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VOL. XX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. Y 30, 1906. NO. 35. ALMOST A FICHI. Mr. Lyon Says Major Black Threatened To Kill Him. M J. BLACK'S SIDF. He Sa: s Lyon l Mad Because He Is Not Allowed to Run the Disp:-csary and Is Tripg to Dam His Private Character By Unfair Means and Methods. There was quite a sensation in Co lumbia on Friday morning when it became known that Mr. Lyon, a mem ber of the legislative dispensary in vestigating committee, had stated t the full committee tbat Majir Yack. a member of the State Board of Con trol, had that morning used ver5 violent language towards him, ano then r(tuding if tbirgs by telit him that he "had a rotion then and there to shoot" him atd "bow him up" on the spot. We publish what Mr. Lyon says bolow. We also give Mzjar Black's version who makes some damaging statemenw about Mr. Lyon's nosing about and prying into private matters in his ef forts to damage his (Black' ) private character because ue would not al low L-on and Christensen to run the dispensary to suit themselves. MR. LYON'S STATEMENT. "Mr. Chairman, there nmo a matter come up Friday morning that I deem It my duty, though unplea n't, t. call to the attention of this commit tee. 1 also will state tbat the part of it that aft cis me personaliy I dc not consider, but that part of it that affects the welfare . f . ur com mittee I do consider, at d 1 de m it impor tant to the fmal particular determina tion of our investigation that it be brought forward to the attention of tLis ccmmittee. "This morning in coming frt m my rocm, which is above the hotel, over the store of Giradeau & Marshall, 1 was stopped by Mr. Solomon, who I the agent of the Big Creek Distilling, Company, ct Sagannah, Ga. He was talking to n.e abcut some accounts which the committee has held up. These are accuants due by the dis pensary. We have had some conver sation about this matter before anc he renewed the conversation chere and wished me to give him some de finite information about when we could reach it. "As I was standing there talking to him, Mr. Black, of the dispensary board of directors, appeared before me. I really conid not state from what direction he came. I could not say whether from the front or rear. I was intent with my conversation with Mr. Solomon. hMr. Biack's face show d -deoided ar ger and he used to nt very insulting ianguage towards rme. He said that he understood that I had been spyir g out on him-on his private life-atnd things of that kind, and that it was his purpose to kill me n the spot. "I do not care to use any of the par ticular language he used on that-occa sion, but he said that he had a notion then and there to shoot-me and blow me up on the spot--to use his expres sion. There was in his compaoy a per son that I do not know to have seen before. My recollection is that there was a person in his company with a blue suit of clothes, red mustache arnd straw hat. While he was making hiE threats against me and daring me tc investigate his iff airs he also used very violent language against Senatot Christensen, which I suppose~ was in the nature of a retuke to me for at tending such a person about the streets. "I remaiked that there were three of them there- that 1 did not care to discuss the matter with them; that 1 was investigating the dispensary and expected to continue to do so. He was so impetuous, though, that I scarcely had an opportunity of putting in a word, and believing that he int ended to mnake an attack cn me and in put ting his hands about his person that he intended to do violence, I turned and walked back to n~y room, and he usec some very 1.npleasant epithets to wards me and told me that I might go and arm myself. "I1 returared to my rolm and short ly afterwards returned to Wright's Hotel. As I passed the Columbia Hotel I did not see Mr. Black or the gentleman with him. I presume, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. Black exhibited, or attempted to exhibit, a letter from Manning, which 1 understand was from Mr. Black's former home-Wal terboO it was. I founli it neC35ssar to go to Walterboro a few days since for the reason that I had heard-anld I can recagfize the diffculties that It is likely to place us in-I heard that Mr. Black and Mr. H. H. Evans had been parties to bribing a member of the Genera] Assembly who lives in the tOwn of Wa'terboro. I do not know the facts in that case. I had oe information along that line and I went there to get some additional Information in regard to the matter. That was the object of my visit te Walterboo, and I presume that Mr. Black has been informed by these of whom I ir quired there of the purpose of ish to say this: That I did go' to Walterboro for the purpose of in vstigatig Mr. Black and Mr. H. B cae o enio, sI do not thnk it i proper, as he is not a partyayo this traatIonot know how the commait that es atout a thing of this sort, but e far a individually con but rnod I hl continue to Investigate M.Black and Mr. Evans, anl any elewho is on ther fi snc r.Back or somebody will have it to WHAT MAJOR BLACK sAYs. ftr