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ESTABLISHED TS 18 NULL ?ND VOID. 'Calhoun County Election So De clared by Election Commission. GO TO STATE BOARD. The Board of Election Commission ers ol Orangeburg County Unani monsly Declare Recent Election to Establish Calhoun County Null and Void, Because Many Qualified Electors Were Not Allowed to Vote The Board of Election Commis sioners for County and State elec tions of Orangeburg County de-j dared tbe late election to establish Calhoun County null and void on j last Thursday. The board, which is composed oi Messrs. John S. Bowman, W. Brooks Fogle and T. J. Hart, all good and true men, was unanimous in their decision. The hearing of the case consumed all of Tuesday and Wednesday, and much testimony was taken. The eomraissioners took the case Wed nesday night about 8 o'clock, after all the witnesses had been examined and carefully went over the testi mony and the many legal points in ?olved before arriving at their de cision, which was announced at two o'clock Thursday. The members of the Board of. ?Commissioners are among our best people. Mr. Bowman is a member of the Orangeburg Bar and both Messrs. Fogle ?nd Hart are well-to do farmers. Mr. Hart lives in the lower section of the county near the Berkely line and Mr. Fogle lives in tho proposed territory of Calhoun ?County and is said to favor the new county. The following is the full text of ?the decision of the Board of Com missioners, which is signed by every member of the Board of Commis -sloners. It has been filed with the Clerk of Court who will forward it Immediately to Governor Ansel: "We find some irregularities in several boxes, 3uch as voting out side of right precincts, not demand 5ng proper proof of payment of taxes, etc., but we find that there i^ari!)' j^Mg^TOuagh jjf such irregulari ties to change the result of this elec tion, j "We further find that about C5 or more qualified electors residing within the area of the proposed new ?County of Calhoun, including por tions of Orange, Goodbys and Pop lar townships, were deprived of the -constitutional right to vote in this ?election, as the said electors are res idents of the proposed new county, ?while their voting places are with out; and the Act of the Legislature relating to the formation of new oounties doe3 not provide the means or the opportunity to vote in such oases. "We, therefore, find that in .de priving these qualified voters of the right to vote the constitutional pro vision has been violated, and on this ground we do hereby declare this election null and void." All questions of fact were decided an favor of the new county, the one point upon which the election was ?declared null and void being the disfranchisment of voters within the new county lines whose precincts were outside, thereby depriving them of xercising their right of suffrage. Chairman Bowman stated that the hoard was of the opinion that the Act passed by the Legislature gov erning the formation of new counties was unconstitutional ? in that it made no provision for those electors ?who were seperated from their pre cincts to cast their ballots on ques tions in which they were directly in terested, as guaranteed under the law. It will he noticed that the Board of Commissioners sustains the con tention of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat that no white Democrat, whether for or against the new ?county, should be deprived of his right to vote on a matter that so vitally concerns, him. The Times and Democrat has made a gallant fight for these disfranchised Democrats mentioned by the Board of Commis sioners, and it naturally feels elated on be.ing sustained by the intelligent gentlemen composing it. An appeal will be taken to the State Board of Elections by the pro moters of the new county. However that Board may decide the matter, it will be taken to the State Supreme Court and possibly to the United States Supreme Court, as both sides are determined to have the matter settled once for all whether a man can be deprived of his right to vote by an unconstitutional law passed by the Legislature. When he learned of the decision of the Board of Commissioners Mr. Welch, attorney for the new county promoters, stated that the only sur prise was that the decision was un animous, the new county promoters expecting to have at least one vote. He also said that a different story would be heard after the State board reviewed the case. Col. D. O. Herbert and W. C. Wolfe Esq., who has fought manfully for the disfranchised Democrats are gratified that the county board has sustained their contention, which, was principally based on the point which was cited by the board as their reason for declaring the elec tion null and void. 1^ nrf& ^?