TJfT ON THE «F U
Believes It To Be A Sincere Effort On The Part Of
The Republican Party For A Downward Re
vision—Corporation Tax Just Measure.
Washington, Special.—President
Taft Thursday gave out a statement
embodying his views of the new tariff
oct, which he designates officially as
FKn " Pfl VIIA k»11_? >»» nw»/>».lnwnn
past custom of giving first recogni
tion to the framer of the measure in
the House of Representatives.
The statement in full follows:
"I have signed the Payne tariff
bill because 1 believe it to be the re
milt of a sincere effort on the part
of the Republican party to make a
downward revision, and to comply
with the promises of the platform as
they have been generally understood,
and as I interpreted them in the cam
paign before election. »
"The bill is not a perfect tariff bill,
or a complete compliance with the
promises made, strictly interpreted,
but a fulfillment, free from criticism
in respect to a subject matter in
volving many schedules and thou
sands of artick's, could not be expecf
ed. It suffices to say that except
with regard to whiskey, Tiquors and
w«ies, and in regard to silks and as
to some high class cottons—all ot
which may be treated as luxuries and
proper subjects of a revenue tariff—
there have been very few increases
in rates.
"There have been a great number
of real decreases in nates and they
constitute a sufficient amount to jus
tify the statement that his bill is a
substantial downward revision, and a
reduction of excessive rates.
"This is not a free-trade bill. It
was not intended to be. The Repub
lican party did not promise to make a
free-trade bill.
"It promised to make the rates
protective, but to reduce them when
they exceed the difference between
the cost of production abroad and
here, making allowance for the great
er normal profit on active invest
ments here. I believe that while this
excess has not been reduced in a
number of cases, in a great majority,
the rates are such as are necessary to
protect American industries, but are
MANN WINS NOMINATION F
Richmond, Ya., Special.—With re
turns from the Democratic primary
still incomplete, indications Friday
were that Judge William Ilodges
Mann, of Nottoway, has been nomi
nated for Governor over Ilafry St.
George Tucker,  I' Rockbridge, by a
majority of from 11,01)0 to 5,000.
J. Taylor Kllysin, the present Lieu
tenant Governor, lias been renomi
nated without doubt and Samuel Wil
liams rs the party's choice for Attor
ney General. Indications Friday
night pointed strongly to the defeat of
G. W. Koiner, the incumbent, for the
nomination for Commission ">r of Ag
riculture, In J, T. Brown. The early
jet urns were favorable to Koiner.
There is nb significance in the nomi
nations for the House of Deelgates
on the liquor question as this issue di ( ]
not enter into the contests in the var-
SOUTHERN SOFT YARN SPI
Asheville, Special.—The Southern
Soft Yarn Spinpers' 'Association,
with representatives from Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama anil Tennessee, met in
■peeial session Friday afternoon at
I" the Battery Park Hotel here for the
| consideration of the conditions in the
gotft yarn business. The members
I: were in executive • session for about
g four hours. .1. I'. McKae, of l.aurin-
E burg, president, presided, and Holier'
| Chapman, acted as secretary. 1
k.- At the end of the executive session
I the members wouM not give out to
r the press what was done in the meet
sl,ooo,ooo ESSQN GHANITE
E Salisbury, , Special.—The I'.sson
Rt Granite Company, the million dollar
»• concern recently organized wi'i large
■ .quarries at Graiiito Quary this eoun
■ ty, and headquarters in this city, is
■ in the hands of Mr. George R. Collins,
I, an experienced granite man of this
■ city, ns receiver, he being named at
I Ashe yille Thursday and he gave bond
■ in the sum of si"i,ooo with Charles J.
icOTTON MILLS TAKE UP FI
B Columbia, S. C., Special.—Presi-J
Stent Thomas F. Pr.rker, of the Mona- I
■Kan Miffs, Greenvilie, is prosecut-
King an investigation in to the hook-1
Kworm disease among his serveral hun-
Bjjlred em|iloyes through a bright and
Koapable young physician, the results
Sof which will doubtless he of great in-
Hpercst to mill managers and other
■ttftployers of labor that tomes largely
■from the small farms in this and ot,h-
H«r Southern States.
■ While in Greenville a few days
H&o the writer had a talk with the.
