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PUBLISHED THREE TJJ BLACK GUILTY Jodie M. Rawfinson and H. Lee Solomons Declared Not Gallly. FAMOUS GRAFT TRIAL' John BUack Was Convicted on tue ? Second ! Count of Indictment, Which is a Conspiracy to Defraud and Cheat the State Oat of a large Sam of Money. The jiiry In 'the graft cases at Chester brought in the following verdict at half-past nine o'clock'Fri day .night: "Not guilty, as :to Jodie H Rawlinspn and H. Lee Solomons; guilty as to John Black on second count; hdt guilty on. first count." The State says the conviction of Black on the second count of the indictment means in a few words that be has been declared guilty of conspiring to cheat and defraud the State of South Carolina by divers false pretenses and indirect means of-large sums of money. - j The difference between the first and second counts to the ordinary mind is hard to distinguish,, the dif ference being something like this: The first count charges conspiracy to receive and accept rebates for in dividual use by hoard of directors of., the State dispensary contrary to the statues. The second count is of more gen eral, meaning, meaning "any means'' of cheating or defrauding the State, not merely the acceptance of rebates. Black was convicted ? on the second count and the penalty is left to the discretion of the court. I Black's counsel immediately, on the anouncement of the .verdict, .gave notice of a motion for a new trial, j In the meantime Black is out on. bond. ! The result of the verdict is a^j triumph for the attorney general. A ? great many expected to see a mis trial at best, while others, from the evidence presented at the trial of this case, were of th opinion that Black would be convicted. What the'i sentence will be .will depend on th? court, as the matter is. left to It.. j kfter .directingijttehtioh' to-* the j \jury to the ailegatica ?f.ihdictments, I Judge Moore, in substance, charged! .'-them--as--follows:.. .'. .' That the acceptance of a rebate, by-any one holding an office of trust and profit in the State, In addition to the compensation provided by law, Is a misdemeanor under the statute, . hut this is so only when such rebate is accepted for the individual use and benefit of such officer and not when it is accepted for and on be half of the State. A conspiracy to cheat and defraud the State, of false pretenses and indi rect means being a conspiracy to !n jure the public is a crime under .the laws of South Carolina, independent ly of any statuary provision. A con spiracy is a combination between two or more persons to do a criminal act, that is, to commit a crime, or the agreeing of two or more per sons to do by concerted action an unlawful act. To constitute a con spiracy 'there must be unity of de sign and purpose, for the common design is of the essence of the con spiracy. The mere knowledge, acquiesence, or approval of the act, without Lhe cooperati?n or agreement to cooper ate, is not enough to constitute one i a party to a conspiracy. No formal agreement, however, is necssary to constitute a conspiracy, but is is auf- j ficient if the minds of the parties meet under'standingly, so as to bring about an Intelligent and deliberate agreement of purpose between them to do the acts and commit the of fenses charged, although such agree ment or understanding is not r'in' fested by any formal words.^ The fact that the defendants did! not go upon the stand and testify in J their own behalf is not to be consid ered against them, as It Is the right! of the defendants to stand mute and j silent and reguire the State to prove | their guilt beyond a reasonablel doubt. The jury Is the sole judge of facts,! of the credibility of witnesses and of truth of any other testimony in th? case The jury is to ignore every other consideration except the duty to ren der a true verdict according to the law and the evidence, a duty of higb import to the State, a duty to be dis charged faithfully and imparUa'c and with entire disregard of extran eous matters. The burden Is on the State to establish the guilt of the de fendants beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury can convict on circumstan tial evidence. Black Given Five Years. "The sen.'ence of the court Is th-it you be confined In the State Peniten tiary fcr five years, without labor." These were the words that fell from the lips of Judge Ernest Moore Sat urday morning, at the close of his remarks addressed to John Black, who was Friday night found guiP.y on the "conspiracy" charge, after