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VOL.MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY FIRES THE JURY Acqultted Defendents Who Ad mitted Gullt. SERVED THEM RIGHT Th Juroes Very Much Dianbt"and .. L-ft the curOom orestfanea. The ActioM of Judg Mewmifger 3 Geerauy Approved by the Peo pie of York County. A special dispatch from Yorkville to the columbia Record says Judge Memminger Wednesday morning dis missed a pane* of York-county jurors " unt for further service in his court. because it had deliberately taied to convict of carrying conceal ed weapons in a case %here two de tendants openly admitted that they had pistols. The case grew out of a picnic row at Tirzah last August where there was promiscuous shooting and two Ruases and a Robinson had been indicted for assault and battery with intent to kil and carrying concealed weapons There was a good deal of conficting testimony in the case. but both of the Russells admitted that they had pistols. The jury Tuesday night brought in a verdict of lot guilty on all counts. Wednesday moraing Judge Xemminger had the jury called and juickly told it that If It saw At to make itself and the county of York idiculous with such a verdict he did not propose to allow it to make him ridiculous. If the jury saw proper to acquit o0 the ground of self-defense men who had shot other men In the back. as in this case, that was not his lookout, for he could not help him self. but when it came to acquitting I defendants of carrying concealed weapons, where there had not even been a denial of the charge, it was more than he would stand for. He did not care to criticise the jury or lecture it, but he would not continue to try cases before It. He therefore told the members of the panal to consider themselves dis missed from further attendance on court~ and Instructed them to get . their pay and go their ways. Then. turning to the clerk, the judge or dered the drawing of a special venire of 17 men with which to fL11 the places of the men dismissed. The jurors were dumbfounded for a few minutes and finally left the a court room very much crestfallen. Judge Mmmiager's action. though 9 coming in the nature of a surprise. has met with uaqualified public ap prOv&- b NAREOWLY ESCAPED BUNIG a of Columbia Awakes Wlfb tl Bouse on Fire. Mr. W. J. Jones had a narrow esape Wednesday morning when the home in which he was living took1 fire at 9:30 o'clock. in Columbia. Mr. Jones was stil in bed, but was warned in time to get out of the house without injury. He has a e night job and had not waked up when the fire started. The house '1 In which he lived. No. 1.807 Wash ingtoU #tee was almost totally destroyed by the flames Very Uttle C of the furniture was saved. The 'd house nert door, occupied by Mrs. h Lubby, was partially burned. Both b houses were owned by Mr. A. H. Boozer, of Columbia, and insurance - was carried. The houses were small dwelnagS. Several houses in the I aeighborhood were in danger of be ing caught by the flames. but wer" saved. Mr. Jones had some insiir- I ance on his furniture. b-ut he is net cure that he can recover as the poll cy date was out a few days ago. S-p Re Would Rather' Hang Than Stamp anla. " Ililed 'Joe' Zizorda by smash tiag his skull with a piece of anede iron." was the cool statement . Steven Cosh when he was accujis of murder in Police court at Wes Newton, Pa.. this week. "But you will be hanged for mu der." he was told by the po'l'~. "I don't care whether I hang o not." protested Cosh. "I 'would jt:' as lef hang as stamp ballast onth rauryoad all my life. Cosh. aged 30. and Zizorda. aga 35, were working on the rallroad together when Zizorda 'walked into the brush. He did not return anJ Cosh started a search. He stum bled over his companion while th latter was asleep and killed him out right. He declared Zisorda was lazy nd was always shouldering hard work on him. ROBBERS MTST GO Geill Citizeus Determined to Put a Stop to Depredat10ons. Admitting that the police force i powerless to cope with the gang nM burglars that has terrorized Greer ville. S. C.. for months. Mayor \la hon has deputized a number of prom ient citizens to arm themselves and~ patrol the streets o? 