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VOL. XXIII MANNING. S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1908 NO. 11 WILL IT BE DONE? The State Supreme Court Issues Mandamus Against Commision. CLAIM ORDERED PAID The Attorney for the Winding Up Commission Will at Once Take the Case to the Supreme Court of the United States for Hearing and Decision. The Columba correspon.ent of The News and Courier says practi cally reaffirmed the position taken; by that Court in regard to the dis pensary funds and granted a man damus against the commission order ing it to pay a claim approved by the General Assembly notwiths anding the injunction against such payn'eat; from the Federal Court. The attor ney for the dispensary con.mission at once save notice of appeal from the Supreme Court's order, and the case will be at once taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, i and it is probable that the case w'.l be argued before that tribunal at the same time as the Fleischman ease, that goes up from the Federa Court of Appeals to the Federal Supreme Court, both cases involving the same points as to the powers of the dispensary winding-up commis sion. The decision of the Court i.t this new case in full is as follows, mak ing the decision in the previous case t of Lyon against Murray et al % part i of this decision: 1 South Carolina-In the Supremc Court, Original Jurisdiction-The t State of South Carolina es rel A. W. Ray, trustee, petitioner, vs. W. J. Murray and others. It appearing that the questions raised in this proceeding have been adjudicated by the case of the State ex rel J. F. Lyon vs. W. J. Murray and others, and that the return of the respondents is insuffiieent for the reason set forth in the opiniou in the said ease, now on motion o: D. C. Ray. attorney for petitioner: It is ordered that a peremptor. writ of mandamus do issue requir tng the respondents to pay the mon ey due the petitioner, as set fortL in the petition. The reasons for sa-e judgment are stated in the opinion in the case of Lyon vs. Murray I above referred to, which opinion is to be -made a part of this decree. and the Court reserves the right tc file a further opinion in case it deems It necessary. - Y. J. Pope,. Chief Justice. - Ira B. Jones, A. J. C. A. Woods, A. J. Prior to hearing the case the court granted the motion t0 makt the State a party to the case on con sent of the Attorney General, as - ol rhe State of Scuth Carolina, i" the Supreme Court: The consent 'v the State having: been elven to tr n ofits n'.rte in t'A esse of A Ray. trustee, petitioner, against W J. Murray et al. On motion of D. C. Ray, attor ney or petitioner, it Is ordered tha. the petition for mandamus, and other pleadi~ngs in the cause be amended by inserting in the captions thereo! the words "The State ex rel,"~ s' that said pleadings as amended shall j read in the name of the State ex~ rel A. W. Ray, trustee, ag-siat W. J. Murray, John McSween and A very Patton, as State dispensary commis-. slon, respondents. Y. 3. Pope, Chief Justice. - Ira B. Jones, A. J-, 'C. A. Woods, A. 3. Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 20, 19c0S. When the Court was convente i there were present Chief Justic Pope and Asscciate Justice Gray Jonee and Woods. M~r. D. C. Ray formerly Attorney .General, repro senting the petitioner, his brothert Mr. A. W. Ray, made a brief argt-* ment for his motion, relying princi pally on the decision of the Court 1: the case in which on motion of th< Attorney General last winter an or der was granted compelling the con mission to pay the sum set aside fror: the dispensary funds for the prosecu tion of alleged dispensary graftere The commission, respondents, were represented by their regular counse! Mr. W. F.. Stevenson, his positior being that under the orders of tbi Federal Courts the commission can not pay out any money except on the order of that Court. Attorney Gen eral Lyon. for the State, appeare. in support of the position of Mr ztay. It will be recalled that Mr. A. W Ray is the purchaser and present owner of a claim against the Sat'c dispensary formerly held by a distil: ing company. which claim the Leg isiature has ordered to be paid. Th. questien is now squarely up whethe the State Court or the Federal Cour is eorrect-the State Supreme Court holding that the commission is th agency of the State and the fund' in its hands are State funds. whil. the Federal Court holds that' in cre ating this commission the Genera' Assembly established a trust fund for the tenefit of the creditor! 'of the State dispensary and that the funds do not belong to the State. The opinion of the State Supreme Court in the former case was written by Associate Justice Woods, and was a very strong document. It will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States.