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, *?&&& The Press and Banner FABT SEOOITD. | CLOUD BURST Roins the Mexican State of Tobasco b Sweewing All Before ft. A VERY HEAVY RAINFALI Over Thirty-two Inches Fell, Whicl Is Heaviest for Three Weeks i: Thiity-two Years?Cities , an' Towns Inundated, People Ar Homeless and Crops Destroyed. An estimated loss of five million of pesos, including crops and fin hard woods, two lives known to b lost and many others, It ie feared sacrificed in the floods, hundreds o homes in country and town washe' away and thousands of head of cat tie drowned are the known result of the disastrous cioud burst am storm that broke over the State o Tabasco. Mexico. Wednesday. foi lowing 21 days of incessant rail all over this region. Rivers ar out of their bunks, towr.s inundated thousands are homeless and no re lief is yet in sight. From north to south, extendini across the State from :he Mescalpi and the Grijalva rivers, which tak the two names after forking nea Huinaguilto to the banks of tbie Usu maclnta, which' for a short distanc< marks the boundary between Chiapa and Guatemala, the entire countr: n total waste. Only the higl mountain villages and plateau farm escaped from the terrific onwiaugh of the waters. Five hundred families are homeless in the city of Alasta alon-' Other cities antV towns inundate, are Muinaguilto, Tenosique, Jalapa Tlacetalpam, Tiapa, Santa Rosa ant a number of smaller villages alonj the Meecalpa river, while the soutl border of the State of Jonuta, False na. Carmen. Palizada and Santari': in the valley of the Usumcinta rive are badly damaged as the result o the fiood. A total of thirty-two and a bai Inches of water has fallen in th< 8tate in three weeks, which is th< record for water fall jn 32 years A large part of the lower section o San Juan Bautista is under water The barrio of Santa Cruz has bets totally depopulated and the water ii three and four feet deep in rnanj houses. Temporary lodging hous es have been fitted up by thi authorities of San Juan Bautista an. more than a thousand j>ejp?? *ri being fed and lodged at th-j clty'i expense. So complete is th? inuD dation of Santa Rosa that it resem * ?c eao Qf 0166 an arm ui mr parks and gardens are inundated b; three feet of water and the popu ulation is living on roofs, shiverinj and starving, praying for the. water to recede. Jalapa suffered heavy losses oi account of flood and many lndiai huts have been destroyed, compell ing the occupants to seek relief fron the town authorities. Similar con ditions prevail at Tlacotalpftn an< Tlapa. Reports from the interio state that the storm accompanyin; the heavy rain was the moat disas trous known in this section in years Forests of mahogany and cedar wer uprooted by the force of the win< and rain and thousands iof tree washed away. Cattle ranches als< suffered heavily, stock being drown ed as the herds fled from the bi| rain and wen? washed into th treacherous streams. Every crop in the State traverse1 by the storm is thought to le destroyed. while thousands of aer** are un>ier water. The State govern ment is aseisting tho stricken citie and it is likely the governor wil send out an appeal to the ftdera government for aid. NO PKAYERS AT FlNKUAU Kansas City Man IKh*m N'ot Want Re marks by "Fool Preacher." Declaring that he did not believ in the Bible, and that he did no wRni anv "fool of a preacher" mak ing remarks over his body, I>r. h H. Osborne, a physician, who die in Kansas City, Kan., a few day ago, left a letter asking that hi body be cremated and thnt the asht be thrown into the Missouri rive from the Hannibal bridge at S Louis. Though Osborne lived in Kaose City twenty years, it is declared tbi his real name was Edward ^ Hodges, and that be formerly live in New York city. He left enoug money to care for the queer disp( sition of bis body, and his reques was complied with. SENT HIM TO GALLOWS. Is What Condemned Murderer Saj of Secret Societies. Syl Bynuni. colored, convicted ( the murder of John Turner, wj banged at Kort Ganes, Ga.. Wcdue* day at tl o'clock. Bynuro made full confession on the gallows of ft crime, which was a midnight a saselna'ion. The banging took plat privately in Clay county jail at 1 o'clock. In his dying statemei Brnntn advised negrroes to stay o\ of tfcerst societies. they bad be* iis ruin, to stated GOOD ROADS WORK COMMISSIONER WATSON ASK FOR INFORMATION. Number of Miles of Roadway an j Cost of Same to Be Sent in I Every County. A circular was addressed by Cod 1 missioner Watson a few days