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start was made at 6:42, the ll~v--..
apparently rising from the ground as
easily with its increased burden as it
had with only the inventor aboard
AS it sped along the road bordering
Arlington Cemetery. it came in a di-
rect line between the onlookers and
the full September moon, serving to
recall the famous work of Jules
Verne, ga Trip to the Moon"
As the machine completed the first
round, the motor "skipped" on one
cylinder; but on the succeeding five
trips there was no evidence that the
engine was overtaxed by the great
strain imposed upon it. After tie
sixth lap, a beautiful landing was
made within a hundred feet of the
"aerial garage" where the machine
is sheltered from the elements.
Aeroplanc Breaks Record.
Washington. Special. = O1ville
Wright Thursday broke the worlds
record for time and distance for
heavier-than-air flying machine which
he established Wednesday. In q flight
requiring great skill on account of
a 1O-mile wind he circlcd around the
drill grounds at For Meyer 5S times
in G5 minutes and 50 seconds, exceed
ing the time of Wednesday S record
flight by 3 minutes and 81 seconds,
TIE flight was witnessed by nearly a
thousand people.
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YOUNG LADY KILLED
Awful Deed of d Crazy Man
In North Carolina Village
TRAGEDY ON THE SABBATH DAY
Miss Willie Bullingef Murdered Sun.
day Morring While Seated at Or
gan Playing Sunday School hymn.

Newton, N. c., Special--At Startown
three miles from this place, the Sab
bath peacefulness was broken by one
Of the most demoniacal crimes ever
known in this county. The tragedy
took place in the Methodist church
about 1Oi:30 while Sunday School was
being held, Miss Willie Bullinger,
aged about 19 years, being stabbed
to death by Lou RAIDER, aged about
21, discharged lunatic.
The reports that reach here are a
little conflicting as to just how the
awful deed was done. One is to the
effect that Miss Bullinger was seated
at the organ playing for the Sunday
school when RAIDER, leaping across
several seats, attacked her with his
pocket knife, stabbing Der once in the
back and twice in the breast. An
other report is that the man waited
just outside Of the church door and
just as she came out committed the
QSCu. DiI"sWuSlSfcl tue dCI WAS
done, the result is the same and the
girl lies dead at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Bullinger.
The attack was very violently made
and it is said that those reaching the
couple, first could not prevent RAIDER
from giving his victim seversl cuts.
The murderer was arrested at once
and is now in Jail. He is not sorry
for the crime aud is reported as say
ing that he killed her 'lbecausc she
was a witch"
RAIDER was last spring committed
to the asylum at Morganton, having
become violently insane. AT this time
in his rawlings he talked incessantly Of
Miss Bnllinger for several months.
He has been at home apparently well
and nothing strange was noticed
about him until his terrible deed Sum
day morning. Saturday afternoon he:
delivered a load of wood in Newton
and while here purchased new knife
with which he committed the murder.
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CAN'T RECEIVE LEpER.
Acting Attorney General of North
CaEsina Gives Opinion in Early's

CaEslina Gives Opinion in EARLY s
Case.
Rals;gh, N. c., Special.-Acting At
torney General Hayden Clement has
rendered an opinion that John R.
Early of Lynn, N. c., the leper now
quarantined in the District Of Co.
lumbia, could not be received by
North Carolina, and that his wife,
who's with him, must be quarantined
indefinitely by the health board of
Polk county in case she returns to her
home;fat Lynn.
InShis opinion, the Attorney Gen.
eral says, there would be danger to
people in the trip, whether by rail or
through the country; that the disease
became apparent in Washington and
thatzNorth Carolina is not called up
on toFcare for citiz ems i'll in another
State, or in the United States out
side Of this State; that there are no
provisions for a case of this kind in
the charity works of the State, and
that early is a discharged soldier Of
the Tnited States, with the disease
contracted while in its employ; it is
The duty of the Federal Government
to care for him. In case Mrs. Early
returns to Polk County, he holds that
she must be quarantined indefinitely.
Early has been granted a pension Of
$72 per month, dating from July 1.
{ HisSwife has rented cottage near
where Early is quarantined and will
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eleeuons are i,u" t,v.------,,
twelve more districts. All appica-
tions TO be considered for this year
must be sent in before October 1.
1t is quite likely there Will be con-
s;derably more than one hundred ap-
proved high schccls for this year. The
following schools established last
year, were retained: Allendale, Blaks-
burg, Ratesburg, Bamberg, Brunson,
Gross Anchor, Cross Hill, Chesterfield,
Central. Denmark, Dillon Easley,
Fountain Inn. Fort Mill, Gaffney,
Hampton, Heath SPRING., Johnston
Kershaw, Larrens, Lancaster, Little
Mountain, Latta, Mullins, Mount
Zion, Mountville. Marion, Mauldin,
McColl, Ninety-Six, Olar, Pcndleton,
Pickens, Prosperity, Ration Creek,
Ruby, Ridgcway. Summcrvillc, St.
George, Saluda. Springfield, Simpson
vile, Schu!z Township, Townville,
Union estminstcr.
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NOW We CAN Fly
0rvI!Ie Wright, the Wizard of
the Air, Performs Wonders
FLIGHT LASTS OVER AN HOUR
orville Wright Establishes New Re-
cords in Aerial Navigation and
Fulflls His Contract With the
Government = Three Phenomenal
Flights at Fort Myer.

