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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. JJYNCHKD THEM BOTH For tho Murder of Mr. W. K. Jay Near Troy, S. C. THEY ACCUSED EACH OTHER. IM?i? und \VU"o Quarreled and Jay Ordered Vouoa Then Uu? or tho Other Shot His Head Off Prom Their House. A "special dispatch to Thc State from Gleenwood of Saturday says Will Iv. Jay, one of the most prominent: young tanners of the Troy section of tills county, was foully murdered in his Own yard "Friday" evening between (5 and 7 o'clock by either Oliver Wk'e man or bis wife, two negroes living on his place. ISoth negroes weic made to pay thc death penalty for their deed by an infuriated crowd ol' Mr. Jay's neighbors and friends. From all accounts, many of which differ, the following is offered as thc most nearly correct of how thc killing occurred: Air. Jay lives in a new house about three and one-halt' miles from Troy. This place has never been inclosed and the negro cabin formerly occupied by the negroes is within about 2? or .'IO yards of the residence. Mr. Jay was .'returning to his bouse after attending to some business iii thc neighborhood and when close to his house bc heard the two negroes making considerable disturbance in thc cabin/lt seems that thc man was abusing or lighting his wife and they were both quarreling and resisting, lt was to stop this dis turbance that lead Mr. Jay to their home, which as slated, is only about 30 yards from His own house. On his arrival he ordered the negroes to bc quiet-that if they could not be they could not stay on his place, im mediately alter this Mrs. Jay, who was in her house, heard thc report of a gun. She ran to the. door and looked out, and saw the two negroes, man and wife, running away from their ?cabin. Jailing to them, she asked -what was thc matter, but thc negroes made no answer and kept oh running. Failing to get any response from them she called loudly to he husband. There was no response. She was then wild with lear and began looking over the yard, and in a short v.lv.V. found him dead in a poul of his own '. blond. Almost his,- entire head had been blo'vV?r Cit/' Death was instan taneous. The alarm was at once given and the immediate neighbors rushed in. The news ol' the horrible murder spread rapidly. Carriages started in all directions. A telephone furnished the uews to Troy and nearby towns, . and the whole country for miles \ rohnd-was s;ion being litcra'lv scour oa'tor tncji.^.o.?icrs. j-. f A party of men coming towards thc place from a section of thc community a few miles near Mr. Jay's home, met two negroes Ja thc road, a man and a woman. The parly did not know thc negroes, but arrested them on suspi cion and carried them back tb t he place of Inquest. They were tho guilty O??! When examined both acknowl edged thc deed, but accused each other of committing lt-thc man said tim woman did il. and thc woman said tile man did it. They never changed from this, but died accusing each other of the crime. Thc gun with which thc murder was committed was carried to old Hill Wf derna n's house, the tallier <u the man, and left there while thc two started out in Hight. They were go ing towards Edgclicld when caught. After the inquest the two negroes were turned over to the constable, who started tb jail with them. At the Winterscatbridge they wen- slop ped by a crowd pf Infuriated friends and neighbors and lynched. The lynching occurred about midnight. ls Now a Pact. Wireless telegraphy is now an as sured fact. The Halifax Chronicle announces that wireless telegraphic communications lia ve. been suceessf ut ily established by Marconi between Capo lindon and Cornwall, langland. A message has already been sent lo King Edward by Lord Minto. Gov ernor-General of Canada, and also one to thc King of Italy. Dr. Parkin. M. P., of Toronto, special correspondent of thc London Times, also had a mes sage transmitted. Marconi has been at Table Head for the last eight weeks working steadily. The wins were all removed and installed anew, thc fa mous Coherer being replaced by anothi r wonderful invention bf Marconi, called a magnetic detector, which gives most satisfactory results and which end btes the transmitter to attain grenier speed and accuracy. The inventor . lias itlso established at his Table Head station ono of thc world; lt was thought that until a similar current was established at the Cornwall sta tion satisfactory results would n<>t tic had. Tests were made frequently during the last few weeks, but the greatest secrecy was maintained. Last week communication was estab - lished._._ il Si reef Duel. At Nichols, Ga., on Wednesday Sam P, Padgett and J. C. P.iiehniian.ybuiig white mon, fought an impromptu duel on thc street, as a consequence of which Padgett is dying and linchar?an is seriously wounded. The two young men married sisters, and while tlie cause of thc trouble is not known it is believed to bc a family disagreement. Padgett and .Ihichanan have hereto fore been friendly, but oh meeting "Wednesday each drew a revolver and . began shooting. Padgett was shot through the chest near the heart and cannot recover._ Sania OliiiiH Scorched. A dispatch from Georgetown lo The State says Tuesday night at a . Christmas tree celebration iii that city, Dr. lt, S. Hailey, who was acting as Santa Claus, was painfully but tint .'"judy burned. -His clothing ac \WFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Twenty-eight Killed and Many Seri ously Wounded. Thc most frightful railroad acci dent in tile annals of the past decade happened a short distance from the little station of