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rtJBLISHED THREE EXPLAINS VOTE Says Duty 01 Iron Ore Will Not Hurt Consumers. HUMAN'S LETTER The Senator in a Reply to a Letter From a Citizen of Williston, Stat ed His Reasons for Voting for a Duty on Ore?Claims There Are i" No '?Independents." Senator Tillman has just received a letter from W. C. Smith, of Wil ligten, asking the Senator to explain why he voted for a duty on iron ore. This letter is as follows: "Williston, May 27th, 1909. Senator B. R. Tillman, Washing ton. D. C?Dear Senator. Having always been a "Tllimanlte" at the LaUot box, I am emboldened to ask if you have ever stated your reason for voting for a duty on iron ore ?nd if such statement is In pria-.. thai you wRi send it to me. I am curious to know why. , Yours truly "W. C. SMITH." To which Senator Tillman replied: "Your letter of May 27th has re mained unanswered simply because I have been overwhelmed with work here, and have spent several days in South Carolina, looking after mat ters at Clemson. and lost one day as I returned by reason of a railroad wreck. "I have never printed anything about my vote on iron ore. and will ? very gladly give you an explanation direct. I notice that my old ene mies are making a great howl about my votes up here, while many oth ers who have not been enemies are yelping in chorus, siirply because they are ignorant of conditions. The trouble with many editors in South Carolina, is they take and read the Associated Press dispatches, which are colored in behalf of the Repub lican party, and are garbled and condensed, and give ao adequate conception ot things as they really happen. The facts in regard to iron ore are simply these: There is overwhel ming evidence that there are no in dependent steel or iron producers. The Steel Trust has absolute control and enjoys a monopoly of the iron and sfeel business in this country. The so-called independent concerns are dominated and controlled by it, though not all owned by it. The Steel Trusts fixes prices and the others conform. "There are immense, well-night inexhaustible deposits of iron ore in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Steel' Trust controls im mense depotits in those States. It also controls, or some of its sub sidary companies do, large deposits in Cuba. It was brought out in the debate, that s'ome of the Eastern companies have contracts with the Cuban mine" owners, to import not less than a million tons a year of Cuban ore, and I do not think it worth while to let this come In free when it would make no difference whatever to the consumers of iron and steel as to the price we would pay for those articles. I believe that the American producers of iron and steel (that is the Steel Trust main ly), can compete with England. Ger many and France in the markets of the world, and that the whole scheme of protection of manufactured steel is a hare faced .robbery of the Amer ican people. Xo one but an idiot will increase the price of anything manufactured of iron, to the Ameri can consume'-, if We could reduce the tariff on manufactured iron we could get cheaper prices, but under existing circumstances the tariff law bars out the European competitor, who is already handicapped by hav ing the ocean freights to pay. and our people are charged the cost of production in Europe. plus the freight, plus the tariff, and this is t^e source of Carnegie's millions. Assuring you of my high apprecia tion of your friendship in the past, and hoping to continue to merit your confidence, and support, I am. "Sincerely yours. "B. It. TILLMAN*. KILLED MI LE AM) SELF. Singular Tragedy Is Enacted in Horry County. A special dispatch from Conwav to The State says: Perhaps the mos: peculiar suicide ever heard of was committed in this county Thursday. Mr. John S. Grainger, a white farmer rbout 40 years of age, w5o lives near C.reen Sea, shot and killed his mule and then turned the gun on himself, dying almost instantly. The facts as reported from Lori* oy teleph.?a? tie that Mr. Watt?? held a b li sile for $". ;? on the auule owned by Mr. Grainger and a few das ago sent word to Grainger that unless he paid off the bill of sale at once he would send for the mule. Grainger, it is reported, sated that Watts would never get the mule and Thursday morning led the ani mal in the nearby woods and killed it and. returning to the house, shot himself, using the same weapon with which he klled his animal. No cause for the suicide other | thau the above has yet developed. TIMES A WEEK. CORPORATION TAX TAFT SENDS MESSAGE MAKING HIS RECOMMENDATION. Advocates Amending the Constitution to Give Congress Right to Tax Incomes. Recommending legislation looking to the placing of a two per cent tax on the net income cf corporations and also the adoption of an amend ment to the Constitution providing tor the imposition of an income tax without an apportionment among the several States, President Taft Wednesday sent to Congress a mes sage embodying his views on the subject. This action followed a protracted spefcial meeting of the Cabinet. In his message the President speaks of the apparent inability of Congress to agree to an inheritance tax, and as regards an income tax he refers to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case- of Pollock vs. