drunken father
until twelve years of age, when she
ran away from him. Before she was
sixteen years of age she was married.
and after the birth of her child her
husband deserted them and disap-
peared. The child-mother found EN-
p.oyment in a packing house at Fort
Worth, earning Sc week. Recently
the packing house cut down the num-
ber of its employees, and the mother,
determined that the baby should not
starye, gave it to the ball player.
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THE rl,OTIST.

He-Well, my dear, l had my life
insured today.
she-That's just like you-always
thinking of yourself.-Pathfinder.
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being done through the Palmetto
Bank, of this city.
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A New York Insurer has been sent :
10 Jail for ten days. During that
time, pines the Washington Post, he
can hardy be expected to take any
interest in his business.
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SCIENTIST SURE HE HAS FOUND GERM OF PARESlS

Dr. John oen Asserts he Has CursEIpermen
lonq Same Demonstrated Existence Of Dphhrla
tuberculosis Germs.
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THE PLATFORM.
Adopted by the State Democratic
Convention.

We, the Democratic party of South
Carolina, in convention assembled, re-
affirm our. faith in the fundamental
and historic principles of the party of
Thomas Jefferson and call to the ma
ton to again put its trust in the party
of individual liberty and of ."equal
rights to ali and special privileges to
none"
We favor the exercise by the gener-
al government of all its constitutional
Gu Eority for the prevention of mo-
nopoly and for the regulation OF in
terstate commerce; we insist that fed
cral remedies shall be added to, and
not substituted for, State remedies.
We dcnounce as revolutionary the
policy of the Republican party, that
the powers of the general government
s.ould be extended by jui ui--""a-
st1uctions.
A private monopoly is il
and intolerable. We, there
the vigorous enforcement o
inal law against trusts and
rates and demand the en-
such additional legislation
necessary to make it impossible for. q
private monopoly to exist In the
United States.
We favor an immediate revision OF
the tariff by the reduction of import
duties, and we denounce as hypocriti-
cal the promise of the Republican
party to enact such Legislation after
the elections. Articles entering into
competition with articles controlled
by trusts should be placed upon the
free list; material reduction should
be made in the tariff upon the neces.
saries of life. Our present financial
condition show the urgent necessity
for more elastic currency system:
TIE Democratic party of the nation
should pledge the people that if plac-
ed in power it will enact prompt but
conservative legislation to relieve the
present conditions.
We favor the enactment of fan
and just employers liability law. ,
We sympathize with the efforts put
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A private monopoly is ii
and intolerable. We, there
the vigorous enforcement o
iinnial law against, trusts and
rates and demand the en-
sucb additional legislation
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
OFFICER WATTS
MAN KILLS SELF.
Supposed TO Be Changing His
lcthes, He Goes Alter
His Gun.
PULLS TRIGGER WITH TOE
Had Been Served with an Indictment
from Tyler but Preferred Death
to Arrest-Leaves Wife
and Baby

Naples, Tex, Aug. 1o.-- -prcferring
death by his own hand to arrest,
Earnest Skelton shot and killed
himself with a shotgun while an Of
ficer outside waited a minute. He
used double barrel shotgun and
blew the entire top of bis head Off
An officer went to Skeletons house
with the indictment from Tyler,
Texas. He served the papers on Skel-
ton, who APPARENTLY took the news
calmly
wait minute" he said to the
officer. Il want to go into the house
and change my clothes"
The officer consented and Shelton
disappeared through the front door
of his house. The officer waited out
side. About the time he was getting
anxious concerning Skeletons return
he heard the report of gun and
rushed to the rear of the house to
| find the body of Skeit,n, With the
head horribly mangled and smok-
ing gun lying by the side.
! Shelton had obtained his gun and
gone nearly 400 yeards to the real
of his house. He removed the shoe
from his right foot and placed th
barrel OF the gun to his head. Pull
ing the trigger with his toe. ne bley
the top Of head off. Death was in
stantaneous.
| The dead man was about 2:
years old He leaves wife and {
young child. The tragic ending to his
life was a great surprise tc his
neighbors, who always looked upon
him as quiet, peaceable young
man.
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A RECORD BREAKING RUN.
Engineer Gets Five Dollars for Pull
ing Throttle Back.

