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Lieut Anderson, who has Agreement Ipon a Referendum been attached to the Intelligence de partment, is suffering from blood I poisoning, the result of a mauling he Columbia, Feb. 26.—Refusing by I received from a lion six weeks ago a vote of 28 to 9 to adopt a State- 0,1 the borders of Somaliland and wide prohibition bill, and by a vote Abyslnla. of 27 to 11 to pass a State-wide ref- In company with a native servant, erendum bill, the Senate today pass- I Ldoot Anderson went out for a day’s ed the prohibition measure with the J footing. Finding a lion at short Christensen and Wlllliams amend- distance, he fired and the shot graz- ment, after a lengthy discussion as ed the bea8t8 '® 8 kull, slightly wound- to what was really the agreement of loluriated beast leaped the evening before. During the dls- j OP 011 ^ be officer, throwing him to the cussion Senator Otts, the prohibition ‘ rro,,n ' , “"'i ***"’ »»<•—** leader, charged practically that there had been a breach of faith among those who had reached this compact, and asked the prohibitionists to con elder where they were in the mat ter. The bill, as finally passed in the Senate to third reading, provides for State-wide prohibition la -the coun ties of the State from the first Tues day In August until the third Tues day in August, when an election shall be hell! in the counties now NARROW ESCAPE ™ flam game SAME OLD TALE kept her bus Singular Accident in a Urge Building At Concord. WORKED BY A SLICK NEGRO ARTIST IN ANDERSON. A MILL COLLAPSES ground, and bit him through the knee Just as he fired a charge from his double barrelled sporting rifle through Its head. The animal continued to claw and bite him while Lieut Anderson, fight ing for his life, clubbed the Hon with the butt end of the rifle. AH the while blood was streaming from the wounds of the lion, which was of unusual size. The native servant, although prac tically unarmed, rushed to the aid of his Injured master, and at length n't-! i .i ..... i I tbe animal, exhaused from the loss wet. This electiop is to determine I , ^ t the pollele. «t the wet roentle. .. 'J,™,**"’ Ll ‘ ul - ho whether they ehall ret.tt. ^ f* .ale ot whlBke,. The rl.ht Is re- "’Z^ZTT T ' , . ..... .. , Snbsequently the Hon was found served to the dry counties, as under o ... o kw .u . . . . dead at a llttle distance from the he Carey-Cothran Act, to vote upon I, of the encounter The , njured the Question once every four years. offlc(>r WM to the ^ and Three Floors of the Splendidly Equipped Gibson Mills Give Way and Sink Six Feet—Crumbling of ■ v - . , Pillows Affected the Foundation. No One Was Hurt. Concord, N. C., Feb. 24.—With a creak and a slow downward move ment, the three floors of the north end of the big Gibson Mills, located In the northwestern part of the city , sank to a depth of probably six feet Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock caused by the crumbling of a pillar which subsequently caused the giving away of. the beams under neath the building, probably affect ing the foundation. There were 400 hands at work in the immense structure and when they realized what was taking place a mild panic ensued, although not one sustained the slightest injury, though two or three young women fainted. The mill Is badly crippled, but to what extent cannot be ascertained. The structure is 700 feet long and 100 feet wide. The point where the cave-in occurred Is where the south end of what is known as the first Reaped a Rich Harvest by Claim ing; to be the Forerunner of Booker Washington. . ^ Anderson. Feb. 24.—Special tele gram to the Greenville News tells of a Aim flam game worked on the col ored people of this county by a slick rascal of their own color. Claiming to be a forerunner of Booker T. Washington, a negro by the name of Will Johnson has reaped a harvest among the colored people of this county during the past few days. His harvest-reaping was abruptly ■topped when Sheriff King and Po liceman Martin of the local force nabbed him on a street of this city a couple of nights ago. |t is said that Johnson has been operating in this section some time; that he has picked communities far from any cities. He claimed to be an insurance agent, and that the com pany he represented was organized