The Times and Democrat from Orangeburg, South Carolina • Page 1

Livingston Blease ladoctei IntoOffice of 'GoYernir crowd present. South Carolina's New- Chief-. is Formally Inaugurated lu the Eouso Of in the Presence of large Concourse of People on Tremulous and weak, so weak as to require tie attendance of phyi; siclan at his Colemstn Livingston Blease of(Newberry, Who received the Democratic jgubernatorial nomination last in a'second race with Mr. Cyprlaji C. Feather-.

Btone of Laureus, was sworn in day as governor of Soutlf Carolina. fep; Magistrate Thos. Dunbar of designated the purpose by the governor-elect himself, administered the constitutional, cath of.of. fice, with its archiac proviso against the code duello, in tlie presence of and the house of reprercfsentatives sitting as the joint bly, the spectators crowding the hall of the house and overflowing far out into the lobby. jpk' 'Governor Blease was unequal to physical strain of delivering in his; inaugural address, and upon Ms request that document, a deliverance of.

its kind, read by. Mr. S. ijicGowan reading clerk house ot UponTdts conclusion pirLientenant Ghailes A. Smith" of Timmonsvifite wasT sworn Chief Justice B.

Jones, of supreme court. the ceremonies were over, loss Was; for a time before he could face friends waiting, in tho lobby to greet him. He. was. attended) in'the rooni on 'thevrostruin W- G.

Houses! F. and emerged shortly fo hold an reception in1 the rotunda" of The crowd was great, and at timeB w.as,df?orderIy.' In the' gallerieii' the' crntth dangerous. The noise of murmur- and movement, was such, "'however, that few ofXthoBe present r'-Twere of'- unusual' gallery fell stricken with apoplexy." Points in the inaugural address that friends of the new were roundly vcheered, and: these outbreaks of approval were frequent. Newherry citizens had come. down to see their fellow townsman as chief executive of the State; a party of his relatives were upon the floor near the included among these latter, were Mr.

Blease's mother. Dozens, of Mr. Blease's political friends were present, conspicuous among them the venerable Thos. B. Crews of "itThe magistrate who administered the oath a iongr tints friend of the governor.

He is fji years old. 1 The house was joined at noon by the senate: Tie joint assembly, being thus convened, Smith re' linquished the gavel to the president senate, Lieut-Gov. Thos: G. McLeod, and Immediately the sergeant-at-arms announced the approach of the governor-elect and his; escort. The joint assembly, "standing, receive! the party.

(Mr. Blease, preceded' by1 the sergeant-at-arms of the senate, J. Schumpert, bearing the sword of state, watti supported on the right by; Representative Frank B. Gary, on left by his family physician, Dr. G.

Hpufeeal of behind them caine Governor' Aneel, es-, coated by Senator Francis H. Westen. The; procession included also, the justices of tSfe snpreme' codrt; the State officials-elect and incumbent and several other peraons( of standing and condition1. The governor, the governor-elect and the justices of the supreme court wore seated, upon the. rostrum, the other members of the party disposing themselves to right and left of the stand.

Mr. McLeod, chairman of the joint assembly, announced: "Gentlemen of the joint assembly, the Hon. Cole L. Blease, governorelect, is present and ready to take the oath of office." There was: a. hush as Mr.

Blease moved slowly forward to the He. was met by Magistrate Dunbar, who extended a worn Bible. On this Mr. Blease laid his hand. The governor-elect repeated after the magistrate, phrase by phrase, the constitutional oath, in a voice low and tremulous with, physical weakness.

Immediately the oath had been taken, Governor Blease said: "On account of very severe illness, it is Impossible for me to attempt to deliver an adlress on this occasion. I have requested the Hon. Samuel McGewan Stmkins to read to! you what remarks I would have made had, I been able to speak." Mr. Simkins read the inaugural) address loudly and clearly and the reading was given cIobo attention by the audience. On the" conclusion of the address, Mr.

