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SAVE THE BIRDS. Prof. Pearson Pleads for a Law to Protect Them From THE DESTROYERS. Who Murders Them at All Seasons for the Cruel Sport of Seeing Them Die. Birds Are Among the Best Friends of the Farmer. In his lecture on South Carolina birds at the State house in Columbia Prof. Pearson spoke as follows: "Gentlemen cf the Legislature of South Caroline: "It gives me reu-h pleasure to come before ycu tonight in the capac ity of a repiesentative of that won derful class of animals to which man kind is perhaps more iLdebted than to all other groups of wild animal life combined. "The wild bird's every action is a movement for the betterment of man. To the casual observer this is not al ways apparent. Wblle in a retlective mood the moonlight song of the mceking bird may faintly stir his sen timent, or the honk of wne wild goose may cause him to hark back to some incident of childhocd; yet the sight of a woodpecker stealing a mulberry will so arouse his resentment against the feathered race and cause the lust for blood to so bedtm his eyes that he will fail to see the unending good wh;ch the birds are doirg. 'The reason men do not care more for birds is because ihey know them so little. The average person seldom sees a wild bird except when it Pa fleeing from him in mortal terror. If )ou would really know their habits, go tp some favorable point on the !xrder of the woods and sit quietly on some fallen tree or stump until the bhdi of the neighborhcod have re sumed their wanton activity. I have known men whc did this to be utterly astounded at what they saw. "Among the fallen leaves on the ground the thrasher, the thrush and the towhee are industricusly scratch ing for worms and insects. All thrcugh the shrubbery and bushes toe warblers are examining for places where the insects live. Along the trunks of the trees the woodpeckers and nuthatchers and chickadeeS are prying and peeping into every crack or crevice where a bug can hide. The vireoes and orioles and tanagers are leaving no leaf unturned among the upper branches. While above all there courses thrLugh the sky the swallows and swifts which are strik ing upon the wing those insects en deavoring to escape the consuming fury beneath. Even at night tne work goes on; for taen the whippoor will, the bull bat and the owl popula tion is abroad. "All srmmer long this work of de struction continues, and when the frosts of winter have caused the in sect world to fall asleep, and we turn to the bare brown fields, here in every weed patch and sunny hillide may be founld fiocks from the 14 species cf native South Carolina spar rows, eating the seeds of the grass and noxious weeds, which would otherwise sprout in the spring to choke the farmers' crops "But even now the work of insect destruction does not cease; for all day long the woodpeckers and nuthatches ania creepers and scanning the tree trunks for the capsules of insect eggs tacked away behind the bark against the warm days of spring when they would hatch and the larvae come forth like a scourge upon the leaves of the fruit and lorest trees. "Our governmnent experts tell us that one-tenth of the entire agricul tural products of South Carolina is annually a total loss from the rava ges of insects, and many well informed naturalists unite with the statement that if it were not for the destructive ness of the wild birds, insects would become so numerous as to shortly render the earth uninhabitable by men. "South Carolina is naturally rich in bird life. From the mountains to the sea the species number something over 300. Esch species has a part to play in the great comedy of nature; although the good which some do is much more anparent than the good wrought by others. "Here is the way we have treated the birds of Carolina. Tnere are men within the sound of my voice who can remember the times when flocks of wild pigeons passed over this region in such nn~nbers that a single flight would be hours inl passing a given point-, and the shadow of whose wings would fall like the aarkness from a storm cloud. 'The pigeon will always be here,' said our people. 'L2, let us slay and eat, and shoot for sport and fatten our hogs upon the bodies of the pigeon.' Today the pigeon is gone, and probably no man in his room, the age of the slpeaker, L as ever seen a passenger pigeon wild in the State of South Carolina. "The ivory-billed woodpecker, the largest cf that noble family, has be come extinct in this State. "The only parrot found in North America, named the Carolina paro Quet bEcause of its audnei Carolina, is now extinct within the borders of this State. "When some years ago the cry went forth from N~ew York for feathers of birds with which to supply the milli nery trade, the Carolinas became the great field of activity c f the plume hunters. "Vessels were fitted out with pro visions and ammunition for a long cruise, and the hunters visiting the great colonies of the breeding sea birds on the coasts of the Cirolinas and Georgia shot these beautiful creatures literally by the million to obtain their feathers, and the or phaned young by untold thosands left to perish miserably on our sandy beaches. it was in these States that the plume hunters reaped their rich est harvest. For here in our congenial climate the birds had been wont to gather in greatest numbers; and here also the hunters knew that the birds were not protected by law and that no wardens awaited to warn them from our shores. So like the shadow of a dream cur vast flocks of summer gulls have passed away. This was not all! "Into the almost inaccessible swamps of our eastern country the plume hunters went to find the breedmng colonies of herons and to shoot the ol one to p--r te airats which grow on the back in the mating sea son. "The beaches of Port Royal and the swamps about Georgetown and: Charleston were filled with blood, torn feathers, and cries of wildest anguish. But the happy and content ed people of our State knew little of the great killing, and those who did know apparently cared not; for it was only birds that were dying. "But God raised up for the birds a saviour, a Moses, in the person of Mr. William Dutcher, who so stirred the people of the North that today there is no Northern State but what prc tects the wild birds. "The Audubon society, of wlIh he is the father, has spread its influence to more or less extent in every State in the union and far beyond the bord ers of cur ccuntry. "In 1903 the legislature of North Carclina said that this slaughter must stop, Florida did the S.