* Steer Runs Amuck. A mad steer run amuck Thursdar in the business section of Atlanta, and oefore the steer was caught, at the risk of life and limb, two per sons were injured and others fld to places of safety: some being forc ed to cllib teh pnone poles. In one of hIs furious rushes at pedestroins from his head. BRIBED A JURY E SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO SCANDAL. A Contractor Having Been Tried and Convicted of Bribery, Admits His Guilt and Tells Whole Story. San Francisco, Cal., on Thursdiy. had a most sensational court scene. } Standing in the shadow of the pen itentiary with sentence about to be 1 passed upon him, and having seen his young wife just led from thit Court room hysterically crying "Noi no," A. S. Blake, a contractor, con victed of attempting to bribe John t M. Kelly to qualify on the Jury te , try Abraham Ruef and vote for a Ruef's acquittal, made a full confed sion in Court Thursday. t c Blake said that after he was ar- S rested on a charge of bribery, Frank s 3. Murphy, Ruef's assistant counsel, A ame to him and promised $10,000 p f he would keep quiet. He saia d that notes for $10,000 purporting r .o be signed by Ruef, were delivered si o a third party, to be paid to Blake s5 mmediately after he was sentenced f he were convicted of bribery. De sides this amount, Blake declared,} b us wife was to receive $100 a month while he was in the penitnetiary. When Blake was called on to rise II nd receive sentence his wife cried m No, not that," and began to sob iysterically. She was lead from the ! oom.h After motions for a new trial and Ln arrest of judgment had been de-! a: tied Blake said that he had a state-I nent to make as a reason why sen- f ence should not be pronounced. W his came as a surprise to his at- t orneys, who were permitted to with- fc ,raw from the case. rt After he had been sworn and had of tated that he had not been promis- a< d immunity Blake said he had been L ffered $1,000 by Attorney A. S.I ewburgh and F. J. Mirphy, of d< uef's counsel, to influence J. M. elly. . prospective juror, to votes or the acquittal of Ruef. Nb He at first offered Kelly $500, 9 -hich was refused, he said, but an of *ffer of $1,000 was accepted. to It was then brought out in 1- im agations that Newburgh had pro- i red attorneys for Blake's defence. i slake then told of his alleged offer ca f $10,000 and provision for his wife in chile he was in prison if he would ta ot make a confession. The story c old by Blake created eonsternation th i Court and the case was continued j of or two weeks. * BITE OF MAD DOG e m Bs. 'roves Fatal to an Elberton, Ga.. Retail Merchant. H A dispatch to the Atlanta Journalp rom Elberton, Ga., eays Matthew In en by a mad dog on the night ofe etober 1st, died Thursday night at se 1 o'clock, after an illness of two ays from hrdrophobia. Mr. Berman did not become vio-) st until two days before his death ne great fear in his lucid moments emed to be that he would injulre mebody. About 6 o'clock be broke ose from his attendants and jump d through the window. He was rought back to the house, but later roke away again, and running to the ath room drank water as if he cord a ever get enough. He seemed to S< e burning up with thirst. Later n he asked that be be strapped to his t ed, and this request was complied ith. SI Just before he died, after one of d is paroxisms, he asked that evervj M ne leave his' room. Thoug. y. trapped to the bed his fear that h" I ould injure some one was so great e hat he wanted to be alone. It was a oon after this, while alone, that he i DRIED HUMAN kEAD FOUND. hreshers Make Grusome Discovery on Mic'higan Farm. I A dried hun~an head, apparently c leanly severed frcna the body by .saw, was the gruesome objec S hursday found by h~mmett Coone farm band, on the floor of the wel.1. ouse, wrapped in a piece of burlap n the farm of the late Samuel Bry t, near Clayton. Mich wherc hreshers were working. t The object lay on the floor and:, honey picked It up and remove i he burlap to see what it was. He led in terror and summoned the eher men at work on the place hey left the headwerit e ~und and nailed up tehuet ifcers could 'go to tesee Dr. S. A. Bryant of Dowagla. ~ich.. as son of the late Samur tryant said Thursday night that the ead found was, no doubt. one of ' everai that he had in his possessi'a 1 or scientific purposes when he lived ( it his father's home in Adrian. KILLED) BY TRAiN. Colored Farmer Tries to Board C bose and Fails. Jim Wharton. a colored farmer, who lived 'in the Barkesdale neigh- 1 orhood in I aurens county, was run ver and instantly killed about 8 felock Monday morning by the mi d train coming over the Charlesto ad Western Carolina from Green vile. the accident occurring at Barksdale