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I I OLXf.bO 2N WER .OF[DY R 510.T ICEAWE.$.0AYA TEACHER'S ASSAILANT CAUGHT D Negro Accused of Attacking Miss Pittman Arrested-Traced by Bloodhound.-Negro Did not L Succeed in his At- - tempt. ke News and Courier. Marion, March 12.-The negro, Nathan M-eLean, who attempted to assault Miss Estelle Pittman, the niuic teacher of Oak Grove School, ini upper Marion county, yesteiday i- afternoon, was capt-ured at Dillon at r- a very early hour this morning. r- Tliere seem-s to be very little doubt 1- that he is the guilty one. Circum is stances were strongly against him, Le and, while lie did not admit his guilt, i lie is said to have made statements wliich were very incriminating. Wlhen first arrested lie was lodged in the Dillon guard house, but was soon taken out by Chief of Police Gilmore Smith and Deputy Wiggins and hur it ried out of town, ostensibly to be broughIt to Marion jail, but inistead lie was taken to the namer station, a .e distance of six miles, where they ;s boarded a train for Fayetteville, N. C., and here lodged him in jail. News of the crime (lid not reach 1Marion until a very late hour yester day afternoon. It is understbod that it it was itot reported earlier to the y sheriff, for the reason that it was thionglit that the criminal would be caught during the afternoon, and there would be an opportunity to t lynich him without being molested by r the sheriff. Just across from this store, kept by It a Mr. Parper, stands the Oak Grove e Sclool house, where a flourishing ,e school is taught, with Miss Leila Ber I Y as principal. and in which Miss Pittman is the teacher of music. The %1urroun101111ding country is very thickly populated, and there is very little wooded land. It is natural, therefore, to slppose that when this girl of IS left the school room for her boarding n place at Mr. Levi wlittiigtoni's, sie diJ so withiout the least apprehension of possible danger awaiting her. Story of the Crime. f The -tory of the crime as leypned d from a prominen.t citizen and friend I- of the young lady, wlo had just talk n1 ed with her, was that she left the 3- school room at about 3 o'clock, her dities as music teacler having been n finisled; tha-t she was alone, walk n ing along slowly, reading a book. Is While passing through a wooded see it tion of the road, about a quarter of a t. mile from the school house, she noti o ced a negro man in .the woods, go inlg in the same direction as herself, but approaching the road gradually. She said that at first. she paid no at h tention, but soon became somewhat e alarmed, but, thitnking that there a was o one nearl enough to hear her if she made an outdry, she determined to put on a brave front and walked a little faster. She reali.ed that it was useless to tiry to) escape by rining, anid hoped ~until the negro w~as within a few feet of hetr that lie would pass by, wh'len, Ywithbout saying a word, lhe sprang, r~asing4 her by the throat with one hand and arounid the waist with the (1 oI.her. 0Resisted the Attack. Hf1-ere is whtere her wonderful cour eage and determiniation to fight to the e last stood her in good stead. Al.though d she could not scream, she could use both hands, and this she did to good purpose. The struggle did not last long, butt it seemed1 an age to her be Sfore for. some reason lie seemed to e become alarmed anid loosened his grip), when she ran with all hen might towardl her boarding house, whtichi was three-quarters of a mile distant. o Before reaching there she ,was thorough..ly exbausted, but bravely hedout until she reached the' house, and( told of her terrible experience. Two men were ploughing in thoefield I nearby and had just beetn passed b)y Miss Pittmani before Alto was attack edj0(. They had seen the young lady coming down the road, and had also setn the negro, but thought of no dani .ser, and when the attack was made they \were at the other end of the il.Three Suspects Arrested, SjThe search was thorough during th9 afternoon. every mul,to in the ATSON LEAVES . WELL SATISFIE EW IMMIGRATION LAW WII NOT HAMPER HIS WORK. thers Not so Well Pleased--Son Southerners, However, Express Deep Regret at Passage of New Law. Washington Cor. The State. olConimissioi Watson went to El frope fully satisfied after the confe ence with the president and the atto ney general' that the new immigr, tion