ELASTIC PROHIBITION LAV
■•Montgomery, Ala., Special.—The
prohibition bill, far more
Hgistic than the present statutory
Mj®te-wide prohibition law, which
the Senate Friday afternoon
vote of 28 to 2, ami which now
HEfeits only the signature of Ala-
Buria's prohibition executive before
the law, has already scored
effect so lar as the
of locker clubs and near-
Ber saloons ara concerned. From all
low enough in case of abnormal in
crease of demand, and raising of
prices, to permit the possibility of the
importation of the foreign article and
thus to prevent excessive prices.
"The power granted to the Execu
tiv* under the maximum and mini
mum clause may be exercised to se
cure the removal of obstacles which
have been interposed by foreign gov
ernments in the way of undue and
unfair discrimination against Ameri
can merchandise and products.
"The Philippine tariff section I
have struggled to secure for ten years
last past, and it gratifies me exceed
ingly by my signature to give it the
effect of law. I am sura it will great
ly increase the trade between the
two countries, and it will do much to
build up the Philippines in a bedltb
ful prosperity.
"The administrative clauses of the
bill and the customs court are admir
ably adapt»d to secure a more uni
form and a more speedy final con
struction.
"Tire authority to the President
to use agents to assist him in the ap
plication of the maximum and min
imum section of the statute, and to
enable officials to administer the law,
gives a wide latitude for the acqui
sition, under circumstances favorable
its truth, of information in respect
to tl»e priee and eost of production of
goods at home and abroad, which will
throw much light on the operation
of the present tariff anl be of pri
mary importance as officially collect
ed data upon which futuro executive
action and executive recommendation
may be based. %
'' The incorporation tax is a just
and equitable excise measure, which,
it is hoped, will produce a sufficient
amount to prevent a deficit and which
incidentally will secure valuable sta
tistics and information concerning
the many corporations of the country
and will constitute an important step
toward that degree of publicity and
regulation, which the tendency in cor
porate enterprises in the last twenty
years lias shown to be necessary."
>K GOVERNOROFVIRGINIA
ious districts. It is predicted b>
Democratic leaders that if a State
wide prohibition measure is offered
in either branch of the Assembly it
will be defeated although not a dozen
of the Democratic nominees are
pledged either way.
Judge Mann had the support of the
anti-saloon league during his cam
paign although both he and bis op
ponent went before the voters as fa
voring local option. Judge Mann in
dicated, however, that he would sign
a State-wide prohibition bill if pass
ed by the Legislature, while Mr.
Tucker en the other hand bad said
that he would veto such a measure.
ilr. Tucker made a strong tight by
re ason of a larger personal following,
having scarcely any organization,
while Judge Mann's forces were well
organized. ''
JNERS MEET IN ASHEVILLE
ing. other tliar. to say the members
l'eel sure that in a reasonably short
time the chaotic conditioiw which
have prevailed in the soft yarn lmsi-
ness for the last year and a half wili
soon be a thing of the past. With
the tariff question now out of the
way, they look for an increasing de
mand for yarn and that, soon the price
of yarn will he in accord with the
price of cotton, instead of on the
low parity at which it has been sell
ing lor some time past.
Some of the members advised a
closing of mills for a while or curtail
ment for tr.u | resent.
COMPANY TO REORGANIZE
Harris, late Republican candidate for
Governor, as surety. The recoivership
resulted owing to the death of Mr.
Herbert C. Hammond, of Canada,
who was largely interested and whose
estate is said to he worth $5,000,000.
That this step will not hinder tne op
erations at the works is good news
here. It is expected thSt the receiv
ership will he of short duration.
IGHT ON THE HOOK WORM
| young physician, who modestly in
sisted that his name be not used as
i lie had not had enough of expreienee
] to warrant his being set up as an ex-
I pert, and was shown a number of pa
tients being treated for the disease.
The most striking an interesting as
well as encouraging feature of the
work going on at Greenville, as it oc
curred to the interviewer, was the
rapid response of the patients to
treatment anl4h'e assurances from the
medical men that the worst cases
could be entirely freed fram the dis
ease within a few weeks,
V FOR STATE OF ACABAMA
parts of the State come reports that
with the news of the passage of the
Carmiehael bill near-beer saloons, and
i clubs wherein liquors have been dis
pensed to members under the locker
system, were dismantled and the State
is almost as dry as it will ever be.
■ln Montgomery even social clubs of
the highest class have l>een closed and
early in the afternoon the near-beer
men beean the removal of all drink
ables from their ulaces. > i« .
