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HARRIS RELEASED ON BOND FRIENDS SUGGEST THAT HIS MIND IS UNBALANCED. Company Has Surplus of More Than $400,000?No Further Revelations of Irregularities in Accounts. Anderson, Aug. 4.?There are no further developments in the Calhoun Harris alleged embezzlement case Other than that several friends put up the $22,500 bond and Harris has been released. The accountants are still checking his books in the Orr cotton mill office and have not annfiiinppd disclosures of anv further Irregularities. Harris secured an expert accountant to-day to represent him in the audit of books, but the accountant left Anderson this after- j noon without taking part in the work. The accountant claims that he was given no show; that his duty as pointed out by auditors of the American Audit Company was to sanction their work as they progressed. The attorney for the mills said this afternoon that there is on the minutes a resolution adopted by the board to allow Harris, his attorney or expert accountant, to be present at all times and watch the audit of the books. Harris' friends are disposed to think that he has brooded so much over his mistakes that his mind is unbalanced. They say that many things have been unearthed that would not have been done by a sane man and that the discovery of so fe,-. > much money stored away in old Vnrrn in tVl/l TTOIllf TPl'tVl UUACS aiiU uago lU tuc inuu ntku every appearance of having been there for years shows that there was no criminal intent on Harris' part. Harris is at home on south Main Street and insists stoutly that the accountants will find that not a single dollar has been misappropriated when they complete their audit President Hammett said to-night: "Even if the shortage is found to be $50,000, the Orr mills will not be crippled at all. We have a surplus of a little more than $400,000 and the shortage can be charged off without depreciating the value of the Stock. Our mills are capitalized at $800,000 and are worth $1,500,000." Found Fifteen Thousand. Anderson, 8. C., Aug. 4.?More of the missing cash of the Orr cotton mill was found in the company's vault to-day. The discovery was made by auditors who are investigating an alleged shortage of $50,000 in the books of Assistant Treasurer Calhoun Harris. About $15, 000 has now been found in the vault. Harris says that errors in bookkeeping will account for the entire alleged shortage. He was releas-ed to-day on bond in the sum of $22,g 000. Carolinians Moving Up Higher. Washington, August 5.?In naming the committee assignments for the sixty-first congress to-day Speaker Cannon improved the standing of the South Carolina delegation. He promoted Representative Legare from the committee on industrial arts and expositions to foreign affairs Mr Patteraon eroes to the cen 18126 committee and gives up irrigation and canals. Representative Aiken changes his assignment on the pension committee to expenditures in the postoffice department. The other members of the delegation receive their old assignments. RAIDING THE TIGERS. Constables in Charleston More Active than Usual. ' Charleston, Aug. 5.?The State constables and the police department continue to make raids and with large quantities of contraband stuff Stored about the city the seizures dre now netting better returns, but the blind tigers are still in business and it remains to be seen whether the efforts of the constables and police will drive many out of business. One of the seizures to-day was 40 cases of cheap beer at one establishment. Whiskey as well as beer is being seized and arrangements have been made to deposit this stuff at the main dispensary, save such portions of it as may be emptied into the sewers. - Freakish Work of Lightning. "3* ' Johnston, Aug. 5.?Lightning did some freakish work here yesterday during a heavy rain about 2 o'clock, Striking the home of Mr. David Strother, on Main street. Beginning at a corner of the house it tore up the weather boarding and knocked Off plastering. Darting from the upper story into the kitchen it shattered the safe door and did injury to other woodwork. A negro girl was in the kitchen washing dishes but was not even shocked, neither were Mr. and Mrs. Strother, who were in the house as the electric current ran from room to room. It is supposed the trouble came from an improperly laid telephone ground wire. CONGRESSMAN IN FIGHT. Mr. Hefiin, of Alabama, Has Encounter with Automobilist. Washington, August 4.?Representative Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, became involved in a personal en counter with an