ag Q to all of the county supervisors ( the State calling for exhaustive it J formation as to just what has bee done in the matter of good road in every county of the State durin the year. The Information whic will be furnished by the county si 6 pervisors will be used in the nej e annual report of the commissionei ,, which will be one of the most con: plefe "over submitted on the goo ' roads question. f The table accompanying the circi 3 lor has space for Information sue - as miles of roadway in the dil g ferent counties, all data as to cor j struction, number of miles built i t 1909, expenditures in monkey am labor, cash tax, labor tax and th n total estimated amount expended b e the counties for roads in the las decade up to 1909. TV/1 fnllnirlnj iu th a All the schedule: u "Mr. >, County Supei a visor. ,, "My Dear Sir: This departmen r is exceedingly anxious, for variou . reason. :some of which, of courw e will be apparent to you, to obtai 6 an accurate and detailed statemec y as to the work of building publi n highways in South Carolina for com d pilbtion and publication in my forth . coming annual report. Of coure< this information can only be obtain . ed from the county supervisors i the several counties of the Stat( \ and hence I am sending you till circular with the request that yo j 811 In the blanks Indicated ix*lu< to the best of your ability and rc j turn the same to me at the earlioe . possible moment. j "While I am sure It is not necec r saj-y, I wish to call your atteutiou t t- the fact that there are two provif ions of law which require the furu f ishlng of such information by hot P State and county officials when calle a upon by this department therefoi However, I know that you will b j- glad to furnish this informatio promptly without any reference t , th? reauirements of the law." s The statistics wanted by Mr. Wal f kod are as follows: Miles of public roads, in 1904 ? Total of all public roads; total su? 1 faced with atone; total surfaced wit s gravel: total surfaced with sand 9 clay mixture; total surfaced wit . shell. Duilt in 1909: Total surface with stone; total surfaced with grav t el; total surfaced v^ith sand-cla . mixture; total surfaced with shel! x Expenditures iu money and Jaboi n cash tax; Road levy, rate per $100 amount of cash expenditures, in j eluding amounts received; frot i commutation tax and amounts ex . pended for the support of the couc j ty chaingang, so far as these amount . can be reported. j Labor tax. Number of men wh r performed road duty (free labor) 5 number of convicts employed duriu . tbe year; average number ot cou viets used per day; average wage e per day for road vrork; average cot . maintenance convict labor per day s estimated total value of labor taj 0 excluding convicts; estimated tot? value of labor tax. Including est! 1 matpd value of work performed b t convicts; total amount expended i money and labor for road work total amount expended for equij ment of machinery and stock; avn s age total cost per mile for build ing roads; average total cost pe , mile for maintenance of roadway when once built. Total estimated amount expende I y county for roads in last decad up to 1909. "General summary (please give :oncise general statement of th oad work done in your county pric ' ro and also" under your direction). WON'T GIVE THE RATS." i , . iehool Girls at Brooklyn Decide t Disobey Obnoxious Oid?-r. s Two thousand girls attending th jt Brasiuus High School at Drooklyi ,H N. Y., have held a mass meeting < r which they decided to iguoro a t edict issued by the assistant prii cipal. prohibiting the wearing < is "rats" and puffs in tn-str oair. The order to discontinue the ui of such aids to feminine adornmei rj created such consternation that tt b glrle held a mass meeting aft.< j. school hours and agreed that tt ;t new rule would not. be obeyed, ai that all girls who so desired niigl ?1 nf nil ffd ar CODUDlie luy "taiiu^ VI rats and have the support of a tbft girl students. The school faculty has takt-u ps determined stand in the matter, ar it is expected that a clash will r suit between the pupils and tl ^ teaching 6taff. is * * Found laying in Her Tfooru. a A dispatch from Jackson vill Fla.. says, with her throat cut.. Mi Mab-?1 A. Beaucham. of Boston, w ">; found dying in her room in the Ar 1 I gon hotel Tuesday morning by b it private physician, Dr. Baker, of Ne J* Yorli. who occupied the room acrc ti<* hall. She died a short tit I later. / OVER SCORE LOST S ( Steamer Hestia Wrecked Off Seal Cove, Grand Manan, Bay of Fondy. * A CRASH AT MIDNIGHT 0 Navigator Unable to Pick Out Safe Course in Terrific Storm?Only t n Six of Forty Persons Known to x id 5 K Be Saved?Ship on Its Way to e Tliis Country. r l- 1 tt The North Atlantic's annual toll 1 r. of lives and vessels received the first " i- tithe of the winter season from its 1 d tributary?the Bay of Fundy? * Wednesday iu the loss of at least a 1 i- score of souls and the destruction on h a shoal, inside of Old Proprietor's * !