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liSTABLISHED _ ) _. 1DAY- AUGUST 18 1903. TWICA WFK 0 A Y A U" APAT lM T% TRW_ JmA9&L1%j&j A3 a annunU 1, Runaway Wedding, a Row, and a Chase That Proved Fatal-Honeymoon's Sad Termination. The Stite. Fort Mill, Aug. 14. --Here, in the extreme nort hern part of the State, not far from where the famous 'Squiro Bailes conduets his Gretna Green establishment, there has in the last few days occurred a romance, followed by a tragedy, that reads almost like fiction. On Sunday eve ning last 'Squire McElhaney per formed one of the class of marriages that has made 'Squire Bailes famous. Two days later the coroner was in vestigating the caus of the death of the happy bridegroom. On last Sunday evening, having just performed the ceremony making a couple from the village of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company man and wife, 'Squire McElhany Was called upon to marry Miss Ella Ram sey and Mr. J. It. Norman, both of the same village. There was serious parental objnetion to this marriage, and thereby hangs the tragic tale. After the marriage Norman and his bride returned to :he home of her parents, who hai bitterly opposed the marriage. finmediately there was a first class row, in the progress 4 of which Norman severely abused i-and cursed the girl's parents, his manner peing extremely violent and threatening. The girl's father re. ported the .matter to the town au thorities and on Monday morning Officer R. G. Johnson went in search of the young husband. He learned that Norman had just left, going in the direction of Rtock Hill, eight miles distant, with the Catawba river between them. Then it was that Officer Johnson brought out his bloodhound and gave chase. Strik ing the trail of the fleeing man, there was an exciting chase botween man and brute. As soon as the Catawba river was reached the animal went straight to the shoro and, hesitating not a moment, plunged in and swam to the west bank. There he again endeavored to strike the trail but failed. Johnson had reached the river by this time, and failing to find the young man along the banks, he was convinced that ho was hiding behind a rock cliff midway of the stream. After examining this cliff and failing to find hi 1 man, Johnson abandoned the search, Inking his dog and returning home. On Tuesday parties along the river discovered the body of a man floating dlown at ream. They examined it anid found that it was theL body of t he bridegroom of less thani a dayv. It w as pulled ashoreo and taken to a po(init near the home of MIr. H-Ian ks Jonces, who is repnlted to be a relhative, of Ablrahaim Lincolni, where at last accounts it was rest inig awaiting the arrival of the coroner of York county. Mr. Norm an wats about. 30 ye'ars of age. iHe Ihad been ini the ,miill village - at "or-t Miill only3 a few woek-, hay i[ng come froim Behnei,mt, N. C., for the purpose of takinig a positoi~n in the mill. H.e hats a brot her living in the village. Mlr. Norman had' searcely arrived at Fort Mill before lie Is enmei enami ored of thle girl, who, for-sakinmg her objecting p)arenits, was wilIlin~g to go with him, wvimhout their knowil. edge, toP thes magistrate, who wvas formerly the int end"nt of the town, and plight her t roth. Tue dramatic andl traigic sequelc leavi-s her at widow and sinmply brings to I he at tent ion of the world the sadn endling of a beautitul ronmce, the r-esult of a case of "love at first sight." George B. Evans, manaiger of the American Tranisfer compaj~iny of Kansas City, Mo., Ibrutaltly murdered his ife at. t.heirihome Saturday morn ing by shiooting her. Two hours later lhe comimi t ted snicide in a ceme tery. H,' was drun11k wheni he comi mitted the dened. HeI hatd not spent the nlight at hiom but enltered the pantry wvindow siarhy Sain urdaty morn ing, gaining access to his wife's room and comimit ting the deedl. His wife somel (lays ago entered suit for a di vorce on the ground of cruel treat. ment JETT AND WHITE CONVICTED. Life Imprisonment for the Murderers ( Marcuni-Motion for a New Trial Filed. Cynthiana, Ky., August 14 -Th jury in the case of Curtis Jett ano Thomas White charged with th assassination of James B. Marcum at Jackson, Ky., returned a verdic of