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OFFICER SLAIN And Three Negroes Were Quiets; Strung Up for the DASTARDLY CRIME Three Brothers Resisted Arrest fo Disturbing Public Worship, Kill ing One Officer and Fatall; Wounding Another - Murderer Caught, Tried and Executed. Union City, Tenn., Nov. 24.-Th, little town of Tiptonville. borderin on Reel Foot Lakc, which has bee the scene of many stirring . ient the past month. witnessed the hang ing late this afternoon of three n groes who were arrested this morn lug for murdering Special Deput: Sheriff Richard Burruss. and fatal" wounding John Hall, a deput; sheriff. The negroes names are Marshal Stinebeck. Edward Stinebeck an Jim Stinebeck. The brothers creat ed a disturbance at a religious meet lug near Tiptonville Saturday night and when the two officers went t arrest them, a fight ensued in whic. the negroes shot down the officer and made their escape. It was barely daylight Sunda: morning before a posse of citizen from Tiptonville and the surroundin; country were in. pursuit of the ne groes, but they successfully elude the white men until 8 o'clock thi morning when they were surroundei and captured in a little swamp nea the village of Ridgely. Once captured, the murderer were quietly landed in jail at Tip tonville. The news of their captur spread rapidly to the surroundin. territory and In addition to severa hundred members of the posse me: began arriving by every road an soon the jail was surrounded by mob which had no hesitancy i threatening a lynching quickly an surely. In fact It was feared at noon tha the best towns people could not pry vent the lynching from taking plac in broad daylight. One of the first citizens to mour the steps of the jail and make an al peal to the mob was J. T. Burnet a well wnown lawyer. He recalle the recent night rider outrages whic had disgraced the vicintly. He ad monished his hearers not to do ant thing desperate, and to let the la, take its course, at the same tim promising that full justice would t done the three black men. Th' met with a long growl of disapprov, and Mr. Burnett, evidently seein that his remarks were of no avai pleaded with the men that if the were determined to lynch the ni groes to -at least await until nigi had fallen. Taylor Hail, a brother of tl1 wounded deputy sheriff, followed M Burnett. He said in effect that postponement of the lynching unt night would be satisfactory to hin The mob, however, was very res less and it was soon seen that would be impossible to stem the tic of feeling. As a last resort S. J. Caldwei a townsman, and Sheriff Hayn< went before Justice Lee Davis an explained the situation, telling of tI menacing attitude of the crow< which thronged the streets leadin to the jail. Justice Davis agreed| open his court at once, and at o'clock summoned a jury of 12 me and allowed- the negroes. after a evidence that could be adduced we heard, to be duly sentenced to deat1 Meanwhile Governor Pattersc was advised by telephone of the si uation and ordered a company< militia in this city to porceed wil all haste to secure the negroes an conduct them to a place of safet: The troops were started at onec but failed to arrive in tinme to pr. Tent the hanging. 'At the trial only the evidence< t'iose who had seen the killing ws heard, and in a~n incredibly sho: time the case was given to the jur who, in a few minutes. returned verdict of guilty and fixing the pez alty at death. The sentence had barely been pas: ed on the three negroes when tl> mob, with a whoop and a yel swarmed into the court room, an seizing the negroes, rushed them a large tree near the edge of tow and hanged them, firing volley aft.. volley into the air as the bodies wer drawn up from the earth. SAW TWO PRESIDENTS SHOT. The Unique Experience of Mr. E.5 Kennedy. Alton, Ill., Nov. 24.-E. S. Ket nedy, of East Alton, has sworn o: calling on presidents for he is prot ably the only man in the Unite States who has seen two president of the United States assassinated When President Garfield was shot b Charles Giteau Mr. Kennedy wa standing within a few feet of th chief executive and ran to his aic "I was right on the spot whe: President McKinley was assassinated I was in the line of people who wer shaking hands with the presideni I saw a fellow with his arm in; sling. I was looking right at hiL when he shot t.he president. "I didn't see Roosevelt just be cause I was afraid I might see anoth er president killed." MACHINE EXPLODES. One Man Killed and Four Womei Badly Hurt. Chicago. Nov. 26.