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VOL. xxmn i l VOL XXIII MAN]NG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMIBER2 90O2 ANSEL ELECTED. DEFEATED BLEASE BY A GOOD MAJORITY. No Choice for United States Senator, Superintendent of Education, or Railroad Commissioner. For United States Senator. Jno. Gary Evans. . . . .23,725 Jno. P. Grace - - . . . . 1,494 George Johnstone . . . .13,465 W. W. Lunikin. - . . . 3,459 0. B. Martin.. . . . . 6,274 R. G. Rhett. . . . . ...22,348 E. ) Smith. . . . . 28,846 For Governor. 3. F. Ansel. . . . . . .60,492 Cole L. Blease . . . . . .- 1,085 For Comptroller General. N. W. Brooker. . - - 23,953 A. W. Jones. . . . . . :76,796 For Adjutant and Inspector General. J. C. Boyd. . . . . . . .37,401 H. T. Tho myson. . . .42,710 For State Supt. of Education. . E. C. Elmore. . . . . . .30,167 s Stiles R. MeUichamp, . .31,516 C J. E. Swearingen. .. . .39,462 For B. R. Commissionr. 1 Jas. Cansler. ... . . . . 23,80 Banks L. Caughman , . .31,115 Frank C. Fishburne . . . 9,713 H. W. Richardson. - - .10.757 3. A. Summersett. . . .23,276 s In the race for the United States a Senate. E. D. Smith is leading, with John Gary Evans second and R. G. Rhett third. Johnstone is fourth man The second race will be between Smith and Evans. For Governor, Ansel is elected. He will defeat-Blease by 16,000 to 20, 000 votes. Boyd is re-elected adjutant and in spector general, defeating Col. Henry G T. Thompson. Jones is re-elected comptroller b general, defeating Brooker ny a large f majority. Swearingen, the blind man, is lead. t ing for State superintendent of edu- 8 cation. The second race will be be- 1 tween Swearingen and Melichamp. f For railroad commissioner, Caugh- b man is leading, with Cansler and Summersett not far behind. It looks g like the second race is between Caughman and Cansler. PROBING 1{ACE WAR. s Springfield Grand Jury Stin Investi- e b A' dispatch from Springfield, 111, o says with a total of 78 indictments n returned -the special grand jury em panelled to 'hear evidence on the re cent race riots, is still in session c and. there is little probability that a this' body will adjourn before the lat- b ter part of next week. After fail-t ing to- make a return for two days. the grand jury presented seventeen s true bills to Judg~e Creighton. *An indictment charging murder b was returned against Frank Bryant, ~ alas Frank Sullivan. The young P man has confessed to killing Thomas Y Brady last Monday morning. Wil. a 1am Phillips, better known as "Fuz- ~ *zy" Philips, an ex-police officer, was *Indicted on the charge of attemptingS *to commit arson- and also riot. Two ~ more indictments were brought t Ernest Humphrey, one of the alleged rioters, and under indictment for the murder of Wmn. Donnigan. Roy Young was indicted for arson. The -1 grand jury took a recess until Mlon day. AfRUSH KTTJJNG AT YEMAS&EE. Two Negro Car Thieves Kil w Members of Posse.r -At Yem-assee, a negro boy while hunting coons Friday mo. ning ran arross two negro men who had rob -bed cars Thursday night and were a-I waiting a chance to bundle their spoils and to leave at 11 o'clock.' The boy reported the matter to Capt. Wi. M. Elliott, who is the Atlantic Coast Line's special agent, and sev eral started In pursuit. S. W. Litchfield, white, a merchant,, and Joe Francis, colored, were shot and ililed from ambush' by the rob bers. They ran through an old rice feld, making - their escape. They were seen by several parties, who could easily identify either of them. Friday the sheriff was notifed by the train dispatcher of the Atlantic Coast Line, of the robbery and kill ing at Yemassee and requested to send blood hounds to the scene, but unfortuately Sheriff Martin has no dogs at his disposal. No details were given of the robbery and killing. only a request that the dogs be sent *to Special Agent Elliott at Yemas SEABOARD TRAIN LOST. Passenger Train on Line Between Co lumbia and Savannahi Missing. Train No. SL. on the Seaboard Air Line, which has been "lost.". since Thursday at noon. so far as the Sav annah dispatcher's office is concern ed is still in the lost column. Nc word of the train has reached the operating office there. All thati sees to know is that ine train i somwher" between there and Co lumbia. It is thought that it mnust b' tied up at some river or stream wher4 the trestle has been washed awa3 with no open way of escape behim it. and with wires down. Therea a dining car with the train, so pas mngrs will not suffer for foo3d. BRICK WALL KILLS EIGHT. Laborers at Chelsea, Mass, Crushed by Falling Wall. A dispatch from Chelsea, Mass. says a forty-five-foot high brick wall in Chelsea square collapsed sudden ly Tuesday, burying beneath it some thirty workmen. Eight were killed outright or died in ambulances on the way to the hospital. About twenty others were injured, eleven >f whom were taken to the United states Marine and Naval Hospital, some of them in a serious condition. A number of others escaped with but minor injuries. The dead: Meyer Arlwok. 