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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23
DIED in FIRE.
Many People Are Cremated In a
Small Playhouse.
LOSS OF LIFE GREAT.


and Children Were Trampled
Down and Were Afterwards Burn
ed to Death
One hundred and sixty seven ner-
sons were burned to death Monday
night in fire which completely des-
troyed Rhoade's opera house in Bow
ertown. Pa
The opera house was crowded with
members of St. Johns Lutheran Sun-
uay school, who were attending a
benefit performance given for the
church. While the show was In pro-
Sress. a tank exploded.
me actors endeavored to quiet the
audience, but in their anxiety to
make themselves heard and to avoid
the awful stampede OF the women
ana children the coal oil lamps which
were used as the footlights were oy-
erturned, setting the place on fire.
Inc hames, fed by the oil, shot al
most to the ceiling and there was a
wild rush of the 700 persons to es-
cape from the burning building.
Scores of women and children were
| trampled upon and several who es-
capped being burned to death. died
after being dragged from the opera
house
In many cases. It Is said. entire
families have been wiped out. The
scene which followed the explosion
Is understandable. Scores OF persons
who were I'm the balcony at the time
OF the explosion occurred Jumped
from the windows and sustained
fractured limbs and skulls.
To add to the terrible disaster.
the fire apparatus became disabled
and the structure was left entirely to
the mercy of the seethlng flames. 1t
is almost certain not a vestige Of the
bodies of the unfortunates who were
overcome by the smoke and perished
VIII ever be found Assistance was
asked from Poutstown, but before the
fire apparatus from that city reached
the place the entire centre of the
structure was a roaring furnace.
Had the women and children heed
ed 'he warnir% of the cooler heads
In the audience the horrible loss OF
life might have been avoided, but
there was the usual panic and stam-
pede which Invariably follows at
such a catastrophe. The flames
spread rapidly and communicated to
the other parts of the theatre Men,
women and children rushed for the
many exits. and the weaker sex and
the children were trampled and
manned In the mad rush to gain the
street.
Assistance was at once asked of
both Reading and Pottstown, and
special trains we're rushed to the
scene of disaster
Every home within a radius OF
half dozen blocks of the opera
house was made temporary hospi-
tails, where the wounded were rushed
10y carriages and other means OF con-
veyance
Boyertown is borough with a
population of about $500 and is To-
Gated about midway between Potts
town and Reading.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23
EIGHT MURDER TRIALS
viii Take Place Mt Anderson This
Week or Next.

The spring term of general ses.
ions court convened at Anderson
ionday with Judge Klugh presiding
rue bills were returned on eight
ndictments for murder as follows.
VIII Guyton, Press Lewis. Tom An
'erson. John Dill. Houston Tribble
}. B. Barnes. Theodore Walker and
Vayman Norris. all negroes. Nine
'ther true bills were returned. two
" which were for housebreakinf
nd larceny. two for assault and bat
cry with intent to kill and five min
lr charges.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23
Five Suicides.

A Boston dispatch says a number
of suicides were reported in Massa-
chusetts Sunday following a day
marked by stormy and depressing
weather conditions. Five persons,
including four men and one woman,
took their lives. a sixth death was
caused either by accident of violence.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23

ton, Jones. Kellehan, Kiryen, Lane,
Lester, Leitner. Little. Major, Nc
Keown, Mann, Miley, Miller, Morrell,
Nash, Nesbitt, Niver, Norton, Par
ker, Reaves. Richards, Robinson,
Scrugggs. Sellers. Sharpe, d. L.
Smith, J. e. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum,
Wade, Walker, Wannamaker. Wig
gins, Wimberly, Wyche, Yeldell,
Youmans-eA: lSi@
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23
GOLD RUSH BEGINS.
\ Tent City Springs Up Near Valu'
able Strike.