^^^ h I ? A S Sullev Jr 69. PLUNGES TO DEATH. Rich Inventor in New York Falls Seven Stories. He Was Manufacturer of Moving Picture Machines and Was Pros perous. Henry Miles, wealthy manufac turer of moving picture apparatus, in New York Thursday night met instant death when he plunged down seven stories to the rear of ?be Concord Hall Apartments, at the Northeast corner of One Hundred and Nineteenth street and Riverside Drive. , Miles lived with his brother, Her bert, on the seventh floor. It is said that for-several years he has suffered severely from insomnia, but it is not known whether this af fected his mind sufficiently to cause him to commit suicide. The man's brother said last night that Henry had also suffered from epileptic fits, and that it was during one of these that he in some manner plunged over the sill of the rear window of the apartments, and land ed in the court below. Miles was forty years old and un married. His fall was not witness ed by any one except his brother. The body went straight down and landed on the head, which crushed instantly. Death was instantane ous. A surgeon was called from J. Hood Wright Hospital and after a short examination said that there was no need for a doctor. The po lice were notified and ordered that the body be kept in the court until the Coroner took action. In the room which the man occu pied it was found that for two months he had been keeping a diary. This little volume set forth, day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, the inventor's mental and physical condition, the number of times he had suffered severely form the ma lady and other facts in connection with his daily life. The, last entry in this diary was marked down at 12.12 p. m. Wed nesday, t was at 10:30 according to the brother, that he fell from the window. None of the tenants were given knowledge of the tragedy Wednes day night, it being feared that many might spend the remainder of the evening elsewhere. But when the police arrived and the ambulance' clanged up, some of them learned of the affair. There was no panic however. THE CATTLE TICK. The Pest Cause Great Loss to South ern Farmers. i Dr. Dodson. director of the State experiment stations of Louisiana, has issued an appeal to the people of the Southern States to use their in fluence with the United Statoss Sen ators and Congressmen to secure a liberal appropriation from Congress to aid the Southern States in fight ing the cattle tick. In the letter he says: "One of the most important problems con fronting Southern aggriculture is eradicating of the cattle fever tick. A careful estimate by the Federal authorities places the annual loss to cattle in the infested Southern States at the enormous sum of $40, 000,000. "Sufficient work has already been done to demonstrate the feasibility of cleaning the infected territory ol the parasite." FIRE AT LAMAR. Thirty-Two Horses and Mules Burn ed to Death. A dispatch from Lamar to the Co lumbia Record says Wednesday night at 9 o'clock the livery and sale stable of McElven and Hudson and Boykin and Rogers were totally destroyed by fire. Thirty-two head of horses and mules, alsc 30 buggies and a num her of wagons belonging to McElven were burned. Boykin and Rogers' loss is not definitely known,. but is thought to be heavy. At one time it was' thought that a number of dwelling houses would also be burned, but the heroic work of the citizens of the town checked the flames. SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILWAY. Placed in the Hands of a Receiver Thursday. A dispatch from Richmond. Va., says Judge Pritohard. judge of the United States circuit court, entered a decree Thursday naming S. Davies Warlield of Baltimore and R. Lan caster Williams of Richmond as re ceivers to take immediate posses sion of the property of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. The bond of each was fixed at $50,000. This system has considerable mileage in South Carolina. WRECKED BY DYNAMITE. A Tenement House in New York Blown Up. At New York a dynamite bomb, believed to have been set off by members of the Black Hand Socie ty, wrecked the entire lower floor of a five-story tenement house on East Eleventh street Thursday night and caused a panic among the people of the neighborhood. ORAJSTGEBTJ THE TESTIMONY Taken in the Calhoun County Elec tion Contest Case. SOME SPICY READING Which