60 years old. Ferri Santi, 48 years old. Eelechl Genelifla, 24 years old. John Costello, 55 years old. Morris Zachlad. Joseph Adler, 38 years old. t Carmillo Murzello, 23 years old. I Unknown man, features hardly re- I gnizable- t M. Gordon, of the firm of Gordon I i Seegal, the contractor who had the i rork in hand, was arrested late Tues- t lay on a warrant pharging man- t laughter, and his partner, Seegal, as arrested that night. Five minutes before the collapse r f the wall, it is said, Inspector of f uildings Frank Yeymouth had or- g ered the foreman of the gang to d top work, as he saw the wall was r rumbling. It was planned to build p four-story house on the spot, which, o Pas the site of the old Academy of ' I usic. The wall which fell upon the t, orkmen stood against the Park e totel. Beams of wood were being :tted into this old wall in order that might be utilized for the new tructure. It is claimed that the tl all was undermined by the large ya oles that were -dug into it and that, g ith no proper support, it gave way. C A3M ABOVE AUGtSTA BREAKS. C c: 'ree Lives Lost and Property Dam- n cl aged to Great Extent. A A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., 3 tys the floods In the Carolinas and b; Eeorgia culminated Wednesday in the reaking of the big dam six miles c om Augusta, which diverts the c ater f rom the Savannah River into te canal at that point. The great h ood of water let loose soon found m s way into the city and that night, -om 15th street to the eastern C oundary, Augusta was under from D I to twelve feet of water, which is e: radually rising. The bridge across the Savannah E fiver went down in the rush of 'aters and the dam at the locks. ven miles above the city collapsed, rding to the flood. The Associated Press cor; espond- a at at Augusta succeeded in gettii'g telephone wire to work in the h ilding next to the Augusta Herald ce, and from there the first com-!d nunication was obtained after the ires went down. He reported three deaths, two' hite persons and one negro, but e uld not give any names, as thed eans of travelling were only by >at. . t 9 o'clock Wedriesday night two legraph operators employed by the t restern Union Telegraph Company wam to the Chamber of Commerce ulding and cut in on a wire that had ot been cut down. This wire, with sssibly a railroad wire into the ards In outlying sections of the city, re the only means of communica- t on to the outside world. c The current through the citye reets is swift, but not enough to ore than carry away debris, box' ees, store boxes and loose signs. b TWO NiEGROES DBOWNED.c beee Who Went Out to Watch River'i s Bridge Mieet- Disaster. t A special from Sasuda sags Tues- ~ o ay afternoon Dock Abney and Sam d [oland two negroes were drowned ~ i the Saluda River at Higgins Fer- e 7. Wallace Sheppard another ne ro, barely escaped b'eing drowned a rth hem. The three negroes had gone out in 'v bot from the- Saluda side to see i: io the bridge was standing the c .od, and the boat, a small one, De- I ame entangled in some telephoneI rirs and was capsized. The Shep- I arrd negro had a hard struggle. nay caught' in a tree and was later .t Te long bridge at Chappe11's was wept away Tuesday morning and the steel bridge at HigginsFer rent down that evening. Saludo Rive ws four feet higher than it was n 188. Saw Hsbnd Burned Seriously. Wliam McKay. an elderly resident. of ockville. Ont.. was burned seri ous n his home last week. having caught fire while lighting a match. His invalic wife saw her husband burg~ing but was po~er'less to aid him. He may recover. Dserted Girl's Faith is Firm. Mss Lucy Warner, who was dis apnted at Wooster. 0., a week ago by the failure of Ralph W. Eddy. her intended husband, still has hope that he will return and declares she will marry him whene'ver he does ap Fel 1.000 Feet But Was Unhurt. 