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'VOL. XXIII MjANI\NI.NG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, M-.,AY 26,10 O4 FOUR IN 3AIL They Are Charged With Looting the Express Car OFFICERS ARRESTED Them on Warrants Sworn Out by Pinkerton Detectives-All the Ac cused Protest Their Innocence and Deny Any Connection With the Crime-Prisoners Factory Boys. A dispatch from Aiken to The State says four arrests were made late Thursday afternoon in connec tion with the robbery of the South ern Express car on the Southern train No. 17 Tuesday night between Warrenville and Augusta. Those under arrest are Charles, Henry and Ben Baultman and Lonnie Price. Warrants for arrest were placed in the hands of Sheriff Raborn by the Pinkerton detectives who came to Warrenville and took charge of the case Wednesday morning. Sheriff Raborn went down to War- ] renville Thursday afternoon on the 4:30 trolley car; accompanied by Deputies Musco Mamuels, Monroe 4 Vernon and Barney Craig. The sus- i pects were easily captured and they were immediately brought to Aiken and placed in jail. They staunchly deny being connected with the rob bery and laugh at the charges made against them. They are typical fac tory boys and none of them looks E to be more than 25 years of age. No comment is made by the detec tives, and nothing is known of the evidence against the men. What has been discovered of an incriminating nature is being closely 1 guarded and nothing can be learned. I When the officers went to Warren- Y ville, they found Henry Gaultman i at his boarding house writing a let- I ter. The contents of the letter had a no connection whatever with the I train robbery. Ben Gaultman was followed to a plum orchard where he was found eating green plums. Charles Gaultman and Price were 3 found near Fox's crossing. Price said he had started to Aiken on bus iness. They maintain their innocene and t state positively that they will have C no difficulty in proving an alibi. t They are small of stature and scarce- a ly more than striplings. The officers a do not believe that they are con nected with the robbery. There are six Pinkerton detectives at work, and it can not be ascertained wheth- c e or not more arrests are contem- i; plated in connection with the case. s It Is understood that these boys 9 have been under surveillance since C the detectives started on the case. e They are all residents of Warren ile and are operativ'es in the War- e renville mill. The boys do not bear ~ bad countenances, and it is quite t evident that If they are the guilty 1, parties there must have been some prompting, and it is generally be lieved that they must have been urg- a ed by "dime novel" reading or some thing similar. Further than deny ing their guilt, the Gaultmans and Price will not have anything to say. .1 N Another Man Arrested. A dispatch from Aiken to the Augusta Chronicle says In addition to the four men already arrested, charged with complicity in the train robbery of Tuesday, late Thursdayt night Constable Craig and one of the Pinkerton detectives arrived In the city with a man giving his name as W. M. Markie, wh .a they com mitted to jail on suspicion of being t connected with the robbery. Markie tells varying stories. He says he has worked all over the county and V knows no one in these parts. He claims, however, to know Gov. a Gilchrist, in Florida. He was putt through a rigorous examination, and the detectives say they have evidence sufficient to convict him. On his per son was found a 44-calibre pistol, and a large sum of money. He weighs about 140 or 150 pounds, is about 5 feet 9 inches high, and has a moustache. His general appear ance is 'hat of a crook and his coun tenance is bad. Markie said that he came to Au gusta yesterday. He was shabbily dressed and wore a slouch hat. He has a~n insolent tone in his voice and refused to answer many of the questio.ns asked him and gave sev eral different names to different parties. It is rumored that a sus pected pal of his is under surveil lance. BOY DROWNED OFF WHARF. Pulled Out of Water Alive But Dies Soon Afterward. The Charleston Pcst says a little negro boy, six years old, James All Plott, was drowned Tuesday af- 1 ternoon at about 5 o'clock by fall-J ing Into the water off Boyce's wharf,( the verdict :of ithe coroner's jury being accidental death. The boy, with playmates, was having a frolic on the wharf, and tumbled into the water. He was pulled out while, yet alive, but died a few minutes 1 after being .rescued. Confesses to Outrage. John Thompson, white, aged 91, confessed to the authorities at Welch, W. Va., that on September 14. 