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A<iKI> I?A1>Y FOI LL Y MlJltDFKKD. Young Xogro Committed Deed itu?- i< ?i from Mob Vengeance. Lowndesville, March 17.-Mrs. M. E. l*ott, ai: 80-year-old widow, who, wi.h hoi- gran dd a ugh ter of 13, resid ed on lier farm on?' lillie north of heil', was brutally attacked while seated at her fireside Tuesday night about 1 I o'clock bj Charlie Logan, a young nemo, who Struck her in the head with a heavy wrench, Inflicting an injury from which the aged wo man died this afternoon at I o'clock. Witnesses testifier] at the coroner's inquest that Logan admitted that he entered the home with the in ten-ion of putting the old lady out ot tho way and committing an assault upon her young granddaughter, hut left before attempting to attack the Kiri. Ben Massey, also eolored, is held on suspicion in connection with thc mat ter. The I/O gan negro, ii not Poi h. was saved from lynching at the hands of an infuriated crowd ot" citizens by Hie cool and determined stand taken hy Magistrate .1. C. Huckabee, who p.i ?i be known in unmistakable terms that lie would brook no Inter ference with his carrying out his du ties as an officer of the law. Magis trate Huckabee placed Charlu? Logan in tin? custody nf Constable .1. M. Huckabee, who took thc prisoner to Abbeville jail in an automobile. La ter in tia? afternoon thc magistrate sent the other negro, Ben Massey, io Abbeville ?ail. this prisoner being taken on the train by Constable C. <!. (?rant. Crime direfully Planned. Crom testimony adduced at the In quest, it appealed thai the crime had been carefully planned, and evidence uncovered prior to tho time Logan mad*- his confession pointed unmis takably io his bavin:; committed the deed. Dr. T. O. Kilpatrick and oth ers arriving on the scene soon after the attack upon Mrs. Scott became known began an investigation of the premises, with the view oi unearth ing some t ine as to who had commit ted the crime. They had only the statement of Mrs. Scott's grand daughter, Millie Lee Scott, that she was awakened some time during the night by the noise ol' something fall ing on the loor and looked np from the bed in time to see some one dart out the door. ll appears that the lit tle girl retired about IO o'clock and , left her grandmother seated by the lire smoking a pipe. The next she knew was when she was awakened by t he noise in Hie room an 1 saw a man spring Oh rough t lie door into au adjoining mom and her grandmother 1 > i ti TT on I he Hour bleeding from a wound ii; the head. Dr. Kirkpatrick and others began a careful scrutiny of the premises, and underneath a window of the house, they discovered on the ground a piece of freshly spill fal ?due. The sup position was that the intruder had brought this piece of pine along to bo used as a torch in seeing his way about t lu- house, bm that upon ar riving there and seeing a light burn ing in the ?louse threw down the fat wood and decided to work i>\ the light that was burning in the dwell ing. On the ground, underneath the window, was found indentations in the ground, as though they had been made by the ends of a ladder set up against the house. Upon looking at the weatherboarding of the house, just underneath the window ledge, the investigators saw i m pressions like those made by the top ends of a lad der b aned against the wall. This led to thc theory that tho criminal had entered the windon by climbing up a short, ladder set up from the outside. But upon making an examin?t ion of the place they could (Ind no ladder. Had Made [?adder. After a while tracks leading away from the house were found. These. 1 racks were braced across a Held and down to a house occupied by Charlie Logan and Ben Massey. The white men waiko the negroes and entered tin' house, to lind that Hen Massey was absent and that Will Johnson, a neighbor, was there with Logan. Al ome 'lie white men began to Inter rogate i hem as io what they knew about the attack on the old lady. While this was going on one of the men in the party made a search ol' Itu- house and lound a piece ol' fat. pine iii.il had a piece split off it. The piece of fat pine which was found un derneath the window was compared with the piece found in the negro house, and it was shown conclusively that the two pieces of pine had been one. and thal the piece lound under neath the window of Mrs. Scott's house had been split off Hie piece; lound in the negro house. Tho investigators questioned Will Johnson very Closely and ho st a ?ed that When he stopped in Tuesday night he saw ('harlie Logan making a short, ladder, hilt, did not ask him what ho was going to do with it. The white men made another search of tho house and presently pulled from , beneath Charlie Logan's hod a small ladder. This