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"* ' I ' 511}? ftambmi Sfrralb | Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911. One Dollar and a Half a Year. j ; 1 * = M | COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. * ' . News Items Gathered All Around the "x County and Elsewhere. . Fairfax Fancies. J ' Fairfax, Dec. 2.?Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Aull spent several days with ; friends at Early Branch recently. Messrs. S. Talley, Audrey Sanders, f Cleo Sanders, with their wives, and Hugh Craddock and others from here attended the auto races in Savannah. Mrs. Sam Talley has returned from a pleasant trip to Greenwood and Florence. Misses Hipp and Harrison, two o onnnrl ui v/ui puyuiai icatucia, ai I- ing the week-end at Newberry and ( Olar with loved ones. |> Prof. Munroe enjoyed a Thanks* giving bird hunt. Miss Margaret Youmansvjs home for the week-end and her many friends are rejoiced to see her back. She now teaches at Kingstree. The event of Thanksgiving was the marriage of Miss Annye Moye to Mr: - ^ G. Simms O'Neal, Jr. Only relatives and a few intimate friends were present. Rev. M. M. Brabham, of Lancaster, performed the ceremony. The wedding breakfast was served, then Miss Margaret Youmans artisically and sweetly played Mendelsnh.n'R u*pddinsr march, to which mu v flic the couples entered the beautifully decorated parlor at one and a half o'clock p. m. At half past two they were at the depot to take the train for Jacksonville, their future home. They just had time, after the ceremony, to inspect the beautiful and costly bridal gifts, and say a tender good-bye to loved ones, when it was time to leave. Among some of the visitors to the wedding, which occurred at the home of the bride's parents, were: Mesdames J. W. and C. W. Peeples, of Estill; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Jamison, of Orangeburg; Mrs. Gussie Sullivan, of Florida; Mr. Charles Miller, of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Brunson, and Miss f ? Margaret Youmans. Mr. G. S. O'Neal fully appreciates the treasure he has won, and while we regret to lose so accomplished and worthy a lady from our mfdst, feel assured she will adorn any sphere in life which may be alloted her. * We heartily endorse the compliment one of her little music pupils c. wrote in her bride's book: "May you have more and more friends, ' ? % 3 1^?. ff And need tnem less ana less. The Baptists gave a bazaar on f Tuesday and took in sixty dollars. Conference of High School Teachers. i - Denmark, Dec. 4, 1911. Editor The Bamberg Herald, Bamberg, S. C.? Dear Sir: The conference for High School Teachers will be held at Denmark Thursday night, Decem. ? her 14th and Friday, December 15th. Every high school teacher is urged to be present, and I would appreciate if you will put notice of same in your paper. This conference is for the benefit of the high school teachers of the adjoining counties. Yours truly, - E. M. McCOWN. REPORT ON HOSIERY MILL. >x- State Board of Health will Touch on Situation in Report. Columbia, Dec. 1.?The State 1 board of health was in session this afternoon and until a late hour tonight, going over its report and considering the reports of the various departments. The board visited the f State penitentiary this afternoon in a body, inspected the conditions there and looked into the hosiery mill situation. This is one of the matters considered to-night and something in t regard to the hosiery mill will he included in the report. Another matter under consideration was whether or not the Great Branch fishery i pond, at Orangeburg, was a nuisance or not. Many other matters of a general nature relative to the work of the State board were discussed. t f Child Dies of Burns. Charleston, Dec. 4.?H. J. Patrick, his wife and child were badly burn' ed at their residence on Sheppard P-" street Sunday. The child died this afternoon from the effects of the burns. Mrs. Patrick was kindling a fire 1 with kerosene when the flames ignited her dress, and the child and the husband received his burns in trying to put out the fire. Bench Warrant in Seminole Case. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 5.?The governor of South Carolina to-day refused to pardon John Y. Garlington ifc and James Stobo Young, former of~ ^ 1 - ci n ficers of tne semmoie aecunues wm|t pany, who were convicted on the charge of breach of trust and given three years and one year, respectively. Late to-day bench warrants were l M issued for the two men and turned 1 over to an officer. They were convicted a year ago in the Richland county court, and the amount involved was $55,000. The supreme court recently affirmed the decision of the Richland court and the remittitur was sent down Saturday. It is expected that Garlington and Young will be carried . Jf to the State penitentiary to-morrow k to begin the service of .their sentence. The two defendants are said to be at their homes in Laurens. Smile?get the habit. I :m "r . ' . i POWER HELD BY SIX MENK. What Half a Dozen of the World's Richest Could Do if they Wished. What could the six richest men in the world accomplish with their vast wealth?such men as John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan, Astor, Lord Strathcona, Andrew Carnegie, and Lord Rothschild? It is calculated that between them they own $5,000,000,000. What might they do with such a sum if they combined forces? What things could they not achieve with $5,000,000,000? Suppose they were aggressive and inclined to wage war. They could put 1,000,000 men in the field and maintain them for ten years, perhaps for twenty years. The American Revolutionary War cost $700,000,000. The wars with Napoleon from 1709 to 1815 cost Great Britain $3,250,000,000. The Crimean war cost $150,000,000 for two years. The South African war cost England $1,250,000,000. The rich sextet could have borne the costliest of these wars and had a good sum over. If they turned their attention to the sea they could, with half their lonHol hnilH Q that would he VUpl tua y VU11U *W MVVV ?? ? -? unique, overpowering, irresistible. The biggest fleet in the world?that of Great Britain?could probably be duplicated for $1,000,000,000. Again, these invincible six could give $100 each to every man, woman and child in the British Isles. They could run the United Kingdom for six years and longer, pay the total amount of its expenses and remit everything to the taxpayer. They could close the Custom House and allow every one to send letters and telegrams free. They could buy up all the English railroads with their rolling stock and buildings. They could buy all the automobiles in the- world and then have enough left over to purchase the Panama and Suez canals, and after that sufficient to buy up the total value of British shipping for ten years. And if Carnegie could persuade his five friends to come iq^with him on a land deal they could buy up Scotland, for the assessed value of that country's real estate is only $4,650,000,000. These are a few of the startling things these six elderly gentlemen could do with their combined wealth if they only possessed the required audacity, imagination ana agreement.?sirana Magazine. A Curious Year. Nineteen hundred and eleven will be remembered as one of the strangest agricultural years ever known in this section of the South. Farmers of long experience have noted that it is an unusual good fortune to make on Barnwell lands, as a whole, full crops of corn and cotton the same year. If the rainfall is all that corn requires it is too much for cotton, which is a sun plant that needs and rejoices in dry weather. While the average corn crop of the county has been disappointing some farmers have made the largest yield of their lives. The Williamson plan of crowding the stand and fertilizing with a lavish hand has been, we are told, a general failure, while the old-fashioned way of giving good distance and using little commercial fertilizer has been as generally satisfying. These results have been manifested on the same farms, the pet, well fed acres having produced only nubbins, and not too many of them, while the unfertilized fields with their five feet rows have borne crops like they did in old times, or even better.?Barnwell People. Branchville Had Warm Election. Branchville, Dec. 4.?The municipal election held here to-day to