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BRUTE MURDER from:Beat Citizen of Braasoa Fonad Dead Jast Outside Town. WAS KILLED BY A NEGRO Alary Harris, a Young White Wo man, Sajs She Saw Richard Wil liams, a Negro Man, Strike Mr. J. y- R. Laagford from Behind With a Heavy Stick, Causing Death. The traffic death of Mr. J. R. Langford, a prominent resident of Branson, whose body was found T??sday night just outside the lim its of that town, has created consid erable excitement in that section of the State. It developed that Mr. Langford had been brutally murder ed by a negro man by the name of Richard W'lliams, who hag been ar rested and sent to Columbia for safe keeping in the penitentiary. ilr. Langford left his home about 8 o'clock in the morning to go to his Baw mill, about three miles ?wav, stating his intention lo return, as usual, at dinner. His absence irom home until after dark alarmed kis wife, who sent in search of him and learned that he had not been at the mill during the entire day and ?thing could be learned of his whereabouts or of his horse and Saggy. A search was at once insti gated for th? missing man by his triends. , tAfter some time the searchers 1 were rewarded with succees. In a topse of thickly wooded land skirt ing the broad road and at a point aot more than fifty yards from them ead about one-half mile from the town, the horse and buggy were lound; th? horse securely hitched to a tree, still harnessed to the bug ?y. About thirty feet away Lang ford lay dead. He was lying on his back on his buggy robe, which had apparently been carefull spread upon the ground. There were no signs of violence or blood upon the body and the theory of suicide was suggest ed. There were certain appearances, bowever. which reputed the suicide eaggestion, and closer examination revealed a bruise on '-he back part of the head near the ear. Extreme rigor mortis and other apn^vaivs indicated that death had ociirn\1 about nine o'clock in !!:<* morning, a short time after be had lert aia heme. INew* of the find was imiredlHtply seat into the town and the resident Magistrate and a large number of citizens hastened to the scene. After areful examination of the corpse, the premises and surroundings, the body was borne to the home, whicn he had >:i in such ht'ilih anly a few hours before. After the consolidation of certain facts and indications, suspicion point ed to a negro man, whose home 1b several miles distant, but who has keen working in the immediate vl eiiity of the town of Brunson the gTeatrr part of the r^ar. He wns found and arrested and contradictory ?nswors to questions propounded strengthened the belief of all in feis guilt., Near where the body was found there lives a white man who was a farmer tenant of Langfora. His family consists of himself and four daughters?ike eicest aoout ?.uu the youngest about eight year of age. The eldest daughter was ar rested, and after slight hesitation, admitted that she was present when deceased came to his death, and that death was the result of a blow deliTered by the negro under ar rest; that he stole stealthily np be hind Langford and dealt the blow with a stick; that after the blow de ceased did not move nor speak. The crowd of men by this time wae rapidly Increasing, the negro was dexterously slipped from the crowd, carried beyond the county t&nd lodged in the Barnwell jaii. He is about 30 years of age and of aver age intelligeuce. The youug white woman. Mary Harris, was placei in the Hampton county Jail. The de ceased was about 30 years of age. He was a brother of former Coi:^ty Treasurer Langford and leaves p. childless widow and many relatives <!n the county. BANMTS VICTIM FOl.VD. Nebraska (iirl Kescued in Mex'co Af A tor Being Lured From Ronrh. (Miss Grace Rolpb. the 17-year-old Nebraska plrl who disappears 1 frox a rarnh near Tampico, Mex., several weeko 5.10 In company w't'i Fegan.lo Felvi o. a notorijus bandit, has Ivor, 'rscrrd. She claims s!;e suffered 'r. (ligniu'es at. the" hands of S^lvlro. 1 he girl w::s almost exhausted from *{! treatment ard exposure. 