--One man me: die and four women have sufferet serious injuries as a result of an ex plosion of a moving picture machine causing a fire and panic in a fiv< cent theatre Monday night. Nick Maros, operator of the mnt chine, may die. Grace Noonan Agnes O'Connell, Mrs. JTerry Dailey and Pauline Harrpton were badly in jured. The theatre was crowded with large Sunday nmght audience wher the film suddenly took fire and the picture machine exploded. The en tire front of the theatre was it flames. The property damage wa: slight. HOG KILLING TIME SOME GOOD OLD SOU1TIIERN Recipes of How to Make All Sorts of Good Things When You Kill Your Hog. This Winter. We print below some good old time Soutltru recipes that were used before creosote, borax and oth er so-cafled preservatives were known. In the days before the war. snys Commissioner of Agriculture Graham. of North Carolina, in the Progressive Farmer, any one who used the se things would has e but lit tie company for Christmas. Bu: here is what we started out to say: "In Cutting Up." In "cutting up" the hog. cu: through the skin on each side of the backbone: this gives the "fat back" piece. which with all surplus fat from the hams and shoulders goes into the lard. First-class lard is generally the highest priced hog product. I cut to save all that can IC gotten. Pork Chops. In taking out the spare ribs begin at the bottom instead of at the backbone. as is usually done. TakE out the loin, some times called griskin or sausage piece, with the rib. Cut the rib in two lengthwise the bottom piece is still spare rib; cut each rib of upper piece with at tached meat for chops. In a shoat or hog weighing sixty pounds or Bless the backbone car be split, leaving half to each side Cut the lower half for "barbecue' and then separate each rib through the skin for chops. W How to Treat Hams. When cut out sprinkle half tea spoonful of powdered salt peter or each ham; use one part granulated 3 sugar, three parts good salt; pu hams in tub or box, let remain three days, break bulk and re-pack, using some salt. This is done to be sur that all parts of the ham get theil salt. Let i. lie in bulk one da: for each pound the ham weighs t hang and smoke for ten days, tak down and apply to flesh of ham paste of molasses and ground blac pepper, wrap in newspaper and pace in barrel with cut, nice hay betwee hams to keep from touching. This process is for hams fron hogs weighing 250 pounds or less h Those who have few hams can trea the shoulders as hams. For ham from hogs weighing more than 25' pounds, put in brine described belos for corn beef and pickled pork, le lie for four weeks and then smok until dry and treat as for lighte s hams. Pickled Pork. Cut the pork in pieces of suitabl size, pack in barrel. For each 10 pounds of pork prepare: 6 quarts good salt, 6 gallens water, 1-4 pound saltpeter, 1 pound sugar, 1 pint molasses. aMix cold without boiling and pou over the beef. In a week's time 'ill be ready for use, and w1ill'kee for a year. Corn beef can be mad by using the above brine and packin 'it in a barrel. BolutlHog Feet. Bolutlthoroughly done, spli Sthe foot, beginning between th "hoof, fry in batter as you would fr Schicken. Nothing better about hog. The ears and the -skull belo' gthe eyes will do for souse, but d not spoil feet to make it. Liver Mush. 'Boil together a skull and a hasle (liver and lights, but not . heart until thoroughly done, take out tb bones, mash together, season wit sage and onions, put meal sufficien t o make a stiff dough, boll half a hour, pour irn mold. and when col h cut in slices and fry as needed fo dbreakfast. Tongues. Have a kit of brine and put th tongues in as you kill your hogs Can mix hog and beef tongues. si CAUGHT. A SEA BAT. | Strange Fish Taken in a Seine O. -I North Carolina Coast. SOne of the rarest specimens of th e fish kingdom known to waters cot I, tiguous to the North Carolina coas d was captured in a seine at Mason '| boro Sound Monday by Williar ..|Hewlett, a fisherman. The fish e . which was brought to the city, I what is called "the sea bat," an< it is a perfect reproduction of leather wing bat on a large scale TIhe fish is about fifteen Inches Ion. .and about thirty inches across th< back. Strange to state, it had a thi: threadlike tall about fifteen Inche: in length and on each side of th< rear appendage were two perfectl: -formed gloved feet, with a smalle; 2 diversion having the exact appear ance of a thumb, with the other par of the hand mittened. The mouti .of the strange specimen was abou Sfive inches across and on each sid of the mouth or the under side o the body there were five "strainers' or holes through which the fish j: said to rid itself of refuse products resulting from the forage It picks ul at the bottom of the sea. The to1 or ofthe fish was a dark slate coloi and the under part of the body was white. One old negro fisherman mor' than 70 years of age stated that this was only the second slncimen ,M the sea bat he had ever seen in hih long experience as a fisherman.' MOBS COME HIGHf. Spartanburg Trouble Cost Over On. Thousand Dollars. Columbia, Nov. 26.