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CHARGE WITH MURDER.
Dave and Anna Lewis Lodared ill Jail
at Chester.?Result of Investigation.
Chester, May 1.?Dave and Anna
Davis, colored, were committed to
jail this morning, charged with the
murder of the aged and well-to-do
farmer and Confederate Veteran, John
Q. Lewis, in the Cornwell section last
Thursday night, and Buster Shealey, a
young negro man. was <ti?u ancsicu
and brought along as a material witness
in the case.
For several days Sheriff Colvin, Deputy
Sheriff W. W. Pxndeman and two
detectives sent here by Governor
TJloooo Vioi-o hoon wnrlriri^ nn n cine
that was developed Monday in Rock
Hill by Mr. Bindeman, and last night i
the trap was sprung and the arrests
made.
Think Evidence Strong.
While the evidence against the accused
is purely circumstantial thus
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i el I , me aumuiiuco it
ceptionally strong and believe that
certain lines along which they are
working will result in the finding of
other valuable evidence even stronger
than that now in handAs
indications of the Davis negroes'
guilt, the officers last night seized cer-1
tain grips, in which the accused had j
packed certain of their belongings i
and which they had carefully hid \
away in an empty house, as if makingj
ready to fle? upon the slightest premo-!
nition of danger. Last night Mr. Binde- !
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man crawled into his house, seized the I
grips and shortly afterward Davis and
the woman were taken into custody.
They were in their house asleep, but
the fact that their srips were packed
and in the vacant cabin some distance
away would tend, say the officers, to
show that they were in readiness to
fly.
Sheaiey's Statement.
Sheal-ev testified that the negroes of
the neighborhood were at an "eggbracking"
on the night of Mr. Lewis's j
murder, and that between the hours of;
10 and 11 Dave Davis and the woman |
withdrew, the latter tapping him I
<Shealev) on the knee as the two were !"
$;uiug uui ui tut; uuui cllxix cciniig uxui i
not to mention the fact that she had j
gone.
V.'hen confronted by the woman, j
Shealey stuck to his statement, though !
bitterly denounced by the woman, and
later bis statement was verified by two
young negro girls who said they had!
overheard the remark.
"Coroner J. Henry Gladden is sum- j
moning all of the witnesses in the case i
and the inquest will be resumed at the
. court house tomorrow morning. An
immense crowd will probably b-e on
hand, as the county is highly exercised
over the crime.
Regrettable, if True.
News and Courier.
The reported discovery that a Japanese
syndicate has acquired some 1,600
acres of land adjacent to the principle j
plant of the Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Company, in New Jersey, is inter-;
esting if true. While the alleged purchase
does not justify the inference
drawn by sensation-mongers, it would
have been better if it had not happened.
The New York American quotes an
officer of the powder company as say-!
5ng that, if the Japanese wanted to,:
""they could mount a few guns and
throw shells that could put us out of;
Noisiness." It is stated that the Unit-;
ed States government is wholly de- j
linnrt FlnPftnt milia fnr nr/1
I,v"uv"g ~ i
nance powder and that, if the Jer-;
sey plant were destroyed, the army j
and navy would be for a time help-1
less. ?
It is. of course, well nigh incredible
- that the Japanese, syndicate, which is
said to have bought the property next j
to the powder mill, did so with the
purpose of mounting cannon there and
"blowing up the plant. Their purpose
is probably an absolutely innocent
one. Nevertheless, if it is true that J
the Jananese own land, it not a i
fact conducive to a comfortable frame j
of mind. It may be, and probably is, j
entirely accidental t^at the tract they J
are said to have selected is next to
the powder mill on which our army
and navy depend, but it is an unfortunate
accident.
WILL MAKE IROX BOIL.
>iiennne .urn r?uct*eeu m rrouucmg
Fierce Heat.
For some years past, scientific men
Idave been striving to produce beat
fiercer than any temperature of which
we have experience in ordinary life.