- Ledge, off Seal Cove, Grand Manan, * i- of the Donaldson Line steamer Hee- 1 n tia, bound from Glasgow for St. 8 d John and Baltimore. Four of the s q vnnnor QnntrVi InriiAfi Were "J | T IV U UX O J VUI4{) MWVWM y passengers on the ill-fated ateamer 1 it and the others were members of the * crew. Captain Newman and twenty d or more members of the crew were * last seen in a ship's boat which was 1 > being tossed on a stormy sea. Of the forty persons who were it aboar dthe steamer when she piled " is' up on the shoal, at 1 o'clock Wednes- * i. day morning, only six are positively n known to have been saved. They it were forced to cling to the wreck, ^ c shifting their precatfous positions i" often as the steamer was tossed by i- the great seas. It was not until i, 3 p. m. that life savers were able E i- to man their boats and reach the 8 n stranded vessel. When rescued the 1 survivors were in a weakened state ^ s after their 14 hours ordeal. 8 u Those known to be saved are: r K Third Mate* Stewart, Second En- 8 - giueer .Morgan ami Seamen Keen, Mc- a ?t Kenzie, Smith and McVlckar. 1 A heavy northeasterly gale is be- n i- lleved to have beeu responsible for o the Hestia's fate, although It is sup- 1 ?- posed thnt a mistake of the mai? ,it * I* the wheel In believing he had pick- 1 h ed up Giuno't Rock Light wblte fl really didce.uing the gleams of ihe f " light house on Machias Seal Island s * (several miles southwest) carried v u the ship many miles on nor cuursr. 0 The sailors of the middle watch e had been out of their bunks an hour and all others except the navigat- s ing officers, were stowed In bunke 1 1 or hammocks, when the crash camt ' an hour after midnight. In the be- ' h lief that he was leaving Grand Ma- F 1- nau on the port tack, and following h the usual course to St. John, the 1 navigating officer sought the distin- c d guishing marks of that route. But '* they were not to be seen. Instead i' th^ steamer was heading for Seal ' Gove, between Gannett Rock and * Machlas Seal Island, over seas which '< barely covered a treacherous botl" torn of shoals. It was on one of n these, just inside Old Proprietor Led?e. that the vessel's nose be> came impaled. s ? ? > TELLS OP CANAL WORK, o - I > Charleston iau Thinks Panama Ditch <r Will l>c Completed in 5 Y?*ar>. t r Dominick Cherry, a civil engineer engaged in work on the Panama . ' canal, is in Charleston on a visit to ' relatives. this being bia first. visit , 1 home iu two years. Mr. Cherry * was given eix weeks' vacation and . V I * in a couple of weeks he will havo n to return to New York and take a * liner for the isthmus. Mr. Cherry reports great progresa ' In the work of construction and lui ( says that it Is the general iiupr??sr sion down there that the canal will ( be completed in about five years. . ^ 'lhe work on the locks has been be- j gun and is being actively prosecuted Mr. Cherry is a graduate of Clema son college. He graduated in civil 1 engineering a little over three years , ago and almost immediately afterwards he stood an examination and secured a position with the govern- , j nient. ? SKY CYCLE IS PREDICTED. , Jersey Scientist Siiyn Any Oue Will t .Soon Be Able to Fly Around. 11. i it A dispatch from New Brunswick. < in N. J.. says at a meeting of the New "* , ? i ...?nnnn|/iQ 1 V }* i jersey oiuiu .uiuiuovujnvui , if bell at Rutgers College, Prof. Julius Nelson, State biologist, in a lecture jo on aerial navigation, prophesied that it within a few years any one would ! 