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WILL MAKE GOOD TfewaasB. Felder Is Expected to Visit Colombia ami Rake Fight ON GOVERNOR BLE?SE As to Wbather or Not; He Can Deliv ?r the Goods There is Great Diver sity of Opinion, .Some Holding That He Will, While Others Think "It is the talk ia Columbia," said a well informed gentleman who re turned from the capital, where ho attended the state fair, and met pol iticians from all parts of the state, says the Spartanburg Herald, "that Tom Felder really intends to come . to South Carolina and try to fulfill his promise that he v ill furnish am ple proof that Governor Blease is a crook. Those in a position to know declare that Felder v/ill ccme. "As there is a warrant out against him, charging him with offering a bribe, and the governor has offered a Reward of $200 for his apprehension, Felder will carry in his pocket a cer tified check with which to give bond after his arrest. The legislature does not have the power to grant him im munity from arrest, even though he Bhould come to testify at the invita tion of the legislature. "As to whether or not Felder will he able, to deliver the goods, there Is great diversity of opinion. .Some think ho will, while others fear that he is only bluffering. "There is sort of hopeless feel ing, however, that even if he does prove beyond dispute that Blease is corrupt it will make little difference in the situation. It seems to be the idea that those whom such an ex posure would affect?are already a fcainst Blease, and that proof of cor ruption would be powerless to alien-! ate from the governor any of b's present jrapporters. "To be sure, proof of crookedness "would be grounds on which to bring Impeachment proceedings against the governor, but the likelihood of his being impeached is remote. Some members of the legislature are howl ing about Impeachment, but it is not looked upon with favor by the ma jority of the members.** ;"? One of." tho firsf"things? which the legislature will do will be to pass over the governor's veto, the resolu tion calling for a:a investigation of the winding-up commission of the state' dispensary. Governor Blease ?! himself requested this Investigation in a message to the legislature in " which he made by Insinuation charg es of wrong doing against the com mission. When the legislature provided for the investigation, however, Lieuten ant Governor Smith proceeded to ap point the senate members of the in vestigating committee before Gover nor Blease had signed the measure. The governor then veotoed the meas ure on the ground that the investi gators were men hostile to him. Gov ernor BJease later dismissed the winding-up commission and appoint ed a new commission. Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta at torney, who had been associated with Attorney General Lyon in the prose cution of dispensary grafters, made charges of corruption against Gov ernor Blease. Later a warrant was sworn out against Felder, charging him with having offered a bribe to H. H. Evans. Governor Brown, of Georgia, refused to permit the extra dition of Felder, whereupon Gover nor Blease offered 'i reward of $200 for the arrest of Felder and the de livery of him into South Caolina. TRIED RED MIKE'S GAME. A Pickpocket Landed Behind the Bars in Columbia. The first arrest in Columbia on the charge of being a pick-pocket took place Wednesday afternoon. Henry Jackson, a young white man, is in jail, following a sensational flight from the transfer station to the block south of. the Statehouse, where he was overtaken by Police man Newton. Jackson and an elder ly man from Sumter, Mr. A. F. Floyd, j were fellow passengers on a street car from the fair grounds. When the car had reached Main and Ger vais streets, Jackson attempted to re move from the visitor's pocket a wal let containing imore than $100. He was caught in the act as the old man's cries attracted the attention of several other passengers. Farmer Loses One Hand. Mr. J. C. Locke of the Lesslie community south of Rock Hill, bad the misfortune Friday to get his left hand caught in a shredder and so badly mangled that it had to be amputated. Poor, Foolish Girl. Because her mother refused to al low her to celebrate Hallow'en, Mary Hays, aged 15, of Bradford, Pa., shot herself through the head. She lived only a few minutes. Struck on Head With Wood. Near Newborn, N. C, a young lad passing by when a man was throwing cord wood over a fence was hit in the head by a stick of wood and THIRTY DAYS ADRIFT BLOWN OUT TO SEA IN A