-The State says the pay warrants for the mem bers of the militia who were on duty at the time of the near-riot in~ Spartanburg when an attempt was made to lynch John Irhy, have been sent out by Adiutant General Boyd. The total expensesS of the department amounted to SI,375, which included the pay for the compafiies at Spar tanburg, Clifton and Laurens. The authorities consider the money well spent. however, as the majority of? the members responded promptly and had it not been for the guards there would have undoubtedly been TARIFF REFORMERS C. F. ADAMS EXPLAINS THEIR Al SENCE FROM HEARINGS. He Says the Beneficiaries of the Tariff Laws as They Exist are Either Thieves or Hogs. Boston, Nov. 25.-The letter of Charles Francis Adams, of Boston. on the tariff, to Congressman -..e Call, of Massachusetts, is in full as follows: The Hon. Samuel W. McCall. Washington, D. C.-My Dear Mr. :McCall: I see in :he Boston Herald of this morning that the President elect is anxious that those who de siro a revision of the tariff in the direction of reduced schedules should make themselves heard in Washing ton. It is claimed those asking that the tariff schedules should remain as they are, or should be changed only in the way of increase, are much in evidence at the hearing now in progress, and that the tariff reform er, so-called, does not appear or is silent. You, my dear Mr. McCall, know perfectly well the reason of this. Those first referred to are directly and pecuniarily interested; and e. such naturally divided Into two class es. Speaking after the fashion of men, they are either thieves or hogs. I myself belong to the former class. I am a tariff thief, and I have a license to steal. It bears the broad seal of the United States, and Is what Is known ask the "Dingley tariff." I stole under it yesterday; I am steal ing under it today. I propose to steal under It tomorrow. The Gov ernment has forced me into this position, and I both do and shall take full advantage of it. I am. therefore, a tariff thief, with a 11 I cense to steal! And-what are you going to do about it? The other class comes under the hog category; that is, they rush squealing and struggling to the Washington protection trough, and, with all four feet in it. they proceed to gobble the swill. Well acquaint ed with those of this class, you kno-v their attitude and their utterance. It is useless for me to dilate upon either. To this class I do no belong. I am simply a tariff thief, but, as I have said, with a license to steal. But, on the other hand, I am also a tariff reformer. I would like to t see every protective schedule swept 3 out of existance, my own Included. Meanwhile, what inducement have I to go to Washington on a public mis t sion of this sort? A mere citizen, e I represent no one; if I went I would r receive from the committee secretly a respectful hearing, if any hearing at all; and I would have to go s, e considerable expense, both of my D money and my time, the last of which I can least afford. My position in these respects to exactly the position of myriads of othe~ 3. And they say we do not ex Meanwhile, I do know this: Or revery occasion when of late I haqe t had occasion to address an audi aence any reference to "pr'tectior Crun mad," or to the tariff as "the gmother of trusts" has invariably elicited a more spontaneous response than any other utterance I could tmake. This feeling is abroad, be ecoming stronger, and will certainly ysoon or late, be in evidence at th' apolls. Meanwhile, the tens of thov' Ssands of persons who feel in thai > way, like myself, cannot afford eith er the time or, more frequently the money to go to Washington tc t ask to be heard before a committet which they know in advance is bo;.1l eprejudiced and packed against them lI have in this letter set forth the Ssituation so far as a revision of the atariff is concerned, as it exists withi your personal knowledge. You ar rwelcome to make such use of It be tore the committee, or elsewhere as you see fit. eMeanwhile have it distinctly under stood that my position is exactly the position of tens of thousands of others scattered throughout the country. To ask us to put aside our business affairs. and at our owr Sexpense go to Washington on a des perate mission Is asking a 1i:tle toc much whether athie demand comes Sfrom the comuittee or from a President-elect. I remain, etc. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. SMr. Adams has for years bees interested in various raijway and industrial concerns in New England. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. Because They Were Both Out of Work and Hungry. New York, Nov. 24.-Charles Wa ter, 75 years old, and his daughter, Emma. 40 years old, committed sui c3Se Sunday in their apartment, 1021 Simpson street, the Bronx. Walter had been a tailor, but had been without work for some time and had depended for support on his daughter, who was formerly a sales woman in a downtown dry goods store hut who also had been out of work for the past two months. They may be said to be victims of the kind of prosperity that the Republi cans have given the country. ACTr OF INSANE MAN. Shot Two Men and Wanted to Kill Five. Carlisle, Ill., Nov. 24.