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VOL. XX. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 4, 1906. AWFUL TRAGEDY. Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed in Street Row ka BY MI. ROBT H.CVAB Who is Himself Seriously Wounded in .. Shoulder. The Shooting Was Caused by Some Business Trou- t ble Between the Two Men Brwing Sometime. A most deplorable tragedy was en acted in the streets of Orangeburg :abcut eleven o'clock last Friday morn- < ing, resulting in the death of Mr. Jas. T. Parks, of Columbia, and the . eious wounding of Mr. Robt. H. Co var, of this city. Tnlese two gentle- I men met in Church street, In the rear of the Courthouse, and without exchanging 'many words wenkt - to wg- each other with the result abovedescribed. The tragedy caused a a great shook to the entire communi ty, and fora time business was almost saspended and nothing was talked . hbunt hardly but the terrible occur rce that had resulted in the death of oan gentleman and the desperate wounding of another. t was abait eleven o'clock when - several pistol shots rang out in rapid succession, which starbled every one c who heard them. The shoctig did 1 -not last but a tew seconds, and no one .could say how many shots were ex- C hanged between tue two combatants, o-rapid was the firing. it is supposed c ;hat eight or ten shots were fired in . As soon as possible people hurried 'hseeM after the pistols had been Ad. Immediately after the shoot 'ttjParks wasseen slowly walking t -d sidewan. towards -the t Amerg6 the Courthouse 4 .-ovar slowly following f leman apparently re- f mier pistols. a wHen Mr. Parks reached the corner =ecressed over Church street and en tered tue law ffcee of Messrs Bowman & Bowtman. Wnen he reached the :fle he gave his pistol to I. W. Bow man, EJiq., who was standing in his coe door, having gone thereon hear the pistolgd. At this time Mr. ydoTsea to~bigur, 4s very pale, and said to r -A gathered that he was Parks sat down in s i. became apparent that he - no..,rsly hurt. He was examined ay physicians who at first thought that he was not fatallb burt but after being removed tC. the residence of his brotherafllaw, Dr. 3. H. Perrel clear, and a care alc examination made, it was found that he was shot completely through -the body and the attending physicians pronounced the wounds fatial. Mr. larks we hit In three places. One ball ensered his '3hin and two struck hlaiui the stomach, one passing clean -tilfough .his body and lodging just under the skin on the other side. He was conscious up to half- past nine o'clock, 6ut about that time his mind ib gan to wonder and at half-past towelve o'cck the end came. Immediately after the shooting Mr. A. C. Lindstedt took Mr. Covar's pistol. About this time Mr. Covar's -T--'ithler came up and commanded his 1 son to stop, which he did and turned from following Mr. Parks and was carried to his cfice, where he wast examined by physicians and found to - -v~e hit i~n two places. O.ae 'ball passd completely through his right shoulder and another struck - him in the right hand, shooting off his thumb nail. Another ball passed through his hat, but did not touch his head. Several bullets struck the store of the Oranogeburg Hardware Company on the corner of Russell and Church Streets. These balls m..st -hav~e come from Mr. Park's pistol. and Indicates the position of the comn batants at the time of the firing. Mr - .-ovar was removed to his home, 'here he now lies suffering from hih -wounds, which are qakte Painful andi may result seriously.I In the excitement incident to such a deplorable affair statements vary and it has been quite a diffcult matterI to obtain the facts. Some of the n----rearby witnesses state that they are unable to say which of them fired the first shot. Ot.ners say that Mr. Parks spoke to Mr. Covar and appeared to ask him a question. The reply from Mr. Covar seemed to be affl:mntive and then Mr. Parks struck him in the f ace with his flit. Then Mr. Parks ifred anid both pistols were emptied in an incredibly short time. When thA shooting took place Mr. Covar was in his shirt sleeves, and carried his plsto' -buttened up in his shirt. One thing iscertain both men expected a diffi cuaty and had prepared for it. The trouble seems to have been caused by a business trouble between the two gentlemen. While Mr. Parks -resided in Orangeburg he owned ar~d published The Patriot newspaper. Mr. Covar moved here from Edgefield1 ojunty to take charge of the mechan ical work of the paper for Mr. Parks, and was in his employ fur severa! years, during which time they seemed to beon the most pleasant and inti mate terms. When Mr. Parks moved to Colum bla about two yeaqs ago Mr. Covar be came inter ested in'thie business, and was given entire ranagemen~t of the paoer L.aept che editorialidepartment, which was retained by Mr. Parks, &who came down eacn week to look after it. About the firstot the yea: Mr. Parks sold his interest in The Patriot ad the printing outfit, to Mr. J. H. Funderburg and Mr. Co var, and the newspaper has since beer, published by Funderburg & Covar as p.bishrand propynrietors. It is stated that since this transfer there has not been pleasant feelings between Mr. Parks and Mr. Covar. It seems that there was some trouble about business matters, and that Mr. Parks came down from Co lumbia Fr'dcy morning to straighten :ut