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Newspaper Page TextUtfemi n enri - W ccKlm Sfonrnal, VOL. OFFICERS MAKE THEIR REPORTS TO SOVEREIGN LODGE Governor and Mayor Extend Welcome of the State and the City of Atlanta—Officers Make Response REPORTS SUBMITTED ON WORK OF THE ORDER Grand Sire and the Grand Treasurer Tell What Sover eign Grand Lodge Has Ac complished—Many Present Shortly after 9 o'clock Monday morn tng. in the hall of the Georgia house of representatiwSs. the supreme body of the Odd Fallow world, the Sovereign Grand lodge, met for its 1910 session, with representatives in attendance from oven- state in the North American union, every district of California and from Australia, the latter traveling a total of 17.000 miles to take part in the deliberations. There were no representatives from the European continent and none from South America or Japan, in which latter country of all Asia the Odd Fellow has his brothers. Not less than one repre sentative. and In no instance more than | four answered the roll ca’.L Proruse u«_coration of flag and foliac rendered th* big hall attractive. White roses filled a vase at each corner of the deputy grand sire's desk. British imperial and colonial ensigns. American and Japanese flags abd >...ose of every country of Europe were hung about ever the high window and swung pen- ' dent from the gallery. A section of Wedemeyer's band occupied one cor ner of the gallery, filling the vast room with a roar of muaic, alternating with another section of the same band outsiue beneath the balcony of the Washington street entrance. On every hand showed the anticipatory courtesy of the Atlan ta committee on preparartions. Placards displayed throughout the long rows of seats told where the respective delega tions were gathered. Pennsylvania here, with Alberta, 0. C-, alongside and Ontario at the rear. The distribution was Indiscriminate. The press tables were filled with representatives of not only the Atlanta and Georgia press, but of 19 out of th* 40 Odd Fellows publl- I cations as well. The session began with welcoming ad dresses on behalf of Georgia end Atlan ta by Gov. Joseph M Brown and Mayor Robert F. Maddox. These received warm response from delegates of the grand lodge. The body then went into execu tive session for the root of the morn ing. HYNDS OPENS SESSION. At 9:40 o'clock John A. Hynds, of At lanta, head of the local committees, called the session to order, presenting Orrin Roberts, of Monroe, grand of the grand lodge of Georgia, as the presiding officer of the public session. Grand Chaplain W. L Canter, of the sovereign grand lodge, then pronounced the Invocation which formally dedicated the session. "America." the national anthem, was played by the bdnd. while every one stood. Governor Brown was introduced and roundly applauded. His words of wel come on behalf of Georgia were an eloquent tribute to the great good of fraternity and were a cordidi greeting to the assembled order. GOVERNORS SPEECH. ••It is indeed a pleasing duty which has been placed upon me," said the governor, "to extend to you a welcome on behalf of this whleh we. its citizens. delight to believe merits the title, the Empire State of the Sotuh. "But as I look upon this array before me. and see In these faces stamped the high order of intelligence, and am as sured by your records that you have the interests of your fellow man at heart, and know that you have assembled for the purpose of deliberating as to certain matters for the good of your order with Its rituals and forms about which I con fess I know nothing. I am led to the realisation that in all climes, in all ages of the world, among all peoples, there has been something in the oecult which has held a eharm for the mind. •Mystery' —what does it cover? What is behind the veil? What is there that we do not know, that moves the hidden spring which caus es the operation of certain forces, and brings the effect of cetraln causes? We read that in the ancient times of Chal dea and Babylotf. in the days of Nebu ehadnenar and later of Belshazzar that there were the mag is, the men who knew things that were aboce the knowledge even of kings and to whom kings in their dire extremities sent their petitioners for kelp. "Even among the North American In dians we find that they had the same secret society cult, the Society of the MetaL They allowed nobody to come within the enclosure who was not a mem ber. There was one white man who had done great favors for that people, and to whom it was allowed to be Initiated. He held enough of honor Jo maintain to himself the secrets, except that he said that one main thing for which they maintained reverence was the simple sea shell, around which clustered traditions which even he would not reveal. I bring this for the purpose of illustration that even tn that tribe which we esteemed as more than half barbarian there was this secret order which they held in highest reverence "I know that while the ritual of the Odd Fellows Is your own. while as to the workings of your order you are ex xnislve from necessity, yet we all meet, ati Georgians, all peoples of