-, Vir ginia, Georgia and Tennn-. ': owed in quic succession, while 3 .: last session of the South Carolina legisla ture this honorable body enacted the statute prepared by the Audubon s) ciety saying that beneficial wild non game birds shall no longer be killed at any time. "Bat the Audubon society is not content with'merely placing the law upon the statute book, and in South Carolina the s. c )nd and g -eatest step is yet to be taken; namely, proving sc'me adequate means for the enforce -ment of al bird and gam laws. "A bill Including the necessary pro visions has been carefully drawn, and has already been presented to this body. The bill has the appro"'al of the United States government ex perts on State game legislation, the officers of the national Audubon sc ciety, a number of the hunting clubs and game associations of Sauth Caro lna and many of the leading jurists. sportsmen, and bird lovers of this commenwealth. "The bill provides for incorporating the Audubon Society of Sautn Caro lina and giving it powers to enforce the bird and game laws of the State by means of game wardens whom it shall appoint and who shall receive commissions from.the governor. "The Audubon society is to pay the wardens for their services. No ap propriation of funds is asked frc m the legislature, but all non-residents com jog into the State to hunt will be re quired to take out a hunter's license at a cost of $10. This money will b: placed at the disposal of the Audubon society to supplement the fees ano gifts of its members and friends. Tne organ'z itio pledges Itseif to be ac tive and to the publication and dis tribution of literature on the value of the birdi to the various interests o the State, to disseminate widel. knowledge concerning the character >f the game laws, and in every way to exert an it flience towards building up a strong healthy sentnimnt in the State for tee protection of the wild birds and preservation of gtme. "In this connection I may say that this plan is not an untried experi ment. For example, just such a law was passed in North Carolina three years ago Since that time the so ciety has suc:essfully cond acted near ly 200 prosecutions for vioating the laws, such as killing quail out of sea son, shootir-g song birds and hunting deer in summer; has made more than 40 selz ires of game which was being smuggled out of the State to North ern markets; has distributed more than 5.000,000 pages of printed in formation among the people of the State, and is now err ploying 45 trusty game wardens to uphold the digaity of bird and game ;aws in N arth Caro lina. Tie society has collected from the sale of licen-es and from the fees and gifis of its memnbers about $30. 000, with which it nas carried fur wsrd this enormous wcrk; and all this has been done without costing the taxpayers of the State oae c mnt. The only perso4.who cain possibly obj c. to this law is the non resident who is required to pay $10 for the privilege of hunting. Many Northern gentle men own gains preserves in the State; but it has been found that they not only gladly pay their license because of the protection which it di ards them, but In addition many of them annually make handsome contribu tions to the Audubon work. "It has been my pleasure of recent years to spend much time in the swamps and along the coast of our Southern States. Desiring to be in position to acquaint our people more intimately with the wild life, I have on many occasions used the camera to photograph the birds and their nests. The stereopticon views which I wish to exhibit are from photographs made in the field; and the series selected for this occasion illustrate more particu larly those species of South Carolina birds which are of greatest value to to the State." Mr. Pearson then showed about 75 tinted slides fcom photographs of birds, their nests and young; discuss lng each in tarn and referring to the relationship of that bird to the far mer. Audubon societIes have been formed in practically all Southern States ex cept Alabama and the general assem bly of that State will soon be urged to pass a bill. Prof. Pearson goes from Columbia to Greensboro, and in a few days he will go to St. Paul, Minn., there has been asked to lecture at the national meeting of the State game gardens and commissioners of the union. W beat Bran Scente~d and Sold a Very High Prices. The Raleigh Progressive Farmer sounds a note of warning to the far .mers of the South about what it calls the stcck food swindle. It says that one of the most outrageous frauds now being perpetrated upon the Amelican farmer is that of prepared stock foods-common meal, bran etc., with a lhttle cheap sulphur, salt, Ep som salts pepper, saltpeter etc. added to change the taste and the mixture (hardly more valuable than ordinary ship stuff) put up in filming packages advertised in big illustrated ads in farm papers, and sold to gullible farm ers at from $250 to 2,500 a ton." The Progressive Farmner says -further that somne time ago, the chief Southern cntributor of one cf the farm papers most largely circulated in North Car lna and adjoining States wrote an exposure of the whole miserable fraud. and sent it to his paper. "Tae reply came back: The Blank Stock Food Compaby pays us $3,000 a year for advertising, and we would lose it if we were to print your letter. Please