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V'OL XVI MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAYs NOVEMBER 20,491 O1 A RASCAL'S SCLME To Cole cZ Instrarct From Lif Insurance Campanies. CONFESSE S WHEN ARRES TED But Danias That He Murdered His Unidenfied C. m)an ion Fund D.-ad in 4n Ai kansas H oe!. Newell C. Rathbac, who was sup posed to hS7e b e-z fuad in a J- ?r sonvile, Iad., hotei last '.usday week was arrcstei in L~uisville oa Luesday of wee. A3-rd2! to Rahbtz, the :or2.e nc a i to Little Rock Ifor r:ial as the body of R.*azbanwas the body of W. L. Teneyte. The i olicesy Rthbu ha: coIeaed to ie.ri..a no:. the Uated Suates aimw arid t. n.vzs formec a ploL to liauuu.er.y c.J?.L, $uU in urance on Ll IiL, bU, taa& L h e hzvsag xuita ;4no a...) d ia Zt; J.fI0xeULIV'A. U &iL.LtarL arLtLea L, tt; U. .cd 1 n:eu.t in exau~fn in L us e He : el as a lujiav. iz.,;.u J -nG..--he ?est waiaa. L0:,V.. anl (i~.i~on I are ki.cr, eaI ulo t U Uiud 'LaZ. recaaissans. us ci1 cR .e,. .. Us .- a.i arsey &f.t LiseUc i.d :e r Bord u ne J xazua.,. z ..c ~ . en:csam. atC~m W,.adecG WLO!;..a "14 ;.;.'a. brn asuue pi ls r.;eir. Gh themwas S a ;, L , Ou2 tO has isa. on a s,,aameneu,, or uisa'.-.r.r R hoyh is.a ho Lsea te a. monuLb !rum A 110;%I", id.ad. mr cireralM nhce Was tis d.&-1ro6 r army affps; aat lalsoa. . He sthd Lee exm audvan a.t.d ecsi-e B&-.ureay. A.e ae,mi e .A:d ar barns p ut te insULat leags.a csb saaQ undetr pressare mzA.e L.ne 1;, A lowing stas.uet, ad.CQjrIig to hi8 iii' quisaozz: "6My name is Nitha C. Esithbun and my home is i Loie R e, Akt. sveral months ago i deserz-d ird . he armyI pos; at ptitsourg, New Yfok, in omany wita an;ner rocrun by neie was W. %V. in. K rls. I soon lost sight of him and wenG to Laitu Bee't The:re I w~as married and ar wards toc out the i.,urar ca policies. I-wame to Luisvale a"out o en dp.eis Ago and formed a plot to make zze inurance company thmk I aa se.d, so that .1 olia colleot tue--rinsae Ifelln in wieh a man, who oaid is name was W. IL Teneyke, in front of the Salvation Army readquarters i Louisvdie and toia him of my plan. andhe L agred to elp ne. Or pOia was to regter frem Eom piace E a hotel in Jedaronvie ad then setalr to khe hokel. W hile we were in J ei feonvu e we tck a Lumber of criks and Teneyke got Grum-k. I tilnk h., death was asuied by drinking. I pa! the btters aadressed to me in nis potet and left. I did noD kill him. I than mam wo Loivileand to the e i Jiortingle, and. ntd. was fread - Ra thburne amite wate thatthe man, who is said to have come from Evansvilie, Ind. Chief of Iletectives Sullivan and Cart ApPlegate, ana Coroner Coots cf Jefersonville, interviewed Rsthbun 'Wednet~day. Rathbun listenic as one by one une enieumstanee, which tae pouice raa&rd as gtoois of hs guilt, ~Wae Ira Laycre hm cby C.hi Sam?van. -Accorans to the drtars, Ha..-atuu sa.aery g.iang up tnu, w aans na&5u ly to a ign actied ou for a e nanutes. 'ihen, turnarg hake an rn mai at bay, he laced the ctoisd ci men in the roem and ardhed in a shakir g voice: "'What is the runisiment for ciet ces of this kince n i'nana? D~oes the aeath pens.hy mtx. ue? "b'eier n~tina ab.out the penalty, we are inte:erLcQ iia rs the Ltama of the dean mei" .bra m,.ment lathbun lecked at the groupe er ar.es be~iute him axd then -You are ca tie r git track. Geoi n.an la LLe La- oi gue ct a. Ma I mL n.m 1 nac vo r of h ciLu n.. i. .4.' and. h' :. c.n: ... ~ CoMi~Si~S F'IAUD. de tI. Isin i.. RL.i. h:. kea o?. .:: ..a :o n&couta a mr en ce'p1.., ute ote eur :Rm.m v,b;.h the palmen.t cese to i e.e an Utto J. t.imotvi?e. a ur: him cver to t e .Ia a L x . tie rdeti of the O' oes m. rt; to snd Raa2bufl to Little &eCk Lo tesm;r at the cjrarcr's ligqat GTaCZ COeeepM that vrs shii edithere. Tu, y yitt Rarhcun sri: ao s.cwhere (XC.3Pt to def ferstonavile, whlere he is c ce tratd on the eLarg~e cf n.uderig by .posonn Chias. (*o:dman. i he sospleier- cf Captain enliivan vwere areni- t 1s moniing by news from Ltt R Ick tht a bhess torinne Pxycr had sa..ed tnat~ Rathbtui had prowcsed - simusiriot &t ddraudiniEnsrance omra:r to ner and sidL tLat if the wo"l -..y and carry out her pr.. t'a a mn send a corpie home; that it e'...d be btried as his, arnd that he and se couid divide the insurarnee money. H aso learned that Mrs. IRirhun tnist d that ihe corrpse senit from a tereen vilic ?,:,d no:. ia Utte R3k was that o0 her hts' cz d ItATIBU-S S STATEXENT. A! c-z .'o .