'he resIieDC district. These men will serve with out compensation and announce that they propose to end the- reign of la w lessness at the expense of bloodshe~d if necessary. The homes of the may or and the chief of police are an"ma those disposat!l by the burglars. an-1 though dePredtionls hare occur. ' nigtly. not a single arrest has beeni made. SEVERAL BURNED TWO DEAD AND TWO FATALLY LNJT'RED. Fuel Tank of Automobile Ripped Opes. Throwing Liquid Fire oa Car's Occupants. Two persons are dcad. two mortal 17 injured. while three others are more or less seriously hurt as the result of an explosion of the gaso line tank on the touring car of George M. Hi!. late Tuesday night at Jacksonboro bridge. five miles from Sylvania. Ga. The dead: Hew lett Hill. Miss Fannie Mills. The fatally Injured: George M. Hill. Jr.. twin brother of Hewlett Hill: Mrs. George M. Hill. The seriously injured: Miss Ru ble Thomas. badly burned; George M1. Hill. severely burned about head ad trunk; Miss Lurline Cooper. severely burned: George Hil!ton. Lged 14. painfully burt"d. Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a par :y of young people for a moonlight putlng. While preparing to leave for own the car was backed onto the >ridge. the tank contain!ng com ressed gasoline being ripped off. he fluid was thrown over the oc upants and flames quickly spread. overing the entire party. The clothing of the two infants nd the women was almost entirely onsumed. Several youths gave such id as they could, but it was not un 11 the shrieking women were drag :ed Into the waters of the creek that he Sames were extinguishea. News of the accident was tele honed to Sylvania from a farmer's ouse. two miles from the .'cene. and hysicians were rushed to the bridge. The injured were carried to Syl ania at an early hour Wednesday. LQUOR POURED INTO SEWER. ?uzvus Sheriff Gets Rid of Thirty Gallons. Thirty gallons of "good licker" oursing down the sewer main of the ity of Laurens is the sad tale of an metal act by Sheriff Owings and is constables of that place. Some ne could not stand the sight. and "get even" with the sheriff wrote n one of the cas.es about to be Ipe'-I d. "Sheriff John P. Owings. Lail ens. S. C. Express Prepaid." and J en the laugh was on the oMcer )r bringing out his own "jug" and estroying it by naistake. The thirty gallons of whiskey have een beId in the sherifrs omce for the lotted thirty days. It had been ezed. at various tImes. from per as in and around Laurens. who er under suspicion of selling it. o claim and delivery papers having een served upon the offcers, It was Estroyed Thursday morning by due rocess of law. This is the first of cal act of this kind in these parts i many years. ASHnEVILLE LINEMEN KILLED. ouched High Power ire Which He Thought Was Deed. Suspended by his belt from an lectric power pole near the .South rn Railway round house. Wednes ay afternoon. J. H. Leonard. a nemn in Asheville. N. C.. in the mploy of the Weaver Electric ompany. hung lifeless, shocked to eath by a high-power current comn g over a line which he believed to e "dead." The deceased, who went to Ashe' Ille two months ago from Column us. Ohio. on' account of his wife's sealth. was one of a force of line men repairing a break in the trans sission lines, and is believed to have met his death when he reached up o turn a switch. His comrades on he ground heard no cry. and did tot know of his misfortune until hey looked up and saw the dangling ody. Leonard leaves a wife, but o children. PATTEN A BmG TAX PAYER. hcago Wheat King Has His A~em ment Doubled. James A. Patten, who is said by fellow member of the board of rade to have made a profit of $300. 0 within twenty-four hou's Wednesday. found himself on top of he list of Evanston taxpayers andl tis option on this distinction he pro ises not to close out for some time. 4r. Patten was assessed this year on 500.000 of personal property. which is twce the amount levied last year. Mdr. Patten himself asked the change. "How much personal prope'rty nght I to assess you oni this year. Mr. Patten." asked Mr. Milne. Evans ton's assessor. "How much was it last year?' aid Mr. Patten. "Something like $5.1.l4." re sonded the assessor. "Never mind the figure." Mr. Pai ten interrupted. "whatever it was just double that now I r'-vkon tat'll fix It about right." Mrs. Roosevelt at Genoa. Mrs. Theodore' Roosevelt and her tree children, who arrived at Genoa Snday from Naples. were met Mon dy morning by Mis's Carom. Mrs. Roosevelt's sister. The party spent the morning driving around Genoa. and left Monday afternoon for Miss Carom's vIlla, at Porto Naurizio. Mule and His Rider Killed. White returning home from his farm at Washington. Ga.. Tuesday nnght riding a mule, lightning struck John H Amoson. a T"-'mnn ' WANTS EXPERT SENT ABROAD TO COLLECT DOTS ABOUT COTTON. Teit of Resolution Passed by the Farmers' Unio at Their Meet ing in Columbia Recently. The cotton producers of the State Th are very much Interested in the ted eral government seediag a cottea expert to the various foreiga coun tries