choose a mayor and six aldermen .to serve for the next two years resulted, as follows: For mayor, W. A. Dukes defeated S. S. Byrd by a vote of 68 to 49. For aldermen the count showed, J. D. Byrd, 25; P. C. Dukes, 70; G. W. Miley, 44, C. C. Patterson, 33; H. D. Steedly, 58; J. A. Buie, 61; J. W. Black, 69; X. C. Jones, 29; B. X. Minus, 70; L. W. Westbury, 58; O. W. Smoak, 88; W. C. Steedly, 29; B. F. Smoak, 54. ?. O. W. Smoak, P. C. Dukes, Minus, Black and Buie are elected aldermen, and Messrs. Westbury and H. D. Steedly will run over two weeks hence for sixth place on the council. The election passed off quietly and, though there was considerable partisanry, the rivalry was good natured. Ten days ago the citizens of Branchville held a mass meeting and adojfted strong resolutions demand1 ing many improvements in muncipal affairs. Stricter enforcement of the I ordinances, better police protection, j war on "blind-tigers" were among the improvements demanded of the new council. Practically every candidate in the race anounced himself in favor of ; the resolutions. | Branchville has begun to stir her| self here of late and it is believed | that the new council will promote i the general welfare of the town as i well as any council the citizens could : hnvo selorted. Giants Respite to Negroes. Lancaster, Dec. 5.?Sheriff Jno. P. Hunter late this afternoon receivi ed a telegram from Columbia from i Claude N. Sapp, a young attorney oi ] this city, who defended Mack Hood, | one of the two negroes condemned to ! die next Friday, saying the governor | has granted a stay of execution in both the cases of Mack Hood and Henry Kee, the other negro. Sheriff Hunter has practically completed the scaffold for the execution, but has stopped work pending stay of execution. It is not known what influence was brought to bear on the governor to grant a stay of execution. / IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?-Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. James Thompson, a farmer of Anderson county, has lost 60 of his 90 hogs with cholera recently. Willie Bagwell, son of L. H. Bagwell, won in the 3chool boys corn contest in Anderson county with 102 bushels. Barnwell county now has four newspapers, two at Barnwell court house and one each at Allendale and Blackville. The Price-Campbell cotton picker is being exhibited in Marlboro coun ty. It gathers the staple rapidly and gets 90 per cent of it. U. R. Brooks has been reappointed' clerk of the supreme court by the chief and associate justices for four i years. He has held the office for 17 yeajrs. The next session of the annual conference of the M. E. Church, South, will be held in Anderson next year. Rock Hill and Anderson presented invitations. Magistrate J. M. Goodman, of Mountville, Laurens county, has been removed from office by Gov. Blease because he failed to turn over to the county treasurer all moneys collected by him from fines. It is said that the National Loan and Exchange Bank of Columbia will erect a twin building to its pres i ent twelve story home, this being (! Columbia's "skyscraper." Plans for the building are now being prepared. The four-year-old son of J. W. Kendrick, ,of Taylors Station, Greenville county, died Thursday night from burns received the day before when his clothing caught while he was standing in front of the fire. Lawrence Ferguson, a white boy, was accidentally shot by a colored boy while they were hunting in Chester copnty on Thanksgiving day. And John Willis, aged 15, was shot with his own gun the same day near Blacksburg. The wounds in both cases were serious, but not thought to be fatal in either case. Following an all-day session of the State board of education, Monday, it was announced Monday night that among other business transacted by the hoard, Col. E. H. Aull, of Newberry, was elected superintendent of education for Newberry county, to fill/out the unexpired term of Prof. J. S. Wheeler, whose resignation takes effect January 1. The election was made unanimous by a vote after the election had been declared. In his letter to the auditors of the State, Comptroller General Jones emphasizes the tact that it is the duty of the auditors