~iig iese f&Ct4;3 Cap tiiSUiiiVb. had 1iiU';z1-jUa ~ in to 1.jprivaza offi at iaerrlg. ed "L aat, tls phase of the cise. . h bur, Sai: Liiave o):.y todyou zpirt Vi :.Ln traZI Eo far. 1 &r,-anq.. w~ mv 4th my wifea in Lizil Rok a-40 ~, "Uz utd not want to b.,in.;:c ni:o) tLe ea, ,Nov it looks ligo i will JUV W.Itold her tu'a I ,caufi fld ~X~rit ~ te ttri~, t C).ICot taa lU Wur-.C sk.d in ta~e I wo~uld des r4t ~ ITin tLx riy Szd M G her at al-"~ aii, vwouho Cvitr 44. A.; Lo zzisn tsl3 a%,cmeit R;?Iicaa N 10 GOg'L.t L ui..e or Eej ,e fire to a ~ 1ire~L" ~o'd "U M.O utr I r..v ie. z i leL I 11 Uz e of Li, ist pzcrplexiag featuzes -t iLe case gis .- ow pr".eCs it~sei to Law'..% 1~3i in reglrd to the resi Idea u'* ol: .he tziic-icr Tire hzt he has b ,. pa\.,t -g hsetovzr th1- cualt1ry Ne u v-eii C. 1{%Thbunr; .h.-t be m..r1. in li L J'i .zc undtr that %L-e 4-- tht.13 was mIr: L; I;-i& vo lio.n U Qetii : ~ mie a~zra--~e- it" 1 Z~n 1 -1.~~c hot. di a r~ i- R La Z S CA.--, 6.. %;Z~ . t a 01 t.1 ao a! Wxc~~i~~aad Mie COAIITZED TO JAIL. d r , !Uas (5o in .;A wLit) dcll Irl % ?10ul 1L ..aCt~y L&-., jali ,n a char~e of incurdcr. 4ois a deserter :rm the UIL.AI 6_. t W63 Wedinesu eensllnc over to the &UdL1a aaiLI4;5 auL( ,&-un sat-.s thc i;er US~ IS IDENTIFIED. Ra.%hbuaa wsi 1.eabride 4 y Deputy shc:r~ft l icet.zai. J. (iioeci 'faa nleoing between the prisorer and *z-'o .aitsvisizozs who~e trip t& ,hd parpose of id~enLdoAG&ion toWI pi~cd !a Sirtr.ff R~E.%s' offio.. -ite~io, R.Lzbaal" tzid Gloaceker, 'P~tyou know mne?" was the is -Yes, Sou ara Gloackier," said the ,jiis'Jucr. "DIyou gva thst min the dope?" "I &-i nDW guilty of the crime as chsrged." ;X our witm.J'fe jknow anything aboui -Sae riat havo thiought abot it." '.Wy d she xdenti!rj the body ia being yuu's? i o n'c tei; she is an excitable wo Nhat about the si-Atement of Car rie 1'ry0Z Lhit yCU wtac liur to go 'BABY GIRL STOLEN, I Recovered, Again K;dnappsd, and Finally Fcund. PLOT BEGAN IN FLORIDA. Convents Mida Ue ot by the Kidnappers. How the Young Gir! Final y Discovered Her idenity. A sensational oane of child-stealing has jast devoloped in Columbia. It resde like a romance atd is full of ex citirg inidots ard thrilling dcails. The theatre of enacment embnrces severzl Staes. The curitin rises s'ioN ing the first sceno on an orange grove in the land of flbwers. It is a tale of kidnapping, of a mother's heart-rending years of anrxiety, of a child's lost iden tity, life in a convent, etc.; and a final happy denourment .n Conmbis Wcd : edy, resul.ag in t*e res torrtion of the child to its mother arter nino long cara of waiig and wa.ching anid of d..;e masy r .uffi of fate. i:-, fiovq ii,. picrs of 'the ca-e we take f m iXe 8,ae of a-t Thursda>: L._la - Wiho Uu zer of Mrs. L Al 4Vi . or fapLns, Fia, as.r -raed d utrr ate i Capz. J:hn M1e N i? ,f Dae U. , , - stoen rm her hom id DAU CL.y nea:lq L ynrs ac, na- M w - doa: ia G Wecunday. 1rs. Wuion srrived in th t;! a-a idat.fied her lg-se eniid and tze ro nave returned to thai home. ini Firida. .,ne fac i connected with this re rarkble case are btronger than fiction. dr6. Wi.-en was a widod iiVing on. an ra grove near Dide Jity. She is a woman o1 moderate mun3, so zio re aes the s:ory, and a stranger, a man by the name of Mhilr, a northeriaer, came there to board. He wns an au thor and wrote several books, one whii living in Dado Ciry, enitied "For Ewenty Years a Tramp," or "A Trip 'h:ouha Heli," which purported to be a histry of his own Idle and severai of rhe scenes were laid in and around Dade City. Mrs Wilson describes Miller as an erratic fellow. He wrote under the non de plume of Peter Blum. While at Mrs. Wilson's he became strongly infatuated with little L aula, ,Rho was then about six years of age, &nd4 Mrs. Wilson's youngest child. 0.1 da he and the child tu'Adenly disappeared, and though the surround i1zg country was tuoioughly searched no trace could be found of the mi0sing ones. Weeks grvw into months aLd every one almost despiired of ever lo ating the child. Finailly, however, a clew was secured and tte Child was traced to a convent in St. Augustine, Fla. This was -levza mo-nths after ward. Mrs. Wilson went for her child, but on arriving a; the convent she haa much trouble in recovering the little one as it had been plaed in the con vent under an assumed name, th st:anger who had left it there claim ing that the child's parents were dead and that the deceased father, a irtend of his, had bequeathed it to him. Mrs. Wilson obtained the child after a court proceeding arnd returned with it to Dade City. All went well now for a few months. There was no trace of Miller and he was not persecuted of course. Bet the story does not end here. A young man by the nama of Henderson, who had Irved in a nearby village for a number of years and who was known to the family, c.ime over to Mrs. Wil son's with a letter from a married daughter of Mrs. Wihson's regaesting that little Leula be sent baci wiuh Mr. Henderson to speird a week with her, she havin g seen little of the child sinca :ts reeovery. Mrs. Wilton iLot Eus pectng anything wrong let the child go. B~u the letter proved to be a forgery. Hendeon dbiappeared and no trace of the iiLtC giri could be found. Aftr se-veral yeairs -Mrs. Wilson learned that her chita -,e in a convent in Sal ma, Ala., but in~v tgauena proved that ue hectle girli ad mdesdy gone from there, arnd no orne &nrew whitner se wee. Mrd. Wilso~n curing and after tais rceiv~.d " umu i .rs purport ALostLC o-.w, som: of them allegmg to be iu e cai ud r~eaeam snat he ox se~t mo.ej t o pay ier expoa:.eS 2.t e m: s>.e at hi.rnat rimn. :. s .. era ,.:Pe ie~p.rs g ,y .. Lra ....Le~. m alp . in a b n. , ve .. tha.