McLeod divested himself of -the i robe of office and it was sssumed by! hid successor. Lieutenant Governor Smith, who declared that, the purpose for which the joint assembly! had been convened having been ac- complished, that body was WIFE SACRIFICE ON THE ALTAR OF LOVE HE LIVES DYING. Gare Her Up to Her Former Sweetheart and He Goes to the Hospital to Die. His great r.ct of 'Belf-sacrifice accomplished by giving up the English wife he loved to the man she loved, Kunlsan Inqnata, the son of a wealthy Japanese of Tokyo, is dying in the charity hospital at Vicksburg, of a broken heart and a wasting disease, former wife and the man she nwried -are, by tender attention, trying tbmafce hours easier. With the the oriental, he suffers and says, nothing, bat behind his lies a strange romance.

Almost a decade ago Helen A. Hunt, father wa3 mayor of a small town near London, England, and well-to-do, loved a young Englishman named James Gibson. A quarrel with her sweetheart caused the girl to come to America. Eight ago she found herself in Boston penniless. While working in the 'store, of M.

Yamatarb there she met Inomata. The Japanese loved her his gentle ways won Miss Hunt. They were married and went to New Orleans. The girl fell and Inomata worked night and day to make money doctors' bills and hospital fees. His own health became undermined and he became despondent.

Some mouths ago, while Inomata and his wife were in Mise, on'business, she met Gibson, he, too, jhavlng come to America. On sight of him the girl declared she still loved him and Gibsou; swore that he had loved her always. After days of silent anguish, Mrs. Hhomata confessed to her. husband that she loved Gibson.

The Japanese listened with stoical silence to the and abruptly left his wife to think it over. On his return to their boarding house la New Orleans, Inomata said to his wife: 'I am failing in health. You go to Jackson, bring suit for divorce and I will not oppose I will say nothing. Then go and1 marry thiB Englishman you love." pi girl followed his advice. On iDecember 5, accompanied by the jinan who had been her had been sweetheart; the woman came Vicksburg.

Here she and Gibson were married. That nlgat Inomata, the Ruskin of Japan, went to the hospital to die. SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. Profit Made by the Penitentiary the Paal Year. The State penitentiary In the fiscal turned into the State.

treasury In cash, representing the profits of that year. The State penitentiary was established as a prison and for years was not even self-sustaining. Today it a producer of revenue. Under former superintendents its scope developed today It stands clear of debt and $76,000 in bank with which start the year on a cash basis." total Income of the Institution last year as shown in the report of superintendent, Capt. D.

J. Griffith, was $137,288.16. The operating expenses were $75,805,07, permanent Improvements' $8,447.19, leaving, a net balance of $61,483.09, to, which is to be added the account due'for convict hire from responsible persons, grand total of profit for the year Is therefore or within a few dollars of. JWhen he'was elected superintendent 12 years ago, Capt Griffith re ceived, as the cash assets of the institution, and along with this was a floating indebtedness of several thouBand dollars, money due on notes to the Carolina National bank. Since'that addition to many physical improvements made, in addition to paying into the State treasury in addition to paying off all floating Institution has ended the year with $76,000 cash on hand'with which to begin the operations of this year on a cash basis, Despite the destruction wrought by two freshets, each of which was almost without precedent, Capt.

Griffith's administration has earned in cash. $236,000 and has made $125,000 in permanent improvements, approximately $360,000, or $30,000 per annum. Battle With Bandits. Three robbers attempted to rob the postoffice at Ohio, early Friday and as a result a pistol battle wa? fought, one of the robberB was wounded in the breast and one of their horses was Bhot. The robbers seized a mail wagon and two horses I and picking up the wounded man esi caped towardB Newark.

1 I The senators repaired to their chamber and the governor's escort followed. Governor Blease retired to the speaker's room with Drs. Kendall and Houseal, but emerged after a time somewhat refrehsed. The crowd slowly, waiting to say fare'well to Mr. F.