the matter. All the parties were together in a conversation for some time Friday morning and they separated. It was only a short time when they came together again, and the shooting took place as above stat )d. It is reported that a man tele phoned to Mr. Parks at Columbia raursday and advised him not to ome to Orangeburg Friday, asking ilm to have his busineas transacted ither through other parties or by orresp ndence, stating to Mr. Parks hat Mr. Covar had threatened to kill iim if he interfered. It is also rumor :d that Mr. Covar had been informed that Mr. Parks intended to kill him n account of some reports that he ad heard. We believe this idle mnole trouble. The fact is that bct'1 parties actea w the idle talk they had heard and were well armed and prepared for 1 hooting without delay. The father I f Mr. Covar, an old gentleman, who esides here with his son, was also irmed. He did not attempt to shoot mad returned his pistol to his pocket when the pistol was taken away frcm ,s son. After the fusilade when Mr. i Jovar was walking forward after Mr. ?arks, as stated above, the old gen- I leman called to his son to stop, which t to did.I The unfortunate affair has created ,great deal of excitement, which occ urring as it did, in so public a place. r. Parks was a native of Edgefeld C cunty and came to Orangeburg from E (arson several years ago. During us stay in O:angeburg he was in the e newspaper work and had many friends I a this city as well as county, who will be shocked to hear of his tragic C leath. Some years ago Mr. Parks arried Miss Annie Perreyclear, a laughter of Capt. W. H Perreyclear, if this city, who with two sweet little joys survive him. Mr. 3. H. Covar was also a native aif Edgefield, and has been a resident if this city for some years. Since he C ame here he has condacted himself 1 n such a way as to gain the confi lence and respect of all who have some in contact with him. - He, like r. Parks, has many friends all over t te county, as well as in town. He 2 as a Wift ann several children, who t ire terribly grieved over the sad af- I air. Mr. Ocvar is now at home sus- I ering from the wound in his shoulder nd It will be a long 'time before he = will be able to do any work again. I ROaSTS 3OO&V LT. outh Carolina Senator's Hot Spech on the Morris Affair. Senator' Tifman.. Thursday after Lon .sid hisrespectsto Piesident lMosevelt, Secretary Barnes, the man barged with the rough handling of rs. Minor Morris at the Whine Souse a few months ago, Major Syl rester of the Washington police, and ~he Asheville physician, Dr. Weaver or their part in the Morris aff.ir, in i vigorous specch In the senate. For two hours he held the closest ttention of hundreds of spEc ators in ~he galleries, many of whom were adies, who had come to the cspitol iurs before he was scheduled to be ~in his speech. His arraignment of hose whom he charged~with the re ponsibility Cf ej ating Mrs. Morris rom the White House was most evere. He recited his effrts to have1 in investigation of the matter at the ame it happened and of the reluc ince of the senate committee on >ostCffloes and post roads to have the ratter examined into, and said that,C wile Barnes, who had already been sppointed arnd confirmed as postmasi er of this city, cannot be affected by wat he might say, he was determin d to let the world know what he hought of the treatment accoi did to ir. Morris and the subsequent ap sointment of Barnes to the position f postmaster in the city of Wash ngton, a place paying a $6,000 salary Lnually. Senator Tillman was frequently in Serrupted by friends of the president mrd Barnes, but continued to make ais speech, while hundreds in the~ galleies listened lloely, and at times eem- d ready to break forth in tumult us applause. This was especially aotceable when he referred to the women and mothers of the country nd to his own mother. Kimed an Intruder. At Dinville, 'Va., an unknown egro was shot and instantly killed at uout midnight Friday night while in he act of attempting entrance to the bome of Mr. R. E. Morris, a detective for the Southern Express company. The negro had raised a window to a room cccupied by Mrs. Morris and her daughter, about 18 years, when dis covered by Morris, who was in the room directly above that of his wife. Criminal assault Is thought to have been the motive for the presence of the negro. Some hours after the killing a negro giving his name as Monroe Richardson was arrested on the charge of being an acccmplice of the dead negro. Morris was released without ball, and an investigation will take place. Haraged iizmstt Capt. Fslk of the German bark Gesine which arrived at Pennsacol~a on Thursday from H imberg, commit ted suicide while the vessel was at sea by hanging himself in his cabin. The Gesine left Hamburg in Mirch but went ashore on a reef and It was nEcssary to unload her cargo in oI der to float the vessel. After that the captian became very despondent~ and one m :rning was found hanging in his cabin. Kiled Ris Man. Stanford White, prominent in New York society,was shot and killed in Madison Square roof garden, New York, on Mc nday night by Harry Thaw, member of a wealthy Pitts brg family. Thaw created a sensa tion some time ago by marrying Eve lyn Naabit, an actress, against the protests of his family. The row was THE DEATH RAT More People Die from Consur tion Than From ANY