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VOL. XV. NO. 52
THROUGH NIAGARA RAPIDS
IN SMALL MOTOR BOAT
Capt. Larsen Makes Trip Through
Whirlpool Rapids.
40,000 PEOPLE SAW THE W
Water Made Plaything of Man and His Boat.
At One Point Boat Shot 20 Feet
Out of the Water.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.—Capt. Klaus
.Larsen, in his little motor boat, the
Ferro, made a successful trip from
the foot of the cataract through the
whirlpool rapids to within a mile of
Leiston, a distance of 4 1-2 miles. He
started from the Maid of the Mist
dock at 4:45 and ran on a rock near
the American shore at 5:30.
Despite the battering of the whirl
pool rapids, Larsen went through
safely, but his boat was leaking bad
ly at the finish and throuhg the trip.
The Ferro swung under the canti
lever bridge, the engine running at
top speed, and was caught in the
swift drift, where the river begins its
rush to the whirlpool rapids. Larsen
‘held to the middle of the channel and
in less than three minutes had made
the great pool. In the trip through
the rapids, the little boat was lost to
sight most o the time, but at Great
(Wave it was shot 20 feet out of the
water. The boat landed right, and
continued to the pool.
Larsen kept to the outer edge of
the pool and passed out and down
without accident. Just as he left the
pool, the engine stopped working, and
iLarsen was at the mercy of the wa
ters hardly less violent than those
above. The little boat swung around
stern first, and then turned completely
over, Larsen coming up badly batter
ed. Here he injured his leg.
। From then on Larsen was the play
thing of the mighty river, unable to
hold the course, the boat swinging
from one side to the other. After get
ting through the Devil’s Hole, the
'Ferro swung towards the rock on the
American side of the river, rolled
over one boulder and went fast be
tween two others.
There Larsen stayed for five min
utes, forty feet from shore, working
'desperately to release the craft. Get
ting free he was hit by a comber and
sent careening toward the middle. At
the bend, with the Lewiston bridge
iin sight, the boat drifted toward the
'American side again and was then
caught in the shore eddy. The Ferro
'grounded again, this time near enough
Ito shore to We caught by Roy Rock
well of this city, who waded into the
water and caught a rope'thrown by
Larsen.
Except the Old Maid of the Mist
(sent through in 1864 to avoid seizure,
'Larsen's is the only engine-propelled
craft to have gone through the rapids.
Peter Nissen, Chicago, 1900, and C.
•A. Percy, 1887 and 1901, went safely
through the rapids in barrels. No one
else has ever passed through the rap
ids and lived.
COTTON CONDITION.
Top Cotton Crop Depends Upon a Late
F rost.
Memphis, Tenn. —The following
summary of cotton crop conditions is
published by the Commercial-Appeal:
The cotton crop is coming to ma
turity in an irregular manner. In
all parts of the south save the most
southern cotton-growing sections there
are fields which are thrifty and grow
ing and need a late frost to permit
of the maturity of a full yield, lu
all sections also there are fields
which have apparently- come to full
growth and will make no more cotton.
In such as these the bolls are opening
rapidly. It appears that on the whole
the past two weeks have brought the
crop toward maturity more rapidly
than the farmers had anticipated.
In general a larger yield than last
year is indicated. In all states save
Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina. In the two latter a late
frost would add considerably to the
yield.
“Farmers are generally marketing
•cotton freely.”
Population of Cleveland.
Washington.—The population of
Cleveland, Ohio, is 560,663, an in
crease of 178,895, or 46.9 per cent.,
as compared with 381,768 in 1900.
The returns for Cleveland estat
es that city as one of the large cen
ters of population of the country. The
city will take rank among the first
ten cities of the country.
Red Men Name Cleveland.
Toledo, Orio. —Cleveland was chos
en by the Improved Order of Red
Men for the 1911 convention.
Sntriniim Sulktiu.
ENGLISH BANKERS’ PLAN.
I
American Proposal for Handling Cotton Bills
of Lading Rejected.