SMALL OPEN ROWBOAT. ? Was Nearly Dead and Despairing of Rescue When He Was Picked Up by a Steamer. Blown out to sea in a rowboat from the coast of South America, Arango Rodriguez, a Spaniard, formerly em ployed on the Panama canal as a la about for thirty days and was nearly dead and despairing of rescue when the British steamer Ikaria picked him up. The Ikaria reached New York last week from Buenos Aires bringing the castaway. The Ikaria when two days out of Trinidad sighted a small boat with a nondescript sail off the port bow. a= she bore down the craft was found to be a rowboat with a broom?tick shipped as a mast and a tattered shirt sot as a sail. Rodriguez, on the verge of collapse, was taken on the steamer. When he had recovered somewhat he explained that he had been em ployed on the Panama caanl as a la borer and later went to Caracas. There he hired a small boat to. go fishing and was blown off shore by a storm. , He had on board a demijohn of drinking water, .but for food had to depend upon fish he was a,ble to catch. After the demijohn of water was exhautsed he managed to trap enough rain water to assuage his thirst. - As the days went by and grew in to a month Rodriguez despaired of rescue and was almost too weak to sit up when after 31 days from land the Ikaria sighted him, took him on board and cared for him. The boat was set adrift. FATHER AND MOTHER KILLED. And Three Children Hart in Trying to Escape Fire. Two members of the Shapiro fam ily father and mother, were killed and three of their four children were badly hurt Saturday when they jumped from windows on the second floor to escape the flames that de stroyed a Brooklyn tenement house. When flames trupped the Shapiros, a polIeen\an climbed on the cornice over theTfirst story and told Julius Shaplro^khe fa the/, tb-hand -down his four children, aged from 15 months to 16 years. The baby went first and the policeman caught it. Then Shapiro tried to hand out nine-year-old Aaron. The boy's weight proved more than he could manage, and he fell from the win dow with his son in his arms. The father's brains were dashed out on the pavement, while the boy escaped with a broken ankle. This calamity seemed i? unnerve other members of the family and al though they could have been rescued had they waited, one by one, they leaped from the windows. BROKEN RAIL CAUSES WRECK. Two Persons Were KiUeil and Sev eral Others Hurt. Southern railway offli:al3 stated that the wreck of train No. 14, from Cinnatti to Jacksonville, at Chatta hoochee, six miles north of Atlanta, in which two persons were killed and several more or less seriously in jured, was caused by a broken rail. The breaking of the rail is said to have 'been due to a "pipe" or conceal ed defect. The colored coach, bag gage and express cars left the track. The killed were 0. P. Bryon, bag gagemaster, Atlanta, and Ben Briggs negro passenger, Cleveland. Tenn. S. P. Whitaker of Knoxville, Tenn., lost his purse containing $600 in the wreck. The most seriously injured were removed to hospitals after their arrival in this city. Think Machine is Doomed. Declaring that President Taft ad mits the danger of Republican de feat because he knows the whole county resents the failure of the reduction of the Payne-Aldrich tar iff, Governor Foss of Massachhsetts, says Senator Lodge and Crane know that their Massachusetts Republican machine is doomed and are keeping out of the limelight. Barnwell Murderer Paroled. A parole during good bevavior was granted Saturday by Governor Blease to Charley Zissett convicted of mur der in the Barnwell county court in March, 1896, before Judge Watts. Zissett was sentenced to be hanged but the sentence was afterward com muted to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Seven Girls Die In Flames. Fire, which destroyed the powder factory of the Imperial Powder Com pany at Chehalis, Wash., Wednesday, caused seven young women employed in the factory to lose their lives, an eighth probably will die. Only two girls escaped, although a dozen men were unhurt. Bill Miner Caught Again. Old Bill Miner, a notorious train robber, who escaped from the Mil ledgeville, Ga., jail recently, was cap tured, and Tom Moore, his compan ion in the escape, was shot and killed by a posse at St. Clair, near Waynes r>oro, Ga., Saturday. ORANGER UR( WH! BE IN LINE Woadrow Wilson Seems lo be Strong in the West Among Democrats MANY STATES WANT HIM Ooloroda Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah Will Be in Line for the Governor of New Jersey