A great rush is on to the new gold
trike near Marvel. San Berdino.
ounty. California. where employers
,f Tex Rickard on Christmas day
'pened up surface ore that assayed
ls high as $120 to a ton. The strike
just over the Nevada line. A tent
'ity has sprung up, streets have been
aid out, corner lots sold, and water
'upply arranged for. The town is
,nly three miles from the Sante
&c tracks.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23
A FINE COURT HOUSE
But the People Have to Pay Well
For It,

For Ii.
Mr.. t. III. Tatum, member OF the
legislature from Lee County. gives
lotice that he will introduce at the
'resent session of the Legislature a
)ill to issue bonds for the compile
ion and furnishing of the Lee coun-
court house. This bill, in all
probability, will provide for an ad-
iitional issue of $4,000 to complete
he court house. which will then be
building costing. in the aggregate.
bout $4,000 and will be one of the
landsomest and most m Ddern court
louses in the State. The advalorem
ak, which Will probably be provid-
ID In the supply bill for Lee county,
will be about five and three -Qharter
Mills.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-23

Legislature Will Visit Winthrop Sat-
urday., Going to Rock Hill by spe-
cial -Trafn-Lee's Birthday to be
Celebrated by solons at the Col
lege-Two Judgeship Races Grows
Interesting.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25

ern swamps is subject to a similar handicap.
The situation will be duplicated in many
phases Of the problem which the Washington
conference will consider What will be the
attitude of the assembled Governors of the
states? Will broader view of the federal
power be encouraged, and Endorsement given
to an extension Of the service so admirably
begun IN the department Of agriculture? Or
will there be an evidence of readiness on the
part Of the states to assume the responsible
ties and to act in concert in the accomplish
ment Of desired ends? What will be re-
cognized as the respective limits of authority
for the federal and state governments acting
for the solution of these problems? These
limits will also mark the respective response
bilty. When these definitions are established
the force Of public sentiment can be more eff
fectively directed.-Boston Herald
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25
KEEP THE scHooLHoUsE OPEN.

Why should our schools be closed during
the summer? Is it to give the teachers va
cation? They certainly need it, but could
not substitutes be found? Is it for the sake
of economy? What worse economy is there
than that which provides conditions which not
only lead to the tremendous expense Of courts
and reformatories, but to the infinitely greater
cost Of lives that have been ruined through
that mischief which Satan finds for idle
hands?
Boys and girls might be injured by
twelve months application to books? There
are other things than books in our educa-
ton. The vacation school should teach some
thing else than winter school.
Why not teach trade9 Or play? At any
rate boys and girls ought to be kept off the
street And it makes no difference whether
the street is in the city or in the small town.
A great many of us think that the small town
street is as demoralizing as the city street.
Notwithstanding all our talk about the new
education our schools still can be improved.
But the reform that is needed is not so much
in the curriculum as in the conception Of the
very purpose Of school. It is all very we'll to
discuss "Frills' and the "Three R s." but
let us open our eyes to something more funda-
mental The welfare Of the community de-
mands training in self-restraint and plain de-
cency.
When that happy day for which We look
dawns and we all come to our senses, we shall
see that the duty of the State is not to teach
boys and girls for nine months in the year
and then turn them loose for three months
we shall see to it that if fathers and mothers
forsake their children then the State shall
take them up-into school, not Jail. If it is
thes duty of the school to keep growing chill
dren from bad influences in the winter, it is
even more it's duty to keep children from evil
in the summer-E Editorial in The World To-
dav for June
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25
100 PRINTED ENVELOPES FREE

With your return name and address, if you
send 25 cents for a years subscription to
THE RURAL GEORGIAN. The Great Depart
ment Monthly. 1t should be in every South
ern home. You will be pleased, or money re-
funded Address: THE RURAL GEORGIAN
Gainesville, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25
NATIONAL RESOURCES.
Continued from Page Two.)