000 f is.amne.plned eet from a road to the Colorado and outhern railroads tracks near Empire. Col.. last week, and escap ed ithout injury. His horse was found near him. crushed into a shape IGeneral's Wife Murdered. The'wife of Major General Chas. Edward Luard. retired offcer of the Royal Engineers, was murdered in the woods near London. England. lasastweek. Robbery is believed to have been the motive as her jewel cry as taken. COVERED BY WATER. THE CITY OF AUGUSTA IS LNUN DATED. S t Flood Greatest in State's History- s The Property Loss Will Beach Enormous Figures. Property damaged to the extent of iundreds of thousands of dollars, at s east two or three lives lost, devast- c d ed farms, ruined crops~,, bridges washed away, cotton mills and pow r plants closed, railroad service raffic paralyzed, and telephone and P elepgraph service badly crippled. c ell the story of the flood which has r seen raging in the Piedmont and Pee- g )ee sections of South Carolina, and he eastern portion of North Caroli ta for the past few days, and which s undoubtedly the most destructive hat has ever visited this section of he country. The rivers are all out of their p yanks and some of them are steadily ising. It is impossible to give any air estimate of the loss, but it will o into the millions. Owing to the t isorganized condition of the usual Z 2eans of communication. It is im ossible to get dispatches from all 11 f the counties where the flood ' highest and the damages greatest, e ut sufficient information was secured a > -give a tolerably fair idea of the stent of the flood. Flood Bulletin Issued. 1'1 A dipatch from Washington. says de weather bureau at 10 o'clock ednesday night issued the following ood bulletin: 13 The heavy rasins that have fallen )ntinuousiy since Sunday over the arolinas and Eastern Georgia have aused widespread floods of the lost dangerous and destructive aracter. The Savannah River, at ugusta, will likely reach a stage of T 8 feet, or 6 feet above flood stage, midnight Wednesday. and there " grave probability that the entire yE ty will be flooded. Telegraphhic r >mmunication with the outside t orld has been cut off and no reports , ave been received since Wednesday g4 orning. "The Catawba River, of North H arolina. and the Wateree and Pee- B ee rivers, of South Carolina, have cceeded all previous stages by sev- ri 'al feet, while Eastern North Carolina ec ports indicate the greatest flood 9Y .er known in that section. Trie d ifall was psarticularly h -ave in ie vicinity of Raleigh, N. C,. where 3 e total fall since Sunday was ex :tly ten inches. The losses and H images are enormous. Railroads to ave annulled trains, bridges have in ,en washed away, roads rendered ipassable and large areas of crops ,stroyed. The Oconee and Ocmulgee vers, of Georgia, are also above ,od stage and high water will be perienced in the Altamaha River nurig nmuch of M t.-mor." FK IS FORMALLY NOTIFIED. h< ti emocratic anadidate For Vice Pres ident Accepts. a1 At Indianalolis, Ind John Wog th er, Derrocratic candidate for Vice B: resident, v. as notified formally -.mn uesday of his nomination by the Na- ei onal Convention at Denver and ac apted the honor in a speech deliver- e. I to 15,000 people In the Coliseum p tthe State.LFair grounds- tI The notification speech was made ti e Theodore E. Bell, of California. ~airman of the committee, selected v, t Denver to officially inform Mr. ern. William 3. Bryan,. candidate a >r President. was present, and poke at length on the subject of rusts. The meeting was called to rder by Thomas Taggart, member ~ f the national committee from In lana who relinquished the gavel to oorman E. Mack, of Buffalo. N. Y., hairman of the national committee. t Mr. Mack presided" through the aeeting. Mr. Mack was given an nthusiastic reception. He spoke tl ery briefly. He predicted victory November for the national Demo- 0 ratic tieket. He introduced Theo. .. Bell. of California, who as chair can of the notification committee, ormerly announced to Mr. Kern hise imination by the Denver Conven- - CLAMOR MANIAC MAY DIE. a hvvallows Todoform After He Is Plac. d ed Behind the Bars. . ~ t St. Louis Robert Caulefield, a boilermaker, suffering from clamor maania, "a passion for noise," after a struggle with a policeman on a street mrr, is in a hospital suffering from a< dose of iodoform. His chance of re covery is slight. H e was found near the Broadway viaduct unconscious con last Monday1 niht, and taken to the hospital. The1 quetness of the place caused him toi rave incessantly. It was decided to take him to jail handcuffed and in charge of a policeman. Caulefield was placed on a suou r ban street car. When the car enter ed the quiet country district he be came violent and attacked the po liceman. Later he was placed in jail. ive minutes after he was locked un he swallowed iodoform. Father Shot "Mystic Doctor." Because his eight-months-old son did despite ancient incantations an( r -,ritte remedies applied by Chas. Rse. Antonio Greco laid in wait at the McKeespart (Pa.) car barns and winged the 1.borer doctor. Soldiers5 Ordered to Leave. A Adispatch from Springfield. Ill., says the 7th regiment L. N. G., has ben ordered to withdraw from the ciyy and by 10 o'clock Wednesday jmorninlg there will be no more sold ersin Sringfield. GAMBLERS FLEECE YOUTH. >aptain of Liner Helps a Heidelberg Graduate Keep His Funds. A news dispateh frorn New York ay a wise captain, a ' cred t and a effincient se' I Au :ust Walter, recently t .a( te from he meshes of a quar. ' .:ofes ional gamblers who ti .