10 he able to ascend and decend in the 1 9i* air without the aid of aeroplanes or 1 10 Fimilar machines, but by the use of id what he termed a skyrycle. ' at "Why not manufacture wings ' id something on the order of those on 1 11 KirrJt anH havp fhpm controlled by |1 the leg muscles of tbe human he- < a in??" apked Prof. Nelson. "Scienid tists hnve been giving (his much ' e- thought and I prophesy that within 1 16 a short time people will be able to 1 go into the air any time thev want 1 to. Just tak<* tbe wings out of your f pocket aud as<"cnd. When you como ' down, told tb-~.ru up and pnt tb^ro In ' ' your pocket." ' "S. i as i a- Epidemic Strikes School. , er Forty students of the. Georgii i !w Military academy near Atldnta were 3E r\::bed to that city a few days $go. I o* -u^ring from an illness wb'iob Uae | a1 tacked tbe school 13. epidemic form ; THE TARE ON COTTON 2AUSES TROUBLE AMONG TOE BUYERS AND SELLERS. ? The Farmers Refuse to Accept the Rates of Cotton Buyers and th'J Union Takes a Hand. The State says there is dlssatisaction in the Farmers' Union over he tare rate on cotton. This mater is reported to have t>een coniidered at recent meetings of the rounty union in Richland. It seems he foreign shippers allow a tare uargtn of 30 pounds on a 500-pound >ale to the buyers and shippers. The buyers and shippers are said o have formed an agreement among hemselveu to allow only 21 pounds o the bale. In this connection the Farmers Jnion has Issued a circular letter in vhich the grievanoe is presented to he farmers with a view to taking ome action relative thereto. Some action was taken at the last meetng, but Just what was done baa lot been definitely stated by the Kate Farmers' Union. In the issue of The Farmers' ? - * * O * J Dion aun Ul AUgUO *?, nag f)uwlshed tbe text of tbe agreement of be buyers, together with a reply >y A. J. A. Perritt, president of tbe ioutb Carolina State Farmers' Jnion. The articles in question follows: Agreement of 8plnners and Cotton Buyers of Columbia, 6. C., Territory: We find it necessary to take some iteps relative to the excessive mount of bagging and ties that is tow being put on cotton at tbe gins, 'he excess bagging, and ties put on it the gins is increasing, and it is low the custom of many gins to use in unnecessary amount of bagging nd ties in covering the cotton. The nerchant is billed back by the spinier with the amount of excess bagging and ties, and, in view of this act, it is necessary to tako stpps o protect ourselveB against this loss. VII domestic mills aDd European tuyere are deducting for cxcess bagting and ties, and we, the undersigned, will be forced to do likevise; therefore, on and after September 1, 1909. we will deduct for xcess tare as specified below. On all cotton carrying more than ix yards bagging, we will deduct wo pounds per yard for each yard n excess of six yard6, and for bands n excess of six bands, one pound er band. We reserve the right to reject coton containing a palpable addition ?f excess tare. D. Crawford & Son. J. E. Latham's Agency. Per. R. D. Thomson, Mgr.* B. B. Ford & Co. Uirardeau; L. V. Dibble, Frost & Lipscomb, M. C. Heath & Co., May bank & Co., W. C. Mullins, Mgr. R. B. Jennings & Co. 'resident Perritt on .the Action of tbe Columbia Cotton Buyers: If correctly informed there is a ore of 30 pounds deducted from jvery bale of cotton sold by the ilauter. If the planter puts on every >alo six yards of two pound bagging and six ties, all of which weighs }1 pounds, then there iB a total losb .0 the planter of nine pounds per >ale. A6 there seems to be a desire >n the part of many of the buyers >f cotton to Join bands with domesic mills and European buyers to nake additional deductions at their iiscretion, the executive committee >f the Farmers' Union of South Carolina urges the necessity of setIn? in motion the forces that will vgaily maintain the rights of the ilanter, allowing a tare for tbe actjal weight of bagging and ties on >aeb bale of cotton. We further urge that this matter )e taken up by the national union, vhich meets early in September, and iuch action be taken by that body is is necessary to protect the inter?sts of the planter. We deem the action of tbe cot.ou buyers of Columbia, S. C., as :hreatening in its character and de.rimental in its purpose to the farmer, and we urge wl9e and determined *esentment on the part of our plant ;rs to any such action. A. J. A. Perritt, President. S. C. State Farmers' Union. Lamar. S. C., Aug. 18, 1909. The following statement was issued by J. \Vhitnor Reed, seeretary:rrasurer of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union: The attonfion of the county and local unions is'called to the above jgrrement of Columbia cotton buyers regarding bagging and ties in excess of 21 pounds, and what PresiJont Perritt says relatives thereto: Evidently some action should be f taken by the county and local unions respecting the matter, as in all probability cotton buyers throughout the State have entered into a similar lgreement. If- so. and nothing is done to counteract their action, it means a loss to the farmers of the State. The buyers, it will bo observed , claim that tbov must protect r hem selves against the action of th? spinners, foreign and domestic, who deduct 30 pounds tare, and yet !t has been stated that cotton buyers In the State increase the amount of bagging 4fc the comprew on cotton lateaded lor Jotelga eilpaeit lad WHISKEY SALES * ] Claims by Coanries Show Very Interesting Figures. CHECKING THEM UP ? Present Dispensary Lw IJoes Not Provide for Any Settlement in i Case of No Assets?Important ' < Matters to Come Before Windingup Commission. 