Washington, Special. : orville
Wright, in three phenominal fights
at Fort Myer, established new aero
plane records that not only assures
the success of the official trials be-
fore the army board, but indicate
that aerial fight is now only mat
ter Of development.
Two flights Of approximately an
hour each, another flight in which
two men whirled through the air for
upward Of six minutes, were the
achievements Of the Wright brothers
aeroplane. The first flight made in
the morning, in which the machine
circled the drill ground at the fort
So times in 81 minutes and 81 sec
onds, was surpassed in the evening
when a flight of 62 minutes and 10
seconds was made
Not satisfied with breaking all dis
tance and time records for heavier
than-air flying machine, Mr. Wright
took Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, the
laeronaIt of the Signal Corl,s for a
spin around the drill grounds MAX
ing a new record for two-man flight.
Among the SPECTATORS were members
of the Cabinet and high officers Of
the army and navy.
Before the flight, a watch was tied
to the seat next to Mr.. Wright,
and when he saw that he had stayed
aloft for over an hour, the time re-
quired in order for him to fulfill his
contract with the government, he
made for Mother Earth. " Swoop-
ing down in a sort Of "bump-the-
bumps" fashion, the machine bore
down in the direction of the crowd,
which quickly scattered. Raising
cloud Of dust as it slid along on
the skids, the aeroplane, which weighs
nearly a thousand pounds, came to
q stop within twenty feet Of the
crowd.
AS Mr.. Wright stepped from the
seat and removed his goggles, he was
greeted with lusty cheers.
Lieutenant Selfridge, who operated
the first successful aeroplane of the
Aerial Experiment Association, at
Hammondsport, N. Y, was the first
to congratulate Mr.. Wright. Secre-
tary Metcalf, of the navy; Secretary
of War Wright and numerous army
and navy officers, together with en-
thusiasts from every walk of life,
oro+Lo~oI oLo.-t h;.,, tn rrac:> h;e
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not appeal TO ine1eoF experience. Not
4a-feW people insists upon increasing
the school fund BY pgNate subscrfp;
ton, This plan is Inadequate. and
VICIOUS in Its. effects Il The public
schools are supported sFrfmsrily for
the~bensft Of the State, rather than
far. the benefit of the individual. s
2 Frequently it ISL oposed by a few
to increase the common school fund
by direct ropnation from tle
State treasnry.;: Unless such. apprep-
riations: :were made upon, De spaaE:
ion that each district receiving its
part should first NAL akersspeei6 &c local
eforts the result Neasd be. 7Hart ful,
as the: District would soon come to
look p.!on themselves as, Benefciaries
of.sthe State;A,and,. would !, cease ITO
make any efo3hhe to helpAthemsel&sg
Only. q few years ago one, house OF
the 9aerA Assembly passed abb
sJJknewing TINT it would rffaiF to- pass
in the other. house) appropriating
$500, ,000sto the common schools. How
muchs sfelief would such su1ss sgive to
the. schools9 It would increase the
fundsonly cents per pupil on last
yeaF:si enrolment, or $fs.75 to a
schaot Of 25 pupils. An: appropria-
ion Of $4,000 disbnrsed in such way
as tesreqaire the districts to raise IN
the aggregate something Ike 100000
in aScal taxes, would be equitable and
wise. I am at sonee reminded that
sthis, plan would not entirely relieve
tiae etrainsin few of sthe poorer
s@ulties, snd 4 admit it. Our present!
plan Of collecting and apportioning
the constitutional 3-mill school tax
is not, q. democratic one. That tax
is colIested and apporrtioHed BY eoun-
ties. Some counties with poor land,
lack of Water power for manufac-
turing, andawith no railroads to tax,
area ats aSdecid idedse disadvantage. :sIt'
would have .been uninsa. TO ;havc col
slected:saad, appprtionedi that 3.mill
tax asfasStste tax, but il twouh- have
been just and demo ecraticstoe have
made -two mills a county. tax, asSat
present, and have. made the other
mill a State tax. Then the: stronger
counties would have been eontribut-
ingsa welI-guarded tax for the sup
port of the weak countless:
So far in this State at least local
taxation has proved to be':the best
means of increasing the school fund.
1t is equitable, it's stable, and itgis.
certain until a majority Of sthepeople
vote it off. 1t compels the unwilling
few to bear their proportionate part
!of a'legitimate and necessary com
munity expense. The ditrict which
levies a local tax knows just where
every dollar Comes from, and Just
where seKarg dollar goes. Moreover
it is usually not very difficult to levy
local school tax, if there is only
some safe person, to lead, for as 9
rule the. wealthiest persons in the
district are the readiess ito vote a
local school tax.
Personally lem confident that the
most just, equitable and reasonable
way to increase our. school fund SIS
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M. Dallas filed uinn.ons >.--.--------e
the suits aud Judge Joseph Burlington
dissented but did not file an opinion.
The commodities clause prohibits rail
road companies to transport in Inter
stare Commerce any article or COM
modify manufactured, mined or pro-
duced by them or under their author
ity. A penalty not to exceed $4,000
is provided for each violation.
The case was argued in June, Unit
ed States Attorney General Bona
parte delivering the principal argu-.
ment for the government. The effect
of the commodities clause if consti-
tutional would be to confne the n.in-
ing of anthracite coal bv the rail-
roads for use in Pennsylvania only,
or compel the railroads to sell all the
mining property they are interested
in either directly or indirectly. :.
1t is almost certain that the case
will be appealed directly to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