don't insist." IL is quite proper that while the patent medicine nostrums are getting a drubbirg, the stock food umbugs should be exposed, and thisi The Progpsssive Farmer proposes to do. If the frauds are of the nature complained of we hope the exposure will be of a nature as to protect the armers aganst them. JUDGES ELECTEP. ONLY TWO OF THEII EAD ANY OPPOSITION. Trustees of the Iifferent Colleges and Other Cfficers Ilected Without Much trouble. The elections by the Legislature passed cff quietly on Tuesday Jan. 23 There was only one race which excit ed any real snappy Interest,and that was the selection of a trustee for Clemson college. It was rumored that Chief Justice Pope would have an op ponent In the person of Mr. Geo. S. Mower of Newberry. Mr. Mower was called to the city and although he was informed the night before that a large part, though aot a maj )rity, of the general assem bly.had b.en secured for him, he de clined to let his name be used. Wed nesday morning before leaving the city he wrote Senator C. S. Blease: For reasons alreadr given you, I write to rc quest you again that my name be not presented in the electiou for chief justice," Senator Warren of Hampton was nominated against Juige James Al drich and Senator McGowan of Lau rens was nominated against Judga J. C. Klugh of Abbeville- B it the incam bents were electE d by overwhelming maj zrities. The vote indicated that ae legislature -was disposed to make: no changes. There was a similarity in the vote for Seoators McGon aa and Warren which exoited some comment. The only judge Who has been defeated for reelection in re nt years was.Jndge Cownsend by Senator Hydrick In the acminations Wednesday no speeches were allowed, but Mr. Pjllcek in a very few words paid a bandsome tribute to Judge R. C. Watts, who was again re elected. T ae jnt assembly was convened at 11 o'c'ozk by Senator Manning, who presided with dignity ovei the elec cions. Tae first place to be filled by the elections was that of chief justice of the State supreme court. DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES. Sansto: J. H. Huds.n nominated Chief Justice Y. J. Pope to sumceed himself. Mr. Taylor of Newberry sec onded the nomination. There were no other nominations Tne chairdeclared t'2at 146 votes had been cast, all for Julge Pcpe. Se-ator Walker rominated Judge C. G. D.ntzer to succ~ed himself in the drst cacnit, the nominatiun being sec. onded by Mr. Brantley. There was no ither name placed in nomination and ihe votes were cast. For the selection of-jn1ges of the sec ond e rcuit, Mr. J. BRlton Watsun ominated Senator E F. Warren of Hamptcn. Tnis was seconded by Dr Whatley representative from Hamp ton. Julge James Aldric i, the in cumbent, was nominated by C-il. Jno. R. Cloy of Aiken, and this was second Ad by Senator W. E. Johnson. The cesult cf the ballot was Aldrich, 118; Warren, 32; neccessary to a choice, 76. F.r judge of the third judicial cir rut, Judge R 0 Purdy was nomina ted by Senator McLed. Tnis was second id by Mr. F iser, Teaere was Qo opposition and Judge Purdy receiv ed 138 votes. For judge of the fourth circuit, Judge R. 0. Watts was nominated by Mr. Pollock, seconde d by Capt. Sellers Tnere was no opoposition and Juige Watts received 129 votes. For ju ige of the sIxth circult, Judge George Williams G-age was placed in domination by Senator E ardin, sec onded by Senator Hough. Judge Gage received the entire vote, Judge J. C. K ugh of Abbeville was nominated for reelection by C oi. W. W. Bruce of Marlboro. This was sec onded by Senator J. R. B:ake of Ab beville. Mr. B yd of Laurens nomi nated Senator Frank P M,.Gowwan ol Laurens. This was seconded by Mr. Nash cf Spartanturg. -The result of the vote was Klugh, 100; McG.owan 41;"ecessary toa choice, 71. Tais ccmpleted the election of judges and the joint assembly pro ceeced to tbe election of State lib arian. Senator M arshiall nominated the incumbent, M;ss L. H. L:.Borde. This was seconded b, Col. D. 0. Her bert. Miss S. M. A. B ack was nom inate d by Senator -W. J. Johnson. This was seconded by Mr. Boyd of Laurens. The result was Miste Miss LaBirde, 136; Misa-Black, :1. Neo essary to achoice 76. 5ELECTION~ OF JUDGES. There was no opposition to the re election of Messrs. D. B. Peurifor and J 0. Wmngo as directors of the State penitentiary. - In the selection of trustees of Win throp college there was no opposition in the incumbents, W. J. Roddey, Dr. E S. Joynes and A. Mdarkley Lee and tney were rej soted.. The nominess for trustees cf the Sc uth Carolina college were - August Kohn, Dr. W. T. C. Bites and J.imes Q. Davis. All thre3 were- electe ; without opposition. There were three vacancies on the Clemson board, S. A. Sease of New berry, Augustine T. Smythe of Chear leston, and W. D. Evans of Marlboro. These were nominated for reelection and Capt. Ivy M. Mauldin of P.ck ens was also nominated. Tne joint as sembly took recess without making a selection. Capt. Ivy Mauldin is an alumns of Sha institution and his candidacy was well received as he had been a member of the house of cepre sentatives. Mr. S3ase is also an alumnus. Ti'e result of the election-for trus tees of -Cemson college was as follows: L A. Sease, 110; W. D. Evans, 106; J. Mi. Mauldin, 99; A. T.1 Smythe, 60. Total number of votes cast, 124; necessary to a choIce, 60. The three first named were elected. There was no opposition to the re elEction of Capt. E. Mi. B'ythe of Greenville and Maj. J. J. Lucas on the Citadel board. They are both in cumbent members of the board. j The last election was that of trus tees of the State Colored college. Dr. Win. R. Lowman and Capt D. J.1 Brasham were reelected. There are< on the present board .and there- was no otjeciion to their rieelection. Pubaclv Dismisee( A dispat ch from Anapolis Md., says at noon Wennesday when the full brigade of mid shipmaen were paraded t for the regular formation. Midship-e man Peterson Barto Mu zni and W. t W. Foster of