Wanstead, Can., on Hie .Sarnia branch of thu Grand Trunk railway, Saturday night. The trains in collision were tho Papille Express and a freight. The express was run ning nearly two hours late and was making fast time. Tile freight was endeavoring to make a siding to get clear of tim express, but failed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crash the locomotives reared up and fell over in a ditch, the baggage car of Hie ex press telescoped the smoker and in an instant t he shrieks and cries ot" the wounded and thc dying Kited thc air. The loss of life is "i.s. The injured will number considerably more, anti many of fliese may die. Many ol' the. dead were terribly mu te lated, lhads we e cut off, legs wrenched from the bodies and the level stretch of snow became crimson with thc bl: cd of thc victims. The responsibility for the accident Ins not been definitely lixed, but it. is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. The operator at one of the stations where thc two trains stopped gave an order to thc freight to pass No. 5, the Pjcilie Express, at "Wanstead. in thc system of the Grand Trunk this order should have been duplicat ed, a c my being given to thc conduc tor amt engineer of the express. In stead ol' t his the conductor of the ex press received a clearance order, tell ing him lo run right through. The freight train meantime had slopped at Wanstead, to sidetrack, and was telescoped by the express. The budd ing storm which was raging reudercci objects invisible at i he distance ufa few feel. The operator at Wanstead is nor- usually on duly at night but last evening he happened'to be in the olliee for a short, t ime, ''le was going out at Hie door when he heard the telegraph instrument click- repeatedly the message: ."Sion No. "."'/'Slop No. 5." Seizing a lantern the. operator dash ed for tile door and as he closed il- be hjihd he beard thc crash of the col lision up thc rack. /There was nota house at hand to which thc injured could bc carried. Fortunately, however, the two Pull man cars on tim train did not sustain any damage. Thoy wefi? wann and comfortable and were converted into a temporal y hospital. Thc injured were placed in thc hort/is and every thing possible done toe'.-, so their suf fering. Tho Cold V no. 'Ph,, rnUnwinii hnlle? j O^lied ErMfa? by Obsewor "? Lauer S !om Columbia shows that Hie severe wea (her is gen eral: "The severest chid wave of the season covers the upper Mississippi valley where the temperatures range from zero to 2(1 below. Thc cold wave carried the freezing line sou th va rd to Northern Florida, with light frost at .1 ackson vi Ile, Southern A ta bama, west ward thrc.iiph Cv.-.t...;.! Texas. The Pa cilic slope is much warmer, with rainy weather prevailing. Ir, i,s snowing hi the lake regionsj upper New England and Iii" Ohio valley. Portland. Me., had over lo inches of snowfall during thc past 21 hours. Generally clear weather prevails over thc southern States except along I bc coast where it is cloudy. The highest reported temperature Friday was so at Los Angeles, the lowest Saturday morning was 2U below zero at Huron, S. I).'' A (?feat Sensation. A dispatch from Dresden says all Saxony is agog wit .ltcrcst and spec ulation resulting irom Hie Hight of Crown Princess Louise, who said her husband was a "beast,"' and that she would ncv. r again rel urn lo the court. lt .seems that the Princess eloped with a French tutor, who bad been em ployed to teach the children. She is an Austrian arehduehness. being the eldest daughter of Archduke Ferdi nand, who represents the Tuscan branch of Hie Austrian imperial fami ly. She was born al Salzburg in IS70 and married al Vienna in ism. She is considered one of the prettiest prin cesses in Europe, being endowed with great personal charin, keen Intelli gence, learning and modesty. Thc crown prince is a line looking, soldier ly mau of ;i7 years. There are live children of i lie marriage, Hie eldest, Prince George, being nearly IO years o?d. The lt a i I mad Help. The Columbia State says a short timi! ago the slate treasurer wrote a letter lo thc different railroad compa nies asking Hiern if convenient lo pay their annual taxes into the State t reasury. The Unes of thc Southern and Atlantic (.'oast Linc systems have complied with this request of thc trensurt r and have paid their laxes to thc various county treasurers. This relieves considerably the danger of a stringency in money al the close o? i he year when Hie interest on I ho Stale debi must bi mel. No doubt ?lie readiness ol' the roads lo compiy luid case thc State's financial condi tion will bc properly appreciated by tlc people of thc Slate. Treasurer Jennings ls urging every county treas urer in thc Stale to remit thc State taxes as rapidly as they arc received, and hopes to secure a su ilici?n f sum to tide over the term of stringency. Needed lu Hawaii. Thomas fori une. special labor com missioner appointed by Secretary Shaw to visit the Philippines and Hawaiian islands is at Honolulu. In an inter view io The Star lie said: "I believe thc importa! ion of negroes there forms a natural solution of the dltu euily which unavoidably hil lows the absorption of t topical or semi-tropical eounliioi by Hm I/'ni ted Stales. In thc Southern Stales and in the Caro linas the negro made thc industries what they are." The commissioner ?aid lhere mighti be diillculty in ou tlining the negro-, but lie thought BUtho planters could get all they BHtal if they sent the righi, sort of SHB^^-'-'I' them. "You could get :>I8BU'c 'n siv months,'. he said. THIRTY INJUEED By the Explosion of . Gas at Eot Springs, Arkansas. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. A Crowd Wns Ctulhci'cd to flenr Jlctui-ns From Now Orleans Knees When thc ICxplo-' sion Occurred. At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes day afternoon in the cellar of thc turf exchange, a club house and pool room operated by Chambers & Walker, the building was badly damaged and HO people were injured, 1(> of them being in a serious condition. Thc must seri ously injured are: li. C. Chambers, one of the proprie tors of thc turf exchange, both lec,s and both wrists broken. "Wm. Jiclwig. a blind man, manager of a bath house, both iegs broken, will die. Thc injured are: ,1. .S. Meeks, Hot Springs, Ark., both legs broken. Joseph face, hotel keeper, Hot Spings, both legs broken. Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs, both legs broken. J ames Gowen, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Wm. Mctzcr, a boy, Hot Springs, both legs broken and skull fractured, will die. James Couglih, plumber, Hot Springs, leg broken. C. C. Parker, Milwaukee, "Wis., both legs broken. Al. -F. HotehskilV, Hot Springs, knee fractured. T. O/.ier, engineer, liol, Springs, both legs broken. II. George, New York, leg broken. F. Cranfield, Cincinnati both leys broken, ribs crushed. Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm broken. Eugene Daly, Hot Springs, both legs broken. I Thos. Poclan, telegraph operator, Hot Springs, badly cut. Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence un known, leg broken, also badly eui. Twelve others sustained bruises and slight injuries. About 4 o'clock Wednesday after noon tim poolroom was crowded with more than IOU persons. Just as a race in "New Orleans was being called by thc operator the door of the build ing seemed to rise In an instant and a report that shook thc building rang out. The news of the explosion Spread rapidly and soon Central avenue was jammed-with people. The police and tiremeu Lo(i^ ebiriie. or t.i.o. ^..inii?? ,?.,C che AYoin.. o.' ?coo?c began., ??et. were pulled from under the building in a terribly shattered state. One of the most pitiable sights was when "Billy"' 1 lol wig, thc blind manager of the Lamber bathhouse was taken from I the ruins. Helwig is widely known to thousands of visitors who come to Hot, Springs annually. ? ? il, G. Chambers, one of the proprie tors of the turf exchange, is one of thc best known sporting men in the Country: His condition is serious. Thc injured were taken in charge by thc local physicians! The exact cause of the explosion has not yet been determined, it is said by some that gas which escaped hi thc cellar of the building was ig nited in some manner, causing the terrible accident. Another report, which is probably currcct, says a driver of a gasoline wagon was liding a tani: in the cellar when thc explosion occurred. Lynched in Knnsns. At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christ mas day, Montgomery God Icy, a negro man, was taken from the jail and lynched by a mob because early Christ mas morning he had shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a policeman, while thc ot?cer was trying to protect . himself against a crowd of unruly negroes. At the first effort to lynch thc negro the rope broke. Some one -in the crowd then cut Godlcy's throat, sever ing thc jugular vein. After this he was hanged a second time. The shoot ingot' Policemen i tinkle occurred at a dance, which was attended by a large number of negro men and wo men from neighboring mining camps. Montgomery G od icy and his brother were drinking and had become very disorderly when Policeman Hinkle in terfered. Thc negroes became insult ing and, when Hinkle drew his club to defend himself, Montgomery (Mul ley slipped behind the policeman, grabbed tile olllccr's pistol and shot Hinkle behind tho. ear. The wound ed policeman was carried to thc City Hall, where he died sc vend hours later. Thc news of the shooting spread rapidly and a mob gathered in front of thc jail. Thc doors were battered in arid thc mob seized Montgomery findley, who, with bis brother, hail been arrested soon after the shoot ing. Tiley took the slayer to a telephone pole three blocks away and there hanged him. At li rsl. the negro was delimit, but just before lie was hanged bc begged hard for his life. l?Avnjjcs ol' Time. lu the singular 'allure of the old windows of York cathedral, t he glass has lost' mos! or Its transparency, and in places has become so perforated that it, crumbles af the slightest touch. To stop lilt; "disease" some ?lass of t he thirteenth and fourteenth ".enturies lias been removed, it is known that the hardest cement ls ionietlines disintegrated by chemical lotion set up hy minute organisms, md it is supposed that the destruct ion if the. glass ??as been due tus?me fun ills. Stand* by thc. N CK rn. Gov. Lung i no, of Mississippi, Wcd icsday issued a proclamation pifo ring if ty dollars reward for thc arrest arid :onviction of any person who forces a legro to leave ci thor, pf thc counties if Lincoln, Amito. Franklin or L'ike. Hundreds of negro residents have leen ordered to leave these counties luring the past f w months, being ter ved with notices supposed to oina latc from "whitccappcr" organlza Jons. THE MEANEST MAN. He ?as Boen Found .nt t?os Aurelea, Calil'ornia. Thc worst thing about some stories is that tlicy are lies. The worst tiling about tliis story is that it is literally true. Thc meanest man in Los An geles luis been found, the case hus been proved and "Next" lias been cillerl. It is doubtful, in fact, whether a .meaner man will be found anywhere. The story needs no ethbelishment. The simple facts are bad enough, and t his'.s just the way the events occur red. A well known woman went out rid ing a few days ago. .She had her pocketbook with her. The pocketbook contained some money. Therefore if is unnecessary to explain that the woman was not out shopping. She lost the pocketbook: When she rame hoinc she told her husband about thc loss. As to whether bc scolded her or not my informant does not say. At any rate, that evening thc family telephone bell rang and on answering it a man's voice was heard to make thc usual Inquiries, after which he sal ; ?und a pocketbook today con I' >g a card bearing your wife's ?. 