for the purpose of collecting data on the cotton trade. By a reso lution passed at a meeting of the State Farmers' Union. held recently in Columbia. Commissioner Watson the is requested to go to Washington and tim press the matter with President Taft. we yhe commissioner while in Washing- sto ton next week will take the question e" stra up. The resolution ask. that the representative be selected from the me cotton belt territory. A resolution ri, of a similar nature was passed at Thi the meetlng ot the National Farm- Pin ers' Union. held in Atlanta some time son ago. Ing The following !a the resolution or passed: are .Whereas the cotton producers of the South are in need of specifc Stit nformation from the viewpoint of F the producer of essenti facts as to ter. length of staple. gradings. etc.. that P are required by the consuming ran- er. facturers of foreign aations. facts that would be of material value in 12t4 he development of the cotton grow Ing industry of the United States. - an industry representing many mil- F ions of dollars in the annual agricul ural exports of the United States, ture ad T *Whereas heretofore all special torT missions directed to securing infor- wer mation abroad in relation to cotton Ste< have been rather in the interests of Ing the manufacturers than the produc- one 'rs. and ture "Whereas efforts are now being 7 made by the producrs to better the and rude existing system of marketing T otton. and for .'Whereas the class of informa- by :ion needed can only be secured by a thol man from the cot'on belt skilled in WhO he growing of cotton and thorough- pen4 ev familiar with all of the details begs ) the present local system of grad- Bef nC and buying crude cotton; there- mus re. t it wax "Resolved. That the commissioner hicd )f agriculture of South Carolina. be inJu equested to voice to the president w f the United States the request of the e State Farmers' Union of South hieha arolina that this matter be given mOS rompt attention, and that the feder- Inju i government. through the depart- con sent of agriculture. or the depart- roul uent of commerce and labor. arrange The lr a special representative. select- 1oo d from the coffon belt territory, to for' e sent to the various foreign coun-F ie to collect the data needed. and line bat his reports be published and in f ~urnshed to the produeer." A I Experts in Live Stozck. rifle The following resolution, as to the ze detailing one or more field en- dro1 .erts from the United States bureau fain animal industry to be stationed 51 the State for the purpose of adris. wit: ng directing and assisttng ta live bro: Lock raising and particularly in timi he raising of beef cattle was also hail assed at the meeting: atte "Whereas we realize the great 7 tood that has bee~n wrought in the bul realm of plant iniiustrv in Soaath Co. of t lina by the introducti in in the State aIr f the farm dernrntral'n W )k ty wht he United States department of ag- is b 'icultue. and gini "Whereas one of the greatest need'. f the State at this time is a proper F and intelligent development of Lhe ire stock industry. and AtL "Whereas we believ.e such dev.elop ent as Is sought will be more speed ly obtained by the conduct of such practical work on live stock lines as s being conducted in the matter of maa plant life: therefore, be It of a "Resolved. That the Farmers' ma: t2nion of South Carolina hereby in- a dores the request of the State de- o partmnt of agriculture: of the sec retary of agriculture of the United it States and of the United States bu reau of animal industry to detaIl the oe or more neld experts from thefo bureau to be stationed in the State the for th.- purpose of advising, directing wh and assisting those engaged in orth about to en-zage in live stock raising. skt particularly in the raising of beef :attle. "Reolved. further. That the sec etary of agriculture of the United 'I" States be specially requested to giva' this matter his earliest and most careful attention." PROVID)E PUNIHME.NT. in GogasPass. Bill Making N a at don of Women a Prison Offense. ti D~r The penitentiary stares scandal- Sir mang'rs in the face now. The Geor- ma ga senate pat-sed a bill Wednesday making It a penal offens. to utter on als. or defamatory remarks about fet a woman. Heretofore the women de- ty famed had no re-ourse except in the on civil courts But the McCurry bill ini canes a!! that and will, It tsb- a lieved. put a bridle on scandalous fr< tonu's. It was not passed without od long de.bate. many senators believing th It Impaired right of free speech- f04 ed Detective Killed by Tramnps. Wathing freight trains for tramps