and manned by Booker Washington. He talked the Ignorant negroes in to paying him sums of money, claim ing that Booker Washington urged him to come here to cause them to take out good insurance at cheap rates. He collected considerable money, giving the victim in turn a slip of paper, which he said was Greek, and which could be translated only by Booker Washington, “who Is soon to visit this section and who will Of Violations of tho Prohibition Law by Marchants." A SMALL SENSATION The Christensen amendment adopted provides: The Christensen Amendment. Section 14. This Act shall take effect on the first Tuesday in Au gust. 1909: Provided, that in the "counties'thelfTiaving dispensaries an election shall be held on the third Tuesday in August. 1909, for the purpose of determining whether the | at Aden Embarked for London, where he will be treated in a hospital. TAIT'S CABINET PICKED. All Places Have Been Offered and Accepted Now. New York, Feb. 25.—All qualiflca- dispensaries located therein shall be I tions of uncertainty in the prediction reopened, and such election in each that Frank , in ManVeagh> of Chica _ of said counties shall be held and g0i has ^ accepted by Mr . Xaft as his Secretary of the Treasury, are conducted by the same officers and under the rules and regulations pro vided by law for general elections. Section 15. At such election the the election commissioners for such county shall at each voting precinct hereby removed. Mr. MacVeagh accepted the place yesterday, and thereby the Taft Cabi net was made complete as hereto fore announced by the Associated therein provide one ballot box, in p rpB8 which the ballots must be cast. Any No offlclal or unofflciaI declarations person who is a qualified elector of of Mr Mac veagh's appointment is such county may vote in said elec- t0 be made by Mr Taft unti , he ion. Every voter who may be 1" promulgates his entire Cabinet. But favor o the sale of liquors snd bev- ln thi8 case aa , n other notlceg of erages in such counties shall cast « L ppolntm ents. the facts are known ballot in the box provided therefor. | to be correct on which shall be printed the words, “For Sale and Manufacture of Al coholic Drinks and Beverages,’* and every voter opposed shall cast a bal The Cabinet, as completed, with the selection of Mr. MacVeagh, is as follows: Secretary of State—Philander C. lot upon which shall be printed the Kboi . 0 f Pennsylvania. words. “Against Sale. Etc.” If n majority of the ballots cast in such election be “For Sale, Etc.,’’ It shall be lawful for such liquors and bev erages to be sold in said county as hereinafter provided. Provided, that the expense of these elections shall be borne by the State. Section 16. In case an election as herein provided shall result in favor of th? sale of liquors and bev erages the dispensaries in each coun ty so voting shall be reopened and conducted under the' provisions of an Act entitled. “An Act to declare the manufacture, sale, use, consump tion, possession, transportation and disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages, within the State, and to police the same.” approved the 16th day of February. 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof: Provided, that all of the provisions and limitations of the ssld Act not inconsistent with this Act shall remain in full force and effect In all of the counties of the State: Provided further, that in counties which shall reopen dis pensaries therein, the county dispen- W. H. Secretary of the Treasury—Frank lin MacVeagh, of Illinois. Secretary of War—George Wlckersham, of New York. Postmaster General—Frank Hitchcock, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy—Geo. von L. Meyer, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior—Richard A. Ballinger, of Washington. Secretary of Agriculture—James Wilson, of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and Labor -Charles Nagel, of Missouri. With his Postmaster General, Frank H. Hitchcock, Mr. Taft took a five-mile walk through Central Park in the biting wind today. He law a number of New York financiers luring the day, but said the calls were those to express friendship and had no other slgnificence. There was a genuine reunion of the Taft family tonight at the Henry W. Taft residence. LAWYER GOES TO PRISON. * iv iwUVJt cm, V^V7 U U X.J Ulopdl- I sary board and dispensers in office W^d 8 Guilty to Attempting to Bribe on August 2. 