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VOL. XV. IANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, Dispensary Rc-w Gaause a Fight Which May be Fatal. ONE MAN BADLY WOUNDED. Haselden a Member of the Board of Control Accuses Sellars of Writing Certain De fanatory Lette s A letter fiono SJes to tihe Sta k sa% s that a short w!ile befce CAr"k Tuesday eveuii if la-! oef the streets of that quiet little toun over i.: Marion CoLty we(re t%e a serious ano probably fat'l shoon affray, as the result of wieb . JI) C. Sellers, a prowium d ighly respected eitizen ofz he town, IS sr1 ously wounded at the home of hi: o in-law, Mr. 31axey Watson; Mr. B -1 Sellers i- wounded in the abdou eun, Dr. Henry Edwards has a oad of bird shot in his chest and J. Dudley Haselden. member of the State board of coatroI haq a 38-calibre pistol Iall in his Ie. The affair seems to be the cunitica tion of a letter supposed to have been written by Mr. Ben. Sellers to a news paper some weeks since, accusing 31r. Haselden of dispensing liquors from his home, near Sellers. Monday morning Mr. Ben Sellers received a message from Mr. Haselden asking him to come over to his gi, which is located about a mile from Sellers near the Uaselden homestead, the message saying that he wanted Mr. Sellers to settle with him for a number of bales of cotton which he had giancd for him some weeks since, and to re move his cotton seed, which was in the way. Mr. Sellers went over to Mr. Iasel den's at an early hour Tuesday moru ing, and the business between the to gentlemen was quickly settled, after which Mr. Haselden accused Mr. -:1 lers of being the author of the ab:>ve mentioned article. Mr. Sellers em phatically denied the charge, and some hot words followed, each gentleman abusing the other. At this juncture Mr. Haselden drew his pistol, but mnde no effort to use it. Mr. Sellers was unarmed and said that was no place to settle the matter. At this scene were present, besidt.s Mr. J. Dudley Haselden, his father, Mr. J. G. Haselden: his brot-her, Mr. L. M. Haselden, Dr. Henry Edwards and Aubrey Evans. Tuesday morning shortly after the difficulty at Mr. Haselden's gin house, Mr. Haselden, in company with his brother, L. M. Haselden, Dr. Edwards and Aubrey Evans, drove in to Sellers, where they stopped for a short v hile and engagcd in conversation with several citizms. ard left, sulposed, for Marion. Noth ing more was seen of Mr. Haseden and the gentlemen occomnpaiung hiu untii a short while bfore dark, When they drove in from tonrtds Marion, both buggies stoppi L ide by ,ide on the south end of tL :. pot, directly over the raikoad tracks. At this moment M -3B.n Selilers, who had up to that time been iaa the post office, walked out on the platform, and as soon as he appeared be wae fired at from the buggy containiug Mr. ILSAl den and Mr. Erans. The b d!. which was fired from 38-ealibre pistu!. stru~ck Mr. Sellers squarel.y in the e onmech and deflected upward. The next shut fired struck Mr. Sellers in the lef t 1.and. en tering between the second and third fingers, breaking the thumb and cm ing out. Immediately after the second shot. Mr. Sellers pulled his pis tel ana opened fire upon the occupants of that buggy. At this moment the two buggies sep arated, one going a short dist~nce up the railroad track and the rear one to the left, a short distance belo w. TN. second buggy contained Messers. Haselden and Evans. When the buggy came to a st-andstiil Mr. Hasel den got out and walked towards a dwelling house some distance from the platform, from which pint he fired several shots. Owing to the flact that Mr. John C. sellers came upon the scene at this moment. it is not known upon whom Mr. I aseldien's shots took effect. When Mr. Sellers rushed out upon the platform to the aid of his son, he drew his pistol and opened fire upon Evans, who a as then the only occupant of the buggy. The other birgs at that time contained Dr. Ejd ads, w ho w. armed with a linie. lle wheeled his horse back aeross the raiinoad and the rifle fell out on the track aui. was not picked up until Mr. tlasel-len's hands came back for it, about :u minutes later. Mr. John C. Sellers as wounded with a 44-calibre--appearently a ridle ball,-which gassed under the left clavicle and came out behind the right shoulder, and was cut over the spiual column.' The third balh entered the left forearm and came out about feur 1inches above the point of entrancee. A negro who wituessed the whole shooting said Mr. Luther . Haselden got out of Dr. Edwtaids' buggy as they drove up and got on the rout a platform of~the depot. From that side a bullet hole appears in a pane of glass, ranging down towards the inne:r odice, and was found on the floor of the inner office, after having gone through the door. The prominence of all concerned makes the affair very deplorable. Dr. T. J. Weatherly of Dillon and Dr. S. P. Watson of Lat ta arc in attend ance npou the Messers. Sellers. D)r. Monroe of Latta and D~rs. Badger and McMillan Marion are attending Mess. Haselden and Edwards. At this writ ing the parties are doing as w ell as (:an be e' pected, considering the seriousness of the wounds. Anothler account says J. C. Selrs, his son Ben and others concealed them selves in the offiec at the railroad sta tion and opened fire oL J. I). Haseiden and party of his friends as they were passing. Rlaselden's party slightly wounded. Roth Seliers men wounded. Ben Sellers' wounds are very serious. About 30 shots were iired. The Sellers crowd were armed with shotguns and pistols._______ The Kentucky elcc-ion will remain in a tangle until tLe incitimg of the State election commissioners. shign will occur some time the last of this month. STATFNMENTS GF THE SHOOTING. J D. Haseiden and J. C. Sellers Give Their Versions. The 'Jlzewing is Ilaselden's version i he affair: Ycsterday nM:.in: Mr. Blen Seller. and tur'lf had some talk about the letterS. I toid hiai I did not hold him rCsioui0ble tor the letters for I did ,jot believe thit he wrote them; 1 told him I h.eards that he had been naaking ref uence to them and to my home, and that I could not aad would not allow. 