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TWO DIVORCES Figure in the Life of Milard, Charged With Bigamy. HE NOW ADMITS THIS In Written Statements Which He Made Concerning His Previous Matri monial Ventures. and Which Are Produced at Prelim inary by Prosecution. The preliminary hearing in the cas of Kenyon V. Millard, who was ar rested April 21 charged with bigamy and who has been confined in the Orangeburg county jail in default of $500 bail, was heard Taursday morn Ing by Magistrate C. P. Brunson, who issued the warrant for his arrest. The prcsecution was represented by Mr. R. L. Weeks of St. George and Hon. T. M. Raysor, while Messrs. Wolfe & Berry and Col. Thomas F. Brantley appeared for the defendant. It had been understood that Millard would conduct his own defense, and it was learned that the counsel for the defense had been retained by friends of Millard, who reside in an other State. As is usual with such cases, it at tracted undue notoriety and Magis trate Brunson's ( il ,e was packed to suffccation long b:fore the time ap pointed for the hearing. In fact, the room was so crowded that there was not room sufiklient for those involvc d in the case, and the attorLeys were forced to ask that the rcom be cleared before they would take up the case. Miss Kenyon, who recently married Millard, was the only witness for the State, and the occasion was very mor tifying to her; while Millard, who was brought into court looking fresh and in good spirits, showed the effect of the strain before an adjournment was was reached. In addition to Miss Kenyon's testi mony, the State entered as evidence three letters written by Millard to Miss Ken3 on since his incarceration, while the only evidence offered by the defense were one telegram and four letters received from Miss Ken yon since their separation, ar-d also a letter from the clerk of the court of Osceola, Iowa, with reference to a di vorce granted Louisa Millard in 1880. This correspondence was so volumi nous that no effort was made to read it at the time, but Magistrate Brun son will read it carefully and either announce his decision at a later date or fix another time fur hEaring the arguments by attorneys for both sides. Meanwhile Millard has been remanded to jail pending the magis trate's decision in the matter. The contention of the attorneys for the prosecution is that the interlocu tory divorce granted Mrs. Ada Millard December 4, 1904, prevents either party from marrying for one year thereafter, while the defense holds this to be a mere technicanty, inas much as Millard had not obtaiutd a copy of the decree and was ignorant of its restrictions. THE ONLY WITNESS. Miss Sallie E Kenyon, whose mar riage to Millard has caused the trou ble, was the only witness examined. She was questioned by Mr. Weeks. She testified as to her marriage to Mildrd cn April 19, which was per formed at Orangeburg by the Rev. E. M. Lightfoot. She met Millard on April 6 at her home in St. Geo:ga. They were not engaged at that time. The engagement was the result of several day's association. Millard did not tell her that he had been previous ly married until after they had be come engaged to be married. He stated to her that he had a living wi fe in California, from whom he had se cured a divorce years before, after having lived with her only a few days. After his arrest he told her more of his married life. Stated that he had five children by his California wife, and gave as his reasons Icr rot telling her of this previous to their marriage that he was afraid witness would not marry him. He denied -that he had ever been mardied other than to the California wife. Witness has received three letters from de fendant since he was committed to jail and separated from her. These were put In evidence. On cross examination by Mr. Wolfe she explained the fact that his letters to her were addressed to "Rebekka," while the letters she had written to him at the jail were addressed to "Isaac." This was due-to the sug gestion of Millard that their marriage romance was akin to that of Isaac and Rebekka, and those nams were adopt-| ed by them for their corresporndence between themselves. She had been informed by Millard before they were married that he had been previously married in California, but he stated that he had secured a divorce. She stated that before they were married, Millard had written to California to W. H. Haw, clerk of court, Humbolt county, Eureka, Cal., asking for a certified copy of the de cree of divorce, and 50 cents worth of stamps had been enclosedi in the let ter to cover the charges for the copy of decree. After the arrest of the de fendant, a letter from Eureka had come to St. Georges, which she had opened under direction from defen dant. It contained the copy of de cree of divorce. She had read it and forwarded it to deferndant at Orange burg. Several letters from witness to defendant and a telegram were iden-j tified and put in evidence. - The following letter was also placed in evidence: Osceola, Iowa, A pril 28, 1905. Mr. Kenyon V. Millard, Orangeburg, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of A pril 2:3rd in regard to divorce received. The record shows a divorce was granted Louisa Millard in 1880. A cer cified copy of the decree will be $t. Yuurs respectfully, F. M. STAiCY, Clerk of Court. THE CALIFORtNIA DIvQRCE. The following is a copy of th~e de cree referred to in Miss Kenyon's tes- - timony: "In the Superior Court of the County of Bumboldt, in the State of Cai fornia. "Ada A. Millard. piaintiff, vs. K. V Millard, defendant. Interlocutory judgment.C "This case having been brt.ught on, to be heard the 1st day of December, 1904, upon the complaint herein taken, as confessed by the defendant whos default for not answering your b plaint has been duly entered. And zaid court having heard the evidence ind testimony, and which is sufficient ly corroborated, and after having duly considered the same, and made and tiled its decision and conclusions of law herein, from which it appears