law would not interfere with ht )efforts to bring in immigrants, as I lad been doing or at least very imu after that fashion. Ex-Gov. Heyward went home lik wise satisfied, and those who were eonference with some of the big a ministration iuck-a-mucks last nigi xpresed themselves as satisfied. But some of the Southern repre )entatiies at that conference who a: till in Washington today expire deep regret that the law was passe declaring that it cannot but interefi with the immigration movement if ti construction is put on it which mu; be put upon it if words mean whi they say. There is, moreover, a vei distinct feeling of disaproval of tl course of those Southern senato who voted for the bill under the a .surance from the White -House thi the law would madke no change so ft as the Southern immigration mov ment was concerned. They say thu the senators should have read ti law for themselves and not hai trusted to Taft and Root and su( fellow-s to read it for them. Zach MeGhee. DEPOT AT DYSON. 'People Very Much In Earnest ] Their Request--Hearing Wednesday. The people in the community yson, a station on the Columbia an Greenville railroad just on the Greet wood side of Saluda river, have bec endeavoring for quite a while to s, ure depot facilities at that point. %vmetime ago they sent a petitic to the'superintendent of this divisic signed by quite a number of citizei in the vicinity of Dyson, asking t depot be given ttem at (ihat poin A copy of the petition was filed alh with the railroad commissioners. At the si-gestion ~of Superinten< ent R. E. Simpson a conference wf held at Dyshn on Wednesday, at whi( were present the railroad omcials, ti: railroad commissioners and quite nu111mber of citizens who were anxiol for better depot facilities. Tn fa at present they have no depot facil I'ties at all. Ofcourse there is not mutch pro: -ctof any town beimut built at D: son: butt there is a lar2'e territoi reaehing (lown into Saluda count: roa sttio thn ay oherPoint an it i moe cnveien toreach. TI -eeks to cross, and they are cut ol rom Chpel ytervrand th pvore present at this conference urge veryv ear nestly upon the railroad at Ihor ities to grant their request. The r ailroad nowv has p)assengt eckets on sale a.t this point, and thi qumber of tickets sold during tl Year 1906 amounted to between set ntty-'fiWi and one hundred dollat per mont>h. In addition to thtat, ~'at deal of fertilizer iq shippedt qpoint, anid at present a greg al .of wood -is being shipped awa 4.consideraNbl amoutnt of lumbel r'1ime were a depot, thte busine.s be much larger; because thi st,ores, whiich are more cor Sto Dyson titan any othe ionild htave thteir goods shmi1 tore, tnstead of to Ninety Si o ~rod. ,ommisnionters promised t I41e 'matter up at their meetin, 4 and it wvill be kaown in Sca what setion was taken. aeighborhood at all answering to the' lescriptiop she gave was called upon to give an account of their where %bouts. Before night three had been arrested upon susicioii and taken be fore her for identitifeation, but in Rael instance she was positive they were not the guilty ones. Durinz the afternoon Miss Pittman had .tuffered a great deal from the 0f.fets of the fri -lt and from ex haustion from her run for life, and was extremely nervous, but in the 3vening she was very nuih better and ha(d practically regained her compos atre by the hour for retiring. Two negroes were under suspicion, )lie a former resident of the comnimun-. ily, who had mnoved below Sellers, and lie other the negro who attemted to take the train at Latta. A )ary head Dd by Deputy Sheriff Dozier went for the negro below Sellers and found him, but he easily established InnOcence. Dog's Scent was True. Ieanlwlhile the efforts to secure bloodhounds were meeting With sue ess. A sl)ecial train from Chad I)ourne wa.z briniging the chief of police of that town and one blood bound. It was abqut daylight when the dog was put on the trail, which lie followed by way of Mallory to Lat tn, where lie went over the course taken. by the negro wlio atteml)ted to take the north-bound train there the night before. Without a break he kept the trail to Dillion following it to the door of the guard house from wlhielh the prisoner had just been re moved. The negro is said to be half-witted rellow and his home was, it is report Rd, here, on the plantation of Mr. Adolphus Stackliouesc, near