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WILL NOT SUBAT PROOrS. Claimant to North Pole Discovei Says Contracts Made with Pub lishers Months Ago Render It Impossible. Washington March 7.-Comman< or Peary declined to-day to subm to Congress the proofs of his di eovery of the North Pole. He set i4 pare of Representative Alexand of New York a statement written i the third. person and addressed to th substitutte committee of the Hou; eommittee on naval affairs, in whiC hIe set forth ihis reasons for refusin to send his data to the committee. The statement follows: "Commander Peary and his frien< say that contracts signed montl ago with his publishers render impossible to make his records an scientific data public now. It woul not only subject Peary to heav damages-a loss which. he cannc meet, having just extrieaced hin self from debt incurred in conne( tion with his vaxious expeditions but it would be breaking faith wit his publishers, whieh he is unwillin to do under any circumstances." After heaxing statements by Rej -resentatives Hobson, of Alabam and Moore, of Pennsylvania, urgin the 'granting of a Congressional r( -wrd to Peary irrespective of th ,question of his proofs, the commit 4ee adjourned until Wednesda -without taking actiom Of the committee of seven meim 'bers, it is known that three are op posed to granting recognition t Commander Peary unless the proof of his discovery of the pole are sub mitted to Congress and made publit Both Mr. Hobson and Mr. Moor i%gorously urged the committee to -day to honor Commander Peary with out further quibbling over th proofs. The former d4clard tha he granting of the rank of a retire4 -rear -admiral was none too mue Ixonor to bestow. He argued tha the endorsement of Peary's proof .'y the National Geographic Societ: 'was suffiient. Espre rsnidtivel Maeon i r:fern -the committee to-day since he pub licly declared a few days, ago tha ~he would insist upon seeing Mi Peary 's proofs, 'and was opposed 't ay "legislation in the dark'' o the subjeet, 'he had received letter containing three thousand signature endorsing his stand. One on Him. "Pardon me,'' said a gentlemna at the entrance to a downtown res 'taurant. "I have something eo you. "And may I ask what it is" "My hat.'' -Birmingham Age Herald. Por MT Pain M Chest -For sore throat, sharp pain' Sin lungs, tightness across the chest, hoarseness or cough, lave the parts with Sloan's Tininent You don't need to -rub, just lay it on lightly. It - penetrates insta ntly to the seat ,of the trouble, relieves conges ition and stops the pain. Here's the Proof. Mr. A.W. Price, Fredonia, Kans., raays: "We have used Sloan's Lini *ment for a year, and find it an excel ~Ient thing for sore throat, chestpains, -colds, and hay fever attacks. A few 'drops taken on sugar stops cough. iing and sneezing instantly." Sloan's Liniment is easier to use than porous plasters, acts quicker and does not clog up the pores of the skin. -It is an excellent an 'tiseptic remedy for asthma, bronchitis, and aflinflmmatory diseases o f the throat and chest; . -will 'breakNup the * deadly membrane in an attack of croup, -and will kill any kind -of neuralgia or rheu maticpains. Prices25.50.&10. 4~, HOM CIDE ON PUBI C SQUARE y Edgefield Scene of Pistol Duel Be tween Prominent Farmers. Edgefield, March 7.--Mr. Horae Hammond and Mr. Will Vance, tw4 I- prominent farmers of the centra it section of the county, became in ;- volved in a pistol duel on the publi, ,t 'square, and within a hundred yard r of the court house, -at this place a n three o'clock this afternoon, result e irg in the death of Hammond ani e the wounding of Vance. Court wa, h in session at the time and so grea g was the excitement over the shoot ing that a rash was made for tho scene of the tragedy. Hammond la3 s on the ground weltering in his ow! .s blood. His brother soddi w(epinf .t over his body as his life ebbed away d while Vance, who was wounded ir a the right hand, went for medical aid y From eight to ten shots were ex t changed, three taking effect in Ham mond's body. Acording to the statements oJ - th- eye witnesses, the parties had e % dispute over a debt due by Ham g mond to Vance. Hot words follow ed, the former denounoing the lalt ter as a d- liar, it is said. Eam L, mond drew his pistol and immediate g ly Vance drew and the firing com - meneed. Hammond sh)ooting fiwst e and -Vance returning the fire so thx - report goes. Both men emptied theii y pistols. A jury was empanelled b3 Magistrate Brunson and the inquesi - which is now in progress, was ad - journed until to-morrow. Mr. VancE > surrendered himself and is now im s the custody of the sheriff. He is a - married man with quite a family. Young Hammond was single, but 3 leaves a mother and several broth. - ers. His family is one of the most - prominent in the county. His body a was carried to his mother's home t this afternoon. The tragedy iE I deeply deplored. t FROM BBHDND PRISON WALS. S'He Killed Threle Men Single-Hand ed," they Say, and 1as Served 20 Years. for the Deed.. t Columbia, March 7.