1909, shall continue „„ to discharge their several duties as * ness if such dispensary or dispensaries had not been closed. The Williams amendment, which occasioned a great deal of dls- dission, finally being adopted pro vides: Dry Counties Can Y’ote Provided, that In counties which have heretofore voted upon the ques tion of dispensary or no dispensary under existing or previous laws, and have no dispensary at this time, shall have the right at any time after the expiration of four years from The last election on the liquor question i - hfe question who had been indicted Jointly with „ ■ him. New York, Feb. 24.—The trial of Carl Fischer Hansen, the lawyer and society man under indictment charg ing him with bribery of a witness, was brought to a sudden close today by the entering of a plea of guilty by the defendant to an amended com plaint charging attempted bribery. A sentence of 12 months imprison ment in the penitentiary was im posed on Fischer Hansen by Justice Dowling. In pleading guilty, Fischer Hansen completely exonerated his law partner, Alexander Michaelson, of dispensary or no dispensary as provided ter- in. “As. Act- to declare the law in reference to and to regu late the manufacture, sale, use and consumption, possession, transporta tion- and disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages within the GIVEN UP LOOT. r Has Not Been Heard From In Nearly liquors and beverages within the ” / State, and to .polios tha same, ap- -Mobile, Feb. 2fl.—AU hope . lo. •U'7 '.<• proved the 16th day of February, 1907.” This would gjve, unquestionably, tbe right to the dry counties to vote upon the whiskey question, which It seemed tbst the Christensen amend ment did not clearly and expressly provide for. Tbe motion to table tlie Williams amendment resulted 16 to 19, and the amendment was pass ed on a ye* w?d nay vpte p( 20 to has been sbandoned for the safety of the schooner Dependent, which left here February 7. for Port Inblls, Fla., with a cargo of coal. The ves sel was commanded by Captain Anderson Dengston and a crew of three, The vessel* and crew hailed from Pensacola. Nothing has been gill hpre and it Is feared she has been ' , . — .i— —^ ■ was made is where the greatest de pression exists, and on the ground floor the machinery slopes gradually for t¥enty feet at an angle of 30 degrees. ^ The second floor is a little more precipitous and the depression runs 'Srallel with the side walls, though in the center of the room, a distance of probably 100 feet. On the third floor the depression is still more pronounced and the floor slopes still further to the north 'end (of the structure. While this condition ex ists paralled with- the building the floor swags inward from the sides only about sixty feet, one column not being Injured in the least. The top floor contains eighty spin ning frames, and the second and first rooms are filed with carding and spinning machinery. None of this machinery mentioned is located in any part of the addition to this mill, the floors of which are intact. The gradual fall of the heavy ma chinery and flooring did not cause the breaking of the shafting, steam pipes or machinery, every piece re maining in its stationery position as when put up, except for the natur al bending and twisting of the pipes and rods as would be natural in a slump. The west wall is cracked for a distance of fully 150 feet, and Is said to incline inward several de grees. The collapse will entail a consid erable loss, both in time and prop erty. All work connected with the mill will stand for several days, and that part of the mill that Is injured will necessitate a shut down of at least thirty days. Hundreds of hands made some very miraculous escapes, and the manner in which employees took care of themselves in everything demon strates how well prepared factory hands are in perilous situations. The Gibson Mill is rated as hav ing the finest equipment in the way of improved machinery that is found anywhere in the South. mill was joined by an addition of . .. 4t _ / 300 feet. -Whiere tMs connection deI, y« r the insurance policies in per son 10 VIH » n ft ir V ACCIDENT AT HAMUl'HG In Which Seme Are Killed and Oth ers Injured. Hamburg, Feb. 24.