that said plaintiff ought to be granted a decree of divorce together with other relief, as is herein specified: now, in accordance therewith, and on mariozn of counsel for said plaintiff it is ordered. adjudged and decreed, and this court, in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, does order. adjudge and decree that the said plaintiff is entitled to a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now and heretofore existing between the said plaintiff and said defendant; such decree to be -entered after the expiration of one year from the entry of this interlocutory judgement. It is further ordered, adjudged and de creed that said plaintiff be and she is hereby awarded the sole care and custody and control of K. V. Millard, Ed H. Millard and Paul Millard." IGNORANCE THE PLEA. The following is an extract from a letter written by the defendant to Miss Kenyon, bearing date Friday, 4 p m., April 26th. It was written from Orangeburg by the defendant in jail, and was mailed to her at St. George: "I have heard nothing from the court house Thursday, but I under stand that the prosecution is going to try and convict me as a criminal on the ground that the divorce which was granted my former wife in California last 4th of December would not permit me to be married to anybody else for one year: That is, until next 4th or 5th )f December (seven months in the future). I think they are wrong. I think that I could be married in any State outside of California just when I please, after the divorce is granted. If I made a mistake that could easily be rectified by my waiting until De cember 4th or 5th and then sccurirg a license in Georgia and'being married there according to the laws of Geor gia. I did not understand all the lit tle technicalities of marriage or divorce laws in any State. I hnew nothing at all about the laws of South Carolina. Never hEard bne thing about them be fore I came down here. All the States have different laws and what is law here is not law in Georgia." He goes on to justify himself in marrying Miss Kenyon on the ground that he did not know he was doing wrong. He discusses the interlocutory divorce and suggests that they can wait until after the 4th of next De cember and be remarried and purposes to arrange for her support in the meanwhile. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. The following is a portion of a let ter written by defendant, addressed to Miss Kenyon and her mother jointly, from the Orangeburg jail at this place on the Saturday afternoon when he was first committed to jail: "I see by The State that Sister Mary; in examining my letters, found cne from my divorced wife, indicating that she believed that I had a wife some where else. She was mistaken. When I was 21 years old I married a girl in Farmington, Illinois. Her people's name was Cone. Her name was Louisa Cone. She had a brother named Wil liam Cone, residing there. Be kind enough to write to Farmington, Ili nois, and find out all about her. She was not my wife when I married the woman whose letter you read. (Here Is given a statement as to his first wife's unfaithfulness.) "I left her and if you will write to any of the older citizens of Farming ton, Illinois, you will be able to snow surely that I had no wife when I mar ried the woman who lives in Galifor nia, and who was my lawful wife un til divorced December 4th, 190O4. "I-have now told you all my history. There is no one else and notbing more, and I have nothing to conceal from you or any one. I think the Presby terian minister married me to Miss Louisa Cone. I got the marriage li conse at Lewiston, in Fulton county. I think you hati better send immedi ately and find out all about her. If there are any questions you or your lawyer would like to ask I will take pleasure in answering them. TRIED TO DO RIGHT. "I am not a criminal. I have tried to do right. I have had a strange history, but I have never harmed nor attempted nor done any act to detile nor to lead any woman to do wrong. "I have had to endure it and it was more than I could bear. I am sorry to say that many of our northern so ciety women are not true to their hus bands. I feel pretty sure that the well bread southein lady is one whom a~ husband can trust. 'I recognize no man as my superior, when it comes to purity of character. I am sorry Sister Mary suspicioned me of being a scoundrel. It's bad for all of us, and would have been far bet t r to use more patience and not jump to a hasty conclusion. If I have been too hasty or have made any mis takes, it was of my desire to have my. 'Rebekkiah' with me to be my helper and companion in arranging my man ussipt for publication as soon as pos sible." Another letter from Millard tells of a letter he wrote to the clerk of court >ut in Iowa, asking whether a divorce oad ever been granted to Louisa Mil ard. It is evidently the reply to that etter that was written on April 25th y Clerk Stacy from O.sceola, Iowa, which had been copied above, stating hat a divorce was granted Louisa Willard in 1880). Several letters from liss Kenyon to Millard were intro icea in evidence, but as they are not f a public character and furnIsh no 2ew information in regard to the :barges against him, they are not re produced. In Miemory of Timrod. THE State is urging the Columbia Liberary Association to change the name of the library to "The Timrod Library." With no Intention of in berfering in a kocal matter, we hearti y endorse the suggestion of The stae. It would be a graceful and Ieserved compliment to tbe memory >f South Carolina's sweetest singer, who, we confess with shame, was not Lppreciated during life as he stould1 'ave been. No man can read thel poems and odes of the gifted Timrod ithout being a better man for hay g communed with his swveet spirit. n perpetuating the memory of such man as Hery Timrod the Columbia! ibrary Association would be per-I ormiug an act in keeping with the bjcts of its organization. Eat Boll Weevils. Charles Howard of the entomologi al bureau, department cf