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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19
Psvinq Stone Arrives

The stone 10 Doc used I'm The. having
OF ~Springdale venue. running north
rom III" National road to Sprinrdal..
mas arrived. and tho work will be
sthrted soon. Two new houses have
just been completed I'm this pr.ttv
home section hy "a. Sprinrdal. I'm
pTorement n Land COMPANY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19

was Immediately re-arrested 7, Ia
said. he IS wanted in Chicago for
breaking and entering and carving
burglars tools. the alleged onense
having been committed more than
seven years ago.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19
Installing FIXTURES.

The addition which was huilr tn m.
pool room conducted u1 EdrIngton
computed and yesterday two other
pool tables W,r, received and set up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19
Work PROGRESSING.

Work IL progressing very sa:isfac-
t"rliy on the new J T. PAUL residence
n'lIdinR ~ Hawthorn" Court. the
foundations having been laid nrs-
pnratcry to the laying OF brick
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19

a regular meeting OF tho E.!cwood
council was held last evening i'm tho
hail and in addition ~ much
routine business the Specifications f.r
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19
BIG GIFT TO
OLD BETHANY
X a. Long Of Kansas City Donate
Another $4,000 10 West
Virginia College.
sEVENTY-FIRsT TERM
is TO OPEN TO-DAY

President Cramblet. Of Bethany col
lege announced today the receipt Of
$4,000 from Mr.. X. 4. Long OF fla.
Long Bell Lumber COMPANY. Kau.,-
CITY. Mo. This is the second gift ID.
$4,000 given by Mr.. Long within III.
past eighrcn months. Mr. Ious oi
iered "a give $4,000 to add to ,,e..
800 90 raised on the endowment
fund As each 100000 has ba..u
raised. Mr. Long has prompt,
sent his $4,000 In addition 20 rb
s25O.0oO endoWnmeut fund just raised
Tor bethany college. Mir b. N Oei-
bay Of Wheeling. and Hon. VI. NJ
Cochran OF UniontoWn have given
$4,000 for buildings. ana farm o..
lnauguate an Agriculture Depart
ment
/. The fist year Of Bethany coue..
opens Tuesday September 18Th. and
already the enrolment is 20 Der cent
larger than boo ans other year .u i..
history o. the institution. The scs...
opens with ni tho derrrfmeu.-
which have been maintained ior man.
years. and Boo addition courses .u Alr
culture and domestic Science have.
been added These now department
ante added I've usa ir1.e-sorshlp-
thc faculty
Footbsu Team
JaEf Hs soon az 700 bid. b. open
rd fna captain of th. f.ufts
u have tIa quad or fre f..I
pral- Tho frs .rlrf.. .r
sfaaUu u. te hrIf -ff.rI.
r.N urfs .rs
asa rs fre scrubs 1Ht
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19
UT-THE-PIKE
Work Started Yesterday on Paving
Fulton Streets-Interestina
Pike News.

Louis sax a. 60. the Fulton con-
tractors. placed q large force OF men
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-19

49, ys-' s-urrst 49,. 90 1880
Milan Mcticiac e. lac D...a.A
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
WIFE'S DREAM SAVED HIM.
True Story About the Briceville Mine
Explosion.

A Briceville, Tenn, dispatch says
Hugh La.rue, miner employed in the
Cross Mountain mine, in which there
was an explosion Saturday, believes
he owes his life to dream his wife
had Friday night. When he aWoko
Saturday morning. and prepared to
go to his daily task in the mine, Mrs.
Larue told him she would not prepare
dinner for him to carry to tn emines,
as she did not want him to work that
day.
She then recited a dream she had,
giving this as her reason for asking
that her husband stay out of the mine.
Mrs. Larue said that Friday night she
dreamed she saw scores of miners,
with their heads blown off, being car
ried out of the mine entrance; that
she and her little children (and she
has seyeral) stood at the mines
mouth, watching the horrible sight.
Despite the fact that he had not
missed a day from his work for many
months, he was prevailed upon Sat-
urday to remain out of the mines. 1t
was only short time after Mrs.
Larue told of her dream until the
explosion was announced. With tears
of JOY streaming down her face, she
embraced her husband and thanked
God that she had had the dream Fri
day night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
COMES FROM CUBA TO JAIL.
j. W. Harper Killed Sumter Hack
man Last Christmas.