When the Time Come to Nominate President ial Candidate. G. E. Hosmer, member of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee for Col orado, visited Gov. Woodrow Wil son at his New Jersey home Friday evening and informed the Governor that conditions indicate be can cer tainly depend upon the solid vote of Colorado in the coming National Con vention. Mr. Hosmer is Commissioner of Public Printing in his home State, and one of the most active workers in the Democratic party. Just before his visit to Gov. Wilson Mr. Hosmer gave to a World reporter his views of political .conditions in the Rocky Mountain States. He said: "One week ago we organized in Denver the Woodrow Wilson Club. It was an enthusiastic meeting and there is no doubt in mind that Gov. Wilson will get the solid vote of Col orado. Before going into the meet ing I called up on the telephone or met most of the representative Dem ocrats In the State and found the sentiment all for Wilson. "I managed the campaign of Gov ernor Shalfroth, and am closely in touch with all the leaders. I have also talked with many of the leaders in Wyoming and Montana. The sen timent in these States is strongly for Wilson. As regards Idaho and Utah, ]'. am unable to give any first hand information, but have been told that the Progressive will control the Dem ocratic policy in both States, and that the Progressives are for Wil son. "Ouside of Denver, the sentiment Id . my State is solid for ?Wilson. In the city there is considerable sup port for Gov. Harmon and Champ Clark, but not enough to endanger the Wilson movement. There is a Democratic organization in Denver that closely corresponds in its rela tions to the State Democracy with Tammany Hall in New York. But even among the organization men the sentiment is as much for Wilson as it is for Clark or Harmon. "From reports I receive there Ib no doubt in my mind that the or ganization in Montana and Wyoming is for Wilson. .Hs made a most fav orable impression during his trip last spring, and is1 the kind of a man the West likes. Although I have on ly been in New York one day, I am pleased to learn from friends that there is a strong Wilson feeling here. I believe he will get the nomina tion. "As regrads the Republicans I can only say that Colorado gave a ten times more enthusiastic reception to Roosevelt than to President Taft. A straw vote was taken at a club in Denver of which I am a member, just before I left. Wilson led for the Republicans. President Taft received one vote. "Former Gov. Thftmas, who has been chairman of three Democratic National Conventions, is one of the leaders of the Wilson movement in Colorado, and he has a great follow ing. The movement for Wilson is spontaneous, ? as few of the Demo crats in Colorado have met him per sonally, but his general altitude to ward public affairs appeals to them." A REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS. Cansed by the Assassination of White and Black. . A reign of terror exists in the vi cinity of Lewisburg and Arcadia 4 miles north of Birmingham, Ala., as the result of recent assassinations. No arrests were made, because, it is said, the entire communities are intimidated Into not giving informa ton leading to identity of the guilty parties. The records show that six white men and eleven negroes were assassinated in this immediate sec tion in the past eighteen months. Six negroes have been killed within the past six days. Sheriffs are planning a raid to get the criminals. Couple Perished in Flames. At Lake Charles, La., Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Certropia, Italians, were burned to death when their dwell ing was destroyed by fire. There is strong suspicion. Officers suspect that the couple were slain and their house set afire to conceal the crime. They had been married one month. Blackberry Without Thorns. At Santo Rosa, Cal., dispatch says Arthur Burbank, the naturalist, an nounced Wednesday that ae has pro duced a blackberry bush that has no thorns. Burbank said he had worked ten years on the blackberry bush in the endeavor to romove its thorns. The Republicans Are Too. At Trenton, Neb., Champ Clark is his opinion that President Taft would be renominated and that the Insurgent Republicans would split away and nominate Senator La Fol a, S. C, TUESDAY, NOVEM HORRIBLE MURDER NEWBERRY MERCHANT BEATEN TO DEATH AND ROBBED. The Man Was Struck by Axe While Filling a Bajg of Candy for Cus tomer. A horrible .