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m. AND * ON DEPOSITS - ?CCO?NTS SOLICITED + L.C. KAYNE. ' PB iaiDBNt. ttas* Cv Reward, J Avgusta, GOL. j | : OISHIXB. KESCTHTCSS OVJER si.ooo.ooo 5 i 11111 ti li lita ll 18 8 1 iain* fTHE NAT10NAL BANK J af AUGUSTA, GA. L. a HAYNS, President. FRANK G. POM), Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 tro ifcall ba pleaaed to hara yon open an toconal T ?witb thia Bank. Cuatomcrsand cormpondinu a? + lured of eT?ry courtesy and accommadation poaal- A, bte andar eanaerrailTe. madora Banklar aeihodi X VOL 72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1906. NO. 4. WRECK AT DANVILLE K "3 -=rr?_?^.___: Another Rear-End Gash and Negligence Hie Cause TWO TRAINMEN ARE VICTIMS Engineer George Kinney, of Thomas ville, Brother of the Engineer Who Had Such Narrow Escape Thanks giving Day,; and Brakeman 'vV. B. King,, Killed Outright-No. 34 Tel escopes a Freight in ihe Yards ac Danville-Fire Follows tho Wreck -A Number Injured, of Whom ct S Least' One Will Die. Danville," Ya.,. Special.-.Another railroad/ horror . on the Southern which in many respects resembles that at Lawyers nine days ago, which re Suited in the death^of President Speu cer, was enacted in the yards here Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock. 3Fwo persons . were killed outright, half a dozen more or less injured, ona .of whom will die as a result of their injuries. Train No. 34, northbound, a solid Pullman and passenger train, crash ed into the rear of freight rraiu No. 32, which was standing on the main line. The engine pion shed through the caboose and derauished several cars ahead of it*- Fire- followed the wreck and tb.a. local department was called out. Four or live cn rs were consumed and others badly damag " ed. The Dead and Injured. Engineer George C. Kinney, of No. 34, was sealded to deith and Brake man JW. B. King burned to a crisp. The home of Kinney, who is a brother .'"bf Will A. Kinney, the engineer on the.train that crashed into Spencer's ear, is at' Thomasville, N. C. King's ? home is in . Danville. . The seriously injured are: H. M. ^Patterson, of Chatham, brakeman, in ;v jared" about the head and shoulders -and"leg- broken. 0. J;.-Mull, of Columbia, S. C., flag iiau "of No. 82, back sprained and Lart about the head. 0. O. Mailer, postal clerk, slightly .Lnrt. Y. Itobert Ford, colored fireman on V'^^4. injured internally and will r^eljr dieTTTSwr?ral of his bones were ; ..broken. . . Tue blame for tho wreck rests up , rm two employes, of . the . Southern. . Ffagtnan Mull, of No. 82, who was in -jared, and one or the other "of the op rraiors at Danville and" Neapolis ' Hock stations.". When the freight came to a 'standstill it was. the-duty ,o? the flagman'to go back and place Y danger, signal for any approaching trai?[- and. the information so iar, / showg^hat?Mrdl ' did not do this.' ^S^E?^.Sl^riiUeV-:at Danville, and ?f^'ra?or_" Clellons, at Neapolis, make ^oa?cadictorj' statements regarding tae sending and receiving of orders Yt a clearvblock for No. 34 and only official investigation will bring out the real.facts: Dis)*ateher Skenille, at Danville black station, was former ly at Rangoon and was . succeeded by Mattbx, mho is held responsible for the recent, big wreck at Lawyers. Au investigation by the local police au thorities will be held in the mayor's court Tuesday morning. Wreck at China- Grove. China Grove, ! Special. - Several . box cars of southbound freight train No. 75 were derailed here. A num ber were completely demolished, but nobody was hurt. The chief feature c;f the wreck was the inconvenience ti passenger trains. The main line is completely blocked, and unable to pass at .11:30. , Young Men Needed-Tor the Navy. Washington, Special.-"We want younger men to command the ships of the navy,'! said Admiral Dewey, after an interview wil;h the president, "and the only way ito accomplish it is to retire officers early." This re sult is sought to be attained by thc enactment of the naval personnel bill which the Admiral discussed with thc president. Discharge! Negro Soldiers Apply for Re-Enlistment. Washington, Special.-At the in stance of Secretary Taft Sergeant Sanders and Private Elmer Brown, of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, colored, filed with the mjlitary secretary ap plications for re-enlistment in the army. One of these has been ref er -red.to the President in order that he 'may determine whether or not any of the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who were recently discharged with out honor shall be re-enlisted and if so or. what conditions. John 0. Brain Dead. Tampa, Fla., Special.