9108. he outraged and killed Lu Ia Stafford, aged ten whose body was found in a clump of bushes in Mc Doweil county court house yard. Farmer Suicides. L. L. Hawkins, a well-to-do farme er of Greenville county, committed suicide a few nights ago by cutting his throat. It is said the man's mind became deranged on account f th imles of his wifa and haby. ATTACKED A NEGRO J. H. SPIRES STAIBED AND SE RIIOUSLY INJURED. The Georgia Fanner Was Savagely Assaulted Because He Tried to C-illect a Debt. The Augusta Chronicle says Mr J. H. Spires, one of the most promi nent white farmers of Lincoln coun ty. Ga., was savagely attacked by Albert Aiken, a negro farm hand, Thursday and seriously if not fat ally wounded. Mr. Spires was on his way to see his mother, who lives about a mile from his own plantation, when he met the negro who was riding a mule. Mr. Spires was on foot and ;topped the negro to ask him about . small debt. Aiken became enraged and used -ough language and when Mr. Spires ipproached him he jumped off his .nule and began stabbing Mr. Spires ith a large knife, inflicting a deep round and cutting an ugly gash a oot long in the back, laying the ribs Lnd spine bare. Mr. Spires called for help and was d ieard by his brother, J. G. Spires, vho was plowing in a field nearby, c )ut who arrived too late to lay hands a n the negro, whom he saw riding t -apidly off. He picked his brother P p from where he had fallen in the oad and carried him to his home and n ,ave the alarm. A party of fifty men quickly form- t d, but Sheriff Wright got in ahead f them and caught the negrp in a b wamp where he had hidden. For afe keeping the negro has been sent ut of the county, for owing to Mr. t( pires' prominence feeling runs high 0 .nd lynching is fearerl. a Late Thursday night the physic- t. ). announced that tnere is not much. P ope for Mr.. Spires. Two of his s ibs are in two, one lung is carved i] a half, and there is a long gash in - dis stomach, two inches deep, in ddition to the terrible gash down A .is back. n HARD ON THE .MAYOR. ti . _ _- _ti lust Face Charge of Selling Jamai- 0 ca Ginger. . The preliminary in the case of p] de State against Dr. D. 0. Rhame. f Summerton, was heard by Magis- 11 rate Dickens in I .,nning Thursday, nd after the testimony was all in L nd arguments made, Magistrate ickens sent the case to the Court f General Sessions. This is the first case of the kind W oming up under the Carey-Cothran Lw. Dr. Rhame was charged with ?lling and keeping for sale Jamaica inger, which cont.ins 75 per cent h f alcohol, and when used as a bev rage the sale is contrary to law. a J. McSwain Woods, Esq., appear d for the prosecution and Capt. W. .Davis, of Davis & Weinberg, for C de defence. Considerable Intere'st taken in the matter and the out- L ome will be watched eagerly, as L r. Rhame Is a prominent citizen, nd Is at present mayor of the town f Summerton. i EXPIRED SUDDENLY w Lile Trying to Shoot at a Passing Automobile, it John Walker dropped dead In theL ublic road about three miles northr f Shelby, N. C. He was just ina he act of firing a shotgun at an au ,moblle when he fell dead. It sems that he had made threats that t e would shoot into the next one e saw and Saturday evening made de attemnpt to carry out his threat.n 'r. T. E. McBrayer and family were i the automobile and Dr. McBrayera rent to his assistance immediately fter he fell but was of no assistance. s he was dead. It is thought that Le excitement of the intended crime e was about to commit caused heart h ilure.a STANDARD~ OIL MAGNATE. ies Suddenly at His Home in New York City. tl H. H. Rodgers, one of the Stan-h ard Oil magnates died in.New York h n Wednesday. Mr. Paoger's. died t 'his house at No. 3 East Seventy-h ighth street about 7 o'clock Wed-h esday morning. He arose about 5. nd about 6:30 he began to feel ill, tI omplaining of numibness and nau ea. Before anything could be done, e sank and died. He went on Fri- a ay last to his country place at Fair- L aven, Mass., and returned to Newg ork Tuesday. News of his death nine as a surprise to wall street. Ir. Rogers was at the office of a he Standard Oil Company Tuesday nd appeared to be in good spirits. Heirs Get the Money. h After the case had been stubborn fought in the courts, the heirs of -n .Samuel McGue, former mayor of g ~harlottsville, Va., who was hanged e here several years ago for the a rurder of his wife, will receive $20, b >00 insurance carried on his life. F Che insurance comnpt.niles did n ant to pay because McGue was a anged. d Stole Whiskey. e The express office at Heath Springs n was broken into and robbed of about leven gallons of whiskey a flew le ight ago. A railroad detective i: Lnd a Rock Hill policeman were atI Feath Springs a day or two ago in estigating the matter, but no ar-'t 'ests have been made yet. C Evening Meal Is Supper. Judge Moyer, In city court. at