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ESTABLISHED IN 18 GUT IN TWO. Thirty-Six Men Perish In a Tor pedo Destroyer mich GOES TO THE BOTTOM The Deck Crew Goes Down With the | Vessel?Dressed in Oilskins and Boots, Victims Have No Chance?j Twenty-Two Are Rescued by Boats | Prom the Other Ships?-Destroyer j Tries to Cross Big Cruiser's Bow. A dispatch from Portsmouth, Eng land, says thirty-six men, Including Lieut. Middleton, commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost their lives in a collision off the Isle of Wright, Friday night, between that vessel and the British cruiser Berwick. . The vessels belong to the Ports mouth division of the British home fleet and were engaged in night man euvers in the channel on their way to Portland. The night was very dark and the Berwick was steaming slowly. When tne destroyer attempted to cross the big cruiser's bow she was caught amidships and cut in half with knife like percison, sinking almost imme diately. The deck crew who were dressed in heavy oilskins and boots, went down with the vessel, not having time to free themselves from these heavy en cumbrances. Of the twenty two men who were rescued most of them were engineers and stokers, who having light cloth ing, were able to keep themselves afloat until boats from the other ships, which were immediately launched, picked them up. , The smaller naval vessels were in the midst of au attack on their big ger consorts when the disaster occur red. The entire fleet was und^r masked lights, and in darkness. The destroyer was cut in two as if she had been made of paper. The for ward half sunk instantaneously and the sea became dotted with struggl!ng men. Most of them, however, sank before help could reach them. The Tiger had a complement of fifty-nine men. THREE DEAD AND MANY HURT. Terror Stricken Tenants are Wedged] Solidly on the Escapes. At New York three persons werel killed, fifteen were injured, some of j them seriously, ana tne lives of near ly a hundred persons were endangered j by a fire in a five-story tenement] house at No. 44 Hester street. Brel Weinstein, his wife and one year old son were suffocated in their apart-1 ments on the fifth floor. In their mad attempt to escape I from the smoke and fire scores of j scantly clad men, women and chil dren crowed the narrow iron plat forms and ladders until they became wedged in solid masses on the fire escapes, unable to extricate \ themselves and blocking the way of those who had not yet succeeded in getting out of the building. In the meantime the flames had been con- J stantly spreading and the terror ] among the tenants had carried them past the point of self restraint. While the firemen were calling! ut to them that there was no danger | and that help soon would reach them they beggan, one by one, to jump J from the windows, resulting in the] list of injured. GHOST MONEY BURNED. Clearing House Certificates Destroyed j in Columbia Last Week. A fire in Columbia last week de stroyed $446,832, but no one lost a cent and there were no regrets. The Columbia Clearing House Association held a meeting at which all the banks were represented and the Clearing House Certificates issued some time ago were ordered destroyed, having been redeemed and recalled. The total amount of the issue was about $450,000, and there is about $5,000 in certificates still outstand ing, some of which are in rhe hands of the banks. The Clearing House certificates served their purpose and the stringency in currency having passed, the ssue was retired somej weeks ago. SENT UP FOR TEN YEARS For Sending Through the Mails aj Deadly Machine. At Greensboro, N. O. Hardin Ger many was convicted in the superior court and sentenced to the peniten tiary, for sending an infernal ma chine through the mail to Caesar Cone, the millionaire cotton manu facturer to that city, two weeks ago. Germany was a former employe in one of Mr. Cone's mills, and Is 20 years of age. He did not emply coun sel to defend him, and offered no tes timony, but nedied the charge. Mr. Con was the pi ucipal witness. * Admiral Evans Seeks Health. Admiral Evans, accompanied by Ms! Bon, Lieutenant Evans, Flag Lieuten-; ant Tr in and Passed Assistant Sur geon McDonald arrived at a hotel at H( t Springs. Cal., Thursday. The A''-:iiral hopes for a speedy restora tion to health. ? 