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, in which the court held the tax to be unconstitutional unless apportion ed according to population. "It is," says the President, "undoubtedly a power which the government ought to have. It might be indispensable to the nation's life in great crises." The amendment, therefore, he de clared, was the only proper course. Such an amendment to the Constitu tion, he contended, was preferable to the one proposed of reviving a law judicially declared to be un constitutional. The amendment which he propos es should be made to the tariff hill provides for the imposition upon all corporations and joint stock com panies for profit, except national banks (otherwise taxed), savings banks and building and loan as sociations, of an excise tax of 2 per cent of the net income of said in corporations. This, it is estimated by him, will bring an annual revenue of $25,000,000. "This is a tax on privilege and not on property," he said, "and is within the Federal pow er without apportionment according to population." The president points out that another merit to the tax on corpo rations is the Federal supervision, which will give to the government, the stockholders and the public, I knowledge of the real business trans- i actions and the gains and profits of every corporation in <th;e country. I The adoption of the amendment, he says, will make a long step "toward | that supervisory control of* corpo-' rations which may prevent a fur-1 ther abuse of power." The message concludes: "I recommend then, first, the adop tion of a joint resolution by two thirds of both houses, proposing to the States an amendment of the Con- I stitution granting to the Federal Government the right to levy and collect an income tax without ap- \ nornoument among the Stales, ac cording to population; and, second, the enactment, as part of* the pend ing revenue measure, either as a sub stitute for, or in addition to, the inheritance tax. of an excise tax upon all corporations, measures by two per cent of their net income." The message was referred to the finance committee. DRIVEN FROM TOWN Because They Tired to Force Sociul Recognition. At Greenville, Miss., efforts of a negro girl to force white women to address her as "MJiss" resulted Wednesday night in the hasty depar ture of the family of E. W. Lampton, bishop of the American .Methodist Episcopal church. The girl is Bish op Lampton's daughter. She has vainly insisted that the title be used by saleswomen in stores and by tel ephone operators. On Saturday, after some sharp words addressed to one of the tele phone operators, she said that her father would see that she was spoken to in a respectful manner. Bishop Lampton called on the tele phone manager and demanded that all the young women at the exchang? lie ordered to address his daughter as Miss Lampton. The manager de clined and made the interview known. An indignation meeting was h^ld by citizens and Bishop Lampton wns given five hours to take his family from the city. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Bolt From Clear Sky Strikes Young; Lady Near Charlotte. Lightning from a clear sky struck Miss Sallie Underwood, 16 years old, daughter of R. J. Underwood, at River Bend, N. C, a remote town in Gaston county, Wednesday, felling her and producing a state of coma Crom which physiqians have been unable to arouse her. The girl was still unconscious at last report. Killed by Lightning. P.elton Goff. a well known young white man. L'2 years of age and un married, whose home was about seven miles from Camden. was kill ed Wednesday evening by lightning. He was going from bis barn to the house when struck. 4 # OR A!N GEBTJRG, ACCEPT DESIGNS GREENVILLE FIRM AWARDED CONTRACT For Silver Service?Historic Scenes Will bo Reproduced,and Plans of Commission are Carried Oat. The commission In charge of the selection of the silver service for the battleship South Carolina decid ed Thursday to award Gorham & Co., of New York, represented by the Gilreath-Durham Co., of Greenville, (the construction faf tlte designs. The service will cost $5,000, the amount appropriated and with the exception of a few minor changes the design as originally planed by the commission will be carried out. The designs submitted were very tasteful. There is a dsign showing the battle of King's Mountain, anoth er showing the reception by Gen. .Marion to the British officers when it was claimed that the dinner con sisted of boiled potatoes, another showing Jasper replacing the battle flag and other historical scenes. On the large bowl are the historical words of Pinckney, "Millions for de fense but not one cent for tribute." Throughout the design the sea) of the State, [the /palmetto tree and various symbols and scenes are re |produced. The company was represented here by Mr. E. J. Dings of New York and D. C. Durham of Greenville. Other firms who had representatives pres ent were Jas. Allan & Co., of Char leston. Chas. F. Sentz, of Columbia, and S. Thos. Thomas and Bro., of Charleston. The South Carolina is expected to go in commission in