East~ St. Louis, Mo.., this week, ruled :hat the evening meal is supper, no tIc linner. His jury had become confus-Ic d because some witnesses called it CHASED NEGRO Sheriff Corley of Lexingtol County Shot by. A BLACK FARM HAN[ shoots Through Window at Sherif Who Had Warrant for His Ar rest-The Sheriff is Badly Wound ed, and Hundreds of Angry Citi zens Pursue the Negro. Sheriff P. H. Corley of Lexingtor vas shot and dangerously wounded VednEsday by at negro, Willie &y ium, who at last accounts is fleeinc or his own life in front of a posse if determined Lexington men, heriff Corley is wounded with No, shot in the hand 'and face, and s now at the home of Mr. D. J. aughman, a few miles from the own of Lexington, where he is be ag attened by Dr. Wingard. The shooting occurred Wednes .ay morning on Mr. D. J. Caugh ian's place. Bynum was working a rop on that place, but a few days go left his crop. In order to pro act his interests, Mr. Caughinan ut a gang of laborers in the fields, -hich Bynum had deserted. Tie egro drove off the hands with a Iotgun. Mr. Caughman went to >wn and swore out a warrant for ynum, which was placed in the auds of the sheriff to serve, and heriff Corley, always ready to per yrm his official duty, went at once ) arrest the negro. He was found a the place of Mr. Caughman, and s the sheriff approached his house, le negro fired with the shotgun, art of the load tearing up the ieriff's hand and the rest lodging t his face. The sheriff was at once xrried to the home of Mr. Caugh tan and the physician summoned. t noon a telephone message from exington stated that the sheriff had Dt yet recovered from the shock of te wound, but hopes are entertained at the wounds will not prove fatal serious. The negro immediately made his ;cape, leaving his family on the ace. His former home is north of e town of Lexington, but he is said have gone south toward the sand 11 section, and he is being followed that direction by a large posse of exington citizens, with blood )unds. If captured, as he doubt ss will be, it is not likely that he ill ever be put in jail. He is said be a bad negro, and the citizens ith whom he worked last year ated to The Columbia Record that had always given trouble. Sheriff Corley is one of the most )pular men in Lexington county, id one of the best officers in the :ate, cool, determined and courag >us. The town of Lexington was ractcally deserted Wednesday, as te men were all out hunting for e negro, and the whole surround g country is being thoroughly ~arched. In the absence of Governor Ansel New York, Secretary Bethea is 1ergetically using the telephone ires to keep constantly in touch ith the situation. If good judg ent and diligence here can prevent ,there will be no lynching in exington. Mr. Bethea, however, is lying confidentially on the law iding element in Lexington to pre mt a lynching. Not Yet Caught. A telephone message from Lexing n1 to The Record at 2:30 o'clock ~ednesday afternoon stated that the agro had been tracked by the pos to a point across the railroad, >out three miles south of where the Looting took place, and from signs was evident that the negro had opped for a rest at a log near a -anch. The posse has gone on into ie woods after ithe negro. The oodhounds from the penitentiary id the county chaingang are on te trail and the men following are miident that they are on the right ent. The gentleman giving the in rmation stated that it was not ought the men composing the pos would lynch the negro, but if a shows fight when cornered, as aprobably will, he will be killed in ort order. The negro is said to ve Indian blood in his makeup. The news of the sohoting in some ysterious way reached the home of te negro a few miles north of Lex gton in a wonderfully short time, id it is reported in Lexington that ie house of the negro's father is 2arded by the negroes of the fami -The negro has gone in the op site direction from this place, but may be his Idea to circle around ad reach his home, if he can evade te posse. Sheriff Corley Is at this hour saMd >be In great pain, and the shot ae not yet been extracted from his ounds. He was fired on by the~ gro from a window, with a shot un loaded with No. 4 shot, the shot atering the right side of his face rd neck, his breast and his right and, the hand being badly wounded. e was about 30 feet off when the egro fired, and saw that the negro -as about to shoot, and had the rop on him. The sheriff shot twice, -ith his pistol, after he was wound d, but did not hit the negro. The egro left his gun when he ran, but as his pistol with him, and it is xpected that he will try to use it :cornered. There are from 100 to 150 men the party searching the whole rritory, and the negro will likely e caught or killed before