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" y "DO THOU LIBERTY VOL. XXVI1II& SltTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAt^Q?^?v^ BENNETTSYILTj-fe, S. C.;,FlUbAY, JANUARYSar'lO'O^ *. '< . . 65,%^ JTE, S. C.,,FB?DAY^ JANU??lY^?r':?9'O?'" JJ?NOHED THEM BOTH For tho Murder ot' Mr. W. K. Jay Near Troy, S. C. THEY ACCUSED EACH OTHER. Mau und' V U'o Quurrulc-U and Jay Ordered Tonca Thou Uuu or . tho Othor Shot His 11 curt O?V l-'roin Their IIou.su. A'special dispatch tu Thc .State from Gleenwood ol' Saturday says Will IC. Jay, one of thc most prominent; young fanners ol thc Troy section of this county, was foully murdered in his own yard Triday" evening between (> and 7 o'clock by either UH vcr Wk'e man or his wife, two negroes living on his place, Iloth negroes were made to pay the death penalty for their deed by an intimated crowd ol' Mr. Jay's netghlMirs and friends. From all accounts, many of which' differ, the following is oll'cred as tho most nearly correct of how the killin},' occurred: Mr. Jay lives in a new house about three and one-half miles from Troy. This place, has never been inclosed and the negro cabin formerly occupied by the negroes is within about -."> or :ii) yards of the residence. Mr. Jay was returning to his house after attending to some business iii tile neighborhood aird when close to his house lie heard the two negroes making considerable disturbance in thc cabin/It 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 be ordered the negroes lo be quiet-that if they could not be they could not stay on Iiis pince, [in mediately after this Mrs. Jay. Who was in her house, iieard thc report of a gun. She ran to the door and looked out, and saw tho two negroes, man and wife, running away from their cabin. Dalling to them, she asked .what was the matter, but the negroes iiiade no answer and kept on running. Failing Lo net any response from them she called loudly to lie husband. There was no response. She was then wild with fear and bedail looking over the yard, and in a short y.'U'.V found him dead in a pout-of'his own ". blQpd,. Almost his,-entire head liad been blo\V.v <qt." Death was instan taneous. Thc alarm was at once given and the immediate neighbors rushed in. Thc news of the horrible m ur dev spread rapidly. Carriages started in all directions. A telephone furnished the news to Troy and nearby towns, and thc whole country for miles round was S;io:i being lilcra'lv scour* cu'tor cny ii. eis. ^ A party'of men coming towards thc place from ?1 section of tho community a few miles near Mr. Jay's home, met two negroes in the road, a man and a woman. The party did not know the negroes, but arrested them on suspi cion and carried them back to thc plac? nf inquest. They were thc guilty om.-' When examined both acknowl edged the deed, but accused each other of committing lt-the man said the woman did it. and the woman said tile man did it. They never changed from this, but died accusing each other of thc crime. The gun with which tile murder was committed v.as carried lo old Mol Wide-man's house, thc father of the man, and left Lhere while the tvu> started out in Hight. They were go ing towards iOdgclicId when caught. After tlie inquest the two negroes were tinned over to the constable, who started to jail with Hiern. At the Winterscat bridge they were stop ped by a crow d of infuriated friends and neighbors and lynched. Thc lynching occurred about midnight. ls Now a Karl. Wireless telegraphy is now an as sured fact. The Halifax Chronicle announces that wireless telegraphic communications have been"successfol by established by Marconi between Cape J Ire ton and Cornwall, Kngland. A message has already been sent, to King Edward by Lort! Minto. Gov ernor-General of Canada, and also one tothcKingof Italy. Dr. Parkin, M. I'., of Toronto, special correspondent of the London Times, also had a mes sage transmitted. Marconi bas been at Table. Head for the last eight weeks working steadily. Thc win s were all removed and installed anew, the fa mous coherer being replaced by another wonderful Invention of Marconi, called a magnetic detector. whit ii gives nu..st satisfactory results mid v. hu h enables the transmitter to attain greater speed anti accuracy. Thu invent.li llas also established af bis Table Iliad station one of the world. It was thought that until a similar current was established at the Cornwall Ma Lion satisfactory results would not be had. Tests were made frequently during the last few weeks, but the greatest, secrecy was maintained. Last week communication was estab - -?islied. _._. A Street Duri. At Nichols, Ga., on Wednesday San' P. Padgett and J. C. ihichanan,young white men, fought au impromptu duel on thc street, as a consequence bf which Padgett is dying and linchar?an is seriously wounded. Thc two young men married sisters, and while thc cause of thc trouble is not known lt is believed to bc a family disagreement. Padgett and-liuchanan have hereto fore been friendly, but on meeting Wednesday each drew a revolver and . began shooting. Padgett was shot through thc chest near the heart and cannot recover._ .Santa (Mans Scorched. A dispatch from Georgetown L< The Slate says Tuesday night af a Christmas tree celebration in that city, Dr. ll. S. Balley, who was acting as Santa Claus, was painfully but not '"iisly burned. -His clothing ac AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Twenty-eight Killed and Many Seri ously Wounded. Thc most frightful railroad acci dent in tlic annals of thc past decade happened a short distance