civilization meet upon the common ground of a com mon ralth of love and dependency toward the one great tribunal above us. I am looking today Into faces whose owners are uplifting humanity and will join with all of us in the common alm. "Gentlemen, now let me welcome you to this state. Tou are welcome not only to our soil, not only to our homes, but to our hearts. May God aid you in every thing vou do. guide you. and sustain you wfferever and whenever you may call upon his aid." Th* band played "Dixie" at the con clusion of the applause which greeted the governor's welcome, and the ap plause became cheers while the assem blage stood once more in salute. Grand Master Roberts introduced Mayor Maddox as the "head of a clean city,” and the mayor received generous (OoaUaasd mi Fags Bight.) Has Split Democrats GAFT. FEM W. KOOFCR, Republican nominee for governor in Tennessee who has been indorsed by Independent Democrats. TUFT’S VSCITION ENDS; WILL GO TO CINCINNATI Will Be Back in Washington Saturday or Sunday on . the Job w BEVERLY. Mass., Sept. 17.—Presi dent Taft's vacation came to an end to day. At midnight tomorrow night he will be on the train for Cincinnati, go ing by the way of New Haven, where he will attend a meeting of the Yale corporation on Monday. Tuesdaj' will find him in Cincinnati, where he will deliver an address, at the opening of a dam. that will outline his future pol icy with regard to river and harbor im provements. The remainder of his stay in Cincinnati will be given up to the dispatch of private business. Saturday or Sunday next the presi dent will reach Washington, where ac cumulated business of two months awaits his attention. The judicial ap pointments are to be decided, the Bal linger-Plnchot affair adjusted and other matters of almost equal importance de mand attention.' The cabinet will be in session practically four days, during which time all the members of the of ficial family save Secretary of War Dickinson, who is in the far east, 'will foe the guests of the president at the White House. , Leaving Washington on October 1, the president will address the conven tion of National League of Republican Clubs that night In New York. This speech is being carefully prepared by the president. It will be his final poli tical utterance during the campaign, and he is being urged to strike the same definite note in this utterance that he did In his conservation speech at St. Paul. He will return to Beverly October 2, but nothing but work is ahead of him here. The message is to be prepared, plans for economy com pleted, the estimates gone over, the work of the tariff board to review. The president will bid adieu to Bev erly finally on October 1« and go di rect to Washington, where, unless he decides upon the Panama trip, he will remain throughout the winter. 0.5. SEEKS TO DISSOLVE SUGAR TRUST IN GOURT Fight Will Be Along Same Lines of Famous Standard Oil Suit WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.-The govern ment will make an effort to dissolve the sugar trust under the Sherman anti trust act. The fight will be along the same lines as followed in the Standard Oil cases. Frank B. Kellog. special at torney in the oil cases, may lead the government’s fight in the sugar trust case. The department of justice has prepared its case and is about to file suit. The filing of pie suit is tn the hands of Attorney General Wickersham, who Is in New York. The papers in the suit have been ready for some time. They were pre pared by District Attorney Wise, of New York. The whole thing has been done so noiselessly that few officials of the department In Washington knew very little of the suit. The suit for dissolution is to be almost identical with those against the Standard Otl company, and the tobacco trust. Both of these cases are pending in the su preme court and will come up for final hearing and argument some time this winter. It has been the understanding that the administration would not tackle any more of the big trusts until the highest court in the land had passed upon the two important cases now pend ing before It. Evidently there has been a change of plans. This is said to b? based upon fact that the Information gained by the department as to the sugar trust shows It >to be a red-handed vio lator of the anti-trust laws. The suit for dissolution will therefore be more sweeping than that against the oil and tobacco trusts and it is said will raise questions that will have to be passed upon by the supreme court even if that body should decide against the govern ment in the two cases now pending! The discovery of the sugar trust frauds in the underweighing In the New York customs house and the indictment and conviction of a number of persons con nected with the concern, together with other indictments still untried against higher ooietals of the combine, ha-> given the government a greater array of information than it has ever before had against one of the big concerns. Attorney General Wickersham is said to be personally directing the proceed ing that will be filed in New York an.l has told some of the officials of the department that he la immensely pleased with the facts that are at the disposal of the government in presenting the case. ROOSEVELT DEFENDS PRESIDENT TAFT IN A STIRRING SPEECH Expresses His Hearty Con demnation of Recent Decis ions of the Supreme Court. Quotes Taft —.. SPEECH WAS MADE IN ■ OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD —— Colonel Spent the Evening at the Home of Lieut Gov. Horace White —He Met Timothy Woodruff SYRACUSE, N. T., Sept. 17.