agriculture ,t Washington, lhas been notitled of he dh.covery in Fall county, Tex., of 1 ,peculiar bug which Is destroying the ol weevil. The insect was found on WILL STRETCH HEMP. The Fiend, William Johnson, Guilty of Diabolical Crime. A Sickening and Pathetic Case. The Verdict Meets the aIpproval of the People. William Johnson was convicted of of criminal assault on Geneva Howell, a little eight-year-old white girl, in the court of general sessions on Thursday. Johnson is a young mulatto about seventeen years of age, but well de I veloped for his age. The fiendish crime was committed near Bowman a few months ago. A full account of it was published in The Times and Democrat at the time. The little girl upon whom the fiend ish assault was made, is quite hand some in face, and she told of her hor rible treatment at the hands of the brute J ohnson in a calm and innocent, childish way. It was pitiful to look upon her, and her condition tended to cause the nobler sensibilities of man hood to feel indignant against the fiend who committed the brutal crime. The child was brought into the court room in the arms of her mother. She was seated upon a chair in the court room, within the bar. When she was called to give her testimony, the chair was lifted and in this way she was taken to the witness station. After she had testified she was taken back to the side of her mother in the same manner. She is helpless and cannot walk a step as the result of the crime that was committ ed upt n her person by the diobalical fiend. Baing a little child, she did not realize the hellishness of the crime the fiend had committed, and conse q-iently she did not tell her mother until several days after the assault, when the serious effects began to be manifested. The testimony produced at the trial is practically as follows: Geneva, in a frank, childish way, told the j ury all the circumstances in connection with the assault. She said she did not utter an outcry at the time and said nothing about it to her mother until a few days after the occurrence. She told a plain straight forward story of the brutal way the fiend had treated her. While she did not say se, it is very probable that the reason why she said nothing about the matter she was afraid of the scoundrel, who had treated her so brutally. Bettie H'wall. the -mother of the child, stattd the age of the little girl to be eight years. The child was hearty and could walk before this as sault, but is now a helpless crippie. The defendant had worked for them some time back but was not working for her at time of as.ault. She lives about 19 miles below 0:angeburg. She has never been married, and has no other children. Dr. W. M. Carn testified that about a week after the assault he examined the child. He found inflammation. Later he made a more careful exami nation and found the child suffering from a loathsome disease. Could not tell at that length of time after the assault what force was used. There was no question as to the child's suf fering from the disease. The child is now suffering from chronic poisoning from the disease. This has produced a rheumatac condition that has ren dered her lower limbs helpless. Dr. D. J. Hydrick testified that he had examined the defendant a few weeks ago, after he had been lodged in jail. The result -of this examina tion proved to him beyond question that the prisoner had a loathsome dis ease. He stated that this was true beyond a question. On the part of the defense Dr. J. A. Clif ton was called to the stand and he testified that he had made an ex amination of the prisoner a few days after he was committed to jail and he had reached the conclusion that he did not have the disease. He hai not made a microscopic examination. The defendant was called to the stand and denied the charge. He made a statement of his innocence. Stated that he was at the house of the child's mother on the day stated, but had not committed any such crime. The case was given to the jury at half-past one o'clock, just at the hour set for the dinner recess, and the jury had not only had their dinners but had agreed upon the .verdict when coart reconvened at 3 o'clock. The verdict found was guilty, and as there was no recommendation for mercy, the sentence carries the death penalty. The story told by the little girl touched all present and there are some who think that any other verdict might have had serious results. The verdict is regarded as a just one by those who heard the testimony. By appointment of the judge Johnson was defended by Mr. John S. Bow man. Johnson was sentenced to be hung on Friday, June 16. Bazcket Sboys and Exchanges. Before the Supreme Court at Wash ington the other day Judge Crumpack er b:-ldly asserted that the Board of Trade of Chicago was nothing better than an institution established for the promotion of gambling. He was de fending the bucket shops in a case that is now pending against them, and he did so by declaring that there was no essential difference between them and the large institution of the country in which commodities and securities are dealt in on margin. He ridiculed the contention that an ac tual delivory of grain is contemplated when there is a purchase or sale of wheat or corn in the pits at Chicago. Hie admitted that some actual sales take place, but he declared that the boards of trade of the country could no~t be maintained except for the tran sactions of a purely speculative nature that took place in them. He did not deny that bicket shops are places where gambling pure and simple, oes forwvard. but he did contend that teir transactions are identical with 3 majority of those engaged in by the members of the legitimate exchanges In either instance he contended that bhe so called brsiness done was bee tng, nothing more and nothing less; md he could not see why any legal air splitting should be done about bhe matter. In commenting on the position taken b; Judge Crumpacker 'he News and Courier says "if the Supreme Court shall now hold with Judge Crumpacker on this point it