—Ten persons were killed’and seventeen injured to night through the slipping of a gang way between the wharf and the’ steamer Auguste Victoria, which was being loaded preparatory to sailing for New York on Saturday next. Those who were on the gangway when the accident occurred, include members of the crew, stevedores and stewardesses. They were dashed in to the water, which was covered with thick drift ice. The majority of them sustained broken bones and sev eral were badly crushed. Only sev enteen of them were rescued, and the officials estimate the dead, some of whose bodies have not yet been re covered, as ten or more. son.’’ Evidently the negroes here abouts are anxious for a glimpse of Washington, for no doubt the sug gestion of his delivering the policies had as much to do with causing them to “take out policies’* as did the need of insurance. Johnson was haled before Magis trate Muldrow this afternoon, and when brought face to face with nine indictments he plead guilty to eight and not guilty to the ninth. Mag istrate Muldrow imposed the maxi mum sentence in each Indictment making the sentence aggregate $800 or eight months. The prisoner will be given a trial on Monday next on the ninth Indictment, and in the meantime between 40 and 50 other Indictments will be secured from oth er victim*: Johnson is a slick-looking negro, and his scheme was well worked. At present he is resting in the coun ty jail, and will reiqaln there until after Monday, when he will Hkeiy commence service of his long sen tence. INDIAN TURNS SCALPER. Runs Amurk in Station and Kills Two Persons. For the first time in many years the ear-splitting warwhoop of an Indian was heafd in Cincinnati, O., this week, when an unknown Indian became crazy in the Union sUtion and fatally cut and stabbed Mrs. Anna Devord, of Huntingdon, W. Va., and Max Meyers, of Cincinnati, and seriously wounded Joseph W. Gordon of Cambridge, 111., in an effort to scalp him. The Indian was a Wyoming Indian and was on a return trip from Wash ington, with three Sioux chiefs, who had paid a visit to the “Great Fath er.” As the passengers alighted from the train at Cincinnati, the Indian with a warning warwhoop, drew a long dagger and started through the crowd, cutting and slashing '•ight and left. Station attaches rushed to the mad man, but not until he had done much michief. Sprang pf Solicitor Bpton In Hw Darlington Court aa to Rumors of Liquor Selling—Has Evidence •s' of Reports of Violation of Law by Prominent Men. Darlington, Feb. 24.—A sensation was sprung in court this morning when Solicitor Spears arose to make a statement to the grand jury that had just filed in the room to make some presentments. Mr. Spear* call ed attention to some articles which had been published in his paper, the Darlington Press, in the months of October and November last, signed “Vox Populi.” These articles said that there were being circulated in this coun ty rumors to the effect that in some towns of the county liquor was be ing dispensed by some leading mer- chants and by.8inegji.ment. Mr. Spears went on to state that he did not stand fqr the truth or falsehood of these rumors, but only held that they should be brought to the attention of the grand Jury, and if true, such investigations made as would be necessary to bring the guil ty parties to Justice. Mr. Spears then stated that In every sense of the word he stood personally responsible for those ar ticles and that he was not only pre pared to gives the grand Jury the names of witnesses who had been circulating such reports, but that he proposed to do so today To the articles of‘“Vox Populi” the Messrs. Coker of Hartsville took exception and wrote asking the ed itor of the Darlington Press to state what towns were referred to and what .merchants in those towns by ‘Vox Populi.” This the editor re fused to do, and In an editorial made published, the author of “Vox Popu- Coker and gave his reason for re fusing his request. Judge Gage charged the grand Ju ry that there were two issues. They were not to consider the personal element, that is any feeling that might exist between the author of “Vox Populi” and the Messrs. Coker If they found, however, that the re ports said to have been circulated did refer to Hartsville and to the Messrs. Coker, and if there was any truth in such rumors, then the Messrs. Coker were indlcatable. If, however, they found that the reports nad not been circulated and the ar ticles by “Vox Populi” did refer specifically to Hartsville and the Messrs. Coker and were maliciously published, the author of “Vov Popu- u” was liable for libel. No small amount of interest cen ters around this a:air.