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ED8EFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907.
|THE NATIONAL BANK ?
ff AUGUSTA, GA.
L. 0. BATHE, President.
FRANK G. TORD, Cashier.
CAPITAL.$250,000
Surplus and Profits. 150,000
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News of South Carol
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[ Emerson Escapes JaiL
-Special.-J. Allen Emer
convicted of the mur
F. Drake at the Feb*,
of conrt and" sentenc(id tn j
sent, .escaped, from, the ,
I where, he had been con- j
a hearing by the sn- j
I on an appeal for a new.
not yet been captured. I
lad been carefully plan-j
prisoner had aid from ?
!me of his friends had j
which would unlock the J
ell and after the cell-was i
escape was made wilh
has offered a reward;
|the capture of the escap- j
and the sons of Brake
a like amount. Soli?**
[as wired th? governor lo
amount,
about 5 feet, 8 inches
and bis light leg is
ths left He is a des-,
and it is thought that!
kurcd he will have to be'
ig of Drake by Emerson
sensation in this county, !
Ien were well known and
well. Tho trial of Erne -
ttended by large crowds
ms much excitement. Em
Drake on the night of
Drake's own home. The
a shocking one, Emerson
ided Brake's home for an
)U]"se with his daughter,
sovered by Drake and
led that Drake was fix
it him when he fired and
A strong effort is being j
[phire the escaped prison
effort-will-also be made u
?he allias are who made thc
ho assisted in the escape, j
of Emerson has caused
sation here.
Fortsi at Capture,
ibia State of Friday,
Anderson special says:
[warning has been sent by
)y mail to every section of
to be on the lookout for
len Emerson, who escaped
county jail on Tuesday
to have made good
Thus far there has been
clue as to his where
feeured. One thousand post
[th a description of the es
mer and tho amount of re
fr>r his capture printed,
[have bsSn scattered through
jouufry. .The escape of Em-,
\f- horn the sole ^pic o&'con-f
unjust and accuse certain j
i,?>? aidi?2g the eseape. It is
iori that" there is absolutely j
whatever ic these state- j
d no credit is being given
those in position to know,
iff has off aced a reward of
the capture with proof to
?of those who aided in the.
f Emerson and an effort will
to capture them.
Lttomeys Genera! Meet,
ney General Lyon has been
I to attend the meeting of at
"general from ajl parts of the
to be held in* Chicago Sep
30 for the purpose of dis
questions affecting the cor
corporations and the enforce
j>f laws more generally. Tlie
NT the meeting was issued by
lerbert T. Hadley, attorney
for Illinois. Mr. Lyon will
! if possible. A month later the
|ial Civic Federation will hold
mal meeting at thc same place
cuss practically - the same
ms.
Brakeman Killed.
?hville, Special.-Crushed be
the bumpers of freight cars
ie Southern Railway yards here
[week Claude E. Myers a brake
died from the injuries sustained
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.
prs was originally from Seneca
the funeral services took place
Mr. .Myers was about 25 years
He is survived by a wife and
Ismail children.
led For Cursing Reporter,
jpartanbnrg, Special. - Joe Hill,)
lonng man about town, was fined
[?"OT 30 days by Mayor Floyd here
cursing a reporter of the Spar
Herald. The reporter was
rking on the story of the raid on
gamblers Wednesday night when
ll demanded that the names of
caught in the raid be supress-.
and receiving an unsatisfactory
>ly proceeded to curse the news- :
Iper man, whereupon the reporter)
lied an officer and had him arrest
After being released Hill made
te apologies to the reporter and to
fe paper.
?ptroller General in Spartanbnrg j
j Spartanburtr. Special.-Comptroller
meral A. W. Jones is in the city!
|e came for the purpose of checking
the booka of Treasurer Epps pre
. itory io his going out of the office
id the installation of Mr. Earle who
seeds him' As the committee in
stigating county affairs has not j
|mpleted the 4 examination of the
isurer's books, Comptroller Gen
al Jones will have to return at some
iture date rxt che^k up the office.