il be interesting to watch what the -esult will be. A legal declaration that >ur great stock operators are nothing noe than gamblers might make it ~xceedingly awkward for some of them *vho are forced to collect their win lngs in our courts of law. The stat ies on the subject are pretty much .1 made for the protection of lambse 'ather than for the advantage oft TURNS BULL. Thecdore Price Give Reasons For His Change of Heart. He Believes That There Will be a Material Reduction in the Cotton Acreage. Theodore Price has become a bull and is now endeavoring to make up for his wanderings from the light by the distribution of bullish literature. For instance, he sends out the follow ing letter explanatory of his change of heart: "New York, April 27, 3905. "Dear Sir: For over a year I have been a persistent and consistent bear upon the cotton market, believing as I did that the relatively high prices of 1904 and 1903 would reduce con sumption. "The comparatively low prices of ate current have, however, reversed the trend of trade. The world, in my opinion is about to witness a tremend ous expansion in the cotton Industry and the prospect of another large crop next year is exceedingly doubtful, as shown by my crop report, issued to dai. "Under these conditions, I believe that cotton can and should be now confidently bought by all those likely to require it during the next twelve months. "Should prices decline still further on the marketing of this year's sur plus, purchases will, in my opinion, become only the more attractive. "Tnzo. .R. PRICE." Accompanying the above is his monthly crop report, which comprises a compliation of 2,243 replies of an average date of April 17th, from 1,499 out of a total of 2,340 towns in the cotton belt to which the subjoined queries were addressed: Is the crop late or early in your sec tion. and to what extent? What percentage of increase or de creass will be shown by the cotton acreage in your section? What proportion or the proposed area has been planted up to date? What percentage of iLcrease or de crease will there be in cotton ferti lizer used in your section? From the replies received -to these he obtains an average indicated acre age decrease of 14 2 per cent. He then goes on to say: "My previous report was Ismed March 25th and summarfzAd or an average date of March 15th. In that report the indicated decrease in acre age, as estimated by my correspon dents. was 19.4 per cent. "The decrease now indicated is 14 2 per cent, which would seem to sug gest that as the season has progressed the disposition to reduce acreage has become less pronounced. "It is noteworthy, however, that the indicated acreage on the basis of the figures as reported is now 1, 686, (100 acres less than the acreage of 1904-03 which produced a crop of ap proximately 10,200,000 bales. "My correspondents adhere to their previous report as to the reduction in the amount of cotton fertilizer used, many of them stating that the in crease in the fertiliz er tax tag sales reported by the state authorities is due to the increased quantity of ferti lizers solc for u:eon the tobacco and truck acreages w'hich has been largely extended this season. "The most important feature of the crop report, in my opinion, how ever, Is the fact that the crop is re ported on an average twelve days later than the norrual, while the propor tion of last year was an average of fully twelve days earlier than the normal, it is plain that the growing crop is at least three to four weeks later than last year. "A notable though unferseen fea ture was the recent heavy frost, and I have separately tabulated the re marks of my correspondents in refer. ence thereto. Killing frost occurred in: South Carolina-Aiken, Charleston, and Orangeburg counties. The cot ton reported planted in these counties prior to the frost averaged 60 per cent, much of which has to be -re planted. Georgia-Columbia, Hancock, Mon roe, Harris, Troup, Cobb, Burke, Screven, Washington, Coweta, and Dooly conntles. The cotton reported planted in these counties prior to the frost averaged 25 per cent. Much re planting necessary. Alabama-Marshall, Wilcox, Talla poosa, Lamar, Hale, Chambers, Bar bour, Calhoun, Montgomery, Lime stone, Dallas, Perry, Elmore, Blbb, Bullock and Lee counties. The cot ton reported planted in these counties prior to the frost averaged 50 per cent. Much replanting necessary. Mississippi-Chickasaw, Ortibeha Clay. Cotton reported planted in these counties prior to the frost aver. aged 10 per cent. Much replanting neces ary. Asftar as present conditions afford anyialiitto2, the prospect of a bumper crop for the season of 1905-06 is not brilliant, and in view of the fact that whatever the consumption this year may be It is probable that the world will re quire a crop of at least 12,000,000 bales next year, I am of the opinion tbt a policy of con servatism on the part of spinners sug gests the advisahility of protecting their commitments as far into the future as possible by purchases of cot ton on the basis of present prices. My reason for this opinion as de veloped from a close study of the ituation I shall submit in a later ircular. THEoDoRE H. PRICE. Saluted Each Soldier W-trh a Kis A touching incident occurred iuring the Easter celebration ere. After the morning service all in the trcops in the region around headquarters were drawn up in ine before Gen. Linevitch's tent md the commander in chief came ut, greeted the troops and passed lown the line saluting each and eve. ry soldier with a kiss. All the men were much moved and many of them ept. The incident served to in ~rease their b'undless worship of the )d, grey leader. Gen. Linevitch ~ontinues energetically the reorganiz Lton of the various departments of ,he army. Killed His Sweetheart. A dispatch from Woodbury, Ga., tates that Oscar Stinson shot and in tatly killed his sweetheart, Minnie Womble, a sixteen-year-old girl, at ier home in Woodbury Wednesday lght. After shooting the girl, Stin on turned the gun on himself and hot himself. The