at Laporte. Ind.. Lake Shore Detec tive C'harles Silverside was killed. M: probably t-y tramps. tr: Masked Men Rob Postortce. bt Tren~ masked men robbed the ho- I'1 el and paytofhce safe at Utah I-ot in s ir's.Uta. of $54 twc-thirds I.. z overnment money. t UILDING FALLS sasfer in Busiest Section Of Philadelphia SEVEN ARE KILLED te~rttwo FPol Bued Be.at be Rains of a Five-Stot7 Buildfag. Which Waa Being Recoastructd. Acctdent Ocurs gbout One o'clod md Tervihes Paersby. n one of the busiest sectloas of city of Philadelphia. and at a e when thousands of pedestrains -e passing to and fro. the Ive ry brick building at the north t corner of Eleventh and Market e'.s. whichi was being recon icted for the United Gas Improve at Company. collapsed with a ter : roar shortly after 1 o'clock trsday afternoon. burying or ing beneath the ruins 32 per . 7 of whom are dead. I miss I. fatally injured and 24 more ess seriously injured. The dead harles Larsen. 45 years old. sub ute foreman oi carpenters. eter Fritz. 56 years old. carpen tul Hanning. 49 years old. labor igmund Tansberg. 3 years old. rer. irin -. 50 years old. a Swede. nknown man .terribly mangled. atally Injured: imes Haggerty. 30 years old. frao 4 skull. to two lower floors had been out and the three upper floors a shored up by heavy timber. -I girders were bracing the shor It is supposed that by moving of the girders. the entire struo was loosened. he crash came without warning. the narrow escapes were many. he roar of the collapse was heard blocks. By-standers and passers led in desperation. as it was tght an explosion had occurred. mn they realized what had hap d. people flocked to the ruins and mn a series of thrilling rescues. re professional aid could be tered. automobiles. teamsters' ns and all sorts of nearby ve %s were filled with the dead or red, and hurried to hospitals. It a swaltering day and several of rescuers were overcome by the and dust irtm 'he debris. A! t as strenuous as digging up the red was the task of keeping the ested masses of people from sur iding too closely the wreckage. walls which were left standing I #-d unsafe. but the peotple surg.d x ard heedless of the danger. 1 r a time service on the subway which runs along Market street: ont of the building was tied up. -oman subway ticket seller. ter-1 d by the crash of the collapse and shower of bricks and stones that1 ped down the subway stair. 1 ted in her ooffce. any Instances of heroism were esed . One man whose leg was ten was pinned beneath some er-s. When firemen came within Lng distance~ he asked that they d the more seriously injured. he entire fourth floor of the ding lay slant against the side he adjoining building cutting off in a section twenty feet square re it is believed the missing man uried. Workmen continued dig in the ruins. ALLS THROUGH MANHOLE. ta Dramnmer Vici of a Pecs lar Accident. .B. GIlston, a traveling saies of Atlanta. Ga.. was the victim peculiar accident Monda7. which result in his death. While wait for a car tn the business section stlanta. a manhole, upon which he g. gave way and precipitated hIm the basemnent beneath. As be his chin caught on the side of grating and he hung suspended an instant before dropping into opening. The manhole cover. ch had only tipped, fell In upon unfortunate man, fracturing hi.s !. His condItion is very ee KO RACING AUTO WRECKED. hap Mars Practice for Speed Coutest at Rome. hile practicing Monday afternoon the automobile races to be run Rome. Ga.. two Chattanooga en . left the track and were wrecked. -er McKenney and Mechanican pson, of a M~tche~ll car, having -row %scapes from death. r Mitcheli ear jumped the irvrk a curve and crashed through a ic". MeKenney heing thrown twen iv feet. Simpson was thrown out hIs lh-ad on the track. but hit. ured are not serb'or A Mavz-.'! .drIven by W. A. Witt. broke the nt axle on a curve. the car dash up an emb~ankmntn? crashed -nih a fence and made a fifteen it leap into a swar4.. Witt jump and was unhurt. Speedy Trial Given Negrn. Jud Hardy. of Waynesboro. s.. holds the record for speedy al. in Mississppi. Will Gamblin. negro. was arrested last week for rglarizing a store at Waynesboro. Ar Judge Hardy's decision, be was dictd. tried. convicted and sent th ponitentlary for two 'ears on s esma day. BOAT CAPSIZES Sixteen of the People on thl Ship Are Drowned WHEN CRAFT SINKS Tb. Fata Accidet Was Case.d b the CapsIalg of the Pleasue Sloo; to a Squa that Struck ler Whe Saugug in the Bay at New Yor sunday. Sixteen perons. five of them wo men. met death by drowning in the waters either surrounding or in the vicinity of New York Sunday. Ten of the victims perished after the cap sizing of the escarsoa sloop Roznar carrying 22 pa-sengers. which was ,truck by a su4den sQuall in lower New Tork bay, midway between Coney Island point and Hoffman Is. land. late Sunday afternoon. Of the survivors one woman. Mrs. C. Knud eon. of Brooklyn. iW in such serious condition that she probably will die. Her two daughters were drowned. The other drownings with but one exception. were swimming accidents. Stephen ErueSt. 