dark. olumbia Record. Women Will Wear Real Toads. A Chicago milinery shop has or ered 50.000 mnetalized toads from a ompany at Waukegan, Ill. They di be used as hat pins, just as aetami oses are now. HELD IN A SHACK FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS BY THREE BAD MEN. The Terrible Experience of a Young Lady Slum Worker With Ruffians Near New York. Miss Emma Trotter, a missionary for the ,Florence CriLtnten circle at Asbury Park, New York City, re lated her remarkable experience as a prisoner of three men, vWho after having captured her, had brutally beaten and drugged her, holding her for three days. Following her escape Wednesday night from the shack of her captors, Miss Trotter made her way to the Flor-ce Criatenten mission at As bUry Park and was then so weak that she was sent to a hospital. A telephone message requested Miss Trotter to call at a certain house in a good district of Asbury Park early Saturday night in connection with her work as a missionary. As the door was open-ed she was grabbed by three men who dragged her into the house. There she says that the men de manded knowledge of the where abouts of Charlotte Graves, a girl who had been taken from them a week before by the Florence Crit tenten circle and sent to a home. When she denied them the in formation they demanded, she said, one. of them threw his arm about her neck and opened her mc,. th while another poured a drug down her, throat. It was not until Monday night that she recovered consciousness. Miss Trotter reported, and then she found herself alone in the shack on the outskirts of the city with one of her captors. She prayed with this man and caused him to so repent that he permitted her to escape late XWdnesday night. The police after a hurried inves tigation and visits to the location, described by Miss Trotter, said that there was no doubt that Miss Trot ter was telling the truth. KILLED HIS BRIDE To Whom He Was Married Four Days Only and Himself. That L. H. Worley killed his bride of four days and himself, was as serted by the police tonight. r The bodies of Worley and- his wife, who woas Miss Ruth LeRoy, of Lincoln, Neb., were found on Worley's farm near Redmond, Neb. Last Friday and Saturday the house was closed. It was burned on Saturday. Worley's letter addressed to a neighbor follows: "It is all a mistake. Ruth asid this morning she did not want to live with me and said she was going back east again. She robbed me of all my money and was going to leave mne. I could not stand it any longer, so think we both are better dead. "Before God, just found my purse in Ruth's stocking with all my money and she denied it. This is more than I can stand. (Signed) "L. H. WORLEY." The tragedy was discovered byttwo men who went to the Worley farm to deliver .a wedding present. On the barn door they saw this sign: "Find me in the stable." MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND. Creeps Into Wife's Room and Cuts Hecr Throat. At Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. George Burge was murdered early Monday by a man who crept to the side of her bed while she slept and cut her throat with a razor. Her husband is under arrest charged with the killing. A remarkable fea~'ure of the case is that the slayer, after killing the woman, picked up her 13-months old baby from its cradle and fervent ly kissed it before running from the room. It is alleged that Burge, who had separated from his wife, threat ened her with violence if she did not give him custody of her baby. Three other children of Mrs. Burge-all step-children of Burge were asleep in the room at the time. Frank Britton, the eldest of these, was slightly cut by his mother's slayer, whom he claims he recogniz ed as his step-father. Burge was arrested at his boarding house. The police claimed that he had blood on his shirt sleeve, but he said it was merely dirt. He said that he could prove an alibi. PUBLICLY EXONERATES A Young Man Who Served a Term in State Prison. Twenty years ago Miss Mollie Lienhart prosecuted Elijah Fielding. her lover, for stealing her ring, as cording to a dispatch from Jason ville. Ind., to the Pittsburg Gazette Times. He was sent to prison pro testing his innocence. He returned to Jason-ville and the two, both of whom have remained single, have not spoken .until a few days ago. The ring was found a few days ago near an old spring where Miss Lienhart had dropped it. She re members having been at the spring the day she missed it. As soon as the ring was found she went to Fielding and begged his forgiveness. Afterwards the neighbors gathered. at her home "to meet Mr. Fielding." They Marry Young. Prince Jeassu, heir apparent of the Abyssinian throne, 13 years old, was married a few days ago to a princess 