Spurs for Charleston Warehouse
Charleston, Special-A number of
n ice* rails were dumped along tho
flower portion of Market street for thc)
?pnnticting imur to be laid from
.the East Shore Terminal company in
to several 'warehouses on Market
tate and Church streets. The work
: lajing th? rails will be soon begun.
Jj questiowt of franchises and rights
! wav through the streets bayo bee.?
tiled ?iitl tho business house* in
'on;boVi trox tfcaif figbt lg llave
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IIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIH
Total Sales of Dispensaries.
The total sales for all county dis
pensaries during thc month of July
amounted to over $200,000, accord
ing to a statement isued by Dispen
sary Auditor West. The statement
is an interesting one in that it show-*
Richland county is still iii the lead
in sales by over 100 per cent. This
does not mean, according to Chair
man Cain of the Riehland hoard,
that there ^s more whiskey sold iu
Columbia than anywhere else, but
that the law is rigidly enforced, holli
as to dispensers and. violations of
the law. The Richland board is now
busy with a plan to stop all salc?
to those who have been raided by the
Richland constabulary and ara su?*-|
pected of conducting blind tigere.
Thc figures given below will be
studed by ail ocytnoabu rleis.vbgkj
studied by all county boards and are
of general interest throughout ^ the
State..
Abbeville. ..$ 6,892.20
Aiken. 7,2S4.'?4
Beaufort'. 6,702.60
Bamberg. 5,164.08
Barnwell.10,7x1.30
Clarendon. 3,002.23
Colleton. 3,858.S0
Charleston. 17,092.31
Chester. 10,528.4;'.
Chesterfield. 7,532.58
Dorchester.. .. , ? ? ? .. 4,137.40
Florence. 11,222.8;
Fairfield. 4,374.2i
Georgetown.". 12,369.0,C
Hampton.. \. 4,099.S0
Kershaw. 6,418.23
Laurens... 8,638.11
Lee.3,801.45
Lexington. 4,073.95
Orangebufg.12,123.9?
Richland. 37,041.70
Sumter. .. 10,507.45
Williamsburg. 7,322.93
Total sales for month. .$204,964.48 j
Colored Sunday School Convention
In Session.
Greenwood, Soecial.-The fourth
annual session of the South Carolina
Colored Interdenominational Sunday
School convention was called to or
der at 4 o 'clock Thursday ;.with Pres
ident P. P; Watson, D, D., in thc j
rhv ? beautiful son?? service, in
ite^t^ki>aaxt,.
"rof.* " C. WW
gams, D. D-, with Virginia Williams
as pianist. Tho president conduct
ed a responsive scripture lesson and
mtfde a forceful and strong appeal
for higher Christian services asd
cosecration. Many delegates respond
ed. Rev. W. R. Toliver of Greens
boro, N. C., and Dr. C. R. Brown of
Florence led in. fervent prayer.
Prof. D. Webster Davis of Richmond,
Va., addressed the convention on the
King's command. He spoke tender
ly and cloquenty of the King's mes
sage, makiug special mention of
punctuality, patience aud humility
and left a profound impression. Dr.
C. C. Jacobs of the Methodist Sunday
School union made some iutersting
remarks. Then followed the regis
tration of delegates and a very large
number, representing nearly half of
the counties nf the State of sever.
Protestant denominations, responded.
The convention is weil worthy thc
best interest of the colored race, and
such meetings do a lot of good to
the colored people.
Contract For Merrimac Mills.
Gaffney, Special.-At a meeting of
the directors of the Merrimac mills
it was decided to change the loca
tion of the mills from the site for
merly selected to a point near the
Limestone mills, ou thc opposite side
of the Southern railway, l or a
number of reasons the new site is
preferable to th? one formerly se
lected.
Brady Melton Shot in Eye.