-murder, commit' ;! some time durrhg Saturday night, at Newberry, S. C, was revealed about daylight Sunday morning, when the dead body of Will S. Ruff, a. white man about 60 years of age, was found on the floor in the little store room, which is a part of the house in which he lived, on the eastern outskirts of Newberry. ?. A blow on the left .si de ot the head with a blunt instrument had torn open the skull, and the head was lying, in a pool of blood and brains. An old e~te, standing against the fire place, with blood and hair on it, was evidently the instrument with which the dastardly deed was done, the injury being inflicted by the pole of the axe. ';? From the position in which the body was lying, it is supposed that Ruff was standing behind the coun ter at the time the blow was struck, and that he fell to his left, which threw his head .beyond the end of the counter towards the fireplace. There was a sack of candy on the counter, and in the hands of the dead man candy was found, the theory being that he was filling a sack of candy from the show case for sale to a cus tomer, when he was struck dn the head with the axe. In Ruff's bed room, in the same building, was found a small trunk, which had evidently been prized open and ransacked. A cigar box with a 10-cent piece in it was lying on the bed by the little itrunk. It is said that Ruff kept his/money in this little trunk, and the finding of the little trunk in this condition leads to the supposition that robbery was the mo tive of the murder. Ruff lived in the building alone. It is said that at. about 11 o'clock Saturday night' some one passing no ticed a light in the store room, and that there were some negroes there at that time. The counter^ behind which Ruft was evidently standing when he was murdered, runs across the rear side of the store rojpm, and the body was found at the east end of this counter, near the fire place. It is hardly probable that Ruff ha4 very much money in the building" though, it is said, he sometimes took in a neat little sum on Saturdays. A larger trunk, in which 'he kept hiB clothes, was not touched, and this had led to the supposition that the deed was committed by some one who was familiar with Ruff's manner of living and the place where he kept his money. ' BELTON BURGLARS SURPRISED. They Had Taken Off Their Coats and Lighted Up Store. At Belton the store of Kay-Mat tison company was boldly entered last week by burglars, entrance be ing made in the rear through a win dow about midnight. While the burg lare were making a selection of goods such as pleased their fancy, they were detected by Charles and Cle ment Willingham and Mr. LIndrey, three young men who chanced to pass the store and were attracted by the light the midnight visitors had made. The young men succeeded in cap turing one of the men before he could make his escape. The other got away. The burglars were negroes. MONEY LOST IN THE MAILS. Twenty Thousand Dollar Package Disappeared in Transit. A registered package containing $20,uu0 is said to have disappeared from the mails last Friday right be tween Bluefield and Charlottesville, Va. The pouch containing the remit tance came to Lynchburg Friday night over the Norfolk and Western railroad and was handled through the mail transfer to the Southern railway. Soon after leaving Lynch burg the clerk on the Washington train telegraphed a reDort that he was short the package. Tour or five postal inspectors are at work on the case. White Man Kills Negro. At Lamar Monday afternoon Al bert Winndham, a white man, shot and killed Joe Slater, a negro, in the store of B. S. Stokes when the store was crowded with customers. From the testimony of eye-witnesses it seems that a dispute arose about some money owed and Winndham drew his pistol and fired at Slater twice, killing him almost instantly. Auto Racer Badly Hurt. At Columbia, Joe Jaggersberger, Racine, Wissensin, driving a Case car, 67 miles an hour in State Fair races was badly hurt when his ma chine, throwing a tire on the turn of the unbanked track, went into an outer fence. Large Fire at Laurens. At Laurens a fire which started in the hardware and paint store of J. H. and M. L. Ash caused a total loss of damage to real estate estimat ed from figures furnished by the owners and real estate dealers at $47,900. BER, 7, 1911. MOST BE CRAZY Leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Socie ty is Arrested Up in Maine QUEER DOINGS OF SECT There Were Seven Deaths Prom Scurvy on a Cruise That Led No where Which Has Decided the Gov ernment to Stamp Out the Fanat cal Society if it Can. After nearly