1 supposed the book belonged t>. your wife. 1 have it at my ollicc." Thc thanks of the relieved Him Uv were freely poured over the wire, and sleep in that household was sweet that night. Next morning thc husband of the woman who lost thc pocketbook called at the ollicc of thc well-known gentle man who had telephoned. He was presented to a line looking person who was said to bc thc one who owned the foilhd property. The husband des cribed thc port monnaie accurately, including thc contents, and tho Under graciously acknowledged that the des cription was correct. The book was then produced and was promptly recognized. "1 am very much obliged to you for telephoning us of your lind," said thc g rat! lied visitor; then, as a matter of course, he added: ".Now, how much do t owe you for your kindness?" Thc other looked serious for a mo ment, and then replied slowly: "Well. 1 hardly know just how much to say. Well, let's say-no. lt's up to you." To say that the husband of thc pocketbook loser was surprised would be putting it mildly. Had he hoon haggling willi a pickpocket, street gamin or a beggar lie would not have been in the lei'st taken aback. Milt to hear that sort of a cool bid for a pit tance from II well dressed, grown-up man who had done au ordinary kind ness such as might be returnable any hour was more than he was prepared for. When he had recovered his breath he sa<4*~?H. ........>."L~H,U. ..hy, . -.rp. .r v>*\'Z7C ?r life, and hd.^io idea of the rules cus tomary governing" such cases. I should feel 'netter if you would name the amount yourself.". The man looked still more serious. Taking a pencil from Ids pocket, he began lo make ligures on a piece of pa por. . . : "liefs soe.'' he said, musingly, as he eyed the pocketbook. "Pretty good pocketbook, slightly worn -say, one fifty. Contents, three dollars and live cents - total, four ti f ty-fi ve. We might split thc dj ff.-no, say two dollars."' And he looked up at Iiis victim with Li io innocence of a child. Thc man dug info Iiis pocket speech lessly, and handed out $2, and started forthc door, ile thought he had had tile experience of his Hie. Not so. If the man's diminutiveness had been ex hausted, his nerve hadn't. I teaching into Ins vest pocket, he drew out a card, handed it to thc stu pi fled caller and said: "Herc's my card. In case you should ever want anything in our line wc would like to have you remember the man who found your wife's pock etbook."-Los Angeles Herald. Helped Hie HobOcrs. At. Chicago on Wednesday Police man Patrick Mahoneylwas found guil ty, and Daniel Curran, co-defendant, not guilty of burglary, by a jury which returned its verdict of a locally sensational case in Judge MeEwen's court today. The burglary of iiagc iha nil's jewelry store with which thc ilefendahts were charged, netted the robbers 810,000 for which $7,000 was recovered by thc police. .lames Clarie und an accomplice were convicted and served terms in the penitentiary. Lipon bis release Clark told a story io l be state's attorney which resulted in tbi' arrest of Curran a saloon keeper, nuil .Mahoney, a policeman, well known iud respected among his fellows. L'lary testified that Mahoney in full uniform stood guard while thc jewelry store was being looted. Hurtled to Dcnih. At Malone. V Y.. four persons were burned io death Christmas'day in tlie house of.Mibus King, of L'icrce lield a pull) and paper manufacturing j town in the Adirondacks. The lire bail gained such headway before it was discovered that Mrs. M. .1. Mc govern, king's eldest daughter, and lier three chi leren, who were sleeping ?ii thc lower Hour, were not able to ujc.?i (-ut and all were burned to death; t)ne of the children, whose body was found close to window, evidently had made heroic efforts to escape. King md his wife, with a few boarders on m upper door, escaped by jumping mt of the windows. One man was lairncil seriously. it ls not known liovv the lire started. Killed hy a Woman. News reached Mobile friday of thc killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile jay, of Fred Matthews, by a (laugh-' Lei of George Sprinkle. Matthews .vas a son of a former mayor of Scran en, Miss., where his remains were aken for bural. Tile details of thc [hooting are not known although one .cport stat.s that it was accidental. The Oem. 'v Hai ler Hillel Af Springville, ??la.;,eii Wednesday. I'rof. Jacob Forney, of Hie State uni rerslty, was accidentally killed while .hoot big- sparrows witli a parlor lille. I'ldf. Fori.?cy was a son of thc late daj. '.' VJohn H. Forney of the 'Army. J Experto ?Talio Charge of Considerable , ^ jib?sage'Near Columbia; 'f. ' : ,:?,'";. SOME '??ti?S TOE, PIONEERS. ? % ' ' ." . ?lr. .AVo?'??ii: Tulles About sb? o? Ui'-ljlnml County and Its K.');?iiUlHty* Tor Cultur? O? ?w?ea. .:. 'Plie O?fuhibla State says Mr.'H.S. W;uldet'i, iV?V"! is a natl ve of Halifax county. jjfirgThhi, bius. arrived in bbc city. IIiV??".t,ti?.t;xperfTn tob?ceo who litis bei n;uroiifrjit hereto'ti* kocharge of the c> ^vVitne?util farras to bc estab lished 1164V'I!