1 I The State says one of the matters likely to come up In connection with < the final winding-up of the affairs ' of the dispensaries in the 16 coun- 1 ties in which prohibition becomes ef- ' fectlve next month wul concern the liability for olalms for supplies. 1 At the present time it is thought 'l that all of the counties will have ( enough money when the business is ' closed on* the 15th to pay all claims 1 and in some of these counties some money will probably be turned into 1 the county treasuries as profits. The 1 present dispensary law does not make ' the State liabl? beyond the assets 1 in the case of each county and ap- 1 parently there is no way to force the 1 county itself to pay the claims. , According to the checking up of Auditor Weet of claims from the ' Dooks of the county boards affecied 1 shows a total of $235,161.80 due. ' The claims by counties are as fol- ' lows: ' Abbeville $ 14,808.43 ' Bamberg 11,070.93 Barnwell 21,575.93 1 Berkeley 10,220.04 1 Calhoun 12,609.66 1 Colleton 5,066.92 Dorchester 14,052.92 1 Fairfield 19,802.09 1 Hampton 7,663.30 Kershaw 12,439.04 Lee 19.619.03 1 Lexington 6.02-1.80 Orangeburg 43,423.13 Sumter 7.772.5T) Williamsburg 29,103.52 ' Total $235,161.80 All counties, "except Leu, Lexing ton. Wi'liamsburg and Berkeley, have ben checked up preparatory ( to closing on .November 15. These ( will be attended to within the nexl few days. After the closing of th? dispensaries Mr. West will check uu the remainder of the business and hopes soon after when the fixtures 1 have been sold to be in a position to have the claims paid and all of 1 the business in final shape for the report to the legislature. None of the 15 counties have sold 1 out their entire stock, although a j number of dispensaries in each have dispose! of all of their stock and have been closed. As to whether all of the claims will be paid that Is a problem wiiicn ' will have to be settled later. If all depends on whether the stocks are disposed of or not. Should any of the stock be left over it would hav? to sell at a greatly reduced price, and In that case it would mean th.>t there might be a deficit which would have tor be met. The logical result would be an appeal to the legislature for aid. For instance. In Orangeburg ti?e stock on hand is worth $13,423.13, according to the statement by Mr. West. . There are only a fen- mo-e days until the dispensaries in O:angeburg county will cIobm, itkI tli^ >*,'jfFtion is w(i?'.ncr the pa->;> t of Orangeburg county are going to huv about |4,000 worth of whiskey each day until the dispensaries close. Williamsburg county is another instance. The stock on hand Ln that county is worth over $29,000. Will all of that amount be sold by November 15 is the question, and should it not, then what will be the result? The remainder of the stock will have to be sold at about 50 per cent of,its value. Barnwell also has a large stock on hand to be sold. Pouiid Dying in Her Room. At Jacksonville, Fla., with her throat cut, Mrs. Mabel A. Beaucham, of Boston, was found dying in her room in the Ara^on hotel a days ago by her private physician, who occupied the room across the hall. endeavor to make the farmer pay tor it by deducting as tare all in excess of 21 pounds, although the foreign buyer allows 30 pounds. As a matter of fact the home buyer suffers no lots for excess weight of bagging over 21 pounds, or he would not put additional bagging on com pressed cotton, tnua aoing wnai would not allow the farmer without penalty who claims that he ha6 the right, to use bagging and ties up to 30 pounds weight at the gin which the buyer u?es at the compress without. loss1. The farmer's contention is that be should not. be. made to pay a price for complying with the Ktandard of we'ght for bagging and ties fixed by the foreign spinners. If the Buyer wisaes 10 r*?duie uvaiuu for shipment to foreign ports, that is bis affair, not tb? fanner's. It is requested that the county and local unions consider tbis matt*?r and take somo action In remand to patre, oitbpr at. tho next r^Erntor meetiu*? or a meetUjg called for (he purpose. J. WbJtoer Reid. Secretary-Treasurer, South CaiOlina State Farmers' Union. Columbia S C., Aug il. 130? BURNED TO DEATH HI'SB AND FOUGHT VAINLY TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES. Saucer of Liniment Which Mrs. Maggie Itooks Was Warming Catches Fire, Igniting Her Clothes. The Atlanta Journal says Mrs. Maggie Rooks, 2'i years of age, the Rife of John M. Hooka, of 95 Central avenue, Atlanta, after suffering excruciating agony from burns releived Monday afternoon, arose in tier bed screaming for water, and then fell back libelees. Mrs. Rooks' death occurred a'. 