51'ss* Lolph v.as found about o(J miles ?rom Tampiro deserted. * .NtrnrK uoki .Mine. While d'>:ng post ho>9 on his farm cfar Hendersonrille, Ky., Jos. H. Love discovered gnld in the dirt. Government assavists prouounced it worth 51.SO per ton. Since getting the report of the assay offic? ?t "Washington he has taken out dirt fin the same locality which he be lieves will run at least $8 a ton. Negroes Swindled. A reputed hidden treasure ou the coast of Louisiana has been the mag net for extracting money from ne groes in Louisiana, according to de velopments following the arrest of Freston Chllds, a young nerro or Uaton Rouge. Scores of negroes gave up all their possessions on the jepresentations of ChildB that be vas to unearth a treasure. COLORED PREACHERS AXI> THEIR FIELDS OP LABOR FOR THE COMING YEAR. ? Appointments of the Sonth Carolina Conference Recently Held in City of Green rille. The following are the appoint ments made by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, -which Is the largest branch of the Methodist family. All the preachers in this State, except one, are col ored, but at the North nearly the whole membership, clerical and lay, are composed of white people. Here are the appointments: Beaufort District. D. J. Sanders, district superinten dent. Aiken?9. D. Williams. Appleton?W. McWillle. Allendale?A. R. Howard. Beaufort?R. E. Romans. Barnwell?W. M. Steele. Bamberg station?J. B. Thomas. Bamberg circuit?A. M. Wright. Cottageville?M. O. Stewart. Ehrhardt?W. G. White. Grahamvillo and HardeeTille ? Wm. David. Green Pond?J. T. Wilson. Hampton?W. M. Stoney. Jacksonboro?J. L. Chestnut. Lodge?G. W. Gantt. Ruffln?S. A. Funchea. iSpringtown?J. T. Latson. Sei?:linville?Moses Mayson. Walterboro?E. W. Stratton. Ulmers?E. J. Curry. | Yemassee?E. Forrest. Malet and Cook chapel?to be supplied. Rocky Point?to be supplied. Bennettsville District. A. C. Asbury, district superinten dent. Bennettaville?B. S. Jackson. Bethune?I. H. Richardson. Bishopville?R. F. Harrington Cheraw?C. C. Scott. <Cheraw circuit?D. E. Thomas. Cheraw mission?C. P. Gleav;s. Chesterfield?C. C. Robinson. Clio and Tatum?W. 14. Romans. Darlinf.ton?L. G. Greggs. Darlington circuit?J. A. Gary. Darlington mission?E. M. Waih ington. Dillon?J. McLeod. Dunbar?W. S. Neal. Hartsville station?J. 'hlllips. Hartsville circuit?F. W. Vaac<? | Jefferson?J. R. Graham. 'Little Rock?S. Greene. McBee?L. A. Thomas. North Marlboro?B. C. Jackson. Speara?B. S. Cooper. Society.Hill?R. L. Broker. Smyrna?J. McEaddy. Charleston District. J. W. Moultrie, district iuperin tendent. Centenary?M. M. Mouzon. Old Bethel?C. H. Harleston. Wesley?R. L. Hickson. East mission?S. Bonneau. West mission?Daniel Brown. Dorchester?M. Stewart. Holly Hill?B. G. Frederick. JohnB Island?I. L. Hardy. Maryville?F. D. Smith. Pinopolis?J. S. McMillen. Rldgeville?A. R. Smith. St. Johns?J. F. Greene. St. Stephens?G. F. Miller. St. Thomas?Thomas Judge. Summerville? N. W. Greene. Washington and Ladaon, T. G. Ivobinson. Florence District. I. H. Fulton, district superinten dent. Black River?J. F. Martin. iBrookgreene?A. D. Jackson. Cades?D. Salters. Fleorence?W. S. Thompson. Georgetown?T. J. Robinson. 1 n,.QOiQr"L.;n<??w R Rnwm-a Kingatree?fi. J. Davis. Kingstree circuit?J. P. Robinson. Lake City?Wiley Ltttlejohn. T.Eae3?C. B. Lowerv. bitta?-York Coodlolt. Marion ?A. S. J. Brown. Mars Bluff -W. M. Ea.?dy. Mallins?J. F. Wood. McClellansvi'.le?.T. A. Norrl*. Rosemary and Pleasant Grove? J. A. Gibson. j Salem and Wes'ey?J. A. Harroll. St. Mary's?Benj. P>ro'.vn. St. Luke?C. H. Hood. Paul and Waccamaw?G. W. Rougers. Springfield?W. Wilson. Tiuimonavi'Ie?J. L. Grice. Turkey Croek?N. T. Bowen, Jr. Crecnville District. J. F. Pa vie, district superintendent. .Abbeville aDd Lowndeaville?3. B. Watso:i Anderson?A G. Kennedy, f^ltor?T. C. Fraztar. Easlev?7.,. L. Thomas. East Anderson?W. G. Deas. I <3 \Jt Ufinnllnm x*2is?t uimuunc o. iucvui??u* i Greenrllle station?W. G. Valen | cnt'ne. j .Liberty?J. C. Martin. I North Greenville?J. A. Currr. I Fenuie.ou and Cent-al?Alfred h.e^-is. | Pickens?J. C. Gibbes Rock iiiit?l. \v. v:::::ani* >f'lroa?I*. S. A. Williams. South Greenville?C. L. Logan. St. Mark?1!. W. Williams. Townsvil!e?l,awrente Rife. Westminister and Walhalia?J. E. G. Jenkins. West Anderson?