from . the little station of Wanstead, Can., on the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk railway, Saturday night. The trains in collision were tile Pacific Express and a freight. Tho express was run ning nearly two hours late and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring lo make a siding to get .clear of the express, but failed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crash, thc locomotivi-.s reared up and fell over iii a ditch, thc baggage car of the ex press telescoped thc smoker and in an instant thc .shrieks and cries of the wounded and the dying lilied the air. Thc loss of life is 28. The injured will humber considerably more, and many of these may die. Many of thc dead were terribly mu I tilted. Iliads wee cut off, legs ' wrenched from the bodies and thc I level stretch of snow became crimson with the I ?lc pd of thc victims. The rcspons I bi I i ty for the. accident has not been definitely lixed, but it is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. Thc operator at one of the stations where the two trains stopped gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the P.icilic Express, at Wanstead. In the system of thc Grand Trunk this order should have been duplicat ed, a copy being given lo the conduc tor and ei-uh:-cr ot the express. In stead of this thc conducto? of thc ex press received a idea rance order, tell ing him to run right, through. - Tlie freight train meantime had stopped ab Wanstead, to sidetrack, and was telescoped by the express. The blind ing storm which was raging rendered objects invisible at ?.bc distance ufa few feet. Thc opera tot- at Wanstead is nor. usually on duty at, night but last evening be happeiiedilo be in thc ellice for a short time, ''iowas going out at thc door when lie heard thc telegraph instrument click repeatedly the message: "'Stop No. ">." "Stop No. Seizing a lantern thc operator dash ed for tim door and as he closed if he hjind he hoard thc crash of the col lision up the t rack. /There was nita house athand. t< which Hie injured could be carried. Fortunately, however, the two Pull man cars oil the train did lint sustair any damage, '?'hoy were warm aw: comfortable and were converted inte a temporary hospital. Thc injuree were placed in t hc bert is and every thing possible done toy^ se their suf fering: _ Tho Cold y ive. I 'Ph,, fn\}n\\drii' bolle?; J.ic,mc>d l?pj'l?: ? by 'ObseiVor'v;Hailer Voni Columbi? shows that thc severe wea flier is gen eral: ''.Tho severest cUd wave of tin season covers the upper Mississipp valley where the temp?rai onus rangt from zero to 'JU below. Thc cold wavi carried the freezing line southward t< Northern Florida, wit.li light frost a .1 ackson v i 1 lo, Sou then i Ala bama, west ward through Cor.tr?! Texas. Thc Pa cilio slope is much warmer, with rain] weather prevailing, ir, i.s snowing ii thc lake regions, upper New KnglaiH and the Ohio valley. Portland. Me. had over lo inches ol'snowfall dur inf the past -i hours. Generally clea! weather prevails over thc southon Slates except along lin- coast when it is cloudy. The highes! report?e tempera I ure friday was 80 at Lo.' Anecies. Hie lowest Saturday UH.riling was lid below zero at Huron, S. I)."' A Groat Sensation. A dispatch from Dresden says al Saxony is agog wit. .itcrcst and spec ulation resulting irom Hie Might ol Crown Princess Louise, who said hoi husband was a "beast." and that she would never again return to the cotirt, lt seems that thc Princess cloped witt a French tutor, who had been em ploy?e! to teach the children. She ii an Austrian archduchness, being tin eklest daughter of Archduke Ferdi nand, who represents the Tusciiii branch of the Aust rian imperial faun ly. Shi? was born al Salzburg in I87( und married at. Vienna in I SUI'. Sin is considered one of tin- prett iest brill cesses in l-iuiope, being endowed will great personal charm, keen i n toll i gonce, learning and modesty. Tin crown prince isa line looking, soldier ly man of ?17 years. There arti li vc children of the marriage, ibo eldest. Prince George, being nearly IO year, old. The Itailroad Help. The Columbia State .'?ays a shorl t inn: ago the slate treasurer wrote; letter to the different railroad comba ides asking them if convenient lo paj their annual taxes into thc Stat* treasury. Thc lines of Hie Soul lien and At!.ml ic Coast Hine systems havi complied with this request ol' th. treasurer and have paid their laxes t.< the various county treasurers. Thi: relieves considerably the danger of ; stringency in money al the close o t be yea r when thc interest on t In State debt must in mel. No doub tlie readiness of thc roads to com pi; and ease (?ie Slate's litiaricial Condi lion will be properly appreciated \v the people of tlie Stale. Treasure Jennings is urging every county t reas mer in Hie Stale to remit tin- Stab taxes as rapidly as they are received and hopes to secure a sulllcient sum ti fide over the tenn of stringency. Needed lu Hawaii. Thomas Port une. special labor com I missioner appointed by Secret ?irySh?v i to \isil the Philippines and liawaiiai islands is at Honolulu, loan inter view in The Star he said: "I believe fhc importation of negroes then forms a natural solution of thc dim cully which unavoidably follows tin absorption of tropical or semi-troplca countries by UH: United States, li thc Southern States and in flic Caro linas the negro made the industrie: what they arc." The commisslonc; said lhere might bc dltliculty in oh fining thc neg rb) but bc though planters could get all tl?e'j i .tliey sent thc right sort o ter Hiern. "You could gd In six months," he said THIRTY INJURED By the Explosion of. Gas nt Kot Springs, Arkansas. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. A. Crowd Was Gathered to Hear Ketti mt* )<>on> Xow Orleans Knees WhCIl thc I5?C|>1? Bioit Occurred. At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes day afternoon in the cellar of thc turf exchange, a club house and pool room operated hy Chambers Walker, the bunding was badly damaged and HO people were injured, I ti of them being in a serious condition. The most seri ously injured are: lt. 0. Chambers, one of the proprie tors of the turf exchange, both le?s and both wrists broken. Wm. Ijclwig. a blind man, manager of a hath house,- both legs broken, will die. Thc injured are: J. S. Mocks, Hot Springs, Ark., both legs broken. .Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot Spings, both legs broken. Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs, both legs broken. .lames Gowen, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Wm. M?tzer, a hoy, Hot Springs, both legs broken and skull fractured, will die. James Couglin, plumber, Hut Springs, log broken. U. (r. Parker, Milwaukee, Wis., both legs broken. Al. -F. llotcliskiir, Hot Springs, knee fractured. T. O/.ior. engineer, ll,it. Springs, both legs broken. II. George, New York, leg broken. F. ?r?nHeld, Cincinnati both legs broken, ribs crushed. Walter Powers, St. Louis, ann ! broken. Eugene Haly, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Tims. Phelan, telegraph operator, Hot Springs, badly cut. Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence tm . known, leg broken, also badly cut. Twelve tithers sustained bruises and , slight injuries. About 1 o'clock "Wednesday aftcr . noon thc poolroom was crowded with i more than HU) persous. .lust as a I race in New Orleans was being called , by thc operator thc lloor of the bulld I ing seemed to risc In an instant and a . report that shook tile building rang . out. The news of thc cxpkvdon sin ead rapidly and soon Central avenue was jammed-with people. The police and li remen took,.charlie, nf i?..tMi?r. zhc '.Vvjjiv itiii?? began. Mci. L were pulled from under thc building " in a terribly shattered state. One of \ thc most pitiable sights was when 1 "Billy" Holwig, thc blind manager of ? Mic Lamber bathhouse, was taken fruin i the ruins, fiel wig is widely known 1 td thousands of visitors who cometo L Hot Springs annually. il. C. Chambers, one of thc propric " tors of thc turf exchange, is one of Hie best known sporting men in tho } country. His condition ij serious. ' Thc injured were taken i.charge hy . thc local physicians. ' The exact cause, of the explosion r has imt yet boen determined, it is 1 said by some that gas which escaped ' in tho cellar of thc building was 'Ig nited in some manner, causing the ' terribie accident. . Another report, which is probably correct, says a driver of a gasoline wagon was Jilling a tank in the cellar I when the explosion occurred. Lynched Ut KailtSlts. f At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christ ' mas day, Montgomery God ley, a negro ' man, was taken from the" jail and . lynched by a mob because carly Chrlst I mas morning he had shot and killed . Milton Hinkle, a policeman, while tho i otllcer was trying to protect .himself ' against a crowd ol' unruly negroes. ? At tlie lirst effort to lynch thc negro i tl?e rope broke. Some one -in tile ? crowd then cut Godley's throat, sevcr ' big the jugular vein. After tins he J w;ts banged a second time. Thc . shoot ing of Policemen Hinkle occurred ) lita dance, which was attended by a ? large number of negro men and \vo - men from neigh boring mining camps. .Montgomery G od Icy and his brother ' were drinking and had become very i disorderly when Policeman Hinkle in > t el lered. The negroes became insult ing and. when Hinkle drew his club to defend himself, Montgomery dud ley slipped behind the policeman, grabbed tile oillecr's pistol and shot, t Hinkle behind thc car. The wpiind . ed policeman was carried to the City . Hall, where he died several hours later. ! The nows Of tho shooting spread , rapidly and a mob gathered in front -, ot thc jail. Thc doors were battered j in and the mob seized Montgomery , findley, who, with his brother, had i been arrested soon after the shooting. , They look tho slayer to a telephone f pole, three blocks away and there . hanged him. At lirst. the negro was I d?liant, but just, before bc was han,'ed ,. lie begged hard for his life. KavngcH ol' 'lime. ; in the singular failure of Hie old windows ol' York cathedral, the glass ' has lost'nu isl bf its transparency, and in places has become so perforated . that it crumbles at thc slightest touch. To stop thc ''disease" soiric glass of thc thirteenth and fourteenth centuries lias been removed, lt is known that the hardest cement is sometimes disintegrated by chemical k action set up by minuto organisms, 1 and it is supposed that thc destruction tif the glass has been due fos?me fiiu ; gus._ stund? hy thc Ne?ru. Hov. Long!no, of Mississippi, Wetl 1 nesday issued a proclamation pifcring i Hf ty dollars reward for thc arrest and - conviction of any person who forces a ?i negro to leave ci thor of the counties r o? Lincoln, A mil c. Franklin or Pike. - Hundreds ol' nemo rea ld ch Us have b been ordered to leave these counties / during the past few months; hoing f served with notices supposed to ema il nate Lom "whitecappcr" organiza . tlons. ' . , - THE MEANEST MAN. Hollah liocri Found .at Lus Angeles, Cali lorain. Tho worst thing about some stories is that they are lies. The worst thing about tills story is that it ls literally true. The meanest man in Los An gol?s has been found, Uni ease has been proved and "Next" has been cillcd. It is doubtful, in tact, whether a .meaner l ian will be found anywhere. The story needs no eihbellshmcnt. The simple facts are bad enough, and thisis just the way the events occur red. A well known woman went out rid ing a few days ago. She had lier pocketbook with lier. The pocketbook contained some money. Therefore it is unnecessary to explain that tho woman was not. out shopping. She lost the pocketbook. When she came borne she told her husband about the loss. As to whether he scolded her or not my informant does not say. At any rate, that evening thc family telephone hell rang and on answering it a man's voice was heard to make tho usual Inquiries, after which bc said: 'T round a pocketbook today con taining a card bearing your wife's name. 1 supposed the book belonged to your wife, i have it at my otllce." The thanks of thc relieved faruilv were freely poured over the wire, and sleep in that household was swe et thal night. Next morning the husband of the woman who lost thc pocketbook called at thc ollice of the well-known gentle man who had telephoned. Ile was presented to a line looking person who was said to be. the one who owned the found property. The husband des cribed Um portmonnalc accurately, including the contents, and the Under graciously acknowledged that the des cription was correct. Thc book was then produced and was promptly recognized; "I am very much obliged to you for telephoning ns of your lind," said the gnu ?lied visitor; then, as a matter of course, he added: "Now, how much Jo 1 owe you for your kindness?" The 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 lie been haggling willi a pickpocket, street gamin or a beggar lie would not have been in the lenst taken aback, lint to hear that sort of a cool bid for a pit tance from a well dressed, grown-up man who had done an ordinary kind ness such as might he returnable any hour was more than ho was prepared for. When he had recovered his breath he said.-...*. . .> ?y? " rj/vnr.u *r life, and ha,/'*io Idea of the rules cus . toma ry governing" snob cases. I should feel better if you would name the amount yourself.'.'!, Tho man looked still more serious. Taking a pencil from Iiis pocket, bc began to make figures on a piece of pa per. "'Let's see.'' he said, musingly, as he eyed the pocketbook. ''Pretty good pocketbook, slightly worn--say, one i.ii'ty. Contents, three dollars and live cents- total, four ti f ty-ll ve. We might split thc cliff-no, say two dollars." And he looked upai, ins victim willi the innocence of a child. The. man dug into his pocket speech lessly, and handed out $2, and started for the. door. Ile I bought bc had had tho experience of Ins lite. Not so. If tho man's diminutiveness had been ex hausted, his nerve hadn't. Reaching into his vost pocket, lie drew out a card, handed it to the. stu pi tied caller and said: "Herc's my card. In case you should ever want anything in our line we would like to have you remember the man who found your wife's pock etbook."-Los Angeles Herald. Helped che Itobhcrs. At Chicago on Wednesday Police man Patrick Mahoney,was found guil ty, and Daniel Curran, co-defendant, hot guilty ol' burglary, by a jury which returned its verdict of a locally sensational case in Judge Mo Ewen's court today. The burglary of Hagc mann's jewelry store wit h which the defendants were charged, netted the robbers * it),ooo for which $7,000 was recovered hy the police, .raines Clark and an accomplice were convicted and served terms in the penitentiary. Upon his release Clark told a story to thc state's attorney which resulted in the arrest ol' Curran a .saloon keeper. I ;nnl Mahoney, a policeman, well known and respected among his fellows. Clary testified that Mahoney in full uniform stood guard while the Jewelry store was Vicing looted. Burned to Death. At Malone. X. Y.. four persons were burned to death Christ mas day in ibo house of Julius King, of Pierce lield a [adp and paper manufacturing town in Hu- Adriondacks. The tire bail gained such headway before it was discovered tint Mrs. M. J. Mc IC?vern, King's eldest daughter, and her three ci?ieron, who were sleeping on the lower floor, were not able to get out and all were burned to death. j One of the children, whose body was found close to window, evidently had made heroic eiforts to escape. King and his wife, with a few boarders on an upper floor, escaped by jumping out of the windows. One man was burned seriously. lt is not known bow the lire started. ti Hied by n Woman. News readied Mobile friday of the killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile bay, or Fred Matthews, by a daugh ter pf George Sprinkle. Matthews j was it son of a former mayor of Scran ton, Miss., where his remains were taken for bur/.tU. The details of tue shooting are not. known although one report stat.s that, it was accidental. The Oem!ly I'nrler Ullin. At Springville, Ala., on Wednesday. Prof. Jacob Korney, of the State uni versity, ivas accidentally killed while shoot lng'sparrows w illi a parlor riflei Prof. Forney was a son of the late Maj...-'-' Violin H. Forney of the ?rmy. j y"' "- .. ?"'*". f.* ' Experto -Take Charge of Considerable , ... Acreage Noar Col?mhia; -T-r--: SOME PACTS Tba, PIO?IEEKS, 'M ?- ? :'V : ? .Mr. Wui??II; Tail's.' About Soil of lli'-i^aiHl County and Its ?.