A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says it became known Tuesday
that Friday J. W. Harper had quietly
surrendered himself to Jailer Owens
and is now in Jail. Harper killed Ed
die Boss, a negro hackman, last
Christmas night. He made his es-
cape, his getaway occasionlng a
great deal of talk and a police in
vestigation by committee or coun-
ell. Harper subsequently wrote the
sheriff, under postmark in Cuba,
that he would come to Sumter for
trial, but nothing more was heard OF
him until he secretly surrendered
Friday. His attorneys have notified
Solicitor Stoll that they will apply to
Judge Gary Thursday for bail.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
TWO MULES WE'RE DROWNED.
Animals and Wagon Went Down
Flat Chain Broke.

A dispatch from Lexington to The
State says two mules were drowned
in the Saluda river at Dreher's ferry
late Saturday afternoon when an at
tempt was made to cross on fiat
operated by the county. The mules
were hitched to a wagon loaded with
brick, and as the driver started to
enter. the fiat a. link in the chain
broke and the fiat went out from
under the team and all went down
together. The wagon was later re-
covered. One Of the mules belonged
to John J. Dreher, the other to
Thomas Shuler. Mr.. Dreher's mule
was valued at $3.50, and lMr. shuler's
at $3.50. No one seems to be directly
responsible for the accident, the only
reason assigned being the defective
link in the chain.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
NEGRO LODGE MEN ARRESTED
They Are Charged With Burning
Farmers Barn.

A dispatch from Abbeville to the
Greenville News says for time Mon
day morning there was considerable
excitement in Abbeville and threats Of
lynching four negroes who had been
put in jail, charged with burning a
barn belonging to- a farmer by the
name of Bradbury. together with
four fine mules and the contents Of
the barn. Incendiarism was suspect
ed, and some Of Mr.. Bradbury's sons
stayed up to watch for developments.
In a short while a negro Coy came
stealing up and when he saw the
white boys he ran away, but he was
followed and caught. He confessed
that he was one of four negroes who
set fire to the barn and that they
were appointed by a lodge Of which
they were members to fire the barn
and also the residence Of Mr.. Brad
bury, and that he was returning to
fire the house when he was captured.
He said that he was compelled by the
other three to go with them to fire
the barn, and that he was threatened
with death if he told on than.
The whole trouble started about
the removal of a lodge room off some
land which Mr.. Bradbury owned. The
negroes did not want to move, and
sought revenge in the torch. A mes
sage was sent the governor Tuesday
morning asking a speedy trial for the
four negroes, and it is probable that
a number of other arrests will fol-
low. Feeling is intense against the
negroes under arrest, and there
might be an outbreak at any time
unless there is a speedy trial.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED
Crushed Under Engine Which Falls
From Coal Shut,

At Anderson Engineer Lawrence
Maddox and the colored fireman or a
local freight train, on the Southern
Railway, between Columbia and
Greenville, were instantly killed at
Pelzer, Tuesday afternoon, when their
engine fell from a coal chute. The
engine was placing several cars on
the chute and the brakes, when ap-
piled, failed to work. Both men real
lied their danger and leaped from
the cab to save their lives. AS the
tender of the engine, filled with coal,
turned over it fell upon the men,
horribly mangling them. The section
gang was called from the Pelzer
yards, and within two hours the
mangled bodies of the two men were
eXtricated.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
CONFESSES TO MURDER.
An Old Man Admits That He Killed
His Wife When Drunk.