\V. F. Smith Williamston?J. A. Brov.-n. Sterling College?D. M. Minus. Orangeburg District. E. B Burroughs, district superin tendent. Bradham mission?W. C. Sum mers. Branehvllle?A. B. Murphy. Columbia?A. S. Cottingham. Columbia mission?J. II. Johnson. Penmark?V. S. Johnson. Erlisto Forks?J. S. Thomas. Jamison?I. E. Lowery. (j>ostoffice i onim Dia >. Le\intrton? 0. W. Williams. Macedonia?S. J. Cooper. Midway?J. S. Tyler. North?J. D. Mitchell. CORN IS MIGHTY SO SAYS PRESIDENT PDTLET OP SOUTHERN RAILWAY. He Thinks More Cora Means More Cattle and Hogs and Increased Attention to Stock Raising. W. W. Finley, president of the Southern railway, spending several days in Columbia, attending the hearing of the merger suit has be come very much Interested in the ?outh Atlantic Corn exposition to be held in Columbia from Decembei 5 to 9, and has given the movement his oordial indorsement, declaring it to be one of the moat helpful signs of the times. "Nothing is more Important to the South than an increasing attention to raising food supplies at home," said Mr. Finlej, "and the first move in this direction must be in increas ing the corn crop. South Carolina's efforts along this line and the splen did results attained have attracted national attention, both as to the gross production of the State and the greater yield per acre, which has resulted from the improved memoas of culture now being used. "It is particularly appropriate that the great advances which have been made in this and adjoining States should be celebrate'd by this corn ex position which will at the same time show what has been done and the great opportunities for further ad vancement that lie in the future. The one great need of the South just now is greater diversity in agriculture. More corn will mean more cattle and ho?s, and increased attention to live stock raising will enable the farmers to bring their lands to a higher etate of productivity. "In every proper manner the Southern Railway company has sought to encourage these important and kindred movements and it is with decided pleasure that I have heard of the great interest being taken by the planters of South Carolina. North Carolina and Georgia in the corn show to be held in Columbia. I sincerely trust and confidently be lieve that the exposition will be a irr-.nt tiioppsa and will Drove of last ins: benefit to this and surrounding States." Fatal Shooting Affray. |A fatal shooting affair occurred on Saturday night near Granite Falls. Two young men, Walter Poovey and Pink Ward, quarreled. Poovey in vited Ward out to settle the trouble and fired four shot. Ward died in about half an hour and Poovey es caped. It is reported that they eacn had an old grudge at one another. Showed Good Nerve. Cutting off hl3 own hand with a razor after it had been crushed in a corn shredrler, J. Bruce Vaughan, of Eureka Mills, Virginia, carefully bandaged the stump and calmly awaited the arrival of a surgeon to put the finishing touches to the oper ation. * Thrills the Crowd. At Jackson, Miss., Thursday, In an attempt for an altitude record Ely had ascended to a height of 1,500 feet when his motor failed. He glid ed down without power to an almost rlonrlltior TTIo art thrilled the large crowd of spectators. Neeces and Norway?R. H. Cun Lingham. Orangeburg?A. E. Quick. Orangeburg circuit?J. L. Hender son. Plnevllle?N. T. Bowen, Sr. Rowesville?A. 0. Townsend. Reevesville-?H. H. Cooper. iSt. Georje?J. B. Taylor. Springfield?W. J. Smith. Swansea and Woodrora?