The greatest heat ever developed by
Jthe agency of man was obtained by
'Sir Andrew Noble, who exploded cordite
in closed vessels, so that a pressure
of 50 tons to the square inch was reg
istered and a degree of "heat never previously
recorded.
The highest temperature reached in
fuel furnaces for practical purposes is .
betwe n 1,700 and 1,800 degrees centi- |
grade, and at such a heat fire clay and
porcelain are melted. Then we come to
the flame fed with coal gas; by these
means a temperature of 2,000 degrees
centigrade may oe oDtainea.
A new industry solely dependent
upon the employment of great h-eat is
that of melting quartz. This mineral,
fused by the oxy-hydrogen flame, is
converted into tubes and flasks and
other vessels for chemical purposes.
These vessels are absolutely inert,
and may be heated hundreds of degrees
higher than is possible with glass;
they may also be plunged at such heat
into cold water without injury.
It has been discovered tnat Dy winning
a centrifugal wheel at high velocity
in the combustion chamber of a
furnace the nitrogen is cast to one
side, while the oxygen^ is concentrated,
and in this way a brighter flame and
greater heat are obtained. A similar
appliance used during the- combustion
of coal in a furnace -enables a firm of
paper-makers to save 27 per cent of
hv thp pHnoinatinn of hv
drogen gas formed in combustion.
But most remarkable of all the
phases of the ultization of extreme
heat is the discovery of the welding
material known as thermit. The inventor
discovered that aluminum is
very much attached to oxygen, and
holds it closer than a brother. Therefore
he mixed granulated aluminum
with oxide ot iron, ior tne lignter metal
wants oiyg^n, and the quantity of j
magnesium filings was placed on top
of the mixture and a storm-match ap-|
plied, and immediately a mass of mol- j
ten iron was seen boiling at a temperature
of 3,000 degrees centigrade?
much higher thaa any temperature in;
ordinary use.
Ay ELOQUENT SILENCE.
A Case Where Audience Was Loyal to
Principle.
A man of brilliant ability once
showed himself wilfully immoral. He
suffered a brief season of unpleasant
notoriety in the newspapers, and then
he returned to his home city and
prospered. It almost .<ee:u3d that
his open d-^lance Ji th2 .nora. ;?:i?l
religious convictions of the communi
ty had been good advertising for his
business.
In his city, a few years later there
was a public meeting of men. The
principle speaker was a man of national
eminence. He began by referring
to the man of whom this story
is written. He said he was proud to'
pay a tribute to the achievement of {
one whose brilliant talent and constructive
imagination were recognized
throughout th*e country,' and even-i
across the sea. He spoke warmly,i
eloquently. Then he paused for applause.
You might have heard a pin drop
No one clapped. There were no hisses.
There was simply an eloquent
silence.
Two men walked away from "he j
meeting: together. One of them, a i
young man. expressed his surprise.
"If it had been a religious meeting,
or if women had been present, I
should not have wondered," said h<5, j
"but I thought such an audienceJ
would have discriminated between the!
man's genius and his private char-;
acter. Was it jealously?"
"No," said the other, "it was not!
jealousy. If the speaker had been aj
justice of the supreme court, and hadj
paid such a tribute to Judge Colman,
what then?"
"Every man would have applauded."
"Yes. And if the postmaster general
had been the speaker, and had j
6poken so of our postmaster; or if a |
famous surgeon had spoken of one of j
our physicians; or if a great architect,
had complimented one of our architects
?"
"It would have been the same."
"If it had been a man who had
U-r.r>lr^-n Hnu'ti nn(](ir strnna" f p mr>ta
U1 VUt-ii UV ?? w ui*uv* ^
tions, and who was making an honest i
effort to do right?" j
"I think they would have applauded
hira even more."
"They certainly would. There was
no conspiracy of silence. There couldj
not be, for no one knew in advance:
:
what was to be said. But in that'
moment, not a man felt in his heartj
impelled to clap his hands."
"Still I have heard it said that he
is making more money now than ever j
before."
