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ESTABLISHED EST i& DOUBLE TRAGEDY MAX SHOOTS DOWN WIDOW IS TOWN OP SENECA. Slayer Then Kills Himself?Had Been Persistent Suitor for Her Affect ions Culminated in Che Tragedy. : J. F. Hinkle shot and fatally wounded Mrs. E. L. .Anderson, a widow with three children, there at her hime on Main street at Seneca. Wednesday between 1:30 and 2 o'clock, anu" then-killc 3 himself. Mrs. Anderson died at 7:20 that night. It is rumired that Mrs. Ander son refused to niarry Hinkle and this is said to have caused the trag edy. . Hinkle shot at Mrs. Anderson's daughter. Christine, once and then at Mrs. Anderson twice, and after wards shot himself once, the ball en tering his head below the chin and passing through the roof of his mouth.lodging in the brain. He died Instantly. One ball entered Mrs. Anderson's left side, passing through the abdo men, and one broke her right arm. Hinkle used a .44 Colt's pistol. Hinkle went into the room where Mrs. Anderson was sitting with sev eral boarders and said to her: "I would like to pay my board." and asked her fo come into the dining room, which she- did. Upon her re fusal to marry him he shot her. Hinkle left three letters, one ad dressed to Dr. Doyle of that city, one to the Atlanta Journal and one to the public. In Dr. Doyle s letter he requested him to buy a cheap coffin and bury bini beside his first wife in Sehace cemetery. " Mrs. Hughes of Richland. a Mster of Mrs. Anderson, arrived about four hours before she died. Mrs. Ander son's brother. Dr. Cox of Pendleton. was also with her in her last hours. The verdicts of the coroner s jury is In accordance with the above facts. Mrs. Anderson was a native of An dersin county, wide and priminently connected. Another Account. A dispatch from Walhalla, says Coroner J. W. Hoilman received no tice Wednesday at 2 o'clock to go to Seneca to investigate a double trag edy, which occurred at Seneca, eight miles from there, shirtly before '2 o'clock. The tragedy was one if tbe most harrowing Oconee has witnessed in years. J. F. Hinckle shot and mortal ly wounded Mrs. Emma L. Anderson, proprietress of the Anderson board ing house while they were in a con versation in the dining room of Mrs. Anderson's home, and as soon as he had committed tbe awful deed, Hinck le turned the weapon upon himself, firing point blank under his chin, the ball ranging upward and into the brain. Within a few minutes he had expired before having si>oken to any one. Mrs. Anderson lingered until S o'clock that night, when she died . without having regained conscious ness. Hinckle Grcd three shots at Mrs. Anderson, one of which was warded off by her,'one breaking her arm and tj&e third entering; her body between the seventh and eigh,th ribs and com ing out at the back, crashing through her body close to the -heart. Mrs. Anderson ran from the room and was eaaght by some one as she fell mor tally wounded. It is stated that the first shot fired was aimed at Mrs. Anderson's daugh ter, two of her children being in the room with her when she and Hinckle entered the room. Hinckle engaged Mrs. Anderson in a conversation ander the pretext of wishing to pay his board bill. It is understood that he had been a persistent suitor for Mrs. Anderson's affections for some time and that day's tragedy was the culmination of her refusal to marry him. Several notes were left by him and are in the possession of Coroner Hoilman, but their cintents have not! been made publH:. For a number of years Hinckle was piliceman at Seneca and was well j thought of. For some time he and j Mrs. Anderson had been quite inti-1 mate. She was a wiman of beauty if face and figure and had many ad-1 mirers. .Jealousy and Mrs. Ander- j son's persistent refusal of him are | generally thought to be the two prime i factors that led tu the murder and : suicide. Hinckle was about 50 years of age: and a widower, and Mrs. Anderson several years younger. Her husband has been dead about three years. PAS8ENGEKS KILL HKI; BABY. | Telephone Pole Kalis on Car Causing Panic?Infant Trampled Upon. Strap hanging played a part in the death of William Pinley. five months old. The baby was being carried by his mother. Mrs. Annie Pinley. who was; forced to hang to a strap in a crowd ed Fifty-first streetcar, which she entered on August 21. She had traveled only a short dis tance when a telephone pole tell, striking the roof of the car. Passen gers were thrown into a panic and before Mrs. Finley could get out of tfaeaisle she was knocked down and the babv was trampled upon. Efforts to save the life of the child at the Provident Hospital proved un availing, an? ?e died. m ay Jr V MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH. Aeronaut Falls Five Hundred Feet to His Death. At VVateryilte, Maine, in full view of 25,000 horrified spectators, assem bled on