<i. Liv ingston. Ciaflin university?L. M. Dunton. Sumter District. J. E. Wilson, district saperlnten oent. Antioch?A. D. Brown. Blaney?J. A. Murray. Borden?James Richards. Camden?R. A. Cottlngbam. Camden circuit?J. C. Burch. I^amar?S. S. Sparks. .Lynchburg? Isaac Myers. Longtown?A. H. Hayes. Mayesville?W. H. Redfltld. Mechanicsvllle?G. W. Moor*. Mount Zlon?R. A. Thomas. Rock Springs?G. B. Tillmai. JShiloh?C. H. I>angerfleld. St. Matthews?T. W. Wllllami. Sumter?W. M. Hanna. Sumter circuit?F. R. Camlln. Sumter mission?B. J. McDanief Wat ere??W. H. Jones. Field agent Sunday School board? f. C. Jacobs. Spartanburg District. C. R. Brown, district superinten dent. Blaclrsburg?C. C. Campbell. Bradley?M. H. Matthews. Camnobollo?W. M. Smith. Chester?J. h. Miller. Clover?J. B. Middleton. Cownens ?1>. H. Kearse. East Spartanburg and Chenie cir tuit?A. D. Harris. GnlTney station?R. F. Freeman. Creewood?J. A. Glenn. Greors?TO. W. Adams. HcConnellsvHle-?W. M. Griffin. Newberry and Trinity ? Frank Quick. Ninety Six -J. W. Groves. Pacolet?C. C. Clarke. ReidviDe?T. E. McLaughlin. Rock Hill? T). P. Murphy. Spartan bur;,?G. W. Cooppr. Spartanburg circuit?S. A. King. Spartanburg mission ? C. B. Brown. Ft. .Tames?A. H. Fuller. Union nni JonesvPle?Tl. J Kirk. Well ford?W. T. Kelly. Wilklnsville?T. A. Summers. Yorkvil'e?N. S. Smith. York circuit?J. C. Armstrong. Laurens mission?M. F. Butler. ONLY FOR LIFE lo the Pditeitiary is the Sentence Im posed Oi Finr Men fir A MOST BRUTAL CRIME The Shocking Story of the Murder ef Youag P?al A. Williams by a Lot of Circus Tonghs om a Train Froai Columbia to Aagasta Last Octo ber. Four former employees of the Hogenback-Wallace circus were con victed at Lexington on Wednesday of the murder of Paul A. Williams, of Columbia, on the morning of Oc tober 2 while he was riding on a cir icus train from Columbia to Augus ta. George Nichols, a white man, Elijah Clark, Garland Brown and John Wilscn, three negroes, are con victed men. They were all sentenc ed to life imprisonment in the pen itentiary. They should have been hung for their brutal crime. Nichols and Clark were tried and found guilty of murder with recom mendation to the mercy of the court. Judge Gage directed that the same verdict be found in the case against Brown and Wilson, who pleaded guilty and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. -The evidence which was offered during the trial o. Nichols and Clark is best described by the worda of Judge Gage, who said, In imposing sentence on the four prisoners: "1 have never heard in any court hous? proof of a more revolting murder than that which you have been found guilty of committing." The evidence in the case of Nich ols and Clark, who were tried first, conflicted somewhat as to which of the four convicted men shot Paul Williams. The witness agreed that >three of them, Brown, Wilson and Clark, the negroes, had pistol*. Three eye-witnesses, all circus em ployees, laid the guilt on Joan Wil-j son. He placed it on Brown. One witness said that two shots were j Ired. The pistol bullet which pierc ed Paul Williams' brain was a .32 calibre. The two eye-witnesses both said that, when the shot or shots were fired, Williams was crouching in aj corner of a canvas wajon, begging for his life. James 0. Cabe, of Cop-j per Hill, Ga., one of the men in the wagon, who was "red lighted" aftsrj Williams was shot, declared that, while the boy was pleading, John j Wilson interrupted with "You are too d?n hard on us niggers down Smith!" and fired nolnt plank in his face. After Williams was shot, he was thrown over the side of the canvas wagon. His body fell on the edge of the flat car. The murderers got out of the wagon and pushed the body off the car. Drops of blood were found among the croastles 500 yards from where the body was found. This corroborates the state ments that the body was not thrown directly from the wagon to the grounl. James 0. Cabe, who, according to his statement, was an eye-witness of the shootTng and waa also among those "red lighted, " ?aid be was from Fanning county, Ga. He Join ed the show a few weeks before the riot. Cabe said that he went to sleep In a canvas wagon after the train left C?olu,mbia. He was awakened ly Clark, Nichols, Brown and Wllsoii who demanded his gun. Clark was 'standing over him with a pistol in [each hand. Nichols was standing at the side of the wagon. Suddenly, said