Dillon. The case has been a sensation in Uarion and all over the county for the past twenty-four hours. There were at least a lialf-dozen lynching parties in search of the nezro as soon ils it was learned that lie had been !al)tured and taken from Dillon. No Danger Now of Lynching. -The sheriff at Fayetteville inquired 'y telephone this afternoon if there 6vas any truth in the rumor in cireula ion there that a mob would go from this county to take the prisoner from im, but was assured that there was miothing in it, that the excitement comcd to have passed away. It is iot known when the prisoner will be roug-ht to Marion or if lie will be irst taken to Oak G'rove to be identi ied. Miss Pittman is the daughter of Iie late Dr. Pittman, of Rowland, N-. i., where her mother still resides. THE CHASE IS ABANDONED gegro in North Carolina Believed to be Party,Wanted in Marion County. Latta, Marcli 13.-Believing that lie negro McCleary, now in the \Torthm Car'olina pentitentiary at R~alei<rh, is the fiend who at tempted im itssault upon a young lady in thmis youtyt., the chase for suspects in these p)arts wvas called off this af ernoon. Three negroes have been tak an before the young lady, but she ailed to identify them. Miss Pit tman left for her home ecar Rowland, N. C., this evening. 'ur'thier than being frightened she was iot harmed by the wvould-be assail mt. Wm CLEARY CONFESSES TO ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. Wegro Brought to Penitentiary From Raleigh Admits Crime in Ma rion County. rihe State, 14th. Naihan McCleary was lodged in the sout h Carolina peiititentiary this norninig at 2.30 o'clock, having beeni >roughit here from Raleigh on the out hern train by Special Deputy A. I. Wiggins .of Dillon, by order of lov. Ansel. He will remain here for afekeepinig. McCleary made a confession to bir. A. J1. Betheca, the governor's piri ate secretary, at the penitentiary of laying attempted the assault upon hfiss Pittman, the Marion county chiool teacher. HIe talks of implicat - ig othEr din"kies in ime c,-ime. DID HE HELP TO KIT. GREEN? Man Arrested at Union Suspected of Knowing Something of the Co lumbia Double Homicide. News anuId coiier. Unlionl, Marchl 13.-A wItenan, giving his name its R. W. Walton, of Blythledale, Missouri, was arrest ed by tlit police of this city last, niight Oil suspi(-ionI of being connected with tile mui-er o' C. B. Gireenl, the mer chant whIo was killed in Columbia a few days ago. Deputy Sheriff Carr came up f'rom Columbia this morning and carried the man back to that city on the mida(ly train. Prior to his arrest it is said that Walton gave various accounts of his place of' birth, saying among other things tlit he was born in Australia and had w%orked on the Panama Can al. To the chief of police after his arrest, lie stated lie was from Missou ri and that lie had been at work in South iFlorida and was on his way home, mail that lie reached Columbia trom Savannahi last Sunday night, leaving that place on foot early Sun day morning. Waltoi said today that lie arrived in Colhunhia at 5 a. i. Sunday and left an hotr later. Hlis accounts of himself (41::t Iadiet thlemselves in oth er ways. and, taken with his appear ance, whit-li tallies with the descrip tio~n of t:e men thought to have been ani accessory to the murder of Mr, Green, makes him out a decidedly suspicious character. Chief of Police Long talked with Coroner Walker, of fichland, last night, and the latter asked that Wallon be held for the dieputy >hieriff, an(. as strated, he was taken to Columbia today. To Reopen the Inquest. Columbia. March 13.-A man whc gives th'e name of R. M. Walton and wihlo says his home is in Missouri, ,is in tlie ichland jail. pelldin: further i\vesti.