69. BOYS SENT HOME. FORTY-EIGHT CLEMSOX CADETS ARE EXPELLED. Discipline Committee Going to Bot tom of "AH Fools' Day" Rebellion and the End is Xot Yet. Forty-eight out of ninety-two mem bers of the junior class of Clemson College and one suspended on Sat urday for disobedience of orders on April 1. The boys left college and went to Pendieton some miles away on Wednesday, wheu they had been commanded not to do so. They also sent disrespectful telegrams back to several of the professors. After full investigation the discipline committee sentenced forty-eight members of the junior class to expulsion and one to suspension. The committee has not yet reported on the sophmore and freshman classes, many of whose members took part in the escapade. None of the senior class were invol ved in the trouble. It is a deplorable affair. Nearly all the dismissed cadets say that they realize that they did wrong and that they deserve punishment. There seems to be an absence of re sentment. In fact those dismissed are anxious that no student shall leave on their account or because of any pledge that they would stick to the class. T. S. Allen, captain of the foot ball team, says that he was a leader aftr ethe affair got started and that he has no kick coming on his punishment. He expects to do all in his power to keep any other stu dent from going because of any com pact or their sympathy. His sensible action will be followed by many of the dismissed cadets. It is not like ly that any considerable number ex cept those dismissed will leave. The following are the names of the dismissed cadets: Loadholt, J. N., Larnwell. Behinger. G. D., Columbia. Murray, .1. D., Columbia. ?Horn, E. S., Prosperity. Penneil, C. H., Abbeville. Pennell, J. R.. Abbeville. Jenkins. R. C, Kershaw. Allen, T. S., Anderson. Britt, D. C. Abbeville. Coleman, L. A., Laurens. Yeargin, T. H., Laurens. Fulmer, T: F.. Sa'?da. Happoldt, A. R., Charleston. Haskeil, E. C, Abbeville. Kelly, S. O., Leak. Boone, L. C, Orangeburg. Covington. J. C. Bennettsville. Robinson. W. A., Easley. Simpson, J. B., Anderson. Simpson. W. D., Anderson. Adams. R. E., Edgefield. Burton, G. A., Newberry. Gardiner, E. A., Aiken. Creamer. A. W., Greenville. ?Twiggs, H. C., Greenwood. Blake, R. E., Abbeville. Brockington. W. J., Williamsburg. Clarke, W. C, Leake. Green, H. H., Abbeville. Nance, W. L., Laurens. Sheeley, W. J., Newberry. Watkins, T. WT., Anderson. Dove, J. L., Fairfield. Greene. F. B., York. Grier, A., Darlington. Rush, M. R., Charleston. Hunter, B. G., Pendieton. McMillan, J. P.. Marion. Odom, W. F., Barnwell. Clement. E. B., Charleston. Tarbox, F. S., Georgetown. Eason, J. L., Charleston. Gandy, F. L., Darlington. Miley, T., Peake. Wigfall, C. Y? Charleston. Spratt. W. C, Chester. Chamness. E., Marlboro. Wilson, J. H., Chester. KILLED AT GRIST MILL. A Colored Boy Got Caught in Ma chinery Somehow. The Aiken Journal and Review says on Saturday weeK ago a negro boy, whose name could not be learn ed, was killed at Mr. E. H. Toole's grist mill, near Wagener. The boy went to the mW with some corn to be ground into meal, and after it was ground, he was instructed not to hang around the machinery. Mr. Toole went into another part of the house, not thinking further of the boy. He soon heard a thud and he thought that something was the matter with the machinery. When he reached the place, he found hte boy lying inesnsi ble on the floor. He had evidently touched one of the belts and was thrown heavily to the floor. He was uot dead, and was carried to his home and care given to him. It was found that no bones were broken, but blood on the brain was supposed to have caused his death, which occurred on Sunday morning. The boy had severe convulsions from the time he was in jured to his death. ? DIED FROM BURNS. Hanging Lamp Falls to Floor With Fatal Results. As the result of severe hunts v ? j celvcd by a swinging laup ip h< ? room falling fron, its fasteni? " -i breaking at her fret, Mil iei Stniih, daugate ? of y P. f :. o1 Waughto' N. C.,- d-d Tue idj hev mother is confined to ... joi suffering from pa. iful hi '-ns ret ;%'ed in trying to save the life of her daughter. V .?rocher, Gilmer, was also badly burned in attempt!: g to put out. the flames that envelope- his mother and sister. ? ORiUSTGEBl PRETTY ROMANCE. I SECtRED A WIFE BY NEWSPA PER ADVERTISING. The Prospective Bride Came From Michigan