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VOL. XXI. MAINNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907. NO. 34. BLOOD SHED In the Streets of Lodz, Russia, b: CruelCossacks. ATTACK MAIL WAGON, Which Causes the Body of Cossack to Shoot Indiscriminately-Nea: 'Warsaw Terrorists- Kill Four an4 Wound Nine in Bold Attack o Railroad Office Under Guard. In nocent People Killed. At Lodz, in Russian Poland, sixty eight workmen, of Kuttner's Spin ning Mills, were shot down Friday morning by a patrol of Cossacks be cause a band of terrorists attacked a mail wagon in the neighborhood. killed a Cossack guard and wounded another Cossack and two postoffice officials. While the wagon twas passing through Longkowa street the terror ists suddenly appeared from a side street. opened fire on the Cossack es cort, seized $1,000 from the wagon and escaped. A moment later a patrol of Cos sacks arrived on the scene, and in furiated by the fate of their comrades rushed into the Kuttner factory. which was near the spot where the robbery occurred, and began fir*ing indiscriminately, killing 21 and wounding over 44 persons. The greatest indignation prevails at Lodz, as it is claimed that the employees of the factorn had noth ing -to do with the attack on the mail Wagon. Raid Railway Office. At Warsaw, Russian. Poland. a band of terrorists held up the city office of the Vistula Railroad, on Dulga street, at 10 o'clock IFriday morning and got away with $5,000 after a severe fight in which four persons were killed and nine wound ed. The office was full of people at the time, and soldiers were guarding the premises, but terrorists attacked them with revolvers, killed two and wounded four of the guards before they reached the place where the money was kept. Then snatching up a bag contain ing $5.000 the men ran out of the of fice. The soldiers fired at the fleeing terrorists, but only succeeded in hit ting some bystanders, two of whom were killed and five wounded. DIPRISONED IN AUTO. Three Women Have Narrow Escape From Possible Death. Practically imprisoned in a runa way automobile, three women had a naarrow escape from possible death at Bryn Mawr, Pa., recently. The machine, a big touring car, occupied by Samuel W. Colton, Jr., Mrs.- Colton, Harold Colton, Mrs. Harrison Allen and her daughter. drove up to the railroad station at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Colton and his son. who had occupied the front seat, left the machine and entered the sta tion. They had hardly dissapeared when the machine started off. It headed straight down the road that leads to the tunnel under. the tradks of the railroad, gathering momentum as it sped on. The women, seated in the rear of the car, were unable to reach the mechanism to shut off the power. and to jump means serious injury or death. After going a distance of about 100 yards the machine swerved from the roadway and crashed into the stone wall that abuts the sides of- the road at this point. The iron , ral along the wall was broken down and the fore part of the car plunged over the gap. Luckily the rear wheels jamed into the network of the iron railing and held fast. The women. frightened to the verge of hysterics, were thrown to the floor of the car, but sustained no painful injuries. SAVED THEIR COMRADES. Thrilling Experience in the Hold of a Burning Oil Barge. At New York half a score of fire men risked their lives in saving six of their comrades who had been over come by smoke in the hold of a burn ing oil barge lying at a pier in the Hudson river. Six had gone into the hold when they thought the fire had been over come and were cutting away a par tition when a terrific burst of flames and smoke swept through the open ing and enveloped them. The men dropped unconscious and the flames were pouring over then: whn their comrades braving the fire. and choking smoke, rescued them The rescued men were seriously burned but will recover.. BABY IN PAWN. The Mother Must Pay Debt To Get Her Chilu. A little baby boy, Johnny Knicks. is held at Berkkley, Cal., for a debt of $S7.50, which the mother must pay before she can get her little one out of pawn. This is the ultimatum of Mrs. Jesus Alcantara, who, while caring for the boy while his mother was away learned to love him as her own child. Mrs. Knicks came to the conclu sion that she wanted her boy with her again and tried to get posessios of the child. But Mrs. Alcantara wa~ firm. "No money. no child,"~ she said and now the courts have been callec upon to decide as to the proper dis posal of the boy. SEQUEL OF AN OUTRAGE. Miss Nevada Taylor Dies as Resul of Nervous Trouble. Miss Nevada Taylor who was crim inally assaulted near Chattanooga b, Edward Johnson. a ntgro on Januar; 19. for which crime the negro wa lvnebed. died at her ~childhood hom Nindlay. Ohio. of nervous troubl4 brought about by the crime. Tb case has become a celebrated one The supreme court of the Unite' States now has Sheriff Shipp, severa cf his deputies and others under; charge of contempt as a result of th lvnching. OLD SWINDLER DEAD. Body at Asheville is That o1 "Lord Beresford." He Left a Trail of Wives-Clever Australian, Lascelles, Hoodwinked American Ambassador. The body of Henry Asquith, of Norfolk, which has been lying at the undertaking