wound did *not ~ >rove fatal, and he is still alive. Jeal- ~ usy is said to have been the motive. BOTH Togo and Rojestvensky are y ntitled to large crecit for the fact v hat they have not done any prelimi- C ,ary fighting wnth thei mouths. C FAIL TO ACREE. A Mistrial Entered for the Sec ond Time in the NAN PATTERSON CASE. At Twenty Minutes Past Two O'clock Thursday Morning the Jury Report ed that it Was Hopelessly Dis agreed, After which they Were Discharged. The jury that has been trying the Nan Patterson case in New York for the past ten days failed to agree and were discharged Thursday morning. Nan Patterson is charged with the murder of a gambler by the name of Caesar Young. The jury was given the case at 1.30 o'clock Wednesday and after deliberat ing 12 hours came into court pt 1.30 o'clock~Thursday morning and inform ed Recorder Goff that they had failed to reach a verdict. The jury declined the recorder's offer to aid them by ad vice on any point of law regarding which they might be in doubt, and were sent back to continue their delib erations. At 2.20 o'clock the jury again entered the court room, where the recor&'r and other court officials were in i.iting, and the foreman an nounced that they had failed to agree on a verdict. He added that their dis agreement seemed hopeless of adjust ment. Upon this announcement Re corder Goff formally discharged the 12 men composing the third jury that has considered this celebrated case. It is understcod that a majority of the jury was for acquital, but in what proportion they stood cannot be ascer tained. Miss Patterson collapsed on the jury's announcement and fainted dead away. She was assisted from the court by one of her counsel and several court attendants and revived in the ante room. On the second return of the jury, Recorder Goff made a personal appeal to the foreman to endeavor again to reach a verdict. The foreman entered the jury box and polled the jurors in opon court, but they were not able to agree. The recorder then asked them again if there was not some point in law or something he could do by whiti they might be able to reach a verdict, but the jurors re mained steadfast and finally declared their verdict a disagreement. Record er Goff, before aismissing the jury, cautioned them not to tell how they stood. Recorder Goff in his charge to the jury said: "You must not think that because of the humble position of this woman you should not give her the same consideration as if she occupied a more exalted position in sciety. Whatever her position, she is entitled to the same legal rights as the most prominent and most conspicuous. If there be a reasonable doubt in this case on the evidence, this donbt must be thrown into the balance for the defendant. A danger lies in the re Imarks of counsel which might take your mind off the direct issue. You must avoid this danger." The recorder described the two de gress of murder and manslaughter in the first and second degrees, which, he said, he apprehended by the requests to charge was thought by counsel to be appilicable in the case, and proceed ed: "I understand that there is no claim on the part of the defense that if the defendant committed this homicide it was either justifiable or excusable. I also understand that the defense claims that the crime was murder in the first degree or nothing. But you are not bound to accept the arguments of counsel as to the nature of this crime. You are the judges of the facts, if there was murder, and in what dagree. The crucial question Is: 'Did the man kill himself or did this defendant fire the fatal shot?' "If the accused fails to take ad. vantage of her privilege to make a defense, under advice of her counsel, her failure to do so must in no way, be held against her. ''Much has been said relating to the motive which actuated this defend ant, " he continued. "The prosecution claims that she shot the man because he had cast her off as his mistress. But it is not necessary to prove mo-I tive to convict of murder. If It is' shown that a motive existed, then it tends to support the circumstances. But to do this motive must be prov ed, not Imagined." Before giving the case to the jury, Recorder Goff ruled on the requests to charge interposed in M~ss Patter son's behalf. He refused to submit one of the requests, saying it would be a directio:1to the jury to acquit the de rendant. He told the jury, however, that they might disregard the testi mony of Julia Smith if they tuought in right to do so. He also refused to charge requests concerning Pawn broker Stern and the failure of the de fense to call J. Morgan Smith. He said that claims on either side were not to be considered as evidence. After going over the requests, one by one, Recorder G ,ff told the jury it was not necessary that there should be direct and positive evidence as to averything and it was sufficient that the facts be proven. "If you believe that it was a phy sicial impossibility, so far as the na ture of the wound is concerned, for T(oung to have shot himself, then that s a fact," he said, "but you must re member that one inference cannot be proven by another inference. "If you believe the defendant fired ~he shot without deliberation or in-t ent to kill, b.it in a moment of pas iion, then you may find her guilty of )ne of the other degrees of manslaug er. In reaching your conclusion you 1 nust not be swayed by sympathy crc oher influence." This Is the the sec- I >nd mistrial in the case.t On Serious (harge. Jack Miles, a negro, was jailed at C'homasville, Ga., on Wednesday, 1I barged with attempted assault on t i1rs. Belle H. Parker, of Chicago, on e larch 21. The crime occurred at v 'Wildwood," the southern home of v Japtain H. Thorndee, a Chicago h alilionaire. Mrs. Parker was in the d oom when a bullet crushed through b he glass, two iches from her head. e: 'he officers claim they have evidence 31 o convict Miles, .nd say his motive tt ras to drive John B. Knowlton, the 'I roman's father, from "Wildwood." p: ither negroes are Implicated