learning what Mr. Lyon stated to the board, which is printed above, Msjor Black said that be had never hea, d anything about the alle gath n that be said Evans had at tem pted to br!be a representative fr-om Colleton. He said he was incensed at Mr. Lyon because it appeared to him Mr. Lyon was attempting to bound nlm down and blacken his persona! charact-er, because be had refused to allow M -. Lyon to run the State dis consary to suit himself. When be went to the dispensary he found the institution a half million dollars in lebt for whiskey for which it had no use. He had wiped out a large amount of this debt by forcing a num ber of houses to take back thier un salable whiskey and had done tbis against the protest of Lyon and CariE tensen, whica they tellgraphed from the West. They wanted the whiskey kept to suit thier cor vecience. They a] io had been unable t o force him to buy at a luss to the State, from firms tbet favored He had blocked their little game to force the board to ouy fron their henchmen and let them usurp the powers the L3gislature had given Q to the State board. t When the) found It impossible to get anythir g against h.s Lfficial rec )rd, to gratify their spite, they en deavored to blacken his personal char- t tcter. He had a copy of the taking r >t testimony in Cincinnati, in whic z this attempt was made and in whicL t they attempted to blacken Supremt e Court Justices and Circuit Judges t ,f this State by asking if they had I received presents of wniskey or other b things from a house he had once rep- w resented in a cl rical way. Maj.r I Black said he had always tried to live a a clean life and his ffiiial recori as p heriff, mayor and in other capicitieI would show he had never done any- b hing dishonest in his life. His char- e acter was his proudest possession and t he best thing he could hand down to us caildren was a clean name. He had t to intention of permitting anybody to o lacken it to grat.fj tneir personal e spite. il Major Black said the letter referred u to was from his brother, H. W. Black I Jr., of Walterboro, in which he said: t 'I am told Friday morning that Lyon, h :1 the investigating committee, was e4 tere SAturday last. F:om what I can g earn he is trying to find out some- 9 hiLng about a conversation Walker E ad with his wife e ver the long dis- ir ance 'phone the night of your elec- A .on." That conversation was a per ectly private conversation between a N an and his wife, in wh'ch the for- et ner said he was glad that Black was ec elected, as he was his friend and had c aelpt d him and wculd help him with ni ais personal influence in case he ran for. t olicitor. Major Black said this was a D1 purely personal and private conversa- cc tion, In which he had no part and Li when he heard that Lyon was in w uiring into such matters it confirm -c d his belief that Lyon was willing to M o any length to try and find some. w nud to put on his personal character Maj r Black says he was perfecoly willing for fullest Investigation of his seord as a public servant, but wcu.d ever submit to an attempt to l esmiren his private character. As a e ember (f the State board he had not iried to please Lyon, but to do what ras right. and' Chairman Hay andt overnor Heyward could both testify ~ ~hat he had consulted them and was arnest in hs endeavor to know and g o the right thing. Mr. Mobley, the t ~lerk, had been sent to see Caairman ay about some cf the problems of he State board, and his advice had een taken. Major Bh.ck said the board was rlling to do anything for the Invest- C gating committee as a whole, but C bey were ekcted to run the State ~ ispensary and were not g.>ng to turn ver the running of the Instihusion to ither the whole investigating com uittee or a part of it. Finally, Major ack said: "Wnen my pereonai are cer is assailed I am willing to ie by It. I would rather go home to a y family dsad than go home alive', ot robbed of my character.". Tried to Eacs p . i A dispa'.ch from Greensboro, N. C. ays John B. McMillan, 25 years old, d ho was convicted in that city for c. orgery and sentenced to two years ~ mprisonment on the county roads P as shot to death near there early n Lhursday mnorning, while making a ti ensational dash for lhberty McMillan t with four other convicts got away from the guards, who opened fire ?E pon them killi g Jesse Thomas,'a egro, instantly, and mortally wound E ing McMillan. Tne latter was taken a o the hospital at High Point, where b he died several boars later. Befcre k is death he admitted toat his right 1~ ame was not McMillan but Brent A 0 orey, the son of a prominent citizan a f Lexington, Ky. g. t t Can p ,e lor Pale'w. At Jackson, Ky., BIll G:!ff2, a k egro, -shot Dr. Strong, another negro, nd deliberately went to sleep with ? he corpse for a pillow. Griffa was vi eating his wife, and Dr. Strong an- si wered her cries for help. As he 3 ntered the door Gr.im i shot him with a 44 caliber revolver, the bullet enter- si ing his forehead directly between the b yes. When the emners reached the q scene Gr.ma was lying on the floor fast asleep, with his head resting on d he corpse of his victim. e