OFFICER SHOOTS TWO MEN
One Died Sunday Morning—Other
May Recover—Officer's Story Jus
tifies Shooting—Negro Employes
Implicate Officer.
Asheville, N. C., Special,—Mr. Joiin
Bunting of Wilmington, a traveling
salesman of the Chattanooga Medi
cine Company, died in the Mission
Hospital here Sunday morning, soon
after midnight as a result of a shoot
ing scrape at the Gladstone Hotel,
Black Mountain. Saturday —morning
at 1:30 o'clock, while Mr. P. C. Col
lins, a prominent banker of Hillaboro,
is,also at the hospital in an adjoining
ward with a bad wound in the right
side. The two men received their
hurts at tlje hands of F. C. Watkins,
town constable of Mack Mountain, in
a room at the Gladstone Hotel Satur
day morning about 1:30 o'clock. The
men were brought to Ashcville Satur
day morning several hours after the
shooting occurred and taken to the
hospital for treatment. It was found
that Mr. Bunting was suffering froru
internal hemorrhage. Mr. Collins,
while dangerously hurt, will proba
bly recover.
The officer tells the following story:
"I went up to the room," said the
eonstable, "where the men were and
entered. The room was in darkness
•ml as I entered I struck a match to
see my way and lighted a lamp. One
of the men, I don't" know which one,
asked who I was and 1 said a police
officer—the town constable. One of
the men with an oath said in effect,
'Well, we take care of all police
here.' At about that time one of them
kicked the door shut and then the
light was snuffed out. One of the
men jumped at me and grabbed me
about the neck, the other at the time
also closing in and clinching. The
men were both of strong build; one
of them had something in his hand
but I don't know what it was. When
they closed in on me and grabbed me,
one reached for my pistol pocket. I
drew my revolver, a 32-ealibre Smith
& Wesson ami in the darkness fired
two shots and the men staggered
back; one of them fell. When I went
in there was a third person in the
room, but whether he got out before
the shooting I don't knew. T called
for the door to ho opened and it was
opened. 1 don't kno*,- whether from
the inside or outside. A light was
secured and the manager-came in. I
assisted one of he men to a bed; the
oth.T one went out into the hall, A
physician was summoned and in com
pany wit I, the physician I lie men were
brought In Ashcville for medical
treatment."
At the inquest over Hunting how
ever, two negro men, employes in the
hotel, give a story to the effect that
the officer was not justified in the
shooting, that the men showed no dis
position to resist. The officer gave
bond in the sum of $5,000,
lie said that when he reached the
hotel women' were running around in
their night clothing, barefooted and
frightened.
Various guests of the hotel, men
and women, testified as to the dis
turbance created by Bunting and Col
line in their room about midnight.
Several of them stated that the two*
men were shouting and using profane
language, and that on complaint to
the proprietor of the hotel the latter
sent for the village,constable to quiet
the disturbers.
Sunday Merrymakers Drown.
Toledo, (>., Special.—Two men and
one woman were drowned and seven
men were rescued with difficulty
when a launch "containine a gr-y par
ty of merrymakers capsized in Mh
mee 'bay r>()0 feet off of the Casino, a
summer theatre, at 4 o'clock Sunday
morning. All were residents of To
ledo. Dill, one of the drowned, was
the owner of the boat and took out
the party of ten men and one woman
over the earnest protests of his wife.
Dry as the Hot Sahara.
Mobile, Ala., Special.—Mobile,
some times called the oasis in the pro
hibition desert of Alabama, will be
as dry as the hot Sahara. Saturday
the proprietors of near-beer places
began moving their stocks to their
homes and warehouses for storage.
The Carmiehael prohibition bill pass
ed by the Senate Friday wm tho
cause.
Three Negroes Drown When Launch
Takes Fire.
Alexandria, Special. F.rncst
Grady, Robert McKenney and diar
ies Hardy, negroes, were drowned
from a launch in the Potomac below
this city Monday night. Two other
occupants were rescued. Ivueas struck
a match to ascertain the cause of the
engine stopping, and as lie did so
there was a solid mass of flame from
the gasolene tank. The frightened
negroes jumped to the port side, and
ns they did so the boat careened and
in a few moments all were in thirty
feet of water.
Tragedy Ends Tennessee Joke.
Chaska, Tcnn., Special.—Joe Burn
fin. aged 30, was shot and killed Sun
day by Brandon McMahon, aged 35;
McMahon, in a playful mood, knock
ed off Burnfin'a hat. Angered at
this Burnftn attacked McMahon with
a stick of wood, knocking him down.