--Allie Al len. aged 25, shot John L. Edwards, aged 50, and George Walker. aged M, at their homes near Boulder Sunday. Both are in a critical con dition. Alton, when placed in jail said: "I wanted to kill five men but I got two." He had been in an in sane asylum one, hut was never considered dangerous. Several months ago Walker worsted him in a law suit. Edwards was holding his property as trustee to keep him from squandering it. He imagined his guardian was not giving him a square deal. Fiend Killed. JTackson, Miss.. Nov. 2.-Wi'l Anderson. suspected of heing Wil! Mack, the negro who criminally as saulted Miss Meyors. a 1 6-year-old white girl, at Pelahatchie last Fri day. was shot to death Monday night by a sheriff's posse near Brandou. The negro refused to halt when the THE BOODLE FUND RAISED BY THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Total Amount of Money Admitted to Have Been Used Over One Million and a Half Dollars. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26.-George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Re publican National campaign Com mittee Monday filed the list of con tributions for the recent national campaign. It shows 12,330 con tributors, many of them covering a number of lesser contributions. The total amount contributed was $1, 5 7 9,5 7 8.27. The names of individual contribu tors are given without specifying ad dress or locality, this being the method of entering them when re ceived, but addresses have been in serted as far as available. The following are the names of th2 larger contributors: $110,000, C. P. Taft, Cincinnati. $34,777. Union League, New York $22,500, Union League, Philadel phia. $25,000, Larz Anderson, Boston. G. A. Garretson, treasurer. $20,000, Andrew Carnegie, New York. $20,000, J. P. Morgan, New York. $15,000, Alex. Smith Cochrau, New York. $15,000, J. N. Bagley, Chairman, Michigan. $15,000, Wm. Nelson Cromwell, New York. $10,000, M. C. D. Borden, New York. $10,000, Frank A. Munsey, New York. $10,000, Fred P. Smith, Michi gan. $10,000, Edith Agnes Corbin, Washington. $10,000, W. J. Bohan, treasurer, Washington. $9,000, S. Vail and associates Washington. $9,000, H. N. Coe, Chairman. $7,500, Mark T. Cox, New York. $7,000, R. C. Kerons, St. Louis. $6,000, Wm. Barbour, Paterson. ENDS HIS LIFE. Well Known Sumter Man Commits Suicide by Shooting. A special dispatch to The State says the citizens of Sumter were shocked early Friday morning by the discovery that Mr. W. A. Mc Ilwa:,e had taken his own life yesterday by shooting himself if the mouth in a small house at the rear of O'Donnel & Co.'s store. M: Mcllwaine had been missing froan his home since 10 o'clock yester day morning. He acted in a queei manner before leaving home. HE left his watch and keys at home and took his revolver with him. No trace of the missing man couild be had and suicide was feared. as he had been very despondent of lat< over his continued ill health. This morning his body was found. Mr. William A. Mcllwaine was born and reared in Sumter count' and was one of Sumter's most highli) respected and dear citizens and hE was among the last who would havE been suspicioned of taking his owr life. He was 40 year of age. HE was in the employ of O'Donnell & Co. for years and was one of theil most popular and trusted men II their dry goods department. He was a man of affable dispo sition and courteous address and had hundreds of friends who were pained ind shocked at his untimely and tragic death. He is survived by h: wife, who was Miss Fannie McKaget of Sumter, and one child. De ceased was a very consistent Chri.. tian and a church man; regular in his habits and sober and ref Ined and cultured and a man of higi integrity. OVER TWELVE MILLION BALES, Commissioner Watson Estimates Cot. ton Crop of 1908. The cotton crop of 1908 wll amount to 12,551,086 bales, accord ing to the estimste made by Com missioner Watson, of South Carolina, as chairman of the cotton commit tee of the Southern States Associa tion of Commissioners of Agriculture and Other Agricultural WorkerB. Ini announcing the estimate, 3Ir. Watson says: "Our estimates, which is based on telegraphic reports received from all tfhe States save Georgia, whose com missioner is absent from the State, dated November 19, and on the gin - ners' reports of November 14, Is 12, 551,086 running bales, excluding linters. This conclusion is reached after due allowance for the weather and other crop conditions for :1908. Were the estimate based entirely on amount of cotton ginned to Novem her 14, in years when same ginners' results were shown, the 1908 crop would be 13.498.879 bales. But cou ditions have not been the san:. in the various years. "Were we to take the average amount of cotton for the past four seasons to be ginned after November 14, we would have to add 3,704.157 hales. to the 9,630,563 bales already ginned, and get a total crop of 13. 