the first -class and Tren-1 mar Offin, Sr., of thie third class, I were publicly dismissed from the 1 United States navy f~r hazing plebas 1 or fourth classmnen. Tne order of the secretary of the navy was a short oneC and in each case was addressed per nally to the midshipmen directly1 WAS POISONED. IHE SUDDEN DEATR OF MR. B. T. REED FULLY EXPLAINED. rhe Question Now Is Who Gave Him the PoEon and for What Reason In a special to The State from Bam berg in the issue of Saturday it was stated that Mr. B. T. Reed of the ope section of Ozangeburg ccunty died at that place the previous Sunday mornmng and that his death was caus ed from paralysis of the brain, brought on by excessive drinking. This statement of the cause of Mr. Raid's death is denied by his brother in law, Mr. G. B. Kittrell of Cope, who in a letter to The State makes the assertion that M. Reed's death was due to poisoning. That this was believed to be the case was known by us last week bus no mention of it was made until there culd be confirmation which has been furnished by Mr. Kittrel in the letter to The State which will be found be low. The case seems to be a myster. ic us one and w.lI doubtless be investi gated fully in tie officers of the law. The irquest, It will ba noted from Mr. Kittrell's letter, has not yet been concluded and the facts may be brought out at that time. Mr. Kittrell's letter leaves no doubt tut that Mr. Reed was poised by some Dne. Now the queation is who did it . A for what purpose was it done? He .was a very quiet, pleasant man, not at all qaarrelsome, and Is is hard to audersand why any one should want t6 kill him, and we hope the 'matter sil be pushed until- the guilty parties apprehended and punished. Mr. Reed was well known in 0:angeburg, and his mysterious death is lamented by many friends. At the time of his death Mr. Reed was not quite forty years of age. The following is Mr. Kittrell's letter to The Sti te: To the Editor of xne State: I notice in your paper cf Sunday under the heading, "Bamberg News, the statement that Mr. B. T. Reed of the Cope section of Orangeburg coun ty died in Bamberg last Sunday morn iug, that he had been drinking heav ly, and his death was caused from paralysis of thebrain. This is an error and irjustice to a dead man. Mr. Reed was poisoned by s me one with arsenic between 11 a. m. Saturday and 2 50 p. m., as he stated that he had been poisoned to Mr. G. A - Jennings, an honorable and high-toned gentleman, and because of :he conditions under which he died at 6 a. m. Sunday morning, the family decided to have a post mortem, and Drs. Jennings, Cleckley and Hoover f Bamberg were called in to perform same. 1 took the stomach and con uents to a chemist in Augusta, Ga., and he found that he was pols~ned with arsenic. Mr. R.ed was a man that made sme money, a peaeeable and quiei itizen and while te drank some whIP key it was an exception to see him under its influence enough to even tell he bad a drink. The motive for the murder was either robbery or to gel nimn out of somebody's way. I hope to sihow the cause ana: who did the olack crime by the 255h when an in quest is held. G. B. KITrRELL. Cope, S. ., Jan. 20, 1906. ATTRMP!ED SUICIDE Rather Than Tellsa Suitor She Couad Not Marry Rim. When all the guests had gathered for her wedding and the arrIval of the bridegroom wds expected, Miss Jennie Graham, ninteen years old, of 2051 Margaret street Pailadelphia Pa. attempted to poison herself Thursday. Calling all her family and the guests around her, the girl said she never culd be happy with a man she did not love, and that she preferred death to a lifetime of misery. Before any one could Interfere, or even before her Intent was suspected, she had swallowed two ounces of laudanum. Miss Graham will live, and In all probability she will wed another. She is slowly recovering in the Frankfort hospital, where an extraordinary In ident to the case happened Wednes day afternoon, The rejected suitor Ruben Dean, twenty one years old, of 2051 Margaret street, attired in readiness for his wedding, came face to face with Charles 1Parfitt, his suc essful rival, at. the bedside of the girl. Dean had rushed In dismay from the brides home while Parfitt had ome from his cfice. Until news was brought to him that the young woman was near death, Parfitt did not even know that this was to be t-er wedding day. For a moment the men fiashed looks of anger at each other, but apparently being moved by the thought of death hovering over the girl uncouncious on thie cot at their sides, they turned away with-. out a word, and left the room by op posite doors. The physicians when they heard of the meeting gave strict orders that It should not happen again. They were irritated over the affair, saying that had Miss Graham b en in a state to observe the men, lhe might have experienced a mortal shok.. Toe young woman was engaged to wed Dean when she met Parfltt and lhursday night when she was sai d to be out of danger and steadily pick ug up her strength, she said she had rot hod the courage to tell Dean she ould marry him. She said that she culd not lightly dismiss to. the man who bad asked her to be his wife, but iht all of last night her heart grew n heaviness over the prospect of sep iratinghersElf from B..