28 years old, of Brooklyn. was drowned off Coney Is IWnd while learning to swim. Chaa. Hendrleksen. 42 years old. of Brooklyn. met death in the same vi inity by the upsetting of a row boat. William Yaeger. a 16-year-old boy of New York. slipped of some rocks and fell into the Hudson to his death. Off Belmore, L I.. Charles Conn 3Zyears old, got beyond his depth and ank. Giano Rizzo. a laborer. 21 years sid. perished while swimming In the arlem river. Lastly Edward WalU. 3b years old. >f East Orange. N. J.. was seized with :ramps and drowned In the Morris anal. near Newark. In the Roxana disaster. the follow ing perished: Selina Sameason. New York: Ella lsen. Flatbush. L .; Olga and elma Knudson. sister. 11 and 14 rears old. respectively. Brooklyn: john Christensen. Brooklyn: Abra jam Hunson. Brooklyn: Abraham Jamison. Brooklyn: Alice Engeolson. rooklyn: Peter Spielson. Brooklyn; rohn Thompson. Brooklyn. The captain of the Roxana and the welve sur ivors were plicked up with great difficulty in a rough and choppy ea by the tog Lamont The Roxana. with her skipper. 'apt. Samuelson. was charteed at 3elma Knudson. risters. 11 and 1 4 arty of Swpdes from Brooklyn for a all acros the bay to Midland beach. ;taten Island and back. The E1rst ec of the voyage was made without nisbap and all hands pled ashore to nake marry. Beer was served and ome of the survivors could give but haxy acoount of the accident. All afternoon there was a stiff ~reze from the southwest which left nas'ty cros't sea. Toward 4 o'clock e Rorana. reeling homeward across he bay under all the sail good judg nent would permit her to carry. slip >ed into a squall. She lay over until ;he copper plates glistened in the un and as the angle of the deck teepened to the angry water in her ee. the women screamed and scram >led for the upper rail. The captain struggled to slack way his sheet, but there was no time 'or such measures of relief. In one :noment the Roxana was bottom up Lnd the form was black with bobbing iads. In another moment the Rox ma had vanished and one by one the cads began to follow her. Fortunately the tug Lamont was keeping a sharp lookout. Capt. Keyes saw the sloop keel over in the guF: and fail to come back. Instantly he eaded for the spot where the Rex ana had been. ',ut before hAecouid reach her ten passengers had g~. down. Life ines and buoys wer> thrown to those etni afloat and. after a few minutes of brisk and anxiou4 -ork, all in sight were taken aboard the Lamont. The survivors, thoroughly exhaust d and half dased were taken to a hospital on Staten Island.* NOT TO COVE IN FEE. Cotton Baggng Sure to be Taken Off the Exempt List. That cotton bagging, which waq put on the free list by the Senate. is not to remain undutiable, is one of the first predictions made in re gard to the proposed action of the' conference committee on the taritt ril in Washington. The House con frees contend that a number ci American ananufacturers o t cotton bagging would be compelled to shut down if that a.ticle should remain on the tree list, and it is said that the Senate conferees will not need much urging to agree to return bag ing to the dutiable list. A DISHONEST WATCHMAN. Steals the Goods He Is Employed t' Watch Over. At Columbia on Friday C. C. Gard ner. nigit watchman at the steam boat comp'any's warehouse. wa; bound over to await trial 3* 'be Sep tomber term of court on the chnrg' f r.and larcesay. Ga-de-- con feed to taking a large nu::.1l articles from the warhouse. H ad a walled up place in the riv. bnk. where the goods were kept un~ til be enuld transfer them to- hi trunk. Claims were received by thi seamboat for goods alleged to b lost, and this led to the working u: of the~ case. The stolen articles it MYSTERIOUS CRIME YOU.NG MAN WOUNDED WHILE I SLEEPNIG IN HIS ROOM. Upon eturning From a ~ Visit to I Fiancee, is Awakened ik the Early Morning by a Pistol ShoL Early Thursday morning Edgar L. Shealey .a prominent young man of Aiken. was shot in his room, at t the home of Misses Reynolds and Mc Ohes, where he boarded. on York1 street. He was shot once with a I pistol, and the ball entered his thigh e and lodged. His wound is not c thought