Ansel, the departing governor, and to greet his successor. The house and the senate resumed regular business In their respeetiye chambers. I DOGS RAN HIM DOWN MAN WHO KILLED TWO MEN NOW ACCUSED OP ARSON. Charged With Burning Two Barns and a Number of Citizens Wanted to Lynch Him. That a man named Stroud of Chesterfield county, who the week before Crfiristmas is to have shot and killed the Messrs.

James, father arid son, and who was released on a bond in the sum of $5,000 last Friday, applied the torch to the barns of Messrs'. 3. Streater and John Hurst Sunday night, was the conclusion of a number of 'Chesterfield county people who followed the trail with bloodhounds twenty-three hours later, says the Columbia Recerd. Prompt and i energetic action by the sheriff probably averted a lynching. Stroud was placed in the Chesterfield jail early Tuesday morning, and there are no fears of further trouble.

Stroud was released from jail on bond on Friday. Sunday night the barns of Messrs. Streater and Hurst were burned, together with five mules and two horseB and a lot of provender. The loss was estimated at $10,000, most of it falling on Mr. Streater.

An investigation of the fire disclosed several tracks near the barn, it being the assumption that the places were set afire. Tracks were seen leading from the field behind the, stables. These were carefully covered with planks and the bloodhounds of Mr. J. C.

Robins of the penitentiary sent for. Mr. Robins carried three of his animals to Chesterfield, released them, showed them the tracks and they ran a mile and a half to the home of Stroud, where they stopped. On being shown Stroud the dogs attempted to attack him. A considerable crowd had followed the chase and it was with difficulty that the Bheriff restrained them from violence.

The sheriff told them to allow the man to. dress, and while the enraged men were waiting in front of the house, the sheriff and his men got Stroud out the back way, ru6hed him to the jail at Chesterfield and out of possible danger. Mr. W. i F.

Stevenson of Chesterfield, a member of the house of attorney for Stroud. Capt. Rtobins returned to Columbia Tuesday, morning with his bloodhounds. METHODIST Movement Authorized by Conference Takes Shape. What may be regarded as the first definite step toward the establishment of the Methodist Chautauqua at Waynesville, N.

as authorized by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was taken Monday at Waynesville, when the lncorporators of the Southern Assembly Company met and organized, wlbh the election of the following officers: President, Bishop James Atkins; vice president, John R. Pepper, Memphis, secretary, S. A. Scatterwalth, Waynesville, 1N. treasurer, B.

J. Sloan, Waynesville, N. general superintendent, Dr. James Cannon, Blackstone, superintendent of Bible Conference, Dr. F.

W. Tilett, Vanderbilt Univerr sity; superintendent evangelistic work, Dr. Gene Stuart, Cleveland, Tenn; superintendent (missionary I training the Rev. James E. Nashville, Tenn.

'The Assembly bas purchased 1,000 acres of land near Waynesville, with an elevation of 2,600 feet and plans have been formulated to develop and beautify the property at once. FOR LIMITED PARCELS' POST. Senate Committee Reports Favorably on Measure. A measure providing for a limited parcels post on rural free delivery routeB has been reported favorably to the Senate from the committee on posbofSces and post roads. The measure provides, in substance, that for one year, beginning April 1, 1911, (jhe Postmaster General may authorize postmasters and carriers on such rural routes as he shall select, to accept for delivery by carrier, at such rates of postage as he shall determine, jpackages not exI ceeding eleven pounds in weight, containing no mail matter of the first class, and no matter that is declared by law to be unmallable.

The result of this experiment the Postmaster General is directed to report to Congress at its next session. Mr. Hitchcock. Postmaster General has already pointed out the immense value of such a step. Explosion of Dynamite.

A dynamite explosion in a tunnel leading to the Seventy-third street water supply crib In Chicago, where many lives were lost by fire two years ago, fatally injured two workmen Monday. Twenty-six others narrowly escaped death. The dynamite was accidentally struck with a crow bar used to loosen rock in a tunnel leading from the crib. Four People Killed. At Nlobrara, an explosion of the gas lighting plant occurred at the Hubbard House.