—Coming ■ into a stronghold of the opposition. 1 Theodore Roosevelt today boldly chal lenged the opponents of his political doe trine to come out tn the open and fight if they dare. He prophesied that if they did they would be bekten. The president also gave warm com'- mendatlon of President Taft as a public official and expressed his approval of a number of the accomplishments of the Taft administration. Colonel Roosevelt did not indorse the administration as a whole. What he did have to say,, how ever, placed him on record for the first time in regard to many of the more im portant features of it, breaking the si lence which he had maintained stead fastly on the subject except for his few brief references to his successor made while he was on his western trip. He also defended his recent criticisms of two decisions of the United States supreme court made a speech in Den ver and quoted the words of William H. Taft written when he was a judge to support his contention that the people have the right to criticise decisions of the court. • Almost all the members of the com mittee who took the colonel by his hand during the stay are identified with the Onondaga county Republican organiza tion of which Francis Hendricks, super intendent of insurance, is the Read. Mr. Hendricks is a member of the Republican state committees and voted against Col onel Roosevelt when the state commit tee refused to indorse him for temporary I chairman of the Republican state con vention. DINNER BY HORACE WHITE. The colonel spent the evening at the home of Lieut. Gov. Horace A. Whit*, who gave a dinner for him. There, too, he was In the hands of men who are taking part In the fight against him. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican state committee and one of the leaders of the opposition to Colonel Roosevelt, was here today, shook hands with the colonel and ate dinner with Colonel Roosevelt and his adversa ries wkith jcheerful face and jested about their differences. Lieutenant Gover nor White made one of the shortest speeches on record when he Introduced Colonel Roosevelt at teh fair grounds. “We are here today to welcome and to honor Theodore Roosevelt," he said, and that was all. . The colonel, who had just seated him self at the rear of the stand to wait un til Mr, White had finished his speech, looked up In surprise as-he saw the lieu tenant-governor backing from the railing. "Do I speak now?” he asked. WAS IN FIGHTING TRIM. Mr. White said the time had come, and the colonel arose. He was In fighting trim as he faced the crowd. He him self said so. He shook his clinched fists in the air and thundered forth his mes sage with all the energy which he could muster. Several times he departed from the text of his prepared speech to inject remarks to show how earnestly he meant what he said. "I wish my opponents would come into the open," he said. "They shoot from the bushes," he declared at another place, "but you couldn’t make them come into the open and fight the issue.” Another remark which caused the crowd to cheer was made just as he had again dared his opponents to put them selves on record as against him. "Friends, they won’t do it," said he. "They may crfticlse me, but they will talk as though they were treading on eggs before they take . the other side/* After he had asserted that leaders In business must act as servants of the people and that the corporations must be the creatures and not the master of the people, he added: "To paraphrase the words of Patrick Henry, 'lf that be socialism, make the most of it.’ ” "That’s a fairly decent Idea, Isn’t It?" he asked after he had declared that each man should have a fair chance, with special privileges for none. "There is no appeal to the mob, nothing dangerous. Nobody has any reason to fear new na tionalism except the crook and the boss, and they both have.” Colonel Roosevelt said he had come here "to say exactly what I have said in the west.” "Let it be understood at the outset,” he continued, “that I have not a word to retract.” “Amen,” shouted a man in the crowd. "GOOD DOCTRINE.” “That’s sound—Amen—that’s good doc trine,” the colonel said. "What I have to say is to take away any excuse from those who misrepresent my words. It Is not for me to explain. It is for them.” The colonel slightly modified his defi nition of “new nationalism” today. He called it “the efficient application to new conditions of certain old-time and fundamental moralities." He then proceeded with a defense of his attitude, an exposition of "new na tionalism” and a repetition of his decla ration of war on crooks and bosses. After Colonel Roosevelt had finished speaking Mr. Hendricks stepped up to him. The colonel and the leader of the opposition shook hands cordially. “I was never in better fighting trim In my life,” the colonel told him with a smile. The colonel will return to New York tomorrow. MEMPHIS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADVERTISING FUND WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.