> get his coney on board the liner Kronprin essin Cecilie, which arrived at New 7ork Tuesday from Bremem. The young man met the gamblers a the smoking room of the steamer on after she cleared the English hannel. They induced him to throw ice for $5 a throw and let him win. 'hen they let him lose, and when he howed a letter of credit and ex lained that he would give them becks. they told him that it was all ight and urged him to continue the ame. When he had handed out I. O. U.'s y the amount of $1,520, the young ian decided to stop. He said he !ould get some cash before the teamer docked and pay up before he Luded. A fatherly German ap roached the Heildelburg man later, ad told him the men were profes onal gamblers. Young Walter unburdened his tale > Capt. Hodgemann, and he sent a ireless message for the boy to the tter's banker's in New York, advis tg them to refuse payment of the iecks, if presented. When the eamer docked, there was no scene, :d the gamblers did not refer to a sh payment of the debt. They ere informed of Capt. Hogemann's :tion, and will be apprehended if tey attempt to cash the checks. * L'WO DROWNED IN KERSHAW. ridge Over the Wateree Goes Down Carrying tan and Boy to Death. A dispatch from Camden. says the ateree iron bridge, which was >erated by a corporation as a toll 'idge, was completely wrecked esday by the high water. The cer is higher than it has been for ars and the immense amount of ts and a large fiat which came ating down the stream was more an it could stand. At the time it ve way there were a number of ople on the bridge, including Mr. enry Savage, the president of the idge Company. Mr. Savage and ro negroes went floating down the rer on a raft. The negroes manag t to get out and the others that nt in at the time the bridge gave ly were all rescued, but the most stressing feature of it all is that r. George Rabon, who was crossing a wagon with a littleboy named inson, went in, and it is almost cer in that they were drowned. Noth g has been heard of. them. 'AFFINITY" EARLE IN LIMBO. an Who Created Sensation Several Months Ago, Placed In Jail. Ferdinand P. Earl, the artist of nty fame. was arrested at his >me near Monroe, N. Y., Tuesday ternoon charged with assault in .e second degree, alleged to have ten committed on his wife -on or out Auguist 16, twelve days after e birth of their child. The complainant was Mrs. Inez a~rdy, an aunt of Mrs. Earle. It is t known on what the assault Large is based. Earle pleaded liity to the charge and was held to valt the action of the granxd jury. referring to be locked up rather ban give ball, Earle wos conveyed to Le county jail at Goshen. In the Court Earle appeared to be try much affected, tears streaming wn his cheeks during the proceed EEGGMA.N SHOW THE POLICE. Ires. Demonstration of How Safes Are Cracked. Acting Capt. Conell, of the detec ye bureau in Newark. N. J. and tveral of his men had a practi'al istration at police headquaters of iat city of how safes are operated a by expert "yeggmen" preparatory blowing them open. The demonstrator was George E. Eilliams, alias "Humpty," the lead r of the gang of burglars captured i Newark last Friday night. Williams deftly applied a block to be knob of the safe in the office of bhief of Police Corbitt, put his drill nd prepared to connect the battery rith the dynamite. But when the emonstrator tried to insert a charge i dynamite and explode it the police tastilyreturned him to hiscell. Prayer and Big Navy Go Together. Capt. Hobson who has been travel ng up and down the country de :laring for a big navy and warning .e people against the danger of war rith Japan. stated recently that some eople say he is not in sympathy with 2e Christain spirit. He declares hat if it had not been for prayel here would not ha'e been a Merri mac victory and the Spanish fleel woould not have been bottled it Santiago harbor. Burlar Called on a Pugilist. Marvin Hart. who is training foi a bout with Jack O'Brien, got som unexpected practice recently at hil quarters near Louisville, Ky. A bur glar entered his room. The darknes sved the latter from many unper ctt. swing. .jabs and hooks. but b: the time he found the door and dart e away the marauder was badly us Heir to Millions Stole Automobile. Roert Eyer. heir to an estatec $2000000. was jailed in Allentowi a.. last week. on charge of stealin an automobile belonging to DrPalm< J. Kress, a fellow tiember of tl Allentown Automobile club. The c was located- in Philadelphia. whe1 Eym- ad ordered it to be sold f< WALKS I1 TO LAE. Girl Commits Suicide on Account of Illness Preventing Marriage. It became known Tuesday that Miss May Field Verne, who commit ted suicide by walig