Will Be Enjoyed by Our Readers, Who Are Urged to Read Every- Line of the Testimony Be low and -Judge for Themselves as to the Merits of the Contests Now Going On. Messrs. John S. Bowman, T. J. Hart and B. W. Fogle, Commission ers of County and State Elections for Orangeburg County, acting as a County Board 'of Canvassers, met in this city on Tuesday morning and resumed the consideration of the Cal houn County Election, which it will be remembered was contested by Messrs. A. B. Parier, A. C. Smith, S. J. Smith and others, because they were not allowed to vote in the new county election although residents of the territory embraced within the lines of the proposed new county and other irregularities. The full text of this protest was published in The Times and Democrat on December 26. Messrs. Bellinger & Welch, attor neys for the new county advocates, filed an answer to the protest in the name of W. T. C. Bates, T. A. Ama ker, J. S. Wannamaker, M. D. Kel ler, Geo. Fairey. O. H. Wienges, G. A Baxter, R. J. Rucker, Gus Holman, for themselves and others, denying each and every allegation and state ment contained in the protest filed for A. B. Parier, A. C. Smith, S. J. Smith and others by Col. D. O. Her bert and W. C. Wolfe, Esq., their legal representatives, and demanding strict proof thereof. After establishing the lines of the proposed County of Calhoun by Mr. |J. Stokes Sailey, one of the commis sioners to lay off said lines, and Mr. F. W. Frederick, the surveyor, who surveyed the said lines, Col. Herbert and Mr. Wolfe introduced the fol lowing testimony to sustain the pro test they had filed: The Disifranchlsed Democrats. S. J. Smith being duly sworn tes tifies as follows: Q. Where do you live Mr. Smith? A. In Goodbys township in Orange burg County. Q. You live in the portion that is cut off for the new county? A. Yes. Q. Are you familiar with the peo ple who live in Goodbys township? A. I am sir. 'Q. Are you a registered elector? A. Yes sir. Q. Where Is your voting precinct-? A. At Dantzler's Mill. Q. Is that inside the' lines of the proposed new county or outside? A. It is outside. Q. Take the male citizens within the proposed new county, how many male citizens qualified to vote? Ob jection. Bring the gentlemen here and let them testify. Col. Herbert: The books are in evidence and if Mr. Smith knows he can certainly state. Mr. Welch: Let the record speak for itself. Q. Do yon know the male citizens who live within the lines of Good bys township? A. Yes sir. Q. State the number of those men? A, Objection Irrelevant. Q. Have you canvassed the voters in that part of the county? A. Yes sir. Q. Were you oneofthosewhowent to Cameron to vote? A. Yes sir. Q. Were you allowed to vote? A. No sir. Q. Why was that? A. That was because 1 lived in Goodbys. Q. Was there any voting place op en in Goodbys? A. No sir. Q. How many voting places are there in Goodbys? A. Only one sir. Dantzler's Mill. Q. How many male residents re side in that portion of Goodbys township that is cut off for the new county? A. There are sixty odd. Q. Can you name some of them? A. Yes sir. Q. Look at this paper and tell me some of those people within the pro posed new county? A. E. J. Rick enbaker, W. S. Rickonbaker. F. J. Felkel, Odie Felkel, Walter B. Fel kel, Willie D. Felkel, A. ?. Felkel. A. R. Parier. .1. E. Jourdain, J. A Troutman. M. C. Pair, N. P. Arant. C. W. Felder, G. S. Hungerpeler, W. A. Hoffman. S. P. Stoudenmire. F. K. Murphy. R. E. Wiles, W. O. Trout mail. S. .1. Troutman, J. D. Trout man. E. H. Dantzler, O. G. Dantzler, I.. C. Ulmer, W. F. Dantzler, J. F. Evans. A. D. Willes, Wm. Ricken baker, and Col. Herbert: Thai will do. Q. Are you a Notary Public? A. Yes sir. Q. Did you take the names of all the parties whose names appeared here? A. Yes sir. I did. Col Herbert read affidavit and of fer'. J iL in evidence. Q. Did you swear all these people to this paper? A Yes sir. Q. You know the people that sign ed this paper? A. Yes sir. Q. Have all these people sworn be fore you that they were qualified electors? A. Yes sir. Q. They all swore to what is on this paper? A. Yes sir. Objection by Mr. Welch sustained by the commissioners. HG, S. C TUESDAY. Ji Col. Herbert We will put the pa per in then as a list of parties liien tified by Mr. Smith as parties liv ing -in this township. Mr. Welch: I have no objection to that. Col. Herbert. We have the books of registration here showing the reg istered voters, the book for Dantz ler's Mill, has not he.em int.roduceu if the witness knows these men and knows they are registered voters