While lying on the ground McMahon
drew lus revolver and fired three
shots. One bullet struck Burnfin near
the heart, killing him instaiitly. Mc-
Mahon surrendered.
WASHINGTON NOTES
The effect of the maximum and
minimum provision of the measure, as
agreed upon by the conferees, was the
chief subject of discusion during the
afternoon. Senator Beveridge under
took to show that Senator Aldrich in
terpreted the language, as reported
by the conferees,, as practically guar
anteeing all the results that could be
obtained through the instrumentality
of a tariff commission. Senator Hale
argued that exactly the opposite pur
pose was in the minds of the House
conferee's whose views had been
adopted. Jie insisted that they care
fully avoided giving any authority to
tlie President by which he could
gather information on which another
revision of the tariff could be based.
Carrying an aggregate appropria
tion of $1,100,000 or SOOO,OOO more
than as originally reported, the con
ference report on the urgent deficien
cy appropriation bill was adopted by
the House.
• • • •
Off for his summer home at Bever
ly, Mass., President Taft left Wash
ington at 5:35 o'clock Friday after
noon. He occupied the private car
Olympia attached to the regular Fed
eral Express over the Pennsylvania
ami New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroads. He will not return to
Washington until the middle of No
vember next. Remaining at Beverly
with his family until September 15,
lie will start West that day on a tour
that will embrace all but eight or ten
of the States of the Union aud both
of the Territories in the far South
wast.
Scores of Senators, Representa
tives and government officials called
at (lie White House during the day to
gay a brief woik of good-bye to the
President. So great ifas the crush
tluii the usual Friday Cabinet me?t
ing was delayed more than an hour.
Various members of the Cabinet
will visit Beverly during the summer.
The President also ex poets to have
several of the Cabinet officers with
him ul ditferwnt times during his
long journey through the West and
South.
Secretary of War Dickinson, for In
stance. probably will be with the
President during practically all the
Southern end-;t' tlie tour.
• • • •
Tit> United States will not inter
vene in the political crisis between
Japan and China over the reconstruc
tion of the Antung-Mukden Railroad
which reached a serious stage Inst
week, when the Japanese government
sent an ultimatum to China announc
ing that the work of reconstruction
would be immediately begun without
China's consent. The State Depart
ment is not a party to the controversy
and has yj+lv a passive interest in
the dispute.
Speaker l Joseph G. Cannon left
Washington Saturday afternoon for
his home in Illinois. There is reason
to believe that Mr. Cannorf may not
nirain bo a candidate for Congress,
lie has been in the game a long time,
and, although apparently as vigior
ous as ever, is understood to have
grown tired of the rough and tumble
life in the House of Representatives.
If the S| leaker decides to retire the
fact will he made public some time
this fall. "Uncle Joe" is optimistic,
about the future of the country, awl
though the new tariff bill does not
satisfy him in its entirety he is of
tin' opinion that«under its operation
the United States will prosper as
never before. Mr. Cannon has been
urged to deliver a number of addresses
on the Chautauqua circuit. He spurn
ed the invitation when first present
ed, but it will not surprise bis friends
if his voice is heard on a number of
public occasions before Congress
meets in December.
The Appropriations Committee of
the House of Representatives will
leave New York on November 6 for
an inspection tour of the Panama
Canal. This announcement was made
Saturday by Chairman Tawney, of
the Appropriation Committee, and
he regards the trip as one of the most
important to be taken during the
Sixty-first Congress. The members
of the committee will spend some
time in the Canal Zone and go orer
every foot of ground where \jork is
to he done under the next appropria
tion. Mr. Tawney says that bv the
inspection tour two years ago, the
committee was able to save $2,000,000
and he hopes the visit this year will
give similar results.
Since the beginning of his admin
istration, the President has adoveat
ed keeping the heads of departments
and Congress in close touch with the
interests of the nation outside the
United Slates.
.1 J
GOT HIS BEARINGS.
"But." asked the young, doctor,
"why do you always order cham
pagne for every new patient that
comes to you?"
"Because, my boy," replied tbfe old
practitioner. "I can judge by what
*he patient says whether or not fee
jan afford it. That helps me when
I come to make out my bill."—Phlla«
I delphia Press.
FINANCIER JAILED
Donald L. Persch Held in Default of
$50,000 Bail and Thereby H&ngi a
Tale cf Tangled Finance Through
Which Somebody in Wall Street
Nipped F. Augustus Hcinze.