twenty years there is a strong probability that the Federal government has at last obtained a hold upon the Holy Ghost and Us society strong enough to disrupt that extraordinary sect and to prosecute the Rev. Frank W. Standford, its leader. Mr. Sanford, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter in con nection with the death of Charles Hughey, of Portland, Maine, one of the crew of the Coronet, a yacht-own ed and commanded by Mr. Sandford, which recently ended a voyage mark ed by terrible privations and from the effects of which seven have succumb ed. Another action against him as a civil proceeding brought by Mrs. Florence A. Whittaker, who demands $5,000 damages on the ground that she was illegally detained and cruelly treated on the yacht. When Mr. Sandford and his com pany set out five months ago it was on the Kingdom, which he called his flagship, with the Coronet, a little racing yacht which cost him $2,000, as auxiliary. The Kingdom was wrecked on the African coast, and the crusaders were forced to crowd aboard the tiny Coronet. For months they were tossed about the seas, suf fering starvation and disease. The charge now i sthat Mr. Sandford, by neglect and cruelty, withheld food and thereby caused the death of Charles Hughey, which was ascribed to scurvy. It is alleged that Mr. Sandford had refused to put into port when off the coast of Newfoundland, where aid might have been obtained. It was a sorry sight that greeted the quarantine officers when the Cor onet dismantled and almost disabled, entered Portland harbor. Fifty-five persons, men and women, were in the comrany, all croanoiated from lack of food, and many of them afflicted with Scurvy. Seemingly Mr. Sandford did net regard this situation as at all distressing. Whether or not he is sincere in his faith, there can be no question that he is an optimist. Ev en though he shows marks of the hardships endured on the voyage he retains his sincerety. Roland Whittom, until recently sailing master of the Coronet, who is one of the deserters, described the privation which he said the leader forced upon his flock. "Soon after we reached the West Indies from Af rica," he said, "a man named Sellick was taken ill with fever. Mr. Sand ford called his wife before him and. - told her that her husband's illness was due to the displeasure of God at the doing of herself and her family. He then ordered them to fast 24 hours, and during that time their child died of convulsions. Not a word of sympathy same from the leader, but again Mrs. Sellick was told her baby's death was the judg ment of God upon her family." These stories of the crime have served to recall the remarkable his tory of Shiloh Hill. It is more than 18 years since Mr. Sandford establish ed the colony. Since then many ef forts have been made to put an end to the so-called craze and to punish the leader for alleged crimes commit ted either directly by him or by his commands. Children have died there from diseases, hunger and neglect, it is alleged, and on one occasion Mr. Sandford v, as arrested on a charge of manslaughter. There are in the colony about 575 persons, men, women and children gathered from all parts of the Unit ed States, and reports from there are to the effect that these people have very little to eat and that little chil dren go to bed at night crying and praying for bread. One girl of 18 years, one of the a Kansas family that joined the "Holy Ghosters" eight years ago ran away from Shi loh and told their story: "I have no sympathy for the men and women at Shiloh. If they want to stay there and suffer let-them do it, but something ought to be done to relievo the sufferings of the poor lit tle ones, who are unable to help themselves. It is pitiful, heart break ing, to see them starving. I myself have l>een as '.ong as 16 hours with out food. Once I came near dying of hunger. I was ill and they gave me only cow beets to eat. I couldn't eat them and there was nothing else ex cept beans. By the time they got the beans cooked I was too weaic to eat at all. "The little children often get so hungry that they cry for bread and when they keel at their beds at night they ask the Lord to send them food. Sometimes we wouldn't have any lessons in the school, but the children would be told to pray, and they would get worked up to such a pitch that they would become hy sterical. They would pray for for giveness for some of their own num ber who, they had been told, had done wrong and tell them if they did not repent they would go to hell. At