1 then azked hi:a if he had made such reference, that it was hard to believe it, and he did not deny it 1 told him he we. ald either have to affirm or deny; it r-su!d in ry s&r'king hi u, after ward> We apo.'z d to eeni otfh r, -.cuk hand, a'u then transaete(d eu ,i.a s. Ai he was leavin' I said I ppbse we iall meet as inUds or ihow. He suggested that w: ieet wizh out speaking. I sun-esze i that he seemneu dissatified and that it would be best to settie it. I tod hiim I would :ive him satifaction auy way he wfbed it, he to get a frtend to r-'pre enl him. 11ue said, ohn, after reficet tion. I am not Sa.tis'ied. will 'ive you ample notiUc. Tae n->tee I got was ;hilt pa!ing the depot- in uy bug -y he rushed out pistol in hand and vpet d fire ou ae, hittiaL me in the leg as I jumped to the groarid. I returned the fire promptly and general firing oegaa. Mr. Ben Sellers returned to the -sting ,om, and Mr. John C. Sl ler- - out and then guns were fired frote the waiting room, only Mr. John C. Mets atd his son lBen shiowing thun: Ves at ;all. Mr. John C. SA lers raing reiUe behind the mail crane we excbanged several shots. I think Xr. Sellers was well armed as he tired at least ten times. (Sizrgcd) J. Dudley Haselden. The follo'ing is Seilers' version of the trouble: The first intimation of any trouble was after my son returned from Mr. lLaseldea's giol and told me how out raceously he bad been treated by the mob at llaselden's. after having been invited there on a matter of busines by Mr. J. Dadley Haselden. Just after my son inf rmed me of the trou ble, they drove in buggies, Messrs. J. Dudley and Luther M. Ilaselden, in one buggy and Mr. Aubrey Evans and Dr. Edward. in another buggy. 31r. J. 1). Iaselden, the father of Messrs. J. Dudley and Luther 31. Haselden, in a buggy behind the others. As Dudley and Luther reached the railroad track, Luther jumped down and shifted his pistol from one pocket to another, Dudley put his in the foot of the bug gy. Luther went to the north side of the depot as if looking for some one. Dadley got out and went on the oppo side of the depot, taking his pistol with him. Evidently not finding who they were looking for they drove towards Marion. I expected trouble that even ing and we prepared ourselves for it. T e mob returncd about dusk, coming by way of ien Selers' which was about half a mile away from the traveled route from M1arIn, snd when they re-ached the depot they stopped both bu-ies,. Luther lIaseide' jumped out and ran up the steps oa the soath side of the dep.t. 1y son Ben was in the front of the offiee dcor en the west sce and I was in the office writing. Without a word being spoken, Aubrey E'rns fired at Ben and struck him on tae kitt hand and namediatelv Da-.iley ired at 1im, striking him in the breast lA soon as possible Ben pulled his pistol and began firing and empted his revolver a: the crowd. I then ran out as I pased through the door I was shot through the left forcarm, I think by Luther Haiselden, through the wirdow. [ ran down the steps, firing at Dudley ad Aubrey Evans. who were both raung and firing back. About then Ben fired at IHenry Edwards, with his shot gun, but after exchanging a few shots with him he whipped up his horse and ran off. I was shot in the back by either Luther or Dudley ilaseiden. while shooting at Henry Edsards. D~udley Haselden ran through a house and bard and took refuge in a negro's privy; Aubrey Evans jua~ped in a window of a lady's house; Luih.-r Hiaselden went under the platform on aui four, alA i left the depot running like a buck. It is errrently reported that the crowd bad coats of mail munufactured and had them on. (Signed) .John C. Sellers. The Cause of Trusts. "Tefarmer has no w-ages e-xcepit as agsaemeasured by the price of his produer. and when you plae-3 it i1 the poer of the trust to fix the p:iee of wheat the farmer sells, you I-lace it in tec power of the trust to lower the waes ii 't the fara?u-r receives f;>r his work; 'aed when you place it in the power of the tru-t to raise the price of what he buys. :.ou do the farmer a double injury, because he burns the candle at both ends and suffers when he selis to the trust and again when he buys of the trust.-W. J. Bry an. Fusion in Ohio. One of the most prominent Demo erats in Ohio is authority for a state mnt made Thursday that a conference is to be held by~ th e leaders of the Democrats. I nion Reform and Socia list Labor p)arties and the leaders of the Jones camnpaign, seeking to bring about a fusion of tho. e interes s. The reason given for this is that Nash did not have a majority of the votes east in the recent election for governor, and it is hoped, if the fusion can be brought about, the anti-imperialists can defeat 3Me~inley in Ohio in the prresidential elect ion. A Big University. The new university of Califernia, which is to be constructed upon the 30. 