OTHER DISEAS] ?neumonia Comes Next in the Uni States, but Heart Disease i Steadily on the Increase. The Five Years. The bureau of the census has J published a report presenting mor ty statistics for the United Sta or the five calendar years 1900 1904. This report was prepared un she supervision of the late William Eing, chief statistician for vital st sties. The annual compilation of sta Tics of mortality was authorizad ;he act of Congress establishing >ermanent eensus office. Tae sta aics, however, do not cover the ent ountry, but, in accordance with >rovisions of this act, are restrict o what 1t termed the "registrat urea." This area-comprises tn states and cities which have laws Luiring the registration of death a >ossess records afirdirg satisfact nd comparable data. In 1904 It :luding 11 States and 334 cities wit iad at least 8,000 population in 19 L'he 11 registration States are C Lecticut, District of Colunbia, Liana, Mine, Massachusetts, Mic ,an, New Hampshire, New Jers qew York, Rhode Island, and V nont; the 334 registration cities dlude, in addition to the cities in I 1 registration States, a considera imber which are in non-registrat sate. 'These States and cities, composi the registration area, included in 1; 6 population of 32 996.989, or on, rifle more than two-fifths of the el ated population of the United Sta ror the remainder of the Unil States we have at present no morti ,y statistics which are sufficiently lable and complete to be included his report. The registration ar owever, is gradually increasing in Bent, as the various States and cit *me to realize the importance of h ng adequate registration laws and iff.ctvely enforcing them. The number of deaths reported ihe registration area in 1900 was 5, 139; and ihe-desrat-1er 1 004 ,opulation was 17.6 in 1901 the r iechned to 16 6 and in 1902 the r lelined to 16. The rate increased [903 to 16.2 and in 1904 to 16 7. 'I tverage annual rate for the five ye was 16.6 per 1.000. The average annual death rate she registration States was 17.8 1000 in the cities of 8,000 or m pcpuation In 1900 and 14.3 per 1, .n rural districts, which as the te s here used, includes- everything c ide these cities. Rhode Island is1 mly registration State in which1 ate was as high in the rural distri i in the cities. But in Massachusel lonnecticut and New Hampshire1 irban rate exceeded the rural byJ ihan 1 per 1.000. The Excess1 reatest in New Jersey, New Y md Maine. The higher mortality for dities hue largely to the fact that reside >f rural districts when critically i11 rt to the hospitals and instituti n the cities for treatment, and t he deatbs c:'urring in such cases egistered in the cities, thus incri ng the urban mortality. The average annual rates were 11 at in St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); O wol mnd St. Paul, Minn., (10.5), and hi at in Charleston; S. C., (31.3); 1 nngton, N C., (28.2); and Jacks ile, Fla., (28.1). There were 44 cIties In which tverage annual death rate for the: ,ears was 20 or more per 1,00Q. N> Geen of these cities are located in southern Stat.s and cantain a la proportion of colored population, leath rate for which in general la: Ly exceeds that for the whites. Tuberculosis of the lungs and pi mona were by far the leaning cat :f death. The average annual mprtality ft tuber culosis of the lungs or consur In, 1900 to 1904, was 172.6 pern1 100 of population. It is gratifying cote that the rate has shown a ma ad declne since 1890, when it 15 4. This indicates that the v~ are against the white plague Is mi ng with success. The mortalit.. this disease In the registration a e the United States is lower than i in Ireland, Germany, Norway, Sj: md Switzerland, but higher than England and Wales, Scotland, Netherlans, Belgiump and Italy. The average annual mortality f. consumption was higher in Der than in any other registration e This fact is easily explained by deaths of non-residents who resor1 that locality in the later stages of disease hoping to be benefied by favorable climatic conditions. Exc] ing Denver, the rates were highes Nw Orleans, San Francisco, W; ington, Newark, Jersey City, B: mcre arzd Cincinnati; and lowest S. Joseph, Mo., Scranton, Oma Detroit, Sit. Paul, Buffalo and 3 neaptlis. Pneumonia was second among principal causes of death, the aye: annual rate being 134 9 per 100 population. The death rate from disease In the registration area of United States Is considerably gre than in E agland and Wal'es and S land. For the principal cities the avel annual rates were highest in gheney, Pittsburg, New _Ygj,. Kansas City, Mo.; and lowest in Pul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph,J and Toledo. Among the leadir g causes of de darrha and enteritis was thirdL average annual mortality from this disease for the five years being 113 1 a per 100,000. Over 80 per cent of the deaths from these diseases were deaths of children under five years of age, and and over 65 per cent of children under 1p. one year of age. Fir the principal cities the rate was highest in Fall River. It was high also in Pittsburg, Providence, New York and Alle gheny. H Bart disease was fourth among the leading causes of death, the average . annual rate in the registration area of the five years being 129 9 per 100,000 of population. Over 75 per cent of the deaths from this disease occurred at ited ages above 44, over 