establishment of Noland, Brown & Co., of Asheville, N. C.. waiting for it to be claimed by rela tives, has been identified as the no torious bogus "Lord Beresford." alias Asquith, Hobson, Williams, Morris, etc. This identification was made by W. T. Cheney and Linton Dean, lawyers, of Rome, Ga., who arrived in Asheville a few days ago. Asquith's real name was Sidney Las celles. He came to Asheville with physicians and nurses, whom he led to believe would be paid handsome ly. Mr. Chaney says: "Sidney Lascelles was born in Aus tralia of parents comparitively well to do. He was given an excellent education, and when he reached his majority was sent to England. There he made a hit, learned the ins and outs of society. He lived a fast life and his funds soon ran out. While thus financially embarrassed, he con ceived a plan similar to that follow ed by the notorious bogus 'Lord Douglass' for recuperating his for tune. "Lascelles secured an introduction to the American ambassador at- Lon don under the name of Beresford, posing as a cousin of the English lord of that name. He cultivated the acquaintance of the American ambas sador and soon gained his confidence. Beresford then represented to the ambassador that he was abouttotake a trip to America and around the world. The ambassador immediately offered him letters of introduction to many well known society people of America. including members of New York's '400.' Lascelles secured mon ey and credit enough as a member of the Beresford family to buy a Lon don wardrobe which was the wonder of New York. His clothes were cop ied and he became lionized by Goth am society. He was able, with com parative little expense, to hold his own, he was so constantly entertain ed in the American metropolis. "After he had obtained entry Into New York society and had obtained credit of hundreds of thousands he decided to come South on a trip, armed with letters from well-known society people and business men. He went to Rome. Ga., where he repre sented himself as Lord Beresford. come to America as a representative of an English syndicate in search of investment. The firm of Hamilton & Co., then the wealthiest in Rome, was at the time selling agent for 10.000 acres of land. They tried to interest the bogus lord in a trade. "Lord Beresford became very much interested, in the meantime doing the society stunt and paying much attention to a young society belle of that place. Beresford had the genuine Beresford coat-of-arms on everything it could be placed. This coat-of-arms was on his private check book on the Bank of England. One day he was explaining to Hamil ton & Co., the difference between American and English systems. of banking. He showed his imposing check book and told how the checks were numbered in England. Then in a careless sort of way, he said to Hamilton: " 'By the way, I have been in America for some time. and have run short of ready cash. I would like to have a change, don't you know. Could you led me have a few hun dreds or son' "Hamilton & Co., mindful of the English syndicate and prospective trade, together with Beresford's let ters, opened the company safe, giv ing him the money in large denomi nations. With a careless thanks. Beresford thrust the money into the pocket of his trowers, and wrote out a check on the Bank of England for $2,250. The soeiety stunt was kept up for about a week afterward, when the Lord Beresford dissapeared, having neglected to pay his hotel and other bills. It was then learned that Beres ford had forgotten to return dia mond rings and other tokens loaned him by society damsels. "Beresford went from place to place, carry-ing out his nefarious schemes, with sleuths close behind him. He married whenever a wife vould be of any use to hif in carry ing out his schemes. It.is known that he had at least sx or eight wives. md probably many more times thaL number." SOME GOOD) ADVICE. ive the Negro Preachers by a Ne gro Preacher. in an address to the Virginia Ne ro Baptist association. Rev. R. H Eowling, in speaking of the progress f the race. said: "lt is. indeed. wonderfui to see the imount of-our people have given out f their means for their education. and they continue daily to do this. Lt us through the ministry lift up the moral standard of our race. Let ach man be the husband of one ife. and a man with two living w ives is unfit to preach the gospel. Ii do not hesitate to make this asser tion let it cut where it may. And we must get rid of any man who would go around destroying homes instead of building them up. and e stroying the young girls of our race. The negro must pay attention to his moral standing in this country, as immoral people will never be recog nized. Let us protect our women. for the hand that rock's the cradle rules the world." CRE WORSE THAN D)ISEASE. So-called Evangelist Whips His Little Son Nearly to Death. Because he whipped his 1 2-year old son for playing baseball on Sun day. J. H. Arnold. a travelling re vival ist was sentenced to six months Son the rock pile by Mayor Dorsey. of Macon. Ga. The physicians testified that the boy was lashed until the ilesh was a p ulp and that he might not recover. i Arnold said it was a deadly sin to I play baseball on Sunday and he had o rdered his son not to play but the SIlatter dis obeyed