^Uanij?tibr.; Culturo '.?l.'V **" ?" '-::'.? - ' ' . V- ? The (^lumbla State says.Mr." ri. S. Waddeli.'-Ayho is a native of. Halifax., county, ?'irglfiiiv, ha-s arrived hi the city. lliYjri'the expert in tobacco who lias bet nj'hioupjit here to take charge of the '. /-^Hmental farms to bc estab lished near l{->Lt Park bv Mr. F. H. Kf.;atL is tf J'i.- Mr. . Waddell has already V jiic over considerable labd lu the vicin:r,y pr Columbia and inspect ed it. ile bas long been a student pf tobacco ..hilaire* Thursday he. closed, the con', net with Mr. Hyatt for tho' cul tl. va til?n of 50 acrns.uod will doubt less take, ftp acres also for. parties own ing adjoi iing lands. Mr. Waddell has | also closed with Mr.. Huffman to fur nish an expert to manage ?6 acres of his land across tho river to place in cultivation. ?IC is ready' now. to in spect, Lti. (*nrf of any others In the county cl/siring to plant tobacco, ad vise, wi tl thom, and if they .desire it secure, men to take charge of thc farms, g->t them here. Ile wi-.hos to establish a tobacco I warehome tho tir3C season and expects | to make Columbia bis home. Friday lie tal kc' interestingly of the culture] of bright leaf tohaccoi which, he Bays; thc land; hi .this section arc adapted to. He i insiders ; hose lands much better adapted to such culture than tho avenge lands now growing tobac co boll) i i. this State and North (paro lina. II says he thinks there'''are from r?,0.'0 to 10,000 acres lh this im mediate viciuity that aro thoroughly j adapted to growing bright tobacco ! and that nuisis su?lci.cnt to-establish a lirst class market. Ile says that j self-drained) land of light color will make lo..-aeon, and those with thc yel low clay/.subsoils will make a liner! grade. 7-ands of this nature rarely ever fail iii producing color or quality, regardless! of the state of cultivation*. He sa>s: "As to thoVqqantity of fertilizers p?v acre and thc kind tills ls best d:itci'mlned by llrstVivlog the land a Mf'tlc study of 'Its. -Wqdltlori. From i '.ii i to 1,000 , pounds ot high, grade fe; i'.!libers on a basis say of S nor cent. pli.'.sphor;c acid; -1 per cent. ii?, monia a u' 4 per cent, potash is ? good, combinai ibu, witharom 10 to 20 bush els of^cotr'm setd;piv double this quari-. tity. fe.- :--\'';f??il.?49^A'''"' vidiuff j coa^o^. mi* Thcv;>'v --. larmer, inexperienced in tobact.," stands In dread ot the ex pense ard risk in planting tobacco. 1 would say just here there is a greater per ccu turf failure in agriculture In almost lily other crop cultivated dian there .'s 'ii tobacco. Td* succeed yon cannot nile this crop on a half-hand ed, hap azard basis. It requires study an Intelligence. Do your part of the wrk lirst. I lia vc known farm ers thai; ?rsl year cultivating tobacco to averti 6 8iaQ to $2~>0 per acre with out any ! istrtictioii from any one. "I do io!, approve of the one crop basis. do believe though in diversi fied farm rig. it pays, liaise plenty to sustata your farm such as grain, forage, neat) etc., then plant, some cotton a jd some tobacco. Even a one horse firmer when he is fixed for farming .should plant from live to ten acres of tobacco, or from one to two barns, is to thc size of a crop that can best pc determined by your situa tion, l ie lirst item is land, then capital, ind next and most important is labor. ! Thc needy time in labor is tho harvlstirig season, .Inly and Au gust, wltm your other crops are all laid by after which it can be market ed with f> per cent, less labor. tn lar;,e crops from 2"? acres up, it I pays to lave an'experienced mau who may bc ?cured for an interest in Hie crop. Sjcn that are most capable will cost you. from the !':"t they can make money ai it for themselves alone. I have succeeded in locating three men with crops from ?10 to (?ii acres and have twd more I know personally to be capable of managing like quantities. I will ai'i ?iny one in securing men: Unit is bring them in and give you my judgment on the land, inquire as to his references and sec that all such get good tobacco seed free, providing any such will write me in the next few days and give me full particulars as to how ?ind where tiley are located. 1 don'', ask a penny for what I tell them or do tor them. I do t his simply with a view of establishing a market herc. "A would pay to all interested: lu the event you cannot plant sulllcient acreage to employ an experienced man, try your Imm?diate neighbors and work up say 40 to 7f> acres and write me. as Its important thal, this decis ion should be made early. Von sow the seed in the mont.hs of January and february and it ls essent ial that you should piisli forward your work, particularly where you have much bu kling to dp. Tobacco barns can lie built from 830 up. A barn will har vest, from I to ~ acres owing to size and season, its lifetime is about 20 years, so practically your building doesn't cost much, lt ts the other small expenditures, suca as Hues, sticks and canvas for plan beds; they last from three to eight years, accord ing to the care you take of them. After yon once get fixed to make tobacco you can make If amt put it on thc market at an average cost of from 2 toll* cents per pound, or from $20 to $35 an acre, according lo seasons and conditions as to labor. 