* es .jpoor 'ad e"mi-o. zu requesa~ns Ltar they eu se e or aen~ ::.ne for er tvh::re ene could work ?rer nay .hr ichool He :idd in hisir er ..aitwashe dereto toene tol 8.-.-ali, a. he people had for ;.ed cm am thia State, but that th.ea iy r.:seed atir~ct.. As there is .o p.ovisionl madeO for ;.Uth cases in &, canv::ntD bere the sistera interested the:sseves in findng a nome for her and. she .as tr..t to live with a family .a W~ave - and l.as been attending the 'The girl's vtrsion of the story fits in wih tat of her reother. She re-:rem bes of her cehidhood, of her life in dif frent eoovtn andt of her stay in L ao y~. with ier, whom 8he saye i. a cottn mehant El re, that he hasa.. Iwife and several chiiiren; that he has generadly been kired to her, but has always impressed her witS thecfact that se as an orphan and a charge on his When she decided that there was a mystcry connected with her life by ac cidentally coming into possession of a letter <f Miller's in.regard to herself ehe made up her mind to solve it. From tiis letter she securrd several names of psr.ias in South Florida, and when arriving in Columbia, away from Miler's espionage, she opened up a cor respondenee which led to the happy re union. Mrs. Wilson received a letter last week from Columbia that made her !el sure that she was at last cn the riglt track. and she immediately mat Exrangements :.to come in. person and ideLtify the long lost child who is now qai;e a young lady, bright and pretty. The meetii:g is one long to be re membered by those who witcessed it. It was faull a mother's emotion and lov3, of tears and gladnese, and the young girl was enthusiastically happy, too. The mother and danghter returned to Flerida on the Setaboard Weinesday morning, Mrs. Wiison telegraphivg in advanoe of her good luck, ana a fam Jy reunion was to take place on arriv ing at home, a married daughter living in Key West having been notified of what had happened. Mrs. Wilson did not sal what course she would take in regard to Miller's in cglicable conduct; that she was only ail of love for everybody, but that she thught ho shuuld be punished for his cru. i treatment. Che sa: a that her father, Capt, Jo;hn McNsiI, wznt tram Charlurto2 to Ficr a h-n he was a y uou man. He hiAn ,eia dead m.:ny years. lie was a I aier in tihe Th.iaa War aad wa; giva a capiaincy in he U.nted S'a .es .iny f ;r COp.uring h..f OccApoo.,o. Hw one uf the crgiaal setuers of Jde Lze City, Miller's home, is in north F:,rida, 20U mi es from Mrs. Wilson, a honte in Dae City, wh:ca is nesr the t outhore. ex rumity of the peninsular. Y6t it is very strange thai witi to grester 6itance between them the mo ner was for years in igaorance oi the whereabouts of the caiia. Li.. nighi after learning the story a representativo of The Sbate called on te v. Father Hegarty f St. Peter's Catholie ch.urnh and asked him about tne e0se. He said that it was one night in Juiy last that a young girl about 14 years of age came to the convant say ing that -he had come from Florida and asked to be taken in. She gave her name as Mary Young, but culd not give a clear account of her antecedents. Shre said that she had been staying wah a family named Miller, who were not relatives, but she could or would not tel why ahe left them, She said she had come straight to the convent from the depot. Her story was so Md died that the mother superior refused to take her in and she did not stay a single night in the convent Lster one of tae sistera of the con vent, feeling sorry for the girl, asked a Catholio lady frierd whom she had bard azy she wished to adopt such a girl, to take !er and give her a home, This was done. The girl became dia satipfied after awhile, and another Catholic lady took her, giving her a home. Father Hegarty says that as far as he know, the girl in some way got in communication with her relatives, and that on Tuesday a woman came to Co lumbia, and elairm~ing the girl carried her away with her. This was the whole story so far as Father Hegarty knew it. To Fight the Trust. A commission has been issued by the secretary of state to the Anderson Pnosphate and Oil Co., of Anderson. This concern is to have a ,espital stock of $600,000, and proposes to do busi ness on a very large scale. The corpo rators are Freli. Q. Brown, J. A. B:ock, W. F. Cox, B. Frank Mauldin and D. A. Ljeobetter of Anderson; Francis J. .Plzer and A. T. Smythe of Char leston and Elliseon A. Smyth of Pelzsr. 