—The Busi ness Men’s club of Memphis, Tenn., has notified the Southern Commercial Con gress that it is ready to contribute SI,OOO to an advertising fund of SIOO,OOO to be raised by the congress throughout - the south and to contribute $250 towards the expense of raising the larger fund. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. SEPT. 20, 1910. TORN OY JEALOUSY ETHEL CUBE LENffIE SUFFERED TORTURE Witness Describes the Manner in Which the Girl Acted When She Spoke of Dr. Crippen’s Wife (By Fraas.) ‘LONDON, Sept. 19.—Something of what Ethel Clara Leneve suffered as, half mad with jealousy, she impatiently wait ed fulfillment of Dr. Hawley H. Crip pen’s promise to make her his wife, was revealed at today’s session of the in quest into the death of Belle Elmore, with the murder of whom the doctor and his typist are jointly charged. In her distress, Miss Leneve confided in her landlady, Mrs. Jackson, and the story that the latter told on the witness stand rivaled the most sensational evi dence introduced at the preliminary trial. SAID SHE WOULD MARRY. Mrs. Jackson said that the accused girl gave up the room which she had occupied at the home of the witness on March 12, explaining that she was leav ing to be married io Dr. Crippen. Until the first week in February Miss Leneve had slept regularly at Mrs. Jack son’s. After that she stopped at the house only occasionally. She said that she spent the other nights at homes of friends. On one occasion she mentioned having been at the Hilldrop Crescent home of Xhe Crippens early in February, to help the doctor in a search for a bank book, which showed gn account of SI,OOO. She added that a diamond tiara and rings had been found in the house and that the doctor had raised SBSO on these. About the middle of February, the wit ness said, Miss Leneve appeared miser able and depressed. Such was her state that Mrs. Jackson followed the girl to her room to learn, if possible, the source of her trouble. Miss Leneve, the wit ness said, was In a terrifying state of agitation. Her eyes seemed fairly star ing out of her head. The landlady In sisted upon an explanation, telling the girl that she must have something awful on her mind to be In such a condition. The witness said that the other replied: “Would you be surprised if I told you that it was the doctor and Miss Elmore who was the cause of my trouble when you first knew? She is his wife and when I see them together it makes me realize my position and what she is and what I am." Mrs. Jackson asked. "What Is the use of your worrying about Another wo man’s husband?" To this Miss Leneve answered: “Miss Elmore has been threatening to go away with another man. Dr. Crippen has been waiting for her to do so, when he would divorce her.” • Solicitor Newton, who Is looking out for the interests of Crippen and Miss Leneve, closely cross-examined Mrs. Jackson, suggesting that her lodger’s' excitement was due to the landlady having resur rected a trouble which the girl experi enced during her earlier association with Crippen, but the witness maintained the correctness of her evidence as given. THINKS BODY A WOMAN’S Professor Pepper, the pathologist, re peated the testimony which he had given at the trial in the Bow street court. In response to questions by the coroner he said: “I can form no definite opinion as to whether the parts found were those of a male or a female. There was a sug gestion that they were from the body of a female. I have formed a very strong opinion. If I taka the hair dis covered into consideration, there is a strong conviction, almost convict ng evi dence that the parts are those of a wo ipan.” Five Mangled by Saw EMPORIA, Ga„ Sept. 19.—Five work men were knocked sprawling against the teeth of a huge ripsaw by the mis take of a negro workman In pulling a lever the wrong way at a manufacturing plant here today. THUNDER! HE DOES WAKE UP SOMETIMES! !i®'l II• If TiLHaF i '9/f I KILLS ONE WOMAN. WOUNDS ANOTHER. THEN SHDDTS SELF Insane Over Unrequited Love, B. Manass, of Abbeville, Ga., Kills Mrs. E. H. Williams, Wounds Mrs. Royal (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ABBEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 19.