New York, Special.—Donald L.
Persch, an ambitious young financier,
whose offices constituted merely desk
room in a downtown note broker's
office, is in the Tombs in default pf
$50,000 bail, and thereby hangs a tal#
of tangled finance through which
somebody in Wall Street nipped F.
Augustus Xi.en.zu, tilt; one-time cop
per for $40,000. Persch is
specifically charged with the larceny
of $40,000, a profit obtained by the
sale of 15,000 shares of Ohio copper
common and 4,000 shares of Davis-
Daly copper common, which an agent
for Heinze plated with the Windsor
Trust Company, of this city, as se-
for a loan of $50,000.
The stock was not held by the
bank but was turned over to a clerk
acting for Persch and at the latter's
orders thrown on the curb market
and sold for approximately $1)0,000.
How Ptasch obtained the capital to
carry through the deal and why the
stock was relinquished by the trust
company are points yet to be clear
ed up.
After his arrest Monday afternoon
Persoh was arraigned before a magis
trate and, after unsuccessful efforts
of his lawyer to have bail reduced to
$20,000, was committed to the Tombs,
although his counsel later procured a
writ of habeas corpus returnable
Tuesday morning. His examination
was set for Friday.
District Attorney Jerome took ac
tive charge of the case and other ar
rests may be made.
Perseh, according to the police, has
been arrested twice before, once for
forgery on a charge made by request
of his father, and another in connec
tion with taking subscriptions for
an ice fund. Both charges were
dropped.
ALABAMA A DRY STATE.
Governor Comer Signs Carmichael
Prohibition Bill. Which Makes the
State a Regular Sahara Desert.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.—Gov
ernor Comer on Monday afternoon
signed the Carmichael prohibition
bill.
Under this net it is unlawful to sell
or to store any liquids containing
more than one-half of one per cent
alcohol. The locker clubs are illegal
and the possession of a United States
internal revenue license shall be Con
sidered prima facie evidence of guilt.
Truly, Alabama is a dry state,.
The Fuller bill, nod the Ballard bill
are still pending in the House. They
are more radical than the Carmichael
bill ami are designed to aid in the
enforcement of the latter. The Fuller
bill' prohibits any sort of liquor ad
vertising and throws every safeguard
around the law. The Ballard bill
provides for the impeachment of of
ficers who fail to put the law into
effect. Both of these bills will ba
passed.
The contest over the bill submit
ting to the people in November an
amendment to the constitution ex
cluding liquors from Alabama for
ever is under consideration. Both
sides to the contest claim victory.
REPORT ON CROP CONDITIONS
Conditions on August 1 Were in tho
Aggregate Slightly Higher Than on
August 1, 1908.
Washington, Special.—Crop condi
tions in tlse United States on August
1, 1909, were in the aggregate slight
ly higher than on August 1, 1908. and
moderately higher than a 10-year
average condition of all crops on Au
gust 1. In addition to the higher con
dition the acreage of cultivated crops
is about 1.6 per c.-nt greater than last
year. So savs a general review of
crop conditions issued Monday. Win
ter wheat, spring wheat;* torn, oats,
rye, flax and grapes were better than
last year and the 10-year average;
barley and potatoes were better than
the condition on August 1 last year,
but slightly below the average com
dition. Tobacco and sweet potatoes
were better than the average and
lower than last year. Important
crops which were below both last year
and an average condition are cotton,
rice, hay, buckwheat and apples. Con
ditions vary, however, in different
sections of the United States.
Summarized, the relative condition
of crops, in the aggregate, different
sections of the United States on Au
gust 1, was: North Atlantic. States,
including New York and Pennsyl
vania. 79.7 or 7.5 per cent below the
10-vear average on August 1; South
Atlantic States 80.1 or 3.8 below the
average, and south central 91.4 or 10
per cent below.
Two Young Ladies Drawn.
Havana, Fla.. Special.—Misses Re
becca Womaek ami Ella Freeman,
both between 15 and 16 years old.
and daughters of prominent men of
this place, were drowned here Mon
day afternoon while in swimming in a
mill pond near their home.
Two Negroes Wounded by Posse.
Douglas, Oil., Spefial.—-As the re
sult of a raid by a posse of white men
headed by Deputy Sheriff Furnev, in
the fontliern part of the county Sun
day night, two negroes were bad(y
wounded and one cf them caused the
arrest on a warrant of Clifford A.
