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VOL. 9, NO. 25. SEMI-WEE nilRDFMPV DFPflDT I p UUIMILMUI I\LI UI\ I \Vn ' PASSES THE HOUSE; ; PP! j in Revised Measure Sent to Senate bv Vote of 298 to 60. ! ^ . ba CHEERS GREET PASSAGE, pa, tin of Senate Voted Friday nn<l Sent gri Completed Pleasure to President an i ba Wilson to Sitrn. I Washington, Dec. 23.?The house ' passed the conference report on the 1 on administration currency bill at 10:56 o'clock last night by a vote of 298 to i 60, and sent the report to the senate, jn which had waited in session to receive it before adjournment for the tlw night. on ^ Prolonged and uproarious cheers from the Democrats greeted the an- roj nouncement of the vote by Speaker an Clark, and many members of the house hastened over to the senate to see the report received there. Earlier y in the evning the senate had agreed * to vote not later than 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and the leaders regarded it as certain that the completed bill would be in the hands of 8p President Wilson for his signature before tonight. On the final vote thirty-four Republicans, eleven Progressives and | one Independent (Kent of California) | voted with the majority for the re_ Ne port, and two Democrats, Calloway plot Texas and Witherspoon of Missis- ' ro sippi. Joined the opposition. .... OAT,T,ERIES CROWDED. NN 1 The vote followed a debate of near- a'i ly three hours, during which the a i galleries remained crowded with ed spectators, including many prominent tia figures in official life. The house ad- gr journed until 2:30 p. m. today, when Rc the leaders hope to put through a of Joint resolution for a recess until lai January 12. E\ The decision to take a final vote on of the conference report In the senate th not later than 2:30 todav was roach- fo ed by unanimous consent just before se 10 o'clock last night. At the sug- pl< gestion of Senator Gallinger, the th Republican leader, Senator Owen ev agreed not to press the report for consideration last nlgnt in return for an agreement to vote today. By n<! < * unanimous consent it was agreed m, that the senate should meet at 10 l)V o'clock this morning, take up the re- " port immediately and take up a vote an , not later than 2:30 o'clock. n? With this arrangement made the ocimir jiimi ni'iorp in ociock took a recess until 11:15 to await the ar- a rival of the report from the house. ' LUNCH DURING READING. w Representative Glass appeared in he the house with the conference report ^ Just before 6 o'clock, and as the clerk m began reading there was a rush for pj the lunch rooms. An hour was required for the formal reading, and it was understood that there would he ra about two hours of debate before the ??, final vote. In the meantime Senator Owen had 0O presented the agreement of the con- -pj ferecR to the senate and that body, jp, after ordering the report printed, recessed until 9 o'clock to await action f'r( by the house. The senate leaders j1(J hoped to hear from the house 'soon jj. after convening and were prepared to hurry action on their side so as to ! send the completed hill to the Presi- j dent before midnight. DEFENDS NOTE PROVISION. Mr. Glass went owr the conterence report in detail and defended the | note provisions of the hill but assail- j mlnorV ference_ committee^ nrovlslon whlch th I failure to n un,.. .... .... iriakes the government primarily re-| vi xjfrponsihle for the notes it proposes to sc issue to regional reserve banks. tli Mr. Hr.yes also declared the provls- m ion extending crpdlt on farm loans H|i was a "gold brick." in that only a ,.jj small pprcontage of the surplu-f of f;i the small banks could bp loaned to the farmers. Reprpspntatlvp I.en root of Wlseon- ' sin, Republican, announced that hp Ul would vote for the conference report because he believed it an improve. ; n ment on both bouse and senate bills. ni "Under this bill," be said, "the re- S(' serves in Wall street can no longer be l'r used in stock speculation, but must be used to meet the commercial needs ,,c of the country." 