Of the federal government, the first step in
the problem of conserving the natural re-
sources will be more clearly understood than
at the present time. If, on the other hand
it should be shown that the present definition
Of state and federal powers is sufficient, the
conference will perform good service by in
dicating the apportionment Of authority and
Of responsibility, and by directing the con-
centration Of effort upon either power for the
performance of its respective duties
The need Of immediate action for the con-
servation Of the natural resources Of the
country is undisputed. Much has been said
of the need of forest preservation The con-
servatlon and utilization Of water supply, for
navigation, power, or irrigation, is closely
allied to the problem Of the forests. The coal
supply of the country is not inexhaustible
Moreover, the country has been as wasteful
of its fuel as it has been wasteful of other
supplies. The protection of the remaining
fuel beds Of the country demands con-
sideration. So do the problems concerning
the ore beds The agricultural states have
problems that must come before this confer
ence, or it's successors. Irrigation and drain
age, the study Of soils and scientific agricu-
ture, calculated to increase the capacity Of
production, are means Of conserving and de-
veloping the natural resources The purpose
of the conference at Washington is not merely
that of agitation. The Governors Of the states,
and other leading citizens, are not to assemble
for a course of instruction. There are other
means, inteligently employed for
acquainting the people with the needs Of the
country. The problem before this confer
ence is to determine the means for meeting
these needs That problem cannot be solved
along the lines Of any narrow consideration
of the respective rights Of state and federal
governments. "a condition, not theory, con-
fronts as
Capitalization and federal authority must
cease to be DOGGY frightening men from sane
consideration Of nation s need State rights
must no longer be fetich Action must be
taken, or this extravagant nation will i'm
poverish itself It would be a confession Of
weakness if the people were permitted to suf-
fer through the clash of rival powers. Irriga-
ton and reclamation have been undertaken on
large scale by the national government.
Until recently the federal power in forest
preservation has been unchallenged. The peo-
pie have just learned that the relation of
navigable river to the forests concerned must
be proved to the satisfaction Of congressional
committee before the federal government can
intervene for the preservation of the timber
resources within state. AS The Herald
cd MI orIa 4bo Of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25
Neuralgia
Pains

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-06-25

nnnNRwY cured; quick relief removes all swell
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New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
OFFER OAKDALE PLOTS.
Tract attractive to BungGto50
Builders.

with view meeting the demand TOT ounsa- ~
lou, sites near the Great South Bay. within easy
reach Of the city, W. K Aston. the owner oL ~
-. L5au estate at Oakdale Long Island. has
5aotsaa n subdivide section for this class or
dwellings. -. 4, --,
seldom, are buvers able TO purchase plots IN one
of the finest sections Of Long Island at puOii0
sale -.....,,.a |or
1,Io-re erd the high character and responslo4e
o7rnersbip Of adjoining properties will stand as
c--ao+aa egsinst encroa chrlent and consequent
dirninution Of value ,.s,a+A,,,
The plots are high elevation anu ,,+sd
oaTabIe for building. Purchasers VIII Dc sIali.7o
",s--~arIe shore rights on the bay IN Perpetully'
and no charge will be made for title ms
be terms of sale will be easy, 50 per cent Oh
purchase price being allowed 70 REMAIN
raea for three years at per cent -.,,.- ..
iii b4 held by Bryan L. kennelIy al
oor, rbnrsdav at the Real Estate Exchange 6aieS-
roor,s No Il and IS Vesey ST
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
NO NAVY YARD STRIKE EXPECTED
Captain Adams Explains Pay Rules and Saws
Walkout Would Not Halt Work

According to Captain James D Adams. acting
commandant ot the New York Navy YARD the re-
ports that there is to be strike OF the mechanics
In the steam engineering department are without
founoauon so far as he knows He said yes
teroay that there had been no reduction In wages
nor could there be any unless through the regular
channels
me schedule OF wages is hxed, he said. every
year IN November by board OF officers, whom
the scale OF wages paid by outside firms is sub
mitted The wages TO be paid to employees inside
the yard are then made to conform with the out
side wages. and the scale is fixed for the coming
year, TO take effect about December /, and there
can De no change made under any circumstances.
Regarding the hiring and laying OF OF men at
the yard, Captain Adams said the hard and fast
rule was TO take on the men according TO their
standing on the list. regardless of whether they
are or are not union No union Is recognized.
and the only men favored TO preference of en-
gasement are the veterans of the Civil Spanish
wars and old navy yard employees. At present, ne
said slsckness OF work had necessitated the grant
ing OF furioughs 20 many OF the strike.
he thought, would not interefere with any of the
work in hand
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
Citations.