to obtain the information necessary and assess the income tax. Gov. Blease is backing the comptroller general in his efforts to enforce the income tax law, and ne nas issuea a siatemtjut saymg that should any auditor refuse or without just cause fail to enforce this law he will be removed from office. TILLMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON. Physical Examination Pleases Senior Senator's Physicians. Columbia, Dec. 2.?Senator B. "R. Tillman spent several hours here today on his way to Washington, where he goes to attend the session of the Senate. Senator Tillman looks well and talks with force and fluency. He has just undergone a physical examination, to make sure of any weak spots, and the examining physicians found his condition gratifyingly good. Mrs. Tillman is with Senator Tillman, and they will make their plans to be in Washington for the entire session. Tillman Wijl "Go Slow." Washington, Dec. 4.?When seen at his hotel here this evening Senator B. R. Tillman appeared to have ! stood the trip to Washington very well and showed by his conversation that he had already begun to put himself in touch with government matters. He attended the session of the senate, where he was warmly wel, corned by his colleagues. The senator says that he will "go slow" for a while under the advice of his doc, tors and friends, but he will keep a | watch on proceedings as well as he Jean with his limited ocular equip jment. After a stay of about a week here the senator will return to his home in South Carolina until after the holidays, as in his opinion there will be no serious iwork before the ,; new year, when he will come back to Washington. ! He was disturbed about the fact | that some of his cotton remains unj picked and said that many other ! farmers in the State were concerned ,! about the same condition. Senator Tillman was in excellent spirits. His tjwife is with him. In the estimation for the fiscal Jyear ending June 30, 1913, sent to i i congress by the secretary of the treasury* to-day, for the completion l * of postoffice building projects in [ South Carolina: Abbeville, $20,000; !i Darlington, $10,000; Gaffney, $15,(000; Laurens, $20,000; Newberry, ; $10,000; Orangeburg, $15,000, Uni. on, $15,000. The estimates for im provement and repairs at the Char leston navy yard for the year ending June 30, 1913, is $39,000. REMARKABLE SLEEPERS. A Laborer's Seventeen Weeks' Xap. Man Who Preached in His Sleep. The counterpart of Mr. Wardle's fat boy has just been charged at Willesden police court with sleeping out. The missionary said the boy was born tired, and then before the magistrate he appeared to be dozing and only replied to the questions put to him by a suspicious nod and with closed eyes. He was remanded in order that a ship might be found for him, presumably in the hope tnat a life on the ocean wave might succeed in waking him up. It may be that the boy will develop into one of the remarkable sleepers of whom many records remain. Margaret Lyall, of Denniland, in the parish of Marytown, three miles from Montrose, went to sleep on Wednesday, June 12, 1812, and did not wake up for two days. She went ,to sleep again on July 1 and slept until August 8. When fully awake she complained of giddiness, but had no recollection of having been blis * i-i-J J - J A lerea, uieu auu lutuiciscu m wiu water. She merely thought she had had a long night. There is also the French case of Elizabeth Arten, of St. Gaullain, near Mons, who in 1738, when 36 years of age, fell asleep for four days, and shortly after waking went off to sleep again for eighteen hours. For the succeeding five years she slept regularly from 5 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night. In 1784 she was prevented by the ague from sleeping for five weeks. In one of her periodical fits of sleeping needles were thrust into her flesh, pieces of burning rag applied to her nose, and pins placed under her finger nails; she was even whipped, but nothing I could awaken her. Samuel Chilton, of Tinsbuny, near Bath, a robust, stout laboring man, 25 years of age, fell into a profound sleep on May 13, 1694, from which he could not be awakened for a month, when he suddenly arose and went on with his work. He did not, however, regain the power of speech until another month had passed. On April 19, 1696, he had another sleeping fit. An apothecary bled, blistered and applied a number of'external irritants, but to no purpose. 