December, and this service is to be ready to be presented to the battleship about the middle of January, and the serv ice is to consist of the following pieces: One punch bowl and ladle. Twently-four punch cups and plateau. One centre piece and plateau. One water set of four pieces. One tea set and kettle and waiter. Two fruit dishes. Two meat platters. One fish dish. Two salad bowls, with forks and spoons. Two bon-bon dishes. Two compotiers, large, two small. Two vegetable dishes. Two centre dishes. The price to be paid is $5,000, being the amount appropriated by this State. CONVICTED OF ARSON. Negro Found Guilty at Aiken of Set ting Fire to a Barn. A -dispatch from Alken says Wednesday night the jury in the case of the State against Moses Stevens, charged with arson, returned a ver dict of guilty, which carries with It a sentence of death. This case has created a great deal of Interest, as this is the second conviction for the burning of the barn of Mrs. M. C. Moseley. About three years ago her barn was burned under suspicious circumstances, and a negro was tried and convicted of the crime of burn ing the building. He is now serving a sentence of twenty years in the State Penitentiary. Last summer the barn on Mrs. Moseley's place was again razed to the ground by fire. In the early part of the night. The burning was again under suspicious circumstanc es, and detectives were put on the case. Stevens was arrested, as was also Henry Clark, another negro. They were held for several weeks, and then released for want of suf ficient evidence to convict. The case was given up for the time being, but later?this Spring?evidence cropped out against Stevens, and de tectives were again employed, with the.result that Moses Stevens was again arrested. The trial consumed all Tuesday. The main witnesses were the wife and mother-in-law of the defendant, both of whom testified that Moses told them he committed the crime, and that he attempted to commit suicide at the time, by attempting io shoot himself, and then tried to cut his throat, the knife being taken away from him, and then he threw himself against a wall several times. They said he told them he had poured oil on the pea heap in the loft of the barn and set fire to it, because he had gone to Mrs. Moseley to borrow some money, and she refused him, and he did it for revenge. The defence, conducted by \Y. M. Smoak, Esq., attempted to show that these witue^ses, as was also George Washngton. father-in law of the defendant, were prejudic ed because they had fallen out with him, and were attempting to get him out of the way. Stevens has not yet been sentenc ed and it is probable that the case will be appealed. The crime carries the death sentence because of the close proximity of the barn to the residence of Mrs. Moseley. Blackberries Cause Death. As a result of eating blackberries nicked in a field near Amite, La., two negroes died Wednesday. There is said to be a poisonous insect egg j on some of the berries which ij [ deadly. S. C, SATUJBDAY. JXJ2 TARIFF ROBBED People Yearly Plundered or Bil lions for BENEFIT OF TRUSTS Senator Bacon, of Georgia, Gives Some Startling Facts as to How the Masses of tue People are Held Up and Bobbed Under Form of Law. On May 7 in the discussion of the tariff bill Senator A. O. Bacon made an argument which will be the death knell of the tariff system when the people shall once clearly understand it. The senator had shown how in the higher price of goods due to the tariff duties the people are made to pay $2,00.0,000,000 a year to enrich favored corporations and individu.-Js, and the Republican Ki mbers, excit ed by the fearful arraignment of the tariff that was being made, were ply ing the senator with a rapid fire of questions. But unconcerned thereby, Senator Bacon continued: "In considering the protective tariff senators lose sight of two great questions. Oue is: What is best in order to raise revenue for the gov ernment? The others is: Who pays this money? The great cotton in dustry of the South, makingl3,000, 000 bales of cotton, which preserves the balance of trade between this country and Europe, brings into this ?country every year in gold, or keeps gold from going out. of the country through bills of exchange more money nearly twice over than all the gold that is mined in all the mines of all the world each year. "What possible excuse can be giv en that this immense industry shall be required to pile up here in this chamber, not only for once but for every year, its great proportion of this two thousand million dollars of tariff tax, and say that it shall be distributed without return as a bonus to other parties, who are either unable to live upon the profits of their own business, and who de mand that the public shall contribute out of their pockets that which is necessary thus either to reserve them or to still further enrich them? "Suppose that instead of this in direct way of collecting money and paying it over to the favored indus tries, we, L^re sitting in our sover eign law-making capacity were to determine, so far as it could bo done under constitutional limitations, that a tax gatherer should be appointed by the law of congress, and that