334,157 bales. If we add to the amount already ginned in 1908 the amount ginned after November 1 4 in 1905, to which year 1908 con ditions closely correspond, we will have a total crop for this year of 12,632,925 bales which, it is seen. closely approximates the estimate of 12,552.08C bales that the Associa tion's committee considers a~ fair one."* SHOT IN THE HEAD). An Actor Killed While Acting as William Tell. London. Nov. 26.--Herbert Lee. a music hall perfo-nrer, died in th-s city Tuesday from the effects of a wound in the head received durnn; a performance of a "William Tell" act at a local hall last night. Lee had a ball on his head at whic'i Madame Clementine shot at at a dis tance of 50 feet. - Madame Cleme', tine surrendered to the police. M". Lee had been given this act for a period of 18 years without having TEACHERS MEETING AN UNUSUALLY INTERESTING PROGRAM ARRANGED. Several Prominent Educators and Patrons of Education Will Address the Association. The next meeting of the State Teachers' Association will be held in Columbia, December 30 and 31, and January 1, and it promises t> break all records for attendance. Holiday rates will be in force, an;d it is expected that every live teacher, principal and superintendent in th. State will be present. The program of the general ses sions and the several departments have been practically completed and will be published in about ten days. Some of the best speakers in South Carolina have consented to make ad dresses, among whom are Senator B. R. Tillman, Dr. S. C. Mitche, President of the University of South Carolina; Col. 0. J. Bond, superh tendent of the South Carolina Mili tary Academy; Rev. J. Henry Harms, President of Newberry College; Su perintendent-elect Judge George W. Gage, of Chester; Dr. William Bur dell and other well known public men and educators. Miss Nance of the School Improvement Association, has just secured the consent of Prof. P. P. Claxton, of the University of Tennessee, to make the leading ad dress before that organization. Besides the general program of the association, each of the affiliated organizatione an" departments have arranged . ' ative programs. Superintends... ). B. Martin, of the Association of Columbia; Prof. W. K. Tate, head of the Association of Town and City Superintendents; Dr. P. H. Mell, president of the Ass' elation of Colleges; Miss Minnie Mac Feat, president of the Kindergarten Association, and Miss Pope, president of the primary department, have all secured the best available material for their respective programs. The halls and lobbies of the State House will be used for the occasion. The school exhibit will be displayed in the lobby on the second floer, and here also will be located the headquarters of the asociation, where each teacher is requested to report upon arrival and secure a membership card and badge. The reception will be tendered the visiting teachers by the teachers of the schools and eolleges of Columbia. Thursday afternoon, December 80, in the lobby and library. Music will form an interesting part of each evening program. Misses Nance and Selby have been appointed at the head of the committee of the after noon reception and music, while Col. A. R. Banks heads the general re ception comm-fttee. Although 'the crowd will be large ample accom modations at reasonable rates has been provided. Col. Banks will take -pleasure in arranging board in ad vance far all who will write him. DU7EL TO THE DEATH. Two Women FIghh Over a Trival Family Affair. Gainesville, Mo., Nov. 24.-A duel to the death with knives was fought Saturday by Mrs. James Crabtree and Mrs. Frank Graham, sisters-in-law, in a lonely spot in the Ozark woods, southwest of Gainesville. Mrs. Graham's throat was cut, dy ing instantly, and Mrs. Crabtree is in custody. The place and bhour were fied, and the sisters-in-law met -alone according to appointment, on a lonely mountain-side and fought out their duel. They had quarreled some days ago, following a trival dispute over fam ily affairs, and one challenged the other to meet her at the spot where the killing occurred. The two wom en were well known in the commu nity and the duel will probably re sult in further trouble. MEMORIAL TO CARMACK. Some Admirers Pay Tribute to the Dead Statesman. -Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 24.-,7ohn Bharp WillIams, United States sea ator; former Senator Thomas B. TurleT and other friends and ad mirers paid tributes to the memory of the late Senater Carmack at a monster memorial serviee held at the Jefferson theatre Sunday after noon. At the conclusion of the ex ercises resolutions were adopted in dorsing the cause for which the "de parted shed his martyr's blood," con demning lawlessness in .the State, and calling upon the 'authorities "to bring to justice all the conspir ators who aided and abetted in the: foul assassination." WOMAN SHOOTS HER LOVER. Accidentally Kills Young Farmer She~ Was to Wed. Louisville, Nov. 2 6.