In a bi nspiracr to this end TEA CULTURE. The Rapid Growth of the Industry in the South. Pinehurst Gardens at Summerville, in this State, Furnishes a Prize Taking Product. The Pinehurst gardens at Sum merville in South Carolina have shown such success in the cultivation of tea as to attract the attention of the country. The leader in this work is Major R. D. Trimble, a native of New York State. who has been con ducting experiments in tea growing and has succeeded to a degree so re markable as Indicate a wonderful de velcpment of tea growing in the southern part of the United States. For generations is has. been sup posed that tea could De grown only in China and Japan, but of late years India has developed a large tea-g'ow ing industry, and within 30 years Cey lon is very much engaged in it, and now it is transferred also to the United States. In fact such chills as are in the winter air of South Carolina but improve and help the plants, so that in luxuriant growth American tea gardens are in advance of the average Asiatic garden, and natives of Japan who have visited Pinehurst have expressed their wonder at the splendid growth and production of the plats in that vicinity. It is the- handling of the tea crop that makes the different varieties and makes them more or less valuable. The supposition that there are differ ent kinds of plants themselves from which the varying qualities are gath ered Is a mistake. It is in the early and the later gathering and in the maturing of them that the high quali ty, or inferior quality of tea is de veloped. The imports of tea in this country cost about fifteen million dollars a year. The expansion of the tea grow business in the South is so rapid as to lead to the belief that the American market may be supplied with domes tic tea before many years have passei -time being required chiefly for the growth of the tea plant to bring it to bearing conditions as well as to edu cate those who work in tea gardens to do so to the best advantage. The treatment of the tea from the picking through the sortir g and up to the firing, as it is called, is familiar. This urocess Is shown at Pinehurst and is of very great interest. A wide stretch of country is cov ered by this beautiful growth, and af ter the American fashion the fields are adorned with flower bushes and foliage plants so that it Is more like an exquisite private park than like an ordinary farm. It is recognized that Pinehurst tea is of the very finest grown. At the Exposition at St. Louis the Oalong from Pinehurst tcok first prize in competition with the finest brands of tea from the old world. The Department of Agriculture of the United States Is taking the great est interest in the development of tea growth and manufacture, and the aid it has given has been a very impor tant factor in that work. This is only one of the scores of Instances In which Secretary Wilson, the head of that department, has shown himself to be conducting It on the broadest lines of Intelligence and enterprise and far -sightedness. The triumphs achieved under the leadership of Sec retary Wilson in the last six or eight years have made a new record of suc cess in the department and placed Mr. Wilson at the head of secretaries of agriculture. Pinehurst tea farming is far past the experimental stage. It is more than a mere culture and is beccming an established occupation. It Is also not an excsptional thing possible only in the vicinity of Summerville. It has taken root there because of the enterprise of citizens resident cf South Carolina, who first studied the condi tions of soil and climate favorable to tea growing and then decided that the required conditions are admirably met in lower South Carolina, and especially In Dorchester county. Ex periments in tea growing in other parts of the South are already said to be producing good results, and a com paratively new Industry is added to the list that makes the agriculture of the United States the most remark able in the world in its range of pro ducts and vase aggregate In volume, and furnishes a new source of wealth to that section of the country fast be coming the garden of civilization. Gave Bimseel Up. At Spartanburg Surup Nance, who fired a pistol shot at Asha Bishop sev eral days ago, but. who killed little Lillie Quinn instead, has surrendered to Sheriff Nichols. He went to the home of a relative, Joe White, near Cherokee Springs, and expressed a desire to give himself ito the hands of the officers of the law and White accompanied him to the city. Nance is now in jail. The racts in the case are familiar to the readers of this paper. On Saturday iigt about two weeks ago Nance and Bishop engaged in a difficulty in the West End section of Spartanburg. phey were near the home of Lucius ainn and when Nance fired at Bish sp, the 8-year-old daughter of Quinn, ho was playing in the yard, fell with| L bullet in her brain, causing a wound ~rom which death ensued a few hoursi ater. Nance escaped and has been In 2ding since the tragedy until he sur ~endered. Accidentally Kil ed Himself. Gus Wallace, colored, accidentally hot and killed himself Sunday night, hile returning home from a negro turci, near Fair Forest, carrying a louble barreled shot gun. At the ime the gun was discharged he had .ighted from the buggy and was uarreling with some negro on the 'oadsde. As he atteirpted to regain ds seat in the vehicle the gun was1 isharged and the entire lcad of one iarrel entered his left breast, pene rating to the heart. Crc~w of Six Lost. The fishing schooner Florida was ast In a hurricane near Campeachee anks about ten days ago and that the ntire crew consisting of six men, ent down with the vessel. There rere twelve or more vessels of a simi Lr character anchored in the imme late vicinity and each parted Its ca le and went adrift. Some of the fish- ~ rmen of other vessels saw a big sea :rike the Florida. Her lights swayed ~ one side and then she went down. ~ 'wo of her small boats were later V icked up by another fishing schooner f ~ :twan