At Macon, Ga, Roger L. Mccall,
aged 70 years, and one Of the be;i
known men in that section, pleaded
g,.ilty in the supecioT court Tuesday
to the murder OF Eis wife and was
sentenced to serve for the remainder
Of his life in the State penitentiary.
He shot his wife in the back with a
shotgun while she lay sick and
asleep in bed, the crime being COM
mitted while he was under the influ-
ence of liquor. When the old man S
plea was entered, the scene was an
affecting one, as the judge, prosecut-
ing attorney, jurors and spectators
all burst into tears.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
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2UU1 xHss sG
FIVE MEN ARE SAVED FROM THE
BRICEVILLE MINES. -.
Rescue of First Three and Then Two
More Gives Added Vigor to Arms
of Sturdy Toilers

A Briceville, Tenn, dispatch says
five men have been removed alive
from the Cross Mountain mine, where
between 120 and $50 miners were en-
tombed by an explosion Saturday.
The discovery that some Of the
men are alive has led to. renewed Wig.
or on the part of the men who are
striving to fight their way through
masses of debris to the rescue OF their
imprisoned fellow men.
Three men were brought out OF
the mine at o'clock Tuesday night
They were: William Henderson
aged 55; Milton Henderson, aged o.
his son; Irwin Smith, aged IS.
All of the men are married. They
were found in left cross entry No
19, and had escaped death after the
explosion Of Saturday morning by
erecting a brattice, cutting of the
deadly after damp. All were in good
condition and will live. In fact, the
elder Henderson was so strong that
he wished to walk to his home.
The finding of these men alive has
created new hope in the breasts OF
the rescuers. ~ Sn
Two more men, making five in all
were brought out Of the mine alive
shortly after IL o'clock Tuesday
night. Rescue men are now digging
for three more men who are reported
to be alive.
The two men are Artb lr Scott,
aged 80, and Dore Irish, aged 30,
who is also married. Irist' is badly
burned about the face and lands, but
probably will recover. Scott Is prac-
tically unhurt. l
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
AGED MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
John Ferguson Struck Bead by Sea-
board Passenger Engine.

At Rock Hill John Ferguson, sixty
nine years old, who lived near CalaW-
ba Junction, was killed Tuesday af-
ternoon by being run over by a Sea-
board passenger train. Mr.. Fergu-
son lived near the Seaboard tracks on
the plantation Of John II. Spencer,
and for some reason or other was
coming along the track. Just where
he was walking there is said to be a
very sharp curve, and as the train,
running at a good rate OF speed,
turned this curve, it was close upon
Mr.. Ferguson. Being very deaf he
did not hear the whistle and was
struck and almost instantly killed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
CHASE OF BOLD THIEF
ROBBED A STORE WHERE LITTLE
GIRL WAS CLERK.
After a Long Run, One Rascal Was
Shot, Captured, But the Other
Made His Escape.

With severe flesh wound in the
left leg, just below the knee, caused
by a pistol ball from the weapon OF
one of his captors, Flux Suber, a
negro, was lodged in the Lexington
jail Friday night. According to the
story told by the officers, Suber and
Oscar Cook, another negro, entered
the store of P. H. Stallings, thu we'll
known dry goods merchant If Brook
land, Friday afternoon about 2:3u
o'clock, and proceeded to take pos
session of the store, when they found
that only one clerk was in the store
at the time-a young girl.
While one Of the negroes was pre-.
tending to look aI some socks the
other picked up half dozen pails Of
pants, the best quality that was IN
the shop. When the negro who was
looking at the socks Was told by the
young lady clerk that she could not
make the proper change to complete
the purchase, he said that was all
right he would take Two pair, rhus
saving her the trouble to secure the
change.
At one time the young woman, VINO
was very much frightened. attempted
to leave the store to report the oc-
currence to the next door, but was
met at-.the door by one Of the ne
groes who had a drawn knife. Fin
ally, however, the negroes rushed
out, one Of them carrying the huEch
Of pants, and the clerk at once re-
ported what had happened.
In a very short while, it is said, a
large posse was in pursuit, and so hot
became the chase that the pants we're
dropped by one Of the culprits. At
ter long chase across hill and dale
the men in pursuit came upon Suber,
who was commanded to halt. Instead
Of stopping the fugitive is said to
have, gotten faster and faster, and
it was necessary to shoot him in the
leg to effect his capture. Cook man
aged to. escape.
Suber was carried back to Brook
land, where his injuries were looked
after by DR.. Geige-. Suber haG been
off the gang only short while, hav-
ing completed sentence for larceny.
For while there was intense. excite
ment in the little town, and it looked
like the negroes were in danger os
being summarily dealt with for their
dastardly attempts.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
TEDDY TO TaE FORE
WAR BREAKS OUT IN THE RE-
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
Roosevelt's Friends Start the Trouble
by Opposing Taft's Choice for Head
of Campaign.