a trial lasting almost a week. The proviso, "without labor," was attached out of consideration of facts advanced, by M. P. Howell, attorney for Black, on account of ill health. Judge Moore's talk to the convict ed man was kindly and considerate, but at the same time straight and SOJS A WEEK. TILLMAN PLEASED SAYS THE PEOPLE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE IT LAST TIME. Thinks It Is More Than a Step at Teddy, Whose Pernicious Activi ties Didn't Have the Right Effect. The Chronicle says Senator Benja min Tillman, of South Carolina, was in Augusta Friday on. business, andi; while there he talked with a representative of The Chronicle on the recent Democratic, victory. The senator Was particularly mild, in -speaking of Theodore Roosevelt, whom he, has dubbed "the greatest fakir on earth," but the very quiet ness-of his voice lent :. additional scorn and contempt for the ex-presi dent Senator Tillman was asked for an expression of the Democratic victory, and what ? he thought of "the slap in the face to Mr. Roosevelt" "It was more than a slap in the face," said the senator. "The re cent victory of the Democratic par ty is evidence of returning sense on the part of the people, in a realiza tion of that change particularly needed now, if we expect a good government, and God knows it's bad enough. The corruptions that are entering into it now ought to make a good patriot tired. "As to the causes of the election. The tariff had something to do with it. The pernicious activities of T. R. didn't have the effect he desired, but just the revrse. The tariff, of course, cut some figure, as shown by the election, of Foss lu Massachusetts and the congressman in Buffalo, where they turned Republican strongholds upside down and walked off wltn 'em. "But the new grace of rommon i sense is the essential factor In the success,, and the pdople ought to have done this m the last election. But, like ail the rest of us, their hind sight is better than their fore [sight." Senator Tillman seemed delighted at the outcome of the election, and frequently chuckled to himself, probably at some memory stirred by present events. The senator seems much stronger after his recent ill ness. Senator Tillman left Friday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock for his home, in Edgefield, S. C. * RAILROADS HELD RESPONSIBLE. 'Liable for Damages When Locomo tives Cause Fires. That it is an error to grant a non suit on the ground that there was no evidence of negligence, when , the testimony tended to show that dam age was caused to property by sparks from a locomotive, 13 the substance of a decision handed down Friday, by Justice D. E. Hydrick, of the State Supreme Court, In reversing1 the decision of J. M. Birt, against the Southern Railway Company. Justice Hydrick points out that prima facie presumption is that there was negligence, whence the burden is placed upon the railroad company to show that the engine was con structed, equipped and managed with due care. This decision, which came up on a case in which a non-suit had been ordered, is of much importance 'n causes arising out of damage to proyerty from sparks from locomo tives. It is also pointed out by Mr. Hy drick that a complaint setting out negligence may be amended, during! trial, to come under Section 2.135, of the code, which make railroads liable for damaes for fire from en gines (except in cases specified! without regard to negligence. * 1 WHAT DID HE SAY? Roosevelt's After Election Remarks Are Not Known. The New York Evening Hail on the morning after the election re corded this incident: A telephone rang in the Associat ed Press office last night about 8.'JO o'clock. A woman's voice at the other end of the wire said: "This is the Outlook Office. Wlil you please tell us how the election is going?" "Foss has carried Massachusetts," was the reply. "Connecticut and New Jersey also have zone Demo cratic. Harmon has been elected in Ohio and Dix has carried New York by about 60,000 plurality." There was a moment's pause, and then, from the feminine voice: 1 "My God! What will the Colonel! say?" ' I from the shoulder. He denounced j the pillaging of the State, of which - Black had been declared guilty, and ] said he would not impose a fine or; give even the alternative of a fine, as, according to his way of thinking, the crime of which Black had been convicted could not be properly aton-1 ed fnr in that way. Black stood the trying ordeal without twitching. At the conclusion of Judge Moore's remarks the prisoner took