7 He was artificially fed for ten weeks, when his jaws became set, and could not be opened even with instruments. He slept for seventeen weeks; then he suddenly awoke, dressed and walked about the room under the impression that he had only slept for one night. His next attack lasted from August 17, to November 16, 1697. He went off to ?leep again almost immediately after , waking and did not wake up again until the beginning of the following February. Very curious was the case of Simeon Watson, a hard working, industrious man, aged about 30, of athletic habits and active temperament, who about 1826 began preaching in his sleep. His trance or sleeping fit invariably lasted as long as the ordinary Nonconformist service, which he was in tne habit of attending. The attacks became more frequent as time went on, and he would * V? svVk ttt-Vi 1 n rvf +V? Ai*/4{nof*T7 5" tmvu6u vixc YYIiuJC vi. mc uiuiLimj service, praying, reading the Bible and preaching.?London Daily News. Southern Railway Faces Indictment. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 5.?An indictment charging the Southern Railway with violating the interstate commerce laws, by rebating or reducing rates, without authority, between Pine Hill, Ala., and Fulton, Ala., and Mobile, was placed in the hands of the United States marshal to-day for service on the officers, of the railroad. The specific charge is that, in 17 cases, the railroad made rates of five and five and one-quarter cents on lumber from stations named to Mobile, when the tariffs specified a rate of eight cents. The penalty provided by the federal statutes is a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $20,000 in each case. Glass Company Suit. Columbia, Dec. 5.?Attorneys representing the Carolina Glass Company of Columbia will in a few days file a suit for $21,905.76 in the United States circuit court here agafnst the individual members of the old State dispensary commission. Thlp announcement was made to-day by W. H. Lyles, representing the glass company. The defendants named in the complaint that is to be filed are W. J. Murray, John McSween, A. N. Wood, Avery Patton and J. s. Brice. The above named members were dismissed by the governor when he came into office. The glass company will sue the members of the old commission to recover several amounts taken over i by the commission and alleged to ! be due the company by several couni tv disDensarv boards. The case has J "" *- been before the supreme court and a decision was given in favor of the dispensary commission. Little Girl Fatally Burned. Barnwell, Dec. 5.?A most dis| tressing accident occurred yesterday, i at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. j Lutz, who live a few miles from here, i Their little daughter, a bright little j girl of only three years, walked too | near the open fire, her clothing ! catching. Before the flames could be j extinguished the little body was so terribly burned that the child died a few hours later, after suffering intense agony. The heart broken parents have the sympathy of their hundreds of friends in the loss, in such a terrible manner, of one who was the sunshine of their home. / ' . THCIHETHODIST MINISTERS T APPOINTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR BY BISHOP KILGO. gi Many Members of Conference Retain ^ old Charges, While Others Go o to New Homes. ^ ci Be/nnettsville, Dec. 4.?After a ti magnificent address by Bishop John b Kilgo to-night, the South Carolina s< Methodist appointments for 1912 were read out, as follows: d Anderson District. tl C. B. Smith, presiding elder. si Anderson, St. John's?S. A. Donahoe. n Orrville and Toxaway?A. Sassard. t] Bethel?J. W. Neely. h Antreyville?P. K. Rhoad. Calhoun Falls?J. E. Taylor. f< Clemson and Seneca?P. A. Mur- G ray. n Honea Path?G. W. Davis. I Lowndesville?J. C. Chandler. v McCormick?N. G. Ballinger. P Pelzer?W. S. Myers. n Pendleton?A. V. Harbin. t: Starr?J. L. Singleton. t Townville?J. E. Cook. b Walhalla?G. C. Leonard. a Walhalla Circuit?W. D. Patrick, t Westminster?M. G. Latham. u Williamston and Belton?J. L. e Stokes, and T. G. Harmon, super- ? numerary. t Williamston circuit ? M. M. o Brooks. d Charleston District. J J. W. Daniel, presiding elder. s Allendale?J. W. Wolling. ' t Appleton?E. Z. James. Beaufort and Port Royal?J. H. j, Noland. Bethel circuit?R. C. Boulware. r Black Swamp?W. W. Williams.; -g City of Charleston?BetheL?W. a B. Duncan; -Trinity?R. S. Trues- r dale; Spring Street?G.