to be serious. but it is ex- t ceedingly painful. The shooting is ' one of the greatest mysteries that city has ever known, and the police, I Mr. Shealey. or the ladies of the e house can offer no satisfactory so- d lutlon of it. Mr. Shealey is engaged to be mar- ' ried and invitations were issued a day P or two ago to his wedding to Miss 1: Ruby Coward. daughter of Mr. and t Mrs. Thomas W. Coward. who reside v a short distance from the city ' Aiken. Wednesday night Mr. St"-sfey 0 called upon her, Miss McGhee at- f tended a dance with Mr. William ' Murray. who also boards there. Miss . e Reynolds remained at home. but she J had expected to go. when Mr. Shea- S ley left. and on returning at about 11 o'clock Mr. Shealey called to see s her home from the dance, but find !ng that she did not come to the t lance, went on home alone. Miss C Reynolds avers that -he left the front t. loor open and a light burning in the & hall. When Mr. Shealey arrived at a .he house he found the front door t 'ocked and no light in the hall. He Irst rang the door bell. and as he wa 'oing so. he says he heard someone 1 walking in his room up-stairs. He thought. he says, that it was Misp Reynolds trying to dnd a match to strika a light, but Miss Reynolds P' ays it was not she. She did not open tl 'he door. as she says she left it open. b: and she thought it was someone try- W ng to get entrance to the house. A t: olored woman. the cook. was sleep- b I n! in the house. When Mr. Shealey called Miss Rey- P nolds recognized the voice and got 19 up and opened the door. Shealey r vent to his room and soon afte-r it retired. At about a quarter to 1. fC a pistol shot awoke him. and he in 2tantly arose and went to the door. 1 which he found closed. He- called X ro Miss Reynolds and then felt the wound for the 5rst time. although bhlood on the bed sh-ws that the E wound bad been bleeding before he N ::ot up. He says he was asleep lying IC ou his back at the time. A careful jsearch of the room revealed noth- I Ing. No one was there or could an.- d one be found anywhere in the house. at The colored woman and Policeman Bnusch. on his beat, heard the shot. No one else heard it. Mr. Shealer says he heard no sound after the shot was fired. Mr. Murray and Miss McGhee arrived from the dance about 1 o'clock. soon after the shot was fred. The room door was shut. TheP window opening on a small porch was at open. and he believes that he was T hot from the porch. Nothing de- m finite could be found from any tracks, a When he came into his room, he no- bl '1eed that the window opening on the ei noch had been opened. notwithstand- is ig, he says, that he shut it before e< leaving. A physician wa~s summoned st at once. and he is now resting easi- et ly. The ball has not been extracted kt yet. i Some bureau drawers were found tl open in two down-stairs rooms, but e nothing was missed. Nothing was;f interfered with In Shealey's room. c No motive can be ascribed for the " crime. The shot was fired from to wards his head. ranging down Mr. Shealey says he does not know of an enemy in the world, and he is - known to be an exceptionally quiv& and well-liked young man. If it w.'u committed by a robber. why did he shoot when Shealey was asleep, and there being no danger to the robber?j Te robbery theory is not belie'e generally. But it was someone wh1os wanted to murder him, what was the motive? ILICIT STILLS ON INCREASE. Prohibition Breeding "Moonshine" p I Planta in Georgia More illicit stIlls were destroyed b in the State of GeorgIa during the I fical year just terminated than wer.' destroyed in Georgia. Alabama. Flor: da, and Mississippi a ye-ar ago. says a message from Atlanta. These' statements are taken from the an nual report of Revenue Age-nt James H. Surber. During the year jus' closed. Surber and his assistants; raided and destroyed 616 stills In a Georgia, 231 in Alabama. 24 in Flor ida, and 10 in Mississippi. a total of 72. A year ago the entire number destroyed was only 470. The revenun oflicer attribut'es the inrease to the high price and in creased demand for whisekev sinlc the prohibition laws began to be, patned in the South. :1 Children in 35S Years>. In his .35 years of married life' William Toner, a blacksmith, of Wilmington. Dli.. has been the fa1her of 21 children. The latest addition to his fam!!y is a pair of twins which arrived this week. Toner is 57 y'ear* of-) age and his wife ts .n. Of th.. 1 children 15 are living SMillion Attended Expositin. The million mark for attendance t~at the Seattle exposition was pse n 42 days. beating both the James twn and Le'wis andt Clark sos h-bch took 20 and 