his seat, and his attorney, Mr. Howell. served notice on the court of an appeal to the Supreme Court. Attorney General Lyon consented to a bond of $10.000, which was im mediately furnished by brothers of the prisoner and C. D. May, both of Walterboro. OBANGEBUBG, THEY NEVER TALK THE TRAPPIST MONKS LIVE JSj ABSOLUTE SILENCE. Devote Six Hours to Prayer and De votion, Ten Hours to Work and Eat One Meal a Day. The expulsion of the religious or ders from Portugal and their Immi nent expuls'on from Spain will drive many monks and nun? to this coun try where they will seek refuge in the various monasteries and con vents In the United States. The ex pulsion of the religious orders from France, years ago, led to the found ing of the first places of refuge in this country, and. among these wa* the Monastery of Gethsemane, the Order of the Silent Brotherhood, 12 miles from Bradstown, Ky. It was established in 1848 and is to this day one of the most visited religious resorts on the continent. The only other monastery of the kind in America is at Oca, a few miles from Montreal, Canada. The Trappist order was founded in the Twelfth century and is to-day the least known of the religious or ders of America, possibly because few people would care to enter the ranks of the order and subscribe to their rules. A Trappist never speaks. He is under a vow of abso lute silence. He never reads any thing but the books in the library at the monastery. It is doubful if any one of the 90 odd men in the Ken tucky monastery knows who .Is the President of the United States or the governor of Kentucky. Forgot ten by the world, they theoselves forget the world. They eat no meat, fish or eggs at any time and drink no wine. One meal a day must satisfy their hun ger and that consists of vegetable soup, boiled bread and rice. They pray six hours a day, the first ses sion being at 2 a. m. They arise at 4 a. m., summer and winter, and work ten hours out of every 24. They retire at sundown and sleep on a plank with a hard pillow. Such are some of the many rules of the order, all of which tend to place the physical in the back-ground to enable the monks to develop the spiritual side of their being. To enter the Trappist monastery Is tojtake a step backward 1,000 years for the spade and the hoe and the scythe and the cradle are still used in. tilling the soil which is rich and productive. But the Trappists are good farmers and the products from their dairy are much sought on Southern markets. Under vows of perpetual silence, extreme poverty, charity, separation, patience and sub mission some of the noblemen of Eu rope are living as monks with the Trappists in Kentucky and it is safe ly predicted that if events take more unfavorable turns against religious orders in Europe hundreds of devoid men and women will seek refuge in America where there is real free dom for all sorts and conditions of men to worship as they will. r' CLEARED FOR ACTION. United States Gunboat Threatens to Shell the Rebels. United States gunboat Princeton, at anchor off Amapala, Honduras, was cleared for action and General Jose Valladares, leader of the revol; against the Davil.a government, not ified by Commander Hayes that iS foreigners were . molested the gov ernor's residence would be shot full of holes. The dispatch adds that chao. reigns throughout the western poi tion of Hen??and inflammatory manifestos inciting the people to re bellion against President Davila a-i being circulated. Manuel Bonilla, former president, whose recent revolutionary was nip ped in the bud, is being urged to take advantage of the present situa tion and gather his forces for a march against Tegucigalpa. Bonilla is now in Guatemala. * IF CAUGHT, PERHAPS LYNCHING. Citizen's Posse Search for Robbery Of Woman. A posse of cltizers from Mounds, 111., are in pursuit of a negro in the woods, as the result of an alleged robbery of a woman there Friday. It is feared a lynching may follow 'f the negro is caught, and the conuty authorities are taking measures to prevent such an event. Mrs. Robe'1. Camp was robbed of her purse as she stepped off a train in that village Friday afternoon, by a. negio, who ran. The woman immediately gav? the alarm and the marshal and citi zens organ'zed and started after the fugitive, who went in the direction of .Mound City and the National Cemetery. 