-T.-Harmon, c ? * * ? - m -r* i jr.; uumDeriana?j. i. jreeier. Mount Pleasant and Young's Island?W. V. Dibble. Cottageville-?J. P. Inabinet. Cypress?J. R. Copeland. Ehrhardt?-H. W. Whitaker. Estill?F. E. Hodgea Hampton?O. M. Abney. Hendersonville?W. C. Kelty L Lodge?W. P. Meadows,. Jr.' Ridgeland?W. S. Henry. Ridgeville?J. W. Elkins. South Hampton?J. E. Carter. Summervilie?E. A. Wayne. - ' Walterboro?H. J. Cauthen. '. . Cokesbury District. W. P. Meadors, presiding elder. Abbeville?W. T. Duncan. Abbeville circuit?J. M. Lawson. Butler?F. G. Whitlock.' . Cokesbury?G. F. Clarkson. Greenwood?Main Street?J. . W; Kilgo. I Greenwood Mills?J. B. Connelly. Greenwood circuit?M. T. Whar! ton. / Kinards?W. R. Bouknight.. Newberry?Central?J. E. Carlisle. Oakland and Jalapa?to be supplied. i *y?uouonoK laa-ilS I^N.O 1 M. Gardner.* - i Newberry circuit?J. M. Friday. J Qlv F F Tlihhlp 1 A- JU? __ Parksville?B. H. Covington. i Phoenix?Foster Speer. 1 Prosperity?S. C. Morris. 1 Princeton?R. M. Duboise. t Saluda?E. P. Taylor. t Waterloo?J. T. Miller. i Whitmire?O. A. Jeffcoat and R. ( E. Mood. 1 Lander College?J. O. Willson ? president; R. A. Child, financial I agent. Columbia District. W. M. Duncan, presiding elder. Aiken?J. B. Traywick. ? Aiken circuit?D. E. Jeffcoat. Batesburg?S. O. Cantey. j Bath and Langley?A. R. Phillips: j Columbia ? Washington street ? c E. O. Watson. Main street?T? G. Herbert. Green street?A. E. Holler. Granby?E. A. Wilkes. Brookland?W. C. Winn. Edgewood?W. M. McLendon. J Shandon?Hamlin Ethridge. j Waverly and Bethel?J. A. Camp bell. Edgefield?J. R. Walker. Fairfield?C. M. Peeler and E. W. j Mason, supernumerary. | Gilbert?C. S. Felder. Graniteville and Vaucluse?J. H. \ Thacker. Johnston?E. H. Beckham. Leesville?A. E. Driggers. Leesville circuit?G. K. Way. Lexington?J. E. Rushton. Lexington Fork?C. W. Burgess. North Augusta?C. E. Peele. Ridgeway?J. P. Winningham. Springfield?S. H. Booth. Swansea?J. U. Inabinet. Wagener?W. D. Quick. Columbia College?W. W. Daniel, president. Epworth Orphanage?W. B. Wharton, superintendent. Student to Vanderbilt University ?J. W. Lewis. Florence JWstrict. s w. a. ;\i<ti)acucdu, picsiumg uiuvi Bennettsville?Peter Stokes. c Bennettsville circuit?M. W. Hook. , Brightsville?M." F. Dukes. Bethlehem?J. G. Farr. Cheraw?M. Auld. g Chesterfield?L. L. Bedenbaugh. Darlington?Trinity?R. B. Turnipseed. Epworth?F. S. Hook. Darlington circuit?E. R. Mason. East Chesterfield?T. B. Owens. ? Florence?R. E. Turnipseed. 1] Hartsville?B. G. Murphy. a Jefferson?J. A. Graham. B " Lamar?B. M. Robertson. s Liberty?J. H. Moore. c Marlboro?J. B. Weldon. J" McBee?J. L. Tyler. --- ? Continued on Page 4, Column 5. . ^ 1 ^ ^ BLEASE WON'T INTERFERE. ^mmmV: hinks Young and Garlington Should Confess and Explain All. Columbia, Dec. 5.?Gov. Blease ave out this afternoon a statement lying that he saw no reason at this me to interfere with the sentence f Garlington and Young, wreckers f the Seminole Securities Company. [e thinks they ought to confess. If trcumstances indicating justificaon for interference should later be rought to his notice he might do amething for them. r . .... .': The governor intimates that evi ence having important bearing on tie case has been covered up to hi eld others. Circuit Court Clerk Walker has ot yet transmitted the judgment in be case to the sheriff, so no arrests ave been made.' The governor handed reporters the ollowing written statement as to j Arlington and Young: "These young ^ len have my deepest sympathy, ,and ' fear that they have not taken adantage of the opportunity which resented itself to clear up their conection with the Seminole transac ions, v^ny iney aecimeu iu gu uyuu y* be witness stand and make a fall i, ';y? reast of the entire matter and give n honest and true account of their ! ransactions and dealings, I can not . mderstand. From information, howver, which I have . received, in re- v ard to transactions carried on in "'-tiM he city of Columbia and in the city . . f Augusta, in. regard to the original" v iocuments of this company, I am caa-Xr. trained to believe that there have leen hidden, for the purpose 'of..V hielding others, the true facts in hf case. However, this was a ma?