Engineer Gets Five Dollars for Pull
ing Throttle Back.
The distance from Ennis to Fort
Worth is fifty-five miles and the
regular schedule time for the pas
senger trains of the Fort Worth
branch Of the Central is one hour
and fifty-fve minutes. Train No. 83
in charge of Conductor Walter Han
ney and with Engineer Cherry at the
throttle lowered this time ten or
fifteen minutes Saturday night The
train left Ennis about thirty minutes
late and reached Fort Worth at 8:45.
The passengers who occupied the
comfortable seats in the chair car
and who frequently remarked upon
the rapidity with which the miles
were being clipped off by the train
were not aware of the presence of
an impatient drummer In the smok-
er. Neither did they know that this
the recordbreaking run that was
being made. But such was the case
and Cupid was in the game The
drummer lives in Houston His
name is Myers. He was on his way
to Wellington. Kas., and was due to
reach there early Sunday morning.
A marriage was scheduled to take
! place shortly after his arrival The
| happiness of the two souls depend
ed upon his catching the Rock Is
land train for the north, due to
leave Fort Worth at 3 p. M With
the Central leaving Ennis thirty
minutes late the chances looked
slim. He promised the engineer a
five dollar bill to get him into Fort
Worth before 8 O'Clock. The engin-
eer said he would do his best, and
he kept his word. When the train
lpulled under the sheds at the union
station in Fort Worth the drummer
had fifteen minutes in which to
catch the Rock Island at the Texas
and Pacific station
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CONVICT SCANDAL
HAkES GEORGIA
Extra Session Of the Legislature
to Be Called by Gov
ernor Smith.
TO BOTTOM OF THE mess
Investigation Committee Has Already
Uncovered Many fostering Sores,
With More to Come-May
Be Special Session.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 10.-The con-
yict investigation now being made
by special committee of the Geor-
gia legislature will be responsible
for an extra session of that body.
The committee has been daily engag-
ed since July % in probing the con-
vict system of the state. Fifty OF
sixty witnesses have been examined,
including legislators who are men,
bers of the penitentiary committee
of the two housues, convict wardens,
convict lessees, camp physicians, and
finally members of the prison COM
mission. They have not completed
their work and an extra session will
be called to enable them to do so.
The witnesses already heard have
told of dozen instances of inhuman
cruelty, excessive tasks and criminal
neglect. In addition to felony con-
yicts. misdemeanor convicts guilty
of some slight violation of municipal
ordinances have been sold into con-
vict camps, worked under conditions
that constantly threatened their
lives, denied proper food, clothing
and shelter and given tasks beyond
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their physical endurance.

Jake C. Moore, the former chief
warden of the penitentiary system,
has told the committee he has ac-
cumulated $4,000 of property on
his salary of $40 month. He
stated he has acted as agent in the
transfer of convicts, but declared
that his total returns from this SER
vice during the time he served the
state as chief warden was 81, roo.
The two inspectors of the system
testified that their inspection of
books and records was inadequate
and desultory. They had never been
down into the coal mines where con-
victs were employed, and where the
number of accidents was very great.
The chief inspector is aman of 73.
Governor Hoke Smith has, in a
special message to the legislature,
cial session of the legislature to do
certain specified work. 1t is probable
an interim of ten days will inter
vene between the adjourning of the
regular session and the convening
Of the extra session. During this
time the investigating committee
will hear additional witnesses in
support of the prison commission
and formulate its report. Upon that
report, it is expected, will depend In
a large measure the action taken by
the legislature.
A convict bill, providing that the
lease system shall terminate after
Dec. 81, 1911, has already passed
the house. Senator Fielder, chair
man of thee investigating commit.
tee, is the author of another bill
looking to the immediate termina-
ton of the system, which he is urg.
ing for passage.
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LINE is TO BE EXTENDED.
Texas Southern to Penetrate Ea
Texas Fruit Lands.

IexAS FFUlg LanOS.
The Texas Southern, which was
sold at receivers sale at Marshall
Tuesday for $286,0O0. extends from
Winpsboro to Marshall, distance
of seventy-three miles 1t traverses
a fruit and lumber producing Sec
ton. The property Is at present in
a rundown condition and Indifferent
ly equipped. J. F. Strickland, one OF
the purchasers, said that rs soon as
the sale is confirmed the purchasers
will proceed to put the road in good
condition and at once extend 1t
southwark from Marshall through a
virgin forest and through the finest
undeveloped fruit lands of East
Texas.
1T will take quarter Of cen
tury, with the most modern saw
mill machinery, to exhaust the tim
Der of the region through which 1t
has been arranged to extend the
road" he proceeded, "and in addi-
ton to the revenue from the trans
portation of the lumber, the revenue
from the transportation of fruit,
vegetables and melons will be a big
thing. We have ample capital with
which to put the road in first class
repair and to extend 1t. We are all
very much pleased with the deal.
We have no doubt that the sale will
be confirmed by the court next
week"
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For State Chairman, James r.
Cough, of Mckinney, Collin county.
For Permanent Chairman of Con-
vention, Judge D. E. Garrett of
Houston. +.
For Temporary Chairman, H. E.
Ivey, of Sherman, Grayson county.
For Chairman of Committee on
Platform, Sterling P. Strong of Dali
las.
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Died in Illinois.

Mrs. r. l.. Schmitt. has received a
message from her husband, DR.. R.
L. Schmitt, stating that his mother
died in Nashville, H., Saturday
night DR.. Schmitt was called to the
bedside of his mother several days
ago. He expects to return to Waxa-
hachie Tuesday. His many friends
here sympathize with him because
of the death of his mother.
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HORSE THIEF BREAKS JAN.
Man Arrested Here Gets Out Of the
Prison at Bolton.

Man. Arrested Here Gets Out OF the
Prison at Bolton.
Sheriff Forbes has received a card
from Sheriff Burks of Bolton, stat
ing that Jack Williams made his es-
cape from jail Friday morning. No
particulars were given. Williams is
the young man arrested here several
days on an alleged charge of stealing
a horse from Lancaster citizen
last spring. The day following his
arrest the fact developed that he
had committed thefts in Temple and
Granger, bringing the stolen prop
|erfy to Waxahachie with him. He
had been taken to the jail At Delton
to answer to . charge Of the theft
of q mule and basxy at Temple.