-John C. Brain, of the Confederate navy, died here of paralysis'; During the civil war he commanded several Confeder ate Vessels. After the war he went to England and returningca month later he was arrested by order of Secre tary of the Navy Gideon Wells and was held a prisoner until March, 1869, being the last Conf ederate* pris oner to be released.^.. Planning an Investigation. Washington, Special.-An investi gation of the operation and manage ment of the railroads controlled by James J. Hill and his associates, in vxWding, the Northern Pacific, the ;.Great Northern, and the Chicago, . Burlington & Quincy, is in contempla tion . mission. The matter has been talked??yer: by the commissioners .and after certain preliminaries have been arranged and counsel for the commis sion.-. selected, forma1* announcement , pf thVpiopcsed inquiry will be made. THE WORK OF CONGRESS What pur National Lawmakers Are Doini From Day io Bay ??ft t?,^fv? Information.*: Th? resolution bf Senator Penrose, calling the President or all the facts regarding the discharge of the negro troops belonging to the Twenty-fifth Infantry, was received nt the White House and at ouoe turned over by the President to Secretary Taft, who will furnish the information desired. The^ "Foraker resolution, which also was passed at the same time, but svhieh is directed to the Secretary bf War,' had not been relived by Secretary Taft up lt) a late hour Friday. Sec retary Taft said, however, upon re turning from the cabinet meeting, that he would comply with both reso lutions te tbfi fullest extent. Simplified Spelling. Simplified* spelling received a hard bolw in the -legislative bill for 1908 .reported to the House by the com mittee on appropriations, which says: ".'Hereafter- in printing documents authorized by lbW ol' ordered by Congress or either branch thereof the Government Printing Office shall, follow the rui*?s of Orthography es-' tab?ished by Webster's or other gen erally accepted dictionaries of the English language." The bill carries an appropriation of $31,215,525, which is $635,842 less than the estimates made for the leg islative, judicial ??d executive De partments of the government. Ah increase from $1,200 to $1, W is made in the allowance to. members of the House for clerk hire, and^hi requirement that members certify they have spent this amount is omit ted. Efforts to take up the bill confer ring cifjaenchip upon the citizens bf Porlo Rico, reported from the com mittee on insular affairs of the House were defeated by objections of the Democrats. An Important Measure. During the three hours the House was in session it passed a bill which has. the enthusiastic endorsement of labor as well as manufacturers gen erally, repealing that portion of the Wilson inter-state commerce bill re lating to convict-made goods and pointing the' several States to regu late their competition with "free labor" made grods. The bill was introduced by ;Mr. Hunt, of Missouri, himself a practi cal stonemason. Under the Wilson hill, which became a law in 1890, eon yinct labor-made goods may enter in to active competition with the goods manufactured by "free labor" and under this Federal law a State could not pass a law that would prevent the shipping into the. State prison made goods of other States. The law which was passed abrogates the inter state commerce law as at present ap plied to -convict-made goods, thereby affording to the different Statesutnd. Territories, the, right; to inhibit" the shipping of eorniiit-'made goods .with-, in the confines of any. State or Terri tory. . , Senator Simmons gave further at tention to the case which he is to Make out against Federal officehold ers in North Carolina, who have been -perniciously active in political mat ters. He confered with Mr. Degraw, Fourth Assistant Postmaster general concerning the specific charges which have been made against Daggerhart, the rural free delivery carrier, who. it is alleged, tried to break up a meet ing in Iredell county, at which Mr. Hackett was to speak. Mr. Degraw said that the inspector assigned to look into this matter had not yet com pleted his report, but he thought it would be at hand in a very few days. Mr. D?graw cnfirmed the report given out by the civil service commission that an agent would be sent.'from the department to accompany Commis sioner Green when he starts on his tour of investigation to the State to look into charges against F?d?ral of fice holders. Minority leader John Sharp Wil liams declared it' to be his intention to recommend Representative Small for membership on the rivers and har bors committee, a recognition that is being urged by the entire North Car olina delegation. Mr. Williams is re puted, to have said that Mr. Small was his first choice, and that if Speaker Cannon did not approve of this recommendation he would" next endorse Representative Ellerbe of South Carolina. Japs