and Met Her Intended Husband in Columbia. The Columbia State says through the agency of dear old Uncle Sam's mails a romance which bridged 1,000 miles and culminated fhursday in the joining of the uearts and lives of a South Carolinian and Michigander. A venerable citizen of this State, who had seen service in the Confed rate army and whose hair is snowy white, patronized a matrimonial agency several months ago and had insereted in the official publication of t he perpetual bliss society an ad vertisement, giving notice to all mar riageable women from coast to coast that he was lonely in his oi l age and was in a receptive mood to take unto himself a partner for life. The advertisement told of h,s be ing a farmer, in a prosperous farm ing section of South Carolina, and the information that he was able to provide for a helpmate and would not only provide for uer but shower upon her all the love and affection of his warm heart. j A winsome lady of far-away Mich- j igan answered the advertisement and one letter followed another for a brief spell, and finally he of marrying in clinations seiu ner word to "come down." He liked her photograpn and liked also the way her tetters were written. She told him that she had a son, and this was satisfactory to the man who was looking and longing for a good wife. He sent the money for the two tickets and wrote that he would meet her in Columbia. They met there and recognized each other instantly, for tuey had exchanged photograpns, and as she alighted from the train they fell in to each other's arms and the little fellow was happy, too. They left on the next train for Sumter. where they planned to be married, and from there they will go to their home in Williamsburg county. F. M. Britton, Sr., is the bride groom and he resides at Church, Williamsburg county, he is past 70 years of age and is a little hard of hearing, but otherwise is sprightly and well preserved physically. He is "well fixed" in a financial way and has a nice home all prepared for the bride of his later years. The bride is Mrs. Lillian Barnett of Kalamazoo, Mich., and she is just past forty-five. Her son is a bright young boy and when seen with his mother and the man she has chosen as his step-father he seemed to be very well pleased. , KILLED BY FALL. On the Eve of His Celebration >t His Birthday. Just as the family preparations for a surprise party in honor of his 3 9th birthday were being completed last evening. Louis Lee, of Seginow, Mich., was killed by falling down stairs. He died half an hour after being picked up by his mother at the foot of the stairway. The young man who was well known as an athelete and football player, had been complaining that he felt sick. Starting to descend the stairs, he missed his footing, turned a somersault in the air and landed on his back on the floor below. Phy sicians found that his back was broken. ? MAN HURT IN WRECK. Sees His Leg Cut off With His Own Knife. Pinioned under wreckage caused by a rear end collision on the Bur lington road Friday and with steam from a broken engine pipe pouring in to his face. Horace A. McKittrick, a stock broker of Brookfield, Mo.? directed the amputation of his leg and furnished a dull jack knife with which the work was done. The rough operation was performed by the Rev. R. C Allen, of Grove City, Pa., ut It failed in its purpose, McKittrick dying later at a hospital. ? WEST VIRGINIA FOR BRYAN. He Is Endorsed by a Vote of Two to One. The Democratic State executive committee of West Virginia Friday decided tc >ld the state nomination convention Charleston on July 29. The conve LVm to select delegates to the national Democratic convention at Denver will be held in Wheeling ?n May 2S. After an acrimoniius de bate of three hours, a resolution, indorsing WilHam J. Bryan was adopted by a vote of 10 to 55. * PREACHER'S BODY FOUND. "itrieo Under the Rim s of n Wreck ed Chu h. Wl'e -'earing away the d Sris of f. Lpw rth Methodist chur< t, p o CoIuj ?us. Ga.. whi :h was wreck ? : by : ttorm .sever:. day: ago, the ! ody o Itev. John Wynn, a negro preach of Cuthbert, Ga., vas found ld^r ? tin bent. He had :aken re ge :.e church uuring the heavy if. . rn: ? JRG, S. C TUESDAY. A A GREAT WORK. State Sunday School Convention Finishes and Adjourns. MANY FINE SPEECHES The Meeting the Largest, the Most Enthusiastic and the Most Spirit