'he olbjt of the organization as set forth in the declaration is to do busi nes in the counties of Anderson, Oco ne, Pickens, Abbeville, Anderson, Greenviie, Greenwood and other coun ties in the Stat~e. The principal place of business w:.l1 be near the city of An derson. The concern propores to manufacture (3otton seed oil and all the other product~s of cotton seed, fersiliz era, etc., and to operate its owa ginner is, rolilog mnills, etc. in speatag of the pr. j-,cted form-ation of this company a fow aya ago an Anderson special aid: "be cmpany wiil acquteo the ownership of as plant and butsiness of ~h anierson Fe asar e>.apany and alsO about 12 of the 14 of the indepen--I a ns o'.tn a'd oil m.ls in tais se ti.n. Mr F. Qi. Br.,wn, of the An eron 'r...zar co-npny, is at t2e nd ofh., new 0.3izmLon, Th~e p a....O: ta~e f-r..L.z~a *~e at ~ -a ei4J.Je .ona 75 nas r to mesu oomy .ny nas ue.0 a e:r-a Fresident of All. In the s 6.os 'O.a a Grxat~ J,.sj us.aa, at:.zr dorAn ame entse Mr. M-LK-:ey wsid: ''My one mi:wa is to b-. nsuonn as ti-: presi dot o the whocle pe-.Lie. I hoe no o:-r des~ro taan to r'iu that nr.mne. Aer ..i, noc Aurtrican can harm his coutry' widort iha.ring himself. This p-,vernment was creatd by the people aor temseaves, ano, night or day that hount is always in ~:' mind. We areal tOoie in this great politicsl expermet. Some hard things have ben written and caid of me, but that sort of thing is a necessary incident of popular government. It mast always be so. My plan is to forgot the evil and remember only the good. I never desair of converting aa oppenent into a supporter. Tihe bitterest etifio I have can come to see me and he will find a warm hand to greet aim. It is the only way for an American to live." 8 he lived and so he dlied," adds the svher. "Men of all patties will re member him as McKinley, the forgiv ing." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Never was'i fresh meats before roast ing; scrape it if necessary to clean it. if it has been wet or moist, wipe it horougly diy hafa reanokinr. COTTON SPINNERS Associatlon Meets In Convention in Atlanta. McLAURIN MAKES A SPEECH. Ship Subsidler. and Bulldirg the Isthmian Canal Will, Ha Says, Brnefit the South. The Southern CAtton Spinners' asso oiation met in annual convention in 4 lanta on Thursday. Thi:: -s h1 e fitch yearly gathering of the assoistion and the atteLdIce was large, mnny people from Nsw Y.rk, Pennsylvania and the New Eagland States inreribing their Dmes on the register. A business ses sion was held in the morning, and the afternoon was given over to sightseeing the delegates being the guest3 of the Southern railway on a trip around At lanta. After the welcoming address Thura day morning Dr. J. MeAdon, president of the associauion, dejivered his an nual address. He recommended a dee laration by the spinners in favor of a marcas::t marine "upon a basis that wul give all A.zriaan citiz.nz an qual ance, prevenlt fivo~i.ism to enreircn cd inueraets and recogn-ze the produong classs in the rkduetion of .*reigh. Ha also flavored the building and con strAesion, as soon as ponioie, of th3 iaanknaa canai. On reaiproaisy Dr. Mcacien said: "The immejnse balance of t:ade in our favor c:ateb the necessity of our. finuing a market for our sarplus pro (uOts. We bhould do al that we en to advance to;ti Lhe letter and ta spirit of reciprecity. We especiailty esire closer commercial relations with South American and the orient." At a "kimok:r" in the Kimball house Thursday night Hon. Iiuke Smith of Aaanta bpoke on "DeveiopmenL of our home talent" and United States Sena tor John L. McL'.urin on 'Extension of our foreign trade." Senator McLaurin Eaid: "We are at the dawn!rg of a new day of progress in the histor-y of the worid. A better day is .