the Central Fair ground late Tuesday, Charles Oliver Jones of Hammondports, N. Y., aeronaut, fell a distance of 500 feet to his death. Among the witnesses of the fright ful plunge were Mrs. Jones and they were almost the first to reach the side of the dying man. Jones died an I hour and a half after the accidet. i Jones had been at the fair grounds ! with his dirigible balloon, "Boomer ang, known as a Strobe) airship, j since Monday. He arranged a flight I between 3 and 4 o clock but such a high wind prevailed that a delay was necessary. At 4:30 conditions had modified and he gave the word to i have the machine released. j When the aeronaut reached a height of more than 500 feet the spectators were amazed to see small tongues of flame issuing from under the gas bag in front of the motor. At This time the balloon had passed out of the fair grounds. Many per sons in^the great crowd endeavored to apprise Joes of his danger, but several minutes elapsed before he no ticed the fire. Then he grasped the rip cord and by letting out gas en deavored to reach the earth. The machine had descended but. a short distance when a sudden burst of flame enveloped the gas bag and the frame work immediately separating from the bag. Jones fell with the frame of his mo tor and when the spectators reached him he was lying under it; the gas bag was completely destroyed. The physicians who were in. the crowd found that Jones had no chance to survive as he was injured internally and his spine was broken. Jones had trouble with his balloon the day before on account of the cold weather which caused a number of leaks, through the contraction of the gas bag. It is thought that, tbe bag leaked again and that a spark from the motor caused the disaster. Jones was 40 years old. CRASH AT CROSSING T\v? Arc Killed and Three Seriously Injured. Two persons were killed, two futul. ly hurt and three seriously Irij'nrca near Ottawa. 111., Thursday night when an electric car on the Illinois Vailey railway struck a earriag?. i# whieh were seated Walter Sue!!, a wealthy farmer and a party of six persons. The dead are: Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Snell, 1 2 years. Sou of Mrs. and Mrs. Sneli. S years old. The fatally injured are: Mrs. .Ma mie Townsend and daughter of Mrs. Snell, 1 5 years old. The seriously 'injured are: Mr. and .Mrs. Swl! and a son of Mrs. Townsend, S years old. The crash occurred at a point wher the road crosses the electric line about six miles from Ottawa. The road was not well lighted and near the crossing there is a sharp curve which prevented Mr. Snell, who was driving from seeing the approach of a car. The carriage was directly in the center of the track when the car. coming at top speed, crashed into it. AH the occupants of the carriage were thrown far from the track and the carriage was completely wrecked. The horses were also -thrown away from the track. The car was not damaged and none of the passengers was injured. DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATH. Hurdy-Gurdy Causes Young Mulatto to Execute too Many Figures. At Pittsburg, on Thursday a young mulatto "danced himself to death" will probably be the verdict of the coroner's jury in the case of Albert Hulton, aged twenty-five, who was found dead in his bed. Hultonwas attracted to the street by' the jtune of a hurdy-gurdy, and throwing the operator a quarter of a dollar, told him to repeat the tune as often as the coin would pay for it. Then Hulton began dancing, exe cuting two-steps, waltz, jig and buck and wing steps as the movement changed. A crowd gathered and when the music for the first coin paid for ceas ed, another one was passed up and the dancing continued until the police interfered. Hulto retired to his room and a doctor was called, when he was found. He said death was due to heart dis ease, due to over exertion. SEVEN PEKSOXS DUOW\KD Ten Co Out in Hont and Only Hirer Return.. At Deer Isle. Maine, seven summer; visitors out of a party of ten wen drowned by the capsizing of a B5 foot sloop in Penobseot Day, off that island. Tuesday. The drowned are: Miss Alice Torro. Wasnington. C. Miss Gleaner Tmro. Washington, I). C Miss Kellogg, Baltimore. Lutie Kellogg, Baltimore. Mrs. Lucy S. Crawley. Philodelphia. .Miss Elizabeth G. tans. Mount Holyoke Seminary. Mass. Jason ('. Hutchins, Bangor. Maine. Tnconui Chosen. Tacoma. Wash., has been selected for the next convention of the Span ish War Veterans to meet. OKANGEBTJKG, HARDSHIPS 0 IT'S GOING TO TAF FASTEST IN WORLD AMERICAN WARSHIP WILL SUR | PASS LISITANTA IX SPEED. I - j Naval Officials are Keeping Secret the Plans and Specifications Which! I are Submitted in Confidence. j T.ids for the construction of ten' j torpedo boat destroyers, everyone of j which must be at least four knots j faster than the Lusitania and equip-! ed with apparatus for burning oil