l.aatchxst Failed.r Facts were made known Thursday ~ f the attemftt which was made Sat urday last, during the ceremonies of a the opening of the Simplon tunnel, at a Domodossola. Italy, to assassinate Eing Victor Eanmanuel. An anarch ist, known to be dangerous, made the ttempt and was only frustrated hrough 'the watchfulness of the de tectives watching V ctor. The anara ohist was arrested and a long stilletto was foundi in his~sleeve. Body Found. The bcdv of a negro, Willie Jami io, was found on the tracks of the tlantic Coast Line in the suburbs of Charleston Thursday morning. There 1 is a suspicion of fcul play. The man is thought to have been killed by iome negro and ithe body laid on the 1 tracks. He Has bkipped. A special to The State from Spar tanburg says that W, W. Hughes of I Uijoon, who was fcund to be about 30,000 short in his building and loan accounts some time ago, has left that ciasnd will not be prosecuted. CAME T0 LATE. After Being Caught In His Ras cality Thackston BECOMES PSNITEN' kad Curses Out the Dispensary Law, Charging it With Making Him a Grafter. Dispenser Allsbrook Has His Letters ReAd to The Public. The L gislative Dispensary Investi ating Committee resumed its sit ings in Columbia last week. Among he witnesses examined was T. F. ['hackston of Spartanburg, who seems o have b .en a star witngss. He is eported to have said after the com nittee bad examined him and made um confess that he was guilty of sev ral rascalities: 'I know I wish I tad never seen a dispensary, because t is the greatest curse we have ever tad on the State. I am sorry 1 ever ot my hands stained with it. Well have never known a man that had nything to do with it that the peo le did not think less of him." Thackston is not the first mn that as become penitent after being aught up with. His deliverance on be dispensary is simply a new version f the old saw, tat no rogue ever felt he talter draw with a good opinion f law. As long as he was not detect I in his sharp practices he said noth ,g, but just as soon as he is caught p with he blames the law for making i: a grafter. Tae truth of the mat )r is Thackston was a grafter before e becAme a dispenser. All he want I was an opportunity to put his rafting talent to use and io came hen he was made a beer dispenser. e would have done the same thing a back ur any other place of trust. dishonest man is a dishonest man. Mr. J. D. Alsbroc k, the dispenser at [anning, was also put through a )ursi of investigation, tut he seem I to have had a bad memory as he uld not remember many thing con cted with his (11ice It was pitiable i see this man dodging and insisting iat he could not remember; that he uld not deny ror could he . fi -m at he had asked for pap because he as a dispenser. To the very last he iuld not recollect and then finally r. Lyon pulled on him three letters; hich were read as follows: THE ALSBROOK LETTERS. anning, S. C . November 13, 19G5. Duff v's Milt Whiskey Company. chester, N Y.-Dear Sir.: Your tter of November 6 is to hand, and reply will say the advertisements e pasted, as you indicate in your let r, at six different places, all of hich, I think, are very good, but this ill ac::omplish nothing unless you can it the county dispensers to handle te goods. I am dispenser here, and have been mnaling D;.ffJ's Malt Whiskey ever ce I have been dispenser, but it is irdi to get it at times-and besides, you want the goods sold, communi te with the county dispensar of eacb unaty and let him know what he may ~pect, if anything, for special cour sles. It is an old proverb, as true as Holy ri: "Whose bread I eat, whose song sing." Tine county dispensers order hat they want, and sell what they t. A hint to the wise is sufficient id this Is given confidentially. I have sold during the past twelve conths about 8C cases Duff i's Malt, at have not had any shipped me since st August. - Since rec::ving your letter of Satur y, 11th instant, I ordered several mes, but do not anw If the goods ill be shipped me or not. I shall ex Ect to hear from y~u again in the ext few days, and expect to continue >sell some of your goods. Yours very uly, 3. D. Alsbrook, Dispenser. [anning, S. 0., November 28, 1995. Duffy's Malt Whiskey Company, ,chester, N. Y.-Dear Sir: Sinc~ riting to you on the 13,h instant I ave secured a few cases of your whis av and have sent In an order for tore, which I hope will be s-2ipped to te, but would like to bear from you t once before placing my order for ae Christmas holidays. Yours very ely, J. D. Alsbrook, Dspenser. [anning, S. 0., December 12, 1905. Duff'y Malt Whiskey Company, ~ochester, N. Y.