and was even the aptin of the team. WILL SAVE LIFE The Government Planning to Pre vent Sacrifice of Life in COAL MINE HORROR! That So Frequently Occur in Thi And Other Countries. A Testinj Station is Assured. The Effec of Explosives on Gases Will B Noted. Demonstration of Appara tus Used in Europe Will Be Made The fuel division of the Geologica survey is planning to make a deter mined effort to stop the terrible sac rifice of life in the coal mines in th United States. In 1906, 500 live, were lost in Pennsylvania mine Ialone. European countries are fai ahead of ths country in matters re lating to the preventation of disaster. in mines and in caring for miner! who are entombed, by entering the mine before the men have beer smothered by dust or gases. An experiment station will be es tablished in the mining region in the vicnity of Pittsburg. where tests of the various explosives used in blast ing coal, will be made. The explo sives will be projected by a mortar into a vast boiler-plate cylinder filled with gas, and the effects will be care fully noted. If ignition fails after severe tests explosives will be known as "permissible explosives," and their use will be urged. There will also be experiments in rescue work. One part of a station will be fitted as a miniature piine, and miners and operators will be taught how to save lives. It is de clared that hundreds of lives could be saved were it possible for the res cue party to enter the mine imme diately. As it is now fire damp often holds the men back for hours while their comrades are being suffocated or burned to death. Government ex perts have found an apparatus in Europe which, worn by rescurers. enables them to enter where there is gas. The use of the apparatus will be demonstrated. Some of the recent mine explosions in one state, West Virginia, are as follows: Red Ash, March 6, 1906, 24 killed. Rush Run. March 18, 1906, 24 killed. Bluefield Coal Dale mine, January 4, 1906. 22 killed. Paint Creek, Detriot mine. Janu ary 18, 1906, 18 killed. Fayette County. Paral mine, Feb ruary 8. 1906, 22 killed. Philippi Century mine, March 25. 1906. 26 killed. Fayette county, Stuart mine, Jan uary 29, 1907, 82 killed. Fayette county, Whipple mine, May 1, 1907, 21 killed. f the experimental station is erected within the Pittsburg coal dis trict natural gas will be used for testing purposes. Safety valves will e placed all along the top of the cylinder used in such a manner that whenever there Is an explosion they will fly open. A series of port holes covered with one-half inch glass will enable those conducting the ex periments to witness the explosions fom the observati'on house 60 feet NNE KILLED IN EXPLOSION Premature Firing of Dynamite Near Alta Pass, N. C. Saturday afternoon while a force f men were at work blasting on the South and Western railway on he works of McCarty Bros. near Al a Pass. N. C., an explosion occurred i which nine men were almost in stantly killed and four others were seriously if not fatally injured. The men were all employers of the rail way company and were natives of the lta Pass section. The force had drilled for a long blast, and after placing the explo sives in the blast hole, and as the frce started to retreat, the dyna mite fired prematurely and the men were hurled in every direction. Those who were killed were terribly muti lated ,whiie the surviving workmen are badly bruised and lacerated. KILLED THEM. Six Persons Fatally Poisoned by Drinking Fresh Milk. Six people are dead in Macon coun ty, Tennessee. as the result of drink ig milk from a cow which is suppos ed to have been poisoned by eating milk weed. John Love. aged 70. and Harry Moss. aged 15, died Thursday. John Moss. father of Harry, and Noel, Annie and Addie Love, children of oh Love died last week. No others re ill as all who drank the milk are now dead. VERY STRANGE CASE. Blade of Grass Goes Through The Lungs of Child. At Warrenton, Ga.. W. W. Pilcher has taken from the back of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. De 3augrine, a blade of grass that had been swallowed several days ago. The grass entered the wind pipe nd worked its way from therE through the right lung, coming oul jst below the shoulder blade. ThE little girl had some hemorrhages but at present is doing well. PATHETIC INCIDENT. Bride and Groom Killed in the Sami Accident. One of the most pathetic of scene was caused by the wrecking of th4 train with the Shriners on it iu California last week. It was th death of a bride and groom. at al most the same instant, each believ ing the other still living. They wer thrown from the coach on opposit sides of the train- "Tell my wife tha m alright," murmered Ellenton t the physician. "give her my love an let me know how she is." Mrs. E lenton in return sent a message o love to her husband. Before it coul be,.carri t1.e husband was dead. HORSE ATE GOLD - That Was Stored Away in a Sack of Wheat. Their $140 is Gone, Father Won't Have Horse Killed-Two Stable men Ai'e Arrested. Toodles, an aged roan gelding, who used to draw a wagon for the feed store business of Isreal Wishnosskie, to 1S93 First avenue, New York city, might under ordinary circum stances bring $17 at auction, but at the present time he is very valuable niece of horseflesh. It is highly prob