"That may be true. But how much
money would you have given, if you
had been in his place, to change that
accusing silence into some indication
of friendliness and approval?"?
Youth's Companion.
Railway Business for January.
The mild weather that prevailed
throughout the United States during
January and the good condition of
business in general caused the returns
of the railways to show large
increases over January of 1912, a
month that was characterized hy severe
weather impeding railway opera
tion. Operating income for each
mile of line averag-ed $7.(J6 for cacii
day in January 1913. Tliis average
for January 1912 was $">.09.
The corresponding average per mile
for the last fiscal year was $9.19, for
the previous fiscal year $9.52, for
the seven months of the current fiscal
year $11.45. Comparison with these
longer periods averages the effect of
fluctuations of the weather and shows
that last January as usual was relatively
a poor month for railway traffic.
The fact that this operating income
per mile of line per day averaged $12.13
in November, $10.16 in December,
and $7.66 in January shows that as
usual this wras a month during which
traffic diminished.
Operating income is the amount, after
the payment of operating expenses
and taxes, available to the railways
for rentals, interest on bonds, appropriations
for betterments, improvements,
and new construction, and for
dividends. In the aggregate it averaged
per mile of line for the month
$375 for the railways of the East; $224
for the railways of the South, and $177
for the railways of the West.
These figures are from the summary
of earnings and expenses of steam railways
operating about 90 per cent, of
the mileage of the country, made by
the bureau of Railway Economics
from the reports of these railways to
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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I I SE ur THE AlKt KAM J > >K\ K.
Important Part Dirigible ? and Aeroplane
Will Play in Battles of the
Future.
The far-reaching results of successful
r-econnoissance in war were fittingly
summed up by Frederick the
Great. "If," said he, "we had exact
information of our enemy's dispositions
we should beat him every minute."
Nowadays every commander in
the field hopes to obtain this "exact information"
by means of his flying
corps. Until recently a general relied
moinlv rm >110! i->o valrv for Intpllijrpnfp
duties, but the Information he obtained
from this source invariably related
to events several hours old. The great
speed of air craft has changed all
this. His flying squadrons can also be
used by him for purposes of offens e?
namely, bomb-dropping; for commu-;
nication by means of wireless, or sik-j
naling between the. widely extended I
wings of his army; and last, but by no
means least, for observation of artillery
fire. Darkness, fog and perhaps
very stormy weather, these alone will
prevent his air vessels from viewing
every disposition and movement of his
adversary.
During the war in Tripoli the Italian
aeroplanes made reconnaissance daily,
maton'Qlij fAr fh<a man f)f the
anu tuv uiuwi JLV*
Tripolitan region were mainly obtained
from photographs taken from diri- ]
gibles by Italian observers. Thej
Italian government evidently appre- i
ciates very fully the value of air craft;
i
in war. for it intends to form before |
the end of this year twelve squadrons j
of aeroplanes, and has already or-j
dered three new dirigibles.
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The President's Salary.
The question as to the salary which
is received by a president of the United
States is one of which there is
always talk every four years, and
along with this is the question of the
amount of salary which has been received
by various presidents since
the formation of the United States.
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot has
lately received a letter making inquiry
as to th-e figures of the salary, and
has taken the opportunity to do some'
historical researching. What it says
is this:
"General Washington upon his election
to the presidency, notified his fellow
citizens that he desired no salary.
But the constitution having declared
mat tne president snouiu receive- compensation
for his services, the first
congress promptly took up that compensation.
The limits then suggested
ranged from $15,000 to $70,000 and
the salary was finally placed at $25,-:
000. This was the amount received j
by George Washington, and it remain- j
.d the compensation until Presid-antj
Grant's second term (March, 1873),
when it was increased to $50,009- In :
1 HAT rnno-rpsq nassprl nn ar.t atmrOV
ins $25,000 for traveling expenses of,
j
the president of the United States, to:
be expended at his discretion and ac- j
counted for "bv his discretion solely.!