-Dear Sirs. On No ember 10, we sent you statement, aowing 65 cases your goods sold. On [ovember 15 we received 15 cases, nd on the 29th 20 cases more, which rtock is being rapidly sold. We can andle the goods alright if the proper uld prc quao is forthcoming. The case of goods was received to ay in good order, and we desire to press to you many thanks for thus emembering us during the Christmas olidays. With best wishes for you and yours, d with greetings for the season, we re, yours truly, J. D. Alsbrook. Dispenser. THACKSTON'S CHIANQE OF HEART. When the committee was in Spar an urg several months ago trosy roiked Thackstorn for all they could ad he swore that never a cent did he ive any one for his job, never a cent tid be get, and butter could melt in ds mouh, but he now tells a differ t story because he knew the men ehind the work hai the documents an him. He 'fessed up to getting $550 rom the Augusta Brewery with which o buy his j->b from the Spartanburg ounty Board and then that he kept he money he got to buy his job on his. The sub-committee had doubts, ut the check and letter were conclu ie that he got 8550 from the Brew ~ry, on the representation that he se del the money to buy his position nd the brewery folks knew the tricks. Eney expected to pay $300 hence this etter: "YVuns of the 92 th inst.. raeeved and regret to see this f q r z ng anr- I going on. We thought three plur k would cover the bill, one e-ch, how ever when you told me it would ti k five. I was ready to swallow the piH; Now If you are able to sell as mani as 12 cars of beet the first y-ar, .nd we get your trade the secr d vear j. re elected, we will be satiti-d to tle one half pulk. We are ready to put up when you are ready." Thackston utte'ly denied this sev eral months ago and now Sicitor Sease will handle his case. He takar rhe position that the $550 was se Mr. BZcker and by Mr. Becker givcn him and that was his juried~ction fr saying he got no money. He in-ists that he used the fund himse', Lu added that he asked the brewery t! help him with cash in his secord ece tion. It is said that Allsbrook will b proseuted too by the State. HOCH ON EDITORS. Pleasures of the Callirg and 1. 11 eLc They Wield. Governor Hoch, of Kansas, say, there is no better iLdi x to a towi tabn its newspaper. It it is well I printed, attractive in its make-up. reliable In its news columns, trCU in editorial cemment, but, above ali liberal in advertising patronare, de pend upon it, nine cases out cf :er that town is an enterprisinr, up-tu date town, but if the pa;er look r shabby, depend upon it the town i shabby, for a newspaper is every where and always a town's best mirror. Brethren of tLe country press, I itxzlt your station. You are tee rel kings and queens. Your throne ma be a rickety chair and your tc-pter the stub of a lead pencil but ych. rule the world jist the same. L ;ca politicians may aif :ct to despise you out they await the appearance of yLu paper each week with fesr and tren. bling. E il doers may try to belitti I your influence, but they dread the publicity cf your c lumns vastly mor ohan they will admit. The influence and power of the old hore p.per can not well be overestimated. It ente Into the very warp and wocf of the children's lives and ut.canseious molds much of their character. T. m mind there is no more desirabie, no more enviable occupation that that of the cauntry editor. To on bis own plant, to have a medium cr the expression of his honest views, tL lock up his Lfflee every evening and tc be able to go home and keep company r with his family and with his back. to return next morning to the; &ib, to meet the people whom he serves I o j it down the thoughts that ocem j o his mind, to tear cif the wrapper-, from his exchanges and get in com mnion with other editors, to per tzrm the thousand and one liztl duties that come to hin every day ., to be a power in his cmmunity, a. he may be and u-ually is, to be hiz own boss-.o my mind, this is tI deal life, more to be desired thaa the most Exalted polit!cal station. V1IL F C R. oni. J- E. T~n dai is E~taly Hurt in Columbia. Hon. J. E Tindal, secretary o' tate when Tillman was governor rom 1890 to 1894. died in the Column be hospital at 4 o'clock Thu-sde norn-ug from injuries he received at mdnight by falling from the rua dng board of a crowded street car or Min street C~lumnbia. Ti1e R ;c i as one seems to know just how thEt cident oceurred. Mr. Tindal was n his way frcm Cleinsen c ;ilege4 here h3 has beeD a trustee for many ears, to visit his daughter Mrs. Dr. . G Qiattlebaumn, living on Bland ng strset. He fell frcm the car as it was moving rapidly between two treets a few b~oes beyond his dest ation The e 'n{ u ;tor says he had ignaled to get (if and that the gon ad sounded for a stop at the nex rossing when Mr. Tindal either j :mp d .iE or fell off with his grip in i: and. Passengers standing near him were not able to figure out how ttue acident occurred, s' sudden and un xpected was it. H i fell ,ith the ack of his head striking the mnact am and died without regaini.