guilty today, fixing the punish ment of each at life imprisonment The verdict was returned at a timi when there were but few persons ir the Court room. The only attorne present was County Attorney Web ster. Jett received the verdict witi comparative indifference and calm ness. White, who has been ap parently under a severe strain durmn the trial, flushed up and his eye filled with tears. The verdict oc. casioned little surprise. The only question which caused the delay, il is said, was whether to make the punishment death or life imprison. ment. Attorneys Blanton r.nd Golden, for the defence, werr absent when the jury came into Court, and Judge Osborne sent for them and told [hem to make their m'>tion for a new trial. The motion was there apon filed and the Court took it anuder advisement. When it was announced that the jury had come out a crowd gathered At the Court room, but it was quiet %nd ordorly, all the mountain men having gone to their homes. Col. Boyd who prosecuted the prisoners, said he was disappointed in the case, as he had hoped for a verdict affixing the death penalty. The case has been on trial almost hree weeks, having been begun July )7. At the first trial at Jackson the jury disagreed and it is believed that he verdiec today was a compromise Nith a juror opposed to capital pun shment. The friends of Capt. B. L. Ewen and other witnesses for the Dommonwealth, who have suffered Yreatly and were living in fear of ;heir lives are greatly pleased. There iave been twenty seven lives lost within the past two years in the FLargis-Cockrell feud in Breathitt Jounty and this is the first convic ion. No arrests or indictments had een made until last May, when the roops were ordered to Jackson to protect the grand jury and after wards the trial jury and witnesses. Jett is st ill under indictment, charged with killing Town Marshall Cockrell. lett said last night the rope had never been made with which to hang nim, but he made no remarks today. AN EXTRAORDINARY RESCUB i Roy From Hlavanna Whlo Had Beent Adrift A Week Picked up 530 Miles From Home. The Morgan Line steamer Eldor ido, which arrived at New York from 3alveston,, had on board a 12 year >ld boy who was fonnd adrift in an >penI boat about 10t) miles off the 30ast of Georgia on August 10. HeI was naked and almost dead from ex posure. After the lad had been revived sonmewhat he told Capt Prescott that with t wo other boys he was fishing >utsidei the harbor of Havana, when bhe boat broke adrift and they were' irmabli, to row ashore. Twvo of the lads, seeing the land rapidly reced ng, plunged into the water and swvam For shore. The other boy was unable' to swim so far, anud remained in the boat without food or water until picked up by the Eldorado. He says be was adrift for five days. Capt Prescott thinks the boat could not bave drifted 530 miles from Havana to the point where it wasH sighted in less than six (lays and1( possibly longer. The Georgia prison commission nharged with the invest igat ion of the whipping of Mamie DeCris, a white wvomani at the State farm, has sub mitted its report saying that Wardenu Allagoodl acted entirely within his riuthority andl that he was led to the whipping by extreme aggravation. The resignation of the warden ac companies the report, however. The report is the condoning of a very brutal anc JEFFRIES STILL CHAMPION. f Knocked Out Jim Corbett in the Tenth - -ight Witnessed by Ten Thousand Men, at Cost of $54,000. Mechanics' Pavilion, San Fran, cisco, Aug. U4.-James J. Jefferies, champion heavyweight of the world, played with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and a half tonight and then Corbett's seconds motioned to Referee Graney to stop the light in order to -ave thoiK man from need less punishment. The end came shorily after the beginning of the tenth round when Jefferies planted one of his terrific left swings on por bett's stomach. The man who con quered John L. Sullivan dr9pped to the floor in agony and the memorable scene at Carson City when B-b Fitzsimmons landed his solar plexus blow wis almost duplicated. This time, however, Corbett struggled to his feet and again faced his gigantic adversary. With hardly a moment's hesitation Jefferies swung his right and again landed on