Cabe, two shots were fired in quick succession. And Clark said, 'Throw him oEf, Brown." Clark looked over the side of the wagon and said: "He ain't ofT yet." Brown jumped out of the wagon. Cabe heard him say, "He eot m? all over with blood." After the bloody work had been done, the murderer* seem to have turned their attention to Cabe. He told them that he had nothing. When they found that this was the cane, they ordered him to "unload." Cabe said that, as be jumped off the flat car to the ground, a pistol was fired. (Garland Brown, one of the ne groes named In the Indictment for murder, was the next witness. He waa exceedingly nervous on the ptand. "We four, Nlchol3, Clark, Wilson and me," ?aid Brown, "got together on one of the flats. Nich ols was the .leader. Clark had two pistols. He gave me one of them. We went down the flats and into the wagons, waking up the men. We made two or three of them jump off." "When we got to Williams' wa? on," the witness continued, "Wilson says, 'Where are you going?' Wil liams says, 'Don't kill me. I am go ing to Augusta.' Chrk said, 'Don't shoot him. And Wllsoa says,' \o%, they sre too hard on us niggers down South." He shot him." On cro^s examination Brown said that Williams wns crouching in one corner of the wagon. Wilson stepp ed right up to him and in his face. Nichols did not have a pistol, hut "fooled 'em with a sack of to bacco." John Wl'sm, another of the ne groes charged with the murder, went on the stami in the afternoon. He, too, was told that he would not be forced to testify against himself. His story waa like Brown's except lie differed as to what happened when they climbed into the canvas wagon on the flat car No. 78. He said that Brown and Nichols threw the body out of the wagon. It caught on the edge of the flat car and was pu-ahed off. The last witness for the State was FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL HIS LAST STORY. It is Said That H? Cum Te United States is November ud Made Ar NngemeaU to Sell Manuscript. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who con fesses he doe* not know whether he rcached the North Pole or net, had no easy task disposing of his story according to reports reaching New \rrk from London. The Brooklyn explorer, it ia sated, la living la se clusion in an obsenre hoarding house in Bloomburg, a London suburb, ana there wrote the story which he hope* will restore him to favor la this country. It appears that for weeks Cook was eager to return home and sought lo sell his story to London maga z'ne publishers. One thousand dol lars, it was said, waa asked for the slnry which London editors declin ed to accert. Cook in his story as serts that half crazed with hunger he believed he reached the top of the world. It is said that Cook was in the United States early in Norember and came here to conclude arrange ments with Hampton'B Magazine for the publication of his story. He csme by way of Canada and met the publishers of his story at Troy, N. Y. After concluding arrangements Cook returned to Europe. Mr. Hampton eaid a representa tive of the magazine met Cook in London and returned with him via Canada to Troy. Cook and the rep resentative under an asaumed name spent two days in Troy. Hampton ?ald Cook was at Troy and Pougn keepsie approximately two weeks tnd no precaution was made to keep tis presence a secret. Cook took automobile rides every t^ay with one of the magazine's edi tors, Hampton said, and Cook never vore a disguise. Cook returned to Europe via Canada. ORPHAN HOUSE BURNED. A Most Pathetic Sight Witnessed by Baptist Convention. The cause of Connie Maxwell Or phanage was presented to the Bap tist State Convention at Laurens Thursday In a most striking manner, pnd the response was most hearty ind sincere. That morning twenty Tour little girls came from the Or phanage at Greenwood and were pre sented to the Convention, while Su perintendent Jamison was speaking of the work at that splendid institu tion, and many eyea were wet with fprs when he concluded. Within an hour afterward*, Dr. /amsteon