A dispatch from washington says
hostiliuies of an. unexpected char
acter and from an unlocked for quar-
ter developed Tuesday among mem
bers of the Republican national COM
mittee and other prominent party
leaders who are here in connection
with the meeting to fix the time and
place for the presidential nomination
convention next summer.
Opposition to Col. Harry S. New
of Indiana, the administrations can
didate for chairman Of the subcom-
mittee on convention arrangements,
was responsible for the i'll feeling en-
gendered. No settlement was reach
ed, but some of President Taft's clos
est. friends announce that they not
only would insist upon the election
of Mr.. New, but upon naming ma
jority of the committee. ::
Only less interesting than the un-
looked for controversy over the con-
troll of the subcommittee in charge
Of the convention was the exploitation
throughout the day of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt as the possible candidate
for the presidential nomination. The
advocacy of Col. Roosevelt, but thin
ly yelled Monday, was open and pro-
miscuously proclaimed Tuesday.
The advocates Of Col. Roosevelt s
nomination apparently based their
arguments in his behalf upon the fact
that at no time had the former pres
ident announced that he would not
accept the nomination If 1t we're ten
dered to him.
Ut was recognized that he would
not openly become candidate, they
said, but they were busy sounding
members Of the national committee
and other prominent Republicans as
to their sentiment in regard to "forc-
ing" the nomination upon the colonel.
There were many who connected
the open advocacy of Col Roosevelt's
nomination with the opposition to
naming a committee of arrange
ments dominated by administration
men.
1t was apparent throughout the day
that friends of Col. Roosevelt were
endeavoring in every way possible to
postpone action by the national COM
mittee which would definitely COM
nit anybody to any mans candidacy.
The Roosevelt enthusiastics frank
ly stated their hope lay in working
I'm a demand for Col. Roosevelt to be
expressed in the convention itself.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
CAUSED HER DEATH.
Bride Was Lost in the Snow Eight
DAYS and Died.

Mrs. John L. Hadden, bride Of
three weeks, died Tuesday on train
bound for Denver from Rifle, Col,
as a result of a terrible experience
she and her husband had while on
their honeymoon. They were lost
eight days in the mountains, losing
their way in the snow while driving
in an open buggy Hadden is an
attorney of Cambridge, Mass, and his
brides body will be taken to that
city for burial.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
Biz Follow WrigglcS Out.

A bar Of soap aided James Howe,
alleged bank robber, in escaping from
Jail at Nortonville, Kansas, Tuesday
night. Howe weighs 200 pounds. BY
removing his clothing and soarsng his
body he was able to wriggle through
a hole only twelve inches square.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
VETERANS OF LOST CAUSE.
They Are Rapidly Passing Away in
State of Texas.

4 Houston, Texas, dispatch says
at the rate the Confederate veterans
and pensioners are dying throughout
the State, it will not be many years
before there VIII be no more need for
an appropriation for Confederate
pensions. According to the manner
Of determining the deaths by the de-
partment, there has been an average
of between 200 and 900 deaths all ong
the veterans during each three
months. For the present quarter,
however, the number Of deaths has
reached 700 or more.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
Fearful Bomb Explosion.

At Diggs, Bolhium, bomb eXplo-
sion during a ciIomatographic eX,
hibition, Tuesday caused two deaths
and injured G3 persons. Eight Of the
victims mad their legs amputated.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
GONE JUST ONE YEAR.
Dorothy Arnold's Mysterious Disap.
nenrance UnSOlyH(l,

pearance UnsOlved.
Miss Dorothy Arnold, whose mys-
terioIs disappearance from her home
in New York puzzled the police of two
continents, will have been missing
just one year last Monday. The alb
sence was first made public on Jan
uary 26, and since then various con.
flicting reports concerning the search
for her have kept the public in a
state Of wonderment. John S. Keith
the Arnold family's lawyer, says the
family believes the girl is dead and
no other explanation can be con,
ceived, as absolutely no clue as tc
what became of her has ever been
found.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
HOnorS the Woman.