00) prize plan of Emile Bernard, of Paris. will cost, it is said, no less than S,.000,000, and twenty years. time will be needed for the work of buildiuc. When completed it is pre dited this university will be the best laid and e~iuiped in the world. It will accoodeate I5.I00 boarding .5tudents. Lost His Wife and Life. In a duel with knives Ike Seals mior taliy wounded P-stmaster Sharp at Bakervilie, Mo0., Thursday. There were rumors of improper relations be tween Seals and M1rs. Sharp, which had reached Sharp, and he demanded satis faction. resulting in a duel in the cellar of the Sharp home. M1rs. Sharp, it is said, sat on the stairway calmly wit nessng the death struggle. THE oHO REVOLT. It Means That the Day of Hanna is Past. EASY FOR BRYAN NEXT YEAR. A Majority of the People Vote Against the Policy of Phil ippine Subgugation and Trusts. The Ciueinvati correspondent of the Atlawa Joursi says the complete re tarns from the late election in Ohio show that Judge Nash. the Riepublica-n candidate fur j.overnor, secur.d his elee tion by means of the candidacy of 3.iyor Jo:ies, of Toldo, he indLpen dent "Golden Rule" wan, and they also show that Joties is a factor in Ohio politics of ro mean ability. JONES sAVED THE REPUBLICANS. It is declared onail sides that but for the candidazy of Jonts fully thcc fourths of his vote would have been east for J'ihn R. 1eLean, the Denocratie candidate, which would undoubtedly have elected him over Nash. Junes re ceived about 100,000 votes. This vote represented the element in Ohio poli ties dissatisfied with Hanna and Re pulican rule. The 100.000 nen who voted for Jones were opposed to con I tinuing Mark Hanna as boss of Ohio, and the most coaservativeestimates are to the effect that had Jones withdrawn I from the race fully three-fourt'ns of his I sipporters would never have vot d f'r Nasn, thereby giving McLean 75 060 more votes than he received. This would have elected him over Nash by a small Majority. A DOUBTFUL IItNI':t. The Democrats are charging the de feat of Me Lean to Jones, and the later returns and calculations show that the alleged endorsement of the M1cKinley administration in Ohio by the election of Nash is a doubtful honor. The com bined Jones and McLean vote is larger than the vote for Nash, which undoubt edly makes a protest against the policy of the administration, and how the Re publicans c.n get any satisfaction out of this result is hard to see. They claim that the election of Nash is a square victory and end-,rsement of the president's Philippine policy, and Mark Hanna's defense of the trusts, but this is not borne out by the returns. In Hanna's own district, Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, he was overwhelm ingly defeated by Jones and McLean, the former carrying the county by 14, 000, in the face of the fact that Hanna made speeches in every war and ap pealed to the voters to sustain the ad ministration and Republican rule. In stead they voted for Jones and MoLean., leaving the McKinley candidate far be nind. A .\lNORITY RULE. The fact is that while Judge Nash has been elected and will be governor, he is not the choice of the majority of Ohio, and by their votes they have repudiated the Republican party and administered a stinging blow to McKinleyism and Hannaism by casting a majority vote against them in favor of Jones and Me Lban. The result shows that the peo pe wanted a chzange, but they differed bet ween 31eLean and Jones as to who was the best man to put at the helm of state. The feeling of the Jones and 31eLean followers is bitter against Han na and MceKinley, and the election of Nash represents the minority in Ohio. It is a case of the minority electing the governor. In other wvords, the opposi tion to the MceKinley administration and Hannaism in the state consists of the majority of the voters, yet by their division and difference as to candidates the majority loses control of the state. REVOLT AG.A1NST HIANNA. The question has been asked how the opposition vote would go in a presiden tial eletion, and this problem will give food for thought in Ohio and through out the country for the next several months. With the same issues before the people in a national canmpaign how would the Jones vote go-to Bryan, say, or to M1eKinley? It is true that the Jones followers are even mote bit ter against Hlanna rule than the Demio erats. They represent a revolution in nio politics which with all his power and the power of the administration, Hanna cannot subdue. Jones' 100,000i followers, or at least three fourths of them, are in open revolt against the policy of Ianna and the administra tion. as shown by their frenzy in vot ing for Jones when they knew he could not' be elected, thus throwsing away their vote to administer a rebuke to the Republicans. It is asserted that the greater part of this vote will go to Bryan next year if he is the D~emocratic nominee, because the Jones men want a change, being disgusted with the rule of Hanna. EAsY TO CARRY 01110. The followers of MceLean and lead ing D)emocrats are taking this view of the situation and they are asserting that it will be an easy thing to carry the state next year against McKinley and Hlanna by simply combining the Democratic and Jones independent vote. To indicate the feeling of Jones and his fol'owers the following inter view with him is given. .JONEs sllOWS HITTERtNEss. "That in Cuyahoga county (Hlanna's county, Cleveland), the seat of the rot tenest polities in the country, the vot ers have had an opportunity to mark their disapproval in so emphatic a man nr, is enough alone to have lived for," said Jones. "Look at the ntmber of freemen there who said they were otwned and voted by no farzy. 