-?tt Park by Mr. Fi H. Splitt -"- id ; -Mr. Waddell bas already ,ione over considerable la1ul in the vicinity o? Columbia atid inspect ed it. Ile bas long been a student of tobacco <?iitr,?r?< Thursday he closed, the cont* act with Mr. Hyatt for the'' cultiv?t bu of 50 acrcs.and will doubt less take r>0 acres also for.parties own ing adjol ting lands. Mr, Waddell has ?liso closed with Mr. HulYman to fur nish au <.>:pavt to manage 'fi? acres of Iiis land across the river to place in itt 111 vatr?n. He is ready now to in ?pecfc tb. iftnd of any others in the :ouut-y dr?irm^ lp plant tobacco, ad vise, will 'them, and if they .desire it secure nen to lake charge of the [arms, g^b them here. Ile whites to establish ? tobacco carch?me tho ?rst- Esaa?a and expects ki make ','oiumbla his "homo. Friday 10 talkei' Interestingly of tho culture] if bright Ip.af tobscco, which, he says; ,ho land; hi bhj^ sectlbu aro adapted X>. He i jnsiders -imse lands much letter ai a pied to such culture than Tie avertie lands now growing tobac 50 both i.i Ibis State and North Ciaro itia. IT says pc thinks there are 'rom "i,0Xi l.u lt,OOO acres in this im-, nediat.c vicinity that are thoroughly I ida pied to growing- bright tobacco md thai joists surHcIcnt to ..'establish. i first e?as^ market. He- says that| iel f-d ra h tad land of light color will uakc 1<J..;-OCO, and tiloso with thc ycl ow clay; subsoils will . mako a liner j erado, rounds of this nature rarely! >vcr fail l.u'prochicing color or finality, egardlos oF t'ie.state of calli vation. Ho sn vs:'-t'As to tho\ quanti by of crt ili/.eis pm-aero and tt\? kind this s best d.iLeriT'lned by UrstViving thc and a ' i velo- study of its >.v4dltlon. "'rom idh to 1,000 .pounds ol.' high'..|. frad<i te: Tllij-ers on a basis say of Sner sent, phosphoric acid, 4 per cent." m. - nonla any; * per cent, potash is ? poridj :oinblnatibn,vwith..?'roni:10 to 20 bush-f ils of cot; m ??tfbd :or- double this qiian.-. 4 ty-fe". :-V;^ii7?4$;.X.' .idiuff, in ?a They- .--?. jarmer, inexperienced nlto61iO>;,i stands In dread of the ox idise ar.d risk in planting tobacco, i voulu srvy just here there is a greater icrcc.ti.pf failure in agriculture in il most atp other crop cultivated than herc ls p tob?ceo. To" succeed you ian not nile this crop on a balf-hancl ?cl, hap azard basis. [fc requires tildy aili intelligence. Do your pari if tho wirk first. I have known farm irs thclvjirstycar cult ivating tobacco o ave'rr.jc .$1.70 to per acre with mt tiny instruction from any (MIC. "1 do bot. approve of the one crop ?asis. Ido believe though III cliversl ied far-lug. lt pays, liaise plenty 0 .susi? b' your farm suchas grain, orage, iieat, ehr., then plant some piton aid some tobacco. Even a one lorsc firmer when he is fixed for armingiihould plant from live to ten cres of tobacco, or from one to two mr ns. is lo Hie size of a crop that ah best tie determined by your situa Ion; Tie first item is land, then apital, [nd next arid most import ant 1 labor.'.Thc needy ti nie in labor is ho harvlstlng season, July and Au ust, wi fen your oilier crops aro all lid by after which il can bo niarket d Willi jr? per cent, less labor. in |arjje crops from 2f> acres up, it ays to lave an experienced man wini tay 1)0 teen red for an interest in flic mp. Ajen tl ni ta rc most capable will ost you, from Hie fact they can make Hine.? ai ii fur themselves alone. I ave succeeded in locating three men dth "'o?s from ?IO to 00 acres and ave two more I know personally to lie ;ipablo 'if managing like quantities, will aid ?iny one in securing men: lint is bring them in and give you my Klgmcnl on Hie laud, inquire as to is references and see that all such get noel tobacco seed free, providing any ich will write me in tho next few ays and give, me full particulars as to ow ?:?id win-re they aro located. I on'' ?slea penny for what I tell them r (lo tor them. 1 do t lils simply with View of establishing a market here. would cay to all interested: In ic event you cannot plant sufii\ Mit sreago to employ au experienced u n. ry your Immediate neighbors and Ork up say 40 to 7f> acres and write ic. as its important that this decls m should be made early. You sow 10 seed in the months of January mi February and it ls essential thal itt should push forward your work, ir thai larly where you have much 11 hiing to do. Tobacco barns can be Hilt from ?.'IO up. A bani will har .:d. from I to 7 acres owing to size ltd season, its lifetime is about no ja rs, .so practically your building ;>csn't cost much, lr, ls the other nail expenditures, suer, as thies, .Ides and canvas for plan, beds: they st from t hree to eight years, accord g to tho care you take of Diem, fier you once gel fixed lo make ibacco you can make ll and put it i tho market at an average cost ' from 2 td 3* cents per pound, or om ?20 to $'15 an acre, according to oisons and conditions as to labor. I ill answer all inquiries. 1 furnish to me. . seed In plenty of Hmo for you, 1 long as limy last. This oller ls con ned strictly to Uichland and Lex I rig in counties or not exceeding 30 miles orri this point." ^ -'mm -- .<>>*/ (Jets "Iffi-sratirti. In Now Yorlc/'Wednesday, Thomas Sharkey, the' ?ri ya tc detective, who as convicted / . manslaughter in tho ?cowl degrcq for having killed Nicho s Fish, tb ^Uor, on Sept. 27, was mien' '.' Jm.KI-.m prison forton . ) j , yO|TXLY MUEDEEED..^~ ? -: : ? '-.y ...y -.