j j as well as coal, and which are to be tiie largest ever built for the Ameri can navy, will be opened at New Vfrrk this week. These vessels are to cost $800,000 each, and for every knot that the ves sels lose on any of their trial trips tinder, the contract speed tln? build ers will have to forfeit $50,000 of the contract price to the government. The plans and specifications for' these vessels are being kept secret j [by the Navy Department, and they were submitted in confidence to the bidders. It is known, however, that the ves-i sols must have a displacement of atj least 742 tons, and 'hat they-must attain on their trial tests a maximum j speed of 29 knots an hour, a spend [ that will make them among the fast-{ est war craft ever extended in this or| any other country. AIDING FLOOD SUFFERERS. War Department Gets Report Prom its Agent at Augusta. A report regarded as encouraging! was.received by the war department from Ca'ptT Adolph H. Huguet, of the 17th infantry, who was detailed by Gen. Ramsey, commander of the de the department. Capt. Huguet says to make an investigation of the needs of the people of Augusta, Ga., strick en by recent floods. In a telegraphic communication to the departmet, Capt. Huguet says that between 4,000 and n.OOO persons in destitute circumstances have been provided with rations and medicines by local relief committees. The sup plies furnished arc expected to be sufficient for pressing needs. On Capt. Huguet's recommenda tions the department authorized him to supply shoes and clothing to about 800 men. women and children who lost everything they had in the flood. Capt. Huguet will make the purchas es locally in order to save the time of shipment. COSTLY FIRE IN ATLANTA. Ti-unk Factory and llox Company Plant Burned?Loss #200,000. AI Atlanta Ga.. a spectacular fire Tuesday night destroyed the plants of the Atlantic Trunk Factory and the Empire Building and Hox Com pany, burned a quantity of lumber and damaged a p'imber of small wooden buildings. The loss is esti mated at $200.000. The fire spread rapidly soon after it was discovered and a general alarm was turned in. Only a narrrow street separated the burning factories from many residences and i' was with greal difficulty thai the firemen kept the (lames from crossing this street. The burned buildings are located on Madison avenue, between Peters and Castleberry streets, and run back to the Central of Georgia Railroad track The origin of the tire is unknown. Says It Is Sot True. The Toledo Times, an independent mornig paper, published an interview with Senator Foraker, in which he denies in positive terms that he and Candidate Taft had become friends and that he would take the stump for ( the presidential nominee. Foraker. j according to the Times, declares thai | he has been insulted and throws down the gauntlet "t? Taft. S. C. FRIDAY, SEPl'EM F THE POLITICAL PURE FOOD DEMOCRACY GAINING SENTIMENT KOK BRYAN GROW ING IN THE WEST. People Desire a Change in Adminis-, nation?Farmers Against Trait Exactions. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. In the west are four stales on which Democrats are looking with marked in terest?I ndiaua, Illinois. Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fifty-six electoral votes pertain to these commonwealths, and' not since hits one of them gone to the Democratic party. But mark the difference this .rear. To begin with. Mr. Bryan and his cause have gained enormously in strength in all four com munities. But, to be specific concern ing each one, Governor Johuson of Minnesota, who has 1wiee carried that state, has been rennininated,- and his first action after the convention was t<> hasten lothe national Democratic bead quarters at Chicago and pledge his al legiance lo the national ticket. He promised oven (o give all the lime thai, could be spared from Iiis many Chatitau qnn engagements to the slump In'favor of Bryan and Kern. In Indiana, with ils fifteen electoral votes, the nomina tion of Mr. Kern for vice president and that of Mr. .Marshall, an almost equally popular Democrat, for govern or, give assurance of that stale for both the* slate and (he national tick- [ Cte. Illinois, the largest of I hem all, was carried once for the Democratic ticket. Since then It has been a tower of Republican strength, but' today the nomination of former Vice President Stevenson for governor has produced complete cooperation between the long lline waning factions of I he Democrat ic party. County, stale and national corn:ulitees have perfected plans for! working together, ami Utero is,, not. aj clash irithin Ilm parly ranks. Wiscon sin, loa. was once carrieil by (he Dem ocrats. a:nl once only, that time u|io:i a somewhat local Issue that appealed especially to the large German' rot lug population nf ihal state. This year Mayor Rn.;c. i.'ic ehrewdest iHililicirtn In ihe