'Ihis victory is umuch more important than that of last spring in this city. As a result of it you will see next spring nion-parusaun candidates in every county in this state. In every ward of this city there will be non-partisan candidates. We will be in it with a full ticket frem the Iirst tap of the bell. That must be reckoned with. It is no question of defeat-it is vitory. I have not heard what the total non-partisan vote was. I have not asked yet, but it is over 100,000, I am satisfied." AG AINST IM'ER IA LIs. IMayor Jones said tilat after a rest of Ia couple of weeks the non-partisan fight wil be tan up again, and that he and his faithful adcrents wii gro forth through the state advocating the neces sity of nominating ijon-paritisan candi Atos bi ptiion in exery ward, town ship, vil!::gi and cy in the st.ve for every c.flice. Mr. Jones says he is going to devote the rcmainder of his life and his fortune to bettering hu manity, and he says that with his own perseveranee. and Goi's help, his prin eiples wili triumph OVer Hannaism and a cru: imc-rialism that seeks to make subjects and hlaves of a brave people strugli:g for indtependcaec. AJOR J. A.LOGAN KILLED. While Gallantly Leading His Men He Falls at Luzon. A cable dispazch reeived at the war d.eartnent annjurncd that Maj. John A. Loran. Thirty-third volunteer infantry. ha:d been killed in a fight in Luzon. H was leanig his battalioa in acciai. le was a son of the late Gni. John A. Logan of Illinois and Mrs. ',.try A. Lgan., no.v a re-ident of Washicngton. 1le 1, aves a widow and three chrldren w re at prcscnt resid ing at Yougstown, Ohio. A d;pateh from Washington says the news of her svn's death was con - d it Mrs. John A. Loran by a per ouzi! note from S:cretary Root, sent by ;1j J ohnison. asitatrL ajutait :al MIrs L wan wa: prostrated by the shoe;. but later in the day re covered her composure, and driving down town. communicated with younn Mrs. Lgan at Youngstown, 0., over the distance 'phone. A dispatch from Y:ungstown, Ohio. says Mrs. Logan, widow of Maj. Logan, is completely prostrated over the death of her husband, and h.-r physicians will .:,t al)w her to be ecn She had ex eceted to siand the win-er with her c'hildren in he south of France. and was preparing to leave when the cable frain announcing Maj. Lvgan's death was receined. . Logan has received the follow ing teleg'ram from President McKin ley: "It is my painful duty to convey to you the Sad inteliigence of the deata C your husband while galliantly lead. in his battalion in the charge at San Jacinto. His splendid qualities as a soldier and high courage on the fight ing line have given him place among the heroic men of the war, and it will be some consolation to you to know that he died for his countryon the field of honor. You have in this trying hour for yourself and the children the sincere sympathy of Mri. McKinley and myself. "Wm. McKinley." Sad Tale of the Sea. Private advice received- from St. Pierre, Miquelon, a seaport on the Newfoundland coast, tell of the wreck of the Philadelphia and Baltimore schooner Edna and Emma. the loss of the captain, his wife and the crew of five men. The Edna and Emma sailed from Wilmington, N. C., on April 14 with a carg of lumber for !'hi~re Months having elapsed and no word of the vessel's whereabouts having b;-en reeind she was given lip for lost. Re cently she was towed into St. Pierre, bottom up. When the ship was righted, in the cabin were found the bodies of Capt Richardson and his wife. A water stained diary kept by the captain stated that the Edna and Emma had experi enced good weather until May 1, when a fierce northeast storm over took her and she was dismasted. Later the rud der became jamamed and in this dis able condition the schooner was driven about at the mercy of the waves. One by one the members of the crew were washed overboard, and Capt. Richard son and wife eought refuge in the cabin. At this point the story of the diary ends. Owing to the illegibility of some portions of the bandwritting the point at which the Edna and Emma met with the disaster could not be learned. DEATH OF THAD E. HORTON. He Died of Typhoid Fever in New York City Yesterday Afternoon. Mr. E. C. Horton, of this city, Wed nesday afternoon received a telegram from New York eity stating that his brother. Mr. Thad E. Horton, had jast died. The remains will pass through this city to jay on the vestibule bound for Williamston 1or interment. Mr. hlorton had been sick for several week with typhoid fever in his North ern home. lie had ralied several days ago, but a relapse set in shortly after wards and he stendily sank until the end came. Mr. Horton was about CS scars of a::e. and leaves a wife. The daili of Mr. T had E. Horton removed from the great field of news paper writers a mxan of signal ability and remarkable personal magnetism. His individuality was of that cast which endeared any nerson with whom he came in contact. at the same time impressing his intellectuality. Mr. Horton had been engaged in newspaper work fer ten or twelve years past. His first work was on the Green ville Da~ily News, and from that city he went to Atlanta, Ga., and those who read the Journal during the time Thad Horton was on the staff iemember how well his work was accomplished. Fromt Atlanta. Mr. Ilorton went to New York city about three years ago. and since that time was engaged on metropolitan dailies, filling the position of political editor of the New York imes at the ime of' his death. He was a thorough ne wspaper man and was master of versatile and verbose style of expression. Iilis many friends through out the State will learn of his death with rerct. -Spartan burg Herald. The Ladies Resist. A spe-iai from Amecricus Ga., says: The cit : authorities of Americus arc in a tangle with the Christian scientists here on'the issue of compulsory vacci nation. A mouth ago the city council adopted an ordinance requiring com nuisory vaccinatilon and nearly the en tire pop)ulationl has been punctured. Thursday one of the most estimable la dies in Americus, a Christian scientist. was bro-ught hofore Mayor IHixon for ref using to bc vaccinated and the mayor sentenced