Want Naturalization. Washington, Special. - Favorable action by Congress on the recommen dation of the president in his last an nual message that an act be passed specifically providing for the natural ization of Japanese who come to the United States intending to become American citizens, will go far toward securing a continuance of the tradit ional friendly relations between this coontry and Japan, in the opinion of Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambas sador. The ambassador expressed the be lief that there were not so many Jap aneses in this country to take advan tage-of naturalization if it were granted, but he thought that such an opportunity should be afforded them along with the citizens of other coun tries. He said he did not thiuk it probably that those Japanese who were emigrating in large numbers to Hawaii and the Pacific coast would avail themselves of naturalization as most of them ultimately returned to Japan. t Stole a Street Car. - East liverpool, 0., Special.-The police are looking for a stranger who stole a. street car, ran it four miles and collected fare from all passen gers and then decamped. Conductor Deitz wan at a pump, getting a drink, when the thief stepped aboard and -gave the starting signal. The fellow managed the business so well that the j motorman, . curtained in on ac count of the rain, suspected nothing. 3 Firemen ar.d 4 Cornell Stn dents Meet Tragic Death CAUSE OF THE FIRE' UNKNOWN Pour Students and Threfc Firemen Die in Plameft Whieh Destroy Chi Psi Chanter Souse* ?reeted jennie McGraw Fiske at Cost of $160,800 ?hfe Student Seriously injured and Three Slightly Hurt. Ithaca, N. Y., Special.-Seven per sons mat a tragic death Friday morn ing in the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell University. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen of the city of Ithaca, and four were students of Cornell University, The firemen all weite prominent iii this cityv They Wer? - A-. S: Rpbihsoh) Attorney!. John Rumsey,, hardware merchant. - Est'y Landon, a salesman. The students were: 0. L. Schmuck, Hanover, Pa; F; Wi Orelle) South Orange) ?? J. W; H.: Nichols, Chicago. j. M. Mccutcheon, Pittsburg. Schmuck got out of the building but went back -for his room-mate, Nichols, and in the attempt to rcscu3 his comrade, he Was so seriously in jured that life., died in the hospital. ?rte student, C. Pope; a fresh man of East Or?ng?) N. was seri ously injured} and three others were slightly injured. They are: R. R. Powers, a senior of Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Goetz, a sopohmore of Milwaukee, Whs, and H. M. Curry, a sophomore bf Pittsburg. Rumsey, Loudon and Robinson, the Ithaca volunteer firemen, had man aged to train a hose on the north side of the house when the wall tottered. There was a Cry of alarm, and sev eral men standing near managed to get out of the way, hut the three named were caught under the mass of debris and killed. A few minutes after the flames were discovered the Chi Psi Chapter 'House was all ablaze, the flames fanned by a strong northwest wind, and the students were trapped in the dormitory on the third floor. Many of the boys jump0'1 *n sofftiujvliile>_thQS?_ who hesitate ground by th? No alarm 1 an hour afte covered and before the v could get to climb, from t to ( the colk time the fir of the building was m^..^ but. They could do nothing but pre vent the adjoining, buildings from taking fire. The money loss is nearly $200,000, since the original cost of the building erected by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske was about $150,000 and exten sive interior decorations had been made. The cause of the fire is unknown, though it is suspected that it started in the kitchen. Cornell University is immeasurably appalled by the terri ble catastrophe and academic work ls almost suspended. The burned building was built hy Jennie McGraw Fisk?, the benefac tor of Cornell, whose will was con tested by lier husband, Prof. Willard Fiske. Mrs. Fiske died abroad, seek ing help for an incurable disease, and never entered her beautiful mansion alive. Her body was taken there foi the obsequies. Killed hy Brother-in-Law. Bristol, Tenn., Special.-The coro ner's jury impaneled to investigate the cause of the death of Dr. Isaac Anderson, who was supposed to have committed suicide, after two days' session, returned a verdict .fixing the resposibility for his death upon a brother of his widow, James Nelms, aged 21 years. Nelms was suspected of the murder and /arrested shortly after Dr. Anderson's death and is now in jail at Gate City. A warrant charging him with murder has been served upon him. Schooner a Fatal Loss. Philadelphia, Special.