4 Remarkable Prisoner. At New York Joseph Jones, under arrest charged with picking pockets, is rated by the detective bureau as one of the most remarkable pris oners coming into their custody. Jones is ST years old, blind and al most deaf. He is bald, toothless and lame, yet the police allege de spite these handicaps, he is one^ of the most expert pickpockets I "hjj country. ^ S. C, TUESDAY, ?TOVEJ _ i_ STRUCK BY ENGINE SIX PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND TWENTY-SEC INJURED. Engine Hits Front of Street Cor, Tearing it to Splinters, Killing and Mangling Occupants. Six persons are dead and 26 in jured, four of whom it is thought will die, as the result of the running down of a street car in. the city of Kalamozoo, Mich., Sunday night by a fast west bound .express train on the Michigan Central railroad. All of the dead and injured were pas sengers on the street car. That a single passenger escaped death is remarkable. The- train was running into the city at a high rate of speed, it is said, and just as it rounded the curve where Is located the east Main street crossing, it crashed into the street car. Conductor Van Horn of the street car, was. standing between the Mich igan Cknitral doubled tracks. He had signalled his car ahead. Van Horn claims he did not see the on comiing train or hear it until it was directly upon him. It was then too late to stop his car. The train hit the front end of the car, tearilng it into fragments. Mangled passengers were carried on the front of the engine for nearly a block before the train was brought to a stop. Motorman Abbott, with both legs cut off, was pulled from under the engine unconscious. ? ' Tbe passen gers were caught in the car and were burned and shocked from an electric current that was continuously run ning through the metalic parts of the i car until the trolley was removed. -Mis3 Elvira Craig was frightfully burned. Her back was a mass of charred flesh. Her clothing caught Are and for nearly a minute she lay in the street, a blazing object, be fore her condition was disco?'tred.\ Shortly after her removal to .h ? hos pital she died. Cora Frentheway, sixteen years of age, lay all night beside the Mlchgan Cenral track unconscious from ter rible Injuries. She was removed to her home and may die. * COLORED FOLKS THANKFUL For the Great Democratic Victory of Tuesday Week. Rev, L E. Lowery, a highly re spected colored minister of tae gos pel, in a letter to the Record abou: the ? colored State Fair, relates th'a significant incident: "There is a little incident that took place under the tent on Assem bly street on Tuesday night, which 1 think is worthy of mention. .Near the close of the meeting the R?v. Coving ton, a presiding elder of the A. M. E. church, and who lives in Columbia, walked up to the stand and whispered to Rev. Carrol that he was just from the bulletin board in front of The iState office and the dispatches all said that the whoU country had gone Democratic. Rev. Carroll hollowed to the people. "Let nobody leave until we close; I wane to tell you how the election has gone, for the Democrats have given Mr. Taft the devil to-day." This an nouncement had a wonderful efiaci upon the audience, and everybody sat down to await the announce ment. When they had finished aii the'r business, Rev. Carroll called on Rev. Covington to make the an nouncement. Rev Covlngton said: "Friends, I am just from the bulle tin hoard and the dispatches say that New York, New Jersey, Massa chusetts and Ohio all have gone Democratic." Rev. Carroll respond ed: "I am glad of it." Rev. E. D. White cried out: "Thank God." Another brother shouted at the top of his voice: "That will bring bread and meat down." At this latter ex pression the whole audience of ne groes seemed to have been thrilled through and through with yoy." * SHOWS UP MONTH LATE Lumber Luden Schooner Delayed by Recent Hurricane. Nearly a roon'th overdue, the schooner Inez Carver, badly batter ed, arrived at Baltimore, Md., Fri day with a cargo of lumber from Mobile. Their experience, according to Capt. Dow, was one of the most thrilling that the crew has ever had. The schooner was in the midst of the West Indian hurrirane of a few weeks ago. The Carver sailed on September 30 from Mobile, a trip which ordinarily takes from twelve to fifteen days. She encounterer the storm off the Florida Keys and put off to mid-ocean to escape going ashore. * Consulate Wrecked? According: to private telegrams the American consulate at. Ciud'nl Porftrio Diaz. State of Coahllln, and just across the border from Eagl3 Pass. Texas, was wrecked by a mob of Mexicans Friday night. The messages stated that no one was in jured. * Carbide Exploded. Dr. Henry C. McFall. of .Anderson