-rltt forever. All morning Miss Granamn kept her elf locked io the room, and only an iour before the time set for the cere nony, which was to take place in the arlor of her parent's home, did she in her family. Then she seemed to e all merriment and happiness. But ter hilarity was only assumed as a nask to conceal her grief which uickiy carrie-d her to despair. Fatal Dael. A dispatch..from. Florola, Ala , says rady Miller, the.16i y.ear-old son of )r. R. L. Miller waS Wednesday night, hot and killed by the negro porter of he Lake View hotel- There were no ye witnesses to the shootlog, but he pistol shots were heard. A search vas made and nearby wa~s found. the egro In a dying condition. He lived ong enocugh to say that he and Mil er .had engaged In a pistol duel. ~here is no wray to ssc3rtain the ause of the tragedy. Young Miller las at home for a few dayB from Afford college, S. 0., where he had een a+tending school DID NOT WAIT LON. Following Suicide of kiis Wife D. W Biott Married Cashier. The Augusta Cbro- ible puolishes the folliwing special dispatch fr-m Savannah: Ranssm W. Hiott, the ab sconding Colu-nbus irsuiance man, and Miss Miry R. Taomas were mar ried Jusice Line Moday morning, ane Immediately after left by boat for Bluff Lon, S. C., the formar home of Hiutt. It is believei that Hiott and Mhs Thomas c-irm to S-v,.n h tUgether from CAumbus Maoay morniag. They were accampa,.rd by Hiott's two ciildren, Eani durir g the c-rmony the grofm had nis two year old calid in his arms. The couple seemed in a hurry to have the ceremony performeb The couple seemEd very well fixed fnan ancially. Waen it came iime to pay the justice his fee Mrs. Hiott, the justice hif fee Mrs. Histt, the treas urer, flashed a good s z.d rg and stripped off a greenbabk. Ga January 14 Hiott!; wife was found dead In bed at ter residence in Columbus, by her two children, ner husband being absent in New York, attending a meetitg of the superin tendants of the M tropolitan Lifa In surance company. Whe' the room in which Mrs. Hiott was found was searched, an empty laudanum bottle and another only half filldd was d:scouered. From all thai; could be learned from the neighbors of the Hibtt family, 10 was supposod that she committen sui cide. Hiott returned to Columbus, and, having a d. Mifulty in the offte of the Metropolitan, disappeared. MiES Thomas, who had been his cashier, dissappeared at the same time. A CONVICI'S B2IDE. Did Not Know P*, Bat Stands by Husband. "He's always been kind to me and we've only been married ten months. If he goes to prison Ill have no means of support. I'm not very strong, Your Honor, so please be merciful." The girl wife of Frank V. Wilson, I who was up for sentence before Jidge Holmes, In the superior criminal court. at Boston, Mass., for snatching a handbag from Anna Goldman on December 11th, broke down while pleading in her young. habsnd's,be half. The case had a sad dome.tic phrase. The young couple were married la the provinces, where Wilsor vai employ ed as a mail clerk at S5 John. A few months ago they came to Boston again to live. Wilson tried to find work bu* failed. Then he was indicted for rob bing Anna Goldman, and also for as saulting Policeman Daniel T. Mayo with a pistol when the latter p't * id him under arrest. His wife then learned the dark hair ed young fellow she had married had an alias and a criminal record. But she stuck by him loyally In spite of: the disgrace, made regular visits to his cell and got a lawyer, who acted through charity more than anything else. Mayo rehearsed the street theft and: told of a farmer conviction for bur- . glary for which Wilson served two, years at Thomaston Me., and bow he: had been known as Jamss McDonald. The witness said he had always tried to do right. On the day in qnestion he was with a companion, who snatched the woman's bag. He denied that he did it, but the crowd blamed him and he ran for protection.I Fearing bodily harm, he drew the re-1 volver. .1 He admitted that he had served two years at Thomaston for breaking and entering, but that was six years ago, and he had reformed since then. Judge Holmes thought the case al together too serious, so Wilson was sent to the state prison for from three to five years, with one day in solitary. The count charging assault on the flieer with a loaded pistol was placed on file. MUEIDER SUSPECT DETAINED. Carl Johnson, Sailor on the Texas, Wanted in Minneapolis. The Charleston Post says Carl John son, a sailor now on board the battle ship Texas, is being held a prisoner] until proper papers can be received from Minneapolis, where Johnson IsI wanted w -.oharge of complicity in killing Otto Baber, a saloon man of that city, on the evening of Decem ber 22 Detective C. D. Brown of Minneapo lis, suspected that Johnson had most iaely enlisted in the navy, and at1 N'orfolk traced his mah to-Charleston, where he discovered Johnson on the< Texas. Robbery was the motive of the crime in which Johnson is chargedI with having a part. Three men ap- t peared in the saloon of Baber with drawn revolvers, and executed a gen- I eral hold-up. A good sum of moneyt was taken from the cash till of the saloon. Baber, who was behind the I bar, made a motion that convinced :1 the robbers of his Intention to resisti or make an alarm, and he was shot a fatally. Johnson was traced to Chirleston r and found by Detective Brown on the 1 Texas. He will return to Minneapo lis without requisition Dapers. Brown ; expects a warrant for the man to ar- e rive In Charleston on Thursday, and f then be will take his man back to b Minreapclls for trial. a The sailor denies complicity In the ii crime, but is wilhung to stand trial. t: He Is one of the recruits recently re- b ceived about. the Texas. Since the ar. E rival of Brown in the city and his t1 identification of Johnson the sailor n has been kept in prison aboard the a Texas. One cf the city'detectives was. ti sent along .with Brown to Introduce ti him to the Offlders di the ',Lexas, that his dluty might be perfbrmned with. more facility. .Browa came to Char leston on Sunday. i . .Ali Want It., Tlie Wishpton correspondent of al the CharlestonPost says the opinion ri of. South Carolina Senators and Rep 2' reseatatives here is an Indication of opnion~~in South Carolina the Legis lature will not bother with the dispen sary law and will leave the whole thing to the people for settlemlent this summer. 