into Lake Michigan, at the foot of Fifty-sixth street, Chicago, Monday, was despon dent because of an illness, largely imaginary, and which prevented her marrying a devoted sweetheart. A search of her room disclosed brief farewell messages to her fath er and the man she hoped to marry, George Mansfield, a traveling sales man, of El Paso, Texas, Miss Werne had often threatened to jump into the lake if she was not soon suffici ently recovered to marry George." The girl graduated from a private seminary in El Paso and broke down from overstudy some months ago. Since the death of her mother ten years ago, the young wmn h just passed her twenty-first birthday, pent most of her time with her sister, Mrs. E. French, at El Paso. It was there, as a schoolgirl, several years ago, that she first met and fell in love with 'Mansfield. Her relatives approved of the match, but preen p weddring because of her mental condi tion. This, it is said, aggravated her ailment. In the hope that a change would improve her condition, she as se o another sister, Mrs. Volnays Bry an, at Louiville, the place to ther bith 5~bequntl se wnt o he third ssr . ils inat Richmond Eight weeks ago her father decided that she ought to come to Chicago. ly,'but later she again began brood ng because of the postponed wed ding. WOMEN CHARGE SWINDLE. Man Arrested for Getting Them to In vest Saving in Stock. Fortune telling, which led two aged women of Newbark, N. J., to nvest their savings in mining stock, Friday night in the arrest of Henry T. Rodman, sixty-two years old, on a charge of grand larceny. The wo men who caused Rodman's arrest are t Mrs. Martha A. Taylor, a widow, and I Mrs. Margaret M. Thompson, of Newark. Mrs. Taylor told Assistant District Attorney Indelberger that she had I rots $2,500 and Mrs. Thompson $400. Last June, so that story .goes, the -omen went to a fortune teller, whose name they 'say was advertised as W. H. Garnet. Mr. Garnet advised his customers to buy gold and copper stocks. In another trance Garnet dreamed the name of H. T. Rodman & Co. Mr. Rodman was introduced and as a -esult he received the $2,500 for shares in a mining -company. A I frst dividend was paid in June of f last year. When a second was de- I manded in July Mr. Rodman persuad- I ed the women to accept after that an- c nual divided iiistead of the monthly payments. Subsequently he gave them notes for double the money they ad nvested.- t When the investors, went again1 to get cash for paper Rodman had dcamped, they say, and so had the fortune teller. They then went to the district attorney's office. Magistrate Finn held Rodman in $5000 bail for Mrs. Taylor's case and $1000 for -Mrs. Thompson's case. - He gave bail. LOST ROLL OF $184). Woman Sues Finder, Charging He Kept $98 as She Got Only $82. Miss Caroline Burk, of New York, a guest at Asbu'ry Park. has brought suit against M. Francis Cavaflon. also of New York, and a guest at the hotel. Miss Burk ::ecently lost $180, The breaking of a greater was the cause of the loss. She advertised the loss and the next day $82 was return ed to her by a messenger boy. It had -been found at the hotel by Mr. Cavlloi, who insisted that the roll contained only the amount returned to the ower. Miss Burke then brought suit against Mr. Cavallon for the balance. The latter said he did not return the money promptly because the amount founddid not tally with the adver tisemet, and he feared he would be suspcted of having held out T.he dif ferece. $98. After conisulting his lawyer he returned the $82 to Miss BBrk.. LIHTING KILLS MULES. One rom Each Team Killed--lrs Not Injured.. Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock neaearhem's. about ten miles from -Georgetown, lightning struck and killed three mules belonging to F. Rhehemand Son. The instance was very peculiar. F. Rhem and his son had sent their three double teams to Lake City t carry tobacco to market. On their way back about four o'clock lightning struck and killed one mule from ach wagon, leaving the other ~three unharmed. The drivers of the wagonsnswere stunned but recovered sho hortlyafter the stroke. Sanaitry Pigsty at Danville, Pa. sWor'-: s under way on the new -sanitar r gsty at the Danville State hosopptl, at Danville. Pa. It will cost $6,,000. be heated with steam, light ed editithelectricity and the pigs will eateatnoohing but cooked food. The buuilding will be two stories and it is poossible the porkers will sleep up Prorodced 1,000 Because of a Johke. - Chargred with passing counterfeil quaruter~s. which they claim was jokeoke.Lucien P. F. Tull, of New York andndRRihard W. Meachanm. of Day 7 tton, 0., have, entered $1,000 bai - e aatriot. Mich. TOURIST ROBBED IN YELLOW STONE PARK BY LONE HIGHWAYMAN, Who Held Up a Number of Stage Coaches and Went Through