8 j'clock Tuesday morning at the Graiy hospital, whither she was taken within a few minutes after she received her burns. Mrs. Rucks never for an instant lost consciousness. On account of her serious condition no soothing opiate could be administered, and [or 15 hours the young woman suffered agony with great fortitude. In a room at her nome, 95 Central nvenue, about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, Mrs. Rooks was heating In i china saucer, a liniment contain* ;ng turpentine, which she was In the habit of applying to her husband's back, which wa? injured while he svas at work some time ago. She had placed the saucer on the hearth .near the fire, and was waiting until the liniment wouici be hot enough for use. Mr. Rooks expectorated into the fire causing a number af sparks to fly into the liniment which was ignited instantly. Not thinking of danger to herKm T)/->/-> b-o oaivaA tVia cnnr>Pr ind with a light cotton apron, which she was wearing, attempted to extinguish the blaze. Part of the flaming liniment was spilled on the floor and her apron was soon in a blaze. In a second the entire apron was oi flame and other portions of her clothing caught. Not for an Instant losing her eelff.ontrol, Mrs. Hooks rushed from the room to the back porch, crying to htr husband to tear off the blazing garments. In iear and excitement Mr. Rooke began tearing and ripping off the clothing, but even in the few seconds the work necessitated, his wife received burns which proved fatal. The husbHnd was aided by Mandie Lumpkin, an aged negress, living in the baeemeut of an adjoining noune, who hoaring the screams wae the first person to come with assistance. Mr. Rooks himself was suffering from serious burns on his hands and in his throat caused by his swallowing a part of the flame. The negress gently placed Mrs. Rooks on the floor of the porch, and running into the room tore a sheet from the bed, with which she cuverod her. DORCHESTER BOARD NAMED Those Recommended by the County Delegation Appointed. Gov. Ansel boa appointed 0. B. Jukw of S?. George, A. E. Thrower of Ridgeville and W. W. Way of Oorcbectcr as members of the reg'.3trat;on board of Dorchester county to fakc the place of the old board wblcb was dismissed by the governor nevera! days ago. The old -board v88 c >mpored ot Messrs. Elias Dorr, R. M. I itwhousr and A. W. Rtimpb. When the charges were made against the former board Gov, Ansel ordered the members to appear before him and show cause why they should not be removed from office. On the day set for the hearing ouly two of the members, Messrs. Limehouse and Dorr, were present. Mr. Rumph having previously resigned. The appointment of the new board was made by the governor on the recommendation of the Dorchester delegation. VKAIt STARVATION. President of Great Northern Has Another Trying Experience. Louis \V. Hill, president ol' the Great Northern railroad, has undergone a second trying experience, be ing compelled to live four days solely upon elk meat. While automobiling from Helena, Mont., to Great Falls, -Mont., he was mistaken for a tramp, when his maehiue broke down, and he was compelled to sleep in a haystack, a farmer refusing him lodging. Hill, who was vieitlDg the proposed Glacier National Park with a photographer and others, got separted from the party. Ho met a hunter and engaged his services to escort him out. - - - - - - ?- . J V..i Neither had any iooa. uui an abandoned ramp and secured some bread. The hunter killed ac elk. and for four days this was their sole ration. Finally they reached Belton, where Hill was picked ur and carried to Libbey. Mont. Died in cotton Seed. "Willnrn Fleldt, of Goldosboro. N C , was recently smothered to deart by cotton 6^ed in which he wa( playing faUlng on him and covering him. Tbe little fellow, who wai only five: ye?rs old. was playinj in the se?