7years old. FOUND GUILTY YOUNG WHITE MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER. Re Claimed That He Was Insane From Drinking Blind Tiger Whis key With Cocaire in It. At Anderson last week Webb Sim- i mons, a -young white man, was found guilty of murder, without recommendation to mercy, "or the killing of United States Deputy J. B. McAdams on February 20, last. The jury retired at 5:45 o'clock and at 11 returne4 with the verdict of guilty. The accused heard the ver dict calmly, seeming unmoved by his terrible situation. g Counsel for the defense at once g made a motion for new trial, and al argument on the motion was begun. y It had not been completed when G court adjourned until Monday. One ir of the bases of the defense's mo tion is the allegation that one of b the jurors Is over 65 years old. The arguments by Attorney Dag- 1 nall for the defense and Solicitor c1 Bonham for the State and Judge Dantzler's charge were completed at 5:45 o'clock in the afternoon, when h the jury retired with the case. Be fore leaving the court room Judge ei Dantzler instructed Sheriff King to th notify him at any hour during the night in case of an agreement. th Webb Simmons is a white man of about 22 years of age and was em- dl ployed at Orr cotton mills. While he was in a drunken' condition and while terrifying the mill village , Deputy McAdams, a sworn constable th under Sheriff King, attempted to in quiet. and later arrest him. Sim- St mons resisted and fired several shots w. with a shotgun, one load taking ef- th feet in %McAdams' body, reisulting cc in death shortly later. Simmons ra was brought to the county jail, where he has rested until now, no attempt 2E being made to get him out on bond. by The case 'was called for trial p'l early Friday morning and Friday sa and Saturday 40-odd witnesses testi fied, about half being for the State. as The defense was based on tempo- an rary insanity, caused by cocaine in H the whiskey, of which he was under ed the influence at the time of thie of shooting. Dr. Parker of Charleston ex testified that the whiskey contained du a large quantity of cocaine. Many so expert witnesses took the stand for si both sides. hc The trial of Simmons has created more interest at Anderson than any st trial in recent yea-s. The court room has been overcrowded at all times gi: 3.nd Judge Dantzler caused the/doors br to be guarded and locked to keep ex out an overfio-w. th Simmons has held up extremely W well. When the jury retired he bl< :hatted merrily with his young wife, of who sat at his side during the entire on trial. ' ir He claims not to have known any- tw thing from the time he took the th< whiskey on the morning of the fatal g day. until he awoke under arrest en in the jail at 8 o'clock that night. * th WILL PLACARD TORN DOWN. th of Commissioner Sends Warning With th New Notices.la tis The first case of interference In of the enforcement of the new labor er nsp~ection laws was brought to Coin- an missioner Watson's attention Fri- sti .ay. A mill in Yorkville reports that of warning cards posted to protect child- fo] ren from the machinery were torn co: lown by unknown employees. The mi aommissioner has sent n~ew cards gr with a notice that at the next oc- N aurrance he would send two inspec tors to encamp on the scene until ye the guilty parties were arrested. He m~ says he is trying to enforce the law th for the protection of both the man- an i.gemnents and the employees. m ye WOMAN RUNS AMUCK co tri Becomes Insane and Tries to Kill sa; th Her Family, an Friday morning while raging in so a fit of insanity, Mrs. Charles Bar- ha field, wife of a farmer residing in the upper Hollow Or'eek section of de Lexington county, attempted to kill o her family. The unfortunate wo-it man was carried to Lexington and placed in pail and wil be carried to t the State Hospital. This is a very sad case. the woman leaving a hus- ta band and six children behind. Mrs. t Barfield is said to have been suf fering from a complication of dis-d eases, which affected her mind. t BROTHER KILLS BROTHER. fo They Were Both Farmers and Near to Neighbors. A duel between Joseph and Monk Bray, brothrs and prosperous farm ers residing near Pensacola, Fla.. oecurred Friday. in which Monk Bray met death. They had quarreled over the dividing line of land, and Ta when they met both were armed. ty, Monk Bray cursed his brother, and ra then fired at him. .Joseph then level- Tt ed his shotgun, and with the state- th ment. "I hate to do it," fired, the ac contents entreing the breast of the as brother, who fell dead. lal LEAPS FROM TRAIN. tr du Prisoner Makes Desperate Effort to' Escape. Robert Sams, a white man who WC was being carried to Anderson for m i trial, jumped froum a train on the ed Southern