Union, Special.-At thc Buffalo
mill Brady Melton was shot and fa
tally wounded. The sad rJfair is the
result of careless handling of fire
arms. .The unfortunate youth, who
had been inspecting a revolver, was
in the act of handing it to A. G.
Hightower, Jjis brother-in-law. The
revolver was accidentally discharged,
the ball entering the left eye aud
lodging near the left ear. The boy
is living but is unconscious and can
not recover. He was one of the most
popular boys in the Buffalo ^commun
ity and much sympathy has been ex
pressed. He is only 15 years old.
Wreck Near Charleston.
Charleston, Special.-The derail
ment of three freight ears on the
Sout??ern railway tracks near the
Ashley phosphate works caused the
delay for two or three hours fo the
passenger train due at Charleston
about noon. The tracks ^.\as clear
at 3:30 o'clock. A failing brake
beam caused the three freight cars
to leave the track. Two of them
were empty and one was loaded.
Reunion of Orr's Men.
Abbeville, Special.-Gen. R. li.
Hemphill, president of the Surviv
ors^ Association of Orr's Rifles is
now making preparation for the an
nual reunion of these men in Sep
tember. This regiment was one of
the largest from this State and was
mustered in at Sanders Spring July
26, 1861, for three years or the en
tire war. At the burial of Col, Orr in
Anderson in 1873 this osoointion waa
formed and hfl? mot annually ever
stow *'/;''*,/._'"
AN INVITATION RECEIVED
Commissioners Asked to Attend Meet
ing.
Columbia, Special. - Secretary B.
Kilgore of the Associatioh of Cdm;
missioners of Agriculture and Agri
caltural borkers, fs seuding out let
ters calling attention to the conven
tion to be held in Columbia iu Novem
ber. This is quite an important gath
ering and Commissioner Watson, it J
president, hopes to have a complete
cotton crop report at the time of the
meeting. There will be a very largu
attendance of delegates and those in*
terested in agriculture and Columbia
was selected as the place for the meet
ing despite the efforts made td have
it at Jamesidwh;
Sig Fist Story..
Charleston, Special.-W. B. Hillen
a clerk of the Carolina Savings bank
has the distinction of landing one of
the largest bass ever caught in Char
leston waters. With a small party,
fishing on the front beach of Sulli
van's Island, Mr. Hillen hooked ii
bass about 40 inches in length isffigli
ing 35 pounds* It is very ?iuts?di foi;
such a large bdss td he caught, about
Charleston^ although fish of this size
arc nibre 'commonly caught around
Beaufort. The big fish was divided
among the young fisherman, providing
a good meal in the several household.!
Fishing has been pretty good sport on
Sullivan's Island and generally about
Charleston this season and many stor
ies of fine catches are frequently told.
Governor Morris Wilkins Dead.
Greenville, Bpeci?l-Governor Mor
ris Wilkins died at his home near this
city,, in his 80th*year. He stood high
in the community and is from One pf
the best families in fchd ?t?t?: Ml"
Wilkins devoted his life to farming.
He w?s born iu Charleston and was
graduated from Yale college in 1S47.
He served in the Civil War with the
Charleston Light Dragoons. At the
close of the war he moved to Green
ville. He is survived b> his wife aul
also three sons, John G. Wilkins, of
Columbia.Perkle G. Wilkins of Green
ville and W. L. Wilkins of Norfolk.
One sister. Miss Cara G. Wilkins, oise*
survives. The funeral will be con
ducted tomorrow afternoon with iu*
tennent in the Episcopal cemetery
here.
Church Struck hy Lightning;
Manning, Special - Lightning
struck the pinnacle bf the Methodist
Church steeple h?re during a severe
storm Saturday aftemoon, setting it
on fire-. The fire had gained__cQnsid-_
the ^S^BHBHBHpHHHH
being done. TTnelocal fire department
under the management of S: L. Kras
nofi! and L. I. Appelt responded nt
once and the way they managed th?
fire would have don? credit to the
department in a much larger .town
than Manning. The loss was estimat
ed at from $750 td $1,000 which is
covered by insurance."