- ';*;..' ?' Mr. AV. F. lluatjoiiii.y?una. jb?ud Iii Iiis ?R?oin. A-dispatch t?Tho'StaHj'froin Cam . deb. says : horrible, tragedy was enacted 1 at t?ie Watered . River bridge, gener ally known as the iron bridge, ?Vld?y . hight,' and. the. whole:-affair is so far > sbr?uded . In .>.y?teryJ Kiri y Satur dav morning. Mr. \V. F. Hudson,4,110 toll keeper, was found dead in his bed in a pool of blood, in bis- liouse.by Che river bridge, on tho west" bank bf the Wntcree.". A blood trail leading from the great-wooden gates of thc brldirc, . which ;afp about 50 feet frjotn thc house, ,to tile.bcd, indicate that the 'shooting took place at thc.gates. Thc large gates are closed every night nm' locked, and. only' a small postern if loft open. Thc supposition is that the person or persons who committed thi murder came from the cast side of thc river as'the postern shows marks on it, as if some one had tried to prize it open from that side, whilo a few feel off, the gate keeper's lantern was found With blood spots on it. The blood trail begins on thc right gate where one spot is visible near thc ground, " and leads directly to thc .phone which is to tho right of thc bouse door. . There is blood on the rc] cei ver, and the unfortunate man eithei / " deavored to 'phone or reached foi Ms gun, which hung over the door. . A large, pool of blood is on the mid dle of the lloor, and young Hudson lies in another one on his bed. His pistol was found on the desk, but it ls pot supposed that be had it with him when lie went to the gate. ?YYl? perpetrated the horrible deed is still an unsolved story, and no very delinite OIUCB leading up to the detection of thc murderer have been found as yet. Robbery was apparently not the mo I live as nothing was taken out of thc ?.house and tho toll money was not touched, Messrs, Craig' and John Clyburn, who passed over the bridge between ll and 12 o'clock Friday night,'seem to have neon thelast per sons who saw Hudson before the mur der, state that ho came- out anc opeued tho gates to let their buggj pass through. Mr. W. F. Iludsor was about 30 years old, single, and his position was ? very responsible one, and the best evidence of the con fidence and esteem he enjoyed iu 'th h community was his appointment- tc tile same last year. -RiUod by Robbers. , special' from Matthews! Ga., &xys: A horrible crime was perp?tr?t edmearj that place: bh-Christraas eve >j'ght. Mri Ed-'Wray,-' who was al home after his p??oe of busiiicss was cloped ?QX?i?? night,-wassailed to.thc change sotiie aionc.... Kot behij. clo make the chango Mr. Gray icily cor;?.?"t?fl to gb to the store niob. was a short 'distance away, tc g'e? ? t-i..y_^-tfpr.v''w.nr?rir.?^-_AlE'^-iiv.-tr. thinking hor husband was stavint longer than necessary, became uneasy and started to the front of thc hons* to sec if he coming. She wasstartlec to see tlie storehouse a mass of Ila mei and gave thc alarm by screaming Before assistance could arrive thi store was gutted. Among the re mains Mr. Gray's skull, fractured was found and the safe was open. I is believed the man, after forcing Mr Cray to open the safe, which e,bntalric< * 1,1200. murdered him, robbed tin store and then set lire to it tb cove up Iiis crime. There is no chic to hi Identity. Two Trains Collide The Pennsylvania limited, ruunin almost an hour late, crashed into th rear end of the Lcetsdale accbinoeli Hon at Quaker Valley, Pa., Wed ne: day night at ll o'clock. The big ci gino of the limited ploughed into tl: rear car, the smoker, like a kui! through paper, and the little car wa pushed through the one ahead of il making the t wo cars the length of om The crash was heard for a mile an tile limited, running at thc rate < fifty-ll ye miles an hour, carried tl train from Quaker Valley to Edgi worth, a distance of almost half mia; before it could he stopped. Mat were injured, some of them probab ratal ly. Santa C'laiiH itu rued. Forest (Jaie, 15-year-olo boyattac ed to the Salvation Army, at Ham ton Ohio, was fatally burned Chris mas hight while playing Santa Cia to 300 poor children. The aeeide occurred in Hie Salvation Army's ha where thc annual Christmas eh tc tainmcnt for the poor was in pt grcss. Gale was swathed in rolls cotton and wore a long heard of sin lar material. As lie was frlskii around thc tree, picking gifts for?a' child, Ids clothes ignited by a candi Fire enveloped him almost inst anti Thc false heard was burned and he. i haled the dames, (ode was taken a hospital, where he died in twen minutes. Foil nd in a Well. The body of John Miller, a you man who bad not been seen since Sn day night, was found in a well at Ii orly's brick yard one mile erst of WI stun, N. C., late Wednesday aft noon. It is believed that Rufus St? enson, who committed suicide yest dav afternoon, and his brother, Sa Stevenson, killed Miller and thr him In the well. Sand Stevenson w arrested near the Stocks county li yesterday afternoon. Ile is in j A woman tells the enticers that t Stevenson brothers and Miller were her house Sunday and that the lat? had money. All of them were dru log. _ liOg Crushed. Mr. Will Moody, a ll reman on t Georgin road, went under thc eng which bc was tiring when thc tn made the stop at Social Circle, G to make .some repairs to the ash pi and while in a position willi one extending across thc track the eng moved, the wheel passing over left leg and mangling lt so that ; nutation was necessary. Thc ot hip was badly bruised and dlslocat At Hie time of thc accident there. 1 little hope for recovery- but iie is proving and there Ts good hopo recovery. He at one time worked thc Southern road and lived In Col; blii. jj^?j';; '. .'?.'.-.'. "'.' -'X?-? Twenty Million..DOl?urs Kulscii t\y.tl>e . .'v]\?0thp"aiHt 10?