The dead are: Mike Kindall, Annie Duseka, Ken-: netn Kindall, R. F. Crosby. S. SATLEDAY.

JANI DEAR OiD HOME Iq the Coontry That Many of Us Weary Souls Yearn and Long For. IT WAS SECRET AND DEAR It Will Never Fade From Memory As Long As Life Means Contentment, Peace and Plenty to All Who Are Fortunate Enough to Live There. The word home Is a most precious one to the soul of every person. In it start the very roots of our. being; out of it a-e the issues of life and fortune; to it we turn with "memory dear" wherever fate takes us.

It is the beginning, of the state, the fashioning place of manhood and womanhood and final citizenship. Where shall It be to best make all good things possible? There is no place on earth like the country to build a home. Instinctively the hearts of parents in the cities turn to the vision ofj country home in which to rear children. The universal heart of humanity longs for the place of the "vine and fig tree" where life and home shall find its true abiding As oue gazes upon the wretchedness of the cities, "great sores on the body as Jefferson called them, the only cure for this over crowded expression ot poverty, crime and discontent presents itself to us Is the country. Why do not these people go 'o the country? Why do they toil, slave and suffer no: place to go to for rest but these wretched abodes of dirt and grime? Verily, a tent by the road-side, the contact of God's dirt, not man's dirt) would be a palace to these thousands of wretched homes In cities.

The same question necessarily presents itself, even to those in the city who are-well-removed from poverty, and the vision of home in the country as a solace for many of- their Ills, will not fade from their eyes. On the night of- the 60th performance of Denman Thompson's' beautiful American drama "The Old Homestead" at Park Street Theatre in New York, we saw the house filled to repletion with grey haired men and women who came '-there to solace their hearts with a vision of Ihe dear bid home in thev country. The toll, the drudgery, the privation of their early life In the country, to escape "which they had come to the city when young, was as nothing beside the quaint little old house by the roadside, the open barn and the great oxen with the towering load of hay, the blessed old well and Its flowing bucket, and the smiling fields. As we passed out with the emerging throng, we heard expression like these. "Wasn't It sweet and dear?" "Oh, if we could only get back to the country once and the like.

Now this mighty attendance, night after night, was but the deep and abiding longing in the hearts of these men and women for a home in the country. Country life In the United States has just awakened to a partial realization, of its meaning. The light of scieince, of art, of Invention, is surrounding farm life with compensations today that the city cannot offer. Great fortunes are not made here, nor are they desired, but comfort, peace, abundance of good food, health and that freedom that, "passes all understanding" in cities, is the heritage of the country. Then again, life on the farm is cailfag for an amount of intellectual force, real brain action that stamps it as one'of the learned professions of the day.

To be a thorough student of the soil and its needs; of plant life, and the management' of crops; of the breeding and care, of-animals; is an accomplishment of brain and thought that may well challenge the ambition of the most learned. The man who thinks there is no place for the exercise of intellectual power on the farm is sadly mistaken. All that the country really needs is that it shall be studied and understood. It has splendid possibilities for the most perfect life, the mo6t Invigorating, the freest and more inspiring. It3 work 1b not drudgery when the significance and full meaning of that work is comprehended.

It is the place of all places to rear children, for it endows them with a practical understanding of the realities of life that becomes Invaluable afterward in any line of human effort; and its rewards financially are surer and as great in proportion to capital used, as in any of the other vocations. One fact stands out with peculiar village and small city is filled with retired farmers. No other calling furnishes an expression like this. Liquor Caused Killings. Liquor caused 258 out of 630 homicides in Alabama during the last two years, according to the report of the attorney general this week.

During the previous two yearB-liquor had caused 348 out of 656 killings. Crushed by Concrete. At Norfolk, caught under ten tons of concrete, with the collapse today of tne cable house, on tne roof of a six-story building, Wm. A. Johnson, aged 35, and James A.