least 100 people have died at his col mm STATE MANY THINGS RASCALITY CAUGHT UP WITH BY THE DEMOCRATS. Some of the Queer Things Found in State Prison at Dannemora, Pa., by Officials. The Democratic overhauling of the Clinton state prison at Dannemora, Pa., has resulted In a "clean up," with many remarkable and pictures que features. Following the scandals resulting from the discovery that a combination of Republican politic ians had been looting the state in coal contracts for several years, an investigation of the prison itself was begun two months ago by Col Scott, the new superintendent of Pennsyl cania prisons, and his assistants. Col. Scott learned that the prison had not been systematically searched for several years. So he undertook the task of probing the big institu tion. An inventory taken by the in vestigators showed these interesting articles: One 'dope" pot for "cooking" opium. Thirty-four knive3, dirks and stil letos, three dynamite cartridges. Eighteen razors, two soldering pans used for counterfeiting spurious half dollars. Eleven "jimmies," crowbars, 22 , decks of cards. One 'sweat" board such as are used in gambling houses. Two faro layouts, five saws, nine files, three hammers, 11 pictures five of which had been painted by pris oners. Two spades one checkerboard, four sets of loaded dice. Eight blackjacks, 24 cups and saucers. Seven revolvers, two face masks such as are used by burglars; 101 books. Not one of these articles was per mitted in the cells under the rules of the prison. Most of the forbidden articles had been smuggled into the prison right under the careless eyes of the Re publican henchman, who were ap pointed to office for political services 1 rather than for any special fitness for the work called for by their posi tions. Col.1 Scott made another interest ing discovery 4n looking over the ; prison. It was that articles were not only being smuggled. into tha pris-. on' but out of it. There Is in connec tion with the prison a manufactur ing department, where clothing and other articles of wearing apparel, towels, linen and blankets are turn ed out. Thje investigators discovered that owing to the carelessness of the Republican officials thousands of dol lars of goods belonging to the state had been smuggled out of prison and traded off to the natives for cigar ettes, whiskey, opium, morphine, co caine and counterfeiting material. QUEER ACCIDENT WAS FATAL. Young Girl Dies as the Result of a Collision With Boy. At Durham, N. C.',' Miss Callie Couch, a pretty girl of 16, died Fri day afternoon as the result of a frac tured skull caused by colliding with Thomas Shepherd, a lad of 17, Tues day. The tso were playing an old fashioned ball game, when Shep herd ran into Miss Cough an dim bedded his teeth in her forehead. The impact broke the front teeth off and they had to be extracted with foreceps. She feel insensible to the ground with a fractured skull. From the first it appeared that she would hardly revover and blood poisoning was a complication. The young girl and boy were of excellent families. The boy is not seriously hurt. Three Shot By Offic? Boy. J. P. Allen, one of the most promi nent merchants of Atlanta, Ga.; C. E. Pollard, an accountant, and S. J. Hayles, Pollard's assistant, were shot, but not seriously wounded here Saturday by Moss Garrison, aged 18, an office boy whom the accountants and Mr. Allen had begun to question about some accounts. They Want Their Booze. At Ansonia, Conn., because he preached temperance in his initial sermon in the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of Three Saints, Rev. Father Kudrivoff was dragged from the pulpit and badlj beaten by angry members of his con gregation. The priest was rescued and escorted out of town by the po lice. Beast Butler Once More. There is a widespread and violent opposition in Massachusetts to the movement for a statue in memory of the late General Benjamin Hutler. All kinds of charges against the law yer, soldier and governor have been raked up, from treachery to labor to admiration for Jefferson Davis. Snow for Virginia. Harrisonburg, Va., experienced its fast taste of w'nter Saturday. The air was crisp and sharp and the sun shone with ?ister brightness upon fields and mountains covered with snow. ony. One woman who left a year ago declared she counted 89 graves In the little cemetery on the hill, and not all are marked. '0 TWO CENTS PER COPY. KILUD BY AUTO - |. Mrs. W. S. Haraiter Ran Down and Fat ally Iojnred in Columbia -?