-st approaching when all people wil have a more perfect un deztandtng of the brotherhood of man nnd the independence (f nations. Un til recendy commerce was not decmed a proper tbet for governmontal'can sideration. There is no direct depar1 mrnt d cmmerce in any goverament except that of Germany. The moving coneiderations promp:ing the e ment of the business trouole were cum eroe. The dme will conie when the best minds of every country wili be call ed upon -to adjust the complicated qestion of foreign trade and the con sular officers at the leidtng ports of commerce will equal in importance the iplomatic ambassadors." In connection with the extension of the south's foreign trade, Senator Mc Lurin advocated an American mer hant marine. "Our weakness, upon the sea is the ne great danger that confronts the nation," said Senator McL aurin. "If ships ocuid be built in the United States as cheaply and operated under ur flag as cheaply as they are under ther flags, it would be better for the government and would more than off eet the subsidies, bounties, naval service retained and other methods by which foreign governments attract capit:l into merchant ships built and managed by their own people. "We must not imagine that man-j iind is dep~ndent upon national legis lation in order to make ship owning pay. We have ample eyidence of larga American investments in foreign butit ship.s, manned and operated bg for igncrs in our fareign trade. Howev er much our peopli may have invested in foreign ships they are unavilable unde:: internataosal law when as war as naval auzinianes. "Another thing we should ramember: The service bhips and the m:;n em poyed on baard of tlem may be turnedi gainst the Ui;.ea 8.aes in the event. t our beoon.g .nvolved in war wt rne ..a:io wato:.efhg t.ne. i j '*. Oojest or leading goverumar.t aid to Lne up miag? Lf .ne ?eroi1.&. maLrtie a wo es.a a qgar. piro.eO L1:Lk ifor tile na.ion Ukgl LJe 6ea Gua ba Asade W.tr..e.Ve to Aaee.n:a caj. up a c10 -.r. AyM1 a Cur d - a--o lure~ ga 'ag it 1 * noui 0 # "En:e u.a W~a ne the Ii.i benei.ary' of Jha t r waray int oo.u.songeu.or Mi.Lsntin s--id: "Wswe Xsua is taiL c u:..ry Wousj is nloZ 5e.;~o.Ii patriomm mis ?Loaig more diuvmed to Le AiC i up of our cenary taan th~e aOnieve mnt of party suces. Great nalouid and business que~s ions invoiving tbr glory or our re pulic maue tde proptest c-f our people snouid not be drnf ted into mare parry questions. A Beauitiful Booklet. The Southern Rilw~ay hss issued a beuiful bookiet entidled "Huntias and F-.shing in the South," whic'i is a very attractive -publiestion giving full and concisc information relative to the bent hunting arnd fishing grounds along its liCes, to~cther with informatica as o ra:on of hBr~d, game laws, namnes of guides, a .d whether or not lands are posted, etc. This publication ic. com plete in every dttail and will be of great benefit to hunters and fishermen desiring to take an outing. Copy may ba han by addressing W. H. 1'ayloe, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga., or R. W. nt, D. P. A., Charlnston. 2.0. BRIDEGROOM IS WANTED. Held Revival. Won Pretty Girl, Mar ried and Deserted Her. James L. Douglas, who recently con ducted a revival service at Lithonia, Ga., is the principal in the biggest sen sation D.K-lb county has known in years. Lsst Wednesday Douglas mar tied Mis Grace George, daughter of B. F. George, or:o of the best known citizens ot Lithonia ani De)Kalb county. 'ihe ceremony was performed by Rev. Wiliin.m Suaw, pastor of the Berean Cogreational church. L-st Friday Dugas Lft his yourng brido at their bosraing ibouse, on Forayth street, say iig he was going out on basiness, and WsulGId roZ roturn until late. That is the inst any one has seen of him. It is elieved. he tock a ;rein for New York at no.n Friay, and from New York :h.id to Eirtpe. A rewad of $200 r-zs been ouered fLr him by B. F. George, and every eff.rt will be made to bring him back to Atlants. Six weeks ago Douglass went to Lithonia from Avanta ior the purpose of con duoting a revival service. He carried a lter from 17v. Wiilinm Shaw, of Atlanta. he made a goed impression on the peopic, and was zegarded as a etrong p:eacher and a weil educsted man. Ha told a story of his awleged experience i the Galveston flood, %Lne..e be deolarei he 1eiu his only sis ter. He hiv.c a the George reaiAenoe AuZiig is sa.s;- in Lttonia, and amoag (i.c. Georg., a psre.y and acueomiih eaL )oui.g wonn. He climed to De d-irwdy trja z Euih, and a -nm r,.r of ,e U.zd :meureu. FiLtilu none of twf t:c z;;e, he affiia:%d WILL tlhe GogTosus.U WLCI ding Lo Alies ae.rge o1u:cedlas. Wec tue ceXemLioy. Lie yOjuug coup.e cate to Auanr.a &ud we.j to a Foxsyjt sLreet jocriag 1:ou.e u;ui Lae cuaid farnian ruoUd. a a LLLS strength of a staLument to Lne effct taat ne was iuruianig roo,ns, Doaias, securea mone;;: from is f; r n-ia . and various sums from o0trs, acorXaing Co tn story tuate comes from L~tonaia. Aout 10 o'clock Friday moriming hw lei& his wile iiing her he was going into the city on bus.ness, ant woula not reiurn until very late. He d-d not re,.ura and at 9 o'cloc Mrs. Dougizs went sa the residences of Mir. Shaw1, iaare she pent the night. The next ::norning her father caited for her and took her to his home in Lithonia. There i- 'it ter feeling in Lishonia and De Kaib Dounty