TIE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BIZ
l. the grace OF God free and independent 10 JanA
Bell Katharine Black John Dickson. Isabella Bell Hugh
Il Dickson. Martha Mcintyre. Mary J. Ferguson Ma
garet A. Bell Emma Porte Robert J Df~L-
Bell. John James Bell. Martha Dickson Black Lars
A!cNiIln. Maria Watson Francis Dickson Lewis J.
Morrison Anciary Administrator of goods
teis etc OF Lewis Hopkins Rutherford deceased and
% all persons interested in the Martha Dfrl-
late OF the County Of New York deceased as cred
tors sgatees OF otherwise send greeting. Yr
OF hereby cited required
appear before Surrogate the COUNTY ~
OF a County h-i4
Hall Records. IN the County OF York rbs
IIth day December. 1905 Eaf-past ten ocloc N
the Of that day. then and 70 attend
judicial settlement of the proceefin-s Of
Francis Dickson Executor OF the last viii ana tests
rnent OF deceased, and you as are hereby
cited OF Jwenty-one years are re-
quired appear by guardian. Il one or
x you appear and apply for one 10 be
apponted. or O neglect faflura
50 a guardian viii be appointed
represent and act for YOU In the proceeding
In testimony whereof have caused the Seal OF tha
surrogates Court Of the said County OF New York 70 he
hereuuto affixed. Witness. Hen Charles II
II. s Beckett. Surrogate OF our SAID County At
County of New York s5h day OF
IN the OF our Lord thousand hun
drsd and eight. DANIEL J. DOWDNEY.
Clerk OF the surTOgates' Court
JAMES r. TORRANCE, ATTORNEY fer Petitioner. 81
Broadway. Borough of Manhattan. New York City
n. p
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
MANY HOUSES REPORTED LEASED.

7,.. E Euinan have leased the foLo"Lhs P.or -
-. Eo- Mrs. NJ P. Stevens No % East 'Ii 'oln
80. fo- Mrs Irving Cox, No 134 East ga . So
g ~ q R I. Putnam. No. 151 East 49Ih 81 -
to charles H Strong, No 50 East titn stree'' 80 80
,.is. Adele Kneeland. No As West 4oth street -
NJ Fila c Pray No 36 West Eno aNeii'e' ~ -.
T T satterwaite, No Is west '4tn So.
NJ p Walker. No. IL East 8lst street
- IT-i11far, P Stewart No. 80 Riverside DIV
TO- 0avid Provost. No. 58 West 5lst sIee'' iol
san Afford No 2s4 West SSth street; Tor IhorLaS
= Hoqa No 324 West 1o7th street ana lot lii0
-. ~ william s Pyle, No 1O6 West 55d street
= Osgood Pell 6. Co. report the following EASES
- crber+ C WOOD. No. $50 West list street TOT
o++o cerdsu. to Mrs. Stairs, No . west --lL
+e+ for e NJ Ricketts,, for long Term oA
ears. an apartment at No. 3S West sth street. 10
Mrs Kidder; garage. No. III West 02d street 70
~o1o,al 7 p Emerson, of Baltimore, for q y"
Par,cb. in conjunction with Douglas Robinson
charles s Brown 6. Co, No Al East Ast sCreeI,
fo~ = term of years TO Dr.. Ptnkhan. and NO Ifo
Fast g4th street for Dr. Austin F riggs 10 L. u
Stoddard. ,. 49,
1rba estate Of James W. Renwick has leased the
eo,,- story factory building at No Zz3 west @oIh
street for ten years aggregate rental OF S'V,
nno The lessee is an automobile concern which
will use the building for garage.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
PACIFIC RATE VAR.
Hartman Boats and japanese Line
Reported InUoIUed.

San Francisco Oct iS-A rate var IN the Pa
ctfc Ocean with the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany opposing the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, the jap
anese subsidized line, is expected japanese com
pany is reported have made cut of 20 per cent
IN freight rates and the Pacific Mall is reported 10
have instructed its Oriental agents to meet any re-
duction made With further cuts and counter-euts
in prospect the commercial war is regarded on this
coast as Of the utmost importance. owing TO the
diminishing American marine and the constant I'M
proverents and increase of the japanese steamship
lines The Pacific Mail. however has the back
ing Of the Hartman system, and Is expected 10
meet the opposition in effort TO retain its busi-
\ J Frey. assistant manager OF the PACING
Mail COMPANY said yesterday that the line, which
onerstes i've steamers has been operated recently
al & loss OF 5000 day, while the Japanese ships
receive about sS5, 600 voyage from their govern
meut and the Canadian Pacific Corlpany's steam
ers receive q subsidy OF about $1,000
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
THE PETROLEUM FIELDS.