-The Asso ! teague life saving station reported that the three-master schooner Florence I. Lockwood, from Norfolk to New York, with a cargo of lum ber, stranded on Williams shoal, off Assateague, Va., last night, and is a total loss. Captain Taylor and his crew were rescued by the life saver: Twelve Miners Die in Shaft., Laredo, Mex., Special.-News has just reached this city from Monterey, Mex., of a mine accident, which oc curred last Tuesday at the Avino mines, and which resulted in the death of 12 Mexican miners, who were at work in the shaft. The ac cident was due, it is reported, to the carelessness of some one in letting a big flow of water into thc lower level, where the men were discovered. New President Takes Office. Westlington, Special-William W. Finley, recently chosen as the suc cessor of the late President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Railway, assumed the active duties of his office Friday and will make his headquar ters in this city. The policies of the late president will be carried out and no. material changes in the system or the personnel of the executive branch of tho road arp cotemplated. by Mr, Finley. ?X SENATOR SHOT Arthur Brown, Former United States Senator .From Utah Shot and Seri ously Wounded hy Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, of Salt Lake City.. Washington, D. C., Special-Form er United Stales Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, lies in a critical con dition in Emergency Hospital, from a pistol shot wound itt the abdomen inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Brdd??y- of Salt Lake; who1 arrived here S?turday frorh that city: The shooting occur red in Senator Brown's apartments in the Hotel Raleigh, where Mrs. Brad ley also had registered under the name of "A. B. Brown." She was taken in custody and was locked up for the night, iu tbs matron's room of the. First. Precinct police station. Two shots were fired, One glazing Brown's left hand and the other en tering the abdomen aiid Ibdgiiig in the pelvic c?vity. After working over him fdr nearly two hours, the sur geons decided that for the present at least they would make no further at tempt td find the bullet, it was sl&t ed that while S?hator Brown's con dition was critical; his wounds are not necessarily fatal. - No Witness to Shooting. Mrs. Bradley arrived here shortly after poon. After being assigned a room she immediately went to Sena tor Brown's apartment: Th?re were no witnesses to the siidoting, but ? floor maid heard tlie shots and noti fied the management. According to lier statement, Mrs! Bradley cam? to Washington to demand tli?t Senator Brown marry her. She said that their relations were well known iu Salt Lake. "I asked him if he was going to do the right thing by me," she said, maintaining a remarkable composure. "His reply was that he put on his overcoat and started to leave the room and I shot him. I ab hor acts of this character, but in this, ease it was fully justified;" While expressing no sorrow foi* her act, she was glad to know that Sena tor Brown might recover. "I was practically penniless when I got hera today," she said, "having only .$1.25, and after paying the cabman, all the money I had in thc world was $1.00." She said she urged Senator Brown to marry her, that he had been instru mental in the divorce between her husband and herself, and that as his wife was dead he now could "do the ^hU?ihuri-'. b.v her. This she said whom ?nc lu??,..._ story of her relations with Senator Brown. She alleged that two of her children owe their parentage tb Sen* ator Brown and that she had nam ed one of them after him. Mrs. Bradley was reluctant to speak of her former husband, but questioning brought out thc facts that he now is living in Nevada with a second wife. Further questioning disclosed the fact that Mrs. Bradley for two years. 1900 and 1902, had served in the ca pacity of secretary to the Ulah State Republican committee and also at ono time was editor of the official organ of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She declared that she had a sister in the newspaper business in Salt Lake City, but that she would not communicate with memberr of her family because she knew that they would come to her assistance. Manager Tally, of the Raleigh, was notified of the shooting within two or three minutes after it occurred. He hu Tied to Senator Brown's apart ment to ascertain the facts. Brown Retains Consciousness. Senator Brown, despite thc serious ness and shock of the wound, retained consciousness and was perfectly calm and collected. He made no ' state ment to Mr. Ta Itv beyond saying that he had been shot by Mrs. Bradley. The woman continued in the room while Mr. Ttatly was attending to Senator Brown, but ottered no as sistance. Finally. Mr. Tatly ordered her to leave th? room. She declined with absolute coolness to comply with the order. "I will remain here," she said. " I am the mother of two of Iiis chil dren." An officer from the first precinct police-station placed Mrs. Bradley un der arrest. She made no resistance and offered no further explanation of the shooting. She was asked for a statement of the incident, but referred all those who inquired to Senator Sutherland, of Utah. Rawlings Boys Not to Hang. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The pardon board commuted the death sentence of Jesse and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment. The crime is the same for which their father, J. G. Rawlings and Alf Moore, a negro, were hanged at Valdosta, Tuesday. The recom mendation of the pardon board goes to Gov. Terrel, who undoubtedly will epprove the decision. Caught in Cotton Gin. Louisburg, Special.-Mr. J. A. Spencer met with a horrible accideni Thursday morning at his gin house about one mile from here. He was caught and drawn upon the saws of the gin. One ann was cut to pieces, his face being badly mangled. Sev eral teeth were sawed out, and he was badly cut about the body. II. was feared at first he could not lhe, but the physicians now ententair. slight hopes of his recovery. A TRIPLE HOMICIDE As Result of Dischare of a Shot gun by Heintisch Coggins, Eight Year-Old Boy, of Cedar Springs, 6. C" His Sister, Hattie Lou Cog gins, ia Dead, and a Colored Girl and the Boy Himself Are Probably Fatally Wounded. Spartanburg, S? fr, Special;-News re??h?d hire of ? terrible tragedy that occurred at C?dar Springs. Wed nesday afternoon, which may yet re sult in the ? deaths of three children. As it is, cue is already dead and two others are expected to die at any mo ment. The dead child is Hattie Lou Coggins, a ?irl eight years of age, daughter of Lisco C. Coggins. Her twin brothel, Heinitseh Coggins, is badly hurt and a colored girl, who is employed in- the family, is thought to be mortally-wounded. ' Mr, Coggins returned froto a hunt and plttced ?iis loaded shotgun in a corney Of a r?onij. within reach of the boy Heinitsch. Picking up the fire arm, he directed it toward his sister, who was ?t - play with, her colored companion in the same room. Play fully he pulled the trigger and the contents Of,the barrel Ibdg?d in the bodies bf' the negro child and little Hattie Lou. " The recoil of the gun spent its forc? on the boy's face and elsewhere, and it is feared he may die, being internally injured, it Ls believed. % Three Rob Freight. Train. .Clinton, S; C?, Special-Eastbound freight train No. 22, of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was held up at P o'clcok Thursday morning . neat Mountville, about 8 miles from Clin ton. Three men did the work. One car was broken open and consider able silverware stolen. One of the three, who says his name is John Kuox, aged 18 years, of Union county North Carolina; was shot by Conduc tor Hoyt Deadwild in the heel, and is under arrest here. The whole af fair was planned in a way which evidenced certainly sortie knowledge of the train's cargo. During the stop at Mountville the robbers cut the train in frvvaiu' and signalled Eugi neer Wilson to go ahead. Thinking, in the semi-darkness, that the .signal was that of his flagman, the engineer pulled out, and did not discover until Clinton had been reached that half his train had been left behind. As soon as the first, section of the train had left the robbers or two of them broke the seal from one of the cars and entered it. This car, loaded -UJ"-^*eagajgg?^th ey ransacked jury was unanimous for convie...... The first ballot taken stood seven for death and five for IS years5 impris onment. The last stood nine foi death and three for IS years' im prisonment. Smith will be put on trial again at the next term of the court. Death in Big Fire. Ithica, N. Y., Special.-The Chi Psi Fraternity House at Cornell Uni versity, (formerly the 'Fiske man sion), the finest and most elaborate chapter house in the United States., was burned to the ground. Several students were burned underneath the walls. Attorney A. S. Robinson. John Rumsey, son of a wealthy busi ness man, and Esty Landon, all vol unteer firemen, were killed by the falling of the wall. Knoxville Boosters Work For Great er City. Knoxville, Special.