1t is almost the unani mous conclusion among the South Carolina Congressmen~ that a vast majority of the entire vote of the State is in favor of' the dispensary 1lii ystem if remodelled to eradicate allW BAMBERG MAN' barged With Poisoning B. F. Reed With Arsenic 3Y A CORONER'd JURIT Disreputable Woman Fgur.s in ibe Case, and an Ugiv Scandsl Is Rn vealed by the Ecquiry Into the Death of B. P. Reed at Bambeig. The inqutst over the body of B F. ,eed was held at B imberg last Fri lay, and was c mcluded about eight >'clock that night. The jury render. d a verdict that his death was caused )y arsenic poisoning and that polson vas administered by H Care-.Dickin on. John R Bellinger, E q., repre ented the State, beir.g employed by dr. G. B. K ttrell, who has been ac ive in working up the case. 01 Tuesdaysfolowing the body was lisinterred, the stomach removed by Drs. Oh ekley and Hoover and taken o Augusta for examination by a -t emist. Dr. C eckley tcstified. aw L3o did D,. Hoover, that he could ee from the condition of the stomach hen it was removed from the body hat poison had been administered Dr. C..ckley also testified as to the cndiTilon of the b-i i when it was )pened Friday. H3 said the brain 6lso showed that poison had b.en ad ninistered. Dr. John Schreider o' Ai gusta, Ga., he chemist who analy zid the stom Lcb, testified that he found arsenic in he stomach, and that the j ir cin aining same ha:d the seal intact when .t reached him. Dr Cleckley had estified to saaling the jir wben he placed the stomach tberein, putting )n it his certificate that it contained he stomach of B. F R-ed. Dickinson had been under suspicion ,or several days. Week befoare last L search warrant was sworn out and ais room searched, bu(notbing was lound. This search was for the pur pose of finding out if there was any trsenic in his room. He was not ar ested, but knowing of this suspicion 21s relatives employed H. M. Graham Eq , to represent him at the inquest. The jury was composed tf the f -l lowing: W. D. Rhoad, merchant; N B. FAder, merchant; H. F. Bamberg larmer; J. C. Utsey, mechanic; Wall, nechani- ; Morris, clerk; J. W. Hill, Parmer; M. C. Sandifer, merchant; M A. Smoak, stock dealer; George H. 3moak, wheergiat and vehicle dealer. A number of witnesses were ex Lwined and a mass of testimony aken. Tie testimony was taken lown In shorthand by Mr. H. N. Bel inger, who recently acted as stenog rapher at a special term of curt in BE.mpton. The procee dings were all ecret and iothing was .known of ie aestmony until the verdict of the lry was ren dered.. The most important witness was @ iz i, Bunch, a wtits prostute, who iwore that Bied was given a drink of whiskey at her hou e by D ekinson. [C will be remembered that Reed went 0o Bamberg on Saturd ay morning, anuary 13, and went to this woman's iouse. In the af cernoon he came own town and said he was sick, had itarted home bun came back because e was ill. He told a friend he believe ie had been poisoned and gave this rend some money to deposit in the aank, wuich was done. Pniysicians were at once called in but ha grew worse and died about 6 o'clock the -ext morning, the death being myster ous. The Bunch woman, whose arrest is oted above, testified that Dickinsen Visited her, also Reed. T aa~t on the aturday mentioned Recd came to iouse between 10 and 11 o'clock; hat shortly after wards Dcekinson ~ame in and gave Beed a drirnk of hiske' out of a bottle whi'c 1 he oo rom his pocket. That Dickinson ~ook none himself nor offered anybody dse any. Shortly afterwards seeing ome other people czaming Dickinson umped out of the back window and ~an off. Taat .Reed stayed at her iouse about three hours or more. She aid the same afternoon Dickinson ~ame back and said to her: "I guess Lve fixed the now;" that Dick nson had said to her about ten days efore that if Reed did nothkeep away rem her he was going to kill him; ~hat after she was arrested Dickin on had seen her at the j til and told rer not to say anythingiswhat he had aid about Rced. As soon as D) ekinson heard of the erdct of the jury he did not wait or a warrant to be sworn out, but at me went and surrendered to the heriff. It Is supposed that he will hpply for bond as soon as the testi nony can be transcribed and the mo ion made. The correspondent of The tate says Dickenson Is the last man ie would have suspected of commit ing such a crime. He comes -of a dghtoned, honorable family. His arge connection conssits of some of he best people of the community. It s hard to believe that . Clare' Dickin on poisoned B m R ted, and It Is only air to him to say that the chief wit ess against him is a woman of the >west type of character. She testified that -Dickenson was aying her expenses and it seems that rhile she had a room with a white imily she took her meals at a negro ouse. She fully admitted her char cter while testifying. It 1s Interest. ig to note that her testimony was hat Dickinson gave Reed the whis ey about 11. o'clock on Saturday. ~eed was teen sick about 3 o'clock ae same afternponl ahd died the next ornng about 6 o'c'ock. If poisen as adminstered at the time she tes fed, certain It Is that it took a long me to produce death. An Old Rting. When Kilaen Van Rensselaer and ~ss Dorothy Mason were married iNew York recently a wedding ring as used which had been used by an restor of the groom when he mar ed Ann Van Weyler in Amsterdam 8 years ago. Broke fler Eggs. Mrs Stainford of Reading, Kansas, L brought claim against the Atchi n, Topeka & Santa e railroad for( .40 damages for breaking a dozen uting eggs that were being shipped i her.