against Daugias, and it is wail for him that he has gone to a distant point, There seems litle doubt that he took the neon train or New York, and irom there asied for .Europe. Tne fair has c:eated a senaadonin DeKalb aounty, and in order to avoid an erro neous puolication the story given in the foregoing is authorized by the par ies most dep!y concerned. Tue re ward for Dounglas' apprehsension will probably be inurc.sed, since a numoer Df DeKalb county ciLzans are interest ing themselves in he matter. The ollowing is said to o a good dee.:ip on of Dcugias: Five fee; six inones ali; black hair, slighuy bald on top of head; black moustacne; dark blue eyes; ears glasses; sunken teeth; weighs 130i pounds.-Aclanta Constitution. The Trouble at Cleuvon. The Columbia State says Mr. W. D. Evans deotared that the publications i regard to the affair at Cicmson have been overdrawn. He is a member of te board of trustees and was present when the six cadets appeared before the board in behalf of the seuior and lunior classes. There was no threat of eaving made by the cadets in their. ery respectful petition aichough d~ey a~d askc that thu trnrees demand the resignation of Prof. W. 8. M.orrison, who is in chargo cf the departmnent or history. Af ter a thorough invesuga ron into the ma.er, the board found thas it was a muunceratanidag on the part of the cadects as to tne import of rhe language used by Prof. Morrison. i'ue 1atter im tuae preseaca of toe ca acts' committee declined any intentionl of being otkasive. He had quoted soma phrases from Sim Jcnes is re sazd Lu danmg, but did not intend to apiy at persoaily. fne board din not sustain the stu dents, as ihas been reported, and the reouse to Prof. M1orisoin was no; so iv.re. Tne baard bssaind tne .ciion taf ne Luy na supeamg Lister or lt:ier or m~er tas C..de.'d name pr.Eans ejutd not recaul it. To 0 aio choma o-o mn.re uarefui in future Na x zur a~ is expecd, for thie ~o.u..a ao epp~i tfndS~ tr in d. zs ca i, .un.ai4 i.b ua.ios. Ar. He \Was Pokisoued. Ce~ :. 1-.a: a w*.li kno;'n bu~s jna .2 ~.. :e.ap..? ioas fea.~ atI raar Jas Ooit., .o em occ.r a-naoz The somin.e and oa orgios were a a : r te oal a.A d~ a2 in vs sig.:o 01 ~v.r amp tdj ::e cheCmi:,. repred to c croner e jury coigat Liat saffiient grou.a gis 02-C oiU were founid ~ii the ..rgas to cause eath. Tn coroea jacy nred a vrdiet that deetasi had come to h death at tile hands of a proa or per sons unnrown. The People Are Starving. Governor Szyers of Texis Frioay re ceived a letter fromn Hon. F. WV. Sea bury, a member of the legisisture in whose distric: Z~spama caunty is si:na; ed, saying the puople in that county are starvinsg and unless immediate re lief reaches them nearly the entire puation will die. Thcre is rno chince to raise any kind of crops there earlier than next May. Mr. Seabury ays there is scarcely a bit of food on hand, anid apposis for outside aid at once. Governor S .yera immediately sent $500D to Mr. Snabary and relief s:ppiecs will be gotten in Epata coun ty a the nelis nossible moment. No BOUNTY FOR TEE BOYS. According to a Circular Bounty Stor. Was a Delusion. The following "Special Circular Let ter," sent to a South Carolinian wh< applied for blanks on which to file hii claim for a "bounty," as a Spanish American war soldier, seems to effect ually crush all such hopes: Treasury Department, Office of Additor for the War Department, Washington, D. C., Oct. 8, 1901. A special dispatch was published it several of the leading daily papers or or about Spet. 29, 1901, in regard to ai alleged discovery of some old laws b3 a Brooklyn lwyer, granting $84 State and $192 federal bounties to soldier for services in the recent Spanish. American war, and stating that il :oaId coat the Sate about $2,000,00( ad the federal government about $5,. 000,000. it was also alleged that some thousands of cases were now befara Attorney General Knox at Washing ton for his decision, and that the mat. ter is expected to be settled within the nezt ten days. 'This dispatch is very vague, and ac far as the United States is concernec is incorrect and misleading. No suci cies are before the attorney general ol the Uaited States for his action or de. cision. Furthermore, no law has ever beez passed by congrets, granting any boun ties whatever to any soldiers for service in the late Soanish American war of 1898 and 1899. Certain laws were paved giving extra pay to tuch sol aiers in certain oaes, in liu of a fur lough or a leave of absence. Bat in Dearly a:1 such eses the zoldiers who were enitied to sujh exLra pay have aircady been paid it. Ia regard to bounty due to soldiers from the United 8-.S*es for service in the Ciivil war of 1861-1865, no recent bounty law, have oeen pa-sed. The