s4.uw,ng IS. not ,gsS@ The habit
of returning q piece OF property at
oge-fdhrth Istruexalue, then taxing
it at mills, instead of returning it
at something 1ke.its true value, then
taxing. at one mill to .gaise the same
amount Of money, is not only childish
business practice, but it is a training
school in dishonesty. Men who offer
to, return heir-propertEat something
like its true value are actually laugh
eH:.at:s for their artssssness. Civic
honesty must decline under such VIC
/ ious, system. 5s.-s.,
Were the real and personal prop:
city in this state;yret turned a some;
thing. Ike ninety per cent land why
shaRld 1t pQt9lk Of its true value, the
3mill school tax al8ne would practi-
cally double our entire school revenue.
Ina 4a9es,,tba Land outside the incorpo.
rated towns IN. the prosperous, pros
ductivsi amid gealthy county of Ami
derson was returned for taxation at
an Average oh$6.5l r,aNe. Marl.
boro, one Of the finest farming coung
ties in the,#hole;Senth, returned her
land at an average Of 1923 an acres
Qrapgeburg is justly proud of her
Eash:and, but. she returned hers at
1884. @- acif siali iamsburg has some
poor land, but she has some of stsa
finest fields of cotton and tobacco to
be:.found,sin the State; on the tax
books her land is rated at an average
ssss s aes sssis ZSEg Ssagsiss s%nsss ]
would not sell for $50, $40, and even
$50 an acre. In one Of these counties
is ssschoos diatrict containing nearly
1000 acres d IHsset TIP entire
real and personal xproperty: ] of the
district is.returned at 100000. What;
gould q 4-mill school tax mean to-
Chat .aaisrictq8 Increasing the tax
fsvys.While ave: reduce the syaluation
of olT property reminds ae of the
policy of the master who hoeghdertook
to. punish his thievish coachmap: by
.periodically-stealing back from the
eoachman what the.;,. coachman had
stolen from his master, -
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{. j. Norris,
>ert Paragraphs

It is hard to understand why some
people are so self-satisfed, but easy
to bring the fact to the; surface.
The person who is afraid to make
enemies should logically also be afraid
to make friends.
No opportunity is or ever was yonrs
tho. W. don't take hold of and MAZE
good with:
Some things arc hard to explain and
worse still, quite unsafe as well.
Staying awake nights contemplating
the wonderful things that You are go
ing to do doesn't pay the taxes on
your household goods.
Even a man who is fond of elabora-
ton is apt to balk when a hundred
yards or so of red tape i sotfered him..
Some people are born red headed,
and others have that condition thrusts
upon them by the interference OF fool
friends.
Lots of people are willing to let yo;sl
have your own way if you are modest
about it and pay generously.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Reception to be Genuine.