ladder was carried to \ Mrs. Scott'? house and placed beneath the window that had been entered. The ladder exactly tit the impressions that had been noticed on the ground and on the wai] of thc house by Dr. Kirkpatrick when he made his first survey of the premises. Angry Crowd Gathered. Hy the time the investigation had progressed this far daylight had come and the news of tho brutal assault had spread throughout t he .surround ing country, causing hundreds of armed men to gather at the scene ot the crime. Dr. Kirkpatrick and other well known citizens of Lownde8viHe were endeavoring in the meantime to get ('harlie Logan to tell what he knew about the crime, as the evidence pointed conclusively to his having liad something to do with the affair. Finally the boy admitted that he had entered the house and Struck the old woman with a hammer. The negro would not state to the white men what his motive was in entering the house and attacking the aged woman. Hut at the Inquest held later in tho day a negro nan testified (hal he had siKjkeii to Charlie Logan about the affair and that Logan admitted hit ting Mrs. Scott, and gave as his mo tive that he wished to "see that little girl in the house with her.' Inquest Held. Yesterday afternoon Magistrate lluckabee held an inquest into the death of Mrs. Scott, swearing live witnesses, after which the jury re turned a verdict charging Charlie Lo gan with having struck th?' blow which brought about the aged wo man's death. Suspicions ( ii cuinstniMcs. Citizen.- of Lowndesville are aol al all satisfied wi Uh the explanation of the crime that Charlie Logan gives. There are a number of suspicious cir cum. tances connected with the affair, and circumstances that might lead one to believe thal the murder was ' the result of a conspiracy among sev eral persons. Oltlcers and citizens of Lowndesville are working on theories along this line, and it may be that there will he other developments in tlie case ere long. Among these suspicious circum stances is: The whereabouts of Hen Massey on the night Mrs. Scott was I killed. Massey contended yesterday J that he and another negro. Bari Bur ton, came to Anderson Tuesday night and spent the night there with a ne gro named Will Davis, who is a bro ther-in-law of Hinton. Another cir cumstance the officers and citizens ar?' not satisfied about is that when the little Scott girl ran to the home of Reedy Burton, to get the negro woman to go to her uncle Alt' Scott's with her to give tho alarm, the ne gress kept the white -??1 in the house for an hour and a half, and only con sented te go with her alter the child had stated that she would go to her uncle's house alone. Was Well Known Lady. Mrs. Scott was ^< 11 known and highly respected in her community. She was the mother of Mrs. Allen, wife of .1. Han Allen, a well known farmer who lives near Anderson. Prisoners to Abbeville. Abbeville. Mardi I :. Charlie Lo gan, the negro who murdered Mrs. Scott near'Lowndesville last night, wes apprehended bj the constable of Magistrate lluckabee, and with the magistrate and two others, was brought by a circuitous route to Ab beville, sheriff Lyon was informed of the probabllitj of mob violence and hurried the negro to Greenwood to catch dui train tor Columbia. Fear ing that the mol?, disappointed at finding their mau gone, would wreak vengeance on another negro who was in jail under sentence for manslaugh ter, Sheriff Lyon took that negro also lo Columbia. In state Penitentiary. Columbia, March 17.-The negro Lonau was brough! io the State pen itentiary to-night ai 1 I o'clock from Abbeville for safe-keeping. "I will order a special torin of court for earl> next week," said Gov ernor Manning to-night after a con ference with Solicitor Cooper over the telephone al Newberry. Deafness Cannot Be Cured b> local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is onlj one way to cure deaf ness, and i hat is by constitutional ?remedies. Deafness is caused byan Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of I lie Lustachian tube. \\ hen this tube is inflamed you have a rum bling sou'-d or imperfect hearing, and when il is entirely closed, deaf ness is the result, and miles.; the in ila m ma t ion can be taken out and this tube restored to ils normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out Of len tue caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an ln llauiod condition ol the mucous sur faces, We will give oi.v hundred dollars for any caso of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Semi for cir culars, free. F. .1. ('heney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by druggists. 75e, Take Hall's Family Hills for con stipa t ion.---'Adv. The European \& Brief Summary. London, Marah 17.