he can state that fact. Mr. Welch objected, contending that the books and registration creti ?cates are the best evidence. After argument pro and con, Mr. Bowman ruled: Mr. Welch, I will sustain your position, but I will allow the affidavits to come in. I will al low the affidavits in for what they are worth. Mr. Smith cannot go into details but I will allow the affidavits to be introduced. Mr. Welch: Does your Honor think that you have; sustained my posi tion if you let the affidavits in. Q. Look at that affidavit, Mr. Smith, and see if you swore those people to that paper? A. Yes sir I did. Names of Those Disfranchised. State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, who on oath say that they are residents of Goodbys town ship, in Orangeburg County, in .the said state and that they are also res idents within the territory of the proposed new county of Calhoun, they and each of them have regis tration certificates, to vote at Dan tzler's Mill, and are qualified elec tors, if there are any in the said county and would have voted against the formation of the said new county had they not been disfranchised by their voting place, Dantzler's Mill, being cut out side.of the proposed new county, and the law, which makes no provision for the opening of the polls at precincts outside of the new county. Signed: E. J. Rickenbaker, W. S. Rickenbaker, F. J. Felkel, Odie Fel kel, Walter B. Felkel, Willie D. Fel Kel, A. C. Felkkel, A. R. Parier, J. C. Jourdain, J. A. Troutman, F. C. Bair, M. B. Arant, C. W. Felder, G. S. Hungerpeler, W. A. Huffman, S. B. Stoudenmire, F. R. Murphy, R. E. Wiles, S. O. Troutman, J. D. Trout man, F. H. Dantzler, O. G. Dantzler, L. C. Uimer, W. F. Dantzler, J. F. Evans, A. 0. Wiles, Wm. Ricken T^aker, D. C. Allmen, H. I. Dantzler, 0. G. Evans, Frank M. Dantzler, Shuler D. Houck, W. D. Houck, M. E. Rickenbaker, A. C. Smith, H. C. Smith, CT V. Felkel, T.'*W. RicK"en-"| baker. J. L. Haigier, D. A. Dantz ler, John Haigler and S. J. Trout man. Sworn to before me this the 21st j day of December, 1907. S. J. Smith, (L. S.) Notary Public, S. C. I Q. Did you swear these people to this paper here? A. Yes sir. Four other affidavits like the above taken by Mr. S. J. Smith as Notary Public were submitted in evidence. The first wap signed by Mr. W. C. Stoudenmire, T. E. Jourdain and M. C. Murphy, and the second was sign ed G. W. Smith, and the third by R. C. Irick, C. W. Polin, T. L. Polin, R. J. Browning, H. W. Sailait, J. F. Cribb, J. H. Hipp. D. F. Haigler, D. B. Bookhardt, H. I. Shumaker, E. F. Irick, W. H. Bookhardt, and the fourth by L. F. Jones, T. F. Hoff man, S. J. Smith, L. F. Rickenbaker, \V. R. Huffman, Eli Jackson. These men all swore that they were qualifi ed to vote but. couldn't do so because their polling precinct was outside the territory of the proposed Calhoun County. The following affidavit was then introduced: State of South C trolin?, County of Orangeburg. Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public, the un dersigned persons who on oath say that they are residents of the terri tory of tho proposed new County of Calhoun, that they would have reg istered as they are entitled to do and would have voted against the formation of the said new county, had they had an opportunity to do so, but that the Supervisors of Reg istration failed to open their Bor ?s of Regist rai ion at lb? town of 1-31 - loree or Cameron ir. the v.vir. IJMi". and that I hay wen thereby denied the priviludt;'! and opportunity, of registering as required by law. Sworn to before me this 21st fl&y of December. 1007. (L. S.) S. J. Smith, Notary Public, S. C. Signed: B. E. Cuttino, S. J. Cher ry, O. \V. Strode, M. I. Strock, X. O. Brown, I). S. Wiles. John P. Wiles, A. Ii. Rickenbaker, ?;. W. Smith. Jake Clemons, S. J. Rlcken baker. Jas. P. Dantzler. W. W. King and W. F. Bookhardt. Q. Tell us whether or not you know those people who signed those papers? A. Yes sir I do. Q. Where do tliey live? A. They lived in Goodbys most of them, but there are a few that lived in Lyons. Q. As those lines were run down there were there any considerable number of voters in Goodbys that could not vote? A. Yes sir there were. Q. Was it a large or small num ber? A. A large number sir. Q. Do those affidavits cover all of the voters? A. No sir. Q. Could you estimate about how many were outside of those named in the affadavits? A. Yes sir there were some seven or eight. Q. That was in Goodbys township? A. Yes sir, in Goodbys. Q. Can' yon tell be about Poplar, w as any one deprived of the right to vote