-g con ciousness. Mr. T:ndal was a c sutious an, and those who know him 'do no: hink he either stenped off the car with the wronk foot or attempted to ump from it He was carried to a ruit stand near by, antd from there his son-in law accompanied him tc the hospital. Mr. Tindal was staunch Baptis' nd a power for good in his crcmmun ity. He was a fine soldier, serviny trough the entire Ciull war. Mr. indal was a loving and 1 vable man n all circunstances, and much of h: ife was spent in the interest of hh eighbors and friends. He was earnly eighty years of age. Many Eaouses Burned. A dispatch from Cabolt, Oct., sy fifty-seven houses are burned asu : dzen others are wrecked as the re sut of the forest fire which swepI hrough the northern part of tLx own Saturday. As it passed t: 3 ntario. powder company's dyramnite mage zine, seven tons and a half ui ynamite exploded within 50 feet ci the main portion of the town, tear ing buildings frem their fcundation nd spreading ruin in all directions nly one fatality is so far reported New Bishops. The General Conference of t ?a Methodist Episcopal Church, South. which recently met at Bi: m eghan. Ala., ia t week elected three na bishops as follows: Dr. Seth Ward, assistant missioz ary secretary of the chu:ci. Dr. John T. Tigert, book editor. Dr. James Atkins, Sunday sch~o editor. ntH . A Columbus, Miss., dispatch sra George Younger, a negro, who sit. and ki'led William Eator, a wel. known white citizen last Saturda I while the latter was a member of po endeavoring to effect the negro's ar.i rest, was taken from jail at tnaa plac. Wednesday night by a mob ane lnhedl A Ladv cosanated While H-! ,-a*pd i gr.a L.:dgr .t-re~ -e Co;n med in hii %;r Sr.e tx-:e:. The W:- 1fuV321d Also he~ A a & eie says Mrs. c: and was shot ' : morting and fatal" .: t s-ae died some r .-,:I Lumford, iond, '; : r..ond county ol~a , :i evIdence poertrer A ; a he urderer. i.'o W2 ., s.,oer negro, is 0tked Lp . d. P"s pcO'n, as an ac : Te cae was k-.- ward of S i.:e i t utragedy Mrs. Wi? : . .-i aer bed, alone, n--cco to rc: o. :e bcuse. Her .usb.. Mr. W , was ia another . N : 2 o'clock the far ant wide th: a Mrs. Wilson S. e r) a reoi of blood, n.iisc.2 had e ring aronnd . 13. -c-. i x.i.d the man .i- Lu' s : re no saisfac rya- -e.h rv him if Cute -.1e. .;: a his negro .sB.:1 T rfod a. ta he re ar c Ir. E eza:e and indigna :on ra- r: island. As a s as heard from ,Ir. Wi: c- . * ert was alde -y i :.d:n n igbrs to ac *rp-rn in:".u of the guilty ar y. T : .w .,nd it led, ap areal.:, to Lmford. The 1 ac -:. wore rubter .6:-. :.. .: i...:wad without a place to the er a i ...mburgbridge. ....:...:. jollowing other . : Lumff-rd. The ris n r'6 s -.s -- '. -tken from him, A D3, ce ' i n ard personally - -r to see whether S L nt e : .: t.es. So far as 2 Au.d !e ... . a:.d . thne road, they id. Tr the rubber heels . !c:cumstantial evi ne T6 :as-urance doubly e. givn to Mr. P. of Mr. Wilson's, o ti. g be rews of the rag dy .I -ugus -and Mr. Page :lh i 'hai: to still clearer Im t ressos: m ais ae.ocse ground on DC Wl iLS..- umce. U . ' o a i:ste hour [r. P..ge sa: r' t r iord abhe result t hos LX2rJen O.2er a.duOr btimp?rtan~t points . eeto t"e .umo center. Bill aator:: aud .orc taLhamns are Spar. 2 inbuwg Guuty' rr-'s. After the ~ resa :t w:as a a- ud that they had ;pzt the r.1gh in Augusta at the oude o4 a teg.ro --mrn n ramed Meta. [ItU hursU3 c e'ur d that they had og a ne a -.aI:: sto middie of re viga u2t: -a rg. Investiga ~ on d::eiupt' th-t M' a herself, ac 3impaflec by .-ct LuJband, bad been Iizg:1:. cr . se river at some, egro I nJ' y g::: rin.; or wake. Her tory wa :.or~re. Furr ee. ' p - tIe parties2 re rpor-.n t i . :: two negroes rhosS t2.s2O-...: emsp onds to that : zre prus2m"r- ca- -oig the Ham 'r.: bri-gn 1a .e gray dawn of tue *ouc.Mi ed y covered with us. 1 i s -- Mr. Wilson 5:a7: u .e2:-0?i: pi-c3. Up Ie a- e T:.nynight Mr. -io i s r.. ne city, nor .u l bex-ma'ce a wzat time a wo'u-c.d rr~ Tje me~;brs of the f:amily gave he .wn. in aceuur: of tue tr~iedy: ',-n---.c-eo: -.c. 't zr:l, Mrs.'Wil 0: j .a:s Ir :- hr uc; and soream-I -j...........:: :.not. Sum-.bady hasj *g -cir~ noher husi a:C. : ese fel. She i- rw--C C' er::s .(sJcus, an-d stat d ta .e. no idavwhoshbot bcr; y a w ? depat the time. Irse1 sdm. .:mcocscious s : :cre unii Tbursday .bdL*.t. so cl.se :li wcd thet * - :n entered r,.d rarnged s ..a:.ing the p u:i:tiy been - sedi by a - . -A board plac uQIside had ys...........S sENSATICN. ...........Augus:.a to The is .:.l~ed upon CLS. .::, T. ..U lnd Lbls f. .r-c'n- ... "h . - murder trag dy. se fl.n yCt~efngroLum .r w-re t:. . t th scene of the .imeu..o i d. ) e n and found -.d agedy :.he ck around the LGLuse :".d 1."r ugh th di~.tch near the ?ue L-'fei ss,1 being held inl sea i:.te : fh afno'n b:.fore the . L. 7. 3 be~ter-in-law of I M:aarea nAugusta] a r:.- rtoe itfl~iCec S 1fOE a time to S y.The man Say to B3 sob ..et kuil.::lng Wil - 2e a killed Mrs. s a n~i .: after dis - to Al himself. e LCL.ent, and was in earnest, e and slashed ga snallow Aas ., o.jr ,The Ctate says it is said there that relatives 0 Mrs. Wilson have demanded the arres of Mr. Wilson himself, whom the; allege killed his wife. It is fu'rthe said that these relatives charge WI] son with gros cruelty to his wife They say that Wilson is a bard drink er and that several times while unde the influence of drink ie has beater her unmercifully. A short time agt her brothers retaliated upon him b3 administering a sound thrashing That the Wilsons were not a peacefu family seems to have been known b3 ,he neighbors generally. It canno be learned here yet whether Mr. Wil snn has been arrested or net. Mrs E I Wilson was a niece of ex-Clerk o Court John