Station. seven miles from' Laurens. Wharton tried to -swing the caboose of the swiftly moving rain. He fell and was crushed t ~eath under the wheels of an extra x car attached to the rear of the aaboose. Both legs were cut off and ENDS HIS LIFE I Prominent Lawyer of Mobile Shoots Himself to Death. [HE CAUSE UNKNOWN fajor Edws.rd Murphy Robinson, After Leaving the Dinner Table, Fires Two Bullets From a Re volver Into His Brain-Leaves Young Wife and One Child. A dispateh from Mobile, Ala.. says dat Major Edward Murphy Robin )n, one of that city's most promi ent citizens, and one of the leading -iminal and c!vil lawyers of the outh, a club man, former repre mtative in the general assembly of labama and who had refused many )litical honors, ended his life Sun ay afternoon by two shots from a evolver In his bedroom at his hand >me home in Government street, iortly after 3 o'clock. The news of the tragic ending of tis brillinat young man, when it came generally known throughout e city, shocked everybody. Major zcobinson had been down to the business district during the orning. He left one of the leading cial clubs of tne city at 2 o'clock, ent to his home and was seen with s wife and little child on the lawn. Later the trio entered the house id sat down to dinner. During the dining hour he arose om the table and went to his room Ithout saying a word. In a few oments two shots rang out, one Ilowing the other very closely. On shing to his room, the lifeless body the attornov was found stretched ross the bed, blood flowing frozi ro ghastly holes in the head. He died before anything could be ne. Major Robinson was the idol of obie county Democracy and the et known orator in the State. He .ined national renown by his speechi presentation of the silver service the battleship Alabama, and im adiately became a prominent figure State politics. He was mentioned this year as .i ndidate for governor. He served the Spanish-American war as cap in of company S, Second Alabama lunteers, and was made major of e battalion on the reorganizato-1 the military forces following the Lr. In Mobile he had been elected to ery ofice to which he aspired. He arried the daughter of Prelate D trker, present postmaster of Mo le, and leaves a wife and one chili. s political affiliations have been Ldeviatingly with the Democratic rty. Hie was born at Stockton, Ala.. 1S73, his fater being a veteran of e civil war. He was a social lead and prominent in fraternal and cret orders. During 1901-02 hs is president of the Alumni of the iversity of Alabama. MEETS TERPJBLE DEATH{. -ying to Clean Out Gin Which Caught His Arru. A dispatch from Newberry to The ws and Courier says a terrible ident happened at Mrs. R. L. :humpert's gin on last Friday after on, whereby Mr. Dudley Hawkins st his life. * !r. Tawkins was a nephew of Mrs. humpert and a son of Mr. P. M. awkinis. He has been with Mr. and rs. Schuimpert for a good rniy ars, and since Mr. Schumpert K ~ath. has had practically entire con o! of the roller mill and ginry well as the farm. He was a young an about twenty-four yeers old, try attentive to business and n i:h a >st of friends. On Friday afternoon about .1 clecet something got wrong with tAe n and Mr. Hawkins undertooh: to ean it out, an~d in doing so hils right and was caught in tnie see au is whole arm pulled jat th: gi. tting it into shreds up to hi: iouler before the engine~ could . opped. It took at least a half hour take his or~ ou of the mchine,. nd during the entire time he di cted how it shoutld be doneC. andc owed remtarkable nerve and jPrer ace of mind, though suffc':1u tr bly. He was taken fro:n the i the home of Mrs. Schinrert and r. Gilder was summoned. bu:t dii ot reach Mr. Hawkins until about o 'ci cek. HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKIET. ight Murders Commuitted in New berry in Four Months. What a tremendous mania for urder Newberry must have. The lerad and News says: -Solicitor 'ooer has ordered a second week or the criminal court at Newberry~ dit is probable that he will ';-e mabe to compete all of the criminal isiness even with the two week~ >f court. "There are probably more crimina eses on the docket at Newh~erry fo his court than has been there fo nany years, and we do not recall a m' time within our recollection o he criminal court at Newberry whey here were as ma~Ly murder cases. "There are now eighteen prisoner: n jail, four of these are appeal cas as, and one a priscner from the chau ang who is sick. leaving 13 ;-risn nyrs in jail for trial. In addition thse a number of those charge with crime are out on bond. "Since the 29th of June there hay een eight homicides in the county and there are twelve prisoners. eigh prlna5 and fonxr accessories charI FIRE IN HER HOLD A STEAMSHIP AT SEA WAS IN GREAT DANGER. Wireless Station