the Passengers. The most daring stag: hold-up in the West in many years occurred Tuesday within the boundaries of the Yellowstone Park. The work was done by a lone highwayman and the passengers were absolutely help less in his hands as no guns are per mitted in the park to either drivers or tourists. From the statements of passengers, it is estimated that ap proximately $2,000 in cash was ob tained, drafts worth $10,000 and other papers and transportation be sides a rich haul in watches and jewelry. In all, twenty-one coaches left the upper geyser basin'. The highwayman was encountered about live miles further on at a lonely point along the banks of Spring creek, a tribu tary of the Fire river. The creek is lined with bushes. The first lot of coaches, numbering seven and fol lowing each other closely, passed the place unharmed. There was a gap between that and the next lot of eight following. As the first of the eight came along the highwayman stepped from the bushes and ordered the driver to halt. He did not mol st any of. the drivers. . On the first seat sat B. Drew, of 3rlando, Fla., and his stepson, H. ,askin. Mr. Drew, with the gun ipon him, was ordered to "hand >ver," which he did to the extent of 90. Young Gaskin was ordered to lismount and hold the man's sack. his he did at the point of a gun, along the eight . coaches. Every river was warned not to start his ;eam or he would be shot. In one of the other coaches For st Stevens, of Wilkes Barre, gave L nervous laugh which seemed to en -age the bandit, and he was ordered dismount and also accompany the iighwayman when he got out. He ;tarted to go around the rig, but was summarily ordered to come back and sot a whack over the head with the )arrel of the rifle for his pains. When tlte last of the eight coaches as reached the highwayman re narked that he had a good mind to ,hoot Stevens any way, .nd did' fire t shot over his head. Then both nen were ordered back to their rigs end the drivers ordered to move on. L'hese eight coaches had scarcely ,one when three more came along mnd these were robbed in like man er. In one of these coaches was M. Walker, a Oklahoma banker. He iad $10,000 in drafts in-his pocket )ook and tried to conceal this under ;he seat. The robber saw him and >rdered him to bring it forward. Mr. Walker asked for his drafts and tran-, portation, but they was contemp uously thrown into the bushes with :he remark that the bandit would iot have done so if Walker had not ;ried to hide his money. The last coach contained' five roung ladies. The highwayman ob aned very little from them, but topped long enough to appropriate some candy. In all about 125 people were held 2 but not all of these suffered loss as. When he ordered the drivers to nove the bandit stood a few minutes with his gun poi-ited toward then and then walked down the ,road. As uickly as possible after a telephone was reached at Thumb station, word was sent to the soldiers and a detail started after him. The man is described as about 5 feet 8 inches high and having bluish grey eyes, bristling grey whiskers and acted either as a man who was short of breath or a consumptive. He un derstood German, as he answered questions asked him in that langu age. He had on bluisji brown over alls, brown shirt, soft felt hat and carried an automatic rifle, used smokeless powder. WASHED FROM HOUSE TOP. Negro Family Drowned in Darlington on Last Tuesday. A dispatch from Darlington says Joe Brown's family, consisting of his wife and three children, all colore'i, were drowned in the Pee Dee Tues day. Their home was situated in the swamp at Pee Dee on a planta tion belonging to John A. Russell, and it was surrounded by water of the freshet. Before they ha dtime to e scape they lrst climbed to the top of the house, but it was finally swept away from it position and was carried down the stream. But before going very far the wife and children were drowned. Brown himself escaped by holding on to the top of a tree, whicl was not fully covered by water. anc held there until recsued . Grea damage has been done to the rive plantations in Darlingtonl county. Th bodies of those drowned have no been recovered. Murderous Mexican Army Officers. Gen. Julio Cervantes is in jail a Mexico City. on charge of killin Andres Rosales and Gen. Migue Maas is in a nearby cell charge with killing of David Olivares. Bot are leading generals in the army an their victims were well known citzen! The trials are scheduled for a ear] date. Bride Paid for Honeymoonl Trip. Mrs. Lillian Maeser was grante n interlocutory c'ecree of d-''rcei Los Angeles, Cal.. last week. In hi I (omony she :.elared her husban tan ichitect in Salt. Lake Cin'. t: ,went broke on their honeymon tr -and she had to pay all the bills. No: support was alleged as