N. Hankinson, who nov resides at Whitepond. Sse was ax estimable lady and highly regarded it her community. ECRKE UP MEETING. Two Georgia Farmers Shoot Each Other to Deatb. A special message to the Augusta Chronicle ss.ye resulting from bad blood, which has existed for some time, Joe Hasty, a farmer, who liv ed about two miles from Chipley, Ga., was shot to death in a pistol duel at that place Wednesday at a political meeting, and Sam Irving, who shot Hasty, was killed a few minutes after ward by a crowd who gave chase as he ran from the scene. The frst shooting occurred on the ruter edge c-f a grove where an audi. nce vias listening to a speech being made by Hon. Hake Smith, candi. -late for governor. The crowd im xediately left the grove and Mr. Smith was compelled to d!scontinue ais speech, being unable later to re iume. It is stated that the bad blood hich existed between Hasty and trvin was dae to an alleged debt of if teen cents. The two men met at he political gathering and renewed ;he q iarrel, when there was an ex harge of heated words. The town narsnal interfered and smoothed the lifference over for a time, but shortly lasty and Irvin came tcget. er again 6ud began to shoot. Amost witi he first shot fired Hast* fell to the round mortally wounded, and died n a few minutes. No sooner had Hasty -fal'en that' rvin ran and was pursued by a nu n >er of people from the audience. I n ediately there was a fudllade cf iullets, and before Irvin had gone hree blocks he fell dead from buhl.ts ired by some one in the party of pur uers, who is not known. There were about 65 shots fired uring the excitement. Two specta ors, standing to one side of the udience, were hit by stray bullets nd slightly wounded. KILL TKEIR B&BIES. orrible Story of Human Sacriflco to Imaginary GA. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Lussia says the most atrocious crimne bat has occurred in Siberia since the amcus case of the brothers Kalaschin :off is about to be lnvestigaued in To oisk. Seven peasants of the neigh oring vallage-of Kabulika aud three romen are about to be put on trial on charge of sacrificiag a number of hildren in order to appease the wrath f an imaginary god of pestilence le Siberian plague had destroyed the. 'ilagers' cattle year after year. The illage was reduced to poverty, and any of Its inhabitants were obliga ed to migrate to the to.wns. - A local quack,'who earned a living my mnaking children "Invulnerable so he evil ey a," advised the muzniks that 'until blood has been shed and a hurch raised upon. it" the village ould continue to be visited by pes lence and-he hinted-even worse errors. The panic stricken peasants Lderstood this to mean that a church boltd be built upon a foundation of muman beings, as was done by their *resstors in heathen times. A man named Giazmtrnif cffered to acrifice one of his sevan children, nd his exnmple was followed by the ocal blacksmitn. The t wo children rere killed at night and a rude wood nf chapel hurriedly built over their emains. Wuen the story became :nown the muzhiks from a neighbor g village raided the culprits' homes, mrned them down and nearly killed ie murderers. Died or BRabbiee. A special to The Augusta ChronIcle ays, Bernard the four-year-old son of ~t. and Mrs. Chas. W. Burton, of airard, Ga , died at the Pastuer In etute in A tlanta about 4 o'clcck [nursday morning. He was carried dere for treatment for a mad-dog ite that occurred about a month ago. L the time the little fellow was bit. en, no one thought the dog mad and ittle attention was paid to the wound. ~Vednesday the dog showed signs or he rabbies anid his father carried him o Atlanta for treatment. His death as a sad shock to his parents .who save the sympathy of all in their be eavement. Uaiq~ie Sentence. Probably the mest uniqae sentence iver imposed by a cours of law in ansas, says The Kinsas City Star, mas ordered in the case of Joe Tran er, who was before Police Judge Ierr on the charge ol being arunk. 'ranser is an old offender, and when xe was brought Into court Judge Herr ned him 82 and ordered that he be ,o~fned to his bed for a week. Mar hal Horath took Transfer home and :ut him to bed and the culprit's famn iy was instructed to notify the court f Translei showed a dispositions-to eave the bed- before the week was ut. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jumped Too Soon. To avoid a wreck which did not oc ur, Scott Gillespie, of Somerset, Ky., locomotive engineer, jumped from its locomotive at New River bridge, me of the highest in the world, and was killed. John Colyar, the fireman, iso leaped in the river, and is not ex pected to live. The men became larmed when one~ of the trucks of he loemotive left The rails, believing Lt would fall from the structure, but It was stopped on the bridge by a sec mn locomotive. AWFUL D.IEASE r THE WBITE PLAGUE GREATESI OF ALL CALAMITIES. The Ioss of Life by Consumption Greater Than by duakes Flood and fire. "The great calamities-that have be fallen part of our country within the memory of those past middle life," said he, "namely, the Chicago fire, the Charlestcn earthquake, the Johns