Gov. Ansel is Named on Jefferson
Memorial.
Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel hus
consented to, act as State committee
man for the Thomas Jefferson Mem
orial association, a national organi
zation for raising $5*00,000 for a fit
ting memorial to the Virginia states
man. The association will publish the
works of Jefferson and congress baa
authorized the treasury department
to strike off about 250,000 medallions
that are to be sold and the proceeds
tb go to the funds. Active work hflj
been done by the association for some
time and it-is desired to have a branch
of the organization in every State
in the Union.
Irrigation Congress.,
Columbia, Special.-Commissioner
Watson has announced that Col. K. H.
Harleston of Charleston would go to
the Congress f?r National Irrigatio::
to be held at Sacremento, Cal., the
first week in September. Col. Hur
lston will represent the * State of
. South Carolina and the South Caro
lina Agricultural society elected a
delegate by the body. The rational
Drainage convention to bc held about
one month later will also have pres
ent representatives from the coa.-t
counties.
Strike Situation in Charleston.
Charleston, Special. - Thc tele
graph strike situation stands at
pretty much the same condition that
it has for several days. J. A. Coop
er, manager of the Brunswick office
of the Western Union company, who
has been lending a helping hand to
the local situation for some day?,
has been ordered to Albany, Ga., to
open the office at that place, and he
will bo succeeded here by Operator
Kennedy of the Brunswick office.
Reunion in Laurens.
Laurens, Special. - The annual
meeting of the survivors of Company
F, Fourteenth South Carolina Vol
unteers1, was held at Langston church.
Scuffletowu township. There were
several hundred people present and
splendid addresses were delivered by
the Hon. C. C. Featherstone and So
licitor R. A. Cooper. Outside th-j
exercises of the day movement was
started for raising finals for the erec
tion of a Confederate monument ou
the public square in this city.
Hail in Bamberg.
Bamberg, Special.-Reports have
been received herc of a very hard hail
and wind sform near Binnaker's
bridge, which is about seven miles
above here. One negro who works on
the olantation belonging to Capt. J.
B. Grimes says that his crop is liter
ally ruined, especially tho corn crop.
Except for this report, thc crops in
that section have been holding forth
excellent prospects for tho Uxmm, I
?OBC INVtS?GATED
Matter of Canal Appropriation
to Be Gone Over
CONGRESSMEN TO VISIT CANAL
?ommittee Having in Charge the Sun
dry Civil Appropriations Expect3
By Personal Inspection and a
Heart To Heart Conference With
Those in Ohargo of tho Work to Be
Able to See the Justness of the Ap
propriations Asked?
Washington, Special.-Thc exami
?ation on the ground of the estimates
:or the. appropriations for continu
ng work on the Panama canal sub
nitted by Secretaary Taft for the fis
:al year 1907 is to be made by mem
jers of the next Congress, who will
?ave in charge the preparation of the
sundry civil bill, in which the appro
priation for the canal is incorporated.
The proposed visit ?S the outcome of
i suggestion from Representative
James" A. Tawney, of Minnesota,
ihairman of the appropriations com
mittee in the last Congress, who was
it the isthmus following adjournment
ast March. He believes it will bc t>
;hc best interests of the sen-ices a?
kvell as to those directdb* and in
iirectly in charge of the administra
tion of the 'force at work if the mem
bers of the appropriations comnrJ.
kee having in charge the preparation
3f ftht? sundry civil bill go to the
isthmus with the estimates for the
next fiscal y?fll' Alic! consider them
carefully with the officiais' baying su
pervision of expenditures for all
kinds of work being done. Thc sug
gestion has met with a hearty re
sponse from those identified with the
commission's work who believe tliat
a great deal of good will result fron
a heart-to-heart talk between thc
Congressmen, who prepare the ar
propriation and the officials who
spend it, and that it will clear away
in advance any misapprehension or
misunderstandings that may exist as
to the justness and propriety of al
lotting the money estimated to be
necessaray for the year's work. .