-ation into the donble homi (ide at Shandon last Saturday night. On tle strength of his arrest an. inforIiation obtained sinlce Suiiday Coroner Walker will reopen the in quest iito the dealIi of Charlie B. Green and Edgar Marslial, and it is likely- that the hearing of testimony will he resumed I o-mnorrow night. Waloion was in Union wlien his talk aroused suspicion and, upon infor mation sent from that city, the cor oner wore out a warrant, which was placed in the hands of Sheriff Cole man and Deputy Johin Carr went up to Illion this mornin" returning in tle afternoon with the man who had been arrested by the Union police. The coroner interviewed him in the jail and the statements made by Wal ton do not allay suspicion. He states fhat hv 'came lere from Savannalh Satuirday and spent Saturday night here, -oing up the railroad to Alston on foot Sunday morning. He at first denied ever having been in jail be tore. hut owned up later to ,revious acqiuaintanceeship with the bars. Ii is likely thuat persons who saw yoiun.' MIarshuall Sat urday nighit be fore thle attempt to robil ( ireen will 1)e ivenm a look at Walton and1( t hey can say whether or not he was Ithe pers5on seenu ini company with Marshall that nilht. ('oroner 'Walker is being huig~hly comm1ilendedl for thle work lie is dloinig in this case and, while many (do not believe there was another man con eernedl in the robbery and murder, his etforts to followv every clue that minght bring results will comand ap proval. Hie has done his full dulty dlespite c* ircumst ances thati mighi dis may a less 'oniscienionii's i 'ticial. Thie cor'one'r will ciedeavou' to gtt Solic'it or Timmermani here for' thle in riuuest t o-mY0iioro nigh t. J1. Hi. SPO)NSORJ AND MAIDS ELIMIN NATED. Gen. Lee Announces That He Will Make no Appointments. JIacks<'on, Miss., March 1ll.-G0en. St ephen 1). Lee, commiander-in-('hief of the UTnited Confederate Veterans, hias annmionnieed t.hat lie will not ap poi nt a sponsor and maids of huoinour for Ite reunion to lie hlcd at Rich mnond1 next June. This deter'mination1 is iir accordance with the wish of the United Daughters of the Confed wracy, as expr'essed at their last gen ral conventions IMMIGRATION WORK WILL NOT BE HAMPERED. Until July, at Least, Aliens May En ter This Country-Bonaparte to Prepare Another Opinion. Washington, March 13.-Iiforina tion received today renders it clear dlat (lie imnmigration authorities, as one result of the several conferences recently held in which ilithe president. Secretary Struas, Atorney General lBollaparte, Commissioner of Imi gratiou Sargent and prominent men of the South have participated, will interpret flie existing immigration law as it was interpreted in the South Carolina case. The attorney general has held that the immigrants landed at, Charleston, S. C., last November are legally in this country. They were induced to come to America by nathorized agents of (lie State of South Carolina anld tle passage imon cy of some. at least, of them was paid by the state, and of otihers by contri bu1tions by citizens. Several other Southern states have deeided to seek immigration along the same lines as were followed by Souti Carolina amd it is understood they, will not be intereferred with in the earrViIg out of, their plais, prior )o thle 1st of niext 1uily, oin wlich (late the act of Feb. 20. 1907. will be come effective. In others words, such immi-raits as present tlemselves to the ports of this couitry before July 1, next, 1under conditdions the same-as surrouided those who a.riv-ed at Charleston, S. C.. last November will be permitted to land. Meanwhile Attorney General Bonn parte will examine carefuily the new immigration law and will prepare an intei pretation of it for the guidance of the administration and of tlie southern states. It is quite certain Ihat the states, under the new law, will be permitted to advertise the advatitages to immigrants of locating withliin tleir borders, but wh-Ietlier tle state a1u1thoritie are bo I)e ermilitted to go to the extent of furniishilng im migi ants with transportation to this couni-try is vet. problemiatical. It is the opinion of Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte (hat they wvill be per initted to. dp so, but lie expects fur ther to examine tle law in tlie light of tle decisions of tle courts, anld ren der. to the president a formal opinion on the subject before the law shall become effective. Important Trade Mark Decision. Lynchburg, Va, Feb 14th, 1907-A decision of importance to all manufac turers of trade mark goods has been awarded by Judge Prit eid in the United States Circuit Cour1, of this district. The question involved! was whether the Allen ' Brotlhers Tobacco Co.. of Iyielhbuirl., Va., has t(le legal right. to use on its ''Traveler'' brand of plug tobacco a tag similar ini size, shape, color and slant of lettecring, but1 different as to wordin., from that used by (lie R?. J. lReynolds Tobancco Co., of Winston-Salem, N. C.. on its ''Schnapps'' PIng Tobacco. In (lie