- " ; er for these defendants and their egal advisers and not for me/ ' 7/^8 "From the showing, made before ne and from the petitions preented, I do not see that I now have iufflcient grounds upon which to* nodify or set aside the judgments . 3 >f the c6urts by granting either^ a \ sOmmutation *0" pardon ^ to the de endants. However, 11 later on satis actory evidence of their innocence v ihould be presented, I will exercise . uch clemency as I think it just and ^ > roper.* I feel very sorry indeed for ^ he parents of these young men. They lave my heartfelt sympathy, and I irmly believe that there are others 5^ connected with .this matter who ihould be punished, but the fact of ?.&jj he guilt of the others does not jus- ^jgg Jfy me in undoing what has been , lone' by. the courts in this case, and.. n dismissing, the petitions. It is., ny hope , thai for their good name ind,that of their parents, the defend- ."eM ints will do later-what, in my opinon, they should have done at the Vtl line of their trial, make a full and '-A >peh statement of their transactions ^ ^ n this matter, and in doing so at- . ivWA ;empt to shield none." svomax1olled"at hot suppebt, lbi)t Aimed at Rival Kills the Be^ .; 1 loved?Peculiar Coincidence. Manning, Dec. 4.?Last Saturday light a negro woman named Florila Lawson was shot and killed at Silver, ten miles west of Manning, According to reports received here, a lot supper was in progress at the lome of Jim Conyers, and Harrison > >1 iVells objected to Jim's dancing with sfj Horilla without his consent. An al;ercation followed and Jim attempted <o shoot Harrison, but missed him . md killed Florilla. After doing the' ^ shooting Jim made his escape, and las not been beard of since, although. > Sheriff Gamble has endeavored to-ap- "/ # j irehend him. It is a singular coincidence that on he same date seven years ago a iegro named Ed Mack shot and kill- j / k1 Dave Conyers at Silver, ^nd was ifterwards convicted and hanged for : ;he crime. Subsequently Ed's widow narried Jim Conyers, the man who las now committed . another homicide. \ lSt s Hang Negro Murderer. v ^ Washington, Ga., Dec. 5.?Three 1 J + t-~ 4-UrC juurs itucr ut; u<tu uccu suut iu mc face by John C. Hollenshead, the - f brother of the man he murdered, T. B. Walker, the negro whose sensational escapes have made him a fanous criminal in this section, was egally hanged here this afternoon. Walker killed Charles Hollenshead, i wealthy white merchant, October 28. Later he was taken by a mob rom an officer, but escaped. He was japtured, sentenced to death, and vhen being brought here from Augusta to be hanged escaped again. Je was caught, and after being sen^ enced this morning was shot while * n the court room. The court house was crowded when * he shot was fired and consternation eigned for a time; many believing he negro had made another break or liberty. The bullet ' passed | hrough Walker's right cheek, inlicting only a slight wound. He was tanged at 2 o'clock. Hollinshead, the negro's assailant, i:Vin had been a member of the DOS- -..A e which had been searching for Valker for four days before he was aptured, had advised his companons to allow the law to take its ourse, with respect to the negro. He ollapsed immediately after the hooting. - 4 , Heir Apparent. Said an up-town politician to his . on: "Look at me! I began as an nspector of elections, and here I am ,n alderman-at-large; and what is \:4 ny reward? Why, when I die, my on will be the greatest rascal in the ity." To which the young hopeful eplied: "Yes, dad, when you die? ut not till then." . ;f Smile?get the habit. ; . | ' * -