Morris, aged 32, carpenters, were instantly killed. Both men leave families. JABT 19, 1911. BODERS EXPLODE DISASTER OCCURS ON THE BATTLESHIP DELAWARE. i Eight Men Met Instant Death and One Was So Badly Hurt That He Will Die.

Eight men met instant death and one man was so horribly burned that he probably will die as a result of a boiler explosion aboard the battleship Delaware at 9:20 o'clock Tuesday morning, the couse of which is yet unexplained, according to a wireless message Tuesday night, to the navy deparlmnet from Capt. Gove. The Delaware was on her way to Hatoipton Roads from Guantanamo, Cuba, and had been designated to transport the body of Senor Cruse, late Chilean minister to the United States, back to Chile, instead of the South Carolina, whose propellers met with a mishap. Nine victims were on duty in the boiler room when the accident occurred. A terrflc shock sent' the crew scurrying below and nine bodies were dragged from the cloud of hot steam that hissed through the hold.

Capt. Gove's message to the navy department Tuesday night follows: "At 9:20 a. Jan. 17, three hackheaders, number 8, 9, 10, of boiler '0' in Are room four, blew out explosively killing eight and injuring one who will probably die, these being all the men on duty in the fire room. Board of officers appointed immediately to investigate and report.

Not yet reported. Extent of damage is 10 backheaderB: injured in boiler Cause not yet placed." HANDS OVER THE CASH. Settles State Claims Against His Liquor House. Thes. B.

Felder, of Anderson, Felder, Roundtree Wilson, a firm Of Atlanta lawyers, came to Columbia Monday with in cash. The money came from I. W. Bernhelm, the millionaire liquor dealer of Louisville, as his part of the claim or basis of settlement for the pickings made by the Rlchland Distilling GDonpany. The State claimed that the Rlchland Distillery overcharged the State nearly a million' dollars with the connivance of the State biiard.

-For-soJiM? time negotiations have been pending, looking towards a compromise. the $39,700, $34.700 Is by way of settlement and $5.000 is for a bond, by I. W. that he will appear at Obester as'a witness against the Blocks, of Macon, who are also under indictment. At Chester two bills were returned against I.

W. Bernheim and two against Block Brothers, in connection with the sales of the Rich land Distillery to the State. The State will get the $34,700, less the fees of the attorneys, and, under the terms of the bill offered by Mr. Stevenson, all these salvages go to the common school funds. The State has seized the land and plant of the Richland Distillery and this is expected to swell the'funds $25,000.

It Is'said the Blocks will be prosecuted at Chester. It is noteworthy that I. W. Bernheiim paid the State over $3 0,000 by of settlement for overcharges made the State by I. W.

Bernheim Brother. It Is said that the only outstanding claim is that against the Richland Distillery. This has nothing whatever to do with the pending criminal cases, which have been and are being pressed by Attorney General Lyon. CAUSED BY WHISKEY. Peacemaker and Drnnken Youth Killed In a Duel.

In a pistol duel at Ralford, Bradford County, Saturday afternoon, J. H. Jones and a young man by the name of Wells were killed and A. D. Andrews was, perhaps, fatally wounded.

Welle, a twentyyear-old youth, started the trouble, while intoxicated, by trying to run a colored man away from his work in Andrews' grist mill. Andrews tried to induce Wells to leave the place, wlhen he drew his revolver and began firing at Andrews, who returned the fire. Andrews was hit once and Wells received four bullets, which caused his death. J. H.

Jones, Andrews' partner, was killed by Andrews while acting as peacemaker. Andrews is president of the Bank of Raiford. TRIED TO ASSASSINATE THEM. Street Car Conductor and Motonuan Were Ambushed. At Charleston Conductor Price and Motorman Sullivan were shot Monday night in the suburbs of the city, near Magnolia crossing, by parties, for whom the detectives and the rural police officers are now searching.

The wounded men were brought to the city in an automobile and carried to the St. Francis Xavier infirmary for treatment. The men had had no trouble with obstreperous people, and ihe Bhooting Is much qf a mystery. There were no passengers on the car at the time. It the 'motive was robbery, the conductor's money was not disturbed.