1 viii answer all inquiries, i furnish to bacco seed in plenty of lime for you, s i long as they last. This oller is con Imcd strictly to Richland and Lexing ton counties or not exceeding 30 miles 'rom this point,." , ," (?ct.? rit-ii!.vcmrH. In New Yorlff'Wcdncsday, Thomas J Sharkey, the; irivate detective, who was oOilvloted/ I manslaughter in thc second degree for having killed Nicho las fish, tb kukcr, on Sept. 27, wa4 benton' ^^^Statc prison for ten Vo-> Mt;. AV. F. -Hudson u Fourni. Dun,tl tri His Rooiii. - . A>?31spateh to Th? State frein Cam den says, horrible, tragedy, wu's enacted.! at tho Ayat?xe? Uiver bridge, gener al?y known as the iron bridge, friday hight; and. the . whole, affair is so far shrouded " lu mydtoryi.'= Iflf&iy Satur day, morning. Mr. W. F. . Hudson,'*tlie toll keeper,, was found djjad In his bed in a pool Of blood, in lils- liotisc-.'by Che river bridge, on the west bank bf t/h? VVatcrce.", A blood trail leading* frqna "the great-wooden gates of the' bridge, .which tyre about 50 foot f?nm tho house, to thc.bcd, Indicate that the 'shooting took place at tho.gatcs. Tho large gates arc closed every night and locked, and only a small postern ls loft open. Tho supposition is that the person or persons who committed the murder carno from thc cast Side of thc river as'tTie postern shows marks on lt, as if some one had tried to prize it open from that side, while a lew feet o?r, the gate keeper's lantern was found with blood spots on lt. Thc blood trail begins on thc rjgiib gate, where ono spot ls visible near the ground,'* and leads directly to tho . phono which Is to tho right of thc house door. . There is blood on thc rc5 eelver, and the unfortunate man either endeavored to 'phone or reached for his gun, which hung over the door. A large, pool of blood is on thc mid dle or the lloor, and young Hudson lies In another one on his bcd. Ills pistol was found on the desk, but It is pot stipposed that ho had it with him .vhen he went to the gate. Who perpetrated the horrible deed is still an unsolved story, and no very dclinitc ci?os leading up to thc detection of thc murderer have been found as yet. Robbery was apparently not the mo tive as nothing was taken out of the .house and thc toll money was not touched, Messrs, Craig and John? Clyburn, who passed over the hridrrc between ll' and 12 o'clock Friday night, seem to have been tho last per sons who saw Hudson before thelmur-' der, state that ho cario out and opened tho gates to let:their buggy pass through. Mr. W. F. Hudson was about 30 years Old," single, and his position was a very responsible one, and the best evidence or the con fidence and esteem.ho enjoyed in this community was his appointment to the same last year. tlillod Uv Robbers." "?A special" from Matthews,' GS., 'says: A horrlblo?rirue was perpetrat ed near that place, on Christmas eve bright. Mr. Eel :;'Crajv who was at home after his pl?ce^bf business was .cloded fjir^MiAhlght^jyas called to the \."^;\MM'rhH3?^J?.^v...:rvl. as!.-*?'; change some " money. Xot' b?in?v .6 to.mako the change Mr, Gray idly 'co:j?:o'it^tl to-go to the ' stoic, oioh.wiis a short distance away, to ge? -Vij?^^?nfp?tr ""nrr^?y--'-5?J>U-?Ai-.ii;. thinking bor husband was staving longer than necessary, became uneasy 11 and started to the front of the house to soc if he coming. She was startled to soe the storehouse a mass of li?mes and gave the alarm hy screaming, liefere assistance could arrive thc store was gutted. Among the re mains Mr. (hay's skull, fractured, was found and tito safe was open, l t is believed tue man, after forcing Mr. Cray to open thc safe, which contained $1,200, murdered him, robbed the store and then set lire to it lo cover up his crime. There is no clue to his identity. Two 'lea i ns I.'ol lid?;. Tile Pennsylvania limited, running almost an hour late, crashed into the rear end ot" the Lcctsdalc accomoda tion at Quaker Valley, Pa., Wednes day night at ll o'clock. Thc big en-1 gino of the limited ploughed into thc | rear wir, thc smoker, like a knife through paper, and the little car was pushed through thc one ahead of it, making thc two cars the length of one. Tile crash was heard for a mile and the limited, running at the rate of I fifty-tl vc miles an hour, carried the train from Quaker Willey to Edge worth, a distance ol' almost half mile before it could be stopped. Many were injured, some of them probably fatally. _ Manta Claus Hunted. Forest (Jaie, 15-year-old boy attach ed to the Salvation Army, at Hamil ton Ohio, was fatally burned Christ mas night while playing Santa Claus] to 300 poor children. The accident) occurred in t hc Salvat ion Army's hall, where the annual Christmas Oki tor ta in men t for the poor was in pro gress. Cale was swathed in rolls of colton and wore a long beard of simi lar material. As he was frisking around thc tree, picking gifts for each child, his clot hes ignited by a candle. Fire enveloped him almost instantly. The false beard was burned and he in haled the Hames. Cale was taken to | a hospital, where he died in twenty minutes. Pound in n Well; Tlic body of John Miller, a young man who had not been seen since Sun day night, was found In a well at !!>. orly's brick yard one mile erst of Win ston, N. C.. late Wednesday after-1 noon, lt is believed that Un fus Stev enson, who committed suicide yester day afternoon, and his brother, Sand Stevenson, killed Miller and threw him In the well. Sand Stevenson was arrested near the Stocks county line yesterday afternoon, lie is in ?ail. A woman tells thc officers that thc St evenson brothers and Miller were at j her house Sunday and that thc latter had money. All of t hem were drink-1 lng._ lie? Crushed. Mr. Will Moody, a (Ireman on the Georgia road, went under the engine which he was tiring when tho train made the stop at Social Circle, Ga., to make some repairs to tho ash pan, and while in a position with one leg extending across the track thc engine moved, the wheel passing over the left leg and mangling it so that am putation was necessary. The oilier hip was badly bruised and dislocated. At the time of tho-accidentthere was little hope for recovery, but bc is im proving and there Ts good hope Tor recovery. Ile at one time worked on the Southern road and lived itiCoi\im~ bia. >--<l [Twenty MilUoh-D?lInra r???scdliytbo :. ' Methodist IO j) i H c op ul ChnrchV . .. . 