__________ Don't be deceived by the Spring. I :e weather into the belief that a Inter has gone. There are plenty I cold wather yet to come. G1. erai News. Noah Blrd sh't and killed his brother-in law J ,at Mzell at 0 lando, F.a., on Sunday. Bishop Jac. C. Keener of the Meth odist church died at his home In 1New Orlean3 on Saturday, aged 87. Gen. L-'A Wright of Tennessee, governor general of toe Paillippines, has been appointed firs miniscier to Japa&n. Three men were killed in the wreck of a Saaboard Air Line freight train r.t Mina, eight miles from Atlanta, on Friday night. A yjuug negro man was lynched at Piuola, Miss , on TLursday night for attacking a bcaool girl on her way htme. Two negroes were killed in a wre k on tne Darien & Western road neaj Gleenville, Ga., on Thursday and four ozhers were seriously I j irtd. W. J. Bryan Is in Manila. He sa s his views on the independence of the island are uncnanged and that be wLi handle the situation in his series of letters. Senator Tillman has been irvleie to make the prncipal address befor. the D-mocratic c'ub of New York city on the 30th instant. R D. and J H Datee were arrest ed at Midisonville, Texas, on Sunday chargea with killing Tom Dafee, son and brother of the accuesd, with an axe. W. R. Brandt of Ed River, Minn., on Thursday night shot and killed his wife and Justin Adams and then com mitted suicide. Jealousy was the cause. L'ster Danawi'z, a machinist of Pniadelphia, shot and kted his wife on Thursday because of jealousy and then committed suicide. Wm. S. Ikard, a Texas cattle man, has filed a petition In bmkruptcy In the federal curt at F rt Worth, fix ing his liab lities at $745 000 and his assets at nothing. A steel splinter three inches lons was cut from the brain of John Na 1 of Winston, N. C., at Jefferson hos pital, Philadelphia, on Saturday. The oueration was successful and the pa tient, it is thou ht, will get well. E. L. Humphrey, cashier of the Bank of Wadley, at Wadley, Gi., committed suicide with a pistol on Mond ty. He leaves a wife and four children. The cause is unknown. His accounts and money were straight. W. L. Wicker, a prominent livery. man of Montezuma, Ga., -committed suicide on Saturday by shooting him self with a pistol. He leaves a wife and two daughters. It is thought that bad health was the cause. Marriageable Age. I Austria a man and woman are supposed to be capable of corducting a home of their own from the ages of 15. In Germany the man must be at least 18 years of age. In France the man must be 18 and the woman 15; in Belgium the same ages. In Spain the intended husband must have passed his 14rh year, and the woman her 12th. In Hiugary, for Boman Catholics, the man must be 14 years old and the woman 12; for Protestaa~J, the man must be 18 and the woman 15. Iti Greece the man must have seen at least 14 summers and the woman 12. In Portugal a boy of 14 Is consider ed marriageable, and a woman of 12. In Russia and Saxony they are a littale more sensible, and a youth must refrain from entering Into matrimony till he can count 18 years, and the w'oman till she can count 16. In Switz~rland men I -om the age of 14 and the woman from the age of 12 are allowed to marry. In Turkey any youth and maiden who- can walk properly, and can un dersband the necessary religious service are allowed to be united for (ae Bo.nest man. The Nrewberry 0 aserver says: "A rare and very old incid. nt has hap pened to a certain lawyer in that town. I-1 place of-this attorney fore ing another to pay a debt, he himself was almost fore :d to receive a certain amnountt of money, the facts being about these: A man, whose name it is not nesay to mention, came to the attorney and demanded that he take this small amount of money and endeavor to deliver itto the heisc<f a certain black man, a carpenter wi a had years ago done some work for the unnamed payer-this amount Includ ed the Interest. This is a payment by a white man of limited means of a debt long out of date, and with inter terest on an open account, to or for a black man who may have been dead long since. So there Is certainly one honest man in Newberry county." The Japs Need ilelp. A movement has been started to appeal to the American public for contributions of foodstuffs and money to relieve the distress In the famine stricken northern proyinces of Japan. According to information received at the Japanese embassy at Washington the northern provinces of Japan are suffering from a severe famine which only the quickest relief will be able to check. According to the infojrmation obtained to rice crop this year has teen only about fifteen per cent. of theL average crop and that the famine Is causing particular suffering in the three northern provinces of Fuku shina, Miyagl and Iwate, which have together a population of about i o million, seven hundred thousand. Many-of the people are engaged In the silk trade. and the failure of the silk output has augmented thet general suffering.________ )Xaking Beggers. A new and wonderful school for 1 eggers has just been discavered Ins Paris. Its teacher is a retired actor l1 who coacheshis pupils in the art of S dc iog the- "heay pathetic," and has a e staff of-make-up men prepare the pu- c pils for:, the public gaze, when they d a~re considered soulently far advan- t :ed n their studies to go out and a melt the hearts of the charitably In- jh slned. Even little children are school- n d in the tricks of tears and feigned 11 itarvation and churchyard coughs. 3 Women are taught toJArail along as If la n the last stages odhaustion, to t] limulate fainting spells,. -etc , and a~ roung men are made- up. to resemble co ripples of seventy.. -. Catching on. . oJ A swell wedding took place at t~e arlise, Pa , Indian school on Mon !y, the high contracting parties be og Charles Dillon, a Sioux Indian, Ti amous football player, and Mies Base wJ aFarge, a Crow Indian, graduate of p1 904. The ceremony was very elaboi'- da te, the usher and groomsmen sod? 01 ridesmads all being educated In-/' a ans ew ... GAMBLING AID TO INDUSTRY. Filipinos Wouldn't Work Till They Could Get Rid 'of Money. Victor S. Clark, in his report on la, bor conditons ju the Philippines, states that indolence in the interior Is usu ally due to the fact that the laborer Cannot make use of the money he earns. He tells of a novel device adopt ed by an American officer to remedy the difficulty. "This officer," he says, "needed labor in order to carry out cer tain necessary public improvements. He engaged 60 natives for this under taking at a stipulated wage