ia a generaI bounty law ena..ed by the United Stutes was on April 22, 1872, su'1 neary ali so.diars entidedst boam ty under that act, &ad aiao under previ oas acts pansed giving bounty to so' dierd for service in the Civil war, have already been paid all the ounty due them. It is only necessary to say in conclu sion, that there is no foundation what ever for any such statements as set forth in said dispatch, so far as the United Stares is concerned, and it is hoped that those who are interested in this matter will not be induced to make useless inquiries or to file worthless claims on account of such misrepresen tations. F. E. Rittman, Auditor. Twenty Counties Represented. The Uolumbia State says it looks as if the difbrent counties of the State are going to be very well represented at the Charleston oxpcsition, The su'per intendent of tie Ssate exhibica at the expoasiion, Mr.. A. W. Love, has presented to the governor his report for the month 9f October, in which he says. "The new counties that have oome into line since my last report are Dorchester, Abbeville, Sumtor and Cherokee, so that the total number of counties that will exhibi is now as fol lows: Spartanburg,Chester,Georgetown, Fiorence, Mariooro, Orangeburg, Barkeley, Colleton, Union, Abbeville, Cherokee, Dorchester, Sumter, Dar lington, Eorry, Bamberg, Edgefleld, Greenwood, Lauren. and Pickens." Mr. Lo~ve also further announces that the city concil of Manning will send three glass water tanks and will fur ish the artesian diaking water from their city wells to supply these tanks with free drinking water for the public. He makeM many other interesting an nouncements as to exhibits to be sent and arrangements for the decorations, etc , of the Sate building. He ex presses the belief that the State build ing will be completely filled with most reditable exhibits.- Mr. Love among other things says: "I have visited all of the faii-s of this State and- secured what material was available for the Ssate exhibit, but the total amount is Smail, yet I will have suffiuient materi 11 When the exhibit is finally installed." ia regard to this statement is may be ~said thkat Mrt. L~ve found that exhibi tora in manyr instances, when they fo,.und thast the material was wanted for the exposition abrediancyprices for it. ,Killed His Sister. Frances Stanley, daughter of Free man Stanley, was shot and instantly kiied on daturday by her brother. e. was to have been married a week efo)re CUinmas, and her fiancee is nar4' insane wa.s griai. krsemian S.anney is a wehl to-do tarmer whose nume, near Jithnsonourg, N. J., is one of the- Lor tist in the counrryside. France,18, was his pet. She was in tue ~nue wira ber ny siater Sa:ur aeny wsui nec brother Fredenocs, 15, returned aoout 6 j'eioak in .he evening nona a inasting Irip. He saW Frances wiu- rhe oAIJs la tier arma sad advano iig to gre ner caushr is soot in &ne eacpe. As he samo.ea te haimor or i~s e,an cati a in his coat and the weapaat was an.arged. T..e charge en tr Fraic.s's ,.ck, kiing ner in e.:n.y. Saamring shot struec the anDy but aid not ifties serious iinjury. Freatrca ran ta sne cara ai n jupinig ona hor.,e rau o,:e b.-.o toBarto , live iies aistan;, to get is: father. Mr. Saanly and nis soai rurried home, and te iformer wan so ternbuy stiocted inat his reasjn was feared for. Tne coroner said the shooting was acciden Jefferson Davis Monument. Tie inscreati:g featurs of the eighth annual session of the United Daughters of the Caniederacy at Wilmington, N. C., Fciday, was the report of the Jeffer sonu Davis Monument assocision. It shows that approximately $13,000 was collected durnng the past year. The monument will cost not less than $50, 000 and will be in the form of an arch, spanning Twelfth and Broad streets, Richmond, Va. June 2:1, 1905, was set,ld as the date for the unvcaling. Of the amount needed for the arch $3,000 is already in bank. Friday af ternoon the DP~ughters were gumus of the Carolins h aoht club on Wrights ville bechi. Hsve you pail for your paper? If you have not, don't you think you ought to? Th printer needa his money. MINE EXPLOSION. Five Men Kilied and Tw&nty-five RescuedAlive. THE MINE STILL BURNINO. It Is NA Known How Many Mora Are Dead, Eight or Ten Persons Are Unaccount ed For. Five dcad bodies have been taken from the Baby mine at Poeshontas, Va., several other persons are unao counted fo, and 25 persons have been rescued more or less severely burned. At 3 o'clock Friday morning it was discovered that the Baby mine of the. Pocahontas Collier company at Poos houtas, Va., was on fire. An alarm was sent in and the fire company re sponded promptly. In a short time* after the fire fighters had reached the mouth of the mme and weie attempt