alveston aon New Or SOLICITOR HENRYS BAD BREAK. Employed the Wrong Man to Work Up the Kershaw Lynching. Solicitor Henry made a "bad break" in employing Henry Howie to work up the evidence against the lynchers of John Morrison at Kershaw last Oc tober, and which culminated the other day In the sensational arrest of Ouch prominent men sccially and in a busi ness way as Stewart W. Heath, John L. Stevens, W. E Belk, Dick Belk, Durweil Truesdale, J E Holden, S. F. Gardner, Jr., H. J. Gardner, S. W. Wealsh, Frank Hough, alorg with a negro named Tom Shot Jones. At the preliminary hearing before Magis trate Caskey at Lancaster Friday, Howie, who had skipped out, was put on the "gridiron" by the lawyers for the defense, who denounced him as a fraud who had spent State's money in joints in Charlotte, Atlanta, Chester and elsewhere and had caused the ar rests for nothing. The solicitor admitted he had no witnesses and he shouldered the entire responsibility for employing Howie but he urged the magistrate to con tinue the case until Wednesday, as Howie had promised to produce the evidence by then. He admitted the arrest of the men was a surprise to him, but said he had been given to understand that it had been done to prevent the defendants from deflect ing a certain important State's wit ness whom they were after at the time of the arrests The case was dismissed and the cases against others for whom warrants were out were nol-prossed by. the solicitor. The statement below is said to be a fair sample of the means used by Howie to get testimony in the case. In an interview with the Charlotte Observer Spencer J. Croxton, of Ker shaw made the following statement: "Two and a half weeks ago Mr. J. W. Austin, agent for a sewing ma chine, wrote me to come to the Cen tral Hotel here at his expense. He told me to go to Mrs. Plyer, of Ker shaw, to get the expense money. She gave it to me all right, $2. I thought he had a job for me, and I came to Charlotte. "I went to his boarding house on Graham street, No. 901, but failed to find him. I came then down street and met up with S. F. Hough, whom I knew, and went with him to get cold drinks. He introduced me to H. B. Howie, a private detective. I played a game or two of pool, with him, and went to talking to him. He said he wanted me to go down to Chester and play a game of poker with him. He said it would be all correct; that I would go under the name of "Mr. Spencer," and nobody would know. So I went. We played all night that night and I won money, and next morning we came back to Charlotte. "I met Mr. Austin on the street before the Central and talked with him. That night I got Into a game and played poker here a day and a night, and then went back to Chester. I was still winning. Af ter one night's play at Chester, Mr. Howie suggested that we go to Atlanta, and 1 agreed. We got there at 8 o'clock next morn ing. He and his friends carried me to a saloon and began filling me with all sorts of drinks. We drank and drank, and then went and sat on trucks near the depot. There came to us two coppers, who arrested me and Rough. "Come on and go with us, they said. "What's the trouble, gentlemen?' " 'Come on,' they said. "So they took us and threw us in jail and left us there from 9 a. in., till 5 p. in., the following day. They would not let me write to my people, and they were trying to connect me with the Kershaw lynching. Then came Howie to me in person and pro. posed: He would turn me out and give me $3 per day and expenses and long as I wanted to work to go along with him and assist him. I told him I would take him up, and so he let me out.' "He carried me to supper, gave mhe plenty of beer and, after a good time, we took the train for Chester and got there Sunday morning a ~ week ago. Howie sent for a lawyer, one Newbold, and had him to draw up my affidavit as to whom I saw at the Morrisoni lnyching and who helped do it. I swore that I was with the crowd, but was there, not by design, but only by accident. I saw the thing going oni and through curiosity I went to see' what was doing, and that Is how I saw the lynching. I didn't know any thing of the plan at all. "Well, we went to Howie's home and stayed there a week. He or Hough or Will Moore stayed with me all the time. Howie tried to get me to go out and hide In the country to keep the sheriff or somebody else from getsing me. But I wouldn't go. "Last Sunday evening Howie sent me and Will Moore to Waxhaw and e sent Will Moore to hire a team. He said that Sheriff Hunter was in Monroe and that he wanted to get awaydfrom him. He wouldn't let us take the buggy to town, but made us walk out and mount In the country. Howie, Will Moore and I went in the buggy to Howie's father's, eight miles away. We stayed there two nights and one day. "Yesterday morning we hitched up and drove to Stours, arriving there an hour and a half befcre train time. We sat out on a pile of cross-ties and Dalked to pass time. After a while we saw a carriage coming, the horses t a lope. "'Louk yonderI Run! Howie, cried mnd leapt from his pile of crossties Lnd broke for the woods. I followed, or I didn't know it was my own peo le. When we got to the woods we nade a halt. I saw the nigger hitch ,he horses and saw the men coming ~oward us. Howie clapped his hand rn his hip just at the moment when 1 ecognized my brother. "'Don't shoot my brother,' I told im. "He said all right. "My borther came up, and pretty on my father. They told him they vere after me. "What do you want with him? sked JHowie. "It diaesn't make any difference,' ny father answered. 