the groun' for divorce. PRESERVE 'THE FORESTS. An Urgent Pleafor the Preservatioz of Our Forests. Washington, D. C., Aug. .25-The disastrous floods now raging through out the South, with their appalling damage to huma nlives and to prop erty, is a striking though lamenta ble and costly object lesson, said an official of the National Forest Associa tion today. With the torrential rain fall in the Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain region, coupled with the criminal deforestation of the moun tain sides throughout this section, at the headquarters of our Southern severe floods can be expected; and this condition, as bad as it is, must steadil .grow worse and in creasingly more damaging, until our people' return to sanity in, their treatment of the forests. It proves as no other. lesson can, the need of the forest covering and bears eloquent~ testimony to what we are preaching day In and day out, that our forests are absolutely es sential to the Nations life and must be preserve; if these woeful condi tion and losses are to be prevented. Such work as our Association. is doing, 'In getting forth the facts, In calling attention to the results of our present methods and policies; in awakening the interest and con science of the earnest and thoughtful individual, must in time, and we hope before all the forests are gone, make the South realize that her forests must be saved, and must call forth unanimous sentiment and effort therefor, that they will be saved. Surely we are not true to our selves or to our Southland, if. this grave inatter, afecting as it does .the very life of our people and' their material prosperity now and in .the future, does not receive the imme diate attention it deserves. We must have not. only, the Appa lachian National Forest, but 'we must have state forest throghout the en tire South-it is only through and by means of both' that forest perpetua tion will become a reality. TILLAN S i S )OR HOM . And the Hog and Hominy Be Can't Get Europe. A dispatch from London to The New York Herald says: Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, -who is making his first=European tour,.likes London very Auch, though he sigh in vain for the delicacies of the table of "down South." "Young man:" said -the Seator this morning, ".if you will only tell me where I can ggt some real corn meal in this town you will make me your debtor for life." A friend who was standing near supplied the information and the Senator was effusive in his thanks. "Well, sir." "I've had a hard time to get something to eat over here. You know a man used all his life to our Southern cooking just naturally craves for something that has corn in it. I don't eat beef and I have the ardest time everywhere I've been trying to explain what I meant by breakfast bacon, but as for corn bread and hominy grits, why sir, haven't been able to find.a trace of them anywhere, so I just thought I' could only ftnd somebody to tell me where I could Aet some corn meal I would take it to my stopping place and show the: cook how to make P nice yellw pone of corn bread or an ash-cake. Brompton road, did you say? I am certainly much obliged." SUICIDE -WAS A TEACHER No Reason Known for Prof. IKrewer' Self Destruction More light was thrown upon th< identity of J. N. -Krewer, who com mitted suicide -at a downtown hotel inChicago on Tuesday, by J. L. Hill, a teacher in Trench and German. staying at the same hotel, who said that Krewer~ was a teacher in Ger man anai French at the University Scool at Louisville. Hill said he was acquainted with Krewer for seveial years and during Ithe past summern Krewer had beer Ian instructor in' a school in New York From -papers found among the sui cide's effects, the police learnied that Hill knew Krewer. A telegram was sent to New York, where Hill lives, and an answer was received in which It was told that Hill was at the ho tel in Chicago. Hill was surprised on hearing of Krewer's death. He said he had not known that his friend was In Chicago. SHOT BY HIS SISTER. Man Brings Bride Home, But Couple Isn't Welcomed. Because her brother, John Vin cent, who is twenty-eight years old married and was about to leave his parent's home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Francesca Vincent, seventeen year: old, Vincent alleges, fired two shot at him with a revolver. He was sho1 twice in the left arm. Francesca ran f-rom the house an< disappeared. Vincent says he married severa months ago and~ brought his wif home. His sister scolded him fo marrying, and thereafter refused V speak to him. He told her that she did not treat him and his wif Swith respect, he would move td som Iother house. He says his sister the Sopened fire on him. SToo Drunk to See the Bait. ~-It was a great time for thie fis Sbut a sad one for the fishermen, ti day the Greenbauler was burned net Midway. *Ky. Over 50,000 barrels < whisky was dumped into the creel dThe fish became so drunk they didn i care for an~y bait but spent their tin r hying 'x swifl ab~ove utr and wa . on the bank of thre creek. p Cloudbursts Do Great Damage. 