ual in the History of the Statt Association?Many Distinguished Visitors Were Present aud Took Part. With the adjournment Friday night of the thirty-first annual State Sun day School Convention, which was in session several days at Union, a glorious meeting came to a close, glorious hehcause of the ideal weath er, as well as the great enthusiasm, great interest and earnestness of the hundred, who have been in constant attendance during the three days to do more and hetter work in the Sun day School cause than ever before. The Convention just closed is unan imously conceded by all to have been the largest iu attendance in years, being considered double, and by some treble, that, of the usual annual gath ering of the Sunday-school workers of this State. The addresses have all been of a high order; that of Dr. Scherer heing especially magnificient, though from such a list of fine speakers and noble and earnest workers as W. C. Pearco, of Chicago; Dr. A. L. Phillips of Rich mond; Dr. E. M. Poteat and Gov ernor Ansel, and others it is hard to make a selection. In this connection must be men tioned the incalculable benefit that the Convention has received by hav ing with it. Tullar and Meredith, mus ical directors of New York, whose presence and work in the daily exer cises and various other ways are be yond computation. That the Con vention marks an advance movement in South Carolina there is no doubt. Everybody feels it and talkes it, and those at the head of the State organ ization feel sure that the coming year will show it. Officers for Ensuing Year. The following officers were nomi nated and unanimously elected: President of the State Convention. 1909. Dr. E. M. Poteat. Greenville. Vice president. 1st district, Mr. J. E. Hagood, Easley. Vice president, 2d district, Dr. W. F. Pelham, Newbebrry. Vice President, 3rd district, B. W. Crouch, Saluda. Vice president, 4th district, Thos. H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg. Vice president, 5 th district, N. A. Bethume, Bethume. Vice president, Gth district, Prof. T. S. Easterling, Marion. Vice president, 7th district, the Rev. W. E. Wilkins, Columbia. Vice president, 8th disrtict. Vice president, 9th district, Mr. J. D. Riser, Round. Vice president, 10th district, Mr. R. C. Lebby, Charleston. Vice president, 11th district, Mr. B. G. Collins, Conway. Recording secretary, the Rev. W. I. Herbebrt, Charleston. Treasurer, Mr. S. R. McElroy, Pel zer. Adult department superintendent, the Rev. F. W. Gregg. Abbeville. Superintendent elementary grades, Miss Grace Vandiver, Spartanburg. Executive committee, at large, Capt. J. Adjer Sraythe, Jr., chairman, Pelzer; Prof. Thos. W. Keitt. Clem son; Mr. Paul Quattlebaum, Conway; Mr. William Goldsmith, Greenville; Hon. Jas. E. Peurifoy, Walterboro. Executive Committees by Counties. Abbeville, 2?The Rev. 0. Y. Bonner, Due West. Alken, 2?The Rev. W. S. Myers, Ward. Anderson, 1?Mr. W. R. Osborne, Anderson. Bamberg, 1. Barnwell, 2?Miss Hattie Creceh, Barnwell. Beaufort, 3. Berkeley. 1?T. J. Russell. Charleston, 2?The Rev. Walter I. Herbert, Charleston. Cherokee, 1?Mr. Jas. L. Strain, Wilklnsville. Lee, 1. Calhoun, 2. Chester, 2?J. Lyles Glenn. Ches ter. Chesterfield. 3?The Rev. B. G. Murphy, Cheraw. Clarendon, 3?The Rev. A. R. Woodson, Manning. Colleton, 3. .Miss Ida M. FIshburn, Walterboro. OC=> Darlington, 2?L. A. Welling, Dar lington. Dorchester, 2?The Rev. A. E. Cor nish, St. George. Edgefleld, 1?Mrs. J. H. White. Johnston. Fairfield, 1?J. Frank Fooshee. Winnshoro. Florence, 1?Mr. J. W. Hoffmyer, Florence. Georgetown, 3?Mr. B. I. Beaty, Georgetown. (Greenville, 2?Mr. John Wood. Greenville. Greenwood. 2?Mr. A. A. Morris, Greenwood. Hampton, 1. Horry, 3?Mr. J. C. Spivey, Con way. Kcrshaw, 2?C. W. BIrchmore, Camden JOF Lancaster, 1?S. E. Bailea. Laurens, 3?Mr. J. T. Tolbert. Laurens. PBIL 7. 