45 per cent occur ring at 65 years and over. It is no ticeable that the mortality from heart B disease is steadily increasing, the death rate advancing from 111 2 per 100,000 in 1900 to 134 8 in 1904. Another cause of death with an in creasing rate was cancer, the rate for -creased from 63 per 100,000 in 19 tively small proportion of the deaths from cancer occurred at ages under 40 ust years. Tne deaths of females far ex ba- ceeded those of males, the proportion ,tes being 622 females to 378 males in 1,: to 000 deaths. The death rate from cancer in the der registration area of the United States A. was less than in E igland and Wales, at- Scotland, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Swi.z rland, but was iS- greater than in Ireland, Hungary, by Spain and Italy. It was higher in the the cities than in the rural districts, 1is- but this is due partly to the fact that aire residents of rural districts in the last the stages of the disease seek the bospit ;ed als in the cities f. r treament. Ion The average annual death rate from ose typhoid-fever in the registration a'ea re- was 33 8 per 100 000 of population. O' ad the ten EBiropean countries for which >ry similar statistics are available Italy in-i alone shows a higher. Tne total num iob ber of deatb in the five years, divid. 00. ed as to sex, shows a proportion of n- 588 r a1os to 412 females in every 1, (n- 000 deaths. In each year a greater hi number of deaths from typhoid fever ev, occurred between the ages of 20 and er- 55 than at any other age period. The in number of deaths was greatest in Sep the tember and October, and least in ble June. Over one-third of, the deaths [on occured in August, September and Oa tuber. Ing Among the large cities the greatest *04 mortality from this disease oc:urred r a in Pittsburg, Pa., the rate being more ti than 120 in each year. The next high tes est rate was in the adjoining city of bed Allegheny. The mortality from ty Lil- phoid fever was also excessively high re- in Claveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, in Couisvlle and Washington. The aver ea, age in New York city, St Paul, Mil ex- waukee and Jersey City. The mor es tality was greater in many of the av- smaller cities .md in the rural districts of of certain counties in the registration States than in the larger cities. in. 9,- NMW RE3.IGIOUB SECT. ate tte Started by a Negro in a New York in City. he ars It is said that a peculiar religious sect is getting a foothold in the city in or Middletown, N. Y. It is the per Church of God and Saints of Christ ore and is founded on lines similar to 100 Alexander Dowie's Ciurch of Zion, rm and like that it has a head who pro ut claims himself God's prophet and the mouthpiece. William S. Crowdy, of she Washington, D. C., is the prophet cts, The church knows no color line, but ~ta, as the prophet is a negro the majority the of converts are from the negro raca. Less A branch of the church was organ vas :zed In this city some weeks ago by rk an intelligent negro, John H. Allen, rrom Clover, Va., and already it has is made fourteen black and one white nts convert. The keeping of the Ten re Commandments and observing of ons Saturday as the Sabbath are the hat strong points of the Church of G:,d. ar Pxophet Crowdy, if he had a white as- skin, would much resemble Alexand:r Dowie, and his metnods appear as if >w- copied from Dowie's. He publishes a iso, newspaper, the Weekly Prophet, .); which is the offieial organ of the gh- Church of God, and its chief end Vil- seems to be to urge the mbrnbers to on- send in contributions to Crowdy. Members of the church have tc the contribute 10 per cant of their earn ive ings, which, with all other moneys ne- collected, goes to Prophet Crowdy. the The members are told that Crowdy is rge omniseclent and that nothing they do tue escapes his observation. Particular ge- stress is laid on the fact that It is im possible to fool the prophet in regard eu- to the earninirs of the followers, and ses it Is suggested that if any of them tried to " nig" in their 10 per cent om contributions swift punishment would np follow. The prophet has a scheme of )0, building a holy city at Balleville, Va , e o similar to Dowie's Z:on city. Toe rk- other colored churchkes of this city are was up in arms against the Church of tar God. _________ ~et- Killed His Former Wife. om At Mannington, W. Vs., Jones E. iCoad, an oil driller, shot and killed is his wife early Thursday, dangerously sin wounded Samue?. Hugh Williams, a Iboarder, and then comitted suicide. the Coad, It is said deserted his wife last January. In April she was granted a om divorce and then opened a boarding ver house to support her family. Thurs i.day morning her husband returned to th own, and going direct~y to her home tshot her through the head while she the was still in bed. Williams was sleep the ing on a lounge and Coad then turned ud- the wtapon on him, shooting hin in the breast, after which he put a bul alet in his own brain. Both husband d~ti and wife died almost instantly. Wil h ams will probably recover. Senator Tillman added the follow the ing on Tuesday to what he had said age in his "Address to the People" rela ,000 tive to the campaign meetings: "I this see by the papers that they are hay the ing the campaign meetings in the iter court houses, which is an additional cot- reason why I'm not