<J with some companion) ^ "ieo tha tatal accident ]wp'<>n?<S TOPLEJWURDER James McMahon Slayer of Two Sisters and Brotber-io-Law. THE CRIME LONG PLANNED , Unable to Hold His Tongue He ^ Tells the Police and Says He % Will Be Able to Sleep in Peace. Murders Committed on Farm Near Kansas City. James McMabon has confessed that he murdered his sisters, Miss Rose McMahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen and the latter's husband, Alonzo Van Royen, on a farm , near Kansas City, Kans., last Tuesday. A long standing family quarrel caused the tragedy. McMahon killed Van Royen in a wood and later went to the Van Royen home and shot his sisters. Fearing mob violence by a throng that gathered about the county Jail after the confession became known, the sheriff rushed the murderer *nd his brother, Patrick McMahon, and Patrick Lamb, a farm hapd, who are held as witnesses, to the penitentiary at Lansing in automobiles. McMahon's inability to keep his s<?cret- caused him to- be arrested. He told a friend where he had tyd den a revolver with which he did the killing, and' several articles 'he took from Vani Royen's home. As Sheriff Becker was preparing to arrest James McMahon the latter walked into his office and announced he was ready to help work on the case as he had'been doing since the tragedy. p Sheriff Becker immediately arrest- . ^ ed him. Prosecutor Taggart and Sheriff Becker sweated McMahon tor two hours. Then McMahon confessed v *" ilii "Yes. I killed my two sisters and brother-in-law and I was crazy when I did it," he shouted, rising out of his chair and pacing the room. "It took me three months to plan and execute the crime. I waited ,untll I knew my intended victims would be In the right positions for 'titH-.to kill them and get away. On Tues? . ? . -i-i. -j it n day Kose went 10 vibu hi v?u zvojeD's and Lon went to the woods. I found .him and 6hot him in the head. He feil and I fired six shots into his back. I always hated him. "Then I walked into the house and found my sisters. My first shot probably killed Mrs. Van Royen as she sat on a chair. She screamed and fell. Rose started up to speak to me and I shot her down. "With the two women virtually dead. I was free to tak?j my time, i fired two mojv shots into the body of Mrs. Van Royen and five more into Rose's body. I did not hurry away. I was not unduly eicited. it was the culmination of my only thoughts for months. "i searched the house and found some rings and other valuables. I took all of them and my revolver and hid them in a corn shock. Later it-dawned on me that I had committed a crime. I tried to keep It a secret. But hour by hour something told me that I must tell all. Tonight I'll sleep in peace." The confessed murderer had been severely cross-questioned by the police many times since the murder, but he skillfully extricated himself from the few compromising positions into which he had stepped. He was taken at one time to the scene of the murder and forced at . ' ?t- ? J^ - irlorn nf a flnnh. muinigui uuuci me & *> *= _ light to rehearse his etory. He did it unflinchingly, swearing he knew nothing of the crime. Later he offered $500 reward for the arrest of the murderer. The quarrel between the Van Royen and the McMahons is said to haw started over the desire of the senior Mrs. McMahon to give part of her property to Van Royen. Rose McMahon was friendly with the Van Royens. This caused James McMahon to dislike her. NEGRO ATTACKS WHITE WOMAN. Iiady at Lanes Roughly Handled by an Assailant. At 8 o'clock Tuesday night at Lanes, S. C., Mrs. Mitchell, of that town, was culled to the door of her house, and, upon opening it, was struck in the head with a heavy stick. She grappled with her aefiUianr, who " " ? J liar sovflrt* c&okgq ner squ uaumou "v* ? ly before 6he was able to rear herself looee. She screamed and her assailant, who she saw was a negro, made off in the darkness. The Sheriff of Williamsburg county "arrived on Train 8ft, and a pos1 so scoured the country. Up to a late hour, however, the miscreant ' had n6t been captured. ' It is supposed that the motive of 1 the negro was robbery, as Mrs. Mitchell had just b^en paid certain ' rent money. Tbe injuries, which 1 she received in the encounter, were painful and several stitches had to" be taken in the wound on her head: Two Men Hung. i Alabama had two hangings on j Friday Willie Stevens, white, was ; hung at Luverne for the killing of ? his wife and daughter, and at Grove ; Hill Loni6 Balaam, a negro preacher. a was banged for the murder ot a ! deputy sberiff ||