-Neuve Chan nel le and St. Biol, In the west, and Przasn-ysz and Przomyel, In the east, aie the pivota If the battle areas In which struggles that may mark im portant milestones in tho war now are hoing fought. The outcome of the tight for Neuve Chapelle, from which tho British liave driven the Germane with a loss of nearly 20,000 men, should prove. .11 the opinion of British observers, whether the (lennans can mass men and retrieve ground lost by t'hein with the same battering tactics they displayed last yea". On the other hand, if the British can hold the po sitions gained, it will go far toward attesting what may he expected when t ho allies begin their spring advance. The outcome of tho battle of Prza s-iv.-z will demonstrate whether Field Marshal von Hindenburg again has failed and virtually nullified all his costly efforts to reach Warsaw. To the south the Austrians are at tempting what they have'tried many times before a dash to relieve tho fortress at. Pi/.oinysl. According t?> dispatches .'rom Petrograd this la tesl effort, which was a northward ad vance from the Carpathians, has deti nitely fallen short, having been checked in the center at. Smolnik, south of Lutowlska. Meantime i ho Itussians aro drawing closer their lines around Przonvysl, and a dispatch from Petrograd says the fall of the fortress is ex veiled in a few days. Gains Claimed by Germans. Berlin, March 17.-The war office an non ?icemen t follows : "The contest for possession of an emblen e on the southern slope of the Lon 'te Heights, to the northwest ol' Anas, has been decided in favor of til?' ('.en.ians. "In lin- Champagne district, spe i iii. ally to the west of Perthes and to the north of Le Mesnll, the French ye t< - lay delivered several unsuc cessful attacks. North of Le Mesnll the attacks were renewed with stronger forces and the engagements .-till continue. "In the Argonne the fighting has not yet come to an end. Prem li forces have been driven back from the slope to the southwest of Yan qui rs, occupied by them. Two French attacks In'the Le Petro forest north west of Pont-a-Mousson, resulted in failure. In the Vosges there has been nothing moro than artillery duels. "The Hessian advances against Taiiroggen in Kovno province. Rus sia, northwest of Tilsit, and Laugs zargen. in East Prussia, just across the border from Taiiroggen, have been repulse vi. "Russian attempts to break through the German lines between the ICkwa and >the Orzyo rivers, north of Warsaw, also have been repulsed. "lhere is m change in the situa tion south of the Vistula." Brilons I/ose Heavily. London, March 17. The British casualty lists for Hie live days from March lu to March I!, Inclusive, during which the battles of Neuve Chapelle and St. Biol were fought, show that I Iii officers were killed or died from wounds and that 193 offi cers were wounded or are missing. The list of casualties among the men has not been published yet, nor have any figures been given eui. but some competent critics estimate them at about two-thirds of those suffered by the Hermans, which Field Marshal sir .lohn French, Hw British comman der-in-chief, said were between 17, 000 and . S.OdO. One Canadian officer was killed in the fighting and three Canadian offi cers wen? wounded. Outer Przcniysl l?*orts Fal! ? London. March 18.-Tho outer forts of Przomysl, toward which a part of the Austrian anny has been struggling in an effort to bring relief lo the besieged garrison, have a' last fallen bet?re the Russians, according to unofficial reports reaching London. Although confirmation is lacking, British nevvspap<?rs this morning ap ira rent ly are eager lo regard the re port as not improbable. They refer to Hie tact that news dispatches re ceived from Petrograd yesterday said the surrender o' this stronghold wa? but a matter of a few days. Pillage Charged Ho Russians. The Russians are accused cf burn ing and pillaging villages, and thc Herman govern men t announces it will retaliate by destroying three Russian villages for every Herman v?Hage burned. British observers believe Hie Aus tro-Herman forces are making no progress along the eastern front ex ?ept between Stanislau and Kolomea, muili of Bukowina, where they arc pushing forward in an adte m pt to lum the Russian left Hank. British military experts think thc ios] t ion of thc German armies in the .asi precludes ?he transfer at thia imo of any troops to tho west, and hat tho German plan rV dealing Rus rar Day by Day. da a crushing blow before attempting the much-discussed spring advance in the west has failed. Five out of six Df the new (?crinan anny coriss are said to be engaged on and beyond the frontier of Hast Prussia, a fact which British observers think will make it difficult for Germany to meet tho de mands likely to be imposed