'Success- bas crowned . the efforts of the. Methodist Episcopal Church - .'to raise a Twentieth Century Thank-of fering-.', fund of ?'$20,000,000..: About $19.000,000 -has -already beeriraised and:? promise has just been obtained from a millionaire to add the required amount to'complctc^be full sum: The name of the donor is a secret, and .will remain so until New.?Year's' Eve;'; when, at a watch meeting to be held In Trinity -Methodist Church, Jn. Springlleld, Mass.-, formal announce ment of t-hc gift will bc made. In the meantime speculation is rife as to the 'man who ls willing- and able to give so large, a sum. Mjiny names have.been1 mentioned, and; it is. be lieved by many; that tlie $1,000,000 will come from either John D. Rocke feller or'Andrew Carnegie, notwith standing that neither is a Methodist Another guess was hazarded that a Vanderbilt had opened his purse strings. s= Rev. Dr. Edmund M. Mills, who has had charge or the work of raising tlie fund, refuses to discuss the mat ter, but admits that the iinalglft has been "underwritten.'' Of tho thank offering fund $8,000,000 will be devo ted to the payment of church indebted ness, and . the prediction was made that thc result will be that not a Methodist Church In the countrv will remain with a vestige or a debt hang ing over it after the committee con cludes its work. Along this same line will be thc establishment of a fund of $1,500,000 to provide pensions for ?igcd and intirm ministers. The fund for this purpose will bc increased when opportunity presents itself. The contributions have been sur prising in their nature. The Norwe gian conference, in Minnesota, which is made up of a membership frugal, but far from wealthy, has'contributed in average of $22 per member. The Serman confereucc of Oregon h?s; contributed an average of $20 per member.. ITrom the son of an old Methodist minister came a gi.Cfc of 3400,000.' j ,,. TO;the e'ducation of Methodist bhil Iren.ncarry 88,000,000 will be devoted/ Phis fund bas been gathered largely ;hroagh tbe: efforts of the presidents il Methodist -institutions of learning. The sum off'81,170,800 was raised by Syracuse -University,'- .The Ohio Wes-', eyart Unjvcrsity raised $1,092,890.' .-. "It Is- understood \ that - 85,000,000 vlll/jc devoted to the hospital work. Ten-years, ago thc Methodists had not L! hospital "in the World, whiloV' Zay ilicy have 20 in the United Stai>-/*7 several mothers are. under way. .' "ve*i;-he-'Arljitr'nto'dsV ? - - . -irv . A dispatch from Washhi' ?re?jdent Roosevelt wPl nb ii-atbrlri.-'ttie'- venezuelan cr Pfi^y>;hole"Vexatious qnestit *cfCT?c? ? T?r atTjti?njuuicn to- tilt- _~ iribbnal. Epitomized, this was the ;ituation as it uad resolved itself at ?he .conclusion of tlie cabinet meeting [oday. The mc'ling was not a long session. All thc members except Hoot were present. The Venezuelan luestion was thc principal and practi cally the only topic of general concern inder consideration. Secretary Hay presented thc net results of thc c&ble correspondence with thc governments )f Louden, Rerlin, Rome and Caracas In accordance with tlie suggestion of President Roosevelt, President Castro af Venezuela, was reported to have agreed to submit thc differences be tween his government and the Eu ropean powers to arbitration of the tribunal at the Hague. Thc 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 Iiis sug gestion that the matter bc referred tb the llague court. . The presentation of tlie case met the hearty approval of the members of thc cabinet. . No fear is expressed by the administration that thc Monroe doctrine will be brought ' into thc controversy in any manner that might result in embar rassing the situation of the United States. . Broiled Alive. . A horrible accident occurred at thc Richland distillery on Christmas eve. About half-past 4 o'clock Charlie Till man, a colored employee, while walk ing along the gangway just above one of thc great slop vats which holds 2,500 gallons, slipped and fell into tlie vat. lt was lilied wi til. boiling slop, thc stuff from which the whiskey iiad already been extracted. This stuff was at the time of a temperature oj 2i)0 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till man fell Into tlie vat two fellow work men tried to save Mils, .life.' They quickly managed to grasp his hands and pulled- him'Out. lie hardly spent more than two minutes in the vat, hut when he was drawn out bc,, was unconscious and had really been cook ed alive'. lie was in such condition that his clothing had tobe cut from his boiled llesh. Dr. Kendall was hastily summoned and found the man still breathing, lie administered opi ates and as soon as possible the suf ferer was removed to tlie colored hos pital. Through everything possible wrs done to save tillman's lifo, death came and .relieved his awful suffering's. He had inhaled the deadly vapor from the vat. -Columbia State. Hov. AV. M. .Jonen Shot. While out hunting Rev. W. M. Jones, thc pastor of the Williston baptist church, was seriously wound ed in thc right arin by thc accidental discharge of his gun, In removing lt from the buggy, lu which lie, with Dr. John A. MeCreary, was riding, lt was at first thought, that amputa tion would bc necessary, hut hopes are now entertained that the arm may bo saved. I'Yo/.cn to Dcntti. Joseph Harlton, an-old prospector, missing ror tho past throe weeks, bas been found dead within three hun dred yards of his cabin near lise, Col. Harlton was a- Confederate soldiei and, it is Said, was at one time mayoi of ' Atlanta. H is supposed that h( perished in a fVtorm in an attempt t( seek shelter ^nd food. : and Favored, ^y.