1908. DOES IT FREE. OP GREAT INTEREST TO ALL STOCK OWNERS. Investigations of Contagions and In fectious Diseases of Animals Made Without Cost to the Owners. The majority of stock owners do not know that this State provides for the investigation of contagious diseases and consequently there is an unnecessary loss of many animals each year. Some of these animal dis eases are also communicable and fa tal to man, and, therefore the ap pearance of any disease of suspicious character should be promptly report ed to the State Veterinarian. All let ters asking for information of noncon tagious diseases of animals will be promptly answered, but owneds are fully requested to fully describe the symptoms of the disease. Observe the following rules in requesting in vestigations: Rule 1. All notices for contagious or infectious aiseases should be sent to "Veterinarian. Clemson College, S. C." Rule 2. When two or more reput able citizens of any county in this State shall notify said veterinarian that any animals in their county are affected with a contagious disease, the tendency of which is to cause the death of such animals, he will ? investigate the same, or cause an in vestigation thereof to be made. Such notices should also state the num ber of animals sick, the number ex posed and the number dead, or it should eontain such other information as may indicate that the disease in question is contagious or infectious and one that can he legally investi gated under the law. Rule 3. When said notice shows that the disease is contagious or in ectious'an investigation yill be made. Ineestigations will be made in the order notices are received when this is practicable; otherwise they will be made in order or importance or according to location. Rule 4. Persons requesting inspec tions should hold the animals in readiness, awaiting the arrival of the veterinarian or assistant veterinarian, and be present, to give the require'] information and assistance. Rule 5; The veterinarian, when re quested, will furnish blanks on which to make reports. All letters of in quiry asking for information regard ing animal diseases will be answcrei as soon after their receipt as may be found practicable. Rule C. In accordance with Section f), of the act of February 9, 190 . Clemson College will pay the neces sary expenses of the veterinarian, or assistant veternarian, in making In spections where animals are affected with contagious diseases. The owa er is expected to provide transporta tion to and from the railway station and furnish necessary labor and fe">d while the animals are being tested or are in quarantine. Rule 7. If an inspection has been requested and the sick animal die or recover before the arrival of the in spector, the person requesting the in spection must notify the veterinar ian. VERY STRANGE CASE. A Burglar in Sleep, But an Hor.est Man Awake. Charged with breaking into the home of Fred Folger, at No. 4001 Armour avenue, Chicago, and attack ing Folger and his wife, Ross Free man, son of a wealthy oil dealer, was acquitted on the ground that he was asleep when he conmitted the offence. Freeman was found by Folger in the kitchen of his home. He grappled with the intruder and was getting badly beaten when his wife appeared. Although She was beaten also, they managed to overpower Freeman and hold him until the police a rrivcd. In ocurt alienists testified that they believed Freeman was asleep when he entered the Folger bouse and that his attack upon Folger and his wife was not a criminal act. One alienist, Dri O'Neill, said that Freeman's act was committel while he was in the "automatic mood following an epi leptic seizure." He asserted that this was different from the state of sam nambulism and testimony was given to show that Freeman was an epilep tic. ? Lexington. 3?Miss hl. L. Able, Leesville. Marion. 3?The Rev. E. 0. Watcon, Marion. Marlboro, 3. Newljerry, I?Mr. .Jas. F. Epting, Newberry. ) Oconee. 1?The Rev. J. L. Moore, Westminister. Orangeburg. 2?Mrs. Marchant Fairey. Branchville. Pickens. 3?Mr. .1. T. Taylor, Pick ens. Richland, 3?The Rev. J. 1). Moore, Columbia. Saluda. 3?The Rev. J. P. Har mon, Leesville. Spartanburg, 1?The Rev. J. W. Shell, Spartanburg. Sumter, 2?Mrs. D. Jas. Winn, Sumter. Uuion. 2?Mr. George H. Oetael, Union. Williamsburg. 