on her In tho west. The full import of the British vic tory at Neuve Chapelle is only now beginning to be grasped by the pub lic lt has greatly cheered both troops and civilians as confirming the belief that the German line can be broken if the allies care to pay the price. Germans Angry at Kassians. Berlin. March 18-The war depart ment gave out this statement to-day. "A Kreuch advance against our po sition on the southern slope of the Lorette Heights was repulsed. ?.Partial French attacks in Cham lagne, north of Le Mesnil, were nought to a standstill by a counter ittack. A fresh French attack which ivas begun there last night has been repulsed with heavy losses to the ?iiemy. "In tho Argonne yesterday the Ighting abated. French aviators brew bombs on the undefended Alsa ian town of Sciettstadt. Duly one tomb took eifert, falling on a seini lary conducted by women teachers, (Illing two children and severely wounding ten. In reply Herman avi ators last night dropped bombs of aig si/.o on the foi tress of Calais. "Russian attacks on Herman posi tions between the Pissa and Orzyc livers, in Northern Poland, as well is northeast of Pr/.asnys/.. continued yesterday without sun-ess. West of ho Sk wa river we look PUP prison ers of war, and east of the Skwa 1, Jut) prisoners and four machine guns. "Hordes of the Russian imperial milli ia gained a cheat? victory by in vading the most northern corner of East Prussia in the direction of Mo uld. They pillaged and burned vil lages and estates. As a retaliatory measure, Russian towns occupied hy ns will be compelled to pay large innis. For every village burned down by these Russian hordes on Gier man territory, and for each estate destroyed, three villages or estates on Russian territory occupied by us will be sacrificed by the flames. All lainage caused by fire in Mern el will he answered by the destruction by lire of Russian government buildings it Suwalki and other provincial capi tals in Herman hands." Another British Ship Sunk, hond?n. Ma rt* h IS.-Tho British steamer Glenartney, of Glasgow, was lorpedoed this morning off Peachy Head by a Herman submarine, which ?a ve no notice of her intention. I ii I he scramble for boats one of the .lew was drowned; the others, num bering forty, several of whom were injured, were picked up by a steamer uni landed at New Haven. Tho Glenartney, which was of lion tons register, was hound from Bangkok, Siam, for London, loaded with 8,000 tons of rice. (?crinan Troops ure Fortifying. Geneva, .March .18-Herman troops have been energetically engaged for Hie past few days fortifying ail the valley o? the Largue between Moos. Saint Louis and Loar rael), says the Lausanne Gazette. A complicated system of barbed wire entanglements has been placed. The environs of Volkonsberg and Feretto are. defended by entrench ments and blockhouses. Work is be ing hastened on tho entrenchments :>n the Une from Saint Louis to Muel hausen and on the defenses at Alt It rich. In Hie Anspach and the Itu rn han pt region, where an important action is ?X peet ed, the paper says. Hu; Ger mans have dug additional trenches ind placed heavy artillery on care fully chosen positions. Costly Combat for Hermans. Caris. March IS. Tile ((imbat, at "arney, which began the evening ol' March I I hy the explosion of a heav ily charged mine in one of the French trenches, was vain and costly for the Hermans, according to an olll ? i a l note issued by the war office to lay. "rile battle lasted until Ibo 17th." the note adds, "and was marked by sharp lighting, numerous counter-ait acks and systematic bombardments Phe Germen offensive was finally re mised and the French succeeded in nuking a slight gain on this part ot he front." Russians Fail, \ lenna Reports. Vienna. Mari h IS. The following )fflcial slaloment was issued by tin va r oilba? to-nighi : "On the height8 west of Labia ./.rev an attack by numerically supe lor forces was repulsed after a san 'Ulnory bailie with great loss to tin nemy, several companies being anni dinted. "Repeated attempts by tho lill ians to capture vantage point. among ou r i ios lions by means of sur prise attacks delivered by forces out numbering the defenders also failed. We captured 280 prisoners." Throe Allied; Sb i p.-. Sunk, Two Dam* aged in Dardanelles. Loudon. Match io. The admiralty to-nigh4 gave out the following state ment regarding operations at the Dardanelles: "An account of tho operations at the Dardanelles on tho I Nth of March: Mino sweeping having been In progress during the last ten days inside tlx Straits, a general attack was delivered by the British and French fleets yesterday (Thursday) morning upon ?the fortresses at tho Narrows. At in.!.