of 30 cents silver currency (12% cents American currency) a day. The first day all the men deserted, because a rumor got around that the Americans, like the Spaniards, would not pay them for pub lic work of this character. The men were persuaded to return to work and were paid their full wages regularly, as promised. As soon as money began to circulate among them the agents of the nearest dattos and sultan came into town in order to get the money away. from the workmen on various pre tenses. As this discouraged the indus try of the laborers, all such agents were expelled from the districts and not al lowed to return. This measure result. ed in something of a local boom, aid two entire villages and many isolated families of Mords at once pulled up stakes and moved into the post in or der to be free from the official exac tions of their chiefs. When they hmd a little money ahead, however, the men began to stop work, as they had noth Ing to spend it on but rice. The com mandant, considering the vice of idle ness as reprehensible as any other, and casting about to create a constant de mand for money among his workers, took his cue from what he saw going on about him, and licensed two gam bling houses at $100 silver currency ($42 American currency) a month each. After that he had an ample supply of excellent laborers, who worked regu larly without persuasion, and required little supervision, except for directing their work. When their engagement was finished they came around to the commandant, asking that some other paying employment be found for them. The officer who related this experience remarked in all candor: "It only re quires a little diplomacy to make these people Industrious. Tagging Marine Animals. Ingenious government scientists have devised a novel and curious means for keeping track of the movements of ma rine animals-such, for example, as the edible crab, whose perambulations- in its native waters have been found worth studying. The United States fish eries bureau wants to learn whether any migration occurs, of males or fe males, and, if so, at what season of the year. Information on this point might be useful in the experiments now con templated for breeding these crusta ceans, which are threatening to become scarce, artificially. It is proposed to catch a few dozens of both sexes, and fasten securely to each specimen a small copper tag bear ing a number, thereupon restoring the animals to their freedom. Each tag would also bear a request for Its prompt return to the fisheries bureau at Washington by anybody chancing to capture the wearer. This method has been practiced with considerable success in the case of lob-. sters, 479 of which were liberated re cently in Buzzard's Bay and adjacent waters. Notwithstanding the fact that the Greek and Portuguese fishermen who own most of the lobster pots in that vicinity were disposed to retain the tags in their possession for use as charms, 76 were returned. When the data thus supplied were reckoned out, much useful knowledge about the movements of the anaima was secured,' and incidentally It was discovered that these crustaceans are much more rapid travelers than had been supposed. Some of those released were found to have journeyed ten miles or more within' 48 hour.. It used to be supposed that shad made an annual migration up the Atlantic coast, entering the rivers suc cessively as they proceeded northward; but now it is known that they .spend most of the year, like the salmon, m the deep sea off the mouths of the riv ers in which they were hatched, feed Lg on the bottom and never going very far away. When they are old enough they enter the rivers to spawn. Per haps some more facts of interest and value might be ascertained about the shad by utilizing the tagging plan with them. Eyes in the Darkness. A French writer in a scientifie mag aine tells of the great ocean depths of 28,000 to 30,000 feet, the temperature. tending toward zero, with perpetual' darkness reigning below depths lof about 1,280 feet. At that level plants deprived of light cannot exist, and the animal life must be carnivorous. The organ of sight, not being used, has dis appeared, and yet there Is light even in that sightless world. A German en p1rig ship found a fish with enor mous eyes at a depth of 6,400 feet. Phosphoreseence Is common In these hollows of the sea; sometimes special organs flash light. A Moulting L-obster.. Recently a lobster in one of the aqua. rim tanks cast his skin. The process lasted about half an hour. A split ap peared in the thin skin just in front of the first joint of the tall (abdomen), and through this opening the lobster slowly withdrew the forepar't of his body, legs and feelers. Then with a Jerk the tail was withdrawn. The old skin was left intact and absolutely per.-' feet.-London Mall. St. Catherine's lighthouse, Isle of Wight, has just been fitted with a flash. light, which is estimated to he equal to 15,000,000 candle powr. _, Wreelk Near Bowman. One afternoon last week a wreck ccurred on the Bowman and Branch lle silroad. Mrs. Mary Berry was svrely Injured, but we are glad to earn that she is getting on all right. ome other passengers were slightly rused. Mr. W. C. Wise, manager f the road, says that there is no oubt about a spike being placed in ie joilnts of the rail that caused the 'reck of the train. He states that a has direct proof to convict the dcreant, who is state-i to be a strip ng of a boy about 15 years of age. his is not the first time that a simi r attempt has besn made to wreck e train without suct ess. The dam i to the engine Is remarkably light midernlg the appearitc3 of the rc just after it- occurred..rly is of the fla't cars was damagedto' iy extent. Murdteredl. John Floyd, a linemi~m for the Bell sephone.cmnpany was shot to death. rile at work on the top of-a tele one post In Sivannah, Ga, on Fri. y, the murderer using a shogr7 tamstance point to Jesse Rountree former emplove of t~b company