automobilist, whose name is said to be Johnson, on the streets of Washington this afternoon. As no arrests were made the identity of Mr. Heflin's antagonist could not be clearly established. Mr. Heflin and Representative 01lie James, of Kentucky, were crossing F street together this afternoon, when an automobile whizzed by them. Mr. James says the driver was handling the machine carelessly and was exceeding the speed limit, very nearly running them down. When the car stopped some distance up the street, the two congressmen followed and took the car's number. Observing this action, the automobilist followed and hailed the congressmen, it is said, inquiring why they had taken his number and asking their names. The congressmen replied that they intended to report him for fast and reckless driving and told him who they were. Denying their allegations, the driver is said to have made some remark that was exceedingly distasteful to Mr. Heflin. Mr. Heflin's rejoinder, it is said, was sharp and to the point. The two Southern representatives then moved away, but the automobilist, it is alleged, persisted after them, demanding Mr. Heflin to withdraw his statement. The two men came together in front of a local hotel, but few blows were struck. Mr. James and Mr. Heflin's colleague, Mr. Clayton, who had come up, separated the combatants before any damage had been done. Jealous Russian Women Lynch Flirt. A cablegram from St. Petersburg says: A savage and revolting case of lynching occurred on Saturday last in the village of Voleeckni, in the government of Volbynia. A young and beautiful woman living in the village had succeeded in incurring the hatred of the other women of the village by her flirtations with the men of the neighborhood, both married and single, the women's hatred for the girl reaching a climax on Sunday when it became known that on her account one of the young men of the village had broken his promise to marry another girl. On coming out of church on Sunday the women, both old and young, threw themselves upon the flirt, and, in spite of her cries for mercy, tore all her clothes off. They then drag ged her through the village by the hair of her head, beating and stoning her mercilessly. At first the men laughed, but when they saw how savagely the girl was being maltreated they attempted to j rescue her. The infuriated women, however, drove them off, and then dragged their unhappy victim, who was by this time a mass of wounds, to a large tree just outside the village, where they hanged her to one of the branches, and then lighted a fire of brushwood under her. When the police arrived on the scene they found the victim of the women's fury lying dead under the tree, blackened to a cinder. JOHN G. CAPERS STEPS OUT. Secretary of the Treasury Announces Appointment of Cabell. Washington, August 6:?Official announcement of the resignation of John G. Capers, of South Carolina, as commissioner of internal revenue, to take effect September. 1, and of the onnrtintment nf Pnvnll 175 Pnholl present postmaster of Richmond, Va., to succeed him, was made by the secretary of the treasury late today. It Pays to Make Good Batter. When the house-wife who makes the country butter that comes to town and sells for 10 cents and 12 cents a pound, when good butter is selling for 25 to 30 cents a pound, learns that ordinary kitchen cleanliness is not dairy cleanliness; that she cannot guess at the temperature of the milk or cream in the churning, but can buy a thermometer for a trifle that will tell it accurately; that butter should not be touched with the hands, and that it should be wrapped in nice packages with butter paper and not in rags, then country butter will come nearer bringing the price which she now thinks it is worth. When good butter sens ior au cenis a pouna, cents is a big price for average country butter.?Progressive Farmer. Seared With a Hot Iron, or scalded by overturned kettle?cut with a knife?bruised by slammed door?injured by gun or in any other way?the thing needed at once is Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, infallible for boils, ulders, fever sores, eczema and piles. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. EWE* pThe K ( ft I > ? ? r * % ? JB ^^5BS38pS^pp^pj t? fl Q ~ j * W f ? H ^ \l it a II w If f? every" ? thorou $ i !i jj theKii I Write ? i i* * < 0 if i f? i? i ? ;; i m i > ? i _ I ? ?? ? a i p? ? i ; i Cable Building, ? w $iIiiI)lI;itlil!;I)!l!qi!l-"-I?ilM] CAPTURED LIQUOR AND TEAM. Owner Made His Escape Though Offi . cer Made Hot Chase. As the result of a trip made by nffloor v r Martin intn the neieh IV/UAVVA V ? ?? ? w borhood of Portman Saturday night, a horse and buggy and eight gallons of corn whiskey are lodged at the county jail to-day. Officer Martin came upon his man just about dark this side of Earle's Bridge, which spans Seneca river below Portman dam. On sight of the officer the man leaped from his buggy and went in an opposite direction with the officer's dogs at his heels. Though Officer Martin chased the man for some two hours and fired at him several times, he made his escape. ! mv . 1. UaIAMm-Mfv men lilt; LiUISC uciuugmg iu uv uwu j will be harbored for thirty days and | if not called for by that time will, according to law, be sold. This makes two teams that Officer Martin has in custody, one being captured in the Mountain Creek section some days jago.?Anderson Mail. "RAT" SAVES WOMAN'S LIFE. | Checks Course of Bullet Fired With Suicidal Intent. Roanoke, Va., Aug. 6.?Bertha Deline, a young white woman, after quarreling last night with a young j man on the street, shot herself in the head, in an attempt to commit suicide. A "rat" in her hair saved her life, the speed of the bullet from a .32 calibre revolver being checked by that appurtenance. When the physicians at the hospital pulled the hair from the wound the huliet came out with the mass of false adornment. The woman will recover. Fines Locker Club Men. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 5.?Judge Feagin, of the police court, plunged into the locker club cases with vigor to-day and did not conclude until 18 men had been brought before him. Thirty-five cases are still pending. In each case a fine of $100 and 30 days in jail was the penalty imposed for violation of the prohibition laws. All of the defendants made an appeal bond except three who were placed in the city jail. Birmingham to-night is one of the dryest cities in the United States, as a result of the expectation that the new Carmichael prohibition bill become law to-morrow. / -? ' .. . :"T., PttgHBtttpgHPgHMHimmK i fi a*c 1 The piano bearing ar ally and to a large m; H troduction is hardly SflF It has won its way mmmM found more than sati Htj In asking your cc HI of which is shown ab MS ture, but desire to in piano, with a full, si I that have given the re have placed Kinj City in the United S igh investigation a may be that we ca ngsbury in the City for our beautiful ill TERMS TO 5U1 !bleVian EVERYTHING EN J. V. WALLAC www -W- -w -w -w- -w- -w- -wGEORGIAN KILLS UNCLE. Trivial Dispute Leads to Slaying of . Prominent Man. Butler, Ga., Aug. 4.?As a result of trivial dispute here late yesterday, M. C. McDaniel, one of Taylor county's best-known planters, was killed by his nephew, A. J. Peacock, a young farmer. Peacock's father and McDaniel became involved in a petty quarrel. The son interceded for his father and assaulted McDaniel with a post-hole digger. The two families are neighbors and ? ? jaiv* a/4 tilt? w iucij tyuucvttu. A coroner's jury in arriving at a verdict placed the blame upon young Peacock, who surrendered to the sheriff. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. ','They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. They cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood troubles and will prevent typhoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Willing to Pay.The Right Rev. Bishop of Delaware tells the following story: . "A young man came to me one day and paid: 'Bishop, I want you to marry me on next Wednesday.' " 'All right, young man; I'll marry you,' I assured him. " 'Well, I want the bell to ring,' ! he continued. " 'Very well, you can have the bell rung.' " 'Well, I want the organ to play.' " 'All right; you can have the organ played.' " 'And I want everything else that anybody ever had at a church wedding.' " 'Certainly; you shall have it.' "Well, the night came, the bell rang, the organ played, the church was crowded and everything went off (as the young man wanted it. When the ceremony was over ine young couple waited, instead of leaving the chancel. So I held out my hand, shook hands with the bride, and then held out my hand to the bridegroom. He had his hand deep in his trousers pocket, and as I stood with my hand out he said, somewhat impatiently and in a tone that could be heard all over the church: " 'Now, don't be in such an allfired hurry, Bishop; I'm getting the money out just as fast as I can.' "And everybody in the church gig' gled."?August Lippincott's. v - . A; ^ .v "v. . , J '""v.' ' * - ->v " """???????? ?: \ *!KI; ft il; ft ili ft $ ft $ ili iH ill $ <! 0? 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