able that if some one were to offer $140 for him it would be peremp torily declined. Pauline, Rose and Yetta, the young daughters of the owner of the horse, take the greatest interest in the aged beast for the reason that the suspect he is carrying in his interior $140 in gold coin that they have been saving for years. Yetta, the eldest, who is seventeen, and works at cigarmaking, had saved $105 of the total, and Rose, aged thirteen, had put by the remaining $35. They were in doubt about the best place in which to keep their hoard, and, after a consultation, decided that a bag of oats in the feed store would make an ideal hiding place for the gold. They -went to the bag at intervals to count the coins, and were horrified Tuesday morning to find that the bag had dissapeared. The girls went to the stable hands, two polish young men, who informed the girls that they had taken that partic ular bag of oats to feed Toodles, and that a large part of It had gone to ward his supper Sunday night and his breakfast Monday morning. Then a veterinary surgeon was called, and the girls suggested that he cut Toodles open in order to get their gold. The father declared that he would not sacrifice the horse for the money, and a less heroic method was tried but without success. Then the young women sought the aid of the police and went to the 104 street station, where they wept -opiously while telling the story to -apt. Corcoran. They wanted the two Poles arrested. and this was done. They gave their names as Alex ander Yesabitz and Resclo Zenkav ,h. and when they were arrained in the Harlem police court they were held in $500 each for trial in special sessions. They denied seeing any old coins in the oats bag, which they said they poured into the feed box for Toodles. KILLED HER SON-IN-LAW. The Tragedy Occurred While Man Lay in Drunken Stupor. At Huntsville, Ala., angered be cause her son-in-law, Frank Albright, had come home drunk and run the family away from home, by his vio lent actions, Mrs.. Mattie Connally killed the man by shooting him with a shotgun, as he lay in a drunken stupor on his bed. The tragedy occurred in Maysville Saturday night, and on the evidence secured by the coroner's jury, Mrs. Connally has been lodged in jail, and Charlie Chadwick, a 16-year-old boy, has been put in jail as an accessory. Albright was a merchant, about-30 years old. He was drunk in Hunts ville Saturday and when he went home that night he was violent. His wife and children fled, but the mother-in-law remained and sent Chadwick to a neighbor's house for ammunition, with which she killed the drunken man. Mrs. Connally is 45 years of age, is divorced from her husband and is the mother of eleven children. OLD MAN DIES. Said to Be One Hundred and Twenty-. Seven Years Old. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Adam Frost, colored. said to be about 127 years old, died earivy Thursday morning between Cedar Springs and Rich Hill. Until within the last few days Adam Frost was in the best of health. According to his own story, given a newspaper man a few weeks ago. Adam Frost was born on Sullivan s Island in 1780). His first owner was a man named Hunter, who sold .him to Col. Drayton. Before the Civil War he was bought by Dr. Frost and the old negro lived with the Frost family until after the war. During the Civil war the family of Dr. Frost refugeed to this county and located at Cedar Springs. The old building that was formerly used as the colored institute for the deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Springs was built by Dr. Frost. When the Frost family returned to Charles ton Adam remained in this county. NEGROES HOLD UP NEGROES Highwaymen Arrested and Locked Up~ in the .Jail. Last Saturday night at Gaston Shoals, where the Drave company is workng on the big dam across Broad river a negro named Will Byars 'held up"' another negro named Da vis Petty, and relieved him of $20. Byars used a .38 calibre revolver as a persuader. Byars was carried to Gaffmey and lodged In jail. He also was bound over to court on the charge of selling whiskey. .Byars has a brother who is also in jail for selling whiskey at the dam. A negro named John Henderson was also held up at the point of a pistol by another negro at the South ern power plant at the Ninety-Nine islands and compelled to disgorge three "simolaons." This negro was committed to jail by Magistrate Li gon of Blacksburg. HOMICIDE IN MACON. Ton Battle, Well Known Citizen, Kills D. M1. Berry. Torm Battle. a well known citizen and foreman on the new United -States building at Macon. Ga.. struck D. M. Berry on the head Thursday Iwith an iron bolt. knocking Berry to the floor breaking his neck and t killing him almost instantly. The >homicide occurred on territory of the United State government and war -rant was issued from the United States court for Battle. Berry was 6 years old and leaves a young wife having been married but six weeks. BRYAN THE MAN. Senator Tillman Says He Is thi Logical Candidate He Thinks that the Vice-Presidentia Candidate Should Come From th< South. "It looks to me," said Senator Bei Tillman, of South Carolina, who pass. ed throu' Augusta -on Thursday, "as if the Democrats will have to nomi nate Bryan for the presdency nexi year. He seems to be the