her to 2' days in the police barracks. Before dhe sentence was ex euted Christian scientists asked a sus penion until Friday when a dozen other ladies of that faith will b)e sum moned before the mayor. The ladies declare emphatically that they will re sist vaccination to the end and will go jailn in support of their position. FIRE AT SEA. Burning of the American-Ham burg Liner Patria. ALL THE PASSENGERS SAVED They Lost All Their Baggage and Many of Them Was En veloped in Blankets Only. A dispatch from London says the Hamburg-American steamer Patria, Captain Frohlich, which left New York Nov. 4, for Hamburg and passed the Lizard Wednesday, is on fire ncar Dover. All the passengers were res cued and have arrived at Dover. The Russian steamer Ceres sighted the Patria, showing signals of distress, and demanding immediate help, about 12 miles from North Hinder lightship. Th-c liner was enveloped in smoke. Pattin. on full steam the Ceres soon reached the Patria and sending a boat learnrd that Captain Frohlich was in ur-cnt need of asstance. The hurry of the rescue was indicated by the fact that most of the passengers .vere en veloped in blankets only. They were rapidly distributed among the hotels or sent to the Sailors' home, and every thing possible is being done for their comfort. A lady passenger gives the following account of the fire and the escape of the passengers, which numbered one hundred and fifty, and included many women and children: "It was about half-past 10 ytsterday morning, the weather being calm and fine and several of us being seated in the deck saloon when suddenly Capt. Frohlich appeared and shouted: 'All passengers on deck!' Everybody start ed forward with a rush. 'We are afire,' said the captain, 'but there is no danger. Don't get excited.' "Just then smoke began to pour out through the deck near the smokestacks. My sick husband was in his cabin and undressed. I hurried to him and began to dress him, when in came the steward shouting 'get out of this quick.' He took my husband by the feet and I supported his head. We started to carry him to the deck, but the smoke choked us and the water from the fire hose swished around our knees. I feared that all was lost; but, going backward through another passage, we managed to reach the deck in safety. There all the passengers were crowded together. Thick clouds of smoke were blowing over the whole ship and dis tress signals were flying. One passen ger, who had hastily come from the bathroom, appeared with scarcely any clotaing on. Others found themselves equally unprepared. The captain told us that he was lowering the boats as a precaution. So we lined up. 'Women and children first!' shoutedthe captain, who was standing near me. I replied hat I supposed I would have to wait for the men's turn as I could not leave my helpless husband. Capt. Frohlich answered me by lifting my husband, placing him in the bottom of one of the boats, ordering me to follow and tel'ing tbe steward to go with us. Our boat was the first lowered. "We were all terribly frightened, but though a few cried, there was no dis order. The officers and crew did all they could and encouraged us to be brave and cool. While one boat was being lowered, the bottom began to give way. The women screamed and for a moment it seemed as if the bot tom would drop out; but the boat was quickly hauled back. Another boat had no crew, 'the passengers doing the rowing. "Meanwhile some fishing smacks had come up, and several passengers board ed them, but Capt. Frohlich bellowed through the smoke that no one must leave the Patria's boats, so they left the smacks. From this order we in ferred that the sailors, who were work ing ceaselessly, hoped to put out the fire. For more than an hour we lay alongside the liner, now hot and smoke covered, cinders and debris falling over out boats. Through the fire we occa sionally caught sight of Capt, Frohlich, on the bridge while he divided his at tention between giving orders to the crew and joking with us. Once he shouted laughingly: 'The fire is in my cabin.' Now I can't get my pipe, and you all know I can't do anything with out my pipe.' "Then the Ceres camte up and her captain sang out: 'Yur ship's afire. Shall I take your passengers?' Fright eed as we were we laughed. Capt. Frohhech made the Ceres promi.se to take us to Dover, and then our boats pulled over to her, and we were taken aboard. The last we saw of the Patria she was just a mass of smoke and going slowly toward Hamburg. Many of us had to pay for what little we could get to eat on board the Ceres. At Dover everybody was very kind. "If the captain had put us ashore as soon as the fi:e was discovered, we would not have lost our belongings, nor been exposed to such danger.'' A Girl Full of Needles. Eighty- seven ordinary sewing necdles have been remnovcd from the body of H annah Recardon by Dr. Swithin Chan ler. The girl is employed as a house maid by Mrs. J. M Mather of Wil im ingto i, Del., and her case is attracting the attention of local physicians, all of whom are taking a deep interest in the case. The girl is about 19 years of age and weighs only S0 pounds. She is four feet three inches tall, and it is believed that the needles, which she swallowed when a child, retarded her growth. She came here from Ireland about two months ago. A. Young Murderer Mary F~ears, a 13 year old girh, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the superior court at La Grange, Ga. T'hursday. She killed her sweetheart, Son Chappel at West Point, Ga., Sat urday night. She will be sent to the State prison farm. "I have used your 'Life f'or the Liver and Kidneys' with great benefit, and for Dyspepsia or any derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as