Toxic; BY Cable.-The full pro-
grammc for the reception by the Jap
anese to the American fleet, which is
due here October 18th, leaves very
few minutes for sleep while the YES
sells are in port. Official orders, The
Associated Press is informed, will in
clude decorations and regulations as
to the treatment of the visitors. AL
ready in Yokohama it has been di-
rected that during the visit of the
fleet, lanterns bearing the flag of the
United States shall be distributed and
displayed from every house and shop
night and day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Death From Discharge of Parlor
Rifle.

Spartanbrg, Special.-As the re-
suit of a wound in the throat inflicted
by the accidental discharge of par
lor rife in the hands of Roger Phil
lips, James Posey, aged s years died
in the city hospital. Young Phillips
and Posey were playing in front of
the latter's home A rifle in the hands
of Phillips went off accidentally, the
bullet striking Posey in the neck.
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INIHONOR OF HEROES
.Hands6me Shaft Unveiled at Ebehezer
II Near Rock Hill.

Ro2 Hill, special.-The beautiful
Confederate monument erected by
thesladies of the S. D. Barron Chap
teri I'D. c., of Ebenezer, as tribute
toStheasoldiers of "the Lost Cause, "
both Lying and dead, was unveiled at
Ebeneaer Presbyterian Church last
week IN the presence of great crowd.
The monument is a beautiful and
unusually graceful one, rising about
twent1-seven feet above the ground.
Upon one side is the following inscrip-
tion:%5
Remembering how they resisted
oppression and injustice; defended
truthssand the right; fought for their
native land, enduring hardship and
every sacrifice. we assume the sacred
trustsbf perpetuating their. memory
with love and DEVOTION
ontfhe opposite side: "Erected to
the Confederate soldier by the S. D.
Barron Chapter, U. D. c., of Ebe-
nezer
Ansinteresting point was that DR..
j. Roddey Miller, one Of the junior
speakers of the day, was as small
boy, tlie junior speaker from the Tir-
zah School on the occasion of the
memorial exercise at Ebenezer in
1882
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Total. amount collected for
four years. -. .$294 ,773.4E
Medical College geIescEaries

Columbia, Special.-Governor Ansel
has announced his appointments: one
from each congressional district, OF
benefciaries to the South Caroline
Medical College, as follows: w. M.
O'Bryan, Manning; J. II. Cannon,
Ridgeway; Z. z .Epting, Williams.
ION; John NJ. Beardon, Enoree; Phil.
lip W. Hunter, Yorkville; Floyd D
Rodgers, Lake City; George H. Hen.
nies, Columbia.
The Governor passed upon foul
pardon petitions, refusing all. The
petitioners are John Clyborn, Green.
vile, two years for housebreakingi
Robert sBeaty, Horny, three years fol
the Same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp,
ton, ten Years for manslaughter; Lee
Gardner, York, nine months for dis.
pensary violation.
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Two Killed and Two Injured.

Sandusky, O., special-Two color
ed men were killed, another was in
jured and a white man, name un-
known is missing as the result of a
wreck on the Lake Shore & Michigan
-uthern Railway, which made
Eindling wood of IA freight cars, be-
tween Huron and Vermilion early
Sunday. The four were riding in a
freight car.
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Indicted For Arson.

New Orleans, Special.-Julius Lipps
manager; Abe Wolf, secretary and
treasurer of the Central Glass Com
pany, of New Orleans, and John Eek
ert, an employc of that com>~ey
were indicted by tine grand jury on
the charge of arson in connection
with a fire which about 10 days ago
burned over portion of three blocks
in the business section of New Or
leans, causing loss of 81 100000.
The fire originated in the building
occupied by the Central Glass Com
pany.
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Watkins to Visit This State.

spartanbnrc, Special.-Aaron S.
Watkins, candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. of the United States on the
Prohibition ticket, will deliver one
of his campaign speeches in Spartan
burg next Thursday morning. He will
speak On prihibition from national
standpc.Nt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Bishopville Boy Killed.

Bishopville, Special-Alger, the
eldest son Of Mr.. H. II. King, of this
city, accidentally shot his younger
brother, Gordon. 1t seems that the
two boys were playing on the bed,
and in some way iarred>a pistol from
the mantel. Both ran to pick it up,
Alger, who is 13 years old, reached
the pistol first, and in the scramble
it was fired, the bullet entering seven
year-old Gordon's head by the way
of the cheek just beneath the left
eye. The little boy never regained
consciousness and died at 5 p. m.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
s. O. Hand-B Out.