going to j in the campaign party. It would not be rage justice to myself after the great Lle- strain that has been made on me dur <1 ing the present session to speak inside St. of houses of any kind. I would not Ko., sti nd it. Beside all the campaigt: I 'ava ever attended were out In the ath, open, where they ought to be. It is the bnettr for both peonie andelakears.n WAQES OF SIN. Goes to the (a ows for Killing a Friend. A, POLISLE R LSCAL. One of the Most Picturesque Figures in Police Crookdom of the Century. Probably: the-Most Remark able Crimdidal Record of Mede Times. After a lifaof 9eginning with boyood, ick Seymore Barrington, society=ghwayman, re sourceful crook, liigainist, forger and murderer, paid the penalty of his last crime on the cal ld, Friday at Coly ton, Mo. The crime forcyhich Barrington was to die on the scaffold was the- murder of James P. M.%Cann, a well known sporting man of this city, on June 18, 1903. McCann was shot, his body robbed Ndhis% mains thrown into a a pond at Bon By a peculiar co incidence the inde body of the mur dered man was. dhcovered fiaating in the pond justrc years ago Thurs day. Daring the active years of -his ca reer "Lord"_ arrington was cae of the most picturesque figures in "po lice" crookdom for, although he was of lowly originjhis speciality of pass Ing as a member of the British peer age, wentwell in several cities and helped him tolive without work for years. Be was the of a-hack driver in Tunbridge Wl, England, and his real name is F G. Barton. He was arrested for tii first time at the age of seven yearsi when he was caught setting fire to the common. At 12-he was sentencedto five years in the Red Hill reformatory for embezzlement. After servinithree years he made his escape by mens of a rope, only to be arrested t ears later and sentenced for robbery.- For this he served in Yorkshire ponL About t!4s time he decided it would be 'to; his advantage to give himself a new surrounding by joining the army, weere he could observe the ways of the dBeers who made up much of.the EaglIh society. This was in his 221 yea, but before - his enlist ment was ad ear old he he had forged a furloughled from the army and committed Lburgiary for which he did a ten years'sstretch. That cmeleted his English record. Whermasucceeded in commit sinif i ihaort LAw ra t=etweem his prisons terms are not known, but are believed to b- many. He got into some of the best households as a ser vant; studied the-members of society; ue served as an artist, studies his 1 model, and in later years made good use of his stules. He robbed a lergyman three times and each time by a sorrowing jrofesion of repent inc , and glib qcotation succeeded In 1 oeing f )rgiven. When he was finally landed behind the bars for the ten .ears' terms in E-:gland he setted down to improving his education so he could step out of prison a student. He ~ perfected himself in French, German and the clasics, and was a polished fraud when he came to America in 1891. He posed here as the son of an Englishnoheman of wealth and rank. As such ke won Miss Celestine Mil ter, ef Boollyn, an heiress wIth a for aune in her own right. After marry ing Miss Miller he had the effrontery ~ to return to his own land and estab lished himself with his wife in a home at West Lrighton. There he cold olocdedly sold his wife the truth about hinrself. Stripped of every penny by her husband, the unhappy ,ife returned to this country with aer child, sad Barton was arrested and ;ent back to prison to serve out an old 1 sentence. As soon as the sentence 1 was expired Barton returned to the U ilted Ststed having found here the beat field for his peculiar operations. In 1902 Entladelphia society receiv ed with open arms "Lord Burgoyne," of the Eaglish peerage. His lordship was none other than the exconvict, but before that came to be known he iad c uarted and wedded Miss Mar. garee Rafferty, an heiress. He told ner he was heir to 820,000 and bor rowed money from her. While they were on their honeymoon, "Bur. gcyne" slipped from the train and disappeared. She would believe noth ng agalnzt him until she went to New Yerk and learned the truth from his first wife, with whom "Burgoyne" was, at the time, attempting to effect reconciliation. Receiving no notice from his first wife, the ex-convict, who had been wandering in the West, made his de but in St. Louis society under the alias of "Lord Barrington." He met and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace Cochran, of Independence, Iowa, who was visiting in St Louis at the time. Refore he c~uld en}oy the money he ad obtained through this marriage, a hard-beaded brother of Miss Coch ran had discovered his record and had "Barringtoa" thrown Into prison. Follo wing his exposure "Barring :on" succeeded in winning the conli dance of McCann, a wealthy horse owner and hotel man. Oa the night of McCann's disappearance the two were seen drinking together. The murder was traced to "Barrington," and he was convicted. The legal fight to save him extended over two years man With Twelve Toes. P. B. Franks, of Pennsylvania, was arrested at Cumberland, Md., on a charge of embezzling about 8200 at Charleroi, Pa. Five minutes after the eelegra-n was received at the colice station Lieutenant Schmvtz had Franks under arrest. The fact that he has six toes on each foot was one of the means of Identification. He returned to Pannsylvania without a requisition. N~ot until we have thrown it away forever do we realize that love is the most nreino gft life can bringr us. HUMAN FLOWERS. THIS IS WHAT AUNT SALLI] CALLS T BE GIRLS. Who Are the Eweetest Things th Good Lord Created on the Earth. Come, girls, and "snuggle" up clos to me while we have a heart-to-hear talk, for I expect to get as much as: ive. I want to think of my girls whether they are one year or ten o twenty, as opening flowers-some o them early spring beauties, other summer roses-all sweet and tender md all needing love and care to de relop the best that is in them. Girls, dont be in a hurry to react young ladyhood and the advantage you imagine will be gained by it. 