Of particular importance is the
proposed visit regarded at the present
time wheti the tjuestidn is now before
th? Pr?sident whether the commission
can lawfully expend during the pres
ent fiscal year any more money than
was specifically appropriated, Colonel
Goethals having reported to the au
thorities in Washington that the work
has progressed so rapidly {kata it will
be in the interest of true economy to
umciais nore tlnnk Congress may, as
a result of the observation? pf the
members of the appropriations' com
mittee who go to the isthmus, see fit
to provide legislation under which
work may' proceed regardless of the
appropriations, if this authority does
not already exist. The committee
will leave New York November 5th
and return to Washington in time for
the opening of Congress in December.
Material for Manufacture of Dyna
mite in Tailor's Possession.
Worcbester, Miss., Special.- Tho
police of this city upon receipt of a
telegram from Chief Inspector M<??
Cofferty, of New York, searched the
premises of? Sarkis Restigian a tailoi
herc and seized a ease of material
used iii the manufacture of dynamite.
Restigian is a friend of Father Ma.*
toogessian who was arrested in New
York some time ago in connection
with an Armenian murder. Resti
gian told the police that the box was
sent to him by some unknown person
in New York a long ti?%o ago.
Drivers cf Meat Strike.
-New York, Special.-No meat has
been delivered since midnight by the
jobbers to thc retail butchers in the
city, owing lo a - strike of drivers,
which took place Friday afternoon
The men demanded higher wages and
less hours. Thc meat men say there
will be a famine in New York within
twenty-four hours unless the strike
is settled.
Attempt to Blow Up Train.
Cripple Creek, Col., Special.- An
attempt was made to blow up the in
coming short line passenger train
with dynamite at St. Petersdomc,
midway between Cripple Creek and
Colorado Springs. Every window in
the last car was broken and M. J.
McCarthy, of Victor, deputy State
mine inspector had his hand cut. A
number of women fainted. A similar
attempt was made to blow up thc
same train at Duffield. The dynamit
ers escaped. . ,
Interest on New York Bond Raised
Half a Cent.
New York, Special.-Owing to the
present stringency in- the money mar
ket the City of New York was obliged
to raise the rate of interest on bonds
it now has for salo from 4 to 4 1-2
per cent. The mayor issued an order
to the heads of all city departments
to .limit the expenditures of their
departments to thc lowest possible
point consistent with efficient admin
istration.
On Track Drunk; Is Killed.
Kinston, Special-Eastbound pas
senger tarin No. 4 on the Norfolk 5
Southern ran over and killed a white
man named Loftin Barfield Fridav
afternoon shortly after leaving La
Grange. Barfield's home is at Le
noir Institute, this county. He wa:
drunk and sitting on tho track. Hi:
neck was broken and one le? cut o!f
Ile wu3 brought to this city and turu
ed over to undertakers. Tbs remain.
will bo sont to his family at Leno};
Instituto for burial>
THE STATE'S NEW BANKS
Incr?as? iii Several! Other" Banks'
Makes South Carolina's- Exhibit;
Excellent One.
C?lumbia, Special.--~Despite the riij
mors of a tight money market just at
this season before ?he cotton begins
to come in,, a number of new banks
have been organized in South Caro
lina so far this yeajri Nearly all of
them are in small towns and are not
capitalized heavily, put it means that
bank stock is heldt by fanners aud
merchants in nearly {every town in thc
State. The total capitalization of tho
19 banks making application to thc
secretary of State for charter is near
ly $500,000; 111 addition there haye
be?n" a.l?rg? number of increases in
th? Capital stock ?fjsome of the banka
already drgariized, iine of the bankrf
adding nearly $300*000 to their capi
tal during the first?bf the year.
Following is a \i$t of the newly or
ganized banks sin^e the first of the
year, together withj? list of. the banks
increasing the amojant of the capital
stock: .1
Savings "hank :bf Lando, Chester
county; capital $?0,000.