ing to extinguisa the flames, some of the firemen and others having rushed inside the mine to ascertain the extent of the tronole and to assist mmers entombed thercin, a terrifo explosion ocoured and many miners and their friend3 were more or less injured. It is suppoecd that the mine caught Are from a deteative electric light wire. Five codies had been recovered up to 6 p. .m., and it is uncerain- how many more are dead, uliough it is kaowa sa&; khere are several, parhaps 8 or 10, sLia in the mines unlssa they buc(ce~ee in makir. their escape througa the Tag 1ier entranoe. Twventy-five persons have beenres cued, a:1 more or less turned, some we lionaly and perhaps several fatally. The itjured were carried to their homos in wagons and the aooters in Pocanonas have been busy all today argenaing oim. One or two other ex plosions have foiowed that of the morning and others are hourly ex pected. The mine is stili burning and clouds of smote are constantly issuing from its mouth. The fan has now been stopped, ana as soon as possible to do so the m.ne will be reentered in the hope of extinguishing the fire. In 1884 Pocahontas experienced a like ocourrence in which over 100 lives were lost. The dead so far recovered are: Louis Wollwin, John Barnhart, Will Mont gomery, X.. D. Koontz, Hungarian named Urico. - Woolwin Montgomery and Koonts were killed waile attempting to rescue and bring out a dead body. At this time it is impossible to secure the names of those injured. As yet the esdimate of damage oanot be obtain ed. Latest reports from the Baby mines disaster indicate that it is much more serious than at first supposed. . Up to noon Friday nine bodies had been re covered and it is believed that 15 more are yet in the burning mine. Fire companies from the surrounding towns have been called upon to assist in extinguishing the flame.. That part of the Baby mines where the explo sions occurred is on the Virginia side. The main entry of this mine is miles in length and extends over into West Virginia. The work of rescue is yet going on and it is estimated that possibly live or six bodies ill be re covered before night. D~eclaring the Election. The State board of canvassers met in Columbia Friday to go over the elec tion returns in the '7th congressional district. Hon. A. F. Lever, of Lax ington, was the only candidate, he be-. ing the Democratic nominee. He was duly declared entitled to the seat in congress made vacant by the death of the late Dr. J. Win. Stokes. Tnere is a dark horse in the field, Alex. Q. Dantzter of Orangeburg. This oLd corn-field darkey was tane Rapabiican candidate against the late Dr. S;ohes and for the past year has had an appeal pending. He has been getting up evi dence and proposed to carry the protest to congress. Dr. Stokes having died, Daister did not coacede that the issue was affected and he did not enter the race against Mr. Lever. Jacoc Moorer, a little negro lawyer of Orangeburg, appeared in Daatsier's behalf. He annoanced that the B3 pubican contestans maintains that Dr. Stokes' death did not cause a vacancy and anat Mr,. Lzver is not entiried to the sjeat. Tee original grounds of con test were the siieged unconssitational iry of sne saffage lans of this Ssate. Mokorer declsirga that the suffrage clause of the SNata conanitaron conitcas with the ieerai enuation. Tae rigils of sfaa as Iix d oy sat instrument is, he daauros .en o.? o: and vioiaind ny toe S.a.. casmiaion. The registra Lioa meaan is alieged to operaste to derest aw puroses of the li.n and lina amendiu.na to the fedleral conett Aanough congres3 ia overwhelming- - ly R. ani, i. s not probaole that D)...zier wid ges an! ene.auragment, for umata manu eJ.4plainL has Desn taken there octfore anld tae D.eacas was nos un.eaten. However, the Repuiblioan ge r mun.ra;:on for mating Lne con test. Dudey & Machener, of W'aeh iuge~on, &a ai.>o a:norneys for Dantzler. Conductor Killed, The O sm as ae says news was received the'r.e ta CapE. W. A. FAir bee, a conma~r on the Soushern, had been kiied in the railroad yards at Savannah. He was in oharge of the John Rairami circus train and was kilied oy a Pliant 89trem yard engine. Further particulars could nos be obt.ain ed. Cap;. FAirbee was formerly a PaM senger conductr of the IFlorida Cen tral and Painaular, but recently went with the Soacrn, and was in charge of a train oQ she Savannah division of the Southern. Must Behave. A Southern negro went to New York and undertook to hug and kiss a young lady on the street. It required the combined efforts of the police and coun ty authorities to prevent the populacs from lynchirng him. The negro can rest assured that be will be lynched in New York or any wnere else if he tahes liber tie with white ladies