at Charleston Keeps in Touch With a Steamer That Had Gone to the Recue. The Charleston Evening Post says the steamship Luckenbeck en route from New York to San Juan, Porto Rico and South American ports re ports through the wireless station at Hampton park the presence of fire In her main hold, but the blaze has been brought under control by th: combined efforts of her crew ani the crew of the steamship Philadel phia which has the Luckenbeck in to-. The message of the fire in the hold of the steamer was caught by the Hampton park wireless station about 11 o'clock Monday night, having been. sent by Captain Crockett, of the Philadelphia, when the steamship and her convoy were oft Charleston about 700 miles and 580 miles south of Sandy Hook. At the time that the wireless mes sage was sent to the Charleston wireless plant, the steamers were making about nine and a hatf knots an hour. The Hampton park station remained in touch with the plant of the Philadelphia for several hou Monday night. The steamship Luckenbeck is one of a fleet of fire ships belonging to the Insular Steamship Company, one of the competing lines of the Morse syndicate of steamships, runting to Porto Rico and South 'American ports. The Luckenbeck family of New York practically own and con trol the vessels.. The Luckenbeck is one of the best boats of the line, hav ing a tonnage of about 5,000. Bound from the South American ports with coffee and other staple products of that country, and re tuning with general cargoes of, mer chandise, the line does a good bus iness. It is of course not known what will be the damage by the fire on the Luckenback. The survey will. prob ably be held upon the arrival of the vessel at San Juan, and then esti mates will be prepared of the amount of the damage. DEAF MLTE KILLS HIMSIiLF. s Body of Undion Printer Found Dead t in Woods Sunday. A dispatch from Union to The News and Courier says Robert Glo ver, 26 years of age, and P deal c mute, was found dead in some wA about one mile west of Uion. late o Sunday afternoon, with a wound in- t dicating that a pistol had been placed in his mouth and fired. Mr. Glover was a printer by trade and had work- e d in Union for several years, with oth the Progress and the Union C imes. On Thursday last he returned to ~ the city-after several months' ah sence and resumed his position witt he Times, working thera Friday a.?d C Saturday, and seemed to be in high spirits. Sunday morning, however, he left his boarding house about 8 . 'clock and did npt return for dinner. ~ A party of friends went in search of him, finding his dead body, as stated ~ above. While there w~as no eye wit esses as to the manner of his death. it seems to be generally conceded . that it was a case of suicide. His parents, who reside in Spartan burg, went to Union Sunday night and Monday morning took the re- 1 mains back to that city, where th.eC interment took place Tuesday. His I mother stated that the dead man had never entirely recovered from an at tack of grip from which he sufferedt some time ago, and it is al-o said he I wsof a despondent disposition from I brooding over his afflictions. CENSUS COTTON REPORT. C Over Six MAlion Bales Ginned Up to October 18. The~ census report on cotton issue-1 od.ay shows a total of 6,283,7S80 bales. counting round as half baies ined from the growth of 1908 up o October 18 and a total of 25.440 actve ginnferies. This is as compared with 4,931, 21 for 1906; 4,990.566 for 1905 an 6,447.894 for 1904 The number of active ginneries 1in 1906: 4.996.556 for 1905 andi 3.17,894 for 1905 was 26.577.1 Round bales included this year number 1.15.43S as compared with 97.957 for 1907. 132,144 for 190G and 146,574 for 1905. Sea island hales aggregate 32,4132 for 1908. 18.775 for 1907: 12,091 fr 1908 and aI,487 for 1905. The report by States giving bales icounted round baies as half bales) is as follows fo: the States named: State. Bales. Alabama....... --..6 ,8 Fioridla.......-- ..-.-.-.. 57 Georgia ...............1119,617 Louisiana. .. .. . ... .... 206.02' M ississippi.. . .. .. .. .... 621,423 North Carolina. .. .. .. ..276,17:2 South Carolina.... .. .. .. 653,075 Tennessee. .. .. .. .. .. .. 132.27. Teas.. ..-. -.. .. .. ..2,04,57.) Virginia... .. ---..-.-..-.