Bank of Ruby, Chesterfield, $15,000
capital. ')
Peoples' bank j of Fountain Inn
Gr??nvilie ?a?ntyj; with capital di
$15,000.
Union Banking brid Brokerage cbiii
pany of Greemalle with capital of
$10,000.
Farmers' and Merchants' bank of
Greenville ; capit? fized at $50,000.
Bank of Taylor i with $20,000 capi
tal.
Bank of Cor maca, . Greenwood
county, with capital of $20,000.
Hampoon Loan: and Exchange bank
capitalized at $25,000.
Bank of Lois, : Hurry county, with
$10,000 Capital: $
B?rik df.ChapiijL in LeSlhgtoll cotia
ty; capit?liz?d.atMOjOOO:
'?L?- *L? ?-? ,
.Brookland b?j
ingtori county, w
Brookland; Le*
th $25,000 capital.
Peoples' ban??iof Leesville, with
$30,000 capital, fr
Farmers' and;Merchants' bank of
McColl, Marlboro; county, with $15,'
000 capital. ,r
Carolina Trusf torapany, Spartan
burg; capitalize^ at $25,000.
The Dollar Slings bank of Spar
tanburg, with a. apital of $50,000.
The Farmers'; md Merchants' bank
of Little Moungiiuj capitalized at
$10,000. "
The Lancaster Savings Bank and
Trust Companyjof Lancaster; capital
$25,000. rf .
??rik ?f .PaJiahd, iii. Chesterfield
h?unty? with $?,000 capital.
. Th? .Bank... if. . Simmonsville. iri
Greenville county^ with capital di
$15,000. ; '
Increases in Capital
The Peoples'jbank of Chester from
sr
. Bank of Hofry, nt Conway, i'roni
$?5jp??-t? $50,1)00,
Dime "Savings bank of Charleston^
$30,000 to $60,00(1:
Ba?k ?f Greeley ville from $10^000
td $15,000.
Banlc of Conway from $25,000 td
$50,000.
Bank of Springfield from $20,000 to
$30,000.
Carolina Loin and Trust Company
Spartanburg, from $100,000 to $200,
000.
There is alta a bank forming at
Lancaster with* $25,000 capital and a
consolidation of banks in a Piedmont
city with a capital of $-100,000.
Newspaper Man Assaulted
Charleston, '.Special-Leon Patrick
? notorious mdney lender^ was arrest
ed ott & Warrant taker! oUt bv iff.
fay 0. ?merstfil ?f thfc stat! of Th?
Everting Post,'(charging him' with as
sault and battery'and the case will
be called in Magistrate Rouse's coint
Mr. Emerson was assaulted by the
money lender, who was accompanied
by several of his friends after the
game at Hampton park on Saturday
afternoon. He was called aside from
a car which be was about to board
and asked his name. Upon giving it,
he was accused by Patrick of writing
attacks upon him and immediately
he was struck several severe blows in
the face, cutting and bruising it about
the eyes. The cowardly method of at
tack espeeia"Jy in view of the fact
that Patrick is very much larger in
stature, is severely condemned.
Badly Burned by Live Wire.
Florence, Special.--A broken elec
tric wire found on the ground by Mr.
George Laughtin's little son, Law?
renee, caused a serious accident. Mrd.
Laughlin seing her son with thc wire
in his hand rushed into the street to
rescue him and caught the wire in her
hand and found her foot on it. As
a result both are in a very serious
condition and expected to live, but
should they survive, Mrs. Laugh tin
will lose one foot and hand, and the
boy will lose one hand. Mr. Laugh
tin is one of the engineers of the At
lantic Coast Line and resides here.
An Immigrant's Trouble.
Charleston, Special.-Max Pichler,
a Wittekind immigrant, was before
Magistrate O 'Shaughnessy telling his
domestic troubles. He wanted thc
protection of the court from a wo
man who had come over* to this coun
try with him, and some sort of truce
is in course of being patched by tho
magistrate that Pichler's life may not
be so miserable as he declares thal
it is.