Railway near Greenville in st; an attempt to escape. The train was ye stopped and Samns was found in an unconscious condition with face and nose broken. He arrived at Ander son in the care of a physician. His G condition is very serious. Sams was ied GREAT OVATION iven President Taft on Hi Visit to Virginia AAKES GOOD SPEECI 1 Which He Pays a High Tribut to the Confederate Soldier-De clares the Ceremonies Are Proc Conclusive of the Uniting for Al Time of the Sections. President Taft Wednesday was th iest of both Pennyslvania and Vir nia when he delivered an addres Fort Mahone, following the un filing of a monument and statue o eneral John F. Hartranft, erecte memory of Pennsylvania soldier ho fell in the fighting about Peters irg during the war between th( ates and later became the gues Petersburg at a luncheon and re ption. The president's visit to Petersburg Lce the 'citadel of the Confederacy, Ls had the city aflutter for more an a month, and the plans for hi: ttertainment surpassed anything o: e sort ever undertaken here. The casion of Mr. Taft's first visit int< e South as president was taken vantage of by the Virginians for a splay of hospitality for which the ction long has been noted. . Upon his arrival shortly after 9 :lock the persident was driven to e old battlefield so rich in historic terest. He first witnessed at For1 edman the unveiling of a table: iich stands on the spot where the ird division of the ninth army rps, commanded by General Hart nft, later governor of Pennsylva a, recap.tured the works on March 1865, after they had been taken General John B. Gordon and 10C :ked men before daybreak of the me day. From Fort Stedman the president d his party were driven the mile d a half to.Fort Mahone, where the rtranft statute has been construct at a cost of $50,000. Every inch the way traversed by the chief ecutive witnessed bloody battles ring the siege of Petersburg. Old Idiers in blue and in gray rode le by side from Stedman to Ma ne. At the unveiling of the Hartranft Ltue President Taft said: "We are met on the soil of Vir hia to dedicate a memorial to the avery of the sons of Pennsylvania, iibited in a con,.est to death with a sons of Virginia and the South. a stand here in the center of the >odest and, most critical operations the last year of the Civil War, ly a few miles distant form that amatic scene at Appomattox be een Grant and Lee, which marked a .great qualities of the heart and .ii of each and which was the real d of the terrific struggle between Stwo sections. "Here, in and about Petersburg. outwork of Richmond, the home the Confederacy, were carried on >se besieging operations, begun e in the spring of 1864 and con ued with the courage and tenacity purpose characteristic of the fed Li commander, for nearly a year, d resisted with the bravery and ategy and the wealth of expedient the Confederate leader, until the 'ces of the South, worn out by sstant assaults and Incessant ham ~ring, were compelled to yield to sater numbers and resources of the 'rth." President Taft added: "It is 44 ars since the battle of Fort Stead tn. In that time the bitterness of Sinternecine struggle has passed ay and we now treasure as a com >n heritage of the country the bra ry and valor of both sides In that ntroversy." The 'president paid bute to the Southern forces by ring that a contest was given by a Confederate soldiers which by y other than the tried and sea ned veterans of Virginia would ye long before been abandoned. He continued: "We could not dicatethis beautiful and enduring imorial to the volunteer soldiers Pennsylvania with such sense of justice and appropriatenaess had ay not been confronted by an en iy capable of resisting their as ults with equal valor and forti :le." He said that the ceremonies of to y were conclusive proof of the iting of the sections and that all at was done was well done. He Ld the Army of Northern Virginia aght for a principle they believed be rigth. KILLED BY TRAIN. m Was Lying on Track When En gine Struck Him. The news of the killing of Will te, colored, at Tirzah, York coun was brought in a message to the ilroad commission at Columbia tesday. The telegram states that a negro was lying with his head ross to the left side of the track d that Engineer Gross saw him too :e to stop the train. The man was ad when he was reached. Thf! tin ran over him wa's No. 29, Con ctor Barxdell. Bull Rushed Upstairs. Infuriated by a long red cloak >rn by one of the Shaker sister:s West Pittsfield. Mass., a bull rush. after her into a house and up tirs. He was shot by a lad 13 ars of age. Arrested on Suspicion. Prince Russell, a white man of 'eenville has been arrested suspeut. of making way with his daughter m o ha en missing eveal rdays. THAT OLD MYTH President