-.1 Each report also announces that corrected statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned this season to Sep tember 25 are 2.590.639 bales. The Wages of Sin. At Augusta, Ga.. on Sunday nighP, James Me.aurphy, twenty-five years of age, was probably fataly shot. at a house in the redlight district. tand is expected to die during the day. John Keener and Joe Stafford mr 'n chartred with the shootim' THE GAME LAW INTERESTING SiLMAR Y PRE PARED BY SEC. RICE. The Game Birds and Non-game Birds Defined by the Statutes, Which Are Very Rigid. The Audubon society is in receipt of request daily for copies of the game laws. These can not be sup plied since the issue has been ex hausted, giving conclusive evidence of the interest felt in the subject all over South Carolina. The so ciety has requested that extra copies be returned. Requests have come also from other States. To make tne principal points clear the follow ing is a summary of the more Im portant laws as prepared by Secre tary Jas. Henry Rice, Jr. Game Birds. The statute of 1905, passed two rears before the Audubon society was eartered, defines what are game )irds and what are not. The game )irdstare: Swans, wild geese, brant, wild ducks, rails (marsh hens), :oots, gallinules, surf birds, snip.. woodcock, quail (partridge), rice >rd black bird, dove, sand-pipers. ipland plover, curlew, wild turkey Lnd prairie chicken. It is not known to the society hy prarie (pinnated grouse) hern were put on this list, nor why Mon ;olian, or ring-necked, pheasants and uffed grouse were left off. Thera Lre no prairie chickens in South Jarolina; whereas there ar e both aongolian pheasants and ruffeu rouse, but such Is the law. The above birds may be shot I'i he seasons permitted by law, or aken in those seasons by any neth d which the law allows. Non-game Birds. All birds not on this list are no' ,ame birds within the meaning of he law and may not be killed at any ime; nor may their nests or eggs e destroyed. It is. a misdemeanor o have in possession any part of a on-game bird, such as feather., ody or skin; and it is equally .gainst the law whether such was :iled within or without the State. In the preamble to this act it is tated: "That aLl wild birds, whether esident or migratory, in this State, hall be, and are hereby, declared o be the property of the State.' 'hat is the law of South Carolina. Birds That Are Excepted. tl The act further recites that the Inglish sparraw, cooper's hawk (the icken or hen hawk), the sharp inned hawk (known locally-as the Blue Darter"), the g-eat hornea wI and all other birds which are by ature destructive of other birds, re not included among the birds rotected by this act, nor are the ests or eggs of these binds protect A person is allowed to kill crows n his premises~if they are destroy ag crops, but he Is not allowed to r' them or their feathers. No non-game bird may be shipped ut of the State nor may the egge r feathers of such bird be shipped. For Scientific Purposes. Certificates may be granted by the ecretary of State to any preson o: te age of 15 or upward, who is roperly accredited, permitting the, older to collect birds and their eggs or scientificofi cmfwypshrdlurdluk or strictly scientific purposes. The pplicant must be endorsed by twc tell known ornithologists, and if it proved that the holder has taken irds for other than scientific pur oses his certificate will be at once anceled and not renewed. Besides e will be liable to a fine of $100 or 0 days' Imprisonment. It will be seen that no woman he e right to wear the feathers of a on-game bird oni her hat; it is an ndictable offense under the laws of outh Carolina and it might be addedi hat it is an indictable offense un lr the laws of almost every civilized :ountry in the world. There ar-: .50000,000 birds used up in the >ume trade of Europe every year. hese birds beir.g imported from ~sia, Africa and Polynesia. Mar~y pecies have become extinct through his savage slaughter. The Open Season for Game. According to the act of 1906 sea on for shooting partrfdges, wihd urkey, woodcock, Mongolian or ther pheasant is made from No ember 15 to March 1, with the ex eption of the following' counties: Beau fort. Hampton, Dorcheste-. :olleton, Charleston. Barnwell, Berh y Aiken, Oconee, Fairfield. Saluda. eorgetown and Clarendon. These counties have rrom No rember 1 to April 1. Lexmngton was formerly among the excepted couu ies, but has been taken up and the season there is from Noveraber 15~ :o farch 1. The --eer season is from September 1 to January 1, but the law appliet only to Georgetown county. The rest are from August 1 to February Game Blirds Not to Be Sold. The act of 1906 makes it a mis demeanor to sell, or offer or exposc for sale. to pot hunt, net or trap. o: by tirelight to pursue with intenr ocatch. k-ill or injure any of the game birds named in that section. The handling. possessing or owue: ship of these birds is prima face evidence that thcy are becing offered for sale. These are rhe lnws of the .Stay' of South Carohina. made by the law ful representatives of the people and re binding on every citizenl w-h'thae he thinks they are wise or unwise The first consideration is that the' are the laws of the land. Any per son has the constitutional :-i;ht t make representations to the legisla ture to have any law