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ASSERTS HIS IXXOCEXCK. > Vaughn Denies Having Made Confes- I sion in Baltimore. Columbia, Sept. 30.?Evidently laboring under strong emotion and I with voice somewhat broken by stress t of a realization of his serious plight, c T. U. Vaughn, former head of the \ Odd Fellows' Home, at Greenville, c 1 this morning denied making a con- t fession that he was guilty of im- a proper and criminal treatment of girl e inmates of the institution under t which charge he rests in a cell on the 1: lower floor of the main building at I: the State penitentiary. \ The governor has called a special a term of court to give trial to Vaughn, -iota K^ino- Or>tr?hor 91. The at-I I luc uaic ^ ? v. . torneys for Vaughn have asked for c a change of venue and this step may e result in a delay of the trial. 1 Vaughn said that his case was in t the keeping of his lawyers and he re- t alized that he could not discuss the c matter for publication, as it might t affect the conduct of the case very i materially. However, he intimated y that there were motives behind the prosecution that placed him in an un- r fair light, although he said he be- 1 lieved that the reaction might set in \ and he would profit by a revulsion of i sentiment. He deplored repeatedly t the news story sent out from Balti- t more in which it was stated that he a confessed. t "How such a view could have been c caused by my remarks I cannot un- t derstand," he continued. "What T a meant was that I was glad that the a time had arrived when the whole matter might be brought to a settlement in a proper way." He denied that he hinted that friends in Greenville had helped him escape. He said I he did not refer to the escape from u the Greenville jail. He said he did s not say that his friends were work- 1< ing in his behalf. ^ "Some newspapers have created a false sentiment against me," he said, "V "to gratify public curiosity, though others have been fair to me." ^ "Just say to the public, that I await with confidence the approach j of the day of the trial and feel that when the tide of sentiment has fully turned the other way, I will be able * to prove that I am a victim of false circumstances." ^ 0 Vaughn did not explain what he meant by his hint that enemies of j > his were responsible for the situation, saying that he preferred not to i go into details in advance of his trial, ) leaving the defence of the case in the Q hands of his lawyers. 4 ? A Counterargument. ? General Basil Duke, of Louisville, one of the few surviving brigadiers c of the Confederacy and the com- " mander of Morgan's cavalry, following the death of his brother-in-law, General John Morgan, told this story recently at a reunion of the survivors of the Battle of Shiloh, says the Sat- * I urday Evening Post. He said that during one of the Tennessee campaigns Morgan's men 1 surprised and drove back a regiment * of Federal troopers. In the midst of the retreat one of the enemy, who was mounted upon a big bay horse, suddenly turned and charged the victorious Confederates full tilt, waving his arm and shrieking like mad as he bore down upon them alone. c Respecting such marvelous courage, * the Confederates forebore shooting c the approaching foe; but when he ,r was right upon them they saw there was a different reason for his foolhardiness. He was a green recruit. His horse had run away with him?the bit had broken; and white as a sheet and scared stiff, the luckless youth was being propelled straight at the whooping Kentuckians, begging for mercy as he came. Jeff Sterritt, a noted wit of the command, stopped the horse and made a willing prisoner of the rider. . Sterritt, who had not washed or ' shaved for days and was a ferocious V looking person, pulled out a big pis- ^ tol. "I don't know whether to kill .you right now," he said, "or wait until tlie fight is over!" "Mister," begged the quivering .captive, "don't do it at all! I'm a dissipated character?and I ain't prepared to die!" A Slip of the Tongue. 1 Aunt Mandy had obviously no intention of perverting the truth, but her testimony had been so evidently colored by the excitement of the oc- j casion that at its conclusion the ] judge requested the court stenogra- 1 pher to read the transcript, so that j the witness might correct her state- t ments. t The stenographer began: j "What is your name?" j "Amanda Johnson." "What is your age?" i "Fifty-eight." I "Foh de land's sakes, jedge!" ' broke in the excited Amanda. "Did < Ah say Ah was fifty-eight yeahs old? j ] Ah mus' have been plum flustratei 1 ] Ah shorely mus'. Why, dat ain't ma ; aige, jedge?dat's mah bus' meas- j ure!"?Saturday Evening Post. 1 LOST BRIDE AM) MONEY. Rejected Suitor, who Travels Many i Miles, Tells Strange Story. Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 27.?The United Charities had an application o-day from a well dressed, prosper>us looking intelligent white man, rho told a rather queer story. He leclared that he had no money and hat he had just come from Texas in nswer to a long series of correspond tnce irom a iauy m tmo wum.,1. mt; lad become engaged and he came lere to marry her, but when she saw lim she backed out, claiming that he ras older than his picture made him appear. The man gave his name as Ware, le stated that he had about $150 in ash, besides a lot of jewelry, jewiler's tools and things of that kind, le being a small jewelry dealer in he town where he resided. The lady old him that she had several hunIred dollars and would set him up in >usiness. He evidently sent her a )hotograph that was taken several 'ears ago. At any rate, about the time he arived here he became sick and was aid up in bed for two or three \-eeks. By the time he recovered lis money was all gone. He told he secretary of the United Charities hat he had been living on ten cents i day for four days, being too proud o beg and not caring to let his real ondition be known. The freight on lis supplies amounts to about $75 nd he is now trying to raise mat .mount and get down to work. TO SUDIE. ("What has become of your local >oet? Wake him up by beaming ipon him, by smiling upon him your weetest smiles." Extract from a etter to Sudie.) Vhy smile on me sweet Sudie. dear, On me whose heart is seared; Vhole hope for many a weary year Has in the by-gones disappeared. 