Taft Talks About It at Charlotte IN A DIPLOMATIC WAY He Received the Welcome of His Life on Thursday While Visiting Charlotte, Where He Was Sa luted by Cannon and Met by Im posing Committee and Military.. President Taft's presence in Char lotte Thursday lent notable interest to the annual celebration of the sign ing of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence, which, it is claimed, was the first step toward liberty tak- - en by the American colonists. The president's participatioi marks the culmination of a three days' cele bration. The Mecklenburg declaration long has been the subject of a stubborn controversy. It is declared by its supporters to have antedated the famous declaration of July 4, 1776, and has been denounced as a "myth." The difference between the upholders of the Mecklenburg. document. and its critics long have, been considered irreconcilable. It was with great elation, however, that the people of North Carolina secured the accept ance of President Taft to attend the festivities of the closing day of the celebration of 1909. The president upon his- arrival in Charlotte at 10:15 o'clock was met at, the railway sation by an Im posing'committee of citizens and es corted at once to the Selwyn hotel As the regular Soutliern railway train bearing the president's car erossed the city limits, a presidential salute of 21 guns was fired by the Charlotte artillery. Arriving at the botel, the president held a reception for one hour. At noon, with scores Df Union and Confederate veterans for his escort, accompanied by .Mrs "Stonewall" Jackson, he proceeded :o the reviewing stand, from which ie witnessed the passing of probably .he most notable- parade ever held in Charlotte. The militay escort to the presi lent during his stay In Charlotte :onsists of troop E of the Eleventh [Jnited States cavai.'.a battalion of :he Seventeenth Infantry, band. A letachment of the regulars headed .he military dirision of the parade. kltogether there were eight divis ons to the pageait as follows: Industrial, floral, colonial, eques :rian, farmers, fraternal societies mnd secret orders, automobiles and he fre departmen, La rge detach nents of the National Guard of 1orth and South Carolina 'were in ine. The industrial, colonial and - loral divisions were made up of - landsomely decorated floats. The president made two speeches luring his stay in Charlotte. Fol owing a luncheon at 2 p. m. he ad Iressed the people at .4 o'clock. Gov irnor Kitcheni introduced the presi lent on both occasions. At- 5!30 1e delivered an address especially ;o the colored people and to the students of Biddle university. At :30 the president dined and from to 9:30 held a second public rec seption. The president left at 10:30 'clock Thursday night for Washing on. Interest in the president's visit to 3harlotte centered in the attitude 1e would take toward the Mecklen >urg declaration of independence. Presicluet Taft takes 'the position hat regardless of the exact language - >f the declarations made in May, 1775. a full year before the signing f the declaration at Philadelphia, luly 4, 1776; the fact remains 'that :here was a declaration of indepen ience on the part of the citizens of Korth Carolina. "It is not so material as to the ixact language used," said President raft, "The measure of the declara :ion for the principles of civil liberty mnd self government is not 'so much :he abuse or denunciation of the for mner controlling power as provisions made for the future form of govern nent. The impressive thing about the North Carolina proposition is :he sensible way in which the people >f the State, after deciding to sever 'elations with Great Britain, went about the matter of , setting up a government of their own." The president in his speech does aot undertake to reconcile the long axisting differences. The important :hing, after all, he points out, 1s :he ability of the Anglo-Saxons to rule and the Impressive way they lave always gone about the setting up of simple and just forms of gov arnment and mean sof maintaining :ivil liberty. MARRIED AT GUNS' MUZZLES. Clarendon Groom Carries His Troub les to the Governor. Claiming he had been marched at :he muzzle of twenty-five shotguns n the hands of the woman's rela ives. C. M. Holliday, a member of i. Clarendon family, Wednesday ap ealed to the Governor's office for -clief. Hie said the life of the Bap ist preacher, J. R. Funderburk, who >erformed the ceremony against his nelination, was also threatened by. he holders of the guns. Holliday ays that the woman's relatives are iow trying to kill him for refusing :o live with the girl. Killed by Lightning. Alex and Jack Brown, two negro, yoys, were Instantly killed by light aing Thursday morning about 9:30 'clock on