♦♦+♦++++++++♦♦+
♦ New York.—American bank- +
♦ ers decided here that they +
+ cannot assent to the plan for +
♦ guaranteeing bills of lading +
+ proposed by British bankers, +
+ Instead, they asserted their +
+ independence, denounced the +
+ British proposal as unsound +
+ finance and insisted on their +
+ own plan of a “validated cer- +
♦ tificate.” +
+++++++++++++*+
London, England.—At a conference
of European bankers interested in the
cotton trade, it was decided that they
were unable to accept the validation
plan submitted by the American Bank
ers’ Association.
The decision was reached after a
prolonged discussion by representa
tive bankers of England and the con
tinent.
The session of the bankers embody
ing this decision expressed regret at
being unable to regard the Ameriacn
proposal as affording the protection
desired by European banks accepting
cotton. Consequently, and in default
of the production of any other satis
factory plan of guaranteeing Ameri
can cotton bills of lading, the meeting
confirmed the resolution passed by
the committee in July. This resolu
tion of July was the original ultima
tum of the English bankers to the
American bankers, declining to accept
drafts against bills of lading unless
these latter were guaranteed.
The conference Is still prepared,
however, through its committee, to
meet a deputation from the American
Bankers’ Association in London.
New Orleans. —Unfavorable action
on the part of European bankers in
London regarding the validation plan
for American cotton bills of lading
was declared by Southern cotton men
to be very discouraging. The valida
tion voluntarily agreed upon by the
railroads throughout the cotton belt,
following the action of the European
bankers in refusing to honor Ameri
can cotton bills of lading until guar
anteed by American banks, was the
mainstay of the American bankers
sent to attend the London conference.
Unless some other plan can be
agreed upon, say Southern bankers,
the action would have the effect of
throwing a large part of the cotton on
a cash basis.
Savannah. —Savannah cotton men
and bankers are disappointed over the
refusal of London bankers to impose
more lenient restrictions upon the use
of cotton bills of lading with drafts
attached. The general opinion here
seems to be that the decision will
cause a great congestion in a financial
way in this part of the country and
interfere very seriously with the
movement of the crop. Since the
law eliminates national banks from
the English plan, it is suggested that
a guaranty company be formed to
back state banks in the guaranteeing
of cotton bills of lading.
Governor on Trial for Libel.
Des Moines, lowa. —Charged with
criminally libelling John Cownie, the
former chairman of the state board of
control, Gov. B. F. Carroll was placed
on trial. The indictment charges that
the governor authorized the publica
tion of a statement in the Des Moines
Capital reflecting seriously on the
character of Mr. Cownie. Among oth
er charges, the statement declared Mr.
Cownie had been unduly familiar with
girls at the Mitchellville Reform
school.
The defense of Governor Carroll
will be, it is understood, that he was
privileged in publishing the commun
ication containing the alleged libel. It
is also understood that the governor
will make no use of technicalities to
prevent the introduction of evidence,
but will throw the case wide open.
Eight Months Sentence for Heike.
New York City.—Charles R. Heike,
a former secretary and treasurer of
the American Sugar Refining compa
ny, who has been called “the man
higher up” in the sugar trust, was
sentenced by Judge Martin in the
United States circuit court to serve
eight months in the New York peni
tentiary on Blackwell’s Island, and to
pay a fine of $5,000, on conviction of
conspiring to defraud the United
States government by the underweigh
ing of sugar. Heike will appeal the
case.
No Revolution, Says Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. —Theodore Roose
velt said that he is not talking revo
lution in declaring his new political
creed. In a staunch defense of his
doctrine of the “new nationalism” he
declared he was merely urging the
application of old moralities to mod
ern conditions. At the same time he
replied wit'h spirit to those who have
been opposing him and hotly de
nounced newspapers which he said
attacked honest public men. Colonel
Roosevelt’s address was delivered at
Riverhead, L. I.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY. GA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.1910.
BUIE AND GRAY VETERANS
MEET LIKE BROTHERS
Remarkable Scene at the G. A. R.
Annual Encampment.
YAH SANTLAUDS SOUTH’S SOLDIERS
General Sickels, Commander Van Sant and
General Hilary A. Herbert Want Joint
Reunion of the Blue and Gray.
Atlantic City, N. J.—The hotels, the
piers and board walks were crowded
with old soldiers and their families
who came to attend the G. A. R. en
campment.
Commander Van Sant and Hilary A.