>J?copal .crhwrch^.fc? p Success-, h4's':crowned ] the efforts of thc; Me t hod isl IEpiscopal'- Churob - .'to raise "?'Twentieth Century Tlja?Tc-Of f?rlhg.. fund ?l- '820? 000,000^ 'About $10,000,000 t has '.already beeb' raised uiid ? promise .has Just b?on obtained from a millionaire to add the required amount to'completc the full sum; The name of the donor is a secret, and will remain so until Now,,Year's Eve, When, at a watch meeting tb be held th Trinity Methodist Church, In Springlleld, Mass/, formal announce ment of the gift will be made. ' In the meantime speculation is rife as to the man who is willing and able to give so large a sum. Many names have.bccn'mentioned,'and it Ls be lieved by many that tho ,'$1,000,000 will come from either John T).'Rocke feller or'Andrew Carnegie^ notwith standing that neither is a Methodist Anotlicr guess was hazarded that a Vanderbilt bad opened his purse strings. Kev. Ur. Edmund SI. Mills, who bas liad charge of the work bf raising the fund, refuses to discuss the mat ter, but admits that the linal gift bas been "underwritten." Of the thank oiTerlng fund $8,000,000 will be devo ted to the payment of church indebted ness, and the prediction was made that the result will be that nota Methodist Church in the country will remain with a vestige of a debt bang ing over it after the committee con cludes its work. Along this same line will be the establishment of a fund of $1,500,000 to provide pensions for aged and inlirin ministers: The fund for this purpose will be increased when opportunity presents itself. Thc contributions lia vc been sur prising in their nature. The Norwe gian conference, in Minnesota, which is made np of a membership frugal, but far from wealthy, has'contributed an average or $22 per member. The German conference of Oregon has contributed an average of $20 per member.. Erom .the son of an old Methodist "minister came a giXt of .$.100,000. ?' To the education of Methodist chil dren, nearly 88,pOO.OOO will be devoted.' This fund baa been gathered largely through the'-efforts of the presidents of Methodist institutions of learning. The sum of 81,170,800 was raised by Syracuse University. -The Ohio Wes leyan. University-raised $1,002,800.1 It is; understood- that -8>S? 000,000 will?e devoted to thc hospital work. Ten years ago. thc Methodists had riot i. hospital in the world, whilezay they have 20 in the United StaiM' ?everaliothcrs are-unde? way. , A. dispatch from Washiii President Roosevelt 'will nb tratocl?:$?e' ^ven-r/ualan cc rhe_\vliolp" vexations qnestii re*rei-red*TuT??^uGi\^a-L,ic:i -to; thc_ "~ Lribunal. Epitomized, ttiis> yi ?he situation as it bad resolved itself at tihc.concluslon of the cabinet meetjiig today. The meeting was not a long cession. All tile members except Robt were present. The Venezuelan question was thc principal and practi ?ally the only topic ot' general concern .meier consideration. Secretary ilay presented the net results ol' the cirble correspondence with the governments )l' Louden, Berlin, Home and Caracas In accordance with the suggestion of President Kouscvelt, President Castro uf Venezuela, was reported to have agreed to submit thc dille: enees be tween Iiis government and the Eu ropean powers to arbitration ni' the tribunal at the Hague. The Europ ean powers have not only consented to consented to submit the controver sy to arbitration, but while they ex pressed a preference for the arbitra tion to be conducted by. President Roosevelt, they assented to lils sug gestion that the matter be referred to the llague court. The presentation uf tile case met the hearty approval of the members of the cabinet. . No fear is expressed by the administration tiiat the Monroe doctrine will be brought into thc controversy in any manner that might result in embar rassing tlie situation of the United States. - Broiled Alive. - A horrible accident occurred at the Richland distillery on Christmas eve. About half-past 4 o'clock Charlie Till man, a colored employee, while walk ing along the gangway just abo ve one ol' tlie great slop vats which holds 2.">00 gallons, slipped and fell into thc vat. lt was lilied with,boiling slop, the stuff from willoh the whiskey had already been extracted. This sjtuff was at the time of a temperature oj . 200 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till man fell into tlie val two fellow work men tried to save >iiis life. They quickly managed to grasp his hands and pulled liim out. lie hardly spent more than two minutes in the vat, hut when lie was drawn out be., was unconscious and had really been cook ed alive'. Ile was iii - stich condition that his clothing had tobe cut from his boiled Mesh. Dr. Kendall was hastily summoned and found the man still breathing. 'Ho administered opi ates and as soon as possible thc suf ferer was removed to tlie colored hos pital. Through everything possible svrs done to save the.man's.life, death wimp and relieved Iiis awful" suffering's. He had Inhaled the deadly vapor from Lhe vat.-Columbia State. Rev. W. M. .Tones Hhot. While out bunting Rev. W. M. Jones, tlie pastor of tho Willlston Baptist church, was .seriously wound ed in thc right arni by thc accidental discharge of his gun, in removing it from the buggy, in which be, with Or. John A. MeCreary, was riding, lt was at iir?t thought that amputa tion would bc necessary, but hopes are now entertained that the arm may be saved. Frozen to Dentli. Joseph Harlton, an-old prospector, missing for tlie past three weeks, has1 been found dead within three hun dred yarda of his cabin near lise, Col. llarlton was a Confederate soldier and, it ls Said, was at ono Unie mayor of Atlanta. IT ls Supposed that he perished In a ivtorm in an attempt to seek shel ter and food. "Vi'.'Vi.t; '''.'