again took the platform und announced that he had just learned by 'phone that the Conven tion building at the Orphanage was totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning, but that no one of the in mates was injured. Di*. Jamison left at once for Gieenwood, but Thursday afternoon, the Convention took up the matter and in a few minutes subscriptions aggregating more than $4,000 were secured to replace the burned build ing. Work will begin at once. The lurn?d building was erected with funds raised at the Convention of 1902, and was valued at $4,000, with insurance for half the amount. Given Heavy Damages. Mrs. Georgia Fonvllle. v'.clov? of a locomotive engineer, W. J. Fonville, killed on the Southern railway at Duncan, a year aro, gsot from a Greenville jury damages In the butv of $15,000. The negro who open ed the switch and caused the wreck is now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary. Sets Self on Fire. Because he had a quarrel with his wife, an aged white man at Augus ta, Ga., drank whiskey to alleviate his sorrows and then poured oil on f?lnthlncr and set fire to it. He was rescued with difficulty. Roy Gresham, a negro boy, also known as "Chicken." He said that he had been with the Wallace- Hag enbeck circus for three years. On the night of October 2 he was sleep ing in a canvas wagon on car No. 78 with Cabe. Brown woke him up and took $1.20 and a sack of tobacco out of his pocket. They threw Paul Williams out of the wagon. The body fe'l on the flat car and. after looting it. Brown kicked It off. "Who 6hot Paul Williams, ' asked Solicitor Timmerman. "John Wilson," replied Gresham. After the judge's charge the jury took the case at 1:30 o'clock. They brought In a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy after 11 j minutes' confercnce. Court adjourn fnr dinner recess. In the afteruoon session, the cast* against John Wilson and Garland | Brown was called. A jury vns drawn (and swnrn en in.isse. Mr. Win sard 'announced that the two defendants l prould plead guilty and throw thern ,selves on the mercy of the court. "The two defendants in this case. ' said Judge Case, "ought not to suf fer any more than George Nichols and Elijah Clark. I therefor* dt fect you to return a Terdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy." ' n"?U^ A 1A nnt rotlro Thp far*? A lit? juijr uiu uvt ivvitv* * ? ? - m-an wrote the verdict and passed the verdict to Sheriff Corley. In sentencing Brown, Clark and [Nichols and Wilson. Judge Gage told : them that they had reason to bo 'thankful that the death sentence had not been ordered by the jury. He ! then sentenced them to confinement i in the Stat? penitentiary at hard | labor during the rest of their natur al lives." CURE FOR TYPOID VALUABLE DISCOVERY OF SPAR TANBURG PHYSICIAN. Ihree Hundred Mfllio* Dead Ty phoid Germs Injected.?Effected a Speedy Care. Dr. J. J. Lindsay, of Spartanbsrs, has aroused much interest amens (be medical fraternity of that city by telling of excellent results obtain ed in a typhoid fever case through a new treatment Serum was in jected after the fever had reached a very serious stage and it caused almost Immediate Improvement. If this treatment provea as effec tual In future cases it will prove It telf to be one of the great discov eries of modern medicine. The ser um treatment has been used in cases cf erysipelas and possibly one or two other diseases, but so far as In known has never been used in a typhoid fever case before. The patient was a boy of 18 years whose sister had recovered from ty phoid fever early In summer and whose younger brother had succumb ed to the disease about a week be fore Dr. Lindsay took hold of the case. At this time' the patient's temperature was 103 and waa rap idly rising. By constant use of .ice baths the temperature was prevent ed from exceeding 104 on the three following days. At seven o'clock on the afternoon of the third day 800,000,000 dead typhoid germs were injected into the system. Three hours later there was an evidence of reaction and the patient