—Insane because his attentions had been rejected by Mrs. Eugene Royal, a widow of this place, and crazed by tha alleged effects of protracted drinking, B. Manass, shot and killed Mrs. E. H. Williams, wife of ex-Mayor Williams, a sister of Mrs. Royal, dangerous wounded Mrs. Royal, and then turned his revolver on himself, inflicting mortal wounds. Physicians say that there is a possibility that Mrs. Royal will recover, but that Manass’ death is only a question of a few hous-s. The tragedy caused the greatest sen sation in Abbeville. AH of the parties are prominently connected, Mrs. Wil liams and Mrs. Royal having a number of friends throughout the state. Manass, who Is a widower, Is said to have been in love with Mrs. Royal for a long time. She had rejected his suit on several occasions, but Manass had shown no signs oi attempting to re venge his rejection until today. Manass is alleged to have believed that Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Royal’s sis ter. was responsible for Mrs. Royal’s declining to marry him. Today he se cured a 38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver. Meeting the women this morning, Ma nass drew his revolver and began fir ing. Mrs. Williams was shot and in stantly killed.. Turning his revolver on Mrs. Royal the frenzied man fired at her, dangerously wounding her through the thigh. As she feu Manass turned the revolver on himself. Placing the pistol against his head he sent a bul let crashing into his forehaad. With the run still recoiling from the first shot he fired a second bullet, which also took effect in his head. It is said that Manass had been drinking for about a week. Mrs. Williams was wife of col, E. H. Williams, one of the most prominent citizens of this section, a well known attorney, and former mayor of Abbe ville Mrs. Royal, who was Mrs. Williams' sister, is well known throughout the state, having a brother, J. L. Reid, at Cordele and another, W. A. Reid, of Al bany. LION’S ESCAPE DENIED BY RAILROAD OFFICIAL Says Car Truck Gave Away and Only Casualty Was Roll ing Off of Calliope MORGANTON, N. C.. Sept. 19.-The gtory of the wrecking of the first sec tion of the John Robinson circus train and the escape of one of the lions is de nied by an official of the Southern rail way. The official’s report says that a truck under a car gave way while switching, allowing a steam caliope to roll off the end of the car. MINISTER ARRESTED FOR HARANGUING CROWD LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Sept. 17.—Rev. Ben Cox, a prominent local minister and le&der In the recent prohibition fight, was arrested tonight and taken to jail in a patrol wagon because he refused to disperse a gathering of several thou sand persons whom he was addressing on a downtown street corner. The arrest of Mr. Cox brings to a cli max a controversy as to the right of city officials to prevent religious gather ings assembling at the intersection of certain street corners of Little Rock. CHAS. HEIKE GEIS EIGHT MONTHS IN THE NEW YORK PEN “Man Higher Up” Must Also Pay $5,000 for Conspiring to Defraud the United States Government (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Charles' R. Heike, former secretary and treasure? of the American Sugar Refining company, who has been called "the man higher up” in the sugar trust, will be sentenced today by Judge Martin In the United States circuit court to serve eight months in the New York pentientlary on Blackwell’s Island, and to pay a fine of $5,000 on conviction of conspiracy to de fraud the United tSates government by the underweighing of sugar. Judge Martin granted a stay of execu tion of the sentence pending an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals. The court also reduced Heike’s ball, which had "been $25,000, pending sentence since his conviction last June, to $15,000. Heike’s sentence is the culminating point in the federal government’s prose cution of the American Sugar Refining company officials and employes growing out of the underweighing frauds on the Williamsburg docks of the trust, brought to light by Richard Parr’s famous raid on the docks in 1907. Four weighers for the company and Oliver Spitzer, dock superintendent, were convicted on the first criminal trial in connection with the frauds and the weighers are still serving out their sent ences of a year in the Blackwell island penitentiary. Spitzer, who was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta pentltentiary, was pardoned during the trial of Heike, Ernest Gerbracht, the refinery superin tendent and four minor employes of the company for conspiracy. He turned state's ethdence. The sugar company meanwhile had paid the government more than $2,000,000 out of which, It was shown, the customs had been defrauded by the underweighing operations. Gerbracht was sentenced last week to two years In the Atlanta peni tentiary and to pay a fine of $5,000 but was allowed a stay pending appeal. MANY HORSE TRADERS Meet at Spartanburg Five Thousand Animals Will be Traded by Five Hun dred Traders SPARTANBURG, 8. C„ Sept. 19,-Prob ably the largest convention of horse traders ever held in the south is meet ing in this city this week. It is esti mated that more than 500 traders are here ft-om all points in Georgia. North and Carolina and Tennessee. With them they have brought between 4,000 and 5,000 animals to trade. Some are good horses, but, on the other hand, a visit to the trading ground will con vince one that all of the old plugs in the south are also here for sale. One can buy a horse in this city this week for $5 up to SSOO. The first arrival on the scene of trad ing was Capt. Siah Black, of Salisbury, N. C., who brought with him 50 animals, which he will trade during the week. The headquarters of the