the plantation of Mr. Win. Toney, near Johnston. There were Eve in the one-room dwelling and NAMES OF THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. List of State Medical Association's Committee Chairmen in Various Counties of South Carolina. To the Editor of The State: I have just received from the chairman of the anti-tuberculosis f committee of the South Carolina Medical association the names of one medical gentleman to represent each county in the State. It is a matter, of credit to the South Carolina Medical association that it has taken up this work so: - thoroughly and in such an organized way, that the method of fighting ituberculosis has been taken note of in many States in the Union as well as the national capital. When fight ing diseases of this character, it must be under medical supervision, it must be organized. This the association of the South Carolina medical men has determined, and while it calls to its help the civic leagues, the women's clubs, the report of all the work done is made at the annual meeting of the association, the faults or the failures of the counties are known and reported and the work goes on in each county with improv ed methods. While there may be .several associations In the county, all doing good work, it is only prop er to say that the official work of the State Medical association is done under the direction in each county of the following named gentlemen: Charleston, J. L. Dawson; Abbe ville, G. A. Neuffer; Anderson, W. H. Nardin; Aiken, Fillmore Moore; Bamberg, H. P. Hoover; Barnwell, R. C. Kirkland; Beaufort, Gregorie Elliott; Calhoun, J. K. Fairey; Cher okee, B. B. Steedly; Chester, W. B. Cox; Chesterfield, T. E. Wannamak er; Clarendon, W. M. Brockington; Colleton, Riddick Ackerman; Dar lington, William Egleston; Dorches ter, E. D. Tupper; Edgefield, R. A. Marsh; Fairfield, S. Lindsay; Flor ence, B. G. Gregg; Georgetown, L. B. Ward; Greenville, Davis Furman; Greenwood, G. A. Neal; Hampton, C. A. Rush; Horry, G. P. Norton; Ker shaw, J. W. Corbett; Laurens, T. L. W. Bailey; Lee, R. 0. McCutchen; Lexington,. R. H. Timmemran; Mar, ion, A. M. Brailsford; Marlboro, W. J. Crosland; NeWberry, P. G. Ellesor; Senica,' E. A. Hines; Or angeburg, L. C. Shecut, Pickens, J. I. Bolt; Richland, A. E. Boozer; Sa luda, D. B. Frontis; Spartanburg, L. Rosa H. Gantt; Sumter, Walter Cheyne; Union, Crown Torrence; Williamsburg, E. T. Kelley; York, E. W. Pressley. WALTER CHEYNE, Secretary South Carolina Medical Association. LIQUOR SALES FALLING OFF. Auditor West's Report Shows a Big Decrease. Dispensary Auditor West's report for April of sales from dispensaries in the 21 counties now wet, made public Wednesday shows a falling off for this April of over $70.00. The gross sales this April are $242,657 as against $271,751.68 for the same month last year. Total sales of dispensary by counties for the month of April, 1909: Abbeville .. ..........$ 9,063.51 Aiken .. .... ........20,103.54 Berkeley .. .... ... ...4,665.56 Beaufort .... ........9,231.35 Barnwell .. .... ......10,523.02 Bamberg ..............5, 857,74 Calhoun .. ...... ...3.,469.89 Charleston. .. .. .. ....48,210.25 Colleton .............3,305.10 Dorchester..........5,474.65 Fairfield .. ...... ....5,259.00 Florence. .. .. .. .. ....10,974.70 Georgetown .. ..........8,887.00 Hampton ...............3,944.40 Kershaw .. ...........10,015.27 Lexington .. .. .. .. ...4,815.35, Lee... .. .. .. .. .....5,796.74 Orangeburg .. .. .. ....12,888.28 Richland ............38,886.30 Sumter .. .............13,765.10 Williamsburg ........ ...5,610.25 Total ...........$242,657.00 Total April, 1908 ...$271,751.68 SULTAN'S HAREM MOVED. Turkish Crowds Witness Rehousing of 80 Women. Eighty women from Abdul H1am id's harem were driven through the streets of Constantinople, this week, under escort of four eunuchs and a troop of cavalry. They went from the Yidiz palace, now being prepar ed for public 'use, to the ancient Seraglio palace, which has not been occupied since 1824. The women were all richly dressed and heavily veil-ed. Following the carriages in which they rode was a train of wag ons with baggage. The former sultan's slaves have been freed. Blames Moon for Crime. The moon will bear an important part in the defense of Richard Kraft, of Berlin, Ont., who shot up police headquarters in Ddtroit, Mich., this week, and wounded three offic ers. He says he suffers from mental derangement during the full of the moon. Three Die in'- Storm. It is known that three lives were lost in a severe storm which struck Pensacola. Fla., Thursday. The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour, whipping the bay into a seething mass and carrying small boats down. Much damage to trees and buildings was done in the cit'.1