town flood, and the San Francisc) earthquake and conflagration, brought the world to its feet with cffrivgs of money and relief. Everybody gave, and wealthy men gave most gener ously. Everybody gave on faith, morever, without personal knowledge of the conditions existing in those places or of the manner in which the money would be expended. Every body agreed that help was needed, and everybody was willing to help. "All of these calamities combined are not as great as is the calamity of tuberculosis to our c untry every year. The loss of life in a single -year by tuberculosis is fifty times greater than it was in all those calamities. The amount of suffering from tuberculosis for a single year Is greater than was the total suffering in those calami ties. There was not a form of human suffeiing or misery prec'pitated by those calamities which is not dupli cited nrany times over every year by tuberculosis." The only item smaller is the money valuation, and that loss from tuber eulosis was stated by Dr. Flick to be more than 350,000,000 annually. Continuing, Dr. Flick said: "Could the disastrous influence of tuberculosis upon any community be presented to the public in a concrete form in the manner in which, for in staince, the San Francisco earttquake was presented; could all the consump-. tives be marshalled into lne and their suffering thus be presented to the world at a glance, the response for the amelioration of that suffring would be as generous as that which the world has just witnessed for Call fornia." Dr. Fiick asserted that the strength of the association lay In the fact that its ambition to eradicate consump ion c.uld be gratified. He advocat ed the establishinent of hospitals; sanatoria, convalescant farms, public dispensaries. where the poor could be -!Prved, and the scientific care of the ;fflted in their own homes. He xriticised the medical schools that turned out graduates unacq2ainted with the best methods of - combating the disease. In referring to the great In'erra tional conference of the associations of the world engaged in the crusade against consumption, which will be neld in Washington in 198, Dr. Fdck recommended that the national association shtuld establish perman ent headquarters in Washington, and that its invitations to the asacciations of other countries should bear the seal of the approval of the United Statet government. The governments of France and Germanygsaid he, active ly participate in the work of the asso ciations in their respective countries In commenting on the membership of the asscciation, Dr. Flick depre cited the fact that so few clergymen, professional or business men -were taking an active interest in the work. To create more widespread interest he aavocated the establishment of a lecture bureau, provIding speakers to visit every part of the country and disseminate knowledge of how to suc cessfully combat the disease. - The report of the executive com mittee told of the growth of the association and of the niethods that tiad been employed in spreading knowledge of the manner to fight coni sumption. Exhibitions pictorially depicting the nature of the disease and outlining methods to be followed by those suffering from it, which have been given in several cities, were attended by over- 160,000 people: in the last year. The committee re commended that smaller exhibits be arranged that will visit- the smaller cities and towns during the ensulng year. The committee also reported upon its success In sccuring the co operation of tue Y. Mi. C. A., the Nitional Federation of L sbor, and other asst ciations in the crusade. 'The emblem of membership to the natio- a), state, and local association was declared to be a double red cross. Nearing the End. Terrible predictions 'concerning what will happen to this poor old earth during the next twenty five years were made at a prophetic and S cond Advent conference last week in Londen and while they differed somewhat in details, they all agreed that the end of the world is at hand, they were not quite sure whether the final catastrophe will c'me on May 2. or April 9, 1931, but they are quite sure that one of these dates will prove to be the right one. There can be no doubt that the world has nearly outlived its usefulness, the prophets declared. The wars and earth qaakes whichi have am :cted It recently are poof positive and alli that is rcqulred to fulfill the prophe cies Is the coming of anti-Christ, who s somewhat unkindly identified with Napoleon. Facal Explosion. John Sauaders was instantly killed and seven other man were more or less ir jared by an explosion of dynamite on the Tidewater Rxilroad construe tion work near Roanoke, Va., Friday evnng Sau~nders was removing the tamping from a hole when the ex plosive went 2 Among the Injured are:- Allen Harris, leg broken, cut and burned on ftc3 and body; J. W Berry and E. Ferret were 6llghtly' hurt. Patal Explosionl. A special from Derridlder, Li. says, J.B. Johnson was killed, A. Keesang fatally injured a-id several others slightly hurt by a dynamite explosion as a railroad camp t welve miles from here Friday afternoon. The