-Girth Spenc er, aged twenty-four, a farmer living at Owen, Ind., was accidentally shot and killed by Miss Ida Reinhardt, to whom he was engaged to be marrie.l on Christmas day at the girl's home here Monday. The tragedy occurred after Spenc er finished eating breakfast at the Reinhardt home. Miss Reinhardt, her mother, and Spencer were talk ing about revolvers. Miss Reinhardt showed her revolver and an error regarding the weapon being loaded resulted fatally. SCARED TO DEATH. A Woman's Heart Stopped When She Saw a Mouse. Florence, N. J., Nov. 24.--Miss Mary Mead died Sunday evening from fright at the sight of 'a mouse. Miss Mead saw her pet cat was bringing in a mouse. Shrieking, she leaned over to draw up her skirts Suddenly she stood up, complaining, of a pain in her heart. In less than a minute she was dead. The at-1 tending physician said she had suc cumbed to valvular heart trouble, dath being hatened by fright. i PEOPLE KILLED Sy Tornadoes in Northwestern Part of Arkansas. TOWNS DEMOLISHED Stricken Area Isolated and Dtails of the Disaster Hard to Get, But Meagre Reports Early Monday Indicate Great Destruction of Lives and Property. Fort Smith, Ark., Nos. 26.-Ac cording to meagre reports received Monday night from a score of towns in northwestern Arkansas, 25 per sons were killed, 50 injured in a tornado which swept through a strip of country two miles wide and 70 miles long. The force of the storm was greatest near Ozark, Ark., the small town of Gravens, four miles west, being wiped out. Four persons were killed there and three fatally injured. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. John Rosin and two children. The injured are Dr. and Mrs. Hill, who were caught in the collapse of their house and crushed A groetry in which several persons had taken refuge was blown to pieces and all the occupants were injured Dr. O. Croker, of Lenall, Ark., was slightly hurt. Three men, two wo men and three children are reported missing from Gravens. At Knoxville, Ark., the storm crossed over the Arkansas river at the mouth of Pine Creek, demolish ing everything in Its path. Twenty persons were injured and several are reported missing. Calls for doctors have been sent from Barr. Physicians went to the stricken town on a handear. Barr is almost destroyed. The country -bo tween Knoxville and Bar is in waste and farm houses are shattered. The path of destruction in some places is four miles wide. The damage at Berryville was con fined mostly to stores and churches. The storm came up from the west at 2:15 o'clock and lasted but a few miuntes. The Methodist ehurch was wrecked and the parsonage was dam aged. The Baptist church cupola was blown 150 feet away. A telegram from Knoxville, Ark., states that the tornado passed through Russellville and killed 15 persons and injured a score. This report cannot be con firmed. All means of communication were destroyed and only indefinite reports have as yet been reported from dis tricts visited by the tornado. From latest reports received, at least 20 lives were lost. The property loss will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to advices received the storm was at its b,eight when s' swept through Piney, a German set tlement on the Iron Mountain Rail road between Knoxville and London. Late reports from Russellville, the nearest town with which communica tion can be had is that between 10 and 12 persons were killed and 123 injured at that plase. Five lives are also reported to have been lost 10 miles from Muli berry. Practically all telegraph and telephone lines in wet. ern Arkansas are prostrated. Only at an early hour Monday were several lines put in operation and these carried only unsatisfactory report.s of conditions in the western portion of the State. TWO LAWYERS SCRAP. C. C. Featherstone and C. P. Sims Fight in Open Court. Columbia, Nov. 25.-The time of the State board of canvassers was taken up Monday with the hearing of contests in the Laurens dispen sary election case, and the election in the 1st, 2nd and 7th Congressional districts. The Laurens contest was the prin cipal thing before the board In im portance and the argument of coun sel became at one point acrimonious and led to a personal encounter be tween the opposing counsel, C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, and C. P Sims, of Spartanburg. During the argument of Mr. Sims, representing the contestant, he referred several times to the '.crazy Prohibitionists," who, he said, could not see the facts1 except in their own way, intimating it seemed, that they were so blinded by prejudice as not to be able ta. tell the trsuth. He