be ing without an equal." James J. Os borne, Attorney at Law, Boliston, Hndesn aJ. N. C. OUR DEAD IN CUBA. Progress of the Work Toward Getting Their Bodies Brought Home. The bodies of the South Carolina sol dierq who died in Cuba and were buried in Cuban soil are to be brought home for interment as soon as possible. At the recent meeting when the Second Carolina regiment's veterans associa tion was formed, the matter of having the bodies of these soldiers brought home to rest in native soil was dis cussed. Immediately after the meet ing Col. Jones forwarded the following letter to) the secretary of war: Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War, Washington. D. C. Sir: I was the colonel of the Second Soi-.h Carolina volunteer infantry in the late Spanish-American war. We left buried in the military graveyard near Marianao, Cuba, three enlisted men from our regiment, and we wish their bodies brought back to be bur'ed in their native soil. Will you please take the matter up and tell me what to do? I will furnish you with their names whenever you want them, and also give you the names of their parents. I have the honor to remain, Very respectfully, Wilie Jones, Late Col. Second S. C. V. I. Col. Jones has received the following letter in reply to the above request: Washington, Nov. 14, 1899. Mr. Wilie Jones, Columbia, S. C. Sir: Replying to your communica tion of the 11th inst., to the honorable secretary of war, by direction of the quartermaster general, you are respect fully requested to have filed with this office application from nearest relative of the deceased soldiers of the Second South Carolina volunteer infantry buried at Marianao, Cuba, stating the name and address of the person to whom it is desired shipment to be made. It is expected that all bodies in Cuba that may properly be removed will be brought to this country during the coming winter and forwarded to their homes where the relatives so elect, at government expense. Respectfully, James M. Moore. Asst. Quartermaster Gen. U. S. Army. Col. Jones will furnish the desired information at once, and endeavor to have the remains brought back at the earliest possible moment. The remains of the one civilian employe who died in Cuban camp are not to be included in the above arrangement. -State. GOVERNOR HOGG'S TRICK. A Watch Loaded for Pickpockets Gulped Down by an Ostrich. A dispatch from San Antonio. Texas, to the New York Wo'ld says Ex-Gov. James Stephens Hogg came from Aus tin with the Texas University students today to see the San Antonio Interna tional Fair. The big ex-governor said he came over to have some fun at the expense of the pickpockets who, as he had heard, were infesting the fair. He had a mild infernal machine ar ranged inside of a watch case, and with what seemed to be a $400 chronometer in his vest pocket he strolled about the grounds in the thickest crowds, and with feelings akin to those of a man who carries a chip on his shoulder. While looking at managerie of ani mals, however, an ostrich spied the bulking pocket and deftly lifted the timepiece. A ten-foot string attached to the watch, on pulling taut, was to set off the machine. "By Gat'-ngs, light out, boys!" roared the big ex-governor, as the os trich gulped down the machine. There was a'n explosion and a stampede on the midway. The manager of the show put on his armor and buckler and hunt ed the fair grounds many times over for the man who he thought had fcd a dy nanate cap to his star bird. But ex Gov'. Hogg of Texas was then well on his way to the city to keep a pressing engagement with his friend and col league, Senator Horace Clipton. DID TXIEY WEAR BREASTPLATES? A Correspondent Tries to Ascertain the Facts But Fails. Charges have been made by the Messrs Sellers that Mr. Dudley Hasel den had worn a breast plate during the recent fracas at Sellers. This seemed a little strange, even if Mr. Haselden desired thus to clothe hims~f in steel armor, for breast plates arc not articles which can be bought o~n the market. nowadays. At least it is not so in this section of the country. The News and Courier representative sends the follow ing in reference to the matter from Dillon: 'People are still excited about the Sellers riot. It has becu repa.rted all over the country that the Messrs. Haselden went to Marion on Tuesday. the day of the shoot.ing, to get coats of mail that they had1 ordered. Your correspondent has been talking with parties in Marion today and has endeav ored in every way to find out the truth of the report. Upon ringing up the Marion Iron Works it was impossible to get either an affimative or negative answer. The proprietor gave me the names of two persons whom I rang up on the 'phone. One said he had heard the report, but did not believe it.,. "The other said he had heard work men, who were employed at the Iron Works, say that breastplates were made at the shops. The Sellers and their friends are very anxious to probe thlis matter to the bottom. They think that the proprietor of the Iron Works ought either deny or arfim the report so as to set the matter at rest. Under the cir cumstances a great many reports arise in reference to the mater, and it is said that one of the breastplates was shipped to Columbia. This rumor may have arisen from the statement imputed to Mr. Ifaselden that he had "six men to kill in Columbia,"' and The Record gives it only as sonie of the current talk in reference to the row. Wrecks a Rouse. By the falling or an acrolite, seven miles south of Crescent City, 111.. the residence of John Meyers was partially wrecked and the neighborhood was panic-stricken. The metor came from a point in the sky a little cast of south and struck the north