changed!. by whie it is on the hooks~ he is boun. TELLS OF WRECK Schooner Abandoned on Voyage From Georgetown North. BRAVE LIFE SAVERS Bodies Island and Nags Head Crew: Worked for Hours--Captain an( Wifo Thrice .Wrecked-Rodger. Carried to Charleston as Prize o: Steamer Fert Several Years ago. Capt. S. E. Lawry. of the abandon ed schooner Flora Rodgers, a well, known trading vessel at Charleston tells an interesting and thrilling sto ry of the wreck of his boat a - fez days ago at Bodies Island and the rescue of himself, his wife and the crew. The following account of the wreck and rescue we take from the Charleston Post: It is not the first time that the Flora Rodgers has been wrecked, having had the same experience sev eral years ago off the Carolina coast. when she was towed into Charleston, as a prize of the Italian steamer Fert, being later libeled and sold by order of the United States codrt. In an interview in The Norfol': Virginian-Pilot, Captain Lawry re lated a few days ago in a dramatis manner how Mrs. Lawry, his wife, his crew of six men and himseli stood waist-deep in water with wave: from thirty to forty feet in height leaping and swirling over the wreck, nine hours before a line was shot over the vessel and how two anchol chains of links of an inch and a hall in thickness were snapped like pipe stems which sent the vessel-o her doom. It was also brought out how Mrs. .awry had been in two other wrecks with her husband and how on one occasion she was willing for every thing aboard to be lost-that is, property-but to only save her c nary bird. When the gale was sweeping the coast and carrying- everything before it the Rodgers, lumber laden, was tugging at her anchors. She was from Georgetown. S. C.. forr New Ha ven,-and Captain Lawry seeing that he could not sail in such a storm. had the vessel anchored off the island. Two anchors were thrown out and these were held by many fathoms >f chain, the links of which were an inch and a half of solid iron. The essel was double-reefed. Every thing was done to prevent the craft from stranding, but to no avail, and t 10 o'clock at night the anchors tore loose and two and one-nalt hours later the stern of the Rodgers was battered away. Masts and rigging and spars crashed to the deck and lay in an inextricable mass. The wind was ncreasIng from ,the south-east, an-1 resently the vessel bega nito be working broadside on the beach. inky darkness prevailed. The waveE y this time were running to -a beight of from thirty to forty fee:, and at one time it appeared that a'. nust be lcst. The life savers had fiscovered the wreck and they so otified those aboard the vessel lby Lhe Costen signals. When daylight came the surfmeo irom the Bodies Island station at ompted to launch a surf boat, but hey were beaten by the wind and aves. Line after line was fire.] and fell short, and those on the wreck despaired of being rescued. ord was .sent to the Nags Head 3tation and soon the crew was on he scene. If ever a set of men worked tc save eight human lives it was the ~rews from the Bodies Island an I Yags Head stations, and at 7 o'clock n the morning a line was shot over the side of the vessel and made fast :o the stump of the mainmast. Then the breeches buoy was run out. - The captain and crew insisted that Mtrs. Lawry step into the bucy first. The brave woman was reluctant tu this but was finally persuaded an.] he was hauled through the mouai anous waves to the beach. It was i dramatic scene. Then the crew, >ne by one, were hauled ashore and Captain Lawry was the last to ster. into the buoy. All hands were drenched to the skin when they hit the beach an': they lost all of their belongings which went down In the wreck. Th' captain, his wife and crew had not lng been off the vessel when she be gan to break up and the lumber ca: o to come ashore. One of th masts washed ashore and there hope of'~ securing the other two. Captain Lawry said tnat the spar ad rigging might also be saved an. practically all of the lumber carg~ that has washed ashore will be save l The cargo was insured, but the ves el was not. Captain Lawry hat a $1,000 interest in the Rodgers. Women Parnde. Six hundred women suffragist paraded the streets of Boone, Iow, on Thursday. Rev. Anna Shaw. hen of the National Order of Suffragistx headed the parade. With her wer Mrs. Rendell and Mrs. Costelle, o London, famous for thier participr tion in the attacks made on pariia mnt by the women suffragists c England. The spectacle of 600 we men marching through the stree: caused the whole town to turn ou to witness it. Heavy Verdict. A? Greenville in the Federal Coux: Monday a verdict for two hundre and sixty-three thousand. four hu: dred and fifty-three dollars and fift: three cents was returned for it Southern Power Company, of Cha: lotte. N. C.. in the suit against ti Catawba Power Company, of Roc Hill, S. 0. The suit was for ti ,.,lectio of noe promissory notes FALLS UNDER WHEE AND IS CRUSHED TO DEAT: INSTANTLY. Skittish Mule Starts Off Sudden] and Leopold Weile is Run Over b Heavy Loaded Truck. A sad and fatal accident happene in Charleston on Monday. Th Evening Post says Leopold Wiele, c No. 267 St. Philip street, foreman c drays for C. D. Franke & Compan: fell Monday morning under a whet of his heavily loaded truck at th Atlantic Coast Line. freight war( house in Bay street, and was so badl injured that he died a few minute after the fatal accident, without r( gaining consciousness. Mr. Wiele had driver, his some what skittish mule up to the freigh platform and having found out tha it would be . necessary for him t move to the receiving door furthe up, stepped upon his dray to driv off. He could reach only one reli and leaned forward to get possessio of the other. As he rested one hang upon the backr of the big mule at tached to the truck, the animal start ed quickly. and Mr. Weile lost hi balance. He fell to the side of th shaft and his body struck the pave ment directly in front of one of th heavy wheels whicn passed over hi body, as the now more startled mu, moved off. A great weight bor the heavy wheel down upon h: body, crushing his stomach and ab domen fatally. Immediate assistance was givei the poor old man by witnesses t4 the horrible accident, but he coul not be helped, and was dead no long after his injuries were receives The body was taken to the undertak ing rooms of 'J. Henry Stuhr, I: Wentworth street, where Monde, afternoon at 6 o'clock an inques -into the death of sir. Weile was hel: by the coroner. His. body was almost severed int< two parts. The dray, a two-wheele< affair, was heavil: loaded'with car riage stock, and the big wheel press ing his body against the. granite paving -of, Bay street had a fats force, that the strongest man couh not have withstood. Several people witnessed the accident, but it oc curred before they could realize the awful fact. Mr. Weile was a native of Ger many, coming from the home city o: Mr. E. H. Jahnz. He is survived b: a widow. He had been in the em, ploy of C. D. Franke & Co. for over twelve years, winning the esteem o: his employers by his faithful an( villing service. There was nt prompter man at the company' sore than Leopold Weile, and n took pleasure in performing his wor day by day. Before he entered th employ of Messrs. Jahnz .ne was known by hundreds of people as driver of a Rutledge avenue horsi car. Leopold Welle had a cheer2 greetij~ng and a good word for every boyh new, and his friends wer: soeddeeply when they heard os his terrible death. He was betwee1 fiftySve and sixty years of age. WILL FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE. Organize Anti-Tuberculosis Move ment Launched at Columbia. As a result of 'a conference heli Thursday at Columbia the physic lans, the press and' laymen of th< State will organize to educate the people on tub-erculosis and its pre vention. The meeting was held it the State Library at noon Thursdaa and there was quite a large at~ten dance. It was called by a special comn mttee of the Medical AssociatiOn 0 South Carolina, and after discussio: it was decided to appoint physician: in each county to organize count: associations and to work along th line laid down by the National As socation at the meeting held recent ly in Washington. The association will be under the auspices of th State Association, and informatio and literature bearing on the sul ject will be widely distributed. At the annual meeting of the As sociation In April reports of the warl done will be made. The meetin was presided over by Dr. Jno. I. Dawson, of Charleston, and Di Walter Cheney, of Sumter, acted a secretary. Among those present wa Mrs. Becad, of Sumter, presidentc the Federation of Women's Club: who promised the co-operationC this organization. Train Hits Log Cart. JPassenger train No. 32. whic passed Orangeburg from Augusta o Ithe Atlantic Coast Line on Thur: day afternoon about fiive o'cloc! was d'erailed near Pinewood .t'n same evening. The engine of tc fast train struck a log cart as it we passing across the track. tearli away the pilot and derailing the e: gine. Engineer J. L. Wysong w ,at the throttle. but neither he ne any one on the train was injure An engine was sent to tbe disable train and it went on into Fiorenc reaching there about two hou: late. ___________ Charged With Murder. Ferri Simpson, a barber, was a reted at H-arroldsburg, Ky., Thut ady charged with th'e murder scipio Noble. A body found ne. Covington with the head severed Ithought to be that of Noble, .akson. Ky., who had served thri ers in the United States army a: left home three weeks ago, sayii he would re-enlist. When he le ~homne he carried $400 in cash ai $900 in notes. Nothing was fon on the botdy of the man found ue enviflnnf. MUST PAY FNE Evangelist Convicted of Using Vulgar Language In the PRESENCE OF LADIES d The Georgia Court of Appeals Do e cides Against Rev. Walt Holcombe, f Son-in-Law of the Late Rev. Sara P. Jones, Who Had Appealed From - e Lower Court. "The defendant was clearly guilty, y and the record presents no, revers s. ible error," declared the Georgia State Court of Appeals in sustat ing the.verdict of guilty against Rev. Walt Holcombe, of Cartersville, Ga., convicted of using "profane, obscene and -vulgar language in the presence . of females." 