convention are at the county fair grounds, where there • are comfortable stalls and other neces | sitles for caring for live stock. Pro i fesslonal buyers are here from Atlanta ' and Charleston, who claim that they are ready to purchase any animal offer ed for sale at a reasonable price. Many farmers throughout the country are also present who will attempt to swindle the professional traders. Aside from selling ! and swapping their animals the traders ! are having a big time and the com mi t j tee on entertainment, consisting of sev | era) local traders, have been busy pro ’ vidlng for the visitors. LIFE'S STORY ENDS FDR LUNDY HARRIS BY HIS OWN WD Husband of Woman Who Wrote “A Circuit Rider’s Wife” Kills Himself With Morphine HEALTH WAS GONE AND DEATH BROUGHT RELIEF Had Been With the Methodist Publishing House —Remains . Will Be Sent There to His Wife Tired of making a fight against 111 health that had resulted In nervous pros tration Prof. Lundy Harris, of NasfovjUe. died Monday morning near Cartersville as the result of an overdose of mor phine taken Sunday morning. Professor Harris and his wife came into almost national prominence a few months ago when she wrote a serial story for the Saturday Evening Post, entitled "A Circuit Rider’s Wife.” Professor Harris, who had been a Methodist minister for years, was re cently given an appointment with the Methodist Publishing house at Nashville and had been employed there until his health became so badly impaired that a rest w’as found necessary. He then went on a leave of absence to Pine Lodge, which is near Carters ville. There it had been hoped that quiet would restore his shattered nerves and bring him back to perfect health again. But these hopes were without foundation, for instead of Improving he became gradually weaker. Sunday morning he started for a walk that ended in his death hours later. Per sons stopping at the same house where he was making his temporary home found him shortly after on the banks of a small stream In an unconscious con dition. It was found that he had taken morphine and a physician was called as soon as possible. Professor Harris re covered sufficiently to be able to drink strong coffee and It was thought he would be all right in a short time, but early Monday morning he became worse and soon died. He left three notes, one of these to his wife, one to the parties with whom he was boarding and one to the undertaker that handled his remains. It Is thought that the remains will be sent to Nashville Tuesday morning. "The Circuit Ridet’s Wife” caused consider able comment because it dealt very plainly with the hardships that a minis ter, lacking in political skill, have to encounter. It told of how many of them had suffered and were suffering and yet toiled on with no hope of earthly re ward. Professor and Mrs. Harris once lived at College Park and In her story Mrs. Har ris dealt with a few things said to have occurred there. Her account of the time spent in that pretty suburb was not pleasing to some residents and a denial was made of some of them. Mrs. Har ris is now In Nashville. There were many who knew the Har ris family that took the story as being a simple recital of his life’s struggles and now that he has ended his existence it would seem as if his wife was telling I of her husband and his sufferings. ON TRIAL FOB MUHDER HE COMMITS SUICIDE Thomas N. Kennan Leaves the Court Room During Trial, Goes and Kills Himself DONIPHAN, Mo., Sept. 17.—Thoma* N. Kennon, who was on trial on th* charge of murder, left the court room today and killed himself in a room at. a hotel. He left a note which read: "Swearing lies has rulnea me. Good by to all my friends.” Kennon was charged with killing F. M. Hughes, a neighbor. He pleaded self defense. It was expected that the tee -1 timony In the case would be completed today. WATER FAMINE RELIEVED BY NEW YORK AUTHORITIES TARRYTOWN,-N. Y., Sept. I»—A two months’ water famine ’ here has been relieved by the kindness of the Ne.v •Fork city authorities. A New York water main with 18 feet of water be hind it, has just been connected with the mains of the company which sup plies this section. Industrial plants which have been closed for weeks will now reopen. Pocantico Lake, from which the Tar rytown supply is ordinarily taken, is so low that there was great fear the mains W’ould become pulluted by dead fish. Fishermen have scooped cartloads or fish from the muddy shallows in tie past few days. The drought has exhausted the pri vate supply of John D. Rockefeller. GREENVILLE TO BEGIN CJTY’S IMPROVEMENT GREENVILLE, S. C.. Sept. 19.—Begin ning tomorrow, Greenville’s 1200.000 worth of municipal improvements will :©m mence, the paving contract being in tlm hands of Bowe & Page, the Main stree,. bridge in the hands <-f the Carolina Con crete company hnd the six miles of ne ▼ sewers will be laid by Sullivan & Long. J FIRST CASUALTY OF HUNT SEASON AT GLENNS FALLS GLENS FALLS, N. Y., Sept. 15.—The first casualty of the Adirondack hunt ing season has just been reported. Mistaken by his son for a deer, William Aubrens was fatally short in the moun tains near here yesterday. NO. 1.