Herbert of Alabama, former Secretary
of the Navy and a general in the Con
federate army, were the principal
speakers at a large gathering of vet
erans on the steeplechase pier. After
a short address by the commander-in
chief, General Herbert eulogized the
members of the grand army and their
commander. He told how the wearers
of the blue and the wearers of the
gray were being welded together for
the cause of the Union, and he urged
a join reunion of the Blue and Gray
veterans.
Commander-in-Chief Van Sant and
Gen. Daniel E. Sickels both declared
they would work for the proposition,
and the former will bring it up before
the G. A. R. members later. It is be
lieved by many soldiers that this dem
onstration of friendly feeling will kill
the agitation against the place of the
statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Stat
uary Hall at Washington.
A remarkable scene occurred with
the entrance of General Sickels into
the auditorium. As he swung down
the aisle with a pinned-up trouser leg,
giving mute evidence of his heroism,
the veterans arose as one man, and
four of his command lifted him, chair
and all, and placed him on the plat
form, while the coinmander-in-chief’s
band played “Dixie” and the crowd
cheered.
As General Sickels grasped the
folds of a huge silk flag with Comman
der Van Sant, General Herbert step
ped up and, laying one hand upon the
shoulder of the grizled veteran, the
other on the flag, said:
“If I had been told when I was in
Antietam that in the years to come I
would stand side by side with Federal
soldiers and grasp the Stars and
Stripes with them, 1 would have been
insulted. But I love that old flag
now.”
Commander Van Sant paid a tribute
to the Southern veterans, saying that
he was glad to meet them on friendly
terms, and that he had no desire to
meet them again in war. He declared
he was proud of the fact that no
American army ever surrendered to
anything but another American army,
and repeated that there was no longer
a North and South, but that we were
all one great American people.
Perhaps the largest host from a
distance to attend the encampment is
the St. Cloud, Fla., veterans, who
came with their own band. The com
mander is G. D. Degraw.
ABBEVILLE TRAGEDY.
Drink-Crazed Man Kills One Woman,
and Shoots Another.
Abbeville, Ga. —Mrs. F. H. Williams
is dead; her sister, Mrs. Eugene Roy
al, is seriously wounded, the victims
of B. E. Maness, who fired upon the
women and, after shooting them
down, turned the weapon upon him
self, inflicting a wound from which
he now lies dying.
Maness, it is said, was madly in
fatuated with Mrs. Royal, who did not
return his love. While drinking he
went to her home. She was sick in
bed. He began to abuse her for not
accepting his attentions. Mrs. Wil
liams, who lives next to Mrs. Royal,
heard him, and went to the assistance
of her sister. When Maness saw
Mrs. Williams come in, he fired three
shots at her, one taking effect in the
head, killing her instantly. He then
turned and shot Mrs. Royal, inflicting
a serious, though not fatal wound.
Maness evidently thought he had
killed Mrs. Royal, as he then marched
out into the hall and shot himself in
the head.
Yellow Fever Signs.
Beaumont, Texas—That a sailor re
moved from aboard the steamer By
land, which arrived at Sabine, Texas,
from Tampjco, Mexico, has shown the
symptoms of yellow fever, is declared
by State Health Officer Brumby, who
returned to Beaumont after conduct
ing an investigation at Sabine. Five
days must elapse, Doctor Brumby ex
plained, before a definite diagnosis
would be possible, and in the mean
time the vessel is being held in quar
antine. No other illness is aboard the
By land.
Back From New
York--Our Buyer
We are pleased to state our buyer has return
ed from New York and other Eastern markets.
He states that this has been his most success
ful trip made in his six years’ experience. The
market on all lines was found to be at a low ebb.
Prices Were as Low as They
Were When Cotton Was
Eight Cents Per Pound.
The reason of this is not known; all seem to
think we will soon have big advances in all lines;
but we are protected; have bought the largest
stock ever brought to Milledgeville. Our prices
will be low—lower than you could reasonably ex
pect. We have the goods, not in New York, Phil
adelphia or Boston —but right here in Milledge
ville in our
Two Big Stores
We also wish to announce to the ladies of good old Wilkinson coun
ty, our addition of a “LADIES’ REST ROOM,” with toilet and lavatories.
This room we have long needed, and we are pleased to invite you to feel
at home here. We expect in a few days to tell you some very interesting
store nows. YOUR FRIENDS,
W. S. MYRICK & CO.
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