end of the house, tearing away a part of the upper story. The aerolite buried itself in the ground about three feet from the foundation of SOLD DEAD BODIES. An Undertaker Confesses to The Gruesome Business. IT WAS A PAYINO SCHEME. Four Bodies in as Many Trunks Found in the Baggage Ikoim at St. Louis Thursday. A. dispatch from St. Louis says four zinc lired trunks, such as used by traveling men to carry samples, each containing a corpse, were taken from the basgage room at the Union station Thursday, and Frank Thompson, who says he is city undertaker of Memphis, Tenn., is under arrest. Charges against Thompson are being formulated. For some time the police have been aware that traffic in human bodies has been going on through this city and have been on the watch for evidence. Recently a shipment of four bodies in trunks was made, addressed to W. H. Hamsen at Keokuk, Iowa, to whom those captured Thursday were alho con signed. The express man who hauled the trunks from the Keokuk depot told the station mastei there that he believed that they contained bodies. An investigation was begun and the police of this city were notified to look out for any other shipments. When taken to police quarters Thompson told of the whole affair. He said he had the contract for burying the city dead of Memphis. For some time he had been selling the bodies to medical colleges tbroughout this part of the country. His method was to pack them with excelsior in drummer's zinc-lined trunks and take them with him as baggage as far as St. Louis. From there he shipped the trunks to their destination by express. Thomp son said he had been paid all the way friom $50 to $200 per body. He said the name W. H. Hamsen, to whom the trunks were consigned in Keokuk is a fictitious one, but he refused to state who his consignee really is. In the trunks taken Thur-day were the bodies of two men and a boy, all negroes, and a white woman. From appearances they all died from con sumption or some other wasting disease. The white woman was evidently some one of refinement. Her features are regular and her hair black. ThA front teeth are gold filled. All the bodies are well preserved. A dispatch from Memphis says Frank Thompson, who is under arrest in St. Louis, is well known in Memphis, be ing the county undertaker, E. D. Thompson, a brother of Frank Thomp son, has been indicted on two occasions charged with improper burial of pauper dead. It is claimed that the bodies were interred only six inches under ground, which does not meet the legal requirements. On both occasions, however, Thompson gave a satisfactory explanation and was released. A SLICK SWINDLER. A Bogus Colored Preacher Worked a Neat Scheme. Policeman McDonald arrested one of the slickest swindlers that have ever operated in this city and he is now on the chaingang. His swindles did not net him much, but it was the easy way he victimized several merchants. He gave his name as "Rev." John Parks and said he had charge of some churches in the upper part of the coun try. His scheme was to go into a gro ery or other store and make a purchase of five cents worth of some particular article. The merchant would give him 95 cents change, as the Negro invari able used a dollar in making a purchase. The merchant was perhaps busy and proceeded to attend to the other custn mers. TIhe Negro would put a quarter of the change in his pocket, substitute a nickle for it and approaching the merchant would say: "Boss, you made a mistake ini this change," show ing the merchant 75 cents. There would be some dispute over whether the right change had been given, but in four instances the merchants conclu led they had made the mistake and would give him the diference to make up the 95 cents. One merchant who allowed himself to be victimized was so confi dent that the Nsgro was a swindler that he put Policeman McDonold on the case. The officer followed the Negro to a store just a block away when he at tempted to work the same game, where -ipon he was arrested. He was sentenced to thirty days on the .chain gang by Magistrate Smith Friday morn ing. He will be brought up on coim: plaint of others when he completes this term and in all he will get 120 days. Coluumbia Record. Muchly Married Monroe. A dispatch from Chicago says James Monroe, the alleged bigamist and swindler, who was arrested there Sun day, left for Rochester, N. Y., Wednes day in custody of a police officer of that city, to be tried on charges of swind ling and bigamy. Monroe waived ex tradition proceeding. Mrs. Mary J. Coithar, of Bunker Hill, Ills., whom it it said Monroe married and afterward deserted in Rochester after obtaining 4,100 from her, identified Monroe Wednesday. Accordi g to advices re ceived by the police, Monroe's record as a bigamist bids fair to eclipse that of the candy peddler, Farnsworth, who was recently arrested charged with having 42 wives in different parts of the world. The police already have the names of 26 women, mostly in eas tern cities, all of whom, it is asserted, have been married and victimized by Monroe. Shooting in Pickens. A dispatch from Grecnvile, S. C., Lo the Augusta Chronicle says Dr. Thomas '. James, of that city, was killed in Pickens County Thursday night. It is said he and his son were shot from am bush and tnat .James was killed and the young man mortally wounded. JDr. James had lately moved his family to Greenville. but practiced in Pickens county. Siam Lanier has surrenderedl to the sheriff of Pickens, as the one who did the shooting. lie says that James was carrying his (Laniers) wife awa in a bnggy. THE RISE fljFETILIERS. An Officer of the Chemical Company Confirms the Report. As we stated sometime ago there will be a material advance in