1 m Representative Moore of Pennsyl- I vania characterized the bill as a st travesty upon Democracy's so-called popular rule." and a confession of is dictation. fa Representative Guernsey of Maine, in Republican, said he objected to the th bill chiefly becnuse the reserve board as would be controlled by partisan in- he terpsts. Representatives Ragsdale at of South Carolina. Heflln of Alabama G< and A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl- th vania. Democrats, supported the re- pr port in enthusiastic addresses. at xv. Tribute to Senator Simmons of North Si _ Carolina. bl Washington, Dec. 24. -Senator Simmon-, of North Carolina, \\ ho successfully piloted t lu Demoeritie 11V tariff bill I I II'1 - , ?-Mita/t tiii" week " Mito- ' ? . .. I of K p i 'Trm. . | graphed and nolv honnn copy 1 of the bill. The bill eont '' I graphs of appret iatlon I Wilson, Y!<" f*i ii! x; >r 11;111 .in 1 f several senators in addition to the 11 I autographed signature of all mem* ?| I bprs of tfco rcnate. s ' IKLY. LANCAS kssimism has disapi'kakeo. | nnrpinriiT ymeiit of Christina* ltoiiuscs by IllK Hanks Already llt'Kuu. 01 IDDl~IV New York, Deo. 2 4.?The note of UUIlIiLr ssimism in the holiday sentiment Wall street wliieli was evident j ? tie time ago lias disappeared and ,*f r%,i W it is said the usual bonuses to Memners 01 t di iployes will be paid by brokers and in Congress nkers generally. Saturday's sudden reversal in the urse of prices as a result of the A DAY OF GR] ssake of the currency bill through i 3 senate and the peaceful solution the American Telephone &. Tele- ^ ilson Says Its iph matter, all with its promise of I That Shows I old-fashioned null movement, nished the pessimism. . no" w m There was more happiness to the Washington. 1 iiare inch on the New York stock i ?i . , . * . . Wilson signed t mange in one minute yesterday, as | e of its members expressed, it, than ren?y mil at 6:0 sre had been t othe whole securi- , in the presence s market In any one month earlier cabinet, the coi 11 ? year* tppa **** nankin? Payment of Christmas bonuses by _ ' , 7 3 big banks has already begun. l)emocratlc leade ie bank, with many branches erally. roughout the city, started the ball With a few str lling by distributing $38,000 president conve long its employes. measure to be ki reserve act, reorg AGRANT IS WELL 1 furnishing, In I KNOWN YEGGMAN LTeSie aSS , ?? put at the dlspos artanhurg Magistrate Holds Win. ?n(' manufacture for the first time McKinley for (irand Jury on ENTHUSIAS1 Charge of Burglary. Enthusiasitc ai Spartanburg Special to Charleston icntTffl^eThl"0 ws and Courier, Dec. 23.?After a delivered an exti eliminary investigation held in the characterizing Hi art house, yesterday afternoon, ni'n'stration to ti mi i ? * i ii * t. with the husines illiam McKinley, alias John Kinnev. * - iry arm me latt as "Dayton Scotty," alleged to bo the government' noted sate robber, who was Hberat- constitution of p on parole from the state peniten- The event can iry by Governor Blease Thanks- day of rejoicing idng Day, was held by Magistrate tal for Congres ibert J. (Jantt to await tlie action two weeks for tl the grand jury on charges of burg- convened last Aj ry and attempted safe robbery, leaders were jut idence was given that on the night had completed t\ December in McKinley broke Into islation?tlie tar e store of Rennrd Frey, at Fair- reform?in nine rest, stole articles of clothing and nnee which they t off a charge of some powerful ex- dented in the h aslve, supposedly nitro-glycerlne, in try. e safe, which was not opened, how- "I need not er- President to the Much testimony was given against be took up his rKlnley. One of the principal wit- ; very deep gratifi sses was Elmore Wright, a paroled to siRU this bill arderer, who, after being liberated ought to express Governor niease from the state miration I have nitentiary, is alleged to have shot have made it po; lother man and Is back In Jail this bill. There :ain. Wright testified that after n?d counter.curr cKinley was lodged