slate, ami T. R. Ryan, the ua (iouaI cotumiileemaii. agree In the as sertion thai ?ie outlook is hotter than it was: la the <:!;;:;.oimnt year of IS??. One might add lo (his list Io;v:i. where Republican factional nulagn l.dstu* are bitle'r beyond expression, and I lie two DnkolHs. where the fanning community i< in revolt against Hie ex actions <>f I he tariff fed trusts. Well equipped men who have traveled throughout the northwest do not doubt that Bryan will regain this year every stale that he won in lS'JU and gather i in a few more. The Reason For Confidence. I It is not In the dissensions of the enemy nor wholly in the growing har mony and energy of'the Democratic forces upon which confidence should 1 Chiefly be based. These are conditions which appeal in the main to I he pro fessional politician. Apathy at head quarters may follow a factional split, bill i( does not always result thai the great mass of voters are affected by it. One of the great arguments not used so much by politicians, but which is passed about among the voting people, Is thai this country is quite ripe for a change in administration. For twelve years ih< party of Roosevelt and Taft has been in undisputed possession of the federal government, and the ad ministration of the former winds up with the business of the nation iu a condition of complete depression. Dur ing those twelve years, loo. there have liecii scandals innumerable unearthed In the departments and in the admin istration uf colonial dependencies. Look at Ihe battleship scandal of last week. Let me lie fair euough lo say that in rases Ihe facts of which were notorious punishment followed swiftly. But a good many people wonder whether it would not be au excellent plan l<? change the adminis tration, put new blood into the depart ments and find out whether all that should be known is known. There is a feeling I liar, even though Mr. itoose velt retires. Mr. Tafl's loyalty lo him would prevent,.according to the slam: A .(Continued on page five.); ^ [JER 4, 190S. CAMPAIGN. ESSARY ANALYSIS. ?Bradley in Chicago Naws WNEO BY FLOOD. WHOLE FAMILY OF NEGROES EN GULFED BY FLOOD. Not Seeu Sinc?- Last Wednesday and on Thursday Xovhing But Top of ('?bin Could ho Seen. With the subsiding of the Hoods come continued stories of destruc tion of property and loss of fife. Mr. William Lykes of Lykesland Monday afternoon telephoned The State of a pitiful case. It appears thai a negro, Addison Fuller, and his family occupied a cabin which since has been covered to the eves in the flood. The family consisted of a wife and five children, one just four days old. They had a bout, with which to make their es cape, but neither boat nor negroes have been seen. It Is feared that he and his entire family were drowned. Coroner Walker has been notified and will make investigation at once. Thursday afternoon the house was approached in a boat by Lawrence Krwin, and even then the water cov ered the body or the cabin. The cur rent there being so swift the boat man did not go very close, as he at that time thought the negroes had abandoned the house. But as noth ing has been heard from them, it is feared that the whole family has per ished. It would have been almost suicidal to have attempted to cross the river to the Lexington side and there were fearfully swift currents on the? Rich land side. Even had Addison Fuller attempted to come back on the Rich land side it is more than likely that he would have been swamped, and had he stayed, it is sure that they per ished, for there was no signs of life about the house. The boatman who approached did not go near enough to see whether the boat had been taken from the house. The house is yet surrounded by water and a party will go there in boats to inspect the premises. Mr Lykes states that tin; place is about 12 miles from him and he would have reported it sooner but thought that the negroes nearby had done so, hut the negroes have acted in a singularly cold blooded and in different manner. <X).\ DITION OF COTTON CROP. Average on August 2T> Was 7(?.l Per Cent of Normal. The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics of the Agricul tural Department reported the aver age condition of the cotton crop on August 2.'i was 7 6.1 per cent of nor mal. This is compared with S3 on July 2.".ih last, and 72.7 on August 28th, 1907. and 71!.9, the average of Au gust 25th conditions for the past ten years. The report by States, giving the condition on August 25 last and aver age for ten years past respectively, follows: Virginia, S7, si: North Carolina. SO, 77: South arolina, 7t!. 76: Georgia, 77. 7C: Florida, SO. 77: Alabama, 77, 74; .Mississippi. 79. 77: Louisiana, <>::. 75; Texas. 75. 69: Ar kansas. 8?, 7"); Tennessee. SS. S2: Missouri. 90, SI: Oklahoma. 70. 