only logi cal man. He will have as a running mate some substantial Southern man, probably Culberson of Texas, Hoke Smith of Georgia, or Daniel of Vir ginia. "If a Southerner is not placed on the ticket the field will be split. It is a pity that we cannot have a Southern man firrt on the ticket, but the conservative Democracy of the Sorth understands that sectional pre judice has not sufficiently died out yet to remove a dangerous element of chance. "It is time for the Democratic par ty to stop offering obsolete million aires for the vice pre3idency, espec ially when they have nothing but money to recommend them. I refer to Sewell who ran with Bryan the first time and Henry Gassaway Davis who ran with Parker. Mr. Bryan is a clean and able man, and has the con fidence of the people, although I do not sympathise with his theory of government ownership. "I can see no other man in the ranks of northern democrats looming up as a presidential possibility. The trouble with most Northern Demo crats is that they have become ward heelers. "Joe Bailey has been spoken of in onnection with ,. - presidency but he Is down and out so far as politics is concerned. I do not believe that the charges against him n connection with the Standard Oil company are true, but they have had a certain ef fect with the public. Bailey got into bad company and was found out. "Mr. Roosevelt is very anxious to be pdesident again and will be a can didate if he can so manipulate the situation as to make the proposition ome in accordance with his ideas as to how It should be brought about But he won't get the nomination if the Republcian politicians can pre ent it. The Taft boom seems to have prung jointly between the white house and Ohio. So far as I am .ble to observe, it has not gone much rurther, either. I might say that the 'oraker boom has not made very much progres. Vice President Fair banks should not be overlooked as a presidential possibility on the presi lential platform. He Is a strong man. I do not think much of the Elughes boom." ERRING PASTOR Eho Met His Affinity Succeeded by His Wife. Mrs. D. M. Carpenter has been elected temporary pastor of her hus ,and's Holiness church, in Htarring :on, twenty miles south of Dover, Del., while the Rtev. Mr. Carpenter'S rhereabouts is unknown, supposed *y to the official board. He dissapeared from Harrington fter the existence of his "soul af Inity" had become known through he publishing of a letter which the 'astor Is said to have admitted send ng to the recorder of deeds by mis ake. It was intended, It was said, or Miss Della Goodrich, a young wo man of his church. The "sotil a'fity" whom the min Lster addressed in the missenit-letter Oh, precious, precious, precious. marling, little Della wife," Is not blamed by Mrs. Carpenter, who Is a ature woman of exceptional men tal attainments, mother of the minis ter's seventeen-year-old son. The girl is young and pretty, and SIrs. Carpenter said she believed her to be innocent of wrong intent and a victim of hypnotic Influence exerted by Carpenter, who, his wife said, had talked so much of late of "soul af inity" that she believed his mind had become unbalanced. THE~ FAT BOY Small Fee Charged by Mother to See the Baby. Mrs Herbert Brockwell, of Ches terfield county, Va., twenty-seven years of age, is the mother of what she believes to be the champion tavyweight baby of the world. The boy, Andrew Thomas Brock well eleven months old, weight 56 pounds. and is physically in the pink of condItion. The child weighed 15 pounds and 7 ounces at his birth. He was born wlh a full suit of raven black hair. The thrifty young mother, on ac count ef the large number of people coming daily to see her baby has suspended a sign from her front prch announcing an admission fee of 10 cents. PROVED SERIOUS. Sveral School Boys Burned by a practical1Demonstration. A teacher in the graded school at Drlngton Thursday morning was planning to give her class a practi cal demonstration of volcanic erup on. A pile of dirt was heaped up over some gunpowder. By some rmans there was a premature ex plosion and three or four of the boys were blackened and painfully burned about the face and hands. Medical aid was summoned, however, and there were no serious results TRIBE OF CANNIBALS. Have Been Discovered Who Sell and Eat Human Flesh. correspondent of the Cologne Gazette writing from the South Cam eroons says that the Maka, the negrc tribe inhabitatinig the territory be tween the second and sixth degree! nrth latitude are cannibals and noi oy eat captives but criminals wac have ben corndemned to death. The correspondent observed humnar fesh exposed for sale in the markets The smallest offenses, he says, *ar punished with death in order to se -.re aonstant supply for consump OWNED SLAVES Some Charleston History Nc Very Generally Known. RICH COLORED FOLK! Who Owned and Controlled Negr Slaves, the Same as White Peopl Up to the Close of the Confederat War. They Were 'Very Intelliger And Stood Well Among the Whit People. There were a good many negroe who owned negro slaves in the Sout before the war, says the News an Courier. in the "List of the Tai payers "of the City of Charlestor 1860. published by Evans & Cogs well in 1861, the names of one hur dred and thirty-two colored peopi who owned