was referring par ticularly to the meeting of. citi zens held at the call of the super visor to ascertain whether one fourth the number of voters had signed the petition for an election. Mr. Featherstone, representing the Prohibitionists, requested Mr. Sims to stick to the record and discontin ue his references to the "crazy Pro hibitionists." Mr. Sims replied that he would settle with Mr. Feather stone outside afterwards, whereupon~ Mr. Featherstone said he would set tle right then, and the two attorneys were instantly in combat. Both are heavy of build and muscular. Mr. Featherstone, in his youth, having been a base hall player of note; aind the fight, though short, was vigorous. When the two were separated, Mr. Sims was bleeding about the face and1 Mr. Featherstone had a slight bruise on his neck. Both apologized to the board.1 WRECK TO BE RAISED. Federal Warship Sunk During the~ War to be Removed. Charleston, Nov. 24.-The wreck of the famous Federal warshipi Housatonic is to be removed from iO I position near the mouth of Charley ton harbor. Bids have been submit ted to the United States engineer a department for the removal. The r Federal ship was sunk by the torpedo h boat David which slipped througha :he inlet between Sullivan's Island s Ind Isle of Palms in the early mnorn- h ng and sunk the big ship. The lit- F le boat was sunk in the explosion mnd her gallant crew we-re all losr n the mere shell of a craft in which t 'Bkn Pow< Absolutely PURE Insure ful food for every The only bald from Royal Grape made from grapes. Safeguards your phosphate of lime-har are used in cheaply m iRA YES OF TI How many readers know where are located the graves of all the for mer presidents of the United States? A writer in the New York- World thus describes them: There is today no living expresi dent of this nation. Of President Roosevelt's twenty-four predecessors the tombs are scattered over eleven States as follows. 1. George Washington-His tomb stands near, and within sight of, the historic mansion on the sixty acres of his old plantation, now owned by the Mount Vernon assoelation, on the Virginia side of the Potomac riv er, sixteen miles below Washington. The burial vault is. a plain brick structure, built according to diree tions left by Washington in, his will. On a marble slab over the' gates is graven the inscription: "Within This Enclosure Rest the Remains of General George Washington." In plain view, just inside the iron grill, are two marble sarcophagi, one simply lettered "Washington," the other "Martha, Consort of Washing ton." 2 and 6. John Adams and John Quincy Adams.-The bodies of both these patriots are entombed. beneath the portico of the Unitarian ehurch at Quincy, Mass. No monument 0r exterior sign marks the spot where rest father and soa, both gret fighters for our national indepen* dence. 3. Thomas Jefferson.-He served his country for forty-four years, dy ing a comparatively poor man, and was buried in the private burying ground near the road leading to Monticello from Charlottesville, Va. A little stone marked the spot for fifty-seven years. As it was fast going to decay, congress finally erected a monument inscribed, "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Inde pendence." It is a granite shaft eighteen feet high. 4. James Madison.-Like Jef ferson, Madison was buried on his own farm, this being near Monticello, Va. For twenty-two years the spot was unmarked, until finally public spirit started a subscription and erected a shaft inarked "Madison.' It stands twenty-four feet high. It is not even today positively deter mined whether the monument stands at the spot where the body was burI ed, as there never had been any marking of the grave. 6. James Monroe.-Encyclopedias and histories, as a rule, when they mention the subject has President Monroe buried in the old "MarbJN Cemetrey'' on Second street, New York cIty. In realty his body rests n Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va. The grave Is surrounded by a steel grating, which was erected.sto protect the sarcophagus after vandals ad twice stolen the copper name plate. For twenty-seven years Mon roe's body did rest in the New York emetery, in vault No. 147, belonging o Robert Tillotson. In 1858, at the xpense of the State of Virginia, the ody was removed. 7. Andrew Jackson.-Rests in a orner of his garden at othe Hermi age, eleven miles from Nashville, [enn. A beautiful monument, fif een feet high, marks the spot, and s inscribed "General Andrew Jack on" giving dates of birth and eath. 8. Martin Van Buren.-In a little, crmntery at Kinderhood, N. Y., rises an Buren's unpretentious shaft. 9: William Henry Harrison. Tippercanoe" Harrison was a greet ~encral and fighter in the battles of is country, yet for fifty-six yetri. is body rested in a dilapidated tomb t Notrh Bend, Ohio, in the mid t ETTING READY FOR ACTION eocratic Clubs to Meet in Wash ington in December. New York. Nov. 28.