Corbett's stom ach. Jim dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan, seeing that it was all over, motioned to Referee Grainey to stop the pnnish. ment. Ten thousand men were seated about the arena in Mechanic' pavilion at 9 o'clock, representing an expen diture for seating accommodations aggregating $54,000. This is the largest crowd ever assembled at a ringside in this country and the third largest sum in dollars and cents ever contested for. The two that exceeded it in receipts were the Corbet.t-Jeffrios fight at Co ney Island, $60,000, and the Corbett. McCoy light at Madison Square Gar den, New York, $63,000 The scene about the big pavilion from 5 p. in., until the men stepped into the ring Wis one o confusion. The gallery ticket holders formed in line on Hayes, Larkin and Grove streets in three large rowis, and although there was much crowding and scrimmaging in the attempt to gain admittance, a hundred policemen kept perfect order once the doors were opened. Tih pavilion ticket holders were more leisurely about coming to claim their seats. COLUMBIA'S LYNCHING CONVENTION. Present Outlook is That There Will be a Large Attendance of Representative Colored Citizens-The Speakers. News and Courier. The Rev. N. G. Johnson, who took a leading part in calling the pro posed lynching conference, says that from the present outlook there will be a large attendance of represen t a tive colored citizens. All railroads in the State and those running from August a will sell special or reduced rate tickets to all persons wvho attendl the convention on Tuesdlay, August~ 25. Persons attending the convention should ask for round trip tickets Tickets will be sold1 on Mondlay, August 24, aL.d Tuesd(ay, the 25th, and will be good t.o return on or before Tuesday, 27th. T1he following named speakers have be,en invited to discuss th)e varions phases on the sublject of lynching, its causes~ and remued ioe: The Rev. M M. Gilbert, D). D., of Columbia; the Rev. George C. Rowes, of Char leston ; the Rev. IE. B. Burroughs, D). D., of Charleston; the Rev. Geo. T.i Dlard, D). 1)., of Columbia; E. J. Sawyver, of Boninettsville; the Rev. R. E. Welhls, DI. D., of Columbia, anui George WV. M1urray, of Sumter, and others. President Ioosevelt on Sndiay (10 1ivored the principal address at the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Holy Name of Booklyn and Long Island, held at Oyster B3ay The president's thm wasfil'Vl "Deenncy of Speech and Condnet "' The adldress wVas onIt.hns1~ias5tical ly apjplauded by the ailonen' or in >re thIan tw~o thou Rfussia sro far has1 not boeon sat isfiedl wit4 the rol)lrat ion made b)y T1urkey for the murder of the Russian consul at Moniastir and( llussia's Black Sea fleet has ailed fr Turkshaters FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIiS. Superintendent Martin Issues Circular t( Superintendents and Teachers. Columbia, August 17.-The fol lowing circular letter has been issued from the office of the State Superin. tendent of Education: "To County Superintendents, Trus. tee. and Teachers: ' Allow me to call your attention to the urgent need of libraries in our comIon 1chools. Many of our schools have well arranged working libraries but. hundreds of them have no provision whatever for the thou. sands of bright pupils who are hun gering and thirsting for something more than is furnished by the daily routine of text book work. And, then, there are thousands of children who spend much precious time in wanton idleness which might be profitably spent in reading the best li'erature. In addition to its dis ciplinary features, a small library will be used by a judicious teacher for the purpose of inspiring pupils to a wider outlook and a nobler life. In fact, I have observed the work ings of some small libraries in coun try schools recently and have noticed that such libraries work a wholesome influence on the entire community. They give subjects of community im. terests and prevent gossip and disa greeuents. "It is scarcely necessary to argue the benefits of school libraries. One has only to go into a school room and hear pupils recite, or examine some sets of examination papers, to find out by general intelligence and excellence of eixpressiotn the students who