'rue in thine eyes of gloomy might, And in thy form of magic grace, see the semblance of a wight, The sweetness of a heavenly face. i face so sweet, a face so fair; A matchless face divine, ind beauty had her dwelling there As now she has in thine. Jut why within this bosom wake The dim and smouldering flame; f kindled 'tis for your own sake, Then who must bear the blame. 5hould it become the flame of love, The raging and consuming fire, !uch as the love Promethean dove Brought forth to kindle Vulcan's ire. >udie if you may, those smiles benign; Smiles that can pierce the heart? lemember that this breast of mine Resists not Cupid's dart. \.nd if this breast should wounded bleed By heavenly smiles of thine, fhen will you heal or will you heed Tne wound mat may ue mine: ?"THE LOCAL POET." Potato-Hill Philosophy. The more carefully you go into learly everything the more the distdvantages show up. Mules are about the most worthy mimals I know anything about. They work hard and live on half that i horse requires. I never knew a nule to kick any one or run away, ret no one ever looks at a mule vithout saying "whoa there!" Why not introduce the recall in lecisions of parents about their chilIren? Many children are treated mjustly by angry and unreasonable parents. The suffragette attitude toward he men is the attitude of a Democratic politician toward a Republican administation; that is to say, it s -unfair, untrue and demands more ;han God can grant. It will be a matter of great regret :o T. R. that he cannot attend his >wn funeral and note how the nourners "take on." > Pessimism is always nearer the ;ruth than optimism. It is a very bad sign if cranks are 'riendly to you.It is a woman's duty to be good tt> tXT ATnnfhlv UUlVillg.?"JD, VV IlVITt O JXVUVUAJ Rat Goes Frogging. This morning Will Norman heard i noise down by the springhouse that le thought emanated from two or nore ferocious Thomas cats engaged n mortal combat. Mr. Norman has;ened to the spot bent on separating :he angry combatants, if possible, before they inflicted death or great bodly harm to each other's person. Imagfne his surprise, therefore, >vhen he beheld a goodly sized bullfrog in the clutches of a large rat. j The rat had gone into the water and ?aught the frog, and its squeaking had attracted the attention of Mr. N'orman, who rushed to his assistance and killed the rat. Thus his Frogship's life was saved.?Lynchburg Sentinel. NOTHING LEFT FOR HER IN LIFE j FO Order to Clear Atlanta Resorts Youj Drives Woman to Suicide. Atlanta, Sept. 25.?As a result of St orders of the chief of police, closing Lett all illegal resorts within five days, at t the outcome of the Men and Religion Whe Forward Movement in this city, Xel- dent lie Busbee, keeper of a resort, com- and mitted suicide to-day by plunging a terei dagger through her heart. She left er r a note saying her house had been lette closed, and there was nothing left not for her in life. ior 1 It was announced to-day that $10,000 in cash is ready for instant disposal by the Men and Religion Forward Movement in caring for those women from t'he resorts who desire to reform and lead honest lives. Ministers and other charitable workarre ers will visit the segregated district ? A jl 2-y to-morrow, it is said, to extend aid * to those caring to take advantage of A113. thre The crusade started yesterday by Chief of Police Beavers is one of the .. licei most important ever undertaken in Atlanta, religious workers claim, and . ' , stati will be followed by the closing of cheap hotels, boarding houses and other p.aces against which the po- , broi lice are able to secure evidence. Two girls, giving their names as Frances Willard and Margaret Han- J sell, and their home as Asheville, N. C., were arrested early to-day, - ^ and reported to have given the police valuable information concerning alleged disorderly resorts +im o throughout the city. The girls came here recently with a musical show, ( which became stranded two days af-1 e1^_ ter their arrival in Atlanta. calle c/lyji SAVED FROM ELETRIC CHAIR. 