'D not rob yourself of the rosy flush o happy childhood. It will scon b )ver. *You willput away with lovin hands the playthings of your child bood. How fleeting are the years o hildhood. As the years pass the: bring with intelligence and experience out take away the innocence of child ood. Girls, do you realize you are the rosebuds In the garden of life? Yoi re the sweetest things that God cre ted. Your voices are like music-s, nselfish and sweet, so helpful ani 'oving that sad hearts grow glad ani ;ad faces brighten wherever you gc Love this youth that Gid has givez you, and forget not to thank Him fo it. There are no skeletons in you closet, no sorrowful memories to briu the tears to your eye. ' I hope you are all happy and cheer tui these bright spring days. Whil he birds are building their hom3s i 2edges and tree tops they are fillini the world with music. Busy fron norning' till night, they find time to ing. Don't wait till your work is don so sing-sing and be happy and make )thers happy. Yes, follow the bird'i )xample and go singing to your work Surely God wants us to be cheerfu mnd happy when He made this worl: beautiful for us. KInd, cheerfn people bring out the best that is Ii is, so that we can hardly help being rood while we are under their influ nce. There is no sweeter music it fur heavenly Father's ears than the nnocent song and laughter of hls cbildren, and no sweeter tribute conic ever be made to the weary ones of arth than that which comes frog he sparkling, innocent soul of young ,irlhood. Girls, have all the pets you want, ct don't keep any living thing in con nement. Don't have a sweet little ongster beating its wings against the age, nor a frolicsome squirrel. Le1 hem be free, happy and joyous it heir native element. A fellow-feel ng makes us wonderous kind. It has eon eleven years since I walked the ,een eaith, and the timeseems. long ad dreary. I often long in the glad pringtime to get away into some Leep tangled wildwood and listen te he sweet songs of birds in joylous reedom as they flit from tree to tree. I have learned lessons of patienc3 nd submission to the divine will. Ae tever before I've learned the value of rue friends, to appreciate more and ore the love and friendship of pure inded Christian girls. How patient y and sweetly, with tender handE hey ministered to me when the deatk ng l seemed very near. NoTne but iod Is sufficiently wise to understand he heart of Christian girls. They ring joy and peace to their homes. 2ey are their mother's companions nd helpers, and their sweet influence irings much of heaven down to earth ly keeping their brothers' wandering eet In paths of safety. Surely the hltering wings of the unseen angele nust hover very near our sweet girls. -od bless them and make us 'worthb if their tender devotion. Pure minded girls are not only lessings In their homes. We meel rith them on the highways and by' rays. Onae of them came into my lifi s a ministering angel when I was fai rom friends, when I was bereft of a~l hat made life worth living. But WE ere as ships passing and hailing eaci athem as we passed. No girl can bi iure and good without the world be nig the better for It and making hei wn heart happier. God bless yot 1 and keep you well and happy, anc emember you have the best wishes 0: , AUNT S ALTL-E. Destructive Storm. Charlie Thomson, a negro livini even miles east of Union, had thi oof blown off his house and furniture adly broken up by a storm last week s family were uninjured by the light aing. An empty house on the Sin air place near by was also blows own. A special from Pride's sa,; here was a very heavy storm In tha ecton and that great damage wai one at Cniester and Yorkville by thi lowng down of trees and othe shings, which have not been cleared up &at Rsd Point, near Pride's crop rere ba31y injured there being heavy hail storm half a mile wide al hrough that section. No damagi was done at Neals Shoals, thougl the current had to be turned off. Buried ?wenty-rOar kHonrs. Herman Fisher, after having beel imprisoned In a trench ten fees dee: with only his head above the grouni from i p. in., Friday was finally du out at 8 o'clock Saturday morning He seemed no worse for his experience The work cf rescue cjntinued thirough out the nigns. For a long time it wa thought trnaL Fe~uner would succumn from exhaustidn owmng to the pref sure of earth upon ims body. Fishe and several other waramen were dig ging a trench for a secwer on State Island, when the sides gave wa3 burying all alive. The others wei soon rescued. Very Considerate. Rather than wake his travelin companions-some of whom were w< men-to take the regular