-A movement was launched, looking to a Greater Knoxville. Citizens are seizing th: idea eagerly and the Board of Trade will be behind a movement to ask the legislature to confider the matter. According to the plan now on foo! 35,000 would be added to the popula ?ion and $5,000,000 property valua tion. Telegraphic Briefs. Secretary. Shouts' daughter denies reports of her engagement to thc Due de Chaurines et Picquigney. Seven Baltimore prisoners were on the special train Wednesday that tcok S7 convicts from Washington *u the Atlanta Federal .prison. A Chicago syndicate ?fters to take over the United States postal sys tem, cut the rates in half and saw the country $100,000,000. A missionary movement by reform ed drunkards and those among high society in New York is being consid ered. E. L. Adams, agent at Keyford,'W, Va., was arrested, charged with rob bing the express office of $6,000. Booker T. Washington's secretan and Collector Anderson, a leading ne gro politician of New York, sa wt he president and urged him to modify the order dismissing the colore-! troops. The trial ox Chester Gillette, charg ed with the murder of Grace Brown, practically ended so far as the tak ing of testimony is concerned. Mrs. Frank McQuire, wife of i schooner's captain, was lashed to the wheel 48 hours, steering the vessel during a stonn and getting the craf; safely through. Karl Hau, the Washingtonian ac cused of murder by thc BadeurBadcu police, is believed to be feigning in sanity. Secretary Wilson reports that the products of Amei-ican farms this yeni will amouut to a total valuation ol $0,800.000,000, an increase of $500, pOO?OOOt over last year (JUL. ?UUMANS UtAD The End Came Peacefully, Quietly and Unexpectedly at an Early Hour Yesterday Morning-One of the Most Eloquent Court Room Orators Known in South Carolina in Recent Years. Columbia, Special.--Leroy F. You mans is dead. The eloquent advocate and learned lawyer passed away Mon day morning about 3 o'clock. His death was peaceful and pain less. During the night Gen. Youmans awoke and, as was his custom, began to read in bed. He had a volume of. Macaulay, which he read for a time, and then rested his head on his wife's shoulder. After a short while Mrs. Youmans, thinking her husband was asleep, felt that there was something wrong with him. He was dead. Gen, Youmans was in his office it? the State Capitol oil Wednesday. Th* next day being Thanksgiving Day the office was closed, and he has not since been to the Capitol. He was ill on Saturday, but seenied better on Sunday, and there was nothing alarm ing iii his condition. He had suffer ed for months from cirrhosis of the . liver and several times during the last year his death had been expect ed, but he rallied and seemed to pos sess a wonderful vitality. Besides his wife, who was Mrs. Til linghast, of Gillisonville, Beaufort county, Gen. Youmans is survived by thc following members of his family: Pringle T. Youmans, of the Colum bia bar; Mrs. M. McCoy Melt?, wife of Major Wi A. Metts/of Columbia, at whose home he died? and Mrs. Ol ivette Himrod.. of Erie, Pa. Three children proceeded bim to grave} Mrs. W. S. Reamer, Mr. Reamer, Mr. Rhett Youmans, wno died about six teen years ago, and Mr. Paul You mans, who died in June, 1904. The following brothers and sisters sur vive: Mr. W. H. Youmans, of San Sanha, Texas; Lawrence W. You mans, of Fairfax, S. C.; M. H. You mans, of Stafford, Hampton comity, S. C.; Mrs. Frank Causey, of Hamp ton: Mrs. Robert T. Sansev, of Estill, S. C. Leroy F. Yonmans was born No reraber 14, 1834, at Lawonville, S. C. He graduated at the South Carolina University in 3852 and was admitted to the bar in 1S56, having studied lau uiider the celebrated R. J.- Davant. He formed a partnership with Mr. Edmund Rhett when first admitted and later with Gen. J. W. Moore, at Hampton. He was elected solicitor in iSG(i and moved ty Edgefield, tb -. . . . ? > rt -yr n ?OUUi?iiu During a large part ot" the time JUS health has been .such as to cause his friends much anxiety, but he has giv en attention to the duties of his office having a capable assistant ill Mr. D. C. Ray. of Columbia. Mr. Youmans was in his office last week and had lately seemed in better health. This news of his- death Monday, there fore, was a great surprise to his friends in Columbia. When Mr. W. H. Townsend in Sep tember, 1905. resigned the position of assistant Attorney General Mr. Gun ter selected Mr. Youmans to fill the vacancy. Upon Mr. Gunter's death, a few months later, in March, 1906. Mr. Youmans was chosen by Govern or Hey ward as his successor, his com mission being issued March 27. Capt. Whilden Woodward Dead. Barnwell, Special.-The town and surrounding community was shocked Monday afternoon by the death of Capt. Whilden Woodward. Capt. Woodward has been an invalid for the last few years suffering from par alysis but his death was quite unex pected and came as a great shock to all his friends. Capt. Woodward was injured iii a wreck years ago and from that time he has never regain ed his former strength and activity. Later he suffered a stroke of parayl sis and since that time has been con fined to his room almost continually, ly. Remarkable Case of Newberry Youth. 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