1 ?The Rev. W. S. Goodwin, Rome. York. 3?R. R. Cunninghr.m. International vice president from South Carolina, Prof. Tho. W. Keitt, Ciem^on. International executive committee men from South Carolina, Capt. J. Adger Smyth, Jr., Pelzer. ? MANY OUT OF WORK. THE LABOR CONDITIONS ARE MOST DISTRESSING. Thousands o f Wage Earners Are Thrown Out of Employment i?y Distressed Industrial Conditions. A Washington Dispatch says the most serious problem now confront ing the country Is the unprecedented number of Idle work people in every city of any considerable size through out the land. In New Yor.c alone, according to the latest statistics, nearly 700,000 are without employ ment and with no visible means of support except what comes through a precarious sort of charity. Of this number over 200.000 are reported as belonging to the various labor organizations, the rest being nonunion work people. The condi tion of the laboring class is almost if not quite, as oad in Chicago Not a city, in fact, either in the Northern or Central Western states fs exempt from this anomalous state of things. Even in the extreme Northwest there is a surplus of un employed labor. Efforts have been made to relieve the city of New York of its congested idle working people, but so far all efforts have proven futile. Recently the editor of the Christian Herald sent letters to the governors of over twenty states inquiring if it would be possible to replace unskilled with skilled labor, and saying that he could supply two thousand skilled laborers at a moment's notice. With out a single exception, the governors replied to his letters to the effect that their states have more idle work ing people of their own than they could provide with employment. The situation is frightful, and con sidering the enormous crops made last year and the vast wealth of the country, it is .strangely anomalous. Added to this general impression in the business world, by which a mil lion and a half of work people have been thrown out of employment, is the fact that the cost of living has not decreased to any appreciable ex tent. Such a condition of things would seem to be prophetic of a reign of terror. No work and hunger that cannot be appeased by honest toil make peo ple desperate. They are ripe for re volution of for anything that will keep the wolf of starvation from their doors. And yet nothing is being done to relieve the situation. The thouble is, what can be done? All that we can say is that 'tis a pity the innocent h ave to suffer for the wrong doing of the guilty. Business heretofore conducted im properly, if not dishonestly, in i:s return to honest channels of output and trade has left these unemployed stranded and with nothing to stave off starvation. They are the suffer ers, n ot those who by devious and dishonest methods were responsible for the panic that has wrought such widespread ruin. The South, being an agricultural country, is fortunately exempt in a large measure from this dreadful con dition of labor glut, although in the larger cities we have more unemploy ed p eople that they care to see. It is possible that the farmers of. the South, who at this time of the year need he'n, could relieve to some ex tent the*congestion in other sections of the country. But the greatest dif ficulty in the way would be the fact that the great majority of the unem ployed are artisans of one calling or another and know probably nothing about farm work. * DOES WELL WEST. Egyptian Cotton Can Be Successfully Raised Out There. Successful experiments in the cul tivation of Egyptian cotton have been conducted in New Mexico and Ariz ona, according to reports made by the bureau of plant industry of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Webber, now of Corness, ex perimer/ed with the Egyptian plant in South Carolina and Northern Geor gia, but the climate was too severe in these sections. Dr. Carson of the de partment was rewarded greater suc cess in his efforts made in the Col orado river basis, as much as nine hundred pounds of lint having been secured from one acre last year. It is believed that the plant can be grown in Northern Florida and South ern Georgia. Egyptian cotton, millions of dollars worth of which are imported annual ly into the Unted States, is more val uable than inland specimens of sea island and upland varieties though less valuable than the best grades of| the former. It is the strongest var iety of cotton, and is used largely In the manufacture of fine laces and best quality of undergarments. SHE HORSEWHIPPED HIM. Says He Had Annoyed Her With His Attentions. In the presence of a thousand peo ple, Mrs. Minnie Cowden. of James town. N. Y., horsewhippe 1 Henry Franklin, on tne city'; maiu thor oughfare Friday. Wi'cn Franklin tore the whip from ber hands, Mrs. Cowden broke an umbrella *Ver hi? head. According to Mrs. Cowden, Franklin had been annoying her "^ith his attentions. * 4 $1.50 PER AOTsTUM. IL0?1Y