The guns were loaded with WOMEN IN TRAGEDY I ONE SHOOTS ANOTHER TO DEATH WITH A REVOLVER. I Mrs. T. M. BrookP, Wife of a Prominent Lawyer, Shoots Mrs.

Mary) Binford, a Saleswoman, Fatally. Shooting with the coolness and1 skill of a native born Texan, Mrs. T. M. Brooks, wife of a prominent Fort Wiorth attorney, Tuesday afternoon fired five bullets from a .38 calibre revolver into the body of Mrs.

Mary Binford, department manager of a local dry goods store. All of the bullets went true, death resulting almost instantly. Both Mrs. Brooks and her husband refuse to make statements that- would lead to the cause of the shooting. The shooting occurred on the second floor of the establishment, where Mrs.

inford was Making her way through the lower floor, Mrs. Brooks smilingly bowed and stopped to chat with acquaintances. As she stepped from the elevator, Mrs. 'Brooks inquired for Mrs. Binford and as the latter ajppeared, Mrs Brooks drew an old fashioned revolver from her muff.

The women grappled, Mrs. Brooks finally freeing herself and forcing the other woman against the wall. I In the scuffle the weapon was discharged, the bullet ploughing its way through Mrs. hand. With her victim at bay, Mrs.

Brooks stepped backward and fired four times, each time aiming at her adversary's head. The second ball struck Mrs. Binford In the left shoulder and the third one one inch higher, and the fourth entering the base of the neck, severing the spinal vertebrae. Before the woman fell to the floor Mrs. Brooks fired again," and this time the ball struck Mrs.

Binford behind the ear and came out through the top of her (head. Shoppers witnessing the tragedy were hysterical. -her way through the Mrs. Brooks went to the office of her husband; two blocks distant. As she handed the revolver to Mr.

Brooks she said: "I am sorry," and then fainted. waist worn by the dead woman caught fire from the flames of the revolver's muzzle and the body was badly burned before clerks regained their presence of mind and extinguished the flames. Before securing divorce.irom her husband, about two years ago, Binford was wealthy and very popular. Mrs. Brooks and her husband are also well known.

Mrs. Brooks waived preliminary trial before a justice of the peace and readily furnished bond in the I sum of $10,000 to guarantee her appearance Tuesday morning, when an I examination will be held. TAKES ISSUE WITH HIM. Prof. Wilcox's Baby Declaration Stirs Up a Row.

Prof. Walter F. Wilcox, of Cornell, who predicted the other day that there would be no more babies after .2015, has awakened a rather stirring sociological discussion among New York's club women. MrB. Clarence Burns, president of "The Little Mothers' Association," an organization supported by society women, which provides for the care of the small children of poor families, the mother of which is obliged to work, takes Issue with the pedagogue and I figuratively says he: is a blithering; I blooming romancer.

"It is evident that Prof. Wilcox is jnot familiar with the conditions among American families on the East Side," said Mrs. Burns. "You see, the average family has from eleven children. But I must say that I believe'that1 nowadays the average parent looks to quality rather than quantity.

There, was a time, sayabout twenty or thirty years ago, when the mother of the poor thought nothing of having from thirteen to fourteen children. They do not have quite as many now, however. "I must take exception to the (learned professor's statement and say that I do not believe that there will be a dearth of children In 2015 although I have never gone into the matter from a mathematical standpoint. It is a very simple matter to prove almost anything, however, by statistics, and I do not doubt but from that angle Prof. Wilcox is According to Prof.

Wilcox there will be no babies left in the United States after 2015, and if we want any we will have to bring them from abroad, the same as we now import Parisian gowns and other finery. Must Serve Time. The United SlateB supreme court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the appeal of G-. Wash Hunter from his conviction of manslaughter In South Carolina. Hunter was sentenced to the penitentiary for eight years.