there? A. Yes sir there was. Q. About how many? A. There was about a dozen. LfTUARY 7, 190S. Q. Do you object to telling how you stood on this question? A. I was opposed to the new County, sir. Q.. Will you state how the people generally down in Goodbys stood? A. They were opposed to it, there was forty-nine out of fifty opposed to it. Q. What do you mean by that, state if nearly all of them were.op posed to it? A. Yes sir they were. Q. What county and state do you reside in? County of Orangeburg, State of South Carolina. Q. Tell the Court whether or not you are a citizen of the United States? A. Yes sir, I am. Q. Are you a tax payer of this county? A. Yes sir, I am. Q. State whether you are a citizen of Orangeburg County and of South Carolina. A. Yes sir I am. Q. State whether the voting place at which you registered to vote was in the proposed new county? A. No sir it was not. Q. Do you live in the proposed new County? A. Yes sir, I do live with in the proposed new county. Over One Hundred Disfranchised. W. D. Houck being duly sworn testifies as follows: Q. Where do you live Mr. Hcuck? A. In Orangeburg County. Q. What township do you live in? A. Goodbys. Q. State whether yon are a quali fied elector or not? A. Yes sir I am. Q. You live inside the lines of the proposed new county? A. Yes sir. Q. Where were you registered to vote? A. At Dantzler's Mill. Q. Were you able to vote at the re cent election? A. No sir. Q. Do you mind telling how you would have voted? A. Yes sir, I would have voted against the new county. Q. You know the voters who live In Goodbys? A. -es sir, most o? them. Q. Were there any considerable number of, them who were deprived of voting in the recent election? A. They did not any of them vote. Q. What would that number amount to? A. It would be some thing over a hundred I think. Cross examination by Mr. Welch. Q. What township are you in? A. In Goodbys. Q. How many voters were there in your township that could not vote? A. There was a good large number somewhere about a hundred. Q. That could not vote? ' A. Yes sir. Q. Have you got a list of those names? A. No sir. ~Q.~ There are a hundred in" that one township? A. Yes sir I think so. Q. What township is that? A. That is Goodbys. Q. Do you know of your own knowledge that there are a hundred voters on those books? A. I don't think there are but eighty odd, that is what I have heard, I did not count them. Q. You did not count them? A. No Blr. Q. There are not more than eighty on the books that could vote? A. I don't know that positively sir. Q. When you say that there were 80 on the books that could vote that is merely heresay? A. Yes sir. ' Q. When you said that there were over a hundred voters there you meant to include those who had not registered* A. Yes sir all of them. Q. How about in Poplar township? A. I don't know so much about that. Not Allowed to Vote. A. R. Parier being duly sworn tes tifies as follows: Q. State whether you are a citizen of the United States, of South Caro lina, and of Orangeburg County Mr. Purler? A. Yes sir I am. Q. What township do you live in? A. Goodbys. Q. Are you within the lines of the proposed new County? A. Yes sir. Q. Did you register to vole? A. Yes sir. Q. You paid your taxes? A. Yes sir. Q. Where do you regularly vote? A. At Dantzler's Mill. Q. Is that in the now County or outside? A. That is outside. Q. Were you able to vote at the election on the new County? A. No sir. Q. You know the voters of Good bys, were there any others in your position that could not vote? A Yes sir. Cross Examination by Mr. Welch. Q. You were on the inside of the new County? A. Yes sir. Q. And on account of your box be ing on the outside you could not vote? A. That is right sir. Q. If you had voted you would have voted against the new County? A. Yes. Q. How many registered voters were there in your condition? A I guess then- were about seventy, if we bad taken the darkies like they did in other places we would have had a hundred. t^. What places do you refer to thai darkies were used? A. I heard ithat there were a few at Si. Mat thews. Q. How many were there :.t Ad vance? A. i don't know sir. Q. Don't you know that at Ad vance about thrlty colored folks vot ed and voted against the new Coun ty? A. No sir I don't know that sir. I Redirect, examination by Mr. Wolfe. ! Q. You know something of tho I names that we had on those papers thai were introduced, were they white or colored? A. They were all white, none colored. Q. Were there any people around Elloree that were inside those lines and not registered. A. I don't