3 Dr. Holcombe, an evangelist, and r a son-in-law of the late Rev. Sam e P. Jones, was indicted for certain -" remarks he made at a meeting is the Cartersville tabernacle, in tl( presence of -ladies. He appealed the case, and the higher court sustainel the verdict of guilty. "It was not the ribaldry'of some s low grade comedian in a second cla-ss e theatre," said the court. "It was the - indescent jest of a minister of the e gospel, made in a house devoted to ? the services of God, in the presence 9 of some three thousand worshipers, e aimed at a female member of the congregation, whose excess of - ad pose upon an unmentionable part of ner person happened to excite his attention." The case against Evangelist 'Ho: combe has been in the public eye at intervals for several months, and ,gas attracted wide attention, becausa of Its unique features and the prom ' inence of the minister. The annual tabernacle revival L meetings were In progress In Car I tersville, and Evangelist Holcombe was In charge of the services. A meeting for men only had been ad vertised - and arranged for a partic ular Sunday afternoon,. and it Is .ri corded that a great crowd gathered. Rev. Mr. Oliver was to address the men. Following the services for men the regular services were to be held On this particular Sunday after noon it began to rain very hard just before the meeting for men was to begin, and a number. of women sought shelter under the tabernacle. The court record shows that Min Ister Oliver, who was to address the men, suggested to Evangelist Hol combe that the women retire, sothd meeting could prcceed, as -pep sched ule. Evangelist Holcombe advised the women to retire, and his remarks were such as to lead to- his indict Sment and subsequent conviction for x sing "profane, obscene and vulgar language in the presence of females.' The minister's remarks, aecord Ing to the record, were aimed at on. particular woman, -whose back was turned to the rostum from which ke vas talking. She was a particularly targe woman, and his remarks re ~erred, in part, to her adipose. In passing on the case, the court. ~fappeals declares that the word: profane" is regarded as surplusage, where the Manguage set forth is, as a matter of iaw, not profane, but is >bscene and vulgar. "As used In the -code, 'obscene - n* vulgar language Includes any -. toul words which would reasonably >ffend the sense of modesty and de - ency of . the woman, or women,'or mny cf them, in whose presence they- . were uttered." Evangelist Hclcombe will have tc ->ay the fine of $200 and cost, which wvas imposed by the trial judge a' Cartersville. KILLED BY BLIZZARD. Many Sheep and Herders Perish Is New Mexico.. Six herders and 20,000 sheep gras Sing on the Cumbers mountain rang., - n Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, are reported to have perished in the blizzard which raged in that section. SThe storm was the worst In years, and the snow is from five to ten fest leep. Donald Cameron. a sheep herder, and two others, were caught in the storm. They had to leave their sheep to perish. Cameron becami -xhausted, and died. After beinz *ixty hours without sleep or nour Ishment, the other two reached a ranch in safety. It is feared that many other herd ers have perished. Three thousand sheep were driven by the storm In Ito Many Islands Lake, and only 300 were saved. Kills is Son. 1At Russellville, Ala., James Thoru, -a farmer, while attempting to run Sa mule out of the yard Wednesday I picked up a small stone and threw tat the animal. Hie missed the mule and hit his 2-year-old son, c.i killing him Instantly. Night Riders Caught. Many of the night riders who bru ~tally murdered Captain Quentin Ran r- kin in Tennessee last we has been -tarrested and is no-w in jai!. One of I the murderere has confessed. 1mph .r cating eighty-fie other persoIs 13 -~ the lyncing. Pasr-ed Over Kingstree. uI A balloon passed over Kingst-re. 1g Tuesday morning at 10:15 o'clock. I rravelinlg in a southeasterly direc 1I tionl. towards Charleston. It was Stoo high to distinguish the occupants rbut one could alomist make out the