have had access to good books and who have been readers. The is a vast amount of ignorance of cur rent knowlodge and information. Many homes are not provided with newspapers, m11agazines or any litera ture which will teach living history and widen the horizon of the life of the bright boys and girls who ona nate from them. "E very school ought to have its dictionary and, if possible, its ency clopedia-and yet how many have neither? After a library has been begun in a school, it is easy for it to accumulate, and soon many other valuable books of reference and paral lel reading will be collected which enable teachers to train for research, culture and scholarship. I have known a teacher in a country school to raise $10 or $12 with an enter tainment, to start a library and then the trustees providled a nice book. case with a lock and key. Gifts of book'i were made by various pub)lic sp)iritedl peop)le and that case also re ceived various papers and1 mamgazmoes. The library grew to such proportions hat the community decided to build a new and more elegant house to harmonize with the newv book case andl now books. Other equipment was purchased to match and, in ad dition to reforming the physical sur roundlings of that schoolhouse, that library is working a very beneficent reformation of a whole school dis trict. All this was brought abiout by the efl'ct of a zealous, useful teacher. "Some library equi pmnent is neces sary ini order that the teacher may teach pupils how to read and whal to read. Tihne whole course of pupil's life may,bo changed by giv ing him a love for readling and taste for good books. Newspapers magazines and other periodicals ox ert ai great educational influnenice, ami those might weill find space m a well ordered book-case in a public school Some are especially adapted and teacher can use t hem with wonderfu resul ts. "It is my desire that we got. al least a small library started in all oi the schools in our state which have no such provision, ari I ask foi your co-operat ion in this very imp~or tant and far reachlineg work. I have asked D)r. JIas. P'. lKinard, of Win throp College, to prepare sono1 sug gestivo lists in cornection wvith hii work at the State Su1mmor School anid these are hereto aipp)end(ed These and1 other good books may b obtained at very reasonab)le pricos E'ither of these lints, with ni a/(itio GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. The Irish Land Bill has paRsed through both h1ou1ss of the English Parliament tiid now awaits the sig nature of the King to become law. The injurios to the battleship ffassachusetts caused by striking onl Egg Rock Shoul out of bitr Harbor, Mo, are greater than at first. ex pected and extensivo repairs will bo niecessary. The dofuliting clerk of the Mtor. chants' National Bainik of Newark, N. J., has been caught. H iti 7 I yearm old. Hef ham no 1wiitationi ini talk ing about his crime, which was em bezzling $29,000 of the futd of thv bank. The limited Now York oxprems oni the Pennsylvania road ran into ai open switch at Van Wortm, Ohio, Friday night, ono mEnn being in. stantly killed, mitother fatally in jured, and thirtoon it ore or less in jured. The latest trnst iN a Tailoring Trust, and Charlos IN. Schwab, tiho Steel King and rillioniairo, Is sait to be behind it. The trust will ottab lish tailoring hotse all over tbt conutry, including Charlettou and columbia in this sitto. The hurricane which swept over Janaica ilast. wkoek carriel appalling (estitutl0ion0 in its walk. Thousandn of peoplo wero ron(lerel homeles and deprived of ovorytbing they possessed anid numberi wort, killed. It is reportd frorin alonica that. tile Bulgarian instirgeits liave turnmii tables on the Turkt and miassacred tile inhabitanit of the large Turkisl village of I inati, near Mlonatir, only twenty 11nh1albitalt-t of tihe town eseaping. The eruption of Vosmuvium monl what increatied. The mtreaui of lava flowing from tile crator is divided into two branchie. The longer reaches t (lIstainco of 2,506 foot ot her a distaince of 2,300 fom. The reporu state there iH tio iineiato dlanger. Kansa City is in peril again oin account of high watorm anId trallfie between the AIIHHonri ido nmid th l(anias side haft boon sliiperled, all the