Although development work in the various OF
fields has continued active during the last week
still the efforts OF operators TO increase produc-
ton have not been successful On the contrary
in several localities the production shows q 1ali-
ing off as compared with that Of week or two
ago In the lower Southwest a large number Of
wells were completed in the AIingo pool. but new
ertheless the production has declined. and II is
believed that the pool will not again reach It's
high mark made about month ago The produc-
ton of the 3Iingo pool is now about 1o0o oarreIs
a day and about two-thirds Of this production IS
furnished by less than a dozen wells In the
HOLIDAYS Cove pool the production runs about the
same as that Of the Mingo pool. while the FaI-
Iansbee pool is producing about 1900 barrels
During the week the Mountain State Gas Com
pany completed its test in Richie County and
has a geyser with a capacity Of about 20OoO,0Oe
cubic feet day In Lincoln County the produc-
ton continues to increase steadily. Operations IN
this district on the increase, and the compile
ton of the narrow gauge railroad Will open up the
field and will facilitate the delivery of machinery
TO the centre OF development. In the mid-conti-
nent fields some big wells have come in during
the week. the most notable being the Douglas,
Lacy Companys No. %. in Creek County. Okla,
which had an initial production of 1900 barrels
Other wells producing all the way from 500
Of activity is reported in the Trenton Rock fields
in Northern Ohio and especially in Sandusky.
Wood Seneca and Van Vert counties. where
some fairly good wells have resulted Consider
able interest is manifested in the Mexican oil
investors are reported On the ground The BELIEF
prevails that large quantities Of oil Will be pro-
chiefly OF the fuel quality.
Refined petroleum is quoted unchanged at $50 cents
in barrels and cents in bulk at New York Ph1a-
deIphia price being 4 basis Of points lower.
lows: London. cd per imperial gallon; Ant
werP, WEI o = lbs e per Ioo kos- ana bremen 90 MARKS
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
TN THE BROKERAGE MARKET.

Camnann. VOORHEES, & Floyd and Hooert colgate
& Co have sold for George d Was the four story
building No 113 Beeknan street. on lot l9XaO rect
Shaw Co. have sold to William POST lot IN IN
,sgtnoent the double apartment property No. l0S
East SD street. 25x1oo feet.
Ames & Co. and Arthur s. Cox have sold for
Henry Klein no. $40 West 55th street. i've story
double tenemnt on lot 25xI005 feet Also sold FOR
NJ Hogan No. 50 East 1e6th street hve story
double fat. with stores, on lot 25xlou teet
Edward G H VogIer has sold for Max Lowen-
s+air 10 Catharne Demarest Nos. 433 and 455 Lenox
avenue, six story apartment house, on plot 6ox'S
feet. In part payment Mrs. Demares- gives No
1s West 12Sth street a three story dwelling house
on lot II 6x93L feet
Estelle F Taylor has sold No 457 TO +el First
,a,,,e four story factory building, plot "A TX
o5 feet at the southwest corner of Z7th street.
Mrs Nathalie Schriener has sold to Mrs H.
Jones No 2lI East 48th street, three story dwell
house. on lot l6Sx10O.5 feet
New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
LENDS s375,ooO AT 41-2 PER CENT.

The Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Com
pany has lent $4,000 the premises No. S74
Fifth avenue. bought last month from Mrs. Char
lotte Astor Haig by Robert E. Dowling and re-
sold by him to Thomas r. Ball. Of Best & Co
The loan is an evidence of the improvement now
taking place in the mortgage market. the rate
of interest is only "A per cent and the term is
three years.
The house was formerly the home OF the En-
gneers' Club. and occupies a plot 37xI00 feet ad-
Joining the northwest corner OF Fifth avenue and
25th street. The corner has also been leased by
Best & Co. giving them plot 74x125 feet, which
they will occupy with their childrens clothing es-
tabishment.