and paid taxes on thre hundred and ninety slaves in Char leston. The tax on slaves was $: per capita, .and the amount paid 0: the negroes owned by negroes i this town at the beginning of the wa aggregated $1,170. Doubtless ther were other slaveholders among thi negroes in other parts of the State but of these we have no record. There were negro slaveholders als in other parts of the South. Mr. J J. Wood. of Columbus, Ga., recentl: told the Enquirer-Sun, of that city an Interesting story about the frei negro persons who owned slaves ii their own right in that community One of these slaveholders was Bol Parker, who ran a line of drays ir Columbus, owning his hands and drays. He also owned negro womer and children. Dilsey Pope ow.ned her husband and hired him out, and when he offended her in some way she got rid of him by selling him tc Colonel Seaborn Jones. Joe Clark, another negro in Columbus, a barber by trade, owned and worked negroes whom he bought. If the bilsey Pope plan could only be adopted nowadays among the white people it might be practicable to rid the community of some very trifling husbands; but that is another matter. There were more negro slavehold ers In Charleston than in any other ommunity in this State; certainly there was a larger number of "free persons of color" here than in any other city in the South, with the ex eption probably of New Orleans. In this class were included seven indian families who had consorted with the negroes. Some of the family names of the free persons of color who flourished here and owned slaves are still be to found in the City Directory and there are many of their decen dants still living, but most of the old slave-holding negroes have - left no sign that they ever existed. The Wes ton family was the largest and most important of the free negro families living here, and they were all very good people. The free negroes gen erally held themselves in high esteem and were respected by their white neighbors. There were 361 taxpayers among hem and in 1861 they paid taxes on real estate that was valued at $759, 970. The rate of taxation on real estate was $1.40 per cent, so that hese people paid into the City Treas ury on account of their real estate holdings, slave property and other xatons of the mnunicipial govern ment, $12,208.14. The largest owne~rs of slaves mong the colored people here were L. E. Dereef (Indian) and Maria eston. each of whom had fourteen slaves. Amos Baxter owned 13, Elizabeth Duprat and George Shrews bery each owned 12, Phoebe Lowis owned 11, James Johnston owned 10, Samuel Weston (Trustee) owned 8, Peter Bl. Matthews and Je.cob Wes on each owned 7, 3. A. Sasportas and Louias Decoster each owned 5. and others whose names are not so familiar owned from 1 to 6. The largest taxpayer among the "free persons of color" was Maria Weston, who owned $40,075 worth of real es tate and paid $613.05 taxes. Other large taxpayers among these people were as follows: Robert Hloward, real estate $33, 900, slaves 5, taxes $491. R. E. Dereef, real estate $23,000. slaves 14, taxes $384. William McKinlay, real estate $25,000, slaves -, taxes $354.48. Joseph Dereef, (Indian,' real es tate $16,000. slaves 6, taxes $242. Elas Garden, (Indian,) real es tate, $14,000, slaves 3, taxes $2274. John L. Francis, real estate, $11, 600, slaves 7, taxes $182.40. 0, Jacob Weston, real estate $11.600 slaves 2, taxes $178.40. Francis St. Marks, real estate $11, 550, slaves 3, taxes $170.70. George Shrewsbjery, real estate $5,500, slaves 12, taxes $153. Samuel Weston, real estate $9, 00 slaves 12, taxes $133.20. R'. Holloway, realestate $9,200. slaves 12, taxes $131.80. . A. Sasportas, real estate $6,700, slaves 5, taxes $118,80. Thomas R. Small, real estate, $7, 300 slaves 3. taxes $111.20. James. Johnson, real estate $7,300 slaves 10, taxes $10.2.20. , Some of the "free persons of color" ecame prominent In the politics ol the city and State after the close ol the war, and all of them who weni into politics were allied with the Re publican party. Artson was a con spicuous name in the Reconstructior days of the State, and Sasportas, Deas, De Large, Elfe, Grant, McCin lay, Shrewsbery and MushingtoE were also prominent at that time. The colored people returned 3.I horses for taxation, and several 01 them owned carriages. They had n political privileges but they werf amply protected in all their ci rights and were free to buy and sel and to engage in whatever legitimat commercial enterprice or industria undertaking they pleased. Ho~ they became into possession of th slaves they owned, whether by gif or by purchase, we do not know, al though we were informed, that thes colored people bought their slave just as slaves were purchased by th white people, and that they manage them very much in the same wal The free colored people of Charlesto were generally a very Intelligent fol and have always composed the colo ed aristocracy of the town. It true, as the Washington Herald say that "the negro was not wholl averse, when possessed of the meal and the opportunity, to dealing I his own flesh and blood." It is n ,markale that he should have fe MUSIC AGENTS GAME It is Said He Caught Many Suci ers In Suffolk, Va He Operated in Columbia and I Given a Good Send Off by The M cord of that City. Thursday evening a very plausibl 3 white man called on Rev. J. H. Johm son, of Columbia, representing him self as the agent of a,,Philadelphi music publishing house. He hai t music bargans galore, which-he pei suasively offered, promising to thro1 In a subscription to a musical journs as a bonus for purchase of som sheet music. The Reverend, say the Record, invested $3 and th, agent promptly left. "Then the minister picked up Th Record, and began reading it. H had not gone very far before his ey was caught by the following dis patch: "Suffolk, Va., May 13.