train at a. in., from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga, George F'cster Peabody, the rich edt cational philanthropist, waited o Monday until later in the day an hired a special, paying for It 8688, an giving the employes of the train larg tis besides. ALONE IN DBATH. The Sad Fate of a Young w..man at Florence. The Florence Times says: Telli in its sad details a story of sufer and betray al by a man who professi to love her, and who had deserted n, three months before the birth of child last -Saturday morning, Is tl life of a young woman supposed to 1 Laura May Bhame, who died la Friday night about 11 o'clock at t1 [ infirmary of Dr. Wm. Ilderton Evans street. The young woman had been Florence for some time and had takb a room at a boarding house in E i Florence, where she was being tree ed by Dr. Ilderton. - Friday mornir her condition was alarming, and was deemed advlsaise to take her 1 the infirmary whete she could receil 1 more careful attention and be undo a constant medical supervision. B she had passed the stage of huma aid -and- deathL naed ~vlng hi real identity a mystery, and s r baby girl. The remains of the unfortuna young mother were taken to Watei undertaking establishment and pr pared for burial, and the interment being postponed in the hopes of ge ting intelligence from friends or rel tives. The-child is being cared f 1 by Dr. Ilderton until something eli can be done in the way of providing home for it. . As to the real identity of the w Sman no one knows. She had gott - only one letter since she had bei here, addressed to Miss Laura M, Riame, and three letters were foul r in her possession addressed to Mi I Helen Trautman, Wedgefbid, S. C and A. D. Bhame, Clarendon, S. ( and one to Mrs. DiSohamp, Pin a wood, N. 0. Another letter from an unknoi t party was found in which he wrote : 1 the most endearing tone, and ma ing unfulfilled promises. Also a re ord in the faded leaves of a wo Bible were found some famillyrecord but .nothing tending to throw az light on the mystery. It is said that a man came bei about four months ago looking for party by tne name of the' dead -w man and that he had -some mone which belonged to her through ti sale of some property. But he looks in vain and could not get in commun cation with her in any w;y. He ha hot been heard from since. Dr. Ilderton has borne the expen of the woman's sickness and deal and says he does not mind that, b would like to make some di3positio of the child. BATTLESHIP SOUTE CAROLINJ A Full Description of the New Pigh Ing Machine. Much interest is shown -in Waal ington in the new battleship Sout Carolina, the contract for which wi shcrtlv-bed tdi d -by themakvype partmept. " The South Carolina is to be 450 fee long and will have an extreme bredtl at low water line of 80 feet and inches. The mean draft at trial dls placement is not to exceed 24 feet, inches. The coal bunker capacityc the ship will be 2 200 tons. THE ARMAM1ENT The new ship will have a main bal tery of 8 twelve Inch breech loadin rifles, and two submerged torped tubes. The secondary battery wi consist of twenty 3 inch (14 pogunde: rapid fire gunk; two three pounde semi-automatic guns; eighs 1 pounde semi-automatic guns ; two 3-Inch fiell pieces; four machine guns of cabi of .30. The hull of the South Carolina I to be protected by a water line bel eight feet wide, varying in thicknes from eight to twelve inches. Thi armor will be tapered in sections, be ing thicker above the water line. ] will be driven by engines of 16,00 herse power, four cylinder triple e3 pansion in type. Tue smoke pipe< the ship will be 100 feet high ar steel masts fore and aft~ wDil be equii ped with wireless telegn.phy. Evet precaution will be taken. to gual against fire, and all the living spacn are to be sheathed with metal, backE with an Inch and a half of cork a! asbestos and felt. The maximum time to be allowe for the completion of the South Cara lina will be forty-two months ai heavy penalties will be provleed fc delay. _________ LOUND DEAD IN SWAMP. Mystery in Death of Mill Operatil Near Columbia. The body of Ben Walsh, an Englis: .nan and itinerant cotton mill oper dye, who has been working at Colux Ata, Winnsboro, Charlotte and oth' points, was found Friday in a swan near the Assembly bridge in a bad decomposed state, though the man said to have been seen alive as late Thursday. Whether he was murdered or act dentally drowned is what Is now pu zling the cf~cers. His body Is covert with blue marks, but the physicial have so far discovered no other el dence of foul play. His pockets we found turned out. 2Four men have been arrested peni p lng investigation. These are John a' I H~nry Green, of Columbia, and P D Switt and I. C. Crouch, of Winnsbor .all cotton mill operatives. The Greel .and Dewitt were seen drunk wil -Walsh Thursday. Crouch's father B Dawitt's brother-in-law. Dewil b went to Winnsboro on the early trai - Friday, and Crouch says he told h r relatives that a dead man's hoc -might be found in the swamp ne a Columbia. Crouch came i,3 Colut , Friday morning, after seeing DYawi e in Wlnnsboro. The Greens say they moved Wals in a hopelessly drunken conditic from under the bridge Thursday al g left himin the swamp to get him o . of danger and cut of sight of the I 5 lIhe. __________ Conviction of a h'iend. El Esiney, a negro, was convict ~at Gaffney on