77. i - DIES TO SAVE ?AUGHTEK. , Woman Plunges Into Cistern of Scald- ! iUli Water anil Both Perish. Mrs. .lames MrMahaiiany was: dangerously scalded near her home ! fiTToyal Hanna. Pa.. Thursday in a I futile effort io save her three-year old daughter from death. The ehild while at play tell into aj cistern which received tie- waste j stream and hot. water from a coal j mining plant and was so severely in jured that she died just after being rescued. The mother plunged into the; seething cistern and carried her child I OUt. T, mm: SEES DARK CLOUD. H?hson Predicts War With Japan 4 Within Ten Yc .is. i Chicago will be Japan's objective and that city will he the center of tremendous 'military operations in the American-Japanese war and that, is hound to come within the next ten years, according to Captain Richard Pearson Hobsou. The captain's1 latest prediction of war was | given out. Tuesday night, on his arriv al at Chicago on his way to Wiscon sin, where he will lecture at a chau taqua on. "America's Lack of Defen: ce." "Japan has been preparing for war with the United States for years." he said. "She has contracted for the building of 11 Dreadnought battle ships in England and other foreign countries under fictitious names. She has replenished her financial coffers and has money to burn and will make fight inside of. f will say, six years. "Japan is ready," continued the captain, "and the United States is not. Canada can . easily be entered, and through the Great Lakes to Chi cago from the north, and through Mexico from the south their troops would invade the west, while their battleships would challenge the sea board." In the course of his address Hob son referred to an interview with President Roosevelt during which he said the chief executive had indicated | his belief that defensive steps should j be taken by the United States. This statement had a sequel the j following day, when a severe repudia tion of the interview was given out at the white house. POUR SEAMEN PERISH. Killed by Fumes of Burning Pitch and Oakum in Vessel's Hold. A dispatch from Boston, says suc cumbing to the deadly fumes of burn ing pitch and oakum deep down in the fonpeak- of the British bark Puritan as she lay at anchor in Presi dent roads Tuesday,' four seamen were suffocated and a fifth" wsa partly over come before he was rescued by ship mates. The dead. Harry E. Olsen, Carl Morsen, Peter son Becks', Qeorge Sun blade. The fire, which caused only slight, damage, is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. The Puritan, which Is a bark of ?.28M tons burden, was in command of Capt. P. W. Chapman and had taken on a cargo'of 14,000 barrels of tar, oil pitch and oakum for Vancouv er. B. C. Tuesday afternoon Capt. Chapman sent Seaman Olsen down into the forepcak to stow away a sail. When the man failed to return to the deck after some time had elapsed, three other men were sent down lo investi gate. Finally Capt. Chapman, convinc ed that some accident must have hap pened, ordered Mate Hatfeldt and 'seamen Roberts and M'cLane to in vestigate. As they reached the foot i of the ladder, they almost stumbled over the bodies of the tour seamen, who had gone down before them. Roberts was also overcome. The fire was quickly extinguished and the bodies brought lo the deck. M fit DER MYSTERY. Two Dead Rodies Found Near Each Other. Washington Pa., has a double mur der mystery. Coroner W. H. Sipe had scarcely oegun his investigation into the death of a young man whose body was found two miles from there Tuesday afternoon, when the mystery was deepened by the discovery of an other body lying fifteen feet from the first in a dense underbrush. The first body was found in a thicket close to the tracks of the Monongahela and Washington rail road. It was partially decomposed. .Marks of a struggle, were easily dis cernable.while the trousers pockets of the dead man turned inside out point ed to murder and robbery. At 6 o'clock Tuesday evening men searching about the thicket for clews to the man's identity stumbled upon another parity decomposed body, a search revealed three hats and a re volver, indicating thai three men were involved in the strange tragedy, j No residents of the region who view led the bodies were able lo identify them and it is said not one in that neighborhood is missing. Some think it probable thai Ihe two men fought a duel, which was watched by a companion, and that each, mortally wounded, crawled into the thicket lo die. SHAH'S TROOPS DEFEATED. J'.oyal Soldiers Suffered Heavy Casual-j ties in the Conlliet. A special dispatch received at St. Petersburg from Teheran says that i it is reported from Tabriz, that Satar Khan lias in Hie ted a decisive defeat mi the troops of the Shah, in which j the government soldiers lost SO0 men i killed and wounded. Civil war is j raging anew in Tabriz province. j Wives of Strikers Shot. In a strike riot <>t Dunmire. Va.. Wednesday evening .Mrs. Adam Ka valko and Mrs. Anna Cordtlach, wiv es, of miers, were shot while the Wi men were standing on the back porch or ?he Kavalko home. It Is not known whether the wounds were In jflicted By' shots fired by State police or strikers. 