he should proceed through the country to levy and collect this two thou sand million dollars, and have it said by this tax gatherer, as he took this tribute from men toiling with brain and muscle, 'this is not for the gov ernment, nor a dollar of that will go to the public treasury, it is to be carried to Washington and piled up in front of the secretary's desk in the senate chamber, to be dis tributed by the senate to private parties to aid them in their private personal business.' "And after it has been thus col lected from the people by the tax gatherer and piled up in a great heap in this chamber, suppose that we should then be sarrounded in all these lobbies and hotels with men engaged in other branches of in dustry, and that ^hey should impor tune us that this money should be given to them for their private gain, that we should listen to them and to their demands, that the Republi can senators should hear them in bosom talks in the secret conclave in that marble palace of which I have spoken, and to which the sen ator from Iowa alluded day before yesterday, and according as this one might have political influence, or that one might have power, or that one might excite pity, and tints se cure the recommendation of the Re publican members of the finance committee in favor of this one, that and the other, this two thousand mil lion of dollars, gold dollars, thus gathered out of the toll of the Ameri can people, should be put in bags and handed out to them at the door ct the senate chamber, and they should walk away with it?each on': of them taking in his hand Iiis bag of ill-gotten gold. How long would it be before the people of the United States would rise up in revolt and overthrow it? Yet that is not an overdrawn picture. It is the God's truth as to what in practical effect is being done under the operation of a protective tariff. "The most unwelcome visitor in the world is the taxgatherer. We have in the United States two kinds of taxgatherers outside of the inter nal revenue officers. Wo have tax gatherers who are at the portB and who gather through duties on im ports the taxes that are necessary for the support of the government. Who gathers the other taxes? Who gathers the $2,000,000.000, that men and women and the industries of all kinds in this country are required to bring here and pile up in gold dollars before that desk? Who are the taxgatherers? There is not a corner grrtcery slor-? that sei Is a pound of sugar to a poor widow but what at the time it selis that sugari gets the value of the sugar and then | collects from that widow between ' fB 19. 190? BUYS ANOTHER ROAD GEORGIA CENTRAL IS TRANS FERRED TO HARRLMAN. He Pays Three Millions for Stock of tho Par Value of Five Millions, at $60 Per Share. The sale of the Central of Geor gia Railway to the Illinois Central Railway, carrying out plans fore casted more t?an a year ago, waa announced Wednesday. The trans action originated in negotiations cul minating in November, 1907, when the entire capital stock of the Cen tral of Georgia passed into the hands of Wm. Nelson Cromwell and John W. Castles. The purchase, it was announced a few months later, was for E. H. Harriman, whose intention, it was then stated, was to transfer it to the Illinois Central. The price paid by the Illinois Central was not given out. Announcement of the transfer was made in New York by John F. Han son, of Atlanta, president of the Central of Georgia. The price paid by Mr. Harriman for the stock, to the par value of $5,000,000, it was stated, was $3,000,000, or at the rate of $60 per share. The entire capital stock of the Central of Georgia was originally held by the reorganization commit tee of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railroad and Ware House Company. In June, 1907, the stock was sold to Oakleigh Thorne, of New York, and Marsden J. Perry, of Providence, R. I., who agreed to retain voting control for at least two years. It was from these gentle men that Messrs. Cromwell and Cas tles secured the stock, and they sold it to Mr. Harriman. The transfer of the Central of Georgia carries with it the control of two steamship lines, one from Sa vannah to New York, and the other from Savannah to Boston, operated by the Ocean Steamship Company. The Central of Georgia operates a j little over 1.900 mileB of road. Its system touched that of the Illinois) Central at Birmingham, Ala. RAPS THE NEWSPAPERS. "Headlights of Protection" Cry for Free Paper, Says Tillman. Immediately upon taking up the tariff bill Thursday the Senate agreed to the amendments previously of fered by Mr. Aldrich for the com mittee on finance relating to flint glazed and other surface coated pap ers and calendars, cigar bands, etc., composed of lithograph paper. After disposing with little difficul ty of a number of disputed para graphs in the tariff bill, the Senate began the coisideration of the print paper and wood pulp provisions of the tariff bill. The subject was in troduced by Senator Aldrich, who, as chairman of the finance committee, proposed an a:u?ndment increasing the duty on priLt paper to $4 a ton. The House reduced It to $2 a ton. Senator Browne offered an amend ment to place print paper