began to complain of a pain near the heart and one-eight of a ?rain of morphine was Injected, af ter which the patient said that he felt much better. At 10 o'clock in the morning of the following day the temperature waa 104, and by evening had fallen to 101 1-2. The next morning the temperature was ?uu, ana two aays later was normal. There is no doubt, Dr. Lindsay said, but that the serum Ueatment has a scientific effect. He faid that next time, however, he Tould not use as many dead typhoid germs as 300,000,000. HELD UP BY A BEAR. Strange Hisliap That Befell an Au tomobile Party. A Weaverville, N. C., letter says as W . A. Goetz was automobiling with some women friend s on Sunday night the party was held up by a monster black bear on the road from that place to Douglas City. As they lounded a point the headlights re vealed a startling bruin, who reared up on his hind feet and enarled de ?.1 ance. 'Goetz, at the wheel, attempted to turn aside and drive around the beast. As he turned off the beast road a forewheel drooped into a hole ;md the azle snapped. It was im and the axle snapped. It was im possible to move the car forward or backward. The women screamed. After the bear had gazed in wonder ment at the strange spectacle for a few minutes he ambled off into the bushes on the mouiitain-siae. A second auto party on tlie way Horn Douglas City to Weaverville ricked up Goetz and his friends a tew minutes later and conveyed them out of the bear zone. A QUEER SENTENCE. Unusual Conditions Imposed by a Georgia Judge. Extraordinary conditions were Im posed at Columbus, Ga., by Judge Price Gilbert, in Muscogee Superior Court Thursday in modifying the sentence of Frank A. Stockton on a plea of guilty of violating the pro hibition law, was sentenced to pay a to $750, or twelve months on the the chain gang, and also to go to jail for two months, without the al ternative of a fine. Stockton pleaded for * remission of the jail sentence. Judge Gilbert withdrew i\ but increased the fine to $750, ar twelve months on the gang, and suspended six months of the sentence on condition that Stock ton leave the State of Georgia Jan uary 1st next and stay away two years, and that he not engage in the near-beer business in the adjoin ing Alabama counties of Lee and Russell. If th? condition* are violat od the chain gang sentence is to become automatically operative. FOOTBALL STAR KILLED. Waimvright Sleets Mysterious Death ut Cincinnati. Edward Wainwright, of Hanover, N\ H., a former barfmoyb college football jt'.ayer, was found uicon- j scions In an alley at Cincinnati, 0.. Thursday and died while being re moved to a ho.sp't.i' There \v-u a gash four inches Ion? ovor h's let i \v Th'5 'a i,: i G?'od t.? have ' a ed bis ilcatb. Friends of Wain wright who identified the body i.e lieve that lie uaa foully dealt will while the police are of the op-a^-i that his death was due to an ac'i dent. Wainwright went to Cincin nati from Hanove- two years ago *o work for the I'nitod Gas and Elec tric company. Ho was graduated in the class of 1901 and wag i star! halfback of the team of 1 900 * Became Despondent. Despondent over blindness, J. W. Hull, aged 60, of Merrimac, Ala., swallowed carbolic acid, dying In ter rible aprony within a few minutes Hull lost bis eyes 20 years ago by being shot while hunting. He leaves a wife and six children. Sajs He Dees Not Kaow Whether He Bfc* cevered Pele er Net ! WILL TEL HIS STORY lfa* TU IttavtllM. but Is Willing to Startle the if He Cum Preeeat Com isd Re gain Sympathy and Coaftdeaw at Hie Fellow Mea. , "Did I get to the Narth Waft Perhaps I mads a mistake ia ffttafc Ing that I did. Perhaps I ild wo make a mistake. After thought I confess that I do net absolutely whether I reached fhw pole or not. This may coma aa an amazing statement, but I aa will ing to startle the world If, by aa doing, I can get an opportunity t9 present my case. By my caae I mean not my case aa a geographical discoverer, but my case as a man. Much as the attainment of the Nortfe Polo once meant to mo, the sympa thy and confidence