BATTLE Man Convicted of Arson Kills One and Wounds Three IN THE COURT ROOM. After Verdict of Guilty Is Read Pris? oner, in Terre Haute, Indiana? Opens Fire on Prosecuting Attor ney and Officers and is Seriously Wounded Himself Before Melee Ends. j At Terre Haute, Ind., Henry F. Mc Donald, on Thursday,, in the Circuit Court room, after lining f ouud guilty of arson, ?hot and killed Chief of De tectives Win. E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three other officers and a bystander and w as himself seriously wounded. McDonald had been tried for dynamiting stores and a church in San ford last year. As soon as the jury reached its verdict McDonald jumped up, drew a revolver and fired at Prosecuting At torney James A. Cooper, Jr., but miss ed because Cooper tipped his chair over backwards. McDonald continu ed fired at the officers seated around the counsel table. Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third shot. Policemen and deputy sheriffs in. the Court room drew revolvers and opened fire on McDonald, who return ed the fire. Before the convicted man fell with half a dozen bullets in his body he had shot Harvey V. Jones, superintendent of police, in the side; Deputy Sheriff Tra Wellman in the chin; Sylvester Doyle, Court bailiff, in the leg, and a bystander in the side. The jurors jumped to their feet at the first shot. Judge J. T. Walker, one of the attorneys, tried to stop McDonald, but he only hindered the officers, who were hitting him, when they shot at McDonald. Judge Crane, who presided at the trial, ran to the railing of the jury box and spectators rushed out in the confusion. Persons in offices below the Court room heard the shots and rushed towards the upper floor only to collide with the people leaving the Court room. Some of the spectators to the shoot ing said McDonald's brother also fired at the officers. The officers are look ing for the brother. McDonald was finally overwhelmed hy officers and taken to a hospital. It is said that McDonald and the other wounded men will recover. The events which culminated so tragic all had their origin in dynamiting outrages that destroyed the Metho dist Church and the general stores of Shychle and Johnson, and J. W. Erne, of Sauford, on February 2, 1907. Henry McDonald and James Scanion were arrested the next day charged with the crime, in a formal trial the jury disagreeing. Scanloa has not been tried. McDonald had been permitted his liberty during the trial. The police department has been active in the case, and several officers were in. Court to hear the verdict. * SHOULD BE ENDORSED. If We Are For Bryan We Should Talk Out. The anti-Bryan papers in the State are insisting that the South Carolina delegates to Denver go uninstructed by the convention as to whom they would support. The Florence Times says "that would be all right if the convention picks out the right kind of delegates, then it would not make much difference except that It would lend color to the oft asesrted story that the south does not stand for Bryan, which is not correct. If the representatives of certain interests in South Carolina were selected South. Carolina might be misrepresented ha that convntion, and as South Carolina is generally mighty careless in these matters, selecting men for positions of honor and trust who aer personal ly highly steemed by their fellow cit izens, wKhout much regard for where their interests lie as compared with the Interests of the people, we think that t would be far better for the con vention to put itself on record in the matter su that there would he n doubt. The counties and township* and all up and down the !:'ne v ?. do well to be careful in this mini ? this yea." If they want Bryan nom inated, let the clubs speak out. * QUARREL IN BARBER SHOP Results in Death of One Man and Wounding Another. As a result of a shooting sc- nr a a colored barber shop at v rV !e Saturday af*ornoon John Warlh is dead, his brother, is p-infu/1 . :h not seriously wounded ; 1 rence Mariey is in jail < i;' d h murder. All are your*' i. n. The'Warllck boys w .n 'he cotto mi s. Mariey ? 1 ns*> paintei by tradt and ?.' a r ? spectator- and well f ought of fami y living near town. It is dd U .t Marlev secured tho j istol w .th which ne did the shooting when he left Warlick after the first quarrel. It is ,i 44-calibre six-shot Colt'... a