'He's my son ,d I'm going to have him.' "Howie said it was very good; that Le had no objections; that there rould be no hard feeling. "So we all came to Charlotte. When re got off and were talking about the epot, Mr. Howie went to a copper handing there and commanded him a arrest me for murder. The copper s aok me and carried me to the police o bation. I stayed there until the c yictor agreed to take my father's '] rord to have me at the preliminary a earing at Lancaster next Wednesday. d then they let me go." oxten when he made the abova ,t statement was accompanied by his father and his brother, who, The Onserver says, "were all well-dressed, well-spoken people, and a view of them suggests the seriousness of the busi ness ahead. Spencer Croxton is eigh teen years old and quite a handsome lad. The distressed -father would have had more difficulty in discover ing the whereabouts of his boy had it not been for the efficient assistance of Detective Maduras, whtse offices placed Spencer at Waxhaw and caused the father and brother to be there at the right time." From this state ment itwill be seen that Howie at tempted to manufacture testimony against the accused. CROP BULLETIN. What Director Bauer Says About Cro e the Past Week. The week ending Monday, May 1st, had practically normal temperature. Though the first of the week was cooler than usual, the last few days were very warm, with maximum tem peratures above 80 dsgrees on the 29th. There were rains on the 26th, 27th and 29th, with hail in a few places, and destructive high winds in Union and Saluda counties. The precipita tion averaged somewhat over an Inch for the State, though. many places re ported less than an Inch, but over the entire State enough moisture was sup plied for the present need of all crops and for germinating recently planted seeds. There were excessive rains ia the central and eastern counties that delayed farmwork from one to three days, but, as a rule, the precipitation was needed and proved very benefi cial. Plowing and planting were inter rupted, but made fair progress with the soil generally in excellent condi tion. Cotton planting is more than tbree-fourtts finished, and early plant ings are coming up to good standsg~ some cotton has been chopped In the eastern counties. There- has been some replanting done in the central counties where the nights have been too cool. Corn planting is now con fined to bottom lands, and generally to the western counties. Early corn has good stands but is being severely damaged by cut and bud worms, ne cessitating considerable replanting. The corn that was cut down by the. recent frosts is coming out again and will not need to be replanted. Early corn is being cultivated. The wheat crop is beirg damaged by the fly In several northwestern counties, but is otherwise promising. The oats crop was scarcely injured by the frosts and, with exceptions In the southeastern counties, is in a promis ing condition though heading too low in places. Truck was greatly benefited by the showers of the week and Is promising, except peas which were injuredby the cold weather of February and again in April. Some white potatoes were completely destroyed by the frost, while tIe larger portion of the crop: 1s making a new growth. Large shipments of strawberries are being made. Protected peach and other 'fruit trees were only lightly touched by the frost of the 17th of April, in the ex treme northwest, while exposed trees had all their fruit killed; the damage is less in th'e central counties and very small In the eastern one. Apples are not promisirg. Pear trees are blight ing badly. Rice planting has not yet begun in the Georgetown district,. arid is' about finished in other dis tricts.' Tobacco transplanting is well advanced generally, and finished in a few sections. Melons and other minor crops are now doing well. Pastures afford excellent grazing. The season is from one week to 10 days later than usual. Another Mine Horror. Sixteen men were killed and one will die as the result of an explosion at the Eleanora shaft near Big Bun Pa., Friday night.. The mine is own ed by the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company. The nighb shift was small or there would have been more fatalitizes as every man - was In the mine at the time of the explosion, except one Is rep',rted kill ed. Three bodies were recovered, two of them were brothers named KIrk wood. The men were English speak ing and resided at Eleanora, a small mining village .two miles from the shaft. Factory Conlapsed. At Omaha, Neb., three persons were killed Wednesday and six injured by the collapse of a three-story build ing at 13th and Grace streets. The building was occupied by the Omaha' Casket company and the killed and Injured were employes of the concern. The collapse of the factory was due to a heavy wind storm, which near the factory assumed thie proportions of a small tornada. A terrific storm of rain and hail followed the destruc tion of the building several inches of water falling in a short time. Pound in Pasture. The dead body of John Fogarty was found Thursday in a pasture one mile from his home, near Woodbury, Ga. fr. Fogarty left home in the morn ing with the intention of going to greenville. Mr. John W. Williams :me-by Mr. Forgarty's home to see - aim, but not finding him, Mr. Fe arty's family began a search and ound his body with a pistol by his ide. It Is supposed he committed sui. ide but no cause is given for the act. Found Dead. An unusually tragic death was dis sovered at Union on Friday morning, when Thomas Howze, the son of a prominent business man, was found lead in a gasoline house. He had poen Thursday of being sic'r, and It s supposed that descending. the few teps into the tank pot, the fumes of ihe gasoline overcame him. He was lot found until hours afterward. Paced Death Smigly. Greely Philips, a negro murderer3 vas hanged at Newman, Ga., Friday .nd the execution was the first tha ss taken place in the county in 30 'ears. Greely smiled and said: Farewell, my good white friends." Te thanked Sheriff Brown and Jailer tsabrook for their kindness to him nd shook hands with the preachers. Nan Stood Ordeal Well. Tuesday in the trial of Nan Patter on, Prosecutor Rtnd spared no detail f the girl's unfortunate life, and told f the tragedy as shown by the State. 'he chorus girl flinched many times t the directness of the attack; but espite the glare of the observers who warmed the court room, she stood he real wrell.