65 days respect COTTON TUMBLES AECLINES OVER TWO DOLLARS A BATE ON FRIDAY. )rops Off om Report of Dr. Nuater That BolU Weevil Is Less Thream One of the most remarkable breaks n the history of tb New York cot on market occurred Friday as a re uit of a special report on the boll reevil situaton by the government utomologist. Dr. Hunter. At the nd of the decline. cotton for new rop delive-y was te:in; at $2 a ale less tian the closing price of 'hursday. The break was marked by panicky !quidation and excitement seldom qualled except !n times of complete emoralization. Within half an hour rices declined fully 35 points and rhile the market recovered a few oints of the lose the clo-e was bare r steady, the general nervousness of he trades suggesting a thoroughly nsettled state of- sentiment. The decline was the culmination f a gradually increasing lack of con dence in the stability of prices. rhich nearly reached the 13-cent ler ! earlier in the week, when the low uly condition report was received. owing a continuation of hot dry eather in Texas. where the crop was apposed to be rapidly deteriorating. ullish interests were disappointed iat crop disaster prediction did not eate enormous demand for con -acts to insure future supplies. The )ling movement which started round 12.87 for December early in ie week continued in increasing amne until at the opening Friday orning December was, sel!ing at 2.15. Upon the publication of the boll -eevil statem enti.ni.bt.shrdluhrdl eevil statement. indicating that the est was less threatening this year tan last. liquidation reached record raking proportions and the decline as not checked until December con -acts had sold at 11.91-47 points low the closing figares of the pre ous night, and 95 points ($4.75 )r bale) below the high record of t Tuesday. There was a slight 'overy later. with December cos g 12.05 bid, a net loss of 34 points r the day. Rumors of rains In Texas were nied and bulls pointed out that the nditions which have restricted the vagee of the boll weevil have also en very unfavorable to the plant the Southwest. But It is believ I that a strong bear clique has been rmed under the leadership of Theo re H. Price and that this clique :erted a stroig influence on the .y'3 market in the immediate situ on. PREACHER ROUTS BURGLAR. aanoke' Minter Ovnes Ma. Armed With Ratchet and Knife When the Rev. W. H. H. Joye. istor of Trinity Methodist church, Roanoke. Va.. entered that edfince ursday to go into his study he et a burglar who attacked him with hatchet. The burglar aimed a ow at the minister's head In an Fort to brain him, but Joyce. who an athlete of powerful build. ward I off the blow and in a desperate ruggle got possession of the hatch .The burglar then drew a large site. but the mInister forced him a door. The burglar dashed into eO street and the Rev. Mr. Joyce ased him several blocks. Thet ing man dropped a pocketbook >ntining a card that bore the words )an Rice, aged 22 years." 7RANGE IN' GERMAN CABINE~T. ox Bothmnan - Houlweg Becomea Chancellor of the Empire. A dispatch from Berlin says Dr on Bothmn-HollWeg has been ap >inted Chancellor of the Empire in accession to Prince Von Buelow. Various other cabinet changes .are aetted. Herr Deibrueck of the iterior Department. succeeds D:. on Bothmnan-Hiollweg as minister ithe Interior a-id vice chancellor .enhold Sydow, secretary of the Tmr. rial treasury. roes to the Depat" ent of Commie:ce. .' rr Wermoth ie under secreary for the interwor comes secretarv of treasury. -ind udwig Hiolle. Prussian minister ot ublic Instruction. re'.res on accou' ill health and is succee-ad by V'on rott Zu Soiz. Drowned at .Augusta. Jos. J. Van Dyke, a locomotive dire :an, was drowned Tuesday night at .ankey's natatorium, at Augusta l went to the swimming pool with party of friends. He was a good wimmer and dived from the apring ard to come up no more. It was lot known that he was drowned unti: P was misse-d by the party. who be an search imedia'e-ly and found i body in the bottom of the pond in is survived by se'ven children and wife. .M1ss Normnan Vandyke. a nughter. had jiust gone to Atlanta -or a visit. and has been wired to -turn homa at once. Tnrnado Injured Twenty. A tornado swept over a part of Mt:er county. Ohio. a few days ago iV a point even mIles from Hamil on. Ohio. a funerai procession en ountered :he storm and A per ons were tore or less injured Unusual Dlrownng Traey. Dragged from a launch by a wire ratthing her under the chin. Dorothy Bruce was drowned at Iowa Falls. Ta . This wrek. as was alt-o Arc'hi" Drk'. u'ho jumped io the water DIVORCE LAWS Scored by Cardinal Gibbons