Bartlett. a ruemher of tlie posse,
charging assault with intent to mur
der. Nine negroes were captured and
one of the wounded may die. It is
charged the negroes were gambling.
SNAPPY AND BRIEF
Items Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Ori?p as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields of Actios
at Home and Abroad.
A constable at Black Mountain
Saturday at 1:30 a. m., shot tiro men,
John Bunting and P. C. Collins.
Bunting is dead and Collins is severe
ly wounded. The men disturbed the
other guests in the Gladstone hotel
and the shooting followed the officers
appearance on the scene.
One man was killed and four were
injured in Philadelphia, Saturday,
by the /riving away of one wheel of
their automobile which caused it to
overturn.
President Taft began his vacation
at Beverly by engaging in his fav
orite game of golf.
By an erroneous throw of a switch
one train ran into another which was
still on the siding near Memphis,
Sunday morning, and Joe I.ewis, an
engineer of thirty years experience,
was killed and several others «f the
crews were badly hurt.
R. E. Dinnington, of Augusta, Ga.,
was released from the insanse asylum
some months ago but is again insane
and is barricaded in his home and
shoots when anyone approaches. He
once fasted 41 days and it is feared
lie may repeat the feat while defy
ing all comers. ,
P. C. ButU, *n aged farmer near
Douglass, Ga., was attacked by his
neighbor's two bloodhounds Sunday
and was so badly bitten before help
arrived that his life is dispared of.
The Columbia State announces that
SIO,OOO contributed to the Woman's
Monument Fund and calls for just
SI,OOO more to complete the necessary
amount.
Cablegrams from Morocco say that
the Moores have tortured to death
35 officers and 15,000 troops captured
in the engagements with Spain.
It is said that King Edward,
thropgh a tip by J. I'. Morgan, has
within three months gathered sl,-
000,000 trading on steel stock.
Turkey and Greece are now assum
ing hostile attitudes, the island of
Crete being the bone of contention.
A celebration of the 275 th anniver
sary of the coming of the first white
man to Green Bay, Wis., was held
there on Tuesday. Tablets parking
historical sites were unveiled and the
reconstructed old Tank cottage was
dedicated. ♦
A dispatch from Tokio says that 457
members of the coral fishing fleet
were caught in a squall off Kobe and
drowned. Details of the disastrous
storm have not been received.
The annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic was
held In Salt I>nke City Wednesday.
Three inspectors were suffocated
on Tuesday in a mine at Telluride,
Col., when lightning fired the build
ings at the entrance.
W. A. Belcher, a well-to-do young
planter pf near Boxley, Ga., was am
bushed and killed Monday. It is be
lieved he is the victim of a neighbor
hood feud.
It is generally understood that the
Buncombe grand jury will make an
immediate investigation of the kill
ing by constable T. C. Wat kins at
Black Mountain, N. C., of ? Mr.
John Hill Bunting.
Harry Thaw says he lias been prov
en sane forty-five times by District
Attorney Jerome, by his long ques
tioning.
A bronze statue of George Wash
ington and Kobt. E. have been
plaeed4n Btatuary Hull, at the cap-"
ilol.
Receipts reported in Washington
Monday when the operation of the
new tariff law afnmmted to $930,944
as against the receipts under the
Dingley law for the same day last
year amounting to $67G,578.
Sandy Moseley, an engineer of the
Avery Rock Salt Company, of New
Iberia, was fatally injured when he
was struck by an immense lump of
Salt, loosened from its position above
him. He died soon after.
New Aeroplane Record.
Mourmelon-le-Grand, France, By
Cable.—The world's record for pro
longed flight in an aeroplane was
broken Saturday by Roirer Sommer,
a French aviator, who remained in
the air two hoars, 27 minutes, and 15
seconds, breaking thereby the record
made by Wilbur Wright at liemans,
France, last December, when he stay
ed aloft two hours, 20 minutes and 57
seconds. It was announced, however,
that Sommer's time was not regard
ed as oilicial.
Women on School Boards.
Montgomery, Ala-., Special.—By a
close vote in the committee
authorizing women to act as advisory
members of school boards in Alabama
was reported favorably, to the Senate
Monday and went on the calendar. It
may come up on third reading Tues
day., The bill is fostered by the Ala
bama Federation of Women's Clubs.
It is opposed by some of the ablest
members of the Legislature.