on the free list. "These very papers that are ask ing for free papers.'" said Mr. Till man, "are the very headlights of protection and they deny me the opportunity to buy this coat or these shoes," illustrating by pointing to the article of attire. "Yet they want free paper." Mr. Tillman brought his foot down on the velvet carpet with a resound ing effect as he added that they are humbugs. FIRES ON STEAMER. Russian Warship Opens Fire on British Vessel. A dispatch from Viborg, Finland, says a British steamer has been flred upon by a Russian torpedo boat for approaching too close to the bay on the Finnish coast, where Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William were to meet Thursday. The British steamer in question is the Nothburg. She was hailed and fired upon od' v\ iroiahti, Island of Biorke. The projectile from the torpedo boat pierced a ste&nipipe and one member of the crew of the English ve.-sel was wounded. Must Give Up Cigarettes. Governor Kitchen, of North" Caro lina, granted a pardon to Jacob Spivey of Culford county on condit ion that he abstain from smoking cigaretts. Spivey is 15 years old. The charge was trespass.ng and tho sentence was- six months in the work "Souse. 1 and 2 cents, I think is is approx imately 2 cents, from that purchaser, not for the benefit of the govern ment, but for the benefit of the Sugar trust." Some time the people will under stand how shamelessly they are being robbed J>y tiff protective tariff ini quity, :in.L then they will smash it and eternally damn the party which has been its sponsor and cham pion. TV ENFORCING THfc LAW AUDUBON SOCIETY MAKING ITS POAVER PELT. Secretary Rice Has Ferreted Out Men Who Raided Breeding Colonies of Herons Near Charleston. Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., secre tary of the South Carolina Audubon Society, was in Charleston Wednes day, and ?>t.ated to a representative of The News and Courier that he had succeeded in dealng a telling blow to those who pursue the unlaw ful business of shooting herons for their plumes. Two weeks ago, Mr. Rice was informed that plume hunt ers were at work near Charleston. Two men visited ftwo colonies of breeding herons near that city, and either shot, or tried to shoot, the herons in order to obtain the plumes, which they wear during the breed ing season, and for which millions are willing to pay a fabulous price. Mr. Rice did not say much, but he did a great deal. He notified the Clyde Line and the Southern Ex press Company not to ship any heron plumes, and he sent orders to the game wardens all along the coast to be on the watch; and, as a result, the guilty persons were identified in a very short time. At about hidnight on Monday, Warden L. A. Beckman, of McClel lanville, learned that plume hunters were at work in the preserves of the Santee Gun Club. The colony of American Egrets on these pre serves is the only colony known to exist north of Florida, and the birds are afforded the strictest protection by the club authorities. Warden Beckman summoned two men to help, and at once started for the scene of the trouble. The warden himself did not catch the men, but his two assistants saw them shoot ing the herons and picking up the dead birds and recognized the men as Arthur Lambert, white, and Rob ert Green, colored. Mr. Beckman then hunted up Mag istrate Moore and swore out warrants for Lambert and Green. They were on the boat which was about to leave for Georgetown, and the magistrate's constable endeavored to serve the warrants upon them on the vessel. This, however, Capt. Graham refused to allow. The constable then went on board the boat and made the trip to George town with the two men. In Sampit River, opposite the Winyah Lumber Compan's plant in Georgetown, Lam bert seized a life-preserver . and jumped overboard. He was a strong swimmer and managed to reach the shore and make good his escape. In Georgetown the warrants were countersigned and were placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Jake Ward. Green was arrested. The white Jman, ILambert, has So far evaded arrest, but Sheriff Scurry is using every effort tc apprehend the man, and there is every likeli hood that he will soon be captured. Secretary ? Rice states that his in formation is that Lambert is an ex perienced plum-hunter, who has been in the business for several years. He will be tried, in the event of his capture, along with Green at McClel lanville, and Secretary Rice will be present at the trial. Mr. Lofton, of McClellanville, will represent the State. Secretary Rice is confident, that this piece of work on the part of the Audubon Society will do much to discourage the plumers who carry on their cruol and unlawful business on this coast. He states that the Society has never failed to catch a man, when once his trai! has been taken up, and that the prosecution of the work on the coast will be pushed with the greatest vigor. This particular instance is of special in terest in Cahrleston. since a branch of the Audubon Society was organiz ed there recently, and since the two men involved in the affair are known to be the same who raided the breeding colonies of herons near that city, Charleston sportsmen