-An agen1 claiming to represent a Philadelphi musical magazine and other publi cations, has, within the past few day swindled numbers of Suffolk people principally music teachers and pupils He took orders at cut rates, collect ing in advance and neglecting to tun in the cash. "A lettter from a publishing housa disclaims his authority, and offers t< pay any reasonable sum to effect hi arrest, saying he has operated ii other cities. using a different alias i each new field." Not being given to the use of slani he dd not exclaim "Stung!" but h4 thought it. Suspicious circumstance: began to flash upon his mind. -Tho receipt given him for $3 was mad4 on an ordinary receipt form that cax be bought in any book store. It dic not bind any music paper or publish ing house, only "R. L. Bailey," the signer, to supply the ordered sheel fusic and send the monthly musical journal. Mr. "Bailey" had told Rev. Johnston he was staying at the Col umbia hotel, so the. preacher went there, but there was no such name on the register and no guest by that name stopping there. More than ever convinced that he was flimflammed, Parson Johnson went home. Mr. "Bailey" had told him he was going to Chester on the early morning train, so he went to the depot in the hope of catching him, but, of course, the music agent was not in sight. Rev. Mr. Johnson thought it but proper to make his experience public, for the benefit of others. Mr. "Bailey" may be all right and his "bargain lots" may be sent to the purchaser, but it isa safe rule never to buy from any peripatetic agent who insists on cash with order. A favorite game with swindlers is to represent themselves as agents, but the gafe it profitless unless they can collect in advance. SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTERS After July They Will Not Require Special Stamps. No special delivery postage stamps will be needed after July, to insure immediate delivbry of a letter. Post master General Meyer has issued an order that, on and after- July 1 next, if ther~e is attached to any letter or package of mail matter 10 cents' worth of stamps, of any denomina tion, with the words "special deliv ery" written or printed on the enve lope or covering, in addition to the postage reguired for ordinary deliv ery, the article will be handled as if it bore a regulationspecial delivery stamp. This change is made possi ble by an act of the last Congress. The Postmaster. General has de cided also to recommend to Congress an amendment to the present law, whereby such letters may be left, at their destinations without procuring receipts in all cases. The amend ment would enable the department to deposit such letters in receptacles controlled by the adressee, and get a receipt later. Until Congress can act, however, a broader construction of the present law will be given, so that receipt will be accepted from any one occuping the premises ,to whom or dinary mail might be given. EAGLE SEIZES CHILD. Father Pulls Down Bird and Its Prey With a Rake. A little child belonging to D. M. Rigee, a merchant of Braxton coun ty, W'. Va., was nearly carried away by a large bald eagle. The child was playing in the doorway of its home, when the immense bird swoop ed down, catching the child about the shoulder and waist with its cThe screams of the little one at tracted its father who came out of his store just as the bird was rising with the child. Mr. Rigee imme diately seized one of the rakes which he had on display in front of his store, and with it literally raked the bird and child down. The child was injured but little. while the parent managed to deal the bird several telling blows with the rake. Despite this it managed to fly to some tall trees nearby, where, while nursing its Injuries, it was killed by a rifle ball. The eagle is one of the largest ever seen there. COREY-GILMAN WEDDING. Is Roughly Criticised by the Georgiax of Atlanta. The Atlanta Georgian thinks some pretty hard things about the Corey Gilman wedding, and it says them ii print. For instance: "The man shoul4 have carried his bedizzened siren t< a wilderness, and there in the fores at midnight, without witnesses savy the priest, yoked up with the act ess he never ought to have known. B ut how then asks the Charlesto: ost would The Georgian have bee: ble to publish a three-Column piC ure of the "bedizzented siren" and, laring account of the wedding on it f irst page? n o scruples upon this score in vie S cf the fact that in his Fatherlan - the slave. trade found Its largest d< v elopet. . z s There is ample material in Cha ' eston for the making of one of tl t most interesting boks covering ti ~t save erid inthi coutry . WAS FOUND OUT By a Love Letter That Fell Into the Wrong Hands. AFTER' BEING