price of all fertilizers; and the farmers that is planning to plant a big cotton crop at the expense of a provision crop must consider the additional cost of fertili zersin his plans. The reason alleged is that there has been a veay heavy advance within the last year of every thing entering into the manufacture of fertilizers, including not only all classes of materials used, but in machinery and mill supplies generally requried by the factories in their operations. These advances are well known and have necessarily caused an increase in the cost of fertilizers. Whether the cost to the consumer will be increased beyond the natural increase, due to the higher price of materials. as a result of the formation of the Virginia-Caro lina Chemical company remains to be seen. This company controls the ferti lizer business practically of the whole South, and can fix the price of goods it sells. Mr. John W. Huger, of Atlanta, manager for the Southeastern (division of the Virginia-Carolina company, was in Savannah recently and talking to a Morning News reporter said, among other things: "The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company was formed three years ago by the amalgamation of a few factories in Virginia. They saw the severe competition there was between the companies in the Carolinas and Georgia, where the companies, on account of this competition, were mak ing nothing. Hence they thought it to their interest to amalgamate their interests in the Virginians and North Carolina to preserve a legitimate profit in the business. From time to time this company has bought up other com panies, until now it has become a cor poration with a capital of $24,000,000; being managed under subdivisions. The two Virginias being in one di vision, the Carolinas in another and Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee in another. This latter division will be controlled and managed by Mr. John W. Huger, with bead quarters at Atlanta, Ga., having branch offices in the principal cities in his di vision." Mr. Huger stated that he looked for a-very material advance in the price of fertilizers for the season of 1899-1900, ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 per ton over last season's prices. This is caused by the sharp advance during the last six months of all crude materials used in the manufacture of fertilizers. Phosphate rock, which enters largely into the manufacture of fertilizers, being the source of phos phoric acid, one of the plant foods, has advanced over 100 per cent. If this be true then the glowing reports as to revival of the phosphate industry in in this state are confirmed, in which will rejoice as it means increased revenue to the treasury. With these advances in fertiliz3r material it will be impossible to furnish the consumers with fertilizers at previous prices ac cording to Mr. Huger. He Had Enough of It. A farmer who was possessed of some means entered the office of his county paper and asked for the editor. The farmer was accompanied by his son, a youth of 17 years, and as soon as the editor, who was in his secret sanc tum, was informed that his visitors were not bill collectors he came for ward and shook hands. "I came ter git some information," explained the farmer. "Certainly," said the editor, "and you came to the right place. Be seat ed." The farmer sat on one end of the table, while his son sat on the floor. "This boy o' mine." he said, "wants ter go into the literary business, an' I thought you'd now ef thar wuz any money in it or not. It's a good busi ness, ain't it?" "Why-yes," said the editor, after some hesitation. "I've been in it my self for 15 years, and you see where I've got to." The farmer eyed him from head to foot, glanced around the poorly fur nished office, surveyed the editor once more, then, turning to his son, who was stll on the floor, said: "Git up, John, an' go home, an' go back ter ploughing!" Charleston's Hero. The people of Charleston last Thursday night united in honor ing Rudolph C. Mehrtens, chief quar termaster of the Olympia, the man who stood at the wheel fifteen hours during the battle of Manila. German Artil lery hall presented a brilliant scene when to the strains of martial music Mehrtens walked upon the stage on the arm of Mr. C. C. Plenge, -ehairman of the committee, followed by Mayor Smyth, Congressman Elliott and other distinguished men. In a brief and happy speech Mayor Smyth welcomed Mehrtens to his old home and on be half of citizens presented a handsome gold watch. Congressman Elliott fol lowed, and read a letter from Admiral Dewey in which he alluded to Mehr tens in the most complimentary terms. The quartermaster was almost over come, but said a few words and begged7 his friends to understand that he felt more than he could say. A general re ception and ball followed and all vas merry until the morning hours. Cha: leston thus leads all the cities in recog nition of "The men behind the guns. Jack the Cutter. Washington has a "Jack the Citter, who reforms things by sneaking up and clipping ladies' dresses. He objects to long dresses that sweep the sidewalks, and writes the Post when he has suc ceded iu securing reforms in dresses he will turn his attention to the idiots who wear 3 inch collars. As far as we known there is ne particular objection to this. A Foolish Threat. Mr. J. Dudley Haselden is allegea to have said that there were six men in Columbia whom he would get, or he would be taken home feet foremost. With such warning no one likely to be among the six is apt to be csught nap ping. A Queer House. An eccentric old fellow of Sharon Mo., who has a hl~y dread of cyclones has constructed a four-story brick d well ing whose roof is on a level with the