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^ DEATH FOR OPIUM SELLING. Measures Employed to Eradicate Traffic in Opium. - Hankow, China, Jan. 4.?Statements have been received from 75 , missionaries in the 13 provinces regarding opium suppression. ** The general trsna 01 cue k: v iuciiv.^ is, according to the Central China Post, that the new regime, where it is well established, is more thorough than in the old four provinces, and that the death penalty has been inflicted in several instances of ofi fences against the opium laws. *- Szechuan, Honan, Anhwei and Chekiang are using troops freely to prevent poppy cultivation. Kweichow province, which has been unsettled since the revolution, is given up to opium growing more largely than ever, but the remainder of the re L k ports are generally favorable, all ' agreeing that the present officials desire the suppression of opium growing. V- Some poppy sown this winter will be found in the hill country and border-lands, where rule is lax, but it is doubtful that the crop will be allowed to come to harvest. Anyway it will be infinitesimal compared with I the years before the suppression began. t All the reports agree that Hunan province, which was recently cited as an instance of relapse, is virtually clear of opium crops and that the / suppression of the sale and smoking of opium is severef than ever. Absolute prohibition is enforced in many parts, and it is noticeable that \ Ichang, which formerly had an enormous opium export, now exports none. The price of opium is at present fur hierher than formerly in all parts of China. In some places the increase in price is twenty-fold, indicating the strength of the suppression movement. TRAIN STRIKES DEAF MUTE. f ???? Injuries to Kingstree Darkey May Prove Fatal. Kingstree, Jan. 1.?Adolphus McFadden, a deaf and dumb colored man about 30 years old, was struck by a south-bound extra freight this afternoon about 3 o'clock, just north of Main street crossing, and was seriously if not fatally injured. He had been assisting in loading cotton seed into empties on the siding and was attempting to cross the main line from the end of cars on the s g, ' when the train struck him, crushing his left leg. He received internal injuries also which, it is feared, will result fatally. "Dummy," as he was known, is a good unoffensive fellow, and is a favorite of all, especially of the boys. ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF v Clarence Plunkett Badly Hurt While Hunting in Aiken County. \ Aiken, Jan. 5.?Clarence Plunkett, the 20-year-old son of Mr. P. F. Plunkett, accidentally shot and seriously, though not fatally, wounded himself while out hunting yesterday on the plantation of Mr. A. W. Reynolds, six miles north of the city. Young Plunkett had paused in the chase and was standing upon a log making a survey of his surroundings when the gun slipped and, the hammer striking the log, discharged, the load of lead entering the side of the head and tearing away the ear. Though painfully wounded and suffering loss of blood, the young man will recover, is the opinion of Dr. ,f Hastings Wyman, Jr., the attending physician. ~ This is the second accidental shooting of this week in Aiken county resulting from hunting, the first occurring near Mount Pleasant, when Luther Ergle shot and wounded his son, Cleveland Ergle, Thursday afternoon. Both are from GranT iteville. Despite the fact that he carries about 40 No. 6 shot in his breast, the young man is getting > along nicely and will recover. BLAZE AT BENNETTSVILLE. Building Occupied by Telegraph Company and Cafe Destroyed. Bennettsville, Jan. 5.?The building occupied by the Western Union k- Telegraph Company and the Dixie Cafe was burned last night. The loss of the owner of the building, A. J. Matheson, is about $2,500, covered by insurance. The Dixie Cafe's loss is about $400, with no insurance, and that of the Western Union Telegraph Company $150 or $200. The ? origin of the fire is unknown, but it i6 supposed to have started near the cafe's stove flue. The entire block, made up of the handsomest buildings in town, was in imminent danger, but the splendid work of the fire department held the losses down to the figures given. This block was swept by fire a few years ago. The fire at that time J started within a few feet of where the fire started last night. ACTION TO DISBAR B. B. EVANS Lyon Presents Allegations to Su preme Court. Columbia, Jan. 6.?Attorney Gen eral Lyon this morning brought ti the attetnion of the supreme cour of South Carolina alleged acts o Barnard B. Evans, a member of tin { Columbia bar, and asked the court V ' take such notice of the matters stat ed as deemed wise. The action i considered the beginirng of proceed ings to disbar Mr. Evans. The supreme court took the paper: and the matter under adivsement. In the petition of the attorney gen eral, which was filed with the cour this morning, in its original juris diction, it is alleged that Barnard B Evans slandered Sheriff Sample, Sen ator Crouch and Eugene Able, all o Saluda, and collected certain money which he failed to turn over to tlr proper parties, and forged the name of two Edgefield citizens to note which were discounted at a Colum bia bank. Barnard B. Evans was an oppon ent of J. Fraser Lyon in the race las summer for attorney general alonj with J. R. Earle and Thomas H. Pee pies, the latter defeating Mr. Lyon ii the second primary. The charge which Mr. Evans made against Mr Lyon and the bitterness and boldnes with which the latter denounced Mr Evans as a "forger and liar" stirrei the whole State and made their rac I second only in point of interest t< that between the candidates for gov ernor. After reciting the fact that Bar nard B. Evans was admitted to th< practice of law on December 10 1QA9 tho not it inn of the attorne I general alleges: That a check for $198.99, drawi on the Union Savings Bank, of Au gusta, Ga., by J. Frank & Son, ii favor of George L. Salter, of Saluda in October, 1906, and sent to B. B Evans, attorney for Salter at Saluda to be delivered to him, was endorse* by Evans as attorney and the pro ceeds never turned over to Salter that thereafter upon demanC of Salt er, Frank & Son paid to him the sun of $198.99. The affidavit of Georg< L. Salter and the original of one let ter that passed between George R Rembert, of Columbia, and B. W Crouch, of Saluda, in regard to thi matter and copies of nine other let ters passed between the same partie are attached to the complaint. A copy of the indictment returne* against B. B. Evans for forgery b; the grand jury of Saluda county i: December, 1908, is attached to thi petition. The collection of an account of th Murray Drug Company against T. E Bates for $103, through B. B. Evan at Saluda in 1906, which, it is alleg ed, Evans never turned to the Murra; Drug Company, is recited, and W. J Murray and J. Nelson Friarson ar named as material witnesses. The charge made by B. B. Evans i] the campaign last summer to the ef feet that Sheriff B. B. Sample stole certain receipt from his office in Sa luda, and his other charges agains Sample, together with a statemen signed by citizens of Saluda denyin the charges against Sample, are re ferred to and made a part of the com plaint. The petition says that the charg against Sheriff Sample was with "ma licious intent" and that Evans, whe: he made them, knew them "to be uf terly false." That complaint also alleges that t" B. Evans, at the Spartanburg cam paign meeting last summer, di "falsely and with malicious intent make a statement concerning B. \\ 1~1 TP W A lilo nf Sallies V^iuuuii aiiu 1^1. >? . nun/, vt ?. that if the Aetna and Hartford Fir Insurance companies had done thei duty Messrs. Able and Crouch woul be behind the bars as incendiaries that one of the persons was caugh in the act and compromised and th other destroyed the libraries of a] the lawyers in Saluda, and the Ian guage of the complaint continues That on said occasion he further re ferred to the said B. W. Crouch an E. W. Able as blind tigers, thieve and incendiaries, well knowing th said statement to be utterly false." McDavid Horton, of the Columbi State; Wyatt A. Taylor, of the Cc lumbia Record, and L. H. Wanna maker, Jr., of the News and Couriei who reported the Spartanburg meet ing for their respective papers, ar given as material witnesses to prov this charge. Another paragraph of the com plaint 6ays: "That the reputation c the said Barnard B. Evans for hor esty, fair dealing, uniform truth an veracity is bad; it is believed tha various members of the Columbi bar will testify to the correctness c the above charges." It io nllpe^prl that R "R Rvans i 1898 and 1899, discounted two note at the Carolina National Bank, on for $150, to which, it is alleged, h forged the name of J. D. AHen, c Edgefield, and one for an amour : not named, to which, it is allegec he forged the name of L. W. Rees< of Edgefield county. It is charge ? TRAFFIC OX GREAT LAKES. - Enormous Business of 1912 Surpassed All Records. . Washington, Jan. 5.?Traffic on 3 the Great Lakes during the last year t was greater than ever before, accordf ing to reports recevied by Capt. e Bertholof, commandant of the reve3 nue cutter service. Nearly 72,500,000 tons of freight s passed through the Soo Canal from ~ the upper to the lower lakes from , April 24 to December 19?the period s of navigation. This commerce, consisting principally of ore and grain, " was carried in 20,000 ships, the t greatest number of vessels passing " through the canal in one day being 124. A year ago only 53,500,000 " tons passed through