county, while charging his lighting plant with carbide, was seriously burned about the face and hands on Sunday, the chemical exploding. The cause of the explosion is unknown. MBEfi 15 1910. SMITH ON COTTON URGES THE FARMERS TO HOLD THEIR NERVE STEADY. He Advises them to Look to their Own. Interests and Let the Manu facturer Loojc After His. Senator E. D. Smith Friday gave out the following statement with ref erence to the cotton crop: The usual efforts are being made to depress the price of cotton. Th9 same old arguments, the same old song. It Is a commentary either on the presumtion of those who would de press the market or on the Ignorance of those who have the cotton to sell. I am convinced -that it is the former, for the farmers have at last arriv ed at that stage of knowledge, in reference to their business, where the ridiculous and foolish arguments of the bears no longer affect them. In a word,, those manufactures and buy ers who hope by any specious, argu ments to so affect the market as to get cheaper cotton had as well disa buse their minds of any such fond hope. The farmers 0/ the South who pro duce the cotton know as well or bet ter the conditions than those so-call ed manipulators of the market. They are thoroughly aware that the nar mal consumption of American cotton by the world is approximately 14, 000,000 bales. That last year they only made, above 10,000,000 bales, ieaving a deficit of 3 1-2 to 4,000, 000 bales; that stocks are exhausted; that the manufacturing world begins the 1909-1910 with no supplies to draw upon from the 1909-10 crop. They know that this crop cannot exceed 11,500,000 bales maximum, making a deficit in this crop from the normal demand of about 2,500,000 bales, an aggregate shortage in the years; of approximately 5,000,000 bales of cotton. They know that mil lions of dollars are invested in the mills which must spin and weave cotton or lose their dividends. They know that the world has no substitute for cotton and that sooner or later they must have it. They know that the price obtained in the last few years has placed them in a position where to own the cotton, rather than the merchant who fur nishes them the supplies to make it. They knew the "tricks of the trade" at last and have learned a few things themselves. This crop was unusually late; the frost comparatively unusually early; the price unusually high dur short so that this present picking will rapid ginning of the crop. The last short so that this present picking will mean the end of the crop of 1910 1911. It matters not in any event, what the ultimate yield of 1910-11 may 'be, if the farmers of the South?in their present prosperous condition ? will but use discretion and common sense in the disposition of this crop tliey can absolutely dictate the price' to the consuming world. In conclusion I wish to say to all farmers: You have absolutely nothing to do with the price of the manufactured article. Let the man ufacturer look after his business and attend to his profits; you look after your business and attend to your pro fits. EXPLODING GAS KILLS FIVE. Eighteen Others Injured in Illinois Mine Accident. Five men are dead and eighteen Injured as the result of an explosion Saturday in a coal rine at Panama, 111. For men were killed outrignt and the fifth died from injuries lat er. Rassel Romanio, a miner, is stlu In the shaft. Gas, wiJch had accumulated over night is a pocket several hundred feet from the mouth of the shaft, ex ploded, tearing out the timbers and shaking the earth for miles around. No serious fire followed. The men who escaped were injured by falling slate and flames from the explo sion. 1 ?About 300 men were working in and around the mine at the time, most of them on the outside ran away from the danger. Fifty man in the entry of the shaft were rescu ed by the other miners. ? Seven Houses Burned. Fire Thursday afternoon destroy ed seven dwelling houses at Golds boro, N. C. Inhabitants of the burnt houses were heavy losers, as the flames spread so rapidly, and tiie heat was so intense that it was with great difficulty that they succeeded I in saving what few articles they did save. * Fine Wheat Crop. The wheat crop for Sou Lb Caro lina for the year 1910 has broken all records in this stale. The figures on the crop were given ou; Wednes day by Commissioner Watson. Dur-j ing 1910, the wheat chop crop was 4,756.000 .bushels, while for 1 909' the umnber of bushels was 3,810,-1 000. * A Small Margin. Tho official count of the 12tnj Pennsylvania district sho.vs thai.' Robert