of my fellow men mean more." In this way Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, in as article which will be published ia Hampton's Magazine, confessea that he does not know whether he rniaafi ed the North Pole or not. The publishers of the artlato !? sued a statment Wednesday ffigftt saying that nowhere in his namttx* does Dr. Cook either cast aay nr flection on Peary or question Peary** claims. Dr. Cook, who has been fen hiding for over a year, has inform ed the editors of the magazine pub lishine his storv that he will return to the United States with his wffv and children, December 22, In otrtae to spend Christmas here. Continuing Dr. Cook says; "Fully, freely and frankly-1 shall tell you everything. Tell yon -tp erything?and leave the- ieefsfcm. with you. If, after reading my stoxr you say, "Cook is sincere and boa^ est; half crazed by months of teo1fr> tion and hunger, he believed that In reached the pole; he Is not a fatter, then I shalt be satisfied." Dr. Cook tells the story of his . life and pictures what he calls Q*e over-powering ambition of explorer tion, until it finally culminated la his effort to reach the poie. Dr. Cook declares that at the time hm convinced his wife that he discover ed the Dele, he was half mad. Si spent tT7o years In bis quest sad , N during that time endured hungerJ privation that, he says, would tsft- J balance any mind. Dr. Cook njr? \ that it would be impossible for aai? man to demonstrate beyond obm tion that he had been to th? Nort&t Pole. He characterizes the regie*, as a region of insanity, wher* as* can not believe the evidences gtrOv red before one eyes. "I have been called tho gre*ir~ est liar in the world, the most mmt* umental imposter In history," say* Dr. Cook. "I believe that in tn&Tt undesirable way I stand unique tUm object of such suspicion and vituper ation as have assailed few men.** With this realization, Dr; Cook wrote his story and says that to ii'm the honor of discovering the Nortb Pole no longer means anythiii/r. Th* explorer has been wo k'.i.r en hrs story since last August, ad says, according te the editor of Hamp ton's Magazine, "that his sole dwlr* Is to make the people of the UntteA States realize just what he vent throngh during his two and a luff years in the Artie fastness, aad'tfe make them see what processes et thinking?or lack of thinking?it was that lead him to do the thfag which confirmed to the average nrfnA the worst suspicions against him. * Dr. Cook then tells the story of ;;5 the days in Copenhagen and later ft New York and of the crisis In lifcb life that led to his flight from New York and his voluntary exile frost the United States. Dr. Cook and his wife are now te Europe, and the children are no>* ; in a convent in France. Mo*t ef t&fe time during his exile Dr. Cook he* hcan In London. CHILD EATS MATCHES. Die? of Phosphoroni Poisoning to * Few Hours. iLlttle Mary Houeeal Fulenwfder, the two-year-old daughter of Rev. Edward Fulenwlder, pastor th? Lutheran Church of the the Rfr deemer at Newberry, died Wedna?? day as the result of phospnoroo* ' m o ^ P<J12$UI11IJ?V II UJLLi COUUg uia^vMwt ? ?rv little girl wag at the home or a neighbor, Mr. William Ruff, a^ro^s the street from the parsonage. WhU% the occupant of the home st-v?pe4 out of the room for a moment, Mary went into an adjoining rojm and got upon a rKa!:-, w!i?re a.'* reached z box of matches on the bureau. Sha ate tbe heads of about 20 niatch^ and the stomach pump brought forth sev?rai p'eces of stems. j Getting Stare<l. A cut of $14,000,000 in the es timates for the running expenses o? the government durhig the next lis* cas year was reported to President Taft Thursday as a result of hi* ultimatum to the various heads at departments at the cabinet eon far enc? Wednesday. Ho Is 0?e of Us. H. C. Worthen, the new general superintendent of the Southern div ision of the Western Union Telegrapfc Company, is a Southerner by birffc anil at the ac? of 34 haa reached one of the high positions in the tele graph service. He waa born in Shel by, N. C.