The 1908 edition of the Handbook
Of South Carolina has come from the
press and in a few days Commissioner
Watson will be sending out copies to
those entitled thereto. The book,
originally issued in 1907, has been
thoroughly revised, and the facts and
figures issued in 1907, with several
'additibns=:ef chapters. The book in
its typographical appearance is very
attractive,:and :as an advertisement OF
the. State it is excellent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Beat Time.

"Great time they made in the
Olympic running races
.e"Yes, some time. Still I used to
do better tha nthat when l was boy.
eff you did, you were going some.
How fast did You make a hundred
yards, pray. in those swift days7"
~ don't know exactly. There was
Mt watch in the nei&hborhood that
YVES swift enough to tine me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Investigating Fire Rates.

Columbia, Special.-Insurance Com
missioner McMasters is turning his
attention to the fire insurance rates
prevailing in the State. He is seek
ing the rates of insurance that have
obtained on various classes of property
in the State over a number of years,
his idea being to make comparative
table whereby it may be learned
whether the rates have increased OF
decreased on the same pieces of prop.
erty during the past eight years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Killed by Gas Explosion.

Pittsburg, Pa, Speculative deaths
almost Immediately followed an ex-
plosion of gas at the home of Father
George Misquet, No. 922 Bedford,
pastor of the Greek Orthodox Catholic
church: two other persons were seri-
ouslv burned; two women were serl-
onsly hurt BY falling walls and four
other persons were injured, either by
burns or falling debris.
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cover some of the A........-,.-...-.-.---------.
admit what we discover, and set
ourselves resolutely toward improve
ment. 81 &
Some of the most sepnspicions
weaknesses in onr schools are these:
]. Lack OF funds Suffcient to main
tain high-class schools.
2: Beggarly salaries paid to teach
ers.
g. Too many incompetent teachers
employed in our schools.
4. Short school term, especially in
the rural districts. -, ~. .,rs ..,e4
5. Poor school houses land poor
equipment.
6. Neighborhood iealousies and
aeighborhood squarrels. -
z. Too many little half-supported
schools.
8. Inadequate supervision Of VII
lage and rural schools. - :.
9. Non-attendance = and irregular
attendance of the pupils.
TO-. The missing ink-ther high
school. ss
wish to discuss these features of
our school system frankly, somewhat
fully, and altogether .dispassionately.
/ wish to avoid anything eaptious ,or
hysterical. In these discussions, ]
beg to offer, as unobtrusively as /
: may, some suggestions as to remedies.
For he is a poor physician who tells
! his. patient that he is sick, but offers
neither tos; tehs: the disease
Is, nor to. prescribe any remedy.
Lack of Funds. To maintain good
schools requires money. They can
not be run on ebulient sentiment, nor
will spasmodic charity keep them at
very high. standard. Money is ab-
solutely necessary to build comfor
table school .houses,Sto furnish these
5shouses, to pay, competent teachers,
and to keep The schools open nine
months in theayear. What is South
Carolina putting into her common
schools the training school of the
future citizenship ofathe- State LIN
1907, the. State enrolled in the Com
mon schools 3l4, ,399 pupils, or about
IS per cent Of her total population.
On these pupils was spent 1,415,724.
ofssSS4:50 per pupil ThisS $3.50 ins
cludes the expenditures on school
houses, furniture, apparatus, libra
ries, and teachers salaries. The aver
age attendance upon the schools was,
Of course, much lower thansthe enroll
ment, therefore the amount spent per
pupil On the basis of attendance was
larger, $6.37. In 1905, North Caro-
lima spent $500 per pupil in -atten-
4 dance; Georgia. spent. $7.47. Missis,
sippi, $S01; Tennessee, $S.4S; FVir-
gina, $1I05; Florida, 81 80; Louis
lana, $14.S3; Maine, $2Q.65; Mary
land $21.32; Wisconsin, 1884; Min
nesota, S3o.l9; New York, $47. 40.
In 1907, South Carolina spent for
common school education 81 cents
per capita Of her total population.
In 1908 Georgia spent 9s cents; Vir-
einia spent $l,l2; Mississippi, 81 10;
I kentucky, $1l9; Tennessee, 81 40;
Florida, $1.96; Maryland, SD Wis
Sconusin, $3.79; Minnesota, $4.4l;;- New
York, $6.27. -
Most people will admit that ouf
school fund is insufficient. How are
We 10 increase Il iit7, Several plans have
been offered, and several ways are
open. Some Of them, however, 90