in the Spartan- has moved forwa irg county jail lie traded to Wright special admiratii new undershirt of the same kind an(' the leadersh those stolen from Frey's store the force of the right said that McKinley told him committees and did not want to be found with the stood the comm irt in his possession because it ?rclsing a degrei iglit be used as evidence to convict careful thought m with the Frey robbery. undoubtedly has McKinley took the stand and testi. benefit of tlie hi 1 d that he found the shirt 011 the EVIDENCES ( ilwav track in a sack, rie denied "Then there hi e robbery. iri. McKinley admitted that he was the great niV\ ' nvict paroled by Governor Blease el it L.11 lanksgtving. He said that after (0 ,,iv living the penitentiary he went to indeed n , mrgia. but his feet became sore only tlie .n ' rim walking, and when arrested something fin?, re he was working his way to siasni of co-one iltimore to enter a hospital. that at this sess have witnessed THE NEW TYPE OF SCHOOL. Pleasure and ent of Ihn ? - y< '"ifrnofrsh ?e at RideviHe, R. A. Gentry the aoromnH'S:8t?nUf Principal. a"omplished. Summerville, December 22. 11 ,s a ma"ei tecial: In the report of prizes awar- to ,,lat '? t ?1 to rural schools by the South there should lia1 irolina School Improement As- 5l''le a number elation, an error occurred in giving cas' ^or't. All p e name of the principal of Ridge- our system of lie School Dorchester County, the necps*d'y party n hool raving the highest score. As ty of tho ntajori is distinction is due in a very large 'heir origination ensure to the enthusiastic leader- hut ,,lia cannot ip and personal efforts of the priii- Jneasurf' It has pal. Mr. R. A. Gentry, it seems only '"timation of tin ir that his correction be made. ^-operation of n Through the enterprise of the trie- ^ 0 n' , ,.,ous es and patrons of this school bonds tj , .. .. / '??" " - building on ro,!/3?",l?"g iproved plans was errected. A tine (hi t , "K i, j, ? i 4. . iIIiiik wo ran co nlding alone however, does not , that w J ake a good school The country pubIlf. serviof, (h hool of today which meets with ap_ ?. , oval is the one which in addition to C??,Vf "*d A',r e regular course c' study trains _ 'or the b >ys and girls to be good home- can sav " is akers and citizens. To this end constructive r. Gentry and his assistants are ' , ''omocratic | rjvj?g ' knows how to In connection with the new school j the "Teachers Home," which is BOMIls st becoming an important factor j _ the life of this community. Here Bottles Full of e principal and his wife, with the i ^ sistant teachers, are making a real j >me. Here the boys bring their tools , Cleveland, Oh id under the kind instruction of Mr. | finding of 12 six entry do a little manual work; here i Je(f "dynamite-g e boys and girls meet to sing and 'n 'he former <ji actice for school entertainments, 1 department in tli id here the guest is sure of a warm precipitated a p elcome and generous hospitality. a"d attaches. A i tch a "Home" and school are a a"empt to blow essing to any community. been made. The bombs wi ., ,', , the city chemist Ileal tless Burglars. Syracuse, N. V., December 23.? - <i i li/ii.KAii nir f.?. < *Oresj Ol IllLIt' I iuunrii \> ? ?? their Christmas presents late to- West Point, X \y, when burglars broke into th?' More than 300 e >utli Presbyterian Church and States Military ripped a big Christmas tree. The spend the Chrb wglars stole a diary containing an parents or frien< ltline of twenty sermons and eight of absence of ci| ritten sermons from the pastor's largest number udy. was granted the ;teh, s. c., fimday, dfcfmher 2 W ("OAKLAND SAMMY" ICY MEASURE MUSI STAND 1 binet and Leaders Bound Over to United J Witness Event. Court of Northern Alnba EAT REJOICING YEGG REMANDED TO Piece of legislation lemorrats Know Was Amon? Prisoners C.o >rve Country. B,ease ,'arwhNl La8t Than giving. ">ec. 24.?President tie Glass-Owen cur- Columbia Special to Cha i . News and Courier, Dec. 24.?i 1 o clock la. t night K Wm|am8> allas "Oakland Sa of members or his auas "Samuel Raymond," wai igresslonal commit- day morning bound over to the and currency and States district court for Nc rs In Congre,? g"n- Alabama for trial on the oh? rs in congress gen blowlng a po8tofflce 8afe at , in that state, in 1901. okes of the pen, the States Commissioner R. 1 rted into law the Sloan fixed the bail of the y iown as the federal $10,000 and remanded him ;anizing the nation's after he was unable to secure rrency system, and men. He will be sent back to the words of the gomery, Ala., and will be pla machinery for free trial on January 8 before I incontrolled credits. Judge Thomas G. Jones, al of the merchants Tbe preliminary hearing I *rs of this country wa8 attended by Postoffice In i in 50 years." jj. T. Gregory, who swore t [TC APPLAUSE. warrant on which the yeggmi pplause ran through arrested as he stepped from tli t onty as the Presi- penitentiary under a parole Signature but n? ha Governor nie.?co ^ nomomiil I'l ptnporaneous speech tpr, II. P. Irvin of Montgomery ip desire of the ad- J- H H,orne of Meridian. Mia: ike common counsel arrested the at that pi: r men of the conn- 1902,and Postofflee Inspectoi er's efforts to meet I)ilts of ntrmlngliam, Ala., w s advances as "the have charge of the case from I eaoe " against the yeggman. They ie at the close of a np(1 Williams and were wltner in the national capi- the government, s had recessed for Inspector Holliday, who is ie fir?t time since it P(l hprp- dropped In during tli >ril. The Democratic hut did not take any part in tl dlant because they HIS OWN LAWYER, vo big pieces of leg- ,, iff and the currency , "Oakland Sammy was months of perform- fro thp Upland county jail considered unprece- hp has been under heavy guar istorv of the conn- his arrest when he stepped fr state penitentiary under paro ? had no lawyer and when the \ tell you. said the waR read to him charging hi assembled group as robbing government postofl pen, 'that I feel a Marlon, Ala., he demanded tl cation at being able statutes he read covering the c , and I feel that I tried to make the point that tl very heartily the ad- ra?t was barred by the stat for the men who limitation, but was overrule ssible for me to sign examined the witnesses and c have been currents own defense, displayii ents, hut the stream siderable familiarity with tiie ird. I think we owe ... .. . . ' r .. After the robbery of the pi on to the patience . ,, . . , , .'c Ym at Marion in 1901, "Oakland S dp and the skill and . . , .. I.. . , . .. .. ?ed towards the West, but tli chairmen of the two , . . . . behind them have 0Anir.0 ?nRPp<*? were hot on h ittee themselves ex. J* he was Paf ng through M. ei..., i ,.< Miss., on a train he was arre e of scrutiny and of 4l ' , , . i, Tr i? ?i,i? i.? i the yards bv J. II. Home, a pc rldnnnH^d hi assisted by Mr. Ikigal.au j ' being on the lookout for hin 1 Home handcuffed the prisoner jF team work. and took him to Montgomery as grown, as we have and placed him in jail, from his business and the 5,\aCe he?scaped after a few 1 siness which nreced T,'? a88,stant postmaster at Of loam ?-ork that KO"" ry,' l\!rvl"' y,s'!.ed " e been very notable oner frp?iuently and showe constructive^ action ki",,npf!f!ps and ,,p ?ad Mr. which ""O to Identify I,In, men with the enthu- Knv"n""entration and I think "Oakland Sammy" sawed t ion of Congress, we to his cell in the Montgonie an accumiiintir... scaled ?ho - ? ? j?'? ience. went t husiasm on the part a bar* K()t a <,r>'ik and disap ilp of both houses in ESCAl'KIJ HY FHtF 1 and lasting things , . 1 IRE' Warnings and descriptions of real gratification ? "!"" r'""ho case of this bill ? ?' ??? '>< ??f ?rr' re been so consider- , , ,lf: Alaban of Republican votes ' . ? . 