- ' WAS VISITOR IN CITY The Lady Was Knocked Down and Her Head Was Crashed Before the Negro Chauffeur Could Stop the Automobile, in Which There Was Two Ladles. Mrs, W. S. Hamiter, wife of a well known -Presbyterian minister of Blackstock, was knocked down by an automobile about noon Saturday and from injuries received died at a local infirmary about 3:3 0 o'clock Satur-' day afternoon. The accident occur red at the intersection of Main and Washington streets, Columbia. The State says the car was owned by J*. Caldwell Robertson of Columbia, and. was driven by his chauffer, Horace Jones, a negro. Miss . Olive Robert son and her guest, Miss Louise Row land of Augusta, Ga., were in the par at the time of the accident. Mrs. Hamiter was crossing the street to stop a street car or was crossing to the other side. When al most on the track, she was str uck by the machine, which according to Miss Olive Robertson was going at a rate of about eight miles an hour The negro chauffeur gave himself up to James H. Fowler, the magistrate, shortly afterward. Many witnessed the accident and there were several versions as to the rate the machine was travelling and as to the details. The street was crowded at the time" and when the Packard machine struck Mrs. Hamiter, many ruwhed to the woman's assistance. She was placed in the car and hurried to a lo cal infirmary. It was late in the af ternoon before identification was pos sible. She carried, at the time of the ' accident, a suit case with the initials "W. S. H., Blackstock, S. C," and In he:r purse was a ticket to that place.. Thla gave a clue to the identity with tbe result that her husband was noti fied and he came to the city with his eldest son Mrs. Hamiter came to Columbia; Friday for treatment for her eyes. She spent Friday night at the residence of W;?M.' Houston; 124 Washington street. It is understood she intended returning to Blackstock Saturday Mr. Caldwell Robertson, on being informed of the accident, was shock ed. "I deeply regret the accident," said Mr. Robertson Saturday. "1 have done all within my power to give relief. Following the accident I went immediately to the infirmary and asked that all medical attention poslble be given. "Don Dial, my son-in-law," he con tinued, "carried the driver, Horace Jones to the officers and asked that he be held pending an Investigation. "When the aqcident occu rred Miss Olive Robertson, and Miss Louise Rowland, of Augusta, were riding in the machine. According to Miss Rob ertson the speed was not over eight miles per hour. The machine, Miss Robertson said, fumed into Main street from Gervais and proceeded north. A street car was moving i.orth and she said she had just in structed the driver to stop in the next block, several doors from where the accident occurred. 1 "Knowing the danger of driving an' ' automobile on a crowded street dur ing fair week, I instructed my two drivers not to go out," said Mt. Rob ertson. "This afternoon was the first time during the week that I have permitted one of my cars to be taken out," he continued. Horace Jones, the negro drivor, said Saturday night that the automo bile was just rolling along when the woman was run down. He said that the accident would have been pre vented had Mrs. Hamiter proceeded across the street. He said she stopped just in front of the machine. Mrs. Hamiter was 40 years of age. Before her marriage she was Miss Annie Cooper of the Indiantown sec tion of Williamsburg county. Rev. and Mrs. Hamiter lived al Iva, Ander son county, before moving to Black stock about one year ago. Mr. Hami ter is pastor of the BJackstopk and Concord Presbyterian churches. He and five children survive. The chil dren are: Cocper Hamiter, William' Scoot Hamiter and Misses Mary, An-i nie and Emma Hamiter. Mrs. Hamiter was a cousin of ProL Geo. McCutcheon of the University of South Carolina. Blows Himself to Pieces. After waving his hand in a fare well salute to his fellow workmen. Miles Subalz, of Chisholm, Minn., aged 22, threw himself upon a charge of dynamite about to explode and was blown to pieces before the eyes of his companions. _- ( Poisonous Mushrooms. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Letch and their son, Leroy, were fountl dead in their home in Irving park, a part o| Chicago Saturday. Physicians de-i dared they had died from mushroom poison. m ? m ?, t Took the Dynamite Route. ' 1 Placing a stick of dynamite under his head, exploding the percussion cap with his teeth, Frank Scrassona at Aspen, Cal., aged ?6, blew off fcig head because of domestic troubles, j