in an interview COMMENDS THE LAWS In south Carolina and Ca=ada. and Sy6 Family Life In Them Cae Be Favorably Compared With Family Life in States Where It is Ea."r to Obtain Divor-es. Cardinal Gibbons. in an interview at Baltimore on Wednesday replied to remarks of former Supreme Court lustice Henry B. Brown on the sub ject of divorce before the Maryland Bar Association at Old Point Com fort last week. The Cardinal said: "Justice Brown has taken excep tion to my views. on divorce and re marriage. He is reported to hive referred to the founder of the Chris tian religion as an 'idoslist.' whop sentiments. while suitable to leu favored times and circumstances, are not adapted to this enlighteued age. The learned jurist will pe-mit'mc to say that the teachings of (h:ist have been the basis of all Christian legista tion for nearly 2.000 years. and con tinue to be the light and guide of millions of souls. And there is no subject which he treats more fully and clearly than the question of mar riage, foundation stone of ouv family and social life. "In three of the gospels he pro claims the unity of marriage and permits separation of a married coup le only in the cause of adultry. I do not see why a law which has been enforced and cordially accepted in every age and country where Christi anity dominates. should be consider ed obsolete or impracticable in the tUnited States. "The multiplication of divorces." the Cardinal continued. "Is largely ascribed by some writers not to our divorce laws, but to the eager and reckless manner in which ministers of God officiate at marriage services. But are not these persons confound ing cause for effect? Divorces are multiplied not by ministers. who willingly assist in ill assorted mar rages, but because loose legislation on matrimony renders It easy for married parties to annual the mar riage bond. "If the civil laws of all our States were as strict as they are In South Carolina and Canada. the persons contemplating marriage would se riously and respectfully reflect: they would study each others disposition and tempprament before engaging In a contract which would bind them for life. And certainly the peace and good order in the family life in South Carolina and Canada can be favor ably compared uith the domestic eonditions existing in those States where divorces can be easily obtain ed." DISSENSIONJ IN CHURCH. Past~or Not Allowed in His Ow. Church. Dissension id~ the Second United Presbyterian church. of New York :Ly, which led its pastor, the Rev. Dr. J. Howard T1ate, to have two policemen stationed there during ser v'ices two weeks ago, has become so grave that Dr. Tate was barred out ,f the structure twice. Back of the Board of Trustees' ac tion in locking the church against the clergyman lies a story in which is nephew. Par.1 Tate, formely or canist there, and a young woman -inger in the choir figure. The pay ment of $500 for the suppression of ascandal affecting members of the church is another feature of the story. Accompanied by his wife, the pas tor went to the church at ten o'clock *n the morning, and at eight o'clock 'u the evening prepared to hold ser .ices. On each visit he found the loors locked, while on the front door as a placard, which read: "No services today. Church closed iy order of the Boar d of Trustees." TRAGEDY ON MIORRIS ISL.ND. Young Ladies Just Escaped Death. Assailant a Suicide. After attempting at about daylight l'hursday morning to chloroform two c'oung ladies, the daughters of Capt. Wi'eking. head keeper of the light louse on Morris Island. near Charles on, who were aroused by an alarm -lock barely In time to save them selves from probable death. Ludvig Iacogson. one of the assistant keep -'rs of the Morris Island Light House. locked himself in his room, and when 'fficers from Charleston reached Mor ris Island and attempted to take him ;risoner. he first ran into a closet and took a drink of whiskey while -he offcers sonutht to effect an en tranlen. and then lying down again .n the hammock. in which he was 4ccustome'd to sleep. he placed his I risn] harroi In his~ mouth and fired a shot. which penetrated his brain and ended his life. The scene of 'he 'ra gedy. the light house keepers' house on Morris Isiand. is an Isolat .-d s'po'. Some ten miles from the city of Charleston. where the roar of the waves is heard perpetua!!y. Shriff Kill Negro. Sheruff .1 C. Kakley. of Conerville. Ala.. shot arnd kiled an unknown ne aro Wednesday after:oon. who was suspected of the brutal murder last ~wee'k of E. B. Wilson. a prominent merchant of Briarfinid. Ala When she'riff wen t"' arrest the negro he -he dhh n a d