E. Lee, Democrat, is elected , over Robert Heuten by 49 vot^s. j Fely. Socialist, polled 4,707 votes in ! the district. * ENTERS NEW STATION THE ATLANTIC COAST LIN 8 MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT That All Their New York Trains Will Enter the New Pennsylvania Railroad Station in That City. The Atfantic Coast Line makes an announcement that all their New York trains .will enter the new Pennsylvania .Railroad Station Sef enth avenue and thirty-second street, New York, on and after November 27th, and that the WeBt twenty third street ferry and the Brooklyn annex ferry will be dicontinued on and after that date. .The "Florida and West Indian Limited" Will leave from the new station at 10:16 a. m. and arrive 2:15 p. m. The "Palmetto Limited" will leave at 3:38 p. m. and arrive 1:50 p. m. and the "Coast Line Flor ida Mail" will leave at 9:30 p. m. and arrive 5:59 a. m. Upon the inauguration of the "New York and Florida Special" January 9th, that "?.rain will leave New York 1.26 p. m., and arrive 4:06 p. m. It will be seen from the foregoing that passengers will have consider able advantages not only from the convenience of reaching the station, which is certainly located and adja cent to street car lines, extending to all parts of the city, but in a later departure and an earlier arrival m the city. The travel on the down town sec tion will be provided for by trains from the Manhatten Transfer Sta tion, located near Harrison, N. J., and at which all through trains from <the South will stop. They will be taken to the passenger station in Jersey City and can reach the lower Manhattan by the Hudson and Tubes or by ferry to Cortlandt, ol Desbros8es streets which service will be continued. Passengers^ to and from Brooklyn will transfer in Pennsylcania sta tion, to and from Flathush avenue Brooklyn, via the Tubes under the East River thereby saving much time and annoyance. Under the new arrangement, effective Novem ber 27th, all Pullman cars operated to and from New York over the Atlantic Coast Line will be electric lighted equipped with electric fans. The location of the station appeals directly to the hotel guests, the shop per, the amusement eeeker, the busi ness man,, the .professional man . and every class of travel to and fron? New York, over the Atlantic Coasi Line, as the new station is in th" very heart of the hotel district on'y one block from Broadway, twe blodks from Fifth avenue, and oue block from the centre of the reta'i goods se:tion, which is supposed to be the busiest part of New Yrok. * WOULD HOLD UP OIL KING. Young Hungarian Writes Threaten ing Letters. Charged with writing threatening letters to John D. Rockfellsr , de manding $50,000, Peter Lillijohn, a Hungarian, 23 years of age, is held at police headquarters in New York. Hugo Kardoc.who accused Lillijohn of sending the letter to h' '. he forwarded to Mr. Rockfeller, made the complaint which caused the young Hungarian's arrest. Kardoff told detectives he received three let ters from L'll.'john Friday afrcruuor.. One written, in Hungarian, was ad dressed to the Standard Oil chief, and contained the demand for ?50, 000. The others were addressed to Kardoff and directed him 'to trans late and forward the message to Mr. Rockfeller , under threat of death. . * FIRE IT CO.? VI CT CAM!' One of the Guards Was Burned to Death in Camp. At the Gaston county cor. vi; t camp, 4 miles west of Bessimer City, N. C, at noon Tuesday, *he Camp with all its contents was destroyed by fire. Dennis Harrelson, o night guard, of Cherryville, who was sleep ing In the building, was burned to death. Mr. Harrelson 's a son of S. S. Harrelson and had been at the camp three weeks. He was pop ular with all. The entire force was away from the camp, building road, except one or two trusties, who were unable to rescue Harrelson. * -; Another Auto Victim. At Savannah the first .'a: ii en the grand prize race course occurr ed when a Sharp Arrow overturn ed, instantly killing Albert Fuchs, the mechanician and badly injuring \Y,m. H. Sharp, designer of the car and injuring Win. H. Priger, regu lar driver of the car on Thursday. ? Burns in Jail, A while farmer named Wilbur, liv ing near Townvilie, in Anderson county, was arrested Saturday nisht for some minor misdomanor and placed in the lockup. Sometime dur ing the night he set fire to the build ing, which burned to the ground, cremating its coltfary occupant. Killed by Train. With his foot caught in a frog ou the track and unable to extricate himself, fieorge H. Hart, aged 