the canal, f Despite this enormous business s there were only 79 violations of a e strict interpretation of the rules of s the department of commerce and las bor governing traffic through the ~ canal. Most were technical. Blease Fires Notaries, t y Columbia, Jan. 4.?Following out . his intention of appointing only 1 Blease men to office', Gov'. Blease this s morning continued his calling in of the commissions, issued to notaries s public, who are political opponents of his. Forty-eight prominent Coi lumbia men, the majority of them 3 lawyers, were "fired to-day. In to0 day's list appears the name of Alex. _ Rowland, former private secretary to the governor, and now a resident of _ Augusta, Ga. It is the intention of 0 the governor to continue the "weed( ing out" policy throughout the State y! and it is said that the next county taken up will be the Charleston list. a Many of those "fired" are bitter in . their expressions towards the gova ernor's action, and some say it is simply playing petty politics. Some of them pay their respects to him in strong terms and others are of the 1 opinion that his> action will cause a _ fight in the legislature and the mak; ing of an effort to take this power out _ | of his hands. Instead of making a a I wholesale dismissal, as was the case i , e two years ago, the governor appar_ ently is going through the lists in each county and removing the anti\ \ Blease men. There are some 5,000 s 1 notaries public in the State. This _ j action is causing some trouble tc s business concerns which have papers probated. Every one that holds a 3 commission is watching to see if their y heads will be the next ones to fall. a j Among those "fired" late yesterday e afternoon were three Columbia newspaper men. Those who "fell" to-day e include the United States commisI. sioner, the chairman of the board of s law examiners, and many other . prominent men. One included in the y list said that he didn't hold any comi. mission, not having applied since e the whole list were "fired" two years ago. n """" f_ Thurmond Will Win. ? 1 Chester, Jan. 4.?A number of l~ Chester People were in Columbia the ' past couple of days and it is being quietly rumored there, so it is said cr 53 here to-day, that both Senators Tillman and Smith have alreadj ^ J TTMUAJ Ofn+ftn T^iof Pioi StJWtJU up Lilt; UUUCU o co. loo jl/wuivi Attorneyship and handed it over tc J. W. Thurmond, ex-solicitor, ol Edgefield; that he will get it and nc 11 one else. The whole thing has beer mapped out, according to reports ^ brought here from Columbia. i- that when action was brought by the d bank against the alleged signers oi the notes, the alleged fact as tc r. Evans forging the signatures was esi> tablished. Certified copy of judge ment roll in Allen case is attached tc r complaint and as to second note, L. d W. Reese, W. A. Clark and Wilic ; Jones are given as material witnesst es to the allegations, e It is charged that B. B. Evans, il while acting as agent for the Ameril can Bonding and Trust Company, oi : Baltimore city, collected mony on !- premiums of bonds issued by this d company from various people and s failed to turn over to the company e the sum of $260.37 thus collected. A copy of the judgment obtained by a such company against Evans in the ?- Richland county court is attached. l- Attorney General Lyon, in closing *, his petition, says: "That the certified records herein referred to, as e well as the letters and copies of lete ters, together with all other information contained herein, have been put i- in the hands of your informant at va>f rious times during the past two and i- one-half years, and he has, on acj - - - *- - ? 1 * ? ? /* /> ^ in o u count or navmg uetm eugagcu m u .t political contest with the said Barna ard B. Evans, hesitated until this >f time to bring these matters to the attention of this honorable court, n but now finding that there is prob ? ohlv nr> nthpr mnnner nr means b\ e which this honorable court may be e put in position to take notice of the >f facts herein this information is filed it "Wherefore, your informant prays 1, that the court may take such notice 5, of the matters and things herein statd ed as they deem proper." \ BBBbBBBBS wBBHra^ ^^pr1 Now is the time to nut in a cnrinlv nf v I f1*- " ""rrv " Legal Blanks of all j 1 1 I i _ !?r 1 Kinas. Lei us print A -i -1 them with your | name in them and 1 thereby save your- j self a lot of writing. I We have in stock ? Land Rent Liens, Bill of Sales, i Note and Mortgages, Chattel Mortgages, Tides, Bonds, and any other kind |f Rl^nlrirAii mav ! Ui liiailli Jf i/u mujr want. We also *| have a swell line of | n/i ! 1 marriage teruiitaies . . M ! 1 M ranging in price I from 10c to 25c. j Write or come to . . - - . 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