Monday, of committil d a rape on a thirteen old negro gi d The girlis said tohaye died as a e sult oflinjarles inflicted on her by fiend. POSTAL. TIEVES. Columbia Has Lost Many Pack, d- _ r ages in Recent Past a 1e , Between Mail Room at Union Depot t~ and Postoffice. Inspectors Have Worked But. It In Said, Have e Secured Little Evidence of Guilty 'Ones. InI 3r There seeins to have been consider Igoing en amaopng^ the=psa - ,"." located in Coi b. . r- from that city to the Charleston Past Is says what Postmaster Easor calls "'a ' regular Saturnalia of stealing" has r been going on among the railway is train porters and perhaps others, who. a have been handling the mails betwen the mall room at the union station o- and the trains. He has failed to n locate over seventy-fre packages that In have been reported to him as having LY been lost, the date of the first pack id age mailed being, December 9 last, 8s and that of the last April 14 last. I., How many more have been stolen Dr. , Ensore has no idea. e- There may be many cases that were never reported and still other rn cases that will be reported later. As In a resulted of a letter Dr. Easor wrote a to the Washington division 'i nied?N a Williams, located at Chattanooga, do n mailed Inspectors Pals.fer, Banner. si man and Webers on the case. After Ly several days' work they were unable ; to trace any evidence against either *eof the three transfer clerks aho are a In charge of the mail room .at the r union station, in relays: 86 far only y one arrest has been made, that of : te Sam Williams who was caught by a d decoy letter containing silver which I- was handed to" hi to be taken to. the s train. He has been landed in fai-by Commissioner Verner in default of e bail. h Transfer Clerk Mobley, a negro, it was arrest-d but was afterward. re a leased. Nothing has so far.been dis-. covered against the other colored transfer clerk, C. P. Murray; and L. both he and Mobley are still on duty. Chief Transfer Ciert .N.l. J. rvis is the only white man in c~arge 'of the mail room. He is a m}aQ f high-in tegrity,.in whom everybody has per L. feot co.fldenca. b Sam Williams has been at-t1 'union station only f.ur' months. Eacn of thetransfer cerksess a key which t no is required bythe regulations 1 carry .n a chain attached to his body. - 2 But whether anything has been stolen -= from the first class mail, whuch is re 6 qulred to be locked, can not be said. it appears from the list of lost pieces which tracing has fiiled to locate, that the stealing was confined almost altogesher to packages. Tn~ese pack ages are handled almost entirely In o large sacks, unlocked, which are tl handled between the mail room and ) the postoffce by porters. There are - r a number of porters working In the r employ of the postoftflee. 1| But Sam Williams Is In no way con e jnected with the ofies. He and other railway porters and the postomcie por a ters all have acesto the mall room t and as the transfer clerks have fre s quently to be awsy from the room d tnere Is a good opportunity for steal lug. e Though the inspectors have given o up the fight for the time being they .have by no means given up hopes, df and other arrests are expected in the d limmediate future. -. On one occasion eight packages ysent up on the Charleston train were d stolen before they reached the Colum Sbia offce. d Dr. Pike, a Columbia deaztlst, lost d nine, packages, which should have came to him in two weeks. d "The thing has become notorbous." 2. said Dr. Ensor to The E vening Post id representative. "An awful stench ir had arisen to the nostrils of the pat rons of the offce, who were taking their packages to the express offie. The i.-vestigation has declosed that the mail room down there has turned re out to be a regular den of thieves. Of course I hope you will say nothing that might be construed as a reflec a- tion on Mr. Davis in whom we all a.- have the greatest confidence. e- "Whether any of the stealing has sr been going on among the postal clerks ip on the tramns I can not say, but I sup Ly pose not. The students here in the is male and female colleges have hardly as been able to get a thing sent to them in the past several months. The si. thieves made a clean sweep. I am z. satisfied that not an article has been ad stolen by any of'the employees of this is office, not only because I have confi r1- dence in them but the system would re require all to he in collusion If one stole." Burned. to Death. .An awful accident happed In the CMileburg Mills village at Bates 'oburg on Friday night. Mrs. Corley, hwife of one of the mill employes, In Sstarting a fire in the stova preparatory to cokn supper, poured kerosene n into the stove when Uhere was already sa small fire. As a result tue flame Lcame up to the can, causing an ex plosion and burning Mrs. Carley sO 'a that at a little past midnght she died from the effects of the burn. The house was completely destroyed Sby the fire and it was only through 'the heroic work of the operatives that 1dthe fire did not spread further. Al most all of the household goods of the SCorley family were destroyed. Mrs. Corley was less than thry yeta old and a very sad feature of tnae affai~r is that she would have given birth to a ed child in t wo weeks'. , Pluck picks up her traumng skirts 'e- and gOeS after what she w.3.ns, while hluct limps on down the road bs4glng i alms.