1 , f,r m~, :reat measures uhder , jail. T1 government are of in/VrL,Ii yeoman was w icasures for the par- ' ' , " \ n harleston ( ty is responsible for " ' ,v oliceman O t on and their passage; Kct'ing into some difficulty be called a partisan J ni(m station. On his way been relieved of all 1,0 <lroPI",(l a box containing .t sort hv the cordial burglar tools and threw out ten on tiie other side ?' nitro-glycerine. He was ties who have acted convicted before Judge Print given very substan- sentenced to ten years and one very intelligent roa- in the state penitentiary. He with us. So that I Insolent to the judge that he home with the feel- Ave more years and made tl in better spirits for fifteen. During his trial Willi an we were when we most effected his escape fro 11 .Charleston county jail and h ill Itself. I feel that ' ten oat "f his oe" nnj} bld 'n the first of a series dlaroverecl. hn route measures by which state penitentiary he <old his partv will sliow that that he dldn e expect to serv serve the country." than an average of one moi each of the years he was sen ... u. Williams was paroled by G? 1 IN n.trh. Hlease in the list of 105 prise whom clemency was given 1 Wxploalve in Heath giving. He was arrested as h Ifllce. ed from the state penitential . Th_ warrant charging him with in he at Marion, Ala., and has beer iwwinfl ln a safe Hlchland county jail ever lyterine, in a a e awamng trial. He has beer !eaTy%hlsti?tehrnool the eye of a deputy day and ante among officials '?? will be sent back to Alab report spread that an Marshal Adams and will be up the building hi.d guarded. BEGAN IN 18 ft S. ill be turned over to for analysis. " illmms criminal record b far br< !. as 18ft8, when lie w tenccd to five years in the > lie Holidays. -tate nlt'nt'ary on a plea o . Y. I)oreni'> to a <! r, < 1> rglary at Or< adets left tli"' Uiiitt ' t' at. rl t< . While ho was belli Academy tonigf, f. > to the st - -i on he escaped itm.'s holld .ys i I'i.v : ii ''.i' federal Is. They are on 'In, m-nt ilh him ?ht days. This is t) probably be turned over to t of cadets thai!* over 'ouil authorities to <=erve th privilege. i tcnce of five years, lie was \S i <i, v.m. ? ?! in that state under the name of' ' l/ll I TP j Samuel Raymond. KM I pi Williams kept his eyes on Inspector IMLLLLJ "HI k I Qre*?ry during the preliminary, for .... MIAI Mr. Qregory is the nemesis of ?h" lAll lllHI I yeggmen, and has broken up several jfil bands. When Commissioner Sloan | announced that the prisoner would be ot-.iu up iw iriiii np grew sarcastic to- 1 ->liltes wards the commissioner and Mr. Laurenc I Home, the Mississippi officer, towards . r ^ wiiom he seemed to bear a bitter " ' liatred. lie asked for a chance to talk with Mr. Gregory, and was trying JAIL, so it is said to get him not to be hard SHOI A ; on him. As the officer snapped the hand- I vernor cuffs on Williams to take him back Woman to jail, he said, "If I live to be as old Tlirouu ks" | as Methuselah, I might get one year I out." and muttering to himself he ! was led away. He took his arrest rleston stoically and his being sent up for trades Samuel 1 trial as a matter of course. and Cour mmy," lng jjm United OFFICIALS REPORT yral days irthern MENELIK'S DEATH P,utt irge of tirely thr darion, 1 ence Whl United Ttiis Time Abyssinian Monarch's gro, com 3everly Finish Seems Certain?Often . . ,, ... himself e^g at Reported Read. , . to jail hody was bonds- Addis Abeba. Abyssinia, Dec. 24.? low this t i Mont- It was officially announced here i abiy the] eed on today that the Emperor Menelik is , federal dead. j revo,vor Emperor Menelik II had been re- hearing i dondav ported dead on many occassians, but wife doe spector | this is the first time an offileial an- , and js gQ nit the nouncement has been published. 