50, of Peabody, Mass., stood and watcn ed a freiiht train as it bore down on him. He was instantly killed. * WO CENTS PEB COPY AWFUL CRIME Some Vile Brutish Fiend Assaults ana* Marders a Little Child. FOUGHT DESPERATELY The Maltreated Body of a Ten Tear Old Girl, Missing Since Wednes day, Discovered in New Jersey Woods on Last Sunday Afternoon by Chance. The horribly maltreated body of little Marie Smith, a school girl ot ten years, who had been missing since Wednesday lastj was found at dust Sunday in a clump of wood's not far from her home, at Asbury Park, N. J. iSome Instinct seemed, to warn ,her mother of how the search had end ed, for, although an effort was made to shield her from the truth, she rushed from the house and looked into the full horror of the fact be fore she could be withheld. IHalf fainting, half in convulsions, she was carried into the house, and there Is grave fears that she will die and with her the life she was soon to have brought into the world. Chance discovered the body as chance had hidden it. There seem ed to have been no effort a' mceai raent. The wind bad strewn falien leaves upon the body and their color so matched the brown of the child's dress and her brown hair, that ,as she lay face downward she was near ly indistinguishable from her shroud. Searchers had passed again and again within twenty feet of her in full daylight, during the past jeverai dajB, and It was only a random glance, shrewder than the rest, that happened to rest on her with discern ing vision. Thomas Williams, known in tie neighborhood as Black Diamond, a negro wood chopper,, employed by the. girl's aunt, had been missing since the same day on which Marie disap peared. A warrant was issued for him and an alarm Cor his capture sent out broadcast throughout the country. His axe was found near the body. ..... It did not require , an autopsy to show criminal assault. The child was . small for her years, and not strong; but she had fouyht to utter ex but she had fought .to utter ex haustion. The broken (sticks and trampled ground around her showed that, as did her injuries. Her gray skating cap and the blue bibbon she wore in her hair had been tied tight about her throat, but she had also been beaten on the forehead with some blunt Instrument and the leases urder her face were frozen together with her blood. ' In the struggle she had been grasp ed by the hand with such force that a gold ring she wore had been flat tened into the flesh. Her arms were badly scratched and there was a wound in the cartilage of her nnae, which surgeons say must have been caused by human teeth, shut down on it to cut off her breath. Marie Smith was last seen at, 11 o'clock Wednesday morning on her way to school, two blocks from he" home. The spot where h,er body w>s found is off her path and either she must have been enticed into the wocds, or picked up and carried bod ily. As a remit of the arrest warning sent out Williams was arrested in his room. The police went there to search for evidence and found '.heir man in-rtoad. Williams admitted that he had not left the room since last Thursday, and the appearance of t?e room bore him out. His suspenders were stained with what looked like blood, and a towel was found, on which bloody bands seemed to have been wiped. When placed under arrest the ne gro was in pitiable terror, and would ne'ther. admit nor deny the crime with which he is charged. He was taken quietly to jail, and there was no attempt at lynchin?, though sen timent ran high against him. Takes Dose of Potso.n T. Butler Ferguson, a well known citizen of Laurens county, living be iween Clinton and Renno, took an overdose of strychnine which brought on death. Mr. Ferguson has been in bad health for a long time and had been accustomed to taking strychnine tablets for some affection of the heart to which ho was sub ject. ?? Caught in Fire Trap. 'At. New York two persons were killed and four injured Friday in a fire which destroyed two upper floors in the Rosalind apartments. Win. fl. A'bott, a real estate operator, forty-live years old jumped from a fifth floor window to his death. Mrs. A!>ntt was burned to death. Others trying to flee from the flauios .snffer ed injuries. ? Fatal Mistake. At Anniston, Ala., Grady Garrett, aced 10, was burned to death on a slag pile near one of the Urge for neces there Saturday night. He was a watchman for the Louisville and Nashville railroad and it is believed that when he sought a warm place to sleep he was asphyxiated. His, body was burned nearly to a crisp.