know but 1 think so. Q. And you say that there were no colored folks who singed these affa davits? A. No sir. mm Q. There are no colored folks down there? A. Yes sir but they did not allow them to vote. They Were Shut Out. A. C. Smith being duly sworn tes tifies as follows: Q. You are a citizen of the United States and of South Carolina and of Orangeburg County and a tax payer are you? A. Yes sir I am. Q. You are a registered elector? A. Yes sir at Dantzlers Mill. Q. What township is that in? A. That is in Goodbys sir. Q. Do you live in or out of the proposed new County? A. Inside sir. Q. Did you have an opportunity to vote at the last election? A. No sir. Q. Because your voting place was outside of the County? A. Yes sir. Q. Was there any election held at Dantzlers Mill? A. None that I know of. Q. Did you go to Dantzlers Mill the day of the election? A No sir. Q. Maybe there was a box open there? A. I did not go there. Q. What township are you from? A. Goodbys. Q. Where do you live? A. About five miles west of Elloree. Q. Was there any place open with in the lines of the new County where you could vote? A. No sir, none where they would allow me to vote. Q. Did you go to either of the oth er boxes? A. Yes sir to Cameron. Q. What did they say to you? A. They did not say anything, I did not get any further than the door, I there met my brother and two or three others who were turned down and I did not go ajiy further. Q. Did you try to open a box at any place in Goodbys and vote? A. Not that I know of sir. Q. As a matter of fact they did not open any place there, you did not hear of it did you? A. No sir. Q. You would have heard it if they had and would have gone and voted? A. Yes sir if I had had the oppor tunity. Voted Without Tax Receipts. J. A. Merritt being duly sworn, testifies as follows: Q. Do you live in St. Matthews Mr. Merritt? A. Yes sir. Q. You were one of the managers at the election on the question of the new County? A. Yes sir I was. Q. Will you examine this ticket and tell whether tickets like this were furnished you and used at the election? (Yes tickets shown.) A. Yes sir, we had both kinds there. Q. Were you present all day at the polls? A. No sir, you see we opened the polls at seven o'clock and I was at breakfast probably a half an hour and a half an hour at dinner, I was probably away for an hour altogether Q. What was the rule adopted by you as manager? A. We followed the law as near as we could in the presentation of registration certifi cates and the payment of taxes. \ Q. Did any person vote on the pre-1 sentation of tax receipts for 1907. A. I don't know about that, I was doing the writing and Mr. Loryeai examined the tax receipts and regis tration certificates, I wrote the poll list. I Q. You did not see all the tax receipts? A. I saw the receipts but I did not look at the dates except a few when Mr. Loryea was at dinner. Q. You are prepared to say that tax receipts for 1907 were not used? A. If they were I did not know it. Q. You did not see any for 1907? A. No sir I did not. Q. L. L. Chartrand is Lewiti Char trand? A. Yes sir. Q. Do you know a gentleman there by the name of Vassey? A. Yes sir. Q. How long has he been living there? A. He has been teaching up there for three or four years, his home is in Cherokee. Q. You say that he has been teach ing there four or five years? A. Yes sir, four or five years. Q. How about Mr. P. E. Barron, how long has he lived there? A. He has lived there since October, over a year I think sir. He has been working Insurance. Q. How about E. H. Cousins? A. He came there last fall some time he has been there about a year. Q. Mr. H. G. Maloney? A. He came Ihero from Rowesville. in July tiro ba bly. Q. You are not sure of that? A. No sir, I know that he was there working for Mr. Wimberly. Q. How about C. E. Clay, does he live in town? A Yes sir. Q. How loner lias he been there? A. He has been there two or three years. Q. D. II. Hungerpillar, does he live in town? A. Yes sir. Q. How long has he been there? A. He has not been in town but about, a year, he moved in from out of the country. Q. B. A. Bridges, do you know him? A. Yes sir. he has probably been there a year and a half. Q. .1. Q. Brandenburg? A. He has been living there for some time. Q. Has he been thore a year? A. r don't know sir. Idid not hardly know him. ?Q. He has been there about a year? A. 1 dont know sir. I dont know much about bim. I have never seen him but a few times. Q. How about. Lewis Carroll? A. I know .1. L. Carroll. I dont know him as Lewis Carroll. Q. Ho you know Moseley Jones? A. Yes sir. Q. His initials are M. R. Jones? A. That, is right sir. Q. How about P. S. Zeigler? A. There are a number of those young tuen thai T don't know by their ini tials. Inn I have seen them out in town. Q. You remember Paul Yancey or Nancy'' A. Yes sir. Q. He is a colored man? A. No sir. fContinued on Page Two.). 