temporary pile bridges erected after the grout flood in Juno having iteen ondatngered by a rise in the Kansas river. Th'Ie la1st issue of the Manufac turers' Record gives figures showving a1 steadly inlcrolas of exports frorn Southern ports. lIn teni years the exports of Now OrlealH nearly dlouled amnd the expotrtH alt (*al ves ton have mol(re thban treled in the samne time. ilosepil lulitzer has1 provided the suml of $2,000Ot, 0(0 to estalish i alI school of joulrnlisn a511lt CoAlutuIbia University, New York. $500),000) is to be0 expenidedl in thie erection)1 of ra buildin(hg. It 8 iX expectedc to( haive the4 8011001 comlljieted by the openinig of the( session' of 101. Conlgre8srman i llnt y 1B. (Ilibson, ol the 2d Tenineso (district, has1 becOJo heir t.o bet.weeni $50,000), and1 $100, 000, b)y a1 prolvisiori iri the will of Mrs Martha GIraven, rectently deconsed01 ii W ashlingtonl. TJhe Congressamn wvii devote the( m1onley to h1elp worthy~ yotung men01 through col loge, a18 MIrs (Gtrave is Isaid11 to have aIssist ed him A thlroughl fremght from Ashevi ih to Spartalnurg ran away comin11g downV1 the 8(00;) grad(e fromi Salud mIo unta(in 01n ITirsday , giing l ter ri tic sp)e0d and1( jupiing the tral, ECngineor ,J. HI. A vor i , Jr., and1( bi fireman were buried tinder tile wrec. and1( a bralkeman11's le1gM were cuit ofi Thie a1ccidenIt was11 causd( by thle fail uire of the brakes to work. (Gilbert~ Twigg, of Win field, K 111. aged thirty youre, Sulpposed to bi Isanol, app~ eared on)1 tIle p rincip1a1 street of W inlfieldl ThuIrsday nigh with a double-barrelled shlot gmi anVd fired1 both chargos dIeliberatol into a1 crowd of 5,000 peopjle, wI were listen inrg to a1 band1( coniceri Hie kiled throeo personsH, fatally ili jured1 three, and1( shlot t wonty othors six of whni may die ary and subscription to two or three well chosen papers and magazins, will make i splendid nuelpos for a school library. There are great poi sibilities in this work and it is build ing for all time. I hope that the statistics next year will show great advar-cement in the work of securing good school libraries, because I know that excellent results must follow earnest effort along this line. The following lists prepared by Dr. Kinard will suggest a good begin ning, and any intelligent teacher can easily suggest additions and many patrons and public spirited people will donate books, papers and mag aziies to help such good cause." LInBRARY 1,18T NO. 1. (Suggested by Dr. Jas. P. Kinard, of Winthrop College.) Anderson, Fairy Tales. Anderson, Arabinn Nights' Enter. taimueuit. Bolton, Poor Boys Who Became Fainous. Bulfinch, Age of Fable. Bunya., Pilgrim's Progress. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. Earle, Child Life im Colonial Days. Franklin, Autobiography. Gritum, Fairy Tales. Lamb, Advenitures of Ulysses. Lamb, Talos from Shakespeare. Mowry, American Inventions and Inventors. Plutarch, Lives (Selections.) Pyle, Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Py relle, Diiddie, )um3ps and 'Toth luskin, King of the Goldnl Iiver. Swift., Gulliver's Travels. Williamson, Life of Jackson. IRiAlY LIST NO. 2. (Suggested by Dr. J. P. Kinard, Winthrop College.) Abbott, Alfred, The Grout. Abbott., Cy rum. Abbott,, Julius Caesar. Alcott, Miles Standish. Alcott, Little Women. Alcott, Old Fashioned Uirl. Andersen, Fairy Tales. Anidorsen, Arhian Nights' Enter tainiment. Bolton, Poor Boys Who Bocame Famnous. Bullinch, Ago of Fable. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress. Burnett, Little Lord leaunt.lcroy. Cooke, Surry of Eagle's Nost. Cooper, The Spy. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. Dickens, David Copperfield. Earle, Child Life in Colonial Days. Franklin, Autobiography. Frost, Swamp Fox (Marion). Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield. Goulding, Young Marooners. Grinmn, Fairy Tales. Iatrris, Uncle Remus. Hauwthmorne, Skotch Book, (Selec t.ions.) Homer, The Odyssey (Bryant's T[rans.) Kipling, Jumngle llook. Lamib, Adventures of Ulysses. L~amb, T[ales froni Shaukespear. Lanig, BIlue Fairy liookc. Mot ley, Siege of Leydeni. Mowry, Aimiericanm iventions and Muldock, J1ohn I l aifax, (henit lemn. IPlIutarch, Li ves (Select ions. ) . Pyle, Merry Adlventures of lIohin PyrnellIe, D)iddio, D)um s amid Tlots. lE tuskin, King of the Uoldet Itiver. Scott, IIloart. of MIidllothiian. -Scott, Ivanuihoe. I Scott, Koniilworth. Scott, Lady of The Lake. !St evenmsoni, Troenrno Island. Swift, (lulliver's TraveIs. I Thackory, Henry Esmondl. Thuckery, Thme Newcomes. Willimarmson, Life of Jackson. WVyss, i'wiss Fl.amnily RLobinson. Columnba, Newberry and Laurenms R. R. Co Speial OCCas8ion: 26th Annumal Con ve(nt.ion S. C. Sunday School Associ ationi (I nterdecnominatlionatl) , Green ville, S. ., A ugust 26th anid 27th, 190E1 Itates: Columbia. ...........56 Prmosperity . ..........0 Newber-ry .. ........$3 5 Laumrens. . .......... Clinton. .. .......... --I)atec of salc: Ags 6h 5ha( 26th wit iA ugst August 2than SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed In the State. The Bamberg cotton mill has shut down for one month "for extensivo repairs and improvements." Capt. S. S. Ross has found a'tin mine on his place at oftrey which promises to yield bountifully. Yesterday was the last day of ser vice of Col. T. J. Cunningham, phos. phato inspector, whoso office was abolished by the last legislature. The Attorney General, in response to a request from the Rtkilroad C,)m missioners, has filed an opinion in which he holds that baby carriages constitue articles of baggage. A negro has been arrested at Bates. burg who is believed to be tho man who entered a lady's room in Augus ta some time age with evil intent. Thomi Owens, a nogro laborer in Florenco County, while folling a tree in the woods on Saturday was caught beneath the treo and mashed to death. It is reported from Florence that the tobacco sales during the past. wotik have b-on exceptionally large but that the price has boun very snIall. The Olympia and Granby mills in Columbia have started the plan of closing down for the first three days in each week tintil the now crop of cot,ton comes In. The encampment of the reginimnt of cavalry at Camden was broken on Saturday morning. The camp was named M. L. Smith In honor of the Speaker of the House, whose home is in Camdon. More than three thousand person attended the big educational gather: ing at Tirzah in York county last week. Addresses were made by Supt. 0. 13. Martin, Prof. Clinkscales Uf Wolford and other prominent gentle 111011. The relief comm1itteo having chalrge of tho fund for the relief of the su. forers inl the Pacolet valley from the great June floods has sulibmitted its final report, showing that the total am1ount contribited, $25,998.27, has bon disburseid for the relief of the sufferers. Jerome Stark, of Columbia, while workinig on ithe lint of the Boll Tol Phone com"pany in Charlestonl oi Thursday caine in contact with a live wire and fell a distance of 60( feet to the pavement. His fall was broke.n 1)y coinug down uipon a fellow wvorker and he suIlfored no serious injury. iorence tobacco growers have failed to make anmy money on their Iobacco crop this year on acconu,t of the tobacco trust, they cl aim. A iss meeting of the ciiznj o "lr ninco wvas hold last wveek and resolua tionis were adopted( against trusts ini general and the tobaucco trust ini par ienlar. A negro womnur arnd two( chldreni in the same house were struck tad killed by lighting at IHrogdoni's, Sumter county, T'hursday night. The woman was in the act of closiog at wmndow wvheun struck. An infant, in her arms wvas seriously injured. The two chilren killed were on the op poitolid of the room. Sorit h Carolina's first~ batl for I19()3 wais mahlrkOted itt l3iaberg Ihursday afterntooni. It wats grown b) Abo Simmons, colored, on thie plantaition of Ii. C. F'olk, five miles south of flamnberg. T1he batle weighed *498 pounds(1 atnd wa.s clssed as goodI ini-. d hug. It was shipped to Augusta. This baloc is seven days latter Itan lust Syear. The earlijest bale1 over marketed in this St ate was Ju als 27, 1 H9J, grown hby t.h( 5amo negro. Th'e governmuonti of Himulgarin, Ihats presentedm to teU hNOVer a t.otrrible story of TPurkish outrages in Macedonia. Men, Women and chil. d(re!n, the paper says, were massacredI mi various places, the women raped, andi men and1 children torturedi to dleath. The prisons were tilled with priests, schioolm asters and1( m1erchaints on the flmasis prtets