—The State ATLANTA BOAOT8 OF A REMARK ABLE WOMAN. Though Only Thirty-Nine Years of Age She Has Beared Her Nine teen Children. Atlanta, Feb. 26.—The Journal says Mrs. Flora Brows, a««d gg years, who lives at 647 Eflst Fllr street, is the mother of 19 children, in which number there are four sets of twins. Mrs. Brown says that a home without children cannot have eyen a hint of real happiness, but that the greater the number of children th# greater the amount of happiness for the* ills of the world. “They keep mothers at home for one thing,” she says, “if there were more children there would be few er card clubs.” Ten of Mrs. Brown’s children are living, and all of the four seta of twins are as hale and as hearty as you please. Mrs. Brown says that though her family Is like that of the old lady who lived in a shoe, she has never had an ache nor a pain in her life. “When you have children you are too busy to get sick,” she says. Mrs. Brown, has been married twice. Her first husband's death left hrr wtttr 12 ITtUd children to sup- port and no means of supporting them. She was then living on a farm in North Carolina. As soon as possible she left the farm and moved to Asheville, N. C. There she secured work in a factory for herself and those of her children *ere old enough to work, and they got along as she expresses it, “by Blp and tucY.” Later ahe started a boarding house, ^ and then conditions became more prosperous. Always she had had the necessity In mind of edu- LUNATIC KILLS HIMSELF. TOO FEW WEST POINTERS. ('apt. Hagood Would Increase Size of Cadet (’orps. Washington, Feb. 24.—If a scheme that has been prepared by Capt. Johnson Hagood, of the army, and which has been proposed as an amendment to the military bill In the House is passed. South Carolina will hereafter have twelve men at West Point, instead of nine, as at present. Recent compilations show that a very small percentage of the regular army is made up of West Point men, and it is proposed to remedy this, if possible, by allowing each State more men. Inmate of the Insane Asylum Cuts His Throat. a Columbia, Feb. 24.—Walter Sav- arance, of Darlington county, com mitted suicide this morning at the State Hospital for the Insane. Mr. Savaranco was a young man about 20 years of age. He has made sev eral attempts to kill himself, and a strict surveillance has been kept over him, but, as often happens in such cases, he managed to snatch a razor and cut his throat. It appears that there is a regulation that the inmates should be shaved about once a week at least, and the purpose is to keep the unfortunates in a neat and tidy condition. While the male attendant was attending to the shav ing young Saverance snatched up a razor and cut his throat. He died instantly. Coroner Walker held the inquest, and the decision was that the young man had killed himself while insane.- The body was sent to the young man’s home in Darlington county. DESPERATE BATTLE. WILSON WILL BE OUSTED. Florence Will Have a White Post master Says Ellerbe. Washington. Feb. ,24-^-Josbua Wilson’s name will not be sent to the Senate again for confirmation as postmaster at Florence, and we ex pect confidently to secure there for postmaster a good man very soon.” w— the itod» Representative Ellerbe today, reterf^ ing to the efforts that have been made to oust Wilson from the Flor ence office. Killed by Lightning. Donalds, Feb. 23.—Capers Robin son, a respected colored man of this Horse Bit Boy’s Ear. Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 23.—Willie Booth, the eleven-year-old son of W. A. Booth, of this city, lost a portion of‘one of his ears by the bite of a horse yesterday afternoon. The lad fight between mountaineers and a Mexican Mountaineers Kill Five Peo ple and Are Punished. Culiacan, Mexico, Feb. 24.