-With the an ounced purpose of taking such ac on as may be necessary looking to ~ard party success in 1912, Williamt . Liller. chairman of the national enocratic league, has called a meet-1 g of representatives of all regn-' rly organized Democratic clubs to e held in Washington, D. C., on ecemher 9 and 10. next. In the call for the mneeting. Chai an Liller says a number of promi nt and influential Democrats have ern invirpd to attend the conference d deliver addresses. Mr. Liller aid the proposed meeting has not< en called in the interest of Mr.] yan or any other individual. * It's usually the things you haven t at would seem to make life worthJ s delicious, health home, every day. ag powder made Cream of Tartar--. ood against alum and sh mineral acids which ade powders. E PRESIDENTS. of a pasture field. The ground was deeded to the State of Ohio, and the tomb repaired to its present ca dition in 1897, when the name "Har rison" was cut on the tomb for .the first time. 10. John Tyler.-A little stone about twenty by thirty inches markt President Tyler's resting place in - Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va. , His grave is less than ten yeards., from President Monroe's, an'd far thirty-seven years was unmarked. 11. James K. Polk.=At Nash ville, Tenn., President Polk's remains rested in -his own door yard for; forty-four years. They were then removed to the capitol groiinz.at the expense of the State and now repose under a befitting monument 12. Zachary Taylor.-At St. Mat= thews, Ky., in a large _ eld' of- -his old farm, stands a beautiful men-. ment- thirty-seven feet high, beailg the name "Maj.=Gen. Zachary Taylor, Twelfth ?resident of the- Unit'i States;" 4 profile of the General, and a list of, the battles he fought. = It was erected by the $tate. 13. Millard Fillmore.-A plain obelisk twenty-two feet high stands in Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo, N. Y., to the memory of Millardfll more. ' 14. Franklin .Pferce.-A fouzt teen-foot monument of Canadian marble, at Concord, N. H., Is In scribed "Franklin Pierce," -and.blears the line: "Other - refuge have --I nope." 15. James Bigchanan.-At Lan caster, Pa., 'stands the monument marking the grave of Abraham Lin coln's predecessor as~ chilef magis trate. 16. Abraham -Lncoln.-His tomb~ and monument at Springfield, I11., cost $270,000, which sum was raised by public shbscription. In 1900 It was discovered that the foundsation was defective, and the State appro priated $100,000 to rebuild the structure. It now stands 135- feet high. The insci-iption Is, "Lincoln, With Malice Towards None, With Charity for All." 17. Andrew Jackson.-A beauti ful monument, at Greenville, Tenn., was erected by President Johnson's. children at a cost of $17,000. 18. Ulysses S. Grant.-He is hon. ored with one of the grandestsmaniso leums in the worlrd. It cost $7,000. 000, stands 300 feet above the1 level of the Hudson, on Riverside Drive, New York, and was the gift of the people of the country. It Is marked: "Let Us Have Pese." Inside. are two sarcophagi, each weighing ten tons, one marked "Ulysses S. Grhnt"' the other :'Julia D. Grant." 19. Zutherford B.' Hayes sleeps beneath a modest monument Int the family plot at Fremont, Ohio. 20. James A. Garfield.-At Cleveland, Ohio, stands one of the most imposing monuments reared to any -of our presidents. This was erected by public subscription. 21. Chester A. Arthur.--His friends erected a beautiful monu Iment in the Rural cemetery, at Al bany, N. 7., -at a cost of $11,000. 22. Grover Cleveland.-All that can be shown as yet Is President Cleveland's grave, by the side of his daughter Ruth's grave, at Princeton, N. J. His will provides for a modest monument to be erected.. 23. Benjamin Harrison. -- At Indianapolis, is a dignified monu ment to the memory of Benjamin Harrison, "Lawyer and Publicist, President." 24. William McKinley.--On Mon ument Hill. Canton, Ohio, stands one of the country's finest monumerit, rising to a height of 164 feet and 79 feet in diameter, -marking the grave of the martyred McKinley.* THOUSANDS CONTRIBUTED. Treasurer Ridder of Democratic - Committee Files Report. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26.-Herman Ridder, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, filed with the secretary of State Monday this report of contributions to the Democratic national campaign which total $620. 644.77. Disbursements are given at $619,110.06. Leaving a balance in the treasurer's hands of $1,524.71. There are over seventy-seven 'thous and contributors to the fund. Killed by Train. Pittsburg, Nov. 26.--During a lense fog Monday. Miss Liltian Mc Kee, supervisor of art in the North side High School, was insfantly illed and W. S. Bell, a well known. vealthy photographer, seriously in ured by a fast passenger train at aocen ain, a subur.