FREED a The Old Rascal Defends. His MIicit Love Affair. Pretends That His 3 Legal Wife Was Never His Af finity, and That He Met A Young , Woman and Loved Her on First 1 Sight. "Whatever the world may think of my actions, I know I have done no wrong in the sight of Hea'ven. I never loved my wife; and God in tended Delia to be my affinity." - With this remarkable statement, - the Rev. De Witt Maynarn Carpen ter, whose infatuation for a young , woman who was his former assistant i pastor n the Aspostolic Holiness Un - ion church, at Harriugton, Del.,ex 3 plained the disclosures that came to the ears of his congregation through the strange delivery of a Iove letter - to the wrong person. k .By mistake Carpenter mailed to the recorder of deeds of Kent county a- fervent letter to the woman, and > the recorder taking a wide interpre ; tation of his official title, recorded the matter and notified the tiustees L of the churrh. Meanwhile the pastor has left town, presumably for parts unknown. His heart-broken wife and his two sons, one of whom Rolins; seventeen years old, lived with his parents, have no knowledge of his destination. Before his departure, Carpenter spotk freely of his love for Miss Delia Goodrich, who is now in a town in the western part of Pennsylvania. "Whom God hath united let no man put asunder," be said, speaking of Miss Goodrich. "I married. Mrs. Carpenter thirty years ago. She was Miss Vola Pilling, and lived not far from Johnston. I thought I loved her before I wedded, but immediately ly after the ceremony I realized I had made a mistake. I know that she was not my affinity. I have always tried to treat her kindly, but she bas known as well as I that there was not a perfect oneness between us. "When I met Delia six years ago, I knew at once that God had intend ed us for each other. She was in perfect accord with me, but as I was married I did not permit.Jher to en ter my life at that time. Later when she came down here, the conviction became stronger that she was really my wife and that Mrs. Carpenter was not. "It is hard to explain such things to persons who, do not understand the ways of heaven, and therefore we did not mention it to our congrega tion. I cannot understand hbw I made the mistake of the letters. I was hi a hurry to get them mailed and placed Delia's letter in the wrong envelope. That is all there is to it. The recorder of deeds, however, had no right to keep the letter. "He should have sent it back to. me without making it public and causing all this trouble and misap prehension. I have decided to go away from hers, and that it is the best that I seperate from my wife. She agrees with me and I have ad vised her to try to get a divorce soon. She will probably continue here for . a time, as the congregation has a high regard for her." Carpenter declined to'say where he was going or whether he intends to see Miss Goodrick. He also refused to say where she is located at pre sent. Mrs. Carpenter,. whose grief is - tempered somewhat by the fact that the blow has not been unexpected by her, said that she thought her hus band's mind had been unbalanced for some time, or ever since Miss Goodrich had come to Harrington. She has known of the almost daily letters that be has sent to the young woman since she went away. She said the pastor would- arise in the morning as early as five o'clock to write them and would hurry to the postoffice to get them off on the 6:30 Members of the congregation are amazed at the revelations. "He was one of the most magnetic men I ever met," declared one of them. "The congregation idolized him." At the regular weekly prayer meet ing while the pastor and his wife sat with bowed heads in the library of their home, across the -street from the church. Cyrus N. Grant. presi dent of the board of trustees, led the Aetiremarkable demonstration of grie- characterized the gathering evry person in the church was in tears until it adjourned, and. an out sider would have thought that some calamity such as a plague had c~f!!ict ed every household represented. Following the meeting, men, women and children flocked to the pastor's house and offered theii- sympathies to M rs. Carpenter. hsfi The pastor, unable to meet hsfl lowers, went to the rear yard and paced up ad dwn undertei shade atch him lest he should try to do himself injury. Late in the night, after the callers had gone, he packed two valises and left town by the first morning train. HIS MOTHERI SHOT HIM. The Sad Fate That Befell a Practical Jocker. A shooting took place near Taylor, Texas, on Thursday night as the. re sut of a practical joke. Returning home. Lee McFalls, a young mnan, apeared at the window to frighten the children of the house. His moth ebelieving, it to be a burglar, fired erugh the wondow, inflicting sev er wounds, from the effects of which It is believed the young man cannot recover. 1SENSATIONAL AFFRAY. a Man Shot Five Times at Jonesville, sDisarmed His Assailant. . As a result of a very sensational shooting at Jonesville Thursday *' night, S. M. Gilmnore who was shot d five times by James W. Gallman, died at a noon Friday. After discharging his revolver, r- Gallman was disarmed by Gilmnore, te who beat him severely on the head te with the weapon Both men are prominently connected.