—Two women and three men were killed and another woman wounded in a has done despite her hard struggle. Four boys, she has sent to the Winston-Salem academy, N. C., and two other, of her children are at the academy now. Two more at home will go to the academy in the fu ture. Of the four boys who have graduated from the academy all nave excellent positions. “That’s because I was strict with them,” says Mrs. Brown. “That’s the reason all my children are good children. There two who are at home never go anywhere without asking me. I have raised all my children that^way. They never dis obey me, but are always considerate of my wishes. Every mother should raise her children by this strict rule.” Mrs. Brown moved ’to Atlanta about two weeks ago from Asheville. Her first husband was named Vaughn and it was by him that all of her children with the exception of one, were born. She says that getting names for her children became a difficult thing towards the last, and she finally had to fall back on the family phy sician and the Bible for help. NEGRO RAN AMUCK In Illinois With Gun and Narrowly Escaped Lynching. Mount Vernon, 111., Feb. 24.— James Lewis, colored, shot four ne groes and Sheriff Irvin, when he went to arrest him. Lewis surrendered and was taken to Jail by a round about way to escape a mob follow ing. Lewis came here Saturday night from Memphis, Tenn., and went to the home of Walter Harris to board. He gave five quarts of whiskey to Harris to keep until he called for it, and when he demanded for the liquor, Harris could not produce it. The angered Lewis then opened fire on Harris with a gun, shooting him through the arm. Then Harris' wife interfered and she was shot through the bsnd. Lewis then left the Harris home, shooting at everything -hs. met. Archie Campbell was shot in the hip and may die. Annie McGuire was the next victim. She was shot in the limb. After shooting the four negroes, Lewis took refuge in a bar and shot Sheriff Irvin in the neck, face and shoulders. The negro tnen ran to the residence of William Chaff!In. Driving Mrs. Chafflin from the house, barricaded the doors. _ The crowd of a thousand persons opened fire on the house and more than one hun dred shots were'fired at the negro. He surrendered and was taken to jail. ill Sharp Craatas of tha r.:S«a i .. THEIR ivt. -4# Fight He A< 175 Feet Away oa the Other of the Crest of a Hill—Mate la Making a Good Fight. -The defeat# p Yn ’ ' * WLa , ■ the Car- NashvIHe, Feb. 25. of the Coopers and. Sharp mack murder case Is finding the way a little bit rocky, and the pitfalls dug by the State deep and well con cealed. Robin Cooper, whom the de fense declares fired the shot that kill ed ex-Seaator Carmack, was tbe first witness-called after the opening ad-' dress had been made to the jury. The young defendant was cool and careful while on the stand, and hs did not return an answer to a single question asked him until he had deliberated upon it. The lawyers for the prosecution tried In vain to make him contradict himself. Then they tried to anger him, hut with no better success. When he finally left the stand lt waa the unanimous opinion in the eonrt room that -he had greatly helped the defense of himself and hla two fol low prisoners. John D. Sharp, fendants, following young Cooper on the stand and under the skillful ques tioning of Gen. Meeks, he told a story both plausable and helpful. The case of the defense • mingly until Sharp was turned to -the State for crosa-exarainati Then his trouble began. At t of two hours he sat on the wltneee ” "''W* ; ■* 7;; ' ..Jm me necessity in mind of edu- I " — “ ” wiwww eating her children, and tirta shy ,Uad * crumpled »Sd bewildered k— -•— ..—... • man. The State had led and A - t —- man. and cajoled him into telling a of the killing so at variance witk the testimony he had given on his direct examination as to amase every impartial listener and even cause tho jurors to look at him with pity. Sharp, by bis own admission, put himself in such a position In the few moments in which the killing of Sen ator Carmack was accomplished, as to have made it physically impossible i'or him to have seen what he swore he saw. He claimed he was standing at least 175 feet from the scene of the killing with a crest of a hill ris ing between him and the Coopers and Senator Carmack, and yet he Insisted thst he saw every move by the principals In the tragedy, even to the