This was, of course, in addition to the j
regular salary of $50,000. At the sec-j
ond session of the sixtieth congress j
(1908-1909) the question of increas-i
ing the president's salary was again
considered, and it was decided thati
the compensation should be fixed at:
$75,000 a year. This was the amount j
drawn by President Taft, and it will |
also be the salary of Presid.nt Vv'Il-J
sou."
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| Special Bates and Thronarh Cars lor
the Baptists Attending Southern
Baptist Convention, St Louis
The Southern Railway hr.s been se|
lested as the "Official Route" to St.
| Louis, Mo., for the Baptists of the
[ State attending the Southern Baptist
i Convention may 14th to 21st, 1913.
j The trip will be made on the Carou!
na Special" Monday, May 12*.h arriv|
ing St. Louis 7.30 p. m. Tuesday, May
: 13th. The route will be via Ashville,
! Knoxville, Lexington and Louisville.
Special Pullman sleeping cars will
; be provided from Columbia and Greenville
for the accommodation of delegates
and others. The Pullman car
from Greenville will be handled to
Spartanburg on train No. 12 leaving
Greenville 1.50 p. m., May 12th knd be
attached to the "Carolina Special" al
I Spartanburg. By this arrangement
the Baptists may leave their homes in
the morning from almost any part of
the State and catch this train at either
Columbia .or Spartanburg. The
schedule is as follows: Leave Charleston
9.00 a. m.; Columbia 1. p. m. Caf^'
| lisle 2.45 p m.,; Union 3.13 p.m.; Spar
tanDurg 4.1o p. m.; Asheville 7.50 p.
m, arrive Lexington 7.05 a m.,; Louis-,
ville 11.10 a. m., and St Louis 7.30
p. m. The round trip from Newberr^;
; S. C., will be $27.15.
Proportionately low rates from all
| other points.
j Tickets on sale May 9th to ,14th inI
nliieivo 1 imifoH fnr rofurriirior tn rpach
destination not later than mid-nigfif
May 27th, 1913. ' .1 i
Pullman fare from Columbia $4.75
and Spartanburg $4.50 per lower
I berth, upper berth 20 per cent less. If
j desired two persons may occupy one
I berth without additional cost.
Have local agent wire for reserva- j
i tion, or write S. H. McLean, D. P. A..
Columbia, S. C. 'l
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By Adoption. !
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I A short while ago there was started
a movement to/have the kilts of a certain
one of the British "Highland"
regiments discarded in favor of ordi- j
nary trousers. It was objected that
the men would be discontented at this
""'l 4V?? nnlnnol thaf" i
k/iiaii5C, anu cxx^ vvyiviAv,i w* uv* ,
a census of the regiment be taken in j
order to ascertain the wishes of the
men themselves. The colonel is the j
de~cc:;:I:.nt or a long line of Scotch!
lairds and strives earnestly to uphold
the old traditions.
The sergeant who took the census of
the regiment finally appeared with his
report.
"All the men, with the exception of I
three, are in favor of the change, sir,"
he said.
"Indeed!" the colonel said. "Tell me
the names of these tnree true ciansmen.
They should be promoted."
The sergeant read from his list: .
"Tliey are, sir," he said, "Patrick
Doolan, Hans Steinsbrenner and Moses
Ikensteiri."?- Harper's Weekly.
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In anything. Now, I have beet
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ceeded in obtaining the agency
if you are in the market for an
I be to your interest to let me se
Saw Mills, Corn Mills,
Pea Threshers or Se
Feed Cutters, Wood Sa
arators, Silos, Gasoline
from 1 1-2 to 100 hors<
I We handle only the best, so if
write me. If yon are not inte:
interested. Yours
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the woman's tonic. Cardui |
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acts in a natural manner, I
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some of the strong drugs I
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Cardui has been a popular I
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The Woman's Tonic
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walk just a little. Now, I I
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BARBECUE NOTICE.
We, the undersigned, will give a bar- j
becue in front of J. P. Wicker's, No. 2
township, on the second Saturday in
July. ' ' ' j
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