0 $1.50 PER AKNTJM, KNOCKED DOWN And Robbed In His Store by a Negro Thief. WILL PROVE FATAL A Spartanburg Merchant is Murder ously Assaulted and His Cash Drawer Robbed by a Robber, Who Is Seen, in the Store by a Woman and Child, but He Makes His Escape and is at Large. The Spartanburg Herald of Wed nesday tells of the murderous as sault on Mr. Henderson, a merchant of that city, on Tuesday night of last week . The Herald says a ne gro robber at the money drawer and the proprietor lying on the floor of a back room in an uncon scious condition, with several hatchet vounds in the head was what Mrs. Cora Lawrence saw when she entered the store of Mr. B. F. Henderson, on North Liberty street^ with her little son on the evening above mentioned. She spread the alarm, but the robber made his es cape. All that is known of the robbery and assault is the story told by Mrs. Lawrence. She went to the store about 8 o'clock to get Mr. Hender son to read a letter for her. She carried a small boy along with her. To her surprise she found a negro behind the counter. He had the money drawer out and helping him self to the loose silver. She asked the negro where Mr. Henderson was. He replied that he had stepped out and left him in charge till he came back. Mrs. Lawrence then stated that she would wait until he returned. The rob ber replied that it was no use to do that, because it might be some time before Mr Henderson returned. Mrs. Lawrence heard some one struggling in the room to the reaT of the store room. She looked hack and saw Mr. Henderson lying on the floor. She said that she would go back to him, and that all the powers of heaven and earth could not keep her from doing so. As she passed into the back room the negro hastened out of the front door. She found Mr. Henderson on the floor, writhing In his own blood, with several wounds In his head and the hatchet lying near him. He was in an unconscious condition. She set up an alarm and it was not long before a crowd gathered. Mrs. Lawrence says that she would know the negro if she saw him again. He was a tall fellow with long mustache. He carried a heavy stick which was hanging on his arm while he was taking the money from the drawer. One hand trembled as if he were afflicted with rheumatism. He was a stranger. Mr. Henderson keeps store on North Liberty street, near the over head bridge. He lives alone in the rear of the store. He is a man of about fifty years of age. It is not known how much money was in the drawer. The policeman went to work on the case at once. A negro by the name of Wallace Williams, who fit ted the discription of the robber given by Mrs. Lawrence, was ar rested and taken before her, but she said that he was not the one, and he was then released. Wil liams is the negro who was tried for the murder of Doc Westfield, color ed, several years ago and came clear. Mr. Henderson's skull is fractured in three places as a result of the blows inflicted by the robber. The hatchet with whfci th" work was done was found beside him. STARTLING FIGURES. Many Deaths from Accidents During the Past Year. The Chicago Tribune on Wed nesday morniug In a summary of the accidents ol .ne year, states that 57,915 persons have been killed and injured in accidents during the year, 35,til2 having been killed and 22, 307 injured. Some of the larger items of the list are as follows: Eathquakes, landslides, etc., 21, 512 killed and .'1.092 injured. Explosions and mine disasters, 3, 086 kiiled and 2,721 injured. Storms and floods 4,209 killed and 1,563 injured. Railroad wrecks, Sil killed and 2.62 9 injured. Automobile accidents, 229 killed and 704 injured. Firearms. 197 killed and 3,978 injured. Among other deaths are 2,269 lost in wrecks of vessels and 492 in other drownings. Blind Tiger Whiskey. A dispatch from Greenwood to The State says the only report of any Christmas fatalities in that county reached the city o" Green wood on Friday. According to this report seven negroes were badly shot at a hot supper Thursday night) given at the home of a negro, Press Carter, on G. M. Kinard's planta tion, eight miles below Greenwood. One negro, Miles Moore, is expected, to die. The ethers, though badly wounded may recover. All parties were drinking.