.'< . ''TV &':Eew;'v3^ ? : and; ^vo'red^1?y <femitn. -LEAKING OUT AS A SCAlt??L. Inspector 'or'Pors?nater. a ^?atenioo Moil Box. and Brought the Mutter Into,Prominence. Mention was made la the Spaftati- ; : burg Herald some time ?go of the very unusual proceeding on tho. part of. the subsomrnittse ;o* tho?mimir^?':. . " : tee on appropriations,"in recommend- . ' ^ lng. au Increase in salary for the super intendent of the rural, freo, delivery v service and tile chief .of the diviMou; ' ?'. ' ' , of salary and ullowance, of tho post olllce department, without the reccdi meudatlon of the postmaster general.. As a sequel to thc episode mentioned, what promises to be a very interesting matter hr.s come up in regard, to th?''^^;-:.-;^:^ oiTicials of the postofllce department and it is said that an investigation will be asked, to be conducted by con-" gress. The matter is in connection, wi til the box question ot the. rural free ? " delivery service. - During the administration of Post master General Smith a regulation bf , the department required that boxes - purchased Tor use on. rural (free deliv ery routes must be selected.' from" a ? certain number of boxes, approved by the department,-and made by a small, number of tuc*manufacturers of such goods. Dissatisfaction was caused by . tbis regulation.Jboth because the pat rons of thc service disliked to-be ' "^f* forced to buy. a certain box, and be cause certain manufacturers were ap- -y parpritly favored the regulation);P?^X~ he sentiment, together with-tlie .in??u-"*-" ' ' ?hce of several members of congress who were largely Interested in rural : .. " free dejjvery, was brought, tb bear up- ' on the '?fiiciuls with such pressiir? that Mr. Payne, upon Iiis -assumption of the duties of the office ot poStpiaster- -.-'-vf-'; general?..had adopted another regula- . tion, which prescribed or?y thc ma- . r " terjals and size, of the boxes to be : V^.W' U8?d{ and allowed inen?. to be!made by anyone, who:could;make ?? brix meet-ii .. lng these requirements. \Tiiis, it was"'-; ? ;. thought, would remove all the former", dissatisfaction, and for a timo, pu?h.')''. : i was thc ease. .'.'' <'. ' - ' lt is said now, however, that there is an understanding between some of . the high authorities ottbo .rural fffi?^^T ^?f^tfefer^- '., ... .br?-by. : ^ v^x^^Kpv. .5 'of these companies rand in .the ,territory. :,del?v?ry;is' to pptpbt; J^?ther/'cotnpariles' arc templat?d. 'Thc companies tims vored, according to the reports, - are the Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport Gonn., the Century company, of "De troit, thc Bond Steel Post Company, of Adrian, Mich., and a company do ing business in Toledo. A story is published to thc effect thai one of the Inspectors of tho de partment, whose business is the laying out of rural free delivery routes, while on duty in New York, went to Bridge port, and, under the pretence of being engaged in the laying out of a route from that point, assisted in the per fecting of a box in the shops of the Corbin company. In a short time, it was decided by thc department to lay in supply of about 875,000 worth of . boxes, and thc inspector who had per fected the box was one of the com mission appointed to select the box of which s ? large a supply should be pur chased by the department. The plan, for .M>me reason, was abandoned.. lt has been discovered, so the paper says, that one of the high officials of the department is a large stockholder In each of the companies whose agents have'thc advantage of others In being -_ able to get upon the ground first. Another feature of the situation is brought about by the fact that officers of the rural free delivery division aro unquestionably in a posit* u such that they might be able to confer favors upon certain members of congress.and in return receive favors, and In fact it is stated by the local paper above referred to that instances are not rare where ;i member of congress, upon in quiry about routes where ho secs no possible reason for the refusal ol' the department to establish the service, lias been told that nothing could bc done for him in tho matter of rural Iree delivery, w^Ue others, in the bet ter graces of thc officials, experience no difficulty in securing any routes de sired. The operations of this oligarchy, or postolfiee department trust, as it is called, may bc inquired into by con gress upon its reassembling In Jaf.u- i ?ry. : A Koiiinnce. Three years ago while Miss Carolino C. Pritchard, of Pottsville, Pa., was norring the Vanderbilt family at Newport, ll. 1., she mot Harry P. - Smith, a-retircd millionaire, of Bos ton. The romance then begun reach ed a happy conclusion hi their wed ding at Pottsville Friday. The cer emony was performed by tho. Kev. Dr. James T. Satchell, at thc home of tho bride's father, ex-Chief of Police D. C. Pritchard. Miss Edna Stichler acted as bridesmaid; L. Li. Pritchard, brother of the bride, was best man. Thc wedding was very quiet mid Mr. Smith and Mis. Smith left on an ox tended Mediterranean trip. Mr. Smith is a member of the New York " Yatch Club and of thc Eastern Yatch Club. Mr. Smith and his bride will later take a cruise in his handsome yatch Adrienne. / By Wholesale. 'At Armstrong, Mo., Kev. 'Naylor i performed a marriagor ceremony Christmas night hi which five couples were, united. The brides and bride grooms formed a ch'cle arog?ffiffiia minister and clas' tho vows. T monlal cl?Ti, married minist