He was accused of having killed Efbeii F. Copeland, near their homes in Laurens cpunty, S. In 1906, while-playing cards. Hunter entered a plea of self-defense. The Unloaded Gun.

At Newport News, while examining a rifle he thought was not loaded, Wiley Wajker, aged 10, the son of a prominent York County farmer, instantly killed his Lin wood, aged 15i 1 WO CENTS PEH COPY MADE HM QUIT The Demand of Officers Force Resiggnaiion from Admiral. FOR IMMORAL CONDUCT. Commander of Fleet Made to Step Down and Out by the Drastic Action of the Commissioned Officers of His Flagship Because of His Immoral Conduct. Secretary, of the Navy Meyer Monday afternoon telegraphed to the Pacific coast for a full report on the allegation that the. retirement of Admiral Barry was caused by the de; mand for his resignation by officers of the flagship West Virginia.

The navy department declined to say to whom the telegram for a report had been sent, but it is assumed that it was directed to Rear Admiral Thomas, the new commander-ln-chief of the Pacific fleet. Not until the complaining officers of the West Virginia have been heard from, will Lhe navy department be in a position to determine whether there slhall be any proceedings in the case of Admiral Barry. If it should be decided in the affirmative, the mere fact that the accused officer has voluntarily retired would not shield ihim from punishment in the case of a Court-martial resulting in conviction. Under the regulations, which specifically define the punishment for each offence, a person convicted in such a case, If an officer, would be liable to the severe penalty of confinement not to exceed fifteen years and expulsion from.the naval service, cutting off all retired pay. There no record of the triai of a naval officer under these conditions', though many bluejackets have suffered conviction.

Admiral Barry's request for was received by. the navy department by the telegraph last Thursday, he fact that. it was received by wire instead of by was by no means unprecedented and excited no stead of by mail was by no mean's unprecedented and excited no suspicion on the part of the officials as to the probable causes for the request. Secretary Meyer approved the -day -following. Its receipt The President promptly approved' the request and the department tule-r graphed tjh-e fact to the admiral on Saturday, detaching him at the sametime from the Pacific fleet and ordering him to his home in accordance with the established custom.

His retirement dates from January 13. By operation of law Admiral Barry, would have retired in October of the current His pay as a.rear ad-, miral was while his retired compensation will be three-fourth of that amount, or $6,000. MORE DOUBLE TRACK LAID. On Southern System Between Washington and Atlanta. The Southern Railway company will secure an addition of practically ten miles to the double track on its main line between Washington and Atlanta by che construction of a second, track just authorized Bouth of Franklin Junction, Va.

The now track will be connected with the second track. 3iready laid to Whittle, which has uevcr been used. When the new-stretcu is completed the five miles of single track between Franklin Junction and Sycamore la Operated as gauntlet under absolute, block, thus giving all the protective features of double ta no train.will be permitted to enter, either end of the gauntlet while another Is on it. The 28-mile stretch of double track extending from Montview to Sycamore will be increased to a 50mdle stretch by this addition and the completion of-the 12 miles from Montview to Monroe through Lynohburg, which is just going into service. The construction of the second track just authorized in connection with the double track now in use will add materially to the facilities for handling traffic over this important line.

The completion of the Lynchburg improvement gives the Southern 239 miles of double track out of the distance of 648 miles between Washington and Whittle will bring the total of double track on this important highway of commerce to 249 miles. Charged With Burglary. Mr. and Mrs. J.

S. Roberts are in jail at New'cerry charged with burglary, the arrest being made on a warrant from Bullock County, Ga. The couple insistently deny their guilt 'and say that they have been imposed upon. Mr. and Mrs.

Roberts came to Newberry a few days ago for the purpose of opening a moving picture show. Were Found Dead. The German balloon Hildebrandt, missing since its ascent at Schmargendorf, December 29, was found In a lake in the Homerania province, Prussia. The bodies of both aeronauts were in the. gondola.

It had been believed that Dr. Roehrs and his companion met death in the Baltic sea..