1- Cloudbursts. around Florence, sI drowned two boys and. caused , DAMAGE AT AUGUSTA TWENTY.TWO BODIES RECOVER ED-STEA-MER SAW THIRTY As the Water Recedes It is Found That the Loss Has Bees Geeany Understimated. A dispatch from Augusta Friday says the flood water ~is reeeding rapidly and as the water leaves the - streets it is appariint that- the loss has been underestimated. In adl-.i tion to the disasters already repor ed it is found that the- Riveiside. Mills, in damage to plant and loss of cotton- which floated .away, sus tains a loss of, 10,000-Reid's:Cot ton ware house, the best n the South is damaged in a large sum~ but it-wll require a survey to determine the amount; Triangular block, where the wholesale- houses are assembled. }: badly injured. The. Nelson; Morri; & Co's ware house has collapseL and is being ranged; the AugustaGrocery Company's building is damiaged ;1 $6,000; Hill & Merry escaped serf = ous. loss; C. D. Carr: & o M ustin &- Murphy are compaavel saghtly damaged; the NationalBi. cuit Company building Is wrecked. The Central GrammerSchOolI is bad ly hurt, and the .Davidson irammar School is daged seveely. In :ad dition to the fires 'already reported it developes tbat there were ten smaller houses burned in d1 erent sections of the''ity. As the water goes down further it is feared that- dam similar o the Traingular block damagewil develop.. As to }he loss of life twenty -tO bodies have been recoverd s n corpses are found every hour'or. so:r The captain :of the riversstease Swan. which got- in..F :hat he saw on the up-trip tleas 25 corpses, .all negroes except one; - white man. There are repdris-o many drownings :among negro -farmt lands .n the lower valley The Chronicle estimates the death ,lt at sixty. The citizens in mass meeting th -ty council In special session ana Y :he board . health in special session have taken measures to redevie the : distress. Citizens are -nbscribing to 3 fund to help the-poorer peopleja te- submerged districts, nor portions of the town are still under:water - There is sure to be the greatestsuf fering, and relief must ;beiuilkto prevent starvation sweilingthe Aeath list. In some districts peopleho" cannot leave their .houses have ot tasted food since WednesdayHnight. Augusta is trying hard to rneaste up to the demand upon her. At te public meetings It was decided not. to make an appeal for outside assist ance, but to accept any contributions offered. It is a question if the. citl zens' meeting and -city. council -did not err in declining tomake a publie appeal for assistance,. and many be ieve they will yet be compelled-to ask afd of- the outside world. It.'is -artain that the mayor will gladly ao-. cept contributions,'and lie so publicly said in reply to Atlanta's inqiinryK -VICTORY SURE,-SAYS MIACL Indana, Illinois, Ohio and New Yo& for Bryan and Kern Chairman Mack,. of the Democratic national, committee, arrived Tuesday 'n New York to inaugurate the cam paign in the -East. - - .He said:' "The elements, of doubt In -the coming election- are being swept away by. the drift of the coun 'ry toward the Democracy. I ama soutey confident. of the 41ection o Bryan and Kern. I say this frankly. 'rom the fact that reports received of convasses made are the Intdexes that the next idministration at Wash ington will be Democratic. "Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York will undoubtedly go Demoitatic this year." - (TTACK ON. "MERRY WIDOWS. Kentucky Night Riders Vent Their Fury on Big Hats, Prejudice against "Nferry Widowu hats is so strong~in'Mead councy. Ey.' says a telegram from Elizabeth, that i band of forty night ridcrs-descend upon the village of Custon and des troyed the milinery store of Miss Jen ie Myer. A tobacco barn..was .also turned in the raid, but the Merry Widow hats were the special objects of the mob'z fury. The raid follow' - ed the adoptiof of resolutions in t-.e village church declaring the hats a usance and a sin. SUICIDE AT LAUR.ENS. Prisoner in Police Station House Hangs Himself With Blnnket. A dispatch from -Laurens, Tuesday says the city was stirred by the news that some time during the night Mr. C. C. Wilson, a white man about 5' -ears old, had committed suicide the police station house -by har Shimself with the blanket fre bunk. Patrolman W. H. Do"' Scovered the penflant body'-. So'clock Tuesday morning stroll through the br was extinct, the nec~ broken. Fake Whiskeyr Judge Thomp' court, at Ci rpettion of pany asir enjone in lg o'