-'"'He killed .three men single.handed.'' > 'That's what they will 'tell you _out iat the State Penitentiary if you in Squire who is that gray haired man a who marehes in the gang of convicts apparently contented with his lot. T wenty years spent behind prison ~walls! That is the history of the ~best years of Bob Jones' life. Leav -ing his farm in Edgelield County a sczrore of years ago he kissed his wife 0 and five little ones and came here to serve out his sentence. Now that -wife has pased 'away and Jones has Snot evens all his children to spend his last days with. Once Bob Jones moved with erect step, once he dared to fight many men, but now his step is slower, he has passed the youthful period, and of -the fifty years of his career the lash twenty have been fraught with much sorrow. So bowed down in spirit..Bob Jones at the ex!piratxion of his term this year will pass out of the prison~ gates. The Jones and Pressleys. In Edgetield County there are many who know the story of ol.d Bo,b Jones' strange fight twenty-five years ago. When Bob Jones goes back there the old fellows will sit around 'the fire at nights and tal.k over that triple killing. Baek in 1884 U. R. Brooks, now the veteran clerk of the supreme couxrt, wyas state land. agent. Before that time the Jones and Pressleys, two Edgefield families connected by marriage, bought a tract -of land known as the "Jennings tract'' on Hog Creek in Edgefield ,county. Bob Jones had married a granddaughter of old Mr. Pressley, and he was one of those that made the purchase. The rule of the sinking fund commission was that where a piece of land was bought one-fourth of the amount should be paid in cash and the remaining three fourths in annual equal instalments. Bob Jones paid the first instalment on about 200 acres of land valued at $4(n0 or thereabout. Land was cheap in those days, and the amount paid on the first instalment was a *me matter of $50. The purehasers kept the land for several years, and in 1884 Col. Brooks went to Edgefield county to see the Jones and Pressleys and demand an other payment on the land. It was agreed by the purchasers that they would rather rent the .land. Col. Brooks sent word to Bob Jones to meet him at Edgehield Court House. Bob Jones and Charles Pressley met Col. Brooks at Edgetield the .ext day and the place was rented from a01. Brooks, land agent; Charles Pressley witnelssed the paper. Thd iressle -s and Bob Jonee., who, as ated ws. connee-ted with them by . marriage, divided the land, Jone taking one-fourth. ..e A Triple Killing. One morning in November, 1885 the Pressleys were out in the field e Chairlek and F4&. Pressley wON 3 ploughing, and the old man was sow 1 ing the oats. There had been trou - ble beforehand, because Jones didn'd e want them to plant oats on all th( s land. So that day when he walked t into the field and saw the younge - PressiMys ploughing, and the oldez I Pressley sowing, he went straight a up to Charles Pressley and fired t upon him with a gun, killing him. - Then he ran. Like the historie oc casion when the Roman youth killed three adversaries, thre was "method in Jones''' running. Ed Pressley pursued Jones, the former being un armed. After they had run some distance down .the field Bob Jones stopped. Ed Pressley advanced and drawing his knife, Jones cut out the end of Ed Pressley 's heart, killing him instantly. zEd was the youngest of the Pressley boys. Jones then reloaded his gun and walked over to where old man Press ley was. Suffering from palsy, a man of 78 years, the elder Presley was helpless before the then young .Bob Jones. Killed His Grandfather. "Well, Graaidpa, I believe I'11 kill you, too," were the words that Jones greeteld has o'ld grandgather with when he stepped up, still bloody from two kilings. With these words on his lips, Bob Jones fired, the load taking effeet in Mr. Pressley's stomach, another victim being added to the day's terrible work of ven geance. Not content with killing these .three kinsmen, Bob Jones, so the story goes, looked for young John Pressley, but fortunately the boy was working in another part of the field, and he was spared, Jones could not find John Pressley. The Surrender. Bob Jones went directly from the field to Edgefield Court House and gave himself up to the officers. "I have killed three of the .best men in the county," he said to the sheriff. Then he began to cry. Jones was put in jail at Edgefield. In that same jail were seventeen men who were charged with 'the lynching of Towies Culbreath. These men, who subsequehrtly wered tii and freed, argudd with Jones and told him he did right. Conviction Was Hard. Tried at various times between the year 1885 and 1891, Jones, up to the last trial, succeeded in escaping with mistr#als. No conrvictAon 'cou-li be secured in Edgefield; the juries would not agree, and a change of venue was had. 1891, before Judge Fraser, Bob Jones was convicted of m'anslaught er and sentenced to serve twenty years. Col. P. H. Nelson, of this city, was solicitor at 'the time. The trial was at Lexington Court House. Jones had a brilliant array of coun-. sel. He was defended by .W. T. Gary, brother of Gen. Mart Gary, and by Gary and Evans, the former member of this firm beinag Ernest Gary. These men were considered as good criminal 'lawyers as there were in the State. R. G. Bonham was the solicitor who first handled the case. Mr. Bonh'am died in February 1887, dur ing the pendency of the t-ials. Then P. H. Nelson was made solicitor and he secured the conviction in Lexing ton county before Judge Fraser. Will Be Released Soon. Bob Jones will soona be released from tho~ penitentiary. When he is freed he will have served nearly t wenty years. It is the custom in this stiate to deduct one month for each year of his sentence if a man behaves himself at the State prison. Those who know Bob Jones say that his sentence expires in May, but the penitentiary authorities were asked to-day and September was the date given for his release. At any rate it will n.ot be long 'now before Bob Jones is a free man. 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