9 0 ?1.50 PBB ANNUM. MOODY CONFESSES says Another assisted inror bery and killing. One of the Negroes Who Shot Posse at Yemassce Caught?Lynching Not Expected. Henry Moody, a mulatto, has been arrested and lodged in jail at temas see, charged with stealing from At lantic Coast Line cars and with be ing one of the negroes who were pur sued by a Yemassce merchant and a blacksmith and who shot and kill ed the two Yemassee men. The Savannah Morning News of Sunday has the following story of the capture of Moody and of his con fession: That one of the Yemassee negro murderers has been captured and har, confessed, and that the officers have a clue to the whereabouts of the th er, is the report brought to Savannah by Chief Special Agent 6. S. God bold, of the Atlantic Coast Line, who returned from the scene of. the homi cide. Henry Moody is the name of the negro captured. He is a one-armed mulatto, who is known in Savannah, having been brought to this section of the country by a circus and left in Savannah. Mr. Godbold recognized the negro as soon as he saw him. He i3 in the Yemassee jail. Moody has made a confession of the railroad tnefts, but claims he was* I not implicated in the shooting. He gives the name of his companion as Melvin Curry, who is a young, heavy set, black negro. Moody says Curry did all the shooting, using a Win chester pump gun, loaded with buck shot. Moody told of the haunts of his companion, Curry and also what part of the country he comes from. He also gave the officers information by which they may be able to. arrest Curry. Moody says there is little chance of Curry being taken alive. The capture of Moody was accom plished by Deputy Sheriff White, of Beaufort county. The officer was on his way to Jackson boro, a short dis tace from Yemassce, when he recog nized Moody on the road. He left the train and put Moody under arrest, slipping up on him and give him no chance to resist. /" At Yemassee Moody was identifi ed by several Yemassee negroes who had recognized the pair at work. When Mr. Godbold saw the negro, he recogized him and advised him to tell the truth. This brought forth a full confession, and also in structions as to how to capture the other negro. A description of the two negroes was received b the officers from Ye massee negroe;;. It was these negroes who identifier Moody. The. officers, joining in the chase were Sheriff T. E. McTeer, of Beaufort county; De,r puty Sheriff White. Special Agent. William Elliott, of the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, and .Marshal W. F. Sloman. Mr. Godbold does not think Moody will be lynched at Yemassee, at least, not until the other negro is captured. He exacted a promise from the citizens of Yemassee that they would not lynch ?loody i view of his confession. The negroes are charged with the murder of Mr. S. W Litchfield. of Colleton county; and Joseph Francis, a negro blacksmith. The murderers had been discovered breaking into a railway car and an attempt was be ing made to catch them. That the negroes had made a good haul from the broken cars is shown by the fact that between $300 and $000 worth of goods were found about. f)00 yards from the station where they had dropped them when pursued The good" were stolen from four cars, which had been plac ed on a siding by the Coast Line, to iie taken up by the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, and which were delayed owing to the washouts. kills father-in-law. An Aged and Respected Negro, Shot to Death. At Cedar Grove negro church, two miles from Walterboro. John Henry Anderson Tuesday afternoon fatally shot Josh Carter, the latter dying Wednesday morning at daylight. For some months Anderson has not lived with his wife, but she has lived with her father. Carter. One of An derson's children died Sunday and it. was just before the burial began that the shooting took place. Carter is an aged colored man. who bears a good reputation. Anderson is regarded as a dangerous negro. Six moths ago he shot a young Mr. Ben jamin. The inquest over Carter's body was held by Magistrate \V. \V Campbelle, acting for the eorSner. Anderson made good bis escape, but 50 or more determined men. whites and blacks, are sciming the country tor him. A family feud was the cause of the trou ble. Twenty-Seven Perish. A dispatch from North Whales says the British bark Amazon, for Port Tal bot, has been wrecked near the latter port. Only live out a crew of thirty-two wen- saved. Six bodies have been washed ashore. Flood List of Fourteen. The local office of the Santa Fc re ports a death list of fourteen as a result Of the flood at Folsom, N. M.?