1()ok Qn j an was Rumors of the occurrence had been | le state 'n circulation for several days in the was take from European Capitals, but were receiv- For se istmas- e(1 with skepticism. Withersp \ Ala.; 1 Emperor Menelik was born at An. (>).rs , s'.. who hobar on July 17, 1844. Tie was a son ice in ?' Haeli Milecotb. King of Slioa, and wile and r R. F. was reputed a direct descendant of the ball no will 1w,,, n ?" niH'iin aim King iso'o- and comi now on m?n- When his father died Menelik wife says identi- was only twelve vearss old. The self, hut ises for throne of \byssinia was seized by then esc; Kassal. fJovernor of Kondor. who was foun -tatton- took Menelik captive and proclaimed near the e trial, himself Emperor, hut Menelik os- hi temp tc ease, caped and became ruler of the king- a verdict dom of Sliou. White Menelik became famous cheify in of Rcorg irought connection with the war between indicated . where Abyssinia and Italy when lie organ- from t' < d since an army of 70.000 men and do- this plan om ?he footed the Italians in a series of bat- judging t le. He ties, dictating his own terms of peace, one wou varrant ()ne ?f the fiercest battles of the war dangeron ni with was fought at Adowa on March 1. While 1896, when the Itlians lost more than Withersp hat tlm 4.200 whites and 2,00ft native troops was abus ase and 'n killed and wounded. The Ayssin- in reply lie war- 'ans admitted a loss of 8.000 men. shot Wit nte of Menelik declared himself a Chris- nminatio *d. He tlan and maintained a church estab- Florence onduct- Halted In which there was a mixture jn the th lg con- ?f Christiantity and heathenism. of the la law. The lieir to the throne. Prince LidJ pim he )8toin<-e Jeassu> ls onl>* eighteen yeairs of age. wife sayi ainitnv" He is 8ni(1 to Possoss KrPat intelli- Him to ii ie post- Rom'? and sP^aks English. French bv. and is trail and German. He was chosen severail per he w "ridi'ai >'oara aK? by Menelik himself as heir ^pe savs sted in aPParonf- body, aim dice of e monaroh fs sai(i to have pPadt ,nl m, they 5oS/nnSnnrm pr,Va,P fortune ?f l,idln,!P| i. Mr. $-5.ftoo.ooo. Sheriff to him with two r. Ala.. BANKS LIKE NEW >vh,tP whieli begun, nonths. CURRENCY SYSTEM and the Mont- while so d0 Phim Ma,,V ^HpHrHtions lielng Received Home ' by Serr<>,arv of ,he Treasury out the for the McAdoo. was lost. Washington. Dee. 24.?What treas- 1 . . was fou he bars tiry officials regarded as an indica- n,.Hr the ry Jail, tion of how finaineiail circles will re- ;tt ',i,p fr hrough ceive he new federal currency sys- nttle oal peared. om eame from Boston, in a message to Secretary McAdoo, from the Xa- jjp was tional Shawmut Bank, one of the .t(.rosJ p of the largest Institutions in New England. jliv. Vpp. and on The message declared that the ex. cu_ wife's si ?sted in live committee of the bank had vol- tpprP wji ia roll- ed unanimously to advise its direr- .,U(j vprv de his tors to accept the new law and enhe next tei the system. ||I,K lien p?. Receipts at the treasury of scorein Mnv O informal applications from all nor for parts of tin* country has led .Mr. Me- Spiirtnnl at the Adoo to believe there can he no ques- <l? uptown tion now that a large proportion of Rnartr some the national banks Intend to come > ' '( i bottle Into the system. There are about , led and 7.500 national banks in the United (.(1, ,.rMO e and States and not more than a few bun- " month dred have wired their intention to '' s! 11 , was so apply for membership in the federal '; added system, but a rush of applications i- ' te total expected as soon as the hill is sign ?d ? , ' ams a!_ by President Wilson. 'H>. " ' 1 '! m the Many of the banks, realizing that vv' ad got- they cannot pet in the firsteappliea- j 11'' the loft tion and not caring particularly ? J to the about the relative position they may , ^','.r guards obtain, are understood to he await- ,'?rn" r' e more inp the sipninp of the bill. n r ^ nth for Applications received included .' ?i|', t up. those from the following cities: , i \i, overnor Chattanooga. Tenn.. Lynchburg. f'' ' fl"1' tiers to - Columbia and Sedalla, Mo.. Phanks- Topeka and Parsons, Kan. a e walk- ' r'hetsiiii y on a CH1USTMAS GIFT OF $1,000,000. ' ,1,,sTI" robbery i in the Keuiiioii at San Antonio Will lie , '-on('( sine" land imi ! Filled With Golden Gladness. keys f I night. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 24.?Chil- Italy to etna by dren of William Maverick, head of a not gen closelv family long prominent in Texas his- exports tory, will have a reunion here Christ- producei mas Day when Maverick will give to the honi them more than $1,000,000 in income sending egan as bearing property. He will keep for explanai as sen- himself, according to the announce- of the ,-t lisKourt mcnt ot frii i^ls. just enough to main- keys ;tr< f guilty tain him in comfortable circnm- Day. an gon. in stances for the remainder of his life, drawn \ g taken Th children ace William Mavi rick, ply. T1 at K in- Jr.. of Berlin. Germany; Robert market govern. Maverick, just returned from a trip for the lie will around the world; Mrs. Carl llahn, .1,000 at he Ml-- a singer of New York; Mrs. Augustus from N< te rt - Maverick and Lewis Maverick, of larlv gr eonvltt- Han Antonia. does no l ') I ! I $1.50 PER YEAB. f .1 fsirsTi vi MING HIS WIFE ; j e White's Kody Found Roadside Near Cades. [ NOTHEK MAN, ALSO. With Ilullct Hole Clear li Her llody Apparently Suffers Little. Special to Charleston News ier, Dec. 23.?After shootWitherspoon near here sevago during a crap game disl later sending a bullet enough his wire's body, Daurite, alias* "Poor Pig," a nemitteed suicide by shooting through the temple. His i found about two mileB b?own, where it had lain probre days, with a 3 8-calibre by his side. Although i serious wound, White's \ s not seem to suffer much lug about, while the doctors n amazement. Witherspoon n to Florence for treatment. VIUI ?ic??a uner SllUUUIlg oon White evaded the offiho law, but returned to his shot her through the body, entering near the stomach ng out in the back. White's li<> then took a sl.ot at liimmissod, made some threats, ; ped. Since then his body d two miles below Cades, roadside, with a bullet in le. The coroner's Jury gave of suicide. is said to have bo'-n a native ciown county and his speech t:sat he or his parents came riep fields. He had made ? his home for two years and from his general deportment Id not have thought him a is negro. engaged in a crap game with 10011 and others, it is said, ho led, but without saying much whipped out his revolver and herspoon near the groin, ex11 at McLaud's Infirmary, , sowing the ball embedded igh hone. While the officers i\v were on the lookout for came to his home, and his s he wanted her to go with is hiding place in a bay near that on her refusal ho told ould kill hor there and then. he shot her through the 1 then took a shot at his own Issed and went back to his ace. Graham was sent for. and bloodhounds and twenty-five d colored men the hunt was The trail was readily taken dogs gave solemn music, me of the men followed in trembling through the thick >wth. Soon the trail came bay to a negro house and lays afterward White's body nd one mile from the bay roadside, his hoad*rosting >ot of and in between two k trees, a pistol ball in his nd powder burns on his face lying full length, his hands is stomach and his pistol by His hat brim showed his tatement to be correct for is a bullet hole in t^e front near the head. i: PARDONS .lOK It \TES. ?urg Man <'on\icte?l of Muru in 1 flOO, Now Free. nburg Special to Charleston 1 Courier, Dec. 2:1. The par>f Joe Dates, a murderer, by r Dlease yesterday created ion in Spartanburg. Dates if* Spartanburg yesterday and was taken to the home ther. Dates formerly was a m. and at the time of his is a ehaingang guard. On morning, August 29. 1909, and killed Mrs. Docia Bolter, : old. wife of J.K. Holter, a living near Fairmont. The occurred at tne home of W. in this city. At the same :i's shot and seriously wounde Cox, 18 years old. who was nearhy with her hahy sister rms. as Turkeys For the United fates Front England. in. Dec. 24.?Although Eng[torts many thousands of turrom Hungary. France and provide English fare, it is erally known that England a number of the best turkeys 1 in that country to America, o of the fowl. It sounds like coals to Newcastle, but the ion is that on the other sido Atlantic most of the best tur_ p . ve< mod tor i n inKscivinK il tlms England has to bo j"""" ipon for tlv Christmas supI Lt iden Ha y - ?v the Ani' ii nns are askiiy? bird to bo hippo In ul as now happens, thp/Suppiy lirfolk and Trr is pnrtlcu|od and tlip r'nglish market ^ fe,?l i'*aia. J 4-' '