-??aixt?i. LEAKING OUT AS A SCANDAL. Inspector or'Perflonat?r ii Patentee Y - Mail Box nnd Brought tho Matter Into Prominence. Mention waa made in the Spartari burg Herald some time \go of the very unusual proceeding ou tho. part of tile subcommittee of tho commit^ tee on appropriations, in recommend ing, an increase in salary for the super intendent of the rural .freo, delivery service and the chief pf the division of salary and allowance, of tho post olllce department, without the recom mendation of tim postmaster, general. As a sequel to the episode mentioned, what promises to be a very interesting matter has come up in regard- to the officials of the oostofflce department and it is said that .an investigation . will bc asked, to bo conducted by. con gress. The matter is ia connection. with the box question oi the rural free delivery service. During the administration of Post- / master General Smith a regulation bf, the department required that -boxes purchased for use on. ruraltfree deliY cry routes must be selected from"'a? certain number of boxes, approved byF \ the department, and mad? by a small, number of the1 manufacturers bf such goods. Dissatisfaction was caused by . this regulatiori.Jbotb because the pat-, rons of the service disliked .to..be forced to buy. a certain box, and be cause xei tain manufacturers wcrb ap- ? y par??itly favored the regulation) ^Put}^" jib gentiment, together with the infl'u-"" ??ce of several members of. congress ; "^?'^ who were largely interested" in rural_.. free delivery, .was brought tb bear up- ' on the Officials with such pressure that Mr. Payne, upon . his assumption of ' the duties of the office of postmaster general, .bad adopted "another regula- :-Vv: tion, which prescribed only the ma terials and size of the boxes . to be used; and allowed them-to be made by anyone, who.conid make a hox raee^ iJ?^^? ing these requirements.- - Tills, it Was'; ' thobght,. would remove ail the forrabr^ :. dissatisfaction'.' and for a time, Bu'ph ' was thc case. . It is said now, however, that there is an understanding between some bf the high authorities ot the rural Ue?r& .?ir? .by:;wli/io^V^y^^r^ 5,'?f/these - companies .:. ? rand iii * the', territory,;,, v delivery l.> .tov bo^.put .j,-, other co ?pan tbs : ?re ' .LS'-^-T^rr templat?d. % Tho companies thus nw .. vored, according to the reports, ! are the Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport Conn., thc Century company, of "De troit, the Bond Steel Post Company, of Adrian, Mich., and a company do ing business in Toledo. A story is published to thc effect that one of the Inspectors of tho de partment, whose business is the laying out of rural free delivery routes, while on dul y 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 tho Corbin company. In a short time, it was decided by the department to lay in supply of about 875,000 worth of . boxes,' and the inspector who had per fected the box was one of the com mission appointed to select the box of which sb large a supply should be pur chased by the department. The plan, for some 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'the advantage of others In being able to get upon the ground llrst. Another feature of the situation is brought about by the fact that officers I of the rural free delivery division are unquestionably in a position 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 arc not rare where a member of congress, upon in quiry about routes where he secs no possible reason for the refusal of the department tb establish the service, has been told that nothing could bo done for him in the matter of rural tree delivery, while! others, in the bet ter graces ol' the* officials, experience no difficulty in securing any routes de I sired. The operations of this oligarchy, or postofllco department trust, as lt is [called, may be inquired into by con- ? gross upon its reassembling in Jana- . ary. A Komaiicc. Three years ago while Miss Carollno C. Pritchard, of Pottsville, Pa., was nurfing the Yanderbilt family at "Newport, ll. I., she mot Harry P. Smith, a*retlred millionaire, of Bos ton. The romance then begun reach ed a happy conclusion in their wed? ding nt Pottsville Friday. Thc cer emony was performed by thc Kev. Dr. James T. Satchell, at thc home of tho bride's father, cx-Chlef of Police D. C. Pritchard. Miss Edna Stichler ?acted as bridesmaid; L. L. Pritchard, brother bf the bride, was best man. I Tho wedding was very quiet and Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith left on an ex tended Mediterranean trip. Mr. Smith is a member of tho New YTork ? Yatch Club and of thc Eastern Yatch Club. Mr. Smith and his bride will later take a cruise in bis handsome yatch Adrienne. B>- Wholesale. At Armstrong, Mo., Rev. Naylor, performed a marriage ceremony Christmas night in which five couples were united. The brides abd bride grooms formed a chele aropjj minister and claspet th'? vows, i j monial ci?b^ ) I married . mtnlstr