argument, on motion of (lie plaintiff, flhe R. J1. Reynolds Tobacco C'o., t hat a restrai ninig. order b)e issu ed forbiding (lie dlefendlant company from further imitating its tag, many affidavits weire sub)mit ted tending to show that owing to (lie similarity of (lie tags, (lie ''Traveler'' tobacco, purchased by dealer's at a lower price, was soild to uinedu en t ed chewers for '' Schnapps.'' In a dlece signed by JTudge Prit chia rd, (Iih Al(len Bro t hers Tobacco Companiy is enjoined froni manufa Ce turing, putting up, advertising, sell in'e, or offering for sale p1inm tob'acco bearing a tag idlent ical withI or like (lie -saidl tag of the complainant, known as the ''Schnapps'' tag. A ccording to this decision, no man.. iifact iue can imit(ate even in color, shape, or style of lettering, (lie trade mark of a not her manonfacturver, even Shioiugh (lie wording be ent irely dlifler ent. When L4ove can be found nowhere elue, look in the uneno an, 12,716,000 BALES HAVE BEEN GINNED NATIONAL GINNERS' REPORT COVERS CROP TO MARCH 2. 903,000 Baaes in This State-Yield Increased 200,000 Bales Owing to Much Closer Picking-Gen eral Scarcity of Labor. l"emiphis, 'Marih ll.-The National clinuers' as,socialtion issule(l a bulletin at 1 o'(lock today showing the nu1m bler. of bales of cotton ginned up to March 2 to be 12, 716,000. T.le report by States follows: Alabama, 1,231,000; Arkansas, 836, 000; Florida, (2.000: cleorg"ia. 1,621, 000; Tndiani Territory. :391,000; Ken ineky, 1,500: Loulisiana, 931.000; Mis sissippi, 1,441,000; Missouri, 46,500; Norii Carolinia, 607,000; Oklahoma, 136,000: Sout Ciaolina. 903.000; Teniessee, 291.000: Texas, 3. 903,000; Vi rinia, 15.000. Tot al 12,716,000. The ireport. whicli is signed by J. A. Tavlor, presideit of IIe associntion, savs: "Owinl._. to tle .very flne weatlier inl tle West. tle crop IIs beenl pieke!d very uhilel (loser i IhaI usual ani1d i this has inreased tlie erop at least 200.000 > hales if not more. Our reports indi cate tha It there will not be much in erease il the aeretae except in Texas anid the two TerritorlieS, wvire t hero will le an1 inreiease of 5 to 10 per cent. Seareily of labor is tle report from all sections. We have reports from a large nuimber of illicountoed tiowns hat. "how very much lighiler stocks 0hm1 lat year." First Edition Exhausted. Tle Herald aid News made men.. tion last week of the fact that Major Caldwell's new hook. The Stran e.'' had been issued lby the publislih V'S. MIr. MaYeS :it the book store received a few copivs of that editionl, but theY w('ere soon exhIansled. It is ratit'yin to lie frienls of ir. (ab4 well. n4 yet. toI tlose who have read t'he Ibook, it is nIt surprisin).g., thuat tle firsi edition lis a I ead P bee exitaus ted. 'lhe following slat6ment fioml Mi'. Mayes explains why ie has no books on iad al present, ad states th it lie hopes to have them very soon: Have .inst reeeived a communica ion from tile publishers in New Y'ork t>hat all copies of '"The Sranger" writ ten by Mr. J. F. .1. Cadwell- had been sold, but, tihat Imore would be printed in a few days. Will have a larve supply of."The Stranger'' on Fale in a few days and can slipily a) emIallnds for tiis popular book. John B. Mayes. Board of Assessors. Tlhe town andl (Iownship1 boards of aissess5ors met atI Ithe countyl~ auRditor's otlice o'i Tuesday.,*the 1:2thI, toak turnsi (of taxable propIIerty. Th'le retun are11 to b''I ile passed'( .in andi lateir thlan TluI'd(ay, the l0thI dlay of March. Thle couny boa rd of equIal iza tion, which is comiposed1 of I he chairman of. t'he diffTerenit I owni and t ownshipl hoards will meet on (lie 26thI of Ma rch to1 heair 0and act upon aniy ap heals from the v'aluations as fixed by thle townishipj al5ssesors. Discreet. There is a (Chicao~olanwyer wh'lo, hiis eol leagnes aver', hias a pos i ive gen in-s for malapropos sung'est ion to his wit ness'es on the st and(. l?eeent ly t his lawyer wa's coun-ise! in a suit for dlivorcee, wherein he was examiining a woman irho hiad taken lhe stand in behial f of thle plaint iff, "Now, madamlii,"' began the at tor' ney, "rei'peall I he slanderous state mendhts made(( biy I le defendlant on this occasion."' "Oh, thIiey arue unifit for anyi~ res poetabile per'son tol hear'!"' gasped the witniess. "Then, mladlam,"' said1 the attorney coaxinugly, ''suppose you just whiis per1 them to1 his honor the .iudge."