Col. A. S. Horne, a prominent res
idenc of Durham, N. c., has given
ten thousand dollars for the erection
Of a monument to the women OF the
Confederacy at Raleigh, N. G.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
Estimate Pals Yield Of Cotton al Nearly
Fifteen Million Bales.
MORE THAN EVER KNOWN
All But -Four of the Cotton-Growing
States Establish New Production
Records-Figures for South Caro-.
lima Indicate Crop Of Nearly Mil
lion and Half Bales.
lion and Half Bales.

The total production of cotton in
the United States for the season OF
1911!12 will amount to 7,121, 49,
600 pounds (not including linters),
of 14,8S5,000 bales Of 500 pounds
gross weight, according to the first
official estimate of the size tg the crop
issued at 2 p. m. Tuesday by the
crop reporting board of the United
States department of agriculture and
made up from reports of the CORE
spondents and agents Of the bureau OF
statistics throughout the cotton belt
Heretofore the record cotton crop
was that Of the year 1904, when 49,
43S,O12 bales, exclusive of linters,
were grown. Other large crops were
those of 1906, which was 13, 3,273,SO9
bales, and 1908, when 1924, 799
bales were grown. In point of value
however, the crop Of 1910, which
was 11,6OS,616 bales, exclusive OF
.linters, was the record one, the fibre
being valued at sS2O,320,OOO and the
cotton seed at s142,S6o,OO0, total
of s963,1SO,0O0 as the aggregate val
ue of the cotton crop of that year.
Conditions early In the growing
season this year led to the belief that
the crop would be one Of record pro-
portions. First estimates OF the
yields, based on the condition figures,
placed the probable production well
toward the figures of the biggest crop
heretofore grown. The acreage on
which cotton was planted this season
was estimated by the department OF
agriculture to 3be SO; 5;C04;o00 acres, a
greater area than ever before planted
to cotton in this country. This vast
area exceeded the previous record OF
acreage { by more than .2,500,OOO
acres, there having been planted 32,-
,444,000 acres in 1908 and 80, 100000
acres last year. In the record pro-
duction year of 1904 only 30,053,793
acres were planted.
Scorching hot and excessively dry
weather during the middle Of the
summer caused considerable damage
to cotton in many parts Of the cotton
belt. Later in the season weather
conditions were distinctly favorable
in most parts of the belt and the crop
improved. The hot weather and
drought, however, we're responsible
for a smaller yield this year than ex-
perts early in the season predicted as
result of the record acreage and
splendid growing conditions than pre-
yailing. One result of the hot wealth
er was that the crop matured about
two weeks earlier than usual.
The estimated production by States,
in 5O0-pound bales, exclusive of lin
ters, with the acreage and yield COM
parsons for 1910, and the record
years of 1906 and 1904 follows:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14
Sixteen Person Killed.

At Oporto, Portugal, sixteen per-
sons were killed and thirty injured
by the derailment of two cars which
fell into the river Douro.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-14

all hazards. There was almost a
panic for a time, until it was found
that the noise had been made by a
torpedo, which had been placed on
the track to warn the train Of the
delay to the secold section OF the
held-up train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The pulp mill of the International
Paper Co at Wilton, ~ H.. is closed
because of low water and most of the
employees have secured work in the hay
fields That section is feeling the effects
of a bad drouth and all crops Will be
very short unless rain falls soon.
The United States army is gradually
building its corps of aeronauts. Lieu
tenant Frank NJ Kennedy. 10th lnfan-
try. has just been ordered TO the mill
tary aviation grounds at College PARK,
Md. for instruction With this addi-
ton the college park contingent will
consist of six officers. The department
has turned the searchlight on every
arm of the service with a view to Sc
lecting promising young officers to de-
velop the war aeroplane. College Park
will be the principal training ground
and before the end of July it is expect
ed four machines will be in operation
there Within year, according TO the
departments plans, the army will own
Is or 20 flyers These Will be distribut-
ed among posts to acauaint the entire
personnel of the army with their ad-
vantage in warfare.