blue-barreled pistol. Again Sharp got on dangerous ground by swearing that “Carmack fell after Robin Cooper had fired three tlmea.” One of the bullet , wounds, a necessarily fatal one, pierced the senator's neck within one-sixteenth of an inch of the spinal cord and came out under the tongue. As Sharp swore that Carmack was facing young Cooper, aiming a re volver at him, this wound would be impossible to reconcile with the statement. Sharp was also preeeed aa to the Identity of the revolver young Coop er had used. He said he never aaw it before. The State’s theory la that the automatic revolver la Sharp’s, and three times it has had the num ber of the gun entered in the record. "8 7^3 'vm RECORD CHANGES HANDS. - .-■Hi „ ___ —uniameers ana a ' , w was passing the -lot of Col. C. Oak- bifid of gypsies oh tbe'rb&d ’t<nffaz&- “ was only with great difficulty ■ ' ' ■ ■ that the crowd was kept from mob- man, in which the horse was stand- IflJL when the animal put hla head over the fence and caught the boy by the ear before the latter could get out of the way. A considerable* por tion of the ear was bitten off and partly chewed by the horse. A phy sician stitched the mangled member back and It is believed the ear will be practically as good as ever in time. to Ravine’s Bottom. Guayaquil, Ecuador. Feb. 24.—A passenger train on the main line, bound north, was thrown over a cliff tae hundred feet high at tian._ News of the fight has just reached, here. The mountaineers rie- manded that the gypsy women attend a dance and when they refused open ed fire. Two of tbe women fell dead and another was badly wounded. The mountaineers fled, but were pur sued by the gypsy man,-Wha succeed- Fifteen ed in killing three of them. bing the negro. pi people were the of lynching Lewis was heard. Mr. Janies A. Hoyt Secures Columbia Afternoon Newspaper. Columbia, Feb. 24.—The Record this afternoon has this announce- 7 ment: “Negotiation, which have been ~ going on for some time, looking to the purchase of the controlling In terest in the stock of the Record Pub lishing Company, which had been held by Geo. R. Koester, the founder' of the Daily Record, and associates, r were completed today, and said con; ^ trol will on the first of March pass into the hands of Mr. James A. Hoyt and associates. As to his plans, Mr. Hoyt will make his own announce ment. Mr. Koestor’s valedictory, m " to speak, will appear in the Record of the 27th of thla month, which will be the last Issued under hit manage ment. The transfer was an entlrw- ^ ly amicable arrangement, and the new management will start with tha leartiest. wishes of the present man agement of the Record. It will ha recalled that Mr. Jas. A. Hoyt was the promoter of the company which was to publish tha afternoon Bnn In competition with the Record. Tha city of Columbia will war In the_ Afternoon PM GIRL ASSAULTED BY NEGRO. -Will Goodman, wvruc * t-v-uu* um» mreu ■ — . —k——Mmmm —* ICVb UlgU a point heard from the vessel since she left community, was killed by lightning near Rio Ramba and Crashed to the bottom of the ravine. Twenty-five parsons were killed and forty wound- ■ 1 'V / <auu iv tw tvwkiV7u but; bob uwu S&turd&y ftft6rnooii. Ho w&8 sitting with all on board. _ The cargo with hla family at the flresida in Insured. The others ware not hurt. t. Mixed in Scandal. The Pittsburg graft cases are caus ing the entire State of Pennsylvania to stand aghast with horror. Ac cording to the story of Councilman John F. Klein, now on trial for ac cepting a bribe, there was a regular organisation among the counctlmeu and ha, as “TW Angel of Charity,** was Its head. ' Killed Over Omp Laurens, Feb. 23.—’^ftll — the young Cross Mill man who Is charged with shooting and killing by EiUsburg Polka « by the aama-ol Ber last Sunday afternoon In over a game of cfaps, waa jail last Grow Out of Affair. 'A ‘ S . . • -;vV> ’ ' . Rgdiu • - 7r7^"7SIK77J7 ; Pittsburg, Feb. 24.—Just when ^te.. authorities believed that the re cent tronble in this city between whites snd blacks as a result of many assaults on white girls waa at an end, another white girl- waa tha vie tim of attempted assault lata ‘ night. Early today tha arrested fifteen tion with the affair. j m of 24. 8. C., waa today the dairy division^ ■PM of Arglcnltw* alft per annum. Malt a •fiiuaafr*