Blind Tigers Hit Hard.
Abbeville, Special.-Sheriff C. J
Lyon and Deputy Bruce have just
cleaned out the blind tigers at Cal
houn Falls fr the sum of $210 in
fines. Paris Ware, an old offender,
was given $60 fine and the rest $5C
each. It seems that there is good
money in thc blind tiger business a*
the offenders always have the mouej
to poy out. ?hdriff Lyon says he has
more than earned his salary in bliuc!
figev fines filou*.
Reve?iue Offteers Shoot Each
Other For Blockaders
fOUR WOUNDED: ONE MAY DIE
Three 0ther3 Wounded in Unfortun
ate Encounter Near Chapel Hill
Each Party Mistook the Other for
Blockaders and Got j Busy With
Winchesters - Deputy Collecter
Jordan of Raleigh, Deperately
Wounded.
Greensboro, N. C., Special.-Two
raiding parties) composed of revenue
officers and posscmeil,- neither know
ing that the other party wa? compos
ed of their friends, met while search
ing for an illicit distillery near
Chapel Hill at 2 o'clock Friday morn
ing and as -a result of their mistake
engaged in a miniature battle, in
which four were seriously injured
two probably fatall}'. The two who
are in the most serious condition are
Deputy Marshal. Jdrdfiii srtd Posse
man Banks, Deputy Collector Hend
ricks who was in charge of one party
was shot in the hip. He was brought
here Friday evening. The name of
thc other man injured was not ob
tained.
Two raiding parties, one from Ra
leigh and the . other from Durham,
having received information that au
illicit distiller}' was in operation
about five miles from Chapel Hill, iu
Orange county, started out and reach
ed the distillery ut almost the same
time. The party ?rst arriving was
busy cutting up the still when thc
other party arrived. The party ii!
the still was taken by surprise and
the officers opened fire on the others,
thinking that they were the moon
shiners who had been operating the
illicit distiller}'.
There were just three men in each
party, and all began shooting. Four
of tho six mon were struck by one or
more of the many shots that were ex
changed. After the firing had ceased
the men found to their surprise that'
no moonshiners were near and that
they had been fighting* their friends.
The wounded ones were removed to
a farm house and physicians called
in from Chapel Hill and Durham.
Neither party knew that the other
was out, but were aware that moon
shiners in that part of the colin try
had given the officers much trouble.
They were not suipised when they
. Durham, N. C., Special.-At at la to
hour Fridfty night all thc men wound
ed irt tho raid of ft still near Chapel
Hill- were doing well and aro expect
ed to recover. The Wounded arc ft?,
fflilows":
Robert Hendricks; of Green.1 boro,
deputy collector, wounded in hip,
this being a flesh wound ana Hot
'serious.
J. B. Jordan, of Cary, deputy mar
shal, wounded through side of stom
ach and hi the hip. His wounds seri
ous but not thought fatal.
T. E. Rigsfeec, this city, posseman,
shot through ann, not serious.
John R. Banks, Raleigh, posseman,
bone in leg belcw knee crushed by
bullet nad it may be necessary to
amputate leg. That has not yet been
decided;
The orily ,two of the six officers
who escaped without being woilndsd
are D. C Downing, deputy collector,
of Raleigh, and A. L. Pendergras??,
posseman of this city.
Will Demand the Books.
New York, Special.- Defined by
thc officials of thc Intcrborough Met
ropolitan Company, William M.' Ir
vins inquisitor for the Public Service
Committee will appeal to the courts
for an order requiring the corpora
tion to submit its books for examina
tion Attorney Cravath for the Bel
mont-Ryan concern say? the Inte
borough is not a railway but is a
holding company, and that the com
mittee has no right to demand th.1
books. Irvins admits that thc failure
to get thc books hampers him in his
efforts to get thc investigation thc
concern's condition.
Will Be No Tariff Revision.