will give Mr. Rice their hearty support in his. war against the plumers, and will learn with joy that the Audubon Society has already made its pow er felt in so effective ann impressive a manner. It should not be a difficult matter to stamp out the plume-hunting bus inc-33 in this State. Few men engage in it for the reason that the plume bearing birds were almost extermi nated about twenty years ago, and are only now beginning to reestab lish themselves. The colonies on this coast are the only ones known to exist north of Florida, and they are places of great interest to bird lovers and scientific men all over the country. Secretary Rice states that very few women in Charleston wear aigrettes. Tin? aigrettes are the plumes taken from the back of the egret and the snowy heron, and they cannot be removed without killing the bird. As these plums are pre enl on the birds only during the breeding se.ison. the slaughter of tlie parent birds means aiso the death of the young ones, which perish slow ly, in the nests, of starvation. 0 TO CENTS PEE COPY DIE IN WRECK fatal Accident on Southern Rail way Thursday. TRAIN DERAILED Engineer W. H. Turner of Columbia and Fireman J. Y. Carlisle of Fair iield Killed in the Derailng of an Extra Freight Train Near Columbia. The derailing of an extra freight, No. 275, at Etyx, a few miles south of Columbia on the Savannah line of the Southern railway Thursday morning about 10 o'clock, caused the death of Engineer W. H. Turuer of Columbia and Fireman J. Y. Carlisle, a native of Fairlield, but a resident of Columbia, his home be ing directly opposite that of Engineer Turner on east Laurel street. Just how the derailment occurred will probably never be known, but it was thought to be due to a de fective tie or rail caused on account of the rains. The engine and about 18 cars turned over and several others left the track. Engineer Turner was fatally injured and lived but a short time and Fireman Car lisle was buried under the werckdge, his body not being taken out until several hours afterwards. As soon as the news was received in Columbia a relief train was made up and sent from Columbia to the wreck. Here passengers on train No. 134 from Augusta were transferred and the remains of Engineer Turner carried to Columbia and turned over to Undertaker VanMetre. Engineer Turner was one of the most popular men in the employ of the Southern. He is survived by a wife and four children. He was a member of the Richland lodge of Masons and of the local order of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin eers. The'funeral was held at the residence, 2315 Laurel street, at 4:30 o'clock Friday aflternon and the interment was made at Elmwood cemetery with Masonic nonors. The body of J. Y. Carlisle was taken to Winnsboro for burial. Mr. Carlisle was a member of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and well known throughout the State. His body was Duried under a mass of debris and was badly mutilated. ? It was necessary for the wrecking crew to wprk' several hours before he could be located and one of the remarkable discoveries made when his body was removed was that his watch was uninju-ed and still run ning. Almost every part of his body was covered with wreckage but his watch was uninjured. His death was instantaneous. The news of the accident spread quickly and many expressions .of sympathy were heard for the family of the railroad men who met sud den death. It is the first fatal ac cident on this division in some time. MURDERER CAUGHT. Arrested in Columbus, Ohio. Blurts Out Story. Solomon Shepherd, alias William Thomas, a negro, confessed by ac cident to the Columbus, Ohio, police that he is wanted at Durham, N. C. for murder. He is held awaiting word from Durham. Shepherd was pawning a watch when the police arrested him. He began to deny that he had "killed the man." After some questioning as to what he meant, Shepherd said he was impli cated in the killing of Enginer Holt, on the Seaboard Air Line between Winston and Durham last October He said the engineers caught him riding the 1)1 ind baggage and threw him olT, whereupon he fired at the engineer. DOUBLE TRAGEDY*. .Macon Policeman Kills a Woman and Himself. About one o'clock Thursday morn ing Officer Oscar Abel of the Macon police force shot and killed Emma Raymond, in the red-light district of Macon, Ga. Whether a quarrel ensued before the double murder o." not cannot be ascertained as tha coroner has not arrived up to a late hours. Tie vi o'e aftVr io shrouded mystery. Hie offlc-ir wai dre'swl in his uniform at the time, Ladgo and all. The woman was shot three times in the breast. Abel lived only a short time after shooting himself twice in the head. Killed by Lightning. A special from Camden to the News and Courier the 16th say?: "Belton Goff. a well known young white man, 22 years of age and un married, whose home was about seven miles from Camden, was killed by lightning. They Take a Ride. The Newberry Observer says the English sparrows have hit upon a bran new wrinkle: they perch them j selves on the hands of the city clock and take a ride. It is funny to sve them slide* off when the bauds ap proach a vertical position.