7 iron Isaiah Butel Crazy, .Says Insanity Commission?Spend Life in Pen. an(j tive The life of Isaiah Butler has been <jowi saved by the finding of the lunacy just commission which reported him in- W sane and he was not electrocuted at it wi the death house within the peniten- debil tiary walls to-day, as the original sentence imposed upon him by a . .1 t ... clam Charleston court prescribed. He will ^eg( spend the balance of his days in the penitentiary,, the sentence having been commuted. J. A Butler, a negro, has twice escaped the electric chair, the date for his execution having been postponed two weeks ago. The strange actions of the man had the appearance of degeneracy and led the officials to feel that an. investigation by experts would be worth while. j The following physicians composed the board of inquiry: Drs. W. M. Xotf Lester, S. B. Fishburne, and R. T. Jennings. In their report they arrived at the conclusion that Butler ^ was "totally irresponsible" and that he was "an imbecile at the time of hum the crime." riern Sam N. Hyde, the double murder- (3en* er, of Anderson county, will be elec- DoaJ trocuted October 1, the report of tion the insanity commission being M against him. His execution was also deferred to allow him to be examin- er ( ed by experts. Hyde, a white man, com shot his wife and her aged father. Kidi thp He has given the strange explanation that the reason he killed hi's wife was enj0 that hp lovpd her so much that he not could not live away from her. The en vise couple were living apart at the time . tx Oil of the murder. He went to her fath- 19 q { er's house and shot her. Her father interfered and was himself killed. M Hyde has expressed his regret that he killed the old man but has so far gar(j indicated no remorse or sorrow at the used killing his wife.?Columbia Record. ^me the Wesley Edwards's Fiancee. ! cent New Although she has taught her be- gtat loved pupils in the Sunday-school of R the little Dunkard church in the wild and and mountainous regions over the "*~* North Carolina line from Hillsville, | J| Va., the law and order of the outer world, Miss Maude Iroler, fiancee of Wesley Edwards, said to be the most dangerous of the Allen gang, bravely Gra< defends the man Edwards, with ta whom she was arrested at Des Meif ci Moines, la., after Edwards and his q^c uncle, Sidna Allen, had successfully R eluded the men who wanted them for Hou participating in the murderous raid ~~~ on the Hillsville court house last L? March. Miss Iroler defends him and thus: "Do I think he is guilty? Why, Thoi I don't see how that can make any difference. Once in a while every ates man who thinks anything of himself logu has to draw his gun, and you can't always tell who's right and who's wrong. Any how, right or wrong, I belong to him and I'll stick to him." "jjj Warrants for Two Officers. jS Sumter, Sept. 30.?Warrants have Hi been sworn" out for the arrest of C. p M. Young, rural policeman, an.l |fcn .Mack Morris, constable for Magistrate F. L. Player, of Shiloh, in c-onnection with alleged outrageous con- ^ duct toward two negro women, whom ga^ they had in charge. Bel 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any lar< case of Chills & Fever; and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not 1,011 return. Price 25c. Sup] Rub-My Tism will cure you. RCED TO SWALLOW POISON. ng Girl Seized by Unknown Men Poisoned. eubenville, 0., Sept. 25.?Miss ie Ward, 15 years old, who lives he home of Samuel Farmer, of eling, W. Va., was seized by uniified men near her home to-day held while poison was adminisI. She is expected to die. Farmecently had received anonymous rs threatening his life if he did leave the country. No reason the attack has been discovered. HOB THREATEXD NEGRO. aced Deaf and Dumb Black Pris* oner in Rome. ome, Ga., Sept. 28.?After being sted for an alleged assault on a ear-old white girl, John Orr, a and dumb negro, was taken to ntn lat-p this afternoon to escape atened mob violence. The sheriff four deputies and a squad of ponen guarded the prisoner from a e crowd which gathered at the on. The negro was prevented 1 accomplishing his purpose by cries of the girl's brother, which ight help. lorn Duor^ii ppm emu iiuiru^i!ii i uui Lt forth Carolina Man Suggests a Remedy eensboro, N. C.?"For a lone' I was so run down and debiliI that I could hardly drag around, ippetite was poor and I could not ) nights. I had tried different soid tonics without benefit. I was Bed to try your cod liver and tonic. Vinol, and I am so glad I for it gave me a hearty appetite, :>n commenced to sleep soundly, I feel strong, well and more acthan I have for years. Every runI or debilitated person should give Vinol a trial." K. Allsbrook. hat Vinol did for Mr. Allsbrook" II do for every weak, run-down or litated person in this vicinity. To r our faith we will furnish the cine free if it does not do as we ! 3. Come in and get a bottle on 3 terms. oples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. ldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. ?ral Practice. Loans Negotiated. PIRM FOUNDATION ling Can Undermine it in Bainberg. 5ople are sometimes slow to recze true merit, and they cannot darned, for so many have been bugged in the past. The expece of hundreds of Bamberg resis, expressed publicly through spapers and other sources, places q's Kidney Pills on a firm foundahere. rs. W. P. Herndon, Newbridge Bamberg, S. C., says: "When J suffering from backache and othlistressing symptoms of kidney plaint, I used a dox or uoan s ley Pills, which I obtained at Peoples Drug Co. They gave me if in a short time and I have since yed much better health. I do hesitate one minute to recomd Doan's Kidney Pills and adtheir use in cases of kidney ble." 5.) A Willing Re-Endorsement. r. Cain was interviewed on Janr 26, 1911 and he said: "I gladonfirm my former statement, reling Doan's Kidney Pills. I have 1 them occasionally since that s and they have always brought , most satisfactory results." or sale by all dealers. Price 50 s. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, York, sole agents for the United es. emember the name?Doan's? take no other. R. J. G. BOOZER DENTIST, DENMARK. Juate Baltimore College of DenI Surgery, Class 1907. iber South Carolina Dental Assoation. :e Rooms 1-2 Citizens Exchange ank Building. rs: 9-12 and 2-5 every day. 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