men weer out at target practiue with rifles, when one of the bullets struck a four hun dred pound pile of dynamite, causfr a terrific explosIon. The camp was Cr trynedr by fire which followed. TOLD TO MURDER HierCruel Uncle in a Dream Says Woman ON WITNESS STAD. She Said That She Was Subjact to Hal lucination, a Voice Commanding Her to "Kill Him" Dreamed She was in the Presence of God. in New York last week Josephine Terranova took the witness stand In her own behalf at her trial on the charge of having murdered her aunt. The defendant .said that, she came to this cauntry when eight years old going to live with her uncle and aunt the Reggious. She Is an Italaran girl-' who told one of thetmost awful tales of depravity and the part of her un cle and aunt, whom she finally kiled for the great wrong they - had dme ter. "I didn't go to church or to shbol. she said, "for seven years after I came to America. My aunt -and un cle would not let me. I wanted to go. I did everything, washing, scrub bing, everything and somtixes there were ten, eleven, sixteen boardta in &he cuse." "Do you remember one winter morning when you were about eleven and a half years old?' she was asked. The girl replied that she did;' tha ter aunt L.d taken her to the uncle's room that day.' "Tiat-1s what I am Dn trial here about," she% added. As he girl told of her uncle's treat ment a woman spectator fainted. The irl hesitated In giving her testImony aying that she was ashamed to-speak Sie said that her *=t iad forced her to dbey her uncle and hd beat her, breaking a stick during one of he whippings, and making the. wit ess so sick that she went to bed. rhe girl said she was nevei'permitted to play with other children -and was forbidden to talk English or assoclase with the boarders in the house. She sid she wanted tqgo to her mother out was not permitted to. - The witness said that her hnsband was led to suspect what her relations rith her uncle had been, -because of a emark which the latter made. She eclared that her uncle's mistreat ent covered a period of about six ears and that it continued up to and mcluding the night after : her civil arriage to Terranova. She told -of be.circumstances which led her to il the uncle, GAetano, and her aunt, oncetta. S te said that her huiband ifter listening to her confaeion told er that she was no longer' his- wife nd thereupon left her. She remain d alone during the following tenz ays, sul J ct, she said to theinxfinoc jf halluciaations in which her uncle ppealed. Wheneve' he appeared a oice said "kill him." ich night, he witness continued, she wou]l ream or Imagine that size was in the resence of God and there again she ould hear the words "kill your un At the end of ten days, the girl tad she went to her mother's house nd was turned away. Then the mys ~erous voices became more insistent nd their directions more -pointed, eing her to buy a knife and a revol ver and kill. When armed on her way o their house for this purpose, she said she had crossed herself three imes and prayed to know whether he was doing right. She confronted ner uncle, calling him "traitor," and re replied: "You are an outsat." "S ne remembered little of her at ack, but asserted that she began to atab when her aunt came between her nd Gaetano. She did -not remcm ber which one struck first. Under cross examination the witness -amid she had been unable to run a way front er uncle's oreatmen&, as she desired to. Her aunt, she said, had told her hat there was no harm In her -rela tions with her uncle. Justitce Scoit, who Is hearing the cise, questioned he girl ab' ut the voioesshe claim d to have heard, and she told --is hat they came like a ringing in the ars. - Dried beef Horse Meat. Om~ers of the secret service at Ma l!a have been engaged In an investil ation of the alleged killing of dis ased horses for food purposes. They ound that the practice existed In sev eral places-between Manila and Cal ocan, the product having been sold In the form of "dried beef." In strctions have been given from Wahington, which will enable -the perators of the Information division of the constabulary, co-operating with the health aushoritie~s, to bre.Lk up such unsaitary -practices. The re prt on the case, showing the extent of the business, has been submitted o tbe war department. Thle con ~tabulary cmials at Milla- have taken pram;t, and what promises to 0 effective, action in the matter. Fata! Trolley COntaRSon. One man was killed and nearly aeventy old soldiers were it jured, but lone fatally, in a collision on the sayfaette, Ind., battle ground elec ric road Friday. Both cars were ~rowded with veterans attending the mnnual encampment of the G. A. R. ie collision ccourred at a switch. )ne car was coming south to the city !rom the battle ground, filled with eterans, and the otther was outward bound, carrying old soldiers to the battlefield. Casries Rundehush, mo torman of the south-bound car, was killed. Mf. 0. Fa.rmer, the conduc tor was slightly hurti. Both cars were demolished. Twelve doctors ere summoned and the Injured were ought to the city In special cars 'd taken to St. Eiizabeth's Hosplaal,