Washington, D. C, Special.-There
will be no revision of tariff in the
next Congress, said Chairman Payne
of thc Ways and Means Committee
of the House. "In my opinion, there
is a tacit agreement ?imong thfc Re
publicans that it would be unwise to
agitate revision on the eve of a presi
dential election. I don't anticipate
any depression in the industries of
our country and I ara certainly not
at all worried by the so-called finan
cial panic."
Five Men Entombed.
Wilkesbarre. Pa., Special. - Five
men were entombed by a fall of rock
in No. 14 tunnel of thc mine at Port
Blancard, near here, operated by the
Erie Coal Company. Miel;arl Naugh
ten, one of the men caught in thc fail
after several hours effort, crawled
from under the debris badly injured.
He reported that four other men were
caught in the fall.
Brivish Steamer Glenway Rammed.
Norfolk, Va., Special-The Mer
chants & Miners' TransDortation
Company's steamer Lexington, bonn J
from Norfolk for Savannah, (ia., ram
med the British steamer Glenway
while the latter was lying off the
Lamberts Point coal piers awaiting
a berth to take bunker coal. T!?e
Lexington apparently un injured pro
ceeded. The Glenway'a port bow waa
Injured,
Court Trials of Animal?. .
The decision of the Southwestern
Police Court (London) Magistrate
that a monkey may use the pavement
if he causes no obstruction reminds
us that down to a comparatively late
period on tho continent, the lower
animals were considered amenable to
the laws. Domestic animals were
tried In the common criminal courts;
wild animals fell under ecclesiastical
jurisdiction. Frenen antiquaries have
discovered the records of ninety-two
processes against animals, conducted
with the strictest formalities, of Jus
tice, from 1120 to 1740, when the
last trial and execution, that of a
cow, took place. Thus there was a
law suit that lasted from 1445 to
1487, between the Inhabitants of St.
Julien and a kind of beetle; and at
Lavigny, in 1457, a sow and her sb
young ones were tried on a charge
of having murdered and partly eaten
a child. The sow was found guilty
and condemned to death, but the lit
tle pigs were acquitted on account ol j
their youth, the bad example of their
mother and the absence of direct proof
against them ?--London Chronicle.
; Maximilian's Tune, "La Paloma"
The memory of Maximilian of Mex
ico should still be preserved wherever
that haunting air "La Paloma" ls
played. It is still to be heard In the
London restaurants where music ls
thrown in with dinner. Xnd Maximil
ian's final request was that "La Pal
oma" should be played while he stood
up to meet bis doom. He died with
the tune in his ears-th? courage in
his face-and 'his wife went mad with
the shock nearly forty years ago.
When .you hear the tune remember
that dead Emperor, the demented wife.
London Chronicle.
Captured in Florida.
Columbia, Special.-A requisition
has been issued by Gov. Ansel for Al
exander Hillian, a negro wanted in
Chesterfield county, for assault with
attempt to ravish and believed to be
a prisoner in the Southern part of
Florida. Sheriff Douglass of Chester
field was in the city and went to Flo
rida as agent for the State to bring
back the fugitive. The crime charged
against the negro was committed
about a year ago.
Negro Bolls Two Women.
Camden, N, J., Special.-Mrs.
Frances Horner, aged 67 years, wif"
of Edward Homer, a farmer on th?
Browning road near Mercbantville,
and Mrs. Victoria Napoli, a servant
were chopped to death in their homer
ijt is charged, by Charles Groson, u
negro who was formerly employed on
the farm. The assassin first set fire
to the Horner barn. While Horner
and Mrs. Napoli's husband were try
ing to rescue some of the horses from
the barn, Mrs. HornryrJ^d her servant
came upon the negro in the act of
robbing the house.
The Lowell Courier-Citizen boasts
that Vermont's maple sugar crop fig
ure up thc largest ever gathered and
lt was no doubt thc purest ever sent
to market, at least, since the conver
tibility of ordinary brewn sugar into
maple v/as discovered. The national
pure food law worked well in that case
at any rate.
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