*) a. m. tho Queen Elizabeth, Inflexible. Agamemnon and Ix?rd Nelson bombarded Forts J, L, T, U and V, while tho Triumph and Prince George fired at batteries F, E and H. A heavy fire was open ed on the shills from Howitzers and field guns. "At 12.2 2 o'clock the French squadron, consisting of tho Suffren, Gaulois , Charlemagne and Bouvet, advanced up the Dardanelles and en gaged the forts at closer range. Forts J, 17, F and IO refilled strongly. Their lire was silenced hy tho ton battle ships inside the straits, all the ships being hit several times during this part of the action. 'Hy 1.2.", p. m. all the forts had ceased firing. The Vengeance, Irre sistible, Albion. Ocean, Swiftsure and Majestic then advanced to relievo tile six old battleships Upside the straits. As the French squadron, which had engaged the forts in a most brilliant fashion, was passing oui. tho Bouvet was blown up by a drifting mino. She sank in 36 fathoms, north of Bren keui village in loss than three min utes. Two British Battleships Sunk by Drifting Mines. "At 2.:'.C p. m. tho relief battle ships renewed the attack on the forts, which again opened lire. The attack on the forts was maintained while tho operations of thc mine sweepers continued. "At 4.09 p. m. thc Irresistible quit the lino, listing heavily, and at 5.30 o'clock sank, probably having struck a drifting mino. At 6.05 o'clock the Ocean, also having struck a mino, sank. Doth tho vessels sank in deep water, virtually tho whole of their . rews having been removed safely un der a hot tire. "The Gaulois was damaged by gun fire. The Inflexible had her forward control position hit hy a heavy shell, and requires repair. "The bombardment of the torts and the nilne-sweplng operations termi nated when darkness fell. The dam age to the torts, effected by tho pro longed direct lire of the powerful forces employed, cannot be estimated yet, .uni a furthei report will follow. Tho losses of tho ships Vas caused hy inities drlfUrg with the current, which wen encountered in areas hitherto swept clear, and this danger will require special treatment. Casualties Not Heavy. "The British casualties were not heavy, considering tho scale of th< operations, but virtually the whole ol tin crow of tho Bouvet were hist with the ship, an interna! explosion apparently having supervened on thc explosion of the mino. "The Queen and Implacable, whicl have boen dispatched from Englani to replace the ship losses in anticipa Hon of this operation, aro due to ar rive immediately, thus bringing th< British fleet up to its origina strength. The op?rai ions are con tinning with tho naval and militar) forces a va i bible on the spot. "On 'the 16t.h instant Vice Admira ('/arden, who had been incapacitate! by illness, was succeeded in the ellie command by l>ear Admiral .lohn Mi t hael de Rd e< . with the acting rani of vice admiral." Two More British Steamers. London, Mandi 19. Tho Britts) steamer Bluejacket, with wheat Iron Liverpool, has been torpedoed by ; (?(Minan submarino off Beach y Head while she was proceeding for Londoi under her own steam. The British steamer Myndford wai torpedoed to-day in tho Ell gi Isl Channel by a (bo-man submarine. I is reported one member of her crev was killed. This steamer was torpedoed in I lr favorite hunting ground of tho Ger man submarinos off Bcachy lien while she was proceeding for Londoi under her own steam. The Myndford was 2.77."> tons ne burdon. She was 376 feel long am was built at Hort Glasgow in 1905 She was owned hy tho Scottish Shi| owners' Company of Glasgow. Tho Bluejacket was ol' 2.271 lons She was ?CIO feet long, was owned b? i'.. Hallet, of Cardiff, and was bull il Sunderland In 1904. How To dive Quinine To Children P1WRIMNH ta the trade mark name ?riven to ai inproved Quinine. 11 is n Tastrlcs? 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When his fa ther died last fall Mr. McCravy was with the evangelistic staff of tho Bap tist Homo .Mission Hoard, and was considered ono of the sweetest sing ers and most efficient Choristers tho board has ever employed. Ile is, without doubt, among tho very best singers in South Carolina. Ho is now living with his widowed mother in PRANK E. McCRAVY, Evangelistic Singer. Laurens, bul linds time occasionally to work in revival meetings, and will consider dates with any pastor desir ing Iiis ionices. The people ol' Walhalla and vicin ity aro most heartily invited to at tend the services this week at the mill church and hoar this distinguish ed and consecrated singer, who will conduct thc music. Richard \V. 0 rub bs luis 1- indly consented to play the'piaiio. He needs no com men da ; Hon in Wa ?lia Ila as .1 man thoroughly I fitted lu every way for this noble ! work. i J Le, especially all who sing come each evening and join our choir. 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